Alice Bawle

John WHITE Senior was the eldest of their seven children and married Isabel the daughter of John Bawle [Ball] (c.1510-1574) of Lichfield by his wife Alice Weston

family

Alice WESTON, a daughter of John WESTON of Lichfield, who was descended from the Lords of Weston-under-Lizard, had at least three very accomplished brothers in (1) Robert WESTON (1515-1573)(16) a fervent protestant who was an ecclesiastical lawyer, former MP for Exeter in 1553 and MP for Lichfield in 1558. He was appointed Lord Chancellor of Ireland by Elizabeth I in 1567 and set the task of reforming the church in Ireland; (2) James WESTON (c1525-1589) Diocesan registrar and MP for Lichfield(17) and (3) Edmund WESTON BCL(d.1570) (12)Chancellor of Chichester.

John Ball and Alice had 4 children

• (1) John BALL (b. circa 1537) he was a student of Christ Church Oxford in 1551 being awarded his BA on the 26 Jan 1554/5. He continued with his studies being awarded his MA degree on the 20 Oct 1558; and his Bachelor of Canon Law (B.C.L.) on the 24 Jul 1564(3). In August 1568 he became assistant to The Rev Robert WESTON, his uncle, to help with the reformation of the Irish Church .
• (2) Rev. Robert Ball (1551-1613) See account of his life in the section below:-
• (3) Isabel Ball (1552-1601) who married John WHITE of Stanton St John in Oxfordshire and was the mother of Rev John White (1575-1648)
• (4) Dr. Henry Ball (1554-1603) of Lichfield was educated at New College Oxford which he entered in 1571.

John died prior to 1574 when his widow Alice Ball of Lichfield purchased the advowson of the parish of Bucknell in Oxfordshire from Jeremiah Weston of Essex(6).

His grandmother Alice was descended from the Lords of Weston-under-Lizard, an even more prestigious family, and further information on her ancestry is given in the account of the life of Rev. John BALL (1591-1639) Rector of Langton Matravers which can be accessed via the link provided.

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~fordingtondorset/...