Elizabeth Hall

Events

Date of Birth: 1538.

The date is given by Comber (1:153).

Date of Burial: 9 February 1606/7.

Place of Burial: Horsham.

Rice (p. 366) gives the burial in his transcription of the parish register (“Mris Elizabeth Kiveridge, widdow”).

Relationships

Father: John Hall (died 1546).

This relationship is given in Miscellanea Genealogica et Heraldica (1:475) and the 1634 Visitation of Sussex (p. 171).

Mother: Elizabeth Michell (died 1573/4).

This relationship is given by Comber (1:152, 1:231).

Spouse: Roger Voyce (died 1569). Married 24 January 1554/5 in Horsham.

This relationship is given in Miscellanea Genealogica et Heraldica (1:475). The marriage is given by Rice (p. 9) in his transcription of the Horsham Parish register.

Spouse: Peter Ravenscroft. Married 5 December 1569 in Horsham.

This relationship is given in Miscellanea Genealogica et Heraldica (1:475). The marriage is given by Rice (p. 19) in his transcription of the Horsham Parish register.

Spouse: Henry Keveridge.

This relationship is recorded in the administration of Henry’s estate and in Elizabeth’s will. Henry died before 7 May 1578. He is called “Mr. Keveridge” in the Horsham parish register. 

Children (by Roger Voyce):

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

Jane Voyce (baptized 8 May 1556 and buried 2 June 1556 in Horsham).

Thomas Voyce (baptized 16 May 1557 and buried 6 April 1560 in Horsham).

John Voyce (baptized 30 October 1558 and buried 31 October 1558 in Horsham).

Roger Voyce (baptized 31 July 1561 and buried 12 August 1561 in Horsham).

Mary Voyce (baptized 20 August 1562 in Horsham).

Elizabeth Voyce (baptized 11 November 1563 and buried 3 October 1626 in Horsham) married Edward Parkhurst.

Margaret Voyce (baptized 28 November 1564 in Horsham) married (1) Thomas Taylor 27 February 1583/4 in Horsham; married (2) Richard Butterwick in 1590.

Judith Voyce (baptized 30 May 1566 in Horsham).

Susanna Voyce (baptized 24 November 1567 and buried 15 May 1582 in Horsham).

Children (by Peter Ravenscroft):

John Ravenscroft (baptized 26 April 1571 in Horsham - died 12 September 1615 in Horsham) married (1) Judith Ferne; married (2) Elizabeth Michell 10 May 1615 in Horsham.

Evidence

Elizabeth’s marriage to Roger Voyce (Horsham, 24 January 1554/5 )

Roger the sone of Henrye Voyce, now dede, & of Jane hys wyfe, now the wyfe of Peter Ravynscroft, maryed Elysabth ye dowghter of Jhon Hall, now dede, & of Elysabth hys wyfe, now the wyfe of Thomas Hall, gent.

Elizabeth’s marriage to Peter Ravenscroft (Horsham, 5 December 1569)

Peter Ravenscraft, gent., widower, of ys parish, maried to Elizabeth Foyce, wydowe of ys same parish

Administrations in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury from The Genealogist v. 32 (1916):

May 1578

7 May  Henry Keveridge, Horsham, co. Sussex (Cicest.), to relict Elizabeth.

A transcription of the will of Elizabeth Keveredge

In the name of God Amen the tenth day of Aprril in the yere of our Lord god one thousand six hundred and six I Elizabeth Keveridge of Northam in the county of Sussex widdow beinge weake of body but in perfect memory thanks be to god Doe ordayne and make this my last will and testament in manner and forme followinge First I bequeath my soule to almighty god my Creator and redeemer and my body to be buried within the parish church of Northam aforesaid at the discretion of my Executrix Item I give unto the poore people of the parish of Northam twenty shillings to be distributed at my burial Item I give unto Hall Ravenscroft forty shillings Item I give unto Anne Ravenscroft forty shillings Item I give unto Elizabeth Ravenscroft forty shillings Item I give unto Jane(?) Ravenscroft forty shillings Item i give unto Bridgett Ravenscroft forty shillings [illegible] John Ravenscroft gent my sonne and was given unto mee by my brother George Hall deceased Item I give unto Elizabeth Ravenscroft my goddaughter one little silver salt one like peece of [...] with two eares two payre of sheets one payre of pettecoates two plates two pewter dishes and two sawsers Item I give unto Thomas Taylor brother of the sayd George twenty shillings of gold to be payd unto him within one yeare next after my decease Item I give unto the foure sonnes of Richard Butterwicke gent which he had by Margaret my daughter ten shilings a peece Item I give unto Margarett Butterwicke daughter of the sayd Richard the five pounds which is in the hands of my sayd sonne John Ravenscroft together with the profit thereof Item I give unto all the children of my sonne in law Edward Parkhurst except Elizabeth Woodgate twenty shillings a peece to be payd unto them within one yere next after my decease Item I give unto Arthur Woodgate the younger my godsonne twenty shillings to be payd within one yeare next after my decease Item my will and meaninge is that Edward Parkhurst my sonne in law shall have to his owne use the use and profit of all that my lands and tenements which I purchased of Sir John Caryl knyght lying in the parish of Horsham from the day of my death unto the feast of St Michael tharchangell then next followinge and after the sayd feast of St Michaell tharchangell for and duringe one whole yeare then next ensuinge and after the sayd yeare ended I give unto John Ravenscroft my sonne in consideration that he shall make unto my Executrix one acquittance or other sufficient discharge for the somme of one hundred markes given unto him by the will of Peter Ravenscroft his father all my sayd lands and tenements which I purchased of Sir John Caryll knight for the terme of his life and after his decease I give all those my sayd lands unto the sayd Hall Ravenscroft and the heires of his body lawfully begotten and for default of such issue my will is that it shall remayne unto Elizabeth my daughter and the heires of her body lawfully begotten and for lacke of such issue to the right heires of me the sayd Elizabeth Keveridge for ever provided alwaies and my will and meaninge is that if my sayd sonne John Ravenscroft doe or shall in any wise sue molest or trouble my Executrix for or concerninge the sayd one hundred markes given unto him by the will of Peter Ravenscroft his father as afore sayd or for or concerning ay parte there of or for or concerninge any other of my goods or chattells whatsoever other then such as are intended to be here by given unto him that then the sayd Elizabeth my daughter shall presently after such sute molestation or trouble have and enioy all my sayd lands which I purchased of the sayd Sir John Caryll as aforesayd to her and her heires for ever payinge unto the say John Ravenscroft or his assignes the sayd somme of one hundred markes and the sayd John Ravenscroft and Hall Ravenscroft and other of them there heires and assignes to be utterly secluded and barred to clayme or have any title or interrest in or to the sayd lands by force of this my will or otherwise. Item I give and bequeath unto my sayd sonne John Ravenscroft my Cubberd in the great chamber my furnace in the brewhouse my Jayine stongs for two Chymnneys which ly in the outer parlor and all the waynscot in the house all the residue of my goods and Chattels plate and Jewells whatsoever not hereby before given I give and bequeath unto the sayd Elizabeth my daughter whome I ordayne and make my sole Executrix of this my last will and testament and I ordayne and make Overseers of this my will my trusty and wellbeloved friends Richard Michell and Richard White and I give unto eyther of them for there paynes then shillings a peece in witnes whereof I have hereunto put my hand and seale in the presence of the witnesses here under named being here unto specialy called and requested.

[proved 6 June 1607 by Elizabeth Parkhurst, executrix]

References

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

“Hall of Horsham & London, & Ravenscroft of Horsham,” in Miscellanea genealogica et heraldica, Volume 1.

Rice, R. Garraway (transcriber and editor). The Parish Register of Horsham in the County of Sussex, 1541 - 1635. Sussex Record Society Volume XXI, (London: Mitchell Hughes and Clarke, 1915).

Will of Elizabeth Keveredge, in Church of England. Bishop of Chichester. Consistory Court (Archdeaconry of Chichester). Wills and Administrations, Vol. 15, no. 256b (FHL British Film 194566) , 1607.