'Edmonds1'Index links to: Lead / Letter
Families covered: Edmonds of Baylis Court, Edmonds of Bossington, Edmonds of Devon, Edmunds of Worsborough, Edmonds of Yapton

                               
Berry (Sussex) identifies the arms of the following family as "Gu. a fesse, vair, in chief three martlets or".
Richard Edmonds of Baylis Court, Sussex
1. John Edmonds of Bawdewyne, Baylis Court & Yapton (a 1571)
  A. Walter Edmonds of Baylis Court & Yapton
  m. Margaret Beethell of Winchester
i. William Edmonds of Yapton
  m. Eliza Norton
  a. Henry Edmonds 'of Yapton' (dsp)
m. Frances Farington (dau of Sir John Farington)
  b. William Edmonds (a 1634, "ward to the king")
  (1) John Edmonds (dsp 1687)
  (2) Charity Edmonds (dsp)
  m. Laurence Elliott of Busbridge (d 1726, son of Sir William, m2. Margaret, relict of Charles (Calvert), Baron Baltimore)
  c.+ other issue - Elizabeth, Bridget, Sarah, Mary, Grace
  ii. Thomas Edmonds (4th son)
  m. Jone Bennett
  a.+ issue - George, Robert, Thomas, Margett, Ann
  iii. Francis Edmonds (7th son)
  m. Margaret Peircehay
  a.+ issue - Henry, Francis
  iv. George Edmonds
  m. Jane Hardham
  a. Margaret Edmonds
  v.+ other issue - Christopher (dsp), John (dsp), Allen, Anthony
  B. Thomas Edmonds of Bossington, Southamptonshire
  m. Elizabeth Wigmore (dau/heir of John Wigmore of Bossington)
  i. Thomas Edmonds of Bossington
  m. Barbara Venables (dau of Richard Venables of Andover)
  a.+ issue - Thomas, Richard, Elizabeth, Catherine
  ii. Barbara Edmonds
  m. Robert Verge of the Isle of Wight
  iii. Ann Edmonds
  m. John Ely of Hampshire
  iv.+ other issue - Willliam, Richard of London, John, Robert, Edward, Francis, Walter (d infant?), Christopher (d infant?), Walter, Christopher, Margaret (dsp)
  C. Anthony Edmonds
2. William Edmonds

 

 

Hunter identifies the arms of the following family as "Per chevron crenelle or and sable, three fleur-de-lis countercharged".
John Edmunds of Dalton, near Rotherham (a temp Elizabeth who r. 1558-1603)
1. Thomas Edmunds of Worsborough, Yorkshire (b c1595, d 09.01.1662)
  m. Ann Cookson (b 1601-2, d 01.07.1662, dau of Henry Cookson)
  A. Henry Edmunds of Worsborough (b 1627-8, dsps 22.03.1708-9)
m1. Jane Robinson (d 05.10.1683, dau of Richard Robinson of Thickett)
  i. Anne Edmunds (bpt 28.02.1653-4, d young)
  m2. (20.10.1684) Elizabeth Cutler (dau of Sir Gervase Cutler of Stainborough (by lady Magdalene Egerton), widow of Sir Thomas Herbert of York, Bart)
  B. Thomas Edmunds of Worsborough (d 22.03.1708-9)
  m. Mary Wentworth (d 13.12.1678, dau of John Wentworth, brother of Sir Thomas & Sir Matthew of Bretton)
  i. Thomas Edmunds of Worsborough
  m. Jane Foljambe (b 29.05.1671, dau of Francis Foljambe of Aldwark)
  a. Thomas Edmunds of Worsborough ((b 16.07.1699, bur 10.12.1742, 2nd son)
m. (30.06.1730) Elizabeth Carrington (dau/heir of Henry Carrington of the Views, m2. Edward Gower of Hutton)
  (1) Francis Edmunds of Worsborough (b 21.02.1738, d 07.1825)
  The following is supported by FMG (vol 1, 'Clarke-Offley-Shore', p316+).
  m. (18.06.1767) Hannah Maria Offley (b 07.06.1740, d 30.03.1805, dau of Joseph Offley of Norton Hall, sister/coheir of Edmund)
  (A) Francis Offley Edmunds of Worsborough (b 07.09.1773, dsp, DL)
  m. Mary Beresford Foljambe (dau of Francis Ferrand Foljambe of Aldwark)
  (B) Maria Elizabeth Edmunds (b 04.03.1769, d 31.08.1827)
  m. (1795) Henry Martin of Colston Basset (MP)
  (C) Urith Amelia Edmunds (b 18.01.1771, a 1821)
(2) Henrietta Edmunds (b 22.03.1739)
  m. William Falconer of Bath (MD, son of William (recorder of Chester))
  (A) Thomas Falconer of Bath (cleric)
  (3)+ other issue (d unm) - Henry (d young), Thomas (d young), William Charles (b 17.12.1740, d Braddock's Expedition 1755), Jane, margaret, Elizabeth Catherine
  b. Catherine Edmunds (b 28.06.1701, d 06.09.1724)
  m. William Dawson of Wakefield & Copley Hall
  c.+ other isssue - Henry (b 25.03.1695, d unm 02.04.1719), Margaret (b c1706, d unm 1739), others (d young - Elizabeth, Mary, Anne, Jane)
  ii.+ other issue - John (b 29.04.1673, clergyman in the Isle of Wight), Henry (b 23.04.1675, d 06.09.1724, MD), Wentworth (bpt 1677)
  C. Ann Edmunds
  m. Henry Wilson of Underley
  D. Barbara Edmunds (bpt 17.04.1641)
  m. Anthony Devevere of Leeds
  E.+ other issue - Wentworth (bur 30.06.1662), Margaret (b c1628, d unm 20.01.1660)

 

 

The following section was originally uploaded to EZmisc05 on 17.03.18 (reviewed 19.03.18). It was moved here to pull together families of similar name. Cross-references to ths family sometimes spell the name "Edmunds".
Henry Edmonds of New Sarum, Wiltshire
m. Julyan Brandon (dau of William Brandon of Wiltshire)
1. Thomas Edmonds of Plymouth & Foye (bur 21.08.1604)
m1. Joane De la Bere (dau of Anthony De la Bere of Sharborne)
  A. Arthur Edmonds (4th son)
  i.+ issue - John, Henry
  B. Sir Thomas Edmonds of Overston (b 1563, d 20.09.1639, Clerk of the Council & Treasurer of the Household of King James)
  The following is supported by Baker's 'Northamptonshire' (vol 1, p56-7). We do have a slight concern that Vivian may have confused this Sir Thomas with someone else!
  m1. Magdalen Wood (d 31.12.1614, dau/coheir of Sir John Wood of Albins & Overston) Sir John idenitified by Vivian as 'of Sapleford Abbott'
  i. Sir Henry Edmonds (b 1600, dsp 1635)
  ii. Isabella Edmonds (b 11.1607, d c1677)
  m. (03.1624-5) Henry West, 4th Lord De La Warr (b 03.10.1603, d 01.06.1628) not mentioned by Vivian
  iii. Mary Edmonds
  m1. (c05.1616) Thomas Bennett mentioned by Vivian
  m2. Robert Mildmay of Overstone (dvp 1646) mentioned by Baker, supported by TCP ('FitzWalter')
  iv. Maud Edmonds mentioned by Vivian but not by Baker
  m. Thomas Williams of Higham
  v. Louisa (Lewes) Edmonds (b 1611) named Lewes by Vivian but Louisa by Baker
  m. (1635-6) ??
  m2. (c09.1626) Sara Harrington (b c1566, bur 03.10.1629, dau of Sir James Harrington of Exton, widow of Francis, Lord Hastings, then Edward Curzon, Lord Zouche)
  C. daughter
  m. Thomas Daman of Blandford
  D.+ other issue - Silvester, William, John
  m2. (1591) Anne Verner (dau of John Verner of Fernfeld, widow of Willam Houghton of Sussex)
2. Joane Edmonds
  m. John Vanner
3. Olyve Edmonds
  m. Alexander Good
4. Jane Edmonds
  m. Thomas Codamore
5.+ other issue - Lawrence, Henry

Main source(s):
(1) For upper section : CountyGen (Sussex, Berry, p44), CountyGen (Hampshire, Berry, p120)
(2) For middle section : 'The History and Topography of the Deanery of Doncaster' (Joseph Hunter, vol 2, 1831, 'Pedigree of Edmunds of Worsborough', p290+)
(3) For lower section : Visitation (J.L. Vivian (1895), Devon, 1531+1564+1620+additions, 'Edmonds of Plymouth', p327)
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