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Arthur Doe

Male Bef 1570 - 1613  (~ 43 years)

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  • Name Arthur Doe
    Birth Bef 1570  of Hollingbourne, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male
    Burial 31 Jul 1613  Hollingbourne, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I3509  Petersen-de Lanskoy
    Last Modified 21 Jun 2026

    Father Nicholas Doe,   b. Bef 1537, , Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1601, Hucking, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 64 years)
    Mother Elizabeth,   b. Bef 1539, , Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this locationbur. 29 Oct 1592, Borden, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 53 years)
    Marriage Bef 1558  , Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F544  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Margaret Coulter,   b. Abt 1570, Thurnham, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. From 24 Jul 1635 to 15 Nov 1638, Ulcombe, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 65 years)
    Marriage Bef 1591  , Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F1841  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 30 Jun 2026

  • Notes 
    • RESEARCH_NOTES:
      1. The will of Nicholas Doe was contested. This action names the children of Nicholas Doe, when one of the children is deceased, and names their children. These documents are held at Canterbury Cathedral Archives. Ecclesiastical cause papers DCb/J/J/40/32 10 May 1627 http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=054-dcb_4-2_3&cid=1-1-15-32#1-1-15-32
      Contents:
      Plaintiff: John DUCKE exor; Jas & Isaac DOE, Barbara D als DUCKE bros & sist; Rob BROCKHULL son of Ann DOE als B als MILLES sist decd; John & Mary ELY, Eliz E als MUNNE, Jas E, Ann E als GREENSTREETE, Jane E als ROOKE & Thomazine E childn of Thomazine DOE als E sist decd; Eliz DOE als KINGSNODE, Joan & Alice DOE daus of Arthur D bro decd; Eliz DOE als BACKETT dau of Steph D bro decd; Nich & Mgt DOE childn of Nich D kin decd; Documents: Alleg & sent; Case: Test Rob DOE clk Hollingbourne
      My interpretation of this document:
      Plaintiff: John DUCKE executor; Jamess & Isaac DOE, Barbara Doe alias DUCKE brothers & sister; Rob BROCKHULL son of Ann DOE alias Brockhull[first husband] alias MILLES[second husband] sister deceased; John & Mary ELY, Eliz Ely alias MUNNE, Jas Ely, Ann Ely aliass GREENSTREETE, Jane Ely alias ROOKE & Thomazine Ely children of Thomazine DOE alias Ely sister deceased; Elizabeth DOE alias KINGSNODE, Joan & Alice DOE daughters of Arthur Doe brother deceased; Elizabeth DOE alias BACKETT daughter of Stephen Doe brother deceased; Nicholas & Margaret DOE children of Nicholas Doe kin deceased; Documents: Allegation & sent; Case: Test Rob DOE clerk Hollingbourne.

      DEATH:
      1. Consistory Court of Canterbury, PRC32/42/400, Probate 17 Oct 1615 but the will probably written 1613 which is the date the separate inventory was taken. Link: <http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mrawson/extr8.html#doe> accessed 6 Feb 2016:
      "Arthur Doe of Hollingbourne, Yeoman, will not dated My bodye to be buryed in the Church yarde of Hollingborne I give to my daughter Elizabeth 5s I give to my daughter Jone £40 to be paid her at 24 yeares of age £40 to my daughter Ealse at 24 yeares of age And my will is that my foresaid two daughters Jone Doe & Ealse shall have £10 apeece more paid them when they shall come to 30 yeares of age I give and bequeath unto my sonne Nicholas Doe and to his heires for ever my house wherein I doe now dwell and one other house that I have called by the name of Haggwell house with all my landes, Edifices and buildinges belonginge unto them with thappurtenances now lyeing and beinge within the parishe of hollingborne aforesaid soe that my sonne Nicholas & his heires doe paye unto my sonne Stephen Doe sixe score pounds of good and lawfull money of England when the foresaid Stephen Doe shall come to sixe and twentye yeeres of age or within three monthes after, at Hollingborne Church porche. And from his age of 22 yeeres the said Nicholas Doe in the meane tyme shall paye unto the said Stephen Doe £10 a yeare untyll he shall accomplish his age of 26 yeeres I make of this my last will Executors my well beloved wife Margaret Doe and my sonne Nicholas joint Executors to perform the same Witnesses: Henry Coulter, Henry Kingesnoth, Robert Balden (signed) Arthure Doe"
      Note: Henry Kingesnoth married Elizabeth Doe in 1611 and is Arthur's son-in-law. Henry Coulter is his wife's brother.