Thomas Whittington, of Pauntley

See Peter Bartrum, https://cadair.aber.ac.uk/dspace/bitstream/handle/2160/6197/BODENHA... (November 21, 2019; Anne Brannen, curator)

• Thomas (John) Whittington
• M, #70177, b. circa 1480
• Thomas (John) Whittington was born circa 1480 at of Pauntley Solers, Gloucestershire, England. He married Margaret Needham, daughter of Sir William Needham and Isabel Bromley, circa 1515.
• Family Margaret Needham b. c 1480
• Child
  • Margaret Whittington+ b. c 1515, d. c 1578
• From: http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p2335.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 _________________________

possibly his pedigree: http://fabpedigree.com/s066/f054095.htm

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Note that the dates for Thomas and his wife's birth are too close to that of their son. However, since the dates 1530 and 1520 are approximations, just a few more years later for their son or a few more years earlier for them is the best explanation.

• John Whittingham of Pauntley Gloucestershire Married Elizabeth Croft of Croft Castle Hereford
• They had Thomas Whittingham he was born 1488 and he died 1493 age 5 years
• This information was found on this site

http://freepages.school-alumni.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~dearbornboutw...

' This information was found in the book'

• Mansions and Manors of Herefordshire
• By Charles Robinson

https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044010403004;view=1up;...

• There is a Pedigree for the Croft family in this book
• Elizabeth Croft married John Whittingham Of Pauntley, Gloucestershire, England
• Family of John * WHITTINGTON and Elizabeth * CROFT
• Husband: John * WHITTINGTON (1458-1488)
• Wife: Elizabeth * CROFT (1462-1527)
• Children: Thomas * WHITTINGTON (1488-1493)
• Husband: John * WHITTINGTON
• John * WHITTINGTON
• Name: John * WHITTINGTON
• Sex: Male
• Father: William * WHITTINGTON (1431-1477)
• Mother: Elizabeth * ARUNDEL (1430?- )
• Birth 1458 Pauntley, Gloucestershire, England
• Death 1488 (age 29-30) Pauntley, Gloucestershire, England
• Wife: Elizabeth * CROFT
• Name: Elizabeth * CROFT
• Sex: Female
• Father: Richard * CROFT (1427-1509)
• Mother: Eleanor * CORNWALL (1428-1513)
• Birth 1462 Castle Croft. Leominster, Herfordshire, England
• Death 29 Mar 1527 (age 64-65) St. Briveles, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England
• Child 1: Thomas * WHITTINGTON
• Name: Thomas * WHITTINGTON
• Sex: Male
• Birth 1488 Pauntley, Gloucestershire, England
• Death 1493 (age 4-5) Solers, Gloucestershire, England
• Name: Thomas * WHITTINGTON
• Sex: Male
• Spouse: Margaret * NEEDHAM (1492-1508)
• Birth abt 1488 Pauntley, Gloucestershire, England
• Death 1547 (55-63) Pauntley, Gloucestershire, England
• Parents are
• Father John Whittington
• Mother Elizabeth Whittington (Milbourne)