Sir
Walter
Wrottesley
Born about in Wrottesley, Staffordshire, England
Ancestors 
Son of Hugh Wrottesley
and Thomasine (Gresley) Wrottesley
Husband of
Jane Baron
— married
about 1456 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Joan (Wrottesley) Jennetts, Richard Wrottesley, Ann (Wrottesley) Beauchamp, William Wrottesley, Henry Wrottesley, Walter Wrottesley, Thomasine (Wrottesley) Stourton and Parnell Wrottesley
Died
at about age 39
in Wrottesley, Staffordshire, England
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Biography
Sir Walter Wrottesley of Staffordshire, was the son of Hugh Wrottesley and Thomasine Gresley.[1]
He married Joan (Jane), daughter of William Baron, esq. of Reading, Berkshire, Teller of the Exchequer.[2]
Marriage
m. (c. 1456) Jane "Joan" Baron (b. c. 1435 - d. abt. 1481).[1][3] Issue:
- m. (probably ante 1473) Dorothy Sutton.[2]
- (son) _____.[4]
- Anne.[1]
- m. Sir Richard Beauchamp, 6th Lord Amand
- Thomasine.[6]
- m. William Stourton, 5th Baron Stourton[7]
- Dame Parnelle, nun at Dartford (b. 1463/73).[3]
- Jane (b. c. 1456).[1]Better Citation Needed
Property
On 26 January 1461–2 he is styled a ‘king's knight,’ and was granted the manors of Ramsham and Penpole, Dorset, formerly belonging to William Neville, 1st Earl of Kent.
Grants of the manors of Clynte, Hondesworth, and Mere in Staffordshire, formerly belonging to the Lancastrian James Butler, Earl of Wiltshire, soon followed.
On June 14, 1463 he was one of those to whom Warwick was allowed to alienate manors and castles, although their reversion might belong to the crown.
Occupation
Walter joined Warwick in his attempt to overthrow the Woodvilles. When Henry VI was restored in 1471, Wrottesley was put in command of Calais, a Neville stronghold. After Warwick's defeat and death at Barnet on April 14, Walter surrendered Calais to Edward IV on condition of a free pardon.
- adherent of Warwick "the king-maker"
- 07 Nov 1460: High Sheriff of Staffordshire.
- 1471: commanded Calais
- 1492–3: Sheriff of Staffordshire
Descendants
- Sir Walter Wrottesley (d. 1659) - created baronet on 30 Aug 1642
- Sir Richard Wrottesley, 7BT (d. 1769) -- Dean of Worcester and grandfather of John, 1st Baron Wrottesley
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Lewis, 2014
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Richardson, D. (2011). Magna Carta Ancestry, 2ed, pp. 91. Salt Lake City. Google Books.[1]
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Lee, 2001, p. 174.[2]
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Wrottesley, 1903
- ↑ Hudson & Sympson, 1893
- ↑ Lundy citing Mosley, 2003. The Peerage.[3]; Hudson & Sympson, 1893
- ↑ Lundy, D. (2015, March 7). "William Stourton, 5th Baron Stourton #107579, b. 1457, d. 17 Feb 1523/4," citing: Weis (1999), Cokayne (2000), Mosley (2003). The Peerage.
Bibliography:
- Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, entry for 'WROTTESLEY, Sir WALTER (d. 1473)’, Wikisource
- Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, entry by Anthony Gross for 'Wrottesley, Sir Walter', print and online 2004, revised online 2008 (note that this appears to rely heavily on G Wrottesley's 1903 work listed below)
- Burke, B. (1865). "Wrottesley" in Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire, pp. 1204. Harrison.
- The history of the Wrottesley family in the Genealogist only extends (1900) to the fourteenth century.
- Hudson, J.C. & Sympson, E.M. (1893). Lincolnshire Notes and Queries, 3, pp. 178. W. K. Morton.. Google Books.[4]
- Lee, P. (2001). Nunneries, Learning, and Spirituality in Late Medieval English Society: The Dominican Priory of Dartford, pp. 174. Boydell & Brewer Ltd. Google Books.[5]
- Lewis, M. (2014, February 18). Sir Walter Wrottesley #90330, b. c. 1434, d. 10 Apr1473," citing: works by Douglas Richardson; Rootsweb; family group sheet. ORTNCA. Web. Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 484; Magna Carta Ancestry, 2011, III, p. 91 & IV, p. 80-81; Royal Ancestry, III, p. 685, IV, p. 414 & V, p. 17-18.
- Wrottesley, G. (1903). "Wrottesley of Wrottesley." Collections for a History of Staffordshire, 6(2), pp. 257. William Salt Archaeological Society, Ed. London: Harrison & Sons. Google Books.[6]. Also on Internet Archive (for what it says about children, see pp. 238ff - previous pages have a lengthy account of his life).
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BTW... Marie is right and William mentioned quite a few of his relatives, including siblings, in his will. One source describes William and another unamed brother are as Richard's younger brothers, with Wm. being the elder of the two. And yet another source identifies William as the second son. See respective profiles for full details. (Note: Need help finding name of the 3rd son. Couldn't find documentation for a Henry or Walter, as son of Walter).
William is mentioned in History of the family of Wrottesley of Wrottesley, co. Stafford by Wrottesley, George, 1827-1909 257 as a younger son on Walter, and it goes on to list his year of death, 1512, as well as issue: Elizabeth, Constance, Edward and Robert. I am descended from his daughter, Elizabeth, on my maternal grandfather's side and through the Everingham's on my father's side.