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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => England => Leicestershire => Topic started by: Taylor94 on Thursday 10 May 18 20:44 BST (UK)
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Looking for Parents of Elizabeth Purefoy.
She marries William Bent Gentleman of Cosby on 3 Oct 1619 Frolesworth, Leic.
The only sources I have are the visitation of Leicestershire 1619 of the 3 Purefoy families.
There may be 3 possibilities
Elizabeth Purefoy daughter of Ralph Purefoy Esq of Fenney Drayton
Elizabeth Purefoy daughter of Edward Purefoy Esq (She is Listed as Nata 31 May) Edward dies in 1594 I believe.
Elizabeth Purefoy daughter of Humphrey Purefoy Esq of Barwell.
All of this are given at the end of the pedigree which means they were alive in or before 1619
Any help appreciated.
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Hi
Only parish record I can see is at Fenny Drayton
Elizabeth Purefey 18.12.1606 d of George
Sisters Mary 19 Jan 1607 bapt and buried 19.4.1617, Jane 13.3.1617 and buried Jan 16 1617
George buried 16.5.1628
Jane gent a widow buried 1.9.1636
It looks like the family were gentry and he had an elder son Sir George Purefoy 1605-1659 born in Buckinghamshire.
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Thank you for that, Yes beautiful portraits. I have a few other Gentry lines and I always love seeing their Effigys in Churches.
I'm now not too sure Elizabeth is my Elizabeth but everything fits nicely.
William Bent Gent marries Elizabeth Purefoy 1619 Frolesworth.
First child bapt is a George Bent bapt 1620 Cosby, Leic followed by a Francis Bent bapt 1623 Cosby.
George's baptism only lists father william but others list wife Elizabeth so i should say these are the same couple. The names George and Francis are also used by the Purefoy family.
A William and Annis Bent also baptise later in Cosby.
Elizabeth dies 1678 and on Williams will he writes to be buried to the Right of his wife in Cosby so not sure if this is to say she is already dead by 1677 or wether he wants to be there when she dies.
The problem is on what I think is William's Will 1677 and dies 1679, im sure he lists his brother in law as an 'Andrew Wiseman or maybe Freeman?'? but im not sure. Ive attached underlined, Second line carries on and looks like 'Mr Andrew Wiseman/Freeman'
I notice William doesnt seem to list any children altough there is mention of his 2 brothers John and Thomas and a 'George Bent' William has a son George so maybe this is him.
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Where is Andrew from? I can't work it out!
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There's an Ann Bent marrying an Andrew Freeman 22 Jun 1656 at St. Martins Leicester, brides parish CASTOR but looks like Cosby I think on checking the register.
There is a will 1704 for an Andrew Freeman wife Ann, he is late of Leicester now Kilby.
Was trying to work out if William's will said of Lei? ??Parish as it's not unlike the will I have been trying to decipher. The baptism at Leic. for one of Andrew's children shows the surname is written somewhat like the will and I couldn't find a Wiseman, wondered if this looked a possibility.
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Found this snippet,
http://www.rootschat.com/links/01m1x/
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I think Andrew Freeman is correct. The 2nd line carries on and certainly looks like ‘Mr Andrew Freeman’.
Ann Bent might be the answer in this, given that William says his ‘Brother in law’ so perhaps he is not referring to his wife’s brother but his sisters husband?
Although if the will of 1677 is William Sr his sister might not have been too young in 1656 as I have William bapt 1598 Cosby son of William.
The will 1677 is for ‘William Bent Esq of Cosby in county Leicestershire.
Going by this being a brother to Ann. I can’t see any William born to the same parents.
William lists brothers Thomas and John and lists a George Bent but can’t see wether he says George is a brother or son.
The children bapt to William and Elizabeth in Cosby seem to be
George 1620
Francis 1623
Lucy 1627
William 1630
Mary 1632
Elizabeth 1637
Matthew 1640
There is also a Thomas bapt 1632 by a William Bent and wife Annis. This seems to be the only baptism for this pair.
So far I had this line.
Elizabeth Bent
Bapt 1656 Cosby
Married 1672 Cosby to Richard Dudley gentleman of Cosby.
Died 1709 Cosby
Her parents as
George Bent Gentleman of Cosby
Bapt 1620 Cosby
Married Priscilla (I can’t find marriage for these two)
Died 1693 Cosby. Will also 1693
George his parents as
William Bent gentleman of Cosby
Bapt 1597 Cosby
Married 1619 Elizabeth Purefoy?
Died 1679 Cosby. Will 1677?
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A quick scout shows that George Purefoy Esq also named a daughter Lucy as did William and Elizabeth Bent.
But, my Elizabeth Purefoy ifshe is indeed the wife of William Bent of Cosby, couldn’t have been the daughter of George Purefoy Esq as this Elizabeth bapt 1606 seems to marry a Sir John Firebrace.
Elizabeth could be a sister to George as George’s father is an Edward Purefoy Esq and on visitation lists a daughter Elizabeth visitation list her as (Nata 31 May) from my understanding nata means born?. His children were born abt the 1580/90s so this looks promising although I’ve seen her listed as born 1581 which would make her 17 yrs older than William Bent if it’s her.
There are also the other possibilities of her being a daughter of Ralph Purefoy Esq of Drayton or of Francis Purefoy Esq of Caldecote both have daughters listed on visitation called Elizabeth.
It’s also worthy to mention that a marriage between the Bents and Purefoy's wouldn’t be to “above them” as the Bents are listed on the visitation of Leicestershire as well. Although no coat of arms or crest is given for them on their pedigree, the heralds must have thought they were prominent and worthy enough to be recorded as I’ve heard that the heralds sometimes didn’t even list gentry families if they didn’t think they were “gentlemanly” enough.
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Just looking at the burials at Cosby for an Elizabeth Bent wife of William 24 Mar 1678, above on the same page is
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William Bent May 1st 19
and the will is dated October 1677
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I think the will for Ann Bent now Freeman maybe the one online dated 1707 year range 1709, as she names the Perkins family
Sister Ann Greenwood widow and to her daughter ELizabeth
Plenty of Cosins and Thomas Perkins of Kilby
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The other surname of note there seems to be Cracroft looking at the registers but I still can't quite connect it all up enough!
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Just going back over this.
Yes It's hard to piece this especially as people are calling others their cousins but I think they might be cousins through marriage and not blood.
I'm starting to think that William Bent brother in law Andrew is actually the husband of his sister Ann or some other connection and not of his wife as I can see no marriage anywhere for a William Bent to a Freeman. Only marriage is the William to Elizabeth Purefoy.
The only problem is his sister Ann would be in her 50s so this cant be her and there is no William baptised to the Richard Bent who is baptising in Cosby in the 1620s
William and Elizabeth have a son called Francis Bent bapt 1623 Cosby, But a Francis Bent is also baptised in Cosby 1627 son of a Richard Bent.
A Francis Bent marries an Ann Perkins in Willouhby Waterless 1656 and is listed 'Of Cosby'
An Ann Bent is also baptised to Richard 1628 so I'm thinking that this is the Ann who married Andrew Freeman and the Perkins cousins she mentions are through her brother Francis.
So I'm not really sure why this William calls Andrew Freeman his brother in law when i can find nothing linking William at the least it looks like William was a cousin to Ann who married Andrew???
Or this Will for William Bent 1679 isnt for my William who was born 1597?
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Hello
Looked in my Manor of Stockingford, Local History Collection (ancient Stockingford abutted Hartshill, Bretts Hall, Ansley, Arley, Robesons End, circled the tiny common of Galley Common originally a plot and part of Medieval Stockingford and to the East abutted Nuneaton Common), to see what I can find.
Purefoy Tablets
Because the Purefoy of Caldecote Tablets were found near Ansley Hall, I kept a copy from Vol. 79 of the Birmingham Archaeological Society's Transactions for my personal Collection regarding Purefoy (I have scanned and attached).
Somewhere I have a newspaper cutting of the find too, but it could take days or months to find (I have filing, but no indexing) and intended marrying these two items up together when I last the saw the cutting.
Howard E. Brown was a local Archaeologist along with Charles Clark (Late Mr S. C. Clark, Lindley House, Lindley, Nuneaton), others mentioned were Mr E. J. Holdam; Mr C. J. Tompkin and Mr C. Bugby.
Publications etc.
I presume you have accessed Dugdale's History of Warwickshire (17th Century) and 1730?
Reference to John Nichols - History and Antiquities of the County of Leicester too.
Notes on Medieval English Geneaology
This is a good site (I have picked up the Leicestershire link), for links to publications
http://www.medievalgenealogy.org.uk/och/leicestershire.shtml
The National Archives (TNA), Kew.
See 'Visit Us' pages online first before going if you need to apply for, or renew a 'Readers Ticket' (as photographic Proof of the applicant's ID (e.g. Passport) and printed proofs of recent Address etc., are required).
Purefoy (TNA, 1400 to 1700 search results)
http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/results/r?_ep=Purefoy&_dss=range&_sd=1400&_ed=1700&_ro=any&_st=adv
Mark