Maude (Stone) Tesdale (abt. 1545 - 1616)

Born about 1545 in England

Died 19 Jun 1616 at about age 71 in Glympton, Oxfordshire, England

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Biography

Maude was born about 1545. She was the daughter of Reynold Stone.

Sometime before 1567 she married Edward Little of Abingdon.

On 10 Jun 1567 she married Thomas Tesdale of Glympton, Oxfordshire. They appear to have had no children.

Maude had her will drawn up on 17 May 1616 with codicils added on 4 & 5 Jun 1616.^[1] She made bequests to and mentioned:

• my deceased husband Thomas Tesdale
• my sister Anne Coates
• my brother in law William Coates of Abingdon
• my nephew Tesdale Coates
• my nephew William Coates
• my nephew Thomas Coates
• my brother Richard Arden
• my kinswoman Elizabeth Payne and her children
• my kinsman Henry Payne
• his daughters Margery, Anne and Priscilla Payne
• James Hawkins
• my cousin Jackaman Hawkins (wife of James)
• Maude Hawkins, daughter of James
• Robert Hawkins
• his wife Maudlyn
• their daughter Maudlyn
• my nephew William Hopper
• my kinsman Thomas Winchester
• his daughter Anne Winchester
• his son Tesdale Winchester
• John Waller of London
• his wife, my cousin, Maude Waller
• their son Thomas Waller
• their daughter Mathewe Waller
• my kinswoman Ann Poulter of Worcestershire
• her daughter Mary
• my kinsman Deodatus White and his chidlren
• his daughter Anne White
• Marke Younge
• his son Charles Younge
• Sir John Bennett and his children
• ? Gregorye, daughter of Sir John
• her husband Francis
• John Hawes
• his wife Elizabeth
• Elias Tesdale and his wife my kinswoman
• Thomas his son
• Anthony and Abrham, sons of Elias
• Francis Little
• Maudlyn Elston
• George Renes and his wife
• Goodwife Elliman
• my cousin Priscilla Tesdale of Abingdon
• Goodwife Woodward
• Goodwife Harte
• Katherine Willis of Rewley
• my goddaughter Mrs Stephenson of Abingdon
• my goddaughter Mrs Smith of Oxford
• my kinswoman Langley of Whitby

Probate was granted on 28 Jun 1616.

Maud died at Glympton and was buried there on 20 Jun 1616. ^[2] The parish registers described her as a "gentlewoman".

A monument was erected to Maude in the chancel of the church at Glympton, Oxfordshire with an epitaph praising her charitable deeds to the poor of Glympton, Charlbury, and Ascott under Whychwood. ^[3] It reads:

"Under the protection of Christ - Here lyeth the body of Maud Tesdale ye relict of Thomas Tesdale of this parish of Glympton, esq, which said Maud left this vale of misery and finished her days of mortality, in ye true faith & fear of ye Lord Jesus, with singular patience, peace of conscience & contentment, ye 19th day of June An Sal 1616 Whose true & sincere love unto religion , whose charitable devotion towards ye poor, whose respective care & kindness to sundry bordering towns, St Marys church in ye famous university of Oxon, Henley Upon Thames where she was born & hath shared her bounty most liberaly, Abingdon where she sometimes lived, and hath left a perpetuall remembrance of her love, Glympto, Charlbury & Ascott in all which places she hath lovingly anointed Christ Jesus in his poor members shall forever testify and declare. Her never dying faith & loyalty to her above mentioned most religious & worthy husband (so far as mortality could possibly provide to stretch ye fame) this monument erected purposely by her own command & charge upon her deathbed to propagate his memory rather than her own, may & doth fully witness & convince".

Sources

1. ↑ Will of Maude TISDALE of Glympton, Oxfordshire Family History Society Transcribed Wills and Related Documents Maude Tesdale
2. ↑ National Burial Index For England & Wales, Find My Past, Glympton, Oxfordshire, citing: Mawde Tysdalle 1616 {https://www.findmypast.com.au/transcript?id=BMD/NBI/08545078 FMP] accessed:29 June 2021
3. ↑ A Guide to the Architectural Antiquities in the Neighborhood of Oxford 1842 Google Books