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Sir Thomas Mervyn, Lord Mayor of London 1470 – 1523 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 29 Dec 1470

Birth Location: Downe Court, Kent, England

Death Date: 15 Aug 1523

Death Location: Downe, Kent, England

Father: Sir Mervyn

Mother: Katharine Clark

Spouse(s): Dame Donne

Children(s): Dame Mervyn

In 1470, Sir Thomas Mervyn, Lord Mayor of London entered the world in Downe Court, Kent, England, born to Sir George Mervyn and Katharine Catherine Clarke Clark. Sir Thomas Mervyn, Lord Mayor of London married Dame Elizabeth Donne, and had children including Dame Alice (Mary Jane) Mervyn. Sir Thomas Mervyn, Lord Mayor of London passed away in 1523 in Downe, Kent, England.

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Biography

  • In 1470, Sir Thomas Mervyn, Lord Mayor of London entered the world in Downe Court, Kent, England, born to Sir George Mervyn and Katharine Catherine Clarke Clark.
  • Sir Thomas Mervyn, Lord Mayor of London married Dame Elizabeth Donne, and had children including Dame Alice (Mary Jane) Mervyn.
  • Sir Thomas Mervyn, Lord Mayor of London passed away in 1523 in Downe, Kent, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Sir London's Ancestors

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Sir London
1470 – 1523
Birth Place: Downe Court, Kent, England
Parents
Sir George Mervyn
1450 – 1523
Ely, Cambridgeshire, England
Katharine (Catherine Clarke) Clark
1447 – 1495
Cambridgeshire, , England
Grandparents
Sir (Roger John Mervyn,) Knight
1430 – 1475
St. Stephen's, Ipswich, Suffolk, England
Lady (Joan de) Hungerford
1411 – 1445
Hungerford, Somerset, England
Thomas Clarke
1430 – 1470
Wiltshire, England
Catherine Baskersville
1420 – 1475
Wiltshire, England
Great-Grandparents
Sir Knight
1415 – 1475
Hungerford
Sir Salisbury,
1378 – 1449
Lady Hungerford
1382 – 1426
Ezekiel Clarke
1410 – 1430
Maryann Miller
1410 – 1430
Sir Baskersville
1400 – 1455
Lady Debold
1401 – 1465
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Ralph Mervin\Murfin\Mirffn
1400 – 1425
Elizabeth Parr
1405 – 1464
Sir Salisbury,
1378 – 1449
Lady Hungerford
1382 – 1426
LeRoy Baskersville
Sir Debold

Sir London's Descendants

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Sir (Thomas Mervyn, Lord Mayor of) London (29 Dec 1470 – 15 Aug 1523) m. Dame (Elizabeth) Donne (14 Sep 1472 – 15 Jan 1546)
  1. 1. Dame (Alice (Mary Jane)) Mervyn (29 Nov 1516 – 14 Nov 1550) m. Sir (Andrew Judde, Knight, Lord High Mayor of London, Mayor of Calais, Master of Skinner's Co, Merchant Adventurer, Signer of the Last) Will (5 Sep 1492 – 4 Sep 1558)
    1. 1. Dame (Alicia (Alice)) Judde, (25 Jun 1535 – 21 October 1593) m. Sir (Thomas "Customer" Smythe "Smith", Knight of Corsham, Substantial Yeoman & Clothier of Corsham, Office of the Customs, Collector of Customs,) Me (4 Jan 1522 – 7 Jun 1591)
      1. 1. Lady (Mary J. Smythe) (Smith) (18 Oct 1562 – 24 Apr 1646) m. Henry (Ralph Jenney) (Jennings) (3 Jul 1560 – 9 Feb 1620)
        1. 1. John ((Little James ship -arriving in Plymouth 1623) Jenney (Jennings\Jenings after) 1623) (1589 – 28 Dec 1643) m. Sarah (Carey) (Jenney) (1593 – 4 Apr 1656)

Sir London's Timeline

2 Records

1470
29 Dec 1470
Birth of Sir Thomas Mervyn, Lord Mayor of London in Downe Court, Kent, England
Downe Court, Kent, England
1523
15 Aug 1523
Age 53
Death of Sir Thomas Mervyn, Lord Mayor of London in Downe, Kent, England
Downe, Kent, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 29 Dec 1470
    Event Place: Downe Court, Kent, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 15 Aug 1523
    Event Place: Downe, Kent, England
    Record Source:
    [1] UK, Extracted Probate Records, 1269-1975
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: London, City of London, Greater London, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current

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