Cecily (Kelke) Farrer (abt. 1550 - bef. 1627)

Born about 1550 in England

Ancestors

Wife of John Ferrar — married after 26 Aug 1574 in London, England

Descendants

Died before 14 Nov 1627 before about age 77 in England

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Biography

Cecily was the daughter and co-heiress of William Kelke^[1][2] and Thomasine Skerne. She was born before 1552.^[3][4] Her birthplace is uncertain: her father had property in Lincolnshire but was also a London mercer.

Cecil was a minor when her mother's Will was proved in 1566: an administrator was appointed for her and her sister Elizabeth during their minority.^[3][4][5]

Cecily married John Farrer^[1][6] at St Sepulchre's without Newgate, London. Their marriage licence was dated 26 August 1574^[2][3][4] and describes her as a spinster of the parish.^[7][8] They had four sons, all named in their father's Will:^[9]

• Henry,^[3][4][6] his oldest son,^[9] who married Martha Woodward^[1]
• John^[1][3][4][6]
• William^[1][3][4][6]
• Humphrey,^[1] who became a priest^[3][4][6]

Joseph Foster's Pedigrees of the County Families of Yorkshire lists another son, Charles:^[6] if this is right, he presumably died before his father made his Will as he is not named in it.^[9]

Cecily is not named in the Will of her husband (dated 14 November 1627 with a codicil of 24 April 1628),^[3][4][9] so probably died before then.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5} Robert Cooke, John Philipot and Walter C. Metcalfe (eds). The visitations of Hertfordshire made by Robert Cooke, esq., Clarencieux, in 1572, and Sir Richard St. George, kt., Clarencieux, in 1634 with Hertfordshire pedigrees from Harleian mss. 6147 and 1546, Harlan Society, 1886, p. 53, Internet Archive
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} A R Maddison. Lincolnshire Pedigrees, Vol. II, Harleian Society, 1903, p. 557, Internet Archive
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7} Douglas Richardson. 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. II, pp. 141-142, FARRER 16, partially viewable on Google Books
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7} Douglas Richardson. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham (Salt Lake City: the author, 2013), Vol. II, pp. 546-547, FARRER 21
5. ↑ Alvahn Holmes. The Farrar's Island family and its English ancestry, Gateway Press (Baltimore), 1972, p. 75
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5} Joseph Foster. Pedigrees of the County Families of Yorkshire, Vol. I, 1874, pages not numbered (handwritten #36), pedigree of Farrer of Ingleborough; FamilySearch Book: 564849, image 40/76
7. ↑ Joseph Foster. London Marriage Licences, 1521-1869, Bernard Quaritch, 1887, p. 472, Internet Archive
8. ↑ Joseph Lemuel Chester (ed. George J Armitage). Allegations for marriage licences issued by the Bishop of London, Vol. I, Harleian Society, 1887, p. 61, Internet Archive
9. ↑ ^{9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3} Virginia Gleanings in England, in 'The Virigina Magazine of History and Biography', Vol. XXII, for the year ending December 1914, p. 398, Internet Archive

• Miscellanea Genealogica et Heraldica, Vol. IX, 5th series, London: Mitchell Hughes and Clarke, pp. 224-228, Familysearch, not viewable online but available at a Family History Center

Acknowledgements

Magna Carta Project

This profile was re-reviewed for the Magna Carta Project by Michael Cayley on 31 March 2023.

Cecily (Kelke) Farrer is in trails badged by the Magna Carta Project from Gateway Ancestor William Farrar to Magna Carta Surety Barons William d'Aubigné, Hugh le Bigod, Roger le BigodRichard de Clare, Gilbert de Clare, John de Lacy, William Malet, Saher de Quincy, 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".