John Combe

He was noted as an "aversary of the true religion [Protestantism]" in 1564.

In 1565 he renegotiated his father's lease of Ruin Clifford for 60 years at a rent of £40, but this led to litigation. [Chan. Proc. (Ser. 2) 41(6); 158(26).] At his death in 1588, John Combe held the capital messuage of Ruin Clifford and a watermill there. [Chan. Inq. p.m. (Ser. 2) 209, 79.] In 1611 the great tithes of Ruin Clifford were held by William Combe, his mother Mary, and his uncle John Combe (this John Combe?) [VCH.] In 1648 and 1650 they were held by the same William Combe, when they were valued at £10 per annum. [VCH.]

In 1584 John Combe obtained a grant of arms.

In 1602, a John Combe (not this John, who was dead) sold four yardlands (107 acres) in Old Stratford to the poet William Shakespeare. Shakespeare bequeathed this tract to his daughter Susanna Hall. This is probably the same estate of four yardlands "in Bishopton" possessed by Dr. John Hall, Shakespeare's son-in-law. [VCH, Stratford-upon-Avon (1946), p. 45.]