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From The Visitation of Somerset, 1623

                        John , of Wincanton Somerset,  England, bc1516 -                                                                     
                                died c1585 
                          married Ankret DYER, dau of Alexander Dyer of
                                Wincanton, Somerset, England.

from the  Somerset Archives records.............

By 1534 any land which had formerly belonged to the benefice of Wincanton had been absorbed into the estate of STAVORDALE priory as a result of the successive appropriations of the RECTORY and the vicarage. (fn. 66) Tithes remained separate and in 1534 were let for a fee farm rent............. By 1581 the tithes had passed to John Ewens (d. 1585) who left them to his wife Ancrett. (fn. 70) .

SHALFORD seems to have passed from the Crown in 1544....................1570 licensed to sell it to John Ewens

                             John, ref 1623 Visitation of Somerset
c1580                    IGI Medieval records  married Elizabeth Keynes, born c1561 - dau of Henry of Pendover,
                              Somerset, England, ref IGI Medieval records & (1623 Visitation of Somerset)
aft c1626               John died,

                           *Alexander, Justice of the Peace, ref 1623 Visitation of Dorset
                            married Unknown Brooke
                            2nd married Gertrude Stocker
c1624                   Alexander died
                                    *son Mathew, Justice of the Peace

c1548                   *Mathew,born Suddon, Somerset, England became a Baron of the Exchequer
                            married Frances Rogers, who had 5 spouses
1598                     Mathew died and is buried at North Cadbury, Somerset, England
                           b. c.1548, 3rd s. of John Ewens of Wincanton, Som. by Ancaret, da. of Alexander Dyer of Wincanton. educ. Clifford’s Inn; M. Temple 1568,
                                  called 1574. m. Frances, da. of Sir John Rogers of Bryanston, Dorset, wid. of John Willoughby of Silton, Dorset, and of John Hyett., s.p.2
                                  from EWENS, Matthew (c.1548-98), of the Middle Temple, London and Somerset. Published in The History of Parliament: the House of
                                  Commons 1558-1603, ed. P.W. Hasler
                                             1 son Mathew and his 2 step children mentioned in his will.      

1552                     *Thomas born in Wincanton, Somerset, England
c1615                    Thomas died, ref Will dated 5 May 1613 - wife at this stage, unknown -
                                       4 children, Andrew & Frances and Dorothy & Thomas

                            Ankerett  born,
9 Sept 1604          married Alexander Clavell at Wincanton, Somerset, ref Somerset Marriages (pre-1754)
1607                     Alexander died,  ref.  Visitation of Dorset 1623