MIDDLETON, Thomas (d.1471), of Walton Deyville, Warws.

yr. s. of Sir John Middleton*; bro. of Richard Middleton†. m. by July 1437, Elizabeth (d. 25 Oct. 1490), da. of Sir Thomas Wykeham*, Armorial evidence proves her parentage. In Dugdale’s time, the windows of Wellesbourne church bore the arms of Wykeham impaling those of our MP, that is, the arms of the Middletons of Belsay (quarterly gules and or, a cross patonce argent in the first quarter) with a label of three points for a difference: W. Dugdale, Warws. i. 574. wid. of Sir Thomas Strange† (d.1436) of Walton Deyville and Walton Mauduit, Warws., 1s. Dist. 1465.