Mary (Barne) Roberts (abt. 1560 - abt. 1624)

Born about 1560 in England

Ancestors

Wife of Francis Roberts — married 20 Nov 1575 in Woolwich, Kent, England

Descendants

Died about 1624 at about age 64 in Willesden, Middlesex, England [uncertain]

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Biography

Mary Barne was a daughter of John Barne and Jane Langton.^[1]

Her year of birth is unknown and is estimated as c 1555-1560.

She was the granddaughter of Sir George Barne (Lord Mayor of London in 1552).

Marriage and Children

She married Francis Roberts of Willesden, Middlesex.^[1] The marriage took place on 20 Nov 1575 at Woolwich, Kent:^[2]

"Memorandum I Frauncis Roberts tooke to wiffe Mari barne the dafter of John Barne esquier, and was maried at wollwiche the xxth of November beinge Sonndaye Anno Domini 1575. laus deo. Amen."

They lived at Neasdon/Neasden in the parish of Willesden, Middlesex.^[2]

Children:^[2]

• Barne Roberts (born 01 Sep 1576 at Neasden)
• Edward Roberts (born 03 Sep 1578 at Neasden)^[3]
• George Roberts (died an infant)
• Frances Roberts (a daughter, born 02 Sep 1581 at Neasden; married Richard Franklin)^[4]
• George Roberts (born 06 Jul 1583 at Willesden)
• John Roberts (born 10 Dec 1584 at Neasden)
• Mary Roberts (born 1587 at Willesden, died an infant)
• Jane Roberts (born 06 May 1588 at Willesden; married first Sir Thomas Glover and second George Purefoy)^[5][6]
• Elizabeth Roberts (born St John Street; married Sir John Sanders)^[5]
• Robert Roberts (born 06 Feb 1591/1592 at St John Street)
• Mary Roberts (born 14 Dec 1592 at Willesden)
• Anne Roberts (born at Willesden)
• William Roberts (born 17 Jul 1596 at Willesden)
• James Roberts (born 23 Oct 1597 at Willesden)
• Mary Roberts (born 18 Dec 1600 at Neasden)
• Thomas Roberts (born 30 Jun 1606 at Neasden)

Will of Dame Mary Judde

In the will of Dame Mary Judde of Latton, Essex, the will made on 20 Feb 1596/1597, published on 13 Jul 1601, and proved on 19 Feb 1601/1602^[7] the Testatrix made bequests including to:

• Mr John Barne my sonne in lawe, and Jane his wife my daughter;
• Francis Roberts and Marye his wife my grandchild.

Death

Mary was buried at St. Mary's Willesden, Middlesex, in 1623/4.^[8]

She is recorded in the monumental inscription to her husband in St. Mary's Church, Willesden: [Source?]

HERE LYETH YE BODYE OF FRANCIS ROBERTS LATE OF WILSDON IN YE COUNTIE OF MIDDELSEX ESQ. WHO HAD TO WIFE MARYE ELDEST DAUGHTr & ONE OF YE COHEIRES OF JOHN BARNE ESQ. BY WHOM HE HAD 9 SONS & 7 DAUGHTrs. HE LIVED TO YE AGE OF 80 YEARS & 7 MONETHS & DEPARTED THIS LIFE YE 5th DAY OF SEPTEMBr 1631

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Visitation of Essex. Part II. Publications of the Harleian Society. 1879, p 538 Altham Pedigree Internet Archive.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Genealogical Notes of the Family of Roberts of Willesden, Middlesex, prefixed to a Vellum MS. In the Bodleian Library, Containing Treatises by Adam the Carthusian, R Rolle, and Walter Hilton. Miscellanea Genealogica et Heraldica. New Series, Vol III, 1880, pp 25-28 Internet Archive.
3. ↑ Roberts, Edward (1578-1660), of Willesden, Mdx.; later of Gray's Inn, London. Published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1604-1629, ed. Andrew Thrush and John P. Ferris, 2010 HOP.
4. ↑ Franklin, Sir John (1600-1648), of Dollis Hill, Willesden, Mdx. Published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1604-1629, ed. Andrew Thrush and John P. Ferris, 2010 HOP.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} Daniel Lysons, 'Willesden', in The Environs of London: Volume 3, County of Middlesex (London, 1795), pp. 611-624. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/london-environs/vol3/pp611-624 [accessed 1 August 2023].
6. ↑ Cokayne, G E. Some account of the Lord Mayors and Sheriffs of the city of London, during the first quarter of the seventeenth century, 1601-1625. Published London 1897, p 11 Internet Archive.
7. ↑ Will of Dame Mary Judd or Judde, Widow of Leyton, Essex. 19 Feb 1602. PROB 11/99/135. The National Archives, Kew.
8. ↑ London Metropolitan Archives; London, England; Church of England Parish Registers, 1538-1812; Reference Number: DRO/113/001.

• Neasden: A Historical Study by K.J. Valentine
• Valerie Knight - ancestry tree for genealogical notes of the Roberts family in the Bodleian Library