Thomas Polden/Powlden

Surname has been reported as Olden or Owlden and Powlden, but most commonly Polden, especially in legal deeds initiated by members of his family. The family name is mainly found in Dorset & Wiltshire; a number of families with successive Thomas & Morgan Polden are found in the Hammon & Marnhull areas of Dorset.

Patent Rolls, Elizabeth 1, Vol 9 1st Dec 1580 Licence for Thomas Henslowe to alienate the Capital messuage or site or the Manor of Iwerne Minster, Dorset and lands there, late of Ralph Henslowe, deceased to Thomas Polden. For 7 pounds, 6s, 8d.

Calendar of Patent Rolls 27 Elizabeth I (1584-1585)
C 66/1259
" 340 23 August 1585 Wealdhall. Pardon ( at the suit of Dorothy Polden) for Thomas Polden of Ewerne, Dors, her husband."

In 1644, a Petition by Morgan Polden to establish his right to his Cheney inheritance, establishes that Thomas Polden [his father] was originally of Iwerne Minster, Dorset and married to Dorothy Cheney of Woodhay, Berkshire [Morgan Polden's mother].

1611 [Virtual Treasury] Inquisition, Mallow, taken at the town of Mallow, in the counte of Corke on 16 Aug 1611. The said Hugh Cuffe hath granted unto Thomas Polden, gent the castell and one ploughland of Rathgogine in the county of Corke consisting of 300 acres... after whose death the said descended unto Morgan Polden, gent, his son and heyre whoe conveyed the same unto the foresaid Lord Audlay who hath conveied the same unto his son and heyre apparante.

1616 In the Surrey Archives, dated 2nd Feb 1616, is a "Deed of Covenant to Levy Fine" as follows: "1) Thomas Notte of Long Ditton, Esq., Robert de la Hay of Lincoln's Inn, Middlesex, gent, and George French of Furnivale's Inn, Middlesex, gent 2) Morgan Polden of Kiltoe [Kilcoe] Castle, Carbery, Cork, gent, and John Polden Closse of New Sarum, Wiltshire 1) to 2) on marriage of Thomas Notte and Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Polden and sister of Morgan Polden".

1623 MS 13,237/9 Correspondence of Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork, comprising
letters from William Mollefont (18 Dec 1623), from Sir Dudley
Norton (14 Mar 1623/4), from Sir Randal Clayton (25 Nov 1624),
from James Waller (10 Apr 1624), from William Perkins (25 Feb
1623/4), from Thomas Notte (20 Apr 1624), and from Morgan
Polden (30 Mar 1624), 7 items
1623-4

John Winthropp of Aghadown will was proved in 1613 [from Index] In the name of God. Amen. I John Winthroppe2 of Aghadowne3 in the Countye of Cork, gent, being in perfect helthe in body and good memory be to God therefore doe make and ordayne this my laste Will and Testament in manner and forme following First I bequeathe my Soul to Almightye God hopeing verelye to besaved by the deathe and passion of his Sonne Jesus Christe and my bodye to be buryed at the disposition of my Executrix. Then I give towards the reliefe of the poore people of the parish of Aghadowne aforesaid the somme of sixe pounds sterlinge to be distributed by the discretion of the aforesaid Executrix. Item I bequeath unto Adam Winthroppe of the Michells,4 the somme of tenn pounds sterling. Item I give to Elizabeth Winthroppe my daughter 220 pounds sterling and to my daughter Anne Winthroppe one hundred and fower score pounds sterling for their better preferment to be paid unto them and either of them at the daie of their marriage5 provided that they and eyther of them marye by the conseynt and to the lyking of their mother otherwyse my meaning is that they or shee that shall marrye without the consent of their mother shall have no parte of the foresaid Sommes as my gyfte, but do leave them to their fortunes and their mothers favor in that kinde. Item I give to Elizabeth my nowe Wyfe daughter of Thomas Powlden deceased all my houses goods and chattells whatsoever, my Ligasays and funerall expenses to be paid by her and allowed and Idoe finally make constitute ordayne and appoint my wife Elizabeth daughter to Thomas Powlden deceased my sole and absolute Executrix of this my laste Will and Testament and doe hereby revoke and disallow all other Wills and Testaments heretofore made or ordayned and doe hereby declare them to be absolutely voyde frustrate and of noe effecte. In witness whereof I have hereunto put my hande and Seale dated this eight and twentyeth day of March 1613. My meaning is that the tenn pounds I have bestowed on Adam Winthroppe and the sixe pounds which I have bestowed on the poor shall be paid within three months next after my decease.

John Winthropp. Signed and sealed in presence of Edward Sponey. William Laughlin. John Chapman.

1. Muskett, 18-19

2. Brother of Adam and uncle of John Winthrop. He married (I) Elizabeth, daughter of Robert and Margery (Rosse) Risby of Thorpe Morieux, co. Suffolk, by whom he had one child, Benjamin, who died in boyhood. After separating from her he married (2) Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Powlden of Rathgogan, co. Cork. The validity of the marriage is doubtful. By her he had John, died unmarried in 1634, and two daughters, Elizabeth and Anne. The first wife married for her second husband Reynold Braunch in 1617 and died in 1637. The second wife also remarried, Thomas Nott, gent., of co. Surrey and later of co. Cork. Muskett,25, 73.

3. Aghadown, or Aughadown, is a parish in the barony of West Carbery, co. Cork, and province of Munster, on the north bank of the Ilen River.

4. Son of William and Elizabeth Winthrop and cousin of John Winthrop. He went from London to the Michells, near Bandon, co. Cork. Muskett, 25.

5. Elizabeth married Peregrin Banastre who was in the Irish Parliament of 1639, representing Cloghnakilty Borough. Anne married Henry Hoskins, gentleman. Muskett, 25; Parliamentary Papers, 1878, LXII, pt. 2, 610.