Sir Thomas Curwen of Workington

Sir Thomas Curwen of Workington

• (b c. 1494 - d ante 08 Nov 1543)

biography

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Curwen-57

Thomas is the son of Christopher Curwen m. (by dispensation on 3 Aug 1492) Margaret Bellingham.[9]

He married his first wife Agnes Strickland (b. c. 1492/3 - d. probably before 1540),[10][4][5] daughter of Sir Walter Strickland and Elizabeth Pennington around 1527.[6][7]

His second wife was Frances, dau. of Thomas Wharton (d. 1520) and Agnes "Margaret" Warcopp. She remarried Thomas Forster of Edderstone (c. 1520 - d. 1589).[11][12][8][9][10]

Marriage

m.1 Agnes Strickland. Issue:[13][4]

1. Sir Henry (b. May 1528 - d. 1597).[14][4][11][12] m.1 (1548) Mary Fairfax.[15] m.2 Janet Crosby.[16]
2. (disputed) William[13][4]
3. Joan.[17]
4. Lucy
5. Margaret (b. c 1537).[18] m. John Preston

m.2 Frances "Feorina" Wharton. Issue:

1. Thomas[14]
2. (disputed) Mabel - born about 1541.[15] m. William Tweedy.[4]
3. Agnes - born about 1543

Occupation

1537: Sheriff of Cumberland.[16]

Will

Date: 01 Nov 1543.[19]
Proved: 08 Nov 1544 York.[20][21]

Notes

Thomas and father Christopher do not appear in some pedigrees,[5] but they are named in the Visitations of Cumberland, 1615,[22] and Jackson's (1880) definitive work on the family.[23]

Sources

1. CURWEN, Henry (1528-96), of Workington, Cumb. "Curwen, Henry. b. May 1528, 1st s. of Sir Thomas Curwen of Workington by Agnes, da. of Sir Walter Strickland of Sizergh, Westmorland. ... Sir Thomas Curwen, described in 1537 as the most trusted friend of Sir Thomas Wharton I, took as his second wife Wharton’s sister Florence ..."

Links

• http://www.thepeerage.com/p15817.htm#i158163 (note: as of 3 Dec 2013 this page appears incorrect)
• http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=allerton%... ___________________________________
• CURWEN, Henry (1528-96), of Workington, Cumb.
• b. May 1528, 1st s. of Sir Thomas Curwen of Workington by Agnes, da. of Sir Walter Strickland of Sizergh, Westmld. m. (1) 1548, Mary, da. of Sir Nicholas Fairfax of Gilling Castle and Walton, Yorks., 1s. Nicholas† 3da.; (2) Janet, da. of one Crosby, rector of Camerton, Cumb., 2s. 5da. suc. fa. 4 Dec. 1543. Kntd. 28 Aug. 1570.1
• .... etc.
• The Curwens of Workington, a family of great antiquity, had supplied knights of the shire for Cumberland since the 14th century. They had held Workington of the earls of Northumberland and in 1619 another Sir Henry Curwen could write that his ancestors ‘always have been employed in service in that noble house of Northumberland’. Under the early Tudors, however, with the waning of the Percys and other magnates, the family had taken its place among the border gentry which looked for support to the crown. Foremost among the new agents of royal power were the Whartons, with whom the Curwens forged a firm alliance. Sir Thomas Curwen, described in 1537 as the most trusted friend of Sir Thomas Wharton I, took as his second wife Wharton’s sister Florence, and Henry Curwen’s marriage was originally designed to strengthen the alliance. On 2 Oct. 1534 the dean of the Earl of Northumberland’s chapel was licensed to marry him in Topcliffe chapel, ‘ad contemplationem ejusdem comitis’, to Wharton’s daughter Agnes, but after his father’s death this union of two infants was set aside, Agnes becoming the wife of Richard Musgrave and Curwen marrying Mary Fairfax: both bridegrooms had been Wharton’s wards. Musgrave’s uncle and heir male Simon Musgrave was later to challenge his nephew’s marriage on the ground of the previous one, but the later marriages were evidently both upheld.3 .... etc.
• http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1509-1558/member/cu... ____________________________
• CURWEN, Henry (1528-96), of Workington, Cumb.
• b. 1528, 1st s. of Sir Thomas Curwen of Workington by Agnes, da. of Sir Walter Strickland of Sizergh, Westmld. m. (1) 1548, Mary, da. of Sir Nicholas Fairfax of Gilling Castle and Walton, Yorks., 1s. Nicholas 3da.; (2) Janet, da. of one Crosby, rector of Camerton, 2s. 5da. suc. fa. 4 Dec. 1543. Kntd. 28 Aug. 1570.1
• From: http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1558-1603/member/cu... _________________________
• 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).
• Another Christopher, being the third of that name, succeeded his father Thomas. He was Sheriff of Cumberland 16 and 25 Hen. VIII. A dispensation was granted August 3, 1492, enabling him to marry Margaret, the daughter of Sir Roger Bellingham, "to whom he was related twice in the fourth degree."
• Thomas was Sheriff of Cumberland 28 Hen. VIII. His
• https://archive.org/stream/curwensofworking00jack#page/21/mode/1up
• first wife was Agnes, daughter of Sir Walter Strickland, by whom he had seven children. Agnes's mother was the daughter and heiress of Ralph Neville, of Thornton Briggs, and through this marriage the royal blood of the Plantagenets came into the Curwen house. His second wife was Florens, widow of Thomas Forster, of Edderston, daughter of Sir Thomas Wharton, by whom he had an only son, Thomas. Old Sandford, in his manuscript .... etc.
• .... etc. John Preston married Ellyn, sister of Sir Thomas Curwen, and not his daughter ; and it is abundantly proved by the words of Sir Thomas's will that such was the fact. He says : — .... etc.
• https://archive.org/stream/curwensofworking00jack#page/22/mode/1up
• .... etc. He also makes his "broder John Preston" one of his executors. I care not to attempt a reconciliation of the discrepancies. .... etc.
• His will bears date November 1, 1543, and was proved at York, November 8, 1544, Sir Thomas Wharton, Lord Wharton, Walter Strickland, and John Preston, being appointed guardians of his eldest son Henry, who, however, must have nearly attained his majority. He was the eldest son of the marriage with Agnes Strickland, and the succession, which had been so rapid that no less than five generations in lineal descent had passed away in seventy-four years from, and inclusive of, the death of the first Sir Thomas, about 9 Edw. IV (a.d. 1469/70), received a check.
• .... etc.
• https://archive.org/stream/curwensofworking00jack#page/23/mode/1up
• On the 2nd October, 1534, a licence was granted to the Dean of the Chapel of the Earl of Northumberland to marry Henry Curwen and Agnes Wharton, in the chapel of Topcliffe, "ad contemplationem ejusdem comitis." This marriage with Agnes, the daughter of the first Lord Wharton, must have taken place almost when they were infants, for Henry was placed under guardians by his father's will, and was therefore a minor at the time it was made. Sir Thomas, amongst the numerous bequests in his will, says : — " Also I giff and bequethes unto my doughter Agnes Curwen a standing cuppe with a covering doble gilted." I doubt, however, whether the marriage was ever consummated, and both the notices I have given are from documents only made accessible within the last few years. His first recorded marriage was with Mary, daughter of Sir Nicholas Fairfax, of Walton, by whom he had a son and three daughters. He married next Jannet, daughter of ---- Crosby, Rector of Camerton, by whom he had two sons and five daughters.
• .... etc.
• https://archive.org/stream/curwensofworking00jack#page/26/mode/1up
• .... etc. clearly ascertained with regard to him are, that Mary, a daughter of his brother John, was the mother of Archbishop Bancroft ; and that a certain Oliver Coren, Prebend of Buckden, was a relative, probably an uncle. .... etc.
• Sir Henry's will, bearing date October 7, 1595, confirmed on the 18th of the same month, and proved at York, January 31, 1597, bears witness of his thoughtful affection towards his second wife and her family. The children of the first were grown up and provided for. With other bequests he leaves amongst the two sons and five daughters an annuity of ninety-four pounds, remainder amongst the survivors ; the result being that Bridget, the youngest daughter, who died unmarried, enjoyed the whole for many years previous to her death, January 12, 1681, at the age of 87, having survived her father 85 years, and adding another instance to the longevity of annuitants. '_____________________________
• WHARTON, Thomas I (c.1495-1568), of Wharton and Nateby, Westmld. and Healaugh, Yorks.
• b. c.1495, 1st s. of Thomas Wharton of Wharton and Nateby by Agnes, da. of Reginald Warcop of Smardale, Westmld. m. (1) bef. 4 July 1518, Eleanor, da. of Sir Brian Stapleton of Wighill, Yorks., at least 2s. inc. Thomas II 2 da.; (2) 18 Nov. 1561, Anne, da. of Francis Talbot, 5th Earl of Shrewsbury, wid. of John, 2nd Lord Bray. suc. fa. c.1520. Kntd. 1527/30 June 1531; cr. Baron Wharton of Wharton 18 Feb./5 Mar. 1544.1
• .... The northern rising of 1536 was a landmark in Wharton’s career. He did not join the rebels but as an opponent of the 3rd Lord Dacre became one of their targets. Yet he was not among those who vigorously opposed the rebels from the start: in effect, he went into hiding, either from fear or because he was torn in his loyalties between the crown and the Percys, and early in 1537 the Earl of Cumberland linked him with Sir Thomas Curwen and Sir William Musgrave as men who had been in jeopardy during the rising. .... etc. He himself was closely linked with two other families similarly placed, the Curwens and the Musgraves. Sir Thomas Curwen, whom the Duke of Norfolk called Wharton’s greatest and most trusted friend, took as his second wife Wharton’s sister and in 1534 his son Henry was contracted to Wharton’s daughter Agnes: when that arrangement fell through Agnes married Sir Richard Musgrave, Wharton’s ward whose mother had been Elizabeth Curwen.5 .... etc.
• From: http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1509-1558/member/wh... ___________________________________
• Sir Thomas Curwen, Sheriff of Cumberland1,2,3,4,5
• M, #33813, b. circa 1500
• Father Sir Christopher Curwen, Sheriff of Cumberland2,4 b. c 1470
• Mother Margaret Bellingham2,4 b. c 1475
• Sir Thomas Curwen, Sheriff of Cumberland was born circa 1500 at of Workington, Cumberland, England. He married Agnes Strickland, daughter of Sir Walter Strickland and Elizabeth Pennington, circa 1527; They had 7 children, including 1 son (Sir Henry) and 2 daughters (Joan; & Lucy, wife of Sir John Lowther).6,2,3,4,5 Sir Thomas Curwen, Sheriff of Cumberland left a will on 1 November 1543; He married 2nd Florence Wharton, daughter of Sir Thomas, by Margaret, daughter of Reginald Warcopp. They had 1 son (Thomas).2,4 His estate was probated on 8 November 1544.2,4
• Family Agnes Strickland b. c 1492
• Children
  • Sir Henry Curwen, Sheriff of Cumberland+2,3,4,5 b. May 1528, d. 25 Dec 1596
  • Margaret Curwen+ b. c 1537
• Citations
• 1.[S10535] Unknown author, Burke's Commoners, Vol. I, p. 579, 57.
• 2.[S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. I, p. 407.
• 3.[S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. II, p. 140-141.
• 4.[S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. II, p. 111.
• 5.[S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. II, p. 545.
• 6.[S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 186.
• From: http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p1126.htm#... ___________________________
• Thomas CURWEN of Workington (Sir)
• Born: ABT 1505, Workington, Cumberland, England
• Died: 1519 / 1544 / Jul 1557, Sibbertoft, Northamptonshire, England
• Notes: died in the 34th year of Henry VIII, in which year, on an inquisition of knights' fees, it is stated that he held the manor of Workington of the King, by the service of one knight's fee, 45s. 3d. Cornage, 4s. seawake [this has something to do with keeping the watch for hostile ships], and puture of two sergeants [puture is a claim by Foresters for food for man and beast, horse and dog, within the bounds of the forest]. He also held the manors of Thornthwaite, Seaton, and Cammerton, with one-third of the manor of Bootle, and divers other tenements at Gilcrux, Great Broughton, and Dearham.
• Father: Christopher CURWEN (Sir)
• Mother: Margaret BELLINGHAM
• Married 1: Agnes STRICKLAND ABT 1527, Workington, Cumberland, England
• Children:
  • 1. Henry CURWEN (Sir)
  • 2. Joan CURWEN
  • 3. Margaret CURWEN
  • 5. Lucy CURWEN
  • 6. William CURWEN
• Married 2: Feorina WHARTON ABT 1537
• Children:
  • 7. Thomas CURWEN (b. ABT 1539)
  • 8. Mabel CURWEN (b. ABT 1541)
  • 9. Agnes CURWEN (b. ABT 1543)
• From: http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/CURWEN.htm#Thomas CURWEN of Workington (Sir)1 ________________________
• THIS MAY NOT BE CORRECT?
• Sir Thomas Christopher Curwen1
• M, #158172, b. circa 1485, d. November 1543
• Last Edited=13 Jan 2011
• Sir Thomas Christopher Curwen was born circa 1485 at Workington Hall, Cumberland, England.1 He was the son of Sir Christopher Curwen and Margaret Bellingham.1 He married Agnes Strickland, daughter of Sir Walter Strickland and Katherine Neville, circa 1512 at Workington, Cumberland, England.1 He died in November 1543 at Workington Hall, Cumberland, England.1
• Child of Sir Thomas Christopher Curwen
  • 1.Lucy Curwen+2
• Child of Sir Thomas Christopher Curwen and Agnes Strickland
  • 1.Sir Henry Curwen+1 b. May 1528, d. 1592
• Citations
• 1.[S125] Richard Glanville-Brown, online <e-mail address>, Richard Glanville-Brown (RR 2, Milton, Ontario, Canada), downloaded 17 August 2005.
• 2.[S37] BP2003 volume 2, page 2396. See link for full details for this source. Hereinafter cited as. [S37]
• From: http://www.thepeerage.com/p15818.htm#i158172 ______________________________
• 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."