Margery Lawrence

Margery, da. of Edward Kaye of Woodsome, Yorks., married LAWRENCE, William II (by 1511-71/72), of St. Ives, Hunts. 2s. 2da.,

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William Lawrence, esq. of St. Ives, was Sheriff for Cambridge and Huntingdonshire at the death of Queen Mary.

By his first wife Frances Houston, he had Henry his successor at St. Ives, and William who settled at Selscomb in Sussex, ancestor of the Lawrences of Chichester and Aidingboum;

and by his second wife Margaret, daughter of Edward Kaye, of Woodsom, in Yorkshire, and sister of Robert Kaye, of Glalton, in Huntingdonshire, he had

1. Robert, who died in 1597, at Emneth, in Norfolk, ancestor of the Lawrences of Brokedish, in Norfolk.

Lucy Kaye, another sister, married Jonn Pickering, of Titmarsh, esq. and with this alliance commenced the connexion between the Lawrences and Pickerings, which lasted during two centuries.

William Lawrence was buried at St. Ives, 20 Dec. 1572, and by his will (registro Peter) bequeathed to his son Henry his armour, the plate which he had inherited from his uncle Sir John Lawrence, late abbat of Ramsey, and the iron chest in the library, containing papers and evidences which had already been particularly mentioned in the will of his father.

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From http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1509-1558/member/la...

Lawrence made his will on 7 Nov. 1571 and died during the winter. His wife was given ewes, rams, kine, a bull, cart horses, agricultural and household goods, half of Abbot John’s silver plate and the use of Slepe manor during her lifetime; the eldest son had his ambling and trotting horses, his armour and the rest of the plate, and the youngest daughter was left a marriage portion of 400 marks.6

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Sources

• The Gentleman's Magazine, Volume 85, Part 2, page 12-15. "History of the Ancient Family of Lawrence."    
• A genealogical memoir of the family of John Lawrence, of Watertown, 1636 with brief notices of others of the name in England and America. Published 1847 by Press of Coolidge & Wiley in Boston . Written in English. Page 9

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• The visitation of the county of Huntingdon, under the authority of William Camden, Clareneaux king of arms, by his deputy, Nicholas Charles, Lancaster herald, A. D. MDCXIII by Charles, Nicholas
• https://archive.org/details/visitationofcoun00charrich
• http://archive.org/stream/visitationofcoun00charrich#page/33/mode/1up
  • KAYE.
• Arthurus Kaye de Woder some in com. Ebor' armig'. = Beatrix, fila Mathei Wentworth de Britton. ; ch: Johannes Kaye
  • Johannes Kaye de Wood'some. = . . . . ; ch: Edward (m. Anna Tirwhitt) Kaye
    • Edward Kaye of Wood'some in com. Ebor' gen'osus, 4 filius. = Anna, filia Rob'ti Tirwhitt de Ketelbye militus, in com. Lincoln. ; ch: Margaret (m. Jacobo Crewse), Anna (m. Francisco Aiscue), Robertus (m. Christiana Cooper), Joh'nes ( 2. ), Will'm' ( 3. ), Lucia (m. Johannis Pikering), Margeria (m. Will'o Laurence) Kaye
    • Margareta, nupta Jacobo Crewse de Fotheringhay in com. Northamptoniæ.
    • Anna, nupta Francisco Aiscue de Kelsey militi, in com. Lincoln.
    • Lucia, ux. Johannis Pikering de Tichmersh in com. Northampton.
    • Margeria, nupta Will'o Laurence de St. Ives.
    • Robertus Kaye de Glatton in com. Hunt. filius et hæres. = Christiana, filia Will'i Cooper, relicta Thomæ Groome. ch: Henricus (m. Susanna Loftis) Kay
      • Henricus Kay de Glatton in com. Hunt. superstes 1613. = Susanna, filia Joh'nis Loftis de Lutton in com. North't. ; ch: Johannes (ætatis 3 annor' a°. 1613.), Robertus (2 filius.) Kay. ____________________
• A genealogical memoir of the family of John Lawrence, of Watertown, 1636; with brief notices of others of the name in England and America (1847)
• https://archive.org/details/genealogicalmemo00lawr
• https://archive.org/stream/genealogicalmemo00lawr#page/9/mode/1up
• One of the most important branches of the Lawrences of England, is that, probably, in the line of which we find Henry Lawrence, President of Cromwell's Council.
• John, called also John de Wardeboys, a descendant of one of the younger branches of the Lancashire family, was an Abbot, and lived in Ramsey, Huntingdonshire, as early as about 1500.
• John Lawrence, a nephew of the Abbot, styled in evidences Generosus, also lived in Ramsey at the same time. He married, and had, first, William, who was at one time Sheriff of Huntingdonshire and Cambridge, and removed to St. Ives, where he settled. Second, Agnes, who married Gilbert Smyth, of Fenton ; third, Emma, who married Gabriel Throckmorton, of Ellington, in Huntingdonshire. John Generosus, their father, died in 1538, and was buried in the Abbey of Ramsey. The Prelate survived him a few years, having before his decease, made William, the son of his nephew, one of his executors ; to whom, also, with his sisters, Agnes and Emma, he left his silver plate, curtains, hangings, &c. He died in 1542, and was buried in the Abbey of Ramsey, where he had lived an Abbot for about forty years.
• This Prelate was very active in promoting the dissolution of the Monasteries then existing, for which services he received ample compensation from the reigning sovereign, in the way of titles, grants and pensions.
• William Lawrence, settled at St. Ives, the grandfather of Henry, the associate of Cromwell, married for his first wife, Frances Honston, by whom he had sons, William and Henry. By Margaret Kaye, whom he married for his second wife, he had another son, Robert, who was ancestor of the Lawrences of Brokedish, in Norfolk, and died in 1597, at Emneth, Norfolk.
• William, senior, of St. Ives, died December 20, 1572, and was buried at St. Ives, leaving, by will, to his son Henry, his heir, the plate of his uncle, Sir John, late Abbot of Ramsey, and his own armor. Henry married Elizabeth, daughter of John Hagar, of Bourne Castle, Cambridgeshire, and had by her John, who was knighted at Windsor Castle, in 1603. He died, and was buried at St. Ives, February 25, 1580-81. Sir John, his son, knighted (1603) by James I., married Elizabeth, only daughter and heir of Ralph Waller, Esq., of Clerkenwell, in Middlesex, and died February 10, 1604. He was buried at St. Ives. He had by his wife, Elizabeth, two sons, Henry and John, both mentioned in the will, who now became heirs to the estate of Ralph Waller, Esq.
• Henry was about four years old when his father died. In 1622 he entered Emmanuel College, Cambridge, where he continued to pursue his studies. He took a Bachelor's degree in 1623, and a Master's in 1627;
• https://archive.org/stream/genealogicalmemo00lawr#page/10/mode/1up
• after which he distinguished himself as one of the leading republicans of his day, being associated with Waller, Hampden and Cromwell.
• Educated a Puritan, it is stated that, to avoid the severity of the Bishops and Courts, he went to Holland, and while there published, at Amsterdam, (1646, it is said) a book "of our Communion and War with Angels," dedicated to his most dear and honored mother, the Lady Lawrence, with a spirit of filial affection highly commendatory to both mother and son.
• Henry Lawrence, Esq., of St. Ives, married Amy Peyton, daughter of Sir Edward Peyton, Bar't, of Cambridgeshire, and had issue, seven sons and six daughters.
  • I. HENRY, the eldest son, who administered the estate of his father and sisters at their decease. He married, and had sons, Henry, who died unmarried, and Edward, who was created a baronet in 1748, and died without issue the year following, aged 90. Henry, their father, died in 1669.
  • II. EDWARD, who died in 1657, leaving his father heir to an estate at St. Margaret's, alias Thele, in Hertfordshire. In the chancel of the Church at St. Margaret's, is this monumental inscription :
    • " Here lieth the body of Edward Lawrence, Esq., and also of the Lady Martha, daughter of Richard, Earl of Barramore, by Martha, his wife, sister of said Edward, who deceased in the year of our Lord 1657."
    • Arms — "A cross raguly gu.," &c.
  • III. JOHN, who went to Jamaica in 1676. His will is dated in the year 1690. He had a son, John, a member of the Assembly, at one time, who had six sons, of whom James, the third, was of Fairfield, and died in 1756, leaving Richard James Lawrence, said to be the representative, while living, of the male line of President Henry Lawrence, of St. Ives.
  • IV. WILLIAM, who was born in Holland, and naturalized by an act of Parliament, November 27, 1656.
  • V. FRANCIS, who died October 16, 1672.
  • VI. BENJAMIN, and the other not ascertained.
  • Of the daughters, Martha married, in 1656, Richard, Earl of Barramore, and was the mother of Lawrence, Earl of Barramore, and of Martha, (the Lady) who died as above. The Lady Barramore died in 1664.
  • Elizabeth, born in 1632, died February of 1662, in her thirtieth year.
  • Theodosia, born in Holland, and naturalized at the same time with her sister Martha and brother William, died September 2, 1664, aged about 20 years. Henrietta, the youngest daughter, born about 1652, died September 30, 1664, in her thirteenth year.
• The Lawrence Mansion at St. Ives is said to have been occupied by
• https://archive.org/stream/genealogicalmemo00lawr#page/11/mode/1up
• Cromwell, from 1631 to 1635-6. Henry Lawrence, Esq., was twice chosen a member of Parliament for Hertfordshire ; namely, in 1653 and in 1654 ; as also for other parts of England. He was made President of the Protector's Council in 1654, and in 1657 was gazetted one of the House of Lords. He died intestate, A. D. 1664, a man of learning and worth to rank in the estimation of Milton, with Montague and other distinguished men of that time. He was a man of noble qualities, a republican, a Puritan.
• The provident piety of his wife has preserved his memory in the following lines inscribed at St. Margaret's Chapel, Hertfordshire :
  • " Here lieth interred the body of Henry Lawrence, Esq., sometime of this place, who married Amy Peyton, daughter of Sir Edward Peyton, of Iselham, in the county of Cambridge, knight and baronet. He had issue, seven sons and six daughters. He departed this life August the 8th, 1664, in the sixty -fourth year of his age."
  • " Also lie buried in this place, four of his children, &c. The said Amy Lawrence, in memory of her loving consort and children, hath caused this stone to be laid here."
  • The arms are — "A Cross raguly Gules, without a chief impaling Peyton." The crest — "A fish's tail." Another author gives — "A chevron in chief, three crescents."
• JOHN, brother of Lord Henry Lawrence, married, and had children — at least, a son, Thomas, whom he left his heir at his death, in 1670. Dr- Thomas Lawrence married, and had a large family. He was a physician, as is stated, "to five crowned heads," and died in 1714. His eldest son, who was an officer in the navy, had a son, Thomas, distinguished in his profession, and made President of the College of Physicians, &c. A son of this gentleman was Sir Soulden Lawrence, Justice of Common Pleas. Elizabeth, a daughter, married Edward Griffith, Esq.
• .... etc. __________________________________________
• LAWRENCE, William II (by 1511-71/72), of St. Ives, Hunts.
• b. by 1511, s. of John Lawrence of Ramsey by Margaret. m. (1) by 1543, Frances, ?da. of Henry or Richard Hunston of Walpole St. Peter, Norf., 2s. 2da.; (2) Margery, da. of Edward Kaye of Woodsome, Yorks., 2s. 2da. suc. fa. by Mar. 1537.1
• Offices Held
  • Escheator, Cambs. and Hunts. 1539-40, 1552-3; commr. subsidy, Hunts. 1543-5, 1563, relief 1550, goods of churches and fraternities 1553; other commissions 1543-69; j.p. Hunts. 1544-d., q. by 1561; sheriff, Cambs. and Hunts. 1558-9; custos rot. Hunts. 1561-?d.2
• The Lawrence family appears to have originated in Bedfordshire and to have settled in Huntingdonshire early in the 16th century when John Lawrence became the last abbot of Ramsey. William Lawrence’s father was probably a tenant of the abbey, for he was assessed at Ramsey for the subsidy of 1524 at £6 14s.4d. on £204 in goods but nothing in land. The abbot favoured his great-nephew William in more than one way, leasing him the manor of Slepe at St. Ives in 1532 and bequeathing him a quantity of plate. On the dissolution of the abbey in 1539 Slepe passed to the crown, but Lawrence remained in residence and five years later he bought the manor, with other lands, for £828. He was assessed for the subsidy of 1543-5 at 50s. on £50 in lands at Slepe, but the figures may have been affected by the fact that he was one of the commissioners.3
• During the next ten years Lawrence bought and sold numerous parcels of land, some substantial but mostly quite small and in the neighbourhood of St. Ives. In 1556 he and Thomas Cotton jointly purchased one of the manors at Wood Walton, including upwards of 1,500 acres of land, and in 1568 they bought a still larger manor there. These manors, together with some other lands, Lawrence conveyed to his eldest son Henry as a marriage gift in 1570. His will suggests that Lawrence had been a considerable sheepfarmer. His name was too common to warrant his identification with the wool-man of whom John Johnson, the Northamptonshire dealer, took an unfavourable view: on the other hand, he can be readily distinguished from Cromwell’s agent who spirited images out of Suffolk churches and later became a receiver for the court of general surveyors, or the namesake who was a Middle Templar.4
• Lawrence’s election for the shire to two Parliaments was a measure of his upward progress, even if he achieved the honour at a time when more important men seemed to avoid it. He was by then a substantial landowner, a brother-in-law of the influential Thomas Maria Wingfield and a relative by marriage of Sir Robert Tyrwhitt I, joint lord lieutenant of the county and the sheriff who returned him on the second occasion. Unlike his fellow-Member and neighbour Henry Mannock, Lawrence did not depart early and without licence from the Parliament of November 1554. In 1564 his bishop was to rate Lawrence ‘indifferent’ in religion.5
• Lawrence made his will on 7 Nov. 1571 and died during the winter. His wife was given ewes, rams, kine, a bull, cart horses, agricultural and household goods, half of Abbot John’s silver plate and the use of Slepe manor during her lifetime; the eldest son had his ambling and trotting horses, his armour and the rest of the plate, and the youngest daughter was left a marriage portion of 400 marks.6
• From: http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1509-1558/member/la... ____________________________
• The Gentleman's Magazine, Volume 85, Part 2
• http://books.google.com/books?id=ZAQ5gFfHyOwC&pg=PA13&lpg=PA13&dq=W...
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• .... John Lawrence, styled in all evidences Generosus, was lviing at Ramsey in Huntingdonshire, where his uncle, John Lawrence de Wurdebois, had been Abbat since 1508. He left three children; William Lawrence afterwards of Saint Ives; Emma, who married Gabriel Throckmorton, of
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• Ellington in Huntingdonshire, third son of Richard Throckmorton, of Higham Ferrers, seneschal of the Duchy of Lancashire; and Agnes, who married Gilbert Smyth, of Fenton. John died 1538, was buried in the Abbey of Ramsey, and bequeathed by his will (registro Dingley) beside considerable donations for masses in honour of the five wounds, to the poor, to churches, roads, &c. two of his best mares to my Lord of Ramsey for his trouble in being the supervisor of his will.
• ..... etc,
• The Abbey of Ramsey was granted to the Cromwells; and William Lawrence, great grandfather of the President, settled at Sts. Ives. The ex-abbat, by his will, dated 1541, and proved Nov. 1542 .... bequeaths his silver plate, his velvet cushions, the hangings in the parlors, &c. to his cousin William Lawrence, to his neice Emma Throckmorton, and to Gilbert Smyth and his wife: nor are his utensils for fishing and fowling unmentioned; bequests to .... He orders that he may be buried in St. Mary's Burwell, and leaved five pounds to each of his four executors, of whom William Lawrence, of St. Ives, gentleman, is one.
• Nor is the will of Margaret, widow of John Lawrence of Ramsey, less curious (dated Sept. 1, 1545, proved May 31, 1546, registro Alen): she bequeaths .... , except one gurdle and one coral bead to Joan Lawrence, daughter of her son William. A modern woman of fashion might smile at such a bequests from a grandmother; yet Jane Lawrence was a worshipful dame in her day. She married Robert Bevil, of Chesterton, esquire; and her son and her grandson, both Sir Robert by name, were successively Knights of the Bath at the coronations of James and Charles the First.
• William Lawrence, esq. of St. Ives, was Sheriff for Cambridge and Huntingdonshire at the death of Queen Mary. By his first wife Frances Honston, he had Henry his successor at St. Ives, and William who settled at Selscomb in Sussex, ancestor of the Lawrences of Chichester and Aldingbourn; and by his second wife Margaret, daughter of Edward Kaye, of Woodsom, in Yorskire, and sister of Robert Kaye, of Glatton, in Huntingdonshire, he had Robert, who died in 1597, at Emneth, in Norfolk, ancestor of the Lawrences of Brokedish, in Norfolk. Lucy Kaye, another sister, married John Pickering, of Titmarsh, esq. and with this alliance commenced the connexion between the Lawrences and Pickerings, which lasted during two centuries. William Lawrence was buried at St. Ives, 20 Dec. 1572, and by his will (registro Peter) bequeathed to his son Henry his armour, the plate which he had inherited from his uncle Sir John Lawrence, late abbat of Ramsey, and the iron chest in the library, containing papers and evidences which had already been particularly mentioned in the will of his father.
• Henry Lawrence, of St. Ives, grandfather of the President, was buried there, Feb. 25, 1580-1; he married Elizabeth, daughter of John Hagar, of Bourne Castle, Cambridgeshire. She took for her second husband, Gilbert Pickering, esq. (afterwards knighted) son of the above John Pickering and Lucy Kaye: and his sister Elizabeth Pickering married Robert Throckmorton, only son of
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• the aforementioned Gabriel Throckmorton and Emma Lawrence.
• Sir John Lawrence, of St. Ives, father of the President, was, in 1603, knighted at Windsor by James the First, previously to the coronation. He married Elizabeth, sole daughter and heir of Ralph Waller, esq. of Clerkenwell, Meddlesex, fourth son of Robert Waller of Beaconsfield. Sir John was buried at St. Ives, Feb. 10, 1604; and she remarried to Robert Bathurst, esq. Sheriff of Glostershire, and was the mother of Sir Edward Bathurst, created a Baronet, 1643. The will of Sir John Lawrence (registro Hayes) is dated 10 Jan. and proved Feb. 9, 1604, and mentions his two sons, Henry and John.
• Henry Lawrence, at the inquisition taken at Huntingdon after the death of Sir John, Anno 2 Jac I. was aged 3 years, 2 months, and four days. .... etc. _______________________________
• Anne TYRWHITT
• Born: ABT 1532
• Father: William TYRWHITT of Kettelby (Knight Sheriff of Lincoln)
• Mother: Isabel GIRLINGTON
• Married: Edward KAYE
• Children:
  • 1. Lucy KAYE (d. ABT 1565) (m. John Pickering)
  • 2. Robert KEYES (b. 1565)
  • 3. Margaret KAYE
• From: http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/TYRWHITT.htm#Anne TYRWHITT1 ________________________