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Anne Wenman (Humphrey)

Birthdate:
Death: before 1500
Immediate Family:

Wife of Richard Wainman, of Witney
Mother of Richard Wainman, of Witney

Managed by: Woodman Mark Lowes Dickinson, OBE
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About Anne Wenman

Anne Humphrey married Richard Wenman (or Wainman) of Witney, Clothier & Woolstapler, who was buried in Witney Church in 1500. He was the son of Henry the Wainman & Emmote, daughter of Simkin Hervey. Anne must have died before 1500, as Richard's 2nd wife Christian was buried in 1501.

Children

  • Richard, married Anne Busche
  • William, alias Fermor. Married Elizabeth Fermor
  • Alice, married Laurence Fermor
  • Ralph, a younger son. Under Steward of Pipewell Abbey

 

notes on the pedigree

Arms.—1. Sable, on a Jesse argent three lions' heads erased gules between three anchors or. [wenman.] 

From The History, Description and Antiquities of the Prebendal Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Thame, in the County and Diocese of Oxford:....  By Frederick George Lee.  "Pedigree of Wenman & Wykeman of Thame Park.". Page 439:

"They [the Wenmans] were originally clothiers of Witney; and, being the first that used wains or carts with four wheels to carry their cloth to London, were called ' Wainmen;' or else the first was a driver of a wain."—Giles's History of Witney, p. 102. London: 1852.


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Anne Wenman's Timeline

1473
1473
Blewbury, Berkshire , England
1500
1500
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