Thomas Brigham II
The Yorkshire village of
Holme upon Spaulding Moor is about 10 miles from the River Homden and 25 miles from the North Sea, about halfway between York and Kingston upon Hull. This Thomas Brigham of Holme upon Spaulding Moor, our ancestor, designated here as the "Second," appeared as Thomas Brigham Junior on the 1528 rental roll of the Manor of Home as holding a cottage "formerly in tenure of William Armytts, 3 butts of arable land in Tathem, a flat of arable land of 5 acres above Rowley, yearly rental 5s 8d."
Thomas was part of the idealistic Reformation Generation. His father was part of the adaptive Humanist Generation. His children were part of the pragmatic Picaresque Generation.
Robert Aske of Doncaster's "Pilgrimage of Grace," a revolt against the dissolution of the monesteries in 1536 (when Thomas was 36), consumed all of Yorkshire until its brutal suppression the following year, and we can only speculate how the uprising might have affected Thomas and his family.
Year by year in the life of Thomas Brigham II
The life of Thomas Brigham II in its historical context
| Birth of Thomas Brigham II | |
| Born: | 1500 |
| Birthplace: | Holme upon Spaulding Moor, Yorkshire, England |
| Parents | |
| Father: | Thomas Brigham I, b. 1475 (our ancestor) |
| Mother: | No information available |
| Siblings No information available | |
| Spouse and children | |
| Wife: | Elizabeth, d. 1573 (our ancestor) (from Holme upon Spaulding Moor, Yorkshire, England; no information on her parents, our ancestors) Married 1525 Holme upon Spaulding Moor, Yorkshire, England |
| Son: | Thomas Brigham III, 1525-1559 (our ancestor) |
| Son: | Henry Brigham, 1527-1606 (Holme-upon-Spaulding Moor, Yorkshire, England) |
| Other information | |
| Occupation: | Tenant farmer |
| Religion: | Born Roman Catholic; prob. became Church of England adherent (Anglican) at the age of 34 with the 1534 Act of Supremacy |
| Death of Thomas Brigham II | |
| Died: | 6 March 1560
(or perhaps 1559) Probably of old age (age 60) |
| Deathplace: | Holme upon Spaulding Moor, Yorkshire, England |
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Source for this page: The Fay Family Homepage Genealogies, created by Ken and Susan Jean Fay Barbi, 1809 View Top Court, Annapolis, MD 21401-5873, phone (410) 757-5044 [Copyright © 2001], citing source "WFT Pedigree number 893."