Around 1486 John Raynsford was born to John Raynsford of Bradfield Hall in Essex and Anne Starkey [aged 23].
Around 1486 [his father] John Raynsford of Bradfield Hall in Essex and [his mother] Anne Starkey [aged 23] were married.
On 26th December 1488 [his mother] Anne Starkey [aged 25] died.
Around 1503 John Raynsford [aged 17] and Elizabeth aka Isabel Knyvet [aged 15] were married.
After 3rd March 1503 [his father] John Raynsford of Bradfield Hall in Essex and Margaret Ilam [aged 43] were married.
In February 1508 [his wife] Elizabeth aka Isabel Knyvet [aged 20] died.
Before 24th November 1519 John Raynsford [aged 33] and Winifred Pympe [aged 22] were married.
In 1521 [his father] John Raynsford of Bradfield Hall in Essex died.
In 1529 John Raynsford [aged 43] was elected MP Colchester.
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Before 20th September 1559 John Raynsford [aged 73] died. He was buried at St Katharine Cree Church on 20th September 1559.
Henry Machyn's Diary. 20th September 1559. The xx day of September was bered at sant Katheryn crechyrche ser John Raynford [aged 73] knyght, of Essex, with ij [2] haroldes of armes, and a standard, pennon of armes, and a cott armur, targett, sword, helmet, mantylls, and the crest; and a v [5] dosen of skochyons of armes; and all the cowrt hangyd with blake and armes; and the qwer hangyd and the raylles with blake and armes; and parson Veron dyd pryche, and after the haroldes tok the mornars, and thay whent and offered ys helmet, and after the cot, and odur morners offered the targett, and after the sword, and after the standard and the pennon of armes; all that wyll the clarkes sang Te Deum in Englys, and contenent vj [6] of ys men putt ym in-to the graff; and when all was done all the mornars whent to the plasse to dener, for ther was boyth fles and fysse [flesh and fish] at the dener, but my [his wife] lade [aged 62] was shott [shut] up all the dener wylle, tyll all was done and the pepull gone; then my lade cam, and she had iiij [4] eges [eggs] and a dysse [dish] of butter to her dener.
Note. P. 211. Funeral of sir John Raynford. Of Manningtree, Essex; see Morant, i. 464.
Before 17th October 1575 [his former wife] Winifred Pympe [aged 78] died.
John Writtle and [his mother] Anne Starkey were married.
father: John Raynsford of Bradfield Hall in Essex
Grandfather: Humphrey Starkey of Wouldham in Kent
mother: Anne Starkey