Judith Ferne

Events

Date of Birth: unknown.

Place of Birth: unknown.

Date of Burial: 15 September 1614.

Place of Burial: Horsham, Sussex, England.

The burial is given in Rice’s transcription of the parish register (p. 381) (“Judeth the wife of John Ravenscraft, gent.”).

Relationships

Father: George Ferne.

This relationship is given in the 1634 Visitation of Sussex (p. 171) and in Miscellanea Genealogica et Heraldica (1:475). Helms et al. in The History of Parliament (sub Hall Ravenscroft) state that George was of Temple Belwood, Lincs. It is not clear what the source is for this, but if it is true, then George’s parents were probably William Ferne and Anne Sheffield of Temple Belwood. If so, however, it is odd that the 1583 Visitation of Staffordshire does not mention George's existence, given that the informant, John Ferne, would have been his brother. (John did have a son, George, whom he mentions in his will, born after the 1583 visitation and too young to be Judith's father).

Mother: unknown.

Spouse: John Ravenscroft (1571 - 1615).

This relationship is given in the 1634 Visitation of Sussex (p. 171).

Children:

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

Jane Ravenscroft married Henry Bridger 6 April 1613.

Hall Ravenscroft (about 1600 - buried 1681) married Elizabeth Stapley. Member of Parliament for Horsham.

Elizabeth Ravenscroft (baptized 22 February 1601/2 in Horsham) married William Richbell, married secondly Daniel Bridges.

Anne Ravenscroft (baptized 24 October 1603 in Horsham) married Thomas Petley 10 December 1622 in Ifield, Sussex.

Bridget Ravenscroft (baptized 28 April 1605 in Horsham - buried 11 September 1624 in Horsham)

Mary Ravenscroft (baptized 7 April 1607 in Horsham - buried 4 February 1680/1 in Horsham) married Nicholas Sheppard 30 June 1625 in Horsham, Sussex. Left a PCC will (probate 15 February 1681).

William Ravenscroft (baptized 31 July 1610 in Horsham - buried 19 October 1615 in Horsham)

Judith Ravenscroft (baptized 2 December 1611 in Horsham - buried 24 July 1614 in Horsham)

References

Bannerman, W. Bruce (ed.), The Visitations of the County of Sussex, made and taken in the years 1530 by Thomas Benolte, Clarenceux king of arms, and 1633-4 by John Philipot, Somerset herald, and George Owen, York herald, for Sir John Burroughs, Garter, and Sir Richard St. George, Clarenceux (London: Mitchell, Hughes and Clarke, 1905)

Grazebrook, Henry Sydney (ed.). The Visitacion of Staffordshire Made by Robert Glover (London, 1883).

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

“Ravenscroft, Hall” in Henning, B.D. (ed.), The History of Parliament: The House of Commons 1660 - 1690. (Boydell and Brewer, 1983).

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).