'Needham2'
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Families covered: Needham of Cranach (Cranage, Cravach or Crevach), Needham of Kilmorey, Needham of Shavington, Needham of Shenton
[This page was initially named Needham1. It was renamed following a review in which earlier generations and a senior line of the family were found.]
| William de Nedeham of Chester (a 1375, judge) | |||||||||||||||
| m. Alice de Cranach (dau/heir of William de Cranach or Cranage) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Robert Nedeham of Cranach (d 1407) this generation reported by Visitation but not mentioned by either BP1934 or Lodge | ||||||||||||||
| A. | Robert Nedeham of Cranach or Cranage 'of Sherington' (Shavington) (d 1448-9) | ||||||||||||||
| Lodge identifies Robert's wife Dorothy as a dau of Sir John Savage of Clifton by Catharine, dau of Thomas Stanley. The Savage records suggest that she was 3 generations earlier, which is supported by the dates. | |||||||||||||||
| m. Dorothy Savage (d 1430, dau of Sir John Savage of Clifton) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Thomas Needham of Cranach or Cranage or Crevach (d 1463) | ||||||||||||||
| Lodge identifies Thomas's wife Maud as a dau of Sir William Brereton of Brereton by Maud, dau of John Dutton of Dutton & widow of Sir William Booth of Dunham. We do not see such a wife for a Sir William Brereton. | |||||||||||||||
| m. Maud Brereton (dau of Sir William Brereton of Brereton) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Sir William Needham of Cranach & Shavington (d 1487?) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Isabel Bromley (dau of Sir John Bromley by Joan Hexstall) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Sir Robert Needham of Shavington & Shenton, Sheriff of Shropshire (d 1556) | ||||||||||||||
| BP1934 does not name Robert's wife. Visitation (Shropshire) identifies her as Agnes, dau of John/Jenkin Manwaring of Pever. Visitation (Cheshire, 1580, 'Needham of Shevinton & of Cranage'), which provides some support for a few generations, identifies her as Anne, dau of _ Manwaring of Baddeley. Lodge identifies her as Agnes, dau of John Manwaring of Baddeley. | |||||||||||||||
| m. Agnes Manwaring (dau of John or Jenkin Manwaring) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Thomas Needham of Shenton | ||||||||||||||
| Whilst BP1934 & Lodge show only Thomas's marriage to Anne Talbot, Visitation (Shropshire) shows him as having also married ... | |||||||||||||||
| m1/2. Agnes Hope | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Agnes Needham | ||||||||||||||
| m2/1. Anne Talbot (dau of Sir John Talbot of Grafton and Albrighton) | |||||||||||||||
| (ii) | Robert Needham of Shenton, Sheriff of Shropshire (d 18.12.1603) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Frances Aston (dau of Sir Edward Aston of Tixhall) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Sir Robert Needham, 1st Viscount Kilmorey (d 26.11.1631) - continued below | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Jane Lacy (d 16.07.1591, dau of John Lacy of Borston) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (before 14.10.1594) Anne Doyley (a 06.1607, Mrs Wilmot) | |||||||||||||||
| m3. Catherine Robinson (d 08.12.1628, dau of John Robinson of London) | |||||||||||||||
| m4. Dorothy Smith (dau of Ambrose (not Humphrey) Smith of London) | |||||||||||||||
| (b) | Thomas Needham of Poolpark (Pool Park), Derbyshire | ||||||||||||||
| m. Ellen/Eleanor or Mary Bagenall (dau of Sir Henry Bagenall, Knt Marshal, widow of Sir Robert Salisbury) | |||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | Sir Robert Needham or Nedham of Pool Park (a 1630) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Mary Hartop (dau/heir of John Hartop of Surrey) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Jane (widow of John Worsfield of London) | |||||||||||||||
| ((2))+ | other issue - Richard of Poolpark, Arthur of Cambridge, Thomas of London, Francis of London, Elizabeth (a 1633) | ||||||||||||||
| (c) | Maud Needham | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1611) John Aston of Aston (d 13.05.1615) | |||||||||||||||
| (d) | Jane Needham | ||||||||||||||
| m. James Collyer of Darlaston (d c1597) | |||||||||||||||
| (e) | Ann Needham | ||||||||||||||
| m. Robert Powell of Parke | |||||||||||||||
| (f) | Dorothy Needham | ||||||||||||||
| m. Richard Chetwode (b 1560, d 16.05.1635) | |||||||||||||||
| (g) | Mary or Margery Needham | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Thomas Onslow of Boraton | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Sir Robert Vernon of Hodnet (b 1577, d 1625) | |||||||||||||||
| (h) | Elizabeth Needham (d unm) | ||||||||||||||
| (iii) | Agnes/Anne Needham | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Sir Richard Bulkley of Beaumaris | |||||||||||||||
| m2. _ Cranage of Cranage | |||||||||||||||
| (vi) | Margaret Needham (dsp) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Richard Steventon of Dothall/Dothell | |||||||||||||||
| (v) | Margery or Mary Needham | ||||||||||||||
| m. George Conney of Weston (Coney of Coney) | |||||||||||||||
| (vi) | other issue - Thomas, John, Joane, Anne | ||||||||||||||
| (B) | daughter | ||||||||||||||
| m. Robert Cholmondely of Chorley | |||||||||||||||
| (C) | Jane or Anne Needham | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir Andrew Corbett of Morton | |||||||||||||||
| (D) | Mary Needham | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Winnington of Patnley | |||||||||||||||
| (E) | Maud Needham | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir Thomas Venables of Kinderton (d 07.1580) | |||||||||||||||
| (F)+ | other issue - John, Robert mentioned by Visitation, not by Lodge | ||||||||||||||
| (2) | Margaret or Mary Needham mentioned by Visitation, not by Lodge ## duplication here? ## | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Whittington of Pountley (d 1546) | |||||||||||||||
| b. | Anne Needham | ||||||||||||||
| m. Robert Greene of Congleton | |||||||||||||||
| ii. | Robert Needham of Atherley had issue | ||||||||||||||
| Lodge reports that Robert's descendants lived at Shavington until it "failed of issue male" in 1578 "whereby the estate devolved on Robert Needham, of Shenton". | |||||||||||||||
| iii. | Sir John Needham of Chester & London (dsp 1480, judge) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Margaret Mannering (dau of Randall Mannering (Mainwaring)) | |||||||||||||||
| iv. | Agnes Needham | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Starkey of Oulton | |||||||||||||||
| v.+ | other issue - Hugh, William | ||||||||||||||
| B. | Alice Needham possibly of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. Robert Cholmeley | |||||||||||||||
| 2. | Thomas Nedeham | ||||||||||||||
| m. Catharine Hill (dau of Humphry Hill) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Humphry Nedeham | ||||||||||||||
| i. | Robert Nedeham | ||||||||||||||
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| Sir Robert Needham of Shenton, Sheriff of Salop, 1st Viscount Kilmorey (d 26.11.1631) - continued above | |||||||||||||||
| BP1934 mentions Robert's 4 marriages but is not clear which wife was mother of Robert (the only child it mentions). Lodge (who suggests that Robert d 30.04.1627) mentions his marriages to Jane Lacy & Catherine Robinson, reporting that the 1st was sp and the children were Catherine's. Visitation shows the marriages to Joane Lacye & Anne Doyley, with Joane identified as mother of Robert, Frances & Elianor. TCP confirms that there were 4 marriages and shows Robert as of the 1st. | |||||||||||||||
| m1. Jane Lacy (d 16.07.1591, dau of John Lacy of Borston or Borseton (alderman of London)) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Robert Needham, 2nd Viscount Kilmorey (d 12.09.1653) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Frances Anderson (dau of Alderman Sir Henry Anderson of London) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Robert Needham, 3rd Viscount Kilmorey (dsps 01.1657) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Frances Gerard (bur 25.05.1636, dau of Gilbert Gerard, 2nd Lord) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Eleanor Needham (d 1643) | ||||||||||||||
| B. | Frances Needham | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Cotton of Combermere (d c1648) | |||||||||||||||
| C. | Elianor (Ellen) Needham | ||||||||||||||
| m2. Eleanor Dutton (b c1588, d 12.03.1657, dau of Thomas Dutton of Dutton, widow of Gilbet, Lord Gerard) | |||||||||||||||
| D. | Charles Needham, 4th Viscount Kilmorey (d 1660) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (27.02.1654-5) Bridget Drury (bur 11.07.1696, dau of Sir William Drury of Besthorp, m2. Sir John Shaw of London) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Robert Needham, 5th Viscount Kilmorey (b 1655, d unm 29.05.1668) | ||||||||||||||
| ii. | Thomas Needham, 6th Viscount Kilmorey (b c1659, d 26.11.1687) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (04.12.1679) Frances Fowler (d 27.12.1723, dau of Francis Leveson Fowler of Harnage Grange (by Anne Venables), m2. Theophilus, Earl of Huntingdon, m3. Chevalier de Ligondes) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Robert Needham, 7th Viscount Kilmorey (b 04.05.1683, d 02.10.1710) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (08.1701) Mary Offley (b c1685, d 1765, dau of John Offley of Crewe by Anne, dau of John Crewe of Crewe) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Robert Needham, 8th Viscount Kilmorey (b 10.1702, d unm 19.02.1716-7) | ||||||||||||||
| (2) | Thomas Needham, 9th Viscount Kilmorey (b 29.09.1703, dsp 03.02.1768) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (29.06.1730) Mary Shirley (b 25.09.1712, dsp 12.08.1784, dau of Washington Shirley, 2nd Earl Ferrers, by Mary Levinge) | |||||||||||||||
| (3) | John Needham, 10th Viscount Kilmorey (b 01.1710/1, d 27.05.1791, Colonel, 4th son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (11.01.1738) Anne Hurleston (b c1708, d 09.08.1786, dau/coheir of John Hurleston of Newton, widow of Geoffrey Shakerley) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Thomas Needham (dvp unm 19.04.1773) | ||||||||||||||
| (B) | Robert Needham, 11th Viscount Kilmorey (b 14.11.1746, dsp 30.11.1818, 4th son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (10.01.1792) Frances Cotton (b 01.12.1769, d 26.11.1818, dau of Sir Robert Salusbury Cotton, Bart) | |||||||||||||||
| (C) | Francis Needham, 1st Earl of Kilmorey (b 05.04.1748, d 21.11.1832, General) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (20.02.1787) Anne Fisher (d 29.10.1816, dau/coheir of Thomas Fisher of Acton by Margaret, dau of Richard Pigot of Westminster) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Francis 'Black Jack' Needham, 2nd Earl of Kilmorey (b 12.12.1787, d 20.06.1880) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (07.03.1814) Jane Cuninghame (d 23.07.1867, dau of George Gun-Cuninghame of Mount Kennedy) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (20.11.1867) Martha Foster (dsp 06.05.1908, dau of John Foster of Lenham) | |||||||||||||||
| p. Priscilla Anne Hoste (dau of Sir William Hoste, 1st Bart, by Harriet Walpole) | |||||||||||||||
| (ii) | Anna Maria Elizabeth Needham (d 29.05.1866) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (20.06.1816) Hon. Rev. Henry Cockayne Cust (of Brownlow family) | |||||||||||||||
| (iii) | Frances Elizabeth Needham (b c1792, d 22.12.1890) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (16.06.1825) George Powell Higginson (d 19.04.1866, General) | |||||||||||||||
| (iv) | Selina Needham (d 10.01.1876) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (05.07.1817) Hon. Orlando Henry Bridgeman (b 06.05.1794, d 28.08.1827, captain) | |||||||||||||||
| (v) | Alicia Mary Needham (b 05.09.1798, d 31.01.1885) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (06.07.1836) Samuel Ellis Bristowe of Beesthorpe (b 10.03.1800, d 15.06.1855) | |||||||||||||||
| (vi) | Mabella Josephine Needham (b c1801, d 16.11.1899) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (12.02.1822) Hon. John Henry Knox (d 27.08.1872) | |||||||||||||||
| (vii)+ | other issue - Francis Henry William (b 1799, d 24.03.1868, Lt. General), Amelia (d 25.12.1860), Georgiana (d unm 03.12.1888) | ||||||||||||||
| (D) | Mary Needham | ||||||||||||||
| (4)+ | other issue - Francis, Anne, Mary, Elizabeth, Henrietta | ||||||||||||||
| iii. | Byron Needham (a 1681) | ||||||||||||||
| E. | Eleanor Needham (b c1627, d 26.01.1663/4) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (1638) Peter Warburton of Arley (dsp) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (1644) Sir John Byron, 1st Lord of Rochdale (dsp 08.1652) | |||||||||||||||
| F. | Susan Needham (d 08.1667) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1652) Richard Scriven of Fordsley | |||||||||||||||
| G. | Penelope Needham (d 1670) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1653) Randal Egerton of Betley (d 20.10.1681) | |||||||||||||||
| H.+ | other issue - George (dsp 1644), Thomas, Arthur (d infant?), Anne (d infant), Catharin (d unm 11.03.1665), Mary (a 1669, d unm), Dorothy (d unm 06.1669), Elizabeth | ||||||||||||||
| 2. | Frances Needham probably of this marriage | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir Rowland Cotton of Alkington (dsp 1634) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (before 14.10.1594) Anne Doyley (a 06.1607, widow of _ Wilmot) | |||||||||||||||
| m3. Catherine Robinson (d 08.12.1628, dau of John Robinson of London, widow of George Huxley of Wyrehall) | |||||||||||||||
| 3. | Elenor (Elianor) Needham shown by 'Suffolk Manorial Families' (p314) as of this marriage | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir William Owen of Condover/Shrewsbury (d 1662) | |||||||||||||||
| Mentioned (only) by Lodge as of this generation, and so not clear of which marriage (but presumably not the last), were ... | |||||||||||||||
| 4.+ | other issue - Alexander of Newstead, Anne (d unm), Elizabeth (d unm) | ||||||||||||||
| m4. Dorothy Smith (dau of Ambrose (not Humphrey) Smith of London, widow of Benedict Barnham of London then Sir John Pakington) | |||||||||||||||
Main source(s):
Lodge's 'Peerage of Ireland' (Archdall, vol IV (1789), 'Needham, Viscount Kilmorey', p218+), BP1934 (Kilmorey) with support mainly for the upper section from Visitation (Shropshire, 1623, Needham of Shavington) and for the lower section from TCP (Klilmorey)
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