475268. Lord Thomas Tropenell Esq. &
475269. Margaret Ludlow
1402, Thomas born in Wiltshire, England, s/o 950536. Harry Tropenell & 950537. Edith
Roche.
8/31/1422, Henry VI (an infant) succeeded Henry V as King of
England.
~1425, Margaret born in Wiltshire,England, 2nd
d/o 950538. William Ludlow.
1428, Thomas, a lawyer, employed by Walter, first Lord
Hungerford.
1429, Thomas elected to parliament.
[––Thomas & Agnes––]
1431, Thomas 1st married Agnes, widow of Thomas
Burton. [No childen.]
1431, Thomas and Agnes executed a deed.
6/16/1438, Tomas acquired part of ‘Eyris place’ in Neston
from J. Duke, which became Thomas’ residence.
4/14/1442, Tomas acquired part of ‘Eyris place’ in from Walter
Duke.
1443-44, William Rous vs. Thomas Tropenell, over the manor
of Great Chalfield. [Suit continued until 1447.]
1444-45, Thomas Beverley sued Thomas Tropenell, Henry Long,
and Richard Chok for possession of Great Chalfield, [without success].
1447, Thomas Tropenell and his co-feoffees conveyed the
manor to William Rous. [Apparently “for life”.] Thomas remained the tenant.
12/9/1447, Robert Hungerford
granted him granted to his son William, Thomas Tropenell and Agnes his wife all
those lands called 'Ballisland' in Codford. (S) CCRs, 9/12/1486.
1449, Thomas and Agnes executed a deed.
9/20/1450, Commission to Robert Hungerford, knight, lord of
Hungerford, Robert Hungerford [son], knight, lord of Molyns, William Beauchamp,
knight, lord of St. Amand, Edmund Hungerford brother], knight, ... Thomas
Troppenell, ... to go against the traitors and rebels in Wilts and the counties
adjacent. (S) CPRs.
By 1451, Agnes died.
[––Margaret &
John––]
Margaret 1st married John Erley.
1439, John and Margaret executed a deed. [Margaret at least
age 14.]
1447, John and Margaret executed a deed when she received a
legacy from Robert Warmwell.
1450-51, John Erley MP for Ludgershall, Wiltshire.
9/20/1450, Commission to Robert Hungerford, knight, lord of
Hungerford, Robert Hungerford [son], knight, lord of Molyns, William Beauchamp,
knight, lord of St. Amand, Edmund Hungerford brother], knight, ... Thomas
Troppenell, ... to go against the traitors and rebels in Wilts and the counties
adjacent. (S) CPRs.
By 1451, John Early died.
[––Thomas &
Margaret––]
By 1451, Thomas married Margaret.
1452, William Rous died. Rous’s relict, Isabel, entered the
manor after his death, but she was ejected by Thomas.
1452, Thomas purchased the manor of Maiden Bradley from Sir
Robert Hungerford.
Bef. 1453, Thomas completed the restoration of the manor
called “the Eyris” in Neston.
1453, During an inquisition, Thomas was referred to as a
‘perilous covetous man’; who at the time was in prison in London.
1453, Thomas Tropenell, a great-grandson of John Lyngever (fl.
1348), bought life interests in Chicklade from members of the Herdell family.
[Challenged by Richard Page.] (S) Hist. of Wiltshire, V13, 1987, Chicklade.
[Christian Lyngever-Herdell, d/o Thomas, s/o John, heir & s/o John Lyngever
of Half Chicklade. Thomas and Christian are 2nd cousins.]
8/1453, King Henry VI had a mental breakdown. [3/27/1454,
Richard, Duke of York, appointed Protector of the Realm.]
1454, Thomas in possession of the manor of Great Chalfield,
after all legal challenges, based on the marriage of his ancestor Walter
Tropenell with Katharine, daughter of Sir William Percy. Isabel, relict of
William Rous, gave up her claim after Thomas promised her an annuity of £5.
Thomas Beverley released his rights to Tropenell in several deeds.
11/7/1454, London, Quit-claim (1) Thomas Chawey ... Witnesses:
Thomas Tropenell, John Cryklade, Nicholas Hall. (S) [Wiltshire] UKNA.
1454-55, Plaintiffs: Thomas Tropenell. Defendants: Richard
Page. Subject: Lands, etc in Chicklade and Hindon. Wiltshire. (S) UKNA.
5/1456, Thomas and Margaret, his cousin. (S) Deeds of Thomas
and Margaret, widow of John Erley.
1456, Thomas in a letter to the Earl of March stated that he
had recovered the land in Chicklade and Hindon.
10/17/1458, Debtor: William Beweshyn of Atworth Parva ...
Wilts., esquire. Creditor: Thomas Tropenell. Amount £200. (S) UKNA.
1459, Thomas, having fallen behind in his payments to Isabel
Rous, paid her £53. Thomas Beverley again claimed Great Chalfield, but
Thomas produced the deeds of 1454 and won the case. There was also a suit by
Joan Beaushyn, aunt of William Rous, that also was denied.
1459, Thomas a commissioner with Robert, 2nd lord
Hungerford, “to find, arrest and try’ rebels in Wiltshire.”
1459, Thomas employed to manage the affairs of Lady Margaret
Hungerford [continuing in her service for 10 years.]
1459, “Thomas Tropenell of Neston”, part of a general royal
pardon.
8/30/1460, The lands in Chicklade and Hindon, which had been
in dispute were granted to Thomas by the Earl.
10/16/1460, Robert Hungerford, knight, ... enfeoffed ...
John Mompesson, ... Thomas Tropenell, John Mervyn, ... (S) CisMics, GBPRO,
2003, P192.
12/20/1460, Thomas bought lands in Chicklade from his
relative Peter Lyngever.
2/10/1461, Thomas and Margaret executed a deed.
6/28/1461, Edward IV succeeded Henry VI as King of England.
1463, Gift for lives by Dame Margaret Hungerford of all the
Cornish lands she inherited from her father, William late lord of Botreaux,
excepting the advowsons of the churches. Parties : Hungerford, Neville (bishop
of Exeter), Beauchamp (bishop of Salisbury), …, Sidenham, …, Mompesson, …,
Tropennell, …, Mervyn, … (S) UKNA.
2/12/1463 at Neston, Thomas Tropenell esquire, to …, John
Northwode, Humphrey Tropenell and Christopher Tropenell, their executors or
assigns. Charter of all his goods and chattels. (S) CCRs.
8/24/1464, General pardon to Thomas Tropnell of Neston, co.
Wilts, ‘gentilman’, for all offences committed by him before 1 August last. (S)
CPRs.
11/2/1464, Thomas of Neston and Great Chalfield started the
book “The Tropenell Cartulary”. [Like to record his property rights in case of
additional suits. He possessed about 50 properties, and 8 manors.]
1466, W. Coggeswell released a part of Great Chalfield to
Thomas.
1465–80, The Lady Chapel in the Parish Church of St.
Bartholomew, Corsham, Wiltshire, was re-built by Thomas. It is dominated by the
Thomas’ magnificent altar tomb, built to receive the remains of himself and his
wife. He endowed the chapel with a charge of ten marks on his estate, two
oxen, and two cows. (S) WAM 1927, V43, PP511-539.
1469, Eoffment of the manor of Stitchcombe with revenues in
Stitchcombe and Burbage, from Thomas Tropenell and ... (S) UKNA.
3/21/1473, “…Master John Cramborne, Master Will Crowton, … Witnesses:
John Mountpisson, Edward Cerryngton, Thomas Bonham, Thomas Tropenell, John
Mervyn. …”. (S) UKNA.
5/12/1474, Deposition by John Wodehull esquire and Herry
Etwell before the king in chancery, that they have sold the manor of Little
Durneford by Stratford co. Wilts to Thomas Tropenell alone. (S) CCRs.
1475, Writ to Sheriff. “The within named Thomas Tropenel is
to have of the land of the within named Henry Etwell and Mary his wife in
Warminster … 300 acres of land …” (S) History of Warminster, Daniel, 1897, P57.
1476, Thomas Tropenell granted in perpetuity presentation to
Great Cheverell by concession of Margaret, Lady Hungerford.
8/8/1476, “Margarete Lady Hungerford and Botreaux” wrote her
will: “… John Mompesson, Thomas Tropenell, … and John Mervyn, … of my feoffees,
… have, take, and resceyue, during the saide terme of x yere, th’issues,
profites, and reuneous of all the p’mysses; … “. [These persons mentioned many
times in the will.] (S) Testamenta Vetusta, Nicolas, 1826, P312.
Bef. 1479, Margaret died.
1/15/1482, (1) Tropenell, Thomas, Esq. (2) Beauchamp,
Richard, knight. Tropenell, Christopher. Grant (Charter) of all lands and
tenements in Seend and Seend row. [Wiltshire] (S) UKNA.
3/15/1483, Thomas Tropenell, Esq., Richard Beauchamp,
knight, Christopher Tropenell, Charter of all lands and tenements in Seend and
Seend row, Wiltshire. (S) UKNA.
11/1484, “Thomas Tropenel, squire, hath a general pardonne”
for all offences committed before 11/3. [Likely implicated in the Buckingham rebellion.]
8/22/1485, Henry VII succeeded Richard III as King of
England.
1486, “Edward Hastynges, knight, … son and heir of Robert,
lord Hungerford and Botreaux, and Margaret, his wife. v. Thomas Troppenell,
John Mounpesson, John Mervyn, and John Touke, feoffees to uses.: …”. (S) UKNA.
9/12/1486, Thomas recorded the last deed in the Tropenell
Cartulary.
11/5/1487, Thomas wrote his will. [Proved 2/16/1488.]
1/31/1488, Thomas, of Neston and Great Chalfield, died;
buried in St. Bartholomew in Corsham. “The chapel is dominated by Tropenell’s
great tomb—which would originally have been brightly painted. A smaller tomb in
the chapel is that of his son, Christopher.”.
5/3/1488, IPM of Thomas Troponell. He died the last day of
January last, seised of the other under-mentioned manors, advowson, and lands
in fee. Christopher Tropenell, aged 25 and more, is his son and heir. Wilts:
Manors of Great Chaldefeld, Little Dorneford, Est Harnham, Mayden Bradelegh,
Chiklade, Hyndon, … 7 messuages … (S) CIsPM.
(S) The Tropenell Cartulary, Tropenell, 1908. (S) Hist. of
Wiltshire, V13, 1987, Chicklade. (S) Hist. of Wiltshire, V7, 1953, Great
Chalfield.
Family notes:
·
Thomas was responsible for the recovery of Great
Chalfield. After much litigation; Thomas convinced the courts that he was heir to
the Percy’s through a female; the male line having become extinct. The
arms of Tropenell impaling Ludow are displayed in the roof of the hall [and
also on their tomb.] The manor, now owned by the National Trust, is
surrounded by a moat with gatehouse, and has oriel windows and a great hall.
Children of Thomas
and Margaret:
[Children Humphrey and Anne predeceased their father.]
i. Christopher Tropenell (237634), born 1462 in Wiltshire, England.
ii. Mary Tropenell, born ? in England.
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