Papers by Warren Skidmore on Descendants of Reginald De Scudamore, Eldest Son of Ralph the Domesday 1 Tenant
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Papers by Warren Skidmore on descendants of Reginald de Scudamore, eldest son of Ralph the Domesday 1 tenant. compiled by Linda Moffatt from the original work of Warren Skidmore. It consists of material selected from • the 2006 CD produced by Warren Skidmore and Frank Skidmore (no longer available, all material transferred to the site of the Skidmore/ Scudamore One-Name Study) • Occasional Papers written by Warren Skidmore since that date. These occasional papers once formed the content of Warren Skidmore's website (all now transferred to the site of the Skidmore/ Scudamore One-Name Study). Linda Moffatt May 2017 Custodian, Skidmore/ Scudamore One-Name Study www.skidmorefamilyhistory.com [email protected] CONTENTS 188 PAGES, see next page. 1 The descent of the Principal Branches of the worldwide Skidmore/ Scudamore family is outlined in the Family History section of the family website www.skidmorefamilyhistory.com. 1 page source Title Notes separate Book The Scudamores of Upton Scudamore: file A Knightly Family in Medieval Wiltshire, 1086-1382. separate Occasional Some Notes on the Skidmore (Scudemer) Family in the 11th to the 14th file Paper 44 Centuries in Southwest England. separate OP 46 Scudamore descendants of certain younger sons that came out of Upton file Scudamore, Wiltshire 4 2006 CD THE TWO MEDIEVAL MILITARY EFFIGIES AT UPTON SCUDAMORE, WILTSHIRE. 6 2006 CD THE SKYDMORES IN THE RECORDS OF THE POLL TAXES OF 1377, 1379 AND 1381. 8 2006 CD SCUDAMORE/SKYDMORE IN CHANCERY AND OTHER EARLY LEGAL PROCEEDINGS. 24 OP 45 THE SKYDMORES OF CHETTISCOMBE, DEVON. 30 2006 CD MILITARY SURVEY IN GLOUCESTERSHIRE IN 1522. 31 2006 CD MEN AND ARMOUR FOR GLOUCESTERSHIRE IN 1608. 35 OP 43 THE SKYDMORES OF WESTERLEIGH, THEIR LIVES AND TIMES, WITH THEIR PROBATES AND A GOOD MANY OTHER SOURCES. 53 OP 28 THE SKYDMORE FAMILY OF CHEWTON MENDIP, SOMERSET, AND EYAM, DERBYSHIRE. 65 OP 9 THE OVERLAND NARRATIVE OF TRAVEL IN 1855 TO UTAH, BY WILLIAM LOBARK SKIDMORE, THEN TEN YEARS OF AGE. 68 OP 26 TWO SCUDAMORE BROTHERS - - AND THEIR GRAND DELUSION. Warren Skidmore's additional work on the Westerleigh Skidmores since the publication of his 2010 edition of Thomas Skidmore (Scudamore), 1605-1684, of Westerleigh, Gloucestershire, and Fairfield, Connecticut; his ancestors, and descendants to the ninth generation. separate Book Thomas Skidmore (Scudamore), 1605-1684, of Westerleigh, file Gloucestershire, and Fairfield, Connecticut; his ancestors, and descendants to the ninth generation. 73 OP 20 THE ORIGIN OF JOAN SKIDMORE (1612?-1667) OF FAIRFIELD & HER Thomas [1] SISTER ANN SANFORD OF MILFORD, CONNECTICUT 75 OP 41 DANIEL WHITEHEAD, (1603?-1668), OF HEMPSTEAD, AND HIS PROBABLE REAL SKIDMORE WIFE 78 2006 CD EDWARD AND SARAH (HOWES) TREDWELL OF LONG ISLAND 79 OP 11 POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR THE SALE OF THOMAS SCUDAMORE’S TENEMENT AT WESTERLEIGH, GLOUCESTERSHIRE, 1640 80 2006 CD PETITION OF JOHN AND SUSANNAH SKIDMORE OF JAMAICA, LONG John [4] ISLAND ABOUT A MURDER BY THEIR SON JOHN IN 1675 81 2006 CD TRIAL OF JOHN SCUDAMORE, JR., AGED ABOUT 12, FOR THE MURDER OF THOMAS BARKER 82 OP 3 THE WILL OF JOHN SKIDMORE OF JAMAICA, LONG ISLAND, 1678 83 2006 CD INVENTORY OF JOHN SKIDMORE, TOWN CLERK OF JAMAICA TAKEN IN 1680 84 2006 CD FULKE DAVIS OF EAST HAMPTON AND JAMAICA, LONG ISLAND 86 2006 CD THE 1737 INVENTORY OF JOHN SCIDMORE OF HUNTINGTON, LONG John [6] ISLAND 88 OP 7 INDENTURE BY JOSEPH SKIDMORE, TO HIS ELDEST SON SAMUEL, ABOUT Joseph [12] THE ESTATE OF HIS UNCLE THOMAS SKIDMORE 89 2006 CD RALPH SKIDMORE OF HAMPSHIRE COUNTY, A CASE HISTORY and DESCENDANTS CALLED SKIDMORE OF RALPH FARGO AND ELIZABETH 1st wife of TOOKER OF NEW LONDON COUNTY, CONNECTICUT Joseph [12] 2 100 PETER SKIDMORE alias FLEET (c.1780-1847), SLAVE TO ISAAC SKIDMORE Isaac [30] son of AT HUNTINGTON, LONG ISLAND Joseph [12] 102 2006 CD THE LOYALIST SKIDMORES OF ESSEX COUNTY, NEW JERSEY John [13] 104 OP 6 “ELIZA SCIDMORE, PAINTING THE TOWN PINK” gt.gt.gt.gdau of John [13] 107 2006 CD THE JOSEPH SKIDMORE FAMILY OF PENDLETON COUNTY, VIRGINIA Joseph [24] 108 OP 36 'GRANNY' [AGNES] SKIDMORE, A NURSE-PRACTITIONER BY 1769 IN Joseph [24] VIRGINIA 113 2006 CD THE WILL OF JOSEPH SKIDMORE (DIED 1775) OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, VIRGINIA 116 OP 9 A SUIT IN CHANCERY: PHARES VS. VENEMAN, 1777 Joseph [57] 117 OP 5 THE WILL OF CAPTAIN JOHN SKIDMORE, 1809 John [59] 118 OP 34 JOHN SKIDMORE AND HIS COMPANIES AT THE BATTLE OF POINT John [59] PLEASANT IN 1774, AND AT FORT HINCKEL IN JUNE 1775. 133 2006 CD CAPTAIN JOSEPH FRIEND'S REVOLUTIONARY PENSION PETITION 135 2006 CD THE ANDREW SKIDMORE FAMILY OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, VIRGINIA Andrew [63] 136 2006 CD DEED OF GIFT BY ANDREW SKIDMORE OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, VIRGINIA TO HIS CHILDREN 137 2006 CD THE LEGISLATIVE PETITION OF ANDREW SCIDMORE OF NICHOLAS COUNTY, VIRGINIA, 1818 138 2006 CD THE SKIDMORE-JOHNSON CONNECTION, A NEW LOOK AT AN OLD MISTAKE! 141 2006 CD JOHN SKIDMORE OF BRAXTON COUNTY AND HIS REMARKABLE TOY CLOCK Bland Skidmore, 142 OP 21 “SOMEWHERE IN FRANCE,” LETTERS HOME FROM AN A.E.F “SAMMY” IN gt.gt.gt.gson of 1918. Joseph [24] 151 OP 40 RICHARD SKIDMORE, JUNIOR (1739-1820), KNOWN AS “OLD SKID,” HIS Richard [41] ANCESTRY, AND HIS POSTERITY AT DANVERS IN MASSACHUSETTS gt.gson of John [4] 167 OP 24 THE INVENTORY TAKEN IN 1762 OF THE SHOP AND MEDICINES OF DR. brother to JOHN SKIDMORE AT DOVER, DELAWARE. Samuel [49] 171 OP 4 WILL OF DR. SAMUEL SKIDMORE OF DOVER, DELAWARE, 1771 Samuel [49] 173 OP 15 THOMAS SKIDMORE (1790-1832) OF MANHATTAN, NEW YORK CITY, AN Thomas [271] APPRECIATION 174 OP 42 LEWIS PALMER SKIDMORE (1877-1955), THE TITANIC, AND A MOMENT OF FAME 176 2006 CD THE SKIDMORE FOUNTAIN, by Charles Erskine Scott Wood. 180 THE DESCENDANTS OF ISAAC SKIDMORE compiled 1906 Isaac [242] 3 THE TWO MEDIEVAL MILITARY EFFIGIES AT UPTON SCUDAMORE, WILTSHIRE by Warren Skidmore [This is a new Appendix V to be added to The Scudamores of Upton Scudamore. It has been “borrowed” in large part from a fine unsigned typescript sent to me by the late Tim Woodman just before his death. He did not mention the name of the author. It does not seem that the author had used my book on Upton Scudamore, and he may have been unknown to Tim. I have made what I think are better guesses as to the identities of the two effigies based on his dating of them. I have added a note on the new plinths, and one or two other details. However the primary value of this appendix is due to the technical expertise of an unnamed scholar, who has obviously devoted an enormous amount of time to medieval effigies. (WS)] The two military effigies in the north chapel of the church of St Mary the Virgin, Upton Scudamore, are both mutilated and badly worn but sufficient detail remains, in each case, to identify aspects of the design and style of the figures, and to suggest approximate dates for their carving. Traces of thick paint remain in local areas on both effigies, probably as the result of more than one repainting of the figures. The original polychrome may still be preserved underneath this. The types of stone from which the effigies have been carved have not yet been determined. The worn condition of the two figures suggests that they were outside in the churchyard for a considerable period. Handsome new plinths have recently been made for the effigies paid for both by the parishioners and visitors to the church (which frequently include members of the family). The earlier figure depicts a knight wearing a long, sleeveless gown over a mail shirt (hauberk). He carries a long kite-shaped shield on his left side, supported by a strap (guige) over his right shoulder. He is shown with his left hand lying on the scabbard of his sword and his right arm, which is mostly lost, probably lay alongside the body with the hand resting on his right thigh or hip. The legs, which are broken off above the knees, were shown cross-legged (see the greater height of the right thigh above the base slab). The knight's head rests on a single cushion set diagonally. The base slab is badly broken, but on surviving portions of three edges it can be seen that it originally had a deeply hollowed chamfer. Widely separated along this are worn sprigs of foliage known in an architectural context as "stiff leaf". These features are consistent with a date of carving in the third quarter of the 13th century. The cross- legged attitude became increasingly popular from about the middle of the 13th century but around 1280 the fashion in ornamental foliage changed in favour of naturalistic leaves, where a multitude of real plants were represented. The relaxed hand positions and long, narrow shield would both be acceptable features of a figure of about 1270, a date which is about right for this effigy. Another important detail is the carving of the mail, which can be seen on the top of the right shoulder. This is shown as curved links in parallel lines which run vertically down the arm instead of in the more usual, horizontal direction. This direction is commonly found on 4 military effigies of the 13th and early 14th centuries made in south-west England. The feature has been claimed as a characteristic of work produced by masons associated with Wells and Bristol, but appears to have been somewhat less specific than this being rather a trait of work done in southwestern England in general.