Skidmore (Scudamore) Families of Frampton Cotterell Linda Moffatt © 2012 THE SKIDMORE AND SCUDAMORE FAMILIES OF FRAMPTON COTTERELL, GLOUCESTERSHIRE 1650-1900 This file was last updated by Linda Moffatt on by Linda Moffatt © 2012 4 January 2015. To protect the privacy of living descendants: individuals born after the 1911 census are not included, no marriage details are given after 1911 - unless with express permission of descendants. Please respect the authors' contribution and credit the source if you quote from this material. The material is to be used for private research only. Please report omissions or errors to Linda Moffatt via
[email protected] INTRODUCTION The origin of the Frampton Cotterell Skidmores in Westerleigh. The first account of this family was written by Warren Skidmore in 2006. After its publication on our website much more material has become available. Warren is presently writing an account of the ancient Gascelyn land held at Frampton Cotterell and Westerleigh from Peter Escudemore of Upton Scudamore, Wiltshire, in which he describes its transfers from the 14th century onwards. I have in the extended essay below picked up the story in the early 17th century. Gascelyn’s lands at Frampton Cotterell and Westerleigh descended to Sir Thomas Seymour who died at Frampton Cotterell on 23 April 1627. An inquest post mortem taken at Thornbury on 31 July 1628 shows that he died owning the manor called “Gaslings” alias Frampton Cotterell. The messuages, cottages, closes, meadows, pastures (as well as the advowson of the church) are named but nothing is said about the tenants. Seymour’s small holding in Westerleigh (now shown as 20 acres of pasture) is also mentioned.