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Mary Chudleigh (Wadham)

Also Known As: "Mary Waddam"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Merryfield, Devonshire, England
Death: 1522
Devon, England
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Sir Nicholas Wadham, MP and Joan Wadham
Wife of Sir Richard Chudleigh, Kt.
Mother of Wilmot Coffyn; Lawrence Chudleigh; Petronell Pollard; James Chudleigh; Sir Christopher Chudleigh and 5 others
Sister of Elizabeth Bampfield; Sir John Wadham of Merifield; Giles Wadham; Andrew Wadham and Lawrence Wadham
Half sister of Jane Wadham

Managed by: Linda Sue
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About Mary Chudleigh

  • Wadhams genealogy, proceded by a sketch of the Wadham family in England.. ([c1913])
  • http://www.archive.org/details/wadhamsgenealogy00stev
  • http://www.archive.org/stream/wadhamsgenealogy00stev#page/4/mode/1up
  • . . . . The heir of this fourth Sir John was Nicholas, and another son was William. Nicholas, like his ancestors, was knighted. He married first, Joan, daughter of Robert Hill, of Halsway, and his heir was another John. Nicholas and Joan had also other children : Andrew ; Giles, who married Agnes, daughter of Clauson of Barton ; Mary, who married Sir Richard Chudleigh of Ashdon ; and Elizabeth, who married first, Sir Edward Bampfield, and second, Richard Warr.
  • Nicholas, four times married, took for his second wife, Margaret, daughter of Sir John Seymour, who was aunt of Queen Jane Seymour, third wife of Henry VHI and sister also to the Protector, Edward, Duke of Somerset. The children of Nicholas and Margaret Seymour were Nicholas and a daughter, Jane. Nicholas was knighted in 1494 "at ye creacion of Prince Henry," then two years old, to be Duke of York. In 1498 he, Sir Nicholas, was made Captain of the Isle of Wight. He was also Sheriff of Somerset and Dorset about 1502.
  • http://www.archive.org/stream/wadhamsgenealogy00stev#page/n28/mode/1up
    • CHART - PEDIGREE OF WADHAM.
  • 6. Sir Nicholas, of Merifield, Captain of the Isle of Wright, &c. Will proved Jan. 30, 1542. mar1. Joan, da. of Robt. Hill, of Halfway, by Alice, da. of John Stourton, of Preston, Somerset, and relict of William Daubeny. ch: 1. Laurence, o.s.p.; 2. John, of Merifield and Edge. Will proved mar. 15, 1577/8; buried at Ilminster.; 3. Giles, of Barton, co. Somerset.; Andrew, o.s.p.; Mary mar. Richard Chudleigh, of Ashdon.; Elizabeth mar1. Edw. Bampfield, mar2. John Warr.; Sir Nicholas mar2. Margaret, sister of Sir John Seymour, Knt., and aunt of Queen Jane; buried in Carisbrooke. ch: Nicholas, o.s.p.; buried at Ilton, 1508.; Jane mar. Forster, of Badesley, Hants.; Sir Nicholas mar3. Isabell, d. of T. Baynam, of Gloucestershire and relict of Sir Giles Bridges. Sir Nicholas mar4. Joan, da. of Richard Lyte, widow of William Walton of Barton. Will proved 1557; buried at Ilton.
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  • A view of Devonshire in MDCXXX, with a pedigree of most of its gentry
  • http://www.archive.org/details/aviewdevonshire00westgoog
  • http://www.archive.org/stream/aviewdevonshire00westgoog#page/n481/m...
  • Sir James Chudleigh, knight, married, first Margaret, daughter to the Lord William Stourton, and had issue William, Margaret, wife to John Wise, of Sydenham, Devon ; secondly Margaret, daughter of John Tremayn, the relict of Oliver Wise, and had issue Robert, John. William Chudleigh married Joan, daughter of Sir William Hody, of Pillesdon in Dorset, knight, issue Richard; obiit 29th January, 1515, and lieth in Clist Church.
  • Sir Richard Chudleigh, knight, married Mary, daughter of Sir Nicholas Wadham, of Merrifield, knight, issue Lawrence, James, (sans issue,) Christopher, Elizabeth, (first wife of Sir John Gilbert, sans issue ; secondly of Sir Henry Thynne, knight ;) Margaret, (married to Richard Halse of Kenedon,) Ann, (married to James Coffin of Portledge ; secondly to Edward Whiddon, of Chagford, esq.)
  • Christopher Chudleigh married Christian, sole daughter and heir of William Strechlegh of Strechley, and Anne his wife, daughter or sister and one . . . .
  • http://www.archive.org/stream/aviewdevonshire00westgoog#page/n652/m...
  • Sir John Wadham married Elizabeth, daughter of Hugh Stukeley of Affeton, sister of Nicholas, and had issue Nicholas, and William of whom is Ashford; secondly he married a daughter of Cheyney of Pinhoe. Sir Nicholas, knight, married Joan, daughter of Robert Hill of Halsway, issue Laurence, John, Giles, Andrew, Mary, (wife of Sir Richard Chudlegh;) Elizabeth (wife of Richard Bampfield of Poltimore :) secondly he married Margaret, sister to Sir John Seymour, of Somerset, knight, issue Laurence, who married and died sans issue.
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  • A genealogical and heraldic history of the extinct and dormant baronetcies ... By John Burke, Sir Bernard Burke
  • http://books.google.com/books?id=DqkTAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA115&lpg=PA115&dq...
  • Pg. 115
  • WILLIAM CHUDLEIGH, esq. of Ashton, m. Joan, daughter of Sir William Hody, knt. of Dorsetshire and had a son,
    • SIR RICHARD CHUDLEIGH, knt.* who m. Mary, daughter of Sir Nicholas Wadham, knt. of Merifield, in the county of Somerset, and was s. by his son,
      • CHRISTOPHER CHUDLEIGH, esq. of Ashton. This gentleman m. Christiana, daughter of William Stretchley, esq. of Stretchley, in the county of Devon, and thus added considerably to his paternal fortune. He left a son and heir,
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  • Mary Wadham1
  • F, b. circa 1500
  • Father Nicholas Wadham1 b. c 1475
  • Mary Wadham was born circa 1500 at of Merrifield, Devonshire, England.1 She married Richard Chudleigh, son of William Chudleigh and Joan (Jane) Hody, circa 1525.1
  • Family Richard Chudleigh b. c 1499, d. 26 Aug 1558
  • Child
    • Christopher Chudleigh+1 b. c 1530, d. 1 Oct 1570
  • Citations
  • 1.[S61] Unknown author, Family Group Sheets, SLC Archives.
  • From: http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p2917.htm#...
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Mary Chudleigh's Timeline

1488
1488
Merifield, Cornwall, England (United Kingdom)
1503
1503
Ashton, Devonshsire, England
1520
1520
West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
1522
1522
Devon, England
1525
1525
Ashton, Devonshire, England, United Kingdom
1528
1528
Devonshire, England
1533
1533
Ashton, Devonshsire, England
1538
1538
Rood Ashton Hall, West Ashton, St. Thomas, Exeter, South Devon, England (United Kingdom)
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Merryfield, Devonshire, England