About Francis Wenman
Lived 1600 – 1641. Francis Wenman was an English politician.
Sir Francis Wenman (9 December 1599 – 26 June 1640) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1628 and 1640.
Biography Wenman was the only son of Francis Wenman of Caswell, Oxfordshire, who died in Ireland three months before his son's birth, and Frances, daughter of William Goodyeare of Polesworth, Warwickshire. and was knighted as "Wayneman" on 8 June 1618. He began his legal education at the Middle Temple in 1618.
Wenman died on 26 June 1640 at the age of 40 and was buried at Witney with his ancestors.
Family Wenman married Ann Sandys, daughter of Sir Samuel Sandys of Ombersley, Worcestershire. His son Francis became a baronet. His daughter Anne married Sir John Fettiplace, 1st Baronet.
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English politician
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Francis Wenman was born in 1600.
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Francis Wenman died on 26 June 1641.
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