Family Card - Person Sheet
Family Card - Person Sheet
NameWilliam Uvedall 
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206Birthca 1550, Staffordshire, England
FatherWilliam Uvedall - Direct Ancestor (~1505->1569)
MotherWife - Direct Ancestor (ca1520-)
Notes for William Uvedall
William had 6 children by his wife the “base” Geraldine, they were living in Ireland.
Recusant History Volume 8. No. 4 January 1966 states ”He was according to his own statement brought up in Worchestershire, Warwickshire and Staffordshire…. He claimed to be well educated and was described as “Gentleman” in the Gatehouse in 1601.”
He served the Earl of Kildare in Ireland. He got in trouble with Cecil and was in the Marshalsea prison in 1595. In 1596 he was back in Ireland. He travelled under the escort of Captain Edward Fisher in May 1601 and was imprisoned in the Gatehouse in London. He remained there for 3 years, during which time his wife and 4 of his children died of lack of provisions. On 18 January 1604 William wrote to King James to seek his support. He was moved from the Gatehouse to the Common Gaol of Newgate where he was lodged with thieves and murderers. He wrote to Cecil on 15 April 1604 pleading for forgiveness. He was free by March of 1605. He wrote a letter to the authorities about the Gunpowder Plot a few months before it happened. He was thrown back in jail under suspicion of the gunpowder plot but by 10 December 1605 was free again. Wrote a number of letters to the Earl of Salisbury and to Sir Julius Caesar.
Recusant History Volume 8. No. 4 January 1966 states ”He was according to his own statement brought up in Worchestershire, Warwickshire and Staffordshire…. He claimed to be well educated and was described as “Gentleman” in the Gatehouse in 1601.”
He served the Earl of Kildare in Ireland. He got in trouble with Cecil and was in the Marshalsea prison in 1595. In 1596 he was back in Ireland. He travelled under the escort of Captain Edward Fisher in May 1601 and was imprisoned in the Gatehouse in London. He remained there for 3 years, during which time his wife and 4 of his children died of lack of provisions. On 18 January 1604 William wrote to King James to seek his support. He was moved from the Gatehouse to the Common Gaol of Newgate where he was lodged with thieves and murderers. He wrote to Cecil on 15 April 1604 pleading for forgiveness. He was free by March of 1605. He wrote a letter to the authorities about the Gunpowder Plot a few months before it happened. He was thrown back in jail under suspicion of the gunpowder plot but by 10 December 1605 was free again. Wrote a number of letters to the Earl of Salisbury and to Sir Julius Caesar.