A History of Landford in Wiltshire...to son Henry including the manors of Bryanston and Sutton...

A History of Landford in Wiltshire

Appendix 3 – Other families connected with the Eyres of Newhouse, Brickworth, Landford and Bramshaw

John Martin (Jan 2019) of 45

The genealogical details of the various families connected with the Eyre family have been compiled from

various sources using information taken from the Internet. Not all sources are 100% reliable and there are

conflicting dates for births, marriages and deaths, particularly for the earlier generations. Subsequently the

details given in this account may also perpetuate some of those errors. The information contained in this

document is therefore for general information purposes only and whilst I have tried to ensure that the

information given is correct, I cannot guaranty the accuracy or reliability of the sources used or the

information contained in this document. Anyone using this website for family reasons needs to be aware of

this.

CONTENTS

Page 2 Introduction

Page 2 The Rogers of Bryanston, Dorset

Page 4 The Bayntuns of Bromham, Wiltshire

Page 13 The Alderseys of Aldersey and Spurstow, Cheshire

Page 16 The Lucys of Charlcote, Warwickshire

Page 20 The Tropenell family of Great Chalfield, Wiltshire

Page 22 The Nortons of Rotherfield, East Tisted, Hants

Page 28 The Ryves of Ranston, Dorset

Page 32 The Wyndhams of Kentsford, Somerset and Felbrigg, Norfolk

Page 41 The Briscoe and Hulse family connections

Page 44 The Richards of Penryn, Cornwall




Introduction

Whilst researching the historical background regarding the development of Landford and the ownership of

the larger estates, it soon became apparent that members of the Eyre family played an important role in the

social and political life of this part of Wiltshire. Having delved into the history of the Eyre family (see

Appendix 2), it created an interest in the families with whom they intermarried. Consequently the purpose of

this document is to provide further details of those family connections.

The Rogers of Bryanston, Dorset

In 1567 Thomas Eyre (1535-1628) married Elizabeth Rogers (1549-1612), daughter of John Rogers (1523-

bef 1565) of Poole, Dorset and step-daughter of Giles Escourt. Thomas was the forefather of several

branches of the Eyre family settled in southeast Wiltshire and also Ireland. The Rogers ancestors are as

follows.

John FitzRoger (formerly Rogers) (1335-1386) Of Bryanston, Dorset. Died 24 Apr 1386, London.

m. Elizabeth (1321-1385), dau Simon de Furneaux and Alice Umfraville

s. John FitzRogers (c1386-1441) (See below)

[Elizabeth was formerly m.1366, to John Blount (c1300-bef 1385) and had a dau Margaret]

Sir John Fitzrogers (formerly Rogers) (c1386-1441)

Son of John FitzRoger (Rogers) and Elizabeth Furneaux. Died 4 Oct 1441, Bryanston

NB. There appears to be no documentary evidence that he married Agnes Mordaunt.

m. 1406, Agnes (b. 1390- 6 Oct 1441)), dau Eustace Mordaunt and Alice Danno

s. Thomas (1408-1471)

m. Avice Amy Stourton (1420-1435)

s. Thomas John Rogers (1435-1489)

m. 1454, Cecilia Bessils (1440-1483)

s. William

m. 1483, Catherine Courtenay (1438-1515), wid William Huddesfield

s. George

d. Elizabeth

s. Nicholas

s. John (1425-1450) (See below)

John Rogers (1425-1450) Of Bryanston, Dorset. Son of John Rogers and Agnes Mordaunt.

He died 4 Aug 1450.

m. c1447, Anne (d. 7 May 1498), dau Thomas Echingham and Margaret Knyvett

s. Henry (c1448-c1507) (See below)

[Anne secondly married John, Lord Audley (d. 1490). She died 7 May 1498 leaving property

to son Henry including the manors of Bryanston and Sutton Waldron, a burgate in Bridport

and the advowsons of St Mary Bridport and Maiden Newton, all in Dorset. Also in Somerset,

the manors and advowsons of Sparkford and Kilve and in Hampshire the manor and




advowson of Dibden, the manor of Marsh Court near Stockbridge and in Lincolnshire the

manor of Sapperton.]

Sir Henry Rogers (1448-c1507) Of Bryanston, Dorset

Born on 1 Mar 1448, son of John Rogers and Anne Echingham, widow of Tuchet. Became Knight of

the Bath on 17 Nov 1501.

m. Anne or Amy (b. c1455-aft 1488), dau William, 2nd

Baron Stourton & wife Margaret Chidioke

s. John (c1470-c1540) (See below)

s. Thomas (c1480)

s. James (c1485-c1522) Rector of Bryanston, 18 Aug 1511

s. Richard (1488-1539)

m. Joan Mauncell

s. William

d. Alice

[Sir Henry also had an illegitimate daughter Margaret (c1475-after 1556), known as Margaret

Lovell. Her mother is unknown. In 1502, Henry gave land from his Dibden property as dowry

for his daughter Margaret.]

Sir John Rogers (c1470-c1540) Of Bryanston, Dorset

Eldest son and heir of Sir Henry Rogers and Amy (aka Anne or Avice) Stourton. Sir John Rogers

was High Sheriff of Somerset and Dorset in 1522. His will was proved on 25 May 1546.

m. c1500, Elizabeth (c1470- 1 Oct 1528), dau of Sir William Courtenay of Powerham, Devon.

d. Margaret (b. c1506)

s. John (b. c1507) (See below)

d. Joan (b. c1508)

s. Anthony (b. c1510-bef 1535)

s. James (b. c1510-bef 1535)

s. William (b. c1510-bef 1535)

d. Jane (b. c1518)

m. after 1528, Mary, (a widow) dau Sir William Finch of the Mote, Kent

m. Dorothy, dau and heir of Sir John Field of Standon, Herts

Sir John Rogers (c1507-c1565) Of Bryanston, Dorset. Died 16 Aug 1565 in Bercote, Berks

Second son and heir of Sir John Rogers by his first wife Elizabeth, dau of Sir William Courtenay of

Powerham, Devon. They had 16s. (11 d.v.p.) incl. Richard and Thomas, and 4da. (2 d.v.p.). He

succeeded his father Feb. 1536. Knighted by 1540.

He held several important offices; JP for Dorset 1528 until his death; Steward, duchy of Lancaster,

Dorset 1531 until his death, hundred of Kings Somborne, Hants. by 1561; Steward, Blandford

Forum, Dorset by 1565; Commissioner for musters, Dorset 1544, 1546, benevolence 1544/45,

chantries, Dorset and Somerset 1548; Sheriff of Somerset and Dorset 1552-3. He was elected to

parliament as MP for Dorset on four occasions; 1545, 1547, 1555, 1559.




He had a large family to provide for and seems to have fallen into financial difficulties, selling or

mortgaging sizeable properties. His troubles were to worsen and he was to die insolvent. Buried in

the parish church at Blandford Forum.

m. 27 Jan 1523, Catherine, dau Sir Richard Weston of Sutton Place, Surrey

s. John (c1523-bef. 1565) See below

s. Sir Richard (c1527-bef. 1605)

s. Thomas (c1529-?)

s. George (c1531-1617) Buried Blandford Forum

s. Nicholas (c1535-?)

s. Matthew (c1534-bef. 1613)

s. Henry (c1539-?)

s. William (c1541-?)

d. Frances (c1545-1605) Buried Blandford Forum

s. Strangways (c1547-?)

m. c1550, Elizabeth (b. c1520), dau Sir Thomas Essex of Lamborne

[Elizabeth first m. Sir Edward Darell (c1523-1549) of Littlecote

s. William Darell

d. Elynor Darell ]

John Rogers (1523-bef 1565) Born 1523 in Poole, Dorset. Died before his father, who died in 1565.

m. Elizabeth Anne (c1536-), dau William Webb and Catherine Abarough.

d. Elizabeth Rogers (1549-1612)

m. 1567, Thomas Eyre (1535-1628)

Had 9 sons and 4 daughters

s. Robert (c1550-c1601)

Elizabeth Webb secondly m.1574, Giles Estcourt

s. Sir Edward Estcourt (c1575-bef 1608)

d. Honor

d. Barbara

d. Mary

The Bayntuns of Bromham, Wiltshire

In 1577 Sir William Eyre (1556-1629) married Anne, the daughter of Sir Edward Bayntun of Bromham.

Details relating to the Bayntun family were taken from the website www.bayntun-history.com, where much

more detail about the family can be obtained. However, there is some confusion and contradictory evidence

regarding the exact genealogy between Nicholas Bayntun (1382-1422) and Sir Robert Bayntun (1439-1473).

This website uses the family line stated in the King’s grant of the inheritance of Richard Beauchamp to his

cousin John Baynton in 1511. This grant specifically says John Baynton was son of Robert, son of John, son




of Joan daughter and coheir of John de la Roche. Richard Beaumont was married to Elizabeth, sister of Joan

de la Roche, heiresses of their father Sir John de la Roche.

The name BAYNTUN

The spelling of the family surname has changed over time. Early records and documents include names such

as Thomas de Benton. Variations include de Beinton, Bainton, Bainten and Benton, but the family finally

settled on Bayntun in the 17th

century. This spelling has been used throughout this article to avoid confusion.

Bromham House

When Sir Richard Beauchamp (Lord St Amand) died in 1508 without legitimate issue, the Manor of

Bromham Roches was passed to John Bayntun, his first cousin thrice removed. John Bayntun and Richard

Beauchamp had common ancestors and the Roche’s blood line came down to the Bayntun family through

two separate lines, the daughters and heiresses of John Roche (d. 1401). John Bayntun (1460-1516) was next

heir and representative of Joan Roche who had married one of his ancestors.

Prior to that, nine generations (from 1328-1508) of the Bayntun family lived at Faulston House in the parish

of Bishopstone, 5 miles southwest of Salisbury. However when John Bayntun (1460-1516) inherited the

Bromham estates (Comment – halfway between Devizes and Chippenham), the family then moved to

Bromham Hall. Faulston House remained in the family until 1577.

John died in 1516 and his son Sir Edward Bayntun (1480-1544) added to and enlarged the house using some

of the materials from the ruins of Devizes Castle and an old manor house in Corsham. From then on it was

known at Bromham House.

Thomas Bayntun (1300-1358)

It is not known where Thomas Bayntun was born, but through marriage he acquired the Manor and

Lordship of Faulston, the first of nine generations to live at Faulston House, Bishopstone.

Guy de Tablier was Lord of Fallerston (Faulston) before 1300 and his daughter and heiress Edith was

married to Richard de Grimstead and in possession of Fallerston by 1309. An indenture dated 1320

shows Richard de Grimstead granting his son Thomas the Manor of Fallerston with parts of

Croucheston, Throope and Winterbourne Orchestron in Wilts and the Manor of Apsile in Sussex.

Other documents show Thomas de Grimstead, Lord of Fallerston by deeds dated 1322 and 1324.

However, Thomas died in 1328 without an heir and his wife Joan was given a third share of her

husband’s property. His sister Margaret (by then married to Thomas Bayntun), received Faulston as

part of the remaining two-thirds share and so Thomas Bayntun became Lord of Faulston by right of

his wife.

In 1328 the demesne land of the manor was said to be 250 acres of arable, 6 acres of meadow and a

pasture called Oxdown, but by 1340 there were said to be only 160 acres of arable land.

It appears that he wanted a simple life without title or appointment to any office and went to great

lengths to avoid such honours. In January 1336 he received an exemption for life from being put on

assizes, juries or recognisances and from appointment as mayor, sheriff, escheator, coroner or other

bailiff or minister of the king, against his will.




Thomas Bayntun’s wife Margaret died in July 1340 and he died on 28 May 1358 and was succeeded

by his son Nicholas.

m. Margaret (d.1340), dau of Richard de Grimstead and Edith le Tablier

d. Cecily

s. Nicholas (1334-1372) Son and heir

Nicholas Bayntun (1334-1372) Son of Thomas Bayntun and Margaret de Grimstead

Nicholas was born at Faulston House and was 24 years of age when his father Thomas died in 1358.

At this point he inherited his father’s two-thirds share in the Manor of Fallerston, but by 1361 he also

inherited the other third belonging to Joan de Grimstead when she died. Joan was the wife of his

uncle Thomas de Grimstead who died without an heir in 1328.

Nicholas married Joan de Berwick and when her father died in 1361, most of his estate, including the

Manor of Overwroughton, passed to her eldest sister Agnes and her husband Sir John de Roche.

These lands however eventually came into the hands of the Bayntun family 40yrs later when Sir

John’s son died in 1400 without male heir and his daughter Joan de Roche married the grandson of

this Nicholas Bayntun.

Simlarly the Manor of Berwick Bassett and the Manor of Chelworth were inherited by Gilbert’s

daughter Agnes and eventually became the property of John Bayntun. (See below).

Nicholas died in 1372 and was succeeded by his son Nicholas. It is not known when Joan de

Berwick died.

m. Joan, dau of Gilbert de Berwick of East Winterslow, Berwick Bassett, and

Keeper of the Royal Forests.


Nicholas Bayntun (1358-1412)

Born in 1358 at Faulston House and named in various documents as Nicholas de Benton or Beynton.

A deed dated 1372 reads that Thomas de Borestoke, Clerk, concede the Manor of Fallerston to

Nicholas de Benton and his wife Joan. This was probably the execution of his father’s will.

In 1086 the Manor of Chilton Candover was held of the Bishop of Winchester by Richard de Audely

and in 1372 this was settled on Nicholas and his wife Joan in fee-tail. In default of heirs of Nicholas

and Joan, the property was to pass to the right heirs of Joan, suggesting that Joan was the heiress of

the Daundely family.

In 1275 Lower Wroughton [Comment – now part of Swindon, south of the M4 motorway] was held

by Robert Daundely, another ancestor of Joan, and presumably by inheritance of his wife, the manor

was held by Nicholas in 1401.

From British History – Parish of Wroughton

Godric held 1½ hide of the bishop of Winchester's demesne in Ellendune in 1066. Free tenure

of the land was created after the Conquest and an unnamed knight held it in 1086. It was




probably the land which Walter Daundely held of the bishop in 1242/3. In 1275, when it was

held by Robert Daundely, it was said to be in Lower Wroughton, and it was later called the

manor of Lower Wroughton. By the 1280s Robert had been followed by another Walter

Daundely. The bishop then relinquished all claim to Wroughton manor to the prior of St.

Swithun's, and Daundely's land, while still said to be held of the bishop, was expressly said to

lie within the prior's manor. Although the descent of Lower Wroughton is not thereafter clear,

the Daundelys' heirs were the Bayntons and it was presumably by inheritance that the manor

was held by Nicholas Baynton in 1401. John Baynton, Nicholas's grandson, held it of the

prior of St. Swithun's in 1428. It passed with the Baynton's manor in Overwroughton until the

attainder of Sir Robert Baynton in 1471, but never seems to have been restored to a Baynton.

It may afterwards have been merged into Wroughton manor.

In 1376 King Edward III granted Nicholas Bayntun a licence to fortify his manor house at Faulston.

Nicholas died in 1412 and was succeeded by his son Nicholas. There is no record of the death of his

wife Joan.

m. 1372, Joan Daundely of Chilton Candover, Hants. (His first cousin once removed)

d. Cecily


Nicholas Bayntun (1382-1422)

Nicholas was born in 1382 at Faulston House, Bishopstone. Name then was either Benton or

Beynton. He was Lord of the Manor of Fallerston (Faulston) and also part of the manor of Compton

Chamberlayne. His marriage to Joan de la Roche (his second cousin) was by contract and had long

term effects on the fortunes of the Bayntun family.

Nicholas Bayntun died Feb 1422 and Joan survived him and remarried William Whapole MP of

Chalfont St Peter, Bucks. At the time of her second marriage, Joan conveyed the manor of Faulston

to her son John.

m. c1401, Joan, dau and co-heiress of Sir John de la Roche of Bromham and his wife

Wilhelma de la Mare of Fisherton Delamere, Salisbury

d. Agnes

d. Alice

d. Ellen

d. Isabel

s. John Bayntun (1407-1465) Son and heir

N.B.

It is at this point that there is disagreement with the family descent between Nicholas and Robert

Bayntun. The Bayntun website details two generations but it would appear that there was only one

John Bayntun between them. Consequently that is what is shown below, but the details shown may

be incorrect or contain some errors concerning dates and his career. The reason for doing so is based

on the King’s grant of the inheritance of Richard Beauchamp, Lord St. Amand to his cousin John

Baynton in 1511. This outlines the correct descent and specifically says John Baynton was son of

Robert, son of John, son of Joan daughter and coheir of John Roche; and that Richard Beauchamp

was son of William, son of Elizabeth the other daughter and coheir of John Roche and Wilhelmia de




la Mare. By way of explanation, it may help to establish some dates from the details of other families

mentioned below.

The Stourtons

John Stourton (d. 16 Dec 1438) of Preston Plucknett, Somerset.

He was the younger son of John Stourton of Stourton, Wilts. by his 2nd wife Alice (d.1407).

He was also the half-brother to William Stourton (the Speaker of 1413) whose son John

Stourton was created Lord Stourton by Henry VI.

m. bef. 1403, Joan, dau & heiress of William Banastre (d. 1395) and widow of Robert

Affeton

d. Cecily Stourton (b. c1405)

m. 1424, John Hill of Spakton (d. 1435)

m. Sir Thomas Kuriel

m. bef. 1416, Alice Dennis or Peny

d. Jane Stourton (b.c1418, d. 21 Apr 1472)

m. John Sydenham Esq., MP (d. 4 Apr 1460)

s. Walter (d. 1 May 1469) Predeceased his mother

s. John Son and heir

m. bef 1430, Katherine Payne (See below)

d. Alice Stourton (b. 1432)

m. William Daubeney, son and heir of Sir Giles Daubeney

s. George Daubeney

m. Robert Hill (d. 1439)

d. Jane Hill (d. 1557)

m. Sir Nicholas Wadham

At an Inquisition in 1439 his 3 daughters were proved to be his heirs, and Katherine Payne

was free to remarry.

The Etchinghams (Echyngham)

The next John Bayntun was born in 1406, so would be of marriageable age sometime after

1420. He is said to have first married Joan Etchingham, daughter of William Etchingham

and Joan FitzAlan, but this is disputed by other researchers. An alternative possibility is that

Joan FitzAlan was her step-mother as shown below using information taken from the

WikiTree website, which may or may not be entirely correct.

William de Echingham (1360- 20 Mar 1412)

m. bef 1395, Alice Batisford (1370-c1398)

d. Elizabeth (b.1388)

m. c1415, Thomas Hoo (1360- 23 Aug 1420)

m. 1422, Thomas Lewknor (c1392-1452)

d. Joan (c1396-1473) [Joan alive in 1454]




m. bef 1415, John Rikhill (d. 1432)

d. Joan (c1416-1463)

d. Maud

m. 1442, John Baynton (1406-1465) (See below)

s. Robert (1439- 6 Oct 1473)

s. Edward

s. William

s. Thomas

s. Henry (b. aft 1445)

m. 1401, Joan FitzAlan (1367- 1 Sep 1404), widow of William de Bryan (d.1395)

s. Thomas (b. 1401-1444)

m. c1424, Margaret Knyvett (c1400-1467)

d. Anne (d. 7 May 1498)

m. Sir John Rogers (1425-1450) of Bryanston

m. John, Lord Audley (d. 1490)

m. Maybe Shoyswell

This arrangement still leaves several questions. Nowhere does anyone suggest that the Joan

Echingham that married John Bayntun was the widow of John Rikhill, but that is a possibility

based on dates. Secondly, why did John Bayntun marry Katherine Payne before 1454 if Joan

was still alive? Divorce was rather rare in those days.

The Paynes

Thomas Payne (1363-1404) of Paynshay, Devon

m. Margery, dau Peter de Yeovilton or Jenelton of Speckington, Somerset

s. William (b. 1400)

d. Katherine (b. 1402, d. 20 Mar 1474 aged 72)

m. bef. 1430, John Stourton (1384-1438) (See above)

m. 1442, John Bayntun (1406-1465) (See below)

Katherine was married either three or four times depending on which sources you read.

Firstly, she was the third wife of John Stourton with whom she had a daughter Alice who was

named as her heir. Secondly she married John Bayntun (d. 1465) and it is not clear as to

whether she had any children by that marriage. Some sources say that she then married

William Wadham (d. 20 Mar 1473), but this is disputed by other sources. Finally in 1467 she

married William Carent (d. 1476) of Toomer in Henstridge, Somerset.

Sir John Bayntun (1406-1465)

Born in Nov 1406 at Faulston House, Bishopstone. (Possibly known then as John de Benton). His

mother was Joan de la Roche, dau Sir John de la Roche of Bromham and his wife Wilhelma de la

Mare. Joan’s sister was Elizabeth de la Roche who married Sir Walter de Beaumont. Both daughters

were co-heiresses of their father Sir John de la Roche.

When Sir John de la Roche died in 1400, his property was divided between his daughters, but some

of the manors were held by his widow until her death on 31 Oct 1410. In her will executed in 1411, a




great deal of the de la Roche and de la Mare property was conveyed to her grandson, John Bayntun

(1460-1516). Wilhelma was the heiress of her father, Robert de la Mare and a lot of this land was

also settled on her grandson. Because John was only 4 years of age at her death, control of the

manors was given to her eldest daughter Elizabeth and her husband Sir Walter de Beauchamp until

John reached the age of 21. By Dec 1428, John was in possession of the following manors;

Lavington, Cherington, Shaw (Melksham), Lower Heyford (Oxon.), Tollard Lucy, Haun, Marsh

Baldon, Delameres or Lamberdes (Minchinhampton), Nebels Estate and Farm, Preston (Dorset),

Tarrant Gundeville (Dorset) and Faulston. The Faulston manor came to John Bayntun from his

mother when she was married for the second time to William Whaplode.

Continuing the steady rise of the family, Sir John Baynton was the first of the family to be knighted

and the first to play a significant role in the local county administration. He was appointed to his

commission in 1429 when only 22 years of age. He served as Sheriff of Wilts in 1429/30 and again

1443/44. Knighted in 1434, held many offices in the county and was MP for Wilts in 1445, 1446 and

again in 1449. He supported the House of Lancaster and was a commissioner of array to raise troops

in 1436, 1457, 1458, and 1459; he was also a commissioner of the peace 6 times from 1453-1459. As

a young man he began occurring frequently with the Hungerford family and served as witness of

charters or as feofee to three successive generations of the Lords Hungerford.

John Bayntun died on 20 Jun 1465 and his wife Katherine remarried for the third time to William

Caren, MP for Taunton, Steward of Shaftesbury Abbey. In 1471 both William Caren and Sir Robert

Bayntun were charged with high treason following the battle of Tewkesbury and their possessions

confiscated by the new King Henry VI.

When Katherine died in 1473, the Manor of Faulston and the Manor of Tollard Lucy were passed

onto Robert. The Manor of Preston Plunkett was passed to her daughter Alice from her marriage to

John Stourton.

Please bear in mind that the details given below may be incorrect as there is very little documentary

evidence as to when these marriages occurred and with whom John Bayntun had issue. However,

Robert was the eldest son and heir of John Bayntun.

m. 1442, Joan Echingham

s. Robert (1439- 6 Oct 1473) Son and heir

s. Edward

s. William

s. Thomas

s. Henry (b. aft 1445)

m. 1452, Katherine Payne (b. 1402, d. 20 Mar 1474 aged 72)

N. B. If Robert was born in 1439, did his parents marry before 1442? If Joan Echingham was the

widow of John Rikhill, she would have been free to remarry after his death in 1432.




Sir Robert Bayntun (1439-1473)

Robert was born at Faulston House. The Bayntun family were supporters of the House of Lancaster

and Robert fought for King Henry VI against Edward IV at the Battle of Tewkesbury on 4 May

1471. He was captured and tried for treason and his property forfeited to the Crown. That included

the manors of Faulston, Horton, Chilton Candover, Tollard Lucy and Lower Wroughton. Also the

Manor of Weeke (or Wyke). However, he was amongst an elite group whose lives were spared, but

died in custody on 6 Oct 1473.

Before his death in 1465, Sir John Bayntun made a gift for the term of the life of Robert and his wife

Elizabeth, the manors of Marsh Baldon in Oxon, and Compton Bassett, with appurtenances in

Compton Bassett, Tilshead, Wilton, Barford St Martin, Compton Chamberlayne and lands and

tenements in East Winterslow. Elizabeth complained of her supersession claiming that the manors

and lands were granted to her in fee. The outcome of the commission appointed in May 1476 is not

known and there are no further references to Elizabeth. When Sir Robert died he was succeeded by

his son John Bayntun.

m. c1459, Elizabeth, dau Sir William Haute of Waddenhall, Kent and Joan Wydeville of

Grafton, Northants, first cousin of Elizabeth Wydeville, Queen of King Edward IV. They were

married at Bishopstone.

s. John (1460-1516) Son and heir. (See below)

d. Elizabeth

d. Jane

John Bayntun (1460-1516)

Born at Faulston House. Following the defeat of Richard III by Henry VII, and an Act of Parliament

in 1504 that gave the King the authority to make restitution to certain persons, John then obtained a

reversion of the attainder of his father Robert with restoration in blood and inheritance, thus

recovering the many family manors including that of Faulston, Horton and Tollard Lucy. Also in

1504 he sold the Manor of March Baldon, Oxon. to Andrew Windsor whose family claimed to have

held that manor in the 11th

century.

John Bayntun inherited a fortune in land and property from his first cousin thrice removed, Sir

Richard Beauchamp, Lord St Amand who died without legitimate issue in 1508. At this point, this

branch of the de la Mare (Delamere), Roche and Beauchamp families became merged with the

Bayntuns. As a result, the family’s residence at Faulston House ceased and they moved to Bromham.

Some of the many manors inherited from the Roche/de la Mare/Beauchamp line included;

Bromham Roches, OveWroughton, Bulkington, Whaddon, Stock Street Farm, Nuthill Farm, Cherhill

Estate, Chedglow Estate, Chisenbury. After his death, his family dispersed to occupy the Beauchamp

properties in various counties.

m. 1480, Joan, dau of Thomas Digges of Chilham, Kent

s. Edward (1480-1544) Son and heir (See below)

s. Richard

s. John

s. Thomas

d. Eleanor




d. Elizabeth

d. Margery (d. 1563)

Sir Edward Bayntun (1480-1544) Son of John Bayntun (1460-1516) and Joan Digges

Sir Edward Bayntun was born at Faulston House in 1480, and was a gentleman at the court of Henry

VIII of England. He was vice-chamberlain to Anne Boleyn, the King's second wife, and was the

brother-in-law of Queen Catherine Howard, Henry VIII's fifth wife.

In 1516, Sir Edward inherited the Manors of Bromham and Faulston after the death of his father John

Bayntun. He was a soldier and a courtier, and would be a favourite of Henry VIII of England, as well

as a champion of religious reform. Though it is uncertain as to whether or not Catherine of Aragon

had a vice-chamberlain, the two were said to be friends, and Edward was said to have visited her

house often. She had the archway to Bromham House reconstructed as a gift to Sir Edward. The

King granted Sir Edward large tracts of lands, making him one of the largest landowners in

Wiltshire. Among these were several stewardships including the stewardship of Salisbury for which

Cardinal Wolsey recommended him.

He was Member of Parliament for Wiltshire in 1529, and again in 1539; and in 1542 for Wilton. He

is said to have died on the 27 Nov 1544 in France perhaps from wounds sustained in battle. No cause

of death has been documented. In his will dated 8 Jul 1544, Sir Edward left his property to his sons

Edward, Andrew and Henry. His body was never returned from France.

m. c1502, Elizabeth (b. c1467, d. 2 Apr 1529), dau Sir John Sulliard of Wetherden,

Suffolk (Lord Chief Justice of England) and his wife Anne Andrews.

d. Bridget (1505-1545), m. James Stumpe of Malmesbury and had issue.

After his wife’s death, James married Isabel, Sir Edward’s second wife.

s. Andrew (1515-1564) Son and heir

m. Philippa Brulet

m. Frances Lee and had issue

s. Edward (1517-1592), m. Agnes Ap Rhys and had issue

Sir Edward inherited estates on death of his brother Andrew

s. Henry m. (c. 1520), Dorothy Mantell and had issue

d. Anne m. Henry Poole, then Edward Fabian

d. Jane (1523-1549) m. 1535 aged 12, Sir William St Loe of Chew Magna,

Somerset and had two daughters

d. Ursula

m. 18 Jan 1531, Isabel Leigh (b. c1496), dau Sir Ralph Leigh of Edington, Stockwell,

Lambeth and she was the half-sister to Catherine Howard, 5th

wife Henry VIII.

s. Henry (b. 1536)

m. Anne, dau of Sir William Cavendish, ancestor of the Dukes of

Devonshire through his marriage to Bess of Hardwick

s. Had four sons

d. Anne (b. 1602), m. Christopher Batt

s. Francis (b. 1537)

d. Anne (died young)




Sir Edward Bayntun (1517- 21 Mar 1592) Son of Sir Edward Bayntun and Elizabeth Sulliard

m. c.1553, Agnes Rhys (Reese)

d. Elizabeth

d. Anne (b. 1557) m. 1577, Sir William Eyre (See below)

s. Henry

m. c1593, Lucy, dau Sir John Danvers of Dauntsey and Elizabeth Neville

s. Edward (1593-1657) Son and heir

s. Charles (1595-1596)

d. Elizabeth (1596-1648)

Sir William Eyre (1556-1629)

Only son of John Eyre of Wedhampton and Chirton and Anne, eldest dau Thomas Tropnell of Great

Chalfield and co-heir of Giles Tropnell. William was bap 01 Jan 1556, succeeded father in 1581,

knighted Sep 1592, d. 24 Aug 1629.

m. 1577, Anne (bur 19 Jun 1587) dau Sir Edward Bayntun of Bromham.

d. Anne bap 13 May 1578

s. John (Sir) bap 26 Aug 1580 d. Aug 1639 Son and heir

The Alderseys of Aldersey and Spurstow, Cheshire

In 1632 Robert Eyre (1610-1654) married Anne Aldersey, the daughter of Samuel Aldersey who was a

London Merchant. The family initially acquired a moiety of the manor of Aldersey (Cheshire) in 1281/82

and the remainder in the late 17th century. William Aldersey married the daughter and heir of John Stalker

of Lower Spurstow (Cheshire), and for four hundred years the family owned both estates.

William Aldersey m. Margaret, dau and heir of John Stalker of Lower Spurstow

Henrie Aldersey of Aldersey

m. Jane, dau of John Hockenhull of Hockenhull, Cheshire

s. John (See below)

s. Robert

m. Anne Malbon of Malpas, Cheshire

s. Thomas

m. Cicely Garnett

s. William m. Thomasin Terry of Wistaston

s. Lawrence

s. John

s. Richard

s. William

s. Hugh (Alderman of Chester)

m. Margaret Bamville of Gawseworth

d. Margaret

m. Henry Bonbury of Stanney




m. Sir Rowland Stanley

s. Richard of Picton, Cheshire Inherited Aldersey and Spurstow estates.

m. Margaret, dau of James Colgrave

s. Raph

m. Jane, dau William Goodman of Chester

s. William (1543-1614) Mayor of Chester

s. Hugh

d. Ellin

John Aldersey of Aldersey (c1494-1554)

m. Anne, dau and heiress of Thomas Bird of Clutton in Cheshire

s. John (See below)

s. Thomas (1522-1598) Haberdasher of London,

MP for London 1579-1583, 1584-5, 1586-7 and 1588-9. Auditor 1571-2.

Thomas d. 4 Feb 1598, bur 18 Feb 1598 in parish church of Berden

m. Alice, dau of Richard Calthrop of Antingham, Norfolk

No issue

d. Catherine m. Ralph Pike of Worcester

s. Ralph

s. Hugh

John Aldersey of Spurstow (c1520-1582)

Inherited the Aldersey and Lower Spurstow estates from his father in 1554. He acted as a lawyer in

London. Buried at Bunbury on 17 Oct 1582.

m. Anne, dau Hugh Aston of Aston Green, Cheshire

s. Randle (c1539-1600) of Aldersey Hall

Inherited the Aldersey and Lower Spurstow estates from his father.

m. Anne (d. 1590), dau Robert Cowper and widow of John Dodd

s. John (c1569-1648)

d. Frances m. William Allen of Brindley

s. Thomas (died without issue)

d. Mary (d. 1593) Unmarried

s. John (b. c1541) (See below)

d. Alice

m. Thomas Moulston of Hargrave

d. Rebecca

s. John

s. Thomas

d. Elinor m. William Bebington of Chorley

d. Anne m. William Bickley

d. Katherine m. 5 Feb 1574, Edward Cotton (d. 16020 of Cotton

d. Elizabeth m. John Egerton of Christleton




John Aldersey (b. c1541-1616) of London and Berden Hall, Essex (Merchant)

John Aldersey was heir to his uncle Thomas Aldersey. (See above)

m. Anne, dau of a Simon Low and sister of Sir Thomas Low, Alderman of London

d. Mary (1589-1678)

m. Thomas Westrow, Alderman of London

m. Sir Norton Knatchbull of Hatch, Kent (Mary was his 3rd

wife)

m. Sir Thomas Scot of Scot’s Hall and Nettlestead

s. Samuel (See below)

s. William

d. Anne m. Thomas Thomson

d. Elizabeth

m. William Pitchford

m. 1610, Sir Thomas, Baron Coventry and Lord Keeper of the Great Seal

Had four sons and four daughters

d. Dorothy

m. Sir Thomas Hoskins

m. Sir Henry Caple of Hadham

d. Margaret m. Charles Hodgkyns of London

Samuel Aldersey (d. 1633) London Merchant, haberdasher

A leading Puritan and founder member of the Massachusetts Bay Trading Co. Became Treasurer of

the Feoffees of Impropriations.

m. Mary, dau Philip Van Oyrle of Nornbergh and Antwerp

s. John

d. Mary m. Robert Crane of London

d. Anne m. 1632, Robert Eyre of Salisbury (See below)

d. Elizabeth m. Thomas Lee of Dornhall, Cheshire

d. Margaret

Robert Eyre (1610-1654) bap 1610 d. Mar 1654

m. 1632, Anne Aldersey dau of Samuel Aldersey, London Merchant

s. Samuel (1633-1698) See further details in Appendix 2

d. Margaret bap 1635 m. 1659, Thomas Hassell, a Merchant

d. Anne bap 1638 m. 1660, William Stear, a Merchant

d. Mary bap 1640 m. 1662, William Hitchcock of Cowesfield




The Lucys of Charlcote, Warwickshire

On 21 Oct 1661, Sir Samuel Eyre (1633-1698) married Martha Lucy (b. c1628-1728) who was the third

daughter and co-heiress of Francis Lucy and Elizabeth Molesworth. Francis Lucy was the fifth son of Sir

Thomas Lucy of Charlecote. Martha inherited the estate of Brightwalton (near Newbury, Berks.) from her

father. Charlecote is situated east of Stratford-upon-Avon, and south of Warwick, near to Wellesbourne.

Charlecote Park has been home to the Lucy family since it was built in 1558, although the family had owned

the land since 1247.

Cecily de Lucy (b. c1172)

Her exact parentage is not known. However, the manor of Charlecote descended through the female

line via Cecily de Lucy around 1200 and her sons William and Simon styled themselves de Lucy. In

1189 Walter de Charlecote inherited Charlecote from his father who married a daughter of Robert de

Meulan. The Great Domesday of 1085 records that Charlecote was held by Count de Meulan and

previously held by Saxi, a free man.

m. Walter de Charlecote (bef 1150-1204), son of Thurstane de Montfort

s. William de Lucy (c1204-1248) (See below)

s. Simon de Lucy (c1205-aft 12280

Sir William de Lucy (c.1204-1248)

Assumed his mother’s name and inherited Charlecote in 1247. William was fostered by Godfrey

deLucy, Bishop of Winchester (d.1204) and had illegitimate issue.

m. Isabell (b. c1150), dau Absalon de Aldermonestone

m. Maud Cotele (b. c1236), sister of John Catele of Berenton, Hants.

s. William (c1225-1263) (See below)

William de Lucy (c1225-1263)

m.1247, Amicia, dau William de Fourches

s. Fulc de Lucy (b. c1287) and Petronilla

s. Sir William de Lucy (1277-aft 1337)

s. William (c.1300-1365) (See below)

William de Lucy (c.1300-1365) Died in 1365 of dysentery during siege of Calais

s. Thomas (1355-1374)

s. Sir William (b. 1356) (See below)

Sir William de Lucy (b. 1356)

m. 1372 (at age 16), Elizabeth de la Barre

s. Sir Thomas (1373-1415) (See below)




Sir Thomas de Lucy (1373-1415) Sheriff of Warwickshire and Leicestershire in 1406

m. c1400, Alice (1387-1476), dau William Hugford and Marjorie Pabenham (From Shropshire)

s. William (1403-1466) (See below)

William de Lucy (1403-1466)

m. c1439, Eleanor (c1401-1447), dau Reginald Grey de Ruthyn and Jane Astley

s. Sir William (1441-1492) (See below)

d. Eleanor (b. c1443) m. John Pulteney

Sir William Lucy (c1441-1492) Died 3 Jul 1492

Buried in Holy Trinity Church, Stratford-on-Avon. Made Knight of the Bath in 1485.

m. c1463, Margaret (b. c1445 & died at Thelesford), dau John Thomas Brecknock (1400-1476) and

Lettice

Edlesborough Spignurel (1408-1475)

Had at least 4 sons and 2 daughters, including Sir Edmund (1464-1495) (See below)

m. Alice, dau William Hanbury

Sir Edmund Lucy (1464-1498)

Born 4 Jun 1464 and died 19 May 1498 in Thelesford (near Hatton, Warwks). In 1487 held

command during battle of East Stoke supporting Henry VII against the Yorkists.

m. 1482, Joan (1466-1503), dau of Richard Ludlow (1423-1499) and Margaretha Rymer

d. Ann m. c1500, John Leigh (b. c1458)

s. Edmund (1485-1495)


d. Rohese (b. bef 1496) m. Richard Brewer

m. Joan, dau Sir Richard Ludlow

Sir Thomas Lucy (1488-1525)

Born in 1488 and died 3 Sep 1525. Lived St Brides, Fleet St, London. Knighted 1512.

m. 16 Sep 1510, Elizabeth (1490-1531), dau Sir Richard Empson of Towcester, Northants

s. Sir William (1511-1551) (See below)

s. Thomas (b. 1512) Manor of Bickering & Sharpenhoe, Beds

d. Anna (b. c1515, d. aft 1525)

d. Barbara (c1515-1605)

m. Richard Tracey (1503-1569) of Stanway, Glos.

Had at least 4 sons and 4 daughters, including Sir Paul Tracy, 1st Bt Stanway

s. Edward (b. c1520) Manor of Claybrook, Leics

[Elizabeth previously married to George Catesby (1460-1507); had at least 1 son Sir Richard Catesby

and 3 daughters.]




Sir William Lucy (1511-1551) of Charlecote manor, Warwks

m. 1531, Ann (d. 1553), dau Richard Fermer of Easton Neston, Northants.


s. Richard (b. c1536)

s. William (b. c1538)

s. Edward (b. c1540)

d. Elizabeth (b. c1542)

d. Martha (b. c1542)

d. Maria (b. c1544)

d. Jane (b. 1545) m. George Verney

d. Martha (b. c1546)

s. Timothy (16 Nov 1547-26 Jan 1616) MP for Warwick 1571 & 1584

m. 1 Sep 1583, Susanna (1567-1610), dau Henry Fanshawe of Jenkyns

(Had 3 sons and 4 daughters)

m. Joan, dau Thomas Burgill of Thingell

Sir Thomas Lucy (1532-1600) of Charlecote manor, Warwks

Born 24 Apr 1532 and died 7 Jul 1600. Buried at Charlecote Church on 7 Aug 1600.

In 1552 inherited the estates of Charlecote manor, Sherborne and Hampton Lucy. On his marriage to

Joyce Acton he also inherited Sutton Parli, Worcs. Rebuilt Charlecote House by 1559. Knighted

1565, MP for Warwick in 1571 & 1584. High Sheriff of Worcs in 1586.

m. 1548, Joyce (1533-1596) dau of Thomas Acton

d. Anne (b. 1550)

m. Sir Edward Aston of Tixall, Staffs.

s. Sir Walter Aston

d. Jane Aston (b. 1577)

d. Joyce Aston


Sir Thomas Lucy (1551-1605) of Charlecote manor, Warwks

Born in 1551 and died on 16 Jul 1605. Knighted in 1595.

m. Dorothy, dau Sir Nicholas Arnold. Divorced c.1580.

s. Thomas (d. c1575, an infant)

d. Joyce (b. c1575) m. Sir William Cook of Highnam, Glos.

m. Constance (d. aft 1605), dau and heiress of Sir Richard Kingsmill of Highclere, Hants.

She was a wealthy heiress.

s. Sir Thomas (1585 – 8 Dec 1640) m. Alice, dau Thomas Spencer

d. Bridget (b. c1587) m. Richard Knightley, Lord Fawsley

d. Elizabeth (b. c1590) m. Sir Anthony Hungerford

s. Sir Richard (b. 1592 – 6 Apr 1667) m. Elizabeth, dau Sir Henry Cock

d. Anne (b. c1593) m. Sir Robert Whitney of Whitney, Herts.

s. George (b. 1593) Died in France




s. William (1594 – 4 Oct 1677) Reverand, buried Collegiate Church, Brecon

s. Robert (c1595 – 1615) Died in France

d. Susanna (c1598) m. Robert Chamberlayne

s. Francis (c1597-1687) (See below)

Francis Lucy (c1597- 30 Jan 1687)

Youngest son of Sir Thomas Lucy (d. 1605) and 6th

son with his second wife Constance, dau and

heiress of Richard Kingsmill of Highclere. Educated at Trinity College, Oxford to 1615, entered

Lincolns Inn 1616 and called to the bar 1623. Clerk of the Assizes, Midland circuit from 1622-4.

Pursued a career in the law as he only inherited an annuity of £30. MP for Warwick in 1624-1628

and 1629.

m. 9 Dec 1630, Elizabeth (1613 - 1691), dau of Neville Molesworth of Hoddesdon

2 sons (dvp) and 3 dau (1 dvp)

d. Elizabeth (b. c1627) m. Sir Edward Atkyns (Chief Baron of the Exchequer)

d. Martha (b. c1628 - d. 06 May 1728) m. 1661, Sir Samuel Eyre

Martha Lucy inherited estate of Brightwalton from her father

d. Constance (b. 1629) m. Sir Philip Meadowes (Ambassador to Denmark)

Sir Samuel Eyre (1633-1698) Son of Robert Eyre and Anne Aldersey

Bap 26 Sep 1633 (Newhouse) and d. 12 Sep 1698. Inherited the Bonhams estate from his great-uncle

William Eyre and purchased Newhouse from William Eyre in 1660. Degree of Serjeant-at-Law

1692, one of the Judges of the Court of the King’s Bench, 22 Feb 1694.

m. 21 Oct 1661, Martha Lucy (b. c1628 - d. 06 May 1728),

3rd

dau and coheiress Francis Lucy and Elizabeth Molesworth

Francis Lucy was 5th

son Sir Thomas Lucy of Charlecote.

Lucy inherited estate of Brightwalton from her father.

d. Martha bap 16 Apr 1664 (presumably died as an infant)

s. Robert

d. Martha bap 14 Feb 1670 m. 1691, Sir Dewey Buckley of Burgate

s. Francis b. 03 Jun 1671, bap 15 Jun 1671 dsp 28 Oct 1738

m. Anne, dau Alexander Hyde, Bishop of Salisbury

(He was D.D.)

d. Lucy bap 1672 m. 1695, William Crey of Horningsham

s. William b. 10 Jun 1673 bap 20 Jun 1673

d. Constance bap 30 Dec 1674

s. Henry Samuel b. 06 Apr 1676 bap 06 Apr 1676 dsp 1754

m. 1691, Mary Hervey, wid of Mr Houblon, Merchant of London.

Settled in London and purchased 500 acres of land called St John’s Wood. His estate

was inherited by Walpole Eyre, youngest son of Kingsmill Eyre.

s. Kingsmill b. 23May 1677 bap 25 May 1677

m. 1700, Elizabeth Nicholson




The Tropenell family of Great Chalfield, Wiltshire

In 1544, John Eyre (1524-1581) married Anne (1525-1579) the eldest daughter of Thomas Giles Tropenell

of Great Chalfield. When Thomas’s son Giles died without issue, the Chalfield estates eventually passed to

John Eyre via his wife Anne Tropnell.

Augustus Pugin, in a chapter on Great Chalfield in his Examples of Gothic architecture, gives a pedigree of

the Tropenell family stated to be taken from "a MS now in the possession of William Waldron, Esq."

According to this, "long before the time that no mind renueth, and before the conquest" a Wiltshire knight

named Sir Osbert Tropenell was lord of the whole lordship of Sapworth. Of his two sons, James and Walter,

the second son, Walter, received lands in Sherston, Ivy Church, Whaddon and Combe, and married

Catherine, the daughter of Sir William Percy, sister of Sir Harry Percy, lords of "Much Chaldefeld,

otherwise called East Chaldefeld", having a son, Philip, and a daughter, Galiana. Philip married Isawde,

daughter of Richard Cotell, of "Cotells Atteward, otherwise Little Atteward", and left two sons, Roger and

John, dividing his land between them. Roger married Christian, daughter of Sir John Rous, lord of Immer,

and their son John Tropenell married Agnes, daughter of James Lye, lord of Liniford. [Comment – probably

the James Lye, lord of Landford.] Their son Harry Tropenell, who married Edith, the daughter of Walter

Roche, younger brother of Sir John Roche, of Bromham, was the father of Thomas Tropenell. So the

ancestry so far would appear to be as follows.

Sir Osbert Tropenell

s. James

s. Walter

m. Katherine, dau Sir William Percy and sister of Sir Harry Percy, Lords of East Chaldfield

d. Galiana

s. Philip (received lands in Sherston, Whaddon and Combe

m. Isawde, dau Richard Cotell of Little Atteward

s. Roger

m. Christian, dau of Sir John Rous, lord of Immer (Imber)

s. John

m. Agnes, dau of James Lye, lord of Liniford (Landford?)

s. Harry

m. Edith, dau of Walter Roche, younger brother of

Sir John Roche of Bromham

s. Thomas Tropenell. (c1405-1488)

Thomas Tropenell, sometimes Tropenelle and Tropnell, was an English lawyer and landowner in Wiltshire.

He acquired large estates, built Great Chalfield Manor, and compiled the Tropenell Cartulary.

He married firstly Agnes Ludlow, the widow of Thomas Bourton, who was cousin and heir of John Bourton

the younger of Atworth. Lord Hungerford conveyed the manor of Hill Deverill to Tropenell and Agnes in

December 1447. He acquired the manor of Great Chalfield in 1454, after a legal challenge based on the

marriage of his ancestor Walter Tropenell with Katharine, daughter of Sir William Percy, and built Great

Chalfield Manor. During his life Tropenell acquired a large number of manors, not without battles along the

way, and this prompted him to assemble his Tropenell Cartulary, compiled in the reign of Edward IV.




Tropenell married secondly (probably in May 1456), his cousin Margaret, the second daughter of William

Ludlow of Hill Deverill and the widow of John Erley, who in 1450–1451 was Member of Parliament for

Ludgershall.

The Neston estate (acquired in 1453) was built up by Thomas Tropenell in the 15th century, passed to the

Eyre family and then by marriage to the Baronets Hanham. They sold it c.1790 to John Fuller (famous

brewing family, died 1839), who built Neston House.

Tropenell died in 1488 holding Great Chalfield from the Duchy of Lancaster "as of the honour of

Trowbridge.” He left the whole of his property to his son Christopher Tropenell, except for "one white bed"

bequeathed to his daughter Mary. He was entombed in the chapel of the Blessed Mary at Corsham, now the

north chancel chapel of the Church of England parish church, where his large altar tomb, shared with his

first wife Agnes, still survives.

He was succeeded by his son Christopher, who died in 1503, leaving a son Thomas, a minor. Part of the

manor was assigned in dower to Anne, relict of Christopher. In 1511, while still under age, Thomas

Tropenell married Eleanor, daughter of Sir Thomas Englefield of Englefield (Berks.). Thomas made proof

of his age in 1519, and in 1523 granted the manor to Thomas Englefield, serjeant-at-law, for the

performance of his will. He died in 1547, having settled Great Chalfield upon himself, his wife, and their

issue, with remainder to his sisters. Giles, son of Thomas, succeeded his father and died still a minor in

1553. The manor passed to his four sisters, Anne wife of John Eyre, Elizabeth wife of William Charde,

Eleanor wife of Andrew Blackman, and Mary Tropenell. Mary later married John Young, and in 1557 she

with her sisters and their husbands conveyed the manor to William Button and Richard Parkins. This

conveyance was probably for the purpose of settling it upon John Eyre and Anne, who in 1563 settled it

upon themselves and the heirs of Anne. When John died in 1581 he was succeeded by his son (Sir) William

Eyre. Sir William died in 1629, shortly after his third marriage, and in the following year his son Sir John

Eyre sold the manor to Richard Gurney or Gurnard.

In 1584 the manor of Little Chalfield was conveyed by William Westbury, Joan his wife, and John his son to

Richard or Rice Phillipps, and in the same year Phillipps conveyed it to (Sir) William Eyre of Great

Chalfield. In 1614 Sir William apparently settled Little Chalfield on Robert Eyre—his son by his second

marriage to Elizabeth, daughter of John Jackman, Alderman of London. In 1630, after Sir William's death

his eldest son Sir John confirmed this settlement.

Robert Eyre was a Royalist and his estates were sequestered in 1644 for his delinquency in pressing soldiers

into the king's service. He submitted in 1645 and took the National Covenant, and in the following year was

allowed to compound for his estates. He died in 1651, and seems to have been succeeded by John Eyre,

probably his son, who held Little Chalfield in 1651 and 1670. From John the manor passed to Robert Eyre,

probably his brother, who in 1675 conveyed it to Francis Hall and John Hill. Hall and Hill may have been

trustees for Sir Edward Baynton, to whom (according to a note inserted in the Tropenell cartulary in 1695)

Little Chalfield was sold about this time.

Thomas Tropenell (b. c1405-1488) MP for Great Bedwin 1429-1430, MP for Bath 1449

Son of Henry Tropenell and Edith Roche.

m. 1431, Agnes Ludlow, wid of Thomas Bourton, cousin and heir of John Bourton




the younger of Atworth. Lord Hungerford conveyed the manor of Hill Deverill to

Tropenell and Agnes in December 1447. He acquired the manor of Great Chalfield in

1454.

d. Ann b. 1438

d. Mary b. 1441

s. Humphrey b. 1444

s. Christopher b. 1450 (See below)

m. May 1456, Margaret (his cousin), 2nd

dau of William Ludlow of Hill Deverill and the widow of

John Erley, (MP for Ludgershall, 1450–1451).

Christopher Tropenell (1450-1503)

m. Anne

d. Had several daughters

s. Thomas Giles (c1499-1547) Great Chalfield settled on himself and his heirs

m. 1511, Eleanor (1482-1556), dau Sir Thomas Englefield of Englefield, Berks

d. Anne (b. 1525-1579), m. 1544, John Eyre (1524-1581)

d. Elizabeth b. 25 Jan 1545 m. c1568, John Bowshin

d. Mary b. 1 Sep 1547 m. 1562, into Greene family

d. Margaret b. 14 Jun 1549 m. 1575, John Dauntsey

d. Anne bap 1550 m. 1580, into Quinton family

d. Susanna b. 14 Dec 1551 m. 1574, John Scrope

d. Alice b. 7 Feb 1554 m. 1579, into Burdett family

s. Sir William bap 1 Jan 1556 m. 1577, Anne Bayntun

d. Elizabeth (b. c1530) m. 1550, William Charde (b. 1526)

d. Eleanor (c1534-1562) m. 1555, Andrew Blackman (1530-1588)

d. Mary (c1532) m. John Young (b. c1528)

s. Giles (d. 1556, a minor)

Giles Tropenell succeeded his father, but due to his early demise, the manor passed to his four

sisters. In 1557 Great Chalfield was conveyed via William Button and Richard Parkins to John Eyre

and his wife Anne who in 1563 settled it upon themselves and the heirs of Anne.

The Nortons of Rotherfield, East Tisted, Hants

In 1637, Giles Eyre of Brickworth (1607-1685) married Anne, daughter of Sir Richard Norton, 1st Bt., of

Rotherfield Park, East Tisted, Hants.

From British History Online – Parish of East Tisted, Hants

The Manor of East Tisted.

The first mention of the manor of EAST TISTED does not come until the early part of the thirteenth century,

when in 1206 King John ordered Geoffrey FitzPeter to inquire whether certain lands in 'Dokefert,' held by

William Peche, belonged to the demesne of Tisted which the king had granted to Adam de Gurdon. In 1233

the manor went as dower to Ameria (Adam’s wife) until her eldest son should be of age. Her son Adam, the




famous supporter of Simon de Montfort, was of age and in possession of the manor by 1254, and by an

inquisition taken in that year he was allowed to hold his lands in Tisted and Selborne as half a knight's fee

instead of by grand serjeanty. On the hundred roll for 1275 Adam de Gurdon is said to hold half a knight's

fee in 'Ostede' and Selborne of the king in chief and to have the right of free chase of wolves and hares both

within and without the forest by charter of Henry III. About 1305, (possibly earlier), Adam de Gurdon died

seised of the manor of Tisted, leaving a daughter and heir Joan, who in 1308 settled the whole on herself for

life with reversion to James de Norton and his heirs. For licence to enter the manor James de Norton paid a

fine of 5 marks to the crown during the next year. In March 1316 the manor was in his hands, and in the

May of that year he settled it upon himself and his second wife Margaret and their heirs; failing such it was

to revert to Thomas the son of James by his first wife Elizabeth. James and Margaret had a son John who

died before 1346, when the manor passed into the hands of Edmund de Kendale, Margaret's second husband,

in custody for John's son John, a minor, who came of age in 1360. This John only held the manor for ten

years, dying abroad, probably on active service in the French wars in 1370, and leaving a son and heir John

only three years old. Before 1424 the latter conveyed the manor to trustees, who settled it in that year on his

son John and Joan his wife and their heirs. Richard Norton the son and heir of John and Joan died seised of

East Tisted in 1503, leaving a son and heir Richard, who married Elizabeth Rotherfield in 1495. He died in

1536, leaving a son and heir John who died before 1564, in which year Anne his widow sought dower in

East Tisted against her son Richard. She stated that she had been dispossessed by subtle practice between

this her son and his uncle, who 'when the said orator was in great heaviness and sorrow for the death of her

late husband came to her and brought a deed of release by which she should release unto the said Richard all

right of dower in the said lands . . . while they swore to her that there was nothing in it but a note or

remembrancer of such lands as her late husband held and nothing that would do her harm.' Trusting to them

she signed the deed and her son seized the lands. He died in 1592 while his mother Anne was still living, but

the manor of East Tisted was settled on Katherine his wife. Their son Richard, who was knighted in 1610,

succeeded to the manor on the death of his mother before that date, and held it until his death in 1612. The

manor then passed to his son Richard, who was several times sheriff of Hampshire, and who was created

baronet in 1622. The Norton family were staunch royalists and suffered heavily for their adherence to

Charles. In July 1644, Sir Richard was committed 'for maintaining the proceedings against the Parliament

and for doing many disservices.' He was imprisoned in Lord Petre's house, but was by order of the

Committee for Prisoners discharged in August 1644 on giving sufficient security. His estates were valued at

£15,000 a year, and on admission to compound he was fined at £1,000. This was reduced to £500 in March

1645. He paid the fine, but died before August of that year, leaving his estate heavily charged, as his sons

complained when they compounded for their own and their father's delinquency on his death. They stated

that they had been in the king's army in Winchester garrison, and five days after its surrender had taken an

oath administered by the county committee. They were now heavily burdened with their father's debts and

the necessity of paying their mother's jointure, while Sir Richard the elder son had no other estate, and John

the younger only a lease of £15 a year, now sequestered. In April, 1647, all proceedings against them were

stayed, since they had paid £100, the sum to which their fine had been reduced in consideration of their

poverty and their father's fine.

The estate was not taken out until May 1661, when since Sir Richard had died in 1652 without male issue, it

descended in tail male to his brother John as third baronet. In 1666 Sir John Norton settled the manor of East

Tisted on himself and Dame Dorothy his wife and their heirs. Sir John died in 1686 aged sixty-seven, and

was buried in East Tisted church under an elaborate monument erected 'by the piety of his wife, Lady

Dorothy.' She survived him until 1703, but as they had no issue the manor of East Tisted seems to have

passed before this to Elizabeth, the daughter of the late Sir Richard, as heiress of her uncle. Elizabeth had




married Francis Paulet of Amport in August 1674, and on his death in 1695 or 1696 their son Norton Paulet

succeeded to the estate.

The Manor of Rotherfield

The history of the manor begins in the twelfth century when it was held by Adam de Rotherfield, who

rendered account for the same on the Pipe Roll for 1166. In the thirteenth century Adam de Rotherfield, son

or grandson of the above, leased the manor for five years to the archdeacon of Lewes, and the king

confirmed the grant in 1226. In 1234 Isabel de Rotherfield, widow of Adam, was given seisin of her dower

in the lands of her late husband in Rotherfield, if they had been seized by the king with the lands of Adam

her son, who had forfeited the manor of Rotherfield among his other possessions for felony.

The king granted the manor to Roger de Wyavill for life 'for his support in the king's service,' but in 1257

the said Roger in the king's presence restored all the land for the use of Robert Walerond, to whom the king

had formerly granted the reversion of the same. In 1266 Robert Walerond leased the same to his nephew

Alan Plugenet, and before his death alienated it to William de Lyndhurst, who died seised of the same,

leaving a son and heir William, a minor, called William de Rotherfield because he was born there. In 1274

Maud, late wife of Robert Walerond, demanded a third in dower from Rotherfield against William de

Rotherfield, but a memorandum was made to the effect that she was not dowered from Rotherfield. William

de Rotherfield's son and heir John entered without homage done and died seised, leaving a son and heir

John, a minor, who died in 1369 leaving a son and heir John who was sixteen in 1371. The king granted out

the manor to William de Lyndhurst during the minority of the latter John, and in 1373 in an inquisition made

concerning Rotherfield it was stated that a rent of 36s had always been paid from it to the lord of East

Tisted. In 1379 John de Rotherfield entered into possession, but as there is no inquisition on his death there

is nothing to show how long he held the manor. William 'Rytherfield,' presumably his son, died in

possession of Rotherfield in 1489, and on the inquisition then taken it was said to be held of Edward Lord de

Duddeley, as of his manor of Alton Westbrook, and not as before, in chief. William's heir Elizabeth married

Richard Norton of East Tisted in 1495, and from that time the manor was vested in the same descent as

that of East Tisted. Thus in 1564 Anne Norton pleaded that her husband John Norton had left her the manor

of Rotherfield as part of her dower. Within the manor was 'a great wood adjoining the park pale of

Rotherfield on the west side of the park containing threescore and seven acres or thereabouts . . . which hath

been used time out of mind of man at the age of sixteen years growth to be lopped and sold.' Anne had

therefore sent workmen to lop the trees, but her son Richard had hindered them and brought them before the

King's Bench

The Norton Baronetcy of Rotherfield in the County of Southampton was created in the Baronetage of

England on 18 May 1622 for Richard Norton, MP for Petersfield. The third Baronet represented Hampshire

and Petersfield in Parliament. The title became extinct on his death in 1687.

Sir Richard Norton, 1st Baronet (c. 1582 – June 1646)

He was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1621 to 1622. He supported

the Royalist cause in the English Civil War. He was the son of Sir Richard Norton of East Tisted,

Hampshire and his wife Mabel Beecher, daughter of Henry Becher, Haberdasher and Alderman of

London. He matriculated at Queen's College, Oxford on 14 October 1597, aged 15. In 1602, he

entered Middle Temple. He succeeded his father in 1611 and was knighted at Hampton Court on 10

January 1611. He was High Sheriff of Hampshire from 1613 to 1614. In 1621, he was elected

Member of Parliament for Petersfield. He was created baronet on 18 May 1622.




During the Civil War, Norton suffered in the royal cause. He was imprisoned in July 1644, and

received a fine of £1,000 which was later reduced to £500.

Norton died in June 1646 and was buried at East Tisted. He had married Amy Bilson, daughter of

Thomas Bilson, Bishop of Winchester from 1597 to 1616. He was succeeded in the baronetcy

successively by his sons Richard and John.

From History of Parliament

Norton’s ancestors acquired East Tisted by marriage in the early fourteenth century. He himself

received a gentleman’s education at Oxford and the Inns of Court, completed by a tour to Italy in

1608 in the charge of a kinsman, Sir Stephen Lesieur. His father insisted upon the trip after Norton

became involved in some romantic scandal and accepted a challenge to a duel; his temperament does

not seem to have improved immediately, however, and while in Florence he managed to pick a

quarrel with the Marquis of Winchester’s eldest son.

Norton entered into his inheritance in 1611, in which year he was also knighted. As sheriff of

Hampshire in 1614, he conducted that year’s parliamentary election with obvious partiality towards

his courtier-cousin, Sir William Uvedale, and also towards Sir Richard Tichborne, being allegedly

prepared to risk the fine of £100 for making a false return. He probably also nominated Tichborne’s

brother Sir Walter and Edward Savage I for Petersfield, where he had inherited some property. At the

next general election Norton was returned with his brother-in-law Sir John Hippisley for Petersfield,

but he played no known part in the 1621 Parliament’s proceedings. He did not sit again, but used his

influence to secure Uvedale’s return for Petersfield in all the parliaments of Charles I’s reign.

Sir Richard Norton, 2nd Baronet (1619–1652)

Sir John Norton, 3rd Baronet (1620 – 9 January 1687)

He was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1661 and 1687. He

supported the Royalist cause in the English Civil War.

Norton was the son of Sir Richard Norton, 1st Baronet and his wife Amy Bilson, daughter of

Thomas Bilson, Bishop of Winchester. He matriculated at Corpus Christi, Oxford on 23 June 1637,

aged 17. He was admitted to Middle Temple in 1641. During the Civil War, he and his father

supported the King and suffered accordingly. He succeeded to the baronetcy on the death of his

brother in 1652.

In 1661, Norton was elected Member of Parliament for Hampshire in the Cavalier Parliament. He

was elected MP for Petersfield in 1679 and sat until his death. He died at the age of 67 and was

buried at East Tisted, when the Baronetcy became extinct.

Norton married Dorothy March, daughter of Thomas March of Ely before September 1670.

From the information above, the family descent would appear to be as follows.




Sir James de Norton (b. c1270) Succeeded to the Manor of Tisted in 1310 on death of his father William.

m. Elizabeth de Gurdon

s. Sir Thomas Norton

s. Sir Randall Norton (dsp c1370)

m. Margaret, sister and co-heir of Walter Dauntesy

m. Margaret (Secondly she m. Edmund de Kendale)

s. John (d. before 1346)

s. John (b. 1339, d. 1370 in French wars) Son and heir

m. Felice, dau and heir of Sir Edward Kendall

Daughters Agnes, Catherine, Margaret, Mary

m. Alice

s. John (b. 1367) Son and heir

John Norton (b. 1367) Son and heir

m. c1412, Joane, dau and heir of Richard Holle

s. Richard d.1503, seised of East Tisted

[NB. Visitations of Hampshire states that John was father of next Richard.]

s. Richard d. 1536

m. 1495, Elizabeth, dau & heir of Sir William Rotherfield, alias Lyndhurst

Had at least 5 sons and 5 daughters, including John (continued below)

d. Jane (d. c1500)

m. Robert Drop

m. Viscount Lisley

John Norton (d. before 1564)

m. Anne, dau Sir George Puttenham of Sherfield (She was still living when son Richard died)

s. Sir Richard See below

s. Thomas

s. John

s. Marmaduke

Sir Richard Norton (1530-1592), of Rotherfield in East Tisted

m. c1564, Rose, dau & heir of William Wayte or Whyte of Wymering, Hants and his wife Anne

Mompsonn

d. Mary m. Sir Henry Vuedall

s. Henry

s. John Heir but died before his father in 1564

m. Joane Cole

s. Sir Richard Norton (c1557-1612) Knighted in 1610

m. 3 Feb 1575, Mabel, dau Henry Beecher, Haberdasher & Alderman

of London

s. Richard Norton, 1st Bt (1582-1645) See below

s. Thomas

s. John

d. Elizabeth m. Thomas Antrobus

d. Catherine




m. Elizabeth, dau Richard Capell. She then m. Richard Aderley

m. Catherine (d. bef 1610), dau Sir John Kingsmill of Sydmonton and Constance Goring.

Manor of East Tisted settled on her.

s. Daniel (d. 7 Apr 1636)

m. Honora, dau Sir John White of Southwick, Hants and Frances Butler

Had 4 sons and 4 daughters

s. William

s. Charles

d. Constance

m. Sir Henry Whitehead [He first m. Anne, dau James Weston of Lichfield]

Had 5 daughters and a son Henry Whitehead

Sir Richard Norton (1582- Jul 1645), 1st Bt

Sheriff of Hampshire 1613/14, MP for Petersfield 1621/22, created Bt in 1622, temporarily

imprisoned in Jul 1644, discharged Aug 1644. His estates valued at £15,000/yr

m. c1608, Amy (c1586-1649), dau Thomas Bilson (1547-1616) D.D., Bishop of Winchester

d. Honor (c1609, bap 17 Sep 1615)

m. 10 Jun 1643, Richard Cobb (b. c1604)

d. Ann (b. c1611)

m. 1638, Giles Eyre (1607-1685)

s. John (1640-1684)

s. Francis (1642)

d. Catherine (1644)

d. Frances (b. 1612)

m. 7 Oct 1632, Arthur Hide (b. c1612)

s. Sir Richard, 2nd

Bt (c1617-1652) Died without male issue.

m. Elizabeth (c1619-1667), dau of Richard Capell (b. c1593)

d. Elizabeth (b. c1651) Inherited manor of East Tisted as her uncle John

and Dorothy had no children.

m. Aug 1674, Francis Paulet of Amport d.c1696

s. Norton Paulet Inherited manor of East Tisted on death

of Sir John (1619-1687)

s. Sir John, 3rd

Bt (1619-1687) MP 1661, 1687. In 1666 settled East Tisted on himself.

m. c1670, Dorothy (1624-1703), dau Thomas March (1594-1670).

No issue of this marriage.

d. Mabella (1622-c1661) m. 14 Oct 1656, Sir Henry Norton (No family connection)

d. Mable (b. 3 Jun 1627)

d. Lucy (b. 14 May 1629)

d. Mary (b. 3 Apr 1631)




The Ryves of Ranston, Dorset

On the 18 Nov 1662, Dorothy Ryves, dau of John Ryves of Ranston, Dorset, married Sir Giles Eyre (1635-

1695), Member Lincoln’s Inn Oct 1654, Recorder of Salisbury 31 Oct 1689, knighted and made Judge of the

Court of the King’s Bench. Dorothy died in 1668 aged 23.

Iwerne Courtney, also known as Shroton, is a village and civil parish in Dorset north of Blandford Forum

and is sited by the small River Iwerne between Hambledon Hill to the south-west and the hills of Cranborne

Chase to the east. The name Shroton is preferred locally. The civil parish of the village was formed by the

joining of three settlements: Iwerne Courtney in the centre, Farrington to the northwest and Ranston

immediately east of the river. Each settlement had its own open field system. Farrington now consists of a

few farms, and at Ranston only the manor house remains. Ranston or Randolf’s Town was owned by Elias

Falaise in 1272 and then granted to William le Brune. In 1544 it was sold together with 1600 acres to Robert

Ryves of Blandford.

Damory Court was the seat of Roger Damory a descendant of the D’Amorie family who were given the

lands by William I. Roger Damory was the last possessor of the Manor, and was a prominent figure during

the reign of Edward II. He fought in the wars of Scotland, was Constable of Corfe Castle during the year

1320-1321, also Warden of the Forest of Purbeck and was summoned to Parliament as a Baron by the

reigning King. Later, however, he took part against the King with Thomas the Earl of Lancaster and died in

a march into the north. He was buried in the Priory at Ware.

It was difficult to find any mention of a daughter of a John Ryves named Dorothy and related to the Eyre

family. Whilst searching references to the Ryves I came across an online copy of Reliques of the Rives

(Ryves) by James Rives Childs. This contains an extract from the Will of John Ryves (b. 1614) dated 3 Aug

1666 and also that of his wife Mary, dated 3 Nov 1686. John Ryves only refers to ‘all my daughters

unmarried’ and does not name them. Mary also does not mention the names of the daughters she had by

John Ryves. However, two extracts from Mary’s will and testament mention the name Eyre and are as

follows.

i. … of the children of my daughter Eyre deceased, …

ii. … and the wedding ring which I had by my husband Rives I give to my grandchild Giles

Eyre.

The eldest son of Sir Giles Eyre and Dorothy Ryves was Giles Eyre (1664-1734). It would seem safe to

conclude therefore that Dorothy was one of the daughters of this John and Mary Ryves.

Robert Ryves (Reve, Ryve or Ryves) of Blandford is the first of the name in England of whom there is a

record.

Robert Ryves (c1465-1551) Died 11 Feb 1551, aged 86, buried at Blandford Forum.

Robert Ryves was a French Huguenot who emigrated to England in 1545 from Languedoc area of

France and purchased Randleston (Ranston Castle) and 1600 acres of land in Dorset in 1545. Three

years later he purchased Damory Court from the Duke of Somerset. Both properties are near the

town of Blandford Forum.

In 1546, his friend King Henry VIII granted Robert, in letters patent, the manor of Milton and the

“messuage” of Luscombe (Lyssecomb) in Dorset. He also held diverse lands in the East Orchard




District of Dorset, and in addition to his Dorset estates, Robert held lands in North Cheriton and

Pointington, Somerset.

The influence of Robert Ryves in encouraging education and loyal service to Church and Crown is

indisputable. Robert Ryves was an avid supporter of four churches in the Blandford Parish area,

which included Blandford Parish Church as well as Fifehead Neville, Shroton at Iwerne Courtney

and Child Okeford. His support of Blandford Parish Church was undoubtedly substantial as indicated

by his being granted permission to construct a Ryves Chapel and crypt within Blandford Parish

Church. At the time of his death Robert Ryves was a member of the noble class and peer of King

Henry VIII's Court. Robert possessed a coat of arms and held considerable estates in Dorset and

Somerset.

Robert Ryves (c1490-1551) Died 11 Feb 1551

m. Agnes Jane (1467 - 12 December 1560), dau of John Sewell (1438-1490)

s. John (1515-1578) See below

d. Agnes

m. before 20 Oct 1549, John Swayne (d. 5 Aug 1591) of Blandford

d. Name unknown

m. before 20 Oct 1549, William Hunton

John Ryves (1515 – 29 May 1578) Son of Robert Ryves (c1490-1551), of Damory Court.

Predeceased his father.

m. 1536, Amy (1507-1577), dau of John Harvey (1480-1526) of Tarent Launceston

s. John (24 Jun 1536-1587)

Heir to his grandfather and grandmother. Of Damory Court.Fortune of £20,000/pa.

First to matriculate at Oxford, M.A. 1555. Admitted to Middle Temple on 27 Jan

1555.

m. c1556, Elizabeth , dau Sir John Mervyn of Fonthill, Wilts.

Had at least 7 sons and 4 daughters

d. Mary (b. c1538) m. 1556, William Aden of Dorchester.

d. Margaret (b. 1540 – 31 Dec 1618) m. 11 Dec 1559, Richard Lawrence of

Steepleton

d. Jane (1542-1636))

m. 8 Jan 1560, Thomas Sydenham of Wynford Eagle


s. Robert (b. c1544-1576) See below

s. Richard (24 Jun 1547 - 1588)

s. Thomas (b. c1549-after 1596)

d. Agnes (b. c1550)

Robert Ryves (c1544-1576) Second son of John Ryves of Damory Court and grandson of Robert

Ryves, to whom Ranston was bequeathed by his grandfather. Buried at Iwerne

Courtney (Shroton) on 27 Jul 1576.

m. c1564, Margaret (b. 1552), dau and co-heir of William Gillot (Gillette) of the Isle of Purbeck

[On 29 Oct 1579, Margaret married Robert Swayne of Gunvill.]




s. John (1567-1634) See below

s. Robert (1567-1596) Twin brother of John. Bap 3 Aug 1567.

s. Richard (1568- after 1597)

s. James (dsp 1632)

s. Mathew (b. 1571)

d. Elizabeth (bap 21 Apr 1573) m. George Mervyn of Knoyle, Wilts

d. Margaret m. Richard Galston of Alderbury, Wilts

John Ryves (1567-1634) Son of Robert Ryves (c1544-1576). Heir to Ranston

Born on 4 Jun 1567, matriculated at Hart Hall, Oxford on 2 May 1581, admitted Middle

Temple 15 Feb 1583. Buried Iwerne Courtney (Shroton) on 27 Oct 1634.

m. c1586, Anne (1567-1609), dau George Burley of Long Parish, Southampton

s. George (c1588-1666) See below.

d. Margaret (bap 8 Jun 1591)

m. Leonard Welsted of Milton Abbas

s. John (bap 8 Apr 1592, d. 19 Aug 1665)

m. ? Tounson (b. c1605)


d. Millicent (c1593-1661)

m. 3 Sep 1616, John Foyle, son and heir of John Foyle of Shaftesbury

Had at least 3 sons

s. Richard (b. c1597, dsp c1661) Died unmarried

s. Robert (bap 6 Nov 1599, d. 1635)

m. Margaret Holt

d. Ann (b. c1601, d. 3 Dec 1670)

m. Ralph Stawell, created 1st Baron Stawell

s. John Stawell, later 2nd Baron Stawell

d. Anne Stawell (bur. sp. at Gilling, co. York)

m. as 2nd

wife James Darcy MP,

later 1st Baron Darcy of Navan

d. Elizabeth (bap 26 Mar 1606)

m. John Fussell

George Ryves (c1588-1666) Son of John Ryves (1567-1634)

Matriculated at Hart Hall, Oxford on 15 Nov 1605, BCL Jan 1628, DCL from All Souls 5 Jul

1634, admitted to Middle Temple 23 Jan 1610. Died 3 Jul 1666, buried Shroton Church.

m. 1613, Mary Elizabeth (1596-1643), dau Thomas Hussey of Winterborn Thompson, Dorset

s. John (1614-1667) See below.

Only had daughters, so Damory Court passed to his brother George (1627 – c1689)

d. Elizabeth (1616-c1640)

m. Elizabeth, his second cousin, dau of Henry Ryves of Barton Stacy, Hants

d. Arethusa (bap 1626)

m. c1644, John Haysome (1620-1682)

s. Thomas (b. c1645)




d. Ann Theodosia (b. c1647)


s. George (bap 28 Oct 1627 – c1689) Inherited Damory Court estate from John

m. 7 Sep 1670, Mary Prowse (d, 7 Apr 1697), dau Thomas Chaffin

s. Charles (bap 26 Nov 1628 – 1692)

m. c1665, Mary Hudson (1630-1698)

Had at least 3 daughters

s. Henry (b. c1630)

m. Elizabeth

s. Thomas (b. c1633) DD 1674. Died unmarried after 1678.

s. Richard (bap 23 Sep 1635 - 1692)

m. Rachel (b. c1639), dau of William Northey (b. c1620)

s. Robert (b. 3 Dec 1639) dsp before 1692, shortly before brother Richard.


m. Henry Rose

s. George

s. Thomas

d. Anne m. Mr Peacocke

John Ryves (1614-1667) Son and heir of George Ryves (c1588-1666) of Ranston, Dorset

Matriculated at Hart Hall, Oxford on 4 Mar 1631, admitted to Middle Temple 11 Feb 1632,

Master of the Bench in 1661.

m. Mary (c1618-1688), dau Henry Welsted, relict of Henry Seymer of Hanford

d. Dorothy (1645-1668)

m. 18 Nov 1662, Sir Giles Eyre (1635-1695)

s. Giles bap 26 May 1664 d. 1734

s. John bap 12 Apr 1665 dsp 2 Nov 1715

[Bencher of Lincoln’s Inn & MP in seven parliaments]

s. Henry bap 18 Mar 1667 bur 12 Jun 1704

[Barrister of Middle Temple]

[Mary was previously married to Henry Seymer, and although she had several sons and daughters, it

is almost impossible to sort out from her will who were the children of each marriage.]




The Wyndhams of Kentsford, Somerset and Felbrigg, Norfolk

In 1672, Christobella Wyndham (c.1655-1710), dau Thomas Wyndham of Tale, Payhembury, Devon,

married Sir Giles Eyre (1635-1695). He was a Member Lincoln’s Inn Oct 1654, Recorder of Salisbury 31

Oct 1689, Knighted and made Judge of the Court of the King’s Bench.

Members of the Wyndham family were both numerous and influential. As per usual, the male line for landed

gentry is well documented, but sometimes it is difficult to find evidence regarding daughters. Whereas it is

authentically documented that Thomas Wyndham was the second son of Edmund Wyndham and

Christobella Pyne, it is only in his will that Thomas mentions his daughter Christobella.

Hugh Pyne was second son of John and Julian Pyne of Curry Mallett. He was a Counsellor at Law and

married Mabel, dau Henry Staverton. His will includes the following information.

Hugh Pyne of Cathanger, Fivehead, Somerset, Esq. Will proved 28 Nov 1628. My two children

Arthur and Christabella. My son-in-law Edmund Windham and my daughter Christabell his wife,

1000 marks for 10yrs, 100 each year. Thomas Windham, father of said Edmund, £200 for placing out

some of my brother’s and sister’s children.

Codicil – To Edmund Windham £1000 and his daughter Mabel £1000 at 16 or marriage.

Elsewhere it states that Sir Charles Wyndham's mother was Christabella, daughter of Hugh, and sister and

co-heiress of Arthur Pyne of Cathanger in Somersetshire. She was wet nurse to the infant Prince of Wales,

afterwards King Charles II, and one of the most beautiful women of her time.

Information on the following family tree and various members taken from a mixture of sources including

WikiTree, Ancestors of David A. Windham, documents of Amasa Benjamin Windham.

N.B. Caution, as some authorities do not agree with each other on dates or children.

Ailwardus de Wymondham, father of Richard, Hugh and Payne.

Ailwardus, the original progenitor, was a Saxon who possessed land in or near Wymondham,

Norfok, and adopted the surname of that town soon after the Norman Conquest. The evidence is

uncertain but he apparently was the Ailwardus who held land in Norfolk during the reign of King

Edward "the Confessor" before the conquest by William the Conqueror, and who was so recorded in

the Norfolk Domesday Book. The evidence also indicates he was the Ailwardus who possessed 13

borderers and half a curasate in Sustead (which grant went to Roger Bigod, then to the Felbriggs by

enfeoffment and eventually back to the Wyndhams), and two socmen with 12 acres of land and three

borderers in Felbrigg (also bought by the Wyndhams later). (An Essay Towards the Topographical

History of Norfolk - Blomefield - London 1805 - Vol. 8 - Page 81, Page 168.)

Between the years 1100 and 1107, he and his three sons were witnesses to the foundation charter of

Wymondham Priory in the reign of Henry I. William d'Albini, the king's chief butler, who was Lord

of Buckingham in Norfolk, made the grant to the priory, which was dependent at that time upon the

great Benedictine Abbey of St. Albans in Hertfordshire.




Sometime between 1121 and 1135, William d'Albini made a further grant to the Priory of

Wymondham on the occasion of the funeral of his wife, Maud, daughter of Roger le Bigod.

Ailwardus and his three sons again were witnesses.

Richard de Wymondham (b. c1075) Son of Ailwardus de Wymondham

s. Eric b. c1140

s. Nigel b. c1142

s. John b. c1143

s. Robert b. c1145

s. Geoffrey b. c1147

Eric de Wymondham (b. c1140) Eldest son of Richard de Wymondham

s. Thomas

Thomas de Wymondham (b. c1190) Son of Eric de Wymondham

s. John

Thomas appears to have been a personage of some importance, bearing the title of Precentor of

Litchfield and Clerk of the King's Treasury, and the records mention him for approximately 50 years.

On 4 Aug 1237, "Master Thomas de Wymondham, a king's clerk" was declared "a fit person to

receive one benefice in addition to what he has" by special dispensation of the Pope. On 2 Mar 1245,

he was described as "precentor of Litchfield and pastor of the church at Ferneberg" On 3 Oct 1259,

Thomas de Wymondham with Hugh le Bigod, justiciary of England; William Aquilon, Constable of

the Tower, and Simon Passelewe delivered on Monday the eve of St. Simon and St. Jude to the

clerks of the wardrobe, 85 marks 40 d. of gold and chattels of Salomon de Eweske, Jew, of London

(Calendar of Patent Rolls - Vol. 3 - 1901 - Page 98.)

On 28 Feb 1260, Thomas de Wimundeham with Gilbert de Preston and John de Wivill were

commissioned to extend certain manors in Nottingham, Derby, Gloucestor, Hertford and Dorset,

committed in tenancy to Simon de Monte Forti, Earl of Leicester, and Eleanor, his wife (Ibid - Vol. 3

- Page 98.) On 7 Feb 1260, Thomas "presented to the church of Chetinton the king's gift of a third

part of the manor thereof".

On 4 Apr 1264, Thomas was granted "protection without clause until Michelmas." (Ibid - Page 350.)

and on 24 Sep 1264, Thomas was granted "simple protection without clause until Christmas." (Ibid -

Page 350.) On 4 May 1265, Thomas, with others, was commissioned to extend manors in Salop,

Stafford, and Nottingham. (Ibid - Page 421.) and on 8 Aug 1265, Thomas was granted "simple

protection until Easter." (Ibid - Page 436.)

On 4 April 1266, "Master Thomas de Wimundham, king's clerk, the treasurer" was granted the next

ward that fell to him worth 50 pounds unless he should provide for him by giving him a benefice of

the value of 200 marks yearly, which was promised. (Ibid - Page 580.) On 14 Jun 1266, "simple

protection for one year" was granted to Thomas described as "pastor of the church at Farneberg."

(Ibid - Page 56).




On 20 Oct 1279, safe conduct was granted to Thomas, who as king's clerk was "sent to Norway with

jewels for the king." (Ibid - Page 328.) On 2 Sep 1277, Thomas was granted "protection with clause

nolumus." (Ibid - Page 228.)

Sometime prior to 1288, Thomas was listed as a benefactor of the Gray Friars Church in Norwich.

(History of Norfolk - Blomefield - Vol. 4 - Page 108.)

Dugdale says that Thomas died on March 24, 1277 but cites no authority for the statement, which is

in conflict with some of the references listed above.

John de Wymondham (b. c1220) Son of Thomas de Wymondham

m. Margaret, dau Robert Curzon

s. Ralph

s. William

Owned land in Bedfordshire and Norfolk. On 27 Jun 1286, he acknowledged that "he owes to

William de Holecote, clerk, 30 s., to be levied, in default of payment, of his lands and chattels in

Bedford and Norfolk."

A deed (circa 1250) shows the sale of land in St. Johns Parish, Maddermarket, to one John Martin of

Norwich by one Samuel, the land having formerly belonged to John de Wyondham. (East Anglian

Notes and Queries - Ipswich - 1893 - Vol. 5 - Page 169.)

He was among the benefactors of the Priory of Wymondham. (Baronetage - Wotton - London - 1727

- Vol. 3 - Page 346.) He was the father of Ralph and William.

Ralph de Wymondham (b. c1240) Son of John de Wymondham and Margaret Curzon

m. Agnes ?

s. William de Wymondham

In the time of Edward I, he was the recipient of a grant of land with buildings on it in "Wodemarket-

gate of Hedon" (Yorkshire). The grant was made by John de Melsa son of Sir Godfrey de Melsa to

Ralph and Agnes his wife, who paid a yearly rent of four shillings. (Report of Historical Manuscripts

Commission - London - Vol. 37 - Page 230.)

In the absence of documentary evidence, many of the later genealogists, notably Burke, begin the

family lineage with Ralph. Few records exist on him.

William de Wymondham (c.1260-c1310) Son of Ralph de Wymondham and Agnes.

m. Johanna de Castell

s. John de Wymondham

He was overseer of silver mines in Devonshire, had offices in the Exchequer and was a great

chemist. By his art in 1293 he refined 270 pounds of fine silver out of the lead ore which King

Edward I gave for a potion with his daughter Eleanor to the Count of Barr. In the next year there

were 521 pounds of Silver sent to London and coined, and the following year, when the Derbyshire




miners were sent to help the Devonian, Mr. Wimindham sent 700 pounds of silver to the mint.

(History of Norfolk--Blomefield--Vol. 2--page 533)

He was not possessed of the manors of Crownthorpe and Wickelwode in 1316 as Burke says

(Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry--Burke--London--1925--page 1947), as

these manors were not purchased by the Wyndhams until1436 (Norfolk Families--Rye--1913--

Page1039) but in 1284 he purchased by fine, rents in Norwich, and in 1303 he and his wife

purchased lands at Redenhale, in Norfolk, by fine.

John de Wymondham (b. c1300) Son of William de Wymondham and Johanna de Castell

s. Sir John de Wymondham (c1325-1357)

Sir John de Wymondham (c1325-1357) Son of John de Wymondham

m. Catherine, dau Sir John de Redisham of Norfolk

s. Sir Richard (b. c1346)

s. Henry (b. c1348)

s. Thomas (b. c1355)

Thomas de Wymondham (c1355-1386) Son of Sir John de Wymondham and Catherine de Redisham.

m. Margaret, dau Sir Robert Walcot

s. John de Wymondham

John de Wymondham (b. c1385-1415) Son of Thomas de Wymondham and Margaret Walcot

m. Elizabeth, dau John Sharrington

s. John Wymondham

John Wymondham (d. 1450) Son of John de Wymondham and Elizabeth Sharrington

This John shortened the family name to Wyndham.

m. Margaret, dau Sir John Segrave

s. John Wyndham

John Wyndham Esq (1415-1475) Son of John Wymondham and Margaret Segrave.

Born 1415 in Crownthorpe, Norfolk; died 4 Jun 1475 in Norwich, Norfolk.

m. 1450, Margaret or Margery (c 1410-1456), dau Sir Robert Clifton of Buckingham.

She was a widow and second wife of Sir Edward Hastings (1382-1438).

s. Sir John Wyndham See below

s. Roger (b. c1452)

d. Ela (b. c1455)

d. Isobel (b. c1456) m. Simon Wyseman (b. c1455) of Thornham

m. 1458, widow of John Heveningham

Sir John Wyndham (1443-1502) of Felbrigg, Norfolk. Son of John Wymondham and Margery Clifton.

Born 1443 in Crownthorpe, Wymondham, Norfolk; died 16 May 1502.

Sir John Wyndham died 16 May 1502 while a resident of Crownthorpe and Felbrigg. In 1483 he was

Commissioner of Array in Norfolk to raise forces for Richard, Duke of Gloucester. He also was a




justice of the peace and held membership on several committees. In 1480 he bought lands in Yelton

Constable, Briston, Briningham, Burgh, Stody and Gunthorpe. (The Wyndhams of Norfolk and

Somerset Page 25.)

He was at the Battle of Stoke on 16 Jun 1487 against the Earl of Lincoln, Lambert Simnel and their

adherents. He was knighted immediately after the battle for bravery, by King Henry VII. But he was

afterwards accused of working in the interests of the House of York and was implicated in the

conspiracy of Edmund de la Pole, Earl of Suffolk, whereupon he was condemned for high treason,

arraigned in Guildhall on 2 May 1502 and beheaded on Tower Hill with Sir James Tyrell, Lieutenant

of Gusines Castle on 16 May 1502. He was buried in the Austin Friars Church in London.

(Dictionary of National Biography - Oxford Press - Vol. 21 - Page 1164; History of King Henry VII

- Bacon - London - 1825 - Vol. 4 - Pages 384-5.)

Sir John was married in 1467 to Margaret Howard, fourth daughter of John Howard, Duke of

Norfolk, the premier duke of England. The marriage treaty stipulated that "Sir John Howard, Knt.,

should provide all manner of array for Margaret, his daughter, and John Wyndham, junior, Esq., at

and for the said marriage; and all manner of meat and drink for all manner of persons and all other

things necessary be helpful and convenient at the proper charge and cost of the said Sir John, for the

space of two years following the said marriage, continually with meat and drink for the said John and

Margaret, convenient for them, their servants and their horses." (A Royal Descent - Sharpe - 1904 -

Page 8.)

Sir John Wyndham and Margaret Howard had nine children for whom something is known; there

may have been other children who were born to them but for whom we have not yet found any

recorded information. (Collin's Peerage Vol. 5 - Page 206: Dictionary of National Biography - Vol.

10 - Page 44: Vol. 21 - Page 1164; Norfolk Families - Page 1039; Viisitations of Essex - Harleian

Society - Part 2 - 1879; The Herald and Genealogist - 1866 - Vol. 3 - Page 490.)

m. 1467, Margaret, 4th dau John Howard, 1st Duke of Norfolk

s. Roger (b. c1467)

s. Sir Thomas (b. c1469) See below

s. Edward (b. c1470)

s. George (b. c1471)

s. Edmund (b. c 1472)

d. Ann (b. c1473) m. Geoffrey Radclyffe of Farmesden (d. 1505)

d. Elizabeth (b. c1474) m. Francis Calthorpe of Ingham

d. Margaret (b. c1475)

d. Mary (b. c1476)

m. c1495, Eleanor, dau Norman Washbourne Esq. of Washborne, relict of Richard Scrope.

d. Frances m. Sir John Seyntclere

Sir Thomas Wyndham (1468-1521) Son of John Wyndham of Crownthorpe and Felbrigg, and Margaret

Howard. Born at Crownthorpe. Died 22 Dec 1521 in Felbrigg, Norfolk.

Thomas Wyndham succeeded to the family estates in the early 16th Century after the death of his

elder brother without issue. King Henry VIII relieved him of all the penalties attaching to the son of




an attainted man and "restored him in blood" on 4 Nov 1512, making him also a knight of his body-

guard, a Privy Councillor, vice-admiral of England and Lieutenant-General of the Army and Navy.

(Letters and Papers of Henry VIII - London - 1862 - Vol.1 - Pages 437-515,)

Thomas served in the Navy under his cousin, Sir Edward Howard, Lord High Admiral of England in

the French War of 1512-13, being at least 40 years old when he joined the fleet. He was captain of

Sir Edward's flagship the Mary Rose, at a salary of 18 pence a day, the regular wage of an officer of

that rank. On board were 200 soldiers recruited in Norfolk and as Thomas had been a member of the

Commission of Array for that county, it seems likely they were of his own choosing. Thomas was

knighted in Croyton Bay with seven other captains in order that they may "the more earnestly show

their valiancy." He took part in the Battle of Brest Harbor on 10 Aug 1512 and handled his ship to

such good advantage that in March 1513, he was appointed "Treasurer of the King's Army by the

sea" - the equivalent of fleet paymaster. He also was given the captaincy of a new ship, the John

Baptist. (The Wyndhams of Norfolk and Somerset - Pages 30-35; The French War of 1512-13 -

Navy Records Society; Letters and Papers of Henry VIII - Vols. 1 and 2; Norfolk Families - Page

1039.)

Thomas was with the Army at the Sieges of Therouene and Tournay and was also at the Field of the

Cloth of Gold in May 1520, where he had in his retinue a chaplain, eleven servants and eight horses.

His highest assignment came when he was relieved of his duties as treasurer and was appointed

deputy- lieutenant and Vice-Admiral to Sir Thomas Howard. His flagship was the Trinity Sovereign

and his pay 10s. a day. (A Royal Descept - Sharpe - Page 9; The Wyndhams of Norfolk and

Somerset - Page 36.)

Thomas married first, Eleanor Scrope, daughter of Sir Richard Scrope. Their children were John,

Edmund and Elizabeth. (Visitations of London, 1633-35 - Vol. 2 - Harleian Society.)

He was married a second time to Elizabeth Wentworth, daughter of Sir Henry Wentworth of

Latherjngsett, Suffolk, and widow of Sir Roger d'Arcy of Danbury, Essex. The license for this

second marriage was granted August 4, 1509. (Letters and Papers of Henry VIII - Page 54). By

Elizabeth Wentworth, Thomas was father of Thomas, Margaret and Mary.

Sir Thomas made a testament and will at Felbrigg on October 22, 1516 as "son and heir of Sir John

Wyndham, Knt." The testament was proved April 28, 1522 and the will on March 4, 1523 at the

Principal Court of Probate. In the testament he desires to be buried in the Lady Chapel of Norwich

Cathedral "without damnable pompe and superfluitie" but there, he says, "uppon my body I woll

have a tombe as shall be thought convenient to myn executors, sufficient in largess for me and my

two wyffs, yf my wife Elizabeth woll be there buried." He provides for masses to be said "perpetuum

for the said waives' souls" and his own, and leaves various sums "to be expended for other pious

purposes and in honour of the nine orders of aungels." In the will he treats of his estate and those of

all his ward at great length, mentioning also "My fader, Sir John Wyndham" and the three Miss

Scropes, "my first wyf's sisters." Executors for the will are "my wife, Dame Elizabeth Wyndham, my

singular goode lorde my Lorde Thomas, Erle of Surrey, Peter Nobys, Doctor of Divinitie, and my

well beloved brother, George Wyndham." Supervisor, "my Lorde of Norfolke", the testator's uncle

Sir Thomas was buried, as he desired, in the Lady Chapel of St. Peter's Cathedral, Norwich, whence

his altar tomb was removed, first to the Jesus Chapel when the Lady Chapel was destroyed between

the years 1573 and 1589 and then to the north side of the cathedral nave, where it is now. The inlaid




brass effigies of himself and his wives and all other ornaments, shields of arms, badges and devices

that formerly adorned it have long since disappeared together with the whole of the inscription.

Sir Thomas' will showed that he had in his possession the lordships of Botley, Hamesthwayt,

Wighton in Yorkshire, Crownthorpe, Wickelwode, Hackford, Aylmerton, Rungton, Ingworth,

Baningham, Tuttington, Colby Briston, Wolterton, Metton, Melton Cockfelds and Felbrigg.

m. 1496, at Bentley, Yorks, Eleanor, dau of Sir Richard Scrope and Eleanor Wellsborn

s. Sir Edmund Wyndham

s. Sir John Wyndham See below

d. Elizabeth

d. Margaret

d. one other

m. 1509, Elizabeth, dau of Sir Henry Wentworth of Latherjngsett, Suffolk and Anne Say, widow of

Sir Roger d'Arcy of Danbury, Essex. The license for this second marriage was granted 4 Aug1509.

(Letters and Papers of Henry VIII - Page 54)

s. Sir Thomas Wyndham (b. c 1510, d. 1553) m. c1535, Mary Evarard (b. c1515)

d. Margaret m. Sir Andrew Luttrell of Dunster

d. Mary m. Mr Paston

Sir John Wyndham (c1490-1574) of Felbrigg, Norfolk. Son of Thomas Wyndham and Eleanor

Scrope. Knighted in 1547. Died 1574 in Felbrigg, Norfolk.

In 1523, John Wyndham returned to England after 10 years in France. He found his sister Margaret

married to Sir Andrew Luttrell of Dunster, and while visiting her, he met Elizabeth Sydenham, and

married her in 1528. Since the death of her brother without issue, she had been the owner of the

Sydenham home at Orchard [Comment - Near Watchet, Somerset] and of the family estates. The

marriage, therefore, was unquestionably one of "inheritance in land" such as John's father would

have approved.

No family had been more prominent and influential in Somerset than the Sydenhams. But, it was

now approaching the end of its period of ascendancy. The Orchard branch was merged into the

Wyndhams by Elizabeth's marriage to John.

John's marriage resulted in his branch of the family becoming domiciled in Somerset instead of in

Norfolk. On this account too, and because for some inscrutable reason Wyndhams in Somerset were

more prolific than in Norfolk, the house at Orchard Wyndham and the ancient parish church of St.

Decuman's nearby became the chief centres of family history and tradition.

m. 1528, Elizabeth (1506-1571), dau & coheir of John Sydenham and Elizabeth Hody

s. Edmund See below

s. Charles

s. Humphrey

s. John m. Florence Wadham (d. 25 Aug 1572)

Sir Edmund Wyndham (b. 1560) of Kentsford, Somerset.




Son of John Wyndham and Elizabeth Sydenham

m. Margaret (b. 1565), dau Richard Chamberlayne or Chamberlain

s. Edmund

s. Francis

s. George

s. Sir Hugh Wyndham, Bt. (b. 1603)

s. Zachary

s. John

s. Sir Thomas

Sir Thomas Wyndham (1580-1636) of Kentsford, Somerset.

Son of Edmund Wyndham and Margaret Chamberlayne

m. 1597, Elizabeth (c1570-c1655), dau of Richard Coningsby

s. Charles

s. George

s. Hugh

s. Edmund (1600-1682)

d. Anne (b. c1603) m. John Powell

s. Thomas (1607-1713)

s. Sir Francis (1612-1676)

m. Anne (1616-1676), dau Thomas Gerard and Isabel Willoughby

Had at least 4 sons and 1 daughter

Sir Edmund Wyndham (1600-1682) of Kentsford, Somerset.

Son of Thomas Wyndham and Elizabeth Coningsby.

From Peerage –

Sir Edmond Wyndham was born in 1600. He was the son of Sir Thomas Wyndham and Elizabeth

Coningsby. He married, firstly, Christabella Pyne, daughter of Hugh Pyne, on 19 August 1623. He

died on 2 Mar 1682.

He matriculated at Wadham College, Oxford University, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, on 16 April

1619. He was admitted to Lincoln's Inn in 1620. He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.)

for Minehead between 1625 and 1640.2 He gained the rank of Captain of Horse between 1639 and

1642. He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Bridgwater between April 1640 and

January 1641. He gained the rank of Colonel between 1642 and 1645 in the Royalist Army. He held

the office of Governor of Bridgwater between 1643 and 1645. He held the office of Justice of the

Peace (J.P.) for Somerset between 1643 and 1646. He held the office of Justice of the Peace (J.P.) for

Somerset between July 1660 and 1682. After the Restoration, he held the office of Member of

Parliament (M.P.) for Bridgwater in 1661. He was appointed Knight circa August 1667.

m. 19 August 1623, Christabella (1604-1658), dau of Hugh Pyne

s. Sir Henry (1624-1671)

s. Hugh (1626-1671)

m. 4 Feb 1651, Joanna (1631-1694), dau Sir Francis Drake (1588-1637) 1st Bt.,

& Joan Strode (1597-1655)

s. Edmund (1657-1697)

s. Thomas (c1628-1713)




s. Sir Charles (1638-1706)

d. Mabel (b. c1640)

s. Edmund (b. c1642)

Sir Thomas Wyndham (c1628-1713) of Tale, son of Edmund Wyndham and Christabella Pyne

Thomas Wyndham was born circa 1628. He was the son of Sir Edmond Wyndham and Christabella

Pyne. He married Elizabeth Warne, daughter of Roger Warne. Secondly, he married Winifred

Welles, daughter of Gilbert Welles, before 14 July 1673. He died in May 1713.

He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Minehead on 17 February 1673. He sat in the

House of Commons from 1673 to 1679 as MP for Minehead, then from 1679 to 1689 for Yarmouth

(Isle of Wight). Thomas died about May 1713. His will provides the following information and

refers specifically to his daughter Christabella.

Will of Thomas Wyndham of Somerset House, Middx, Esq. Proved 2 Dec 1713 by Winifred, relict.

Further administration awarded to his sons John and William, Winifred being dead. Specifically

refers to “my daughter Christabella”.

m. after 1650, Elizabeth (1630-1671), dau of Roger Warne (she was a cousin)

s. Edmund (b. c1654)

m. c1691, Penelope Doddington (1672-1715)


d. Christobella (c1655-1710) See below

s. Charles

m. before 14 Jul 1673, Winifred, dau of Gilbert Welles

s. John

s. William

Christobella Wyndham (c.1655-1710) Daughter of Sir Thomas Wyndham of Tale, Payhembury,

Devon.

m. 1672, Sir Giles Eyre (1635-1695)

d. Christabella bap 03 Jul 1673 bur 02 Aug 1686

s. Robert bap 05 Jun 1674 bur 1679

d. Mary bap 03 Mar 1676 bur 29 Apr 1681

s. Wyndham b. 01 Oct 1677 bap 20 Oct 1677 bur 02 Apr 1681

d. Dorothy b. 15 Feb 1679 bap 18 Feb 1679 bur 29 Jan 1747

m. Richard Frewin, M.D. (c1681-1761)

d. Elizabeth b. 21 Oct 1680 bap 16 Nov 1680

d. Mary bap 01 Jun 1683 bur 10 Jan 1684

[Christobella Wyndham later m. 27 March 1699, Francis Abercromby (1654-1703), Lord Glasford,

from who she eloped in 1699. Buried in Whiteparish.]




The Briscoe and Hulse family connections

Charles Eyre (b. 1732) 3rd son of John Eyre of Putney and Anne Pettiward married Hannah, the daughter

of John Briscoe of Goudhurst, Kent. Their son George Eyre (28 Jan 1772- 1837) who bought Warrens from

Samuel Orr in 1798, married Frances, daughter of Sir Edward Hulse of Breamore.

The Briscoes

Stafford Briscoe (1713-1789), goldsmith

Cross Deep House, Twickenham, was an 18th-century house on the banks of the River Thames in

Cross Deep, Strawberry Hill, 0.5 miles (0.80 km) south of Twickenham town centre. It was

demolished in 1906 and the remains of its grounds form part of present-day Radnor Gardens.

In 1764 Stafford Briscoe (1713-1789), a goldsmith and jeweller based in Cheapside, acquired the

property. In 1775 he sold some land to his neighbour, Horace Walpole, in the latter phases of

Walpole's development of the Strawberry Hill estate. Cross Deep House passed to James & Thomas

Land by inheritance in 1784 and at some point thereafter to William Land. It was next acquired by

John Briscoe in 1789 by inheritance from his uncle and on his death in 1809, passed to his son John

Ivatt Briscoe. In 1831 Briscoe purchased the neighbouring Radnor House, selling it in 1840 to

Francis Needham, 2nd Earl of Kilmorey. He subsequently sold Cross Deep House to Lord Kilmorey

in 1843.

John Briscoe (?) Of Goudhurst, Kent

Brother of Stafford and father of John Briscoe (1747-1809) and Hannah Briscoe

John Briscoe (1747-1809) Was the nephew of Stafford Briscoe.

m. Mary (b. 11 Sep 1748-1825), dau Stephen Winthrop (1705-1758) and his second wife Mary Ivatt,

niece of Benjamin Winthrop, banker. Mary Ivatt was the daughter of Murthwaite Ivatt and

Mary née Savage of Eagle House, Wimbledon, Turkey merchant.

John Briscoe was the brother of Hannah Briscoe, mother of George Eyre (1772- 1837). He was a

Jeweller and Goldsmith with a business at Three Kings and Golden Ball, Foster Lane, London.

(Originally at Corner of Friday-Street, Cheapside.)

John Ivatt Briscoe (1791 - 1870) Son of John Briscoe and Mary Winthrop

m. 25 Sep 1819, Anna Maria Mawbey (c 1801 - 1871)

On the death of her elder sister Emily, Anna Maria was the only surviving child of Sir Joseph

Mawbey and became 'tenant in tail' of the Epsom estate - in effect, eventually his residual heiress.

In the 1851 census John Ivatt Briscoe was described as 'Esquire, Magistrate, DL, landed proprietor

and fundholder.

George Eyre of Warrens, was a trustee of the marriage settlement of John Ivatt Briscoe and Anna

Maria Mawbey, dated 24 Sep 1819. His parents were Charles Eyre and Hannah née Briscoe,




daughter of John Briscoe of Goudhurst. The marriage to Anna Maria was celebrated on 25 Sep 1819

at St James's Westminster but she did not attain the age of 21 until 25 Mar 1822.

John Briscoe (1747-1809), father of John Ivatt, was a Jeweller and Goldsmith and lived at Cross

Deep House, Twickenham. Following the demise of John Briscoe in 1809 [Will proved 6 April 1809

- PROB 11/1495/339], George Eyre wrote from Twickenham to report the 'death of uncle Briscoe,

who has left a considerable fortune' - this suggests that he and John Ivatt Briscoe were cousins. Mr

John Briscoe was taken from Twickenham for burial at St Mary's, Wimbledon, aged 62, presumably

for interment with the parents of his relict, Mary née Ivatt. The Will of Mary Briscoe, Widow of

Twickenham, who died in her 78th year, was proved 28 Feb 1826 - PROB 11/1708/429.

The Hulses

William Hoolse (d. 1653) Lived at Stanney, Cheshire. Was buried on 28 Apr 1653.

m. Anne (d. 1655) bur 11 August 1655

s. Richard Inherited father’s property

s. John d. Infant

s. William d. Infant

d. Anne alive in 1652

s. Edward Hulse (See below)

Edward Hulse M.D., F.R.C.P. (1632-1711) b. 18 Mar 1632 d. 3 Dec 1711

Edward Hulse graduated from Leyden University, Leyden, The Netherlands, with a Doctor of

Medicine (M.D.) and later Fellow of Emmanuel College, Cambridge. In 1677 was appointed

‘Physician of the Court of the Prince of Orange’ in Holland, a position which he retained later as

Court Physician to William III in England. He was Treasurer of the College of Physicians, London

between 1704 and 1709. He lived at Baldwins, Dartford, Kent.

m. Dorothy, dau Thomas Westrow and Anne Capell

s. William d. 22 Aug 1761

d. Anne d. 30 Jan 1745

d. Mary d. Oct 1721

s. Sir Edward (See below)

Sir Edward Hulse M.D., F.R.C.P. (1682-1759), 1st Bt b. 1682 d. 10 Apr 1759

Followed his father as a student at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, graduated M.D. in 1711 and was

appointed ‘Physician in Ordinary’ to Queen Anne, George I and George II. Sir Edward bought

Breamore House and much of the Dodington estates in 1748 and handed them over to his eldest son,

later the second Baronet. Created 1st Bt Hulse on 7 Feb 1739. [Breamore House was completed in

1583 by the Dodington family, and was built on the site of Breamore Priory. The building underwent

minor changes in the 18th century and underwent considerable restoration after a major fire in 1856.]

m. 15 Jan 1713, Elizabeth (d. 15 Jan 1742), dau Sir Richard Levett, who was Lord Mayor of

London in 1700 and the owner of Kew Palace. Through this marriage the Hulse family

acquired many heirlooms of the Sussex Levetts, who were an ancient Norman family.




s. Levett d. Infant


d. Mary b. 4 Jan 1716

s. Westrow b. 25 Nov 1723 d. 22 Nov 1746

s. Richard b. 16 Oct 1727 d. 27 Oct 1805

d. Elizabeth b. 16 Feb 1732 d. 20 Feb 1807

m. 1757, John Calvert of Albury Hall, Herts. M.P.

s. Thomas b. 1735 d. Dec 1766

Sir Edward Hulse (1715-1800), 2nd

Bt b. 21 Jun 1715, d. 1 Dec 1800

Known as “The Handsome Sir Edward”, possibly in not too complimentary comparison with his

father who had become distinctly portly in his old age. In 1741 he married Hannah Vanderplank, an

extremely pretty girl of sixteen. He succeeded as the 2nd Baronet Hulse on 10 Apr 1759. He held the

office of High Sheriff in 1765. He lived at Breamore, Hants.

m. 23 Feb 1742, Hannah (d. 16 Dec 1803), dau Samuel Vandeplank, merchant

s. Rev Westrow, Chaplain to the EIC d. 23 Apr 1787

d. Dorothy d. unm

d. Elizabeth

m. 1772, Joseph Berens, Esq

d. Hannah b. 1742 d. 27 Apr 1828

m. 1 Sep 1767, Richard Benyon of Gidea Hall, Essex


s. Field Marshal Rt Hon Sir Samuel b. 27 Mar 1746, d. 1 Jan 1837

d. Mary Anne b. 1755 d. 1825

m. Gen Edmund Stevens

d. Charlotte Matilda b. 1765 d. 20 Jul 1846

m. Sir Thomas Bernard, Bt of Nettlesham, Lincs.

Sir Edward Hulse (1744–1816), 3rd

Bt b. 17 Aug 1744 d. 30 Sep 1816

He graduated from Oxford University with a Master of Arts (M.A.) He succeeded as the 3rd Baronet

Hulse on 1 Dec 1800. He held the office of Sheriff of Hampshire between 1802 and 1803.

m. 13 May 1769, Mary (c1745- 24 Jul 1813), dau Charles Lethieullier and Mary Gow

d. Mary d. 31 Oct 1852

m. 22 Mar 1816, Edward Berkeley Portman of Bryanston House, Dorset

s. Maj Gen Richard d. Sep 1813

d. Elizabeth d. 19 May 1807

s. Edward b. 9 Jul 1770 d. 9 Sep 1789

s. Sir Charles, 4th

Bt b. 12 Oct 1771 d. 19 Oct 1854

m. 5 Jul 1808, Maria, 2nd

dau of the late John Buller of Morval, Cornwall

s. Edward

s. Charles

m. 3 Mar 1836, Georgina, dau Lt.Gen Frederick Buller

s. Richard

d. Maria




s. John Buller

s. Henry Gore

s. Rev Thomas b. 16 Aug 1780 d. 7 Oct 1853

d. Frances b. 22 Oct 1781 d. 29 Apr 1820

m. Jun 1803, George Eyre of Bramshaw

d. Harriet b. 7 Jan 1785 d. 27 Sep 1868 in Morval, Cornwall

m. 29 Jun 1814, John Buller

d. Charlotte Eliz. b. 8 Aug 1786 d. 30 Jul 1873

The Richards of Penryn, Cornwall

George Edward Briscoe Eyre (1849-1922) married Mary Mildred Richards (c.1852-1933), the daughter of

the Rev William Upton Richards. The Richards family came from Penryn in Cornwall, near Falmouth.

Parish records and other sources provided the following information.

William Richards [A William Richards bur 28 May 1782 at Falmouth, aged 19]

m. 20 Feb 1781, Catherine Saul Married by Licence (one or both under age of 21yrs)

s. William (bap 26 Jul 1782 at St Gluvais. Father deceased)

Catherine Richards then remarried

m. 21 Jul 1784, James Dix Married by Licence at St Gluvais

d. Sally Cousens bap 26 Aug 1785

William Richards of Penryn b. 1782 bur 11 Jan 1849 Attorney at Law

m. 27 Feb 1804, Elizabeth Rose Thomas (bap 1 Feb 1782, bur 25 Feb 1830),

dau John & Ann Thomas

d. Mary Lascombe b. 26 Jan 1805 St Gluvias

d. Elizabeth Skinner b. 15 Jan 1807 St Gluvias (Did she die young?)

s. William Upton b. 29 Apr 1811 See below

d. Elizabeth Skinner bap 7 Jan 1813 St Gluvias

d. Anne bap 17 Nov 1814 St Gluvias

d. Charlotte bap 6 Oct 1815 St Gluvias

d. Ellen bap 4 Jul 1817 St Gluvias

d. Ellen Hall bap 19 Sep 1821 St Gluvias

Rev William Upton Richards (1811 - 1873)

Born 29 Apr 1811 in Penryn, Corwall. Died 16 Jun 1873 in St Pancras, London.

William was a prominent Tractarian priest in the Church of England who served mostly notably as

the vicar of All Saints, Margaret Street, London, from 1859 to 1873.

In 1851, he supported Harriet Brownlow Byron in the foundation of the Society of All Saints Sisters

of the Poor, one of the first Anglican orders for women at Margaret Street; the sisters were employed

in nursing the poor and destitute in the parish.

From Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, Volume 48




RICHARDS, WILLIAM UPTON (1811–1873), divine, only son of William Richards of

Penryn, Cornwall, and his wife, Elizabeth Rose Thomas, was born at Penryn on 2 March

1811. He matriculated from Exeter College, Oxford, on 29 April 1829, graduating B.A. in

1833, and M.A. in 1839. In 1833 he became an assistant in the manuscript department of the

British Museum, and in this capacity he compiled an index to the Egerton MSS., and the

Additional MSS. acquired between 1783 and 1835; it was printed by order of the trustees in

1849. In that year he gave up his post at the British Museum on becoming vicar of All Saints,

Margaret Street, Marylebone. Richards was a warm adherent of the tractarian movement, and

formed a friendship with Pusey, who in 1850 addressed to him a published letter in which he

formulated his opinion on the practice of private confession and absolution in the Church of

England. In June 1851 Richards addressed a letter to C. J. Blomfield, bishop of London,

denouncing the permission granted to Merle d'Aubigné and other foreign protestants to

preach in English churches as ‘an outrage upon our church,’ and ‘apparently reducing our

apostolic church to an equality with those modern sects’

Transcript from Morning Post, 24 Aug 1835

On Saturday , 22nd

inst. at All Souls, Langham Place, by the Rev Burrell Hayley, MA, W.

Upton Richards, Esq., of Penryn, Cornwall to Caroline the youngest daughter of Peter Reade

Cazalet, Esq., late of the Madras Civil Service.

m. 22 Aug 1835, Caroline (b. 1810 in India, d.1890 in Paddington), dau Peter Reade Cazalet

s. George William b. c1836

d. Catherine Rose b. 8 Oct 1838 d. 15 Jul 1850

d. Madeline Frances b. 30 Jun 1843

d. Mary Mildred b. 18 Nov 1848 d. 1933

m. 29 Nov 1873, George Edward Briscoe Eyre (1849-1922)

s. George bap 4 Jun 1876

d. Penelope Mildred bap 2 Jun 1878 d. 1936)

d. Dorothy Muriel (1880-aft1922) See below

m. 1912, John Symons Crosthwaite

d. Marjorie Ruth (1886-1955)

Dorothy Muriel Eyre (1880-aft1922)

Daughter and heiress of George Edward Briscoe Eyre and Mary Mildred Upton Richards

m. Early 1912, John Symons Crosthwaite (1881- )

s. Sir Oliver Eyre Crosthwaite (1913-1978)

Major John Symons Crosthwaite of Glaschville, Knoydart, Inverness-shire later changed the family

name to Crosthwaite-Eyre.

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