Anne (Echingham) Tuchet (abt. 1429 - 1498)

Born about 1429 in Echingham, Sussex, England [uncertain]

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Descendants

Died 7 May 1498 at about age 69 in Bermondsey, Surrey, England [uncertain]

Biography

Anne Echingham (or Echyngham) was born in or about the 1420s,^[1] the daughter of Sir Thomas Echingham. Her exact date of birth is unknown, but as her father was born in 1301,^[2] and her son Henry was born in 1448,^[3] a date much before or much after the 1420s would be problematic. No contemporary sources have been found identifying her mother, and it is possible that Sir Thomas married twice,^[4] but the consensus amongst modern sources is that Anne is the daughter of Margaret Knyvet,^[5] who had married Anne's father no later than 1426.^[6] This is supported by the 1530 heralds' visitation of Sussex,^[7] though its genealogy of the Echingham family contains several inaccuracies.

Anne married John Rogers of Bryanston, Dorset, and had a son in 1448 — probably their only child. The marriage is documented in letters patent from 1451, which talks of "John Roger, son and heir of John Roger of Brianeston" and "the said John Roger of Brianeston and Anne his wife, daughter of Thomas Echyngham, knight".^[8] (The visitation of Sussex incorrectly gives Anne's husband's name as Thomas Rogers.^[7]) John Rogers died in 1450,^[3] and the letters patent grant the manors of Bryanston and Sutton Waldron to Anne, with remainder to the heirs of her and John.^[8] That the grant is only to Anne seems consistent with John being dead, even though it doesn't say so explicitly.

After John's death, Anne married John Tuchet, Lord Audley.^[9] According to a genealogy compiled in 1853 by George Harrison, the then Windsor Herald, they married before 1456, though no evidence is given for this.^[3] Regardless of the date, it is certain that it was John Roger's widow who married John, Lord Audley, for in her will, dated 11 Nov 1497, she asks for prayers for "the soules of John late Lord Audeley late my husband, James late Lord Audeley my sonne, and John Rogers late also my husbande."^[10]

Her second husband, Lord Audley, died on 26 September 1490,^[5] and Anne died on 7 May 1498.^[11] She asked to be buried under the tower of St Saviour's monastery, Bermondsey, Surrey.^[12] Her son Henry Rogers was her executor and inherited the bulk of her estate:^[10] in Dorset, the manors and advowsons of Bryanston and Sutton Waldron, a burgage in Bridport, and the advowsons of St Mary Bridport and Maiden Newton; in Somerset, the manors and advowsons of Sparkford and Kilve; in Hampshire, the manor and advowson of Dibden, and the manor of Marsh Court near Stockbridge; and in Lincolnshire, the manor of Sapperton.^[11]

Sources

• Royal Ancestry by Douglas Richardson Vol. V. page 199-200

Children of John Audley, Knt, by Anne Echingham

1. JAMES TUCHET, born about 1463-4, married (1st) MARGARET DARRELL, (2nd) JOAN BOURCHIER.

2. JOHN AUDLEY, married ISABEL MYLBERY

3. ELIZABETH AUDLEY, married WILLIAM FILOLL, Knt., of Woodlands (in Horton), Dorset [see FILOLL 15].

4. ANNE AUDLEY, married JOHN WINGFIELD, K.B.

1. ↑ Watney, Vernon James. The Wallop Family and Their Ancestry, p 661.
2. ↑ Kirby, J L. Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem, vol 20 (1413–1418), nos 23 & 24. "William of Echyngham, Knight". London : HM Stationery Office, 1995. Available digitally from the Institute of Historical Research.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} Harrison, George. "Rogers Genealogy" in Miscellanea Genealogica et Heraldica, vol 1 (1868), p 258. Citing "Records of the College of Arms". Available digitally from FamilySearch.
4. ↑ Smith, Charlotte Carpenter. Echyngham Medieval Family: 1100–1850. PDF published online, 2011.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} Cokayne, George Edward and Gibbs, Vicary. The Complete Peerage (2nd ed.), vol 1, p 341–2. London : St Catherine Press, 1910.
6. ↑ Richardson, Douglas. Royal Ancestry, vol 2, pp 483–4 "ECHINGHAM 11". Salt Lake City, 2013.
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1} Bannerman, W Bruce, ed. The Visitations of the County of Sussex, 1530 & 1633–4, p 124–6. London : The Harleian Society, 1905. Citing Harl. MS. 1562, fol 101, 101a & 102. Available digitally from the Internet Archive.
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1} HM Stationery Office. Calendar of the patent rolls preserved in the Public Record Office — Henry VI, vol 5 (1446–1452), p 411 (29 Hen VI, mem. 13). London, 1909. Available digitally from Family Search.
9. ↑ Richardson, Douglas. Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, vol 2, p 336.
10. ↑ ^{10.0 10.1} The National Archives. "Will of Dame Anne Lady Audeley, Widow of Close of the Monastery of Saint Saviours of Bermondsey, Surrey" (PROB 11/11/407), records of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury.
11. ↑ ^{11.0 11.1} Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem — Henry VII, vol 2, pp 101–2 & 106–7, nos 148 & 160–2. London : HM Stationery Office, 1915. Available digitally from the Internet Archive.
12. ↑ Richardson, Douglas. Royal Ancestry, vol 5, pp 197–8.