Thomas the First Lancaster

  Noted events in his life were:

• source. ¹⁵⁸ Neil streeter notes & James Moss & John Paul Bradford who notes:
The surname Lancaster is a toponymic and indicates that some medieval antecedent came originally from Lancaster, once the major town of the county of Lancashire (which is a contraction of Lancastershire). Multiple, unrelated families would wind up using the name.
Ultimately, one would expect the Eastbourne Lancasters' family to have a medieval ancestor from the north of England.

• fact. on the records for St Mary Prescot which was the nearest church at this time, the name is spelt Lankester, the name reverts to Lancaster in the next generation

Thomas married Mary Hothen on 12 Jul 1621 in Eastbourne, East Sussex England. (Mary Hothen was born circa 1600 in England UK and died on 20 Jan 1721 in Eastbourne, East Sussex England.)

Thomas next married Mary Godfrey, daughter of William Godfrey and Unknown, on 13 Jan 1618 in Eastbourne, East Sussex England. (Mary Godfrey was born on 23 Jul 1592 in Eastbourne, East Sussex England and was buried on 3 Apr 1621.)