Nicholas Wadham (MP)

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Sir Nicholas Wadham (by 1472-1542), was an English politician.

He was born the eldest son of Sir John Wadham of Merrifield, Somerset, succeeded his father in 1502 and was knighted in 1504.

He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Somerset in 1529.^[1] He was appointed High Sheriff of Somerset and Dorset for 1498-99 and 1534-35, High Sheriff of Devon for 1501-1502 and 1514-15 and High Sheriff of Wiltshire for 1516-17.

He married four times: firstly Joan, the daughter of Robert Hill of Halsway, Somerset; secondly Margaret, the daughter of John Seymour of Wolf Hall, Wiltshire; thirdly Isabel, the daughter of Thomas Baynham of Clearwell, Gloucestershire and widow of Sir Giles Brydges of Coberley, Gloucestershire and fourthly Joan, the daughter of Richard Lyte and widow of William Walton, with whom he had five sons and two daughters.

References

↑ http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1509-1558/member/wadham-sir-nicholas-1472-1542

Persondata
Name	Wadham, Nicholas
Alternative names
Short description	English politician
Date of birth
Place of birth	Somerset, UK
Date of death	5 March 1542
Place of death

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