Sir John WALSHE (LE WALEYS) of Cathanger, Fivehead, Somerset

  General Notes:

http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1509-1558/member/walshe-john-1517-72
http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~walsh/cathanger.html

According to Collins' history of Somersetshire, the 'manor of Cathanger' was held by William Wrotham in the late 12th century, and descended to an heiress who had married Galfride de Scoland. After being held by the de Scolands, it next descended to Eleanor, daughter and heiress of Francis de Scoland (died 3 Henry V, 1415-16), who married Thomas Montacute (Montague). The heirs of Thomas Montacute (died 28 Henry VI, 1449-50) included two grand-daughters, one of whom married Sir Edward Broke. The Walshes may have inherited lands in Cathanger by marriage to one of the Broke (Brook or Brooke) heiresses, whose name is variously given as Joyce, Joan, or Jane. Her father's name is variously given to be Sir Edward [from: The Particular Description of the County of Somerset]; or of John Broke [from: Members of Parliament for the County of Somerset]; or of Thomas Brooke [from: The visitations of the county of Somerset, in the years 1531 and 1573]

John married.