John Rysbrydger

±1520 — 1563
A brief biography

John Rysbrydger


Son of William Rysbrydger and Katherine . .

Born around 1520, the eleventh year of the reign of King Henry VIII, and died aged forty-three in the fifth year of the reign of Queen Elizabeth I  He has 451 direct descendants in the family.


Acquired Paltremans in Shere (now Bodryn Cottage & Forge Cottage), acquired Cookes Place in Albury from his cousin John, leaseholder of Stonehills (now Ponds Farm).

Last Will and Testament

The will is dated 27th October, 1562, and the testator is John Risbridger--one of the good old Surrey yeoman names, like Evershed and Whapshot and Enticknap. He describes himself as ''John Risbridger of Shere, yeoman, sicke of bodie and yet walkinge. His body to be buried in Parish Church of Shere, 'without my seats ende.' 1 calf and 2 shepe, with sufficient breade and drinke thereunto to be bestowed and spent at his burial towards the reliefe of the poore there assembled. To every man and maid servant, 1 ewe shepe; to Alice Stydman his maid, one herfore (i.e. heifer) bullocke, of two years and 15s: to his son William all his lease or terme of years in lands called Stonehill, and to him 4 oxen, 2 steares of 3 yeres, 2 horse beastes, a weane (wagon) yoke, cheynes to draw withal, 2 keyne, half a hundreth of shepe. Children, John, William, and Edward. To daughter Dorothie, £6. 13s. 4d.; all residue to wife Katherine. Proved 3rd May, 1564, by William Risbridger.


This coffin-shaped stone in the aisle of Shere Church is reputed to be the grave of John Risbridger



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