St Botolph, Burton Hastings

NUNEATON AND NORTH FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETY Member of the Federation of Family History Societies http://www.nnwfhs.org.uk

JOURNAL JULY 2002 Price £1.50 (first copy free to members) Nuneaton & Family History Society - Journal Page 1

CONTENTS PAGE NNWFHS Committee 1 NNWFHS Diary - A Report From The Chairman, Peter Lee. 2 Chetwynd Murders - Baddesley Ensor 1902. By Celia Parton 3 Ancestors Beyond ‘Reiver’ Country. By Jacqui Simkins 5 Maxstoke Castle. By Pat Boucher 6 Build Your Own Genealogical Programme. By Bill Potter 7 Genmap - The Best Just Got Better. By Graham Fidler 8 In The Name Of The Father - A Personal View. By Tony Davis 10 Some Possibilities from the Records of Non-Conformity. By Jacqui Simkins 11 Austrey Probate Wills and Inventories 1543 - 1729. By Alan Roberts 12 Notes on the Descendancy of the Family of Ensor. By Peter Lee 13 Get Netted. 15 Help Wanted 16 Notice board 17 New Members/ New Members’ Interests 18 Publications 20 NNWFHS COMMITTEE

CHAIRMAN PETER LEE, P O Box 2282, Nuneaton, Warwicks CV116ZT Tel: (024) 7638 1090 email [email protected]

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NnwFHs Diary A Report From The Chairman, Peter Lee I was particularly pleased to welcome back the Croshaws for their 2nd Family Re-Union at the Chilvers Coton Heri- tage Centre on June 9th. This was a marvellous event, perhaps only slightly marred by the variable English weather. Two years ago it was blistering hot, this time very wet. Never mind the re-union was well attended and the Croshaw quest goes on. What made it particularly fantastic was that it was organised some 4000 miles away in America. Don and Betty Croshaw live in St. Paul, Indiana. Don managed to contact his Croshaw correspondents and gather the at- tendees together and provide their family charts for the big event. Zillah Cookes at the Chilvers Coton Craft Centre laid on a lavish buffet, whilst Beryl Kerby, President of the Nuneaton Society, kept up an endless supply of tea and coffee. Family re-unions are particularly worthwhile, especially if the surname being researched is common in the district. There are surnames in the North Warwickshire area which are peculiar to it, but rare elsewhere in antiquity - the names, Wheway, Sidwell, Daffern, Jacques, Suffolk, Edmands, Bolstridge, Twigger, Kelsey, Ensor, Arnold, Taberer, and Mallabone spring to mind. If anyone is interested in gathering his or her relatives together please let me know and I will pass on my expertise. The essential thing in organising these events is determination, a willingness to write lots of letters, understanding the history of the family and its distribution, plus good organisational skills. It is a major project and you certainly need to allow twelve months to give everyone the chance to build their diaries around it. What makes it particularly successful is if there is a common ancestor and an idea of where the family originated, what their common trade was etc. If it were silk weaving, for example, a trip to the Herbert Art Gallery in Coventry by bus in the afternoon would be useful. They have an excellent selection of silk ribbon samples. After these two events for the Croshaws I detect that they are now firmly bonded as one enlarged happy family in a way that could never be done through correspondence and e-mails. It is a great delight to meet so many people who share a clearly defined common interest.

On Tuesday, 25th June we had an evening trip out by bus to Tamworth castle followed by late night supper buffet laid on by the castle staff. They were most helpful and the trip very worthwhile. Tamworth castle is 900 years old and re- putedly the most haunted castle in . How true that is I cannot tell but it certainly has the atmosphere of being haunted in parts. Our guide said that she had heard loud footsteps on a staircase where she knew no one was, so it might be true. Apparently two ghosts are particularly well known to staff.

For the benefit of visitors though there is a montage ghost of Editha, prioress of Polesworth, as she appeared to the owner of the castle, Robert Marmion, after he abolished the nunnery at Polesworth. As a result of his experience the nunnery was re-opened.

One of the things that came across was how few of us had visited Tamworth castle previously. It is so close to home that we take it for granted and yet here we are in one of the most historical parts of England, in the old kingdom of Mercia, on the borders of the Danelaw, gloriously not bothering to explore the recesses of our own district. I am as guilty as anyone having worked in Stratford on Avon, Leamington and Warwick and not bothered to savour the ambi- ence of the place, not having the time or the inclination. Only anxious when the day’s work was over to get back to relaxation and grinding boredom of Nuneaton!

Our next trip out is to Polesworth Abbey on Saturday July 20th. If you are go- ing with us, please call me as soon as possible on 02476 381090. We meet at the Chilvers Coton Heritage Centre at 10am and return there at approx 4pm. There will be a side trip to Mancetter church, St Peters, in the after- noon on the way back.

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6.30 - 8.00pm Mon to Sat The 13th century arched doorway is one of the Pat Boucher in the stocks at Tamworth oldest surviving sections of Tamworth Castle. Castle. Nuneaton & North Warwickshire Family History Society - Journal Page 3

CHETWYND MURDERS - BADDESLEY ENSOR 1902 By Celia Parton Last year Ray Hall wrote an article else to go he asked Mrs Chetwynd if revolver and some ammunition. On about a murder which took place in he could move in with them. Mrs Friday he is said to have visited his Baddesley Ensor in 1868. Since then I Chetwynd was at first reluctant but mother. On Saturday he made his way have learned of another murder which gave in as she didn't like the idea of back to Baddesley stopping first at took place in Baddesley in 1902. I re- George being turned out on to the Wilnecote where they were having a ceived an e-mail via the NNWFHS streets. Just before Easter the banns of sports day. There he met two men website from someone who is de- marriage were read at Baddesley whom he knew as he worked with scended from one of the victims. He church. Mr Chetwynd was then seri- them at Hall End pit. He first met a obviously knew there had been a mur- ously ill and had begged George from man called John Radford and went for der in the family and was keen to find his deathbed not to take Eliza away. a drink with him at a public house. out more about it. I visited my local George promised and Mr Chetwynd George told him he was in trouble and library in Atherstone and found they gave his permission and so the banns asked him to lend him £6. George told had the Atherstone News for 1902 on were read. Soon afterwards Mr Chet- him about the affiliation order and microfilm. I found coverage of the wynd died and because of that the then produced the revolver and told murders, which occurred in August of marriage was postponed, even though him he was going to shoot them (Mrs that year, the inquest and the funerals. Eliza was then pregnant with George's Chetwynd, Eliza and the baby). Rad- I also found coverage of the trial and baby. After Mr Chetwynd died George ford told him not to be foolish and to subsequent execution of the murderer, said he wanted to leave the area and hand over the gun. He suggested he which took place in December. I took take Eliza with him, but she refused. should go with him and stay the night copies of all this and passed it on to She told a friend that she was afraid of at his house. George did neither and my contact, who was very pleased to his temper and would prefer to live Radford left him about 10.40pm still receive so much information. near her home. in the public house. He didn't think that George would actually carry out The story began in 1900 when a young From then on things went well until his threat. man named George Place moved from Eliza had the baby. She gave birth to his home in Mansfield, Nottingham- a little boy on the 14th of August. Mrs Later, in the street outside a public shire, to work at Hall End Colliery at Chetwynd now became worried that house in Wilnecote he met another , taking lodgings nearby. He George was about to leave the area. man named John Colloby. George also soon became friendly with a young On Wednesday 20th August, she went told him what he intended to do. Col- girl called Eliza Chetwynd, who lived to the magistrate's clerk's office in loby told him to hand the gun to him with her parents in a little cottage at Atherstone and took out an affiliation and not to go back to Baddesley that the rear of the Black Swan Inn in an order on behalf of her daughter against night. But George said he wasn't go- area known as Lower Baddesley. The George for payment of maintenance in ing to hand over the gun until he had Black Swan Inn faces onto the Wat- respect of his child. She told the mag- carried out the shooting and then he ling Street or A5 as we know it today. istrate's clerk that the order should be would give himself up. He walked off It is right next to the traffic island at served straight away as she had heard in the direction of Baddesley. Al- Grendon but of course there was no that George was leaving soon. The po- though George had been drinking he traffic island then. They started a lice served the order on him that same was still sober and so Colloby be- courtship and at the beginning of 1902 evening. George then became ex- lieved he was serious about carrying the young couple wanted to get mar- tremely angry. After the policeman out his threat. Colloby was so worried ried. Mr and Mrs Chetwynd were re- left George is supposed to have said, that when he saw a police constable he luctant to give their permission. This "all they will get out of me is a bullet". told him about it and suggested he go was required, as Eliza was not yet 21. George had at no time denied that the after George. But the policeman didn't They were worried that after the mar- child was his, in fact he had said that take it seriously and thought it was riage George would take Eliza out of he should like the child to be named probably all a joke and he walked off the area and they wanted her to remain George Place and that Eliza could add in the opposite direction. at home. The reason for their concern Chetwynd if she so desired. He made probably had something to do with on offer to pay £15 on behalf of the George arrived back in Baddesley at Eliza's illness. According to the report child, to which Eliza agreed. However about one o'clock on Sunday morning, in the newspaper Eliza "was of prepos- he said he did not have that much August 24th, and went straight up to sessing appearance, but suffered from money and that he would return home bed. George had a bedroom upstairs attacks of St Vitus's dance". to Mansfield on Thursday and borrow to himself. Sleeping in the other bed- it from his mother. The newspaper re- room that night were Jesse Chetwynd, Early in 1902 the Chetwynds had port states that George made this offer Eliza's older brother, and his wife. taken in George as a lodger. His land- after the summons was served. They had been visiting the Chetwynds lady at his previous lodgings had on Saturday night and had stayed so asked him to leave as her daughter On Thursday he left Baddesley. He late that Mrs Chetwynd suggested that was getting married and she needed went to Shrewsbury to the Flower they stay the night. It was not on ac- the room. As George had nowhere Show and whilst there he acquired a (Continued on page 4) Page 4 Nuneaton & North Warwickshire Family History Society - Journal

(Continued from page 3) tion and charged George with murder the baby being placed in his mother's count of anything that Mrs Chetwynd of Mrs Chetwynd and the baby. This arms. Mrs Chetwynd, also called thought that George might do to them. was soon changed to include the mur- Eliza was aged 60, her daughter, Eliza Downstairs in the parlour slept Mrs der of Eliza when news reached him was aged 20 and the baby was just 11 Chetwynd, Eliza and the baby all in that she had also died. days old. The funeral procession left one bed. The younger brother, Joseph the Swan Yard at about 3.30pm and slept in the back kitchen. The local community was shocked by slowly wended its way up Boot Hill to the news of these murders. George the church. There were hundreds At about six o'clock in the morning was thought of as a decent fellow and more people waiting at the church George got up, went downstairs into neighbours said they had never heard gates to see the funeral procession. the parlour and shot Mrs Chetwynd, of any trouble between him and the The service was conducted by the Rev Eliza and the baby through the head. Chetwynds. He was secretary of the AW Perry as the vicar of Baddesley Joseph, on hearing the shots immedi- local lodge of the Order of Druids and (Rev Wilson Lee) was away on holi- ately got up and saw George coming was respected by his fellow workers. day. Both coffins were placed in the out of the parlour with the gun in his One neighbour said he thought that same grave to the south of the church. hand. For a moment he thought George and Eliza were very fond of There were many wreaths from rela- George was going to shoot him too each other and would have been mar- tives and friends. Later a gravestone and called out to his brother Jesse who ried if Mr Chetwynd hadn't died. Also was erected by sympathisers. was already on his way down stairs he had heard that George had ordered having heard the shots. But George some furniture and had paid £1 on ac- The following Tuesday, 2nd Septem- did not intend to shoot anyone else count. ber, Place appeared before magistrates and Jesse was able to lead him out of at Atherstone. After the evidence had the house. There he called out to his An inquest into the deaths of all three been heard, which was similar to that neighbour, Samuel Shilton, who had was heard on the following Wednes- heard at the inquest, he was committed already heard the commotion and day afternoon, 26th August, in the for trial at the next Warwick Assizes, come out of his house. He told Shil- back room of the Black Swan Inn. It which was scheduled for December ton what had happened and Shilton was the custom in those days for the 6th. He was taken to Warwick Gaol. went after George who had already jury to inspect the bodies of the vic- At his trial George was found guilty started walking in the direction of Ath- tims so they had to walk the short dis- and sentenced to hanging. The execu- erstone. Jesse went back to see to his tance to the Chetwynd house to do this tion was carried out at Warwick Gaol mother and sister. Mrs Chetwynd and and then returned to the Black Swan to on 30th December 1902. During his the baby died almost instantly but hear the evidence. The main witnesses period spent in Warwick Gaol George Eliza still seemed to be alive. Joseph were the two Chetwynd brothers, had become very repentant about what hurriedly dressed and got out his bicy- Samuel Shilton and John Colloby. he had done. Father Hall, the Roman cle and cycled along the Watling John Radford, Dr Power and Sergeant Catholic priest at the gaol, spent a lot Street to Atherstone to fetch their local Flockton also gave evidence. Place did of time with him during that time and doctor, Dr Power. Whilst in Ather- not attend. The Coroner when sum- administered the last rights of the stone he also went to the Police Sta- ming up said that the facts showed that church shortly before he went to his tion and woke the officer there who there was deliberate intention on the death. George was 22 years old. was Sergeant Flockton and told him part of the prisoner to end the lives of what had happened. these three people. The jury unani- mously returned a verdict of "wilful Gravestone Goldmine In the meantime George was making murder" against George Place in all A “churchyard trawl” can reveal much his way to Atherstone to give himself three cases. The coroner praised the more than a simple list of inscriptions: up. Samuel Shilton followed him and actions of Samuel Shilton and John an epitaph can give insight into the life persuaded him to hand over the gun. Colloby but was critical of the actions of a long-gone ancestor, making worth- Then he continued to walk with him. of the police constable from Wilne- while the battle through brambles, net- When they reached the outskirts of cote. He said it was his duty to have tles, and the rest. Atherstone they met Sergeant Flock- followed Place back to Baddesley and ton, who after confirming George's that if he had done so the tragedy may In a recent “trawl”, taking shelter from identity arrested him and took him into well have been averted. pouring rain under an ancient yew, I custody at Atherstone Police Station. found the “levelled” stone for my gt-gt- Shilton handed over the revolver and The funeral of Mrs Chetwynd, Eliza gt grandparents. Martha Morris died in the ammunition. He could not charge and the baby took place at Baddesley 1844 aged 43 and I had assumed she him there and then as he needed to church on the same afternoon. News died as a result of childbirth, but the make further enquires, so he made his of the tragedy had spread and crowds epitaph suggests a long illness and a way to the Chetwynd's house. When of people had arrived to see the funeral new insight into her life: he arrived he found Dr Power tending procession. The area at the bottom of Affliction sore to Eliza but there was not much that he Boot Hill between the Boot Inn and Long time I bore could do for her. Sergeant Flockton the Black Swan Inn was completely Physicians were in vain questioned the two brothers and it was blocked and police had been brought Till death gave ease fairly obvious that George had shot all in to control the traffic and the crowds. Which God did please three. He returned to the Police Sta- The three were placed in two coffins, And freed me from my pain Nuneaton & North Warwickshire Family History Society - Journal Page 5 Ancestors Beyond “Reiver” Country By Jacqui Simkins An uncle by marriage was nearing his 1891 census and other material that is Highland clearances from Lowland 80th birthday. His health was failing otherwise available on-line via the places! There are no refreshment fa- and he had no offspring. He wanted to “pay as you view” system. A simple cilities within NRH, but plenty within know more about his ancestors, so you calculation of the number of pages you a short walk. There were water foun- can guess who got involved! Uncle can view for your £6 on-line against tains and the ladies’ loos were spar- Bob knew a little about his mother, the number of pages viewed on the kling! Mary Russell from Forfarshire, but computer soon “consumed” your £17 nothing about his father who died admission fee! Of course, having somewhere to rest shortly after WW1 (William Smart’s my head meant my costs in the city army records are missing too – not a The censuses, registers and parish re- were limited to a meal out and a bottle trace to be found in the “burnt re- cords on fiche or film were all on (well, they do make the stuff in Scot- cords”!). I had used the Scottish re- help-yourself-display: and there is a land!). We took a drive out on Satur- cords on-line (ScotsOrigins) and system for returns so you don’t replace day to New Lanark (what a history reached the point where a visit to the (or misplace) them yourself. If you there: make a point of adding it to you General Register Office for Scotland looked lost the approachable staff “places to visit” list) and spent Sunday in Edinburgh could not be avoided – were soon offering help. If you exploring some of Edinburgh’s attrac- not that I dislike Edinburgh you under- wanted to use microfilm you went to tions: the surrounding hills viewed stand. the central room, under the dome (go from Castle ramparts looked surreal and see it for yourself) where film covered in snow with a touch of sun I had seen comments in various family readers were available, admittedly on them! In fact, I would happily history publications about Scotland’s some more user-friendly than others. have not returned to the English Mid- New Register House and its entry by lands! payment system. Some appear to I found a number of entries in the think £17 for a day ticket is birth, death and marriage registers: If you have ancestors from Scotland, “excessive” compared to free entrance yes, the full registers are viewable, not and have exhausted the information at the Family Records Centre. indexes, enabling you to copy ALL the available on-line – or prefer not to use essential information that in England the pay-as-you-view method - then I I contacted New Register House & Wales you have to “buy blind” recommend you take a break, visit Ed- (www.gro-scotland.gov.uk; 0131 334 through the registration system. You inburgh and use New Register House, 0380) and found them friendly and can order photocopies of register but perhaps not in American-visitor helpful. I booked in advance: if you pages if you wish, at £2.50 collected season. If you have a lot of research book very early you might find an on the day, or a full certificate for £8, to do, you can book a week-long APEX seat available for £13. A spe- which is posted to you. In one day I search pass for £65! I hope you will cial offer, advance purchase train had gathered information back to the have an enjoyable time researching. ticket was booked for the princely sum late 1700s where the maternal line dis- of £14.50 return from appeared (I now need to study other Shame, but I didn’t resolve that pater- and I didn’t have to cling to the roof parish records, which makes me wish I nal line…was William Smart, born (check the advance fares options on lived close to Edinburgh). If I had not circa 1890, also Scot, or was he Eng- the web BEFORE booking any train been able to view the BMD registers I lish? All I need now is the 1901 cen- tickets: it was cheaper than quoted by would have needed to purchase several sus name index, but it appears we will phone!) NRH is just off Princes certificates in order to differentiate be- have to wait even longer… Street, not far from Waverley railway tween people of the same name – there station. I did have a contact in the city were an awful lot of Russells. My £17 (Prices correct spring 2001). willing to provide board and lodging, fee was very cost effective. What a who works in Charlotte Square, I was pity that the rest of Britain does not “made”. provide the full registers in microform: Hamlet, Village, Town or City? yet again the Scots are leading the way The staff at NRH suggested I arrive a in making information available. Alan Croshaw saw the following defi- little before opening time: the bus took Long may it continue! nitions in the Saturday Guardian let- me almost to the door and I joined a ters. A village had a church and a small, chatty group. In small groups Maybe it was because my visit was in hamlet did not, a town had a market, a we were admitted, registered (no proof March, with snow on the ground and city had a cathedral. The article elic- of identity required) issued with our more to fall over the weekend, but ited another response from someone reference numbers. A desk complete NRH was relatively quiet. One visi- who stated he had been taught that a with fiche reader and computer link tor, a regular researcher, told me to village had a post office (obviously a was yours for the duration of your avoid visits in high summer when “the much later definition). visit (somewhat different to London). Americans are all here”…apparently Via the computer was access to the many claiming ancestors driven out by Does anyone have any more thoughts? Page 6 Nuneaton & North Warwickshire Family History Society - Journal Maxstoke Castle By Pat Boucher Maxstoke Castle, near Coleshill, is a magnificent 14th century moated castle set in around five acres of gardens. In 1599, Sir Thomas Egerton, Lord keeper of the Great Seal of England, conveyed the castle, manor and park of Maxstoke to Thomas Dilke for a consideration of £5,500. The castle has remained in the possession of the Dilke, later to become Fetherston- Dilke, family from that time to the present day. Except for a few brief periods it has also been the family home. Since 1990 it has been the home of Michael and Rosemary Feth- erston-Dilke and their three teenage children. Between the First World War, when Amongst the many interesting items in the castle was used as an auxiliary the castle is a wooden chair, which is hospital, and the Second World War, said to have been taken from a near by when it was used for remote storage of farm house at Stoke Golding and used aircraft engine parts, it was a country by Henry VII when he was crowned club for a short while and tennis King after the death of Richard III at courts, a bowling green and a swim- the battle of Bosworth in 1485. ming pool were built in the grounds. The swimming pool had been defunct for years so Michael and Rosemary filled it in and began a project to cre- ate a ‘Millenium Garden’ (photograph above). It’s a lovely, peaceful garden filled with french lavender and purple leaved sage and has a wonderful view of the castle.

On Sunday 16th June, Michael and Rosemary opened the gardens and parts of the castle interior to the public in aid of the National Gardens Over the centuries the castle has been Scheme, and the fabric of Maxstoke altered, adapted and renovated by its Church. various inhabitants, leaving it a fasci- Photographs of the castle were taken nating mixture of architectural styles It was a wonderful day; the weather by Pat Boucher with the kind permis- as seen in the series of photographs was kind, the gardens were glorious sion of Michael Fetherston-Dilke. below, which were taken in the court- and the castle was fascinating. yard. Nuneaton & North Warwickshire Family History Society - Journal Page 7 Build Your Own Genealogical Computer Programme By Bill Potter Anyone who embarks on the fascinat- if I ever get around to acquiring a lap- htm page can be set out. I use the suf- ing pastime of tracing the Family His- top computer, it will be extremely use- fix .htm, rather than the preferred html tory may soon share my experience: ful to have the complete data base suffix now in use. As always, with the what to do with all those bits of paper, available on a field trip. perpetual evolution of computer soft- certificates, notes, photos, maps, arti- ware, suffixes were restricted to three cles, newspaper cuttings .....even fam- In this article, I hope to share my ex- letters in earlier operating systems, ily heirlooms, which seem to accumu- perience with the reader. With virtu- and anyway, it is one less letter to late at an alarming rate, the further ally no knowledge of computer soft- type. Several sites propose freeware back into the past he or she digs. Even ware, anyone should be able to pro- programmes as aids to editing and set- with the most efficient filing system, duce similar results, which, in my ting up HTML files. the problem of shelf-space soon arises, humble opinion, far exceed the possi- and no matter how logical the storage bilities offered by the genealogical I assume that readers will have an system adopted, most enthusiasts will programmes I have tried. Not being a Internet Explorer or some such have asked the question: "Now what professional programmer, I can only browser available, and that they will did I do with...... ?". describe how to achieve the results soon master how to edit HTML files from my own experience using Win- using that application, to adapt the fol- Thoughts may turn to one of the vari- dows ME (and originally with Win- lowing Exercises to their own needs. ous genealogical computer pro- dows 95) and the applications which However, I have prepared all of the grammes available on the market as a come with that operating system. Nor following examples using a word possible solution, and it seems that the is this article addressed to 'experts', processor, before saving them as .txt Editor has been receiving lots of corre- who will no doubt be able to shoot files. I then simply change the suffix spondence from people asking for in- holes in most of what I have to say. I to be .htm instead of .txt. The pages formation and advice about them, hope to convince a computer user with can then be viewed using the Internet judging from the WANTED notice in a basic knowledge of how to drive the Explorer, just as if they were web the April 2002 edition of the various applications delivered with a pages on the Internet. NNWFHS Journal. I have tried a few, Windows package, and familiarity but was never really satisfied. I found with the various types of files, that I did have the pleasure of demonstrat- that there were often limitations to surprising results can be achieved with ing my CD to some Society members what could and could not be done, and no more than a bit of typing effort. at the open day "Showcase Your Fam- what could and could not be included. ily History" at Chilvers Coton Heri- But this article is not about such com- Anyone who has had experience of tage Centre in September 2001, and mercial programmes and their pros setting up a web-page on the Internet the general reaction was more than fa- and cons, but about a solution which I will have come across Hyper Text vourable. Those present will testify have found to meet virtually all of my Markup Language (HTML). The fol- that the solution is certainly user- storage needs. lowing Exercises will be child's play friendly in use, and powerful results to such readers. This very powerful can be achieved. So much for the With the vast storage capacity avail- tool is at the root of the solution which pros: it is a pity that preparation of the able on compact disks (CDs) running seems to meet all of my requirements, pages is not so user-friendly, and that into the hundreds of megabytes, I be it on CD, or on the hard disk. If is the con. Any computer expert is found that I could archive just about not, ask some of the children - they welcome to try. anything using one of the CD read- seem to start off in primary school This is the end of the article for casual write drives, which were just begin- these days, judging by the number of readers. For those who would like to ning to become affordable at that time. web sites operated by schools. have a go, I have produced a series of With the relatively low cost of blank Being a rank amateur, far be it from exercises to work through. I am sure CDs, it was also possible to share the me to explain the workings of HTML, that the results will be satisfying to research results with other family but there are many sites on the Internet those who stick it out to the end. members, without having to print out which give detailed explanations of Good luck ! unwieldy reams of paper with the data. how to use it in the preparation of Since then, the on-board capacity of files. Entering HTML in your search NOTE FROM THE EDITOR hard disks, even on some older PCs, engine will produce hundreds of sites If anyone would like a copy of the ex- has been increased enormously, and on the Internet which are devoted to ercises please email me at: 20 Gigabytes and more is not uncom- the subject. Many sites propose tutori- [email protected] and I mon nowadays. Thus, my original so- als on how to use HTML, and provide will email the files to you. For anyone lution no longer calls for a CD read- explanations of the many tags, as they not on the internet please send a large write drive, but it is still a useful de- are called. A tag is the word which (A4) SAE plus an extra 50p of postage vice for producing back-up of the usually comes between the symbols < stamps (to cover the cost of printing) fruits of perhaps years of research, or and >. Most tags have what are to me, Pat Boucher, 33 Buttermere for distributing the information to known as attributes, by which means, Ave, Nuneaton, Warwicks, CV11 6ET other family members. Furthermore, the user can define how a given xxx. Page 8 Nuneaton & North Warwickshire Family History Society - Journal Genmap - The Best Just Got Better! By Graham Fidler This article, which first appeared in the ’Cheshire Ances- trict of Altrincham. If the place you want is not - by some tor’ - the journal of the Cheshire FHS, has been reproduced chance - in the gazetteer, then you can use this form to add a here with the kind permission of the author. new location, providing you know the map reference, which you can get the program to show you! Why is Genmap the best genealogical program in my opin- ion? Simple - it encourages us to think geographically. Nor- Once you have created and corrected a table, which can take mally in family history research we think in time terms, as short a time as a couple of minutes, then you move onto which is perfectly correct. However, we must also learn to the mapping facility. Now this is a very powerful program, think in terms of where an event happened, as well as when so you will need to spend time learning the features of this it happened. program. However, a look at the map shown below will show you that it is now possible - in Version 2 - to display So what is Genmap? Well, when you prepare a Genmap dis- heights above ground level. So now in this version you can play, the heart is a ‘table’. A table from one of my files for see why your ancestors went south for their spouses, my One Name Study is shown below. This is the first part of (because of the range of mountains to the north!) a table showing the place of birth of ‘Heads of Household’ This shows the place of birth of the Heads of Household from my One Name Study. Places where ‘Heads’ were born are shown, and the number after the place name is the num- ber of occurrences, ie the number of Heads born in each place.

You can see that the 3rd column contains the county and the 4th the town. The next column ‘Eyear’ stands for ‘Event Year’ and is not used here. The 6th column ‘Num’ gives the number of events that took place in that town; as you can see, 5 Heads of Household were born in Childrey, Berks.

Before we look at the final column, how did all this informa- tion get into the table? Well, you could enter it all by typing it in at the keyboard, but Genmap has added some sophisti- cated import measures. If there was a criticism of Genmap 1 it was that the import routines were more suited to a com- puter expert than a typical family history user.

Genmap 2 has an Import Wizard that eases the creation of a table. This allows you easily to import database files from Access, d-Base, or Paradox, tab or comma delimited text files (as produced from a spreadsheet or from LDSCompan- ion, or finally, and probably best - the Wizard will accept a GEDCOM file, and plot out where people came from.

This is the meaning of the final column, which is called ‘MapRef’ and this points to the power of Genmap. It con- tains a very large database of places in the UK

As you can see in the screen shot on the right, I entered Pickmere and Cheshire into the top two boxes, and the pro- gram’s gazetteer found the correct place, picked out the map reference, and even knew that it is in the Registration Dis- (Continued on page 9) Nuneaton & North Warwickshire Family History Society - Journal Page 9

The end result of the mapping process is a map- sounds ob- vious, but a usable map requires a title, a legend, and a scale. Ages on the Census Records

Genmap 1 could do the first two, and Genmap 2 adds the When researching your family history using the census re- third. The screen shot below shows a preview of the final cords, there are often discrepancies with the recorded ages. print-out. This does not necessarily mean that you have found the

Another new wrong ancestors. The age may be incorrect for a number of feature of Gen- reasons and the following points are worth bearing in mind:-

map 2 is the For the 1841 census, ages were supposed to be rounded ability to export down to the next five years for persons over the age of 15 a bitmapped years. Some enumerators did this, some did not. Others part of the map rounded up instead of down! Some enumerators rounded to a graphics some people's ages and not others. ‘bmp’ or GIF file, which will Some people may have lied about their ages: especially if allow you to there was a large difference between the ages of husband take a part of a and wife, and particularly if the wife was older! map to place into your fam- Others may not have been certain about their correct age or, ily history. You especially as they got older, may forget. can even import the graphic into Some may have said they were in their "30th year" and the PAF or Family enumerator wrote "30" when they were actually 29. Tree Maker as a ‘photograph’ The person giving the information for the household may to show where not have known the correct ages for the others, this is often the person lived the case when someone is living away from home as a ser- vant, lodger or inmate in an institution. Also new in Version Two is the ability to draw lines and text directly onto the map. This is shown in the picture below. Wherever possible, always check the original record. Tran- This was exported from Genmap as a GIF file. Note the line scriptions and indexes are an extremely valuable tool but of text and the arrow, both of which were drawn onto the they are only as good as the transcribers who copied down map. the information. Errors are commonplace, especially when the enumerators handwriting was not very neat. If you do find errors on any transcriptions or indexes, the publishers are usually keen to hear from you so that the errors can be corrected for future editions.

If you have traced a family through each census, you may find, for example, John Smith aged 1 in 1841, aged 10 in 1851 and aged 20 in 1861. It could be that the age has varied slightly but it is the same John. However, it could be that the first John died in infancy and when the next child was born he too was named John. Always try to back up your research from more than one source, in this instance by checking baptism or birth records too.

I could go on and on; the ability to display events by time is impressive, and can show, in a series of maps, how your family spread out from one location. For One Name Studies, WANTED this allows you to see how the surname ‘smears’ out over the county as time goes by. FOR THE NEXT JOURNAL

Genmap 2 is not yet released, I based this article on Beta I have had lots of correspondence recently from people Build 16. Hopefully by the time you read this it will be re- who would like information / advice on the pros and cons leased. The cost will be £30 + P&P for Version 2 or, f you of the various genealogical computer programmes have Version One, there is an upgrade available for £15 + available. We are running two articles in this journal but it P&P. The programme and more information is available would be great to receive more, so keep them coming in. direct from: Also, don’t forget items for help wanted, new websites, Steven Archer 90 St Albans Road, Dartford, Kent DA1 1TY your family history and any other articles or photos that Phone 01322-291509 you can send in.

e-mail [email protected] Thanks, Pat Boucher - Editor. Page 10 Nuneaton & North Warwickshire Family History Society - Journal

IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER, A PERSONAL VIEW By Tony Davis I have been doing Genealogy, since mon. Paternal and maternal blood to confuse my father when asking of Adam was a lad, but I can’t find him groups producing a genetically impos- our ancestry. on the I.G.I. In the infancy of my re- sible infant. If both parents seemed search I was lucky to be able to thumb content, then what would be the reason So who was my Gt Grandfather? through ancient Parish records and for rocking the boat? The father in his From my paternal line. James Davis other documentary relics before they ignorance raises the child as his own, married Mary Ann Higginson in 1825. transferred them onto those wrist but it contains nothing from his loins. They had five children. Elizabeth breaking microfilms and microscopic All we can do is record our ancestry Davis was the youngest of this brood, squares of microfiche plastic. Seeing from the records available, and hope born 1832, and being my gt, gt grand- the ‘X’ mark on marriage certificates, that most of the records are genuine. mother. Her father, my gt, gt, gt or a bit of a scrawl, that at the time grandfather, James Davis, died pre said ‘this is me’, was a humble feel- A national newspaper recently carried 1841, but I have lost him. By this date ing. a story to ‘blow the mind’ of a gene- Mary Ann Davis had married a Wil- alogist. It came to light some forty liam Stopp, when further issue fol- In teaching the subject, it never failed years after the start of the saga. Follow lowed. The census of 1841 and 1851, to amaze me, at the twists and turns it if you can, though it will get very shows Elizabeth living with her from the tales handed down by our confusing. A child was born to a teen- mother and stepfather. Later Cenci re- elder generations of the family. One age mother and, to protect respectabil- veal her still living with her ‘parents’, student was convinced that she was a ity, the child was raised by her real with three children of her own. Re- descendent of the Duke of Marlbor- grandmother, as her mother. Therefore cords at no time show the presence of ough, and was to check out his family, the real mother became the child’s sis- a father or husband. Did she have a rather than start from herself. A couple ter. Siblings of the real mother, instead rich secret lover, or was she a ‘Lady of of others had serving wench antece- of uncles and aunts, became brothers The Night.’ Did all the children that dents being begat by a male of a some- and sisters. The real mother then mar- carried her Davis name share the same what higher status. Dream on Baby. ried and had two children from her father? Either way, genetically, I have But in some cases probably true. But, partnership. Instead of being half sib- been following only half of my Davis no way of proving them. lings, our original child becomes their line. Perhaps, I ought to trace the Hig- aunt. Still following the tale? - and in ginson line as a purer source of double In tracing a Family Tree, it’s common no way do I aim to be flippant. The genetic material. to find a recorded illegitimacy some- original child then marries, and has where along the line. What of those three children of her own. Follow this So who was my 3x Gt Grandfather? conceived by prostitutes from whore confusion from the latter three chil- Can you imagine an early day in Janu- houses, for a shillingsworth of pleas- dren in genealogical terms. Their aunt ary 1942, with the winter weather at ure. What of those poor bastards born is really their grandmother. Their it’s worst. Some five miles away at from the result of rape or incest. Incest grandmother is really their gt grand- Coventry they were under the cosh was only a criminal offence in the mother. Their cousins are really their with the German Blitz, with air raid early years of the twentieth century. aunts and uncles. What a shock to a shelters being the uncomfortable rest- Census details, with a bit of thought, researcher, following what they think ing place for the night. Amongst this show up the result of incestual en- of their family line, as official records mayhem, I was born. Mum admitted, counters on many occasions. The age will paint a completely different story. that at this time, she tried many times of a child not commensurate with the to get rid of me, and I could under- age of the alleged mother of the My paternal grandmother Tamar Jane stand why, as I already had two elder household. However, there is usually a Plowman, died in 1916, but she passed sisters, with bombs dropping all nubile teenager at home. on a story that my gt grandfather, her around them. Later, my sisters pro- father, was lost ‘at sea’, and her tected me under the Army greatcoat, So I wonder how many other genealo- mother died soon after childbirth of a which acted as blankets or the duvet of gists are ‘barking up the wrong tree!’ broken heart. Her mother, Jane, did in- today. One could hardly move under Perhaps unaware of the indiscretions deed die soon after childbirth, but she the weight. After the War, a brother of the past. No DNA test to name the never had a husband. There are re- and another sister followed. We were ‘bounder’ then. If only I could obtain cords of possible William Plowmans raised under the post War regime of some genetic material from my 10th lost at sea, but they were in Somerset, frugal conditions, with the ‘knock’ and great grandfather from circa 1595. and my gt grandmother was a York- ‘talleymen’ being regular callers, as How many of his genes are coursing shire lass. Possibly connections, per- money was in short supply. through my veins. Hopefully, a lot, as haps cousins. My grandmother was I have been lucky at no recorded indis- raised by a half sister with the name of From a genetic point of view, my elder cretions. Cartwright, who acted as ‘wet nurse’ sister, my brother, and I definitely as she had recently delivered a baby of took Mum’s dominant genes. The Even today the results of ‘one night her own. Tamar Cartwright later mar- other two sibs took Dad’s genes. We stands’ or torrid affairs are very com- ried John William Hogg, another name (Continued on page 11) Nuneaton & North Warwickshire Family History Society - Journal Page 11

(Continued from page 10) were a family coping through the post Some Possibilities from the Records of Non-Conformity war era. We all grew up and went our By Jacqui Simkins different ways educationally. Though, living reasonably nearby, we were Have you searched for birth or mar- society steward for Orton-on-the-Hill never a close sibling group. riage records of Non-Conformist in 1875. (Bates researchers please groups and drawn a blank? Did you note that I do not know if she is of the Some years later, as a regular blood then look for possible alternative Mancetter line!). This set of minutes donor, my blood group was O Posi- sources of information? tells about members being removed tive, confirmed with over twenty five for Sunday trading, for deserting wife consecutive donations. As the years A recent visit to the helpful Lichfield & children, for not paying fees, etc – passed, my sisters were found to be Joint County Record Office produced with surnames, though less frequently Rhesus Negative, via pregnancy check some interesting material. They hold with given names. The “elders” be- ups. After a hospital admission, my a number of items relating to Non- come involved in persuading members mum was rhesus negative, and after a Conformity including books relating to pay their debts – though whether few years, Dad was also found to be to individual chapels at Dordon, Glas- they would become similarly involved rhesus negative. You don’t have to be cote and Wilnecote. if the injured party was not also a an eminent scientist to realise that; my chapel member is open to question. dad was not my dad. Recently I looked at two sets of circuit Again, there may be specific people minutes: these cover a wide area and who form your family tree, but those Naturally, this was a bit of a shock, many villages are mentioned. with families in villages of the circuit but I could do nothing about it. I had will learn much of the work of the some thoughts that an American G.I. 1. The Tamworth & Lichfield Methodist preachers and their active might look me up in later years, to Wesleyan Circuit Minutes 1886-1908 “recruitment” of new souls through pass on his oil wells. Unfortunately (ref: D161/3/2): each meeting names camp and tea meetings which likely the Americans were billeted in my those present. Much time is spent on attracted a large number of village home town well after I was conceived. the financial problems of the circuit, dwellers. Drat, no riches. but also where “missions” are to take place, and likely places for new chap- For some groups you find lists of How could I broach the subject of my els. Occasionally there is mention of members in amongst minutes, or as parentage? Dad had raised me as his the ordinary member and if that person separate documents. There may be an own, but I think Mum had held her se- happens to be a relative of yours, then attendance register, or pew book. All cret. Did Dad know of it? Sadly, Mum you have a snapshot of their involve- offer rich pickings to broaden the pic- passed away before Dad, and she took ment at that time; even if not, you get ture of what life was like along with the secret to her grave. If she had sur- an insight into life generally for those the social standing of those involved vived, the two of us could have talked involved with the chapels of the cir- (where occupations are given you can closely, and possibly have found out cuit. Mrs Ridsdale was thanked pro- quickly see the social standing of a my genetic father from her indiscre- fusely for her “trouble and personal particular congregation). You may tion all those years ago. attention” when she presumably over- even find entries on membership lists saw the painting and furnishing of ac- which tell you where someone came As it was, could I raise the topic with commodation ready for the minister at from (by letter of introduction from my dad after he had lost his partner of Tamworth – funded by leading circuit another named chapel or by conver- so many decades? No way. To me it member, Mr Ridsdale! However, la- sion), whether they died or went else- does not matter. Whether he knew or dies presumably supplying trays for where – though it may just say “to the not, my dad was my dad. Mum must the tea meeting were not recorded any Ranters” as in one Congregational have known there were some doubts thanks, only the male secretary for or- church book! ganising! about my conception but, nevertheless, To visit Lichfield Record Office you she was extremely proud of Me, her 2. Earlier records are minutes for the need to make an appointment and ad- Son. vise them what you wish to see so Tamworth United Methodist Circuit 1869-1890 (D161/2/4). These include they know whether you need a micro- Tony Davis has written a number of film/fiche reader or a table. books on local history, particularly such information as the decisions to about Bedworth. Full details of his build the chapel at Glascote, who was Lichfield record office, The Friary, publications, which include to be the architect (Mr Mills of Lichfield, WS13 6QG. ‘Starving in Bedwoth – will not pay Derby), and again much fund raising. Telephone: 01543 510720 the loan, ‘Some ancient Bedworth At a time when women were most Fax 01543 510715 Email: lichfield. pubs and their keepers’ and ‘The definitely subordinate to men and dis- record.office@.gov.uk Ribbon Famine Letters’, are avail- couraged from anything outside the Opening hours are Monday to Friday able from Tony at:- home let alone active roles on commit- 9.30 am to 5 pm and 2nd Saturday of 10 Wykeley Road, Wyken, Coventry tees and certainly no preaching, there the month only 9.30 am to 12.30 pm. CV2 3DW is an inkling that things were some- Note: documents are not produced Email: [email protected] what “overlooked” for convenience between 12 noon and 2,30 pm or after when Sister E. Bates was appointed as 3.30 pm. Appointments are essential. Page 12 Nuneaton & North Warwickshire Family History Society - Journal

AUSTREY PROBATE WILLS AND INVENTORIES 1543-1729 (Lichfield Diocese) By Alan Roberts Occupation/ further Surname Forename Year Occupation/ further Surname Forename Year information/ Probate information/ Probate ARNOLD Richard 1716 weaver LILLY Robert 1687 gentleman ARNOLD Robert 1634 weaver LORT Thomas 1711 mercer ARNOLD Robert 1708 weaver MARTIN Robert 1599 labourer/thatcher BARWELL Thomas 1674 yeoman MERRICK William 1684 husbandman BECK John 1693 yeoman MILNER Margerie 1606 widow of joiner (landlord BECK* Robert 1658 Yeoman PROB 11/ 275/161 Roger Mould) BECK Thomas 1680 yeoman MOLDE John 1590 husbandman/yeoman BECK William 1600 husbandman MOLDE William 1598 yeoman BECKE Margerie 1613 widow of Robert Becke MOULD Roger 1619 clerk BECKE William 1554 yeoman? MOUSLEY William 1728 shepherd BECKE* William 1626 Yeoman PROB 11/149/100 ORME Nicholas 1618 husbandman BECKE William 1647 yeoman ORTON John 1558 yeoman/husbandman BROOMFIELD Robert 1606 carpenter ORTON John 1592 husbandman BROWN Richard 1588 husbandman ORTON* Richard 1582 Yeoman PROB 11/65/15 BROWN Richard 1588 husbandman ORTON Thomas 1612 weaver BROWN Robert 1617 yeoman PAGE Richard 1617 yeoman PAGE Thomas 1592 husbandman CARTWRIGHT Simon 1727 yeoman PAGE Thomas 1684 yeoman? CATER John 1609 labourer PAGE William 1677 yeoman CATER William 1632 labourer PALMER Thomas 1690 husbandman CLARKE Richard 1592 husbandman PERKYNS* John 1618 Gentleman PROB11/132/71 CLARKE Robert 1601 husbandman POULTNEY John 1640 labourer CLARKE Robert 1641 labourer PRINSEP Henry 1622 labourer CLARKE Roger 1580 yeoman PRIOR John 1664 clerk CLERKE William 1588 husbandman? PRIOR Martha 1664 widow of John Prior COOKE Isabelle 1647 widow ROBINSON John 1684 blacksmith COOKE Richard 1634 blacksmith [inv. 1642] ROBINSON Thomas 1635 husbandman COWPER Jacob 1670 yeoman ROBINSON Thomas 1672 the younger CRISPE Henry 1632 husbandman ROBINSON Thomas 1693 labourer CRISPE* Richard 1617 yeoman? PROB 11/130/124 SHAKESPEARE John 1688 minister (vicar) CRISPE Robert 1598 yeoman SHARPE Emme 1634 widow [inventory only] CRISPE William 1662 yeoman [Administration] SMART Dorothy 1609 widow CROSSE Katherine 1677 widow SMART Elizabeth 1618 widow CROSSE Richard 1563 husbandman SMART Hugh 1608 husbandman/yeoman CROSSE Richard 1586 husbandman SMART Hugh 1668 husbandman [inv. 1675] CROSSE Robert 1598 husbandman SMART John 1600 yeoman CROSSE Robert 1663 husbandman? SMART Margaret 1608 widow CROSSE Robert 1682 yeoman SMITH* John 1690 Yeoman PROB 11/402/191 CROSSE William 1626 yeoman SMITH Phillip 1661 blacksmith CROSSE* William 1657 Yeoman PROB 11/ 261/11 SPENCER John 1592 husbandman DERRIE Francis 1647 tailor SPENCER John 1632 husbandman DOWELL Alice 1637 widow of husbandman SPENCER Richard (sen.) 1729 yeoman? [inv.1641] SPENCER William 1681 yeoman EARP Thomas 1612 wheelwright SPENCER William 1723 yeoman EARPE John 1602 husbandman SPENSER John 1559 husbandman EDYS Richard 1543 husbandman SPENSER William 1603 yeoman EDYS Roger 1559 husbandman STORY John 1700 labourer? ERPE Richard 1676 yeoman TALLIS Richard 1707 yeoman ERPE Robert 1599 labourer TAVERNER Bartholemew 1551 husbandman/labourer FAWKNER Richard 1606 labourer TAVERNER William 1666 yeoman GAMBLE William 1729 yeoman?[inventory only] TAYLOR Richard 1678 wheelwright HEYWARD Helen 1632 widow TAYLOR Roger 1554 husbandman? HEYWARD John 1606 tailor TAYLOR Thomas 1618 yeoman HINCKES Thomas (sen.) 1711 husbandman TILLEAR Roger 1568 husbandman KENDALL * Henry 1658 Gentleman. Pell 417 TOMLINSON Henry 1667 husbandman (reprinted in Kendall family TWICROSS Thomas 1612 husbandman history) WILSON George 1611 yeoman KENDALL Henry 1673 gentleman WISE Richard 1652 husbandman? KING John 1678 yeoman WOOD Timothy 1725 wheelwright KING William 1625 husbandman WRIGHT John 1660 carpenter LACON* Alice 1614 Widow PROB 11/123/14 WRIGHT Ralph 1624 carpenter LAKIN John 1630 yeoman WYKES Edward 1678 blacksmith WYLKINSON John 1549 husbandman Wills marked * have a probate number and were proved at Prerogative Court of Canterbury. Nuneaton & North Warwickshire Family History Society - Journal Page 13

Notes on the Descendancy of the Family of Ensor By Peter Lee If you visit the village of Ettington in tively the arms of Ferrers and Ridel. whose descendents – the Ensor fam- the south of the county of Warwick- Hence the Earls Ferrers. ily - adopted the crest of three horse- shire, you will find a nineteenth cen- shoes, when horseshoes were the pre- tury mansion that was once the seat of As Saswalo was a nobleman of Flan- dominant symbol of the Ferrers family the Shirley family. Indeed the manor ders I speculate if he was in any way (old French – ferreor – or farrier or and the previous house had been in related to the Counts of Flanders who man who shoes horses.)? their family for over 900 years. The were descended from Charlemagne building today is one of England’s and thus entitled to claim their de- (There may have been two more men grandest hotels. Engraved on a stone scendency back to Ansigie of Austra- by the name of Saswalo who also fea- wall is lettering which reads: sia who was alive in the year 620AD? tured in the records of Domesday.) A That part we do not know for sure but Saswalo or Saxwalo (son of Peter “When good St. Edward wore the by witnessing that charter of Baldwin, Bouville) who held land in Suffolk, crown/ Saswallo here was thane: Bishop of Tournay in 1087 brings him Finlesford, Haverhill, Creeting St. Pe- His male stem this manor own/ Now in close proximity to someone who ter and another Saswalo – Abbott of in Victoria’s reign” was so descended. Peterborough’s man – who held land at Bytham in Lincolnshire. Saswalo of There are other families who have The connection is partially strength- Ettington also had manors in Row- claimed descendency from Saswal[l]o ened from a book entitled bury, Berkshire; Fairstead, Essex; including the families of de Etwall, de “Continental Germanic personal Titchmarsh, Northamptonshire; King- Mungei, de Snitterton and Ible, De names in England in old and middle ham and Rycote, and Heighton in Sus- Pecco, de Alfreton, Ingleram, de Ire- English Times” by Thorvald Forssner. sex – this in addition to his nine man- ton and de Ednesour (from whom the (Upsalla Press 1916). This lists the ors in . current family of Ensor now under romance name “Saxwalo a rare but review are all descended) - but who adequately recorded name” – which Henry de Ferrers was at Hastings as he was Saswalo? strengthens Saswalo’s possible Ger- was listed in the church of Dives-sur- man or Carolingian ancestry. Another Mer, Normandy where the knights The Shirleys believe he was a Saxon connection I find on the internet in a said mass before setting sail for Eng- nobleman who for some reason bene- document written by Annette Hardie- land in 1066. His tenant Saswalo may fited under the largesse of William the Stoffelen entitled “The rise of the not have sailed with him, we do not Conqueror. I beg to differ and here is Flemish Families in Scotland” (www. know for sure, but was sufficiently the reason. A book entitled ‘The Nor- amg1.net/flemfam.htm) - she talks of involved with the invading de Ferrers man People’ published in London “Those Flemings who had followed to hold a knight’s fee for each of the 1989 reads : "Shirley: This family de- Count Eustace II of Bolougne to Eng- nine manors granted to him after the scends from Sasualo, who held vast land in 1066 and received their territo- Conquest. (Henry Ferrers was granted estates from Henry de Ferrers 1086. ries there from William of Normandy, huge tracts of land in Derbyshire, Staf- He had been supposed of Anglo-Saxon were now being offered large tracts of fordshire, , Northamp- origin, but the name does not occur Scotland because their Lady had be- tonshire and Warwickshire, 210 man- amongst the proprietor’s t. Edward come that country’s king.” ors in all, of which 114 were in Derby- Confessor (Domesd.); nor is it prob- shire alone.) able that such vast estates (nine This document goes on to talk about knight's fees) would have been given the family which took the name “Hay” We know that Saswalo had at least to an Anglo Saxon. The name is The ancestor of the Scottish Hay fam- one son – Sewallis ( -1085?) – who probably foreign. Sasualo or Saswalo ily, William de la Haie, came to Scot- in turn had two sons namely Henry fil was Castellan of Lisle (Keeper of the land in the reign of King David I and Sewallis and Fulcher fil Sewallis. ( - castle of L’Isle – or the island – now became butler to both Malcolm IV and 1105) Henry did not have any off- Lille in Northern France but then) - William the Lion. His place of origin spring but Fulcher had the following: Flanders c.1000 and 1039 founded the was named La Haie, near Loos in west 1. Jordan (heir to his uncle Henry) Abbey of Palempin (Albert Miraeus, Flanders whose lords served the cas- died without issue. Op. Diplom. i. 54) His son, Robert, tellans of Lille…..the first castellans 2. Henry who sold the manor of Et- Castellan of Lisle, had 1. Roger, of Lille descended from the noble tington to Sewallis (his brother) in whose grandson went to the Crusade Fleming Saswalo of Phalempin. As 1129. Henry had a son Fulcher who 1096, and from whose brother Hugh you will see later the Ensors figure in took the name de Ireton. A male de- descended the powerful Castellans of the Scottish aristocracy and in one of scent which died out in 1711. (Henry Lisle. 2. Sasualo or Sigwalo, who wit- the most dramatic episodes in Scottish Ireton in this line was the son in law of nessed a charter of Baldwin, Bishop of family life that took place in exile in Oliver Cromwell and Lord Deputy of Tournay 1087 (ib. 60). He appears to Devonshire–the story of Lorna Doone! Ireland) be the ancestor of this family, who 3. Sewallis II de Sayrle (of Sirelei, or came to England 1066. From him de- However, why did Saswalo (?1025- Shirley a village in Derbyshire) whose scended the families of Edensor, Ire- 1115) turn up with nine manors descendents still live today in that vil- ton, and Shirley, who bore respec- granted to him by Henry Seigneur de lage. Sewallis married Maud Ridel of Ferrers et Chambrey (1036-1088) and (Continued on page 14) Page 14 Nuneaton & North Warwickshire Family History Society - Journal

(Continued from page 13) of the Nuns Minoresses of the Order Thomas Endesore of Comberford who Halaughton Co. Derby. He held the of St. Clare-without-Aldgate, London was described as a gentleman at the baronetcies: Earl Ferrers and Viscount and convent………..for the sum of Visitation of 1583 had the following or Baron Tamworth, this latter title xxvj li xiij s. iv d.from the farm at children: still being held by his living descen- their rectory of Hertyngton for one 1. Christopher Endesore, (1562 - ) m. dents today. (Robert William Saswalo year.) Hartington was a place where Jane? (or Siscell) Breton dau. of John Shirley, Viscount Tamworth the de Edensors resided and were still Breton of Tamworth 23.1.1591/2 – [1952- ]) in residence in the 19th century. It is this Christopher is described as of 4. Robert, about whom we have no believed that there were three de Comberford. further information presently. Edensor brothers who were granted 2. Walter Endesore. 5. Fulcherus who married twice: (1) land in the Snitterton area in 1350 – 3. John Endesore, ( - 1594)m. Anne ? unknown (2) Margaret, died childless. these may be the missing link in the ( - 1598) and it is from him that the family tree, but we do not know how main line of Wilnecote Ensors (then Son nr, 3 Sewallis had five sons: they fit in. Such a connection is said to known as Wilmcote) descends who 1. Henry Shirley ( -1165) who was a have been made by other family histo- inherited the Wilnecote estate until it witness to the foundation of rians but I have not yet seen this evi- ran out into the female line through Abbey near Atherstone in 1148. He dence. This information came partly the Paul family some 200 years later. had a son Sewallis who married Isabel from “The First Century of Feudalism For John’s offspring see below. co. heir of Robert Meynell of Langley 1066-1166” by F.M. Stenton (a 4. William Endesore, Meynell, and a daughter Joanna lecture given in 1929 and published in 5. Elizabeth Endesore, (heiress of John de Clinton of Essex) 1950). 6. Susan Endesore, 2. Hugh, a priest. 7. Isabel Endesore. This brings us on 3. Ralph Jordan had at least one son Simon. to another Ensor connection about 4. Richard At this stage there now appears to be which I know very little, but I wonder 5. Dominus Fulcher de Ednesor of if Isabel Ensor was the I. Ensor who Ednsor and Chatsworth (in 1190). (He three positive Ensor lines: -The Hartington Ednesors who re- married James Stuart – created Lord gave the church at Edensor to the Prior Doune in 1581 whose family brought of Rocester). whose children were mained on their Derbyshire property th about the Doone dynasty which fea- Thomas de Edensor, lord of the manor until at least the 19 century. -The Tissington family. tured Charles Stuart (Carver Doone) of Baddesley Ensor, Polesworth, New- whose son was named Ensor Stuart ton Regis and Seckington. Other chil- -And, more importantly for Nuneaton and North Warwickshire historians, Doone, and whose family featured in dren of Dominus were, Adam, the legendary story of Lorna Doone? Randolph, Henrie and Richard of the Comberford/Wilnecote families. This is how they descend: The dates seem to be about right but Tissington. It is from these that we there is no other evidence to support it. believe the extant male line of the En- Thomas Endesore (1472- ) of Comberford near Tamworth married That is, of course, another story! One sors descends. Sir Thomas de Edensor thing is for sure the Christian name died in 1285 without male issue. His Anne Hopwas sole daughter and heir- ess of William Hopwas (1447 - ) of Ensor turns up in the Doone family for property interests passed down the several generations thereafter. female line into the Cockayne and Comberford. This couple had three Hertill families through his daughter’s sons: John Ensor’s family ( -1594) was as marriages. (the manor of Ednesour 1. John Endesore (1502 - ) who detailed below: had been held by men called Levenot married Eleanor Savage. 1. Thomas Ensor, son and heir, ( - and Chetei in the reign of Edward the 2. Edward Endesore (1506 - ) who bur. 18.2.1629) described as Thomas Confessor – The History of the County married the daughter of John Cooper Ensor of Wilnecote. of Derby, Stephen Glover, 1829) of Abbots Bromley. 2. Barnaby Ensor of Wylnecote, yeo- 3. Humphrey Endesore (1508 - ) who man marriage settlement of 14.1.1579. Dominus’s son Adam was knighted married and had one son Thomas. We His will was proved at Lichfield and became Sir Adam de Edensor, do not know the name of his bride. 23.2.1599.and he was buried at Tam- who died without male heir and his worth. He married Agnes Alport, estates passed to Robert de Bozon The oldest son of Thomas Endesore, daughter and co-heir of John Alport of about the year 1281. Another son mar- John, born about 1502 had at least one Hatherton, Staffordshire (she was bur- ried Alice de Sandiacre and inherited son who was born c.1532. He married ied November 14th 1625) substantial estates in Derbyshire from Dorothy Comberford, daughter of 3. Anne Ensor married William Nick- his wife and Richard de Ednesor of Humphrey Comberford (1485-1556). lyn on 6th October 1588. Tissington inherited this estate through A daughter of John, Catherine Ende- 4. Walter Ensor. Walter married and his wife, of the family of Savage, in sore married Leonard Stanley of Har- had several children. Ann (1593- ); 1270. borne, Staffordshire. Harborne was a neck of Staffordshire that projected Dorothy (1595- ); Jane (1596/7- ); The known Wilnecote Ensor line may into Warwickshire in the Birmingham Elizabeth (1599- ); Katherine descend from one of the other sons area. It is now part of Birmingham, (1605- ). whose offspring included Richard 5. Christopher Ensor who married which makes me wonder if this is the nd Edensor of Abbots Bromley, and Tho- route later Ensors came to that city. Dorothy on 2 . February 1607. mas Edensor who married Dorothy Through inheriting this property; there Comberford (there was a Dorothea are other possibilities. Next issue: The Ensor/Shakespeare Comberford, Abbess of the Monastery connection mystery Nuneaton & North Warwickshire Family History Society - Journal Page 15

GET NETTED Here is the latest roundup of the best and newest websites. Best 101 websites Some information has been taken from the RootsWeb Review. RootsWeb.com is named as one of Family Tree Magazine's Don’t forget, please send in any that you find and want to annual 101 best family history websites in its August 2002 is- share. sue. The full list can be found at: http://www.familytreemagazine.com/101sites/2002 Victorian era on the web This is a very interesting website for those researching in the Commonwealth War Graves Victorian era: www.victorianweb.org. Lots of pages, sorted The website is slick despite their warning that it may be slow by topics. Includes some interesting pages on religion - might due to over quarter of a million regular “hits”. If your ancestor help the lateral thinking of why your "lost" souls disappeared died at WW1, WW2 or other major war you may be surprised from established church records!! Another site featuring Lon- at the detail on the CWGC site. www.cwgc.org don in Victorian times is www.victorianlondon.org Viruses, worms, and hoaxes 1901 census Educate yourself about viruses and worms because they do not Researchers using the census transcription available at “local go away. They are a constant threat and could destroy your centres" report many errors. If you cannot locate someone you valuable genealogical files. The current attack of the Klez think should be in the area, it may be a transcription prob- worm, which forges the "from address" is fooling many com- lem. It is now known that the transcribing was sub-contracted puter users. It is being sent to you privately by an infected com- to the Asian sub-continent: all naturally fully checked by com- puter (often without the owner's knowledge), with a stolen missioning body for accuracy...I think not! It is difficult enough "From" e-mail address. 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At the moment there are Map sites big gaps but new records are constantly being added. New vol- Superb old maps and plans at http://go.to/genmaps unteers are always welcome. Search the database at www. Street maps at www.mapquest.com freebmd.rootswb.com If you have Cheshire connections, the Aerial photos; historic photos of towns etc; street-level maps of Cheshire indexes of the county registrar are available on-line, the , Europe and the US; road maps of the thanks to the efforts of the Family History Society of Cheshire. world; door-to-door travel directions; weather forecasts; the Visit their website: www.fhsc.org or go directly to the BMD London Underground map; links to location information at at: www.cheshirebmd.org.uk where the indexes are regularly www.multimap.com added to. There are direct links to a printable form to order cer- tificates from the appropriate registrar offices in Cheshire. Photographers List of Warks / Brum photographers. Another good site from IGI batch numbers: Pickard Trepess http://www.hunimex.com/warwick/photogs. There is an extremely helpful site to enable you to use the web html version of the IGI to search for all instances of a surname in a register, or all its entries, by using batch numbers. http:// History of silk weaving in Coventry freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hughwallis/ Cash’s are one of the few remaining silk weaving companies, IGIBatchNumbers/CountryEngland.htm#PageTitle read about their history at http://www.jjcash.co.uk/history. htm More census sites Richard Griffiths has set up a searchable 1861 census database Castles and stately homes for part of the Black Country at http://griffs.treehouse.tripod. Brilliant photos, details etc for castles and stately homes all com over the UK at http://www.dlc.fi/~hurmari/castles.html Pickard Trepess has posted 5 additional census files for the Rugby area to his website: Budbrook Barracks, Long Lawford, Local churches Brinklow North (Enumeration District 2), Brinklow South Attleborough Baptist Church has a website with an interesting (Enumeration District 3), and Combe Fields. Just follow the history of the church, details of archives and records, and a list links on the site at http://www.hunimex.com/warwick/ of church members from 1810: http://users.churchserve.com/ census/warkcen_1891.html uk/attleboroughbaptist/ Some details of other lWarwickshire churches can be found at the following site (follow the links to Census data for Goole, Yorkshire, 262 records http://userdb. specific churches)http://www.cwn.org.uk/religion/worship/ rootsweb.com/uki/ church-of-england Page 16 Nuneaton & North Warwickshire Family History Society - Journal

HELP WANTED

Jacqui Simkins, member No 68 where Sarah Ellen Redding was to Also when John married Anne Maria writes: I have recently exchanged marry Richard Holland HAWKE in MOSLEY 24/4/1864 at St Matthews email with Miriam Smith in Australia 1893: interestingly she gave her father Aston, Worcestershire, he was already who contacted me after seeing I was as John Higgs. a widower so I would like to find his seeking Simkins in Staffordshire. first marriage between 1851 and 1863, Whilst there are many similar first Lillian Higgs was to move to Massa- and a burial of his first wife to enable names, we have not been able to tie chusetts, USA where she married Tho- me to build up a good profile. If any- her Simkins to mine in the second half mas FENNO on 13 August 1921 one can help I would be very grateful. of the 19th century. This is Miriam’s when she was a 40 year-old spinster: Please reply to: George Lawrence, 28 plea for help from members in north father given as John Higgs, mother as Oxford Street, Wellingborough, Warwickshire: Mary A Simpkins (sic). Northants, NN8 4JE Tel 01933 222190 I am seeking information on John Death records for Mary Ann and sec- REDDING and Mary Ann SIMKINS ond husband John Higgs remain un- rrrrrrrrrrrrrr who would have married prior to 20 found: these could be in New Zealand, June 1873 on which date a daughter, or Australia. Barbara Kingman, member No 37 Sarah Ellen, was born at George writes:- Street, Tamworth. Her father is shown If any member can help in any way, on the birth certificate as being “John you can either email Miriam on: I have been researching the CAT- Redding, a publican”. So far attempts [email protected] or contact TELL branch of my family for a few to trace the marriage through the in- NNWFHS member Jacqui Simkins years now with some success but dexes, even using variants of the two (no: 68) who will happily forward in- would really like to find a present day surnames, have proved futile: has any- formation to Australia. connection in Bedworth/ Nuneaton if one found a marriage that may be this possible. Here are a few details from couple? Does anyone have recollec- rrrrrrrrrrrrrr my tree which may ring a bell with tion of seeing either of them on the someone. 1861 or 1871 census which would George Lawrence, member No 259 help pin down their parentage and has sent in this request for help:- Richard CATTELL born 1681 at Lut- when they were married? terworth married Elizabeth DURLIS- I am urgently trying to find the birth or SON from Coventry in 1709. The next John was to die on 17 April, 1877 at baptism of my great grandfather, John 3 generations i.e. William born 1710, Tamworth when he was aged 36 or 38: BEALE, circa 1829. John does not Richard born 1736, and William born at time of death he was “an innkeeper appear on the 1851 census for War- 1767 all stayed in Coventry. Then this and gardener”. His will was proved wickshire, unless he is a servant of the last William married Mary GREEN and probate granted May 1877. There Edmonds family in Birmingham, but from Bedworth in 1793. They had 7 is another death entry in the registers the ages differ by 5 years. On John’s children including my 3 x great grand- for a child, also John Redding, who marriage certificate his father’s name father, Samuel CATTELL born 1812, died in Tamworth in the same quarter, is given as Isaac, a weaver, and, on the who married Sarah AUGHT in 1830 aged 2 and this could be a son: was 1851 census I have found (at Cook at Nuneaton. Samuel and Sarah were there an epidemic at this time which Street, College Yard, Coventry) an handloom silk weavers and lived at claimed father and his son, or was Isaac Beale age 47 Silk Dyer born Tuttle Hill. Their son, Alfred born there some other incident, and would Hinckley LEI with his wife Pheobe 1831, married Mary BULEY in 1857. anyone be aware of any related news- age 55 born London MID and son They had 5 children in Nuneaton - paper articles? Thomas age 17 also born Hinckley including my great grandfather Edwin LEI. Pheobe may be Isaac’s 2nd wife born 1862 - and a further 3 after mov- The next “sighting” of Mary Ann and as I have found an entry on the IGI for ing to London in 1868. My mother Sarah Ellen is in New Zealand – but a probable marriage at Holy Trinity can remember visiting Edwin at a where they were, or what they were Coventry 17/10/1841. There is no small cottage on Lutterworth Road, doing from 1877 to 1881 is a mystery. other obvious marriage for Isaac be- Nuneaton in the 1920’s. In October 1881 Mary Ann gave birth fore this date, and I can find no bap- to a daughter Lillian whose father is tisms for either John or Thomas on the If anyone thinks they may have a link shown as being John HIGGS. Further IGI. I am unable to access the 1851 with my tree or knows of any present children were born to the couple but census for Leics and wondered if John day CATTELLS that may be con- again, no marriage has been found in belonged to this Isaac and family but nected to my line then I would love to UK or Australia. was in Leics when the census was hear from them. I can be contacted at: taken. 103 London Road, Chatteris, Cambs, The saga now moves to Australia PE16 6LS Nuneaton & North Warwickshire Family History Society - Journal Page 17

Forthcoming Events Saturday 20th July 2002. Visit to Polesworth Abbey and Mancetter Church (St Peter). Trip will depart from Chilvers Coton Heritage Cen- NoticeBoard tre 10am and arrive back there at 4pm. Tour of Polesworth Abbey in the morning then lunch at a suitable pub - perhaps the Pretty Pigs at Aming- ton. Visit to Mancetter church and its two churchyards in the afternoon, returning to Nuneaton via Mancetter Manor. Depending on numbers, Pe- ter Lee will either hire a self drive mini bus or a Courts 24 seater minibus. Cost around £10 depending on numbers. If you are interestedor would like more information please contact Peter Lee as soon as possible. Tel: (024) 7638 1090 email [email protected]

Sunday 21st July 2002. De-Haviland Flyover Nuneaton. Approximately 50 planes will take part in this commemorative flyover. They will land at airfield. No other information available as yet but watch the local press for details.

13th - 16th September 2002. Heritage Open Days. The theme this year is ‘Young People’. The buildings which will be open during the Heritage days will be linked to two trails, one in Nuneaton and one in Bedworth. On the Saturday, the Chilvers Coton Heritage Centre will be open and contain various displays. Members of NNWFHS are being invited to come along to display and share their own family history research. More information and details will be available locally nearer the date, or contact Peter Lee.

Saturday 28th and Sunday 29th September 2002. The Family History Experience. The Society of Genealogists will hold this annual event at the National Agricultural Centre, Stoneleigh Park, Coventry. 10am to 5pm both days. Advance tick- ets (before 19th Sept) cost £4, tickets purchased on the day cost £6. Free parking on site and a free shuttle bus from Coventry bus station. Lots of exhibitors, plus lectures and presentations on many aspects of family history and demonstrations on the use of computers and the World Wide Web for your research. For more information contact: Society of Genealogists, 14 Charterhouse Buildings, Goswell Rd, London, EC1M 7BA. Phone 020 7553 3290. Email [email protected] or visit the website at www.sog.org.uk

September 2002. Mike Palladino Memorial Lecture. This year Peter Lee is trying to arrange a speaker from De-Havilland for the lecture which will take place in the Nuneaton Council Chamber. More details soon.

Saturday 19 October 2002, 10 am - 4pm Oxfordshire FHS Open Day. This year’s Open Day will be at the society’s usual meeting venue: Exeter Hall, Oxford Road, Kidlington, Oxford, OX5 1AB. Admission to the Open Day is free, whilst light refreshment will be on sale at reasonable prices. The venue is situated on a frequent bus route, and is easily reached by public transport. Those travelling by car will find Kidlington close to the main A34 and A40 trunk roads. There is limited free car parking on site.

The Open Day will feature :- well known guest lecturer Audrey Collins giving two or three presentations on topics of interest to family historians; a demonstration and workshop on the scanning of old photographs by Kevin Tomes of the well-known Oxford printing firm “Parchment”; an assortment of visiting societies, dealers in second hand books and postcards, sales of microfiche readers and the like; the society's library and search services; a beginners' helpdesk; computing demonstrations giving advice on such things as which genealogical software package to choose, and the use of the internet in family history.

For more information visit the society’s website at www.ofhs.org.uk or email Paul Gaskell at [email protected]

Notices Warwick Record Office Refurbishment and Extension Programme. The record office is now closed to the public until Spring 2003 to allow contractors to carry out substantial refurbishment work to public and staff areas. From Monday 24 June, subject to the refurbishment programme at Warwick Library, the Record Office will provide a reduced service using micro- film, microfiche, CD ROM and the Internet, but no original documents, at Warwick Library, Barrack Street, Warwick. The opening hours will be: Monday - Friday: 9.30-5.30 and Saturday: 9.30-12.30. Anyone wishing to use the reduced service is strongly advised to check availability in advance by ringing 01926 412735. A restricted enquiry service will operate from Warwick Library to answer enquiries by fax, +(0)1926 412509, telephone, +(0)1926 412735, e-mail recordof- [email protected], or by letter. For more information contact the record office or see the website at:- www. warwickshire.gov.uk/countyrecordoffice.

Purchase of GRO records of Births Marriages and Deaths (Catherines House Index) NNWFHS are looking into the possibility of purchasing some of the records of births, marriages and deaths for use by society members and, perhaps, the general public. The cost of the records on microfiche is substantial and, unless we are able to obtain a grant, the society would have to purchase the records bit by bit. We would welcome feedback from members as to whether they approve of our spending society funds in this way.

If you have anything for the notice board please contact Pat Boucher