Sir Benjamin Tichborne, 1st Baronet (c. 1542 – 6 September 1621) was an English landowner,

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and politician who sat in the

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at various times between 1588 and 1593.

Biography

Tichborne was the son of Nicholas Tichborne, of Tichborne,

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and his second wife Elizabeth Rythe, sister of James Rythe. He was Sheriff of Hampshire from 1579 to 1580. In 1588, he was elected Member of Parliament for Petersfield. He was elected MP for

in 1593. He was knighted by Queen Elizabeth at Tichborne when she was on her way to Basing in 1601. He was Sheriff of Hampshire again from 1602 to 1603 in which capacity he proclaimed the accession of James I in March 1603 at

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. He was Gentleman of the Privy Chamber to King James, who visited Tichborne on several occasions, and gave him the Castle of Winchester in

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. He was created

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on 8 March 1621. Tichborne died on 6 September 1621, and was buried at Tichborne, Hampshire.George Edward Cokayne ''Complete Baronetage, Volume 1'' 1900
Accessed 31 December 2022. Tichborne married firstly to a Miss Shelley, of

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. She died without issue. He married, secondly, by licence dated 17 May 1571, Amphillis Weston, daughter of Richard Weston, of Skreens, Essex.

Issue

Sir Benjamin had four sons and at least three daughters by his second marriage: # Sir Richard Tichborne, 2nd Baronet # Walter Tichborne (1580–1640), knighted, married 1597 to Mary White (c. 1581–1620) daughter of Robert White of

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; Walter built Aldershot Manor House now in

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. His great-great-grandson inherited the baronetcy. # Benjamin (circa 1586-1665), knighted in 1618 at Tichborne Park by King James I. He died without issue. Lived at West Tisted Manor where he is buried. He is reported to have fought for the Royalist cause at the Battle of Cheriton (1644) and afterwards hidden in a hollow oak tree in West Tisted. # Henry, knighted, moved to Ireland and was involved in the Siege of Drogheda 1641. # Elizabeth, married first Robert Garth (died 1612) (separated c. 1602) Marital Litigation in the Court of Requests 1542-1642, ed. Tim Stretton, Camden Fifth Series, Vol 32, CUP for the Royal Historical Society, 2008, see pp. 193-216 She married secondly William Owen # Ann, married firstly William Brock of Longwood, a descendant of the Arundells of Wardour, who intermarried with the Tichbornes several times. Ann married secondly William Timperley. # Amphilis married Sir William Gratwicke (knighted 1607) of

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, Lancashire and Tortington, Sussex.

References

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Benjamin Benjamin ( ''Bīnyāmīn''; "Son of (the) right") blue letter bible: https://www.blueletterbible.org/lexicon/h3225/kjv/wlc/0-1/ H3225 - yāmîn - Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (kjv) was the younger of the two sons of Jacob and Rachel, and Jacob's twe ...