He was born in 1458,not 1475.

Question

He could not have gotten married at the tender age of five years of age. I love it when a plan comes together.

Comments

I hope that is not the case, but it might be the case.

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It is not impossible to have an early marriage recorded, although that it probably not the case here, assuming the children are correct. Marriages of young children could be contracted for political or financial reasons, but not be consummated until they came of age.

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At the age of five years, really.

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This was all fiddled to connect his wife to the Astleys, who owned the manor.  She's been disconnected, but she's still called Astley.  Dunno if there's any evidence for that.  But her dates are liable to be unreliable.

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Based on the birthdates of her children, her marriage date is correct. His birth date is incorrect. It is about 1458,not 1475.

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Sometimes there was a marriage contract when children were even younger than five. That date could land in the marriage date field if the date of the actual marriage is not known (and the marriage ceremony could still happen years before the marriage could be consumated).

Not the case here, apparently.

Answer 1

I think that new evidence would suggest that Thomas was born later (ie 1475) and not 1458, and that his children are younger than have been recorded and not that Thomas and his wife are older. Thomas's wife Alice named their two married daughters in her will written in 1534 as Jayn Sleyter and Julien Compton. It is generally considered that Julien married Thomas Compton, and Thomas Compton leaves a will in 1588 naming his wife as Julien. If Julien was born in 1483 as her profile states she would be over 100! A burial for Jelian Compton is found on 10 May 1591 in Hillmorton. (REF: Hillmorton parish registers; Warwickshire County Record Office; Archive reference DR0256/1.) There seems no reason for the birth years of Thomas and Alice's children to be estimated in the 1480s, as the 1510s seems more likely. If Thomas Compton's will is to be taken into consideration, Julien was definitely not born in the 1480s.

Answer 2

If one reads through all the sources, it would appear that two men by the same name have been combined into this one profile.