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Thomas Wyld

Birthdate:
Death: June 20, 1599
Glazeley, Shropshire, England (United Kingdom)
Place of Burial: Glazeley, Shropshire , England
Immediate Family:

Husband of Alice Wyld; Elinor Wyld and Elizabeth Wylde
Father of Sir Edmund Wyld and Lady Elizabeth Bullock

Occupation: Clothier
Managed by: Erica Howton
Last Updated:

About Thomas Wyld

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Wylde_(clothier)#Dynasty

Arms of Wylde, detail from monument in Worcester Cathedral

The Commandery, Worcester, acquired by Thomas Wylde following the Dissolution of the Monasteries Thomas Wylde (bef.1508 – 1559) of The Commandery, Worcester, England, was a wealthy and prominent cloth merchant.

He was the son of Simon Wylde of The Ford, near Dodderhill (where Thomas later acquired the manor of Impney)

He married twice:

Firstly, before 1529, to Alice Ledington (or Sudington), a daughter of Robert Ledington (or Sudington) of Worcester, by whom he had 1 son and 2 daughters[2] including:

  • Robert Wylde (c.1535-1608), eldest son and heir, who married Margaret Cowling (c.1524-1606). His chest tomb monument with recumbent efigies survives in the nave of Worcester Cathedral under the fourth arch on the south side.[7]

Secondly to Eleanor Wall, a daughter and co-heiress of George Wall of Droitwich[2] and widow of Edward Corbett,[citation needed] by whom he had 2 sons and 1 daughter, including:

  • George Wylde (1550-1616), of Heryots, Droitwich, thrice MP for Droitwich.[8]

Kin

Edmund Wylde (1618–1695) latterly of Glazeley Shropshire and MP for Droitwich having no heirs left his considerable estates to Thomas Wylde (1670–1740) of The Commandery[11] enabling Thomas to serve in nine parliaments between 1701 and 1727 to no profit to himself or his family.

From https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/150396584/elizabeth-bullock

Elizabeth was the daughter, and heiress, of Thomas Wylde of Glazeley Hall (d. 1598-1599), Salop and Kempsey, Worcestershire and his wife, Elizabeth Cooke, daughter of Richard Cooke of Fullwell Hatch.

She married Sir Edward Bullock (c. 1580 - 1644) the elder son of Edward Bullock of Wigborough and Loftes in Great Totham and his wife, Joan Collen of High Laver, Essex.

Sir Edward was knighted by King James I and was a Cavalier during the English Civil War. He purchased Faulkbourne Hall in 1637; the manor was held in the Bullock family for 260 years (over 10 generations).

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Thomas Wyld's Timeline

1585
1585
Great Wigborough, Essex, England
1599
June 20, 1599
Glazeley, Shropshire, England (United Kingdom)
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St Bartholomew Churchyard, Glazeley, Shropshire , England (United Kingdom)
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