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From Windebank of Berkshire (Hurst) & London (Westminster), including Kent (Dover) Last updated: October 2016
C2 Sir Thomas WINDEBANK, Clerk of the Signet to Queen Elizabeth I and King James I. B. cJan 1538 [?20 Jan 1548?], Hurst Berkshire. D. 24 Oct 1607, Charing Westminster (will proved 26 Jan 1608), bur. 25 Nov 1607, St Martin-In-The-Fields, Westminster London (Thomas Windeband milit.).
Children (listed in 1605 will)
Comment: D5 Ellyn WINDEBANK, bapt. 1 Feb 1593/4, Hurst Berkshire. Daughter of Thomas Windebank, Esq. Not mentioned in her father's will written Apr 20 1605.
It is not clear this Ellyn was a daughter of this Thomas Windebank. She was born 9 years after the other children. Did she die young?
From http://www.berkshirehistory.com/bios/twindebank.html
Sir Thomas Windebank was Clerk of the Signet & Deputy Clerk of the Privy Council. Born at Haines, Hillhurst Parish, Berkshire, England. He was invested as a Knight on 23 July 1603. "He owed his fortunes largely to his Lincolnshire neighbour, Sir William Cecil, who secured his appointment to the fourth stall in Worcester Cathedral in 1569 and sent him, as a travelling companion, to his son, Thomas (afterwards Earl of Exeter). Many of Windebank's letters, describing his vain efforts to keep his charge straight and teach him French, and their travels in France and Germany during 1571 and 1572, are extant in the Public Record Office. He also took every opportunity of sending his patron lemon trees, myrtle trees and tracts on canon and civil law."
After his return, he was made clerk of the signet, and occasionally acted as clerk of the Privy Council. He continued his friendly relations and correspondence with Lord Burghley until the latter's death and, afterwards, with Sir Robert Cecil.
He was knighted by James I on 23rd July 1603, settled at Haines Hill in St. Nicholas Hurst (Berkshire) and died on 24th October 1607. He married Frances, younger daughter of Sir Edward Dymoke of Scrivelsby in Lincolnshire, by whom he left one son, Sir Francis, and three daughters. Of the latter, Mildred (d. 1630) married Robert Reade of Linkenholt near Andover in Hampshire, and was 3x great grandmother of President George Washington.
Edited from Sidney Lee's 'Dictionary of National Biography' (1900)
From https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=51937239
Family links:
Spouse:
Frances Dymoke Windebank (____ - 1611)
Children:
Mildred Windebank Reade (1584 - ____)*
*Calculated relationship
Burial:
Created by: Kaaren Crail Vining Record added: May 03, 2010 Find A Grave Memorial# 51937239
Alternate Birth Date: Jan 1538 Alternative Death Location: Charing, Westminster, Berkshire, England Alternative Burial Location: Scrivelsby, Lincolnshire, England
http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/Bios/ThomasWindebank.htm
Children:
Son of Sir Richard Windebank of Hougham, Lincolnshire, and his wife, Margaret, dau. of Griffith ap Henry. He owed his fortunes largely to his Lincolnshire neighbour, Sir William Cecil, who secured his appointment to the fourth stall in Worcester Cathedral in 1569 and sent him, as a travelling companion, to his son, Thomas (afterwards Earl of Exeter). Many of Windebank's letters, describing his vain efforts to keep his charge straight and teach him French, and their travels in France and Germany during 1571 and 1572, are extant in the Public Record Office. He also took every opportunity of sending his patron lemon trees, myrtle trees and tracts on canon and civil law.
After his return, he was made clerk of the signet, and occasionally acted as clerk of the Privy Council. He continued his friendly relations and correspondence with Lord Burghley until the latter's death and, afterwards, with Sir Robert Cecil.
He married Frances, younger daughter of Sir Edward Dymoke of Scrivelsby in Lincolnshire, by whom he left one son, Sir Francis, and three daughters. Of the latter, Mildred (d. 1630) married Robert Reade of Linkenholt near Andover in Hampshire, and was ancestor of President George Washington.
He was knighted by James I on 23 Jul 1603, settled at Haines Hill in St. Nicholas Hurst (Berkshire) and died on 24 Oct 1607.
http://thepeerage.com/p17616.htm#i176159
Sir Thomas Windebank is the son of Richard Windebank and Margaret verch Griffith.1 He married Frances Dymoke, daughter of Sir Edward Dymoke and Anne Tailboys, on 20 August 1566.1 He died on 24 October 1607 at Scrivelsby, Lincolnshire, England. He was buried on 25 November 1607 at St. Martin, Westminster, London, England. Sir Thomas Windebank was Clerk of the Signet & Deputy Clerk of the Privy Council. At Haines Hill, Hurst, Berkshire, England, (an unknown value). From 20 August 1566, his married name became Dymoke.1 He was invested as a Knight on 23 July 1603.
Child of Sir Thomas Windebank and Frances Dymoke
1548 |
January 20, 1548
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Hurst Parish, Berkshire, , England
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1566 |
1566
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Scrivelsby Manor, Scrivelsby, Leicester, England (United Kingdom)
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1575 |
1575
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St Michael, Sussex, England
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1580 |
January 1580
Age 31
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Berkshire, England, United Kingdom
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1582 |
August 21, 1582
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Hurst, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom
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August 21, 1582
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Westminster, Middlesex, England
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August 21, 1582
Age 34
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London, Greater London, England
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1583 |
1583
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Hurst, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom
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1584 |
August 12, 1584
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London, Middlesex, England
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