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Nicholas De WYCHINGHAM, & Upton, Sir

Nicholas De WYCHINGHAM, & Upton, Sir[1]

Male Abt 1365 - 1434  (~ 69 years)

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  • Name Nicholas De WYCHINGHAM  [2
    Suffix & Upton, Sir 
    Born Abt 1365  Upton With Fishley, Blofield, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    FamilySearch ID 939K-8FN 
    Name Nicholas WITCHINGHAM 
    _UID 4FA79F07E6A84942860B3DCA98CDE1DD7035 
    Died 1434  Witchingham, St Faith's, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I13474  Carney Wehofer 2024 Genealogy
    Last Modified 13 Dec 2022 

    Father William De WYCHINGHAM, & Upton, Sir Knight,   b. Abt 1328, Upton With Fishley, Blofield, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1381, Great Witchingham, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 53 years) 
    Mother Margaret BRAOSE,   b. Abt 1330, Stinton, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1374, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 44 years) 
    Family ID F6452  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Joan De ANTINGHAM,   b. Abt 1377, Woodrising, Mitford, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married Abt 1396  Woodrising, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Children 
     1. Frances WYCHINGHAM,   d. Yes, date unknown
     2. Joan WYCHINGHAM,   b. Wood Rising, Norfolk, Englnad Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Horning, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Elizabeth De WYCHINGHAM,   b. Abt 1396, Witchingham, St Faith's, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 1446  (Age ~ 49 years)
     4. Edmund WYCHINGHAM,   b. 1402, Woodrising, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1475, Norwich, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 73 years)
    Last Modified 13 Dec 2022 
    Family ID F6893  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Nicholas Wychingham of Wychingham, Norfolk. [Magna Charta Sureties]

      Citations

      1.[S6] G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume VI, page 564. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.
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      Nicholas Wychingham (abt. 1370 - abt. 1433)
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      Nicholas "of Fishley" Wychingham
      Born about 1370 in Upton With Fishley, Blofield, Norfolk, Englandmap
      ANCESTORS ancestors
      Son of William Witchingham and Margaret (Braose) Witchingham
      Brother of Dionysia (Wychingham) Clere
      Husband of Joan (Unknown) Wychingham ? married [date unknown] [location unknown]
      DESCENDANTS descendants
      Father of Alice Witchingham, Edmund Wychingham and Elizabeth (Wychingham) Hoo
      Died about 1433 in Witchingham, Norfolk, Englandmap
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      Profile last modified 11 Mar 2019 | Created 8 Jul 2011
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      The Birth Date is a rough estimate. See the text for details.
      Nicholas de Wychingham (d. c. 1430/3; bur. St. Mary, Witchingham, Norfolk)

      Contents
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      1 Biography
      1.1 Parents
      1.2 Siblings
      1.3 Marriage
      1.4 Children of Edmund and Alice
      1.5 Will
      2 Sources
      Biography
      Nicholas is the son of Sir William de Wychingham, sgt-at-law (d. abt. 1381) and Margaret. He succeeded his older brother, Richer (d. abt. 1385).

      Nicholas married twice; and was succeeded by his grandson William Witchingham, son of William (d.v.p).[1]

      Parents
      Father: Sir William de Wychingham, sgt-at-law (will proved 25 Mar 1381; bur. St. Mary's, Witchingham).
      Siblings
      Richer (d.s.p; will dated 1384; proved 10 Nov 1385).
      m. Alice
      William
      Dionysia
      m. William de Clere (d. 1384).[2]
      m. William Cailly (Cayley).
      Marriage
      m.1 Alice Flete, dau. of Roger Flete, citizen and draper of London[3] Issue:

      William (d.v.p.).[1]
      Alice (d. 1458; bur. Friars-Preachers, Norwich)
      m. Sir Roger Harsick (d. 1453; bur. chancel of South-acre) of Southacre
      Margery
      m. Sir Robert Tudenham of Oxburgh
      m.2 Joan (d. 1459; bur. Friars-preachers, Norwich). Issue:

      Edmund of Woodrising, Norfolk
      m. Alice, dau. and h. of Sir John Falstolf of Fishley.[4]
      Children of Edmund and Alice
      Amy m. Richard Southwell of Wood-Rising, esq.
      Frances m. Sir William Mull of Harscomb in Gloucestershire
      Joan m.1 Robert Longstrather; m.2 Robert Boys of Honing, Norfolk
      Elizabeth m. William Bardwell, esq. of West Herling.
      Will
      Date: 1430 Wood-Rising
      Proved: 1433
      Executor: wife Joan
      Sources
      ? 1.0 1.1 William's son, also William, became Nicholas' heir.[1]
      ? HOP (1983), states that Dionysia married William de Clere (d. 1384).[2]
      ? Alice was seized in her right of the manor of Totham Parva, Essex.[3]
      ? Edmund and Alice had 4 dau:British History
      Blomefield, F. (1808). 'Eynford Hundred: Witchingham, Magna and Parva', in An Essay Towards A Topographical History of the County of Norfolk, 8, pp. 297-311. London. BHO. eBook.
      Carthew, G.A. (1877). "Pedigree of Harsick of Southacre," in The Hundred of Launditch and Deanery of Brisley, pp. 160. Miller & Levins. Google Books. Carthew (1877), does not name the wives of Nicholas. He also calls him, "Nicholas Witchingham of Fishley."


      Percival Oakley Hill, A History of Upton, Norfolk (1891), pp. 7- 8, pedigree chart showing the descent of the manor of Upton.
      Weis, F.L. (1999). Magna Charta Sureties 1215.
      "Sir Nicholas Witchingham." Knight family. knight-france.com. Web.[4]


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      On 12 Sep 2015 at 07:03 GMT C Handy wrote:

      Wynchingham-2 and Wychingham-5 appear to represent the same person because: See source for Wychingham-5, here: http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p513.htm#i15413
      shows daughter Elizabeth m. Thomas Hoo, so clearly the same person.



  • Sources 
    1. [S579] Jim Weber.

    2. [S25] Magna Charta Sureties 1215, Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Sheppard Jr, 5th Edition, 1999, 137a-8 (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S1160] FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 13 Dec 2022), entry for Nicholas De WYCHINGHAM, person ID 939K-8FN. (Reliability: 3).