Sir William Wroughton, MP

Biography

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European Aristocracy
William Wroughton was a member of the aristocracy in England.

William Wroughton (c.1509/10-1559) was the only son of William Wroughton of Broad Hinton by Anne, da. of Sir William Norris of Yattendon, Berks.

He m. (1) Elizabeth, da. of George Twyneho of Keyford by Frome, Som., s.p.;

He m. (2) by 1540, Eleanor, da. of Edward Lewknor of Kingston Buci, Suss., 4s. inc. James and Thomas 3da.

William wrote his will 10 September 1558 and it was proved 16 February 1562/3.[1] In his will he mentioned

1. Thomas, son and heir apparent, aged under 21
2. Dame Elinor, wellbeloved wife
3. George, second son
4. William, third son
5. James, fourth and youngest son
6. Dorothee and Anne, daughters

Descendant of William Worfton / Wroughton of Broad Hinton.

From “Wroten, Day and Allied Families“

We begin our journey in County Wiltshire, England in the 16th century when a gentleman named Sir William Wroughton was knighted on 11 May 1544 by the Earl of Hertford, and who was a son of Johannes Wroughton who died on 16 August 1496. The estate and manor house that became the property of Sir William Wroughton would become the village known as Wroughton and which remains in existence today.

Over the course of many generations the name Wroughton has undergone many spelling changes including those of Wroten, Wrotten, Rhoden, Roaten, Routin, and yes, even ROTTON!

A portrait was drawn called Wroughton, Wiltshire by Helen Allingham (1848‐1926)

Our American progenitor was that of Hezikiah Wroten who came to the Virginia colony in the year 1619 on the ship Bona Nova. His future wife Margaretalso came to the Virginia colony with her parents on the ship Warwick. Discussion continues about the correct lineage of their descendants; however, over the passage of time many of these descendants would move to other colonies and states. We continue the lineage at a later generation:
• Nehemiah Wroten, Sr., migrated to Orangeburg County, South Carolina where he was living in 1790. He died 28 May 1803, Barren County, Kentucky. He was married to Sarah and their first child was
• Isaiah Wroten, Sr., born 20 Jan 1771, settled with other family members in what was then Orangeburg County, South Carolina, but which in 1797 became Barnwell County. He died 26 Jan 1807 in Barnwell County and is buried in Denmark Cemetery with other family members. This site is now located in Bamberg County, South Carolina, which was created from part of Barnwell County in 1897.

• **see link below for more information***

https://www.nchgs.org/Wroten-_Day-_and_Allied_Families-_2018.pdf

Family and Education b. 1509/10, o.s. of William Wroughton of Broad Hinton by Anne, da. of Sir William Norris of Yattendon, Berks. m. (1) Elizabeth, da. of George Twyneho of Keyford by Frome, Som., s.p.; (2) by 1540, Eleanor, da. of Edward Lewknor of Kingston Buci, Suss., 4s. inc. James† and Thomas† 3da. suc. gdfa. 4 Aug. 1515. Kntd. 11 May 1544. An inquisition taken on 18 Sept. 1559 found that Wroughton had died on 4 Sept. and that his eldest son, whose wardship was granted to John Berwick, was then aged 19. His widow married Sir Giles Poole.

Offices Held

Lt. and chief forester, Chute forest, Wilts. 1542; j.p. Wilts. 1543-7, 1558/59; commr. musters 1546, chantries, Wilts. and Salisbury 1548, relief, Wilts. 1550, goods of churches and fraternities 1553; other commissions 1544-54.3

Biography His father’s early death left William Wroughton the heir to his grandfather, Sir Christopher Wroughton, who died in 1515 possessed of the ancestral manor of Broad Hinton, near Swindon, and numerous estates in Gloucestershire, Somerset and Wiltshire. In the following year Sir John Seymour paid £500 for Wroughton’s wardship and on coming of age the heir was licensed to enter on 30 Mar. 1531. His mother married Sir John Baldwin, who died in October 1545, whereupon Seymour’s son the Earl of Hertford tried to have her placed in Wroughton’s care, since she had for long been ‘abstracted of her wits’.4

When musters were taken in 1539 Wroughton and his servants accounted for 13 men in the hundred of Ramsbury. Since he was among the esquires appointed to welcome Anne of Cleves, his wife may have been the Mistress Wroughton listed among the ladies of the Queen’s household in 1540. Four years later he joined Hertford on his Scottish campaign and was paid for conducting 100 men from York to Newcastle before being knighted by the earl at Leith. Wroughton was a Victim of ill-health: in 1546 he was noted as ‘sick’ on a list of gentry who were to attend the court during the embassy of the Admiral of France, and in November 1548 he was to be absent from Parliament with an attack of his ‘old disease of the colic and stone’.5

It is not clear how closely the Wroughtons were related to the Seymours, but Hertford described Wroughton as kinsman when seeking for him the custody of his mother. The relationship and their service together may have led Hertford, when Protector and Duke of Somerset, to promote his return as a knight of the shire to the Parliament of 1547. His presence on several local commissions, in particular those concerned with the spoliation of the Church, suggests that Wroughton was ready to serve both Somerset and the more extreme reformers who displaced him, but he was passed over three times in succession for the shrievalty and he is not known to have bought any monastic or chantry lands, despite Aubrey’s statement that he built a new mansion at Broad Hinton from the stones of Bradenstoke abbey.6

On 22 July 1553 Wroughton joined with (Sir) John Bonham, Sir James Stumpe and (Sir) John Thynne (who was to marry his daughter Dorothy), in a declaration of allegiance to Queen Mary and three days later they were thanked for their service and instructed to remain in Wiltshire. Wroughton does not seem to have been involved in the subsequent quarrel between Thynne and Charles, 8th Baron Stourton. Although he was elected with Sir John Marvyn to Mary’s second Parliaments, he is rarely mentioned during her reign. He may have been returned with the support of Sir William Herbert, formerly his fellow-Member and now Earl of Pembroke, whose tenant at ‘Montour’ he was at the time of his death. After interfering in defence of some unnamed retainers who had been implicated in a robbery, he was committed to close custody in the Fleet on 4 Nov. 1556 and at the end of the month was forced to enter into a bond of 2,000 marks for his good behaviour: in the previous September his wife’s nephew Edward Lewknor had died in the Tower while awaiting execution for his part in the Dudley conspiracy. Wroughton may have been kept out of Mary’s later Parliaments by this offence and perhaps also by his health; while he was in the Fleet the warden had been ordered to allow him the freedom of the prison on account of his sickness.7

Wroughton made his will on 10 Sept. 1558, committing his soul to ‘Jesus Christ, my Redeemer’ and asking for burial wherever it should please his executors. The widow was to have all his lands in Broad Hinton, Hinton Columbine, Medbourne and Woodhill, Wiltshire, for life, as her agreed jointure, although the rectories of Broad Hinton and Wroughton were to pass respectively to their first and second sons, Thomas and George, when they should come of age. Thomas also received livestock and some specified jewellery, and shared plate and household goods with his mother; George and a third son William were each to have 20 marks a year from the rectory of Wroughton or, if the title should be held invalid, from lands at Beversbrook. Further lands and £100 were left to the youngest son James, and £200 apiece to two daughters, Dorothy and Anne; a third daughter, recorded by Aubrey from the memorial in Broad Hinton church, must have died young, since there is no other reference to her. The widow, who was left £100 and the residue, was appointed executrix, with Thomas Wroughton as co-executor and ‘my brother Hassett’, that is, John Blennerhasset (he and Wroughton had married half-sisters), John Erneley†, Richard Kingsmill† and John St. John, as overseers. An inquisition taken on 18 Sept. 1559 found that Wroughton had died on 4 Sept. and that his eldest son, whose wardship was granted to John Berwick, was then aged 19. His widow married Sir Giles Poole.8

Ref Volumes: 1509-1558 Author: T. F.T. Baker Notes 1. Hatfield 207. 2. Date of birth estimated from age at grandfather’s i.p.m., C142/30/27. Aubrey, Wilts. Topog. Colls. ed. Jackson, 336; Wilts. Vis. Peds. (Harl. Soc. cv, cvi), 219; Vis. Som. ed. Weaver, 132; Vis. Dorset (Harl. Soc. xx), 95; E150/999/24; LP Hen. VIII, xix. 3. LP Hen. VIII, xvii, xx, xxi; CPR, 1547-8, p. 91; 1548-9, p. 135; 1550-3, pp. 142, 396; 1553, pp. 359, 415; 1553-4, p. 28. 4. C142/30/27, 118(2), 119; Index 10217(1), f. 2v; LP Hen. VIII, ii, v, xx. 5. LP Hen. VIII, xiv, xv, xix, xxi; Bath mss, Thynne pprs. 2, f. 33. 6. LP Hen. VIII, xx; CPR, 1553, pp. 339, 349, 376; Aubrey, 189. 7. Bath mss, Thynne pprs. 2, ff. 184-5v; Wilts. Arch. Mag. viii. 311-12; E150/999/24; APC, vi. 15, 17, 25. 8. PCC 6 Streat; Aubrey, 336; Comber, Suss. Genealogies (Lewes,) 159; CPR, 1560-3, p. 23.

Sources

1. Will of Sir William Wroughton of Broad Hinton, Wiltshire. 16 February 1562. PROB 11/45/53
2. WROUGHTON, Sir William (1509/10-59), of Broad Hinton, Wilts. The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1509-1558, ed. S.T. Bindoff, 1982
3. Visitation of Wiltshire 1565. Edited by Metcalfe W.C. Published by William Pollard & Co. 1897. Wroughton Pedigree pp52-53 [1].
4. Wiltshire. Topographical Collections of John Aubrey F.R.S. AD 1659-1670. Corrected and Enlarged by John Edward Jackson. Published by the Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Society. Devizes, 1862, p336 [2].
5. Foster, Joseph. The royal lineage of our noble and gentle families. Together with their paternal ancestry, Volume: 2. Publisher: London, Hatchards. Year: 1884. amb
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