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Agatha Brekespere
( - )
From Visitations Hertfordshire, R. Cooke 1572, Sir R. St. George 1634 (Google Books) p. 141:
Ferrers of Dunsborne
William, Lord Ferrers of Groby.-
Sir Henry, Ferrers, Kt.
Sir Thomas Ferrers, Kt., a quo Ferrers of Tamworth.
John Ferrers,=f=Agatha, da. and heir of Esq. | Alexander Breakspeare...
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From The Abbey of Saint Alban, Some Extracts from Its Early History, Rev. H.J.B. Nicholson (1887), p. 16:
It was probably in his time that Nicholas, son to a servant in the Abbey, Robert Breakespeare of Abbots Langley, a village near St. Albans, applied for admission into the monastery. In the Catalogue of Benefactors and of those admitted into the fraternity of the monastery of St. Albans (Cotton MSS. Nero, D 7), record is made of John Ferrers and Agatha his wife, coheiress of Adrian Brekespere of Langley—and also Bernard Brekespere, clerk, her uncle. There is a farm in this parish which still preserves the name of Breakspear ; and local tradition has always accounted it the place of the nativity of the only English Pope.
[A genealogy on p. 13 mentioned above has an abbot and a monk named Geoffrey in 1100's.]
Ferrers of Dunsborne
William, Lord Ferrers of Groby.-
Sir Henry, Ferrers, Kt.
Sir Thomas Ferrers, Kt., a quo Ferrers of Tamworth.
John Ferrers,=f=Agatha, da. and heir of Esq. | Alexander Breakspeare...
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From The Abbey of Saint Alban, Some Extracts from Its Early History, Rev. H.J.B. Nicholson (1887), p. 16:
It was probably in his time that Nicholas, son to a servant in the Abbey, Robert Breakespeare of Abbots Langley, a village near St. Albans, applied for admission into the monastery. In the Catalogue of Benefactors and of those admitted into the fraternity of the monastery of St. Albans (Cotton MSS. Nero, D 7), record is made of John Ferrers and Agatha his wife, coheiress of Adrian Brekespere of Langley—and also Bernard Brekespere, clerk, her uncle. There is a farm in this parish which still preserves the name of Breakspear ; and local tradition has always accounted it the place of the nativity of the only English Pope.
[A genealogy on p. 13 mentioned above has an abbot and a monk named Geoffrey in 1100's.]
Events
| Alt name | Agatha Breakespeare | ||||
| Alt name | Agatha Breakspear | ||||
| Residence | Abbots Langley, Hertfordshire, England |
Families
| Spouse | John Ferrers Senior (1394 - ) |
| Child | Sheriff John Ferris Junior (1418 - ) |
| Child | Edmond Ferrers (1422 - ) |
| Child | Thomas Ferris ( - ) |
| Father | Adrian Brekespere ( - ) |