Anthony Aucher esq (abt. 1562 - 1609)

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Died 13 Jan 1609 at about age 47 in Bishopsbourne, Kent, England

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Biography

Anthony was the son of Edward Aucher and Mabel Wroth. He was born in 1562.^[1]

From Burke's history:

Anthony Aucher, esq. of Bishopsbourne, or Bourne, married two wives, but had issue only by the second, Margaret, daughter of Edwin Sandys, Archbishop of York, viz. two sons and as many daughters,

1. Anthony, his heir.
2. Edwin, of Willesborough, who m. Mary, daughter of John Gibbon, and by her, who d. in 1679, had a numerous issue. His son, the Rev. John Aucher, D.D. prebendary of Canterbury, died in 1701.
3. Elizabeth, m. first, to Sir William Hammond, knt. of Sts. Albans Court, in Kents, ancestor of the poet Hammond, and of the present William Osmund Hammand, esq. of St. Albans Court (see BURKE'S History of the Commoners). She wedded secondly, in 1624, the Venerable Walter Balcanqual, Dean of Rochester.
4. Margaret, m. to Sir Robert James, knt.

His daughter Margaret married Sir Roger James of Reigate Surrey, on 30 Jan. 1611^[2]

Anthony Aucher had his will drawn up on 1 May 1609. ^[3] He made bequests to:

• now wife Joan
• eldest son Anthony
• daughter Margaret
• son Edwyn
• daughter Dame Elizabeth Hammond
• Capt. William Aucher

He died 13th January 1609-10, and was succeeded by his son, Sir Anthony Aucher, knt. of Bourne, who served as sheriff of Kent in 12 James I. He m. Hester, daughter and co-heir of Peter Collet, of London, and dying in July 1637, was succeeded by his son.

Sources

1. ↑ J Hall Pleasants. The Lovelace Family and its Connections, continued, in 'The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography', Vol. 28, pp. 378-381, Internet Archive
2. ↑ James, Sir Roger (1589-1636), of Reigate, Surr. Published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1604-1629, ed. Andrew Thrush and John P. Ferris, 2010. [1].
3. ↑ Ancestry.com. England & Wales, Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 1384-1858 . Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013.The National Archives; Kew, England; Prerogative Court of Canterbury and Related Probate Jurisdictions: Will Registers;PROB 11115Ancestry Record 5111 #873542

• Burke, J. A genealogical and heraldic history of the extinct and dormant baronetcies of England, 1838. p. 28.