• General Notes

  Thomazine's husband John was involved in a suit over the estate of her sister Margaret's husband, Caleb Banks, in 1595:
  
  "Interrogatories and depositions in the case of Humphrey Wilde and Miles Hubbard v. John Epps etc. The interrogatories state that John Epps and others named in Easter term 40 Eliz. brought an action for recovery of debts against Margaret Banks, executrix of Caleb Banks; depositions are now taken to establish what estate was owned by Caleb Banks.
  
  "Depositions taken on 2 May 42 Elizabeth (1595) from:
  
  "John Banks of Ashford, Kent, woolen draper. He is advised by his counsel that he need not declare what goods of Caleb Banks he has in his hands. Margaret Banks has taken some of the profits of his lands. Caleb Banks owed the deponent £600 and had many cattle on his farm at Ryton.
  
  "Edward Halle of Ashford, gent, attorney in the Court of King’s Bench, says that John Epps and Margaret Banks advised him that Caleb Banks had a weak estate. The deponent has presented the case against Margaret Banks with her agreement and the advice of the deponent.
  
  "John Epps of Ashford, gent, says that Caleb Banks owed him £100 and in addition the deponent had stood surety for him to Roger Kemp for a debt of £200. Kemp has since brought a case against the deponent for recovery. Margaret Banks is the sister of the deponent’s wife and, because of that, he assigned the deponent three leases in order to satisfy his debt. When he died Caleb Banks’ estate amounted to £1500 or £1600. (Deponent signs.)"
  
  "James Martin of Ashford, gent, attorney in the King’s Bench, says he held a lease from Caleb Banks and now holds it from Margaret Banks.
  
  Several years later he was involved in transactions with Caleb Banks’ widow and his brother John:
  
  "8 Feb 1599/1600. Recognizance of £70 from John Eppes of Ashford, Kent, gent., and John Banckes of the same, draper, to James Pennington and Thomas Wood, citizen of London, dated 8 February 1599/1600, in compliance with a decree in Chancery of 9 February 1599/1600 in the case of Pennington and Wood plaintiffs vs. Epps and Banckes and one Margaret Banckes, widow, defendants. Marginal note that the decree was vacated because Pennington and Wood were satisfied on 12 November 42 Eliz. (1600)."
  
  

Details of Thomazine's family with John Eppes