Born about in England
Ancestors 
Son of Henry Raynsford
and Elizabeth (Wilcotes) Raynsford
Brother of
John Raynsford
Husband of
Alice (Anne) Raynsford
— married
about 1473 in England
Descendants 
Father of
John Raynsford Esq. and William (Raynsford) Rainsford
Died
at about age 50
in Oxfordshire, England [uncertain]
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Biography
Birth and Parents
- William Raynsford Esq. was the son and heir of Henry Raynsford and Elizabeth Wilcotes.[1][2][3][4] His date and place of birth are unknown and are estimated.
Lands
- The manor of Great Tew was brought into the Raynsford family by William's mother, Elizabeth,[3] and William held that manor at his death.[2]
Marriage and Children
- William married Alice Anne, the daughter of John Anne, Esq., of North Aston, Oxfordshire,[1] and his wife, Alice.[3] John Anne had two wives named Alice and it is unknown which one was the mother of his daughter Alice.[2] William and Alice had three sons and one daughter:
- John, Esq., married Alice Danvers and had issue[1][2][3][5]
- William,[1][3] second son, married Johanna (Joanne) Alderford[6] daughter of Walter Alderford and Joan Brooke, they had issue; William died before 1543[2][5]
- Henry,[3] died without issue[1][2][5]
- Elizabeth, wife of Richard Belcher and of George Agard[2][3][5]
Death
- William died 4 August 1487.[3] He is commemorated by a window in the Church of St. Michael, Great Tew,[7] which reads:
- "William Raynsford Esq. sometyme Lord of Great Tewe and Alyce his wyfe daughter to John Anne Esq. whych William died in the IIII of August an. Dom. MCCCCLXXXVII an. sec. Hen. VII and Alice dyed an. dom [blank]".[2]
- Heraldry: I: Argent a cross sable (Rainsford), impaling Azure an eagle displayed argent, ducally gorged or (Wilcotes); II: Argent on a bend sable three martlets of the field (Anne), impaling Gules three lions passant argent (possibly Gifford); III (surviving): Rainsford quartering Wilcotes, impaling Anne quartering Gifford.[8]
- At his death, William held the Manor of Great Tew in Oxfordshire. William's Inquisition Post Mortem was held 29 October 1487, his son and heir, John Raynsford, aged 13 and more, was his heir.[2]
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 William Harvey, et al. The Visitations of the County of Oxford Taken in the Years 1566. London, 1871. GoogleBooks, pages 166-167
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 James A. Rasmussen. "Edward Raynesford of Boston: English Ancestry and American Descendants" in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Boston, MA: NEHGS, July 1985. Online at AmericanAncestors.org, vol. 139, pages 229-230.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 Douglas Richardson. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham. Salt Lake City, UT: the author, 2013, vol. IV, page 462, RAYNSFORD 14.
- ↑ Douglas Richardson. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 4 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham. 2nd edition. (Salt Lake City, UT: the author, 2011), vol. III, page 426, RAYNSFORD 9.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Miscellanea Genealogica et Heraldica. Ser. 4, v. 3 (1910). FamilySearch, page 315
- ↑ The Rainsford Family with Sidelights on Shakespeare, Southampton, Hall and Hart - Embracing 1000 years of the Rainsford family and their successive partakings in the main lines of national life by Emily A Buckland
- ↑ A.P. Baggs, et al. 'Parishes: Great Tew', in A History of the County of Oxford. Volume 11, Wootton Hundred (Northern Part), ed. Alan Crossley (London, 1983), pp. 223-247. British History Online.
- ↑ Transactions of the Monumental Brass Society, vol. XVII, part 4, 2006. Pages 410-412.
Acknowledgements
Magna Carta Project
- This profile was developed by the Magna Carta Project by Thiessen-117 on 28 October 2021 and reviewed for the Project by Michael Cayley the same day.
- William (Rainsford) Raynsford Esq. appears in Magna Carta Ancestry (vol. II, pages 226-227 FOWKE), in a badged Richardson-documented trail from Gateway Ancestor Gerard Fowke to Magna Carta Surety Baron Geoffrey de Say. See the Magna Carta Trails on the profile of Gerard Fowke to see the profiles on the trail.
- William (Rainsford) Raynsford Esq. appears in Magna Carta Ancestry in a Richardson-documented trail from Gateway Ancestor Edward Raynsford to Magna Carta Surety Baron Geoffrey de Say (vol. III, pages 422-427 RAYNSFORD) that was badged by the Magna Carta Project in August 2023. This trail is set out in the Magna Carta Trails section of the Gateway's father's profile.
- See Base Camp for more information about identified Magna Carta trails and their status. See the project's glossary for project-specific terms, such as a "badged trail".
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