14th Century Sir Hugh Newmarch 1336-c 1380 Lord Of The Manor Of Whatton, England

Sir Hugh Newmarch 1336- c 1380, Lord of the Manor of Whatton, the monument was intentionally destroyed, particularly on the face, to hide his handsome negroid features. I have outlined his nose and lips because the outline is still prominent after the destruction and easy to determine with the naked eye what it would’ve been. This makes it easy to identify that he was a so-called BLACK man that identified as a Hebrew Israelite because his monument feet are resting on The Roaring Lion of Judah. His outfit is trimmed in fringes, which is also a signification that Sir Hugh NewMarch identified as a Hebrew Israelite. See biblical verses below.

Made of alabaster, he has chain mail and a Lancastrian SS collar. Sadly part of his right foot and the left leg below the knee are missing. The damage caused, it is said by the churchwarden using the effigy to break firewood when heating the building before the services. The monument also has numerous graffiti written by bored pupils when the area was used as a school room.

The Newmarches acquired the Manor from the de Whatton family with the 2nd marriage of Adeline, daughter and heir of Robert de Whatton d1188, had given the living to the Premonstratensian Canons of Welbeck to ‘maintain hospitality thereof for the souls of her father, her mother Beatrix and William de Heriz (of Gonalston) her husband’ She also paid the King 100 marks to entitle her to marry someone of her own choosing, her 2nd husband was Adam de Novo Mercato (Newmarch)

Sir Hugh was the son of Thomas de Newmarch and died on 22nd June 1377. (c1380)

Children Elizabeth b1370 m 1390 Sir Ralph, son of Robert de Newmarch of Womersley and wife Emme [1]

In 1066, the Manor of Whatton was granted by William I (The Conqueror) to Gilbert de Ghent, who in turn placed ‘his man’ Robert as Lord of the Manor. Robert and his family took their surname from the Manor and became de Watone, later changing to de Whatton and then just Whatton.

The Manor of Whatton not only held what is now the parish of Whatton but also had jurisdiction over one of the five Manors in Aslockton and one of the two Manors in Hawksworth. The Lord of Whatton held in the region of three thousand arable acres and a population of 40 villagers, smallholders or cottagers, and 29 freemen spread over the entire holding. The largest population is in Whatton itself, numbering approx 28 villagers and 12 smallholders. The numbers quoted refer to non-disabled adults so that the actual population would be three to four times the number mentioned.

From Robert, the Manor passed to his son William and from him to his eldest son Robert. Interestingly, his younger son Walter was a Knight of the Second Crusade and lived at the Manor House in Whatton. Walters’ eldest son Richard was also ‘seated’ at Whatton Manor and a Knight of the Crusades. Walters’ daughter Isabella married Reginald of Aslockton and was the great-grandmother of (Archbishop) Thomas Cranmer.

Robert (son of William) had no surviving male heir, and the Lordship of the Manor passed to his daughter Adelina who had married William Lord Heriz. However, William died before Robert, so the Manor did not pass to the Heriz family. Adelina was listed as the ‘Dame’ of Whatton in 1205 and held the Manor in her own right. In about 1190, Adelina gave land in Aslockton to Lenton Abbey and the Church in Whatton (and associated land) to Welbeck Abbey in memory of her late mother, father and husband (William Lord Heriz). She also paid the King 100 silver marks a fine to allow her to marry whoever she wished. Sometime after 1205, Adelina married Ada de Novo Mercarto (later anglicized to Newmarch). Adam was Lord of the Manor of Bentley (Yorkshire) and continued to live there. The extended Whatton family continued to live at Whatton Manor. The Manor passed to Adams’ eldest son Henry and from him to his eldest son Adam. For unclear reasons, the Manor passed from Adam to his younger son, yet another Adam, effectively separating the Bentley (which passed to Adams’s eldest son) and Whatton Estates. The Lord of the Manor of Whatton was again living in Whatton.

Adams’ eldest son Henry inherited the Manor from his father and, in 1275, was granted a charter of free fishing from Edward 1st. It was also during his Lordship that in 1344 that Richard II granted a Charter of Market and Fair. Edward II summoned his son, Thomas, in 1315 to “attend him at Newcastle-upon-Tyne to repel the Scots “. Thomas’s son, another Thomas, became the 10th Lord of Whatton.

Gilbert de Ghent and his descendants were the ‘Tenants-in-chief’ of Whatton Manor during this period. It was Thomas’s son, Hugh, who in 1377 purchased the ‘Fee’ of Whatton Manor for himself and his descendants. Hugh did not have a male heir, so he was succeeded by his daughter Elizabeth who married her distant cousin Ralph, Lord of the Manor of Bentley. Thus the Manors of Whatton and Bentley were reunited. The Manor then passed to Robert, their son. If the intention was to recreate the Newmarch’ dynasty’, it didn’t work as Robert had no male heir, and the Manor passed to his daughter Elizabeth. Elizabeth married the younger son of the Earl of Westmoreland, John Nevil. They, too, had no male heir, and the Manor passed to their daughter Joan who married Sir William Gascoigne in about 1458.

A later Sir William Gascoigne (there were sixteen Williams in succession) sold the Manor to Sir Thomas Stanhope (grandfather of Philip the 1st Earl Chesterfield) in 1516, thus severing Whatton Manors’ 450year connection with the 1st Norman Lord of the Manor Robert.

The Manor House, which was located between what is now Whatton Grange and the Gables, was not occupied probably from the early 1400s and almost certainly fell into disrepair. Certainly, by the late 18th century, no trace of the Norman Manor could be seen. [2]

The children of Israel have been scattered around the world Northern and Southern Kingdom. I present proof that we will NEVER forgot our bloodline heritage. They took us out of Israel but Israel will NEVER come out of us because Israel is a people before it is a place.