Mary Warton

Events

Date of Baptism: 18 November 1565.

Place of Baptism: Stottesdon, Shropshire.

The baptism is recorded in the parish register. It names no parents. It seems probable, but not certain, that the baptism is that of the Mary of this page.

Date of Burial: 27 December 1600.

Place of Burial: Neen Savage, Shropshire.

The burial is recorded in the parish registers.

Relationships

Father: unknown.

Mother: unknown.

Spouse: Peter Browne. Married 30 April 1599 in Neen Savage, Shropshire.

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.)

Thomas Browne (baptized 21 September 1600 in Neen Savage - buried 1 November 1640 in Neen Savage) married (1) Joan; married (2) Joan Crundall 29 April 1632 in Neen Savage.

Evidence

The 1613 will of Peter Browne mentions his son Thomas Browne’s “kinsmen”, Mr Thomas Warton and John Warton. These must be the Thomas Warton and John Warton who appear one after another on a list of tythe payers for the parish of Stottesdon drawn up in about 1613. Their residence is “Bardley”. I think this is the same place as the modern Bardley Court, between Stottesdon and Neen Savage.

The 1624 will of Thomas Warton:

Thomas Wharton

Memoranda that on or abouts the Sixth day of October in An[n]o d[omi]ni 1624 Thomas Wharton late while he lived of the p[ar]ishe of Stotesdon and dioces of Herford deceased being sicke in body but of good and p[er]fect mind and memory made and declared his last will and testament nuncupative in maner & forme following vizt First he gave and bequeathed unto Francis Wharton the bedsteed in the chamber wherein he then Lay one greene [...sh] one Blanckett two paire of sheetes one wainscott presse with two little cublards in the upp[er] p[ar]te thereof the longe table boord in the hall one Chaier and two cushens all his glasse and his best silverspoone, Item the said deceadents will was that the said Frauncis Wharton should have his diet with his Executrix hereafter named during the space of one yeare & a day next after his decease and that he should alsoe have the iainct[?] use of all implements of husbandry of his the deceadents during the said terme and space of one yeare and a day next after his decease And that at the end of the said terme the same should be equally devided betweene them The same implements of husbandry being kept & maintained during the said terme at their equall chardges, Item his will further was that the said Frauncis Wharton should at his owne prop[er] costs and chardges finishe make up and cover the Cowhouse and building that was to be then erected upon the tente[?] wherein the said deceadent then dwelled (The greate timber being first reared) And that he should alsoe suffer Elizabeth Wharton his the deceadents daughter quietly to enioie all such Legacies as are by him to her bequeathed by this his last will & testament Or else all such Legacies as are by the same will bequeathed unto the said Frauncis Wharton should be void And then his will was and he gave and bequeathed all the foresaid Legacies given and bequeathed unto the said Frauncis, unto the said Elizabeth, And unto the said Frauncis the sum[m]e of twelve pence of lawfull money of England Item he gave and bequeathed unto John Wharton his sonne one bed with furniture belonging to the same such a one as his executrix should thincke fitt all his wearing App[ar]ell and two cushions Item he gave and bequeathed unto Elizabeth Wharton daughter of W^m Wharton one Calfe to be kept by his executrix untill it be a yeare ould Item he gave and bequeathed unto Joice Hughes one Calfe of a yeare ould Item he gave and bequeathed unto Thomas Wharton and John Wharton sonnes of his sonne John Wharton either of them one yeare ould Calfe Item he gave and bequeathed unto Thomas Wharton sonne of William Wharton one silver spoone and to Martha Wharton daughter of the said W^m Wharton one silver spoone And of this his last will and testament he did constitute and appoint Elizabeth Wharton his daughter to be his sole Executrix in the p[re]sence of Thomas Quinersley gen two others

[proved 15 March 1624]

Here are parish register entries for Wartons in the period:

Onibury:

1578

Item married the Second daie of December Thomas Wharton of the p[ar]ish of Stotesdon and Ales Impton of this p[ar]ishe of Onybury in Anno p^rd./

Culmington:

John Wharton & Elizabeth Browne coniunct fuer’ matrimon’ xv die Januarij Anno Dn’ 1596

Stottesdon:

Baptisms:

No parents named in the register:

Mary Warton baptized 18 November 1565

John Warton baptized 20 April 1567

Fraunces Warton baptized 2 October 1569

Joan Warton baptized 2 October 1569

Margerye Warton baptized 14 August 1575

Johane Warton baptized 30 June 1582, and buried the same day

John Warton baptized 8 November 1592

Charles Warton baptized 6 June 1602

Margery Warton baptized 30 September 1604

Humfrey Warton baptized 29 March 1607

Elizabeth Warton baptized 13 June 1611

Dorothie Warton baptized 10 April 1614

Children of George Warton:

Margarett Warton baptized 31 January 1579 [“of the Raye”]

Thomas Warton baptized 24 December 1587 [“of the Lowe”]

Children of Thomas Warton:

Fraunces Warton son of Thomas Warton baptized 6 April 1580 [“of Bardelsey”]

Mary Warton daughter of Thomas Warton baptized 5 November 1581

William Warton son of Thomas Warton baptized 2 January 1583

Elizabeth Warton daughter of Thomas Warton baptized 16 December 1586

Thomas Warton son of Thomas Warton baptized 29 April 1589

Children of John Warton:

Thomas Warton son of John Warton baptized 21 November 1599

Thomas Warton son of John Warton baptized 25 March 1609

Marriages:

Richard Barber and Johane Warton married 1 July 1600

Rees Owen and Margaret Warton married 13 November 1603

Burials:

John Warton 23 March 1594

Mary Warton 24 September 1594

Thomas Warton 5 May 1602

Francis Warton 11 March 1607

Margery Warton 16 February 1612

John Warton 5 December 1618 [“of the myres”]

Margaret Warton 8 July 1620

Commentary

I think this is the most likely scenario:

The Mr Thomas Warton and John Warton named in Peter Browne’s will as kinsmen of his son Thomas Browne were brothers of Peter’s wife Mary Warton. This Thomas Warton married in 1579 and left the 1624 will. The John Warton was probably baptized in 1567 and married in 1596 in Culmington.

It seems less likely that the Mary Warton of this page was baptized in 1581, and that the Wartons named in Peter Browne’s will as Thomas Browne’s “kinsmen” were Thomas’s grandfather and great-uncle.

References

Will of Thomas Wharton of Stottesdon. 1624. Episcopal Court of Hereford.

Registers of Stottesdon, Culmington, and Neen Savage. Digital images on Findmypast.co.uk accessed 2 May 2021.