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    Wadham, Nicholas

    Male Abt 1508 - 1508  (~ 0 years)


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    • Name Wadham, Nicholas 
      Born Abt 1508  Of Ilton, Somerset, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
      Gender Male 
      Buried 7 Dec 1508  Carisbrooke, Isle Of Wight, Hampshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
      Person ID I09135  My Genealogy
      Last Modified 20 Jun 2015 

      Father Wadham, Nicholas,   b. Abt 1474, Of Devonshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1541, Of Merrifield, Somerset, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 67 years) 
      Mother Seymour, Margaret,   b. Abt 1479, Of Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1517, Carisbrooke, Isle Of Wight, Hampshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 38 years) 
      Married Abt 1507 
      Family ID F01522  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    • Notes 
      • ILTON, SOMERSET St. Peter
        I. Nicholas Wadham M.S. I FF ilt 1508
        London: "F" series (?)
        Effigy of Nicholas, the son of Sir Nicholas Wadham, knight, Captain of the Isle of Wight, 1508, in swaddling clothes, with one shield and inscription.Now mural in the north aisle...On an inscription below the effigy are the following five lines in black letter:
        Pray for the soule of Nycholas Wadhm sone to
        Syr Nycholas Wadhm knyghtt & capten of the
        Ile of wyght whyche depte owte of this worlde
        the viij day of december in the yere of our lorde Mt
        Vc viij on whos soule ihu have Marci Amen
        A shield above the child displays the arms of Wadham (Gules, a chevron between three roses Argent)1 impaling those of Seymour (Gules, two wings conjoined Or) ...Young Nicholas here, who must have died within a month of his birth, was the son of Sir Nicholas Wadham, who was the grandfather of the founder of Wadham College, and the grandson of Sir William Wadham, whose brass is in Ilminster church. This Sir Nicholas was married four times: 1) Joan, daughter of Robert Hill of Half-Way; 2) Margaret, the aunt of Queen Jane Grey (Seymour) and the Protector Seymour, and the mother of Nicholas here commemorated; 3) Isabell, the daughter of T. Baynham of Gloucestershire and the widow of Sir Giles Bridges; and, 4) Joan, the daughter of Richard Lyte and widow of William Walton of Barton. Joan Wadham, this fourth wife, is also buried here at Ilton and has a brass inscription to her memory.