John Young (died 1589)
Sir John Young (by 1519 – 4 September 1589), of The Great House, Bristol, of London and of Melbury Sampford, Dorset, was an English politician.
Origins
He was the eldest surviving son of Hugh Young (d.1534) of Bristol and of Castle Combe in Wiltshire by his wife Alice, of unrecorded family.[2]
Career
He was a member of parliament for
Marriage and children
He married Joan Wadham (1533-14 June 1603
- Sir Robert Young (born 1570),
- Jane Young
- Margaret Young
Death and burial
Sir John died at Bristol in 1589 and was buried in Bristol Cathedral. His wife died 14 years later and erected the altar tomb which survives, displaying the recumbent effigy of herself (originally with two kneeling male figures, missing since the monument was dismantled in 1861), with the armorials of both her husbands, Strangways and Young,[11] beneath the arms of Wadham. The inscription within a strapwork frame is as follows:
- "Here lyeth the bodies of Sir John Young, Knight, and Dame Joane his wyfe. By him she had yssue Roberte, Jane and Margaret. She was fyrste marryed to Sir Gyles Straingewayes, Knight, by whome shee had yssue John, Edward, George, Nicho(las), Ann and Elizabeth. She was daughter to John Wadham, Esquire, and shee departed this mortall lyfe 14 June 1603 aged 70 yeeres"
Towards the end of her life, Dame Joan was involved in litigation with Queen Elizabeth I in the Case of the Swans.
Archives
Deeds of the Red Lodge, including a record of John Young's transaction with Francis Rowley, the previous owner of the land, are held at Bristol Archives (Ref. 5535) (online catalogue). These deeds also contain details of later owners of the Red Lodge, including Lady Byron and Mary Carpenter.
References
- ^ Maclean, p.237, footnote 1
- ^ a b Virgoe
- ^ "Sir john and lady young detail 2 | Bristol Cathedral, Bristo… | Flickr". Archived from the original on 12 November 2016. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
- ^ a b Maclean, p.236
- ^ Maclean, p.237
- ^ "The Great Oak Room - The Red Lodge Museum". Bristolmuseums.org.uk. Retrieved 1 March 2019.
- ^ Dates per monument in Bristol Cathedral
- ^ children per monument in Bristol Cathedral
- ^ Per father's Inquisition post mortem, Maclean, pp.238,242
- ^ Maclean, p.242
- ^ "See image". Flickr.com. Retrieved 1 March 2019.
Sources
- Virgoe, Roger, biography of Young, John (by 1519–89), of Bristol, Glos., London and Melbury Sampford, Dorset, published in History of Parliament, House of Commons 1509–1558, ed. S. T. Bindoff, 1982[1]
- Maclean, Sir John, Notes on the Family of Yonge, or Young, of Bristol, and on the Red Lodge, Transactions of Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society, Volume 15, pp. 221–245[2]
External links
- Feuding Gentry and an Affray on College Green, Bristol, in 1579 Bettey, J. H. in Transactions of the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society (2004) Vol. 122, pp. 153–159. ("During the 1570s two wealthy, landed gentlemen engaged in a struggle for primacy in Bristol. They were Hugh Smyth, who possessed Ashton Court together with widespread estates in Somerset and south Gloucestershire, and John Young, owner of properties in Somerset, Wiltshire and Dorset. Their rivalry was to involve several other gentry families in the district, and culminated in a violent confrontation between their armed retainers on College Green in March 1579.")
- ^ "YOUNG, John (by 1519-89), of Bristol, Glos., London and Melbury Sampford, Dorset. - History of Parliament Online". Historyofparliamentonline.org. Retrieved 1 March 2019.
- ^ "Read the eBook Transactions - Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society (Volume 15) by Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society online for free (page 22 of 37)". Ebooksread.com. Retrieved 1 March 2019.