John Tasburgh

Sir John Tasburgh lived at Flixton, Suffolk, England

Notes

THE TASBURGHS OF SOUTH ELMHAM: THE RISE AND FALL OF A SUFFOLK GENTRY FAMILY byNESTA EVANS, M.A., M.PHIL.

... in 1588 John Tasburgh wrote to 'my very good brother Mr Trace' at Lincoln's Inn about the proposed marriage between his daughter and Mr Ashfield of Stowlangtoft, asking him, together with his half-brother Thomas Tasburgh, to settle the arrangements about his daughter's dowry and jointure." The letter was written from Wydiall in Hertfordshire, the home of his wife’s wife's sister, Joan, and her husband John Gill. The relationship between the Gill and Tasburgh families was close and affectionate : they acted as godparents for each other's children and frequently visited each other. The Gills were a leading Puritan gentry family in their own county, and it seems likely that the Tasburghs held similar views. ...
... In view of John Tasburgh IV's clear religious leanings and his connectionswith other Puritan gentry familiessuch as the Gills,Traces and Ashfields,it comesas a surprisethat his only son was permitted to marry a Roman Catholic recusant, Lettice Cressy.

References

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