Lord James ABNEY

M, b. circa 1530, d. 1620
Relationship
9th great-granduncle of John Kennedy BROWN Jr.
Willesley Hall in the late 19th Century, showing the additions of the 1840s
     Lord James ABNEY, son of George ABNEY and Ellen WOLSELEY, was born circa 1530 in Willesley, Derbyshire, England. He was also known as Jacob.

James married Mary Milward at Willesley Hall in Derbyshire, England. She was the daughter of Henry Milward of Dovebridge, County of Stafford.1,2

Lord James ABNEY witnessed outbreaks of the bubonic plague or Black Death between 1563 and 1666 in England. Plague epidemics ravaged London in the 1563 London plague, in 1593, 1603, 1625, 1636, and 1665, reducing its population by 10 to 30% during those years. The 1665–66 Great Plague of London was the final major epidemic of the pandemic, with the last death of plague in the walled City of London recorded fourteen years later in 1679.

Lord James ABNEY was was the eldest son and, as such, inherited the Willesley estate from his father following his death in 1578.3

Lord James ABNEY died in 1620 in Willesley, Derbyshire, England. His estate was probated on 7 April 1620 in Willesley, Derbyshire, England. His will, dated 27 May 1609, directed that he be buried in the chapel of Willesley "where my ancestors lie," and names heirs as "my grandchildren (grandsons under 21 and granddaughters under 16) the children of my son and heir, George Abney, and of my sons-in-law, Richard Adderley of Coton, county Stafford, John Wilson of Guildford, county Surry, and Thomas Farmer of Hugglescote Grange, county Leicester, gentleman. It also mentions his brother, John Abney; the children of his brother, Robert Abney; brothers Walter and Thomas Abney; my servant, Alice Dethiek; Richard Robinson of Willesley; and his executor, his nephew, William Eyre of Belton, county Leicester, gentleman. Witnesses were Thomas Bennett and Nicholas Smithe.4 He was buried in St. Tomas Church, Willesley, England.
Last Edited=23 Sep 2021

Children of Lord James ABNEY and Mary Milward

Citations

  1. [S782] George W. Marshall, La Neve's Knights, pg. 287 (Sir Edward Abney).
  2. [S785] William Dugdale, Visitation of Derbyshire, pg. 107.
  3. [S1079] "Landed Families of Britain and Ireland" , The Abneys of Willesley.
  4. [S967] "Public Records", Records of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury: Wills and Letters of Administration: PROB 11/135/350 - Will of James Abney of Willesley, Derbyshire.
  5. [S148] R. Robert Abney, Editor, Abney Family Researcher ,Vol. II, No. 3, March 1998.
  6. [S777] John Burke, Commoners, Vol. 2, pg. 280, Adderley Family.

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