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Thomas Needham

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Shavington, Shropshire, England
Death: 1570 (55-64)
Shavington, Shropshire, England
Place of Burial: England
Immediate Family:

Son of Sir Robert Needham, Kt. and Agnes Needham
Husband of Anne Needham
Partner of Agnes 'Anne' Hope
Father of Jane Needham; Anne Powell; Margaret Steventon; William Needham; Robert Needham and 1 other
Brother of Jane Needham; Mary Winnington; Robert Needham; John Needham and Maud Venables

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About Thomas Needham

  • Thomas Needham, Esq.1,2,3,4,5,6
  • M, #90638, b. 1510
  • Father Sir Robert Needham, Sheriff of Shropshire & Cheshire1,5 b. c 1476, d. 4 Jun 1556
  • Mother Agnes Manwaring1,5 b. c 1478, d. 2 May 1560
  • Thomas Needham, Esq. was born in 1510 at of Cranage, Cheshire, England.1,5 Marriage banns for Thomas Needham, Esq. and Anne Talbot were published on 1 February 1526; They had 2 sons (Robert, Esq; & John) and 5 daughters (Margaret, wife of Richard Steventon; Mary, wife of George Coyney; Agnes (Anne), wife of Sir Richard Bulkeley, & of Lawrence Cranage, Gent; Joan; & Anne).1,3,5,6
  • Family Anne Talbot b. c 1515
  • Children
    • Robert Needham, Esq., Sheriff of Shropshire+1,5 b. 1535
    • Agnes Needham+1,2,4,5 b. c 1547
  • Citations
  • 1.[S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 707.
  • 2.[S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. III, p. 92.
  • 3.[S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. IV, p. 175.
  • 4.[S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. III, p. 686.
  • 5.[S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. IV, p. 206.
  • 6.[S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. V, p. 127.
  • From: http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p3017.htm#... _______________________________
  • Thomas Needham1
  • M, #341812
  • Last Edited=12 Mar 2009
  • Thomas Needham is the son of Sir Robert Needham.1 He married Anne Talbot, daughter of Sir John Talbot.1
  • He lived at Shenton, Adderley, Shropshire, England.1
  • Child of Thomas Needham and Anne Talbot
    • 1.Robert Needham+1 d. 18 Dec 1603
  • Citations
  • 1.[S37] BP2003 volume 2, page 2159. See link for full details for this source. Hereinafter cited as. [S37]
  • From: http://www.thepeerage.com/p34182.htm#i341812 ________________________
  • Anne TALBOT
  • Born: 1515, Grafton, Worcestershire, England
  • Father: John TALBOT (Sir)
  • Mother: Margaret TROUTBECK
  • Married: Thomas NEEDHAM of Shavington (Sir) (b. ABT 1510 - d. 1560) (son of Sir Robert Needham and Agnes Mainwaring) ABT 1534, Shavington, Shropshire, England
  • Children:
    • 1. Robert NEEDHAM (Sheriff of Shropshire)
    • 2. Thomas NEEDHAM
    • 3. John NEEDHAM
    • 4. Margaret NEEDHAM
    • 5. Margery NEEDHAM
    • 6. Agnes NEEDHAM (b. 1546 - d. Jan 1623) (m. Sir Richard Bulkeley)
    • 7. Jane NEEDHAM
    • 8. Anne NEEDHAM
    • 9. Dorothy NEEDHAM
  • From: http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/TALBOT.htm#Anne TALBOT2 __________________
  • Sir Richard BULKELEY of Beaumaris and Anglesey, Knight
  • Born: ABT 1515, Baron Hill, Beaumaris, Anglesey, Wales
  • Died: 7 Sep 1572
  • Father: Richard BULKELEY of Beaumaris
  • Mother: Catherine GRIFFITH
  • Married 1: Margaret SAVAGE
  • Children:
    • 1. Richard BULKELEY of Beaumaris (See his Biography)
    • 2. John BULKELEY
    • 3. Thomas BULKELEY
    • 4. Rowland BULKELEY
    • 5. Charles BULKELEY
    • 6. Jane BULKELEY
    • 7. Daniel BULKELEY
    • 8. Margaret BULKELEY
  • Married 2: Agnes NEEDHAM (b. 1546 - d. Jan 1623) (dau. of Thomas Needham of Cranage and Anne Talbot)
  • Children:
    • 9. Elizabeth BULKELEY
    • 10. Mary BULKELEY
    • 11. Arthur BULKELEY
    • 12. Tristam BULKELEY
    • 13. George BULKELEY
    • 14. Edward BULKELEY
    • 15. Lancelot BULKELEY of Dublin
    • 16. Grissel BULKEKEY
    • 17. Agnes BULKEKEY
    • 18. Phoebe BULKEKEY
  • From: http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/Bios/RichardBulkeley1.htm ____________________________
  • The Visitation of Shropshire; v.29 (1889) Part II.
  • https://archive.org/details/TheVisitationOfShropshireV.29
  • https://archive.org/stream/TheVisitationOfShropshireV.29/Visitation...
  • Pg.371
    • Needham of Shavington. Pg.371-372
  • John Needham of Needham co. Derb. 4 E. 3. = ; ch: Tho. Needham
    • Tho. Needham of Needham in com. Derb. = ; ch: Will'm (m. Alice Cranage), Thomas Needham.
      • Thomas Needham of Needham 47 E. 3. = ; descendants Vide Derby.
      • Will'm Needham 49 E. 3. = Alice da. & heir to . . . . Cranage of Cranage in Chester. ; ch: Rob't Needham
        • Rob't Needham of Cranage ob. 8 H. 4. = ch: Robert (m. Dorothy Savage) Needham.
          • Robert Needham ob. 27 H. 6. = Dorothy da. to Sr Jo. Savage Kt of ye Garter. ; ch: Hugh, William, Sr John (m. Margery Mannering), Agnes (m. John Starkey), Robert, Thomas (m. Mawde Brereton) Needham.
            • Sr John Needham Justice of the King's Bench & Chester 2 sonn of Robert ob. 1480 [Judge of Common Pleas 1457; Judge of King's Bench 1472]. = Margery da. to Randall Mannering widow to Will'm Bromley of Cheverton [Shrawardine ?].
            • Thomas Needha' of Shenton in co. Salop. = Mawde da. to Sr Wm Brereton of Brereton Kt. ; ch: Sr Wm (m. Isabell Bromley) Needham.
              • Sr Wm Needham Knight. = Isabell da. & cohae. to Sr John Bromley Kt. (Sr John Bromley Knight maried Jane dau. & heire to Wm Hartall Hexstall.) ; ch: (Pg.372 Margrett (m. Tho. Whittington), Sr Robt (m. Agnes Manwaring) Needham)
                • https://archive.org/stream/TheVisitationOfShropshireV.29/Visitation...
                • Pg.372
                • Margrett vx. Tho. Whittington of Pountley who had 6 da.s
                • Sr Robt Needham of Shenton Kt ob. 20 H. 7 [bought Shavington 1506; Sheriff 1529]. = Agnes da. to John or Jenkin Manwaring of Pever in [com.] Chest'r. ; ch: Maude (m. Tho. Venables), Jane Anne (m. Sr Andrew Corbett), Tho. (m. Agnes Hope & Ann Talbott), John, Robert Needham.
                  • Tho. Needham of Shenton ob. in vita patris. = Agnes da. to . . . . Hope. ; ch: Agnes Needham; = Ann da. to Sr John Talbott of Grafton Kt. ; ch: Robert (m. Francis Aston), John, Margrett (m. Richard Steventon), Margery Mary (m. Geo. Conney) Agnes (m. Sr Richard Bulkley & . . . . Cranage), Joane, Anne Needham.
                    • Robert Needha' of Shenton [Sheriff 1565]. = Francis da. to Sr Edward Aston of Tixall Kt. ; ch: Elizab., Mawde (m. Jo. Aston), Margery Mary (m. Thomas Onslow & Sr Rob't Vernon), Ann (m. Rob't Powell), Jane (m. James Collyer), Thomas (m. Mary (wid. of Sr Robert Salisbury) Bagenhall), Sr Rob't (m. Ann Doyley & Joane Lacye) Needham.
                      • Sr Rob't Needham of Shenton Kt Viscount Kilmory in Ireland 1624 [Sheriff 1607]. = Ann da. to . . . . Doyley widow to . . . . Willmott. ; = Joane da. to John Lacye of Borseton in com Som'sett. ; ch: Francess (m. Sr Rowland Cotton), Robert (m. Francess Andersonne & Elianor (wid. to Gilbert [Lord] Gerrard) Dutton), Elianor (m. Sr Wm Owen) Needham.
                        • Robert Needham. = Francess da. to Sr Henry Andersonne of London Kt. ; ch: Robert, Frances (m. Tho. Cotton), Elianor Needham; = Lady Elianor da. & heire to Jo. Dutton wid. to Gilbert Lo. [Lord] Gerard. ; ch: Charles (2 sonn.) Needham _________________________
  • Sir Richard Bulkeley (died 1573) was a Welsh politician.
  • Born in 1524, he was the eldest son of Sir Richard Bulkeley, Bt. of Beaumaris, (Chamberlain of N. Wales 1634) and Catherine dau. of Sir William Griffith Kt. of Penrhyn, co. Caernarfon.[1]
  • He was knighted at Berwick in 1547 by John, Earl of Warwick and Lieutenant of the King's Army in Scotland. He was appointed High Sheriff of Anglesey in 1547, 1552 and 1561, and High Sheriff of Caernarvonshire in 1550 and 1558.[1] and Custos Rotulorum of Anglesey bef. 1558–1572.
  • He was the Member of Parliament for Anglesey in 1549–1552, April to May 1554, Nov 1554 to Jan 1555, and in 1571–1572.[1]
  • He died in 1573, probably poisoned by his second wife. He had married twice: firstly Margaret, daughter of Sir Jonn Savage of Rock Savage, Cheshire and secondly Agnes, eldest daughter of Thomas Needham of Shenton . His eldest son Richard was also an MP and his youngest son Lancelot Archbishop of Dublin from 1619 to 1650.[1]
  • From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Bulkeley_(died_1573) ___________________
  • BULKELEY, Sir Richard (by 1524-72), of Beaumaris, Anglesey.
  • b. by 1524, 1st s. of Sir Richard Bulkeley of Beaumaris by Catherine, da. of Sir William Gruffydd of Penrhyn, Caern.; bro. of Rowland†. m. (1) Margaret, da. of Sir John Savage of Clifton, Cheshire, 6s. inc. Richard Bulkeley I and Thomas 2da.; (2) Agnes, da. of Thomas Needham of Shenton, Salop, and Cranage, Cheshire, 4s. 2da. suc. fa. Jan. 1547. Kntd. Oct. 1547.2
  • From: http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1558-1603/member/bu... _____________________
  • Sir Gilbert Talbot of Grafton, KG (1452 – 16 August 1517 or 19 September 1518) was an English Tudor knight, a younger son of John Talbot, 2nd Earl of Shrewsbury and 2nd Earl of Waterford, and Elizabeth Butler. .... etc.
  • He married firstly Elizabeth Greystoke, daughter of Ralph de Greystoke, 5th Baron Greystoke and 7th Baron Boteler of Wem, and had three children:
    • Sir Humphrey Talbot, who died in the Holy Land
    • Sir Gilbert Talbot of Grafton, Worcestershire (died 22 October 1542), married Anne Paston, daughter of Sir William Paston (died 1496) and Lady Anne Beaufort, daughter of Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset and Eleanor Beauchamp, and had three daughters:
      • Elizabeth Talbot, who married Sir John Littelton, son of Sir William Littelton and his second wife, Mary Whittington, daughter of William Whittington, by whom he had seven sons and two daughters.[4]
      • Margaret Talbot
      • Mary Talbot, who married Thomas Astley, esq. of Patshull, and had two sons [5]
    • Eleanor Talbot, wife of Geoffrey Dudley, younger son of Edward Sutton, 2nd Baron Dudley and Cecily Willoughby, ancestors of the Dudleys of Russell's Hall
  • He married secondly Etheldreda, called Audrey, Cotton, daughter of William Landwade Cotton of Landwade, Cambridgeshire, and had one child:
    • Sir John Talbot of Albrighton, Shropshire (1485 - 22 October 1542 or 10 September 1549), married firstly Margaret Troutbeck, daughter of Adam Troutbeck of Mobberley, Chester, and had three sons and five daughters; he married secondly Elizabeth Wrottesley (died 10 May 1558), daughter of Walter Wrottesley of Wrottesley Hall, Staffordshire (died 1563), and Elizabeth Harcourt and had four sons and four daughters:
    • By the first marriage:
      • Sir John Talbot of Grafton, Worcestershire, and of Albrighton, Shropshire (died 6 June 1555), married Frances Gifford or Giffard, daughter of Sir John Gifford or Giffard, and had one son:
        • Sir John Talbot of Grafton, married Catherine or Katharine Petre, daughter of Sir William Petre, and had issue
      • Anne Talbot (born 1515), married Thomas Needham (born 1510)
      • Dorothy Talbot, married John Skyrmshire of Norbury, Cheshire (died 1569), and had issue
    • By the second marriage:
      • Sir John Talbot of Salwarpe, Worcestershire (died 9 December 1581), married 13 September 1574 Olive Sherrington, daughter of Sir Henry Sherrington of Lacock, Wiltshire, and had four children:
        • Sherrington Talbot of Salwarpe, Worcestershire (died c. 1642), married firstly Elizabeth Leighton, daughter of Sir Thomas Leighton of Feckenham, Worcestershire, Governor of Jersey and Governor of Guernsey, and Elizabeth Knollys (born 1549), and had two sons, and married secondly Mary Washbourne, daughter of John Washbourne of Wichinford, Worcestershire, and had two sons:
          • Sherrington Talbot or Sheringham Talbot (died c. 1677), married 13 October 1627 Jane Lyttelton, sister of Sir Thomas Lyttelton, 1st Baronet, and had one son:
            • Sir John Talbot of Laycock, Keighley, Yorkshire, married Barbara Slingsby, daughter of Sir Henry Slingsby, 1st Baronet, and had two daughters:
              • Anne Talbot
              • Barbara Talbot (c. 1671 - 31 January 1763), married 11 July 1689 Henry Yelverton, 1st Viscount de Longueville
          • Sir Gilbert Talbot, unmarried
          • William Talbot of Stourton Castle, Staffordshire (died 27 March 1686), married Mary Doughty (died c. 1661), daughter of Thomas Doughty of Kinver, Staffordshire, and of Whittington, Staffordshire, and had three children:
            • Frances Talbot
            • Catherine Talbot
            • Rt. Rev. William Talbot, Bishop of Durham
          • George Talbot of Rudge, Shropshire, married and had one daughter:
            • Catherine Talbot
        • Thomas Talbot of Worvill, Shropshire, married Magdalen Wyvill, daughter of Sir Marmaduke Wyvill, and had one son:
          • Robert Talbot of Worvill, Shropshire, married Anne Sheldon, daughter of William Sheldon of Broadway, Worcestershire, and had three sons:
            • George Talbot
            • Thomas Talbot of Worvill, Shropshire
            • Gilbert Talbot
        • John Talbot of Badgworth, Somerset (born between 1575–1581), married Mary Trimnel, daughter of Thomas Trimnel of Okeley, Worcestershire, and had one son:
          • John Talbot of Okeley, Worcestershire (born aft. 1591)
  • From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilbert_Talbot_(soldier) ____________________
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Thomas Needham's Timeline

1510
1510
Shavington, Shropshire, England
1537
1537
1539
1539
Shropshire, England (United Kingdom)

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1543
1543
1547
1547
Shropshire, England (United Kingdom)
1550
1550
England
1570
1570
Age 60
Shavington, Shropshire, England
1570
Age 60
England (United Kingdom)
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Shaving ton, Shropshire, England (United Kingdom)