In 1696, Captain Robert Byerley married his cousin, Mary Wharton (sole heir to the estate of Goldsborough, near Knaresborough, North Yorkshire, England) and moved to live with her at her family home of Goldsborough Hall.
The story goes that Robert Byerley captured a fine brown horse at the Battle of Buda, the Byerley Turk, which is the eldest founding father to all thoroughbred horses.
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Their son Robert Byerley married Elizabeth and Philip's daughter, Mary Wharton in 1695.
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Robert Byerley was MP for County Durham and represented Knaresborough nine times between 1697 and 1710.
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