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Matthew Locke

Also Known As: "pensford/"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: London, Middlesex, England
Death: May 14, 1628 (83-92)
Pensford, Buckinghamshire, England
Immediate Family:

Son of Michael Lok, Merchant of London and Jane Locke
Husband of Catherine Locke
Father of Christopher Locke, of Pensford
Brother of Elizabeth Jenney; Benjamin Locke; Eleazer Lok; William Lock; Samuel Locke and 4 others

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About Matthew Locke, of Pensford

There doesn't seem to be any source that shows Catherine SEYMOUR married Matthew Locke.

  • Book of the Lockes : A genealogical and historical record of the descendants of William Locke, of Woburn ... (1853) By John Goodwin Locke
  • https://archive.org/details/bookoflockesgene00lock
  • https://archive.org/stream/bookoflockesgene00lock#page/342/mode/1up
  • The Locke family in this neighborhood consider themselves as descended from a very ancient house, arguing that they gave name to the parishes where they lived, before the Conquest, and do not derive their name with a De from the parishes, as is very commonly the case.
  • However, I have not seen any account of this family before Robert Locke, whom we find to have been joined with Thomas de Saint Maur, as Vicecomes of Wiltshire, anno 1350. John Locke, sheriff of London, 1460, is the first in a pedigree in my possession. Thomas, his son, was a merchant in London, who died anno 1507, and by Joan his wife (who was the only daughter and heir of Mr. Wilcock of Rotheram in Yorkshire) left three sons, John, William, and Michael. John is said to have died without issue, and buried in Mercer's Chapel, 1519, with his arms (a) in the window, a proof the family bore arms before those granted by Queen Mary, 1555. William, married two wives ; (b) first, Elizabeth, daughter and heir of Mr. Spencer, a citizen and fishmonger of London ; secondly, Catharine, daughter of William, and sister and co-heir of
    • (a) I am of opinion, after an examination of Stow's "Survey of London," that the "arms in the window" were those of Sir William Locke, who was buried in Mercer's Chapel in 1550: yet a doubt remains.
    • (b) He had four wives.
  • https://archive.org/stream/bookoflockesgene00lock#page/343/mode/1up
  • .... etc.
  • Michael Locke, younger brother (a) of Sir William, according to a pedigree now before me, was father amongst other children of Matthew Locke, who became seated at Pensford in Buckinghamshire, and had two sons, Richard and Christopher. The former was of Bedminster in the County of Somerset, and, dying 1617, left John Locke, his son, Mayor of Bristol 1641, father of another John Locke of Bristol, merchant, whose son, Samuel Locke, became a merchant in London, and of whose family and death I have not been able to procure any account. Christopher Locke, the youngest son, soon after Abbot Whiting's lands at East Brent were granted to the Whitmore family, was sent into that
    • (a) English antiquarians have supposed that the Michael Locke here spoken of was a son of Sir William and not his brother, and so I have represented him in the chart that follows this article ; but I have strong suspicion that the statement in the text is true, and that Sir William had both a brother and a son named Michael. If I am right in my supposition, Matthew of Pensford, who is represented in the chart as the son of Michael, and gr. son of Sir William, was in fact the son of Michael and nephew of Sir William.
  • https://archive.org/stream/bookoflockesgene00lock#page/344/mode/1up
  • parish (which as I before observed adjoins to Lockstown), to divide the forfeited estates into farms; and having laid out a valuable farm for himself at a place called Pilrow, built a large house and became the stem of a very respectable family, whose baptisms, as by the parish register penes me, are as follows : .... etc.
  • https://archive.org/stream/bookoflockesgene00lock#page/358/mode/2up
    • The following Pedigree is principally compiled from the Herald's Visitations and the Gentleman's Magazine.
  • John Locke, Sheriff of London 1461, his Monument was in the Church of St. Mary, Bow, London. He was probably descended from Thomas Locke, of Merton Abbey, in Surrey. Lyson says the Rectory of Merton was granted to Thomas Locke by Edward III. in 1291.; ch: Thomas (m. Joan Wilcock) Locke.
  • Thomas, merchand of London, d. 1507, buried at St. Thomas of Acres, London. = Joan, only dau. and heir of Mr. Wilcock or Wilkokes, of Rotheram, in Yorkshire; d. 1512.; ch: Sir William (m. Alice Spence or Elizabeth Spencer & Katherine Cook), John, Thomas (m. Mary Minister), Michael? Locke.
  • Sir William, Knt. and Alderman, b.1480, d. 1550. he was knighted by Hen. VIII. for going over to Dunkirk and pulling down the Pope's bull; was sheriff of London 1548. Sir William was Bent. of the Privy Chamber. His 3d wf. was Eleanor, wid. of Wlater Marshe. She d 1546. His 4th wf. was Elizabeth, widow of Robert Meredith. = 1st. Alice Spence or Elizabeth Spencer, of London, who died 1522, buried at Mercer's Chapel. London.; ch: William (b.1511), Philip (d.1524), Jane (m. Robt. Meredith), Peter (d.1517), William (b.1517), Richard (d.1516), Edmund (d.1545), Thomas (m. Mary Louge), Matthew (m. Elizabeth Baker) Locke.; = 2d. Katherine, dau. of William, and sister and co-heir of Sir Thos Cook of Wiltshire, Knt. She was buried at Merton Abbey, Surrey. She d. Oct. 14, 1537.; ch: Dorothy (m. Otwell Hill & Jno. Cosworth), Katherine (m. Thomas Stacey & William Matthew), (Pg.359 Rose (m. Anthony Hickman & _ Throgmorton) John, Alice, Thomasin, Henry (m. Anne Vaughan), Michael (m. Jane Wilkinson & Margery Preyn), Elizabeth (m. Richard Hill & Nicholas Bullingham), John Locke.
  • Michael, of London, merchant. 2. m. Margery Peryn, wid. of Caesar Dalmarias, fa. of Sir Julius Caesar, Knt. = 1. Jane, dau. of William Wilkinson, mercer, and Shr. of London.; = ch: Matthew, Eleaser, Benjamin, Zachary, dau (m. Wm. Sanson), dau. (m. _ Jenney) Locke.
  • Matthew, of Pensford, in Somersetshire. (A) See Note on p.358.; ch: Christopher Locke, (Pg.358 Richard (d.1617) Locke).
  • Christopher, of Pilrow, near Lockestown.; ch: John (m. _ Bernard or _ Keen/Ken), Honour (m. Francis Shepard), Christian, Lewis (4 wives), William (m. Elisabeth _) Locke, (Pg.358 Christopher, perhaps Sarah (m. Nicholas Davies) Locke). ___________________
  • A history and genealogy of Captain John Locke (1627-1696) of Portsmouth and Rye, N.H., and his descendants; also of Nathaniel Locke of Portsmouth, and a short account of the history of the Lockes in England (1916?])
  • http://archive.org/details/historygenealogy00lock
  • http://archive.org/stream/historygenealogy00lock#page/571/mode/1up
  • Pg. 571
  • SAME TEXT AS IN "Book of the Lockes : ...." _______________________________
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Matthew Locke, of Pensford's Timeline

1540
1540
London, Middlesex, England
1568
1568
Pensford, Buckinghamshire, England
1628
May 14, 1628
Age 88
Pensford, Buckinghamshire, England