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Christopher Whichcote, of Stoke, co. Salop

Male 1571 - 1620  (48 years)


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  • Name Christopher Whichcote 
    Relationshipwith Marion Murdoch Johnson
    Gender Male 
    Born 31 Jul 1571  [1] 
    Will 1 Apr 1620  [1] 
    Died Between 1 Apr 1620 and 4 Apr 1620 
    Buried 4 Apr 1620  St Dunstan-in-the-West, City of London, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Probate 30 Jun 1620  [1, 3, 4] 
    Last Modified 6 Oct 2020 

    Father Christopher Whichcote, of London
              b. Abt 1530
              d. 18 May 1583, Stoke, Shropshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 53 years) 
    Mother Lucy Bosvile
              b. Abt 1535
              d. Aft 1576  (Age ~ 42 years) 

    Wife Elizabeth Fox
              b. Abt 1575 
    Married Abt 1597 
    Age at Marriage He was 25, she was 22  
    Children 
     1. Col. Christopher Whichcote
              b. Abt [J] Mar 1603
    Last Modified 6 Oct 2020 

  • Notes 
    • Early Life
      Christopher Whichcote was born on the 31st of April 1571, to Christopher Whichcote and Lucy Bosvile.

      Family Life
      Christopher married Elizabeth Fox, presumably circa 1597/early 1598. They had 11 children:

      1. Lucy, bapt. 8 Oct 1598
      2. Edward, bapt. 24 Sept 1599
      3. Charles, bapt. 7 Dec 1600
      4. Christopher, bapt. 20 March 1603 who became the Governor of Windsor Castle and married Katherine Large
      5. Thomas, bapt. 23 June 1603
      6. Elizabeth, bapt. 2 August 1604
      7. Sara, bapt. 18 March 1606
      8. Katherine, bapt. 4 July 1607
      9. Anne, bapt. 2 August 1608
      10. Benjamin, bapt. 15 Mar 1609/10; d. 1683, became Provost of King's College Cambridge
      11. Samuell, bapt. 26 March 1610
      12. Jeremias, their youngest, baptised 1614.


      Death
      Christopher died at the beginning of April 1620. His will was proved at the end of June and reads as follows:
      First, I commit my soule into the hands of Almighty god hoping to be saved ... ... ... and my body to be committed to plain burial where it shall please my ?? my farm of who shall prefer at my decease. I make and appoint my loving wife to be my sole executor. I will that my son Edward shall be placed in one of the Innes of Courte and to have thirty pounds per annum for his present allowance. I will that my son Charles if he cannot be placed to his mynde(?) with a marchannt shall be sent to one of the ?? sities and give twentie pounds per annum for present allowance. Other things I leave to the discretion of my Executor.
      Dated the first of April 1520.
      Coram nobis William Crowther, per me Henry Baker and Thomas Lane.


  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBuried - 4 Apr 1620 - St Dunstan-in-the-West, City of London, England Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S0347] Lincolnshire Pedigrees, Rev. Canon A R Maddison, (Harleian Society, 1902-1906), Whichcot of Harpswell; Volume 3, pages 1069-1073.

    2. [S0325] England Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991, FamilySearch, (familysearch.org), Christopher Whichcoate; (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JDH8-KY7 : 17 March 2020), Christopher Whichcoate, ., 4 Apr 1620.

    3. [S0151] UK, Extracted Probate Records, 1269-1975, Ancestry, (ancestry.co.uk), Christopher Whitchcott; PCC, 1620.

    4. [S0143] England & Wales, Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 1384-1858, Ancestry, (ancestry.co.uk), Xpoferi Whichcott; The National Archives; Kew, Surrey, England; Records of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Series PROB 11; Class: PROB 11; Piece: 136, 30 Jun 1620.