Individual Details
Margaret Forster
(Abt 1500 - Bef 9 Mar 1587)
== Biography ==
Margaret Forster ... She passed away before 1587.
SUMMARY: The document below is the Prerogative Court of Canterbury copy of the will, dated 20 July 1579, together with a codicil dated 24 December 1584, of Margaret (nee Forster) Bassett Sulyard Ayloffe. The will and codicil were proved 9 March 1587.
The testatrix was the sister of George Forster (d.1556?), and thus the sister-in-law of Alice (nee Covell) Forster Golding (d.1587), the wife of Oxford’s maternal uncle, Henry Golding (d.1576), who resided with the testatrix’ daughter, Dorothy Maxey (d.1602), during the last years of her life. For further information on the testatrix’ family background, see the will of her father, Robert Forster (d.1555?), TNA PROB 11/39, ff. 74-5. For the will of the testatrix’ sister-in-law, Alice (nee Covell) Forster Golding (d.1587), see TNA PROB 11/70, ff. 154-7.
According to the inscription on a brass monument in the church at Runwell, Essex, the testatrix married three times.
Her first husband was Gregory Basset (d.1528) of Bradwell, Essex, by whom she had an only daughter, Dorothy (d.1602)
Her second husband was Eustace Sulyard (d. 26 February 1546/7), by whom she had a son, Edward (d.1610), and five daughters, Mary, Margaret, Jane, Anne and Bridget. For the will of Eustace Sulyard (d.1547), see TNA PROB 11/31, ff. 271-4.
Her third husband was William Ayloffe (d.1569), of Bretons in Hornchurch, by whom she had no issue. For his will, see TNA PROB 11/51, ff. 34-5. William Ayloffe’s son and heir, the testatrix’s son- in-law Justice William Ayloffe (c.1535-1584), knew Oxford personally, and is mentioned in two documents which directly concern Oxford (see CP 159/110-11 and CP 9/91). For his will, see TNA PROB 11/67, f. 296. For the monument, see Christy, Miller, W.W. Porteous and E. Bertram Smith, ‘Some Interesting Essex Brasses’, Transactions of the Essex Archaeological Society, Vol. IX, Part I, New Series, (Colchester, 1903), pp. 22-67, at http://www.archive.org/stream/transactionsess01socigoog#page/n56/mode/1up; and Wright, Thomas, The History and Topography of the County of Essex, vol. I (London: George Virtue, 1836), p. 143, available online.
For the will of Eustace Sulyard (d.1547), see TNA PROB 11/31, ff. 271-4. Her third husband was William Ayloffe (d.1569), of Bretons in Hornchurch, by whom she had no issue. For his will, see TNA PROB 11/51, ff. 34-5. William Ayloffe’s son and heir, the testatrix’s son- in-law Justice William Ayloffe (c.1535-1584), knew Oxford personally, and is mentioned in two documents which directly concern Oxford (see CP 159/110-11 and CP 9/91). For his will, see TNA PROB 11/67, f. 296. For the monument, see Christy, Miller, W.W. Porteous and E. Bertram Smith, ��Some Interesting Essex Brasses’, Transactions of the Essex Archaeological Society, Vol. IX, Part I, New Series, (Colchester, 1903), pp. 22-67, at http://www.archive.org/stream/transactionsess01socigoog#page/n56/mode/1up; and Wright, Thomas, The History and Topography of the County of Essex, vol. I (London: George Virtue, 1836), p. 143, available online).
The will of the testatrix’s second husband, Eustace Sulyard (d.1547), differs from the brass monument in that his will mentions three sons, Edward, John and Eustace, as well as five daughters, Mary, Margaret, Jane, Bridget and Anne, all under age and unmarried. It would appear that two sons, John and Eustace, and one daughter, Mary, predeceased the testatrix, as they are not mentioned in her will below. The surviving children of the testatrix’ marriage to Eustace Sulyard (d.1547) were:# Sir Edward Sulyard (d.1610), who married Anne (surname unknown), and by her had two sons, Edward and Thomas, and a daughter, Elizabeth. For the will of Sir Edward Sulyard (d.1610), see TNA PROB 11/116.# Margaret Sulyard, who married Thomas Darcy (1538?-1586) of Tolleshunt Darcy (for his will, see TNA PROB 11/69, ff. 492-3). Thomas Darcy (1538?-1586) was the son of Thomas Darcy (1511?-1557) of Tolleshunt Darcy and his wife Anne (nee Munday), the daughter of the goldsmith and Lord Mayor of London, Sir John Munday (d.1537). For the will of Sir John Munday (d.1537), see TNA PROB 11/27, ff. 72-3.Transcript and translation copyright ©2009 Nina Green All Rights Reserved http://www.oxford-shakespeare.com
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Margaret Forster ... She passed away before 1587.
SUMMARY: The document below is the Prerogative Court of Canterbury copy of the will, dated 20 July 1579, together with a codicil dated 24 December 1584, of Margaret (nee Forster) Bassett Sulyard Ayloffe. The will and codicil were proved 9 March 1587.
The testatrix was the sister of George Forster (d.1556?), and thus the sister-in-law of Alice (nee Covell) Forster Golding (d.1587), the wife of Oxford’s maternal uncle, Henry Golding (d.1576), who resided with the testatrix’ daughter, Dorothy Maxey (d.1602), during the last years of her life. For further information on the testatrix’ family background, see the will of her father, Robert Forster (d.1555?), TNA PROB 11/39, ff. 74-5. For the will of the testatrix’ sister-in-law, Alice (nee Covell) Forster Golding (d.1587), see TNA PROB 11/70, ff. 154-7.
According to the inscription on a brass monument in the church at Runwell, Essex, the testatrix married three times.
Her first husband was Gregory Basset (d.1528) of Bradwell, Essex, by whom she had an only daughter, Dorothy (d.1602)
Her second husband was Eustace Sulyard (d. 26 February 1546/7), by whom she had a son, Edward (d.1610), and five daughters, Mary, Margaret, Jane, Anne and Bridget. For the will of Eustace Sulyard (d.1547), see TNA PROB 11/31, ff. 271-4.
Her third husband was William Ayloffe (d.1569), of Bretons in Hornchurch, by whom she had no issue. For his will, see TNA PROB 11/51, ff. 34-5. William Ayloffe’s son and heir, the testatrix’s son- in-law Justice William Ayloffe (c.1535-1584), knew Oxford personally, and is mentioned in two documents which directly concern Oxford (see CP 159/110-11 and CP 9/91). For his will, see TNA PROB 11/67, f. 296. For the monument, see Christy, Miller, W.W. Porteous and E. Bertram Smith, ‘Some Interesting Essex Brasses’, Transactions of the Essex Archaeological Society, Vol. IX, Part I, New Series, (Colchester, 1903), pp. 22-67, at http://www.archive.org/stream/transactionsess01socigoog#page/n56/mode/1up; and Wright, Thomas, The History and Topography of the County of Essex, vol. I (London: George Virtue, 1836), p. 143, available online.
For the will of Eustace Sulyard (d.1547), see TNA PROB 11/31, ff. 271-4. Her third husband was William Ayloffe (d.1569), of Bretons in Hornchurch, by whom she had no issue. For his will, see TNA PROB 11/51, ff. 34-5. William Ayloffe’s son and heir, the testatrix’s son- in-law Justice William Ayloffe (c.1535-1584), knew Oxford personally, and is mentioned in two documents which directly concern Oxford (see CP 159/110-11 and CP 9/91). For his will, see TNA PROB 11/67, f. 296. For the monument, see Christy, Miller, W.W. Porteous and E. Bertram Smith, ��Some Interesting Essex Brasses’, Transactions of the Essex Archaeological Society, Vol. IX, Part I, New Series, (Colchester, 1903), pp. 22-67, at http://www.archive.org/stream/transactionsess01socigoog#page/n56/mode/1up; and Wright, Thomas, The History and Topography of the County of Essex, vol. I (London: George Virtue, 1836), p. 143, available online).
The will of the testatrix’s second husband, Eustace Sulyard (d.1547), differs from the brass monument in that his will mentions three sons, Edward, John and Eustace, as well as five daughters, Mary, Margaret, Jane, Bridget and Anne, all under age and unmarried. It would appear that two sons, John and Eustace, and one daughter, Mary, predeceased the testatrix, as they are not mentioned in her will below. The surviving children of the testatrix’ marriage to Eustace Sulyard (d.1547) were:# Sir Edward Sulyard (d.1610), who married Anne (surname unknown), and by her had two sons, Edward and Thomas, and a daughter, Elizabeth. For the will of Sir Edward Sulyard (d.1610), see TNA PROB 11/116.# Margaret Sulyard, who married Thomas Darcy (1538?-1586) of Tolleshunt Darcy (for his will, see TNA PROB 11/69, ff. 492-3). Thomas Darcy (1538?-1586) was the son of Thomas Darcy (1511?-1557) of Tolleshunt Darcy and his wife Anne (nee Munday), the daughter of the goldsmith and Lord Mayor of London, Sir John Munday (d.1537). For the will of Sir John Munday (d.1537), see TNA PROB 11/27, ff. 72-3.Transcript and translation copyright ©2009 Nina Green All Rights Reserved http://www.oxford-shakespeare.com
== Sources ==
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Events
| Birth | Abt 1500 | ||||
| Death | Bef 9 Mar 1587 | ||||
| Marriage | William Ayloffe | ||||
| Marriage | Eustace Sulyard | ||||
| Reference No | 7476092 | ||||
| Reference No | 7767201 | ||||
| Reference No | 60 |
Families
| Spouse | Eustace Sulyard (1500 - 1547) |
| Child | Margaret Sulyard (1539 - 1586) |
| Child | Jane Sulyard (1530 - ) |
| Spouse | William Ayloffe (1510 - 1569) |
| Father | Robert Forster ( - 1556) |
| Sibling | George Forster ( - 1556) |