Tracy, William (d. 1530), landowner and religious radical, was the son of Sir Henry Tracy (d. c.1506) of Toddington, Gloucestershire, and Alice Baldington, daughter and coheir of Thomas Baldington of Oxfordshire. He was married to Margaret or Margery Throckmorton, daughter of Thomas Throckmorton (1462–1530/31) of Coughton, Warwickshire, and Margaret née Olney; his sister-in-law, Elizabeth (d. 1547), was the last abbess of Denny, near Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire. William Tracy's sister, also Elizabeth, was married to Sir Alexander Bainham of Westbury-on-Severn in Gloucestershire, a very prominent member of the county's gentry; their youngest son, James, would be burnt at Smithfield for his evangelical beliefs in 1532.∼======
Eldest Son of Henry Tracy, Esquire and Alice Baldington, daughter and co-heiress of Thomas Baldington, Esquire, of Alderly.
Sheriff of Gloucestershire: 1513
Married: Margaret Throckmorton
Daughter of Sir Thomas Throckmorton of Ass Court and Margaret Ordney.
William was one of the first who embraced the reformed religion in the time of King Henry VIII.
In his will, instead of leaving his soul to God through the intercession of the Virgin Mary and the rest of the Saints, according to the common for, he stated briefly his belief as a Christian, and his hope of salvation by the grace and merit of the Saviour, and then proceeds as follows: "As touching the wealth of my soul, the faith that I have taken and rehearsed is sufficient as I suppose without an other man's works or merits, my ground and belief is that there is but one God, and on Mediator between God and man, which is Jesus Christ. So that I accept none other in heaven or earth to mediate between me and God, all others to be but petitioners in receiving grace, and therefore will I bestow no part of my goods for the intent that any man shall say or do ought to help my soul. For therein I trust only to the promises of Christ. He that believeth and is baptised shall be saved, and he who believes not shall be damned."
This was condemned as heretical, and testator's body was raised and burned in 1532.
He left two sons: first William, who was ancestor of the Viscounts Tracy, of Rathcoole, in the peerage of Ireland, and of Robert Tracy, who was one of the English judges from 1700 to 1726; second, Richard Tracy.
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Eldest Son of Henry Tracy, Esquire and Alice Baldington, daughter and co-heiress of Thomas Baldington, Esquire, of Alderly.
Sheriff of Gloucestershire: 1513
Married: Margaret Throckmorton
Daughter of Sir Thomas Throckmorton of Ass Court and Margaret Ordney.
William was one of the first who embraced the reformed religion in the time of King Henry VIII.
In his will, instead of leaving his soul to God through the intercession of the Virgin Mary and the rest of the Saints, according to the common for, he stated briefly his belief as a Christian, and his hope of salvation by the grace and merit of the Saviour, and then proceeds as follows: "As touching the wealth of my soul, the faith that I have taken and rehearsed is sufficient as I suppose without an other man's works or merits, my ground and belief is that there is but one God, and on Mediator between God and man, which is Jesus Christ. So that I accept none other in heaven or earth to mediate between me and God, all others to be but petitioners in receiving grace, and therefore will I bestow no part of my goods for the intent that any man shall say or do ought to help my soul. For therein I trust only to the promises of Christ. He that believeth and is baptised shall be saved, and he who believes not shall be damned."
This was condemned as heretical, and testator's body was raised and burned in 1532.
He left two sons: first William, who was ancestor of the Viscounts Tracy, of Rathcoole, in the peerage of Ireland, and of Robert Tracy, who was one of the English judges from 1700 to 1726; second, Richard Tracy.
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Tracy, William (d. 1530), landowner and religious radical, was the son of Sir Henry Tracy (d. c.1506) of Toddington, Gloucestershire, and Alice Baldington, daughter and coheir of Thomas Baldington of Oxfordshire. He was married to Margaret or Margery Throckmorton, daughter of Thomas Throckmorton (1462–1530/31) of Coughton, Warwickshire, and Margaret née Olney; his sister-in-law, Elizabeth (d. 1547), was the last abbess of Denny, near Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire. William Tracy's sister, also Elizabeth, was married to Sir Alexander Bainham of Westbury-on-Severn in Gloucestershire, a very prominent member of the county's gentry; their youngest son, James, would be burnt at Smithfield for his evangelical beliefs in 1532.∼======
Eldest Son of Henry Tracy, Esquire and Alice Baldington, daughter and co-heiress of Thomas Baldington, Esquire, of Alderly.
Sheriff of Gloucestershire: 1513
Married: Margaret Throckmorton
Daughter of Sir Thomas Throckmorton of Ass Court and Margaret Ordney.
William was one of the first who embraced the reformed religion in the time of King Henry VIII.
In his will, instead of leaving his soul to God through the intercession of the Virgin Mary and the rest of the Saints, according to the common for, he stated briefly his belief as a Christian, and his hope of salvation by the grace and merit of the Saviour, and then proceeds as follows: "As touching the wealth of my soul, the faith that I have taken and rehearsed is sufficient as I suppose without an other man's works or merits, my ground and belief is that there is but one God, and on Mediator between God and man, which is Jesus Christ. So that I accept none other in heaven or earth to mediate between me and God, all others to be but petitioners in receiving grace, and therefore will I bestow no part of my goods for the intent that any man shall say or do ought to help my soul. For therein I trust only to the promises of Christ. He that believeth and is baptised shall be saved, and he who believes not shall be damned."
This was condemned as heretical, and testator's body was raised and burned in 1532.
He left two sons: first William, who was ancestor of the Viscounts Tracy, of Rathcoole, in the peerage of Ireland, and of Robert Tracy, who was one of the English judges from 1700 to 1726; second, Richard Tracy.
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Eldest Son of Henry Tracy, Esquire and Alice Baldington, daughter and co-heiress of Thomas Baldington, Esquire, of Alderly.
Sheriff of Gloucestershire: 1513
Married: Margaret Throckmorton
Daughter of Sir Thomas Throckmorton of Ass Court and Margaret Ordney.
William was one of the first who embraced the reformed religion in the time of King Henry VIII.
In his will, instead of leaving his soul to God through the intercession of the Virgin Mary and the rest of the Saints, according to the common for, he stated briefly his belief as a Christian, and his hope of salvation by the grace and merit of the Saviour, and then proceeds as follows: "As touching the wealth of my soul, the faith that I have taken and rehearsed is sufficient as I suppose without an other man's works or merits, my ground and belief is that there is but one God, and on Mediator between God and man, which is Jesus Christ. So that I accept none other in heaven or earth to mediate between me and God, all others to be but petitioners in receiving grace, and therefore will I bestow no part of my goods for the intent that any man shall say or do ought to help my soul. For therein I trust only to the promises of Christ. He that believeth and is baptised shall be saved, and he who believes not shall be damned."
This was condemned as heretical, and testator's body was raised and burned in 1532.
He left two sons: first William, who was ancestor of the Viscounts Tracy, of Rathcoole, in the peerage of Ireland, and of Robert Tracy, who was one of the English judges from 1700 to 1726; second, Richard Tracy.
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