'Edmonds1'
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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 | ||||||||||||||
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| 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) | ||||||||||||||
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| 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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