Thomas Curwen (abt. 1452 - 1522)

Born about 1452 in Workington, Cumberland, England

Ancestors

Husband of Anne (Huddleston) Curwen — married about 1469 in England

Descendants

Died 8 Feb 1522 at about age 70 in Workington, Cumberland, England

Biography

Sir Thomas Curwen (d. 1522),^[1]was the son of:

• Christopher Curwen
• and Anne Pennington.

Marriage

According to Jackson (1880), Thomas married twice.^[2]

Huddleston

Thomas' first was was Anne, dau. of Sir John Huddleston of Millom Castle.^[2][3] about 1469.

children

• Christopher (b. c. 1470 - d. 1535).^[1][4]

m. (03 Aug 1492) Margaret Bellingham.^[1][4][3]

• Eleanor (Ellen)

m. Sir James Leybourne (b. bef. 1490 - d. 1548).^[5]

• Anthony Curwen
• (disputed) Elizabeth.^[6][7][8]

m. Sir William Musgrave (d. 18 Oct 1544), knighted at Jedburgh on 25 Sep 1523.^[6][7][8]

• Lucy (1490-1553)

m. Sir John Lowther (d. 1551)^[3]

• Roger Curwen
• Giles of Poulten, co. Lancs. (?).^{[citation needed][9]}

Percy

Jackson (1880), asserts that his second wife was thought to be Isabel, dau. of Sir Henry Percy & wid. of Henry Chippard.^[2]

children

According to the Musgrave pedigree in Vis. of Westmorland, 1615", Elizabeth Musgrave's (nee Curwen) mother was Thomas Curwen's second wife.^[6]

Occupation

During the reign of Henry VIII, Thomas was Sheriff of Cumberland in 1509 and 1517.^[2][10]

Death

Thomas died in c. 1522, (34 Hen VIII).^{[2][1][3][11][12][13]}

Notes

• Lewis (2020), does not indicate that Thomas took a second wife. More research is needed to confirm jackson's (1880) claim.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} Foster, J. (1886). "The descent of Henry Fraser Curwen, Esq.," in The royal lineage of our noble and gentle families, p. 197. Google Books.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4} Jackson (1880). "Thomas Curwen," The Curwens of Workington Hall and kindred families, p. 20. Archive.org. eBook.
   see also: Jackson, (1880, June 16). "The Curwens of Workington Hall and kindred families." Transactions of the Cumberland & Westmorland Antiquarian & Archeological Society, 5, p. 200. Google Books.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3} O'Hart, J. (1892). The Irish and Anglo-Irish Landed Gentry when Cromwell Came to Ireland, pp. 667. Dublin: James Duffy & Co. Google Books.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Lewis, M. (2020, January 16). Sir Christopher Curwen, Sheriff of Cu ↑ 3.0 3.1 Lewis, M. (2020, January 16). Sir Christopher Curwen, Sheriff of Cumberland #33817, b. circa 1470. ORTNCA. Web.mberland #33817, b. circa 1470. ORTNCA. Web.
5. ↑ Bindoff, S.T. (1982). The House of Commons, 1509-1558, 1, pp. 531. London: Secker and Warburg. Google Books.
   Bindoff, S.T. (1982). Leyburn, Sir James (by 1490-1548), of Cunswick, Westmld. HOP. Web.[1]
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2} "Musgrave," in Vis. of Westmoreland, 1615, p. 9. Google Books.
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1} Pole, R. (2002). "Elizabeth Musgrave," in The Correspondence of Reginald Pole, p. 377. Google Books.
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1} Weis, F.L. (1999). "Sir William de Musgrave," in The Magna Charta Sureties, 1215, p. 149. Google Books.
9. ↑ Giles pedigree in Visitation of Lancashire, does not assert that he's a son of this Thomas, but it does say he descends from the Curwens of Workington. O'Hart's (1892), pedigree does not mention Giles either.[2] It's actually his grandson, the antiquarian and historian William Camden, who writes in Britannia that Giles' dau. Elizabeth descended from the Culwens of Galloway.
10. ↑ Wikipedia:High_Sheriff of Cumberland
11. ↑ Weis, F.L. (1992). Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists who Came to America Before 1700, 7th ed, pp. 41 (37:35). Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co. Google Books.
12. ↑ Burke, J. (1833). A genealogical and heraldic history of the commoners of Great Britain and Ireland, pp. 577-580. London: H. Colburn. Google Books.
13. ↑ see also: Find A Grave: Memorial #123605652

See Also...

• Curwen, J. F. (1928). A History of the Ancient House of Curwen of Workington in Cumberland. Kendal, Cumberland: Titus Wilson & Co.
• Lewis, M. (2020, January 16). Sir Thomas Curwen #33822. ORTNCA, citing Burke's Commoners, I, p. 579. Web.