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Nicholas Sharpe

Male 1415 - Bef 1473  (~ 62 years)


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  • Name Nicholas Sharpe 
    Birth Between 1410 and 1415  of Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    Death Bef 1473  [1
    Siblings 1 sibling 
    Person ID I35393  Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others
    Last Modified 29 May 2021 

    Father (Unknown) Sharpe 
    Family ID F20793  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Agnes Bonefey   d. 9 Sep 1484 
    Children 
     1. Joan Sharpe   d. 29 Mar 1496
    Family ID F20794  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 28 May 2021 

  • Notes 
    • From "Sharp Practice" by Rosie Bevan (citation details below):

      Nicholas Sharpe [...] spent his life in service as an auditor to Henry VI and Edward IV during a turbulent time in English history. He first appears on record in 1438 creating a valour for Henry V's feoffees in Wiltshire and was well established in his career as auditor for the king in Wiltshire, Somerset and Dorset for several years. In 1446 he became auditor of Eton and King's College, Cambridge, and with his brother Thomas, was granted three tenements in York. Between 1455 and 1467 Nicholas received a gift from the king of the farm of two thirds of a crane and wharf in the Vintry ward for ten years, became a seneschal of the Liberty of Bury St Edmunds, succeeded William Cotton to the important post of Receiver General of the Duchy of Lancaster, during which time he was also appointed to the lucrative position of Collector of Customs in London, and was a Justice of the Peace in Essex. Most influentially, in October 1460, under the protectorate of Richard, Duke of York, Nicholas was appointed one of the king's feoffees of the Duchy of Lancaster. Nicholas had died by 1473, when his widow Agnes and brothers Thomas, Christopher and Robert acted as his executors. Agnes is said to be daughter of John Tyrell in Hervey's pedigree, but this is false [...]

      His heir was his daughter Joan, second wife of Thomas Cotton of Landwade and Exning, the son of his predecessor as Receiver General, William Cotton. The couple's tomb lies on the south side of the chancel in Landwade church. It once held brass inlays which have now disappeared, but the outline in the stone shows a man with two wives. The first wife, Margaret, has two daughters and the second, Joan, has several children surrounding her.

  • Sources 
    1. [S18] Rosie Bevan, "Sharp Practice: An Exposé of the Sharpe Pedigree from the 1558 Visitation of Essex." Foundations 12:55, 2020.

    2. [S5861] The Ancestry of Thomas Bradbury (1611-1695) and His Wife Mary (Perkins) Bradbury (1615-1700) of Salisbury, Massachusetts by John Brooks Threlfall. 2nd edition. Madison, Wisconsin, 1995., place only.