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David Stone (b. 1540, d. date unknown)
Notes for David Stone:
From Gregory Stone Genealogy by J. Gardner Bartlett:
Born in Great Bromley, co. Essex, about 1540, receeived 15 Pounds and cerain farm stock and household goods, according to the will of his father in 1557, as previously given. He resided in Great Bromley, where he was living as late as 1597; but as the burial registers of this parish are lost, and he left neither will nor administration, the time of his decease has not been learned.
Except of the mentions of him in his father's will and in the parish registers of Great Bromley, but one other record of David Stone has been brought to light, viz: a conveyance by him in 1591 of property in Great Bromley, bu the following fine:
Final concord made in the Queen's Court at Westminster, on the Morrow of All Souls, ee Elizabeth (3 Nov 1591), between John Richards and Michael Sallowe, Querants, and Daavid Stone, deforciant, of one messuage, sixteen acres of arable land and twent eight acres of pasture, all in Great Bromley; whereof a plea of covenant was summoned between them, that is the said David acknowledges the said premisees to be the right of the said John and Michael, as of his gift, and warrants, for himself and his heirs, the said John and Michael give the said David 80 Pounds sterling, (Feet of Fines, Essex, Michaelmas Term, 33-34 Elizabeth (1591).) The considerations stated in transfers by fine are nominal, the amounts given varying by custom in different counties; so the actual value of property thus conveyed is not apparent.
David Stone was born toward the close of the reign of Henry VIII (1509-1547), and also lived in the reigns of Edward VI (1547-1553), Mary (1553-1558), and Elizabeth (1558-1603).In his youth took place the religious revolution in England legally establishing the Protestant Church of England in 1552, which was followed by the temporary relapse of the country in Mary's reign into the power of the Roman Church, with accompanying persecution and imprisonment of thousands of Protestants and burning or over three hundred martyrs to their cause, of whom no fewer than a score were from Colchester and the surrounding parishes and perished at the stake in a field near Colchester Castle. Doubtless the Stone family were acquainted with some of these martyrs, and possibly even related to one or more of them.Among these Colchester martyrs were William Munte, aged sixty-one years, his wife Alice Munte, aged forty-one years, and his step-daughter Rose Allen, aged twenty years, all of Great Bentley; they were certainly related to John Munte who was a witness to the will in 1557 of Simon Stone of Great Bromley, father of David Stone.But most of the life of David Stone was passed in the brilliant reign of Elizabeth (1558-1603), when freed from the blighting control of the Roman Church, a sudden and phenomenal progress took plaace in England, both in the mental development of the population and in the material prosperity of the country.Agriculture, manufactures, and trade fllourished at home, wealth poured into the country from foreign commerce, the daring English navigators sailed over every ocean, and after the defeat of the Spanish Armada in 1588, England became mistress of the seas, a position since held continuously for over three centuries. The standards of culture and comfort and luxury in living were raised among all classes, and the period witnessed a general rebuilding throughout England or mansions of the nobility, manor houses of the landed gentry, farm messuages of the yoemanry and cottages of the husbandman. This also was the golden age of English literature, made illustrious by Shakespeare, Bacon, Spenser, Jonson, and Sidney.
David Stone married first, at Great Bromley, 10 July 1566, Elizabeth Hewit, who died about 1582, having had seven children.
He married secondly, about 1584, Ursula ______, by whom he had four children
More About David Stone and Ursula:
Marriage: Abt. 1584
Children of David Stone and Ursula are:
- +Gregory Stone, b. 1592, Great Bromley, co Essex, England, d. date unknown.