161536. John Epes
Several pages of interesting material about the Epes family in England and photographs of Old Romney in Adelia Stewart Sallee's genealogy manuscript "Yea, I Have A Goodly Heritage." This John Epes and his wife Margaret were buried in the floor of Old Romney Church, Kent, England. Brass effigies of John and Margaret Epes ae now mounted on left wall of Old Romney. To be buried before the Rood was a much sought privilege.
John Epes of old Romney, Kent, was born after 1457 since he was under the age of 14 when his father made his will. He was a jurat for Old Romney in January 1520/1, along with his son John, Junior, and is probably the John mentioned as jurat in July 1521 without other designation. His will, made 3 December 1524 as John Eps the elder of the Parish of St. Clement, Old Romney, and proved 8 February 1525/6, provided:
"To be buried in the church in the Aysle part before the Rood. To high altar of St. Martens in New Romney and to high altar of St. Laurence of New Romney. To each of my godchildren 12 pence. To John Epse my godson of Yvechurche, ewes. To Alice Roger my daughter. To John Epps my son. Joan Epps my wife. Agnes, Elizabeth, Cicely and John the children of John Roger. John Garrard my daughter Agnes’ son. Agnes Huggelyn, the daughter of James Huggelyn. Joan my daughter, Anne my daughter, when they reach the age of discretion. Residue to John Epse my son. To Elizabeth Roger.
"Will. Youngest daughters Johane, Amye, Johane when 20. A parcell of land and 16 Acres called Long beche, and the barn with 4 acres lying there, 7 Acres of Land called Brettes, 13 Acres of Land called Daddes, 7 Acres of Land called quarterlandes, 6 ½ Acres of Land which I late purchased of John Arnell. 20 shillings yearly to John for rent, Alice and John Roger to have tenement and garden where they now dwell at rent of 2 shillings to John for their lives. 22 Acres of Land in Hope All Hallows called Seven hay that is to say to the Lands of Allsouls College of Oxenford towards the West and to the land of Richard Hall to the east. Land in Old Romney, St. Martens and St. Laurence, New Romney, Hope, Brookland and Brenzett.
"An undated inscription in St. Clement’s Church names John Ips and his wife Margaret.
161552. Lord Treasurer, Earl of Wiltshire, Ist Marquess of Winchester William Paulet
Sir William Paulet, K.G.: Baron St. John, of Basing, Hants (1538/9); Earl of Wiltshire (1548/50); and 1st Marquess of Winchester (132 Oct 1551). Executor to the Will of Henry VIII; Lord Treasurer of England through the Reigns of Edward VI, Mary I and Elizabeth I "by being a willow, not an oak"; built Basing House. Paulet is a good example of how a Tudor noble survived during the changing times of his era. Henry VIII gave Paulet the home of Sir Thomas Moore after Moore's execution. Paulet was Great Master for the Household of Edward VI, later for Mary I, and also for Elizabeth when she came to the throne. His religious beliefs were as the government dictated. Thus, under Edward he was Protestant, under Mary a Catholic and, later a staunch supporter of Elizabeth's Church of England. He died at the 1572 at the age of 97 and is buried in the Chelsea Old Church.
161554. Sir, Lord Mayor of London Thomas White
Sir Thomas White (1492-1567) Born: 1492 at Reading, Berkshire Lord Mayor of London Died: 12th February 1567 Gloucester Hall, Oxford University, Oxfordshire
Sir Thomas White, the founder of St. John's College, Oxford, was born in Reading in 1492, the son of William White of Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, clothier, and his wife Mary, daughter of John Kebblewhite of South Fawley, Berkshire. He was probably taught first at the Reading Grammar School, founded by Henry VII, to which he gave two scholarships; but he was brought up "almost from infancy" in London. He was apprenticed at the age of twelve to Hugh Acton, a prominent member of the Merchant Taylors' Company, who left him £100 upon his death in 1520. With this and his small patrimony, he began business for himself in 1523. In 1530, he was first renter warden of the Merchant Taylors' Company. From this, he passed on to the senior wardenship about 1533, and was master probably in 1535.
Thomas appears in 1533 as one of those to whom the nun of Kent made revelations. In 1535, he was assessed for the subsidy at £1,000, which shows him to have been, by this time, a prosperous clothier. In 1542 and 1545, he made large loans to the cities of Coventry and Bristol. He resided in the parish of St. Michael, Cornhill, and, in 1544, was elected by the court, ninth alderman for Cornhill. On his refusing "to take upon himself the weight thereof," he was committed to Newgate and the windows of his shop were ordered to be "closed so long as he should continue in his obstinacy". He was not long recalcitrant. In the same year, being then alderman, he contributed £300 to the city's loan to the King. In 1547, he was sheriff. In 1549-50, he aided his guild with money to purchase the obit rent charges. In 1561, the trust-deed between his company and the city of Coventry was drawn up, by which large sums became available after his death for the charity loans & co. In 1553, he was one of the promoters of the Muscovy Company. On 2nd October 1553, he was knighted, in the presence of the Queen Mary, by the Earl of Arundel, Lord Steward. He was elected Lord Mayor of London on 29th October 1553. Machyn records the splendour of his pageant.
183447. Edith Latimer
Edith Latimer can trace her ancestry to several Barons and Lords, including Wido de Reinbudcourt (born abt 1040 AD), who was a Domesday Governor under William the Conqueror, King of England and Duke of Normandy.