William Uvedale (abt. 1475 - 1528)

I meant the children mentioned in the previous note were children of William Uvedall of Hymley, son of William Uvedale and Dorothy Troyes.

William Uvedale, the son of Sir William Uvedale and Dorothy Troyes. His life is detailed on page 52 of the following source document: Granville Leveson Gower, Esq., M.P.; The Notices of the Uvedale Family of Titsey, Surrey and Wickham, Hampshire; London, Cox & Wyman, Classical & General Printers, 1865, page 52.

He was the third of 5 sons. His eldest brother Arthur was born in 1502. Therefore I estimate he was born in about 1505. He is mentioned in the 1569 Inquisition and will of his nephew William Uvedale as “William Uvedale, of Hymley, Staffordshire”. That same page records that he was on a Commission for the Survey of Colleges and Chantries in Staffordshire in 1549. So some 20 years later he was still living in Staffordshire. So he would have died sometime after 1569.

William and Dorothy Troyes had the following children:

Joyce: Mentioned in the following source document: Robert Glover, Somerset Herald; Visitation of Staffordshire, 1583; page 149. The 1583 Visitation of Staffordshire records Joyce as “Jocosam filliam Williams Uvedale, oriundis of Hampshire (a native of Hampshire). Joyce married Richard Whorwood.

William: Mentioned in the following source document: W. Harry Rylands, F.S.A.; Richard Mundy; Visitation of Hampshire by Thomas Benolt Clarenceulx of 1520 and by Robert Cooke, Clarenceulx 1575 and John Phillipott, Somerset Herald 1622; London 1913; Page 47/48.

I believe this is the person detailed in Recusant History Volume 8. No. 4 January 1966. William had 6 children by his wife the “base” Geraldine, they were living in Ireland. Recusant History Volume 8. No. 4 January 1966 states ”He was according to his own statement brought up in Worchestershire, Warwickshire and Staffordshire…. He claimed to be well educated and was described as “Gentleman” in the Gatehouse in 1601.” He served the Earl of Kildare in Ireland. He got in trouble with Cecil and was in the Marshalsea prison in 1595. In 1596 he was back in Ireland. He travelled under the escort of Captain Edward Fisher in May 1601 and was imprisoned in the Gatehouse in London. He remained there for 3 years, during which is wife and 4? of his children died of lack of provisions. In November 1603 he wrote that his wife and 4 of his children had died while he was in the Gatehouse. On 18 January 1604 William wrote to King James to seek his support. He was moved from the Gatehouse to the Common Gaol of Newgate where he was lodged with thieves and murderers. He wrote to Cecil on 15 April 1604 pleading for forgiveness. He was free by March of 1605. He wrote a letter to the authorities about the Gunpowder Plot a few months before it happened. He was thrown back in jail under suspicion of the gunpowder plot but by 10 December 1605 was free again. Wrote a number of letters to the Earl of Salisbury and to Sir Julius Caesar.

Jacob: Mentioned in the following source document: Granville Leveson Gower Esq. M.P.; The Notices of the Uvedale family of Titaey, Surrey and Wickham, Hampshire; page 53. On page 53 it records “William Uvedale, of Hymley, co. Staffordshire, and was the father of Jacob Uvedale, mentioned in William Uvedale’s will as “my cosen Jacob Uvedale my uncle William Uvedale’s son,” who was admitted a scholar at Winchester (college) on 20th September 1567, and was then eleven years old.” Also in correspondence from the time ; “On 17 April 1588 Captain Edmund Uvedall wrote from Bergen to Walsingham “The bearer hereof Jacob Uvedale his kinsman, was in the town with him and can satisfy his honour of anything that may seem doubtful. He has followed both the wars of Ireland and of these countries, but fortune has not yielded him the preferment he desires. Humbly craves his honour’s favour for him; Burgen op Zone.” Jacob would have been 32 at the time and had obviously spent some time in Ireland.

John: Mentioned in the following source document: W. Harry Rylands, F.S.A.; Richard Mundy; Visitation of Hampshire by Thomas Benolt Clarenceulx of 1520 and by Robert Cooke, Clarenceulx 1575 and John Phillipott, Somerset Herald 1622; London 1913; Page 47/48”

Elizabeth:Mentioned in the following source document: Joseph Foster and Joseph Lemuel Chester; London Marriage Licences 1521 – 1869; page 671. Elizabeth was married to Francis Hearne on the 4 February 1582 and died one year later on the 30th of January 1583 at Shoreditch.