No love lost - Alton Priors Wiltshire
1621 Brass showing William Button 1526-1590 rising from his tomb at the sound of the last trump to a vision of Heaven as described in the Apocolypse. It is set into the wall above his chest tomb www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/83P21x
Inscriptions (Tomb side) "William Button esq dying AnD 1590 aged 64 left by his wife Mary daughter to Sir William Kellwey knight, 6 sons: Ambrose knt, William who married Jane daughter to John Lambe of Coulston, John, Francis, Edward & Henry - Two daughters: Dorothie married to John Drake of Mount Drake in the county of Devon esq & Cecilie married to Sir John Mewys of Kingston in the Isle of Wight, knight erected by Sir William Button, knight, grandchild to the first William & sonne and heire to the latter, in pious memorie
(lid) "This was but one-one though taking roome for three - Religion, Wisdome, Hospitalitie, but since Heaven gate to enter by is straight, his fleashes burden here he left to wait til ye last trumpe blowe open ye wide gate to give it entrance to ye soule its mate"
(Tomb edge) "The last enemie that shall be destroyed is death - l Cor xv)
(tomb edge left inverted) "It is sowen a natural bodie"
(Trumpet) "the key of David it is raised a spirituall body. l Cor 15)
(Palm) "Death is swallowed up in victory"
(left panel) This is the gate of the Lord"
(right panel) "The righteous shall enter in at it"
William was the only son & heir of William Button 1547 and Agnes 1528 www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/pPTeU2 daughter of John Cater of Letcombe Regis (His father William was MP for Chippenham, and aide to Thomas Cromwell at the court of Henry VIII)
He m Mary (d after 1565) daughter of William Kelway / Keilway of Rockbourne Hants
Children
1. Sir Ambrose c.1549-aft.1608 dsp of Buckland +++
2. William 1599 Sherrif of Wiltshire m Jane 1600 daughter of John Lambe / Lamb of Coulston
3. John
4. Francis 1610 of Wilcot Wilts ===
5. Edward
6. Henry
1. Dorothy m John Drake of Mount Drake Devon flic.kr/p/iJXwcw
2. Cecily m Sir John Mewys son of William Meux of Kingston IOW and Eleanor daughter of Sir Henry Strangeways by Margaret daughter of George Manners and Anne St Leger flic.kr/p/ebUaDY (Sir John Mewys was the grandson of Richard Mewys 1535 www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/0b47c8 )
3. Praxed m Edmond Estcourt.
Shortly before William died he disinherited his heir Ambrose in favour of the second son William, either because of a quarrel between the heir apparent and his father, or because of William’s unscrupulous behaviour. The Privy Council, to whom Ambrose appealed when an indenture was made disinheriting him on 20 Jan. 1591, evidently sensed sharp practice, for they wrote on 24 Jan. to the father that the Queen ‘much disliked’ the decision, since Ambrose was ‘known to some at court to be of very good behaviour and well affected in religion, perhaps better given’ than his brother. The letter ended by ordering the father to come to London to explain matters. Whether or not he obeyed the summons, he died a month later without having reinstated Ambrose, and appointing ‘my son William’ executor and residuary legatee. In June the Council, still dissatisfied, sent for son William, commanding him to remain in London until Justice William Peryam and others had decided the matter. The brothers agreed to accept Peryam’s award, but by the end of August no decision had been reached, and it was William who died seised of the property in December 1599
+++ in his will Ambrose stated "I, Ambrose Button, knight, eldest son of William Button, deceased, unjustly disinherited by the wicked practices of my deceased brother William Button" and conveyed most of his landed property, such as it was, to his brother Henry, who by the will was to receive £400 and to make payments towards the education of 3 young nephews, with small bequest to his other brothers and sisters. A new family quarrel developed over the will, but Henry Button exhibited the original in court, and sentence was granted 16 Feb. 1614 confirming it and requiring Sir William Button (son of Ambrose’s brother William) and other relatives to withdraw their objections
=== When Francis died in 1610 he left £10 to his brothers Ambrose and Henry, and £5 13s.4d to sister Dorothy. . His executor was his brother Edward
HIS WILL: ibequeath.wordpress.com/2021/05/05/benjamin-keen-1710-of-... I bequeth my soule to Almightie god And my body to be buried in the quyer of Alton Pryers.
The Button family owned the manor 13c - 17c, they supported the crown during the Civil War, and Parliament seized some of their estates and imposed heavy fines on the family. Just before the Restoration they moved from Alton Priors in 1652 to Shaw-in-Alton.
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www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1558-1603/member... - Church of All Saints, Alton Priors, Wiltshire
No love lost - Alton Priors Wiltshire
1621 Brass showing William Button 1526-1590 rising from his tomb at the sound of the last trump to a vision of Heaven as described in the Apocolypse. It is set into the wall above his chest tomb www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/83P21x
Inscriptions (Tomb side) "William Button esq dying AnD 1590 aged 64 left by his wife Mary daughter to Sir William Kellwey knight, 6 sons: Ambrose knt, William who married Jane daughter to John Lambe of Coulston, John, Francis, Edward & Henry - Two daughters: Dorothie married to John Drake of Mount Drake in the county of Devon esq & Cecilie married to Sir John Mewys of Kingston in the Isle of Wight, knight erected by Sir William Button, knight, grandchild to the first William & sonne and heire to the latter, in pious memorie
(lid) "This was but one-one though taking roome for three - Religion, Wisdome, Hospitalitie, but since Heaven gate to enter by is straight, his fleashes burden here he left to wait til ye last trumpe blowe open ye wide gate to give it entrance to ye soule its mate"
(Tomb edge) "The last enemie that shall be destroyed is death - l Cor xv)
(tomb edge left inverted) "It is sowen a natural bodie"
(Trumpet) "the key of David it is raised a spirituall body. l Cor 15)
(Palm) "Death is swallowed up in victory"
(left panel) This is the gate of the Lord"
(right panel) "The righteous shall enter in at it"
William was the only son & heir of William Button 1547 and Agnes 1528 www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/pPTeU2 daughter of John Cater of Letcombe Regis (His father William was MP for Chippenham, and aide to Thomas Cromwell at the court of Henry VIII)
He m Mary (d after 1565) daughter of William Kelway / Keilway of Rockbourne Hants
Children
1. Sir Ambrose c.1549-aft.1608 dsp of Buckland +++
2. William 1599 Sherrif of Wiltshire m Jane 1600 daughter of John Lambe / Lamb of Coulston
3. John
4. Francis 1610 of Wilcot Wilts ===
5. Edward
6. Henry
1. Dorothy m John Drake of Mount Drake Devon flic.kr/p/iJXwcw
2. Cecily m Sir John Mewys son of William Meux of Kingston IOW and Eleanor daughter of Sir Henry Strangeways by Margaret daughter of George Manners and Anne St Leger flic.kr/p/ebUaDY (Sir John Mewys was the grandson of Richard Mewys 1535 www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/0b47c8 )
3. Praxed m Edmond Estcourt.
Shortly before William died he disinherited his heir Ambrose in favour of the second son William, either because of a quarrel between the heir apparent and his father, or because of William’s unscrupulous behaviour. The Privy Council, to whom Ambrose appealed when an indenture was made disinheriting him on 20 Jan. 1591, evidently sensed sharp practice, for they wrote on 24 Jan. to the father that the Queen ‘much disliked’ the decision, since Ambrose was ‘known to some at court to be of very good behaviour and well affected in religion, perhaps better given’ than his brother. The letter ended by ordering the father to come to London to explain matters. Whether or not he obeyed the summons, he died a month later without having reinstated Ambrose, and appointing ‘my son William’ executor and residuary legatee. In June the Council, still dissatisfied, sent for son William, commanding him to remain in London until Justice William Peryam and others had decided the matter. The brothers agreed to accept Peryam’s award, but by the end of August no decision had been reached, and it was William who died seised of the property in December 1599
+++ in his will Ambrose stated "I, Ambrose Button, knight, eldest son of William Button, deceased, unjustly disinherited by the wicked practices of my deceased brother William Button" and conveyed most of his landed property, such as it was, to his brother Henry, who by the will was to receive £400 and to make payments towards the education of 3 young nephews, with small bequest to his other brothers and sisters. A new family quarrel developed over the will, but Henry Button exhibited the original in court, and sentence was granted 16 Feb. 1614 confirming it and requiring Sir William Button (son of Ambrose’s brother William) and other relatives to withdraw their objections
=== When Francis died in 1610 he left £10 to his brothers Ambrose and Henry, and £5 13s.4d to sister Dorothy. . His executor was his brother Edward
HIS WILL: ibequeath.wordpress.com/2021/05/05/benjamin-keen-1710-of-... I bequeth my soule to Almightie god And my body to be buried in the quyer of Alton Pryers.
The Button family owned the manor 13c - 17c, they supported the crown during the Civil War, and Parliament seized some of their estates and imposed heavy fines on the family. Just before the Restoration they moved from Alton Priors in 1652 to Shaw-in-Alton.
www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1509-1558/member...
www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1558-1603/member...
www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1558-1603/member... - Church of All Saints, Alton Priors, Wiltshire