Sir William Pennington of Muncaster

Sir William PENNINGTON was born ABT 1475 in Hunsdon, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom, was christened in Pennington, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, and died 30 APR 1532.

Family

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He was the son of William PENNINGTON.

He married Frances PAGRAVE, daughter of Henry PAGRAVE and Anne Anna GLENHAM. She was born ABT 1489 in Pargrave, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom.

Children of Sir William PENNINGTON and Frances PAGRAVE are:

• 2 i. William PENNINGTON was born AUG 1517 in Muncaster, Cumberland, England, United Kingdom, and died 24 MAR 1573.
• + 3 ii. Anne de Pennington de MONKASTRE (MUNCASTER was born ABT 1506 in Muncaster, Cumberland, England, United Kingdom, was christened in Middlesex, London, England, United Kingdom, and died AFT 1544.

Notes

He was a tenant of the duke of Suffolk, occupying the manor of Costessey, Norfolk. Sir Richard Southwell, a follower of the duke of Norfolk, together with twenty men, including two of his brothers, Robert and Anthony, killed Sir William Pennington in the sanctuary at Westminster Abbey. Details are frustratingly scarce, but Southwell and the others were pardoned. He was fined £1000. (2)

Notes

• Southwell's biographer, Stanford Lehmberg, points out: "On 20th April 1532, with accomplices who included his brothers Robert and Anthony, Richard [Southwell] killed Sir William Pennington in sanctuary at Westminster. Pennington had married a cousin of Charles Brandon, duke of Suffolk, and was the latter's tenant of the manor of Costessey, and the crime may have arisen from a competition for pre-eminence in East Anglia between Brandon and the Howards. The Howards and Cromwell were able to obtain a pardon for Southwell and his followers on 15 June 1532, though his crime cost Richard a fine of £1000, subsequently confirmed by act of parliament. Instead of money he gave the king his Essex manors of Coggeshall and Filolls Hall. The affair did not prevent Southwell from being made sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk in 1534." (1)

Links

1. Henry VIII: The King and His Court. By Alison Weir. Page 314.
2. http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/TUDsouthwellR.htm
3. http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=bevangene...