GENEALOGY OF THE MARKHAMS

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“A family very famous heretofore both for antiquity and valour.”
CAMDEN’S Britannia, i.p. 584.

I. Markhams of Markham, Cotham, and afterwards of Becca .   .   .  320
II. Markhams of Ollerton   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .  .   .  333
III. Markham’s of Sedgebrook .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   . 398
IV. Markhams of Oxton, Creaton, and Northampton  .   .   .   .   . 403

AUTHORITIES.

“GENEALOGY OR PETIGREE OF MARKHAMS OF MARKHAM, COTHAM, OXTON, OLLERTON, AND SEDGEBROOKE, FINISHED AT Y^E CHARGES PAYNES OF FRANCIS MARKHAM, SECOND SONNE OF ROBERT OF COTHAM, JULY 27, 1601. ‘For inquire I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thyself for the search of thy Fathers,’ Job 8,8.” A manuscript in possession of Clements R. Markham, Esq., C.B.

“ANTIQUÆ NOBILISQUE FAMILIÆ ET CLARÆ PROSAPIÆ MARKHAMORUM STEMMA USQUE AD GRIFFINUM MARKHAM EQUITEM AURATUM DELINEATUM.” A pedigree on vellum attested by Camden’s signature, now in possession of Clements R. Markham, Esq., C.B. It is illustrated by 155 shields of arms.

FAMILY BIBLES AT BECCA, of the Archbishop’s family (Oxford edit. 1743, 2 vols), of the family of the Archbishop’s son, William Markham, of Becca, and of his grandson William Markham of Becca; and Pocket Books at Becca.

MS. in the College of Arms, marked VINCENT’S NOTTS. No. 117, pp. 122-23.

HARLEIAN MSS. Pedigree of Markham set forth by Chester Herald, A.D. 1562 (No. 2133-73, fol. 106; and 74, fol. 106; and No. 1408-170, fol. 152-6; and No. 2134-25, fol. 214-6).

PARISH REGISTERS at Cotham, Sedgebrook, Plumstead, Kinsale, Aberford, &c.

MONUMENTS at Markham, Cotham, Newark, Laneham, Cloisters of Westminster Abbey, Aberford, Great Horkesley, St. George’s Chapel at Windsor, &c.

MRS. TUNSTALL’S PEDIGREE OF THE MARKHAMS OF OLLERTON.

A HISTORY OF THE MARKHAM FAMILY, by the Rev. David Frederick Markham. (J.B. Nichols, 8vo. 1854.)

PEDIGREE privately printed by A.B. Markham, Esq. for the Northampton branch.

ARMORIAL BEARINGS OF THE MARKHAMS

FRANCIS MARKHAM, in his MS. history of the family dated July 27th, 1601, gives the arms of the Markhams as “b. on a chiefe o. a lion issuant g.” and the crest, “a lion winged holding in his right paw a payr of hames, tayle between his legges o.” “Mantle b. lined o.” The same arms and crest were used by Sir John Markham, the judge, in the time of Hen. IV. and are given in the pedigree attested by Camden.

MARKHAMS OF COTHAM, afterwards of BECCA, may rightly quarter the arms of Markham, Lexington, Bothumsell, Cressi, Bourdon, Bekeryng, Lowdham, Daubeny, Leeke, Towers, Stavely, Talbot, Neville, Lewis, Somerset, Holland, Plantagenet, Wake and Estoteville, besides those of Strelly, Vavasour, Griffin, Favell, Latimer, Braybrooke, Newmarch, Leydett, Folliott, Reincourt, Newton, Chedder, and Hannays by right of descent from a co-heir of Markham of the Ollerton branch.

Guillim (p. 184) gives the Markham arms as “Azure, on a chief or a lion rampant issuant gules, langued and armed of the first.” These are the arms now used by the descendants of the Archbishop of York.

The Markhams of Sedgebrook (Baronets) used a white bordure for difference. “Sæpissime in fenestris ecclesiæ party per fess or and azure, in chief a demi-lyon rampant gules, a border argent.”¹ Fuller (Worthies, p. 242) erroneously gives the white bordure to Sir Robert Markham of Cotham 12 Hen. VI.

The most ancient form of the crest is a lion passant or, winged and with glory, and tail between the legs, holding a pair of horse hames. Francis Markham and the Camden Pedigree, however, have the lion passant gardant, with a sort of cap, which may be intended for glory. The Archbishop of York and his sons used an incorrect form, the lion sejant gardant, with rays of glory instead of a circlet, and holding a harp instead of horse hames. The late Colonel Markham of Becca, and his brother the Rev. David F. Markham, restored the ancient form of the crest, which is now used by their descendants.

The Markham family never used any motto.

The standard of the Markhams, in the time of Henry VIII. was a cross of St. George at the head; the fly per fess and or azure, with a lion rampant gules and wings endorsed or, holding a pair of horse hames of the first; a border and or azure. The fly swallow-tailed. A.D. 1522.²

The mantle or lambrequin azure, lined or, as given by Sir Francis Markham in 1601.


I. MARKHAMS OF MARKHAM, COTHAM, AND AFTERWARDS OF BECCA.

CLARON is mentioned in Domesday Book as holding West Markham under Roger de Busli. ROGER, who had a son FULC, held land in East Markham, under the same Roger de Busli.

SIR ALEXANDER DE MARKHAM, Lord of Markham, was Castellan of Nottingham Castle, in the reigns of Henry II. and John. Camden says, in his Britannia, that the Markhams were “very famous heretofore both for antiquity and valour.” The name is taken from the village of Markham in Nottinghamshire. Sir Alexander had a son William.

WILLIAM DE MARKHAM of Markham and Tuxford married Cecilia, daughter of Richard de Lexington, and had a son Richard. William died in 1267.

RICHARD DE MARKHAM had three sons, namely:
I. Sir Robert, his successor, who married Sarah, daughter and co-heir of Jordan de Snitterton, a younger son of Shirley of Shirley. He died in 1289. He had no son, but three daughters, namely:—
 1. Cicely, married to Sir John Bekeryng.
 2. Bertha, married to William de Longvilliers. (See page 398).
 3. Agnes, married to William de Sancta Cruce. (See page 403).
II. RICHARD, who succeeded his brother Robert.
III. William, a priest. Lord Treasurer to Edward I. A.D. 1290-95. Bishop of Wells 1293-1302. He died in 1302, and was buried in Wells Cathedral.

RICHARD DE MARKHAM of Markham succeeded his brother Robert. He died leaving a son and successor JOHN.

SIR JOHN MARKHAM, Lord of West Markham, a King’s Serjeant. He married Joan, daughter and heir of Sir Nicholas Bothumsell, and died A.D. 1329. His children were:
I. William, who died childless.
II. Robert, his successor.
III. Nigel.
IV. Elizabeth, married William de Gayforth.
V. Cecilia.

SIR ROBERT MARKHAM was also a King’s Serjeant. He married Isabel, daughter of Sir John Caunton of Caunton in 1360, A.D. and had a son and successor JOHN.

SIR JOHN MARKHAM, Lord of East Markham, Puisne Judge of Common Pleas from A.D. 1396 to 1406.³ He drew up the instrument for the deposition of Richard II.⁴ He married first Elizabeth, daughter and co-heir of Sir Roger de Cressy of Hodsac, who bought him Cressy Hall, Risegate, Braytoft, and Exton in Lincolnshire. He married secondly Milicent, daughter and heir of Sir John de Bekeryng. This lady was widow of Nicholas de Burdon, who was killed in the battle of Shrewsbury in 1403. Her only daughter by Burdon was Elizabeth, wife of her step-son Sir Robert Markham. Judge Markham died in 1409, and was buried in Markham church, where there is an altar-tomb to his memory. By his first wife he had:
I. Robert, his successor.
II. Henry.
III. Adela, married to Richard, son and heir of Sir Richard Stanhope. She is the ancestress of the Earls of Chesterfield, Harrington, and Stanhope.
By his second wife he had:—
IV. Sir John, founder of the Sedgebrook line, Lord Chief Justice. (See page 398).
V. Margaret, married to Sir Walter Pitwardyn.

SIR ROBERT MARKHAM, Lord of East Markham. His name is in the list of Nottinghamshire gentry, made in 1433, and he was High Sheriff of Nottingham and Derby in 1434. He married Elizabeth, daughter and heir of Nicholas de Burdon by Milicent de Bekeryng; which Elizabeth was half-sister to his half-brother Sir John Markham of Sedgebrook, and step-daughter to his father. She brought him the manors Maplebeck and Houghton. Their children were:—
I. Robert, his successor.
II. Elizabeth, married to Sir Thomas Molineux of Hawton, Knight Banneret.
III. Margaret, married to Sir Henry Willoughby, Knight Banneret.
IV. Katherine, married to Sir Henry Bozom of Screveton.

SIR ROBERT MARKHAM, K.B. of Cotham. He was made a Knight of the Bath by Edward IV. at his coronation, after the battle of Towton. High Sheriff of Derby and Notts, A.D. 1481, and of Lincoln, A.D. 1477. He married Joan, daughter of Sir Giles Daubeny by Mary, daughter of Sir Simon Leake of Cotham. “The family of Markham then made Cotham their principal residence, and were of great note.”⁵ Sir Robert was buried in Newark Church, with his second son Robert. (See page 403). He died in A.D. 1496, leaving two sons:
I. John, his successor.
II. Robert, founder of the Oxton line. (See page 403).

SIR JOHN MARKHAM of Cotham, a commander in the battle of Stoke, A.D. 1488. High Sheriff for Derby and Notts in 1519 and 1526. He married Alice, daughter of Sir William Skipwith, and died in or about 1536, (outlawed, for hanging the Priest of Benington), leaving a son and successor JOHN.

SIR JOHN MARKHAM of Cotham, Lieutenant of the Tower of London in the time of Edward VI. High Sheriff of Derby and Notts in 1539, and for Lincoln in 1533. Knight of the Shire for Notts in 1546 and 1558. He married first Anne, daughter of Sir George Neville by Mary daughter of Sir Henry FitzLewes and of Elizabeth a daughter and co-heir of Edmund Beaufort, second Duke of Somerset. He married secondly Margery, daughter of Sir Ralph Langford of Langford; and thirdly, Anne relict of Sir Richard Stanhope, and daughter and co-heir of Sir John Strelly. He died in 1564.⁶ By his first wife he had issue:
I. John, of Sireston, who died before his father. He married Katherine, daughter of Sir Anthony Babington, and had issue:—
 1. Robert, born in 1536, who succeeded his grandfather.
 2. Sanchia, married to William de Hardwicke.
 3. Anne, died unmarried.
II. Henry, Precentor of Lincoln Cathedral in 1550.
By his second wife he had:—
III. Robert, he was blind and died unmarried.
IV. Alice, married to Sir Robert Moreton of Bawtry.
And by his third:—
V. William, of Okeley, M.P. for Nottingham in 1553. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Edward Montagu, and made his will in 1570. He left an only daughter Anne, married to Nicholas Timperley.
VI. Thomas, founder of the Ollerton branch. (See page 333).
VII. Frances, married to Henry Babington, and was mother of Anthony Babington, the conspirator.
VIII. Isabella, married to Sir John Harrington in 1554. She had been Maid of Honour to the Princess Elizabeth.

ROBERT MARKHAM of Cotham was born at Sireston in 1536, and succeeded his grandfather at Cotham. He was knight of the shire for Notts in 1571, and high sheriff in 1571 and 1583. He was much trusted by Queen Elizabeth, and his name appears in her famous distich on her four Nottinghamshire courtiers:—

 “Gervase the gentle, Stanhope the stout,
 Markham the lion, and Sutton the lout.”

He married first Mary, daughter of Sir Francis Leake, and secondly Mary, daughter of William Burnell of Winkburne. He died in 1606, having had by his first wife:—
I. Robert, his successor, born about 1564.
II. Francis, born on July 25th, 1565. He was Muster Master of Nottinghamshire and author of The Book of Honor and of Decades of War. He also wrote a History of the Markham Family, A.D. 1601, (MS. penes Clements R. Markham, Esq. C.B.). On January 3rd, 1608, he married Mary Lovel, then only aged 15. They had:—
 1. Francis, born August 8th, 1614.
 2. William, born 1616.
III. Gervase, born in 1568, the famous Author. He married daughter of one Gelsthorp, and died childless. He was buried at St. Gile’s Cripplegate, February 3rd, 1637.⁷
IV. Godfrey, served with the Earl of Essex in Ireland and in the Royalist army. He was killed in a sortie at the siege of Newark in 1646.
V. John, died childless.
VI. Gertrude, married to Sir Thomas Sadleir of Standen Court.
By his second wife Robert Markham had:—
VII. Roger, who died childless.
VIII. Frances, married 1574 to William Staunton.
IX. Catherine, married to John Marshall of Carlton.

SIR ROBERT MARKHAM of Cotham. “He was a fatal unthrift, and destroyer of this eminent family.”⁸ He sold Cotham, and all the Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire estates of the Markhams, to the Earl of Clare and others. He married first Anne, daughter of Sir John Warburton of Arley, who died on November 17th, 1601, and secondly Winifred, daughter of Robert Thorold of Haugh. By his first wife he had issue:
I. John, Serjeant-at-Arms to James I. He died on August 26th, 1610.
II. Robert, served under Sir John Burroughs or de Burgh at the siege of Frankenthal in 1623 and at the Isle of Rhé, where he was slain in 1627. Author of an elegy on Sir John Burroughs.
III. Daniel, who continued the line.
IV. Alexander, died childless.
V. Elizabeth, born 1594. She married Cecil, 3rd son of Roger Cave of Stanford, co. Northampton, by Margaret Cecil, sister of Lord Burghley.
VI. Anne, married to E. Bassano, Esq. a gentleman of the Presence Chamber to Charles I in 1634.
VII. Mary, married to her kinsman John Markham, youngest son of Thomas Markham of Ollerton. (See page 333).
VIII. Phillip, who died at Haugh unmarried in 1669.

DANIEL MARKHAM, the third son of Sir Robert Markham of Cotham by Anne Warburton, settled at Plumstead Magna, near Norwich, where he died at a great age, in 1690. He had issue a son named Matthew, who continued the line (the name of his wife is not known):—

MATTHEW MARKHAM of Thorpe and Plumstead, was Mayor of Norwich in 1665. He married Anne ….. who died in 1683, by whom he had four children. He died in January, 1677, leaving:—
I. Matthew, in holy orders. Rector of Plumstead Magna, where he died in 1676. He married Barbara ….., who died in 1686. Their children were:—
 1. Matthew, born 1670, died 1671.
 2. Daniel, born 1671.
 3. John, born and died 1675.
 4. Anne, born in 1669, and married, in 1681, to Edmund Jermy, Esq.
 5. Barbara, born in 1673, and married, in 1692, to John Houldich, Esq. of Norwich.
 6. Martha, born 1676.
II. Daniel, born and died in 1650, and buried at Plumstead Magna.
III. Daniel, born in 1653, who continued the line.
IV. Elizabeth, married to Peter Coppin, Esq. She died on Nov. 21st, 1702, at East Carleton, in Norfolk.

DANIEL MARKHAM was baptised in 1653 at Plumstead Magna, in Norfolk. He was an officer in the army, and served under the Duke of York, and in America. He married a daughter of Captain Fennel of Cappagh in Ireland, by Frances, asserted to have been a daughter of General Fleetwood and his wife Bridget, daughter of Oliver Cromwell, the Lord Protector.⁹ He had issue:—
I. William, his heir.
II. Enoch, b. 1688 Cappagh, Kilkenny brought under Jarvis the painter. He had two sons:—
 1. Enoch, Head Master of Oakham School. He married at Oxford, and died childless in 1739.
 2. Thomas, a painter. He married, and had a son George, in holy orders, D.D. Rector of Tattenhall, Cheshire, November 30th, 1781, and of Carlton in Craven. Died 1816.
III. Matthew, settled at Kinsale. He left two daughters:—
 1. Margaret.
 2. Elizabeth.
IV. Elizabeth, married to a Mr. Combe.

WILLIAM MARKHAM was born at Cappagh Kilkenny in 1686. He was a Major in the Army, and served under General Stanhope in Spain. In 1717; he married Elizabeth, grand-daughter of George Markham of Worksop Lodge, of the Ollerton branch. (See page 334), and died in June, 1771, aged 85, having had issue:—
I. William, his heir.
II. George, a Lieutenant in the Navy, died unmarried on Jan. 31st, 1801.
III. Enoch, Colonel of the 46th, died unmarried on December 25th, 1800, aged 73.
IV. Elizabeth, married to Robert Shaw, Esq. of Kilkenny.

WILLIAM MARKHAM was born in 1719. He was Head Master of Westminster School 1753-64. Dean of Rochester 1764-66, and of Christ Church 1766-71. Bishop of Chester 1771-76, and Archbishop of York 1776-1807. On June 16th, 1759, at St. Mildred’s church, Bread Street, London, he married Sarah, daughter of John Goddard, Esq. and died on November 3rd, 1807, having had issue:—
I. William, b. 1760 his heir and successor.
II. John, born June 13th, 1761, in the Navy, Post Captain in 1783, commanded the “Sphynx” (24), “Blonde”, and “Hannibal,” in the West Indies, and the “Centaur” in the Mediterranean, when he captured three French frigates. Lord of the Admiralty 1801-4 and 1806-7. M.P. for Portsmouth 1801-26. On November 27th, 1796, he married the Hon. Maria Rice, sister of Lord Dynevor, who died on December 22nd, 1810. Admiral Markham died on February 13th, 1827, leaving issue:—
 1. John.
 2. Frederick, Colonel of the 32nd in 1842. Wounded in Canada, and at the siege of Mooltan. He commanded at the battle of Sooruj-Koond, November 7th, 1848. Aide-de-Camp to the Queen and C.B. Lieut. General in the Crimea; and died on November 21st, 1855.
 3. William Rice, Vicar of Morlands. He married first, on November 29th, 1838, Jane, daughter of J. Tulip, Esq., who died in 1839; and secondly, on June 21st, 1840, Jane, daughter of Nathaniel Clayton, Esq., who died on July 2nd, 1871. By his second wife he has a daughter:—
  1. Maria, married on April 20th, 1868, to her second cousin, Francis Markham. (See page 331).
 4. Maria, died unmarried on August 12th, 1836.
III. George, born March 30th, 1763. In Holy Orders. Rector of Stokesly and Dean of York 1802-22. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Richard Sutton, Bart. of Norwood, and died on September 30th, 1822, having had issue:—
 1. George, born February 12th, 1796. Lieut. R.N. He was wounded at the battle of Algiers. He died unmarried on January 23rd, 1834.
 2. Edward, born June 5th, 1801. He served for some years in the E.I.C. sea service. He married first, in 1840, Charlotte Sherwin Longden, who died on December 4th of the same year; and secondly, Harriet, daughter of Rev. John Rumsey. He died on 20th July, 1865.
 3. Elizabeth Frances, born August 28th, 1790. She married General Sir Rufane Shaw Donkin, K.C.B. on August 30th, 1815.
 4. Henrietta Alicia, born August 19th, 1791.
 5. Cecilia, born October 27th, 1792. In June, 1827 she married the Rev. George A. Montgomery.
 6. Maria, born March 5th, 1794. On September 28th, 1812, she married the Hon. and Rev. Alfred Harris, son of the Earl of Malmesbury.
 7. Anne Isabella, born April 14th, 1795. On June 17th, 1825, she married Major Chadwick.
 8. Frederica, born September 12th, 1798. She married Captain Haviside on March 24th, 1838.
 9. Sophia, born October 10th, 1799. She died unmarried.
 10. Sarah, born June 23rd, 1802.
IV. David, born September 1st, 1766. He entered the army, led the forlorn hope at the siege of Bangalore in 1791. In 1793 he was Colonel of the 10th Regiment, and was killed in the assault of a fort in St. Domingo.
V. Robert, born March 28th, 1768. Rector of Bolton Percy and Archdeacon of York. On 2nd August, 1797, he married Frances Egerton, only surviving daughter of Sir Gervase Clifton, Bart., of Clifton, co. Notts., who died 8th December, 1846. He died on July 17th, 1837, having had issue:—
 1. Robert, Captain in the 58th. He died at Fermoy in May, 1832.
 2. Henry Spencer, born on January 8th, 1805, Rector of Clifton, and Canon of York. On October 18th, 1831, he married Sophia Charlotte, daughter of Sir John Lister Kaye, Bart. and died 2nd Sept. 1844, leaving a son Henry Robert, born December 30th, 1832, at Clifton Rectory. He married on December 8th, 1860, Elizabeth, daughter of the Rev. W. MacBean, and took the name of Clifton in August, 1869, on succeeding to the estates of his cousin Sir Robert Clifton, Bart.
 3. Frances Egerton, born in 1799, and died unmarried at Bolton Percy on December 19th, 1837.
 4. Georgina, born in 1800. On September 16th, 1824, she married George Baillie of Mellerstein and Jerviswood, who succeeded as 10th Earl of Haddington in 1858.
VI. Osborne, born on May 27th, 1769. A Barrister, M.P. for Calne, and Comptroller of the Barrack Department. He married first, on June 10th, 1806, Lady Mary Thynne, daughter of the Marquess of Bath, who died on February 14th, 1814; and secondly, on June 28th, 1821, Martha Honora Georgina, daughter of Captain William Henry Jervis, R.N., nephew of Earl St. Vincent. Osborne Markham died on October 22nd, 1827. His widow (having taken the name of Jervis in 1823, and married secondly in 1834, Lieut. Gen. Sir William Cockburn, Bart., who died in 1835), died on February 26th, 1865. By his first wife he had issue:—
 1. Mary, born on September 29th, 1812. On June 18th, 1834, she married Phillip Charles Sheppard, Esq. of Swanswick, near Bath.
 2. Osborne, born on February 8th, 1814. Captain of the 34th. He died unmarried on November 13th, 1847.
 By his second wife, Osborne Markham had:—
 3. Martha, born on March 2nd, 1824. On January 12th, 1848, she married Rev. William Henley Pearson, M.A., son of the Dean of Salisbury. They took the name of Jervis only, May 22nd, 1865. (See Herald and Genealogist Vol. III, Pg. 565).[2]^[2]
 4. John, born January 30th, and died March 2nd, 1827.
VII. Henrietta Sarah, born May 30th, 1764. In 1784 she married Ewan Law, Esq., of Horsted, co. Sussex, eldest brother of the first Lord Ellenborough.
VIII. Elizabeth Caroline, born on August 5th, 1765. She married William Barnett, Esq. of Little Missenden Abbey.
IX. Alicia Harriette, born on February 15th, 1771. On 27th Nov. 1794, she married Rev. Henry Foster Mills, Prebendary of York and Southwell and Rector of Emley, co. York.
X. Georgina, born October 23rd, 1772. She died unmarried.
XI. Frederica, born on February 23rd, 1774. On September 16th, 1797, she married William Murray third Earl of Mansfield.
XII. Anne Katherine, born May 25th, 1778. She died unmarried.
XIII. Cecilia, born February 9th, 1783. She married, on December 6th, 1808, the Rev. Robert Phillip Goodenough, Rector of Carlton, co. Notts. and Prebendary of Carlisle.

WILLIAM MARKHAM was born on April 5th, 1760. He was Private Secretary to Warren Hastings, the first Governor General of India. In 1781 he was appointed Resident at Benares, and he returned to England in 1783. He seated himself at Becca Hall, near Aberford, and was a Deputy Lieutenant of the County of York. On August 20th, 1795, he married Elizabeth, daughter of Oldfield Bowles, Esq. of North Aston, co. Oxon (who married secondly, in 1822, Alexander Mure, Esq. and died at Great Horkesley on March 25th, 1841). He died on January 1st, 1815, leaving issue:—
I. William, his heir and successor.
II. John, born June 6th, 1797. He entered the Navy in 1810, became a Lieutenant in 1824, and a retired Commander on July 1st, 1864. In 1834 he married Marianne, daughter of J.B. Wood, Esq., They settled at Ronceval, in Trempileau county, Wisconsin, U.S. in 1856. John Markham died on October 26th, 1870. His children are:—
 1. John, born at Leghorn on April 1st, 1835. He was appointed a Student Interpreter in China in 1852, and on December 22nd, 1858, Vice-Consul at Shanghai; 1868, Consul at Chifu. He died October 9th, 1871 at Shanghai. He married, on February 26th, 1858, Miss Caroline Ricketts of Hong Kong, by whom he had:—
  1. Marianne Ellen, born October 4th, 1861.
  2. Florence Alice, born July 9th, 1865.
 2. George Henry, born January 24th, 1837, of Ronceval, Trempileau county, Wisconsin, U.S. In 1861 he married Miss Fanny Bishop of Wisconsin, by whom he has:—
  1. George, born May 7th, 1863.
 3. Frederick, born in 1838, and died in 1840.
 4. Arthur Augustus, born June 8th, 1840, of Wisconsin, U.S.
 5. Albert Hastings, born November 11th, 1841. He entered the Navy on June 25th, 1856; served eight years in China, and was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant for his gallantry in an attack on a piratical Chinese junk, on April 3rd, 1862. January 7th, 1868, appointed 1st Lieutenant of H.M.S. “Blanche”, on the Australian station. (China medal).
 6. William Jervis, died young.
III. David Frederick, born at Becca on March 11th, 1800. He was Vicar of Stillingfleet, co. York, 1826-38, Rector of Great Horkesley 1838-53, and Canon of Windsor 1827-53. On August 30th, 1827, he married, in Bolton Percy church, Catherine, daughter of Sir William Mordaunt Milner, Bart. of Nunappleton, co. York. He died on March 31st, 1853, having had issue:—
 1. David William Christian, born on December 25th, 1828. He died at sea on May 17th, 1850.
 2. Clements Robert, C.B. born on July 20th, 1830. He entered the Navy on June 28th, 1844; served in the Arctic expedition of 1850-1 (Arctic medal); passed for a Lieutenant in 1851; and left the Navy on December 28th, 1851. Assistant Secretary in the India Office, and Secretary to the Royal Geographical and Hakluyt Societies. He introduced Chinchona cultivation into India in 1859-60, and was Geographer to the Abyssinian Expedition in 1867-68 (Abyssinian medal). On May 17th, 1871, he was appointed a Civil Companion of the Bath. Author of the “Life of the Great Lord Fairfax,” and other works. On April 23rd, 1857, he married Minna, daughter of the Rev. James H. Chichester, Rector of Arlington (brother of Sir Bruce Chichester, Bart., of Arlington Court, co. Devon), by whom he has:—
  1. Mary Louisa, born on October 4th, 1859.
 3. Warren, born July 16th, and died at Nunappleton on January 11th, 1836.
 4. Selina Catherine Laura, born on August 1st, 1832. On June 1st, 1852, she married Capt. Richard R. Quin, R.N. son of Lord George Quin, by Georgina, daughter of Earl Spencer. She died on January 31st, 1867.
 5. Georgina Elizabeth, born December 15th, 1838. On July 16th, 1851, she married Charles Bowen, Esq. of the Canterbury Settlement, New Zealand.
 6. Gertrude Caroline Lucy, born on September 28th, 1842. She was married on December 3rd, 1868, to Lieut. Colonel Henry Clements, of Ashfield Lodge, co. Cavan.
IV. Warren, born July 15th, 1801. He entered the army on May 25th, 1820, and became a Captain in the 72nd on August 26th, 1824. He died at the Cape on November 15th, 1831.
V. Charles, born on March 15th, 1803. He entered the army in June, 1821. August, 1841 Lieutenant-Colonel of the 60th Rifles. On June 17th, 1834, he married his cousin, Emma, daughter of Rev. Ralph Brandling of Gosforth, by Emma, daughter of Oldfield Bowles, Esq. Colonel Markham died at Jamaica on April 2nd, 1842, leaving an only child:—
 1. Charles, born at Gosforth on March 27th, 1835. In Holy Orders. He is Rector of Saxby in Lincolnshire. On September 8th, 1859, he married Margaret, daughter of John Watson Barton, Esq. of Stapleton Park, co. York (she died on September 29th, 1870), and has:—
  1. Charles John, born June 21st, 1862.
  2. Frederick Warren, born January 7th, 1865.
  3. Roger Francis, born September 13th, 1866.
  4. Algernon Augustus, born May 15th, 1869.
VI. Emma, born on October 28th, 1798. On June 17th, 1824. she married William Rookes Crompton Stansfield, Esq. of Esholt Hall, co. York.
VII. Laura, born on March 14th, 1804. She married, on February 7th, 1825, William Mure, Esq. of Caldwell, co. Ayr, M.P. for Renfrewshire, and Lord Rector of Glasgow University.
VIII. Lucy, born on May, 12th, 1805. On June 19th, 1830, she married Henry Lewis Wickham, Esq., only son of the Right Honourable William Wickham.

WILLIAM MARKHAM of Becca was born on June 28th, 1796. On March 5th, 1834, he was appointed Lieutenant-Colonel of the 2nd West York Militia. He married, on February 13th, 1828, his cousin Lucy Anne, daughter of William Holbech, Esq. of Farnborough, co. Warwick, by Lucy daughter of Oldfield Bowles Esq. He died on January 26th, 1852, having had issue:—
I. William Thomas his successor.
II. Edwin, born on March 28th, 1833. Joined the Royal Artillery on December 19th, 1850. Captain November 17th, 1868. He served at Alma, the siege of Sebastopol, and in India during the mutinies. An officer of the Legion of Honour. Crimean medal and three clasps, Turkish medal, Indian medal.
III. Francis, born October 31st, 1837. Joined the Rifle on March 16th, 1856. Captain January 5th, 1870. Aide de camp to Sir A. Horsford at Malta. On April 20th, 1868. He married his second cousin Maria Markham (See page 327), and has:—
 1. Frederick Rice, born February 25th, 1869.
 2. Cecil Marjory Barbara, born at Malta, April 14th, 1871.
IV. Alfred, born on June 26th, 1839. He entered the Navy in 1852, and served in the Black Sea during the Crimean War. Lieutenant November 26th, 1859. Commander February 18th, 1867. Crimean medal. July 8th, 1870, Commander of H.M.S. “Warrior”.
V. Gervase, born on February, 15th, 1844. B.A. of Trinity college, Cambridge. Assistant Agent to Earl Fitzwilliam, 1871.
VI. Laura Elizabeth Frederica, born on February 1st, 1829. On October 29th, 1856, she married Lieut.-Colonel Pearson of the Grenadier Guards.
VII. Adela, born on September 24th, 1831, and died on June 26th, 1848.
VIII. Mary, born on August 23rd, 1835, and died at Ryde on January 29th, 1851.
IX. Rose Georgina, born on August 31st, 1836, and died at Ryde on April 18th, 1851.
X. Lucy Henrietta, born on July 28th, 1840.
XI. Emma, born on December 26th, 1842. On January 4th, 1864, she married the Rev. Albert Smith, Rector of Wendover, son of Abel Smith, Esq. of Wood Hall, co. Herts.
XII. Caroline, born on January 16th, 1846, and died at Torquay, on November 24th, 1847.

WILLIAM THOMAS MARKHAM of Cufforth Hall (formerly Becca) was born on July 13th, 1830. In December 1848, he joined the Rifle Brigade and served in Canada, at the battle of Alma, the siege of Sebastopol, and at Kertch, Aide-de-Camp to Sir George Brown. (Medal and clasps). In December 1854 he exchanged into the Coldstream Guards. He is Lieutenant-Colonel of the Leeds Rifle Volunteers. On April 15th, 1857, he married Anne Emily Sophia, daughter of Sir Francis Grant, the President of the Royal Academy, by Isabella daughter of Richard Norman and Lady Elizabeth Manners, daughter of the 4th Duke of Rutland. He has issue:—
I. William Hope, born on December 16th, 1859.
II. Mabel Wilhelmina, born on April 5th, 1858.
III. Cecile, born on February 9th, 1861.
IV. Claron Henry, twins^* b. July 21st, 1866, died in 1867.
V. Cyril Fulc, twins^* b. July 21st, 1866, died 1868.
VI. Hermione Violet Cyril, born September 8th, 1867.
VII. Rupert Evelyn, born December 13th, 1868.


II. MARKHAMS OF OLLERTON.

THOMAS MARKHAM of Ollerton and Kirby Bellers was the founder of the Ollerton branch. (See page 323). He was the son of Sir John Markham of Cotham by his third wife Anne relict of Sir Richard Stanhope, and daughter of Sir John Strelly. Thomas Markham was High Steward of Mansfield, Ranger of Sherwood Forest, Standard Bearer to Queen Elizabeth’s band of Gentlemen Pensioners, and High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire in 1577. His sons became Roman Catholics, for which he humbly apologized to Lord Burghley in letters dated 1592 and 1594. He married Mary, daughter and heiress of Ryce Griffin, Esq. of Braybrook and Dingley, by Elizabeth Brudenell of Dean; and had issue:—
I. Sir Griffin, the conspirator against the government of James I. A beautiful pedigree on five skins of parchment was blazoned for him, and attested by Camden’s signature:¹⁰ now in possession of Clements R. Markham, Esq. C.B. He married Anne, daughter of Peter Roos of Laxton.
II. Charles, married to Bridget, daughter of Thomas Horde of Horde, and had a daughter married first to Thomas Waterton, Esq. and secondly to Sir John Middleton.
III. Thomas.
IV. George, heir and successor to his father.
V. William who assisted in the escape of Lady Arabella Stuart. He died childless on May 31st, 1617.
VI. Robert, died childless at Rome.
VII. John, married to Mary, daughter of Sir Robert Markham of Cotham. (See page 325).
VIII. Elizabeth, married to Sir Edward Sheldon of Beoly.
IX. Anne, married to Sir Francis Smith of Queniborow, and was mother of Charles, created Lord Carrington in 1664.
X. Margery, married to Nicholas Longford of Longford.
XI. Jane, married to John Skinner of Castle Conyers.

GEORGE MARKHAM of Ollerton, married Judith, daughter and heiress of John Withernwick of Claxby, by a Fitzwilliam. He had issue:—
I. Thomas, his heir and successor.
II. George, of Worksop Lodge, born in 1616, and died in 1670. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Marmaduke Tunstall of Wycliffe, and had issue:—
 1. George, born 1659, who had two daughters:—
  1. Elizabeth, married to Major William Markham, father of the Archbishop of York. (See page 326).
  2. Catharine.
III. Robert, died childless in 1663.
IV. William.
V. Griffin.
VI. Ursula.
VII. Mary.
VIII. Anne.
IX. Margaret, a nun at Pontoise. She died in 1717, aged 105. (See Herald and Genealogist, Vol. III, Pg. 517).[3]^[3]
X. Elizabeth, a nun at Ghent, died in 1664.
XI. Frances, a nun at Liege.
XII. Catherine.

THOMAS MARKHAM of Ollerton. Lieut.-Colonel of Horse in the Royalist Army under Colonel Charles Cavendish. He was slain in the battle of Winceby in Lincolnshire on October 12th, 1644,¹¹ [4]^[4] and buried at Ollerton. He married Ursula, daughter of William Clopton of Sledwick, who married secondly, Henry Neville of Holt.
I. Thomas, his heir and successor.
II. George.
III. Elizabeth.
IV. Catherine.

THOMAS MARKHAM of Ollerton and Claxby. He married Anne, daughter of William Neville of Holt and had issue:—
I. Thomas, his heir and successor.
II. Percy, who died on April 6th, 1753. Annual masses for his soul at Great Heywood.
III. Judith.
IV. Allen.
V. Mary, } Nuns at Bruges.
VI. Anne, } Nuns at Bruges.
VII. Melior, } Nuns at Bruges.
VIII. Ursula, married first to Thomas Meynell, Esq., and Secondly to John Pole, Esq., of Spinkhall, co. Derby.

THOMAS MARKHAM of Ollerton and Claxby, was born in 1665. He married Catherine daughter and heir of Phillip Constable of Houghton, and died in 1743, having had issue:—
I. George, his heir and successor.
II. Thomas.
III. Phillip, married to a Miss Butler, but had no children.
IV. Thomas, married to a daughter of Mr. Crane of Gedney.
V. Mrs. Markham died childless at Somerly, in Lincolnshire, in February 1768.
VI. William, s.p.
VII. Robert, s.p.
VIII. John, s.p.
IX. Henry, s.p.
X. Charles, s.p.
XI. Robert, s.p.
XII. Mark, s.p.
XIII. Edward, died on February 17th, 1772.
XIV. Christine, a nun at Bruges.
XV. Mary Ursula, married on October 27th, 1753, to Benedict Conquest, Esq. of Irnham, co. Lincoln. Her only child married the eighth Lord Arundell of Wardour.

GEORGE MARKHAM of Ollerton married Mary, daughter of Bryan Salvin of Croxdale, co. Durham. He died at Ghent on February 23rd, 1760; having had issue:—
I. George, died an infant, and was buried at Claxby in 1755.
II. Mary Frances, married on July 22nd, 1776, to Marmaduke Tunstall Esq. of Wycliffe. She died on October 11th, 1790.
III. Catherine, born in 1753. A nun at Pontoise, and afterwards at Hammersmith. She died on February 24th, 1824. (See Herald and Genealogist, Vol. III, Pg. 517).[5]^[5]
(To be continued.)


III. MARKHAMS OF SEDGEBROOK

SIR JOHN MARKHAM, K.B. of Sedgebrook (For an account of Sedgebrook church, and its monuments, see Harleian MSS. 6829, 51i (circa 1630)) was the founder of the Sedgebrook branch. (See page 5). He was the son of Sir John Markham of Markham, Puisne Judge of the Common Pleas, by his second wife Milicent, daughter of Sir John de Bekeryng. He was Lord Chief Justice of the King’s Bench from A.D. 1462 to 1471; and was created a Knight of the Bath, with his brother Sir Robert, at the coronation of Edward IV. He died in 1481. He married Margaret, daughter of Sir Simon Leake, and had issue:—
I. Thomas, his heir and successor.
II. Simon, died February 17th, 1455.
III. John, died in 1458.
IV. Jervis, Prior of Dunstable.
V. William, married Frances, daughter of W. Cockayne of Cockayne Hatley. He was of King’s Walden. He had issue:—
 1. William.
 2. Francis.
 3. John of King’s Walden, co. Hertford, married Alice daughter of Ralph Astrey 5, and had issue:—
  1. John.
  2. William.
  3. Jervis.
  4. Jane.
  5. Lora.
  6. Elizabeth.
  7. Mary.
  8. Jane, married to Ambrose Asprey.

THOMAS MARKHAM of Sedgebrook married Catherine, daughter of Sir William Hartshorne, and died in 1491, having had issue:—
I. John, his heir and successor.
II. Jerome, married to a daughter of William de Longvilliers, a descendant of Bertha Markham, the wife of William de Longvilliers, in the time of Edward I. (See page 4). He had issue:—
 1. Ellis, of Laneham, M.P. for Nottinghamshire in 1553, 54 and 55. He was appointed Sequestrator of the See of York by Queen Mary. There is a handsome tomb to his memory and that of his son Gervase, in Laneham church. He married Rosamond, daughter of Sir P. Fretchvill, and died having had issue:—
  1. Jerome, slain by George Noel.
  2. Gervase, Captain of Horse, and served Queen Elizabeth in Ireland and the Low Countries. He died on January 17th, 1637.
 2. Geoffrey, High Sheriff of Nottingham in 1625. He married Catherine, daughter of Sir George Turpin, and had a son:—
  1. John, married to Elizabeth, daughter of Sir John Conway, and had a son John, surnamed “Crouchback”; “A valiant consumer of his estate.”
 3. Catherine, married to Randolph Jackson, Chester Herald Henry VIII.
III. Eleanor, married to Symon Hall, Esq.

JOHN MARKHAM of Sedgebrook married Alice, daughter of ..... Tuberville, Esq. who married secondly, Sir Simon FitzRichard. He had issue:—
I. Richard, his heir and successor.
II. George.
III. Charles.
IV. John.
V. William.
VI. Roger.
VII. Mary.
VIII. Milicent.
IX. Dorothy, died young in 1494.

RICHARD MARKHAM of Sedgebrook married Anne, daughter of Sir George Heveningham of Ketteringham. He had issue:—
I. John, his heir and successor.
II. Thomas.
III. William, “the otter hunter”. It is conjectured that this was the Elizabethan navigator who was Master of the “Elizabeth” (Capt. Winter) in Drake’s voyage around the world, and of the “Francis” in Captain Fenton’s unsuccessful expedition to the East Indies, when he was cast away in the Rio de la Plata, and was kept among the savages for fifteen months.
IV. George.
V. Dorothy.
VI. Elizabeth.
VII. Eleanor, married at Sedgebrook, on February 22nd, 1570, to Sir Anthony St. Leger, Master of the Rolls in Ireland.
VIII. Catherine, drowned at Sedgebrook.
IX. Margaret.
X. Richard, of Newbo Abbey, married Mary daughter of Nicasius Yetzwertz, French Secretary to Queen Elizabeth. Most of his children were baptised at Sedgebrook. He had issue:—
 1. Abraham of Allington, married to Jane, daughter of Robert Eyre, Esq. of Armytage and had:—
  1. John.
  2. Robert, a serjeant-at-law. He married Mary, daughter of Robert Pierson.
 2. Anthony, born in 1615. Served with his cousin in the Parliamentary army. At the battle of Naseby. (See Markham’s Life of Fairfax, p. 218).[6]^[6]
 3. Henry, born 1619.
 4. William, died 1612.
 5. Francis, educated at Christ Church, Oxford. He wrote two of the Odes addressed by the University to the Lord Protector Oliver.
 6. Jane, born 1616, married to Henry Clinton, Esq.
 7. Elizabeth, born 1617.
 8. Theodosia, married to J. Russell.
 9. Anne, married to R. Clerk.
 10. Mary.

JOHN MARKHAM of Sedgebrook. He married Mary, daughter of George Lee of Southwell. He was High Sheriff for the county of Lincoln. He had issue:—
I. John, his heir and successor.
II. Abraham, drowned under London Bridge.
III. Anne, married to Thomas Riggs, of Fulbeck.
IV. Alice, “cast away” upon one Nicholas Hounsey.
V. Catherine, married to Gabriel Odingsells of Bulcote and Eperston.

SIR JOHN MARKHAM of Sedgebrook was knighted by Henry VIII. He married Mary, daughter of Anthony Thorold of Marston for his second wife, having had no issue by his first wife Jane, daughter of Henry Welby. By his second he had:—
I. Anthony, his heir and successor.
II. George, married Susan, daughter of Sir William Lane, and died in 1612.
III. Charles of Bottisford, died in 1635, having had an only daughter, Helen, who died at Sedgebrook in 1636.
IV. Milicent, born 1589, married to Sir Hamond Whichcote of Dunston.
V. Isabel, married to Sir John Molineux of Teversall.
VI. Anne, married to Anthony Eyre, co. York.
VII. Mary.
VIII. Richard.
IX. John.

SIR ANTHONY MARKHAM of Sedgebrook, was knighted by James I at Belvoir Castle in 1603. He married Bridget daughter of Sir James Harington, and died in December, 1604, having had issue:—
I. Robert, his heir and successor, born in 1597.
II. John, born in September, 1598. He married a daughter of Sir Thomas Tirringham of Tirringham, and had issue:—
 1. Thomas.
 2. John, died 1668.
III. Henry, born 1602. Colonel in the Parliamentary army. He was Governor of Belvoir Castle for three years, and was wounded at the battle of Naseby. (See Markham’s Life of Fairfax, p. 218).[7]^[7] In 1659 he was appointed a Commissioner for letting land in Ireland.
IV. Frances, married to Stephen Bamford, Esq.
V. Rebecca, married to Edward Eyre, Esq.

SIR ROBERT MARKHAM, Bart. of Sedgebrook. He was created a Baronet by Charles I. on August 15th, 1642. He served at Newark siege on the Royalist side. He married first Barbara daughter of Edward Eyre, Esq. of Derby, who died childless in 1641. He married secondly, on April 21st, 1642, Rebecca, daughter of Sir Edward Hussey of Hunnington. She died in June, 1664. Sir Robert died on Candlemas Day, 1667, having had issue:—
I. Robert, his heir and successor.
II. Anthony, Colonel in the Guards, born in March, 1646. He married Catherine, daughter of Sir William Whorewood of Stourton Castle, co. Stafford, and had issue:—
 1. Walter.
 2. Thomas, married to Frances, daughter of Andrew Covenant, Esq. M.D., and had issue:—
  1. Sir James John, the fourth and last Baronet, born in 1698, succeeded 1736. He married 1755, Sarah, dau. of Richard Clive of Styche, and sister of Lord Clive, and died childless in 1779. Lady Markham died in January, 1828.
 3. Rebecca, married to Captain Rolle of the Guards.
III. Thomas.
IV. Rebecca, born in 1642, married to Reginald Heber of Marton.
V. Elizabeth, married to Charles Bull of Skipton.
VI. Frances, married to Christopher Broughton of Longdon, co. Stafford.
VII. Anne, married to Sir Walter Hawksworth of Hawksworth.
VIII. Diana, died unmarried at Hawksworth, and was buried at Guiseley.
IX. Catherine, born in 1610. Married to Christopher Villers of Gostoke, co. Notts.
X. Jane.

SIR ROBERT MARKHAM, BART. of Sedgebrook, was born in 1644. He was married at York, on August 31st, 1665, to Mary, daughter of Sir Thomas Widdrington of Chisbourne, by Frances daughter of Ferdinando Lord Fairfax. (See Markham’s Life of Fairfax, p. 370).[]^[8] She died at Sedgebrook on April 7th, 1683. Sir Robert died on October 27th, 1690 at Sedgebrook, leaving issue:—
I. George, his heir and successor, born at Sedgebrook on May 27th, 1666.
II. Robert, born at Sedgebrook, on February 13th, 1667. He died on board the Kempthorne, Indiaman, in the Bay of Bengal, on August 25th, 1690.
III. Ursula, born in London on January 1st, 1678. She married first Lord Altham, and secondly Samuel Ogle, Esq.

SIR GEORGE MARKHAM, BART. F.R.S. of Sedgebrook was never married. He died on June 9th, 1736, and left all his estates to Dr. Bernard Wilson, Rector of Newark.


IV. MARKHAMS OF OXTON, CREATON, AND NORTHAMPTON

ROBERT MARKHAM of Oxton was the founder of the Oxton Branch. (See page 6). He lived during the reign of Henry VIII. He was a son of Sir Robert Markham of Cotham and of Jane, daughter of Sir Giles Daubeny. He married Elizabeth daughter of Sir William de Mering, and had a son ROBERT. His wife was a descendant of Agnes Markham and William de Sancta Cruce. (See page 4). There is a chantry chapel and tomb, with fine stone screen, to his memory, and that of his father, Sir Robert, in Newark church.

ROBERT MARKHAM of Oxton married Elva, daughter of John Saperton, and had:—
I. William.
II. Robert, ‘died ignominiously.’
III. Anne, married to Thomas Chaloner. 1V. Helen, married to Thomas Knollis.
IV. Catherine, married to Sir Thomas Bozom.

WILLIAM MARKHAM of Oxton married Isabel Gunthorp, and had issue:—
I. John.
II. William.

JOHN MARKHAM of Oxton married Margaret, daughter of James Tubersall, and had:—
I. James.
II. Bridget, married to Henry Lake.
III. Margaret.
IV. Susan, married to Thomas Ash.
V. Catherine, married to James Orden.
VI. Rebecca.


MARKHAMS OF CREATON

From the MARKHAMS of Oxton possibly descended the Markhams seated at Great Creaton in Northamptonshire in about A.D. 1520.

WILLIAM MARKHAM of Creaton died in 1605, leaving issue:—
I. Gregory.
II. John, married to Dorothy Pearson.
III. Anne, married to Edward Boone.
IV. Thomas.

GREGORY MARKHAM apprenticed in London in 1593. A merchant on Cornhill. He died in 1632, having had issue:—
I. John.
II. Gregory, married to Elizabeth ..... and died in 1622, having had issue:—
 1. Theodore, who settled in Ireland, at Kinsale. He is the Ancestor of all the Irish Markhams, among whom are two families resident at Kinsale for a century; William Markham of New Abbey; Jon Markham of 1st Madras Light Cavalry; Marcus O’Neill m. Wolseley Godolphin Markham, Paymaster R.N.; and Alexander Macauley Markham, Bengal Civil Service.
III. William, of London, had a daughter Elizabeth.
IV. Thomas, born and died in August, 1607.
V. Francis, born in 1611. Rector of Great Creaton, 1627. had issue:—
 1. Francis.
 2. John.
 3. James, born in 1628 and died in 1692.
VI. Joseph, born and died in 1624.
VII. Elizabeth, married to Mr. Peake.

JOHN MARKHAM born 1609, and died in 1658. He married Elizabeth, sister of Sir John Simpson, and had issue:—
I. John.
II. Elizabeth, married to Thomas Cox of Stanton.
III. Sarah, married to Francis Butt.

JOHN MARKHAM was a silk-throwster at Staines. He married Rose ….., and died in 1740 having had issue:—
I. John, an Attorney at Winslow, where he died June 2nd, 1746. He married Phillipa and had issue:—
 1. Maria, died young.
 2. John, died in 1746.
 3. Alexander, born at Winslow in 1716. Rector of Steeple Claydon. He died in 1767 having had issue:—
  1. John of Biggleswade.
  2. Thomas, an Attorney at Cheltenham. He married Eleanor Carne, heiress of Nash in Glamorganshire in 1799, and died childless in 1834.
  3. Henry, an Attorney at Cheltenham, died in 1799.
  4. Elizabeth.
  5. Robert, born 1721, died 1758.
II. Robert of Staines, died in July, 1753.
III. William of Northampton.
IV. Sarah, married to W. Cush, of Saham Tony, near Hatton.
V. Elizabeth, married to Henry Plowman of Northampton.

WILLIAM MARKHAM of Northampton married Elizabeth, sister of Henry Plowman, on December 31st, 1716. She died in 1745. He was one of the Six Clerks in Chancery, and died on January 5th, 1776, having had issue:—
I. John, died May 22nd, 1723.
II. Charles, Rector of Church Langton. He died s.p. 1803.
III. Henry William.
IV. Elizabeth, born 1717, died 1752.
V. Rose died 1727.

HENRY WILLIAM MARKHAM of Northampton was born on February 13th, 1745. He was an Attorney. He married Frances, sister of Major-General Mansel of Cosgrove Hall, and died on January 5th, 1776, having had issue:—
I. Henry William, Ensign in the 59th. Died in 1797.
II. John.

JOHN MARKHAM of Northampton, an Attorney, born May 25th, 1750. He married Hannah Wagstaffe, who died in May, 1820. Their issue was:—
I. Charles.
II. Frances, married to John Smith of Shrewsbury. Her daughter Elizabeth married her cousin Dr. W.O. Markham.
III. John, born on December 31st, 1780. He married Miss. Phillips, and had:—
 1. Eliza, married to George Tibbits, Esq.
IV. Henry William, born in March 1785. He was surgeon of the 56th Regiment, and died in 1840.
V. Elizabeth.
VI. Catherine, born in 1787. She married John Atkins of the Light Dragoons in 1808.
VII. Christopher, born in 1790, died in 1858.

CHARLES MARKHAM of Northampton, an Attorney and Clerk of the Peace for the county, was born in 1778. He married Eliza Mary Packharness of St. Anne’s Bay, Jamaica, in 1811; and died in October, 1846, having had issue:—
I. Arthur Bayley.
II. Henry Phillip, an Attorney at Northampton. He married Edith Alexander, and had issue:—
 1. Rose Isabella, born February 1st 1857.
 2. Christopher, born June 12th, 1859.
III. William Orlando, born January 28th, 1818, a Physician in London. He married first his cousin Eliza Smith, who died in August, 1848, leaving a son:—
 1. Henry William Kennedy, born July 26th, 1848; and secondly by Catherine, daughter of Professor James Hamilton of Edinburgh, by whom he has:—
 2. Eliza Catherine, born September 4th, 1855.
IV. Alfred, born 1819, died 1820.
V. John, born 1821, died 1835.
VI. Charles, born 1828.
VII. Thomas Hugh, born November 28th, 1825, of Brasenose, Oxford, M.A. Barrister-at-law. Died September 29th, 1868.
VIII. Anna Maria Francis, born March, 1813; married to Rev. John Cox of Walgrave.
IX. Mary Helen, born May 16th, 1827; married to Isaac Edward Lovell of West Haddon.

ARTHUR BAYLEY MARKHAM of Northampton, an Attorney, born May 11th, 1815; married Anne Smith, and has issue:—
I. Edith Frances, born December 4th, 1839. She is married to Sebastian Smith, Esq.
II. Anne Gertrude, born May 6th, 1842; married on September 6th, 1866, to G.K. Anderson, Esq.
III. Charles William, born on September 15th, 1843.
IV. Alice, born January 16th, 1845.
V. Katherine Laura, born October 16th, 1846. On September 13th, 1865, she married H. Landon, Esq.
VI. Emma, born May 6th, 1848.
VII. Ada Mary, born November 27th, 1849.
VIII. Arthur, born June 21st, 1851. Died 1856.
IX. Henrietta Elizabeth, born December 23rd, 1852.
X. John Mansel, born August 16th, 1854.
XI. Gervase Edward, born July 17th, 1856.
XII. Winifred, born September 1st, 1858.

¹ (Account of Sedgebrook church in Harl. MS. 6829, 51ⁱ.
² (Harl. MSS. No. 4632, fol. 209-225).
³ Camden says, “He tempered his judgements with so much equity, that his name will endure as long as time itself.”
⁴ For a discussion of the question whether Judge Markham was the Judge who committed Prince Henry to prison, see the Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries for Nov. 17th 1859.
⁵ Thorton’s Nottinghamshire.
⁶ Will dated April 1st, 1559.
⁷ The most complete account of the life and works of Gervase Markham will be found in the Memorial Introduction by the Rev. A. B. Grosart, to The Teares of the Beloved (1600), by Gervase Markham, in the Miscellanies of the Fuller Worthies Library (1871).
⁸ Thorton’s Nottinghamshire.
⁹ There are portraits of Captain Fennel, General Fleetwood, and Oliver Cromwell in the dining-room at Becca.
¹⁰ See description of this Pedigree in the Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries, Nov. 17th, 1859.
¹¹ See Markham’s Life of Fairfax, p. 121.
¹²

1. ↑ Genealogy of the Markhams. The Herald and Genealogist, Vol. VII, Pg. 318-335.
2. ↑ The Herald and Genealogist, Vol. III, Pg. 565.
3. ↑ The Herald and Genealogist, Vol. III, Pg. 517.
4. ↑ A Life of the Great Lord Fairfax, Commander-in-Chief of the Army of the Parliament of England, by Sir Clements Robert Markham. Pg. 121.
5. ↑ The Herald and Genealogist, Vol. III, Pg. 517.
6. ↑ A Life of the Great Lord Fairfax, Commander-in-Chief of the Army of the Parliament of England, by Sir Clements Robert Markham. Pg. 218.
7. ↑ A Life of the Great Lord Fairfax, Commander-in-Chief of the Army of the Parliament of England, by Sir Clements Robert Markham. Pg. 218.
8. ↑ A Life of the Great Lord Fairfax, Commander-in-Chief of the Army of the Parliament of England, by Sir Clements Robert Markham. Pg. 370.

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