William De WYCHINGHAM, & Upton, Sir Knight

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• FamilySearch ID: G79R-W4G
• Name: William WITCHINGHAM
• Occupation: ; Lawyer, Judge of Common Pleas 1363
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About Sir William Witchingham (Wychingham)
Sir William de Wychingham, son of Richard de Wichingham, was lord in the 33d of Edward III.; he was bred to the law, of which he was a serjeant, and a judge of the Common-pleas in 1363; by his will proved March 25, 1381, he was buried in the south isle of Wichingham St. Mary's church, which he had built; gives legacies to Margaret his wife, (fn. 6) to Richer, Nicholas, and William, his sons, and to William [Clere] and Dionysia his wife, who was his daughter.

That his wife's name was Margaret is certain; that she was Lady Margaret de Brewse is not. It is rather more likely that she was the daughter of one Roger or William de Rising or Woodrising, of merely local importance.

St. Mary's church includes (or included) many armorial bearings and impalements, but that of de Brewse is not to be found. If his wife were a de Brewse, surely her family's blazon would have been prominently featured?

[I]n the 18th of Edward III. John de Enepol and Joan his wife, Henry Broom of Reedham and Maud his wife, Thomas Pykel and Joan his wife, sold their right in this lordship, with lands, &c. to Wichingham St. Mary, and St. Faith's, to Will. de Witchingham, quit of the heirs of John, Maud, Joan, and Alice. http://apling.freeservers.com/Villages/WoodrisingBlomfield.htm

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William Witchingham (1328 - 1381)
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William Witchingham
Born 1328 in Norfolk, , Englandmap
Son of Roger Wychingham and Margaret De Antingham
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Husband of Margaret (Braose) Witchingham ? married [date unknown] [location unknown]
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Father of Dionysia (Wychingham) Clere and Nicholas Wychingham
Died 1381 in Norfolk, , Englandmap
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Biography
"Roger, son of Walter, was living in the said reign, and granted messuages, lands, &c. to Sarah, widow of Walter.

"Sir William de Wychingham, son of Richer [Roger] de Wychingham, was lord in the 33d of Edward III [1360]. He was bred to the law, of which he was a serjeant, and a judge of the Common Pleas in 1363. By his will, proved March 25, 1381, he was buried in the fourth aisle of Witchingham St. Mary's church, which he had built; gave legacies to Margaret his wife, to Richer, Nicholas, and William, his sons, and to William Caley and Dionyisia his wife, who was his daughter. ..."[1]



See Sir William Witchingham's page at the Knight Family website, with quotations from other sources.

Sources
? https://archive.org/stream/historyantiquiti03jeffiala#page/108/mode/2up The History and Antiquities of Norfolk, vol. 3 (1781): Hundred of Eyensford, p. 109].
Percival Oakley Hill, A History of Upton, Norfolk (1891), pp. 7- 8, pedigree chart showing the descent of the manor of Upton.
Acknowledgement

Family/Spouse: Margaret BRAOSE. Margaret (daughter of John De BRAOSE, Of Stinton, Sir and Eve De UFFORD) was born about 1330 in Stinton, Norfolk, England; died in 1374 in Norfolk, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Dionysia WYCHINGHAM was born about 1348 in Upton With Fishley, Blofield, Norfolk, England; and died.
2. Richer WYCHINGHAM was born in 1348 in Wychingham. Norfolk, England; died in 1384 in Wychingham, Norfolk, England; was buried in Church of Witchingham, Norfolk, England.
3. William WYCHINGHAM was born in 1355 in Witchingham, Norfolk, England; and died.
4. Nicholas De WYCHINGHAM, & Upton, Sir was born about 1365 in Upton With Fishley, Blofield, Norfolk, England; died in 1434 in Witchingham, St Faith's, Norfolk, England.

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"WICHINGHAM's MANOR. In the 1st of king John, William de Bellamont, and Muriel his wife, conveyed by fine to Gilbert de Langtoft, the service of two knights fees, and the third part of one in this town, Saxlingharn, Bintry, Ickburgh, &c. and Sarah de Wychingham was found, in the 31ft of Henry III. to hold the fourth part of a fee here of Robert Langtoft, he of the earl of Gloucester, and the earl of the king: she was then the widow of Walter de Wychingham, descended of an ancient family, who had very soon after the conquest an interest here. William, son of Wycher de Wychingham, was living in the reign of king Stephen, and Roger de Wychingham was father of Walter aforesaid, whose son Walter was living in the 53d of Henry III. when Robert de Newton, sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk, received 10s. 8d. of him to excuse him from being a knight; and the said Walter was lord, and kept a court in the 7th of Edward 1.

"Roger, son of Walter, was living in the said reign, and granted messuages, lands, &c. to Sarah, widow of Walter.

"Sir William de Wychingham, son of Richer de Wychingham, was lord in the 33d of Edward III. ..."[1]

It would appear that "Roger" is the same as "Richer": Sir William de Wychingham's father Richer is the same as "Roger, son of Walter."

Sources
? The History and Antiquities of Norfolk, vol. 3 (1781): Hundred of Eyensford, p. 109.

Richard married Margaret ANTINGHAM in 1327 in Norfolk, England. Margaret was born in 1310 in Norfolk, England; died in 1360 in England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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