MacWilliam Chronology

Generation	Arms	Name	Born	Inherits	Dies	Spouse	Comments
JBE/NJE
		The Pevers Family	1216	1395
I		Milo	1290		1340	Jane Waylond
II		Roger	1310		1360
III		Thomas i	1330		1407	Agnes de Peson	Wright says the Peson arms were here & puts Easton @ about this time too
IV	Light 2	Charles	1350		1410	Jane Caunfield	There is perhaps an Arthur in this generation
V		Edward i	1370		1430	Mary Wingham	Wright has Wyngham here but not quite like ours; it is ‘per bend’
VI    1st		Thomas ii	1390	1430	1450	Alice Brompton
VII   2nd	Light 3	William	1410	1450	1464	A Stayne lady	Wright gives this blazon to Gestingthorpe
	Light 4	Edward ii	1415	1464	1479	Elizabeth Inglosse	The latest quartering of the McWm shield was established by these 2 marriages. It was used by the next 6 generations & is carved into our stonework. I shall call it the Stambourne MacWilliam arms to distinguish it from those of the earlier Irish and the Gloucester branches of the family
VIII  3th		John	1430	1479	1490	Margaret Gestingthorpe
IX    4th		Edward iii*	1450	1490	1495	An Awkborough girl	Wright says her arms were here
X      5th	Light 5	Edward iv*	1470	1495	1499	Christina Hartishorne dies1505
		Christina* McWm		1499	1505	for some part of the estate	Wright places the Nervit arms in the church too @ about this time
XI    6th	Light 6	Henry i*	1490	1506	1539	Anne Spilman	* These four are the subjects of the window; save Christina, they are also the 3 in the tomb
						Ela Laye	Wright has the Laye arms here too
XII   7th		Henry ii	1532	1539	1586	Mary Hill/Cheke	dies1616
		Mary McWm	1532	1586	1616	holds ±th of the estate
XIIbis	Light 7	Eliz McWm	1501			Geo Colt; dies 1578	Though Light 7 is indeed their shield this pair cannot have been sole manorial lords
XIII  8th		Henry iii	1555	1586	1599	Unmarried: the last of the male line	Killed in duel without issue
XIIIbis	Light 8	Henry Colt	1530	1606			The shield in light 8 must Antedate 1450 or be a compound [1]
Unknown	Light 9	Wingfield		>1464		McWm girl	He could perhaps be a brother of Mary Wingham around 1370-1430

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[1] PME: I don’t understand the argument here.

JBE’s response: The ‘shield’ will mean the form of the McWm impalement only. JE does not remember – it will be in his analysis of the window in Ch7. I suspect she just preferenced an earlier form. (It could be cf ? Cavendish) What of this do I include??

JBE has used a 20 year generation. NJE has used 25years. Dates in bold are documented. The other dates are calculated or deduced (some being defined by the shields in the lights in the East Window).

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