Deen, Fordice, Hallett, Hodges and Van Horn Families - Person Sheet
Deen, Fordice, Hallett, Hodges and Van Horn Families - Person Sheet
NameThomas Stephens
Birthabt 1420, Lewynsmede, Gloucestershire, England
OccupationMember Of Parliment
EducationBachelor Of Laws
ReligionAnglican
Notes for Thomas Stephens
Thomas Stephens, Esq., whose early life was asso- ciated with the French wars of King Henry V. He wasa Member of the Parliament of 1422 at the accession of
King Henry VI, when the Duke of Gloucester was appointed Protector of England, and of the Parliament of 1430 at the time of the capture of Joan of Arc; and also, as appears of the Parliaments of 1400, 1423, 1427, 1432, and 1442,2 and had issue;
John Stephens, Esq., w
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The Rev. Elias Stevens, whose exact relationship to the family is not distinct. He was a bachelor of laws, probably of the University of Cambridge, and had become a priest of the Church. In accordance with the custom of that day he is called "Sir Elias Stevens." He held the dignified position of Canon of the Cathedral of Wells. His presence in Bristol in connection with wills was on June 28, 1441 and in September of the same year. On the first occasion his name is spelled Stevens, and on the second Stephens. A contemporaneous spelling is Stevyns. Ibid, 130.
1 Nothing of her family name is found. But as "Alice Stephens" she appears in legal documents.
2 Williams' Parliamentary Hist. co. Gloucester, 185.
3 Ibid.
4 Bentham's Baronets, Vol. IV, 265. He was probably named for Henry VII or VIII. Sir Robert Atkyns in his History of co. Gloucester begins his reference to the family back of Henry of Frocester by saying that it was of " very ancient establishment in that county".
King Henry VI, when the Duke of Gloucester was appointed Protector of England, and of the Parliament of 1430 at the time of the capture of Joan of Arc; and also, as appears of the Parliaments of 1400, 1423, 1427, 1432, and 1442,2 and had issue;
John Stephens, Esq., w
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The Rev. Elias Stevens, whose exact relationship to the family is not distinct. He was a bachelor of laws, probably of the University of Cambridge, and had become a priest of the Church. In accordance with the custom of that day he is called "Sir Elias Stevens." He held the dignified position of Canon of the Cathedral of Wells. His presence in Bristol in connection with wills was on June 28, 1441 and in September of the same year. On the first occasion his name is spelled Stevens, and on the second Stephens. A contemporaneous spelling is Stevyns. Ibid, 130.
1 Nothing of her family name is found. But as "Alice Stephens" she appears in legal documents.
2 Williams' Parliamentary Hist. co. Gloucester, 185.
3 Ibid.
4 Bentham's Baronets, Vol. IV, 265. He was probably named for Henry VII or VIII. Sir Robert Atkyns in his History of co. Gloucester begins his reference to the family back of Henry of Frocester by saying that it was of " very ancient establishment in that county".