Nicholas Wadham, Esq.

Nicholas Wadham (1531/1532 – 1609), Esquire, of Merryfield, Ilton in Somerset and Edge, Branscombe in Devon, was a posthumous co-founder, with his widow Dorothy Petre, of Wadham College, Oxford.

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• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_Wadham_(1531%E2%80%931609)_
• thepeerage.com

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• 'Wadhams genealogy, proceded by a sketch of the Wadham family in England.. ([c1913])
• http://www.archive.org/details/wadhamsgenealogy00stev
• http://www.archive.org/stream/wadhamsgenealogy00stev#page/4/mode/1up
• Sir John, the second, left two sons, William and Thomas, the later of Redworthy in Ashreigny. Sir William Sheriff of Devon, married Margaret, daughter of William Cheselden. His heir was John, who became Sir John, third, who married Elizabeth, one of the four daughters of Stephen Popham, the representative of an ancient Hampshire family as well as of Merefield, in Ilton near Ilminster. This John left two sons, John and Edward, also a daughter, Alice, who married Nicholas Stukeley, of Affeton, North Devon. This latter John also became Sir John, the fourth of the name and title, and he married Elizabeth, who was daughter of another Stukeley, Hugh, of Affeton. The heir of this fourth Sir John was Nicholas, and another son was William. Nicholas, like his ancestors, was knighted. He married first, Joan, daughter of Robert Hill, of Halsway, and his heir was another John. Nicholas and Joan had also other children: Andrew; Giles, who married Agnes, daughter of Clauson of Barton; Mary, who married Sir Richard Chudleigh of Ashdon; and Elizabeth, who married first, Sir Edward Bampfield, and second Richard Warr.
• Nicholas, four times married, took for his second wife, Margaret, daughter of Sir John Seymour, who was aunt of Queen Jane Seymour, third wife of Henry VIII and sister also to the Protector, Edward, Duke of Samoerset. The children of Nicholas and Margaret Seymour were 'Nicholas' and a daughter, Jane. Nicholas was knighted in 1494 "at ye creacion of Prince Henry," then two years old, to be Duke of York. In 1498 .... http://www.archive.org/stream/wadhamsgenealogy00stev#page/n28/mode/1up CHART - PEDIGREE OF WADHAM.
• 5. John Wadham, Knt. mar1. da. of Cheyney, of Pine. mar2. Elizabeth, da. of Hugh Stukeley. ch: Sir Nicholas, of Merifield, Captain of the Isle of Wright, &c. Will proved Jan. 30, 1542.; William.
  • 6. Sir Nicholas, of Merifield, Captain of the Isle of Wright, &c. Will proved Jan. 30, 1542. mar1. Joan, da. of Robt. Hill, of Halfway, by Alice, da. of John Stourton, of Preston, Somerset, and relict of William Daubeny. ch: 1. Laurence, o.s.p.; 2. John, of Merifield and Edge. Will proved mar. 15, 1577/8; buried at Ilminster.; 3. Giles, of Barton, co. Somerset.; Andrew, o.s.p.; Mary mar. Richard Chudleigh, of Ashdon.; Elizabeth mar1. Edw. Bampfield, mar2. John Warr.; Sir Nicholas mar2. Margaret, sister of Sir John Seymour, Knt., and aunt of Queen Jane; buried in Carisbrooke. ch: 'Nicholas, o.s.p.; buried at Ilton, 1508.'; Jane mar. Forster, of Badesley, Hants.; Sir Nicholas mar3. Isabell, d. of T. Baynam, of Gloucestershire and relict of Sir Giles Bridges. Sir Nicholas mar4. Joan, da. of Richard Lyte, widow of William Walton of Barton. Will proved 1557; buried at Ilton.
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