Alan (Eppes) Epes (1500 - 1551)

Born 22 Sep 1500 in Lydd, Kent, England

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Died 30 Jul 1551 at age 50 in Lydd, Kent, England

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Alan (Eppes) Epes was born in England.

Biography

Alan Epes was born in 1500 to parents John Epes and Alice Harley. "He married Agnes (_____) Harle who by her earlier marriage had a daughter Elizabeth Harle. She married (3), 3 August 1552, William Buthow at All Saints Church, Lydd."

Timeline

• 1544 "Alan Epes was a jurat and was bailiff of Lydd, Kent, in 1544-45. Lydd is two and half miles south of Old Romney in Denge Marsh and in the Manor of Old Langport, Lydd, and is a member of the Town and Port of New Romney and one of the original detached members of the Cinque Ports. Among the accounts of John Oyne, Sr., and Thomas Harle, wardens of the parish of Lydd in 1544-45, is an entry: "Received from Alen Eps, the Bailiff, for the money called Light Silver, collected by him and others at Christmas for the sustentation of the Church £9 3s. 6d."
• 1551"The will of Alen Epse of Lyd, Kent, jurat, dated 30 July 1551 and proved 22 September 1551, provided: "To be buried in the churchyard at Lyd. To my maidservant Agnes Aton a heiffer. To my servant Nicholas Aton a heiffer. To my servant Simon Wynday heiffer and sheep. To my servant Thomas Smythe 2 sheep. To my servant John Rolffe 2 sheep. To my servants Richard Aukyn and Robert Adams sheep. To my maidservants Alice Hollye and Julian Raynolde sheep. To John Wynday sheers and debts he owes me. To Robert Dyne all debts he owes me. To my daughters Johane Epse, Alyce Epse and Margery Epse £20 a piece at 18 or marriage. To my wife’s daughter Elizabeth Harle £10. To my wife Agnes Epse oxen, £15, household stuff in tenement I now dwell in etc. Rest of my moveable goods to my sons William Epse, Thomas Epse & John Epse equally. Said son William Epse to be executor. Thomas Strogle, John Strogle & my brother Thomas Epse to be overseers. Witness Thomas Strogle, jurate, Robert Dyne, John Wynday. Will (of lands) To my wife Agnes my principal tenement I now dwell in for life remainder to my three sons William, Thomas & John equally in fee. To said three sons rest of my lands in Lyd aforesaid, Old Romney, St. Martins Pounteney & Brenset or elsewhere in Kent in fee. To my wife my term of years in the Brokes called the Grate Brokes & my term of years in the 14 acres called Mr. Feteplace brokes, behind the watercourse on the backside of my house which I hold to farm of Mr. Feteplace. To my son William Epse half of my term of years in my manor called newe Land which I hold of Mr. Feteplace. To my sons Thomas Epse & John Epse the other half thereof. Said son William Epse to have occupying of all my lands above to said Thomas & John his brethren bequeathed till they are 17. Same Witnesses and Thomas Carpenter.^[1][2]

Sources

1. ↑ name="Epes">Ancestors and Descendants of Francis Epes I of Virginia: (Epes-Eppes-Epps) Volume One. Edited by John Frederick Dorman. Society of the Descendants of Francis Epes I of Virginia, 1992.
2. ↑ http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~poythress/genealogy/Epes.html

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• "Calendar of the Close Rolls … Henry VI, IV, 1441-1447 (London, 1937), p. 37" — Dorman, John Frederick, Ancestors and Descendants of Francis Epes I of Virginia, p. 3.

• "Calendar of the Patent Rolls … Henry VI, A.D. 1452-1461 (London, 1901), p. 452" — Dorman, John Frederick, Ancestors and Descendants of Francis Epes I of Virginia, p. 3.

• "Calendar of the Patent Rolls … Edward IV, A.D. 1461-1467 (London, 1897), p. 256" — Dorman, John Frederick, Ancestors and Descendants of Francis Epes I of Virginia, p. 4.

• "Calendar of the Patent Rolls … Edward IV, A.D. 1461-1467 (London, 1897), p. 320" — Dorman, John Frederick, Ancestors and Descendants of Francis Epes I of Virginia, p. 4.

• "A Calendar of the White and Black Books of the Cinque Ports 1432-1955, ed. by Felix Hull (Historical Manuscripts Commission, Joint Publications, v. 5; London, 1966), pp. 1, 6" — Dorman, John Frederick, Ancestors and Descendants of Francis Epes I of Virginia, p.4.

• Photo: #M6162.

• File @M6162@.

• Source: S-1601358972: Ancestry Family Trees Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.

• Kent, England, Tyler Index to Wills, 1460-1882: Name: Alen Epse; Probate Date: 22 Sep 1551; Testator: Alen Epse; Relationship: Testator; Last Residence: Lyd; Household Members: Name: Alen Epse; Agnes Epse; Johane Epse; Alyce Epse; Margery Epse; Elizabeth Harle; William Epse; Thomas Epse; John Epse; Agnes Aton; Nycholas Aton; Symon Wynday; Thomas Smythe; John Rolffe; Rycharde Aukyn; Roberte Adams; Alyce Hollye; Julyan Raynolde; John Wynday; Robert Dyne; Thomas Strogle; John Strogle

• Millennium File: Name: Alen Epse; Gender: Male; Birth Date: 1500; Birth Place: Lyde, Kent, England; Death Date: 1551; Spouse: Agnes; Children: John Eppes Epse; Household Members: Name; Alen Epse; Agnes

• U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900: Name: Alan Epes; Gender: Male; Spouse Name: Agnes Harle; Number Pages: 1; Household Members: Name: Agnes Harle; Alan Epes

See also:

• Blog: Judith Copeland, "Family Legends," 24 January 2015, Francis Eppes, one of Virginia's settlers, 1597-1674 (accessed 20 October 2018)

Acknowledgments

• Thank you to Sheri Lavadour for starting this WikiTree profile through the import of Burbank-Carson Family Tree.ged on Dec 28, 2013.