Margaret (Partridge) Purnell (abt. 1587 - aft. 1640)

Born about Jul 1587 in North Nibley, Gloucestershire, England [uncertain]

Descendants

Died after 1640 after about age 52 in England [uncertain]

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Biography

Margery Partridge was the daughter of John Partridge. Her brother was Richard Partridge.

She married Thomas Purnell on 3 Mar 1606, and they had children, including John Purnell. (John Purnell married Anne Barker on 18 Sep 1636, and died 22 May 1640, leaving 2 young daughters, Mary and Anne.)

Thomas Purnell died at North Nibley on 23 Apr 1622 and named her in his will as my well beloved wife Margery. ^[1]

Margery Partridge Purnell was still living in 1640, and resided at Wootton Underedge.

From Chancery Records:^[2]

"... the said Thomas [Purnell], in consideration of a marriage then to be had between himself and Margery, daughter of John Partridge, for the jointure of the said Margery, by indenture dated 20th February ...[1606], made between the said Thomas and Margery of the one part, and the said John Partridge and Richard Partridge, son of the said John, of the other part, enfeoffed the said John and Richard of all the said premises : to hold to them and their heirs for ever, to the use of the said Thomas Purnell for his life ; after his decease to the use of the said Margery for her life ; and after her decease, to the use of the heirs of the said Thomas Purnell for ever.
" ... on the 3rd day of March... [1606], the said Thomas married the said Margery, and on the 23rd day of April... [1622], the said Thomas died at North Nibley, the said Margery surviving him, and the reversion of the premises descending to the said John Purnell as his son and next heir.
"John Purnell died at North Nibley 22nd May last past [1640]; Mary and Anne are his daughters and co-heirs, and were then aged respectively, the said Mary 3 years 1 month and 27 days, and the said Anne 9 months and . . . days, and no more.
"... The said Margery late the wife of the said Thomas Purnell still survives at Wootton Underedge, and the said Anna relict of the said John is still living at North Nibley... [1640]."

Sources

1. ↑ 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: 140
   Ancestry Sharing Link Ancestry Record 5111 #936410 (accessed 20 August 2021)
2. ↑ Edward Alexander Fry, Sidney Joseph Madge, comp. Abstracts of Gloucestershire Inquisitiones Post Mortem Returned Into the Court of Chancery: Volume 13, pages 131-133. British record society. 1895.

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