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Descendants of Thomas atte Mede


Generation No. 4


      5. Thomas4 Mede (Sir Thomas3, Thomas2, Thomas atte1)1 was born Abt. 1450 in Somerset, and died 1504 in Clavering, Essex. He married Johanna.

Notes for Thomas Mede:
Thomas Meade migrated from Somerset during the reign of Henry VI (before1471) and settled in Clavering, Essex. He left a will dated 1504 in the Prerogative Canterbury Court. In his will he names his brother William Mede, his wife Johanna, and his four sons Richard, Thomas, Robert and John.
      Thomas's descendants lived in Clavering, Elmdon, Berden, Great Easton, and Chrishall, which are all within about ten miles of each other in northwest Essex. His descendant, William Mead, migrated to America in 1635. In 1780, William's descendant Enoch Mead built a house and named it Elmdon.
      The information here is based mainly on wills, which are documented separately for each of the people involved, and on Visitations. The Visitation of Essex 1634 (No. 1) shows the descendants of Thomas Meade, son of Thomas Meade of Clavering, d. 1504. The Visitation of Essex 1634 (No. 2) shows the descendants of John Meade of Great Easton, d. 1570. The Visitation of Essex 1634 (No. 3) shows the descendants of Edward Meade of Berden, d. 1577. The Visitatations of Cambridgeshire 1575 and 1619 show the descendants of John Meade of Great Easton, d. 1565. The Visitation of Essex 1664-1668 shows the descendants of Richard Meade of Berden, d. 1611.
      Most of the birth and marriage dates are best estimates, valid to within ten years either way. Parish records starting in about 1550, where available, keep the dates fairly accurate.



      Children of Thomas Mede and Johanna are:
+ 9 i.   Robert5 Mede, born Abt. 1480 in Clavering ,Essex.
  10 ii.   Richard Mede, born Abt. 1485 in Clavering ,Essex; died 1535 in Manuden, Essex.
  Notes for Richard Mede:
Richard was named in his father's will, and received most of the property in Clavering.





+ 11 iii.   Thomas Mede, born Abt. 1490 in Clavering, Essex.
+ 12 iv.   John Mede, born Abt. 1495 in Clavering ,Essex; died 1565 in Great Easton, Essex.


      6. William4 Mede (Sir Thomas3, Thomas2, Thomas atte1) was born Abt. 1450 in Somerset. He married Jane ?.


      Children of William Mede and Jane ? are:
  13 i.   William5 Mede, born Abt. 1480; died 1502 in Berden, Essex. He married Margaret ?.
+ 14 ii.   John Mede, born Abt. 1482; died 1558 in Great Easton, Essex.
+ 15 iii.   Richard Mede, born Abt. 1486; died in Soulbury, Bucks.


      7. Isabel4 Mede (Philip3, Thomas2, Thomas atte1) was born 1447, and died 1517. She married Maurice de Berkeley 3rd Lord Berkeley 1465, son of James de Berkeley and Elizabeth de Mowbray.

Notes for Isabel Mede:
From the Berkeley Manuscripts, by John Smyth (1567-1640)

The wife of this lord Maurice was Isabel daughter of Philip Mead Esq. and of Isabel his wife; son of Thomas, son of Thomas Mead, descended of the ancient family of Meads of Meads place in Fayland in the parish of Wraxall near Portbury in the county of Somerset, where anciently they had continued; whom this lord married in the thirtieth year of his age, about eighteen months after his father's death, she then a widow and mother of three children, who all died very young.



      Children of Isabel Mede and Maurice Berkeley are:
  16 i.   Maurice 4th Lord5 Berkeley, born 1467.
+ 17 ii.   Thomas 5th Lord Berkeley, born 1472.
  18 iii.   James de Berkeley, born Abt. 1475.
  19 iv.   Anne Berkeley, born Abt. 1475.


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