Joan Eve, daughter & heir of Nicholas Eve of Chelmsford, Essex

1563 -

• Name	Joan Eve
  Suffix	daughter & heir of Nicholas Eve of Chelmsford, Essex
  Born	c 1563
  	Year estimated from parents being married in 1562 and Joan was daughter and heir of her father Nicholas Eve who died in 1569. She may of course have had older siblings who died before 1569.
  Gender	Female
  Event:	Clarification on Joan Eve's origin
  	Visitation of Berkshire 1664 with information supplied by Joan's grandson Christopher Loveden calls her "Joane dau to Christopher Browne of Deptford [Deptford], co. Kent". Either by Herald's mistake, or by Christopher Loveden's error, two generations of John Lovedens were given - one married to a Joan Browne and one married to a Joan Eve. In fact, there was only one John Loveden and he married Joan Eve, step-daughter of Sir Richard Browne of Sayes Court, Deptford, and therefore older half-sister of Christopher Browne also of Sayes Court, Deptford. The 1664 visitation says "Joan Browne was the daughter of Christopher Browne of Deptford, Kent. Clearly an error in the 1664 Visitation.
  Legal:	c 1586	Berkshire
  	Berkshire Record Office - Reference: D/ELV/T113: Bond of John Loveden of Lambourn, gentleman, to settle lands on his future wife, Johane Eve (no date, but c 1586)
  Person ID	I2163	Grant
  Last Modified	13 Feb 2021

  
  

  Father	Nicholas Eve, of Chelmsford, Essex,   d. c 1569
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Joan Vigorus, Lady Browne,   b. c 1544, likely at Valley House, Langham, Essex, England ,   d. Nov 1618, likely at Sayes Court, Deptford, Kent, England  (Age ~ 74 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Married	c 1560	likely at Chelmsford, Essex, England
  	Joan was married at the time her father John Vigorus made his will in 1560.
  Family ID	F584	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	John Loveden, of Buscot, Berkshire,   b. c 1566,   d. Aft 1625  (Age ~ 60 years)
  Married	c 1586
  	Berkshire Record Office - Reference: D/ELV/T69/1-3: Deed (and counterpart deed) to lead the uses of a fine. Marriage settlement of John Loveden of Lambourn and Johan, daughter of Nicholas Ive of Chelmsford, Essex 1586; with final concord, 1590. Property settled included Erles Court Manor [now called Rooksnest], a tenement called Woodward and other lands in Bockhampton, a parcel of land in the common field called Berryes Field and 20 acres of land in Blackgrove [Blagrove], all in Lambourn; and a fourth share of Snoweswick, Buscot.
  Children	+ 1. Walter Loveden, of Buscot, Berkshire,   b. c 1587,   d. c 1652  (Age ~ 65 years)  [Birth]   2. John Loveden,   b. c Nov 1589, likely at Lambourn Woodlands, Berkshire, England  [Birth] + 3. Edward Loveden, of Buscot,   b. c Mar 1591, likely at Lambourn Woodlands, Berkshire, England ,   d. 1659  (Age ~ 67 years)  [Birth]   4. Hercules Loveden,   b. c Sep 1592, likely at Lambourn Woodlands, Berkshire, England ,   d. c 1646, likely at Buscot, Berkshire, England  (Age ~ 53 years)  [Birth]   5. Penelope Loveden,   b. c 1595  [Birth]   6. Joan Loveden,   b. c 1597  [Birth]
  Last Modified	4 Sep 2019
  Family ID	F581	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Leicester House, the Strand, London, after partial demolition London house of Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester. Robert Browne, his wife Joan (nee Vigorus), step-daughter Joan Eve, and son Christopher Browne lived here (occupation of a tenement in Leicester House) 1576-1588 and possibly a little later than 1588. From Wikipedia (2019): Essex House was a house that fronted the Strand in London. Originally called Leicester House, it was built around 1575 for Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester, and was renamed Essex House after being inherited by his stepson, Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, after Leicester's death in 1588. The poet Philip Sidney lived in Leicester House for some time. The property occupied the site where the Outer Temple, part of the London headquarters of the Knights Templar, had previously stood, and was immediately adjacent to the Middle Temple, then one of the four principal Inns of Court. The house was substantial; in 1590, it was recorded as having 42 bedrooms, plus a picture gallery, kitchens, outhouses, a banqueting suite and a chapel. Essex’s mother, Lettice Knollys, leased out the house for a while, but she moved in later with her new husband, Sir Christopher Blount, as well as her son and his family. After the executions of Blount and Essex in 1601, she continued to live there until her death, leasing part of the house to James Hay, the first Earl of Carlisle. The house then became the property of Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex, who leased part of it to his brother-in-law, William Seymour, 1st Marquess of Hertford. After the English Civil War, the family lost ownership as a result of their debts. Following the Restoration and the death of William Seymour, Sir Orlando Bridgeman lived in the house for a time. When the Duchess of Somerset died in 1674, she left the house to her granddaughter, whose husband, Sir Thomas Thynne, sold it, along with the adjoining lands and properties. The main part of the house was demolished some time between 1674 and 1679. Essex Street was built on part of the site. One of those buildings was used in the mid-1770s as a Dissenters' meeting house known as the Essex Street Chapel, where Unitarianism was first preached in England. The denominational headquarters are still on the site, now called Essex Hall. Their building footprint is believed to include the Tudor chapel of Essex House.