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    Worsopp, Isabella

    Female Abt 1502 - 1565  (~ 63 years)


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    • Name Worsopp, Isabella 
      Born Abt 1502  England Find all individuals with events at this location 
      Gender Female 
      Buried 18 Apr 1565  St Lawrence Pountney, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
      Person ID I04858  My Genealogy
      Last Modified 21 Jun 2015 

      Father Worsopp, John,   b. Abt 1480, Of Ipswich, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
      Family ID F02077  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

      Family 1 Taverston,   d. Bef 1522 
      Married Abt 1518  England Find all individuals with events at this location 
      Family ID F01518  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

      Family 2 Gresham, Richard,   b. Abt 1492, Of Holt, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 24 Feb 1549, Of St Lawrence Jewry, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 57 years) 
      Married Aft 1523  London, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
      Children 
      +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)
      Family ID F01433  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    • Notes 
      • Name: Lady Isabell Gresham Burial Date: 24 Apr 1565 Parish: St Lawrence Jewry County: London Borough: City of London Record Type: Burial

        Could Christian be the daughter of Isabell??
        Is the other Frances Gresham her daughter or her daughter in law, married to John Greshm eg Francis Thwaites?

        Will of Isabella Gresham
        In the name of God Amen. The 18th April 1565 7 Eliz. I Isabell Ladye Gresham of London wydowe beinge sicke in bodie and of good and parfitt mynde and memorie God be highlie praised therefore do make and ordaine this my present Testament conteinynge in the same my verye true and last will by partie indented in manner and form followynge. ... To my ladye Gresham in Bassingehawe a ringe of gold with a emerode fixed in it and a blak gowne. To Sir John Thynne Esq a ringe of golde with a rubie fixed in it and to my daughter his wyffe a tablet of golde with the Salutacion and a chayne of golde hanging to it all wainge five ounces and a halfe. And to my daughter Frances Gresham widowe a plaine chaine of golde weinge three ounces and three quarters and to every of theym a blak gowne. And to my cozen her daughter and to her husband Sir Henry Nevell K[night] Sir W[illia]m Peter K[night], my cozen his wyfe and my cozen John Browne to every of them a blak gowne, and to my sister Margaret Calton a boke of golde enamelled with blacke weinge two ounces and halfe a quarter and a blacke gowne. ... to W[illia]m Gresham and his wiffe, my cozen John Gresham and his wiffe, my cozen Ceoll and his wiffe, my cozen Lewson and his wiffe, my cozen Edmund Gresham and his wifie, my cozen James Elliott and his wiffe, my cozen John Marshe and his wiffe to every of them a blacke gowne, ... To Sir Thomas Gresham K[night] my well beloved sonne in law a ringe of golde with a dyamonde fixed in yt and to my Ladie Anne his wife a chaine of golde for a girdle weinge vii ounces and three quarters and to every of them a black gowne. ..And I the said Isabell Ladye Gresham by this my last Will do not onely appointe Sir Tho. Leigh Knight Overseer of the same and for his paines give unto him 1" but also I appointe Sir Tho. Gresham Knight one other of my Overseers ....By me Isabell Gresham, pei* me Egedium Bushell, Rauf Woodcok, Johem Fox, Johem Wethers.
        Probatum 28 Maii 1565 Juramento Mar. Calton et Rob** Christopher.