Augustine Pettus (bef. 1582 - 1613)

Born before 16 Jul 1582 in Norwich, Norfolk, England

Ancestors

Husband of Abigail (Heveningham) Moseley — married 27 Dec 1608 (to 1613) in Ketteringham, Norfolk, England

Descendants

Died 9 Jul 1613 after age 30 in Norwich, Norfolk, England

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Sir Augustine Pettus, Knt. (b. abt. 1582 - d.v.p 9th, bur. 10th Jul 1613 at St. Simon and St. Jude, Norwich).^[1]

"Augustine the Sonn of John Pettus was Baptized the xvi daye of July 1582" - register of St Peter's and St Jude's, Norwich.

Marriage

m.1 Mary (d. ante 1608), dau. of Henry Vylett of Lynn, Norfolk. Issue:

• Sir Thomas Pettus, Bt.

m.2 (27 Dec 1608) Abigail, dau. of Sir Arthur Heveningham of Heveningham, Suffolk. Issue:

• Thomas II (b. 1609/12)

m. Anne, dau. of Calibut Walpole, esq. (?) of Houghton, Norfolk.^[2]

• Sir John, knt. (1613–1685), deputy gov. for royal mines; MP for Dunwich^[3]

m. (1639 - separated 1657) Elizabeth Gurney, dau. of Sir Richard Gurney, Bt (d. 06 Oct 1647), sometime lord mayor of London.^[4][5]

Sources

• Burke, J. & Burke, J.B. (1844). "Pettus of Rackheath," in A genealogical and heraldic History of the extinct and dormant Baronetcies of England, Ireland and Scotland, 2nd ed., pp. 407. London: John Russ. Google Books.

• Hasler, P.W. (1981). Pettus, John (1550-1614), of Norwich, Norf. HOP. Web.[4]

• Thrush, A. & Ferris, J.P. (2010). Pettus, John (1550-1614), of Elm St., Norwich, Norf. HOP. Web. [5]

• Visitations of Norfolk, ed. Rye, Harleian Soc. 32 (1891), p. 221, Pettous.

• Wotton T. (1741). The English baronets, a genealogical and historical account of their families, II, p. 270. London. Google Books.

• Shaw, W.A: Knights of England (1906), Vol. 2, p. 151. Knighted 6 Dec 1611, at Royston (Herts), along with Thomas Wentworth, the future Earl of Strafford (notoriously beheaded).

• "British Armorial Bindings" https://armorial.library.utoronto.ca/stamp-owners/PET003 His coat of arms. Also here: https://www.joh.cam.ac.uk/library/special_collections/early_books/pettus.htm

Notes

1. ↑ see also: jmc4, (2008, January 24). Church of St Simon & St Jude Norwich. Church Explorer. Flicker. Photo. [1]
2. ↑ Anne, dau. of Calibut Walpole esq and Elizabeth Bacon, married Augustine's brother Thomas (1591-1618). She remarried to Sir Henry Hungate of Bradenham, Norfolk. [2]. It's unclear whether this second son Thomas existed, or is just the creation of Wotton's confusion.
3. ↑ Wikipedia: John Pettus (courtier)
4. ↑ Pettus, John (DNB00). WikiSource.org. Web.[3]
5. ↑ Wikipedia: Sir Richard Gurney, 1st Baronet