George WALGRAVE

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• Name: George Waldegrave of SMALLBRIDGE
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George Waldegrave, Esq.1,2,3,4,5,6
Last Edited4 Apr 2020
M, #13918, b. circa 1483, d. 8 July 1528
FatherSir William Waldegrave, Sheriff of Norfolk & Suffolk7,8,9 b. c 1465, d. 30 Jun 1527
MotherMargery Wentworth7,8,9 b. c 1463, d. 6 May 1540
George Waldegrave, Esq. was born circa 1483 at of Smallbridge, Bures St. Mary, Suffolk, England; Age 44 in 1527.2,4,6 He married Anne Drury, daughter of Sir Robert Drury, Speaker of the House of Commons and Anne Calthorpe, circa 1502;
They had <5>4 sons (including Sir William; George; Edward, Richard)

George Waldegrave, Esq. was born circa 1483 probably at Smallbridge, Bures St. Mary, Suffolk, England, the son of Sir William Waldegrave of Smallbridge and his wife, Margery Wentworth.[1]

He married Anne Drury, daughter of Sir Robert Drury, Speaker of the House of Commons, and Anne Calthorpe, circa 1502(?). They had <5> 4 sons(unless one predeceased his father):
?Sir William
?George
?Edward, Esq
?Richard,
and two daughters:
?Anne, wife of Henry Bures, Esq., and of Sir Clement Higham
?Phyllis, wife of Thomas Higham, Esq.[2]

George's father, Sir William, died on 30 June 1527, and George, his mother, and his brother William served as the executors of his will.[1] Half of Sir William's personal goods were bequeathed to his wife with the other half to be divided among Sir William's three legitimate sons. George's mother was the primary heir of most of Sir William's property with George holding reversion rights to those properties. In his own right, George was bequeathed the manors of Smallbridge, Taynes, and Lylsey in Suffolk, all of the lands held by his father in Mohkislligh in that same county as well as the manors of Walgrave, Tylwell and Slypton in Northamptonshire.[3] George also received the manors of Levenya Strattons, Overhall also known as Roper's Manor, and Netherhall, all located in Suffolk, but not mentioned in his father's will.[4]
George Waldegrave became a very wealthy man after his father's will was proved in London on 6 March 1527/1528. However, he enjoyed his wealth only briefly for he died on 8 July 1528.[1] He had prepared a will two days before in which he asked to be buried Church of Bures St. Mary's on the Isle of Jesu beside the grave of his father. He bequeathed all of his lands to his wife, Ann, with reversion rights to his four sons in the order of their birth; all of his sons were under the age of 21 years at the time of the will's preparation.[5]
George was buried at Bures St. Mary, Suffolk. His estate was probated on 25 August 1528.
(see Notes in Collaborate for full text of his will)
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George married Anne DRURY about 1507 in Hawstead, S, England. Anne (daughter of Robert DRURY, Of Hawstead, Speaker Of House, Sir and Anne CALTHORPE) was born in 1487 in Hawstead, Suffolk, England; died on 8 Jun 1572 in Depden, St Edmundsbury, Suffolk, England; was buried in 1535. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Anne married about 1515. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: William WALDEGRAVE
• Occupation: ; Knight of Smallbridge Manor
• Reference Number: 16341
• Residence: Smallbridge Manor, Bures Saint Mary, Suffolk, England
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Born: 2 Aug 1507, Smallbridge, Suffolk, England

Died: 2 May 1554, Calais, France

Father: George WALDEGRAVE of Smallbridge (Sir)

Mother: Anne DRURY

Married: Julian RAINSFORD settlement (b. ABT 1510 - d. ABT 1581) (dau. of John Rainsford of Bradfield and Anne Starkey) 7 Jul 1528

Children:

1. Dorothy WALDEGRAVE

2. Margaret WALDEGRAVE

3. Mary WALDEGRAVE

4. Dau. WALDEGRAVE

5. William WALDEGRAVE


The details in this biography come from the History of Parliament, a biographical dictionary of Members of the House of Commons.

Born 2 Aug 1507, first son of Sir George Waldegrave of Smallbridge by Anne, dau. of Robert Drury of Hawstead; kinsman of Sir Edward Waldegrave who married Frances Neville. m. settlement 7 Jul 1528, Juliana, dau. of Sir John Raynsford of Bradfield, Essex, sister of Sir John Rainsford. Suc. family 8 Jul 1528. Kntd. 25 May 1533. J.p. Suff. ?1531, 1532-d.; commr. tenths of spiritualities 1535, coastal defence 1539, relief 1550, goods of churches and fraternities 1553; other commissions 1534-d.; sheriff, Norf. and Suff. 1550-1.

William Waldegrave was born and brought up at his maternal grandfather's house in Suffolk. The deaths within the space of 14 months of his paternal grandfather Sir William Waldegrave and his own father left him heir to one of the handsomest patrimonies at the age of a few weeks short of 21. The marriage contracted for him by his father while dying strengthened his connexions in the region and added to his property. From thenceforward he combined local administration with attendance at court and military service. Knighted at the coronation of Anne Boleyn he headed the commission to take the oath of succession in Suffolk. In the autumn of 1536 he was one of a group of men who Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk, believed would quell any rising in Suffolk. Two years later he approached Cromwell about help in obtaining an unspecified reward from Henry VIII, but nothing came of this, perhaps because later in the same year he told the minister about his troubled conscience over enforcing the injunctions for divine service to be said in English. Nothwithstanding his 'great heartburning' he remained on the bench and in 1539 he was ordered to attend the reception of Anne of Cleves.

In 1542 Waldegrave served under the Duke of Norfolk's command against the Scots and two years later he captained 60 of his own men in the French campaign. His election to the Parliament of 1545 reflected this recent military experience as much as his own standing in Suffolk and may have been promoted by his uncle Sir William Drury as sheriff. Of his part in the Parliament nothing has come to light but during the prorogation he was present at the reception of the Admiral of France at Greenwich. Although he was not to be re-elected, early in Jan 1553 the Council considered him for nomination with Sir William Drury as knights for Suffolk in the forthcoming Parliament but in the event nominated Sir Henry Bedingfield with Drury. Following Edward VI's death in the summer Cecil listed Waldegrave among potential supporters of Lady Jane Grey but on being summoned to Kenninghall by Mary on 8 Jul he joined the princess in her successful bid for the throne. Later he heard the indictments in Suffolk against Jane's adherents.

While on a visit to Calais late in 1554, perhaps in connexion with the arrival of Cardinal Pole, Waldegrave fell sick. By his will made on 8 Nov he asked to be buried in the graveyard of St. Mary's church there, provided for his wife and children and remembered his mother and other kin. He died on the following 12 Dec, and the will was proved by the executors in Oct 1555 a week before they renounced the administration in favour of the widow. A monument to his memory was placed in Bures church near the tombs of his ancestors and an inscription in the church of St. Mary, Sudbury.

Sources:

Vis. Norf. (Harl. Soc. xxxii), 298-9

Vis. Essex (Harl. Soc. xiii)

Vis. Suff. ed. Metcalfe

Copinger, Suff. Manors

Elton, Policy and Police, 258-9.

Chron. Q. Jane and Q. Mary (Cam. Soc. xlviii)

William married Julian RAINSFORD in 1530 in France. Julian (daughter of Sir John RAYNSFORD and Margaret ILAM) was born in 1505 in Smallbridge, Suffolk, England; died in 1581. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Phillis married about 1528. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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George married about 1536. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Edward married about 1556. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Dorothy WALDEGRAVE
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Daughter of Sir William Waldegrave, MP and Juliana Raynsford
Wife of John of Barnstaple Harris, of Lanrest and Arthur Harris, Esq., High Sheriff of Essex
Mother of Sir william harris; Sir William Harris, of Creeksea, Kt.; Dorothy Kempe and SGT John Harris
Sister of Sir William Waldegrave, Kt., MP; Margery Wiseman and Mary Wyatt

Plantagenet ancestry: a study in colonial and medieval families By Douglas Richardson, Kimball G. Everingham
http://books.google.com/books?id=p_yzpuWi4sgC&pg=PA416&lpg=PA416&dq...
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Dorothy married Arthur HARRIS in 1550 in Smallbridge, Suffolk, England. Arthur (son of William HARRIS and Johanna COOKE) was born on 24 Oct 1530 in Woodham Mortimer, Essex, England; died on 30 Jun 1597 in Woodham, Mortimer, Essex, England; was buried in Woodham, Mortimer, Essex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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William married about 1564. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married about 1582. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Sir William HARRIS
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• unknown: 1563; Alt. Birth
• unknown: 10 Mar 1616, Creeksea, Essex County, England; Will Written
• unknown: 1617, Creeksea, Essex County, England; Probated Will

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Sir William Harris (21 September 1556 ? 14 November 1616) was an English knight, land owner, and a notable incorporator in the third Virginia Company of London.

Sir William Harris, his brother in law, Sir Thomas Smythe and his son, Sir Arthur Harris, each, were Incorporators and Subscribers to the third charter of the Virginia Company of London, and each paid ?75 as their subscription.[12] Both Harris and Smythe were very interested in the development of Virginia. They exerted their influence to secure money, men, equipment, supplies, and ships for the colonization efforts.[13]

This Harris family appears to have originated some 40 to 50 miles (64 to 80 km) east-north-east of London and on the north bank of the River Crouch. The village of Cricksea (or Creeksea) exists today on this peninsula in Essex County. Creeksea is located about 2 miles (3 km) west of Burnham-on-the-Crouch and about 18 miles (29 km) inland from the North Sea. Anciently called "Danes Island", this area was inhabited largely by Norman families after the conquest in 1066.

Sir William Harris was knighted on 23 July 1603 at Whitehall on the eve of the coronation of James I.[2] His elevation to the knighthood was the result of military service in Ireland during the Nine Years' War along with his cousin Sir William Harris of Shenfield, Essex.[3]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Harris_(Tudor_person)

Notes By No?l J. Harris Robertson

More About WILLIAM HARRIS, SIR: 1: 1563, Alternate birthdate found in "Visitation of Essex 1612" Baptism: 04 May 1563, Cold Norton, Essex, England Burial: All Saints Church in Creeksea, Essex, England Occupation: 1603, Knighted at Whitehall @ Otelands by King James I (Bible) THIS MAY BE INCORRECT Probate: 20 November 1616, Crixsey, Essex, 1615 Cope No. 119 Probate 1616 Will: 21 December 1615, Crixsey, Essex, England

He was was the high sheriff of Essex County, England.

Sir William Harris was Knighted on July 23, 1603 at Otelands by King James I of England. This same King gave us the King James verson of the Bible.

The English place of Orgin of the particular Harris family to be related herein is located some 40 to 50 miles east-north-east of London and on the north bank of the River Crouch.

The very old village of Cricksea (or Creeksea) exists today on this peninsula in Essex County. Creeksea is located about 2 miles west of Burnham-on-the -Crouch and about 18 miles inland from the North Sea. Anciently Called "Danes Island", this area was inhabitted largely by Norman families after the conquest 1066.

Here was the home of our immigrant ancestor, John Harris, and his parents, lady Alice and Sir William Harris.


Captain Thomas Harris was a nephew of Sir. Thomas Smith, Treasurer of the Virginia Company and Governor of the East India Company, and was grandson of "Customer" Smith who rose from obscurity in Queen Elizabeth's time by marrying the daughter of Sir Andrew Judd, the Lord Mayor, of humble origin himself. Sir William Harris, father of Captian Thomas,was descended from Sir thomas Percy, executed ! in Aske's Rebellion; five Percy Earls of Northumberland, the Spencers, Calthorpes, Drury's, Howards, Wentworth's and Waldegraves."

William married Alice SMYTHE on 6 May 1583 in Saint Gabriel, Fenchurch, Landcaster, England. Alice (daughter of Sir Thomas "Customer" SMYTHE and Alice JUDD) was born in 1556 in Westenhanger, Hythe, Kent, England; was christened on 21 Dec 1564 in London All Hallows Lombard Street, Middlesex, England; died in Nov 1615 in Creeksea, Essex County, England; was buried in Nov 1615 in All Saints Church, Creaksea, Essex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married Agnes AGNES about 1589. Agnes was born about 1556; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Marriage Notes for DOROTHY HARRIS and ROBERT KEMPE: Ronald E. Boyd @worldconnect
Notes for Dorothy Harris: From The History of Essex Village - Cricksea in the Hundred of Dengie by Donald A. Rooke
Dorothy Herrys daughter of Arthur Herrys, married Robert Kemp. Their son
Robert was created a baronet on 14th March 1642, and married Jane, daughter
of Sir Mathew Browne of Beechworth Castle in Surrey, afterwards suffering
much by the sequestration of the Commonwealth.
More About Dorothy Harris:Visitation of Essex: 1612, Dorathe, mar. to Robert Kempe of Gissinge in com. Norffolke esquier obiit a0 1613

Source: Virginia Gleanings In England, by Lothrop Withington
Pages 321-325

Will of Dorothy Kempe of Flordon, county Norfolk, England
Will written 30 March 1626
Will proven 29 November 1626

Dorothy Kempe of Flordon, county Norfolk, widdowe, late wife of
Robert Kempe of Gissing, Esq., deceased. Will 30 March 1626; proved
29 November 1626. To be buried in the place called the Chapel
belonging to Church of Gissing and near my said husband. To poor of
Flordon 40s. To poor of Gissing 10 pounds to be paid to Mr. Robert
Proctor or his successor. To poore of Hapton 20s. and of Braten Ash
20s. To Dorothie Kempe my daughter in lieu of bequests to her by her
father, Alice Pooly her grandmother deceased, and Roger Payne, and
Gressell Herbert of Gissing deceased, all lands purchased of John
Thurston Esqr in Hoxen and Eye,County Suffolk, and all lands in
Gissing which were surrenderedin trust by John Cocke late of Gissing
aforesaid and Thomas Morse of Twetshall, gent, unto my cosen Edward
Rouse of Flordon. To daughter Elizabeth Kempe my lands late purchased
of Charles Lovell Esqr., of John Tindall als Kendall the elder, and
John Tindall als Kendall the younger in old Buckenham, County
Norfolk, assuming land in Gissing to my daughter Dorothy Kempe and
pay 100 pounds of debt or else lands to be sold and 1000 marks to
Elizabeth, etc. IfElizabeth die before she is 18 her said lands in
old Buckingham called Harling wood and lands in Gissing to be sold
and money to daughter Dorothy and Sonnes, Arthur, Edward, Edmond, and
Thomas Kempe. To Sir Robert Kempe, my Sonnea peece of plate of 20
pounds and to my Daughter Dame Jane Kempe a portugallpiece of gold
weighing 3 pounds 10s. To Jane Kempe my Grandchild 20 pounds.To
Sonne Arthur Kempe 100 pounds and six paire of sheets with letter A
setabove my ordinary marke etc. To Sonne Edmond Kempe 100 pounds and
six Tableclothes with letter E set in a corner by itself. To Sone
Edward Kemp 100 pounds in four years also linnen with letter E etc.
To Sonne Thomas Kempe 100 pounds in five years, linnen with letter T,
etc. To Sonne Edward 60 pounds and Sonne Thomas 30 pounds each a year
during minority. To Arthur son of my CosinThomas Kempe of Barrow
Hapton and to Dorothy daughter of my Cozen Clere Talbot of Wymondham
and to Prudence daugther of my Cozen Edward Rowse of Flordon,being
my godchild 5 pounds each. A commemoration service to be preached by
Mr. Robert Proctor, my cosen Edward Rowse, and my cozen Thomas Kempe.
Wheras Sonne Sir Robert mortgaged to his Sister Dorothy Kemp certain
lands for 600,000 pounds, and said Dorothy passed same to me, if 2000
odd not paid, Executors to enter etc. To my chamber maid 10s. To
other servants 30s. each. To my executors lease which I had from Sir
William Parkhurst, Knight, of a certain house in Finsbery.
Executors: Cozen Cleere Talbot of Wimondham, Doctor of the Civill
Law, and Henry Bing, Sergeant at law of Granchester, county Cambridge.
Witnesses: Edward Rouse, Thomas Kemp. {Sentence (59 Skipmore)
confirming will15 May 1627, in case between Executors and Sons Sir
Robert Kempe, Kt., Richard, Arthur, Edmund, Edward and Arthur Kempe
and daughters Dorothy Kempe and Elizabeth Kempe.}Hele, 120.

Dorothy married about 1582 in Creeksea, Essex County, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]