William Yelverton Bt (abt. 1558 - 1631)

Born about 1558 in Rougham, Norfolk, England

Ancestors

Husband of Dionysia (Stubbe) Yelverton — married 1587 in Norfolk, England

Descendants

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Biography

William was the son of Henry Yelverton and Bridget Drury.^[1] He was likely to have been born in Rougham, Norfolk where his father lived.^[2][3] He was said to be about 43 in his father's Inquisition Post Mortem on 12 August 1601, when his father died, pointing to a birth date of about 1558.^[4]

William married Dionysia Stubbe/Stubbs, daughter of Richard Stubbe/Stubbs of Sedgeford, Norfolk^[5] and Anne Goodwin/Gooding. Their marriage settlement was dated 12 March 1587.^[2][3][4] They probably married in Norfolk where both families lived. They had the following children:

• William,^[1] who inherited his baronetcy^[2][3] (named in the wills of William's father^[6] and father-in-law^[5])
• Henry^[1][2][3] (named in the wills of his grandfather Henry Yelverton^[6] and of William's father-in-law^[5])
• Dionisia, whom Richardson says married Thomas Tyrrell:^[2][3] this is likely to be wrong - see what is said below about Dionisia's sister Margaret
• Anne, who is named in the will of her grandfather Henry Yelverton^[6] and who, according to Douglas Richardson, married a Dr Cademan^[2][3] (likely to be the Thomas Cademan the younger, who, with his wife Anne, is named in a codicil of 22 November 1619 to the will of William's father-in-law, with no indication of Anne's parentage^[5]): it is just possible that this is the Anne who married an apothecary called Thomas Cross, the royal physician Thomas Cademan and the poet and playwright William Davenant - see Thomas Cademan's profile for a little more information
• Margaret,^[2][3] named in the wills of her grandfather Henry Yelverton^[6]

The will of William's father-in-law, dated 2 May 1617, named him and his wife as executors.^[5]

William was made a baronet on 31 May 1620, becoming the first Yelverton baronet of Rougham, Norfolk.^[4] He served as Sheriff of Norfolk in 1621-2.^[2][3][4][7]

Cokayne and Douglas Richardson say that William died on 30 October 1631.^[2][3][4] The parish register of Rougham, Norfolk, shows that he was buried there on that day,^[8][9] so Cokayne and Richardson may have mistaken the burial date for the death date (or he may have been buried on the day of his death). An Inquisition Post Mortem was held on 1 April 1636.^[4][10]

Cokayne's Complete Baronetage states that administration of William's estate was granted on 10 July 1635,^[4] but two records held by Norfolk Record Office suggest this is wrong:

• a Diocese of Norwich record of a probate inventory is dated 1631-2,^[11] and
• a record of I May 1633 refers to his widow as administratrix of his estate.^[12]

William's wife was buried at Rougham, Norfolk on 2 November 1639.^[13][14]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Walter Rye (ed.). The Visitation of Norfolk, made and taken by William Hervey, Clarencieux King of Arms, Anno 1563 Enlarged with another Visitation made by Clarenceux Cooke, with many other descents; and also the Visitation made by John Raven, Richmond, Anno 1613, Harleian Society, 1891, p. 329, Internet Archive
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8} Douglas Richardson. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 4 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham, 2nd edition (Salt Lake City: the author, 2011), Vol. IV, p. 399, YELVERTON 14 (not viewable on Google Books)
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8} Douglas Richardson. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham (Salt Lake City: the author, 2013), Vol. V, p. 444, YELVERTON 18
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6} G E Cokayne. Complete Baronetage, Vol. I, William Pollard, 1900, p. 146, Internet Archive
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4} 2 May 1617 will of Richard Stubb, in J Henry Lea (ed.), Abstracts of Wills in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury at Somerset House, London, England, Register Soame 1620, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1904, pp. 9-10, Wikimedia, accessed 26 September 2023
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3} The National Archives, ref. PROB 11/98/66, Will of Henry Yelverton of Rougham, Norfolk, Discovery Centre catalogue entry
7. ↑ List of Sheriffs for England and Wales, from the earliest times to A.D. 1831, compiled from documents in the Public Record Office, HMSO, 1898 (Kraus Reprint Corporation 1963), p. 89, Internet Archive
8. ↑ Norfolk: Rougham: St Mary: Parish Register: FreeREG (https://www.freereg.org.uk/search_records/5818a2b8e93790ec756dee5b : viewed 26 Sep 2023) burial Willm Yelverton 30 Oct 1631
9. ↑ "England, Norfolk, Parish Registers (County Record Office), 1510-1997", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J8NZ-Z6J : 6 November 2020), William Yelverton, 1631
10. ↑ The National Archives, Inquisition Post Mortem for Yelverton, William, bart.: Norfolk, refs. C 142/542/117, Discovery Centre catalogue entry and WARD 7/87/149, Discovery Centre catalogue entry
11. ↑ Norfolk Record Office, ref. DN/INV37/227, probate inventory for Yelverton, Sir William, Rougham, Norfolk, baronet, National Archives Discovery Centre catalogue entry
12. ↑ Norfok Record Office online catalogue, search results for "Yelverton" AND "William" 1630-1640, web (search undertaken 26 September 2023) and associated catalogue entry: File NRS 7757 - Indenture: Composition of suit. (1) Dame Dyones Lady Yelverton widow and administratrix of Sir William Yelverton the elder of Rougham, bt. (2) Sir William Yelverton of Rougham, bt, son and heir of (1)
13. ↑ "England, Norfolk, Parish Registers (County Record Office), 1510-1997", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J8NZ-ZXX : 6 November 2020), Dame Dinyha Yelverton, 1639
14. ↑ Norfolk: Rougham: St Mary: Parish Register, FreeREG (https://www.freereg.org.uk/search_records/5818a2b8e93790ec756dee8d : viewed 26 Sep 2023) burial Dionysia? Yelverton 02 Nov 1639

• Blomefield, Francis. 'Launditch Hundred: Rougham', in An Essay Towards A Topographical History of the County of Norfolk: Volume 10 (London, 1809), pp. 29-38, British History Onlnie, accessed 26 September 2023
• Daniel Gurney. The Record of the House of Gournay, Part II, printed for private circulation by John Bowyer Nichols and John Gough Nichols, 1848, p. 451, Internet Archive (includes Stubbs pedigree)
• Wikipedia: Yelverton baronets

Acknowledgements

Magna Carta Project

This profile was re-reviewed for the Magna Carta Project by Michael Cayley on 26 September 2023.

William Yelverton Bt is in a trail badged by the Magna Carta Project in September 2015 from Gateway Ancestor Robert Peyton to Magna Carta Surety Barons Hugh le Bigod, Roger le Bigod and John FitzRobert. Later, this profile was identified in badged trails to Richard de Clare, Gilbert de Clare, John de Lacy, and Saher de Quincy. These trails are set out in the Magna Carta Trails section of the Gateway's profile.

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