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plus some information about others of my Becon ancestors<\/h2>\n
\"\"<\/a>see Thomas in my genealogy pages<\/a><\/div>\n
So who was Thomas Becon (or Beacon)? – if you haven’t heard of him I’m not surprised, neither had I, though he led an interesting life, which included being a Royal Chaplain, being imprisoned in the Tower of London, fleeing abroad and he is believed to have written and influenced Cranmer in the writing of the Prayer Book.<\/div>\n

I said “virtually all” that I knew of the ancestors of my paternal grandfather were from Kent: Thomas Becon and his wife were the first exceptions I came across. Thomas was from Norfolk and his wife (Elizabeth Godfrey) from Winchester in Hampshire.<\/p>\n

Thomas’s descendants Isabella Becon<\/a> married Richard Hunt<\/a> in Lenham in 1724\/5, and Richard’s great granddaughter Sybella married Charles Goatham – Sybella and Charles being my gt gt grandparents.  Learning of Thomas came as something of a surprise: Sybella’s father was a labourer, though his father and grandfather were artisans (carpenters).<\/p>\n

I have created a Google map<\/a> with information about Thomas Becon – click through the icons in the menu on the left of the map if you wish to read the information in chronological order.<\/p>\n

Some sources of information about Thomas Becon:<\/h4>\n