John Spicer
Events
Date of Baptism: 11 May 1567.
Place of Baptism: Southam, Warwickshire.
The baptism is recorded in the parish register.
Date of Death: unknown.
Place of Death: unknown.
Relationships
Father: Thomas Spicer.
Mother: Agnes Hayle.
See the Commentary section.
Spouse: Agnes Edmunds. Married 27 June 1587 in Southam.
The marriage is recorded in the parish register.
Children:
(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project.)
Richard Spicer (baptized 12 January 1588/9 in Southam - buried 30 November 1589 in Southam)
Margaret Spicer (baptized 25 October 1590 in Southam) married John Scarlet.
Mary Spicer (baptized 7 July 1594 in Southam) married John Ledbrook in about 1618.
Henry Spicer (buried 11 November 1595)
John Spicer (baptized 31 October 1596 in Southam - buried 17 November 1596 in Southam)
Robert Spicer (baptized 3 April 1598 in Southam - buried February 1628 in Napton on the Hill, Warwickshire) married Mary.
John Spicer (baptized 27 April 1601 - buried 16 February 1603/4 in Southam)
Henry Spicer (baptized 21 August 1602 in Southam) married Ann Court 9 June 1631 in Kineton, Warwickshire.
Evidence
from the Southam parish register:
Bapt the xjth of Maie John Spicer sonne of Thomas & Agnes [1567]
Buried the xxiiijth of Marche Marie Spicer wife of John Spicer [1586]
Maried the xxvij th of June John Spicer to Agnes Edmundes: [1587]
Bapt the xijth of January Richarde Spicer sonne of John & Agnes [1588]
Buried the xxxth of Novembr. Richard Spicer sonne of John and Agnes [1589]
Bapt the xxv th of Octobr Margaret Spicer daughter of John & Agnes. [1590]
Bapt the vijth of Julie Marie Spicer daugher of John & Agnes. [1594]
Buried the xjth of November Henrie Spicer sonne of John & Agnes [1595]
Bapt the last daie of Octobr John Spicer sonne of John & Agnes [1596]
Buried the xvijth of Novembr John Spicer sonne of John & Agnes [1596]
Bapt the thirde of Aprill Robt Spicer sonne of John & Agnes. [1598]
Baptized John Spicer Son to John and Agnes Aprall 27 [1601]
Baptized Henry Spicer sonto John & Agnes August xxij [1602]
Buried the sixteenth of Februarie John Spicer son of John & Agnes [1603]
from the Warwickshire archives catalogue (CR0709/4):
Marriage Settlement for Mary Spyrer [should be “Spycer”] before her marriage to John Ledbrooke of property in Knightocote.
Date: 1 June 1618
Mary was the daughter of John Spyrer of Napton-on-the-hill, yeoman and John was the son and heir of John Ledbrooke of Knightcote, Burton Dassett, yeoman. The settlement trustees are Theophilus Grene of Rugby, gentleman, William Foster of Banbury, Oxfordshire, gentleman, and James Hally of Stocken, Warwickshire, yeoman. The property consists of 4 messuages and various closes of land in Knightcote and Northend. Property in exchange for dowry of £200.
from the Napton on the Hill parish register:
Robertus Spicer sepultus x Februarij 1628
Commentary
I have identified these John Spicers in records related to Southam in the middle or late 1500s:
The 1559 will of Robert Spicer names as his executor his son John Spicer. The will also names many other Spicers, including three John Spicers, without giving relationships for any of them. It is not clear whether the Johns are identical with each other or with the John who is the executor of the will. The first bequest in the will is to a John Spicer who has a son Robert. The second bequest is to a Christian Spicer.
The 1586/7 will of John Spicer names his son Robert and wife Christian. It also names his overseers, Thomas and John Spicer. John, Christian, and Robert, are perhaps the first three people named in the 1559 will of Robert Spicer above. Christian's will names other children probably mentioned in the 1559 will. Other known dates are consistent with this John being the son of the above Robert.
The 1592 will of William Spicer names his brothers Robert Spicer and John Spicer.
The 1592/4 will of Henry Spicer makes his cousins Robert Spicer and John Spicer his overseers. The 1592 will of Henry Spicer junior makes his cousin John Spicer his overseer.
The parish registers record the baptism of a John Spicer in 1567, parents Thomas Spicer and Agnes. This John had a brother Robert baptized in 1571 and probably a half-brother William baptized in 1555. The dates are in accord with the 1590s wills (The William of the 1592 will was married in 1573.) Therefore, it seems likely that the John Spicer baptized in 1567 is identical with the John Spicer named in the 1590s wills. Since there is no other John Spicer of the right age in the parish registers in the 1590s, it also seems likely that this is the John Spicer of this page.
References
Southam, Warwickshire, parish registers. Digital images on Findmypast.co.uk accessed 3 January 2020.
Will of Christiana Spicer. Proved 1587 in the Consistory Court of Lichfield and Coventry.
Will of Henry Spicer junior. Proved 1592 in the Consistory Court of Lichfield and Coventry.
Will of Henry Spicer. Proved 1597 in the Consistory Court of Lichfield and Coventry.
Will of John Spicer. Proved 1587 in the Consistory Court of Lichfield and Coventry.
Will of Robert Spicer. Dated 1559, proved 1564 in the Consistory Court of Lichfield and Coventry.
Will of Robert Spicer. Proved 1608 in the Consistory Court of Lichfield and Coventry.
Will of Robert Spicer of Napton on the Hill, Warwickshire. Proved 1628 in in the Consistory Court of Lichfield and Coventry. Digital images on Findmypast.co.uk accessed 3 January 2020.
Will of William Spicer. Proved 1592 in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury.