Reverend Thomas Sheafe, D.D.

Thomas Sheafe

• Thomas Sheafe D.D. (d. 12 December 1639) was a Canon of Windsor from 1614-1639[1]
• He was the son of Thomas Sheafe, clothier of Cranbook in Kent.
• His son, Revd Thomas Sheafe MD FRCP, was Gulstonian lecturer in 1641, of Binfield, Berkshire.
• He was King’s Scholar at Eton College and the educated at King’s College, Cambridge where he graduated BA in 1585, MA in 1588 BD in 1595 and DD in 1606.
• He was appointed: Rector of Welford and Withambrook, Berkshire 1597
• He was appointed to the ninth stall in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle in 1614, a position he held until 1639.

Publications

• Vindicae Senectutis, or a Plea for Old Age. Published in London 1639.[2]

From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Sheafe

Spouses

• Married: (first) Mary Wilson, who was the sister of Rev. John Wilson of the First church in Boston, Mass, and a daughter of Rev. William Wilson, Canon of Windsor (and Isabel Woodhall Wilson). Mary's sister, Isabel, married (c 1608) Thomas Gibbs of Windsror, Berks, son of John & Mary (Elham) Gibbs of Elmeston, Kent.
• Married (second) ANNE WOODWARD, Daughter of George Woodward, MP and Elizabeth Honywood

The children of Thomas Sheafe and Mary Wilson are listed in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, and were:

• 1) William (died young
• 2) Edmund, married Elizabeth Cotton
• 3) Thomas, died 7 August 1657
• 4) Grindall, died 28 April 1680, married Anne Munday
• 5) Dorothy, married Rev. Henry Whitfield
• 6) A daughter, married Mr. Westley
• 7) A daughter, married Mr. Norwood
• 8) Rebecca, married Thomas Heselrigge

Children with Ann Woodward

• Edward SHEAFE, christened 30 Sep 1614.

History

Thomas Sheafe married a third time, to Alice Osborne, who survived him and made her will & died ten years later:
ALCE SHEAFE of New Windsor in the county of Berks, widow, 4 April 1649, proved 5 February 1649 by Andrew Plumpton, Executor. To be buried in the Castle church of Windsor near my father's grave. I remit what my brother Edward Osborne oweth me and give him one hundred and fifty pounds more, and to his wife Constance Osborne five pounds &c. and to their four children, Constance, Rose, Nicholas, Andrew Osborne, fifty pounds apiece (the two sons at twenty one). [Note: other bequests to cousins, except:] Then I give to Mary Sheafe, the daughter of my son-in-law Doctor Sheafe, the money that her father oweth me, if she be living at my decease. If not, then I give it to her father.

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In the genealogy of the Sheafe family published in the REGISTER, vol. 55, pp. 209-220, 1 suggested the probability (p. 215) that Dr. Thomas Sheafe, Dean of Windsor, had a second wife, Anne, by whom he had a son Edward. This is conflrmed by the Visitation of Bucks, which shows her to have been the daughter of George Woodward, esquire, of Upton, Bucks, by his second wife, Elizabeth Honywood of Markeshall, Essex. . Mulden, Maas. WALTER K. WATKINS.

Thomas was vicar at Welford parish, archdeconry of Berks, rural deanery of Newbury, and diocese of Oxford. Welford is 6 miles northwest from Newbury on the river Lambourn. The church of St. Gregory consists of a chancel, nave, aisles, and a circular western tower with octagonal spire; the tower was built in the 13th century. This church contains monuments to the families of Mundy, Archer and others. The register dates from 1559. Thomas Sheafe, who was rector here, died in 1639. The rectory house, situated in Wickham, has been rebuilt in the Gothic style. Also in this parish are Easton and Wickham.

Some Pedigrees from the Visitation of Kent, 1663-68 By Sir Edward Bysshe, Joseph Jackson Howard, Robert Hovenden, page 17:

Thomas Sheafe, D.D. of Cambridge, admitted 1580, Fellow of King's College; installed Dean of Windsor 29 March 1614, being about that time Rector of Welford, co Berks, and beneficed at another place in that county. When about eighty years of age he published "A Plea for Old Age" (London, 1639), and died soon after, viz 12 December 1639. Buried in St. George's Chapel, Windsor. This source also gives a genealogy for this family [note that they were in KENT]:

Another line, from "The Visitation of Somerset, 1672.."

THOMAS SHEAFE of Cranbrooke, in com. Cant; had son:

• THOMAS SHEAFE, Dr. in Divinity, Prebend of Windsor, and Rector of Welford in Com. Berks. His (obviously first wife) was Mary, daughter of William Wilson, Doctor in Divinity and Prebend of Windsor.... Their son was: GRINDALL SHEAFE, Dr. in Divinity and Archdeacon of Wells. Grindall married Anne, daughter of Francis Monday, Dr. in Divinity.

The Poems of Phineas Fletcher - By Phineas Fletcher: From Alumni Etonensi (Birmingham 1797) take these notes on most of the Sheafes: (1) Thomas Sheafe, D.D., son of Thomas Sheafe of Cranbroke, Kent, Rector of "Welford, Berks, installed Canon of Windsor, 29 March, 1614; lived at "Wickhambroke, Berks-. wrote Vindicice Senectutts : Lond. 1639 8vc. : died 12 Dec. 1639 : buried at Windsor in St. George's Chapel. (2) Edmund Sheafe went away Scholar. (3) Herman Sheafe, M.A., of Goldhanger in Essex. (4) Edmund, son of Edmund, (of 1580) died Fellow of King's, 1625, and was buried at the East end of the Chapel. (5) John Sheafe, brother of the last Edmund died a Junior Fellow : a young man of promising talents. (6) Grindall Sheafe, son of Thomas Sheafe was D.D.. in 1658 : Rector of Coltshall and Horstead, which he signed, and became Canon of Wells : died very wealthy 28 April 1680, and was buried in the Cathedral. I have failed to trace a copy of Dr. Thomas Sheafe's above- mentioned book ' Vindiciœ Sencctutis.' It is in none of the Oxford or Cambridge Libraries, nor in the British Museum, Williams &c., &c. Edmund Sheafe wrote Verses in Lacrymae Cantabrigiense (1619) on death of Queen Anne of Denmark (p 31.)

Source - http://oursoutherncousins.com/Woodward's%20of%20Buckinghamshire.pdf

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• Dr Thomas Sheafe
• Birth: 1562 Cranbrook, Kent, England
• Death: Dec. 12, 1639 Cranbrook, Kent, England
• The son of Thomas & Mary (Harmon) Sheafe, he attended Eton College 1575-80. He was at King's College at Cambridge in 1580 where he earned a BA degree in 1585, an MA in 1588, a BD in 1595, and a Doctor of Divinity in 1606. Between 1583 and 1597, he was a fellow at King's College. He succeeded George Darrell as rector at Welford Berkshire, Eng. in Aug., 1597 and was installed Dean of Windsor on March 29, 1614-15.
• Thomas Sheafe was made a Canon of Saint George's Chapel at Windsor on March 29, 1614.
• He published "A Plea for Old Age" (London, 1639) and died soon after on Dec. 12, 1639 at his home in Wickham in the parish of Welford and was buried in St. George's Chapel in Windsor. His will was proved March 2, 1639/40. To son Grendall, lands in Hengerford and Inkpen, co. Berks, lease of house at Newbury and £15 to pay for a degree of BD; to son Thomas, the cottage at Beneden, co. Kent; to daughter Dorothy Whitfield, blankets, etc.; to wife, house at Windsor and Wickham; rest of estate to be equally divided between three sons: Edmund, Grindall, Edward, and four daughters: Whitfield, Westley, Norwood, and Hesilrigge. Sons, Thomas & Edmund executors.
• He married (1) Maria Wilson, daughter of William & Elizabeth (Woodhall) Wilson about 1600 at Cranbrook, co. Kent, England. They were probably the parents of seven children. He married (2) Anne Woodward, daughter of Geroge Woodward, Esq. of Upton, Bucks & his second wife, Elizabeth Honywood, who was buried Sept. 20, 1614 at St. George Cathedral in Windsor. The baptism of their son, Edward, is recorded there.
• Family links:
• Parents: Thomas Sheafe (1532 - 1604) and Mary Harmon Sheafe (1536 - 1609)
• Spouse:
• Maria Wilson Sheafe (1575 - 1613)
• Children:
  • Dorothy Sheaffe Whitfield (1601 - 1669)*
• Siblings:
• Richard Sheaffe (1559 - 1625)*
• Edmund Sheafe (1560 - 1626)*
• Thomas Sheafe (1562 - 1639)
• Burial: St George's Chapel, Windsor, Windsor and Maidenhead Royal Borough, Berkshire, England
• Find A Grave Memorial# 65696184
• From: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Sheafe&GSfn=T...

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• The Sheafe family of old and New England by Watkins, Walter Kendall
• https://archive.org/details/sheafefamilyofol00watk
• https://archive.org/stream/sheafefamilyofol00watk#page/5/mode/1up
• .... etc.
• THOMAS SHEAFE, born about 1535; married about 1559, Mary Harman, b. 1536. They had fifteen children, nine sons and six daughters.
• Their children, baptized at St. Dunstan's, Cranbrook, were :
  • A daughter, married George Roberts of Brancheley.
  • 1. RICHARD, mar. 8 Jan., 1581, Margery Robertes.
  • 2. EDMUND, 17 March, 1559-60; mar. (1) Elizabeth Taylor ; (2) Joan (Jordan) Downe.
  • 3. THOMAS. 10 Oct., 1562; mar. Maria Wilson.
  • JOAN, 19 Dec, 1562: mar. Dr. Giles Fletcher.
  • KATHERINE, 13 May, 1564; bur. 27 Oct., 1581 (plague?).
  • 4. JOHN, 9 Sept., 1565; mar., 30 May, 1586, Katherine Sanders.
  • 5. ALEXANDER, 15 Dec., 1566; mar., 13 Sept., 1591, Phebe Hyder.
  • MARY, 6 Jan. 1567; bur., 14 Oct. 1581 (plague?).
  • 6. HARMAN, 4 July, 1570; mar. lic, 6 July, 1608, Sara Gyllebrand.
  • ANN, 2 Mch., 1571; mar. Peter Courthop.
  • SAMUEL, 21 Feb., 1573.
  • WILLIAM, bur., 27 Oct., 1575.
  • BENJAMIN, 18 Aug., 1577; bur. 21 Aug. 1577.
  • ELIZABETH, mar. lic., 13 Nov. 1602, Stephen Brett of New Romney. A daughter, mar. John Ruck.
• .... etc.
• https://archive.org/stream/sheafefamilyofol00watk#page/9/mode/1up
• 3. THOMAS SHEAFE. bapt. in 1562; d. 12 Dec. 1639; married Maria, b. --- --- , bur. 26 July, 1613, at Welford, Berks, a dau. of Rev. William Wilson, D.D., Canon of Windsor. William Wilson was son of William Wilson, "late of Wellsbourne, .... etc.
• Thomas Sheafe was admitted to Cambridge in 1580, a Fellow of King's College. He succeeded George Darrell as rector of Welford, Berks, Aug.,
• https://archive.org/stream/sheafefamilyofol00watk#page/10/mode/1up
• 1597 ; was also beneficed at another place in the same county ; and was installed Dean of Windsor, 29 March, 1614-15. He published "A Plea for Old Age " (London, 1639) ; and died soon after, 12 Dec, 1639, and was buried in St. George's Chapel, Windsor.
• His will was proved 2 March, 1639-40 : To son Grendall lands in Hungerford and Inkpen, co. Berks. Books at house at Windsor and Wickham, in Welford aforesaid, excepting book of Martyrs, etc., to wife. Son Grindall lease of house at Newbury, and £15 to bear the charge of degree of B.D. Son Thomas, cottage at Benenden, co. Kent. Daughter Dorothy Whitfield blankets, etc. Seven children, Edmund, Grindall, Edward, and daughters Whitfield, Westley, Norwood and Hesilrigge. Residue of estate equally to be divided. Sons Thomas and Edmund executors.
• The children of Rev. Thomas and Mary (Wilson) Sheafe were :
  • WILLIAM, d. young.
  • 15. EDMUND, mar. Elizabeth Cotton.
  • 16. THOMAS, d. 7 Aug., 1657.
  • 17. GRINDALL, d. 28 Apr., 1680; mar. Anne Munday.
  • DOROTHY, mar. Rev. Henry Whitfield.
  • A daughter, mar. ---- Westley.
  • A daughter, mar. ---- Norwood.
  • REBECCA, mar. Thomas Heselrigge.
  • EDWARD.
• The register of Welford gives, under the date of 30 Sept., 1614, the baptism of Edward, son of Thomas Sheafe, and there is a probability of this being a son by a second wife, as we find recorded the burial, 30 Sept., 1614, of Anna, wife of Thomas Sheafe. This is strengthened by the fact that Edward is mentioned in his father's will, and only the seven children by Maria Wilson received bequests in the will of their uncle, Dr. Edmund Wilson, in 1633. There is no record of this second marriage at Welford.
• .... etc. __________________
• New England Historical and Genealogical Register,: Volume 55 1901 By New England Historic Genealogical Society Staff
• https://books.google.com/books?id=5-KJHAgw41sC&pg=PA214&lpg=PA214&d...
• Pg.211
• .... etc.
• Thomas Sheafe, yeoman, was buried at Cranbrooke, 6 Sept., 1604, and an abstract of his will also follows.
• .... etc.
• Thomas Sheafe of Cranbrooke, yeoman, in his will, dated 1604, proved in Canterbury 3 October, 1604, mentions Mr. Eddie, Vicar of Cranbrooke; Mary my wife ; my son Richard Sheafe ; my sons Giles Fletcher, George Robarts, Peter Courthop, and Stephen Brett ; my daughters Fletcher, Robarts, Courthop, and Brett ; my brother William Sheafe and his wife; my sisters Courthop, Hovenden, Couchman, and Gibbion ; Thomas, son of my son-in-law John Rucke ; my son John Sheafe ; Edmund, son of my son John Sheafe ; Thomas Harmon, my wife's brother ; Phoebe, widow of my son Alexander Sheafe ; my lands .... etc. To my son Edmund Sheafe lands and tenements ....etc. To my son Thomas Sheafe lands and wood which I purchased of Sir Thomas Fane, Knt., containing 23 acres in Bennenden, to him and his heirs for ever. To John Sheafe, my son, my messuage, .... etc. To my son Harmon Sheafe my messuage, lands, ..... etc.
• Pg.214
• 3. THOMAS SHEAFE, bapt. in 1562 ; d. 12 Dec. 1639 ; married Maria, b. ---- , bur. 26 July, 1613, at Welford, Berks, a dau. of Rev. William Wilson, D.D., Canon of Windsor. .... etc.
• Thomas Sheafe was admitted to Cambridge in 1580, a Fellow of King's College. He succeeded George Darrell as rector of Welford, Berks, Aug., 1597 ; was also beneficed at another place in the same county ; and was installed Dean of Windsor, 29 March, 1614-15. He published "A Plea for Old Age" (London, 1639) ; and died soon after, 12 Dec., 1639, and was buried in St. George's Chapel, Windsor.
• His will was proved 2 March, 1639-40 ; .... etc.
• The children of Rev. Thomas and Mary (Wilson) Sheafe were :
  • WILLIAM, d. young.
  • 15. EDMUND, mar. Elizabeth Cotton.
  • 16. THOMAS, d. 7 Aug., 1657.
  • 17. GRINDALL, d. 28 Apr., 1680; mar. Anne Munday.
  • DOROTHY, mar. Rev. Henry Whitfield.
  • A daughter, mar. ---- Westley.
  • A daughter, mar. ---- Norwood.
  • REBECCA, mar. Thomas Heselrigge.
  • EDWARD.
• The register of Welford gives, under the date of 30 Sept., 1614, the baptism of Edward, son of Thomas Sheafe, and there is a probability of this being a son by a second wife, as we find recorded the burial, 30 Sept. 1614, of Anna, wife of Thomas Sheafe. This is strengthened by the fact that Edward is mentioned in his father's will, and only the seven children by Maria Wilson received bequests in the will of their uncle, Dr. Edmund Wilson, in 1633. There is no record of this second marriage at Welford.
• .... etc. _______________________
• Essex Institute Historical Collections, Volume 44
• https://books.google.com/books?id=XBcRAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA85&lpg=PA85&dq=...
• Pg.85
• .... etc.
  • Harvey, 45.
• THOMAS SHEAFE, Doctor of Divinity and parson of Welford in the County of Berks, 4 June 1639, prove 2 March 1639 by Thomas and Edmond Sheafe, sons and executors.
• To my son Grindall Sheafe my lands and houses in Hungerford and Inkpen, in the County of Berks, and to his heirs forever, and all my books in my study and house at Windsor and in my study and house at Wickham, parish of Welford, except my book of Martyrs and six lesser books, to be chosen by my loving wife. To son Grindall the lease of my house at Newbury, lately and new house, and fifteen pounds in money to bear the charge of his degree at Bachellor in Divinity, in case he take not the degree before my decease. To my son Thomas Sheafe my coppice of wood and the cottage belonging to it in the parish of Benenden in the County of Kent, and the two carpets which my late wife brought me. To my daughter Dorothy Whitfield a pair of fustian blankets in my house at Windsor. To the poor of the parishes in chich my most abode hath been, Windsor, Wickham, -----. To my seven children here now named, viz : sons Edmond, Grindall, Edward, daughters Whitfield, Weasley, Norwood, and Hesilrige. Sons Thomas and Edmond to be executors.
  • Coventry, 38.
• .... etc. ____________________
• Some Pedigrees from the Visitation of Kent, 1663-68 By Joseph Jackson Howard, Robert Hovenden
• https://books.google.com/books?id=9vscAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA24&lpg=PA24&dq=...
• Pg.17
  • From the 'Visitation of Somerset, 1672.'
• Thomas Sheafe of Cranbrooke in com. Sant. = ch: Thomas (m. Mary Wilson) Sheafe.
  • Thomas Sheafe, Dr in Divinity, Prebend of Windsor, and Rector of Welford in Com. Berks.* = Mary, da. of William Wilson, Dr in Divinity and Prebend of Windsor. ; ch: Grindall (m. Anne Monday) Sheafe
    • Grindall Sheafe, Dr in Divinity and Archdeacon of Wells.† = Anne, da. of Francis Monday, Dr in Divinity.
  • WILLS.
• Thomas Sheafe of Cranbrooke, yeoman, in his will, dated 1604, proved in Canterbury 3 October 1604, .... etc.
  • * Thomas Sheafe, D.D. of Cambridge, admitted 1580 ; Fellow of King's Coll. ; installed Dean of Windsor 29 March 1614, being about that time Rector of Welford, co. Berks, and beneficed at another place in that county. When about eighty years of age he published 'A Plea for Old Age' (London, 1639), and died soon after, viz. 12 December 1639. Buried in St. George's Chapel, Windsor. (Ant. Wood.)
  • † Grindall Sheafe, Fellow of King's Coll., Cambridge ; afterward Dr. of Divinity ; Vicar of Coltshall and Horstead in Norfolk; Archdeacon, Canon, and Prebendary of Wells. He also held other preferments. Died 28 April 1680. Buried in the Cathedral Church at Wells. (Ant. Wood.)
  • .... etc. ____________________
• The Poems of Phineas Fletcher, B.D., Rector of Hilgay, Norfolk, Volume 1 By Phineas Fletcher, Alexander Balloch Grosart
• https://books.google.com/books?id=vehdAAAAcAAJ&pg=PR35&lpg=PR35&dq=...
• Pg.xxxv. ________________________
• Links
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dean_and_Canons_of_Windsor

Sources

Our Southern Cousins - http://oursoutherncousins.com/Woodward's%20of%20Buckinghamshire.pdf