Sir John Seymour,Knight banneret was an English soldier and a courtier who served both Henry VII and Henry VIII. Born into a prominent gentry family,he is best known as the father of Henry VIII's third wife,Jane Seymour,and hence grandfather of king Edward VI of England.
Michael de Poynings,1st Baron Poynings,Knt.,of Bures St. Mary,Suffolk,was an English nobleman and soldier. He was present at the Battle of Crécy.
The title Baron Grey of Powis (1482–1552) was created for the great-grandson of Joan Charleton,co-heiress and 6th Lady of Powis (Powys) and her husband,Sir John Grey,1st Earl of Tankerville (1384–1421) after the death of Joan's father,Edward Charleton,5th Baron Cherleton (1370–1421) left the title in abeyance.
Thomas de Morley,4th Baron Morley,KG was a baron in the Peerage of England,Lord of Morley,Hingham,Hockering,&c.,in Norfolk,de jure Lord Marshall,hereditary Earl Marshal of Ireland,and a Privy Councillor. He was summoned to parliament from 20 October 1379 to 3 September 1416.
Richard de Vere,11th Earl of OxfordKG was the son and heir of Aubrey de Vere,10th Earl of Oxford. He took part in the trial of Richard,Earl of Cambridge,and Lord Scrope for their part in the Southampton Plot,and was one of the commanders at Agincourt in 1415.
Edmund Dunch,1st Baron Burnell of East Wittenham (1602–1678) was an English Member of Parliament who supported the Parliamentary cause before and during the English Civil War. During the Interregnum he sat as a member of parliament. In 1659,after the Protectorate and before the Restoration,regaining his seat in the Rump he also sat in Committee of Safety. After the restoration of the monarchy he was not exempted under the Act of Pardon and Oblivion but the titles granted to him under the Protectorate were not recognised under the restored monarchy of Charles II.
Sir Richard Williams,also known as Sir Richard Cromwell,was a Welsh soldier and courtier in the reign of Henry VIII who knighted him on 2 May 1540. He was a maternal nephew of Thomas Cromwell,profiting from the Dissolution of the Monasteries in which he took an active part. He was the patrilineal great-grandfather of Oliver Cromwell.
Sir Henry Williams,also known as Sir Henry Cromwell,was a knight of the shire (MP) for Huntingdonshire during the reign of Elizabeth I. He was the grandfather of the Protector,Oliver Cromwell.
Sir Ralph Warren was twice Lord Mayor of London,for the first time in 1536 and the second in 1543.
Edward North,1st Baron North was an English peer and politician. He was the Clerk of the Parliaments 1531–1540 and Lord Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire 1557–1564. A successful lawyer,he was created the first Baron North,giving him a seat in the House of Lords.
John Williams,1st Baron Williams of Thame was Master of the Jewels and Lord President of the Council of the Welsh Marches. He was summoned to parliament as Lord Williams of Thame on 17 February 1554.
Sir William Knyvett was an English knight in the late Middle Ages. He was the son of John Knyvett and Alice Lynne,the grandson of Sir John Knyvett,and assumed the titles of Sheriff of Norfolk &Suffolk,Burgess of Melcombe,Bletchingley,&Grantham,Constable of Rising Castle.
Sir Thomas Green was a member of the English gentry who died in the Tower of London,where he had been imprisoned for treason. He is best known as the grandfather of Catherine Parr,last wife of King Henry VIII.
Nicholas Mynn,of Little Walsingham,Norfolk,was an English politician.
Joan Leche,benefactress,was the wife successively of Thomas Bodley,and of Thomas Bradbury,Lord Mayor of London in 1509. She founded a chantry in London,and a grammar school in Saffron Walden,Essex. Her great-grandson,Sir John Leveson (1555–1615),was instrumental in putting down the Essex rebellion of 8 February 1601,and her great-grandson William Leveson acted as trustee for the original shareholders of the Globe Theatre.
Sir Andrew Judde or Judd was a 16th-century English merchant and Lord Mayor of London. He was knighted on 15 February 1551.
Sir Hugh Stucley (1496–1559) was the lord of Affeton in Devon,and Sheriff of Devon in 1545. His third son was Thomas Stukley,known as "The Lusty Stucley".
Sir Thomas Offley was a Sheriff of London and Lord Mayor of London during the reign of Queen Mary I of England. A long-serving alderman of London,he was a prominent member of the Worshipful Company of Merchant Taylors,thrice Mayor of the Staple,and a named founding Assistant of the Muscovy Company.
Rt. Hon. Henry Blayney,2nd Baron Blayney,Baron of Monaghan was the son of Edward Blayney,1st Baron,and of Ann Loftus his wife,daughter of Adam Loftus,Archbishop of Dublin and sometime Lord Chancellor of Ireland,by his wife Jane Purdon.
Knightstone is an historic manor in the parish of Ottery St Mary in Devon. The surviving mediaeval and Tudor grade I listed manor house is situated one mile south-east of St Mary's Church,Ottery St Mary. It was the seat of the Bittlesgate family,the heiress of which Joan Bittlesgate,daughter of Thomas Bittlesgate by his wife Joan Beauchamp,was the wife of Richard Woodville,grandfather of Elizabeth Woodville (c.1437-1492) Queen consort of England as the spouse of King Edward IV. In 1381 the Bittlesgate family obtained a licence from the Bishop of Exeter to build and operate a private chapel at their home,but no trace of the structure survives. The house has been much altered since the time of the Bittlesgate family. One Tudor-era fireplace survives in a bedroom.
