Thomas Prudden, I

Biography

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Thomas Prudden, son of John Prudden and Elizabeth, was a member of the religious Gild of the Holy and Undivided Trinity and Blessed Virgin Mary, Luton, co. Bedford.[1]

He married twice. His first wife was Alice _______, who died in 1501. His second wife was Elizabeth ________. She was received into the Gild in 1501 and named in Thomas' 1506 will.[1]

The register of the Fraternity or Gild of the Holy and Undivided Trinity and Blessed Virgin Mary contains the following item (p. 40):

1501. Thomas Prudden of Kings Walden and Katherine his wife and Alice deceased, and John Pruddon and Elizabeth his parents deceased.[1]

Judging from the bequests in his will, sheep and cash, Thomas raised sheep for a living.[1]

Death & Burial

May or June 1506 at Our Lady Church, Kings Walden, Herts, England[1]

Will

Thomas Pryden, of Kings Walden, diocese of Lincoln (co. of Hertford.) Dated 4 May 1506. He requested that his body be buried in Church of Our Lady in Kings Walden. He made bequests to: son Thomas, daughter Kathyryn, the children of William Pryden, the children of Thomas Tymys, the children of Henry Kent, John Lyon, Thomas Style, wife Kateryn, William Pryden and Thomas Tymys named executors. Proved 18 June 1506 at the Prerogative Court of Canterbury.[1]

Children

1. William Prudden (c. 1462-) m. Christian ______(dead in 1503). Gild (mentioned before) Register pg. 43 1503 : William Purdon and Christian his wife, deceased, of Kings Walden. William was a member of the Gild in 1503 and named in his father's 1506 will, but his relationship to Thomas was not given. William's children were left a bequest in Thomas' will, implying they were grandchildren. "Perhaps father of Walter Prudden who married Elizabeth, daughter and co-heiress of Christopher Broy (Herts F. of F. 1523)".[1]
2. Thomas Prudden (c. 1464-c. 1539) His 1503 Gild register entry reads: Thomas Purdon and Margaret and Jone his wives of Kings Walden.[1]
3. Katherine Prudden m. Henry Kent (or Kentisch). Kathyryn was named in her father's will, and the children of Henry Kent were also mentioned. The 1503 Gild register has the following entry: Henry Kentisch and Katherine his wife and Katherine his mother.[1]
4. Joan Prudden m. Thomas Tymmys, who was executor of Thomas Prudden's 1506 will. Beguests were made to his children in the same will, suggesting they were grandchildren. Joan was not named in Thomas will but the Gild register of 1503 reads: Thomas Tymmys and Joan his wife and Robert Tymmys and Alice his wife, (his) father and mother.[1]

Sources

1. Rev. Peter Prudden, Pastor and Founder of Milford, Connecticut, and his English Ancestry. The American Genealogist. 16:17, 23 (1939)
2. The American Genealogist. New Haven, CT: D. L. Jacobus, 1937-. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009 - .), Vol. 16, page 23.