John ABNEY

M, b. circa 1476, d. 1 December 1550
Relationship
11th great-grandfather of John Kennedy BROWN Jr.
Willesley Hall
     John ABNEY, son of William ABNEY, was born circa 1476 in Willesley, Derbyshire, England.1,2 He was a knight and Lord of Willesley. His father William and Thomas Stoke had held Willesley and Potlock jointly. At some point the two agreed to exchange their shares in the two estates. This made John Abney the first sole Lord of Willesley.

John married Margaret d'Ingwardby circa 1494. They were the parents of six children, three boys and three girls.

John ABNEY died on 1 December 1550 in Willesley, Derbyshire, England.3,4,5 He was buried in chancel of St. Tomas Church (beneath the floor), Willesley Manor, England.

On the floor of the chancel are two alabaster slabs, the figures and inscriptions of which are much worn. The oldest one is that of John Abney and on it is incised the figure of a man in plate armour, with his wife by his side, and at their feet three girls and three boys. The following is the inscription - that part of it in brackets is supplied from notes taken in August, 1662, by Elias Ashmole: (Hic jacet Johis Abney . . . et Maria) uxor ejus quiquidem Johes obiit primo die mensis Decembris anno dni millimo (D quinto).

The second tomb is that of George Abney, the eldest son and heir of John.6
Last Edited=11 Sep 2021

Children of John ABNEY and Margaret d'Ingwardby

Citations

  1. [S1030] Raymond Robert Abney Jr., Abney: Ancestry Vol. I, pg. 17.
  2. [S696] Find A Grave (website), online http://www.findagrave.com, John Abney, Memorial ID 137949179.
  3. [S148] R. Robert Abney, Editor, Abney Family Researcher ,Vol. VI, Issue I, December 2002 - Corrects DOD from 1505 to 1550.
  4. [S921] "Abney (later Abney-Hastings) of Willesley Hall", unknown cd.
  5. [S1030] Raymond Robert Abney Jr., Abney: Ancestry Vol. I.
  6. [S778] J. Charles Cox, Churches of Derbyshire, Willesley, pg. 521.

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