Elizabeth (died 1540)

Events

Date of Birth: unknown.

Place of Birth: unknown.

Date of Death: 1540.

This date is given by Comber (1:231).

Relationships

Father: unknown.

Mother: unknown.

Spouse: Henry Michell.

This relationship is given by Comber (1:231).

Cousin: Henry Voyce.

This relationship is given in Elizabeth’s will. Henry seems to have been the son of Richard Foys (died 1514) and Elizabeth, grandson of John Foys (died before 1501) and Alice (died after 1514), and the great-grandson of Hugh Foys and Cicely.

Children:

(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project.)

Elizabeth Michell (buried 14 January 1573/4 in Horsham, Sussex, England) married (1) John Hall; married (2) Thomas Atwood; married (3) Thomas Harrison alias Hall 19 July 1552 in Horsham.

Henry Michell (buried 4 April 1553 in Horsham) married Alice.

Thomas Michell.

George Michell.

John Michell (buried 28 April 1555 in Horsham) married Jane.

Edward Michell (born 1516).

Jone Michell married John Grover 12 June 1542 in Horsham.

Evidence

In the 1524 Lay Subsidy for Horsham, Harry Foys is listed as living on "the Southstrete" and has goods assessed at 26 pounds, 13 shillings, and 4 pence.

A transcription of Elizabeth Michell’s will

In the name of god amen the xxij^th day of June In the yer of our lord god m^t v^c xxxviij^h the xxx yer of the reigne of our soveraigne lorde kyng Henry henry viij^th I Elisabeth Michell wydow hole of mynde & perfygt of remembrance ordyn & make this my last will & testament In man[ner] & forme folowyng First I bequeth my sole to god my maker & redem[er] to his mother Mary & to all the holy co[m]pany of hevyn my body to be buried within the parishe church of Horsham wher as my husband lieth Ite[m] to the mother church of Chichest[er] vi^d It^o I bequeth to the hy alter of my parishe churche for my tithes & offeryngs forgoten viij^d It[em] to each of my god children to pray for me iiij^d It[em] I will that my executors [...] for me a preste & pore people to pray for my sole at my burying & moneth mynde that god calleth me to his mercy xxvj^s viij^d. It[em] I geve & bequeth to Jone Mychell my daughter the house that my lady of [...] now dwelleth yn in recompence of vj^li xiij^s iiij^d to her bequethed by her father It[em] I geve to the saide Jone my trussyng [...] in the parlure withall [...] therto belongyng that is to say my payre of shets ij pelows with [...] the fetherbed a matrys a flockbed a bolster & the bedsted with the covering blanketts & [...] item I geve her to the saide Jone half a garnyshe of the best vessells(?) xxvi^s viij^d for my best beds & my blacke beds [...] with [...] my best hoks ij brasse potts a bell a ketell a pan iiij quyshyns & all my rayment that is in the chest in the new lofte ij candlstiks ij pewter potts a quarte & a pynt & a jowne(?) clothe. Item I geve to John my son all the standerds in the house that I dwell yn as founding(?) beds & shelvys tables formes trestells cuppbords trowes(?) hangyngs and the Fetherbed in the new chamber with ij payre of shets a bolster ij pelows & bers blanketts & coveryng & the mattres under the said bed a table cloth, a towell half a garneshe of vessell the grete brasse pott a grete pan a [...] in the furnes It[em] I geve to the said John to hym & to his heyrs for ever the half barne & the gate that I bought of Richard Mychell draper and he for the same to kepe an obit for the space of vj yers of vj s viij d by the yer It[em] I geve to Hary my son the fetherbed & mattres that I lye yn in myn own chamber the quylt coverlet ij pelows with bers half a garneshe of vessell(?) ij payre of shets ij litle brasse potts a grete pan a table cloth ij red quyshyns Item I geve to the said Hary my house called [...id] Hall to hym & to his heyrs for ever Item I geve to hym the barley growyng in the church croft It[em] to his wif ij [...] the on of xij d [...] theother of [...] [...] It[em] I geve to Elisabeth Hall a maser that lyeth to playe for xx s or els the said xx s if it be fitt agen Item to George Hall a Pyln Spaine It[em] to John Hall a pyln Spane Item I geve to my daughter Elisabeth one angell my golde ryng with a [...] ij payre of shets a table clothe a towell It[em] I ordayn & make John Hall my executor & he to performe this my last will in all things And the residue of my goods not before willed I geve holy to the saide John Hall & he to order & do every thing as he shall thynk [...] best by his [d…] discrecon It[em] I ordeyn & make my cosyn Henry [Voys] the overseer of this my will & he to have for his labor an angell of gold And to this my last will & testament I desire these men beyng present to bee witnes & I revoke all other wills hertofore made viz Henry H[...] John [...] [...] Hall Henry Voyse & other.

from the 1521 will of Henry Voyce’s brother George Voyce:

Also I will that Henry my brother kepe an obite wtin the Church of Horsham perpetuall paying yerely for the said obite vis viiid for the soules of John Foys, Alice his wife, Hugh Foys and Cicele his wife and all x~pen soules for the lands called Cobetts after the decesse of my moder

References

Elizabeth Michell will, Church of England. Bishop of Chichester. Consistory Court (Archdeaconry of Chichester). FHL 194560. Family History Library, Salt Lake City.

Hawkyard, A.D.K. “Fauxe (Fouxe, Fowkes, Folkes), Henry (by 1525-52 or later)” in The History of Parliament: the House of Parliament 1509-1558. (1983)

Henry Michell and Elizabeth in England. Sussex. Genealogies of Families Living in Sussex. A database extraction of John Comber’s Sussex Genealogies (Cambridge: W. Heffer and Sons,1931 -).

The Lay Subsidy Rolls for the County of Sussex 1524-25. Transcribed and edited by Julian Cornwall (Sussex Record Society, 1956).