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The xxith day of March in the xxviiith year of the Reign our Sovereign Lady Elizabeth of England France and Ireland queen defender of the Faith I Thomas Luther of Kelvedon in the countie of Essex being sick of body and yet of perfect memory (thanks be to the Almighty god) do make and ordeyn this my last will and Testament in manner and form following that is to say
Anthony Luther was baptised on the 16th March 1587 in Kelvedon Hatch. His parents were Richard and Mary (nee Meade) Luther
I Anthony Luther of Kelvedon in the county of Essex Esquire being in good and perfect memory and health (Thanks be to God) do make this my last Will and Testament in manner and form following (That is to say)
The year of our Lord god a Thousand five hundreth fourty and two the 23 Day of August I Sir John Dawtrey Knight being sick of body hole and of parfict memory do ordeyn and make my last will and testament in forme and maner hereafter following
John Dawtrey was born about 1495 to Sir John Dawtrey and Jane (nee Shirley) Dawtrey. Jane was the daughter of Ralph Shirley, Esquire of Wiston and his wife Jane (nee Bellingham) Shirley.
William Dawtrey was born about 1530 to Sir John Dawtrey and his second wife Joan (or Jane) nee Skardeville or Skarfield.
I Sir John Dawtrey of More in the parish of Petworth in the Countie of Sussex, Knight, sick in body and of good and ___ mynd and remembrance make my last will and testament in manner and forme followyng
William Dawtrey was born in the early 1550s to William and Margaret (nee Roper) Dawtrey. I have not been able to find a record of his baptism as baptism registers only started sometime in the 1550s, Petworth parish starts in 1559. His mother Margaret was the granddaughter of Sir Thomas More, her father William Roper had married Sir Thomas's favourite daughter Margaret (my dearest Meg).
Henry Dawtrey was born in 1579 to William Dawtrey and Dorothy (nee Stonely) Dawtrey. He was baptised in Doddinghurst, Essex on Trinity Sunday (14th June) 1579. Doddinghurst was his mother's home and it was through his mother, Dorothy Stonely, the daughter of Richard Stonely, MP that the Dawtrey's acquired their Essex estates.
In the Name of God, Amen the ___ day of ___ in the Eighteenth year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord Charles by the grace of God of England Scotland and Ireland King Defender of the Faith Anno Dom one Thousand six hundred forty two I Henry Dawtrey of More in the parish of Petworth in the County of Sussex Knight being of good and perfect memory and indifferent health of body (praysed be Almighty God) do make and ordaine this my last will and Testament in manner and form following