Elizabeth (Wyatt) Bosvile (bef. 1630 - bef. 1711)

Born before 22 Sep 1630 in Clerkenwell, Middlesex, England [uncertain]

Ancestors

Wife of Thomas Bosvile Esq. — married 6 Nov 1660 in St. Gregory by St. Paul, London, England

Descendants

Died before 10 Aug 1711 at about age 80 in Eynsford, Kent, England [uncertain]

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Biography

Elizabeth Wyatt, daughter of Sir Francis Wyatt and his wife Margaret, was baptized 22 Sept 1630 at St James Clerkenwell, Middlesex:

"Eliz Daughter to S^r ffrancys Wyatt & Margrett ux cx'ned Same daie [22 September 1630]."^[1][2]

Thomas Bosvile and Elizabeth Wyatt obtained a marriage license 5 November 1660 from the Vicar-General of the Archbishop of Canterbury:

"Nov. 5: Thomas Bosvile, of Littlemode Aynsford, par. Aynsford, co. Kent, Esq., Bach^r, ab^t 20, son of Thomas Bosvile, late of same, Kt., dec^d, & Eliz^th Wiat, of Norton Kirby, s^d co., Sp^r, ab^t 20; consent of mother Dame Margaret Wiat, Widow; attested by Edwin Wiat, Esq.; at S^t Gregory's or S^t Dunstan's West, London."^[3]

A different published abstract of the same marriage license reports Thomas Bosvile's home parish as "Littlemore" and Elizabeth Wiat's home parish as "Horton Kirby."^[4]

There are no such places as Littlemore, Littlemode, or Norton Kirby. Little Mote was meant for Thomas Bosvile's parish, and Horton Kirby was Elizabeth Wiat's.

Thomas Bosvile and Elizabeth Wiat were married 6 November 1660 in the parish of St. Gregory by St. Paul, London:

"Thomas Boswell: and Elizabeth Wyatt by a License from y^e Vicar Generall marryed 6th November 1660."^[5]

Thomas Bosvile, Esq., died 20 November 1660, exactly two weeks after his marriage to Elizabeth Wiat. He was buried in the parish church of St. Martin's in Eynsford, Kent, near his family seat at Little Mote:

"Here lyeth under hope of a glorious resurrection the body of Thomas Bosvile of Littlemote Einesford Esq^r only son of S^r Thomas Bosvile K^t. He marryed Elizabeth only daughter of S^r Francis Wiat of Boxly Abby K^t by whome he left Margaretta his sole daughter and heire. He dyed 20 of November 1660."^[6]

Margaretta Bosvile, only child of Thomas Bosvile, Esq., and his wife Elizabeth (Wiat) Bosvile, was born and baptized 9 August 1661 at Horton Kirby, Kent.^[7]

Margaretta Bosvile and Robert Marsham obtained a marriage license 7 December 1681 from the Vicar-General of the Archbishop of Canterbury:

"Dec. 7: Robert Marsham, of S^t Dunstan's in the West., Lond., Esq^r, Bach^r, ab^t 30, & M^rs Margaretta Bosville, of Eynsford, Kent, Sp^r, ab^t 20, with consent of her mother M^rs Elizabeth Bosville, of the same, Wid.; at S^t Giles in the Fields, Midd."^[8]

Margaretta Bosvile and Robert Marsham were married 12 December 1681 in the parish of St. Edmund the King and Martyr, London:

"Robert Marsham Esq^r of y^e Parish of St Dunstans in the West London & one of y^e Six Clerkes [in Chancery] was married to Margaretta Boswell of Maidstone in Kent: 12 December 1681."^[9]

Margaretta (Bosvile) Marsham, wife of Sir Robert Marsham, Baronet, and only child and heir of Thomas Bosvile, Esq., by his wife Elizabeth (Wiat) Bosvile, died in Maidstone, Kent, and was buried at Cuxton, Kent, 5 May 1710. The administration of her estate was granted 17 March 1711/12.^[10]

Madam Elizabeth (Wiat) Bosvile, widow of Thomas Bosvile, Esq., and mother of Margaretta (Bosvile) Marsham, was buried at Eynsford, Kent, 10 August 1711:

"Mdm Eliz: Bosvile buried Aug: 10 [1711]."^[11]

Sources

1. ↑ Baptism of Elizabeth Wyatt, 22 September 1630, register of St. James Clerkenwell, Middlesex, London, England, FamilySearch, DGS number 8092468.
2. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JQ1Z-JRG : index entry for baptism of Elizabeth Wyatt, 22 Sep 1630); citing , index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 845,229, 476,868.
3. ↑ Marriage license of Thomas Bosvile and Elizabeth Wiat, 5 Nov 1660, Vicar-General of the Archbishop of Canterbury, "Britain, Marriage Licenses" (digital image of published marriage license transcription), FindMyPast, accessed 1 April 2024.
4. ↑ Marriage license of Thomas Bosvile and Elizabeth Wiat, 5 Nov 1660, Vicar-General of the Archbishop of Canterbury, "Britain, Marriage Licenses" (digital image of published marriage license transcription), FindMyPast, accessed 1 April 2024.
5. ↑ Marriage of Thomas Boswell and Elizabeth Wyatt, 6 November 1660, St. Gregory by St. Paul, "London, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812" (digital image), Ancestry, accessed.1 April 2024.
6. ↑ Memorial inscription for Thomas Bosvile (digital image), FindAGrave memorial number 84078181, 20 November 1660, St- Martin's, Eynsford, Kent, FindAGrave, accessed 1 April 2024
7. ↑ George Edward Cokayne, ed., "Marsham: Sir Robert Marsham, Baronet [1663]," Complete Baronetage, Vol. III: 1649-1664 (Exeter, England: W. Pollard & Co., Ltd., 1903), p. 284, Google Books, accessed 1 April 2024.
8. ↑ George J. Armytage, ed., The Publications of the Harleian Society, Vol. XXX: Allegations for Marriage Licences Issued by the Vicar-General of the Archbishop of Canterbury, July 1679 to June 1687, Volume 1 (London: Mitchell and Hughes, 1890), p. 81, Google Books, accessed 2 April 2024.
9. ↑ Marriage of Robert Marsham and Margaretta Boswell, 12 December 1681, St. Edmund the King and Martyr, "London, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812" (digital image), Ancestry, accessed 2 April 2024.
10. ↑ George Edward Cokayne, ed., "Marsham: Sir Robert Marsham, Baronet [1663]," Complete Baronetage, Vol. III: 1649-1664 (Exeter, England: W. Pollard & Co., Ltd., 1903), p. 284, Google Books, accessed 1 April 2024.
11. ↑ Burial of Elizabeth Bosvile, 10 August 1711, St. Martin's, Eynsford, "Kent Burials" (digital image), FindMyPast, accessed 2 April 2024.

See also:

• J. J. Boswell, "History & Genealogical Tables of the Boswells", Part 1, unpublished manuscript, 1906.
• Notes and Queries (London, England: G. Bell, 1850), c.1, ser. 3, vol. 3 (3 Jan 1863), pp. 9-10, Internet Archive. Transcription of the Wiat family monument at Boxley, Kent.
• John Cave-Browne, The History of Boxley Parish (Maidstone: E. J. Dickinson, 1892), pp. 10, 118, 133, 134, 153 Internet Archive.

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Daivd Barnhardt for creating WikiTree profile Wyatt-1320 and Wyatt-1321through the import of 3-4-2013.GED on Mar 4, 2013.