Sir John Markham, of Cotham, MP

• Sir John Markham, Sheriff of Nottinghamshire, Lincolnshire, & Derbyshire, Burgess of Nottingham, Lt. of the Tower of London1,2,3
• M, #86627, b. circa 1490
• Father Sir John Markham1,2,3 b. c 1462, d. 1536
• Mother Alice Skipwith1,2,3 b. c 1444
• Sir John Markham, Sheriff of Nottinghamshire, Lincolnshire, & Derbyshire, Burgess of Nottingham, Lt. of the Tower of London was born circa 1490 at of Allerton, Nottinghamshire, England.1 He married Anne Neville, daughter of Sir George Neville and Mary FitzLewis, circa 1510; They had two sons (John; & Henry).1,2,3 Sir John Markham, Sheriff of Nottinghamshire, Lincolnshire, & Derbyshire, Burgess of Nottingham, Lt. of the Tower of London married Margery Longford, daughter of Sir Ralph Longford, circa 1518; They had 1 son (Robert) and 1 daughter (Margaret, wife of Robert Moreton).2,3 Sir John Markham, Sheriff of Nottinghamshire, Lincolnshire, & Derbyshire, Burgess of Nottingham, Lt. of the Tower of London married Anne Strelley, daughter of John Strelley, Esq., circa 1526; They had 2 sons (Thomas; & William) & 2 daughters (Frances, wife of Henry Babington; & Isabel, wife of John Harington).2,3 Sir John Markham, Sheriff of Nottinghamshire, Lincolnshire, & Derbyshire, Burgess of Nottingham, Lt. of the Tower of London left a will on 1 April 1559.2,3 His estate was probated on 28 October 1559.2,3
• Family 1 Anne Neville b. c 1490

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Sir John Markham
BIRTH 1485
Nottinghamshire, England
DEATH Oct 1559 (aged 73–74)
England
BURIAL
St. Gregory by St Paul Church
London, City of London, Greater London, England
MEMORIAL ID 177859824

Family Members
Spouse

Lady Anne Strelley Markham
1479–1554

Children

Lady Isabella Markham Harington
1527–1579

• Family 2 Margery Longford b. c 1495, d. b 1526
• Family 3 Anne Strelley b. c 1495, d. 12 Oct 1554
• Child
  • Isabella Markham+1 b. 28 Mar 1527, d. 20 May 1579
• Citations
• 1.[S61] Unknown author, Family Group Sheets, Family History Archives, SLC.
• 2.[S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. IV, p. 48-49.
• 3.[S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. IV, p. 653-654.
• From: http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p2883.htm#... _________________
• John Markham1
• M, #415508
• Last Edited=15 Sep 2013
• John Markham married, thirdly, Anne Strelley.1
• Child of John Markham and Anne Strelley
  • 1.Sir Thomas Markham+1
• Citations
• 1.[S37] BP2003 volume 2, page 2246. See link for full details for this source. Hereinafter cited as. [S37]
• From: http://www.thepeerage.com/p41551.htm#i415508 _________________
• Anne NEVILLE
• Born: ABT 1500, Raby, Durham, England
• Father: George NEVILLE
• Mother: Mary FITZLEWIS
• Married: John MARKHAM
• Children:
  • 1. Isabella MARKHAM
• From: http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/NEVILLE2.htm#Anne NEVILLE6 ________________
• MARKHAM, Sir John (by 1486-1559), of Cotham, Notts.
• b. by 1486, o.s. of Sir John Markham of Cotham by Alice, da. of Sir William Skipwith of Orrnsby, Lincs. m. (1) Anne, da. and h. of Sir George Neville, 2s.; (2) Margery, da. of Sir Ralph Longford, 1s. 3da.; (3) Anne (d. 12 Oct. 1554), da. and coh. of Sir John Strelley of Strelley, Notts., wid. of Richard Stanhope of Rampton, Notts., 2s. Thomas and William 3da. suc. fa. 22 Feb. 1508. Kntd. 25 Sept. 1513.2
• Offices Held
  • Commr. musters, Notts. and Nottingham 1511, subsidy, Lincs. 1512, 1514, Notts. 1523, 1524, benevolence 1544/45, contribution 1546, chantries, Derbys., Notts., Derby and Nottingham 1546, relief, Notts. 1550; other commissions 1521-d.; sheriff, Notts. and Derbys. 1518-19, 1526-7, 1534-5, 1538-9, 1545-6, Lincs. 1532-3; j.p. Notts. 1521-d.; lt. Sherwood forest by 1523; dep. receiver, Southwell by 1533, jt. receiver 1550, sole by 1552, jt. keeper 1546; gen. receiver, possessions formerly of Jasper, Duke of Bedford in Derbys. and Notts. 1542; chamberlain and receiver, ct. gen. surveyors 1545; lt. Tower of London by Nov. 1549-31 Oct. 1551.3
• The Markham family traced its descent from Claron, who had held the manor of West Markham at the time of the Norman Conquest, and whose successors adopted the name of their residence. From the 12th century they established themselves as one of the leading families in the shire, and in the 15th produced two lawyers who rose to be judges.4
• John Markham’s father, ‘a man of great prowess’, had fought for Henry VII at Stoke and continued in his service: Dugdale’s story of his being involved in an affray with the villagers of Long Bennington, Lincolnshire, rests on the evidence of Thoroton and cannot be confirmed. His son John stated in his own will of 1559 that his father had died outlawed and that he had ‘paid and fined for the goods’ that he had. The younger Markham inherited, besides the manor of Cotham, several manors near Newark, one or two east of Southwell and a group near Tuxford in north Nottinghamshire, including Great Markham, together with Lincolnshire lands concentrated mainly in an area north of Spalding in Holland. At about this time Markham was in the service of Henry VII’s mother, .... etc.
• From: http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1509-1558/member/ma... ________________
• MARKHAM, Sir John (by 1486-1559), of Cotham, Notts.
• b. by 1486, s. of Sir John Markham of Cotham by Alice, da. of Sir William Skipwith of Ormsby, Lincs. m. (1) Anne, da. and h. of Sir George Neville, 2s.; (2) Margery, da. of Sir Ralph Longford, 1s. 3da.; (3) Anne (d. 12 Oct. 1554), da. and coh. of Sir John Strelley of Strelley, wid. of Richard Stanhope of Rampton, 2s. Thomas and William 3da. suc. fa. 1508. Kntd. 25 Sept. 1513.
• Offices Held
  • Sheriff, Notts. and Derbys. 1518-19, 1526-7, 1534-5, 1538-9, 1545-6, Lincs. 1532-3; j.p. Notts. 1521, q. 1559.
  • Chamberlain and receiver of court of general surveyors 1545; lt. of Tower of London 1549-Oct. 1551.1
• Markham was the descendant of a family long established in Nottinghamshire. His father had fought beside Henry VII at the battle of Stoke and afterwards was much at court, while Markham himself served Henry VIII both as soldier and courtier, continuing a member of the royal household until the Duke of Somerset’s fall, when he appears to have retired from court. As early as 1537 his old friend Archbishop Cranmer wrote, ‘Sir John of long season hath unfeignedly favoured the truth of God’s word’, and later he was described by Edward Underhill as ‘both wise and zealous in the Lord’. His daughter Isabella and his son Thomas entered the Princess Elizabeth’s household at Hatfield during Mary’s reign.2
• Markham’s local standing had already earned him election as knight of the shire before the accession of Elizabeth. It was to be expected that such a man, prominent in his own locality, a protestant and a friend of the protestant 2nd Earl of Rutland, would be elected to the crucial first Parliament of the new reign; and while Sir John sat for the county, his son sat for the city of Nottingham.3
• Markham made his will in April 1559. Only the necessary minimum was left to his heir, Robert, the son of his deceased eldest son John. A disposition was made of his movable property to the prejudice of Robert. The executors of the will were Markham’s sons, Thomas and William, his friend Henry Needham, and his servant Nicholas Blouston. They were to hold lands in East Markham and Tuxford for 20 years for the payment of debts and legacies. Among these was a bequest of £100 to Thomas Cranmer, son of the archbishop, ‘for a due debt that 1 am bound in my conscience’. Markham appointed as supervisors (Sir) Gervase Cliftont and his cousin Ellis Markhamt. The will was proved in October 1559.4
• From: http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1558-1603/member/ma... ____________________________
• A history of the Markham family (1854)
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• SIR ROBERT MARKHAM married Joan the daughter and heir of Sir Giles Daubeny, and Mary, daughter of Sir Simon Leake, in whose right he held the manors of Cotham and Houghton by Newark; Joan carried the lordship, as heir, to Sir Robert Markham her husband. "The family of Markham," says Thoroton, "then made Cotham their principal residence, and were of great note." .... etc.
• Sir Robert had two sons, John who succeeded him, and Robert,(*) who married Elizabeth the daughter of Sir William
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• de Mering, a descendant of Agnes Markham and William de Sancta Cruce, mentioned above. He settled at Oxton in the county of Nottingham, and had a son Robert, who married Ela, daughter and heir of John Saperton, by whom he had five children. The eldest of these was William, whose grandson James died without issue, and thus the Oxton family of Markhams became extinct.
• Sir Robert died about the year 1476, and was succeeded by his eldest son.
• SIR JOHN MARKHAM is mentioned by Polydore Virgil as one of the leaders who were present at the battle of Stoke in 1488, on the side of Henry VII. He is described as a man of great prowess, and was much employed in public affairs. "But," says Dugdale, "he was an unrulie spirited man, and, striving with the people of Long Benington in Lincolnshire about the boundaries of their lordships, he killed some or other of them (some have it he hanged the priest), for which retiring, he lay hid at a place called Cressi Hall, which he had through his great-grandmother the daughter of Sir John Cressi of Hodsac. Here it was His good fortune to entertain the lady Margaret, mother of King Henry VII., who not only procured his pardon, but married her kinswoman Anne, the daughter and heir of Sir George Neville, to his son, like-wise called Sir John," by Alicia his wife, daughter "of Sir William Skipwith. At this period the Markham family were at the height of their fortunes, .... etc.
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• .... He died at a very advanced age, being near one hundred years old, about the year 1536, and was succeeded by his only son.
• SIR JOHN MARKHAM married the daughter and heir of Sir George Neville, who on the female side was of royal descent. Her mother, the daughter of Sir Humphrey FitzLewes, was a grand-daughter and coheir of Edmund Beaufort, Marquess and Earl of Somerset (slain at the battle of St. Alban's), the grandson of John of Gaunt Duke of Lancaster (third son of King Edward III.) and Catherine Swynford, daughter of Sir Payn Roet, Guyenne King at Arms. Independent of the brilliancy of this alliance, considerable property also accrued to the family in consequence of it, for the lady herself was her father's heir, as was her mother of Sir Humphrey FitzLewes. ....
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• .... Besides the large possessions which devolved upon Sir John, on the demise of his father, who appears by his son's will to have died outlawed,(t) and those which came by his marriage with the heiress of Sir George Neville, who succeeded to the estates of Sir Humphrey Lewes, whose wife was daughter and coheiress of Edmund Beaufort Earl of Somerset ; he had grants of several others, among which is one bearing date 28 Hen, VIII, "The house and site of the Abbey of Rufforth, with large manorial possessions attached, were, under the great seal of the Court of Augmentations, demised to Sir John Markham, Knight, and his assigns for twenty-one years, for the yearly rent of twenty-two pounds eight shillings, which, with a vast deal of other property, was by reason of a certain act for dissolving certain religious houses." ....
• .... He was thrice married ; first to Anne, daughter of Sir George Neville, by whom he had two sons, John and Henry. " This latter was in holy orders, and was installed Precentor of Lincoln Cathedral, March, 26, 1550. He died without issue.
• JOHN MARKHAM, the eldest, was seated at Sireston in the
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• county of Nottingham, and died in his father's life time, leaving issue by Katharine his wife, daughter of Sir Anthony Babington, one son, Robert, who succeeded him, and two daughters: Sanchia, who married William de Hardwicke, and Anne, who died unmarried.*
• Sir John's second wife was Margery, daughter of Sir Ralf Langford of Langford, who bore him many children.
• His last wife was Anne, relict of Sir Richard Stanhope, daughter and coheir of Sir John Strelly, who was descended from Walter de Stradlegh in the time of Henry I. By her he had William Markham of Okely, who served as Member for the Borough of Nottingham in parliament held at Westminster, in the 1st and 2nd of Philip and Mary. Thomas was the second son of Sir John by his third wife, and founder of the Ollerton branch of Markhams, of whom hereafter. Frances, the eldest daughter, married Henry Babington, and was mother ..... etc.
• Isabella Markham, the youngest, was maid of honour to Elizabeth, and one of the devoted ladies who, at the instigation of Bishop Gardiner, in Mary's reign, were seized and confined in the Tower. She seems to have been in high favour with ... etc. _______________________
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• Sir Alexander de Markham, Castellane of Notthingham circ. 1270. = ; ch: William (m. Isabel or Cecily de Lexington) de Markham.
  • William = Isabel or Cecily, dau. of John de Lexington; niece & coh. of Henry, Bishop of Lincoln. ; ch: Richard de Markham.
    • Richard. = ; ch: Robert (m. Sarah de Snitterton), Richard (2 son) Markham.
      • Robert, 1 son, inq. p.m. 16 E. 1, seised of the m'rs of Tuxford, Lexington. = Sarah, dau. & h of Jordan de Snitterton, co. Derb., 42 II. 3. ; ch: Cecily, aet. 30, 16 E. I. (m. John Bray), Bertha, aet. 19, 16 E. 1. (m. William Longvillers), Agnes, (m. William de Sancta Cruce.)
      • Richard Markham, 2 son, Lord of Markham by entail after his brother's death. = ; ch: John (m. Joan Bothumsal) Markham.
        • John, of West Markham temp. E. 3. = Joan, dau. of Sir Nicholas Bothumsal. ; ch: Sir Robert (m. . . . . Caunton) Markham.
          • Sir Robert = . . . . dau. of Sir John Caunton. ; ch: (Pg.965 Sir John (m. Margaret Cressie & Milicent Bickering) Markham).
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            • Sir John Markham, Ch. Just. of the Common Pleas, ob. 30 Dec. 1409; drew the Instrument for the deposition of Richard II.; Mon. at Markham; d. on day of St. Silvester. = Margaret, 1 w., dau. & d. of Sir Henry Cressie of Cressie, co. Linc.; niece & h'rs of Sir Hugh. ; ch: Sir Robert (m. Eliz. Burden), Adela (m. Sir Ric. Stanhope). Markham. ; = Milicent, 2 w., dau. of Sir John Bickering; wid. of Nic. Burden. ; ch: John (Ch. Just. of the King's Bench) Markham.
              • John Markham,(1) Ch. Just. of the King's Bench, from whom Markham of Sedgebrook.
              • Sir Robert, Sher. Notts 12 H. 6. Had a tomb in Markham Church. = Eliz., dau. & h. of Sir Nicholas Burden. ; ch: Sir Robert (m. Jane Daubeny) Markham.
                • Sir Robert, of Cotham, Sher. Notts 7 E. 4. = Jane, dau. & h. of Sir Giles Daubeny, bro. of Lord Daubeny, by . . . . dau. & h. of Sir S. Leake of Cotham. ; ch: Sir John (m. Alice Skipwith), Robert, Elizabeth (m. Thomas Molyneux), Margaret (m. Sir H. Willoughby), Catherine (m. Sir H. Bosom) Markham.
                  • Robert, 2 son, from whom M. of Southwell; father of Robert; father of Wil. a Cap'n in the Low Countries; father of John M. of Southwell, now living.
                  • Sir John Markham of Cotham, Commander at Stokefield 1488, Mon. at Cotham. "A very beautiful & free-hearted gentleman, valiant & exceeding full of boldness." = Alice, dau. of Sir Wil. Skipwith. ; ch: Sir John (m. Anne Nevile & Margery Langford & Ann Strelley), Robert (m. . . . . Sapperton) Markham.
                    • Robert, 2nd son, mar. h. of . . . . Sapperton; s.p.
                    • Sir John Markham, knighted at Tournay; L't of the Tower; d. 1558, aged nr 100. = Ann, 1 w., dau. & h. of Sir George Nevile; wid. of Earl Rivers; bur. at Croydon. ; ch: Sir John (m. Cath'e Babington Dethick) Markham ; = Margery, 2 w., dau. of Sir John Langford. ; ch: Robert & 13 other sons, (ob. s.p.), Alice (m. John Morton of Bawtry) Markham ; = Ann, 3 w., dau. & c. of John Strelley; wid. of Richard Stanhope. ; ch: (Pg.966 William (m. Elizab. Montacute), Thomas (m. Mary Griffin), Isabel (m. Sir John Harrington.(1)), Frances (m. Sir Henry Babington) Markham.)
                      • Sir John M. of Sierston, ob. v.p. = Cath'e, dau. of Sir Anth. Babington Dethick. ; ch: Robert (m. Mary Leke) Markham.
                        • Robert, of Cotham = Mary, dau. of Sir Fran. Leke. ; ch: (Pg.966 Robert (m. Ann Warburton & Winifred Thorold), Francis, Gervas, John, Godfrey, Thomas, George, Gerturde, Frances, Mary, Anne, Isabel, Catherine, Ruth Markham)
                      • (1) He presided at the trial of Burdet, a Citizen of London, for treasonable words, who having recovered by suit a house in Cheapside called the Crown (now the Fleur de Lis), meeting his son that day coming from Sir Anthony's school, bid him ply his book & he would make him heir of the Crown. The man was acquitted. The King wrote to the Chief Justice to proceed to a second trial & use all strictness in the process. He did so, but he charged the Jury in favour of the prisoner, who was again acquitted, for which the King deposed the Judge & sent him to the fleet, deputed another in his place, & Burdet was tried again, convicted, & executed. This tale did a Judge (Fleetwood Recorder of London) tell me! The King would have restored him, but he preferred to retire from public life, & settled himself at Sedgebrook, where he built a lodging for himself & two priests (giving up all the rest to his son) in the church, where he spent 20 years in spiritual comtemplation for the good of his soul, & at his death was bur. in the church. He built a window in Cotham Church with his effigies. Made a fish-pond at Sedgebrook just the length & breadth of Westminster Hall, which to this day they call Westminster.
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                          • Robert, of Cotham. = Ann, 1 w., dau. of Sir Geo. Warburton. ; ch: John Markham; = Winifred, 2 w., dau. of Robert Thorold. ; ch: Philip Markham.
                      • William, of Okeby, 2 son, followed the wars; d. rich. = Elizab., dau. of Sir Edw. Montacute. ; ch: Elizabeth, Anne Markham.
                      • Thomas of Allerton, Standard Bearer to Qu. Eliz. = Mary, dau. & h. of Rice Griffin of Dingley & Braybrooke; a Catholic. ; ch: Charles (m. Bridget Ford), (Pg.967 Tho., Wil., Rob. (s.p.), Jane (m. Sir John Skinner), Marg't (m. Nich's Longford), Ann (m. Sir F. Smith), Eliz. (m. Edw. Sheldon), George (m. Judith Withenwick), Sir Griffin (m. Ann Roos), John (m. Mary Markham) Markham)
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• The line through which Albert Gallatin Markham's descent is traced goes back to Claron, of West Markham, a Saxon chief who, for services rendered at the time of the Norman Conquest, was granted lands which had already been held by his father and grandfather before him. From his son Roger, of East Markham, the line is traced through Fulc, of East Markham; his son Sir Alexander, known as Knight of Castellane, of Nottingham Castle, Nottinghamshire ; his son Sir William, of Markham and Tuxford ; his son Sir Richard ; his son Richard (2) ; his son John, Lord of East Markham, who married John Bottomsell ; their son Sir Robert, a lawyer and King's sergeant, who married Isabell Caunton ; their son Sir John, barrister and judge, who committed Henry, Prince of Wales (son of Henry IV) to the Fleet Prison in London ; his son Sir Robert, who married Elizabeth Burdon ; their son Sir Robert, Knight, who married Sarah Joan Daubeney ; their son Sir John, who married Alicia Skipworth; their son Sir John (3) who was a lieutenant of the famous "Tower of London" and whose daughter was maid of honor to Queen Elizabeth, married (first) Ann Neville, whose mother was a granddaughter of the Earl of
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• Somerset, son of Duke of Lancaster, son of Henry III, married (second) Margery Langford, (third) Ann Strelly Stanhope; his son John (4), who married Catherine Babbington; their son Robert, who married (first) Maria Leeke, (second) Jane Burnell ; their son Sir Robert, of Cotham, married Ann Warburton ; their third son Daniel, who was engaged in commercial pursuits and died in Plumstead (now Pirney), Norfolk County, in 1690. after having regained in mercantile pursuits the fortune squandered by his father. Among his children was Daniel Markham, of whom further. .... etc. _________________

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Sir John Markham, of Cotham, lieut. of the Tower of London in the time of Edw. 6, high sheriff of Derby and Nottingham in 1539, and for Lincoln in 1533, knight of the shire for Nottingham in 1546 and 1558, died in 1564. = Ann (1st wife), daughter of Sir George Neville, by Mary, daughter of Sir Henry Fitz Lewes.

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Sir John Markham is mentioned as one of the leaders who were present at the battle of Stoke in 1488, on behalf of Henry the Seventh. He was a man of great prowess. "But," says Dugdale, "he was an unruly spirited man, and, striving with the people of Long Benington about the bounderies of their lordships, he killed some or other of them—it was rumoured that he hanged the priest—for which he lay in hiding at Cressi Hall. Here it was his good fortune to entertain the Lady Margaret, mother of King Henry the Seventh, who not only procured his pardon, but married her kinswoman Anne, the daughter of Sir George Neville, to his son, likewise called Sir John."

Sir John Markham, who married the daughter and heir of Sir George Neville, was, on the female side, of royal descent. His mother, the daughter of Sir Humphry Fitz Lewes, was a grand-daughter of Edmund Beaufort, Marquis of Somerset, and grandson of John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster (third son of Edward III. and Catherine Swynford). During the reign of Edward the Sixth Sir John Markham was Lieutenant of the Tower.

Besides the large possessions which devolved upon Sir John by his marriage with the heiress of Sir George Neville, he had grants of several others, among which is one bearing date 28 Henry VIII. "The House and Site of the Abbey of Rufford with large manorial possessions attached, were demised under the Court of Augmentations to Sir John Markham, and his assigns for twenty-one years."

He was thrice married: first to Anne, daughter of Sir George Neville, by whom he had two sons, John and Henry. The latter was in holy orders and died without issue.

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