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Elizabeth Holcombe (Sydenham)

Also Known As: "Elizabeth", "Suydenahm", "Sydenhamn"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Wynford Eagle, Dorset, England (United Kingdom)
Death: 1590 (85-87)
Hole, Branscombe, Devon, England (United Kingdom)
Place of Burial: Branscombe, Devon, England
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Thomas Sydenham, I and Alice Stephens
Wife of Ellis Holcombe
Mother of Thomas Holcombe, Gent.; Robert Holcombe; Tristram Holcombe; Walter Holcombe; Jane Langford and 2 others
Sister of Thomas Sydenham

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About Elizabeth Holcombe

  • Elizabeth Sydenham
  • F, #73470, b. circa 1500, d. 7 April 1590
  • Father Thomas Sydenham b. c 1480
  • Mother Alice Stephens b. c 1482
  • Elizabeth Sydenham was born circa 1500 at of Winford, Somersetshire, England. She married Ellis Holcombe, son of Charles Holcombe and Jane, circa 1524. Elizabeth Sydenham died on 7 April 1590 at Hole, Devonshire, England.
  • Family Ellis Holcombe b. Jan 1499, d. 10 Dec 1585
  • Child
    • Thomas Holcombe+ b. c 1526, d. c 1579
  • From: http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p2445.htm#...
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  • A view of Devonshire in MDCXXX, with a pedigree of most of its gentry (1845)
  • https://archive.org/details/viewofdevonshire00west
  • https://archive.org/stream/viewofdevonshire00west#page/466/mode/1up
  • Pg.466
  • John Fitz, of Fitzford, had issue John, Walter, Roger. Walter Fitz, esq., second son to John, and heir to his brother John, married Mary, daughter of Sampson, and had issue John, Robert. John Fitz, esq., son and heir, married Agnes, daughter of Roger Grenvile, of Stow in Cornwall, and had issue John, Edward, George, Francis, Margaret, (married to Richard Arscot ;) Grace, (married to John Eliot of Plymouth ;) Honor, (married to William Kanzewyowe;) Katharine, (married to William Bond.) John Fitz, son and heir, married Mary, daughter of Sir John Sydenham, of Brimpton in Somersetshire, and hath issue Sir John.
  • Sir John married Mary, daughter of Sir William Courtenay, of Powderham in Devon, knight, and had issue only one daughter and heir, married to Sir Alan Percy, knight, sixth son to Henry, Earl of Northumberland, sans issue ; secondly she married Thomas, son and heir apparent of Thomas, Lord Darcy of Chiche, now Viscount Colchester, sans issue ; thirdly to Sir Charles Howard, fourth son to the Earl of Suffolk, by whom she had two daughters and heirs, Elizabeth, Mary : he killed himself. [She after this married Sir Richard Grenvile, by whom she had issue, which she disinherited, and settled Fitzford and her other estate on Sir William Courtenay of Powderham Castle ; whose second son, James Courtenay, esq., now dwelleth at Walreddon, in Whitchurch near Tavistock.]
  • https://archive.org/stream/viewofdevonshire00west#page/474/mode/1up
  • Pg.474
  • Sir William Pawlet, of Hinton St. George, knight, married Elizabeth, daughter and heir to John Deneband, son and heir to John Deneband, son and heir to Thomas, son and heir to William, son and heir to Philip, son and heir to Willliam, son and heir to Sir Philip, son and heir to Sir Philip Deneband, of Prostenant in Wales, knight, and of Alice his wife, daughter and coheir of John Giffard, of Hinton, esq., and of his wife, daughter and
  • https://archive.org/stream/viewofdevonshire00west#page/475/mode/1up
  • Pg.475
  • heir of Roger Powtrell, esq., of Hinton St. George ; and this Sir William had issue Sir Amias, Ann, (married to Sir William Cary, knight;) Florence, married to John Ashford, esq.;) Christian, (first married to Nicholas Chichester, esq.; secondly to Henry Hull ; thirdly to William Martin ;) Alice, (married to John Pawlet, of Basing, esq.) Sir Amias married, first Margaret, daughter of John Pawlet of Basing ; secondly Loore, daughter to Sir William Callaway, of Cockborn, Hampshire, and had issue Hugh, John, Hemy, Elizabeth married to John Sydenham, secondly to John Carswell, thirdly to Francis Copleston. Sir Hugh married, first Philippa, youngest daughter of Sir Lewis Pollard, of Girleston, Devon, knight, and had issue Amias, Nicholas, George, Jane married to Christopher Copleston, of Copleston, Devonshire, esq.: secondly he married Elizabeth, daughter of Blount.
  • https://archive.org/stream/viewofdevonshire00west#page/492/mode/1up
  • Pg.492
  • John Bampfield, of Poltimore, .... etc.
  • Edward married Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Richard Wadham, of Merryfield in Somerset, knight, the relict of Warr in Somerset, and had issue Richard, Joan, (married to Richard Pollard, of Horwood in Devon, esq.;) Lawrence, (married first to Bidwell ; secondly to Robert Fulford, and had issue Katharine, married to Erasmus Pine ;) Elizabeth, (married to George Percival ;) Mary, (married to Wilham Warder of Hampshire.)
  • Richard (sheriff of Devon 20th Elizabeth,) married Elis, daughter of Sir John Sydenham, of Brymton in Somerset, knight, and had issue Giles, who died in a voyage towards Ireland; Sir Amias, knight; Richard; Elizabeth, (married to George Cary of Clovelly, esq.;) Joan ; Ursula, (married to Thomas Fulford, of Fulford, esq.;) Susan, (married, first, but second wife to, John Hays, of Myll in the parish of Witheridge, esq.; secondly to Simcock ;) Mary, (married to Humphrey Moor, of Moorhays, Cullompton, esq.
  • https://archive.org/stream/viewofdevonshire00west#page/493/mode/1up
  • Pg.493
  • secondly to Richard Bowden, parson of Okehampton ;) Gertrude, (married to John Harding, of Longbredy in Somerset, esq.;) Ann, (married, first to Christopher Morgan, of Maperton in Dorset, esq.; secondly to Lutterel ;) Katharine ; Margaret, (to William Lacy, of Hartrow in Somerset, esq.)
  • https://archive.org/stream/viewofdevonshire00west#page/498/mode/1up
  • Pg.498
  • Henry Beaumont, of Gittesham, esq., son of John, married Elizabeth, daughter to Robert Stowel, of Codleston in Somersetshire, esq., and had issue Humphrey, William, Elizabeth, (married to Robert Coker of Maypowder in Dorset, ;) Philippa, (married to Lewis Davils, of Marland in Devon, esq.) Humphrey Beaumont, in Gittesham, esq., married Joan, daughter of John West, brother to the Lord de la Warr, and hath issue Henry, John, Elizabeth married to Robert Muttleberry of Somerset; secondly he married Jane, daughter of John Sydenham, of Leigh in Somerset, and had issue Thomas, sans issue. Henry married Elizabeth, daughter to Sir Roger Blewet, of Holcombe, knight, he died sans issue, as did John before him ; and so he conveyed, for name's sake, his land to a younger brother, of the house of Colhorton in Leicestershire, who hath now sold it.
  • https://archive.org/stream/viewofdevonshire00west#page/531/mode/1up
  • Pg.31
  • Roger Holcomb married and had issue Charles, Elizabeth, (married to John Babington ;) Joan to William Perry, of Water in Membury.) Charles married and had issue Ellis, Katharine, (married to Simon Bradney;) Elizabeth, (married, first to William Colmar, secondly to Thomas Graver.) Ellis married Elizabeth, daughter to Thomas Sydenham, of Winford-Eagle, Dorset, and had issue Thomas, Robert, Tristram, John, George, Walter, and Mary married to William Longford and had issue Henry and Mary.
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  • The visitations of the county of Somerset, in the years 1531 and 1573, together with additional pedigrees, chiefly from the visitation of 1591 (1885)
  • https://archive.org/details/visitationscoun00benogoog
  • https://archive.org/stream/visitationscoun00benogoog#page/n94/mode/1up
  • Pg.76
    • Sidenham
    • OF BRYMPTON D'EVERCY, NR. YEOVIL.
  • Walter Sidenham.; ch: John (m. Agnes _ ) Sidenham.
  • John = Agnes.; ch: John (m. Alice Stourton) Sidenham
  • John. = Alice, d. and h. of (John Stourton of Preston Plucknett. & d. and h. Payne); ch: Alex. (m. d. Popham), Joan (m. John St. Barbe), Walter (m. Margt. Harcourt), Marcell (m. John Larde?), Richard (m. Joan Cambrey) Sidenham.
  • Walter of Brimpton. = Margt., d. Sr. Rob. Harcourt.; ch: (Pg.77 John (m. Eliz. Awdeley) Sidenham.)
  • https://archive.org/stream/visitationscoun00benogoog#page/n95/mode/1up
  • Pg.77
  • John. = Eliz., d. Sir Hugh Awdeley.; ch: Sr. John (m. Anne Bridges) Sidenham.
  • Sr. John. = Anne, d. Sr Billes [Gyles] Bridges sister to John Bridges.; ch: Sir John (m. Eliz. Pawlett), Geo., Eliz. (m. Ric. Bamfield), Anne (m. Alex. Sidenham), Mary (m. John Fitz), Walter (m. _ Lawrance) Sidenham.
    • Sir John. = Eliz., d. Sr Amias Pawlett.
    • Anne. = Alex. Sidenham of Earlston.
    • Geo.
    • Eliz. = Ric. Bamfield.
    • Mary. = John Fitz [of Fitzford, nr. Tavisstock 1564 Devon, p. 96].; ch: John Fitz.
    • Walter. = d. and coh. Lawrence of Lawrance.; ch: George, Walter Sidenham.
    • Sidenham
    • OF WINFORD EAGLE, CO. DORSET.
  • Richd. of Brimpton, Som.; ch: Thos. (m. Alice Stephens) Sidenham
  • 3. Thos. of Winford Eagle, Dor. = Alice, d. Thos. Stephens of Winford Eagle.; ch: Thos. (m. Jane Speake), Eliz. (m. Ellis Holcombe) Sidenham.
  • Thos. = Jane, d. and h. Wm. Speake of Dulish, Som.; ch: Richard (m. Jane Moore), Chris., Henry, Thomas, Joan Sidenham.
  • 1. Richard. = Jane d. Moore of Moorehayes, Devon.; ch: Thos. (m. Eliz. Fulford), Geo., Ursula, Thomasin, Agnes Sidenham.
  • 1. Thos. = Eliz., d. Sir Thos. Fulford.; ch: Wm. (m. Mary Jefferay) Sidenham.
  • Wm., aet. 30. = Mary, d. Sr. John Jefferay of Catherston, Dorset.; ch: 1. Wm. aet. 8, 2. Francis, Mary, Eliz., Martha Sidenham
  • https://archive.org/stream/visitationscoun00benogoog#page/n96/mode/1up
  • Pg.78
    • Sidenham
    • OF ALLER, NR. LANGPORT.
  • John Sydenham. = Jone, d. and h. John Sturton of Brimpton.; ch: 3. Richard (m. Jane Cambray), 1. Walter, 2. Alexander Sydenham.
  • 3. Richard Sidnam of Aller. = Jane, d. Cambray of Denbighshire.; ch: 1. Christoph., 2. Andrew, 4. Thos., 3. Wm. (m. Agnes Worth) Sidenham.
  • 3. Wm. = Agnes, d. Worth of Washfield [1564 Devon, p. 212]; ch: 2. Rich., 3. Geo., John (m. Cath. Newton), Cath. (m. _ Hambridge), Eliz.. (m. H Andrews) Sidenham.
  • John of Langford Budville, Som. = Cath., d. Th. Newton of Swell.; ch: 1. Nicholas, 2. Hum., Thomosin, Julian, Mary, Joan, Agnes Sidenham.
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  • 'Sydenham3'
  • Families covered: Sydenham of Combe, Sydenham of Winford Eagle
  • Richard Sydenham of Aller
  • m. Jane Cambray of co. Denbigh
    • 1. William Sydenham (2nd son?)
    • m. Agnes Worth (dau of _ Worth of Washfield)
      • A. .... etc.
    • 2. Thomas Sydenham of Winford Eagle, Dorset
    • m. Alice Stevens (dau of William Stevens)
      • A. Thomas Sydenham
      • m. Joan Speke (dau of William Speke of Dolish)
        • i. .... etc.
      • B. Elizabeth Sydenham
      • m. Elias Holcombe of Devonshire
    • 3.+ other issue - Christopher, son
  • From: Stirnet.com
  • http://www.stirnet.com/genie/data/british/ss4tz/sydenham3.php#top
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  • Links
  • http://fabpedigree.com/s073/f000366.htm
  • http://ukga.org/england/Devon/visitations/holcombeofhull/PS01/PS01_...
  • http://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Elizabeth_Sydenham_%281%29
  • http://www.familycentral.net/index/family.cfm
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Elizabeth Holcombe's Timeline

1503
1503
Wynford Eagle, Dorset, England (United Kingdom)
1526
November 11, 1526
Hole, Devon, England (United Kingdom)
1527
1527
Hole, Devonshire, England
1529
1529
Hole, Devonshire, England
1531
1531
Hole, Devonshire, England
1537
1537
Hole, Devonshire, England
1540
1540
Hole, Branscombe, Devonshire, England (United Kingdom)
1542
1542
Hole, Branscombe, Devonshire, England (United Kingdom)
1590
April 7, 1590
Age 87
Branscombe, Devon, England (United Kingdom)

Transcription of her burial:
http://www.branscombeproject.org.uk/bur.htm