Pedigree of Bossevile of Braithwell
Jasper BOSVILE (1514-1557) m. Elizabeth CHALONER, b.1521 Braithwell. Children born Braithwell:
- (1543-1610) Thomas m. 1570 Anne Hunt (1548-1597) Bramley Grange
- b.1546 Nicholas
- b.1548 William
- b.1550 Jane
- b.1554 Margaret m1.Richard Cosin of Newhall Grange m2.Roger Fretwell of Hellaby Will dated 1606
- b.1556 Amy
Children of Thomas BOSVILE (1543-1610) and Anne HUNT Nee Hunt, born Braithwell:
- (1576-1616) Dorothie
- b.1578 Mary
- b.1579 Samuel
- b.1582 Anne
- b.1586 Edith
- (1587-1665) Thomas m. Alice Fretwell
Thomas Bosvile, of Braithwell, married Alice Fretwell, daughter of Ralph Fretwell of Hellaby Hall, in 1610/1. Alice was buried at Braithwell on 23 July 1644. Children born Braithwell:
- (1612-1674) Rev. Thomas Vicar of Braithwell
- b.1614 Dorothy
- (1621-1627) Helen
- (1626-1693) John
Jasper Bosville(d.1649) of Wardsend, son of Thomas of Braithwell, married at Ecclesfield on 5th August, 1647 to Mary Rawson, daughter of Edward Rawson of Walkley.
Their daughter Mary Bosville, born about 1648, married Thomas Parkin on 25 Apr 1673 at Sheffield.Their children:
- Thomas Parkin, baptised 20 Jul 1674, Sheffield
- William Parkin, baptised 16 Jul 1676, Sheffield
- Jasper Parkin, baptised 1 Aug 1677, Sheffield
- John Parkin, baptised 1 Jul 1679, Sheffield
Jasper died in 1649 and Mary married Robert Rawson of Wardsend and Brookside
Extract from Reminiscences of Sheffield by R. E. Leader:John Bosvile, tanner, of Wardsend, brother of the Vicar of Braithwell, had built Braithwell School in 1693, and was known to have made a will endowing it with certain lands; but on his death in 1697 nothing could be heard of any such will or endowment. A suit was instituted, and evidence was taken in which it was freely imputed that Thomas Bosvile and Thomas Rawson had, somehow, contrived, to their own emolument, to deprive the school of the benefits John Bosvile either conferred, or intended to confer, on it. Some hesitation in accepting this version which was only one, and that the unsuccessful, side of the case is justified by the difficulty of reconciling what was said about Thomas Rawson with what we know of his family.
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Source:Visitation of Yorkshire, Sir.William Dugdale, A.D. 1665 and 1666
A John Bossewell, (d. 1580), author, was apparently a member of the family, possibly the son and heir of Thomas Bosvile of Stainton. The course of his life is unrecorded.
In his will dated 1580:
He claimed the status of gentleman, and in his will describes himself as a notary public, then living in the Hampshire parish of Kingsclere. He makes his wife Joan his sole executor. They seem to have had no surviving children, but there are legacies to a second John Bossewell and to the latter's brother William, who he brought up , as well as to seven godsons. He left to William all his apparel, his silver notary's seal, and all his law books. There were also bequests for a funeral sermon, for a peal of bells before and after his obsequies, and for a distribution of alms to the poor. His goods were assessed at a total value of £72 15s. 10d. Bossewell directed that he was to be buried in Kingsclere church, where his armorial brass was recorded in 1911.
He was a close follower of Gerard Legh, and the first part of his Workes of Armorie, entitled 'Concordes,' is in fact a mere abridgement of Legh's ‘Accedens.’ Like his master, he delighted in symbolism and allegory, in conceits and legendary fables; nor can it be said that his writings are of much value, even from an heraldic point of view. The date of his birth is unknown. The first edition of his ‘Workes of Armorie’ was published by Tottell in 1572, the second (a reprint) in 1597.
Source: Oxford DNB 1885
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