William EDWARDS of Lelant, Gent.

Died: 1644

Research Notes:

J.L. Vivian, "Visitations of Cornwall, Comprising The Heralds' Visitations of 1530, 1573, & 1620" (Exeter: William Pollard & Co., 1887), p. 145. Pedigree of Edwards of Lelant, taken from the original visitation of 1620, signed by Thomas Edwards (son of Henry). Shows Thomas' wife, parents, siblings and children, and also includes his father's first two wives.
In this pedigree, Thomas is shown as having a brother William and a half brother William. Although this is not an impossibility, Harleian MS 4031, which is a compilation of the ancestry of Mary (Gaverigan)Trefusis, compiled in 1603, shows no full blooded brother for Thomas. It now seems more likely that Thomas Edwards had only one (half) brother named William, and that the two William Edwards shown on the 1641 Protestation Return, were actually father and son, not half-brothers. This would appear to be born out by the fact that a William Edwards appears on the Lelant Subsidies lists as early as 1585, and this man would be most likely too old to be the father of John Edwards.

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WILLIAM EDWARDS, gentleman, of Lelant

Inventory taken 23 January 1644/5 by JAMES PRAED, ARTHUR EDWARDS & SIMON PRUST, gentlemen.

Admon 16 Apr 1645, no administrator or bondsmen given.

AP/E/218

Marriage Information:

William married Philippa. (Philippa died on an unknown date.)

Marriage Notes:

National Archives, ref. WH/1/5096 - date: 30 Dec. 1599

90 yr. lease (lives of Jn. Osborne, s. Thos. and dau. Susan); rent 5/-.
Wm. Edwards and w. Philip of Unylelant, yeo., to Jn. Osborne of St. Dennis, yeo.
Consideration: £7.
1/5 part of tenement in Enniscaven or Nanscaven late in occ. of Joan Anny, wid.