Events
Date of Birth: unknown.
Place of Birth: unknown.
Date of Death: probably shortly after 13 March 1545/6.
Place of Death: probably Capel, Surrey.
This is when and where Edmund made his will.
Relationships
Father: William Steere.
Mother: Alice.
John Steere names his wife Alice and his son Edmund in his will.
Spouse: Agnes.
Edmund mentions his wife in his will, but she is not named in the part which survives. The 1547 Lay Subsidy for Capel includes "Agnes Stere, widow" on the list.
Children:
(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project.)
John Steere.
William Steere.
Thomas Steere.
Nicholas Steere.
Alice Steere (buried 1 October 1561 in Warminghurst) married John Bridger.
Evidence
Surrey Lay Subsidies:
1544. Capel, Blackheath and Wotton, Surrey.
Edmund Stere £1
Nicholas Stere £1
1547. Capel, Blackheath and Wotton, Surrey.
Nicholas Stere £18
Agnes Stere, widow £8
Thomas Stere, £2 13/4
Information from Edmund’s will (abstracted by Cliff Webb):
Will made 13 March 1545/6.
Residence: Capel, Surrey.
Edmund asks to be buried in the churchyard.
Edmund names three under-age sons --William, Thomas and Nicholas -- who are to have the profits of the lease of land called “Ruggys”.
Edmund asks his son John to pay his wife 1l 6s 8d, and gives her the lease of land called “the Clerks.”
Edmund gives a cow to his son William.
Edmund gives five pounds to his daughter Alice.
Edmund gives one pound to [his goddaughter?] Joan F… and 4d to his other godchildren.
References
Surrey Lay Subsidies 1524 - 1654 Transcription (Findmypast.co.uk, accessed 8 December 2017).
Will of William Stere of Ockley, senior, proved 8 February 1532/3, Surrey Archdeaconry Court, volume 4 register ‘Heats’ 1532-38. Abstracted by Cliff Webb in Surrey & South London Will Abstracts, 1470-1856. Available for a fee on Findmypast.co.uk.
Will of Edmund Stere of Capel, made 13 March 1545/6, Surrey Archdeaconry Court, volume 14 (filed and unregistered wills 1534-1558). Abstracted by Cliff Webb in Surrey & South London Will Abstracts, 1470-1856. Available for a fee on Findmypast.co.uk.