 Abt 1520 - 1602 (~ 82 years)
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| Name |
Elmes, Edmund |
| Born |
Abt 1520 |
Of Lilford, Northamptonshire, England  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Buried |
12 Mar 1602/02 |
Lilford, Northampton, England |
| Person ID |
I08132 |
My Genealogy |
| Last Modified |
16 May 2015 |
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| Notes |
- The son, described as John Elmes of Lilford, esq., made his will, a very long one, in November, 1540, and it was proved 7 February, 1544-5.
By it he left £10 to his 'grandfather' William Brown's almshouses at Stamford and small gifts (including 6s. 8d. to Warmington) to many churches, the gild of our Lady at Oundle, etc. His son Edmond was under 22 years of age, and other children and kinsfolk... His wife, who survived, was Edith, daughter of John, lord Mordaunt of Turvey, Beds.
In 1539 charges had been brought against him in the Star Chamber, which may explain the defamation mentioned in his will. The inhabitants of Lilford, Warmington and Barnwell claimed common of pasture in these places, and alleged that Elmes had closed up highways in Papley, etc., converted arable into pasture and impounded their cattle. ...The son Edmund succeeded in 1543, and made in 1579 a settlement of his manors of Lilford, Papley and Warmington (this latter being the Stock estate); and he died 12 March, 1601-2, holding these manors of the bishop of Peterborough, having settled them on his second son Thomas. The heir was a son John, then aged 40. No reason is given for thus giving them to a younger son, but his widow Alice (sister of Oliver St. John of Bletsoe) in her own will directed that her late husband's will was to be carried out, and left household stuff at Lilford to John on condition that he did not disturb it; Thomas was to have the household stuff at Papley. Thomas Elmes, who thus succeeded, had already several children-William, John, Edmund, Thomas and Anthony being named. (www.lilfordhall.com/History/Jacobean.asp)
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