Searching for John Drake and Jane Stanesby from Sussex

[RSGrosse]

Children were John, Jr. (1670-1682), Mary (1672-1715), Jane (b. 1675), William (b. 1678), and Elizabeth (b. 1680).  Mary is my 11th great grandmother. 

[sillgen]

So did John jnr die in the same year as his father?    I can only see one burial in Oving that year.
Entry from Oving St. Andrew 1561-1876
FORENAME     John   
SURNAME     DRAKE   
BURIAL DATE     25-Jun   
YEAR     1682   
OTHER     M.A. AND VICAR BURIED IN WOOLLEN   
PLACE     Oving   
LOCATION     St.Andrew 

[RSGrosse]

It's possible.  I don't have 1682 as a death date for John, Sr. and no dates at all for Jane Stanesby.  For John Jr. I have:

John Drake Jr.
1670–1682
BIRTH 17 AUG 1670 • Ovingdean, Sussex, England
DEATH 25 JUN 1682 • Ovingdean, Sussex, England

[sillgen]

Well the one I quoted is definitely the vicar and isn't his will that year?  Maybe an error has crept in somewhere?

[RSGrosse]

I apologize.  You are correct. I rechecked the will and it was from 1682.  This is him.

[Wagstaffe]

Jane Stanesby's father is identified as "Thomas Stansbey, of Micheldever, co. South[hamp]ton, Gent." in John Drake and Jane's marriage license (1668):

https://books.google.com/books?id=Z7ov-2E67IoC&pg=PA155&dq=%22jane+stansbey%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjH4KvLmMfaAhUkUt8KHQTvDQsQ6AEIKzAA#v=onepage&q=%22jane%20stansbey%22&f=false

[jonw65]

That's a good find.
Though the link doesn't lead to any info that we can see.
There is a snippet view on google from London Marriage Licences, 1521-1869, and that book is on archive.org, it's on page 418
https://archive.org/stream/londonmarriageli00fost#page/n237/mode/2up

John Drake aged about 27.

[RSGrosse]

Thank you both for this information.  I suspect that I'll never find any information about Jane's mother; however, I do have more information about John and Jane's marriage now.

[jonw65]

John and Jane married at Oving in 1668. 

That's certainly true. But according to FreeReg they also married at Hartley Wintney on 13 Sep 1668 (Jane transcribed as Stonesby)
https://www.freereg.org.uk