Francis Wenman

Sir Francis Wenman (1600 – 26 June 1641) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1628 and 1640.

Biography

Wenman was the son of Francis Wenman of Caswell, Oxfordshire who died in Ireland.^[1] He matriculated at Trinity College, Cambridge as "Wainman" in Autumn 1615^[2] and was knighted as "Wayneman" on 8 June 1618.^[3] In 1633 he purchased Lew manor at Bampton.^[4]

In 1628, Wenman was elected Member of Parliament for Oxfordshire and sat until 1629 when King Charles decided to rule without parliament for eleven years. He was re-elected MP for Oxfordshire for the Short Parliament in April 1640.^[5][6]

Wenman died at the age of 40 and was buried at Witney with his ancestors.^[7]

Family

Wenman married Ann Sandys, daughter of Sir Samuel Sandys of Omberslade, Worcestershire. His son Francis became a baronet. His daughter Anne married Sir John Fettiplace, 1st Baronet.^[1]

Notes

1. Burke & Burke 1838, pp. 556, 557.
2. "Wenman, Francis (WNMN615F)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
3. Shaw 1906, p. 168.
4. Baggs 1996, pp. 93, 94.
5. Willis 1755, p. 330, 331.
6. Willis 1750, pp. 223, 234.
7. Willis 1755, p. 331.

References

• Baggs, A P; et al. (1996). ""Manor and other estates". In Crossley, Alan; Currie, C R J. A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 13: Bampton Hundred (Part One). pp. 93, 94.
• Burke, John; Burke, John Bernard (1838). A genealogical and heraldic history of the extinct and dormant baronetcies. Scott, Webster, and Geary. pp. 556, 557.
• Shaw, WM. A. (1906). The Knights of England I. London: Sherratt and Hughes. p. 168.
• Willis, Browne (1750). Notitia Parliamentaria, Part II: A Series or Lists of the Representatives in the several Parliaments held from the Reformation 1541, to the Restoration 1660 ... London. pp. 223, 234.
• Willis, Browne (1755). The history and antiquities of the town, hundred, and deanry of Buckingham ... Printed for the Author. pp. 330, 331.