BLENNERHASSETT FAMILY of FRENZE Co.Norfolk, LOUDHAM Co.Suffolk, KELVEDON Co.Essex and BARSHAM Co.Suffolk Blennerhassett Family Tree (BH03_Norfolk_N.xlsx) revised June 2014, copyright © Bill Jehan 1968-2014 Thanks to all who have contributed to these pages - please email additions & corrections to: [email protected]

CONTINUED FROM p.C 04 of: Blennerhassett of CARLISLE & FLIMBY, Co.Cumberland N 01

>|>>> Ralph (Ralf, Rafe) >>>>>>>>>>>|>> ??????????????????????>|>> Samuel Blennerhassett; a Freeman of Framlingham (not Rawlingham) Castle, Suffolk SIR THOMAS BLENNERHASSETT de Blenerhayset Knt | 1494/5 (10 Henry VII); Framlingham Castle was the seat of the Dukes of Norfolk (N 02) St Andrew, Frenze, Norfolk 1531 b.c1400 Cumberland; | After Cotman still "of Carlisle" 1437; |>>??????????????????????>|>> Ralph (Ralf, Rafe) Blennerhassett “Genealogical Research in England, East Anglian of Frenze, Norfolk 1475; | Ralph and John Blennerhassett granted est.c1504 (document undated) Blennerhassets”, by G. Andrews Moriarty, [HICKSON v.1 p.4] in | an annuity on the manor of Kelvedon, Essex to Alice, widow of Jown Lowdham [NRO MC 92/3, 536X8] pub. [NEHGR vol.98 No.3 July 1944, p.273] error names him a knight, | but was "Esquire" only; |>>??????????????????????>|>> John Blennerhassett; b. d.27.3.1514 as an old man, a "venerable gentleman"; 5th son of Ralph de BH | bur. in Frenze church, probably under one of two indented grave-slabs at the west end, just inside the door, the brass missing from both; of Carlisle & Great Orton, | his brass effigy was already lost in [BLOMEFIELD]'s time (1730's, 40's & 50's), but [BLOMEFIELD vol.1 p.142] repeated the inscription, with date, from [ANSTIS G.6, f.39]; both in Co.Cumberland; | The 2nd indented grave-slab [BLOMEFIELD vol.1 p.142] takes to be that of his Jane (Joan) de Lowdham Blennerhassett who d.20.6.1501 (N 02) (being 5th son indicated | NOTE: BIFR p.135 suggests this John Blennerhassett who d.27.3.1514 may be identical with John Blennerhassett "...of Southill, Bedfordshire..." by the family in E. Anglia | but that John Blennerhassett (of Hampstead, Middlesex & of Southhill, Bedfordshire - N 31) d.?.7.1532, so is a different man charging their arms with | an annulet for difference) | / | NOTE: MORANT vol.2 p.153 makes Ralph Blennerhassett's son John BH to be the John Blennerhassett who d.27.3.1514 (shown here immediately above) by his marriage of c1423 | rather than this John Blennerhassett (b.c1423/3 d.27.11.1510) who is generally accepted by most histories, but either may be correct… he gained the manors of | / Loudham Hall, Frenze Hall | NOTE: John de Blenerhayset, his 2nd wife Jane (Joan) Tyndall and their son Thomas, in 1509 signed an agreement for settlement (with a part of Boylands), | of the manor of Loudham, Suffolk and other manors in Norfolk, Suffolk & Essex, including Frenze & Kelvedon [NRO MC 92/4, 536X8] Kelvedon & Toddenham; | / also the marsh of |>>John Blenerhayset >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>|>> Margaret (not Elizabeth) Blennerhassett; a sister (nun) of the order of St Clare Halvergate (see N 02); (alias Hassett, | only [NICHOLS p.25] names her Elizabeth; all other sources inc. [VoS/1561 p.355] name her Margaret; Elizabeth was her sister after m. they resided first alias Asset) | / at Loudham Hall, Suffolk b.c1423/4; age 77 yrs | Prioress of the Convent of Campsey (order of St Clare), at Campsea Ashe (Campsey Ash) near Loudham and near Wickham Market in Suffolk, from bef.1500 to post.1517 later Frenze Hall, Norfolk when mother d.1501, | (Campesse, Camesey, Campsey or Campsea Ash, or Ashe; a.k.a. Campsey Abbey or Campsey Priory); c1423-31 Frenze & [MORANT v.2 p.153] | Campsea Ashe is a mile from the old Blennerhassett seat of Loudham Hall Boylands were managed has 67yrs in error | / by Robert Chapeleyn, / | Sir Henry Wood in 1627 purchased Loudham Hall, Pettistree, from Samuel Blennerhassett Jr (N 08); a servant of Ralph BH age 86 ("in his 87th | he later also purchased the site of Convent of Campsea from Frederick Scot, who had obtained it from the heirs of John Lane [NICHOLS p.26] [NA SC 8/96/4762] year") when d.1510; | [VoS/1561 p.377] quotes [KEMP] as writing (in error) that this was Kempsey, Gloucestershire / of Frenze, Norfolk | / by 1430 he had a home in / | NOTE: [SRO Ms. HD 1538/41/5 undated] contains a response of the Prioress of Campsea to the Lord of the Manor of Loudham, the parish of St Clement, he gained the manors | consisting of a schedule of pieces of land; this Ms. in endorsed "Blenerhayset" London, and in that year of Frenze, Loudham, | obtained Royal letters of Kelvedon, & part of |??Anna Blennerhassett (alias Hassett) protection, preparatory to Boylands following | a nun at the Convent of Campsey Ash (Campsea Ashe), nr Petistree, Suffolk c1492-1532 his departure for France in his father's death | it is possible Anna is sister of Margaret Blennerhassett, Prioress of Campsey (see above), as I have shown here, but that is an asssumption, no evidence found; the retinue of Humphrey, / | [VoN/1592 p.36] contains a list of nuns at Campsey, including "Domina Anna Blanerhasett" Earl of Stafford he gave to his son | / [HOC 1486-1421 p.253], John H (N 31) his | Anna Hassett is listed as being an English pilgrim at Rome on 16.3.1492, as part of the doomed estate at Southhill in | in a "List of Members of the Hospice Confraternity", Ms. Liber 16 (f.8) at the "Venerable English College", Rome, Italy attempt to retain France Bedfordshire… | The entry reads: under the English crown [MORANT v.2 p.153] | Noimina Fratrum receptorum in Roma de Diocesi Norwicensis(…) Domina Anna Hassett, die Marcij XVI 1492 / & [BLOMEFIELD | ("In the name of the receiving brothers in Rome, from the diocese of Norwich, Mistress Anna Hasset, March 16th 1492") Ralph d.17.11.1475 at vol.1, p.141] | The Ms. has been studied in "The English Hospice in Rome", pub. in "The Venerable" vol. 21, 1962; "an advanced age" but his / | NOTE: DAVY (f.366) found a mention of this in a document sent by Sir W.C.Trevelyan (1797-1879) to Rev. Dr. George Bitton Jernnyn (1789-1857) day of death, as recorded Collector of the task | in an inscription at Frenze in Norfolk from 1473 | church, is difficult to read / | and recorded variously as with others inc. John |>>Elizabeth >>>>>>>>>>>>>>|>> Thomas Brampton >>>>>>>>>>>|>> issue xvii (17th) [HAMLINE], Cornwallis he granted | Blennerhassett | of Lynnebishop, Norfolk xiiii (14th) [BLOMEFIELD] enfeoffment of land | / | m.1st Elizabeth Grave, widow & [L'ESTRANGE], in Tibenham, Norfolk | m. William Brampton | / ximo (10th) [KERRICH]; 1.5.1503 (18 Hen. VII) | of Attleborough, | m.2nd Elizabeth Stanton >>>|>> issue in addition [BIFR p.133] [Cambridge U. Lib. | Norfolk | of Welbye & [MORIARTY/1 p.275] Deed Poll 12/74 1503 | | have d.8.11.1475 in error; former ref. B531] | |>>Elizabeth Brampton [OKR p.4] & [BROWNE] Tibenham is close to | | / have d.1400, in error; the Blennerhassett | | m. Morgan his Will is dated 20.9.1465, seat of Frenze | | NOTES ON LOUDHAM HALL: pr.8.12.1483 [NRO, / | |>>Margaret Brampton Medieval Loudham Hall was rebuilt in the late 16th century, perhaps about 1580, the year of of Francis Bacon's death. NCC Caston, f.183A] d.27.11.1510, date on | / In the 18th century Charles Cranmer inherited Loudham from the Wood family, changed his name to Wood, and it is believed he may be the man who made extensive alterations N 01 / brass, in [VoS/1561 | m. Wykinge to Loudham hall starting c1730 and continuing to c1750, by which time a complete new wing, as large as the original house, had been added ["Suffolk Houses" by Eric Sandon] N 02 / p.357] & [COTMAN]; | m.c1423 Joanna "Joan" but [BLOMEFIELD 1|>>>Sir Thomas >>>>>>>>>>1|>>>George Blennerhassett >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>|>> Mary Blennerhassett b.c1517/18 (of "full age", 26yrs or more, at her father's i.p.m. 9.10.1544); sole dau. & heir of her father George Blennerhassett; (or Jane) de Lowdham vol.1 p.144] has 28.11; | Blenerhayset, Knt | (alias Hassett) she gained the manor of Loudham, Pettistree and also the Blennerhassett family portion of the manor of Boylands on her father's death 14.2.1543/4 (35 Henry VIII); described b.c1409/10 (not b.c1404) [MORIARTY/1] has | b.c1461 (aged 49 yrs | b.c1501 [BIFR p.133] as "of Loudham" 1571-1587; held the Manor of Frenze on the death of her step-mother Margaret in 1559; and the manor of Ellwell Hall from 1st husband when he d.1572; she being aged 14 years 8.11; & [BIFR p.135] | when father d.1510); | / she d.17.9.1587 (dsp); [COTMAN] has correct date; [BLOMEFIELD vol.1 p.144] has 7.9.1587 in error, repeated by [DAVY p.353], [HICKSON/OKR vol.1] & [BROWNE] at her father's i.p.m. 7.11.1510, all in error | first of Loudham, | MORANT vol.2 p.153 / 1423/4 (2 Henry VI) [NI] / | Suffolk, later of | indicates it was his She is bur. in Frenze church; her brass, erected by her cousins John BH (N 09) & John Cornwallis, has no effigy but describes her as "viduae, piae, castae, hospitali, benignae"; & [MORIARTY/1 p.275]; i.p.m. 4.4.1511 | Frenze, Norfolk | younger step-brother her brass is designed in several pieces, a lozenge, a large Blennerhassett crest, and four shields with arms of Blennerhassett, Covert, Culpepper & Bacon with their quarterings, dau. & sole heir of John (2 Henry VIII) at Diss | / | brother Thomas BH (N 02) The pieces comprising Mary BH Bacon's brass are reused from earlier monument, the reverse being a substantial part of an early 15th century effigy of an unknown academic; de Lowdham (p.DL 01) nr Frenze, Norf.; but | at his father's death | who was b.c1501, giving Another monumental brass at Pettistree, Suffolk, depicts effigies of her 2nd husband Francis Bacon with both his wives, and states that he had he had "noe issue" by Mary BH inheriting the manor of [NA index] has i.p.m. | he succeeded to the | as source their father's / Loudham (Loudham Hall) 3 Hen. VIII (1511/12): | the manors of Frenze, | i.p.m. 1531/2 (23 Hen.VIII), All lands inherited by Mary from her father were, by Will of her g.father Sir Thomas BH, entailed "to the heirs male of his body", so had to pass to the heirs of her uncle John Pettistree, Suffolk; [NA C142/26/77 | Loudham, part of | but cannot be so… BH of Barsham, Suffolk, who d.1573 (N 02); Following Mary's death in 1587, the portion of Boylands manor reverted to her cousin John BH (N 09), son of her uncle John BH; the manor of Frenze Hall, & E150/614/1] Norf. | Boylands; Kelvedon | / During her lifetime Mary gave Frenze to her 2nd husband Francis Bacon (who pre-deceased her) for his life, jointly with his son (but not her son) Edmund Bacon of Harleston; Diss, Norfolk; part of & [NA C142/26/53 | (Keldey, Kelden) | of Kenninghall, Scole & George Blennerhassett (N 09), a brother of her cousin John Blennerhassett (N 010), held Frenze in 1587; Samuel BH Sr (N 05) of Loudham, Suffolk & Frenze, Norfolk resided the manor of Boylands, & E150/614/2] Suff. | & other Essex lands | Stuston, etc in Norfolk; at Loudham bef.1591-c1615, probably until his death in 1625, and was patron of Frenze Rectory 1618; His sons Samuel Blennerhassett Jr & Edward Blennerhassett (N 08) Scole (half of that part in / | / | held Corringham, Essex 1540 in 1636 sold Frenze out of the family to Richard Nixon; Samuel Blennerhassett Jr appears to have sold Loudham Hall out of the BH family in 1627, to Sir Henry Wood; Norfolk, half in Suffolk); bur. in Frenze church, | Sir Thomas BH & his | [i.p.m. 32 Henry VIII]; An inventory of her goods at Loudham, made Sept.1587 immediately following her death, is at [NRO Ms. DN/INV3/115 "Inventory of Mary Bacon widow of Loudham 1587"] the manor of Kelvedon brass on floor in the | sons served the 1st, | held Frenze & the part / (Kelvedon Hall) at Great choir; effigy in full | 2nd, 3rd and 4th | of Boylands from 1531 m.1st bef.1544 (m.est.c1535) Thomas Culpepper; b.c1498/9; d.?.9.1572 (dsp), bur.22.9.1572 Pettistree; Will dated 10(12?).4.1571, pr.4.11.1572 [PCC]; Braxted, Essex; the manor armour with 4 shields: | Dukes of Norfolk; | / "lately of Bysshe Court, Kent"; of Loudham Hall, Pettistree, Suffolk 1571; son of Richard Culpepper of Wakehurst Place, Ardingley, West Sussex [BDEB Culpeper, Bt] of Toddenham, Suffolk; / | Sir Thomas BH was | resided at Kenninghall, & Joanna Naylor; his brother William Culpepper & wife were living there with him in 1571; Thomas Culpepper bequeathed the manor of Ellwell Hall to his widow and the marsh of Halvergate, 1. Blennerhassett | Minister (Seneschal, | a seat of the Dukes of "...to the right worshipful Mr. John Blennerhassett, esq., treasurer with the mighty prince Thomas, Duke of Norfolk, £20..."; within parish of Orford 2. Blennerhassett | Steward, Principal | Norfolk also "to my wife's godson Richard Blennerhassett, one of the sons of the said John Blennerhassett, my two marshes in Orford and Gedgrave…." & Gedgrave, Suffolk 3. Quarterly: | Household Officer) to | (probably employed / / 1st & 4th B'hassett | 2nd Duke (also 1st | by them but no evidence) m.2nd 23.5.1573 Pettistree; [VoS/1561 p.358] & [BIFR p.133] have m.24.5.1573 ; Francis Bacon of Hessett, Suffolk; b.c1517 s. of Edmund Bacon; pre-deceased his wife Mary Joan de Lowdham 2nd Lowdham | Earl of Surrey, d.1524) | / (as his son Edmund Bacon probably also did, but Edmund not bur. at Pettistree); either Francis Bacon or his son Edmund resided at Easterford Hall, Kelvedon 1580/1 (23 Eliz. I); was widow of Thomas 3rd Orton | & 3rd Duke (d.1554) | The manor of Loudham Francis Bacon (jointly with his son Edmund Bacon of Harleston) was in 1573 granted by his 2nd wife Mary Blenerhayset use of the manor of Frenze, for life; Francis Bacon had de Heveningham 4. Orton (not BH !!!) | from before 1513 until | (Loudham Hall), m.1st Elizabeth Cotton of Barton, Suffolk & by her had a dau. Elizabeth Bacon; he d.13.12.1580 bur. Pettistree, Suffolk (but does not appear in the burial register); (Hevenyngham) who impaling Heigham | his death in 1531 | Pettistree, Suffolk, was His monumental portrait brass in Pettistree churchdepicts him "...in civil dress..." (wearing a gown) standing between his two wives, below three brass shields of arms (missing) d.c1422/3 (dsp) and whom / | / | settled on George at the on a tomb slab that been remounted on the chancel wall; the inscription states he had "noe issue" by Mary Blennerhassett, so the mother of his son Edmund Bacon is unknown; she had m.1st est.c1422 m.1st c1460 | Auditor of accounts | time of his 1st marriage Edmund Bacon of Harleston may be illigitimate, or he may perhaps have been son-in-law to Francis Bacon, not son, and the husband of Francis' daughter Elizabeth (she aged est. c13 yrs) Jane Heigham | for Framlingham | / / / | (not Rawlingham) | d.14.2.1543/4 (35 Hen.VIII); Will pr.1544 [NRO NCC register Cooke ff.267-270]; i.p.m. Norfolk 10.10.1544 (36 Hen.VIII) [NA C142/70/13, E150/644/1, WARD7/1/137]; Joan de Blenerhayset (nee [MORIARTY/1] | Castle, Suffolk | i.p.m. Suffolk 9.10.1544 (36 Hen.VIII) [NA C142/70/18, E150/644/1, WARD7/1/132]; also an i.p.m. taken at Eye, Suffolk 9.10.1544 (36 Hen.VIII) at [NRO HD 1538/19 vol.19 f.56]; de Lowdham) d.23.6.1501; names her Margaret) | 1530/1(22 Hen.VIII) | George Blennerhassett held the manor of Boyland in Thrandeston & Otley, of the King, in chief, for service of 4th part of one knight's fee, and worth £4 6s. 8d. p.a. after deductions; this date is on three i.p.m. b.c1446; d.c1472 | home to the Dukes | / i.p.m. :- for SUFFOLK dau. of Thomas | of Norfolk (N 01); | He held the manor of Loudham in Tuddenham [St Martin], of the Dean and Chapter of Ely, as of the manor of Melton, for service unkown and worth £5 p.a. after deductions; [NA i.p.m. C142/15/78] Heigham (Higham) | he is mentioned in the | this included a marsh called Havergate & 40acres land, 40acres pasture, 40acres meadow, 12acres wood, 500acres marsh, 40s. rent in Tuddenham, Culpho, Westerfield, Stuston, Orford & Gedgrave; writ 21.7.1501, i.p.m. held of Heigham Green, | 1512 Will of John de | / held at Ipswich 5.10.1501; Gazeley, Suffolk; | Vere, Earl of Oxford | He held the manor of Loudham-juxta-Wickham Market, of the King, as of manor of Orford, by reason of minority of Lord Dacre, for service unknown and worth £13 6s. 8d. p.a. after deductions; i.p.m. :- for NORFOLK bur. Gazeley Church, | / | this included 100acres land, 40acres meadow, 100acres pasture, 40acres wood, 100acres marsh, £4 rent in Wickham Market, Ufford, Ash, Pettistree, Dallinghoo and Bredfield [NA i.p.m. C142/15/79] a black marble table | Sir Thomas's eldest | George Blennerhassett bequeathed Frenze to his 2nd wife Margaret, for her life, and the part of Boylands to his daughter Mary Blennerhassett, for her life; [CR vol.9 p.31 bun. 1112] 1544-1547 writ 21.7.1501, i.p.m. held tomb in nave; brass | son George BH lived | / at Dichingham 1.10.1501; & inscription are lost | at Kenninghall, also a | A guide in St Mary's Ch., Kenninghall tells us: "...to the north of the Chancel where the organ is now, was a chapel or chantry with its own door in the North wall...", this "...converted into a school house and i.p.m. :- for ESSEX but has two shields:- | seat of DoN, so may | vestry..."; There is buried George Blennerhassett "...under a fair gravestone..." formerly displaying "...a large brass effigies and four shields..." [BLOMEFIELD vol.1, pp.223-224] & [ANSTIS E.26, f.29]; [NA i.p.m. C142/15/80] / | have served them | this indented stone, its brass already lost by [BLOMEFIELD's] time, is described as lying before the old altar-stone which had been set into the floor beneath its original position; reused in 1669, the stone is writ 15.10.1501, i.p.m. held 1. Quarterly: | / | inscribed for Habbakuk Layman (Laiman) Senior, Surgeon (b.c1618, d.5.4.1669, bur.18.4.1669); In 2009 I could not find the stone, perhaps hidden by the organ; The upper corners of the external chantry door at Chelmsford 12.10.1501 1st Blennerhassett | Sir Thomas's 2nd son | frame has carved in stone initials "W" and "B" which [BLOMEFIELD] surmises may be for a "...William Blennerhassett, by whom it is very likely it might be founded...", but I have no idea who this may be. [MORIARTY/1 p.275] 2nd & 3rd: Lowdham | Rev.Thomas BH (N 04) | / [BLOMEFIELD v.1 p.141] 4th Orton; | was Chaplain to the | m.1st Anne Covert; d.bef.1528 (issue); dau. & co-heir of John Covert of Slougham, Sussex & Isabel Pelham [BDEB Covert]; [MORANT vol.2 p.153] impaling Heigham | 3rd Duke in 1538 | niece of Richard Covert, who in the 1528 Will of Sir Thomas BH is charged not to "vexe, sue or trouble his executors for any breach of contract" in relation to the marriage of George BH and Anne Covert Joan is bur. in Frenze ch. quartering Francis | / | / probably under one of two / | Sir Thomas BH's 3rd | m.2nd Margaret Jernegan (Jarnegan, Jerningham, Jermyn); of Somerleyton & of Mutford, both nr Lowestoft, Suffolk; fl.1543; of Ranworth, Norfolk when she d.1559 (dsp); Will dated 13.6.1559 pr.1559 [NCC]; indented grave-slabs at 2. Quarterly: | son John BH (N 05) | dau. of Edward Jernegan & sister of Sir George Jernegan; Margaret gained the manor of Frenze following death of her husband George BH in 1543/4; she m.2nd Robert Holdiche (d.1558) of Ranworth, Norfolk; west end of the church, 1st & 4th: B'hassett | was minister | [NA Ms. C 1/386/24] has: "George, son of Thomas Blennerhassett v. Richard Broke, Knt, and others, feoffees to uses…. "refusal to convey the manor of Lowdham by Wickham just inside the door, their 2nd: / Orton (now lost) | (treasurer & legal | / Market, which complainant covenanted with Richard Jerningham, Knt, and John Jerningham, to settle on them as the jointure of Margaret Jerningham, his wife..." monumental brasses & 3rd: Lowdham | adviser) to 3rd Duke | / inscriptions long missing; / | (d.1554) and 4th Duke | [BLOMEFIELD vol. 1 pp.223-224] correctly gives George Blennerhassett two marriages but incorrectly names his 2nd wife Margaret Jernegan as the 1st wife, and an otherwise unknown Le Strange her brass was already lost for John | (executed for treason | (L'Estrange, L'Strange) as a 2nd wife; [BIFR 1976 p.133] has read [BLOMEFIELD] and lists all three, making L'Strange a third wife! ; This cannot be, as George BH's real 2nd wife Margaret Jernegan outlived by Blomefield's time, but Blennerhassett's | 1572); two of John's | him and remarried; George BH's portrait "a large brass effigies and four shields" in St Mary's Ch., Kenninghall were already lost by [BLOMEFIELD's] time, leaving only the indented stone (still there); [BLOMEFIELD vol.1 p.142] 2nd marriage | children served the | [BLOMEFIELD's] source was [ANSTIS E.26, f.29], who had seen the portrait brass "with his arms quartered" decorating George's tomb; It appears one of the shields of arms seen by [ANSTIS] had carried repeats her inscription as bef.26.3.1473, to: | Earl & Countess of | BH arms impaled with Le Strange "two lions passant" and [BLOMEFIELD], on reading [ANSTIS], took Le Strange to be a wife of George BH; Identical arms appeared on one of four brass shields of arms on seen and recorded earlier Jane (Joan) Tyndall | Arundel (N 09); | the 1531 tomb of George's father Sir Thomas BH, Knt, representing his 1st m. to Jane Le Strange (NOT to Jane Sutton of family of Sutton, Baron Dudley, as [DAVY] and others sources after him have written); by [ANSTIS G.6 f.39] b. | / | [BLOMEFIELD's] Le Strange was George BH's mother, not wife; probably a Le Strange of Hunstanton Hall, Norfolk, who bore the same arms as on the BH tombs and had similar family connections to the BHs which states she d.20.6.1501; d.6.10.1521 Frenze; | John Howard, the 1st | the 2nd of the two indented of Deene, Northants | Duke, and his 2|>>>Edward (not Edmund) >>>>>>>>>|>> issue (?) [MORIARTY/1 p.277] says Edward Blennerhassett had issue, but gives no detail grave-slabs is believed to also of Redenhall & | son Thomas Howard | Blennerhassett; [VoS/1561 pp.355, 359] & [DAVY] both have him (dsp) be that of her grandson(?) of Hockwold, Norfolk | the 2nd Duke fought | fl.1528 d.c1540 John Blennerhassett, who follow this line down | for King Richard III at | (of Norwich St Paul ?) 1540; d.27.3.1514 (N 01) to (N 31)… | Bosworth 22.8.1485, | Will dated & pr.1540 [NCC DCN 79/2 f.93]; the chief beneficiaries being "his servant Margaret Broke & her unborn child" [BIFR p.133] N 02 / / | the 1st Duke, aged | / N 03 / / | over 60 years, being | m. Anne Cobbe; of Sandringham, Norfolk; dau. of Geoffrey Cobb; Johanna d. aged c91/92 yrs; | killed in the battle; | widow of Richard Dade of Witton, Norfolk (there are two villages named Witton in Norfolk); NOTE: The DADE family appear in Magna Carta [ANSTIS G.6 f.39] as reported | The 2nd Duke d.1524 | by [BLOMEFIELD vol.1 p.141] / | / |>>Jane (Joan) Blennerhassett (dsp); [BIFR p.133] names her Mary gave no age for her; / | / | m. John Meux of Kingston, Isle of Wight; son of Sir William Meux [BDEB Meux Bt] [BLOMEFIELD] himself / | / | gives her age as 97yrs / | / |>>Elizabeth Blennerhassett; d.11.1.1513 (d. young); (i.e. b.c1404) but offers / | / bur. in church of St John the Baptist, Wonersh, Surrey; her brass, behind the chancel rail and c1904 set into a new marble floor, has an inscription in latin, for: no reasoning for this age / | / / / / | / "Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Blenerhayset, Steward of the Household of the most noble Duke of Norfolk, died 11-Jan-1513" ; a rubbing signed F.G. dated 1923 is at [Ashmolean Museum, ref: Surrey 5/3]; Further notes on Ralph Blenerhayset (N 01) | / Her father not yet named "Sir" Thomas Blenerhayset, therefore he was knighted (perhaps by the DoN) subsequent to this date, after the 2nd Duke was restored to his title 1.2.1513/14 as reward for "…a name to start a hare…" | / victory at Flodden on 9.9.1513; The Duke of Norfolk owned some property within Wonersh and all of the adjacent manor of Bramley, so the Blenerhaysets may have resided at Wonersh or Bramley; a comment on the name and person of Ralph | / NOTE: The ancient manor of Tangley or Great Tangley, a 13th century moated manor house, is at Wonersh but was originally a parcel of Bramley; de Blenerhayset of Frenze is in a letter from | / Also at Wonersh were the smaller manors Little Tangley, Halldish, Losterford & Rowleys; The present "Bramley Manor" is 17th century, "East Manor" at Bramley is 16th century ; Sir John Paston (II) to John Paston (III) Esq | / At Arundel Castle Archives are two letters discussing this brass, from Cowley Lambert 29.11.1906 to DoN [Arundel EM 3060 & EM 3061], and from College of Arms 29.12.1906 to DoN [Arundel EM 3062] (two brothers, sons of John P. I) date 2.4.1473 | / as follows: / | / "...Raff Blaundrehasset [name underlined!] | Knighted at some date after 11.1.1513, as [NA Ms. E 210/9421 dated 1511/12] mentions "Thomas Blennerhassett, esquire", and the brass of his daughter Elizabeth Blennerhassett who d.11.1.1513 does not yet name him as Sir Thomas; were a name to styrte an hare. I warant the[r] | probably for his service to the Duke as minister and steward of the household; there is no record of Thomas BH fighting with the Duke at Bosworth in 1485 when he would have been aged 24 yrs, or with the Earl of Surrey at shall come no suche name in owre bokys nere | The Duchess of Norfolk and Sir Thomas Blenerhayset were named as joint executors of the 2nd Duke's Will dated 31.5.1520 (12 Hen VIII), but in Thomas Blennerhassett's own Will of 30.6.1528 he "...renounsyd and clearly refusyd..." in owre howse, it myght par case styrt xxti | to administer the 2nd Duke's estate, and lifted that responsibility from his own executors harys at onys. 'Ware that', quod Perse." | / ("Ralfe Blennerhassett is a name to start a hare. | on the following page p.142 he also has d.17.6.1531 and d. 33 Henry VIII (1541), both in error; I say there shall come no such name in our | [MORAN v.2 p.153] [MORIARTY/1 p.277] and the Frenze church guide [FCG], have d.17.6.1531 & others have d.17.6.1541, both misled by [BLOMEFIELD]; bur. in St Andrew's Church, Frenze; this is an exceptionally fine effigy, in full books, or in our house, it might perhaps start | armour with sword, dagger, gauntlets & spurs, wearing surcoat or tabard of arms: Quarterly: 1st BH (with annulet for difference), 2nd Lowdham, 3rd Orton, 4th Kelvedon; his head rests on a helmet, with BH family crest, a wolf passant 20 hares at once! beware that stingy fellow") | There were also four shields of arms: [DAVIS vol.1 pp.456-7 #273] [GARDNER vol. 3 | 1. Quarterly: 1st & 4th Blennerhassett (an annulet for difference); 2nd & 3rd Orton, impaling quarterly: 1st & 4th Lowdham, 2nd & 3rd Kelvedon pp.81-3] [MORIARTY/1 pp.275-6]; a second | 2. Quarterly: 1st & 4th Blennerhassett, 2nd & 3rd Lowdham; impaling Heigham Blennerhassett ref. is in [DAVIS pp.589-90 #361] | 3. Quarterly: 1st Blennerhassett, 2nd Lowdham, 3rd Orton, 4th Kelvedon; impaling Braham (a crescent for difference) / / | 4. Quarterly: 1st Blennerhassett, 2nd Lowdham, 3rd Orton, 4th Kelvedon; impaling Le Strange (L'Estrange, L'Strange) of Hunstanton (not Sutton, Baron Dudley - see NOTE below and N 02) HD 1538/297/20 (28.11.1437) in Iveagh (Phillipps) | / Mss. at Suffolk Record Off. Ipswich, reveals: | His portrait brass was at Frenze in 1816 when COTMAN made his drawing, but was later stolen, leaving only the inscription; said to have been recovered at Munich in 1820 & acquired by one of BH family (perhaps Sir Rowland BH, Bart., "…Richard Alrede, sheriff of Essex appoints John | b.1839 d.1909, whose wife came from Munich, p.K 36) whose descendant restored it to the church; the portrait brass (or perhaps a modern copy?) has been reunited with the inscription and beautifully set into a polished wood panel Wynburgh, Thomas Mason & Michael Derby, bailiffs, | mounted on S. chancel wall; a rubbing from his brass is in [NRO, PD 476/17]; the pre-1996 church guide booklet [SAF] claimed that after being stolen the effigy was "broken into 3 pieces for scrap metal & was later found in a curio shop", to arrest William Loudham esq., next in blood to | but that happened to a different brass at Frenze, that of his g.father Ralph Blennerhassett (N 02) which was also stolen and this was broken into three pieces as described before being recovered and restored to the church Joan Loudham, daughter of John Loudham, esq., | / deceased, convey him to Hertford gaol and bring him | i.p.m. 23.10.1531 (23 Hen.VIII) at NA Norfolk: C142/52/9, E150/633/2; Suffolk: C142/52/63, E150/633/3 (but original Ms. marked 4, not 3); Essex C142/52/49 (MORANT vol.2 p.153; DAVY f.353); before the King on the Octave of Purification on | at SRO (Phillipps MS No. 18651: HD 1538/297/37) is a copy (dated 1638) of his i.p.m. of 23.10.1531 charge of outlawry at suit of Ralph Blenerhayset of | / Karlill [Carlisle], gent. for £100…" | Sir Thomas Blennerhassett's Will dated 30.6.1528 (20 Henry VIII), codecil dated 23.6.1531 (23 Henry VIII); It is not clear how or when his Will was proved, as it is not in any standard format for the registered copy of a [PCC] Will, / / | and the end does not read like a standard court probate, having no "probatum"; the dates 2.8.1531 & 23.10.1531 that appear in a latin section towards the end of the Will, are after his death so may perhaps indicate probate; In May 1428, Sir Thomas Parr and Ralph BH, | NA "Documents-on-line" states that Sir Thomas' Will [PCC, 17 Thower - NA, PROB 11/24, Image 172] was proved "July 1532"; Sir Thomas BH's Will [PCC, 17 Thower] immediately follows that of his half-brother John Blennerhassett then of Suffolk, committed by mainprise to | [PCC, 16 Thower - NA, PROB 11/24, Image 169, pr.29.7.1532] and immediately preceeds that of William Fuller, otherwise William Cowper [PCC, 18 Thower - NA, PROB 11/24, Image 173, pr.1.8.1532] so it may well have been proved John Broughton esquire, the keeping of five | between 29.7.1532 & 1.8.1532; The PCC "Probate Act Book" [PCC PAB, NA PROB 8/1] which should contain a record of every grant of probate made by the PCC, lists the probate of John BH's Will, but not of Sir Thomas Blennerhassett's Will messuages, five bovates of land and ten acres | / of meadow in the township of Skelton, a | Sir Thomas Blennerhassett, Knt burgage in Carlisle and a quit rent of 13s 4d | m.1st est.c1495 a year from another burgage in Carlisle | Jane Le Strange (L'Estrange, L'Strange), probably of the family of Le Strange of Hunstanton/Hunston Hall, Norfolk (arms "two lions passant" ); NOT Sutton of the family of Sutton, Barons Dudley (arms "a lion rampant" ); / / | Jane was "cousin-german to Lady Surrey" [SRO HD 1538/297/21 dated 24.1.1492], this term deriving from "cousin-germain", then meaning "closely akin" (in modern times it means 1st cousin); Ralph de Blenerhayset (d.1475) was buried in | NOTE: "Lady Surrey" in 1492 was Elizabeth Tylney (d.4.4.1497), wife of Thomas Howard, at the time 1st Earl of Surrey (cr.1483) and later (from 1514) 2nd Duke of Norfolk, who was Sir Thomas Blennerhassett's employer the chancel of St Andrew the Apostle at Frenze, | NOTE on the erroneous "Sutton, Baron Dudley" attribution: as requested in his Will; his monumental brass | Sir Thomas' 1st wife was named Jane; several sources mistakenly state that Sir Thomas' 1st wife was named Jane Sutton "probably of the family of Sutton, Barons Dudley" (whose arms are "a lion rampant"); One of 4 brass shields of arms effigy shows him with a lion at his feet, wearing | on the 1531 tomb of Sir Thomas BH at Frenze, Norfolk (shields now lost but illustrated by [COTMAN] in 1816) had the arms of BH impaling, for his 1st wife, "two lions passant" , the arms of Le Strange; The frequent mis-identification what has has been described "the armour of | of Sir Thomas' 1st wife Jane as "Sutton" rests on one source, probably [DAVY c1840], he mistakenly taking the "two lions passant" as "Sutton, Barons Dudley" instead of Le Strange (L'Estrange, L'Strange) of Hunstanton/Hunston Hall; Agincourt", but Agincourt was in 1415 (MEE, SAF) | 1805 - [BLOMEFIELD vol.1 1805 p.143] correctly describes the arms as "two lions passant " and does not mention the name "Sutton" ; The tomb has four brass shields (1 mutilated): | 1816 - [COTMAN “Sepulchral Brasses of Norfolk & Suffolk” by John Sell Cotman, 1839, vol.1, frontpiece pl.63, illustration dated 1816] correctly illustrates the arms as "two lions passant " and does not mention "Sutton" ; 1. BH (with an annulet) quartering Orton | c1840 - [DAVY - Ms. notes on the Blennerhassett family by Suffolk antiquarian David Elisha Davy c1840, 37 pages] in the Davy Collection at [BL Add. Ms.19118 f.353]; He has Sir Thomas m. "...Jane, daughter of _____ Sutton..." ; 2. Blennerhassett impaling Lowdham | c18?? - [SPURDENS - Ms. "Historical Notes by W.T. Sputdens, NRO Ms.4576 p.241 p.139A, "Diss", "Family Tree of Blennerhassett Family" p.252]. He has Sir Thomas married "...1st wife Jane, daughter of Sutton..." ; 3. Blennerhassett impaling Lowdham | / The notes of [DAVY] and [SPURDENS] are so similar, one must have been copied from the other; 4. Lowdham / | 1857 - [L'ESTRANGE - "The Eastern Counties Collectanea: Notes and Queries on Subjects Relating to the Counties of Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex and Cambridge" edited by John L'Estrange, Norwich 1872-3, pp.265-7] [BLOMEFIELD v.1 p.142] / | correctly describes the shield he saw in 1857 as "Blennerhasset, Lowdham, Orton, and Keldon, quarterly; impaling two lions passant". / / | 1919 - [BOK - "The Blennerhassetts of Kerry: Earlier English Stock” by S.M.] in [KAM - “Kerry Arch. Mag.”, vol.5 No.21 July 1919 p.38] this article is a summary of [DAVY]; This has "...married 1stly Jane, daughter of Sutton..." ; His brass was stolen (post1816) and broken | 1944 - [MORIARTY/1 -“Genealogical Research in England - East Anglian Blennerhassets” by G.Andrews Moriarty pub. in [NEHGR] vol.98 No.1 Jan.1944, pp.67-73; vol.98 No.3 July 1944, p.277] into three pieces for scrap metal, but was later | / states Sir Thomas "...married first Jane Sutton..." and gets it completely wrong by describing these arms as "...2 lions rampant (probably Sutton)..." found in a curio shop & restored to the church | 1976 - [BIFR -"Burke's Irish Family Records" 1976 & 2007, p.133] describes the first wife as "...Jane Sutton (who bore arms similar to those of the Suttons, Barons Dudley - see BURKE'S Dormant and Extinct Peerages)..." / / | / but this is not the case, the arms of Sutton, Barons Dudley are "a lion rampant" not "two lions passant" as on this Blennerhassett shield; Rev.Thomas Kerrich (1748-1828), librarian for the | 1984 - [VoS - "The Visitation of Suffolk 1561", part II, p.358, edited by Joan Corder 1984, published by The Harleian Society, New Series, vol.3, 1984]; The editor states Sir Thomas BH "Married 1st., Jane, daughter of --- Sutton" University of Cambridge made a drawing of the brass | / and copying [BIFR 1976] describes these arms as "similar to those of Sutton Barons Dudley" but without any justification or illustration - she is relying on the earlier sources; [BL Add. Mss. 6728 f217]; from the drawing he made | / NOTE: These two statements are not in the original 1561 text, they were added by the editor in 1984, knowledge obtained from her reading other sources, but her sources for these two items are not specified an engraving, closely following the original drawing | [BLOMEFIELD vol.1 pp.223-224] mis-interpreting [ANSTIS E.e6, f.29], implies the tomb of Sir Thomas' eldest son George Blennerhassett (N 02) at St Mary's, Kenninghall, carried the arms of Blennerhassett impaled by Le Strange; but the inscription is positioned differently; | ["Extarneus" vol.II "Le Strange of Anglia and Eire" by John R. Mayer, 2nd Ed. 2002] states "The [Le Strange of Hunstanton] family maintains intimate connections with certain affines, such as Hastings, Calthorpe and Spelman" N 03 prints from this engraving exist / | and Jane BH, sister of Sir Thomas BH, m. Sir Philip Calthorpe, Knt of Calthorp, Norfolk; and Margaret BH, dau. of Sir Thomas BH, m.1st Sir John Spelman of Narborough, Norfolk; showing they had similar family connections N 04 / | / / | m.2nd Margaret Braham's / | Margaret Braham >>>>>>>>3|>>>Rev.Thomas Blennerhassett, MA, b.c1509 (aged 11 years in May 1520); however, the i.p.m. for his father Sir Thomas Blennerhassett, Knt is said to have him b.c1501, as aged 30yrs on his father's death in 1531 mother Joan Reydon: / | (not Mary) | [i.p.m. 1531/2, 23 Hen. VIII] [MORANT vol.2 p.153] [DAVY f.353]; [BIFR p.133] states it was Rev. Thomas BH's elder bro. George BH who was b.c1501, which seems more probable, need to verify the i.p.m.; Dame Joanna "Joan" / | / | d.c1544/5, shortly bef.5.2.1544/5 when his successor at Lichfield was instituted [DCL/REG14 book 4, register Sampson, f.46 at LRO B/A/1/14 iv f.46] [FASTI 1300-1541 p.8] [FASTI/2 p.16; SC p.26] Braham (nee Reydon, / | dau. of John Braham | / or de Reydon) / | (b.est.c1435 d.c1515) | In 1519 Thomas BH, a scholar, petitioned Pope Leo X at Rome for dispensation to be appointed Commendator (being aged too young to be Rector) for the parish of Hardingham, Norfolk (Diocese of Norwich); b.est.c1437 d.18.11.1519 / | of Brahams Hall | This petition was granted by a Bull of papal dispensation issued 2.4.1519 (ASV Reg. Suppl. 1651, f.48r-v) when he was "aged under 11 years"; appointed Commendator of Hardingham 11.5.1520 (presented by (some sources have her / | Wetheringset | Thomas, Earl of Arundel), having by then reached 11 yrs, the age required to become a minor cleric; his petition is in the [ASV]; a copy of the bull is also in [ASV Lateran Registers 1384, f.259r-v]; another d.10.11.1519, in error); / | (Wetheringsett) | copy of the bull is in [NRO DN/REG 9 book 14, register Nykke, f.159r-v] following immediately after the record of institution at Hardingham on [f.158v]; see [BLOMEFIELD vol.10 p.227 ] & [DEWS p.110]; she is also buried in / | near Stowmarket, | The record of institution and the bull is also recorded on microfilm at [NRO MF512] St Andrew's church, / | Suffolk; and his wife | / Frenze, where on the / | Dame Joanna | Anne P. Fuller of Cambridge University, since 1972 editor of [CEPR] for the [IMC], has in 2008 researched this Bull for her forthcoming [CEPR vol.21 "Leo X, Lateran registers, part 2", calander entry 340]; floor of the nave she / | "Joan" Reydon | until ordained priest in 1534 Thomas Blennerhassett would have needed to engage a vicar or chaplain to serve the parish of Hardingham or of any other benefice he held; Thomas resigned Hardingham in 1523, has a monumental / | (de Reydon) | aged 14, to be replaced by Rev. William Hogeson, chaplain, installed as Rector of Hardingham 17.10.1523 [DN/REG9 book 14, register Nykke, f.183 at NRO] and may perhaps already have been chaplain there brass effigy, shown / | NOTE: The manor of | Anne Fuller tells me the papal dispensation permitted Thomas to hold the benefice "in commendam" (as Commendator) until he reached 18 yrs, he in effect acting as trustee for the benefice during that period; "bidding her beads" / | Braham's (or Brames) | under the dispensation, to hold Hardingham he needed only to be a cleric (i.e. be tonsured & appointed to one or more of minor clerical orders, Ostiarius, Lector, Exorcist & Acolyte); These called minor orders and wearing the dress / | appears earlier to | because perpetual celibacy was not a requirement; on reaching age 18, and having received all four minor orders, he could become Subdeacon and thus be entitled to hold a benefice "in titulum", as Rector of a vowess or / | have been named | / religious votary, / | Buxley (Buxlow) | Thomas was instituted as Rector of St Alphege, Solihull, Warwickshire (Diocese of Lichfield) on 1.5.1527, aged 18yrs, while still a minor cleric, not an ordained priest; this was following the death of incumbent i.e. a widow who has / | / | Walter Walmer (or Wulmer); Thomas' patron for the benifice was his father, Sir Thomas BH; the Lord of manor of Solihull 1524-28 was Sir Thomas' employer, Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Surrey, who became vowed not to remarry / | from her husband | 2nd Duke of Norfolk in 1524 & in 1528 sold manor of Solihull to Sir George Throckmorton [DCL/REG14 book 2, reg. Blythe, f.12v at LRO B/A/1/14 ii f.12v], [VENN part I, p.166], [DUGDALE vol.2, p.943], / / | she inherited for her | SC pp.26, 68-69, 131] [LIPKIN p.57]; between 1523 & 1532/3 Thomas Blennerhassett was being educated at Cambridge (MA 1532/3), he employing a vicar to minister to the parish at Solihull 1527-1534; Her parents are unknown / | lifetime the manor | / to me but seems probable / | of Frenze, Norfolk & | Dispensation was given at Canterbury on 19.5.1534 to "Thomas BH, acolyte, of Norwich Diocese" to take holy orders [FOR p1, register Vv, f.1r]; ordained both Deacon & Priest at Norwich 1.6.1534, the year descends from William / | manor of Kelvedon | of the "Act of Supremacy" [NRO Ordination Register DN/ORR 1/1]; [VENN part I, p.166], he then becoming parish priest at Solihull, where he was already Rector; Thomas continued as priest at Solihull until de Reydon (fl.1346/7) of / | Essex, plus other | 1539, [SC p.68] telling us "His name was evidently inscribed in the original [Solihull Parish] Register provided in 1538, and was copied on to p.11 of vol.1 of the existing registers, where it occurs after the Buckslower who granted / | lands at Kelvedon, | Baptisms for 1561"; this inscription dated 6.11.1538 is transcribed in [SC p.131] lands at Westhall & / | Abrakestede, | / Buxlow to John Braham; / | Juworth, Messinge | Thomas continued as Rector of Solihull until d. shortly bef.5.2.1544/5 [DCL/REG14 book 4, register Sampson, f.46 at LRO B/A/1/14 iv f.46] but did not serve as priest there after 1539, from which date he This William de Reydon / | & Frynge, all Essex | appears to have employed John Howman, DD (a.k.a. John Feckenham, formerly Benedictine monk from Evesham Abbey) as vicar at Solihull [SC pp.26, 68], himself returning to Norfolk as Rector of Bressingham; had a brother Sir Robert / | / | Thomas Blennerhassett leaving Solihull and John Howman arriving there in the year 1539 rather than 1544 derives from: a) 1539 being the year John Howman's Abbey of Evesham was dissolved [SC p.68] and de Reydon and a son / | with her son John | b) a document (transcribed as "Deed No.97" in [SC pp.198-205] ) written by Howman 1548,while a prisoner at the Tower of London, in which he states he had been Vicar of Solihull for ten years [SC p.200]; Robert de Reydon / | Blennerhassett (N 05) | / / | was executor 1544 | Painted on the backs of churchwardens' stalls at Solihull is a list of Rectors, inc."Thomas Blenerhayset (or Hassell) 1527 to 1544 "; these dates were taken from [SC p.26], / | for Will of Sir John | which took them from [DUGDALE vol.2 p.943]; "Hassell" is transcribing error for "Hassett", made at 1817 printing of [VE temp. Hen.VIII", vol.3 p.79], which lists "Thomas Hassell" as Rector of Solihull, c1535 / | Cornwallis, Knt (N 07) | / / | in 1544 whose Will | Chaplain to 3rd Duke of Norfolk 1538 (until his death in 1544/5 ?); on 15.1.1537/8 at Canterbury he was granted dispensation to hold another benefice, in addition to Chaplaincy of DoN & Rectory of Solihull / | bequeathed her as | [FOR p.119, Reg. VV f.173r]; on 30.1.1537/8 instituted as Precentor (senior cleric responsible for direction of choral services) of Lichfield Cath. & Prebendary (non-residentary Canon) of Bishops Itchington / | "my Lady Hassett" | following d. of Thomas Heritage [DCL/CAB book 4, Bishop Lee, f.118v & LRO D30/2/1/4 f.118v microfiche 4 of 6], [FASTI/3 p.8; FASTI 1541-1857 p.16], [SC p.68]; [LIPKIN p.98] has 29.1.1537/8 in error); / | "my gilt cup with the | on leaving Solihull was instituted 23.11.1539 as Rector of Bressingham, Norfolk, 3m. from family seat at Frenze [NRO DN/REG 11 book 17, register Nix, f.56] [BLOMEFIELD vol.1 p.65] [VENN part I, p.166] / | cover that has two | / / | and an | Thomas BH held all 3 benifices until his death shortly bef.5.2.1544/5; following this John Howman, DD, of Feckenham (a.k.a. John Feckenham), TB's vicar at Solihull since 1539, was instituted as Rector of / | antique boy with a | Solihull on 17.3.1544/5 (DCL/REG14 book 4, register Sampson, f.41 at LRO B/A/1/14 iv f.41; SC pp.68 & 200); Hugh Palmer was appointed Precentor of Lichfield & Prependary of Bishops Itchington 5.2.1544/5 / | shield in his hand | [DCL/REG14 book 4, reg. Sampson, f.46 at LRO B/A/1/14 iv f.46]; Ralph Fenne instituted as Rector of Bressingham by Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Cant. 17.12.1545 [LPL Cranmer's Register f.397v] / | upon the cover…" | / / | (some sources show | NOTE: Rev.Thomas Blennerhassett is described in error as "Prependary of Lichfield" in [VENN part I, p.166] and in [BIFR p.133] / | in error the cup left | NOTE: [MORANT p.153] suggests Rev. Thomas Blennerhassett may perhaps have been his father's heir, but expresses doubts (he was right to doubt this, the heir was his elder half-brother George BH - N 01) / | to his dau. Eliz. BH) | NOTE: [DAVY f.353] & his [BOK p.38] considers Samuel BH Sr of Loudham, Frenze & Kelvedon (N 08) to be son of Rev. Thomas BH, but not so, dates do not fit, and no evidence for Rev. Thomas BH marrying / | / | / | In 1554 she was | / | bequeathed, by | / | Agnes Hals of Bury | / | St Edmonds, a gilt | / | goblet and a sable | / | / | / | she d.23.7.1561 | / | bur. in Frenze | / | church, Norfolk, | / | on unusually large | / | marble slab, 9 x 4.5 ft | / | Her monumental | / | brass has inscription | / | and three shields | / | (one shield | for John | mutilated, one lost): | Blennerhassett's | The shields are: | 2nd marriage | 1. Braham impaling | follow this line down | de Reydon | to (N 31)… | (shield mutilated) | N 04 / | / | N 05 / | / | / | 2. 1st & 6th 4|>>>John Blennerhassett >>>>>>>>|>> Elizabeth >>>>>>>>>>>>>>|>> John Throckmorton (dsp) / | Blennerhassett | (alias Hassett) MP (not Isabel) | THROCKMORTON OF RHODE ISLAND & NEW JERSEY, USA / | 2nd Lowdham | b.c1515 (one source has Blennerhassett |>>Bassingbourne >>>>>>>>>>|>> Elizabeth Throckmorton; d. young (dsp) another BH - Throckmorton connection is on pp.RD 6, RD 8 / | 3rd Kelvedon | him b.c1493, but cannot b.c1537 | Throckmorton of | / | 4th Orton (Cumber.) | be so because his elder [MORIARTY/1] | Norwich, Norfolk |>>Mary Throckmorton; d.young (dsp) / | 5th Skelton (Cumber.) | bro. Thomas was b.c1509) has her b.c1522) | / | / | all impaling Braham | / of St Lawrence, | Grocer; b.c1564 at |>>Lionel Throckmorton; b.c1595; aged under 21 yrs 1608; fl.1677; of Norwich, Norfolk & of Bungay, Suffolk; m. / | / | Edu. Gonville Hall, Suffolk 1608; | Couthton, Suffolk; | / | 3. shield is missing | Cambridge (Pens'r 1535); d.1608 Suffolk | (bapt.31.5.1565 at |>>Mary Throckmorton; aged under 21yrs 1608; m. William Railey (Rawlie) of Clay, Norfolk / | / | Inner Temple (called Will 30.6.1608; | Flixton by Bungay) | / | Her son John | 1537, Bencher 1550) pr. 7.11.1608 [NCC] | d.21.9.1638 at |>>Thomas Throckmorton; b.c1599; Will 1677; of Bungay, Norfolk; m. Margaret / | Blennerhassett | / bur. Holy Trinity, | Norwich; Will 1638 | / | inherited from her, | MP for Suffolk 1566-71, Bungay, Norfolk | / |>>John (a.k.a. George) >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>|>> dau. Throckmorton est. b.c1638 d.bef.30.10.1667 / | some lands at | known as "Mr Hassett" / | He served the city | Throckmorton bapt. | m. Taylor, d.bef.1667; / | "...Brahams in | / m.29.6.1561 | of Norwich as | 9.5.1601 Norwich | probably John Taylor, Commissioner for Providence, RI in 1654 [MORIARTY/1 p.279] / | Wetheringsett..." | of Barham, Norfolk; Barsham, Suffolk; | Councillor; Sheriff; | / | / | | from his mother inherited Sir Lionel | Surveyor; Mayor; | apprentice scrivener |>>Freegift Throckmorton (son) b.c1635; d.?.5.1669 Jamaica, W.I.; unm. / | | lands at Brahams in Throckmorton Knt | Chamberlain's | (writer of legal | / | | Wetheringsett, Brokforthe, a.k.a.Throgmorton | Council & Alder- | documents) at |>>Patience >>>>>>>>>>>>>|>> Freegift >>>>>>>>>>>>|>> Patience >>>>>>>>>>>>|>> Benedict Arnold IV >>>>>>> / | | Thorneday, Stoke, of South Elmham, | man (for East | Norwich 1620-7 | Throckmorton Coggeshall; Coggeshall m. Hannah King / | | Thwayte, Aspall and Suffolk and | Wymer, Norwich) | / | b.c1640 d.7.9.1676 m. Elizabeth m. Benedict Waterman / | | D/Rebenh__m? all Suffolk Bungay, Norfolk | / | emig. to America | / Matthews Arnold III / / | | / (also of Flixton?) | In 1638 purchased | at the height of | m.?.12.1655 their son was: / | | purchased land at Beccles, (MORIARTY/2) | a lease from Sir | puritan emigration, | John Coggeshall IV; b.c1616; d.1.10.1708; Benedict Arnold V b.14.1.1741 d.14.6.1801 / | | Suffolk and at Ringsfield; / | Edward BH (N 19) | settling Providence, | Deputy Governor of Newport, Rhode Island General in the Continental Army who / | | he was granted the manor b.c1525 Allhallows, | / | Rhode Island | changed sides, joining the British / | | manor of Pitsey, Essex S.Elmham, Suffolk; | Ralph BH (son of | / | / | | by the Duke of Norfolk Founder of Bungay | Sir Edward BH) | Some sources also |>>John Throckmorton >>>>>|>> from whom descends >>>>>>Ellen Louise / | | / Grammar School; | was his executor | identify him with | Jr, of Providence RI | Axson; b.1860 d.1914 / | | in 1573 "Uggeshall" held "…he happyly | / | Mr Throckmorton | & of Middletown, | / / | | by "John BH & others" finished his life..." | d.21.9.38 Norwich; | who left Bristol, | New Jersey; | WHITE HOUSE m. Woodrow Wilson (b.1856 d.1924) / | | following 2nd m.c1544/6, / | (Will 10.9.1638; | England 1.12.1630 | b.c1642 d.17.7.1690 | 28th President of United States of America / | | he gained half the manor d.24.11.1599; bur. | codicil 15.9.1638; | on the ship "Lyon" | / | / | | of Barsham (Barsham Hall), bur. Holy Trinity, | pr.5.11.1638) | (with Rev. Roger | / |>>Rebecca T. >>>>>>>|>> Rebecca Stillwell >>>>|>> Sarah Salter >>>>>>>>>>>> / | | Suffolk Bungay in south | / | Williams who | / d.post.1724 b.c1693 b.bef.1723 / | | / aisle, where his | bur. Holy Trinity, | settled Providence) | m.12/13.12.1670 m.John Stillwell / / / | | purchased the other half monumental brass | Bungay, Norfolk | landing at Nantasket | Middletown; b.c1620 d.c1724 m. Ebenezer Salter m. Thomas Leaming / | | Barsham manor from has inscription & | / | Beach 5.2.1630/1 & | Alice Deliverance Stout; b.c1693 d.c1760 b.c1718 d.c1786 / | | his wife's sister & co-heir 2 shields, with arms | m.1st 7.12.1591 at | who was, as "George | b.1652 Gravesend, Long Island, N.York / | | Anne Echingham (b.c1525) of Throckmorton, | Bury St Edmonds, | Throckmorton", | / | | wife of Sir Owen Hopton Kemp and | Suffolk; Mary Hill | admitted as Freeman |>>Deliverance Throckmorton; b.c1645 Providence, RI; d.1705 Middletown, New Jersey / | | Knt. of Westwood Lodge, Blennerhassett; | b.c1565 Norfolk | of Massachusetts | / / | | Blythburgh; Listed 1561 Will dated 22.5.1599 | d.c1615 | Bay Colony 18.5.1631 | m.25.5.1669 Providence; Rev. James Ashton Jr. b.1652 (or c1639?) St Albans, / | | as freeholder at Barsham pr.7.12.1599) | / | / | Hertfordshire; Deputy to New Jersey General Assembly; d.19.5.1705 at Middleton, NJ / | | / / | dau. of William Hill | / | / | | d.?.7.1573 Berkhamstead, His 2nd m., having | of | / |>>Job Throckmorton >>>>>>|>> Job Throckmorton >>>>>|>> from whom descend the family / | | Berkshire; bur.13.7.1573 m.1st Elizabeth | Bury St Edmonds | / | of Middletown, NJ b.1696 of Throckmorton of New Jersey / | | at Barsham "...so nere my Kemp of Gissing, | / | / | from 1667; / | | late wife as maie be…"; Norfolk (dsp) | m.2nd c1615 | / | b.30.9.1650;Providence, RI; d.20.8.1709; / | | Will dated 29.6.1573 | Hester Pye of | / | bur. in the Taylor burial ground, Penelope Lane, Middletown (headstone survives) / | | (15 Eliz. I); pr.3.2.1573/4 | Norwich (issue); | / | / / | | London [PCC, 5 Martyn] | Will 1642; | / | m.2.2.1684/5 Shrewsbury, Monmouth Co., New Jersey; / | | / | widow of John | / | Sarah (not Susannah) Leonard; / | | He was patron of Barsham church 1554, 1564 | Lynick (Linicke) | / | b.27.5.1660 Lynn, Essex Co., Mass.; d.5.2.1743/4 Monmouth Co., New Jersey / | | & 1568; and of St Andrew, Ilketshall 1572 | | / | / | | / | | / |>>Joseph Throckmorton of Middletown, NJ; b.c1652/3 d.bef.13.10.1690; / | | Comptroller of Victuals for the Army 1553; | | / mariner, owning two ships; unm. / | | JP (a Justice on the Commission for the Peace) | | / / | | for Suffolk from 1554 & for Norfolk 1561-1572 | | It is possible that there were two Throckmortons in America at that time, although there are no later records of George / | | in 1572 (year before his death) he lost his place | | John Throckmorton, merchant & ship owner, in 1640 signed with 38 others an agreement to form government at RI; / | | on the commission through being too closely | | of Salem, Mass. 1634-39; On S. side of Salem Harbour (now Marblehead) he had a landing stage at "Throckmorton Cove" / | | involved with the Duke of Norfolk | | ("Tagmutton Cove"); of Providence, Rhode Island 1636-42 & 1647-87 (with Rev. Roger Williams "a Godly Minister") / | | / | | / / | | Burgess (MP) for Horsham 1558 and for Norwich | | He founded a settlement at "Throckmorton's Neck" (a.k.a. Throgmorton's Neck, later "Throg's Neck"), New Netherlands / | | (2nd session of 1563 parliament, also 1566 & 1571) | | (now New York) 1642-43 ("Throg's Neck Bridge" now carries highway I-295 between Queens & the Bronx in NY); for John | | receiving the regulation two shillings a day wages | | His settlement was destroyed by Native Americans 1643; of Warwick, R.I. 1651; He had lands at Monmouth Co., NJ from Blennerhassett's | | / | | 1687 but did not settle; He d.post 17.3.1683/4, bef.25.4.1684 (NOT d.1687) at Middletown, Monmouth Co. New Jersey; 2nd marriage | | John Blennerhassett was of Catholic sympathies; | | bur. in the Taylor burial ground, Penelope Lane, Middletown (his eldest dau. had married a Taylor) follow this line down | | treasurer & one of the principal household officers | | / to (N 31)… | | of the Duke of Norfolk, as his father Sir Thomas BH | | m.bef.1.7.1639 (prob. bef.1638) N 05 / | | had been; by 1546 he was one of the chief legal | | Rebecca Colville (Colvill) b.c1610 Bradwell, Essex, England N 06 / | | advisers to Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk | | / | | (1473-1544); he was one of the first Norfolk | |>>Elizabeth Throckmorton; aged under 21yrs 1608 / | | gentleman to rally to Queen Mary in July 1553; | | / / | | He took no major part in local administration | | m. John Layer / | | under Queen Elizabeth I | | / | | / | |>>Miles Throckmorton bapt.18.6.1605 / | | As MP for Suffolk he was: appointed 31.10.1566 | | / | | to succession committee & delegation of 50 MPs | |>>Ursula Throckmorton (dsp) / | | who attended Queen Elizabeth on 5.11.1566 | | / | | to hear her message on the succession; | |>>Robert Throckmorton b.c1610 / | | appointed 7.4.1571 for the Subsidy; appointed | | / | | 21.5.1571 to confer with the H. of Lords on a bill | |>>George Throckmorton (dsp) / | | for increase of Tillage & maintenance of the Navy; | | / | | appointed 25.5.1571 to a Committee for ; | |>>Simon Throckmorton (dsp) / | | Freeman of the City of Norwich and Steward of | | / | | Norwich 1562-67 [NRS vol.52 p.19; NG vol.21 p.19]; | |>>[VoN/1563 p.282] shows a second son named Lionel who died (perhaps d. young ?) but placed / | | in 1562 he donated two silver-gilt tazza cups, | after Simon Throckmorton, which is improbable as the other Lionel would then be alive… / | | engraved with his arms & name, to Corporation | / | | of Norwich; An earlier similar cup, c1575, |>>Robert >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>|>> Throckmorton / | | has no inscription [MON] | Throckmorton |>>Anne Throckmorton; b.bef.1608 (aged under 21yrs 1608) / | | / | b.c1570; Will 1632; / | | He returned to full-time service with Thomas | Hosier; executor of his mother's Will 1608 / | | Howard 4th Duke (1536-72), as Treasurer of the | / / | | Household 1567-71, in succession to Sir Richard | m. Anne Elvis / | | Fulmerton [HS] | / | | / |>>Mary Throckmorton (d.young) / | | Thomas Culpepper of Loudham, husband of Mary | / | | BH (N 02) in his 1571 Will describes him as "…the |>>Elizabeth >>>>>>>>>>>|>> Richard Vynor b.bef.1608 / | | right worshipful Mr. John Blennerhassett, esq., | Throckmorton; | / | | treasurer with the mighty prince Thomas, Duke | / |>>Francis Vynor b.bef.1608 / | | of Norfolk..." | m. Richard Vynor / | | / | (Vineor, Venior, Venyor) of St Lawrence, Suffolk / | | NOTE: Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk | / | | (1473-1544) was one of the most powerful figures |>>Katherine >>>>>>>>>>>>|>> b.bef.1608 (aged under 21yrs 1608) / | | of the reign of King Henry VIII; Throckmorton | / | | two of his nieces became wives of the King fl.1608 |>> b.bef.1608 (aged under 21yrs 1608) / | | (Catherine Howard 1540 & Anne Boleyn 1553) / / | | but both executed; The Duke himself escaped m. / | | execution only because Henry VIII died before / | | the warrant could be carried out / | | / / | | / / | | The archives at Arundel Castle, present home of the Duke of Norfolk, have the Will of Thomas, 2nd Duke, dated 31.8.1516 (ACA Ms.T1); a copy of the Will of Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke (ACA Ms.GD42); / | | probate of the Will of Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke, 1554 (ACA Ms.T3); the original Will of Thomas Howard, 4th Duke, dated 31.5.1571 (ACA Ms.T4), and another copy of this last (ACA Ms.T5) / | | / / | | John Blennerhassett of Barsham was not involved in the plots of 1569-71, so was permitted to continue serving Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk, after he was attainted (Jan.1571/2) and imprisoned in the / | | Tower of London, until the Duke was beheaded (1572); / | | In 1569 John Blennerhassett was made a trustee of a large section of the Howard lands; The Duke of Norfolk in 1570 had received from the Crown a 21 year lease of land in St Leonard's Forest, Sussex, / | | and after his attainder two years later a similar lease of 21yrs was made (in 1573) to John Blennerhassett & Wm Dix of the Duke's household; John BH also had from the Duke, with William Dix and two others, / | | an interest in "the site of the manor of Heckington" & other lands in Lincolnshire, Norfolk & Suffolk (11 Elizabeth I); William Dix, of Wickmere, Norfolk, was a witness to John BH's 1573 Will; see HS; / | | An account book of the Duke's household 1571-1574, by John Blennerhassett, gives a history of the efforts of the 4th Duke's sons to recoup the vast losses incurred by the Duke's family resulting from his / | | attainder in January 1571/2 (ACA - Ms. A1075); / | | / / | | John Blennerhassett bequeathed most of his lands, including the manor of Barsham, to his son Thomas Blennerhassett; In his Will he also directs: "...I give and bequeath to my eldest sone / | | Thomas Blenerhaisett all my plate, stuffe and utensiles of house and corne and cattell upon condicon that he be loving, naturall and kinde to all his brothers and systers in their necessyties..."; / | | John BH said to have "lived and died respected"; a letter of 1564 from John BH to W. Paston is at [BL Add. Ms. 27959, f.4]; a letter of 22.2.1572 from John BH to Thomas Fairfax is in [CSP vol.1 p.438]; / | | he and his mother Margaret Blennerhassett, nee Braham, were executors to his father-in-law, Sir John Cornwallis, Knt, in 1544; / | | Some sources confuse which of John Blennerhassett's two marriages occurred first (1523/4, 15 Henry VIII) and second (c1544/6, post 10.4.1544); as a result, some sources have Thomas Blennerhassett / | | (who was a child of the 2nd marriage) shown in error as b.1524; & Elizabeth Cornwallis (John BH's 1st wife) shown in error as b.c1522, which birth date could only make any sense if she had been his 2nd wife / | | / / | | / / | John | m.1st est. c1535 Elizabeth Cornwallis; of the manor of Brome (Brome Hall), Suffolk; some sources date this m.1523/24 (15 Henry VIII) but that cannot be, does not fit with other known dates; / | Blennerhassett's | Some sources have Elizabeth Cornwallis b.c1522 in error (this date perhaps from confusion with her dau. Elizabeth Blennerhassett, b.c1537 but whom MORIARTY/1 has b.c1522 in error); d.post 1544; / | 1st marriage | dau. of Sir John Cornwallis, Knt, of Brome, Suffolk (b.1492 d.1544, Will dated 10.4.1544 (35 Henry VIIII), pr. 9.7.1544 London [PCC, register Pynnyng] & Mary Sulyard (see NOTE to left); / | est.c1535 | her father (in his Will dated 10.4.1544) bequeathed to her "my wife's gown of black satin"; NOTE: Blennerhassett arms occur at Brome, Palgrave & Thrandeston in Suffolk, all seats of Cornwallis family / | | / for John | | NOTE: Her father Sir John Cornwallis, Knt, of Brome, Suffolk, served in the household of Duke of Norfolk (with her father-in-law Sir Thomas Blennerhassett, Knt) & fought under the Duke at the taking Blennerhassett's | | of Morlaix, Brittany 1522, where he was knighted; and for which service he was granted the manor of Titshall, Norfolk by Henry VIII as a reward; he owned property in Sussex & London; steward of 2nd marriage | | the household of Prince Edward (later Edward VI); NOTE: Her brother Richard Cornwallis m. Margaret Lowthe, dau. & heiress of Lionel Lowthe & her husband's sister Elizabeth Blennerhassett (N 12) follow this line down | | NOTE: Her bro. Sir Thomas Cornwallis, Knt, in 1561 purchased or was granted that part of the manor of Boylands not owned by the BHs of Frenze, his heirs later purchased the BH portion of Boylands; to (N 31)… | | ROYAL DESCENT - Elizabeth Cornwallis was 11th in descent from King Edward I of England, through families of Plantagenet, de Clare, le Despenser, FitzAlan, Sergeaux, Pashley, Tyrrell & Cornwallis (RD 5) N 06 / | | / N 07 / | | / / | John | m.2nd c1546 OLD BLUNDERHAZARD / | Blennerhassett's | Mary (not Margaret) >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>|>> Thomas >>>>>>>>>>>>>|>> Anne Blennerhassett; bapt.24.7.1575 Barsham; d. an infant, bur.19.12.1575 Barsham NOTE: >----> / | 2nd marriage | Echingham | Blennerhassett | Mary Sulyard (b.1497) / | c1546 | of Barsham, Suffolk; | of the manor of 1|>>>John Blennerhassett; bapt.9.2.1576/7 Barsham (named in his father's Will of 1599 as eldest son) was g.dau of Sir John / | | bur.20.3.1571/2 Barsham | Barsham | Sulyard of Wetherdon / | | [BIFR p.133] has m.1523 | (Barsham Hall), 2|>>>Arthur Blennerhassett; bapt.14.12.1578 Barsham (d.1488), who was / | | / | Suffolk | in the household of Mary Echingham was co-heir to manor of Barsham (Barsham Hall), near Beccles, | / |>>Mary >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>|>> Thomas Essex King Edward IV and Suffolk, jointly with her elder sister Anne Echingham (b.c1525), the wife of | b.c1546 -1599 | Blennerhassett | tutor to the young Sir Owen Hopton of Westwood Lodge, Blythburgh (who was Lieut. of the | (over 21 in 1573); | bapt.30.9.1582 |>>Robert Essex King Edward V Tower of London) | | / | Edu. at Trinity | Barsham (named in | (b. 1470 d.1483?), one / | | / | College, Cambridge | father's Will 1599) |>>William Essex; prob. identical with Sir William Essex, Bart. of Beckett and Lambourn (cr.1612); taken prisoner at the Battle of of the two murdered Anne Echingham. & her husband later sold their half of the Barsham estate to | (Matric. Pensioner | / | Edgehill; d.1645 (dsp), when his baronetcy became extinct; It is said that "...he indulged himself in a licentious course of life, "princes in the tower" her sister Mary Echingham & John Blennerhassett; | Michaelmas 1560) | m. Robert Essex | he wasted his great fortune, and in his old age, compelled by his wants and on his son's invitation, he accepted command Their parents were Sir Edward Echingham, Knt, of Barsham, Suffolk | / | perhaps b.c1557 | of a company of foot in the Parliamentary army..."; He resumed the ancient arms of the family, "Argent an orle gules" (d.8.7.1527 Barsham; but MOS has d.1534) and Ann Wingfield | succeeded to | d.bef.1627 | / / | | / | Barsham in 1573, | / | m. Jane Harcourt (daughter of Walter Harcourt, of Stanton Harcourt) A richly moulded terracotta table tomb in Barsham church lacks most of its | also to other lands | (son of Thomas | Joshua Sylvester the poet was tutor to her parent's family & there are frequent allusions to them in his poems inscription, "Hic jacet ans Ed..." being all that remains, but is ascribed to | nearby at Beccles, | Essex d.1575 | Sir Edward Echingham [SUCKLING/2 "The Genealogist" vol.23 1907 pp.135-6]; | and at "Brahams in | & Jane Browne) |>>George Essex [SUCKLING/1] believed the tomb to have no inscription, the partial inscription | Wetheringsett" | | inscription mentioned above not being found until 1880, when the tomb was | / | |>>Katherine Essex (eldest daughter) moved, and he wrongly thought it probably covered the remains of Thomas | by indenture dated | | Blennerhassett (d.1599), but the tomb is clearly of earlier date, being one of | 18.11.1598 Thomas | |>>Mary Essex (god-daughter to her aunt Rachel Blennerhassett) seven East Anglian "table" or "alter" tombs of similar style, all from Italy but | BH sold Barsham, | | with components made in Flanders in the 1520s | | with other property | |>>Alice Essex / | | | in Suffolk, lock, | | Set into an exterior wall over what was a door (is now a window) at the north | stock & barrel to | |>>Jane Essex end of Barsham Old Hall "Banqueting Hall" is a tile or brick displaying the | Alderman Robert | Blennerhassett arms with initials J M and date 1563; | Lee of London and |>>Rachel Blennerhassett; bapt.23.7.1587 Barsham (named in her father's Will 1599); The initials are for John & Mary Blennerhassett, but they married earlier, c1546 | Mary his wife, for | her father bequeathed her and her sister Mary, jointly: / | | | £3600; this sale inc. | "...all their apparrell and Jewells, twoo kyne eighte yearelinges and nyne weanynge Calves to be equally divided betwene them…" / | | | lands at Barsham, | perhaps(?) of St Andrew's parish, Holborn, London 1627; d.c1627 (dsp), Will dated 1.9.1627, pr.12.5.1636 London [PCC] / | | | Beccles, Ringsfield, | / / | | | Reddisham, Ingate, | NOTE: There are other Blennerhassetts at Holborn on (N 37); NOTE: one source says she m. Robert Essex, but that was her sister Mary BH / | | | Shipmedowe, | / | | | Weston, Worling- 3|>>Edward Blennerhassett; b.c11.8.1588; bapt.11.8.1588 St Michael, Beccles, Suffolk / | | | ham & Northcove, | / | | | all in Suffolk 4 |>>>Thomas Blennerhassett; bapt.7.2.1590/1 Barsham; named on his monumental brass at Barsham as the 4th son of Thomas / | | | / | d.14.2.1590/1 an inf., bur. Yelverton church, Norfolk (his brass in the S. aisle of nave names him "Thomas BH, Gent." although only an infant) / | | | / | / | | | / 5|>>>William Blennerhassett; bapt.25.2.1592/3 Barsham; fl.1627; / | | | / | perhaps(?) identical with William Blennerhassett of Ipswich, Suffolk d.1643 [admon.:SRO IC/AA6/19/33] / | | | / | / | | | Thomas Blennerhassett appears to have continued to reside at Barsham until his death in 1599; [SUCKLING/1] has him dsp in error; / | | | he d.4.5.1599, bur.4.5.1599 (same day) at Barsham; Will dated 4.5.1599, pr.24.5.1599 London [PCC, 35 Kidd]; / | | | His Will directs: "...I geve unto Marye my wyfe twoo of my best bedds whiche I have in my house with all the furnyture thereof Blennerhassett's | | | to the same belonging, and allso all her apparrell and Jewells, and allso my Coche and Coche horses , and all the furnyture belonging to the same..." 2nd marriage | | | / | follow this line down | | | "OLD BLUNDERHAZARD" of Barsham to (N 31)… | | | Thomas Blennerhassett is believed to be the inspiration for the ghostly Barsham legend of "Old Blunderhazard" and his coach and horses (N 20); The Barsham Hall / | | | buildings are about half a mile from main Beccles-Bungay road & are now reached by a gently sloping sandy lane along which, according to local legend, the ghost / | | | of "Old Blunderhazard" drives out every in a coach & six, just before midnight on Christmas Eve, to visit Hassett's Tower (better known as "Cow Tower") at Norwich, LOWDHAM HALL, PETTISTREE, SUFFOLK after the Blennerhassetts: | | returning to Barsham "before he may snuff the morning air…"; The story makes the horses without heads, yet with fire flashing out of their nostrils (GURNEY, BUNN) Samuel Blennerhassett Sr resided at Loudham Hall c1591 to c1615, probably until his death in 1625; | NOTE: This lane was not a part of the old coach road to Beccles, as could be implied from the legend; the old coach road is no longer in use his son Samuel Blennerhassett Jr in 1627 sold Loudham Hall out of the family, to Sir Henry Wood | / (d.1671, bur. nearby at Ufford) but Sir Henry did not take up residence until after the restoration | BLENNERHASSETT 'S TOWER at Barsham / | | | Thomas Blennerhassett, or perhaps his father John, erected at Barsham a tower known locally as Blennerhassett's Tower; its original purpose is unknown… Mary , 2nd wife of Sir Henry Wood, was Maid of Honour to Queen ; their dau. Mary Wood | "a round flint tower, 20 feet in diameter, though the walls only three inches thick"; Similar in appearance to the lower part of Barsham church tower (an unusual was at the age of 8 yrs betrothed to Charles Fitzroy (b.1662 d.1730), illegitimate son of King Charles II by | 11/12th century round church tower), but said to have been raised in the 16th century; Blennerhassett's Tower was described as lofty, with a spiral staircase; his mistress Barbara Palmer (nee Villiers, b.c1641 d.1709, Countess of Castlemaigne, Baroness Nonsuch, | in 1719 it had a thatched and pointed roof, was lowered and reroofed in 1890, the tower was demolished in 1948 and only the foundations now remain Countess of Southampton & Duchess of Cleveland) with a proviso that the marriage be delayed until | / | Mary reached the age of 16; Sir Henry Wood also purchased the site of Convent of Campsey (N 17), | m.bef.1573 | at Campsey Ash (Campsea Ashe), about half a mile from Loudham Hall, from Frederick Scot, who had obtained | Mary Heydon | the heirs of John Lane (NICHOLS p.26); On Sir Henry's death a year later the Duchess of Cleveland took | of Baconsthorpe, | charge of Mary Wood, with the intention of raising Mary with her own children; | Norfolk; fl.1599; ? [NORRIS] & [BIFR p.134] have Samuel Blennerhassett Sr (N 08) as a son of Thomas Blennerhassett, as shown here; the property inheritance Charles FitzRoy d.1730, Loudham being inherited by Charles Wood, g.nephew of Sir Henry Wood, who | dau. of Sir Christop. ? of Loudham, Frenze & Kelvedon supports this, so is probably correct, but I have seen no direct proof of Samuel Blennerhassett Sr's descent; then made alterations to Loudham Hall; | | | Heydon, Knt; her ? [DAVY f.353] makes this Samuel BH Sr son of Rev. Thomas BH (N 02), but not possible, dates do not fit and no evidence; [CAMPLING] makes Samuel The Wood estate, including Loudham & Campsea, passed to Robert Oneby of Barwell, Leicestershire, | dowry of 500 marks ? BH Sr identical with Samuel BH the son of Rev. Edward BH (N 19) of Blunham, Beds, but he cannot be so as the property succession would not permit then to Sir William Chapman of Loudham (d.1785) | | | (£333 6s 8d) was | N 07 / | | | still unpaid in 1573 | N 08 / | | | | FRENZE HALL, DISS, NORFOLK after the Blennerhassetts: | | 6|>>>Samuel >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>|>> Mary >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>|>> Edward Pratt fl.1641 (godson to his uncle Edward Blennerhassett) A deed of 1632 records "Samuel Blennerhassett to Peter Prettyman, to perform covenants in a | Blennerhassett, Sr | Blennerhassett bargain & sale of the site of the manor of Frenze, alias Frenze Hall" [SRO Ms. MC 92/17, 1632]; | / | bapt.12.9.1586 Kelsale, Suffolk A deed of sale in 1636 records how Samuel Blennerhassett Jr (b.c1602), his brother Edward Blennerhassett | b.bef. 1597 (aged over 21 in 1618); | / (b.1604 d.1641), Sir Henry Wood & Peter Prettiman (sic), jointly sold (out of the Blennerhassett family ) | not bapt. at Barsham and not named in his | m. Stephen Pratt; d.bef.1641 to Richard Nixon Sr (b.c1589 d.24.11.1666 bur. Frenze) , "the manor of Frenze (including Frenze Hall) | father's Will of 1599 / | and lands in Frenze, Osmondeston, Diss and Thelveton" [NRO MC 92/18, 536X8, 1636]; | / |>>Jane Blennerhassett; b.bef.1592; fl.1610; This is the same Sir Henry Wood to whom Samuel Blennerhassett Jr had sold Loudham Hall, Suffolk, in 1627 | he held the manors of Loudham Pettistree, | / / | | | Suffolk; Frenze Diss, Norfolk; also Kelvedon | m. Barnerd (Barners ?) d.bef.1641 A deed of 1638 records the "admission of Richard Nixon on the surrender of Samuel Blennerhassett | Essex in 1613 - i.p.m. 30.10.1613 (11 James I) | to several pieces of land in Osmondeston & Frenze" [reference?]; | | / |>>Lionel Blennerhassett; bapt.17.1.1591/2 St Peter & St Paul Church, Pettistree; bur. 17.1.1591/2 Pettistree Another deed of 1639/40 relates to Samuel Blennerhassett, Suffolk [NA Ms. WARD 7/983/43, 1639/40]; | Samuel BH Sr appears to have gained manor | A deed of 1640 records "Exemplification of a fine from Samuel & Edward Blennerhassett and Henry | of Frenze (Frenze Hall) from his uncle George |>>Elizabeth >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>|>> John Aldous; of Moulton 1611 Wood to Richard Nixon" [SRO Ms. MC 92/19, 1640] | | | Blennerhassett (N 09), who had held it in 1587 | Blennerhassett / | | | following the dau. of Mary Blennerhassett | bapt.1.10.1592 (not 10.10.1592) Pettistree; fl.1662 The significant word in one of the above deeds is "site", which appears to indicate that by 1632 the house was | Culpepper Bacon (N 01) / | / either demolished or in a delapidated, ruinous condition and unoccupied; the owner of Frenze Hall since 2002 is | / | m. Robert Aldhouse (Aldous); d.1652; of Ashbocking, Suffolk Talfryn Llewellyn [TL] who spent the subsequent 7 1/2 years restoring the Hall to its former glory; he suggests | on 21.4.1597 "the Crown" (representing the | this may perhaps be an early example of a joint venture property development, the house being rebuilt c1632-36 | government of Queen Elizabeth I) was patron |>>Dorothy Blennerhassett; bapt.3.10.1593 Pettistree (god-daughter of her grandmother Dorothy Duke) with finance provided by Peter Prettyman and Sir Henry Wood; the manor, including the rebuilt Hall, being sold | of Frenze Rectory, as guardian during a dispute | m. Browne on in 1636 to Richard Nixon Sr, for the benefit of the four partners; while this is conjecture, it is quite possible | over the legality of Samuel Blennerhassett's | / | | | inheritance and ownership of both Loudham |>>Anne >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>|>> William Glover "the younger"; fl.1641 Talfryn reports a large quantity of reused timber in the house, including mullions from a number of different | and Frenze; it also appears that Samuel was | Blennerhassett | / periods and some scarce good quality moulded timbers in hidden parts of the roof; however, professional | underage; | b.c1593-1597 | m. Mary opinion is that the reused timbers are no earlier than the 17th century; "...the only part that may be older is the | on 21.4.1618 "Samuel Blennerhassett of | not bapt. Pettistree | north "crow-stepped" chimney stack which during the 19th century had an octagonal brick top; the brickwork | Loudham, Esq." was "Presented to Frenze" | / |>>>Anne Glover fl.1641 and style look older and I was told by an architectural historian that it was not uncommon to keep the stack, if | as patron of Frenze parish united with Scole | / possible, after a fire or demolition because the bricks were so costly..." [TL]; | / | m. William Glover; b.post1586; d.1641, bur. St Mary's 1641; when in recent years the house was offered for sale, it was advertised as "...understood to date from the 1630" | Samuel Blennerhassett c1558-1603 being | of Campsey Ash (Campsea Ashe), Suffolk / | | | seised in fee, etc of "the Manor of Lowdham | Richard Nixon Sr was patron of the living of Frenze church in 1641; Richard Nixon Sr married Susan | next Wyckham, Suffolk", rented Loudham Hall |>>Katherine >>>>>>>>>>>|>> George Blennerhassett; bapt.15.8.1624 St Martin-in-the-fields; d. young & had a son Richard Nixon Jr (b.c1656 d.28.8.1678 bur. Frenze); Richard Nixon Jr had a son Diamond Nixon, | to Thomas Fuller [NA Ms. C 2/Eliz/B6/57] | (Catherina) | who sold the Frenze estate to Sir Robert Kemp, Bart., who was then succeeded by his son Sir Robert Kemp Jr | / | Blennerhassett |>>>Charles Blennerhassett of St Martin-in-the-fields; bapt.1.4.1626 St Martin-in-the-fields (patron of Frenze church 1736); Frenze was acquired by William Smith (b.c1745 d.27.3.1795) who m. Elizabeth | a "feoffment by Samuel Blennerhassett to | b.c1593-1597 fl.1641 | Owned a shop at the New Exchange, London; d.1653; Will dated 20.3.1652, pr.19.4.1653 [PCC] (b.c1754 d.30.6.1787) and had a son William Smith Jr who died an infant (bur. at Frenze); | Henry Wood, of the manor of Frenze, alias | not bapt. Pettistree | Sheldrake Smith (b.c1796 d.27.4.1877 bur. Frenze churchyard) inherited Frenze, residing at Frenze Hall | Frenze Hall" is recorded in 1608 | / |>>>George Blennerhassett (alias Hassett); bapt.4.8.1627 St Martin-in-the-fields "...during the greater part of his life..." (he was patron of the Rectory 1845); | | [SRO Ms. MC 92/6]; Frenze was sold by | m.19.10.1623 | Buried with him in Frenze churchyard are two sisters, Lauretta Smith (d.14.9.1869) & (d.?.5.1884) | Samuel Blennerhassett Sr's sons Samuel | St Martin-in-the- |>>>Mary Blennerhassett; bapt.19.11.1628 bur. 28.2.1630/31 (in the church), both St M.-in-the-fields / | | | & Edward in 1636, to Richard Nixon; Samuel | fields, London | A daughter of Sheldrake Smith married William Betts, owner of a local brickworks, she inheriting Frenze in 1877; | Blennerhassett Sr is described "of Loudham" | George |>>>Francis Blennerhassett; bapt.20.1.1629/30 bur.20.6.1634, both St Martin-in-the-fields Betts encased the early 17th century timber-framed building in a façade of red brick, presumably as a showcase | in [SRO Ms. of 1591 to c1615] and he was | Blennerhassett | for his product; as a result the external external appearance of the hall is late Victorian, but look inside, or at | buried at Loudham 1625; He certainly resided | (alias Hassett) |>>>Gresham Blennerhassett; bapt.10.6.1631 St Martin-in-the-fields the chimneys, and a different story emerges; William Betts "...owned the property until his death but left no | with his family at Loudham Hall, not at Frenze, | / | d.c1657 at sea, on the ship "The Two Brothers" [PCC Administrations 1657, f.317] surviving male heir; the estate was put under management by Court of Chancery while his affairs were sorted | from 1591 until 1604, as during this period | of St Martin-in- | out; the manager was Thomas Betts who became the local land agent and tenant of the estate from 1888..." [TL] | his children were baptised at Pettistree, but | the-fields, London |>>>Judith Blennerhassett; bapt.31.8.1632 St Martin-in-the-fields / | | | in 1586 & 1606 were baptised elsewhere | "citizen and | Perhaps(?) identical with: "...The estate was finally sold in 1898 and bought by the Thelveton Estate which neighbours it. It was let | / | haberdasher" 1642 | Judith Blennerhassett (N 37) m.1663 Henry Palmer, place unknown to tenant farmers called Alston who remained for three generations. The Thelveton Estate sold the freehold | John Blennerhassett (N 09; brother of | / | [DAVY] - not sure of this (need to translate the latin properly…) of Frenze in the 1960s and I speculate that this was to pay death duties as the Baronet had died and his | Thomas Blennerhassett of Barsham), with | / | nephew had inherited at that time. It passed throught a number of corporate hands, including British Steel | Edmund Colman, attempted in 1596 &1604 | / |>>>Lionel Blennerhassett; bapt.2.2.1635/6 St Martin-in-the-fields Pension Fund, as an investment before being put up for sale in 2002 by an investment company known as | to recover the manor of Loudham from his | / the Land Improvement Agency. At that time the house was vacant but the land still tenanted..." [TL] | nephew Samuel Blennerhassett Sr. | who this George BH was is uncertain, but he was cousin of Henry BH of Guyana who drowned in River Amazon (N 23), / | | | [SRO Ms. HD 1538/297/30, 38 Eliz. I, 1596]; | and executor of Henry's Will 1632; perhaps(?) son of one of Henry BH's uncles Edward BH or Francis BH (N 25); Henry BH The house is listed as a building of historic or architectural interest (Grade II) and much of the original oak | see Ms. "...exemplification of a writ of | bequeathed to him "a particular plantation" with "the profits growing thereof" & "all the interest & command that I have over framed structure remains under the 19th century brick façade; the interior is well maintained and decorated; | precipe addressed to Samuel BH, esq., | my servants in the country of Guiana"; perhaps(?) identical with George BH of Charterhouse, London Will pr.2.1.1675 [NCC ?] The house presently has 6 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 3 reception rooms, with a tenented 3 bedroom annexe | [tenant] for the return of the manor of | and 3.5 acres of land / | | | Loudham to John BH & Edmund Colman" |>>Susanna "Susan" Blennerhassett bapt.16.10.1597 Pettistree; of Loudham, Pettistree 1623 / | | | [SRO Ms. HD 1538/297/31, 8.6.1604] | / NOTE: During WWII Frenze Hall was an RAF Bomber Command "Splasher Six Beacon" site, transmitting to | / | m.16.6.1623 at Wickham Market; Richard Fowler of Beyton(?) guide bomber command aircraft missions; the radio equipment was installed inside a collection of single deck | other SRO Mss. referring to Samuel | NOTE: In 1657 "Blennerhassett Wells", an busses and huts in a field near the hall; the transmissions frequently interfered with local reception of BBC | Blennerhassett at Lowdham are: |>>Margaret Blennerhassett; bapt.17.3.1598 (not 7.3.1598) Pettistree English protestant, owned two houses in radio, causing complaints from the population… | | | [HD 1538/297/14] (the earliest date, 3.5.1591) | / Co.Galway, Ireland, that in 1640 had belonged / | | | [HD 1538/297/30] (1596, described as tenant) | m.1st Edmund Weld; of Stradville(?), Clerk to John Martin FitzGeoffery an Irish Papist KELVEDON HALL, GREAT BRAXTED, ESSEX after the Blennerhassetts: | [HD 1538/135/9 (1600); MC 92/5 (1605)] | / [MORANT vol.2 p.153] states that "Easterford Hall" was an alternative name for the manor of Kelvedon and | [HD 1538/297/37 & 39 (1611/12 to 1615)] | m.2nd 21.8.1622 (under license, not at Pettistree) Francis Wells of Beccles, Suffolk that Francis Bacon (N 01), husband of Mary Blennerhassett (N 01) or his son Edmund Bacon (N 01) resided at | / | Easterford Hall 1580/1 (23 Elizabeth I); | | | d.?.6.1625, bur.29.6.1625 Pettistree, Suffolk |>>Frances Blennerhassett; bapt.4.5.1600 Pettistree; [DAVY] has her bapt.4.3.1600 Samuel Blennerhassett Jr (N 08) b.c1602 held Kelvedon in 1613, it later passing to the Carew family; | (DAVY f.353 has bur.24.9.1625, in error) | Anne Carew held it in 1715, followed by Andrew Carew, then jointly by four of his sisters' children | / |>>Ursula Blennerhassett; bapt.14.10.1601 Pettistree; [DAVY] has bapt.15.10.1601 / | | | / | / N 08 / | | | / | m. Seaman N 09 / | | | / | for John | | | m.18.11.1585 at Kelsale, Suffolk; |>>Samuel Blennerhassett Jr of Loudham Hall, Pettistree; Blennerhassett's | | | Mary Duke of Benhall, Suffolk | b.c1602 bapt.10.3.1602 Pettistree; d.c1639/40 (dsp); i.p.m. 1639/40 (15 Charles I), at [NA C142/590/34 & WARD7/93/43]; 2nd marriage | | | d.30.1.1617/8, bur.2.2.1617/8 in the chancel | Edu. Gray's Inn, London (admitted 9.8.1632); follow this line down | | | of St Peter & St Paul Church, Pettistree | inherited Frenze Hall, Diss, Norfolk from his father, Samuel Blennerhassett in 1625 and resided there until 1636 to (N 31)… | | | / | / / | | | dau. Edward & Dorothy Duke (N 15) of | [SRO Ms.] showing Samuel Blennerhassett Jr acquiring lands near Frenze, Norfolk are: / | | | Brampton, Shadingfield & Benhall, Suffolk; | [Ms. MC 92/7 (1626)] Samuel BH acquired "half an acre of meadow in Thelveton & Osmondeston, in a place called Rothill"; / | | | & sister of Ursula Duke who married | [Ms. MC 92/9 (1627)] Samuel BH & Henry Gibbes acquired / | | | Sir John Blennerhassett, Knt (N 24) | "...5 acres 1 rood of pasture in Overald field and Bloohill, now called Cowepasture, with 2 1/2 acres adjoining…"; / | | | / | [Ms. MC 92/10 (1627)] Samuel BH acquired "...a piece of meadow called Goodwyns Hedds & Popeswell, 1 1/2 acres, / | | | NOTE: their mother Dorothy Duke d.1611/12, | in Osmondeston & Thelveton, & a piece of meadow called Rothill, 5 acres..."; / | | | bur. Benhall Church, Suffolk; Will dated | [Ms. MC 92/16 (1631)] Samuel BH acquired "… three pieces of meadow in Longblackthorn Meadow, Diss, Norfolk…" / | | | 20.1.1611/12, pr.23.5.1614 (leaving son-in-law | / / | | | Samuel Blennerhassett a "silver cup of 4lbs") | SALE OF LOUDHAM 1627: in 1627 Samuel Blennerhassett Jr sold Loudham Hall out of the family to Sir Henry Wood; / | | | | SALE OF FRENZE 1636: in 1636 Samuel Blennerhassett Jr sold Frenze Hall out of the family to Richard Nixon; / | | | | In SRO Ms. MC 92/17 (1632) is: "Samuel Blennerhassett to Peter Prettyman, to perform covenants in a bargain & sale of / | | | | the site of the manor of Frenze, alias Frenze Hall"; / | | | | in 1636 Samuel Blennerhassett Jr, Edward Blennerhassett (his brother), Sir Henry Wood & Peter Prettiman (sic), jointly / | | | | sold out of the BH family, to Richard Nixon, "the manor of Frenze and lands in Frenze, Osmondeston, Diss and Thelveton" / | | | | [NRO MC 92/18, 536X8]; and in 1638 "admission of Richard Nixon on the surrender of Samuel Blennerhassett to several / | | | | pieces of land in Osmondeston & Frenze"; also [NA Ms. WARD 7/983/43] re: Samuel BH, Suffolk 1639/40 (15 Chas I); / | | | | in [SRO Ms. MC 92/19] is an "Exemplification of a fine from Samuel & Edward BH and Henry Wood to Richard Nixon" 1640 / | | | | <----< SEE NOTES TO LEFT: / | | | | / / | | | | m.20.8.1635 Pettistree; Anne Talmash of Helmingham; dau. of Lionel Talmash, Bart. / | | | | dau. of Sir Lionel Talmash, 1st Bart. of Kiloney(?); widow of Robert Gosnold of Ottley, b.20.2.1609 Helmingham / | | | | / | | | |>>Edward Blennerhassett of Campsea Ashe (Campsey Ash) near Wickham Market, Suffolk; b.1604 bapt.4.9.1604 Pettistree; / | | | | Edu. Peterhouse, Cambridge (admitted Fell.-Com.1622); in 1636 he & bro. Samuel BH Jr jointly sold Frenze Hall (see above) / | | | | / / | | | | d.?.6.1641 (dsp); interred 10.6.1641 in the Chancel of Campsea Ashe church, to the right of the altar, under a large slab with / | | | | Blennerhassett coat of arms [NICHOLS p.28]; to the left of the altar is a similar slab, same style, stone & dimensions and / | | | | clearly by the same mason, for William Glover, murdered by two men at the White Heart, Wickham Market in July 1641; / | | | | Edward Blennerhassett's Will is dated 18.5.1641 (pr.16.7.1641) [SRO Ms. ZC/AA1/79/19] / | | | | / | | | |>>Judith Blennerhassett; bapt.23.9.1606 Wickham Market; executrix for her brother Edward BH in 1641; of Buchall(?) 1663 / | | | perhaps(?) identical with: / | | | Judith Hassett "an ancient pious charitable religious maid"; d.20.5.1686 Beighton, Norfolk; bur.23.5.1686 Beighton [NFHS] / | | | / | | | ????Jeremy Blennerhassett (alias Hassett) was bur.6.11.1629 Pettistree (who is this?); there is another Jeremy BH at (N 31) / | | | / | | NOTE: |>>Edward Blennerhassett; b.bef.1552 (aged over 21 in 1573); of Barsham, Suffolk 1573; of St Sepulchre, London (Middlesex) c1580; d.1580, Will pr.19.9.1580 [PCC]; unm. / | | [PCC Administrations | / / | | 1581-1595] lists | Servant to the Right Hon. Earl of Arundel; his sister Frances Blennerhassett (N 09) was "my Lady of Arundel's woman", i.e. personal attendant to the Countess; / | | Edward Blennerhassett | he inherited lands at Ringsfield from father 1573; appointed co-executor of his father's Will but refused to act as such / | | of St Sepulchre, London | / | | with administration 1593, |>>John Blennerhassett b.post1552 (aged under 21 in 1573), perhaps b.c1559; / | | folio 54 | d.1608 [BIFR p.134]; appears to have been unm. / | | | / / | | | John Blennerhassett in 1587 gained the family portion of manor of Boylands (Boylands Hall) at Scole (adjacent to Frenze), following death of his cousin Mary BH Bacon (N 01), / | | | and soon afterhe erected, jointly with John Cornwallis, a brass for Mary B. in Frenze church; he later sold the portion of Boylands to Sir Thomas Cornwallis, Knt.; / | | | in 1573 he inherited, jointly with his bro's George BH & Richard BH, a lease of the manor of Pitsey, Essex, granted his father John BH by the Duke of Norfolk; / | | | in 1604 John BH attempted to "recover" the manor of Loudham in Pettistree from his nephew Samuel BH Sr, describing Samuel as "tenant" at Loudham; / | | | see Ms. "...exemplification of a writ of precipe addressed to Samuel BH, esq., for the return of the manor of Loudham to John Blennerhassett & Edmund Colman" / | | | [HD 1538/297/31, 8.6.1604; & SRO Mss. HD 1538/297/30, 38 Eliz., 1596] but this appears not to have succeeded and he d.1608; / | | | / / | | | Samuel Blennerhassett Jr appears to have sold Loudham out of the family in 1627, to Sir Henry Wood (d.1671, bur. nearby at Ufford); / | | | His sister Frances Blennerhassett in 1600 bequeathed him "...all that term of years unexpired in my lease of Blakende Endgate(?)…"; / | | | he was supervisor of the Will of his half-sister Elizabeth Throckmorton (nee Blennerhassett) in 1608 / | | | / / | | | [VoS/1561 p.361] & [SUCKLING/2] says he may have been "...of Lincoln's Inn...", but that appears to be another John, Sir John Blennerhassett (N 23) who at one time lived / | | | at Beccles, Suffolk (the nearest town to Barsham) became a lawyer & Judge in Ireland, and m. Ursula Duke (N 23); DAVY also confuses these two John Blennerhassetts / | | | / | | |>>George Blennerhassett of Barsham; b.post 1552 (aged under 21 in 1573); d.1608 (BIFR p.134); his half sister Elizabeth Throckmorton bequeathed him a ring in 1608; / | | | m. Frances Feltham of Halesworth, Suffolk (& Mulford?); dau. of Thomas Feltham; her 2nd m., she had m.1st 18.7.1596 Sir Knt) / | | | / / | | | he gained the manor of Frenze (Frenze Hall), Diss, Norfolk following the death of Mary Blennerhassett Bacon (N 01) in 1587; / | | | by 1595 Frenze was held by his nephew Samuel BH Sr (N 08), although George Blennerhassett was still living in 1608 / | | | / | | |>>Ralph (Ralf, Rafe) Blennerhassett of Barsham; bapt.27.3.1558 Barsham; d. an infant, bur.13.3.1563/4 Barsham; N 09 / | | | [MORIARTY/1 p.278] takes this Ralph in [VoS/1561] to be an error for his brother Richard, but he was wrong; Richard Blennerhassett was b.1566 N 10 / | | | for John | | GURNEY FAMILY |>>Helen (Ellen) >>>>>>>|>> Thomas Gurney >>>>>>>|>> Susan Gurney Blennerhassett's | | | Blennerhassett | bapt.15.5.1572 | 2nd marriage | | | of Barsham, Suffolk; | W. Barsham, Norfolk; |>>Dorothy Gurney follow this line down | | | fl.1561? [VoS/1561 | of West Barsham; | to (N 31)… | | | v.1 pp.360-1] | d.1616 |>>Martha Gurney / | | | fl.1568; d.bef.1614 | / | / / | | | / | m. Martha Lewknor | m.1st William Smith; d.1643 / | | | m.10.6.1571 | of Deaham, | / / | | | Barsham, Suffolk; | Newmarket, Suffolk | m.2nd Charles Calthorp / | | | Henry Gurney; | | / | | | b.c1548 (son of | |>>Ellen Gurney / | | | Francis Gurney and |>>Henry Gurney b.1576 | / | | | Helen Holditch) | |>>Elizabeth Gurney / | | | / | | / / | | | of Great Ellingham, |>>Rev. Edward | m. Boulon Crowe / | | | Norfolk; of West | (Edmund?) Gurney | / | | | Barsham, Norfolk | b.1577; |>>Thomas Gurney / | | | / | Rector of Edgefield, | / / | | | d.2.2.1614/15 | Norfolk; d.1648 | m. Bridget Thwaites / | | | West Barsham; | bur. in St Peter | / | | | bur. West Barsham | Mancroft church, |>>Edward Gurney >>>>>>>>|>> Frances Gurney; b. West Barsham; d.1660 / | | | / | Norwich b.1608; d.1641 | / | | | Will & biography | / / |>>Edward Gurney / | | | dated 1.5.1614 | m. Ellen m. Frances Hovel | / | | | [GURNEY]; | |>>Henry Gurney; b.1632; d.1661 / | | | bur. Gt Ellingham | / / | | | with his wife; | m. Ellen Adams / | | | [PEASE] has him | / | | | bur. West Barsham |>>Bassingbourne Gurney; b.c1580 (dsp) / | | | | / | | | |>>Francis Gurney >>>>>>>>>|>> Dorothy Gurney; b.c1619 / | | | | b.18.9.1581 | / | | | | merchant; of the |>>Roger Gurney; b.c1621 / | | | | parish of St Benet | / | | | | Fink, Threadneedle |>>Francis Gurney >>>>>>>>>>|>> John Gurney >>>>>>>>>>>>>|>> John Gurney >>>>>>>>>|>> Joseph Gurney / | | | | Street, London | b.1628 Maldon, Essex; | b.c1655; | b.16.5.1688; | / | | | | (church destroyed in | merchant banker; | merchant banker; | Quaker; |>>Elizabeth Gurney / | | | | the great fire of 1666) | of London; d.1677 | of London; | of St Augustines, | / / | | | | d.1650 | / | d.12.12.1721 | Norwich, Norfok; | m. Francis Freshfield / | | | | / | m. Anne Browning | / | / | / | | | | m.1st St Benet Fink | b.c1637 | m.1687 | known as "The |>>Mary Gurney / | | | | church, London; | (dau. of Jeremiah | Woolbridge; | Weavers' Friend", | / | | | | Anne Browning | Browning) | Elizabeth Swanton | in 1720 he |>>John Gurney / | | | | b.1603; d.1662 | | d.4.3.1727 | defended Norwich | Quaker / | | | | (dau. of William |>>Frances Gurney | | weavers before a | / | | | | Browning) | b.c1629; d.1629 | | parliamentary |>>Henry Gurney / | | | | / | |>>Anne Gurney | committee, | Quaker / | | | | / |>>Lucretia Gurney | | resulting in a ban | / / | | | | / | b.c1630 |>>Francis Gurney | on the wearing of | John and Henry Gurney were Quaker brothers / | | | | / | | | garments made | who in 1775 founded Gurney's Bank, which in / | | | | / | |>>George Gurney | from foreign calico | 1896 was to join with other Norfolk banks, inc. / | | | | / | | | (white unbleached | Barclays, to form the modern Barclays Bank; / | | | | / | |>>Thomas Gurney | cotton) from India | the bank was managed by Simon Martin, also / | | | | / | | | thus saving the | a Quaker / | | | | / | |>>Charles Gurney | livelihoods of | / | | | | / | | | Norwich weavers | / | | | | / | |>>Richard Gurney | / | / | | | | / | | | d.23.11.1740 | / | | | | / | |>>John Gurney | / |>>Gilbert Gurney / | | | | / | | m.9.8.1709 | / | | | | / | | Elizabeth Haddock |>>Joseph Gurney / | | | | / | | b.c1690 | / | | | | / | | d.4.1.1757 |>>Martha Gurney / | | | | / | | | / | | | | / | | |>>Martha Gurney / | | | | / | |>>Richard Gurney | / | | | | / | | b.1689 d.11691 |>>Martha Gurney / | | | | / | | | / | | | | / | | |>>Rachel Gurney / | | | | / | | | N 10 / | | | | / | | |>>Richard Gurney N 11 / | | | | / | | / | | | | / | |>>Joseph Gurney >>>>>>>>|>> Hannah Gurney / | | | | / | | b.1691 d.1750 | / | | | | / | | / |>>John Gurney >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>|>> Rachel Gurney / | | | | / | | m. Hannah b.c1715 d.1770 | / | | | | / | | Middleton / |>>Richard Gurney / | | | | / | | m. Elizabeth Kett | / | | | | / | |>>Benjamin Gurney |>>Joshua Gurney / | | | | / | | | / | | | | / | |>>Edmund Gurney |>>Middleton Gurney / | | | | / | | | / | | | | / | |>>Edmund Gurney |>>Hannah Gurney / | | | | / | | | / | | | | / | |>>Samuel Gurney |>>John Gurney >>>>>>>>> / | | | | / | | | a partner in Gurney's / | | | | / | |>>Richard Gurney | Bank / | | | | / | | / / | | | | / | | from whom descended / | | | | / |>>Thomas Gurney >>>>>>>>>>|>> John Gurney >>>>>>>>>|>> | Mrs Elizabeth Fry / | | | | / bapt.19.4.1636 bapt.16.8.1681; | ELIZABETH FRY | (nee Gurney) 1780-1845 / | | | | / St Benet Fink church, yeoman farmer |>> | the Quaker prison / | | | | / London; and miller; | | reformer, social reformer / | | | | / of Woburn, of Crawley Mills, |>> | and philontropist / | | | | / Bedfordshire; Husborne, Crawley, | | / / | | | | / first a Quaker, Bedfordshire; |>> | m. Catherine Bell / | | | | / later a Baptist d.1761 | | of the Barclay family, / | | | | / / / |>> | founders of Barclay's / | | | | / m. Frances Charter(?) m.13.11.1699 | | Bank; / | | | | / Hannah Young |>> | d.c1768 / | | | | / | | / | | | | / |>> | / | | | | / | |>> / | | | | / |>> | / | | | | / | |>> / | | | | / |>> | / | | | | m.2nd |>> / | | | | Margaret Ryvett >>>>>>>>|>> John Gurney; b.c1610 | / | | | | | d. Chelmsford, Essex |>> / | | | | | / | / | | | | | m. Grizell Fletcher |>> / | | | | | | / | | | | |>>Anne Gurney; b.c1610 |>> / | | | | / / | | | | m. John Gilman / | | | | / | | | | / | | | |>>Anthony Gurney; bapt.18.9.1581 / | | | | / | | | |>>Margaret Gurney / | | | | / | | | |>>Abigail Gurney / | | | | / | | | |>>Anne Gurney / | | | | / / | | | | m. Rev. Thomas Osborne of Mandham, Norfolk / | | | | / | | | |>>Amy Gurney / | | | | / | | | |>>Mary Gurney (dsp) / | | | | / | | | |>>Elizabeth Gurney / | | | | / / | | | | m. Salford of London / | | | | / | | | |>>Leonard Gurney; not shown in [PEASE] / | | | / | | | / | | | / | | | / | | | N 11 / | | | N 12 / | | | / | | |>>Katherine >>>>>>>>>>>>|>> Thomas Cornwallis / | | | Blennerhassett | / / | | | of Barsham | m. Mary Grimston of Risangle, Suffolk / | | | / | / | | | fl.1561? [Vos/1561 |>>Henry Cornwallis (dsp) / | | | v.1 pp.360-1] fl.1573 | / | | | / |>>Philip Cornwallis (dsp); / | | | bur. Badingham, | / / | | | Suffolk; her brass, | m. / | | | now on the chancel | / | | | wall, has inscription |>>Francis Cornwallis / | | | remaining but | / | | | shields of arms & |>>Anne Cornwallis / | | | crests are missing; | / | | | / |>>Elizabeth Cornwallis; in 1599 her aunt Frances Blennerhassett bequeaths her "…my chayne of goulde and my borders set with pearle…"; / | | | d.23.1.1584 in child | / | | | birth, of her 6th ch. |>>a further child b.23.1.1584 died at birth / | | | / / | | | m. post 1573 John Cornwallis, of Soham Lodge, Earl Soham, Suffolk; / | | | d.13.6.1615 (as his 1st wife); son of 1st cousin Margaret Lowthe & Richard Cornwallis of Badingham (N 12) / | | | he was executor to his brother-in-law Edward Blennerhassett (N 08) in 1580 and to his sister-in-law Frances Blennerhassett in 1599 / | | | / | | |>>Margaret Blennerhassett; of Barsham; fl.1561? [VoS/1561 vol.1 pp.360-1]; not bapt. at Barsham; prob. d.bef. 1573 as not mentioned in her father's Will / | | | / | | |>>Frances Blennerhassett; "my Lady of Arundel's woman", lady-in-waiting to Anne Dacre, Countess of Arundel; fl.1561? [VoS/1561 vol.1 pp.360-1]; / | | | d.1600 unm.; bur.23.6.1600 Barsham, Suffolk as "Mrs Frances Blennerhassett" (Mrs being here used as a title of respect for an unmarried lady); / | | | / / | | | by her Will dated 8/9.1.1599 (42 Elizabeth I), pr.30.5.1600 [PCC] she leaves to her bro. John Blennerhassett "all that term of years unexpired in my lease of Blakende Ewegate"; / | | | also "Item - I geve and bequeathe unto the Ladye Elizabeth Howarde daughter unto the right honourable Anne Countesse of Arundell / | | | my good Ladye and mistres my Jesus or Jewell made in the forme of that blessed name and my two duzzen of Pearle Buttons ..."; / | | | Anne Dacre (b.21.3.1557) became Countess on her marriage to the Duke in 1580; she d.19.4.1630 Shifnall, Shropshire; bur. Arundel Castle, Sussex / | | | / / | | | NOTE: Frances' brother Edward Blennerhassett (N 08) was servant to Earl of Arundel until 1580; also her brother Richard Blennerhasssett was servant to Lord ; / | | | NOTE: several websites wrongly identify her as the Francis BH who m. William Mann of Canterbury, Kent; but that Frances BH (N 29) was a dau. of Daniel BH and Ellen Hobart / | | | / | | |>>Anne (Agnes) Blennerhassett; bapt.9.5.1563 Barsham; unm. in 1573, fl.1608; / | | | / / | | | [BLGI p.134] shows "Frances (or Anne?)" incorrectly as one person, married to George Atkins / | | | / / | | | m. post.1573 George Atkins (or Atkinson); of Yelverton, Norfolk / | | | (the 1599 Will of his sister-in-law sister Frances Blennerhassett names him Atkinson, but [VoN/1563 p.9] / | | | the 1608 Will of his sister-in-law Elizabeth Throckmorton (nee Blennerhassett) names him Atkins, as does [BIFR p.134] / | | | / | | | / | | NOTE: >----> |>>Richard >>>>>>>>>>>|>> Thomas Blennerhassett / | | Perhaps(?) identical with Blennerhassett | / | | Richard BH who in 1615 bapt.24.4.1566 |>>Elizabeth Blennerhassett / | | (12 James I) took a lease Barsham | / | | of Stow Hall, Norfolk, (under 21 in 1573); |>>William Blennerhassett / | | from Sir John Pasburgh(?) / | / | | fl.1608 |>>Helen Blennerhassett / | | / / | | servant to Lord / | | godson to Mary Blennerhassett Bacon (N 01), whose husband Thomas Culpepper of Loudham, Pettistree / | | bequeathed him my two marshes in Orford and Gedgrave; / | | The 1599 Will of his sister Frances Blennerhassett refers to "…my brother Richard Blennerhassett's lands…"; / | | his half sister Elizabeth Throckmorton (nee Blennerhassett) bequeathed him a ring in 1608 / | | / / | | m.15.6.1579 (licence) St Lawrence Poultney church, London; / | | Elizabeth Awdeley of London; / | | of Berechurch, Chelmsford, Essex 1626; / | | / / | | perhaps(?) also of Gosbecks Manor, Much Stanway, Essex; / | | Will dated 1626 [ERO 211 CW 10]; dau. of Thomas & Beatrice Audley; both bur. Berechurch / | | / | | / | | / | | / | | / | | N 12 / | | N 13 / | | for John | |>>Elizabeth Blennerhassett >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>|>> Margaret Lowthe >>>>|>> Anne Cornwallis >>>>>|>> Audrey Dade >>>>>>>>>|>> Garneys Blennerhassett's | | of Frenze, Norfolk b.1529 d.1603 | / | d.1651 | 2nd marriage | | prob. b.post 1513; / | m. Thomas Dade | / |>> Garneys follow this line down | | her elder step-sister also bur. St Peter's ch., | of Tannington, | m. Nicholas Garneys | to (N 31)… | | named Elizabeth BH Cretingham Suffolk | Suffolk b.1556; | b.1579 d.1652/3; |>> Garneys / | | died young d.1513 (N 01) (a memorial in ch.) | (son & heir of | of Mickfield | / | | / her long plaited | William Dade of | |>> Garneys / | | perhaps(?) d. in childbirth hair survived her | Witton, Norfolk & |>> Dade | / | | or soon after by two centuries, | Margery Godbold) |>> Dade |>> Garneys / | | / being found in | / |>> Dade | / | NOTE: | m.1st est.c1528 (her cousin) perfect condition | NOTE: The DADE |>> Dade |>>John Garneys >>>>>>>>|>> Garneys / | NA Ms. C 1/729/49 | Lionel Lowthe (Louthe) when her vault was | family appear in |>> Dade 6th son | / | suggests that she | of Sawtrey Bealmes opened in 1826 | Magna Carta | d.1675 Mickfield |>> Garneys / | m. Thomas Lowthe, | (Beaumes?), Huntingdon / | |>> Dade / / | / | not Lionel (& that | shire (g.son & heir of on the death of her | |>> Dade m. Elizabeth |>>Nathanial Garneys >>>>>|>> Jane Garneys >>>>>>>|>> Clement Chevallier / | Thomas Lowthe | Thomas Lowthe) father in 1532 she | |>> Dade Atherold d.1697 3rd son b.c1692/3 d.1752 | b.1729 d.1729 / | m.2nd to | / was his sole heir, | |>> Dade / of Kenton | / | Thomasin ) | d.1532, bur. in St Peter's becoming ward of | m. Jane Jefferey / |>>Jane Chevallier / | | ch., Cretingham, Suffolk the Duke of Norfolk | (Jeffereys?) m.1728 | b.1730 d.1806 / | | (an elaborate stone / |>>John Cornwallis >>>>>|>> issue (N 09) d.1714 Clement Benjamin | / | | monument on the north / | of Soham Lodge, bur. Kenton Chevallier |>>Temple Chevallier >>>>>>>> / | | wall of the chancel has / | Earl Soham, Suffolk; All Saints b.1697 d.1762 | b.1731 d.1804 / | | a kneeling effigy of Lionel the Duke of Norfolk | d.13.6.1615 / | of Aspall, Co.Suffolk / | | Lowthe, erected 1596 by sold Margaret | / of Jersey, Channel Islands; in 1722 he | / / | | dau. Margaret Lowthe; Lowthe's wardship | m.1st Katherine Blennerhassett of Barsham; moved from Jersey to Aspell Hall, Suffolk, | m. Mary "Molly" / | | this is a little damaged, to Sir John | fl.1561-73; d.23.1.1584 in child birth, of her 6th child bringing with him the techniques of cider | Syer Fiske / | | especially his legs) Cornwallis (N 07), | / making; still known for quality cider and | b.1740 d.1809 / | | / who in his 1544 Will | m.2nd cider vinigar, Aspell Hall has the longest | / | | / bequeathed to his | continuously operating cider making |>>Mary Chevallier / | | / son |>>further issue business in the UK / | d.1804(?) / | | / Richard Cornwallis / | / | | / / / |>>Clement Chevallier / | | / "…my ward Margaret Lowthe, which I bought of my Lord of Norfolk, NOTE: Lord Kitchener (1850-1916) was a b.1735 d.1741 / | | / he [Richard] to marry her himself if they both will be so contented… " frequent visitor to Aspell Hall; / | | / and Richard married her... when raised to the peerage became Lord / | | / / Kitchener of Khartoum & Baron Aspell / | | / m. Richard Cornwallis; b.c1520; / / | | / of Shotley & of Oakenhill Hall, Badingham, Suffolk NOTE: Clement Chevallier's younger / | | / son of Sir John Cornwallis (N 07); brother Rev. Dr John "Barley" Chevallier / | | / d.bef.1581 a pioneer in treatment of the mentally ill, / | | / / opening a wing of Aspell Hall as a / | | / NOTE: brother of Elizabeth Cornwallis (N 07) who m. Margaret Lowthe's uncle John psychiatric hospital; / | | / Blennerhassett (N 06); also brother of Sir Thomas Cornwallis, Knt (N 08) who in John also developed an imprortant new / | | / 1561 purchased or was granted that part of the manor of Boylands not owned by the strain of barley, widely used in brewing / | | / Blennerhassetts of Frenze, his heirs later purchasing the Blennerhassett portion of Boylands / | | / / | | / / | | / / | | / / | | m.2nd Francis Clopton >>>>>>>>|>> further issue / | | "the elder" / | | of Kentwell Hall, Melford Park, Long Melford, Suffolk; as his 2nd wife; / | | NOTE: this marriage to Elizabeth Blennerhassett is indicated by an inscription on the 1561 brass of / | | Elizabeth's mother Margaret Braham Blennerhassett (N 02) at Frenze, also [VoS/1561 pp.355 & 359] / | | / / | | Francis Clopton m.3rd Bridget Crane of Chilton; / | | Francis Clopton d.1559; bur. Long Melford; Will dated 2.2.1558, pr.7.7.1559 [PCC, 33 Chaynay] / | | / / | | NOTE: markings on the Iveagh copy of [VoS/1561 p.356] suggest, in error, it was Elizabeth's daughter Margaret Lowthe who m. Francis Clopton; / | | this is not so, her dau. Margaret Lowthe was was buried as " Margaret Cornwallis"; DAVY reports both theories… / | | / | | / | | / | | / | | / | | / | | / | | / | | / | | N 13 / | | N 14 / | | for John | |>>Agnes Blennerhassett >>>>>|>> Sir Thomas Rous >>>>>>>>>|>> Sir Thomas Rous >>>>>>>>>|>> Sir John Rous >>>>>>>>>|>> Christopher Rous; b.1605 d.23.3.1635 (dsp); Blennerhassett's | | of Frenze, Norf.; fl.1528 | Kt, of Dennington | of Dennington | of Henham Hall, | / 2nd marriage | | / | & Henham Hall | & Henham Hall, | Wangford, Suffolk; | m.c5.5.1630 Elizabeth Fytche follow this line down | | she was appointed by | Wangford, Suffolk | Wangford, Suffolk; | bur.10.9.1653 | of Ramsden, Essex; d.13.9.1666 to (N 31)… | | Queen Mary as one of | / | Sheriff of Suffolk | / | (she m.2nd 1644 Sir Poyntings More, 1st Bart., of Loseley, Surrey) / | | the quorum for Suffolk | Will pr.1573 | c1591; d.1603 | m. Elizabeth Yelverton | / | | "...who did usually | [PCC, 3 Martyn] | / | of Easton, Norfolk; | / | | sit on the bench at | / | m. Parnell Goodwyn | d. of Sir Christopher |>>Sir John Rous >>>>>>>>>|>> Sir John Rous Bt. >>>>>|>> Sir John Rous, 3rd Baronet / | | assizes and sessions | m.1st Catherine | (Parnall, Pernell) | Yelverton, Justice of | 1st Baronet | 2nd Baronet | of Henman Hall, Wangford, Suffolk; / | | among other justices, | Hansard; | [BP 1938] Parnall | the King's Bench | of Henman Hall, | of Henman Hall, | MP Dunwich, Suffolk 1705-08; / | | Cincta Cladio" | of Lincolnshire, | [BP 2003] Pernell | | Wangford, Suffolk; | Wangford, Suffolk | d.1.2.1730/1 unm. / | | [HARL. Mss. 980] | Fressingfield and | / | | (cr.17.8.1660); | / | / | | [SUCKLING/1 v.2 p.368] | Hasketon; | of Winchington, |>>Thomas Rous | b.1608 d.27.11.1670 | Edu. Cambridge | / | | / | d.1558 (dsp) | Buckinghamshire | | / | (MA); |>>further issue / | | m. Sr Anthony Rous Knt | / | (dau. of |>>Parnell Rous | High Sheriff Suffolk | High Sheriff of / | | fl.1528; of Dennington, | / | Sir John Goodwyn) | | 1635; MP Dunwich | Suffolk 1678; / | | Woodbridge, Suffolk; | / | |>>Anne Rous | Suffolk 1660 & 1661 | / / | | d.8.2.1545; appointed | / |>>Anthony Rous | MP Eye, Suff. 1665 | MP Eye, Suffolk 1685-87 / | | Comptroller of Calais | / | | / | MP Suffolk 1689-90 / | | 28.8.1533; appointed | / | | m.1st 23.6.1636 | / / | | by Queen Mary one of | / | | Anne Bacon (dsp) | d.8.4.1730 / | | the Quorum for Suffolk | / | | / | / / | | / | / | | m.2nd 1656 | m.1st 1676 / | | Received grant of | / | | Elizabeth Knyvett | Philippa Bedingfield; / | | Dennington Hall from | / | | d.7.7.1670 | of Darsham Hall, / | | the Crown 1542; | / | | | Suffolk / | | purchased Henham Hall, | / | | | / / | | Wangford, Suffolk from | / | |>>Michael Rous | / / | | Sir Arthur Hopton 1544; | / | | b.1611 | m.2nd c8.9.1686 / | | (Burnt 1773, rebuilt 1793) | / | | | Anne Wood >>>>>>|>> Sir Robert Rous >>>>>>>|>> Sir John Rous >>>>>>>>>>> / | | [BP E. of Stradbrook] | / | |>>Thomas Rous | of Kingston-on- | 4th Baronet of 5th Bart. / | | | / | | | Thames | Henman Hall, of Henman Hall, / | | | / | |>>dau. | bur.25.2.1735/6 | Wangford, Suffolk; Wangford, Suffolk; / | | | / | | | | d.8.6.1735 High Sheriff Suffolk / | | | / | |>>dau. |>>Catherine Rous | / 1759; MP Suffolk 1768 / | | | / | | / | m.1726 Lydia Smith / / | | | / | | m. John Harbord | d.13.10.1769 m.5.6.1749 / | | | / | | | Judith Bedingfield / | | | / | |>>Mary Rous | d.10.9.1794 / | | | / | | / | / / | | | / | | m. Richard Coke | their son John Rous / | | | / | | | became the / | | | / | |>> Rous |>> 1st Earl of Stradbroke / | | | / | / | | | / |>>Margaret Rous >>>>>>>>|>> Anthony Hobart >>>>>>>>>|>> James Hobart >>>>>>>>|>> Thomas Hobart >>>>>>>>|>> Thomas Hobart; Will 1727 / | | | / | of Dennington of Hales Hall; | sold Hales Hall d.1686 | / | | | / | / bur. Feb.1651/2 | 1636 to / |>>Talbot Hobart / | | | / | m. Henry Hobart Loddon | Henry Hunberson m. | / | | | / | of Blyford, Suffolk; | / |>>Philippa Hobart >>>>>>|>> Hugh James / | | | / | d.1605 (4th son of | m. Katherine Bell under age 1686 / | | | / | Sir James Hobart) | / / | | | / | | m.1st Hugh James / | | | / |>>Mary Rous (dsp) |>>Anthony Hobart Rector of Upwell / | | | / | of Loddon; / / | | | / |>>Lucy Rous (dsp) Churchwarden 1616 m.2nd / | | | / / | | | m.2nd Anne Hare >>>>>>>>>|>> Margaret Rous / | | | of Bruisyard, Suffolk; d.1616 Blythford; / | | | bur. with husband Will dated 16.1.1616, pr.1616; / | | | in South chapel of / / | | | Donnington church m.c2.5.1579 Henry Hobart; / | | | (no inscription on of Blythford, / | | | stone) later of Fincham, Norfolk; / | | | a recusant 7.7.1601 / | | | / | | | / | | |>>Anthony Rous of Badingham, Suffolk / | | | / / | | | m. Mary Sexton of Lavenham, Suffolk / | | | N 14 / | | |>>Rev. John Rous, D.D. N 15 / | | Anne Blennerhassett Duke Rede >----> | |>>Anne Blennerhassett >>>>>>>|>> Edward Duke >>>>>>>|>> Ambrose Duke >>>>>>>|>> Sir Edward Duke Knt >>>>>>>>|>> Sir John Duke, Bart. >>>>>>|>> Sir Edward Duke >>>>>|>> Edward Duke / | | of Frenze, Norfolk; | of Brampton & | / | 1st Baronet of Benhall | 2nd Baronet | 3rd Bart. b.c1694 | d.young In 15.11.2001 issue of "Country Life" magazine (pp.70-71) is an article titled | b.post1508 | Shadingfield, | m. Elizabeth | / | MP for Oxford | d.25.8.1732 (dsp) | "Is this the Earliest English Architectural Drawing?" by John Goodall; | (age under 20 years 1528) | Suffolk; | Calthorpe | also of Brampton & | d.c1705 | the Baronetcy |>>Elizabeth Duke The item refers to a drawing discovered on the binding material of Ms. 252 | / | He purchased | | & Worlingham, | / | becoming extinct d.young at the "Society of Antiquaries of London" | | d.16.4.1577; | Benhall, Suffolk; | | Suffolk; | m. Elizabeth Duke | / / / | | bur. St Margaret Norwich; | d.2.4.1598 |>>Thomas Duke | b.c1604 d.c1671 | dau. of Edward D. | m.1.12.1715 Mary Rudge The MS is an undated & incomplete copy of a Middle English verse | monumental brass has | / | d.c1630 | / | of Middlesex | b.c1698 of Staffordshire translation of "Boccus and Sydrach", written on paper in 15th or early | her effigy, with arms of | m. Dorothy Jermyn | | m.post.1617 | (see below) | d.c1741/2 16th century cursive; A short inscription records that it was once the | Duke and Rede impaling | of Rusbrook, |>>Robert (Peter?) Duke | Ellen Panton | | property of Lady Anne Rede, who Goodall surmises is "...probably the | Blennerhassett; | Suffolk; d.2.4.1598; | | | | Anne Rede who was a niece of Archbishop Warham of Canterbury and a | another effigy of Anne is | bur.2.2.1617; |>>Elizabeth Duke | |>>Robert Duke, unm. |>>Elizabeth Duke d. young member of Princess Mary's household in the 1520s..."; | on the brass of her 1st | d. of Sir Ambrose | b.1563 |>>Elizabeth Duke | | however, she could also be the Anne Rede (nee Blennerhassett) shown here… | husband George Duke | Jermyn, Knt, | |>>Elizabeth Duke |>>Jane Duke / | | at Frenze | of Rushbrook |>>Anne Duke | | / / | | / | | b.1567 |>>Alathea Duke | m. John Bream / | | m.1st George Duke | | | | of Campsey Ash (Campsea Ashe), Suffolk / | of Brampton, Suffolk and of Shadingfield, Suffolk; | |>>Jermyn Duke | | the son of William & Thomasine (Thomasin, Thomasen) Duke [BDEB Duke, Bart]; | | b.1571 |>>issue |>>Anne Duke following his marriage he resided with his wife and family at Frenze, Diss, Norfolk; |>>John Duke; d.1610 | a further 25 ch. | / d.25.7.1551 but [BLOMEFIELD vol.1 p.143] has him in error d.26.7.1551 and others | bur. 3.1.1610/11 |>> Duke (all dvp) | m.Thomas Tyrell including [VoS/1561 edited 1984 p.359] and [BIFR p.134] have copied him; | in Benhall church |>> Duke | of Gippin, Suffolk bur. in church of St Andrew, Frenze; tombstone set in chancel floor retains a brass | |>> Duke | inscription plate; previously this had two brass effigies, of himself (now missing) | |>> Duke |>>Arabella Duke dressed as a civilian, in ruff with cloak & sword; and of his wife (partially survives), | |>> Duke / her head on a pillow, her beads hanging before her; hers was still complete in | | m.Maurice Shelton [BLOMEFIELD]'s time but is now mutilated; there were four brass shields of arms:- | |>>Mary Duke >>>>>>>>>>>>>|>>issue (N 05) of Berningham, Suffolk / | | / | | of Benhall, Suffolk; 1. & 2. remained in [BLOMEFIELD]'s time, 3. & 4. already gone but recorded by [Le Neve]; all are now missing): | | d.30.1.1617/8, 1. "Duke quartering Banyard (with two annulets interlaced on the fess, for difference) Park & Ilketshall" | | bur.2.2.1617/8 in the chancel of St Peter & St Paul Church, Pettistree impaling "Blennerhassett quartering Lowdham, Kelvedon, Orton & Skelton" | | / 2. "Blennerhassett quartering Lowdham, Kelvedon, Orton & Skelton" | | m.18.11.1585 Kelsale, Suffolk; 3. "Duke quartering Banyard (with two annulets interlaced on the fess, for difference) Park & Ilketshall" | | Samuel Blennerhassett (alias Hassett); JP (magistrate) 1621-1622; 4. "Duke quartering Banyard, etc impaling Jenney" quartering "Jenney quartering Buckle & Leiston" | | inherited Frenze Hall after 1587 (N 05) NOTE: Buckle arms = or, a chevron between three buckles | / | | of Loudham Hall, Pettistree 1618 & of Kelvedon Hall, Gt. Braxted, Chelmsford, Essex, in 1613; / | | / | | d.29.6.1625 Pettistree, Suffolk (but [DAVY] has bur. Pettistree 24.9.1625) The remaining portrait brass of Anne is a palimpsest, reused from an earlier brass | | following George Duke's death in 1551, and engraved (at the Bury St Edmunds | |>>Ursula Duke >>>>>>>>>>|>>issue (N 23) workshop) with his wife's portrait; this is of interest because of an unusual | / late 15th Century engraving on the reverse; this depicts a dying King in his | of Benhall, Suffolk; b.est.c1570 d.20.4.1638; Will dated 19.4.1638 (Will lost but abstract exists); bur. St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin bed, his body pierced by a spear, a money purse hanging from the spear, his | / soul leaving his body to be seized by a waiting demon; an alternative explanation | m.15.10.1593 Kelsale, Suffolk; Sir John Blennerhassett, Knt.; PC (Ireland); is that it may represent St Edmund hanging from the spear, his soul leaving his | of "The Laythes" (a.k.a. "Hassett's Hall" or "Hassett's House"), Pockthorpe, Norwich; of Beccles, Suffolk 1600-08; body to be seized by a waiting demon; alternatively, it may represent St Edmund | A lawyer, of Lincoln's Inn, London (admitted 28.4.1583); in 1594 (37 Elizabeth I) killing the Danish King Sweyn, and have come from the shrine of St Edmund at | he had mortgage on "Rushe Close & meadow adjoining in Beccles, for £50" Bury St Edmunds, destroyed by fire in 1465 [GOODALL] [AF]; | / In 1987 the plate was removed from its slab for the Monumental Brass Society's | went to Ireland; of Dublin & Belfast; MP Belfast 1613; Judge in Ireland; from 1609 a Supernumerary Baron of H.M. Court of Exchequer in Ireland; centenary exhibition at V&A Museum; a modern facsimile of George Duke's brass | In 1620, on death of Sir William Nethwold, was appointed "Lord Chief Baron of HM Court of Exchequer" & held that office until 1623; is on the nave wall at Frenze, for brass rubbing | / | "an ancient counsellor"; purchased a lease at Parsonstown, Dublin with a water mill; / | | Anne Blennerhassett | Knighted (created Knight Bachelor) 3.10.1609 by King James I, on the bank of the River Thames at Hampton Court Palace / | | m.2nd Peter Rede (Reade) | / / | | of Gimingham, Norfolk | d.c14.10.1624; [BIFR p.134] has14.11.1624 in error; / | | [BLG 1846, Rede of | bur.14.10.1624 "within the choire" of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin; / | | Ashmans]; | Will dated 8.11.1624, Will pr. 15.2.1624 (Will abstract exists) In 1568 Peter Rede presented to the city of Norwich a silver-gilt standing salt, for use | of the Mayor (illustrated in [CPEW]); / |>>George Duke >>>>>>>>|>> George Duke >>>>>>>>>|>> George Duke >>>>>>>>>>>|>> issue this was his 2nd m. (he m.1st Jane Lee of Quarenden, Bucks., dau. of Anthony Lee) | of Honington, | of Wandsworth, | of Wandsworth; fl.1662; / | | / | Suffolk; | Surrey; fl.1629; | / he d.29.12.1568 London, bur. St Sepulchure's without Newgate, reinterred | d.17.3.1594/5 | rewarded for | m. Jane Hale of New Windsor (issue) at St Peter Mancroft, Norwich, where he lies under an interesting monumental | Will pr.1595; bur. | services to Kings |>>Charles Duke (dsp.) brass effigy; This depicts a man in armour, with sword & spurs, of a style 100 | Honington church | Charles I & II | years earlier; is possible this is a much earlier brass reused; the inscription says | / | / |>>Edward Duke >>>>>>>>>|>> Tollemache Duke >>>>>>|>> Tollemache Duke; d. young that he, Peter Rede: | | / | m. Elizabeth Curtis | m.Catherine Braham | of Middlesex; | of Bentley | "worthely served not only his Prynce and Cuntrey but also the Emperor | of Honington | d.14.10.1628(?) | Doctor of Physic | / |>>Elizabeth Duke Charles the 5, bothe at the conqueste of Barbaria and at the siege of Tunis, | d.1591(?) | | / | m. Palmer, as also in other places, who had given hym by the sayd emperor for hys | she m.2nd |>>Augustin Duke | m. Elizabeth | dau. of Sir Lewis Palmer, vallaunt dedes the Order of Barbaria" | Robert Wright | | Tollemache; of | Bart. of Carleton, Leicestershire / | | / | (alias Reeve) |>>Frances Duke | Helmingham, Suffolk | Charles V (1500-1558) was Holy Roman Emperor & King of Spain; The Barbary | of Thwaite | |>>Elizabeth Duke; d.bef.1725 States were North Africa and there he personally led the conquest of Tunis 1535 | |>>Catherine / N 15 / | | | (Elizabeth?) Duke m. bef.1694 N 16 / | | | for John | | |>>Thomasine Duke >>>>>>>>>>>>|>> Duke (dsp) Blennerhassett's | | | (Thomasin, b.c13.12.1560 2nd marriage | | | Thomasen) follow this line down | | | b.c1538? d.13.12.1560; [BLOMEFIELD vol.1 p.144] has her d.23.1.1560, in error, and others have copied him; to (N 31)… | | | she died ten months after her marriage, probably in childbirth of her only child; / | | | bur. in the Church of St Andrew, Frenze (Frenze being her mother's ancestral family home, where her parents resided and where her father is buried) / | | | / / | | | Thomasine is commemorated by an inscription brass on the North Chancel Wall, this at one time accompanied by two brass shields-of-arms, recorded / | | | by [BLOMEFIELD vol.1 p.144] but now missing: 1. Playters (arms: argent, three bends wavy, azure); 2. Playters impaling "Duke and his quarterings" / | | | / / | | | [BLOMEFIELD vol.1 p.144] also records, further East on the same North Chancel Wall, the impression of another brass effigy and inscription that had by his time (c1730s-40s) / | | | already been lost; fortunately this was earlier recorded by [ANSTIS E.26, f.23] whose notes were repeated by [BLOMEFIELD vol.1 p.144] as "the arms of Platers and Duke" / | | | with inscription: "Orate pro animabus Willi Platers et Thomazin uroris suae = = Duke = = " / | | | Pray for the soul of William Platers and Thomasin his wife, daughter of [George] Duke [Esq.] / | | | This implies there were two "William & Thomasine Playters" monuments close together at Frenze, but is possible they were at one time parts of a single memorial / | | | / / | | | m.5.2.1559/60 at Sotterley; William Playters (Platers) of Sotterley; son of Thomas Playters (b.1516 d.1572) and Elizabeth Jermyn (b.1519 d.1572); patron of Sotterley church; / | | | b.23.9.1536 Sotterley; d.6.6.1584 (date from his brass at Sotterley) but his i.p.m. of 20.10.1584 (26 Elizabeth I) said to state he died "6th June the previous year" which is 6.6.1583; / | | | bur. in Sotterley church, under a large stone, arms of Playters impaling eight quarterings of Aslack "twice repeated" [SUCKLING 1846 vol.1, Sotterley] with an inscription brass / | | | / / | | | William Playters remarried three times (the names of his four wives recorded on his monumental brass): / | | | m.2nd - to Elizabeth Tymperley b.c1644 (dau. of Thomas Tymperley of Hintlesham Hall, Suffolk) / | | | William's brass at Sotterly states Elizabeth had issue two daughters (elsewhere I have read three daughters, named Jane, Margaret & Elizabeth ) / | | | also his son & heir Sir Thomas Playters, 1st Baronet, b.c1566 Sotterley (aged 18 years at his father's i.p.m. of 20.10.1584) who d.18.5.1638, / | | | bur. in Sotterly church under an inscription brass in the chancel floor; 20 years later in 1658 a magnificent alabaster monument by sculptor / | | | Edward Marshall was erected in his memory and that of his two wives and 22 children; this is said to be the best such monument in Suffolk / | | | / / | | | m.3rd to Thomasine Tyrrell; b.c1644 d.5.8.1578 (dau. of Edmund Tyrrell or Tirell, of Beeches, Essex); issue a daughter, Susan Playters / | | | / / | | | m.4th to Mary Drake (dau. of William Drake of Hardley, Norfolk); issue a dau. Alice Playters, two sons Drake Platers & William Playters / | | | / | | |>>Margaret Duke; m.1555 Michael Spelman of Whinburgh, Norfolk / | | |>>Katherine Duke; unm. in 1561 / | | / | |>>Margaret Blennerhassett >>>>>|>> John Spelman >>>>>>>>|>> issue (from both wives) / | | b.post 1508 | fl.1558; NOTE: >----> | | (aged under 20 yrs 1528) | of Narborough, Norfolk Margaret Blennerhassett is a daughter of | of Frenze, Norfolk | / Sir Thomas Blennerhassett Knt and his 2nd | / | m.1st Judith Heigham (dau. of Sir Clement Heigham, Knt) wife Margaret Braham, as shown here; some | / | m.2nd Katherine Sanders of Ewell, Surrey sources have her in error as dau. of his 1st wife | / | Jane Le Strange (sometimes called Sutton); | / |>> Spelman [DAVY] has both on different Ms… | / |>> Spelman / | | / |>> Spelman [BLOMEFIELD vol.1 p.143] confuses husbands | / of Margaret & Katherine Blennerhassett by | d.15.12.1558; bur. Narborough, Norfolk with 2nd husband (brass with effigy is on the wall of the chancel, see below); mentioned in [CR Huntingdon vol.6 p.272 bundle 729] 1533-38 with her father Thomas BH omiting a line of the inscription from their | m.1st Sir John Spelman (Spilman); of Narborough, Norfolk; d.27.12.1545 (37 Henry VIII), bur. Narborough, Norfolk; monumental brass with his effigy in armour, with two shields (one missing) mother's brass at Frenze | with arms of Spelman, Blennerhassett, Braham etc; (son & heir of Sir John Spelman, Knt, Secondary Justice of the King's Bench, "…one of the Justices of the Pleas before the King to be holden...") / | | / / | | m.2nd John Eyre; of Bury St Edmunds & Lynn (now King's Lynn), Norfolk; Receiver General to Queen Elizabeth I for the counties of Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire & Huntingdonshire; Master in Chancery; / | | d.20.5.1561 (dsp), bur. at Narborough, Norfolk with his wife; their monumental brass on the chancel wall shows his effigy in armour, he & his wife kneeling at prayer desks, two scrolls with achievement & two / | | shields with arms of Eyre, Blennerhassett, etc; I have been told there may perhaps also be Blennerhassett arms at St Margaret's church, King's Lynn, but this is not confirmed… / | | / | |>>Katherine Margaret >>>>>>>>>|>> Ursula Wingfield >>>>>>|>> <2 sons, 7 dau's> Honings / | Blennerhassett | b.bef.c1555/58; / | b.post 1508 | of Sibton, Suffolk; co-heir with her sister; d.1628 bur.29.3.1628 Eye, Suffolk / | (aged under 20 yrs 1528); | / / | of Frenze, Norfolk d.1558 | m. Edward Honings; b.20.5.1550 Eye, Suffolk; of Carlton, Darsham & Eye, all in Suffolk; bur.4.5.1609 Eye, Suffolk; / | bur. Yoxford, Suffolk | From his father he inherited property in Gloucestershire & London and "...all myne armour and other furniture for the warres..." / | / | / | / |>>Margaret Wingfield; co-heir with her sister; m. Francis Grey of Girton / | / / | m.1st John Gosnold; of Shrubland Park, Barham, Suffolk; d.1554 (dsp), undated Will pr.7.11.1554 [PCC]; MP Ipswich, Suff. 1547 & 1553; / | Appointed Solicitor General 21.5.1552; son of Robert Gosnold of Ottley, Suffolk; / | QUESTION: how is John Gosnold related to Capt. Bartholomew Gosnold, who led the expedition which founded Jamestown, Virginia in 1607 for John | / Blennerhassett's | m.2nd Sir Anthony Wingfield, KG, of Sibton, Suffolk & St Johns, Middlesex; Gentleman Usher to Queen Elizabeth I; 2nd marriage | son of Sir Anthony Wingfield, KG, of Letheringham, Suffolk [BEDB Wingfield, Bart.] follow this line down | d.1593; Will dated 3.4.1593, pr.20.6.1593 [PCC] to (N 31)… | he m.2nd Jane Purpett of Waldringfield (issue) N 16 / | he m.3rd Elizabeth Leeche (Leche) of Chatsworth, Derbyshire N 17 / | ROBERT >-----> 2 |>>>Robert (not Ralph) >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>|>> Beatrice "Beattie" >>>>>>>>|>> issue (Enderby) BLENNERHASSETT Blennerhassett | Blennerhassett He is named Robert fl.1510-43 | a.k.a. Elizabeth in the 1528 Will of his of Princethorpe, | (named Beatrice in the 1569 Will of her brother Rev. Edward Blennerhassett, elder brother Sir Thomas Stretton-on-Dunsmore | but [VoN/1563 p.39], [VoBed/1566 pp.159-160] & [BIFR p.135] name her Elizabeth) Blennerhassett (N 01) Warwickshire; | / / Princethorpe is | m.1st William Enderby; [VoBed/1566 pp.159-160] has him named Hadley in error; of Hadley & Coventry Most other sources described in | / also name him Robert, [DUGDALE vol.1 | m.2nd Adams including: pp.42-43] but he | [MORANT vol.2 p.153] makes no mention of |>>Anne Blennerhassett >>>>>>>>|>> Elizabeth (or Mary) >>>>>|>> John Baynham [VoN/1563 p.176] Blennerhassett | / | Baynham | [KEMP sect.2 p.21] / | m.c1535 at Princethorpe, | b.c1537 WoS, |>>Edward Baynham / m. Margaret Kemp | Stretton-on-Dunsmore, | Gloucestershire | however, [VoN/1563 p.39] (Kempe) d.1526; | Warwickshire; | / |>>Mary Baynham names him Ralph, d. of Robert Kemp | William Baynham | m.c1558 | prompting [BIFR p.134] of Gissing, Norfolk | of Westbury Court, | William Rudston |>>Anne Baynham to offer both names & Kemp, Norfolk; | Westbury-on-Severn | of Middlesex / and Anne Clifford | Gloucestershire; house | / [KEMP sect.2 p.21] | was destroyed by fire in |>>Mary (or Elizabeth) Baynham b.est.c1538 Westbury-on-Severn (dsp) / / | 1743 but the famous | / / from him descended | water gardens, laid out | m.18.11.1563 WoS; Thomas Elberton (Aberton) / Kemp, Baronets; see | 1696-1705, survive as a | / [BP 1936 Kemp Bart] | National Trust property |>>Anne Baynham b.est.c1540 Westbury-on-Severn; fl.1569; m.c1559 Edward Weston of Surrey / / | / | / Margaret's half-sister | b.c1511 (aged 17 years |>>Robert Baynham b.est.c1542 Westbury-on-Severn; / Elizabeth Kemp | at the death of his father | he "had livery of Westbury granted to him" 1566/7 ( 9 Elizabeth I); / was "Lady of the | John Baynham 6.8.1528, | d.20.10.1572; i.p.m. 15 Elizabeth I (1572/3) No.62; bur.15.10.1572 WoS (dsp) / bedchamber" to | [20 Hen.VIII] he gained | / / Queen Catherine 1523 | manor of Westbury with | m.c1568 Mary of Michell Dene (she m.2nd Sir Robert Woodruff, Knt) / / | 20 messages & 300 acres | / / | pasture); he "had livery |>>Alexander Baynham b.est.c1544 (dsp) THE CHARLCOTE CONNECTION: / | of Westbury granted to | Robert Blennerhassett of Princethorpe was executor for his cousin Richard | him" 1534/5 (26 Hen. VIII) |>>Joseph Baynham >>>>>>|>> Anne Baynham unm.; Hungerford (of Clopton, Gloucestershire and later, by his marriage to the | [ATKYNS p.799] | of Westbury-on-S. | [VoG/1623 p.15] has her "...ould and unmaried..."; widow Jane Lucy, of Charlecote, Warwickshire); / | [RUDDER p.792] | b.c1546 | but [BGAS 1881-2 vol.6, p.184] has her d.young Richard Hungerford d.1510, Will dated 12.9.1510 (2 Henry VIII), | / | he "had livery of | pr.4.11.1510 [PCC, register Bennett], bequeathing: / | d.10.8.1568 [i.p.m. 1567/8 | Westbury granted |>>Elizabeth Baynham "…to my cousin Robert Blennerhassett all mine estate and term of years | 10 Elizabeth I, No.129] | to him" 1571/2 | / of and in that pasture called Clopton in the county of Gloucester, and all | / | (14 Elizabeth I); | m.c15.2.1610 (7 James I) my sheep and other beasts and cattle being and remaining the time of my | son of John Baynham | in 1594 Sheriff of | John Hayward of Wellington, Herefordshire (of the family of Hayward of Shropshire) decease upon the same pasture, and also I bequeath to my same cousin | (b.c1488 WoS) and | Gloucestershire; | Robert my best gown, my best doublet, and my best horse…; / | Anne Mathew; g.son of | following his death |>>Dorcas (Dorothy) Baynham also a small legacy to his unmarried cousin Margaret Kemp; / | Sir Alexander Baynham | Westbury Court / I do not know the reltionship here, how Robert & Richard are cousins… | the elder who built | was sold in 1619 to m. William Clutterbuck (Clotherbuck); / / | Westbury Court, WoS | Nicholas Roberts of King's Stanley, Gloucestershire; NOTES: / / | (d.25.9.1524, Will dated | / b.c1581 d.1655; bur. King's Stanley Richard Hungerford's wife Jane (Joanna, Joan) Ludlow (dau. of Sir Richard | 20.9.1524) & his 1st wife | d.19.7.1613 Ludlow, Knt) previously married to Sir Edmund Lucy, Knt of Charlcote, as | Margaret (Anne) Vane | i.p.m. 11 James I, his 2nd wife; the Lucy family have owned Charlcote Park since 1247; | / | (1613/14) p.2 No.32; In 1487 Sir Edmund Lacy held a command for Henry VII during some of the | / | bur.20.7.1613 WoS; final battles of the wars of the roses against aginst the Yorkists; | / | / the fine house at Charlcote Park was built on the banks of the river Avon | NEPHEW OF JAMES | m.1st c1573 Westbury-on-Severn; Ann Hampton (dsp) by her son Sir Thomas Lucy, Knt in 1558 / | BAYNHAM, THE | / / / | PROTESTANT MARTYR | m.2nd c1580 WoS; Mary Bonham of Wiltshire; Since 1946 Charlcote Park has been administered by the National Trust; | a lawyer (Inner Temple, | bur.17.7.1587 Westbury-on-Severn (issue) Jane Lucy also had property in Oxfordshire; she d.1514, bur. with her 1st | London) and bible reader | / husband Edmond Lucy in the Lady Chapel at Ilford (Yelsford ?); her Will | who moved from WoS to | m.3rd c1588 dated 26.3.1514 (5 Hen.VIII), pr.4.8.1514 [PCC Holder - NA, PROB 11/18]; | London in the 1520s | Brownshill, Stroud, Sir Thomas Lucy had a son William Lucy of Charlcote & a dau. Radygun; | / | Gloucestershire; Jane also had a dau. m. Ley, having ch. William Ley & Margaret Ley | son of Sir Alexander | Joan Smith >>>>>>>>>1|>>>Alexander Baynham >>>>>>>>|>> Joseph Baynham; fl.1623 / | Baynham the elder, & his | of Brownshill, | of WoS; | / | 2nd wife Elizabeth Tracy; | Gloucestershire; | b.bef.1599 |>>Alexander Baynham bapt.20.5.1614 WoS; fl.1623 / | James Baynham m. widow | bur.11.12.1612 | in 1614 he sold his | / | of Simon Fish, author | WoS | two parts of manor |>>Lucy Baynham; fl.1623 / | of protestant religious | / | of Dene Magna | / | works; he was burnt at | widow of | to Nicholas Roberts |>>Elizabeth Baynham bapt.23.1.1616 WoS; fl.1623 / | the stake, at Smithfield, | of Thomas Becke; | / / | London 30.4.1531 (or 32?) | dau. of William | m. Elizabeth Oldsworth of Brodley (or Hansper?) N 17 / | / | Smith (Smythe) | dau. of Arnold Oldsworth, "Clerk of the Hamper" to King James I N 18 / | / | | / | Elizabeth Tracy's brother | 2|>>>Joseph Baynham / | William Tracy of | | / | Gloucestershire was also | |>>Anne Banyham / | a Martyr in early 1530s | / / | [RUDDER pp.791-2] | m. Richard Baron or Barrow; / | | [BGAS 1881-2 vol.6 p.184] has Baron; [VoG/1623 p.15] has Barrow; of Westbury-on-Severn / | | / | |>>Daniel Baynham >>>>>>|>> Mary Baynham bur.13.4.1585 WoS / | | b.c1548 WoS; | / | | prob. edu. |>>Judith Baynham / | | Cambridge; | / | | of The Grange WoS |>>Sarah Baynham / | | d.c1620; | / | | bur.29.8.1620 WoS |>>Samuel Baynham >>>>>>>>>>>|>> Joseph Baynham; b.c1621 (1618?) as aged 2 yrs in 1623 (1620?) / | | / | of The Grange, | / | | m.24.12.1579 WoS | WoS in1623 |>>Dorcas Baynham / | | Sylvester Hampton | / / | | (dau. of John H.); | m. Margaret Walwyn of Herefordshire / | | [TBGAS vol.6 | bur. 4.1.1622 WoS / | | p.185] names her | / | | Silchester Hampton |>>Daniel Baynham; / | | in error | m. Ursula Fulwer of Tandrig Court, Surrey (widow of Francis Pollard of Newnham Courtney; d.?.10.1637) / | | | / | | |>>Elizabeth Baynham; bur.11.6.1596 Westbury-on-Severn / | |>>William Baynham | / | | b.c1552 (dsp) |>>John Baynham; bur.28.8.1580 Westbury-on-Severn / | | / | |>>Francis Baynham; b.c1554 (dsp) / | | / | |>>Samuel Baynham; b.c1557 (dsp) / | | / | |>>Margaret Baynham b.c1560 Westbury-on-Severn; / | / / | m.12.12.1581 Westbury-on-Severn; Charles Vaughn (dsp) / | / | / |>>Rev. Edward >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>|>> Samuel >>>>>>>>>>>>??? William Blennerhassett of Blunham, Bedfordshire / | Blennerhassett | Blennerhassett / / BLUNHAM, | "Clerk & Parson"; | (alias Hassett) m. Colby / BEDFORDSHIRE | Rector of Blunham, | b.c1550; / / | Bedfordshire | bapt.6.9.1550 [DAVY f.349 & f.361] shows Samuel, son of Rev.Edward BH, having an only child, William BH of Blunham, Bedfordshire / Edward Blennerhassett | (Diocese of Lincoln) | St Martin at Palace whom he says m. Colby; this is uncertain, [DAVY] may perhaps(?) have confused this William with an earlier / was nephew to Anne | / | Gate, Norwich; William Blennerhassett (N 19) who m. Anne Colby of Brundish / Blennerhassett (N 35) of | d.1569/70 | of Blunham, / Blunham, Beds who m. | Will dated 8 & 10.12.1569 | Bedfordshire; fl.1598; / Sir Henry Grey of Wrest | (12 Elizabeth I) | Edu. Cambridge (Matric. Pensioner Michaelmas1569); also at the Inns of Court, if his father's 1569 Will was followed; JP 1621-1622 / Park, Bedfordshire | Will pr.31.3.1570 [PCC] | / / | / | m."...a dau. of Edward Duke of Gimmingham, Norfolk…" / NOTE: Blunham is only | / | [VoN/1563 p.39] [VoBed/1566 pp.159-160] & [BLGI p.134] / four miles from Wrest | / | / Park, Bedfordshire and | / |>>Susan Blennerhassett; bapt.11.1.1550 St Martin at Palace Gate, Norwich / from Southhill & Broome, | / NOTE: old style dates, so she was bapt. before her brother; / Bedfordshire | / not mentioned in her father's Will of 1569, so perhaps deceased by then / | / / NOTE: His institution as | Rev. Edward Blennerhassett in his Will remembered his nephew Rev. Thomas Blennerhassett (b.c1509 d.bef.5.2.1544/5; N 02), / Rector of Blunham should | the only other priest in the Norfolk Blennerhassett family; of his wife Mary's legacy he wrote: / be in the Bishops' register | "...I Will that it be truly paied unto Mary my wife if she shalbe then lyving and lyve also in good name either maried or widowe & wtout / for the Diocese of Lincoln | greate suspicon of slander even by the judgement of her owne frends & kynne & of godly people where she shall leade her lyfe..." / | descendants of his aunt (by his g.father's 2nd m.) Anne BH & Sir Henry Grey (N 35) later held the manor of Blunham , Bedfordshire / | / / | m. Mary Cressett of Shropshire (Salop); fl.1569 / | / |>>Thomas Blennerhassett; fl.1549 / | of Little Plumstead (a.k.a. Plumstead Pava), Norfolk 1560 (the home of his brother William Blennerhassett, following William's 3rd marriage in 1569) / | d.c1560 (dsp soon after his marriage); admon. granted 1560 [NRO, NCC Administration Act Book 1560-1563, f.62] for John | / Blennerhassett's | m.1.6.1560 Elizabeth Aslake; dau. & co-heir of William Aslake; of Carrow, near Norwich, Norfolk; 2nd marriage | d.17.6.1607; bur. Pulham St Mary, Norfolk; monumental brass has brass shield (Lany impaling Aslake), but inscription missing follow this line down | / to (N 31)… | She m.2nd John Lany; of Cratfield Suffolk, Chediston & London; d.1601, bur.28.3.1601 Cratfield; Will pr.1602 [PCC] N 18 / | his 2nd marriage, he m.1st Katherine Yaxley of Mells, Suffolk, d.1556, bur.15.2.1556 Cratfield N 19 / | HORSFORD PARK, HORNING, near Norwich >----> 3|>>>William Blennerhassett >>>>>>>>>>>>>1|>>>Sir Edward >>>>>>>>>>>1|>>>Ralph >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>|>> William Blennerhassett b.c1614/15 Horsford Park; Horning, Norwich; d.c4.9.1615 an infant; bur.4.9.1615 Horning [NFHS] / RADICAL PURITAN | Blennerhassett Knt | (Ralf, Rafe, Radulph) | / b. of | (alias Hassett) | Blennerhassett |>>Elizabeth >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>|>> Ann Osborne / Horsford Park, Horning, | b. ; | b. ; | Blennerhassett | Will dated 3.5.1703, pr.18.12.1708 [NA; EAP pp.1566-167] / Norwich, Norfolk | of Horsford Park, | of Horsford Park, | b.c13.8.1616 Horsford | / / | Horning, Norwich | Horning, Norwich | Park, Horning; |>>Edward Osborne; of Seething; bur.16.10.1695 "The Laythes", a.k.a. "Lathes Hall", "Hassetts Hall" or "Hassetts House" >-----> also of "The Laythes" | / | 1616-1625 | bapt.13.8.1616 | / in Pockthorpe, Norwich; (a.k.a. "Hassetts Hall" | of "The Laythes" | / | Horning [NFHS] | m.?.3.1659 Blanche Suckling; of Woodton Pockthorpe is now a district of the City of Norwich, on the opposite bank of or "Hassetts House") | ("Hassetts Hall" or | of "The Laythes", | fl.1674; of Horsford | the River Wensum from the line of the old city wall and from "Hassett's Tower" Pockthorpe, Norwich | "Hassetts House") | ("Hassetts Hall" or | & of Hassetts House, |>>further sons & daughters (better known as "Cow Tower") from 1551; also of Little | Pockthorpe, | "Hassetts House") | Pockthorpe, Norwich / Plumstead (aka Plumstead | Norwich from 1551; | Pockthorpe, Norwich, | / Pockthorpe or "Little Thorpe" was once a part of the adjoining manor of Pava) Norfolk, gained | of Ranworth 1598 | 1598 & 1626-1630 | m.1634 Edward Osborne; b.c1607; d.1670 of Seething, Norfolk (and perhaps of Kirstead, Norfolk?) Thorpe, but c1100 Pockthorpe was given to the monks of Norwich; by 1306 through his 3rd marriage | / | / | the manor house and lands of Pockthorpe were known as "Monks Grange" to Audrey Hare, | Edu. St John's | d.c1660, between |>>Edward >>>>>>>>>>>>>>|>> Augustine "Austin" Blennerhassett (alias Hassett); bapt.12.3.1648 Pockthorpe, Norwich; and later became known as "The Laythes Yard", "Laythes Hall" or simply Lady Warner 1569 (N 27) | Cambridge (Matric. | 2.12.1659 & 1.4.1661 | Blennerhassett | of "The Laythes" (a.k.a. "Hassett's Hall" or "Hassetts House"), Pockthorpe "The Laythes"; This remained monastic property until the dissolution of / | Michaelmas 1565) | [NRO, admon. 1661 | (alias Hassett) | / the monasteries under King Henry VIII in 1538, following which the Hall JP (Justice on the "Com- | / | PRDC 2/1/1 f.52] | b.c14.9.1617 Horsford | unm.; c1679 he had "settled affection upon a good gentlewoman" & planned to marry, but (manor house) of Monks Grange was leased by the Dean & Chapter of mission for the Peace") | went to Fermanagh | / | Park; Horning; | was prevented by a medical condition; his doctor Sir Thomas Browne sent him to see his Norwich Cathedral to Hugh Haryson, yeoman, for 40 years; for Norfolk 1571-1595, | (a.k.a. Maguire's Co.) | Went to Rossbeg, | bapt.14.9.1617 | son Dr Edward Browne and specialists in London but to no avail The lands of Monks Grange they leased to Jane (Blennerhassett) Calthorpe but one source says he | temp James I as | Co.Fermanagh, | Horning [NFHS] | / (N 32), the aunt of William Blennerhassett of Horsford Park, Horning; became a Justice in | "an undertaker in | Ireland (as did his | PC (Ireland) | In 1663 he inherited his father's Irish estates & sold them (as directed by his father's Will) 1664/5; William Blennerhassett the Puritan gained these lands from his aunt c154 16 Elizabeth (1573/4) | the plantation of | bro. Francis BH) | / | this included the town of Belleek & the Castle (known as "Hassett's Fort") & village of Rossbeg 7 and in 1551 purchased the remaining 29 years of Hugh Haryson's lease on / | Ulster" (a Planter), | / | of "…the mansion | built by his g.uncle Francis Blennerhassett; he sold these to Sir James Caldwell, 1st Bart. the house, then surrendering both leases and obtaining from the Dean & Commissioner for the | being as was his | Succeeded to his | house called the | (cr. 1683 d.1717) an Enniskillen merchant who was High Sheriff of Co.Fermanagh Chapter a new lease for 80 years diocese of Norwich; | brother Thomas a | father's "Manor in | Laythes Hall" (a.k.a. | NOTE: Caldwell was "...a Cromwell man...", who renamed the Castle as "Castle Rossbeg" / known as an strongly | plantation candidate | Ireland with the | "Hassetts Hall" or | and built the pottery at Belleek; Some renovation was done 1760 but by 1791 was in ruins & As a Blennerhassett home, "The Laythes" became known as "Hassett's Hall" puritan Magistrate, | in Sir Henry | advowson & | "Hassetts House") | being rebuilt; In 1792 the name changed again, to "Castle Caldwell"; & "Hassett's House", these names staying long after the Blennerhassett he was described as a | Hobart's Company | Parsonage"; also | Pockthorpe Norwich; | Augustine Blennerhassett selling the property to a Cromwellian remains unforgiven by locally, family had departed; The house was a "…a brick building with a courtyard "Religious Zealot" and | / | half of his father's | which property in | by some, to this day; The property has been owned by the Forestry Commission since 1913 before it and a flight of stone steps up to the door. It was surrounded by a "Religious Radical"; | he was granted | lands in Co.Ferm., | his Will he requests | / large walled garden…" but an illustration shows it to be partly half-timbered; Recommended for "his | land at Clankelly, | his brother Francis | be sold following his | d.9.8.1679 "at the house of Sir Robert Reeves in Suffolk"; bur. St Martin at Palace Gate, Norwich "Hassett's Hall" was demolished in 1792 and a Cavalry Barracks built, the earnest & godlye zeale | Co.Fermanagh; | had the other half; | death, for the benefit | 13.8.1679 (previously had bur.13.4.1679, must be in error) ; Will dated 7.8.1679 (31 Chas II) was boundary matching exactly the lands of Hassetts Hall and the barracks to the trueth as for his | Later, on 3.7.1610 | Inherited father's | of his children; also | destroyed c9.8.1679 but a copy witnessed 15.12.1679 & 20.12.1679 survived, pr.3.1.1679/80 [PCC] hospital occupying the site of the house his experience & depe | he was granted a | gold seal, engraved | had lands at Horning | / wisdome" - "who for his | "middle proportion" | with the BH crest | & lease on a house |>>Edward Blennerhassett; b.c1650 at "The Laythes" ("Hassett's Hall" or "Hassetts House"), The barracks was itself demolished in 1963 and a housing estate built, wisdome and godly zeale | of 1500 acres at | / | "Horning Hospital" | Pockthorpe, Norwich; b.c31.5.1650; bapt.31.5.1650 St James with Pockthorpe; of Norwich 1674-80; among the new streets being "Hassett Close" and "Cavalry Ride"; beside many other | Bannaghmore in | m.2.5.1613 | / | in 1679 inherited property in Norwich from his elder brother Augustine Blennerhassett; The site of the house is a raised area, landscaped and planted with trees; vertues deserveth greate | the Barony of Lurg, | Agnes Deth; of | of Norfolk 1635; | d.bef.2.10.1702 (dsp) at Caister by Yarmouth (Caister-on-Sea), Hassett's Hall leaving the family The only remaining fragment is a part of the stone wall that once enclosed favour and preferment" | adjoining the | Gimingham, Norfolk | Went to Ireland; | / Hassett's Hall & yards, incorporated into the barrack wall when that was / | Edernagh property | bap.?.7.1589 fl.1674 | Succeeded to his | m.25.12.1680 at St Butolph without Bishopsgate, London (lic. 23.12.1680) Mary Browne; b.c1664; built, & still standing; it may be seen on Barrack Road (once Pockthorpe St ) In 1578 Edmund Freke, | of his of brother | dau. & co-heir of | g.father's Fermanagh | of St Butolph's parish 1680; m. with consent of her g.mother & guardian Mrs Margaret Hodges below the site of the house, close to where the wall turns along Gurney Rd pro-Catholic Bishop of | Thomas | Anthony Deth | estates, including | / Norwich, prevented John | Blennerhassett | (a.k.a. Death) | Bannaghmore, |>>John Blennerhassett (alias Hassett) - LAST OF THE NORFOLK BLENNERHASSETTS / Becon, Puritan Diocesan | / | | at death of his uncle | b.c19.4.1652 Horsford Park, Horning (also said to have been b. at Rossbeg, Co.Fermanagh...); / Chancellor of Norwich, | / | | Francis BH in 1641; | bapt.19.4.1652 Horning, Norfolk [NFHS] / removing his opponents | Sir Edward's property included Boa Island, | settled at Belleek & | Edu. St Catherine's, Cambridge (Matric.1673, BA 1673-4); / from positions of office; | & he had the Advowson (patronage of the | at Bateone/Batcone, | perhaps(?) a Lt. in army 1679 [CAMPLING]; at some date following his marriage he moved to / "...Sir Robert Jermyn and | Rectory & Vicarage) of Magheraculmony; | Co.Fermanagh; | his wife's home at "Caister next Yarmouth", Norfolk (Caister-on-Sea, near Great Yarmouth); / William Blennerhassett | His land reached from Pettigo to Belleek & | of Belleek 1662/3 | the 1674 Will of his aunt Mary Blennerhassett names him "John Blennerhasset of Norwich", / accompanied by 200 of | he built the town of Belleek, now world- | / | this refering to the BH family seats near Norwich; [MO] has him of the other Norfolk town named / the brethren burst in | famous for its distinctive pottery; | also had property | Caister, describing him "of Caister St Edmunds, nr Norwich", which surely must be an error; / upon Freake's consistory | / | | in Co.Monahan | In 1679 he inherited the Horsford Park, Horning, Norwich property from brother Augustine BH / proceedings and in the | He had the majority portion of 1000 acres | (also see N 37) | / / name of the council | that he shared with his brother Thomas | / | John Blennerhassett brought with him to Caister (probably from "Hassett's Hall", Pockthorpe, / restored 'Dr.Becon in full | Blennerhassett | d.1663; | Norwich) what [BLOMEFIELD 1805 vol.1, p.146] first saw before 1739 : / possession of the office | / | | bur. St Keavan's Ch. | "...At Mrs Hill's at Castor, near Yarmouth, I saw an ancient canvas surrounding / of Chauncellorshipp [co- | After the initial grant, his son Francis resided | Belleek; his Will | two rooms, painted with the matches of the Bleverhassets, their names under each coat; / mmanding] the proctors | c1611 at the property in Lurg as his father's | (written in England) | but with hanging against moist walls, several are worn out…"; he lists the coats of arms thus: / and inferior officers to | agent, before his father's arrival; with Francis | dated 13.4.1660 | Blennerhassett (with crest "gules, a fox sejant, gules") impaled with Frogmorton (Throckmorton), / accept him & obey him' " | were six men, all well armed, two with wives, | (not 30.4.1660); | Braham, Tindall (Tyndall), Eyre, Pickerell, Clopton, Lowthe, Cressi (Cressett), Culpepper, / from [HS pp.220-221] | who were to settle there as leaseholders or | codicil (written in | Covert, Baynaugh, Brampton, Meawes (Meux), Lowdham, Keldon (Kelvedon), Orton, Skelton, / / | freeholders; "…they have made one English | Ireland) 24.12.1662, | Cornwaleis (Cornwallis), Hare, Heydon, Wyngfield (Wingfield), Reape (Reade), Kempe (Kemp), / William Blennerhassett | house, with three rooms beneath, a chimney | pr.4.7.1663 [PCC] | Gosnold, Spilman (Spelman), Colby, Alcock (Cock?), Rowse (Rous), Drury, Hubbard (Hobart), / has mentions in [PNB] | & an oven with a loft, & part of the house is | / | Heigham, Warner quartering Whetnall, Calthorp, Lovell (Love? Lavile?), Ruthyn for John / | already thatched; some boards are already | In his Will he revokes | / Blennerhassett's d.1598; bur.16.12.1598 | sawed for the loft and about 15 trees felled & | a previous "deed of | 1st edition [BLOMEFIELD 1739 p.?] has Mrs Hill of Caister as the "last living of the Norfolk 2nd marriage in the North side of the | squared; they have 4 mares and a horse, and | declaration" and a | Blennerhassetts" but in the 2nd ed. [BLOMEFIELD 1805 vol.1, p.146] this is corrected, saying follow this line down church of St Martin | have brought a dozen head of cattle or | "deed of bargain" | this John Blennerhassett (d.1704) was the last of the Norfolk Blennerhassett family and that to (N 31)… at Palace Gate, Norwich | thereabout. For lime and stone I see none…" | both dated 13.5.1657 | Mrs Hill (Mary Rowe, d.1737, m.25.8.1674 Edward Hill) was his wife's sister N 19 / / | / | | / | / N 20 / / | / | | / | / Tales told by local people about Hassett's Hall (GURNEY): Will dated 5.12.1598 | d.c1618; bur.28.?.1618 | By his Will he left a | John Blennerhassett of Caister d.22.5.1704 (dsp), Will dated 22.5.1704, pr.1.8.1704 [NCC] - leaving An old man told that, when he was young, in Hassett's Hall he saw an codicil 7.12.1598, | by his Will he requests to be interred next to | gold ring engraved | property to his 1st cousin William Blennerhassett, mercer of London, & William's young son (N 20); apparition of a dead body roll across the room… proved 22.12.1598 | his wife and at the foot of his father, in the | with Blennerhassett | bur.11.6.1704 in the church at Caister-on-Sea; his "very fine monument" was removed from the / [NRO, NCC | North side of the church of St Martin at Palace | crest, described as | church early 20th C., the pieces being preserved by "a farsighted parishioner"; of these pieces, Soldiers working in the barracks hospital, built directly on the site of register Adams f.49] | Gate, Norwich; | "...the picture of the | a white marble inscribed tablet was restored to the church, in corner behind the font; Hassetts Hall, reported being disturbed by "strange apparitions" / | one source has him buried there 28.?.1618 | wolfe..."; | the remaining pieces, one with the Blennerhassett coat of arms, were seen c1961 [KC] / / | but another source has him interred at | / | / "there was a closet in the mansion that had never been opened, & no-one m.1st bef. 1545 | St Keavan's church, Belleek, Co.Fermanagh | also a ring with a red | John Blennerhassett knew what was there, and the doors of the two rooms had been plastered [NRS vol.XLVI p.301] | / | cornelian engraved | m.14.2.1687 Caister-on-Sea, Great Yarmouth; up - in attempting to open which, two people had been struck blind..." (although other sources | Will dated 7.10.1613; codecil 24.3.1617 | with Blennerhassett | Elizabeth Rowe; b.1640/44; of Caister-on-Sea (Interestingly, when Barsham Hall was being restored in 1993 by owners have him m.1549) to | pr.8.6.1618 [PCC] | coat of arms, both | (dau. of John Rowe of Caister d.1678, Alderman & twice Bailiff of Gt Yarmouth) Maurice & Janet Elliott, a large hidden room was also discovered there); Anne Colby | / | bequeathed to his | / / of Brundish, Suffolk | In his Will he writes of his lands in Fermanagh | eldest son Augustine | sister of Mary Hill; In 1708 she gave £100 to Corporation of Great Yarmouth, "for the payment Gurney also recorded a Hassett's Hall tale that has similarities to that from bur.14.1.1551 St Martin | "…which I received by the gift and grant of | / | of £5 yearly, at equal portions, at Christmas and Easter Even, for the Fisherman's Hospital…" Barsham, Suffolk (N 05): "...a strange tale ran that old 'Hassett' often 'rode' at Palace Gate, Norwich; | the King's most excellent majesty…"; | at his death in 1663 he | / in his coach and four over Bishop Gate, and when his whip was cracked, d. of John Colby | he left his Manor to his eldest son Ralph | directed his lands etc | In 1717 she gave £50 "to be applied to teaching 6 boys from the charity school "Arithmetick and flashes of fire came out which illuminated the whole city..." [BEDB Colby, Bart.] | Blennerhassett, but the lands were divided | in Co. Fermanagh and | the Mathematicks"; Elizabeth & her sister Mary Hill in 1716 jointly sold some land in Norfolk; / / | equally between his sons Ralph & Francis | Co.Monaghan be sold | in 1715 she bequeathed a £200 bond to Great Yarmouth Charity School, / NOTE: | / | | to pay debts / provide | with interest on £100 being first paid to her sister Mary Hill for life "HASSETT'S TOWER" / Anne Colby | m.c1575/77 (at Brome, Suffolk ?) | for his children; | / The redbrick "Hassett's Tower", better known as "Cow Tower", was rebuilt Blennerhassett | Susan Pickerell (Pickering) | this was done by his | d.7.8.1719 aged 79 years 1378-1390 as a part of the defences of Norwich, on the bank of the River raised from childhood | of Cringleford, Norfolk; d.1598, | eldest son Augustine | Wensum, where it still stands; it is close to the site of "Hassett's Hall" but Martha | bur.24.12.1598 St Martin at Palace Gate, | B'hassett c1664/5 |>>Elizabeth Blennerhassett; fl.1653 & 1674 on the opposite side of the river, and may have taken its name from the who m. John Partridge | Norwich; dau. of John Pickerell; | / (mentioned in Will of her aunt Mary Blennerhassett) Hassetts' having at some time having as responsibility for it, or merely from / | [VoN/1563 p.40] has him named | m.11.3.1646/7 the closeness to their house; it gained its more usual name of "Cow Tower" NOTE: another William | Ralph Pickering or Pickerell | St Stephen, Norwich; Frances Palgrave because the land adjoining the river was cattle pasture called "Cowsholm"; Blennerhassett (on N 17) | / | | of Northwood Barningham, Norfolk; d.bef.1662); other names are "The Great Tower", "Hospital Tower" & "The Dungeon"; perhaps also m. | Edward Pickerell, presumably her nephew, was | dau. of Sir Augustine "Austin" Palgrave, Knt [BEDB Palgrave]; The tower today is 52 feet high and 24 feet wide a Colby, but doubtful… | her husband's Sir Edward BH's godson | her mother bequeathed her a jewel called "the eagle stone…" / / | / | | which she in turn left to her dau. Elizabeth Blennerhassett / / | Sir Edward BH was knighted 23.7.1603 by | [GURNEY] & [BUNN] relate a ghostly legend connecting Hassett's Tower / | King James I (shortly before his coronation) in |>>Thomas Blennerhassett with & Barsham Hall, the home of Thomas Blennerhassett (N 05) , a.k.a. / | the Royal Gardens of the Palace of Whitehall, | b.c11.10.1618 Horsford Park; Horning, Norwich; bapt.11.10.1618 Horning [NFHS] "Old Blunderhazard", near Beccles, just over the county border in Suffolk; / | one of 300 dubbed knights on 23rd & 24th | of Horsford (until 1625) & of Hassetts House, Pockthorpe, Norwich (from 1626) The Barsham Hall buildings are about half a mile from main Beccles-Bungay / | / | | road and are now reached by a gently sloping track along which, / | In 1603 James raised funds by conferring |>> Blennerhassett >>>>>>|>> Frances Blennerhassett; fl.1699 according to local legend, the ghost of "…'Old Blunderhazard' drives out / | knighthood on 700 landowners within three | (is it Edward, Thomas, / every Christmas Eve just before midnight in a coach & six, to visit Hassett's / | months, on payment of £50 each; | Ralph, William, John ?) m. John Spillett; fl.1699 & 1711 Tower [a.k.a. "Cow Tower"] at Norwich, and to return to Barsham before he / | Edward Blennerhassett responded to | may snuff the morning air. The Barsham story makes the horses without / | a summons, made 17.7.1603, for all persons |>>Susanna Blennerhassett heads and yet fire flashing out of their nostrils…"; / | that had £40 in lands to come & receive the | b.c10.10.1619 Horsford Park; Horning, Norwich; bapt.10.10.1619 Horning [NFHS] This lane was not a part of the old coach road to Beccles, that is no longer in / | honour of knighthood; in this context | of Horsford (until 1625) & of Hassetts House, Pockthorpe, Norwich (from 1626) use but its route may still be identified / | [RYMER vol. xvi p.560] & [SHAW] name him: | / / / | "Edward (Thomas) Blennerhassett of Norfolk" | Susanna Blennerhassett is probably one of the six sisters(?) / / | / | | (some are perhaps sisters-in-law, is not clear) shown below who / / | NOTE: Knighted on same day & place as | married men named Holder, Scott, Ashton, Martyn, Griffiths and Smith / / | Sir Edward Blennerhassett was | / / | a Thomas Blennerhassett described by |>>Agnes Blennerhassett / / | [BLOMEFIELD or SUCKLING vol. ? p. ?] | b.c10.9.1620 Horsford Park, Horning, Norwich; bapt.10.9.1620 Horning [NFHS] / / | as "Thomas BH who also went to Ireland"; | d.young; d.c17.12.1620 Horsford Park, Horning; bur.17.12.1620 Horning [NFHS] / / | This Sir Thomas, who it appears did not use | / / | his title, may perhaps be Capt. Thomas |>>Frances >>>>>>>>>>>>>>|>> Frances Harmer / / | Blennerhassett (N 26) the soldier and poet, | Blennerhassett | / / | brother of this Sir Edward Blennerhassett | b.c1620; fl.1674 |>>Thomas Harmer >>>>>>>>>|>> John Harmer; fl.1699 / / | | | d.bef.1699 | fl.1699 | / / | | | / | / |>>Frances Harmer; fl.1699 / / | | | m.1647 John Harmer | m. / / | | | of Mundesley, | / / | | | Norfolk & Knapton; |>>Susan Harmer >>>>>>>|>> Bartlett / / | | | fl.1674 | fl.1699 / / | | | | m. Bartlett d.bef.1699 / / | | | | / / | | | |>>John Harmer / / | | | / / | | |>> Blennerhassett fl.1699 / / | | | / / / | | | m. Holder / / | | | / / | | |>> Blennerhassett fl.1699 / / | | | / N 20 / / | | | m. Scott N 21 / / | | | for John for William | | |>> Blennerhassett; fl.1699 Blennerhassett's Blennerhassett's | | | / 2nd marriage 2nd & 3rd marriage | | | m. Ashton follow this line down follow this line down | | | to (N 31)… to (N 29)… | | |>> Blennerhassett; fl.1699 / / | | | / / / | | | m. Nicholas Martyn (Martin); son of Mrs Lidia Martyn / / | | | NOTE: their nephew Rev. Thomas Blennerhasett mentions them in his Will as "my uncle and aunt Martin" / / | | | / / | | |>> Blennerhassett >>>>>>>|>> George Griffith / / | | | / / / | | | m. Griffith / / | | | / / | | |>>perhaps(?) a Blennerhassett / / | | | / / / | | | m. Samuel Smith (Edward Blennerhassett N 19 mentions a brother-in-law of this name) / / | | | / / | | |>>Ralph (Radulph) Blennerhassett; b.c11.6.1623 Horsford Park, Horning, Norwich; bapt.11.6.1623 Horning [NFHS] / / | | | of Horsford (until 1625) & of Hassetts House, Pockthorpe, Norwich (from 1626) / / | | | bur.23.9?.1629 St James with Pockthorpe, Norwich [CAMPLING] / / | | | / / | | |>>Lt.-Col. William >>>>>>>>>>>>|>> Edward Blennerhassett; of All Hallows, London Wall / / | | | Blennerhassett; | ("All Hallows-in-the-Wall"); fl.1699 & 1711 / / | | | b.c6.5.1624 Horsford | / / | | | Park, Horning, |>>Samuel Blennerhassett; of Woodbridge, Suffolk; fl.1699; / / | | | Norwich; bapt.6.5.1624 | from his father he inherited: / / | | | Horning [NFHS] | owned freehold houses at Dolphin Court (formerly Herne Court), Ludgate Hill, / / | | | / | parish of St Martin's, London; / / | | | Citizen & Merchant | also lease of houses on Ludgate Hill, parish of St Bridget's (St Brides), London, / / | | | Taylor of London; | / / / | | | soldier; in London | d.?.4.1718; Will dated 2.4.1718, pr.11.4.1718 [PCC]; / / | | | Militia when commi- | bur.11.4.1718 St Mary, Woodbridge / / | | | ssioned Lt. in the | / / | | | Orange Regt. of Foot |>>Rev. Thomas >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>|>> William Blennerhassett b.21.5.1711, bapt.28.5.1711 / / | | | 23.7.1659, one of six | Blennerhassett | bur. 29.5.1711 (or 29.8.1711?) Patching / / | | | Foot Regts created | b.c1679 (London?) | / / | | | at that time from the | / |>>Sarah Blennerhassett bapt.12.2.1712 Patching / / | | | Militia of London; | priest (clerk in | / / | | | Raised from Lt. to | holy orders) |>>George Blennerhassett bapt.23.10.1718 Patching / / | | | Lt.-Col. in the Regt. | / / / | | | of Horse 18.8.1659 | / / / | | | [House of Commons | said in to be edu. Cambridge, MA1717 [VENN] / / | | | Journal vol.7, dates: | but 1717 date is not possible, far too late; check this… / / | | | 23.7.1659, 27.7.1659, | / / / | | | 5.8.1659, 18.8.1659] | Ordained deacon (Ely) 1709 & Priest (Clerk) 1709; / / | | | / | of the parish of St Margaret Pattens, London, 1703; / / | | | d.6.1.1699/1700; | Chaplain to Rt. Hon.Lionel, Earl of Dorset & Middlesex, 1714-16; / / | | | Will dated 31.7.1699, | Rector of St John the Devine, Patching, Sussex 1711-26 / / | | | codecil 3.1.1699/1700 | as "Rev. Mr Thomas Blennerhaysett" in 1725 listed as a member / / | | | Will pr.18.1.1699/00 | of the Royal Household Staff [Royal Household Index 1660-1901]; / / | | | [PCC, 2 Noel] | "Prebendary of Armagh" in Ballymore ("anciently called Tandragee") Ireland from 1725; / / | | | / | Rector of Tandragee; / / | | | bur. privately at | resided in parish of St Margaret, Westminster, 1731 / / | | | Bunhill Fields Burial | / / / | | | Ground, London (the | Author in 1715 (London) of:- "Plus Quam Speravimus: or; The Happy / / | | | disenter's graveyard) | Suprize", a sermon preached at Patching, Sussex, 20.1.1714/5 being the / / | | | "...by or near Col. | day of thanksgiving to almighty God, for bringing his Majesty to a / / | | | Mathew Shepperd in | peaceable and quiet possession of the throne; & disappointing thereby / / | | | the new ground near | the designs of the pretender, and all his abettors and adherents" / / | | | Bunhill...", | / / / | | | under a gravestone | Author in 1715 (London) of:- "Legal Obedience, in Opposition to / / | | | "...adorned with | Unlimited; The Subjects Necessary Duty, & a Prince's Best Security", / / | | | warlike trophies..." | a sermon preached 30.1.1715/6 at Barwick Chapel, St James' Westminster; / / | | | that tells us he | / / / | | | "was a lover of arms, | d.1731 Will [PCD]; [PWI] & [VENN] / / | | | and of Christian & | in his Will he mentions "my uncle and aunt Martin" (Nicholas Martyn, son of Mrs Lidia Martyn) N 21 / / | | | English Liberties..." | / N 22 / / | | | / | / for John for William | | NOTE: Bunhill Fields was a dissenters' burial | m.25.3.1703 at All Hallows, London Wall Blennerhassett's Blennerhassett's | | ground for old London, the burying place of | (a.k.a. "All Hallows-in-the-Wall") [LML p.142] 2nd marriage 2nd & 3rd marriage | | John Bunyan, Daniel Defoe & William Blake | Sarah Weaver b.c1686; of the parish of St Magnus, London 1703 follow this line down follow this line down | | See: Stowe's (Tuueey?) 1720, fol. vol.2, book 4, | (age 17 years, with consent of her parents); to (N 31)… to (N 29)… | | p.67 [DAVY] | / / / | | and: An order of the Corporation of London | fl.1711; as widow in 1733-36 she leased, from Dean & Chapter of Westminster, / / | | (8 vol. cl. 1847 appendix p.69) on the | a house in a lane opposite Westminster Abbey & St Margaret's Church / / | | Preservation of Bunhill Fields Burial Ground | / / | | | / |>>Sarah Blennerhassett; unm. in 1699 / / | | | / | / / | | William Blennerhassett owned houses and |>>Rachel Blennerhassett; under 21 in 1699 / / | | tenements he had built at Dolphin Court | / / | | (formerly Herne Court) "in or near Ludgate Hill, |>> Blennerhassett; fl.1699; / / | | London" on land purchased from Charles Porter | / / / | | (see RIGHT), who was a lawyer of the Middle | m. Samuel(?) Porter; perhaps(?) related to Charles Porter (see LEFT) / / | | Temple, London, later Lord Chancellor of Ireland | / / | | | / |>>Agnes Blennerhassett; fl.1699 / / | | | / | / / / | | he also held a lease from Edward Stephens for | m. Barrington / / | | "Messuages and tenements upon Ludgate Hill"; | / / | | these he bequeathed jointly to his sons Edward, |>>William >>>>>>>>>>>>|>> William Blennerhassett; bur.9.3.1694 All Hallows, Bread St , London / / | | Samuel & Thomas Blennerhassett; | Blennerhassett | / / | | His cornelian signet ring inherited first by his | (alias Hassett) |>>Richard Blennerhassett; bur.6.6.1697 All Hallows, Bread St , London / / | | son William BH, then by his g.son Randall BH | of London; Mercer, | / / | | | / | in partnership; |>>John Blennerhassett; bur.5.12.1697 All Hallows, Bread St , London / / | | m. Gibbs; d.bef.1699 | fl.1700-10 (poll list) | / / | | (dau. of Mrs Elizabeth Gibbs; fl.1699) | / |>>Chase Blennerhassett; bur.21.12.1698 All Hallows, Bread St , London / / | | | | perhaps the same | / / | | | | Wm BH who with a |>>Richard Blennerhassett; bur.17.5.1704 All Hallows, Bread St , London / / | | [BIL] shows William as perhaps(?) identical | young son John in | / / | | with the William Blennerhassett (N 37) who | 1704 inherited |>>Mary Blennerhassett; fl.1695 & 1711 / / | | m. Hannah Fenton, twice (!) | property from his | / / / | | 1stly on 18.3.1655 St Bride, Fleet St London, | kinsman John BH | m. William Knight; mercer (partner of father-in-law William BH) fl.1711 / / | | 2ndly on 3.4.1656 St John, Hackney, London; | (N 19) [BIFR p.134] | / / | | no evidence for this, but if so, some of William | / |>>Randall (Randolph) Blennerhassett (alias Hassett); / / | | Blennerhassett's children may be hers... | d.1711, bur. 1711 / / / | | | | in vault of church fl.1695 & 1727, aged under 21 in 1711, over 21 in 1727; / / | | | | of All Hallows, perhaps b.c1690; he appears to have been disabled; / / | | | | Bread St , London from his father inherited grandfather William Blennerhassett's / / | | | | (BLB) "under my cornelian signet ring; / / | | | | pew over against his father's Will tells us that he was / / | | | | the pulpitt where named for his grandfather Thomas Randall / / | | | | my children lye" / / | | | | Will dated 7.1.1711 / / | | | | (10 Anne) and / / | | | | pr.27.3.1712 [PCC] / / | | | | / / / | | | | m.1st(?) to Randall (dau. of Thomas Randall) / / | | | | / / / | | | | m.2nd(?) 1691 / / | | | | Mary Chase >>>>>>>>>|>> John Blennerhassett b.c1702 (aged 2 years 1704); / / | | | | of the Parish of | in 1704 he inherited property, jointly with his father, / / | | | | St Michael, Wood | from his kinsman John Blennerhassett (N 19); but he is not / / | | | | Street, London 1727 | mentioned in his father's Will of 1711 or his mother's Will of 1727 / / | | | | / | / / | | | | d.1727 ? / / | | | | bur.19.2.1727 | / / | | | | All Hallows Ch. |>>Sarah Blennerhassett; aged under 21 in 1711; fl.1727 / / | | | | Bread St, London | / / / | | | | / | m.c1711-26 Edward Smith; d.bef.1727 / / | | | | Will dated 12.2.1727 | / / | | | | pr.15.2.1728 |>>William Blennerhassett; aged under 21 in 1711 / / | | | | executors were her | perhaps d.bef.1727 (not mentioned in his mother's Will of 1727) / / | | | | brother William | / / | | | | Chase and her |>>Jane Blennerhassett; aged under 21 in 1711; fl.1727 / / | | | | brother-in-law | m.c1711-27 Henry Sparkman; fl.1727 / / | | | | Isaac Waldo | / / | | | | (who had m. her |>>Richard Blennerhassett / / | | | | sister Sarah Chase) b.1690-1705 (aged under 21 in 1711 & under 22 in 1727) / / | | | | / N 22 / / | | | | NOTE: William Blennerhassett d.1711 had cousins Mary Brinsley & Cladius Guiradelf N 23 / / | | | | for John for William | | | |>>Hannah Blennerhassett; fl.1699 Blennerhassett's Blennerhassett's | | | | / 2nd marriage 2nd & 3rd marriage | | | | m. Keyser follow this line down follow this line down | | | | to (N 31)… to (N 29)… | | | |>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>|>> Mary Wilkinson / / | | | | Blennerhassett | / / | | | | d.bef.1699 |>>Elizabeth Wilkinson / / | | | | / / / | | | | m. Samuel Wilkinson; mercer; fl.1711 / / | | | | (partner of his father-in-law William Blennerhassett) / / | | | | / / | | | |>>Mary Blennerhaysett fl.1674 / / | | | | (mentioned in the 1674 Will of her aunt Mary Blennerhassett / / | | | | and in the 1711 Will of her brother William Blennerhassett, / / | | | | but not mentioned in her father's Will of 1699) / / | | | | / / / | | | | m. Joseph Lindsey / / | | | | / / | | | |>>John Blennerhassett of London 1674 (Will of his aunt Mary BH, also [BIFR p.134]; / / | | | | not mentioned in his father's Will of 1699 so perhaps he d.bef.1699 / / | | | | / / | | | |>>Knell Blennerhassett (from William Blennerhasett's 1711 Will) / / | | | | she named Nell? or married to Mr. Knell ? / / | | | | / / | | | |>>Jane Blennerhassett; m. John Wormlayton (from William Blennerhassett's 1711 Will) / / | | | | / / | | | |>>Rachel Blennerhassett; fl.1718 / / | | | / / / | | | m. Simms / / | | | (mentioned in William Blennerhassett's 1711 Will; & Samuel Blennerhassett's 1718 Will) / / | | | / / | | |>>Ann Blennerhassett / / | | | b.c24.4.1625 Horsford Park; Horning, Norwich; bapt.24.4.1625 Horning [NFHS] / / | | | of Horsford (until 1625) & of "The Lathes" / / | | | (a.k.a. "Lathes Hall", "Hassetts Hall" or "Hassetts House", Pockthorpe, Norwich (from 1626) / / | | | / / | | |>>Rebecca >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>|>> Rebecca Cock / / | | | Blennerhassett | / / | | | / |>>Robert Cock / / | | | / / / | | | b.c3.9.1626 at "The Laythes" (a.k.a. "Lathes Hall", "Hassetts Hall" or "Hassetts House") Pockthorpe, Norwich; / / | | | bapt.3.9.1626 (or 9.10.1626?) St James with Pockthorpe, Norwich [NFHS]; fl.1631 / / | | | / / / | | | m. Norwich; Francis Cock of Norwich, Norfolk; fl.1660 & 1674 / / | | | son of Alderman Francis Cock of Norwich (prob. Francis Cock who was Mayor of Norwich 1613) / / | | | / / | | |>>Susan >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>|>> Matthew Buxton fl.1674 / / | | | Blennerhassett | / / | | | / |>>Susan Buxton fl.1674 / / | | | / / / | | | b.c4.9.1628; "The Laythes " (a.k.a. "Laythes Hall", "Hassetts Hall" or "Hassetts House") Pockthorpe, Norwich / / | | | bapt.4.9.1628 St James with Pockthorpe, Norwich [NFHS]; d.1651; bur. St Andrew the Apostle, Norwich / / | | | / / / | | | m. Thomas Buxton; bapt.26.11.1621 (where?); / / | | | of Aslacton, Norfolk; of the parish of St Andrew the Apostle, Norwich in 1651 / / | | | / / | | |>>Deborah Blennerhassett (alias Hassett) / / | | | b.c4.8.1629 "The Laythes" (a.k.a. "Lathes Hall", "Hassetts Hall" or "Hassetts House") Pockthorpe, Norwich; / / | | | bapt.4.8.1629 (not 7.8.1629) St James with Pockthorpe, Norwich [NFHS]; d.1643 / / | | | / / | | |>>Mary Blennerhassett / / | | b.c7.10.1630 "The Laythes" (a.k.a. "Lathes Hall", "Hassetts Hall" or "Hassetts House") Pockthorpe, Norwich; / / | | bapt.7.10.1630 St James with Pockthorpe, Norwich [NFHS]; of Pockthorpe, Norwich; / / | | d.21.10?.1674, bur.29.10?.1674 St Martin at Palace Gate, Norwich; Will dated 18.9.1674, pr.21.12.1674 London [PCC]; unm. / / | | / / / | | in her 1674 Will she mentions "my sister Blennerhassett" (indicating there was only one unmarried sister); N 23 / / | | also mentioned are "cousins" Austin (Augustine) Parker, Ursula Parker, Ann Wade, Elizabeth Loue ( Love? Lovell?) N 24 / / | | for John for William | |>>Susan >>>>>>>>>>>>>>|>> issue Blennerhassett's Blennerhassett's | | Blennerhassett 2nd marriage 2nd & 3rd marriage | | b. ; of Horsford Park, Horning, Norwich; follow this line down follow this line down | | fl.1598 & 1613; d.20.5.1639; to (N 31)… to (N 29)… | | from her father inherited £1000, part of which to be derived from / / | | the sale of his property at Horsford Park, Horning, Norwich / / | | / / / | | m. post.1613 Thomas Skyppe d.1632; / / | | of North Tuddenham, Norfolk; / / | | Gentleman of the Privy Chamber to King Charles I (1625-1649) / / | | / / / | | his 2nd marriage; he m.1st to / / | | / / | DUBLIN 2|>>>Sir John >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>|>> Henry Blennerhassett; b.c20.10.1594 Yoxford; bapt.20.10.1594 Yoxford; / / | | Blennerhassett, Knt | of Lincoln's Inn, London (Middlesex) 1630; probably a lawyer as was his father / / | | b.est.c1570; | / / / | | of Horsford Park, | He invested in the Guyana Company & bequeathed "the sayd adventure and the proffitts thereof" to his sister Elizabeth; / / | | Horning, Norwich | also had "undertaken a particular plantation" bequeathed with "the profits growing thereof" & "all the interest & command / / | | / | that I have over my servants in the country of Guiana", to his cousin George BH of St Martin-in-the-Fields, London (N 08) / / | | of "The Laythes" | / / / | (a.k.a. "Lathes Hall", "Hassett's Hall" or | Henry Blennerhassett drowned in river Amazon, south of modern Guyana / / | "Hassett's House"), Pockthorpe, Norwich, | (at that time the term "Guyana" covered a far larger area than presently) / / | Norfolk from 1551; | / | d.c1631/2 (dsp); Will dated 8.6.1630 (6 Charles I), pr.4.4.1632 [PCC, 45 Audley]; / / | lawyer, of Lincoln's Inn, London (admitted | George Blennerhassett (N 08) was perhaps(?) a son of his uncle Francis or Edward / / | 28.4.1583); of Beccles, Suffolk 1594-1608; | / / | in 1594 he had a mortgage on "Rushe Close |>>Ambrose Blennerhassett; fl.1624; d.bef.1638 unm.; / / | and a meadow adjoining, in Beccles, for £50" | / / | | / |>>Edward Blennerhassett; b.c8.9.1600 Beccles, Suffolk; bapt.8.9.1600 St Michael, Beccles [NFHS]; fl.1624, d.bef.1638; unm. / / | Went to Ireland; of Dublin & Belfast; | / / | Judge & PC (Ireland); MP Belfast 1613; |>>John Blennerhassett; b.c18.6.1606 Beccles, Suffolk; bapt.18.6.1606 St Michael, Beccles [NFHS] / / | from 1609 a Supernumerary Baron of H.M. | d.1606 Beccles, an infant, bur.8.10.1606 St Michael, Beccles / / | Court of Exchequer in Ireland; | / / | In 1620 on the death of Sir William Nethwold, | / / | he was appointed Lord Chief Baron of H.M. |>>Elizabeth >>>>>>>>>>>>>>|>> Henry Monck >>>>>>>>>|>> George Monck >>>>>>>|>> Henry Stanley Monck / / | Court of Exchequer & held office until 1623; | Blennerhassett | / | of St Stephens | / / | "...an ancient counsellor and, by the opinion | / | He was attainted | Green, Dublin |>>Sarah Monck / / | of the Chancellor of England and some of | m.bef.1638 Charles | by King James II | / | "...an accomplished poet..." / / | the Judges, thought meet for it..." | (not Henry) Monck | but restored to | m. Mary | / / / | | / | / | his estates by | Molesworth; | m. Robert Mason; / / | The "Grand Office" inquisition "concerning | of Potheridge; of | King William III | author; | of Masonbrook, Co.Galway; d.1739 / / | the lands, spiritual and temporal, of " | St Stephen's Green, | / | dau. of | / / | was held before him at Downpatrick from | Dublin; of Gratious | m.1673 Sarah (Jane) | 1st Viscount |>> Monck / / | 13.10.1623 | / | Street, London; | Stanley | Molesworth / / / | | / | MP Coleraine1639; | of Grange Gorman, | m. Butler / / | He purchased a lease at Parsonstown, Dublin, | Joint Surveyor Gen. | near Dublin; | / / | with a water mill; Knighted (created Knight | of the Customs for | dau. & heir of Sir |>>Charles Monck >>>>>>>|>> Anne Monck / / | Bachelor) 3.10.1609 by King James I, on the | Ireland, from 1627 | Thomas Stanley | d.1752 | / / / | bank of R. Thames at Hampton Court Palace | / | | / | m. Dr Henry Quin, MD / / | | / | Purchased estates | | m.28.10.1705 | / / | d.c14.10.1624 | / | in Co.Westmeath; |>>Elizabeth Monke | Agneta Hitchcock |>>Henry Monck; of Charleville & Grange Gorman / / | [BIFR p.134] has14.11.1624 in error; | inherit. Deane Roth's | | / / / | bur.14.10.1624 "within the choire" of St Patrick's | farm from m.-in-law | | m.8.11.1739 Isabella / / | Cathedral, Dublin; Will dated 8.11.1624, | Ursula BH in 1638; | | dau. of Henry, Duke of Portland / / | Will pr. 15.2.1624 (Will abstract exists) | [BP, Viscount Monck] |>>William Monck | / / | | / | | / |>>Thomas Monck >>>>>>>>|>> Chas Stanley Monck / / | m.15.10.1593 at Kelsale, Suffolk | | m. Dorothy, d.1772 Baron Monck / / | Ursula Duke of Benhall, Suffolk | | sister of the / of Ballytrammon, / / | d.20.4.1638; Will dated 19.4.1638 (abstract | | Earl of Darnley m. Judith Mason Co.Wexford / / | exists); bur. St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin; | | 1st Viscount Monck / / | dau. of Edward & Dorothy Duke (N 15) of | |>>Rebecca Monck >> >|>> Richard Foster / / | Benhall, Brampton & Shadingfield, Suffolk | | / | / / | [BEDB Duke, Bart] | / | | m. John Foster |>>Sarah Foster / / | | / | | Lord Chief Justice | / / / | sister of Mary Duke (N 09) of Benhall, Suffolk | | of Common Pleas | m. "...the celebrated George Berkeley DD...", / / | who married Samuel Blennerhassett of | | | Bishop of Cloyne / / | Loudham, Frenze & Kelvedon (N 08); | | | / / | NOTE: their mother Dorothy Duke d.1611/12, | |>>Jane Monck |>>Elizabeth Foster / / | bur. Benhall Church, Suffolk; | / / / | Will dated 20.1.1611/12, pr.23.5.1614 (leaving | m. Maj. Richardson; / / | son-in-law Sir John Blennerhassett a gilt cup) | of Logarcurry, Co.Armagh N 24 / / | | | N 25 / / | | | for John for William | | |>>Dorothy >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>|>> Francis (or Henry?) >>>>>|>> Anne >>>>>>>>>>>>>|>> William Richardson d.1.6.1727 (dsp); m. Blennerhassett's Blennerhassett's | | | Blennerhassett | Sacheverell Sacheverell | 2nd marriage 2nd & 3rd marriage | | | / | fl.1616 d.30.1.1649 b.1632 d.c1703 |>>Rev.John >>>>>>>>>>|>> issue follow this line down follow this line down | | | co-heir with her | / (only child) Richardson D.D. / to (N 31)… to (N 29)… | | | sisters; she had a | m. / b.1663/4 d.9.9.1747 (whose descendants / / | | | lease of Parsonstown; | / [DNB] held Rich Hill for / / | | | d.1650 |>>Henry (or Francis?) / / many years) / / | | | bur.1650 in the chapel Sacheverell / m. ; issue / / | | | at Castle Hassett; fl.1616 / / / | | | / / / / / | | | m. post.1624 bef.1638 both brothers and m. Maj. Edward Richardson d.1690; / / | | | Francis Sacheverell their families suffered of Legacorry (after the restoration called "Rich Hill") / / | | | settled at Legacorry, badly during the MP Co.Armagh 1661; High Sheriff Co.Armagh 1665 / / | | | Co.Armagh (granted rebellion of 1641 / / | | | to him by James I, / / | | | with other lands, 8 James I (1610/11); d.bef.21.10.1641 / / | | | / / | | |>>Anne (not Jane) >>>>>>>>>|>> Capt. Henry >>>>>>>>>|>> Philip Ferneley; Clergyman (C.of E.) Co.Kildare / / | | Blennerhassett Ferneley | / / / | | bapt.14.9.1608 / | m. Mary Ward / / | | (not 16.9.1608) he was the "kind & | / / | | St Michael, Beccles, good natured friend |>>Jane Ferneley >>>>>>|>> Jane Tichborne b.c1706 / / | | Suffolk; and supplier in / / / | | co-heir with her sisters May & June 1690" m. Col. John Tichborne / / | | / to the two brothers Governor of Charlemont 1736 / / | | m.bef.1638 John "Black Jack" / / | | Philip (Henry) Ferneley Blennerhassett & Thomas Blennerhassett, while they were in prison at Dublin (p.K 01) / / | | of Cavan St , Dublin; / / | | Chief Remembrancer at the Court of Exchequer & Clerk to Irish House of Commons; / / | | with his wife, inherited Ballybane farm from his mother-in-law Ursula (Duke) Blennerhassett 1638 / / | | / / | HASSETT'S FORT 3 |>>>Francis >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>|>> Blennerhassett >>>>>|>> issue; perhaps d.young 1641 REBELLION OF 1641 / / | ROSSBEG CASTLE | Blennerhassett | d.1641 see NOTES below / / | CASTLE CALDWELL | b. ; fl.1610 | / / / | Co.Fermanagh | of Horsford Park, | m. Thomas Redman / / | | Horning, Norwich; | d.1641; said by his mother-in-law Anne Blennerhassett to have been murdered by the rebels, / / | | & of "The Laythes" | "...hung up on tenter hooks & his wife tortured until she told where / / | | (a.k.a. "Lathes Hall", | their money was hidden, and then she and her children killed also..." / / | | of Hassetts Hall"), | / / | | Pockthorpe Norwich; |>> Blennerhassett / / | | of "Hassett's Fort" / / / | | (Castle Caldwell) perhaps(?) one of these ch. was George BH of St Martin-in-the-Fields, London (N 08), cousin to Henry BH (above) / / | | Co.Fermanagh / / | | / / / | | Following the initial grant to his father Sir Edward Blennerhassett of land in Barony of Lurg, Co.Fermanagh, Francis went to the property in advance / / | | of his father's arrival in Ireland, acting as his agent; He resided there c1611, with him being 6 men, all well armed, two with wives, who were to settle / / | | there as leaseholders or freeholders; They had four mares, a horse & a dozen cattle & built an "English house", thatched, with chimney & oven; / / | | Francis settled at Rossbeg, Fermanagh, where he built a castle (Hassett's Fort, later named Rossbeg Castle, then Castle Caldwell), the village of / / | | Rossbeg and (partially) a church; He operated an ironworks works at Rossharbour near "Hassett's Fort", trees being cut for charcoal to feed the / / | | furnaces; another ironworks at Clonelly belonged to Leonard Blennerhassett (N 26) / / | | / / / | | In 1618 he succeeded to half his father's Co.Fermanagh lands, the other half together with the Manor going to his elder brother Ralph Blennerhassett; / / | | In 1625 Francis Blennerhassett was censured for contradictious conduct towards the right reverend James Spottiswoode, Lord Bishop of Clogher; / / | | In 1630, as an undertaker, he obtained a re-grant or fresh patent of 1000 acres at Bannaghmore, Barony of Lurg, working with one man, / / | | William Armstrong, who had no arms (weapons) in 1631; / / | | NOTE: In 1664/5 the Rossbeg estate was sold by his g.nephew Augustine Blennerhassett (N 19) to Sir James Caldwell, / / | | who renamed it Castle Rossbeg; the name was again changed in 1792, to Castle Caldwell / / | | / / / | | d.24.12.1641; captured 23.10.1641 at start of 1641 Irish rebellion, Francis was held at "Castle Hassett" (Crevenish Castle) the estate of his uncle Thomas / / | | BH (N 26) with his wife & children for 7 weeks before they were moved to Ballyshannon Castle, where Francis was shot by rebels on Christmas Eve 1641 / / | | NOTE: [JB] in error names Francis Blennerhassett as High Sheriff of Co.Fermanagh 1622, but that was Samuel Blennerhassett (N 26) / / | | / / / | | m. Anne / / | | she made a deposition about her sufferings and those of her family during the 1641 rebellion; she also claimed that she and her husband / / | | lost in lands, cattle, sheep, horses, corn, ready money, buildings, improvements to lands and their ironworks the value of £1,860; / / | | "...Ann Blennerhassett and her children along with many other Protestants spent about a year and a half in the Ballyshannon area before / / | | a ship was Willing to take them to Dublin on their way to London and Norwich..." / / | | She may perhaps(?) be ientical with Anne Blennerhassett of Norwich who d.c1631, admon. 1631 [NRO, Index entry only] / / | | / / | |>>James Blennerhassett; b. ; of Horsford Park, Horning, Norwich; d.young; d.c15.8.1589; bur.15.8.1589 Horning [NFHS] N 25 / / | | N 26 / / | | for John for William | 4|>>>Edward Blennerhassett, b.c1596 (where?) being aged 17 yrs in 1613, of Horsford Park, Horning, Norwich; fl.1674; Blennerhassett's Blennerhassett's | Edu. Norwich School; Caius College, Cambridge (1614); & Lincoln's Inn, London (1614); 4th (surviving) son 2nd marriage 2nd & 3rd marriage | / follow this line down follow this line down | perhaps(?) he (or his brother Francis BH d.1641) was father of George Blennerhassett to (N 31)… to (N 29)… | of St Martin-in-the-Fields, London (N 08), a cousin to Henry BH (above) / / | / >--> [BIFR p.135] shows |>>Capt. Thomas >>>>>>>>>>>|>> Edward Blennerhassett, under 21 years in 1598 (perhaps died young, as his brother Samuel Blennerhassett sometimes described as eldest son) Capt. THOMAS BLENNERHASSETT, alias HASSETT (1549-1624) Thomas Blennerhassett | Blennerhassett | Soldier, poet, historian & writer on Ireland (in Dict. of National Biography); the 2nd son, as here; | alias Blener-Hasset |>>Margaret Blennerhassett; fl.1598 Edu. At Cambridge, probably at Trinity Hall 1564 but left without a degree; [VoN/1563 p.40] has him | & Hassett; | m.14.5.1615 at Horstead, Norfolk; John Bradfield (of Horstead or of Mundesley?) [NFHS] There he translated Ovid's "de Remedio Amoris" (unpublished); the 3rd son and his bro. | bapt.1.9.1549 | Entered the army, was Captain at Guernsey Castle (Castle Cornet, St Peter Daniel Blennerhassett | (or 1.6.1549 ?) at |>>Mary Blennerhassett; fl.1598 Port, Guernsey) in 1577 and there wrote "The Seconde Parte of the Mirrour as the 2nd son | St Martin at Palace | for Magistrates", published in 1578, 1587, 1610 & 1620 / | Gate, Norwich; |>>Samuel Blennerhassett; b.c1600/1; High Sheriff Co.Fermanagh 1622 (see NOTE for Francis BH on N 25); / / | Soldier, Puritan, | d.1627/8 (aged 27/28 years); bur.1627/8 in the chapel at Castle Hassett; unm.; NOTE: sometimes described as the "elder son" of Thomas Blennerhassett In "the Mirrour" Argantius is mentioned, with Nero, as the man CASTLE HASSETT | Planter, Historian, | man whose "...beastly bloudy minde..." did "...weaue the web of woe..."; (Crevenish Castle) | Poet & Writer on |>>Audrey Blennerhassett [DAVY] & [CAMPLING] Author of "A Revelation of the True Minerva" 1582, a poem in praise of and | Ireland; | Queen Elizabeth I, only one copy of which is known to have survived, HASSETT'S FORT | See NOTES to left |>>Sir Leonard "Leo" >>>>>>>>>>>>>|>> Catherine Blennerhassett b.post1618 previously in the Herber collection; now at Huntington Library, California; (Castle Caldwell) | of Horsford Park, Blennerhassett, Knt | Printed by Thomas Dawson, for Thomas Woodcoke, London; It is a pastoral, / | Norwich, Norfolk; b. 3rd son |>>Lucy Blennerhassett b.post1618 significant for its experiments in the new verse forms of renaissance England / | also Castle Hassett / | & its indebtedness to Spenser's "Shepheards Calander"; Reprinted 1941, in / | (Crevenish Castle) of "Castle Hassett" |>>Elizabeth >>>>>>>>>>>>>|>> Elizabeth Mervyn >>>>>>>>|>> Col. Mervyn Archdale b.1685 facsimile, introduction & biographical note by Josephine Walters Bennett / | at Ederney (Crevenish Castle) | Blennerhassett | / | ("Scholar's Facsimiles & Reprints", N.York 1941); also "A Direction for the / | (then known as to which property | b.post1620 d.1676 | m.1677 |>>Angel Archdale d.1745 Plantation of Ulster, contayning in it sixe principall thinges, etc" dedicated to / | 'Hassettstown') nr he succeeded on | / | William Archdale | Prince Henry, pub. 1610 by Ed. Allde (Edward Allday) for John Budge, Lond. / | Kesh, Inniskillen, father's death 1625 | m.1661 Henry | |>>Edward Archdale / / | Co.Fermanagh and of which he | Mervyn MP d.1701; | A professed Puritan, as was his father William BH (N7), but in 1596/7 / | which he built 1615 obtained, as an | of Trillick Castle, |>>Audley Mervyn >>>>>>>>|>> Henry Mervyn d.1747 (39 Elizabeth) Thomas Blennerhassett was censured by Bishop Redman / | / undertaker, re-grant | Co.Tyrone; | d.1717; "...for being irreverent in Church..." at his home, Horsford in Norfolk; / | d.11.3.1624/5 or fresh patent | High Sheriff, | m. Olivia Coote In the Bishop's "Visitation" of Horsford parish at that time it is complained / | bur. in the Chapel 27.10.1630 as | Co.Tyrone 1686 | of Thomas "…for that he diverse & sondry tymes within II years last past in / | at Castle Hassett; "the manor of | |>>Martha Mervyn; m. Edward Carey tyme of devine service by him the aforesaid Mr. Elmeden (the Vicar) said, had / | (Probate: Castlehassett"; | | in his reading there interrupted him by lowde talkeinge, laugheing & reading, / | Subsidy Returns he was also granted | |>>Deborah Mervyn; m.James Moutray wherbie at one tyme theire vicar was constrayned to leave of service & go / | for Framyngham, 1000 acres at | | out of the church…" the matter being deferred for examination by the Bishop! / | Suffolk 1524 ?) "Churchlands" in | |>>Lucia Mervyn; m.1683 James Corry b.1634 d.1.5.1718 ["Vexed & Troubled Englishmen 1590-1642" by C.Bridenbaugh 1968] / | / the Barony of Lurg, | and ["The Blennerhassetts of Kesh" by John B. Cunningham 1999"] / | / with 7 men who had |>>Audley Blennerhassett b.c1633; fl.1639; He was to inherited 2/3 of his father's lands at age 21; / / | m.1st 6.10.1586 no arms (weapons) | d. unm.; bur. in the chapel at Castle Hassett; Thomas went to Ireland with the army, as Captain (temp. Elizabeth I 1558-1603) / | St Martin at Palace / | [HICKSON/OKR vol.1 p.277] & [BIFR p.135)]suggest that St John Cronin Blennerhassett of Dublin (p.CB 1) & may perhaps be identical with a Thomas BH who first arrived in Ireland / | Gate, Norwich; On the back of his | claimed descent from brothers Audley or Leonard Blennerhasset (N 28), but no evidence found to support this claim 18.11.1588 [BLOMEFIELD? vol ? p. ?]; he returned to settle in Co.Fermanagh / | Frances Sampson Will are listed his | (temp. James I 1603-25), as a "Planter" or "Undertaker in Plantation of Ulster", / | fl.1603; of Co.Fermanagh |>>Henry >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>|>> Deborah (Debora) >>>>>>>>>>>>>|>> Lillias Colquhoun >>>>|>> James Squire >>>>>>>|>> William Squire >>>>>>>>> being, like his brother Sir Edward BH, a plantation candidate in Sir Henry / | Huckstead, Suffolk; properties (N 27) | Blennerhassett | Blennerhassett | / | of Rosculbin | / Hobart's Company & "...possessed of an income of £120 a year…" / | [DAVY] has Francis / | (alias Hassett) | (alias Hassett) | m.1st c8.9.1715 | bur.4.2.1779 | m.1796 / / | "…living a widow Knighted on | b.c1630 (post1627) | b.c1665 | Alexander Squire | / | Anne Austin KNIGHTHOOD - perhaps(?) this Thomas Blennerhassett of Co.Fermanagh / | at Middleton 1646" 6.3.1635/6 | of "Castle Hassett" | / | Alderman; | m. | / may be identical with the man described by [BLOMEFIELD or SUCKLING / | but prob. should be at Dublin by Lord | (Crevenish Castle), | of "Castle Hassett" | High Sheriff of | Catherine Chittick | (a grandson was vol. ? p. ?] as a "...Thomas Blennerhassett who also went to Ireland…" / | Elizabeth Sandys Wentworth, Lord | Co.Fermanagh; | co- heir with her | Londonderry | bur.25.6.1802 | named James J. who was knighted on the same day & place as Sir Edward BH (N 19); / | / Deputy of Ireland | High Sheriff of Co. F | sister Mary | 1709 & 1713; | | Blennerhasset Sir Edward Blennerhassett and the unidentified Sir Thomas Blennerhassett / | m.2nd Elizabeth / | 1658, 1661 (& 1674?); | / | Mayor of London |>>Stewart Squire | Chittick) were both knighted 23.7.1603 by King James I shortly before his coronation, / | Sandys of Dublin d.17-20.5.1639 Castle | MP Co.Ferm.1662-4 | d.1716 Crevenish | derry 1718 & 21; | (d. an infant) | in the Royal Gardens of the Palace of Whitehall (London), being two of 300 / | (the children all Hassett; Will dated | / | admon. ?.12.1716; | gained 1/2 of | | men dubbed knights on the 23rd & 24th; In 1603 James raised funds by / | appear to be hers); 17.5.1639 pr.30.5.39; | In 1660 he sold the | bur.1716 in chapel | the "manor of |>>Deborah Squire |>>Isabella Squire >>>>>>>>>> conferring, within 3 months, a knighthood on 700 landowners, on payment / | d. of Sir William Will abstract exists | lands of Aghenma & | at Castle Hassett | Cunningham" (d. an infant) / of £50 each; Edward & Thomas responded to a summons made 17.7.1603 / | Sandys [O'HART] / | Aghanaker in Lurg to | / | estate; d.c1725 m. Hugh Chittick for all persons that had £40 in lands to come and receive the honour of / | / bur.20.5.1639 | Thomas Humphrys | m.1st c1679 | / of Kesh knighthood [Rymer vol. xvi p.560] & [Shaw]; However, "Sir Thomas" may / | one of Capt. Thomas in the chapel at | of Drumard; | Christopher Irvine | m.2nd (of the Chittick instead be Thomas Blennerhassett of Flimby Hall, Cumberland (C1) / | Blennerhassett's two "Castle Hassett", | In 1670 sold the Lack | of Ardscragh, | Henry Caddow family of Chideock, / / | wives is also bur. in "next unto the wall | estate to Wm Irvine | Co.Tyrone; | of Kesh Dorset, England) In Co.Fermanagh Thomas Blennerhassett & his brother Sir Edward BH (N 19) / | Castle Hassett chapel at the end of the | of Ballindullagh | b.1654 | were each granted estates in the western part of Lurg Barony, the land / | grave of my father" | / | d.1680 (dsp), his | being confiscated Maguire property; They were among the first applicants / | / | In 1673 he conveyed | wife aged c15 yrs; |>>Penuel (Penwell) >>>>>>>>>>>>>>|>> James Irvine for land in Fermanagh; Blennerhassett lands in Co.Fermanagh stretched / | Leonard BH engaged in dispute with Edward | the island of | [BLGI 1912, Irvine Colquhoun; | of Manor Cunningham & Dublin; d.1756 from Belleek to the river Bannagh; they included Kesh (Cash), Ederney, / | Archdale about island of Crevenishhaughey; | of Crevenishkillie | of Castle Irvine] co-heir with sister | Pettigo, Boa Island & Belleek; Thomas built Castle Hassett (later named / | Sir Leonard operated extensive ironworks at | in Loch Earne to | / / |>>Julia Irvine Crevenish Castle); Sir Edward built Hassett's Fort (later named Rossbeg / | Clonelly by the side of Loch Erne; there was | William Cosby of | / m. Dr.James Irvine Castle & Castle Caldwell) & the new towns of Belleek, Kesh & Ederney / | another ironworks at Rossharbour on the | Drumneragh & John | / of Manor Cunningham, Co.Donegal; / / | estate of Francis Blennerhassett (N 23) | Archdale of TCD | / ...physician to James Stuart "the Old Pretender" N 26 / / | / | / | / at his miniature court in Rome c1720 N 27 / / | / | / | / On 30.6.1610 Thomas BH was granted "a middle proportion" of 1500 acres at / | m. Deborah Mervyn of Petersfield, Hants | a deed of 2.12.1675 | m.2nd Capt. James Colquhoun; of Luss; Ederney (Edernagh), near Kesh on the shore of Lower Loch Erne, "...at a total / | "Dame Deborah Blennerhassett" | put in trust for heirs | d.1699 at Flanders; administration Granted 6.8.1700 rent of £8 per annum from the crown plus free fishing on Lough Erne" / | (sis. of Sir Audley Mervyn of Trillick Castle, | "my whole estate, | at Flanders his remains were embalmed, then ["The Blennerhassetts of Kesh," by historian John B. Cunningham"]; / | Tyrone); dau. of Sir Henry Mervyn, MP for | excepting the two | "conveyed with great state to Crevenish Castle", in 1610 he also acquired 500 acres at Coolmackernan; In 1611 he received / | Wotton Bassett 1614 & Admiral of Narrow | Goshedies & | where they were placed in the Blennerhassett 2000 acres in Clankelly Barony and in that year it was recorded that he had / | Seas 1646; & his wife Lady Christian Touchet, | Drumgrisan stands" | vault within the chapel grounds, its entrance arrived at Crevenish to settle, and "... has with him six persons, one a joiner, / | sister of Baron Audley, Earl of Castlehaven | / | "covered by a stone with very elaborate arms cut on it"; another a carpenter and three other workmen, with one tenant. / | / | d.1677; | son of Sir James Colquhoun, 4th Bart. [BP Colquhoun Bart.] / / | In 1639 she inherited 1/3 of her husband's | Will dated 26.3.1676/7, | / He has built a boat, and has broken stones for lime and some burnt; / | lands with, as a dower house, a large stone | proved 1677; | m.3rd William Hamilton; d.bef.1708 (dsp) and thirty trees felled; some squared and sawed; a fair large Irish house, / | house near Castle Hassett previously | bur. Dec. 1677 (not | / with windows & rooms after the English manner, wherein is a new kitchen…" / | occupied by Rev. Robert Flack; and the lands | 1676) in the chapel | m.4th to / / | of Gubbaroe; John Cunningham writes that | at Castle Hassett | he died at the altar on their wedding day (dsp) He built Castle Hassett (later named Crevenish Castle), begun 30.6.1615, as a / | this stone house was in 1739 occupied by her | / | / "strong house" 20 feet broad, 2 1/2 stories high, surrounded by a bawne / | g.son Capt. John Cochrane, & was in 1834 | m.1664 Phoebe Hume | m.5th c1708 >>>>>>>>>>|>> Martha Cochran >>>>>|>> Deborah Sacheverell (a strong outer wall, 75ft long, 47ft wide, 12ft high) and with its own chapel; / | known as "Flacks Castle"; | of Eaglehurst & | Capt. | b.c1709; | This is at Ederney, then known as "Hassettstown"; A local survey by Capt. / | The Castle now owned by Bertie & Joan Bell | Castle Hume; | John Cochran | d.1762 |>>Mariann Sacheverell Pynnar 1618-19 stated "...Blennerhasset hath also a small village consisting / | / | d.of Sir George Hume | (Cochrane) | bur.9.1.1762 of 6 houses of cage work, inhabited with English..."; In 1616 Thomas was / | bur.1669(?) in the chapel at Castle Hassett | 1st Baronet | / | in the chapel of granted a further 760 ac. at Coolmackernan; He also shared with his brother / | / | of Castle Hume | b.c1683 d.c1743 | Crevenish Castle Sir Edward a further 1000 acres at Tarmackein (Tolmacken, Tullenageane) / | Deborah Mervyn BH of Crevenish Castle | / | administration | (Castle Hassett) in Ederney; Thomas BH built the towns of Kesh & Ederney, & DNB tells us / | m.2nd 1640 Col. Rory Maguire of Deerpark | her husband left | 10.3.1743/4 | / "...in 1612 he, with 39 others, appealed to Lord-Deputy Sir Arthur Chichester, / | also called Roger, nicknamed "The Drover") | "...to my said wife her | / | m.1st James Cochran (Cochrane) to grant them jointly a part of Sligo, 60,000 acres in Fermanagh and some / | b.c1620 d.1648; and had issue: | saddle nag, a | through his wife | / neighbouring territory, on their undertaking to expend £40,000 on the land / | Rory Maguire, Philip Maguire & Marie M. | chestnut gelding | Deborah (nee | m.2nd Dr. Clare Sacheverell; and to settle upon it 1000 'able men furnished for all kinds of handiwork'..." / | / | and a horse called | Blennerhassett) | of Coollanyfield & Clareview, Fermanagh / / | / | Swannie..." | he inherited half | d.1762; bur.1762 in the chapel of Crevenish Castle (Castle Hassett) In 1639 the family's lands in Co.Fermanagh (owned by Thomas BH's son, / | RORY MAGUIRE & the 1641 Revolt | / | of Henry | / Sir Leo Blennerhassett) were listed on the back of Leo's Will as follows: / | Col. Rory Maguire, MP for Co.Fermanagh | Phoebe m.2nd 1704 | Blennerhassett's | m.3rd John >>>>>>>>>>>|>> Martha >>>>>>>>>>>|>> Christopher H. b.1786 Gortnecullan, Drummore, Muckrush, Lytte (alias Leterkeene), Bloncagh, / | 1639-42, was of the old Catholic gentry and | Christopher Irvine | Fermanagh estates, | Humphrys of Humphrys | Tatona Tuber (alias Tubberet), Roscah, Liscangell, Dromardnaghee (alias / | of the pre-plantation order in Fermanagh; | MD; of Castle Irvine, | inc. Crevenish | Clareview, / |>>Martha H. b.1787 Dromard), Aghegrueybem, Cghell, Crumlyn, Edenaveghy, Brackclooney, / | 2nd son of 1st Baron Maguire & brother of | Fermanagh; b.c1642; | Castle and Lisingle | Co.Fermanagh m. Christopher | Collatah, Tevecksperridoh, Tarwenneh, Shanaradoroh, Clanarnah, / | of Conor Maguire, the 2nd Lord Maguire & | d.9.5.1714 (dsp); | | / Humphrys |>>Deborah Humphrys Idermah (Edermah?), Dromkeene, Haghaleage (alias Aheilick), Adveranan; / | Baron Enniskillen (BDEP, Maguire & E.); | High Sheriff Co. | | d.1790; b.1759 d.1833 | b.1791 NOTE: For further information on Blennerhassetts in Co.Fermanagh and / | After this 1640 marriage to Deborah BH, | Fermanagh 1690; | | bur.1790 | d.1862; bur.9.1.1862 and details of their holdings, refer to John B. Cunningham's article / | Rory made his home at Castle Hassett | MP Co.Ferm. 1703-13 | | in the chapel of | in the chapel of "The Blennerhassetts of Kesh" Cloher Record Issue No.3, 1999 pp.112-126 / | (Crevenish), but despite having married into | / | | Crevenish Castle | Crevenish Castle on-line at: http://www.fermanagh.org.uk/fermanaghpresents/blenner4.htm / | a plantation family he desired a return to | d.1710 re [BLGI] | | (Castle Hassett) | (Castle Hassett) / / | Maguire rule & an end to the plantation | bur. in the chapel | | | Publishing history of / / | / | at Castle Hassett | | |>>Mary Humphrys b.1793 Capt. Thomas Blennerhassett's "MIRROUR FOR MAGISTRATES": / | CASTLE HASSETT (CREVENISH CASTLE) | (but no date of burial | | | PART I:- / / | Although young, Rory Maguire was a leader | given) | | |>>John Humphrys b.1795 The original "Mirrour for Magistrates" dealt in verse with episodes of English / | in Fermanagh of the 1641 Irish revolt against | (some sources have | | | history from the time of King Richard II; Published 1559 under the editorship / | the English, intended to restore the Irish way | her d.1716 but as | | |>>Pheobe Hume of William Baldwin, it was a continuation of (or sequel to) John Lydgate's / | of life so changed by the plantation; | that was year her | | "Falls of Princes" (1431-38, pub.1494), itself a translation of Boccaccio's / | He organized a banquet at Castle Hassett, | dau. Deborah died, | |>>Henry (Hugh) >>>>>>|>> William Cochran >>>>>>>>>|>> John Foster Cochran >>>> "The Fate of Illustrious Men" (1355-1374); The "Mirrour" reprinted in 1563, / | planning to capture or kill leading planter | may be an error) | Cochran | (Cochran) b.c1736; b.c1798 Co.Fermanagh when Thomas Sackville's famous 'Induction' was published as the preface, / | families who attended; As guests arrived a | | b.c1712/3 | he held 30acres inherited entailed & again 1571; John Higgins wrote a new series of poems, on legends drawn / | groom signalled planter leader Sir Wm Cole, | | / | at Lissingle, Kesh; lands at Lissingle and from far earlier history, titled "The First parte of the Mirour for Magistrates, / | Governor of Enniskillen, that all was not well, | | d.1799; bur.12.5.1799 in the chapel at | and 11 acres at Drumwhinny; emig. to containing the falles of the first unfortunate Princes of this lande. From the / | telling him that their horses would be ready | | Crevenish Castle (Castle Hassett) | Drumwhinny NSW, Australia c1837; comming of Brute to the incarnation of our saviour & redemer Jesu Christe", / | for them in 10 mins & not to be parted with | | / | / d.22.10.1861 published by Marsh in 1574; This was reprinted in 1575 / | their swords…. suspicions now aroused, the | | Some sources have Henry Cochrane & | d.1810 Blackheath Cowan Creek, NSW / / | Planters left quickly for safety of Enniskillen | | Hugh Cochrane as identical, as shown | bur. in family tomb / PART II:- / / | / | | here, but others show them as brothers | ("large stone") m.13.7.1815 Ardess Thomas Blennerhassett's contribution, printed by Richard Webster, London, / | Rory Maguire's name in Ulster Protestant | | / | within chapel of St Marys Ch., Kesh in 1578, was a continuation of Higgins' book, titled "The Second Parte of the / | tradition is a symbol of treachery & brutality, | | an 1895 Cochrane family tree shows the | Crevenish Castle Sidney Humphrys Mirrour for Magistrates, containing the falles of the unfortunate Princes of / | but many historians have been kinder to him; | | father of William, Debora, Mary & Thomas | (Castle Hassett) b.c1785; of Drumban, this lande. From the conquest of Caesar unto the comyng of Duke William / | Far from being barbarous, they mention that | | as a 2nd: "Capt. John Cochrane" b.c1713 | / Co.Fermanagh; the Conqueror"; This included "The Complaint of Uter Pendragon" (modified / | he was considerate and kind, had qualities of | | / | m. Mary Ann Foster d.3.8.1860 by Richard Niccols for 1610 ed.) and "King Carassus" (pp.185-194 of 1610 ed.) / | leadership & endeared himself to his men | | m.1st bef.1736 Charlotta Humphrys | / / | / | | b.; d.23.6.17?? Aged 53 years; |>>Debora Cochran; m.13.3.1760 Dublin, PART III:- / / | Before 1641 Rory was well thought of by the | | bur. in family tomb ("large stone") within | William Johnstone of Cahore By Ferrers, Cavyll, Chaloner, Phaer, Baldwin, Skelton, Dolman, Sackville, / | planters of Fermanagh, his wife Deborah | | chapel of Crevenish Castle (Castle Hassett) | Segar, Dingley, Churchyard & Drayton / | (Mervyn) BH being sister of planter leader | | / |>>Mary Cochran / / | Sir Audley Mervyn of Trillick Castle, | | / | PARTS IV & V:- / / | & Rory's home at Crevenish Castle being a | | / |>>Capt. Thomas John Cochrane In 1610 Richard Niccols added "A Winter's Night Vision" containing ten / | rendezvous for both Irish & English | | / b.c1743 d.22.5.1818 additional tragedies, and "Englands Eliza", it being published as:- / | ["The Fermanagh Story" by P. Livingstone] | | / / A Mirour for Magistrates: Being a True Chronicle Historie of the Untimely / | / | | / m. Hon. Frances Hay N 27 falles of such unfortunate Princes and men of note, as have happened / | / | | / N 28 since the first entrance of Brute into this Iland, untill this our latter Age. / | / | | / Newly Enlarged... London: Imprinted by Felix Kyngston, 1610"; for William | Her son Henry BH in his Will remembers Rory | | m.2nd bef.1762 The parts were united in an edition published by Marsh in 1587, Blennerhassett's | Jr & Philip Maguire as his brothers, leaving | | Catherine >>>>>>>|>> Thomas Cochran b.1762 edited by Higgins who rewrote some of his own work and added more; 2nd & 3rd marriage | "…a case of pistols & my sword to said Rory | | | Another edition was published in 1620; follow this line down | Maguire…"; Col. Rory Maguire was slain | | |>>Hugh Cochran b.1765 A copy of the 1610 ed. was displayed at Booth E2 of 42nd Annual N.York to (N 29)… | 13.11.1648 while leading an attack at | | | Antiquarian Book Fair (held 2002 at Park Avenue Armory, N.York, USA) / | Jamestown, Co.Leitrim (Carrick Drumrusk); | | |>>Catherine Cochran b.1771 contained on the foot of p.194 the signature in ink of "Thomas B. Hasset" / | His elder brother Lord Connor Maguire, | | | / / / | captured while attempting to take Dublin | | | m. William Chittick of Kesh REPRINTS:- / / | Castle on 23.10.1641, was executed at | | | Reprinted 1815 by Joseph Haslewood, Longman, London, in 2 volumes, / | Tyburn, London, in Feb.1644 | | |>>Henry Cochran b.1775 reprinted from 1587 edition, collated with that of 1575 and 1610; / | | | | Translated into German 1909 by C.R.Laemmerhirt; Reprinted 1946 as / | | | |>>Charles Cochran b.1778 "Parts Added to the Mirror for Magistrates", edited by Lily B.Campbell; / | | | | / / | | | |>>Christopher Cochran b.1780 / / | | | | / / | | | |>>Mary Cochran b.c1782/3 / / | | | of Drumhoney / / | | | / / / | | | d.19.7.1804 (inscription at Crevenish Castle) / / | | | bur.22.7.1804 (from Ardess parish register); / / | | | bur. in family tomb ("large stone") within / / | | | chapel of Crevenish Castle (Castle Hassett) / / | | | with her step-mother Charlotta Cochrane, / / | | | step-brother William Cochrane, & others / / | | | / / | | |>>Mary >>>>>>>>>>>>>>|>> Henry Bingham >>>>>>>|>> John Bingham >>>>>>>|>> Henry Bingham >>>>>>>>> / / | | Blennerhassett MP; of Newbrook | of Newbrook of Newbrook; d.1790 / / | | co-heir with her sister Deborah; Ballinrobe & | / / / / | | d. soon after her husband in c1691/2 Foxford Co.Mayo | m.1.6.1738 m.1760 / / | | "...dejected for so great a loss…" / | Frances Shaen; Letitia Daly / / | | / One of the Lords | dau.of Sir Arthur dau. of Denis Daly / / | | m. Maj. Charles Bingham; of Newbrook, Justices of Ireland | Shaen; 2nd Bt. of Raford & / / | | Ballinrobe & Bingham Castle, Foxford, Co.Mayo / | of Kilmore Anne de Burgh / / | | / in 1719 sold his | / / | | Charles Bingham was described a "dear friend" half of Henry |>>Henry Bingham / / | | by John "Black Jack" Blennerhassett Blennerhassett's | / / | | of Castle Conway, Killorglin, Co.Kerry (p.K 1) Co.Fermanagh |>>Richard Bingham / / | | / estates | / / | | K.I.A. at the battle of Aughrim, Co.Galway / |>>Anne Bingham / / | | 12.6.1691; This battle decided the Jacobite war m. Anne Vesey | / / | | & a turning point in Irish history; (Susanna?) |>>Mary Bingham / / | | Catholic forces (French & Irish) under Patrick / | / / | | Sarsfield capitulated, & a treaty (later in part dau. of the |>>Dorothy Bingham / / | | dishonoured) was signed at Limerick in Oct.1691 Archbishop | / / | | of Tuam; |>>Laurentia Bingham / / | | [BP Clanmorris] | / / | | names her |>>Susannah Bingham / / | | Anne Vesey | / / | | |>>Sarah Bingham / / | | / / | | / / | |>>Leonard Blennerhassett (alias Hassett); b.post1627 (aged under 12 yrs 1639) / / | | d.1663; bur.22.10.1663 St Martin at Palace Gate, Norwich / / | | / / / | | [HICKSON/OKR vol.1 p.277] & [BIFR p.135)]suggest that St John Cronin Blennerhassett of Dublin (p.CB 1) / / | | claimed descent from brothers Leonard or Audley Blennerhasset (N 26), but no evidence found to support this claim / / | | / / | ? / / | ? / / | | / / | |>>Sydney Blennerhassett(?); / / | Some sources show him, but he does not appear in his father's 1639 Will and no evidence found / / | / / | / / | / / | / / | / / | / / | / / | N 28 / / | N 29 / / | / / | NOTE: several sources (incorrectly) identify Frances BH, wife of William Mann, with Frances BH (N 12) dau. of John BH, MP of Barsham, Suffolk (N 07); / / | this cannot be so as Frances BH of Barsham d.1600 unm., her Will dated 8/9.1.1599 (42 Elizabeth I), pr.30.5.1600 [PCC]; / / | NOTE: The 27 years between Frances Blennerhassett b.c1578 and William Mann b.c1605 are not enough for two generations... / / | Perhaps(?) it may have been William Mann's 1st wife Jane who had his children, although [VoK/1619 p.23] indicates otherwise... / / | / / >--> [BIFR p.135] shows |>>Daniel (not Samuel) >>>>>>>>>>>>>|>> Frances >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>|>> Sir Charles Mann, Knt >>>>>>>>>>>|>> William Mann >>>>>>>|>> Rev. Samuel Mann; he had many children / Daniel Blennerhassett | Blennerhassett Blennerhassett | of Hutton, Bradock, | [VoK/1619 p.23] / the 3rd son, as here; | fl.1564 & 1598 bapt.5.3.1578 | Kent | b.c1605 (aged 19 in 1624) but others say b.c1607/9 / [VoN/1563 p.40] has him | / St Andrew Norwich | / | went to New England; / the 2nd son and his bro. | of Norwich, Norfolk; d.6.1.1624 | Knighted 15.6.1625 | d.3/7.3.1662 Cambridge, Massachusetts / Thomas BH the 3rd son | of Lincoln's Inn, bur. St Bride's | (I Charles I)" | / / / | London 1580 Church, London, | [VoK/1619 p.23] | m. Mary Jarred (Jarrad); b.1607 Cambridge, MA; d.11.6.1657 Cambridge, MA / / | / with ...a very fair | / | / / | m.12.2.1577/8 monument..." this is | m.1st (no issue) |>>Christopher Mann >>>>>>>>|>> Mann [VoK/1619 p.23] / / | St Peter Brumstead the Trevor memorial | Mary Monins | [VoK/1619 p.23] | / / | (a.k.a. Brunstead) in S. aisle of Chancel | (dau. of Thomas | m. |>> Mann [VoK/1619 p.23] / / | Norfolk [NFHS] / | Monins & widow | / / | / m.1st William | of Goldwell Rogers) |>>Francis Charles Mann [VoK/1619 p.23] b.c1615 (dsp) / / | Ellen Hobart (N 34) Mann (Man) | / | / / | of Little Plumstead of Canterbury, Kent | m.2nd Affra Parker |>>Joyce (Jocosa) Mann; b.bef.1619 [VoK/1619 p.23] / / | (a.k.a. Plumstead [VoK/1619 p.23] | dau. of John Parker / / | Pava) Norfolk b.c1559 d.17.3.1615; | of Westcourt, / / | [NFHS] transcript of bur. St Mary Bredin | Sibertsweld, Kent NOTE: brothers William Mann age 25 (b.c1610) and Thomas Mann age 23 (b.c1612) / / | of marriage record (old church) Cant. | sailed 6.6.1635 London to Virginia on ship "Thomas & John"(b.c1610); who are these...? / / | has "of Brumstead" under "a handsome | / / / | for both names but mural monument, on | / / / | that is not in the which are the figures |>>George Mann >>>>>>>>>>|>> Richard Mann; b.c1620; / / | original register of a man & a woman / | went to New England 10-15 years after cousin (sometimes called brother) William Mann; / / | / kneeling before a m. Joan Davis | settled at Scituate, Massachusetts / / | daughter of desk, & inscriptions of Folkestone, Kent | / / / | Thomas Hobart for William Mann | m. Rebecca (Brewster/Cowling/Short ?) / / | (Hubbard, Hubberd) erected by Frances | / / | & Audrey Hare (N 33) Blennerhassett his | see "Descendants of Thomas & Elizabeth Mann of Isle of Wight" by William Marion Mann Jr / / | and sister of latter wife..." | / / | Sir Henry Hobart, Knt, / |>>Thomas Mann >>>>>>>>|>> Charles Mann; eldest son; / | 1st Bart. of Blickling eldest son of John Mann (b.c1520 Canterbury) b.c1626 England | b.c1660 Isle of Wight Co., VA; / | Hall, Norfolk (N 33) and Eleanor Hunt (b.c1517 Canterbury) / | d.1688 Isle of Wight Co.; (dsp) no Will / | [BP Buckingham, this was his 2nd marriage; settled c1648 at | / | Earl] he m.1st to Jane (dsp) dau. of Jaques Nansemond Co. VA |>>Sarah Mann; b.c1664 MASSACHUSETTS / | / / moved to Isle of | / / | 3rd wife of Daniel's she m.2nd Norwich >>>>>>>>|>> ; bur. St Bride's Wight Co., Virginia | m.c1684 Francis Davis; of Isle of Wight Co. VA 1704 / | father William Sir Thomas Trevor Church, London, d.c1689 | / / | Blennerhassett (N 19) Knt. of Denbeigh close to her mother / |>>Thomas Mann >>>>>>|>> Elizabeth(?) Mann; b.c.1909 / / | [BE&DBH, Trevor, Bt] m.bef.1660 at | b.c1666 | / / / |>>John Blennerhassett / Nansemond Co. | / | m.c1727 Richard Williams / / | bapt.24.12.1551 Solicitor General to the Prince 1624; Virginia; | m.c1708 Chowan | / / | St Martin at Palace one of the Barons of the Exchequer, Elizabeth Booth | Co., N. Carolina |>>Bridgett Mann / / | Gate, Norwich; fl.1595 later Chief Baron; of Westminster, Middlesex 1657; (sister of Richard | Bridgett Hooker; | / / / | d.?.12.1656; Will pr.22.1.1657 [PCC PROB 11/261]; Booth) | d.Oct-Nov.1735 | m. Griffin / / | this was Sir Thomas Trevor's 2nd. marriage; | Hertford Co. | / / | he had m.1st Enid(?) Butler, d.1614; dau. of Henry B. VIRGINIA | (or Bertie Co.), NC |>>John Mann >>>>>>>>>|>> Frances "Fanny" Mann / / | | | b.c1715 (or c1708) b.1767 Wake Co., NC / / |>>Elizabeth Blennerhassett; bapt.22.10.1553 St Martin at Palace Gate, Norwich | NORTH | Bertie Co., NC / / / | [DAVY] has her mother as her father's 2nd wife Alice Sibley, probably in error | CAROLINA | / m.5.11.1788 / / | m. W. Enderley | | m. Edgcombe Co. NC Booker Bird Bradford / / | | | Elizabeth Davis d.1833 North Carolina / / |>>Rebecca >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>|>> John Bishop fl.1598 <---< REBECCA BLENNERHASSETT | | / / | Blennerhassett fl.1598 [VoN/1563 p.40] records two sisters named | |>>Thomas Mann / / | bapt.3.10.1554 St Martin at Palace Gate, Norwich Rebecca, one by William Blennerhassett's | | b.c1718 Hertford Co., NC; / / | / 1st wife Anne Colby, the other by his 2nd wife | | d.1792 Nash Co., NC / / | m.1st 1572 Robert Bishop LLD, of Norwich Alice Sibley; | | / / / | / it shows one sister m. Robert Bishop & the | | m. bef.18.5.1752 / / | m.2nd Ralph >>>>>>>>>>>>|>> Hanna Furness fl.1598 other sister m. Ralph Furness; | | Elizabeth Denton; of Halifax Co., NC for John for William | Furness | this is doubtful - the two Rebeccas appear to | | Blennerhassett's Blennerhassett's | fl.1598 & 1625 |>>Elizabeth Furness be identical, she marrying twice... | |>>Mary Mann 2nd marriage 2nd & 3rd marriage | | follow this line down follow this line down |>>Susan Blennerhassett (dsp) |>> Mann >>>>>>|>> William Crawman to (N 31)… to (N 30)… | / N 29 / / |>>Joan (Joane, Jane) Blennerhassett (dsp) [DAVY p.351] m. Crawman N 30 / / / William St Martin at Palace Gate, / Blennerhassett's Norwich; / 2nd marriage Alice Sibley >>>>>>>>>>>>>>5|>>>Jeremy >>>>>>>>>>>>>|>> Margaret >>>>>>>>>>>|>> Bradfield / (Syblay, Sybsay) | Blennerhassett of | Blennerhassett; fl.1598 / of Boston, Lincolnshire; | Horsford, Norfolk; | / / dau. of George Sibley | & of Witton, | m.1615 John Bradfield of Mundesley, Norfolk / / | Norfolk; fl.1598 | / perhaps(?) | / |>>Susan Blennerhassett / identical with: | NOTE: There is / / Alice Hassett, | another Jeremy perhaps(?) m.13.9.1624 at Tatterford to James Smith / gentlewoman; | Blennerhassett / d.1631; bur.2.1.1631 | on (N 08) / St Paul's Church, Norwich | / / [NFHS] | m. Margaret Lee / / | (dau. of John Lee of North Tuddenham, Norfolk) / / | / / | / / |>>Ursula Blennerhassett; b.c12.4.1557 "The Laythes" (a.k.a. "Lathes Hall", "Hassetts Hall" or "Hassetts House") Pockthorpe, Norwich; / / | bapt.12.4.1557 St Martin at Palace Gate, Norwich (dsp) / / | / / |>>Frances Blennerhassett (alias Hassett); b.c1.9.1563 "Laythes Hall" (a.k.a. "Hassetts Hall" or "Hassetts House") Pockthorpe, Norwich; / / | bapt.1.9.1563 (not 1.9.1562) St James with Pockthorpe, Norwich; bapt. register has "Frances Hassett, dau. of Mr Blenarde..." [NFHS] / / | fl.1625 / / | / / / | m. Thomas Fuller / / | of Framlingham Castle, Suffolk (home of the Duke of Norfolk) / / | / / |>>Mary Blennerhassett / / | / / |>>Anne Blennerhassett / / / / m.3rd 1.7.1569 m. William Rainham; re: [DAVY] / (12.8.1569 ?) by licence; / William Little Plumstead / Blennerhassett's (a.k.a. Plumstead Pava), / 3rd marriage Norfolk / Audrey Hare >>>>>>>>>>>>>>|>> Audrey Blennerhassett; b. Witton, Norfolk / d.1581 [VoN/1563 p.40] shows her in error as dau. of 2nd wife Alice Sibley (Sybsay) / dau. & heir of William / / Hare of Beeston, Norfolk m.13.5.1594 St James with Pockthorpe, Norwich; / / Edward (Edmund) Breese / this was also of Horstead, Norfolk; / Audrey Hare's fl.1598; d.24.8.1626 / 3rd marriage / / / Audrey's 1st husband was William Blennerhassett's cousin, Thomas Hobart of Little Plumstead (a.k.a. Plumstead Pava), Norfolk 1523-1560 (N 32) / by whom she had a dau. Ellen Hobart of Little Plumstead (a.k.a. Plumstead Pava), Norfolk, / who m. Daniel Blennerhassett (N 27, N 32), William Blennerhassett's son by his 2nd marriage / / / Audrey's 2nd husband was Sir Edward Warner, also of Little Plumstead (Plumstead Pava), Norfolk, whom she m.c1562 / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / N 30 / N 31 / NOTE: John BH's John Blennerhassett (N 01) 1st marriage m.2nd bef.26.3.1473 est. c1460 to to Jane (Margaret) Jane (Joan) Tyndall >>>>>>>>>>3|>>>John Blenerhassett; unm.; of Hampstead, Middlesex; also of Southill, Bedfordshire; see his Will - also [BLOMEFIELD vol.1, p.141] [MORANT vol.2 p.153] [BIFR p.13] Heigham is on (N 01) (Tindall, Tyndale) | / dau. of Sir Thomas | d.?.7.1532 (dsp), place of burial unknown; [BLOMEFIELD vol.1 p.141], [VoS/1561 p.355] & [BIFR p.135] each state that John Blenerhayset "of Southill" died without issue; Tyndall, Knt | Will dated 13.7.1532 (24 Henry VIII), pr.29.7.1532 [PCC, 16 Thower]; his copy Will entry in [PCC] has a small portrait head doodled in left margin, under his name, drawn by the bored scribe... of Deene, Northants | [BIFR p.135] has him "perhaps d.27.3.1514", but that is the date of death of another John Blennerhassett (N 01) who was buried in Frenze St Andrew church, near Diss, Norfolk; also Redenhall & | his inscription with date recorded by [ANSTIS G.6 f.39] and repeated by [BLOMEFIELD vol.1 p.142]; the indented stone survives in the church at Frenze, but brass & inscription are lost Hockwold, Norfolk | / / | by his Will he requests his house at Hampstead be sold; perhaps(?) b.c1445 | [KEMP section 2 p.22] writes that his Hampstead house is on land leased from St Bartholomew's Hospital, London, but his Will is unclear about which lease is referred to at Hockwold (now part | / of combined parish of | [MORANT vol.2 p.153, giving BLOMEFIELD vol 1, p.141 as source] writes of this John Blennerhassett's father John Blennerhassett"…by the second [wife] he had [a son] Hockwold cum Wilton) | John, to whom he gave his estate at Southhill in Bedfordshire…"; [BLOMEFIELD vol.1, p.141] writes that following this John Blenerhassett's death in 1532 his property at Norfolk | Southill, Bedfordshire was divided among his sisters, Mary, Jane, Ellen & Anne, but no such legacy appears in his Will; however this does appear to be correct, as by deed of / | 1.7.1535 (27 Henry 8) his sister Ellen and her husband Myles Hobart (N 32) jointly sold her share of the lands in Southill, Bedfordshire to Sir Henry Grey, Knt of Wrest Park, Bedfordshire Jane d.6.10.1521, date from inscription on her | / monumental brass at Frenze & [VoS/1561 p.357]; | John's Will does mention lands & tenements "...at Broom in the parish of Southhill...", which he requests "…be sold and the money thereof coming to be bestowed in the highways however [BLOMEFIELD vol.1 p.142], [COTMAN] | in the said parish whereas is most need..."; it could be he had other property at Southill, to which his sisters were already co-heirs from their father's Will which has not survived; and [MORIARTY/1] all have d.6.10.1520 in error, | NOTE: Broom & Southill are adjoining villages, about four miles from Blunham, four miles from Wrest Park; he also leaves "…my lease of the parsonage of Southill…" misreading the brass inscription; | to his brother-in-law Sir Henry Grey of Wrest Park, Bedfordshire, husband of his sister Anne Blennerhasett of Blunham, Bedfordshire [MORANT] & [DAVY p.361] have d.17.6.1521 in error | / / | John Blennerhassett of Southill also had a lease of Lystoy Farm (perhaps? Lillestone, Middlesex) and a lease of the parsonage of Camfield, Essex; she is bur. in the church of St Andrew at Frenze, | John Blenerhayset's Will mentions Edward Hassett (relationship not stated, but probably his nephew Edward Blennerhassett, son of his half-brother Sir Thomas Blennerhassett, Knt); her tombstone on floor of the nave having a | also Sir Henry Gray, Knt (N 32) who is his bro.-in law although not described as such, also a "cousin" Christopher Saint Jermyn (who is this?); monumental brass with effigy of her wearing a gown | His Will reveals a concerned interest in repairs to church buildings and to road improvements, the Will being mentioned in this context in "Hampstead: Communications" [VCH - vol.9 "Middlesex" 1989, pp.3-8] with a "kennel" headress, she "bidding her beads" | / this brass at one time had three brass shields, | [KEMP section 2 pp.21-22] (also [VoS/1561 ed. of 1984, part 2 p.357] which copies [KEMP] ), intermixes data from the Will of this John Blenerhassett of Hampstead & Southill, two of which remain (fragments of a 3rd shield | pr.29.7.1532 [PCC, 16 Thower], with data from Will of his half-brother Sir Thomas Blenerhayset, Knt (N 01) pr.29.7.1532 [PCC, 17 Thower], this being the cause of great confusion; were at Frenze Hall in 1821, since lost); These are: | The [PCC] copy Wills are adjacent in the same folio [PCC 16 & 17 Thower] so both have the same reference [NA PROB 11/24], this being the source of the writer's errors; 1. Blennerhassett (with annulet for difference) | Both Wills are stated by NA DocumentsOnline record index to have been proved on the same day, 29.7.1532, but not so; the PCC "Probate Act Book" [PAB, NA PROB 8/1], quartering Lowdham / | which should record of every PCC grant of probate, lists only John BH's probate on 27.7.1532; there is no entry for Sir Thomas BH, but his Will was proved between 29.7.1532 & 1.8.1532 2. Blennerhassett quartering Lowdham, | / impaling Tyndall quartering Fecklin (missing) | both [KEMP] & [VoS/1561 ed. of 1984] report, in error, 1. that this John BH's Will mentions a wife Margaret, a son Edmund Blennerhassett (who [VoS/1561] also says "probably died young, 3. quartered, 1st & 4th Tyndall, 2nd Orton, | as father stated to have died s.p."); and 2. that the Will mentions John's brothers Sir Thomas Blennerhassett, Knt & Robert BH, his bro.-in-law Sir Philip Calthorpe, Knt, an interest in the manor 3rd Scales / | of Frenze, Norfolk; a lease to the parsonage at Brome, Suffolk and a bequest to the church at Ridge; none of these appear in John Blennerhassett's 1532 Will [NA PROB 11/24; image 169], / | but they all appear in Sir Thomas Blennerhassett's Will [NA PROB 11/24, image 172],; also Sir Thomas' son was Edward Blennerhassett, not Edmund Blennerhassett KEMP section II, pp.21-22 makes Joan (Jane) Tyndall | / (who m. John Blennerhassett above as his 2nd wife) | perhaps(?) m. Jane , widow of Thomas Hobson identical with a Jane, widow of Thomas Hobson, | Jane Hobson Blennerhassett of London; by her Will (made 1513 when 2nd husband John BH was living) requested to be bur. next to her 1st husband Thomas Hobson, in the church who also married a John Blennerhassett; | of the Order of St John of Jerusalem (order dissolved 1540); Jane Hobson's 1st husband, Thomas Hobson, d.Feb/Mar 1511, Will dated 22.2.1511, pr.23.3.1511 Lambeth [PCC]; he wrongly claiming that in her Will she is described | bur. in the church of the Order of St John of Jerusalem in England (order dissolved 1540) at Clerkenwell, London; a wealthy man, he owned the manors of Marylebone, as "Jane Blennerhassett, formerly Hobson"; this | Westbourne, Charing, Gey(?),Tyburn & Lillistone in Middlesex, bequeathing them to his wife Jane for life; also property in Lincolnshire; they had children John, Richard & Elizabeth error of [KEMP] was copied by [VoS/1561 pt.2 p.357] | / which says Joan Tyndall BH was "almost certainly | TYBURN & LILLESTONE in Middlesex: widow of ---- Hobson", (giving as ref. [BLOMEFIELD | John Blenerhayset & his wife Joan in 1512 held a lease of Tyburn Fields, which in 1552 his executors disposed of to Justice Portman; vol.II p.181], Will of her son John Blennerhassett)" | John Blenerhayset & his wife Joan also in 1512 held a lease for lands in Lillestone manor, Middlesex (Ms. in Somerset Record Office, Taunton); / | From these connections to Tyburn & Lillestone, it appears possible that Jane, wife of John BH and widow of Thomas Hobson, is identical with Joan, wife of John Blennerhassett; however, there was Jane, widow of Thomas Hobson, | who m.2nd to a John Blennerhassett, but she lived | NOTE: ANOTHER THOMAS HOBSON - BLENNERHASSETT CONNECTION: in London and d.c1515, by her Will requesting to | In the church of St Andrew at Frenze, Norfolk is interred an unknown Thomas Hobson; on the floor of the nave is a small but unusual be bur. next to 1st husband Thomas Hobson | and interesting monumental brass showing him in his winding sheet or shroud, with inscription "Pray for the sowle of your charite of the church of St John of Jerusalem in London | Thomas Hobson to the trynyte" this brass is of Norwich workmanship and from the style the date has been estimated as c1520 (SAF) / | This John Blennerhassett may perhaps(?) be Joan |>>Mary Blenerhayset >>>>>>>>>|>> Robert Warner; b.1511 fl.1549 Tyndall's son John Blennerhassett (see RIGHT); | of Frenze, Norfolk | Jane Hobson Blennerhassett d.c1515, Will dated | [BLOMEFIELD vol.1 |>>Sir Edward Warner fl.1549 17.6.1513 (5 Henry VIII), Will pr.2.5.1515 [PCC], | p.141] names her | so she cannot identified with Jane Tyndall BH who | Margaret, in error |>>Ann Warner; m. Robert Raynebow d.6.10.1521, bur. in the church at Frenze, Norfolk | / | m.1st Henry Warner; of Besthorpe, Norfolk and of Bavents Manor, Norfolk; NOTE: one source has him d.20.11.1488 but that cannot be correct | was eldest son of Robert Whetnall of Besthorpe, Norfolk who changed his name to Robert Warner; | Robert's children, Henry, Robert, John, Thomas (a priest), Elizabeth and Anne also called themselves Warner; | [BLOMEFIELD vol.1 p.141] & [MORIARTY/1] in error name Henry Warner as Robert Warner; | [VoS/1561 p.355] makes the same error but corrects it on [VoS/1561 p.357]; [VoN 1763-1613 p.308] correctly shows Henry Warner; | NOTE: the Blennerhassett armorial canvas (N 19) contains only one quartered coat of arms, that being Whetnall quartering Warner… | / | m.2nd Sir William Drury, also of Besthorpe, Norfolk; fl.1549 d.c1551/2 (d.bef.11.11.1552); | his 1st marriage (no issue); he gained Bavents Manor, Norfolk from his wife, holding this "during her life, and before her death it was released to him and his heirs" N 31 | he m. 2nd to Dorothy Brampton of Letton, Norfolk (issue, 8 children); Dorothy Brampton m.2nd to William Cocket of Ampton N 32 | "THE LAYTHES", POCKFHORPE, Norwich >---> |>>Jane Blenerhayset >>>>>>>>>>|>> Henry Calthorp (dsp) Pockthorpe is now a district of the City of Norwich, | b.c1473 | on the opposite bank of the River Wensum from the | of Frenze, Norfolk |>>Thomas Calthorp (dsp) line of the old city wall and from "Hassett's Tower" | d.27.4.1550 | / (better known as "Cow Tower") | / | m. Alice LeStrange (dau. of Thomas LeStrange) | following dissolution | Pockthorpe or "Little Thorpe" was once a part | of the monasteries in |>>Katherine Calthorp of the adjoining manor of Thorpe, but c1100 | 1538 she gained the | / Pockthorpe was given to the monks of Norwich; | lands (not the house) | m. Anthony Heaveningham by 1306 the manor house and lands of Pockthorpe | of "Monks Grange", | were known as "Monks Grange" and later became | Pockthorpe, Norwich |>>Anne Calthorpe >>>>>>>>>>|>> Egremont Radcliffe; d.?.12.1578 Namur known as "The Laythes Yard", "Laythes Hall" or | (a.k.a. b.c1509; d. between | / simply "The Laythes" | "The Laythes Yard", 22.8.1579 & 28.3.1582 | Egremont Radcliffe joined rebels in the Northern Rebellion of 1569, which his half-brother Thomas Radcliffe, | "The Laythes Hall" or / | 3rd Earl of Sussex (d.9.6.1583; son of Elizabeth Howard) then acted to suppress; Egremont was put to death This remained monastic property until dissolution | "The Laythes"); these refer to "Anne Calthorpe" | for allegedly attempting to poison Don John of Austria, Governor-General of the Spanish of the monasteries under King Henry VIII in 1538, | lands she bequeathed in "A Who’s Who of | following which the Hall (manor house) of Monks | to her nephew William Tudor Women" compiled |>>Maud Radcliffe; d. young Grange was leased by the Dean & Chapter of | Blennerhassett d.1598 & published online by | Norwich Cathedral to Hugh Haryson, yeoman, | (N 19) who in 1551 Kathy Lynn Emerson |>>Frances Radcliffe; b.c1552; d.bef.28.3.1582 (or 1602?) NOTE: some online sources show Frances Radcliffe m.2nd to Andrew Wyse, but for 40 years | also acquired the (based on her "Wives and / that is incorrect; Wyse was the 2nd husband of her mother Ann Calthorp Radcliffe | house, "The Laythes" Daughters, the Women of m. Sir Thomas Mildmay The lands of Monks Grange they leased to Jane | becoming known as 16th Cent. England" 1964) (nee Blennerhassett) Calthorpe (N 32), the aunt of | Hassetts Hall or House / William Blennerhassett of Horsford Park, Horning; | / "Anne was at court when Katherine Parr was queen & shared her evangelical beliefs; with other ladies at court, was implicated in the heresy of Anne Askew; in 1549 she was examined by a William Blennerhassett the Puritan gained these | d.27.4.1550 Norfolk; commission for errors in scripture; Barbara J. Harris, in a footnote to her essay "Aristocratic Women in Early Tudor England," says that he threw her out of the house after Thomas Wriothesley, lands from his aunt c1547 and in 1551 purchased | Will dated 26.6.1549 Earl of Southampton, accused her of adultery; She was said to have entered into a "bigamous marriage" with Sir Edmund Knyvett (1508-1551); According to a rather rambling letter from Anne to the remaining 29 years of Hugh Haryson's lease | / her mother, dated 13.9.1549 from Newington, "a place of vile sort for all godly and worldly respects", included by Mary Anne Everett Green in "Letters of Royal and Illustrious Ladies", on the house, then surrendering both leases and | bur. in the chancel the charges against her were all lies; She specifically says she did not "seek, or intend to seek, Sir Edmund Knyvett for my husband." From her account, she had 30s a week from Sussex during obtaining from the Dean & Chapter a new lease | of St Martin at Palace the time of the lawsuit, until she appealed; Thereafter she got nothing; He had evicted her without "money, men, women, meat, nor more than two gowns of velvet uncomely for my misery to for 80 years | Gate, Norwich; be worn." At times she refers to the "suit" and at others "the bill made by the Earl of Southampton," but she blames everything on Southampton, although she gives no reason for his enmity; | her brass with shield She claims he tricked her into signing a false confession by persuading her she would not be charged if she did so. She says that confession contained "shameful lies" and that she signed "in my OTHER MONASTIC PROPERTY: | of arms is lost but the extreme weakness of wit and body"; Now she has realized that the bill has no force in law, since "confession is no just or able cause of divorce, as, if it were, I have confessed none in the bill, In 1546 (37 Henry VIII) license was granted | inscription was recorded nor anything dishonest, save that opinion of matrimony, and Mr. Knyvett's coming thither three times, which lies I am so able to disprove, that . . . I may now fearfully deny it truly, the which to Joan , widow of Sir | by [ANSTIS G.48 f.?] bill being avoided, they have nothing to charge me with." She asks her mother to convey this letter—her "declaration and bill of complaint"—to King Edward, or more likely, to the Lord Protector; (perhaps Jane, widow of Sir Philip Calthorpe) | & [VoS/1561 p.357] Her mother, who had apparently believed the lies, was not able to do much for Anne, even if she found the letter convincing; She died some seven months later; Anne still had friends; to alienate the site of Burnham Priory | and repeated by In 1551, the Will of Sir Charles Brandon (illegitimate son of the duke of Suffolk) left £200 "To my lady of Sussex, late the wife of the Earl of Sussex"; In September of 1552, Anne was arrested for (later known as Creak Priory) in Norton?, | [BLOMEFIELD vol.? p.?] dabbling in treasonous prophecies (sorcery) and spent five and a half months in the Tower of London; The Privy Council imprisoned two men, Hartlepoole and Clarke, for "lewd prophesies and Norfolk to William Blennerhassett; and in | / other slanderous matters" touching the king and the council; Hartlepoole's wife and the countess of Sussex were jailed as "a lesson to beware of sorcery"; According to a letter from the Duke of 1562 (4 Elizabeth) license was granted to | three brasses Northumberland, cited by David Starkey in "Elizabeth: The Struggle for the Throne", Anne had also treasonously claimed that one of Edward IV's sons was still alive; Within eighteen months of John Blennerhassett, to alienate all the site | (all palimpsests) Mary Tudor's accession to the throne, Anne fled abroad, probably to avoid persecution for her religious beliefs; Meanwhile, in November 1553, a bill was introduced in Parliament against "the & Priorate to William Bromfield & Thomas | taken from Jane's adulterous living of the late countess of Sussex"; it did not pass; Pepys. - Ib. vol.7 p.19 - check source *** | tomb (a shield of arms, In 1554, Sussex attempted to bastardize her children with a bill in Parliament but this also failed. In November 1555, an act was passed barring the countess from enjoying her dower and jointure | Calthorpe impaling rights, but this was because she'd left the country without permission, not because she'd been found guilty of adultery; To prevent this, she would have to "repair into the realm, within a time limited, | Blennerhassett, and and make her purgation before the bishop of her diocese"; Sussex's attempt to bastardize the children through an act of Parliament was apparently abandoned, but he may have continued ecclesiastical | two pieces of margin) proceedings; He refers to Anne in his Will as his "divorced wife"; According to Sussex, she was “unnatural and unkind”; Anne returned to England at December 1556 when, motivated by a desire | were c1964 in the to help Princess Elizabeth escape a forced marriage to the Catholic Duke of Savoy, she twice met with the French some point before Ambassador in England, in disguise, to broach the subject of | collection of spiriting the princess away to France; When he discouraged the idea, Anne went to France herself, taking with her three of her ladies and three servants, to study the situation there in person; | Prince Duleep Singh When she returned to England in April 1557, after her estranged husband's death, she was imprisoned in the Fleet and questioned about her activities. In 1558, there was yet another bill in Parliament | / concerning the countess of Sussex, this one to settle the matter of her jointure; Susan Doran, in "The Finances of an Elizabethan Nobleman and Royal Servant: a Case Study of Thomas Radcliffe, | m. Sir Philip Calthorpe 3rd Earl of Sussex" in Historical Research, vol 61, Issue 146 (October 1988), states that Anne had been deprived of her jointure by a 1555 act of Parliament but that on the death of the 2nd Earl, she | (Calthrop), Knt took possession of the Lincolnshire estates and Shimpling in Suffolk, considering them rightfully hers; This prompted a lawsuit and in May 1560, the 3rd Earl paid Anne an annual rent of £162 2s. 5d. | b.c.1464 In 1574, this was changed, at her request, to a lump sum of £600; In 1559, he was in prison | of Calthorpe, Norfolk / | & Burnham Thorpe, m.1st bef. 21.11.1538 (D 1555) | Norfolk; & of Erwarton Sir Henry Radcliffe, 2nd Earl of Sussex; K.G. b.c1506/7; | d.1535, Will pr.1535 d.17.2.1556/7 Canon Row Westminster; bur.26.2.1556/7 Boreham; | the marriage was said to be stormy and they separated between May 1547 and June 1549 | / | his 2nd marriage; | he m.1st bef.21.5.1524; | Elizabeth Howard >>>>>>>>>>>|>> Thomas Radcliffe, 3rd Earl of Sussex; | b.post 1500; d.9.6.1583 | d.18.9.1534; [BP] has d.1537 | / | m.2nd bef.23.6.1559 | [Pat. Rolls of Chancery | in Ireland] | Andrew Wyse >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>|>> Elizabeth Wyse; bapt.2.1.1559 St Gregory's, London | former royal official in Ire. | m.31.10.1578 Alexander Fitton | returned to Ireland 1564 | N 32 | d. bef.26.1.1568 |>>Anthony Wyse N 33 | |>>Eleanor "Ellen" >>>>>>>>>>>|>> Thomas Hobart >>>>>>>>>>>>|1> Miles Hobart >>>>>>>>>|>> Sir Thomas Hobart, Knt | Blenerhayset | of Plumstead, Norfolk | b.1547 of Plumpton of Plumpton (Plompton) | of Frenze, Norfolk; | b.c1523 | (Plompton) / | b.est.c1500 Norfolk; | d.26/28.3.1560 Plumstead | / m. Hopton | fl.1516; fl.1549 at | [BP, Buckingham, Earl] | m. Margaret (dau. of Sir Arthur Hopton | Norwich, Norfolk | and [CB] has d.28.3.1560 | Woodhouse of Bliburgh, Norfolk) | / | / | NOTE: Descendant Judie Morris of Victoria, Australia is a HOBART FAMILY RESEARCHER | By deed of 1.7.1535 | * this is not "Thomas the |2>Judge Sir Henry >>>>>>>>>>|1> Henry Hobart; b.28.4.1591 d.bef.1625 (dsp) | (27 Henry 8) | Martyr" Hobart (N 34) | Hobart Knt | | Ellen Blennerhassett | / | (knighted 23.7.1603 |2>Sir John Hobart Knt >>>>>>|>> Dorothy Hobart | & husband Myles | / | with cousin John H) | / | Hobart jointly sold | m. Audrey Hare (N 31) | / | (knighted 1.11.1611 [CB] at Whitehall, London); of Blickling, Norfolk; 2nd Bart., MP; | lands in Southill, | b.est c1537/c1541 | b.c1554 but | b.19.4.1593 Norwich; Will dated 26.7.1625; d.20.4.1647; bur.29.4.1647 Blickling; | Bedfordshire, | d.1581; | [BP Buckingham | / | to Sir Henry Grey, Knt | dau. & heir of William | Earl] has b.c1560, | m.1st Phillipa Sidney; d.24.9.1620; bur.5.10.1620 Blickling (dau. of Robert Sidney, Earl of Leicester [BP De L'isle, Viscount] ) | of Wrest Park, | Hare of Beeston, Norfolk | the date of his | / | Bedfordshire; | & Alice Rugge | father's death | m.2nd ?.2.1621 Lady | these were Ellen's | / | / | Frances Egerton >>>>>>>|>> Philippa Hobart * NOTE: Sir Oliver Le Neve was related to Peter Le Neve (d. 21.1.1661 d. 24.9.1729), | share of the Southill | of Little Plumstead (a.k.a. | 1st Baronet of | [BP Buckingham English herald and antiquary, who was appointed Rouge Dragon Pursuivant 17 January 1690; | lands left jointly to his | Plumstead Pava), Norfolk | Intwood, Norfolk | d.27.11.1664 2003 v.1 p.576] has created Norroy King at Arms on 25 May 1704; and from 1707 to 1721 was Richmond Herald | 3 sisters by her bro. | following her 2nd marriage | (purchased 1596) | Chapplefield; eldest bur.19.1.1654/5 (dsp) of Arms in Ordinary, an officer of arms of the College of Arms; He was a Fellow and first | John Blennerhassett | / | (cr. 22.5.1611 [BP] | dau. of John Egerton / President of the Society of Antiquaries of London and a Fellow of the Royal Society; | of Hampstead & | / | or 11.5.1611 [CB] ) | 1st E. of Bridgewater m. (no issue) / | Southill (N 31) | Audrey m.2nd c1562 | also of Blickling | [BP Grey Egerton, Bt] 1st cousin * NOTE: From Sir Oliver Le Neve descended Peter Le Neve Foster (N 14) | / | Sir Edward Warner | Hall, Norfolk | / / | / | of Little Plumstead | (purchased 1616) |3>Sir Miles Hobart Knt >>>>>>>>>|>> Sir John Hobart MP >>>>>|>> Sir Henry Hobart >>>>>>>|>> Sir John Hobart >>>>>>>>|>> John Hobart >>>>>>>>|>> Harriet Hobart | m.est c.1522 | (a.k.a. Plumstead Pava) | / | b.12.4.1595; of | 3rd Bart. | Knt., 4th Bart.; MP | 5th Bart. | b.?.8.1723 | | Miles (Myles) | / | Lincoln's Inn | Plumstead, Norfolk | bapt.20.3.1627/8 | b.c1658 | b.11.10.1693 | (created 28.5.1728) |>>Caroline Hobart | Hobart (Hubbert, | / | admitted 10.8.1575; | knighted 1.2.1625/6 | d.22.8.1683 | / | / | 2nd Earl of Bucks. | | Hubberd, Hubbard) | Audrey m.3rd 1.7.1569 | Barrister 24.6.1584; | bur.6.12.1639 | / | knighted 29.9.1671; | Baron Hobart | Ambassador to |>>Sophia Hobart | (some sources have | at Little Plumstead; | Chief Justice of the | / | he m.2nd ?.6.1656 | equerry to King | of Blickling | the Court of | them m.c1527 but this | (a.k.a. Plumstead Pava) | Common Pleas; | m. Frances Peyton | Mary Hampden | William III at the | (created 28.5.1728) | St Petersburg, Russia 1762; | date is improbable) | to her 1st husband's | pub. postumously | (dau. of Sir John | d.bef.2.5.1689; dau. & | Battle of the Boyne | 1st Earl of | Lord-Lt. (aka Viceroy) of Ireland 1777; | / | cousin (as his 3rd wife) | "Reports on Several | Peyton, 1st Bart. | co-heir of | 1690; | Buckinghamshire | d.3.8.1793 | of Little Plumstead | William Blennerhassett | Law Cases"; | of Iselham, | John Hampden, | d.21.8.1698 | (created 5.9.1746) | / | (aka Plumstead Parva) | d.?.12.1598 (N 19, N 31) | Chief Baron of | Cambridgeshire) | of Hampden, Bucks | killed in a duel with | KB (1725) | m.1st 14.7.1761 | Norfolk; | / | the Exchequer 1577; | | / | Sir Oliver Le Neve* | PC (Jan 1744/5) | Mary Anne Drury; d.30.12.1769 | b.c1479/80 Norwich | / | Attorney General; | | known by some as | who was convicted | Vice-Admiral; | d. & co-heir of Sir Thomas Drury, Bart. | / | of Horsford Park, Horning, | MP St Ives 1588-9; |4>Francis Hobart | "The Patriot", he was | of his manslaughter | Lord-Lt. of Norfolk | / | in 1544 he gained | Norwich; also of | Steward of Norwich | d.21.5.1632 | the leading opponent | / | d.22.9.1756 | m.2nd 24.9.1770 | Somerton Hall | "The Laythes" | 1595; | / | of King Charles I's tax | m.9.7.1684 | / | Caroline Conolly >>>>>>>>|>> Amelia Anne Hobart | from Henry Cruch | (a.k.a. "Laythes Hall", | MP Yarmouth | m. Hewet | for national defence, | Elizabeth Maynard | / | of Stratton Hall, | | / | "Hassetts Hall" | 1597 & 1601 and | | called "ship money" | d.22.8.1701 | m.1st 8.11.1717 | Staffordshire; |>>further issue | d.c1557 | or "Hassetts House") | Norwich 1604-11; |>>Nathaniel Hobart | ["Blood Royal" by | dau. & co-heir of | Judith Britiffe | d.26.1.1817 | Will pr.22.2.1557/8 | Pockthorpe, Norwich | Will dated 26.7.1625 | | Charles Morley p.250] | Joseph Maynard | of Beaconsthorpe, | [BP Stafford, Earl] | Norwich | | Will pr. 7.3.1625/6; |>>James Hobart | / | [BP Ravensdale, B.] | Norfolk | | / | | d.26.12.1625 [BP] | | her 2nd marriage; | | d.7.2.1727 |>>Dorothy Hobart; d.1.6.1798 (dspm) | 2nd son of | | or d.29.12.25 [CB] |>>Thomas Hobart | she m.1st |>>James Hobart | / / | Sir James Hobart, Knt, | | Blickling Hall, Norf. | | Col. Robert Hammond | bur.22.10.1676 | / m.21.10.1752 | of Hales Hall, Loddon, | | bur.4.1.1625/6 | | d.bef.1656 | | / Sir Charles Hotham-Thompson, Bart. | Norfolk | | Blickling |1>Dorothy Hobart | |>>Brig.-Gen. John | m.2nd 10.2.1728 | (Attorney General | | / | b.14.3.1591/2 |>>Alice Hobart | Hobart; b.c1659 | Elizabeth Bristow >>>>>>|>> George Hobart; 3rd Earl of Buckinghamshire | to King Henry VII) | | m.21.4.1590 | / / | Gov. of Pendennis | d.12.9.1762 | | & Margery Lyhart | | Blickling; | m. Sir Robert Crane m. John Jermy | Castle, Cornwall; | |>>Henry Hobart; 4th Earl of Buckinghamshire | | | Dorothy Bell | Knt. b.c1585; of Bayfield, Norfolk | d.7.11.1734 | | | | of Beaupré Hall, | (knighted 27.2.1604/5) | |>>Henrietta Hobart; mistress of King George II; d.26.7.1767 | | | Outwell; bapt. | MP Suffolk 1621; MP Sudbury, Suffolk 1624-5, |>>Thomas Hobart; | lady of the bedchamber to the consort of King George II | | | 19.10.1572 Outwell | 1628-9 & 1640-3; created 1st Baronet Crane of | of Lincoln's Inn | / | | | d.?.4.1641 Covent | Chilton, Suffolk 1626; d.17.2.1642/3; | (unm.) | m.1st 2.3.1705/6 9th Earl of Suffolk, d.28.9.1733 | | | Garden, London; | his 1st m.; he m.2nd 21.9.1624 Susan Allington | | / | | | Will pr.?.4.1643 | |>>Philippa Hobart | m.2nd 26.6.1735 | | | issue 12sons 4dau. |2>Mary Hobart; b.17.3.1608; d.15.3.1633; | (no issue) | Hon. George Berkeley, MP; d.29.10.1746 | | | [CB vol.1 p.12] | m. John Lisle | / | | | | | | m.c28.4.1680 |>>Catherine Hobart; d.2.6.1725 | | |>>Nicholas Hobart |3>Elizabeth Hobart | Sir Charles Pye, | / | | | | | 2nd Bart.; of Howe, | m. George Churchill; d.1745 | | |>>Richard Hobart |>>Henry Hobart b.17.11.1619 | Derbyshire | illegitimate s. of Adm. George Churchill, MP [BP Marlborough, Duke] | | | | | | | | |>>Mary Hobart |>>Robert Hobart |>>Mary Hobart (unm.) |>>Dorothy Hobart N 33 | | | N 34 | | | | | |>>Ellen Hobart >>>>>>>>>>|>> Frances >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>|>> from whom descends a Mann family in the USA (see page N 29) | | of Little Plumstead Blennerhassett (N 29) | | (a.k.a. Plumstead / | | Parva) Norfolk (N 29) m.1st William Mann (Man) (N 29) | | (named for g.mother b.c1559; of Canterbury, Kent; d.17.3.1615; his 2nd marriage | | Ellen Blenerhayset) / | | / m.2nd at Norwich, Norfolk; Sir Thomas Trevor, Knt (N 29) | | / of Denbeigh; Chief Baron of the Exchequer (no issue); his 2nd marriage | | m.12.2.1577/8 | | St Peter Brumstead (a.k.a. Brunstead) Norfolk; | | [NFHS] transcript of this marriage record has "of Brumstead" | | for both their names, but that does not appear in the original register | | Daniel (not Samuel) Blennerhassett (N 29); fl.1564 & 1598; | | son of William Blennerhassett (N 19) and his 1st wife Anne Colby (N 20) | | William Blennerhassett was the 3rd husband of Ellen Hobart's mother, Audrey Hare of Little Plumstead (a.k.a. Plumstead Pava) | | | | | |>>John Hobart >>>>>>>>>>>>>|>> Thomas Hobart >>>>>>|>> Jane Hobart >>>>>>>>>|>> Thomas Kemp >>>>>>>>>>|>> Clement Kemp >>>>>>|>> Kemp | b.est c1539 | of Thwait Hall | (named John Hobart of Thwait Hall / her father's heir; | of Thwait Hall | / | in [VoN/1563 p.165] / m. Witton She conveyed Somerton Hall manor | / | m. Anne Reymes | in error) m. Frances of Wilby to John Horne of Wichingham in 1693 | m. Anne Tilney | of Overstrand | / b.c1624 d.12.1.1691 | of Shelly, Suffolk; | (Oxstrand) Norfolk | m. John Kemp bur. St Mary's Chapel, Ely | dau. of Sir Philip Tilney | | d.1606 Tottenham, | | | Middlesex | | | | |>>Anne Hobart |>>Anne Hobart | | / | | | m. Nicholas Macye |>>Mary Hobart | | of Isle of Ely, | / | | Cambridgeshire | m. Dr. Colby | | | | |>>Mary Hobart |>>Elizabeth Hobart | | / | / | | m. John Dye | m. Pettus | | of Saxston, Norfolk | | | |>>John Hobart | | | |>>William Hobart >>>>>>>>>>>>|>> Henry Hobart | of Melton, Norfolk | | / |>>Agnes Hobart | m. Catherine | | Underwood |>>Frances Hobart | of Cromer, Norfolk | (dau. of Robert Underwood) | | | | THOMAS THE MARTYR HIGBED / HOBART is Edward/Edmund >|>> Edward (or Edmund) >>>>>>>>>>>>|>> Nazareth Hobart; b.c1600; d.23.9.1658 | some sources suggest Thomas Hobart of Plumstead Hobart perhaps son Hobart | | b.c1523 (N 33) may be identical with Thomas Higbed/ of Thomas the Martyr ? b.c1572; |>>Edmund Hobart b.c1604 | Hubbard/Hobart, alias "Thomas the Martyr", who bapt.1.1.1572/3 | | was burned at the stake in Essex 17.1.1599/1600; Hingham, Norfolk |>>Rev. Peter Hobart; b.1604; bapt.14.10.1604; d.20.1.1679/80 | this is not so: / | emig. to North America, following his father to settle at Hingham, Mass. | Thomas Higbed "the martyr" was b.c1537 emig. to Virginia, arriving Charlestown March | | and lived at Hornden-on-the-Hill, Essex; he may 1632/3 on ship "Elizabeth Bonaventure" with |>>Thomas Hobart; b.c1606; | have m.30.7.1569 at Snoring Magna, Norfolk; his son Thomas Hobart; settled at Bare Cove; | emig. to Charlestown, Virginia with his father, | to Helene Winsuffer/Winsofer d.8.3.1646/7 Hingham, Plymouth Co., Mass. | on the ship "Elizabeth Bonaventure", arriving March 1632/3 | (b.c1546 Hingham, Norfolk; d.9.5.1603 Snoring Magna) / | | / | | m.1st 7.9.1600 Hingham, Norfolk; |>>Rebecca Hobart | Margaret Dewey; bapt 1.1.1573/4 | | Wymondham, Norfolk; d.bef.Oct.1634 |>>Sarau Hobart | Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts | | / |>>Joshua Hobart b.c1614 | m.2nd 10.10.1634 Charlestown, Suffolk, Mass. | Sarah Anne b.c1580; d.23.6.1649; no issue; | her 2nd marriage; she had m.1st Rev. John Lyford (d.bef.1634) | | N 34 | N 35 | Blunham manor, Bedfordshire, home of Anne |>>Anne Blenerhayset >>>>>>>>>>>>>>|>> Henry Grey >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>|>> Reynold (Reginald) Grey; of Wrest; Blennerhassett, was also home of Rev Edward (3rd dau., shown here b.1520 d.1545 | 8th Baron Grey de Ruthyn and 5th Earl of Kent; Blennerhassett, Rector of Blunham (N 19), out of sequence) / | Edu. Grey's Inn; MP Weymouth, Dorset; d.17.3.1572/3 Anne's nephew by her g.father's 1st marriage, of Frenze, Norfolk & m.20.6.1538 | / and his son Samuel Blennerhassett (N 19) of Blunham manor, Margery (Margaret) | m. Susan Bertie b.c1533 Bedfordshire; fl.1549 St John b.c1520 | / |>>Henry Grey; b.1541 d.cApr.1565 | 9th Baron Grey de Ruthyn & 6th Earl of Kent; NOTE: Blunham is only four miles from Will dated 6.3.1564/5 | knighted at Carlisle 1570; d.21(or 31?).1.1614/15 (dsp) from Wrest Park, Bedfordshire and four miles / | / from Southhill & Broome, Bedfordshire perhaps(?) co-heir with her 3 sisters of Southhill, | m. Mary Cotton d.16.11.1580 (widow of Edward Stanley) Bedfordshire, from their bro. John BH (N 31) | / |>>Charles Grey >>>>>>>>>|>> Henry Grey / 10th Baron Grey | 11th Baron Grey de Ruthyn and 8th Earl of Kent m. Sir Henry "Harry" Grey (Gray), Knt, de Ruthyn and | b.c1583; MP Bedfordshire; d.21.11.1639 (dsp) Lord Grey de Ruthyn; b.c1491 7th Earl of Kent; | / / b.c1545 | m.16.11.1601 Elizabeth Talbot, d.7.12.1651 of Wrest Park, Bedfordshire & London; of Blunham, | de jure 7th Baron Grey de Ruthyn (Ruthin) Bedfordshire |>>Susan Grey >>>>>>>>>>>>|>> Charles Longueville >>>>>>|>> Susan Longueville >>>>>>|>> Charles Yelverton; 14th Baron Grey de Ruthyn and 4th Earl of Kent (succeeded to the titles d.26.9.1623 d.1620; 12th Baron Grey 13th Baroness Grey | b.21.8.1657 d.17.5.1679; unm. in 1523 "but for want of fortune he declined / bur.13.12.1620 de Ruthyn (s. 1639); de Ruthyn; | to assume these peerage dignities") m.c1580 at Blunham, bapt.21.4.1612 b.1634 d.28.1.1676 |>>Henry Yelverton >>>>>>>|>> Talbot Yelverton >>>>>>>>>>|>> George Augustus / Susan Cotton Bedfordshire Peppersall, of Easton Maudit 15th Baron Grey 16th Baron Grey | Yelverton; he was "one of the esquires attending the d.1617 / Bedfordshire; / de Ruthyn; de Ruthyn; | 17th Baron Grey funeral of King Henry VII" on 10.5.1509; m.12.8.1611 d.17.6.1643 in King's m. Sir Henry 1st Viscount 2nd Viscount | de Ruthyn; JP Bedfordshire from 1512; at Peppersall, garrison at Oxford Yelverton, 2nd Bart. de Longueville de Longueville; | 3rd Viscount a Commissioner to collect the subsidy 1523-24; Bedfordshire; / of Easton Maudit; (cr. 1690); b.c1664 1st Earl of Sussex | Longueville; on the Commissions of gaol delivery, Sir Michael m. Frances Nevill bapt.6.7.1633 d.24.3.1703/4 Bath (cr. 1717); | 2nd Earl of Sussex; etc for Bedfordshire from 1530 Longueville, Knt of Keymer, Sussex; Easton Maudit; / b.2.5.1690 | b.27.7.1727 / (knighted 7.2.1617/18) b.c1612 d.22.5.1668; MP for m.11.7.1689 d.27.10.1731 | d.8.1.1758 unm. in 1532 he was executor to his brother-in-law, John Blennerhassett (N 31) of Easton Maudit, Northamptonshire; Barbara Talbot / | of Hampstead, Middlesex & Southill, Bedfordshire Northamptonshire d.3.10.1670 of Lacock, Wilts; m. Lucy Pelham | / b.c1671(or c1665?) d.1730 |>>Henry Yelverton >>>>>>>>> in 1542 he and his wife Anne received a grant of monastic manors & lands d.31.1.1763 18th Baron Grey / de Ruthyn; 4th in 1544 he was called upon to furnish men in Bedfordshire & Northamptonshire Viscount for an array against France…; de Longueville / 3rd Earl of Sussex; d.24.9.1562 at his house "Graye Hassetts", in the Barbican, London; b.7.7.1728 d.22.4.1799 bur.30.9.1562 at St Giles', Cripplegate, London; / at his death, the BOSWORTH FIELD: Sir Harry (Henry) Grey's father, the 3rd Earl of Kent, Earldom of Sussex fought for King Richard III at the battle of Bosworth on 22.8.1485 & Viscountcy of Longueville became extinct / m.1st 17.1.1757 Hester Hall d.11.1.1777 / m.2nd 29.1.1778 Mary Vaughan d.9.7.1796 (dsp)

DISCONNECTED BLENNERHASSETT INDIVIDUALS & FAMILIES of 16th-18th Centuries

NORFOLK:-

Norfolk Record Office, Norwich has: Alice Elmy, born at Frenze Hall, Norfolk (Norfolk seat of the Blennerhassetts), "Historical and genealogical notes relating to St Margaret's Church was the g.g.g.mother of Benjamin Franklin, one of the founding fathers of the USA; and to the Skottowe and Blennerhassett families" 1558 [NRO Ref: PD 153/105] it is worth finding Ben Franklin's family tree to see if she is mentioned more

"Nichols' "Illustrations of the Manners and Expenses of Ancient Times in England, in the 15th, 16th, and 17th centuries" by John Nichols, London 1797 (reprinted 1973) John Foxe's "Book of Martyrs": Cantrel, of Norfolk. has on p.4 : "...To Thomas Cornew, for burying of Master Hasset £2 12s 1d..." "Jenings Hasset was persecuted by Cantrel and How" 1563, p.1681 and "...for burying young Percy at Stony Stratford, 20s..."

Richard Hassett (married); d.1766; bur.25.2.1766 St Augustine, Norwich [NFHS] N 35 N 36 NORFOLK:- SUFFOLK:- DEVON:- Samuel Hassett >>>>>>>>>>|>> Susan Hassett b.c5.9.1707 Norwich; bapt.5.9.1707 St John de Sepulchre, Norwich John Haset >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>|>> Ann Haset b.c13.12.1685 Ispwich; of the parish of | m. Ann bapt.13.12.1685 St Nicholas, Ipswich, Suffolk Thomas >>>>>>>>>>>>>|>> William Blennerhassett St Julian, Norwich; |>>Sarah Hassett b.c27.12.1724 Norwich; bapt.27.12.1724 St Julian, Norwich [NFHS] Blennerhassett | bapt.20.10.1639 Powderham, Devon d.1741; bur.28.6.1741 | Rose Hassett / | St Julian Norwich [NFHS] |>>Philip Hassett b.c28.10.1726 Norwich; bapt.28.10.1726 St Julian, Norwich [NFHS] m.2.6.1539 at Hacheston, Suffolk; to Richard Burnham / |>>Elizabeth Blennerhassett / ? m.28.9.1638 bapt.26.3.1643 Powderham, Devon m. Sarah |>>Samuel Hassett; of St Julian Norwich parish; Henry Hasette at Alphington, (not Susan) | b.; d.1728; bur.24.5.1728 St Julian, Norwich [NFHS] m.26.8.1599 at Sproughton, near Ipswich, Suffolk; Joan Maye Devon (a parish on the southern edge of Exeter); d.1739; bur.19.10.1739 ? (is possible the burial dates for Samuel father and son may be reversed) Honour (Honor) Calmadry (Calmady) St Julian Norwich [NFHS] | Agnes Hasset |>>John Hassett; of St Julian Norwich parish; b.; m. Robert Sewell of Wickham Market (near Loudham), Suffolk d.1728; bur.29.12.1728 St Julian Norwich [NFHS] John Haysett, of >>>>>>>|>> Jane Haysett; unm. in 1571 George Hassett >>>>>>>>>>>>|>> George Hassett Black Torrington | (not Hasum/Harman) | (Black Thornton, |>>Margery Haysett; unm. in 1571 John Blennerhassett >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>|>> Elizabeth Hassett; b.c16.11.1746 Norwich; / |>>Thomas Hassett Black Thorington) | (alias Hassett) | bapt.16.11.1746 St George Colegate, Norwich / Devon; |>>dau. Phillip[a] Haysett; fl.1571 / | / of Elmswell, Suffolk [VoE/1634 pp.435, 755] Will dated 4.2.1571 | in his 1571 Will her father bequeathed her a m.13.10.1745 | NOTE: There was another Elizabeth Hassett, who d. an infant 1746; (Elmswell is near Campsey Ash (Campsea Ashe), which is about half a mile from Loudham Hall, pr.11.7.1572 | legacy due to be paid at michaelmas 1582, so at St Augustine, | bur.14.4.1746 St Augustine, Norwich [NFHS] the Blennerhassett home at Pettistree, Suffolk) at London [PCC]; | perhaps(?) that may be the year in which she Norwich, Norfolk; | unless there is a date error, this is a different Elizabeth / bur. at | would become 21 (if so then she was b.c1561) Elizabeth Elmy | m. Alice Litle; dau. of John Litle (Lytle) of Halsted, Essex Black Torrington | |>>Elizabeth Hassett; b.c25.11.1742 Norwich; & Joan Rushbrook of Ratlesden (both bur. at Halsted) / |>>Lewis Haysett | bapt.25.11.1742 (not 25.11.1747) St George Colegate, Norwich [NFHS] m. Anstis | | CAMBRIDGESHIRE:- / |>>John Haysett |>>Sarah Hassett; bapt.17.5.1749 St George Colegate, Norwich Mrs Anne Hassett / | / in his 1571 Will John Haysett bequeathed: |>>John Hassett; bapt.1.3.1753 St Edmund, Norwich m.11.10.1636 Battisham, Cambridgeshire; George Fokes [DAVY] lands at Beaworthy, Juwardlie, Chastye & Rande Parkes to his wife Anstis; property at the "town Place of Thorne (Thornton, Torrington)" Hassett [NFHS] BEDFORDSHIRE:- to son Lewis; lease of lands at Petherwyn/Petherwin & Trewen jointly / John Blennerhassett m.21.10.1629 at Ampthill, Bedfordshire; Elizabeth Kellow to sons Lewis/John; money to the poor of Haytherley Elizabeth NOTE: There were Blennerhassett families at Blunham, Bedfordshire (N 19) she m.2nd 25.1.1784 St Saviour, Norwich (illiterate, signed 'X'); NOTE: There are a number early "Hassett" families in Devon, to John Hunt (widower) of St Saviour parish, Norwich ESSEX:- perhaps not Blennerhassett, but need to look at them… witnesses: Samuel Cooke (widower) & Mary Cooke (widow) Thomas Blennerhassett of Essex mentioned in [CR Essex vol.10 p.27 bundle 1342] 1553-55 and [CR Essex vol.10 p.280 bundle 1496] Martha Hassett; m.1771 (Banns 2.6.1771, 9.6.1771, 16.6.1771) St Gregory, Norwich [NFHS] LINCOLNSHIRE:- (probably not Blennerhassett):- John Bailey (single) of parish of St Margaret, Norwich SURREY:- Robert Harset, Parson, of Kelvington (or perhaps Newington?), in the Deanery of Croydon, Surrey William >>>>>>>>>>>>>|>> Simon Benderslayte; aged under 10 yrs 1562 John Hassett (widower) [NFHS] d.?.9/10.1498; Will dated 14.9.1498, pr.23.10.1498 at Lambeth [PCC] Benderslayte | m.12.10.1758 St Michael at Coslany, Norwich; Rose Fisher (single); illiterate, signed 'X' Sutton-in-Holland, |>>Nicholas Benderslayte; aged under 10 yrs 1562 witnesses: Elizabeth Beardman (widow); and Henry Kitton/Litton (widower) of St George Colegate, Norwich Alice Hassett Lincolnshire; m.13.9.1568 Farnham, Surrey; William Mason yeoman; d.c1562/3; Will dated 12.3.1562, Will pr.26.6.1563 [PCC] Marie Hassett; m.12.12.1574 St Gregory, Norwich; Simon Empson bur. in Sutton churchyard "…amongeste my anncestoures…" Thomas Hassett of Godalming, Surrey; Will pr.9.1.1652 [PCC] his house in "Cagate" was on 10 acres of land; with an additional acre; Mary Hassett; m.1.11.1741 St Mary in the Marsh, Norwich, Norfolk; John Jary also had 10 acres of pasture in "Disgate"; MISC:- He owned another house, named "Matsons", on 4 acres of pasture Theophilus Hassett; d.1681; bur.18.8.1681 Wymondham, Norfolk [NFHS] >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>|>> John Blennerhassett b.c1606; servant of Thomas Bell of Amsterdam 1624 called "Crumwelles Houlde; and a further 7 acres of pasture Blennerhassett | / William Haysed >>>>>>>>>>>>|>> Mary Ann Haysed; b.c1863 Norwich, Norfolk; unm. |>>Edward Blennerhassett; servant of Thomas Bell of Amsterdam 1624 m. Katherine b.c1831 Bunwell, | / her 2nd marriage Norfolk; Shepherd; |>>John Haysed; b.c1866 Norwich, Norfolk; farm labourer; unm. "…licence to pass from England beyond the seas…" / of Kidds Moor, | granted ulto May 1624 to "Bell, Thomas, 29 with his three servants, viz., Henry Bane, 24, she had m.1st to: Wymondham, Norfolk 1881 |>>Elizabeth Haysed; b.c1874 Kidds Moor, Wymondham, Norfolk Jno. (John) Blenar Hassett, 18 & Edward, his brother, to Amsterdam to their dwelling" Dammell >>>>>>>|>> Robert Dammell / | ["The Genealogist", vol.25, 1909, p.101]; ulto = ultimo = the month before the present month | m. d.1874-1881 |>> Haysed >>>>>>>>>>>>>>|>> Eliza Haysed; |>>George (Dammell?) m. b.c1879 Kidds Moor, Wymondham, Norfolk German Hassett bur.1.10.1641 St Leonard, Ribbesford, Worcestershire

Blennerhassett fl.1557 Hassett bur.19.11.1650 all Saints, Westbury, Wiltshire [National Burial Index] Co. FERMANAGH:- / m. Elizabeth Judith Blennerhassett ["Patentee Officers and High Sheriffs in Ireland 1173-1826, grand-dau. of John Lavile (Lovell? Love?) of Yarmouth; Aug. 1557 m.1663 Henry Palmer, place unknown (also on N 08); including High Sheriffs, 1616-1684 and 1761-1816" p.64 [DAVY] - not sure of this (need to translate the latin properly…) lists: Elizabeth Blennerhassett (of where?) Hastett or Haslet (? Hassett) m. Richard Heigham (a Norfolk name) "July 2d, 1722. Died Mr John Blenner (sic), one of the chamber-keepers Sheriff Co. Fermanagh 8.1.1674/5 vol. IV p.155 to the Lord Carteret's Office, and is succeeded by Mr Joseph Noble, This being Fermanage there must be a strong possability Edward Blennerhassett d.c1675, Will pr.20.10.1675 [NA PROB 4/16282] one of his Lordship's domesticks" ["The Genealogist" vol.4 1887] that this is a Blennerhassett, but I have not identified him

John Hassall, Dean of Norwich, Norfolk (when?) N 36 N 37 DISCONNECTED BLENNERHASSETT INDIVIDUALS & FAMILIES of 16th-18th Centuries

LONDON:- Steven >>>>>>>>>>>>>|>> Steven Hassett bapt.24.9.1683 William Blennerhassett of London; on 11.2. 1671, 4.3.1671 & 6.3.1671 William Blennerhassett >>>>>>|>> Ann Elizabeth Blennerhassett; bapt.29.12.1775 St Olave, Southwalk, London Blaker Hassett (sic) St Margaret, Westminster a Knight's Bill was passed by the House of Lords, as follows: Blennerhassett | / Hodie 3avice lecta est Billa, "An Act for the settling the Manor / |>>William Blennerhassett; bapt.17.8.1782 St Faith-under-St Paul, London m. Margaret of Portswood, and other lands late of John Knight Gentleman, m. Elizabeth | St Margaret, Westminster is the church of the Houses of Parliament, in the County, and Town and County, of South'ton, in John |>>John Blennerhassett; bapt.6.2.1785 St Sepulchre, London Westminster (London); adjacent to Westminster Abbey Parker Serjeant at Law, Mr William Morgan, and William | Blennerhassett of London, Gent. to be sold, for Payment of Debts." |>>Samuel Blennerhassett; bapt.15.4.1787 St Andrew, Holborn, London Edward Blennerhaysett, unm. in 1695; of St Dionis Backchurch, London | "London Inhabitants within the Walls 1695" [London Record Society 1966] |>>Elihu (Eliha) Blennerhassett; bapt.13.4.1789 St Nicholas Acon, London OXFORD: Frances Hasset bur.1702 St Mary Magdalen, Oxford Quarles Browne (Brown) >>>>>>|>> Margaret Browne; m. ; of Ireland; aged under 21 yrs in 1575 [Oxford Burial Index] James Hassett >>>>>>>>>>>>>>|>> Anne Hassett appointed EIC agent | m. Elizabeth bapt.24.6.1661 St Andrew, Holborn, London for Bantam 1.7.1663; |>>Mary Browne (Brown) President of East India / Mary Blennerhassett of parish of St Andrew's, Holborn, London; d.1715, Company at Bantam m. Hassett (Hansett) Esq. of in Norwich Will dated 10.8.1715, pr.3.10.1715 [PCC]; she had a cousin Anthony Torlesse(?) [VoR/1681 p.9] Quarles Browne d.1675 at Bantam, East Indies, Will pr.29.7.1675 NA [PCC PROB 5]; probate "sentence" dated 13.11.1667 (PCC PROB 11/323, Image Ref. 430); NOTE: There is another Blennerhassett connection with Holborn, London on (N 07) NOTE: a probate "sentence" is a judgement about a desputed Will, given at the conclusion of litigation; British Library documents referring to Quarles Browne: Letter Book 3xxx ref. E/3/86 dat: 1661-1666; also ref. E/3/86 ff 136v-38 date: 1.7.1663 John Hassett >>>>>>>>>>>>>|>> Mary Hassett b.c16.2.1627 London; / m. Elizabeth bapt.16.2.1627 St James, Clerkenwell, London m. Margaret Dobson of Ireland Thomas Hassett >>>>>>>>>>>|>> Selina Hassett; b.c18.7.1652 London; m. bapt.18.7.1652 St James, Clerkenwell, London >|>> William >>>>>>>>>>>>>|>> Thomas Blennerhassett Percival Hassett Blennerhassett bapt.?.12.1722 m. ; she bur. 10.12.1571 St Olave, Hart Street, London m. Eliza St Butolph-without-Aldgate (a.k.a. Aldersgate), London

>|>> John Blennerhassett of the parish of St Butolph, Aldersgate, London Matthew Blennerhasser (sic) >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>|>> Matthew Blennerhasser (sic) | died intestate; administration granted 28.8.1641 [PCC administrations p.67] to his brother Edward Blennerhassett bur. St Paul's Cathedral burying ground, London d. an infant; | [Ref: MX-151A no date given] bur. St Paul's Cathedral |>>Edward Blennerhassett / burying ground, London m. (probably) [Ref: MX-151A no date given] George Blennerhassett, MP; put on a joint Lords & Commons Bridget Blennerhasser (sic) committee to raise Money for the Weekly Maintenance of the Army ("House of Lords Journal" vol.5, 3.3.1643); (probably wife of Matthew); bur. St Paul's Cathedral and on a committee for raising £21,000 monthly for the Scots Army" ("House of Lords Journal" vol.7, 21.2.1645) burying ground, London [Ref: MX-151A no date given]

>|>> Richard Blenerhayset (alias Hayset), Hassett | of the parish of St James Garlickhith, London; d.1623; / | died intestate; administration granted to his bro. Henry Blenerhayset (alias Hayset) 29.7.1623 [PCC administrations 1620-1630, f.39] m. who d.1610; bur.4.8.1610 Kensington Parish Church | | William Blennerhassett >>>>>>>>>>>>>>|>> Mary Blennerhassett; b.c2.9.1737 Lincoln; bapt.2.9.1737 Horncastle, Lincoln |>>Henry Blenerhayset (alias Hayset) Blennerhassett m.27.4.1737 London; Martha Ellis William Blennerhassett m. (twice!) to Hannah Fenton John Blennerhassett; bur.13.3.1602 St Dunstan's-in-the-West, London (BLB) on 18.3.1655 St Bride, Fleet St London and "…out of the house of William Gillies(?) - (DAVY) on 3.4.1656 St John, Hackney, London BIL (see N 20)

Mary Hassett, widow >|>> >>>>>>>>>>>>|>> Frideswide (Frediswidd) Blennerhassett fl.1667 / Blennerhassett | / m.24.11.1599 St Dunstan's-in-the-West, London; Michael Cavendish, Gent. (DAVY) d.bef.1667 | m. William Smith; distiller / | m. Anne |>> Anne Blennerhassett; fl.1667 Ellenor Blennerhassett; m.9.12.1641 St Dunstan, Stepney, London; Thomas Newton "…of the precinct | / of St Katherine's | m. Christopher Hammond Richard Blennerhassett m.28.8.1756 St Martin-in-the-fields, Westminster (London); Mary Mollone near the Tower of | London…" 1667 |>>Jane Blennerhassett fl.1667 William Blennerhassett bur.1693 St Martin-in-the-Fields, Westminster (London) (BLB) owned property in | inherited her mother's property in Co.Monahan, Ireland Co.Monahan, Irel. | / Abygaell (Abigail) Bleverhassett bapt.11.7.1580 St Luke, Chelsea, London; (also see N 19); | m. Maund; d.bef.1667 Ireland; d.c1668; | Elizabeth Blennerhassett m.26.6.1795 Charles Fowler; at St Leonards, Shoreditch, London Will dated 15.6.1667 |>>dau. >>>>>>>>>>|>> Anne Fulke (19 Charles II), Blennerhassett b.post 1646 (aged under 21 in 1667) Blennerhassett bapt.16.5.1643 at St Giles Cripplegate, London pr.18.4.1668 [PCC], / not 8.4.1668 m. Fulke

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