Hidden away - Wiltshire, Broad Hinton
Tomb of William Wroughton 1509-1559 who built the original Broad Hinton manor house in 1540 with stones from the dissolved Bradenstoke Priory although he is not known to have bought any monastic or chantry lands
(The Wroughtons had held the manor since 1365 when Nicholas Wase sold it to William Wroughton d1392 )
He was the only son of William Wroughton of Broad Hinton by Anne daughter of Sir William Norris / Norreys of Yattendon & Anne Horne, widow of Sir William Harcourt and Sir John Stanley
He was the grandson of Sir Christopher Wroughton 1515 & Jane daughter of Sir Richard Choke 1483 of Long Ashton
He m1 Elizabeth dsp daughter of George Twyneho of Keyford by Frome
He m2 Eleanor 1590 daughter of Edward Lewknor of Kingston and Sibella Ellingham (Eleanor m2 Sir Giles Poole +++)
Children - 4 sons and 3 daughters
1. Thomas b1540-1597 m Anne flic.kr/p/j5QVPx co-heiress daughter of John Berwick / Barwick 1572 of Wilcot & Dorothy daughter of Sir Thomas Goddard:
2. George
3. William
4 James / Jacob
1. Dorothy m1 John Thynne the builder of Longleat 1580 widower of Christian Gresham m2 Cary/ Carew Rawly / Ralleigh of Downton Wilts 1623 son of Walteer Rawley of Farndell & Catherine Champernowne
2. Anne m Henry Poole 1616 of Sapperton www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/1356EN son of Sir Giles Poole +++
3. daughter died young
His father’s early death left William the minor heir of his grandfather, Sir Christopher Wroughton 1515 , who had numerous estates in Gloucestershire, Somerset and Wiltshire. In 1516 Sir John Seymour paid £500 for his wardship until he came of age in 1531. His mother's 2nd husband Sir John Baldwin died in 1545 whereupon Seymour’s son the Earl of Hertford tried to have her placed in her son's care since she had for long been ‘abstracted of her wits’.
He was among the esquires appointed to welcome Anne of Cleeves to England in 1540. In 1544 he joined Hertford on his Scottish campaign and was paid for conducting 100 men from York to Newcastle before being knighted by the earl at Leith.
For many years he suffered from ill-health: in 1548 absenting himself from Parliament with an attack of his ‘old disease of the colic and stone’.
On 22 July 1553 he joined other gentry in support of the accession of Queen Mary Tudor, but after interfering in defence of some retainers who had been implicated in a robbery, he was committed to close custody in the Fleet on 4 Nov. 1556 and forced to enter into a bond of 2,000 marks for his good behavior:, the warden being ordered to allow him the freedom of the prison on account of his sickness.
In his will of 10 Sept. 1558, committing his soul to "Jesus Christ, my Redeemer" and asking for burial wherever it should please his executors. His widow Eleanor was to have all his lands in Broad Hinton, Hinton Columbine, Medbourne and Woodhill for life as her agreed jointure, although the rectories of Broad Hinton and Wroughton were to pass respectively to their first and second sons, Thomas and George, when they should come of age. Thomas also received livestock and some specified jewellery, and shared plate and household goods with his mother; George and a third son William were each to have 20 marks pa from the rectory of Wroughton or, if the title should be held invalid, from lands at Beversbrook. Further lands and £100 were left to the youngest son James, and £200 apiece to 2 daughters, Dorothy and Anne; (a third daughter had died young) Eleanor who was left £100 and the residue, was appointed an executrix, with Thomas Wroughton as co-executor and ‘my brother Hassett’, that is, John Blennerhasset (he and Wroughton had married half-sisters), John Erneley, Richard Kingsmill† and John St. John, as overseers.
His eldest son Thomas then aged 19, whose wardship was granted to John Berwick, later married John Berwick's daughter Anne
His widow Eleanor m2 (2nd wife) Sir Giles Poole of Sapperton ++ 1589 eldest son of Leonard Poole & Catherine daughter of Sir Giles Brydges of Coberley: Widower of Elizabeth 1543 daughter of Sir Thomas Whittington of Pauntley
Although the monument frieze has the words ""Elizabeth by the Grace of God Quene of England and France", hidden underneath the canopy are the barely discernible 5 wounds of Christ's crucifixion to mark William's catholic faith. -
- Church of St Peter ad Vincula, Broad Hinton Wiltshire
Picture with thanks - copyright Mike Searle CCL www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2824891
Hidden away - Wiltshire, Broad Hinton
Tomb of William Wroughton 1509-1559 who built the original Broad Hinton manor house in 1540 with stones from the dissolved Bradenstoke Priory although he is not known to have bought any monastic or chantry lands
(The Wroughtons had held the manor since 1365 when Nicholas Wase sold it to William Wroughton d1392 )
He was the only son of William Wroughton of Broad Hinton by Anne daughter of Sir William Norris / Norreys of Yattendon & Anne Horne, widow of Sir William Harcourt and Sir John Stanley
He was the grandson of Sir Christopher Wroughton 1515 & Jane daughter of Sir Richard Choke 1483 of Long Ashton
He m1 Elizabeth dsp daughter of George Twyneho of Keyford by Frome
He m2 Eleanor 1590 daughter of Edward Lewknor of Kingston and Sibella Ellingham (Eleanor m2 Sir Giles Poole +++)
Children - 4 sons and 3 daughters
1. Thomas b1540-1597 m Anne flic.kr/p/j5QVPx co-heiress daughter of John Berwick / Barwick 1572 of Wilcot & Dorothy daughter of Sir Thomas Goddard:
2. George
3. William
4 James / Jacob
1. Dorothy m1 John Thynne the builder of Longleat 1580 widower of Christian Gresham m2 Cary/ Carew Rawly / Ralleigh of Downton Wilts 1623 son of Walteer Rawley of Farndell & Catherine Champernowne
2. Anne m Henry Poole 1616 of Sapperton www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/1356EN son of Sir Giles Poole +++
3. daughter died young
His father’s early death left William the minor heir of his grandfather, Sir Christopher Wroughton 1515 , who had numerous estates in Gloucestershire, Somerset and Wiltshire. In 1516 Sir John Seymour paid £500 for his wardship until he came of age in 1531. His mother's 2nd husband Sir John Baldwin died in 1545 whereupon Seymour’s son the Earl of Hertford tried to have her placed in her son's care since she had for long been ‘abstracted of her wits’.
He was among the esquires appointed to welcome Anne of Cleeves to England in 1540. In 1544 he joined Hertford on his Scottish campaign and was paid for conducting 100 men from York to Newcastle before being knighted by the earl at Leith.
For many years he suffered from ill-health: in 1548 absenting himself from Parliament with an attack of his ‘old disease of the colic and stone’.
On 22 July 1553 he joined other gentry in support of the accession of Queen Mary Tudor, but after interfering in defence of some retainers who had been implicated in a robbery, he was committed to close custody in the Fleet on 4 Nov. 1556 and forced to enter into a bond of 2,000 marks for his good behavior:, the warden being ordered to allow him the freedom of the prison on account of his sickness.
In his will of 10 Sept. 1558, committing his soul to "Jesus Christ, my Redeemer" and asking for burial wherever it should please his executors. His widow Eleanor was to have all his lands in Broad Hinton, Hinton Columbine, Medbourne and Woodhill for life as her agreed jointure, although the rectories of Broad Hinton and Wroughton were to pass respectively to their first and second sons, Thomas and George, when they should come of age. Thomas also received livestock and some specified jewellery, and shared plate and household goods with his mother; George and a third son William were each to have 20 marks pa from the rectory of Wroughton or, if the title should be held invalid, from lands at Beversbrook. Further lands and £100 were left to the youngest son James, and £200 apiece to 2 daughters, Dorothy and Anne; (a third daughter had died young) Eleanor who was left £100 and the residue, was appointed an executrix, with Thomas Wroughton as co-executor and ‘my brother Hassett’, that is, John Blennerhasset (he and Wroughton had married half-sisters), John Erneley, Richard Kingsmill† and John St. John, as overseers.
His eldest son Thomas then aged 19, whose wardship was granted to John Berwick, later married John Berwick's daughter Anne
His widow Eleanor m2 (2nd wife) Sir Giles Poole of Sapperton ++ 1589 eldest son of Leonard Poole & Catherine daughter of Sir Giles Brydges of Coberley: Widower of Elizabeth 1543 daughter of Sir Thomas Whittington of Pauntley
Although the monument frieze has the words ""Elizabeth by the Grace of God Quene of England and France", hidden underneath the canopy are the barely discernible 5 wounds of Christ's crucifixion to mark William's catholic faith. -
- Church of St Peter ad Vincula, Broad Hinton Wiltshire
Picture with thanks - copyright Mike Searle CCL www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2824891