| 10/131 Robert Hayward | Broadweaver of Hartley, near Cranbrook, Kent. | |||||
| 1622-1684 | Probably son of John and Ursula Hayward. | |||||
| Age | Source | |||||
| Probably baptised 25 Aug 1622 at Cranbrook St Dunstan | K2 | |||||
| Married Margaret Boorman 16 Sept 1646 at Cranbrook. | 24 | K2 | ||||
| Father of | Margaret | 1647 bapt 23 Sept at Cranbrook (Married George Hope 12 Nov 1678 at Cranbrook) | 25 | K2, K5, K2 | ||
| William | 1650/1 bapt 26 Jan at Cranbrook | 28 | K2 | |||
| Elizabeth 9/66 | 1655 bapt 15 Apr at Cranbrook | 33 | K2 | |||
| James | 1656/7 bapt 21 Feb at Cranbrook (Died before 1680? Not mentioned in his father's will) | 34 | K2, K5 | |||
| Judith | 1658 bapt 17 Aug at Cranbrook | 36 | K2 | |||
| Isaac | 1660 bapt 10 Apr at Cranbrook | 38 | K2 | |||
| Buried in woollen 5 Aug 1684 at Cranbrook St Dunstan | 62 | K2 | ||||
| Many Flemish broadweavers (wide loom operators) settled in Kent in the 1400s | ww | |||||
| 1655-1660 | A broadweaver of Hartley, parish of Cranbrook (children's baptisms) | 33-38 | K2 | |||
| 1674 |
He possibly
had a house with two hearths in Cranbrook but was exempt from the Hearth
Tax (ref. E179/129/747 p.45) |
52 |
E24 |
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| 1676-1682 | He was rated for a house and land at Hartley, rent £4 | 54-56 | K20 | |||
| 1678 Oct | Possibly witnessed the will of John Boorman, clothier of Cranbrook | 56 | K5 | |||
| 1680 Apr | A broadweaver of Cranbrook. He bequeathed his estate to his five children. He signed his will | 
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58 | K5 | ||
| 1684 Sept | His will was proved at Canterbury Archdeaconry by his son William | K5 | ||||
| Wife 10/132 Margaret Boorman | 1618-1677. Probably daughter of 11/263 William Boorman. | |||||
| 1618 | Probably baptised 5 April at Cranbrook | K2 | ||||
| 1646 | Married Robert Hayward 6 Sept at Cranbrook | 28 | K2 | |||
| 1677 | Buried 2 Jan at Cranbrook | 59 | K2 | |||
| Eldest son William Hayward | 1650-c.1737. Broadweaver of Cranbrook | |||||
| 1680 | Living with his father and assisting in his work. He was bequeathed two-sixths of his father's estate | 30 | K5 | |||
| 1684 Sept | Executor of his father's will | 34 | K5 | |||
| 1684-1730 | He was rated for a house and land at Hartley, rents £4, £5 and £3 | 34-80 | K20 | |||
| 1688 | He married Susan Porter 3 July at Cranbrook | 38 | K5, K2 | |||
| 1689 | Father of Mary, baptised 8 Sept at Cranbrook | 39 | K2 | |||
| 1691 | Father of Robert, baptised 1 Nov at Cranbrook | 41 | K5, K2 | |||
| 1693 | Father of Elizabeth (married Samuel Parks 28 Sept 1714 Cranbrook) | 43 | K5, K2 | |||
| Father of a daughter (married Peter Drayner? Not found on FMP) | K5 | |||||
| 1698 | Father of Isaac, baptised 2 Oct at Cranbrook | 48 | K2 | |||
| 1706 | He was one of the overseers of the poor at Cranbrook | 56 | K20 | |||
| 1724 Nov | A broadweaver of Cranbrook. He bequeathed his messuage with barns, stables, buildings and land to his wife Susanna for life, then to his son Robert | 74 | K5 | |||
| 1725 Jan | He witnessed his sister Elizabeth Boorman's will | 75 | K5 | |||
| [1735-39] | His will was proved at Canterbury Archdeaconry court | K5 | ||||
| 1737 Nov | His widow Susan's will bequeathed silver spoons engraved S:B and J:H & W:H to her grandchildren | K5 | ||||
| 1742 Mar | Widow Susan's will was proved at Canterbury by her son Robert | K5 | ||||
| William's son Robert Hayward 1691- | ||||||
| 1715 Probably rated for property at Hartley, rent £9 | 24 | K20 | ||||
| 1716 Of Cranbrook. Marr. Ann Bridge 18 Oct at Hawkhurst by banns | 25 | K2 | ||||
| Father of William 1717 and Isaac 1720, baptised at Cranbrook | K2 | |||||
| Father of William 1723, James 1726, Samuel 1728, Elizabeth 1732 and Robert, who received bequests in their grandmother Susan's will | K2, K5 | |||||
| 1730 Still rated for property but not living in Cranbrook parish | 39 | K20 | ||||
| 1742 Executor of his mother Susan's will | 51 | K5 | ||||
| Son Isaac
Hayward 1660-c.1706 |
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| 1687 |
Possibly
married Grace Spurland 26 April at Cranbrook |
27 |
K2 |
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| 1698 |
Possibly
held a house and smith’s forge adjoining ‘Salts’ in Cranbrook, copyhold of
the manor of Glassenbury, rent 4d (refs. U410/M24-M26 and U47/11/M5, M6,
M14, M16, M18, M24, M29, M37) |
38 |
K37 |
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| 1706-1712 |
Possibly
died, the house and forge were occupied by Grace his widow, rent 2d |
K37 |
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| By 1728 |
the house
and forge were occupied by Isaac Hayward, possibly his son |
K37 |
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| By 1787 |
Robert Hayward,
son of Robert, had held the house and smith’s forge but recently sold it to
Thomas Greenall (ref. U410/M37) |
K37 |
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| 11/261 John Hayward | of Cranbrook, Kent. | |||||
| Age | Source | |||||
| Possibly married Alice Hunt 23 Apr 1604 at Cranbrook | K2 | |||||
| Father of | John | 1605 | K2 | |||
| Mary | 1606, baptised 7 Dec at Cranbrook | K2 | ||||
| Thomas | 1608 | K2 | ||||
| Katherine | 1610, baptised 17 June at Cranbrook (buried 3 oct 1612 at Cranbrook) | K2, K2 | ||||
| Possibly his wife Alice was buried 26 Sept 1613 at Cranbrook | K2 | |||||
| Probably married Ursula Peter 8 May 1615 at Cranbrook | K2 | |||||
| Father of | Elizabeth | 1616 bap 2 June at Cranbrook | Z2 | |||
| William | 1618 bap 27 Dec at Cranbrook | K2 | ||||
| Richard | 1620 bap 17 Sept at Cranbrook | K2 | ||||
| Robert 10/131 | 1622 bap 25 Aug at Cranbrook | K2 | ||||
| Possibly buried 12 Nov 1628 at Cranbrook St Dunstan | K2 | |||||
| 1608-1609 | Possibly a ratepayer of Wilsley, Cranbrook. | K20 | ||||
| 1628 | He was possibly poor (from his burial) | K2 | ||||
| 1657 |
Possibly occupied a house in Hartley
in Cranbrook, copyhold of the manor of Glassenbury, rent ‘a capon at Christmas’
(ref. U47/11/M10) |
K37 |
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| By 1706 |
the copyhold
house was occupied by Richard Bowles (ref. U47/11/M14) |
K37 |
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| Wife 11/262 Ursula Peter 1588- | ||||||
| 1588 | Baptised 12 May at Cranbrook (parents' names not given) | K2 | ||||
| 1615 | Married John Hayward 8 May at Cranbrook St Dunstan | 27 | K2 | |||
| 1635/6 | A widow. Probably married Laurence Sharp, widower, 18 Jan at Cranbrook | 48 | K2 | |||
| Possibly son John Hayward 1605- and son (and grandson?) John | ||||||
| 1629 | Married Alice Roper 26 April at Cranbrook | 24 | K2 | |||
| 1630-1639 | Father of John 1630, Elizabeth 1631, Samuel 1634, Margaret 1637 and James 1639, baptised at Cranbrook | 25-34 | K2 | |||
| 1654 | A Carpenter of Milkhouse, Cranbrook (Milkhouse is now Sissinghurst). His son John, carpenter of Milkhouse, married Sarah Gilbert 5 Dec at Cranbrook | 49 | K2, A16 | |||
| 1660 | John Hayward junior, carpenter of Milkhouse, father of Samuel | K2 | ||||
| 1677-1679 | John Hayward junior rated for a house and land called Little Swifts at Cranbrook, rent £7 | K20 | ||||
| 1680 | John Hayward senior (born 1605 or 1630?) buried 12 Nov at Cranbrook | K2 | ||||
| 1680 | John Hayward senior bequeathed the
windmill in Cranbrook to his son John and John is to pay £10 to his
daughter Elizabeth when she is 18,
bequeathed lands in Cranbrook to son James and his daughter Elizabeth, bequeathed money to grandchildren Elizabeth, Henry and Ann Honey (Alice Hayward married Peter Honey in 1668 at High Halden), bequeathed lands to daughter Elizabeth, wife of Thomas Poyle (married 1680 at Frittenden). Proved at Canterbury Archdeaconry in Nov |
K5 | ||||
| 1680- | John Hayward (no longer junior) rated for a house and land called Little Swifts at Cranbrook, rent £7 | K20 | ||||
| Possibly son John's son James Hayward 1639- | ||||||
| 1675 James Hayward married Elizabeth Dunkin 7 May at High Halden | 35 | K2 | ||||
| 1677- James Hayward rated for a house & land called James? Farm at Cranbrook, rent £12 | 37- | K20 | ||||
| Possibly son Thomas Hayward 1608- Broadweaver of Cranbrook | ||||||
| 1629 | Married Winnifred Reynolds 19 Apr at Cranbrook | 21 | K2 | |||
| 1629-1633 | Father of Thomas 1629, Margaret 1631 and Elizabeth 1633, baptised at Cranbrook | 21-25 | K2 | |||
| A broadweaver. He died before 1654 | K2? | |||||
| Possibly son William Hayward 1618- Broadweaver of Milkhouse | ||||||
| Married Katherine Jennings (from children's baptisms) | K2 | |||||
| 1645-1656 | Father of Deborah 1645, Katherine 1647, Mary 1650, William 1655 and Katherine 1656, baptised at Cranbrook | 32-38 | K2 | |||
| 1655-1656 | A broadweaver (children's baptisms) | 38 | K2 | |||
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| 11/263 William Boorman | Broadweaver of Hartley, parish of Cranbrook, Kent, | |||||
| 1584-1653 | Probably son of John and Judith Boorman. | |||||
| Age | Source | |||||
| Probably baptised 5 April 1584 at Cranbrook St Dunstan | K2 | |||||
| Married Margaret Danes, probably 1612 at Frittenden, by Diocese of Canterbury licence (Frittenden St Mary register starts at 1678) | 28 | K3 | ||||
| Father of | Robert | 1613, bapt 12 Sep at Cranbrook | 29 | K2 | ||
| Ann | 1614/5 baptised 8 Jan Cranbrook | 30 | K2 | |||
| John | 1616 baptised 4 Aug Cranbrook | 32 | K2 | |||
| Margaret10/132 | 1618 baptised 5 Apr Cranbrook | 34 | K2 | |||
| William | 1619 baptised 24 Oct Cranbrook | 35 | K2 | |||
| Alexander | 1621 baptised 20 May Cranbrook | 37 | K2 | |||
| Elizabeth | 1622/3 baptised 19 Jan Cranbrook | 38 | K2 | |||
| Sara | 1624/5 baptised 2 Jan Cranbrook | 42 | K2 | |||
| Mary | 1626 baptised 9 Apr Cranbrook | 42 | K2 | |||
| James | 1627/8 baptised 16 Mar Cranbrook | 43 | K2 | |||
| Judith | 1633 baptised 21 Apr Cranbrook | 49 | K2 | |||
| Sara | 1635 baptised 10 May Cranbrook | 51 | K2 | |||
| Probably buried 5 Nov 1653 at Cranbrook St Dunstan | 69 | K2 | ||||
| 1592 Sept | His uncle Alexander Peende left him 40 shillings in his will | 8 | KJL5 | |||
| 1607-1612 | Probably living in Hartley, rated 8d then 1s | 23-28 | K20 | |||
| 1612 Sept | A Broadweaver of Cranbrook | 28 | K3, K20 | |||
| 1625 Mar | His father left him his lease cow, his young heifer bud and "the money of mine now in his hands" in his will | 40 | KJL5 | |||
| 1653 Nov | A Broadweaver, son of John Boreman, broadweaver (from his burial) | 69 | K2 | |||
| 1655 | A Broadweaver of Hartley (son Robert's marriage) | K2 | ||||
| Wife 11/264 Margaret Danes 1592-1642 Daughter of Robert and Margaret Daynes | ||||||
| 1592 | Probably baptised 18 June at Marden St Michael and All Angels | K2 | ||||
| 1612 Sept | A spinster of Cranbrook, daughter of Robert Danes of Marden, yeoman | 20 | K3 | |||
| 1642 | Probably buried 25 Feb at Cranbrook | 50 | K2 | |||
| Probably son Robert 1613- Broadweaver of Cranbrook | ||||||
| 1651 | Married Anne Rowe 12 Feb at Cranbrook | 38 | K2 | |||
| 1654 | Father of Robert 1 March, wife Anne was buried 3 March at Cranbrook | 41 | K2 | |||
| 1654-1660 | A Broadweaver of Cranbrook (from children's baptisms) | 41-47 | K2 | |||
| 1655 | Married Anne Bottinge of Maidstone 24 April at Cranbrook | 42 | K2 | |||
| 1655-1665 | Father of Morgan 1655 (buried 1689?), John 1657 (buried 1659), Mary 1660, John 1663 and Elizabeth 1665, baptised at Cranbrook | 42-52 | K2 | |||
| 1659 | A Broadweaver of the upper end of the town (son John's burial) | 46 | K2 | |||
| 1664 | Of Cranbrook town. He had three hearths but Hearth Tax was not chargeable | 51 | K24 | |||
| Possibly son John 1616- | ||||||
| 1640 | Renting 8a 2r 23p of land at Hartley Cross from Sir Thomas Plummer | 24 | A17 | |||
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| 12/525 John Boorman | Broadweaver of Hartley, parish of Cranbrook, Kent | |||||
| -1629 | Probably son of John and Joan Boorman | |||||
| Age | Source | |||||
| Probably born in the 1540s | JVS | |||||
| Married Judith Peen(d)e 11 June 1571 at Cranbrook St Dunstan | K5, K2 | |||||
| Father of | Alexander | bapt 1571 or 1576 at Cranbrook | K5, K2 | |||
| John | bapt 1581/1585 (died before 1624) | K5, K2 | ||||
| William 11/263 | probably bapt 5 Apr 1584 Cranbrook | K5, K2 | ||||
| Edward | bapt 24 Apr 1586 Cranbrook | K5, K2 | ||||
| Elizabeth | bapt 24 Aug 1578 Cranbrook (Married Mr. Martyne before 1624) | K5, K2, K5 | ||||
| Judith | possibly baptised 1579 in Hawkhurst (Married Thos Apse 5 Feb 1603/4 at Cranbrook) | K5, K2, K5, K2 | ||||
| Probably buried 1st March 1629/30 at Cranbrook St Dunstan | K2 | |||||
| 1569 Mar | He was bequeathed a loom and tackle by his father | K5 | ||||
| 1592 Sept | He was living in a house (Little Swattenden at Hartley) that his wife's brother Alexander Peende leased from Mr Baker Esq. Alexander willed him the tenure for the duration of the lease, for a payment of £4 6s 8d per year | KJL5 | ||||
| 1592 Sept | His six children were willed 40s each by their uncle Alexander Peende | KJL5 | ||||
| to 1606 | He occupied Little Swattenden until John Peene sold it to Weller and Dence's charities | A17 | ||||
| 1607-1612 | Probably living in Hartley. Rated 2s 4d a year | K20 | ||||
| 1624/5 Mar | A Broadweaver. In his will he left 5s to his son Alexander, a cow, a heifer and some money to his son William, a bedstead and flock bed & bedding to son Edward, a cauldron, iron pot, drinking vessel, a tun and a feather pillow to daughter Elizabeth Martyne, a cupboard and a lamb each to his grandsons William & Richard Appse. Daughter Judith to dwell in the house where he now lives for the term of the lease, and also to have all corn, butter, cheese, bacon, wood & fire fuel and anything else in the house. He made his son Edward executor and left him the residue. Overseer 'brother' (in law) Richard Turke | KJL5 A17 |
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| 1630 | His will was proved 9 April at Canterbury Consistory court | KJL5 | ||||
| 1653 | A broadweaver (from his son William's burial) | K2 | ||||
| Wife 12/526 Judith Peende -1613 | ||||||
| 1612 | Apparently still alive in 1612 (John Boorman et ux paid rates at Hartley) | K20 | ||||
| 1613 | Probably buried 4 Nov at Cranbrook | K2 | ||||
| Son Edward
1586- |
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| 1649-1652 |
Possibly
occupied a house and garden in Cranbrook, copyhold of the manor of Glassenbury,
rent a capon at Christmas (ref. U410/M22) |
K37 |
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| 13/1049 John Boorman | Broadweaver of Hawkhurst, Kent | |||||
| -1571 | ||||||
| Age | Source | |||||
| He was probably born in the 1510s or 1520s | JVS | |||||
| Married Joan (probably in the 1540s or 1550s) | K5, JVS | |||||
| Father of | Thomas | (see below) | K5 | |||
| Harry | K5 | |||||
| William | (probably m. Elizabeth Peene 1564) | K5, K2 | ||||
| John 12/525 | K5 | |||||
| Ann | K5 | |||||
| Elizabeth | (probably married John Peene 1581) | K5, K2 | ||||
| Sarah | (see below) | K5 | ||||
| Buried 17 Jan 1570/1 at Hawkhurst St Laurence | K2 | |||||
| After the great plague known as the Black Death nearly halved the population of Europe in the 1340s, there was a lot of spare land. It takes more land but less people to tend sheep than grow crops and wool was a valuable commodity, so England's wool industry took off, and in a century or two England was the most prosperous country in Europe. | JVS | |||||
| Many Flemish broadweavers (wide loom operators) settled in Kent in the 1400s. Boorman is a 'good Dutch/Belgian name'. | A15 | |||||
| Weavers were invited from Leuven in Flanders by Edward III to teach the English the finer techniques of processing wool using hammer mills and Fullers Earth to soften the finished woven material. | A17 | |||||
| Broadweavers took the sheep fleeces from the clothiers and passed the finished article back to the clothiers who sold the wool products in the markets | A17 | |||||
| In 1569 | John Boorman was of Hawkhurst. He bequeathed one of his looms and the half of the harness and tackle belonging to it, to his youngest son John 12/525, money to his three daughters when they reach age 24, mentions three elder sons. Residue to wife Joan, executrix. Witnessed by Alexander Dence and Alexander Weller, husband of Elizabeth Dence | K5 A17 |
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| 1570/1 | His will was proved 14 March at Canterbury Archdeaconry by wife Joan | K5 | ||||
| Wife Joan | ||||||
| 1570 | Proved her husband's will at Canterbury | K5 | ||||
| (1569-90 | no burial found) | Fmp2 | ||||
| 1577 | A widow, probably married John Delton 12 Aug at Ryarsh St Martin | K2 | ||||
| 1615 | Still alive, she was bequeathed an annuity by her son Thomas | A15/5 | ||||
| 1617 | Or possibly Joane Boorman, uxor, buried 28 July at Cranbrook | K2 | ||||
| Son Thomas -1616 Broadweaver of Hawkhurst | ||||||
| 1567 | Probably married Catherine Peene 28 April at Cranbrook | K2 | ||||
| 1568-1573 | Father of Ann 1567/8, Edward 1569 (Edmund in register), Elizabeth 1571 and John 1573, baptised at Hawkhurst | K2, K5 | ||||
| 1574 | Wife Catherine probably buried 3 April at Cranbrook | K2 | ||||
| 1576 | Married Rebecca Pope 15 Oct at Hawkhurst | K2, K5 | ||||
| 1576-1589 | Father of Alexander 1576, Catherine 1578, William, Thomas 1584 and Andrew 1586, baptised at Hawkhurst | K2, K5 | ||||
| 1615/6 | He made a noncupative (oral) will on 27 Feb. He bequeathed 3s 4d to his eldest son Edward, a loom and tackle each to his sons William and Thomas, money to daughter Agnes Gladish, widow, 10s each to 'all his other sons and daughters', an annuity of 6s 8d to his mother and the residue to Rebecca his wife | A15/5 | ||||
| 1615/6 | Buried 8 March at Hawkhurst | K2 | ||||
| 1616 | His will was proved 20 April at Canterbury Archdeaconry by his widow | A15/5 | ||||
| Daughter Sarah -1617 | ||||||
| 1574/5 | Married William Batchelor 29 Jan at Cranbrook | K2, A17 | ||||
| They had seven children who all died young | A17 | |||||
| 1584 | Her husband William was probably buried 24 June at Cranbrook | K2, A17 | ||||
| 1598 | She married Richard Turke 19 April at Cranbrook | K2, A17 | ||||
| They lived at Turke's Place on the Hawkhurst road near Little Swattenden. They had no children | A17 | |||||
| 1617 | She was probably buried 8 April at Cranbrook | A17 | ||||
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| 13/1051 Alexander Peende | Husbandman (smallholder, farmer) of Cranbrook, Kent | |||||
| 1514-1562 | Possibly son of William and Joan Pynde | |||||
| Age | Source | |||||
| Possibly born 25 July 1514 (from his father's will) | KJL5 | |||||
| Married Elizabeth | KJL5 | |||||
| Father of | 1Alexander | eldest son (see below) | KJL5 | |||
| 2George | KJL5 | |||||
| 3John | (m? Eliz Boorman 1581, see below) | KJL5,K2 | ||||
| 1Elizabeth | (m. Wm Boorman 1564, see below) | KJL5,K2 | ||||
| 2Margery | (m. Giles Baker 1576, see below) | KJL5,K2 | ||||
| 3Judith 12/526 | (m. John Boorman 1571) | KJL5,K2 | ||||
| 4Margaret | (m. Richard Pend 1583, see below) | KJL5,K2 | ||||
| 5Catherine | (m. Thos Boorman 1567, see below) | KJL5,K2 | ||||
| Died 1562. Buried 27 Apr at Cranbrook | 47 | KJL5,K2 | ||||
| 1551/2 Jan |
He was
defendant in a Court of Requests case brought by John Notter regarding a
messuage and land in Cranbrook. The court apparently found in his favour
and instructed the plaintiff to pay costs and not 'molest or trouble the
said defendant' (TNA ref. REQ2/14/100) |
37 |
E50 |
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| 1553 | Possibly witnessed Richard Sampson's will | 39 | KJL5 | |||
| 1562 Apr | He had lands adjacent to the lands of Alexander Dence 13/1053 | 47 | KJL5 | |||
| 1562 Apr | A Husbandman. He willed a piece of ground 'at the discretion of Alexander Densse' for his daughters' marriages. Several other pieces of land to be paid to his daughters on marriage or age 24. Dwelling house to wife Elizabeth. Mansion house with garden and three pieces of land to son Alexander. Residue of lands to sons George and John. | 47 | KJL5 | |||
| 1562 | His will was proved 10 June at Canterbury | KJL5 | ||||
| Wife Elizabeth | ||||||
| Probably born in the 1510s/1520s | JVS | |||||
| 1562 | She was executor of her husband's will | KJL5 | ||||
| 1564 | Married 2 Thomas Foster 30 July at Cranbrook | KJL5,K2 | ||||
| 1592 | Still alive. Her son Alexander left her 40 shillings in his will | KJL5 | ||||
| 1590-1610 | (no obvious burial) | Fmp2 | ||||
| Son Alexander Peende -1592 Husbandman of Cranbrook | ||||||
| 1578 | Married Alice Barham, widow, 16 Feb at Burwash, Sussex | KJL5, RWebb/2 | ||||
| By 1592 | Alice's children John, George & Richard Barham, Joan m. Mr Peend, Margery m. Goddard Dawe 1588 at Cranbrook, Margaret m. Mr Frowe. | KJL5,K2 | ||||
| Alexander occupied Little Swattenden Farm at Hartley / Sissinghurst | A17 | |||||
| 1592 Sept6 | A Husbandman. He willed the tenure of his house (Little Swattenden) to John 12/525 and Judith Boorman for the duration of his lease from Baker Esq. He had a messuage and tenements in Cranbrook that he left to his wife Alice, property in Hawkhurst including a barn, garden and ten acres he bought from Richard Netter and lands and tenements in Burwash (Sussex) occupied by Edmund Hylbye that he bought from the said Ed. Hylbye | KJL5 | ||||
| 1592 | Buried 6 Sept at Cranbrook | K2 | ||||
| 1592 | His will was proved 22 Sept at Canterbury Archdeaconry | KJL5 | ||||
| Son George Peene | ||||||
| 1563 | Possibly married Ann Valle, widow, 3 Oct at Bethersden | K2 | ||||
| Son John Peene Yeoman of Cranbrook | ||||||
| 1560 | Possibly married Alice Page 13 June at Cranbrook | K2 | ||||
| 1581 | Probably married Elizabeth Boorman 13/1049F? 17 April 1581 at Cranbrook | K2 | ||||
| 1584 | Father of Alexander baptised 7 June at Cranbrook? | K2 | ||||
| 1587 | Father of Elizabeth baptised 6 Aug at Cranbrook | K2 | ||||
| 1592 | He was bequeathed property in Cranbrook by his brother Alexander | KJL5 | ||||
| 1606 | A Yeoman. He probably sold Little Swattenden Farm, Cranbrook, to the trustees of Weller's and Dence's charities for £240 (from Dence's School and Schoolmasters by William Tarbutt, published 1866, Cranbrook Museum 2018). It was renamed Charity Farm | 83, A17
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| Charity Farm was eight pieces of
land, 32 acres, with messuage, orchards, garden and outbuildings (The Charities
of Cranbrook by CCR Pile) |
A17 |
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| 1610 Sept |
A yeoman
of Cranbrook. He stood surety for Samuel Harmon, beer-brewer of Cranbrook,
to keep a common alehouse at the sign of the Bell in Cranbrook (ref. QM/RLv/228/25),
also for Nicholas Annawaye, weaver of Cranbrook, to keep an alehouse (ref.
QM/RLv/228/20) |
K50 |
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| Daughter Elizabeth -1599 | ||||||
| 1564 | Married William Boorman 13/1049C? 31 July at Cranbrook (the day after her mother married Thomas Foster) | KJL5,K2 | ||||
| By 1592 | Mother of Richard, Alexander, John, Margaret (married James Swift 27 June 1591 at Cranbrook) and Annis Boorman | KJL5,K2 | ||||
| 1582 | Her husband William possibly buried 15 July at Cranbrook | K2 | ||||
| 1599 | A widow, she was probably buried 26 Dec at Cranbrook | K2 | ||||
| Daughter Margery | ||||||
| 1576 | Married Giles Baker 17 June at Cranbrook | KJL5,K2 | ||||
| By 1592 | Mother of John, Giles, Mary and Sarah Baker | KJL5 | ||||
| Daughter Margaret | ||||||
| 1583 | Married Richard Peend 6 May at Cranbrook | KJL5,K2 | ||||
| By 1592 | Mother of John, Elizabeth, Susan and Mary Peend | KJL5 | ||||
| Daughter Catherine -1574 | ||||||
| 1566 | She was bequeathed £4 by Thomas Hernden of Cranbrook | KJL5 | ||||
| 1567 | Married Thomas Boorman 13/1049C? 28 April at Cranbrook | KJL5,K2 | ||||
| By 1592 | Mother of Edmond, John, Elizabeth and Annes Boorman | KJL5 | ||||
| 1574 | Possibly buried 3 Apr at Cranbrook | K2 | ||||
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| 14/2101? William Pynde | Husbandman of Cranbrook, Kent | |||||
| -1520 | Son of Richard and Joanne Pende | |||||
| Age | Source | |||||
| (Probably born in the 1480s) | JVS | |||||
| Married Joan | KJL5 | |||||
| Father of | Joyce | 1511, born 24 Aug | KJL5 | |||
| Catherine | 1513, born 24 June | KJL5 | ||||
| Alexander 13/1051? 1514, born 25 July | KJL5 | |||||
| Anne | 1516, born 25 Dec | KJL5 | ||||
| Clemence | 1518, born 25 Dec | KJL5 | ||||
| Died in May or June 1520 | KJL5 | |||||
| 1515-1518 |
He was
the defendant in a Court of Chancery case against Geoffrey Netter regarding
the detention of deeds relating to land in Cranbrook (TNA ref. C1/431/10) |
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| By 1520 | He received bequests in his father's will (mentioned in his own will) | KJL5 | ||||
| 1520 May | He had lands and tenements in Cranbrook and Hawkhurst: a messuage 'where I dwell', two gardens and three meadows adjoining, and four pieces of land called 9 acres, 9 acre croft, the Hole and the Alder | KJL5 | ||||
| 1520 | His will of 5 May bequeathed household stuff, four of my best kine, my mare, two calves, my swine and my poultry and 'grain upon the ground' to his wife Joan, and use of my cider vessels, quorns and ladders until son Alexander is 21. To 'sister Sharpe and sister Box' 10 marks each. He quotes each of his children's dates of birth. He bequeaths money and bread and wheat to fulfil the bequest in his father's will | KJL5 | ||||
| 1520 | His will was proved 12 June at Canterbury | KJL5 | ||||
| Wife Joan | ||||||
| 1526 | Possibly witnessed Margaret Jalander's will | KJL5 | ||||
| Sister | Married Mr. Sharpe | KJL5 | ||||
| Sister | Married Mr. Box | KJL5 | ||||
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| 15/4201? Richard Pende | Of Cranbrook, Kent | |||||
| -1509 | ||||||
| Age | Source | |||||
| (Probably born in the mid-1400s) | JVS | |||||
| Married Johane (Joanne?) | D5 | |||||
| Father of | John | D5 | ||||
| Robert | D5 | |||||
| William 14/2101 | D5 | |||||
| Richard | D5 | |||||
| Joyce | D5 | |||||
| Probably buried at Cranbrook in April or May 1509 | D5 | |||||
| 1509 Apr | Testament: He left money to Cranbrook Church for his sepulchre and other specific bequests to the church and Hawkhurst, Ticehurst and Salehurst churches, and money for mending various highways. He left money to Dennis Dence, Agnes Dence, Richard Dence and Joyce his daughter. He willed that bread and wheat should be given to the poor of Cranbrook and Hartley every year for 20 years (which his son William continued in his will). Residue to his four sons and they are executors. | D5 | ||||
| 1509 Apr | Will: Two pieces of land in Hawkhurst that he purchased from Laurence Hartknop to son Robert. A piece of land in Sandhurst to William Ward and William to pay dau Joyce £10 on her marriage. The lands to George Longherst that I purchased from Thomas Congherst (sic) his father. To James Portreve two pieces of land, 7 acres, I purchased from him. To daughter Joyce 40s levied on a piece of land in Frittenden and another 40s levied on the land I lately purchased from John Boxe of Frittenden | D5 | ||||
| 1509 | His will was proved 14 May at PCC by his four sons | D5 | ||||
| Wife Joanne | ||||||
| 1509 | She received bequests in her husband's will | D5 | ||||
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| 12/527 Robert Danes | Yeoman of Marden, Kent | |||||
| 1561- | Probably son of Alexander Daynes | |||||
| Age | Source | |||||
| Probably baptised 6 Nov 1561 at Marden St Michael & All Angels | K2 | |||||
| Married Margaret Roberts 4 Jan 1590/1 at Marden | 30 | K2 | ||||
| Father of | Margaret 11/264 | 1592, baptised 18 June at Marden | 31 | K2 | ||
| Agnes | 1594, baptised 20 Nov at Marden | 33 | K2 | |||
| John | 1597, baptised 12 June at Marden | 36 | K2 | |||
| Thomas | 1602, baptised 20 Dec at Marden | 41 | K2 | |||
| 1591-1602 | Of Marden | 30-41 | K2 | |||
| 1592 | He was bequeathed 3s 4d by his father | 31 | K5 | |||
| 1605 Aug. |
Possibly
a victualler of Marden, he stood surety for Thomas Bayley, yeoman of Marden
(ref. QM/RLv/158/9) |
44 |
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| 1612 Sept | A yeoman of Marden. He gave his consent for his 20-year old daughter Margaret to marry 11/263 William Boorman | 51 | K3 | |||
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| 13/1053 Alexander Danes/Dence Of Marden, Kent | ||||||
| -1592 | ||||||
| Age | Source | |||||
| Born before 1537 | K5 | |||||
| Married Elizabeth | K5 | |||||
| Father of | Dorothy | (married John Lott 16 May 1586 at Frittenden St Mary) | K5, K2 | |||
| John | (see below) | K5 | ||||
| Kaleb | (still alive in 1592) | K5 | ||||
| Susan | (married Stephen Lott 7 June 1574 at Cranbrook St Dunstan) | K5, K2 | ||||
| Mercy/Marie | 1559, baptised 4 Nov at Marden | K2 | ||||
| Robert 12/527 | 1561, baptised 6 Nov at Marden | K2 | ||||
| Daniel | 1563/4, baptised 8 Mar at Marden (buried 24 Jan 1567/8 at Marden) | K2, K2 | ||||
| Miles | 1566, baptised 31 Mar at Marden | K2 | ||||
| George | 1568, baptised 12 Dec at Marden | K2 | ||||
| James | 1572, baptised 27 Apr at Marden | K2 | ||||
| Marie | 1575, baptised 20 Nov at Marden (buried 22 Nov 1575 at Marden) | K2, K2 | ||||
| Alexander | 1576, baptised 30 Dec at Marden | K2 | ||||
| Probably buried 10 Nov 1592 at Marden St Michael & All Angels | K5, K2 | |||||
| 1559-1592 | Of Marden | K2 | ||||
| 1592 | He made a nuncupative will (a 'deathbed' or verbal will, by someone who is too ill to make a written will). He left 3s 4d each to his sons Alexander, John, Robert, Kaleb and George, and his daughters Mercy and Susan | K5 | ||||
| 1592 | His will was proved at Canterbury Archdeaconry | K5 | ||||
| Wife Elizabeth | ||||||
| 1592 | She was still alive. Her husband bequeathed her the residue of his estate | K5 | ||||
| Son John Danes Yeoman of Frittenden | ||||||
| 1585/6 | Married Elizabeth Homby (Hornby?) 24 Jan at Marden | K2 | ||||
| By 1616 | Father of Richard, eldest son, James, Michelle and Alexander, youngest son | K5 | ||||
| 1592 | He was bequeathed 3s 4d by his father | K5 | ||||
| 1616 | A Yeoman of Frittenden. He left money to his children and his house to wife Elizabeth | K5 | ||||
| 1625 | His will was proved at Canterbury Archdeaconry | K5 | ||||
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| Note: Richard Dence | Of Cranbrook, Kent | |||||
| -c.1560 | ||||||
| Age | Source | |||||
| Father of | Joan | (married Mr Hicks by 1558) | KJL5 | |||
| Elizabeth | (married Mr Rode by 1558) | KJL5 | ||||
| Alice | (married Mr Hartredge by 1558) | KJL5 | ||||
| Gervase | before 1537 | KJL5 | ||||
| Alexander | before 1537 | KJL5 | ||||
| Died in 1559 or 1560 | KJL5 | |||||
| 1558/9 Feb | He bequeathed lands and tenements in Cranbrook to his son Alexander and 'the house where I now dwell' to daughter Joan Hicks for life then to Alexander. Many other bequests including to 'Thomas Dence my brother's son' | KJL5 | ||||
| 1560/1 | His will was proved 22 March at Canterbury | KJL5 | ||||
| Son Gervase (Jervis) Dence -c.1543 | ||||||
| By 1541 | Married Alice, father of Elizabeth | KJL5 | ||||
| 1541/2 | He made a will on 26 Jan | KJL5 | ||||
| 1543 | His will was proved 15 July at Canterbury | KJL5 | ||||
| 1565 | His daughter Elizabeth married Alexander Welland (Weller) 5 Nov at Cranbrook. Their eldest son Dence Weller was born in 1566, they had eight more children to 1580, she died 1596. Memorial at Tonbridge | D5, K2
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| Son Alexander Dence -1574 A wealthy clothier of Cranbrook | ||||||
| 1558 | He dwelt in his father's mansion house | KJL5 | ||||
| Married twice, apparently had no children | D5 | |||||
| He endowed a school in Cranbrook | D5 | |||||
| 1573 Sept | His will bequeathed a lot of property in and around Cranbrook | D5 | ||||
| 1574 May | His will was proved at PCC | D5 | ||||
| Daughter Joan | ||||||
| By 1558 | Married Mr Hicks. Mother of Joan, Isabel and Beatrice Hicks | KJL5 | ||||
| By 1573 | Daughter Beatrice married Mr Freeland | D5 | ||||
| Daughter Elizabeth | ||||||
| By 1558 | Married Mr Rode | KJL5 | ||||
| Daughter Alice | ||||||
| By 1558 | Married John Hartridge | KJL5 | ||||
| By 1573 | Mother of Francis, John, George and William Hartridge | D5 | ||||
| Daughter | ||||||
| By 1573 | Married Mr Parker | D5 | ||||
| Brother | Father of Thomas Dence by 1558 | KJL5 | ||||
| Brother | Father of William Dence by 1558 | KJL5 | ||||
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