Nicholas Tufton

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Nicholas TUFTON - b. about 1475, Kingstone, Kent; d. Dec. 30, 1538, Kingstone, Kent.

Descendant of the de TOKETON-TUFTON family. Nicholas lived at Northiam, Sussex, and wrote his will in Jan. 1537/8, asking that his body be buried there before the altar of St. Nicholas in the church of the Blessed Virgin. William provided his daughter, named as Isabel Cryour, with an annuity for life, and appoint his son John Tufton as executor. Nicholas, a resident of Northiam, also had lands at Ewhurst, Bodiam, Montfield, Sedlescombe, Ore, Fairlight, Beckley, Peasmarsh, Udimore, Rye and elswhere in Kent. He served as coroner and steward of Hastings rape, and was Justice of the Peace in 1532 and 1538, commissioner of sewers in 1534, and was a nominee for sheriff three times. Descendants of Nicholas Tufton became the earls of Thanet. Married about 1498 at Cranbrook, Kent.

Nicholas married Margaret Hever Abt 1498, Cranbrook, Kent, England. Margaret (daughter of John Hever) was born Abt 1477, Cranbrook, Kent, England; died Bef 1538, Northiam, Sussex, England. [Group Sheet]

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Margaret HEVER - b. about 1477, Cranbrook, Kent; d. before 1538, Northiam, Sussex.

Daughter and heiress of John HEVER of Cranbrook, Kent. John HEVER was a descendant of the Hevers of Kingsdown in Kent and the founders of Hever Castle. His line of descent is desired, but it is known that an early ancestor was Walter de HEVER, first owner of Hever Castle. William de HEVER, Sheriff in the reign of Edward I, became owner of Hever Castle in 1270, the year the Gatehouse was constructed. Ownership then passed to Thomas de HEVER in 1300, William de HEVER in 1340, and in 1360 to Joan de HEVER, who married Sir Reginald de COBHAM. Passing through eight more proprietors, in 1505 Hever Castle became the home of Sir Thomas BULLEN, and of daughter Anne BOLEYN - the second wife of Henry VIII. Upon the death of Sir Thomas BULLEN, Hever Castle reverted to the Crown, and Henry granted ownership to his fourth wife, Anne of Cleves, as part of the divorce settlement in 1540. Magnificantly restored by William Waldorf Astor, 1st Viscount Astor of Hever, a double moat, gardens and a Tudor Village surround Hever Castle today.

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William TUFTON - b. about 1440, Tufton, Northiam, Sussex.

Son of William de TUFTON. Married about 1470, Sussex.