Family and Education
b. by 1472, 1st s. of Sir John Wadham of Merrifield by Elizabeth, da. of Hugh Stukeley. m. (1) Joan, da. of Robert Hill of Halsway, Som. and Bridport, Dorset; (2) Margaret, da. of John Seymour of Wolf Hall, Wilts.; (3) by June 1517, Isabel, da. of Thomas Baynham of Clearwell, Glos., wid. of Sir Giles Brydges (d.1511) of Coberley, Glos., (4) Joan, da. of Richard Lyte, wid. of William Walton; 5s. 2da. suc. fa. 20 Apr. 1502. Kntd. 18 Feb. 1504.Date of birth estimated from age at fa.’s i.p.m., CIPM Hen. VII, iii. 295. Collinson, Som. i. 48; Hutchins, Dorset, ii. 216; Vis. Som. ed. Weaver, 84; LP Hen. VIII, iii.
Offices Held
Sheriff, Som. and Dorset 1498 – 99, 1534 – 35, Devon 1501 – 02, 1514 – 15, Wilts. 1516 – 17; esquire of the body by 1503; j.p. Som. 1503 – d., Hants 1515, Dorset 1521, western counties 1540; capt. I. o. W. May 1509–20; commr. array, Hants 1511, musters Southampton 1512, Portsmouth 1514, subsidy, Hants, Som. 1512, Som. 1514, 1515, 1524; v.-adm. 1522.
Main residence: Merrifield, nr. Ilton, Som.
Volume
Commons 1509-1558
Web Title
WADHAM, Sir Nicholas (by 1472-1542)
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
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Religion
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