Person:Thomas Williams (98)
Thomas Williams
b.1514 Stowford, Devon, England
d.1 Jul 1566 Stowford, Devon, England
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m. Abt 1510
  1. Thomas Williams1514 - 1566
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m. Abt 1535
  1. Thomasine Williams1550 - 1627
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Name Thomas Williams
Gender Male
Birth? 1514 Stowford, Devon, England
Marriage Abt 1535 to Emeline Crues
Death? 1 Jul 1566 Stowford, Devon, England
Burial? Jul 1566 Harford, Devon, EnglandHarford Church

Born between 1513 and 1514 Stowford, Devonshire (Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford: Oxford Univ Press, aft 1917). (Hereinafter cited as DNB.) (S.T. Bindoff, History of Parliament: The Commons 1509-1558 (London: Secker & Warburg , 1982)); Eldest son, b bet Jul 1513 - Jun 1514.
Married Emelyn CRUWYS circa 1535.
Education: on 14 Nov 1539 Inner Temple Admitted as a student. Served as auditor, clerk of the kitchen, steward for the reader, serjeant for Christmas, and in other capacities (DNB) (Bindoff, History of Parliament).
Died on 1 Jul 1566 Stowford, Devonshire, Aged 52 . "died ... before parlement met again, his death during his term of office creating a precedent. (see D'Ewes pp 95 sq q). ...
By his wife Emlin or Emmeline, dau of Wm Crewes of 'Chimley' (?Chulmleigh), Devonshire, he left two sons - - John (d 1615) and Tho -- and three daughters." [If that's correct, either Elizabeth or Anne predeceased him (DNB)] (Vivan, Vis CON.) (John Ernest Neale, Elizabeth I and Her Parliaments 1559-1581 (New York: St. Martin's, 1958). (Hereinafter cited as Eliz Parl 1).
Buried in Jul 1566 Harford church, Devonshire. There is a memorial inscription (DNB).

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