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James Wise

Also Known As: "John"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Devon, England
Death: 1526 (28-30)
Devon, England
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Son of John Wise, 3rd of Sydenham and Margareta Maria Wise
Husband of Alicia Wise
Father of Sir William Wise; Sir John Wise, of Sidenham; Sir Rychard Wise of Cudleston; Phillipa Parson; George Wise and 1 other

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About James Wise

  • A genealogical and heraldic history of the commoners of Great Britain and Ireland, enjoying territorial possessions or high official rank; but univested with heritable honours (1835) Vol. 1
  • https://archive.org/details/genealogicalheral01burk
  • https://archive.org/stream/genealogicalheral01burk#page/19/mode/1up
  • Pg.19
    • WISE, OF FORD HOUSE
  • https://archive.org/stream/genealogicalheral01burk#page/20/mode/1up
  • Pg.20
  • OLIVER WISE, of Sydenham. This gentleman m. Margaret, daughter of John Tremayne, esq. of Collacombe, in the county of Devon, and was s. by his elder son,
  • JOHN WISE, of Syndenham, who m. first, Maria, daughter of James Chudleigh, esq. of Ashton, in the county of Devon, by whom he had THOMAS, Nicholas, and Anna. He espoused, secondly, Dorothy, daughter of __ Legh, of Legh, and had two other sons and a daughter. He wedded, thirdly, Anna, daughter of Sir George Mathew, of Rader, in Wales, and had one son, Leonard. He was s. by his eldest son,
  • JAMES WISE, of Sydenham, who m. Alicia daughter of James Dinham, esq. of Wrtham, in the county of Devon, and had, with other issue,
    • JOHN, his successor.
    • William (Sir). Of this gentleman the following quaint anecdote is related. .... etc.
  • James Wise was s. by his eldest son,
  • JOHN WISE, of Sydenham, who m. Alicia, daughter of John Harris, of Hayne, .... ___________________
  • The Visitations of the County of Devon: Comprising the Herald's Visitations ... By College of Arms (Great Britain)
  • http://books.google.com/books?id=GmqlIibS95IC&dq=John+Affeton+1467&...
  • Pg.791
    • WISE OF SIDENHAM.
  • Oliver Wise of Sidenham. mar. Margaret da. of John Tremayne, remar. Sir James Chudleigh of Ashton Kt., vide Chaudleigh ped. ante, page 189, and Tremayne ped., page 730.; parents of John (m. Mary Chudleigh & Dorothy Leigh & Ann Mathew), Oliver, Margaret (m. Thomas Pyne), Thomasin (m. Hugh Beaumont) Wise
    • John Wise of Sidenham in Devon. m1. Mary, da. of James Chudleigh of Ashton, Esq. first wife, vide Chudleigh ped. ante, page 189, where she is called Margaret. parents of James (m. Alice Dyneham), Nicholas, Ann (m. _ Drewe) Wise; m2. Dorothy, da. of Thomas Leigh of South Molton, 2 wife, parents of Thomas, Pierce Wise; m3. Ann, da. of Sir Thomas Mathew of Wales, 3 wife., parents of Leonard, Elizabeth Wise.
      • James Wise of Sydenham, son and heir, d. 5 Aug. 1534, Inq. p.m. 26 Hen. VIII., No. 18. m. Alice da. of john Dyneham of Wortham in Devon, Esq., mar. sett. 16 Dec. 1514, remarried Richard Kendall, mar. sett. 3 Jan. 1539, living 1564, vide Kendall ped., Vivian's Visitation fo Cornwall, page 258., parents of John (m. Alice Harris), George, Phillip (m. Hugh Person), Margery Wise.
        • John Wise of Sidenham, son and heir, aged 7 years and more at the death of his father, d. 22 Jan. 1563-64, Inq. p.m. 7 Eliz., Nos. 4 and 6, recites will dated 22 Jan. 1563-64. mar. Alice da. of John Harris of Hayne in Devon, vide ped. ante, page 449., parents of Elizabeth, Alice, Dorothy, Mary, Anne, Thomas (m. Mary Buller), John (m. Emmet Vavasour), James, Charles, Arkenwald Wise. _____________
  • The visitation of the county of Devon in the year 1620 Vol. 6
  • https://archive.org/details/visitationofcoun06colbrich
  • https://archive.org/stream/visitationofcoun06colbrich#page/358/mode...
  • Pg.358
    • WISE. - (Supp.)
  • John Wise of Sidenham Devon mar'd Mary d. of James Chudleigh of Ashton in Devon Esq., 1 w., parents of James (m. Alice Dynham), Nicholas, Anne (m. _ Drwe) Wise; mar'd Dorothy d. of Leigh, 2 w., parents of Peeirce, Thomas Wise; mar'd 3, Ann d. of Sir Tho. Mathew of Wales, parents of Leonard, Elizabeth Wise.
    • James Wise of Sidenham mar. Alice d. of John Dynham of Wortham in Devon Esq. parents of John (m. Alice Harris), George, Phillip (m. Hugh Person), Margery Wise
      • John Wise of Sidenham mar. Alice d of John Harris of Haynes in Devon, parents of Thomas, John, James, Charles, Arkenwald, Elizabeth, Alice, Dorothy, Mary, Anne Wise. ____________
  • A view of Devonshire in MDCXXX, with a pedigree of most of its gentry (1845)
  • https://archive.org/details/viewofdevonshire00west
  • https://archive.org/stream/viewofdevonshire00west#page/553/mode/1up
  • Pg.553
    • WISE, of South-Sydenham, knight of the Bath. — Arms. — Sable, three chevrons, ermine.
  • John Wise married Thomasin, daughter of Sir Baldwin Fulford and Jane his wife, daughter and heir of Bozome, [of Bozome's-Hele in the parish of Dittisham,] and had issue Alice, married to James Russell, father of John Russell, Earl of Bedford. John Wise, esq., married, first Mary, daughter of James Chudlegh, of Ashton, esq., and had issue James, Nicholas, and Ann married to Drew of Cornwall ; secondly Dorothy, daughter of Leigh, and had issue Thomas and Pierce ; thirdly Ann, daughter of Sir George Matthew in Wales, and had issue Leonard and Elizabeth. James Wise, esq., married Alice, daughter of John Dinham, of Wortham, esq., and had issue John, George, Philippa, (married to Hugh Person ;) and Margery.
  • John Wise, esq., married Alice, daughter of John Harris, of Hayne in the parish of Lifton, esq., and had issue Thomas, John, James, Charles, Arkenold, Elizabeth, Alice, Dorothy, Mary, and Ann. Thomas married Mary, daughter of Richard Buller, of Shillingham in Cornwall, esq., and of Margaret his wife, daughter and coheir to Thomas Trethurfe of Cornwall, and the relict of Edward Courtenay, of Wotton in Cornwall, and had issue. ___________________
  • 'Wise01'
  • BLG1886 reported that "This family, which resided in the West of England before the Norman Conquest, deduces its descent from Oliver Wise, de Greston (on the Tamar), whose 7th direct descendant was Sir William Wise, 40 Henry III" )1255-6). BLG1886 (Wyse of the Manor of St. John), which covers an early branch of the family which moved to Ireland (shown on Wise02), mentions that the familly were origniallly of Greston, Cornwall (1167), and subsequently of Sydenham, Devon (1320)".
  • a. Oliver Wise of Sidenham
  • m. Margaret Tremayne (dau of John Tremayne, m2. Sir James Chudleigh of Ashton)
    • (1) John Wise of Sidenham
    • m1. Mary or Margaret Chudleigh (dau of James Chudleigh of Ashton)
      • (A) James Wise of Sidenham (d 05.08.1534)
      • m. Alice Dyneham (a 1564, dau of John Dyneham of Wortham, m2. Richard Kendall
        • (i) John Wise of Sidenham (b c1527, d 22.01.1563-4)
        • m. Alice Harris (dau of John Harris of Hayne, sergeant-at-law to Henry VIII
        • (ii) Philip(a) Wise
        • m. Hugh Person
        • (iii)+ other issue George (a 1564), Margery
      • (B) Nicholas Wise
      • (C) Ann Wise
      • m. _ Drewe of Cornwall
    • m2. Dorothy Leigh (dau of Thomas Leigh of South Molton)
      • (D)+ other issue - Thomas, Pierce
    • m3. Ann Mathew (dau of Sir Thomas Mathew of Wales)
      • (F)+ other issue - Leonard, Elizabeth
  • From: Stirnet.com
  • ___________________
  • Col. John Wise of England and Virginia (1617-1695) ; his ancestors and descendants (1918)
  • https://archive.org/details/coljohnwiseofeng00wise
  • https://archive.org/stream/coljohnwiseofeng00wise#page/18/mode/1up
  • Pg.18 ______________________

ERROR: James John - Father born 1447 and died 1488 before son born!!!!

ERROR: Mother Mary born 1492 and son born 2 years later!!!

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James Wise's Timeline

1497
1497
Devon, England
1526
1526
Age 29
Devon, England
1528
1528
Devon, England, United Kingdom
1535
1535
Sydenham Damerel, Devon, England, United Kingdom
1539
1539
Cudleston, England
1586
1586
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