John
"the elder"
Bridges
Born about in Gloucestershire, England
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Margaret (Unknown) Bridges
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Died
at about age 89
in Kingswood, Gloucestershire, England
Profile last modified
| Created 26 Jan 2012
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Biography
John married Margaret Unknown. Their children were John (1546-1607), Richard (d.1620), who settled at Combe, Gloucestershire and Scampton, Lincolnshire, and Alice (d.1599).
John Bridges was at one point tried for "mocking and disparaging the blessed mass". [1] He was mentioned in Foxe's Book of Martyrs as having sheltered John Maundel at Kingswood. [2]
John, a clothier, had his will drawn up on 12 Dec 1596, describing himself as being John Bridges the elder of Ninde in Wiltshire. [3] He requested burial beside his wife Margaret at Wotton Underedge and made bequests to:
- John Bridges the elder, son of my son John
- Richard Bridges, one other son of my son John
- Robert, son of my son John
- Nicholas, son of my son John
- Edmond, son of my son John
- Ursula, daughter of my son John
- Jane, daughter of my son John
- Alice, daughter of my son John
- Joan, daughter of my son John
- my son John
- Robert Hale, clothier
- Arthur Crewe (witness)
John (dec) was named in the 1607 will of his son John. [4]
Research Notes
Ninde appears to be a part of the parish of Kingswood, in Gloucestershire, however it was an extra parochial part of Wiltshire. Even as late as 1868 there was a cloth mill at Ninde.
Sources
- ↑ Paul Bush, the first Bishop of Bristol, Records of Bristol Cathedral 2007, edited by Joseph Bettey PDF
- ↑ Foxes Book of Martyrs Martyrs
- ↑
Will:
"England & Wales, Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 1384-1858"
The National Archives; Kew, Surrey, England; Records of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Series PROB 11; Class: PROB 11; Piece: 89
Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry au Record 5111 #942682 (accessed 26 October 2021)
Will of Johannis Bridges of Nemde, Wiltshire, England, granted probate on 18 Apr 1597. Died Abt 1597. - ↑ National Archives UK, Will of John Bridges, Gentleman of Winterbourne, Gloucestershire PROB 11/116/161 06 July 1610, https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D916251
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Elizabeth (Greet) Viney
Bridges-825 and Bridges-419 do not represent the same person because: Different places, dates and children
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