Thomas Saxby (abt. 1445)

Born about 1445 in England

Descendants

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Thomas or John Saxby of Northampton (b. c. 1445 England).

John Saxby was born in England.

Biography

While Burke (1880) and Mosley (2003) call Saxby, "Sir Thomas of Northampton," he's called "John" by Nichols (n.d.), Goodacre (2017), and various works by Richarson (2004-211).^[1]

Richardson (2004-11), also asserts that John was a merchant stapler of Calais, born in England c. 1445.^[2]

No parents, spouse, date of death or burial location is given by the secondary sources listed in this profile.^[3]

There are, however, entries for a Thomas Saxon in the Northampton Borough Records:

• 1428 AD: entry for Thomas Saxon, mercer.[1]
• 1445 AD: " Thomas Saxby.[2]
• 1458 AD: " Thomas Saxby, mercer.[3]
• 1462 AD: " Thomas Saxby.[4]

Children

• William (d.s.p 1517; will dated 05 Apr 1517; bur. St. Nicholas of Stanford, Northampton), merchant of the Staple at Northampton and Calais
• John (d. 1544), merchant of the Staple at Northampton and Calais

m. Amy, dau. of Thomas Gifford, esq. of Twyford, Bucks; and widow of Richard Samwell, esq. of Northampton (d. 03 May 1519)

• Margaret (d. Mar 1531/2; bur. Stanford church).^[4]

m. (as second wife) Richard Cave, esq. of Stanford, Northampton (d. 20 Apr 1538; bur. Stanford church; will 13 Jun 1536).

Sources

• Burke, B. (1880). "Cave," in A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire, 42(1), pp. 229. H. Colburn. Google Books.
• Flower, W. (1881). "Cave," in Visitation of Yorkshire 1563 and 1564. Google Books.
• Goodacre, J. (2017). The Transformation of a Peasant Economy: Townspeople and Villagers in the Lutterworth Area 1500-1700. Routledge. Google Books.^[5]
• Lewis, M. (2014, February 23). "John Saxby#84662, b. circa 1445," citing works by Douglas Richardson. ORTNCA. Web.
• Lundy, D. (2006, November 5). "Sir Thomas Saxby #210217," (citing Mosley, 2003). The Peerage. Web.[5]
• Waters, R.E.C. (1878). "Pedigree of Saxby of Northampton," in Genealogical Memoirs of the Extinct Family of Chester of Chicheley, 1, pp. 75-76. Google Books.

Notes

1. ↑ jhigg (2008, October 16). RE: Samwell half-siblings. soc.genealogy.medieval. Google Groups. -- notes that Nichols' pedigree calls Thos, "John".
2. ↑ Lewis, 2014
3. ↑ CAUTION: Beware of speculative trees that assert that Saxby was born in Calais.
4. ↑ Burke, 1880, p. 229
5. ↑ calls Margaret Cave, dau. of John Saxby, a Northampton Stapler.