Broadwas Court

Thomas Newnham and his wife Penelope, lived at Boadwas Court.

James Newnham [b. 1688]
Married: Anne Amphlett [b.1691]
They had a son, Thomas Newman [b.1720]

Thomas Newnham
Married: Elizabeth Walker
They had a son, Thomas Newnham, [b. 1755]

Thomas Newnham [b. 1754 - d. 1819 - Buried, 15th December, 1819, Broadwas]
A memorial to him is in the Lady Chapel at Broadwas Church
Married: Penelope Barneby [b. 1758 - Christened 21st December, 1758, at Brockhampton, Nr. Bromyard - d. 23rd May, 1821, Broadwas]
On: 22nd January, 1782
In: Bromyard, Herefordshire, England.
They had no children.

Sacred to the memory of
Thomas Newnham Esq., of the Court House
Who died the VII of December MDCCCXIX
Aged LXVI

And of Penelope Newnham his widow
(Eldest daughter
of the late B. R. Barneby Esquire
Of Brockhampton
In the County of Hereford)
Who died the XXIII of May MDCCCXXI aged LXII

They had no issue
But during the space
Of nearly forty years of Wedlock
Passed in Harmony and Peace
In Active Kindness
To their Relatives & Friends
In Hospitality to their Neighbours
And in almost Unexampled Condescension
And Unaffected Goodness
To their Tenants & Dependants
They Merited and Aquired
From theses Several Parties
A Love & Regard no less Real & Unfeigned
Than is Borne & Felt
In other instances by Children
Towards their Parents

The United Testimony
Of the Nearest of their Kindred

   Thomas Newnham, Monument, Broadwas Church.


Thomas Newnham, of Broadwas , Nominated for Sheriff by the Council of his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, at His Royal Highness's Council Chamber and Dutchy Office, Somerset Place, on Saturday the Twelfth Day of November, in the Thirty-second Year of the Reign of King George the Third, and in the Year of our Lord, 1791.

Thomas Newnham, Sheriff of Worcester 3rd February, 1802.

The Sheriff is the oldest secular office under the Crown. Formerly the Sheriff was the principal law enforcement officer in the county but over the centuries most of the responsibilities associated with the post have been transferred elsewhere or are now defunct, so that its functions are now largely ceremonial. Under the provisions of the Local Government Act 1972, on 1 April 1974 the office previously known as Sheriff was retitled High Sheriff.

Thomas' brother was: James Newnham
b. 1755 - Broadwas, Worcestershire.
Christened: 20th July, 1755.
Married: Mary Newnham
On: 17th April 1780
In: Worcester
d. 1790 - Claines, Worcestershire. 



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