Sir William Glover^[1]

1545 - 1603  (58 years)

• Name	William Glover
  Prefix	Sir
  Born	1545	Ashford, Kent, England, United Kingdom
  Gender	Male
  Died	17 Dec 1603	London, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom
  Person ID	I8779326226	Master Tree
  Last Modified	2 Jul 2008

  
  

  Family	Lady Anne Gaveiard,   b. Abt. 1545, England, United Kingdom
  Married	06 Nov 1578	Rainhill, Merseyside, England, United Kingdom
  Children	1. Alice Glover,   b. 1583, England, United Kingdom ,   d. 14 Aug 1657, Dorchester, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States  (Age 74 years)
  Last Modified	2 Jul 2008
  Family ID	F8026690240	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 1545 - Ashford, Kent, England, United Kingdom Married - 06 Nov 1578 - Rainhill, Merseyside, England, United Kingdom Died - 17 Dec 1603 - London, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom  = Link to Google Earth
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• Sources

  [S8072387498] Glovernet.org, Banks Glover, [email protected]. 1423: William Glover is noticed thus: ?Feoffiment of a Burgage in the town of Stratford upon Avon, in the second of King Henry VI, (1493), being a conveyance of land to William Glover and others?. 1469: William Glover, in Wiltshire, collected fifty shillings for the charities of that Church, during the week on which falls the Nativity of St. John the Baptist. A William Glover was married to Anne Gaveiard, in Rainelill, November 6, 1578, and thought to be the one whose history follows. He could not have been the father of Thomas Glover of Rainehill, as Thomas himself was married only fourteen years after, in 1594, but there is some evidence that he was collaterally related. He had a Coat of Arms granted him in AD 1602. It is said to be the same arms which Fuller finds recorded in the Worthies of Middlesex, granted to William Glover, Sheriff, at an earlier date. The arms granted to William Glover of London, ?Arg. A Chev. Ermine betwixt three Cross Crosslets,? were granted to him by Queen Elizabeth on year before his death. William Glover was buried in London, Colman Street Ward. A fair monument in chancel is erected to his memory. ?Here lyeth in peace the body of Sir William Glover, Knight, late Citizen and Alderman of London, who for his many good gifts both in sincere religion, Wisdom and Gravity wherewith he was very plentifully endowed and graced, was elected Sheriff of London, and served the same in 1611. He had lived in good name and fame Fifty Eight years, and very blessedly departed this life the 17 of December, 1603. Leaving two son, Thomas and William, and five daughters, viz., Anne, married to Barne Roberts of Willesden, in the County of Middlesex, Esq.; Susan, Elizabeth, Mary and Alice, behind him to mourn the loss of so loving a Father. To whose deceased memory the Lady Anne Glover, the most Sorrowful Widow of the deceased said Sir William, lamenting his death and unrecoverable loss, at her own charge erected this monument in testification of her love and duty.? In 1612, Dame Anne Glover, the widow of Sir William Glover, late of London, gave a stock of 10 pounds to the poor of the Parish. Thomas Glover, son of Sir William Glover and the Lady Anne his wife, was born in London, was created Knight, married Jane Roberts, daughter of Francis Roberts, Esq., of Willesden in Middlesex. He died in London, and his widow, the Lady Jane Glover, married George Purefoy, Esq., died 8 June, at 77 years???.William, the second son, married Elizabeth Harlakenden, daughter of Henry harlakenden, Esq. In 1660, William Glover, son to Sir William Glover, gave to the Hospital in London, Two Hundred Pounds??..Anne, the eldest daughter, married Barne Roberts, son to Francis Roberts, Esq., her cousin??..Susan, the second daughter, married Thomas Philpot, Esq., Norry Somerset Herald.