'Whorwood1'
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Families covered: Whorwood of Compton, Whorwood of Denton, Whorwood of Sandwell, Whorwood of Sturton Castle
| Commoners (vol 3, Harwood of Hagbourn and Streatley) suggests that Whorwood is a variation of Harwood, Herward and Horwode. We have Harwood1 to cover a family which took that name and hope to find a connection between this page and that one. | |||||||||||||||
| John Whorwood of Compton, Staffordshire | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | John Whorwood of Compton | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Corbyn (dau of Richard Corbyn of Corbyn Hall (Corbin of Corbin Hall)) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | John Whorwood 'of Compton' | ||||||||||||||
| m. Joyce Grey (dau of Sir Edward Grey) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Edward Whorwood of Compton (2nd son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Dorothy Bassett (dau of Thomas Bassett of Hintes or Hynts) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Thomas Whorwood of Compton (a 1583) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Magdalen Edwardes (dau of Rowland Edwardes of London) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Gerard Whorwood ('of Sturton Castle?) (b c1565, a 1614) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Dorothy Barbour (dau/heir of Edward Barbour of Flotesbrooke) | |||||||||||||||
| Visitation ends with this generation, mentioning only a son, John (a 1614). VCH (Worcestershire, vol 3, Parish of Broom) identifies the undermentioned Wortley as great-great-grandson of Thomas, cousin of Anne, dau of Sir William the Attorney General (see below). That would fit if this Gerard was 'of Sturton Castle' - which is confirmed by the cross-reference from his wife's family's records which identifies him as "of Stourton Castle". | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | John Whorwood (a 1614) | ||||||||||||||
| (B) | Sir William Whorwood of Sturton Castle probably of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. Katherine Coney (dau of Sir Sutton Coney) mother of Catherine, presumed also of ... | |||||||||||||||
| The following comes from VCH (Kent, vol IX, Parish of Denton). | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Wortley Whorwood of Gray's Inn, later of Denton (d 1703) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Anne Dering (dau of Sir Edward Dering, 2nd Bart of Surrenden) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Thomas Whorwood of Denton (dsp 1745) | ||||||||||||||
| (ii) | Catherine Whorwood | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Anthony Markham | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Sir Harry Cambell, 3rd Bart | |||||||||||||||
| (C) | Theodosia Whorwood dau of Gerard of Compton, probably of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. (c1610) Sir Edward Sebright, 1st Bart of Besford, Sheriff of Worcestershire (d before 11.02.1657-8) | |||||||||||||||
| (D) | Anne Whorwood dau of Gerard of Sturton Castle, probably of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. Samuel Marrow of Berkswell (b c1605, d 1635) | |||||||||||||||
| (2) | Elizabeth Whorwood | ||||||||||||||
| ii. | Robert Whorwood of Sandwell, Staffordshire | ||||||||||||||
| m. Frances Chelsham (dau of William Chelsham or Chelsam of London) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | (Sir) William Whorwood of (Sandwell &) West Bromwich, Staffordshire (a 1583, d 1614) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Anna Feild (dau of John Feild) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Sir Thomas Whorwood of Sandwell & Holton (d 22.09.1634) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Ursula Brome (dau/heir of George Brome of Holton) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Brome Whorwood 'of Sandwell' (d 1684) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Jane Ryder of Kingston-upon-Thames | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Diana Whorwood (dsp by 1691) | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Masters of Doctors Common | |||||||||||||||
| (B)+ | other issue - Thomas (b c1619), William (b c1624), Elizabeth (d unm) | ||||||||||||||
| Visitation ends with this generation. It is a presumption that the following Broom was son of either Thomas or William. His descendants are as given in VCH (Buckinghamshire, vol III, Parish of Drayton Parslow). | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Brome Whorwood 'of Sandwell' | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Fortescue (dau/coheir of Sir John Fortescue, 2nd Bart of Salden) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Thomas Whorwood of Drayton (d 1751) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1737) Elizabeth Ord | |||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | Elizabeth Whorwood | ||||||||||||||
| m. Charles Greenwood | |||||||||||||||
| Visitation mentions just 1 unnamed daughter but daughters of Sir William of Sandwell & probably of this generation were ... | |||||||||||||||
| (2) | Anne Whorwood | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Gower of Woodhall (a 1634) | |||||||||||||||
| (3) | Elizabeth Whorwood | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Leigh of Adlestrop and Longborough (d 1632) | |||||||||||||||
| iii.+ | other issue - John (dvpsp), Anthony (had issue in Devon), Jerome (a 1583), William (dsp) | ||||||||||||||
| B. | (Sir) William Whorwood (d 1554, Attorney General to King Henry VIII) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Cassandra Grey (dau of Sir Edward Grey of Enville) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Anna Whorwood | ||||||||||||||
| m. Ambrose Dudley, Earl of Warwick (dsp 1589) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Margaret Brooke (b c1509, d 1589, dau of Sir Richard Brooke, m2. William Sheldon of Beoly) | |||||||||||||||
| ii. | Margaret Whorwood | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Throgmorton (d 13.03.1614) | |||||||||||||||
| C. | Richard Whorwood (dsp) | ||||||||||||||
| 2. | Thomas Whorwood 'of Compton' | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Sutton (natural dau of Sir Edward Sutton, Lord Dudley) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Oliver Whorwood | ||||||||||||||
| m. Isabella Gravenour | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Gabriel Whorwood | ||||||||||||||
| m. Margaret Dickenson | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Galfrid Whorwood | ||||||||||||||
| ii. | Richard Whorwood of Luteley, Staffordshire (a 1583) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Joyce Uvedale (dau of William Uvedale) | |||||||||||||||
| a.+ | issue (a 1583) - John (b c1563), Oliver, Robert, William, Littleton, Emma, Magdalena, Jane | ||||||||||||||
| B. | Owen Whorwood | ||||||||||||||
| i. | John Whorwood | ||||||||||||||
| ii. | Elizabeth Whorwood possibly of this family, of this generation (NB This connection is speculative, based only on the name Owen Whorwood) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Edward Catesby 'of Lapworth Hall' | |||||||||||||||
| C. | Richard Whorwood | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Jelon | |||||||||||||||
| i. | William Whorwood of Tipton (a 1583) | ||||||||||||||
| D. | Elizabeth Whorwood probably of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Sutton of Compton (bpt 30.11.1569) | |||||||||||||||
Main source(s): Visitation (Staffordshire, 1583, Whorwood of Compton and Lutley), Visitation (Staffordshire, 1583 & 1614, Whorwood of Compton), Whorwood (Staffordshire, 1664-1700, Whorwood)
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