Ursula (Yate) Saunders (abt. 1520 - 1583)

Born about 1520 in Witney, Oxfordshire, England

Ancestors

Wife of Thomas Lee — married about 1545 (to 1571) in Witney, Oxfordshire, England

Descendants

Died Sep 1583 at about age 63 in Dinton, Buckinghamshire, England

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Biography

Ursula Yate was born circa 1520 in Witney, Oxfordshire, England, a daughter of Leonard Yate and Joan Precy.^[1]

Siblings

•Thomas Yate (1525–1591)

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•Leonard Yate (1535–1602)

She married trice, mother of five children with her first husband, and of six children with her second husband.

(1st) John Hicks about 1538

Children

3. John Hicks (1543–1589)
4. Richard Hicks (1544–1568)

(2nd) Thomas Lee about 1547

Children

1. Thomas Lee (1549–1627)

(3rd) John Saunders about 1575.

She died in the now extinct hamlet of Moreton in the parish of Dinton, Buckinghamshire, England, and she was buried on 20 September 1583 in..

Burial: Saint Peter and Saint Paul's Churchyard in Dinton, Aylesbury Vale District, Buckinghamshire, England.

Ursula had her will drawn up in 1583.Ursule's will passed probate on 28 November 1583.^[2] She made bequests to:

• my mother
• my godchild, my son Lee's child
• my godchild, my daughter Duncombe's child
• my godchild, my daughter Pinne's child
• my godchild, my daughter Smyth's child
• my godchild my daughter Saunder's child
• my godchild, my daughter Holyman'schild
• my son John Hickes
• Sibell Saunders, daughter of my daughter Saunders
• my godchild, my daughter Pettie's child
• my son Thomas Lee
• my son Thomas Saunders of Dinton
• my son Christopher Holyman

Sources

1. ↑ The visitations of the county of Oxford: taken in the years 1566 by William Harvey, Clarencieux; 1574 by Richard Lee, Portcullis; and in 1634 by John Philpott, Somerset, and William Ryley, Bluemantle. Together with The gatherings of Oxfordshire, collected by Richard Lee in 1574: Harvey, William Internet Archive accessed:22 May 2023
2. ↑ Will: "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: 66
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry au Record 5111 #900034 (accessed 19 October 2021)
   Will of Ursule Saunders of Dinton, granted probate on 28 Nov 1583. Died Abt 1583.

• The Visitation of the County of Buckingham in 1634 Page 81: Lee Only names family name.
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/167155593/ursula-saunders: accessed 26 October 2022), memorial page for Ursula “Ursley” Yate Saunders (1520–Sep 1583), Find a Grave Memorial ID 167155593, citing Saint Peter and Saint Paul Churchyard, Dinton, Aylesbury Vale District, Buckinghamshire, England; Maintained by Charles Boetsch (contributor 48409474) .