Thomas Temple
–c. 1594
✦ direct ancestor — Owen's 10×-great-grandfather · Temple line
Life
- Born
- Heytesbury, Wiltshire, England
- Died
- after 1594 · Heytesbury, Wiltshire, England
- Buried
- 28 Dec 1594 · Wiltshire, England
Marriage & children
Spouse(spouse unknown)
Timeline
- —ResidenceHeytesbury, Wiltshire, England
Records behind this page
Ancestry.com, England & Wales, Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 1384-1858 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013)
The National Archives; Kew, Surrey, England; Records of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Series PROB 11; Class: PROB 11; Piece: 83
The National Archives, Kew; Records of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Series PROB 11; PROB 11/83/435 (cat. prob/11/83, fo. 327, image 378). Nuncupative will of Thomas Temple of Heytesbury, co. Wilts, yeoman, 27 December 34 Elizabeth I (1591); proved 15 May 1594. IMAGE READ.
read the transcript
Thomas Temple of Heytisburye in the County of Wiltes yeoman did make his last will and testamente nuncupative ... his body to be buryed in the parishe Church yarde of Heytisburye ... to the parishe Church of Heytisburye aforesaid three shillinges and fower pence. Item he gave unto his tenn children all his sheepe viz fowerscore and fyve equally to be devided amongste them. Item he gave unto his three daughters to each of them a pott and a pann, the residewe of all his goodes and chattells he bequeathed to his wife Agnes Temple whom he did make his sole executrix ... in the presence of Thomas Bennett and Oliver Molton.
Ancestry.com, Wiltshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812 (Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2017)
Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre; Chippenham, Wiltshire, England; Wiltshire Church of England Parish Registers; Reference Number: 1184/1
Research notes
Working notes from the research, kept verbatim — what was read, what it proved, what stays open.
Research note · 30 Jul 2026
Audited 30 Jul 2026 - HIS WILL IS IN HAND AS AN IMAGE. Thomas Temple of Heytesbury, co. Wilts, yeoman; nuncupative will 27 December 34 Elizabeth I (1591), proved 15 May 1594; PCC PROB 11/83/435 (cat. prob/11/83, fo. 327). He leaves his soul to God and his body to Heytesbury churchyard, 3s 4d to the parish church, and 'unto his tenn children all his sheepe viz fowerscore and fyve equally to be devided amongste them', with 'unto his three daughters to each of them a pott and a pann'; residue and sole executrix, 'his wife AGNES TEMPLE'. Witnesses Thomas Bennett and Oliver Molton. ⛔ AGNES IS NOT ATTACHED AS A WIFE OR AS [91] JOHN'S MOTHER, DELIBERATELY: the will names TEN children but not one of them individually, so it does not prove John is among them. The identification of this Thomas as John's father pre-dates this session and is not established by this document. Grade LIKELY. Attach Agnes only when a record names her with a child. Worth noting for context: this testator is a YEOMAN with 85 sheep, while his probable son John, 44 years later, writes as a GENTLEMAN with mills, a 1000 pound charge and 500 pound portions - a real one-generation rise, consistent with the move Kingston Deverill to Bishopstrow. NOTE this is a third PCC will in the same line. Not to be confused with the Thomas Temple 1619 document in the Wiltshire series, which is an INVENTORY and a different man. Memo: ancestry/temple-arnold-liston-junction.md
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