Richard Wainman, of Witney

Richard Wenman, Esquire

• born 1473 in Blewbury, Berkshire, England
• died 4 Oct 1533 in Witney, Oxfordshire, England
• Parents: Richard Wainman & Anne Humphrey Also known as Richard Wainman of Witney

married

1. Anne Bush on 1497 in Whitney, Oxfordshire, England. She was born 1477 in Northleach, Gloucestershire, England and died 4 Nov 1536 in Whitney, Oxfordshire, England. Daughter of John Busche of Northleach, co. Gloucester, Yeoman.

They had the following children:

•   M i Sir Thomas WENMAN Knight was born 1498 and died after 17 Nov 1570. Married Ursula Giffard.
•   F ii Alice WENMAN 1, 2 was born 1500 in Whitney, Oxfordshire, England.
•   F iii Joan WENMAN 1, 2 was born 1502 in Whitney, Oxfordshire, England.
•   F iv Mary WENMAN 1, 2 was born 1504 in Whitney, Oxfordshire, England.
•   M v William WENMAN 1, 2, 3 was born 1507 in Whitney, Oxfordshire, England. He died 30 Aug 1521 in Whitney, Oxfordshire, England.

notes

Sir Thomas Wenman’s father [Richard] was a prosperous Witney clothier and merchant of the staple, the family name being traditionally derived from the wains in which the cloth was driven to London. Wenman inherited a manor at Caswell, besides Witney park and many burgages in Witney town, and his father also left him 2,000 marks in a will remarkable for its lengthy and detailed arrangement for alms and masses.

Married a yeoman’s daughter. Granted arms in 1509.

notes on the pedigree

Arms.—1. Sable, on a Jesse argent three lions' heads erased gules between three anchors or. [wenman.] 

From The History, Description and Antiquities of the Prebendal Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Thame, in the County and Diocese of Oxford:....  By Frederick George Lee.  "Pedigree of Wenman & Wykeman of Thame Park.". Page 439:

"They [the Wenmans] were originally clothiers of Witney; and, being the first that used wains or carts with four wheels to carry their cloth to London, were called ' Wainmen;' or else the first was a driver of a wain."—Giles's History of Witney, p. 102. London: 1852.

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• WENMAN, Sir Thomas (by 1504-57), of Witney, Oxon.
• The History, Description and Antiquities of the Prebendal Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Thame, in the County and Diocese of Oxford:....  By Frederick George Lee.  Page 430-441. "Pedigree of Wenman & Wykeman of Thame Park."
• Visitation of the county of Oxford assigns to grand parents, not parents
• http://www.stirnet.com/genie/data/british/ww/wenman1.php#link2 (membership required to view without interruption) comments: 1. Richard Wainman of Witney (d 1500) this generation given by BE1883, omitted by Visitation & BEB1841
• http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~hwbradley/aqwg302... (Hal Bradley skips the parent generation)
  • 1Burke, Sir John Bernard, A Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire (London: Pall Mall, 1883.), p. 574, Family History Library, 942 D22bug 1883.
  • 2Willis, Browne, The History and Antiquities of the Town, Hundred and Deanry of Buckingham (London: B. Willis, 1755.), p. 328, Family History Library, 942.575 H2wi.
  • 3Turner, William Henry, The Visitations of the County of Oxford, 1566, 1574 & 1634 (London: Harleian Society, 1871.), p. 178, Family History Library, 942 B4h v. 5.
  • 4Willis, B., History & Antiquities of the Town... of Buckingham, p. 388.