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John Newton (1447 - 1488)

Sir John Newton
Born in East Harptree, Somerset, Englandmap
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Brother of and [half]
Husband of — married 1471 in East Harptree, Somerset, , Englandmap
Descendants descendants
Died at about age 41 [location unknown]
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Biography

Sir John Newton (d. 1488), is the son of Sir Richard Newton (living Nov 1448; d. 1449, bur. Yatton), son of John Cradock of Newton,[1] & Margaret, dau. of Sir Owen Moythe of Castle Odwyn and Fountain Gate.[2][3][4][5]

While it's known that his father married twice, sources conflict on the identity of John's mother. Some sources state that she's Ema verch Sir Thomas Perrot (or Perret),[2][3] while others assert that it was Ema (d. abt. 1475), dau. of Sir Thomas Hervery.[6]

Marriage

m. Isabel (d. c. 1498),[7] d. & h. of Sir John Cheddar.[8]

Notes

  • b. say 1420s; Possibly ancestor of Grace Newton (Elizabeth Willoughby).

Sources

  1. "Am y Kradoks," in Heraldic Vis. of Wales, p. 114-115. Google Books
  2. 2.0 2.1 Rigg, J.M. (1894). Newton, Richard (1370?-1448?) (DNB00). WikiSource.org. Web.[1]
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Haethle," in Heraldic Vis. of Wales, p. 274-275. Google Books
  4. Herald & Genealogist, 4, p. 443.[2]
  5. "Sepulchral monuments in Bristol and Wells Cathedral, the churches of Yatton and Bitton, with notices of the tomb of Judge Cradock, the families of Newton and De Bitton," (1853). Memoirs Illustrative of the History and Antiquities of Bristol, and the Western Counties of Great Britain, p. 238. Google Books.
    Note: Arms on p. 241.[3]
  6. Descents of the Lady Barr. p. 43. Google Books. Pedigree.
  7. Descents of the Lady Barr. The Herald and Genealogist, 4, p. 43. Google Books. Pedigree.
  8. Burke, (1844). "Newton of Barrs Court," in A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England, Ireland, and Scotland, p. 384-385. Google Books.
  • Somerset Record Society (Somerset Record Society, London, 1901) Vol. 16, Somerset Medieval Wills. (1383-1500), Page 272. Will dated 26 Jan 1487/8, proved 20 Mar 1487/8.




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Archaelogia Cambresis Google Books http://tinyurl.com/mjga552

says "...Morant, in his History of Essex, says Sir Giles of Rayne Hall married, firstly, Margaret, daughter of Sir Richard Roos, younger son of William, Lord Roos of Belvoir, by whom he had issue Henry Capel, and secondly, Isabel,1 daughter of Sir John Newton of Wake,by his father (i.e., in St. Bartholomew's Church, by the Exchange). He married daughter and co-heir of Sir John Newton alias Craddock, Knt., and had issue Sir Edward, ancestor of Lord Essex, and Margaret, married to Robert Warde of Brooke, alias Kirkby, in co. Norfolk, gent. (argent, on a chevron azure three garbs or). Robert Ward and Margaret Capell his wife had issue, Henry Ward of Postwick, M.P. for Norwich in 1553, who by his wife Margaret, daughter ..."

posted by C (Gervais) Anonymous
Newton-1149 and Newton-253 appear to represent the same person because: same data and family
posted by Patricia Roche

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