Sir William DE COMPTON

1475 - 1528  (53 years)

• Name	William DE COMPTON  [1]
  Prefix	Sir
  Birth	1475	Compton, Devon, England   [1]
  Gender	Male
  TitleOfNobility	[2]
  	TitleOfNobility
  _FSFTID	LLQ9-8NH
  _FSLINK	https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LLQ9-8NH
  _UID	AE691247277F4E74986F4A27FE7ECFBA5519
  Death	30 Jun 1528	Compton Wynyates, Warwickshire, England   [1]
  Burial	Aft 30 Jun 1528	Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England   [1]
  Person ID	I594767001	Carney Wehofer July 2025
  Last Modified	2 Jan 2023

  
  

  Father	Edmund DE COMPTON, II,   b. 1440, Compton Wynyates, Warwickshire, England d. 1491, Compton, Berkshire, England (Age 51 years)
  Mother	Joan DE AYLWORTH,   b. 1444, Northamptonshire, England d. 1478, Gloucestershire, England (Age 34 years)
  Marriage	1468	Somerset, England   [3]
  Family ID	F536728816	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Lady Werburga de BRERETON,   b. 1488, Hampshire, England d. 14 Jun 1524, Northamptonshire, England (Age 36 years)
  Marriage	1499	Warwickshire, England
  Children	1. Elizabeth Joan COMPTON,   b. 1500, Compton, Devon, England d. 1553, Damerham, Wiltshire, England, (Age 53 years)   2. Henry COMPTON,   b. Abt 1508, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom d. Bef 1526 (Age ~ 17 years)   3. Margaret COMPTON,   b. Abt 1510, Suffolk, England, d. 17 Jun 1717 (Age ~ 207 years)   4. Catherine COMPTON,   b. Abt 1512, Suffolk, England, d. England   5. Frances COMPTON,   b. Abt 1514, Suffolk, England, d. Yes, date unknown   6. Joan COMPTON,   b. Abt 1520, Compton, Warwick, England d. 1565, Cornwall, England (Age ~ 45 years)   7. Mary COMPTON,   c. Feb 1522, Suffolk, England, d. Bef 1526 (Age ~ 3 years)   8. Sir Peter Lord COMPTON,   b. Aug 1523, Compton Castle, Warwichshire, England d. 30 Jan 1544, Compton Castle, Wyngate, Warwickshire, England (Age ~ 20 years)
  Family ID	F536728815	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Dec 2024

  
  

• Notes

  http://www.esthersscrapbook.com/compton-wells/HistoryoftheComptonsofComptonWynyates.pdf He died on 30 June 1528 of the sweating sickness, leaving an only son, Peter, aged six, (excluding the daughters) who became the ward of Cardinal Wolsey. Peter died a minor, leaving a son who was created Baron Compton by Queen Elizabeth, and whose son was made Earl of Northampton by King James. Compton married Werburga, daughter and heiress of Sir John Brereton, and widow of Sir Francis Cheyney, and she, the year after his death, had license to marry Walter Walsh of the privy chamber.7 Compton had apparently made unsuccessful suit for leave to marry the Countess of Salisbury after her lands were restored to her in 1513.8 He died immensely rich, leaving property in eighteen counties. He was sheriff of Worcestershire for life by a grant in 1516, and before that had been sheriff of Hampshire, 1512-13, and of Somersetshire and Dorsetshire, 1513-14. Portraits of him on glass were at Compton Hall and in Balliol College, Oxford.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 2 Jan 2023), entry for Elizabeth Joan Compton, person ID G868-T4V. (Reliability: 3). [S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 2 Jan 2023), entry for William de Compton, person ID LLQ9-8NH. (Reliability: 3). [S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 14 Jan 2023), entry for Edmund de Compton, person ID LYCS-74Q. (Reliability: 3).