Thomas Makepeace

Events

Date of Birth: unknown.

Place of Birth: unknown.

Date of Death: probably shortly before 17 June 1559.

Place of Death: unknown.

The date is when probate was granted for Thomas’s will (which has been lost).

Relationships

Father: Henry Makepeace junior.

Mother: Elizabeth.

See the Commentary section.

Spouse: unknown.

Children:

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

Mary Makepeace (buried 26 December 1607 in Burton Dassett) married John Wagstaff.

William Makepeace (buried 1615 in Burton Dassett) married (1) Susan; married (2) Ann Prophett, widow 26 December 1597 in Burton Dassett.

Joan Makepeace

Evidence

Bond (National Archives Catalogue):

Plaintiff: Thomas Makepeace of Northen, husbandman.

Defendants: Richard Nundy.

Subject: Bond for a debt of John brother of complainant to William Cotton of Coventry, who released it. Warwickshire

Date: 1544-1551.

from the accounts of Peter Temple:

[probably 1545] Personal Finance, debts (Alcock p. 211)

Thomas Makepes xx s.

…

Thomas Makepec xl s.

[15 October, 1546] Cattle Accounts (Alcock, p. 58)

Dassett and Northend 9 Bought the xv^th of October of Thomas Makepes ij sters xxxvj s.

[14 March 1546] Sheep Accounts (Alcock p. 89)

Delyvered the xiiij of Marche to Thomas Makepese of Northend in wetherhoges, sherhoges and chilverhoges ix^xxxv

[16 January 1547] Personal Finance (Alcock, p. 214)

Item lent to Thomas Makepes the xvj^th of January xl s.

[3 September 1547] Sheep Accounts (Alcock, p. 90)

Sold the iij^th of Septembre to Thomas Makepec and Thomas Swayne vj^xx and iij lamz at xiiij li. xiij s.

[Novmeber 1547] Personal Finance (Alcock, p. 214)

Delyvered to Wagstaff, paid the churche chalyse xij s.

Item delyvered to Wagstaff, Thomas Makepes and Wylliam Brokes the resydew of the money for the sayd chalyce iij li. vj s. viij s.

[26 November 1547] Personal Finance (Alcock, p. 214)

Lent to Thomas Makepese the xxvij of Novembre l s.

[1548, probably early in the year] Personal Finance, debts (Alcock p. 217)

Lent to Thomas Makepes xl s.

[1548] Bailiff’s Accounts, for quitrent (Alcock, p. 154)

Of Thomas Makepec xij d.

[about 1 October, 1548] Cattle Accounts, money due (Alcock, p. 70)

Thomas Makepese l s.

[1549] Personal finance, debts due (Alcock, p. 218)

Thomas Makepes xxvj s. and [blank]

[1551] Bailiff’s Accounts (Alcock, p. 164)

Item resceyved of Thomas Makepec for woode v li. xvj s. viij d.

[1551] Bailiff’s Accounts (Alcock, p. 165)

Item of T. Makepes for his quit rent xij d.

[1557] Bailiff’s Accounts, quitrent (Alcock, p. 167)

...of Thomas Makepec xij d.

Commentary

Makepeace et al. (2005) argue for this relationship, giving as evidence a photocopy of a schedule of title of land (Warwickshire Count Record Office D28/33) which recites the deeds related to an indenture of covenant to which Thomas’s grandson William Makepeace was a party in 1635, involving property in Northend and Knightcote, Warwickshire. Included among these deeds are a 4 January 1548/9 feoffment of property in Northend and Knightcote to Thomas Makepeace, and earlier indentures and enfeoffments involving Henry Makepeace senior and property in Northend and Knightcote. This implies that Thomas Makepeace was in a line of descent running from Henry Makepeace senior to the William Makepeace involved in the 1635 indenture.

Henry Makepeace junior was not mentioned in these deeds, but the descent would seem to have to run through either Henry junior or his brother John, who died intestate in 1545, these being the two sons Henry senior named in his will. Since John was left 160 pounds in the will, and Henry junior was left no bequests but was made overseer, it seems likely that Henry senior’s real estate passed to Henry junior. Henry junior’s son Richard signed receipts in 1549 for an annuity “to the use of the heirs of Harry Makepeace and …use of Elizabeth Makepeace, wife unto the said harry…” (Makepeace et al., p. 14, citing Huntington Library, San Marino, CA, STT (Stowe, Temple) Accounts Box 1, folder 11.)

It seems likely, therefore, that the property descending to Thomas’s grandson in 1635 from Henry senior passed through Henry junior and Thomas.

References

Alcock, N.W. Warwickshire Grazier and London Skinner 1532-1555: The account book of Peter Temple and Thomas Heritage. (British Academy/Oxford University Press, 1981).

Makepeace, Russell, Lenn. A Bergsten, Shirley M. Pizziferri. The Ancestry of Russell Makepeace of Marion, Massachusetts, 1904-1986. (Boston, 2005).

Makepease, Thomas, probate 17 June 1559. Probate Act Books for the Consistory Court of Lichfield and Coventry. Digital images on FamilySearch.org accessed 11 January 2020.