Person:Francis Phelps (2)

The Phelps or Phyllypes family is an old English family whose superfluous letters were dropped during the reign of Edward VI. The first of the Phelps name in Tewkesbury was Francis, who, at the dissolution of the Monasteries, bought tithes from Henry VIII 1542-3. The old Phelps tombstones are at the northwest of the church yard and vicarage wall.

Possibly the brother of James Phelps^[1], but the origin of this supposition is unknown and it might be pure speculation.

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} England. National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations),1858 onwards. (Ancestry.com).

   LDS Roll 095489, Wills & Admin. of Stafford, England, Will of Francis Phylyppe, Dated July 21, 1552 proven May 1553
   
   A transcript (and a derived tree that shows, inaccurately, Francis's sister Margaret Baynster as his mother) are posted by PhelpsFamilyHistory here

2. ↑ Based on having 3 grandchildren when he wrote his will, and attempting to be within reason for being the brother of James Phelps (which is not proven). Given that the bequests to the grandchildren were livestock, they were likely more than infants, so Francis may have been born even earlier than 1495. On the other hand, he described himself in his will as sick in body, but not old.