Ann Astley (1408 - aft. 1474)

Born 1408 in Melton, Norfolk, , England

Ancestors

Wife of Thomas Gedding Esq — married after 1430 in Suffolk, England [uncertain]

Descendants

Died after 1474 after age 66 in Hillmorton, Warwickshire, , England

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Biography

From Gage's History and Antiquities of Suffolk. Thingoe Hundred

"William Geddyng left issue by Mirabel, Thomas Geddyng, his son and heir, who married first, Anne, daughter of Thomas Hethe, of Hethe’s Place in Mildenhall, and secondly, Anne, daughter of Thomas Asteley, of Melton Constable in Norfolk, and had issue by both marriages."^[1]

In a footnote Gage adds:

According to some pedigrees of Geddyng, Mirabel wife of John Copdock of the county of Essex, and Elizabeth wife of John Felkers , were daughters of the first marriage , sisters of John Geddyng of Lackford ; according to others, they were daughters of John [Geddyng].

From Copinger's Manors of Suffolk, Vol. VII

"Thomas Geddyng died in 1463, leaving Anne his widow in possession of this manor. John Geddyng, his son and heir, married Margery, daughter of Sir John Heveningham, of Heveningham, in Suffolk ; and in the 7th year of King Edw. IV. conveyed his Manors of Lackford, Flempton, Westow, Great Thurlow, Pychard's Fee and Overhall, in Little Bradley, to John, Duke of Suffolk, Sir John Heveningham, and other trustees. He dying 4th February in the following year, the wardship of Robert Geddyng, his son and heir, was given to Anthony, Earl Rivers, and Elizabeth his wife. In 1474 Anne Geddyng, widow, leased to Robert Geddyng, Lackford, Flempton, and Westow, for two years, at a rent of 500 marks ; and subsequently John Astley released to him all his rightin the manors."^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ GAGE, John History and Antiquities of Suffolk. Page 48
2. ↑ COPINGER, W.A., Manors of Suffolk, Vol. 7. Page 80

• GAGE, John. The History And Antiquities of Suffolk: Thingoe Hundred. (London, Samuel Bentley, 1838).

• COPINGER, W.A., Manors of Suffolk, Vol. 7. (Manchester, 1911)

Also see

• Francis Blomefield, 'Holt hundred: Melton Constable', in An Essay Towards A Topographical History of the County of Norfolk: Volume 9 (London, 1808), pp. 415-426 http://www.british-history.ac.uk/topographical-hist-norfolk/vol9/pp415-426 [accessed 22 September 2015].

Acknowledgements

• WikiTree profile Astley-36 created through the import of Smith-Lemley (Conecuh County, (1).ged on Jul 20, 2011 by John Lemley.