Oh boy. There are a lot of comments at https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/discussions/LB9B-FJ1
——-
Full pedigree in visitations of London, Worcester and Kent.Also in Heralds court for casecoc Baker of Boughton, descendent of Christopher Baker, Gentleman of Tenterden. All other Christopgers of similar period are not direct relatives, many descended from related Bakers of Sissinghurst Castle, Cranbrook, Kent.
——-
Christopher Baker is not the son of Sir John “Bloody” Baker
Baker, F.V. Arch.Cant. xxxviii NOTES ON THE LIFE OF SIR JOHN BAKER OF SISSINGHURST, KENT p.25
Will of Sir John Bakere, one of the King's and Queen's Privy Counsellors and Under ...
Prerogative Court of Canterbury and related Probate Jurisdictions: Will Registers. Will of Sir John Bakere, one of the King's and Queen's Privy Counsellors and Under Treasurer of Sissinghurst, Kent.
Collection: Records of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury
Date range: 30 January 1559
Reference:PROB 11/42A/279
Will of Sir John Baker (P.C.C., 224, Welles)
"The will of Sir John Baker of Cessinghurst, made 7 January 1557, Under-Treasure of England.
-To be buried at Cranbrook where my good wife Dame Elizabeth buried;
-my funeral to be without pomp or pride, but such as becometh my station.
-If I have done any person any injury or wrong I will that my executors make due satisfaction without delay. Masses to be said in Bedinden, East Kingsnorth, Staplehurst, Frettinden, Hawkhurst, Teston, West Farleigh.
-Since the death of my goodfather Richard Baker I have kept an obit in said church of Cranbrook on St. Laurence Even, at which time he died.
-A priest to say mass for 7 years at St. Nicholas Altar.
-I bequeathe seen standing cups of silver to Edward Barrett, of Alvethely in Essex, my son-in-law[step-son?], to my daughters Catherine White, Mary Tufton, Ciceley Sackville, Elizabeth Scott, to John Baker, son and heir apparent of Richard Baker my son, and Thomas Baker, second son of said Richard. Anne daughter of Richard.
-My good sister Jone Reames, widow, and my nephew Stephen Reames.
-To Sir William Petre, knight, Sir Martin Bowes, knight, and Thomas Argall, gentleman, to each a ring of gold of the value of 40s. -To my oldest son Richard Baker all my household stuff at Sissinghurst,and my blessing; "Above all things see thou serve God and thy soverayne, apply thy learning, to be curtosse and gentill to anybodye, be ayding and loving to thy naturall brother, John Baker,and to thy sisters, avoid brybery, extortion, corruption and dissimulation, and eschew idleness."
-To his second son, John Baker, he gives 200 pounds ready money and all household stuff in the city London.
-Executors: Richard Baker, John Baker, my brother William Culpepper of Wigsell, Sussex, John Tufton, son-in-law, and Thomas Argall, gent.
"In a codicil he leaves to his sister-in-law, Lady Wilford, "10 pounds for her pains taken in my sickness. Will proven 30 Jan,1559"
In September 1558 he added a codicil leaving to his eldest son the manor of Staplehurst which he had purchased from Sir Thomas Cawarden since making his will.
-The witness to this and the following were two physicians: John Clement, who was brought up by Sir Thomas More, and John Caius, the co-founderof Gonville and Caius College.
-On December 5, 1558 Sir John added a further codicil in which he made a bequest to his sister-in-law, one-time Prioress of Clerkwell. She was mentioned earlier in this chapter.
