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Anthony Forster MP (abt. 1510 - abt. 1572)

Anthony Forster MP
Born about in Shropshire, Englandmap
Ancestors ancestors
Son of and [mother unknown]
Brother of
Husband of — married before 1540 [location unknown]
Died about at about age 62 in Cumnor, Berkshire, Englandmap [uncertain]
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Biography

This profile is part of the Forster Name Study.

Anthony Forster, gent. (b. c. 1510 - d. 07 or 08 Nov 1572)[1]

Disputed Parents

  • Richard Forster of Evelith, Shropshire and Mary Gresley[2]
OR
  • Richard Forster and Margaret, dau. of William Selman of Morton, Staffordshire.[4]

Marriage

m. (btw 1530 - 1540) Ann Williams (d.1599), dau. of Reginald Williams of Burghfield, Berks.[3] Issue: 3 sons, 2 dau.[4]

  • John, d.y
  • Robert, d.y
  • Henry, d.y
  • Cynthia, d.y
  • Penelope, d.y

Property

  • joint grant with Richard Ingram for Sidilmington manor
  • 1544: estates in Worcester and Warwickshire
  • 1545: Little Wenlock manor; other property in Shropshire
  • Cumnor Place in Berkshire[5]

Will

  • Date: 05 Nov 1572

Death

bur. 10 Nov 1572 Cumnor Church

Sources

  1. Described as 'gentlemen' during investigation of Amy Dudley's death (Bartlet, 1850, [1])
  2. Mary Gresley might be Anthony's sister-in-law.[2]
  3. Pettigrew, 1859, p.21.
  4. all children pre-deceased parents (Pettigrew, 1859, p.21).
  5. Cumnor Place, is "where Anthony Forster entertained Amy Lady Dudley, and where she met her end by falling down a 'payre of stayres.'" ("Cumnor," (n.d.). BHO. [3]).
  • Bartlet, A.D. (1850). An historical and descriptive account of Cumnor Place, Berks, with biographical notices of the lady A. Dudley and of A. Forster, (pp.90). Google Books.
  • "Forster of Evelith," (1898). Collections for a History of Staffordshire, 1, pp. 255 (citing Huntingdonshire Visitation 1613). Staffordshire Record Society. London: Harrison and Sons. Google Books.[5]
  • Pettigrew, T.J. (1859). An Inquiry Into the Particulars Connected with the Death of Amy Robsart (Lady Dudley), at Cumnor Place, Berks, Sept. 8, 1560: Being a Reputation of the Calumnies Charged Against Sir Robert Dudley, K.G., Anthony Forster, and Others. Read at the Congress of the British Archaeological Association, Held at Newbury, 1859, (pp.19-24). J.R. Smith and Wright & Company. Google Books.
  • Wikipedia: Amy Robsart
  • History of Parliament Online




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