Thomas Wise of Sidenham

(i) John Wise of Sidenham (b c1527, d 22.01.1563-4) m. Alice Harris (dau of John Harris of Hayne, sergeant-at-law to Henry VIII)

Their son:

• (a) Thomas Wise of Sidenham (b c09.1545, d 27.01.1592-3) m. Mary Buller (dau of Alexander Buller of Lillesdon)

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• A genealogical and heraldic history of the commoners of Great Britain and Ireland, enjoying territorial possessions or high official rank; but univested with heritable honours (1835) Vol. 1
• https://archive.org/details/genealogicalheral01burk
• https://archive.org/stream/genealogicalheral01burk#page/19/mode/1up
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  • WISE, OF FORD HOUSE
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• JAMES WISE, of Sydenham, who m. Alicia daughter of James Dinham, esq. of Wrtham, in the county of Devon, and had, with other issue,
  • JOHN, his successor.
  • William (Sir). Of this gentleman the following quaint anecdote is related. .... etc.
• James Wise was s. by his eldest son,
• JOHN WISE, of Sydenham, who m. Alicia, daughter of John Harris, of Hayne, serjeant-at-law to King HENRY VIII. and had, with other issue,
  • 1. THOMAS, who m. Mary, daughter of Richard Buller, esq. of Shillingham, in Cornwall, and was s. by his son,
    • SIR THOMAS WISE, who was made a Knight of the Bath at the coronation of King JAMES I. and was sheriff of Devonshire in the 9th of the same monarch. .... Sir Thomas m. Margaret, daughter and heiress of Robert Stafford, esq. of Stowford, in the county of Devon, and dying in 1629, left (with a daughter, Margaret, m. to Sir Samuel Rolle, M.P.) a son and successor, ....
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  • 2. John.
• The second son,
• JOHN WISE, esq. who was of Totness, m. Emma, daughter of Richard Vavasor, esq. and was s. by his son, .... etc. ____________________
• The Visitations of the County of Devon: Comprising ..., Volume 1, Pages 1-452 edited by John Lambrick Vivian
• https://books.google.com/books?id=GmqlIibS95IC&pg=PA791&lpg=PA791&d...
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  • WISE OF SIDENHAM.
• John Wise of Mount Wise and Sidenham, 5 Hen. IV. = ; ch: Thomas (m. Margaret Brett) Wise
  • Thomas Wise of Sidenham. = Margaret, da. & h. of Robert Brett of Stottiscombe. ; ch: Thomas (m. Thomasin Fulford) Wise.
    • Thomas Wise of Sidenham. = Thomasin, da. of Sir Baldwin Fulford, vide ped. ante, page 378. ; ch: Oliver, Alicia (m. James Rusell) Wise
      • Alicia, m. James Rusell, A quo the Duke of Bedford.
      • Oliver Wise of Sidenham. = ; ch: Oliver (m. Margaret Tremayne), Jane (m. . . . Devyocke & Richard Tremayne) Wise
        • Jane, mar. 1 . . . Devyocke, 2 Richard Tremayne of Upcot, vide ped. ante, page 730.
        • Oliver Wise of Sidenham. = Margaret, da. of John Tremayne, remar. Sir James Chudleigh of Ashton Kt., vide Chudleigh ped. ante, pate 189, and Tremayne ped., page 730. ; ch: John (m. Mary Chudleigh & Dorothy Leigh & Ann Mathew), Oliver, Margaret (m. Thomas Pyne) Thomasin (m. Hugh Beaumont) Wise
          • Thomasin, mar. Hugh Beaumont, vide ped. ante, page 65.
          • Margaret, mar. to Thomas Pyne of East Down, vide ped. ante, page 632.
          • Oliver Wise
          • John Wise of Sidenham in Devon. = Mary, da. of James Chudleigh of Ashton Esq. first wife, vide Chudleigh ped. ante, page 189, where she is called Margaret. ; ch: James (m. Alice Dyneham), Nicholas, Ann (m. . . . Drewe) Wise.; = Dorothy, da of Thomas Leigh of South Molton, 2 wife. ; ch: Thomas, Pierce Wise. ; = Ann, dau. of Sr. Thomas Mathew of Wales 3 wife. ; ch: Leonard, Elizabeth Wise.
            • Nicholas Wise, 2 son.
            • Ann, wife to . . . Drewe of Cornwall.
            • Thomas Wise.
            • Pierce Wise.
            • Leonard Wise.
            • Elizabeth.
            • James Wise of Sydenham, son and heir. d. 5 Aug. 1534, Inq. p.m. 26 Hen. VIII., No. 18. = Alice, da. of John Dyneham of Wortham in Devon Esq., mar. sett. 16 Dec 1514, remarried Richard Kendall, marr. sett. 3 Jan. 1539, living 1564, vide Kendall ped., Vivian's Visitaions of Cornwall, page 258. ; ch: John (m. Alice Harris), George, Phillip (m. Hugh Person), Margery Wise
              • George Wise, 2 son, living 1564.
              • Phillip, wife to Hugh Person.
              • Margery.
              • John Wise of Sidenham, son and heir, aged 7 years and more at the death of his father, d. 22 jan. 1563-64, Inq. p.m. 7 Eliz., Nos. 4 and 6, recites will dated 22 Jan. 1563-64. = Alice, da. of John Harris of Hayne in Devon, vide ped. ante, page 449. ; ch: Elizabeth, Alice, Dorothy, Mary, Anne, James, Charles, Arkenwald, John (m. Emmet Vavasour), Thomas (m. Mary Buller) Wise
                • John Wise, 2 son, living 1564. = Emmet, da. of . . . Vavasour. ; ch: A (Pg.792 John (m. Susanna Prestwood) Wise)
                • Elizabeth, living 1564.
                • Alice, living 1564.
                • Dorothy, living 1564.
                • Mary, living 1564.
                • Anne, living 1564.
                • James Wise, 3 son, living 1564.
                • Charles Wise 4 son, living 1564.
                • Arkenwald Wise, 5 son, living 1564.
                • Thomas Wise of Sidenham, son and heir, aged 18 years and 4 months at the death of his father, d. 27 Jan 1592-93, Inq. p.m. 35 Eliz., pt. 1, No 55 recites will dated 14 Jan. 1592-93. = Mary, da. of Richard Buller of Shillingham, vide Buller ped., Vivian's Visitations of Cornwall, page 56. ; ch: William, Sir Thomas (m. Margery Stafford), Arthur, Elizabeth (m. Anthony Dennys) Wise.
                  • William Wise, son and heir, aged 22 years and more at the death of his father, ob. s.p.
                  • Arthur Wise, 3 son, living 1593.
                  • Elizabeth, mar. Anthony Dennys of Orleigh, mar. lic. 20 July 1610. Exeter, vide Dennys ped. ante, page 282.
                  • Sir Thomas Wise of Sidenham, 2 son, living 1593, K.G. at the coronation of Jas. 1, Sheriff of Devon 1612 and M.P. Will 26 Jan., pro. 14 Apl. 1630, P.C.C. (Scroope 40) = Margery, da. & h. of Robert Stafford, sett. before marriage 1 Mar. 1599-1600, living 1630, Admon. granted 4 Aug. 1640 to her son Thomas, P.R. Exeter. vide Stafford ped. ante, page 712. ; ch: Thomas (m. Mary Chichester), Elizabeth, Margery (m. Sir Samuel Rolle) Wise.
                    • Elizabeth, .... etc. ___________________
• Sir Thomas Wise KB (died 21 February 1629) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons of England between 1621 and 1622.
• Wise was the son of Thomas Wise of Sydenham, Devon and his wife Mary Buller, daughter of Richard Buller of "Shillingham," Cornwall. He was created a knight of the Bath at the coronation of James I in 1603. In 1612 he was High Sheriff of Devon.[1]
• In 1621, Wise was elected Member of Parliament for Bere Alston.[2]
• Wise built a house at Mount Wise on ancestral lands in the parish of Stoke Damerel, on a headland jutting out into Plymouth Sound. He also built Sydenham House "beautified by buildings of such height as the very foundations are ready to reel under the burden"[1]
• Wise was buried at Marystow, where there is a marble monument supported by eight Corinthian columns surrounded by other monuments to the Wise family.[3]
• Wise married Margaret Stafford, daughter of Robert Stafford of Stowford, Devon. Their son Thomas Wise was also an MP, and their daughter Margaret married Sir Samuel Rolle.[1]
• From: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Wise_(died_1629) ____________________
• WISE (WYES), Sir Thomas (c.1576-1630), of Sydenham, Marystow, Devon
• b. c.1576,1 2nd s. of Thomas Wise (d.1593) of Sydenham and Mary, da. of Richard Buller of Shillingham, Cornw.2 educ. L. Inn 1594.3 m. pre-nuptial settlement 1 Mar. 1600, Margery, da. and h. of Robert Stafford of Stowford, Devon, 2s. (1 d.v.p.) 2da.4 suc. bro. by 1600?; KB 25 July 1603.5 admon. 14 Apr. 1630.6 sig. Tho[mas] Wyes.
• From: http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1604-1629/member/wi... ____________________
• The Gentleman's Magazine, Volume 101, Part 2; Volume 150
• https://books.google.com/books?id=MPgRAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA313&lpg=PA313&d...
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• John Wise of Syndeham married Alicia daughter of John Harris of Hyne, serjeant at law to Henry the VIIIth (whose brother married Mary daughter of Sir Fulke Greville of Beauchamp Court), and had issue five sons and five daughters: 1. Thomas; 2. John of Totnes, and ancestor of thw Wises of the present day; 3. James, 4. Charles, 5. Erkenbold. Thomas Wise married Mary, daughter of Richard Buller of Shillingham co., Cornwall, by whom he had issue Thomas, who was created a knight of the Bath at the Coronation of James I. and was Sheriff for the county of Devon 9th of the same reign, Member of Parliament for Beeralston 1620, and following years. Westcote says, that Sydenham was built by Sir Thomas Wise. "It is," says he, "the set of the dignous family of Wise," Sir Thomas married Margaret, the only daughter of Robert Stafford of Stafford, by whom he had issue Thomas and Margaret, who was married to Sir Samuel Rolle, M.P. co. Devon. Sir Thomas Wise died 21 Feb. 1629, and was buried at Marystow, where there is a handsome marble monument supported by eight Corinthian columns, to his memory, standing in the space enclosed (19 feet by 12) for the cemetery of the family of Wise, with a Latin inscription upon it as follows: .... etc. ________________________
• The visitation of the county of Devon in the year 1620 by Colby, Frederic Thomas, 1827-1899
• https://archive.org/details/visitationofcoun06colbrich
• https://archive.org/stream/visitationofcoun06colbrich#page/358/mode...
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  • WISE. - (Supp.)
• John Wise of Sidenham Devon mar'd 3, Ann d. of Sir Tho. Mathew of Wales ; ch: Leonard, Elizabeth Wise ; = Mary d. of James Chudleigh of Ashton in Devon Esq., 1 w. ; ch: James (m. Alice Dynham), Nicholas, Anne (m. Drwe of Cornw.) Wise ; = Dorothy d. of Leigh. 2 w. ; ch: Peeirce, Thomas Wise.
  • James Wise of Sidenham = Alice d. of John (m. Alice Harris), George, Phillip (m. Hugh Person), Margery Wise
    • John Wise of Sidenham = Alice d. of John Harris of Haynes in Devon ; ch: Thomas, John, James, Charles, Arkenwald, Elizabeth, Alice, Dorothy, Mary Anne Wise. _________________________
• Col. John Wise of England and Virginia (1617-1695) ; his ancestors and descendants (1918)
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• 'Wise01'
• Families covered: Wise of Mount Wise, Wise of Sydenham (Sidenham), Wise of Totnes
• BLG1886 reported that "This family, which resided in the West of England before the Norman Conquest, deduces its descent from Oliver Wise, de Greston (on the Tamar), whose 7th direct descendant was Sir William Wise, 40 Henry III" (1255-6). BLG1886 (Wyse of the Manor of St. John), which covers an early branch of the family which moved to Ireland (shown on Wise02), mentions that the family were "originally of Greston, Cornwall (1167), and subsequently of Sydenham, Devon (1320)".
• John Wise of Sydenham (Sidenham), Devon (a 1403)
  • 1. Thomas Wise
  • m. Margaret Brett, heiress of Stoke Damarell (dau/heir of Robert Brett of Slottiscombe or Stottiscombe)
    • A. John Wise of Sydenham
    • m. Thomasine Fulford (dau of Sir Baldwin Fulford of Great Fulford)
      • i. Oliver Wise of Sydenham
      • BLG1886 jumps from Oliver to his great-grandson John (m. Alicia Harris). Vivian shows that John as this Oliver's great-great-grandson (i.e. adds an additional intervening generation), continuing with ...
        • a. Oliver Wise of Sidenham
        • m. Margaret Tremayne (dau of John Tremayne, m2. Sir James Chudleigh of Ashton)
          • (1) John Wise of Sidenham
          • m1. Mary or Margaret Chudleigh (dau of James Chudleigh of Ashton)
            • (A) James Wise of Sidenham (d 05.08.1534)
            • m. Alice Dyneham (a 1564, dau of John Dyneham of Wortham, m2. Richard Kendall)
              • (i) John Wise of Sidenham (b c1527, d 22.01.1563-4)
              • m. Alice Harris (dau of John Harris of Hayne, sergeant-at-law to Henry VIII)
                • (a) Thomas Wise of Sidenham (b c09.1545, d 27.01.1592-3)
                • BLG1886 & Vivian identify Thomas's wife as Mary, dau of Richard Buller of Shillingham, but the Buller records suggest that she was ...
                • m. Mary Buller (dau of Alexander Buller of Lillesdon)
                  • ((1)) William Wise of Sidenham (b c1570, dsp)
                  • ((2)) Sir Thomas Wise of Sidenham, Sheriff of Devon (d before 14.04.1629, MP)
                  • m. Margaret Stafford (dau/heir of Robert Stafford)
                    • ((A)) Thomas Wise .... etc.
                  • ((3)) Arthur Wise (a 1593)
                  • ((4)) Elizabeth Wise (bur 19.07.1623)
                  • m. (c07.1610) Anthony Dennys of Orleigh
                • (b) John Wise of Totnes (a 1564) - continued below
                • m. Emma (Emmet) Vavasour (dau of Richard Vavasour)
                • (c)+ other issue (a 1564) - James, Charles, Arkenwald, Elizabeth, Alice, Dorothy, Mary, Anne
              • (ii) Phillip(a) Wise .... etc.
• Main source(s): BLG1886 (Wise of Clayton Hall), Visitation (J.L. Vivian (1895), Devon, 1531+1564+1620+additions, Wise of Sidenham)
• From: Stirnet.com
• http://www.stirnet.com/genie/data/british/ww/wise01.php ______________________________________