Sir
Thomas
"2nd Lord Viscount Wenman"
Wenman
MP
aka Wayneman
Born about in England
[uncertain]
Ancestors [uncertain]
Son of Richard Wenman MP
and Agnes (Fermor) Wenman
Husband of
Margaret (Hampden) Wenman
— married
15 Jul 1617 in Hartwell, Buckinghamshire, England
Descendants 
Father of
Richard Wenman, Penelope (Wenman) Cave, Elizabeth (Wenman) Verney, Mary Wenman and Frances (Wenman) Samwell
Died
at about age 69
in Twyford, Buckinghamshire, England
Profile last modified
| Created 23 Oct 2016
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Biography
Sir Thomas Wenman was a member of the aristocracy in British Isles.
Thomas Wenman MP is Notable.
Thomas Wenman was born about 1596, son of Sir Richard Viscount Wenman and his first wife, Agnes Fermor. [1][2][3] He was educated at Balliol College, Oxford which he is said to have attended at age eight, and Inner Temple.[1] He was knighted at Woodstock on the 10th of September 1617.[4]
In 1617 he married Margaret Hampden daughter of Edmund Hampden of Wendover in Buckinghamshire [1]and his wife, Margaret. They were parents of a son, Richard, who died in Thomas' lifetime, and six daughters, [1] Frances, Agnes, Margaret, Penelope, Elizabeth and Mary. [5]
His father died on the 3rd of April 164o whereupon Thomas succeeded as Second Viscount Wenman of Tuam.[1]
Margaret Wenman died in 1658. [1]
Thomas died on the 25 of January 1655 and was buried in the family vault at Twyford in Buckinghamshire. [1]
The Wenman Family Memorial located at the parish church of Assumption for the Blessed Virgin Mary in Twyford, Aylsbury, Buckinghamshire was erected by Thomas Wenman MP (abt.1596-1665) of this profile in honour of his ancestors, paticularly his father, Richard Wenman MP (abt.1573-bef.1640).
[6][7]
The Will of Sir Thomas Viscount Wenman 1658
http://wills.oxfordshirefhs.org.uk/az/wtext/wenman_006.html Thomas was the 2nd Viscount Wenman. "Sir Thomas Wenman Lord Viscount Wenman of Tuam, County Galway" made his Will on 3rd December 1658 in which he made bequests to
- his brother Philip Wenman - £1000 yearly to be paid half yearly plus £1000 to enable him to pay his debts
- his daughter Samwell
- his daughter Cave
- his grandchild - Elizabeth Wenman "the daughter of my daughter Mary Wenman by her husband Francis Wenman Esq." (she was under the age of 18)
- his grandsons - Grevill Verney Esq; Richard Wenman; Ferdinando Wenman
- his two sisters - The Lady Penelope Dynham and Mris Jane Martyn
He also made mention of "my now deceased son Richard Wenman who died with issue" and a property in Wales which he purchased 'of my cosen Morgan'.
A codicil was added on 6th January 1664/5, Thomas died on 25th January 1664/5. He was buried at Twyford on 27th January 1664/5 and probate of his Will was granted on 6th February 1664/5,[8]
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 History of Parliament online: WENMAN, Sir Thomas (c.1596-1665), of Thame Park, Oxon. and Twyford, Bucks
- ↑ "Boyd's Inhabitants Of London & Family Units 1200-1946, Census, land & surveys 1620 https://www.findmypast.co.uk/transcript?id=GBPRS/BIL/00535195 FindMyPast (accessed [11 Dec 2021])
- ↑ "Viscount Wenman," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, Wikipedia (accessed [2 Feb 2022]),
- ↑ The Knights of England. A complete record from the earliest time to the present day of the knights of all the orders of chivalry in England, Scotland, and Ireland, and of knights bachelors, incorporating a complete list of knights bachelors dubbed in Ireland by Shaw, William Arthur, 1865-1943; Burtchaell, George Dames, 1853-1921 Page 166 Thomas Wayneman
- ↑ The History and Antiquities of the County of Buckingham, Volume 3 [1]
- ↑ "Twyford," in An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire, Volume 2, North, (London: His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1913), 302-307. British History Online, Monuments (accessed [29 Jan 2022])
- ↑ "Thomas Wenman and Margaret Hampden" Wenman Family Memorial
- ↑ https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D767789; PROB 11/316/137; Will of Sir Thomas Wenman Lord Viscount Wenman of Tuam, County Galway; Date: 06 February 1665
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