He was a son of Sir
Gilbert Talbot (1452–1517/18),
KG, of Grafton, the only child of his father's second marriage to Etheldreda/Audrey Cotton, a daughter of William Landwade Cotton of
Landwade,
Cambridgeshire.
Marriages and issue
Sir John Talbot married twice:
First marriage
Firstly to Margaret Troutbeck, a daughter of Adam Troutbeck of
Mobberley,
Chester, by whom he had three sons and five daughters, including:
Sir John Talbot (died 6 June 1555),
lord of the manor of
Albrighton and
Grafton, who married Frances Gifford, a daughter of Sir John Gifford (or Giffard), and had one son:
Anne Talbot (born 1515), married Thomas Needham (born 1510).[3]
Dorothy Talbot, married John Skyrmshire of
Norbury, Staffordshire (died 1569), and had issue
Second marriage
Secondly he married Elizabeth Wrottesley (died 10 May 1558), a daughter of Walter Wrottesley (died 1563) of
Wrottesley Hall, Staffordshire by his wife Elizabeth Harcourt. They had four sons and four daughters, including:
Sir John Talbot (died 9 December 1581),
lord of the manor of
Salwarpe, Worcestershire. He married 13 September 1574 Olive Sherrington, daughter of Sir Henry Sherrington of
Lacock,
Wiltshire, and had four children:
Sherrington Talbot (died c. 1642) of Salwarpe, Worcestershire. He married firstly Elizabeth Leighton, daughter of Sir
Thomas Leighton of
Feckenham, Worcestershire,
Governor of Jersey and
Governor of Guernsey, and Elizabeth Knollys (born 1549), and had two sons, and married secondly Mary Washbourne, daughter of John Washbourne of
Wichinford, Worcestershire, and had two sons:
Sherrington (or Sheringham) Talbot (died c. 1677), married 13 October 1627 Jane Lyttelton, sister of
Sir Thomas Lyttelton, 1st Baronet, and had one son:
William Talbot (died 27 March 1686), of
Stourton Castle, Staffordshire. He married Mary Doughty (died c. 1661), daughter of Thomas Doughty of
Kinver, Staffordshire, and of
Whittington, Staffordshire, and had three children:
George Talbot of
Rudge, Shropshire, married and had one daughter:
Catherine Talbot
Thomas Talbot of
Worvill, Shropshire. He married Magdalen Wyvill, daughter of Sir Marmaduke Wyvill, and had one son:
Robert Talbot of Worvill, Shropshire. He married Anne Sheldon, daughter of William Sheldon of
Broadway, Worcestershire, and had three sons:
George Talbot
Thomas Talbot of Worvill, Shropshire
Gilbert Talbot
John Talbot (born between 1575–1581), of
Badgworth,
Somerset. He married Mary Trimnel, daughter of Thomas Trimnel of
Okeley, Worcestershire, and had one son:
John Talbot (born after 1591), of Okeley, Worcestershire
Richardson, Douglas (2011). Everingham, Kimball G. (ed.). Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families. Vol. III (2nd ed.). Salt Lake City. pp. 462–3.
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