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Sir John Wiseman 1495 – 1558 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 10 Jan 1495

Birth Location: Great Canfield, Essex, England

Death Date: 17 August 1558

Death Location: Great Canfield, Uttlesford District, Essex, England

Father: William Wiseman

Mother: Mary Glascock

Spouse(s): Agnes Josselyn

Children(s): John (Brocke), Agnes Wiseman, Edward Leventhorpe, Lady Brock, Elizabeth Leventhorpe, John Wiseman, Philippa Wiseman, Baby Wiseman, John Wiseman, Lady Wiseman, John Wiseman, Robert Wiseman, Margaret Church, Margaret Wiseman, Thomas Leventhorpe, Margery Wiseman, William Wiseman, John Wiseman, John Wiseman, Thomas Wiseman, Agnes Brock, Margary Wiseman, Joseph Wiseman, William Wiseman, Katharen Wiseman, Catharina Wiseman, Margaret Wiseman, Robert Wiseman, Anne Wiseman, Clemence Wiseman, Thomas Wiseman, Edmund Wiseman, George Leventhorpe, Agnes Wiseman

The story of Sir John Wiseman began in 1495 in Great Canfield, Essex, England. Sir John Wiseman married Agnes Josselyn, and had children including John Brock (Brocke), Agnes Wiseman, Edward Leventhorpe, Lady Francis Brock, Elizabeth Leventhorpe, John Thomas Wiseman, Philippa Wiseman, Baby Wiseman, John Thomas Wiseman, Lady Margaret Wiseman, John Wiseman, Robert Wiseman, Margaret Church, Margaret Philipppa Wiseman, Thomas Leventhorpe, Margery Wiseman, William Wiseman, John Wiseman, John Sir Knight Wiseman, Thomas Wiseman, Agnes Brock, Margary Wiseman, Joseph Wiseman, William H Wiseman, Katharen Wiseman, Catharina Elizabeth Wiseman, Margaret Wiseman, Robert Wiseman, Anne Wiseman, Clemence Wiseman, Thomas Wiseman, Edmund Wiseman, George Leventhorpe, Agnes Wiseman. Sir John Wiseman passed away in 1558 in Great Canfield, Uttlesford District, Essex, England.

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Biography

  • The story of Sir John Wiseman began in 1495 in Great Canfield, Essex, England.
  • Sir John Wiseman married Agnes Josselyn, and had children including John Brock (Brocke), Agnes Wiseman, Edward Leventhorpe, Lady Francis Brock, Elizabeth Leventhorpe, John Thomas Wiseman, Philippa Wiseman, Baby Wiseman, John Thomas Wiseman, Lady Margaret Wiseman, John Wiseman, Robert Wiseman, Margaret Church, Margaret Philipppa Wiseman, Thomas Leventhorpe, Margery Wiseman, William Wiseman, John Wiseman, John Sir Knight Wiseman, Thomas Wiseman, Agnes Brock, Margary Wiseman, Joseph Wiseman, William H Wiseman, Katharen Wiseman, Catharina Elizabeth Wiseman, Margaret Wiseman, Robert Wiseman, Anne Wiseman, Clemence Wiseman, Thomas Wiseman, Edmund Wiseman, George Leventhorpe, Agnes Wiseman.
  • Sir John Wiseman passed away in 1558 in Great Canfield, Uttlesford District, Essex, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

William Wiseman
Birth Location: –
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Mary Glascock
Birth Location: –
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Spouses(s)

Agnes Josselyn
1500 – 1558
Birth Location: Great Canfield Manor, Dunmow, Essex, England
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Children(s)

John (Brocke)
1509 – 1550
Birth Location: Little Leighs, Chelmsford Borough, Essex, England
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Agnes Wiseman
1511 – 1552
Birth Location: Little, Essex, England
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Edward Leventhorpe
1514 – 1551
Birth Location: Shingey Hall, Hertfordshire, England
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Lady Brock
1518 – 1553
Birth Location: Little Leigh, England
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Elizabeth Leventhorpe
1518 – 1618
Birth Location: Shingeyhall, Albury, Hertfordshire, England
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John Wiseman
1521 – 1602
Birth Location: Great Canfield, Essex, , England
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Philippa Wiseman
1522 – 1563
Birth Location: Great Canfield, Essex, England
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Baby Wiseman
1523 – 1523
Birth Location: Alburgh, Norfolk, England
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John Wiseman
1524 – 1602
Birth Location: Great Canfield, Essex, England
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Lady Wiseman
1524 – 1585
Birth Location: –
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John Wiseman
1524 – 1602
Birth Location: Great Canfield , Essex Co., England
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Robert Wiseman
1525 – 1602
Birth Location: Great Canfield, Essex, England
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Margaret Church
1525 – 1585
Birth Location: Runwell, Chelmsford Borough, Essex, England
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Margaret Wiseman
1526 – 1585
Birth Location: Runwell, Chelmsford Borough, Essex, England
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Thomas Leventhorpe
1526 – 1588
Birth Location: Albury, Hertfordshire, England
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Margery Wiseman
1526 – 1558
Birth Location: Great Canfield, Essex, England
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William Wiseman
1527 – 1563
Birth Location: Great Canfield, Essex, England
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John Wiseman
1527 – 1563
Birth Location: Great Canfield, Essex, England
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John Wiseman
1530 – 1563
Birth Location: Essex, England
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Thomas Wiseman
1530 – 1563
Birth Location: Great Canfield, Essex, England
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Agnes Brock
1532 – 1552
Birth Location: Little Leighs, Essex, England
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Margary Wiseman
1533 – 1585
Birth Location: Great Canfield, Essex, England
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Joseph Wiseman
1534 – 1641
Birth Location: Great Canfield, Essex, , England
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William Wiseman
1534 – 1605
Birth Location: Great Neck, Wakefield, Yorkshire, England
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Katharen Wiseman
1536 – 1602
Birth Location: Great Canfield, Essex, England
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Catharina Wiseman
1536 – 1574
Birth Location: Great Canfield, Essex, England
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Margaret Wiseman
1536 – 1556
Birth Location: Great Canfield, Essex, England
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Robert Wiseman
1538 – 1563
Birth Location: Great Canfield, Essex, England
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Anne Wiseman
1539 – 1593
Birth Location: Great Canfield, Essex, , England
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Clemence Wiseman
1540 – 1611
Birth Location: Great Canfield, Essex, England
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Thomas Wiseman
1541 –
Birth Location: Little Lye, Essex, England
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Edmund Wiseman
1542 –
Birth Location: Canfield, Essex, England
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George Leventhorpe
1549 – 1651
Birth Location: Meppershall, Bedfordshire, England
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Agnes Wiseman
1559 – 1656
Birth Location: , Essex, , England
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Sir Wiseman's Ancestors

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Sir Wiseman
1495 – 1558
Birth Place: Great Canfield, Essex, England
Parents
William Wiseman
Mary Glascock
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Sir Wiseman's Descendants

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Sir (John) Wiseman (10 Jan 1495 – 17 August 1558) m. Agnes Josselyn (1500 – 17 Aug 1558)
  1. 1. John (Brock) (Brocke) (1509 – 1550) m. Agnes Wiseman (1511 – 1552)
    1. 1. Johann (William Humphery) Brock (1525 – 23 Mar 1588) m. Anna Warring (1518 – 1560)
      1. 1. John (Brooke of Madeley) Court (1538 – 20 OCT 1598) m. Anna\e Shirley\Searles (SEP 1554 – 19 September 1608)
        1. 1. Katherine Brooks (1563 – 1616)
        2. 2. Franncys Brock (1565 – abt 1634)
        3. 3. Richard Brooke (1569 – 10 Apr 1632)
        4. 4. RICHARD (JOHN) BROOKE (April 1569 – 20 Jan 1599)
        5. 5. Grace Brooke (Abt 1572 – abt 1573)
        6. 6. Henry Brock (24 August 1573 – 1 June 1652)
        7. 7. Basil Brooke (12 JUN 1576 – 31 DEC 1646)
        8. 8. Dorothy Brooke (1585 – )
        9. 9. Henry Brock (1590 – 1 June 1692)
        10. 10. Priscilla Brooke (1591 – aft 1624)
        11. 11. Priscilla Brooks (1591 – )
        12. 12. Francis (Brock) (Brooke) (1593 – July 25 1633)
        13. 13. Milbridga Brooke (1595 – )
        14. 14. Robert Brook
      2. 2. Maria Brooks (1539 – )
      3. 3. Maria Brooke (ABT 1539 – )
      4. 4. Martha Brooks\Brock (1540 – 12 Jan 1607)
      5. 5. Alan Brooke (1541 – 20 Oct 1598)
      6. 6. Clement Brooke (Dec 1541 – )
      7. 7. Ralph Brooke (ABT 1543 – )
      8. 8. Nicholas Brooke (Mar 1543 – 1543)
      9. 9. Walter Brooks (1544 – 20 Oct 1598)
      10. 10. Emma Brooke (1545 – )
      11. 11. Anna Brooke (1547 – )
      12. 12. Edward Brooks (1549 – )
      13. 13. Radulph Brooks (Aug 1550 – 20 Oct 1598)
      14. 14. Adam Brooke (1551 – 20 OCT 1598)
      15. 15. Thomas Brooks\Brock (1551 – )
      16. 16. Katerina Brooks (Jun 1556 – Deceased)
      17. 17. Maria (Margaret) Brooke
    2. 2. William (John) Brock (1525 – 13 Jun 1598)
    3. 3. Robert Brock (1528 – 13 June 1598)
    4. 4. Humphery Brock (1530 – 21 Jun 1603)
    5. 5. John (Wisman) Brock (abt 1530 – 30 Oct 1582)
    6. 6. Thomas Brock (1532 – 23 Mar 1589)
    7. 7. Richard Brock (1532 – 1621)
    8. 8. George Brock (1534 – 13 June 1598)
    9. 9. Jeffrey Brock (1536 – 30 Oct 1582)
    10. 10. Johann (William Humphery) Brock (1538 – 13 Jun 1598)
    11. 11. Nicholas Brock (1540 – 24 Dec 1587)
    12. 12. Robert Brock (1540 – 13 Jun 1598)
    13. 13. Humphrey (Brock) (Brocke) (ABT 1541 – )
    14. 14. Richard (Brock) (Brocke) (ABT 1543 – )
    15. 15. Robert (Broke) Brock (24 AUG 1544 – 12 Oct 1614)
    16. 16. George (Brock) (Brocke) (ABT 1545 – )
    17. 17. Jeffery (Brock) (Brocke) (ABT 1547 – 30 Oct 1582)
    18. 18. Anne Brock (1548 – )
  2. 2. Agnes Wiseman (1511 – 1552)
  3. 3. Edward Leventhorpe (1514 – 22 Dec 1551)
  4. 4. Lady (Francis) Brock (1518 – Aft. 10 Dec 1553)
  5. 5. Elizabeth Leventhorpe (1518 – 1618)
  6. 6. John (Thomas) Wiseman (1521 – 17 Oct 1602)
  7. 7. Philippa Wiseman (Abt. 1522 – Jul 1563)
  8. 8. Baby Wiseman (1523 – 1523)
  9. 9. John (Thomas) Wiseman (1524 – 17 Oct 1602)
  10. 10. Lady (Margaret) Wiseman (Abt. 1524 – Jul 1585)
  11. 11. John Wiseman (8 Oct 1524 – 17 Oct 1602)
  12. 12. Robert Wiseman (1525 – 1602)
  13. 13. Margaret Church (Jan 1525 – 16 July 1585)
  14. 14. Margaret (Philipppa) Wiseman (1526 – 16 Jul 1585) m. John (Church, of) Runwell (1519 – 20 Apr 1577) m. Thomas (William) Everard (1520 – 10 July 1551)
    1. 1. Martha Church (1541 – 16 Dec 1577)
    2. 2. Elizabeth Church ( – abt 1643)
    3. 3. Jan Everard (Bef. 10 Sep 1543 – 17 May 1598)
    4. 4. James Everard (Abt. 1545 – )
    5. 5. Thomas Everard (1547 – 1635)
    6. 6. Robert Everard (abt 1547 – 17 May 1578)
    7. 7. William Evererd (19 May 1549 – 6 Apr 1607)
    8. 8. Jerome Everard (19 May 1549 – 6 Apr 1607)
    9. 9. Jerome Everard (abt 1550 – 17 May 1578)
    10. 10. Jerona Everard (1551 – )
    11. 11. Roger Evered
    12. 12. Martha Everard ( – abt 1810)
  15. 15. Thomas Leventhorpe (1526 – 08 June 1588)
  16. 16. Margery Wiseman (Abt. 1526 – 1558)
  17. 17. William Wiseman (1527 – July 1563)
  18. 18. John Wiseman (1527 – Jul 1563)
  19. 19. John (Sir Knight) Wiseman (1530 – Jul 1563)
  20. 20. Thomas Wiseman (Abt. 1530 – Jul 1563)
  21. 21. Agnes Brock (Abt. 1532 – 1552)
  22. 22. Margary Wiseman (1533 – Jul 1585)
  23. 23. Joseph Wiseman (1534 – abt 1641)
  24. 24. William (H) Wiseman (Abt 1534 – 1605)
  25. 25. Katharen Wiseman (1536 – 17 Oct 1602)
  26. 26. Catharina (Elizabeth) Wiseman (1536 – 25 Nov 1574)
  27. 27. Margaret Wiseman (1536 – 1556)
  28. 28. Robert Wiseman (1538 – Jul 1563)
  29. 29. Anne Wiseman (1539 – 3 Dec 1593)
  30. 30. Clemence Wiseman (Abt. 1540 – 1 Sep 1611)
  31. 31. Thomas Wiseman (1541 – )
  32. 32. Edmund Wiseman (1542 – )
  33. 33. George Leventhorpe (1549 – 1651)
  34. 34. Agnes Wiseman (7 Oct 1559 – 1656)

Sir Wiseman's Timeline

2 Records

1495
10 Jan 1495
Birth of Sir John Wiseman in Great Canfield, Essex, England
Great Canfield, Essex, England
1558
17 August 1558
Age 63
Death of Sir John Wiseman in Great Canfield, Uttlesford District, Essex, England
Great Canfield, Uttlesford District, Essex, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 10 Jan 1495
    Event Place: Great Canfield, Essex, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 17 August 1558
    Event Place: Great Canfield, Uttlesford District, Essex, England
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