1. John Argall (1450-1521) of London, married ca. 1499, a widow, Emme Botcher (Butcher) ( -1522) in London. Emme and John had one child, Thomas. This may have been his second marriage; she was a widow with a child of her own. By 1480, John was living in his own house in the grounds of Lambeth Palace in London working for the Archbishop of Canterbury. Between 1485 and 1500, John was involved in Litigation over property he owned in Treglosek (in St Keverne Parish), Cornwall, and he petitioned the Archbishop of Canterbury over the matter.
(Early Chancery Proceedings, Bundles 125 and 183, PRO London).

Children:

2. i Thomas Argall, Esq. born ca. 1500.

Second Generation

2. Thomas Argall, Esq. (1. John 1 ) He was born ca. 1500 in John & Emme's house in Lambeth, Surrey, England. In July 1540, Thomas was 40 years old. Thomas died in Bermondsey, London on 15 August 1563 (St. Faith-the-Virgin), Eng. Occupation : Lawyer (Notary Public)
(PRO SP 1/162). Ian Argall has his Will.

He married, but his first wife,name unknown, died soon afterwards, possibly in childbirth. He then married (sometime between 1536 and 1540) Margaret Tallakarne of Cornwall, (daughter of John Tallakarne (1495-1558) and Jane Braye). Margaret Tallacarne was born in Cambrose, Cornwall about 1518 and died in 1592. Margaret married a second time to Giles Allington on 21 Jun 1564. She died in Walthamstow, Essex in 1592.

Ian Argall NOTES for Margaret Tallacarne:

WILLS: Will dated "Satterdaye" 11 December 1591. Will held by PCC London. Harrington 1592 Quire 72 (Probated 11/80) pages 201/202. It was proved on ? September 1592. Executors were her daughter Anne, together with Augustine Steward and Mr. Osborne (a friend).

Name recorded in the IGI as Talakarne, but sometimes referred to as Tolcarne. She was believed to have come from Tolcarne, in Cornwall but her father is documented as coming from Cambrose. Her name was also thought to be Margaret Gwillen of Tolcarne, but the IGI marriage dates do not tie up with this latter theory.

She was Thomas Argall's second wife. Her second marriage to Sir Giles Allington was Giles's third marriage. Her Will makes clear her wish to be buried with Thomas Argall in St Faith's.

Ian Argall NOTES on Thomas Argall:

Thomas Argall was a Notary Public in the Winchester Diocese. He was probably born in his parents house on the Archbishop of Canterbury's estate at Lambeth. He is first mentioned in Court records on 23 May 1529 in correspondence between the Bishop of Norwich and Cardinal Wolsey. He was later Secretary (Scryvenor/Clerk) to Thomas Cromwell, who in turn was Secretary to Cardinal Wolsey, Chancellor of all England; Thomas Cromwell later succeeded Wolsey.

Thomas Argall played an important part in the legal processes surrounding the annulment of the marriages of King Henry VIII. He is recorded as party to the annulment of the marriage to Anne of Cleeves, and to Katherine. He is mentioned in the Court papers starting in June 1533.

He is also discussed in the Letters And Papers Foreign And Domestic Vol. XVIII, Part I as purchasing The Rectory of Crewenne (Crowan), Cornwall on 29 October 1543, although the purchase was never sealed (Page 555, 38b Books Of The Court Of Augmentation).

Thomas received a Royal Pardon (what for?) on 22 January 1549. Thomas, together with his father-in-law, John Tallakarne, had custody of Halden Wood and of land in Rolvynden (Kent?) on 23 May 1554.

Thomas was appointed Keeper of the records of the Court of First Fruits and Tenths on 10 March 1542 and was appointed Registrar of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury in February 1554. On 23 February 1560, he licensed various Manors in Sussex and Surrey to Sir Richard Sackvill, who likewise licensed the Manors of Tollepyddell in Dorset and Wydcombe to Thoma's sons Gabriel and Edmund (Edward), and the Manors of Byrncombe and Woodbourne to Thoma's sons John and Rowland.

He was born at Lambeth where his parents held a house and a close on the Archbishop of Canterbury's estate. He seemed to have lived in London mainly and is recorded as acquiring much property during his lifetime. He bought the estate at East Sutton in Kent in 1546 from Richard Covert, and was granted (acquired) the Manor of Walthamstow Bedyk (known as Low Hall), Essex, in 1553, and was an officer of the Royal Court in 1559. Argall Avenue in Walthamstow now commemorates the Argall connection. His Will reveals property in Ludgate (London), Essex, Buckinghamshire, Dorset, Southants (sic), Bedfordshire and Kent.

In the Harlean Record of PCC Wills, he is described of "St Michaells in the Querne, St Faythes, St Martins within Ludgate, London. Believed to be buried in the Church of St Faith in the Virgin, Bermondsey. His burial date is assumed as 2 days after his death. The Appendix to the 9th Report on the Manuscripts of the Dean and Chapter of St Paul's (A Box 9) refers to the demise by St Paul's to Thomas of their "great messuage in Ivy Lane", which is where he had house in the shadow of St Paul's, and where he almost certainly died.

Thomas was married twice, and Margaret Tallakarne was his second wife. Date of birth taken from article by James Alsop in the Catholic Recusant. Date of death taken from from PRO List of PCC Will information, but Ian O'Brian had the date as 1575.

He was granted the right to use the ARGALL Coat of Arms in about 1554. His son Richard succeeded to the property of East Sutton in 1563.

[SOURCES: Charlemagne, Alfred the Great and Other Ancestors by James T. Mitchell 1991, WILLS: Kent Archives Office (T201/11) dated 1563. 1563 PCC reference 31 Chayre (Probated 11/46, pages 237 - 238). Ian Argall (Argall One-Name Study) email sent to June Shaputis 4 Aug 97]

Children:

3. i Richard Argall born abt 1546. (See Below)

ii Lawrence Argall was born in 1538, London, Middlesex, England, and died Feb 1584 at Stratford Bow, Essex, England. He md. First to Joan Berry ca. 1578, then second to Catherine Wentworth who died after 1584.

Children by Catherine Wentworth

1. Richard Argall (Adopted) Born Ca 1571, died 30 Jan 1592 London, Middlesex, England.

2. Norrice Argall born 1579 in England. Christened 15 Oct 1579 in Withersfield, Suffolk, England.

Ian Argall Notes: Lawrence was the 2nd son of Thomas Argall. During the reign of Roman Catholic Mary Tudor, he exiled himself to Geneva and was admitted to the English Congregation and was granted "Citizenship" there on 5 Nov 1556. Was he therefore over the age of 21? (History of Parish Registers by J S Burn, page 278).

He left a Will dated 31 Jan 1584, it was witnessed and passed to his wife on 1 Feb 1584 (10 Brunenell, page 78) (PRob 11/68). Proved in London on 6th (or 8th) February 1584. Beneficiaries were his wife (Catherine), children, Sir Thomas Wentworth (priest), Thomas Norris, his brother John and Sir Francis Walsingham (Chief Minister to Queen Elizabeth I).

"Please note that I attempted to transcribe Lawrence's Will into his Notes and I now find that I have not completed the task. I remember that it was rather long and written in Latin. So the text must be used with care. Ian Argall"

The text of the Will is as follows: Will of Lawrence Argall, 1583/4 Public Record Office Ref PROB11/68

In the name of God the father almighty, and of his only begotten son, our redeemer, and of the Holy Spirit the Paraclete [protector], Amen.
I, Lawrence Argall, one-time [son?] of Thomas, one-time [son?] of John Argall, not only whole of mind, but also healthy in body, order this my last will, in writing, and make and compose this my last will in this manner, which follows below.
First of all, I give thanks to my God, the best and greatest, through Jesus Christ his son, not only for introducing me, a miserable sinner, to this world, and his wonderful works, and the glory of everything from which I depart, which were created for me to contemplate and consider for these forty five and more years, and for the immense kindness which he has exhibited,
But also (in great measure) for leading me, born, idolatrously, in the deepest darkness of Popery, nurtured, raised and wholly immersed therein, to the knowledge of his true religion, and the truth of his son's following, and to the doctrine of eternal salvation (of which I was most unworthy).
He deigned to allow me to partake thereof, and indeed he employed much mercy and kindness towards me, in tolerating my sins, such and so many as they were, benignly and with clemency; for which, however, I might have deserved to be utterly rejected and dispelled therefrom.
And whereas I may have nothing which I can give to the Lord in return for all those things which he has granted to me, nor does he require sacrifices from us, other than celebration with our lips, and a contrite heart humbled to God;
Therefore I confess myself to be a most miserable sinner, and one who may come into his sight most unworthy, and my sins to be such and so many, that unless I can be in the presence of Christ, he might as well turn completely away from all that has been done for me.
However, strengthened with the eternal and unifying word, I flee to Jesus Christ my only mediator and defender. I throw myself to his knees, I put all my supplications in his lap, and I place all my sins upon his shoulders, which alone are able to carry them, even if they were a hundred times greater and more in number than they are (which however I know to be infinite).
Moreover I witness and openly confess myself to have no other help of salvation, apart from the spontaneous adoption of the same through Jesus Christ, which salvation he strives to have for me, and to have no other expiation of my sins than the blood of that immaculate Lamb who from the beginning of the world was created to seek the same;
Therefore I beseech God, the best and greatest, to wash and bathe me, covered as I am with the blood of that Lamb, I repeat, of that highest redeemer of sins for mankind, and to allow me to appear and be seen before his tribunal,
And that they may not in any way send me back to damnation, but by the merit of Christ's death and passion for the true faith, as I have made compensation for them, their memory may be utterly erased, and nobody may be able to accuse me in the name of Satan on that day of their judgement.
Moreover I witness this hope for myself to be reposed in my bosom, that I, who was previously cast into the bowels of the earth, may not only, through the liberal mercy of God, in Jesus Christ his son our Lord, be one of the elect, but also that I, being taken at this time, may be called for a renewal of life in Jesus Christ, corrected of all my sins;
And that eventually, on the last day, with our same Lord Jesus Christ, I may reign for ever, for his teaching can be relied upon to confirm me in this faith, hope and religion for the rest of my life, and I witness and confess that those same things remain in my soul.
And since, indeed, it has been seen fitting by God, that best and greatest, to call my soul to him, from this vile body of mine to a place of correction, I Will my earthly body to be committed to the earth, knowing that on the last day I shall be resurected, in the flesh, to see God my saviour.
Furthermore, concerning that which appertains to the burial of my body, even though in many ways things might have been happier for me, rather than as they now are, I Will however that my heirs, or the executors of my Will, shall abstain from dark clothing, gowns and funeral pomp (and moreover, especially, abstain from the noise of drums, a true Popish rite).
And indeed, in short, I thus Will and dispose of the extent of the patrimony which God gave to me;
First, I Will all men to take note that a certain agreement was made between that distinguished man, Sir [possibly a coutesty title for a priest] Thomas Wentworth, beloved brother of my deat wife, and myself, for a dower of forty half-pounds of money of England, to be paid to my same dear wife, over and above those other worthy provisions, excellent for the said purpose, just as may be seen in the same writing, sealed and strengthened my our chirographs.

iii John Argall born ca. 1540 in London, Middlesex, England, died 6 Oct 1606 at Cheston, Suffolk, England. Married _____. He was buried 8 Oct 1606 at Halesworth, Suffolk, England. Occupation: Theologian And Clerk In Holy Orders (Rev.) with the Church of England.

Children
1. Mary ARGALL

Ian Argall Notes: John was the 3rd son of Richard Argall. Born in London. Went to Christ Church, Oxford, at the latter end of Queen Mary's reign (ie 1558). Awarded a BA on 22 October 1562, where he performed before Queen Elizabeth I in 1565. Sup for BA 10 Oxct 1562 adm 22 Oct 1562 det 1563 disp. Mar. Sup for MA 23 Jan 1565/6 Lic 13 Feb - 18 Feb 1565/6.

On 2 January 1574, he was appointed to the Rectory of Cadlegh, Exeter Diocese, which was void by death. Author of "Introductio ad artem Dialecticam", probably in 1604. Parson of Halesworth in Suffolk.

His mother's Will dated 1591 indicates that he was married and probably quite recently; the sum of £40 was left to him.

John Argall died suddenly at the table at Cheston (1 mile away). Death assumed to have occurred 2 days before burial. Buried in Halesworth Church.

iv Rowland Argall was born in 1545, London, England, Christened 23 Dec 1545 in Ludgate, Middlesex, England and died and was buried after 1602 in Connaught, Ireland. Rowland was a Lawyer And Civil Servant. He married first to Ann Hales ca. 1569 in England. Married second to Dorothy Lambe.

Ann HALES died before 1600, and was the daughter of Charles Hales and Anne Honeywood. Since Rowland's second wife died in 1602 in Ireland, it is assumed that Ann Hales had died much before.

Children
1. Mary Argall born ca 1570

Ian Argall Notes: Rowland Argall was of Thanington, Kent, England and was believed to have settled in Ireland. IGI records baptism at St Martin's, Ludgate. Extensively referred to in CALENDAR OF STATE PAPERS FOR IRELAND; at one reference is shown as CHRISTOPHER ARGALL.

Was Clerk (Secretary) of the Council of Connaught at the time of Sir Nicholas Malbie, although he was in contention with Edward Wyte, for a period of time. The burial record of his second wife refers to the fact that he had been Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, the Rt Hon. Earl of Sussex. Appeared to be in extensive communication with Walsingham (Queen Elizabeth's First Minister of State) between 1579 and 1588. On 6 Sep 1599, he was appointed as Musketmaster of Connaught. Thought to have resided in Dublin, where he may have died.

Dorothy Lambe, Rowland Argall's second wife was buried 7 Dec 1602
Ian Argall Notes:
Genealogical Office of Ireland G.O. 386 Index to Funeral entries refers to Mrs Rowland Argall. G.O. 64, i, p35 reads:"Dorothie Lambe buryed in [?Sheriff] church the Vii of December 1602. She was the wyfe of Rowland Argall [ ] 11 sometime secretarie to the Right Hon.: the Erl. of Sussex. The Ld Liutenant of Ireland. She had no issue."

v Gabriel Argall was born 1550 in East Sutton, Kent, England

Ian Argall Notes: Attended Christ Church, Cambridge before taking his BA degree in Cambridge in 1572/73. MA from Trinity Hall 1573. Of Christ's Church Oxford 1561 BA (Oxford) 1569-70 (See Visitation of Essex 1612) .. In 1574, Barnaby Rich dedicated his '... dialogue betwene Mercury and an English Souldier" to him.

vi Edmund Argall born 1552 in England, died ca. 1572 in London, England. Occupation: Gentleman Of The City Of London

Ian Argall Notes: In some references, the name is shown as EDWARD. Matriculated Fell. -Com. from Christ's Church, Oxford Easter 1565 at the age of 13. . PCC Admon left Estate to his mother Dame Margaret Allington and brother Richard (24) on 2 October 1572.

vii Anne Argall was born ca. 1555 in England, died after 1599 in England. She md (1) 1579 to Thomas Sisley of Essex; (2) ca. 1589 to Augustine Steward who was born in London, England. Anne was buried with her 2nd husband in London. A. Steward was a Lawyer and Merchant in the City of London, and Registrar of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury.

Ian Argall Notes: In her Brother (Lawrence's Will dated 1584) she was left his gold ring decorated with a sapphire spinx. In her mother's Will dated 1591, it is shown that she was married to STEWARD. Her legacy specified that on her death the legacy should go to Thomas SISLEY for his sonne. Was an Executor in her mother's Will together with Augustine Steward and Mr Osborne.

Third Generation

3. Richard Argall (2. Thomas 2 , 1. John 1 ) born abt 1536, in London, St. Faith-the-Virgin, England. He was the 2nd Lord East Sutton in 1575. He married before 1554 to Joan Marten. Richard married second, 1569 in East Sutton, Kent, England, to Mary (Marie) Scott, born abt 1548 (1553), Scotts Hall, Kent, England, (daughter of Sir Reginald Scott and Mary Tuke). Mary died abt 1605, and is buried in All Saints, Maidstone, Kent, England.

Richard died 1588 in East Sutton, Kent, England, buried: E Sutton Church, East Sutton, Kent, England. The ancient seat of the family was Herst Manor, Otterden Parish, Kent, in Ed II until Eliz. I when Robt. Filmer moved to Little Charleton, E. Sutton.

Mary was older when married to Laurence Washington (ancestor of George Washington) and had no issue. She was referred to, in her son John Argall's Will, as Lady Argall.

[Sources: Colonial Families in the U. S., Wurts P. 1964; Weis, the Magna Charta Sureties, 1215 3rd & 4th Ed.; Withington, Virginia Gleanings in England; the Visitations of Essex, 1612 Vol. I; Hasted, Kent, Vol. II; Waters, Genealogical Gleanings in England Vol. I & II; Wotten's Baronetage Vol. III; Burke's Commoners Vol. 4]

Ian Argall Notes: Richard was the eldest son and heir of Thomas Argall.
WILLS: Kent Archives Office (T201/14), 1588. PCC have copy of Will (25 Leicester) (PROB 11/73, pages 192 -194), plus another grant of administration on 17 October 1607.

Richard supposedly purchased East Sutton Park, near Maidstone in Kent, from John Tufton of Hothfield, but more likely inherited the estate from his father. Was married twice. Memorial in East Sutton Church reads:

"Richard Argall of East Sutton in the County of Kent, Esquire, deceased Anno Domini 1588, leaving five sonnes and six daughters living. Mary his second wife, one of the daughters of Sir Reginald Scott, of Scott Hall, in the County of Kent, Knight, marryed the second tyme to Lawrence Washington, Esquire, dyed in Anno 1605, whose souls resting in peace, their bodies lye here interred, attending the General Resurrection."

Member of the Inner Temple. Thought to have published a book in 1562 entitled "THE ACCENDENS OF ARMOURY", a copy of which is in the British Library. A portrait of him is supposed to have been painted and is still in Kent.

Children:

4. i Elizabeth Argall born abt 1570/75.

ii Thomas Argall born 1572 in East Sutton, Kent, England, died 4 Mar 1604 at Chingford, Essex, England, was buried in East Sutton, Kent, England. He married Katherine Bocking; and they had no issue. Thomas was a Lawyer.
Ian Argall; Withington, Virginia Gleanings in England pps. 664, 665; will proved 16 Mar 1604/05, dated 10 Dec 1604

iii Sir Reginald Argall born 1574 in East Sutton, Kent, England, died by 2 Dec 1611, (Highham Hill?), Walthamstowe, Essex, England. Married Anne Cheyney 7 Apr 1599; they had no issue. knighted at Hampton Court 1606; his wife had children from previous marriage, will proved 2 Dec 1611

iv Richard Argall born Nov 1576 in East Sutton, Kent, England, christened 4 Dec 1580died 31 Mar 1614, in Colchester, Essex, England, and was buried Apr 1614 in Essex, England. He was not married. will proved 14 Nov 1614

v Sir Samuel Argall born Nov 1580, East Sutton, Kent, England. Christened 4 Dec 1580 Canterbury, Kent, England. Occupation: mariner,adventurer,and Governor of Virginia. He died 24 Jan 1625/6, on board ship? buried at sea 28 Jan 1626. Knighted 1622 at Rochester; not married. Came to VA as a trader in 1609; captured Pocahantas.
[Weis p. 97, Waters Vol II p. 925]

vi John Argall born 1577 in East Sutton, Kent, England, died 3 Mar 1642, in Great Baddow, Essex, England and was buried there. Married 1604 in London, England, Sarah Grant; they had 3 children.

vii Catherine Argall born ca 1581 in East Sutton, Kent, England; alive May 1625, married 18 Sep 1596 in London, England. Her husband, Randolph (Raynold) Bathurst Esq., was of Horton, Kent, England, had issued.
Water's Gen. Gleanings in Eng. p. 919, 924

viii Jane Argall born ca 1579 in East Sutton, Kent, England, died 5 May 1645. Married ca 1604, Sir Paul Fleetwood (Fletewood) and had issue. Sir Paul was of Roshall, Lancenshire, Eng.

ix Sarah Argall born 1583 in East Sutton, Kent, England, alive in 1635, md. Sir ____ Jenkinson

x Samuel Argall.

xi Margaret Argall born 1571 in East Sutton, Kent, England. Died 20 Sep 1609 in Aylesford, Kent, England. She md. Edmund Randolfe, Esq.

xii Mary Argall born 1572 in East Sutton, Kent, England, christened 2 Nov 1572, died 1617. Married Reginald (Raynold) Kempe, Esq., of Wye, Kent, England 11 Dec 1590 in Wye, England.

  Fourth Generation

4. Elizabeth Argall (3. Richard 3 , 2. Thomas 2 , 1. John 1 ) born abt 1570/75, East Sutton, Kent, England. Died 9 Aug 1638, buried in EastSutto, Kent, England. She married in 1585 in East Sutton, Kent, England and was married for 44 years, to Sir Edward Filmer, born abt 17 Jan 1566, of East Sutton, Kent, England, (son of Robert Filmer and Frances Chester) Lord of Charleton Manor, died 2 Nov 1629, East Sutton, Kent, England.

See: FILMER

Children:
i Elizabeth Filmer born England, married by 20 Oct 1629, William Faulkner.
ii Sir Robert Filmer occupation knighted 21 Jan 1618/19, married Ann Hetton.
iii Sir Edward Filmer alive Mar 1651, East Sutton, Kent, England.
iv John Filmer born England. father gave houses and lands in Yalding
v Reginald (Reynald) Filmer married Jane. Had issue.
vi Major Henry Filmer, (Colonial Dames) born 1600/07, E. Sutton Manor, E. Sutton, Kent, Eng., married pre 1640, in Kent, England, Elizabeth ____. Emigrants to Mulberry Island VA, pre1642 on the "John & Ambrose."
vii Mary Filmer married post 1619, John Knatchbull, died by 23 Mar 1635. Had issue
viii Katherine Filmer, married aft 1619, Robert Barham, Jr., had issue
ix Sarah Filmer alive Mar 1635.
x Thomas I Filmer.
xi Richard Filmer.
xii Augustinus Filmer.
xiii Judith Filmer.
xiv Jane Filmer.
xv Susanna Filmer.
xvi Margaret Filmer.
xvii Anne Filmer.
xviii Thomas II Filmer.

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