Joan Ramsey

Events

Date of Birth: unknown.

Place of Birth: unknown.

Date of Death: between 18 July 1579 and 20 March 1587.

Place of Death: unknown.

The dates are when Joan made her will and when it was proved.

Relationships

Father: John Ramsey.

Mother: unknown.

Joan is named in the will of her father, John Ramsey. The relationships given in Joan’s will and in the will of her brother, Sir Thomas Ramsey, also make it clear that she belongs in the family of John Ramsey.

Spouse: unknown Newman.

This relationship is given in the 1568 Visitation of London (p. 68).

Spouse: Anthony Weaver.

This relationship is given in Joan’s will.

Children (by unknown Newman):

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

Joan Newman married (1) Richard Dane; married (2) unknown Bevan.

Children (by Anthony Weaver):

Richard Weaver (died about 1597) married (1) Audrey Holloway; married (2) Martha.

Evidence

A transcription of Joan's will:

In the name of god a.men. The xviij day of July an^o. domyny 1579 and in the on & twenty yere of the rayn of ou^r Soverayn lady Elizabeth by the grace of god Qene of yngland France and Irland defendar of the faythe et c I Jone Wevar of Oxtyd in the County of of Sury wedow being holle of boddy and in good & p[er]ffytt mynd & remembrance lawd & prays be geven to god do mak and ordayn thys my present testament Contayning here in my last wyll in manner & Forme Fowlowing that ys to say Fyrst and prycypally I comend my sowle to almyghty god the father my maker & Creature & to hys only sone Jesus Cryst my Saviour & redemar in whome & by the merryetts of whose blassyd deth & passyons ys all my hole trust & Confydance of Clere remyssyon & Forgyvenys of all my synes and my body to be berrid in oxtid church yard as nere to my late housband Antony Wevar as may be / Item I wyll & gyve to the pore of oxtyd to be geven a mongst them on the day of my beryuall by my Exeocutur in mony twenty shyllyng Item I wyll more to be spent on the days of my sayd beryuall in bred ches & drynk twenty shyllynges. Item I wyll & bequeth to Rychard dane my daughter Jane danes son in mony the som of thertey pounds Item more I wyll to the sayd rychard dane a brass pott n lattyn Candelstyke a pewtar salt a payer of good shetts a fethar bed a bolstar a payer of blankytts & a covarlytt & pewtar plattar wich bed & Furnyteur the sayd Rychard dyd use to ly on when he was syk wich mony & other thynges I wyll that yt shalbe payd & delyvard to hym when he comyth to the age of on & twenty yere Item I wyll & bequeth to goreg dane hys brother in mony Fyve pounds more I wyll to hym a brasse pott w[ith] a broken bryme a payer of pott hokes a gredyon a payer of good shetts a lattyn Candelstyk a lattyn chaffyndysh a pewtar plattar & a chest and yff yt fortu[...] the a bowth sayd Rychard dane or goreg dane to dy or dessese before thay be of the [...] of twenty on yeres or marryed then the ovar lyvar to have the others porcyon or lega[...] Also I wyll that the sayd goreg dane shall have hys Fyve pounds & other tynges a bowth gavyn payd & dalyverd to hym when he comths to the age of twenty & [on] Item I wyll & bequeth to Jane bevall beven my daughtar late wyff to Rychard d[...] in mony Forty shyllyngs to by payd unto her with in on monthe after my decess. Item I wyll & bequeth to Jane dane my god daughtar in mony Fowar pounds & a good payer of shetts a fether bed that I now ly on a bolstar a pyllow a payer of blaketts [part of page missing] a tabell clothe of iii or iiij ells long & on of my grett brass panes a [part of page missing] best cassoke & my best a porne Item I wyll & bequath to an dan[...] [part of page missing] mony Fowr pounds a good payer of shetts on of my myddell brase pan[...] [part of page missing] a pewtar plattar and my second cassok Item I wyll & beq[...] [part of page missing] in mony Fower pounds a good payer of shetts on of my myddell bra[...] [part of page missing] cloth & a pewtar plattar Item my mynd & wyll ys that the a bow[...] [part of page missing] Em dane and an dane shall have there sevarall pocyons of mony [part of page missing] bowth bequethyd payd & delyvard unto then when thay come to t[...] [part of page missing] yers or at the day of there maryge also my mynd & wyll ys tha[...] [part of page missing] the sayd Jane Em or an do chance to dy beffore she be of the [part of page missing] marryd that then her porcyon of mony & other thyngs bequethyd shalbe [part of page missing] the other ii systars owar lyvyng Item I wyll & bequeth to Elsabeth [part of page missing] systar in mony twenty shyllyngs Item I wyll to Jone Wykes her daugh[...] [part of page missing] Item I wyll to thomas wever my late housbands son in mony twenty [part of page missing] to hys iii sones that ys to say to Rychard Wevar John Wevar & [part of page missing] them twenty shyllyngs to be payd unto them when thay com[...] [part of page missing] more I wyll & gyve to Jone baven my daughtar my best [part of page missing] of my goodes & Chattells whatsoever unbequethyd my de[...] [part of page missing] [a...] at the tyme of my deth being payd and my legacys [...] [part of page missing] bequeth to Rychard Wevar my sone who I do make and ord[...][part of page missing] brother Sir Thomas Ramsey knight Willyam Ramsall John bottle[...] [part of page missing] [...] tyrrell ovarsears of thys my sayd last wyll & te[...][part of page missing] them thre shyllynges & Fowr pence a pees to be payd [part of page missing] [...ys] of those same to be trew I have putt to my hand th[...] [part of page missing] wrytten wittnes hereof these parons here undur wrytten [part of page missing]

[...]Thomas Ramsey alder thys ys the mark W of the sayd Jone Wevar wydow

wittnes to thys wyll a bowth wryt[...] I thomas tyrrell grocr

References

Will of Jone Wevar 1587 in London, England, Wills and Probate. London, England: London Metropolitan Archives and Guildhall Library Manuscripts (digital image on Ancestry.com accessed 16 March 2015).

Archaeologia, or Miscellaneous Tracts Relating to Antiquity. (Society of Antiquaries of London), 40:311-342. [A transcription and discussion of Sir Thomas Ramsey’s will is given here.]

Cooke, Robert; George John Armytage; Joseph Jackson Howard; and College of Arms (Great Britain). The visitation of London in the year 1568: taken by Robert Cooke, and since augumented both with descents and arms. (London: [Harleian Society], 1869)

Will of John Ramsey of Etonbridge. 1524. Consistory Court of Rochester. Digital images on FamilySearch, accessed 11 January 2018.

Will of Sir Thomas Ramsey, Alderman of City of London, in Church of England. Province of Canterbury. Prerogative Court. Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Probate Records, 1384-1858, PROB 11/75/405.