Babington family

The Babington family (sometimes Babbington) is an English and Anglo-Irish gentry family descending from Sir John de Babington, lord of the manor of Babington (now Bavington), in Northumberland, who was living in 1178. The family were primarily landowners in Derbyshire (Dethick inheritance), Northumberland, Leicestershire, County Cork, County Donegal and County Londonderry. Family seats included Rothley Court, Dethick Manor, Creevagh House, Roe Park House, Chilwell Hall, Curborough Hall and Packington Hall. The family has routinely produced members who have successively occupied posts such as High Sheriff, Lord Lieutenant and Member of Parliament.

Sir John de Babington, Lord of Babington, was recorded in the county of Northumberland in 1178. The family had been seated there since the Norman Conquest of 1066.Sir John de Babington, a great-great-grandson of the first recorded Sir John, was Chief Captain of Morlaix in Brittany during the reign of King Edward III, and was buried in monastery of the White Friars at Morlaix. His son, Sir John de Babington is said to have exclaimed in Norman French: 'foy est tout' ("faith is all"), on being chosen by King Henry IV for dangerous duty in France, which became the family's motto. His son, Thomas Babington of Dethick served with King Henry V at the Agincourt. His own son Sir John Babington of Dethick, was slain at the Battle of Bosworth in 1485 fighting for King Richard III.

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