General Notes

Katherine, widow of Thomas Rogers and Sir St Clare Pomeroy, anddaughter of Sir Philip Courtenay, of Powderham, Devonshire, died1463. [Ancestral Roots]

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The following, which puts some doubt as to whether KatherineHuddlesfield is Katherine's daughter, includes the will ofKatherine, was copied from a posting by 'Lionhouse' tosoc.genealogy.medieval newsgroup, 8 Jan 2002:

'I Dame Kateryn Lady Huddesfeld beyng of hole mynde and p`fteremembrance the xxj daye of the moneth of November the secondeyere of the reigne of kyng henry the vjjj order and make my willand testament....Item I will that the churchewardens ofbraddeforde in Wilshire have my wryton masse booke to praye forthe soule of me and of Thomas Rogers somtyme my husband andSergeant at the Lawe./ Also I will that there be stone laideuppon hym my said husbande at bradeforde aforseid./ Item I willthat my daughter Elizabeth Poyntz have all suche stuff asremayneth in my place at birtporte in the countie of Dors as ina bill made and subscribed by me is ....and declared so that thesaid Elizabeth and her husband Antony poyntz clerly make or doto be made a genªall acquytaunce to the executors of me the saidKateryn of all accounts dues and demands./ And that the saidAnthony and Elizabeth and none of them their executours norassigns, vex, trouble , sue, myn executors or any of them/ Andif that they or any of them do contrary to this my will thatthey I will and fully gyve all the said stuff to my sonneGeorge./Also I gyve and bequeth to William Rogers of Bradfordeaforseid gentilman sonne to the said Thomas, a standyng cuppe ofsylver and gilt with a cover with dragon wyngs. And to hisbrother John Rogers a flate cup of sylver white with a cover ofmyn owne armes. Also I will gyve and bequeth to Kateryn one ofthe doughters of George Rogers my sone xxmarkes in money. Also Ibequeth to John Cotteless xld. The residue of all my goods andcatalls ...... I freely gyve and bequeth to George Rogers mysonne Edward Rogers sonne and heire apparant to the said Georgeand Elizabeth Rogers daughter to the same George whome I orderand make myn Executors. set my name, there beyng p`sent williamsampford Robt fforny . '
[Prob11/18 f 31 LH (4 Holder)]

Conclusive I would suggest that Elizabeth Huddesfield was hersand Katherine Huddesfield marr Edmund Carew was Jennet/ElizabethBossome and Sir Wm Huddesfield`s.

Katherine mentions 'kateryn one of the doughters of George mysonne' and she married Christopher Kirton of Pilton in Som, butI have no further record of the second daughter ' ElizabethRogers daughter to the same George'. Would it be your opinionthat Elizabeth Rogers one of the executors would have been theolder of the two daughters and that Kateryn who had xx markswould have been the younger ???

Many thanks Yrs Eliz

lionhouse@supanet.com

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The following excerpt, posted as a follow up the same day byElizabeth 'lionhouse' would tend to support Katherine being adaughter of William Huddleston by Katherine Courtenay:

On the brass at Shillingford comemmorating Sir Wm Huddesfieldand Katherine, three children are depicted alongside thekneeling figure of Katherine, who is a suitable three pacesbehind the kneeling armoured figure of Sir Wm.

I had thought that this might have indicated that Katherine hadthree children which would be George Rogers son of Thomas (d1478) and Elizabeth and Katherine by Sir Wm. Would it be youropinion that these three children would have been engravedbeside her if only two had been her own children ?