Margaret

• Preferred Name: Margaret
  
• Gender: F
  
• FSID: LYRZ-5D5
  
• Death: 1471 in Lydd, Kent, England at LATI: N0.9503 LONG: E0.9056
  
• Biography: with note: Description: FHL book "Our Bates Genealogy," by Mary Emma Burt and Robert Eugene Burt (Shawnee Mission, KS; 1993), pp. 13-14: "Thomas(E) Bates. Born, 1410, in Lydd, Kent, ENG [Clemens, p. 338]. Died, 1485. Made WILL, the abstract of this WILL was proved and a record of it kept in the Archives of the Cathedral at Canterbury, where all the records of the town of Lydd were deposited prior to the year 1542. Resided in the parish of All Hallows. The abstract of his will as follows: To the Brotherhood of St. John the Baptist 12d. Wife Margaret have all my household things, and son John on large brass pot after the death of his mother. Wife have 2 cows and 7 sheep. with the increase of this year. Exors--wife Margaret and son John. Wife have for life my chief-house with kitchen and garden, 18 acres of land, situated near the land of John Sweting senior, and another house which Laurence Hammond now holds to farm, after her death to son John and his heirs. Son John have remainder of my lands, tenements and rents paying 20/yearly to his mother. Probate 19 April 1486. From Genealogy-A weekly Journal of American Ancestry-October 16, 1912, pp. 337-338. The first of our Bates ancestors, Thomas, John and Andrew were of the Catholic faith, as England was then still of that faith, and the priests and masses and prayers for their souls are mentioned in the early wills. He married Margaret (___). Will of Margareta, Relict of Thomas Bate, Sr., 14 October 1490. To the two parish-clerks, 2d. Alice my daughter have my best sheets; Alice Edryk my second sheets. John Bate, senior, that Kytell which now he uses. Juliane wife of William Adam my murray kirtell. Residue after paying debts, etc., for my soul by my exor John Bate, senior. Witnesses. John Waston, Matthes Kayse. Probate 17 January 1491. (vol. 3. fol. 90) Children: i. John(D) Bates. ii. William Bates. iii. Alice Bates. Born in Lydd, Kent, ENG [Waters, p. 1304]. She married (___) Edyrk. iv. Agnes Bates. Born in Lydd, Kent, ENG [Waters, p. 1304]. S
  
• Birth: 1440 in Lydd, Kent, England at LATI: N0.9503 LONG: E0.9056
  
• Notes:

  === Life Sketch ===
  Biography
  Margaret is clearly listed as the wife of Thomas Bate (1440-1485) who died 1485 and the mother of John Bates in her husband's will dated 19 Oct 1495.
  
  Death
  Margaret, the relict of Thomas Bate (1440-1485) wrote her will 14 Oct 1490, probated 17 Jan 1491, only mention daughter Alice and son John.
  
  Research Notes
  There is no credible proof that her maiden name was Caulkins.
  
  === [v01t0296.ftw] There is a will of Marga ===
  [v01t0296.ftw] There is a will of Margareta, Relict of Thomas BATE, listed among the Lydd records. This will was found in the "Bates Bulletin" (p. 94). If this is the same as Margaret, wife of Thomas, (the dates certainly make that possible--the will is proved Oct. 14, 1490), she names a daughter, Alice BATE, and one John BATE, Sr. (who may have been the father of the other John BATE (known as John BATE, Jr.). This is certainly speculative.

• m. ABT 1459 in Lydd, Kent, England

1. John Bate, b. 1461 in Lydd, Kent, England     d. ABT 7 JUL 1522 in Lydd, Kent, England