John Yates, Esq

John Yates, Esq

Male 1471 - 1544  (73 years)

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  • Name John Yates 
    Suffix Esq 
    Birth 1471  Charney Bassett, Berkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    _FSFTID LCY3-841 
    Death 1544  Lyford, Oxfordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Age 73 years 
    Person ID I47547  Base Tree
    Last Modified 25 Oct 2024 

    Family 1 Joan Goddard,   b. 1476   d. 1519 (Age 43 years) 
    Marriage 1496 
    Children 
     1. Richard Yates   d. 1846
     2. Andrew Yates
     3. Peter Yates
     4. James Yates,   b. 1497   d. 1544 (Age 47 years)
     5. Bartholomew Yates   d. 1521
     6. Jane Yates
     7. Ann Yates
     8. Elizabeth Yates
     9. Margaret Yates
    Family ID F17003  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Alice Hyde,   b. 1498   d. 5 May 1523, Berkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 25 years) 
    Marriage 1504  Lyford, Oxfordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Thomas Yates, (founder of Lyford Yates),   b. 28 Nov 1509, Lyford Grange, Berkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Nov 1565, Lyford, Berkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 56 years)
     2. Mary Yates,   b. 1511   d. Jan 1557 (Age 46 years)
     3. Martha Yates,   b. 1513   d. 20 Aug 1599 (Age 86 years)
     4. Dorothy Yates
     5. Winifred Yates,   b. 1517   d. 20 Aug 1599 (Age 82 years)
     6. Catherine Yates,   b. 1519   d. 20 Aug 1599 (Age 80 years)
     7. Ursula Yates,   b. 1520   d. 1580 (Age 60 years)
     8. Jane Yates,   b. 1521   d. 1569 (Age 48 years)
     9. Susannah Yates,   b. 1527   d. 1583 (Age 56 years)
    Family ID F9882  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Lord John YATE's estate was proved in court at West Hanney in Berkshire 8 Mar 1541. (From "White, Jim. Richard Wells & Francis White Virginia & Maryland Immigrants 1635-1637"; Lulu Press, Inc, pp. 155-156)


      John was Lord of Lyford Grange, Berkshire Co., England. Lyford Grange Manor was built by Lord John around 1500.

      He was the Merchant of the Staple of Calais, which meant he handled transactions of wool between England and France.

      In 1511, John was living at Andrews Court Manor, West Haney, Berkshire Co., England, which he owned. Even though he lived at Andrews Court Manor, he also owned Lyford Manor and Charney Manor.

      Of Charney, Merchant of the Staple, and Lord of Lyford in Berks; Visitation of the County of Oxford. Second son and heir to Richard, Visitation of Berkshire, 1566.

      An estate at Lyford, consisting of 3 hides*, was held of the Abbot of Abingdon at the Domesday Survey by Rainald, the ancestor of the St. Helen family, (and this part of Lyford followed the descent of St. Helen for two centuries.

      In 1428 Thomas More and others held the land which had belonged to Philip de St. Helen. It was doubtless his estate which came to be known as More Place and appears in the 16th Century in the hands of the YATE family.

      In 1501 Drayton Manor was conveyed to John YATE of Charney Basset (Berks.), and remained with his family during the 16th Century. This estate was not treated as a separate manor in later records, but as part of Dorchester Manor held in free Socage*.

      In 1530 John Yate settled his Drayton estate on his wife Alice and younger son Thomas. Thomas (d. 1565) was the founder of the Yate family of Lyford (Berks.).

      In the mid-16th Century he was one of the most substantial tenants in Drayton, paying 60s. 6d. rent for his land held of Dorchester Manor; at his death in 1565 he held 4 Yardlands* copyhold as well as about 200 acres, 9 yardlands called Drayton Farm, freehold, which was leased to Richard Pawling of Drayton.

      Thomas Yate's son Francis succeeded him and seems to have lived in Drayton. By 1597, however, Francis's son Thomas had sold the farm to a Robert Doyley of Hambleden (Bucks.) and George Lazenby of Drayton.

      (The above from: "Parishes: Drayton St Leonard, A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 7: Dorchester and Thames Hundreds* (1962)", pp. 71-81. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=63769&strquery="Jo hn Yate of Charney Basset" Date accessed: 07 April 2009.)

      The Manor of West Hanney was held in the early 13th century by Peter Malherbe was granted in 1233 to Hugh de Corneville to hold during the king's pleasure. (fn. 29)

      Thirty-five years later it was in the possession of Peter Fettiplace, who died in 1443, leaving a nephew and heir John. In 1511 it was conveyed by John Fettiplace of Buckland and his mother Amice to John YATE [Lord John YATE, Esq.]. For several generations it followed the descent of the Lyford estate of the Yates, and it was finally conveyed by John Yate and others in 1670 to George Eyston and John Weedon. It could not be identified at the beginning of the 19th century.

      (From "Parishes: Hanney, A History of the County of Berkshire: Volume 4 (1924)", pp. 285-294. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=62716&strquery=tho mas yate will 1654. Date accessed: 06 April 2009.

      PCC Will of John Yate of Hanney and Lyford, Berkshire 1541 Prerogative Court of Canterbury and related Probate Jurisdictions: Will Registers. Name of Register: Alenger. Will of John Yate of Hanney, Berkshire. Held by: The National Archives - Prerogative Court of Canterbury Date: 28 March 1541 Reference: PROB 11/28/450 will written 27 November 1537

      John Yate of Lyford in the parish of Hanney, Berkshire -buried in the parish church of Longworth [Berkshire] by the corpse of my first wife Joane -bequests to various churches -every servant -every one of my godchildren -son Peter Yate priest -wife Alice -Sixe daughters that be as yet not marryed Mary, Jane, Ursula, Elizabeth, Martha and Wenefryd -eldest son James Yate -second son Richard Yate -son Thomas Yate -every of my son's children -every of my daughters being now married and to their children -Paule Yate my son's son -Bertylmewe Yate my son's son -Laurence Spycer my daughter's son -hole executrix wife Alice -supervisors brother[in law?] William Hyde and son[in law] John Warnford written by Sir Edward Jone curat of Hanney



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