Husband of Katherine Ludham, duaghter of William Ludham, Alderman and Mayor of Leicester. They married in 1587 and had two sons, Paul & Dannett, and three daughters, Isabel, Katherine(Wildbore) & Maria/Mary.
Edmund was an admitted freeman of the borough of Leicester in 1594 and a member of Council in 1599. Edmund was buried April 01, 1604.
On a side wall of St. Mary's chancel is the following:
To the memory of/ Edmund Abney born at Willesley Hall, Derbyshire/ married Katherine Ludlum of the parish/ buried in the chancel of this church 1604/ Paul Abney, his son and heir, born circa 1590/ married Mary Brooksby of Stapleford/ buried in the chancel 1634/ George Abney, his son and heir, born 1613/ married Bathshua -in the time of the Civil War/ buried in the chancel 1661/ Erected by John Rutledge Abney of New York/ their descendant in the seventh generation from the said George/ 'Honour thy father and thy mother that thy days may be long/ in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee'. Information provide by the works of RR Abney & John Brown.
Husband of Katherine Ludham, duaghter of William Ludham, Alderman and Mayor of Leicester. They married in 1587 and had two sons, Paul & Dannett, and three daughters, Isabel, Katherine(Wildbore) & Maria/Mary.
Edmund was an admitted freeman of the borough of Leicester in 1594 and a member of Council in 1599. Edmund was buried April 01, 1604.
On a side wall of St. Mary's chancel is the following:
To the memory of/ Edmund Abney born at Willesley Hall, Derbyshire/ married Katherine Ludlum of the parish/ buried in the chancel of this church 1604/ Paul Abney, his son and heir, born circa 1590/ married Mary Brooksby of Stapleford/ buried in the chancel 1634/ George Abney, his son and heir, born 1613/ married Bathshua -in the time of the Civil War/ buried in the chancel 1661/ Erected by John Rutledge Abney of New York/ their descendant in the seventh generation from the said George/ 'Honour thy father and thy mother that thy days may be long/ in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee'. Information provide by the works of RR Abney & John Brown.