Francis Wenman 1st Baronet 1630-1680

Paternal Family Tree: Wenman

In or before 1630 [his father] Francis Wenman [aged 30] and [his mother] Anne Sandys were married.

In 1630 Francis Wenman 1st Baronet was born to Francis Wenman [aged 30] and Anne Sandys.

On 26th June 1640 [his father] Francis Wenman [aged 40] died.

Before 1657 Francis Wenman 1st Baronet [aged 26] and Mary Wenman were married. They were second cousin once removed.

In 1657 [his son] Richard Wenman 4th Viscount Wenman was born to Francis Wenman 1st Baronet [aged 27] and [his wife] Mary Wenman. He married in or before 1687 Catherine Chamberlayne Countess Abingdon, daughter of Thomas Chamberlayne 2nd Baronet, and had issue.

On 29th November 1662 Francis Wenman 1st Baronet [aged 32] was created 1st Baronet Wenman of Caswell.

In 1664 Francis Wenman 1st Baronet [aged 34] was elected MP Oxfordshire in the Cavalier Parliament.

Before 1670 Francis Wenman 1st Baronet [aged 39] and Elizabeth Fettiplace [aged 46] were married.

On 17th September 1679 [his wife] Elizabeth Fettiplace [aged 56] died.

On 2nd September 1680 Francis Wenman 1st Baronet [aged 50] died. His son Richard [aged 23] succeeded 2nd Baronet Wenman of Caswell.

William of Worcester's Chronicle of England

William of Worcester, born around 1415, and died around 1482 was secretary to John Fastolf, the renowned soldier of the Hundred Years War, during which time he collected documents, letters, and wrote a record of events. Following their return to England in 1440 William was witness to major events. Twice in his chronicle he uses the first person: 1. when writing about the murder of Thomas, 7th Baron Scales, in 1460, he writes '… and I saw him lying naked in the cemetery near the porch of the church of St. Mary Overie in Southwark …' and 2. describing King Edward IV's entry into London in 1461 he writes '… proclaimed that all the people themselves were to recognize and acknowledge Edward as king. I was present and heard this, and immediately went down with them into the city'. William’s Chronicle is rich in detail. It is the source of much information about the Wars of the Roses, including the term 'Diabolical Marriage' to describe the marriage of Queen Elizabeth Woodville’s brother John’s marriage to Katherine, Dowager Duchess of Norfolk, he aged twenty, she sixty-five or more, and the story about a paper crown being placed in mockery on the severed head of Richard, 3rd Duke of York.

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[his daughter] Mary Wenman was born to Francis Wenman 1st Baronet and Elizabeth Fettiplace. She married in or before 1690 Gabriel Roberts and had issue.