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Sir Edward Filmer Sr.
(17 Jan 1566 - 2 Nov 1629)
== Biography ==Edward Filmer was the oldest son of Robert Filmer and Marjorie Rayner of the county of Kent in south-east England. He came from a venerable Anglo-Norman-Plantagenet aristocratic family that could trace its lineage back to Charlemagne, first Holy Roman Emperor (747-814 AD).Charlemagne, Alfred the Great and Other Ancestors by James T. Mitchell chart 1313, cited on [http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=monkeys&id=I23672 "'' Janet Ariciu Family Bush''" on RootsWeb - Edward Filmer] The Filmers had been established land-owners in the parish of Otterden (Ottenge), Kent, since at least the 13th Century (King Edward II). Their ancestral home was Herst Manor until Edward's father, Robert Filmer, purchased Little Charlton Manor in nearby East Sutton. Edward was born in January 1566 at his father's estate of Little Charleton Manor, East Sutton, Maidstone Parish, Kent, England.
Edward Filmer attended school in East Sutton; he was then admitted to Caius College at Cambridge and graduated April 30, 1584. He became a Fellow there and embarked on a judicial career as well as inheriting three substantial manors in Kent when his father died in 1585. That same year (1585) he married Lady Elizabeth Argall, from another distinguished local aristocratic family, at the church in Lenham, Kent. By all accounts, theirs was a long and happy union (44 years) and they had 18 children together: [http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jackamoney&id=P3179 "''The Money Tree''" Genealogy on RootsWeb - Edward Filmer Baron]. Some dates from other sources.
#Mary FILMER b: 1586 in East Sutton, Kent, England
# Robert FILMER b: 1586 in London, Kent, England
# Margaret FILMER b: 1587 in East Sutton, Kent, England
# Edward FILMER Jr. b: 1589 in East Sutton, Kent, England
# John FILMER b: 1590 in East Sutton, Kent, England
# Elizabeth FILMER b: 1592 in East Sutton, Kent, England
# Judith FILMER b: 1594 in East Sutton, Kent, England
#Thomas FILMER b: 1595 in East Sutton, Kent, England
# Reginald FILMER b: 1596 in East Sutton, Kent, England
# Katherine FILMER b: 1597 in East Sutton, Kent, England
# Jane FILMER b: 1598 in East Sutton, Kent, England
# Anne FILMER b: 1599 in East Sutton, Kent, England
# Henry FILMER b: 1600 in East Sutton, Kent, England
# Thomas FILMER b: 1601 in Canterbury, England
# Susanna FILMER b: 1603 in Canterbury, England
# Richard FILMER b: 1604 in East Sutton, Kent, England
# Sarah FILMER b: 1606
# Augustine FILMER b: ABT 1609
In 1593 Edward Filmer was appointed Justice of the Peace for Maidstone, Kent. He recorded his activities in a notebook which remains in the Kent Archives Office today. He was also Captain of the Light Horse for the Lathe of Aylesford, Kent. On July 23, 1603, he was knighted by King James I on the eve of his coronation and named Lord of Charlton Manor, East Sutton, Kent, where he had been born. He was appointed High Sheriff of Kent in 1614 for 2 years. He also had substantial business interests in London where he and his wife maintained a second residence. Their primary residence was "College House," Maidstone. [http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=monkeys&id=I23672 "'' Janet Ariciu Family Bush''" on RootsWeb - Edward Filmer] - cites primary sources.
Sir Edward Filmer's daughter Elizabeth Filmer (b. 1597) was named in his Will as having married "William Faulkner, citizen and draper of London." Their son, John Faulkner, married his first cousin, also named Elizabeth Filmer after her aunt, and they emigrated to Maryland in 1665 in HMS "''Agreement,''" thereby founding the Falkner, Faulkner, Forkner, Fortner (spelling varies) family in America. Dame Elizabeth (Argall) Filmer's brother was [[Argall-31 | Sir Samuel Argall]], Governor of Virginia, 1617-19, who captured Pocahontas.Same source as preceding footnote
Sir Edward Filmer died on November 2, 1629, at his Little Charlton Manor, East Sutton, Kent. His wife, Dame Elizabeth (Argall) Filmer, survived him, dying at their Maidstone residence on August 9, 1638. They are buried together in a sumptuous marble tomb at the Church of St. Peter and St. Paul, East Sutton, Maidstone Borough, Kent, England. The tomb includes magnificent brass etchings of the Argall-Filmer family.
------:: FILMER, Edward: Adm. Fell.-Com. (age 18) at CAIUS, Apr. 30, 1584. Son of Robert, Esq. Born at East Sutton, Kent. School, East Sutton. Knighted 23 Jul 1603. Of East Sutton. Sheriff of Kent, 1614. Died 1629. Father of the next and of Robert (1604) and probably of Henry (1624), and Richard (1620), brother of Robert (1586). (Vis. of Kent; Venn, I. 119.) Source: Venn, J. A., comp. Alumni Cantabrigienses. London: Cambridge University Press, 1922-1954.
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'''WILL OF SIR EDWARD FILMER, KNIGHT''' (aged 63, 17 January, last)
:: Will of 20 October, Vth Charles I (1605); Proved, 5 December 1629
:: :: To my daughter, ELIZABETH, wife of William Faulkner, citizen and draper of London, if she survives her husband L 500. If the said husband survives said ELIZABETH, then to her children L 300, equally divided. If she dies without issue, then to her husband L 20. Executors to bring meat, drink and apparel to the said ELIZABETH to the value of L 4- yearly.
:: :: To my three sons, EDWARD, JOHN, and HENRY FILMER, L 10 each. And because my son REYNALD's (REGINALD) estate consists in trading beyond the seas, I forgive him all his debts (L 500), L 50 . To my said son HENRY, if he commence M.A. in University of Cambridge, L 40 and further L 10 0.
::
:: To my daughters, MARY KNATCHBULL and CATHERINE BARHAM, L 20 each.
:: :: To EDWARD KNATCHBULL, my Godson, L 5. To his sister MARY KNATCHBULL, L 20. To his brother JOH N, L 2 To EDWARD BARHAM, my Godson.... To ELIZABETH BARHAM, my wife's God-daughter, L 5. To other grandchildren, ROBERT, THOMAS, CHARLES and RICHARD BARHAM, L 40 s, each. To Dame ANN, wife of my son, Sir ROBERT FILMER, L 20 for a ring. To my daughter SARA, L 1000 further L 500.:: Annuity of L 10 to my brother, HENRY. DOROTHY, daughter of my brother, ANTHONY FILMER, L10.
:: :: DAME ELIZABETH, my wife, L 120. All her chains and jewels and all my household stuff in College House in Maidstone, a third part of linen and silver. My lease of Rectory in East Sutton toward payment of my debts. The other two parts of linen, silver, etc. to my son, Sir ROBERT F ILMER. My wife shall have the leases of certain houses in Knightrider Street, lately given me by my brother, ROBERT FILMER, ESQ. DAME ELIZABETH and SIR ROBERT, my son, Executors. Witnesses: WILLIAM DAVY, WILLIAM GREGORY, and RICHARD
:: CLOUGH.
:: :: For disposing my land in co. Kent and elsewhere.... Lands called NICHOLS in CHARTHAM, my land s in OTTERDEEN and land in ROMNEY MARSH shall stand according to indentures made. To my son JOHN, one 50 yearly out of house in DARRANT. To said son, JOHN, also my houses and lands in YALDING and to his heirs. For default to my eldest son, SIR ROBERT and heirs; for default to EDWARD FILMER, my second son and heirs; for default to REYNALD, my fourth son and heirs. For default to HENRY, my fifth son and heirs. To HENRY, my fifth son and heirs, after my wife's decease, tenement and land in Warren Street LENHAM and one in Parish of CHARING. For default to SIR ROBERT; for default to EDWARD; for default to JOHN; for default to REYNALD. To my wife, DAME ELIZABETH for life all my houses and lands in DARRANT, LENHAM, CHARING and SUTTON VALENCE , one tenement in Parish of BORDEN. AFTER her decease, the lands in SUTTON VALENCE shall be sold if need be. I no deeded lands to Sir ROBERT and heirs. Witnesses: WILLIAM DAVY, WILLIAM GREGORY, RICHARD CLOUGH.
:: :: He resided at Colledge house in Maidstone, Kent, England. He resided at Manor of Herst in Parish Otterdam, England. The Filmers were anciently seated at Manor of Herst, Parish of Otterdean, during the time of Edward II until the time of Queen Elizabeth when Robert Filmer (Edward's father) son of James FiIlmer, moved to Little Charleton, East Sutton. Transcript copy on: [http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jackamoney&id=P3179 "The Money Tree" Genealogy on RootsWeb - Edward Filmer, Baron]
==Sources==
See also:* Richardson, Douglas: ''[http://amzn.com/1461045207 Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families]'', Royal Ancestry series, 2nd edition, 4 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham, (Salt Lake City, Utah: the author, 2011), [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=8JcbV309c5UC&pg=RA1-PA166 volume II, page 166], under FILMER 16. Also in ''Plantagenet Ancestry'', 2nd edition (2011), 3 vols, [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=kjme027UeagC&pg=RA1-PA48 Volume II, page 48], under FILMER 20.
* [http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jackamoney&id=P3179 "The Money Tree" Genealogy on RootsWeb - Edward Filmer, Baron]
* Source: S283 [http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=mjr6387&id=I42389 Families of Sequoyah County,OK & Others on RootsWeb - Edward I Filmer]; Sharon Neal, updated 2011. Note: This database appears to be an amalgam of the best parts of several on RootsWeb, based primarily on World Family Tree. Data appears to be widely endorsed. Repository: [[#R124]] Repository: R124 E-Mail Address: MJR6387@aol.com .
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== Biography ==Edward Filmer was the oldest son of Robert Filmer and Marjorie Rayner of the county of Kent in south-east England. He came from a venerable Anglo-Norman-Plantagenet aristocratic family that could trace its lineage back to Charlemagne, first Holy Roman Emperor (747-814 AD). Order of the Crown of Charlemagne - http://www.charlemagne.org/p90.htm#i2965 The Filmers had been established land-owners in the parish of Otterden (Ottenge), Kent, since at least the 13th Century (King Edward II). Their ancestral home was Herst Manor until Edward's father, Robert Filmer, purchased Little Charlton Manor in nearby East Sutton. Edward was born in January 1566 at his father's estate of Little Charleton, East Sutton, Maidstone Parish, Kent, England. Edward Filmer attended school in East Sutton; he was then admitted to Caius College at Cambridge and graduated April 30, 1584. He became a Fellow there and embarked on a judicial career as well as inheriting three substantial manors in Kent when his father died in 1585. That same year (1585) he married Lady Elizabeth Argall, from another local aristocratic family, at the church in Lenham, Kent. By all accounts, theirs was a long and happy union (44 years) and they had 18 children together:"''The Money Tree.''" Online: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jackamoney&id=I2570 - some dates from other sources #Mary FILMER b: 1586 in East Sutton, Kent, England # Robert FILMER b: 1586 in London, Kent, England # Margaret FILMER b: 1587 in East Sutton, Kent, England # Edward FILMER Jr. b: 1589 in East Sutton, Kent, England # John FILMER b: 1590 in East Sutton, Kent, England # Elizabeth FILMER b: 1592 in East Sutton, Kent, England # Judith FILMER b: 1594 in East Sutton, Kent, England #Thomas FILMER b: 1595 in East Sutton, Kent, England # Reginald FILMER b: 1596 in East Sutton, Kent, England # Katherine FILMER b: 1597 in East Sutton, Kent, England # Jane FILMER b: 1598 in East Sutton, Kent, England # Anne FILMER b: 1599 in East Sutton, Kent, England # Henry FILMER b: 1600 in East Sutton, Kent, England # Thomas FILMER b: 1601 in Canterbury, England # Susanna FILMER b: 1603 in Canterbury, England # Richard FILMER b: 1604 in East Sutton, Kent, England # Sarah FILMER b: 1606 # Augustine FILMER b: ABT 1609 In 1593 Edward Filmer was appointed Justice of the Peace for Maidstone, Kent. He recorded his activities in a notebook which remains in the Kent Archives Office today. He was also Captain of the Light Horse for the Lathe of Aylesford, Kent. On July 23, 1603, he was knighted by King James I on the eve of his coronation and named Lord of Charlton Manor, East Sutton, Kent, where he had been born. He was appointed High Sheriff of Kent in 1614 for 2 years. He also had substantial business interests in London where he and his wife maintained a second residence. Their primary residence was "College House," Maidstone."'' Janet Ariciu Family Bush;''" online:http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=monkeys&id=I23796 - cites primary sources. Sir Edward Filmer's daughter Elizabeth Filmer (b. 1592) was named in his Will as having married "William Faulkner, citizen and draper of London." Their son, John Faulkner, married his first cousin, also named Elizabeth Filmer, after her aunt, and they emigrated to Maryland in 1665 in HMS "Agreement," thereby founding the Faulkner, Forkner, Fortner (spelling varied) family in America. Dame Elizabeth Argall Filmer's brother was Samuel Argall, the Governor of Virginia, 1617-19, who captured Pocahontas.Same source as preceding footnote s Sir Edward Filmer died on November 2, 1629, at his Little Charlton Manor, East Sutton, Kent. His wife, Dame Elizabeth Argall Filmer, survived him, dying at their Maidstone residence on August 9, 1638. They are buried together in a sumptuous marble tomb at the Church of St. Peter and St. Paul, East Sutton, Maidstone Borough, Kent, England. The tomb includes magnificent brass etchings of the Argall-Filmer family. ==Sources==
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== Biography ==Edward Filmer was the oldest son of [[Filmer-12 | Robert Filmer]] and [[Chester-67 | Frances (Chester) Filmer]] of the county of Kent in south-east England. He came from a venerable Anglo-Norman-Plantagenet aristocratic family that could trace its lineage back to Charlemagne, first Holy Roman Emperor (747-814 AD).Charlemagne, Alfred the Great and Other Ancestors by James T. Mitchell chart 1313, cited on [http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=monkeys&id=I23672 "'' Janet Ariciu Family Bush''" on RootsWeb - Edward Filmer] The Filmers had been established land-owners in the parish of Otterden (Ottenge), Kent, since at least the 13th Century (King Edward II). Their ancestral home was Herst Manor until Edward's father, Robert Filmer, purchased Little Charlton Manor in nearby East Sutton. Edward was born in January 1566 at his father's estate of Little Charleton Manor, East Sutton, Maidstone Parish, Kent, England.
Edward Filmer attended school in East Sutton; he was then admitted to Caius College at Cambridge and graduated April 30, 1584. He became a Fellow there and embarked on a judicial career as well as inheriting three substantial manors in Kent when his father died in 1585, including Little Charlton Manor.
That same year (1585) he married Lady Elizabeth Argall, from another distinguished local aristocratic family, were married in the Anglican church in Lenham, Kent, England. By all accounts, their 44-year marriage was happy, prosperous and fruitful. The couple had 18 children: 9 sons & 9 daughters, most of whom survived to maturity: [https://archive.org/stream/epitomeofcountyh01greeuoft/epitomeofcountyh01greeuoft_djvu.txt "An epitome of county history], wherein the most remarkable objects, persons, and events are briefly treated of, the seats, residences, etc. of the nobility, clergy and gentry, their architecture, interior decorations, surrounding scenery, etc. described, from personal observations, and the mames, titles and other distinctions, civil, military or ecclesiastical, inserted, with notices of the principal churches, and the monuments and memorials of distinguished families", by Greenwood, C, 1838, pg 154[https://books.google.com/books?id=kjme027UeagC&pg=RA1-PA416#v=onepage&q=Elizabeth%20argall&f=false Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study In Colonial And Medieval Families, 2nd Edition, 2011], Douglas Richardson[http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jackamoney&id=P3179 "''The Money Tree''" Genealogy on RootsWeb - Edward Filmer Baron]. Some dates from other sources.
#Mary FILMER b: 1586 in East Sutton, Kent, England
# Robert FILMER b: 1586 in London, Kent, England
# Margaret FILMER b: 1587 in East Sutton, Kent, England
# Edward FILMER Jr. b: 1589 in East Sutton, Kent, England
# John FILMER b: 1590 in East Sutton, Kent, England
# Elizabeth FILMER b: 1592 in East Sutton, Kent, England
# Judith FILMER b: 1594 in East Sutton, Kent, England
#Thomas FILMER b: 1595 in East Sutton, Kent, England
# Reginald FILMER b: 1596 in East Sutton, Kent, England
# Katherine FILMER b: 1597 in East Sutton, Kent, England
# Jane FILMER b: 1598 in East Sutton, Kent, England
# Anne FILMER b: 1599 in East Sutton, Kent, England
# Henry FILMER b: 1600 in East Sutton, Kent, England
# Thomas FILMER b: 1601 in Canterbury, England
# Susanna FILMER b: 1603 in Canterbury, England
# Richard FILMER b: 1604 in East Sutton, Kent, England
# Sarah FILMER b: 1606
# Augustine FILMER b: ABT 1609
Edward Filmer was an influential jurist (barrister) and courtier in the late Elizabethan era and during the reign of King James I. In 1593 he was appointed Justice of the Peace for Maidstone, Kent. He recorded his activities in a notebook which remains in the Kent Archives Office today. He was also Captain of the Light Horse for the Lathe of Aylesford, Kent. On July 23, 1603, he was knighted by King James I on the eve of his coronation and named Lord of Charlton Manor, East Sutton, Kent, where he had been born. He was appointed High Sheriff of Kent in 1614 for 2 years. He also had substantial business interests in London where he and his wife maintained a second residence. Their primary residence was "College House," Maidstone.[http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=monkeys&id=I23672 "'' Janet Ariciu Family Bush''" on RootsWeb - Edward Filmer] - cites primary sources.[https://books.google.com/books?id=WXhbAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA209 Villare Cantianum: Or, Kent Surveyed and Illustrated]. Being an Exact Description of All the Parishes, Boroughs, Villages, and Other Respective Manors in the County of Kent; ... By Thomas Philipott, ... To which is Added an Historical Catalogue of the High Sheriffs of Kent; Collected by John Philipott, Tenterden, 1776, Pg 264-265
Sir Edward Filmer's daughter Elizabeth Filmer (b. 1597) was named in his Will as having married "William Faulkner, citizen and draper of London." Their son, John Faulkner, married his first cousin, also named Elizabeth Filmer after her aunt, and they emigrated to Maryland in 1665 in HMS "''Agreement,''" thereby founding the Falkner, Faulkner, Forkner, Fortner (spelling varies) family in America. Dame Elizabeth (Argall) Filmer's brother was [[Argall-31 | Sir Samuel Argall]], Governor of Virginia, 1617-19, who captured Pocahontas.Same source as preceding footnote
Sir Edward Filmer died on November 2, 1629, at his Little Charlton Manor, East Sutton, Kent. His wife, Dame Elizabeth (Argall) Filmer, survived him, dying at their Maidstone residence on August 9, 1638. They are buried together in a sumptuous marble tomb at the Church of St. Peter and St. Paul, East Sutton, Maidstone Borough, Kent, England. The tomb includes magnificent brass etchings of the Argall-Filmer family.
------:: FILMER, Edward: Adm. Fell.-Com. (age 18) at CAIUS, Apr. 30, 1584. Son of Robert, Esq. Born at East Sutton, Kent. School, East Sutton. Knighted 23 Jul 1603. Of East Sutton. Sheriff of Kent, 1614. Died 1629. Father of the next and of Robert (1604) and probably of Henry (1624), and Richard (1620), brother of Robert (1586). (Vis. of Kent; Venn, I. 119.) Source: Venn, J. A., comp. Alumni Cantabrigienses. London: Cambridge University Press, 1922-1954.
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'''WILL OF SIR EDWARD FILMER, KNIGHT''' (aged 63, 17 January, last)
:: Will of 20 October, Vth Charles I (1605); Proved, 5 December 1629
:: :: To my daughter, ELIZABETH, wife of William Faulkner, citizen and draper of London, if she survives her husband L 500. If the said husband survives said ELIZABETH, then to her children L 300, equally divided. If she dies without issue, then to her husband L 20. Executors to bring meat, drink and apparel to the said ELIZABETH to the value of L 4- yearly.
:: :: To my three sons, EDWARD, JOHN, and HENRY FILMER, L 10 each. And because my son REYNALD's (REGINALD) estate consists in trading beyond the seas, I forgive him all his debts (L 500), L 50 . To my said son HENRY, if he commence M.A. in University of Cambridge, L 40 and further L 10 0.
::
:: To my daughters, MARY KNATCHBULL and CATHERINE BARHAM, L 20 each.
:: :: To EDWARD KNATCHBULL, my Godson, L 5. To his sister MARY KNATCHBULL, L 20. To his brother JOH N, L 2 To EDWARD BARHAM, my Godson.... To ELIZABETH BARHAM, my wife's God-daughter, L 5. To other grandchildren, ROBERT, THOMAS, CHARLES and RICHARD BARHAM, L 40 s, each. To Dame ANN, wife of my son, Sir ROBERT FILMER, L 20 for a ring. To my daughter SARA, L 1000 further L 500.:: Annuity of L 10 to my brother, HENRY. DOROTHY, daughter of my brother, ANTHONY FILMER, L10.
:: :: DAME ELIZABETH, my wife, L 120. All her chains and jewels and all my household stuff in College House in Maidstone, a third part of linen and silver. My lease of Rectory in East Sutton toward payment of my debts. The other two parts of linen, silver, etc. to my son, Sir ROBERT F ILMER. My wife shall have the leases of certain houses in Knightrider Street, lately given me by my brother, ROBERT FILMER, ESQ. DAME ELIZABETH and SIR ROBERT, my son, Executors. Witnesses: WILLIAM DAVY, WILLIAM GREGORY, and RICHARD
:: CLOUGH.
:: :: For disposing my land in co. Kent and elsewhere.... Lands called NICHOLS in CHARTHAM, my land s in OTTERDEEN and land in ROMNEY MARSH shall stand according to indentures made. To my son JOHN, one 50 yearly out of house in DARRANT. To said son, JOHN, also my houses and lands in YALDING and to his heirs. For default to my eldest son, SIR ROBERT and heirs; for default to EDWARD FILMER, my second son and heirs; for default to REYNALD, my fourth son and heirs. For default to HENRY, my fifth son and heirs. To HENRY, my fifth son and heirs, after my wife's decease, tenement and land in Warren Street LENHAM and one in Parish of CHARING. For default to SIR ROBERT; for default to EDWARD; for default to JOHN; for default to REYNALD. To my wife, DAME ELIZABETH for life all my houses and lands in DARRANT, LENHAM, CHARING and SUTTON VALENCE , one tenement in Parish of BORDEN. AFTER her decease, the lands in SUTTON VALENCE shall be sold if need be. I no deeded lands to Sir ROBERT and heirs. Witnesses: WILLIAM DAVY, WILLIAM GREGORY, RICHARD CLOUGH.
:: :: He resided at Colledge house in Maidstone, Kent, England. He resided at Manor of Herst in Parish Otterdam, England. The Filmers were anciently seated at Manor of Herst, Parish of Otterdean, during the time of Edward II until the time of Queen Elizabeth when Robert Filmer (Edward's father) son of James FiIlmer, moved to Little Charleton, East Sutton.[https://www.jstor.org/stable/4243512?seq=2#page_scan_tab_contents "Virginia Gleanings in England"], The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography. Vol. 24, No. 2 (Apr., 1916), p 159, Published by: Virginia Historical Society, Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/4243512Filmer Family MSS. U.120. T.200/10. Prerogative Court of Canterbury 110 Ridley. A copy of this will is held at Kent County Archives - T 200/10.
==Sources==
See also:* Richardson, Douglas: ''[http://amzn.com/1461045207 Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families]'', Royal Ancestry series, 2nd edition, 4 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham, (Salt Lake City, Utah: the author, 2011), [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=8JcbV309c5UC&pg=RA1-PA166 volume II, page 166], under FILMER 16. Also in ''Plantagenet Ancestry'', 2nd edition (2011), 3 vols, [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=kjme027UeagC&pg=RA1-PA48 Volume II, page 48], under FILMER 20.
*[https://books.google.com/books?id=kUY7CQAAQBAJ&pg=PA57 Bell and Estes Families,] Mary Gant Bell, Lulu.com, 2013, Pg 57 (Will of Sir Edward Filmer)
* [http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jackamoney&id=P3179 "The Money Tree" Genealogy on RootsWeb - Edward Filmer, Baron]
* Source: S283 [http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=mjr6387&id=I42389 Families of Sequoyah County,OK & Others on RootsWeb - Edward I Filmer]; Sharon Neal, updated 2011. Note: This database appears to be an amalgam of the best parts of several on RootsWeb, based primarily on World Family Tree. Data appears to be widely endorsed. Repository: [[#R124]] Repository: R124 E-Mail Address: MJR6387@aol.com .
Edward Filmer attended school in East Sutton; he was then admitted to Caius College at Cambridge and graduated April 30, 1584. He became a Fellow there and embarked on a judicial career as well as inheriting three substantial manors in Kent when his father died in 1585. That same year (1585) he married Lady Elizabeth Argall, from another distinguished local aristocratic family, at the church in Lenham, Kent. By all accounts, theirs was a long and happy union (44 years) and they had 18 children together: [http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jackamoney&id=P3179 "''The Money Tree''" Genealogy on RootsWeb - Edward Filmer Baron]. Some dates from other sources.
#Mary FILMER b: 1586 in East Sutton, Kent, England
# Robert FILMER b: 1586 in London, Kent, England
# Margaret FILMER b: 1587 in East Sutton, Kent, England
# Edward FILMER Jr. b: 1589 in East Sutton, Kent, England
# John FILMER b: 1590 in East Sutton, Kent, England
# Elizabeth FILMER b: 1592 in East Sutton, Kent, England
# Judith FILMER b: 1594 in East Sutton, Kent, England
#Thomas FILMER b: 1595 in East Sutton, Kent, England
# Reginald FILMER b: 1596 in East Sutton, Kent, England
# Katherine FILMER b: 1597 in East Sutton, Kent, England
# Jane FILMER b: 1598 in East Sutton, Kent, England
# Anne FILMER b: 1599 in East Sutton, Kent, England
# Henry FILMER b: 1600 in East Sutton, Kent, England
# Thomas FILMER b: 1601 in Canterbury, England
# Susanna FILMER b: 1603 in Canterbury, England
# Richard FILMER b: 1604 in East Sutton, Kent, England
# Sarah FILMER b: 1606
# Augustine FILMER b: ABT 1609
In 1593 Edward Filmer was appointed Justice of the Peace for Maidstone, Kent. He recorded his activities in a notebook which remains in the Kent Archives Office today. He was also Captain of the Light Horse for the Lathe of Aylesford, Kent. On July 23, 1603, he was knighted by King James I on the eve of his coronation and named Lord of Charlton Manor, East Sutton, Kent, where he had been born. He was appointed High Sheriff of Kent in 1614 for 2 years. He also had substantial business interests in London where he and his wife maintained a second residence. Their primary residence was "College House," Maidstone. [http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=monkeys&id=I23672 "'' Janet Ariciu Family Bush''" on RootsWeb - Edward Filmer] - cites primary sources.
Sir Edward Filmer's daughter Elizabeth Filmer (b. 1597) was named in his Will as having married "William Faulkner, citizen and draper of London." Their son, John Faulkner, married his first cousin, also named Elizabeth Filmer after her aunt, and they emigrated to Maryland in 1665 in HMS "''Agreement,''" thereby founding the Falkner, Faulkner, Forkner, Fortner (spelling varies) family in America. Dame Elizabeth (Argall) Filmer's brother was [[Argall-31 | Sir Samuel Argall]], Governor of Virginia, 1617-19, who captured Pocahontas.Same source as preceding footnote
Sir Edward Filmer died on November 2, 1629, at his Little Charlton Manor, East Sutton, Kent. His wife, Dame Elizabeth (Argall) Filmer, survived him, dying at their Maidstone residence on August 9, 1638. They are buried together in a sumptuous marble tomb at the Church of St. Peter and St. Paul, East Sutton, Maidstone Borough, Kent, England. The tomb includes magnificent brass etchings of the Argall-Filmer family.
------:: FILMER, Edward: Adm. Fell.-Com. (age 18) at CAIUS, Apr. 30, 1584. Son of Robert, Esq. Born at East Sutton, Kent. School, East Sutton. Knighted 23 Jul 1603. Of East Sutton. Sheriff of Kent, 1614. Died 1629. Father of the next and of Robert (1604) and probably of Henry (1624), and Richard (1620), brother of Robert (1586). (Vis. of Kent; Venn, I. 119.) Source: Venn, J. A., comp. Alumni Cantabrigienses. London: Cambridge University Press, 1922-1954.
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'''WILL OF SIR EDWARD FILMER, KNIGHT''' (aged 63, 17 January, last)
:: Will of 20 October, Vth Charles I (1605); Proved, 5 December 1629
:: :: To my daughter, ELIZABETH, wife of William Faulkner, citizen and draper of London, if she survives her husband L 500. If the said husband survives said ELIZABETH, then to her children L 300, equally divided. If she dies without issue, then to her husband L 20. Executors to bring meat, drink and apparel to the said ELIZABETH to the value of L 4- yearly.
:: :: To my three sons, EDWARD, JOHN, and HENRY FILMER, L 10 each. And because my son REYNALD's (REGINALD) estate consists in trading beyond the seas, I forgive him all his debts (L 500), L 50 . To my said son HENRY, if he commence M.A. in University of Cambridge, L 40 and further L 10 0.
::
:: To my daughters, MARY KNATCHBULL and CATHERINE BARHAM, L 20 each.
:: :: To EDWARD KNATCHBULL, my Godson, L 5. To his sister MARY KNATCHBULL, L 20. To his brother JOH N, L 2 To EDWARD BARHAM, my Godson.... To ELIZABETH BARHAM, my wife's God-daughter, L 5. To other grandchildren, ROBERT, THOMAS, CHARLES and RICHARD BARHAM, L 40 s, each. To Dame ANN, wife of my son, Sir ROBERT FILMER, L 20 for a ring. To my daughter SARA, L 1000 further L 500.:: Annuity of L 10 to my brother, HENRY. DOROTHY, daughter of my brother, ANTHONY FILMER, L10.
:: :: DAME ELIZABETH, my wife, L 120. All her chains and jewels and all my household stuff in College House in Maidstone, a third part of linen and silver. My lease of Rectory in East Sutton toward payment of my debts. The other two parts of linen, silver, etc. to my son, Sir ROBERT F ILMER. My wife shall have the leases of certain houses in Knightrider Street, lately given me by my brother, ROBERT FILMER, ESQ. DAME ELIZABETH and SIR ROBERT, my son, Executors. Witnesses: WILLIAM DAVY, WILLIAM GREGORY, and RICHARD
:: CLOUGH.
:: :: For disposing my land in co. Kent and elsewhere.... Lands called NICHOLS in CHARTHAM, my land s in OTTERDEEN and land in ROMNEY MARSH shall stand according to indentures made. To my son JOHN, one 50 yearly out of house in DARRANT. To said son, JOHN, also my houses and lands in YALDING and to his heirs. For default to my eldest son, SIR ROBERT and heirs; for default to EDWARD FILMER, my second son and heirs; for default to REYNALD, my fourth son and heirs. For default to HENRY, my fifth son and heirs. To HENRY, my fifth son and heirs, after my wife's decease, tenement and land in Warren Street LENHAM and one in Parish of CHARING. For default to SIR ROBERT; for default to EDWARD; for default to JOHN; for default to REYNALD. To my wife, DAME ELIZABETH for life all my houses and lands in DARRANT, LENHAM, CHARING and SUTTON VALENCE , one tenement in Parish of BORDEN. AFTER her decease, the lands in SUTTON VALENCE shall be sold if need be. I no deeded lands to Sir ROBERT and heirs. Witnesses: WILLIAM DAVY, WILLIAM GREGORY, RICHARD CLOUGH.
:: :: He resided at Colledge house in Maidstone, Kent, England. He resided at Manor of Herst in Parish Otterdam, England. The Filmers were anciently seated at Manor of Herst, Parish of Otterdean, during the time of Edward II until the time of Queen Elizabeth when Robert Filmer (Edward's father) son of James FiIlmer, moved to Little Charleton, East Sutton. Transcript copy on: [http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jackamoney&id=P3179 "The Money Tree" Genealogy on RootsWeb - Edward Filmer, Baron]
==Sources==
See also:* Richardson, Douglas: ''[http://amzn.com/1461045207 Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families]'', Royal Ancestry series, 2nd edition, 4 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham, (Salt Lake City, Utah: the author, 2011), [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=8JcbV309c5UC&pg=RA1-PA166 volume II, page 166], under FILMER 16. Also in ''Plantagenet Ancestry'', 2nd edition (2011), 3 vols, [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=kjme027UeagC&pg=RA1-PA48 Volume II, page 48], under FILMER 20.
* [http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jackamoney&id=P3179 "The Money Tree" Genealogy on RootsWeb - Edward Filmer, Baron]
* Source: S283 [http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=mjr6387&id=I42389 Families of Sequoyah County,OK & Others on RootsWeb - Edward I Filmer]; Sharon Neal, updated 2011. Note: This database appears to be an amalgam of the best parts of several on RootsWeb, based primarily on World Family Tree. Data appears to be widely endorsed. Repository: [[#R124]] Repository: R124 E-Mail Address: MJR6387@aol.com .
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== Biography ==Edward Filmer was the oldest son of Robert Filmer and Marjorie Rayner of the county of Kent in south-east England. He came from a venerable Anglo-Norman-Plantagenet aristocratic family that could trace its lineage back to Charlemagne, first Holy Roman Emperor (747-814 AD). Order of the Crown of Charlemagne - http://www.charlemagne.org/p90.htm#i2965 The Filmers had been established land-owners in the parish of Otterden (Ottenge), Kent, since at least the 13th Century (King Edward II). Their ancestral home was Herst Manor until Edward's father, Robert Filmer, purchased Little Charlton Manor in nearby East Sutton. Edward was born in January 1566 at his father's estate of Little Charleton, East Sutton, Maidstone Parish, Kent, England. Edward Filmer attended school in East Sutton; he was then admitted to Caius College at Cambridge and graduated April 30, 1584. He became a Fellow there and embarked on a judicial career as well as inheriting three substantial manors in Kent when his father died in 1585. That same year (1585) he married Lady Elizabeth Argall, from another local aristocratic family, at the church in Lenham, Kent. By all accounts, theirs was a long and happy union (44 years) and they had 18 children together:"''The Money Tree.''" Online: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jackamoney&id=I2570 - some dates from other sources #Mary FILMER b: 1586 in East Sutton, Kent, England # Robert FILMER b: 1586 in London, Kent, England # Margaret FILMER b: 1587 in East Sutton, Kent, England # Edward FILMER Jr. b: 1589 in East Sutton, Kent, England # John FILMER b: 1590 in East Sutton, Kent, England # Elizabeth FILMER b: 1592 in East Sutton, Kent, England # Judith FILMER b: 1594 in East Sutton, Kent, England #Thomas FILMER b: 1595 in East Sutton, Kent, England # Reginald FILMER b: 1596 in East Sutton, Kent, England # Katherine FILMER b: 1597 in East Sutton, Kent, England # Jane FILMER b: 1598 in East Sutton, Kent, England # Anne FILMER b: 1599 in East Sutton, Kent, England # Henry FILMER b: 1600 in East Sutton, Kent, England # Thomas FILMER b: 1601 in Canterbury, England # Susanna FILMER b: 1603 in Canterbury, England # Richard FILMER b: 1604 in East Sutton, Kent, England # Sarah FILMER b: 1606 # Augustine FILMER b: ABT 1609 In 1593 Edward Filmer was appointed Justice of the Peace for Maidstone, Kent. He recorded his activities in a notebook which remains in the Kent Archives Office today. He was also Captain of the Light Horse for the Lathe of Aylesford, Kent. On July 23, 1603, he was knighted by King James I on the eve of his coronation and named Lord of Charlton Manor, East Sutton, Kent, where he had been born. He was appointed High Sheriff of Kent in 1614 for 2 years. He also had substantial business interests in London where he and his wife maintained a second residence. Their primary residence was "College House," Maidstone."'' Janet Ariciu Family Bush;''" online:http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=monkeys&id=I23796 - cites primary sources. Sir Edward Filmer's daughter Elizabeth Filmer (b. 1592) was named in his Will as having married "William Faulkner, citizen and draper of London." Their son, John Faulkner, married his first cousin, also named Elizabeth Filmer, after her aunt, and they emigrated to Maryland in 1665 in HMS "Agreement," thereby founding the Faulkner, Forkner, Fortner (spelling varied) family in America. Dame Elizabeth Argall Filmer's brother was Samuel Argall, the Governor of Virginia, 1617-19, who captured Pocahontas.Same source as preceding footnote s Sir Edward Filmer died on November 2, 1629, at his Little Charlton Manor, East Sutton, Kent. His wife, Dame Elizabeth Argall Filmer, survived him, dying at their Maidstone residence on August 9, 1638. They are buried together in a sumptuous marble tomb at the Church of St. Peter and St. Paul, East Sutton, Maidstone Borough, Kent, England. The tomb includes magnificent brass etchings of the Argall-Filmer family. ==Sources==
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== Biography ==Edward Filmer was the oldest son of [[Filmer-12 | Robert Filmer]] and [[Chester-67 | Frances (Chester) Filmer]] of the county of Kent in south-east England. He came from a venerable Anglo-Norman-Plantagenet aristocratic family that could trace its lineage back to Charlemagne, first Holy Roman Emperor (747-814 AD).Charlemagne, Alfred the Great and Other Ancestors by James T. Mitchell chart 1313, cited on [http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=monkeys&id=I23672 "'' Janet Ariciu Family Bush''" on RootsWeb - Edward Filmer] The Filmers had been established land-owners in the parish of Otterden (Ottenge), Kent, since at least the 13th Century (King Edward II). Their ancestral home was Herst Manor until Edward's father, Robert Filmer, purchased Little Charlton Manor in nearby East Sutton. Edward was born in January 1566 at his father's estate of Little Charleton Manor, East Sutton, Maidstone Parish, Kent, England.
Edward Filmer attended school in East Sutton; he was then admitted to Caius College at Cambridge and graduated April 30, 1584. He became a Fellow there and embarked on a judicial career as well as inheriting three substantial manors in Kent when his father died in 1585, including Little Charlton Manor.
That same year (1585) he married Lady Elizabeth Argall, from another distinguished local aristocratic family, were married in the Anglican church in Lenham, Kent, England. By all accounts, their 44-year marriage was happy, prosperous and fruitful. The couple had 18 children: 9 sons & 9 daughters, most of whom survived to maturity: [https://archive.org/stream/epitomeofcountyh01greeuoft/epitomeofcountyh01greeuoft_djvu.txt "An epitome of county history], wherein the most remarkable objects, persons, and events are briefly treated of, the seats, residences, etc. of the nobility, clergy and gentry, their architecture, interior decorations, surrounding scenery, etc. described, from personal observations, and the mames, titles and other distinctions, civil, military or ecclesiastical, inserted, with notices of the principal churches, and the monuments and memorials of distinguished families", by Greenwood, C, 1838, pg 154[https://books.google.com/books?id=kjme027UeagC&pg=RA1-PA416#v=onepage&q=Elizabeth%20argall&f=false Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study In Colonial And Medieval Families, 2nd Edition, 2011], Douglas Richardson[http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jackamoney&id=P3179 "''The Money Tree''" Genealogy on RootsWeb - Edward Filmer Baron]. Some dates from other sources.
#Mary FILMER b: 1586 in East Sutton, Kent, England
# Robert FILMER b: 1586 in London, Kent, England
# Margaret FILMER b: 1587 in East Sutton, Kent, England
# Edward FILMER Jr. b: 1589 in East Sutton, Kent, England
# John FILMER b: 1590 in East Sutton, Kent, England
# Elizabeth FILMER b: 1592 in East Sutton, Kent, England
# Judith FILMER b: 1594 in East Sutton, Kent, England
#Thomas FILMER b: 1595 in East Sutton, Kent, England
# Reginald FILMER b: 1596 in East Sutton, Kent, England
# Katherine FILMER b: 1597 in East Sutton, Kent, England
# Jane FILMER b: 1598 in East Sutton, Kent, England
# Anne FILMER b: 1599 in East Sutton, Kent, England
# Henry FILMER b: 1600 in East Sutton, Kent, England
# Thomas FILMER b: 1601 in Canterbury, England
# Susanna FILMER b: 1603 in Canterbury, England
# Richard FILMER b: 1604 in East Sutton, Kent, England
# Sarah FILMER b: 1606
# Augustine FILMER b: ABT 1609
Edward Filmer was an influential jurist (barrister) and courtier in the late Elizabethan era and during the reign of King James I. In 1593 he was appointed Justice of the Peace for Maidstone, Kent. He recorded his activities in a notebook which remains in the Kent Archives Office today. He was also Captain of the Light Horse for the Lathe of Aylesford, Kent. On July 23, 1603, he was knighted by King James I on the eve of his coronation and named Lord of Charlton Manor, East Sutton, Kent, where he had been born. He was appointed High Sheriff of Kent in 1614 for 2 years. He also had substantial business interests in London where he and his wife maintained a second residence. Their primary residence was "College House," Maidstone.[http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=monkeys&id=I23672 "'' Janet Ariciu Family Bush''" on RootsWeb - Edward Filmer] - cites primary sources.[https://books.google.com/books?id=WXhbAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA209 Villare Cantianum: Or, Kent Surveyed and Illustrated]. Being an Exact Description of All the Parishes, Boroughs, Villages, and Other Respective Manors in the County of Kent; ... By Thomas Philipott, ... To which is Added an Historical Catalogue of the High Sheriffs of Kent; Collected by John Philipott, Tenterden, 1776, Pg 264-265
Sir Edward Filmer's daughter Elizabeth Filmer (b. 1597) was named in his Will as having married "William Faulkner, citizen and draper of London." Their son, John Faulkner, married his first cousin, also named Elizabeth Filmer after her aunt, and they emigrated to Maryland in 1665 in HMS "''Agreement,''" thereby founding the Falkner, Faulkner, Forkner, Fortner (spelling varies) family in America. Dame Elizabeth (Argall) Filmer's brother was [[Argall-31 | Sir Samuel Argall]], Governor of Virginia, 1617-19, who captured Pocahontas.Same source as preceding footnote
Sir Edward Filmer died on November 2, 1629, at his Little Charlton Manor, East Sutton, Kent. His wife, Dame Elizabeth (Argall) Filmer, survived him, dying at their Maidstone residence on August 9, 1638. They are buried together in a sumptuous marble tomb at the Church of St. Peter and St. Paul, East Sutton, Maidstone Borough, Kent, England. The tomb includes magnificent brass etchings of the Argall-Filmer family.
------:: FILMER, Edward: Adm. Fell.-Com. (age 18) at CAIUS, Apr. 30, 1584. Son of Robert, Esq. Born at East Sutton, Kent. School, East Sutton. Knighted 23 Jul 1603. Of East Sutton. Sheriff of Kent, 1614. Died 1629. Father of the next and of Robert (1604) and probably of Henry (1624), and Richard (1620), brother of Robert (1586). (Vis. of Kent; Venn, I. 119.) Source: Venn, J. A., comp. Alumni Cantabrigienses. London: Cambridge University Press, 1922-1954.
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'''WILL OF SIR EDWARD FILMER, KNIGHT''' (aged 63, 17 January, last)
:: Will of 20 October, Vth Charles I (1605); Proved, 5 December 1629
:: :: To my daughter, ELIZABETH, wife of William Faulkner, citizen and draper of London, if she survives her husband L 500. If the said husband survives said ELIZABETH, then to her children L 300, equally divided. If she dies without issue, then to her husband L 20. Executors to bring meat, drink and apparel to the said ELIZABETH to the value of L 4- yearly.
:: :: To my three sons, EDWARD, JOHN, and HENRY FILMER, L 10 each. And because my son REYNALD's (REGINALD) estate consists in trading beyond the seas, I forgive him all his debts (L 500), L 50 . To my said son HENRY, if he commence M.A. in University of Cambridge, L 40 and further L 10 0.
::
:: To my daughters, MARY KNATCHBULL and CATHERINE BARHAM, L 20 each.
:: :: To EDWARD KNATCHBULL, my Godson, L 5. To his sister MARY KNATCHBULL, L 20. To his brother JOH N, L 2 To EDWARD BARHAM, my Godson.... To ELIZABETH BARHAM, my wife's God-daughter, L 5. To other grandchildren, ROBERT, THOMAS, CHARLES and RICHARD BARHAM, L 40 s, each. To Dame ANN, wife of my son, Sir ROBERT FILMER, L 20 for a ring. To my daughter SARA, L 1000 further L 500.:: Annuity of L 10 to my brother, HENRY. DOROTHY, daughter of my brother, ANTHONY FILMER, L10.
:: :: DAME ELIZABETH, my wife, L 120. All her chains and jewels and all my household stuff in College House in Maidstone, a third part of linen and silver. My lease of Rectory in East Sutton toward payment of my debts. The other two parts of linen, silver, etc. to my son, Sir ROBERT F ILMER. My wife shall have the leases of certain houses in Knightrider Street, lately given me by my brother, ROBERT FILMER, ESQ. DAME ELIZABETH and SIR ROBERT, my son, Executors. Witnesses: WILLIAM DAVY, WILLIAM GREGORY, and RICHARD
:: CLOUGH.
:: :: For disposing my land in co. Kent and elsewhere.... Lands called NICHOLS in CHARTHAM, my land s in OTTERDEEN and land in ROMNEY MARSH shall stand according to indentures made. To my son JOHN, one 50 yearly out of house in DARRANT. To said son, JOHN, also my houses and lands in YALDING and to his heirs. For default to my eldest son, SIR ROBERT and heirs; for default to EDWARD FILMER, my second son and heirs; for default to REYNALD, my fourth son and heirs. For default to HENRY, my fifth son and heirs. To HENRY, my fifth son and heirs, after my wife's decease, tenement and land in Warren Street LENHAM and one in Parish of CHARING. For default to SIR ROBERT; for default to EDWARD; for default to JOHN; for default to REYNALD. To my wife, DAME ELIZABETH for life all my houses and lands in DARRANT, LENHAM, CHARING and SUTTON VALENCE , one tenement in Parish of BORDEN. AFTER her decease, the lands in SUTTON VALENCE shall be sold if need be. I no deeded lands to Sir ROBERT and heirs. Witnesses: WILLIAM DAVY, WILLIAM GREGORY, RICHARD CLOUGH.
:: :: He resided at Colledge house in Maidstone, Kent, England. He resided at Manor of Herst in Parish Otterdam, England. The Filmers were anciently seated at Manor of Herst, Parish of Otterdean, during the time of Edward II until the time of Queen Elizabeth when Robert Filmer (Edward's father) son of James FiIlmer, moved to Little Charleton, East Sutton.[https://www.jstor.org/stable/4243512?seq=2#page_scan_tab_contents "Virginia Gleanings in England"], The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography. Vol. 24, No. 2 (Apr., 1916), p 159, Published by: Virginia Historical Society, Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/4243512Filmer Family MSS. U.120. T.200/10. Prerogative Court of Canterbury 110 Ridley. A copy of this will is held at Kent County Archives - T 200/10.
==Sources==
See also:* Richardson, Douglas: ''[http://amzn.com/1461045207 Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families]'', Royal Ancestry series, 2nd edition, 4 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham, (Salt Lake City, Utah: the author, 2011), [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=8JcbV309c5UC&pg=RA1-PA166 volume II, page 166], under FILMER 16. Also in ''Plantagenet Ancestry'', 2nd edition (2011), 3 vols, [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=kjme027UeagC&pg=RA1-PA48 Volume II, page 48], under FILMER 20.
*[https://books.google.com/books?id=kUY7CQAAQBAJ&pg=PA57 Bell and Estes Families,] Mary Gant Bell, Lulu.com, 2013, Pg 57 (Will of Sir Edward Filmer)
* [http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jackamoney&id=P3179 "The Money Tree" Genealogy on RootsWeb - Edward Filmer, Baron]
* Source: S283 [http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=mjr6387&id=I42389 Families of Sequoyah County,OK & Others on RootsWeb - Edward I Filmer]; Sharon Neal, updated 2011. Note: This database appears to be an amalgam of the best parts of several on RootsWeb, based primarily on World Family Tree. Data appears to be widely endorsed. Repository: [[#R124]] Repository: R124 E-Mail Address: MJR6387@aol.com .
Events
| Birth | 17 Jan 1566 | Little Charlton Manor, East Sutton, Kent, England | |||
| Birth | 17 Jan 1566 | ||||
| Marriage | 1585 | Lenham, Kent, England - Elizabeth Argall | |||
| Death | 2 Nov 1629 | East Sutton, Kent, England | |||
| Death | 2 Nov 1629 | ||||
| Alt name | Edward Filmer Sr. | ||||
| Title (Nobility) | Sir | ||||
| Reference No | 1574166 | ||||
| Reference No | 1599659 | ||||
| Reference No | 60 |
Families
| Spouse | Elizabeth Argall (1570 - 1638) |
| Child | Katherine Filmer (1597 - 1662) |
| Child | Mary Filmer (1586 - 1647) |
| Child | Robert Filmer (1588 - 1653) |
| Child | Margaret Filmer (1588 - 1629) |
| Child | Edward Filmer Jr (1589 - 1651) |
| Child | John Filmer (1590 - 1624) |
| Child | Elizabeth Filmer (1592 - 1678) |
| Child | Judith Filmer (1594 - 1629) |
| Child | Thomas Filmer (1595 - 1614) |
| Child | Reginald Filmer (1596 - 1638) |
| Child | Jane Filmer (1598 - 1629) |
| Child | Anne Filmer (1599 - ) |
| Child | Henry Filmer (1600 - 1671) |
| Child | Susanna Filmer (1603 - 1629) |
| Child | Richard Filmer (1604 - 1629) |
| Child | Sarah Filmer (1606 - ) |
| Child | Augustinus Filmer (1609 - 1629) |
| Father | Robert Filmer (1525 - 1585) |
| Mother | Frances Chester (1540 - 1593) |
| Sibling | Mary Filmer (1572 - 1584) |
| Sibling | Affra Filmer (1573 - 1584) |
| Sibling | Anthony Filmer (1577 - 1584) |