Family
 James Filmer 1) 2)Son of Benedict Filmer and Joane Pepere. Born between 1478 and 1490 Died 1571 Otterden, Kent, England 1) Will signed: 22 Jun 1571 Otterden, Kent, England 1) Notes: Of Otterden. When James was 70 years old, Clarenceaux King-at-Arms, confirmed the arms of the family viz. sable three bars or, and as many ciquefoils in chief or, and granted his son, Robert, a crest - a golden falcon with expanded silver wings rising from the tower of a castle also in gold. This implies that at least one of James' ancestors had been designated 'Esquire' (Armiger) and as such had borne heraldic arms. "Dated 24/4/1552 Proved 22/6/1571 JAMES FYLMER's will was made originally in April, 1552. He did not die, however, until 1571 when it was proved: 'In the name of God Amen The xxiiijth daye of Apryll in the yeare of our lord god a thousand fyve hundrethe fyftye and two, and in the syxte years of the Reigne of our sovereigne lorde Edwarde the Syxte by the grace of god Kynge of Englande Fraunce and Ireland defender of the faythe And in earthe supreame head of the Church of Englande and Ireland I, JAMES FYLMER of Otterden in the Countye of Kente sych in bodye and whole of mynde and of perfect remembrance thanks be unto god doe ordayne and make my last wyll and Testament in manner and forme followynge, fyrst and chyeflye I, gyve and bequeathe my sowle to all mightye god my creator Trustynge assuredlye that thorowe the precyous bludsheadinge and marytter of his sonne Jesus Chryst my only advocate mediator and savyor to be an inherytor of the Kyngdome of heaven in to whose handes I nowe doe and when I shall departe out of this Transytorye worlde and vale of myserye I shall comytt my spirytt. Also I gyve unto the poore mens boxe of the Churche of Otterden aforesaid xij-d. Item I gyve to the Reparations of the said Churche vj-s. viij-d. Item I gyve to the Reparations of the Churche of Wytchelynge vj-s. viij-d. Item I give to MARGERYE my wyef one of my best kyen, one quarter of wheate, one quarter of ottes. Also I gyve to my sayd wyef fourtye shillinges to be payd unto her within one yeare after my decease. Also I give to REGYNALL my Sonne in corne cattell and other things to the value of twentye markes, (a. mark was worth 13s. 4d.) to be delyvered unto hyrn by my executors within one quarter of a yeare next after my decease. Also I gyve to either of my daughters AGNES, BENNETT and MARGARETT Tenne poundes to be payd unto them and either of them in the dayes of their severall mariages by my executors. Item I gyve to RABIGE my daughter tenne poundes to be paid unto her in the daye of her marriage by my sonne ISAAKE at the oversight of my executors. Also I gyve to GEORGE my Sonne my greate brasse pott. Item I gyve to ROBERT my sonne and to the sayd GEORGE all my chestes cupbordes spyttes brandyrons and one greate maultynge fate (vat). To be equallye devyded emongest them. And the resydue of my howshold staff I gyve and will equallye to be devyded between my sayde wyef and the sayd GEORGE. The resydue of all my goodes and cattells not wylled nor bequethed my dettes and legacies payde and fulfylled I give to the sayd GEORGE and ROBERT my sonnes whome I ordayne and make my executors. Item I will that ROBERT BARNES be the overseer of this my testament and last will and to have for his labor xiijs. iij-d. This is the last will of me the sayd JAMES FYLMER made and declared the day and Yeare above wrytten for the order and disposytyon of all my lands and tenements in the countye of Kente. First I gyve to the above named ROBERT and GEORGE my sonnes all my messuage or Tenement with all lande medowe pasture and woodd thereto belonging with the appurtenances in Otterynden wherein I nowe dwell together with xxvj acres of lande and woodd in Bordfeilde to have to them and to the heyers of their hodies lawfully begotten forever. And yf yt happen any of my sayde Sonnes to departe without yssue then the survyvor of the sayd ROBERT or GEORGE to be the others heyer, and if yt happen the sayd ROBERT or GEORGE to make sale of his parte of the premisses the other of them to by yt, and to have the preferment thereof before any other, if he wyll, and if yt happen the sayd ROBERT and GEORGE to departe without yssue of their bodycs lawfullye begotten. Then I will that the said messuage or Tenement with all and synguler the premysses and appurtenances shall remayne to REGYNALL my Sonne and to the heiers of his bodye lawfully begotten for ever upon condycyon that the sayd REGYNALDE his heyers or assignes shall paye or cause to be payde to JOHN and WYLLYAM my Sonnes or the heyers of their bodies lawfully begotten within two yeares next after such Remaynder to hyrn or them happened either of them twenty poundes, and if it happen the said REGINALD to dye without yssue of his bodye lawfully begotten before such Remaynder to hym happened Then I will that the said messuage or Tenement with all and synguler the premysses and appurtenances shall wholye remayne to the sayd WYLLYAM my sonne and to his heyers for ever uppon condycyon that the said WYLLYAM his heiers or assignes shall paye or cause to be payde to his sayde brother JOHN or to the heyers of his bodye lawfully begotten Twenty poundes within one yeare next after such Remaynder to hym or them happened. Also I will that my foresayd wyef shall have one chamber at her owne electyon with free egresse and regresse in my said messuage or Tenement with fyer and fuell as long as she will contynue therein and also that her cowe aforesayd shall be there kepte the wynter and somer at the costs and charges of the sayd ROBERT and GEORGE their heyers or assignes. Item I gyve to the sayd WYLLYAM my Sonne my Tenement at Slaide in Otterynden with the appurtenances with xxvij acres of lande belonginge to the same and vij acres of Woodlande which I lately purchased of ROBERT BARNES lyeing in Otterynden. To have to hym and his heyers for ever and if yt happened the sayd WILLIAM to dye without heyers, etc., then the sayd Tenement at Slayde with all and syngular etc. shall remayn to the said JOHN my sonne and to his heyers, etc. and if JOHN die without heyers, etc., the Tenement at Sleyde shall remayne to all my other sonnes then lyvynge equally to be devyded. Also I will that the sayd JOHN shall occupy the Tenement at Sleyde for a terme of five yeares after my decease payinge therefore yearlye to the sayd WILLIAM xxxiij-s. iiij-d. and payenge the lordes Rente and other charges thereof and keepynge the Reparations thereof tenants lyke at the oversight of my executor. Item I gyve to the abovenamed ISAACK my sonne my tenement with appurtenances at Paytonstrete in the parishe of Wytchelynge with all landes etc. to have etc. for ever. And if the said ISAAC dye without heires then I will the sayd tenement to ROBERT and GEORGE my sonnes etc. for ever. Also I gyve to my wyef one annuitye or yerelye Rente of xxvj-s. viij-d. goinge out to be payde to her out of my sayd Tenement at Paytonstrete at the feastes of thannunceacon of oure ladye and St. Mychell tharchangell by even portyons for the terms of her lyef. Also I will that the sayd REGYNALL my Sonne shall occupye my tenement at Payden strete until my sayd Sonne ISAACK come to thage of xxj yeares payenge yearlye therfore to my Executors five pounds and keapynge the Reparations thereof Tennate lyke. Moreover I gyve to the sayd JOHN and REGYNALD my Sonnes two acres of Woodlande lyenge in Otterynden to the landes of St. ANTHONY AUCHER, Knight, East and Northe and to the lands of me the aforesayd JAMES West and South equallye to be devyded between them. (The will continues further indicating if the said JOHN or REGINALD die without heirs of his body, the survivor of them to be the other's heir, if both should die without such heirs, the said piece of woodland shall remain to son WILLIAM). Wyttnes ROBERT BARNES, AUGUSTYNE HENEKER and others. Proved 22nd June, 1571.' Ref. Arch C.C. - A 41 36; K.A.O. U120 T200/5" http://hougham-huffam.org/getperson.php?personID=I16016&tree=hougham Married/ Related to: Children: 1.  Frances FilmerDied after 1584 2. George FilmerBorn ± 1523 Died between 1581 and 1582 Borden, Kent, England, 58 or 59 years 3. Robert FilmerBorn 1525 Died 1585 East Sutton, Kent, England, 59 or 60 years 4. Agnes FilmerBorn ± 1526 Died 1593, approximately 67 years 5. Bennet FilmerBorn ± 1528 Died 1591 Wichling, Kent, England, approximately 63 years 6. Margaret FilmerBorn ± 1530 Died ± 1584, approximately 54 years 7. Reginald Filmer 4)Born ± 1531 Died 1 May 1606 Wichling, Kent, England, approximately 75 years 4) Buried 5 May 1606 Otterden, Kent, England Will signed: 8 May 1606 Wichling, Kent, England 4) Notes: Reginald was churchwarden in Wichling in 1585 and again in 1586. He made a will in August, 1604, and died in the spring of 1606: "In the name of God Amen the first day of Auguste in the yere of our lorde god a thowsend syxe hundrethe and fower and in the second yere of the raygn of our soveign lorde kynge James of Ingland France and Ireland, etc.: I Raynold FyImer of Wychelyng in the Countye of Kent yoman being in good helthe and of pfytt remembrance (thanks be to god) but being now growen into manye yeres wch is a token of the shortnesse of my dayes to come have thought good to make thys my last Wyll and testament in manner and forme following: Fyrst and pryncypallye I yelde upp my soule into the hande of almyghtye god wt one assured hope of the resurrection bothe of my bodye and soule unto eternall lyfe thorowe Jhesus Cryste our onelye lorde and saviour untyll wch tyme I comytt my bodye to the earthe to be buryed in suche decent sorte and plase as shall seme good to my executors hereunder named. Item I geve and bequethe to the poore xx-s. to be dystrybuted and bestowed att or about the tyme of my buryall att the dyscretion of my sayd executors. Items I geve unto Wyllyam, my son ten shyllyngs for a remembrance and memorie in regard I have geven hym hys portion already. Item I geve unto my two yonger sonns Rychard and Thomas to either of them three score pounds of lawfull moneye of Ingland to be payd unto them wt in halfe a yere after my decease. Item I geve to my daughter Kateryne fyftye poundes of lawfull moneye of Ingland to be payd to her wt in a quarter of a yere after my decease. The Residue of all my goods cattell moveables and debts the legacies first payd and deducted I geve and bequethe unto Agnes my wyfe and Robert my sonne equally to be devyded between the wch sayd Agnes and Robert I do ordeyne and make my executors to see thys my wyll well and trewlye pformed pvyded alwayes and my Intent and meaning is that yf the sayd Agnes my wyfe doe marrye or contract her selfe to any man for maryage after my decease then Imediately after such maryage or contracte her sayd executor shyppe and legacye to her geven above in thys my wyll shall be voyd and of none effect and then my sayd son Robert shalbe my sole executor and she shall have onelye x-li. of moneye to be payd her wt in one quarter of a yere after her maryage. Item I bequethe unto my two younger sonnes Thomas and Richard x sheepe a piece and my nephewe Raynolde six sheepe be paid them within one month after my decease. Item I give my maid Johanne Skere twelve shillings to be paid one month after my decease. And as toching the dysposytion of my lands or tenemts I have made a deed thereof wherebye I have ordered and dysposed of the same and my wyll and meanyng is that the same deed shall stand and be in his full force and effect according to the purporte and trewe meaning thereof and con-ing certeyne woodland I have in the pishe of Otterden wch is not mentyoned in the said deed I wyll and geve the same to my two younger sons Thomas and Richard and to their heires for evr. In witnesse whereof I have hereunto set my marke and publyshed and declared thys same to be my last wyll and testamt the daye and yere fyrst above wrytten in the p'sence of John Adye the mark of Raynold FyImer. PCC A 54 335" http://hougham-huffam.org/getperson.php?personID=I16000&tree=hougham 8. William FilmerBorn ± 1533 Sutton Valence, Kent, England 9. John FilmerBorn ± 1534 10. Isaac FilmerBorn ± 1536 Died 1568 Stalisfield, Kent, England, approximately 32 years 11. Rabige FilmerBorn ± 1537 Died 1568 Stalisfield, Kent, England, approximately 31 years | |||
Sources
1) Source: Kent, England, Tyler Index to Wills, 1460-1882 Name: James FylmerProbate Date: 22 Jun 1571Testator: James FylmerRelationship: TestatorLast Residence: OtterdenOthers Mentioned:Name RelationshipJames Fylmer TestatorMargerye Fylmer WifeRegynald Fylmer SonAgnes Bennett DaughterMargarett Fylmer DaughterRabige Fylmer DaughterIsaac Fylmer SonRobert Fylmer SonGeorge Fylmer SonJohn Fylmer SonRobt Barnes Other. External Linkhttp://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1900&h=36957&indiv=try. Reference: IHGS; The Tyler Collection; Notebook: Filmer; Notebook Number: 43(3?) (Data from secondary evidence)
2) Source: The Visitation of Kent Taken in the Years 1619-1623 (Data from secondary evidence)
3) Source: Kent, England, Tyler Index to Parish Registers, 1538-1874 Record for Margaret Filmer. External Link
https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1901&h=170488&indiv=try. Reference: The Tyler Collection, The Institute of Heraldic and Genealogical Studies; Kent, England, Tyler Index to Parish Registers, 1538-1874 (Data from secondary evidence)
4) Source: Kent, England, Tyler Index to Wills, 1460-1882 Name: Raynold FilmerProbate Date: 8 May 1606Testator: Raynold FilmerRelationship: TestatorLast Residence: WitchlingeOthers Mentioned:Name RelationshipRaynold Filmer TestatorWm SonRichard SonThomas SonKatherine Filmer DaughterAgnes WifeRobert SonRaynold OtherJoane Skere Other. External Link
http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1900&h=37019&indiv=try. Reference: IHGS; The Tyler Collection; Notebook: Filmer; Notebook Number: 43(3?) (Data from secondary evidence)