Edward Kempe (bef. 1535 - 1605)

Born before 1535 in Kent, England

Ancestors

Descendants

Died 7 Mar 1605 after age 70 in Hampshire, England

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Biography

Edward Kempe was the son of William Kempe and Eleanor Browne.^[1][2] His birth date is uncertain: but his mother Eleanor had two children by her first husband, Thomas Fogge, who died in 1512,^[3] and was probably therefore born before 1495, and quite possibly before 1490. That suggests that Edward was likely to have been born before 1535, possibly some years before. He was probably born in Kent, where his father had lands.^[3]

Edward married Elizabeth Wilmot, daughter of Edward Wilmot, Esq., of Witney, Oxfordshire and Christian Bustard. The marriage took place after 1558: Elizabeth's father's will, which is dated 1558, left her £300 which she was to receive either when she was of full age or when she married, so she must have been unmarried then.^[1][2] Edward and Elizabeth had four children:

• Thomas^[1][2]
• Edward^[1][2]
• Francis^[1][2]
• Robert^[1][2]

Edward settled at Gins near Beaulieu, Hampshire, in the New Forest.^[1][2] (An old history of the Kemp family wrongly gives the place as "Conns".^[4])

Edward died on 7 March 1605 (which may be 1605/6 or 1606 in modern reckoning), probably in Hampshire, and was buried at Beaulieu, Hampshire.^[1][2] His burial inscription reads:^[4]

"Here lyeth the body of Edward Kempe

"Gent : the sixt sonne of Sir Wilham

"Kempe, Knight, who hath left Eli

"Zabeth his wife with Thomas, Edward

"Frauncis and Robert their sonnes. He

"Died the VIIth of March ano dni. 1605."

Research Notes

Book of Kempe Family History

From A General History of the Kemp and Kempe Families of Great Britain and her Colonies: "[Edward's] wife was related to John Wilmot, of Marilebone, and Rose Wilmot, who married Robert Bromfield, connected with whom were some of the Kempes of Hampstead."^[4]

This same book states that

• Edward was the 6th son of his parents:^[4] the evidence for this is unclear. He is third in Douglas Richardson's list of his parents sons.^[1][2]
• His oldest son was Thomas, with a birth date of 1557.^[4] If, as her father's 1558 will demonstrates, Eleanor was unmarried in 1558,^[1][2] the birth date is wrong.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9} Douglas Richardson. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 4 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham, 2nd edition (Salt Lake City: the author, 2011), volume I, p. 331 BROMFIELD 14
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9} Douglas Richardson. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham (Salt Lake City: the author, 2013), Vol. I, p. 568
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, Vol. III, pp. 275-6, OLLANTIGH 13
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4} Fred. Hitchin-Kemp. A General History of the Kemp and Kempe Families of Great Britain and her Colonies, Leadenhall Press, London, 1902, Section IV, p. 32, Internet Archive

• Richardson, Douglas. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 4 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham. 2nd edition. Salt Lake City: the author, 2011. See also WikiTree's source page for Magna Carta Ancestry.
• Richardson, Douglas. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham. Salt Lake City: the author, 2013. See also WikiTree's source page for ‘’Royal Ancestry’’.
• Fred. Hitchin-Kemp. A General History of the Kemp and Kempe Families of Great Britain and her Colonies, Leadenhall Press, London, 1902, Internet Archive
• https://www.kempfamilyhistory.com/pedigree.php?personID=I122136&tree=adkemp

Acknowledgements

Magna Carta Project

This profile was reviewed/approved for the Magna Carta Project by Michael Cayley on 13 May 2020.

Edward Kempe is listed in Magna Carta Ancestry in a badged Richardson-documented trail from Gateway Ancestor Edward Bromfield to Magna Carta Surety Baron Robert de Vere (vol. I, pages 331-333 BROMFIELD). This profile also appears on badged trails from Gateway Edward Bromfield to surety barons Saher de Quincy, Hugh le Bigod and Roger le Bigod. These trails are outlined in the Magna Carta Trails section of the Gateway's profile.

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