Marie (Mary) Woodward

Maria (Mary) WOODWARD

• Maria (Mary) WOODWARD (George, John, George, John) was born Sep 21 1573 in Upton, Buckinhamshire, England and was christened 27 Sep 1573.

Marie Woodward In England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 - Marie Woodward, Gender: Female, Christening: Sep 27 1573, Upton Cum Chalvey, Buckingham, England, Father: George Woodward, Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C07376-1, System Origin: England-ODM, GS Film number: 919251 - https://www.geni.com/photo/view/6000000002908595657?album_type=photos_of_me&photo_id=6000000082575150890&position=0

Spouses

• Married (1) Thomas EGLESTON/ Eccleston, Thomas died 1608.
• Married (2) Christopher REYNOLDS on 2 July 1606 at Church of St Thomas the Apostle, Winchelsea England.

Soon after Thomas's death in 160, his widow, Mary, married again, this time to Christopher Raynolds at the Church of St Thomas the Apostle, Winchelsea, on 2 July 1606. Fortunately the bishop transcripts that have survived begin at this year, and the marriage has therefore been recorded. 21 A further reference to Mary's second marriage appears in a diary kept by Thomas Godfrey during the time he was in residence there.

Children with Thomas EGLESTON

• Elizabeth EGLESTON, born Jul 1581 in Upton, Buckinghamshire, England and christened 18? Jul 1581
• Edward EGLESTON was born about 1600.

History

WILLIAM EGLESTON OF WINCHELSEA, SUSSEX - 1549-1646
Edward mentioned in his father's will, along with his half-sister Mary. "The will of John Egleston is curious in that after naming his son as the sole executor, he also names 'the right worshipful Lawrence Asheburnham Esq. my loving coson to bee the sole executor of this my last will and testament.' As mentioned earlier, Lawrence Asheburnham may have been the son of Margaret Asheburnham (nèe Woodward), whose younger sister, Mary Woodward, married John’s uncle’ Thomas Egleston.

"The last record of any Egleston or variants of that name found at Winchelsea is when the mayor summoned Arthur Eccleston to 'be and of the jures and courts' in September 1646. The brothers may have been the last of this branch of Eglestons, ending a 100 year association with the town, but it has yet to be established whether the male line continued through the descendents of Edward Egleston (born circa 1600), the son of Thomas Egleston and Mary (Woodward/Egleston/Raynolds), or through Edward Egleston (bapt.13 October 1633), the son of John Egleston (Eccleston) and his wife, Jane. Either of them may have survived childhood, but their names have yet to be found in Winchelsea Court Books or in the parish registers of the town."

THE EGLESTONS OF WINCHELSEA. (note that some sources spell the name Eccleston) Thomas Egleston became the Mayor of Winchelsea on five separate occasions: in 1589, 1590, 1593, and 1594 and again in 1596. 19 In a pedigree of the Winchelsea Ecclestons recorded by Robert Cooke after his visit to Sussex in 1570, the wife of Thomas has been identified as 'Elizabeth d. of George Woodward of Upton in com. Buckingham.' 5 A comment written by her name ('I think this match is right') suggests an uncertainty about the connection. Thomas was about 14 years old at the time of Cooke's visit, and this suggests that Elizabeth Woodward’s name was added later. There must have been some doubt at that time as to who Thomas Egleston's wife was, or about which one of George Woodward's daughters he was to marry, as will be seen later.

Thomas Egleston probably married twice, his first marriage to Susan Hales taking place at the Church of St Matthew, Friday Street, London, on 28 April 1589. Susan died in 1594/5, shortly after giving birth to a daughter named Mary, her only child. An inventory made of Susan Egleston’s possessions after her death was valued at £240. This represented the sum due to her from her late brother, Sir James Hayles Kt, and her sister Joyce Hayles. Susan Egleston left a will, and this in itself is unusual, as married women were not allowed to make wills at that time without the consent of their husbands. She left £110 to her daughter Mary, to be given to her at the age of 21 or on the day of her marriage, and the money was to come from the sum owed to her by the executors of her late brother's will. Mary was eventually to receive this in 1616, by a second grant of administration made to a 'Mary Dunkyn alias Egleston, the daughter of the said deceased.' 13

Although the details of Thomas Egleston's second marriage have not been found, there is sufficient evidence to suggest that his wife was Mary Woodward, the daughter of George Woodward of Upton by his second wife Elizabeth (Honywood). The marriage is shown in a pedigree of the Woodwards, recorded at the time of the Visitations to Buckinghamshire in 1634. Nine of George Woodward's daughters by his second wife Elizabeth were to marry. Mary was probably one of the eldest, although the year of her birth has yet to be discovered. One of Mary's younger sisters, Margaret, was to marry Sir John Asheburnham, and this may explain why Thomas's brother John Egleston referred to Lawrence Asheburnham as 'my loving coson' when he made his will in 1621. Probate of Thomas's will was granted to his wife Mary in 1608. He appointed Edward Woodward Esq. and Thomas Woodward, a gentleman, as his executors, and called them 'my trustie and beloved brethren'. The will, dated 9 September 1605, was witnessed by four members of the Woodward family, and also by Elizabeth Stile, who came from the nearby village of Langley, suggesting the will was written at Upton, Buckinghamshire, and not at Winchelsea.20 By his second wife Mary, the couple had two children: Edward and Elizabeth, and his wife Mary was expecting another child at the time Thomas wrote his will.

Thomas Egleston and his brother John represented Winchelsea on several occasions at the annual meetings of the Cinque Ports Confederation, held at New Romney each year. In 1597, Thomas was paid £3 10s by the Brotherhood for carrying their accounts to London. When Thomas Egleston and John Egleston attended a meeting in New Romney in July 1600 as members of the Winchelsea delegation, they may have been surprised to find that one of the representatives for Hastings was a Michael Egleston, he being described as a Chamberlain (treasurer). It has yet to be established if there was any relation between these men.

Thomas died aged 48, leaving all his land and tenements to Mary, his wife, to be passed down to his son, Edward Egleston, or his heirs 'lawfully begotten'. Thomas had also made provisions for his unborn child, be it a son or a daughter. He was also concerned that his daughter Mary, by his first wife, should receive the legacy left to her by her mother, Susan Egleston and, as we have seen, Mary did receive this legacy in 1616.

Soon after Thomas's death his widow, Mary, married again, this time to Christopher Raynolds at the Church of St Thomas the Apostle, Winchelsea, on 2 July 1606. Fortunately the bishop transcripts that have survived begin at this year, and the marriage has therefore been recorded. 21 A further reference to Mary's second marriage appears in a diary kept by Thomas Godfrey during the time he was in residence there. He writes:

'I came from Mr Boteler's to housekeeping in a house that I took of Mr Raynold's in Winchelsea, who had it in right of his wife, who was Mr Thomas Egliston's widow, the 29th January, 1609.'

Whether this line of Eglestons continued either through Edward Egleston or Thomas's unborn child is not known at this time, but it is hoped that further research will establish this, and also whether there would be an entitlement for descendants of these families to bear the family's ‘Coat of Arms’.

Source - http://oursoutherncousins.com/Woodward's%20of%20Buckinghamshire.pdf