Henry Yelverton (abt. 1526 - 1601)

Born about 1526 in Rougham, Norfolk, England

Ancestors

Husband of Bridget (Drury) Yelverton — married 1557 in England

Descendants

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Biography

Henry Yelverton was born about 1526/7 (aged 59 in 1585/6), son of William Yelverton of Rougham, Norfolk, England and his wife and Anne (Fermer) Yelverton, daughter of Sir Henry Fermer.^[1][2]

Henry married Bridget Drury, daughter of Sir William Drury by Elizabeth Sothill, of Hawstead, Suffolk, England.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]} They probably married in either Norfolk of Suffolk, given where the two families lived. A settlement for their marriage was dated 1 January 1557.^[7]

They had four sons and two daughters:

• William,^[3] who became the first Yelverton baronet of Rougham, Norfolk^[1][2]
• Henry^[3][1][2]
• Roger^[3][1][2]
• Thomas,^[1][2] baptised at Sculthorpe, Norfolk on 10 January 1567/8^[8]
• Anne,^[3] who married William Barsham^[1][2] of Colkirk, Norfolk^[9] in 1579^[10]
• Martha, baptised at Sculthorpe, Norfolk on 20 October 1575,^[11] who married William Stanton/Staunton^[1][2] on 1 December 1595^[12] at Rougham, Norfolk:^[13] marriage transcripts give her husband's name as Stanton; her father's will spells it Staunton^[14]
• probably another daughter: Henry's will refers to a "daughter Sybley"^[14]

Henry died on 26 April 1601.^[1][2][15] An Inquisition Post Mortem was held in 43 Elizabeth I (17 November 1600-16 November 1601).^[16]

Henry's will was dated 1 October 1599 (41 Elizabeth I) and proved on 1 July 1601. It does not name his wife, so she had probably died. In it, among other provisions, he:^[14]

• described himself as of Rougham, Norfolk, Esquire
• requested burial in the chancel of the church of Rougham, beside his father
• named
  • his sons William Yelverton and Thomas Yelverton
  • his daughter Staunton (Martha) and his son Staunton
  • his grandchildren William Yelverton, Henry Yelverton, Anne Yelverton and Margaret Yelverton
  • his brother Charles (who may not be a brother by blood)
  • his nephew Henry Yelverton
  • his "brother" Stub (presumably Richard Stubbe, father-in-law of his son William)

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8} Douglas Richardson. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 4 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham, 2nd edition (Salt Lake City: the author, 2011), Vol. IV, p. 399, YELVERTON 13
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8} Douglas Richardson. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham (Salt Lake City: the author, 2013), Vol. V, p. 444, YELVERTON 17
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4} Walter Rye (ed.). The Visitation of Norfolk, made and taken by William Hervey, Clarencieux King of Arms, Anno 1563 Enlarged with another Visitation made by Clarenceux Cooke, with many other descents; and also the Visitation made by John Raven, Richmond, Anno 1613, Harleian Society, 1891, p. 329, Internet Archive
4. ↑ Walter C Metcalfe (ed.). The Visitations of Suffolk, 1561, 1577 and 1612, William Pollard, 1882, p. 91, Internet Archive
5. ↑ Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, Vol. II, pp. 93-94, Google Books
6. ↑ Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. II, pp. 473-474
7. ↑ Norfolk Record Office, ref. NRS 7097, Marriage Settlement between Henry Yelverton, son and heir of (2), and Bridget Drury, daughter of (1). (1) Sir William Drury. (2) William Yelverton, esq., 1 January 1557, Norfolk Record Office catalogue entry
8. ↑ Norfolk: Sculthorpe: St Mary and All Saints: Parish Register, FreeREG, (https://www.freereg.org.uk/search_records/5818b9f9e93790eca3b704c0 : viewed 29 Sep 2023) baptism Thomas Yelverton 10 Jan 1567/8
9. ↑ Walter Rye (ed.). The Visitation of Norfolk, made and taken by William Hervey, Clarencieux King of Arms, Anno 1563 Enlarged with another Visitation made by Clarenceux Cooke, with many other descents; and also the Visitation made by John Raven, Richmond, Anno 1613, p. 19, Internet Archive
10. ↑ Phillimore Marriage Registers, 1531-1913: Norfolk Marriage Registers, Vol 6, FindMyPast
11. ↑ Norfolk: Sculthorpe: St Mary and All Saints: Parish Register, FreeREG (https://www.freereg.org.uk/search_records/5818b9f9e93790eca3b7056a : viewed 29 Sep 2023) baptism Martha Yelverton 20 Oct 1575
12. ↑ "England, Norfolk, Parish Registers (County Record Office), 1510-1997", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NJMX-B43 : 6 November 2020), Martha Yelverton in entry for William Stanton, 1595
13. ↑ Norfolk: Rougham: St Mary: Parish Register, FreeREG (https://www.freereg.org.uk/search_records/58183d48e93790eb7f6d8b1a : viewed 29 Sep 2023) marriage Wm Stanton to Martha Yelverton 01 Dec 1595
14. ↑ ^{14.0 14.1 14.2} The National Archives, ref. PROB 11/98/66, Will of Henry Yelverton of Rougham, Norfolk, Discovery Centre catalogue entry
15. ↑ The Complete Baronetage, Volume 1, page 146
16. ↑ The National Archives, ref. C 142/266/94, Discovery Centre catalogue entry

Acknowledgments

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