Peter Maplesden

Not the husband of Dorothy Patenden

Peter Maplesden

John Epes "married, 15 June 1579 at Detling, Kent, Thomazine Fisher, daughter of Alexander Fisher (who was buried 7 September 1590) of Horsepool in Detling and his wife Katherine, daughter of Peter Maplesden of Lydd, Kent."

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Old Notes

Name: Peter * Maplesden Sex: M Name: Peter Maplisden Birth: 1519 in Kent, England Death: BEF. 1599 in Lydd, Kent, England Note: There are some puzzling factors with the wife and children here. It seems most likely that Dorothy is the mother. There is a will for Henry Patenden that seems to indicate he married Dorothy after Peters death but the dates for the Will and Dorothy's death seem to preclude that.

Father: John * Maplesden b: 1500 in Cheveney, Marden, Kent, England Mother: Anna * Miller b: 1505 in Kent, England

Marriage 1 Dorothy ** of Kent b: 1521 in Lydd, Kent, England Married: ABT. 1540 in Kent, England

Children

• Has Children Katherine * Maplesden b: 1540 in Lydd, Kent, England
• Has No Children Edward Maplesden b: ABT. 1543
• Has No Children [--?--] Maplesden b: ABT. 1545
• Has No Children Dorothy Maplesden b: ABT. 1546
• Has No Children Peter Maplesden b: 1547 in Lydd, Kent, England
• Has Children George Maplesden b: ABT. 1549 in Lydd, Kent, England

Marriage 2 Joanna Gaye b: ABT. 1525 in Swaycliffe. Kent, England

   Married: ABT. 1550

http://www.genealogy.com/users/m/y/e/Ron-C-Myers/GENE31-0164.html

Peter I Maplesden, born Abt. 1519 in of Cheveney in Marden, Kent; died Bef. 1599. He was the son of 25628. John Maplesden and 25629. Anne Miller. He married 12815. Dorothy Bef. 1540.

12815. Dorothy, born 1521 in of Lydd, Kent; died Aft. 1549 in Goudhurst, Cranbrook, Kent.

Notes for Peter I Maplesden: LeGrande Family Tree Entries: 92062 Updated: 2006-11-09 22:33:35 UTC (Thu) Contact: Thomas Mebane LeGrande ID: I12649

Name: Peter * Maplesden

Sex: M Name: Peter Maplisden Birth: 1519 in Kent, England Death: BEF. 1599 in Lydd, Kent, England

Note:

There are some puzzling factors with the wife and children here. It seems most likely that Dorothy is the mother. There is a will for Henry Patenden that seems to indicate he married Dorothy after Peters death but the dates for the Will and Dorothy's death seem to preclude that.

Father: John * Maplesden b: 1500 in Cheveney, Marden, Kent, England Mother: Anna * Miller b: 1505 in Kent, England

Marriage 1 Dorothy ** of Kent b: 1521 in Lydd, Kent, England Married: ABT. 1540 in Kent, England

Children

Katherine * Maplesden b: 1540 in Lydd, Kent, England Edward Maplesden b: ABT. 1543 [--?--] Maplesden b: ABT. 1545 Dorothy Maplesden b: ABT. 1546 Peter Maplesden b: 1547 in Lydd, Kent, England George Maplesden b: ABT. 1549 in Lydd, Kent, England

Marriage 2 Joanna Gaye b: ABT. 1525 in Swaycliffe. Kent, England Married: ABT. 1550 []

More About Peter I Maplesden: Spouse: it is unclear which wife was the mother of the children

Children of Peter Maplesden and Dorothy are:

*  	6407 	i. 	  	Katherine Maplesden, born Abt. 1540 in of Lydd, Kent; died Bef. Sep 1590 in Detling, Kent; married Alexander Fisher 1555 in Maidstone, Kent.

* ii. Edward Maplesden, born Abt. 1543.

• iii. Unknown Maplesden, born Abt. 1545; married Unknown Goldsmithe Abt. 1564.
• iv. Dorothy Maplesden, born Abt. 1546; married Unknown Gosling.
• v. Peter II Maplesden, born Abt. 1547 in of Lydd, Kent; married Katherine Epes 18 Nov 1606 in Rotherdithe, Surrey; born Abt. 1588 in Detling, Kent; died Aft. 1615.
• vi. George Maplesden, born Abt. 1549 in of Lydd, Kent; died Bef. 28 Jan 1589/90 in Rochester, Kent; married Thomasine Fisher 1568; born Abt. 1553 in of Maidstone, Kent.

Reference will

Notes for George Maplesden: The Will of George Maplisden- 1590

George Maplisden. one of the Aldermen of the City of Rochester in the County of Kent. 1 Odober 32 Elizabeth, proved 28 January 1590. From the book Genealogical Gleanings in England.

The poor of Rochester, of Maidstone, of Marden, of St. Margaret's near Rochester, of Frynsbury and of Stroode in Kent.

The poor also of Woldham and of Chatham in Kent.

Thomazine my wife shall have the use and occupation of the house wherein I now dwell during the years I have in the same. At her death then to Henry my son.

To my nephew Peter Maplisden my lease of the barn and orchard without the East gate of the city, he yearly delivering to my wife the one half of all the apples and pears that shall happen to grow in the said orchard.

To my nephew John Fisher my great gray stoned horse colt.

To Katherine mine eldest daughter two hundred marks at one and twenty or day of marriage.

To Lydia my second and youngest daughter, the same amount, paid in like sort.

My said sons (sic) Henry and Peter at their ages of one and twenty.

I hope my said daughters will be always dutiful and obedient to their mother, who hath been always very natural to them and careful over them.

To my sister Katherine Fisher of Dentling in said county, widow, a piece of gold of thirty shillings.

To Thomazine Eppes. here daughter, a piece of thirty shillings.

To Katherine Fisher, another of her daughters, ten pounds at one and twenty or day of marriage.

To Mary Fisher another of her daughters (a like bequest).

To Moretraill Woode and Endure Woode, children of Elizabeth Woode, one other of the daughters of the said Katherine my sister, now deceased, ten pounds apiece at their several ages of one and twenty or days of marriage.

To my sister Goldsmithe's children now living five pounds apiece at one and twenty or days of marriage.

To my sister Dorothy Gosling thirty shillings and to every of her children forty shillings apiece at one and twenty or days of marriage.

To my cousin John Maplisden, Bachelor in Divinity, my great mare and here youngest colt.

My cousin Edward Maplisden of Maidstone.

My cousin Thomas Gaye.

Edward Allaplisden of Marden aforesaid the elder, clothier.

Robert Maplisden my cousin George Maplisden's son of Maidstone.

John Colsone of Reynham, Kent.

William Woodyer, of Cooling, and every of his children.

I will and bequeath unto my said son Henry my term and interest in certain lands in Marden to me made by the Dean and Chapter of Christ and the Blessed Vigin Mary in Rochester.

I make and ordain my trusty and well beloved nephew Peter Maplisden of Rochester and my trusty and wall beloved cousin Edward Maplisden of Maidestone my sole executors and my trusty and loving friend Mr.John Covell of Maidestone, my cousin George Maplisden of Maidston, Edmond Nott of Stowting and my cousin John Eppes of Defling to be my overseers.

The residue of my goods &c., debts being paid and legacies and funerals discharged, I wholly give to Thomazine my well beloved wife.

(Then follows his disposition of his lands, tenements &c.) Provision made for satisfaction of wife's dower and for bringing up and educating of children already born or hereafter to be born.

To son Henry my mansion called Tilden ( in another place Silden) in the parish of Marden and my tenement and lands which I late purchased of Mr. Richard Tilden, lying &c. in the same parish, to him and the lawfully begotten heirs of his body,

remainder to Peter my son,

next to my two daughters Katherine and Lydia,

then to my nephew Peter Maplisden,

then to my cousins John, Edward and Richard Maplisden, the sons of mine uncle Jervis Maplisden deceased,

and lastly to my right heirs foeever. Certain lands &c. to son Peter (among which some bought of John Walker and Robert Tilden), with provisions for entailing &c.

I will that my said wife shall have the ordering, educating and bringing up of my said children for their better training up in the fear of God in virtue and learning until they shall severally attain and come to their ages of one and twenty years.

John Eppes one of the witnesses.

Sainberbe,2. []

	More About George Maplesden: Political: Alderman of Rochester Will: written 1 October 23 Elizabeth I

Notes

Extracted from For the Good of This Town: The Jurats of Maidstone, 1549 -1660. By Judy Buckley (2009). KENT ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY ON-LINE e-BOOK < PDF >

This book is about the mayors and other jurats (aldermen) who led Maidstone from the granting of the first Borough Charter by Edward VI in 1549 until the end of the Commonwealth and the Restoration of Charles I in 1660. The period has been chosen to match Chapter III of The History of Maidstone (1995) by Peter Clark and Lynn Murfin. In that chapter they covered all aspects of Maidstone life, but this study will focus on the closely knit group of ninety seven men chosen by the common council - a traditional Tudor oligarchy - who influenced Maidstone during those years. Seventy six of them took office as mayor, but all ninety seven will be studied in this article. They, collectively, had the greatest influence over the character of the town as it doubled its size from just under 2,000 to nearly 4,000 people, emerging from a small but flourishing river port to become the leading administrative town of West Kent. (Clark and Murfin, 1995, pp.42, 72)

Maidstone jurats' wills also show ownership of land over quite wide areas. The Maplesdens, who originated in Goudhurst and Marden, spread to Maidstone and Rochester.

The seven Maplesdens covered the years 1549-54, 1575-85, 1586-1626, 1590-96, 1604-31, 1617-47 and 1644-65. Thus, apart from a 16-year gap in the 1660s and 1670s, there was at least one Maplesden jurat throughout the whole period. And at least nine other jurats were closely connected with them. Those nine were William Mowshurst (whose sister married a Maplesden), John Eppes (whose wife's mother was a Maplesden), Thomas Barham (brother-in-law to Edward Maplesden), Robert Swinnock, John Bigge and George Ongley (who all married Maplesdens), John Cromp and John Sanders (the former a cousin, the latter a loving neighbour to Maplesdens).

Ashford and Cranbrook were not the only sizeable places where jurats had family connections. From the 1580s a link with Tenterden was provided by the Curtis family, who served as jurats there, but not in Maidstone until after the Restoration. (Russell, p.411) In 1582 Dorothy Curtis, whose brother Stephen was mayor of Tenterden, married Edward Maplesden. In 1616 her much younger brother George Curtis married Bridget Knatchbull, granddaughter of Sir John Astley. (Cowper Vol.1, 1892, p.117; Visitation of Kent,1619 p.89; CKS P241/1/A1) Links to Rochester were provided by the Lee and the Maplesden families. When he died in 1573 Richard Lee (of Earl's Place in Maidstone and Great Delce in Rochester) requested his loving friend Gervase Maplesden of St Margaret's Rochester (mayor of Rochester in 1583) to be guardian of his children if his widow should remarry. (CKS PRC32/32/61; Smith, 1928, p.495)

Surviving All Saints Registers record the burials of only 60% of the 97 jurats, but this figure is probably misleadingly low. (CKS PAR241/1/E1) This is partly because Maidstone registers have not survived before 1559, so burials for John Basse, Robert Gosling, William Reeve, Peter Maplesden, Richard Amey, Richard Heeley, James Barrett and John Mowshurst are missing, although Richard Heeley, for one, requested burial at All Saints in his will (NA PROB11/04, 1558)

Peter Maplesden was probably executed after Wyatt's rebellion, and John Denley died in prison at Uxbridge in 1555. (Russell, 1881, pp.105-6) The numerous Maplesden family clearly had a family plot in All Saints churchyard, since in 1575 John Maplesden left directions for his burial in All Saints churchyard on the south side thereof, nigh unto the burial of his ancestors. But in 1596 jurat George Maplesden wished to be buried simply in the parish church of Maidstone. (Russell, 1881, p.138).

Almost all the 97 jurats in the Maidstone oligarchy throughout the period came from families who originated in Maidstone, neighbouring parishes, the upper Medway valley or the western Weald as far east as Ashford. The earliest had truly Maidstone roots, and the core of the oligarchy was closely connected by marriage, with the Maplesden, Beale, Fisher, and Franklin families at the centre. It survived relatively seamlessly from the accession of Queen Elizabeth throughout the early Stuart reigns and Commonwealth, right up to the Restoration. The Maplesdens, the largest clan, were not only influential in a dozen or more Kent villages, but provided an Alderman in Rochester, and marriage links with Cranbrook and Tenterden, which helped to keep Maidstone closely in touch with quite a large area.

Having highlighted non-conformity over the period under review, it is perhaps necessary to compare some more of the shorter preambles among wills of the Maplesden family, who, as shown in Chapter One, provided seven jurats with 145 years service between them. No will has survived for Peter Maplesden who died, presumably intestate, after Wyatt's rebellion, but he was clearly a strong Protestant. Four other Maplesden jurats wills survive, of which George Maplesden's is the only one to have particularly Calvinist wording; First I commend my soul into the hands of Almighty God my only maker redeemer and saviour through and by whose precious blood shedding I hope to be saved and numbered amongst his elect and chosen. (CKS PRC32/38/113, 1596) Gervase I, Richard and Gervase II had brief, conventional preambles, and Richard's will appears to have been a nuncupative one (CKS PRC32/35/166, 1585; CKS PRC22/16/123, 1626; CKS PRC32/49/49, 1631; NA PROB11/203, 1647)

References

• https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/notes/9KF6-22P
• * Kent Will transcripts index https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~mrawson/genealogy/will_km.html