Elizabeth Beauforest
Female 1500 - 20 June 1556
Born, Abingdon, Berkshire, England.
Died, Abingdon, Berkshire, England.
Married to Richard Braunche. Mother of Thomas Braunche and Amy Braunche and John Braunche and Marion Braunche and Margary Braunche. Daughter of Thomas Beauforest and Margaret Bassett. Sister of Richard Beauforest and John Beauforest and Thomas Beauforest.
" from the Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol 1, pp. 211-212: "Richard's widow, Elizabeth, survived him by twelve years, being buried near her husband on June 20, 1556, in St. Helen's church. In October 1554 a detailed survey of all houses and land in Abingdon was made by Roger Amyce. The survey shows that, amonst the residue of his estate left to his widow, Richard had bequeathed to Elizabeth three houses lying side by side on the west side of East St. Helen's Street, which she leased out to three tenants for a total yearly rent of nineteen shillings and herself paid twenty-five shillings ground rent to Christ's Hospital. She lived in a house in the street then called The Bury, the modern High Street, which she rented from James Braybrooke, and in which she no doubt died. Her will is in the MS Wills Berks 2, no. 53 at the Bodleian Library, in which she leaves 10 pounds each to her children, Thomas, William, and Mary, her best kirtle and petticoat to her servant, Lettice; a gown to her friend, Widow Welford; and some cloth to make cassocks or coats for deserving children. The identity of the daughter, Mary, is puzzling as she is not mentioned in the will of Richard, her presumed father, nor anywhere else. It can be presumed that she was born posthumously after 1544. Equally, a previous marriage of Elizabeth Beauforest Branch could account for this child, but no evidence of this has been found.h term cannot imply blood relationship of the first degree but one by marriage, near kinship or close friendship."
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