Thomas WHARTON

(1st B. Wharton of Wharton)

Died: 23 Aug 1568, Healaugh, England

Father: Thomas WHARTON (Esq.)

Mother: Agnes (Margaret) WARCOP

Married 1: Eleanor STAPLETON 1518

Children:

2. Thomas WHARTON (2° B. Wharton)

3. Henry WHARTON

4. Joan WHARTON

Married 2: Anne TALBOT (B. Bray / B. Wharton) 18 Nov 1561, Sheffield

Knighted at Windsor in 1527. He was a Member of Parliament for Appleby 1529–1536, and for Cumberland 1542–1544; Sheriff of Cumberland Co. (Nov 1529). In 1537 he was appointed warden of the west marches toward Scotland. In 1541 he was made captain of the Carlisle Castle. In 1542 he gained some distinction in his warfare with the Scots, and for this service he was created baron by King Henry VIII in 1544, and took his seat in the House of Lords in 1545.

He is described as a stern masterful man, and a tyrant lord. He was constantly in a quarrel with some one of his community. Later in life he moved from Wharton Hall to Healough in Yorkshire, because he was in constant dread that some of his enemies might do him bodily or material damage.

He married first Eleanor, daughter of Sir Bryan Stapleton, of Wighill, Yorkshire. His second marriage was to Anne Talbot, widow of John Bray, 2° B. Bray, and daughter of Francis 5th, Earl of Shrewsbury. By her he had no children. He died in 1568, and is buried at Kirkby Stephen, and was succeeded by his eldest son Thomas.

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