'Needham2'Index links to: Lead / Letter
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

 

 

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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