College founder, though he didn't know it - Glympton Oxfordshire
Set in the chancel floor is the figure in brass of Thomas Tesdale 1547–1610 now on the chancel floor, and once over a table tomb, placed by his widow Maud
He m 1567 (aged 20 & 18 ) Maud 1545 - 1616 daughter of Reynold Stone of Henley-on-Thames: Maud was already the widow of Edward Little of Abingdon
They may have had 3 sons who died in infancy
"Heere lyeth expectinge a joyfull resurrection, ye bodye of Thomas Tesdale, esquier. A man in the judgment of all men that knewe him in the whole course of his life, religous towards God, sober and hones in his conversation, juste and upright in his dealing amongst men, bountifull in hospitality, lyberally benificiall to Baioll Colledge in Oxford, to ye free schoole at Abington in Berkshere, charitable to ye poore, lovinge & kinde to his wife, as also to his and hir kindred; Who was borne at Stanford Deanlye in ye countey of Berks & there baptised ye Xlll daye of October 1547, and when hee had llivede almost LXlll yeres, deceased at Glympton ye 13th daye of June 1610
Maude Tesdale his sorrowfull wife and sole executor, in testimony of hir true and faythful love toward him, erected this small memoriall of him" (later on her deathbed she would order a bigger one to them both www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/Pjs649 )
Thomas was born in Stanford Dingley Berkshire, the middle of 3 sons of Thomas Tesdale / Teesdale / Teasdale / Tisdall 1556 & 2nd wife Joan Knapp. When he was young the family moved into FitzHarris Farm Abingdon, his father becoming governor of Christs Hospital.
His half sister Elizabeth from his father's first marriage m Richard Bennet of Clapcot & Wallingford Berks (parents of judge Sir John Bennet 1627 whose 1st wife Ann is at York Minster www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/rw75x6 )
His father died when his was aged nine, and in his will, charged Richard Tesdale, his elder brother, a sadler, and William Hopkyns, both of Abingdon, to bring up young Thomas in learning, and to apprentice him in London. His uncle sent him to school, firstly at the old Grammar School in Stert Street, and afterwards, when he was 16 he was admitted by John Royse as the first scholar in his Free School in the town (now Abingdon School).
He became rich trading "in the making of malt, then a very gainful course there" gaining reputation and held many offices in the town. Like his father before him, he was a governor of Christ's Hospital from 1577-81, and Master in 1579. In 1581, he filled the office of Mayor of Abingdon, but did not serve his term. Later he bought Ludwell Manor Oxfordshire c1586.
Fuller relates that he was clothier to the royal army and at one time an attendant at court.
In 1586 he moved here to Glympton where he rented the manor, and " traded in sowing and making of woad—used by dyers, and was held to be the greatest dealer therein that was in the whole realm; whereby, and by tillage for corn and by grazing of cattle, he attained to a great estate".
He died here on 13th June 1610, aged 63.
By his will, dated 8 May 1610 wills.oxfordshirefhs.org.uk/az/wtext/tisdale_001.html of which Maud was to be the Executrix. , he stated "My body I would willingly have buried in the Chapel of Queens College Oxford. I wish to have a tomb of some plain black stone [inscribed with] the time and place of my birth, my age and the date of my death. I also wish similar details to be inscribed for my wife, if she is willing to be laid beside me". (which doesn't seem to have happened as a gravestone with his brass figure was once on a table tomb in the chancel (now on the floor)
He gave £2000 to Maude "to give to her own kindred as and when she pleases, because I think it fit that she should have the giving of it to her kindred as I have given to mine" (She also got the residue or his goods & chattels )
He bequeathed tithes and land at Upton in Warwickshire for the support of an Usher at Royses School to employ an Usher (a second master), from 1610-1870 known as the Tesdale Ushers
He also gave £5,000 for the education of Abingdon scholars (7 fellows and 6 scholars) at Balliol College, Oxford. (Balliol seem to have tried hard to obtain a relaxation of the conditions attached to the bequest, and the negotiations were still not completed in 1623 when Rev Richard Wightwick rector of East Ilsley and formerly of Balliol College, offered to augment Tesdale's foundation. "It then fell under consideration that it was a pity so great a bounty (substantial enough to stand by itself) should be adjected to a former foundation", says Fuller.
The feoffees under Tesdale's will, headed by Archbishop George Abbot, acquiesced in the project of a new college. The King was approached through the chancellor, William Herbert, 3rd Earl of Pembroke, and, King James consenting, the existing foundation of Broadgates Hall "was erected by the name of Pembroke College" on 29 Jun 1624.
A small inscription between them on their wall tomb , added in 1704 after the monument was restored by Pembroke College, refers to him as a founder, though of course he was not to know where his money would be spent eventually ).
- Church of St Mary, Glympton Oxfordshire
College founder, though he didn't know it - Glympton Oxfordshire
Set in the chancel floor is the figure in brass of Thomas Tesdale 1547–1610 now on the chancel floor, and once over a table tomb, placed by his widow Maud
He m 1567 (aged 20 & 18 ) Maud 1545 - 1616 daughter of Reynold Stone of Henley-on-Thames: Maud was already the widow of Edward Little of Abingdon
They may have had 3 sons who died in infancy
"Heere lyeth expectinge a joyfull resurrection, ye bodye of Thomas Tesdale, esquier. A man in the judgment of all men that knewe him in the whole course of his life, religous towards God, sober and hones in his conversation, juste and upright in his dealing amongst men, bountifull in hospitality, lyberally benificiall to Baioll Colledge in Oxford, to ye free schoole at Abington in Berkshere, charitable to ye poore, lovinge & kinde to his wife, as also to his and hir kindred; Who was borne at Stanford Deanlye in ye countey of Berks & there baptised ye Xlll daye of October 1547, and when hee had llivede almost LXlll yeres, deceased at Glympton ye 13th daye of June 1610
Maude Tesdale his sorrowfull wife and sole executor, in testimony of hir true and faythful love toward him, erected this small memoriall of him" (later on her deathbed she would order a bigger one to them both www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/Pjs649 )
Thomas was born in Stanford Dingley Berkshire, the middle of 3 sons of Thomas Tesdale / Teesdale / Teasdale / Tisdall 1556 & 2nd wife Joan Knapp. When he was young the family moved into FitzHarris Farm Abingdon, his father becoming governor of Christs Hospital.
His half sister Elizabeth from his father's first marriage m Richard Bennet of Clapcot & Wallingford Berks (parents of judge Sir John Bennet 1627 whose 1st wife Ann is at York Minster www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/rw75x6 )
His father died when his was aged nine, and in his will, charged Richard Tesdale, his elder brother, a sadler, and William Hopkyns, both of Abingdon, to bring up young Thomas in learning, and to apprentice him in London. His uncle sent him to school, firstly at the old Grammar School in Stert Street, and afterwards, when he was 16 he was admitted by John Royse as the first scholar in his Free School in the town (now Abingdon School).
He became rich trading "in the making of malt, then a very gainful course there" gaining reputation and held many offices in the town. Like his father before him, he was a governor of Christ's Hospital from 1577-81, and Master in 1579. In 1581, he filled the office of Mayor of Abingdon, but did not serve his term. Later he bought Ludwell Manor Oxfordshire c1586.
Fuller relates that he was clothier to the royal army and at one time an attendant at court.
In 1586 he moved here to Glympton where he rented the manor, and " traded in sowing and making of woad—used by dyers, and was held to be the greatest dealer therein that was in the whole realm; whereby, and by tillage for corn and by grazing of cattle, he attained to a great estate".
He died here on 13th June 1610, aged 63.
By his will, dated 8 May 1610 wills.oxfordshirefhs.org.uk/az/wtext/tisdale_001.html of which Maud was to be the Executrix. , he stated "My body I would willingly have buried in the Chapel of Queens College Oxford. I wish to have a tomb of some plain black stone [inscribed with] the time and place of my birth, my age and the date of my death. I also wish similar details to be inscribed for my wife, if she is willing to be laid beside me". (which doesn't seem to have happened as a gravestone with his brass figure was once on a table tomb in the chancel (now on the floor)
He gave £2000 to Maude "to give to her own kindred as and when she pleases, because I think it fit that she should have the giving of it to her kindred as I have given to mine" (She also got the residue or his goods & chattels )
He bequeathed tithes and land at Upton in Warwickshire for the support of an Usher at Royses School to employ an Usher (a second master), from 1610-1870 known as the Tesdale Ushers
He also gave £5,000 for the education of Abingdon scholars (7 fellows and 6 scholars) at Balliol College, Oxford. (Balliol seem to have tried hard to obtain a relaxation of the conditions attached to the bequest, and the negotiations were still not completed in 1623 when Rev Richard Wightwick rector of East Ilsley and formerly of Balliol College, offered to augment Tesdale's foundation. "It then fell under consideration that it was a pity so great a bounty (substantial enough to stand by itself) should be adjected to a former foundation", says Fuller.
The feoffees under Tesdale's will, headed by Archbishop George Abbot, acquiesced in the project of a new college. The King was approached through the chancellor, William Herbert, 3rd Earl of Pembroke, and, King James consenting, the existing foundation of Broadgates Hall "was erected by the name of Pembroke College" on 29 Jun 1624.
A small inscription between them on their wall tomb , added in 1704 after the monument was restored by Pembroke College, refers to him as a founder, though of course he was not to know where his money would be spent eventually ).
- Church of St Mary, Glympton Oxfordshire