John Avent, of Plympton

Notes

Wife seen as Jane Guildford, but she could not have been Jane Guildford, Duchess of Northumberland

Author: Church of England, Brixton Parish, Devonshire, England Title: Brixton Parish Records Repository: Name: Plymouth and West Devon Record OfficeNote: Source Medium: Book

Page: ref. 723/320 Text: {NOTE: "John Avent, the elder" in the following text. The first John Avent is his son] Grant in Frankalmoign, Plympton, Devonshire, England John Avent, warden of Brixton church, Nicholas Forteson., esq., Thomas Maynard, Walter Stert, the elder, Walter Frends, the elder, John Avent, the elder, Thomas Ford, William Towsen, Walter Maynard, the elder, Robert Stert, Philip Ford, William Stevyn, Nicholas Ryder, Harry Canterell, Lawrence Worlte, Philip Waryne, and Martyne Avent, parishioners of Brixton

References

• https://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=john%5Fd%5Fnewpor...
• From http://www.aventfamily.org/aveorig.htm “"It has been established through a detailed study of the sources that the Avants/Avents were mainly established from at least 1541 in Plympton, St. Mary, Devon, on which date John Avent was a witness at the Inquisition Post Mortem of Robert Brett. At later dates the Avents are found in Wembury, Brixton, Modbury, and other Devon parishes and in Cornwall. ...”
• Daniel Lysons and Samuel Lysons, 'Parishes: Plympton St Maurice - Pyworthy', in Magna Britannia: Volume 6, Devonshire (London, 1822), pp. 408-425. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/magna-britannia/vol6/pp408-425 [accessed 17 September 2019].