John HORSEY 
John was born in Of Clifton Malbanke, Dorsetshire, England.1 John's father was John HORSEY and his mother was Elizabeth TURGIS. His paternal grandparents were Thomas HORSEY and Helen FITZJAMES; his maternal grandfather was Richard TURGIS. He had a brother and three sisters, named Jasper, Elizabeth, Agnes and Dorothy. He was buried on December 23rd, 1546 in Sherborne.1 General Notes
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He lived in the reign of King Henry VIII. At the time of t
he dissolution
of monasteries, his land adjoined that of the Abbot of Sher
borne, and
there is a letter showing that he secretly paid Thomas Crom
well 500 marks
in order to be appointed that Abbot's steward. He was, a
s a consequence,
on the spot in 1539 when the Sherborne Monastery was dissol
ved and he
purchased it for £1,242, including the Sherborne Abbey Chur
ch and
churchyard, and the manors of Bradford Abbas, Trill and Cre
ech on the
Isle of Purbeck. He left his widow the Parsonage of Bradfo
rd; the Count
Baron House was located on the back portion of the Parsonag
e land.
Family Notes
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