Key Facts

Snapshot:	lived in late 15th-century and early 16th-century Kent, England
Parents:	65674William Bettenham 65675Agnes Sandes
Born:	roughly circa 1490 perhaps Cranbrook, Kent, England
Last known record:	around 29 September 1541 sold lands in Frittenden and Biddenden, Kent, England
Buried:	unknown

32837Thomazine Bettenham is the daughter of 65674William Bettenham, as proven by his will.1 Her mother certainly seems to be 65674William's wife 65675Agnes Sandes.*

32837Thomazine was born roughly circa 1490.† 65674William was living in Cranbrook, Kent, England in 1492/3,1 so it's plausible that 32837Thomazine was born there.

65674William Bettenham's will mentions "my doughters Elisabeth Alis and Thomasyn." Full page.1

32837Thomazine married 32836John Fisher by 27 October 1508, as explained in his profile.

Around 29 September 1541, 32836John and 32837Thomazine sold some lands in Frittenden and Biddenden to their son 16418Alexander.2 The sale record is the last contemporary record I've found pertaining to 32837Thomazine.

Footnote:

*

The identity of 32837Thomazine's mother is explicitly recorded only in the 1574 heraldic visitation of Kent,3 probably several decades after 32837Thomazine's death. However, this claim seems consistent with (or at least doesn't contradict) other records. In particular, notice that 32837Thomazine was probably born roughly circa 1490, and that her father died in 1493.1 This short interval would make it quite unlikely that 65674William had a hypothetical, earlier wife—before 65675Agnes—who could've born his three seemingly young daughters.

†

although this is simply an educated guess based on the date of her father's will,1 her marriage by 1508 [noted above], and the estimated birth year of her son 16418Alexander Fisher

Sources Cited:

1: Kent History and Library Centre archive reference CCA-DCb/PRC/32/3/361 (Canterbury Cathedral Archives / Diocese of Canterbury / Probate Court Records / Consistory Court Registers of Wills / Registers of Wills, 1484-1493), the will of William Betynham of Cranbroke, dated 13 January Henry VII 8. FamilySearch (FHL microfilm 188834, images 395 and 396 of 410). FamilySearch restricts access to these images, so see copies here: 395, 396. For the small excerpt illustrated above, I used a color copy of the will, which I obtained privately.

2: UK National Archives record CP 25/2/22/140/33HENVIIIMICH/25 (Records of the Court of Common Pleas and other courts / Feet of Fines Files, Henry VIII - Victoria / Feet of fines for 33 Henry VIII Mich). I have not seen the original record, but instead used abstract #1831 from this index. The abstract reads, "Jn Fysher, gent & wife Thomasine to Alex Fysher, gent. 80a land, 12a mead & 6a wood in Frittenden & Biddenden. £60."

3: W. Bruce Bannerman, ed., The Visitations of Kent, Taken in the Years 1530-1 and 1574, Part 1 (Publications of the Harleian Society, volume 74, London, 1923), page 29.