The drop-line chart below, ultimately derived from a Visitation, shows that LeonardB Chester had two wives, (1) ___ ____; and (2) "Bridget" Sharpe.baptism).
The following records, from the IGI (or whatever it's now called), seem to modify our understanding of this info a bit:
William Chester
Burial 20 January 1573
Honington, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom
Parents: Leonard Chester
Augustine Chester
Burial 13 July 1575
Honington, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom
Helene Chester
Baptism 4 May 1577
Honington, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom
Parents: Leonard Chester
Elizabeth Chester
Burial 25 July 1581
Honington, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom
Spouses: Leonard Chester
Endmund [sic] Chester
Baptism 19 November 1581
Honington, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom
Parents: Leonard Chester
Edm[u]nde Chester
Burial 2 December 1581
Honington, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom
Parents: Leonard Chester
John Chester
Baptism 18 February 1583
Honington, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom
Parents: Leonard Chester
A couple comments:
(1) The death of LeonardB's first wife Elizabeth is about four months before the baptism of son Edmund--could the elapsed time before baptism be explained by the infant Edmund being in a precarious state of health? (He died about two weeks after
(2) The visitation pedigree shows LeonardB with a son Augustine, who could be a second Augustine, born after 1575. Unless the 1575 burial, where no father is named, was for a brother or other kinsman of LeonardB.10 marks divided between Elizabeth and Katherine Chester, contingency to Austen ..."; "10L to cousin Leonard Chester, gent. .."; [a messuage] "to Ellen da. of Leonard Chester"; Leonard Chester to be one of the executors; place names mentioned in Batty's
Thomas F. Mayer's _The Correspondence of Reginald Pole_, 4: 48-49 abstracts the January 1592/3 will of the Rev. John Batty of Barkston, Lincolnshire, which gives "to Ellen Chester to be pd to her father Leonard to her use, contingency to Austen Chester,
https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Correspondence_of_Reginald_Pole/7no2DwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22austen+chester%22+leonard&pg=PA48&printsec=frontcover
LeonardB Chester's marriage to his first wife Elizabeth occurred at Barkston:
Leonard Chester
Marriage 7 July 1565
Barkston, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom
Spouses : Elizabeth Battie
Presumably Elizabeth was a niece or cousin of the Rev. John Batty of Barkston.
A Chester-Sharpe marriage at Grantham, Lincs., almost certainly for LeonardB, occurred about nine months prior to the baptism of Leonard's son John (in Feb. 1583, presumably 1583/4), a known child of his second (i.e., Sharpe) wife from the Visitation:
Grantham, Lincolnshire
14 May [1583] Mr Chester & Jane Sharpe [were married]
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015005601201&view=1up&seq=116&skin=2021&q1=%22mr%20chester%22
Note that this is a different Christian name for the bride than's given in the Vis., where she is called "Bridget" Sharpe.
On Tuesday, January 24, 2023 at 10:51:02 AM UTC-5, Johnny Brananas wrote:baptism).
The drop-line chart below, ultimately derived from a Visitation, shows that LeonardB Chester had two wives, (1) ___ ____; and (2) "Bridget" Sharpe.
The following records, from the IGI (or whatever it's now called), seem to modify our understanding of this info a bit:
William Chester
Burial 20 January 1573
Honington, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom
Parents: Leonard Chester
Augustine Chester
Burial 13 July 1575
Honington, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom
Helene Chester
Baptism 4 May 1577
Honington, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom
Parents: Leonard Chester
Elizabeth Chester
Burial 25 July 1581
Honington, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom
Spouses: Leonard Chester
Endmund [sic] Chester
Baptism 19 November 1581
Honington, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom
Parents: Leonard Chester
Edm[u]nde Chester
Burial 2 December 1581
Honington, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom
Parents: Leonard Chester
John Chester
Baptism 18 February 1583
Honington, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom
Parents: Leonard Chester
A couple comments:
(1) The death of LeonardB's first wife Elizabeth is about four months before the baptism of son Edmund--could the elapsed time before baptism be explained by the infant Edmund being in a precarious state of health? (He died about two weeks after
Chester, 10 marks divided between Elizabeth and Katherine Chester, contingency to Austen ..."; "10L to cousin Leonard Chester, gent. .."; [a messuage] "to Ellen da. of Leonard Chester"; Leonard Chester to be one of the executors; place names mentioned in(2) The visitation pedigree shows LeonardB with a son Augustine, who could be a second Augustine, born after 1575. Unless the 1575 burial, where no father is named, was for a brother or other kinsman of LeonardB.
Thomas F. Mayer's _The Correspondence of Reginald Pole_, 4: 48-49 abstracts the January 1592/3 will of the Rev. John Batty of Barkston, Lincolnshire, which gives "to Ellen Chester to be pd to her father Leonard to her use, contingency to Austen
https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Correspondence_of_Reginald_Pole/7no2DwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22austen+chester%22+leonard&pg=PA48&printsec=frontcover
LeonardB Chester's marriage to his first wife Elizabeth occurred at Barkston:
Leonard Chester
Marriage 7 July 1565
Barkston, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom
Spouses : Elizabeth Battie
Presumably Elizabeth was a niece or cousin of the Rev. John Batty of Barkston.
A Chester-Sharpe marriage at Grantham, Lincs., almost certainly for LeonardB, occurred about nine months prior to the baptism of Leonard's son John (in Feb. 1583, presumably 1583/4), a known child of his second (i.e., Sharpe) wife from the Visitation:
Grantham, Lincolnshire
14 May [1583] Mr Chester & Jane Sharpe [were married]
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015005601201&view=1up&seq=116&skin=2021&q1=%22mr%20chester%22
Note that this is a different Christian name for the bride than's given in the Vis., where she is called "Bridget" Sharpe.Oops, the drop-line chart ... https://www.google.com/books/edition/Family_Memorials/3Yc-AAAAYAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=blaby+bridget+chester&pg=PA736&printsec=frontcover
https://www.google.com/books/edition/Alumni_Cantabrigienses/dQZRAQAAIAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=stevenage+batty+lincs&pg=PA109&printsec=frontcoverGrantham, Lincolnshire
14 May [1583] Mr Chester & Jane Sharpe [were married]
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015005601201&view=1up&seq=116&skin=2021&q1=%22mr%20chester%22
Note that this is a different Christian name for the bride than's given in the Vis., where she is called "Bridget" Sharpe.Perhaps "Jane" Sharpe was a mistake in the record and Bridget was intended, as Leonard certainly had a wife Bridget about 10 years later:
[1594. Easter Term. 36 Eliz. I, Hertfordshire Feet of Fines]
John Nicoll: Leonard Chester & Bridget his wife. Four messuages & land in Chippinge Barnett.
https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Herts_Genealogist_and_Antiquary/DtMKAAAAYAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22leonard+chester%22+%22four+messuages%22&pg=PA149&printsec=frontcover
I see that the Rev. John Batty had been rector of Stevenage, Herts., earlier in the century, which is where he may have come into contact with Leonard Chester (who was originally from Chipping Barnet).
Grantham, Lincolnshire
14 May [1583] Mr Chester & Jane Sharpe [were married]
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015005601201&view=1up&seq=116&skin=2021&q1=%22mr%20chester%22
Note that this is a different Christian name for the bride than's given in the Vis., where she is called "Bridget" Sharpe.
On Monday, April 17, 2023 at 12:29:59 PM UTC-4, Johnny Brananas wrote:
Grantham, Lincolnshire
14 May [1583] Mr Chester & Jane Sharpe [were married]
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015005601201&view=1up&seq=116&skin=2021&q1=%22mr%20chester%22
Note that this is a different Christian name for the bride than's given in the Vis., where she is called "Bridget" Sharpe.Perhaps "Jane" Sharpe was a mistake in the record and Bridget was intended, as Leonard certainly had a wife Bridget about 10 years later:
[1594. Easter Term. 36 Eliz. I, Hertfordshire Feet of Fines]
John Nicoll: Leonard Chester & Bridget his wife. Four messuages & land in Chippinge Barnett.
https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Herts_Genealogist_and_Antiquary/DtMKAAAAYAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22leonard+chester%22+%22four+messuages%22&pg=PA149&printsec=frontcover
I see that the Rev. John Batty had been rector of Stevenage, Herts., earlier in the century, which is where he may have come into contact with Leonard Chester (who was originally from Chipping Barnet).https://www.google.com/books/edition/Alumni_Cantabrigienses/dQZRAQAAIAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=stevenage+batty+lincs&pg=PA109&printsec=frontcover
On Monday, April 17, 2023 at 12:36:57 PM UTC-4, Johnny Brananas wrote:Chester , aged 24 , son of Bridget Chester , deceased , another sister of Nicholas , and Henry Plumbtree , aged 40 and more , the son of ____ Plumbtree , deceased, another sister of Nicholas, are kinsmen and next heirs of Nicholas [Sharpe]."
On Monday, April 17, 2023 at 12:29:59 PM UTC-4, Johnny Brananas wrote:
Grantham, Lincolnshire
14 May [1583] Mr Chester & Jane Sharpe [were married]
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015005601201&view=1up&seq=116&skin=2021&q1=%22mr%20chester%22
Note that this is a different Christian name for the bride than's given in the Vis., where she is called "Bridget" Sharpe.Perhaps "Jane" Sharpe was a mistake in the record and Bridget was intended, as Leonard certainly had a wife Bridget about 10 years later:
[1594. Easter Term. 36 Eliz. I, Hertfordshire Feet of Fines]
John Nicoll: Leonard Chester & Bridget his wife. Four messuages & land in Chippinge Barnett.
https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Herts_Genealogist_and_Antiquary/DtMKAAAAYAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22leonard+chester%22+%22four+messuages%22&pg=PA149&printsec=frontcover
One of the volumes of George Francis Farnham, _Leicestershire Medieval Village Notes_ seems to report on the 17 James I.p.m. of Nicholas Sharpe of Frisby, giving as heirs, "Dorothy Oswin , aged 30 and more , one sister of the said Nicholas , JohnI see that the Rev. John Batty had been rector of Stevenage, Herts., earlier in the century, which is where he may have come into contact with Leonard Chester (who was originally from Chipping Barnet).https://www.google.com/books/edition/Alumni_Cantabrigienses/dQZRAQAAIAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=stevenage+batty+lincs&pg=PA109&printsec=frontcover
It looks like the ages given are rather wild guesses.
On Monday, April 17, 2023 at 3:10:40 PM UTC-4, Johnny Brananas wrote:Chester , aged 24 , son of Bridget Chester , deceased , another sister of Nicholas , and Henry Plumbtree , aged 40 and more , the son of ____ Plumbtree , deceased, another sister of Nicholas, are kinsmen and next heirs of Nicholas [Sharpe]."
On Monday, April 17, 2023 at 12:36:57 PM UTC-4, Johnny Brananas wrote:
On Monday, April 17, 2023 at 12:29:59 PM UTC-4, Johnny Brananas wrote:
Grantham, Lincolnshire
14 May [1583] Mr Chester & Jane Sharpe [were married]
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015005601201&view=1up&seq=116&skin=2021&q1=%22mr%20chester%22
Note that this is a different Christian name for the bride than's given in the Vis., where she is called "Bridget" Sharpe.Perhaps "Jane" Sharpe was a mistake in the record and Bridget was intended, as Leonard certainly had a wife Bridget about 10 years later:
[1594. Easter Term. 36 Eliz. I, Hertfordshire Feet of Fines]
John Nicoll: Leonard Chester & Bridget his wife. Four messuages & land in Chippinge Barnett.
https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Herts_Genealogist_and_Antiquary/DtMKAAAAYAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22leonard+chester%22+%22four+messuages%22&pg=PA149&printsec=frontcover
One of the volumes of George Francis Farnham, _Leicestershire Medieval Village Notes_ seems to report on the 17 James I.p.m. of Nicholas Sharpe of Frisby, giving as heirs, "Dorothy Oswin , aged 30 and more , one sister of the said Nicholas , JohnI see that the Rev. John Batty had been rector of Stevenage, Herts., earlier in the century, which is where he may have come into contact with Leonard Chester (who was originally from Chipping Barnet).https://www.google.com/books/edition/Alumni_Cantabrigienses/dQZRAQAAIAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=stevenage+batty+lincs&pg=PA109&printsec=frontcover
It looks like the ages given are rather wild guesses.The sister who married Nicholas Plu[m]tr[e] of Nottingham was Ann Sharpe:
https://www.google.com/books/edition/Notes_on_the_Parish_Registers_of_St_Mary/Z_UVAAAAYAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22an+sharpp%22&pg=PA4&printsec=frontcover
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