Sir Thomas Speke, MP

Family and Education

b. 25 Mar. 1508, 1st s. of John Speke of White Lackington by Alice, da. of Sir Thomas Arundell of Lanherne, Cornw. m. (1) by 1530, Anne, da. of Richard Berkeley of Stoke, Som., 1s. George 1da.; (2) 1549, Elizabeth, wid. of William Willoughby, 1da. suc. fa. 6 Dec. 1524. Kntd. bef. July 1538.

Biography

History of Parliament Online

uly 1 r th, 1551. Sir Thomas Speke, knight, one of the gentil- men of the Kinges most honorable privy Chamber.
My body to be buried in the churche of Seynt Dunstons within Temple Barre in London.
To George Speke my son and heir all my lands in the counties of Somerset, Devon, and Cornewall and elsewhere, all such reversions of lands which shall come to my heirs wherein I stand revertioner and the reversion of the lands of John Beachampe, Esquier, which should come to me and my heirs after the death of the said John Beachampe.
And if the said George my son die without issue, then the premises shall remain to my two daughters Elizabeth Speke the elder and Elizabeth Speke the younger and if one of them die without issue, the same shall remain to the heirs of the longest liver and for default of issue to my next heirs.
To my wife £240 in old gold, the one half of all my household stuff, the manor of Dolishe so long as she keepeth sole paying the yearly rent thereof to my said son, and all her juelles and apparel].
To my said son George my two great Chaynes in my deske with all other my juelles and apparel! and also, because he is a
young man and is like to be greatly charged, all my stocks of money and the residue of all my goods.
To each of my two daughters above said 500 marks towards their marriages.
Whereas I have made divers estates of bargains and copie holdes both of my own lands and of the Kinges lands in Somerset, whereof I was his hignes Surveyor by his grace's Ires patentes under his seale of the courte of Augmentations and Revenues of his Crowne as well as to my own servants as to sundry other persons, of the which grants some be not full performed, I will therefore that the same states shall stand in full force and effect desiring my executors and overseers to see and procure the same to be in good estate and strength because most of them be not taken and enrolled in the courte rolles as I was minded they should have been at my next coming down.
Executors : my said son George Speke and my said wife.
Overseers : Sir William Harberte, knight, the Lord Warden,
Sir Hughe Poulet, knight, Alexander Popham, Esquier, and
John Walron, Esquier. To Mr. Wrathe of the pryvie chamber
my sore gossehawke.
Witnesses : John Sidenhm, William Gravesende, Thomas
Grenewoode who held his pillowe. Will ft Warner who
dyd holde his bolster, Thomas Waye, Robert Davars, Roger
Baker, Phillip Lightfoote.

Memorandum : that Roger Baker, Robert Davars and William Gravesende, affirm all things contained in the same will
except the bequeathing of the stocks of money and the appointing of the executors, at which they were absent. Also
William Gravesende standin the in doubte whether the said Sir Thomas sayd his wyfe shoulde have half of all his goodes or
whether he said she shoulde have all his household stuf. In this point the said Gravesende standith in doubte and dyd not
harken to the same because he thought the said Mr. Speke wolde not dye.