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About Sir Christopher Curwen
- Sir Christopher Curwen1
- M, #218703, b. circa 1430, d. 6 April 1499
- Last Edited=24 Feb 2007
- Sir Christopher Curwen was born circa 1430 at Workington Hall, Cumberland, England.1 He was the son of Sir Thomas Curwen and Anne Lowther.1 He married Anne Pennington before 1452.1 He married Katherine Salkeld after 1452.1 He died on 6 April 1499 at Workington Hall, Cumberland, England.1
- He held the office of Sheriff of Cumberland.1
- Child of Sir Christopher Curwen and Katherine Salkeld
- 1.Isabella Curwen1
- Children of Sir Christopher Curwen and Anne Pennington
- 1.Reverend John Curwen1 d. c 1530
- 2.Reverend William Curwen1 d. a 1535
- 3.Robert Curwen1
- 4.Edward Curwen1
- 5.George Curwen1
- 6.Mary Elizabeth Curwen+1
- 7.Mabel Curwen1
- 8.Margaret Curwen1
- 9.Janet Curwen1
- 10.Sir Thomas Curwen+1 b. 1452, d. 8 Feb 1522
- Citations
- 1.[S146] John F. Curwen, A History of the Ancient House of Curwen of Workington in Cumberland (Kendal, Cumberland, U.K.: Titus Wilson & Co., 1928). Hereinafter cited as History of Curwen in Workington.
- From: http://www.thepeerage.com/p21871.htm#i218703 ________________________
- Sir Christopher Curwen, Sheriff of Cumberland1
- M, #33823, d. 1492
- Father Sir Thomas Curwen d. 1464
- Mother Anne Lowther
- Sir Christopher Curwen, Sheriff of Cumberland was born at of Workington, Cumberland, England. He married Anne Pennington, daughter of John Pennington and Elizabeth Radcliffe. Sir Christopher Curwen, Sheriff of Cumberland died in 1492.
- Family Anne Pennington
- Child
- Sir Thomas Curwen+
- Citations
- 1.[S74] Brent Ruesch's Research Notes.
- From: http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p1126.htm#... _____________________________
- Christopher CURWEN (Sir)
- Born: BEF 1422 / ABT 1430, Workington, Cumberland, England
- Died: 6 Apr 1499
- Father: Thomas CURWEN (Sir)
- Mother: Anne LOWTHER
- Married 1: Anne PENNINGTON (dau. of Sir John Pennington and Catherine Tunstall)
- Children:
- 1. Thomas CURWEN (Sir)
- 2. Mabel (Isabel) CURWEN (b. ABT 1452)
- 3. Margaret CURWEN
- Married 2: Catherine ?
- Children:
- 4. Richard CURWEN
- 5. John CURWEN
- From: http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/CURWEN.htm#Christopher CURWEN (Sir)1 ____________________________
- 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). _______________________________________________
- Christopher Curwen
- Birth: unknown
- Death: Apr. 6, 1499
- Family links:
- Children:
- Thomas Curwen (1469 - 1522)*
- Burial: St Michael's Church, Workington, Workington, Allerdale Borough, Cumbria, England
- Find A Grave Memorial# 123605767
- From: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=123605767 ___________________________________
- CURWEN, Christopher (d.1450), of Workington, Cumb.
- s. and h. of Sir William Curwen* by his 1st w. Ellen. m. Elizabeth (d. aft. 1468), da. of Sir John Huddlestone of Millom castle, 2s. inc. Thomas†. Kntd. by June 1404.1
- .... Meanwhile, the death in 1441 of his own younger brother, John, sometime governor of Porchester castle, may have strengthened Sir Christopher’s resolve to seek retirement, although he did serve a sixth term as sheriff in 1441, when he was already well advanced in years. By then he had settled a substantial part of his English estates upon his elder son, offering sureties worth no less than 1,000 marks to Sir John Pennington that Thomas would eventually succeed to all of them. Thomas had married Alice, the daughter of (Sir) Robert Lowther*; and it looks as if this undertaking, made in about 1443, marked the betrothal of their own young son, Christopher, to one of Pennington’s daughters.6
- .... His widow, Elizabeth (who was eventually buried beside him), leased the manor of Thornthwaite and her other dower properties to her elder son for a rent of £20 a year and a promise of full board and lodging. She retained control of her own inheritance in Bampton Patrick until 1468, when she granted the annual revenues of £65 to William Curwen, one of her grandsons. Thomas Curwen pursued a similar career to that of his father, being active for many years in local administration.7
- From: http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1386-1421/member/cu...
- Joseph Foster. The royal lineage of our noble and gentle families. Together with their paternal ancestry .. (Volume 2) (page 29 of 40) "Lineage of Curwen, of Workington."
- The royal lineage of our noble and gentle families. Together with their paternal ancestry. Volume 2, by Foster, Joseph, 1844-1905. Published 1884. page 126-132 "The Descent of Henry Fraser Curwen, Esq., of Workington Hall, from the Blood Royal of England."
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