Ann (Harrison) Fanshawe (1625 - 1680)

Born 25 Mar 1625 in St Olave Hart Street, City of London, England

Wife of Richard Fanshawe Bt — married 18 May 1644 in Wolvercott, Oxfordshire, England

Descendants

Died Jan 1680 at age 54 in Ware, Hertfordshire, England

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Biography

Anne Harrison was a daughter of Sir John Harrison and Margaret Fanshawe.^[1]

Anne Harrison was baptised on 07 Apr 1625 at St Olave Hart Street, City of London, daughter of John and Margett.^[2][3]

She married Richard Fanshawe, son of Sir Henrry Fanshawe and Elizabeth Smythe.^[1][4][5] Mistress Anne Harrison married Richard Fanshaw on 18 May 1644 at Wolvercote, Oxfordshire.^[6]

Ann Fanshawe is known in particular for her memoirs.^[7] Her memoirs recorded her date of birth of 25 Mar 1625.

She was the Executrix of the brief nuncupative will of her husband made on or around 16 Jun 1666 in the presence of Lyonell Fanshawe Esquire.^[8]

Children

The children of Richard Fanshawe and Anne Harrison were:^[4]

• Harrison 1645-1645
• Ann 1646-1654
• Henry 1647-1649
• Richard 1648-1659
• Elizabeth 1650-1650
• Elizabeth 1651-1656
• Katherine 1652-unknown, died unmarried
• Margaret 1653-1705, married Vincent Grantham esq. of Lincolnshire
• Ann 1654-1655
• Mary 1656-1660
• Henry 1657-1657
• Elizabeth 1662-unknown, married Christopher Blount
• Richard 1663-1663
• [Sir] Richard (2nd Baronet) 1665-1694, died unmarried.

Burial

She was buried at Ware, Hertfordshire on 20 Jan 1679/1680.^[1]

Summary of the Will of Dame Anne Fanshawe 1679

The will of Dame Anne Fanshawe, widow of Sir Richard Fanshawe Knight and Baronet, was made on 31 Oct 1679 and proved in Feb 1679/1680.^[9] Her wish was to be buried in the vault in the parish church of Ware, Hertfordshire, close to her husband's body.

She made bequests to her daughters Catherine Fanshawe, Anne Fanshawe, and Elizabeth Fanshawe, and to her son Sir Richard Fanshawe.

Her daughter Catherine Fanshawe was sole Executrix.

She signed as 'Ann Fanshawe'.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Visitation of England and Wales. Crisp F A (Ed). Notes. Vol 6, 1906, p 162 Internet Archive.
2. ↑ St Olave Hart Street, City of London. Register. Image of Register accessed via Ancestry.
3. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NY19-W2L : 11 February 2018, Ann Harrison, 07 Apr 1625); citing , index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 845,244.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} The History of the Fanshawe Family. By H C Fanshawe. Privately Published, 1927 Internet Archive.
5. ↑ Fanshawe, Sir Richard, 1st Bt. (1608-66), of Portugal Street, Lincoln's Inn Fields, Mdx. Published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1660-1690, ed. B.D. Henning, 1983 HOP.
6. ↑ The Parish Registers of St. Peter's Church Wolvercote, Oxford. Transcript, Feb, 1979. Oxfordshire History Centre.
7. ↑ Memoirs of Lady Ann Fanshawe. First published by Colburne and Bentley, London 1830. John Lane Edition, 1907 Internet Archive.
8. ↑ Fanshawe Wills Part II. Communicated by Edward J Sage Esq. Miscellanea Genealogica et Heraldica Vol II, 1876, pp 338-358 (see p 344) Internet Archive.
9. ↑ Fanshawe Wills Part II. Communicated by Edward J Sage Esq. Miscellanea Genealogica et Heraldica Vol II, 1876, pp 338-358 (see pp 349-351) Internet Archive.

See also:

• Lady Ann Fanshawe Wikipedia