Joan (Smythe) Fanshawe (1560 - 1622)

Born 1560 in City of London, England

Ancestors

Wife of Thomas Fanshawe Esq — married 22 Dec 1578 in All Hallows Lombard Street, City of London, England

Descendants

Died May 1622 at about age 62 in Ware, Hertfordshire, England [uncertain]

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Biography

Joan was the 3rd daughter of Thomas (Customer) Smythe and Alice Judde.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

She was baptised 'Joane Smithe' on 18 Oct 1560 at All Hallows Lombard Street, City of London.^[7]

In the will of her great uncle, Henry Brouncker esq of Erlestoke and Melksham, Wiltshire, the will made on 15 Jul 1568 and proved on 12 Aug 1568^[8] the Testator made a bequest as follows: "I give and bequeathe to my cosenn Joane Smythe the some of ffortie poundes of lawfull monye to be payde unto her at the tyme of her mariadge." It is possible that he was referring to this Joan Smythe.

Portraits of Joan Smythe, her brothers, sisters and parents, were painted by Cornelis Ketel in 1579-1580^[9][10][11] and most (including the one of Joan) are now owned by the Skinners' Company of the City of London. On the painting is written aetatis 19 (i.e. age 19 or in the 19th year).

Marriage

Joan was the second wife of Thomas Fansahwe, Queen’s Remembrancer of the Exchequer, son of John Fanshawe of Dronfield, Derbyshire.^{[1][12][13][14]}

'Joan Smith' married Thomas Fanshawe on 22 Dec 1578 at All Hallows Lombard Street, City of London.^[15]

In the will of her father, Thomas (Customer) Smythe, the will made on 22 May 1591 and proved on 29 October 1591^[16] she was noted as the wife of Thomas Fanshawe esq. Her father bequeathed £500 to Alice, Thomas, William and Katherine, the children of Joan and Thomas Fanshawe, and to Henry and Walter the sons of Thomas Fanshawe by his late wife Mary, the sum to be equally divided between them.

Joan was a beneficiary of the will of her mother, Alice (Judde) Smythe, the will made on 10 Jul 1592.^[17] The will referred to her husband, Master Thomas Fanshawe, and their children Thomas, William, Alice and Katherine.

Her husband, Thomas Fanshawe esq., was buried at Ware, Hertfordshire, on 19 Mar 1600/1601.^[18] Joan, along with her sons Thomas and William and her step son Henry Fanshawe, were co-Executors of the will of her husband, the will made on 10 July 1596 and proved on 27 Mar 1601.^[19] The will also noted her daughters Alice, Katherine and Margaret. Presumably the other children were already deceased.

Children

• [Sir] Thomas Fanshawe (baptised 16 Sep 1580 Christ Church Newgate, City of London)^[12][13][20]
• Alice Fanshawe (baptised 24 Dec 1581 Christ Church Newgate, City of London; married Christopher Hatton)^[12]
• William Fanshawe (baptised 04 May 1583 Christ Church Newgate, City of London)^[12][21]
• Elizabeth Fanshawe (baptised 22 Feb 1584/1585 Christ Church Newgate, City of London; died 1585)^[12]
• Mary Fanshawe (buried 17 Dec 1587 Christ Church Newgate, City of London)^[12]
• Mary Fanshawe (baptised 08 Feb 1587/1588 Christ Church Newgate, City of London; died presumably before 10 Jul 1596))^[12]
• Katherine Fanshawe (married John Bullock)^[12]
• Margaret Fanshawe (married Benjamin Ayloffe)^[12][22]
• Philip Fanshawe (baptised 07 Nov 1593 Ware, Hertfordshire; died presumably before 10 Jul 1596)^[12]

A Mary Fanshawe who married Thomas Hardwicke of Leeds, Yorkshire, was recorded as a child of Thomas and Joan Fanshawe in the Stemmata Chicheleana.^[6] However she was not noted in the will of her father and was not mentioned by Crisp.^[12] She may instead have been a daughter of a John Fanshawe and Mary Wiseman of Rivenhall.^[23]

In 1608 the Marriage Licence of Katherine Fanshawe, indicates that Joan had been living with her daughter at Barking, Essex:^[24]

Katherine Fanshawe, maiden, 18, daughter of Thomas Fanshawe of Christ Church London Esq (decd) married John Bullocke Esq of Inner Temple, Bachelor, 30, by Licence dated 16 Jun 1608. She was married with the consent of her mother Mrs Joane Fanshawe & her brother Mr Thomas Fanshawe Esq; at Barking, Essex where sd mother of sd Katherine liveth.

Wills

In 1597, Joan, recorded as Mistress Fanshawe the elder, was granted a legacy of £50 following the death of her youngest brother Simon Smythe.^[25]

Joan was noted in:

• the will of her brother Robert Smythe, the will made on 01 Dec 1600 and proved on 28 Jan 1600/1601^[26]
• the will of her sister Ursula (Smythe) Butler, her will made in 1619 (no date given) and proved on 11 Jun 1621^[27]
• the will of her sister Mary (Smythe) Davy, the will made on 16 Oct 1620 and proved on 02 Jul 1624^[28]
• the will of her cousin Elizabeth King of Finchley, Middlesex, the will made on 20 Mar 1620/1621 and proved on 21 Feb 1621/1622^[29]
• in the will of her brother Sir Thomas Smythe, the will made in Jan 1621/1622 and proved in 1625^[30]

Burial

"Mistress Joane Fanshaw, widow" was buried on 30 May 1622 at Ware, Hertfordshire.^[31]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} The Visitation of Kent. Taken in the Years 1619-1621. The Publications of the Harleian Society Vol XLII. Edited by Robert Hovenden, 1898. Smith Pedigree pp 113-114 Internet Archive.
2. ↑ Visitation of London 1568. Publications of the Harleian Society. Edited by Howard and Armytage. 1869. Smythe Pedigree p 69 Internet Archive.
3. ↑ Visitation of London, 1568: With Additional Pedigrees, 1569-90, the Arms of the City Companies, and a London Subsidy Roll, 1589. Publications of the Harleian Society. Vols 109-110. London H S and Rawlins S W. 1963. Smyth Pedigree pp 17-18.
4. ↑ Stocker, J J. Pedigrees of Smythes of Ostenhangar; Kent; of Smythes of Bidborough and Sutton-at-Hone; and of the Smythes of Viscount Strangford, of Dromore, Ireland. Archæologia Cantiana, being Transactions of the Kent Archæological Society. Vol. XX, 1893, pp 76-81 pdf.
5. ↑ Wadmore, J F. Thomas Smythe, of Westenhanger, Commonly Called Customer Smythe. Archæologia Cantiana, being Transactions of the Kent Archæological Society, vol. XVII, 1887, pp 193-208 pdf.
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} Buckler, Benjamin. Stemmata Chicheleana. Oxford Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1765. See No's 1, 3 and 7 Internet Archive.
7. ↑ All Hallows Lombard Street, City of London. Register. Accessed via Ancestry.
8. ↑ Will of Henry Brouncker of Erlestoke, Wiltshire. 12 Aug 1568. PROB 11/50/245. The National Archives, Kew.
9. ↑ Hearn K (1995) Dynasties : painting in Tudor and Jacobean England 1530-1630. Tate Publishing.
10. ↑ Treasures of the Royal Courts. Tudors, Stuarts & the Russian Tsars. Dmitrieva O and Murdoch T (Eds). V&A Publishing, 2013.
11. ↑ A Set of Portraits of the Family of Thomas 'Customer' Smythe by Cornelis Ketel. Reviewing Committee on the Export of Works of Art and Objects of Cultural Interest. Expert's Statement. Arts Council, abt 2015.
12. ↑ ^{12.00 12.01 12.02 12.03 12.04 12.05 12.06 12.07 12.08 12.09 12.10} Visitation of England and Wales. Crisp F A (Ed). Notes. Vol 6, 1906, pp 149-152 Internet Archive.
13. ↑ ^{13.0 13.1} Fanshawe Pedigree. Miscellanea Genealogica et Heraldica. Vol I, 1868, p 320 Internet Archive.
14. ↑ Fanshawe, Thomas I (c.1533-1601), of Fanshawe Gate, Derbys., Ware Park, Herts. and Warwick Lane, London. Published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1558-1603, ed. P.W. Hasler, 1981 HOP.
15. ↑ All Hallows Lombard Street, City of London. Register. Accessed via Ancestry.
16. ↑ Will of Thomas Smythe of London. 29 Oct 1591. PROB 11/78/226. The National Archives, Kew.
17. ↑ Will of Alice Smythe, Widow of London. 11 May 1598. PROB 11/91/377. The National Archives, Kew.
18. ↑ Ware, Hertfordshire. Parish Register. Accessed via findmypast.co.uk.
19. ↑ Fanshawe Wills Part I. Communicated by Edward J Sage Esq. Miscellanea Genealogica et Heraldica. Vol II, 1876, pp 280-303. (see pp 289-295) Internet Archive.
20. ↑ Fanshawe, Thomas I (1580-1631), of Jenkins and Barking, Essex and the Inner Temple, London. Published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1604-1629, ed. Andrew Thrush and John P. Ferris, 2010 HOP.
21. ↑ Fanshawe, William (1583-1635), of St. Sepulchre's, London and Parsloes, Dagenham, Essex. Published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1604-1629, ed. Andrew Thrush and John P. Ferris, 2010 HOP.
22. ↑ A Visitation of the County of Essex 1664-1668. J J Howard (Ed.). 1888. Ayloffe Pedigrees pp 12-13 Internet Archive.
23. ↑ Fanshawe, H C. The History of the Fanshawe Family. Privately Published, 1927, p 56 Internet Archive.
24. ↑ Allegations for Marriage Licences Issued by the Bishop of London 1520-1610. Vol. I. Publications of the Harleian Society Vol XXV. Edited by Armytage G J. 1887, p 306 HathiTrust.
25. ↑ Summary of receipts and payments made by the unnamed brother of Simon Smith, deceased, acting as executor. Jul 1597. E 192/1/4. The National Archives, Kew.
26. ↑ Will of Robert Smithe, Gentleman of London. 1601. PROB 11/97/37. The National Archives, Kew.
27. ↑ Will of Ursula Boteler, Widow of Biddenham, Bedfordshire. 11 Jun 1621. PROB 11/137/525. The National Archives, Kew.
28. ↑ Will of Mary Davy, Widow. 02 July 1624. PROB 11/144/20. The National Archives, Kew.
29. ↑ Will of Elizabeth Kinge, Widow of Finchley, Middlesex. 21 February 1622. PROB 11/139/216. The National Archives, Kew.
30. ↑ Will of Sir Thomas Smithe of London. 1625. PROB 11/147/84. The National Archives, Kew.
31. ↑ Ware, Hertfordshire. Parish Register. Accessed via findmypast.co.uk.