Visitation The Palmer Family of Roydon and Chelsea Mr Ralph Palmer Senior of Chelsea © Pierpont Morgan Library, New York City An Account by David Man: This Being a Rough Draft May 2015 The Palmer Family of Roydon and Chelsea Table of Contents Table of Contents ..................................................................................................................................................................... 1 Preamble ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 0 Introduction ............................................................................................................................................................................... 0 Mathew Palmer (1550? – 1605) ........................................................................................................................................ 1 Mathew Palmer’s Will ............................................................................................................................................................ 0 Raven Family ............................................................................................................................................................................. 1 Thomas (1589 – 1631), the eldest son of Mathew and Anne (Raven) Palmer. ............................................. 2 Ralph (1602 - 1633?), the youngest son of Mathew and Anne (Raven) Palmer. .......................................... 3 Edward, (?1598-1677) being the second son of Mathew and Ann (Raven) Palmer ................................... 5 The Career of Edward Palmer ............................................................................................................................................ 9 The Death of Mr. Andrew Downes. ................................................................................................................................... 9 The Vavasor Family of Waltham Abbey ....................................................................................................................... 12 The Death and the Will of Edward Palmer .................................................................................................................. 15 The ‘Sentence’ of Edward Palmer ................................................................................................................................... 17 Mathew (1631-1665), the son of Edward Palmer ................................................................................................... 20 Andrew (1595-1658), the third son of Mathew Palmer ........................................................................................ 23 A Note on St. Giles Cripplegate ......................................................................................................................................... 27 Andrew Palmer’s Will .......................................................................................................................................................... 28 The Children of Andrew and Elizabeth (Hamey) Palmer ................................................................................. 30 Baldwin Palmer (1635-1651) .......................................................................................................................................... 30 Elizabeth, (circa 1637 - 1657). ......................................................................................................................................... 31 Ralph Palmer (I) (1636–1715/16)................................................................................................................................. 34 The Will of Ralph Palmer (I). ............................................................................................................................................ 39 A Note on St. Luke’s, Chelsea ............................................................................................................................................ 41 Elizabeth Palmer (1664-1686) ........................................................................................................................................ 44 The Palmer – Verney Marriage Negotiations ............................................................................................................. 45 The Wedding Takes Place and Visits are made. ........................................................................................................ 52 After the Nuptials: Visits and Setting up a New Home ........................................................................................... 56 1686: The Death of Elizabeth (Palmer) Verney ........................................................................................................ 66 1690 John Verney Becomes his Father’s Heir............................................................................................................ 68 John Verney’s Two Other Marriages .............................................................................................................................. 69 John Verney’s Early Life ...................................................................................................................................................... 75 1 The Palmer Family of Roydon and Chelsea John Verney’s Mercantile Career ..................................................................................................................................... 79 1717 The Death of John Verney ....................................................................................................................................... 82 Cornelia Palmer (1668/69 – 1717) ............................................................................................................................... 86 The Dunk or Dunck family ................................................................................................................................................. 91 Sir Thomas Dunk’s Will: Dated 8th July 1718. ............................................................................................................ 93 Alice Palmer (1670 – 1745). ............................................................................................................................................. 96 Alice Palmer’s Will 1737 ..................................................................................................................................................... 96 Ralph Palmer (1667/68–1746/47) ............................................................................................................................... 97 The Marriage of Ralph Palmer (II) to Katherine Ernle ....................................................................................... 100 The Palmer-Verney Correspondence ......................................................................................................................... 106 The Deaths of Ralph and Katherine (Ernle) Palmer ............................................................................................. 115 The Will of Ralph Palmer II ............................................................................................................................................ 116 The South Sea Bubble ....................................................................................................................................................... 118 Katherine (Ernle) Palmer’s Receipe Book ................................................................................................................ 124 Ralph Palmer III (1712-1755) ....................................................................................................................................... 126 Richard Peacock’s Will ..................................................................................................................................................... 131 George Pecock ...................................................................................................................................................................... 132 The Murder of Ralph Palmer (III)’s brother in law: George Peacock ............................................................ 134 Hamey Palmer (1716 – 1771) ....................................................................................................................................... 143 Hamey Charles Palmer (175? – 1811) ....................................................................................................................... 148 Julia-Maria Palmer (1753 - 1791)................................................................................................................................ 150 Note on Nathaniel Gundry, Snr. .................................................................................................................................... 154 Conclusion ............................................................................................................................................................................. 155 Ralph Palmer (I)’s Verney grandchildren. ......................................................................................................... 155 Elizabeth (Betty) Verney (1681 - 1767) ................................................................................................................... 155 The