John Bates, of Lydd

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Notes for John BATE:

A soldier in the Battle of Agincourt, Octobert 25, 1415. Listed in battle roles as a gent. He and his son John Jr., are listed in his brother James will of 1448.

The church warden, Parish of All Saints, Lydd, Kent, dated 1520 mention the Bate family as having been an important family in the area for more than three hundred years. Burk's Landed Gentry give the Bate/Bates family of County Kent as bearing the following arms: On a shield sable, a fesse between three dexter hands couped, bendwise two-one, argent. The crest: A stag's head pierced by an arrow, all proper.

Motto: "Et Corde Et Manu", which translates into "Heart and Hand". This is found carved into a least two tombs of direct ancestors.

Children of John BATE are:

+John (Thomas) BATE, b. October 15, 1415, England, d. 1445, All Hollows, Kent, England.