John Harris

Other Events and Attributes:

• Will: 5 Sep 1638, Chipsted, Parish, Chevening, Kent, England
• Probate: 17 Dec 1638, Chipsted, Parish, Chevening, Kent, England

Notes:

Notes By Noel J. Harris Robertson , Wombbats Forest of Australia

Notes for John HARRIS:
Baptised: 28-Jun-1611 Chevening, Kent

From Hasted's 'The History of Kent p. 365 CHEVENING

Sir Arthur Herrys ...was succeeded in it [Chepsted] by his second son by the first marriage, John Herrys , Esq, ...

Cambridge University
HARRIS John - Adm. Fell. -Com. @ Jesus, Apr. 30 1628. Of Kent. 2nd s of Sir Arthur (1601-2) of Cricksey, Essex, Knt. Matric. 1628. Adm. @ Lincoln's Inn, Apr. 14 1630. Of Chevening, Kent, where he succeeded his father 1632. Died before 1651. Father of Cranmer (1647-8), brother of Arthur (1644) etc. (Vis. of Essex, 1612. A. Gray)

WILL/PROBATE Prerogative Court of Canterbury -Will (18 LEE) probate 17-Dec-1638 by relict Frances
Will of John Herris of Chipsted, parish Chevening, Kent, Esquire - Will (181
Lee) probate 17 December 1638 by relict Frances

In the name of God amen, The fifth day of September 1638 I John Herris of Cheepsteed in ye parish of Cheveninge in ye County of Kent Esquire though weake in body yet of sound and perfect memory blessed be God for it doe make and ordaine in this my last Will and Testament in manner and forme following ffirst and above all I comitt my soule into ye hands of God ye Creator of all things assuredly hopeing for salvation onely through ye merritts of my Lord and onely Saviour Jesus Christ Item I give and bequeath unto my oldest sonne Cranmer Herris for ever All my Manors of Kingsnoth alias Kingsnorth withall ye lands Tenements and hereditaments with their appurtenances in ye severall parishes and hamlets of Salcombe Boughton Malhard East Sutton and Hedcorne in ye County of Kent to ye said Manor belonging I further give and devise unto my said sonne Cranmer Herris and to his heirs for ever all my Messuages and mansion hereof knowne by ye name of York hill place in ye parish of Enndridge in the said County of Kent withall ye lands Tenements and heredtaments in ye parishes of Enndridge Chevenning in ye County of Kent contayning by estimation Two hundred and tenn acres be it more or less and now or late in ye tennure or occupation of William Avery his Assignes or Assigness And also those woods and underwoods in ye parish of Chevenning aforesaid and contayning by estimation one hundred and twenty acres be they more or less now in the occupation of WIlliam Avery or his Assignes part of which said landes are now assured to my deere wife ffrances Herris for part of Jointure And what are not part of her now Jointure of ye said lands I will that ye same shall ymediately after my decease come and remayne unto my said sonne in possession. I further give unto my said sonne Cranmer Herris and to his heirs for ever All my right interess and bills to ye Baylewicke of Higth alias Hyde in ye said County of Kent as it was bequeathed to mee by my Grandfather Mr Cranmer Esquire. And to ye and that provision may be made for maintenance of my younger children I doe by this last will and Testament devise unto ffrances my beloved wife her heirs and Assignes All that my Mansion house at Cheepsteed where I doe now dwell withall ye lands meadows and pastures and other appurtenances whatsoever in Chepsteed Chevenning and Sevennock in ye said County of Kent Also all those in Jointure through my wife and Alsoe those Lands ffoos and farme and all other lands in my now occupation of any other person by Lease or other may go (and not formerly mentioned to be given to my sonne Cranmer Herris) to be sold by my wife as speedily as may with concernency after my decease for ye raysing of ye Some of Two thousand pounds to be disposed of in manner and forme following, that is to saie to each of my said younger children ye some of ffive hundred pounds a yeere which said severall somes of ffive hundred pounds I will devise that the same be put forth for their best Advantage and for their present maintenance And the said severall somes with ye benefitt thereof over and above their maintenance to be payd unto them in manner following vizzt to ye sonnes at their Severall ages of one and Twenty yeares And to ye Daughters at their severall ages of eighteen yeares or dayes of marriage which shall first happen But if it shall happen that my wife be at this present with child and be delivered after my decease either of a sonne or daughter and that ye same shild do live Then my will is that my aforesaid forer younger children shall have but forer hundred pounds a peece out ofe ye moneyes raysed by ye sale of these lands as aforesaid and that ye Child soe borne shall have forer hundred pounds equally with ye rest And my meaning is that ife any ofe my younger children shall happen to dye before such tyme as his or her portion become due to be payd by ye itent of this my Will That then the portions hereby intended to any five (?) of my children which shall first happen to dye shall goe and be imployed amongst ye rest of my younger children which shall be alive and not profferred in marriage in manner and forme following That is to Say to each of my daughters which shall then be alive and not marryed one hundred pounds a peace The residue of ye portion of my said twoe (?) children which shall first happen to dye to be equally distributed among all my younger Children Also all daughters as Sons And if any more than twoe of my said younger children shall happen to dye before his or her portion become due by this my will Then my mynd is that ye portions of ye rest of my Children so dyeing over and above ye first twoe shalbe imployed wholly to ye benefitt ofe my oldest sonne then lyveing And because that by the sale of ye howse and those lands devised by me to be sold by my Executrix for ye raysing ofe portions as aforesaid my deare wife become destitute both of howses ye greatest parte of her Jointure My desire is And I doe intreate my worthy wwlbeloved friend Sir John Eydly Knight and Baronnett and my wives father Sir Thomas Dacres Knight and my brother (?) Edward Atkins Esquire to agree with my wife and fully allowe her money out of ye sale ofe ye said lands to her owne proper use and behoose use as shee and they or any of them whereofe ye said Sir Thomas Dacres to be one shall agree and thinke fitt And I will that my said Executrix shall pay unto my sonne Cranmer Herris or to his use the remainder or surplus of all such moneys as shall be raised by ye sale aforesaid over and above ye Two thousand pounds and Agreement with my wife in respect of her Jointure as aforesaid. Item Whereas I have now in my owne hands and possessions in ye parish of Chevenning certain Woode contayning five and Twenty acres more or less I doe will and devise unto my said wife all ye underwood growing upon ye same or what shall hereafter be groweing or being upon ye same for and during ye terme ofe Sixteene yeeres next after my decease. And my will and meaning is that my said wife her Executors or Assignees shall have free ingress egress and regress into ye said wood and soil thereofe during ye said terme of the said sixteen yeeres As Alsoe for her servant and Agente who shalbe imployed therein And for ye inheritance of ye said five and Twenty acres ofe wood be it more or less I will and devise the same ymediately after my decease unto my said sonne Cranmer Herris and to his heirs for ever. Item I give unto my Manservants, vizt Edward Carrington and Samuell Boston forty shillings a peece to William Morlye five pounds And to ye footeboy and the other boy which are my Servants Twenty shillings a peece And to everie one of my Maydservants fortie shillings a peece to be payed them within a month after my decease. Item I give unto Mr Debdally ye Curate of Chevenning parish whoe I desire to preach my funeral Sermon ye some of five pounds Item I give unto ye poore ofe ye parish of Chevenning such somes of money to be distributed amongst them as my Executrix shall think fitt, to be payd within one month after my descease. Item I doe make and ordayne my vertuous Religious wife ffrances Herris my sole Executrix of this my last will and Testament and doe give and bequeath unto her all my plate Jewells howsehold Stuffe goods chattels and moveables or whatsoever not doubting but Shee will take an especiall Care to pay and discharge all my debts Lastly I doe hereby desire my worthy good frende Sir John Eydly Knight and Barronet and Sir Thomas Dacres Knight my wives father and brother (?) Edward Atkins Esquier to be ye Overseers of this my last will and Testament intreating them to be pleased to accept as a loving remembrance from me fforty shillings a peece to buy each of them a ring. And lastly I Doe revoke all other former wills In witness whereof I have hereunto putt my hand and seale this fifth day of September 1638 Anno Regis Caroli Decimo Signed sealed and published as my last will and Testament in ye presence of
Thomas Dacres Humfrey Browne John Dacres Ni. Hatcher

Jo. Herris
Whereas by my will dated the fifth of September 1638. I John Herris did give and bequeath unto my oldest sonne Cranmer Herris and to his heirs for evere all my Manors ofe Kingsnoth alias Kingsnorth with all ye lands tenements and their appurtenances in ye severall parishes and hamlets of Salcombe Boughton Malhard East Sutton and Hedcorne in ye County of Kent to ye said Mannors belonging And for yt since upon better consideration I have Sold all ye said Mannors of Kingsnoth alias Kingsnorth with ye appurtenances thereto belonging unto Sir Thomas Dacres of Cheshunt in ye County of Hertford Knight for ye some of foureteen hundred pounds as by ye Deeds ofe sale more plainly appearth. Now my will and meaning is I doe hereby give unto my sayd sonne Cranmer Herris that fourteene hundred pounds to be payd him at his age of one and twenty yeeres by my Executrix with such reasonable benefitt as shalbe made by thereof over and above what shall go to his maintenance And ife he happen to dye before ye said moneys shall become due and payable unto him Then my mynde is that ye said moneys Soe given shall become due and be payd yt my oldest Sonne that shalbe lyving and first attaine to ye age of Twenty one yeeres And my will and meaning is that this shalbe accounted parcell of my last will and Testament and as Addition then unto without reversion of ye same in any other thing (excepting onely soe much as Concerneth ye Manor ofe Kingsnoth alias Kingsnorth to my oldest sonne Cranmer Herris and his heirs for ever. The whichynist I revoke as having since sold it ife I had never mentioned or once named it therein. In witness whereof I have hereunto put my hand and seale this five and twentieth ofe October 1638 In ye presence of these whose names are hereunder written And also at ye same tyme published. John Herris
John Debdall John Dacres Anthony Howett Edw. Carrington./
Transcribed By Noel J. Harris Robertson , Wombats Forest of Australia

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This is the latest. He is not of Crixe family
Fmfco@aol.com states There is a Thomas Harris, a London Merchant, who had two sons, Thomas Jr-I, presumably born in Va abt 1635, and George. Thomas died intestate and Youette m Mr Farris. Guardians were appointed for the chldren. Known children were Thomas and Timothy. An unnamed sister is thought to be Frances who m John Hardaway.

John married Frances Dacre about 1632. Frances (daughter of Thomas Dacre) was born on Yes, date unknown; was christened on 31 Oct 1615 in Cheshunt, Hertfordshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Notes By NoÃssl J. Harris Robertson ,,,,,,, Wombbatss Forest oof Auussstralia

From Hasted's 'History of Kent' - daughter of Sir Thomas Dacre of Chefhunt in Hertfordshire, knt. and widow of Mr. John Norris. She survived her said husband by whom she had one son, and afterwards carried this seat, with the estate belonging to it to her third husband, Wm. Priestly, of Wild-hill in Effingdon in the County of Herts, by whom she had two sons; William who died an infant, and Thomas. Wm. Priestly above mentioned, Frances his wife, Cranmer Herrys, gent. Her son by her second husband, and Sir Thomas Dacre, knt. trustee for the said Frances, by their indenture, dated in Oct. 1652, conveyed Chepsted, and the estate belonging to it, to Jeffrey Thomas, gent. ...... (Wm. Priestley died in 1664, and lies buried at Effingdon.

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1616, Mentioned in father's will
Acceeded: 15 July 1606, Knighted at Oatlands and was member of parliment for Maldon, Essex 1624-25 and again 1628-29

Arthur married Anne Gray Cranmer on 17 Jul 1606 in St Mary The Virgin, Aldermanbury, London, England. Anne (daughter of Robert Cranmer and Jane Gray) was born in 1587; died on 6 Jun 1613 in Creeksea, Essex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Will: 10 Mar 1615/16, Creeksea, Essex, England
• Probate: 1617, Creeksea, Essex, England

Notes:

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More About WILLIAM HARRIS, SIR: 1: 1563, Alternate birthdate found in "Visitation of Essex 1612" Baptism: 04 May 1563, Cold Norton, Essex, England Burial: All Saints Church in Creeksea, Essex, England Occupation: 1603, Knighted at Whitehall @ Otelands by King James I (Bible) THIS MAY BE INCORRECT Probate: 20 November 1616, Crixsey, Essex, 1615 Cope No. 119 Probate 1616 Will: 21 December 1615, Crixsey, Essex, England

Sir William Harris was Knighted on July 23, 1603 at Otelands by King James I of England. This same King gave us the King James verson of the Bible.

The English place of Orgin of the particular Harris family to be related herein is located some 40 to 50 miles east-north-east of London and on the north bank of the River Crouch.

The very old village of Cricksea (or Creeksea) exists today on this peninsula in Essex County. Creeksea is located about 2 miles west of Burnham-on-the -Crouch and about 18 miles inland from the North Sea. Anciently Called "Danes Island", this area was inhabitted largely by Norman families after the conquest 1066.

Here was the home of our immigrant ancestor, John Harris, and his parents, lady Alice and Sir William Harris.

Captain Thomas Harris was a nephew of Sir. Thomas Smith, Treasurer of the Virginia Company and Governor of the East India Company, and was grandson of "Customer" Smith who rose from obscurity in Queen Elizabeth's time by marrying the daughter of Sir Andrew Judd, the Lord Mayor, of humble origin himself. Sir William Harris, father of Captian Thomas, was descended from Sir thomas Percy, executed ! in Aske's Rebellion; five Percy Earls of Northumberland, the Spencers, Calthorpes, Drury's, Howards, Wentworth's and Waldegraves."

William married Alice Smythe on 6 May 1583 in St Gabriel, Fenchurch, Landcaster, England. Alice (daughter of Thomas "The Customer" Smythe and Alice Judd) was born in 1557 in Westenhanger, Hythe, Kent, England; died in Nov 1615 in Creeksea, Essex, England; was buried in All Saints Church, Creeksea, Essex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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More About ALICE SMYTHE, LADY:
Burial: All Saints Church in Creeksea, Essex, England
Occupation: Lady, d/o Knight of Weston Hanger, Kent

Robert married Jane GrayKent, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]