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Sister Sarah Farmer married William Sheppherd
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Will of William Sheppherd, Seaman in the engagement in the service for the States of England at Leghorne Date 02 May 1654
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Sister?
Administration WIL Source MLB Date 31 Jul 1621 Groom John LONGE aged 34 occupation gent residing at Monkton, WIL status - notes - Bride Katherine NICHOLAS aged 21 residing at All Cannings, WIL status - notes dau of Edward Esq Bondsmen - to be married at -
Edward Longe, of Monkton, third son of Henry Longe, of Whaddon, and Mary Horton and " heir by adoption of Thomas Longe, of Trowbridge,' his uncle, mar Anne, daughter of Henry Brounker, of Melksbam, M.P. for Devizes, and had issue by her, who d.in 1607, and was buried at Broughton Gifford:
I, GlFFORD.
II. Edward,
ill. Thomas.
iv. John, of Haugh, parish of Bradford, afterwards of Monkton, m. first, Catherine, daughter of Edward Nicholas, of All Cannings, in the county of Wilts, and secondly, Anne...
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Sisters??
JEAN STUART Pedigree
Marriages:
Spouse: WILLIAM ALLARDES Family
Marriage: 06 NOV 1731 Inverkeithny, Banff, Scotland
CHRISTIAN STUART Pedigree
Marriages:
Spouse: GAVIN LOW Family
Marriage: 27 JUL 1729 Inverkeithny, Banff, Scotland
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Sole heir to her mother. Became a nun.
She survived her husband eleven years, and died in 1466. After her husband 's death, she took the veil. The commission to receive her was addressed by the Archbishop of York to his suffragan, John Bishop of Philippolis, on the 18th of December, 1455. The register in which this document is recorded contains, also, a copy of the oath which was to be administered to the illustrious "vowess". "In the name of God, Amen I, Elizabeth Scrop, late wife to my worshipful Lord, John newly Lord Scrop and of Masham, avow to be chaste from this tyme forward, and I bihote to lefe stably in yis avow duryng my life. And in wittenes hereof, I with myne owne hand make this subscription .. . "
Sir Thomas Chaworth of Wiverton, Co. Notts, was twice married. By his first wife, Nichola, daughter of Sir Reginald Braybrook, he had an only child, Elizabeth, who married John Lord Scrope of Upsal. His second wife was Isabel daughter of Sir Thomas, and co-heir to her nephew Hugh Aylesbury.
By his second wife Sir Thomas Chaworth had several children, mentioned in his will. Sir Thomas was the son and heir of Sir William Chaworth, who died in 1398, and whose will occurs in the Test. Ebor. I No.CLXXX.
Alice his mother in her will desires to be buried in the Abbey of Beauchief (in Derbyshire, where her husband was buried). To Thomas her son she leaves an ouche of gold set with pearls and diamonds, a bed of blue and its costers with her arms, and a book called Placebo and Dirige. To Nichola, the wife of her son Thomas, she bequeaths a ring of gold with two diamonds .
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Solicitor.
1841 Census:
Name: William Andrews Age: 50 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1791 Gender: Male Where born: Berkshire, England Civil parish: St Mary Hundred: Reading Borough County/Island: Berkshire Country: England Registration district: Reading Sub-registration district: St Mary.
1861 Census:
Name: William Andrews Age: 73 Clerk in Civil Service, Estimated Birth Year: abt 1788 Relation: Head Spouse's Name: Mary Andrews Gender: Male Where born: Reading, Berkshire, England Civil parish: Reading St Lawrence Ecclesiastical parish: Oxford Town: Reading County/Island: Berkshire Country: England Registration district: Reading Sub-registration district: St Lawrence ED, institution, or vessel: 6 Neighbors: Household schedule number: 98 Piece: 747 Folio: 110 Page Number: 21
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Some 16th & 17th C Welsh Masculine Names
by Sara L. Friedemann (Aryanhwy merch Catmael)
© 2002 Sara L. Friedemann; all rights reserved
The following are names of the high sheriffs and under-sheriffs of Glamorganshire in Wales between 1571 and 1624. Many of these men were sheriff or under-sheriff more than once; if it is clear that an entry is for the same person as listed earlier, I have listed all the years for which they served. William St. John 1595
A William St John became a knight bachelor at Dublin Castel in 1607.
"The Knight of England: a Complete Record from the Earliest Time" by William Arthur Shaw.
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At St Margaret Westminster there are the following baptisms to a William and Eleanor St John??
William 1616, Barbara, 1621 and Lucy 1624.
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Some account of the Lord Mayors and Sheriffs of the city of London, during the first quarter of the seventeenth century, 1601-1625 DURING THE FIRST QUARTER OF THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY 160I to 162^ COMPILED BY G. E. COKAYNE MDCCCXCVII PHILLIMORE AND CO.
SIR HENRY ROWE, Mercer, 2^ s. of Sir Thomas Rowe, {b) of Higham Hall, in Walthamstow, Essex, and of Hackney, Midx., Cit. & Merchant Taylor (sometime, 1568-69, M. of London), by Mary, da. of Sir John Gresham, Mercer (sometime, 1547-48, M. of London), was b. 1544 ; was A. of Coleman Street, 12 July 1596, but transferred to Cornhill, 7 Oct. 1611, till his death in 1612; S. 1597-98; was Knighted, with 17 (c) other Aldermen, 26 July 1603 ; M. 1607-08. He m. (Lie. Lond., 12 Dec. 1573), Susanna, da. of Thomas Kighley, {d) of Grays Thurrock, Essex. She was bur. 31 Jany 1609/10. {e) He d. 12 Nov., & was btir. 17 December 1612, {e) aged 68. M.I. His will dat. 10, pr. 20 Nov. 1612 (96 Fenner). In Strype's continuation of Stow's " London " his monument is thus described : "In the church of Hackney, in a chapel south of the Communion table, the monument of Sir Henry Row and his Lady, represented in effigie, kneeling ; before him a head-piece and gauntlet; before her a bible."
Sir Henry Row and his Lady represented in effigie, kneeling; before him a head-piece and gauntlet; before her a bible. Underneath, are, kneeling, six figures, viz., 3 sons and 3 daughters. Monumental Inscription:
"Here, under fine of Adam's first defection, Rests, in the hope of happy resurrection, SIR HENRY ROW, son SIR THOMAS ROW, And of DAME MARY, his dear Yoke-fellow; Knight and right worthy (as his Father late) Lord Mayor of London, with his vertuous mate, DAME SUSAN, his twice fifteen years and seven; Their issue five, surviving of eleven; Four named here, in these four names fore past, The fifth is found, if Eccho sound the last. Sad orphans all, but most their Heir (most debtor) Who built them this--but in his heart a better. Pie obiit, anno salutis 1612, die Novembr. 12, aetatis 68."
The lady Susanna Roe was buryed the 31 daye of January 1609-10." Daughter of Giles Duncombe, and wife of Sir Henry Rowe the elder. ....funeral of Sir Thomas Rowe, who settled at Shacklewell, and was buried in Hackney church, has been given before: his son, Sir Henry, husband of Susanna before-mentioned, died in 1612, and was buried at Hackney on the 22d of December. ...to his sons, Henry and Thomas, and to his two daughters, he left 2000I. each; to his son Henry he bequeathed also, his capital messuage at Shacklewell, and all his customary lands in the parish of Hackney .. Several children of Sir Henry Rowe the younger, by his wives Ann and Sarah were baptized at Hackney. Sir Henry Rowe was buried Nov. «, 1660; Sarah, his second wife, March 26, 1657... "Mary, Susanna, and Cecilia, all daughters to "Thomas Rowe, Gent. by Anne his wife, the "which three daughters was borne the 16 day of November, and baptized the 21 "day of the fame moneth, 1650."
William Halliday married circa 1600, Susan (or Susannah), the daughter of Henry Rowe, a prominent member of the Worshipful Company of Ironmongers and later Lord Mayor (whose father, Sir Thomas, had been an earlier Lord Mayor). William and Susan had two daughters: Anne (born in 1602) and Margaret (born circa 1603). In 1617 he served as Master of the Mercers Company and was elected a sheriff for the year.In February 1618, he was elected an alderman of the City.
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Some connection with William Byrd the merchant-he owned Clopton, Denston and Stonehall Manors at some stage. Bankrupt? Byrd worked in the Customs house in London so co-worker with John Robinson?
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Name: Simon Robinson Baptism Date: 19 Nov 1567 Parish: St Benet Gracechurch County: London Borough: City of London Parent(s): John Robinson Merchant Record Type: Christening Register Type: Parish Register
Chief searcher of the King's Custom according to "Boyds London Inhabitant's."
...The nominations of Sir W. Herrick, J. Jolles, John Robinson (Mercer) and B. Norton, and of Sir B. Hickes, Sir W. Bond, Sir W. Stone and Sir W. Herrick had been rejected by the Court on April 21 and April 30 respectively (Rep. 27, ff. 2 b, 7 b). The former of these nominations was held to be void, because Robinson, being Searcher at the Customs, was exempted by Act of Parliament from service as an Alderman.
From: 'Aldermen of the City of London: Farringdon ward without', The Aldermen of the City of London: Temp. Henry III - 1912 (1908), pp. 153-165. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=67208 Date accessed: 09 December 2008.
Robynson, George (fl. c.1522-41), cit. & mercer. St. Mary le Bow 12 (r?); St. Pancras Soper Lane 12 (r]
Robynson, John (fl.1586, d. 1600), mercer, merchant tailor, h. of Martha. St. Mary le Bow 14 (r)
-, ~, ~, Martha w. of (fl. 1586), da. of Katharine wid. of Simon CROXTON. St. Mary le Bow 14
From: 'Index of Persons - R', Historical gazetteer of London before the Great Fire: Cheapside; parishes of All Hallows Honey Lane, St Martin Pomary, St Mary le Bow, St Mary Colechurch and St Pancras Soper Lane (1987). URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=23072 Date accessed: 16 October 2010.
Somerset Record Office
Copy Inquisition post mortem of John Robinson of the city of London, 1610, who owned in addition to this property the manors of Monkton Combe and Wedmore; copy wills of John Robinson the younger of Gravesend (Kent), 1659, proved 1660, John Robinson of Gravesend, 1670, proved 1673/4, and Sir John Robinson of Denston Hall (Suffolk), 1704, proved 1704/5; copy settlement previous to marriage of John Robinson and Amee Elwes, 1677;
The only other substantial estate in Stoke was the parsonage. ... Spryngham and his wife Mary sold the reversion to William Burde in 1565, and he, his wife, and son, transferred it to the Crown in 1579.(fn.129) Thomas Strode received a lease from the Crown in 1582 (fn.130) and in 1591 John Robinson and Lawrence Singleton were given the reversion of Strode's estate. (fn. 131) Strode died in 1595, leaving his tenancy to his widow during her widowhood and then to his eldest son John (d.1621). (fn.132) A Thomas Strode was living in the house about 1633, (fn. 133) and the family still lived in Stoke, probably on the parsonage estate, in 1652. (fn.134)
By the time of his death in 1610 John Robinson, a London mercer, held both the advowson and the rectorial estate, but only the reversionary interest in the capital house of the parsonage. To his second son John, of Gravesend (Kent), he left the rectory, and to his elder son Robert, a London merchant, the reversion of the house, then held by his wife for life. This interest John bought from his brother in 1612 for £800. (fn. 135) The property passed to John's grandson Sir John, of Denston (Suff.), as part of his marriage settlement in 1677. (fn. 136) Sir John died in 1704, and his trustees sold the site of the college and the rectorial estate in 1712 to Thomas Rodbard, a London fishmonger. (fn. 137)
From: 'Parishes: Stoke sub Hamdon', A History of the County of Somerset: Volume 3 (1974), pp. 235-249. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=66503 Date accessed: 21 February 2011.
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Will of Thomas Strode of Stoke under Hamdon, Somerset Date 26 May 1595 Catalogue reference PROB 11/85
Second Marriage:
"Mr John Robinson searcher and Mrs Mary Wanton vidua per licence"
....In 1646 William Robinson, citizen and mercer, owned the Coneyhope Lane property, and probably therefore also 105/33-34. Fletcher occupied this c. 1650, and in 1656, when William Robinson, gentleman, of Stanmore, Middlesex, conveyed his lands by fine to Edward Fenn of Staples Inn, to hold to the use of himself, his heirs and assigns, 33- 34 was described as a messuage or tenement called the Queen's Head in St. Mary Colechurch parish, now or late occupied by Fletcher. Robinson was named as the owner of 34 in a Crown rental of 1664 relating to former chantry properties. (fn.7) ..William Robinson died in 1667 and the property descended to his 5 daughters, Barbara, wife of Thomas Frere, Katherine, wife of Baptist Piggott, Martha, wife of Henry Eve, D.D., Anne, wife of Thomas Woodroffe, and Mary, wife of Richard Michelborne...
From: 'St. Mary Colechurch 105/33', Historical gazetteer of London before the Great Fire: Cheapside; parishes of All Hallows Honey Lane, St Martin Pomary, St Mary le Bow, St Mary Colechurch and St Pancras Soper Lane (1987), pp. 601-604. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=1145 Date accessed: 20 December 2011.
Recites: (i) [as in 116/3,4] (ii) [116/3,4]
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Some early Blow baptisms:
JAMES BLOWES Pedigree
Birth:
Christening: 02 APR 1637 Litlington, Cambridge, England
Parents:
Father: MICHAELL BLOWES Family
Mother: SARAH
John 17.01.1640
Issaz 01.01.1638
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Some records give as the Daughter of Ralph Symonds and Thomas Copinger. Probably not.
Text: 18 Jan 1551/1552 Anthony Gamage & Alis Woodwarde Book: Marriages Collection: London: All Hallows, Bread Street & St. John the Evangelist - Parish Registers, 1538-1851
Will of Alice Gamage, Widow of Saint Matthew Friday Street, City of London Date 02 December 1597 PROB 11/90
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Some Rowlands at Welford back until the 16th century but no John's baptised correct time frame to date.
Name John ROWLAND Date of death 20 Jan 1811 Age ? Notes a (3)9 RefNum 104587 Place Ramsbury, WIL
2. Name Sarah ROWLAND Date of death 11 May 1836 Age 77 Notes - RefNum 104587 Place Ramsbury, WIL
Could father have been William? Remarriage of William a widower in Welford in 1762 and another in 1776-possibly same man.
Of Welford at time of marriage to Sarah.
Many Rowlands but couldnt find a baptism for a John Rowland. or his sister Mary. Mary married in Sparsholt. Possibly born Sparsholt 1756
"John Rowland of Welford married at Lambourn by licence to Sarah Smith 10.08.1788"
Witnesses Nanny Smith and Jospeh Child. Both parties signed. Lambourne General Registers 1560-1636 Item 4
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John son of John and Sarah Rowland, 29.02.1756 at Sparshott, neighbouring parish to Lambourne. Other children include Mary, 15.07.1764 and Thomas. 27.08.1766.(This Mary too young to have married in 1774 to Richard Child)
A Sarah Church baptised at Hampstead Norris in 1730 and one in Blewbury in 1733?
Also a John Rowland son of John and Hannah baptised on 3rd May, 1726 at Sparsholt.
Do all of the above relate to the one family and is this the John Rowland who died in Ramsbury in 1812?
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Some Selected Reports from the Devizes and Wiltshire Gazette
Thursday, July 11th, 1833
Died:
On Tuesday the 9th inst., after a short illness, Anna Maria, wife of Stephen Neate, esq., of Aldbourne, Wilts.
Wiltshire Memorial Inscriptions:
Day: 9 Month: Jul Year: 1833 Age: 65 Forenames: Anna Maria Surname: NEATE Place: Aldbourne County: Wiltshire Country: England Reference: 82807 Notes: wife of Stephen only dau of Major General HUMPHREYS
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Sometimes Meux.
Administration in the Prerogative court of Canterbury, 1559-1571 1568:13 June John Mewes, Kingston, Isle of Wight (Wint.), to William Mewes, n. of k.
In Kingston Church, built in the 13th century, is a small brass inscribed: 'Mr. Richard Meweys whych deceassyd the iii day of March in the yere of our Lord God MCCCCC and XXXV.' He is represented as wearing a long gown liberally trimmed with fur. A small plate on one side of the figure is engraved with four sons similarly clad, and on the other side is a shield of the Mewes arms--Paly of 6 on a chief 3 crosses pattee."
National Archives:
Bargain and sale of two out of three parts of the capital messuage called WEST MYLTON in Byndebridge, p. Brading, I.W. JER/WA/3/35 1573 May 1 Contents: (1) William Mewes, esq., of Kyngestone, I.W. (2) John Worseley, esq., of Appuldercombe, I.W.
[ex 16M48/116]
Quit claim for lands etc., called CLEVELANDS, p. Newchurch, and 1½a. in p. Chale occ. John Jobson JER/WA/9/4 1569 November 6 Contents: (1) William Mewes, esq., of Kingston, Isle of Wight kinsman and heir of John Mewes, deceased (2) John Worseley, esq., of Swaynston, Isle of Wight
Consid: Not given
Will of William Mewes of Kingston in the Isle of Wight, Hampshire 17 June 1589 PROB 11/74
Proved 11 Feb 1590 and he lists:
His "sons", John Meux, Edward White and William Okeden.
His wife Elinor; Cicely, wife of his son John, His daughter Ann, wife of Ed White, His daughter Elinor, wife of Wm Okedon,
The children of Ed White & Ann: Thomas, George, Elinor and Cecilie White, His brother Thomas Mewes, The three children of his son John: Bartholomew, Elinor and Mary, His mother Dorothy Tawke.
Quit claim for lands etc., called CLEVELANDS, p. Newchurch, and 1½a. in p. Chale occ. John Jobson JER/WA/9/4 1569 November 6
These documents are held at Isle of Wight Record Office
Contents:
(1) William Mewes, esq., of Kingston, Isle of Wight kinsman and heir of John Mewes, deceased
(2) John Worseley, esq., of Swaynston, Isle of Wight
Consid: Not given
An Inquisition Post Mortem on William ‘Mewes’ for October 1587 lists his lands which include ‘the Great Pasture called Newtown Marsh in Newtown’ (PRO C142/238/31). A further Inquisition on Sir John Meux dated April 1630 elaborates on this family’s land in Newtown. It includes 300 acres of pasture in Newtown Marsh. He also had a message with four acres of land in the town in the tenure of Thomas Bull (hereafter known as Bulls), which was held of Thomas Barrington of the manor of Swainston, and another called Butts (PRO C142/450/69)
Scope and content
Parties: Alicia Mewes, deceased. William Mewes, knight grandson and heir Subject: Judgment Places: Kingston manor; Munslegh, lands and rent County: Isle of Wight Covering dates 2 Hen VIII Held by
The national Archives Kew
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Son of a George Wall and Mary.
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Groom's Name: George Wall Groom's Birth Date: Groom's Birthplace: Groom's Age: Bride's Name: Mary Collins Bride's Birth Date: Bride's Birthplace: Bride's Age: Marriage Date: 22 Jun 1729 Marriage Place: Liddington,Wiltshire,England
(close to Berkshire border and not far from Lambourn)
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Son of Augustus Frederick Fitzgerald, 3rd Duke of Leinster and Lady Charlotte Augusta Stanhope | Fitzgerald, Rt. Honourable Lord Ortho Augustus (I03263)
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Son of Bonham Norton and Jane Owen?
Name: Jane Owen Marriage Date: 15 Dec 1590 Parish: St Michael Bassishaw County: London Borough: City of London Spouse: Bonham Norton Record Type: Marriage Register Type: Parish Register
JOHN NORTON, Citizen & Stationer of London.
Will dated May J 12, 1612, proved Jan. 12, 1612-13, by Bonham Norton. [5 Cape.] To the poor of the Stationers' Company, ^150. My uncle William Norton, decd. To Leonard Norton, eldest son of my brother Richard Norton, decd ^"ioo, at age of 21. My brothers in law Thomas Dallow & Edward Dallow. My sister Ann Warnie. My cousin Jane Norton, ^50. My cousin Sarah, daughter of Bonham Norton, ^200. To Arthur, Roger, John, George & William, sons of my cousin, Bonham Norton, ^50 each. The three daughters of Bonham Norton. My cousin Bonham Norton, Exor. Overseers, Sir Roger Owen & Tho Man, Stationer. My manor of Bottrells Aston, Salop, to my wife for her life, reversion to Bonham Norton. The King's Patent for imprinting & selling Grammar.
Not corrct Arthur Norton? Cousin?
Will of Arthur Norton of London 15 November 1635 PROB 11/172
Will of Arthur Norton of London 15 November 1635 PROB 11/169
ARTHUR NORTON, of London, Esq. Will dated Oct. 25, 1635, proved Nov. 15, 1635. [115 Pile.'] To be buried in St Faith's Church, London, near my father Bonham Norton, there lately interred. Certain lands to be sold to pay debts according to a deed already made. My son George Norton to have the parsonage of Portbury & Clifden [Clevedon], & Tickenham, but not to enter on the parsonage of Tickenham during his grandmother's life. To my younger son Hugh Norton all my plate, &c. To my wife Rebecca Norton, the use of ^2,000. My brother Roger Norton & my friend Will. Cox, Overseers. My sons under age.
If the above statement is correct, Arthur Norton must have married again Rebecca. .... He only mentions two sons, George and Hugh.
Also mentions mother Ann Norton eg "mother in law"? Of St Ann Blackfriars.
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...Bonham Norton, who was also a freeman of the Stationers’ Company, and served various offices in the company, being master in 1613, 1626, and 1629. He held a patent for printing common-law books with Thomas Wright, and became the king’s printer. He published a great number of books, was an alderman of London, and subsequently retired to live on his property at Church Stretton in Shropshire. He served as sheriff of Shropshire in 1611 (in which year he received a grant of arms), and married Jane, daughter of Thomas Owen of Condover, Shropshire, one of the judges of the court of common pleas. He died on 5 April 163-5 and was buried in St. Faith’s, near his father. His widow erected a monument to their memory there, and another to her husband in Condover Church. He left a son, Roger Norton (d. 1661), also a printer and freeman of the Stationers’ Company.”
Text: Norton, Bonham, esq., Church Stretton, Salop (former gt. May 1636 ) 1653-4 2 301 Book: Index of Acts of Administration in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury 1649-1654 (Acts of Administration) Collection: England: Canterbury - Administrations in The Prerogative Court of Canterbury, 1649-1654
Mother of Arthur:
JANE NORTON, of Church Stretton, Salop, widow of Bonham Norton, Esq., decd . Will proved 23 Nov., 1640. [147 Coventry.']
....£ioo for a tomb in the Church of Condover, where I wish to be buried, in remembrance of my father Thomas Owen, Esq., one of the Justices of the Comm. Pleas, my brother Sir Roger Owen, Kn', & of my husband & self. To my brother Sir William Owen, Kn l , ^20 for mourning blacks. To my grandchild George Norton, my three best gilt goblets that were his great grandfather's. My grandchild Hugh Norton, his brother. My son Roger Norton, his wife Susan, his eldest son Roger, & his daughters Susan and Jane, To Roger my stock of ^320 at the Stationer's Hall, London. My son John Norton. My daughter Sarah Barker, widow. Francis Browne, Esq.,& my daughter Ursula, his wife. My son in law Thos Edwards, Esq., & my daughter Mary, his wife. My daughter Margaret Vaughan. My nephew & godson Francis Newton, son of John Newton, Esq., ^50. My son in law Rowland Lacon, Esq., & Jane his wife.
Bonham Norton
College: TRINITY Entered: Lent, 1580 More Information: Matric. :APop(p1,190,228); pens. from TRINITY, Lent, 1580-1. Doubtless s. and h. of William, citizen and stationer, of London (whose will, P.C.C. :APop(p2,80,96);, 1594, as of St Faith's). Sheriff of London, 1610-1. Sheriff of Salop, 1611. Retired to Church Stretton. Married Jane, dau. of Thomas Owen, Judge, of Condover, Salop. Died Apr. 5, 1635. Admon. :APop(p3,100,120); (P.C.C. :APop(p4,80,96);) 1636; as of St Anne, Blackfriars. (J. Ch. Smith; D.N.B.)
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Sentence of Arthur Norton of Saint Michael Bassishaw, City of London 03 December 1616 PROB 11/128
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Son of Brian.
Name: Brian Barnes Baptism Date: 25 Sep 1624 Parish: St John At Hackney County: Middlesex Borough: Hackney Parent(s): Brian Barnes,
Batherin Barnes Record Type: Baptism
Name: Brian Barnes Burial Date: 5 Aug 1629 Parish: St Leonard Shoreditch County: Middlesex Borough: Hackney Parent(s): Brian,
Katherine Record Type: Burial
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Son of Brian.
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Name: Brian Barnes Burial Date: 10 Nov 1624 Parish: St Dunstan and All Saints County: Middlesex Borough: Tower Hamlets Parent(s): Brian Record Type: Burial. Of Brookestreet, silkweaver.
Some early Barnes in St John Hackney including aElizabeth 1571 and Mary 1577, no parent given and a Mary baptised 1610 daughter of William. Elizabeth daughter of Anthony 1604 and George son of Anthony 1607. | Barnes, Brian (I06955)
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Son of Broome Pinnegar. Born Cliffe Pippard.
1841 Census:Combe Basset, Wiltsshire, England:
Bartlett Pinegar aged 45 years yeoman born in county
Prudence 45 yes
Elizabeth
Mary ann) twins aged 20
Sarah
Emma) 15
Sophia 15
Henry
Charles 10
Martha 8
(2 servants)
1851 Census: Combe Bassett, Wiltshire, England:
South End Farm,Combe Bassett
Bartlett Pinnegar 55 Head Farmer Cliffe Pippard
Prudence 55 Wroughton
Elizabeth 31 Combe Basset
Sarah 28
Emma 26
Sophia 25
Henry 24
Charles 19
Martha 18
Elizabeth Cripps 59 Unmarr Visitor Annuiant Cliffe Pippard
Sara A Cripps 30 Unmarr Visitor Swindon
(plus 3 servants)
1861 Census: Combe Basset, Wiltshire, England:
Bartlett Pinnegar Head Marr 66 years FarmerCliffe Pippard, Wilts
Prudence 66 Salthrope, Wilts
Sarah Dau Unm 38 Combe Bassett, Wilts
Emma Dau Unm 37 Combe Bassett, Wilts
Sophia Dau Unm 35 Combe Bassett, Wilts
Henry Son 34 Combe Bassett, Wilts
Day: 15 Month: Mar Year: 1867 Age: 72 Forenames: Bartlett Surname: PINNIGAR Place: Bishopstone nr Salisbury County: Wiltshire Country: England Reference: 93970 Notes: husb of Prudence
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Son of Bryant | Barnes, Bryant (I06957)
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Son of Edward Mortimer and Catherine Houton.
Will of Edward Mortimer Trowbridge PRO 11/735
Mentions sister Anne Mortimer Spinster and Catherine Coles, daughter Anne, Mary wife of Issac Elton and son Edward.
Nephew Edward Mortimer, son of John Mortimer who was the son of Edward Mortimer and Catherine Houlton.
The National Archives(UK)
[no title] 281M/T800-801 1702
Contents: 13 October 1702
Marriage settlement, and counterpart
1. Edward Mortimer the elder of Trowbridge, Wiltshire, gent.
2. Edward Grant the elder of Trowbridge, Wiltshire, clothier and Joseph Houlton, the younger of Trowbridge, Wiltshire, gent.
3. Edward Mortimer the younger clothier and Elianor his wife.
Plot of ground, 40 yards x 24 yards, part of orchard and garden in possession of (1) on which Edward Mortimer the younger has built a house, in Trowbridge, Wiltshire, adjoining Trowle Lane on west.
Consideration: Love.
Father of Edward (1677-1743)
Will of Edward Mortimer, Gentleman of Trowbridge, Wiltshire 16 January 1705 PROB 11/480-wife Katherine, son John, Edward Mortimer son of my son John, son Edward Mortimer.
Will of Edward Mortimer the elder of Trowbridge, Wiltshire, gent, made 14 February 1702, proved 16 January 1704.
Bequests include:- dwelling house in which now lives, to wife Katherine, then son John, then grandson Edward; - leasehold messuage with garden in Trowbridge, Wiltshire and two grounds in Studley, Trowbridge, Wiltshire to trustees for wife, the son Edward; - farmhouse and lands called Week, lately purchased in Norton S. Phillips, Farley or Telsford, Somerset to wife Katherine, then son John, the grandson Edward.
Executrix: wife Katherine Mortimer.
National Archives:
no title] 281M/T818-819 1719
Contents: 20 and 21 October 1719
Lease for a year and Release
1. Edward, Mortimer the elder of Trowbridge, Wiltshire, clothier, and Elianor, his wife.
2. Edward Mortimer the younger of Trowbridge Wiltshire, clothier, nephew of (1)
New erected messuage with backside garden and orchard in Trowbridge, built on plot of ground, 40 yards x 24 yards, adjoining Trowle Lane [as in 281M/T800]
Consideration: £469.
(Edward the younger(2) is the son of John Mortimer and grandson of Edward and Catherine Mortimer.
Will of Edward Mortimer of Trowbridge , Wiltshire 22 September 1744 PROB 11/735
National Archives:
[no title] 281M/T832 1743
Contents: 26 October 1743
Will
Of Edward Mortimer of Trowbridge, Wiltshire, esq made 16 October 1743
Requests include: farm and lands in Bradford, Wiltshire, to use of grandson Edward Elton, and heirs [further limited];
- farm and lands in North Bradley, Wiltshire to use of Sister Ann Mortimer, spinster, then to Edward Elton and heirs, [further limited]
- farm and lands at Keevil, Wiltshire, called Week Farm, to daughter, Anne Mortimer and heirs [further limited];
- leasehold estates in Froom and Oldford, Somerset to daughter Anne;
- messuages, lands, etc. in Trowbridge, Bulkington, Phillips Norton, Telsford and Farley in Somerset and Wiltshire to son Edward Mortimer the younger and heirs.
Executrixes: Anne Mortimer and Mary wife of Isaac Elton, daughters.
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Marriage of Nephew Edward Mortimer mentioned above.
[no title] 281M/T811-813 1716 These documents are held at Devon Record Office
Contents:
24 December 1716
Marriage settlement, by release after lease for a year
1. Edward Mortimer of Trowbridge, Wiltshire, clothier
2. Anne Dampier of Tintenhall, Somerset, spinster daughter of Mary Dampier
3. William Dampier of Blackford, Somerset, gent and Samuel Farthing of Crocombe, Somerset, clerk.
Messuage in Trowbridge, late in possession of Edward Mortimer, grandfather of (1), then of Katherine Mortimer, then of (1)
Consideration: marriage of Edward Mortimer and Ann Dampier.
Enclosures: Defeaseance and covenant concerning payment of £1500 to William Dampier and Samuel Farthing by Edward Mortimer in 3 weeks after marriage.
Katherine Mortimer, mother of John Mortimer and grandmother of Edward Mortimer, nephew of Edward Mortimer(1677-1743)
[no title] 281M/T808 1714
These documents are held at Devon Record Office
Contents:
4 December 1714
Assignment of mortgage
1. Katherine Mortimer of Trowbridge, Wiltshire widow
2. Edward Mortimer of Trowbridge, Wiltshire clothier, her grandson.
Plot of ground and house lately built in Trowbridge [as in 281M/T800]
Consideration: £226 14s.
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Son of George(DNB) | Austen, Joan (I05462)
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Son of Jacob Elton?
Will of Isaac Elton of Clifton , Gloucestershire 28 June 1776 PROB 11/1020
Mayor of Bristol
National Archives:[no title] 40032/D/1 1769 September 29 1 doct.
Contents: Assignment of a Trust (Sir Abraham Elton's Charity)
1. Sir Abraham Isaac Elton of Bristol, Baronet, Isaac Elton of Clifton, Glos., Alderman
2. The Revd. Carew Reynell, clerk, Vicar of St.Philip and Jacob, and others (new feofees)
Premises: close of pasture ground in or near Gloucester Road, in Parish of St. Philip and Jacob
The Eltons were a prominent Bristol family, and Abraham 1st was Sheriff of Bristol in 1702, a member of the Society of Merchant Venturers, becoming Master in 1708, Mayor of Bristol in 1710, and High Sheriff of Gloucestershire in 1716. He became a Member of Parliament for the five years preceding his death in 1727. He was created a Baronet in 1717. The family wealth originally came from copper and brass (including mining in the Mendip Hills and other commerce, and property. His descendants, not only at Clevedon, also profited from the slave trade [10] Sir Abraham Elton was succeeded by four further Sir Abraham Eltons.
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Son of James Bull, merchant and Frances Fleet, daughter of Sir John Fleet, Lord Mayor of London. | Bull, John (I03134)
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Son of John Duke of Lake, Wiltshire.
Miscellanea Genealogica Et Heraldica: Fourth Series edited by W. Bruce Bannerm
George Duke of Salterton, eldest son and heir, of Salterton, in Great Durnford, matriculated at Magdalen Hall, Oxon., 11 May 1632, aged 19; married Elizabeth, daughter of Sir George Ayliff, knt. Of Rabson or Rabenson, alias north Winterborne (whose sister, Ann Ayliff, was the first wife of Edward Hyde, afterwards Earl of Clarendon and died of small pox in her first confinement); their marriage settlement is referred to as being dated about 20 August 1636, in Chancery Proceedings, Ayliff v Duke, Hamilton 403 and Collins depositions of witnesses, taken 18 Jan. 1654, at Devizes.
An account of the family of Duke, of Lake.By the Reverend R.E.H. Duke Wiltshire Notes and Queries
Vol. 8 pp 193-205, 241-251, 289-300 March 1915 Added notes by Gerald Duke November 2003
...This George purchased the Manor of Lake ... in 1608, he had a lease of the rectory and manor of Bulford for 40 years from the crown; in December 1609 he bought the manor of Salterton for £1,300 ...He married Mary, daughter of Philip Poor of Durrington, by whom he had issue three sons and six daughters.
i. John Duke of Lake, of whom presently.
ii. George Duke of Bulford, who is stated in the allegation for a marriage licence to have been 26 years old in 1622; he married Catherine Gilbert (she was buried at Bulford, 9 September 1623), by whom he had issue on son, viz., George Duke, bapt. At Milston, 29 June 1623; admitted to the Middle Temple, 1 Feb 1650; a deponent in the Chancery suit Aycliff v Duke (Collins 328 Depositions).
iii. Andrew Duke, who was possessed of a moiety of the manor and rectory of Bulford which by his will, dated 24th May 1633, he devised to his eldest bother John Duke of Lake; he bequested 1000 marks to his nephew George, the son of his brother George, on the condition that he released all his moiety of the manor and rectory of Bulford to the said John Duke of Lake, to the intent that John should have the enjoyment of the whole manor and rectory; he left £10 to Thomas Duke of Trowbridge. He died at Lake, unmarried, 24 June 1633, and was buried in Wilsford Church 27 June; his will was proved 11 July 1633 (P.C.C.)
The inquisition on the death of George Duke of Lake is No. 650 in the Chancery Inquisitions taken at Marlborough, 1 August, 16 K. James 1, 1618, wherein it is stated that he died 18 May 1618, seized of the manor of Lake, of the manor and capital messuage of Bulford, of the Rectory of Bulford with the tithe of Bulford and Durrington, and also of the manor of Compton. John Duke is his eldest son and heir, and is 33 years of age or more. His widow, Mary Duke, made her will 11 March 1640, proved 6th July 1642.
John Duke, eldest son and heir, of Lake, was admitted to Lincoln’s Inn, 23 October 1605; he married at Dunsford, 25 Feb 1609, Mary dau. Of Edward Young of Little Durnford (she was bapt. 1 April 1588) by whom he had issue-
i. George Duke of Salterton, of whom presently.
ii. John Duke of Stratford sub Castro, of whom presently.
iii. Edward Duke of Wilsford and Winterbourne Stoke, of whom later.
iv. Andrew Duke, of Bulford.
i. Mary - allegation for marriage licence at Salisbury, dated 13th January 1629 (her age 19 years) to marry Henry White
ii. Barbara, aged 7 in 1623; buried 26 March 1630, at Wilsford.
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Son of Justice George Holroyd.
Thomas, b. 23rd March, 1799; educated at Harrow; entered the profession of the law, which he abandoned in 1827; was a member of the Light Horse Volunteers, and in 1821 did duty at the coronation of King George IV; in November, 1831, being on a visit to the continent, he had the good fortune to give important aid in saving the town of Spa from destruction by fire, for which service he was presented with a silver medal. In 1832 Mr. Thomas Holroyd proceeded to Calcutta, and after joining a mercantile house there, became high sheriff of Calcutta in 1837...
1841 Census: Gifford Stroke, Gloucestershire, England:
Stroke Park, Gifford Stroke:
Thomas Holroyd 42 Ind Not born in county
Sarah Holroyd 36 "
Sarah Holroyd 6 "
Plus 7 servants
1851 census: Can't find to date
1861 Census: Marylebone, London, England:
Upper Berkley Street, St Mary, Marylebone
Thomas Holroyd Head Wid 62 years Merchant Middlesex
Sarah Holroyd Dau Unmarr 25 years Calcutta, Bengal
1871 Census: London(Extra Parochial)
Visitor at 3 Elm Court(Premises of Solicitor)
Thomas Holroyd Widower Retired 72 Retired East India Merchant, Born London
1881 Cenus: Surrey, England:
Hampton Court Palace Apartments with his daughter Sarah Chamberlain
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Son of Ralph Shirley of Staunton Harold and Elizabeth Blount??
Which Ralph does Francis descend from??
May be a son of Ralph and sibling to Isabel, Thomas, Joanne and Richard??
Will of Ranff Sherley of Westneston, Sussex Date 07 May 1510 Catalogue reference PROB 11/16
...11 Feb 1509. To be buried in church of Westneston, ... To daughter Jahane Dawtre, Elizbeth Lee, Beatrix Elryngton, and Isabell Dawtre, to Rauff Belyngham the younger and Rauff Palmer my godchildren, to nephew Andrew Tanner, to Edward Berde, to wife Johane farm of Bodyngton, to son Thomas Sherley, to son Richard. Wife executor, to good friend and cousin John Sherley cofferer to the King overseer, "where Thos Cooke, Rauff Belyngham, John Lee, Edward Palmer, John Cowper,and Wingary Sayne lately recovered against me certain lands and tenements in Hunderage, Charlerage, Botley, Chesham Leycester, and Chesham Wobourn in county of Buckinghamshire the use of me during my life…PCC Proven 1510.
Uncle of this Ralph Shirley??
Possible Will of Ralph Shirley(of Leicestershire 1482-1517)
In Dei nomine Amen, the 10th day of March, in the year of our Lord God 1513. I Raufe Shirley S Knt. being in sound mynde and memory, the periele of death dreding, make and ordayne this my last will and testament in manner and form following. ...my body to be buried in the Abbey Church of Gerondon, in the Chapell where my fader and my wife been leyd, .... Also I will that every of my six brethren, that is to say, Thomas Shirley, Robert Shirley, Hugh Shirley, Nicholas Shirley, Richard Shirley, and Baudewyn Shirley, .... in Hambroke, Erthcote, Westbury, and Combe, in the parish of Westbury in the county of Gloucester, Magna Chelworth, in the county of Wiltes, and in the towne of Bristol, ..... singe dayly in the Chapell where Anne my last wife lyeth buried, and I purpose to lye^ for the soules of me and the same Anne, and for the soules of Thomas Warner and Elizabeth the parentes of the same Anne, and for the soules of John Shirley and Elioner the parentes of me the said Raufe, and for the soules of Elizabeth and Anne my former wives, .... said manner of Hambroke, and other the premisses, to the right heire of me the said Raufe Shirley for ever, ... Also I will that all ...I make and ordeigne my executors my couzen John Porte', the king's solicitor; Raufe Lemington, of Loughborough, merchant; Nicholas Shirley, my brother ; James Smithe, chaplain, and Thomas Fitzherbert; ...
Another Ralph Rhirley:
A SECOND WILL OF SIR RALPH SHIBLBY, KNT. Rauf Shirley, of Staunton Harauld, co. Leicester, Knighty 2d January 1517. My body to be buried at the discretion of my executors. To Jane, my Wife, my manors of Shirley and Brailsford, ... to my five brothers V marks each, yearly out of Stanton and Long Whatton; I bequeath all my household furniture, plate, &c. to my wife and my son Francis, to be equally divided between them; to my nephew Ralph Shirley the keeping of Stanton Park,... to my niece Elizabeth Hasylryg xx marks yearly until she be paid her marriage portion of c marks; to my cousin Sir Richard Sacheverel a cross of gold hanging at my chain; my manors of Staunton Harold, Rakedale, and Willowes Burton, Long Whatton, RatelyfF, Dunton, Esterleyke, Sutton Bonyngton, and Newton Regis. And I constitute my cousin Sir Richard Sacheverel, my brother Robert Hasylryg, Sir James Smith my priest, and Thomas Herbert, my executors .
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Son of Richard and grandson of Edmund who died in 1635 | Long, Edmund (I07426)
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Son of Robert Atkins. Lawyer and bencher.
Yale Law School Documents
Duke of York's Confirmation to the 24 Proprietors:
14th of March 1682 (1)
...the honourable Sir Robert Atkins, knight of the bath; the honourable Sir Edward Atkins, knight, one of the barons of his Majesty's Court of Exchequer, and their heirs in trust, to sell the same for the payment of his debts and legacies, as in and by the said will, relation being thereunto had, may appear, and shortly after dyed. AND WHEREAS the said John, Earl of hath; Thomas, Lord Crew; Bernard Greenville; Sir Robert Atkins; and Sir Edward Atkins, by indentures of lease and release, bearing date the fifth and sixth days of March, in the two and thirtieth year of his Majesty's reign conveyed the said premises, .... Robert Atkins and Sir Edward Atkins, have by indentures of lease and release, bearing date the first and second days of February last; past, granted and conveyed to the said William Penn, Robert West, Thomas Rudyard, Samuel Groome, Thomas Hart, Richard Mew, Thomas Wilcox, of London goldsmith, Ambrose Rigg, John Haywood, Hugh Hartshorn, Clement Plumstead, and Thomas Cooper, their heirs and assigns, all the said premises called East New Jersey, ....
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Lease for a year DE/Wy/39772 16 July 1669
Contents:
By John Taylor of Shinglehall, Sawbridgewenth, gentleman, and Sir Edward Atkins, knight, one of the Barons of the Exchequer, to Bernard Turner, citizen and goldsmith of London, of the manor of Affledwick otherwise Beauchamps etc and land in Layston, Anstey, Great Hormead and Wyddial. Signatures, Seals missing
Name: Edward Atkins Baptism Date: 6 Jun 1654 Parish: St Andrew Holborn County: London Borough: City of London Parent(s): Robert Atkins, Mary Atkins Record Type: Christening
Will of Sir Robert Atkyns of Lower Swell, Gloucestershire 06 March 1710 PROB 11/514 -mentions former wife, now wife Dame Ann, deceased son Edward buried at Sapperton, son Sir Robert Atkyns married 1669, son in law John Tracy, property at Holborn, London, nephew Richard Atkyns, son of my late deceased brother Edward Atkyins. | Atkins, Edward (I04983)
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Son of Samuel De Visscher of St Mary at Hill, London.
Boyds:
1686 de Visscher Abraham Webb Grace St Alphage London Wall London
Will of Abraham Devischer Esquire Battersea, Surrey 25 February 1709 Proved May 1710
-mentions brother in law Thomas Richmond Webb, wife Grace, mother Mrs Petts, sons Abraham, Samuel and Edmund, daughters Grace, Cornelia and Mary. Land at Battersea.
...Before 1695 the freehold of the estate had passed to the Devisscher family. Mary, widow of Samuel Devisscher of Battersea, married Samuel Pett, also of Battersea and probably a member of the boat-building firm. (ref.10) ... In 1713 Mary Pett and Samuel Devisscher's heirs mortgaged to Thomas Jenkins eleven houses on the north side of St. James's Place and half the open ground before them, (ref.11) and in 1721 Edmund Devisscher conveyed to Arthur Cooke and William Theed twelve houses on the south side and the other half of the open ground in the street. (ref.12) By 1736 the ownership had become vested in Edmund Strudwick of St. Anne's, Soho, (ref.13) and in 1763 the eleven houses on the north side, and perhaps those on the south, had descended to Edmund Strudwick, of Ipswich, and Samuel Strudwick of St. Marylebone. (ref. 14) (History Online).....
See: Evans, C. (1958). De Visscher: a family of London merchants. Notes and Queries 203: 313-315.
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Son of Samuel Maggs and ? Grainger
Name: John Thomas Grange Maggs Date of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar 1838 Registration district: Keynsham Inferred County: Gloucestershire, Somerset Volume: 11 Page: 108 (click to see others on page)
The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933) Thursday 4 September 1919 p 8 Advertising ... Court that ADMlMSrit VTION of the 111 AL and PLRSONVL LS1ATL of the abovuaned John Thomas Grainger Maggs deceased who died in testate, left unadministereu bv Gerrge Maggs, de ccis-- (a lawful son of ... 1264 words
The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933) ( Monday 1 October 1928) Name of Deceased Proprietor-John Thomas Grainger Maggs, late of Rockleigh, near Stanthorpe, Date of Death.-17th May, 1917. Name of Claimant.-Alfred John Maggs, of Mallow, near Stanthorpe, as Administrator. .
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Son of Sir John Gore and Hester Campbell.
Possibly the William Gore Lord Mayor of London in 1653?
Will of William Gore of Barrow, Somerset 11 September 1662 PROB 11/309
....Between this last window and the next is a large marble monument erected by Sir Thomas Gore to the memory of his father, William Gore, the first of the Gore owners of Barrow Court: ...The whole monument has been carefully tinctured and picked out with gold ; on a shield set back between the jagged edges of the pediment are the Gore Arms as before, surmounted by the Crest, ' On a mount (really vert) an heraldic tiger rampant argent murally gorged gules; below the pediment on a frieze is the very indistinct chronogram
Sapiens Morlen Do LVCratVr. 1 + 1000 + 1 + 500 + 50 + 5+100 + 5 = 1662.
Below on large oval black slab, bordered with pomegranates, &c. :
QUISQUIS ES NEPOTUM EN TIBI HOC MABMOR EXHIBET. VIT^: MORTISQUE SPECULUM AD QUOD NON VULTUM SED ANIMUM COMPONAS VIRTUTIS NON GLORIA MOXUMENTUM. /Ifc.S. GUILIEL GORE . ARM . FIL . NA . SEC . JOANNIS GORE DE GELSDEN IN AGRO HERTFORD . EQ . AUR. ANNIS ET JUDICIO MATURUS. UXOREM DUXIT PIET . ET SANCTISS . MORIBUS PR^ELUCENTEM JANAM FIL . THOM.E . SMITH . ARMIG. CUJUSCI FAMILIA IN CO. HANTON FLORET. EX QU^TV . FIL : FILIASQ' 'Tl FELICITER SUSCEPIT. PATERN^ VIRTUTI COMPAR. SPLENDOREM NOMINIS, QUEM A MAJORIBUS ACCEPIT ILLIBATUM POSTERIS SUA VIRTUTE PRODUCENDUM TRADIDIT HOMINUM EST VIRTUS NON NOMINUM, IN REBUS OBEUNDIS, QUAS DOMI FORISQUE SINGULARI CUM PRUDENTIA ET FELICITATE PEREOIT : NUNQUAM UTILIA HONESTIS PRJETULIT ; NEC SECUNDIS ELATUS, NEC ADVERSIS FRACTUS : UTRISQ' MAJOR, EX HAC VITA MELIOREM INITURUS : HAUD INVITUS DECESSIT . A . CHR . MDCLXII. ^STAT SU.E LX. PATRI SUO CHARISSIMO IN PIKT . FIDEM, QUAM VIVO PRJESTITERAT. DEFUNCTO POSUIT THOMAS GORE EQ . AUR. FIL . NA . MAX. Below a shield bears the Arms of Gore, impaling Azure, two bars between three pheons or . Smith . supported on each side with two cornucopias filled -with fruit, slung hammock-like from ribbons.. William Gore married Jane Smith (see p. 11 of History).
...Sir Francis Dodington and John his son sold the Barrow Estate in 1659 to William Gore, of Morden, Surrey, and Gilston, Herts., Esq., in whose family it remained for upwards of 200 years. William Gore, second son of Sir John Gore, Knight, Lord Mayor of London, 1624, and Hester, his wife, daughter of Sir Thomas Campbell, Alderman of London, married Jane, daughter of Thomas Smith, Esq., of Tedworth, Hants. They both died and were buried here, he in 1662, and she in 1698. They had issue 1) Sir Thomas Gore, (2) William Gore, of S. Paul's, Covent Garden, Esq., who died 1724, set 85, without issue, and was buried here, (3) John Gore, of S. Paul's Covent Garden. Esq., buried here 1724, set, 83, (4) Gerard Gore, of the County of Northampton, Esq., who married and had issue ; (5) Jane Gore, who married first John Travell Esq., and secondly Newton, Esq., (6) Hester Gore, the wife of John Blagrave, of Reading, Esq., M.P., by whom she had two sons and a daughter, Hester.
Will:
proved by Thomas Gore, son, Sept. 11, 1662. [116 Laud.'] My father Smith to have mourning apparell. ...of my personal estate to my wife Jane Gore, ... To the child of my son, Thomas Gore, ...My daughter Jane is married already. To my son William Gore, £3,000. Same to my son John Gore, at 25. To my son Gerard Gore, £3,000. To my daughter Hester Gore, the same, at 21. My son Thomas Gore, Exr. My wife Jane Gore, & my son-in-law Mr John Travell, overseers. To my sister Marten a gold ring. Same to my sister Briggs, my sister Busby & my brother John Smith. My Brothers Henry & Thomas Smith. To my daughter Travell, mourning & .£20. To my grandchildren Thomas & John Travell, £20. .." To my son Gerard Gore, ^300 more, hoping he will be a scholar...
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Son of Thomas Bennett of Cheapside, Alderman, merchant Taylor. Will 1620 PCC.
Sir Humphrey Bennet, of Shalden, Hants, who in 1631 was of the Middle Temple. He was Knighted(a) before Dec. 1645 & was M.P. for Petersfield, 1661-67. He wed firstly, 7 July 1631, Mary, da. of Thomas Smith, of Tedworth, Hants, Merchant of London, by Jane, da. of John Robinson. He secondly Elizabeth [da. of Meredith Thomas, of Wales. He thirdly (Lie. Vic. Gen., 1 1 Feb. 1660/1) Elizabeth, widow of Sir Richard Norton, of Rotherfield, but by her had no issue. He d. Dec. 1667. Will pr. 1668. He had issue by his first wife (I.) Thomas Bennet, who d. s.p. at sea 1673 ; (1.) Joane, who by., as second wife, (Lie. Vic. Gen., 28 May 1669) George Garth, of Morden, co. Surrey, (d. 20 Nov. 1676 in his 53 year), and d. s.p. 22 Jan. 1699/700, aged 65 & was bur. at Morden. M.I. By his second wife Sir Humphrey had (2) Elizabeth, who wed John Boevey, of Mincing Lane, London, Merchant, and d., his widow, at Greenwich, Jan. 1712/3, leaving an only child Richard Boevey, who took the name of Garth, on inheriting the estates of that family (Some account of the Lord Mayors and Sheriffs of the city of London, during the first quarter of the seventeenth century, 1601-1625)
Will of Humphrey Bennett Knight - 22 December 1667 12 February 1667
Mentions nephew Levinus Bennett, Baronet, son Thomas Bennett, daughter Elizabeth, Jane and Dorothy.(Which children belong to which wife??)
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Contents:
Letter to Thomas, Earl of Southampton concerning a petition from the mayor and burgesses of Christchurch confirming that Sir Humphrey Bennett and Mr Richard Compton have no authority to suspend any of the burgesses and that they should therefore no longer meddle in the corporation's affairs but leave them to their 'liberty and free elections'
[Druitt number V56a]
In charge of the Royalst Horse at the Battle of Newbury.
Colonial Papers. 1657. Oct 22
The Complete Book of Emigrants, 1607-1776
"22 October 1657. Sir Humphrey Bennett is to be freed from the Tower in
order to make preparations to go to America. (CSPC}"
1658. The case against Sir Humphrey Bennett dropped; Captain Woodcock acquitted, Henry Mallory imprisoned.
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Son of Thomas Wanton and Joan Laxton. Citizen and grocer of London.
John also a merchant in London. Also a searcher at the Customs House.
Will of John Wanton, Grocer of London
Date 11 August 1592 PROB 11/80
Scope and content
Ferdinand Alvares v. Thomas Cockyne. Corn belonging to Bernard Lewes, seized by John Wanton, searcher of the port of London. A bond entered into by the defendant and John Smithe to the plaintiff and Benjamin Anis. London. Covering dates 32/33 Eliz. Mich. Availability Open Document, Open Description, Normal Closure before FOI Act: 30 years Held by
The National Archives, Kew no title] DDSH 1/203 1579/80
Contents:
John Wanton, citizen and grocer, of London, to John Crosse, of Lyverpoole, gent. General release of all claims, actions, &c., to 25th of November last.
Sealed in presence of Tho. Lucas, servant to Robert Preston, and John Russell.
Dated 2nd of February, 21 Elizabeth [1579/80].
Liverpool.
Annals of the coinage of Britain and its dependencies: from the ..., Volume 4 By Rogers Ruding
...It is therefore ordered, that Edmond Calthorp, Thomas Maston, of the City of London, haberdashers, and John Wanton, of the said City, grocer, men well acquainted with the manner of exchanges and rechanges, to and from the City of London, and to and from foreign parts, may make and give sufficient warrant to all persons for exchange and rechange, agreeable to the Statutes; and therefore, from henceforth, ail Bills of exchange and rechange indorsed or subscribed with the name and hand writing of them, or any of them, shall be sufficient warrant both for the deliverer and the taker.
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Son of Walter Doe and Ann
Any connection:
Will of William Doe, Grocer of Abingdon , Berkshire 30 March 1775 PROB 11/1005
Mentions wife Mary, daughter Sarah wife of Thomas Belcher, | Doe, William (I07270)
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Son of William Garway and Elizabeth Anderson.
1627 Sir Henry Garaway. Son of Sir William Garaway, Farmer of the Customs, nephew of Sir Henry Anderson (Alderman, Sheriff 1601-2) ...
From: 'Notes on the aldermen, 1502-1700', The Aldermen of the City of London: Temp. Henry III - 1912 (1908), pp. 168-195. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=67247 Date accessed: 16 October 2011.
Sixteen children baptised from 1612-32
Sentence of William Garway of Saint Peter le Poer, City of London 01 July 1642 PROB 11/190
Will of William Garway of Saint Peter Le Poer, City of London 16 May 1642 PROB11/189
Daughter Elizabeth married Robert Sainthill (see will of grandmother Elizabeth Backhouse)
Will of William Garway:
2 Feb. Sir Wm. Garway of London Knight 1623
To my wife Elizabeth my Manor of Garway Co Hereford also all my lands called Wandmore Gallowhill Wood Croyd Ith linke or Maudlin Wood Co Hereford also in Acton and Zealing at Yeading Co Middx- ... late monystrie of St. Albones Co Hereford also my 3 meadows behind the late Braserie of the said late monastrey and all other lands etc in St. Albones.
To my eldest son Henry Garwaie my Manor of Fawd and Climping to him and his heirs and my Manor of Terring, Hooe Ovingdeane and Pavock Co Sussex and all my lands in Sussex...with reversion to my 2 son William Garway 3 son Thomas 4 son Nathaniell 5 son Jonas and my right heirs in turn. To my son William my Manor of Barcharies Co Somerset my Manor and Borough of Kenne Co Devon for ever- also lands in Nunneaton Co Warwicke. To my son Thomas ... To my son Nathaniell Garwaie ...granted by me to him and his wife Grace for life out of my lands in Sussex. .... money be divided equally among my 5 grandchildren - Thomas, Henry, Mary, Rebecca, and Sarah Elkington children of my late daughter Joan, ...to Anne Elkington another daughter of my said daughter Joan. ..... and my Cosen John Williams of London, Merchant, ..... If there be any overplus of my personal estate it is to be divided into three parts for (1) my wife Elizabeth (2) my children Henry William, Thomas, Nathaniel, Jonus, Elizabeth and Fortune. (3) My sons Henry and William to the discharging of my funeral and legacies. To my wife my term in my house in London where I dwell, all my household stuff, plate, two gold rings with two great diamonds all her jewels, my coach and horses ... My Cosen Francis Garwaie owes me £40 he shall have £20 and the other £20 is for his son Thomas at Cambridge. My Cosen Ann white owes £30 - she shall have £6 to keep her sister Elizabeth a year and half to Christmas 1622, the other £10 for my Cosen Elizabeth Sydenhams maintenance at 20/- per quarter. ... Pd. 18 January 1625 by Henry Garaway and William Garaway sons. (PCC 5 Hele)
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Son ot Alexander Mactavish, carpenter at Corpach, and Una Cameron
Near by is the birth of a daughte Peggy Cameron to a Alexander Cameron, carpenter at Corpach. Brother or relative to Hannah Cameron; perhaps working with Alexander McTavish?? | MacTavish, John (I08813)
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Son?
Will of Nicholas Busfeild, Merchant of Saint Lawrence Jewry, City of London 20 June 1738 PROB 11/690
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Son??
Day: 5 Month: Aug Year: 1693 Age: Forenames: Philip Surname: POORE Place: Durrington County: Wiltshire Country: England Reference: 95499
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Sophia BROWN (second daughter) was born on 14 Aug 1846 at Aldbourne, Wiltshire. She was baptized on 23 Oct 1846 at Aldbourne, Wiltshire. | Brown, Sophia (I02880)
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Source : MLB (Bishops' Marriage Bonds)
Man's Surname : WALTON
Man's Forename : JOHN
Man's Age : 25
Man's Occupation : CLERK
Man's Place of Abode : DEVIZES ST. JOHN, WILTS
Man's Status : -
Man's Notes : -
Woman's Surname : AXFORD
Woman's Forename : ANN
Woman's Age : 24
Woman's Place of Abode : DEVIZES ST. JOHN, WILTS
Woman's Status : -
Woman's Notes : -
Bondsman 1 : GORDON JOHN,CLERK,ST.MARY DEVIZES
Bondsman 2 : -
Marriage Details : ST.JOHN DEVIZES, FEB 9 1729
Parish Registers:
Mr J Walton and Ann Axford was married ye 9 of February, 1729/30
Walton, John Devizes. Bd Com. Ren. 12 Aug 1745
Bond of Action of the effects of John Walton Clerk with ..nd
At Sarm Aug 12 1745 by the Rev. John Morse .....of Arts lawful surrogate of the Rev. the worshipful Henry Plebbing .....of the Diocese of Sarum .....of the said effects of the ..John Walton deceased was granted to Eleanor Axford spinster the principal creditor of said deceased(Anne Walton) widow his relict having first in writing renounced these Eleanor Axford being first sworn by common ..the deceasd dyed interstate........thereto .....fully required.
Know all men by these presents that We Eleanor Axford of Devizes in the county of Wilts, spinster and Henry Axford gent of the County of .....are held and firmly bound unto the Right Rev. Thomas Lord Bishop of Sarum in the sum of one hundred and twenty pounds of good and lawful money of Great Britian,...in the year of our lord one thousand seven hundred and forty five.
The condition of this obligationis such that if ...Eleanor Axford principal creditor and Administrator of all and singular the Goods Chattels and credits of John Walton late of the Devizes above said clerk interstate deceased do make and cause to be made a true and perfect inventory of all and singular the goods chattels and credits of the said deceased which have or shall come to the hands possession or knowledge of her the said Eleaenor Axford ... to see the bond or obligation here to annexed duly executed by the said Eleanor Axford and here sufficient suretys requiring you to return these presents to us or our lawful surrogate or other competent Judge in this behalf with a certificate under your hand or the hand of either of you who shall execute this our commission testifying what you or either of you shall do in the presents on or before the last day of September next ensuing the date here of otherwise these presents to be void and of none effect. In witnessess where of we have ....the seal of our office to be affixed to these presents dated at Sarum the seventh day of August in the year of our Lord 1745.
Signed Thom: Thomas .....
The form of the oath to be administered to the above said Eleanor Axford laying her hand on the Gospel is as follows to wit you swear that John Walton late of the Devizes in the county of Wilts Clerk deceased dyed without making any last will or testament so far as you know and believe that you will well and duly administer his effects and pay his debts so far forth as his goods chattles and credits will there to extend and the law bind you that you will make or cause to be made a true and perfect inventory of all and singular the goods chattels and credits of the said deceased which have and shall come to your hand possession or knowledge and exhibit the same into the Registry of the Lord Bishop of Sarum and pays an account of your administration when you shall be thereunto lawfully required so help you God when you shall be thereunto lawfully required. So help you God
Signed ... Cooke.
Signed Eleanor Axford
The oath above written was administered to the said Eleanor Axford and by her duly taken the eigth day of August in the year of our Lord 1745 by and before me
Signed Willm. Wells. Sur.
Know all men by those prosents that .....Anne Walton Widow the relict of John Walton late of the Borough of Devizes in the county of Wilts clerk who lately died intestate without any will by him made........and consideration ...thereunto ....renounce my rights to the letters of Administration of all and singular the goods chattels and credits of my late husband deceased and ...far as in .....consent that the same be granted to my sister Eleanor Axford of this borough of Devizes, spinster and to the ....that this my copy of renunciation and consent may have a due a effect in law. ... where of I the said Anne Walton have here unto set my hand and seal this seventh day of August one thousand seven hundred and forty and five.
Sealed and delivered being first duly stamped in the presence of :
Ann Walton Henry Axford James Webb
Devizes:
Flat Stones in the Chancel
"In memory of the Reverend John Walton, who departed this life the 7th August, 1745. Aged 39 years.
And Eleanor, his daughter, died 18 Jan, 1756. Aged 20.
And Mary, wife of F.R. Humphreys Esq. died 23 March;, 1779 Aged 73.
Also F. Richmond Humphreys Esq died June 6th, 1797 Aged 62 years.
Creation dates: 1735 July 19
Scope and Content:
(1) Axford, Henry, gentleman
(2) Bayly, Francis, gentleman, and Elizabeth his wife.(Francis Bailey and Eliz Axford Married Devizes 1730)
(3) Axford, Eleanor, spinster
(4) Walton, John, clerk, and Anne his wife
(5) Bernard, James, gentleman, and Mary his wife.
(6) Horton, John, of Bath, apothecary, and Frances his wife. (John Horton and Frances Axford marry Devizes 1732)
Articles of Agreement concerning the estate of Frances Hope, non compos.
(Possibly the Francis Hope buried Devizes aged 68 years 8th Jan 1770.)
Alumni Oxonienses
It gives John born c1704 as he entered Magdalen Hall, Oxford, 11th November 1723 aged 19. He got his BA in 1727. His father is given as Joseph Walton, Cler., Botley.
Day: 7 Month: Aug Year: 1745 Age: 39 Forenames: John Surname: WALTON Place: Devizes County: Wiltshire Country: England Reference: 171527 Notes: Rev husb of Anne
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Spelilng of mother name-Johnstoun. Correct one?? | Craig, Agnes (I02351)
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Spelt Jaxon on his marriage details in 1714.
Relatives??
Index of Testators of Wills of Arkesden 1700-1858
Honour Jackson (widow 1715), William Jackson (tailor 1707), | Jackson, George (I05286)
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Spent a lot of time aboard in France from the late 1840-1870"s?? Possibly with her nephew Houston Stewart Chamberlain. | Chamberlain, Harriet Mary (I02220)
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St Helens Bishopgate
BURIALS. 273 1609 Jan. 24 Cicely Cyoll, widowe, iu her Fathers vault in St Michaels Church, Bassingshawe Church, d. 10 Jan
Who's Who of Tudor Women:
CECILY GRESHAM (February 12, 1525-January 10, 1608/9)
Cecily Gresham was the daughter of Sir John Gresham (1492-October 23, 1556) and his first wife, Mary Ipswell (d. before 1553), and a cousin Sir Thomas Gresham of Royal Exchange fame. She married a Spanish merchant living in London, variously called Jermyn Cyoll, Germain Cioll, Germayne Sciol, and Jarman Sewel or Sewell (d.1587+), but she had a successful career of her own as a moneylender. After 1558, Cyoll and his wife lived in Crosby Place, the London mansion formerly occupied by Sir Thomas More. Cecily was known for her charitable works in the parish, including giving bread to the poor every Sunday.
Chancery: Inquisitions Post Mortem, Series II, and... C 142/317/126 Cyoll, Cecily: London . Cyoll, Cecily: London
Date: 1609 - 1610 Source: The Catalogue of The National Archives
PROB 11/115 Will of Cicelie Cioll Widow London.
-wants to be buried near her father at St Michael Bassingshaw, goddaughter Mary Rowe gotten of the body of Lady Barkley by her first husband Robert Rowe my cousin, to Sir Thomas Rowe another child of my cousin Robert Rowe, my cousin Sir William Garrett, my cousin Henry Rowe, kight Alderman of London, my cousin Newberry daughter of the said Henry Rowe, Thomas Gresham son of my brother john Gresham, my brother William Gresham and his son William, my cousin Sir William Wall....
London Subsidy Rolls
PRO E179/146/369d cf 394d, 397
1st Subsidy granted 1597 assessment date 1 October 1598
St Hellens p{ar}ishe
Sisley Cyoll widdow 3
| Gresham, Cecily (I07131)
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St James Clerkenwell. 1663/64 Richard s. of Edward Vaynes & John s. of Matthewe Rose were buried
Name: John Rose Baptism Date: 13 Apr 1662 Parish: St James, Clerkenwell County: Middlesex Borough: Islington Parent(s): Matthews Rose, Sarah Rose Record Type: Baptism.
There is a John Rose son of Matthew buried 1676 St James Clerkenwell.
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1697 Rose Thomas son of John, St Saviour Southwark, Surrey, butcher to John Ingram 9 Dec 1697, Blacksmiths' Company
1699 Rose Thomas son of John, Southwark, Surrey, butcher to Wilmot Gillet, widow 6 Apr 1699, Butchers' Company
1706 Rose Benjamin, son of John, St Olave Southwark, Surrey, butcher, to Thomas Munday, 4 Dec 1706, Turners' Company
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St John's Church, Croydon, Surrey:
On a black marble slab under Whitgift's tomb:
"To the memorie of that worthie Lady Elizabeth Gresham late wife of Sir William Gresham Knight, who after she had lived 27 yeares unspotted in her conversation, charitable to the poore sincere in Religion, resigned up her soule into the hands of her Creator upon the 9 day of December 1632, and lieth here interred in hope of a glorious Resurrection for a memoriall of which singular verttte her deare and only daughter".
"G. hath consecrated this marble as a duty she could performe."
| Finch, Elizabeth (I09705)
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St Martins in the Field.
" John Neate of this parish and Penelope Sheriff of the parish of St Giles in the Fields were married by banns the twenty-sixth day of July 1763 by me B. Dixon, Curate. This marriage was solemnized between us in the presence of Issac Sheriff Wm Neate John Neate Penelope Sheriff"
Possibly a brother James who marries at St Martins in 1789?
Perhaps a daughter Penelope as one marries a Thomas Farrin at St Pancras in 1803?
Grandfather Issac leaves money to his grandchildren Henrietta, Esther and Issac.
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St Mary Aldermanbury:
"Buried 1st November 1644 a daughter of Mr Joh Smith" | Smith, Mary (I04491)
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St Mary Piddleton, Dorset:
Nicholas Martyn and wife Margaret M.S. III J pid 1595/96
London workshop Effigies of Nicholas Martyn, 1595, in armor, and his wife Margaret, with three sons and seven daughters, all kneeling. Achievement and inscription in nine lines of English. Mural at the back of an altar tomb surmounted by a canopy cin the south chapel, the Chapel of St. Magdalene. This brass commemorating Nicholas Martyn consists of four separate plates. ...To the right of the achievement kneels Margaret Wadham Martyn before a prayer desk, with her seven daughters behind her, all similarly dressed....The achievement, and a rectangular plate between these two major figures, displays a shield with the Martyn arms (Argent two bars Gules) impaling thoseof Wadham (Gules, a chevron between three roses Argent). ... Beneath the achievement and the figures is a separate plate with an inscription of nine lines in English in Roman capitals:
Here lyeth the body of Nicholas Marton Esqvire;
Who departed this life & Slept vth his fathers
Ye 23 day of March An° 1595
& left behind to inherit his lands
IIV daughters co heirs Elizabeth Frances Jane & Anne,
whose sovle assvredly doth rest,
with Abraham Isaeck and Jacob
In y kingedom of Heaven?
Nicholas Martyn married Margaret, the daughter of John Wadham of Merifield, Somerset, whose brother Nicholas Wadham of Ilminster, Somerset (q.v.), founded Wadham College, Oxford. Unfortunately, Nicholas was the last of the Martyns, for his three sons died...
(Helps, Arthur. A Guide to the Ancient Church of St. Mary's, Puddletown. (1955) Revised edition. Dorchester: Longmans, 1972.)
| Martin, Nicholas (I04874)
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