Nielsen Hayden genealogy
John Wyndham
- 1502
Generation: 1
Generation: 3
1. John Wyndham was born in of Crownthorpe, Norfolk, England (son of John Wymondham and Margery Clifton); died on 6 May 1502 in Tower Hill, London, England; was buried in Austin Friars, London, England. Notes:
"John Wyndham was knighted for valour at the battle of Stoke in 1489 by King Henry VII., against whom, however, he afterwards conspired, in favor of Edmund de la Pole, the Yorkist claimant of the throne; for this he was arraigned in the Guildhall, London, 2nd May, 1502 (17th Henry VII.), and being found guilty of high treason, was beheaded on Tower Hill, 6 May, 1502. Sir James Tyrrell, his fellow-conspirator (the supposed agent of Richard III. in the murder of Edward V., and his brother Richard, Duke of York, in the Tower of London,) was executed with him. Their 'bodies and heads' were buried in Austin Friars, London, where many other sufferers for the house of York had been buried before them." [A Royal Descent, citation details below.]
John married Margaret Howard in 1467. Margaret (daughter of John Howard and Katherine de Moleyns) was born about 1451; died between 11 Dec 1505 and Jan 1506. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:- Thomas Wyndham was born in of Felbrigg, Norfolk, England; died between 22 Oct 1521 and 4 Mar 1523.
John married Eleanor Washbourne after 1485. Eleanor (daughter of Norman Washbourne and Elizabeth Kniveton) died between 11 Dec 1505 and Jan 1506. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
2. John Wymondham was born in of Felbrigg, Norfolk, England. John married Margery Clifton. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. Margery Clifton (daughter of Robert Clifton). Children:
- 1. John Wyndham was born in of Crownthorpe, Norfolk, England; died on 6 May 1502 in Tower Hill, London, England; was buried in Austin Friars, London, England.
Generation: 3
6. Robert Clifton was born in of Buckenham, Norfolk, England. Children: