Early Life
John Sybll was the son of
Thomas Sybell of
Eynsford in Kent and
Isabell Coldall, daughter and heiress of
Robert Coldall (or possible Cowdale)
3. John was most likely born around 1535.
From
British History Online's entry on Eynsford:
Little-Mote and Petham-Court are two manors, situated at the two opposite sides of this parish; the former being at the north east corner of it, near Farningham; and the latter at the north-west corner of it, near adjoining to Crokenhill and St. Mary Cray. These manors were, for many generations, part of the possessions of the family of Sibell, who resided at a mansion, called after them Sibell's, situated in Little or Lower Mote, and bore for their arms, Argent, a tiger gules, viewing himself in a glass or mirror, azure. Their estate here was much increased in the reign of King Henry VIII. by one of them marrying the female heir of Cowdale. These Cowdales bore for their arms, Argent, a chevron gules between three cows heads caboshed sable; which coat, both impaled and quartured with Sybill, Philipott says was remaining in the mansion here, both in painted glass and carved work, in his time.
One of this family, John Sibell, died in the 17th year of queen Elizabeth, possessed of these estates, and also of the demesne lands of the manor of Hiltes bury; all which were held of the manor of Eynsford. He left an only daughter and heir, Elizabeth, and Jane his wife surviving, who held these estates for her life, and afterwards married Francis Hart, esq.
Footnotes
[1]
County Genealogies: Pedigrees of the families of the County of Kent, William Berry, 1830, p 481
[2]
Archaelogica Cantiana, Vol 26, 1906, pages 79-90 (
Little Mote, Eynsford, with a pedigree of the Sybill Family).
[3]
The Visitations of Kent, 1575 (
FamilySearch).
Abt 1535 - Abt 1574 (~ 39 years)
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