Robert (Lincoln) Lyncolne (abt. 1520 - 1556)

Born about 1520 in Hingham, Norfolk, England [uncertain]

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Died Jan 1556 at about age 36 in Hingham, Norfolk, England

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Biography

Robert Lyncolne may have been born around 1520. This is a guess, based on his being a similar age to John Alberye whom in 1555 was "30 years or thereabouts". John Alberye stated that he had known Robert Lyncolne since Robert was a child.^[1] This suggests John Alberye and Robert Lyncolne were about the same age (ie born about 1525). However, the will of his father, Robert Lincoln, suggests that his son Robert was 18 years or older in 1540 (as other legatees in that will are mentioned as being under 18). This suggests a birth year of around 1520, which is still consistent with his being about the same age (ie within 5 years) as John Alberye.

He was probably born in Hingham, Norfolk, given that this is where the family lived.

Robert married Margaret and they had the following children:^[1]

• Richard
• Katherine
• Agnes
• John
• Unknown

Both sons were under the age of 21 when Robert made his will on 14 January 1555/6; the daughters were both under 20.^[1] If Robert were indeed born around 1520, then his children would have been born between the about 1540 and 1556.

Robert died in January 1555/6, as his will was both written and proved in that month.^[1] Depositions from witnesses of the will indicate that he died in his home in Hingham.^[1]

Will of Robert Lincoln

A full transcript of Robert's will, including the examination of the witnesses to the said will, is available here.

Below is an abstract of the same will, from "The Ancestry of Abraham Lincoln" by Lea, J. Henry (James Henry), 1846-1914; Hutchinson, J. R. (John Robert), 1858-1921^[2]

WILL OF ROBERT LINCOLN of Hengham, co. Norfolk. Dated 14 January, 1555-6. Dated 14 January, 1555-6. To be buried in Hengham churchyard. To my wife Margaret, my dwelling-house, land, meadows, and pastures till my son Richard is 21. If said Richard die before 21 without heirs, said property to revert to his sisters [not named] and their heirs for ever. My executors to have the use of my tenement called Pyxtonnes, 2 acres 1 rood land that was John Pytcher's, 2 acres land late Peter Cowper's, 1 rood land at Stumpe Cross in Hengham, 1 close called Broccles, till my son Richard is 21. My wife Margaret then to have the aforesaid tenement and land for life, with reversion to my child that is to be born, if it be a son, and his heirs for ever; if it be a daughter said tenement and land to revert, after my wife's death, to my son Richard, and he to pay the said child £30 at 21. To my daughter Katherine and her heirs a tenement in Thetford at 20. To my daughter Agnes and her heirs a tenement in Hengham sometime Frances Portmanne's, late John Jessoppe's at 20. To my son John £5 at 21. Residuary legatee, my wife Margaret. Executors: wife Margaret and Robert Alberye of Hengham. Witnesses: Sir Henry Goodram, priest, John Baretloo, and John Alberye. Proved 29 January, 1555-6, by the Executrix.

[Arch. Norfolk, Vol. XV, fo. 137]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4} Court of the Archdeaconry of Norfolk, Register copy wills, v. 15 (Stoorye), 1555-1556, fol. 137 recto, will of Robert LYNCOLNE of Hingham, proved 29 January 1555/6; images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ : accessed 5 February 2022) DGS no. 8004640, image 143 of 315 (can be viewed at Family History Centres and Affiliate Libraries); Norfolk Record Office. Transcript
2. ↑ Page 150 of The Ancestry of Abraham Lincoln