Thomas Southworth, of Samlesbury

• Probably not the father of Edward Southworth, of Leiden & Thomas Southworth, of Leiden See discussion: https://www.geni.com/discussions/143081?msg=1691851
• Was Constance Southworth his wife also?

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Biography

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Southworth-71 and then edited

Thomas Southworth, son of Sir John de Southworth, Knight and Mary (Assheton) Gouland, was born and christened in 1548 in Samlesbury, Lancashire, England. Sir Thomas Southworth, Knight, died on 30 Nov 1616 in Grays Inn, London, Middlesex, England at age 68.

Thomas married Rosamond Lister about 1582. Rosamond Lister, wife of Sir Thomas Southworth, daughter of William Lister and Ann Mydhope, was born in 1567 in Thornton, Yorkshire, England, and died in 1592 in Samlesbury, Lancashire, England, at age 25.

Sir Thomas Southworth was the first in the family to become a Protestant in 1585. When he inherited his father's estate it was heavily loaded with debts, legal costs and fines placed upon it by Elizabeth I, Queen of England. Thomas and Rosamond lived in London, 1584-1594.

Records from Township of Southworth with Croft: 1605:

Thomas Southworth, Rosamund his wife, and John his son and heir apparent joined in the sale of Houghton to James Bankes of Winstanley.[3].

1605-1622: the manors and lands in the Southworth district were mortgaged and sold early in the 17th century settlement was made in 1605, Thomas Southworth and John his son and heir being deforciants in a fine. A year later John Harrington appears to have been mortgagee, John Southworth being in possession. In 1612 Thomas Ireland was one of the plaintiffs. Ten years later the transfer was complete Sir Thomas Ireland of Bewsey ended up purchasing Southworth and Croft in Sept. 1621.

Children from marriage of Sir John Southworth and Rosamod Lister were:

1. Sir John Southworth was born 1575 in Samlesbury England. He died in 1615 in Samlesbury, England. Sir John married Jane Sherbourne, their son Thomas is apparently the one who sold Sir Thomas Ireland of Bewsey the manors, messuages, lands, tenements, rents, and services in Southworth, Croft, Middleton, Arbury, Houghton, Winwick, Hulme, Orford, Warrington, Fearnhead, Poulton, and Woolston. The price paid was 500 pounds, Sir Thomas also undertaking to pa/y William Southworth his annuity of 13 pounds.
2. Bridget Southworth was born in 1581 in Samlesbury, Lancashire, England;
3. Richard Southworth was born in 1579 in Samlesbury, Lancashire, England, was christened about 1590 in Samlesbury, Lancashire, England, died after 1595 in England, and was buried after 1595 in England;
4. Thomas Southworth was born in 1577 in Samlesbury, Lancashire, England;
5. Nicholas Southworth was born in 1584 in Samlesbury, Lancashire, England, and died After Aft 1595;
6. Michael Southworth was born in 1586 in Samlesbury, Lancashire, England, was christened in Samlesbury, Lancashire, England, and died after 1595 in England;
7. Christopher Southworth was born in 1588 in Samlesbury, Lancashire, England;
8. Edward Southworth was born in 1590 in London, England
9. Ellen Southworth was born in 1592 in Samlesbury, Lancashire, England,

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Another son, Thomas, and his wife, Rosamond Lister, had seven sons and four daughters, who were living in 1595 when their grandfather made his will mentioning them.

Sir Thomas Southworth is a direct descendant and bloodline of the kings of England, Scotland, France, and Norse Kings from Denmark/Norway.

Two separate identified family blood lines run to the Plantagenet kings through the strong Southworth family line, either from King Edward I or King Edward III. One of these English royalty lines begins with Elizabeth of England (Sir Thomas Southworth's 7th great grandmother) and her father King Edward I "Longshanks" of England (reign 1272-1307ad) Thomas' 8th great grandfather. Through the Edward I line, Sir Thomas Southworth is a direct descendant and blood line of the House of Mercia, House of Wessex, House of Normandy, and the House of Plantagenet (Angevin). (King Edward I, Elizabeth of Rhuddlan countess of Hereford, William de Bohn 1st earl of Hereford, Elizabeth de Bohn countess of Arunder, Elizabeth FitzAlen duchess of Norfolk, Joan Goushill baroness of Stanley, Margaret Stanley countess of Sussex, Thomas de Boteler, Mary Boteler Southworth, Knight Sir John Southworth, Sir Thomas Southworth.

Thomas' French king bloodline begins in the Carolingian Dynasty with Charles III (reign 893 AD - 922 AD) and continues through the line of Louis II, Charles II, Louis I, Charlemagne (Thomas' 21th great grandfather), Pepin "the younger", Charles Martel "the Hammer" and continues through Pepin II.

Disputed

Two of these children were Thomas and Edward who were in Leiden, Holland in 1613 where many Protestants were gathering because Holland allowed freedom of religion while England required unyielding allegiance to the Church of England. Thomas Southworth, Esq. remained in Holland while others of the family came to America. It is suspected that he did not make the trip that he had intended to make because one of his friends sent him a letter talking about the harrowing voyage on his ship, the Speedwell, which was originally supposed to accompany the Mayflower to the new world. This original letter telling a terrifying account of its shortened trip is now in the possession of the Mayflower Society, and makes interesting reading.

References

1. Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America Before 1700, pp.13-14., page 164 < GoogleBooks >
2. Townships Houghton, Middleton and Arbury
3. Townships: Samlesbury pp. 303-313 in A History of the County of Lancaster: Volume 6. Originally published by Victoria County History, London, 1911. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/lancs/vol6/pp303-313
4. : A Genealogy of the Southworths (Southards): Abbreviation: Constant Southworth Genealogy: Author: Samuel G. Webber: Publication: The Fort Hill Press, Boston, MA, 1905
5. The Ancestry of Ensign Constant and Captain Thomas Southworth: Abbreviation: Southworth Gen. Weis: Author: Frederick Lewis Weis, Th.D.: Publication: Self-published, Dublin, NH, 1958
6. Charlemagne Chart (document attached)