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Theodore BECON
Abt 1552 - Abt 1552 (~ 0 years)
Has 5 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.
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Name Theodore BECON Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Born Abt 1552 - His father refers to a Theodore, who was by then dead, in the preface to his New Catechism (1560)
This first Theodore almost certainly was born and died before another son was given the same name; the second Theodore matriculted aged 12 in 1567 so must have been born in 1554 or 5, suggesting this Theodore was born and died no later than 1555.
Gender Male Died Abt 1552 Siblings3 brothers and 1 sister Patriarch & Matriarch 
Thomas BECON, b. Abt 1480, d. Yes, date unknown (Grandfather)
Elizabeth GODFREY, b. Est 1520, (probably), Winchester, Hampshire, England
, d. Yes, date unknown (Mother) Person ID I4047 All Last Modified 14 Nov 2019
Father Prebendary Thomas BECON, B.A., b. Between 1511 and 1512, Brettenham, Norfolk, England , d. 30 Jun 1567 (Age ~ 56 years) Mother Elizabeth GODFREY, b. Est 1520, (probably), Winchester, Hampshire, England , d. Yes, date unknown Married Between 1549 and 1552 - What is the evidence that Thomas's wife was one Elizabeth Godfrey? -
Theodore Becon, son of Thomas, in a pedigree for submitting to the College of Arms showed his mother to be 'Elizabeth, daughter of William Godfrey of Winchester in Hampshire marchant'.
Thanks to Lucy Beacon for pointing out that Thomas's wife is named in the Oxford DNB; following up a reference from that article led me to D. Bailey, 'Thomas Becon: some additional biographical notes', N&Q, 227 (1982), 402— 4, which has the information about the pedigree submitted to the College of Arms.
Evidence for the children of Thomas Becon
"A New Catechism", 1560 - "The preface of the author unto his children, Theodore and Basil, his two sons, and Rachel, his only daughter: grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ our Lord and alone Saviour, through the mighty operation of the Holy Ghost, be with you, my dear children, both now and for ever. Amen.
After that it pleased the Lord my God to call me unto the holy state of honourable matrimony, and to bless me with the increase of you, not of you only, but also two more of your brethen, named Theodore and Christophile, which now rest in glory with our head Christ; ..."
(vol. 2 of the Parker Society 'Works of Thomas Becon', 1844, p.4)
Could Thomas have had more children after he wrote "A New Catechism"? The archivist of the King's School Canterbury has come across a Thomas who could be his son. I have been looking for more evidence of a son Thomas; whilst I haven't found any if he died young there quite likely wouldn't be any surviving.
With their first child probably born no later than 1552, Thomas and Elizabeth probably married between clerical marriage being sanctioned early in 1549 and 1552.
Family ID F2671 Family Group Page | Family Chart
- His father refers to a Theodore, who was by then dead, in the preface to his New Catechism (1560)