John Stratford

Biography

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Stratford-582

John Stratford was named as "cousin" in the 1532 will of his kinsman Thomas Baynham. [1]

He had his own will drawn up on the 20 July 1549. He described himself as John Stratford the younger, gentleman of Sudeley, Gloucestershire. In his will he made bequests to:

• eldest son Harry (Henry),
• brother in law Humphrey Dyke
• "most faithful and dearly beloved wife Margaret"
• sons George, Edward, Charles, John, Anthony, Harry the younger, Giles and Thomas
• daughters Ellen and Margery
• Christian my eldest daughter (part of page missing) Cleeve in Gloucestershire
• brother William Stratford
• brother in law Edmund Broadway

His will was probated on 18 Jan 1550. [2]

John Stratford was buried at Winchcombe, near Sudeley, in Gloucestershire on 25 July 1549. [3]

Sources

1. Will of Thomas Baynham: "England & Wales, Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 1384-1858"
2. The National Archives; Kew, Surrey, England; Records of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Series PROB 11; Class: PROB 11; Piece: 24
3. Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry au Record 5111 #951155 (accessed 23 January 2023)
4. Will of Thos Baynam, granted probate on 4 Nov 1532. Died about 1532.
5. Ancestry.com. Gloucestershire, England, Wills and Inventories, 1541-1858 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Ancestry Record GloucesterWills #21764
6. Ancestry.com. Gloucestershire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1813 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Gloucestershire Archives; Gloucester, Gloucestershire; Gloucestershire Church of England Parish Registers; Reference Number: P368/1 IN 1/2 Ancestry Record GloucBMDearly #16326414
7. Stratford, Gerald H. "GENUKI: The Stratford Family". 2014.(http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/Colin/Misc/Stratfords/Stratfords04.html : accessed 26 March 2018) transcribed by Colin Hinson.
8. "The Visitation Of The County Of Gloucester, Taken In The Year 1623". 1885. Archive.Org. (https://archive.org/stream/visitationofcoun00inchit#page/156/mode/2... : accessed 26 March 2018).