WILLIAMS FAMILY

John WILLIAMS of Burghfield

Born: ABT 1470, Burghfield, Berkshire, England

Died: 15 Jun 1508

Married: Isabel MORE (dau. and coheiress of Richard More of Burghfield)

Children:

1. Reginald WILLIAMS of Burghfield

2. John WILLIAMS (1º B. Williams of Thame)

3. Anne WILLIAMS

4. Dau. WILLIAMS (Prioress of Studley)

5. Jane WILLIAMS


Anne WILLIAMS

Father: John WILLIAMS of Burghfield

Mother: Isabel MORE

Married: William KING of Thame


Jane WILLIAMS

Born: ABT 1496

Father: John WILLIAMS of Burghfield

Mother: Isabel MORE

Married 1: John CHENEY

Married 2: Edward HARVEY


Reginald WILLIAMS of Burghfield

Born: 1498

Father: John WILLIAMS of Burghfield

Mother: Isabel MORE

Married: Elizabeth FOX

Children:

1. Edith WILLIAMS

2. Anne WILLIAMS


Edith WILLIAMS

Born: ABT 1535

Died: AFT 1599

Father: Reginald WILLIAMS of Burghfield

Mother: Elizabeth FOX

Married: Edmund ODINGSELLS

Children:

1. Edmund ODINGSELLS


Anne WILLIAMS

Father: Reginald WILLIAMS of Burghfield

Mother: Elizabeth FOX

Married: Anthony FORSTER  (b. 1510 - d. 1572)

Children:

1. John FORSTER

2. Cynthia FORSTER

3. Penelope FORSTER

4. Robert FORSTER

5. Henry FORSTER


John WILLIAMS (1º B. Williams of Thame)

Born: 1503, Thame, Oxfordshire, England

Died: 14 Oct 1559, Ludlow Castle, Ludlow, Shropshire, England

Buried: 15 Nov 1559, Thame, Oxfordshire, England

Notes: See his Biography.

Father: John WILLIAMS of Burghfield

Mother: Isabel MORE

Married 1Elizabeth BLEDLOW (b. 1490 - d. 25 Oct 1556) (dau. of Thomas Bledlow and Elizabeth Starkey) (w. of Andrew Edmonds) BEF 1524

Children:

1. John WILLIAMS (d. 18 Feb 1551)

2. Henry WILLIAMS (Sir Knight)

3. Margery WILLIAMS (B. Norreys of Rycote)

4. Francis WILLIAMS (d. 1551)

5. Isabella WILLIAMS

Married 2Margaret WENTWORTH

Children:

6. Dau. WILLIAMS


Isabella WILLIAMS

Born: 1522, Rycote, Oxfordshire, England

Died: 1587, Carswell, Berkshire, England

Father: John WILLIAMS (1º B. Williams of Thame)

Mother: Elizabeth BLEDLOW

Married: Richard WENMAN (son of Thomas Wenman and Ursula Giffard)

Children:

1. Thomas WENMAN (Sir) (b. ABT 1550 - d. 22 Jul 1577) (m. Jane West)

2. Henry WENMAN

3. Francis WENMAN

4. Elizabeth WENMAN

5. Margaret WENMAN

6. Frances WENMAN


Henry WILLIAMS (Sir Knight)

Born: 1516

Died: 1551

Buried: 20 Aug 1551, London

Notes: undoubtedly owed his knighthood of the shire for Northamptonshire in 1547 to the influence of his father who was present at the election: the father owned or was steward of several manors in the southern part of the county, and himself sat in this Parliament for Oxfordshire. When returned, the son was young and inexperienced; he may have been the Henry Williams of the stable who served in the army against France in 1544 but he had played no part in civil affairs, so that it was doubtless his father who as ‘Mr. Williams’ had several bills committed to him. In Aug 1548 Henry Williams and his younger brother Francis were in Padua, but he may have returned to England in time for the second session of the Parliament as in Oct he was named an overseer of the will of Robert Burdett. He died of the Sweating Sickness, s.p., and was buried in London on 20 Aug 1551, ‘with banners of arms, coats of armour and four dozen escutcheons’. His brother's death in the same epidemic left their father without a male heir. An epitaph on Henry Williams was written by Thomas Norton. It is not known who replaced him in the House.

Father: John WILLIAMS (1º B. Williams of Thame)

Mother: Elizabeth BLEDLOW

Married: Anne STAFFORD


Margery WILLIAMS (B. Norreys of Rycote)

Born: 1521, Rycote, Oxfordshire, England

Died: Dec 1599

Buried: St. Andrew’s Chapel, Westminster Abbey

Notes: sometimes called Marjorie, she met Elizabeth Tudor when the future Queen was lodged at Thame on her way to Woodstock during the reign of Mary Tudor. The two women became close friends and Elizabeth called Margery her “crow”. Margery married Henry Norreys, who was knighted in 1566 and sent to France as ambassador. His wife stayed at Rycote.

Father: John WILLIAMS (1º B. Williams of Thame)

Mother: Elizabeth BLEDLOW

Married: Henry NORREYS (1º B. Norreys of Rycote) BEF 1544

Children:

1. William NORREYS (Sir)

2. John NORREYS (Sir)

3. Edward NORREYS (Sir)

4. Catherine NORREYS

5. Henry NORREYS (Sir)

6. Thomas NORREYS (Sir Lord President of Munster)

7. Maximilian NORREYS



Catherine WILLIAMS

Born: ABT 1449, Wood Rising, Norfolk, England

Married: Richard SOUTHWELL (Sir Knight) 1488, Norfolk, England

Children:

1. Elizabeth SOUTHWELL


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