Agnes (Harding) Plymley (abt. 1495 - abt. 1521)

Born about 1495 in City of London, England [uncertain]

Ancestors

Wife of Alexander Plymley — married about 1512 in England

Died about 1521 at about age 26 in City of London, England

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Biography

Agnes Harding married Alexander Plymley, Mercer, prior to 1516 as in the will of Robert Harding, citizen and Goldsmith of London, the will made on 22 Aug 1515 and proved on 14 Sep 1515^[1] the Testator bequeathed £5 each to Agnes the wife of Alexander Plymley and to Elizabeth Hardyng, the daughters of Thomas Hardyng, the Testator’s brother.

Agnes was recorded concerning a property in St Mary Colechurch in the City of London:^[2]

"In 1520 Robert Colyer, citizen and mercer, and his wife Elizabeth granted to Alexander Plymley, citizen and mercer, and his wife Agnes, the moiety of a tenement or messuage with houses, formerly of Robert Hardyng, in the parish of St. Mary Colechurch with bounds as above. Possibly Elizabeth and Agnes were co-heirs to the property. Alexander Plymley held the tenement charged with 13s. 4d. quit-rent to Clerkenwell in 1524 and subsequent years".

From the will of Alexander Plymley in 1532-1533^[3] it is clear that Agnes had predeceased him, that she had been buried at St Matthew Friday Street in the City of London, and that Alexander had subsequently married Alice Polsted.

Alexander had been a co-Executor of the will of Robert Colyer, Mercer of London, the will made on 30 Jun 1522 and proved on 06 Sep 1522.^[4] The Testator referred to Alexander as his 'Master' and also made a bequest to Alice Poltsted, the sister of the Testator's wife, for Alice's marriage. Perhaps Agnes had died sometime between 1520 and June 1522 and that Alexander married Alice Polsted around 1522.

In his will^[3] Alexander referred to his daughter Agnes who had married William Mounslowe, Mercer. It is is therefore probable that Agnes was the daughter of Alexander and Agnes. However, it is unclear whether the other named children, Alexander, Thomas and Edward, were also the children of Alexander and Agnes, or the children of Alexander and his second wife Alice Polsted.

Sources

1. ↑ Will of Robert Hardyng, Goldsmith of London. 14 Sep 1515. PROB 11/18/194. The National Archives, Kew.
2. ↑ D J Keene and Vanessa Harding, 'St. Mary Colechurch 105/33', in Historical Gazetteer of London Before the Great Fire Cheapside; Parishes of All Hallows Honey Lane, St Martin Pomary, St Mary Le Bow, St Mary Colechurch and St Pancras Soper Lane (London, 1987), pp 601-604 BHO.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Will of Alexander Plymley, Mercer of London. 16 Dec 1533. PROB 11/25/94. The National Archives, Kew.
4. ↑ Will of Robert Colyer, Mercer of London. 06 Sep 1522. PROB 11/20/379. The National Archives, Kew.