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| Name |
Stokes, John |
| Born |
Abt 1477 |
Of Seend, Wiltshire, England  |
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Male |
| Person ID |
I01097 |
My Genealogy |
| Last Modified |
16 Jun 2015 |
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- Wiltshire Archeological and History Magazine
By Mr. E. Kite, Devizes. Fifteen Rubbings from Monumental Brasses, viz: Ajine Longe, 1601, Bradford, Wilts.
Thomas Horton and Wife, 15 , Bradford, Wilts.
Sir Edward Baynton and Family, 1578, Bromham, Wilts.
John Baynton, Esq., 1516, Bromham, Wilts.
Elizabeth St. Amand, c. 1490, Bromham, Wilts.
William Chaucey and Wife, 1524, Charlton, Wilts.
John Kent, Esq. and Wife, 1030, St. John's Church, Devizes, Wilts.
Sir Edward Cerne and Lady, c. 1400, Draycot Cerne, Wilts. Knight. c 1380
John Stokys and Wife, 1498, Seend, Wilts.
William Bayly, (demi-figure) 1427, Berwick Basset, Wilts.
John Dauntesey, 1559, West Lavington, Wilts.
Agnes Button, 1528, Alton Priors, Wilts.
Robert Baynard, Esq. and Wife, 1501, Lacock, Wilts.
William Moor, Priest, 1456, Tattersliall, Lincolnshire. Etching of a Fresco Painting, formerly on the wall of the Ilungerford Chapel, in Salisbmy Cathedral.
Etching of the Monumental Brass of Bishop Wyvill in Salisbury Cathedral.
Any connection?
John Stokes was born ABT. 1513 in Of, Seend, Wiltshire, England. He was the son of 2. John Stokys and 3. Margery Nicholas. He married Abt.1537.
Popular Piety in Late Medieval England By Andrew Brown
"... Seend chapel had almost been entirely rebult at the end of the fifteenth century. The brass of John Stokes, clothier, chantry and obit founder, who died in 1498 lies in the north aisle. Indeed he requested in his will that he be buried in my "newly built and constructed chapel." A traditon has it that the Stokes were the main contributors to the church rebuilding; a great many painted glasses with pictures of some of the Stoykes children were to be seen in John Subrey's day."
Christopher Stokes I, lord of the manor of Stanhawes Court, Gloucestershire,
England, son of John Stokys (Stokes), lord of Stokes Haule of Seend, the son
of John Stokes (who built the chapel at Seend, died 1498), married Marjery
Nicholas, daughter of John Nicholas, of Rundwaie, Wiltshire, near Calne,
England. He died about 1566, married to Anne Leicester, of Christian
Malford, Wiltshire.
The above ancient Stokes information is discussed in detail in "The Book of Stokes".
See Arthur Schomberg's "The Pedigree of John Stokes of Seend, Co. Wilts." in 1886 and additional material in Wiltshire Notes and Queries vols. V and VI.
The pedigree which Schomberg published was a transcription from an old parchment document which set out the generations .... It was written on five skins glued together and contained 64 Coats of Arms. The author is unknown but I it may have been ordered by Richard Stokes (1661-1724), an attorney of Calne Wiltshire. It would seem that the fortunes of the Gloucestershire Stokes reached their peak in his generation. Richard died shortly before the latest date on the pedigree but it may have been completed by his son, Richard.
Genealogists have questioned the authenticity of the pedigree. The original parchment is in the possession (1986) of Robert Van Slyke of Auckland.
...we have John Stokys de Sende (d.1498) who married Alice (d.1500) and some of his details have come down to us. He was a clothier in comfortable circumstances. Much of the weaving trade seems to have been centred in Wiltshire. John paid for the building of the north aisle of Seend church,and perhaps the whole church. He and his wife were buried there and small brasses of them were inlaid in the stone flagging of the north aisle. They are about 40cm. high and under them is the inscription
"Here lyeth Iohn Stoyks and Alys his wiff whiche Iohne decessed the XVIII day of June in the year of our Lord God thousand CCCCLVII on whose soulys Jhu have mercy. Amen."
The surrounds of the window above the brasses have shears and a pair of scissors carved in the stone to indicate the trade of clothier along with other decorations. The windows were adorned with pictures of John, his wife and children but it is reported that about the year 1648, all the painted glass was defaced and broken by William Somner of Send
John (d. 1498) had two sons called John. John (d. 1502) married Marjery Nicholas of Rundwale and the pedigree shows the Coat of Arms formed by this marriage.
By 1498 'Mayne's lands' belonged to John Stokes of Seend, who then left them to his son, John, the younger. (fn. 68)
From: 'Keevil', A History of the County of Wiltshire: Volume 8: Warminster, Westbury and Whorwellsdown Hundreds (1965), pp. 250-263. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=16114 Date accessed: 16 July 2009.
Son of this man?
WILL OF JOHN STOKES OF SEEND, 1498. In Dei Nomine, Amen. XX die mensis Junij Anno D'ni milli'mo CCCC nonagesimo octavo. Ego Johannes Stoke' de Sende ... Item lego Joh'i Stokes filio meo xx. Item lego Roberto filio meo xx Item lego Johanni filio meo Juniori xx... Item lego Agneti filie mee xx.... et utilius Alicie executrici mee et Joh'i filio ...Proved at Lambeth by the above-named Alice the Executrix, 20 July 1498.
WILL OF ALICE STOKES OF SEEND, 1500. In Dei Nomine. Amen. Anno D'ni Millimo quingetesimo vicesimo sexto die mensis Decembr. Ego Alicia Stokys vidua compos mentis condo testamentu' meu' in hunc modum. ... Proved on the xxvii day of January 1500, in the presence of William Baron, Doctor of Laws, during the vacancy of the Archbishopric of Canterbury.
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