'Wenman1'Index
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Families covered:
Wenman of Caswell, Wenman of Tuam, Wenman (Wainman) of Witney
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| Henry Wainman or Wenman of Blewbury (a 1452) | |||||||||||||||
| m. Ammota Hervey (dau of Simkin Hervey of Hertfordshire) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Richard Wainman of Witney (d 1500) this generation given by BE1883, omitted by Visitation & BEB1841 | ||||||||||||||
| m. Anne Humphrey | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Richard Wainman of Witney (d 1533) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Anne Bushe (dau of John Bushe of Northleach) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Sir Thomas Wainman or Wenman of Witney and Caswell or Carswell | ||||||||||||||
| m. Ursula Gifford (d 04.12.1558, dau of Thomas Gifford of Twyford by Mary Staveley) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Richard Wenman of Thame Park and Caswell, Sheriff of Oxfordshire (d 1572) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Isabella Williams (d 1587, dau of John Williams, Lord Williams of Thame) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Sir Thomas Wenman of Thame Park and Twyford (d 22.07.1577) | ||||||||||||||
| BEB1841 appears to have confused the generations around here, calling this Thomas 'Richard' and showing him as father (rather than great-grandfather) of the Mary who married Sir Francis Wenman, 1st Bart, and as father (rather than grandfather) of Penelope who m. Sir John Dynham. We follow BE1883 which is supported by TCP. | |||||||||||||||
| m1. Alice (mother of Robert Chamberlayne) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Mary Keble (dau of Thomas Keble of Essex) | |||||||||||||||
| m3. (09.06.1572) Jane West (dau of William West, Lord De La Warr) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Sir Richard Wenman, Sheriff of Oxfordshire, 1st Viscount Wenman of Tuam (b 1573, d 03.04.1640) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (c1595) Agnes Fermor (bur 04.07.1617, dau of Sir George Fermor of Easton Neston) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Thomas Wenman, 2nd Viscount Wenman of Tuam (b 1596, d 25.01.1664) | ||||||||||||||
| Visitation identifies Thomas's wife as Maria, dau of Alexander Hampden of Hampden but TCP (Wenman) confirms that she was ... | |||||||||||||||
| m. (before 05.07.1617) Margaret Hampden (bpt 13.02.1598/9, d 01.05.1658, dau/coheir of Edmund Hampden of Wendover & Hartwell by Margaret, dau/coheir of Nicholas Ball of Totnes) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Richard Wenman (b c1622, dvpsp bur 20.06.1646) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Barbara Villiers (bpt 01.06.1622, d 13.12.1680/1, dau of Sir Edward Villiers of Brokesby) | |||||||||||||||
| (b) | Frances Wenman (d 25.07.1677) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (11.10.1637) Richard Samwell of Upton (d c1661) | |||||||||||||||
| (c) | Penelope Wenman | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir Thomas Cave, 1st Bart of Stanford (d before 02.1671) | |||||||||||||||
| (d) | Elizabeth Wenman (d c02.1649) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir Greville Verney of Compton Verney (b 1619, d 09.12.1648) | |||||||||||||||
| (e) | Mary Wenman | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir Francis Wenman, 1st Bart of Caswell (d 02.09.1680) below | |||||||||||||||
| (f)+ | other issue (d young) - Thomas (bpt 10.10.1634), Edward (bpt 22.04.1637), Philip (bpt 03.06.1639), Margaret | ||||||||||||||
| (ii) | Philip Wenman, 3rd Viscount Wenman of Tuam (b 17.10.1610, d 29.04.1686) | ||||||||||||||
| Recognising that his viscountcy would (otherwise) extinguish on his death, in 1683 Philip obtained a special patent through which Richard (below) "heir male of the petitioner's family, both by father and mother" effectively succeeded to the title although it was (arguably) in effect a new creation. | |||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth O'Brien (d before 30.06.1659, dau of Henry O'Brien, 5th Earl of Thomond) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Mary Wenman (dsp bur 01.11.1680) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1675) William Croft of Little Saxham | |||||||||||||||
| (iii) | Penelope Wenman | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir John Dynham of Boarstall | |||||||||||||||
| (iv) | Jane Wenman | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Goodwin of Winchendon | |||||||||||||||
| (v) | Mary Wenman (d c1635) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir Martin Lister of Thorpe Arnold (b c1603, bur 29.08.1670) | |||||||||||||||
| (vi)+ | other issue (dsp) - Edward, Charles, Dorothy, Anna | ||||||||||||||
| m2. (04.11.1618) Anne (widow of Thomas Roland then Robert Chamberlayne) | |||||||||||||||
| m3. Elizabeth (bur 27.04.1629) | |||||||||||||||
| m4. Mary Keble (bur 28.07.1638, dau of Thomas Keble of Essex) | |||||||||||||||
| (B) | Ferdinand Wenman | ||||||||||||||
| m. Frances Ryley of Chetwoode | |||||||||||||||
| (C) | Sir Thomas Wenman of Thame Park (a 1626, MP) | ||||||||||||||
| (D) | Elizabeth Wenman | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir Thomas Tredway of Beaconsfield | |||||||||||||||
| (2) | Francis Wenman of Caswell (a 1572) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Frances Goodier (dau (sb sister?) of Sir Henry Goodier or Goodyeere of Bagginton) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Francis Wenman of Caswell (b c1620, d 26.06.1640) | ||||||||||||||
| (i) | Samuel Wenman of Caswell (d 1645) | ||||||||||||||
| (ii) | Sir Francis Wenman, 1st Bart of Caswell (d 02.09.1680) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (04.07.1651) Mary Wenman (b c1634, d 13.11.1657, dau of Thomas Wenman, 2nd Viscount) above | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Richard Wenman, 4th/1st Viscount of Tuam (b 1657, d 01.03.1689/90, 4th son) | ||||||||||||||
| As noted above, Richard obtained the title because his kinsman, the 3rd Viscount (above), obtained a special patent identifying him as his successor. Although Richard is often identified as the 4th Viscount, TCP (Wenman) indicates that it should be viewed technically as a new creation. | |||||||||||||||
| m. (17.04.1682) Catherine Chamberlayne (b c1668, d 09.02.1741/2, dau of Sir Thomas Chamberlayne, 2nd Bart of Wickham and Northbrook) | |||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | Richard Wenman, 5th/2nd Viscount of Tuam (b 29.01.1687/8, d 28.11.1729) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (before 23.06.1709) Susanna Wroughton (d by 1751, dau of Seymour Wroughton of Eastcott) | |||||||||||||||
| ((A)) | Philip Wenman, 6th/3rd Viscount of Tuam (b 23.11.1719, d 16.08.1760) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (13.07.1741) Sophia Herbert (d 19.07.1787, dau of James Herbert of Tythrop and Kingsey) | |||||||||||||||
| ((i)) | Philip Wenman, 7th/4th Viscount (b 18.04.1742, dsp 26.03.1800) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (07.07.1766) Anne Eleanora Bertie (d 19.04.1804, dau of Willoughby Bertie, 3rd Earl of Abingdon) | |||||||||||||||
| ((ii)) | Sophia Wenman (b 1743) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (30.12.1768) William Humphrey Wykeham of Swalcliffe | |||||||||||||||
| ((iii))+ | other issue - Thomas Francis (b 18.11.1745), Richard (b 13.11.1746, d young), Henry Herbert (b 18.07.1749, d young) | ||||||||||||||
| ((B)) | Richard Wenman | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1773) Jemima (relict of Col. Caulfeild) | |||||||||||||||
| ((2)) | Catherine Wenman | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Hon. Robert Bertie of Benham (dsp 1710) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Sir William Osbaldiston of Chadlington and Nethercote | |||||||||||||||
| ((3)) | daughter | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Wicksted | |||||||||||||||
| (b)+ | other issue - Thomas (d b c1652, d 05.09.1663), Francis (d 03.06.1655), Ferdinand (b c1655, d 02.08.1671), 1 daughter | ||||||||||||||
| m2. Elizabeth (or Mary) Fettiplace (d 17.09.1679, dau of Edward Fettiplace of Swinbrook) | |||||||||||||||
| (f) | Dozelina Wenman | ||||||||||||||
| m. Richard Smith of Padbury | |||||||||||||||
| (iii) | Anne Wenman | ||||||||||||||
| m. (by 1654) Sir John Fettiplace, 1st Bart of Chilbury | |||||||||||||||
| (3)+ | other issue - Henry (dsp), Elizabeth, Margaret, Frances | ||||||||||||||
| b. | William Wenman of Fringford (a 1574) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elianora Poure (dau of Stephen Pourre of Wilcot) | |||||||||||||||
| (1)+ | issue - Richard, Francis, Giles, Margaret, Maria, Elizabeth, Hellen | ||||||||||||||
| c. | Thomas Wenman of Witney Park | ||||||||||||||
| m. Jane Taverner (dau of Richard Taverner of Woodeton) | |||||||||||||||
| (1)+ | issue - John, Thomas, Richard, Mary, Martha, Margaret | ||||||||||||||
| d. | Anna Wenman | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Fitzerbert of Juddesbury | |||||||||||||||
| e. | Mary Wenman | ||||||||||||||
| m1. John Godard of Castle Eiton | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Thomas Purefoys of Shawlston | |||||||||||||||
| f. | Elizabeth Wenman | ||||||||||||||
| m. Christopher Brome of Haulton | |||||||||||||||
| g.+ | other issue - Henry, William, Gifford | ||||||||||||||
| ii. | William Wenman | ||||||||||||||
| B. | John Wainman | ||||||||||||||
| C. | Elizabeth Wainman | ||||||||||||||
| m. Laurence Farmer of Oxfordshire | |||||||||||||||
Main source(s):
BE1883 (Wenman) with input and support from BEB1841 (Wenman of Caswell), TCB
(vol iii, Wenman of Casswell), Visitation (Oxfordshire, 1566+1574+1634, Gifford of Twyford, co. Bucks. and Wayneman of Casewell Parke, Witney)
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