Nicholas Wyfold, Lord Mayor of London

• Nicholas Wyfold, Lord Mayor & Alderman of London1,2,3,4,5
• M, #47716, d. 1456
• Nicholas Wyfold, Lord Mayor & Alderman of London married Margaret Chedworth, daughter of Sir John Chedworth and Joan, circa 1450.1,2,3,4,5 Nicholas Wyfold, Lord Mayor & Alderman of London died in 1456 at London, Middlesex, England.1,2,3,4,5
• Family Margaret Chedworth b. c 1425, d. 1494
• Citations
• [S11568] The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, by George Edward Cokayne, Vol. IX, p. 612, notes.
• [S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 236.
• [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. II, p. 412-413.
• [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. III, p. 333-334.
• [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. IV, p. 267-268.
• From: http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p1587.htm#... ____________
• Nicholas Wyfold1
• M, #435613
• Last Edited=12 Apr 2010
• Nicholas Wyfold married Margaret Chedworth, daughter of Sir John Chedworth.1
• He held the office of Lord Mayor of London in 1450.1
• Citations
• [S37] BP2003 volume 2, page 2352. See link for full details for this source. Hereinafter cited as. [S37]
• From: http://www.thepeerage.com/p43562.htm#i435613 ____________________

Sheriff 1443-4. Mayor 1450-1. Auditor 1442-4; Master Grocers 1443-4, 1451-2. Died 1456; Will (PCC 8 Stokton) dd 22 Jun 1456. Son-in-law of Thomas Catteworth (Mayor 1443-4). His widow married (as her third husband) John Howard, 1st Duke of Norfolk of that house, (the "Jockey of Norfolk" who was killed at Bosworth). His daughter was the second wife of Lord Marney, one of Henry VIII's courtiers.

In his will dated 12 June 1456, Nicholas bequeaths to his wife Margaret and his daughter Esabel in "custodie and gouernance of Margarete my wife hir moder vnto the tyme that the same Isabelle come to hir fulle and lawfull age or be married." His will was proved on 28 October 1456.

Sources:

• http://patp.us/genealogy/aldermen_1400.aspx
• https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/soc.genealogy.medieval/iQJU... __________________________
• Margaret Chedworth Howard
• Birth: 1436, England
• Death: 1494, England
• Daughter of Sir John Chedworth and Margaret Bowett.
• Wife of Nicholas Wyfold, Lord Mayor of London who died in 1456.
• Secondly, wife of John Norreys, Esquire of Bray, Berkshire and Master of the Wardrobe who died 01 Sep 1466.
• Thirdly, wife of Sir John Howard, Knight of the Garter, Sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk, son of Sir Robert Howard and Margaret Mowbray. They married in 1467 and had one daughter, Katherine, who would marry Sir John Bourchier.
• Margaret died testate after John was slain in battle at Bosworth and was buried at Stoke-by-Nayland.
• Family links:
• Spouses:
• John Howard (1422 - 1485)
• John Norreys (1400 - 1466)*
• Children:
  • Katherine Howard Bourchier (1467 - 1536)*
• Burial: Saint Mary Churchyard, Stoke by Nayland, Babergh District, Suffolk, England
• Find A Grave Memorial# 102197565
• From: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=102197565 ____________________
• Sir John Norreys (c. 1400 – 1 September 1466) was a high ranking Lancastrian, and the head of the branch of the Norreys family who became prominent under the reign of the House of Tudor. He served as Keeper of the Wardrobe for King Henry VI of England.
• John was the son of William Norreys (born c. 1375) Esquire of Ockwells Manor and Christina Stretch, daughter and heiress of William Stretch of Ruscombe. William Norreys was the son and heir of Roger Norreys of Bray. The Norreys family were descendants of the prominent le Norreys family, who are said to have come to England soon after the Norman Invasion.
• John Norreys married (1st) before 1437 Alice (c. 1405 - c. 1450), daughter and heiress of Richard Merbrook (or Merbroke), Esq., of Yattendon, Berkshire. His wife, Alice, was made a Lady of the Most Noble Order of the Garter in 1448 [see Beltz, Memorials of the Order of the Garter (1841): ccxxiv]. The couple had two sons:
  • Sir William Norreys (1433 - 4 January 1507)
  • John Norreys, living 1466.
• After Alice's death, John Norreys married (2nd) Eleanor Clitherow, daughter and co-heiress of Roger Clitherow, of Goldston [in Ash], Kent, by his wife, Maud. She was living 1455. The couple had one son and one daughter.
  • John Norreys, Esq. (of Goldston [in Ash], Kent), married Isabel/Elizabeth Wyfold, daughter and heiress of Nicholas Wyfold, Alderman, Citizen, and grocer of London, Mayor of London (1450–1).
  • Anne Norreys, living 1495, married (1st) John Harcourt, Esq. (born c. 1450, died 1485), of Stanton Harcourt, Oxfordshire; (2nd) before 1495 John Grey, Esq., of Bosworth, Leicestershire.
• John Norreys married (3rd) in September 1459 Margaret Chedworth (1436–1494), widow of Nicholas Wyfold (died 1456), Alderman, Citizen, and grocer of London, Mayor of London (1450–1), and daughter of John Chedworth, Knt., civil lawyer, by his wife, Joan. The couple had one son and one daughter:
  • William Norreys, living 1466.
  • Lettice Norreys, living 1466.
• His widow, Margaret Chedworth, married (3rd) before 22 Jan. 1467 John Howard, 1st Duke of Norfolk.
• .... etc.
• From: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Norreys_(Keeper_of_the_Wardrobe) __________________
• Links
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Howard,_1st_Duke_of_Norfolk
• http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/HOWARD1.htm#John HOWARD (1º D. Norfolk)
• http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/NORREYS.htm#John NORREYS (Esq.)1
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Lord_Mayors_of_London

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