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Elyzabethe
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"Wiltshire Notes and Queries, Vol. VII" (1911-1913), p. 122 et seq
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Ashton Keynes
Was a manor house originally belonging to Tewkesbury Abbey. In 1576, Sir John Hungerford of Down Ampney [next to Ashton Keynes] held all of King Edward's interests in the manor at Ashton Keynes by a 1550 grant to his father Sir Anthony Hungerford [born by 1492, died 18 November 1558), was a Member of Parliament for Gloucestershire]. That same year (1576) Sir John Hungerford granted a 60 year lease of Ashton Keynes to Anthony Ferris and his wife Elyzabethe. The language from Wiltshire Notes p. 123 follows:
The first (ms. 40083) is a lease granted by Sir John
Hungerford of Down Ampney in 1576; it recites that Sir
Antony Hungerford, deceased, father of Sir John had, and Sir
John then had, all the demise and grant of the late King
Edward VI. by his letters patent dated 28 November in the
fourth year of his reign [1550] of the entire manor of Aysheton
Keynes, sometime belonging to the late dissolved monastery
of Tewkesburie, for four-score and seven years; and grants a
lease of a house and mill, with mead and arable land adjoining
the mill, and a close called Startelatts, otherwise the Lord's
Close, together with the water, fludyeatts, bancks, fyshings,
etc., to Antony Ferris and Elyzabethe, his wife, for 60 years if
they —Antony Ferris and his wife —or either of them should
live so long, at an annual rent of 36s. Sd. for the house, mill,
etc., and 10s. for the close called Startelautts (the spelling
varies here) otherwise the Lord's Close. What is the
meaning of "the entire manor" of Ashton Keynes is not clear,
unless it means Ashton Keynes and the Leigh. The lease is
endorsed with a surrender, dated 21 February, 1631, to Sir
Thomas Sackville, Kt., " nowe Lord of the Manno' of Ash-
ton Keynes."
p. 126
In the deed of 21 Novem-
ber, 1623, the property was sold to Sir Thomas Sackeville, his
heirs, etc., to the only proper use and behoof of the said Sir
Thomas Sackeville, his heirs, etc., for ever; and in this convey-
ance of 18 April, 1623, Sir John Hungerford, who sold in 1623,
is joined with Sir Thomas Sackeville in selling again. But
perhaps the explanation may lie in an improper understanding
of the deeds by the lay mind. This deed is interesting: the
property sold is the manor of Ayshton Keynes, the rectory,
and the advowson of the vicarage— all the property sold to
Sir John Hungerford by Philip, Earl of Montgomery (now
become Earl of Pembroke and Montgomery) or by the
Hungerfords to Sir Thomas Sackeville, but it excepts certain
leases, including one made in 19 James I by Sir John
Hungerford to Sir Thomas .Sackeville for 61 years, to com-
mence on the determination of the lease granted by King
Edward VI. to .Sir Anthony Hungerford, great-grandfather
of Sir John ; and it affords a limited pedigree in so far as it
also excepts customary leases granted by Sir John Hunger-
ford, Kt., grandfather, and Anthony Hungerford, father of Sir
John Hungerford, party to the conveyance, and makes
mention of his son and heir apparent, Sir Anthony Hunger-
ford. The name of Ferris, the lessee of 1576, re-appears in
John Ferris, who had the lease of a mill, probably the same, as
the rent is the same, from the previous 21 February for the lives
of himself, Anne his wife, and John his son.
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Given the length of the 1576 lease for Ashton Keynes from the Hungerfords, was Elizabeth a daughter of a Hungerford?
https://archive.org/details/wiltshirenotesqu07deviuoft
Ashton Keynes
Was a manor house originally belonging to Tewkesbury Abbey. In 1576, Sir John Hungerford of Down Ampney [next to Ashton Keynes] held all of King Edward's interests in the manor at Ashton Keynes by a 1550 grant to his father Sir Anthony Hungerford [born by 1492, died 18 November 1558), was a Member of Parliament for Gloucestershire]. That same year (1576) Sir John Hungerford granted a 60 year lease of Ashton Keynes to Anthony Ferris and his wife Elyzabethe. The language from Wiltshire Notes p. 123 follows:
The first (ms. 40083) is a lease granted by Sir John
Hungerford of Down Ampney in 1576; it recites that Sir
Antony Hungerford, deceased, father of Sir John had, and Sir
John then had, all the demise and grant of the late King
Edward VI. by his letters patent dated 28 November in the
fourth year of his reign [1550] of the entire manor of Aysheton
Keynes, sometime belonging to the late dissolved monastery
of Tewkesburie, for four-score and seven years; and grants a
lease of a house and mill, with mead and arable land adjoining
the mill, and a close called Startelatts, otherwise the Lord's
Close, together with the water, fludyeatts, bancks, fyshings,
etc., to Antony Ferris and Elyzabethe, his wife, for 60 years if
they —Antony Ferris and his wife —or either of them should
live so long, at an annual rent of 36s. Sd. for the house, mill,
etc., and 10s. for the close called Startelautts (the spelling
varies here) otherwise the Lord's Close. What is the
meaning of "the entire manor" of Ashton Keynes is not clear,
unless it means Ashton Keynes and the Leigh. The lease is
endorsed with a surrender, dated 21 February, 1631, to Sir
Thomas Sackville, Kt., " nowe Lord of the Manno' of Ash-
ton Keynes."
p. 126
In the deed of 21 Novem-
ber, 1623, the property was sold to Sir Thomas Sackeville, his
heirs, etc., to the only proper use and behoof of the said Sir
Thomas Sackeville, his heirs, etc., for ever; and in this convey-
ance of 18 April, 1623, Sir John Hungerford, who sold in 1623,
is joined with Sir Thomas Sackeville in selling again. But
perhaps the explanation may lie in an improper understanding
of the deeds by the lay mind. This deed is interesting: the
property sold is the manor of Ayshton Keynes, the rectory,
and the advowson of the vicarage— all the property sold to
Sir John Hungerford by Philip, Earl of Montgomery (now
become Earl of Pembroke and Montgomery) or by the
Hungerfords to Sir Thomas Sackeville, but it excepts certain
leases, including one made in 19 James I by Sir John
Hungerford to Sir Thomas .Sackeville for 61 years, to com-
mence on the determination of the lease granted by King
Edward VI. to .Sir Anthony Hungerford, great-grandfather
of Sir John ; and it affords a limited pedigree in so far as it
also excepts customary leases granted by Sir John Hunger-
ford, Kt., grandfather, and Anthony Hungerford, father of Sir
John Hungerford, party to the conveyance, and makes
mention of his son and heir apparent, Sir Anthony Hunger-
ford. The name of Ferris, the lessee of 1576, re-appears in
John Ferris, who had the lease of a mill, probably the same, as
the rent is the same, from the previous 21 February for the lives
of himself, Anne his wife, and John his son.
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Given the length of the 1576 lease for Ashton Keynes from the Hungerfords, was Elizabeth a daughter of a Hungerford?
Families
| Spouse | Anthony Feris (1558 - ) |
| Child | Unknown Feris (1579 - ) |
| Child | Thomas Ferris (1584 - ) |
| Child | George Ferris (1587 - ) |
| Child | Elizabeth Ferris (1588 - ) |
| Child | John Ferris (1589 - ) |