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• FSID: 2HXX-J48
• Occupation: Knight

John married Riddlesdale, Elizabeth on 17 Jul 1575 in Boxford, Suffolk, England. Elizabeth (daughter of Riddlesdale, Henry C and Ibbotson, Joan) was born in 1555 in Boxford, Suffolk, England; was christened in 1555 in Boxford, Suffolk, England; died before 29 Sep 1625 in Suffolk, England; was buried on 29 Sep 1625 in Semer, Suffolk, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Higham, Elizabeth Ann was born in 1570 in Semer, Suffolk, England; died in 1593 in Essex, England.

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• FSID: GZHY-QSX

Thomas married Jermyn, Martha in 1548 in Higham, Suffolk, England. Martha (daughter of Jermyn, Sir Thomas IV and Spring, Anne) was born in 1529 in Rushbrooke, Suffolk, England; died on 23 Jun 1587 in Wickhambrook, Suffolk, England; was buried on 23 Jun 1587 in Wickhambrook, Suffolk, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FSID: LHZN-XCX
• Alternate Birth: 1520, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England

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• FSID: LJBJ-HXN

Notes:

THOMAS HEIGHAM was born 5 January 1503 at Higham, Suffolk, England, to John Higham (1472-1522) and Mary Terringham (1476-.) He married Phyllis Waldegrave 26 August 1526, Higham, Suffolk, England.

Thomas Heigham died 14 December 1554, Heigham Green, Gazeley, Suffolk, England, age 51.

Wikitree:
Excerpt from The Manors of Suffolk He (Sir Clement Heigham) married 1st Anne, daughter of John de Moonies, of Semer Hall, by Margaret, daughter of Henry Woodwoorde, and 2ndly, Anne, daughter of George Waldegrave, of Smallbridge, by Anne, daughter of Sir Robert of Drury, of Hawstead, sister of Philis, wife of Thomas Heigham, of Heigham, and widow of Henry Buers, of Acton, and he left issue by both marriages.[1]
Marriage and Children
Spouse: Philis, daughter of George Waldegrave[2]
1. Thomas[2]
2. George[2]
3. Francis[2]
4. Anne[2]
5. Bridget[2]
6. Henry[2]

Church of All Saints
Gazeley, Suffolk, England

THOMAS HEIGHAM
Excerpt from The Manors of Suffolk He (Sir Clement Heigham) married 1st Anne, daughter of John de Moonies, of Semer Hall, by Margaret, daughter of Henry Woodwoorde, and 2ndly, Anne, daughter of George Waldegrave, of Smallbridge, by Anne, daughter of Sir Robert of Drury, of Hawstead, sister of Philis, wife of Thomas Heigham, of Heigham, and widow of Henry Buers, of Acton, and he left issue by both marriages.[1]
Marriage and Children
Spouse: Philis, daughter of George Waldegrave[2]
1. Thomas[2]
2. George[2]
3. Francis[2]
4. Anne[2]
5. Bridget[2]
6. Henry[2]

PHYLLIS WALDEGRAVE was born 17 January 1509, Smallbridge, Bures Saint Mary , Suffolk, England, to Sir George Waldegrave (1483-1528) and Lady Anne Drury (1480-1572.) She marriedThomas Heigham 26 August 1526, Higham, Suffolk, England.

Phyllis Waldegrave died 7 May 1579, Higham, Suffolk, England, age 70. She was buried at 8 May 1579, Bures St. Mary, Suffolk, England.

Wikitree:
Phyllis was the daughter of George Waldegrave and Anne Drury.[1]
Marriage and Children
She married Thomas Heigham, Esq., son of John Heigham and Mary Teringham, in 1528 at Smallbridge, Suffolk, England. They had 5 sons (Thomas; George; Francis; Henry; & John) and 2 daughters (Anne, wife of Thomas Randall; & Bridget, wife of Thomas Burrough, Gent., & of Thomas French, Gent.).[2][3][4][5][6][7]
Spouse: Thomas Heigham[1]
1. Thomas[1]
2. George[1]
3. Francis[1]
4. Anne[1]
5. Bridget[1]
6. Henry[1]
Excerpt from The Manors of Suffolk
He (Sir Clement Heigham) married 1st Anne, daughter of John de Moonies, of Semer Hall, by Margaret, daughter of Henry Woodwoorde, and 2ndly, Anne, daughter of George Waldegrave, of Smallbridge, by Anne, daughter of Sir Robert of Drury, of Hawstead, sister of Philis, wife of Thomas Heigham, of Heigham, and widow of Henry Buers, of Acton, and he left issue by both marriages.[8]

Bures St. Mary, Suffolk, England

Phyllis Waldegrave Heigham
Phyllis was the daughter of George Waldegrave and Anne Drury.[1]
Marriage and Children
She married Thomas Heigham, Esq., son of John Heigham and Mary Teringham, in 1528 at Smallbridge, Suffolk, England. They had 5 sons (Thomas; George; Francis; Henry; & John) and 2 daughters (Anne, wife of Thomas Randall; & Bridget, wife of Thomas Burrough, Gent., & of Thomas French, Gent.).[2][3][4][5][6][7]
Spouse: Thomas Heigham[1]
1. Thomas[1]
2. George[1]
3. Francis[1]
4. Anne[1]
5. Bridget[1]
6. Henry[1]
Excerpt from The Manors of Suffolk
He (Sir Clement Heigham) married 1st Anne, daughter of John de Moonies, of Semer Hall, by Margaret, daughter of Henry Woodwoorde, and 2ndly, Anne, daughter of George Waldegrave, of Smallbridge, by Anne, daughter of Sir Robert of Drury, of Hawstead, sister of Philis, wife of Thomas Heigham, of Heigham, and widow of Henry Buers, of Acton, and he left issue by both marriages.[8]

Phillis Waldergrave
Phyllis was the daughter of George Waldegrave and Anne Drury.[1]
Marriage and Children
She married Thomas Heigham, Esq., son of John Heigham and Mary Teringham, in 1528 at Smallbridge, Suffolk, England. They had 5 sons (Thomas; George; Francis; Henry; & John) and 2 daughters (Anne, wife of Thomas Randall; & Bridget, wife of Thomas Burrough, Gent., & of Thomas French, Gent.).[2][3][4][5][6][7]
Spouse: Thomas Heigham[1]
1. Thomas[1]
2. George[1]
3. Francis[1]
4. Anne[1]
5. Bridget[1]
6. Henry[1]
Excerpt from The Manors of Suffolk
He (Sir Clement Heigham) married 1st Anne, daughter of John de Moonies, of Semer Hall, by Margaret, daughter of Henry Woodwoorde, and 2ndly, Anne, daughter of George Waldegrave, of Smallbridge, by Anne, daughter of Sir Robert of Drury, of Hawstead, sister of Philis, wife of Thomas Heigham, of Heigham, and widow of Henry Buers, of Acton, and he left issue by both marriages.[8]

Children of Thomas Heigham and Phyllis Waldegrave:

1. Thomas Heigham (1520-1557)
2. Ann Heigham (1529-)
3. *BRIDGET HIGHAM (1530-1587)
4. George Higham (1533-1584)
5. Francis Heigham (1535-1584)
6. Henry Higham (1537-1614)
7. John Higham (1540-)
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John married Waldegrave, Lady Phyllis in 1528 in Smallbridge Hall, Smallbridge, Suffolk, England. Phyllis was born on 17 Jan 1509 in Bures Saint Mary, Suffolk, England; was christened on 17 Jan 1509 in Smallbridge, Lancashire, England; died on 7 May 1579 in Higham, Suffolk, England; was buried on 8 May 1579 in Bures Saint Mary, Suffolk, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FSID: L8P5-SB3

Notes:

THOMAS HEIGHAM was born 5 January 1503 at Higham, Suffolk, England, to John Higham (1472-1522) and Mary Terringham (1476-.) He married Phyllis Waldegrave 26 August 1526, Higham, Suffolk, England.

Thomas Heigham died 14 December 1554, Heigham Green, Gazeley, Suffolk, England, age 51.

Wikitree:
Excerpt from The Manors of Suffolk He (Sir Clement Heigham) married 1st Anne, daughter of John de Moonies, of Semer Hall, by Margaret, daughter of Henry Woodwoorde, and 2ndly, Anne, daughter of George Waldegrave, of Smallbridge, by Anne, daughter of Sir Robert of Drury, of Hawstead, sister of Philis, wife of Thomas Heigham, of Heigham, and widow of Henry Buers, of Acton, and he left issue by both marriages.[1]
Marriage and Children
Spouse: Philis, daughter of George Waldegrave[2]
1. Thomas[2]
2. George[2]
3. Francis[2]
4. Anne[2]
5. Bridget[2]
6. Henry[2]

Church of All Saints
Gazeley, Suffolk, England

THOMAS HEIGHAM
Excerpt from The Manors of Suffolk He (Sir Clement Heigham) married 1st Anne, daughter of John de Moonies, of Semer Hall, by Margaret, daughter of Henry Woodwoorde, and 2ndly, Anne, daughter of George Waldegrave, of Smallbridge, by Anne, daughter of Sir Robert of Drury, of Hawstead, sister of Philis, wife of Thomas Heigham, of Heigham, and widow of Henry Buers, of Acton, and he left issue by both marriages.[1]
Marriage and Children
Spouse: Philis, daughter of George Waldegrave[2]
1. Thomas[2]
2. George[2]
3. Francis[2]
4. Anne[2]
5. Bridget[2]
6. Henry[2]

PHYLLIS WALDEGRAVE was born 17 January 1509, Smallbridge, Bures Saint Mary , Suffolk, England, to Sir George Waldegrave (1483-1528) and Lady Anne Drury (1480-1572.) She marriedThomas Heigham 26 August 1526, Higham, Suffolk, England.

Phyllis Waldegrave died 7 May 1579, Higham, Suffolk, England, age 70. She was buried at 8 May 1579, Bures St. Mary, Suffolk, England.

Wikitree:
Phyllis was the daughter of George Waldegrave and Anne Drury.[1]
Marriage and Children
She married Thomas Heigham, Esq., son of John Heigham and Mary Teringham, in 1528 at Smallbridge, Suffolk, England. They had 5 sons (Thomas; George; Francis; Henry; & John) and 2 daughters (Anne, wife of Thomas Randall; & Bridget, wife of Thomas Burrough, Gent., & of Thomas French, Gent.).[2][3][4][5][6][7]
Spouse: Thomas Heigham[1]
1. Thomas[1]
2. George[1]
3. Francis[1]
4. Anne[1]
5. Bridget[1]
6. Henry[1]
Excerpt from The Manors of Suffolk
He (Sir Clement Heigham) married 1st Anne, daughter of John de Moonies, of Semer Hall, by Margaret, daughter of Henry Woodwoorde, and 2ndly, Anne, daughter of George Waldegrave, of Smallbridge, by Anne, daughter of Sir Robert of Drury, of Hawstead, sister of Philis, wife of Thomas Heigham, of Heigham, and widow of Henry Buers, of Acton, and he left issue by both marriages.[8]

Bures St. Mary, Suffolk, England

Phyllis Waldegrave Heigham
Phyllis was the daughter of George Waldegrave and Anne Drury.[1]
Marriage and Children
She married Thomas Heigham, Esq., son of John Heigham and Mary Teringham, in 1528 at Smallbridge, Suffolk, England. They had 5 sons (Thomas; George; Francis; Henry; & John) and 2 daughters (Anne, wife of Thomas Randall; & Bridget, wife of Thomas Burrough, Gent., & of Thomas French, Gent.).[2][3][4][5][6][7]
Spouse: Thomas Heigham[1]
1. Thomas[1]
2. George[1]
3. Francis[1]
4. Anne[1]
5. Bridget[1]
6. Henry[1]
Excerpt from The Manors of Suffolk
He (Sir Clement Heigham) married 1st Anne, daughter of John de Moonies, of Semer Hall, by Margaret, daughter of Henry Woodwoorde, and 2ndly, Anne, daughter of George Waldegrave, of Smallbridge, by Anne, daughter of Sir Robert of Drury, of Hawstead, sister of Philis, wife of Thomas Heigham, of Heigham, and widow of Henry Buers, of Acton, and he left issue by both marriages.[8]

Phillis Waldergrave
Phyllis was the daughter of George Waldegrave and Anne Drury.[1]
Marriage and Children
She married Thomas Heigham, Esq., son of John Heigham and Mary Teringham, in 1528 at Smallbridge, Suffolk, England. They had 5 sons (Thomas; George; Francis; Henry; & John) and 2 daughters (Anne, wife of Thomas Randall; & Bridget, wife of Thomas Burrough, Gent., & of Thomas French, Gent.).[2][3][4][5][6][7]
Spouse: Thomas Heigham[1]
1. Thomas[1]
2. George[1]
3. Francis[1]
4. Anne[1]
5. Bridget[1]
6. Henry[1]
Excerpt from The Manors of Suffolk
He (Sir Clement Heigham) married 1st Anne, daughter of John de Moonies, of Semer Hall, by Margaret, daughter of Henry Woodwoorde, and 2ndly, Anne, daughter of George Waldegrave, of Smallbridge, by Anne, daughter of Sir Robert of Drury, of Hawstead, sister of Philis, wife of Thomas Heigham, of Heigham, and widow of Henry Buers, of Acton, and he left issue by both marriages.[8]

Children of Thomas Heigham and Phyllis Waldegrave:

1. Thomas Heigham (1520-1557)
2. Ann Heigham (1529-)
3. *BRIDGET HIGHAM (1530-1587)
4. George Higham (1533-1584)
5. Francis Heigham (1535-1584)
6. Henry Higham (1537-1614)
7. John Higham (1540-)
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• FSID: LRL5-4DJ
• Will: 14 Jan 1496, Rushbrooke, Suffolk, England

Notes:

Sir Thomas Jermyn (c.1482 - 8 October 1552) was an English politician and landowner. He was the son of Thomas Jermyn and Catherine Bernard. He served as Sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk in 1530 and 1541. On 10 March 1540 he was knighted by Henry VIII and granted a coat-of-arms. Jermyn lived at Rushbrooke Hall, which he demolished and remodeled in the late 1540s. He married first Anne Spring (1494-1528), daughter of Thomas Spring of Lavenham. Jermyn was the father of Sir Ambrose Jermyn. He married secondly Anne Drury, widow of Sir George Waldegrave, esquire (c. 1483 – 8 July 1528) of Smallbridge, Suffolk and daughter of Robert Drury.

References:
1. Will of Sir Thomas Jermyn of Rushbrooke, Suffolk, proved 16 December 1552, National Archives Retrieved 26 April 2013. 2. Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 2nd Edition (2011), p.285 http://www.oxford-shakespeare.com/Probate/PROB_11-21_ff_83-4.pdf
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SIR THOMAS JERMYN, of Rushbrook, was born about 1482, of Rushbrooke, Suffolk, England, to Thomas Jermyn, III (1453-1504) and Catherine Bernard (1458-1519.) He married (1) Anne Waldegrave Drury, Land of Burnham, (2) *Anna Spring.

He lived at Rushbrooke, Suffolk, England.

Thomas Jermyn died 8 October 1552, in Rushbrooke, Suffolk, England, age 70.

Rushbrooke Hall, near Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk
Jermyn family home. Destroyed, demolition, fire 1961

ANNA (Annie) SPRING was born about 1494 of Lavenham, Suffolk, England, to Thomas Spring, Esq. and Anna. She married Thomas Jermyn.

Anna Spring passed away in about 1553, of Rushbrooke, Suffolk, England, age 59.

Children of Thomas Jermyn and Anna Spring:

1. Sir Ambrose Jermyn, b. 1502.
2. Margaret Jermyn, b. 1510.
3. Bridget Jermyn was born about 1512, of Suffolk, England, to Sir Thomas Jermyn (1482-1552) and Anna Spring (1494-1553.) She married Sir Robert Crane. Bridget Jermyn died 29 August 1561, in Suffolk, England, age 49.
4. Elizabeth Jermyn, b. 1518; md. Playters.
5. Martha Jermyn, b. 1529.
6. Barbara Jermyn, b. 1532; md. Bacon
7. Ursula Jermyn, b. 1547; md. Martin

Thomas married Spring, Anne. Anne (daughter of Spring, Thomas III and King, Anne) was born in 1494 in Lavenham, Suffolk, England; died on 20 Aug 1568 in Rushbrooke, Suffolk, England; was buried after 20 Aug 1568 in Lavenham, Suffolk, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FSID: LRL5-34Y

Notes:

ANNE SPRING was born about 1484 of Lavenham, Suffolk, England. She married Thomas Jermyn about 1497 of Rushbrooke, Suffolkshire, England.

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• FSID: LVQ7-B87

Notes:

THOMAS JERMYN was born about 1453 of Lavenham, Suffolk, England, to Sir Thomas Jermyn (1415-1480) and Margaret Leyman (1426-1496.) He married Catheryn Bernard about 1480 of Akenham, Suffolk, England.

Thomas Jermyn Died 10 October 1496, England, age 43.

• The will of Thomas Jermyn of Rushbrook, father of Sir Thomas, partly made in Jan 1496/7 , partly in Jul 1503 , and proved at London in Nov 1504.
In the name of God Amen. I Thomas Jermyn in my hole mynde and good memory beyng at Rasshbrok 12 Jan 1496 , make my last will in this manner of wise.--First I bequeth my soule to almighty god my creator, to our lady seynt Mary and to all the seyntes of heven. And my body to be buried in the parische churche of Rasshebroke on the south side of the chauncell where I will have the chapell lengthened.--Item I bequeth to the awter of the said church for my tithes unpaid and for helth of my soule 20 shillings.--To the high aulter of Moche Whelnetham for like cause 6s. 8d.--To litell Whelnetham 6s. 8d.--To the high awter of seynt Mary churche of Bury for the like cause 6s. 8d.--To the reparacion of the parisshe church of Rasshebrok 100 marcs.--To the newe warke of the monastery of Bury 10 marcs.--To the freeres of Babwelle for 4 trentalles 40s.--To the olde freeres of Tetford for a trentall 10s.--To an able preest to synge for my soule and for the soules of my fader and moder and for all the soules that I am bownde to pray for by the space of 13 yeres 104 markes.--To Agnes Sexten my suster 46 pounds and a marc.

--To the marriage of Alys and Mary my doughters £140 evenly to be devided amonges theym.
And if it fortune any of theym to dye er they be maried or professed into any religion, then I will hir parte so ded to remayne to Robert and ffrauncys my sones when they come to the age of 24 yeres. And if soo be that all my doughters dye er they be maried, then I will that all their partes shall remayn to Robert and ffraunceys my sones if they or any of them lyveth to the age of 24 yeres. And if they dye afore the age of 24 yeres, then I will that the said £140 shall remayn to myn executors to dispose for the helth of my soule and for all my frendes soules and for all the soules that I am moste bounden to.--I geve to Maryon my mayde V marcs.--To Margaret Lane 13s. 4d.--To Thomas Leff 5 marcs.--To Clement Roos 26s. 8d.--To eche other servant that I have or shall have the day of my deth 4 ewys and 4 lambys.--To eche godchilde that I shall have at that time an ewe and a lambe.--To Mergete my wif all my hostilamentes and utensiles and jowelys that to myne house be longyng excepte thoo that longe to husbondrye, that is to say cartes, ploughes, harrowys, barrowys and all other such thinges.--I requyre myn executors, if they can knowe who I have don any wrong to, that they recompense it with my goodes.--The residue of all my goodes not bequethed I bequeth to myn executors to dispose theym for the helthe of my soule and of theym that I am most bounde.--And of this present testament I make myn executors Mergete my wif, Thomas Jermyn my son, Robert Sexteyn, William Cokke, Agnes Sexteyn and Alys Jermyn my doughters. And I bequeth to Robert Sexteyn £10, and to William Cokke 40s. Moreover I will that Robert Drury and John Aleyn be supervisors. And I bequeth to eche of theym for their labour V marcs. Also I will that noon of myn executours shall doo no thing but if it be thoo thinges that be comprehended in my last will but if it be the avise of the said supervisors or by oon of theym.--Moreover I will that Mergete my wife have the soole administracion of all my goodes if she contynew wedow with this condicion, that she will be bounde to myne executors afore the probate of this my testament in £500, that if she be maried she will afore the aspousaylle make accompte of all suche goodes as hath come to hir handes and deliver them to myne executors; and if she refuse to doo that, then I will that she be noon of my executors, but holde hir to such legacys as I have bequethed hir in this my last will.--I bequeth to Agnes Sexteyn my doughters doughter £10.

This is the last will of me Thomas Jermyn made 06 Jul 1503 , the 18 yere of Kyng Henry the Seventh, of all the manors, londes [etc] that he hath or that any other man hath to his use within the Realme of England.
First I will that my feoffees shall be feoffees in all the said manors [etc.] unto the fest of Seynt Mighell, 1506 , to the use of myn executors. And after the said fest I will that my feoffees shall make a state of my manor of litell Whelnetham (excepte all those londes and woodes that lyen on the north side of a waye that ledyth from Gyppysfelde unto Syckolsmer townes ende) to Thomas Jermyn my son, to him and his heires lawfully begotten without ende. [With remainder successively to Robert Jermyn my son and his heirs male, to Francis Jermyn my son and his heirs male, and to my next heirs without end.]--I will that my feoffees make a state to the said Thomas my son at the said Mighelmesse, if he then lyve, of the Manor of Barrowe lying in Weste Toftys in Norfolk, and also of a tenement in Wrotham called townes ende. Also of 2 tenementes lying in Badwell called Massomys and Cristofer ffrebankys, to him and his heirs lawfully begotten without ende. [With remainder as before.] Item of all those landes that I have lying in litell Whelnetham on the south side of the waye afore rehersed that be longing to the manor of Rosshebrok, in recompence of the londes that I have excepted lying on the north side of the said waye.--Item I will that my feoffees shall suffer myn executors to take the profittes of the Manor of Marham for 13 yeres and of my tenemente called Lacheleys to performe my will. And after the said 13 yeres I will that my feoffees make a state to Robert and ffraunceys my sonys of the said manor and tenemente to hold to theym and their assignes for their lyffes. And after the decesse of the said Robert and ffraunceys I will that the said manor of Marham called Olde Halle remayne to Beatrice and Audslace doughters and heires of Thomas Darell and to their heires and assignes withouten ende.--I will that all myn other landes [etc.] remayne to Merget my wif for hir life to the entente that she shall kepe my children & fulfill my will, if she kepe hirself soole and unmaried. And if she be maried, then I will that the said londes remayne to myn executors to the entente that tbey shall yerely pay to the said Marget my wif £20 at 4 times in the yere by even porcions.--I bequeth to Thomas Sexteyn my doughteres sone my tenemente called Elyattys in Rougham or elles £24 that I have paid therfore.--And the residue of the said londes to be devided by myn executors betwixt my 3 sones, that is to say Thomas my sone the oon half and to Robert and ffraunceys my sones the other half.--And after the decesse of Margete my wife I will the manor of Rasshebrok (except that is before excepted) and all other landes that I have within the said towne of Rasshebrok, Rougham, Welnetham magna, Welnetham parva, Bradfeld monachorum, Hawsted, Nowton, Bury Seynt Edmund, ffornham Marteyn and Berton, (except the said manor of litell Whelnetham as is before rehersed) remayne to Thomas my son and the heires male of his body. [With remainder to Robert and Francis and their heires male successively.] And if it fortune my sones to dye withoute heirs male, I will that the said manors etc. remayne to Agnes, Alys and Mary my doughters and to the heires male of their bodyes. And for defawte of such yssue male of my 3 doughters, I will that the said manors etc. be sold by myn executors, and the half dell of the money therof comyng to be distributed betwixt my childerns childern, if any ther be, and the other half to be distributed for the wele of my soule and of Mergete my wif, and the soule of our faders and our moders, and for the soules of Dann John Swaffham, sexteyn of the monastery of Bury Seynt Edmund, and Thomas Edon the elder, and for the soules of all my frendes and of all other that I am most bounde to praye for.
Proved 03 Nov 1504 , by Thomas Jermyn and Robert Sexteyn, executors.

CATHERYN BERNARD was born about 1458 of Akenham, Suffolk, England, to Sir John Bernard II (1426-1472) and Lady Helena Mallory (1435-1495.) She married Thomas Jermyn about 1480 of Akenham, Suffolk, England.

Catheryn Bernard passed away about 1519 of Rushbrooke, Suffolk, England, age 61.

Suffolk's Rushbrooke Hall

Children of Thomas Jermyn and Catheryn Bernard:

1. Francis Jermyn (1480-1551)
2. Agnes Jermyn (1482-1520)
3. *THOMAS JERMYN (1485-1552)
4. Robert Jermyn (1488-1535)
5. Alice Jermyn (1492-1520)
6. Mary Jermyn (1494-)
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Thomas married Bernard, Katharine. Katharine (daughter of Bernard, Sir John II and Mallory, Lady Helena) was born in 1458 in Akenham, Suffolk, England; died in 1519 in Rushbrooke, Suffolk, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FSID: LZJP-C71

Notes:

THOMAS JERMYN, III, was born about 1453, of Rushbrook, Suffolk, England, to Thomas Jermyn (1424-1479) and Margaret Leyman (1432-1496.) Thomas married Catherine Bernard in about 1480, of Akenham, Suffolk, England.

Thomas Jermyn died in November 1504, in Rushbrook, Suffolk, England, age 51.

St. Mary’s at Akenham, Suffolk, England

CATHERINE BERNARD was born about 1458, of Akenham, Suffolk, England, to Sir John Bernard and. She married Thomas Jermyn in about 1480 of Akenham, Suffolk, England.

Catherine Bernard passed away about 1519, of Suffolk, England, age 61.

Children of Thomas Jermyn and Catherine Bernard:

1. Thomas Jermyn, IV, was born about 1482, of Rushbrooke, Suffolk, England, to Thomas Jermyn, III (1453-1504) and Catherine Bernard (1458-1519.) He married (1) Anne Waldegrave Drury, Land of Burnham, (2) *Anna Spring. Thomas Jermyn died 8 October 1552, in Rushbrooke, Suffolk, England, age 70.
2. Agnes Jermyn, b. 1495; md. Sexton.
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• Nickname: The Rich Clothier
• FSID: L55Q-4KK
• Occupation: Cloth Merchant
• Will: 3 Jul 1523, Lavenham, Suffolk, England
• Will: 23 Feb 1545, Canterbury, Kent, England

Notes:

Thomas Spring 1457 – 1523), also referred to as The Rich Clothier, was an English cloth merchant during the early 1500s. From Lavenham in Suffolk he consolidated his father's business to become one of the most successful in the booming wool trade, and was one of the richest men in England in his lifetime.

Family
Thomas Spring was the eldest son and heir of Thomas Spring of Lavenham, Suffolk (d 1486), and Margaret Appleton. His father's will mentions Thomas and two other sons, William and James (slain 1493), as well as a daughter, Marian. He had another brother, John Spring, whose daughter, Margaret, married Aubrey de Vere, second son of John de Vere, 15th Earl of Oxford; Aubrey de Vere and Margaret Spring were the grandparents of Robert de Vere, 19th Earl of Oxford.

The will of Thomas Spring's grandfather, also named Thomas (d.1440), mentions his wife, Agnes, his eldest son and heir, Thomas (d. 7 September 1486), another son, William, and two daughters, Katherine and Dionyse.

Career
Thomas inherited the Spring family wool and cloth business from his father, and during his lifetime the cloth trade was at its most profitable. By the time of his death, Spring was believed to be the richest man in England outside the peerage, having invested much of his money in land.

In 1512, 1513 and 1517 his name appears as one of the commissioners for collecting taxation in Suffolk. Spring played a large part in defeating supporters of William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk, who claimed the throne from Henry VII. However, in 1517, in the reign of Henry VIII, Spring was given exemption from his public duties. At this point, he was probably at the height of his wealth.

Spring is mentioned in John Skelton's satirical poem Why come ye not to Court, which makes reference to the rich clothier with whom Skelton is said to have been friends.[8] He writes:

"Now nothing, but pay pay with laughe and lay downe Borough, Citie and towne good Springe of Lanam must count what became of his clothe makyng. My Lordes grace will bryng down thys hye Springe and brynge it so lowe it shal not ever flow."

Like his father, Thomas Spring was closely involved in the rebuilding of St Peter and St Paul's Church in Lavenham. This was partly done in order to propitiate the 13th Earl of Oxford, who had ordered the reconstruction work and was the church's other principal donor. The rebuilding also gave Spring an opportunity to display his wealth and generosity, thus solidifying his position in Suffolk; a common motivation behind the construction of many wool churches.

Spring made his last will on 13 June 1523 as 'Thomas Spring of Lavenham, clothmaker', leaving his wife, Alice, all her apparel and jewels, 1000 marks in money, and half his plate and implements of household, with the other half to go to his eldest son and heir, John. Spring also left bequests to his son, Robert, his unmarried daughter, Bridget, the children of his married daughter, Rose Guybon, and the children of his son-in-law, Thomas Jermyn. To 'my wife's daughter, Alice May', he bequeathed £26 13s 4d, 'which I recovered for her of May's executors', to be paid to her at the age of sixteen. A further sum of 5000 marks was to left in trust for future generations of Spring family members with last know survivor being Patricia Anne Shalts (nee Spring) Whereabouts unknown.

Thomas Spring was buried in the Spring family parclose in Lavenham church before the altar of St Katherine. His widow commissioned Flemish wood carvers to create a ten-foot high parclose screen around his tomb, which is one of the most intricate of its type still in existence.

Marriage and issue
Thomas Spring is said to have married firstly, in 1493, Anne King, whose family was of Boxford, Suffolk, by whom he had two sons and two daughters:

Sir John Spring (d. 12 August 1547), who married Dorothy Waldegrave, the daughter of Sir William Waldegrave
Robert Spring (1502–1550), who left a will dated 10 October 1547 in which he mentions his wife Agnes, his eldest son and heir, Thomas Spring of Castlemaine, six other sons (Jerome, Robert, John, Nicholas, Stephen, and Henry, parson of Icklingham), and two daughters Dorothy and Frances. As overseer, he appointed Sir William Cordell.
Anne Spring[ (1494–1528), who married Sir Thomas Jermyn (d.1552) of Rushbrooke, Suffolk. After her death, Sir Thomas Jermyn married Anne Drury.
Rose Spring (b.1496), who married Thomas Guybon.

Spring married secondly a wife named Alice (d.1538), the widow of a husband surnamed May, by whom he had a daughter:

Bridget Spring (1498–c.1557), who married firstly William Erneley (21 December 1501 – 20 January 1546), son of Sir John Erneley (c.1464–1520), Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, by whom she had two sons and two daughters, and secondly Sir Henry Hussey (d. 28 August 1557) of Slinfold, Sussex.
Spring's widow, Alice, survived him by fifteen years. In her will, dated 13 April 1538, she mentions her daughter by Thomas Spring, Bridget, now the wife of William Erneley; her daughter Alice, now the wife of Richard Fulmerston, gentleman; and her daughter Margaret (died c. 1552), the wife of William Risby (died c. 1551). She appoints as executors her daughter Margaret and sons-in-law, William Risby and Richard Fulmerston, and requests "my Lord of Oxenford to aid and defend my said executors." In a codicil added 31 August 1538, she discharges Richard Fulmerston as executor, and appoints him supervisor. Both will and codicil were proved 5 September 1538.
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Now nothing, but pay pay with laughe and lay downe Borough, Citie and towne good Springe of Lanam must count what became of his clothe makyng. My Lordes grace will bryng down thys hye Springe and brynge it so lowe it shal not ever flow.

-- "Why come ye not to Court" makes reference to the rich clothier with whom poet John Skelton is said to have been friends.

Thomas married King, Anne. Anne was born in 1469 in Boxford, Suffolk, England; died in Sep 1508 in Lavenham, Suffolk, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

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Notes:

THOMAS SPRING ESQ. was born about 1476, of Lavenham, Suffolk, England, to Thomas Spring (1456-1486) and Margaret Parris (1452-1480.) He married (1) *Anna King about 1493; (2) Alice Margaret Appleton (1476-1538.)

Thomas Spring died 15 June 1523, in Lavenham, Suffolk, England, age 47.

Thomas Spring Plaque:

Thomas Spring, the “rich clothier” died on the twenty-ninth day of June, 1523, and Lavenham was plunged into gloom at the loss of its wealthiest inhabitant.

Thomas asked to be buried in Lavenham Church. Before the altar of Saint Katherine, and to have a parclose built around the Tomb. He also willed money towards the finishing of Lavenham Church steeple.

His devoted wife Alice consoled herself by carrying out his wishes. She obtained the best craftsmen she could to make the elaborately carved parclose still standing here. She hurried on the workmen to get the south chapel finished and she watched the tower being completed with her husband’s money.

The Spring Coat of Arms is much in evidence in the carving and also in the coloured-glass roundel in the Lady Chapel. The colours from which are duplicated in the flower arrangement on the tomb.

CRIPT OF THOMAS

ANNA KING was born about 1473, of Boxford, Suffolk, England, to unknown parents. She married Thomas Spring, Esq. about 1493.

Anna King died about 1506, age 33.

Children of Thomas Spring and Anna King:

1. Anna (Anne) Spring was born about 1494 of Lavenham, Suffolk, England, to Thomas Spring, Esq. (1476-1523) and Anna King (1473-1506.) She married Thomas Jermyn. Anna Spring passed away in about 1553, of Rushbrooke, Suffolk, England, age 59.
2. Rose Spring, b. 1496; md. Gibbons
3. Bridget Spring, b. 1498; md. Ernley Hussey.
4. Sir John Spring, b. 1500; d. 12 Aug 1547.
5. Robert Spring, Esq., b. 1502; d. 3 Apr 1550..