16408. Lord John Kekewich Esq. & 16409.
Thomasin Bardfield
By 1497, Thomasin born in Shefield, Essex,
coheir & d/o 32818. Thomas Bardfield.
By 1497, Thomasin’s father died before
her paternal grandfather, her brother John, age 2 the heir.
~1500, Johannes born in Katchfrench,
Cornwall, England, s/o §George Kekewich
& Johanna Talcarne.
John 1st married Alice, d/o
William Inne, Esq. [No children.]
Thomasin’s father died.
1511-14, Thomasin Danielle, of Chenville,
Essex, and her sister Margaret [Gedge of Essex] inherited the estates of her
uncle John Bardfield, including Margaretting, Essex.
By 1514, Thomasin 1st married
to William Daniell of London.
John married 2nd Joan ?
[apparently divorced – see 1544 lawsuit.]
[––John
& Thomasin––]
~1524, John, of the parish of St.
Germans, Cornwall, married Thomasin, a widow and coheir in Essex, where they
made their primary home. They also had a house in the parish of St. Mary le
Strand, London.
9/15/1538, Johannes wrote his will, leaving
200 pounds to his son George, and naming Thomasyn as his “sole extrix.”
1539, John was high in a list of squires
appointed to take part in the reception of Anne of Cleeves [4th wife
of King Henry VIII.]
10/31/1539, John of Margetting, Esq.,
died at Berdefield Hall, Essex; buried in the parish of Margetting.
10/19/1541, John’s will proved.
[––Thomasin––]
Thomasin married 2nd Oliver
Hyde of Banbury Court, Agingdon, Berkshire [much younger than her].
1544-1551, Plaintiffs: Oliver Hyde and
Thomasin his wife, executrix and late the wife of John Kekewiche. Defendants:
Richard Cliker, husband of Joan, late the wife of the said John. Subject: Rent
of land in St Germans (Saint Jerms). Cornwall. (S) UKNA, C 1/1133/69-71.
1545, Thomasin and Oliver bought the
manor of Maiden Erlegh near Sonning, Berkshire;
1/28/1547, Edward VI succeed Henry VIII
as King of England.
1548, Thomasin and Oliver bought the
manor of Fulbrook near Burford, Oxfordshire.
2/9/1566, Oliver died.
1/13/1568, Thomasin died.
(S) The Visitations of the County of
Cornwall, 1887, Vivian, P252. (S) House of Commons 1509-1558, Bindoff, 1982, P430,
P459. (S) Genealogist, V6, 1882, P10.
Family notes:
·
George Kekewich, the father, came out of
Shropshire into Cornwall.
·
By 1515, Plaintiffs: Edward, son and heir of
John Kendale. Defendants: George Kekewich. Subject: Lands mortgaged by the said
John in Duloe and Morval. Cornwall. (S) UKNA, C 1/144/77.
·
George Kekewich, s/o Johannes Kekewich de Lenly,
s/o Johannes Kekewich of Lenley in Com. Salop& Agnes ?, s/o Pierce
Kekewich, Kt., who came to Shropshire from Lincolnshire.
·
Johanna Talcarne, heiress & d/o Edward
Talcarn de Katchfrench, s/o Johannes Talkarne de Katchfrench, s/o Johannes
Talkarne de Katchfrench, Com. Cornub.
Children of Johannes and Thomasin:
i.
Maria Kekewich, born ~1524 in Katchfrench, Com. Cornwall, England.
9/15/1538, Maria, a minor, named in her
father’s will, receiving 200 marks.
Maria married 1st John Hide of
Berks [younger brother of her mother’s 2nd husband.]
Maria married 2nd Richard
Radish.
ii.
Agnes Kekewich, born ~1528 in Katchfrench, Com. Cornwall, England.
9/15/1538, Agnes, a minor, named in her
father’s will, receiving 200 marks.
Agnes 1st married John
Sherington.
Agnes 2nd married Nicholas
Stephens.
iii.
George Ketchwich (8204), born 11/17/1530 in Katchfrench, Com. Cornwall,
England.
