Cicely Wilford1,2

F, b. circa 1534, d. 5 February 1611
FatherThomas Wilsford b. c 1491
MotherRose Whetenhall b. c 1510
Courtesy of Barbara Johnston on Findagrave.com
     Cicely was born circa 1534 in Cranbrook, County Kent, England, at Hartridge Manor. Cicely married Edwin Sandys I, Archbishop of York, son of William Sandys and Margaret Dixon, between 19 February 1559 and 1560 in England. On this same day, Queen Elizabeth was coranated. After her husband's death, she remained at their home, "Edwinds Hall",in Woodham Ferrers. Cicely made her will but left it undated.

I bequeath to each of my sons & sons in law a black cloak & to my daughter Barne & my daughters in law a black gown. To ten poor women a gown each. To the poor of Woodham Ferris, £10. To the mending of the highways there, £4. To my servant, Richard Hearde, £20. To my servant, Edward Butcher, 40s. [Legacies to other servants unnamed]. To my son’s children that I have brought up, mourning cloth. To my son, Edwin Sandes, £100. To my third son, Miles Sandys, £100. To my fourth son, Thomas Sandys, £200. To my son Henry Sandys, £200. To my son George Sandes, £200, if he return into England. To my daughter, Dame Anne Barne, my scarlet bed, & the furniture thereunto belonging & £100, which I lent to her husband Sir William Barne & for which I have his bond, & £40, and to her daughter, Anne Barne, £100, towards her preferment in marriage. To my grandchild, Sir Anthony Aucher, a ring; to my godson Edwin Aucher £30, to my daughter’s daughter, Margaret Aucher, £30 & a cabinet, a cup & my Geneva bible which my brother, Francis Willford gave me. To Elizabeth, now Dame Haman, the cabinet her father gave me & the Geneva bible with one clasp, & £10. To my daughter Barne & my daughters in law, a ring each. To Sir Thomas Willford, the elder, a ring, he being my brother.
Executor & Residuary legatee: - my eldest son Sir Samuel Sandys, knt.
Overseers: - my brother Sir Thomas Willford & my sons Sir Edwin & Sir Miles Sandys.
I bequeath to little Bridget Sandys, who waits on my son Henry’s daughter, £100, on marriage.
Signed.3 She wrote a codicil to her will on 17 January 1611.

Codicil dated 17 January 1610[-11] [follows the probate act in the register]. I give my sons Thomas & Henry, parcel gilt. To Mary Sandys, daughter of my son, Sir Samuel, my great silver porringer. To her sister Margaret Sandys, a silver salt double gilt.
Witnesses: Char. Chadwicke, Edwyne Aucher.

Cicely departed this life on Saturday, 5 February 1611 in Woodham Ferrers, County Essex, England, at her family home, "Edwin's Hall".4 She was buried at Woodham Ferrers, County Essex, England, in St. Mary's Church.5 Her will was probated on 12 February 1611.

Family

Edwin Sandys I, Archbishop of York b. 1516, d. 10 Jul 1588
Children

Citations

  1. [S63] Rebecca [Peck] Dusenbery, Peck, Adams and Allied Families, Genealiogical & Biographical.
  2. [S1849] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry Second Edition, pages 171-172.
  3. [S1845] J. Hall Pleasants, The Lovelace Family & Its Connections, pages 234-235 - Will of Cicely Sandys - will: not dated, codicil: 17 January 1611 & probated: 12 February 1611.
  4. [S1844] Duffield William Coller, The People's History of Essex, page 232 - ... Inscriptions tell us, by Sir Samuel Sandys, over the body of his mother, the wife of the Archbishop of York, who died "5 February, 1610, at the rising of the sun". Burial: Church of St. Mary - The lady is represented as kneeling between two pillars, in a niche of black marble; above is a phoennix; and on each side the figures of Time and Death.
  5. [S506] Note: Her monument was erected in 1619 by her son, Samuel.