(The surname has various spellings: Featherstone, Fetherston, Featherstone-haugh)
The marble wall plaque on the wall at St. Dunstan's Church is inscribed Fetherston, an 18th century engraving is inscribed Featherstone.
Cuthbert Featherstone, Esq., served as the Gentleman Usher to Queen Elizabeth I, also as cryer and usher to James I.
(Queen Elizabeth I, served as Queen of England and Ireland from 1558 until her death in 1603, followed by James I, who served from 1603 to 1625.)
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Cuthbert Fetherston (Featherstone) Esq., acquired a manor house, named Hassenbrook Hall at Stanford Le Hope, Essex County, during the reign of James I (King of England and Ireland from 1603-1625).
Cuthbert was living in London, at the time of his death.
There is a marble bust of him on the wall of St. Dunstan's in the West Church, London, where he is buried.
............WILL OF CUTHBERT FEATHERSTONE...............
.......................LONDON...........................
........................1615............................
Cuthbert Featherstone of Chancery Lane in the parish of St. Dunstan in West near London. Will dated 5th Feb. 1613
Testator is possessed by leave for divers years to come of the messuage, garden sellers, sollars, and rooms thereto belonging in his own occupation also a messuage late in the ocupation of William Herringe being parcell of the former tenement, with a piece of ground belonging thereto now enclosed and built on, in Chancery Lane held by the grant of Innocent Reade and Morris Evans made by John Goode Esq. And so conveyed by testator at the yearly rent of 6-4-0(pounds), also in certain houses in Frances Street and Brookes Yard near Lambert Hill in the parish of St Mary Somerset near to the Broken Wharf London by lease granted to the testator by the said John Goode Esq. at the yearly rent of 20(pounds), gives all the premises to his wife Katherine for her life paying the rents and repairs, and after her death the [witnesses----soncesset] to son Henry Featherstone for the residue of the term, he paying to testators son Edward a yearly rent of 20(pounds), and after the death of said Edward to pay to the child or children then living of the said Edward 20 marks yearly, and failing such to the child or children of testators daughter Mary The house testator lives in is given to son Ralph Featherstone after the death of said Katherine testators wife All household stuff plate pewter linen etc to wife and after her death two thirds to son Henry and the other third to son Edward Sons Ralph and Henry to be executors.
Memorandum......Testators daughter Mary to enjoy the house in Chancery Lane for a year after the death of said wife Katherine The said Ralph Featherstone in consideration of the premises in Chancery Lane to pay to Katherine Hutton daughter of testators son-in-law Francis Hutton deceased 20(pounds)
Dated 29 Nov. 1615....................Proved 15 Feb. 1616
Source: Dr. and Mrs. Meiers
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By: Rebecca Prillaman, 2013................ 9th great granddaughter
The marble wall plaque on the wall at St. Dunstan's Church is inscribed Fetherston, an 18th century engraving is inscribed Featherstone.
Cuthbert Featherstone, Esq., served as the Gentleman Usher to Queen Elizabeth I, also as cryer and usher to James I.
(Queen Elizabeth I, served as Queen of England and Ireland from 1558 until her death in 1603, followed by James I, who served from 1603 to 1625.)
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Cuthbert Fetherston (Featherstone) Esq., acquired a manor house, named Hassenbrook Hall at Stanford Le Hope, Essex County, during the reign of James I (King of England and Ireland from 1603-1625).
Cuthbert was living in London, at the time of his death.
There is a marble bust of him on the wall of St. Dunstan's in the West Church, London, where he is buried.
............WILL OF CUTHBERT FEATHERSTONE...............
.......................LONDON...........................
........................1615............................
Cuthbert Featherstone of Chancery Lane in the parish of St. Dunstan in West near London. Will dated 5th Feb. 1613
Testator is possessed by leave for divers years to come of the messuage, garden sellers, sollars, and rooms thereto belonging in his own occupation also a messuage late in the ocupation of William Herringe being parcell of the former tenement, with a piece of ground belonging thereto now enclosed and built on, in Chancery Lane held by the grant of Innocent Reade and Morris Evans made by John Goode Esq. And so conveyed by testator at the yearly rent of 6-4-0(pounds), also in certain houses in Frances Street and Brookes Yard near Lambert Hill in the parish of St Mary Somerset near to the Broken Wharf London by lease granted to the testator by the said John Goode Esq. at the yearly rent of 20(pounds), gives all the premises to his wife Katherine for her life paying the rents and repairs, and after her death the [witnesses----soncesset] to son Henry Featherstone for the residue of the term, he paying to testators son Edward a yearly rent of 20(pounds), and after the death of said Edward to pay to the child or children then living of the said Edward 20 marks yearly, and failing such to the child or children of testators daughter Mary The house testator lives in is given to son Ralph Featherstone after the death of said Katherine testators wife All household stuff plate pewter linen etc to wife and after her death two thirds to son Henry and the other third to son Edward Sons Ralph and Henry to be executors.
Memorandum......Testators daughter Mary to enjoy the house in Chancery Lane for a year after the death of said wife Katherine The said Ralph Featherstone in consideration of the premises in Chancery Lane to pay to Katherine Hutton daughter of testators son-in-law Francis Hutton deceased 20(pounds)
Dated 29 Nov. 1615....................Proved 15 Feb. 1616
Source: Dr. and Mrs. Meiers
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By: Rebecca Prillaman, 2013................ 9th great granddaughter
(The surname has various spellings: Featherstone, Fetherston, Featherstone-haugh)
The marble wall plaque on the wall at St. Dunstan's Church is inscribed Fetherston, an 18th century engraving is inscribed Featherstone.
Cuthbert Featherstone, Esq., served as the Gentleman Usher to Queen Elizabeth I, also as cryer and usher to James I.
(Queen Elizabeth I, served as Queen of England and Ireland from 1558 until her death in 1603, followed by James I, who served from 1603 to 1625.)
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Cuthbert Fetherston (Featherstone) Esq., acquired a manor house, named Hassenbrook Hall at Stanford Le Hope, Essex County, during the reign of James I (King of England and Ireland from 1603-1625).
Cuthbert was living in London, at the time of his death.
There is a marble bust of him on the wall of St. Dunstan's in the West Church, London, where he is buried.
............WILL OF CUTHBERT FEATHERSTONE...............
.......................LONDON...........................
........................1615............................
Cuthbert Featherstone of Chancery Lane in the parish of St. Dunstan in West near London. Will dated 5th Feb. 1613
Testator is possessed by leave for divers years to come of the messuage, garden sellers, sollars, and rooms thereto belonging in his own occupation also a messuage late in the ocupation of William Herringe being parcell of the former tenement, with a piece of ground belonging thereto now enclosed and built on, in Chancery Lane held by the grant of Innocent Reade and Morris Evans made by John Goode Esq. And so conveyed by testator at the yearly rent of 6-4-0(pounds), also in certain houses in Frances Street and Brookes Yard near Lambert Hill in the parish of St Mary Somerset near to the Broken Wharf London by lease granted to the testator by the said John Goode Esq. at the yearly rent of 20(pounds), gives all the premises to his wife Katherine for her life paying the rents and repairs, and after her death the [witnesses----soncesset] to son Henry Featherstone for the residue of the term, he paying to testators son Edward a yearly rent of 20(pounds), and after the death of said Edward to pay to the child or children then living of the said Edward 20 marks yearly, and failing such to the child or children of testators daughter Mary The house testator lives in is given to son Ralph Featherstone after the death of said Katherine testators wife All household stuff plate pewter linen etc to wife and after her death two thirds to son Henry and the other third to son Edward Sons Ralph and Henry to be executors.
Memorandum......Testators daughter Mary to enjoy the house in Chancery Lane for a year after the death of said wife Katherine The said Ralph Featherstone in consideration of the premises in Chancery Lane to pay to Katherine Hutton daughter of testators son-in-law Francis Hutton deceased 20(pounds)
Dated 29 Nov. 1615....................Proved 15 Feb. 1616
Source: Dr. and Mrs. Meiers
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By: Rebecca Prillaman, 2013................ 9th great granddaughter
The marble wall plaque on the wall at St. Dunstan's Church is inscribed Fetherston, an 18th century engraving is inscribed Featherstone.
Cuthbert Featherstone, Esq., served as the Gentleman Usher to Queen Elizabeth I, also as cryer and usher to James I.
(Queen Elizabeth I, served as Queen of England and Ireland from 1558 until her death in 1603, followed by James I, who served from 1603 to 1625.)
________________________________________________________
Cuthbert Fetherston (Featherstone) Esq., acquired a manor house, named Hassenbrook Hall at Stanford Le Hope, Essex County, during the reign of James I (King of England and Ireland from 1603-1625).
Cuthbert was living in London, at the time of his death.
There is a marble bust of him on the wall of St. Dunstan's in the West Church, London, where he is buried.
............WILL OF CUTHBERT FEATHERSTONE...............
.......................LONDON...........................
........................1615............................
Cuthbert Featherstone of Chancery Lane in the parish of St. Dunstan in West near London. Will dated 5th Feb. 1613
Testator is possessed by leave for divers years to come of the messuage, garden sellers, sollars, and rooms thereto belonging in his own occupation also a messuage late in the ocupation of William Herringe being parcell of the former tenement, with a piece of ground belonging thereto now enclosed and built on, in Chancery Lane held by the grant of Innocent Reade and Morris Evans made by John Goode Esq. And so conveyed by testator at the yearly rent of 6-4-0(pounds), also in certain houses in Frances Street and Brookes Yard near Lambert Hill in the parish of St Mary Somerset near to the Broken Wharf London by lease granted to the testator by the said John Goode Esq. at the yearly rent of 20(pounds), gives all the premises to his wife Katherine for her life paying the rents and repairs, and after her death the [witnesses----soncesset] to son Henry Featherstone for the residue of the term, he paying to testators son Edward a yearly rent of 20(pounds), and after the death of said Edward to pay to the child or children then living of the said Edward 20 marks yearly, and failing such to the child or children of testators daughter Mary The house testator lives in is given to son Ralph Featherstone after the death of said Katherine testators wife All household stuff plate pewter linen etc to wife and after her death two thirds to son Henry and the other third to son Edward Sons Ralph and Henry to be executors.
Memorandum......Testators daughter Mary to enjoy the house in Chancery Lane for a year after the death of said wife Katherine The said Ralph Featherstone in consideration of the premises in Chancery Lane to pay to Katherine Hutton daughter of testators son-in-law Francis Hutton deceased 20(pounds)
Dated 29 Nov. 1615....................Proved 15 Feb. 1616
Source: Dr. and Mrs. Meiers
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By: Rebecca Prillaman, 2013................ 9th great granddaughter
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