• England's famous astronomer
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• (VII) William (2), son of William (1) and Katherine Feld, was born in Bradford and lived in East Ardsley.
  • (VIII) Richard Felde, son of William (2) where he was a husbandman, and died December, 1542. His wife, Elizabeth, was one of his executors.
    • '(IX) John (2) Field, son of Richard and Elizabeth Felde, was born about 1535, at East Ardsley, and married, in 1560, Jane, daughter of John Amyas. She died August 30, 1609, and he died May, 1587. He was an eminent astronomer, and introduced into England in 1557 the Copernican system, against the opposition of the scientist of his day, and in recognition of this service to astronomy a sphere was later added to and surmounted the family coat-of-arms.
      • (X) John (3), son of John (2) and Jane Field, was born about 1568, in Ardsley, and moved away before attaining his majority. Record of his death has not been found.
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• 'John Field
• M, b. circa 1524, d. 3 May 1587
• Father Richard Field b. c 1500, d. 19 Aug 1542
• Mother Elizabeth d. a 1542
• ' John Field was born circa 1524 at London, Middlesex, England. He married Jane Amyas, daughter of John Amyas, on 1 January 1546 at Ardsley, Yorkshire, England. John Field died on 3 May 1587 at East Ardsley, Bradford, Yorkshire, England.
• 'Family Jane Amyas b. 1528, d. 30 Aug 1609
• Child
• ◦John Field+ b. 1568
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• 'Full text of "Field genealogy; being the record of all the Field family in America, whose ancestors were in this country prior to 1700. Emigrant ancestors located in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey, New Hampshire, Virginia. All descendants of the Fields of England, whose ancestor, Hurbutus de la Field, was from Alsace-Lorraine"
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• 35. RICHARD FELDE (William, William, Thomas, Thomas, John, Thomas, Roger), b. probably East Ardsley, England ; m. Elizabeth . Richard made his will Aug. 19, 1542, and it was proved Dec. 8, 1542. He describes himself as "husbandman of the parish of Ardeslowe," and desires his wife, Elizabeth, and John Felde, my son, have the take of the farmhold, and makes them executors. He adds "also I will that my children have their portion and that Mr. Thomas Felde, my brother, and Christopher Nowell be my supervisors." He d. December, 1542. Res. East Ardsley, England.
  • 42. 'i. JOHN, b. about 1525; m. Jane Amyas. «
  • 43. ii. OTHER children.
  • 42. 'JOHN FIELD (Richard, William, William, Thomas. Thomas. John. Thomas, Roger), b. about 1525, East Ardsley. England; m. 1560, Jane Amyas. dau, of John: d. Aug. 30, 1609. He d. May, 1587. Res. Ardislawe. England.
  • 'John Felde has been styled "the proto-Copernican ot England, inasmuch as he was the first to make known in that country by his writings the discoveries of this remarkable man, who delayed for a long time the publication of his famous work. "De Orbium Coelestium Revolutionibus." on account of the opposition and persecution to be feared from persons who considered its teachings opposed to those of the Bible. Although completed in 1530, it was not printed till 1543, when its author was on his death-bed. Works based on the new system (which revolutionized the science of astronomy) by Rheticus and Reinhold had appeared in Germany a few years earlier, but the "Ephemeris" of John Field for 1557 which was published in that year, was the first opportunity afforded the people of England of becoming acquainted with the true motions of the heavenly bodies. In the following year he issued a similar work, calculated for 1558, 1559, 1560. Probably these were not his only publications, but no others have come down to us, and only two copies of these are known to exist, the British Museum and Bodleian Library, at Oxford, each possessing both works.
  • 'John Field was born probably between 15 10 and 1520. It could not have been much after the last date, as he was co-executor of his father's will in 1542. Wood, the historian of Oxford University, claims that he belonged to that sect of learning, which is not improbable, as his writings show that he had received a good classical education. It has been impossible to find anything of him anywhere from the date of his father's will, 1542, to the publication of his first "Ephemeris," 1557, when he was residing in London, where he may have and quite likely did pass the fourteen years intervening. A portion of the time he, not improbably, spent abroad, and no doubt acquired in Germany his knowledge of. and zeal for. the new theories, which he promulgated afterward m his native land.
  • 'By a patent, dated Sept. 4. 1558, the heralds formerly recognized his right to the family arms; Sable, a chevron between three garbs argent, and at the same time they granted to him the following crest: A dexter arm issuing out of clouds fesseways proper, habited gules, holding in the hand, also proper, a sphere or. This appropriate crest may be considered a recognition of his services to the cause of astronomy.
  • 'We assume that it was about 1560 that he married Jane, daughter of John Amyas, ot Kent, as she is described in the Herald's visitation of Yorkshire in 1584-85. Mr. Hunter in an article referred to elsewhere, says that he had searched in vain for genealogical information in Kent without discovering anything of this lady, or her family. This failure is easily explained by the fact that the Amyas was not a Kentish, but a Yorkshire name. The family had been seated in the immediate neighborhood of Ardsley from a early date. In all probability John Amyas removed from there to Kent, and possibly his wife's family belonged to that county. As tar back as the first of Edward 1. the tolls ot Wakefield manor were let to John de Amyas for ^i^ioo a year. His daughter, Matilda, married John Waterton, of Walton, whose family has been for centuries one of the most distinguished of that neighborhood. The Amyas's were seated for generations at Sandal, Harbury and Thornhill, all of which are within half a dozen miles of East Ardsley, where John Field resided. There "is no question but he chose a wife among his neighbors and friends. ........
  • 'John Field, of East Ardsley. co-executor of his father's will, had the family arms confirmed, and a crest granted to him Sept. 4. i558. The Herald's visitation ot Yorkshire. 1585, records the names of himself, wife and children. His will, dated Dec. 28, 1586, was proved May 3, 1587- Jane, daughter ot John Amyas, of Kent, executrix ot her husband's will. Her own is dated July 17. 1609. Buried at East Ardsley, Aug. 3. 1609.
  • 'Although John Field was one of the most distinguished pioneers in the cause of science of whom England can boast, his memory has been almost entirely and unjustly neglected by his countrymen, and even in astronomical circles his is hardly, or not at all known. For further information in relation to him the reader is referred to Gentleman's Magazine, May, 1834. to an article by Rev. Joseph Hunter, and November, 1862, to an article by,Osgood Field. ......
    • 62. i. RICHARD, b. 1563. Richard Field, aged 22, in 1585, disinherited by his father. He had a daughter, Mary, in 1609; not then 21. Mentioned in the will of her grandmother, Jane.
    • 63. ii. JOHN, b. 1568; m. .
    • 64. iii. MATTHEW, b. 1563; m. Margaret .
    • 65. iv. CHRISTOPHER,:b. 1565. Christopher Field and John Feild, his brother, not named in their mother's will; probably went away from home.
    • 66. v. THOMAS, b. 1572; named in his mother's will; called third son.
    • 67. vi. WILLIAM, b. 1570: m. Mrs. Jane (Sotwell) Burdette.
    • 68. vii. JAMES, b. 1574; named in both his father's and mother's will.
    • 69. viii. MARTIN, b. 1577; named in both his father's and mother's wills.
    • 70. ix. ANNE, b. 1580; prob. d. young, but named in her mother's will.
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-------------------- Listed in Foxe's Book Of Martyrs, imprisoned for conjuring, knighted by Mary I (Bloody Mary) for publishing the Copernican Theory in England.