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    Thynne, John

    Thynne, John

    Male Abt 1512 - 1580  (~ 68 years)

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    • Name Thynne, John 
      Born Abt 1512  Of Church Streeton, Shropshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
      Gender Male 
      Buried 21 May 1580  Deverell Longbridge, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
      Person ID I03069  My Genealogy
      Last Modified 16 Jun 2015 

      Father Thynne, Thomas,   b. Abt 1490, Of Church Streeton, Shropshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 1546, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 56 years) 
      Mother Heynnes, Margaret,   b. Abt 1495, Of Church Streeton, Shropshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
      Family ID F01505  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

      Family 1 Gresham, Christian,   b. Abt 1525, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1565, Of Longleat, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 40 years) 
      Married 01 Mar 1548/49  London, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
      Children 
       1. Thynne, Anne  [Natural]
       2. Thynne, Thomas,   b. Of Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1625, Biddestone, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [Natural]
       3. Thynne, Elizabeth,   b. Of Longleat, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1580
       4. Thynne, Frances,   d. dsp Find all individuals with events at this location  [Natural]
       5. Thynne, Maria,   d. dsp Find all individuals with events at this location  [Natural]
       6. Thynne, Charles,   d. 1654, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location
       7. Thynne, Christina  [Natural]
      +8. Thynne, Francis,   b. Abt 1550, Of Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1611, Kempsford, Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 61 years)
      +9. Thynne, John,   b. Abt 1550, Of Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 21 Nov 1604, St Alphage, London Wall, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 54 years)
      +10. Thynne, Dorothy,   b. Abt 1560, Of Longleat, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 25 Sep 1592, Melbury Osmond, Dorset, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 32 years)
      +11. Thynne, Catherine,   b. Abt 1565, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1614, Of Ludlow, Shropshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 49 years)
       12. Thynne, Gresham,   b. Abt 1565, Of Longleat, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1639, Of Longleat, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 74 years)
      Family ID F01084  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

      Family 2 Wroughton, Dorothy,   b. Abt 1548, Of Broad Hinton, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1616, Of Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 68 years) 
      Married Abt 1566  England Find all individuals with events at this location 
      Children 
       1. Thynne, Henry,   b. Of Kingswood, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1580  [Natural]
       2. Thynne, Charles,   b. Of Cheddar, Somersetshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1580
       3. Thynne, Catherine  [Natural]
       4. Thynne, William,   b. Abt 1570, Of Church Streeton, Shropshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location
       5. Thynne, Edward,   b. Abt 1570, Of Buckland, Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1624, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 55 years)
       6. Thynne, Egremont,   b. Abt 1580, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1636  (Age ~ 56 years)
       7. Thynne, Dorothye,   b. Abt 1580, England Find all individuals with events at this location
      Family ID F01085  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    • Photos
      John Thynne c.1566
      John Thynne c.1566

    • Notes 
      • Will of Sir John Thynne or Thinne of Longleat, Wiltshire 12 November 1580 PROB 11/62

        One source gives his birth date as 1522 eg MP in 1546 when only 24 years old?

        Family originally of Shropshire??
        Steward to Edward Seymour. Merchant/Financier
        In the Chapel of the Thynne family at Longbridge Deverill, Co. Wilts, is a marble monument to Sir John Thynne, K* ; it records that, - ^' Duas habuit conjuges, primam Christianam Bichardi Gresham Militis, alteram Dorotheam Wilhelmi Wroughton Equitis Aurati filiam ; e auibus numerosa utrius^ue sexus beatus prole placide in Domino obdormivit mense Aprilis MDLXXX."
        Sir John Thynne died on the 21st of May, 1580, and was interred in the church of Longbridge* Deverill, where a marble monument was erected to his memory in the chapel of the Thynne family. It bears the following Latin inscription :
        P. M. JOHANNIS THYNNE, de Botefields Lye in agro Salopiensi, Equitis aurati, qui a GALFRIDO BOTEVILLO (nobili Pictavo copiosii compatriotarum manu, in suppetias JOHANNIS Regis hue primum appellente) paternum genus recto stemmate deducens, BOTEVILIANJE domus temporum et fatorum injuria labefactatae insignia instaurator evasit ; EDWARDO Duci Somersetensi, Angli Protectori, Hospitii Se- neschallus, a quo etiam in prjeclarum singularis in pnelio Muscleborensi (Musselburgh) virtutis praestitse testimonium militari balneo donatus. Religionis reformats etiam in angustissimis MARI.E temporibus assertor strenuus ; vir gravis, prudentiuque utraque fortune sorte major, et vicini LONGALATENSIS asdificii fundator. Duas habuit conjuges, primam CHRISTIANAM RICHARDI GRESHAM Militis, alteram DOROTHEAH WILHELMI WROUGHTON, Equitis aurati, filiam ; e quibus numerosa utriusq. sexus beatus prole, placide in Domino obdormivit mcnse Aprilis MDLXXX. Filius ejus primo-genitus JOHANNES, etiam Eques auratus, uxorem duxit JOANNAIJ, ROLAND: HA WARD, Militis, filiam, e quu suscepit THOMAM THYNNE, Equitem auratum, magnum patri- monii, olim satis ampli, auctorem. Primo MAIUAM TOUCIIET, quaa Baronis AUDILL* i filia, posted CATHEIUNAM THOM* Vicecomitis BINDON o filio neptem, uxores habuit. PriorU lecti filii, JACOBUS THYNNE, miles, Isabella) filia; HOLLANDLE comitis maritus, cjui improk-a ol>iit, vir de Rege, patria, et farailiii optime merit us; et THOMAS THYNNE etiam miles, STUARTI* BALCANQUU.L.* conjux; qui omnes in sacello subterraneo hoc juxta iiihumantiir. t' It inn THOM.X haeres erat THOMAS THYNNE, morum suavitate et humanitate insignia, licet nefario et nunquam satis dolendo crimine sicariorum manibus, oetatis flore abreptus. Priori* TIIOMJS e secundis nuptiis filius FHEDEIUCUS HENRICUS THYNNE, Miles et Baronettus, MARINE, THOU* Baronis COVENTRII magni Anglise sigilli xv annos usque ad mortem custodis, maritus, ingenii vir acerrimi, nee virtutis minus conspicuaj, qui egregio in Principem fide magno bonorum dispendio Rebel lium rapacitate poenas luit; cujus filius natu maximus THOMAS Vicecomes WEYMOUTH et Baro de Warminster, majorum cineribus pietatis ergo hoc marmor posuit.
        COURT AND CORPORATION ROLLS, ETC. Ixxxi No. 51. PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE, Rolls Chapel, Chancery Lane, London.
        Extracted from the Inquisition taken upon the death of Sir John Thynne, 23rd of Queen Elizabeth, A.D. 1580-1.
        Et ulterius Juratores predicti super sacramentum suum presentant quod predictus Johannes Thynne, miles, die ante obitum suum fuit seisitus in dominico BUO ut de feodo de et in medietate manerij et Rectorie de Nunnkeling in com. Ebor. etc. Ac de et in manor de Walton et Yarton alias Yardingtou et diversis terris, tene- mentis, et hereditaments in Bridgcnorth in comitatu Salopie, etc. etc. Capta decimo Martij 23 Elizabethe (1580-1).
        Text: 1580 Thynne, Thinne, Sir John, knt., Longleat, Longbridgedeveral, Corseley, Wilts. [Ad. de bo. Nov 1651 ] With sentence 44 Arundell Book: 1558 to 1583. Collection: England: Canterbury - Wills Proved in The Prerogative Court of Canterbury, 1558-1583 (A-Z)
        Wiltshire Corsley 28 March 1573 Deed. Grant. 'VAGE's Close'. Deed of sale from William HOOPER, yeoman, of Corsley, to Sir John THYNNE of Longleat, of a close of pasture in Corsley called 'VAGE's Close' inclosed in the park there.
        WILTSHIRE Corsley 11 April 1574 Deed. Fine. Manors of Whitbourne Temple and Corsley. The manors of Whitboume Temple and Corsley Fine whereby Sir John THYNNE conveys to William THYNNE, esq., and Richard CABELL, gent.; consideration £311.