Nicholas Tufton, Esq.

Nicholas Tufton

• Birth: 1475 in Tufton, Northiam, Sussex, England (also seen as about 1499 in Kingstone in Kent)
• Death: 30 Dec 1538 in Tufton, Northiam, Sussex, England.
• Lived at: Northian Place, Sussex, England.
• Children: Joan, Isabel, Alice, Margaret, Joan(?), Anne, Agnes, Joane, John, and Nicholas

Ref: StirNet

NIcholas Tufton - b. about 1475, Kingstone, Kent; d. Dec. 30, 1538, Kingstone, Kent. Descendant of the de Toketon-Tufton family.

Nicholas's will was written in Jan. 1537/8, asking that his body be buried there before the altar of St. Nicholas in the church of the Blessed Virgin. Nicholas provided his daughter, named as Isabel Cryour, with an annuity for life, and appointed his son John Tufton as executor.

Nicholas Tufton, lived in Northiam, but he also owned lands at Ewhurst, Bodiam, Montfield, Sedlescombe, Ore, Fairlight, Beckley, Peasmarsh, Udimore, Rye and elsewhere in Kent.

He served as coroner and steward of Hastings rape, and was Justice of the Peace in 1532 and 1538, commissioner of sewers in 1534, and was nominated for sheriff three times.

The descendants of Nicholas Tufton became the Earls of Thanet, whose arms are quartered with the Heaver arms of "gules, a cross argent" and "a label of three points azure." Married about 1498 at Cranbrook, Kent..

Extract of Inquisition Post Mortem

Taken from FTW Town's "Notes of Post Mortem Inquisitons taken in Sussex". Abbreviations have been expanded for clarity. Omitted and illegible words have been left as [....] as per the text. [3]

Of note is that Nicholas appears to have had three daughters named Joan at the time of his death. This may have been an error by the clerk either at the time of the original IPM (perhaps variants Joan, Jane, Johanne) or by subsequent transcribers.

• Nicholas Tufton Esq. Vol 61. No. 22
• [Taken at] Horsham, 27 December 31 Hen. VIII [1539]
• Died 30 Dec. last
• Heir son John Tufton, aged 19 years 4 months and more at Inquisition.
• Lands: Messuages and lands in [....] and Ewhurst, Bodyham, Monthfield, Sedlescombe, Ore [....], Ferligght, Beckley [....] etc and of fee and lordship of "Velde" and "Burcetto" in Peasmarsh, messuages and land and half a windmill in Playden [....] land in Vdymer, messuages, gardens and land, also salt marsh in Rye.
• On 26 September 30 Hen. VIII [1538], [Nicholas] enfeoffed trustees to use of himself for life and after for John Tufton, son of Nicholas Tufton and his heirs male, remainder to use of Alice Sharp, [....] Joan Barowe, Anne Meller, Agnes Denne and Joan Cooke daughters of said Nicholas Tufton, and their heirs,
• with exception of tenement called "Nepsums" in Ferlyght, a tenement in Ore, and one other tenement, which to Nicholas Cryour, son of Isabel Cryour and his heirs male
• remainder to aforesaid Alice Sharpe, Joan Haye, Margaret Asshehurst, Joan Barowe, Anne Meller, Agnes Denne and Joan Cooke
• paying Isabel Cryour £3 a year for life.
• Lands and tenements in Northiam and Ewhurst.

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Ref: ? www.ancestry.familysearch.org

Sir Nicholas Tufton Earl of Thanet 1479-1538

Birth: 1475 in Tufton, Northiam, England. Death: 30 Dec 1538 in Tufton, Northiam, England. Lived at: Northiam Place, Sussex, England. Children: Joan, Isabel, Alice, Margaret, Joan(?), Anne, Agnes, Joane, John, and Nicholas Ref: StirNet

NIcholas Tufton - b. about 1475, Kingstone, Kent; d. Dec. 30, 1538, Kingstone, Kent. Descendant of the de Toketon-Tufton family.

Sir Nicholas Tufton Earl of Thanet 1479-1538 Marriage: November 1500 Cranbrook, Kent, England

Lady Margaret Hever 1479-1538 Children (9)

Alice Tufton 1500-1568

Isabel Tufton 1501-1539

Joan Tufton 1505-1591

Margaret Tufton 1507-1539

Ann Tufton 1512-1612

John Tufton 1519-1567

Agnes Tufton 1518-1588

Margaret Tufton 1523-

Nicholas Tufton 1524-1617 PARENTS AND SIBLINGS

William Tufton 1440-1481 Marriage: 1469 Northiam, Sussex, England

Lady Alice Goodwin 1449-1479 Children (1)

Sir Nicholas Tufton Earl of Thanet 1479-1538

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Sir Nicholas Tufton BIRTH 1479 Northiam, Rother District, East Sussex, England DEATH 30 Dec 1538 (aged 58–59) Northiam, Rother District, East Sussex, England BURIAL St Mary's Churchyard Northiam, Rother District, East Sussex, England PLOT INSIDE THE CHURCH MEMORIAL ID 118386484

Family Members Spouse Margaret Hever Tufton 1479 – unknown (m. 1500)

Children

Agnes Tufton Denne 1526–1588

links

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• http://www.stirnet.com/genie/data/british/tt/tufton01.php#con2 (membership required to view without interruption)

Sir Nicholas Tufton and Margaret Hever

Sir Nicholas Tufton was the son of William Tufton and Allice --. He was of Tufton in the parish of Northiam, Sussex, England. Sir Nicholas married Margaret Hever.

Margaret was born in or before 1483 to John Hever and Marion --. She is listed in pedigrees as John Hever's heir, which implies that John had no son (or that son would have inherited the estate) and likely no other daughter (as Margaret was listed as heir and not co-heir). An 8 June 1483 will posted on Rootschat for a John Hever of Cranbrook names a wife and executrix Marion and only one child--a daughter Margaret under the age of 18 (with trustees to hold John's assets until Margaret is married or of the age of twenty).

Sir Nicholas died 31 December 1539 and was buried in the church at Northiam, Sussex, England, where he has a monumental brass. His will was dated 2 January 1537/8. An inquisition post mortem was held for Sir Nicholas 12 November 31 Henry VIII (1539-40) and his will was proved 1 Feb 1539. This will was written in Latin. Among his bequests, he left money to the church "for a priest to say mass for him, in the said church for two years, for his soul, and the souls of William his father, Allice his mother, and the souls of John Hever, and Marione his wife, Thomas Hill, Thomas Cryour, and John Bruckland, and for the souls of all the faithful dead."

Sir Nicholas and Margaret’s children are:

Alice Tufton, married Richard Sharp (of Northiam, Sussex, England).
Agnes Tufton, married William Denne (Esquire, of Kingston (perhaps Kingston near Lewes, Sussex, England).
John Tufton, born about 1519, of Tufton in Northiam, Sussex, England and Hothfield, Kent, England, married Mary Baker (dau. of John Baker of Sisinghurst, Kent, England), Sheriff of Kent in the 4th year of the reign of Elizabeth I, died 10 Oct 1567, will dated 27 Mar 1567 and proved 14 Nov 1567, buried at Hothfield, Kent, England.
Isabel Tufton, married John Cryour.
Joan Tufton, married William Haye (son of John Haye, taxed in the subsidy roll of 1524 for £23 of goods at Robertsbridge, Sussex, England, and in the subsidy roll of 1525 for £26 of goods, granted a messuage called "Wysemede" in Robertsbridge, as well as a meadow in Salehurst, Sussex, England, 10 Dec 27 Henry VIII (1535), juror 2 April 1536 in Robertsbridge, died 22 Aug 30 Henry VIII (1538), inquisition post mortem held 17 Oct 34 Henry VIII (1542) in Robertsbridge, Sussex, England).

Sources:

Berry, William, County Genealogies: Pedigrees of the Families in the County of Sussex, London: Sherwood, Gilbert and Piper, 1830, p. 237.
Nicholas, Nicholas Harris, Testamenta Vetusta: Being illustrations from wills, of manners, customs, &c., from the reign of Henry the second to queen Elizabeth, vol. II, London: Nichols and Son, 1826, p. 679.
Collins, Arthur, Peerage of England, vol. 2, London: W. Innys et al., 1756, pgs. 346-9.
Monumental brass of Sir Nicholas Tufton, St. Mary's Church, Northiam, Sussex, England.
Records related to the William and Joan (Tufton) Haye family but not copied below due to copyright considerations:

Reed, Paul C., "The English Ensigns: Ancestral to Thomas Ensign of Scituate, Massachusetts, and James Ensign of Hartford, Connecticut," The American Genealogist, Vol. 75, Jan 2000, pgs. 1-15.
Reed, Paul C., "The English Ensigns: Ancestral to Thomas Ensign of Scituate, Massachusetts, and James Ensign of Hartford, Connecticut (Wybourne Descent and Haye/Hayes Descent)," The American Genealogist, Vol. 75, Jul 2000, p. 229-40.
Will of Nicholas Tufton of Northiam, Sussex, 1 February 1539, found in the Peculiar Court of Canterbury, PROB 11/27/410, held by the National Archives, http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D978055.
Will of John Tufton of Hothfield, Kent, 14 November 1567, found in the Peculiar Court of Canterbury, PROB 11/49/340, held by the National Archives, http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D957373.
MattD30 (30 Sep 2017), "1483 Will of John Hever" [Online forum thread]. Message posted to Rootschat at http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=779835.0, retrieved 3 Mar 2018, showing original images of the will of John Hever (repository of record not given).

Pedigree

Pedigree of Sir Nicholas Tufton

Source: Berry, William, County Genealogies: Pedigrees of the Families in the County of Sussex, London: Sherwood, Gilbert and Piper, 1830, p. 237.

Probate Records

NICHOLAS TUFTON, ESQ.
Nicholas Tufton1, son and heir of William Tufton, Esq. 2 January 1537-8. My body to be buried in the Church of the Blessed Virgin of Northiam, before the altar of St. Nicolas; and I will that a stone be laid over me, with my picture thereon, and an inscription. To Isabel Cryour my daughter; to the marriages of six poor maidens in Northiam xx s. each; to the reparation of that Church, repairs of vestments, and other necessaries there v marks; also I will that xx s. be distributed by my executors to the poor of that parish; to Nicholas Cryour, son of John Cryour, and all the other sons and daughters of the said John Cryour, by my daughter Isabel. And I constitute John Tufton, my son, to whom I bequeath all my lands, my executor*.

1 Ancestor of the Earls of Thanet, he married Margaret, daughter and heir of John Hever, of Cranbroke, in Kent, Esquire, by whom he had John; Alice, the wife of Richard Sharp; and Isabel, who married John Cryour; by the inquisition taken after his death it appears that he died on the 3 1st December 1538, leav- John his son and heir, then nineteen years of age.

• Memorials of the Tufton family, p. 15.

Source: Nicholas, Nicholas Harris, Testamenta Vetusta: Being illustrations from wills, of manners, customs, &c., from the reign of Henry the second to queen Elizabeth, vol. II, London: Nichols and Son, 1826, p. 679.

Peerage

XX. Tufton, Earl of Thanet.
This family of Tufton, anciently written Toketon, had denomination from a place of the same name in the county of Kent, being descended (as the old deeds of the family shew)a from Elfege de Toketon, Lord of the manor of Sileham, and of Toketon in Rainham, in the county of Kent; whose descendants were also Lords of Toketon, or Tufton, in the parish of Northiam in Sussex, and were good benefactors to the hospital of St. Bartholomew at Rye in Sussex, by the gift of certain lands thereto in Ewhurst, now called the Spittles, which are divided by a little rill from the ancient demesne lands of Tufton-house in Northiam in Sussex.

Which Elfege de Toketonb is mentioned in a deed without date (by computation in the reign of K. John) wherein Nicholas, and Richard, sons of Edvin de Velde, confirm to Osmere de Toketon (therein written son of the said Elfege) a rent of 18 pence, two hens, and 25 eggs, which Simon, and Jordan, sons of Walter de Meredale, used to pay yearly for lands lying near Meredale.

The said Osmere de Toketon had also a grant of lands in Ulhale, from Levord, son of Roger de Hwithorncland, the inheritance of Emma, mother of the said Levord; and in several deeds is mentioned to be father of William de Toketon.

Which William demises, &c. to Adam de Berne, a certain pasture for 25 sheep, without a ram, lying in the isle of Shepey, in the parish of St. Sexbergo, to hold at 14 s. per ann. rent, from Michaelmas, 34 Henry III. for eight years. And by deed without date, John de Madetune gives, grants, and confirms to William de Toketune, and John his son, for half a mark in money, a yearly rent of ten-pence, and a hen, which Geffry de Meredale used to pay out of a tenement, with the appurtenances, near a lane leading to Sileham on the East; and also an acre, and three roods of land lying in a field called Hamme, and other lands thereabouts, paying yearly a pound of cummin, or a penny: Likewise by deed, without date, Cicelie, the daughter of Osmere of Upecherche, grants to Lucie, sometime the wife of William de Toketune, and to John her son, of the parish of Renham, one penny yearly rent; which William de Toketune, husband of the said Lucie, used to pay out of an acre of land in Upecherche, between the land of John, son of William, on the North, and the land of the said Lucie, and John, on the South.

This William de Toketonc was knighted, and was living in the lath of Scray in Kent, about the latter end of K. Henry III. either at Sileham, or at Tufton in Rainham, being mentioned in an old Leiger-book, belonging to the abbey of St. Augustine's in that county; and was dead before 56 Henry III. when Lucy his wife was a widow, and John de Toketon is mentioned to be their son in divers old deeds.

dWhich John (before the statute of mortmain, anno 7 E.I.) gave lands to the brothers and sisters of the hospital at Rye, to pray for the souls of his ancestors.

To whom succeeded Roger de Toketon his son, who by deed, dated 8 Edw. I. with Lucie his wife, granted to Roger and Joan de Reynhamme all their part of arable land, which William de Toketon bought of Peter de Mere, lying in the borough of Mere in Renham, paying a rose at Midsummer, in consideration of four pounds in money. Both the seals were appendant, but the impression of the said Roger's is gone, and the other was a Flourdelis circumscribed S. LVCIE FIL. WILLI. And by deed, dated the same year John de Rede, clerk, grants, and releases to Roger de Tocton, his heirs and assigns, all his right, &c. in, and to the whole manor of Silham in Renham, which he, and Hugh le Bygod, had for a certain term of years from Oliver le Bygod. Also by another deed, in the same year, Sir Edmund Spigurnel, Knt. of com' Essex, grants to Roger de Toketon, and Lucie his wife, all his lands and tenements which he had in the hundred of Middleton in Kent, scil. those which were Henry de Albaney's, in consideration of fourscore marks sterling. And by another deed in 26 Edward I. Nicholas de Makeland grants to them an acre and half, and thirteen day-works in Renham, in consideration of four marks sterling.

Their son and heir was Roger de Toketon, who, by indenture, dated on the feast of St. Gregory, 36 Edward I. agreed to marry with Julian, sister of Sir John Champaigne, enfeoffing the said Sir John in all his fee-simple lands, in the hundred of Middleton, conditionally to be re-enfeoft again thereof, to the use of them the said Roger and Julian, and their heirs, and the heirs of the said Julian: And by deed, dated the same year, on the eve of St. Peter and Paul, John de Champaigne, Knt. obliges himself to pay 100l. per ann. to Roger de Toketon, and Julian his wife, and to the heirs of their bodies, and the heirs of the said Julian, &c. in consideration of the feofment which the said Roger de Toketon made him a little before of his manor of Silhamme, and all his lands and tenements in the hundred of Middleton. To which deed is appendant a seal of arms, viz. Varry, and circumscribed S. JOHIS DE CHAUMPAINE.

This Roger and Julian had several sons, as appears by the deeds in the family. In 11 Edw. II. John Swyft, son of William atte Cherche, grants to Joan, daughter of Roger de Toketon, three acres of land in Toketon in Renham, butting on the lands of Roger, son of Roger de Toketon, for twenty marks sterling, witness (amongst others) Roger de Toketon: Also by deed dated at Renham, 12 Edw. II. William, son of Richard Reyner, and Henry, son of Thomas Reyner, grant to Roger de Toketon, and Julian his wife, and to John their son, a rent of 10d. out of five acres of land in Makelonde in Renham. Which Julian survived her husband, and was living in 6 Edward III. when Alice atte Stone demised to Julian, sometime the wife of Roger de Toketon, all her right in four acres of land in Renham.

That Roger de Toketon, was son of the said Roger and Julian, appears from a deed dated at Sylham in Renham, in 11 Edw. II. wherein John, son of Tho. Whitsuere, grants to them, and John their son, his whole purparty of land in the parish of Renham; whereunto was witness Roger, son of Roger de Toketon, John Elys, &c.

Contemporary with whom was Peter de Toketon, who was dead before 14 Edward III. when, by indenture, it is declared, that although John, and William, sons and heirs of Peter de Toketon of Renham, have enfeoffed Wythorne ate Halle, in all their garden at Toketon, yet it is agreed, &c. And in 20 E. III. Julian, widow of Peter de Toketon, and John, and William, sons and heirs of the said Peter, demise to Guy ate Halle, a messuage in Toketon in Renham, adjoining to the messuage of John, son of Thomas de Toketon, from Michaelmas the same year, to the end of ten years.

eThere was likewise living in the reign of King Edward III. Sir Lewis Toketon or Tufton (for then the name began to be wrote Tufton) a Commander in the second Battalia of that army, which in the 20th year of King Edward III. gained that great victory at Cressey, and afterwards laid siege to Calais.

The next in succession, who inherited the estate, was Simon de Tufton of Tufton, in the parish of Northiam in Sussex, living with Joan his wife in 12 Richard II. but in the deeds of the family, his father's name is not particularly mentioned; yet, asf he was possessed of the estate, he was without doubt lineally descended from that Roger de Toketon, who married Julian, sister of Sir John de Champaine.

The said Simon was dead before 8 Henry IV. when Joan his wife was a widow, and William Tufton was his son and heir.

Which William, was father of another William Tufton of Tufton in Northiam in Sussex, Esq; who was living in the reign of King Edward IV. and was succeeded by Nicholas his son and heir, who, writing* himself of Northyam, made his will the 2d of January, 29 Hen. VIII. ordering his body to be buried in the church of the blessed virgin Mary of Northyam, before the altar of St. Nicholas there; and that a stone be laid over him, with his picture thereon, and an inscription. He bequeathed XX marks to the said church, for a priest to say mass for him, in the said church for two years, for his soul, and the souls of William his father, Allice his mother, and the souls of John Hever, and Marione his wife, Thomas Hill, Thomas Cryour, and John Bruckland, and for the souls of all the faithful dead: To the high altar of Ewhurst, he bequeathed for his tythes forgotten 3s. 4d. to Isabel Cryour his daughter, an annuity for life; to the marriage of 6 poor maidens in Northyam 20s. each; to the reparation of the church of Northyam, repair of vestments, and other necessaries there, five marks; and 20s. to be distributed by his executors to the poor of that parish; to Nicholas Cryour, son of John Cryour, and all his sons and daughters, by his daughter Isabel, small legacies; to John Tufton his son, his lands, &c. and appoints him executor. By inquisition taken Nov. 12, in the 31st of Hen. VIII. the jury found that he died on the last of December, before the inquisition was taken; and that John his son and heir was of the age of 19: And by another inquisition taken in Sussex, it was found he died possessed of the manors of Northiam, and Ewhurst, in the said county. His wife was Margaret, daughter and heir of John Heaver of Cranbrook in the county of Kent, Esq; by whom he had John, his heir; Alice married to Richard Sharp of Northiam; and Isabel the wife of John Cryour, mentioned in his will.

Which John Tufton, Esq. was seated at Hothfield in Kent; and in the 4th of Elizabeth was Sheriff of that county; he died on the 10th of Octob. 1567, 9 Elizabeth; and was buried in the church of Hothfield, which not long after was burnt down by lightning; he had to wife Mary, eldest daughter of Sir John Baker of Sisinghurst in Kent, Chancellor, and Under-treasurer of the Exchequer, by whom he had issue a daughter Cecilie, married to Sir Thomas Sondes of Throwley in Kent, Knight, ancestor to George Sondes, Earl of Feversham; also John his son and heir, who succeeded him in his estate.

a Ex Stemmate sub manu Greg. King, Arm. Fecial Lanc.
b Ibid.
c Ex Stemmate praed.
d Ibid.
e The Barnes's Hist. of Edw. III. p. 354.
f Ex Stemmate ut antea.

• Ex Regist. Dingley, Qu. 25. in Cur. Praerog. Cant.

Source: Collins, Arthur, Peerage of England, vol. 2, London: W. Innys et al., 1756, pgs. 346-9.

Monumental Brass

Monumental brass of Sir Nicholas Tufton, St. Mary's Church, Northiam, Sussex, England (photo credit: Luke1984, findagrave.com):
Monumental brass of Sir Nicholas Tufton

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Sir Nicholas Tufton "family name was original De Toketon then De Tufton"

Born in about 1479 in Northiam Place Northiam Sussex.

Died 30 December 1538 in Northiam Place Northiam Sussex.

Buried in St. Mary's parish church Northiam Sussex.

"Occupations Knight Coroner & Steward of Hastings Rape, Justice of the Peace, Commissioner of Sewers & Nominee for sheriff three times"

Nicholas & Margaret Tufton were the great great grandparents of John Tufton 2nd Earl of Thannet, he married Lady Margaret Sackville who's ancestors were the earls of Dorset & the Tudor & Plantagenet line of the throne of England this line is through John Tufton Aug 1519 – 16 Oct 1567 whom I have marked in blue, see end of family tree for an extensive genealogy which shows our connection to the Sackville's & the Noble & Royal genealogy of Margate Sackville wife of our common ancestor John Tufton 2nd Earl of Thanet.

Also Nicholas & Margaret's Great Grandson Nicholas Tufton 1557 – 30th June 1632 married Francis Cecil who was the Daughter of Sir Thomas Cecil Earl of Exeter & the Granddaughter of William Cecil Lord Burghley Treasurer of England to Queen Elizabeth Tudor 1st.

Margaret the daughter & heir of John Hever of Cranbrook Kent, John Hever was a descendant of the Hever's of Kent & the founders of Hever castle which later became the home of Sir Thomas Bullen the father of Ann Boleyn wife of Henry the 8th. The Hever's line of descent before John Hever is unknown but an early ancestor from who John Hever would have descended is Walter de HEVER, first owner of Hever Castle, whose 1211 contemporary Hughe de HEVER bore arms "Gerv., A playn Crosse Arg., a Labell of 5 Azur." William de HEVER, Sheriff in the reign of Edward I, became owner of Hever Castle in 1270, the year the Gatehouse was constructed. Ownership then passed to Thomas de HEVER in 1300, William de HEVER in 1340, and in 1360 to Joan de HEVER, who married Sir Reginald de COBHAM. Passing through eight more proprietors, in 1505 Hever Castle became the home of Sir Thomas BULLEN, and of daughter Anne BOLEYN - the second wife of Henry VIII. Upon the death of Sir Thomas BULLEN, Hever Castle reverted to the Crown, and Henry granted ownership to his fourth wife, Anne of Cleves, as part of the divorce settlement in 1540. Magnificantly restored by William Waldorf ASTOR, 1st Viscount Astor of Hever, a double moat, gardens and a Tudor Village surround

LINK
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/118386484/nicholas-tufton
https://fabpedigree.com/s090/f001399.htm