Thomas Compton (abt. 1564 - abt. 1626)

Born about 1564 in Compton Wynyates, Warwickshire, England

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Beaumont) Compton — married about 1616 in Glenfield, Leicestershire, England

Died about Apr 1626 at about age 62 in Compton Wynyates, Warwickshire, England

Biography

Thomas COMPTON (Sir)

Died: Apr 1626

Notes: Mary Beaumont was created Countess of Buckingham in her own right on 1 Jul 1618. As a young woman, Mary was a waiting gentlewoman in the household of Lady Beaumont of Cole Orton, but by her first marriage, to Sir George Villiers of Brooksby, Leicestershire (d. Jan 1606), she had four successful children: John, Viscount Purbeck (b. ABT 1591 - d. 1657); George, Duke of Buckingham (b. 1592 - d. 1628), King James I's favorite; Christopher, Earl of Anglesey (b. 1593 - d. 1630), and Susan, Countess of Denbigh (b. ABT 1591 - d. 1655). Mary lived at Goadby with her children after Villiers's death but married twice more, first on 19 Jun 1606 to eighty-year-old Sir William Rayner of Orton Longueville, Hertfordshire (d. Nov 1606), and second to Sir Thomas Compton. The last marriage was unhappy, as Sir Thomas was impoverished and rarely sober. The Countess was buried in Westminster Abbey.

Father: Henry COMPTON (1º B. Compton)

Mother: Frances Anne HASTINGS (B. Compton)

Married: Mary BEAUMONT (C. Buckingham) (dau. of Anthony Beaumont of Glenfield and Anne (Elizabeth) Armstrong) (w.1 of Sir George Villiers of Brooksby - w.2 of Sir William Rayner of Orton Longueville)

John the 1st was the son of Thomas Compton of the Compton Wyngates others say he was the son of William Compton then there is a possibility that William might have been Know as William Henry Compton.

According to the Compton/Wyngates John Compton the 1st would be the son of Thomas Compton and his father was Henry Compton and His Father was Peter Compton. This is where it get confusing Henry Compton Had nephew named Henry he was The Bishop of London He adopted John the 1st when his father Thomas Died and brought him back to England and then sent him back to America. -------------------- Comptons are an ancient family, traceable to the Anglo-Saxon Alwyne, circa (ca.) 1042, a contemporary to King Edward the Confessor, in the times before surnames. "Compton" means a settlement (town) in or on a hill. Alwyne's son Turchill (or Turchid), Saxon Earl of Warwick at the time of the Norman conquest (1066), did not assist the English King Harold (contrary to his father, who "fought valiantly" against the invading forces according to Comptonology), thereby earning the gratitude of William the Conqueror. (See also Wynyates for a narrative of this early history. Lord Compton cites Collins, whom I have been unable to locate.) He was therefore allowed to retain his lordship and many landholdings, and an inspection of the Domesday Book is replete with Compton estates. Turchill became one of the early English to have a surname "de Eardene" (presumably from his residence at Arden). His son Osbert had several sons, including Philip (ca. 1200), who were the first in the line to take the surname de Compton. Philip was followed in the line by Thomas, Philip, Robert, Robert, Thomas, Edmund, William, Robert, Edmund, William (where the Wm. Bingham Compton document ends, ca. 1482), son Compton (possibly Peter, b. ca. 1500), Henry, William, Spencer, to our first American William, b. 1622 in Gravesend, New York. The researcher can compare the Bingham Compton document to Wyngates and observe the close (but not completely consistent) parallels in the genealogies. There is an ancestral (portions dating back to the 12th century) castle in Warwick, England, called Compton Wynyates [sometimes referred to as Wyngates], or "Compton in the Hole" (for its topography), which has been modified over the years and circumstances. The castle is the principal subject of Compton Wynyates. COMPTONS For a discussion of this and other coats of arms, see Compton Wynyates, p,. 28 citation infra. This one is the most distinguished of the Comptons, traceable to Sir William Compton. The royal lion here was conferred by Henry VIII.

Compiled by: Stephen Laurence Compton

Thomas was born about 1564. Buried at Compton Wynyates burial grounds

Thomas Compton was a knight. He served in the House of Commons. His burial is in Compton Wynyates in the village of Stratford upon Avon.

Note: Thomas Compton is the son of Henry Compton and Francis Ann Hastings. He was born in Compton Wynyates and was educated at Oxford.

Sir Thomas Compton (d.April 1626). The last marriage to Mary Beaumont Villers was unhappy, as Sir Thomas was impoverished and rarely sober.

Sources

A Who's Who of Tudor Women

Genealogy.com and findagrave both mention Henry Compton as father of Thomas

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Compton Wynyates Stratford-on-Avon District Warwickshire, England

Created by: jayne compton Record added: Jul 10, 2006 Find A Grave Memorial# 14883691