59408. Lord Thomas Hall & 59409.
Elizabeth Mervyn
~1505, Thomas born in Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire, England,
s/o 118816. William Hall & 118817.
Elizabeth Tropnell.
1505~, Elizabeth born in Fonthill, Wiltshire, England, d/o 118818. John Mervyn & 118819. Elizabeth
Green.
4/21/1509, Henry VIII succeeded Henry VII as King of
England.
~1539, Thomas married Elizabeth.
1547-53, “Plaintiff: Robert Graunte. Defendant: Thomas Hall
and others …: Forcible entry and seizure of money and deeds at Bradford
(interrogatories and depositions) County: Wilts. (S) UKNA.
~1550, Modernised Freeholders: Anthony Rogers armiger payeth
by the year of the hereditaments sometime Lancelot Lisle and 1 yard of ground …
Thomas Hall esquire holdeth hi fee half a hide of ground and 2 mills in
Bradford and payeth 75s … (S) Rental of Bradford Manor. Wilts thought to be
drawn up by John Hall at the start of Elizabeth's reign, British Library
Egerton MS. 3653.
1553-55, “Elizabeth, late the wife of William Hall of
Bradford, esquire and George, Nicholas, Paul, and William Hall his sons v.
Thomas Hall gentleman, his eldest son.: Execution of the will of the deceased
including annuities payable out of messuages and land in West Lavington and
Trowle (in Trowbridge or Bradford-on-Avon) …: Wilts.” (S) UKNA.
Af. 1557, Plaintiffs: Joan Longe widow. Defendants: Thomas
Hall and John Hall. Subject: property in Bradford, Wiltshire. (S) UKNA.
9/12/1558, “Thos. Hall of Bradford, bound in £100 to John …
held by demise of Wm. Hall, Esq., … signed by me Thos. Halle.”
11/28/1559, Plaintiffs: Elizabeth Hall, widow, ….
Defendants: Thomas Hall, gent., son of William Hall of Bradford, Wiltshire.
Subject of decree: Estate of William Hall, deceased, including 4 messuages and
400 acres of land in West Lavington and Trowle, Wiltshire, and legacies left by
Hall. (S) UKNA. [This Elizabeth was also married to a “Thomas Hall”.]
6/17/1562, “Bond of Thos. Hall,
in £1000, to Anthony Rogers, Esq.” (S) Bradford-on-Avon, Jones, 1907,
PP147-250.
Bef. 1575, Thomas died at Bradford on Avon. (S) A 1575
lawsuit states, “Thomas Hall Esq. deceased is, and his ancestors have for a
long time, been seized of water mills and other lands' in the manor of
Bradford, held by the abbey of Shaftesbury.”
(S) Hist. of Wiltshire, V7, 1953, Bradford-on-Avon.
Child of John and Elizabeth:
[3 sons, 3 daughters]
i. John Hall (29704), born ~1540 in England.
