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Report that the galleons sent out of Spain are piloted by Portuguese, and manned by 2,000 Spaniards, who intend to take "Majore," where the Flemings have built a fort, and so proceed to Castle de Maine, and from thence to the East Indies. Humphrey Ambler, Atkins, the salter in Friday Street, Mr. Foxe, Mr. Middleton, at "Soperlane end," Raphe King, a grocer, Robt. Bagshawe, young Carmarden, Paul de Caper, and John Johnson, said to be adventurers from Brest to the East Indies. Anthony Bridges, apprentice of Bartholomew Holland, clothworker, to be admitted for a fine of 5l
From: 'East Indies: January 1614', Calendar of State Papers Colonial, East Indies, China and Japan, Volume 2: 1513-1616 (1864), pp. 267-274. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=68760 Date accessed: 01 January 2012.
Names of Persons admitted and sworn Free Brethren of the East India Company.
June 18 1634 Robert, son of Bartholomew Holland. Patrimony and 10s. to poor box. 351
From: 'East Indies: December 1634', Calendar of State Papers Colonial, East Indies and Persia, Volume 8: 1630-1634 (1892), pp. 602-638. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=71479 Date accessed: 01 January 2012.
THE COURT RECORDS OF THE EAST INDIA COMPANY THE DAWN OF BRITISH TRADE TO THE EAST INDIES AS RECORDED IN THE COURT MINUTES OF THE EAST INDIA COMPANY 1599-1603
...To Bartholomew Holland a bill of adventure & supplies 240 o o
Possibly the Bartholomew Holland servant to Sir Maurice Abbott buried 28.05.1630 at St Stephen Coleman Street, London. | Holland, Bartholomew (I07007)
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Salisbury St Edmund: 1722. Married Samuel Davison, of Trowbridge, & Elizabeth Ballard, of Bratton, Lic
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Sentence of Sir Thomas Heneage 02 December 1601 PROB 11/98
Sir Thomas Heneage died Oct. 1595. He did not like Sir Moyle Finch, his daughters husband. His will of July, 1595 sought to ensure that his daughter and her husband would honour his previous conveyance of Copped Hall and Epping to his (2nd)wife.
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Several "Mary Browns" arrive in Australia between 1845-1853.
Possibly arrived per "Panama", at Sydney 12.01.1850. Listed as an Irish Orphan aged 17, nursemaid. Another entry down is Mary Brown of Ballina, Mayo nursemaid aged 16.
Parents given as Thomas Brown and Bridget Jennings
BROWNE Mary 17 Panama 1850 Sydney and/or Newcastle Reel 2136, [4/4786] Page 531; Reel 2461, [4/4919] Arrived 12 January 1850.
Entry no. 10 on Panama is Mary Browne, aged 17 years nursemaid from Ballina, Ireland, Church of Rome and cannot read or write.
Browne Mary 17 Ballana, Mayo Thomas & Bridget (both dead) RC Relations in colony: sister Bridget Browne per ship - Empl. C A Anderson, New England, £7-8, 2 yrs. State Records Office of NSW, Register and applications for orphans SRNSW 4/4715-4717 (hereafter, Register). Register 2 No 455, 12 Jan 1850 indentures with Jeemiah Donovan, Sydney.
Brown Mary 16 Ballana, Mayo Anthony & Bridget (both dead) RC Empl. W A Wright, 326 Pitt St., £6-8, 3 yrs. State Records Office of NSW, Register and applications for orphans SRNSW 4/4715-4717 (hereafter, Register). Register 2 No 1339, 11 Oct 1850 Bathurst. Im. Cor. 50/792 Bathurst
Darling Downs Gazette, 09.04.1898.
Death of an Old Pioneer, Mrs Cooke, of Goombungee.
Gradually the pioneers of Queensland are dropping off, and the last to go is Mrs Mary Cooke, of Goombungee, after a residence of 49 years in Queensland, 28 of which were spent in Goombungee. This aged and much respected lady has left a large circle of friend and many - both settler and Traveller who can refer to a time her generosity and kind-heartedness helped them in time of need. Generous to a fault and ready to sacrifice herself for others the deceased claimed the respect and love of all in the district. Her experiences in the colony would serve as interesting subject matter for a book. Nearly fifty years ago she was one of the few white women who braved the dangers of station life in the West, and many an interesting adventure could she narrate. From the suffering and bravery of such as Mrs Cooke are due to the comforts of civilization and settlement now enjoyed by Western settlers. With her husband they were the first settlers in Goombungee district, and during their residence in that district has earned the respect of all. She has a family of five sons and three daughters. Of her married sons, Mr. J. Cooke is stationmaster at Gympie, Mr. G. Cooke, J.P. resides at Goombungee and the only married daughter is Mrs G. W. Hurford, of Toowoomba. | Browne, Mary (I00673)
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Tedworth An Act to enable Thomas Assherton Smith Esquire and William Henry Assherton Smith, to grant building, improving and other Leases of the Estates devised by the Will of William Smith Esquire, deceased. 9pp. 1777. £18.00
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The manors of Plumley and Holford were purchased in 1791 by Thomas Langford Brooke, Esq., of Mere from Thomas Asherton Smith, Esq., to whose grandfather Thomas Asherton they were given.
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The Aldbourne Parish Registers record:
"Buried John son of Mr Stephen Neate, 19.08.1771."
Presumably this is a son of Stephen and Rachel Neate baptised elsewhere between their marriage in 1762 in Wroughton and the baptism of their first child in the Aldbourne Registers, Ann in 1767. | Neate, John (I10441)
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The Aldbourne Parish Registers record:
"Buried Stephen son of Stephen Neate, 13.12.1766"
Presumably this is a son of Stephen and Rachel Neate baptised elsewhere between their marriage in 1762 in Wroughton and the baptism of their first child in the Aldbourne Registers, Ann in 1767. | Neate, Stephen (I10440)
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There is a burial at Swindon in 1651 of a Thomas Vilett son of Thomas, Gent. | Vilett, Thomas (I04021)
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There is a marriage of a Henry Axford aged 30 of Erlestroke who married Joan Dawkins aged 22 years at North Burcombe, Wiltshire in 1618. | Axford (I10277)
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There is John Neate baptised Marlborugh, son Of William on 8th September, 1661.
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There is a John Neate son of John baptised 08.06.1661 Wroughton, Wiltshire.(Other siblisngs Mary baptised 30.05.1655). Benjamin Neate also having children about same time.
Also listed on the Local Tax Census for Lydiard Tregoze in 1697?:
John Nit and Elizabeth
In 1700 listed as John Nit, wife and 8 children
In 1701 listed above
Also listed in 1697 Thomas, Eliz, Anne, William and Robert
Died Lydiard Tregoze. Possibly the John Neate listed as a church warden at Lydiard Tregoze in 1704.
" In the name of God Amen I John Neate of the parish of Lydiard Tregoze in the county of Wilts yeoman being in health of body and of sound and perfect mind and memory do make and organize this my last will and testament in manner following(that is to say)
Impris I do give unto my dear wife Elizabeth .... Then I do give and bequeath to my sons-William, Stephen and James and unto my daughters Anne, Mary, Martha and Sarah Jn. Marshall, Thomas Neate, James Neate
At Marlborough 5 th May 1732.......Thos Neate Extor. intramona....Coram
There is a will of a William Church, miller of Oak Hill, Wiltshire, dated April 1687? Could this be Elizabeth Church's first husband?
Mariage Licences of Wiltshire, Berkshire: John NEATE aged 25 from Yatesbury married Elizabeth CHURCH a widow from Compton Bassett on May 28th 1687 bondsmen were Thomas NEATE and William NEATE
According to Anne Neates pedigree John had ten sons and 1 daughter. Settled between Marlborough and Calne.
There is a record on 31.01.1683/84 Stratton St. Margaret John Neate and Hannah King. John is "vic: of ye same parish" Vicar of the parish? Need to find the children of John and Hannah Neate? John arrived in Swindon in 1703.
Where does John Neate died 1717, Vicar of Swindon fit in? Is he the John, brother of Thomas, Stephen, William etc. Is he the father of Richard granted arms in 1736, thus grandfather of the vicar, Richard Neate mentioned in Anne's pedigree?
There is a John Neate living in Calne in 1682.? Also a John Neate, sergemaker , of Calne who died Calne 1710. Possibly married to a Mary?
Also an Elizabeth Neate, daughter of John and Eliz, Compton Bassett, 21.08.1690?
There is a John Neate baptised Southbrrom St James 1666 son of Robert and Margaret??
National Burial Index " John Neate who died at Lydiard Tregoze in 1732 and described as Yeoman."
Wiltshire Memorial Index " John Neate age died 177? husband of Elizabeth, Lydiard Tregoze" (incorrect date transcription or son John born in the 1690's)
If this is the correct marriage than groom aged 25 years and of Yatesbuty, a husbandman and she a widow. Bondsmen for marriage were Thomas Neate of Britford, yeoman and William Neate of Yatesbury, yeoman.
Day: 24 Month: Feb Year: 1750 Age: 86 Forenames: Elizabeth Surname: NEATE Place: Lydiard Tregoze County: Wiltshire Country: England Reference: 82741 Notes: wife of John
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Will of Jane Sacheverell, Widow of Saint Benet Fink, City of London 03 May 1625 PROB 11/145
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Will of John Rayment, late Polter of London 04 May 1692 PROB 11/409
Will of Thomas Rayment, Poulterer of London 26 March 1652 PROB 11/221
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Will of John Wade, Clerk, late Curate of Broughton, Oxfordshire 19 March 1578 PROB 11/
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Name: John Wade Marriage Date: 23 Jan 1562 Parish: St Giles, Cripplegate County: London Borough: City of London Spouse: Elizabeth Hawsey Record Type: Marriage Register Type: Parish Register
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Name: John Wade Marriage Date: Nov 1574 Parish: St Giles, Cripplegate County: London Borough: City of London Spouse: Katheren Welch Record Type: Marriage Register Type: Parish Register
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Name: John Wade Marriage Date: 4 Nov 1583 Parish: St Giles, Cripplegate County: London Borough: City of London Spouse: Elizabeth Reade Record Type: Marriage Register Type: Parish Register
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Will of Judith Smith Brockhurst, Southampton 24 May 1692 April 1730
Mentions daughter Elizabeth and her husband William Forbes, brother Michael Davison
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Will of Sir John Saint John of Lydiard Tregoze, Wiltshire 20 September 1648 PROB 11/205
British History Online
Funeral of Sir John St. John.
In 1648, Sir John St. John (the nephew as I imagine of Lord Grandison (fn. 34) ) was buried at Battersea with such unusual pomp, that it excited the attention of the heralds, who commenced a prosecution against Mr. Walter St. John the executor, for acting so contrary to the usage of arms and the laws of heraldry.
In the British Museum (fn. 35) is a MS. deposition of William Riley, one of the heralds, who declares, that the funeral of the deceased was conducted in a manner so much above his degree, that the escutcheons were more than were used at the funeral of a duke; and that he never saw so many pennons but at the funeral of one of the blood royal; and that he considered such a precedent to be destructive of all distinction, order, and degree of honour and nobility. The burial of Sir John St. John is omitted in the Register. From: 'Battersea', The Environs of London: volume 1: County of Surrey (1792), pp. 26-48. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=45371. Date accessed: 20 July 2007.
Wiltshire Memorial Inscription Index:
Year: 1648 Age: Forenames: John Surname: ST JOHN Place: Lydiard Tregoze County: Wiltshire Country: England Reference: 105655 Notes: Sir 1st Bt d at Battersea husb of 1) Anne 2) Margaret
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Will of Sir William Shelley of Clapham, Sussex Date 08 February 1549 Catalogue reference PROB 11/32
Will of John Shelley of Michelgrove, Sussex 27 April 1551 PROB 11/34
JOHN SHELLEY, esq. Vol. 46, No. 14. Steyning, 29 June 19 Hen. VIII. Died 3 Jan. 18 Hen. VIII. Heir, son William Shelley, the Judge, aged 48 and more. Lands. Manor of Applesham, advowson of and lands in Combes settled 26 Sept. 18 Hen. VIII. on Alice, wife of William Shelley his son and heir, remainder to William S. and his heirs. Moiety of manor and advowson of Denton in Denton and " Sakam " in Shermanbury also settled on said William and Alice. Manor of Hoope in Budgwick settled 16 Hen. VIII. on himself for life and afterwards on Richard Shelley and Mary his wife. Lands called " Lymeborn " in Fittleworth, " Wayhurst " in B-udgwick, " la Lee " in Clapham, and lands in Storrington, Salvington, Horsbroke, Pokkesmore, Shermanbury, North Mundham, Slinfold, Middleton and Bensted.
ELIZABETH, widow of JOHN SHELLEY, esq., and daughter and heir of John Michelgrove, otherwise called John Fawkenor, esq. Vol. 46, No. 15. Steyning, 29 June 19 Hen. VIII. Died 30 July 5 Hen. VIII. Heir, son William Shelley, now one of the Justices of the King's Bench, and aged 48 and more. Lands called " Michelgrove " and other lands in Clapham, " Buls- hams " in Yapton, lands in Barnham, manor of Benstede, lands in Fittleworth, Petworth, Stopham, Pulborough, Cbichester, Funtingdon, Bosham, Wootton near Fakington. and advowson of the chapel of Wootton, and lands in Patching and Heene, lands called " Wantley " in Sullington. So seized she married John Shelley, and they 10 July 3 Hen. VIII. on the marriage of their son William S. with Alice, one of the sisters and heirs apparent of Edward Belknap, settled them to their use.
JOHN SHELLEY, esq. Vol. 94, No. 53. Lewes, 5 Oct. (? 5) Edward VI. Died 4 Edward VI. Heir, son William S., aged 12. Lands in Shepley. J. S., son and heir of "William Shelley, knt., Mary, wife of J. S. and daughter of "Wm. FitzWilliams, knt. J. S. seized of manor of Knell, co. Sussex. Made will 8 Aug. 1550 as J. S. of Mychelgrove, esq. to be buried in Church of Clapham my manor of Stondon Hall, co. Essex, my manors of Wolston and Marston, co. Warwick, Mary my wife my manor of Chalfyn, co. Herts, my uncle Kychard Shelley's lands in Eudgwicke, my brother Thomas S. and Mary his wife son William under 21 my daughters and younger children my two sons John S. and Eichard S. my manors of Exton Bassett and Luces in co. Wilts to son Eichard my father S r W m Shelley my 4 daughters Elinor, Mary, Bryget and Margaret my sister Margaret ray uncle parson Shelley my uncle Edward Shelley.
WILLIAM SHELLEY, esq. Vol. 124, No. 164. (Proof of age.) Clapham, 19 Sept. 1 Elizabeth. Jurors state that W. S., son and heir of John Shelley, esq., deceased, is aged 21 years and 5 days on this date.
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Will of Thomas Strangways 01 December 1512 PROB 11/17
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THE WILL OF DAME JANE STRANGWAYS. [Reg. Test. vi. 16 ft.] Oct. 28, 1500. In the name of the Almyghty God, the blessyd Trinite, the blessyd Lady and Virgyn Synt Mary, Amen. I dame Jayne Strangwais, wydowe. If it forten me to decesse in the Freres Prechorys of York, wher as I am now abydyng, my body to be buried in the quer of ye same Freires, under the lettron, wher as the rede theyr Legand : and, if it happen me to decesse w*in x mylez of York, yet I wyll y i my body be broght to ye said Freires and to be buried w*in the said quere : and, if it so forten me to decesse w*owt the space of x mylez of the citie of York, I wyll my body be buried w*in the quiere of the parich church where it schall forten me to decesse ; and the best garment y* I have to be my corsepresand. I wyll x li. wax be brynt abowt my body the day of my sepulture, and viij th torches then to brynne abowt me the same day, price of iiij marc. I wytt unto the iiij ordours of Freires w*in the said sety of Yorke xls., for iiij trentallys of massez to be said, w* Placebo and Dirige, for my saule and all Crysten saules, w*in vij dayes immediatly after the day of my buryall. I wyll y* the Prior w* convent of every plase of the iiij ordours be present abowt my body the day of my sepulture ; and y* every Prior have toward reparacons of hys plase x s. and every prest present iiij d. : every parich clerke ij d. ; and every chyld w* surplesse j d. To the cath. chyrch of Saynt Peter of Yorke, toward they re werkes, xxvj s. viij d. I wytt vij marc for a Messe dayly to be said for my saule, by the space of on yere, w*in the said Freires, so y* the Masse be said by dyvers persons of the same convent ; and what so ever he be y* sayth the Masse for y* day, I wyll he have for hys labour ij d. ; and the residew of the said vij marc for to be yeven to y e repa- racions of the plase after the dyscrescion of the Prior. I wytt for my grave, wher so ever my body schal be buried, xs. Morover, it is my wyll to have on honest prest of good name and good fame to synge for my saule, the saules of my fader and my moder, and for all Crysten saules, by the space of v yerys, and to have yerly vij marc : also I wyll that the said preste be elect by myn execu tours and Mr. Robert Frost,* beyng chaunselere unto my lord prince. I wytt unto the Mount Grace x marc, for to praye for my saule and the saule of my husbond Strangweis, their beyng buryed ; and the Prior, w* hys bretherne, to doo on obbett for my saule, my husbond saule, and all Crysten saules in theyre quere, w*in x dayes after they be dessyryd to doo it ; and on other to be downe be theime at my twelmonth day then next foloyng. I wytt unto the Priour and convent of th' abbey of Norton in Cheshire x marc, to praye for my saule, and for the saule of Roger Dudton, late my husbond, and for all Crysten saules ; the fyrst obet to be doon wythin x dayes after they have word of my buryall, and the second at my twelmonth day then next enshewyng. I wytt unto the Freires Minors at Richmount x s., for to syng a trentall Messes for my saule; and x s. unto the reparacions of their plase ; and to say Placebo and Dirige and Masse of Requiem for my saule. I wytt unto the Prioresse and convent of Saynt Clement at Yorke x s., for on obet yer to be doone w* Placebo and Dirige and Messe of Requiem, for my saule, and all Crysten saules. To every man and woman w*in the four lepor howesez j d., to praye for my saule. It is my wyll y* my dettes be content and payd of myn own proper godes, as gud consions requiryth. I bequeyth unto my naturall son, Lauraunce Button, a gylt pece w* on cover, and all such money as he hath lent of me, and resay vyd by my handez or any of my servauntes ; upon thys condicion y* he wyl be content to take it w* Cryste'z blessyng and myn, and never to troble w* myn executours for no maner of all maner of accyons, reall and personall, frome the begynnyng of the world unto the day of makyng of the said ac- quyetaunce ; then he to have the forsaid peice and money ; and, after none other maner, none other wyse. To every oon of my v godde doghtours, unto their maryage, viz. Jayne Dutton, Jayne Aschton, Jayne Methope, Jayne Iiigham and Jayne Kyrke, xl s. every on of them. Unto Freire Fraunch of Richmount xl s. To dane Thurston at Mowntgrace x s. To dane Richard Metheley x s. To Sir Henry Morton v li. To Sir Robert Hochonson xx s. To Elizabeth Eland, my jentylwoman, v marc, to praye for my saule, to hyr mariage ; under y* condicion, y* sche tary w* me in service unto the howr of my deth, and non other wyse. To Thomas Flecher xxs., and to Agnes Nottyngham x s., so y they tary w* me in service unto the howr of my deth. To Margett, hyr doghtour, toward hyr mariage, vj s. viij d. To ye Prior Maisson of the Freres Prechours at Yorke, to pray for my saule, xx s. I wytt xx li. to purchease landez unto the yerly valure of xx s. for on perpetuall obet yerly to be doone at the Frerys Pre- choures w*in the cetye of York, wher I purpose w* the grace of God my body schalbe buryed ; there to praye for my saule, the saule of Mr. Robert Frost, the saules of my fader and my moder and all Crysten soulez : the Prior to have xij d. ; supprior viij d. ; every prest of the same convent iiij d. ; evere profest Frier ij d. ; every nuffes j d. ; and the resedew of x s. to be put un to y e amendyng of ther petaunce for y* day, so y t the Prior and the convent, after thay have dynyd, say Z)e profundis for my saule, and the saulez above said, and all Crysten saulez. The oyer x s. to be spent upon the reparacions of the place. The residew to Sir Henry Mortime prest, and Ric. Mason, Prior of the Frerers Prechours of York, whom I make myn executours ; and Mr. Robert Frost supervisoure ; to whom, for hys labour, I bequeth xx* 1 marc, of ye beste goodes I have, after hys own eleccion. I wyll y* the said Prior, myn executour, have for hys labour, if it forten him to take ministracion of my goodez, x marc : and y e resedew and overplus of all such money as I have assignyd in bagges sealyd to perfourme thys my wyll ; whych summe aperyth more clarely in a payre of indenture therof made betwen me and the said Sir Henry, beyering dat the secund day of Novem- bre, yere of owr Lord God abov said, I gyf frely unto the said Sir Henry Mortime, in reward and recompens of hys great labours had for me at dyverse tymes, to pray for my saule and all Crysten saulez. CODICIL. March 21, 1500-1. To fryere Richard Maisson, Prior of the Fryers Prechours w*in the ceti of York, oon gylt goblet w* oon covere, and oon payr fyne schetes of iij webbes brod, for to mak a payr of syrplezys. I gyf oon vestment of blew saten, w* all thynges pertening unto the same, unto Saynt Mary church of Byschopfull, wher as I was sum tyme abydyng, to 190 A praye for my saule and all Crysten saulez. To my syster Warwycke my best gyrdyll. To my son wyffe, Margarett Dutton, my rede bonet of welvet, to praye for my saule. To Sir Henry Morton, preist, a Masboke, j chales, w* other clothes, and all thyng pertenyng for Messe. To Mr. Robert Frost, th' arch- decane, oon payr of gold baydes. I wyll y* freire James Best, bacheler, have oon yere sold* to syng for my saule and all Crysten saulez. I wyll y* Sir Thomas, my preist, have oon yere sold, or ij., and it may be bot oon at the lest. Also I wyll that my kynnysman, Sir Bryan Aschton, have ij yeres sold, to syng for my saule, my faders' and my moders', my husbandez', and for all my gud frendez' saulez, if he wyll take yerto.f [Pr. 3 Feb. 1501-2.]
A Cheshire lady and a Yorkshire woman only by marriage. She was a daughter of Sir Richard Aston of Aston, and widow of Roger Dutton, esq. She became the second wife of Sir Richard Strangways, knt. who died in 1488, and, bearing his name, she died. Her will was made in the house of the Friars Preachers at York, wherein she was a sojourner. It is chiefly filled with religious bequests, and the testatrix mentions very few of her kith and kin. Sir Richard Strangways died April 13th, 3rd Henry VII. leaving Sir James Strangways, knt. his son and heir, who was then 28.
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CHARTERHOUSE HYDON deeds DD\GB/46 1581, 1660 2 docts. contents: Covenant by John Maye of Charterhouse Hydon, gent., and Chris. Kenne of Kenn, esq., to convey lands and tenements, parcel of the manor or grange of Hidon, worth £80 p.a., to Sir Lyonell Duckett, kt., Thos. Owen and Stephen Duckett to use of said John Maye and Martha, dau. of Humphrey Baskervile, late citizen and alderman of London, John's intended wife, and to hold a capital messuage on the demesnes of the said manor to the value of a moiety of the manor to the use of Dorothy Maye, widow, John's mother, for her life (with bond and declaration attached). Lease for 99 years of 1660, settlement of £3,300 on Gerard Gore, youngest son of Wm. Gore of London, esq., by Wm. Gore to John Travell and Robt. Searles of London, merchants, of the manor or grange of Hidon late of the Priory of Witham, tithes of same, Bittcombe Wood als. Hidon Wood als. Smittcombe Wood, messuage or tenement and two grist mills called Chedderford Mills, Mill Close, Starr Close, Mill Greene, Bigberry and woods, and other lands, Straffords Tenement, Longhouse, Churcrofts, part of Whitemeade Meadow, 3 pastures in New Tynings, Milkway, New Tynings, Wookeyes Tenement formerly of Thos. Wookey, Prattants Tenement, Tripps Close, the sheep down of sheepsleight called Blackdowne, Great Fresh Leaze and Little Fresh Leaze upon Mendip in the said Grange, formerly of Anne May, widow.
GERARD GORE (d.1711) DD\GB/115 1711-1717 1 vol. Contents: Accounts of John Gore as executor of his brother, Gerard Gore, decd., 1711-1716. Audited by Gerard's son, Charles Gore, 1717.
Description Will of Gerard Gore of Northampton, Northamptonshire Date 06 August 1712 Catalogue reference PROB 11/528
National Archives:
p.56 DD\GB/148/49 9 Mar.1669/70 Contents: Consent of Jane Gore, wid., that her son Gerard should have manor of Church Brampton, co.Northants., in part satisfaction of monies due to him from estate of her late husband Wm. Gore, by hands of latter's executor, Sir Thos. Gore, her son.
p.95 DD\GB/148/87 22 Oct.1698 Contents: As last, for £5 each by Ann, Eliz., Barbara, Hester, John and Thomas Gore, children of Gerard Gore of Northampton, esq., and grandchildren of Mrs. Jane Gore.
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Name: Pye Baptism Date: 24 Mar 1701/1702 Parish: St George The Martyr County: Surrey Borough: Southwark Parent(s): Mathew Pye Record Type: Christening. A daughter born to Matthew Pye butcher in Queens Street the Mynt.
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A Thomas Fowlsham of St Andrew Undershaft, salter married Mary Gaynesford of Tackly, Essex daughter of Francis Gaynsford of the same place.
Essex Record Office:
Item Reference Code D/ABW 17/82 Dates of Creation 30 January 1608 Title [Will: Francis Gainsford of Takeley, gentleman] Scope and Content Francis Gainsford of Takeley, gentleman Date From 1608 Date To 1608
Will of Marie Gaynsford or Gainsford, Widow of Takeley, Essex Date 10 May 1655 Catalogue reference PROB 11/249
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Also a marriage of a Thomas Fowlesham, salter and Ellice daughter of Richard Westabye of Maidston, Kent, at St Boltoph Bishopgate 1614
Takeley church records at The Guildhall, London
All documents are from M.S 12,727
Doc: 127,08920 /4/20 27 Nov. 1634
“Essex. A lease dated 27o November Anno decimo Re Caroli to Samuel Gaynfford gent of ye[the] Parsonage of Takely for xxi [21] years. …..all the said Manor place or other howses & edifices.”
Gaynsfford pays £11 per annum in quarterly instalments at each of the four Feasts i.e. Christmas, The Annunciation of the B.V.M., the Feasts of John the Baptist & Michaelmas.
Signed by Samuel Gaynsfford.
Witnesses: John Juxon
Abraham Haynes
Richard Manyng.
Doc: 127,089/5/20 31 May 1638 Takely 14:Car. To Ellen Gainsford, widow, for 21 years.
As above.
She makes her mark E G in a rather wobbly hand.
Witness Robert Calthorp or Palthorp [ probably the first]
Doc: 127,089/6/20
Essex A lease to Ellen Gaynefford, widdowe, dated secundu die decemb xvij Rg Caroli [2 Dec 1641] for 21 years to the parsonage of Takely
The Mark of Ellen Gaynefford E G
Witnessess : Thomas Everard
Robert Calthorp.
SAMUEL GAYNFFORDE, gent. BW/257/53.
Will dated 7 December 1636
Leventhope Frank, knight, surrendered on 3 November, 12 Charles 1, to the
Lord of the Manor of Waltham Hall, according to the custom of the manor,
a customary or copyhold parcel of land called the slipe. by estimation 4 acres,
to the use of Gaynfforde and his heirs on the payment of £104 on May 16
next ensuing, at his manor house in Takeley.
If it is not paid then he or his heirs pay to the said Leventhorpe Frank the
said sum at the Manor House of the said Frank called Ries in Hatfield Broad Oak.
If he dies before the said 16 May then eldest son, Thomas is to take benefit
of the said parcel of meadow.
Thomas Gaynfforde, 10s/
John Gaynfforde, son, £100
Dorothy Gaynfforde, daughter, £100 at marriage, or 21 years.
Elizabeth Gaynfforde, daughter, the same.
Cicilie Gaynfforde, daughter, the same.
Cicilie Kempster, loving mother in law, 30s to buy her a ring.
Elizabeth Clifton, sister, 30s for a ring.
Thomas Gaynfforde, grandson, £5 at 21 years.
To the poor of Takeley, 20s.
Ellen, wife, goods, chattels, leases, money and debts.
John Caffland, kinsman, citizen and tallow chandler of London, 20s.
John Cliffe, friend and citizen and inn holder of London, 20s.
Executrix; Ellen, his wife.
Overseers; John Caffland, John Cliffe.
Probate;
| Folsam, Thomas (I08787)
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? Must be an older man-has children and grandchildren?
Description Will of Edmund Chamberlayne of Maugersbury, Gloucestershire Date 09 June 1676 Catalogue reference PROB 11/351-wants to be buried at Stow on the Wold near his eldest brother John, land at Maugersbury, wife not named, eldest son John Chamberlayne, clerk, son Robert Chamberlayne, daughter Lyona Irvine and her son Thomas, son Charles, daughter Cassandra Hamilton and her son Charles Hamilton. Thomas Gowland son of my late daughter Ann Gowland, daughter Arabella Chamberlayne, daughter Mary Chamberlayne, son Thomas Chamberlayne, son Edmund,
Will of Edmund Chamberlayne Esquire Maugersbury, Gloucestershire 5 October 1771 14 December 1774
| Chamberlayne, Edmund (I09807)
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? not correct Joseph. Cousin?
Will of Joseph Mortimer Esquire Trowbridge, Wiltshire 2 April 1776 2 July 1776 -wife Ann, sons Joseph and Edward, daughter Elizabeth, deceased brother Nathaniel,
| Mortimer, Joseph (I07404)
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? Same family. What about children born after 1598?
Miscellanea Genealogica et Heraldica. Edited by Joseph Jackson ...
Agnes Brodbrooke de Steventon in the diocese of Sarum and Co., Berks, "sicke in bodie but of good and p'fect memorie." To be buried in Steventon churchyard. Mary Hopkins, widd. of Richard Hopkins, 20s.Children of Richard Hopkins, ffrancis, Joane, Eliz, Marie and Alice each 10 s Goodwife Baker 12 d, James Bales 2s Lettice Baker 12d. John White 12d Children of Richard White each 6d Goodife Cocke 3 s. Alice Branch 2s and one little kettle and one double larchiet. nicholas Giddinge, my godson 20s To William Lyford, John Hopkins children 6d. To the poor of Steventon £3 to remain in stock controlled by the Vicar and churchwardens for the time being. Exors Richard Kirfoote, Rob. Lydord, Richard Hopkins, Marie Hopkins. Date 9 th March 1598. Proved in the Archdeaconry Court, Berkshire, 5th Oct 1607
P1/H/321 Inventory, will 1662 Hopkins, John Yeoman Steventon
| Hopkins, Richard (I06687)
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It will be noted that Nos. I, 2 and 3 bells and probably No. 6, the splendid tenor, came from the celebrated Reading foundry, which was run by the Knight family with distinguished success for a prolonged period. Prior to the Knights' connection with it this business was at first carried on at Wokingham, and though no trace of the old foundry is visible there now, a lane bearing the name of " Bell Lane " probably perpetuates the memory of the fact. Reading subse- quently became a noted centre for bell-founding, and amongst the municipal records is a book dating from about 1565, entitled " The Booke of the Names and Ordnances of the Cutlers and Bell-founders Companye." Three names of Reading firms are there given, William Welles, William Knighte and Vincent Garrowaye. This Wm. Knight died in 1586. His earliest bell-founding exploit on record is the casting a bell in 1567 for St. Lawrence, Reading. He is believed to have been the son of a distinguished father of the same name who was Under Warden of the Bell-founders' Company of London in 1518, Upper Warden in 1528, and Master in 1530. The line was continued by Henry, d. 1622, Ellis, d. 1642, Henry, d. 1672, and Henry who gave the bond above men- tioned, who was in partnership with a second Ellis Knight, and died in 1680. The last to hold the business in Reading was Samuel Knight, who removed to London about 1710,
Father??
Will of William Knyght or Knight of Reading, Berkshire 18 May 1536 PROB 11/26
| Knight, William (I09028)
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Name: Deborah Aldridge Marriage Date: 6 Jan 1707 Parish: Erlestoke Residence: of This Parish Spouse: Edward Knight Spouse Residence: Melksham
| Aldridge, Deborah (I07381)
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THOMAS PEARCE Pedigree
Marriages:
Spouse: SARAH HULL Family
Marriage: 09 SEP 1759 Hungerford, Berkshire, England
THOMAS PIERCE Pedigree
Birth:
Christening: 15 DEC 1720 Ashbury, Berkshire, England
Parents:
Father: JOSEPH PIERCE Family
Mother: MARY
Probate records of the Consistory Court of Salisbury
Ref No.
P1/P/759
Alt Ref No
P1/P/759
Title
Administration bond, commission, inventory, renunciation
Date
1744
Person
Pearce, Thomas
Occupation
Gentleman
Place Key
/Idstone/Ashbury/Berkshire
Pearce Family [no ref. or date]
Contents:
"Deeds which have to do with properties of the Peirces of Idston, Co. Be[rks] and Heydon [Wick] - relatives of the Evans family."
no title] 212A/38/1/19 10 Jan. 1669
Contents:
Counterpart of lease for 40 years: (1) Thos. Pearce of Compton, Berks. Gent. (2) Katherine Pearce of Idston or Edmynston Berks. widow, his mother.
Idston als. Edmynston, Berks Ashbury, Berks.
(ref. only)
Ashbury Marriages:
13 Jan 1668 Thomas Spanswicke to Jane Pearce | Pearce, Thomas (I03708)
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Will of William Webb Gentleman Liddiard, Wiltshire 13 July 1666 13 May 1667 -wife not named, son William Webb, Jospeh Webb, son John Webb, Henry Webb, land at Purton and Liddiard, daughter Ann.
| Webb, William Richmond (I05960)
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?? Visitation of Wiltshire 1623
Bap. 21 July 1566 in Winterbourne Earles
Married: Susanna Hunton, daughter of William Hunton in Knoll (Knoyle), Wilts., who died 6 March 1658 (new calendar) aged 84
Died 9 Dec. 1644
John Nicholas and Susanna Hunton had issue:
Edward Nicholas bapt. 3 Apr. 1593, knighted 30 Nov. 1641, m. 24 Nov. 1622 in W.E. Jane Jay, dau. of Henry Jay, Alderman of London.
Matthew Nicholas, b. 26 Sept. 1594, bapt. 4. Oct. 1594, Dean of St. Paul's Cathedral, d.14 Aug. 1661
John Nicholas, b. 4 April 1597, aged 26 at visitation, killed in the Civil War.
Susanna Nicholas, bap 21 May 1599, died without issue, bur. 28 May 1622.
Maria Nicholas, b. 13 Jan. 1601, m. Edmond Reeves of Luckington, Somerset, 19 Aug. 1623 W.E.
Emley Nicholas, bap. 20 april 1602, m. Nicholas Elliott of Sarum, gent. 12 April 1627
Anna Nicholas, bap. 8 June 1603, m. William Butterworth 30 Dec. 1630 in W.E.
Elizabeth Nicholas, bap. 12 April 1605.
Letticia Nicholas, m. Christopher Pachment 11 July 1643 in W.E.
Catherine Nicholas, bap. 6 July 1613.
?
WALTON of Kemble.
Arms : - Argent, a chevron between three falcons' heads erased Sable.
Richard Walton of Walton, co. Lane, Esq., mar. and had issue, -
John, son and heir.
John Walton of Lacock, co. Wilts, Esq., son and heir of Richard, mar. Agnes, da. of John Nicholas of Randway, co. Wilts, and by herhath issue, - Thomas, son and heir ; Margery, mar. to William Pigott of Whaddon Chase, co. Berks, Gent., Ann, mar. to Thomas Chatterton of Vasterne, co. Wilts, Gent.
| Nicholas, John (I05732)
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?Name: Rachell Aldridge Gender: Female Spouse's Name: George Hancock Marriage Date: 6 Jan 1690 Marriage Place: Little Cheverell, Wiltshire, England
| Aldridge, Rachel (I07378)
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A Brian Barnes and Katherine Nichol marry at St John Hackney in 1612.
Several children baptsied to a Bryant Barnes from 1613-1625?? Same as Brian?? Christening register very poor, non existent in many years 1610-1620. May be Elizabeth 1613, Susazza 1614, William 1617, Richard 1620.
A Suzan Barns is buried in June 1637. Another in 1654
| Barnes, Brian (I06953)
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A Bridget Fitsall married a John Batt in Devizes in 1604. Sister? | Fitsall, Elizabeth (I05356)
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A CALENDAR OF FEET OF FINES FOR WILTSHIRE.
Henry V111 148. Anno 27. John Rous, Robert Tetherley, and Roger Yorke, sergeant-at-law, and Margaret his wife ; messuages and lands in New Sarum.
The Milbournes' lands were then disputed by Henry's widow Margaret, formerly wife of Anthony Ernie and then wife of Roger Yorke, William Fauconer, grandson of Sir Thomas's sister Agnes, and Joan Brooke and Margaret Halswell, descendants of John Chitterne's sister Christine. (fn. 140) A Chancery decree of 1538 settled them on Margaret Yorke for life with remainder to Fauconer. (fn. 141) In 1539, however, those two settled Upton Knoyle on Richard Milbourne's widow Edith, wife of Edward Twinyhoe, for her life. (fn. 142) In 1544 Fauconer conveyed his interest to Robert Titherley, (fn. 143) husband of Margaret Yorke's daughter Elizabeth Ernie, (fn. 144) who apparently occupied the manor, (fn. 145) and in 1556 the Twinyhoes conveyed their interest to Robert. (fn. 146) In 1576 Robert's son William sold to John Mervyn of Pertwood. (fn. 147)
From: 'Parishes: East Knoyle', A History of the County of Wiltshire: Volume 11: Downton hundred; Elstub and Everleigh hundred (1980), pp. 82-103. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=115485 Date accessed: 02 June 2011. | Margaret (I07190)
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A carpenter listed as occupation on daughter death certificate.
Possibility:??
1841 Census:
Name: Willm Smith
Age: 60
Estimated birth year: abt 1781
Household: View other family members
Gender: Male
Where born: Scotland
Civil parish: Aberlour
County: Aberdeenshire
Address: Cowbog
Occupation: Ind
Parish Number: 169
ED: 3
Page: 2 (click to see others on page)
1851 Census:??
Name: William Smith
Age: 74
Estimated birth year: abt 1777
Relationship: Head
Spouse's name: Isabella
Gender: Male
Where born: Knockando
Parish Number: 196
Civil parish: Fraserburgh
Town: Fraserburgh
County: Aberdeenshire
Address: Barrack Lane
Occupation: Stone Dyker
ED: 2
Page: 21 (click to see others on page)
Household schedule number: 74
Line: 3
Roll: CSSCT1851_45
Household Members: Name Age
William Smith 74
Isabella Smtih 73
There is a Williasm Smith born Lockpots, Fraserburgh, Aberdeen 1790 son of Ernest Smith and Jean Pirie.
Two other in Aberdeen in 1780.
Also a William Smith son of William baptised Tarves, Aberdeen in 1806? Another in 1815 at Old Meldrum, Aberdeen.
Name: William Smith Gender: Male Baptism/Christening Date: 07 Jul 1782 Baptism/Christening Place: KNOCKANDO,MORAY,SCOTLAND Birth Date: Birthplace: Death Date: Name Note: Race: Father's Name: William Smith Father's Birthplace: Father's Age: Mother's Name: Isabel Mcrobbie
| Smith, William (I03426)
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A chalice (14 oz.) was left for the church by Edward VI's commissioners and 8 oz. of plate removed for the king's use. (fn. 329) In 1964 all the church plate dated from the 17th century. There were two large flagons with domed covers. One is hall-marked 1650 and the cover is inscribed 'The gift of Deborah Culme, Daughter of Sir Charles Pleydell of Midghall'. Deborah Culme was the second daughter of Sir Charles Pleydell and wife of Benjamin Culme, sometime Dean of St. Patrick's Dublin, who died at Midgehall in 1657 and was buried at Lydiard. The second flagon, similar in design, is hall-marked 1663, and inscribed on the cover 'The gift of Lady Eliz. Newcomen Daughter of Sir Charles Pleydell of Midghall'. Elizabeth Newcomen was an elder sister of Deborah Culme. There are also a paten, hall-marked 1669, and likewise the gift of Deborah Culme, and a chalice and paten hall-marked 1649, both engraved with the St. John crest. (fn. 330) The registers begin in 1666 and are complete.
From: 'Parishes: Lydiard Tregoze', A History of the County of Wiltshire: Volume 9 (1970), pp. 75-90. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=66541 Date accessed: 07 June 2011.
Benjamin Culme, Doctor of Divinity, born at Champeton in parish of Molland. Dean of St. Patrick's Church, near Dublin. (Digression on St. Patrick). Dr. Culme escaped from Ireland during Rebellion of 1641.
Text: Culme, Benjamin, dean of St. Patricks, Dublin 1658 17 Book: Calendar of Wills in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury 1657-1660 (Will) Collection: England: Canterbury - Wills Proved in The Prerogative Court of Canterbury, 1657-1660
| Culme, Benjamin (I09139)
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A Clerk
?
Will of Robert Dyer, Clerk or Minister of the Gospel and Pastor of Sherrington, Wiltshire 21 January 1658 PROB 11/272
| Dyer, Robert (I07554)
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A daughter of Thomas Goddard, Esq. according to memorial inscription.
A Martha Villet buried 24 Aug 1650, Swindon, Wiltshire.
JEFFERIES' LAND
A History of Swindon and its Environs
BY THE LATE RICHARD JEFFERIES EDITED WITH NOTES BY
GRACE TOPLIS
...One of the tablets originally upon the north wall of the body of the church exhibited the following inscription: "Here lieth the body of John Goddard, gent, died December, 1678."
This one may still be seen. It is in memory of John Vilett, Esqr.: "Deo optimo maximo. Hoc Sacravium instauravit et exoruavit Johannes Vilett armiger, A.D. 1736."
Forenames: Martha Surname: VILETT Place: Swindon; Holy Rood County: Wiltshire Country: England Reference: 169664 Notes: 2nd wife of Thomas dau of Thomas GODDARD
Had at least three children, according to memorial inscription, but only two listed? Thomas aged 4,(18.04.1646) Ann aged 2.(29.03.1648).
There is a Martha Vilate baptised Swindon 29.0.1648, possible twin of Ann? This Martha possibly buried Swindon, 29.303.1650 daughter of Thomas Vilate, gent. | Goddard, Martha (I05009)
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A draper in London.
Check for will | Flower, Thomas (I06792)
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A Frances Hopkins married Mary Godfrei in 23.12.1662 in Steventon, Berkshire? | Hopkins, Franics (I06712)
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A Francis Hopkins, carpenter, leaves a will dated 1727.
Mentions daughter Mary Doe and sons Richard and John Hopkins.
| Hopkins, Francis (I06684)
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A Grace DeVisscher marries a John Bull in 1717 in All Hallows, London Wall, London
| de Visscher, Grace (I03133)
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A Hand Loom Weaver according to son's darth certificate.
Any connection??
FERGUS WILSON Pedigree
Male Family
Marriages:
Spouse: ELIZABETH RIDDELL Family
Marriage: 04 JAN 1818 East Kilbride, Lanark, Scotland
There is a marriage of a William Wilson and Ann Mclean in 1805 at Strichen, Aberdeen?? Seems too far aways from Lanarkshire??
| Wilson, William (I04910)
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A Hannah Neat is buried at Monkton Fairley in 1756??
Ann Rabbets - International Genealogical Index / BI
Gender: Female Christening: 14 AUG 1709 Brixton-Deverill, , Wiltshire, England
2. ANNE RABBETS - International Genealogical Index / BI
Gender: Female Christening: 27 JUL 1713 Bishops Sutton, Hampshire, England
3. ANN RABBETS - International Genealogical Index / BI
Gender: Female Christening: 07 FEB 1719 South Newton, Wiltshire, England
4. ANN RABATS - International Genealogical Index / BI
Gender: Female Christening: 02 JUN 1720 Hinton Charterhouse, Somerset, England
Wills of Wiltshire County Council
Inventory, will
1679
Rabbets, Edmund, senior
Weaver
Codford St Peter
P2/R/423
Inventory, will
1690
Rabbets, Mary
Widow
Codford St Peter
P2/R/474
Administration bond, inventory
1705
Rabetts, Philip
Maltster
Codford St Peter
P2/R/587
Will
1728
Rabbets, James
Yeoman
Codford St Peter
P2/R/653
Administration bond
1742
Rabbets, John
Codford St Peter
P2/R/658
Administration bond
1745
Rabbets, John
Maltster
Codford St
| Rabbitt, Hannah (I00346)
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A Henry Neate marries a Maria Strange at Blundston St Andrew, Wiltshire in 1785? | Neate, Henry (I02076)
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A Herm Tragedy: The drowning of the teenaged Walter St John, August 1597
An inquest into the death of the eldest son of Sir John St John, of Lydiard Tregoze, in Wiltshire, and his tutor, who died trying to rescue his charge. They were swept away by the current, probably off Belvoir Bay, on August 18th, 1597. Walter St John was under the protection of the Governor, Sir Thomas Leighton, and living at Castle Cornet. It is extremely unusual for evidence in a case like this to survive; this was retained because Walter's family connections meant an account of the inquest had to be sent to Chancery. The French text is given in the Second Report of the Commissioners into Criminal Law in the Channel Islands of 1848.
The 19th of August 1597, before Louis De Vick, Bailiff; also present Nicolas Martin, Snr., Guillaume Beauvoir, Andre Henry, Jean Andros, Jean Saumarez, Pierre Beauvoir, Jean Effart, Nicolas Martin Junior, George Guille, Jurats.
An inquest was held today, at the request of the Queen’s Officers, thoroughly to ascertain how Mr Walter St Johns Esq., and Isaac Daubeney, his tutor, died; they were found drowned in the sea off Herm, on Thursday the 18th of this month.
Mr Pierre Carey, one of the Jurats of the Royal Court, says in his sworn statement, That on Thursday, 18th August, 1597, the Governor having required him to go with him to Herm, to hunt deer, he had accompanied Mr Thomas Leighton Jnr. (his son), Mr Walter St Johns, Pierre Carey Jnr., son of the witness, and Samuel Cartwright, with their schoolmaster, Mr Isaac Daubeney, and several of the said Lord [Sr] Governor’s domestic Servants. When they got to Herm, the aforesaid gentleman with Carey and several of his Servants went off to hunt and left Daubeney with the children; he was to stay all morning with them, going through their lessons, following their usual pattern of work, until 9 o’clock in the morning. After which, Mr Nicholas Blake, their Music Master, had them singing until 10 o’clock. Once this was done, the Governor asked Daubeney to get them to say their prayers. And straight after he went to dine, accompanied by the children, this witness, Mr Daubeney, the Castle Porter, Guillaume Le Prevost and Nicolas Le Gros; while they were still at table, at the end of the meal, his children asked him if he would kindly give them leave to go and bathe. The Governor said no to them two or three times. And their teacher, Mr Daubeney, agreed and told them that it was not a good idea to go as it was not really warm enough. Nevertheless, begging their honourable father once again, he gave them permission to go, as long as some adults went with them. Straight after that the four children, along with their teacher, Mr. Daubeney, Jean Andros, and Jean Farell, the Governor’s barber (he had instructed these three not to allow the children to go too far into the sea), went off to the sea.
And that about an hour later, this witness, accompanied by Mr Blake and Roger Baker, were approached by Jean Andros with Mr Thomas Leighton Jnr., who told them that Mr Daubeney had drowned. Immediately he heard this the witness went over to the Governor, who was asleep in his tent, deep asleep, as he had been up since one o’clock in the morning, and pulled a couple of times at his cloak to wake him, apologised for waking his Lordship, but it was to let him know that Mr Daubeney had drowned (drowned, he said, alas); and as he was getting up, his son and Jean Andros told him that Mr Walter St Johns had drowned with him; the Governor straightaway became twice as upset and was so shocked that he remained frozen in astonishment and despair. Then this witness asked them where the bodies were. And they answered that they were still in the sea, which had swept them away. Therefore the witness ran to the scene as quickly as he could, along with four of the servants. When they got there, the witness called over Henry de Calleys and his crew, who was nearby in his boat, and they helped retrieve the bodies and placed them in their boat, and the witness and the servants set off in it. And they took the dead Bodies to Castle Cornet, the Governor coming with them in his sloop.
Mr William Taylor, gentleman, Porter of Castle Cornet, says in his sworn statement that on the morning of yesterday, 18th August, 1597, two or three hours before dawn, he got up to remind the Governor what time it was, as the Governor had ordered him to wake him very early in the morning so that he could go to hunting in Herm; he then asked the Governor if the children were going on the trip and should he wake them; the Governor said no. He said that if no-one had already woken them, they were not to be woken; however, when the witness passed the children’s room, on his way to send the boat into Town to fetch Mr Carey and the boat crew, who were going on the trip, he found Mr Walter St Johns up in his nightshirt, standing at his bedroom door; he asked him whether it was time to go to Herm, to which the witness replied no, that they were not going because the Governor did not want them to; the boy answered that the previous evening the Governor had told him that he and his brother Thomas could go with him. Then they got dressed and ready; the witness informed the Governor of this and that the boys wanted to go on the trip with him; their schoolmaster, who was nearby, told the Governor that if he wanted them to go, he would go with them and take their books and get them to study. The Governor, hearing this and taking into account that his Cook was ill in bed and that the Kitchen-boy had to come with him on the trip, and that there would be nobody to feed them, allowed them to come with him. As they had arrived in Herm very early in the morning, their Schoolmaster made them attend to their studies until 9 o’clock. Then their Music Master, Mr Blake, made them sing until ten. The Governor asked Mr Daubeney to lead the prayers and then they dined, as Mr Carey said, when, at the end of the meal, Mr Thomas Leighton Jnr asked his father if he and his brother Mr Walter and the others could go bathing. The Governor did not at first give in to their request, but after they had begged him a couple of times, he agreed that they could go, providing that a few sensible adults went with them to look after them. And Mr Daubeney, their schoolmaster, Jean Andros, and Jean Farrell, were ordered to go, and the witness says he did not see them again until they were in the boat, after the bodies had been brought out of the sea.
Mr Nicholas Blake gave a similar testimony to Taylor, and said in addition that he met Mr Thomas Leighton Jnr. and three others who came up to them crying, and saying that their brother, Mr Walter St Johns, had been drowned as well as his schoolmaster, Mr Daubeney.
Jean Jourdan, Roger Baker, David Morrice, Owen Roberts, Hughe Lambert, all recounted the same story as Taylor.
Jean Andros said the same as Taylor, and that after the meal Mr Walter St Johns came to find him to accompany him and the others bathing, and that he set out with Mr Daubeney and Jean Farell and the boys. And, as they were walking along the way, Mr Walter, more impatient than the others, unbuttoned his jerkin and removed it, gave it to Jean Farell to look after and went off like this to the East of Herm; and the said Mr Walter went into the water first. Mr Thomas Leighton, Jnr., Pierre Carey, and Samuell Cartwright were also over-excited and went into the water as well; by which I mean, the water came only half-way up Mr Thomas Leighton’s leg, and St Johns was only in up to his knees; then Mr St Johns said “I am off to swim to my brother”, and as he got down in the water to swim, the sea swept him away so suddenly that Andros, who was hampered by being in the middle of taking off his shoes, could not help him; nevertheless he ran as fast as he could to some rocks nearer Mr St Johns, but on the way he fell and hurt his foot so badly he could not make it there; Mr Daubeney pulled off his clothes and jumped in the water and swam very strongly to Mr St Johns and told him to get on his back, which St Johns did. But unable to keep control of himself, Daubeney rolled around so much we lost sight of him and he did not resurface. And St Johns cried out to Andros to come and help him, and at this the said witness threw himself into the sea and as he could not keep control he was entangled in sea-grass, so much so that he was rolled head over heels and nearly drowned. He saved himself with great difficulty, using a rock he found in the water; and so it was that Daubeney and St Johns drowned.
Jean Farell told the same story as Taylor, with the addition that [after having got to] the sea the children went in to the water as Jean Andros said, and says that he saw Mr Leighton, who was only in the water up to his mid-leg, and St Johns, who was in no deeper than his knees; and when St Johns announced he was going to swim to his brother he got down low, and the tide carried him away so fast that the witness started to go in after him to fetch him back; he had not taken two steps before he found himself in very deep water, and he swam after St Johns but was unable to reach him, and it was very hard work to save himself, which he did with great difficulty by swimming to a rock and clinging on to it. For the rest his story agrees with Jean Andros.
Jean Bohyer says that, having run to the place where they were drowned, he went about five feet deep into the water, and when he put his head and shoulders in he found Mr Walter upright, caught up in the weed; he took hold of him and with great difficulty brought him to shore, where Mr Carey was. Jean Jourdan and David Morrice saw him bring the body ashore. David dressed him in his shirt and Mr Carey asked him to put the body in a nearby boat, along with the body of Mr Daubeney; and thus were they taken to the Castle.
Jean Jourdan and David Morrice agreed with Taylor, and said that they were present when Jean Bohyer pulled Mr Walter St Johns’ body out of the water and on to the shore, ... Roger Baker, Owen Roberts, and Hewgh Lambert corroborated Taylor’s story.
Guillaume Le Prevost, Nicollas Le Gros, Jean Le Marivel, Jean Vauldin, Amos Le Poytevin and Aymes Mutell said that they were all six in the Governor’s sloop at Jethou, and that when they came they were all astonished at the news. Henry de Calleys, Andre Marche, Collas Mauger, Jean Herm, Hillaire Godefroy, Robin de Bertrand, Thomas Le Guignon, Michell Nicolle, Samuell des Paulx, and Isaac Roberts, said that going with their [saffre] in order to [saffrer] upstream, Mr. Pierre Carey called them to look for the drowned bodies, and that they went to the place where they had been drowned, called the Mouillierres, the body of Mr Daubeney on a rock lying on his stomach, his feet dangling in the water on one side of the rock, and his head on the other. They dragged him into their boat and dressed him in his shirt. The body of Walter St Johns was also given to them, and they took them both over to the Governor’s sloop and from there they bore them over to the Castle.
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A History of Dunster and of the Families of Mohun & Luttrell by Sir H.C. Maxwell, KCB
Deputy Keeper of the Records.
PART I
Illustrated London. The St. Catherine Press Ltd.
8 York Buildings, Adelphi. 1908.
....Hugh Luttrell of Dunster was created a Knight of the Bath at the coronation of Elizabeth of York, wife of Henry the Seventh, in November 1487. A few days later, he received from his uncle Peter Courtenay, Bishop of Winchester, a grant of the office of Master of Poundsford Park, near Taunton, with an annuity of 10/. for life. He was Sheriff of Somerset and Dorset for a year beginning in November 1488. Nine years later, he took the field against Perkin Warbeck under the Duke of Buckingham. When the Princess Catherine of Arragon came to England in 1501, in order to marry the Prince of Wales, Sir Hugh Luttrell was one of the seven knights and gentlemen of Somerset who were selected to escort her from Crewkerne to Sherborne. In 1513, we find him serving in the royal navy in the ship of Leonard Fiscaballi...
CH. IV. A History of Dunster. 133
.....Church, but his arms are no longer to be seen there. Sir Hugh Luttrell's second wife was Walthean daughter of .. Yard of Devonshire, and relict of Walter Yorke of Exeter and John Drewe. Her third marriage must have taken place in or before January 1508, when Sir Hugh Luttrell settled the manor of East Quantockshead on her in jointure. By subsequent arrangements, she also obtained from him the manors of Kilton, Iveton and Vexford for her life. In consideration of some services or payments unspecified, the abbot and convent of Athelney, in 1510, admitted Sir Hugh Luttrell and his wife to their fraternity and sisterhood, promising to them all the benefits of their common prayers, and undertaking to celebrate mass for their souls after death...
Sir Hugh Luttrell had issue by his first wife four children :
Andrew, his heir.
John, sometimes called John Luttrell 'the elder' in contradistinction to his nephew of the same name. He was the ancestor of the Luttrells of Kentsbury and Spaxton.
Elizabeth, She married Sir William Carent of Toomer, in Somerset, who died in 1564.
Eleanor, She married Roger Yorke, Serjeant at Law, son of her step-mother Dame Walthean Luttrell.
It is uncertain whether Sir Hugh left any issue by his second wife. Nothing is known as to the parentage of a certain George Luttrell who is mentioned in 1580 as a 'servant' of Dame Margaret Luttrell.
Inq. post mortem, E. H. 909 ; MS. C. 22. f. 393.
D CM. II. 5.
134 A History of Dunster. Ch.iv
....He had a son John, baptized at East Quantockshead in 1571. Ten years later, he was married there to Cecily Smyth. He died in 1593, and she survived until 1613.
Sir Hugh Luttrell died on the 1 st of February 1521, and was buried at East Quantockshead.
Andrew Luttrell succeeded. He had been married some years. On the 31st of March 1514, Sir Hugh Luttrell of Dunster entered into an agreement with Sir Thomas Wyndham of Felbrigg in Norfolk, the first provision of which runs as follows :
" Andrew Luttrell, sonn and heire apparant of the saied Sir Hugh, by the grace of God, shall mary and take to his wiefe Margaret one of the doughters of the saied Sir Thomas, or any other of the doughters of the said Sir Thomas suche as the saied Androwe shall best lieke byfore the Wonysdaie next after Lowe Soundaie next commynge after the date of this presentes, after the cosdom and lawe of holye churche, if the said Margaret or such of her sisters as the said Androwe shall best lieke therunto will agree and the lawe of holye churche it wyll permytt and suifer."
The time specified was certainly not over-long, as there were only four weeks between the date of the agreement and the last day allowed for the solemnization of the marriage. It was nevertheless stipulated that if Andrew Luttrell should die during that brief interval, his next brother, John, should, in his stead, marry one of the daughters of Sir Thomas Wyndham before Whitsuntide. Another clause runs :
" The said Sir Hugh, at his proper costes and charges, shall apparell the said Androwe or John that shall happen to mary with one of the doughters of the said Sir Thomas at the saied daie of maryage as shalbe convenyent for his degree.
Sir Thomas Wyndham on his side undertook to "apparell" his daughter for the wedding, and to pay one half of the charges of the dinner and other expenses connected therewith. The bride's portion, seven hundred marks (466/. 13^. 4^/.), was to be paid to Sir Hugh Luttrell in instalments, he settling 40/. a year on the young couple and giving a guarantee that his son should eventually inherit the bulk of his landed property. As both the parties to the intended marriage were minors, the bride's father was to have "the rule and governance" of them and their property until the husband should come of age.
A legal settlement in pursuance of this agreement was made in May, shortly after the marriage of Andrew and Margaret on the 22nd of April. The bride belonged to a family which afterwards acquired considerable property near Dunster. In 1537, she received from her mother's sister, Elizabeth, Countess of Oxford, a legacy of a tablet of gold.
It was perhaps natural that Andrew Luttrell should quarrel with his step-mother Dame Walthean, who kept him out of part of his inheritance. In reply to a bill filed against her in the Star Chamber, she stated that after the death of her husband, Andrew Luttrell "in Lent last past, of his wilfull and cruell mynde, without any cause resonable, took her goodes and catalles, not levyng her dische, pott, nother panne," and that she and her children and servants had "stood in daily perell of their lyves," until she went up to London, leaving only a certain Lewis Griffyth and an "impotent, power" almsman, eighty years of age, to look after her interests at East Quantockshead. She professed, moreover, to have instructed her agent to offer no resistance if Andrew Luttrell or any one on his behalf should attempt to eject him from the manor house. In such an event, she intended to have her remedy at law. A serious affray, however, occurred in her absence. Two versions of it have been preserved.
One of Andrew Luttrell's servants, John Gay by name, complained to the King's Council that, on the 7th of June, 1521, Lewis Griffyth and several other evil-disposed persons assaulted him at East Quantockshead, shot eleven arrows at him, one of which pierced him through the left arm, while others "grevosly strake hym in dyvers places of hys body, so that and yff socoure of trees hadde nott byn, they hadde kylled and murdered hym oute of hand." He also said that he had received "a grette wonde in the shilder" with a forest bill.
Griffyth's account of the matter is much more detailed. He being in Quantock Park, "with his bowe and his shaffes under his gyrdell, going abought to recover a dere, being hurte, in a place called Blakwell," met Gay and two other men. Gay was armed with "a longe peked staff" seven feet long, and his companions carried great axes. They said that they had come, by command of their master, to take sixty trees for posts, but he told them that this could not be done without warrant from Dame Walthean, who held the manor for her life. Furthermore, he, "to fere the said John Gay and his felowes, shot an arrowe wyde of them." When Gay asked him "to holde his hand," he "took his cap in his hand and desyered and tenderly prayed them to departe. This they did, but they "wente into a place withyn the said towne and there harnyssed them, and called to them two idell persons," and so returned, "two of them havyng forest billes, the said Gay havyng the said longe pyked staff, a hanger and a shorte dager, and the residewe of them havyng grete axes in their hands. "By hewing" an olde lying tree "within sound of the manor-house, they made Griffyth believe that they were felling trees, and when he came out, they attacked him and "a chylde" of sixteen who was with him. Gay may have been hurt in the fight, but Griffyth was knocked down and injured with a forest bill on the head and hand. Finally he and the boy were taken three miles to the house of Lord Fitzwarren, who caused them to be "fetered" and put for two hours or more in his porter's lodge, whence they were released only on payment of a fee to the porter.
It is impossible to say whether Gay's version or Griffyth's was the more truthful.
Andrew Luttrell was knighted in or before 1527. He was appointed Sheriff of Somerset and Dorset in November 1528. Some five years later, he was a servitor at the coronation of Anne Boleyn.
Inq. post mortem, E. II. 943, no. 5.
...This Sir Hugh Luttrell was one of the knights of the hath at the coronation of Henry Vllth's queen. He married two wives, first, Margaret, daughter of Robert Hill, sister by the mother to Lord Daubeny, chamberlain to King Henry VII. and secondly, Walthera, widow of Thomas Drelne, and afterward of Walter Yorke, merchant of the Stannaries. By his first wife he had Andrew his son, and several other children. In the thirteenth of Henry VII. this Sir Hugh attended the king into the west in the expedition against Perkin Warbeck. He seems to have been a very devout person; for in the second of King Henry VIII. he was, together with his wife Walthera, admitted into the fraternity of the abbey of Athelney, and the same year into that of the abbey of Walsingham, in Norfolk, becoming thereby entitled to the benefit of all the masses, prayers, alms, &c. belonging to the said monasteries.
By an inquisition taken on the death of this Sir Hugh Luttrell, he was found to hold the castle and borough of Dunster, the manor and Hundred of Carhampton, the manors of Minebead and Kilveton, ninety-five acres of land in Heathfield-Durborough, the mauor and advowsonof the church of East-Quantockshead, the manor of Sampford-Arundel, with various manors and rents in the counties of Dorset, Devon, Norfolk, and Suffolk.
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A History of Parliament Online:
"As the heir to considerable estates, Brocas became involved in a number of disputes, and after his father’s death had to invoke the help of the Privy Council. His maternal inheritance led, in 1602, to a suit in the court of requests between him and his grandfather’s widow, Dame Eleanor, who had by then twice re-married, and was in possession of the Pexall family seat at Beaurepaire. It was only after her death in 1618, following her fourth marriage, that Brocas’s son moved to Beaurepaire from Steventon, which had served as the Brocas country residence in the meantime... Brocas made his will 5 and died 13 Aug. 1630, asking for a ‘decent burial according to my place’. A son and a daughter are mentioned."
Sir Richard Pexall (fn. 20)"of Beaureper, Steventon Manor, Fleet Street, London, and Swarkliffe Manor in Middlesex, Knight" made a will on the 9th of October, 1571, which was proved on the 8th of November following.(fn.21) He was, like his father, twice married, his first wife being Lady Eleanor Paulet, daughter of the first Marquess of Winchester,and by her he had four daughters. His second wife was Eleanor,daughter of John Cotgrave of Chester.
Sir Richard Pexall's daughters were all married: Anne to Bernard Brocas of Horton, co. Bucks; Margery to Oliver Beckett and then to Francis Cotton; Elizabeth (fn.22) to John Jobson; and Barbara to Anthony Brydges. Margery, who left an heir, John Beckett, had apparently lived at Swakeleys with her second husband, in her father's lifetime, for we read in the Ickenham parish registers under the year 1554: "Barbara the dowghter of John [sic] Cawghton [Cotton] off Swakeleys Place and Margery hys wyff was crystenyde the muday before our Lady day thassupconbeying the 13 day off Auguste. The godfather Mr. Say,(fn.23) the godmothers Barbara the wife of Mr. Redyng [?Brydges] and Helyn the wyf of Mr. Edmude Shordyche."
From: 'Swakeleys: Historical notes', Survey of London Monograph 13: Swakeleys, Ickenham (1933), pp. 1-21. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=117768 Date accessed: 03 April 2012. | Paulett, Eleanor (I10102)
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