Person:Stephen Arnold (28)

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Stephen Arnold
b.Bef 1503
Facts and Events
Name[1] Stephen Arnold
Gender Male
Birth[1] Bef 1503
Marriage to Unknown
Residence[1] Abt 1524 Bucklebury, Berkshire, England
Burial[3] 18 Dec 1567 Bucklebury, Berkshire, England

Personal History

Stephen Arnold was a tenant of a messuage called Heywards in West End,[2] and he appears in the subsidy assessment for Bucklebury in 1524–25.[1] Richard Townsend held the reversion of the messuage by copy dated 10 March 4 Eliz. [1562][2] and may have married Anne Arnold, possibly a daughter of Stephen.

Stephen was buried on 18 December 1567 in the parish of Bucklebury, Berkshire, England.[3]

Resources

  • Greene, David L. (2002, Fall/Winter). “Townsend Ancestry of Richard of the Welcome, John of Philadelphia, Joseph of Chester County, and Joan of Chester County.” Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine, 42 (4): 293–313. See under 1. RichardC Townsend, pages 297–8.
References
  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Humphreys, Arthur Lee. Bucklebury : a Berkshire parish, the home of Bolingbroke 1701-1715. (Reading England: The author, 1932)
    p 132. Cites Public Record Office (PRO) E 179/73/127: Lay Subsidy Roll.

    Digital image (https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/27416/dvm_LocHist011555-00074-0 : accessed 17 April 2018).

    “Assessment of the Hundreds of Redyng and Theles, co. Berks., to the second payment of the subsidy granted 16 Henry VIII [1524–25].
    “Bukelbury.
    “Names of Tenant .. Valour .. Subsidy

    “Stephen Arnold, wages .. 20s .. 4d”

    According to the National Archives catalogue, the subsidy was granted by Parliament 21 May 1523, and the document is dated 20 January 1525.[1]

    David L. Greene writes, “Stephen Arnold appears in the subsidy assessment for ‘Bukelbury,’ 1524–25, (Humphreys, Bucklebury, 132.) so he must have been born by 1503.”

  2. 2.0 2.1 Humphreys, Arthur Lee. Bucklebury : a Berkshire parish, the home of Bolingbroke 1701-1715. (Reading England: The author, 1932)
    Appendix C, “Court Rolls” [of the Manor of Bucklebury], p 470.

    Digital image (https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/27416/dvm_LocHist011555-00268-0 : accessed 17 April 2018). From page 470:

    “Burghulburye”, dated “1593 Oct. 15”—Court Baron.

    “They present the death of Richard Townsende, who held (by copy of 10 March 4 Eliz. [1562]) the reversion of a messuage called Heiwardes in West End, formerly Stephen Arnoldes, to hold to him, such wife as he should marry & their eldest son; rent 5s. 10d. Heriot : a brown cow with a white face. He married one Agnes, & had by her a son Richard. Agnes is admitted tenant.”

    David L. Greene writes, “Humphreys includes, in English translation, the records of the ‘Manor of Burghulburie.’ Even though Humphreys was a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries and should have known better, he was confused about dating. He silently transferred the months from numbers to names using modern numbering [i.e., January as month 1] so that, for example, he misdated 10 1st month as 10 January. This may affect the dating of the manorial rolls, which unfortunately do not appear to be available elsewhere.”

  3. 3.0 3.1 Church of England. Parish Church of Bucklebury, and J. W. Brooks. Parish register transcripts, 1538–1840. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1987)
    FHL 1278815 Item 2, p n.n.

    Digital image in DGS 7767921, image 210 (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSMZ-7WNZ-R : accessed 17 April 2018).

    Burials, 1567: “Dec 18 Steven ARNOLD”