MARKHAM

Married: Cecilia De LEXINGTON (dau. of Richard De Lexington and Matilda De Cauz)

Notes: In 1290 he was raised to the office of Lord Treasurer by King Edward I. He held this post until 1295. During this period he was also nominated and elected to the see of Wells, and was highly esteemed for his piety. After his death in 1302 he was selected by Pope Boniface VIII as worthy for enrolment into the Calendar of Saints, but he was never beatified. His tomb is in the Cathedral Church of Wells.

Robert MARKHAM

Died: ABT 1289, West Markham, Nottinghamshire, England

Notes: As he died with no male issue the lands and possessions from the Lexington family passed to his daughters, but the land and possession he had inherited from his father descended to his brother Richard.

Father: William MARKHAM

Mother: Cecilia De LEXINGTON

Notes: Like his father and grandfather, he became the King's serjeant at arms in 1390 during the reign of Richard II. He was judge of the Common Pleas, from 1396 to 1408. In 1399 he was a member of the commission which engineered the deposing of Richard II (he wrote the legal document) and received Richard's renunciation of the crown in favor of Henry of Bolingbroke (Henry IV). His first wife was Elizabeth Cressy, daughter of Sir John, and sister and coheir of Sir Hugh Cressy. Elizabeth died in 1408. She inherited Cressi Hall, Risegate, Braytoft, and Exton in Lincolnshire, and they passed to the Markhams on her death.

They had a son Robert, who married (before his father's death), Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Nicholas Burdon (MP) (d. 1403 in the Battle of Shrewsbury) and Millicent Bekeryng. Elizabeth, as sole heir, inherited Burdon's extensive holdings, except for the 1/3 held in dower by Bourdon's widow. Apparently in an attempt to gain possession of the entire inheritance, John Markham married Millicent Bekeryng. They had issue, and after his death, Millicent married William Meringe.

Notes: inherited the property at the death of his father. He died in the year 1491, and was buried with his father in the church of Sedgebrook. He had several children, of whom John, the eldest, died before his father, leaving issue; and Jerome.

Married: Alice TURBERVILLE (dau. of Sir John Tuberville) (m.2 Simon Fitzrichard)

Married: Charles HUSSEY 20 Dec 1563, St. Lawrence, Sedgebrook, Lincolnshire, England

Notes: his wife Mary, was dau. of Nicasius Yetsweirt (or Yetsworth) of Sunberrry, co. Middlesex. Her father was a French translator for Elizabeth I & a clerk of the signer. Her sister Susan married Daniel, son of John Rogers and Adriana Pratt. She also had a brother Charles, esq. (d. 1595).

Married: Mary YETSWEIRT (dau. of Nicasius Yetsweirt and Mary Bourchier) 24 May 1576, Sunbury on Thames, London, England

Married: Robert CLERKE 22 Oct 1623, Holy Trinity Church, West Allington, Lincolnshire, England

Notes: married a daughter of William de Longvilliers, a direct descendant of Bertha Markham, the wife of William de Longvilliers in the time of Edward I. By her he had two sons, Ellis and Geoffrey; and one daughter, Catherine.

Married: Elizabeth BOURDON (dau. ofNicholas Bourdon and Millicent de Beckering)

Notes: his wife, Elizabeth, daughter of Sir William Meryng, was a descendent of Agnes Markham and William Sancta Cruce.

Notes: in 1488 he fought at battle of Stoke on the side of Henry VII. Twice sheriff for co. Notts. & Derby.

Married: Alice SKIPWITH (b. 1576) (dau. of William Skipwith and Agnes Constable)

Married 2: Margery LONGFORD (dau. of Sir Ralph Longford and Isabel Ferrers) 1518

Married 3: Anne STRELLEY (dau. and coh. of Sir John Strelley of Strelley and Sancha Willoughby) ABT 1526, Allerton, Nottinghamshire, England

Married: Henry BABINGTON (son of Thomas Babington of Dethick and Catherine Sacheverell)

Married: Roger SKELTON (son of John Skelton and Isabella Barton) (b. 1534 - d. 1618) 23 Jun 1560, Irby Upon Humber, Lincoln, England

Married: Nicholas TIMPERLEY of Hintlesham(b. 1564 - d. 1624) (son of Thomas Timperley and Audrey Hare)

Married: Mary GRIFFIN (dau. of Sir Rice Griffin of Braybrooke and Elizabeth Brudenell)

Married: Nicholas LONGFORD (b. 1533 – d. 1610) (son of Ralph Longford and Dorothy FitzHerbert) BEF Jul 1595

Notes: Canoness Anne Markham, married to Sir Francis Smith of Wotton. Their daughter was professed at St. Monica's in 1625, and seven of her descendants took the Canonesses' white robe, while others were religious of other orders. Of the noble house of Smith-Carrington, who resumed their ancient name of Carrington when Anne Markham's son was created Lord Carrington. (The Chronicle of the English Augustinian Canones).

Notes: In 1611 he attempted to rescue the Lady Arabella Stuart from the Tower, Compton and Rodney being his associates. But their plans failed, and William Markham was committed to the Tower with Arabella, on her recapture.

He was then a Roman Catholic, in Vienna, in 1645. He writes as a strong royalist: "Oh that I could come to serve that good king... but my hurts and old age do hinder me from that honour".

Settlement made subsequent to the marriage of Sir Griffin Markham and Anne Roos. First Party: Thomas Markham, esquire, of Kirby Bellars, Leicestershire, Sir Griffin Markham, knight, son and heir apparent of Thomas Markham, and Lady Anne Markham, wife of Sir Griffin and daughter of Peter Roos, esquire, of Laxton, Nottinghamshire. Second Party: Peter Roos, esquire, of Laxton, Nottinghamshire.

Notes: a letter from the Earl of Arundel to Sir Thomas Roe, introducing this John Markham, who was collecting curiosities abroad.

Married: Catherine BABINGTON (b. 1512) (son of Sir Anthony Babington and Catherine Ferrers)

Married: Thomas SADLER (MP) (b. 1561 - d. 5 Jan 1606)(son of Ralph Sadler and Margaret Mitchell) (w. of Ursula SHARINGTON) ABT 1580

Notes: Adm. at Trinity, 1582. Went as a volunteer to the Low Countries; subsequently served under Sir William Pelham. Adm. at Gray's Inn, 27-02-1588/9. Served under the Prince of Anhalt; fought in several campaigns abroad. Studied law at Heidelberg, 1595. Eventually appointed Muster-Master at Nottingham. Author of Five Decades of Epistles of War.

Notes: third son, was born in 1568, named after his godfather, Sir Gervase Clifton of Clifton. He early showed an inclination for literary pursuits, and he began to cultivate a taste for poetry in early youth, though he also did good service as a soldier, and carefully studied the art of war. Above all he was devoted to the sports of the field, to horsemanship, gardening, and farming. We first meet with Gervase as a defender of his father and himself against the insolent attack of 'Black Markham' of Ollerton.

Notes: a gallant soldier, but little is known of him. Godfrey served under the Earl of Essex in Ireland when quite young. There is then an interval of forty years during which we hear nothing of him. When the civil war broke out, Godfrey had reached the advanced age of sixty-seven. He, however, joined the standard of Charles I, and fought with distinction in the royalist army. He was in garrison at Newark, and in the early part of the year 1644 he was slain. In a sortie commanded by Sir Marmaduke Langdale, the royalists were met by Colonel Rossiter at Melton, and there was a sharp encounter with loss on both sides. Colonel Tuke, Major Kettington, and Captain Markham, with about a hundred others, fell. Godfrey was never married. He long survived all his brothers, and at last met a glorious death.

Married 1: Anne WARBURTON (dau. of John Warburton and Mary Brereton) AFT 23 Jan 1580

Married 2: Winifred THOROLD (w. of Thomas Welcome) 1 Jun 1602, St Mary le Wigford, Lincolnshire, England

Married: Cecil CAVE (Esq.) (son of Roger Cave and Margaret Cecil) 4 Jan 1601

Married: Edward BASSANO (son of Jeronimo Bassano and Dorothy Symonds) 16 Feb 1615, Southwark St Saviour, Surrey, England