'Wadham1'
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Families covered: Wadham of Branscombe, Wadham of Edge, Wadham of Merifield (Merrifield or Merefield)
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| Sir John Wadham of Egge or Edge in Branscombe, Devon | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Sir John Wadham of Edge & Merefield (d 1411, judge, serjeant-at-law) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Elizabeth Shilston (dau/coheir of William Shilston of Shilston) not mentioned by OWC, mother of ... | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Isabella Wadham probably of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir Robert Hill, 1st of Shilston (a 1400, 1422) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Joan Wrottesley 2nd wife, mother of Margery, presumed also of ... | |||||||||||||||
| B. | Sir William Wadham of Edge Barton & Merifield (Somerset), Sheriff of Devonshire (d 1451) | ||||||||||||||
| i. | William Wadham (dvp?) | ||||||||||||||
| a. | John Wadham of Branscombe & Merifield | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Elizabeth Popham (dau of Sir Stephen Popham of Popham) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Sir John Wadham of Branscombe & Merifield (d 1502) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Stukeley (dau of Sir Hugh Stukeley by Katherine Affeton) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Sir Nicholas Wadham of Merifield & Branscombe, Sheriff of Wiltshire (d 1541) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Joan Hill (dau of Robert Hill of Houndston (d 08.09.1493) by Alice (relict of William Daubeney) dau of John Stourton of Preston Plucknett (d 1439) by Katherine Payne) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Sir John Wadham of Merifield & Branscombe (d 03.03.1578) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Joan Tregarthen of Cornwall (d 1583, dau/coheir of John Tregarthen or Tregarthian of Cornwall) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Sir Nicholas Wadham of Merifield & Branscombe (b 1532, dsp 20.10.1609, founder of Wadham College, Oxford) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1555) Dorothy Petre (dau of Sir William Petre by Gerdure Tyrrell) | |||||||||||||||
| (b) | Jane (Johanna) Wadham | ||||||||||||||
| m1. John Foster of Baddesley | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Sir Giles Strangeways of Melbury | |||||||||||||||
| (c) | Florence Wadham probably of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Wyndham (dvp 25.08.1572) | |||||||||||||||
| (d) | Margaret Wadham | ||||||||||||||
| m. Nicholas Martin of Athelhampton (son of Robert by Elizabeth, dau/heir of John Kelway of Rockburne) | |||||||||||||||
| (ii) | Andrew Wadham of Merrifield (d 1550, Gentleman Usher) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1548) Anne Saunders (bur 16.02.1565, dau of Laurence Saunders of Harrington (by Alice, dau of Robert Brokesby of Shoby) , relict of Sir Bartholomew Tate of Delapré Abbey then Sir Thomas Longueville, m4. ?? Befford) | |||||||||||||||
| (iii) | Mary Wadham probably of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir Richard Chudleigh of Ashton | |||||||||||||||
| (iv) | Elizabeth Wadham probably of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m1. John Warre of Chipleigh | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Sir Edward Bampfylde of Poltimore | |||||||||||||||
| (v)+ | other issue - Laurence, Giles | ||||||||||||||
| m2. Margery Seymour (dau of John Seymour) | |||||||||||||||
| (vii) | Nicholas Wadham probably the Nicholas who married ... | ||||||||||||||
| m. Dorothy Berkeley (dau of Sir Richard Berkeley of Stoke, m2. William Gibbs of Fenton) | |||||||||||||||
| (viii) | Jane Wadham | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir William Fogge | |||||||||||||||
| m3. Isabel Baynham | |||||||||||||||
| m4. Joan Lyte | |||||||||||||||
| (B) | Sir Edward Wadham of Tormanton, Sheriff of Gloucestershire (d 1547) | ||||||||||||||
| (C) | Sir William Wadham of Ashford | ||||||||||||||
| (D) | Sir Richard Wadham (d 1557) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Johanna Lyte | |||||||||||||||
| The following connection was found on various web sites. | |||||||||||||||
| m2. ?? Cheney (dau of John Cheney of Pinhoe by Elizabeth, dau of John Hill of Spaxton) | |||||||||||||||
| (2) | Elizabeth Wadham | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Fauntleroy | |||||||||||||||
| b. | William Wadham (a 1483) | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Bullesdon (dau of Thomas Bullesdon of Bramley) | |||||||||||||||
| c. | Joan Wadham possibly of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Malet of Enmore, Deandon and St. Audries (d 1501/2) | |||||||||||||||
| ii. | Elizabeth Wadham probably of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1438) Robert Stawel of Cothelston, etc. (b c1422, d 28.10.1499) | |||||||||||||||
| C. | Margery Wadham apparently of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. (after 1411) John Stourton, 1st Lord (b c1399, d 25.11.1462) | |||||||||||||||
Main source(s): a schedule kindly provided by a contributor (OWC, 02.07.09), based at least in part on references in BHO (VCH, etc.) and cross-references from elsewhere in the database
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