The Underhill family
Maev
>
> <<An existing copy of the Latin 'fine' of May 4, 1597 assigns
> to Shakspere a *MESSUAGE* with two barns and two gardens.
William
> Underhill,
who lived part of the year at Idlicote, was a Catholic
> recusant who appeared to Stephen BURman to be 'subtle, covetous,
> and CRAFTY'. Two months after the sale, Underhill was killed
> by his son Fulke, then a legal minor, to whom he had orally
> bequeathed his lands. Underhill died at Fillongley near Coventry
> on [*St. PROSPERO's DAY*] , 1597. As a result, New Place was
> forfeited to the state for felony, and Fulke was hanged for murder
> in 1599. The crime kept his right to the house insecure until
> the victim's second son Hercules Underhill came of age in 1602.
> In that year Hercules (who was born on June 6, 1581) secured
> a clear grant of the estate and oconfirmed its sale
> to the playwright.>> Park Honan
````````````````````````````
(quote, excerpts)
````````````````````````````
1.
in March 1617, along with Francis Bacon being made temporary Regent of
England, a document was drawn up making Lady Bacon first lady in the
land, taking precedence over all other Baronesses (it is not clear
whether it was signed into law).
Their marriage led to no children. In 1620, she met Mr. John
Underhill, and Mr. Nicholas Bacon, gentlemen-in-waiting at York House,
Strand, Bacon's London property. She was rumoured to have had an
ongoing affair with Underhill.
Underhill was a cousin of the William Underhill who sold New Place to
William Shakespeare in 1597.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Barnham
2.
Bacon disinherited her upon discovering her secret romantic
relationship with John Underhill. He rewrote his will, which had
previously been very generous to her (leaving her lands, goods, and
income), revoking it all.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Bacon
3.
John Edward Underhill
John Edward Underhill (1574-1608) was the son of Thomas Underhill and
grandson of Sir Hugh Underhill, two figures favored under the rule of
Queen Elizabeth I. He would later have to emigrate to Holland to
escape persecution.
Biography
John Edward Underhill was born in 1574 at Kenilworth, Warwickshire,
England, the son of Thomas Underhill and Magdalen Amyas. He first
married Mary Moseley (born 1580) who lived at Wolverhampton,
Staffordshire, England. Following her death he married his second wife
Leonora Honor Pawley in 1595 at the age of 21. Pawley had been born in
1575 at Uny Lelant, Cornwall, England.
Of their three children, two daughters - Petronella and Lettice, are
both recorded to have been born in 1593. Their son, the future Captain
John Underhill, was born 7 October 1597 in Baginton, Warwickshire,
England.
John Underhill was a friend and companion to the Earls of Leicester
and Essex,
and while a youth held a commission in the Earl of Leicester's own
Troop of Guards, that was sent to the assistance of the Dutch by Queen
Elizabeth I. When the Netherlands offerred their sovereignty to the
Earl of Leicester, Captain Underhill was the bearer of confidential
dispatches to Lord Burleigh, the Queen's Minister.
The Queen sent for Underhill and had a private interview. There she
instructed him to deliver a confidential letter to Leicester. Soon
afterward the Earl resigned and returned to England. Underhill after
the fall and death of Leicester attached himself to the Earl of Essex.
He accompanied Essex on a successful attack on Cadiz, Spain, and
shared his ill fortune on a campaign against Tyronne and the revolted
class in Ireland. For his gallant conduct he was knighted by Elizabeth.
[1]
Meanwhile the Earl of Essex rose in insurrection against the Queen.
Essex was subsequently executed and Underhill left for the safety of
Holland until the accession of King James in 1603, when he applied for
pardon and leave to return to his native country. His request being
denied, he remained in The Netherlands a number of years thereafter,
in the company of a group of pious Puritans under the Rev. Mr.
Robinson who had fled persecution in England. They lived in Bergen op
Zoom, a heavily fortified city in The Netherlands. There John
Underhill was Sergeant in the Company of Captain Roget Orme. He died
there in October 1608 and is buried in the Church of St. Gertrude.
Of his remaining family members, two are known to have emigrated to
America. His wife Lenora Honor Pawley died in 18 December 1658 in
Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island. And his son Captain John Underhill
emigrated with the Puritans to the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1630
and died in Oyster Bay, New York in 1672.
Famous descendants
Captain John Underhill, great-grandson of Hugh Underhill, would
emigrate from England to The Netherlands with his family, and then
from The Netherlands to the Massachusetts Bay Colony where be became a
leading figure in Colonial America.
Amelia Earhart, American aviation pioneer and author famous for her
mysterious disappearance.
Notes
^ Joseph Sulivant, A Genealogy and Family Memorial, 1874
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Edward_Underhill
4.
That same year in 1553 Thomas Underhill assumed responsibility as
Keeper of the Wardrobe at Kenilworth Castle. Kenilworth was given by
Queen Elizabeth to her favourite Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester.
The fact that Thomas Underhill, son of a well-regarded member of her
household was sent, shows the affection Queen Elizabeth I had both for
Dudley and Underhill.
Maev
>
> On Jul 7, 6:05 am, art wrote:
>
> > <<An existing copy of the Latin 'fine' of May 4, 1597 assigns
> > to Shakspere a *MESSUAGE* with two barns and two gardens.
>
> William
>
> > Underhill,
>
> who lived part of the year at Idlicote, was a Catholic
>
> > recusant who appeared to Stephen BURman to be 'subtle, covetous,
> > and CRAFTY'. Two months after the sale, Underhill was killed
> > by his son Fulke, then a legal minor, to whom he had orally
> > bequeathed his lands. Underhill died at Fillongley near Coventry
> > on [*St. PROSPERO's DAY*] , 1597. As a result, New Place was
> > forfeited to the state for felony, and Fulke was hanged for murder
> > in 1599. The crime kept his right to the house insecure until
> > the victim's second son Hercules Underhill came of age in 1602.
> > In that year Hercules (who was born on June 6, 1581) secured
> > a clear grant of the estate and oconfirmed its sale
> > to the playwright.>> Park Honan
>
> ````````````````````````````
>
> (quote, excerpts)
>
> ````````````````````````````
5.
History of Oxhill
www.oxhill.com / www.oxhill.org.uk
South Warwickshire, England.
The Underhill Family
The Underhill family originally came from Staffordshire.
The first Warwickshire Underhill was John (born about 1450) who took
as his second wife Alice Porter, daughter of Thomas Porter of
Ettington, widow of Miles Norwode of Broadway, Worcs, by whom she had
one son, John. Thomas Porter held the lease of the manor of Nether
Eatington from the Shirley family, who had held it since before the
Conquest. Upon the death of Alice's father, John and Alice Underhill
took up residence at Eatington (now called Ettington Park) and had a
very large family. Their children and descendants eventually spread
over most of Warwickshire, acquiring lands and properties. Later
generations were knighted, and served the Sovereign in many
capacities, bringing honour to the family name.
The first mention of the Underhills in Oxhill was in a Foot of Fine
dated St. John the Baptist Day in the year 1500, when William
Underhill, son of John and Alice, was a party, with his father, to the
leasing of some land in Oxhill to his half-brother, John Norwoode.
Later, John's great-great-grandson, Francis Underhill, was apparently
living at Oxhill, whether on the same piece of land or not is not
known. He is however described as Francis Underhill of Oxhill. He died
unmarried in 1613 and the Oxhill parish register records his burial.
He left the Oxhill property to his younger brother, George, who was
then living at Alderminster. George Underhill too came to live at
Oxhill, and again died unmarried, in 1650. In his Will, he left the
Oxhill property to his nephew, Thomas Underhill of
Loxley.
He also left a bequest to his cousin, Valentine, sister of Sir
Hercules Underhill of Idlicote. She had been married to John
Richardson of Oxhill, and both she and her husband were mentioned as
Recusants in a Subsidy Roll of 1629, showing that they were adherents
of the old religion, as was Francis Underhill. John Richardson died in
1631, and Valentine took as her second husband, John Bolt or Boult of
Hanging Aston, Worcs. They lived at the Manor House, Idlicote, where
John Bolt was manager to Sir Hercules Underhill. Idlicote was at this
time in the same living as Oxhill.
William Underhill of Loxley came to live in the Oxhill property with
his wife, Elizabeth Daston (of Dumbleton, Gloucs.) and their three
children, Thomas, John and Anne. It is possible that their family may
have been larger, but only these three can be identified with any
certainty. Elizabeth Underhill was buried in Oxhill in 1667, and
Thomas two years later in 1669.
Little or nothing is known of what happened to John and Anne. There is
a remote possibility that John and Thomas were twins, but no records
have been discovered of burials or marriages for John and Anne
Underhill of Oxhill.
Thomas Underhill the younger, however, was taken under the wing of his
Uncle John, his father's brother. This John is worthy of a footnote in
history in that he married
Alice, widow of Francis Bacon, Viscount St. Albans.
Their marriage took place in April, 1626 just eleven days after the
death of Francis Bacon
who, by Codicil, cut his wife out of his will for what were described
as “good and just causes”.
Both her marriages were childless and apparently unsuccessful, since
she left her second husband after a very few years and spent the
remainder of her life living with her Mother. John Underhill was
knighted in July of 1626 just three months after their marriage.
Thomas Underhill of Oxhill, who later served as one of H. M. Life
Guards, left Oxhill and lived with Sir John at St. Giles in the
Fields. He too died unmarried, apparently, and the Oxhill branch of
the Underhills of Warwickshire came to an end.
The Idlicote branch of the Underhills too came to an end in 1667, when
Henry Underhill, eldest son of Captain Samuel Underhill (who died
suddenly whilst serving with the Earl of Northampton's Regt. ) , was
unfortunately drowned. King Charles II had recommended Henry for
election to Westminster School as a King's Scholar in recognition of
his father's loyal service during the late troubles. How the drowning
accident occurred is not known, but Henry and his companion, Robert
Richards, were drowned together and are buried together in Westminster
Abbey.
Other branches of the Underhill family flourished however, and were
eventually to spread far and wide. Another John Underhill became first
Military Advisor to the first Governor of the State of Massachusetts,
and his direct descendants today form the Underhill Society of
America.
This site is maintained by villagers of Oxhill for the benefit of the
community and those interested in the history, news and activities
that make the village such a pleasant place to live.
Send mail to (email hidden)@(ditto) with questions or comments about
this web site.
http://www.oxhill.org.uk/History/Underhill.htm
Maev
>
> > On Jul 7, 6:05 am, art wrote:
>
> > > <<An existing copy of the Latin 'fine' of May 4, 1597 assigns
> > > to Shakspere a *MESSUAGE* with two barns and two gardens.
>
> > William
>
> > > Underhill,
>
> > who lived part of the year at Idlicote, was a Catholic
>
> > > recusant who appeared to Stephen BURman to be 'subtle, covetous,
> > > and CRAFTY'. Two months after the sale, Underhill was killed
> > > by his son Fulke, then a legal minor, to whom he had orally
> > > bequeathed his lands. Underhill died at Fillongley near Coventry
> > > on [*St. PROSPERO's DAY*] , 1597. As a result, New Place was
> > > forfeited to the state for felony, and Fulke was hanged for murder
> > > in 1599. The crime kept his right to the house insecure until
> > > the victim's second son Hercules Underhill came of age in 1602.
> > > In that year Hercules (who was born on June 6, 1581) secured
> > > a clear grant of the estate and oconfirmed its sale
> > > to the playwright.>> Park Honan
(quote, excerpts)
Before th Norman
Conquest the Manor belonged to the Saxon families of Anegrin and
Ordec. William I accepted the surrendered lands and gave them to
Robert de Stafford. After further changes of ownership the lands
eventually passed to the Canons of Kenilworth Priory, who in turn had
to surrender them to Henry VIII at the time of the Dissolution of the
Monasteries.
Henry granted the estate to Thomas Cawarden, his master of the
Revels,
whose job it was to organize the pageants and masques beloved of
Tudor
monarchs. He died without heir and Queen Elizabeth I granted the
Manor
to one
Ludovic Greville
who in 1567 sold it to William Underhill.
Underhill's son, also William, owned New Place in Stratford, and in
1597 he sold the latter to a more famous William Shakespeare.
But his
own life ended in tragedy, for he was poisoned by his eldest son,
Fulk, who was only 18 years old. One account says that Fulk was
hanged for the crime, another that it only came to light after his
death five years' later.
Fulk was succeeded by his brother Hercules, and the Manor remained in
the Underhill family, although not without incident.
A Sir William Underhill was fined £1,500 for wounding one Devereux
with a pistol, and upon his refusal to pay, his house and lands were
confiscated in favour of Devereux, but am party of Sir William's men
made a forcible entry and ejected Devereux's men, killing one of
them.
http://www.westgallerychurches.com/Warks/Idlicote/Idlicote.html
elizabeth
> On Jul 7, 6:05 am, art wrote:
>
>
>
> > <<An existing copy of the Latin 'fine' of May 4, 1597 assigns
> > to Shakspere a *MESSUAGE* with two barns and two gardens.
>
> William
>
> > Underhill,
>
> who lived part of the year at Idlicote, was a Catholic
>
> > recusant who appeared to Stephen BURman to be 'subtle, covetous,
> > and CRAFTY'. Two months after the sale, Underhill was killed
> > by his son Fulke, then a legal minor, to whom he had orally
> > bequeathed his lands. Underhill died at Fillongley near Coventry
> > on [*St. PROSPERO's DAY*] , 1597. As a result, New Place was
> > forfeited to the state for felony, and Fulke was hanged for murder
> > in 1599. The crime kept his right to the house insecure until
> > the victim's second son Hercules Underhill came of age in 1602.
> > In that year Hercules (who was born on June 6, 1581) secured
> > a clear grant of the estate and oconfirmed its sale
> > to the playwright.>> Park Honan
>
> ````````````````````````````
>
> (quote, excerpts)
>
> ````````````````````````````
>
> 1.
>
> in March 1617, along with Francis Bacon being made temporary Regent of
The Lord Keeper (of the Great Seal)
becomes the Lord Protector whenever the
sovereign sets foot outside of England.
> a document was drawn up making Lady Bacon first lady in the
> land, taking precedence over all other Baronesses (it is not clear
> whether it was signed into law).
That's pro forma.
> Their marriage led to no children.
Since Bacon is said to have cuckholded a couple
of husbands to produce two sons, it looks like
Lady Bacon was sterile. She had no children by
subsequent servants or for that matter subsequent
husbands.
She was a rather unhandsome woman. Perhaps
that was the reason.
> In 1620, she met Mr. John
> Underhill, and Mr. Nicholas Bacon, gentlemen-in-waiting at York House,
> Strand, Bacon's London property. She was rumoured to have had an
> ongoing affair with Underhill.
I don't doubt it. Bacon wasn't interested in Lady
Bacon, he loved Lady Elizabeth Hatton. She left Coke
for Bacon, was pregnant two months later and
produced a daughter she named "Frances.
The DNB notes that she was "unfaithful" and that
her carriage was often parked outside Bacon's
house all night long.
They corresponded until Bacon's death. In one of her
letters printed by Spedding Lady Hatton writes to
Bacon that she is sending him seeds from her
garden.
Somewhere in Bacon's papers, perhaps in a letter,
he writes that he wished he had married Elizabeth
Hatton.
> Underhill was a cousin of the William Underhill who sold New Place to
> William Shakespeare in 1597.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Barnham
>
> 2.
>
> Bacon disinherited her upon discovering her secret romantic
> relationship with John Underhill. He rewrote his will, which had
> previously been very generous to her (leaving her lands, goods, and
> income), revoking it all.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Bacon
The first part is true, the second part is not.
Lady Underhill, who married her servant a
week and a half after Bacon expired was
well provided for but in the context of the
authorship dispute, the British dare not say
anything to commend Bacon so Bacon had
to leave her not a pence.
In fact, Bacon left her Gorhambury and some
adjacent lands, she lived at Gorhambury (whose
interior was really quite stately, paneled in oak)
until her death whereupon, having no heirs, the
estate passed to Bacon's nephew.
In addition Bacon left her cash annuities worth
eight hundred pounds per annum and she
had a fortune of her own left to her by her alderman
father. Her second husband, of course, left her
nothing.
Bacon's wife was left in a far better financial position
than his own father had left his mother but then the
Lord Keeper got no stipend to maintain York House,
Wolsey's old palace. an enormous rambling thing
that covered acres.
Sir Nicholas Bacon was not inclined to be foolish
with his money, the pathologically stingy Queen would
simply not reward him for his service.
History has been much kinder to Sir Nicholas Bacon,
he really was what Jonson wrote he was, the leading
figure of his generation, called "the father of his
country" for his via media policy of preventing England
from imploding into a civil war.
Oxford so ruined his own inheritance that he left
nothing but debt. Burghley had to make provisions
for Oxford's three daughters.
Shaksper, of course, died filthy rich, I'm sure he
was richer than either Oxford or Bacon but he tricked
his wife out of her share of their estate by
coercing the poor illiterate woman into putting her
mark on a worthless jointure in lieu of her legally-
protected dower share.
No wonder she wanted to be buried twenty or thirty
feet distant from Shaksper, leaving the broker alone
in their double tomb.
Mike
MM:
Bacon has been one of the most commended Brits of all time.
MM:
Shakspere loved his wife. He made a mockery of worldly traditions
with his will, that is true. He had great foresight, as we can see by
the dedication of the sonnets to William Herbert, seven years before
the Bard's death. Naturally, he took care of all matters regarding
inheritance and such. His will was just a matter of tying up some
loose ends. All the major entitlements, apparently, had already taken
place. I don't know if there is a shred of evidence, but I would
think that William Herbert was ordered to look after Shakespeare's
family, and conversely, I suspect that Shakespeare's family was
ordered to respect Mr. William Herbert as much as they respected
Shakespeare, himself. We get some hints of that in the dedication of
the FF to the "incomparable brothers." Burbage, Heminges, and
Condell, all had great respect for Mr. William Herbert, as if he were
William Shakespeare, himself.
> No wonder she wanted to be buried twenty or thirty
> feet distant from Shaksper, leaving the broker alone
> in their double tomb.
MM:
His wife must have considered him the same as Mary Magdalene
considered Christ. It was out of respect to put some distance between
the tombs.
Michael Martin
Willedever
> ... Underhill left for the safety of
> Holland until the accession of King James in 1603, when he applied for
> pardon and leave to return to his native country. His request being
> denied, he remained in The Netherlands a number of years thereafter,
> in the company of a group of pious Puritans under the Rev. Mr.
> Robinson who had fled persecution in England. They lived in Bergen op
> Zoom, a heavily fortified city in The Netherlands. There John
> Underhill was Sergeant in the Company of Captain Roget Orme. He died
> there in October 1608 and is buried in the Church of St. Gertrude.
That is St Gertrude of Nivelles, not St Gertrude "the Great," just to
be clear about it, since the two are sometimes confused, and it is
indeed a difference worth noting.