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1350
Joyce
de
Botetourt
1539
Edward
Clarke
1530
Alice
Clarke
1485
Sir
Edward
De Ferrers
1377 - 1418
Maud
Le
Scrope
41
41
1443
Katherine
Savage
1426 - 1465
Robert
Willoughby
39
39
1434 - 1497
Eleanor
Willoughby
63
63
1432 - 1486
John
Shirley
54
54
1479 - 1519
Elizabeth
Meringe
40
40
1422 - 1476
Philip
Booth
54
54
1487 - 27 JAN 1547/48
Elizabeth
Longford
1462 - 1540
Margery
Trafford
78
78
1465 - 1513
Nicholas
Longford
48
48
1485
Sir
Ralph
Longford
1439 - 1495
Sir
John
Bourchier
56
56
1339 - 1387
Sir
Baldwin
De Freville
48
48
1375: Sir Baldwin Freville, son of the previous Sir Baldwin. He lost his claim to act as Royal Champion at the coronation of Richard II in 1377, when it was adjudged that the right was attached to the manor of Scrivelsby in Lincolnshire, an estate which had descended through the Marmion family.
1428 - 28 JAN 1490/91
Margaret
Griffith
1400 - 1491
Margaret
De
Freville
91
91
1393 - 1438
Hugh
Willoughby
45
45
1368 - 1401
Sir
Baldwin
De Freville
33
33
1491 - 1572
Katherine
Sutton
81
81
1424
Anne
Hastings
1423 - 1498
Thomas
II de
Ferrers
75
75
1458: Sir Thomas Ferrers, son of Thomas Ferrers. He was knighted in 1461. Buried in Tamworth Church. His son John predeceased him.
1398 - 15 JAN 1458/59
Thomas
de
Ferrers
1423: Thomas Ferrers, husband of Elizabeth Freville, to whom the castle was assigned upon a partition of the estates of Sir Baldwin; heiresses automatically transferred their rights to their husbands. He made Tamworth Caste his principal residence.
1402
Elizabeth
De
Freville
1446 - 1485
Sir John
De
Ferrers
39
39
1498: Sir John Ferrers, grandson of Sir Thomas. He was High Steward of Tamworth. Buried in Tamworth Church.
1450
Margaret
Hungerford
1452 - 1483
Maud
Stanley
31
31
1408
Margaret
Corbet
1405 - 1489
William
De
Mytton
84
84
1427 - 7 FEB 1499/00
John
Mytton
1380 - 1420
Margaret
De
Pershale
40
40
1379
Richard
De
Mytton
1458
Margaret
Hopton
1515
Elizabeth
de
Ferrers
1495
Richard
Draycott
1495
Thomas
Shirley
1467 - 1551
Constance
Beaumont
84
84
1460 - 16 FEB 1531/32
John
Mytton
1520 - 1543
Elizabeth
Babington
23
23
1482 - 1544
Sir
Anthony
Babington
62
62
1475 - 1553
Sir
Humphrey
De Ferrers
78
78
1512: Sir Humphrey Ferrers, son of Sir John. He also was High Steward. It was during his time that Leland, the historian and surveyor to Henry VIII, visited Tamworth and recorded of the Castle:- "the base court and great ward of the castle is cleane decayed, and the wall fallen down, and therein be now but houses of office, of noe notable buildings," referring to the buildings below the mound, and adding "the Dungeon Hill yet standeth, and a great round tower of stone wherein Mr Ferrers dwelleth, and now repaireth it. "Sir Humphrey spent the later years of his life at his manor of Walton-on-Trent.
1490 - 1568
Sir
Philip
Draycott
78
78
1465 - 1522
Sir
John
Draycott
57
57
1466
Elizabeth
Eyre
1500
John
Draycott
1437 - 1494
Sir
Roger
Draycott
57
57
1400 - 1471
Sir
Roger
Draycott
71
71
1412
Joan
Aston
1394 - 8 MAR 1418/19
Joyce
De
Freville
1385 - 1448
Sir
Roger
Aston
63
63
1350 - 1385
Adam
de
Peshall
35
35
1463
Henry
De
Brugge
1470
Joanne
Hungerford
1503
Joanne
De
Brugge
1443
John
Hungerford
1450
Joan
Washbourne
1458 - 6 JAN 1516/17
Ralph
Shirley
1515 - 1576
Sir John
De
Ferrers
61
61
1372
Anne
Beckwith
1370
William
de
Freville
1442 - 1485
Sir
Richard
Le Scrope
43
43
1498
Dorothy
Montgomery
1445 - 1503
Thomas
De
Gresley
58
58
1453
Anne
De
Ferrers
1450
Mabel
De
Ferrers
1479
William
De
Gresley
1484
John
De
Gresley
1481
Elizabeth
De
Gresley
1486
Ellen
De
Gresley
1488 - 1548
George
De
Gresley
60
60
1496
Robert
De
Gresley
1498
James
De
Gresley
1479 - 1513
John
Montgomery
34
34
1440 - 1513
Ralph
Longford
73
73
1468
Henry
Longford
1470
Thomas
Longford
1472
John
Longford
1474
William
Longford
1480
Margaret
Longford
1487
Elizabeth
Longford
1502
Ellen
Montgomery
1462 - 1515
Edward
Jerningham
53
53
1503 - 1559
James
Clarke
56
56
1544 - 1586
Agnes
Clarke
42
42
1536
Margaret
Clarke
11 FEB 1540/41 - 1598
John
Clarke
4 JAN 1542/43
Thomas
Clarke
1538
Joan
Clarke
1437
Elizabeth
De
Ferrers
1425
Mabel
De
Ferrers
1442
Isabel
De
Ferrers
1440 - 1484
Henry
De
Ferrers
44
44
1430
Edmund
De
Ferrers
1452
Margaret
Haxstall
1470 - 1535
Sir
Edward
De Ferrers
65
65
1473
Margaret
De
Ferrers
1480 - 1542
Henry
De
Ferrers
62
62
1484 - 1558
Elizabeth
De
Ferrers
74
74
1482
Richard
De
Ferrers
1482 - 1554
James
Clarke
72
72
1508 - 1565
Margaret
57
57
1508 - 8 MAR 1558/59
George
Clarke
1512
Henry
Clarke
1515
Walter
Clarke
11 FEB 1541/42 - 23 MAR 1609/10
John
Clarke
1452
Margaret
Peyton
1476
Margaret
Pigot
1498 - 1536
Catherine
Stanford
38
38
1474
Thomas
Stanford
1518 - 1576
William
Saunders
58
58
1548 - 1630
Agnes
Clarke
82
82
1519 - 1555
John
Clarke
36
36
1523 - 1585
Anne
Macye
62
62
1545
Alexander
Clarke
1551
George
Clarke
1553
Edward
Clarke
1529
Rose
Peyton
1507
Thomasine
Burgoyne
1548
Brydget
Clarke
1500 - 1560
John
Knight
60
60
1536 - 1577
John
Shirley
41
41
1464 - 16 MAR 1527/28
Jane
Sheffield
26 JAN 1514/15 - 1571
Francis
Shirley
1520 - 1571
Dorothy
Giffard
51
51
1437 - 20 MAR 1493/94
John
Acton
1448 - 1539
Bennet
Knight
91
91
1467
Thomas
Acton
1470
John
Knight
1420
Roger
Knight
1446 - 1528
John
Knight
82
82
1487
Joyce
Mytton
1455
Joan
Mytton
1479
Margaret
Mytton
1433
Anne
Swynnerton
1457
Richard
Mytton
1459
Anne
Mytton
1463
Eleanora
Mytton
1435
Jane
Mytton
1470
Elizabeth
Dryland
1495
Griffith
Acton
1497 - 1567
William
Acton
70
70
1538
Mary
Kirkham
1500 - 31 JAN 1551/52
Thomas
Kirkham
1504
Margaret
Ferrers
1485
Jane
Malehearbe
1525 - 1581
George
Kirkham
56
56
1527
Richard
Kirkham
1529
James
Kirkham
1532
Andrew
Kirkham
1485 - 1560
Thomas
Lord
75
75
1455 - 1500
Harry
Lord
45
45
1457
Sioned
Bagot
1436 - 24 JAN 1488/89
John
Bagot
1436 - 1480
Isobel
Curson
44
44
1412 - 1485
Richard
Bagot
73
73
1416
Robert
Aston
1414 - 1477
Isobel
Aston
63
63
1482
Joyce
Shirley
1434 - 1502
Richard
Curson
68
68
1438 - 1508
Alice
Willoughby
70
70
1460
Catherine
Curson
1472
Elizabeth
Hungerford
1495 - 1549
Agnes
Horsfall
54
54
1513
William
De
Ferrers
1516
Edward
De
Ferrers
1518
John
De
Ferrers
1520
Henry
De
Ferrers
1522
Agnes
De
Ferrers
1526
Mary
De
Ferrers
1528
Charles
De
Ferrers
1534
Nicholas
De
Ferrers
1515 - 8 MAR 1574/75
Brian
De
Ferrers
1520 - 12 JAN 1566/67
Margaret
De
Lacy
1540 - 1610
Richard
Ferrers
70
70
1546
Grace
Ferrers
1548
Alice
Ferrers
1542
Robert
Ferrers
1544
Mary
Ferrers
1550
Susan
Ferrers
1555
Henry
Ferrers
1549 - 1624
William
Clarke
75
75
1527 - 1580
Thomas
Clarke
53
53
1530
Frances
Harber
JAN 1554/55
John
Clarke
1559
Anne
Clarke
1506 - 1530
Jane
Strelley
24
24
1448 - 1538
Sir
John
Strelley
90
90
1452 - 1549
Sanchia
Willoughby
97
97
1471 - 1538
Sir
John
Strelley
67
67
1473
Isabel
Strelley
1475
Margaret
Strelley
1477
Elizabeth
Strelley
1490
Anne
Strelley
1454
Alice
Willoughby
1456
Henry
Willoughby
1450
Christopher
Willoughby
1448
Robert
Willoughby
1500
Anne
Strelley
1512
John
Strelley
1554 - 1608
Anne
Shirley
54
54
1539
Edward
Shirley
1541
Arthur
Shirley
1543
Elizabeth
Shirley
1546
Cassandra
Shirley
1548
Ralph
Shirley
1550
Mary
Shirley
1552
Alice
Shirley
1483 - 1537
Catherine
De
Ferrers
54
54
1518
Dorothy
De
Ferrers
1471 - 1515
Sir John
De
Ferrers
44
44
1479
Richard
De
Ferrers
1473
Maude
De
Ferrers
1477
Alice
De
Ferrers
1481
Isabelle
De
Ferrers
1475
Dorothy
Harper
1518
Catherine
Babington
1533 - 9 JAN 1614/15
Sir
Richard
Knightley
1494 - 1566
Sir
Valentine
Knightley
72
72
1531
Constance
Knightley
1480 - 1551
Constance
Brome
71
71
1505
Henry
De
Ferrers
1507
Edward
De
Ferrers
1503
George
De
Ferrers
1501
Nicholas
De
Ferrers
1511
Jane
De
Ferrers
1513
Ursula
De
Ferrers
1509 - 1554
Anne
De
Ferrers
45
45
1517
Margaret
De
Ferrers
1539
Thomas
Knightley
1542
Edward
Knightley
1545
John
Knightley
1511 - 1565
Anthony
Chetwynd
54
54
1476 - 1547
William
Chetwynd
71
71
1507
Elizabeth
Chetwynd
1509
Thomas
Chetwynd
1514
Godfrey
Chetwynd
1422
John
Washbourne
1431
Joan
Mytton
1452 - 1517
John
Washbourne
65
65
1455 - 1536
Elizabeth
Mornington
81
81
1479
John
Washbourne
1476 - 1517
Robert
Washbourne
41
41
1481
Walter
Washbourne
1483
Francis
Washbourne
1500 - 1533
John
Washborne
33
33
1480 - 1521
Eleanor
Staples
41
41
1502
Norman
Washborne
1476 - 1537
Mary
Le
Scrope
61
61
1454 - 1505
Eleanor
Washbourne
51
51
1505 - 1572
Sir
Henry
Jerningham
67
67
Sir Henry was the founder of the Cotesby or Cossey branch of the Jerninghans in the County of Norfolk, England (Betham, The Baronetage of England, 1801-1803, p. 232, table 33). Sir Henry used the Jernigham spelling of his name to distinguish himself from the Jernigans whom he disliked. (John Bennett Boddie Historical Southern Families, vol. IV, p. 121 et. seq.) Research shows that Sir Henry Jerningham achieved fame (or notoriety) among the Jerningham generations by adhering to the cause of Queen Mary on the demise of Edward VI. Sir Henry Jerningham was an ardent supporter and he, with all his "tenantry", joined forces with her at Kenninghall in Jul 1553. Sir Henry captured Yarmouth and rallied the county of Norfolk to her cause. He was made Knight of the Bath at the Queen coronation. He therefore stood high in the Queen's favor was constituted by her majesty, immediately after her accession, Vice-Chamberlain, Captain of the Guard, Master of the Horse and of the Household and one of the Privy Council. Sir Henry also obtained grants from the Queen of several large manors, particularly those of Cotesby in Norfolk and Wingfield Castle in Suffolk. The former he made the cheif place of residence of the family, having rebuilt the mansion (on the south bank of the river Tud). On 20th May 1555 (Calendar of Patent Rolls - Phil. and Mar. vol 2 p321) Robert Dudley, knight, bargained and sold to Sir Henry Jernyngham, knight, vice- chamberlain of the Household and to dame Frances his wife, the reversion of the manor and park of Corsey alias Costessey alias Cossey, late parcel of the lands of Charles, late Duke of Suffolk, then and now in the tenure of the lady Anne of Cleves for life by patent of Henry VIII, also the said manor and park and all lands and liberties (long list) belonging to the same in Cossey, Earlham, Bawburgh, Bowthorpe, Easton, Colton, Marlingford, Barford, Wramplingham, Melton, Hethersett, Honingham, Thorpe, East Tuddenham, Brandon, Runhall, Weston, Morton, Ringland, Felthorpe, Taverham, Carleton, Sall and Yaxham, co. Norfolk. And all rights and interest in the premises to hold to them and the heirs of their bodies and in default to their right heirs in fee; Confirmation, in consideration of Jerningham's service to the Queen at Framlyngham, co. Suffolk, in suppressing the rebellion of the Duke of Northumberland and in Wyatt's rebellion, of the estate and interest of him and Frances in the said reversion and premises and release to him of all claim which the Queen has in the reversion, to hold them as aforesaid in chief by the service of one fortieth part of a knight's fee. These without fine or fee. In 1557, on the death of Anne of Cleves the manor reverted to Henry and Frances. The family held the estate for the next 362 years. When Queen Elizabeth came to the throne in 1558, Sir Henry was deprived of his high offices and all his manors and other properties were confiscated. Sir Henry entertained Queen Elizabeth there in her progress through Norfolk; but his allegiance to the ancient faith seems to have been a bar to any favour in Court during that Queen's reign, he lost his place on the Privy Council. Sir Henry was aware of the dangers of celebrating the Mass in a manner contrary to the practices of the established Church of England so he had a secret chapel constructed under the roof of his new Manor House. For nearly 200 years this little chapel was one of the few places where the practice of Roman Catholicism was effectively maintained in England. There is no doubt that was sanctuary in the house for Catholics priests clandestinely visiting the Jerninghams, there were a 'chaplains stairs' and a 'priest's hole'. Two priests reputedly living or visiting the Jerninghams were a "Mr Pratt" and John Gerard the Jesuit who was tortured in the Tower of London and eventually escaped to France. In 1578 Queen Elizabeth again visited Cotesby, which indicates that Sir Henry's widow and her household were not at that time being badly treated as were other prominent recusant Catholics. During the early 16th century the peers holding most land in Gloucestershire were the Berkeleys and the Somersets, earls of Worcester; the latter do not appear to have exercised any significant parliamentary patronage in the county. The most influential patrons, besides the Berkeleys, were Sir John Brydges, later 1st Baron Chandos, and his relatives. If kinship with one or both of these families is taken into consideration, all 13 known knights of the shire during the period could appear on the same genealogical tree. Only Sir Henry Jerningham, a Privy Councillor from East Anglia related to the Kingstons, was not a resident with experience in local affairs. Nearly all frequented the court, either in an official capacity or as figures in their own right on ceremonial occasions or the dependants of great men. Most had military experience, several having held commands of distinction. Only Edmund Brydges, Jerningham and William Rede are known to have had any previous parliamentary experience before sitting for the shire. Arnold, Anthony and William Kingston, and Sir Giles Poole sat repeatedly for the county and several went on to represent other constituencies, often boroughs in Wiltshire. There was a tendency, whether or not by design, to return men with main estates near Gloucester, and only in the first two Parliaments of Mary's reign did neither seat go to one of this group. On receiving the writ ordering an election of knights of the shire for Suffolk the sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk chose a day which he announced at both Bury St. Edmunds and Ipswich; the election took place at the shire house in Ipswich. Eight indentures survive from this period. Written in Latin, they are between the sheriff of the one part and the coroners and gentlemen of the shire of the other. Between 20 and 40 of the electors are usually named but in 1545, when after having sat for the county probably without interruption since 1529 Sir Anthony Wingfield was not re-elected, the names of three coroners and 100 gentlemen are given. The sheriff sealed (and on occasion signed) the indenture and returned it with the writ which he endorsed with his signature. In 1547 Sir John Godsalve, whose name follows those of the two coroners at the head of the list of electors, witnessed the indenture along with three others whose signatures are now illegible. The elevation of Sir Thomas Wentworth shortly after the opening of the Parliament of 1529 created a vacancy which lasted until 1532 or early 1533, when Sir Phillip Tylney, a kinsman of Anne Boleyn, and Sir Arthur Hopton were nominated; Cromwell signified his choice of Hopton, but in the absence of a return the outcome is not known. In 1539 Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk told Cromwell that before going north he had arranged in the county for the return of such men ‘as I doubt not shall serve his highness according to his pleasure’. In Jan 1553 King Edward VI recommended the election of Sir William Drury and Sir Henry Bedingfield. Apart from William Cordell, all the knights of the shire for Suffolk during the period came from a closely-knit group of families. Several were associated with the leading figures in East Anglia, the dukes of Norfolk, the earls of Oxford and Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk. Nearly all held posts in the Household and five were Privy Councillors when elected, two others becoming Councillors during their parliamentary careers and three more after they had left the Commons. In 1558 Cordell had recently been appointed master of the rolls and was Speaker-designate. His election with Sir Thomas Cornwallis, the new comptroller of the Household, ended a run by Sir William Drury and Sir Henry Jerningham; Drury was by then a dying man and Jerningham exchanged Suffolk for Gloucestershire, where he also had property. A bill for clothmaking in East Anglia did not survive after a single reading in the Commons in 1547, but the manufacture of cloth in Suffolk was to be regulated by two Acts (5 and 6 Edw. VI, c.6 and 4 and 5 Phil. and Mary, c.5) passed in the next ten years.
1507
Ferdinand
Jerningham
1505
Edmund
Jerningham
1511
Elizabeth
Jerningham
1513
Mary
Jerningham
1508 - 1596
Mary
Wyndham
88
88
1469 - 1521
Thomas
Wyndham
52
52
1472 - 1515
Eleanor
Le
Scrope
43
43
1510 - 1560
Thomas
Babington
50
50
1512
Edward
Babington
1514
Bernard
Babington
1516
John
Babington
1468
Hugh
Shirley
1460
Thomas
Shirley
1462
Robert
Shirley
1464
Margaret
Shirley
1466 - 1531
Alice
Shirley
65
65
1470
Jane
Shirley
1472
Nicholas
Shirley
1474
Eleanor
Shirley
1476
Henry
Shirley
1478
Richard
Shirley
1480
Baldwin
Shirley
1482
Anne
Shirley
1514
Anne
De
Gresley
1516
Elizabeth
De
Gresley
1518
Thomas
De
Gresley
1520
Eleanor
De
Gresley
1522
Edward
De
Gresley
1525 - 1573
William
De
Gresley
48
48
1528
Katherine
De
Gresley
1467
Margaret
Wrottesley
1466 - 14 JAN 1516/17
John
le
Scrope
1425 - 1472
Stephen
le
Scrope
47
47
1460
Stephen
le
Scrope
1438
Jane
Bingham
1374
Joyce
De
Freville
1377
Margaret
De
Freville
1398 - 1476
Sir
Baldwin
De Freville
78
78
1392 - 1480
Sir
Richard
Bingham
88
88
1412
Joane
Greene
1432
Thomas
Willoughby
1424
Margery
Willoughby
1428
Ralph
Willoughby
1430
Baldwin
Willoughby
1442 - 1524
Robert
Bingham
82
82
1447 - 1490
Joan
De La
Lynde
43
43
1472
Catherine
Bingham
1474 - 1510
William
Bingham
36
36
1476 - 1561
Robert
Bingham
85
85
1478
Anne
Bingham
1480
Alice
Bingham
1481 - 1541
Alice
Coker
60
60
1507
Robert
Bingham
1509
Christopher
Bingham
1513
George
Bingham
1523
Joan
Bingham
1525
Mary
Bingham
1527
Cecily
Bingham
1528
Richard
Bingham
1501
Anne
Le
Scrope
1543 - 1595
George
Bingham
52
52
1503
Dorothy
Le
Scrope
1505
Richard
Le
Scrope
1506
Anthony
Le
Scrope
1507 - 1570
Jane
Knight
63
63
1475
Henry
Knight
1480
Jane
1510
Henry
Knight
1556
Thomas
Clarke
1462
Henry
Curson
1464
Elizabeth
Curson
1468 - 1512
John
Curson
44
44
1472 - 1514
Elizabeth
Eyre
42
42
1495
Richard
Curson
1499
Eleanor
De La
Pole
1519 - 1549
Richard
Curson
30
30
1521 - 1573
John
Curson
52
52
1523 - 1569
Elizabeth
Curson
46
46
1525
Francis
Curson
1528
Eleanor
Curson
1530
Anne
Curson
1532
Christopher
Curson
1534
William
Curson
1510 - 1551
Robert
Lytton
41
41
1482 - 1517
William
Lytton
35
35
1482 - 1518
Audrey
Booth
36
36
1452
Philip
Booth
1434 - 1478
Catherine
De
Ferrers
44
44
1518
Rowland
Lytton
1537
Thomasine
Burgoyne
1504
Thomas
Burgoyne
1510
Elizabeth
Staverton
1470
Christopher
Burgoyne
1474 - 1540
Thomasine
De
Freville
66
66
8 MAR 1427/28
Baldwin
De
Freville
1430
Thomas
De
Freville
1442 - 1521
Robert
De
Freville
79
79
1478
Robert
De
Freville
1520
Robert
De
Freville
1527 - 16 FEB 1557/58
Beatrice
Haselden
1463 - 1540
William
Kingston
77
77
1519
Anthony
Kingston
1528 - 6 MAR 1568/69
James
Clarke
1467 - 1539
Robert
De
Sutton
72
72
1475 - 19 FEB 1501/02
Catherine
Knight
1450 - 1531
Robert
Knight
81
81
1490
Lawrence
Saunders
1494
Alice
Brokesby
1512
Anne
Saunders
1514
Alice
Saunders
1516 - 1551
Thomas
Saunders
35
35
1520
Dorothy
Saunders
1522
Audrey
Saunders
1460 - 1531
Robert
Brokesby
71
71
1434
Thomas
Bingham
1517 - 1554
Elizabeth
Wilsforde
37
37
1540
James
Clarke
1542 - 23 MAR 1611/12
George
Clarke
1544
Elizabeth
Clarke
1546
Thomas
Clarke
1548
Reginald
Clarke
1550
Robert
Clarke
1552
Richard
Clarke
1562 - 1608
Margery
Clarke
46
46
1497 - 1560
Margaret
Wyndham
63
63
1499 - 1569
Edmund
Wyndham
70
70
1501 - 1573
John
Wyndham
72
72
1503
Elizabeth
Wyndham
1402
Elizabeth
De
Freville
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