Sir william compton in stained glass
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William Compton (courtier)
English soldier and courtier (1482–1528)
For other people with the same name, see William Compton.
Sir William Compton (c. 1482 – 30 June 1528) was a soldier and one of the most prominent courtiers during the reign of Henry VIII of England.
Family and early life
Compton was born around 1482, the only son and heir of Edmund Compton (d.
Sweating sickness
21 April 1493) of Compton, Warwickshire and Joan, the daughter of Walter Aylworth. He was around eleven years of age when his father died in 1493, at which time he became a ward of Henry VII, who appointed him page to Prince Henry, Duke of York.
He was about nine years older than Henry, but the two became close friends.
Marriage and issue
He married firstly, in May 1512,[4] Werburga, the daughter of Sir John Brereton and Katherine Berkeley, and widow of Sir Francis Cheyney.
They had at least one son and two daughters, including:[5]
He married secondly, after 8 March 1523, Elizabet