Elizabeth Tomlinson

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  • Dudley of Tipton.
• Edward, Lord Dudley, died ao 1643. = Elizabeth, (+) da. to William Tomlinson of Dudley, concubine to Edward, Lord Dudley.; ch: (Pg.115 1. Dud Dudley (m. Eleanor Heaton), Pg.115 2. Edward, John, Robert, 1. Elizabeth (m. Geffrey Dudley), 2. Jane (m. Richard Parkhouse), Pg.117 3. Catherine (m. Thomas Dudley), 4. Alice (m. George Guest), 5. Dorothy (m. Thomas Brooke), Susan, Martha (m. Thomas Wilmer) Dudley).
  • (+) Her nuncupative will, dated 3 July 1629, is set out in the "joint and severall answeres of Thomas Duddeley and Henry Jevon," two of the defendants to a bill filed in Chancery 23 May 1631 by Dud Dudley of Tipton, gent. It is as follows : "The said Elizabeth, being visited with sickness whereof she afterwards dyed, did by word of mouth only, without writing, will and declare how and in what manner her said personal estate should be disposed of after her decease, which was to this purpose and effect following, that is to say : She did will and bequeath to her five daughters all her wearing apparel. And also she did will and bequeath to Edward Bagley, son of John Bagley, L30, and to Dudde Bagley his brother L30, to be paid so soon as her executors could pay the same. Also to Thomas Bagley and to Robert Bagley, sons of the said John Bagley, 20s. apiece; and to the poor people of Dudley all the money to her belonging which was then in the hands of her son Dudd Dudley. And further she willed that Gilbert Gyllyan and Ann Rodes should be paid all that which was then by her due to them. And further she willed that her son, the now complainant, should not see her writings, because, as she then said, he might do somebody wrong. And all the rest, etc., she gave and bequeathed
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• to her eight children to be equally divided amongst them. And of the same her will and testament the said Elizabeth did then ordain and make these now defendants Thomas Duddeley, her son-in-law, and Henry Jevon, her servant, executors, and shortly afterwards died." The defendants add that they have not yet proved the will, but are willing to do so "when they shall be thereto by the Ordinary lawfully called." They had called together the children of the testatrix "at her house in Tipton" and arranged for a division, and they had paid certain debts of the deceased to Richard Smalman, John Smalman, Selman Wilkes,, Elizabeth Huntbach, Edward Jevon, and others. Besides these sums of money paid, there were other sums demanded from the defendants as executors as due to them by the testatrix, viz., "Mr. Geffrey Duddeley L14, Mr. Rob'te Duddeley L40, and the complainant himself." Dud Dudley, in his bill, alleged that he is or ought to be possessed of lands, ironworks, and works of stone and coal in Tipton, Sedgley, Kingswinford, Rowley-Regis, and Oldbury. Also of Tipton Park and Parkfield, "which were purchased by Elizabeth Tomlinson, late mother of your orator," and conveyed to him and his heirs. Also of a farm called Priory lands in Sedgley, heretofore demised by Edward, Lord Dudley, to Richard Perkshouse, Esq. Also of Green's farm in the parish of "Womborne, demised by the said Lord Dudley to Robert Dudley, "brother of your orator," in trust for your orator. Also certain waste ground called Pensnet Chase, containing 2000 acres, heretofore demised by the said Lord Dudley to one John Smallman. Had erected at great costs and charges, furnaces, etc. He then goes on to say that his late mother Elizabeth Tomlinson was possessed of a great personal estate in money, plate, etc., amounting to L600 or more, and that, having other children who were all provided for, she by deed about seven years past gave her said goods, etc., to "your orator." That the said Elizabeth died about two years ago, and since her death one Thomas Dudley and Henry Jevon, by the procurement and instigation of the said Edward, Lord Dudley, have given out that the said Elizabeth had made a will and thereby given her personal estate unto her other children, contrary to the said deed ; and that she had made Dudley and Jevon her executors. That, notwithstanding that Dudley and Jevon had not proved the will, they had under colour thereof possessed themselves of the said estate, intending to defraud and defeat your said orator. And the said Edward, Lord Dudley, Thomas Dudley, and Henry Jevon had "in a violent and outragious manner" entered upon the land and premises and expelled your orator out and from the same, and have also, about a year ago, wrongfully entered into the dwelling-house of your orator at Tipton and possessed themselves of all his deeds and evidences. And also forcibly carried away all your orator's stock of ironstone and coals, and his tools and implements, and at sundry times have dangerously assaulted and beaten your orator.
  • It appears from the report of the Charity Commissioners (sub Dudley) that the money in the hands of Dud Dudley which Elizabeth Tomlinson gave to the poor was by a decree, made in pursuance of an Inquisition taken on 24 Sept. 1638, ordered to be paid to Richard Foley the elder, and by him invested for the benefit of the poor ; and it was agreed that a certain horse of the testatrix should be sold in order to make up the amount to L50.
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"a lewd and infamous woman, a base collier’s daughter"

links

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Sutton,_5th_Baron_Dudley#Marria...
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dud_Dudley#Background_and_early_life
• https://bdespain.org/gencol/famhis/bio11132/index.htm
• The American Genealogist vol. 71, no. 1 (January 1996): 36-48. The Ancestry of William and Ann (Bagley) Brinton: Quaker Immigrants to Pennsylvania, by Charles M. Hansen. < AmericanAncestors >