Thomas Byne
Thomas Bynde or Byne inherited or purchased the mansion house and estate of Rowdell, at Washington, Sussex, after the date of his marriage.
Events
Date of Birth: unknown.
Thomas seems to have been underage in 1498.
Date of Death: between 12 July 1519 and 15 September 1519.
The dates are when his will was made and proved.
Relationships
Father: unknown.
Mother: unknown.
Grandfather: James Byne.
See the Commentary section below.
Spouse: Joan Threele.
Thomas’s will and inquisition post mortem (Attree p. 45, no. 208) give her name as Joan. Renshaw infers that she was a Threele of Loxwood from the arms above the burial monument of Thomas’s grandson John Byne.
Children:
(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project. Renshaw (pp. 20-21) gives a list.)
William Byne (died about 1558) married Alice Culpepper.
Elizabeth Byne.
Mary Byne (possibly buried March 1577 in Washington, Sussex) married someone surnamed Williams.
Evidence
A transcription of Thomas Byne’s will
In the nam of god I Thom̃s bynd being in perfeyte & hole mynd ordyneth & maketh this my last will in man: and forme folowing Fyrste I bequeth my sole to almyghty god and to our lad: sancte mary & to all the holy co[m]pany of heavyn my wish [...] [...] body to be buried in the church of wassington befor the Image of Sanct Nycolas wher fore I will to the reparacons of the church vijs viijd Also to the mother churche of Chychester viijs Also I will that therbe at my burying & moneth day x priests & every priest to have for his labor viijd Also I will that the rent issues & profittes of my place & landes called Rowdell be taken & reserved be the space of vij yere next after my dethe & that my executrice shall recerve yt to pay my dettys & fynd a prieste one yere [and?] then all the same landes to returne to my son Wylliam & the heyres of hys body And also I wyll that my wyf shall not clayme hire dowry but to be content with hyr joyntur yt she hath of my landes Provyded all weye and also I wyll yt Jone my wyff have ye said landes & ten[emen]tes called Rowdell durying hyr lyfe so yt she & other persons seasid to hyr use release & geve as moche landes in value as Rowdell as now being parcell of hyr joyntur unto Wyllyam my son and to hys heyrs of hys body & moreover I will yt yf my said wife marye & departe frome the sayde landes callid Rowdell & dwell in any other place than I wyll yt ye said londes calyd Rowdell ymmediately after hyr marage and departure unto my sayde son Wyllyam & the heres of his body And I wyll yt my said wife have ye rule and custody of my said son Wylliam and of the landes to hym wylled duryng the nonage of ye sayde Wylliam & she to order and rule hyme & his said landes by ye advyse and cousell of Richard Sherley & Edward Coke Also I wyll yt myn executrice tak and perceve al the issues and profightes of all my landes rentes & ten[emen]ts in Storyngton unto the tyme that she hath received ye full sum of xxvjl xiijs iiijd and that sum to go to ye maryage of Elysabeth & Mary my daughters equaly to be devydid betwene them and if it hapen any of my sayde daughters to decesse unmaried that then she yt survyveth have the hole xxvil xiiis iiiid. Also I will yt all such persons seased or possessed or yt of ryght ought to be possessed of any landes rentes or tenementes within the Countye of Sussex to myne use in any manner of wyse be and stand seasid ther of to ye use trust and performance of thys my present wyll Also I wyll yt wher John Goring and Richard Sherley where assentyng and privy unto a lease yt I mad unto Peter Bullockherd of certyn landes in Storyngton and Coudham for ye wych lease ye sayde Peter hath truly contented me his fyne I wyll yt ye sayde Peter injoye ye said landes accordyng unto my lease ther of to hym mad Also I wyll yt yf this my last wyll be nott mayde formeable accordyng to ye lawe then I wyll yt mine executrice do call a lernidman to corecke it not changyng myne intent & last wyll. All other of my goodes not bequethed my detts payd I wyll to Jone my wyfe whome I make myne executrice & Ric’d Sherley & Edward Coke myne overseers In witness wher of I hav put my seale geven at Rowdell the xij day of July ye xj yere of ye reigne of Kyng Henry ye viijth these beyng witnes Rychard Sherle Edward Coke Peter Bullockherd Wylliam Sherly George Rose James Petid and Rauf Emory with other mo this est amen Jhesus.
[proved 15 September 1519 in the Consistory Court of Chichester]
from Attree’s notes on Sussex inquisitions:
William Byne. File 1066, No. 2. Exchequer Inqs. P.M.
Petworth, 2 November 1 Henry VIII. Died 15 October…Henry VII.
Heir, brother Thomas Byne, aged 24 and more.
Lands. –Manor of Byne in Asshurst and West Grinstead, etc.
Thomas Byne (calle Abyne in writ). Vol. 35, No. 84.
Byllengesherst, 27 October 12 Henry VIII. Died 17 January 11 Henry VIII.
Heir, son Edward, aged 7.
Lands.-- Messuage and land in West Grinstede called “Byne lande,” messuage and land in Assherst, and granted them to trustees to use of himself, T.B., Joan his wife, and their heirs, and to perform his last will. Made will–left messuage and land to Joan for life, and after to heir.
Commentary
There is some information about the preceding generations at Rowdell, but I am not quite sure how it fits together.
According to Renshaw (p. 14), an Edward Byne had the manor of Byne in West Grinstead. He married Isabella, and had two sons, his heir William, and Thomas, born in about 1485. William inherited, and Edward’s widow Isabella remarried Edward Cooke. William died in 1508, when his brother Thomas inherited. Thomas married Joan, and died 17 January 1519/20. Thomas had made Richard Shirley, John Goring, and Edward Lewkenor senior his trustees. His heir was his son Edward, born about 1513.
In the Sussex VCH (6, pt. 1: sub Washington), a James Byne held land at Rowdell in the late 1400s:
In 1498 the estate was in the hands of the lord of the rape because of the minority of Thomas Byne, grandson and heir of James Byne.
This Thomas seems to be a different Thomas from the one above (who had an elder brother alive in 1498), and was presumably the Thomas of this page.
But they seem closely connected (beyond both marrying Joans and dying within a few months of each other). The step-father (Edward Cooke) and a trustee (Richard Shirley) of the first Thomas are overseers of the will of Thomas of this page. Also, John Goring, another trustee of the first Thomas, shows up in the will of the second.
References
Attree, F.W.T. Notes of Post Mortem Inquisitions taken in Sussex 1 Henry VII. to 1649 and After. (Sussex Record Society v. xiv, 1912).
Baggs, A P, C R J Currie, C R Elrington, S M Keeling and A M Rowland. "Washington," in A History of the County of Sussex: Volume 6 Part 1, Bramber Rape (Southern Part), ed. T P Hudson (London: Victoria County History, 1980), 247-259.
Renshaw, Walter Charles. Searches into the history of the family of Byne or Bine of Sussex. (London: Chiswick Press, 1913) pages 17 to 20.
Thomas Bynd will, Church of England. Bishop of Chichester. Consistory Court (Archdeaconry of Chichester). FHL 194560. Family History Library, Salt Lake City.
Will of Thomas Threll of Loxwood, Sussex. Proved 1571 in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury. Digital images on Ancestry.com accessed 14 May 2020.