Wenman Family Memorial

Date: About 1504 to 1664
Location: Church of Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Twyford, Buckinghamshire, England.
Surname/tag: Wenman, Giffard, Williams, West, Fermor, Hampden

Return to Thomas Wenman MP, Thomas Wenman MP

Description

The Wenman Family Memorial is located in the parish church of Assumption. The inscription on the memorial lists several generations of the Wenman Family and their spouses from Sir Thomas Wenman (1504-1577) to Thomas Wenman (1596-1665).

Inscription on the Wenman Family Memorial

In Memory of the Honorable Richard Lord Viscount Wenman, Son of Thomas Wenman Esq. and Jane, Daughter of William Lord De La-Warre. The said Thomas being Son of Sir Richard Wenman & Isabell, Eldest Daughter of John Lord Williams of Thame, which Sir Richard was Son of Thomas Wenman Esq. and Ursula, Daughter & heir of Thomas Giffard Esq. & Lord of this Manor. The said Richard Lord Viscount Wenman (had to wife Agnes, Daughter of Sir George Fermor of East Neston, in the county of Northampton). He died on Good Friday A.D. 1640 Aged 67 & the said Agnes his wife died A.D. 1617. By the care of the Right Honorble Thomas Lord Viscount Wenman their son, this monument was erected, who deceased the 25th day of January A.D. 1664, Aged 68 years. Who married Margaret (Daughter and heir of Edmund Hamden of Hartwell in the county of Buckingham Esq.) who died the 1st day of May A.D. 1658, Aged 59. ^[1].

Sources

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])