John (Wilbure) Wilbore (1440)

Born 1440 in Royston, Yorkshire, England

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CP 25/1/143/145, number 7. Link: Image of a document at AALT County: Lincolnshire. Place: Westminster. Date: One week from the Purification of the Blessed Mary, 7 Richard [II] [9 February 1384]. Parties: William Dayuill' of Besthorp' and Robert de Langwath', chaplain, querents, and John Wildbore of Ouresby and Margaret, his wife, deforciants. Property: The manor of Southall' in Langouresby, 1 messuage, 1 toft, 4 crofts, 2 carucates and 7 bovates of land, 41 acres of meadow, 20 acres of marsh, 2 shillings and 6 pence of rent in Ouresby, Glentworth' by Fillyngham, South'kelsay, North'kelsay, and Oselby. Action: Plea of covenant. Agreement: John and Margaret have acknowledged the manor and tenements to be the right of Robert, as those which Robert and William have of their gift. For this: William and Robert have granted to John and Margaret the manor and tenements and have rendered them to them in the court, to hold to John and Margaret and the male heirs of their bodies, of the chief lords forever. In default of such heirs, successive remainders (1) to John Tournay and Elizabeth, his wife, and the heirs of their bodies, (2) to the heirs of the body of the same Elizabeth and (3) to the right heirs of the aforesaid Margaret.

Standardized forms of names. (These are tentative suggestions, intended only as a finding aid.) Persons: William Dayville, Robert de Langwith, John Wildbore, Margaret Wildbore, John Tournay, Elizabeth Tournay Places: Besthorpe (in Norfolk), Southall, North Owersby (both in Owersby), Glentworth, Fillingham, South Kelsey, North Kelsey, Usselby

Notes

"Thomas Wilbore and Alice Wilbore are thought to be the ancestors of this Wilbore line. There are no records or proof, but Benjamin Franklin Wilbour (BFW), in his research, English Ancestry of Samuel Wilbore, of Boston, and William Wilbore, of Portsmouth, R.I., came to this tentative conclusion.

He states “According to the oath book of Colchester, there were four Wilbores Who came to that place about 1500 from the West Riding of Yorkshire, Namely Nicholas Wilbore who was born in Middleton, Richard Wilbore who was born in Notton, Thomas Wilbore who was born in Royston, And John Wilbore who was born in Royston. . . . As Royston and Notton are in the same parish, the last three men were born practically in the same town, and as John and Richard Wilbore were both mentioned in the will of Nicholas Wilbore in 1557, it is safe to say that they were nearly related. . . . From all of the evidence, it would seem that Thomas Wilbore was the father of John Wilbore Jr who married Alice Smith, Nicholas Wilbore who married Ann, and Joan Wilbore, the sister of Nicholas who married Ann, and who married George Brett, so I have placed them as such, in a tentative way. Nicholas Wilbore who made his will in 1557, had no son Nicholas, and John and Thomas Wilbore, unfortunately, had no wills, but if they had, it would probably have solved the difficulty.”

This researcher would like to point out that earlier in this same article, BFW transcribed the 1557 will of Nicholas Wilbore and he does in fact have a son named Nicholas! Later in the same piece, BFW goes on to write a bio for this Nicholas and also for his son Nicholas Jr. Neither of them married a woman named Ann, so BFW is correct in saying that the 1557 Nicholas was not our Nicholas’ father. Another point of confusion is, why would someone be called John Jr, if his father’s name was Thomas? But Thomas and Alice may have been the parents of our Nicholas and his sister Joan, so we tentatively continue the line with them.

The Oath Book, or as it is also known as, The Red Parchment Book of Colchester, gives us some insight into Thomas Wilbore. As early as 1544/5, he is listed in deeds and indentures involving John Wilbore and Alice, his wife. In 1549-1550, “Thos. Wylbore, b. at Ruston , Yorks., ‘teylour.’” is listed under the column, Burgesses. From 1557 to 1563, Thos. Wilbore, sometimes called tailor, is mentioned in deeds with various others, but his wife Alice is not mentioned. On January 20, 1564, there is an entry that states “Thomas Wylbore in court against Thomas Vincent for trespass, 4d.” Then on June 22, 1564, “Alice Wilbore, widow, and adm. of the goods and chattels of Thomas Wilbore, deceased v. George Wright for debt 11s 4d.” So Thomas died sometime between these two dates, and his wife survived him.

A brief investigation into the West Riding records did not find any clarification or additional information. Being that we may never know if Thomas and Alice are the ancestors to this Wilbore line, the research stops with them."^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ http://jtbullock.com/Tree/DanWilbur.html#top