Baptized at Kingston Lisle, December 20, 1595, which parish was one of the residences of his mother's Hyde family. Edward Bridges, esquire, of Keynsham, Somerset, died testate with a will dated Nov. 7, 1638, naming his eldest son Thomas as executor, but a codicil was added on Apr. 24, 1639 making his daughter Philippa his executrix, stating that "Thomas, my eldest son, beyond the seas." But it was Thomas who had the will proved on Aug. 22, 1639 [P.C.C. 143 Harvey].
Sources consulted, amongst others:
John Collinson's The History and Antiquities of the County of Somerset... , vol. II, pp. 400-411.
Frederick Arthur Crisp's Abstracts of Somersetshire Wills, vol. 1, p. 48.
Peter Le Neve's Pedigrees of the Knights Made by King Charles II..., pp. 37-38.
Parish Registers of Keynsham, Kingston Lisle, and Whitelackington.
Baptized at Kingston Lisle, December 20, 1595, which parish was one of the residences of his mother's Hyde family. Edward Bridges, esquire, of Keynsham, Somerset, died testate with a will dated Nov. 7, 1638, naming his eldest son Thomas as executor, but a codicil was added on Apr. 24, 1639 making his daughter Philippa his executrix, stating that "Thomas, my eldest son, beyond the seas." But it was Thomas who had the will proved on Aug. 22, 1639 [P.C.C. 143 Harvey].
Sources consulted, amongst others:
John Collinson's The History and Antiquities of the County of Somerset... , vol. II, pp. 400-411.
Frederick Arthur Crisp's Abstracts of Somersetshire Wills, vol. 1, p. 48.
Peter Le Neve's Pedigrees of the Knights Made by King Charles II..., pp. 37-38.
Parish Registers of Keynsham, Kingston Lisle, and Whitelackington.
Gravesite Details
Buried April, 1639. No Monumental Inscription to his memory within the church.
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