Paternal Family Tree: Reade
Around 1575 Thomas Reade was born.
In March 1598 Thomas Reade [aged 23] and Mary Brocket were married.
On 2nd October 1598 [his father-in-law] John Brocket [aged 58] died. He was buried at St Etheldreda's Church, Hatfield [Map]. His daughter [his wife] Mary Brocket and her husband Thomas Reade [aged 23] inherited Brocket Hall, Hertfordshire [Map].
Mary Brocket: she was born to John Brocket and Helen Lytton. In March 1598 Thomas Reade and she were married.
In 1607 [his son] Thomas Reade of Appleton was born to Thomas Reade [aged 32] and [his wife] Mary Brocket. He married in or before 1625 Mary Cornwall, daughter of Thomas Cornwall 12th Baron Burford, and had issue.
Around 1614 [his daughter] Frances Reade Lady Russell was born to Thomas Reade [aged 39] and [his wife] Mary Brocket. She married 1st December 1624 William Russell 1st Baronet and had issue.
Around 1616 [his son] John Reade 1st Baronet was born to Thomas Reade [aged 41] and [his wife] Mary Brocket. He married 2nd January 1640 Susanna Style Lady Reade, daughter of Thomas Style 1st Baronet, and had issue.
On 1st December 1624 [his son-in-law] William Russell 1st Baronet [aged 26] and [his daughter] Frances Reade Lady Russell [aged 10] were married.
In or before 1625 [his son] Thomas Reade of Appleton [aged 17] and [his daughter-in-law] Mary Cornwall [aged 18] were married.
In 1634 [his son] Thomas Reade of Appleton [aged 27] died.
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On 2nd January 1640 [his son] John Reade 1st Baronet [aged 24] and [his daughter-in-law] Susanna Style Lady Reade were married.
After 1649 [his son-in-law] Robert Dormer of Ascot and [his daughter] Mary Reade were married.
Before 14th December 1650 Anne Greene [aged 22] worked as a servant for Thomas Reade [aged 75].
On 14th December 1650 Anne Greene [aged 22] was hanged for having committed infanticide at Oxford Castle. She was cut down and given to University of Oxford physicians William Petty [aged 27] and Thomas Willis for dissection. She revived the following day, given a reprieve, believing that the hand of God had saved her. That Thomas Reade [aged 75], her employer, died six days after the attempted execution was also considered a sign of her innocence.
Before 20th December 1650 Thomas Reade [aged 75] died.
[his daughter] Elizabeth Reade Baroness Burford was born to Thomas Reade and Mary Brocket. She married before 1671 Gilbert Cornwall 13th Baron Burford, son of Thomas Cornwall 12th Baron Burford and Anne Lyttelton Baroness Burford, and had issue.
[his daughter] Mary Reade was born to Thomas Reade and Mary Brocket. She married after 1649 Robert Dormer of Ascot and had issue.