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 140 WlLlNGTON — WILLIAMS. manor houM at Tate, oo. Glouoesier. He took pari, in 1822, in the rebellion of ihe Earl of Lancaster, incurring forfeiture of bia lands, wbioh, bowever, were restored to him by Ed. III., by whom he (assuming the identity as above) was sum. to Pari, as abovesUted(*) from 1820 to 1838. He d. 1889. II. 1339, S. Sir Ralph db Wilington, s. and h., aged 30 at his to father's death in 1889 ; took part in the expedition to Sootlaud, 1348. 1841 ; was sum. to a cuuucil (which was not a regular Pari.), 25 Feb. (1811/2) 16 Ed. Ill, but never afterwards, being then a Banneret and residing in Gloucestershire ; was in the wars with France, 1847. He d. a.p. 14 April 1848, when the issue of his father having failed, all right to the Barony became txUn€i.f*) WILLKY PARK. See " FoBE&TBR of Willbt Park, oo. Salop," Barony (Weld-Forester)^ er. 1821. WILLIAMS DE THAMK Barony i. Sir John Williams, 2d a. of Sir John WrixiAMS, of [by Writ P] Burfield, IWrks, by Elizabeth, da. and coheir of Uichaid MouK, of I 1554 Burfield afsd., was in the King's household in 1527 ; Clerk of the . ' Jewel House, 1586, and, shortly afterwards, joint Master thereof ; ip5?Q was knighted, 18 Oct. 1587 ; purchased the manors of Qreat and IDOll. y^tle llicot, Oxon, in 1589 ; had a grant of the Stewardship of the manors of Qraftou and Hertwell, co. Northampton, and of those of Wytham, Weston, &c., co. Ozon, in 1540 ; Treasurer of the Court of Augmentation, 1546/7 to 1554 ; was, on the demise of Ed. Vl., one of the first to esfiouBo the cause of Queen Mary, by whom he is stated to have been " solemnly er. LOUD WILLIAMS OF TAME [t.e., Tuayv, co. Ozon], at her palace of St James's, 5 April [15541 in the first year of her reign, tho* his patent be not enrolled, having also bis writ of summons to Uie Pari, then sitting at Westm. (which began by prorogation on the 2d day of that month), where he took his place the snme 5th day accordingly." («) He had, however, been previoualy aum. to Pari, by writ, dat 17 Feb. 1558/4,(<>) directed " Joki WiUianu de Thame, Ch*r," wherebv, presumably, a Barony in tail general (LORD WILLIAMS DB THAME) was created, so that the proceedings of 5 April following were, probably, only confirmatory. He continued to be so sum. till 5 Nov. (1558) 5 and 6 Ph. and Mary. He was L. Chamberlain of the Household to Philip, the King Consort ; L. President of Wales to Queen EUs., 1558. He was founder of a free school in the town of Thame. He m. firstly, Blicabeth, widow of Andrew Bdmohds, of Cressing Temple, co. Bssez, da. of coheir of Thomas Blidlow,(*) by Elisabeth, da. and ooheir of Sir Humphrey Stabkit, Chief Baron of the Bzcheauer, 1488-86. She d. 25 Oct. 1556, and was our, at Ricot. Funeral certif . in Coll. of Arms. He m. secondly, Margaret, da. of Thomas (Wbmtwobtu), Ist Loud Wbntwouth, by Margaret, da. of Sir Adrian Fobtbboub. He d, s.o.m.s.^0 at Ludlow Castle, 14 Oct. and was 6iir. 15 Nov. 1559, at Thame afsd., when the Barony, if cr. by patent, became extinct or, if er, by writ, fell into abeyance,(9) M.L at Thama Will pr. 1560. His widow, U A » (•) Seep. 189, note ''e. (^) Reginald de Wilington, his uncle, then aged 70, was found his heir. (•) "Dugdale," (<t) Oreationt, 148$— 164$, in ftp- 47th Rep. D.K. Pub. Records. This date disagrees with the date of his summons as given in " Nicolae " and " Courthope" viz., ** 2 April, 1 Ph. and Mary, 1554," such date being indeed an impossible one, as " 2 April, 1 Ph. and Mary " is '' 1555," not « 1554." (•) He was s. and h. of Thomas Bledlow, Sheriff of London, 1472. f) His eldest son, Henry, m. Anne, da. of Henry (Stafford), Lord Stafford, and d. B.p. and v.p., probably before 1548 ; his second and yst. sod, Francis, living 1548, d, unm. and v.p. (f) His two daughters, by his first wife, were his coheirs, viz, (1), Isabel, m. firstly, Biohard Wenman (d. 1672), by whom she wss grandmother of Richard, 1st Viscount Wenman of Tuam [L], the descendants of whose granddaughters (children of the 2d Yiscount) represent one moiety of tlus Barony if it is assumed to have been one cr, by