Other Events and Attributes:

• Appointments / Titles: Duchess of Norfolk
• FSID: 9SLR-JRF
• Appointments / Titles: 17 Aug 1497; Countess of Surrey
• Burial: 31 Oct 1545, St Marys at Lambreth Chuch, Lambeth, Surrey, England; This was a re-interrment

Notes:

Agnes Tilney Duchess of Norfolk

Spouse(s) Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk

Issue
William Howard, 1st Baron Howard of Effingham
Lord Thomas Howard
Richard Howard
Dorothy Howard
Anne Howard
Katherine Howard
Elizabeth Howard

Noble family House of Howard

Father Hugh Tilney
Mother Eleanor, daughter of Walter Tailboys
Born c.1477
Died May 1545
Agnes Howard, Duchess of Norfolk

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Agnes Howard (née Tilney) (c. 1477 – May 1545) was the second wife of Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk. Two of King Henry VIII's Queens were her step-granddaughters, Anne Boleyn, and Catherine Howard. After her mother's death, Catherine Howard was in the Dowager Duchess's care during her youth, and as a result of the Duchess's lax guardianship, committed sexual indiscretions while in the Duchess's household which led to her execution as Queen. Agnes' brother, Sir Philip Tilney of Shelley (d.1533), was the paternal grandfather of Edmund Tilney (1535/6–1610), Master of the Revels to Queen Elizabeth and King James. Edmund Tilney's mother, Malyn, was implicated in the scandal surrounding Queen Catherine's downfall.

Marriage
Agnes Tilney, born around 1477, was the daughter of Hugh Tilney of Skirbeck and Boston, Lincolnshire by Eleanor, daughter of Walter Tailboys and Alice Stafford Cheyney.[1][2] Her brother, Sir Philip Tilney of Shelley (d.1533), was in the service of Thomas Howard, then Earl of Surrey, the husband of Agnes' cousin, Elizabeth Tilney. Surrey's first wife died on 4 April 1497, and he and Agnes were married four months later by dispensation dated 17 August 1497.[1] Agnes brought Surrey little by way of dowry.[3]

The marriage coincided with a change in Surrey's fortunes. As a supporter of Richard III, for whom he fought at Bosworth in 1485, Surrey was not in high favour during the early years of the reign of Henry VII. However, in 1499 he was recalled to court, and in the following year he accompanied the King on a state visit to France. In 1501 he was sworn of the Privy Council, and on 16 June of that year was named Lord Treasurer. In the same year he was involved in successful diplomatic negotiations with King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella for a marriage between the Spanish Infanta, Catherine of Aragon, and Henry VII's eldest son Arthur, Prince of Wales. When Prince Arthur died on 2 April 1502, Surrey supervised the funeral. In 1503 he escorted the King'sdaughter, Margaret Tudor, to Scotland for her wedding to King James IV.[4]

On 21 April 1509 Henry VII died. Surrey was an executor of the late King's will, and served as Earl Marshal at the coronation of Henry VIII. When a Scottish army invaded after Henry VIII had departed for Calais on 30 June 1513, Surrey crushed the Scottish forces at Flodden on 9 September. The victory brought Surrey popular renown and royal rewards. On 1 February 1514 he was created Duke of Norfolk, and his son Thomas was made Earl of Surrey. Both were granted lands and annuities, and the Howard arms were augmented in honour of Flodden.[4]

Norfolk's leading position among the nobility was reflected in the Duchess's role at court. She was godmother to Princess Mary, and attended the Princess during a visit to France in 1520.[3] By the spring of 1522 Norfolk was almost 80 years of age and in failing health. He retired to his ducal castle at Framlingham in Suffolk where he died on 21 May 1524. His funeral and burial on 22 June at Thetford Priory were said to have been 'spectacular and enormously expensive', befitting the richest and most powerful peer in England.[5]

Dowager Duchess
The Dowager Duchess remained in favour after her husband's death. Ordinances issued at Eltham in 1526 indicate that she was accorded first place in the Queen's household after the King's sister Mary Tudor.[3] On 23 May 1533 Archbishop Thomas Cranmer declared Henry VIII's marriage to his first Queen, Katherine of Aragon, a nullity.[6] On or about 25 January 1533 the King had already married the Dowager Duchess's step granddaughter Anne Boleyn in a secret ceremony.[7] Anne was crowned Queen on 1 June 1533.[7] The Dowager Duchess bore Anne's train in the coronation procession, and was godmother at the christening of Anne's daughter, Princess Elizabeth.[3] Anne's two subsequent miscarriages caused the King misgivings about the marriage, but Anne's downfall ultimately came about as a result of her conflict with the King's chief minister, Thomas Cromwell, over the distribution of the spoils from the dissolution of the monasteries. Anne was charged with adultery and high treason, and on 19 May 1536 was beheaded at Tower Green.[7] The King then took Jane Seymour as his third wife. Two years after her death, at Cromwell's instigation the King wed Anne of Cleves on 6 January 1540. However the King's physical revulsion for his new bride[8] led to a speedy annulment of the marriage by Act of Parliament on 12 July 1540.[9] By then Catherine Howard,[10] another of the Dowager Duchess's step-granddaughters, had already caught the King's eye. Henry and Catherine were married at a private ceremony at Oatlands on 28 July 1540.[11] Despite the fact that Henry was much in love with her,[12] referring to her as his "rose without a thorn",[12] the marriage quickly came to a disastrous end. While the King and Queen were on progress during the fall of 1541, the religious reformer John Lassells and his sister Mary Hall told Archbishop Cranmer of the Queen's sexual indiscretions with her music master, Henry Manox, and a Howard kinsman, Francis Dereham, while she had been a young girl living in the Dowager Duchess's household at Lambeth.[13]

On 1 November 1541 Cranmer revealed these matters in a letter to the King. The King immediately ordered that the Queen be confined to her apartments, and never saw her again.[14] The Dowager Duchess, hearing reports of what had happened while Catherine had been under her lax guardianship, reasoned that 'If there be none offence sithence the marriage, she cannot die for that was done before'.[15] Unfortunately for the Queen and the Dowager Duchess, further investigations by Cranmer and the Council revealed that with the connivance of one of her attendants, Lady Rochford, Catherine had allegedly had an affair with Thomas Culpeper, one of the King's favourite gentlemen of the privy chamber, after her marriage to the King.[16]

Dereham, Manox, and other members of the Dowager Duchess's household were arrested and interrogated by the Council.[17] Her stepson, the Duke of Norfolk, was sent to search her house at Lambeth and question members of the household. They revealed that the Duchess had attempted to destroy evidence by burning the papers of Dereham and his friend William Damport. The Duchess was sent to the Tower. Towards the end of November she was questioned by the Council, but could add little to what was already known by her interrogators.[18] On 1 December Dereham and Culpeper were arraigned on charges of treason. Both were convicted at trial, and sentenced to death. Dereham and his friend William Damport were tortured in an attempt to wring confessions from them concerning Queen Catherine's alleged adultery, and on 10 December 1541 Dereham and Culpeper were executed at Tyburn. On the same day the Dowager Duchess was again questioned, and admitted to having promoted her niece as a prospective bride for the King while having knowledge of her prior misconduct, to having persuaded the Queen to take Dereham into her service, and to having burned Dereham's letters.

By mid-December the Dowager Duchess's eldest son, William Howard, his wife, and the Duchess's daughter Anne Howard were committed to the Tower. About the same time another of the Duchess's daughters, Katherine Daubeney, Lady Bridgewater was also arrested. On 14 December 1541, Norfolk, fearful for his own safety, denounced his stepmother and kin in a letter to the King. On 22 December William Howard and his wife, and a number of servants who had been witnesses to the Queen's misconduct, including Malyn Tilney[19] (mother of Edmund Tilney, future Master of the Revels to Queen Elizabeth), were arraigned for misprision of treason 'for concealing the evil demeanour of the Queen, to the slander of the King and his succession'. All were sentenced to life imprisonment and loss of goods, although most were pardoned after Queen Catherine's execution. The Dowager Duchess, although included in the indictment, was not brought to trial as she was 'old and testy', and 'may die out of perversity to defraud the King's Highness of the confiscation of her goods', but like the others she was sentenced to imprisonment and forfeiture of lands and goods.

On 6 February 1542 a bill of attainder against Queen Catherine and Lady Rochford received final reading, and on 13 February 1542 the Queen and Lady Rochford were beheaded on Tower Green. The King was of the view that there was as much reason to convict the Dowager Duchess of treason as there had been to convict Dereham. However the Council urged leniency, and she was eventually released from the Tower on 5 May 1542. Her stepson, the Duke of Norfolk, escaped punishment, but was never fully trusted again by the King.[20]

Death
The Dowager Duchess died in May 1545, and was buried at Thetford Priory on the 31st of that month. On 31 October, as directed in her will, she was re-interred at Lambeth Church in Surrey.[3]

Issue
William Howard, 1st Baron Howard of Effingham
Lord Thomas Howard (1511–1537)[21]
Richard Howard (d.1517)[22]
Dorothy Howard, married Edward Stanley, 3rd Earl of Derby[23]
Anne Howard, married John de Vere, 14th Earl of Oxford[22]
Katherine Howard (d.1554), married firstly Rhys ap Gruffydd, and secondly Henry Daubeney, 1st Earl of
Bridgewater (d.1548).[24]
Elizabeth Howard (d. 1536), married Henry Radclyffe, 2nd Earl of Sussex.[22]

Footnotes
1. Richardson 2004, p. 237
2. "Cracroft's Peerage." (http://www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk/online/content/Kyme1295.htm.)
3. Davies 2008
4. Head 2008.
5. Head 2008; Cokayne 1936
6. Davies January 2008
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London: St. Catherine Press.
Cokayne, George Edward (1945). The Complete Peerage, edited by H.A. Doubleday. X. London: St.
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1545), noblewoman. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
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(1485–1536), queen of England, first consort of Henry VIII. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
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8. Weir 1991, pp. 396–398
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10. Weir 1991, pp. 413–414
11. Weir 1991, pp. 419, 428
12. Weir 1991, pp. 435–436
13. Weir 1991, p. 468
14. Weir 1991, pp. 444–448
15. Weir 1991, p. 449
16. Weir 1991, pp. 450–455, 460–465
17. Weir 1991, pp. 452, 459–465
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Elizabeth married Howard, Lord Duke Thomas I on 8 Nov 1497 in England. Thomas (son of Howard, Lord Duke John and de Moleynes, Catherine) was born on 1 Feb 1443 in Stoke By Nayland, Suffolk, England; died on 21 May 1524 in Framlingham Castle, Framlingham, Suffolk, England; was buried on 6 Jul 1524 in Thetford Abbey, Thetford, Norfolk, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Appointments / Titles: Countess of Bridgewater
• FSID: 9SLR-JRR

Catherine married ap Gruffydd, Sir Rhys in 1524 in North Crawley, Buckinghamshire, England. Rhys (son of ap Rhys, Gruffydd and St John, Catherine) was born in 1508 in Wales; died in Dec 1531 in Tower Hill, London, London, England; was buried on 4 Jan 1532 in England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FSID: L6GB-V48
• Birth: 1508, Newton, Lancashire, England

Family/Spouse: Jones, Lady Eleanor. Eleanor (daughter of Jones, Thomas) was born in 1529 in Newton House, Llandeilo, Carmarthenshire, Wales; died in 1595 in Wales. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FSID: L7XL-KJG

Thomas married Scudamore, Sybill in 1553 in Swansea, Glamorgan, Wales. Sybill (daughter of Skydmore, John and Vaughan, Sybil) was born in 1536 in Glamorgan, Wales; died in 1635 in Wales. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Nickname: Scion

Notes:

John ap Philip Thomas
From GENi

John ap Philip Thomas
Also Known As: "Sion"
Birthdate: circa 1554 (26)
Birthplace: Monmouthshire, Wales, United Kingdom
Death: Died 1580 in Monmouthshire, Wales, United Kingdom

Immediate Family:
Father:
Philip ap Thomas
Sybell Griffith / Rice / Thomas
Spouse:
Gwenllian Thomas
Children:
Rice Thomas
Evan Thomas

In 1585 John Philip Thomas inherited the Grosmont-Manor. He married in Swansea and had issue.

The manor of Grosmont comprised the parishes of Grosmont and Llangua, the boundaries being identical, together with that part of the parish of Llanfihangel lying between the brook called and the boundary of Llangua, being the hamlet of Penbiddle.

John married Herbert, Gwenllian in 1578 in Swansea, Glamorgan, Wales. Gwenllian (daughter of Herbert, Watkin and Thomas, Margaret) was born in 1558 in Skenfrith, Monmouthshire, Wales; died in 1584 in Swansea, Glamorgan, Wales; was buried in 1584 in Swansea, Glamorgan, Wales. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Evan Thomas
From GENi

Evan Thomas
Birthdate: circa 1580 (70)
Birthplace: Swansea, Glamorganshire, Wales, United Kingdom
Death: Died 1650 in Bristol, City of Bristol, England, United Kingdom

Immediate Family:
Father:
John ap Philip Thomas
Mother:
Gwenllian Thomas
Spouse:
Sarah Thomas
Children:
Evan Thomas, Jr.;
Rhys Thomas;
Lt. Philip Thomas;
Evan Thomas;
William Thomas;
Philip Thomas;
Penelope Thomas
Dora Emily Thomas
Sibling:
Rice Thomas

About Evan Thomas
BEWARE of assuming that a major seaport is a birth/death place for an immigrant or his/her immediate ancestors!

http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p2617.htm#i78639
Evan Thomas
b. circa 1580
d. 1650
Father
John ap Philip Thomas b. c 1554
Mother
Gwenllian Herbert b. c 1558
'Evan Thomas was born circa 1580 at of Swansea, Glamorganshire, Wales. He married Sarah circa 1619. Evan Thomas died in 1650 at MD.
'Family Sarah b. c 1598
Child
◦Philip Thomas+ b. c 1620, d. 1674

Evan married Thomas, Mrs Sarah in 1619 in Wales. Sarah was born in 1598 in Wales; died on 10 Nov 1628 in Maryland, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Life Event: High Commissioner of the Provincial Court
• Occupation: Mercantile house of Thomas & Devonshire, at Bristol, England
• Religion: Quaker
• Departure: 1651, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England

Notes:

Lt. Philip Thomas
From GENi

Philip Thomas
Birthdate: circa 1620 (54)
Birthplace: Bristol, City of Bristol, England, United Kingdom
Death: Died 1674 in West River, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, United States

Immediate Family:
Father:
Evan Thomas
Mother:
Sarah Thomas
Spouse:
Sarah Thomas
Children:
Martha Arnell / Arnold;
Philip Thomas, II;
Sarah Mears;
Elizabeth Harrison Cole
Samuel Thomas, Sr.
Siblings:
Evan Thomas, Jr.;
Rhys Thomas;
Evan Thomas;
William Thomas;
Philip Thomas;
Penelope Thomas
Dora Emily Thomas

About Lt. Philip Thomas
Just because he immigrated from Bristol does NOT mean that he was born there. He may actually have been born in Swansea, Glamorganshire, Wales.

http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p2617.htm#i78635
'Philip Thomas
'M, b. circa 1620, d. 1674
Father Evan Thomas b. c 1580, d. 1650
Mother Sarah b. c 1598
' Philip Thomas was born circa 1620 at of Bristol, Gloucestershire, England. He married Sarah Harrison, daughter of Edmund Harrison and Jane Godfrey, circa 1651 at England. Philip Thomas died in 1674 at Anne Arundel, MD.
'Family Sarah Harrison b. c 1628, d. 25 Nov 1687
Child
◦Elizabeth Thomas+ b. c 1654
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Sources

Genealogical Records and Sketches of the Descendants of William Thomas of Hardwick, Mass. ... (Google eBook) Amos Russell Thomas F. A. Davis, 1891 - 221 pages. Page 5. Philip Thomas, the progenitor of the Maryland branch of the family, came from Wales in 1651. Soon after arriving in the country he joined the Friends, and many of his descendants are still members of that body. He was a man of much influence in the colonies, and his descendants are not only numerous, but have been influential in the State, and by intermarriage have become related to many prominent families in that and adjoining States. "26th. John Philip THOMAS,t who inherited the lands of his father, and left a son. 27th. Evan Thomas, b. about 1580. He d. in 1650. leaving three sons,—Captain Evan Thomas, Philip, and Eice. Philip Thomas came to the Province of Maryland in 1651, with his wife, Sarah Harrison, and three children. Captain Evan may have been the same Evan Thomas who came to Boston, in 1635, as master of the ship "William and Francis," and settled in that place in 1639 or 1640, with a wife and four children, and is believed to have been the ancestor of William of Hardwick. Any claim that might be made for the identity of these two persons rests, however, solely upon the correspondence in names and dates.

From Americans of Royal Descent

Philip Thomas, who was engaged in mercantile pursuits in Bristol, England, and in 1651 left there with his wife, Sarah Harrison and three Children, Philip, Sarah, and Elizabeth, and came to Lord Baltimore's province in Maryland, and had a grant 19th February 1651-2 of 500 acres of land, called "Beckley," on the west side of the Chesapeake Bay in 1758 and 1661 he had granted him 100 acres, called "Thomas Towne," and in 16665 a grant of 120 acres, called "Fuller's Point," and afterwards many other grants lying mostly in Anne Arundel County, Maryland. He died 1675, having by his wife who died in 1687; 1 Samuel Thomas and 2) Elizabeth Thomas

From the Thomas Book

PHILIP THOMAS, of the mercantile house of Thomas & Devonshire, at Bristol, England, son of Evan Thomas of Swansea, Glamorganshire, Wales, who died in 1650, is the earliest ancestor of this family of whom we have legal and documentary proof, although I have little doubt that the descent given in this genealogy is accurately taken from Sir Rhys ap Thomas, K.G., and will be confirmed by further investigations. A curious old tradition in the family derived them from Thomas de Douvre 1 (
Further research satisfied me that the descent was to be taken directly from Sir Rhys through one of his sons by Gwenllian (a. v.), sister of his friend and counsellor, Robert ap Gwylim Harry ap Jevan Gwyn of Mydhifinych, Abbot of Talley. Referring then to the genealogy of Sir Rhys ap Thomas for its earlier history, we begin the present family with this THOMAS AP RHYS, b. after 1478, whose son Philip ap Thomas m. Sybell, daughter of Philip and Joan (Warnecombe) Scudamore, and dying before 1585 left a son and heir, John Philip Thomas, who appears to have inherited from his mother the demesne lands of Grosmount Manor, Monmouthshire, and a grist-mill near by, before 1585, when he held them "in right of Philip Skidamore," and in 1591 was Queen's lessee of mills at Kentchurch in the same shire. He married Gwenllian, fourth daughter of Walter Herbert, Esq. (q. v.), of Skenfrith, Sheriff of Monmouthshire in 1552, and had issue: Evan Thomas, b. 1580, whose name begins the pedigree compiled by the late Philip E. Thomas, Esq., of Baltimore. I find notices, of Evan Thomas ap Evan, Under Sheriff of Glamorganshire in 1615; Evan Thomas, who was one of the Awennydion, or College of Bards, of Glamorgan in 1620; Major Evan Thomas, killed on the part of the King, at the battle of St. Fagans, near Cardiff, May 8, 1648; Evan ap Thomas of Eglwysilan, Wales, b. 1581, d. 1666; E. (probably Edward) Thomas, printer of Deacon's "History of James Naylor," at "his house in Green Arbor, London, 1657 ;" and Evan Thomas, of Pembrokeshire, who was fined for absence from church as a Quaker, but whether any of these are Evan of Swansea I cannot say. His wife's name is unknown. Philip, his son, was b. about 1600, and may have been the Philip Thomas in the East India Company's service who petitioned for unpaid wages in 1621, but his behaviour was complained of and he was discharged their service on December 17th. Another Philip Thomas, with Thomas Lawrence and Martin Saunders, gives information about a Romish plot April 1, 1628; and there was a Philip Thomas called to account for saying at the Castle Tavern in St. Clement's parish, London, January 20, 1638, that" the punishment of Prynne, Bastwick and Burton, the Puritans, by ear-cropping, etc., was not more than they deserved." Before 1638 a Philip Thomas was messenger of the Chamber for charitable uses, and August 13, 1638, he suggested a new commission. Philip Thomas, the emigrant, before 1650, formed a business partnership with one Devonshire at Bristol, and some time in the year 1651, only seventeen years after Leonard Calvert and Lord Baltimore's first colonists landed at St. Mary's, removed to the province of Maryland. The earliest land patent in his name, dated February 19, 1651-2, conveys to him 500 acres of land called " Beakely " or " Beckley " on the west side of Chesapeake Bay, "in consideration that he hath in the year 1651 transported himself, Sarah, his wife, Philip, Sarah, and Elizabeth his children, into this our province."

He would appear to have come directly from Bristol to Maryland. An examination of the land records of the colony of Virginia, made by the well-known genealogist, R. A. Brock, Esq., of Richmond, fails to show any grant to a Philip Thomas in the seventeenth century, and there would seem to be no reason to suppose that he was in America before coming to Maryland, or, as some have thought, was a member of the Puritan Colony in Virginia and removed thence along with them, when in 1649 and 1650 about seventy families of Puritans from Colonel Richard Bennett's plantation at Nansemond, Va., emigrated to Maryland and settled first on Greenbury's Point, at the mouth of the Severn River, principally on 250 acres surveyed in 15-acre lots, and called the "Town lands of Severn." The first meetinghouse was erected on land adjoining that of Elder Durand, their minister. Mr. Philip Thomas is said to have lived on the premises and guarded the sanctuary. About five years later the settlers transferred their lands to Bennett, and moved away. Between 1658 and 1661 Philip Thomas had patented to him 100 acres called *• Thomas Towne ; " in 1665 a patent of 120 acres called "Fuller's Poynt;" in 1668, of 300 acres called "The Planes ;" in 1672, of 200 acres called "Phillip's Addicion," and numerous other patents 1 of unnamed tracts. This land lay mostly in Anne Arundel County, near what is now known as West River. "Fuller's Poynt," between the Severn and South Rivers, is now called Thomas Point, and is the site of a light-house. A man of character and resolution, the emigrant soon acquired influence amongst his neighbours, and, affiliating himself with the Puritan party, he became one of its leaders in the conflict with Lord Baltimore, the Proprietary, and his representatives in the province. When Cromwell and the Parliamentary party were supreme in England, their sympathizers in Maryland broke out in open rebellion under Colonel Richard Bennett, and Philip Thomas, holding a military commission as lieutenant, was of their muster in Anne Arundel County, Md. Governor Stone immediately summoned the militia of the province, and with a little army of 250 men, after seizing a magazine of arms collected by the Puritans, set out for Providence on the Severn, the head-quarters of Bennett's partisans. Part of his men were transported in small vessels, and part marched along the Bay shore. As they drew near Providence, Stone sent forward a messenger to the enemy, summoning them to surrender; but the messenger did not return; and on the evening of the same day, March 24, 1654-5, the Governor's little fleet, with all his army now on board, made its appearance in the Severn.

Captain Fuller, the commander at Providence, put some men on board a ship lying in the harbour, who fired on Stone's boats as he landed his forces, but did no damage. On the next morning, which was Sunday, Governor Stone and his force came marching up to the attack, under the black and yellow flag of the colony, while over Fuller's men, 107 in number, drawn up in order of battle, floated the blue cross on a crimson field, the standard of the Commonwealth of England. The battle was short, but sharp; about fifty of the Governor's men were killed or wounded, and Stone himself, with nearly all his force, compelled to surrender, under a promise that their lives should be spared.

The Puritan annalist writes: "After the battle our men were so tired with watching and anxiety (before the attack) that the guards set over the prisoners fell asleep at their posts; yet the Catholics were so disheartened by their defeat, that no one of them attempted to escape." "Hammond against Heamans," a contemporary pamphlet1 by one of the Governor's party, notes that "three days after the battle Captain Fuller, Win, Burgees, Richard Evans, Leo Strong, Wm. Durand, Roger Heamans, John Brown, John Cuts, Richard Smith, one Thomas (Philip Thomas), one Bestone, Sampson Warren, Thomas Meares, and one Crouch, sat as a Council of War, condemned a number of the prisoners to die, and executed four of them."

March 20, 1656-7, Lieutenant Philip Thomas was appointed one of the six High Commissioners of the Provincial Court, the father of his son - in - law, John Mears, being another* When Oliver Cromwell ordered the revolutionists to return the province to the Proprietary he was one of the commissioners to make the surrender, which was effected on March 24, 1658-9, when the articles of surrender were signed, sealed, and delivered. After this he does not seem to have taken an active part in the political affairs of the province, the notices of his name upon the colonial records having to do with transfers of land, etc., the number of which were considerable.

From a petition to the Colonial Assembly, dated April 16, 1666, we learn that he had returned from a voyage to England in the preceding month. Tuesday, October 17, 1671, the Upper House of Assembly consents to a bill for ferries, among them being one " over Potapsco River, from Philip Thomas point in Anne Arundel Co. to Kent Co."

In April, 1672, George Fox, the founder of the Society of Friends or Quakers, arrived in Maryland, landing at the Patuxent just in time to reach a " general meeting for all the Friends in the Province of Maryland," which had been appointed by John Burnyeat to be held at West River. He describes it1 as a " very large meeting," and held four days, " to which, besides Friends, came many other people, divers of whom were of considerable quality in the world's account." Immediately after this meeting Fox appears to have continued his labours by preaching his doctrines and establishing meetings for discipline at various places in the province. He remained in America until after the " general meeting " at West River, which commenced on the 17th of 3d month (May), 1673, and lasted four days. The next day, being the 21st, he set sail for England. In describing this meeting he says, "divers of considerable account in the government and many others were present, who were generally satisfied, and many of them reached, for it was a wonderful glorious meeting." It is possible, from the language of his will, that Philip Thomas himself was one of those " reached " by George Fox, and there can be no doubt that during his missionary tour his preaching brought a number of the family under the influence of Quakerism, as we find their names enrolled upon the early records of the Society immediately afterward. In point of fact, an examination of those records shows that, for the generation then living and their children, in Maryland at least, George Fox, John Burnyeat, Samuel Bownas, and the other preachers of Quakerism, did very much the same work as was done a century later by John Wesley and the Methodists. Such religion as they had was formal and lifeless; many, indeed, had cast off all restraint, and were living in utter neglect of the ordinances of religion and common morality. The Quaker missionaries coming amongst them with their fervid zeal, and speaking, as they thought, messages direct from heaven, aroused the slumbering souls of their hearers, and reaped a large harvest of converts to what was in fact the first presentation of a spiritual religion they had known.

As a result of this, the Quaker Registers of the end of the seventeenth century are a veritable Libro d'oro in Maryland, containing as they do the names of so many of the leading families of the province. Whether Philip Thomas became a Quaker or not, his widow certainly was one, and probably a preacher of the sect. September 9, 1674, he made his will, which was proved August 10, 1675. A copy, apparently made by one of his sons-in-law, is still preserved at the family seat, "Lebanon," West River, Md. From this he appears to have disposed of much of the land granted him, only mentioning "Beckley," "Fuller's Poynt," and the "Playns," and his two houses in Bristol, England. The clause in the will making "the body of Quakers" a final Court of Appeal in the event of any dispute arising under its provisions, was a common one amongst the Society of Friends, and in this case recourse was had to it. After the death of his widow, Sarah Thomas, his son Samuel claimed all her estates by virtue of a verbal will which he alleged she had made in his favour. This claim was resisted by his brother-in-law, Edward Talbot, and the West River Meeting of Friends was appealed to, to decide the question. The Meeting decided that although she had expressed a wish that Samuel Thomas should be her sole heir, she had not given legal effect to it, and that the estate should be equally divided between her several heirs. The two houses in Bristol were sold before September 13, 1690, when John Talbot claimed an interest in the proceeds of the sale in right of his wife, the granddaughter of Philip Thomas, to the extent of £\o, and £,%o, as her share of the whole landed estate.

PHILIP THOMAS, the Emigrant, m. in England, SARAH HARRISON, {[Sarah Harrison was possibly daughter of Edmund Harrison, Embrotherer to King Charles the First, and Jane his wife, daughter of Thomas Godfrey, and granddaughter of Christopher Harrison, merchant tailor, of London, who married E'iza, daughter of Thomas Cooke, of Wakefield. Visitation of London, 1634, 353. From a Herring Creek Meeting, November 25, 1687, " Sarah Thomas is taken away by death." Will proved May 25th, Liber 2, /. 72. "Bequeathed to Samuel Thomas my silver tobacco- box and suite of cloathes made me lately by Richard Arnold."] who survived him, dying early in 1687.3 Issue:
Born in England before 1651:
i. PHILIP, probably d. s. p. before 168S, as his name does not appear among Sarah Thomas's heirs at that date, though it is to be noted that his father is spoken of as Philip Thomas, Senior.
ii. SARAH, /«., in 1672, JOHN, son of Thomas and Elizabeth Mears, who d. in 1675." His wife d. in the same year. Issue (surname Mears): An only dan., SARAH, *. August 4, 1673 ; m., before 1690, JOHN TALBOT (y.p.).
iii. ELIZABETH, »/., as his 3d wife, WILLIAM COALE (g. v.); he d.

Phillip married Harrison, Sarah in 1646 in Bristol, Gloucestershire, England. Sarah (daughter of Harrison, Edmund and Godfrey, Jane) was born in 1628 in Bristol, Gloucestershire, England; died on 25 Nov 1687 in West River, Anne Arundel, Maryland, USA; was buried after 25 Nov 1687 in Quaker Burying Ground, Galesville, Anne Arundel, Maryland, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Religion: Quaker

Notes:

Elizabeth Thomas Haslap Cole Talbott
From GENi

Elizabeth Harrison Cole (Thomas)
Also Known As: "Cole;Coale;harrison;", "Cole;Coale;", "Coale", "Talbot"
Birthdate: circa 1654 (71)
Birthplace: Anne Arundel County, Province of Maryland
Death: Died February 24, 1725 in Galesville, Anne Arundel County, Province of Maryland
Place of Burial: Maryland, United States

Immediate Family:
Father:
Lt. Philip Thomas
Mother:
Sarah Thomas
Spouses:
Capt. Henry Haslap;
William Cole, ll
Edward Talbott, Sr.
Children:
Elizabeth Chew;
Susannah Gassaway;
Joseph Haslap, Hanslap;
Sarah Coale;
Elizabeth Smith;
Cassandra Giles;
Philip Coale;
Samuel Talbot;
Edward Talbott, Jr.
John Talbott
Siblings:
Martha Arnell/Arnold;
Philip Thomas, II;
Sarah Mears
Samuel Thomas, Sr.

William Cole ll Married three times:

Hester (before 1655) Hannah Elizabeth (circa 1666) Elizabeth Thomas (circa 1670)

He was a farmer. He was a Quaker minister. He resided circa 1651 at West River, Anne Arundel Co., MD.

William Cole II was born in 1633 in the Puritan area near Jamestown, VA to William and Sarah Cole. He grew up there, then moved with his father to St. Mary's Co., MD in 1650. In 1655 he married Hester ____ at Severn, MD and was established in Severn by 1656. His first child, William Cole III was born on 9/26/1655. In 1657 two influential visitors, Thomas Thurston and Josiah Coale came and preached to a growing group of Friends (Quakers). William started writing his name Coale after this. At this time William II associated with older relative, Thomas Cole. In 1658 William refused to bear arms in the militia and was subjected to land penalties. In 1660 William moved his family to the West River in Anne Arundal Co., MD. West River is 30 miles south of Baltimore on the western shore of Chesapeake Bay. He owned 150 acres called "Great Bonnerston". Hester evidently died because in 1666 he married Hannah Galloway, the widow of Richard Galloway, in Anne Arundal Co., MD. They had a son, William Cole, IV born on 10/20/1667 at West River, Anne Arundal Co., MD. Jack Cole of Huntsville, AL believes they also had a son John born in 1669. Hannah probably died in childbirth because her date of death is November, 1669. In 1670 he married a third time to Elizabeth Thomas, daughter of Philip and Sarah Harrison Thomas. William II bought 500 acres on the Patuxent River called "Portland Manor" and another 100 acre tract called "Hickory Hills". In 1672 a dynamic English Founder of Society of Friends visited William. In 1676 William II moved from "Great Bonnerston" to "Portland Manor". William III took over the old homestead "Great Bonnerston" and William IV took over "Hickory Hills". William II died in 1678.

Elizabeth married Coale, William II in 1670 in Anne Arundel, Maryland, USA. William (son of Coale, William I and Beck, Sarah) was born between 1632 and 1633 in Jamestown, James, Virginia, USA; died on 30 Oct 1678 in West River, Anne Arundel, Maryland, USA; was buried in Nov 1678 in West River, Anne Arundel, Maryland, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elizabeth married Talbott, Edward in May 1679 in Anne Arundel, Maryland, USA. Edward was born on 6 Nov 1658 in West River, Anne Arundel, Maryland, USA; died before 6 Jan 1692 in Anne Arundel, Maryland, USA; was buried before 6 Jan 1692 in Anne Arundel, Maryland, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FSID: L7N5-M1Z
• Religion: Quaker

Notes:

Elizabeth Smith
From GENi

Elizabeth Smith (Coale)
Birthdate: August 30, 1671 (48)
Birthplace: Anne Arundel County, Maryland
Death: Died October 3, 1719 in md, usa

Immediate Family:
Father:
William Cole, ll
Mother:
Elizabeth Harrison Cole
Spouse:
Nathaniel Smith
Children:
Joseph Smith;
Philip Smith;
William Coale Smith;
Elizabeth Smith;
Thomas Smith
and 7 others
Siblings:
Sarah Coale;
Cassandra Giles
Philip Coale
Half Siblings
William Coale, lll;
William Coale, lV;
Thomas Cole;
Elizabeth Chew;
Susannah Gassaway;
Joseph Haslap, Hanslap;
Samuel Talbot;
Edward Talbott, Jr.;
John Talbott

Elizabeth married Smith, Nathan in 1692 in Anne Arundel, Maryland, USA. Nathan (son of Smith, Thomas and Acton, Elizabeth) was born in 1656 in Calvert, Maryland, USA; died on 23 Nov 1710 in Calvert, Maryland, USA; was buried on 23 Nov 1710 in Calvert, Maryland, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FSID: L6TT-D4Y
• Alternate Birth: 1684, Prince George's, Maryland, USA

Notes:

Elizabeth Selby
From GENi

Elizabeth Selby (Smith)
Birthdate: 1684 (49)
Birthplace: Prince George, , Maryland, USA
Death: Died August 1733 in Prince George, , Maryland, USA
Immediate Family:
Father:
Nathan Smith
Mother:
Elizabeth Coale
Spouse:
William Selby
Children:
Samuel Selby;
Thomas Selby, Sr.;
John SELBY;
Joseph SELBY;
Sarah SELBY;
Susannah SELBY

Elizabeth married Selby, William Jr in UNKNOWN in Maryland, USA. William (son of Selby, William Sr and Steward Parker, Mary) was born in 1680 in Prince George's, Maryland, USA; died on 1 Aug 1733 in Prince George's, Maryland, USA; was buried after 1 Aug 1733 in Frederick, Maryland, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FSID: L8KH-X7H

John married Groome, Sarah on 1741 or 1745 in Maryland, USA. Sarah was born about 1715 in Maryland, USA; died about 1767 in Prince George's, Maryland, USA; was buried about 1767. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Thomas Selby, Sr.
From GENi

Thomas Selby, Sr.
Birthdate: 1720 (73)
Birthplace: Prince George's, MD, USA
Death: Died 1793 in Frederick, Frederick, MD, USA

Immediate Family:
Father:
William Selby
Mother:
Elizabeth Selby
Husband of Rebecca Selby
Father of Thomas Selby, Jr.
Siblings:
Samuel Selby;
John SELBY;
Joseph SELBY;
Sarah SELBY and
Susannah SELBY
Half Siblings
Nathan Selby;
John Selby;
William Selby;
Sarah Selby;
Mary Selby;
John Alfred Silby

Family/Spouse: Groom, Rebekah. Rebekah (daughter of Groom, Richard and Jowles, Amy) was born in 1719 in Calvert, Maryland, USA; died on 15 Apr 1805 in Montgomery, Maryland, USA; was buried on 15 Apr 1805 in Montgomery, Maryland, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Joseph married O'Neal, Sarah in 1740 in Prince George's, Maryland, USA. Sarah was born in 1719 in Prince George's, Maryland, USA; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Skaggs, Richard. Richard was born on 8 May 1724 in Kent, Maryland, USA; died after 1775 in USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Richard married Selby, Mrs Martha in 1763 in Montgomery, Maryland, USA. Martha was born in UNKNOWN; died on 6 May 1827 in Frederick, Maryland, USA; was buried in May 1827 in Montgomery, Maryland, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Thomas married Burgess, Rebecca J on 9 Aug 1810 in Montgomery, Maryland, USA. Rebecca (daughter of Burgess, Arnol and Burgess, Mrs Ann) was born on 18 Dec 1787 in Saint Johns Parish, Prince George's, Maryland, USA; died after 1860 in Howard, Maryland, USA; was buried after 1860 in Howard, Maryland, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Thomas married Selby, Mrs Keziah about 1788 in Prince George's, Maryland, USA. Keziah was born about 1768 in Prince George's, Maryland, USA; died in 1805 in Montgomery, Maryland, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]