William Palmer (1544 - bef. 1587)

Born 24 Jul 1544 in Parham, Sussex, England

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Wheere) Palmer — married 1575 in Parham, Suffolk, England

Husband of Elizabeth (Verney) Bromley — married 1577 in , , England

Descendants

Died before 16 Jan 1587 before age 42 in Parham, Sussex, England

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Sir William Palmer was a member of the aristocracy in British Isles.

Biography

He was born on 24 Jul 1544 in Parham, Sussex, England and his parents were Catherine (Stradling) and Thomas Palmer, MP.

William Palmer first married about 1575 in Parham, Suffolk, England to Elizabeth Wheere.

William Palmer married secondly about 1577 in England to Elizabeth (Verney) Bromley and their children included ...

1. Catherine Palmer
2. Thomas Palmer
3. Abraham Palmer
4. William Palmer
5. Sarah Palmer
6. John Palmer
7. Walter Palmer, b: 1590 (youngest sibling).

Sir William Palmer owned the manors of Wick, Kingston and Barpham.

He died on 24 Dec 1586 in Parham, Sussex, England and left a last Will. ^[1]

Marriage

Marriage: c1577 England

Husband: William Palmer

Wife: Elizabeth Verney

Death

Died: Between 24 December 1586 and 16 January 1587.

Dates his will was made and proved.

Will: of William Palmer of Parham esq., dated 24 Dec. 1586 ^[2]

• To be buried at discretion of executors

• £5 to the poor, to be divided at discretion of executors, ‘not to praye for my sowle acknowledging no helpe for the same after my decease but that they shall praye to god to blesse kepe and defend my most gratious Soveraigne Ladye Quene Elizabeth that her dayes maye be longe and prosperous that she maye have victorye over all her enemies that the words of god maye flourishe and dayly increase in the hartes of all people, that god maye blesse my wife and children so that love and unitye maye be amongest them that god maye thereby be glorified’

• 20s. to a learned preacher to preach at my burial

• Two years’ wages each to my good servants to such as were my old servants and are in my house both men and women

• One year’s wages to every one of the rest

• £20 each to my cousins Thomas and Jane Palmer

• £1,000 to my daughter Katherine Palmer at her marriage if she marries with the consent of her mother Elizabeth; £400 if she marries without such consent

• As my wife is now with child: if a son, £100 a year rent from my manors of Wick and Kingston; if a daughter £500 at her marriage if with her mother’s consent, £200 if without such consent

• All my lands to be divided by my overseers into three parts: one part to her majesty; ‘one other part as a second part’ to my wife Elizabeth for life; the third part to my executors to pay my debts and legacies and for the bringing up of my children

• ‘for that my debtes be somewhat greate and the dayes of payment not longe’: manor of Barpham to be sold at the discretion of my friends John Popham (attorney-general), Sir Thomas Palmer, John Caryll esq., Edward Caryll, John Leeds, and Alexander Popham esq.

• All goods and chattels, cattle, movables and immovables to wife

• Elizabeth and son Thomas, whom I make my executors

Witnesses: Thomas Palmer, William Haughton, James Whitney, John Elmes, :John Rymmaston, Richard Burdon minister

Probate 16 Jan. 1587

[PRO PROB 11/70, f. 13 and v.]

Research Notes

This profile initially had a death date / place of 10 Nov 1661 Duxbury, MA, but a check of the Duxbury vital records finds no one by the name of PALMER in any of its records during this frame. Death information therefore removed. Smith-32867 28 Feb 2017

A "! PLACEMARK !" entry as a "child" for William is just an informative connection between Walter Palmer of Stonington and William and/or John Palmer of Parham - a false relationship. References to Walter of Stonington as "William" are INCORRECT.

See the more detailed note in the later Walter Palmer note areas.

Sources

1. ↑ http://www.victoriacountyhistory.ac.uk/explore/assets/will-william-palmer
2. ↑ "England & Wales, Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 1384-1858"
   The National Archives; Kew, Surrey, England; Records of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Series PROB 11; Class: PROB 11; Piece: 70
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 5111 #917786 (accessed 28 January 2023)
   Will of Willmi Palmer, granted probate on 16 Jan 1586. Died about 1586 in Param, Sussex, England.

• Church of England, Baptisms, Marriages and Burials 1538-1813

• Palmer Pedigree, The Family of, Palmer Family Genealogy, Parham House, Parham, Somerset, England in 1947

• Landed Families of Britain and Ireland - Fairfield House, home to Wiliam Palmer and Elizabeth Verney

• Ancestry.com family trees

Acknowledgments

• WikiTree profile Palmer-46 was created on 05 Jan 2011 through the import of lenora.ged

• WikiTree profile Palmer-2068 was created on 20 Aug 2011 by Andy Askey through the import of Andy Askey Family Sandbox_2011-08-20_01_01.ged