Thomas Spring I (abt. 1400 - 1440)

Born about 1400 in Lavenham, Suffolk, England

Descendants

Died 1440 at about age 40 in Lavenham, Suffolk, England

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Biography

Thomas Spring was married to Agnes.^[1][2] Their children were:^[1][2]

• Thomas Spring (?–1487)
• William Spring
• Katherine Spring
• Denise Spring

Thomas's will was dated 16 June 1440.^[1][2] It was proved on 8 February 1440.^[3]

Research notes

"The Spring family of Suffolk and County Kerry, and branches in Australia, New Zealand and the USA" includes the following diagram of the first generation of his descendants:

Thomas Spring
clothier of Lavenham; first documented ref.1424; d. 1440 Will pr. 8.2.1440
=
Agnes (- -)
living 1457

Thomas Spring

clothier of Lavenham m. c. 1455 d. 7.9.1486

Katherine Spring

living 1440

William Spring

d. 1476

Dionisia Spring

living 1440

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Nina Green (compiler). "The National Archives: Probate 11/21/179 [concerns Thomas Spring III (1457?–1523), of Lavenham]." Retrieved 10 July 2018 by Clare Spring from http://www.oxford-shakespeare.com/Probate/PROB_11-21_ff_83-4.pdf. [An older, less detailed version of the document was archived on 5 April 2017 at https://web.archive.org/web/20170405014230/http://www.oxford-shakespeare.com/Probate/PROB_11-21_ff_83-4.pdf.]
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Peter Northeast (editor). "Wills of the Archdeaconry of Sudbury, 1439-1474," Volume 1, Part 1, p. 40: 102. Thomas Sprying of Lavenham" Retrieved 10 July 2018 by Clare Spring from https://books.google.ca/books?id=LdZkjfwZ97YC&pg=PA40#v=onepage&q&f=false.
3. ↑ William Anthony Spring and Jane Vivien Spring [researchers and compilers]. 2000. "The Spring family of Suffolk and County Kerry, and branches in Australia, New Zealand and the USA," p. 1. Accessed 3 March 2018 at the National Library of Australia by Clare Spring. https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/21876001.