John (Quarles) Quarles of Grays Inn Esq. (1542 - aft. 1604)

Born 1542 in London, Middlesex, England

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Died after Feb 1604 after age 62 in Gray's Inn, London, England

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John Quarles, Esq.

John Quarles, Gent.

John "the elder" Quarles

John Quarles of Gray's Inn, Esq.

John Quarles, Gentleman of Gray's Inn

John Quarles of Gray's Inn, Esquire, b 1542, London England, son of John Quarles, Esq., "Citizen and Draper of London" and his father's first wife, Alice Handley of Salisbury, Wiltshire, England. ^[1] Original Herald's notes from 1568 documenting the Quarles Norfolk and London branch, since transcribed and published in 1963, documents his lineage:

QUARLES

William Quarles of Gresham in Norff. maryed to Emme the Doughter of Bucke of Blakney and by her hathe yssue John Quarles his eldist Sonne, [p143].

John Quarles of London maryed Alyce the doughter of Hauley (? Hanley) [sic] of Salesbery and by her hath yssue John is xxvi yers old Benedick second is xxii yers old Willm, third is xxi Anne maryed to Ryckthorne of (?) Margaret mar to Barkar of London and to his second wyfe he mar. Dorothe the doughter of Pole Dorrell of Lyleston and by her hathe yssue Edward is viii yers old John is iiii yers Judith is v yers old.

[record made] The 23rd of June (1568) [p144]

Called John "the elder" to distinguish him from his half-brother by the same name. His brothers were Benedick and William; his half-brothers (by his father's second wife): Edward, and the youngest, John (referred to as John the younger). Sisters: Margaret and Anne; half-sister (by his father's second wife) Judith. ^[1]

Married: Judith Bradley, daughter of (wid.) Anne Ward and __ Bradley. ^[2] The Visitations of Hertfordshire 1572, first reported during the lifetime of John Quarles, lists under the house of "Quarles of Cranes" the following: (in part) ^[3]

William Quarles of Ely [sic], co. Norf. = [no wife listed]

• John Quarles, of London, draper o.b. 12 Nov. 1577 and wife Alice Tulley [fr. Handley]
  • John Quarles of Graye's Inne and wife (da. of __ Bradley).

John and Judith had one child by 1577 who is unnamed in the will of John's father dtd 12 Oct 1577. ^[4] This reference was likely to Anne, as John's sons were minors coming of age at the time he died in 1604 (based on his will dtd same). Known children were:

• Anne b. before 1577 [m [?] Graveley, one son Thomas by 1604]
• missing children(?) - if so, died young, not in John's will
• Phillip b. aft 1583/bef 1604 - d. 1646 (under twenty-one in 1604)
• James b. aft 1585 - bef 1604 (under twenty-one in 1604)

John was a member of the Drapers of London by right of paternity (handed down from father to sons). He was also a resident and practicing Barrister at Gray's Inn, an Inn of the Court, where he'd lived since his admission in 1565. ^[5][3] Since few records from Gray's Inn survive from this period, there is little knowledge of John's area of practice, but one may assume he was a worthy fellow since he lived his adult lifetime at Gray's Inn. ^[6]

John "the elder", eldest son and heir, and his child were legatees in his father's will in 1577/8. ^[4] After his father's affairs were settled, John petitioned the Office of Arms London to add a crest to the Quarles Merchant Mark or "ancient arms". This request was approved and the Quarles patent of arms was entered into the books. ^[7]

Still a resident at Gray's Inn when he died, John's wife moved to the Manor of Fisherton Anger in Wiltshire after his death.

Died: 1604/5 (will dtd 14 Feb 1604/5, probated 19 Apr 1605) Gray's Inn, London, Middlesex, England. ^[8]

Research Notes

LNAB: Quarles. Referred to as Esquire, but also Gentleman.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Visitation of London, 1568 : with additional pedigrees, 1569-90, the arms of the city companies and a London subsidy roll, 1589. by H. Stanford London (late), Herald of Norfolk Extraordinary, Sophia W. Rawlins, ed. GB: John Whitehead and sons Ltd. Leeds, 1963. print, 143-144. Microfilm, 1985.Family History Library, FamilySearch International, nd Digital Repository: Family Search Library. familysearch.org. pv169-170 (pp143-44).
2. ↑ Footnote1: Wife 'Judith Bradley': LNAB: from 1572 Hertford visitation, FN: JQwill1604, & from 1608 docs showing widow Judith Quarles, wid. of John, purchased Fisherton Anger Manor, Wilts, from her bro-in-law.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} The visitations of Hertfordshire : made by Robert Cooke, esq.,Clarencieux, in 1572, and Sir Richard St. George, kt., Clarencieux, in 1634, with Hertfordshire pedigrees from Harleian mss. 6147 and 1546 by Cooke, Robert, d. 1592; Philipot, John, 1589?-1645; Metcalfe, Walter C. (Walter Charles); College of Arms (Great Britain). London : Ye Wardovr Press, 1886. Internet Archive, 2009. archive.org. p161
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} [Father] "Will of John Quarles, Draper of London". The National Archives of Kew. Repositories. Kew, Richmond, England, TW9 4DU. Digital Library. Document.

   Repository: The National Archives of Kew, Kew, Richmond, England, TW9 4DU

   Title: Will of John Quarles, Draper of London 1577-1578

   Document Date: 25 Jan 1577/8

   Item number: 5759694

   Catalogue reference: PROB 11/60/37

5. ↑ The register of admissions to Gray's inn, 1521-1889, together with the register of marriages in Gray's inn chapel, 1695-1754. Foster, Joseph, ed., by Gray's Inn. cn, 1889. Internet Archive, 2008. p 35. https://archive.org/details/registerofadmiss00gray
6. ↑ The Pension Book of Gray's Inn: Pension 7th Nov: 31 Eliz. (1589). Internet Archive, n.d. archive.org. p85:

   Mr. Brograve attorney of the Dutchie was chosen to read his dublc reading & uppon his reasonable causes & excuses sett forth by himself they were soe well allowed of by the hole pencon that he is now discharged & excused for ever hearafter for his duble readinge. And in his place ther is chosen John Quarles Esq: to be reader for this next Lent. Et eius assistantes Antonius Sentleger et Johannes Lancaster

7. ↑ "Quarles Patent of Arms." The Four Visitations of Berkshire Made and Taken by Thomas Benolte, Clarenceux, Anno 1532; by William Harvey, Clarenceux, Anno 1566; by Henry Chitting, Chester Herald, and John Philipott, Rouge Dragon, for William Camden, Clarenceux, Anno 1623; and by Elias Ashmole, Windsor Herald, for Sir Edward Bysshe, Clarenceux, Anno 1665-66. Vol. II. W. Ryland, ed. College of Arms (Great Britain), 1909. Print, p201-2. Google Books Digitized Library. googlebooks.com. p201.
8. ↑ 1604/5: [Himself] Will of John Quarles, Gentleman of Grays Inn, Middlesex. The National Archives of Kew. Repositories. Kew, Richmond, England, TW9 4DU. Digital Library. Document.

   Reference: PROB 11/105/266

   Description: Will of John Quarles, Gentleman of Grays Inn, Middlesex

   Probate Date: 19 April 1605

   Held by: The National Archives, Kew