Individual Details
Joan Marten
(Abt 1533 - )
== Biography ==
Joan was born about 1533.
'''GENERAL NOTES:''' One of 2 daughters of Robert Marten (gentleman), and was co-heir to her father's estate. On 17 April 1554, (which might be her marriage date) she had already attained full age (i.e. over 21).
Anne, who carried the Manor of Boughton in marriage to John Martyn, judge of the common pleas, the son of Richard Martyn, of Stonebridge, who built much at his seat of Graveney court, where he partly resided. (fn. 4). He died in 1436, leaving his widow surviving, who then became again possessed of this manor in her own right. She afterwards married Thomas Burgeys, esq. whom she likewise survived, and dying in 1458 was buried beside her first husband in the north chancel of this church. His gravestone is of a very large size, and is most richly inlaid with brass, which is well preserved, having the figures of him and his wife, and other ornaments over the whole of it. There were four coats of arms, only the second of which, that of Boteler, is remaining. He bore for his arms, Argent, on a chevron, gules, three talbot bounds, passant, or. Her second husband Thomas Burgeys died in 1452, and was buried in the same chancel, where his gravestone remained till within these few years. At the upper end of the stone are two coats in brass, first Boteler impaling Frogenhall; second, a fess chequy impaling the like. Another coat, at the bottom, is gone, as is his figure.
In the descendants of Judge Martyn, residents at Graveney-court, this manor continued down to Robert Martyn, who likewise resided here, and died in the first year of Edward VI. (fn. 5) (i.e. 1547/8), leaving his two daughters: Joane, married to Richard Argall, and Elizabeth to Stephen Reames, of Faversham, his coheirs.
== Sources ==
* Argall One-name Study.
Joan was born about 1533.
'''GENERAL NOTES:''' One of 2 daughters of Robert Marten (gentleman), and was co-heir to her father's estate. On 17 April 1554, (which might be her marriage date) she had already attained full age (i.e. over 21).
Anne, who carried the Manor of Boughton in marriage to John Martyn, judge of the common pleas, the son of Richard Martyn, of Stonebridge, who built much at his seat of Graveney court, where he partly resided. (fn. 4). He died in 1436, leaving his widow surviving, who then became again possessed of this manor in her own right. She afterwards married Thomas Burgeys, esq. whom she likewise survived, and dying in 1458 was buried beside her first husband in the north chancel of this church. His gravestone is of a very large size, and is most richly inlaid with brass, which is well preserved, having the figures of him and his wife, and other ornaments over the whole of it. There were four coats of arms, only the second of which, that of Boteler, is remaining. He bore for his arms, Argent, on a chevron, gules, three talbot bounds, passant, or. Her second husband Thomas Burgeys died in 1452, and was buried in the same chancel, where his gravestone remained till within these few years. At the upper end of the stone are two coats in brass, first Boteler impaling Frogenhall; second, a fess chequy impaling the like. Another coat, at the bottom, is gone, as is his figure.
In the descendants of Judge Martyn, residents at Graveney-court, this manor continued down to Robert Martyn, who likewise resided here, and died in the first year of Edward VI. (fn. 5) (i.e. 1547/8), leaving his two daughters: Joane, married to Richard Argall, and Elizabeth to Stephen Reames, of Faversham, his coheirs.
== Sources ==
* Argall One-name Study.
Events
| Birth | Abt 1533 | ||||
| Marriage | 1554 | Richard Argall | |||
| Reference No | 18871131 | ||||
| Reference No | 20424083 | ||||
| Reference No | 60 |
Families
| Spouse | Richard Argall (1546 - 1588) |