Thomas Wimberly esq (abt. 1555 - abt. 1616)

Born about 1555 in Bitchfield, Lincolnshire, England

Ancestors

Husband of Frances Margaretta (Beville) Wimberly — married 1583 in Lincolnshire, England

Descendants

Died about 11 Apr 1616 at about age 61 in Spalding, Lincolnshire, England

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Biography

Thomas Wimberley, esq. of Bitchfield & Spalding (b. c. 1555 - bur. 11 Apr 1616 Spalding, Lincs),^[1] is the son of:^[2]

• Christopher Wimberley of Bitchfield (will 03 Dec 1569, proved 12 Feb 1569/70 PCC); widower of Elizabeth (dsp), dau. of William Armine of Osgodby
• and Elizabeth Sharpe of co. Rutland, widow (will 03 Jun 1582, proved 28 Jun 1582 PCC). m.1 John Newton; m.2 William Berry of Whissendine.

He was age 14 when his father wrote his will on 03 December 1569.^[3]

Siblings

• Dorothy, legatee of Lawrence Wimberley in 1558.
• (sis) ______

m. Richard Cony.

Marriage

m. Frances Bevill (bur. 22 Jan 1619/20), dau. of Robert Bevill of Chesterton, co. Huntington. Issue:

• 1. Bevill of Ayscoughfee Hall, Spalding & Pinchbeck, Lincs. (b. c. 1592, age 26 in 1618 - bur. 09 Sep 1641 Pinchbeck, Lincs).

m. (13 Aug 1618 Gedney) Elizabeth (age 21 on 10 Aug 1618; will 12 Jun 1655, proved 15 Jun 1657 PCC), dau. of Sir William Welby, K.B. of Gedney, Lincs. and Susan, dau. of William FitzWilliam of Mablethorpe.

• 2. Thomas of Spalding, Linc. (adm 12 Apr 1656)

m. (21 Apr 1640 Spalding) Margaret Scarlet

• 3. William
• 4. John (will 22 Apr 1642, proved 18 Jan 1647 CPC).^[4]

m. (25 Oct 1625 Gedney, Lincs) Frances, dau. of Sir William Welby, K.B. of Gedney, Lincs.

• Gilbert, D.D. (bur. 25 Nov 1653 St. Margaret's Westminster; will 03 Oct 1651, proved 31 Jan 1653/4 CPC), rector of Englefield, co. Berks., minister of St. Margaret's, Westminter, Prebendary of Wells, Prebendary of Westminster.

m.1 _____, (mother of Gilbert, b. 04 Mar 1629/30).

m.2 Martha (bp. 12 Dec 1602 Gedney), dau. of Sir William Welby, K.B. of Gedney, Lincs.

m.3 (13 Jul 1648 St. Bartholomew the Less, London) Alice (bp. 30 Dec 1617 St. Margaret's, Westminster - bur. 02 Mar 1694/5 St. Margaret's, Westminster), dau. of Wyman Brydges of Westminster.

• Elizabeth (bur. 18 Oct 1649 Louth)

m.1 (22 Nov 1603 Spalding) Nicholas Evington of Spalding, Lincs.

m.2 (27 Oct 1631 St. Margaret's, Westminster) Dymoke Walpole (bur. 23 Aug 1642 Spalding), widower of Jane, dau. of Thomas Ogle of Pinchbeck.

• Frances (bur. 21 Jan 1614/5 Spalding, Lincs).

Events

• 16 Jul 1588: granted coat of arms.^[5]

Property

• 1602: purchased Ayescoughfee Hall.^[6]

Will

• prob. 29 May 1616 Grantham

"The xxvijth day of January in the 30th yeare of James King of England, etc.

"I Thomas Wimberley of Spaldinge in the parts of Holland in the county of Lincoln, esquyer, being whole in body and of perfect and good remembrance (thanks be to god) yet consideringe the certainty of death to all flesh and that nothing is more uncertaine than the hower therof, and having a great desyer to dispose those blessings which god hath given me to the payment of my debts and the good of my wife and children, etc. Imprimis I comytt and bequeathe my soule to almighty God my Creator assuredly trustinge that by the onely meritts of Jesus Christ my mercifull Redeemer I shalbe saved and made partaker of his celestiall Kingdome; my body also I comitt to his mercifull protection during this life, and after to be buryed in the parish Church of Spaldinge if it please god it may conveniently.

My will and mynde is that there be some money given to the releife of the poore at my buriall which stand in need, and come for that purpose, at the discrecion of my executrix and overseers.

To the poore of Spalding one acre of land and pasture in Cowbytt in the occupation of — Colson, and 17 acres of marsh there also in tenure of my brother Edwardes, all which I bought of Mris. Covile.

And my will and mynde is that Bevill Wimberley my sonne shall make assurance of it to that purpose.

• I give to the poore of Bitchfield ten shillings a year during my lease of the parsonage there, which ten shillings I have taken order of by deed.
• to my wife ffrances Wimberley all such lands in Spaldinge, Cowbitt, Pinchbecke, and Moulton during her life which I did covenante to make her a Joynture of before my marriage which appeare by a paper of indentures made betweene my father Bevill and myselfe, which indeed are all the landes which I then had in the townes aforesaid except ten acres in Spaldinge lyinge in Barker Rowe then in the occupacion of my brother Bury of Bitchfield, which ten acres my will and mynde is shee shall also have duringe her life.
• to my wife the house I now dwell in with all appurtenances during the tyme shee shall remaine my widowe or relick after my decease; also all those grounds I bought of Mr. Root and nowe hold by lease of the Queene for 99 years, (yf Bevill Wimberley, John Wimberley, and Gilbart Wimberley my sonnes shall soe long live) for and during the terme of 50 yeares yf my said wife and any of my said sonnes doe so long live; which grounds lye in Spaldinge and Cowbytt in severall pastures, etc. called Moones medowe, Crosselands, Stongs.
• to my wife a house in Spaldinge in the occupacion of ffrances Caward for soe many yeares as shee shall live, if the said lease so long endure, also 4 acres of Copy late Beetson's, duringe her life; after her death my sonne Bevill to have these parcells of land, which he the said Bevill is bound to accept and take kyndly at his mother's hands for that he knoweth that by her good meanes and frugality shee did provide the money which paid for them all.
• to Bevill Wimberley my eldest sonne the house I dwell in and all my lands in fee simple or fee taile to him and his heirs forever, and all my leases in Spaldinge and Moulton, excepte the terme formerly given to my wife;
• also one moiety and halfe of all my pewter, brasse, lynnen, woollen, beddinge, Iron ware, wooden ware, howsehold stuffe; also one half of all my plate except one gilded Bole, which Bole and also the ringe I weare I give and bequeath to Elizabeth Evington my daughter.
• to Richard Evington her sonne xu;
• to Morrice Evington her sonne vu.;
• to ffrancys Evington her daughter vu.
• To Thomas Wimberley my sonne xu. a year out of the parsonage and farm I have in Bitchfield duringe his life (yf any of the three named in the lease so long live). If he sells or assigns his annuity to any other than his mother or some of his brethren the annuity is to cease. To the said Thomas cu. to be paid within six months after ffrances Wimberley shall marry again after my death; if she do not marry then it is to bo paid at her pleasure.
• To my sonne William Wimberley ccu.
• To my sonne Gilbert Wimberley clu. and all my interest in a lease of the Queene in 26 acres of pasture in Weston called Cowmedowe.
• To my sonne John Wimberley my lease which I have in Bitchfield of my lord bishop of Lincoln; if he die without issue my sonne Gilbart is to have the lease; and if he die without issue my sonne Bevill is to have it. If Bevill Wimberley die without issue, my sonne Thomas then living, my will is that my sonne John shall have all my lands and leases in Holland, and other things given to my sonne Bevill by will, to him and his heires forever. And if my sonne John enjoy this last gift then my sonne Gilbart shall have my lease in Bitchfield, and then my sonne Thomas shall have the rent of the 26 acres in Weston, but my sonne John is to have the lease thereof. And although there may be some defects in the settinge down these provisoes or contingences upon the deaths of my said sonnes Bevill, John, and Gilbart, yet hereby they may perceave what my mynd is in these matters, and what I would have done, and I hope they will goe as nere the performance of it as they cann.
• to my sonne Bevill two of my best horses or geldinges excepte one.
• To my brother Edwardes xxs.;
• to my sister Edwardes xxs.;
• to my cosen Robert Edwardes xls.
• to Liddia Grantham vu.
• To Brigett Hutchinson my goddaughter xls.
• To every one of my household servants, viz.,
• to my servingemen and chambermaide xxs. apeece, and the rest xs. apeece.
• To my brother Gilbart Bury vu. a yeare, and my sister xxs. a yeare out of Bitchfield which I have done by deed.
• Residue to my wife ffrancys Wimberley whom I make sole ex*, and overseers Sr Robert Bevill and Mr. Anthony Oldfeild and I give them xxs. apeece.

Prob. at Grantham 29 May 1616 by exx.

Personalty 2880u. 6s. 8d.

Another of the wealthy Spalding families which came to the front with the seventeenth century. The testator had married Frances, daughter of Robert Bevill of Chesterton, Co. Huntingdon, sister of Sir Robert Bevill, Knt., and of Margaret, wife of Matthew Gamlyn of Fulney Ball, Spalding. His daughter Elizabeth had married Nicholas Evington of Halstead in Stixwold and Spalding, son of Richard Evington, whose will has been given.

Sources

• Maddison, A.R. (1891). "Thomas Wimberley (will)," in Lincolnshire Wills 1600-1617, pp. 153-5. Google Books.^[7]
• Maddison, A.R. (1904). "Wimberley of Pinchbeck and South Whitham," in Lincolnshire Pedgrees III. The Publications of the Harleian Society, 52, pp. 1092. Google Books.

Notes

1. ↑ see also: Wikipedia: Bitchfield
2. ↑ Simpson, J. (1876/7). Extracts from the parish registers of St. Michael's, Stamford." The Reliquary and Illustrated Archaeologist, 17, pp. 207. Google Books.
3. ↑ The Gentleman's Magazine, 38, pp. 272. Google Books.
4. ↑ "John Wimberley," in Admissions to the College of St. John the Evangelist in the University of Cambridge, pp. 177. [1]
5. ↑ Troughton, R. (1830). Petition of Richard Troughton, Bailiff of South Witham, Lincolnshire, to the Privy Council in the Reign of Queen Mary, Relating to the Share Taken by Him in the Duke of Northhumberland's Plot, pp. 18 (see footnotes). Google Books.
6. ↑ Penn, K. (2008). An archeological desk-based report of Ayescoughfee Hall Gardens, Spalding, Lincolnshire. NAU Archaeology report no. 1618, p. 11 of 48. NPS.co.uk. PDF.
7. ↑ mentions children & Elizabeth's family (see Nicholas Evingtons).