Joan CRANFORD [31916]

  General Notes:

She married John Clenche. He was born about 1500 and died after 29 Dec 1544. He was part of the group that purchased land from William Rochester along with other of his relatives on 20 Jun 1521.^[1] He was an heir to some land belonging to father-in-law Thomas Cranford in 1536.^[2] John left a will dated 29 Dec 1544.^[3]

[1] Archives of the Essex County Record Office DP 119/25/56 (Colchester, England: ERO). These relatives included father-in-law Thomas Cranford, brother-in-law Thomas Cranford, and brother-in-law Thomas Spring.
[2] P. H. Reany and Marc Fitch, Feet of Fines for Essex 1423-1547 Vol. 4 (Colchester, England: Essex Archaeological Society, 1964), 204.
[3] Essex County, England, Commissary Bishop of London Will John Clenche 1544 Wethersfield, ERO. Although the names are similar, this John Clenche does not appear to be father of the John Clenche who was a notable chancery judge who was born in 1533 and died in 1607. His son John Jr. was born no later than 1521 because he and other relatives were admitted by the manor to a vacant property on 8 Jun 1541. They committed to pay an annual rent to the manor. (Archives of the Essex County Record Office DP 119/25/105 (Colchester, England: ERO)). John Jr. may be the John Clenche mentioned in the will of John Edwarde in 1565. (Frederick G. Emmison, Essex Wills The Commissary Courts 1558-1569 (Chelmsford, Essex: ERO, 1993), 8:36.) John Sr. mentioned two sons that were under age 21 in the will. Son Richard had sold some of his property by 27 May 1560. (Essex County, England, Court Roll Deeds Online Abstract D/DQ 69/3 ERO)

Joan married John CLENCHE [31917] [MRIN: 11335] circa 1519 in Wethersfield ESS. (John CLENCHE [31917] was born circa 1501 in Wethersfield ESS and died after 29 Dec 1544 in Wethersfield ESS.)