 Abt 1610 - 1679 (~ 69 years)
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| Name |
Maskelyne, Neville |
| Born |
Abt 1610 |
Of Purton, Wiltshire, England  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Buried |
30 Aug 1679 |
Purton, Wiltshire, England |
| Person ID |
I03614 |
My Genealogy |
| Last Modified |
1 Jun 2015 |
| Father |
Maskelyne, Edmund, c. 22 Apr 1564, Purton, Wiltshire, England , bur. 19.02.1629/30, Purton, Wiltshire, England |
| Mother |
Davys, Katherine, b. Abt 1580, Of Little Mitton, England |
| Married |
Abt 1603 |
Of Wiltshire, England |
| Family ID |
F00971 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 1 |
Norden, Jane, b. 1606, Of Potterne, Wiltshire, England , d. 1632, England (Age 26 years) |
| Married |
20 Sep 1630 |
Lydiard Millicent, Wiltshire, England |
| Family ID |
F01199 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 2 |
Jacob, Sybil, c. 27 Sep 1617, Wootton Bassett, Wiltshire, England , d. 16 Sep 1692, England (Age ~ 74 years) |
| Married |
Abt 1632 |
England |
| Family ID |
F01200 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Notes |
- MP for Cricklade, Wiltshire
The Story of Purton:
THE MASKELYNE FAMILY
....less than eighteen Maskelynes in succession have been the respected owners of broad acres in Purton and Lydiard parishes. The first was Robert, a freeholder in Lydiard Millicent in 1435, nearly five hundred years ago.
His great-grandson, William of Purton and Lydiard, "gave rent to Maintain a Light before our Lady" at Lydiard Tregoze....
As far as we know, West Marsh was the first Purton home of the family, and there George and Jane Maskelyne lived in the days of Queen Elizabeth. The touching story of Jane is told in the chapter about the Church, where allusions are made to her grandfather Richard Pulley, and to her aunt Isabel Joy (nee Pulley), who lived at that time at the Manor House, close to
the Church and Great Tithe Barn. The endless quarrels arising from the length of the conventual leases given to the Pulley family, which overlapped Lord Chandos' purchase of the Manor, are also described in Chapter iv. After the dissolution of the Abbey, the church lands x originally given by pious benefactors for the maintenance of church light were let by the Church-
wardens to George Maskelyne of West Marsh, for the benefit of the Church.
After the death of George and Jane Maskelyne, their son Edmund, who was a member of the Inner Temple and a Feodary of the Duchy of Lancaster, added largely to the land belonging to the family He was lord of the Manors of Cricklade and Chelworth and of Slaughter (Co. Gloucester), and M.P. for
Cricklade in 1625. As a lawyer he was greatly interested in
....At Basset Down is preserved an Account Book dated 1638,kept by Edmund's son, Neville Maskelyne, ...Neville was also a Member of Parliament for Cricklade...His grandson, Neville, who succeeded him in 1679, served in
a troop of Militia Horse at the time of Monmouth's rebellion, his Commission from Lord Pembroke being addressed "to my loving friend Neville Maskaline Esqr. in 1683."
This Neville and his wife Ann, daughter of the Vicar of Purton, Rev. W. Bathe, brought up a family of ten children at West Marsh, both dying young in 1706 and 1711 respectively.
Little is known of the childhood of these children, but from a letter written very long afterwards by Lady Clive,...Soon after the death of their parents, West Marsh was sold to pay the money settled on the younger children, and the
eldest son, Neville, rebuilt and settled at the Down, the younger children having to seek their fortunes in London or India.
Forenames: Nevil Surname: MASKELYNE Place: Purton County: Wiltshire Country: England Reference: 138937 Notes: d 30 Aug 1676 or 79.
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