9762.
Edmond Cartwright & 9763. Anna Cranmer
~1495, Anna born in Aslacton, Norfolk, England, d/o 19526. Thomas Cranmer & 19527. Agnes
Hatfield.
5/27/1501, Anna mentioned in the will of her father.
Edmund “of Ossington in com. Nottingham’ [Ossington is near
Lenton & Newark]; “the younger son of a family of minor gentry”. He was
“raised to wealth by the favour of his wife’s brother the Archbishop who gave
him a beneficial lease of the manors of West Malling, East Malling, Ewell, and
Parrock, and the site of the Malling Nunnery in Kent.”
Bef. 1/8/1539-40, Edmund married Anna. Archbishop Cranmer
leased to “Edmund and Anna” for 80 years the rectory of St. Nicholas Thanet.
Edmund married 2nd Agnes Andrewes, d/o Richard
[based on] – Ossington manor: “At the suppresion of the monasteries, Henry VIII
gave it to Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk, who by licence from the same king
alienated it to Richard Andrews, gent, from whom it passed to Edmund
Cartwright, gent.” (S) White’s Directory, Ossington, 1853.
9/8/1553, Will of Edmond Cartwright Gentleman Offington,
Sussex, proved 8/30/1554. (S) UKNA. Edmond Cartwright of Ossington, Notts, Gent:
To be buried in Ossiugton Church. To my wife Agnes, .£40 a year out of my
manors of West Mailing, East Mailing, Ewell, and Parrock, and elsewhere in
Kent. My said wife Agnes to enjoy my manor of Ossington, Notts, for life, with
remainder to Hugh Cartwright my son and his heirs male ; remainder to my son
George Cartwright in tail male; remainder to my son Edmond in tail male;
remainder to my son Thomas in tail male ; remainder to my son Peter in tail
male ; remainder to my son John in tail male; remainder to my own right heirs.
To my son Hugh my lease of the late dissolved monastery of West Mailing. Kent,
&c., with remainder to my five younger sons successively, and also .£20 in
money. To my five younger sons 14 marks each at 23, and also sundry articles of
plate. To my daughter Peckham, a gilt glass cup for a remembrance; and to each
of Mr. Peckham's children and hers, 20s. To my daughter Anne ,£(K), and sundry
plate, if she marry with the consent of my Executors. To my brother George,
20*. and a gown. To my cousin Edmond Cartwright of Norwell, a gown; and to his
brother George, a gelding. To Sir Ralph Bacon, my priest, 20*. To my cousin
llichard Petynger of Retford, £5. 0s. Sd., which he borrowed of my wife and me.
My lands and tenements in East Mailing to be sold. Residue of my personal
estate to my wife Agnes and my son Hugh, whom I appoint my executors; Harold
Rosell gent, and my nephew Nicholas Petynger to be overseers of my Will. Will proved 30 Aug. 1554, in C.P.C., by the
son Hugh Cartwright, the widow Agnes renouncing.
7/21/1554, Edmund died; buried at Ossington Church were his
tomb displays the arms of Cartwright impaling Cranmer and Aslacton.
8/18/1556, Agnes died. [Having given birth to 6 sons and 2 daughters.]
(S) 1619 Visitation of Kent. (S) NEH&GR, 1874, P75. (S)
Nottinghamshire: History and Archaeology. (S) 1614 Visitation of Nottingham.
(S) Genealogical memories of the extinct family of Chester of Chicheley, V2,
Edmond & Waters, 1878, P370.
Family notes:
·
Anne the sister of Thomas Cranmer of Aslockton,
Archbishop of Cantebury - burned at the stake.
Children of Edmond
and Anne:
i. Anna Cartwright (4881), born ~1540 in England.
“uxor pr’ma” – “By his first wife”. (S) Visitation of Kent
in 1619.
