Thomas Berington (1484)

Born 1484 in Shropshire, England

Ancestors

Husband of Cecillia (Thornes) Berington — married about 1504 in Shropshire, England

Descendants

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Biography

1484 Birth Estimation and Parentage

Given an estimated marriage year of 1504, Thomas Berington was born about 1484, making him aged 20 at the time of his marriage.

Thomas was the son of John Berington and his wife Elizabeth Schrimshire, and his siblings were: ^[1]

1. Rogerus s p
2. Thomas Berington, b. ca 1484, fil e haer m. Cecillia fil Rogeri Thornes de Salop Ar. By Jane Kynaston
3. Johanna
4. Anna
5. Janna

Thomas' older brother Roger died without children, leaving Thomas to inherit.

1504 Marriage

Thomas Berington married Cecillia Thornes, born about 1489. Estimated year of marriage based on Cecillia's biography, making her aged 15 at her marriage.

Thomas Berington, fil e haer m. Cecillia fil Rogeri Thornes de Salop Ar. By Jane Kynaston) ^[1]

Berrington Village, Shropshire

The County of Shropshire, or Salop, is the home of the village of Berrington which is 5 miles to the S.E. of the town Shrewsbury on the banks of the River Severn. ^[2]

According to the pre-1858 research of Mr Temple Morris of Shrewsbury various members of the family Berrington are in its early records.

The 1623 Visitation of Shropshire (which includes pedigrees from the earlier 1241 and 1396 Visitations) shows a pedigree for Berington of Shrewsbury and Moat Hall. The pedigree goes back via the female line to a legendary "base born son" of Edward I of England, the Plantaganet King known as Edward Longshanks (1272-1307). There is no documentation, however, of such a son, whose existence is unlikely.

Issue

Thomas and Cecillia, married est 1504, had three children:^[1]

1. Robertus Berington fil et haer, born est 1505
2. Anna nupta Wm Tench de Shrewsbury, born est 1507
3. Rogerus Berington, born est. 1509 m (1). Margaretta, m. (2) Francisca.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Berington of Shrewsbury and Moat Hall. Pp. 42-44 in The Visitation of Shropshire, Taken in the Year 1623 by Robert Treswell, Somerset Herald, and Augustine Vincent, Rouge Croix Pursuivant of Arms, Marshals and Deputies to William Camden, Clarenceux King of Arms. Edited by George Grazebrook and John Paul Rylands. Part I, London: Harleian Society, 1889. Note that the Visitations were comprised of interviews with the families, which reported their own ancestries, so the likelihood of legend rather than fact increases with the distance from 1623. Link: https://archive.org/stream/visitationshrop00britgoog#page/n96/mode/2up or: https://books.google.com/books?id=RVl7Y0xUv5kC&pg=PA44&lpg=PA44&dq=Jane+Hosier+Barrington+OR+Barington+OR+Berington+OR+Berrington&source=bl&ots=4Ys2l0e7fY&sig=lD4G7UQgHDLbbRKI0LBpidf3mg8&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwirgLOSm-bQAhVQxCYKHUG8AwEQ6AEIOTAG#v=onepage&q=Jane%20Hosier%20Barrington%20OR%20Barington%20OR%20Berington%20OR%20Berrington&f=false. Accessed December 8, 2016
2. ↑ Medieval BERRINGTON / BERINGTON families across England. http://www.cryerfamilyhistory.co.uk/barrington-berrington1d-england.htm. Accessed December 8, 2016