Sir John Needham, MP

John Needham purchased half the Manor of Cranage. He also took a 21-year lease on Shavington, Shropshire, at £12/13/4 per annum, and, when the lease expired in 1461, he purchased the Manor of Shavington. He died without issue on April 25th, 1480 (monument once in Holmes Chapel Parish Church), and his heir was his great-nephew, William Needham, the grandson of his brother, Thomas (1487 Inquisition Post Mortem). knighted on May 20th, 1464, and Common Sergeant of London in 1449, an M.P. for London in 1450, one of the Judges of the Court of King's Bench in 1461, and Chief Justice of Chester

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• Sir John Needham1
• M, #341834
• Last Edited=12 Mar 2009
• Sir John Needham is the son of Robert Needham and Dorothy Savage.1
• He held the office of Common Serjeant of London in 1449.1 He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for the City of London in 1450.1 He held the office of Judge of the King's Bench in 1461.1
• Citations
• [S37] BP2003 volume 2, page 2158. See link for full details for this source. Hereinafter cited as. [S37]
• From: http://www.thepeerage.com/p34184.htm#i341834

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• Dorothy SAVAGE
• Born: ABT 1366 / 1385
• Father: John SAVAGE
• Mother: Margaret DANYERS
• Married: Robert NEEDHAM of Cranage (son of William Needham and Alice Cranage)
• Children:
  • 1. Thomas NEEDHAM (b. ABT 1398) (m. Maud Brereton)
  • 2. Alice NEEDHAM (m. Robert Cholmley)
  • 3. Hugh NEEDHAM
  • 4. William NEEDHAM
  • 5. Agnes NEEDHAM (m. John Starkey)
  • 6. Robert NEEDHAM (d. 1448) (m. Dorothy ?)
  • 7. John NEEDHAM (d. 1480) (m. Margery Mannering)
• From: http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/SAVAGE.htm#Dorothy SAVAGE1

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• The Visitation of Shropshire; v.29 (1889) Part II.
• https://archive.org/details/TheVisitationOfShropshireV.29
• https://archive.org/stream/TheVisitationOfShropshireV.29/Visitation...
• Pg.371
  • Needham of Shavington. Pg.371-372
• John Needham of Needham co. Derb. 4 E. 3. = ; ch: Tho. Needham
  • Tho. Needham of Needham in com. Derb. = ; ch: Will'm (m. Alice Cranage), Thomas Needham.
    • Thomas Needham of Needham 47 E. 3. = ; descendants Vide Derby.
    • Will'm Needham 49 E. 3. = Alice da. & heir to . . . . Cranage of Cranage in Chester. ; ch: Rob't Needham
      • Rob't Needham of Cranage ob. 8 H. 4. = ch: Robert (m. Dorothy Savage) Needham.
        • Robert Needham ob. 27 H. 6. = Dorothy da. to Sr Jo. Savage Kt of ye Garter. ; ch: Hugh, William, Sr John (m. Margery Mannering), Agnes (m. John Starkey), Robert, Thomas (m. Mawde Brereton) Needham.
          • Sr John Needham Justice of the King's Bench & Chester 2 sonn of Robert ob. 1480 [Judge of Common Pleas 1457; Judge of King's Bench 1472]. = Margery da. to Randall Mannering widow to Will'm Bromley of Cheverton [Shrawardine ?].
          • Thomas Needha' of Shenton in co. Salop. = Mawde da. to Sr Wm Brereton of Brereton Kt. ; ch: Sr Wm (m. Isabell Bromley) Needham.
            • Sr Wm Needham Knight. = Isabell da. & cohae. to Sr John Bromley Kt. (Sr John Bromley Knight maried Jane dau. & heire to Wm Hartall Hexstall.) ; ch: (Pg.372 Margrett (m. Tho. Whittington), Sr Robt (m. Agnes Manwaring) Needham)
              • https://archive.org/stream/TheVisitationOfShropshireV.29/Visitation...
              • Pg.372
              • Margrett vx. Tho. Whittington of Pountley who had 6 da.s
              • Sr Robt Needham of Shenton Kt ob. 20 H. 7 [bought Shavington 1506; Sheriff 1529]. = Agnes da. to John or Jenkin Manwaring of Pever in [com.] Chest'r. ; ch: Maude (m. Tho. Venables), Jane Anne (m. Sr Andrew Corbett), Tho. (m. Agnes Hope & Ann Talbott), John, Robert Needham.
                • Tho. Needham of Shenton ob. in vita patris. = Agnes da. to . . . . Hope. ; ch: Agnes Needham; = Ann da. to Sr John Talbott of Grafton Kt. ; ch: Robert (m. Francis Aston), John, Margrett (m. Richard Steventon), Margery Mary (m. Geo. Conney) Agnes (m. Sr Richard Bulkley & . . . . Cranage), Joane, Anne Needham.
                  • Robert Needha' of Shenton [Sheriff 1565]. = Francis da. to Sr Edward Aston of Tixall Kt. ; ch: Elizab., Mawde (m. Jo. Aston), Margery Mary (m. Thomas Onslow & Sr Rob't Vernon), Ann (m. Rob't Powell), Jane (m. James Collyer), Thomas (m. Mary (wid. of Sr Robert Salisbury) Bagenhall), Sr Rob't (m. Ann Doyley & Joane Lacye) Needham.
                    • Sr Rob't Needham of Shenton Kt Viscount Kilmory in Ireland 1624 [Sheriff 1607]. = Ann da. to . . . . Doyley widow to . . . . Willmott. ; = Joane da. to John Lacye of Borseton in com Som'sett. ; ch: Francess (m. Sr Rowland Cotton), Robert (m. Francess Andersonne & Elianor (wid. to Gilbert [Lord] Gerrard) Dutton), Elianor (m. Sr Wm Owen) Needham.
                      • Robert Needham. = Francess da. to Sr Henry Andersonne of London Kt. ; ch: Robert, Frances (m. Tho. Cotton), Elianor Needham; = Lady Elianor da. & heire to Jo. Dutton wid. to Gilbert Lo. [Lord] Gerard. ; ch: Charles (2 sonn.) Needham _________________________

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Sir John Needham is the son of Robert Needham and Dorothy Savage.

    He held the office of Common Serjeant of London in 1449.  He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for the City of London in 1450. He held the office of Judge of the King's Bench in 1461.