Alice Davy (1582 - 1601)

Born 1582 in St Mary Aldermanbury, City of London, England

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Died Feb 1601 at about age 19 in St Mary Aldermanbury, City of London, England

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Biography

Alice Davy was a daughter of Robert Davy Esq and his second wife Mary Smythe.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

Alice Davy was baptised on 21 Dec 1582 at St Mary the Virgin Aldermanbury, City of London, daughter of Robert Davy Esq.^[6]

In 1591, John Davye and his sister Alice Davye were beneficiaries of the will of their grandfather Thomas (Customer) Smythe.^[3]

They were also beneficiaries of the will of their grandmother, Alice (Judde) Smythe, the will made on 10 Jul 1592.^[4]

Alice Davy was bequeathed £400 in the will of her father, Robert Davy of London, the will made on 17 Aug 1589, with a Codicil of 12 Oct 1594, and proved on 27 Apr 1599.^[5]

Mistress Alice Davy, daughter of Mr Robert Davy esq., was buried on 06 Feb 1600/1601 at St Mary the Virgin Aldermanbury, City of London.^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ Buckler, Benjamin. Stemmata Chicheleana. Oxford Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1765. See No 1 Internet Archive.
2. ↑ Stocker, J J. Pedigrees of Smythes of Ostenhangar; Kent; of Smythes of Bidborough and Sutton-at-Hone; and of the Smythes of Viscount Strangford, of Dromore, Ireland. Archæologia Cantiana, being Transactions of the Kent Archæological Society. Vol. XX, 1893, pp 76-81 pdf.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Will of Thomas Smythe of London. 29 Oct 1591. PROB 11/78/226. The National Archives, Kew.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Will of Alice Smythe, Widow of London. 11 May 1598. PROB 11/91/377. The National Archives, Kew.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} Will of Robert Davy or Davye of London. 27 Apr 1599. PROB 11/93/276. The National Archives, Kew.
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} The Registers of St Mary the Virgin, Aldermanbury, London. Parts I and II. Bannerman W B (Ed). Publications of the Harleian Society. Registers - Volume LXI. 1931 and 1932.

• Buckler, Benjamin. Stemmata Chicheleana (Oxford Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1765).