Margaret Preston

Margaret Curwen is also seen as Helen Curwen. She died before 1569, when her husband John Preston died, with Dorothy Layton as his widow.

Family

http://www.suddenlink.net/pages/fpreston/ppatrik1.htm

John Preston, Nineteenth Generation, b.1511 d. >1569, son of Sir Thomas Preston, entered into the possession of his inheritances of Preston Patrick, Under Levins Hall and the manor of Abbey of Furness, he established his principal residence at Furness, and his branch of the family from that time forward was known as the "Prestons of the Manor". He married Margaret Curwen, daughter of Sir Thomas Curwen, of Workington in Cumberland, and his wife, Agnes (Strickland) Curwen, who was the daughter of Sir Walter Strickland, of Syzergh Castle. He married second, Dorothy Layton, widow of Richard Redmayne. He served the County of Lancashire as Sheriff in 1569. He had issue, three sons and one daughter:

1. Thomas Preston who succeeded to the Preston Estates.
2. Nicholas Preston who was a lawyer and who died without issue.
3. Thomas Preston who married Margaret Fytche, dau. and heiress of Roger Fytche of Ellel, the owner of the vast Cockerham estates and thenceforward, with his descendents became identified with that County seat.
4. Margaret Preston who married Roger Kirkby, Esq., of Kirkby in Lancashire.

Disputed Origins

• Daughter of Sir Christopher Curwen and Margaret Curwen or a generation younger, as
• Daughter of Sir Thomas Curwen of Workington and Agnes Curwen

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Origins

Thomas Curwen (abt 1493 - 1543) married his first wife Agnes Strickland (b. c. 1492/3 - d. probably before 1540), daughter of Sir Walter Strickland and Elizabeth Pennington around 1527. Issue:

1. Sir Henry (b. May 1528 - d. 1597). m.1 (1548) Mary Fairfax.[15] m.2 Janet Crosby.[16]
2. (disputed) William[13][4]
3. Joan.[17]
4. Lucy
5. Margaret (b. c 1537).[18] m. John Preston

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Supporting data

• The Curwens of Workington Hall and kindred families (1880)
• https://archive.org/details/curwensofworking00jack
• https://archive.org/stream/curwensofworking00jack#page/14/mode/1up
• The name of Gilbert occurs again in 1397, and, finally,
• https://archive.org/stream/curwensofworking00jack#page/15/mode/1up
• another mention is made of him in the Family Pedigree. He was twice married ; first to Alice, daughter of Sir Lowther ; she was the mother of William. His second wife was Isabella de Derwentwater, widow of Christopher Moresby ; a fact, I think, sufficiently proved by the Inquisition quoted below. I do not think that there were any children of this union.
• His son, William, seems early to have taken a very active and prominent part in the stirring events of his time. We first find mention of him in 1376, when he was appointed Constable of "Loghmaban Castle," .... etc. .... He was twice married ; the first time to Elyn, one of the three co-heiresses of Robert de Brun, of Drumburgh Castle, from whose family Brunstock took its name. By her he got a considerable property, consisting of one-third of Bothell, part of Torpenhow, and lands near Carlisle. It does not appear that he had any family by her, although
• https://archive.org/stream/curwensofworking00jack#page/16/mode/1up
• his descendants long continued to give as their own arms quarterly, 1 & 4 Curwen, 2 & 3 Brun, being azure, a lion rampant argent charged with five lozenges gules, langued and armed of the same. There may have been some connection between the Curwens and Bothell previous to this marriage, or the heiress may have been a ward of Sir Gilbert, for in the year 1357 John Coron (note the spelling) of Bothill was buried in the churchyard of Saint Michael, Torpenhowe. A list of the lands said to have been held by William Culwen under Maud de Percy, heiress of the Lucies, at the time of her death in 1398/9, is appended. Between 1399 and 1403 William had a grant from Henry, Earl of Northumberland, Constable of England, and Hotspur, his son, of all their rights in the Manors of Wyrkyngton, Seton, and Thornthawyte in Derwent felles ; and it is especially worthy of note that the grant is "Willmo de Curwen," being the first time we find in the recognized family an authenticated departure from the old spelling of Culwen. I gather from no mean authority that the endorsement "Wilyam de Curwen" is probably in the autograph of the grantee. Mons'r. William de Culwenne was summoned from Cumberland to the King's Privy Council in 1401. Sir Willam's second wife was Margaret, daughter of Sir John Croft, of Claughton, Lancashire, by whom he had, at least, one son, Christopher.
• Sir Christopher Curwen was Lord of Workington from 1404 to 1450, .... etc.
• https://archive.org/stream/curwensofworking00jack#page/18/mode/1up
• .... etc. He died July 17, 1450.
• His wife, Elizabeth de Hudelston, survived him. She was living 7 Edwd. IV (1468). Her survival to this late period clears up a difficulty which has occasioned Canon Knowles and myself much thought in connection with the arms on the monument. It will be observed that the arms at the head of the dexter side are those of Curwen impaling lozengy for Croft, being the arms of Christopher's father and mother ; the next are those of Curwen and Hudleston, his own and those of his wife ; the third coat Curwen only ; the fourth, Curwen impaling six annulets or, for Lowther, their son's arms and those of his wife ; and the last, Curwen impaling the eldest son of Pennington, who pre-deceased his father ; which last were the arms of Christopher, the grandson of the entombed pair, and those of his wife. He raised the monument, his grandmother
• https://archive.org/stream/curwensofworking00jack#page/19/mode/1up
• having survived to see him holding the estate, which fell into his hands about the year 1470. And so they lie, — .... etc.
• Sir Christopher was succeeded by his son Thomas, who was Sheriff of Cumberland 28 & 35 Henry VI, Knight of the Shire for that County 14, 20, 27 & 38, and for Westmorland 28th of the same reign. His wife, Anne, was daughter of Sir Robert Lowther. I quote below two
• https://archive.org/stream/curwensofworking00jack#page/20/mode/1up
• statements respecting him from the notes to the old pedigree.
• A second Christopher succeeded his father Thomas. His first wife was Anne, daughter of John, eldest son of Sir John Pennington, who pre-deceased his father. His second wife was Catherine, daughter of Sir Richard Salkeld, of Rosgill. It does not appear that he ever filled the office of Sheriff, and as the Parliamentary Records are lost from 22 Edw. IV to 21 Hen. VIII, we are deprived of one source of information. The old pedigree states that he was living 7 Hen. VII (A.D. 1492).
• Another Thomas succeeded, who was Sheriff ol Cumberland 1 & 8 Hen. VIII. His first wife was Anne, daughter of Sir John Hudleston, of Millom Castle, by whom he had his successor and other children. His second wife, Isabel, is said to have been a daughter of Sir Henry Percy, and widow of Henry Chippard. Probably her father was one of the numerous offshoots of the Percy line existing at that time. He died 14 Hen. VIII (A.D. 1522).
• Another Christopher, being the third of that name, succeeded his father Thomas. He was Sheriff of Cumberland 16 and 25 Hen. VIII. A dispensation was granted August 3, 1492, enabling him to marry Margaret, the daughter of Sir Roger Bellingham, "to whom he was related twice in the fourth degree."
• Thomas was Sheriff of Cumberland 28 Hen. VIII. His
• https://archive.org/stream/curwensofworking00jack#page/21/mode/1up
• first wife was Agnes, daughter of Sir Walter Strickland, by whom he had seven children. Agnes's mother was the daughter and heiress of Ralph Neville, of Thornton Briggs, and through this marriage the royal blood of the Plantagenets came into the Curwen house. His second wife was Florens, widow of Thomas Forster, of Edderston, daughter of Sir Thomas Wharton, by whom he had an only son, Thomas. Old Sandford, in his manuscript .... etc.
• .... etc. John Preston married Ellyn, sister of Sir Thomas Curwen, and not his daughter ; and it is abundantly proved by the words of Sir Thomas's will that such was the fact. He says : — .... etc.
• https://archive.org/stream/curwensofworking00jack#page/22/mode/1up
• .... etc. He also makes his "broder John Preston" one of his executors. I care not to attempt a reconciliation of the discrepancies. .... etc.
• His will bears date November 1, 1543, and was proved at York, November 8, 1544, Sir Thomas Wharton, Lord Wharton, Walter Strickland, and John Preston, being appointed guardians of his eldest son Henry, who, however, must have nearly attained his majority. He was the eldest son of the marriage with Agnes Strickland, and the succession, which had been so rapid that no less than five generations in lineal descent had passed away in seventy-four years from, and inclusive of, the death of the first Sir Thomas, about 9 Edw. IV (a.d. 1469/70), received a check.
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• THIS SEEMS TO HAVE INCORRECT PARENTS FOR MARGARET WHO IS CALLED HELEN IN OTHER REFERENCES, WIFE OF JOHN PRESTON.
• Margaret Curwen
• F, #72116, b. circa 1537
• Father Sir Thomas Curwen, Sheriff of Cumberland b. c 1500
• Mother Agnes Strickland b. c 1492
• Margaret Curwen was born circa 1537. She married John Preston, Sheriff of Lancashire, son of Sir Thomas Preston and Anne Thornburgh, circa 1555.
• Family John Preston, Sheriff of Lancashire b. c 1520
• Child
  • Thomas Preston, Esq.+ b. b 1560
• From: http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p2400.htm#... ______________________________
• THIS SEEMS TO HAVE INCORRECT PARENTS FOR MARGARET WHO IS CALLED HELEN IN OTHER REFERENCES, WIFE OF JOHN PRESTON.
• Margaret CURWEN
• Born: ABT 1539, Workington, Cumberland, England
• Father: Thomas CURWEN of Workington (Sir)
• Mother: Agnes STRICKLAND
• Married: John PRESTON (Esq.) (son of Sir Thomas Preston and Anne Thornborough)
• Children:
  • 1. Thomas PRESTON (b. 1565 - d. 11 Oct 1615) (m. Margaret Fytche)
  • 2. Nicholas PRESTON
  • 3. Margaret PRESTON
• From: http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/CURWEN.htm#Margaret CURWEN3 _________________________

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• Reference: Ancestry Genealogy - SmartCopy: Mar 28 2017, 12:18:46 UTC
• The Preston genealogy : tracing the history of the family from about 1040, A.D. ... : to the present time. page 14: Archive.Org Page 16. Archive.Org
• Prestons of Great Britain: Cockerham and Up - Ottery Branches http://www.suddenlink.net/pages/fpreston/cocker1.htm
• The Preston genealogy : tracing the history of the family from about 1040, A.D. ... : to the present time page 14: Archive.Org
• http://www.stirnet.com/genie/data/british/pp/preston03.php