Thomas Lawton, II

• No evidence of marriage to Jane Arundell

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Surname has also been reported to be Laughton.
Date of birth might be 1550..
Date of marriage to a August 12, 1778 Jane Arundell was erronsouly reported and removed.
Yes, a "Thomas Lawghton" did marry a Jane Arundel at St Martin-In-The-Fields, in London on 12 Aug 1578—Ancestry.com: Westminster, London, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1558-1812, but one must explain with sources how a denizen of Cranfield, Bedfordshire ended up marrying in London. —(Ken Shelley, 8 Jul 2023)
Date of death might be December 8, 1605.

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ID: I28303 Name: Thomas Lawton

• Sex: M
• Birth: ABT 1550 in Cranfield, Bedfordshire Co., England
• Death: 8 DEC 1605 in Warlend, Cranfield, Bedfordshire Co., England
• Father: Thomas Lawton b: ABT 1527 in Cranfield, Bedfordshire Co., England
• Mother: Joan Wheeler b: ABT 1534 in Bedforshire Co., England
• Marriage 1 Annis ?...? b: 1559 in England
  • Children
    • 1. Has No Children Richard Lawton b: 2 NOV 1600 in England
    • 2. Has No Children Annis Lawton b: 14 OCT 1603
• Marriage 2 Mary ?...? b: ABT 1560 in England
  • Married: ABT 1580 in England
  • Children
    • 1. George Lawton b: ABT 1581 in Cranfield, Bedfordshire Co., England
    • 2. Thomas Lawton b: ABT 1583 in England
    • 3. Mary Lawton b: ABT 1585 in Cranfield, Bedfordshire Co., England
    • 4. Joan Lawton b: ABT 1587 in Cranfield, Bedfordshire Co., England

The Will of Thomas Lawton of Wharley End

• Cranfield, Bedfordshire, England
  • In the name of God Amen. The Third daye of December in the yeare of our lord God 1605 & in the Third yeare of the raigne of our Soueraigne Lord James by the grace of god Kinge of Ingland and France and Ireland defender of the faith & of Scotland the 39th
  • I Thomas Lawton of Wharlend in the parish of Cranfield in the Countie of Bedford husbandman Beinge of good & perfect Remembrance
  • Thankes be to God therefore, doe ordaine Constitute & make this my Last Will & Testament in manner & forme followinge
  • First I bequeath my Soule into the handes of almightie God my maker hoping that through the pretious death & bloud sheddinge of Jesus Christ his sonne to have free remission of all my Sinnes, & my Body to be buried in the Church or Churchyeard of Cranfield aforesaide
  • Item I doe give unto Thomas Lawton my sonne Eleaven pounds Ten shillinges of Lawfull Inglish mony to be unto him within on halfe yeare after my deceasse
  • Item I doe give unto Richard Lawton my sonne £11 10s to be paid unto him within on halfe yeare after my deceasse
  • Item I doe give unto Marye my Eldest daughter £11 10s & on Elme Chest to be paid & delivered unto her within on halfe yeare after my deceasse
  • Item I doe give unto Joane Lawton £11 10s & on cubbeard & on Cheste to be paid & delivered unto her within on halfe yeare after my deceasse
  • Item I doe give unto Annis Lawton my daughter £11 10s & to be paid unto her within on halfe yeare after my deceasse
  • Item if eyther of my Twoe youngest Children dye before the age 21 yeares that eyther Child be the others heyre
  • Item I doe give unto Annis my Wife £9 & all the debte that mr Fanes oweth mee & on best Beddsteede & on mattresse & on paire of the best sheetes & the beste Coverlidde & Five Pewter Platters & Two Brasse pottes & twoe of the best kettles on little C?? farre & on Cowe to be paid & delivered unto her within on halfe yeare after my deceasse.
  • Item I doe give unto George Lawton my sonne Forty Pounds of Lawfull Inglish mony &
  • all the rest of my godes unbequeathed Whome I doe make my Soule executor of this my Laste Will & Testament.
• In witness whereof I have sette my hande the daye & yeare First above written.
  • The marke of Thomas Lawton
  • Witnesses Thomas Wheler Thomas Tapp Robert Tapp, writer hereof
  • Proved at Bedford 1606

Transcribed by Zena Grant Collier, the original held at Bedford Record Office

************************** [https://books.google.com/books?id=RL5RAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA73&lpg=PA74&dq=... The Shurtleff and Lawton Families: Genealogy and History (Origin of the Lawton Family in England: The First six Generations in America.)  By: William Shurtleff.  Editor: Lawton L Shurtleff.  Edition 2, illustrated; Publisher: Pine Hill Press, 2005. Chapter 6, pg 73.]

Thomas Lawton & Mary

• Thomas Lawton was born in about 1558 in Cranfield.
• His first marriage was to Mary (surname unknown), in about 1580.
• They had four children (George, Thomas, Mary, & Joan) born between about 1581 & 1587.
• The oldest, George, was our direct ancestor.
• We do not know when Mary died.
• Thomas’s 2nd marriage was to Annis/Agnes (surname unknown) in about 1599. They had two more children (Richard & Annis) between 1600 & 1603.
• Thomas died on 8 Dec 1605 in Wharley End, Cranfield, England.
• Burial records of Cranfield Parish show that he was buried there on that date.
• He left a very long & interesting will made on 3 Dec 1605 & written in early modern English;
  • also in 1605 William Shakespeare’s plays Macbeth, Othello, & King Lear were first performed in England.

(The will is quoted as above./PScoggin).

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GEDCOM Note

Biography -- same info & site as above entry (PScoggin)

Biography

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Lawton-8

“Thomas Lawton and Mary. Thomas Lawton was born in about 1558 in Cranfield. His first marriage was to Mary (surname unknown), in about 1580. They had four children (George, Thomas, Mary, and Joan) born between about 1581 and 1587….We do not know when Mary died. Thomas’s second marriage was to Annis/Agnes (surname unknown) in about 1599. They had two more children (Richard and Annis) between 1600 and 1603. Thomas died on 8 December 1605 in Wharley End, Cranfield, England. Burial records of Cranfield Parish show that he was buried there on that date…..”[1]

Sources

• https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=RL5RAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA73
• https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=RL5RAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA73
• Shurtleff, William The Shurtleff and Lawton Families: Genealogy and History (Pine Hill Press, Jan 1, 2005 )