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MARKHAM, Thomas (by 1523-1607), of Ollerton, Notts. and Kirby Bellars, Leics.

Family and Education
b. by 1523, s. of Sir John Markham of Cotham, Notts. by 3rd w. Anne, da. and coh. of Sir John Strelley of Strelley, Notts.; bro. of William. m. by 1565, Mary, da. and h. of Sir Rice Griffin of Braybrooke and Dingley, Northants., 7s. 4da. 7 other ch. d. inf.Date of birth estimated from first reference. Vis. Notts. (Thoroton Soc. rec. ser. xiii), 21; Vis. Notts. (Harl. Soc. iv), 24-25; C. Brown, Newark, i. 41; C.R. Markham, Markham Memorials, i. 39, 87, 93, 98; NRA 5783, p. 97.
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Gent. waiter to 2nd Earl of Rutland by 1549; bailiff, manor of Mansfield, Notts. Nov. 1550, Clipston, Notts. 1568; keeper, Lyndhurst and Normanswood within Sherwood forest Nov. 1550, Sherwood forest 1564; member, household of Princess Elizabeth by 1558; standard bearer of gent. pens. 1559 – 72; j.p.q. Notts. 1561 – 91, steward, lordship of Newark, Notts. 2 Apr. 1568; sheriff, Notts. 1577 – 78; commr. to administer oath of supremacy 1592.HMC Rutland, i. 294; iv. 363; CPR, 1549–51, p. 210; 1563–6, pp. 73–74, 309, 319; 1566–9, pp. 127, 323; CSP Dom. Add. 1566–79, pp. 31, 49; HMC Middleton, 160; HMC Hatfield, x. 328; LC2/4(3), p. 96; E179/69/84; E407/1/6, 7 ex inf. W. J. Tighe.

Main residences: Ollerton, Notts.; Kirby Bellars, Leics.
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MARKHAM, Sir John (by 1486-1559), of Cotham, Notts.

Family and Education
b. by 1486, o.s. of Sir John Markham of Cotham by Alice, da. of Sir William Skipwith of Orrnsby, Lincs. m. (1) Anne, da. and h. of Sir George Neville, 2s.; (2) Margery, da. of Sir Ralph Longford, 1s. 3da.; (3) Anne (d. 12 Oct. 1554), da. and coh. of Sir John Strelley of Strelley, Notts., wid. of Richard Stanhope of Rampton, Notts., 2s. Thomas and William 3da. suc. fa. 22 Feb. 1508. Kntd. 25 Sept. 1513.Date of brith estimated from age at fa.’s i.p.m., CIPM Hen. VII, iii. 550, 551; Vis. Notts. (Harl. Soc. iv), 24; N. Country Wills, ii (Surtees Soc. cxxi), 15-16; LP Hen. VIII, i.
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Commr. musters, Notts. and Nottingham 1511, subsidy, Lincs. 1512, 1514, Notts. 1523, 1524, benevolence 1544/45, contribution 1546, chantries, Derbys., Notts., Derby and Nottingham 1546, relief, Notts. 1550; other commissions 1521 – d.; sheriff, Notts. and Derbys. 1518 – 19, 1526 – 27, 1534 – 35, 1538 – 39, 1545 – 46, Lincs. 1532 – 33; j.p. Notts. 1521 – d.; lt. Sherwood forest by 1523; dep. receiver, Southwell by 1533, jt. receiver 1550, sole by 1552, jt. keeper 1546; gen. receiver, possessions formerly of Jasper, Duke of Bedford in Derbys. and Notts. 1542; chamberlain and receiver, ct. gen. surveyors 1545; lt. Tower of London by Nov. 1549–31 Oct. 1551.LP Hen. VIII, i, iii-v, viii, xii, xiii, xvi-xviii, xx, xxi; Statutes, iii. 88, 119; CPR, 1547–8, pp. 75, 77, 88; 1553, p. 357; 1553–4, pp. 22, 29; 1554–5, pp. 109, 110; APC, ii. 353, 371; iii. 401; HMC Rutland, iv. 264.

Main residence: Cotham, Notts.
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MARKHAM, Sir John (by 1486-1559)

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MARKHAM, Ellis (by 1515-78), of Laneham, Notts.

Family and Education
b. by 1515, 5th s. of Jerome Markham by da. of William de Longvilliers. m. Rosamund, da. of Sir Peter Frescheville of Staveley, Derbys., wid. of Robert Smith of Nunstainton, co. Dur., 2s.Date of birth estimated from first reference. Vis. Notts. (Harl. Soc. iv), 24; C. R. Markahm, Markham Memorials, i. 134-5; CPR, 1572-5, p. 29.
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Servant of Abp. Lee by 1536 – 44, of Queen Catherine Parr by 1547, ?of Princess Elizabeth; surveyor of works, receiver and keeper of woods, duchy of Lancaster, Ripon, Yorks. 1547; commr. relief, Notts. 1550; j.p.q. 1554, 1561 – 62, 1573–d.LP Hen. VIII, xii; E315/340/52; Lansd. 3(89), f. 194; Somerville, Duchy, i. 527; Stowe 571, f. 13v; CPR, 1553, p. 357; 1553–4, p. 22; 1560–3, p. 440; 1563–6, pp. 38, 42.

Main residence: Laneham, Notts.
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MANWOOD, Roger II (by 1532-92), of the Inner Temple, London.

Family and Education
b. by 1532, 2nd s. of Thomas Manwood of Sandwich, Kent by Catherine, da. of John Galloway of Cley, Norf.; bro. of John. educ. St. Peter’s sch. Sandwich; I. Temple, adm. Feb. 1548, called by 1555. m. (1) settlement 30 May 1571, Dorothy (d. 14 Sept. 1575), da. of John Theobald of Seal, Kent, wid. of John Croke of London and of Christopher Allen of London, 3s. inc. Peter 2da.; (2) Elizabeth, da. of John Coppinger of Allhallows, Kent, wid. of John Wilkins of Stoke, Kent, s.p. Kntd. 15 Nov. 1578.Date of birth estimated from fee for legal services in 1553. Vis. Kent (Harl. Soc. lxxv), 135; Add. 29759, ff. 26-27, 101-2; C142/244/112; W. Boys, Sandwich (1792), 245 seq.; Foss, Judges, v. 516, 523; Arch. Cant. xvii. 239n; Berry, Peds. Kent, 356.
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Common serjeant, I. Temple 1552, bencher 1558, Lent reader 1565, serjeant-at-law 1567.

Recorder, Sandwich Apr. 1555–66; j.p.q. Kent 1561 – d., Mdx. 1564 – d., many other counties from 1573; commr. Rochester bridge 1561, 1568, 1571, 1574; steward or judge of Chancery and Admiralty cts. of Dover temp. Eliz; steward of liberties to Archbishop Parker to 1572; puisne judge c.p. 14 Oct. 1572; circuit judge, w. circuit by 1573 – 74, Oxford circuit by 1587; chief baron, Exchequer 17 Nov. 1578 – d.; member, High Commission 23 Apr. 1576; receiver of petitions in the Lords, Parlts. of 1584, 1586, 1589.Sandwich little black bk. f. 62; CPR, 1560–3, p. 37; 1563–6, pp. 38, 43; 1569–72, p. 278; 1572–5, p. 194; Strype, Parker, ii. 168; Grindal, 309–10; Foss, v. 407–8; Egerton 2345, f. 45; APC, xv. 226; LJ, ii. 61, 113, 145.

Main residence: the Inner Temple, London.
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MANWOOD, Roger II (by 1532-92)

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