Events
Date of Birth: 1537
Renshaw (p. 30) gives the date. It is supported by the age at death given in the inscription on John Byne’s burial monument.
Date of Death: 21 July 1600
The date is given on the monumental inscription. The date 22 July 1600 is given by John Byne’s inquisition post mortem, taken on 16 December 1600 (Attree, p. 45, no 209).
Date of Burial: 24 July 1600.
Place of Burial: Washington, Sussex.
Renshaw (p. 32) gives the date and place.
Relationships
Father: William Byne (died about 1558).
Mother: Alice Culpepper (died 1578).
See the Commentary section.
Spouse: Elizabeth Bowyer (10 June 1553 - about 1630). Married 25 May 1573 in Camberwell.
Renshaw (p. 30) gives the date. It is also transcribed from the parish register by Blanch (p. 175).
Children:
(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project. Renshaw (pp. 32-33) gives a list. Putting Edmund as a son is Renshaw’s conjecture. The baptisms were in St George's, Crowhurst.)
Sir John Byne (baptized 9 January 1576/7 in Crowhurst, Surrey - buried 28 January 1640/1) married Adria Weaver.
Elizabeth Byne (baptized 8 August 1579 in Crowhurst, Surrey - buried 5 October 1608) married Sir Thomas Norton 3 June 1599 at Washington, Sussex.
Katherine Byne (baptized 31 August 1580 in Crowhurst, Surrey) married Curtes Barwick (license 29 April 1609).
Edmund Byne (baptized 22 September 1582 in Crowhurst, Surrey - buried 22 September 1582 in Crowhurst).
William Byne (baptized April 1585 in Crowhurst, Surrey - buried 30 July 1625) died a bachelor.
James Byne (baptized 24 October 1585 in Crowhurst, Surrey) married Elizabeth Temple 24 April 1622 at Camberwell, Surrey.
Edward Byne (baptized 29 August 1587 in Crowhurst, Surrey - died before February 1622/3) married Joyce Edney 2 May 1618 at Stepney, Middlesex.
(possibly) Edmund Byne married Frances Bowyer.
Evidence
from the Crowhurst parish register:
The ixth day of January was baptized John Bynes the sonne of John Bynes gentlema[n]. 1576.
The viijth day of August was baptized Elizabeth Bynes the daughter of J[ohn] Bynes gentlema[n]. 1579.
The xxxith day of August was baptized Catherin Bynes the daughter of J[ohn] Bynes gentlem[an]. 1580./
The xxth day of August was baptized Edmond Bynes the sonne of John Bynes gentlema[n]. 1582./
The xxijth day of September was buryed Edmond Bynes the sonne of John Bynes gentlema[n]. 1582./
The [...] day of Aprill was baptized Will[ia]m Bynes the sonne of John Bynes gentlema[n]. 1585.
The xxiiijth day of October was Baptized James Bynes the soon of John Bynes gentlema[n]. 1585./
The xxixth day of August was baptized Edward Bynes the s[onne] of John Bynes gentlema[n] 1587.
from John Byne’s monument
Hic jacet corpus Johanis Byne armig: qui uxorem duxit Elizabeta: Bowy: filia: Joh:is Bowy de Camerwell armig: et suscepit ex ea filos quinq: filiasq: duas et obiit vicessimo primo die Julii 1600 A'o aetatis sua 63
A description of the arms on John Byne’s monument (given by Renshaw, p. 32).
There are four coats of arms upon it. In the centre over the entablature are the arms of Byne, and in a row below them are these three shields, 1st over the male figure Byne impaling paly of ten [Renshaw’s note: “The arms, no doubt, of Joan, the wife of Thomas Byne, of Rowdell, who therefrom appears to have been a Threele of Loxwood]; 2ndly in the middle Byne impaling Argent a bend engrailed gules for Culpepper; and 3rdly over the female figure, Or a bend vaire cottised gules for Bowyer, impaling a fess between three annulets for Draper.
A transcription of John Byne’s will
In the name of god Amen: I John Bynde of the paryshe of Washington in the County of Sussex gent beinge sicke in body but of good and perfect remembrance I thanke my god therefore revokinge and renouncing all former wills do make and ordayne this my last will and Testament in manner and forme followinge, First I bequeath my soule unto allmighty god my maker and redeemer by whose death and passion I hope to be saved, & my body to be buried in the parishe Church of Washington, and as touching all my worldly goods I give & bequeath them as followeth, First I give and bequeath unto my daughter Katherin Binde three hundred poundes to be paid unto her at her day of marriage or with in three yeares after my decease which shall first happen And also I will and bequeath unto my said daughter Katherine twenty markes yerely to be payd unto her by my executor untill the said some of three hundred poundes to be paid unto her, Item I will and bequeath unto Elizabeth my wellbeloved wife all her Chaynes jewells and wearinge apparell with(?) the money as she hath of her owne in her purse or owinge unto her, Allso I give and bequeath unto her all the wodd lyinge in my yeard provided for fuell, & allso all such plate as was given her by her uncle Mr Mathewe Draper of Camberwell & all such plate as she hath bought [...] her cominge to house, & also the use of such and to such houshold stuffe as shall be thought fitt for her to use by the discretion of my overseers for the terme of two yeares next after my decease, Item I give and bequeath unto each of my sonnes James and Edward Fortye shillinges yearely for so many yeares as they shall live to be payd unto them at the Feast of St Michell and thannunciacon of our lady St Marye the Virgin by even porcons out of those my landes called or knowne by the name of [...] in the parish of Storington in the county of Sussex the first payment there of to begin at the feast of St Michell tharchagnel sixe yeares after my decease Item whereas I have given unto my Daughter Norton Fower hundred poundes towardes her preferment in mariage and have payd thereof unto the handes of my brother Edmond Bowyar the some of three hundred and twenty poundes and fower score poundes shallbe payd unto my sayd brother Edmond Boyar of Camberwell Esquire and that my executor shall allso deliver unto him one bill of debt of three hundred & fortie poundes parcell of the said three hundred and twenty poundes within one yeare after my decease all the residue of my goods Cattell Chattels and leases my legacies and debts payd and my funerall discharged, I give and bequeath unto John Bynde my sonne whome I make sole executor of this my last will and Testament provided all wayes and my will and meaninge is that if my said executor doe not enter into a bond of Fower hundred poundes unto my brothers Edmond Bowyar and John Bowyar or the survivors of them for the payment of three hundred poundes unto my daughter Katerin before in this my will, unto her devised within one moneth after my decease That my said sonn John Bynde shall no longer continewe my executor of this my last will and Testament nor receyve any benifitt by any thinge herein unto him devised but from thenceforth my said daughter Katheryne shallbe my sole executor of this my last will and Testament, Item I give unto the poore people of the parishe of Washington Forty shillinges, Item I give to Agnes Jordan my servant twenty shillinges and to every other of my houshold servants tenn shillinges a peece, Item I desyre and make my said brothers Edmond Bowyar and John Bowyar to be overseers of this my last will and Testament In witness whereof I have putto my hand the xxiith day of July in the two and Fortith yeare of the raigne of our soveraigne Lady Elizabeth by the grace of god of England and France and Ireland Queene defender of the faythe etc 1600 John Bynde
Signed the day and yeare above written in the presence of [...] Ed: Bowyar, John Bowyar, Henry Hutott
[proved Oct. 1600 by John Bynde]
Commentary
John’s parentage
In the 1634 visitation of Sussex (p. 200), John’s parents are given as “Willm. Byne of Wakehurst in com. Sussex.” and “Allice d. of Richard Colepeper of Wakeherst”. The informant appears to have been John’s eldest son Sir John Byne.
In his 1558 will, William Byne of “Erdingleigh”, esquire, did not explicitly name his eldest son John. But he did name his “younger sonnes Edward Byne and Thomas Byne” and his “eldest sonne” (unnamed), as well as his daughters Emme and Cecyle, among other children. He also named his wife Alice Byne and his “brother in lawe John Culpeper of Ingham” in Sussex.
In her 1578 will, Alice Binde of Washington, Sussex, widow, her son John Bynde, whom she made her executor, and her daughters Eme and Sicilye, among other children.
In his 1613 will, William Byne’s son Thomas Byne of Camberwell named several of John Byne’s children, calling them his niece and nephews.
The Culpepper arms are on John Byne’s burial monument.
References
Attree, F. W. T. Notes of post mortem inquisitions taken in Sussex: 1 Henry VII to 1649 and after, [1485-1649]. (London: Sussex Record Society, 1912).
Blanch, William Harnett. Ye Parish of Camerwell. (London: E.W.Allen, 1877).
Parish register for Crowhurst, St George. Digital images on Ancestry.com in “Surrey, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812”, accessed 14 March 2018.
Renshaw, Walter Charles. Searches into the history of the family of Byne or Bine of Sussex. (London: Chiswick Press, 1913) pages 30 - 35.
Washington: Manors and Other Estates, in Page, William; Susan M Keeling; Louis Francis Salzman; and C. P. Lewis. The Victoria history of the county of Sussex. (London: A. Constable, 1905-), pages 247-259.
A digital image of his monument.
The will of Thomas Byne of Camberwell. Proved 1613 in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury.