Christopher and Judith SADBERIE published by on Sat, 24/02/2018 - 16:55
Christopher Sadberie, parson of Weston Super Mare married at Banwell 18 Sep 1634. His wife Judith's surname is a little unclear on the image on Ancestry. They have indexed it as Keene but it looks more like sie at the end to me and I was wondering what the Society think it is please?
The Oxford University Alumni lists Christopher as being from Wiltshire and is most likely the Christopher Sadburie baptised at Highworth in 1599 to Edward Sadburie and his second wife Margaret late Goulding nee Stratton. From what I can decipher from the poor quality copy of Christopher's PCC Will, he had four sons, William (of Axbridge), Walter, Edward (buried at Nailsea in 1677) and Christopher, and a daughter Hester.
I'm researching the Sadburies of Highworth and Christopher is a distant sideline. Any help clarifying Judith's surname would be much appreciated.
You have probably seen this but there was an interesting account of his life while in Weston, published in the Weston Mercury reprinted in 2010. He was a controversial figure!
I would agree with your reasoning that this Christopher was the son of Edward SADBURIE.
The surname KEENE and variants can be found in Banwell and neighbouring parishes in the early 1600s and I agree with Graham that our transcription is correct.
Thanks Graham and Pat. I think you are right it is Keene, its just the "n" doesn't look that much like the other "n"s in the entry. However, the Captain Keene mentioned in the newspaper article (thanks Pat I hadn't picked that up) tends to confirm it, probably a relative of his wife's. Thanks for the link to the article, he would appear to be another interesting character from the Highworth/Shrivenham families. Not really thought about what side many of these individuals would have been on during the Civil War. He doesn't get a mention in his brother Robert's Will proven in 1648, possibly because he wasn't in the area (his half brother John and half nephew Samuel do, Samuel was in Highworth although John was deceased by then) or possibly they were on different sides.
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