Robert Spring Esq. (1502 - 1550)

Biography

Robert Spring, esq. of Lavenham, co. Suffolk (b. 1502 - d. 1550), is the son of:^[1][2][3][4]

• Anna Spring
• and Thomas Spring.

Marriage

Robert married twice.^[5]

Parris

Robert's first wife is Emma Parris of Linton, Cambs. She is the mother of:^[5]

• Elizabeth
• Dorothy (living 10 Oct 1547).^[1]
• Bridgett
• Grizell.^[6]
• (disputed) Frances (living 10 Oct 1547; d. 1612).^[1][7]

• • • m. Robert Ashfield of Stowlandtoft, Suffolk.^[8]

• Mary

Eden

About c. 1533,^[3] Robert remarried to Anne Eden of Coxfield, co. Suffolk,^[5] She is named in Robert's will.^[1]

According to Reyce (1902), she is the mother of:^[5]

• 2. Nicholas

• • • m. Elizabeth, dau. of William Risbye.

• 3. Jerome

• • • m.1 Ms. _____ Lovell
    • m.2 Ms. _____ Gray

• 4. John

• • • m. Katherine Peryn.

• 5. Robert

• • • m. _____.^[9]

• 6. Stephen

• • • m. Ms. ____ Downes.

• 7. Henry, priest

Property

Robert acquired the manor of Moulton in Norfolk. When he died, the Moulton estate and Icklingham property went to his son, James.^[2]

Will

• Date: 10 Oct 1547.^[1]
• overseer: Sir William Cordell.^[1]

Along with wife Agnes, Robert's will mentions:^[1]

• eldest son and heir Thomas of Castlemaine;
• 6 more sons: Jerome, Robert, John, Nicholas, Stephen, and Henry, parson of Icklingham;
• and dau. Dorothy and Frances.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6} "Thomas Spring of Lavenham," (30 Nov 2017). In Wikipedia. Retrieved 22 February 2018 by Clare Spring from .
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Parken, C. (1810). An Essay Towards Topographical History of the County of Norfolk, pp. 109, 244. London: William Miller.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Regan, R. (2013, August 21). "The brilliant life of Thomas Spring III. Regan-Ettinger Family History. Weblog. Retrieved 1 July 2018 by Clare Spring from Blogspot.com.
4. ↑ see also: "Robert Spring, Esquire," at Geni.com.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3} Reyce, 1902, p. 171, (pedigree).
6. ↑ This female name is seen in the Ogles of Delaware, (see Category: Ogle Name Study).
7. ↑ Reyce (1902) lists her as Emma's dau., but the Ashfield pedigree, which states that she died in 1612, asserts that her mother was second wife, Agnes (Anne) Eden.
8. ↑ Robert Ashfield and Frances Spring are the parents of Dorothy, who married Richard Ogle of Pinchbeck, Lincs., son of Thos. Ogle & Jane Welby.
9. ↑ Reyce (1902), states that Robert married, "beyond London."

• Reyce, R. (1902). Suffolk in the XVIIth Century: The Breviary of Suffolk, pp. 171. Francis Hervey, Ed. London: J. Murray. Google Books. Pedigree.

Notes

Profile & Merge History

• Parents: At one point, Robert was connected on Wikitree to a different father, William Spring. William and his wife Alice had at least three sons, of which one was named Robert.(Roberts, G. B. (1979). The English prigins of John Spring of Watertown. The American Genealogist, 55(2), pp. 65-72 (see p. 69).)
• Spring-220 MAIN ID on 19 Dec 2018 (ACK bree)
• merge Spring-745 and Spring-220 13 Jul 2018
• Merged Spring-740 into Spring-220 12 Aug 2018