Notes for: Thomas Wycliffe

This family comes from An History of Richmondshire, in the North Riding of the County of York; together with those parts of the Everwicschire of Domesday which form The Wapentakes of Lonsdale, Ewecross, and Amunderness, in the Counties of York, Lancaster, and Westmoreland, by Thomas Dunham WHITAKER. London: Longman, Hurst, Rees (and others), 1823. 2 volumes. Here is the info given there on this family:

Thomas Wycliffe, second son, living 15?6, died before 1610.

[Note from Dave: The date "15?6" is probably 1596. And there seems to be some doubt if Thomas was still living in 1610 or if he had died by then. That needs checking.]

His wife's name came from Special Collections at the Society of Genealogists: Radcliffe Box, Folder 1, Letter of July 17, 1957 from J. H. R. Anderson to Mr. Hart (p. 1).

Someone has said that Mary Young was the sister of Captain Thomas Young who led expeditions to America; however, I have not found any evidence of his having a sister named Mary. Thomas does seem to have had a brother named John Young who was married. We don't know much about him. Possibly John's wife was a Mary, who if she became a young widow, might have married Thomas Wycliffe. That is totally a wild guess, though. My best guess is that Mary Young was related to Capt. Thomas Young by a more distant relationship.

I wonder if this is not the Thomas Wyciffe who was a prisoner in Sadberge Gaol in 1597. I found a reference to this in The History of Sadberge, 1919, p. 266 where it states, "This was not the only Recusant placed in Sadberge Gaol, for in 1597 Sir Richard Claxton, Bart., left Thomas Wycliffe, 'now a prisoner in Sadberge Gaol," one silver spoon and 5s in money."

Note: I found another reference to the above and the date is actually January 22, 1598 when Richard Claxton wrote that in his will.