Thomas (Maisterson) Masterson (1495 - 1551)

Born 1495 in Nantwich, Cheshire, England

Ancestors

Husband of Margaret (Mainwaring) Masterson — married 1529 in Nantwich, Cheshire, England

Descendants

Died 20 Oct 1551 at about age 56 in Nantwich, Cheshire, England [uncertain]

Biography

Thomas Maisterson was born about 1495.^[1] He was an armiger.

Thomas Maisterson was the son of Thomas Maisterson and his wife Agnes, the daughter of — of Jodrell, esq, co Derby^{[1] [2]}

Thomas had siblings:

1. Ellen, who was married to Roger Chetwood of Oakley.^[1]

When Thomas was 18 years old, he and his father participated in the battle of Flodden on 9 September, 1513, his father died there and Thomas was taken prisoner.^[1]

Thomas married Margaret, the daughter and co-heir of Roger Mainwaring, Escheator of Cheshire, and his wife Margaret, the daughter of Thomas Masterson in Nantwich.^[2]

Thomas and Margaret had children:

1. Roger, living in 1566,^[2] heir, who married Elizabeth, the daughter of Gilbert Walthall in Nantwich;^[1]
2. Sir Thomas^[2] Maisterson, kt, who married Cicely, the daughter of — Clere of Kilkenny;^[1]
3. Richard, an army captain, died in battle in Ireland;^[1]
4. John^[2] married Bridget, the daughter of William Bromely of Dorfold;^[1]
5. Nicholas,^[2] who married Bridget, the daughter of William Clayton;^[1]
6. Henry,^[2] who married Eustace, the daughter of — Clere of Kilkenny;^[1]
7. Margaret, the wife of Roger Walthall^[2] of Nantwich;^[1]
8. Anne, who was married to Richard Hassall^[2] of Nantwich;^[1]
9. Margery, who was married to Thomas Wetenhall^[2] of Nantwich;^[1]
10. Isabell, who was married to Roger Wettenal;^[1]
11. Elizabeth who was married to Richard Wilbraham of Nantwich,^[1] or Elenor;^[2]

Thomas Masterson died on 20 October, 4 Edward VI,^[1] 1550.

His wife, Margaret, outlived him, dying on 10 September, 1561.^[1]

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Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16} George Ormerod, Esq, LLD, FRS & FSA, "Containing the Hundreds of Northwich, Nantwich, and Macclesfield", The History of the County Palatine and City of Chester; Compiled from Original Evidences in Public Offices, the Harleian and Cottonian MSS, Parochial Registers, Private Muniments, Unpublished Ms Collections of Successive Cheshire Antiquaries, and a Personal Survey of Every Township in the County; incorporated with a republication of King's Vale royal, and Leycester's Cheshire antiquities, 2nd Edition, Ed. Thomas Helsby, Esq, Vol. III, (London: George Routledge and Sons, 1882), accessed 30 December 2014, pp.439.
2. ↑ ^{2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10} John Paul Rylands, ed., "The visitation of Cheshire in the year 1580 made by Robert Glover, Somerset Herald, for William Flower, Norroy king of arms, with numerous additions and continuations, including those from the visitation of Cheshire made in the year 1566, by the same herald. With an appendix, containing the Visitation of a part of Cheshire in the year 1533, made by William Fellows, Lancaster Herald, for Thomas Benolte, Clarenceux king of arms. And a fragment of the Visitation of the City of Chester in the year 1591, made by Thomas Chaloner, deputy to the Office of arms", The Publications of the Harleian Society, XVIII, (London: Harleian Society, 1882), accessed 30 December 2014, https://archive.org/stream/visitationofches00glov#page/176/mode/2up pp.177.

See also:

• O'Hart,John. Irish Pedigrees Or The Origin and Stem of the Irish Nation (M'Glashan & Gill, London, 1876) Vol. 2, Page 70.