Frances (Dymoke) Windebanke (abt. 1539 - aft. 1612)

Born about 1539 in Scrivelsby, Lincolnshire, England

Ancestors

Wife of Thomas Windebanke Knt — married 20 Nov 1565 in Scrivelsby, Lincolnshire, England

Descendants

Died after 11 Feb 1612 after about age 73 in Hurst, Berkshire, England

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Biography

Family

Frances Dymoke was a daughter of Edward Dymoke, Knt., of Scrivelsby, Lincolnshire, Methley, Yorkshire, etc., Sheriff of Lincolnshire and Knight of the Shire for Lincolnshire, and Anne Tailboys, daughter of George Tailboys, Knt., de jure Lord Kyme, styled Earl of Angus.^[1][2][3]

She had five brothers and six sisters, and grew up in a family of some stature.^[4]Her father was the hereditary Champion of England at the coronations of King Edward VI (1547), Queen Mary (1553) and Queen Elizabeth I (1559).^[4] He died in 1569, several years after her own marriage, and her mother married (second) Robert Carr, Esq. of Sleaford, Lincolnshire, who was a Burgess for Boston, Lincolnshire, Escheator of Lincolnshire, and (from 1568-1569) Sherriff of Lincolnshire.^[4]

Marriage and Children

Frances married 20 November 1565 at Scrivelsby, Lincolnshire, Thomas Windebank, Knt., of St. Martins in the Fields, Westminster, London and Haines Hill, Berkshire, Clerk of the Signet and Clerk of the Privy Seal.^[5][6][7] (see Research Notes) There were four children from this marriage:

• Anne Windebank; married 3 Sep 1592 Henry Reade^[7][8]
• Mildred Windebank; married 31 Jul 1600; Robert Reade^[7][9] died before 26 Jan 1631 (when will was probated)^[10][11]
• Francis Windebank;^[7] baptised 21 Aug 1582;^[12][13] married Edith Jackson;^[14] died 1 Sep 1646^[14][15]
• Margaret Windebank;^[7] baptised 12 Aug 1584;^[16] married John Grymesditch^[1]

Her husband served as Clerk of the Signet from 1568 - 1603, and on his retirement he was knighted by King James I on 23 July 1603.^[1] In 1606 he acquired the manor of Hinton Pipard at Hurst, Berkshire.^[1] Sir Thomas Windebank died 24 October 1607, and was buried 25 November of that year at St Martin-in-the-Fields, Westminster, London.^[1]

Death

Frances died sometime before 24 April 1613, when her will dated 11 February 1612 was proven.^[1][17] She left her son Francis her writing tables "covered with sylver and gilte with the Dimockes armes graven upon them."^[17] To her daughter Margrett Grimsdiche [sic] she bequeathed a "golde hoope ringe [engraved] with letters for her father's name and myne."^[17] There are small bequests of jewelry to her niece, Lady Fulnetby, and to several friends. Robert Morecrofte, alderman of the city of Lincoln, was appointed as her executor.^[17] Her two eldest daughters, Anne and Mildred, are not mentioned in her will which suggests a provision may have previously been made for each of them on the occasion of their marriage.

Research Notes

Date of Frances's marriage to Thomas Windebank:

• Richardson gives the date of Frances's marriage as August 1566,^[1] possibly based on the work of Anna Watson.^[18] This appears to be an error, as parish records give the date as 20 November 1565.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6} Richardson, Douglas. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham (Salt Lake City: the author, 2013), vol. 4, pp. 466-467 READE. 19. Frances Dymoke.
2. ↑ Maddison, A.R. Lincolnshire Pedigrees. (H.S.P. 55) London: by the Society (1906), vol. 4, pp. 1202-1212.
3. ↑ Marshall, George W. The Genealogist. London: Golding and Lawrence (1877), vol.4, p. 19.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2} Richardson, Douglas. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham (Salt Lake City: the author, 2013), vol. 4, p. 466 READE. 18. Edward Dymoke.
5. ↑ "England Marriages, 1538–1973", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NFQ8-3QC : 13 March 2020), Frances Dymoke in entry for Thos. Windebanke, 1565.
6. ↑ Throckmorton, Charles W. General and Historical Account of the Throckmorton Family. Richmond, VA: Old Dominion Press (1930), pp. 321-322.
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4} Mundy, Richard. Middlesex Pedigrees. (Harleian ms. no. 1551) London: Mitchell, Hughes, and Clarke (1914), p. 12 (Windebanke pedigree).
8. ↑ "England Marriages, 1538–1973", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V523-KB4 : 12 March 2020), Anna Windebancke in entry for Henricus Reade, 1592.
9. ↑ "England Marriages, 1538–1973", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V52W-K5D : 12 March 2020), Rob'tus Reade, 1600.
10. ↑ Richardson, Douglas. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families.; 5 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham (Salt Lake City: the author, 2013), vol. 4, pp. 467-468 READE 20. Mildred Windebank
11. ↑ Richardson, Douglas. Magna Carta Ancestry: A study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 4 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham. 2nd edition (Salt Lake City: the author, 2011), vol. 3, pp. 431-432 READE 16
12. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JM2J-8NB : 3 February 2023), Francis Wyndebancke, 1582.
13. ↑ Pollard, Albert Frederick.Windebank, Sir Francis. Dictionary of National Biography archive edition.
14. ↑ ^{14.0 14.1} Venn, John. Alumni Cantabrigienses. Cambridge: University Press (1922), vol. 4, pt 1, p. 436.
15. ↑ Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries. London: the Society (1843), n.s. vol 5-6, pp. 378-380..
16. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NPKT-79X : 3 February 2023), Margaret Windebancke, 1584.
17. ↑ ^{17.0 17.1 17.2 17.3} Maddison, A.R. Lincolnshire Wills, A.D. 1600-1617. Lincoln: James Williamson (1891), 2nd ser. p. 86.
18. ↑ Watson, Annah Robinson. Of Sceptred Race. Memphis, TN: Early Printing and Publishing Co. (1910), p. 76.

See Also:

• "Charles I - volume 537: January 1638," in Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Charles I, 1625-49 Addenda, ed. William Douglas Hamilton and Sophie Crawford Lomas (London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1897), 568-570. British History Online, accessed August 6, 2023, p. 568, 1 Jan 1638.

• Ditchfield, Peter H. Byways in Berkshire and the Cotswolds. London: Robert Scott (1920), p. 62.

• Faris, David. Plantagenet Ancestry of Seventeenth-Century Colonists. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company (1996), database with images, Ancestry Sharing Link - (Ancestry Image : accessed 5 August 2023); citing R > image 254 of 340.

• Hunter, Joseph. Familiæ Minorum Gentium. (H.S.P. 37) London: by the Society (1894), vol. 1, pp. 144-150. [Poole-Brymesditch ped.]

• Lodge, Samuel. Scrivelsby, Home of the Champions. London: Elliot Stock (1894), p. 71.

• 'Parishes: Hurst', in A History of the County of Berkshire: Volume 3, ed. P H Ditchfield and William Page (London, 1923), pp. 247-260. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/berks/vol3/pp247-260 [accessed 6 August 2023].

• Richardson, Douglas. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 4 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham, 2nd edition, (Salt Lake City: the author,2011), vol. 3, pp. 430-431 READE. 15. Fances Dymoke.

• Roberts, Gary Boyd. Ancestors of American Presidents. Santa Clarita, CA: New England Historical Genealogical Society (1989), p. 3.

• Washington Family Registry

• Weis, Fredrick Lewis. The Magna Carta Sureties, 1215. Boston (1955), p. 70, line 85.14..

Acknowledgements

Magna Carta Project

This profile was re-reviewed against the project's checklist on 14 August 2023 by Jen Hutton.

Frances (Dymoke) Windebanke is in a project-approved/badged trail (reviewed January 2015 by a Magna Carta project member) from Gateway Ancestor George Reade to Magna Carta Surety Barons John de Lacy. The Lacy trail branches off into badged trails to Saher de Quincy, Gilbert de Clare, Richard de Clare, William d'Aubigny, and Robert de Ros. All these trails are set out in the Magna Carta Trails section of the Gateway'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".