Sir Anthony ^ Spilman 
Anthony ^ was born in Sudbury, Suffolk, England. He died about 1421 in Sudbury, Suffolk, England.General Notes
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SIR ANTHONY SPILMAN, KNIGHT was born about 1345 or 1350, and succee ded
as his father's heir in 1391. The occasion and circumstances of the
bes towal of the honor of knighthood upon this ancestor are unknown. The
authorit ies whose statements concerning this portion of the Spelman
lineage have been summarized just above do not give the name of Sir
Anthony's wife, but name h is three sons, William, Robert, and John, and
mention a daughter, who, about 1421, married Robert, the son of William
de Grymestone. (Augustine Page, in t he Supplement to the Suffolk
Traveller, Page 483.) Augustine Page says that S ir Anthony's lands in
Rishangles and Ipswich, County Suffolk, passed into the possession of the
Grymestone family, and that from this marriage of Sir Anth ony's daughter
were descended the Grymestones of Bradfield Hall, County Essex . Sir
Harbottle Grimstone, of this house, was appointed Master of the Rolls a t
the Restoration.
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