History of the County Kent

Media file	Title: History of the County Kent Media type: story Format:
Record ID number	535dbdbd-6c2a-455c-bb35-6d6165c0bd9c
OBJE:DATE	1541
OBJE:_META	<metadataxml><content><line><p><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: helvetica, sans-serif; color: #171717; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-: initial; background-repeat: initial;">. On 14th November 1559, a Mary Tichborne of Edenbridge married Thomas Potter of Well Street at Westerham Parish Church in Kent. This Mary was the daughter of Richard Tichborne, and born in 1541, so must be the sitter in the present portrait. Her mother was Thomasin Tichborne, n&eacute;e Seyliard. The Tichbornes were originally a prominent Hampshire family, and we can judge from Richard&rsquo;s subscription of &pound;5 towards Henry VIII&rsquo;s &lsquo;Loyal Loan&rsquo; in 1542 that he was relatively prosperous. A monument to Thomas Potter at Westerham records that he was a Justice of the Peace in Kent for &lsquo;about fifty years, continuing the whole course of his like liberall and bountifull to the poore, constantly and painefully studious of Divinitie, Law, and Phisick&hellip;&rsquo; The monument, which features a figure of the kneeling Mary Tichborne, also records that she was &lsquo;a very religious and virtuous gentlewoman&rsquo;. They had four children; a son Nizell, who died at the age of 21, and three daughters, two of whom, Lucrece and Ursula, died in their infancy, and Dorothy, who married Sir John Rivers, 1st Bt (1579-1651), the son of Sir George Rivers, sometime MP for East Grinstead during the reign of Elizabeth !</span></p></line><line><p><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: helvetica, sans-serif; color: #171717; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-: initial; background-repeat: initial;">&nbsp;</span></p></line><line><p><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: helvetica, sans-serif; color: #171717; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Exerpts from:&nbsp; The history and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent, Vol 3</span></p></line><line><p>&nbsp;</p></line><line><p><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: helvetica, sans-serif; color: #171717; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-: initial; background-repeat: initial;">&nbsp;&nbsp; By Edward Hasted</span></p></line></content></metadataxml>
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Alive Dead Death>100 Death<=100 Birth>100 Birth<=100 Roots Leaves
Given names	Surname	Sosa	Birth		Place		Death		Age	Place	Last change
Dorothy Potter				about 1570	454	Westerham, Kent, England	1	January 13, 1627	397	57	Westerham, Kent, England	Never	F	YES	YES	R

Both alive Widower Widow Both dead Roots Leaves Not married Marriage>100 Marriage<=100 Divorce Multiple marriages
Given names	Surname	Age	Given names	Surname	Age	Marriage		Place		Last change