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He was the third son of Christopher and Elizabeth Horner of Whitehouses, and joined three year old brother John [2] . His elder brother Gowin had passed away in 1554 before he was a year old [3] . By the time he was four two years old Thomas was joined by his twin sisters Margaret and Agnes [4] . They were soon followed by another three brothers, Christopher, Francis and Marmaduke, and one sister, Ellen, by the time Thomas was eleven years old [5] . Unfortunately, his father Christopher passed away in 1569 when Thomas was only thirteen years old [6] . This must have made life difficult for his mother Elizabeth who was left with seven children under seventeen to care for. It is perfectly possible that she moved in with relatives to help support her. Life for Thomas must have been hard when his younger brother Marmaduke passed away in 1573 aged only nine [7] . Nineteen year old Thomas would have had to watch the small coffin being lowered in to the ground with his five other siblings. By this time Thomas, his mother Elizabeth, and his siblings may have moved from Bewerley to Whitehouses. This may have been to stay with his mother Elizabeth's family. Thomas married an Agnes Lupton in 1583, aged twenty-seven [8] . This was the usual age to marry for those who were fairly well heeled. However, married bliss did not last long. Agnes and her child were buried at Pateley Bridge in October 1584, only a year after their marriage [9] . It is highly probable that she died in childbirth. Two years after this tragic event Thomas also lost his mother Elizabeth in 1586 [10] . It was probably during this time, in the mid 1580s, that Thomas's elder brother John moved from Whitehouses to Ripon [11] . Thomas may have found life extremely hard at this time. However, five years later in 1589, Thomas found happiness again and married Barbara Danson on 15 September 1589 in Pateley Bridge [12] . They set up home in Whitehouses and had a family of at least three sons, Christopher, James and William [13] . A year later, in 1590, Thomas's younger brother Christopher married Margaret Lowcock in Pateley Bridge [14] . Christopher had three children Henry, Barbaree and Agnes, but Henry died in 1597 [15] . He also had a son John, named in his brother Thomas's will. Christopher may have been in dispute with Miles Lawcocke for lands in Pateley Bridge in 1613 [16] . After the death of his wife Margaret, Christopher may also have married Frances Spurrett daughter of Stephen and Luce Spurrett, who was buried in Pateley Bridge in 1636 [17] . Thomas did not live long to enjoy married bliss a second time as he was buried at Pateley Bridge in 1595 [18] . In his will, he mentioned his wife Barbara, sons James and William and two John Horners, sons of Thomas’s brothers John and Christopher [19] . Thomas Horner may have also witnessed the will of John Dowson on 8 April 1590 [20] .
[1] IGI. Sue Ladipo has confirmed my suspicions that this Thomas Horner was a son of Christopher. However, as yet no corroboratory proof. [2] Christopher and Elizabeth probably married about 1550, and Christopher himself was probably born about 1525-1520. Information provided by Sue Ladipo from Parish Registers. John Horner, son of Christopher Horner was christened on 27 November 1552. Pateley Bridge Parish Registers. [3] Another brother Gowin was christened in Pateley Bridge on 20 April 1553. He was buried 20 April 1554. Pateley Bridge Parish Register
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[6] C hristopher Horner of Bewerley was buried on 22 February 1569. Pateley Bridge Parish Registers. [7] From Sue Ladipo. See www.prattens.co.uk [8] Thomas Horner married Agnes Lupton on 5 October 1583. Agnes was buried on 27 October 1584. her infant was buried on 21 September 1584. Pateley Bridge Parish registers. [9] 1584 Horner and her child bur 3 October Pateley Bridge wife of Thomas Horner. Prattens. [10] Elizabeth Horner wife of Christopher died at Whitehouses in Pateley Bridge in 1586. Information provided by Sue Ladipo from Parish Registers. 1586 Elizabeth Horner widow bur Pateley Bridge. See Prattens.
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A John Horner, tailor
was registered as a freeman in York in 1585. He remained in
York and had offspring there in the parish of St Michael le
Belfrey. See York Horners. A John Horner of Grantley had three
sons in Ripon in the 1580s. Either or neither could be this
John Horner. The connections with York appear to be stronger
than with Ripon, but at present neither is proven. [12] He married Barbara Danson on 12 September 1589 in Pateley Bridge. IGI. [13] Christopher was christened on 2 October 1595 in Pateley Bridge. James Horner, son of Thomas was christened on 27 July 1590 in Pateley Bridge. William Horner son of Thomas was christened on 14 January 1592 in Pateley Bridge. Pateley Bridge Parish registers.
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[15] Henry was buried on 18 August 1597. Christopher's daughter Barbaree was christened on 4 February 1598. Pateley Bridge Parish Registers. [16] 1613 Christopher Horner v Miles Hardcastle and Jane his wife and Miles Lawcocke and Jenett his wife for lands in Pateley Bridge in Feet of Fines Ripon Yorkshire Archaeological Society MSS 907. Prattens. [17] 1632 Margaret Horner was buried in Pateley Bridge. .Luce Horner was buried on 7 September 1645 at Pateley Bridge. Christopher Horner was buried 20 January 1636 at Pateley Bridge. Prattens. [18] 1595 Thomas Horner bur Pateley Bridge. Prattens. Thomas Horner was buried in Pateley Bridge on 30 November 1595. Pateley bridge Parish Registers. Thomas Horner was buried on 6 February 1595. Ripon parish registers. [19] 1596 Thomas Horner of Pateley Bridge will dated 1595 proved 1596 mentions wife Barbara Horner, children, brother John Horner and his son John Horner, brother Christopher Horner and his son John Horner, son James Horner, son William Horner. www.prattens.co.uk [20] Surtees vol. 04, p. 166-7. It is possible that there is a connection with the Peter Horner who marries a Joly Dowson in 1603 in York.
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