On Friday, December 23, 2022 at 10:49:36 AM UTC-8, Will Johnson wrote:
On Thursday, December 22, 2022 at 11:49:04 AM UTC-8, Will Johnson wrote:
Wikipedia has an article
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Bryan
wherein it states that her first husband "with whom there may have been only a contract"
implying that they were not really married, just contracted
I present two documents
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C5891518
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C7507516
showing that not only did she get pregnant, but gave birth by John Sandys
I have removed from the Wikipedia entry for Sir Francis Bryan (son of the above), the references to the now-defunct tudorplace.com, the personal site of an amateur genealogist. Such a site is not considered a reliable source for Wikipedia.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Bryan
MCA states
https://www.google.com/books/edition/Magna_Carta_Ancestry_A_Study_in_Colonial/8JcbV309c5UC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=spice+of+black+notley&pg=RA2-PA263&printsec=frontcover
that John Fortescue was "born about 1479" as he was "aged 21" in 1500
I think this is a flawed statement
The IPM of his father does state that he is "21 and more" dated 1500
However he is also named in the Close Rolls in 1490
I don;t think they would so-name an 11 year old.
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