Sir William WINDSOR, 2nd Baron Windsor b. 1498 Stanwell, Middlesex, England d. 20 Aug 1558 Bradenham, Buckinghamshire, England: Our Family History

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Name	William WINDSOR [1]
Prefix	Sir
Suffix	2nd Baron Windsor
Born	1498	Stanwell, Middlesex, England [1]
Christened	England [1]
Gender	Male
Children	[2]
	16 Children (Margaret Sambourne) & 2 Children (Elizabeth Cowray)
FamilySearch ID	M1K5-28D
TitleOfNobility	[2]
	Member of Parliament (MP)
TitleOfNobility	[2]
	Sir, 2nd Lord of Bradenham / 2nd Baron Windsor
TitleOfNobility	Between 1542 and 1558	Windsor, Berkshire, England [2]
	2nd Baron Windsor
Name	William de Windsor [2]
Died	20 Aug 1558	Bradenham, Buckinghamshire, England [1]
Buried	29 Aug 1558	Bradenham, Buckinghamshire, England [1]
Person ID	I594777228	Carney Wehofer 2024 Genealogy
Last Modified	7 Sep 2024

Father	Andrew 1St Baron WINDSOR, Of Stanwell, Kb, Sir, b. Feb 1466-1467, Stanwell, Staines, Middlesex, England , d. 30 Mar 1543, Hounslow, London, Middlesex, England (Age ~ 76 years)
Mother	Elizabeth BLOUNT, b. Abt 1469, Rock, Cleobury Mortimer, Worcestershire, England , d. 26 Mar 1543, Richmond, Yorkshire Huntingdonshire District, Cambridgeshire , England (Age ~ 74 years)
Married	1490	Rock, Worcester, England [1]
Family ID	F6748	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family 1 Margaret SAMBOURNE, b. Abt 1501, England , d. Aft 24 Apr 1545, England (Age ~ 44 years)

Married Abt 1519 England

Children

	1. Thomas WINDSOR, b. 1519, Bradenham, Buckinghamshire, England , d. 1519, Bradenham, Buckinghamshire, England (Age 0 years)
	2. Elizabeth WINDSOR, b. 1528, Stanwell, Middlesex, England , d. 7 Jul 1600, Stanwell, Middlesex, England (Age 72 years)
	3. Bridget WINDSOR, b. 1529, Stanwell, Middlesex, England , d. 1582 (Age 53 years)
	4. Mary WINDSOR, b. 1529, Stanwell, Middlesex, England , d. Yes, date unknown
	5. Edward WINDSOR, b. 1532, Stanwell, Middlesex, England , d. 24 Jan 1574, Venice, Venice, Veneto, Italy (Age 42 years)
	6. Dorothy WINDSOR, b. 1533, Stanwell, Middlesex, England , d. Yes, date unknown
	7. Hon Walter WINDSOR, b. Abt 1534, Oxfordshire, England , d. Yes, date unknown
	8. Eleanor WINDSOR, b. 1535, Stanwell, Middlesex, England , d. 17 Nov 1597, Oxfordshire, England (Age 62 years)

Last Modified 7 Sep 2024

Family ID F536731636 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Family 2 Elizabeth COWDE, b. 1480, Plymouth, Devon, England, United Kingdom , d. 1588 (Age 108 years)

Married 1535 Stanwell, Middlesex, England [2]

Children

1. Philip WINDSOR, d. Yes, date unknown

Last Modified 7 Sep 2024

Family ID F536731635 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Notes

Born by 1499, William Windsor was the second Baron but son of Sir Andrew Windsor [1] and his wife, Elizabeth Blount[2] and was perhaps educated at Middle Temple. [1] Already receiving wages as a member of the royal household in 1520 the death of his elder brother, George, made William his father's heir.[1]

By 1527 he was married to Margaret Sambourne, daughter of William Sambourne of Fernham in Shrivenham, Berkshire and his wife, Anne Copley, who bore him at least 5 sons and a daughter. [1]

In 1529 he was returned to Parliament for the only time as member for Chipping Wycombe [1]and in 1533 was made a Knight of the Bath, followed 10 years later by succession to his father's estates. When Henry VIII died in 1547 William carried the standard of the lion at the funeral and served as chief mourner at the funeral of Edward VI in 1533. He signed the device that settled the crown on Lady Jane Grey but quickly went over to Mary, joining her at Framlingham. [1]

Married secondly, by Mar 1554, Elizabeth, daughter of Peter Cowdray of Herriard in Hampshire, widow of Richard Paulet who bore him another son, Philip, and another daughter, Elizabeth. Evidently he was in favour with the crown for Mary's husband, Philip of Spain was godfather to young Philip Windsor. [1]

William died on 20 August 1558 leaving a substantial estate to his heir, Edward, and making provision for the education of his son, William as well as the young Philip and Elizabeth. Overseers and executors of the will included William Paulet, Chidiock Paulet and Sir George Paulet. [1]
Sources

? 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 History of Parliament online: WINDSOR, William (by 1499-1558), of Bradenham, Bucks
? History of Parliament online: WINDSOR, Sir Andrew (c.1467-1543), of Stanwell, Mdx

Burke's DORMANT & EXTINCT PEERAGES (1883), p. 591

Acknowledgements

WikiTree profile Windsor-108 created through the import of WILLIAMS 2011.GED on Jun 22, 2011 by Ted Williams. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Ted and others.

FamilySearch.com:
LifeSketch
"He married ist Margaret, daughter and heir of William Sambourne,
of Southcote, CO. Berks, and 2ndly Elizabeth, daughter of Peter Cowdry
and widow of Richard Paulet. Sir William, Lord Windsor, by his will
dated loth Aug. 1558 (he died 20th Aug. 1558) gave the manor to his 5th
son. Sir Edward Windsor, Lord Windsor, who married Catherine, daughter
of John Vere, Earl of Oxford. He had summons to Parliament from 5 to
18 Eliz., and died abroad. By his will he directed that his body should
be buried at Liege, and his heart at Bradenham, which was performed,
and contained in an oval-shaped leaden vase, and occupies a niche in the
vault beneath the patron's chancel at Bradenham, and bears the following
inscription : —

" Herein is the heart of Edward, Lord Windsor, who died at Spa,
January 24, I574-"

Frederick, his eldest son, was his successor, and had summons to
Parliament 23 Eliz., and died in 1586 unmarried, when the manor devolved
upon his brother and heir, Henry, Lord Wmdsor, who married Anne,
daughter and coheir of Sir Thomas Rivett, of Chippenham, co. Cambridge,
and had four sons and five daughters, whereof three only lived to maturity
— Thomas, his successor to the title, and two daughters, of whom Elizabeth
senior married Dixie Hickman, and Elizabeth junior married her cousin,
Andreas Windsor. "

https://archive.org/stream/cu31924092579576/cu31924092579576_djvu.txt

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From the Memories Section under Sharons Notes

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Thomas came to America aboard the Bristol Merchant in 1679/80 assigned as an apprentice to John Stephens. Thomas died at sea when he returned to UK for his inheritance.
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The details in this biography come from the History of Parliament, a biographical dictionary of Members of the House of Commons:

Son of Sir Andrew Windsor, first Lord Windsor, and brother of Thomas. Educ. ?M. Temple. Married first, by 1527, Margaret, dau. of William Sambourne of Fernham in Shrivenham, Berks. Married secondly, by Mar 1554, Elizabeth, dau. of Peter Cowdray of Herriard, Hants, wid. of Richard Paulet. KB 30 May 1533; suc. fa. as 2nd Lord Windsor 30 Mar 1543. Member, the Household 1520; j.p. Bucks. 1530-d., Mdx. 1544, commr. benevolence, Bucks. 1544/45, musters 1546, relief 1550, loan 1557; other commissions, Bucks. and London 1535-d.; feodary, duchy of Lancaster, Beds. and Bucks. 12 Jul 1535-45; sheriff, Beds. and Bucks. 1537-8.

William Windsor was probably educated at the Middle Temple, of which his father was a bencher. If so, his admission may have dated from about 1513, the year in which his younger brother Edmund was admitted: 40 years later he held a bencher's chamber. By 1520, when the death of his elder brother George made him the heir, he was receiving half-yearly wages of £6 13s.4d. as one of the royal household, and in Dec of that year he was at Enfield with the King when instructed by his father to wait on Wolsey after conveying horses to Calais for Francois I. After serving on local commissions for some years, he was nominated for the sheriffdom of Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire in 1536 but was not chosen until the following year: he was by then domiciled at his father's manor of Bradenham, whence he wrote to Cromwell arguing a point of procedure relating to the office.

Windsor had undoubtedly owed his election for Chipping Wycombe in 1529 to the influence of his father, who was himself probably the royal nominee with another courtier, Sir John Russell, for the knighthood of the shire. Both Windsor and his fellow-Member Robert Dormer appear on a list, drawn up by Cromwell in the spring of 1533 and believed to be of Members opposed to the bill in restraint of appeals. Presumably he was re-elected in 1536 in compliance with the general directive for the return of the previous Members, and perhaps again three years later when the names of the Wycombe Members are lost.

In Jun 1543 Windsor received livery of his inheritance on the death of his father: he also dealt with some accounts for the great wardrobe, presumably as the executor. He was present at the signing of the treaty with Carlos V, and in 1544 he served with the rearguard of the army against France, having contributed £1,000 to the loan for the war. At the funeral of Henry VIII he carried the standard of the lion and he was to be a chief mourner at that of Edward VI.

Windsor signed the device settling the crown on Jane Grey, but soon joined the magnates who proclaimed Queen Mary in Buckinghamshire. On 22 Jul 1553 he, Sir Edward Hastings and Sir Edmund Peckham were ordered to dismiss their troops and join Mary at Framlingham.

Windsor died on 20 Aug 1558 leaving to his eldest surviving son and heir Sir Edward Windsor, aged 26, a rich inheritance of lands in 14 counties. In his will of 10 Aug he had asked to be buried according to his 'degree and estate' at Bradenham, where he had built a new manor house, or at Hounslow, Middlesex, beside his parents. His London house in Cripplegate called Windsor Place he left to his widow with remainder to his next male heir. He made provision for the education of his son William at Oxford or at one of the inns of court or of chancery, and for Phillip and Elizabeth, his children by his second wife: Phillip was to receive from Bradenham three christening cups including one given to him by his godfather King Felipe. Among the executors and overseers of the will, which was proved on 10 Dec 1558, were Windsor's kinsmen by marriage William Paulet, 1st Marquess of Winchester, Lord Chidiock Paulet and Sir George Paulet, as well as William Roper and Sir Thomas White.

Sources

[S1160] FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 7 Sep 2024), entry for Elizabeth BLOUNT, person ID G5YV-H4X. (Reliability: 3).
[S1160] FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 7 Sep 2024), entry for William Windsor, person ID M1K5-28D. (Reliability: 3).