Anne (Browne) Playters (1564 - 1642)

Born 1564 in Elsing, Norfolk, England

Ancestors

Wife of Thomas Playters — married 23 Feb 1595 in Elsing, Norfolk, England

Descendants

Died 7 Oct 1642 at about age 78 in Heydon, Essex, England

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Biography

Anne married Thomas on 23 February 1594/5 at Elsing, Norfolk - the parish register records "Thomas Plater and Anne Browne the daughter of Anthony Browne were married'.

Anne died 7 October 1642 and was buried 9 October 1642, Holy Trinity, Heydon, Essex.

The will of Anne Playters of Heydon, probate 28 October 1642, mentions Sir William Playters ( her "Son-in-Law") and her sons : Lyonell, John & Roger - the last two were sole executors. Daughter Elizabeth Soames is also named in the will together with a long list of Soames grandchildren, mostly girls, - as well as Anne's grandson, Anthony Playters, son of Anthony Playters of London, deceased. ( Anthony senior is presumed also to be one of her sons, rather than a son of the previous wife, Anne Swan, since Anthony is her father's name - and she refers to her grandson (not grandson-in-law).

Of son, Lyonell, she wrote: "the sum of 20 pounds of lawful English money. I would have enlarged it, but I conceive his brothers have more need.."

Sources

• Will of 28 October 1642 (probate).

• Source: S-1522229334 Repository: #R-1673308786 Title: Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Page: Ancestry Family Tree Data: Text: http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=54402614&pid=478

• Marriage entry - "England Marriages, 1538–1973 ", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NNKJ-C3P : 13 March 2020), Anne Browne in entry for Thomas Plater, 1594.

• British History online: Sotterley