Thomas Edmunds

Events

Date of Birth: unknown.

Place of Birth: unknown.

Date of Burial: 29 January 1558/9.

Place of Burial: Southam, Warwickshire.

The burial is recorded in the parish register.

Relationships

Father: Thomas Edmunds.

This relationship is given the parish register entry for the second marriage of Thomas (junior). A couple, Richard Edmunds (died 1533) and Joan (died 1536) left a son Thomas as their executor, but the 1543 marriage record must outweigh that evidence, especially as Agnes’s will suggests that some of Thomas’s children were from a previous marriage, which is consistent with the known dates of the marriages of some of Thomas’s children.

Mother: unknown.

Spouse: unknown.

At least some of Thomas’s children must have been born before his marriage to Agnes.

Spouse: Agnes, widow of Ellis Goght. Married 3 February 1542/3 in Southam.

Agnes’s will and probate inventory mention her husband, Thomas Edmunds. Thomas’s burial record mentions his wife.

Children:

(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project. Agnes calls John and Anthony her sons in her will and leaves them bequests, but only leaves bequests to those daughters of Henry, Richard, and Robert who were named Agnes.)

Elizabeth Edmonds married Edmund Benet of Dunchurch 23 November 1545 in Southam.

Richard Edmonds (died about 1578) married Agnes before 1551.

Ryan Edmonds

Robert Edmonds

Henry Edmonds (buried 9 July 1592 in Southam) married Margaret Wirrall 20 November 1563 in Southam.

John Edmonds

Anthony Edmonds married Alice Clarke 8 November 1562 in Southam.

Evidence

from the Southam parish register:

Maried the Thirde of Februarie Thomas Edmunds sonne of Thomas Edmondes to Agnes Eles goghts widow [1543]

Maried the xvjth of November John Edmunds of Swtham to Elin Higforde of Barswell [1545]

Maried the xxiijth of November Elizabeth Edmundes daughter of Thomas Edmunds to Emunde Benet of Dunchurche [1545]

Buried the xxixth of Januarie Thomas Edmunds husbande to Agnes. [1558]

Buried the xvjth of febr. Agnes Edmondes wife of Thomas Edmunds [1576]

Thomas’s will:

The Invetorye of all goodes movable & unmovable of Thoms Edmonds latlye dep[ar]tyd the xxij february anno dni m^o ccccc l & ix praysyd by Wyllya[m] Wyrhall Thoms Clarke Henry Cett Jhon Edmonds

Imprimis vj oxen praysed to --- vjli xiijs iiijd

Ite[m] vj kyne praysed to --- vj li

Ite[m] a yong beest psyd to --- xxviijs iiijd

Ite[m] iiij horses praysyd to --- vli vjs viijd

Ite[m] ij coltes prsyd to --- xxs

Ite[m] ix score shepe psyd to --- xx li

Ite[m] carte’ corne in the barne psyd to --- xx li

Ite[m] vij hoggs psyd to --- xxs

Ite[m] cart & cart gereres & plowtht & geres psyd to --- liijs viij d

Ite[m] pewter & brasse & [tabelstyebes?] psyd to --- iij li

Ite[m] carte’ beddyng psyd to --- iiij li

Ite[m] carten wood & pults[?] psyd to --- v li

Ite[m] all maner of housholde & all Implement of howseho --- iij li

Some lxxx li vij s

In dei noie ame[n] the xiij day of october the yere of our lord god m^o ccccc l [vii…] I Thoms Edmonds of the p[ar]yshe of Sowtham in the County of W husbm beyng sycke in body but hole in mynde & good & p[er]fyt of ame[n]brance (god be praysyd) do ordeyne & make thys my last wyll & testament in maner & forme folowyng Fyrst I bequeth my Soule unto almyghty god my maker & my redemer & my body to be buryed within the p[ar]yshe church of Sowtham Ite[m] I geve unto the hygh altare for oblatyons forgotte xxd Ite[m] I geve unto the mother church of lychfeelde iijd Ite[m] I ordeyne & make my wyfe whole Executryes, and she to have the one halfe of my goods & my two sons Herry & Antony the other halfe of my goodes (my cha[m]ber only Except) which I wyll onely to remene to her selfe / also I wyl that my wyfe & my two sons herry & antony shall occupye the tacke of my howse Joyntly to gether yf they ca[n] agre, & yf they ca[n]not agre I wyll that my two sons shall occupye the halfe of my tackew theyr mother Ite[m] I wyll that yf any of my sons do mary away he to have the best cart & the Forthe part of my goodes movable & unmovable except before exceptyd Ite[m] I geve unto my iiij sons that are maryed x shepe a pees / Ite[m] I geve unto Every god chylre I have iiij d pece Ite[m] I geve unto Anne benet ij li xiij s iiij d to be payd unto her at the day of her maryage / Ite[m] I geve unto the reparyng of thorpe brygge iij s iiij d I geve unto golmans brygge iij s iiij d Ite[m] I wyll that my two sons herry & antony shall have occupye & Inyoy the howse & tenement which my son Rya[n] doth occupye, next after the deseace of my wyfe paying unto my son Jhon Edmonds vj li xiij s iiij d within the space of vj yeres next after my deseace/ allso I ordeyne & make Jho Fakener & Jhon Edmonds my ou[er]sears to se that thys my last wyll & testament be p[er]formet & kept & they to haue for theyr paynes xx apece thes beyng Wytnesses

P[ar]son of ladbroke

Jhon Fakener

Rya[n] Edmonds

cu[m] mults aliis

The will of Thomas’s second wife Agnes:

In the name of god Ame[n]. I annis Edmundes wife to Thomas Edmundes sicke in body but whole in mind & of good & perfitt remembrance do make my last will & testament in man[ner] & forme folowinge, first I comit & com[m]end my soule into the handes of almightie god trustinge & undoubtedly belivinge to be saved by the deathe & merrites of Christe Jesus the Saviour of all them that unsavedly [sic] Truste in him. my worldly goodes wherewith god hath endowed me I dispose & bestowe as here folowethe: first I bequethe to Jhon Edmundes my sonne a fether bedde Ite[m] to Jhon Edmundes sonne to the forsayd Jhon a sheepe. Agnes Edmundes daughter to Richard Edmundes a payre of hurdine[?] shytes./ Ite[m] to Agnes Edmundes daughter Harry Edmundes a Towell.. Ite[m] to agnes Edmundes daughter to Robert Edmundes a Towell.. Item to margaret benet my servant my best christeninge shyte. Ite[m] I make my full executor my sonne Antony Edmundes to all my goodes moveable & unmoveable not bequeathed & given before I constitute & ordayne my lawfull overseers Thomas Charkathe Elder & Mr Nicolas Fanshawe to see that This will be fulfilled & accomplished.

Written in the peresence of Henry Bottes husbandma[n]./ & Mr Richard Williams clarke./

[Proved 23 April 1577. The will itself is undated, and the inventory seems to have inadvertently left the year out of the date.]

An Invitorye of the goodes of Annis Edmundes Widdowe of Southam laly desesed the xvith day february in the yeare of the raynge of our soueraynge lady Queene Elizabeth praysed by Thomas clarke & Mr Nicolas Hanslape & Henry Botte & William Mearse

In primis the crape of haulse a yarde land --- iij.^l vj^s viij^d

Ite[m] a powtte & ij pannes --- xxiiij^s

Ite[m] pantry ware --- vj^s viij^d

Ite[m] a chauefynge dish & a candelsticke --- ij^s.

Ite[m] a fetherbed --xiij^s vi

Ite[m] a materese ij bosteres ij pillowes -- vj^s viij^d

Ite[m] ij blannckets --- iij^s viij^d

Ite[m] ij hillinges --- xvj^s

Ite[m] a payre of flaxen shets iij payre of hurdine shets -- xx^s

Ite[m] ij towels a tabelclothe iij pilleows -- x^s.

from the will of Thomas’s son Richard:

...I give and bequeath unto Anthony Edmondes Henry Edmondes and Agnis Edmondes my Children all my goodes… I have apoynted my welbeloved Breethren Anthony Edmondes and Henry Edmondes my overseeares... My Brother Jhon Edmondes oweth me xxvj s…my Brother Henry Edmondes oweth me iiij l...

[Proved 30 September 1578]

References

Probate Act Books of the Consistory Court of Lichfield and Coventry. Digital images on Findmypast.co.uk accessed 4 January 2020.

Will of Annis Edmunds, widow of Southam. Proved 23 April 1577 in in the Consistory Court of Lichfield and Coventry. Digital images on FamilySearch.org accessed 4 January 2020.

Will of Joan Edmonds of Southam. Proved 23 June 1536 in the Consistory Court of Lichfield and Coventry. Digital images on Findmypast.co.uk accessed 4 January 2020.

Will of Richard Edmunds of Southam. Proved 1578 in the Consistory Court of Lichfield and Coventry. Digital images on Findmypast.co.uk accessed 3 January 2020.

Will of Thomas Edmonds of Southam. Prove 20 April 1559 in the Consistory Court of Lichfield and Coventry. Digital images on Findmypast.co.uk accessed 3 January 2020.