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Elizabeth Debenham

Female Abt 1436 - Abt 1503  (~ 67 years)


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  • Name Elizabeth Debenham 
    Birth Abt 1436  [1
    Gender Female 
    Alternate death Between 5 Dec 1502 and 9 Feb 1503  [1
    Death Abt 1503  [2
    Burial Chapel of the Field, Norwich, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID I16826  Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others
    Last Modified 17 Feb 2024 

    Father Gilbert Debenham,   b. Abt 1402   d. 10 May 1481 (Age ~ 79 years) 
    Mother Margaret Hastings,   b. Bef 1414 
    Marriage 1432  [1, 3
    Family ID F10291  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Thomas Brewse,   b. Abt 1406, of Stinton, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Jun 1482 (Age ~ 76 years) 
    Marriage Bef 1445  [2
    Notes 
    • "It seems the couple were married by 1445, since the feoffees of their marriage settlement included William Debenham, esquire, presumably her father’s first cousin who died about that year." [Andrews-Reading and Bevan, citation details below]
    Children 
    +1. Margery Brewse,   b. Abt 1457   d. Abt 1495 (Age ~ 38 years)
    Family ID F10272  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 17 Feb 2024 

  • Notes 
    • "Elizabeth (Debenham) Brewse was heavily involved in the 1477 negotiations for the marriage of her eldest daughter to John Paston, during which she stressed her own advantageous family connection to 'my nowncle Hastynges' [i.e., John Hastings of Gressenhall (1412-1477)]. Elizabeth was also instrumental in reversing the attainder of her childless brother Sir Gilbert Debenham. She paid £500 in 1501, which helped her eldest son and heir Robert Brewse recover some of the Debenham lands in 1504 and 1507." [Brad Verity, citation details below.]

  • Sources 
    1. [S2166] Brad Verity, Edward I Descents for Erasmus Paston. 11 Nov 2015.

    2. [S7425] Michael Andrews-Reading and Rosie Bevan, "A Proposed Reworking of the Debenham Pedigree." Foundations 16:1, 2023.

    3. [S7425] Michael Andrews-Reading and Rosie Bevan, "A Proposed Reworking of the Debenham Pedigree." Foundations 16:1, 2023., says "by 1432".