Thomas Andrews, II

Regarding "Thomas Andrewes" of Charwelton: "The Church of England parish church of the Holy Trinity is at Church Charwelton. Its earliest features include the west windows of the south aisle, which are a stepped trio of lancet windows from about 1300. Holy Trinity is a Grade I listed building."

"Holy Trinity contains a series of monuments to the Andrewe or Andrewes family. Several family members who died late in the 15th or early in the 16th century are commemorated by monumental brasses. The largest are a pair 4 feet (1.2 m) long representing Thomas Andrewe (died 1496) and his wife. From the latter half of the 16th century are two carved stone monuments. A tomb-chest bears recumbent effigies of Sir Thomas Andrew (died 1564) and his two successive wives, while a well-carved relief in fine white stone commemorates Thomas Andrew (died 1590) and his family. The church interior also includes decoration by the artist Henry Bird of Northampton."

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THE VISITATION OF NORTHAMPTONSHIRE, 1564 -- "Andrew of Charwelton"

THOMAS ANDREW of Charwelton, Esq., son and heir of Thomas, mar. Emme, first da. of Richard Knightley of Fawsley, co. North'ton, Esq., and by her had issue - THOMAS, his eldest son; Jane; Mary; and Katherine."

COMMENTARY -- "The Visitation of Northamptonshire, 1564" / "Andrew of Charwelton" develops that Thomas Andrews was / is actually the great grandson of Thomas Andrews and Joan Clarell via descent through -- 1.) Richard Andrew of Sawbridge, Gent. & _______ Belgrave, and 2.) Thomas Andrew of Charwelton, Esq. & _______ Aderne. "Visitation" thence references that Thomas Andrew took as his second wife _______ Powltney of Misterton Powltney and had issue, Richard. In contrast, "Visitation" / "Andrew of Charwelton" makes no reference to Thomas Andrews II marrying Elizabeth Poultney / Powltney after the death of Emma Knightley in 1490.......Perversely, the intent of "visitations" was to determine the bona fides of families claiming noble birth. Apparently, the visitants who compiled "The Visitation of Northamptonshire, 1564" accepted the bona fides of the Andrews family but may have suspected something was amiss. Thomas Andrews is again referenced in the "Andrewes of Blisworth" section -- "THOMAS ANDREWS of Charwelton, co. North'ton, Gent., eldest son and heir to John, first mar. and had issue, -- THOMAS, his eldest son; -- after, he mar., to his second wife, ELIZABETH, da. of Sir Thomas Powltney of Misterton, co. Leic., Esq., and by her had issue, -- Thomas, his second son; Anthony, third son; Anthony, fourth son. (Sic, but query a generation missed. See the other pedigrees of this family.)

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• 'Thomas Andrews
• M, b. circa 1455, d. before 1530
• Father Thomas Andrews b. c 1430, d. 11 Nov 1496
• Mother Joan (Margery) Clarell b. c 1432
• 'Thomas Andrews was born circa 1455 at of Charwelton, Northamptonshire, England. He married Emma Knightley, daughter of Richard Knightley, Esq. and Eleanor Throckmorton, circa 1480. Thomas Andrews died before 1530.
• Family Emma Knightley b. c 1448, d. 11 Apr 1490
• Child
• ◦Thomas Andrews+ b. c 1490, d. 2 Jul 1541
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Thomas Andrew (d. 1530) of Charwelton and Harlestone was the son of Thomas Andrew of Sawbridge (Warks) and Charwelton and his wife Joan, daughter of Richard Clarell of Edgcote (Northants). He was Sheriff of Northamptonshire, 1502.

He married 1st, Emma (d. 11 April 1490), daughter of Richard Knightley of Fawsley (Northants) and 2nd, 1495, Elizabeth, daughter of John Pulteney and sister of Sir Thomas Pulteney of Misterton (Leics)

Children of Thomas Andrew and Emma Knightley:

Thomas Andrew (d. 1541) of Charwelton [see below, Andrew family of Charwelton]; Richard Andrew; granted Thorney manor in Charwelton at Dissolution of the Monasteries but died without issue; Jane Andrew (fl. 1540); married [forename unknown] Spurryer; Anne Andrew (fl. 1540); married George Smythe of Eldon (Northants); Margaret Andrew; married [forename unknown] Spurrye or Spurryer; Mary Andrew (1481?-1548); married Thomas Arden (d. 1563) of Park Hall, Castle Bromwich (Warks) and had issue five sons and four daughters; Children of Thomas Andrew and Elizabeth Pulteney :

Richard Andrew (d. 1539) of Harlestone (q.v.); William Andrew; married [forename unknown] Knight of Muskett and had issue one son and two daughters; George Andrew; married 1st, Alice Hitchins, and had issue four sons and two daughters; married 2nd, Mary Maney and had issue one son; Anthony Andrew (k/a Andrew Whitefoot); married Anne, daughter of Rafe Colet and niece of John Colet, Dean of St. Paul's Cathedral, London, and had issue one son; James Andrews; Ellen Andrews; Francis Andrews; Henry Andrews; Robert Andrews. He inherited the Charwelton estate from his father in 1496 and purchased Harleston in 1500.

He died in 1530.

Sources (138) Andrews alias Andrew of Charwelton, Winwick, Harlestone and Denton, baronets

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Regarding "Thomas Andrewes" of Charwelton, Sheriff of Northhamptonshire 10 and 28 Elizabeth : "The Church of England parish church of the Holy Trinity is at Church Charwelton. Its earliest features include the west windows of the south aisle, which are a stepped trio of lancet windows from about 1300. Holy Trinity is a Grade I listed building."

"Holy Trinity contains a series of monuments to the Andrewe or Andrewes family. Several family members who died late in the 15th or early in the 16th century are commemorated by monumental brasses. The largest are a pair 4 feet (1.2 m) long representing Thomas Andrewe (died 1496) and his wife. From the latter half of the 16th century are two carved stone monuments. A tomb-chest bears recumbent effigies of Sir Thomas Andrew (died 1564) and his two successive wives, while a well-carved relief in fine white stone commemorates Thomas Andrew (died 1590) and his family. The church interior also includes decoration by the artist Henry Bird of Northampton."

"The Nomina Villarum of 1316 records Church Charwelton by name, but in 1491 John Rous recorded that it was in danger of being depopulated and in 1791 John Bridges recorded that much of its population had gone. Bridges claimed the Wars of the Roses in the late 15th century had caused this, but modern scholarship identifies the Andrewes family's sheep farming as the cause. In 1417 the merchant Thomas Andrews bought a small estate at Charwelton, and later he and his son, also called Thomas, leased much land in the parish. By 1547 a third Thomas Andrews was keeping 1,200 sheep here and two other landholders kept 500 and 300 respectively."

"In this account I have traced the family from Thomas Andrew (d. 1530) of Charwelton, who married twice. The eldest son by his first wife, Thomas Andrew (d. 1541), inherited the Charwelton estate, while the eldest son of his second wife, Richard Andrew (c.1496-1539), was given one of the manors of Harlestone, which Thomas senior had bought in 1500. From these two sons sprang the two main lines of the family. The Harlestone estate descended from father to son through five generations, down to Robert Andrew (d. 1674). In the Civil War they were strong Calvinists and Parliamentarians, and Thomas Andrew (c.1645-1722), the nephew who inherited in 1674, was a Whig MP for Higham Ferrers and later for Northampton. The line ended, however, with Robert Andrew (d. 1739), who rebuilt the house in the 1720s in the manner of Francis Smith, but died childless, leaving the house to his infant godson, a descendant of the Charwelton branch of the family. Thomas Andrew (d. 1541) of Charwelton was succeeded by his son, Sir Thomas Andrew (d. 1564), who like his grandfather married twice, and confusingly christened the eldest son of both his marriages Thomas. The elder, Thomas Andrew (c.1541-94), inherited the Charwelton estate and also Winwick Manor, which his father bought, and where he built a new manor house in the 1560s which became his principal seat. The two estates passed to his son, Sir Eusebius Andrew (c.1579-1619), who sold Winwick in the 1610s, and Charwelton descended to his son, Edward Andrew (fl. 1646), who however sold it before the Civil War.

The other Thomas Andrew (d. 1609) inherited property at Longdon (Worcs) and also the manor of Ilmington (Warks) which his father had bought in 1550.  It is not clear what happened to the Longdon property, but Ilmington passed to his son, Sir John Andrew alias Andrewes (fl. 1603-49), who sold it in 1615 and lived mainly in London. This branch of the family seem to have been Roman Catholics, and were fined at intervals for their recusancy. Sir John's first wife brought him an estate at Creaton (Northants) which for three generations, down to John Andrew (1698-1766) was the core property of his descendants. In 1739, however, Robert Andrew (d. 1739) of Harlestone bequeathed the much grander Harlestone estate to John's infant son, Robert Andrew (c.1739-1807), and in 1753 John himself bought the other main manor of Harlestone to extend and consolidate the estate. When Robert came of age he further improved the property, conducting enclosures at Creaton in 1783 and Great Addington in 1806. His son, Robert Andrew (1770-1831) was already a childless widower when he inherited the estate, but he immediately embarked on a substantial remodelling of the house at Harlestone and the laying out of the grounds to designs by Humphry Repton: perhaps he had thoughts of attracting a second wife? The works at Harlestone are perhaps one sign of an extravagant lifestyle, but at all events his debts grew rapidly. By the mid 1820s they amounted to £85,000 and were becoming impossible to service.  Accordingly, in 1824 he vested all his estates in his brother-in-law as a trustee for their sale. An initial sale of land at Crick realised some £15,000 but in 1829 the decision was taken to sell Harlestone itself. After protracted negotiations, a price of £135,000 was agreed for the estate with Earl Spencer, whose Althorp estate was closely adjacent. Robert Andrew died before the sale went through, but it was completed after his death, ending the family's long record as Northamptonshire landowners." A younger son of Robert Andrew (c.1543-1604) of Harlestone, Sir William Andrew (1577-1649), was created a baronet in 1641.  He married into property at Denton (Northants), and despite being a Roman Catholic became a benefactor of the church there.  Two of his sons in turn inherited the baronetcy, and there is a story to the effect that three more were killed fighting for the King at the battle of Worcester, although this seems not credible.  What is certain is that two of the daughters of Sir William Andrew (c.1620-84), 3rd bt., became nuns at Bruges, while another married into the leading Catholic family, the Petres.  The 1st, 2nd and 3rd baronets perhaps lived chiefly in London, but Sir Francis Andrew(s) (d. 1759), the 4th bt., gradually built up scattered estates at Pudding Norton (Norfolk), Hildersham (Cambs) and Rotherthorpe (Northants) by a combination of inheritance and purchase. He lived to a great age, perhaps over 90, but when he finally died his only surviving son was a lunatic and unfit to control property. He accordingly left his estates to his elder daughter, Bridget (c.1698-1783), the wife of Philip Southcote of Wooburn Farm, between Chertsey and Weybridge.  Philip was himself from an Essex family with a proud Catholic heritage, but is known to posterity as one of the creators of the ferme ornée, exemplified in the grounds at Wooburn Farm.  He died in 1758 and left the estate to Bridget, who carefully preserved it until her own death, when Wooburn Farm and the Andrew estates were left to her kinsman, the 9th Lord Petre.  The baronetcy expired with the death of her lunatic brother, Sir William Andrew, 5th bt., in 1804."

The house stands in an isolated position adjoining the parish church, but the surrounding fields are filled with the humps and bumps of a deserted village, cleared away in the late 15th century when the manor was turned over to sheep-farming, and of a set of fishponds fed from the nearby River Cherwell. The present manor house is an attractive early 18th century ironstone building with a front of five bays and two storeys and a hipped roof. The placing of two ranges of outbuildings at right-angles to and either side of the facade give the fortuitous appearance of a Palladian composition.  Inside, a good deal has been re-used from the predecessor house, including early 16th century panelling with the initials and coat of arms of Sir Thomas Andrew and his wife Katharine (d. 1555), and a fine frieze with fantastic beasts and hunting scenes. The back-stairs have serpentine splat-balusters and are probably early 17th century.  The 18th century main staircase stands in a stone-flagged staircase hall and has carved tread-ends and a wreathed and ramped handrail, and the drawing room has 18th century panelling with fluted Doric pilasters.  The house was used as the rectory by several generations of the Knightley family, who were squarsons here for well over a century.

Descent: Thomas Andrew (d. 1530); to son, Thomas Andrew (d. 1541); to son, Sir Thomas Andrew (d. 1564); to son, Thomas Andrew (c.1541-94); to son, Eusebius Andrews (c.1579- 1619); sold after his death to John Ball of Hellidon...Rev. Richard Knightley (c.1703-77); to son, Rev. Giles Knightley (c.1732-1804); to son, Rev. Thomas Knightley (c.1756-1805)...to Rev. Sir Valentine Knightley (1812-98), 4th bt.

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In the north chapel there is a particularly noticeable alabaster altar-tomb. This shows recumbent effigies of Sir Thomas Andrewe lying between his two wives.

This tomb was in 2001 the subject of major conservation prior to its inclusion in an Exhibition of Medieval Sculpture at the Tate Gallery. This revealed magnificent hidden colouring and decoration, and other features of great interest, and is the subject of a separate booklet available in the church. (See Sources)

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THE VISITATION OF NORTHAMPTONSHIRE, 1564 -- "Andrew of Charwelton"

".......ANDREW of Sawbridge, co. Warw., Gent., mar ......., da. of .......Clarell, and by her had issue, RICHARD, his eldest son."

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• 'Thomas Andrews
• M, b. circa 1430, d. 11 November 1496
• Father Richard Andrews b. c 1400
• Mother Catherine Berbeck b. c 1405
• 'Thomas Andrews was born circa 1430 at of Charwelton, Northamptonshire, England. He married Joan (Margery) Clarell, daughter of Richard Clarell and Margaret Whittingham, circa 1453. Thomas Andrews died on 11 November 1496 at of Charwelton, Northamptonshire, England.
• Family Joan (Margery) Clarell b. c 1432
• Child
  • ◦Thomas Andrews+ b. c 1455, d. b 1530
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Thomas Andrew of Sawbridge (Warks) and Charwelton.

Research Notes The family name is normally recorded as Andrew, but the usage varied with individuals and is also commonly given as Andrewes and Andrews, and the baronets seem often to have used the plural form.

Sources Landed Families (138) Andrews alias Andrew of Charwelton, Winwick, Harlestone and Denton, baronets

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Andrew, Thomas (d. 1530) of Charwelton and Harlestone. Son of Thomas Andrew of Sawbridge (Warks) and Charwelton and his wife Joan, daughter of Richard Clarell of Edgcote (Northants). Sheriff of Northamptonshire, 1502. He married 1st, Emma (d. 1490), daughter of Richard Knightley of Fawsley (Northants) and 2nd, 1495, Elizabeth, daughter of John Pulteney and sister of Sir Thomas Pulteney of Misterton (Leics), and had issue: (1.1) Thomas Andrew (d. 1541) of Charwelton [see below, Andrew family of Charwelton]; (1.2) Richard Andrew; granted Thorney manor in Charwelton at Dissolution of the Monasteries but died without issue; (1.3) Jane Andrew (fl. 1540); married [forename unknown] Spurryer; (1.4) Anne Andrew (fl. 1540); married George Smythe of Eldon (Northants); (1.5) Margaret Andrew; married [forename unknown] Spurrye or Spurryer; (1.6) Mary Andrew (1481?-1548); married Thomas Arden (d. 1563) of Park Hall, Castle Bromwich (Warks) and had issue five sons and four daughters; (2.1) Richard Andrew (d. 1539) of Harlestone (q.v.); (2.2) William Andrew; married [forename unknown] Knight of Muskett and had issue one son and two daughters; (2.3) George Andrew; married 1st, Alice Hitchins, and had issue four sons and two daughters; married 2nd, Mary Maney and had issue one son; (2.4) Anthony Andrew (k/a Andrew Whitefoot); married Anne, daughter of Rafe Colet and niece of John Colet, Dean of St. Paul's Cathedral, London, and had issue one son; (2.5) James Andrews; (2.6) Ellen Andrews; (2.7) Francis Andrews; (2.8) Henry Andrews; (2.9) Robert Andrews. He inherited the Charwelton estate from his father in 1496 and purchased Harleston in 1500. He died in 1530. His first wife died 11 April 1490.