SIR KNIGHT Henry Curwin of Workington, MP 1528 - Runner Genealogy

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Henry Curwin of Workington, MP Sex: Male

Birth Date	1528 Workington, Cumberland, , England
Death Date	1596 Dec 25 Workington, Cumberland, , England
Father	Thomas Curwen SIR KNIGHT	Born: 1493 Workington Hall, Cumberland	Died: 1543
Mother		Born:

Henry Curwin of Workington, MP Notes:	The Curwens of Workington, a family of great antiquity, had supplied knights of the shire for Cumberland since the 14th century. They had held Workington of the earls of Northumberland and in 1619 another Sir Henry Curwen could write that his ancestors â€˜always have been employed in service in that noble house of Northumberlandâ€™. Under the early Tudors, however, with the waning of the Percys and other magnates, the family had taken its place among the border gentry which looked for support to the crown. Foremost among the new agents of royal power were the Whartons, with whom the Curwens forged a firm alliance. Sir Thomas Curwen, described in 1537 as the most trusted friend of Sir Thomas Wharton I, took as his second wife Whartonâ€™s sister Florence, and Henry Curwenâ€™s marriage was originally designed to strengthen the alliance. On 2 Oct. 1534 the dean of the Earl of Northumberlandâ€™s chapel was licensed to marry him in Topcliffe chapel, â€˜ad contemplationem ejusdem comitisâ€™, to Whartonâ€™s daughter Agnes, but after his fatherâ€™s death this union of two infants was set aside, Agnes becoming the wife of Richard Musgrave and Curwen marrying Mary Fairfax: both bridegrooms had been Whartonâ€™s wards. Musgraveâ€™s uncle and heir male Simon Musgrave was later to challenge his nephewâ€™s marriage on the ground of the previous one, but the later marriages were evidently both upheld.3 Curwen was to remain active in public life until shortly before his death on 25 Dec. 1596.5
Notes:	During the year 1568, Mary Queen of Scotland suffered many reverses, but none more fatal in its results than the defeat of her supporters at Langside, near Glasgow, by her illegitimate brother James Stuart, Earl of Moray, which caused that unfortunate queen to quit her kingdom for ever. After taking a last farewell of her native shores, Mary crossed the Solway Firth in an open boat, landing at Workington, in Cumberland. Here she was affectionately welcomed by Sir Henry Curwen, who immediately proffered her the hospitality of Workington Hall, which she unhesitatingly accepted, and joined the Curwen family at their evening meal, after having been provided with a change of raiment from the wardrobes of the Dowager Lady Curwen and Sir Henrys wife. Camden, a noted historian of his day, author of the Annals of Queen Elizabeth, and moreover a nephew to Sir Henry Curwen, tells us that on the evening before she left Workington Hall for Cockermouth Castle, on Sunday, May 18th, Mary called for her kindly host and gave him a small cup of agate as her parting gift, pledging the family in it with the toast of Luck to Workington Hall. This cup, or quaigh, says Miss Strickland, was evidently brought by Lord Herries or one of the gentlemen who had accompanied her, from Dundrennan Abbey, in Scotland, in the hastily - packed basket of refreshments for her journey, and in consequence of Marys words, the cup has since been known as the Luck of Workington Hall.
Notes:	Place of Burial: St Michaels Church Workington, Allerdale Borough, Cumbria, England MEMORIAL ID 14636307

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b.1570 Jan 25
d.1631 Jun 14

1 Matthias Corwin b.1590

Martha Hutchinson Corwin b.1636

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SIR KNIGHT Thomas Curwen b.1493 Workington Hall, Cumberland d.1543 See Notes	SIR Christopher Curwen b.1472 Workington, Cumberland, England d.1557	SIR Thomas Curwen K.B. b.1459 Workington Hall, Cumberland, England d.1522	Sir Knight Christopher Curwen b.1422 Workington Hall, Workington, Cumberland, England d.1499	SIR KNIGHT Thomas Curwen b.1400 Workington Hall,,Cumbria,England d.1470	SIR KNIGHT Christopher Curwen of Workington b.1382 Workington, Cumbria, England, UK d.1450	SIR KNIGHT William Curwen b.1355 Workington Hall, Cumberland d.1403	SIR KNIGHT Gilbert Curwen IV b.1315 Workington Hall, Cumberland d.1403	SIR KNIGHT Gilbert Curwen III b.1296 Workington Hall, Cumberland d.1383	Sheriff of Cumberland Gilbert Curwen II b.1266 d.1329	MORE>
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					LADY Elizabeth Huddleston of Millom b.1382 Millom,,Cumberland,England d.1468	Richard Huddleton b.1317 See Notes
							LADY Elizabeth Huddleston of Millom b.1382 Millom,,Cumberland,England d.1468
						LADY Elizabeth Huddleston of Millom b.1382 Millom,,Cumberland,England d.1468
				LADY Elizabeth Huddleston of Millom b.1382 Millom,,Cumberland,England d.1468



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