Sir John SEYMOUR of Wulfhall, Savernake, Wiltshire,
- Born: Cir 1474
- Marriage (1): Margery WENTWORTH on 22 Oct 1494
- Died: 21 Dec 1536 aged about 62
- Buried: Great Bedwyn Church, Wulfhall, Savernake, Wiltshire,
General Notes:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Seymour_(1474%E2%80%931536) Sir John Seymour of Wulfhall in the parish of Great Bedwyn in the Savernake Forest, Wiltshire, Knight banneret (c. 1474[1][2] '96 21 December 1536.[3]) was an English soldier and a courtier who served both Henry VII and Henry VIII. Born into a prominent gentry family, he is best known as the father of the Henry VIII's third wife, Jane Seymour, and hence grandfather of king Edward VI of England.
Sir John Seymour, was born around 1474,[1][2] the eldest son of John Seymour (c. 1450 '96 26 October 1491) of Wulfhall, Wiltshire, by his marriage to Elizabeth Darell (or Darrell) (born c. 1451). He married Margery, the daughter of Sir Henry Wentworth of Nettlestead, Suffolk, and his wife Anne Say.[4] Anne was the daughter of Sir John Say and his wife, Elizabeth, daughter of Lawrence Cheney (or Cheyne) (c.1396'961461) and Elizabeth Cokayne.[4] Margery Wentworth's grandfather, Sir Philip Wentworth, had married Mary, daughter of John Clifford, 7th Baron de Clifford, whose mother Elizabeth was daughter of Henry Percy (Hotspur) and great-great-granddaughter of Edward III.[6] Margery was renowned for her beauty as well as her quiet and gentle demeanour, and she came to the attention of the poet, John Skelton.[7]
John married Margery WENTWORTH, daughter of Sir Henry WENTWORTH of Nettlestead, Suffolk and Anne SAY, on 22 Oct 1494. (Margery WENTWORTH was born circa 1478 and died on 18 Oct 1550.)
Marriage Notes:
Of the ten children born at Wulfhall, six survived:– three sons: Edward, Henry and Thomas, and three daughters: Jane, Dorothy and Elizabeth. Edward, Thomas, Jane and Elizabeth were courtiers. Edward and Thomas, would both be executed during the reign of Edward VI. Henry Seymour, who lacked his brothers' ambition, lived away from court, in relative obscurity.
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