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    Wadham, Edward

    Male Abt 1540 - 1613  (~ 73 years)


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    • Name Wadham, Edward 
      Born Abt 1540  England Find all individuals with events at this location 
      Gender Male 
      Buried 17 Nov 1613  Mere, Somerset, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
      Person ID I08407  My Genealogy
      Last Modified 20 Jun 2015 

      Father Wadham, Giles,   b. Abt 1516, Of Somersetshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1546  (Age ~ 31 years) 
      Mother Clauson, Agnes,   b. Abt 15220, Of Barton, Somersetshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1546 
      Family ID F02551  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

      Family Carew, Alice,   b. Of Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1620, Of Foscott, Somerset, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
      Family ID F02552  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    • Notes 
      • Edward Wadham of Mere, Somerset, nephew to John Wadham of Meryfield, married, 1st, Margaret d. of John Young; 2ndly, Alice d. of .... Carew, county of Devon. Hutchins' Dorset, 2nd edit. vol. i. p. 523.
        (son of Giles or Andrew?)

        Will of Edward Wadham of Meere, Somerset, 27 January 1614, PROB 11/1

        "Certificate of musters in the county of Somerset. Temp. Eliz. A. D. 1569 . (page 15 of 19) -
        Edward Wadham, gent, two corslets furnished, and a gelding for a light horseman furnished."


        The rectory, appropriated to Glastonbury in 1332 (fn. 131) andcharged with a vicarage in 1351, (fn. 132) was said to havebelonged to the warden of the anniversary of AbbotWalter Monington (d. 1375). (fn. 133) It was retained by theCrown and let during the 16th century to tenants including Edward Wadham who was resident in the 1580s. (fn. 134
        From: 'Parishes: Meare', A History of the County of Somerset: Volume 9: Glastonbury and Street (2006), pp. 120-142. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=117181 Date accessed: 02 January 2012.