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Joan MORESBY
Est 1455 - 1492 (~ 37 years)
Has 48 ancestors and 1335 descendants in this family tree.
Set As Default Person 
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Name Joan MORESBY Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Born Est 1455 - Based on approximate dob of her son.
Gender Female Will 11 Jul 1492 - Abstract given by Bellewes:
"Will of Johanne Brent, widow, of the parish of Alyngton,
dated 11 July 1492. To be buried afore the high altar of .All
Hallows in Kersalton, Surrey. To the mother church of Win-
chester 8d. To the high altar of Kersalton 12d. To tbe light of
the image of the Holy Cross there 12d. To the new work begun
at Kersalton to be builded a chapel in the honour of our blessed
lady Mary called the chapel of our lady Bullen 13s. 4d. My
executors to provide, etc., a marble stone, with an image and
scripture after their discretion, convenient to be laid on the place
of my sepulchre within two months of my burying. To Jeffery
Broke my servant one of my white horses with saddle and bridle.
To Alice his wife, my servant, my new black gown, a pair of
blankets, a pair of sheets, one brass pot, etc. To Johan, wife of
John Down, my white gown furred. To Margaret my servant two
yards of woollen russet cloth and 12d. To Elene the daughter of
Robert Brent, late my husband, one salt cellar of silver. To
William Brent the son of that same Robert one maser harnessed
with silver. To Walter Gaynesford, clerk, one pair of amber
beads, and to Johan Elyngbrough my black gown furred. The
residue of my raiment to Margarete my daughter. To her six
silver spoons, one salt cellar of silver with a covering, one goblet
of silver, and my spruce chest in my parlour of Alyngton. To the
parish church of Alyngton a tablecloth of diaper with two plain
towels. To the chapel of our lady of Bolen aforesaid two table-
cloths and a towel. Residue to Nicholas Gaynesford, esquire,
Margarete Gaynesford and Walter Gaynesford, clerk, executors.
Witnesses: .John Leke, clerk, vicar of Kersalton, John Bishe,
John (Swende ?). Will as to the disposition of all my lands,
tenements, etc., in the manors of Alyngton, Alsforde, Boxeley,
Byrlyng, Shorne, Cobham, Hoo, and Melton next Gravesend. My
feoffees shall suffer my executors to take all revenues, etc., to the
time that my son Robert Gaynesford come to 24 years. They to
pay all my debts and to perform my last will, and also pay
100 marks for the marriage of Margaret my daughter, and also
govern, etc., the said Robert my eldest son, and set him to school,
etc., and likewise to govern, etc., John my youngest son until he is
21, etc., and also to find, etc., my daughter Margarete till she be
married, and if she decease or she be married then my said son
John Gaynesford shall have the 100 marks. If. my son John
decease before he come to 21 the 100 marks to be disposed in alms
deeds for the well of my soul, the souls of John Gaynesford and
Robert Brent, late my husbands, and my father and mother and
all Christian souls. When my son Robert is 24 my feoffees to
make a state by deed indented to him and his heirs of all the said
manors, etc., and in default of his heirs to his brother John and
his heirs, and in default to my heirs."
(Rochester Consistory Court, v., 245; no probate act entered.)
Died 17 Jul 1492 Inquisition Post Mortem 5 Oct 1492 - Abstract:
"JOAN BRENT, widow, daughter and heir of REGINALD MORISBY.
Writ 17 July., 7 Hen. VII; inq. 5 Oct., 8 Hen. VII.
By deed dated 15 July, 7 Hen. VII, by virtue of letters patent of licence granted to her as Joan Brent, widow, on the 13th of the same month, she enfeoffed John Fyneux, serjeant-at-law, Nicholas Gaynesford, esq., Thomas Elyngbrigge, esq., Walter Roberth, esq., and Richard Miculhaugh, of the under-mentioned manor of Melton, one acre thereof only excepted.
By deed dated 10 Aug., 1 Hen. VII, wherein she is described as Joan Gaynesford, widow, late the wife of John Gaynesford, esq., and daughter and heir of Reginald Moresby, she gave the other under-mentioned manors and advowsons, whereof she was seised in fee, to Nicholas Gaynesford, and William Covert, the elder, esqs., their heirs and assigns for ever; and they are now seised thereof accordingly.
She died 16 July, 7 Hen. VII, seised of the above excepted acre in fee. Robert Gaynesford, aged 16 and more, is her son and heir."
(from Maskelyne and H. C. Maxwell Lyte, 'Inquisitions Post Mortem, Henry VII, Entries 751-800', in Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem: Series 2, Volume 1, Henry VII (London, 1898), pp. 312-344. On the British History Online website. [accessed 10 January 2018].)
Probate Consistory Court, Rochester, Kent, England 
Buried All Saints’ Church, Carshalton, Surrey, England - Aubrey described a brass in Carshalton Church
"on a Brass Plate, is the lower Part of the Effigies of a Person (whose Head is lost)" and, underneath, is this Inscription;
'Hic jacet Dna. Johanna, nuper uxor Johannis Gaynesford, Armigeri, ac filia, et Heredis Raynoldi Moresby, de Com. Cant. que quidem Johanna, obiit xvii die Mens. Julii Ao. Dni. Mcccclxxxxii. cuius anime propicietur Deus' "
[Here lies Lady/Mistress Joan, late wife of John Gaynesford, Esquire, and daughter and heir of Reginald Moresby, of the County of Kent, which Joan, died the 17 day of the month of July in the Year of Our Lord 1492 may God bless her soul]
Siblings2 brothers Patriarch & Matriarch 
Person ID I25629 All | Teresa's direct ancestors Last Modified 18 Aug 2022
Father Reginald MORESBY, d. Between 1453 and 1458 Mother Alice CHALDESWORTH, d. Aft 1460
Other Partners: RAYNFORD m. Between 1458 and 1465Married Bef 1456 Family ID F9984 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family 1 John GAYNSFORD, b. Est 1452, d. Bef 10 Aug 1486 (Age ~ 34 years) Children3 children Last Modified 10 Jan 2018 Family ID F9978 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family 2 Robert BRENT, d. 1491 Last Modified 10 Jan 2018 Family ID F9983 Family Group Page | Family Chart