Theodosia (Newton) Manners
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Theodosia (Newton) Manners (1545 - abt. 1591)

Theodosia Manners formerly Newton
Born in East Harptree, Somerset, Englandmap
Ancestors ancestors
Wife of — married 1571 [location unknown]
Descendants descendants
Died about at about age 46 [location unknown]
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Biography

SIR JOHN NEWTON’S WILL

  • Sir John made his will on 23rd August 1561:
I, John Newton of Barre’s Court ... being of good mind...bequeath my soul to
Almighty God my maker and redeemer, that through the death of his dear son, I
shall obtain pardon and forgiveness of all my sins... faith in his blood ... the only
oblation offered being sufficient ...for the sins of the whole world.
He left money for the maintenance of the parish church of East Harptree and
directed that his body should be buried in the church when it shall please Almighty
God to call me out of this transitory life.
At the time of making this will, six of his daughters were unmarried. In the event of
them still being unmarried at the time of his death, he left each of them £100.
Jane Newton, Bridget Newton, Grace Newton, Theophila Newton,
Theodosia Newton and Nazareth Newton
Jane/Johanna married 1. Hugh Cartwright and 2. James Fitzjames
Bridget married Richard Hanham of Wimborne Minster, Dorset
Grace married Samuel Norton of Abbotsleigh, Bristol
Theophilia married William, 3rd Earl of Worcester
Theodosia married Sir Thomas Manners of Nottingham
Nazareth married 1. Thomas Southwell and 2. Thomas Paget

References

Oxford Dictionary of National Biography: Brooke (nee Newton), Frances, Lady Cobham (b. after 1530, d. 1592) Newton, Francis, Dean of Winchester (d. 1572) Newton, Theodore, (1531/2- 1568/9) Newton, Sir Richard (d. 1448) History of Parliament online at www.historyofparliamentonline.org Newton, Henry, (c. 1531-1599) http://www.british-history.ac.uk/fasti-ecclesiae/1541-1847/vol5/pp104-108 Newton, Sampson The notebooks of Rev Frederick Brown (pedigrees and wills), Somerset Heritage Centre, eg Vol. 15 p. 574 ref D/D/SAS/C1193 5/1 Somerset Archaeological and Natural History Society Proceedings Toulmin Smith, Lucy, (ed) The itinerary of John Leland in or about the years 1535-1543. (1910) London Accessible at http://www.archive.org/details/itineraryofjohnl05lelauoft

Newton of East Harptree. The visitations of the county of Somerset, in the years 1531 and 1573, together with additional pedigrees, chiefly from the visitation of 1591. by Benolt, Thomas, d. 1534; England. College of Arms; British Museum. Mss. (Harleian 1445); Cook, Robert, d. 1593?; Weaver, Frederic William, b. 1853 ed.

https://archive.org/details/visitationsofcou00beno/page/54/mode/2up?q=manners

Sources


See Also:

  • Will of Sir John Newton of Barres Court Gloucestershire cites Theodosia as daughter
  • Ancestry.com. England & Wales, Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 1384-1858 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013.

Original data:

  • Prerogative Court of Canterbury: Wills of Selected Famous Persons. Digitized images. Records of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Series PROB 1. The National Archives, Kew, England.
  • Prerogative Court of Canterbury and Related Probate Jurisdictions: Will Registers. Digitized images. Records of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Series PROB 11. The National Archives, Kew, England.

Description

  • Prior to 12 January 1858, wills in England and Wales were proved in ecclesiastical courts. The largest one was the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, The National Archives; Kew, Surrey, England; Records of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Series PROB 11; Class: PROB 11; Piece: 50 Accessed on ancestry.com.au, August 2021.
  • View Ancestry au Record 5111 #1012855 (requires subscription).




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