Thomas Spring Esq. (abt. 1456 - 1523)

Born about 1456 in Lavenham, Suffolk, England

Ancestors

Husband of Anna (King) Spring — married about 1493 in England

Husband of Alice (Appleton) Spring — married after 1505 in England

Descendants

Died 15 Jun 1523 at about age 67 in Lavenham, Suffolk, England

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Biography

Thomas Spring (b. c. 1456 Lavenham), son of Margaret Appleton and Thomas Spring.^[1][2]

Marriage

Thomas married twice.

King

Anna King is Thomas' first wife. They married circa 1493,^[1][2][3] and are the parents of:^[2]

• Sir John (d. 1547; bur. Hitcham).^[4]

m. Dorothy, dau. of Sir William Waldegrave.^[4]

• Robert, esq. (1502–1549?; will 10 Oct 1547).^[4][5]

m.1 Emma Parris of Linton, Cambs.^[4]

m.2 Agnes (Anne), dau. of Thomas Eden.^[4]

• 1. Anne (1494–1528).^[4]

m. Sir Thomas Jermyn.^[4]

• 2. Rose (b. 1496).^[4]

m. _____ Gibbon.^[4]

Appleton

Thomas remarried to Alice Appleton, widow of Robert Maye and daughter of Thomas Appleton and Margary Crane, sometime after 1512.^[2] Alice was Thomas' first cousin.^[6] Their daughter was:^[2]

• Bridget Spring (1498?–1557?)

m. ____ Audley of the Isle of Wight.

Occupation

Thomas was a wealthy clothier.^[2][4]

Will

• Date: 13 Jun 1523
• Probate: 03 Jul 1523

In his will, dated 13 June 1523, Thomas made known his wish to be buried in the Church of Lavenham before the altar of Saint Katherine.^[2] Thomas's estate was probated on 3 July 1523.^[2] Thomas's widow Alice was said to be the second wealthiest person in Suffolk in 1524, after the Duke of Suffolk.^[2]

Death

Thomas died on 15 June 1523.

Research notes

Green (n.d.), refers to him as "Thomas Spring III" .^[2]

Some items to consider/research further:

• Birth year: Green's (n.d.), guestimate for DOB is c. 1457.^[2] At 10 July 2018, Wikipedia recorded a birth year circa 1474.^[7] Thomas was the eldest of three sons mentioned in his father's will dated 29 March 1487.^[2]
• Year of second marriage
  It is supposed that Thomas's second wife Alice's first husband Robert Maye did not die until after 12 April 1512, as, according to Probate Information collated by Nina Green, Robert's will is dated 12 April 1512.^[2] This appears inconsistent with the year of birth Nina Green provides for Thomas and Alice's daughter Bridget Spring (1498).^[2]
• 1498: the supposed birth year of Thomas's daughter Bridget
  Along with the will of her mother's first husband being dated 1512 (see year of second marriage), and Bridget being the daughter of Alice's second husband Thomas, Bridget's birth date also deserves questioning because it is after her half-brother Robert Spring was said to have been born to Thomas's first wife Anna (1502).^[2]

Descendants

Spring & Spring (2000), includes the following diagram of the first generation of his descendants:^[8]

Thomas Spring
of Lavenham 'The Rich Clothier' b. c. 1456 d. June 1523 Will pr. 3.7.1523 ?4
=
(1) Anne King
d.o. King of Boxford d. 20.1.1512

John Spring Kt

of Hitcham & Cockfield b. 1498 knighted 1547 d. 12.8.1547 Will pr. 2.5.1549 bur. Hitcham

Anne Spring Spring

bur. 21.1.567 Rushbrooke

Rose Spring

m. ante 1523, living 1523

Robert Spring

of Lavenham, Icklingham & Pakenham d. 3.4.1549 bur. Lavenham

=
(2) Alice Appleton
d. o. Thomas Appleton of Little Waldingfield wid. of (- -) May d. Sep 1538 Will pr. 5.9.1538

Bridget Spring

m. (1) post 13.4.1538 d. Oct 1557, Slinfold, Sussex bur. Wittering, Sussex

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Richardson, R. (n.d.). Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 266.
2. ↑ ^{2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14} Green, N. (n.d.). The National Archives PROB 11/21/179 1, [concerns Thomas Spring III (1457?–1523), of Lavenham]. Xxford-shakespeare.com. Retrieved 10 July 2018 by Clare Spring. PDF. (see also: wayback machine - less detailed v. 5 Apr 2017 PDF).
3. ↑ Richardson, D. (2011). Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd ed, II, p. 62.
   Richardson, D. (n.d.). Royal Ancestry, II, p. 439.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8 4.9} Reyce, 1902.
5. ↑ will of Rbt. Spring of Lavenham
6. ↑ Relationship calculated by Clare Spring on 11 August 2018, using Wikitree.
7. ↑ Wikipedia: Thomas Spring of Lavenham Retrieved 10 July 2018 by Clare Spring, from https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Thomas_Spring_of_Lavenham&oldid=844349136.
8. ↑ Spring, W.A. & Spring, J.V. (2000). The Spring family of Suffolk and County Kerry, and branches in Australia, New Zealand and the USA, p. 1. National Library of Australia. Accessed 3 March 2018 at the by Clare Spring. .

See Also:

• Marlyn Lewis
• Reyce, R. (1902). Suffolk in the XVIIth Century: The Breviary of Suffolk, pp. 171. Francis Hervey, Ed. London: J. Murray. Google Books. Pedigree.