the last of the Longfords - Longford Derbyshire
Much moved and ill treated before they came to their present position in the north aisle bereft of their alabaster table base lies Sir Nicholas Longford 1610 of Longford, The Hough & Whittington, with his 3rd wife Margaret Markham 1620
Nicholas was the only son of Ralph Longford 1544 & Dorothy flic.kr/p/6xfByq daughter of Anthony FitzHerbert of Norbury & Matilda Cotton flic.kr/p/2kyiD2m who m2 Sir John Porte of Etwall flic.kr/p/6xfzyQ
Of his 3 sisters - Maud m (2nd wife) Sir George Vernon at Bakewell flic.kr/p/dA7vCG & Elizabeth m Sir Humphrey Dethick at Hartshorne www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/jHF9XQ
He was educated in Pembroke, Cambridge in 1550 and the Inner Temple in 1553.
Nicholas inherited from his father an impoverished estate, causing him to have to sell his remaining lands in Derby and Staffordshire (apart from Longford) in 1571 to John Fleetwood of Heskyn, near Preston. Fleetwood originally servant to Sir Thomas Audley, Attorney for the Duchy of Lancaster and afterwards Lord Chancellor. The remaining property in Lancashire, at Longford and Withington, was sold in 1580 to Nicholas Mosley, at one time Lord Mayor of London ;
Nicholas is styled "equester aurens" (golden knight) on his tomb inscription, probably gaining his knighthood from King James 1.
He m1 Elizabeth daughter of Ralph Okeover of Oakover by Matilda daughter of Sir William Bassett of Blore
He m2 Margaret / Martha daughter of Sir Robert Southwell, of Mereworth Kent; Master of the Rolls
He m3 Margaret daughter of Thomas Markham of Allerton 1620
Nicholas was a Roman Catholic and a recusant in the reign of Elizabeth l
Apart from his election as a knight of the shire for Derbyshire in 1559, possibly due to the importance of his connections, and sheriff in 1568-9, he never gained any position in county government. Possibly to prove his loyalty, he was, however, appointed a commissioner to assess the value of the lands and goods of John Sacheverell, a fellow Catholic who had fled abroad. His religious beliefs eventually caused him trouble. In September 1581 the 6th Earl of Shrewsbury who was housing Mary , Queen of Scots, was ordered to send him to London, if he was in a fit condition to travel, while in 1585 Humphrey Bridges his former servant accused him of having a secret correspondence with the queen who had urged him to be steadfast in his religion, promising to make him a duke and to make his chaplain archbishop of Canterbury, when she attained power. As a result he was again called before the Privy Council in London, and was committed to the Marshalsea in June 1585.
By the end of 1594, however, he had apparently conformed. In a letter to Robert Cecil he stated that he had been satisfied by some of his learned friends regarding his former scruples, and he had already attended divine service in divers public presences. He also said "My suit is, that as you have power so you will help to deliver me from those former dangers and troubles I have incurred by my recusancy".
During the reign of James l , he again reverted to Catholicism. and his name is included in a list of unconvicted recusants, drawn up in 1609
Despite having married 4 times, he left no surviving children. The last of his branch of the male line, his heir was his sister Elizabeth wife of Humphrey Dethick at Hartshorne, who gained the Newton Solney lands.
(By a will now in possession of Earl Egerton of Tatton - but revoked in 1578 - his remaining estate was left to Maud Hastings and Francis Dethick dsp 1595 with remainder to Richard Longford 1604 and William, his brother, sons of Thomas Longford third son of Sir Ralph Longford 1513)
However his last wife Margaret persuaded him to leave her some remaining property and for the sum of £5000 In October 1615 she signed a release along with George Markham, Charles Markham, and Thomas Markham, her brothers, and Katherine Rediche, to Sir Edward Coke, flic.kr/p/fKhLer Thomas Coventrye and John Pepys, of the manor and lordship of Longford, the advowson of the church, the capital messuage called Woodhouse there, Longford Park and closes in Longford parish, and all those messuages, etc., in Malmerton, Bubton, Thurvaston, Shirley, Hollington, Rodeslye and Ardeslye which were formerly part of the possession of the said Nicholas Longford, deceased. (soon after Clement Coke 6th son of the Sir Edward became possess of the estate, his wife being descended from the Rediche / Deithick and Longfords )
- Church of St Chad, Longford Derbyshire
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the last of the Longfords - Longford Derbyshire
Much moved and ill treated before they came to their present position in the north aisle bereft of their alabaster table base lies Sir Nicholas Longford 1610 of Longford, The Hough & Whittington, with his 3rd wife Margaret Markham 1620
Nicholas was the only son of Ralph Longford 1544 & Dorothy flic.kr/p/6xfByq daughter of Anthony FitzHerbert of Norbury & Matilda Cotton flic.kr/p/2kyiD2m who m2 Sir John Porte of Etwall flic.kr/p/6xfzyQ
Of his 3 sisters - Maud m (2nd wife) Sir George Vernon at Bakewell flic.kr/p/dA7vCG & Elizabeth m Sir Humphrey Dethick at Hartshorne www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/jHF9XQ
He was educated in Pembroke, Cambridge in 1550 and the Inner Temple in 1553.
Nicholas inherited from his father an impoverished estate, causing him to have to sell his remaining lands in Derby and Staffordshire (apart from Longford) in 1571 to John Fleetwood of Heskyn, near Preston. Fleetwood originally servant to Sir Thomas Audley, Attorney for the Duchy of Lancaster and afterwards Lord Chancellor. The remaining property in Lancashire, at Longford and Withington, was sold in 1580 to Nicholas Mosley, at one time Lord Mayor of London ;
Nicholas is styled "equester aurens" (golden knight) on his tomb inscription, probably gaining his knighthood from King James 1.
He m1 Elizabeth daughter of Ralph Okeover of Oakover by Matilda daughter of Sir William Bassett of Blore
He m2 Margaret / Martha daughter of Sir Robert Southwell, of Mereworth Kent; Master of the Rolls
He m3 Margaret daughter of Thomas Markham of Allerton 1620
Nicholas was a Roman Catholic and a recusant in the reign of Elizabeth l
Apart from his election as a knight of the shire for Derbyshire in 1559, possibly due to the importance of his connections, and sheriff in 1568-9, he never gained any position in county government. Possibly to prove his loyalty, he was, however, appointed a commissioner to assess the value of the lands and goods of John Sacheverell, a fellow Catholic who had fled abroad. His religious beliefs eventually caused him trouble. In September 1581 the 6th Earl of Shrewsbury who was housing Mary , Queen of Scots, was ordered to send him to London, if he was in a fit condition to travel, while in 1585 Humphrey Bridges his former servant accused him of having a secret correspondence with the queen who had urged him to be steadfast in his religion, promising to make him a duke and to make his chaplain archbishop of Canterbury, when she attained power. As a result he was again called before the Privy Council in London, and was committed to the Marshalsea in June 1585.
By the end of 1594, however, he had apparently conformed. In a letter to Robert Cecil he stated that he had been satisfied by some of his learned friends regarding his former scruples, and he had already attended divine service in divers public presences. He also said "My suit is, that as you have power so you will help to deliver me from those former dangers and troubles I have incurred by my recusancy".
During the reign of James l , he again reverted to Catholicism. and his name is included in a list of unconvicted recusants, drawn up in 1609
Despite having married 4 times, he left no surviving children. The last of his branch of the male line, his heir was his sister Elizabeth wife of Humphrey Dethick at Hartshorne, who gained the Newton Solney lands.
(By a will now in possession of Earl Egerton of Tatton - but revoked in 1578 - his remaining estate was left to Maud Hastings and Francis Dethick dsp 1595 with remainder to Richard Longford 1604 and William, his brother, sons of Thomas Longford third son of Sir Ralph Longford 1513)
However his last wife Margaret persuaded him to leave her some remaining property and for the sum of £5000 In October 1615 she signed a release along with George Markham, Charles Markham, and Thomas Markham, her brothers, and Katherine Rediche, to Sir Edward Coke, flic.kr/p/fKhLer Thomas Coventrye and John Pepys, of the manor and lordship of Longford, the advowson of the church, the capital messuage called Woodhouse there, Longford Park and closes in Longford parish, and all those messuages, etc., in Malmerton, Bubton, Thurvaston, Shirley, Hollington, Rodeslye and Ardeslye which were formerly part of the possession of the said Nicholas Longford, deceased. (soon after Clement Coke 6th son of the Sir Edward became possess of the estate, his wife being descended from the Rediche / Deithick and Longfords )
- Church of St Chad, Longford Derbyshire
seearoundbritain.com/venues/st-chads-church-longford/pict...
discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/9e2b13fc-b682...