George Wandesford
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| Born | May 20, 1573 |
| Died | September 11, 1612 |
| Nationality | English |
| Education | St John's College, Cambridge |
| Occupation | Landowner |
George Wandesford (1573-1612) was an English landowner.
Life
Born on 20 May 1573, he was a son of Christopher Wandesford (died 1590) and Elizabeth Bowes, a daughter of George Bowes of Streatlam. His family home was at Kirklington in Yorkshire.[1] After the death of Christopher Wandesford, Elizabeth married Thomas Preston of Holker.[2]
He was educated at St John's College, Cambridge, and became known as George Wandesford of Sleningford, from an estate near Tanfield that came from his marriage to an heiress, Catherine Hansby. He sold several properties during his lifetime. Following his first marriage, he lived at Hansby House at Bishop Burton.[3]
Wandesford joined the military expedition of the Earl of Essex to Spain and the Azores in 1597.[4]
Hipswell and the Metcalfe case
George Wandesford restored Hipswell Hall, where his initials "GW 1596" are carved at the entrance.[5][6] He obtained this house and estate from a relation following a failed plot in 1601 to marry the heir, Christopher Wandesford, to a servant or milk-maid Cecily or Catherine Metcalfe.[7] The wardship of Christopher Wandesford, who was judged incapable in law despite Cecily's protests, was granted to Robert Pamplin, an officer of the royal wardrobe. The couple were divorced, due to Christopher's "incapacity",[8] and ownership of Hipswell passed to George Wandesford.[9]
Later life and death
Wandesford was knighted at Whitehall Palace in April 1607.[10] By William Arthur Shaw He died on 11 September 1612 and was buried at St Andrew Holborn.[11]
Marriages and children
He married (1) Catherine Hansby, daughter of Ralph Hansby of Beverley and Gray's Inn, and (2) Mary Pamplin, a daughter of Robert Pamplin of Lymington, the officer in the Great Wardrobe of Elizabeth I, who rose from being a page involved in the queen's linen laundry to be yeoman of the robes for James VI and I,[12] and had been involved in the Hipswell litigation. George's brother, William Wandesford, married her sister, Margaret Pamplin. Pamplin's widow and daughters had a valuable grant of lands and marshes near Portsmouth Harbour in 1625 which came to the Wandesford family.[13]
His children with Catherine Hansby included:
- Christopher Wandesford (1592-1640), father of the autobiographical writer Alice Thornton.[14]
- John Wandesford (1593–1665)
- Michael Wandesford (died 1637), Dean of Londonderry
References
- ↑ The Visitation of the Country of Yorke by William Dugdale (London, 1859), p. 100.
- ↑ Hardy Bertram McCall, Story of the family of Wandesforde (London, 1904), p. 58.
- ↑ Hardy Bertram McCall, Story of the family of Wandesforde (London, 1904), p. 59.
- ↑ Hardy Bertram McCall, Story of the family of Wandesforde (London, 1904), p. 59.
- ↑ Harry Speight, Romantic Richmondshire (London, 1897), p. 118.
- ↑ Hipswell Hall, English Heritage
- ↑ William Page, The Victoria History of the County of York, North Riding (London, 1914), p. 136: Mary Anne Everett Green, Calendar State Papers, Domestic, 1603-1610 (London, 1857), p. 436.
- ↑ Autobiography of Alice Thornton (London, 1875), pp. 317-321.
- ↑ Hardy Bertram McCall, Story of the family of Wandesforde (London, 1904), pp. 59-62
- ↑ William Arthur Shaw, The Knights of England: A Complete Record from the Earliest Time, vol. 2 (London, 1870), p. 142.
- ↑ Hardy Bertram McCall, Story of the family of Wandesforde (London, 1904), table
- ↑ Janet Arnold, Queen Elizabeth's Wardrobe Unlock'd (Maney, 1988), p. 325.
- ↑ The Visitation of the Country of Yorke, p. 100: John Bruce, Calendar State Papers Domestic, 1625-1626 (London, 1858), p. 421.
- ↑ Autobiography of Alice Thornton (London, 1875), p. 2.
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