Sir John Talbot (c. 1485 - 22 October 1542 or 10 September 1549) of Pepperhill, Boningale, Shropshire, [1] was an English knight and lord of the manors of Albrighton, Shropshire, and Grafton, Worcestershire.
Sir John Talbot (c. 1485 - 22 October 1542 or 10 September 1549) of Pepperhill, Boningale, Shropshire, [1] was an English knight and lord of the manors of Albrighton, Shropshire, and Grafton, Worcestershire.
He was a son of Sir Gilbert Talbot (1452–1517/18), KG, of Grafton, the only child of his father's second marriage to Etheldreda/Audrey Cotton, a daughter of William Landwade Cotton of Landwade, Cambridgeshire.
Sir John Talbot married twice:
Firstly to Margaret Troutbeck, a daughter of Adam Troutbeck of Mobberley, Chester, by whom he had three sons and five daughters, including:
Secondly he married Elizabeth Wrottesley (died 10 May 1558), a daughter of Walter Wrottesley (died 1563) of Wrottesley Hall, Staffordshire by his wife Elizabeth Harcourt. They had four sons and four daughters, including:
He and his wives Margaret Troutbeck and Elizabeth Wrottesley are buried in St John the Baptist Church, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, where survives their effigies.
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