Bridget (Champernowne) Still (abt. 1591 - 1631)

Ancestors

Wife of Thomas Still — married 18 Feb 1611 in St Augustine the Less, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England

Descendants

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Biography

Bridget was the daughter of Gawen Champernowne and Gabrielle Montgomery.^[1]

She married Thomas Still of Dorset on 18 Feb 1611 at St Augustine the Less in Bristol.^[1][2][3] They had issue:

• John^[2][4]
• Jane^[2][4]
• Bridget^[2][4]
• Frances^[2][4]
• Ursula^[2][4][5]
• Elizabeth^[2][4]
• Mary^[2][4]
• Anne^[2][4]

She was buried on 9 April 1631 at Shaftesbury, St James, Dorset.^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Vivian, J. L. (John Lambrick). The visitations of the county of Devon: comprising the herald's visitations of 1531, 1564, & 1620. (Exeter: For the author by H.S. Eland, 1895). Pedigree of Champernowne p. 163.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8} Squibb, G. D. The Visitation of Dorset 1677 (London : The Harleian Society, 1977) p. 62
3. ↑ "England Marriages, 1538–1973 ", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NL92-KZR : 13 March 2020), Bridgett Champernon in entry for Thomas Still, 1611.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7} "England & Wales, Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 1384-1858," database with images, Ancestry.com; Will of Thomas Hill of Shaston, Dorset, England, proved 4 Jun 1641.
5. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JWD9-TZQ : 21 March 2020), Vrsula Still, 1616.
6. ↑ "Dorset, England, Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812 ," database with images, Ancestry.com; burial record for Briget wife of Mister Thomas Still Esquire, 9 April 1631, Shaftesbury, St James, Dorset, England; citing Reference Number: PE/SY:(SJ)RE1/1, Dorset History Centre; Dorchester, England

• Jewers, Arthur J. Wells Cathedral: its monumental inscriptions and heraldry : together with the heraldry of the palace, deanery, and vicar's close : with annotations from wills, registers, etc., and illustrations of arms (London: Mitchell and Hughes, 1892). Internet Archive Still Pedigree p. 152