Richard Baldwin (abt. 1503 - 1553)

Born about 1503 in Buckinghamshire, England

Ancestors

Husband of Ellen (Apuke) Baldwin — married 1524 in Aston Clinton, Buckinghamshire, England

Descendants

Died 1553 at about age 50 in Aston Clinton, Buckinghamshire, England

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Biography

This profile is part of the Baldwin Name Study.

Birth and Parents

Richard Baldwin was born in Buckinghamshire, England.

Richard,one of at least three sons of Robert Baldwin and Agnes Dolte was born say 1503 at Buckinghamshire, England.^[1]

Marriage and Children

Richard married Ellen Apuke (1507-1565) the daughter of John Apuke in 1524 at Aston Clinton. They had seven children born at Buckinghamshire:

1. Henry, executor of his fathers will 1552-3; and who in 1577-8, became the first owner of Dundridge. His will is dated 2nd January, 1599-1600.
2. John-not yet 23 in 1552-3, date of his fathers will; executor of his mothers estate in 1565; overseer of his brother Henry's will dated 2 Jan., 1599-1600
3. Richard, not 23 in 1552-3, date of his fathers will; date of his will 23 May, 1630; proved in 1633. Father of the 3 brothers Timothy, Nathaniel, and Joseph who emigrated to New England, and found in Milford in 1639.
4. Alice (Alis), living unmarried in 1552-3, date of her fathers will; but not named in her mothers will in 1565; probably died before 1560-1, the date when the REGISTERS began
5. Agnes, unmarried and not 19 in 1552-3, date of her fathers will; married 18 Nov.,1566, William Grange, but lived less than four months, and was buried there 10 March 1566-7.
6. Cicely, unmarried in 1552-3; and in her mothers will dated in 1565-6, but not that in her brother Henry's will dated in 1599-1600
7. Lettice or Lettise, unmarried in 1565-6, but is named in the will of her brother Henry, 1599-1600, as wife of _____Foster. In the will of her nephew Robert Baldwin, son of her brother Henry, dated 29 March, 1605-6, she is mentioned, as living at Tring, co., Herts

Death, Burial and Will

Richard "of Dundridge" Baldwin died in early 1553, and is buried in St Michael and All Angels Churchyard, Aston Clinton, Aylesbury Vale District, Buckinghamshire, England.^[2] His will was dated 16 January and proved 21 February of 1553.

Research Notes

• Sir John Baldwin, MP Kt is NOT the father of this Richard Baldwin; they are likely cousins or uncle/nephew.

• Joseph Lemuel Chester in his Investigative publication, states There is no apparent reason why the John Baldwin named in Inquisition post mortem of Richard Baldwin in 1485 as his brother and heir, may not have been the father of Richard and John and further states The recurrence of the same christian names is suggestive, and as this John was born in 1469, he may reasonably have been the father of sons dying in 1553 Richard of Dundridge) and 1565 (John of the Hayle)

This Richard is described from "Donrigge" (Dundridge), in the parish of Aston Clinton, co., Bucks, yeoman, made his will 16 January 1552-3.

Abstract of the will of Richard Baldwin

To be buried in the church-yard of Aston Clinton;

to Alis my daughter, 20 marks when married;

to Agnes my daughter £12 when 19 and to Cicelly and Letise my daughters each £10, when 19;

to John my son, my farm at Dongrove in the parish of Chesham, when 23, but if he die before that age, then the same to Henry, my son;

to Richard my son, my tenth in Cholsbury and the lands belonging thereto, when 23;

to Ellyn my wife and Henry my son the rents of my said houses & lands towards bringing up my children;

to Heughe Baldwin, my brothers son, £6. 13`4`;

smalll bequests to godchildren, tenants & servants;

Henry my son 10 silver spoons and a maser;

the residue of all personalty to Ellyn my wife and Henry my son equally, & they to be my executors; :overseers of my will, my brothers John Baldwyn & John Apuke

Note: Heughe Baldwyn, "my brothers son", Nephew: Hugh Baldwin (son of his brother John Baldwin), is appointed Overseer along with John Apuke (his brother-n-law). Richard appoints his wife Ellen, and son Henry, Executors of his will which was proved in the court of the Archdeaconry of Bucks County 21 Feb, 1553.

Richard Baldwin, married Ellyn or Ellen Apuke, most likely the sister of John Apuke, mentioned in the will of Richard in 1552-3, and referred to as "my brother", in which he names Henry Baldwin and John Apuke, overseers of his will.

The original will of Ellen (Apuke) Baldwin, is among the records of the Court of Archdeaconry of Bucks, but the probate act is missing, according to Joseph Chester; therefore, impossible to determine when it was proved, to determine approximate date of her death. Estimated to have been between the 24th of November thru the 24th of October,1566.

In both the will of Richard Baldwin and that of his wife Ellen Apuke, they describe themselves as of "Dundridge". The descent of that manor or "reputed manor", according to Joseph Chester, as follows:

The Manor of "Donrigge" Dundridge

As early as 1320, the manor was in the possession of the Montacutes; it desended to Margaret, Countess of Salisbury, who was beheaded in 1541, when under her attainder, it fell to the crown.

Shortly after, King Henry, VIII, bestowed it upon Sir John Baldwin, the Chief Justice, who held it at his death, 24 Oct, 1545, when with other estate, it passed to his heirs, who were as stated in the inquisition post mortem, Thomas Pakington, son and heir of his daughter Agnes, and John Burlacy, son and heir of his daughter Petronilla.

In the subsequent division of the estate, Dundridge appears to have fallen in the sole possession of the Pakingtons, passing from Thomas Pakington, heir, to his son and heir, John Pakington, who on the 1st of March, 1577-8, according to Patent Roll, 20 Eliz., Part 5, alienated it, with other messuages, tenements, &c., in Aston Clinton, Chesham, and Wendover, co., Bucks, to "Henry and Richard Baldwin," and it was they of course who paid the taxes upon it the following year, wrongly stated elsewhere, to have been paid by "Sylvester Baldwin, & his son Henry."

As Joseph Chester states in his book, "Richard Baldwin, in his will, in 1552/3, described himself as of Dundridge, he could only have been the tenant of the manor, as the ownership did not pass from the Pakingtons until 1577-8."

Sources

1. ↑ Woodman, A. Vere. The Baldwins of Dundridge and Chesham in Co. Bucks. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register Vol. 113 October 1959. Pages 247-248. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1847-. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2018.) https://www.americanancestors.org/DB202/i/11596/248/23538985
2. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/48691724/richard-baldwin: accessed 29 September 2023), memorial page for Richard Baldwin (1503–1552), Find a Grave Memorial ID 48691724, citing St. Michael and All Angels Churchyard, Aston Clinton, Aylesbury Vale District, Buckinghamshire, England; Maintained by Billie Jasper (contributor 48331425).

• Chester, Joseph Lemuel (1884). "Investigations concerning The BALDWIN Family of Aston Clinton, co., Bucks. Privately printed 1884 Boston. Reprinted from the Historical and Genealogical Register for April, July, October, 1884. (https://archive.org/details/investigationsco01ches)

• J. Ralph Lindgren (2007) "The Lindgren/Tryon Genealogy: The Ancestry of John Ralph Lindgren and Shirley Ann Tryon, Revised Edition (Google Book Reader URL: https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=eyeJAgAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&hl=en&pg=GBS.PA273.w.2.0.102)

• Hickok, Charles Nelson (1938) "The Hickok genealogy : descendants of William Hickocks of Farmington, Connecticut, with ancestry of Charles Nelson Hickok"; Rutland, Vt. : The Tuttle publishing company, inc. (https://archive.org/details/hickokgenealogyd00hick) pg 286.

Acknowledgements

• WikiTree profile Baldwin-1851 created through the import of ross20genancestors-children6-22-2011.ged on Jun 22, 2011 by Lamar Ross.