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HISTORY 


WILMER   FAMILY 


Together  with  some  account  of  its  Descendants, 


CHARLES     WILMER     FOSTER,    B.A, 

Of  St.  John's  College.  Oxford, 

AND 

JOSEPH     J.     GREEN. 


"  The  glory  of  children  ate  their  fathers.' 

•'  Multosijue per  annos 
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THE    RIGHT    HONOURABLE    SIR    LAURENCE   PARSONS, 

EARL   OF   ROSSE,   BARON   OXMANTOWN, 

ETC., 

THESE   ANNALS   OF   SOME   OF   HIS   ANCESTORS  ARE,   BY   HIS 

lordship's   PERMISSION,   DEDICATED. 


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PREFACE. 


^WT^SfHE  compilers  of  this  work  have  undertaken  to 
^]jll(^  tell,  with  what  care  and  exactness  they  can,  the 
j^jy^^  history  of  the  VVilmer  family  and  its  descendants. 
The  task  was  begun  at  the  request  of  several 
members  of  the  family,  who  were  desirous  of  having  some  record 
of  their  ancestors,  and  to  their  encouragement  and  support  it 
owes  in  some  measure  its  successful  accomplishment.  The 
genealogies  that  it  contains  will,  it  is  believed,  be  found  to 
be  reliable,  for  no  evidence  other  than  that  of  the  most 
undeniable  character  has  been  admitted.  This  statement, 
however,  does  not  wholly  apply  in  the  case  of  the  various 
families  that  are  descended  from  the  Wilmers,  many  of  the 
pedigrees  of  which  have  been  compiled  Irom  information 
derived  from  living  members  of  those  families.  This  has 
involved  a  very  large  amount  of  correspondence,  the  results  of 
which  have  been  carefully  sifted  and,  as  far  as  possible, 
verified.  Yet  it  is  difficult  to  collect  satisfactory  evidence 
in  this  way,  and  the  family  annalist  who  is  concerned  with 
persons  living  in  the  present  and  last  centuries  is  beset  with 
greater  difficulties  than  he  who,  dealing  with  an  earlier  age, 
draws  his  information  from  such  pure  and  generally  accessible 
sources  as  the  public  records.  "  Only  those  persons,"  says  a 
writer  in  the  ArcluEological  Journal,  "who  have  embarked 
"  upon  such  arduous  undertakings  can  realize  what  the 
*'  family  historian  has  to  encounter,  and  those  persons  who  go 
"conscientiously   to    work    can    say    with    truth    with    the    old 


"  writer,  '  What  toil  hath  been  taken  as  no  man  thinketh  so 
"  '  no  man  beHeveth  but  he  that  hath  made  the  trial.'  "* 

It  is  unnecessary  in  this  place  to  give  a  full  list  of  the 
authorities  from  which  the  earlier  portion  of  the  pedigree  has 
been  compiled  ;  for  these  will  be  made  sufficiently  clear  by 
the  footnotes  and  Index  II.;  yet  it  may  be  mentioned  that 
exhaustive  searches  for  wills  have  been  made  in  the  prin- 
cipal registry  of  the  Prerogative  Court  of  Canterbury,  in  some 
of  the  minor  courts  at  Somerset  House,  and  in  the  probate 
registries  of  York,  Lincoln,  Peterborough,  Northampton, 
Lichfield,  and  Worcester.  Extensive  use  has  also  been  made 
of  the  public  records,  the  whole  range  of  county  histories, 
the  Gentleman's  Magazine,  and  the  manuscript  collections  and 
numberless  genealogical  and  topographical  books  in  the  British 
Museum  and  Bodleian  Libraries.  The  sources  of  information 
which  have  been  at  once  the  most  prolific  and  the  most 
useful,  as  well  from  an  antiquarian  as  from  a  genealogical 
point  of  view,  are  the  Chancery  proceedings,  wills,  parish  and 
other  registers,  inquisitiones  post  mortem,  close  rolls,  and  feet 
of  fines.  Of  these  sets  of  records,  the  Chancery  proceedings 
and  wills  are  probably  the  most  important ;  for  the  former 
were  given  upon  oath,  and  entered  into  the  minutest  details 
respecting  persons  and  property.  In  the  case  of  the  latter, 
the  testator,  while  making  his  last  dispositions  with  a 
view  to  death,  either  imminent  or  prospective,  could  have 
no  motive  in  stating  other  than  the  simple  truth.  The 
majority  of  wills  in  the  sixteenth  and  seventeenth  centuries 
were  made  within  a  short  time  of  death,  when  the  testator 
was  "sicke  and  weakc  in  bodie,"  which  was  probably  the 
reason  why  in  so  many  instances  they  did  not  bear  his 
signature. 

Registers  are  almost,  if  not  quite,  of  equal  value;  for 
they  supply  minor  details  for  the  pedigrees  of  which  the 
broad    lines   and   the  sequence  of  the  generations  are  proved 

*  Quoted  from  a  notice  of  the  HiUory  of  the  Wilvier  Familv  in  the  Archmological 
fournal,  vol.  44,  p.  213. 


by  Chancery  proceedings  and  wills.  The  registers  and 
records  of  the  Society  of  Friends  are  so  minute  and  precise 
that  it  is  possible  to  trace  from  them  alone  the  pedigree  of 
every  old  Quaker  family  in  existence  from  the  seventeenth 
century  downwards. 

It  is  a  subject  for  regret  that  so  few  old  family  papers 
and  diaries  exist,  for  they  would  have  served  to  relieve  the 
dryness  and  monotony  which  arc  more  or  less  inseparable 
from  almost  every  genealogical  record  ;  but  it  must  in  justice 
be  remembered  that  "  this  work  is  intended  to  be,  not  a  mere 
"  temporary  vehicle  of  amusement,  but  a  permanent  storehouse 
"  of  authentic  information,  to  which  reference  may  hereafter 
"  confidently  be  made." 

The  compilers  have  each  undertaken  a  separate  portion 
of  the  work,  and  for  his  own  part  each  is  responsible.  The 
Quaker  branch  of  the  Wilmers,  with  its  numerous  derivative 
families,  was  naturally  chosen  by  Mr.  Green,  who  had 
peculiar  advantages  for  acquiring  information  about  members 
of  the  Society  of  Friends,  to  which  he  himself  belongs. 
The  history  of  this  part  of  the  family  is  related  in  Chapters 
XIV.  to  XVIII.  The  remainder  of  the  work,  consisting  of 
Chapters  I.  to  XIII.  and  XIX.  to  XXIV.,  with  the  pedigrees, 
appendices,  and  exhaustive  indices,  fell  to  the  share  of  the 
other  compiler,  who,  in  order  to  secure  uniformity  of  treat- 
ment, prepared  the  whole  of  the  manuscript  for  the  press. 
He  also  undertook  the  work  of  correcting  the  proofs,  and  he 
desires  to  thank  Miss  Mary  Foster  and  E.-P.  Holmes,  Esq., 
for  the  constant  help  that  he  received  from  them  in  that  part  of 
his  labours.  He  and  Mr.  Green  also  wish  to  acknowledge 
the  large  amount  of  assistance  and  kindness  that  they  have 
met  with  on  all  sides  during  the  progress  of  the  work. 
Where  they  are  indebted  to  so  many  persons  they  cannot 
own  their  special  debt  to  each  ;  but  there  are  some  names 
that  have  a  higher  claim  than  the  rest  to  be  noticed,  and 
they    are    these : — Mrs.    Herbert,    of     Helmsley    Hall ;     Mrs. 


Mildred,  of  Chigwell  ;  Mrs.  John  Sterry  ;  Robert  Pryor,  Esq., 
J. P.,  D.L.,  of  High  Elms  ;  U.S.  Grazcbrook,  Esq.  (sfe  />.  40) ; 
J.-Challoner  Smith,  Esq.;  Richard  Savage,  Esq.  {see pp.  88  and 
380)  ;  Lieut-Col.  Louis-Worthington  Wilmer  ;  Horace  Wilmer, 
Esq.;  J. -J.  Howard,  Esq.,  LL.D.,  Maltravers  Herald  E.xtra- 
ordinary;  Samuel  Woods,  Esq.;  John  Harman,  Esq.;  William 
Boyd,  Esq.,  who  gave  the  compilers  much  assistance  with 
the  public  records  ;  the  Rev.  John  Richardson,  Vicar  of 
Barking,  who  twice  searched  the  voluminous  registers  of  his 
parish  for  entries  relating  to  the  Wilmer  family  ;  the  Rev. 
C.-B.  Norcliffe,  who  gave  access  to  his  large  genealogical 
collections  (see  p.  135);  and  the  incumbents  of  the  following 
parishes,  who  gave  permission  for  their  registers  to  be 
searched,  and  in  some  cases  themselves  made  the  search : — 
Braunston,  Bromley  -  St.  -  Leonard's,  Broughton,  Budbrooke, 
Coleshill,  Coventry  (St.  Michael's),  Ellesborough,  Everdon, 
Foleshill,  Gamlingay,  Haseley,  Hatton,  Upper  Hclmsley, 
Mcriden,  Moulsoe,  Olney,  Ryton-upon-Dunsmore,  Sherborne, 
Staverton,   Stratford-lc-Bow,  Sywcll,  and  West   Ham. 

The  general  arrangement  of  this  volume  is  so  simple 
that  it  will  be  readily  understood  even  by  the  few  to  whom 
it  may  be  strange,  and  the  reader  has  been  assisted  by 
cross-references  wherever  they  seemed  likely  to  be  of  use. 
For  the  sake  of  convenience  in  treatment,  the  family  has 
been  split  up  into  various  branches,  each  of  which  is 
distinguished  by  a  special  letter,  as  will  be  explained  below 
(p.  XV.,  §  3).  The  relation  of  these  branches  to  one  another  is 
clearly  set  forth  in  the  key  pedigrees  at  pages  18  and  172, 
which   are    furnished   with  numerous   references   to   the  text. 

It  has  been  considered  advisable  in  almost  every  case 
to  give  an  English  rendering  of  deeds  and  records  when 
the  original  documents  are  in  mediaeval  and  contracted  Latin, 
which  would  be  unintelligible  to  many  readers.  But  where 
the  documents  are  in  English  the  old  mode  of  spelling  and 
the  quaint  phraseology  have   always   been  retained. 


While  the  compilers  desire  to  thank  those  of  the  general 
public  who  have  subscribed  for  copies  of  their  work,  they  think 
that  their  thanks  are  not  so  much  due  to  members  and 
descendants  of  the  Wilmer  family,  because  it  is  for  their  benefit 
that  this  history  has  been  written.  They  cannot,  however, 
forbear  from  giving  expression  to  their  surprise  and  disappoint- 
ment at  the  apathy  and  indifference  displayed  by  so  many  in 
regard  to  anything  that  concerns  the  past,  and  that  relates  even 
to  the  history  of  their  own  immediate  ancestors.  Although  one 
of  the  few  extant  branches  of  the  Wilmer  family  has  refused  to 
give  to  the  compilers  its  countenance  and  support,  yet  nowhere  is 
this  indifference  more  noticeable  than  in  the  case  of  some  of 
the  principal  families  which  represent  the  now  extinct  Yorkshire 
Wilmers,  and  of  which,  in  some  instances,  not  a  single  individual 
has  subscribed  for  a  copy  of  the  work,  or  afforded  the  information 
which  has  always  been  applied  for.  If  these  persons  "  thrust 
"  aside  the  mouldering  relics  of  their  predecessors,"  and  have  no 
care  to  possess  themselves  of  this  history  of  their  ancestors, 
which  has  been  offered  to  them  in  a  convenient  form,  and, 
through  the  generosity  of  some  of  the  supporters  of  the  under- 
taking, at  an  almost  nominal  cost,  then  the  compilers  can  only 
think  and  say  with  the  ancient  writer,  "  If  any  there  be  which 
"  are  desirous  to  be  strangers  in  theire  owne  soile  &  forrainers  in 
'■  theire  owne  citie,  they  may  so  continue,  and  therein  flatter 
"  themselves  ;  for  suchlike  I  have  not  written  these  lines,  nor 
"  taken  these  paines." 

As  it  has  been  stated  above,  the  object  of  the  authors  of 
the  History  of  tlie  Wilmer  Family  has  been  to  give  to  its 
descendants  an  authentic  record  of  their  ancestors  ;  and  it  is  to 
be  hoped  that  the  result  of  the  work  will  be  to  incite  their 
children  and  their  children's  children  to  hand  down  to  their 
descendants  in  far-off  generations  a  name  as  unsullied  and  a 
shield  as  untarnished  as  those  which  they  have  inherited  from 
their  forefathers.  Charles  Wilmer  Foster. 

Grosvenor  Terrace,  York, 
October,  1888. 


CONTEXTS. 


Dedication -         -        - 

Preface        ----__-_. 

List  of  Illustrations  -------- 

List  of  variations  in  the  spelling  of  the  name  of  Wilmer 
Explanation   of   the   plan    of   the   work,   and    of   the 

abbreviations  -------- 

Chapter  I. — Introduction      -  .         -         -         .         - 

Chapter  II. — The  Coat-Armour  of  the  Wilmer  Family  - 
Chapter  III. — Wilmer  of  Ryton,  Staverton,  Budbrooke,  and 

Dudley  ---------- 

Chapter  IV. — AVilmer  of  Ryton.  Staverton,  Budbrooke,   and 

Dudley — {rontinued)        ----- 

Chapter  V. — Wilmer  of  Sywell      ------ 

Chapter  VI. — Wilmer  of  Sywell — {continued^ 
Chapter  VII. — Wilmer  of  Sywell — {continued) 
Chapter  VIII. — The  Wilmers  and  Wilmores  of  the  counties 

of  Warwick,  Northampton,  and  Worcester 
Chapter  IX. — Wilmer  of  London,    West   Ham,    Totteridge, 

Ridge,  Cropredy,  and   Ellesborough,  and  the   Family  of 

Cartwright       -----  -         -         - 

Chapter  X. — Wilmer  of  Stratford-le-Bow,  York,  and  Upper 

Helmsley  ;  and  the  Families  of  Gossip,  De  Rodes,  Wilmer, 

and  Moore      -.--.--- 
Chapter  XI. — Field,Whittell,  and  Herbert,  of  Upper  Helmsley 

and  the  Families  of  Parsons,  Duncombe,  and  Fitzgerald 
Chapter  XII.— Wilmer    of  Stratford-le-Bow,    Bromley   St 

Leonard's,  Stifford,  and  Barking       -         -         -         - 
Chapter  XIII. — Wilmer  of  Shrewley  and  Stratford-le-Bow 
Chapter  XIV. — Wilmer  of  Northill,   London,   Ealing,  Stoke 

Newington,  and  Sussex  ;    and  the    Families  of  Mackett, 

Peirie,  and  Willett  ------- 


9-15 
C6-31 


32-43 
44-5° 
51-66 
67-76 

77-S9 


ii3-i37 
138-152 


153-166 
167-171 


CONTENTS.  XIU. 

Chapter  XV. —  Gurnell  of  London  and  Ealing  ;  and  the  Farai 

lies  of  Armstrong,  Ogilvie,  and  Dance      -         -         -         -  190-203 
Chapter  XVI. — Harman   of  London,  Ealing,  Woodford,  and 
Cheshunt ;  and  the  Families  of  Fletcher,  Mildred,  Sterry, 

and  Bush         -         - -         -  204-232 

Chapter  XVIL— Green  of  London,  Chalfont  St.  Giles,  Saffron 
Walden,  and  Stansted  Montfichet ;  and  the   Families   of 
Harford,  Lyne,  Edmonds,  Smith,  Tuckett,  and  Littleboy  -  233-258 
Chapter  XVIII. — Hoare   of  Stoke  Newington,  Hampstead, 
and  London  ;  and  the  Families  of  Pryor,  Powell,  Woods, 
and  Bradshaw         .---..-.  259  28 1 
Chapter  XIX. — Wilmer  of  London  and  Chigvvell  -        -         -  282-294 
Chapter  XX. — Wilmer   of    Stony    Stratford,    Coventry,  and 

London  -         -         -         -         -----         -  295-315 

Chapter  XXL— Watkins  of  Yorkshire   -----  316-331 

Chapter  XXIL— Wilmer  of  Old  Stratford,  Broughton,  Moul- 

soe,  Cranfield,  and  Newport  Pagnell         .         _         -         -  332-341 
Chapter  XXI II. — Wilmer  of  Reading  -----  342345 

Chapter  XXIV. — Miscellaneous   Notices   of  the   Names    of 

Wilmer,  Wilmore,  etc.     -  _         .         .         .         .  346-373 

Appendix  I. — Chancery  Proceedings  relating  of  the  Estate  of 

Thomas  Wilmer,  of  Coventry,  Mercer,  deceased  -  -  375-376 
Appendix  II.— Sir  William  Wilmer,  Knight,  of  Sywell  -  -  376-380 
Appendix  III. —Additions  to  Chapter  VIIL  -        -         -         -  380-381 

Addenda  et  Corrigenda      - 383-384 

General  Index    -        -        -        -         -        -        -        -        -  385-416 

Index  OF  Authorities  -        -        - 417-419 

List  of  Subscribers     --------  420-423 


CHARTS. 

To  face  page 

I.     Key  Pedigree  A   -------  18 

II.     Pedigree  of  the  Familiesof  Wilmer,  Spencer,  Higgenson, 

Thornton,  Chaplin,  Rogers,  and  Hanslap  -                   -  25 
III.     The  Royal  Descents   of   Thomas   Wilmer,  Esquire,    of 
Dudley,  and  of  Katherine,  the  wife  of  John  Wilmer, 

Esquire,  of  Shrewley         ------  37 

IV.     Pedigree  of  Bruce,  Thwenge,  and  Wilmer      -         -         -  115 

V.     Key  Pedigree  B-         -         -         -         -         -         -         -  172 


ILLUSTRATIONS,     ETC. 


LIST  OF  ILLUSTRATIONS. 

Map  to  illustrate  the  '•  History  of  the  Wilmer  Family  "         Frontispiece. 
Brass  in  Staverton  Church      -----         to  face  page    36 

Arms  granted  to  Thomas  Wilmer  in  15S2-3    -         -  ..  39 

Sywell  Hall    --------  -47 

Bequest  Book-plate  and  Signature  of  Sir  William  Wilmer  .,  5  i 

Arms  of  Wilmer  Wilmer  and  Thomas-George  Wilmer  ..  135 

Portrait  of  Grizell  Gurnell      -----  ,,190 

Portrait  of  Sam.uel  Hoare       -         -         -         -         -  -■         :!62 

Portrait  of  Bradford  Wilmer,  Esq.,  ALU.         -         -  „         297 

Arms  of  Bradford  Wilmer,  Esq.       .         -         -         -  ,.         309 

Arms  of  Lieut.-Col.  L.-W.  Wilmer  (quartering  Worthington)    ..         313 


iriOSS  FOR   THIS   WORK    HAVE    BEEN    PRE 

Joshua  Green,  Esq. 

T.-H.  Green,  Esq.,  M.D. 

Frederick  Harford,  Esq. 

Robert  Pryor,  Esq.,  J. P.,  D.L. 

Horace  Wilmer,  Esq. 

Lieut.-Col.  Louis-Worthington  Wilmer. 

Edward  Woods,  Esq.,  C.E. 


A  LIST  OF  THE  VACATIONS  IN  THE  .SPELLING    OF  THE  NAME 
OF  WILMER  IN  THE  WORK. 

Wulsmere. 

Wylemer. 

Wylemere. 

Wylimer. 

Wyllmooie. 

Wylmar. 

Wylmer. 

Wylmere. 

Wjlmor. 

Wylmore. 


Whilmore. 

Willmore 

Wildmore. 

Wilmar. 

Willemere. 

Wilmare. 

Willimore. 

Wilmer. 

Willmar. 

Wilmere 

Willmare. 

Wilmmei 

Willmer. 

Wilmoor 

WiUmere. 

Wilmor. 

Willmoor. 

Wilmoro 

Willmoore. 

Wulmere 

Willnior. 

EXPLANATIONS.  XV. 

EXPLANATION 

OF   THE    PLAN   OF   THE  WORK,    AND  OF   THF-  ABBREVHTIONS. 

§  I.  The  name  of  each  successive  representative  of  a  family,  or  branch  of  a 
family,  is  printed  in  olit  (6n0lis!j  type  ;  and  Roman  numerals  of  the  same  type  are 
placed  before  such  names  in  order  to  render  the  order  of  succession  clear. 

§  2.  Large  Koman  numerals  {e.  ^.,  I.)  are  placed  bi^fore  the  names  of  children 
of  persons  printed  ill  oli)  ((Enpltslj  type,  small  Roman  numerals  (^.  ^.,i.)  before  the 
names  of  grandchildren,  and  Arabic  numerals  (f.^'.,  i)  before  the  names  of  great- 
grandchildren. 

§  3.  Each  branch  of  the  Wilmer  family,  as  well  as  each  of  the  chief  derivative 
families,  is  distinguished  by  a  special  capital  letter,  which  is  enclosed  in  square 
brackets  placed  immediately  after  the  names  printed  in  nlil  ®n0lislj  type  ;  the  object 
being  to  show  at  a  glance  of  what  branch  of  the  family  any  particular  person  is  a 
member;  while  reference  to  the  key  pedigrees  will  show  the  relative  position  of  that 
branch  in  the  general  pedigree. 

§  4.  In  chapters  III.  to  VII.  and  IX.  to  XVIII.,  in  addition  to  the  .special 
letters  just  mentioned,  Roman  numerals  are  enclosed  in  the  square  brackets  that 
follow  the  names  printed  in  olil  (Englialj  type.  These  numerals  show  in  what  degree 
the  persons  to  whose  names  they  are  attached  were  related  to  William  Wilmer  [A], 
of  Ryton  (step.  17),  the  common  ancestor  of  all  the  Wilmers  treated  of  in  the  said 
chapters.  Thus  :— Robert  Wilmer  [III  B]  denotes  that  Robert  Wilmer  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Sywell  branch  of  the  Wilmer  family,  and  was  third  in  descent  from  William 
Wilmer  [A].  In  chapters  XIV.  to  XVIII.  the  Roman  numerals  are  printed  in 
italics  to  show  the  presumptive  relationship  to  William  William  [A],  {see  p.  172). 

§  5.  The  names  of  living  members  and  descendants  of  the  Wilmer  family  arc 
printed  in  thick  type,  e.  g.,  Robert  "Wilmer. 

§  6.  Where  a  person  has  two  or  more  Christian  names,  a  hyphen  has,  or 
hyphens  have  been  used  to  connect  them,  in  order  to  distinguish  them  from  the 
surname. 


ABBREVIATIONS. 


b.  born. 

Baker  Baker's  History  of  Northamptonshire. 

bapt.  baptized. 

Bridges  Bridges's  Hiiiory  of  Northamptonshire. 

bur.  buried. 

ch.  chart. 

Chan.  Pro.  Chancery  Proceedings  from  the  Public  Record  065ce. 

Close  R.  Close  Rolls  from  the  Public  Record  Office. 

CO.  county. 

coh.  coheir. 

d.  died. 

d.  and  h.  daughter  and  heiress. 


XVI.  ABBREVIATIONS. 

ilat.  dated. 

dau.  daughter. 

F.  B.  G.  Friends'  burial-ground. 

F.  M.  H.  Friends'  meeting-house. 

fo.  folio. 

Harl.  MSS.  Harleian  Manuscripts  in  the  British  Museum. 

Harl.  Soc.  Publ.  Harleian  Society's  Publications. 

Hil.  Hilary  Term. 

iliiii.  iliulem.  i.e.,  at  the  same  place. 

Inq.  /.  m.  Inquisition /oj^  moiiem  from  the  Public  Record  Office. 

m.  membrane. 

mar.  or  =  married. 

mar.  lie.  marriage  licence. 

mar.  lie.  B.  I,.  marriage  licence  granted  by  the  Bishop  of  London. 

mar.  lie.  Fac.  Off.  marriage  licence   issued  from  the  Faculty  Office  of  tl 

Archbishop  of  Canterbuiy  at  London, 
mar.  lie.   \'ic.-Gen.   A.  C.     marri.age    licence  issued    from   the  office  of  the  Vica 

General  of  the  Archbishop  of  Canterbury. 

Mich.  Michaelmas  Term. 

ii.f.  lie  Jailor implying  a  doubt. 

no.  number. 

par.  reg.  parish  registers. 

I'at.  R.  Patent  Rolls  from  the  Public  Record  Office. 

ped.  pedigree. 

P.  C.  C.  Prerogative  Court  of  Canterbury. 

R.  Roll. 

.v./.  sine  prole,  j'.iT.,  without  issue. 

iem^.  tempore,  i.e.,  in  the  time  of 

Trin.  Trinity  Term. 

Visit.  The  Heralds'  Visitation  of  the  county. 


Chapter    I. 


INTRODUCTION 


"  Enquire,  I  pray  thee,  of  the  former  age,  and  p> 
their  fathers" — Job  viii.  8. 


thyself  to  the  search  of 


HERE  seems  to  be  no  reason  for  doubting  that  the 
family  of  Wilmer  is  a  purely  English  one,  although 
it  has  been  supposed  by  some  people  that  its  early 
history  must  be  sought  in  German  records.  We 
are  told  that  the  name  is  used  in  that  country  both  as  a  personal 
and  also  as  a  surname,  but  we  have  met  with  no  evidence  that 
would  support  the  theory  of  a  German  origin.  On  the  other 
hand,  we  can  show  that  the  name,  or  a  form  very  similar  to  it, 
existed  in  this  country  at  a  time  prior  to  the  Norman  Conquest. 
It  is  occasionally  found  in  the  public  records  from  the  I2th 
century  downwards,  but  it  is  not  until  the  i6th  century  that  it 
becomes  at  all  common.  Wilmer,  or  the  older  form  Wulmer,  it 
is  conjectured,  has  a  common  origin  with,  or  is  itself  the  parent 
of  the  names  of  Wolmer,  Wilmot,  Willman,  Wellman,  Wymer, 
Wyman,  and  others.  It  seems  to  be  the  sanie  as  the  name  of 
Wlmar,  or  Vlmar,  which  is  of  frequent  occurrence  in  Domesday 
Book.  A  certain  Wlmarus,  of  the  County  of  Suffolk,  was  a 
tenant-in-chief  at  the  time  of  the  Survey  : — 


2  HISTORY   OK   THE   VVILMER    FAMILY. 

"  Sudfulc'— The  land  of  Wlmarus.  Risebruge  Hundred.  In 
Lafham  there  are  XXIIII.  acres  and  half  a  carucate,  and  they  are 
worth  nil.  shillings.  There  is  soc  to  the  holy  men.  In  the  same  the 
same  Vlmarus  holds  IX.  acres,  which  he  held  in  mortgage  in  the  time 
of  King  William  of  an  ancestor  of  Ralph  Pinel  for  XXI.  shillings,  and 
they  are  worth  XII. ^.  Roger  the  Sheriff  held  them  of  the  inheritance 
of  his  father." 

A  large  number  of  persons  of  the  name  of  Wlmar,  Wlmarus, 
VImar,  or  Vlmarus,  etc.,  were  under-tenants  at  the  formation  of 
Domesday  ;  and  many  also  of  the  same  name  held  land  in  the 
time  of  King  Edward  the  Confessor,  and  previous  to  the  Survey, 
among  whom  was  one  Wlmarus,  a  Priest  of  King  Edward,  to 
whose  name  Sir  Henry  Ellis  appends  the  following  note : — 

"Wulnarus,  probably  the  same  person,  chaplin  to  Wlfin  Bishop 
of  Dorchester,  occurs  as  a  witness  to  Thorold  of  Buckenhale's  grant 
of  Spalding  to  Croyland  Abbey  1051.  Wlmarus  had  held  land  in 
Buckinghamshire,  which  was  then  in  the  diocese  of  Dorchester." — 
{Introduction  to  ^'Domesday  Book"  ii.  p.  271.] 

We  will  now  give  a  short  summary  of  the  more  important 
notices  of  the  name  of  Wlmar,  or  Wilmer,  that  we  have  met 
with  prior  to  the  reign  of  Henry  VII. 

In  the  7th  century  there  was  a  certain  Sanctiis  Vulmarns, 
Abbas  Silviacencis  prope  Bononiaui  in  Picardia — S.  Vulmar,' 
Abbot  of  Silviacum,  near  Boulogne,  in  Picardy.  He  was  a 
monk  of  the  Benedictine  Order,  and  was  commemorated  on  the 
20th  of  July.  He  was  born  of  Christian  and  illustrious  parents, 
in  the  lower  parts  of  Gaul,  not  far  from  the  sea-shore,  in  a  village 
called  Silviacum,  in  the  province  of  Boulogne.  His  father  was 
Vulpertus,  and  his  mother  Duda,  and  he  had  a  brother  named 
Wamarus.  He  married  Holcorholda,  who  had  been  divorced 
from  a  certain  Wilmarus,  but, leaving  her,he  entered  a  monastery 
at  Altimontis  (Haumont).  Sometime  after  this  he  returned  to 
his  native  place,  and  there,  in  a  wood,  built  a  hut  or  cell  {tuguriuni), 
where  he  continued  to  dwell.  In  688  Ceadwalla,  King  of  the 
Western  Saxons,  while  on  a  journey  from   Britain  to  Rome, 

I.  It  should  be  remembered  that  Vulmar  is  used  here  as  a  Christian  name. 


HISTORY   OF   THE   WILMER    FAMILY. 


where  the  Venerable  Bede  says  that  he  died  in  689,  hearing  of 
S.  Vulmar's  good  works,  hastened  to  see  him,  and  gave  him 
30J.  to  adorn  a  church  which  he  was  building.^  S.  Vulmar  is 
said  by  Mabillonius  to  have  died  about  710.  The  cell  which 
he  built  at  Silviacum,  or  (to  use  the  modern  name)  Samer,3  was 
destroyed  in  the  8th  century  by  the  Norwegians,  and  was  after- 
wards rebuilt  by  Eustace,  Count  of  Bouillon,  father  of  Godfrey 
de  Bouillon,  under  the  title  of  L'Abbaye  de  S.  Wilmer,  by  which 
name  it  was  known  until  its  suppression  at  the  time  of  the 
French  Revolution.*  The  remains  of  it,  for  some  still  exist, 
have  been  converted  into  dwelling-houses  and  a  large  orchard, 
as  we  are  told  by  Colonel  Randal  Wilmer,  who  visited  Samer  a 
few  months  ago. 

A.D.  1203-4. — "John,  by  the  grace  of  God,  etc.  Know  ye  that 
we  have  granted,  and  by  the  present  charter  have  confirmed,  to  John 
Pincerne  and  his  heirs,  all  the  land  which  Wulmerus  de  Wodehus  held, 
that  is  to  say,  two  bovates  of  land  in  Wodehus,  and  one  bovate  in  La 
Hull',  and  one  bovate  in  Uvertorp,  to  be  held  of  us  and  our  heirs  in  fee 
for  one  mark  of  silver  per  annum  for  every  service,  etc." — \Charter  Roll, 
5  John,  m.  i6.] 

1263. — "  William  Wulmer'  and  Agnes  his  wife  give  half  a  mark  for 
one  assize  of  novel  disseisin,  to  be  taken  before  William  de  Wylton,  in 
the  County  of  Northampton.  And  it  is  commanded  [to  the  Sheriff  that 
he  cause  the  assize  to  be  taken]  in  the  County  of  Northampton." — 
\Fine  Roll,  47  Henry  HI.,  m.  2  ;  Excerpta  e  Rotulis  Fiiiium,  ii.  p.  404.] 

By  a  writ,  dated  at  Northampton,  12th  March,  1300-1,  Radulphus 
Wyhmer  was  summoned  from  the  County  of  Devon  to  perform  military 
service  in  person  against  the  Scots.  Muster  at  Berwick-upon-Tweed, 
on  the  Nativity  of  St.  John  the  Baptist,  24th  June  1301. — [^Close  Roll, 
29  Edward  I.,  m.  13  and  12  d. ;  Parliamentary  Writs,  i.  p.  905.] 

Radulphus  Wylemer  was  one  of  the  Burgesses  returned  to 
represent  Barnstaple  in  the  Parliament  at  Carlisle,  in  eight  days  of 
St.  Hilary,  20th  January,  35  Edward  I.  (A.  D.  1306-7). — ^Parliamentary 
Writs,  i.  905.] 


2.  Renuil  des  Historiens  des  Gaulei 

4.   See  a  letter  by  J[ohn]  W[i 

mer]. 

etde  la  France,  iii.  pp.  625-6.      See  also 

who   cites  Piganoil   de  la  Force 

as  his 

Acta  Sanctorum  and  Gallia  Christiana. 

authority,  in  St.  tames's  Magazttx 

^,  ed. 

3.   Saulmeritim,  Saumerium ,  or  Sa- 

J. B.  Burke,  i.  pp.  159-60. 

mer,  is  said   to  be   a   contraction  of  .9. 

Vulmar. 

4  HISTORY    OF    THE    WILMER    FAMILY. 

William  Wylmere  was  one  of  the  Jury  on  an  Inquisition  held  at 
Exeter,  24th  April,  6  Edward  III.  (A.D.  1332),  before  the  Escheator  of 
the  King  on  the  hither  side  of  the  Trent. 

"  Devon.  Inquis  capta  apd  Exon  die  Martf  px  an  fm  Nat  sci 
Johis  Bapte  anno  regni  Regf  Rici  scdi  post  cOqm  p'mo,  etc. 

"Q'  dicut  si"  sc^rm  suu  qd  [qui]d  Randts  de  Wille[me]re  adquis 
de  Walto  Lessone  1  Elena  uxe  eius  quatuor  acr  tre  cQ  ptin  in  Barnastapt 
tempe  E.  paui  dni  Rf  nuc  que  de  eode  dno  Rf  pauo  tenebanf  in 
capite  sine  licenc  eiusd  Rf  Ef  sr  hoc  optenta. 

"  Et  dicut  qd  occone  jJdict  alienacois,  etc  ,  fre  sup^dce  cu  ptin 
in  manu  ipius  Ef  paui  tc  capte  1  seisite  fuerut  t  no  alia  occone  T:  ea 
occone  1;  no  alia  in  manu  dni  Rf  Ef  aui  dni  Rf  nuc  a  diu  exstiterint 
1  sic  in  manu  dni  Rf  nuc  ea  occ'one  1  no  alia  iam  existant.  Et  dicut 
qd  Wittms  Willemere  filius  WalPi  de  Willemere  fit  |Jdci  Randti  de 
Willemere  est  consanguineus  t  .ppinquior  hei~  eiusd  Randti,  etc.'" — 
[C/ianary  Iiiqiiisiiion  post  mortem,  i  Richard  II.,  no.  (it,.  The  Writ  of 
diem  dausit  e.xtremum,  in  accordance  with  which  this  Inquisition  was 
taken,  was  dated  24th  May  i  Richard  II.  (A.D.  1378).] 

Alianora,  who  was  the  wife  of  John  Wilmore,  senior,  is  mentioned 
in  an  Indenture  relating  to  the  County  of  Devon. — [Close  Roll,2,-} 
Henry  VI.,  part  i  (38)  (A.D.  1458-9 )-J 

"  Hundred  of  Mitford,  co.  Norfolk,  in  the  time  of  Edward  I. 
Touching  sheriffs  and  bailiffs  whatsoever  taking  [bribes]  to  remove 
recognitores  from  the  assizes  [and]  juries. 

"  They  say  that  Roger  de  Stepham  took  one  cube  of  oats  to 
remove  Ralph  Wlmer  from  the  Assize,  and  Robert  de  Ausing  half  a 
cube  of  oats  from  Adam  p'mitiss',  but  they  call  this  safe  in  themselves 
{sic). —  ^Hundred  Rolls,  vol.  i.  p.  444-] 

"Hundred  of  Fourhove,  co.  Norfolk,  in  the  time  of  Edward  I. 
Touching  those  who  shall  have  approvers  imprisoned,  etc. 

"  Robert  de  Nortun,  the  sheriff,  caused  John  de  Pikeham,  an 
approver,  to  accuse  by  the  procurement  of  Walter  de  Wylemere  of 
Kyneburl,  on  account  of  gain,  Eustace  de  Pastimer  of  the  same  vill,  a 
faithful  man,  until  he  made  a  fine  of  one  mark." — \Hundred  Rolls, 
vol.  I,  p.  448.] 

"  In  the  name  of  God,  Amen,  on  the  24th  day  of  July  in  the  year 
of  our  Lord  1400,  and  in  the  first  year  of  the  reign  of  King  Henry  the 
Fourth  after  the  conquest  of  England,  I,  SIMON  WILMER,  of 
loveyne  in  Braban',  of  sound  mind  and  in  good  memory,  constitute  and 
make  my  will  in   this  manner  :  First,  I  commend  my  soul  to  Almighty 


HISTORY   OF   THE  WILMER    FAMILY.  S 

God,  the  blessed  Virgin  Mary,  and  all  the  Saints,  and  my  body  to  be 
buried  in  the  Church  of  St.  Benedick  ffynk,  London,  and  for  my 
burial  to  be  held  there  I  bequeath  to  the  fabric  of  the  aforesaid  church 
xxs.  Also  1  bequeath  to  the  high  altar  of  the  aforesaid  church  for  my 
tithes  and  oblations,  which  have  been  forgotten  and  kept  back,  vjs. 
viiji/.  Also  I  bequeath  to  every  chaplain  of  the  same  church  for 
keeping  my  soul  in  remembrance  in  his  prayers  xij^.  Also  I  bequeath 
to  the  parish  clergyman  of  the  same  church  xx^.  And  I  will  that  the 
expenses  of  my  funeral  shall  be  ordered  according  to  the  wish  of  my 
wife  Johne.  But  the  residue  of  all  my  goods  and  chattels  wherever 
they  exist,  after  my  debts  in  which  I  am  legally  bound  have  been  paid 
and  the  aforesaid  legacies  fulfilled,  I  give  and  bequeath  to  Johne,  my 
wife,  and  William,  my  son,  and  further,  I  give  and  bequeath  to  the 
aforesaid  Johne,  my  wife,  and  the  aforesaid  William,  my  son,  all 
those  lands  and  tenements,  rents  and  possessions  whatsoever,  which 
ought  to  descend  to  me  by  hereditary  right  after  the  death  of  Simon 
Wilmer,  my  father,  in  the  town  of  Guytecom,  in  braban',  or  in  any  other 
place  soever  within  the  confines  of  Braban',  to  be  possessed  and  held  by 
the  same  Johne  and  by  William,  my  son,  and  their  heirs  and  assigns 
for  ever,  thenceforward  to  be  made  and  disposed  as  of  their  own  goods, 
without  any  qualification  whatsoever.  Of  this  my  will  I  make  and 
constitute  the  aforesaid  Johne,  my  wife,  my  sole  executrix,  to  whom  I 
hand  over  the  administration  and  execution  of  this  my  last  will,  to  be 
performed  and  fulfilled  as  shall  seem  to  be  best  pleasing  to  God  and 
to  conduce  to  the  safety  of  my  soul.  In  witness  of  which  I  have  to 
these  presents  set  my  seal,  there  being  witnesses,  Dominus  Henry  Trank, 
Rector  of  the  aforesaid  church,  Thomas  Burgh,  Terrenus  Dripston, 
Brouderer,  Adam  Tauerner,  Se^^re^  Coster,  and  others,  dated  at  London, 
the  day  and  year  above-mentioned.  This  will  was  proved  before  the 
commissary  the  tenth  of  the  Kalends  of  October  [22nd  September],  in 
the  year  above-mentioned.  And  administration  was  granted,  etc.,  to 
Johne,  the  above-mentioned  executrix,  etc.  [She  has  acquittance.] — " 
\Archidiaional  Court  of  London,  folio  90b.] 

1441,  October  23rd. — "Certificate  of  the  acquittance  of  Jehan 
Wilmer,  Master  of  the  Carpenters'  work  at  Rouen,  for  16/.  i2j.  Towen 
for  his  wages  for  166  days  at  2s.  per  Day." — \British  Museum,  Add.  MS. 
3922.] 

1441,  March  28th. — "  Letter  of  Henry  VI.,  King  of  England  and 
France,  granting  to  Jehan  Wylmer  a  years  respite  from  paying  homage 

5.  This  is  the  ablative  case. 


O  HISTORY    OF   THE    WH.MER    FAMILY. 

for  his  lands  in  the  bailliages  of  Rouen  and  Caux.  Dated  at  Rouen." — 
\Brilish  Museum,  Add.  Charter,  14374.] 

It  is  at  best  merely  probable  that  the  records  we  have  just 
cited  refer  to  the  family  whose  history  we  are  about  to  relate  ; 
leaving,  therefore,  the  regions  of  uncertainty,  we  find  ourselves 
standing  on  the  firm  ground  of  proven  facts  at  the  beginning  of 
the  reign  of  Henry  VII.  From  that  date  we  have  a  pedigree 
based  on  the  solid  foundation  of  the  Heralds'  Visitations,  every 
generation  of  which  has  been  verified  and  proved  by  evidence 
adduced  from  Proceedings  in  the  Court  of  Chancery,  Close  and 
Patent  Rolls,  Final  Concords,  Wills,  and  other  documents.  The 
Wilmer  family  was  settled  at  Ryton-upon-Dunsmore,  a  small 
village  in  the  east  of  Warwickshire,  at  the  close  of  the  15th 
century, and  with  that  place  the  senior  line  was  closely  connected 
for  the  next  two  hundred  years.  In  the  i6th  century  the  family 
multiplied  rapidly,  and  spread  eastward  into  Northamptonshire, 
where  its  members  married  into  good  families  and  became 
possessed  of  considerable  estates  and  wealth.  At  Sywell,  in 
that  county,  was  seated  one  of  the  most  important  branches  of 
the  family.  A  junior  branch  of  the  Ryton  house  was  settled  in 
the  neighbourhood  of  London  in  the  time  of  Queen  Elizabeth, 
and  had  numerous  offshoots.  Its  members,  as  would  naturally 
be  expected,  were  occupied  chiefly  in  mercantile  enterprizes,  and 
from  them  were  descended  many  London  and  Essex  and  several 
Yorkshire  families. 

It  now  only  remains  for  us  to  say  a  few  words  about  the 
social  position  of  the  early  Wilmers,  before  they  attained  the 
position  of  gentry  and  esquires,  or  knightly  rank.  At  the  point 
at  which  our  pedigree  begins,  they  may  be  described  as  yeomen, — 
a  class  originally  composed  of  small  freeholders,  who  held  their 
patrimonies  by  free  though  not  by  military  tenure,and  afterwards 
"  strengthened  by  the  addition  of  the  body  of  tenant  farmers, 
"  whose  interests  were  very  much  the  same  as  those  of  the 
"  smaller  freeholders,  and  who  shared  with  them  the  common 
"  name  of  yeoman."  Speaking  of  this  class,  the  Bishop  of 
Chester  says  : — 


HISTORY  OF   THE   WILMFR    FAMILY.  7 

"  Next  after  the  gentry,  in  respect  of  that  poHtical  weight  which 
depends  on  the  ownership  of  land,  was  ranked  the  great  body  of  free- 
holders, the  yeomanry  of  the  middle  ages,  a  body  which,  in  antiquity  of 
possession  and  purity  of  extraction,  was  probably  superior  to  the  classes 
that  looked  down  upon  it  as  ignoble.  It  was  from  the  younger  brothers 
of  the  yeoman  families  that  the  households  of  the  great  lords  were 
recruited  :  .  they  furnished  men-at-arms,  archers  and  hobelers,  to  the 
royal  force  at  home  and  abroad,  and,  setthng  down  as  tradesmen  in  the 
cities,  formed  one  of  the  links  that  bound  the  urban  to  the  rural 
population." — '[Constitutional  History  of  England,  iii.  p.  551.] 

and  again  : — 

"  The  house  of  the  freeholder  was  substantially  but  simply 
furnished,  his  stores  of  clothes  and  linen  were  ample,  he  had  money  in 
his  purse  and  credit  at  the  shop  and  at  the  market.  He  was  able  in 
his  will  to  leave  a  legacy  to  his  parish  church  or  to  the  parish  roads, 
and  to  remember  all  his  servants  and  friends  with  a  piece  of  money  or 
an  article  of  clothing.  The  inventory  of  his  furniture,  which  was 
enrolled  with  his  will,  enables  the  antiquary  to  reproduce  a  fair  picture 
of  every  room  in  the  house :  there  were  often  comforts  and  even 
luxuries,  although  not  such  as  those  of  later  days ;  but  there  was 
generally  abundance." — \_Ibid,  p.  555.] 

In  addition  to  these  remarks,  which  are  fully  borne  out  by 
the  wills  of  the  early  Wilmers,  it  may  be  mentioned  that  the 
family  was  entitled  to  coat-armour. 

To  the  yeomanry  England  as  a  nation  owes  much  ;  their 
bravery  left  her  victorious  on  many  a  battle-field  of  the  middle 
ages,  and  their  sterling  good  qualities  contributed  in  a  large 
measure  to  make  her  what  Mr.  Froude  describes  as  a  "  sound 
nation,"  that  is,  "a  nation  that  is  composed  of  sound  human 
"  beings,  healthy  in  body,  strong  of  limb,  true  in  word  and  deed — 
"  brave,  sober,  temperate,  chaste,  to  whom  morals  are  of  more 
"  importance  than  wealth  or  knowledge — where  duty  is  first  and 
"  the  rights  of  man  are  second — where,  in  short,  men  grow  up 
"  and  live  and  work,  having  in  them  what  our  ancestors  called 
"  the  '  fear  of  God.'  "<^ 


6.   Oceana,  p.  133. 


O  HISTORY    OF   THE   WILMER    FAMILY. 

Such,  then,  wc  may  believe,  was  the  simple,  homely  life  of 
these  early  Wilmers, — a  life  that  Horace  admired  ;  and  one  that 
Virgil  never  tired  of  praising,  for  it  was  with  reference  to  the 
Roman  Agricolcs  that  he  sang  : — 

"  At  secura  quies  at  nescia  fallere  vita, 
Dives  opum  variarum,  at  latis  otia  fundis, 
Speluncse  vivique  lacus  at  frigida  tempe 
Mugitusque  boum  mollesque  sub  arbore  somni, 
Non  absunt ;  illic  saltus  ac  lustra  feiarum, 
Et  patiens  operum  axiguoque  adsueta  juventus, 
Sacra  deum  sanctique  patres  ;  extrema  par  illos 
Justitia  excedens  terris  vestigia  fecit." — Gear.  2,  467-74. 


Chapter    II. 


THE  COAT-ARMOUR   OF  THE  WILMER  FAMILY. 


"  Coates  of  Amies  were  imimted  by  oar  wise  auncestors,  to  these  ^  ends  :  The 
first  was,  to  honour  and  adorne  the  family  of  him  that  had  well  deserued  tcnoardcs  his 
j:ountrye.  The  seeon-ie,  to  make  him  more  worthv  and  famous  aboue  the  rest,  luhich 
had  not  done  merit,  and  thereby  they  might  be  prouoked  to  doe  the  like.  The  third  was, 
to  differ  out  the  seuerall  lignesand  issues,  from  the  noble  auncestor  descending ;  so  that  the 
eldest  borne  might  be  known  from  the  second,  and  he  from  the  thirde,  &'c." — Sir  John 
Ferne. 


^jjTjJ^MjT  is  uncertain  at  what  period  the  Wilmers  first  used 
ill™  coat-armour,  but  it  was  stated  in  1582-3  that  they 
!>iL^^?^l  had  "of  longe  tyme  vsed  and  boren  Armes  as  apt 
"  and  significant  tokens  of  their  race  and  gentry." 
We  shall  proceed  at  once  to  give  copies  of  the  several  grants  of 
arms  to  the  family,  which  are  recorded  in  the  Heralds'  College, 
London. 

"  To  Thomas  Wylmer  of  Ruyton  in  com'  Warw  :  by  Rob  :  Cooke, 
Clarencieux,  1582. 
"  To  all  and  singular  as  well  nobles  and  gentilz  as  others  to  whome 
these  presentes  shall  come,  Robert  Cooke  Esquire  alias  Clarencieulx 
Kinge  of  Armes  and  principall  Herald  of  the  East  West  and  South  partes 
of  the  realme  of  England  from  the  Ryver  of  Trent  southwardes, 
Sendeth  greetinge  in  our  lord  God  everlastinge.  Forasmuch  as  Thomas 
Wulsmere  alias  Wylmer  of  Ruyton  in  the  Countie  of  Warwike  is  well 
borne  and  descended  of  such  as  haue  of  longe  tyme  vsed  and  boren 

B 


10  HISTORY    OF   THE    WILMER    FAMILY 

Armes  as  apt  and  significant  tokens  of  their  race  and  gentry,  Which 
lykewyse  to  him  by  iust  descent  and  prerogatyve  of  birth  ar  duely 
deryved  ;  Vnto  the  which  no  creast  cognoysance  or  ornament  on  the 
heaulme  is  knowen  properly  to  belonge  (as  vnto  very  meny  auncyent 
Cotes  of  Armes  there  be  none)  and  hath  therfore  requyred  me  the  said 
Clarencieulx  to  assigne  vnto  his  auncyent  Armes  a  creast  or  cognoysance 
meete  and  lawfull  to  be  boren  without  preiudice  or  offence  to  any  other 
pson,  and  the  same  skillfully  to  describe  and  warrantably  to  delyuer  vnto 
him  vnder  my  hand  and  the  scale  of  myne  office,  to  be  presy'"uid  and 
conveyed  to  his  yssue  and  posteritie  for  ever.  In  consyderation  wheerof 
I  the  said  Clarencieulx  Kinge  of  Armes  by  vertue  of  myne  office  and 
by  power  and  authoritie  to  me  co'mitted  by  letters  patentes  vnd"^  the 
greate  seale  of  England,  have  assigned  gyven  and  graunted  vnto  the 
said  Thomas  Wylmer,  to  his  auncyent  Armes,  beinge  Gueules  a  cheveron 
vairy  betwene  three  Eglettes  desplayd  gold ;  ffor  his  creast  or  cognoysance 
vpon  the  healme,  on  a  Torce  or  Wreath  gold  and  gueules,  an  Egles 
hedd  gold  betwene  two  Wynges  vairy.  The  mantelles  dependant  beinge 
gueules  doubled  or  lyned  argent,  as  more  playnly  appereth  depicted 
and  illumined  in  the  margine  herof.  Which  Armes  and  Creast  or 
cognoysance  and  every  part  and  parcell  thereof  I  the  said  Clarencieulx 
Kinge  of  Armes  do  by  these  presentes  ratify,  confirme,  gyve  and 
graunt  vnto  the  said  Thomas  Wylmere  &  to  his  yssue  ofspringe  and 
posteritie  for  ever.  He  and  they  the  same  to  haue  hold  vse  &=  beare 
at  all  tymes  and  for  ever  herafter  at  their  liberty  and  pleasure,  with  the 
distinctions  and  differences  due  accordinge  to  the  laudable  vsage  and 
custome  of  bearinge  Armes,  without  th'  impediment,  lett  or  interruption 
of  any  pson  or  psons.  In  Witnesse  wherof  I  the  said  Clarencieulx 
King  of  Armes  haue  heervnto  subscrybed  my  name  and  sette  to  the 
Seale  of  myne  Office  the  XVIth  day  of  february  in  the  yere  of  our  lord 
God  a  thousand  fyve  hundred  eighty  two,  and  in  the  xxvth  yere  of  the 
reigne  of  our  most  gracious  Souu'eigne  Lady  Queene  Elizabeth." — 
"  From  the  original  draft  now  remaini.ig  in  the  Heralds 
College,  London,  this  isth  May  1885." 

(Signed)  "  STEPHEN  TUCKER, 

'•  SoMffsd  //." 

These  arms  arid  this  crest  were  confirmed  to  Sir  William 
Wilmer,  Knt.j  of  Sywell,  by  Sir  Richard  St.  George,  Knt., 
Clarenceux   King-of-Arms    (see  p.  44).'      In    the  Visitation  of 

I.  Harl.  M.S.  1553. 


HISTORY   OF   THE    WILMER    FAMILY.  II 

Warwickshire,  made  in  1619,  the  arms  of  Wylmer  arc  given  as — 
A  chevron  vair  between  three  ducal  coronets  (not  blazoned). 
This  mistake  is  all  the  more  strange,  since  it  was  made  less  than 
forty  years  after  the  confirmation  by  Robert  Cooke  ;  and  the 
same  Thomas  Wilmer,  to  whom  the  arms  were  then  confirmed, 
was  the  head  of  the  family  at  the  time  of  the  Visitation. 

Early  in  the  17th  century,  George  Wilmer  of  Stratford-le- 
Bow,  who  was  descended  from  a  second  son  of  the  Ryton  house, 
and  was  the  ancestor  of  the  Wilmers  of  Yorkshire,  obtained  a 
grant  of  arms  : — 

"  George  Wilmere's  Patent  for  changing  his  Cheuern, 
AND  obtaining  a  new  Crest. 

"  Quffi  apud  uetestissimos  paucorum  erant,  et  ad  libitum  in  bello 
tantum  usurpata,  seu  in  clypeis  depicta,  seu  galeis  imposita  Insignia,  ea 
postea  propter  eorum  dignitatem,  et  splendorem  non  solum  alij  innumeri 
gliscente  uirtute  bellica  sibi  pro  tempore  uaria  ascripserunt,  uerum  etiam 
eadem  ipsa  ueluti  nobilitatis  sure  argumenta  posteris  transmisere.  Atq: 
ita  demum  hsereditaria  effecta,  quee  tantum  personam  usurpantis  in 
principio  comitabantur.  Ceterum  ne  usu  eorum  promiscuo  sorderet 
institutio  aut  sequeretur  confusio,  neue  ex  iniuria  dum  unus,  atque  alius 
idem  Insigne  comportaret  seditio  inter  partes  exoriretur,  prudentissimo 
maiorum  inuento  lex  data  rei  unde  pulcherrimus  ille  qui  nunc  conspicitur 
ordo,  omnisque  profluxit  HARALDORUM  turn  potestas  atque  artis 
suppellex,  tum  etiam  ipsa  institutio.  Verumenimuero  cum  in  omni 
republica  omnis  authoritas  a  principe  per  magistratus  uarios  ueluti  per 
uenas  in  populum  diriuatur,  sic  ne  nihil  non  rite  fieret,  principura 
indulgentia  creati  Armorum  Reges,  ijsque  quedam  quasi  regia  in  rebus 
ad  honorem,  atque  Arma  spectantibus  potestas  in  diplomatis  donata 
erat.  Ea  potestate  nos  GULIELMUS  SEGAR  al's  GARTAR,  et 
GULIELMUS  CAMDEN  al's  CLARENCIEULX,  principales 
diuersarum  prouinciarum  ad  Arma  Reges  instruct!  GEORGII 
WILMERE  Armigeri  gentilitia  ad  eius  rogatum  inspeximus  ;  Et  cum 
idem  Georgius  Wilmere  hereditario  sed  minus  digniori  iure  ueluti  qui  ex 
abaui  sui  Richardi  Wilmere  de  Ruyton  in  comitatu  Warwicensi  secundo 
natu  filio  oriundus,  clypeum  Wilmerorum  Gules  a  Cheuern  Varie 
between  three  Eaglets  displaied  Or,  quem  ad  modum  hie  in  margine  a 
sinistra  cernitur  lunula  argentea  (qu£e  paulum  dignitatis  auferret) 
distinguere  oporteret :  Cum  etiam  tessera  quae  cristam  insignit  galea 
Vpon  a  wreath  gowld  and  gules.  An    Eagles   head  Or,  beetween  two 


12  HISTORY    OF    THE    WILMER    FAMILY. 

wings  varie.  Anno  1582  in  complementu  auiti  splendoris  a  Roberto 
Cooke  turn  Clarenceaulx  Thome  Wilmere  de  Ruyton  predicta,  iure 
primogeniturse  arma  sine  differentia  gerentis  at  heredibus  suis  in 
perpetuum  data  at  concessa  erat,  quam  tassaram  prjefatus  Georgius 
Wilmere  nullo  suo  iure  gastara  potuit  quia  Thomas  ilia  non  nisi  sibi,  et 
suis  parauit:  Ideo  nos  Gulialmus  Sagar  al's  Gartar,  at  Guliehiius 
Camden  al's  Clarenceulx  prafati,  Armorum  Rages  damus  primo  et 
concadimus  predicto  Gaorgio  Wilmere  par  presentas,  ut  a  debita  lunulas 
differentia  gerenda  immunis  sit  :  Deinda  ne  primogeniture  senioris 
familiae  fiat  iniuria  damus  etiam  at  concedimus  per  presentes  ut  loco 
illius  Wilmerorum  clymei  quam  A  Cheuern  varie  cohonestat,  prefatus 
Georgius  habeat  et  portet  arma  qu^e  in  margine  hie  a  daxtra 
conspiciuntur  depicta,  qusequK  uerba  sequentia  clarissime  exprimunt 
Gules  a  Cheuern  Siluer  beetween  three  Eaglets  Or.  armed  and  langued 
sable.  Neue  gastamen  illud  axistae  sit  expars  propria  ad  specialem 
Georgij  illius  rogatura,  atque  atiam  ut  stimulos  uirtuti  subderemus,  et 
pro  maiori  crascentis  familise  ornatu,  damus  porro,  et  concedimus 
prefato  Georgio  Wilmara  Vpon  a  wreath  Gowld  and  Gules  an  Eagle 
displayed  Gowld,  armed  and  langued  Sable,  howlding  in  his  beak  a 
Garland  of  laurel  proper,  ueluti  in  margine  hie  a  dextra  suo  minio  et 
metallis  rutilans  conspicitur.  Habendum  at  tenendum  immunitatem 
preconcassam,  preconcessa  Arma,  cristamque  preconcessam  cum 
Inudabilibus  tamen,  et  antiquitus  usitatis  differentiarum  nobulis  prefato 
Georgio,  heredibus  suis  et  descendentibus  ax  se,  omnimodo,  ubicunque, 
libera  et  in  perpetuum  :  In  cujus  rei  testimonium  nos  prefati  Gartar 
et  Clarenceulx  Armorum  Reges  huic  present!  instrumento  proprijs 
manibus  subscipsimus  et  utroque  sigillum  sui  Officij  sigillatim 
apposuimus." 

"From   the  original  (R.  22.,  pa.  311)  in  the  Heralds'  College. 
London. 

(Signed)  "STEPHEN  TUCKER, 
"  24  April,  '85.  '•  Somerset  Herald" 

It  will  be  observed  that  no  date  is  given  in  the  above  grant, 
but  we  can  determine  the  time  at  which  it  was  made  to  within 
twenty  years  ;  for  Sir  William  Segar  was  Garter  King-of-Arms 
from  1603  to  1633,  and  William  Camden  held  the  office  of 
Clarenceux  King-of-Arms  from  1597  to  1623.  The  grant, 
therefore,  must  have  been  made  between  1603  and  1623.  We 
have  been  able  to  find  but  few  instances  of  the  use  of  the  arms 


HISTORY    OF    THE    WILMER    FAMILY.  1 3 

and  crest  that  were  thus  granted  to  George  Wilmer.  They 
appear  in  the  Liber  Meinorialis  of  Trinity  College,  Cambridge, 
in  connection  with  his  gift  of  books  to  the  hbrary  of  that 
foundation  {see  p.  1 14"),  and  on  the  tombstone  of  his  grandson, 
John  Wilmer,  at  Walthamstow  {see p.  1 19).  In  both  these  cases, 
however,  the  crest  is  depicted  as  an  eagle  issuing  from  a  mural 
coronet,  and  without  the  garland  of  laurel.  The  arms,  without 
the  crest,  appear  impaled  by  Beachcroft,  in  the  funeral  bill  of 
Sir  Robert  Beachcroft,  Knt.  {see  p.  120);  and,  impaling 
Cornewall,  in  that  of  Dorothy,  the  wife  of  Randall  Wilmer  {see 
p.  1 24).  After  this  they  seem  to  have  fallen  into  disuse,  and  the 
arms  and  crest  of  the  Ryton  Wilmers,  without  any  mark  of 
cadency  or  difference,  to  have  been  adopted  in  their  place.  To 
the  latter  coat-of-arms  the  Yorkshire  Wilmers  had  no  doubt  a 
right  by  virtue  of  their  descent  from  the  Ryton  house,  if  it  were 
possible  to  ignore  the  new  grant  to  George  Wilmer,  their  more 
immediate  ancestoi.  But  if  they  bore  those  arms  at  all,  they 
ought  at  any  rate  to  have  charged  them  with  a  crescent  on  a 
crescent,  for  twice  had  the  descent  passed  through  second  sons. 
To  the  crest  they  had  no  right  whatever,  for  it  was  not  borne  by 
the  Ryton  Wilmers,  until  granted  in  1582-3  to  Thomas  Wilmer, 
to  whom  the  Yorkshire  Wilmers  were  only  collaterally  related. 
Yet  in  the  i8th  century  the  Yorkshire  Wilmers  used  no  other 
arms  and  crest,  as  is  shown  by  the  monuments  in  Upper 
Helmsley  church  and  by  family  papers  ;  and  not  only  so,  but  the 
Heralds  of  the  present  century  seem  to  have  allowed  the  claim 
of  Mr.  John-Wilmer  Field  and  Mr.  Joshua  Field,  descendants  of 
the  Yorkshire  Wilmers,  to  quarter  these  arms  ;  and  in  1S32 
when  Wilmer  Gossip  {see  p.  135)  and  Thomas-George  Gossip 
{see  p.  133)  assumed  the  surname  of  Wilmer,  in  consequence  of 
their  descent  from  an  heiress  of  the  Yorkshire  branch  of  that 
family,  the  arms  of  the  Ryton  Wilmers  were  confirmed  to  them 
in  the  following  grant  : — 

"To  all    and  Singular  to  whom  these   Presents    shall  come  Sir 
P.alph  Bigland   Knight  Garter  Principal  King  of  Arms  and  Edmund 


14  HISTORY    OF    THE    WILIIER    FAMILY. 

Lodge  Esquire  Norroy  King  of  Arms  of  the  North  Parts  of  England 
from  the  River  Trent  Northwards  send  Greeting : — Whereas  His 
Majesty  by  Warrant  under  His  Royal  Signet  and  Sign  Manual  bearing 
date  the  twenty  fifth  day  of  October  last  signified  unto  the  Most 
Noble  Bernard  Edward  Duke  of  Norfolk  Earl  Marshal  and  Heredi- 
tary Marshal  of  England  One  of  His  Majesty's  Most  Honourable 
Privy  Council  that  He  had  been  graciously  pleased  to  give  and  grant 
unto  Wilmer  Gossip  second  surviving  Son  and  Thomas  George  Gussip 
third  surviving  Son  of  the  late  Randall  Gossip  of  Thorp  Arch  Hall  in 
the  County  of  York  Esquire  a  Lieutenant  Colonel  in  the  Army, 
deceased, — (which  Randall  Gossip  was  the  Son  of  Thomas  Gossip  and 
Grandson  of  William  Gossip  of  Thorp  Arch  and  of  the  City  of  York 
Esquire  deceased  by  Anne  his  Wife  second  daughter  and  Coheir  of 
George  Wilmer  heretofore  of  Over  Helrasley  in  the  said  County  and  of 
the  said  City  of  York  Esquire  also  deceased)  His  Royal  Licence  and 
Authority  that  they  the  said  Wilmer  Gossip  and  Thomas  George 
Gossip  and  their  issue  respectively  may  use,  assume  and  bear  the  Sur- 
name of  Wilmer  only  and  also  bear  the  arms  of  Wilmer  in  compliance 
with  an  Injunction  in  a  Codicil  to  the  Last  Will  and  Testament  of  the 
said  Randall  Gossip,  such  Arms  being  first  duly  exemplified  according 
to  the  Laws  of  Arms  and  recorded  in  the  Heralds  Office  otherwise  the 
said  Royal  Licence  and  Permission  to  be  void  and  of  none  effect :  And 
forasmuch  as  the  said  Earl  Marshal  did  by  Warrant  under  his  hand  and 
seal  bearing  date  the  seventh  day  of  November  instant  authorize  and 
require  us  to  exemplify  the  said  Arms  of  Wilmer  accordingly :  Know  Ye 
therefore  that  We  the  said  Garter  and  Norroy  in  obedience  to  His 
Majesty's  Command,  in  pursuance  of  His  Grace's  Warrant,  and  by 
virtue  of  the  Letters  Patent  of  Our  several  Offices  to  each  of  Us 
respectively  granted  do  by  these  Presents  exemplify  unto  the  said 
Wilmer  Gossip  now  Wilmer  Wilmer  and  unto  the  said  Thomas  George 
Gossip  now  Thomas  George  Wilmer  the  Arms  of  Wilmer  viz'-  Gules 
a  Cheveron  vair  between  three  Eagles  displayed  Or  (a  Mullet  for  differ- 
ence^ )  And  the  Crest  of  Wilmer  viz'-  On  a  Wreath  of  the  Colours  an 
Eagle's  Head  couped  Or  between  two  wings  Vair  (differenced  as  the 
Arms)  as  the  same  are  in  the  Margin  hereof  more  plainly  depicted  to 
be  borne  and  used  for  ever  hereafter  by  them  the  said  Wilmer  Wilmer 
and  Thomas  George  Wilmer  and  their  Issue  respectively  according  to 
the  tenor  of  His  Majesty's  said  Sign  Manual  and  the  Laws  of  Arms : 

2.  Thomas  Gossip,  the  grandfather       I      left  issue,  of  William  Gossip  and  Anne 
of  the  grantees,  was  the  third  son,  who       |       Wilmer,  his  wife  [see  p.  132). 


HISTORY    OF    THE    WILMER    FAMILY.  1 5 

In  Witness  whereof  We  the  said  Garter  and  Norroy  Kings  of  Arms  have 
to  these  Presents  subscribed  Our  Names  and  affixed  the  Seals  of  Our 
several  Offices  this  ninth  day  of  November  in  the  Third  year  of  the  reign 
of  Our  Sovereign  Lord  William  the  fourth  by  the  Grace  of  God  of  the 
United  Kingdom  of  Great  Britain  and  Ireland  King  Defender  of  the 
Faith  &c.  :  and  in  the  year  of  our  Lord  one  thousand  eight  hundred 
and  thirty  two 

(Signed)  "  Ralph  Bigland,  Garter.     Edm°-  Lodge,  Norroy." 
\From  the  College  of  Arms.      In  the  origina/  painting  of  the  arms  the 
motto  is — "  Expertus  credo".] 

Thus  considerable  confusion  has  arisen  from  the  disregard 
in  which  the  grant  of  arms  to  George  Wilmer  has  been  held, — 
a  disregard  to  which  the  College  of  Arms  has,  as  we  have  seen, 
given  the  sanction  of  its  authority. 


Chapter  III. 


WILMER    OF    RYTON,    STAVERTON,   BUDBROOKE, 
AND   DUDLEY. 


0  Jortunaios  iiimium,  sua  si  bona  noniit, 

Agricolas,  quibus  ipsa  proctd  aiscordibus  armis 

Fundit  humo  facilem  victum  iustissima  telliis.  —Virgil,  Gcorg. ,  2.  45S. 


Arms  :  Gules,  a  chevron  vair  between  three  e.\gles  displayed  or. 
Crest  :     An  eagle's  head  or  between  two  wings  expanded  v'air. 


^'V|':"U''|C^|HE  following  pedigree  is  taken  from  the  Visitation  of 
/^j|l(^!  Warwickshire,  made  in  1619,  for  William  Camden, 
f^AvEfl  Clarenceux  King-of-Arms,  by  his  deputies,  Sampson 
Leonard,  Blewmantle,  and  Augustine  Vincent,  as 
printed  in  volume  XI L  of  the  Publications  of  the  Harleian 
Society,  from  the  Harleian  MS.  1 167,  under  the  editorship  of 
John  Fetherston,  Esq.,  F.S.A. 

2.2Hi)liiui-. 

Rich.  Wylmore  =  Da.  of  John  Godier 
de  Ruyton.  de  Baginton. 


I 
Will'm  Wylmore=Julian  d.  of  Tho.  Spencer  de  Badby 
de  Ruyton.  j  soror  Thomas  Spencer  de  Euerdon. 


HISTORY    OF    THE   WILMER    FAMILY. 


Will'm  Wyln 


Robert  Wylmore.  =Elizb.  Da.  of 

I  Tho.  Iligenson. 


Will'm  Wylmore.         Dorithy. 


I  I  M 

Thos.  Wylmore,  Robt.  Samuell  3. 

of  London  &  2  son.  — 

Budbrooke.  John        4. 


I    I    I 
Dorithy  I. 


Mary       3. 


Ann  ux.  Hen.       Dorithy      Joane  ux. 
Thornton.  ux.  John     Huckpole. 

Lauender. 


Elizb.  ux. 

Hen. 

Rogers. 


Mary  uxor  Tho. 
Crowe  postea 
Baldwin  Hill. 


Peter  Wylmor=Elizb.  Da.  of 
de  Couentry.     I  Radi  Browne. 


Rich.  Wylmore=VVinifrid  Da.  of 
deFolkshall.        John  fitz  Harbert. 


Elizabeth  Da.  &  heire.  Thomas  Wylmore=Da.  of  Fran, 

de  Meriden.  Stafford. 

Arms  : — A  chevron  voir  between  three  ducal  coronets  {not  blazoned).* 
In  the  Manuscript  drawn  in  pencil. 

jt.— aEtlltam  aEtlntfr  [A],  Yeoman,  of  Withybrooke'  and 
Ryton-upon-Dunsmore,  co.  Warwick,  is  the  first  of  the  family 
from  whom  we  have  been  able  to  prove  a  pedigree.  It  is  probable 
that  he  was  the  common  ancestor  of  all  those  branches  of  the 
Wilmer  family,  the  history  of  which  is  recorded  in  the  following 
pages,  although  in  several  cases  the  connecting  generations  are 
missing.  By  a  deed,  bearing  date  20th  September  i486,  Sir  John 
Weston,  Knt.,  Prior  of  the  Hospital  of  St.  John  of  Jerusalem  in 
England,  granted  to  William  Wilmer  the  manor  or  farm  of  Ryton, 
with  the  appurtenances,  for  the  term  of  sixty  years,  at  a  certain 
annual  rent.=  The  village  of  Ryton  is  situate  on  the  southern 
side  of  the  River  Avon,  four  miles  and  a  half  to  the  south-east 


*These  are  not  the  arms  of  the  Wilmer 
family  {see p.  lo). 

I.  So  described  in  Visit.  Northamp- 
ton, 1618-19,  which  refers  to  an 
Inquisition  taken  at  Kenilworth  on 
Saturday,  7  Sept.,  2  Hen.  VII.  (Harl. 
MS.  1094,  fo.  115).  In  Metcalfe's 
printed   edition   of  this  Visitation  the 


day  of  the  week  is  given  as  Sunday. 
The  7th  Sept.,  2  Hen.  VII.  fell  upon 
a  Thursday  ;  and  that  is  the  day  of 
the  week  given  in  a  pedigree  compiled 
from  sources  in  the  College  of  Arms. 

2.   Forster  v.  Wildmore,  Chan.  Pro. 
{seep.  29). 


lo  HISTORY    OF    THE    WILMER    FAMILY. 

of  Coventr}-.  The  manor  seems  to  have  been  a  member  of 
Stonelcigh,  and  in  14  Edward  I.  was  granted  by  Thomas  de 
Arden  to  the  Hospitalers,3  who  held  it  until  the  reign  of  Henry 
VI 1 1.4    William  Wilmer  had  two  sons  : — 

a* — I.  Richard  Wilmer.     Str  bdow,  \h 

II.  Thomas  Wilmer,  Mercer,  of  Coventry,  who  made 

his   will    6th    October    1540.      It    was  proved  at 

Lichfield,  8th  March   1540-1,  but  is  now  missing 

from    the    registry.         By    Elizabeth    his    wife, 

Thomas    Wilmer    had     an    only    child,   JoANE 

Wilmer. 

William  Wilmer  appears  to  have  borne  the  arms  :  Gules,  a 

chevron  vair  between   three  eagles  displayed  or,  for  they  were 

confirmed    to   his  descendant,  Thomas   Wilmer,   of   Ryton,   in 

1582-3,  in  consequence  of  his  being  "well  borne  and  descended 

"  of  such  as  haue  of  longe  tyme  vsed  and  boren  Armes  as  apt  and 

"  significant  tokens  of  their   race   and  gentry.  Which  lykewyse 

"  to  him  by  iust  descent    and    prcrogatyve    of   birth   ar  duely 

deryved  "  {sec  p.  9). 

M. — IXtdjart)  iLEiImEr[IA],  Yeoman,  was  the  executor  of 
his  father's  will,  and  succeeded  him  at  Ryton. =  He  married  Joane, 
daughter  of  John  Goodere,  of  Baginton,  near  Coventry,  and 
Alice,  his  wife.  We  have  no  direct  evidence  to  show  John 
Goodere's  parentage,  but  he  seems  to  have  been  a  member  of  the 
knightly  family  of  Goodere,  which  resided  at  Baginton,  Poles- 
worth,  and  other  places  in  Warwickshire.  This  family  was 
descended  from  Sir  Richard  Goodere,  Knt,  Lord  of  Poynton,  in 
Cheshire,  and  Anne,  his  wife,  daughter  of  Sir  Thomas  Clare, 
Knt.,  son  of  the  Earl  of  Gloucester.^  In  the  Harleian  MS.  1551, 
folio  131,  it  is  stated  that  John  Goodere  bore  the  arms  of  this 
family,  namely :  Gules,  a  fess  between  two  chevrons  vair.      In 


3.  Pat.  r.,  14  Ed« 


2Q  2.  Forster  v.  WUdmore,  Chan.   Pro. 

{see  p.  29). 

4.   Dugdale's     Warwickshire,  p.   33,  5.  Berry's    Hertjordshire    Peaigrces, 

ed,   1765.  p.  185. 


[To  face  page  iS  ] 


92),  =  Susan  John  Wilmer  [IV  K],   Esq.  (/.  167),  = 

I  iguery)        of  Shrewley ;  d.  1624.  | 

I  Cole.  A 

I  K  Wilmei-  uf  Shrewley  and   Stratford. 

le-Bow  {pp.  167-171). 


1-le-Bow,  Bromley-St.  -Leonard's. 
»g  (/A  153-166). 


■(pp.  138- 1 4S). 


lo  HISTORY    OF    THE    WILMER    FAMILY. 

of  Coventr)-.  The  manor  seems  to  have  been  a  member  of 
Stoneleigh,  and  in  14  Edward  I.  was  granted  by  Thomas  de 
Arden  to  the  Hospitalers,3  who  held  it  until  the  reign  of  Henry 
\TII.4     William  Wilmer  had  two  sons  : — 

I'f  ♦ — I.  Richard  Wilmer.     Str  bcloix',  CC 

II.  Thomas  Wilmer,  Mercer,  of  Coventry,  who  made 

his  will   6th    October   1540.      It   was  proved  at 

Lichfield,  8th  March   1540-1,  but  is  now  missing 

from    the    registry.         By    Elizabeth    his    wife, 

Thomas    Wilmer    had     an    only    child,    JoANE 

Wilmer. 

William  Wilmer  appears  to  have  borne  the  arms  :  Gules,  a 

chevron  vair  between   three  eagles  displayed  or,  for  they  were 

confirmed   to  his  descendant,  Thomas   Wilmer,   of   Ryton,   in 

1582-3,  in  consequence  of  his  being  "well  borne  and  descended 

"  of  such  as  haue  of  longe  tyme  vsed  and  boren  Armes  as  apt  and 

"  significant  tokens  of  their  race  and  gentry.  Which  lykewyse 

"  to  him  by  iust  descent    and    prerogatyve    of   birth  ar  duely 

deryved  "  {sec  p.  9). 

M". — ivtdjarti  tEtlmEr[IA],  Yeoman,  was  the  executor  of 
his  father's  will,  and  succeeded  him  at  Ryton."  He  married  Joane, 
daughter  of  John  Goodere,  of  Baginton,  near  Coventry,  and 
Alice,  his  wife.  We  have  no  direct  evidence  to  show  John 
Goodere's  parentage,  but  he  seems  to  have  been  a  member  of  the 
knightly  family  of  Goodere,  which  resided  at  Baginton,  Poles- 
worth,  and  other  places  in  Warwickshire.  This  family  was 
descended  from  Sir  Richard  Goodere,  Knt,  Lord  of  Poynton,  in 
Cheshire,  and  Anne,  his  wife,  daughter  of  Sir  Thomas  Clare, 
Knt.,  son  of  the  Earl  of  Gloucester.:  In  the  Harleian  MS.  1551, 
folio  131,  it  is  stated  that  John  Goodere  bore  the  arms  of  this 
family,  namely :  Gules,  a  fess  between  two  chevrons  vair.      In 


3.   r.it.  R.,  14  Edw. 


.   Dugdale's     Warivuishi: 
1765. 


2.  Forster  v.  Wildmore,  Chan.  Pro. 
(see  p.  29). 

5.  Berry's  Hertjordshire  Peaigrces, 
p.  185. 


Cijart  E 


Key    Pedigree    f\ , 


1  (/.  17),  of  Ryton  and  Withybiooke,  co.  Waiw.,  Ic/iip.  Hen.  VII.= 


Richard  Wilmer  [I  A],  Yeoman  (/>.  18),  of  Rylon  ;  d.  IS27.=Joi 


William  Wilmer  [II  A],  Gent.  ( /.  24),  of  Ryton  j  d.  1551.  =Julian  Spencer,  d.  cind  1558.  2.  John  Wilmer  [II  C]  (/.  91).  = 


,   „,.,  ,„  C^  „„       ,  ■  r.  ,v,  re-       „  George  Wilmer  [IV  C],  Esq.  (A  92), =Susan  John  Wilmer  [IV  K],  Esq.  {/.  167),  = 

A  Wilmer  of  Ryton,  Staverton,  Budbroolce,  B  Wilmer  of  6ywell  of  West  Ham ;  d.  1593-4.  I  C?""^)  of  Shrewley ;  d.  1624.  I 

and  Dudley  (//.  16-43).  (//•  44-76).  .         JVJ  t  j  w  ^^  >■(  .         y ,  4  ^ 

'  K  Wilmer  of  Shrewley  and  Stratford. 


Basill.         of  Cropredy,  fourth  son  ;  d.  ana  1655.  I 


I  I  le-Bow  (//>.  167-171). 

George  Wilmer  [V  E],  Esq.  (/.  ii3),=Margei-y  3.  Thomas  Wilmer  [V  H],  Esq.  (^.  i53),=EIizabeth 

of  Stratford-le-Bow ;  d.  1626.  I  Thwenge,  of  Stratford-le-Bow  and  Bromley-St.-  I  Jacob. 

I  d.  1632.  Leonard's  ;  d.  1624-5.  I 

I  A 

George  Wilmer  [VI  E],  Esq.  {/.  ii7),=Rebecca 


of  Cropredy,  fourth  son  ;  d.  ana  1655.  I  Sadler.  of  Upper  Helmsley  ;  d. 


Saf.  105.  Q  Wihner  of  Cropredy  and  Ellesborough  (/>/.  106-112). 


Baskerville. 


Dorothy  Cornewall,  ist  wife^Randall  Wilmer  [VII  E],  Esq.  (/.  123),  of  Stratford-le-Bow, =Sarah  Stainforth,  2nd  wife 
(/.  125);  d.  1678.  I  York,  and  Upper  Helmsley;  d.  1712.  I  (p.  124) ;  d.  1701. 

I  .  I 

.  (p,  127),  of  London=Anne  Etherington 


E  Gossip  and  De  Rodes  (//.  128-132).  Q  Wilmer,  Field,  and  Parsons,  Earl  of  Rosse  (fp.  I38-I'4S). 

F  Gossip,  Hatfeild,  Wilmer,  and  Moore  (//.  132-137).  J    Whittell  and  Herbert  (//>.  149-159). 


,*„  The  capital  letters  in  thick  type  correspond  to  sipiilar  letters  in  the  text. 


HISTORY    OF    THE    WILMER    FAMILY.  T9 

his  will,  which  was  dated  19th  August  I52i,and  proved  17th 
October  following,*  John  Goodere  bequeathed  to  "Johan  Willmar 
"  wife  of  Richard  Willmar  of  Ryton  6s.  8d.,"  and  to  "  every 
"  child  of  the  same  Richard  Willmar  a  silver  spoon,"  and  ap- 
pointed his  "curate  and  ghostly  father  Richard  Willmar  of 
"  Ryton"  one  of  the  overseers.  It  is  possible  that  this  Richard 
Willmar  was  the  son  of  the  Richard  Wilmer  of  whom  we  are 
writing,  for  the  latter  was  described  on  his  tombstone  as  a  farmer. 
Richard  and  Joane  Wilmer  had  issue  : — 

$$$.— I.  William  Wilmer.    See  below,  $H. 

II.  John    Wilmer,   ancestor    of    the   Wilmers   of 
London,  Essex,  and  Yorkshire  {see  chapter  IX.). 
III.  Richard  Wilmer,  living  in  1527. 
I.  Alice  Wilmer,  married  first  Tomlyns, 

of    Thame,    co.    Oxford ;     and   secondly,   John 
Spencer,  Esq.,  of  Thame,  second  son  of  William 
Spencer,  Esq.,  of  Badby  and  Everdon  {see pedigree, 
p.  25).     They  had  an  only  child,  ALICE  Spen'CER, 
who   married    James  Wilcocks,   of    Hardwicke, 
{query)  near  Thame. 
II.  Katherine  Wilmer,  married  Richard  Bourne, 
Gent ,  of  Chesterton,  co.  Oxford,  and  had  issue.  7 
Arms    of    Bourne :    Argent,    on    a    mount   vert, 
standing  on  four  bars  wavy  in  base  of  the   field 
and  azure,  a  castle  triple-towered  gules,  on  a  chief 
of  the  third  a  sun  between  two  estoiles  or. 
"  The  Deposicons  of  certeyn  Deponentes  Taken  at  Couentre  the 
Thursday  next  afore  the  feast  of   Penthecost    the  tenth  yere  of  the 
Reygn  of  o"  Souraygn  lord  Kyng  Henry  the  viij.  by  s'  Rob't  Brudenell 
Knyght  &  other    the  Kynges  co'niyssyon''s  by  vertue  of  the  Kynges 
co'myssyon  to  theym  directyd  vppon  a  byll  of  Compleynt  putt  vpp  by 
Wyll'm  Coke  &  John  Lawrence  ayenst  Richard  Willm''  for  lond  inclosed. 
"  The  Intergatoryes  for  the  part  of  Willam 
Cooke  &  John  Laurence  ayeynst  Richard  Wylm''- 

I  7,  Visit.  Oxford,   1634;    Harl.   Soc. 

6.  P.C.C.      16  Mainwaring.  |      Publ.,  v.  p.  316. 


O  HISTORY    OF   THE   WILMER    FAMILY. 

"  I.     Fyrst  whather  there    were   any   suche   composyc'on   as   ys 

surmysed  &  affirmed  by  Ric'  Wilmer  or  nott. 
"2.     It'm  whather  Blakeden  Hyll  and  the  More  haue   ben  comen 
and  so  vsed  to  all  the  temntes  &  fireholders  of  the  toune  of 
Ruyton  tyme  owt  of  mynd  or  nott. 
'•  3.     It'm  whather  the  seyd  Wylmer  haue  inclosed  any  of  the  londes 
&  ten'tes  belongyng  to  the  forseyd  Will^m  Cooke  and  John 
Laurence  or  any  of  theym  or  nott. 
"  4.     It'm  whather  the  seyd  Wylmer  dyd  enforce  coarc  oppresse 
vex  or  sue  the  ten^ntes  &  inh'it'nntes  of  the  seyd  toune  of 
Ruyton  wrongfully  or  nott. 
"  5.     It'm  whather  the  forseyd  Cooke  and  Laurence  haue  any 
other  landes  Rentes  or  Recompense  for  theyr  owne  landes  as 
ys  surmysed  by  the  seyd  Wylmer  or  nott. 
"  6.     It'm  whather  the  forseyd  Wylmer  caused  to  be  wrongfully 
endvted  at  Warwyk  by  his   othe  the  seyd  WilUm  Cooke 
John  Coup  John  Cooke  Will-^m  Bradwell  &  John  AVhyttell 
or  nott. 
"  Deposic'o'es  ex  pte  Will'i  Cooke  &  Joh'is  Laurence  versus  Willmer. 
"  John  Coup  of  Ruyton  tenant  to  the  seyd  Will^m  Cooke  of  the 
age  of  xl  yeres  sworn  &  examyned  the  yere  day  &  place  aboueseyd 
seyth  and  deposyth  as  folouyeth 

"  To  the  fyrst  &  second  articles  he  seyth  that  there  was  neu'' 
Composyc'on  concluded  bytwene  the  lordes  of  the  seynt  Johns  &  the 
ten^'ntes  of  Ruyton  but  there  was  a  Co'icacon  bytwene  the  fermer  of  the 
seyd  lordes  of  seynt  Johns  &  the  seyd  ten^ntes  for  a  pease  to  be  had  for 
a  yere  Whyche  was  that  the  seyd  (ernV  shold  leeve  out  a  ground  called 
Blakden  w'  hyll  &  more  for  coen  to  the  seyd  ten^intes  and  the  same  ferm"' 
to  medell  w'  no  pt  ther  of  Nor  in  the  toune  feldes  or  medowes  to  haue 
but  CCC.  shepe  goyng  in  Dunsmore  Hath  whych  agrement  the  seyd 
erm''  wold  nott  kepe  for  he  aft""  that  inclosyd  wyth  dyke  &  hege  the 
seyd  ground  called  Blakden  w'  hyll  &  more  and  kept  yt  seu'^all  and  aff 
the  seyd  ten^ntes  had  cast  doun  the  seyd  dyke  and  hege  to  vse  theyre 
Coen  there  the  seyd  Wylmer  made  newe  agayne  the  said  dyke  and  hege 
and  so  kepyth  yt  seu''all  styll  and  also  by  the  seyd  agreement  the  same 
Wylmer  shold  put  out  no  man  out  of  hys  fermes  and  after  cont^rye  to 
that  he  put  owte  on'  Thomas  Cotysbroke  out  of  hys  ferme  of  the  psonage 
&  the  londes  and  also  he  put  out  Thome's  Herbert  &  thys  deponet  also 
owt  of  theyre  fermes  and  toke  a  yard  lond  from  Thom-^'s  Lampar  and 
by  reason  therof  the  seyd  Richard  Wilm''  put  in   the  toune  feldes  c. 


HISTORY    OF   THE    WILMER    FAMILY.  21 

shepe  more  and  by  Cotysbroke  ys  ferme  he  putt  in  ccc  shepe  more 
contrary  to  the  seyd  agreement.  To  the  iij  &  iiij  articles  he  seyth  that 
the  seydVVylm''  hath  inclosed  another  feld  called  Hall  Hyll  by  estymac'on 
conteynyng  c  acr'  and  also  a  feld  called  Barbelowe  conteynyng  by 
estymac'on  c  acr'  wherein  the  seyd  ten\antes  had  theyre  Comen.  And 
WilPm  Cooke  hath  viij  londes  &  a  pyke?''  in  the  seid  Hall  Hyll  and  xiij 
londes  in  barbelow  And  John  Lawrence  had  a  medow  plott  of  iij  londes 
of  hey  by  yere  in  the  Hall  Hyll  and  the  heyre  of  Will^m  Hall  hath  x 
londes  in  barbelowe  &  Will'^m  Cooke  xiij  londes  in  the  same  also  he  hath 
inclosed  a  nother  close  called  the  Hayes  &  the  Lynche  conteynyng  by 
estymac'on  vppon  a  Ixxx  acr'  and  a  medow  plott  called  Haddesmore 
whych  will  bere  yerely  xxx  lodes  of  haye  wherin  Will^m  Cooke  hath  a 
plott  of  iij  lodes  of  haye  &  also  an  acr'  of  ayreable  lond  in  the  seyd  feld 
called  Dodwyth  acr'  And  also  the  seyd  Wylm"^  inclosed  a  nother  close 
called  Oxford  leys  conteynyng  by  estymac'on  vppon  a  Ix  act'  and  a 
medow  plott  longyng  to  the  same  called  Halyams  and  in  the  seyd  feldes 
John  Laures  hath  xix  londes  &  in  the  medowe  a  plott  of  a  lode&  a  half 
of  haye  in  all  whych  inclosure  the  seyd  ten^'nts  haue  vsed  to  haue 
Comen  in  tymes  past  all  wey  in  the  opyn  tyme. 

"  To  the  v"^  article  he  selth  that  the  seyd  Wylm""  wold  haue  leydowt 
certeyn  londes  too  recompense  the  seyd  ffreholders  whyche  they  wold 
nott  take  except  that  John  Smyth  toke  a  part  in  recompence  for  a  yere 
WilUm  Mawdeley  dyd  also  take  a  nother  pte  in  recompence  for  a  yere 
and  sens  they  haue  left  up  the  same  ground  by  cause  the  seyd  Wylmer 
wold  nott  kepe  hys  appoyntement  in  other  thynges. 

"  As  to  the  vj  article  he  seyth  that  the  seyd  Wylm''  by  hys  oth 
and  by  hys  means  caused  Will^'m  Coke  John  Cop  John  Coke  Will^'m 
Bradwell  and  John  Whytell  to  be  indyted  of  Ryott  for  castyng  down 
the  heges  of  the  seyd  newe  inclosure  whych  were  not  at  the  seyd  castyng 
downe  of  the  heges  of  the  seyd  Inclosures  and  more  he  knowyth  nott. 

"Thomas  Cotysbroke  of  Strettona  mylefrom  Ruyton  husbondman 
of  the  age  of  Ix  yeres  sworn  and  cxamyned  the  day  &,  yere  aboueseyd 
seyth  &  deposyth 

"  As  to  the  j  &  ij  articles  he  seyth  &,  deposyth  as  the  forseyd 
John  Coup  hath  deposed  and  seyth  More  that  the  seyd  Wylm""  hath  c. 
shepe  more  goyng  in  the  town  and  feldes  of  Ruyton  by  reason  of 
Leadbrokes  lond  where  he  hath  lett  downe  the  hous  &  occupyeth  the 
lond. 

7a.   A  pyke  was  a  large  cock  of  hay. 


22  HISTORY   OF    THE    WILMER    FAMILY. 

"  To  the  iij  iiij  and  v  artycles  he  agreeth  that  the  forseyd  John 
Coup  and  also  seyth  that  the  seyd  Wylm''  hath  wrongfully  vexed  thys 
deponct  and  dyu''s  other  as  puttyng  theyme  out  of  theyre  fermes  wrong- 
fully distreynyng  theyre  catell  and  suyng  theym  at  the  lawe  w'  dyu''s 
other  harmes  to  theyme  don  and  to  the  vj  article  he  seyth  as  the  seyd 
Coup  hath  aboueseyd. 

"[Roger  Smyth  of  Wolston  a  myle  from  Ruyton  aforeseyd  of  the 
age  of  Ix  yeres  &  more.  John  Lapworth  of  Brandon  of  the  pysshe  of 
V/olston  one  myle  from  Ruyton  of  the  age  of  Ixvij  yeres.  Henry  Scotte 
other  wyse  called  Henry  Heryng  of  Brandon  aforeseyd  of  the  age  of 
Ixxx  yeres  and  aboue,  Rob't  Wryght  of  Wolston  aforeseyd  of  the  age 
of  XXX  yeres,  and  Thomas  Yong  of  the  same  towne  of  the  age  of  xxxviij 
yeres,  sworne  and  examyned  seye  as  the  seyd  John  Cowp  and  Thomas 
Cottesbroke  haue  deposed  in  all  thinges." — Star  Chamber  Proceedings, 
Henry  VHL,  vol.  ix.,  foHos  181-2).] 

Richard  Wilmer  died  34th  May  1527,  and  was  buried  in 
St.  Leonard's  church,  at  Ryton.  His  wife,  who  survived  him, 
was  buried  in  the  same  place,  where  they  were  formerly  com- 
memorated by  a  brass,  part  of  which  was  sold  some  time  ago  to 
Mr.  J.  J.  Green,  and  is  now  in  his  possession.  On  the  brass 
were  engraved  figures  of  Wilmer  and  his  wife,  and  their  sons 
and  six  daughters.  Those  of  the  daughters  only  now  remain. 
The  legend  is  as  follows  : — 

SlI  rrostm  pcplle  toilfegng;  alone : 
lie  ftolDe  tl)c  piiiagr£i  of  |)i=  stone : 
lufjcr  lucn  |  IxprljarO  Initliui-  t  Jts  tooffc  3ioI;nc : 
tfjc  j-nt'tj  tan  of  meg  tot  gooti  rccorlie 
i^e  I  i3(p'tcti  otot  of  gis  toorlB  w  3crc  of  or  lorO 
a  mb|il''l'it  to  toljosc  iaWvi  Scsius  gcuc  co'forti  | 
fai-ii  r  of  gis  totonc  tocll  fenoone  toas  Ije : 
of  uor  ti)argtc  Sag  pr  nr  antJ  auc : 
The  following  is  a  copy  of  Richard  Wilmer's  will  : — 
1527. — "In  Dei  Nomine  Amen,  the  xxj'^  day  of  June  in  the 
year  of  o"  Lorde  god  A  Thousande  fyve  hundreth  twenty  and  seven  I 
Richarde  Wylmer  of  Ruyton  beyne;  in  good  helthe  and  of  fite  mynde 
and  good  remebrance  make  my  last  will  and  testament  in  this  wise 
ffirst  I  bequeth  my  soule  to  Allmightie  god  the  ffather  the  sonne  And 
the  holy  goste  And  to  o''  lady  saint  Mary  And  to  all  the  Holy  Companie 


HISTORY    OF    THE    WILMER    FAMILY.  23 

of  heven  And  my  bodie  to  be  buried  in  the  parishe  church  of  Saint 
Leonard  of  Ruyton  Also  I  bequeth  for  my  mortuary  my  best  good  as 
custome  dothe  require  Also  I  bequeth  to  the  Mother  church  of 
Couentrie  for  to  have  an  absolution  vj'  viiij''  Also  I  bequeth  to  the  high 
Aulter  of  the  parisshe  church  of  Ryton  for  Tithes  forgotten  vj=^  viiij'^ 
Also  I  bequeth  to  the  Rep''ations  and  building  of  the  church  of  Ruyton 
and  therein  to  be  buried  twenty  shillings  Also  I  bequeth  to  the  whight 
ffreers  of  Couentre  for  to  have  a  solempne  Dirige  and  masse  ten 
shillinges  Also  I  bequeth  to  the  graye  ffreers  of  Couentre  for  to  have  a 
solempne  dirige  and  masse  ten  shillinges  Also  I  bequeth  to  the  ffreers  of 
Adderston  for  to  have  a  dirige  and  masse  x'^  Also  I  bequeth  to  the 
Augusteyne  freers  of  Warwick  for  to  have  a  trentall  ^  of  masse  x^  Also 
I  bequeth  to  my  Lord  Abbot  of  Combe  and  to  his  brethren  for  to  have 
a  solempne  dirige  and  (sic)  vj^  viiij'^  And  if  he  come  to  my  burying  w'  his 
brether'n  xiij^  iiij<J  Also  I  bequeth  to  my  lorde  Abbot  and  Couent  of 
Stoneley  for  to  have  a  solempne  Dirige  and  masse  V^  viii*^  Also  I  bequeth 
to  the  church  of  bubnehill  iij^  iiij'^  Also  I  bequeth  to  the  churche  of 
Wappenbury  iij^  iiij<^  Also  I  bequeth  to  the  Church  of  Stretton  iij^  iiij'^ 
Also  I  bequeth  to  the  church  of  Wolston  iij^  in]<^  Also  I  bequeth  to  the 
church  of  Brinkelow  iij^  iiij'^  Also  I  bequeth  to  the  church  of  Wolnycot 
iij^  iiijti  Also  I  bequeth  to  Johan  Wylmer  my  wife  Ix''  And  she  to 
be  at  her  election  and  chosing  whether  she  will  take  the  saied  Ix''  in 
money  goods  or  catell  Also  I  bequeth  to  the  saied  Johane  halfe  a 
dozen  of  silver  spones  and  a  silver  salte  a  garnisshe  of  vessell  ij  greate 
pannes  ij  pottes  a  more  and  a  lesse  ij  mattres  and  a  ffether  bed 
ij  cou"'lettes  and  a  couering  w'  iij  paire  of  blankettes  twenty  paire  of 
shetes  and  the  one  halfe  of  Napery  ware  in  the  house  Also  I  bequeth  to 
the  saied  Johan  my  wif  iiij  Kyen  iij''''  ewes  iij"''  wedders  and  the  saied 
Catell  to  be  at  the  finding  and  coste  of  charge  summer  and  winter  on 
the  ferme  of  Ryton  Also  it  is  my  will  that  the  saied  Johane  shall  have  a 
chamber  at  her  election  win  the  house  and  fuell  and  also  mete  and 
drinke  at  the  coste  and  charge  of  them  that  kepith  the  ferme  Also  I 
bequeth  to  the  said  Johane  my  wif  iij"  vj^  viij*^  of  yerely  rent  to  be  paied 
to  the  saied  Johane  or  to  her  assignes  forthe  of  my  londe  in  Saubrege 
of  the  chief  Ten't  during  her  life  Also  I  bequeth  to  euery  one  of  my 
children  as  to  William  to  Ahce  to  Katheryne  to  John  and  Richard  to 
euery  one  of  them  xxx'  And  if  it  fortune  eny  of  my  children  to  departe 
this  p'nte  lif  beyng  w'in  age  or  before  that  the  saied  goodes  be  delivered 
unto  them  Then  I  will  that  the  parte  of  the  saied  childe  that  is  dep'ted 

8.  A  trental  was  thirty  masses  for  the  dead. 


24  HISTORY    OF    THE    WILMER    FAMILY. 

or  deed  shall  be  deuyded  to  the  Residue  of  my  children  lefte  on  lyue  by 
even  portion  And  if  it  soo  chance  that  my  wif  or  eny  other  of  my 
children  will  not  be  content  w'  suche  goodes  as  are  bequest  vnto  them 
by  this  my  will  but  to  make  discension  debate  and  suytt  or  cause  to  be 
made  ageinst  myne  ex'ors  or  eny  of  them  then  it  is  my  Will  that  they  that 
soo  doo  or  cause  soo  to  be  done  shall  lese  and  neu''  enioye  eny  suche 
goodes  as  are  bequest  vnto  them  in  this  ray  will  Also  I  will  gyue  and 
bequeth  vnto  William  my  Sonne  all  my  londes  tenementes  groundes 
fermes  and  takings  that  I  have  and  holde  w'in  Northamptonshire 
and  Warwicke  shire  and  hym  I  make  myne  heire  execuf  depute  and 
assigne  Also  I  give  and  bequeth  vnto  the  saied  Wilham  my  sonne  all 
my  goodes  moveable  and  vnmoueable  as  corne  catell  waynes  cartes 
plowes  And  all  other  stuff  belonging  vnto  husbandry  and  all  my 
household  stuff  that  I  have  w'in  house  or  ferme  of  Royton  Also  I 
will  that  John  Goodyere  of  Bagynton  be  one  of  my  executors  and 
Edward  ferys  overseers  to  have  for  his  labor  xx^  Also  I  will  that 
Thomas  Wylmer  of  Couentre  my  brother  be  ou''seer  and  to  have  for 
his  labo''  vj'  viij<i  Also  I  will  that  Tliomas  Wylmer  day  of  my  burying 
to  have  a  solempne  dirige  and  masse  And  euery  preest  that  is 
there  present  to  have  for  his  labo''  viij'^  and  euery  clerke  ij'i  And  euery 
childe  that  ys  lerned  i'^  Also  I  will  that  all  pore  people  as  men  women 
and  children  as  many  as  come  to  my  buriall  euery  one  of  them  to  have  i'^ 
and  also  mete  and  drinke  for  my  neighbours  as  shall  be  p^vyded  for  them 
Also  if  it  please  God  that  I  departe  this  my  present  lif  my  yongest 
sonnes  beying  w'in  age  then  I  will  that  my  ex'ors  shall  fynde  them  at 
schole  vnto  suche  tyme  as  they  be  of  p'fite  age  and  able  to  obtaine  theire 
living  The  Residue  of  my  goods  not  geuen  nor  bequethed  I  gyue  and 
bequeth  unto  William  Wylmer  my  sonne  and  vnto  John  Goodyere  and 
the  I  make  my  ex'ors  to  dispoase  my  goodes  for  the  welth  of  my  soule 
and  for  my  ffrendes  soules  and  for  all  Xp'en  soules  as  they  shall  thinke 
beste  &  expedient  for  my  soule  helthe  Witnessith  John  Cockes  of 
Royton  Wallier  Richard  Goodyere  of  Bagynton  pynner  Richard 
Lamparde  of  Sterton  husbondeman  Acta  sunt  hec  die  et  anno  sup='dicto 
coram  me  d'no  Alexandro  Legg  curat'  de  Ruyton  In  cuius  Rei 
Testimon'  hac  pres'  Test'  manu  mea  scripsi."  [Proved  by  W""  Wylmer 
and  John  Goodyere,  12th  July  1527.     P.C.C.  21  Porch.] 

E5E.— ffiJHtlliam   fflffiiihnrr  [IIA],  Gent,    of   Ryton,  the 
eldest  son   of  Richard  Wilmer  [lA],   married  Julian,   daughter 
of  William   Spencer,  Esq.,9  of  Badby  and  Everdon,  co.  North- 
9.  £aier,  i.  pp.  10S-9,  364. 


24  HISTORY    OF    THE    WILxMER    FAMILY. 

or  deed  shall  be  deuyded  to  the  Residue  of  my  children  lefte  on  lyue  by 
even  portion  And  if  it  soo  chance  that  my  wif  or  eny  other  of  my 
children  will  not  be  content  w'  suche  goodes  as  are  bequest  vnto  them 
by  this  my  will  but  to  make  discension  debate  and  suytt  or  cause  to  be 
made  ageinst  myne  ex'ors  or  eny  of  them  then  it  is  my  Will  that  they  that 
soo  doo  or  cause  soo  to  be  done  shall  lese  and  neu''  enioye  eny  suche 
goodes  as  are  bequest  vnto  them  in  this  my  will  Also  I  will  gyue  and 
bequeth  vnto  William  my  sonne  all  my  londes  tenementes  groundes 
fermes  and  takings  that  I  have  and  holde  w'in  Northamptonshire 
and  Warwicke  shire  and  hym  I  make  myne  heire  execuf  depute  and 
assigne  Also  I  give  and  bequeth  vnto  the  saied  William  my  sonne  all 
my  goodes  moveable  and  vnmoueable  as  corne  catell  waynes  cartes 
plowes  And  all  other  stuff  belonging  vnto  husbandry  and  all  my 
household  stuff  that  I  have  w'in  house  or  ferme  of  Royton  Also  I 
will  that  John  Goodyere  of  Bagynton  be  one  of  my  executors  and 
Edward  ferys  overseers  to  have  for  his  labor  xx^  Also  I  will  that 
Thomas  Wylmer  of  Couentre  my  brother  be  ou'seer  and  to  have  for 
his  labo''  vj"  viij"^  Also  I  will  that  Thomas  Wylmer  day  of  my  burying 
to  have  a  solempne  dirige  and  masse  And  euery  preest  that  is 
there  present  to  have  for  his  labo'  viij''  and  euery  clerke  ij"^  And  euery 
childe  that  ys  lerned  i'^  Also  I  will  that  all  pore  people  as  men  women 
and  children  as  many  as  come  to  my  buriall  euery  one  of  them  to  have  i"^ 
and  also  mete  and  drinke  for  my  neighbours  as  shall  be  p'^vyded  for  them 
Also  if  it  please  God  that  I  departe  this  my  present  lif  my  yongest 
sonnes  beying  w'in  age  then  I  will  that  my  ex'ors  shall  fynde  them  at 
schole  vnto  suche  tyme  as  they  be  of  p'iite  age  and  able  to  obtaine  theire 
living  The  Residue  of  my  goods  not  geuen  nor  bequethed  I  gyue  and 
bequeth  unto  William  Wylmer  my  sonne  and  vnto  John  Goodyere  and 
the  I  make  my  ex'ors  to  dispoase  my  goodes  for  the  welth  of  my  soule 
and  for  my  ffrendes  soules  and  for  all  Xp'en  soules  as  they  shall  thinke 
beste  &  expedient  for  my  soule  helthe  Witnessith  John  Cockes  of 
Royton  Wallier  Richard  Goodyere  of  Bagynton  pynner  Richard 
Lamparde  of  Sterton  husbondeman  Acta  sunt  hec  die  et  anno  sup^dicto 
coram  me  d'no  Alexandro  Legg  curat'  de  Ruyton  In  cuius  Rei 
Testimon'  hac  pres'  Test'  manu  mea  scripsi."  [Proved  by  W""  Wylmer 
and  John  Goodyere,  12th  July  1527.     P.C.C.  21  Porch.] 

E52.— 32itlltani  (HiHilmcr  [IIA],  Gent.,  of  Ryton,  the 
eldest  son  of  Richard  Wilmcr  [lA],  married  Julian,  daughter 
of  William   Spencer,  Esq.,?  of  Badby  and   Everdon,  co.  North- 

9.  Baker,  i.  pp.  10S-9,  364. 


Cf)art  M, 


[To  face  page  25.] 


Pedigree  of  the  Families  of  Wilmer,  Spencer,  Higgenson,  Thornton,  Chaplin,  Rogers,  and  Hanslap 


Richard  Wilmer  [I  A],  of=.ToANE,  dau.  of 
Rytoii ;  d.  1527  (/.  18).         I  John  Goodere. 


loHN  Thornton,  m, 
Leltice,   sis,    &  li. 
Thomas       Newnha 
Esq.,  of  Newnhani,  ( 
Northampton.  = 


Thomas  Spencer,  =  Dorothy,  dau.  of 
Esq.,  of  Badby  &.  I  Sir  William  Spen- 
Everdon  ;  d.  16  cer,  of  Akhorp ;  d. 
Aug.  1576.  I  14  Sep.  1575. 


2.  John  Spencer,  Esq.,=Alice  Wilmer, 
of  Thame,  cc.    Ox-  I  elder  dau. 
ford,  2nd  husband. 


Richard  Wilmer, 
of  Sherborne  ( *, 
82),  = 


Giles  Spencer,  Julian  Spencer, 

Esq.,  of  Burton  d.  aVra  1558. 

Dassett.  = 


William 
[II  A],    ( 
Ryton ; 
(A  24)- 


Margaret     Spencer, 
mar.  Thomas  Judkin, 


A  g  n  e  s=Thomas  Higgenson, 
Spencer.  Gent,,  of  Berkes- 
well,  CO.  Warwick. 


Henry  Thornton, 
Esq.,  of  Newn- 
hani;     d.     1556; 


Thomas  Thornton, 
of  Newnham  and 
Brockhole,  eldest 
son  ;  d.  1632.= 


r,  =  Richard    Chaplin, 
'      Esq.,    of   Welton, 

CO.  Northampton  ; 

2nd    husb.;     mar. 


Robert       Wilmer=Elizabeth  Higgenson, 
[IIIB],    Esq.,    of  I  d.  1635-6. 
Sy  well,  6th  son ;  d. 
1612;  (/.  46).         I 
A 
B  Wilmer  of  Sywell,  (//.  46-76). 


Nicholas  Hanslap,  of  Aynho,  ^Dorothy  Higgei 
CO.  Northampton. 


Richard  Chap 
of  Norton,  m 
Daventry,  eldest  s 


John  Hanslap, 


Robert  Hanslap,  of 
Southam,  co.  War- 
.wick,  3rd  son.  = 


See  Visit.  IVanvick, 


William 

{see  Baker, 


loHN  Thornton,  mar.  i.   Thomas      Spencer, = Dorothy,   d) 

Lettice,    sis.    &   h.     of  Esq.,    of   Badby  &  I  Sir  William 

Thomas        Newnham,  Everdon  :      d.      l6     cer,  of  Althc 

Esq.,  of  Newnham,  CO.  Aug.  1576.                  |  14  Sep.  157; 

Northampton.  =  A 

I  Dukes  of  Buckingham  and  Chanc 


Peter  Roger,  "who=Jane 
cam  out  of   Dorset- 
sheir   into  Warwiok- 
sheir. " 


Richard  Wilmer,         Henry  Rogers,  of=--Elizabi 
of     Sherborne     (/.         Sherborne.  |  Sth    d 

82).=  ;iS39( 

I I 

1  I 

Johanna  Wihner.  ^Timolhy    Rogers, 
I  younger  son. 

A 

Seep.  83. 


HISTORY   OF    THE    WILMER    FAMILY.  25 

ampton,  and  sister  of  John  Spencer,  Esq.,  of  Thame,  who 
married  Alice  Wilmer  {see  p.  19).  Of  a  family  so  well  known 
and  highly  honoured  as  that  of  the  Spencers  it  is  needless  for 
us  to  write  at  any  length,  but  some  particulars  of  the  children 
of  William  Spencer  will  be  found  in  the  accompanying  pedigree. 
Arms  of  Spencer  of  Badby  and  Everdon  :  Sable,  on  a  fess  or 
between  three  bezants  as  many  lions'  heads  erased  of  the  field. 
William  and  Julian  Wilmer  had  issue  : — 

EF. — I.  Thomas  Wilmer.    See  belozv,  lU- 

II.  William  Wilmer,  Gent,  of  Spratton,  co. 
Northampton,  a  minor  in  1558;  died  at  Little 
Creaton,  a  hamlet  in  the  parish  of  Spratton,  loth 
April  1 599  ;  buried  in  the  north  chantry  chapel 
of  Spratton  church,  where  there  are  the  arms  of 
Wilmer  and  a  brass  plate  bearing  the  following 
inscription  : — 

Here  lyeth  buried  the  bodie  of 
William  Willmer  who  departed 

THIS  LIFE  the  TENTHE  DAYE  OF 

Aprill  IN  the  yere  of  our  Lord 

God  one  thousand  five  hundred  ninetie  nine. 

The  following  is  an  abstract  of  his  will  :  — 

8th  October  1592. — In  the  Name  of  God,  Amen.  I  William 
Willmer,  etc.  My  body  to  be  buried  within  the  Church  of  Daventry 
or  Starton  at  the  will  of  my  executors.  To  the  poor  of  the  parish  io.f. 
To  every  one  of  my  brother  Richard  his  children  20/.  a  piece  when  21 
years  of  age.  My  brother  Peter  Willmer  his  daughter  20/.  on  her 
marriage.  My  brother  Robert  Willmer  his  daughter  Dorothie  Willmor 
100  marks  on  her  marriage.  To  William  Willmer  my  brother  Robert 
Willmer  his  sonne  and  heir  1000  marks  to  be  invested  in  land.  To  my 
brother  Richard  Willmor  5/.  To  my  brother  Peter  5/.  The  residue 
I  give  to  William  Willmor  my  brother  Robert  his  sonne  whom  I  make 
sole  executor.  I  make  my  good  kynsman,  Robert  Higginson,  of  Sillhill, 
and  Robert  Willmer,  my  nephew,  overseers.  Witnesses  : — Matthew 
Salter  and  Robt.  Willmor.    [Proved  23rd  April  1599.    P.CC.  30  Kidd.] 

D 


20  HISTORY    OF    THE    WILMER    FAMILY. 

III.  Richard  Wilmer,  Gent.,  of  Folkeshall  (now 
Foleshill),  CO.  Warwick,  a  minor  in  1558;  married 
Winifred,  daughter  of  John  FitzHerbcrt,  and 
had  issue : — 

i.  Thomas  Wilmer,  Gent.,  of  Meriden,  co. 
Warwick,  married  Anne,  daughter  of  Francis 
Stafford,  and  had  a  son,  EDWARD  Wilmer, 
and  a  daughter,  Anne  Wilmer,  who  were 
both  under  age  in  1610.  His  will  was  dated 
14th  April  1610,  and  proved  27th  September 
1610,'°  by  Anne  Wilmer,  his  widow.  He 
desires  to  be  buried  in  some  convenient  place 
in  Berkeswell  church,  and  leaves  10s.  apiece 
to  his  father  and  mother  ;  5^.  to  Margaret 
Johnson,  wife  of  John  Johnson;  and  appoints 
as  overseers  his  "loving  kinesmen  and  friends, 
"  Samuel  Willimore,"  Jobe  Lavender,  John 
"  Halsall,  Thomas  Mattershead,  and  Richard 
"  Gresbrooke."  The  witnesses  were  Richard 
Buggs,  Thomas  Rotten,  John  Halsall, 
Clement  Lavender,  and  Jobe  Lavender. 

Richard  Wilmer  probably  had  other  children,  for 
his  brother,  William  Wilmer,  left  legacies  "  to 
"  every  one  of  my  brother  Richard  his  children." 
The  following  entries  from  the  parish  registers  of 
Foleshill  probably  refer  to  them  : — Elizabeth 
Wilmer,  buried  30th  October  1581  ;  John,  son 
of  (?)  Ric/iard  Wilmer,  baptized  nth  June  1579; 
Henry,  son  of  (?)  Ricliaj-d  Wilmer,  baptized  2nd 
May  1585;  Martha,  daughter  of  John  Wilmer, 
baptized  loth  August  1604  ;  Anna,  daughter  of 
John  Wilmer,  baptized  24th  October  1605. 
Richard  W^ilmer  himself  was  buried  at  Foleshill, 
I2th  June  1612.  It  is  said  that  his  will  was 
dated  or  proved  in  that  year. 

10.  P.C.C.  82  Wingfield.  first  cousin,  Samuel  Wilmer,  of  Beau- 

11.  This  was  probably  the  testator's      I      tUorpe  {see  p.  34). 


HISTORY    OF    THE    WILMER    FAMILY.  27 

IV.  Roger  Wilmer,  not  named  in  the  wills  of 
his  father  and  mother,  but  mentioned  in 
the  Visitation  of  Northamptonshire  made  in 
161 8-19.  In  1595  a  fine  was  passed  between 
William  Leigh,  Knt.,  querent,  and  a  certain  Roger 
Wilmore  and  Elena  his  wife,  deforciants,  of  land 
in  Withybrooke.'^  In  1608-9  another  fine  was 
passed  between  Thomas  Garrett,  querent,  and 
Roger  Wilmore  and  Elena  his  wife,  deforciants, 
of  premises  in  Yelvertoft,  co.  Northampton. '3 
V.  Peter  Wilmer,  Gent.,  of  Coventry,  baptized 
1st  August  1545  ;-f-  married  first  Elizabeth,^ 
daughter  of  Ralph  Browne,'4  of  Coventry,  and 
had  a  daughter  and  heiress,  ELIZABETH  WiLMER. 
He  married  secondly  daughter  of  Thomas 

Barker,  citizen  of  Coventry,  by  whom  he  had  no 
issue  in  1618-19.  His  will  is  said  to  have  been 
dated  or  proved  in  1597. 

VI.  Robert  Wilmer,  ancestor  of  the  Wilmers  of 
Sywell  {see  p.  46). 
I.  Anne  Wilmer,  married  first  Henry  Thornton, 
Esq., '5  of  Newnham,  co.  Northampton,  and  had 
issue  {see ped.  p.  25).  He  was  buried  at  Newnham, 
28th  December  1556.  Arms  of  Thornton: 
Argent,  on  a  bend  gules  three  escarbuncles  or ; 
quartering  Newnham  :  Azure,  three  demi-lions 
argent.  Anne  Thornton  married  secondly,  at 
Newnham,  17th  April  1560,  Richard  Chaplin, 
Esq.,  of  Welton,  co.  Northampton,  and  had  issue 
(see  ped.p.  25J.  Arms  of  Chaplin:  Gules,  three 
covered  cups  between  eight  crosses  crosslet  fit- 
chee  argent. 


12.  Feet  of  Fines,  Warwick,  Easter 
37  Eliz. 

13.  Feet  of  Fines,  Northampton,  Hil. 
6Jac.  L 


t    Par.  reg.  of  Ryton. 

14.  In  Visit.   Northampton,   161S-19, 
he  is  called  Richard  Boone. 

15.  Baker,  i.  p.  115. 


2b  HISTORY    OF    THE    WILMER    FAMILY. 

II.  Margery  Wilmer,   married  Wilmer,  of 

Sowe,  CO.  Warwick,  and  was  a  widow   in    1558 
(seep.  78 j. 

III.  Dorothy  Wilmer,  married  6th  November 
iS54i'''  John  Lavender.  The  Ryton  Register 
records  her  marriage,  but  does  not  mention  the 
name  of  her  husband.  She  had  tliree  daughters, 
Anne,  Joyce,  and  Mary  Lavender,  who  were 
all  living  in  1558.  A  John  Lavender  was  one  of 
the  witnesses  of  the  will  of  Edward  Willmer,  of 
Fulbrooke,  in  1616-17  (see  p.  yg). 

IV.  Joane  Wilmer  married  prior  to   1558, 
Hickfall  [or  Hucksale  or  Huckpole]. 

V.  Elizabeth  Wilmer,  baptized  22nd  August 
1539  ;t  married  subsequently  to  1558,  Henry 
Rogers,  Gent.,  of  Sherborne,  co.  Warwick,  and 
had  issue  (see ped.  p.  25  ;  see  also  p.  Z2). 
VI.  Mary  Wilmer,  baptized  6th  October  1540  t  ; 
married  first,  subsequently  to  1558,  Thomas 
Crowe  ;  and  secondly,  Baldwin  Hill. 
VII.  Audrey  Wilmer,  baptized  6th  May  1543  t; 
married  subsequently  to  1558,  Berry. 

It  appears  that  some  time  after  the  death  of  his  father 
William  Wilmer  was  called  upon  to  show  by  what  right  he  held 
the  farm  at  Ryton.  The  proceedings  in  the  case  were  as 
follows  : — 

"  To    THE    RIGHT     HONORABLE     SiR    ThOIIAS    AUDELEV    KnVGHT 

LoRDK  Chauncelor  OF  Engl.\nd. 

'■'  '•  Your  supplj-cauntes,  Giles  Forster  esquyer  and  Isabell  his  wift" 
late  the  wiff  of  Marten  Docwra  decessed  &  also  sole  executrice  of 
the  lastewill,  df^c,  of  the  said  Alarten.  That  where  S''  Thomas  Docwra 
knight  late  Pryour  of  the  Hospitall  of  Seynt  John  J'u'lem  in  England 
nowe  decessed  was  seased  of  and  in  the  Maner  and  Coni'aundery  of 
Balsall  with  the  members  of  the  same,  6-c.,  in  the  Counties  of  Warr. 
+  Par.  reg.  of  Ryton. 


HISTORY    OF   THE    WILMER    FAMILY.  29 

and  Worcester  *  in  the  right  of  the  said  Hospitall  of  which  forsaid 
Maner,  &c.,  a  certeyn  Ferme  called  Ryton  Ferme  lying  in  the  said 
Countie  of  Warr.  *  the  said  late  Pryour  *  with  the  assent,  &c.,  of 
all  his  Cobretherne   *   by  their  ded   *  bering  date  the  fyrst  daye  of 

Maye  in  the  xviij"'  yere  of of  *  the  King  that  now  is 

demysed  lessed  and  graunted  the  said  Maner,  &c.,  unto  the  said  Marten 
Dowcra  to  have  and  to  holde,  &c.,  unto  the  ende,  &c.,  of  xxyj'!"  yeres* 
paying  *  oon'  yerely  rente  of  too  hundred  poundes  *  the  said 
Marten  *  made  =•=  his  last  [will],  &c.,  and  made  the  said  Isabell  * 
executrice  *  and  dyed  three  yeres  nowe  paste  *  the  said  Isabell 
lawfully  proved  the  said  last  will  &  testament  of  the  said  Marten  .    .    . 

were   maryed 

....  by  vertue  wherof  your  said  supplycauntes  entred  into  the  said 

Maner  and  Co and 

were  and  yet  be  possessed  of  the  said  hole  Maner  and  Com'aundry  bot 

only  of  the  said  Ferme  of  Ryton.    Soe  yt  is  right  honorable 

by  colour  that  before  this  tyme  haith 

be  Fermer  of  the  said  Ferme  of  Ryton  for  certeyn  yeres  nowe  fully 

expired  and  determined 

obteyned  into   his   handes  possess'on  and  custodye  certeyn   wrytinges 

and  mynymentes  woldepleynly  and  manyfestly  .  .  .  ain 

expiring  and  determynac'on  of  the  said  lesse  of 

the  forsaid  WilPm  Wyldmore  in  the  said  Ferme  doithe  wrongefully  kepe 
the  possess'on  of  the  said  Ferme,  etc. 

"  ThansW^  of  Wylliam  Wylmor  to  the  bvll  of  Complent  of 
Giles  Foster  and  Isabell  hys  wyfe. 

"  Wilmor  For  awnsw^  sayth  that  long  tyme  afore  that 

Sir  Thomas  Dokwayra  *  was  p'our  "  one  Sir  John  Weston 
knyght  decessed  was  P'o"'  of  the  sayd  howse  *  The  sayd  John 
Weston  Knyght  *  w'hassent,  ic,  of  all  his  Coobrether  of  the  same 
Howse  by  ther  dede  *  datyd  the  xx'*>  day  of  September  the  yere  of 
o'  Lord  God  a  thousand  iiij'=  Ixxxvj  demysed  graunted  and  to  Farm 
dyd  lett  the  sayd  Farm  of  Ryton  by  the  name  of  the  Mano"'  of  Ryton 
w'happnen^nces  *  to  Wyllyam  Wylmor  graunt  Father  unto  the  sayd 
Defend^unt  to  have  to  hym  and  his  assigries  *  unto  thende  and 
fme  of  Ix  yeres  *  Yeldyng  and  paying  therfore  yerely  '■'■  a  certeyn' 
Rent  *  by  force  wherof  the  sayd  Will^'m  the  graunt  Father  into  the 
sayd  Farm,  &c.,  entred  and  was  [therofj  possessed  And  so  beyng 
therof  possessed  made  Richard  Wylmor  his  son  Rxecuto'  of  his  last  Wyll 
and  testament  and the  sayd  William  dyed    *    the  sayd  Richard 


3°  HISTORY    OF    THE    WILMER    FAMILY. 

Wylmor  in  to  the  sayd  Farm  of  Ryton  entred  '■■■  And  he  so  beyng 
therof  possessed  made  the  sayd  defend^'unt  his  son  executor  of  his  last 
wyll,  &c.,  and  dyed  *  the  sayd  defend^unt  in  to  the  sayd  landes,  &c., 
entred,  etc. 

"  The  Replicac'on  of  Gyles  Foster  ,  etc 

"  The  said  Gyles  and  Isabell  for  Replicac'on  saythe  that  Thomas 
Docwra,  &c.,  by  ther  sufficyent  dede  demysed  and  gr^unted  the  said 
Comaunery  of  Balsall  w'  all  the  Membrez,  &c.,  whereof  the  said  Ferme 
of  Ryton  is  pi'cell  unto  the  said  Martyn  Docwra  for  fme  of  xw]'^  yeres, 
etc."  [Forster  v.  Wildmore,  Chati.  Pro.,  Miscellaneous,  series  3,  pt.  2, 
no.  95-] 

William  Wilmer  died  17th  October  1551.'^  The  following 
are  abstracts  of  the  wills  of  himself  and  his  wife  : — 

i6th  October  1551.  In  the  Name  of  God  Amen,  I  William 
Wilmer,  of  Ruighton,  in  the  County  of  Warwick,  Gent.  To  be  buried 
in  that  church  (Ruighton).  To  Julian  my  wife  my  messuage  in 
Sawbridge,  co.  Warwick,  for  life,  in  recompense  of  her  dower  of  all  my 
lands.  She  to  live  with  her  son  Thomas  on  the  farm  at  Ruyington  for 
the  years  yet  to  come.  To  William  Wilmer,  my  second  son,  ray  two 
houses  and  lands  in  Ryton,  which  I  late  purchased  to  me  and  my  heirs 
for  ever,  toward  finding  him  at  school  until  he  be  twenty-one  years  of 
age.  To  Richard  Wilmer,  Peter  Wilmer,  and  Robert  Wilmer,  each 
40/.  To  Dorothy  my  daughter  40/.  To  my  daughters,  Joan,  Elizabeth, 
Marie,  and  Awdrie,  each  40/.,  when  eighteen  years  of  age  or  married. 
Residue  to  my  son  Thomas,  whom  I  make  sole  executor.  Overseers  : — 
my  brother-in-law,  Thomas  Spencer,  and  Bawdewine  Porter,  of  Coventry, 
Esq.  Witnesses : — Sir  Robert  Norris  alias  Coventre,  clerk,  and  John 
Wilmer.'?  [Proved  by  Thomas  Wilmer,  the  executor,  13th  February 
1551-2.     P.C.C.  6  Powell.] 

24th  August  1558.  In  the  Name  of  God  Amen,  I  Juliane 
Wylmer,  late  wife  of  Will"  Wilmer,  of  Ruington  upon  Donnesmoore, 
CO.  Warwick,  deceased,  being  syck  in  body,  etc.  To  be  buried  as  shall 
seem  good  to  my  executor.  To  my  four  sons,  William,  Richard,  Peter, 
and  Robert  Wylmer,  60/.  each  over  and  above  their  father's  bequest  at 
their  ages  of  twenty-one.  To  my  daughters,  Elisabeth,  Mary,  and 
Awdrye  Wilmer,  40/.  each  besides  their  father's  bequest  at  their  days  ot 
marriage.     To  my  daughter,  Margery  Wylmer,  widow,  all  my  six  Kye  at 

16.  Harl.  MS.  1551,  fo.  131. 


HISTORY    OF    THE    WILMER    FAMILY.  3I 

Ruington,  and  also  lo/.,  and  I  forgive  her  the  4/.  which  she  oweth  me. 
To  my  daughter,  Anne  Thorneton,  widow,  certain  debts  owing  to  me 
by  John  Som'scalde.  To  my  daughter,  Jone  Hukfall,  20/.  To  my 
daughter,  Dorothe  Lavender,  30/.,  of  which  10/.  is  to  be  for  the  use  and 
behoof  of  her  three  daughters,  Anne,  Joyce,  and  Mary  Lavender.  To 
Thomas  Thornton,  son  and  heir  of  Harry  Thorneton,  deceased,  my 
right  to  a  certain  grove  or  spyney  of  wood  in  Newenham,  co.  North- 
ampton, adjoining  the  ground  of  the  said  Harry  there.  To  my  son, 
Thomas  Wylmer,  household  stuffe  at  Newingham  and  Ruington,  and  to 
his  wife  my  cassoclc  of  grograin.  To  my  daughter  Elisabeth  my  best 
cross  of  gold,  both  my  masers'^  garnished  with  silver,  etc.  To  my 
daughter  Mary  my  tablet  of  gold  and  my  silver  cup  and  cover.  To  my 
daughter  Awdry  my  silver  goblet  and  cover.  To  my  suster  Spenser, 
of  Everton,  my  best  velvet  sieves.  To  my  suster,  Agnes  Hyggynson, 
20^.  and  I  remit  to  Thomas  Hygynson  certain  monies  which  he  owes 
me.  To  Dorothye  Hygynson  6s.  8d.,  and  to  her  brethren  and  susters 
3i.  4d.  each.  If  any  of  my  said  sons,  William,  Richard,  Peter  and 
Robert,  and  my  daughters,  Elisabeth,  Mary  and  Awdrye  should  die 
before  receiving  his  her  or  their  legacy  or  legacies  then  such  legacy  or 
legacies  to  be  shared  amongst  the  remainder.  I  make  Thomas 
Spencer,  of  Everton,  Esq.,  sole  executor,  and  I  give  him  6/.  13^.  4d. 
Peter  Temple,  of  Dassett,  co.  Warwick,  Esq.,  and  my  son,  Thomas 
Wylmer,  to  be  overseers,  and  to  each  40^.  for  their  pains.  The  yearly 
revenue  of  my  farm  at  Rovvington  to  be  received  for  three  and  a  half 
years  after  my  decease  by  my  executor.  Witnesses : — John  Lavender, 
Nicholas  Wootton,  Roger  Hopkyns,  John  Edson,  Gregory  Tallock, 
Thomas  Symons,  and  Richi^  Battye,  Scr.  [Proved  by  Thomas  Spencer, 
the  executor,  14th  April  1559.     P.C.C.  8  Chayney.] 

18.  Masers  were  bowls  or  goblets,       I       "  and  ornamented,  were  formerly  much 
generally   of  a    large  size,  and    when  "esteemed."     They  were  often  rimmed 

"  made  of  hard  wood,  and  richly  carved      I      with  silver  or  gold. 


Chapter    IV. 


WILMER    OF    RYTON,    STAVERTON,    BUDBROOKE, 
AND    B\JDLEY—(co7itmued). 


'•  My  thmi^hts  are  with  the  Dead,  with  them 
I  live  in  long  past  years, 
Their  virtues  love,  their  faults  condemn. 

Partake  their  hopes  and  fears, 
And  from  their  lessons  seek  ana  find 
Instruction  with  an  humble  mind" — SoUTHEY, — Occasional  Pieces,  l8. 


3^i-— l^FT^JjOmaS  SJKUmcr  [IIIA],  Gent.,  of  Ryton,-  CO. 
Warwick,  and  of  Staverton,  co.  Northampton, 
was  the  eldest  son  and  heir  of  William  Wilmer 
[11  A]  and  Julian,  his  wife,  daughter  of 
William  Spencer  {see  p.  25).  He  married  Elizabeth,  daughter 
of  John  Grudge,  of  co.  Devon.  The  arms  of  Grudge,  as  given 
in  Harleian  MS.  155 1,  folio  131,  are  :  Arjent,  on  a  bend  azure 
between  two  foxes  sable  three  martlets  or.     They  had  issue  : — 

5F".— I.  Thomas  Wilmer.     Sec  bcloiv,  IB. 

II.  Robert  Wilmer,  Gent.,  of  Braunston.co.  North- 
ampton, married  Frances,  daughter  of  John 
Okeley,  of  Kilsby  in  the  same  county,  and  had 
a  son  and  a  daughter  :  — 


I.   He  is  styled  "nuper  de  Ryeton," 
in  a  Pat.  R.,  2  and  3  PhUip  and  Mary, 


pt.  5,  m.  36(6). 


HISTORY    OF    THE    WILMER    FAMILY.  33 

i.  Robert  Wilmer,  Gent,  of  Braunston, 
aged  20  in  1618-19  ;  married  Anne 
and  had  issue, 

1.  Robert  Wilmer,  baptized   19th 
August  1627.11 

2.  Thomas  Wilmer,  baptized  13th 
December  1629.11 

3.  William  Wilmer,  baptized  20th 
December  1632. H 

I.  Mary    Wilmer,    baptized     31st 
December  1633. H 
Robert   Wilmer  was   a   party   to     Fines 
passed  at  Michaelmas  22  James  I.,  Easter 
3  Charles   I.,   Michaelmas   11   Charles  I., 
and  Michaelmas  14  Charles  I.,  of  premises 
in  Braunston  and  Braunston  Bury.^  Anne 
Wilmer  joined  with  her  husband  in  levying 
the  second  and  fourth  of  these  Fines, 
i.  Elizabeth  Wilmer,  married  before  July 
1615,  John  Parker,  of  Kibworth  (-Beau- 
champ),  CO.  Leicester.      She   was  buried 
27th  September  1 621. II 
Robert  Wilmer  was  buried  3rd  August  1622,11  and 
his   widow,   Frances   Wilmer,   was    buried    28th 
October   1632.  ||      His   will  was  dated  20th  July 
161 5,  and  proved  9th  September  16223.     He  be- 
queaths sums  of  money  to  his  wife,  Frances,  and 
his  daughter,  Elizabeth  Parker,  and  leaves  the 
residue  of  his  goods  to  his  son,  Robert  Wilmer, 
appointing  him  sole  executor.     He  constitutes  his 
loving  brother,  Thomas  Willmer,  Esq.,  and  his 
loving  cousin,  Thomas  Thornton,  Esq.,  tutors  and 

Par.  reg.  of  Braunston.  I 

,  Feet  of  Fines,  Northampton.  |  3.  P.C.C.  So  Savile. 


HISTORY    OF    THE    WILMER    FAMILY. 

governours  of  his  son  during  his  minority.  And 
he  names  Thomas  Willmer  and  John  Willmer, 
the  two  sons  of  his  brother,  Thomas  Willmer. 
The  witnesses  to  the  will  were  Thomas  Thornton, 
John  Thornton,  An  Thornton,  Thomas  Hanslappe, 
and  John  Smith. 
III.  Samuel  Wilmer,  Gent.,  of  Boothorpe  or  Beau- 
thorpe  (also  called  Bowthorpe  and  Babthorpe), 
a  hamlet  in  the  parish  of  Blackfordby,  near 
Ashby-de-la-Zouch,  co.  Leicester.  He  married 
Susan,    daughter    of  Hollingshed.        He 

was  born  about  1562,  and  seems  to  have 
been  an  Attorney-at-Law.  Acting  as  agent 
for  his  brother  Thomas  in  16  James  I.,  he 
received  the  rents  of  the  ninth  Lord 
Dudley's  estates.  These  estates,  on  account  of 
his  lordship's  extravagance,  were  extended,  and 
Thomas  Wilmer  had  been  appointed  receiver. ■•  In 
Harleian  MS.  1094,  it  is  stated  that  Samuel 
Wilmer  had  issue.  A  certain  Joseph  Wilmer, 
Gent.,  of  Bowthorpe,  co.  Leicester,  married  s 
Sarah,  daughter  of  Thomas  Leason,  Embroiderer, 
of  St.  Martin's,  Ludgate,  London.  The  licence 
for  the  marriage  to  be  solemnized  at  the  church 
of  that  parish  was  dated  6th  June  1625.^ 
IV.  Anthony  Wilmer,  baptized  30th  March  i569.§ 
V.  William  Wilmer,  baptized  24th  July  1579.;^ 
VI.  Another  Son. 
I.  Constance  Wilmer,  baptized  at  Everdon  i6th 
November  155S  ;  buried  there  24th  January 
1558-9. 


4.  Cornwallis  v.  Wilmer,  Exchequer 
Suit,  16  Jac.  I. 

5.  Indenture,  dat.  10  May  1631, 
which  makes  mention  also  of  Sarah 
Leason's  sister,  Bridget  Leason,  and  her 


uncle,  Robert  Leason ;   Close  R.,  No. 
2S86  (19). 

6.   Mar.  Lie.  B.  L. 

§  Par.  reg.  of  Staverton. 


HISTORY    OF    THE    WILMER   FAMILY. 


35 


II.  Dorothy  Wilmer. 

III.  Anne  Wilmer,  baptized  23rd  May  1568.  § 

IV.  Mary  Wilmer,  baptized  22nd  April  1574  ;  § 
married  Samuel  Boyle,  of  co.  Stafford. 

V.  JOANE  Wilmer.  1198500 

Thomas  Wilmer,  mtper  de  Ryeton,  who  had  been  impleaded 
by  Sir  Thomas  Nevill,  Sheriffof  Warwickshire,  concerning  a  debt 
of  100/.,  obtained  a  royal  pardon  for  the  said  outlawry,  14th 
October  1555'.  In  1559-60  the  Queen  granted  a  licence  to 
Thomas  Smythe  to  alienate  to  Thomas  and  Robert  Wilmer,  and 
the  heirs  of  the  said  Thomas  for  ever,  one  messuage,  30  acres  of 
land,  30  acres  of  meadow,  and  30  acres  of  pasture,  which  were 
held  of  the  Queen  in  cafiite  in  Stanton'  alias  Stareton  ^  upon 
thill.9  A  similar  licence  was  granted,  4th  January  1562-3, 
to  Robert  Smithe  to  alienate  to  Thomas  Wilmar,  senior,  Robert 
Wilmar,  and  Thomas  Wilmar,  junior,  one  messuage  and  60  acres 
of  land  in  the  same  place.  "°  A  Fine  was  passed  in  the  Ciiria 
Regvice  at  Hertford  Castle,  in  fifteen  days  from  St.  Hilary's  Day 
1563-4,  between  John  Milward,  querent,  and  Thomas  Wylmer, 
Gent.,  and  Elizabeth  his  wife,  deforciants,  of  3  messuages,  3 
gardens,  3  orchards,  50  acres  of  land,  8  acres  of  meadow,  and  8 
acres  of  pasture,  with  the  appurtenances,  in  Lemynton' 
Hastynges,  Bradwell'  Hill,  and  Hardwike,  co.  Warwick.  Another 
Fine  was  passed  at  the  same  date  between  John  Over,  querent, 
and  Thomas  Wilmer  and  Elizabeth  his  wife,  deforciants,  of  2 
messuages,  2  gardens,  2  orchards,  i  barn,  36  acres  of  land,  3  acres 
of  meadow,  and  12  acres  of  pasture,  with  the  appurtenances,  in 
the  same  places." 

On  the  22nd  of  June  1 565,  Henry  Napton,  Vicar  of  Fawslc)-,. 
CO.    Northampton,  filed    a    Bill   in   the  Court  of   Chancery  "  in 


§    Par.  reg.  of  Staverton. 

7.  Pat.  R.,  2  and  3  Philip  and  Mary, 
pt.  5.  m.  36  (6). 

8.  Station  and  Stareton  are  common 
contractions  for  Staverton. 


9.  Pat.  R.,  2  Eliz.,  pt.  I.  m.  38  (6). 

10.  Pat.  R.,  5  Eliz.,  pt.  4.  m.  40  (6). 

11.  Feet    of   Fines,   Warwick,   I  111. 
6  Eliz. 


3  0  HISTORY    OF    THE    WILMER    FAMILY. 

"  most  humble  wise  complayninge  "  that  Thomas  Wilmer,  of 
Staverton,  and  others,  had  "  by  the  space  of  three  yeares  last 
"  past  denied  and  refused  to  paie  *  one  yearely  profitte  and  certen- 
'•  tie  of  wheate  graine  and  come  called  Church  Shott,"  of  which 
he  was  seized  in  right  of  the  said  vicarage,  and  which  had  "  like- 
"  wise  time  oute  of  minde  of  man  bene  taken  and  gathered  by  the 
"  thurdbarows  or  tythingmen."  In  their  answer  the  defendants 
said  that  they  "  paied  their  juste  and  trewe  tithes  for  their  sev'al 
"  landes  *  The  same  decrye  was  obteyned  against  the  saide 
"  p''ties  by  feyre  p°mises  and  flattering  wordes  made,  p°mysed  and 
"  practised  by  one  S''  Valentyne  Knightley,  Knight,  Patron  of 
"  the  saide  vicarage  of  Falseley,  etc."  '" 

The  Queen  To  All  to  whom,  etc.,  Greeting.  Know  ye  that  we  of 
our  special  favour  and  for  los.  *  have  granted  and  given  a  licence  *  to 
Thomas  Wilmer,  senior,  and  Robert  Wilmer,  Gentleman,  that  they  may 
be  able  to  grant  and  alienate  to  John  Momforde  and  Elizabeth  his  wife 
and  James  Momforde,  one  messuage  or  tenement,  with  all  and  singular 
the  appurtenances,  in  Starton  a//a^  Staverton,  now  or  late  in  the  tenure  * 
of  William  Hyllyer,  or  his  assigns,  in  our  county  of  Northampton,  Which 
are  held  of  us  zn  capiie,  etc. — [Patent  Roll,  17  Eliz.,  part  2,  m.  41.] 

Thomas  Wilmer  died  31st  January  15S0-1,  and  was  buried 
14th  February  in  the  north  chapel  of  Staverton  church,  where 
there  is  a  large  monument  of  the  Ionic  order  to  his  memory. 
"In  the  central  space  between  the  base  and  the  entablature 
"  is  introduced  a  compartment  of  Purbeck  marble  inlaid  with 
"  small  brass  figures  of  a  man  and  his  six  sons,  and  his  wife  and 
"  four  daughters  kneeling  at  an  altar  with  two  open  books  before 
"  them  ;  and  beneath  them  "'3 : — 

^trc  unicr  rcstctlr  tljE  boil!;  of  (Eljamiis  wTtijlmcr  (Btnt.  toljo  lja&  to  loife 
(pliialictlj  CniliiiE  t  IjaiJ  issue  hn  Ijtr  sii  sonnrs  nnli  fotore  ilBiigljlcrs  to^^I 
itljomns  icrcasca  -n^  51  ian  of  |anuarg  J^nno  gomini  15S0. 

Above  the  inscription  are  the  arms  :  Gules,  a  chevron  vair 
between  three  eagles  displayed  or  ;  and  the  crest :  An  eagle's 
head  or  between  two  wings  expanded  vair.  Thomas  Wilmer's 
will  was  dated  5th  June  1579,  and  proved  loth  April  i58i.'-» 

12.  Napton  V.  Wilmer,  Chan.  Pro.,  13.  Baker,  i.  p.  439. 

Miscellaneous,  series  3,  pt.  8.  no.  82.         |  14.  P.C.C.  11  Darcy. 


^^^^^m 


swwwww^l 


Thk  Royal  Descents  of  Thomas  Wilmer,  Esquire,  of  Uudley,  and  of  Katherine,  the  wife  of  John  Wilmer,  Esquire,  of  Surewley. 


John  of  Gaunt,    Duke=  Katherine  Swynford. 
of     Lancaster,    K.G., 
4lh  son  ;  J.  1399. 


Sir  Ralph  Nevill,  ist  Earl=Joane  de  Beaufort;  d.  1440. 

of  Westmoreland,  K.G. :  d.   I 

•425- 


Sir  Edward  Nevill,  Baron = Elizabeth  Beaucham'p,  dau. 

Bergavenny,   4th  son;    d.   I  4;h.;  d.  1447. 

1476. 


George  Nevill,    4th  Baron  =  Margaret,  dau.   &  h.  of  Sir 
Bergavenny  ;  d.  1492.  |   Hugh  Fenne  ;  she  d.  1485. 


ffililonrii  MSS..  Slinij  of  (Enjilsitil.  =  f(I)tUpjm,  dau.  of  William,  Count  of  Hainault. 


:  Isabel,  dau.  &  coh.  of 
Peter,  King  of  Castile 
ai\d  Leon. 


Lionel  of 
Duke  of 
K.G.,  3rd  so 


A  ntwerp,  =  Elizabeth  de  Burgh, 
Clarence,  I  dau.  &  h.  of  William, 
1 ;  d.  1368.      Earl  of  Ulster. 


Edmund  Mortimer,  3rd  =  Philippa    Plantagenet, 
Earlof  .March;  d.  1381.   I  only  child  and  heiress. 


=  Alianore  Holland,  dau. 
of  Thomas,  2nd  Earl 
of  Kent. 


Richard  of  Conisburgh,  =  Anne  Mortimer. 
Earl    of     Cambridge  ;    [ 
beheaded  1415. 


Richard  Beauchamp,   Earl  of  Worcester  =  Isabel  Lc  Despencer  ; 
and  Baron  Bergavenny,  1st  husb.;  d.  1422.  I  d.  1440. 


Sir  Richard.Nevill,  Earl  of =Alice  de  Montacute,  dau. 
Salisbury,  K.G.;  beheaded  |  &,  h.  of'  Thomas,  Earl  of 
'460-  Salisbury. 


Cicely  Nevill,  d.  1495. ^Richard  Plantagenet,  Duke  of 
I  York,  K.G.,  Protector  of  Eng- 
I  land  ;  slain  1460. 


Sir  Richard  Nevill,  Earl  of  Warwick 
&  Salisbury;  K.G.,  called  The 
Kingmaker;  slain  1471. 


Katherine   Nevill.  =  William  Bonvile,  Lgrd 
I  Harington. 


Edward  IV.,  K.  OF=Elizabeth  Widvile,  dau    of  Sir=Sir 
England.     2nd  husb.  |   Richard,  ist  Earl  Rivers,  K.G. 


Sir  Edward    Nevill,  Knt.  =  Eleanor,  dau.   of  Andrews, 
Banneret,  of  Aldington,  co.   I  Baron  Windsor. 
Kent,  2nd  son  ;   beheaded 
■538. 


Ciceley   Bonvile,    d.    &   h.  =Sir  Thomas  Grey,  1st  Mar- 
I  quis   of   Dorset,    K.G.;    d. 


William  Harby,   Esq.,    of=Fmma,    dau.    of    Willian 
Adston,  CO.  Northampton.       Wilmer,  of  Ashby. 


Clement  Throckmorton,  Esq.,  =  Katherine  Nevill 
of  Haseley,   co.   Warw.,    3rd  I  eldest  dau. 
son;  d.  14  I'ec.  1573. 


Thomas  Harby,  =Katherine  Throckmorton  (A   l6Q);=Tohn  Wilmer  riV  Kl   F.n   1*   ,/;„i 

ii^-i.i^Ti  I  ?s:„r'^'«'"^^°'^''»''^^i-'°f  ofThS;.ir'd^^siti  \u''' 


f^^J;^c^Li::T^L^^,ff^s^^^^         - 


Anne  Sutton,only  chiId;=ThomasWilmer[IV  A], 
mar.    ist  Era.   Throck;  .  Esq.,  2nd  husband  ;  d. 


lulward  Sutton,  9th  Lord  =  Theod( 
Dudley :    d.     1643.        By  |  J, 
Elizabeth     Tonilinson,     of  '  -  - 
Dudley,    his    mistress,    he 


Harington,  Knt. 

I 


The  Barons  Dudley. 


Dudd  Dudley,  the  famous 
Ironmaster  (,w<-W«/.  Staffoixi, 
1663). 


The  Royai,  Descent 


John  of  GaunI,    Duke^Kallierine  Swynfurd. 
uf     Lancaster,     K.G..  ; 
4th  son  :  il.  1399-  j 


HISTORY    OF    THE    WILMER    FAMILY. 


37 


F. — iirtomas  2!Eilmer  [IVA],  Esq.,  Barrister-at-Law, 
of  Lincoln's  Inn,  London,  of  Ryton  and  Budbrooke,  co. 
Warwick,  and  of  Dudley,  co.  Worcester,  was  the  eldest  son  of 
Thomas  Wilmer  [1 1 1  A].  He  was  baptized  at  Ryton  8th 
October  1554,  and  married  Anne,  the  relict  of  Francis 
Throckmorton,  Esq.,  of  Feckenham  Forest,  co.  Worcester, 
and  the  only  child  by  his  first  wife  of  Sir  Edward  Sutton, 
eighth  Baron  Dudley.  Her  descent  is  shown  in  the  accom- 
panying pedigree.  Arms  of  Sutton  :  Or,  a  lion  rampant  queue 
fourche  vert  ;  quartering  Somerie,  Baron  Dudley :  Or,  two 
lioncels  passant  azure.  Thomas  and  Anne  Wilmer  had  issue: — 
FI. — -I.    Thomas  Wilmer.     See  below,  FE- 

n.  John    Wilmer,  Clerk^\  of  Sedgley,co.  Stafford, 
and  of  Dudley,  married  Elizabeth  , 

and  had  issue  : — 

i.  Richard     Wilmer,    baptized    \OtJi    March 

i6i7-i8t;  buried  i^th  June  1624.! 
ii.  Thomas  Wilmer,  senior''^'^,  baptized  24th 


15.  The  statements  printed  in  italics 
are  a  little  doubtful,  but  it  is  very 
probable  that  John  Wilmer,  who  is 
described  in  the  Dudley  par.  reg.  as 
"Gent."  was  identical  with  John 
Wilmer,  Clerk,  of  Sedgley.  Richard, 
son  of  John  Wilmer,  Clerk,  was  bapt. 
at  Sedgley  in  1617-18,  and  was  buried 
there  in  1624  as  the  son  of  "John 
Willmore,  Gent."  There  are  other 
instances,  too,  of  clergymen  being 
described  simply  as  "  Gent."  in  neigh- 
bouring par.  regs-  At  all  events  a  John 
Wilmore  of  Dudley  was  a  clerk  at  this 
time,  for  Elizabeth  Harvie  and  Eleanor 
Brooke  were  bapt.  at  Dudley  in  1654 
by  "  Mr.  John  Wilmore,"  and  a 
marriage  was  solemnized  at  Tipton 
(close  to  Dudley)  in  1649  by  "Mr. 
John  Wilmore  dwelling  in  Dudley." 
Sedgley  lay  a  few  miles  to  the  north  of 
Dudley,  and  Baron  Dudley  was  the 
lord  of  the  manor.  John  Wilmer  was 
not  the  Vicar  of  the  parish,  at  any  rate 
before  1625,  for  the  register  records  the 
burial  in  that  year  of  Rich  :  Browne, 
who  had  been  Vicar  of  Sedgley  for 
S3  years. 


t  Par.  reg.  of  Sedgley. 

15a.  Thomas  Wilmer  is  described  as 
senior  in  the  Sedgley  registers,  to  dis- 
tinguish him  from  a  Thomas  Wilmore  or 
Wilmer,  junr., Nailer,  of  Upper  Gornall, 
who  was  probably  his  son,  though  there 
is  no  proof  that  such  was  the  case.  The 
younger  Thomas  married  6  Ap.  i675t, 
Alice  Hickman,  of  G»irnall,  and  had  a 
dau.,  Sarah  Wilmer,  bapt.  3  Jan. 
1679-80 +,  and  bur.  5  Jan.  1679-80!. 
Thomas  Wilmer  was  bur.  11  Oct.  1684!, 
and  Alice  Wilmer,  who  was  described 
as  of  Dipdale,  Widow,  was  bur.  13 
Ap.  1709!.  Mary,  dau.  of  Tho.  and 
Anne  (query  Alice)  Wilmore,  junr. ,  of 
Over  Gornall,  was  bapt.  28  Feb. 
1675-6  +.  There  was  also  a  certain 
John  Willmore,  described  as  Nailer, 
and  also  as  Labourer,  of  Over  or  Upper 
Gornall,    who  mar.  Joane  ,    and 

had  issue  :  I.  John  Willmore,  bapt.  19 
Dec.  i676t,  bur.  25  May  1677+ ;  2. 
Robert  Willmore,  bapt.  27  May  i688t; 
I.  Mary  Willmore,  bapt.  26  Jan. 
i678-9t;  2.  Elizabeth  Willmore,  bapt. 
9  June  1681+;    3.  Jane  Willmore,  bapt. 


38 


HISTORY   OF   THE    WILMER    FAMILY. 


September   1627 J  ;    of  Upper  Gornall,  in 
t/ic  parish  of  Sedgley  ;  married  first,  Anne 
,  and  by  her,  zuho  was  buried  x^th 
July  1 679t,  had  issue  : — 

I.  Sani7iel  Wihncr,  Nailer,  of  Upper 
Gornall;  born  lyth  June  i658t  ; 
married  2},rd  May  1682!,  Anne 
]\Iarsh,  of  Uppet  Penn,  and  had 
issue: — i.  Thomas  Wihner, baptized 
28///  February  i6i2,-g\,  buried  iMi 
September  \6go\;  2.  Joseph  Wilmer, 
baptized  2i,th  September  1695!, 
buried  i'i,th  February  1699-1700!  ; 
I.  Anne  Wilmer,  baptized  25/// 
February  1685-6!,  and  was  probably 
identical  zvith  the  Anne  Whilmore 
ivho  married,  \ith  July  1707!,  Ben. 
Hickman ;  2.  Elizabeth  Wilmer, 
baptized  22nd  October  i6git,  buried 
20th  December  1691!  ;  3.  Mary 
Wilmer,  baptized  "Jth  November 
1692!;  and  A,.  Alice  Wilmer,  baptized 
22nd  January  1698-9!.  Samuel 
Wilmer -was  buried  2i)th  July  1699!, 
being  described  of  Gornall  Wood. 
His  zuife  survived  him. 
2.  Richard  Wilmer,  born  20th  Decem- 
ber i66ot  ;  baptized  lOth  January 
1 660- 1. 1 


3  June  l6S6t;  and  4.  Sarah  Willmore, 
twin  with  Robert,  bapt.  27  May  l5SS+. 
Joan  Whilmore,  of  Over  Gornall, 
Widow,  was  bur.  27  Ap.  1709!. 
Thomas  Warter,  Nailer,  and  Mary 
Willmore  were  mar.  4  Nov.  l694t. 
It  will  be  seen  that  several  of  the 
Sedgley  Wilmers  were  connected  with 
the  mil  trade,   which  was  and   is   an 


important  one  in  the  neighbourhood 
of  Dudley  ;  the  term  Nailer,  however, 
did  not  necessarily  imply  a  working 
nailer,  for  we  find  the  same  person 
described  as  nailer  and  ^cntieiiian. 

X  Par.  reg.  of  St.  Edmund's,  Dudley. 

+  Par.  reg.  of  Sedgley. 


Arms  granted  to  Thomas  Wilmer  in  1582-3. 


HISTORY    OF    THE   WILMER    FAMILY.  39 

3.   Charles  Wilmer,  baptized  2yd  June 

i67ot;  buried  yd  February  1670- it. 

Tlwiiias    Wilmer   married  secondly,    lyth 

April  i6S2t,  Elizabeth  Marsh,  widow,  of 

Upper  Penii,  co.  Stafford,  and  was  buried 

in  April  1699!. 

iii.  John    Wilmer,    baptized     17th    April 

1 63 1*  buried  7th  September   16444 

i.  Martha    Wilmer,  baptized    '^th    December 

l622t. 

ii.  A    Daughter,  buried     17th    November 
1634+  ;  possibly  identical  with  the  above- 
named  Martha  Wilmer. 
iii.  Anne  Wilmer,  baptized  21st  November 
1637.* 
John  Wilmer  was  buried  28th  April   1655,*  and 
his  wife  zvas  buried  2jth  October   1662.* 
1.  Mary  Wilmer. 

II.  Ursula  Wilmer,  died  without  issue. 
On  the  i6th  of  February  1582-3,  Robert  Cooke,  Esq., 
Clarenceux  King-of-Arms,  confirmed  to  "  Thomas  Wulsmcre 
"  alias  Wylmer  of  Ruyton  in  the  Countie  of  Warwike  *  *  his 
"  auncyent  Armas,  beinge  Gueules  a  cheveron  vairy  betwene 
"three  Eglettes  displayd  gold";  and  granted  to  him  "  fTor 
"  his  creast  or  cognoysance  vpon  the  healme,  on  a  Torce  or 
"  Wreath  gold  and  gueules,  an  Egles  hedd  gold  betwene  two 
"  Wynges  vairy.  The  mantelles  dependant  beinge  gueules 
"doubled  or  lyned  argent"  (seep.  10^. 

On  the  8th  of  May  1589  Edward,  ninth  Lord  Dudley,  for 
2300/.,  sold  to  Thomas  Wilmer  and  John  Dormer,  and  the  heirs 
of    the    said    Thomas    for    ever,  the    manors    of    Budbrooke, 

+  Par.  reg.  of  Sedgley.  I  J  Par.  reg.  of  St.  Edmund's,  Dudley. 

*  Par.  reg.  of  St.  Thomas's,  Dudley.       | 


40  HISTORY    OF    THE    WILMER    FAMILY. 

Hampton-Curii,  and  Reckthorne,  co.  Warwick.'''  By  an  Inden- 
ture, bearing  date  ist  February  1 591-2,  Thomas  Wilmer,  and 
John  Dormer,  who  is  there  described  as  of  Dorton,  co. 
Buckingham,  conveyed  these  manors,  for  1400/.,  to  Sir  Robert 
Dormer,  Knt,  of  Wing,  in  the  same  county,  ancestor  of 
the  Earls  of  Canarvon.'?  Thomas  Wilmer  was  buried  9th 
October  1628]:,  in  the  church  of  St.  Edmund,  Dudley,  where 
there  was  formerly  a  tablet  with  his  arms. 

HE.— J!:{}omaS  ilEilmfr  [VA],  Esq.,  of  Dudley,  the 
elder  son  of  Thomas  Wilmer  [IVA],  married  (see  Visit. 
Stafford,  1663)  Martha,  the  seventh  natural  daughter  of 
Edward  Sutton,  ninth  Lord  Dudley,  by  Elizabeth  Tomlinson 
{see  pedigree,  p.  37).  Mrs.  Wilmer  was  buried  21st  June 
165 1.*  She  was  a  sister  of  the  famous  Dudd  Dudley,  Colonel 
in  the  Royal  Army,  Author  of  the  Metalluin  lilartis,  and 
one  of  the  earliest  Staffordshire  Ironmasters.  Thomas  and 
Martha  Wilmer  had  issue'^  :— 

I.  Elizabeth  Wilmer,  baptized  nth  August 
1623  ;J  married  Gilbert  Jellians  [or  Gellians], 
Gent,  of  Dudley,  son  of  Gilbert  Jellians,  by 
Alice  his  wife,  sister  of  Henry  Finch.  They 
had,  with  four  sons,  who  probably  died  young, 
four  daughters  : — 

i.  Frances  Jellians,  baptized  7th  May 
1643  ;  buried  5th  March  1715-16;  married 
2nd  July  1663,  Oliver  Dixon,  Gent,  of 
Dudley,  and  had  issue  : — 


16.  Close   R.,   31    Eliz,   no.     1326; 
Feet  of  Fines,  Warwick,  Trin.  31  Eliz. 

17.  Pat.  R.,  clat.  2  Dec  34  Eliz.,  pt. 
13  ;  Close  R.,  34  Eliz.,  pt.  7. 

X  Par.  reg.  of  St.  Edmund's,  Dudley. 
*  Par.  reg.  of  St.  Thomas's,  Dudley. 

1 8.  We  understand  that  the  families 


desire  to  acknowledge  our  indebtedness 
for  a  large  number  of  entries  from  the 
Dudley  and  Sedgeley  registers,  and  for 
other  valuable  information  relative  to 
the  Wilmers  of  Dudley,  and  their 
representatives.  We  are  also  indebted 
to   Mr.   Grazebrook  for  a  pedigree  of 


into  which  the  coheiresses  of  Thomas  j       Jellians,    Dixon    and   Taylor,    in    T/ie 

Wilmer  married  will  be  treated  of  by  '       Genealogist,  ist  Ser. ,  i.  pp.  391-2;  and 

H.    S.    Grazebrook,    Esq.,   of    H.M.  ]       for  pedigrees  of  Brettell  and  Di.xon  in 

Treasury,  in  his   contemplated  history  his  work  on   the   families  of  Henzey, 

of    the   Lords   Dudley.       To  him    we  Tyttery,  and  Tyzack. 


HISTORY    OF    THE    WILMER    FAMILY.  4I 

I.  Oliver  Dixon,  baptized  26th  July 
1666;  married  17th  July  1694, 
Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Jonathan 
Taylor,  Ironmonger  {i.e.  Iron- 
master), of  Dudley,  son  of  Zachary 
Taylor  and  Alice  n/e  Baker,  his 
wife.  Oliver  and  Elizabeth  Dixon 
had  issue :— Oliver  Dixon,  of 
Dudley  ;  JONATHAN  DixON,  of 
Kidderminster ;  JOSEPH  DixON, 
Clerk,  of  West  Felton,  co.  Salop  ; 
Charles  Dixon  ;  Elizabeth 
Dixon,  died  unmarried  before 
1729;  Catherine  Dixon;  and 
Prudence  Dixon,  married 
Thomas  Milward,  Esq.,  of  Wol- 
lescote  Hall,  near  Stourbridge. 

ii.  Elizabeth  Jellians,  baptized  9th 
February  1645-6  ;  married  20th  October 
1668,  Francis  Corfield. 

iii.  Alice  Jellians,  baptized  2nd  March 
1655-6;  married  27th  April  1675,  Oliver 
Shaw,  Gent.,  of  Dudley,  and  had  issue, 
Daniel  Shaw,  and  others. 

iv.  Martha  Jellians,  baptized  nth  May 
1663  ;  married  15th  May  1682,  Pynson 
Wilmot,  Gent.,  of  Lower  Mitton,  co. 
Worcester  ;  and  was  buried  at  Dudley 
nth  June  1699.  (See  Visit.  Worcester, 
1682-3.) 

Gilbert  Jellians  was  buried  at  Dudley,  8th  March 
1699-1700;  and  Mrs.  Jellians  was  buried  there 
9th  May   1709. 


42  HISTORY    OF    THE    WILMER    FAMILY. 

II  Anne  Wilmer,  baptized  19th  October  1625  J  ; 
buried  21st  November  1625. + 

III.  Anne  Wilmer,  (baptized  4th  February 
i625-6)f'9 ;  married  Thomas  Brettell,=°  Gent.,  of 
Upper  Areley,  co.  Stafford,  administration  of 
whose  goods  was  granted  to  her  i  ith  May  1681.=' 
They  had  issue. 

IV.  Martha  Wilmer,  baptized  17th  September 
1629*  ;  married  5th  January  1658-9*  John  Taylor, 
Clerk,  Vicar  of  Dudley,  and  died  without  surviving 
male  issue."  The  Reverend  John  Taylor  married 
secondly,  24th  October  1666,  Mary,  daughter  of 
Thomas  Payton,  of  Dudley,  and  had  a  son, 
Samuel  Taylor,  Gent.,  who  left  issue.  Mrs. 
Taylor  married  secondly  John  Paston,  Clerk, 
Vicar  of  Himley,  co.  Stafford,  and  died  nth  July 
1720,  aged  80  ;  M.I.  at  Dudley. 

V.  Mary  Wilmer,  baptized  22nd  March  163 1-2?  ; 
buried  4th  October  1636. J 

In  8  and  9  Charles  I.,  Thomas  Wilmer  assigned  certain 
annuities  out  of  premises  in  the  county  of  Worcester  to  Thomas 
Rant,=3  William  Ward,  and  others.--*  He  was  buried  30th  March 
1680* ;  and  administration  of  his  goods  was  granted  to  his 
daughter  Anne,  the  wife  of  Thomas  Brettell,  20th  May  1681.^' 

The  families  of  Brettell  and  Dixon,  both  of  which  arc 
extant  in  the  neighbourhood  of  Dudley,  bear  the  arms  of  Wilmer, 
believing  them  to  be  their  paternal  arms.  These  arms  appear, 
impaling  Cartwright,  in  Kingswinford  church,  in  Staffordshire, 
on  the  monument  of  Thomas  Brettell,  who  died  in   1835,  aged 

X  Par.  reg.  of  St.  Edmund's,  Dudley. 

19.  It  is  uncertain  whether  this  entry 
relates  to  the  family  of  Wilmer  or  to 
that  of  Wilson. 

20.  See  T/te  Herald  and  Genealogist, 
i.  p.  426,  for  a  pedigree  of  Brettell  by 
Mr.  Grazebrook. 

21.  Probate  (?ourt  of  Worcester. 


*  Par.  reg.  of  St.  Thomas's,  Dudley. 

22.  Ex  inform.   Brooke    Robinson, 
Esq.,  M.P. 

23.  Indenture,    dat.    iS   July  1632 ; 
Close  R  ,  8  Car.  I.,  pt.  37  (14). 

24.  Close  R.,  9  Car.  I.,  pt.  31  (25). 


HISTORY    OF  THE    WILMER   FAMILY. 


43 


65  ;  and,  impaling  a  lion  rampant  between  three  escallops,  in 
Alveley  church,  in  Shropshire,  on  the  monument  of  a  Brcttell, 
who  died  in  1728. 

Although  the  main  line  of  the  Wilmer  family  ended  in  the 
four  coheiresses  of  the  last  Thomas  Wilmer,  yet  it  is  probable 
that  the  descendants  of  the  younger  members  of  the  family 
continued  to  reside  in  the  neighbourhood  of  Dudley  until  a 
somewhat  later  period. 


Chapter  V. 


WILMER   OF   SYWELL. 


Mireimtr  periisse  homines  ?   momtmenta  fatiscunt  : 

Mors  etiam  saxis  noiuimbusque  venit. — AUSONIUS,  Epi^^.  35,  9. 


Arms  :  Gules,  a  chevron  vair  between  three  eagles,  displayed 
OR,  {(}ticry)  a  martlet  for  difference. 


HE  following  pedigree  is   taken   from  the  Visitation 
of  Northamptonshire,  made  in  1618-19  by  Augustine 
Vincent,  Rouge  Rose  Pursuivant-of-Arms,  Deputy 
to  William  Camden,  Clarenceux  King-of-Arms,  as 
edited  by  W.  C.  Metcalfe,  Esq.,  F.S.A.  (London,  1887). 


SEilmer  of  Sglxicll  antr  Braunston. 

Arms  :   Gules,  a  chevron  Vair  between  three  eagles  displayed  Or. 
Crest  :  An  eagle's  head  Or  between  two  wings  expanded  Vair. 

Given  16  February  1582  by  Rob't  Cooke,  Clar.  ;  (confirmed  to 
gr  wm  Wilmer  by  S''  Rich.  S'  George,  K',  Clar.  King  of  Armes— 
Hart.  MS.  155 3)- 


HISTORY    OF    THE    WILMER    FAMILY. 


William  Wilmer  of  Withbrook,  co.  Warwick,  = 
as  appears  by  Inquisition  at  Kenelworth  I 
Sunday  the  7th  September,  2  H.  7. | 


2.  Thomas  Willmer=Eli: 
of  Coventrie ;  made  |  .  . 
his  will  6  Oct.  1540.  I 


Richard  Wilmer  of=Joane,  da  of  John 
Riton,asbyhiswill,  |  Goodyear  of  Bag- 
dated  21  June  1527.  I  ington,    CO.    VVar- 
I  wick. 


Joane. 


I  I 
2  John 
Wilmer. 


Alice,  ux,   .  . 
Tomlyns         01 
Tame,co.Oxon: 
2  to  John  Spen- 
cer of  Tame. 


I.  William  Wil-=  Julian    da.    of  Katherine, 

mer     of    Ryton,  I  WiUiam  Spen-  ux.  Richard 

CO.       Warwick ;     cer  of  Badby,  Bourne     of 

made     his     will     co.  Northamp-  Chesterton, 

I7  0ct.  1551.         I  ton.  CO.  Oxon. 


I 
Elizabeth,  da.  of=5.  Peter  Wil-^ 
Richard   Boone,  1  merof  Coven- 
I  ux.  try. 


da.  of  Thomas  Barker, 
;en  of  Coventry,  2  ux.. 


Anne,  ux.  Henry 
Thomson ;  2  to 
Richard  Chap- 
leyn. 


Awdrey,  ux. 
.   .   .    Berry. 


Robert  Wilmer  of  Sywell,  =  Elizabeth,  da.  of  Thomas 
CO.  Northampton  ;  ob.  19  |  Higgenson  of  Berkeswcll, 
Dec.  1612.  I  CO.  Warwick. 


Sir  William  Wilmer=Ann,  da.  of  Robert 
of  Sywell,  CO.  North-  I  Andrew  of  Harles- 
arapton,  Kt. ,  1618.       ton,    co.   North'ton. 


Dorothy,  ux.  Thomas  Andrew 
of  Harleston,  brother  of 
Robert. 


I.  Robert, 
3b.  s.p. 


I  I  I 

3.  William,         2.  Robert  Wilmer,         Elizabeth, 
ob.  s.p.  set.  10,  1618. 


I    I 

Joane,  ux. 
Hucksale. 


2.  William  Wil- 
mer, died  at 
Little      Creaton 

Mary,  l  ux.  Tho-     10  April  1599. 

mas  Crowe  ;  2  to 

Baldwin  Hill. 


3.   Richard =Wynefryd, 


Wilmer   of 

Folkes- 

hall. 


da.  of. 
Fitz    Har- 
bert. 


Dorothy,  ux. 
John   Lavender. 


Elizabeth,      ux. 
Henry    Rogers. 


Thomas  Wilmer  of  Merryden,  co.  Warwick.=.   ...  da.  of  Francis  Stafford. 


4.  Roger         I.  Thomas  Wilmer=Eliz.abeth.  da.  of        Margery,  ux.    ... 
Wilmer.  of      Starton,      co.  |  John   Crudge   of        Wilmer    of    Sowe, 

Northampton.  |  Devon.  co.  Warwick. 

I.  Thomas=Anne,  da.  of  Edmund,  Lord  Dudley,     Dorothy.     Mary,  ux.  Samuel 
Wilmer.       ]  widow  of   Sir   Francis  Throgmorton  —  Boyle  of  co.  Staff. 

I  of  Feckenham  Forest,  co.  Wore,  Kt.     Anne. 


2.  John.         I.  Thomas  Wilmer.         Mary.         Ursula,  s.p. 


HISTORY   OF    THE    WILMER    FAMILY. 


A| 

I  I 

Joane.  3.  Samuel  Wilmer= Susan,  da. 
of  Babthorp,  co.  of. .  .  Holl- 
Leic.  ingshed. 


2.  Robert  Wilmer= Frances,  da.  of  John 
of  Braunston,  CO.  |  Okeley  of  Killesby, 
North'ton,  161S.        co.  Northampton. 


Robert,  xt.  20,  16 iS. 


John  Parker  of  Kibworth,  co.  Leic. 


E.— Eo&m  JtHilmer  (IIIB),  Esq.,  of  Sywell  and  Everdon, 
CO.  Northampton,  lord  of  the  manors  of  Sywell,  TrafTord  and 
Hannington,  in  the  same  county,  was  the  sixth  and  youngest 
son  of  William  Wilmer  (IIA),  of  Ryton,  and  Julian  Spencer, 
his  wife  (seep.  27).  He  was  mentioned  in  the  will  of  his  mother 
in  1558,  as  being  under  21  years  of  age.  Remarried  hiscousin- 
german,  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Thomas  Higgenson,  Gent.,  of 
Berkeswcll,  co.  Warwick  {see pedigree, p.  25),  and  had  issue  : — 
Wk. — I.  William  Wilmer.     See  beloiv,  $5. 

II.  Robert  Wilmer,  probably  died  young. 
I.  Dorothy  Wilmer,  baptized  at  Everdon,  29th 
January  1581  ;  married  Thomas  Andrew,"  Esq., 
of  Harleston,  co.  Northampton,  as  will  be  seen 
by  the  short  pedigree  given  below.  Arms  of 
Andrew  :  Gules,  a  saltire  or  surmounted  of 
another  vert ;  crest :  a  Moor's  head  in  profile, 
couped  at  the    shoulders  proper. 

Robert    Wilmer  —  Elizabeth     Robert      Andrew,  =  Elizabeth,  dau.  of 

[IIIB],  of  Sywell;  I  Higgenson;  d.     Esq., of  Harleston;  i  William       Gent., 

d.  1612.  1636-7.  d.  25  Jan.  1603-4.  1  Esq.,  of  Norton; 

I d.  8  Aug    1595. 


Sir  William=Anne  An 
Wilmer  [IV  I  dtesv,  young 
B],  Knt,  of  est  dau. 
Sywell  ;  d.  |  bap.  29  Jan 
1646.  i5So-i»;   d 

I  1635-6. 


Esq.,  of  Har- 
leston, bap. 
13  Dec. 
1572*;  bur. 
22  Jan. 
B.  Wilmer  OF  Sywell.     1650-1.  • 


I  I  I  I 

I.      Thom.as=Dorothy     2.    William  3.       Richard 

Andrew,     Wilmer,     Andrew.  Andrew, 

iur.l6Dec.      Esq.,    of  Esq.,      of 

617*.  Denton.  fhorp     Un- 

T  derwo_od. 

A  A 

Andrew  of  Andrew 

Denton,  of     Thorp 

Baronets.  Under- 

VVOOD. 


Baker,  i.  pp.  167-S. 


Par.  reg.  of  Harleston. 


HISTORY    OF    THE   WILMER    FAMILY.  47 

A| 

Robert  Andrew,  Esq. ,  of  Harleston,  eldest  son  ;  bap.  19  May  1605  ;  d.  1667.  =.    .    .    . 

1  I 

I.   Robert  Andrew,  Esq.,  d.  s.p.  1673-4.        2.  William  Andrew,  Esq.,  of  Harleston  ; 
d.  1675.= 

Thomas  Andrew,  Esq.,  of  Harleston,  d.  1722  {see  p.  70)= Anne,    dau.    o£    Richard 

I  Kynnesman,  Esq. 

I 
Robert  Andrew,  Esq.,  of  Harleston  ;  d.  s.p.  1 739  {see  p.  70). 

Elizabeth  Wilmer  died  at  Orlingbury,  co.  Northampton,  i6th 
January  1636-7, "  at  tenne  of  the  clocke  in  the  nyght,"  and  was 
buried  on  the  following  day,t  in  the  parish  church  of  Sywell,  in 
the  small  north  aisle,  which  the  Wilmers  used  as  their  family 
burial-place.  M.  I.  (see p.  48 J.  Her  will  was  dated  26th  August 
1624,  and  proved  at  Northampton  in  1636. 

In  March  41  Elizabeth  (A.D.  1598-9)  Sir  Edward  Montagu, 
of  Boughton  (ancestor  of  the  Dukes  of  Montagu),  and  Edward 
Montagu,  Esq.,  his  son  and  heir,  conveyed  to  Robert  Wilmer  the 
manor  of  Trafford,  in  the  parish  of  Byfield,  co.  Northampton. 
This  manor  had  been  purchased  of  the  Haslewoods  of  Maidwell 
by  Sir  Edward  Montagu.^ 

"This  is  the  final  agreement  made  in  15  days  from  Easter-Day  41 
Elizabeth,  between  Robert  Wilmer,  querent,  and  Edward  Montagu, 
Knt,  and  Edward  Montagu,  Esq.,  deforciants,  of  i  messuage,  i  water- 
mill,  I  garden,  i  orchard,  10  acres  of  land,  40  acres  of  meadow,  2S0  acres 
of  pasture,  2  acres  of  wood,  etc.,  in  Trafford  otherwise  Trafforth, 
Culworth  and  Eydon,  Whereupon  a  plea,  etc.,  to  wit  that  the  aforesaid 
Edward  and  Edward  have  acknowledged  the  aforesaid  tenements,  with 
the  appurtenances,  to  be  the  right  of  the  said  Robert." — \Feet  of  Fines, 
Northampton,  Easter  41  Eliz.] 

Towards  the  end  of  Queen  Elizabeth's  reign,  Robert  Wilmer 
purchased  the  manor  of  Hannington,  co.  Northampton,  of  which 
the  Treshams  had  formerly  been  lords.3 

In  1605  Anthony  and  Henry  Jenkinson  conveyed  to 
Robert  Wilmer  the  manor  of  Sywell  which  was  held  in  capite  by 
t  Par.  reg.  of  Sywell.  2    Baker,  i.  p.  490.  3.  Bridges,  ii.  p.  97. 


48  HISTORY    OF    THE    WILMER    FAMILY. 

knight's    sen-ice,  and  which  thenceforth  became  the    principal 
seat  of  his  family. 

"  This  is  the  final  agreement  made  in  the  Octave  of  St.  Michael  3 
James  I.,  between  Robert  Willmer,  Gentleman,  querent,  and  Anthony 
Jenkinson,  Esquire,  and  Henry  Jenkinson,  Gentleman,  son  and  heir 
apparent  of  the  said  Anthony,  deforciants,  of  the  manor  of  Syweh,  etc., 
Whereupon  a  plea,  etc.,  to  wit  that  the  aforesaid  Anthony  and  Henry 
have  acknowledged  the  aforesaid  manor,  with  the  appurtenances,  to  be 
the  right  of  the  said  Robert."— [i^(/  of  Fines,  Northampton,  Mich.,  3 
James  I.] 

Bridges  relates  that  about  the  time  of  Henry  I.  Maud  de 
Mundevill,  the  daughter  and  heiress  of  Nigel  de  Mundevill,  Lord 
of  Folkstone,  bestowed  the  lordship  with  the  church  of  Sywell  on 
St.  Andrew's  Priory  in  Northampton.  When  that  house  was 
suppressed  its  estates  fell  to  the  crown,  and  in  34  Henry  VHI. 
the  manor,  grange,  and  advowson  of  Sywell  were  granted  to  John 
Mershe,  who  sold  them  to  Anthony  Jenkinson.4 

Robert  Willmer  died  at  Everdon,  1 9th  December  1 6 1 2,  and  was 
buried  in  the  church  "  at  Sywell  on  Munday  the  one  and  twentye 
"  day  of  December  "  following f.  "  Against  the  north  wall,  in  the 
"  Wihners  burial-place,  is  an  alabaster  monument,  the  cornice 
"  supported  by  two  corinthian  pillars,  with  the  arms  and  crest  of 
"  Wihncr  at  the  top,  and  on  a  marble  tablet  between  the  pillars 
"  this  inscription  :  "+ 

Here  lyeth  buried  Robert  Wilmer  Esq.  one  of  the  son'es 
OF  William  Wilmer  late  of  Riton  in  ¥"=  County  of  Warwicke 
Esq.  and  Elizabeth  his  wife  one  of  y''    daughters  of   Thomas 

HiGGINSON  OF  BaRKESWELL  IN  THE  SAID  CoUNTY  OF  WaRWICKE  GenT  : 

which  Robert  Wilmer  died  the  xix  day  of  decemb  :  Anno  1612 

AND  Elizabeth  his  wife 

They  having  issue  between  them  one  Sonne  and  one  daughter, 
VIZ.  William  and  Dorahie  w*"  William    married  Anne  Andrewe 

ONE   OF   Y^   D.\UGHTERS    OF   RoBERT   AnDREWE    OF    HaRLESTONE   IN    Y^ 

County  of  Northa'pton  Esq.  and  Dorahie   married  to  Thomas 
Andrewe  eldest  sonne  of  Robert  Andrewe. 

4.  Ibid,  ii.  pp.  147-8.  I      +  Par.  reg.  of  Sywell. 


HISTORY    OF    THE    WILMER    FAMILY.  49 

Beneath  the  inscription  are  two  escutcheons,  Wilmer 
impaling  Andrew,  and  Andrew  impaling  Wilmer. 

Robert  Wilmer's  will  was  dated  20th  March  1608-9,  and 
proved  at  London  8th  January  1612-13,5  and  also  at  Northampton. 

"Inquisition  taken  at  Northampton  23  September  11  James  I.[A.D. 
1613]  after  the  death  of  Robert  Willmer,  Esquire. 

"  The  Jurors  say  that  the  aforesaid  Robert  Willmer  was  seized  in  his 
demesne  as  of  fee  of  themanorof  Sywell  in  the  County  of  Northampton 
and  of  40  messuages  20  tofts  2  mills  3  dovecotes  40  gardens  40  orchards 
1000  acres  of  land  40  acres  of  meadow  600  acres  of  pasture  150  acres  of 
wood  200  acres  of  gorse  and  heather  and  40s.  worth  of  rent  in  Sywell, 
Barton,  Wellingborough,  Holcott  otherwise  Hulcott,  Hanington,  Ashby 
Maries  otherwise  Meres  Ashby,  Hardwick,  Ouerston  and  Eckton,  and 
of  free  warren  in  Sywell,  and  free  fishery  in  the  water  of  Sywell,  also  of 
the  advowson  of  the  church  of  Sywell. 

"  And  also  of  all  that  lordship,  manor,  site,  capital  messuage  and 
farm  of  Trafford  otherwise  Trafforth  in  the  parish  of  Byfield  in  the 
County  of  Northampton  late  in  the  tenure  of  Martin  Wright,  gent.,  and 
of  all  and  singular  the  messuages,  etc.,  to  the  same  lordship,  etc., 
periaining. 

"  And  also  of  all  messuages,  lands,  etc.,  in  Trafford  and  Byfield 
aforesaid  which  the  said  Robert  lately  purchased  to  him  and  to  his  heirs 
of  Sir  Edward  Montagu,  Knight,  lately  deceased,  and  Edward  Montagu 
then  son  and  heir  apparent  of  the  said  Sir  Edward. 

"And  also  of  one  messuage  or  tenement,  one  house,  and  one  close 
or  pasture  called  Dovehouse  Close  in  Napton-on-the  hill  in  the 
County  of  Warwick,  and  also  of  one  virgate  of  land  and  one  parcel  of  land 
called  Fulsteech  otherwise  FuUsteed  in  Napton,  all  which  premises  lately 
mentioned  the  said  Robert  Willmer  lately  purchased  to  himself  and  to 
his  heirs  of  Isabella  Oldfield,  Thomas  Oldfield,  and  John  Oldfield.s 

"  The  aforesaid  Robert  Willmer  so  as  is  set  forth  of  all  &  singular 
the  premises  aforesaid  being  seized,  of  such  his  estate  died  thereof 
seized. 

"  The  manor  of  Sywell  &  other  the  premises  above  mentioned  in 
Sywell,  Barton,  etc.,  were  held  of  the  King  in  chief  by  knight's  service  but 
by  what  part  of  a  knight's  fee  the  Jurors  are  ignorant,  and  by  an  annual 
rent  of  8/.  18^.  gd.  st'g,  and  they  are  worth  by  the  year  beyond  reprises  18/. 

5.  P.C  .C  .  2  Capell.  I  6.  See  Feet  of  Fines,    Warw.,  Mic, 

I      24-5  Eliz.,  &  Mic,  33-4  Eliz. 


50  HISTORY    OF    THE    WILMER    FAMILY. 

"The  lordship,  etc. ,  of  Trafford  &  other  the  premises  in  Trafford  & 
Byfield  were  held  of  Sir  Thomas  Spencer,  Knight  and  Baronet,  as  of  his 
manor  of  Radston,  in  free  socage  by  fealty  and  an  annual  rent  of  24^.,  and 
they  are  worth  by  the  year  beyond  reprises  13/.  6s.  4J. 

"  The  messuage,  etc.,  in  Napton  was  held  of  Thomas  Dicons,  gent., 
as  of  his  manor  of  Napton,  by  fealty  and  a  rent  of  31.  by  the  year,  and 
they  are  worth  by  the  year  beyond  reprises  loj'. 

"  The  aforesaid  Robert  Willmer  died  19  December  last  past. 
William  Willmer  is  son  and  next  heir  of  the  same  Robert  'Willmer,  and 
is  of  the  age  of  35  years.  Elizabeth  Willmer  late  wife  of  the  said  Robert 
is  living  at  Harleston  in  the  County  of  Northampton." — [//uj.  post 
mortem,  11  James  I.  part  3.  no.  166.] 


5YJDNEY^  5v^5Ex  ooi.i.i;dgi: 


HxD^no  Willie Imi  Willmerde  SjweU  in  QmCN'orthz 
amtoniii  yimmeri, quondam  ftncionari^  in  ista  Dome. 
Vix,-  in  Anno  Domini  ts'g^.  stddedit  mAn:  Dni:t6i% 


-^iriftm^ 


Bequest  Book-plate  of  Sib  William  Wilmer  to  the  Library  of  Sidnet 
Sussex  College,  Cambridge,  the  Original   (which  is  probably  uniqit;) 

BEING  IN  THE  POSSESSION  OF  J.  J.  HOWARD,  EsQ.,  LL.D.,  MaLTRAYEES  HeDALD 

Extraordinary  ;    together    with    a    Eaosohle    of    the    Signature    of 

Sir   William    Wilmer  to   an   Indenture,   dated    17th    March,    1617-18 

(Bi-iiish  Museum,  Additional  Charters,  24,171J 


Chapter   VI. 


WILMER    OF    SYVVELL-r^^«/^««^^;. 


*'  Per  varios  casuSy  per  lot  discrimlna  reruni.''^ — Virgil,  ^n.  i,  204. 


Arms  :  Gules,  a  chevron  vair  between  three  eagles  displayed  or. 

Crest  :  An  eagle's  head  or  between  two  wings  expanded  vair. 

Motto  :  Semper  Sapit  Suprema. 


H-— l-'^^^^-'ii^  OTilltam  Wilmcr  [IVB],  Knt.,  of  Syweli, 

Lord  of  the  Manors  of  Syweli,  Hanningtoni, 
Trafford,  West  Wardon,  and  West  Haddon, 
the  son  of  Robert  Wilmer  [I  I  IB],  was  thirty- 
five  years  of  age  at  the  time  of  his  father's  death  in  16 13.  He 
was  admitted  of  the  Inner  Temple  21st  October  1600  ;  Sheriff  of 
Northamptonshire  in  13  James  I.,  and  18  Charles  I.;  knighted 
at  Lincoln,  4th  April  1617.  He  was  the  first  Pensioner  of 
Sidney  Sussex  College,  Cambridge,  in  1 599,  and  was  a  consider- 
able benefactor  to  that  foundation.  In  1613  he  had  livery  of 
his  father's  estates  : — 


I.  The  mnnor  of  Hannington  was 
held  of  the  "  Earl  of  Northampton  as 
"  of  Earl's  Barton  called  the  Barons 
"  Mote  in  Earles  Barton,  viz.,  by  a 
"  rent  of  6s.  8d."  The  Baron's-AIoot 
was   a   monthly  court   held    at    Earl's 


Barton  by  the  Earl  of  Northampton, 
and  to  it  all  who  held  of  the  honour  of 
Huntingdon  owed  suit  and  service. 
There  is  in  the  possession  of  Mr.  J.  \. 
Green  a  plan  of  278J  acres  of  Sir 
William  Wilmer's  estate  in  Hannington. 


52  HISTORY    OF   THE    WILMER    FAMILY. 

"The  King  to  all  to  whom  these  presents  shall  come  seiideth 
greeting.  Know  ye  that  we  of  our  special  favour,  etc.,  have  granted 
and  given  a  licence  to  our  beloved  and  faithful  subject  William  Willmer, 
Esquire,  son  and  next  heir  of  Robert  Willmer,  Esquire,  deceased,  Which 
Robert  Willmer  held  of  us  in  captte,  etc.  That  he  the  said  William 
Willmer  *  may  be  able  to  enter  into,  take  possession,  and  be  seized  of  all 
and  singular  the  lordships,  manors,  etc.,  of  which  the  said  Robert, 
whose  heir  he  is,  was  or  had  been  possessed,  etc.  Teste  Rege,  2  3rd 
November  1613." — \_Patent  Roll,  11  James  I.,  part  26  (16).] 

Sir  William  Wilmer  married  at  Harleston,  4th  February 
1604-5,  Anne,  youngest  daughter  of  Robert  Andrew,  Esq.  (ysce 
p.  46),  and  had  issue  : — 

I.  Robert  Wilmer,  buried  26th  April  1607.1 
II.  Robert  Wilmer,  of  whose  line  we  treat  (see 

below,  page  63). 
III.  William  Wilmer,  baptized  "on  Mundaye  the 
"viiith  day  of  Aprill  "  i6iit  ;  buried  19th  July 
i6ii.t 
I.  Elizabeth  Wilmer,  married  prior  to  October 
i63i,Sir  Anthony  Haslewood,^  Knt.,of  Maidwell, 
CO.  Northampton.  He  was  born  in  1601,  and 
was  the  eldest  son  of  Edward  Haslewood,  Esq., 
of  Maidwell,  and  Katherine,  his  wife,  daughter 
and  sole  heiress  of  Sir  Richard  Osborne,  Knt., 
of  Kelmarsh,  co.  Northampton.  By  Elizabeth 
Wilmer  he  had  an  eldest  son.  Sir  William  Hasle- 
wood, Knt,  of  Maidwell,  who  left  (with  other 
issue)  two  daughters,  eventually  his  coheiresses  : 
Elizabeth,  the  elder,  was  the  third  wife  of 
Christopher,  firstViscount  Hatton,and  PENELOPE, 
the  younger,  was  the  first  wife  of  Sir  Henry 
Se}'mour  alias  Portman,  of  Orchard  Portman, 
CO.  Somerset. 

+  Par.  reg.  of  Sywcll.  I  2.   Haslewood's   Genealogy  of  Haile- 

I       wood,  o;  A.  a  1  dwell,  etc.,  I S 7 5 . 


HISTORY    OF   THE    WILMER    FAMILY.  53 

Sir  Anthony  Haslewood  died  6th  June  1660, 
and  was  buried  at  Maidwell  ;    M.I.      Arms  of 
Haslewood  :    Argent,  on  a  bend  gules  between 
three  owls  sable  as  many  lozenges  ermine,  on  a 
chief  azure  three  sprigs  or  ;    crest :    A  squirrel 
sejeant  sable   bezantee,  in  his  mouth  a    hazel- 
branch  or. 
"  Dame  Ann  Willmer,  wife  of  Sir  Will'm  Willmer,  Knight, 
"died  on  Munday  morning,  and  was  buried  the  same  nyght  the 
"  vi  day  of  January  "   i634-5.f 

The  arms  and  crest  which  were  granted  to  Thomas  Wilmer, 
of  Ryton,  in  1582-3,  by  Robert  Cooke  (see p.  g),  were  confirmed 
to  Sir  William  Wilmer  by  Sir  Richard  St.  George,  Clarenceux 
King  of  Arms,^  and  he  seems  to  have  borne  them  without 
any  mark  of  cadency. 

On  the  1 6th  of  January  1611-12,  Sir  William  Wilmer  and 
Robert  Wilmer,  his  father,  for  800/.,  purchased  of  Maurice  Myles, 
John  Myles,  William  Myles  and  Giles  Miles  the  manor  of  West 
Haddon,  co.  Northampton,  part  of  the  possessions  of  Sir 
Richard  Catesby,  Knt.-*  In  1617  Francis  Plowden,  Esq,  of 
Plowden,  in  Shropshire,  sold  to  Sir  William  Wilmer  the  manor  of 
West  Wardon,  in  the  parish  of  Aston-le- Walls,  with  lands  in 
Aston,  Chipping  Wardon,  Woodford,  Hinton,  Farndon,  Eydon, 
and  Culworth,  thereto  belonging,  parcel  of  the  dissolved  Abbey 
of  Wardon,  in  Bedfordshire.  This  manor  had  been  granted  by  the 
king  in  1541  to  Sir  John  Sutton  alias  Dudley,  brother  of  Lord 
Dudley,  and  had  passed  by  descent  to  Francis  Plowden. s  By 
an  Indenture,  dated  2nd  January  1619-20,  John  Calcott,  of  Flore, 
CO.  Northampton,  sold  to  Sir  William  Wilmer  and  Richard 
Andrew  (see  p.  46)  a  capital  messuage,  two  messuages  and  six 
yard-lands  in  Flore.''      On  the  i8th  of  May  1629,  John  Congle- 


•I-  Par.  reg.  of  Sywell. 

S     Bai.r,   i.  p.  476;  Feet  of   Fines, 

3.   Visit.  Northampton  161S-19. 

Northampton,  Mic.  15  Jac.  I. 

4.   Chan.    Pro.,  Ilarbert   t.   Wilmer, 

6.  Close  R.,  no.  2438(40);  Feet  of 

ar.  I.,  HH    61,  ;o. 

Fines,  Northampton,   East.-r  18  Jac.  I. 

54  HISTORY    OF    THE    WILMER    FAMILY. 

ton,  of  Flore,  filed  a  Bill  in  Chancery,  claiming  these  premises 
by  virtue  of  a  Deed  Poll  dated  circa  26  Elizabeth.  He  alleged 
that  John  Calcott  had  some  dealing  with  Thomas  Congleton,  his 
brother,  and  "  boasted  himself  to  have  bought  a  good  title  of  the 
"  premises,  and  by  his  boasting  sold  over  his  pretended  right  to 
"  one  Sir  William  Wilmer,  knight."  In  his  answer,  on  the  4th  of 
November  following.  Sir  William  Wilmer  denied  all  knowledge 
of  the  existence  of  the  Deed  referred  to.' 

"This  Indenture  made  the  thirtith  day  of  Aprill  (10  Charles  I.) 
Betweene  Edward  Saunders  Esquire  sonne  and  heire  of  Edward  Saun- 
der  late  of  Brixworth  in  the  County  of  North'ton  Esquire  deceased 
Daniell  Hudson  Cittizen  and  Marchant  of  London  and  William  Saun- 
ders of  Brixworth  aforesaid  gent,  one  of  the  younger  sonnes  of  the  said 
Edward  Saunders  deceased  and  Frauncis  Saunders  gent,  one  other  of 
the  sonnes  of  the  said  Edward  Saunders  of  thone  p'^te  and  Sir  William 
Willmer  of  Sywell  in  the  County  aforesaid  knight  and  Richard  Andrew 
of  Thorpe  Billett  al's  Thorpe  Underwood  in  the  same  County  gent,  of 
thother  parte  Witnesseth  that  the  said  Daniell  (and  others)  for  * 
(2430/.)  *  have  graunted  b'gained  sold  aliened  enfeoffed  and  con- 
firmed *  unto  them  the  said  Sir  William  Willmer  and  Richard 
Andrew  All  that  messuage  or  ten'te  "'■'  in  Cold  Ashby  in  the  foresaid 
County  *  now  or  late  in  the  occupacion  of  Thomas  Lucas  *  allsoe 
all  that  part  or  p''cell  of  inclosed  ground  conteyning  *  about  eight 
and  twenty  acres  *  with  the  said  messuage  or  ten'te  *  and  allsoe 
all  that  plott  or  p''cell  of  inclosed  ground  conteyning  *  one  hundred 
thirty  and  one  acres  *  now  or  late  *  in  the  tenure  or  occu- 
pacion of  Frauncis  Wykes  *  and  allsoe  all  that  close  *  con- 
teyning *  sixteene  acres  *  called  Fernehill  *  alsoe  all 
that  close  *  conteyning  *  twenty  seaven  acres  *  now 
or  late  *  of  Frauncis  Clipsham  Clerke  vicar  of  Cold  .A.shby  * 
one  close  of  pasture  *  in  Cold  Ashby  *  in  the  occupacion 
of  Robert  Verneham  *  conteying  *  forty  acres  * 
Which  said  messuage,  etc.,  are  scituate,  etc.,  within  the  towne  p''ishe  or 
feildes  of  Cold  Ashby  aforesaid  *  And  alsoe  all  that  close,  etc., 
within  the  Mannor  or  lordshipp  of  Eltington  in  the  aforesaid  County 
called  nether  Piltch  Wonge  conteyning       *       eight  acres       *       And 

7.   Chan.  Pro.   Congleton !■.  Wilmer,       I      laneous    Chan.    Pro.,   series   3,   pt.   7,. 
Car.    I.,    CC.   112,  59;    and   Miscel-  no.  Si. 


HISTORY    OF    THE    WILMER    FAMILY.  55 

alsoe  all  *  tithes,  etc.,  out  df  in  or  uppon  *  the  before 
mencioned  p^misses  hereby  graunted,  etc  :  To  have  and  to  hold,  etc., 
for  ever,  etc."     [Ciose  Roll,  lo  Charles  I.,  part  17  (18).] 

In  1638-9  the  purchasers  obtained  a  royal  licence  to  alienate 
these  premises  to  Thomas  Morgan,  Esq.,  and  George  Allicocke, 
Gent.  ^  Thorp  Lands,  an  ancient  enclosure  of  200  acres,  lying  in 
the  parish  of  Moulton,  co.  Northampton,  came  into  the 
possession  of  the  Wilmers  prior  to  1644,  "and,"  says  Baker, 
^'passed  from  them  [subsequently  to  1791]  through  various 
"mesne  conveyances  to  Mr.  William  Drage,  now  of  Stanwick, 
"  of  whom  it  was  purchased  in  18 16  by  Mr.  Clarke  Hillyard,  who 
"  has  since  sold  50  acres  to  Edward  Bouverie,  of  Delaprd,  esq.9  " 

Sir  Wilmer  Wilmer  was  seized,  prior  to  1636,  in  his  demesne 
as  of  fee  of  the  manors  of  Sywell,  Hannington,  and  Trafford, 
and  of  the  advovvson  of  the  church  of  Sywell,  and  of  20  messuages, 
20  cottages,  10  tofts,  2  mills,  2  dovecotes,  20  gardens,  20  orchards, 
1500  acres  of  land,  200  acres  of  meadow,  1500  acres  of  pasture, 
100  acres  of  wood,  200  acres  of  gorse  and  heather,  61.  of  rent, 
free  warren  and  the  view  of  frankpledge  in  Sywell,  Hannington, 
Holcot,  Mears  Ashby,  Overston,  Earl's  Barton,  Byfield,  Trafford, 
Culworth,  Eydon,  Hinton,  Aston-le-Walls,  Wardon,  West 
Wardon,  and  Chipping  Wardon  {seep.  64). 

On  the  2nd  of  May  1638,  the  Rector,  Churchwardens,  and 
inhabitants  of  Byfield  addressed  a  petition  to  the  Council, 
praying  that  Sir  William  Wilmer,  owner  of  the  hamlet  of 
Trafford,  wJiich  was  all  pasture,  might  be  restricted  from 
wearying  out  the  petitioners  with  long  suits  to  make  the  same 
subject  to  the  custom  of  tithing  used  in  the  common  and  arable 
fields  of  Byfield.  The  matter  was  referred  for  consideration  to 
the  Archbishop  of  Canterbury,  the  Lord  Treasurer,  and  the 
Lord  Privy  Seal.'°  On  the  4th  of  November  1638,  Sir  Robert 
Banaster,  the  late  sheriff  of  Northamptonshire,  delivered  a 
certificate   to   the   Council,  stating   that    Sir   William   Wilmer 

8.  P.it.  R.,  14  Car.  I.,pt.  13(70).  1         10.  State  Papers,  Domestic  Series. 

9.  Bak-r,  i.p.  48.  I 


S6  HISTORY    OF    THE    WILMER    FAMILY. 

refused  to  pay  ship-money,  and  said  that  if  the  sheriff  distrained 
he  would  rescue  the  cattle."  A  letter,  dated  at  Whitehall,  9th 
December  1635,  was  addressed  to  Sir  William  Wilmer  by  the 
Council,  stating  that  William  Andrew,  son  of  William  Andrew," 
of  Denton,  co.  Northampton,  and  nephew  to  Sir  William,  being 
about  twelve  years  of  age,  had  lately  been  found  among  other 
children  in  the  house  of  Mr.  Leveson,  in  the  county  of  Stafford, 
where  he  was  being  trained  up  as  a  scholar  under  a  priest  or 
Jesuit ;  and  that,  in  regard  of  his  nearness  of  blood,  the  Council 
had  thought  fit  to  put  him  in  Sir  William's  custody  until 
further  order.'° 

"This  Indenture  made  the  sixteenth  day  of  October  15  Charles  I. 
Betweene  Sir  William  Willmer  of  Sywell  in  the  County  of  North'ton 
knight  and  William  Andrewe  of  Deinton  in  the  said  County  Ksquire  of 
the  one  part  and  Robert  Pargiter  of  Gretworth  in  the  said  County 
Esquire  and  Thomas  Heughes  of  the  Middle  Temple  London  Esquire 
of  the  other  part  Witnesseth  that  the  said  Sir  William  Willmer  and 
William  Andrewe  *  have  graunted  bargained  sold  enfeoffed  and 
confirmed  *  unto  the  said  Robert  Pargiter  and  Thomas  Hughes, 
etc.,  All  that  Mannor  called  *  Treshams  manner  *  in  the 
aforesaid  County  of  North'ton,  etc.  To  have  &  to  hold,  etc.,  for  ever, 
etc."  [C/ose  Roll,  15  Charles  I.,  part  35  (28).  The  royal  licence  fcr  this 
alienation  was  dated  at  Westminster,  loth  October  1639,  Patent  Roll, 
15  Charles  I.,  part  17  (37).] 

"  This  Indenture  made  the  sixteenth  day  of  October  *  A.D. 
1639  Betweene  Sir  William  Willmer  of  Sywell  in  the  County  of  North'ton 
knight  and  William  Andrewe  of  Deinton  *  Esquire  of  the  one 
part  and  John  Ward  of  Carleton  Curlew  in  the  County  of  Leicester 
Gent,  and  John  Daunce  of  Castellashby  in  the  aforesaid  County  of 
North'ton  Gent,  of  the  other  part  Witnesseth  that  the  said  Sir  William 
Willmer  and  William  Andrewe  *  have  granted  bargained  sold 
enfeoffed  and  confirmed  *  unto  them  the  said  John  Ward  and 
John  Daunce,  etc.,  All  that  Mannor  co'monly  called  *  the  lord 
Vaux  mannor  al's  lord  Harrowdons  Mannor  or  Greenes  Mannor  lying 
within  Great  Houghton  in  the  aforesaid  County  of  North'ton,  etc.,  To 
have  and  to  hold,  etc.,  for  ever,  etc."     {^CJose  Roll,  15  Chades  I.,  part 

10.  State  Papeis,  Domestic  Series.  I      Andrew,  of  Harleston,  and  ancestor  of 

1 1.  He  was  the  second  son  of  Robert      I      'h^^  Andrews,  of  Denton,  Baronets. 


HISTORY    OF   THE   WILMER    FAMILY.  57 

35  (29).  The  royal  licence  for  this  alienation  was  dated  15th  October 
1639,  Patent  Roll,  15  Charles  I.,  part  17  (52).] 

"  Sir  William  Willmer,  Knight,  died  on  Saturday  night,  and 
"was  buried  the  Wednesday  following,  being  the  22nd  of 
"Aprill"  16461,  at  Sywell.  William  Wilmer,  his  grandson, 
succeeded  him.  The  following  is  an  abstract  of  Sir  William's 
will  :— 

loth  April  1646.  In  the  Name  of  God  Amen,  I  Sir  William 
Wilmer  of  Sywell,  Northampton,  Knight,  being  of  good  and  present 
memory  (all  praise  be  therefore  given  to  Almighty  God)  doe  make  and 
ordaine  this  my  last  Will  and  Testament,  etc.  My  bodie  to  be  buried  in 
the  Church  of  Siwell  without  the  vanitie  of  any  extraordinarie  shew.  And 
touching  my  worldly  goods  which  since  these  sadd  times  have  been  almost 
all  taken  from  me,  soe  that  I  cannot  remember  my  particular  friends 
and  kindred  as  I  would  and  as  heretofore  I  had  done  by  Will  which  I 
now  revoke.  All  my  goods,  plate,  household  stuff,  lands,  tenements,  etc. , 
unto  my  grandchilde,  Wiliam  Willmer,  and  his  heirs  for  ever.  He  shall 
discharge  all  my  just  debts.  To  my  loving  daughter,  the  Lady  Haslewood, 
10/.  I  appoint  my  kinsmen.  Sir  Charles  Adderley,  Knight,  and  John 
Wyrelie,  of  Dodworth,  co.  Northampton,  Esquire,  my  executors  until  my 
said  grandchild  shall  accomplish  the  age  of  twenty-one.  I  pray  my 
grandchild  may  be  vertuously  bredd.  To  each  of  my  executors  500/. 
The  goods  which  are  in  the  possession  of  Master  Muttwich  and  his  wife 
in  my  house  at  Sywell  I  bequeath  to  them.— [Proved  by  the  executors 
ist  December  1646.— P.  C.  C.  194  Twisse.] 

On  the  outbreak  of  the  Civil  War  Sir  William  Wilmer 
espoused  the  cause  of  the  King,  and  faithfully  adhered  to  his 
royal  master  through  all  his  troubles.  He  suffered  heavily  in 
consequence,  for,  as  we  have  already  seen,  in  his  will  he  speaks  of 
his  worldly  goods  being  almost  all  taken  from  him.  In  addition 
to  this,  after  his  death,  his  executors  were  obliged  to  compound 
for  his  estates  in  the  sum  of  500/.  The  composition  would  have 
been  far  heavier  but  for  the  fact  that  Sir  William  settled  a  large 
amount  of  his  property  upon  his  son  at  the  time  of  that  son's 
marriage  in  163 1  {see  p.  62).  Sir  William  himself  was  spared 
from  knowing  anything  of  the  terrible  tragedy  which  was  enacted 


t  Par.  reg.  of  Sywell. 


58  HISTORY    OF   THE    WILMER    FAMILY. 

at  Whitehall  in  January  1649,  and  which  inspired  the  country 
with  pity  and  with  horror.  The  following  e.xtracts  are  taken 
from  the  Royalist  Composition  Papers  : — 

"  S'  Charles  Adderley  Knight,  and  John  Wirly  Esq'  Executors  of 
the  last  Will  and  Testam'^  of  S"'  W"  Wilmer  Kn'  deceased  for  and  in 
the  behalfe  of  themselfes.  and  of  W"  Willmer  Esq''  an  infant  under  the 
age  of  I  2  yeeres. 

'•  The  Delinquency  was  in  S'  AV™  Willmer  Kn'  deceased,  for  whose 
reall  estate  the  infant,  and  for  whose  p'sonall  estate  the  said  Executors 
desires  to  compound,  who  was  sequestred  before  his  death. 

"Sir  Charles  Adderly  hath  taken  the  Nac'onall  Covenant  before  W"" 
Barton  minister  of  John  Zacharies  the  22"' of  August  1646,  and  the 
negative  oath  heere  the  same  daye,  the  Infant  beinge  a  minor  hath  taken 
neither. 

"They  compound  vpon  a  perticuler  delivered  in  under  their  hands  by 
which  they  doe  submitt  to  such  ffine  &c.  and  by  which  it  doth  appeare 

"  That  the  said  S'  W™  Wilmer  dyed  seized  in  ffee,  to  him  and  his 
heirs, nowe  discended  vpon  the  infant,  of  and  in  certaine  Lands  and  Ten'ts 
lylnge  and  beinge  in  West  Haddon  in  the  County  of  Northampton,  and 
of  certaine  howses  scituate  in  the  towne  of  Northampton,  of  the  yeerely 
value  before  theis  troubles. — 12''-  13"-  4'^- 

"  That  after  the  payem«  of  974''-  2^-  3'^-  debts  which  S'  William 
Wilmer  did  owe  at  the  day  of  his  death,  and  of  such  other  debts,  as 
Rob't  Wilmer  his  sonne  did  owe  at  the  tyme  of  his  death  which  doth  not 
appeare,  and  of  the  payem'^  of  such  fifine  and  chardges  as  should  be 
paid  and  disbursed  for  the  Wardshipp  of  the  Infant,  there  will  remaine 
and  come  vnto  the  said  Infant  other  lands  and  Ten'ts  called  Thorpe 
Lands  lyinge  and  beinge  within  the  Mannor  of  Moulton  in  the  County  of 
Northampton,  and  of  and  in  another  Mannor  and  of  divers  Lands  and 
Ten'ts  to  the  same  belonging  lyinge  and  beinge  in  the  townes  and  ffeilds 
of  fHower  in  the  said  County,  which  by  a  Deed  made  dated  the  first  of 
ffebruary  1 1°  Caroli  were  graunted  to  one  W™  Andrewe  and  others 
Trustees  for  the  tearme  of  30  yeeres  to  receive  the  issues  and  profitts 
thereof  to  the  vses  aforesaid,  and  which  were  togither  of  the  yeerely 
value  before  theis  troubles— 140''- 

"  The  residue  of  the  estate  of  S'  Willia'  Wilmer  was  setled  longe 
sithence  by  good  conveyance  vpon  the  infants  father,  and  the  heirs 
males  of  his  body,  which  the  infant  is,  and  therefore  those  Manners  and 
Lands  not  discendinge  to  him  from  his  Grandfather  S'  William,  but  he 


HISTORY    OF   THE   WILMER    FAMILY.  59 

coraeinge  in  vnder  a  conveyance  as  heire  in  taile,  the  Lords  and  Co'mons 
for  sequestrac'ons  have  by  their  order  of  the  24'''  of  September  1646, 
discharged  the  same. 
6  October  1646 

"  Jero™  Alexander  "  D.  Watkins." 

"  That  certaine  Lands  and  Ten'ts  lyinge  and  beinge  in  Ha'mington  in 
the  County  of  Northampton,  were  by  one  W"  Moore  mortgadged  to  the 
said  S''  W""-  Wihner  for  120''- principal!  money,  and  certaine  other  Lands 
and  Ten'ts  lyinge  in  Haughtou  in  the  said  County  were  by  one  W""  Wood 
mortgaged  to  him  for  200''-  principall  money,  both  which  somes  make 
32oi'-  for  which  they  also  desire  to  compound. 

"  Fine  at  a  sixt  500''- 
24  No'''='^  1646 

"  Jero"!  Alexander  "  D.  Watkins." 

"A  Just  p'ticuler  of  the  estate  of  S''  William  Wilmer  Kn'  deceased, 
and  how  much  therof  is  engaged  and  tyed  by  him  in  his  life  time  By  Deed 
vnder  his  hand  and  seale  for  the  paym'  of  such  debts  as  hee  owed  or 
should  owe  at  the  time  of  his  death  And  how  much  of  the  estate  of  the 
said  S''  William  Wilmer  is  not  tyed  for  paym'  of  debts  by  the  said  Deede 
together  with  the  just  p''ticuler  of  the  debts  owing  by  the  said  S''  William 
Wilmer  at  the  time  of  his  death. 

"  The  said  S''  Will'm  Wilmer  by  his  Indenture  vnder  his  hand  and 
seale  bearing  date  the  first  of  ffebruary  1 1°  Car'  Reg'  made  betwixt  himselfe 
on  the  one  p''te  And  William  Andrew,  Richard  Andrew,  James  Enion 
Rob't  Mulshoe,  and  Thomas  Andrew  of  the  other  p''te  amongst  other 
things  graunts  a  Lease  to  them  the  said  Will'm  Andrew,  Richard  Andrew, 
James  Enion,  Rob't  Mulshoe,  &  Thomas  Andrew  for  the  Terme  of  30 
yeares  to  Comence  imediately  after  his  death  of  certaine  pasture  grounds 
called  Throrpe-lands  lying  &  being  within  the  Mannor  of  Moulton 
in  the  County  of  North'ton  And  of  a  Mannor  with  divers  Messuages- 
Tenem'^  &  Cottages,  yardland.  Closes,  Meadows,  pastures  &  other  things 
scituate  lying  and  being  in  the  Townes  P'^ishes  and  feilds  of  fiflower  in 
the  said  County  of  North'ton  vppon  this  trust  and  Confidence  that  the 
said  Will'm  Andrew  etc.  out  of  the  Rents  yssues  and  p°ffitts  of  the 
p'misses  shall  duly  and  truly  content  satisfy  and  pay  all  such  debts  with 
the  forbearance  of  the  same  as  is  admitted  by  the  statute  as  hee  the  said 
S"'  Will'm  Wilmer  shall  owe  and  be  indebted  to  any  at  the  time  of  his 
death  and  likewise  xVU  such  debts  as  Rob't  Wilmer  sonne  of  the  said 


6o  HISTORY    OF   THE   WILMER    FAMILY. 

S''  Will'm  Wilmer  did  owe  at  the  time  of  his  death  And  for  the  paym'  & 
discharge  of  all  such  fyne  and  Charges  as  shall  be  payed  for  the 
wardshipp  of  AVill'm  Wilmer  (the  now  Peticon"')  And  after  such  debts 
payed  and  such  disbursem*  satisfied,  the  ou''plus  of  all  &  singular  the 
p°fifitts  of  the  p<=misses  dureing  the  said  30  yeares  to  be  for  the  raysing 
a  portion  for  such  Childe  as  Constance  Wilmer  the  Relict  of  the  said 
Rob't  Wilmer  then  went  withall  And  if  the  same  were  a  daughter  then 
to  have  3000''-  And  if  a  Sonne  5000''-  And  in  case  the  said  Children 
dy  without  heires  then  to  the  right  heires  of  the  said  S"'  William  Wilmer  : 
pout  p'"  Indentur'. 

"  The  said  Constance  Wilmer  was  shortly  after  the  makeing  of  the 
said  Indenture  deliu''ed  of  a  daughter  which  daughter  shordy  after  dyed, 
And  the  said  S''  AMll'm  Wilmer  st  about  3  moneths  since  dep''ted  this  life 
being  at  the  time  of  his  death  and  longe  before  indebted  vnto  seu''all 
p'sons  seu'ally  in  seu^all  sumes  of  mony  in  all  amounting  to  eleven 
hundred  fifty  and  fower  pounds  two  shillings  three  pence.J 

"The  cleere  yearly  vallue  of  the  said  lands  called  Thorpe-lands  being 
one  hundred  pounds  p''  annu"  And  the  said  IMannor  and  lands  in  fflower 
being  40''-  p''  anru'. 

"  Alsoe  the  said  S"'  William  Wilmer  dyed  seized  in  ,    li.      s.     d. 
ffee  of  certayne  lands  in  West  Haddon  in  the  said  County  ',500 
of   Northampton   not  exp'"ssed  in  the  said  Indenture  of  I 
the  yearly  vallue  of  p"^  annu'. 

And  of  certaine  houses  in  North'ton  of  the  yearly  vallue  of  6     13     4 
The  value  of  y'=  lands  tyed  for  paym'  of")     li. 
Charles  Aderly  1     debt  p"' annu' att  J  140 

John  Wirly  [  The  Land  free  and  engaged  oi2i'' 13^  4dpf  annu' 
William  WilmerJ 

"  This  is  a  true  p'tculer  of  all  the  Estate  reall  and  personall  of  S'  W™ 
Wilmer  Kn'  deceased  for  which  wee  S''  Charles  Aderley  Kn'  John  AVirly 
&  William  Wilmer  doe  desire  to  compound  to  free  it  out  of  Sequestrac'on 
and  weedoe  submittvnto  andvndertake  to  satisfye  and  pay  such  ffine  as 
by  this  Com"=^  for  Composic'ons  with  Delinquents  shall  be  imposed  and 
set  to  pay  for  the  same,  in  order  to  the  freedome  and  discharge  of  the 
said  Estate  of  the  said  S^  W""  Wilmer  deceased. 

"Charles  Aderley 
John  Wirly 
William  Wilmer." 

t    Thomas  Andrews,  of  Sywell,  Yeo-       I      William   Wilmer,    deceased,  made    an 
man,  aged  seventy-two  or  thereabouts,  affidavit  respecting    these    debts,    31st 

being   late    servant    or    bailiff   of   Sir      |      August  1646. 


HISTORY   OF 'THE   WILMER    FAMILY.  6r 

"  Allsoe  there  are  Two  Mortgages  made  to  the  said  S''  Will'm  Wilmer 
in  his  hfe  time  the  one  of  certaine  Lands  &c.  in  Ha'mington  in  the  said 
County  of  Northampton  from  one  AV"  Moore  to  the  said  S"  W"  Wilmer 
for  i2o''-principall  mony 

"  The  other  Mortgage  is  of  certaine  Lands  in  Houghton  in  ye  said 
County  of  Northampton  from  W™  Woode  to  the  said  S'  W"  Wilmer  for 
2oo''-  principall  money 

"  Both  the  said  Mortgages  being  32oi'- 

"  Charles  Aderly 
John  Wirly 
William  Wilmer." 


"To  the  Honi=''=  the  Comittee  for  Composic'on  for  delinquents 
estates. 

"  The  humble  Petic'on  ot  S''  Charles  Aderly  Kn'  and  John  Wyrly 
esquire  Executors  of  the  last  will  and  Testam'  of  S''  W"^  Wilmer 
Kn'  deceased  In  the  behalfe  of  themselves  and  of  William  Wilmer 
Esquire  an  Infant  under  the  age  of  twelve  yeares. 

"  Humbly  Shew 

"That  S"^  W"  Wilmer  Kn'  deceased  your  Petic'oner  AVilliam 
Wilmers  Grandfather  being  in  his  life  time  seized  in  his  demesne  as  of 
fee  of  the  severall  lands  and  appurten'ces  in  the  County  of  Northampton 
in  the  p'ticuler  annexed  expressed,  &  allsoe  being  att  the  time  of  his  death 
possessed  of  certaine  other  lands  by  lease  in  the  said  County  of 
Northampton  for  a  certaine  longe  time  or  Terme  of  yeares  in  the  said 
p^ticuler  allsoe  menc'oned  The  said  S''  Will'm  Wilmer  was  sequestred 
before  his  death  for  his  delinquency  to  the  Parliam'  by  the  Comittee  of 
Northampton  and  became  Tenant  to  his  own  estate,  and  dyed  about 
3  months  since. 

"Your  Petic'oners  therefore  humbly  pray  that  they  may  bee 
admitted  to  compound  to  free  the  said  estate  out  of 
sequestrac'on 

"And  they  as  in  all  duty  bound  shall  dayly  pray  etc." 


"  These  are  to  certifie  that  S"'  Charles  Adderley  of  Hammes  in 
the  County  of  Warwick  Knight,  did  freely  and  fully  take  the  National 
Covenant  and  subscribe  y=  same :  upon  the  Two  and  twentieth  day  of 
August  1646  The  sayd  Covenant  being  administred  unto  him 
according  to  order  by  me. 

"  Will'm  Barton  Minister  of 
John  Zecharies  London." 


<J2  HISTORY    OF    THE    WITHER    FAMILY. 

■'  In  the  case  of  Will'm  Willmer  Esq''  to  mee  referred  by  the  order 
annexed  I  find  that  by  Indenture  Tripartite  dated  30°  Septembr 
7°  Caroli  made  betweene  S"'  Will'm  Willmer  Knight  &  others  of  the 
first  part  James  Enyon  &  Rob't  Tanfeild  Esq'^  &  others  of  the 
second  part  Rob't  Willmer  Esq''  &  Constance  Enyon  sole  daughter  of 
the  said  James  Enyon  of  the  third  part  the  said  S"'  Will'm  Willmer  in 
Considerac'on  of  a  mariage  then  intended  &  afterwards  solempnized 
betweene  the  said  Rob't  Willmer  &  Constance  Enyon  &  of 
4oco''-  mariage  porc'on  paid  did  Covenant  w*  the  said  James  Enyon 
that  the  said  S''  Will'm  and  others  would  before  the  end  of  Hillarie 
Terme  then  next  acknowledge  one  fiSne  sur  Conusans  de  droit  etc. 
to  the  said  Rob't  Tanfeild  and  another  and  the  heires  of  the  said  Rob't 
Tanfeild  of  all  and  singuler  the  Manners  mesuages  lands  tenem'^  and 
hereditam's  of  the  said  S"'  Will'm  WiUmer  scituate  &  being  w^Hn  the 
townes  Parishes  and  feilds  of  Sywell,  Earles,  Barton,  Hollcott  al's  Hullcott, 
Hamington,  Asheby  Meyres  al's  Meres  Asheby,  Hardwick,  Overston, 
Ecton,  Byfeild,  Trafford,  CuUworth,  Eydon,  Westwarden,  Cheping, 
Warden,  Warden  Aston  in  the  wells,  Hynton,  Woodford  and  ffarendon 
and  in  everie  or  anie  of  them  in  the  aforesaid  Countie  of  Northampton 
w"*  their  and  eu''ie  of  their  rights  members  and  app^en^nces  w'^''  ffine 
shalbee  &  enure  to  the  vses  following  (vizt)  to  the  vse  of  the  said 
S"'  Will'm  &  Rob't  Willmer  their  heires  and  assignes  vntill  the  said 
intended  mariage  should  be  solempnized  And  after  as  concerning  the 
said  Mannors  of  Sywell  &  Hamington  in  Com'  North'ton,  cu'  p''tin'  and 
the  Advowson  &  Rectorie  of  the  Parish  Church  of  Sywell  and  all  & 
singuler  the  messuages  lands  and  hereditam'^  of  the  said  S'  Will'm 
Willmer  in  the  townes  Parishes  &  feilds  of  Sywell  Hamington 
Earles  Barton  Hullcott  Asheby  Meyres  al's  Meres  Asheby  Hardwick 
Overston  &  Ecton  aforesaid  to  the  vse  of  the  said  S'' Will'm  Willmer 
for  life  and  after  his  decease  to  the  vse  of  Dam.e  Anne  his  wife  for 
her  life  rem"'  to  the  proper  vse  of  the  said  Rob't  AVillmer  and  the  heires 
males  of  his  body  on  the  body  of  the  said  Constance  lawfully  to  bee 
begotten  w"^  remainders  over  remainder  to  the  said  S''  Willm  Willmer 
in  fifee  And  as  for  and  concerning  all  the  rest  of  the  pmiisses  to  bee 
comprised  in  the  said  ffine  to  the  vse  of  the  said  Rob't  Willmer  for 
terme  of  his  life  &  after  his  decease  to  the  vse  of  the  said  Constance 
for  her  life  remainder  to  the  heires  males  of  the  body  of  the  said  Rob't 
Willmer  on  the  body  of  the  said  Constance  lawfully  to  bee  begotten 
w'**  remainders  over  remainder  to  the  said  S''  Will'm  Willmer  in  fee 
And  as  for  and  concerning  all  the  rest  of  the  p^misses  to  bee  comprised 
in  the  said  ffine  to  the  vse  of  the  said  Rob't  Willmer  for  tearme  of  his 


HISTORY   OF   THE   WILMER    FAMILY.  63 

life  &  after  his  decease  to  the  vse  of  the  said  Constance  for  her  life 
remainder  to  the  heires  males  of  the  body  of  the  said  Rob't  Willmer 
on  the  body  of  the  said  Constance  lawfully  to  bee  begotten  w'*" 
such  remainders  over  as  aforesaid  As  by  the  said  Indenture 
appeareth  And  I  doe  alsoe  find  that  afterwards  a  licence  of  alienac'on 
of  the  p'=misses  was  obtained  As  by  the  same  licence  to  mee  shewed 
vnder  the  greate  seale  appeareth  And  afterwards  to  witt  in  Mich'as 
terme  7°  Carol'  a  fifine  was  acknowledged  of  the  p'^misses  according  to 
the  Coven^'nt  in  the  said  Indenture  tripartite  As  by  the  Cyrograph  of 
the  said  fifine  to  mee  shewed  appeareth  And  it  is  informed  that  the  said 
S'  Will'm  Willmer  Dame  Anne  his  wife  &  Rob't  Willmer  are  all  dead  & 
the  pef  is  the  onely  sonne  of  the  said  Rob't  Willmer  begotten  vpon  the 
body  of  the  said  Constance  &  is  now  of  the  age  of  12  yearesSoeas  vpon 
the  whole  matter  it  is  submitted  to  Judgment  whether  the  sequestrac'on 
of  the  p^misses  ought  not  to  bee  discharged  the  same  being  sequestred 
for  the  delinquencie  of  the  said  S''  Will'm  Willmer  And  this  I  find  to 
bee  the  pet''    case. 

"July  1646 
Jo  :  Bradshawe 

"  This  Copy  is  onely  to  bee  made  vse 
of  for  satisfacc'on  of  Mr.  Alexander  for 
the  p''poses  by  him  desired  &  for  all 
other  p'poses  the  p'ties  are  to  apply 
themselves  to  Mr  Vaughan  Register  of 
the  Comittee  of  Lords  &  Co'mons  for 
sequestrac'ons  whoe  is  to  furnish  them 
w'li  a  copy." 

\Royalist  Composition  Papers,  Series  II.,  vol.  xxii.  pp.  81-94.] 


ROBERT  WILMER  [VB],  Esq.,  Lord  of  the  Manors  of 
TrafTord  and  West  Wardon,  the  only  one  of  Sir  William 
Wilmer's  sons  who  left  issue,  was  baptized  26th  September 
i6o8t,  and  admitted  of  the  Middle  Temple  12th  April  1627. 
He  married  in  1631,  Constance,  elder  daughter  of  James 
Enyon,"  Esq.,  Lord  of  the  Manor  of  Flore,  co.  Northampton,  by 
Dorothy  his  wife,  eldest  daughter  of  Thomas  Coxe,  Esq.,  of 
Bishop's  Itchington,  co.  Warwick.  A  recital  of  the  marriage 
settlement    has    already  been    given   {see  p.  62  ;  see  also  p.  65). 

+  Par.  reg.  of  Sywell.  |         12.  Baker,  i.p.  153. 


64  HISTORY    OF    THE  WILMER   FAMILY. 

Constance  Wilmer  was  about  fourteen  }-ears  of  age  at  this  time, 

if  we  can  depend  upon  the  accuracy  of  the  licence  for  her  second 

marriage  in  1641-2,  in  which  she  was  stated  to  be  of  the  age  of 

twenty-four  years.     Her  only  brother,  James  Enyon,  was  created 

a  Baronet  in  1642,  and  was  killed  in  a  duel  in  the  same  year  by 

Sir  Nicholas  Crispe.     Her  father,  \\^ho  was  living  in   163 1,  died 

before  April  1636,  and  his  widow  married  secondly  John  Wyrley, 

Esq.,  of  Dodford,  who  was  one  of  the  executors  of  Sir  William 

Wilmer's  will.      Arms  of  Enyon  :    Argent,  a  chevron  between 

three  ravens  sable.     Robert  and  Constance  Wilmer  had  issue  : — 

m. — I.  William  Wilmer,  heir  to  his  grandfather.    Sec 

below,  M^. 

I.  Anne  Wilmer  (posthumous  child),  "was  born 

"  at  fflower  (Flore)  the   31st   Marche,    1636,  and 

"  died  at  fiflower  on  Mundaye   nyght,  and   buried 

"  att  Sywell  on  Tuesday  the  next  day,  being  the  8 

"day  of  May"  i638t. 

Robert   Wilmer  died   in   the   lifetime   of    his   father,  "on 

"  Munday  nyght,  and  was  buried  the  next  day,  being  Tuesday 

"  in  the  night  the  22nd  day  of  December  "  1635. t 

"  Inquisition  taken  at  Northampton  20  April  12  Charles  I.  [A.D. 
1636]  after  the  death  of  Robert  Willmer  late  of  Sywell,  Esquire, 
deceased,  while  he  lived  son  and  heir  apparent  of  Sir  William  Willmer 
of  Sywell,  Knight. 

"  They  [the  Jurors]  say  that  the  aforesaid  William  Willmer  some 
time  before  the  death  of  the  aforesaid  Robert  Willmer  was  seized  in  his 
demesne  as  of  fee  of  the  manors  of  Sywell,  Hanington  and  Trafford  and 
of  the  advowson  of  the  church  of  Sywell  and  of  20  messuages,  20 
cottages,  10  tofts,  2  mills,  2  dovecotes,  20  gardens,  20  orchards,  1500 
acres  of  land,  200  acres  of  meadow,  1500  acres  of  pasture,  100  acres  of 
wood,  200  acres  of  gorse  and  heather,  6/.  of  rent,  free  warren  and  the 
view  of  frank-pledge  in  Sywell,  H,anington,  Hollcott,  Meares  Asheby, 
Overston,  Earles  Barton,  Byfeild,  Trafford,  Cullworth,  Eydon,  Hinton, 
Aston  in  le  walles,  Warden,  Westwarden,  and  Chipingwarden ;  also  of 
the  tithes  of  sheaves  of  corn,  etc.,  from  15  messuages,  Soo  acres  of  land, 
<fcc  ,  in  Earles  Barton. 

t  Par.  reg.  of  Sywell. 


HISTORY   OF   THE   WILMER    FAMILY.  65 

"  By  Indenture  tripartite  bearing  date  30  September  7  Charles  I. 
[A.D.  1 631]  made  between  the  aforesaid  Sir  William  Willmer  and  the 
Lady  Anne  then  his  wife  now  deceased  Sir  Anthony  Haslewood  of 
Maydwell  in  the  County  of  Northampton,  Knight,  and  the  Lady 
Elizabeth  his  wife,  and  William  Andrevve  of  Deinton  in  the  said  county, 
Gent.,  of  the  first  part,  James  Enion  the  elder.  Esquire,  now  deceased, 
Robert  Tanfeilde,  Esquire,  and  Richard  Townesend,  Esquire,  of  the 
2nd  part  the  aforesaid  Robert  Willmer  and  Constance  Enion  only 
daughter  of  the  said  James  Enion  of  the  3rd  part,  the  said  William 
Willmer  in  consideration  of  a  marriage  then  intended  between  the  said 
Robert  Willmer  and  Constance  Enion  conveyed  the  said  manors,  etc. 
of  Sywell  and  Hanington  and  the  advowson  to  the  said  William  Willmer 
for  his  life  and  after  his  decease  to  remain  to  the  said  Lady  Anne  for 
her  life,  and  after  her  decease  to  remain  to  the  aforesaid  Robert  Willmer 
and  his  heirs  male  upon  the  body  of  the  said  Constance  lawfully  to  be 
begotten,  remainder  to  the  heirs  male  of  the  said  Robert  Willmer, 
remainder  to  the  heirs  male  of  the  said  William  Willmer,  remainder  to 
the  heirs  of  the  said  Robert,  remainder  to  the  said  Lady  Elizabeth 
Haslewood  and  her  heirs,  remainder  to  the  heirs  of  the  said  William 
Willmer,  remainder  to  the  right  heirs  of  the  said  William  Willmer 
for  ever. 

"  And  the  said  manors  of  Trafford  and  Westwarden,  etc  ,  to  the  said 
Robert  Willmer  for  his  life  and  after  his  decease  to  remain  to  the  said 
Constance  Enyon  tor  her  life  and  after  her  decease  to  remain  to  the 
heirs  male  of  the  said  Robert  Willmer  upon  the  body  of  the  said 
Constance  lawfully  to  be  begotten,  remainder  to  the  heirs  male  of  the 
said  Robert  Willmer,  remainder  to  the  said  William  Willmer  and  to  his 
heirs  male,  remainder  to  the  said  Robert  Willmer  and  to  his  heirs, 
remainder  to  the  said  Lady  Elizabeth  Haslewood  and  to  her  heirs, 
remainder  to  the  heirs  of  the  said  William  Willmer,  remainder  to  the 
said  William  Andrewe  and  his  heirs  male,  remainder  to  the  right  heirs 
of  the  said  William  Willmer  for  ever.  By  virtue  of  which  conveyance 
the  said  William  Willmer,  who  is  now  alive  and  at  Sywell  aforesaid,  into 
the  manors  of  Sywell  and  Hanington  entered,  and  is  thereof  seized  in 
his  demesne  as  of  a  free  tenement. 

"  And  the  aforesaid  Robert  Willmer  into  the  aforesaid  manors  of 
Trafford  and  Westwarden  entered,  etc. 

"  Robert  Willmer  on  the  21st  day  of  December  last  past  died  so 
thereof  seized,  after  whose  death  the  said  Constance  who  is  yet  alive 

I 


66 


HISTORY    OF    THE    WILMER    FAMILY. 


inro  all  the  premises  conveyed  entered  and  is  yet  thereof  seized  in  her 
demesne  as  of  a  free  tenement. 

'■  William  VVillmer  is  son  and  next  heir  of  the  said  Robert  Willmer, 
and  is  of  the  age  of  two  years  six  months  and  twenty  days. 

"  The  manor  of  Sy well  and  the  premises  in  Sywell,  Hallcott,  Asheby , 
Meires,Overston  and  Ecton  were  held  of  the  King  by  knight's  service  in 
chief  but  by  what  part  of  a  knight's  fee  the  Jurors  are  ignorant,  and 
they  are  worth  by  the  year  beyond  reprises — 5/.  The  manor  of  Hanington 
and  the  premises  in  Hanington  were  held  of  the  most  noble  Spencer 
Earl  of  Northampton  as  of  Earl's  Barton  called  the  Barons  Mote  in 
Earles  Barton,  viz.: — by  a  rent  of  6s.  Sd.,  and  they  are  worth  by  the 
year  beyond  reprises — 40s. 

"  The  premises  in  Earles  Barton  were  held  of  the  King  as  of  his 
manor  of  East  Greenewich  by  fealty  only,  viz.  : — in  free  and  common 
socage  and  not  in  chief  nor  by  knight's  service,  and  by  suit  of  court, 
and  they  are  worth  by  the  year  beyond  reprises— 20 j-.  The  manor  of 
Trafford  and  the  premises  in  Byfeilde,  Trafford,  Cullworth  and  Eydon 
were  held  of  Sir  William  Spencer,  Baronet,  as  of  his  manor  of  Radson 
in  free  and  common  socage,  viz.,  by  fealty  and  a  rent  of  24^.,  and  they 
are  worth  by  the  year  beyond  reprises — 3/.  The  premises  in  Warden, 
Westwarden,  Chipingwarden,  Hinton  and  Aston  in  le  Walles  were  held 
of  the  King  by  knight's  service  in  chief  but  by  what  part  of  a  knight's 
fee  the  Jurors  are  ignorant,  and  they  are  worth  by  the  year  beyond 
reprises — 3/." — [Inquisition  J>osf  mortem,  12  Charles  I.,  part  3,  no.  132.] 

Constance  Wilmer  married  secondly  Charles  Adderley,  Esq., 
of  Hams  Hall,  co.  Warwick,  widower,  aged  thirty.  The  licence 
was  dated  4th  February  164 1-2,  and  the  marriage  was  to  be 
solemnized  at  St.  Andrew's,  Holborn,  or  St.  Giles's  in  the  Fields. 
London."3  Sir  Charles  Adderley,  for  he  was  knighted  soon 
after  the  marriage,  was  one  of  the  executors  of  Sir  William 
Wilmer's  will.  Lady  Adderley  seems  to  have  died  before 
November  1662,  for  on  the  eighteenth  of  that  month  Sir  Charles 
obtained  a  licence  to  marry  Mrs.  Frances  Jesson,  widow,  of 
Coventry."'* 

13.  Mar.  Lie.  B.  L.  |        14-  Mar.  Lie.  Vic.-Gen.  A.C, 


Chapter  VII. 


WILMER    OF   SYWKl^l.— (continued). 


'  Left  bv  his  sire,   too  voting  such  loss  to  kncmj. 
Lord  of  himself ; — that  heritage  of  woe, 
That  fearful  empire  which  the  human  breast 
But  holds  to  rob  the  heart  within  or  rest!" — Byron,  Lara, 


M$.— fS^illiam  aSJilmcr  [vib],  Esq.,  of  Syweii, 

Lord  of  the  Manors  of  Sywell,  Hannington, 
Trafford  and  West  Warden,  was  the  only 
son  of  Robert  Wilmer  [VB],  and  heir  to 
Sir  William  Wilmer,  his  grandfather.  He  "  was  borne  on  ffriday 
"  about  vii  of  the  clock  in  the  morning  the  xxxi  day  of  May," 
and  baptized  8th  June  1633.!  He  was  of  the  age  of  two  years, 
six  months,  and  twenty  days  at  the  time  of  his  father's  death.  ' 
By  letters  patent,  dated  Westminster,  i6th  February  \6i6--j,  the 
King  granted  to  Sir  William  Wilmer  and  Constance  Wilmer, 
widow,  the  guardianship  of  the  body  and  the  marriage  of  his 
ward,  William  Wilmer.^     He  married  Felicia  ,  and 

had  issue: — 

IF. — I.  William  Wilmer.     See  below,  $}J. 


I    Par.  reg.  of  Sywell. 
I.   [nq.  post  mortem,  12  Car.  I.,  pi. 
3.  no-  '32- 


2.   Pat.  R.,  12  Car.  I.,  pt.  13(40). 


08  HISTORY    OF    THE    WILMER    FAMILY. 

I.  Felicia  Wilmer,  baptized  5th  February 
1656-7!  ;  married  2nd  February  1675-6!,  Francis 
Arundel,  Esq.,  of  Stoke  Park.co.  Northampton.  3 
He  was  sheriff  of  Northamptonshire  in  1693,  and 
was  buried  in  Stoke  Brucrn  church,  3rd  February 
1736-7-  She  died  in  1710,  and  was  buried  in  the 
same  place,  where  there  is  the  following  inscrip- 
tion on  a  marble  tablet  : — 

Here  lieth  the  Bodies  of 
Francis  Arundell,  Esq. 

and  Felicia  his  Wife. 
He  died  in  the  Year  of 
our  Lord  17  36. 
She  in  the  Year  of 
our  Lord  17 10. 
Francis  Arundel,  Esq.,  of  Stoke  Park,  the  eldest 
son    of    this    alliance,     married    Isabella,    third 
daughter     of    Sir     William     Wentworth,    high 
sheriff   of   Yorkshire    24  Charles  IF,  and   sister 
of     Sir     Thomas     Wentworth,    K.G.,    Earl    of 
Strafford    of    the    second    creation.       Arms    of 
Arundel :  Sable,  six  swallows  argent,  three,  two, 
and  one  ;  crest :  A  wolf  passant  argent. 
IL  Mary  Wilmer,  baptized  loth  April  i66o.t 
William   Wilmer  "  died   on  Tuesday,  and   was    buried   the 
"  Wednesday  nyght  following,  being  the  31  of  October  "   i66ot. 
Administration  of  his  goods  was  granted  to  Felicia,  his  widow, 
15th  November  i66o.-'    On  the  iSth  of  May  1661,  a  licence  was 
obtained   for  the  marriage  of  Felicia  Wilmer,  widow,  aged  25, 
with  Sir  Charles  Compton,  Knt,  of  Grendon,  co.  Northampton, 
widower,   aged    30.     This    marriage    was    to    be  solemnized    at 
St.     Bartholomew's-the-Great,     or    St.    Botolph's,    Aldersgate, 
London.5       Sir    Charles    Compton    appears   to  have   been    the 

t  Par.  reg.  of  Sywell.  |  4.   P.  C.  C. 

3.  Baker,  ii.  p,  244.  i  5.   Mar.  Lie.  Fac.  Ofif. 


HISTORY   OF  THE   WILMER   FAMILY.  69 

second  son  of  Spencer  Compton,  second  Earl  of  Northampton. 
Sir  Charles,^  who  was  a  distinguished  royahst  leader,  was 
knighted  at  Oxford  I2th  December  1643,  and  dying  in  November 
1 66 1,  by  a  fall  from  his  horse,  was  buried  at  Sywell.f 

$T:J.— SHiUtam  fflSatlmcr  [VIIB],  Esq.,  of  Sywell,  and 
of  the  parish  of  St.  Giles-in-the-Fields,  London,  Lord  of  the 
Manors  of  Sywell,  Hannington,  Trafford,  and  West  Wardon,  was 
the  only  son  of  William  Wilmer  [VIB].  He  married  in  or 
before  1698,  Dinah  Lancaster.  Arms  of  Lancaster:  Argent, 
two  bars  and  a  canton  gules,  on  the  last  a  lion  passant  gardant 
or.     She  died  before  February  1704-5.     They  had  issue: — 

W.—l.  William  Wilmer.     SeclK/o-ca,W. 

I.  Anne  Wilmer,  a  minor  in  February  1704-5. 

Wii.—U.  Dinah  Wilmer.     See  Mozv,  MW . 

The  following  Fine  was  levied  of  the  Wiltner  estates  : — 

"  This  is  the  final  agreement  made  in  fifteen  days  from  the  day  of 
Holy  Trinity  10  William  III.  (1698),  between  Thomas  Andrews, 
Esquire,  and  John  Ramshaw,  Gentleman,  querents,  and  William  Wilmer, 
Esquire,  and  Dinah  his  wife,  deforciants,  of  the  manors  of  Sywell, 
Hannington,  and  Trafford,  with  the  appurtenances,  and  of  30  messuages, 
30  cottages,  2  mills,  3  dove-cotes,  2000  acres  of  land,  300  acres  of 
meadow,  1000  acres  of  pasture,  200  acres  of  wood,  500  acres  of  furze 
and  heath,  6/.  of  rent,  common  pasture,  free  warren,  and  view  of  frank- 
pledge, with  the  appurtenances,  in  Sywell,  Earls-Barton,  Moulton, 
Hulcott  alias  Holcott,  Hannington,  Ashbye  Meirs  a/i'as  Meres  Ashbye, 
Hardwicke,  Overston,  Eiton,  Bifield,  Trafford,  Cullworth,  Eydon, 
Chiping  Warden,  Warden,  Ashton  in  le  Walls,  Hinton,  Woodford, 
Farringdon,  Westhaddon  and  Flower  alias  Floore ;  and  also  of  all  and 
every  kind  of  tithes  of  and  out  of  16  messuages,  80  acres  of  land,  etc., 
in  Earls-Barton ;  and  also  of  the  advowson  of  the  church  of  Sywell ; 
Whereupon  a  plea  of  covenant  was  summoned  between  them,  to  wit 
that  the  aforesaid  William  and  Dinah  have  acknowledged  the  aforesaid 
manors,  etc.,  to  be  the  right  of  the  said  Thomas,  etc." — [Feei  of  Fines, 
Northampton,  Trin.  10  William  III. J 

6.   Collins's     Peerage,    ed.      Sir     E.       I  f  Par.  reg.  of  Sywell. 

Brydges,  iii.  pp.  242-3.  | 


7° 


HISTORY    OF    THE    WILMER    FAMILY. 


William  Wilmer  paid  chief  rent  at  Dodford  Court  in  1701 
for  the  Trussell  manor  in  the  parish  of  Flore,  which  Baker 
conjectures  to  have  been  the  Holton  moiety  of  the  manor  of 
Flore-'  He  died  on  Tuesday,  13th  March  1705-6,  and  was 
buried  on  Wednesday,  21st  March. t 

The  following  is  an  abstract  of  his  will : — 

i6th  February  1704-5.  I  William  Wilmer,  of  Sywell,  co. 
Northampton,  Esquire.  To  my  daughter,  Anne  Wilmer,  2000/.  on  her 
marriage.  To  my  daughter,  Dinah  Wilmer,  20C0/.  on  her  marriage. 
To  my  brother  and  sister  Arundel  100/.  To  my  brother.  Dr.  William 
Lankaster,  20/.  To  my  godson,  William  Arundel,  100/.  To  Mr.  John 
Huntinton  30/.  To  Matthew  Judkins  10/.  a  year  for  life.  To  Thomas 
Davis,  John  Cox  and  Michael  each  5/.  yearly.     To  my  beloved 

son,  William  Wilmer,  born  of  my  late  dear  wife,  Dinah  Wilmer,  all  my 
manors,  manor  houses,  etc.,  lying  in  co.  Northampton.  Thomas 
Andrews,  of  Harleston,  co.  Northampton,  and  Robert  Andrew,  his  son. 
Esquires,  John  Ramshaw,  of  London,  Gent.,  and  Stephen  Ganderne,?^ 
of  Sywell,  Gent.,  to  be  trustees  and  overseers,  my  children  all  being 
minors.  My  son  William  to  be  executor.  Witnesses : — Thomas  Barker, 
John  Cooke,  and  William  Blencow.  [loth  July  1705,  commission 
issued  to  Thomas  Andrews,  Robert  Andrew  {see  p.  ),  and  John 
Ramshaw,  the  three  trustees  named  in  the  will  of  William  Wilmer,  late 
of  St.  Giles-in-the-Fields,  co.  Middlesex.  Sed  apud  Sywell,  North'ton, 
etc.— P.C.C.  129  Gee.] 

U.— aEiUtam  SHUmfr  [VIIIB],  Esq.,  of  Sywell,  and  of 
the  parish  of  Marylebone,  London,  the  son  of  William  Wilmer 
[VIIB],  was  M.P.  for  Northampton  1716-27  and  1734-44.  He 
married  5th  August  1720,  at  night,^  the  Lady  Mary  Bennet,  the 
youngest  daughter  of  Charles,  first  Earl  of  Tankerville,  K.T., 
by  the  Lady  Mary  Grey,  his  wife,  only  daughter  and  heiress  of 
Forde,  Lord  Grey,  of  Werke,  Viscount  Grey,  of  Glendale,  and 
Earl  of  Tankerville.  Lady  Mary  Wilmer  was  born  in  1702, 
died  24th   May    1729,  aged   twenty-seven,  and  was   buried   2nd 


7.    Baker,  i.  p.  154. 
■f  Par.  reg.  of  Sywell. 
7.n.   The  will  of  Willn 


of    Kingston,    was    proved    at    Peter- 
borough in  1750  (fo.  30). 

S.   Ma'.fson's  Obits, m  The  Genealogist, 
N.S.,ii.  p.  145. 


HISTORY   OF   THE   WILMER    FAMILY.  71 

Junef,  in  the  burial-place  of  the  Wilmer  family  in  Sywell  church, 
where  there  is  the  following  inscription  : — 

Here  lies  the  body  of  the  Right  Hon'^'-e  Lady  Mary 
Wilmer,  daughter  of  the  Right  Hon'^'-e  Charles  late  Earl  of 
Tankerville  and  wife  of  William  Wilmer  Esq^'^    She  died  May 

24TH  1729  IN  THE  twenty  eight  YEAR  OF  HER  AGE,  LEAVING  THREE 
SONS  &  ONE  DAUGHTER.  ThIS  MONUMENT  WAS  SET  UP  BY  HER  SAID 
HUSBAND  AS  A  SMALL  ACKNOWLEDGEMENT  FOR  THE  MANY  FRIENDSHIPS 
HE  RECEIVED  FROM  THAT  GOOD   LADY. 

Arms  of  Bennet :  Gules,  a  bezant  between  three  demi-lions 
rampant  argent  ;  quartering  Grey  :  Gules,  a  lion  rampant  within 
a  bordure  engrailed  argent.  There  is  in  the  College  of  Arms 
a  bill  for  Lady  Mary's  funeral,  with  Wilmer  impaling  Bennet, 
dated  31st  May  1729,  and  containing  the  following  items  : — 
"  2  Atch,  12  Silk,  24  Buck.  Verg'd,  12  Sheilds,  6  Shaffs,  12  Long 
"penceils,  36  Small,  6  banners,  18  buck  verg'd  (more)'."  William 
and  Lady  Mary  Wilmer  had  issue : — 

I.  William  Wilmer,  Esq.,  Lieutenant  in  the 
Regiment  of  Marines  commanded  by  the  Hon. 
Colonel  Winyard,  in  America ;  died  there 
unmarried  in  or  before  1741  ;'°  administration 
of  his  effects  granted  to  his  father,  13th  April 
1742  ;♦  administration  de  bonis  non  etc.,  to 
Dinah  Lancaster,  a  creditor,  30th  May  I746.'» 
II.  Charles  Wilmer,  Esq.,  of  Daventry,  co. 
Northampton ;  died  there  unmarried  26th 
December  1742  ;'°  buried  at  Sywell  30th 
December!  ;  limited  administration  of  his  effects 
granted,  4th  September  1744,''  to  Jonathan 
Warner,  of  Northampton,  Gent,  Benjamin  Hill, 
the  guardian  of  Bennet  Wilmer,  brother  of  the 
deceased,  first  renouncing ;  limited  adminis- 
tration de  bonis  non,  etc.,  granted,  29th  November 

t  Par.  reg.  of  Sywell.  I  lo.    Gentleman's  Magazine. 

9.  Painter's  Work- Book,  H.  10.  p.  54.       I  4.  P.  C.  C. 


72  HISTORY    OF    THE    WILMER    FAMILY. 

I753.''    to     Dinah    Lancaster,   of    Northampton, 
widow,  on   the   death   of  the   aforesaid   Jonathan 
Warner. 
1fc^$.— III.  Bennet   Wilmer.     See  de/ozc^Yi. 

I.  M.\RY     Wilmer,    of    Sywell,    baptized    22nd 

February  1726-7  ;t   died  unmarried  ;   buried  30th 

March    1732    (?  1742)  ;t     administration    of    her 

effects  granted  to  her  father,  William  Wilmer,  ist 

June   1743  ;-•     administration   de  bonis   non,  etc., 

to  Dinah  Lancaster,  widow,  30th  May  1746.-* 

William  Wilmer  alienated  the  manor  of  West  Wardon," 

and  the   manor  of  Trafford,'-  in   the  parish  of    Byfield,  in  June 

1720,  to  George,  Earl  of  Halifax,  who,  in  March  1737-8,  conveyed 

them  to  William  Chauncy,  of  Edgcote,  and  they  then  passed  to 

Thomas  Carter,  Esq.,  to  whom  they  belonged  in  1S22.     William 

Wilmer  died  2nd  April    1744.'°     The  following  is  an  abstract  of 

his  will  : — 

28th  March  1744.  I  William  Wilmek,  of  the  Parish  of  St. 
Mary  le  Bone,  Esquire.  To  my  worthy  friends,  the  Hon'^>'-'s  Charles 
Hatton,  of  Richmond,  co.  Surrey,  Esq.,  and  Sir  Arthur  Hesleridge,  of 
the  town  and  county  of  Northampton,  Bart,  all  my  lands,  tenements, 
etc.,  in  CO.  Northampton,  (in  trust)  for  my  son,  Bennet  Wilmer,  if  living, 
and  if  not  living,  to  my  sister,  Dinah  Lancaster.  Executors  : — Sir 
Charles  Hatton  and  Sir  Arthur  Hesleridge.  Witnesses: — Edward 
Forsett,  Charles  Higgins  and  Tim.  Rogers.  [Administration  was  granted, 
nth  May  1744,  to  Andrew  Regnier,  a  creditor  of  the  deceased,  the 
executors  (the  Hon^'''^^)  having  renounced.  Dinah  Lankaster,  Widow, 
was  the  guardian  lawfully  assigned  to  Bennet  Wilmer,  a  minor,  son  of 
the  deceased.     P.C.C.  136  Anstis.] — 

lit.— Bamct  aEilnirr  [IXB],  Esq.,  of  Marylebone, 
London,  Lord  of  the  Manors  of  SywcU  and  Hannington,  was  the 
youngest  son  of  William  Wilmer  [VIIIB].  He  was  baptized 
i6th  September   1724,7   died  unmarried,  and   was  buried   12th 

4.   p.  C.  C.  \  ^^-  ■^''''''^•'i-  P-  490- 

+  Par.  reg.  ot  Sywell.  10.   CciitU-mairs  A/a^aziiu: 

11.   Baker,  i.  p.  476.  ] 


HISTORY    OF    THE    WILMER    FAMILY.  75 

August  1844,1  very  shortly  after  the  death  of  his  father. 
Although  he  was  a  minor,  he  made  a  will,  of  which  the  following 
is  an  abstract : — 

nth  April  1744.  I  Bennet  Wilmer,  of  St.  Mary  le  Bone,  co. 
Middlesex,  Gent.,  of  sound  mind,  etc.  To  my  aunt,  Dinah  Lancaster, 
&  her  heirs  all  my  right,  title,  &c.,  to  the  real  and  personal  estate  of  my 
late  grandfather,  the  late  Earl  of  Tankerville,  dec"^'  either  under  his  will, 
or  in  right  of  my  late  brother  Charles,  also  dec^-  &  also  all  my  real  & 
personal  Estate  whatsoever,  &  I  make  her  sole  Executri.x.  Witnesses  : — 
Geo.  Campbell,  Thos.  Rea,  and  J.  Dawson.  [Proved  by  Dinah 
Lancaster,  Widow,  the  executrix,  5th  September  1744.  P.C.C 
226  Anstis.] 

VM.—Mmi)  fflSaUmer  [VIIIB],  the  younger  daughter 
of  William  Wilmer  [VIIB],  and  aunt  of  the  above-mentioned 
Bennet  Wilmer,  was  a  minor  In  February  1704-5.  She  married 
Lancaster.  In  the  first  window  on  the  north  side  of 
the  chapel  of  Queen's  College,  Oxford,  there  are  the  following 
arms  :  Argent,  two  bars  and  a  canton  gules,  on  the  last  a  lion 
passant  gardant  or  (Lancaster) ;  impaling  :  Gules,  a  chevron  vair 
between  three  eagles  displayed  or  (Wilmer). '3  She  was  described 
as  of  Northampton,  Widow,  in  1744,  at  which  date  she  proved 
of  the  will  of  her  nephew,  Bennet  Wilmer.  The  following  is  an 
abstract  of  her  will  : — 

2nd  March  1763. — I  Dinah  Lancaster,  of  the  town  of  North- 
ampton. I  appoint  as  Executor  and  Executrices,  Samuel  Jackson,  of 
Great  Billing,  co.  North 'ton,  Elizabeth  Ives,  of  North'ton,  widdow,  and 
Lettice  Watkin,  of  North'ton,  widdow.  To  them  I  bequeath  in  trust 
all  my  money,  goods,  etc.,  except  1000^.  now  vested  in  the  South  Sea 
annuity  stock.  To  Samuel  Jackson  looo/.  To  Elizabeth  Ives  and 
Lettice  Watkin  100/.  each.  To  Edward  Watkin,  of  Courtenhall, 
Northampton,  Clerk,  and  to  Robert  Jackson,  of  Weston  Ffavell,  co. 
North'ton,  300/.  apiece.  To  Mr.  Cunningham,  of  North'ton,  to  Frances 
Stanton,  widdow  of  William  Stanton,  Clerk,  lately  deceased,  and  to 
Elizabeth  Smith,  daughter  of  Mrs.  Smith,  the  Matron  of  the  hospital  in 
North'ton,  each   100/.      To   Dinah  Stanton  and  William  Stanton,  son 

I  13.    \\ooA\  [hsiory  uf  the  Halls  and 

T  Par.  reg.  of  Sywell.  |       ColUi^cs  of  Oxford,  ii.  p.  169. 


74  HISTOKY    OF    THE    WILMER    FAMILY. 

and  dauf  of  the  s^  Frances,  50/.  apiece.  To  Frances  Stanton,  jun... 
dau''  of  the  said  Mrs.  Stanton,  widdow,  to  Mrs.  Penelope  Breton, 
dau''  of  the  late  Counsellor  Breton,  of  North'ton,  to  Mrs.  Clark,  of 
of  North'ton,  widdow  of  the  Rev.  John  Clark,  deceased,  10/.  apiece. 
Legacies  to  servants.  Eliz''^  Ives  and  Lettice  Watkin  to  have  the 
management  of  the  s"*  Frances  Stanton,  jun.,  that  I  have  had.  To  the 
poor  nf  the  Parish  of  St.  Giles,  North'ton,  20/.  To  the  poor  of  Sywell, 
10/.  Tegacy  of  too/,  in  trust  for  the  County  Hospital  of  North'ton,  to 
be  applied  to  the  same  purpose  as  the  legacy  left  by  Mrs.  Webster, 
deceased,  for  payment  of  a  salary  of  30/.  to  the  Chaplain  (Mr.  Watkin) 
if  he  continue  Chaplain.  To  Mrs.  Catherine  Lyon  and  Mrs,  Catherine 
Lucas,  both  of  North'ton,  20/.  To  Mrs.  Thursby,  wife  of  John  Harvey 
Thursby,  Esq.,  of  Irvington,  co.  North'ton,  100/.  To  the  Right  Hon. 
Lady  Barbara  Montague,  of  Bath,  100/.  I  desire  her  Ladyship  will  do 
me  the  favour  to  accept  this  as  a  small  proof  of  my  real  regard,  etc. 
To  Mrs.  Mary  Bourne,  now,  or  late  of  Grosvenor  St.,  London,  curtains, 
■etc.  To  Mrs.  Braithwaite,  who  now  lives  with  Mrs.  Wardour  in 
Grosvenor  St.,  my  two-handled  silver  cupp.  To  Mrs.  Smith,  of  Cam- 
bridge, dau''  of  the  s'^  Frances  Stanton,  widdow,  my  large  chair,  and  to 
her  two  dau",  Dinah  and  Frances,  all  my  cloathes,  etc.  AVitnesses  : — 
Daniel  Fletcher  and  Mounsell  Hill.  [Proved  26th  May  1763,  by  the 
Executors,  to  whom  administration  was  granted.      P.  C  C.  Ccesar  239.] 

With  the  death  of  Dinah  Lancaster,  nt'e  Wilmer,  without 
surviving  issue,  as  appears  from  her  will,  the  heirs  of  the  body 
of  William  Wilmer  [VI IB],  by  Dinah  Lancaster,  his  wife,  became 
extinct.  This  must  be  so,  unless  Anne,  the  elder  daughter  of 
that  alliance,  married  and  had  issue,  which  is  improbable,  seeing 
that  she  is  not  once  mentioned  in  any  one  of  the  wills  or 
administrations  of  her  brother,  sister,  or  nephews.  Indeed,  we 
do  not  hear  of  her  after  February  1704-5,  at  which  date  she  is 
mentioned  as  a  minor  in  her  father's  will. 

The  family  estates  seemed  to  have  passed  to  a  kinsman, 
probably  a  cousin,  of  these  Wilmers,  for  Bridges,  in  his 
History  of  Northamptonshire,  in  1791,  speaks  of  the  "present 
"  William  Wilmer"  as  being  lord  of  the  manors  of  Sywell'-t  and 
Hannington,'5  and  possessing  all  the  land  in  the  parish  of  Sywell, 

14.  Bru/^a,  ii.  pp.  148-9.  1  15.  IHJ.,  ii.  p.  97. 


HISTORY    OF   THE   WILMER    FAMILY.  75 

and  the  advowson  of  the  church,"t  an  estate  in  Flore,"'  an 
estate  called  Thorp  Lands  in  the  parish  of  Moulton,'?  and  one- 
third  of  the  impropriation  of  the  Vicarage  of  Earls-Barton.'^ 
The  estate  of  Thorp  Lands,  according  to  Baker,  who  wrote  in 
1822,  passed  from  the  Wilmer  family  "  through  various  mesne 
"  conveyances  to  Mr.  William  Drage,  now  of  Stanwick,  of  whom 
"it  was  purchased  in  1816  by  Mr.  Clarke  Hillyard,whohas  since 
"  sold  50  acres  to  Edward  Bouverie  of  Delapre,  esq."'' 

We  have  been  unable  to  determine  the  parentage  of  this 
William  Wilmer,  or  to  assign  to  him  his  proper  place  in  the 
pedigree.  He  must,  we  think,  have  been  a  descendant  of 
William  Wilmer  [VIB]  {see p.  6y),  and  Felicia,  his  wife.  There 
is  nothing  to  show  that  they  had  only  the  one  son,  William 
Wilmer,  who  is  named  in  the  pedigree.  There  are  several 
entries  in  the  Sywell  Registers  relating  to  a  certain  Henry 
Wilmer,  who  might  have  been  a  son  of  William  and  Felicia 
Wilmer.  These  entries  show  his  family  to  have  been  as 
follows : — 

HENRY  WILMER,  of  Sywell,  married  Rebecca 
and  had  issue, — 

I.  Robert  Wilmer,  baptized  8th  April  i68i.t 
n.  Henry  Wilmer,  baptized   loth  March  1683-4.1 
HI.  William  Wilmer,  baptized  loth  June  i6S8.t 
IV.  Mark  Wilmer,  baptized  14th  August  1692.1 
I.  Sarah  Wilmer,  baptized  28th  December  1686  f 
Henry    Wilmer   was    buried    28th    September    1699,!    and    his 
widow,  Rebecca  Wilmer,  was  buried  28th  May  1720.! 

It  is  recorded  in  the  Gentleman'' s  Afagasiue,  under  date  13th 
October  1760,  that  the  lady  of  Sir  William  Wilmer  was  delivered 
of  a  son. 

14.  Bridges,  ii.  pp.  148-9.  I  18.  Ibid.,  ii.  p.  13S. 

16.  Ibid.,  i.  p.  508  19.  Baker,  i.  p.  48. 

17.  Ibid.,  i.  p.  417  I         i  Par.  reg.  of  Sywell. 


76  HISTORY    OF    THE    WILMER    FAMILY. 

TheWilmers  did  not  continue  to  reside  at  Sywell  long  after 
Bridges's  time,  for  in  1806  Samuel  Pell  was  living  in  the  Hall, 
which  is  now  used  as  a  farmhouse.  The  manor  of  Sywell 
passed  into  the  possession  of  Lord  Overstone,  and  tlie  present 
peer  is  the  lord  of  the  manor. 

We  cannot  but  feel  that  this  is  an  unsatisfactory  termination 
to  the  pedigree  of  the  Sywell  Wilmers.  Our  efforts  to  throw 
more  light  on  the  latter  part  of  it  have  met  with  but  little 
success.  We  have  been  denied  access  to  parish  registers,  and 
title  and  other  deeds  which  might  have  helped  us  ;  we  have 
sought  in  vain  for  wills  in  the  Prerogative  Court  of  Canterbury  ; 
we  have  instituted  a  search  among  the  records  in  the  College  of 
Arms  ;  and  we  have  exhausted  all  the  other  sources  of  informa- 
tion which  were  open  to  us. 

Thus  ends  the  first  main  division  of  the  Wilmer  family. 
Requiem  jeternam  dona  eis  omnibus,  Domine  ! 


Chapter   VIII. 


THE     WILMERS     AND     WILMORES     OF    THE 

COUNTIES  OF  WARWICK,  NORTHAMPTON, 

AND   WORCESTER. 


h'aliis  nil,  qui procul  ne^otiis. 
Utpr 


Paierna  riira  bobu. 
Solutus  omni  fa 


-Horace,  Epod.  2, 


ROM  an  early  period  there  were  settled  in  Warwick- 
shire, as  well  as  in  the  two  adjacent  counties  of 
Northampton  and  Worcester,  several  branches  of 
the  Wilmer  family,  the  proper  place  of  which  in  the 
general  pedigree  cannot  now  be  determined.  These  we  shall 
proceed  to  discuss  in  detail.  The  fact  that  these  Wilmers, 
speaking  generally,  were  related  to  the  Ryton,  or  chief  branch 
of  the  family,  and  often  closely  related,  can  admit  of  little  doubt. 
In  some  cases  the  relationship  is  stated  in  express  terms,  in 
others  it  is  implied,  while  in  almost  all  it  is  probable. 

WILMER  OF  SOWE. 

Abstract  of  Will. — 1540  April  14th. — In  the  Name  of  God  Amen, 
I  WiLLi.\M  Wylmer  of  Sowe,  etc.  My  soule  to  God  Almyghty  &  to 
o''  blcised  lady  seynt  niary  &  to  the  holy  company  of  seynts.  My  body 
to  be  buried  in  the  churchyard  of  Sowe  by  my  father  &  mother.     To 


78  HISTORY    OF    THE    WILMER    FAMILY. 

Richard  my  sone,  to  Thomas  my  sone,  to  Robert  my  sone,  to  Jamys 
my  sone,  and  to  Elizabeth  my  daughter,  lo^.  each.  And  they  to  haue 
ther  bequest  at  th"'  neds  when  they  wyll  call  for  hyt.  It.  to  John  Aston, 
my  Curate,  xxd.  to  pray  for  my  soule.  It.  to  Ambrose  meyre  iii«^.  The 
rest  of  my  goods  to  Elizabeth  my  wife,  and  she  to  be  sole  executrix, 
whom  I  put  trust  in  to  be  good  to  my  chyldren.  It.  I  make  Wyllyam 
Wylmer  of  Ryton  my  chosen  my  ou'seer  of  my  last  will,  whom  I  put 
in  full  trust.  And  for  hys  paynystakyng  he  to  haue  u]s.  &  m]d.  Also 
beyng  Wytness  Johan  Aston,  my  Curate,  Thos.  benett,  Ambrose  meyre, 
etc.     [Proved  in  the  Probate  Registry  at  Lichfield.] 

WiLMER,  of  Sowe,  married    Margery,   daughter 

of  William  Wilmer,  of  Ryton,  and  died  before  August  15 58 
(sei:/>.  28). 

WILLMER  OF  BUDBROOKE  AND  FULBROOKE. 

In  the  latter  part  of  the  sixteenth  century  there  were  two 
brothers  residing  in  or  near  Budbrooke,  co.  Warwick.  They 
were  : — 

EDWARD  WILLMER,  Yeoman,  of  Bricrye  Land,  in  the 
parish  of  Fulbrooke,  who  had  issue  by  Elynor,  his  wife  : — 
I.  Edward  Willmer,  a  minor  in  1617. 
I.  Margery  Willmer,  baptized  21st  April  1587.! 
II.  Alice  Willmer. 
III.  Elizabeth  Willmer. 
The  following  is  an  abstract  of  Edward  Willmer's  will  : — 

17th  January  1616-17. — In  the  name  of  God  Amen,  I  Edward 
Willmer,  of  Brierye  land,  in  the  parish  of  Fullbrooke,  Yeoman, 
etc.  My  body  to  be  buried  in  Norton  church  or  churchyard.  All  my 
land  to  Elynor  Willmer,  my  wife,  until  my  son  Edward  come  to  the  age 
of  21  years.  My  son  Edward  when  he  attains  the  age  of  21,  if  his 
mother  be  living,  to  enter  upon  a  moiety  of  the  lands,  and  upon  all  the 
lands  at  her  death,  or  if  she  die  before  he  is  21.  Edward  to  pay  his 
three  sisters,  Margery,  Alice,  and  Elizabeth  (my  daughters),  5/.  apiece. 
To  my  daughter  Alargery  my   Black  Heifer,  to  be  delivered  to  her 


t  Par.  reg.  of  Budbrooke. 


HISTORY    OF   THE   WILMER    FAMILY.  79 

"  after  she  shall  next  calve."  Residue  to  ray  wife  Elynor,  and  I  make 
her  sole  Executrix.  1  appoint  as  Overseers,  Richard  Willmer,  of 
Norton  Curlen  (my  brother's  son),  and  William  Aynge,  the  younger,  of 
Wollverton.  Witnesses  : — Jo.  Lavender,  Robert  Hyggins,  Richard 
Willmer  and  Will"-  Aynge.  [The  will  is  not  signed  by  the  testator. 
Proved  22nd  July  1617,  in  the  Consistory  Court  of  Worcester.] 

The  names  of  the  first  two  witnesses  would  suggest  a  con- 
nection with  the  Wilmers  of  Ryton  ;  for  Higgens  and  Higgenson 
seem  to  have  been  used  interchangeably  (.f£?£?  Visit.  Northampton, 
1618-19). 

The  second  of  the  brothers  above-mentioned  was — 

RICHARD  WILLMORE,  of  Norton  Curli,  in  the  parish 
of  Budbrooke.    He  married  7th  November  I568t,  Audrey'  Cooke, 
and  by  her,  who  was  buried  7th  January  i6i7-i8t,  had  issue  ; — 
I.  Richard  Willmore,  his  heir.     See  below. 
W.  William    Willmore,   baptized    7th    October 
I573t,  living  in  1617. 
HI.  Thomas  Willmore,  living  in  1625. 

Richard  Willmore's  will  was  dated  5th  August  1617.  He 
directs  that  his  body  be  buried  in  the  churchyard  of  Budbrooke, 
called  St.  Michael.  To  his  wife,  Auderne  Willmore,  her  diet 
and  ifOs.  a  year  and  the  use  of  the  litel  garding  and  her  chamber. 
Names  his  sons,  Richard,  William,  and  Thomas.  Leaves  20/. 
apiece  to  Auderne,  Elizabeth,  and  John  Willmore,  the  three 
children  of  his  son  Richard,  at  21  years  of  age  or  days  of 
marriage.  His  son  Richard  to  be  sole  Executor,  and  his 
neighbours  John  Walford  and  Richard  Hicks  to  be  Overseers. 
Witnesses  : — Thomas  Avinge  and  John  Banckes.  The  will, 
which  was  not  signed  by  the  testator,  was  proved  in  the 
Consistory  Court  of  Worcester,  6th  June  1622. 

RICHARD  WILLMORE,  Yeoman,  of  Norton  Curli,  in 
the  parish  of  Budbrooke,  was  the  eldest  son  of  the  aforesaid 
Richard  Willmore,  of  Norton  Curli.  He  was  baptized  4th  June 
I570t,  married,  and  had  issue  : — 

I      band's  will,   and   Audny,  Adiise,  and 
as-       I      .^t-iZ/vif  in  the  par.  reg.  of  Budbrooke. 


OO  HISTORY    OF    THE    WILMER    FAMILY. 

I.  Richard  Willmore,  eldest  son  and  heir  ; 
baptized  24th  June  1603!  ;  married  29th  June 
i627,t  Joanna  Avy.  In  the  Budbrooke  register 
it  is  recorded  that  "  Joane  Wilmore  Sepult.  May 
"  25.  1640." 

II.  John  Willmore,  baptized  31st  March  1605  ;t 
Hving  in  1625. 

III.  William    Willmore,    buried   7th    November 
i6i3t. 

IV.  Edward  Willmore,  baptized  29th  February 
i6i2-i3.t 

I.  Audrey  or  Auderne  Willmore,  married 
Thomas  Lee,  and  had  a  son,  THOMAS  Lee,  in 
1625. 

II.  Elizabeth  Willmore,  baptized  3rd  January 
1 600- if  ;  Hving-  in  1625. 

Richard  Willmore's  will  was  dated  24th  May  1625,  and 
proved  lOth  May  1626,  in  the  Consistory  Court  of  Worcester. 
He  directs  that  his  body  be  buried  in  the  churchyard  of 
Budbrooke.  Gives  to  Thomas  Lee,  in  consideration  of  20/.  given 
to  the  testator's  daughter  Audery  by  her  grandfather,  all  that  his 
land  called  Brierie  land  for  seven  years.  To  his  son,  John 
Willmer,  10/.  Provides  that  his  heire,  Richard  Willmore,  shall 
maintain  his  said  son  John,  and  his  daughter  Elizabeth,  etc. 
Names  his  grandchild,  Thomas  Lee,  and  his  brother,  Thomas 
Willmore.  His  son  and  heir  Richard  to  be  sole  executor. 
Overseers  : — His  loving  friends,  John  Walford  and  Thomas  Lee. 
Witnesses  : — John  Claridge,  Curat.  ;  Thomas  Sheldon,  Edward 
Brandon,  and  John  Richardson. 

The  following  memoranda  refer  to  this  part  of  the  family; — 

t  Par.  reg.  of  Budbrooke. 


HISTORY    OF    THE   WU.MER    FAMILY.  Si 

1563-4.  This  is  the  Final  Agreement  made  in  the  Court  of  our  Lady 
the  Queen  at  Hertford  Castle,  in  fifteen  days  from  St.  Hilary's  Day, 
6  Elizabeth,  Between  Richard  Wylmer,  querent,  and  Thomas  Staunton 
senior,  and  Thomas  Staunton,  junior,  deforciants,  of  i  messuage,  80  acres 
of  land,  10  acres  of  meadow.  So  acres  of  pasture,  and  2  acres  of  wood, 
with  the  appurtenances,  in  [Snyjtterfeld  and  Fulbroke,  Whereupon  a 
plea  of  covenant  was  summoned  between  them.  To  wit  that  the  aforesaid 
Thomas  and  Thomas  have  acknowledged  the  aforesaid  tenements,  etc., 
to  be  the  right  of  the  said  Richard.— [i^-f/  of  Fines,  Warwick,  Hil.  6 
Elizabeth.] 

1570.  This  is  the  Final  Agreement  made  from  St.  Michael's  Day 
in  one  month,  12  Elizabeth,  Between  Bartholomew  Hales  and  Mary 
his  wife,  querents,  and  Richard  Wylmer,  senior,  and  Johanna  his  wife 
and  Richard  Wylmer,  junior,  and  Etheldred  his  wife,  deforciants,  ot  1 
messuage,  i  garden,  i  orchard,  200  acres  of  land,  10  acres  of  meadow, 
20  acres  of  pasture  and  60  acres  of  furze  and  heath,  with  the  appur- 
tenances, in  Sknytterfeld  and  Fulbrooke,  Whereupon  a  plea,  etc..  To 
wit  that  the  aforesaid  Richard  and  Johanna,  etc.,  have  acknowledged 
the  aforesaid  tenements,  etc.,  to  be  the  right  of  the  said  Bartholomew. 
[Feet  of  Fines,  Warwick,  Mic.  12-13  Elizabeth.] 

From  the  Parish  Registers  of  Budbrooke. 
1581  Monday  the  7th  of  November    were  married    William  Button  & 

Marie  Wilmer. 
1598  Richard  Wilmore  of  Norton  was  buried  the  9th  day  of  November. 
1629  Anna  Wilmore  filia  Richardi  Wilmore  sepulta,  December. 
1642  Abigail  Wilmore  sepult.  November  6. 

Abstract  of  Will.  —1685  June  12th. — In  the  Name  of  God  Amen,  I 
Thomas  Wilmore,  late  of  Norton  Curley,  in  the  Parish  of  Budbrooke. 
in  the  County  of  Warwick,  ("aryer.  My  son,  Rowland  Wilmore.  My  son, 
Thomas  Wilmore.  My  daughter,  Elizabeth  Wilmore.  My  sister. 
Margaret  Wilmore.  My  wife,  Elizabeth  Wilmore,  whom  I  appoint  sole 
E.Kecutrix.  Amount  of  Inventory  150/.  5^.  od. — [Proved  21st  September 
1685,  by  the  executrix,  in  the  Consistory  Court  of  Worcester.] 


WILMORE    OF    SHERBORNE. 

Some  members  of  the  Wilmer   family  dwelt  at  Sherborne, 
Warwickshire,  as   appears   from  the  following  e.xtracts   from 


62  HISTORY    OF    THE    WILMER    FAMILY. 

the  registers  of  that  parish.      It  is  not  possible  to  compile  from 

them  a  connected  pedigree. 

Georgius  Wilmore  filius  Richard  Wilmor  fuit  baptizatus  nono  die  Aprilis 

1582. 
Johanna    Wilmore    filia     Willielmi    Wilmori    minoris     fuit     baptizata 

duodecimo    die  mensis  Maij  anno  margine  ultimo  nominato  (/.c, 

1596). 
Margreta  Wilmore  iilia  Johannis  Wilmore  fuit  baptizata  decimo  quarto 

die  Novembris  anno  p'dicto  {i.e.,  1607). 
Susanna  Wilmore  filia  Richardi  Wilmore  fuit  baptizata  septimo  die  Maij 

Anno  p'dicto  {i.e.,  1608). 
Margreta  Wilmore   filia    Henrici  Wilmore    et   Anne    uxoris    suse    fuit 

baptizata  vicesimo  octavo  die  Junij  A°   p'  (i.e.,  1619). 
Johanna  Wilmore  vidua  fuit  sepulta  vicesimo  die  Junij   anno   predicto 

{i.e.,  1591)- 
Richardus  Willmore  fuit  sepultus  decimo  sexto  die  Maij  anno  margine 

('■'••1  1594)- 

Susanna  Wilmore  filia  Richardi    Wilmore    fuit  sepulta  vicesimo   tertio 

die  Aprilis  A°  1609. 
Justitia  Wilmore  filia  Johannis  Wilmori  fuit  sepulta  decimo  octavo  die 

Novembris  A.  p'  {i.e.,  1609). 
Martha  Wilmor  uxor  Willielmi  fuit  sepulta  quarto  die  Octobris,  A°  161 1. 
Marg'reta  ^^'ilmore  vidua  fuit  sepulta  undecimo  die  Februarii  A.  1611 

(/.^.,  161112). 
Willielmus  Wilmore  fuit  sepultus  decimo  quarto   die  Januarii   A°   p'd' 

{i-e.,  i6i4-rs)- 
[Ric]hardus  Wilmor  fuit  sepultus  decimo  quarto  die  Julij  A°  16 17. 
Jo.  Wilmore  sepultus  ffuit  Oct    14.   1648.  et  uxor  eius    sepulta  fuit   (?) 

se/^'"  Decemb.  Anno  predict,  {i.e.,  1648). 
Thomas  Boughton  et  Anna  Willmore    fuere  in  matrimonio  conjuncti 

vicesimo  sexto  die  August!  Anno  1595. 
Richardus  fiSsher  et  Elizabetha  Wilm fuere  in  matrimonio  conjuncti 

decimo  sexto  die  februarij  A°  p'  {i.e.,  1603). 
Johannis  Savage  et  Johanna  Wilmore  fuere  in  matrimonio    conjimcti 

vicisimo  sexto  die  Maij   1614. 

Johanna,  daughter  of  Richard  Wilmer,  of  Sherborne,  co. 
Warwick,  married  Timothy  Rogers,  younger  son  of  Henry 
Rogers,  of  Sherborne,  by  Elizabeth  his  wife,  daugnter  of  William 


HISTORY   OF   THE   WILMER    FAMILY.  83 

Wilmer,  of  Ryton  (see  p.  28),  and  had  issue,  I.  HENRY  ROGERS, 
II.  Thomas  Rogers,  III.  George  Rogers,  I.  Millicent, 
II.  Katherine,  and  III.  Johanna. — \See  Visit.  Warwick, 
1619.] 


WILMER     OF     STRATFORD-ON-AVON. 

John  Willmore  was  one  of  the  Jury  on  an  Inquisition 
taken  at  Stratford-on-Avon  in  February  3  James  I.,  before 
William  Wyett,  Gent,  Bailiff  of  the  said  borough  and  the 
King's  Escheator  within  the  same. 

John  Wilmer  was  Bailiff  of  Stratford-on-Avon  on  August 
27th  1619. — [5^^  Visit.     Warwick,  1619.] 

The  following  notes  are  taken  from  the  muncipal  records  of 
Stratford-on-Avon^  : — 

44  Elizabeth.  John  Willmore  summoned  to  answer  to  our  lady  the 
Queen  and  John  Smyth,  he  having  exercised  the  craft  of  an  ironmonger  in 
the  town  of  Stratford  contrary  to  the  statute  made  and  provided,  etc.  - 
[Miscellaneous  Documents^  iv.  no.   232. J 

Demurrer  of  John  Wilmore  to  the  suit  of  John  Smyth. — [Ibid, 
vol.  vi.  no.  210.] 

29th  April  1 61 2.  Mr.  Edward  Brooke  alias  Willmore  appointed 
assistant  minister. — [Council  Book  "  B,"  p.    224.] 

8th  September  1642. — A  letter  signed  by  Edmund  Rawlins, 
addressed  to  John  Wilmore,  Bailiff  of  Stratford,  desiring  to  be  excused 
and  exempted  from  serving  as  alderman. — [Miscellaneous  Dociiinents, 
vol.  xiii.  no.   122.] 

"  Bascott,  April,  1680." — A  lettei  from  Elizabeth  Dawkes  to  John 
Wilmore  on  money  matters,  the  illness  of  the  Mayor,  etc. — [Ibid.  vol. 
xiv.  no.  67.] 

i6th  September  1697. — Receipt  of  John  AVilmore  for  expenses — 
[Receipts  and  Vouchers,  vol.  iii.  no.  3.] 

1701.  Account  of  Sarah  Willmore  for  bricks  and  tiles  supplied, 
[Receipts  and  Vouchers,  vol.  iii.] 

2.   For  these  notes  we  are  indebted      I       Savage  searched  the  Stratford-on-Avon 
to  Richard   Savage,  Esq.,  Shakespeare  par.  reg.  from   1558  to   17  Dec.    1640 

Librarian,  Stratford  -  on  -  Avon.     Mr.      |       \see  below). 


84  HISTORY   OF   THE    WILMER    FAMILY. 

172 1.  A  tenement  in  Bridge  Street  given  and  assigned  to  Sarah 
\Y\\morQ.— [Expired  Leases.  Bridge  Street    IVaid.] 

1 73 1.  Account  of  Ephraiiu  Willmore  for  lime,  sand,  tiles,  etc., 
supplied. — [Receipts  and  Vouchers,  vol.  vi.] 


Abstract  of  Will. — 1605  July  4th. — In  the  Name  of  God  Amen,  I 
J.4MES  WiLi.MORE,  of  SowthaiTie,  in  the  County  of  Warwick,  Yeoman, 
etc.  My  body  to  be  buried  in  the  parish  church  of  Sowthame.  To 
the  Churchwardens  of  the  s''  church  ds.  Sd.  To  the  poor  of  the  parish 
5^.  8d.  To  Ann  Turner,  my  eldest  daughter.  To  Elizabeth  Willmore, 
my  youngest  daughter,  a  messuage  and  two  closes  in  Ladbrooke,  co. 
Warwick,  bought  of  Joseph  Wheeler,  when  she  comes  to  the  age  of 
sixteen  years.  To  Ursula  Willmore,  my  wife,  and  Benjamin  Turne'-, 
my  Sonne  in  lawe.  To  Robert  Worrall,  my  wives  sonne.  To  James 
Lidbrooke.  Ursula  Willmore  and  Benjamin  Turner  to  be  executors. 
Rob'=  Hanslappe  (see  ped.,  p.  25)  and  John  Lidbrooke  to  be  overseers. 
(Signed)  James  +  Willmor.  Witnesses :— R.  Hanslappe  and  John 
Lydbrooke. — [Proved  4th  October  1605,  at  Lichfield.  Amount  of  the 
Inventory  244/.  19^.  od.  The  Inventory  states  that  the  testator  died 
7th  September  1605.] 

Abstract  of  the  Will  of  Ursula  Wilmore,  Widow  of  the 
ABOVE  James  Wilmore.  1626  April  sth.-  I  Urusla  Wilmore,  of 
Sowtham,  co.  Warwick,  Widow,  etc.  My  body  to  be  buried  in  the 
Church  or  Churchyard  of  Sowtham.  I  will  that  10/.  be  bestowed  for 
vittels  at  my  burial.  To  Thomas  Edmunds  and  his  .vife.  To  my  son, 
Rob'  Worrall.  To  my  eld.  daughter,  Ann  Turner.  To  my  youugest 
daughter,  Elizabeth  Watson.  My  well  beloved  son-in-law,  Benjami  n 
Turner,  to  be  sole  executor.  Witnesses  : — Thomas  Marsh,  Thomas 
Edmonds,  Andrew  Chestlin,  and  Anne  Needes.  [Proved  17th  April 
1627.    P.CC.   35  Skinner.] 

Abstract  of  Will. — 1608  June  loth. — I  Edmund  Wvl.more,  of 
Clifton  upon  Dunsmore,  Bachelor,  etc.  My  body  to  be  buried  at 
Clifton.     To  Mr.  Kynge,  my  minister.     To  Mr.  Lee  of  .     To  my 

sister,  Elizabeth  Abell,  to  be  paid  at  the  discretion  of  my  father  Perkins. 
To  my  cousin,  Jane  Baiteman.  To  my  brother  Qiiatidy's  (query)  six 
children.  To  my  uncle  Staples.  To  William  Gybb,  my  brother's  man. 
To  William  Taylor.  I  make  my  brother,  Thomas  Wylmore,  Executor. 
[Proved  at  Lichfield.] 


HISTORY    OF   THE   WILMER    FAMILY.  85 

Abstract  of  Will. — 1607-8  January  14th. — Will  of  Robert 
Wyllmoore,  Yeoman,  of  Wylmston  in  the  parish  of  Whitchurch,  co. 
Warwick.  To  be  buried  in  the  churchyard  of  Whitchurch  neere  where 
my  wyffe  ys  buried.  My  sons-in-law,  Lawrence  Addams,  Richard  Albright, 
of  Alcester,  Roger  Edwards,  of  Preston,  and  Thomas  Gibbes,  of 
Hampton.  My  nephew,  Robert  Addams,  son  of  Lawrence  Addams. 
My  daughter  Lettyse.  My  nephew,  Richard  Richardson,  son  of  my 
said  daughter  Lettyse  by  her  first  husband,  John  Richardson.  Joan  Bat- 
nier,  daughter  of  William  Batnier  by  my  daughter  Margery,  deceased. 
The  two  daughters  of  my  son-in-law,  William  Mabbes,  of  Churchover,  co. 
Warwick,  which  he  had  by  my  daughter  Margery.  My  daughter, 
Katherine  Addams.  Executor:— my  son-in-law,  Thomas  {sic)  Addams. 
Overseer: — my  especial  good  friend,  the  Right  Worshipful  William 
Barnes,  of  Clifford,  Esq.  [Value  of  goods  set  forth  in  the  Inventory 
138/.  i2S.  6^.— Proved  at  Worcester,  7th  April  1608.] 

Thomas  Willmore,  of  Hunningham,  co.  Warwick, 
married  Mary,  second  daughter  of  Thomas  Perkins,  of  Marson 
{sic),  CO.  Warwick. — [Visit.  Warwick,  16 19.] 

Mary  Wilmore,  of  Marton,  co.  Warwick,  relict  of  Thomas 
Wilmore,  late  of  Marton,  was  one  of  the  complainants  in  a 
suit  against  Sir  Thomas  Temple,  Knt.  and  Bart.,  concerning 
lands,  etc.,  in  Marton  ;  writ  dated  3rd  December  1629. — 
[Wilmore  v.  Temple,  Chan.  Pro,  Car.  L,  WW.  9.4,,  &  W  W. 
28.  3.] 

1770  July  27th. — Will  of  Francis  Willmore,  of  Bermingham, 
Carrier.  To  Thomas  Careless,  of  Birmingham,  Druggist,  all  my  lands 
in  the  parish  of  King's  Norton,  co.  Worcester,  in  trust.  I  give  to  my 
son  John  my  copyhold  farm,  in  the  parish  of  Alvechurch,  co.  Worcester, 
as  lord  of  the  manor,  and  nine  freehold  dwellings  in  St.  Thomas  Street, 
Birmingham.  To  my  daughter,  Sarah  Willmore,  four  freehold  dwellings 
in  St.  John  Street,  Birmingham,  and  eight  leasehold  messuages.  To 
my  son  Richard  houses  etc.  To  my  daughter  Phoebe,  wife  of  William 
Kendrick,  houses  etc.  To  William  Kendrick,  my  son  in  law,  100/.  To 
the  children  of  William  and  Phoebe  Kendrick  700/.  My  wife,  Jane 
Willmore,  to  be  sole  Executrix.  Witnesses  : — ^John  Richards,  Charles 
Woodward  and  William  Londen.  Codicil  dated  30th  August  1770 
I  appoint  as  Executors,  as  well  as  my  wife  Jane,  Richard  Willmor  (Toy 
maker),  Edward  Wilmore  (Taylor),  Thomas  Wilmore  (Bucklemaker), 


HISTORY    OF   THE    WlLiMER    FAMILY. 


Joseph  Kendrick   (Toyraaker),  and  John  Kendrick  (Bellowsmaker),  all 
of  Birmingham. — [Proved  6th  April  1774.  P.C.C   161   Bargrave.] 


Baptisms     from    the    Registers     of    the    Parish    Church    of 

Stratford-on-Avon. 
1594  Mar.  22  Thomas  filius  Johannis  Wilmore. 

1634  Feb.  26  Joh'n's  filius  Joh'n's  AVillmore. 

Parish  Registers  of  Ryton-updn-Dunsmore,  co.  Warwick. 
1556  Nov.  8  Richard  Willmer,  son  of  Richard  Willmer,  baptized. 
161S-19    Feb.    17    John  Wilmer,  the  sonneof  Anne  the  wyfeofjhon 

Allibone,  by  a  former  husband,  buried. 
1620  Ap.  26  Alice  Wylmer,  the  dau.  of  Anne  the  wife  of  Jhon  Allibone, 
by  a  former  husband,  buried. 

Parish  Registers  of  Everdon,  co.  Northampton. 
1561   Marie  Willmer  an  old  matrone  was  buried  the  .xxix'^"  of  .Aprill. 
1565  Willia'  Willmer  the  husband  of  Margaret  Willmer  was  buried  the 
xvii'i^  of  ffebruarie. 
Parish  Registers  of  Braunston,  co.  Northampton. 

1635  Nov.    II    Oliver,    the   son  of  John  Willmore  &  Anne  his  wife, 
baptized. 

1646  Ap.  10  John  Willmore,  buried. 

Parish  Registers  of  Svwell,  co.  Northampton. 
I  701-2   Mar.  13  Elizabeth  Wilmer,  servant,  buried. 

1575  September  7th. — Will  of  Margerie  Willmare,  Widow,  of 
S)wcll.  To  be  buried  in  the  churchyard  of  Sywell.  My  children, 
Thomas,  John,  and  Agnes  Willmare. — [Proved  at  Northampton.] 

1583  April  15th.— Will  of  William  Wilmare,  of  Morton 
Pinkney,  co.  Northampton.  My  wife  Agnes  Wilmare.  and  my  four 
daughters. — [Proved  at  Northampton.] 

1600  April  i8th. — Will  of  Thomas  AVillmar,  Yeoman,  of  Sywell. 
My  sons  John,  William,  and  Anthony.  My  daughter  Agnes  ;  Thomas 
Tomson,  my  daughter  Agnes's  son.  My  sister  Agnes.  To  Will. 
Joyce.  To  Mary  Wilmare,  daughter  of  Anthony  Wilmare.  To 
John  Neele. — [Proved  at  Northampton.] 

1700  November  i6th. — AX'ill  of  James  Willmer,  Labourer,  of 
Mears  Ashby  My  wife  Sarah.  My  daughter  Elizabeth. — [Proved  at 
Northampton.] 


HISTORY    OF   THE    WH.MER    FAMILY.  87 

The  Wills  of  Lawrence  Wylmer,  of  Morton  [D.  345],  and  of 
WiLiJAM  WiLLMAR,  of  Canons  Ashby  [D.  6].  were  proved  at  North- 
ampton, between  the  years  1527  and  1532.     The  latter  is  now  missing. 

William  Willmer  was  instituted  to  the  rectory  of  Castle  Ashby, 
CO.  Northampton,  25th  October  i5i2,on  the  presentation  of  Sir  John 
Musy,  Knt. — ^Bridges,  i.  p.  345.] 

A  Fine  was  passed  in  fifteen  days  from  Easter  7  yames  I.  (1609), 
between  Oeorge  Evans,  querent,  and  Richard  Wilraore  and  Sibilla  his 
wife  and  Edward  Wilmore,  deforciants,  of  i  messuage,  i  garden,  i 
orchard,  3  acres  of  land,  i  acre  of  meadow  and  i  acre  of  pasture,  with 
the  appurtenances,  in  Weedon  Pinckney.  [i^<;/ ^//^/««,  Northampton, 
Easter  7  James  I.] 

A  Fine  was  passed  in  the  Octave  of  St.  Michael  11  Charles  I., 
between  John  Cauthorne,  querent,  and  Henry  Willniore  and  Elizabeth 
his  wife,  deforciants,  of  i  messuage,  1  garden,  i  orchard,  with  the 
appurtenances,  in  the  Burgh  of  St.  Peter,  otherwise  Peterborough. 
\_Feet  of  Fines,  Northampton,  Mic.  11  Charles  I.] 

1722-3  February  nth. — Administration  of  the  goods  of  Henry 
WiLLMORE,  of  the  City  of  Peterborough,  was  granted  to  Mary  Willniore, 
his  relict.     [P.CC] 

WILMER   OF   MATRON,   ETC. 

1604  August  6th. — Will  of  William  Wilmore,  of  the  Parish  of 
Mathon,  Husbandman.  To  be  buried  in  Mathon  churchyard.  Unto 
every  child  of  John  Wilmer,  my  son,  that  are  now  borne  61.  it,s.  ^J. 
Unto  the  children  of  Joan  Hodges,  my  daughter.  Unto  Joan  Willmore 
and  Anne  Willmore,  daughters  of  ray  brother,  John  Wilmore.  To 
William  Wilmor,  the  son  of  Richard  Wilmor  my  son.  Richard  Wilraor, 
my  son,  to  be  sole  executor.  Witnesses  : — John  Wilmor,  John  Stockton, 
and  Thomas  Siblis.    [Proved  28th  November  1604.     P.CC  87  Harte.] 

1609-10  February  24th. — Will  of  John  Willmoore,  of  the  parish 
of  Powick,  in  the  county  of  Worcester,  Yeoman.  To  be  buried  in  the 
churchyard  of  Powick.  To  Anne  Willmoore,  my  eldest  daughter,  25/. 
to  be  paid  to  Richard  Willmore,  of  Mathone,  for  her  use.  The  said 
Richard  "  to  sett  ye  forth  to  use  to  ye  moste  profitt  to  repay  ye  same 
"  with  increase  unto  ye  said  Anne  at  ye  age  of  one  and  twenty  years." 
If  she  die  before  21,  to  pay  the  same  to  my  youngest  daughter  Johane 
at  the  said  age,  and  if  she  die  before  21,  the  same  to  be  paid  to  the 
children  of  the  said  Richard  Willmore.  To  my  daughter  Johane  25/. 
to  be  paid  in  the  same  way.     To  Jane  Willmoore,   daughter  of  Francis 


88  HISTORY    OF    THE   WILMER    FAMILY. 

\Villmoore,  405.  To  John  Ganderton  20s.  To  AVilliam  Ganderton  20J 
To  Jane  Ganderton  40s.  To  Richard  Spihnan  ^s.  4d.  Eesidue  to  my 
wife  Margarett.  I  nominate  my  well-beloved  in  Christe,  Edward 
Burford,  John  Denye,  and  Roger  Walker  my  overseers.  AVitnesses  : — 
James  Kent,  Edward  Burford,  and  Isacke  Borne.  [Amount  of  Inventory 
81/.  13^.  4d. — Proved  at  Worcester,  24th  September  i5io.] 

Nuncupative  will  of  Jane  Willmore,  of  Broughton  Hackett,  in 
the  county  of  Worcester,  Mayden,  deceased.  To  Anne  AVillmore, 
daughter  unto  William  Wollmore,  40^.  To  Richard  Cowp''  43^.  Legacies 
to  Margerie,  William,  Robert,  John,  and  Francis  Cettle.  [Proved  at 
Worcester,  loth  January  16 11.] 

1638  April  nth. — Will  of  AVilliam  Willmore,  of  Mathon  in  the 
county  of  Worcester,  Yeoman.  I  give  everything  to  my  loving  wife 
Mary,  and  appoint  her  sole  executrix.  Overseers  :-  My  loving  father, 
Richard  Willmore,  and  my  loving  friend.  John  Greene  Cole.  A\'itnesses  ; 
—  William  Hall  and  Rob.  Willett.  [Amount  of  Inventory  78/.  155.4^. 
— Proved  at  Worcester,  19th  October  163S.] 

Memorandum  that  Richard  Wilmore.  late  of  the  jxirish  of 
Mathon,  CO.  Worcester,  AViddower,  deceased,  did  about  June  1657  make 
his  will,  etc.  He  gave  to  the  three  children  of  his  son,  Richard 
Wilmore,  20/. 

Witnesses  :— George  Sandy    I    Servants,  to  whom  he  gave  6 J.  a  piece 
Elizabeth  Vine  J    that  they  might  the  better  remember  it. 
[Commission  issued  to  Richard  Wilmer,  brother  of   deceased,   22nd 
March  165 7-8.     P.CC  203  Wotton.] 

1663  December  4th. — Will  of  Richard  Wilmore,  of  Strensham, 
in  the  county  of  Worcester,  Husbandman.  My  wife,  Eddith  AVilmore. 
My  eldest  sen,  William  AVilmore,  '•  to  have  the  lease  of  my  meanes  after 
"  his  mother  wch  lyeth  in  Mathon."'  John  Wilmore,  my  second  son  to 
be  executor.  Richard,  my  third  son.  AVitnesses  : — Jane  Barrett, 
Richard  Blackburne,  Henry  'Whittle,  and  John  Vine.  [Proved  at 
Worcester,  ist  October  1664.] 

1672  October  14th.— A\'ill  of  Richard  \\'ilmore,  of  Mathon.  in 
the  county  of  Worcester,  Yeoman.  To  my  three  daughters,  Anne, 
Johane,  and  Margaret  Wilmore,  Spinsters,  all  my  lands,  meadows, 
arrable  lands,  copices,  etc.,  situate  in  the  parish  of  Cradley,  in  the 
county  of  Hereford,  wch  I  bought  of  James  Hopton,  Esq.,  and  of 
Leonard  Hill,  of  Cradley,  Yeoman,  and  which  was  bought  by  Richard 
Wilmore,  my  late  father,  of  Richard  Hill.  Yeoman,  late  of  Cradley,  etc. 
My  son  and  heire  appa'nt,  Richard  A\ilmore  (a  minor).      To  Elizabeth 


HISTORY    OF   THE   WILMER    FAMILY.  89 

Vyne,  my  servant  mayd,  5/.  I  appoint  my  said  three  daughters 
executrixes,  and  my  good  friends,  John  Daingerfield,  Gent.,  and  Richard 
Fawlke,  Yeoman,  both  of  Mathon,  overseers.  Witnesses  : — Dorothy 
Hay  and  Wm.  Hall.  [Amount  of  Inventory  88/.  3^.  dd.  Proved  at 
AVorcester,  25th  January  1672.] 

1664  January  7th — Will  of  John  Wilmore,  of  Mathon,  in  the 
county  of  Worcester,  Yeoman  My  wife  Jane  to  be  sole  executrix.  To 
my  eldest  son  Richard.  My  sons,  William,  John,  Edward,  and  Thomas. 
My  daughters,  Susanna,  Jane,  Mary,  and  Margaret.  Witnesses  : — 
Anthony  Smith  and  Tho.  Reading.  [Amount  of  Inventory  67/.  17^-.  ?>d. 
Proved  at  Worcester  6th  September  1680.] 

1685  March  24th. — Nuncupative  will  of  John  Willmore,  of 
Mathon,  in  the  county  of  Worcester.  He  mentions  his  wife  Elizabeth ; 
his  brother,  Tho.  Willmore  ;  his  Aunt  Smith,  of  Malberrow ;  and  his 
brother  William.  Witnesses  :— Edmund  Willmore,  Mary  Willmore  and 
Will  Cager.  [Administration  was  granted,  15th  April  1686,  to  the 
Widow  as  Residuary  Legatee.  Sureties  in  the  Bond  : — Abraham  Crouch 
and  Edm.und  Willmore.     Amount  of  Inventory  86/.  16^.  o</.] 

Extracts  from  the  Parish  Registers  of  Crowle,  co.  Worcester. 

1557-8     Feb.   15  William  Wolmar,  buried. 

1558        Oct.  18  Ales  Wolmar,  buried. 

1559-60  Mar.  23  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Raynold  Wolmare,  baptized. 

1562 ..  John,  son  of  Raynold 'Wolmare,  baptized. 

1627        July  17  Elinor,  wife  of  William  Woolmar,  buried. 
1636        Oct.  20  William  Wolmere  and  Frances  French,  married. 

1638  June    2  William  Wollmer,  buried. 

1665        Dec.  26  ffrances  Willmore,  widow,  buried. 
1669        Dec.    s  Edward  Willmore,  buried. 
1673        Sept.  16  Edward  Willmore,  buried. 

The  following  Wills  were  proved  in  the  Consistory  Court  of 
Worcester : — 

1570  Reginald  Wollmer,  of  Crowle. 

159s  Frances  Wolmer,  widow,  of  Crowle,  n°-  86. 

1624  Richard  Woolmer  alias  Brock,  of  Hirableton,  co.  Worcester. 

1633  William  Willmore,  of  Himbleton. 

1639  William  Woolmore,  of  Crowle. 

1644        William  Woolmore  alias  Brock,  of  Himbleton. 

1665-6     Frances  Willmore,  of  Crowle,  January. 

1669-70  Edward  Wollmore  or  Willmore,  of  Crowle,  February. 

M 


Chapter    IX. 


WILMER,  OF  LONDON,  WEST   HAM,  TOTTERIDGE, 

RIDGE,    CROPREDY,   AND    ELLESBOROUGH,    AND 

THE   FAMILY   OF   CARTWRIGHT. 


"  Living  generalions  thrust  aside  the  mouldering  relics  of  their  predecessors  for 
their  own  convenience,  to  commemorate  their  more  immediate  relatives  and  friends,  or  itr 
enhance  their  own  personal  importance.  But  historians  do  their  best  to  rescue,  at  least 
in  part,  by  representation  or  description,  the  perishing  memorials,  and  to  prove  that 
paper  memorials  may  be  more  permanent  than  those  of  brass  and  stone." 


Arms  :  Gules,  a  chevron  vair  between  three   eagles  displayed 
OR  ;  A  crescent  for  difference. 


lE    now    turn   to    record  the   history   of    the     second 


main  division  of  the  Wilmer  family,  namely,  the 
descendants  of  John  Wilmer,  the  second  son  of 
Richard  Wilmer  of  Ryton  [I  A],  by  Joane  his  wife, 
daughter  of  John  Goodere,  of  Baginton  {sec  p.  19).  The  son 
and  grandson  of  Richard  Wilmer  are  shrouded  in  obscurity. 
We  are  ignorant  not  only  of  all  the  facts  of  their  lives,  but  even 
of  the  very  name  of  the  latter.  They  have  mingled  their  bones 
with  the  dust  of  the  ages  in  an  unrecorded  tomb. 

The  Harleian  Manuscript  1 551, contains  a  pedigree  founded 
on  a  Visitation  of  Middlesex,  which  gives  the  descent  of  George 
Wilmer  of  West  Ham  from   Richard  Wilmer  of  Ryton.      It  is. 


HISTORY    OF   THE   WILMER    FAMILY.  9 1 

however,  difficult  to  determine  how  far  this  pedigree  may  be 
trusted.  That  the  former  was  descended  from  the  latter  there  is 
no  doubt  ;  for  George  Wilmer,  the  second  son  of  the  George 
Wilmer  above-mentioned,  obtained  a  grant  of  arms  and  a  crest 
from  William  Camden,  in  which  it  is  distinctly  stated  that  he 
was  descended  from  the  second  son  of  his  great-great-grandfather 
(«i^rtw/j), Richard  Wilmer  of  Ryton,and  was  consequently  entitled 
to  bear  the  arms  of  theRytonWilmers  with  a  crescent  for  difference 
{see  p.  II ).  On  behalf  of  the  Harleian  pedigree,  it  may  be  said 
that  it  gives  to  George  Wilmer,  the  younger,  the  same  relationship 
to  Richard  Wilmer  as  that  which  is  assigned  to  him  by  the 
grant  of  arms.  But,  en  the  other  hand,  it  states  that  he  was  the 
father  of  Andrew  and  Thomas  Wilmer,  who  were  in  reality  his 
brothers.  The  descent,  then,  is  as  follows,  the  statements  that 
are  made  on  the  authority  of  the  Manuscript  being  printed 
in  italics  : — 

jl. — 30ljll  aEtlmei'  [IIC],  the  second  son  of  Richard 
Wilmer,  of  Ryton,  and  Joane  Goodere,  his  wife,  married  a 
daughter  of  Watts,  whose  arms  were : — Ermine,  on  a 

diief  gules  tzvo  billets  or^  and  had  a  son, 

M.—  SSllmcr  [IIIC]  zvho  married  a   daiighter  of 

Hills,  zvlwse  arms  were  : — Argent,  a  fess  between  six- 
martlets  gules,  and  had  issue : — 

\¥k I.  George  Wilmer.    See  below,  $$$. 

II.  John    Wilmer,   of  Shrewley,  co.  Warwick  ;  of 
whom  presently  (see  chapter  XIII.). 

III.  Richard  Wilmer,  living  in  January  1593-4; 
married,  and  had  issue. 

IV.  William  Wilmer,   Kving  in  January  1593-4  ; 
married,  and  had  issue. 

The  order  in  which  these  brothers  should  be  placed  is  wholly 
uncertain.     Richard  and  William  are  mentioned  in  the  will   of 

1.  Visit  Northampton,  1618-19. 

2.  These  are  given  in  Burke's  General 


92  HISTORY    OF   THE    WILMER    FAMILY. 

their  brother  George,  who, after  naming  his  brother,  John  Wilmer 
of  Shrcwlcy,  adds  "  every  of  the  rest  of  the  children  of  brethren, 
"  and  sisters  not  named."  One  of  these  brethren  may  have  been 
a  certain  Andrew  Wilmer,  of  Stratford-Ie-Bow,  administration  of 
whose  goods  was  granted  to  his  son,  Andrew  Wilmer,  5th  June 
1605.3 

We  have  no  evidence  to  enable  us  to  determine  where 
Wilmer  [IIIC]  lived.but  it  would  not  surprise  us  if  it  were  proved 
to  have  been  in  the  immediate  neighbourhood  of  Warwick. 
At  the  villages  of  Budbrooke  and  Sherborne,  which  lay  a 
little  to  the  south  of  that  city,  several  families  of  Wilmers  were 
dwelling  at  that  time;  and  at  Shrewley,  only  a  few  miles  distant, 
Wilmer's  son  John  was  residing.  We  shall  now  proceed  to 
speak  of  the  first  oi  the  four  brothers  above-mentioned,  namely  : — 

M5.— ffiCOrge  WilmtT:  [IVC],  Esq.,  of  West  Ham,  CO. 
Essex,  and  of  St.  Mary's,  Aldermanbury,  London.  He  married 
first  Susan  ,  whose  sister  married  Hugh  Bullocke,  Citizen 

and  Haberdasher,  of  the  parish  of  St.  Andrew  Undershaft,  London. 
Hugh  BuUocke's  will  was  dated  20th  July  161S,  and  proved  27th 
October  161  Ss--"  (with  a  codicil,  dated  22nd  October  161 8).  He 
names  his  "  cozin  George  Wilmer  Esquire,  my  sayed  late  wyves 
"  sisters  sonne,"  his  "  cozin  Thomas  Willmer,"  his  "  cosin  S' 
"  Anthony  Weldon  K'  &  Hellen  his  wife."  The  Harleian  MS., 
from  which  we  have  been  quoting,  states  that  Susan  W'ilmerwas 
a  daughter  of  Cole,  and  assigns  to  her  the  arms  :    Or,  a  bull 

passant  within  a  bordure  sable  bezantee,  armed  or.  The  family 
of  Cole,  of  London,  and  of  Slade,  co.  Devon,  bore  the  same  arms, 
with  the  exception  that  in  their  case  the  field  was  argent.  By 
her  George  Wilmer  had  issue  : — 

£"fc7.— L  Andrew  Wilmer.    Sec  bchnv,  I-D'. 

H.  George  Wilmer,  of  Stratford-le-Bow ;  an- 
cestor of  the  Wilmers  of  Stratford-le-Bow  and 
Yorkshire  {sec  cJiapter  A'.) 

3.   Commissary  Court  of  London.  |      3a.   P.C.C.  132  Meade. 


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93 


III.  Thomas    Wilmer,    of    Stratford-le-Bow     and 

Bromley  St.  Leonard's  ;   ancestor  of  the  Wilmers 

of  Barking  [see  chapter  XII.) 

I.  A  Daughter,  married  prior  to  January  1593-4, 

Smythe'',  of  Plumstead,  co.  Kent  {seep.g6). 

II.  Alice  Wilmers,  under  sixteen  years  of  age  in 

January  1593-4. 

III.  Eleanor  Wilmer,  baptized  at  St.  Mary's,  Aldei- 
manbury,  London,  2nd  February  1586-7  ;  married 
Sir  Anthony  Weldon'',  Knt,  Lord  of  the  Manor  of 
Swanscombe,  co.  Kent,  and  Clerk  of  the  Kitchen 
to  King  James  I.  He  was  the  eldest  son  of  Sir 
Ralph  Weldon,  Knt.,  Clerk  of  the  Kitchen  to 
Queen  Elizabeth,  Clerk  Comptroller  to  King 
James  I.,  and  Clerk  of  the  Board  of  Green  Cloth, 
by  Elizabeth  his  wife,  daughter  of  Levin  Bufkin, 
Esq.  Sir  Anthony  and  Lady  Weldon  had,  with 
four  daughters,  eight  sons,  of  whom  the  eldest 
was  Ralph  Weldon,  Esq.,  of  Swanscombe.^  Arms 
of  Weldon  : — Per  fess  gules  and  argent,  in  chief  a 
demi-lion  issuant  of  the  second  and  in  base  a 
cinquefoil  of  the  first ;  crest: — The  bust  of  Queen 
Elizabeth  proper;  motto: — Bene  factum.  Lady 
Weldon  died  isth  November  1622,  and  was 
buried  in  Swanscombe  church.  There  is  a  small 
monument  to  her  memory  on  the  south  side  of  the 
chancel,  with  a  coloured  portraiture  of  her 
kneeling  in  prayer  before  a  desk,  and  the 
following  inscription  : — 


4.  Edward  Smith  and  Anthony 
Weldon  were  witnesses  to  the  will  of 
George  Wilmer,  of  Stratford-le-Bow, 
in  1626  (seep.  117). 

5  Andrew  Wilmer.  her  brother,  in 
his  will,  names  his  sister  Kirrington 
(and  her  son,  Henry  Stotford)  ;  it  is 
probable,  therefore,  that  Alice  Wilmer 


married  a  person  of  that  name,  unless 
her  elder  sister  married  a  second  time. 
Neither  of  the  sisters  of  Andrew 
Wilmer's  wife  answered  to  the  descrip- 
tion of  "sister  Kirrington.' 

6.  Hasted's   Kent,   i.    p.    261,   ed. 
177S,  fo. 


94  HISTORY   OF   THE   WILMER    FAMILY. 

Here  lyeth  the  body  of  Dame  Elinor  Weldon  davghter 
TO  George  Wilmer  Esc/  and  wife  to  S""  Anthony  Weldon  by 
whome  she  had  eyght  sonns  and  fower    davghters  wherof  six 

SONNS  and  fower  DAVGHTERS  LYVING  WHO  AFTER  SHE  HAD  LIVED 
VERTVOVSLY    w"i    HER     HVSBAND     NEER   TWENTY   VERES     DYED    THE     1 5 

OF  November  1622  vetat.  sv^  36     In  memory  of  whose  vertvovs 

life  and  godly  END  HER  HVSBAND  HATH  ERECTED  THIS  SMALL 
MONVMENT. 

George  Wilmer  married  secondly  Anne  ,  by  whom 

he  had  no  issue.  She  married  secondly  Sir  Robert  Needham, 
Knt.,  and  died  about  1625. 

On  the  19th  of  August  1566  George  Wylmar,  of  Barking, 
Baker,  and  John  Franck,  of  Stratford-le-Bow,  Baker,  acknow- 
ledged that  they  jointly  and  severally  owed  300/.  to  William 
Steadman,  of  Barking,  Yeoman^.  It  is  possible  that  this  George 
Wylmar  was  identical  with  George  Wilmer  [IVC],  of  West 
Ham,  whom  we  find  purchasing  the  reversion  of  land  in  Barking 
of  John  Francke  in  1584*.  From  the  Proceedings  in  Chancery, 
15th  October  1604,  in  the  case  of  Thorowgood  versus  Wilmore, 
it  appears  that  John  Francke,  who  is  there  described  as  of 
Elkington,  co.  Lincoln,  Yeoman,  had,  shortly  before  the 
conveyance,  leased  the  land  for  twenty-one  years  to  William 
Thorowgood,  Citizen  and  Merchant  Taylor  of  London,  by 
virtue  of  a  licence  from  the  lord  of  the  manor  of  Barking?.  A 
Fine  was  passed,  12th  November  1578,  between  George  Wilmer, 
querent,  and  Charles  Cutler,  Esq.,  and  Susannah  his  wife, 
deforciants,  of  a  moiety  of  the  manor  of  Ramsdcn  Barrington, 
in  the  parish  of  Ramsden  Belhouse,  co.  Essex".  In  1585-6  a 
royal  licence  was  granted  to  John  Bales,  Gent.,  to  enable  him  to 
convey  to  George  Wilmer  and  Hugh  Bullocke  32  acres  of  marsh 
land,  commonly  called  Wetfeild  or  Whetfeld  Clayes,  lying  in 
Trinity  Marsh,  West  Ham,  and  held  of  the  Queen  in  capite^''.  By 
an    indenture,   dated    2oth    June   15S8,   John   Collyne,  of  High 

I 


7.   Close  R.,  SEliz.  no.  711. 

10.   Feet  of  Fines,  Essex,  Mic.  20-1 

8.   Feet  of  Fines,    Essex,  Alic.   26-7 
Eliz.;  and  George  Wilmei's  will. 

Eliz. 

11.   Pat.  R.,  2S  Eliz.,  pt.  II.  m.  21. 

9.    Chan.  Fro.,  Jac.  I.,  T.  3.  50. 

HISTORY    OF   THE    WILMER    FAMILY.  95 

Laver,  and  Nicholas  Collyne,  of  Little  Laver,  co.  Essex,  for  400/., 
conveyed  to  "  George  Wilmore  of  Westhame,  in  the  said  Countie, 
"  gent.,  and  Alice  Wilmore,  Ellynor  Wilmore  and  George 
"  Wilmore,  the  daughters  and  sonne  of  Susane  the  wief  of  the 
"  said  George  Wilmore  thelder  *  All  the  marshe  grownd  or 
"  meadow  *  known  by  the  name  of  Tunne  marshe  *  in  Easthame  * 
"  To  have  and  to  hold  *  unto  the  said  George  Wilmore  thelder 
"  for  life,  after  his  decease  unto  the  said  Alice  Wilmore  &  the 
"  heirs  of  the  body  of  the  said  Alice  lawfully  to  be  begotten  & 
"  for  defaulte  of  such  yssue  unto  the  said  Ellynor  and  the  heirs 
"  of  her  body,  etc.,  and  for  defaulte,  etc.,  unto  the  said  George 
"  the  younger  and  the  heirs  of  his  body,  etc.,  and  for  default, 
"  etc.,  to  the  right  heirs  of  the  said  George  Wilmore  the  elder, 
"  etc.,  for  ever"".  In  the  parishes  of  High  Laver  and  Moreton, 
CO.  Essex,  there  were  some  farms,  called  '  Willmore's  Farms,' 
which  were  in  the  possession  of  William  St.  Quintin  in  1S20. 
On  the  15th  of  February  1587-8,  George  Wilmore,  of  Essex, 
contributed  25/.  towards  the  defence  of  this  country  on  the 
occasion  of  its  invasion  by  the  Spanish  Armada'3.  He  died 
30th  January  i  S93-4.  The  following  extracts  are  taken  from 
his  will : — 

28th  January  1593-4. -"  I  George  Wilmer  of  Westham  in  the 
county  of  Essex  Esq''=  being  of  whole  mynde  &  perfect  memorye 
(praised  be  God)  having  thoroughly  considered  the  momentarye  end  & 
dissoluc'on  of  this  oure  humane  fleshe  &  nature  which  is  inheritable 
subject  to  the  certaintie  of  death  so  is  it  utteriie  uncerteyne  of  the  tyme 
&  manner  ot  his  approche. 

"And  to  provide  therefore  (what  in  me  is)  that  no  contenc'on  arise 
or  be  kindled  after  my  decease  betwene  my  freindes  children  &,  ex'ors 
for  or  about  the  distributing  of  such  possessions  as  y'^  Lord  hath  &  in 
this  life  vouchsafed  to  bless  me  with  do  make  &  ordeyne  this  my  last 
will  and  testament  in  forme  following —First  &  principally  I  do 
comend  my  soule  to  the  hands  of  my  almighty  Creator  beseeching  hym  ' 
to  accept  as  he  hath  promised  to  every  synner  whoe  with  faith  &  true 
humilitye  in  Jesus  Christe  shall  call  uppon  hym  the  death  passion  and 

12.  Close  R.,  30  Eliz.,  no.  1287. 


96  HISTORY    OF    THr,    VVILMER    FAMILY. 

innumerable  and  manyfold  synnes  that  myne  unrighteousness  being 
purged  &  done  away  by  the  precious  bloude  of  that  immaculate  lambe 
I  maye  having  finished  myne  earthly  pilgrimage  appeare  clothed  with 
his  righteousness  &  be  made  partaker  of  his  glorious  Kingdom  which 
the  Lord  for  his  Christes  sake  &  when  his  will  is  graunte  me  Amen. 

"  I  will  that  my  bcdye  be  buryed  in  the  parish  church  of  Westham 
and  towards  the  chardge  of  mourning  attyre  liveryes  &  other  occasions 
of  necessarye  expenses  to  be  disbursed  in  the  Christianlike  accomplish- 
ment of  my  funerall  I  will  the  sum  of  500/. — To  the  parishe  churche 
of  Barking  4/. —         *         «         *         »  'pg  ^y  ^yjfg  ^nne  Wilmer 

all  suche  goodes  chattels  &  ymplements  of  house  as  ar  mencyoned  in  a 
schedule  to  these  presents  annexed  *         *         ^-^         *        *         * 

*         *         '■•■         "         *  *  «  J  hartily  entreate  my  wife 

Anne  Wilmer  to  undertake  the  care  &  chardge  of  the  bringing  up  & 
educac'on  of  my  sayed  two  daughters  Alice  &  Elioner  Wilmer  in 
humilitie  good  nurture  &  the  feare  of  God  untill  they  accomplish  2 1 
years  or  untill  their  severall  marriages — 

"And  towards  the  yearlie  charge  of  their  educac'on  I  will  myne  ex'or 
&  brother  Bullock  shall  allow  unto  my  said  wife  for  each  one  of  my  two 
daughters  the  sum  of  16/.  yerelie  ore  more  when  it  shall  seem  fitt  unto 
myne  overseers — 

Unto  my  daugter  Smythe  of  Plumsted  in  the  county  of  Kent  100/. — 
Unto  my  brother  Richard  Wilmer  to  each  of  his  children  4/. — 
Unto  my  brother  AVilliam  Wilmer  to  each  of  his  children  4/. — 
To  every  of  the  rest  of  the  children  of  brethren  &  sisters  not  named  to 
each  of  them  3/.  6s.  8d.  all  which  sums  of  money  to  be  severallie 
paid  by  my  ex'or  at  the  severall  tymes  of  their  marriages  or  2 1   years 
which  shall  first  happen.         *         *         *         *         *         *         *         * 

And,  further  I  constitute  my  brother  John  Wilmer  of  Shrowley  in  the 
county  of  Warwicke  to  be  myne  ex'or  uppon  condic'on  never  the  less 
that  within  3  months  next  after  my  decease  he  enter  into  bond  of 
4000/.  unto  myne  overseers  to  perform  the  contentes  of  my  last  will 
which  yf  he  refuse  to  doe  then  I  do  heartilie  entreate  my  overseers  to 
make  choice  of  one  or  two  discrete  persons  to  supplie  &  performe  what 
is  required  by  this  my  will  which  persons  so  chose  I  do  constitute  & 
appoynte  myne  ex'ors — I  do  make  Thomas  Fanshawe  Edward  Doyle 
&John  Strode  of  London  Esq'''=5  Henry  Fanshawe  of  the  Inner  Temple 
gent  &=  Hugh  Bullocke  citizen  of  London  to  be  overseers  of  this  my 
will  6^  in  liewe  of  their  paynes  be  be  taken  therein  I  give  them  5/. 


HISTORY    OF    THE   WILMER    FAMILY.  97 

a  peece. —      *      Witnesses  : — George    Doylie,   John   Strode,   Thomas 
Colffe,  Clement  Wihuar,  &-  Will""  Albert,  Writer." 

"A  schedule  of  such  plate  Jewells  household  stuffe  &  other  goodes 
which  George  Wilmer  Esq"'^  doth  give  &  bequeath  to  Anne  his  wife  by 
his  last  will  &  testament  all  which  or  the  moste  parte  thereof  were  the 
goods  &  chattels  of  the  sayd  Anne  before  marriage  betwene  them  had 
—  i  bason  &  ewer  of  silver  parcell  guilte — A  pair  of  guilte  silver  pottes 
— A  duble  cuppe  embouled  all  guilte — One  cuppe  or  bowle  of  silver 
guilt  all — A  nest  of  silver  tunnes  with  a  cover — A  double  bell  salt  of 
silver — Two  silver  bowles — Two  silver  trenchard  plates — A  little  silver 
cupp  with  a  cover — A  silver  porringer — 8  spoones  of  silver — The  Bason 
&  ewer  of  silver  which  my  wife  gave  to  me  double  gilt  I  gyve  yt  unto 
her  agayne — The  silver  chafindishe  &  the  silver  sugar  box — One  chayne 
of  pomander  &  gold — one  short  rope  of  small  pearle — 3  chaynes  of 
pomander  pearle  &  currall — A  table  with  a  crosse  of  dyamond 
in  yt — A  little  crosse  with  eight  dyamond — A  ringe  with  a  table 
dyamond — A  hoope  ringe  of  gould — A  ringe  with  a  decke  diamond 
A  chayne  of  gould  given  unto  her  by  the  said  George  Wilmer — 6  peeces 
of  verder'4  hanginges  newe — Two  peeces  of  verder  hanginges  of  Baskey 
worke — A  sewte  of  course  verder  hangings  of  4  peeces— 8  peeces  of 
gilt  leather  hangings  — A  sewte  of  white  netwoorke  hangings  lyned — A 
tester  of  a  bed  of  crymson  velvet  laced  &  fringed  with  gould  &  silver — 
5  curteynes  of  crymson  taffata  to  the  foresayd  tester — A  feildsbed 
tester  of  black  velvet  &  damask  embroidered  with  castells— 5  curteynes 
to  the  same  of  checker  worke  or  stuffe — A  cubbord  clothe  of  the  same 
stuff'e — One  tester  of  a  bed  of  blue  &  red  silke  capha'-)''  fringed — 5 
curteynes  to  the  same  tester  of  blue  &  red  checker  stuff"e — Bedding  and 
blankets — a  striped  blewe  &  red  rug — A  long  carpett  of  Turkey  worke 
for  a  table — A  square  little  carpet  of  Turkey  work — 6  stooles  covered 
with  needlework — new  &  a  little  chayre — two  chayres  &  two  stooles 
covered  with  leather  guilte  a  chayre  &  2  lowe  stooles  of  crymson  velvet 
with  silver  &  gould  lace— a  chaire  of  crymson  sattyn — All  such  pewter, 
brasse  spittes  &  other  suche  furniture  comonly  used  in  my  kitchen  at 
London^such  cofers,  chestes,  cubbordes,  stooles  &  other  furniture  of 
household  as  my  wife  had  before  I  maryed  her — Her  coach,  coach 
horses  with  the  furniture — such  other  horses  or  geldinges  as  were  my 
wyves  before  marriage — All  such  houshold  stuffe  as  was  myne  before 
marriage  remayning  in  my  house  at  London  my  wife  shall  have  them  at 

14.   I.e.  Tapestry.  |         14a.   A  kind  of  dan^ask  cloth. 

N 


90  HISTORY   OF   THE    WILMER    FAMILY. 

such  rate  as  they  shall  be  praysed  reasonablie  after  my  deathe"  [Probate 
granted  the  last  day  but  one  of  February  1593-4-     P.C.C  16  Dixey.] 

"  Essex. — Inquisition  Indented  taken  at  the  Hostel  called  le 
Crowne  in  Cheynsforde  in  the  County  afores'^  on  the  i6th  day  of  July,  in 
the  36th  year  of  the  reign  of  our  Lady  Elizabeth,  etc.,  after  the  death  of 
George  Wylmer  of  Westhame  in  the  County  afores'i,  Esq.,  deceased,  by 
the  oath,  etc.  Who  [the  Jurors]  say  upon  their  oath  that  the  aforesd 
George  Wylmer  in  the  s"^  writ  named  long  before  his  death  and  on  the 
day  of  his  death  was  seized  in  his  lordship  as  of  a  free  tenement  for  the 
term  of  his  life  of  and  in  28  acres  of  Marsh,  with  the  appurt^,  called 
Tunmarshe,  situate  *  in  Easthame  in  the  County  afores'^'  to  remain 
thereafter  to  Alice  Wylmer,  one  of  the  daughters  of  the  aforse'i  George, 
and  the  heirs  of  her  body  *  and  for  failure  of  such  issue  to  remain  there- 
after to  Elinor  Wylmer,  another  of  the  daughters  of  the  s'^  George  Wylmer, 
and  her  heirs  *  and  for  failure  of  such  issue  to  remain  thereafter  to 
George  Wylmer,  junior,  son  of  George  Wylmer,  senior,  and  the  heirs  of 
his  body  *  and  for  failure  of  such  issue  to  remain  thereafter  to  the  right 
heirs  of  the  said  George  Wylmer,  senior,  for  ever. 

"And  also  ''■  he  was  seized  in  his  lordship  as  of  a  free  tenement  for 
the  term  of  his  life  of  and  in  43  acres  of  Marsh  in  the  tenure  *  of 
Edward  Kyscupp  in  Easthame  '  afores"*,  with  remainder  to  Thomas 
Wylmer,  third  son  of  the  s'^  George  Wylmer,  and  the  heirs  male  of  his 
body  *,  with  remainder  to  the  right  heirs  of  the  si^  George  ^\'ylmer  for 
ever. 

"And  *  he  was  seized  in  his  lordship  as  of  fee  of  and  in  20  acres  of 
land,  with  the  appurtS  called  cove  lande  otherwise  Colande  in  the  parish 
of  Barkinge  in  the  County  afores'',  etc. 

"And  on  the  day  of  his  death  he  was  seized  conjointly  with  the  s'' 
George  Wylmer,  junior,  his  son,  by  the  surrender  of  Anthony  Hunger- 
forde,  Esq.,  in  their  lordship  as  of  fee  to  themselves  and  their  heirs  of 
and  in  4  acres  of  land  and  30  acres  of  Marsh,  called  Mid-le-Marshe, 
with  the  appurtS  in  Easthame  afores<^,  etc. 

"  The  aforesd  George  Wylmer,  senior,  *  was  seized  in  his  lordship 
as  of  fee  of  and  in  one  parcel  of  land^  called  greate  Pigwell,  containing 
by  estimation  3  acres,  3  roods,  and  15  perches  of  land,  lying  and  being 
in  Westhame  in  the  s^^  County  of  Essex.  And  of  and  in  12  acres,  3 
roods,  and  3  perches  of  land  in  Westhame  afores''  And  of  and  in  10 
acres  of  land  lying  *  in  Trinitye  Marshe,  in  Westhame  afores^. 

"And  of  and  in  4  acres  of  land  lying  *  in  Pansfeilde  in  Westhame 
aforesti     And  of  and  in  9^  acres  of  marsh,  called  Weylonde,  with  the 


HISTORY    OF   THE   WILMER    FAMILY.  99 

appurts  in  Westham  aforesd  And  of  and  inn  messuages,  with  the 
appurt^  '■''■  in  Southwarke  in  the  county  of  Surrey. 

"And  of  and  in  36  messuages,  4  stables,  and  8  gardens,  situate,  etc., 
in  Angell  Alley  and  Home  Alley,  in  the  parish  of  St.  Botolph  without 
Aldersgate,  in  the  Suburbs  of  the  City  of  London. 

"And  of  and  in  2  messuages  and  i  garden,  with  the  appurt%  situate 
*   in  Aldersgate  street  in  the  Suburbs  of  the  s''  City  of  London,  etc. 

"  He  was  seized  conjointly  with  Elizabeth  Lyvinge  in  their  lordship 
as  of  a  free  tenement  for  the  term  of  their  lives^  with  remainder  to  the 
right  heirs  of  the  s<i  George  Wylmer,  Of  and  in  5  acres  of  land,  called 
Wyottes  Hawpeny,  and  4  acres  of  meadow,  called  Neibrookes,  with  the 
appurt^  in  the  parish  of  Barkinge,  in  the  s'^  County  of  Essex. 

"And  further  the  Jurors  afores"^  say  upon  their  oath  that  long'  before 
the  death  of  the  s'^  George  Wylmer  a  certain  Francis  Bacon,  Esq.,  by 
his  deed  bearing  date  the  24th  day  of  March  in  the  32  nd  year  of  the 
reign  of  our  s'l  Lady  Queen  Elizabeth  *  gave,  granted,  and  confirmed 
to  the  s"*  George  Wylmer  and  his  heirs  108  acres  of  marsh,  with  the 
appurt^  in  Woolwiche,  in  the  county  of  Kent,  now  or  late  in  the  tenure 
or  occupation  of  Thomas  Writington,  Esq.,  to  have  and  to  hold  to  him 
and  his  heirs  *  to  such  uses  and  intentions  as  the  afores''  George 
Wylmer  by  his  deed  or  writing  or  by  his  last  will  in  the  future  should 
assign,  limit,  or  appoint.  And  by  virtue  of  these  premises  the  same 
George  Wylmer  *  by  his  deed  *  bearing  date  the  2Sth  day  of  January 
in  the  36th  year  of  the  afores''  present  Lady  Queen,  assigned,  limited, 
and  appointed  the  afores'^  108  acres  of  land  in  Woolwiche  afores"^  to  a 
certain  John  Wylmer,  his  brother,  To  hold  to  him  for  the  term  of  10 
years  *  with  remainder  to  George  Wylmer,  junior,  son  of  the  s"^  George 
Wylmer,  senior,  and  to  the  heirs  of  the  s^i  George  Wylmer,  junior,  for 
ever,  etc.  And  further  the  Jurors  afores''  say  upon  their  oath  that  the 
s"^  George  Wilmer  in  the  s^  writ  named  *  on  the  28th  day  of  January 
in  the  36th  year  of  the  reign  of  our  s"*  Lady  Queen  Elizabeth  made  his 
last  will  in  writing,  and  by  the  same  amongst  others  things  gave,  willed, 
etc.,  to  Ann  Wylmer  his  wife  all  those  11  messuages  in  Southwarke 
afores*^,  and  the  s*^  36  messuages,  4  stables,  and  8  gardens  in  Angell  Alley 
and  Home  Alley,  etc.,  and  the  s<^  2  messuages  and  one  garden  in 
Aldersgate  streete  afores'J,  To  hold  to  her  for  the  term  of  her  life, 
The  s''  36  messuages,  4  stables,  and  8  gardens,  with  the  appurtS  in 
Angell  Alley  and  Home  Alley,  etc.,  to  remain  thereafter  to  Andrew 
Wylmer,  son  of  the  s''  George  Wylmer,  senior,  and  his  heirs  for  ever 
And  the  s'^  1 1  messuages,  with  the  appurtS   in  Southwarke,  to  remain 


lOO  HISTORY   OF  THE   WILMER    FAiFILY. 

thereafter  to  the  afores"^  George  Wyhiier,  junior,  second  son  of  the 
sti  George  Wylmer,  senior,  and  the  heirs  of  the  s°  George  Wj-lmer, 
junior,  for  ever  And  the  s<i  2  messuages  in  Aldersgate  streete  to  remain 
thereafter  to  the  afores^  Thomas  Wylmer,  third  son  of  the  s'^  George 
Wylmer,  and  the  heirs  of  the  said  Thomas  for  ever.  And  further  *  he 
gave,  willed,  etc.,  to  George  Wilmer,  junior,  all  those  5"^  20  acres  of  land, 
with  the  appurts  called  Covelande  otherwise  Colande,  etc.  And  [in 
regard  to]  the  28  acres  of  marsh,  called  Tunmarshe,  etc.,  of  what 
person  or  persons,  or  by  what  service  they  are  held,  the  Jurors 
afores"*  say  they  are  entirely  ignorant.  And  they  are  worth  by  the  year 
in  all  their  issues  beyond  reprises  iij/.  xs.  And  [in  regard  to]  the  sd 
43  acres  of  marsh  in  the  tenure  of  Edward  Kyscupp  in  Eastham 
afores"^,  of  what  person  or  persons  and  by  what  service  they  are  held  the 
Jurors  say  they  are  entirely  ignorant,  and  they  are  worth  by  the  year, 
etc.,  v/.  vi)s.  \)d.  And  [they  say]  that  the  5"^  4  acres  of  land  and  130 
acres  of  marsh,  called  Middle  Marshe,  are  held  of  the  s<*  Lady  Queen, 
[but]  by  what  service  the  Jurors  afores''  are  entirely  ignorant  And 
they  are  worth  by  the  year,  etc.,  vj/.  x^. 

"And  that  the  s^i  20  acres  of  land,  with  the  appurtS  called  Covelande 
are  held  of  by  fealty,  and  there  should  be  returned 

therefrom  annually  iij^.  for  all  services,  and  it  is  (sic)  worth  by  the  year, 
etc.,  xk.  And  that  the  s'^g  acres  of  land,  called  Wyotes  Hawpeny  and 
Neibrookes,  are  held  of  the  Lady  Queen  by  fealty  only  in  free  Burgage 
and  not  in  chief    And  they  are  worth  by  the  year,  etc.,  xxijs.  v]d. 

"And  that  the  s^  3  acres,  3  roods,  and  15  perches  of  land,  called 
great  Pigwell,  are  held  of  the  Lady  Queen,  as  of  her  manor  of  Westham 
afores*  in  free  socage  by  fealty  only  and  not  in  chief  And  they  are 
worth  by  the  year,  etc.,  xs. 

"And  that  the  other  messuages,  lands,  and  tenements  in  Westham 
afores"^  are  held  of  the  s"^  Lady  Queen  as  of  her  manor  of  Westham  in 
free  socage  by  fealty  only  and  not  in  chief.  And  they  are  worth  by 
the  year,  etc.,  iv/. 

"And  that  the  s"^  108  acres  of  land,  with  the  appurt',  in  Woolwiche 
are  held  of  the  said  Lady  Queen  by  military  service  in  chief,  viz.,  by  a 
complete  part  of  one  knight's  fee.  And  they  are  worth  by  the  year, 
etc.,  x/. 

"And  that  the  s"^  messuages  in  Southwarke  are  held  of  the  Lady 
Queen  in  free  Burgage  by  fealty  only  and  not  in  chief. 

"And  that  the  said  messuage,  stables,  and  gardens,with  the  appurtS  in 
Angell  Alley  and  Home  Alley  are  held  of  the  s"^  Lady  Queen  in  free 


HISTORY    OF    THE   WILMER    FAMILY.  1 01 

Burgage  by  fealty  only  and  not  in  chief.      And  they  are  worth  by  the 
year,  etc.,  x\s. 

"And  that  the  s^  messuages,  with  the  appurt^,  in  Aldersgate  street 
afores"^  are  held  of  the  s"^  Lady  Queen  in  free  Burgage  by  fealty  only 
and  not  in  chief.     And  they  are  worth  by  the  year,  etc.,  x\s.,  etc. 

'  The  s^  George  Wyllmer  died  on  the  30th  day  of  January  last  past 
And  that  the  s"!  George  Wyllmer,  junior,  and  Elizabeth  Lyvinge  being 
seized  conjointly  with  the  s'^  George  Wylmer,  senior,  of  the  premises, 
as  is  set  forth,  have  survived  him,  and  are  living  at  the  present  time, 
viz.,  the  afores'i  George  Wylmer,  junior,  at  London  afores<J,  and  the 
afores'i  Elizabeth  Lyvinge  at  in  the  county  of  Lincoln. 

"And  that  Andrew  Wylmer  is  the  son  and  next  heir  of  the  s'^  George 
Wylmer,  senior,  and  was  at  time  of  the  death  of  the  s<J  George  Wylmer 
of  the  age  of  twenty-seven  years  and  more.  In  witness  whereof,  etc." 
[Inquishion  post  !/wr/e//!,  36  Elizabeth,  part  r,  no.  65.] 

Jl2r.— EntirrlM  fflajilmPV  [VC],  Esq.,  of  the  City  of 
London,  and  of  Totteridge,  co.  Hertford,  the  eldest  son  of 
George  Wilmer  [  I  VC],  was  of  the  age  of  "twenty-seven  years 
"and  more"  in  January  1593-4.  He  married  Mary,  daughter 
of  the  Reverend  Thomas  Cartwright  (see  p.  in),  Master  of  the 
Earl  of  Leicester's  Hospital  at  Warwick,  the  "  Father  of  the 
"  Puritans,"  and  had  issue  : — 

U. — L  Samuel  Wilmer.    See  below,  17. 

H.  Andrew    Wilmer,  baptized    13th    November 
iS97t;    buried    30th  April    1605,  "in  the  south 
"  Allie  against  the  Middcll  Pillcrt." 
KL  Nathaniel  Wilmer,  baptized    loth    October 
lS99t;  buried  22nd  October  1602,  "in  ye  South 
"  Alley  against  the  Middell  Pillerf." 
IV.  John  Wilmer,  of  Cropredy  {see  p.  106). 
V.  Thomas  Wilmer,  a  minor  in  1624. 
VI.  Andrew  Wilmer,    baptized     23rd    November 
i6o6t. 
I.  Mary    Wilmer,   baptized    28th    June    i6oit ; 
married    prior    to     1621,   John    Vaux,    Esq.,    of 

t  Par.  reg.  of  St.  Mary's,  Stratford-le-Bow. 


102  HISTORY    OF    THE    WILMER    FAMILY. 

Whipsnade,  co.  Bedford,  J. P.  (son  of  Robert 
Vaux,  of  Whipsnade,  by  Elizabeth  Heriot,  his 
wife),  and  had  a  son,  John  Vaux,  who  was  aged 
about  fourteen  years  in  1634,  and  six  daughters, 
Elizabeth,  Mary,  Alice,  Margaret,  Martha 
and  HANNAH'S  By  an  Indenture,  made  29th 
June  1650,  John  Vaux  and  his  brother-in-law, 
John  Wilmer,  of  the  Middle  Temple,  for 
467/.  10s.  od.,  sold  to  Mathew  Dennys,  of 
Kcmpston,  co.  Bedford,  Yeoman,  forty-two  acres 
and  two  and  a  half  rods  of  arable  land  in  the 
common  fields  of  Kempston,  being  part  of  an 
ancient  farm  belonging  to  John  Vaux'".  Arms 
of  Vaux  :  Argent,  a  bend  chequee  or  and  gules,  a 
crescent  for  difference. 
II.  Elizabeth  Wilmer,  a  minor  in  1624.  She 
seems  to  have  married  a  Mr.  Woodroff ;  and  her 
brother,  John  Wilmer,  in  his  will,  names  his 
'  Sister  Woodroofe.'  This  person  was  probably 
Thomas  Woodroff,  and  a  son  of  Nicholas 
Woodroff,  of  Cropredy,  and  Martha  Cartwright, 
his  wife,  and  consequently  cousin-german  to 
Elizabeth  Wilmer.  In  1645-6  a  fine  was  passed 
between  John  Willmore''  and  Nathaniel  Mickle- 
thwaite,  querents,  and  Thomas  Woodroff  and 
Elizabeth  his  wife  and  William  Woodroff,  defor- 
ciants, of  a  moiety  of  14  messuages  and  4  stables 
in  the  parishes  of  St.  Stephen,  Coleman  Street, 
and  St.  Olave,  Jewry,  London'^. 
By  an  Indenture,  made  6th  February  15SS-9,  Richard 
Stonley,  of  the  City  of  London,  for  40/.,  sold  to  Andrew  Wilmore, 
son  of  George  Wilmore,  and  his  heirs,  "  all  that  marshe  or  parcell 

15.  Visit.  Bedford,    1634,  edited   by      I  17.   Probably     of      Cropredy,     and 
F.  A.  Blaydes,  Esq.                                              brother  of  Elizabeth  Wilmer. 

16.  Close  R.,  A. D.  1650,  pt.  74(21).      1  18.  Notes  of   Fines,  London,   Hil. 


HISTORY    OF    THE    WILMER    FAMILY.  I03 

"  of  marshe  grounde  and  the  fishinge  and  the  fyshinge  grounde 
"  comonlye  called  *  Westham  Fletesmouth  conteynynge  * 
"  seaven  acres  *  with  the  walles  and  shores  belonginge  *  to  the 
"  same.  And  also  all  that  Reede  grounde  or  Shore  *  on  the 
"  East  side  of  the  saide  Marshe  conteynynge  *  two  acres  *  in 
"  Westham  and  Eastham  *  now  in  the  tenure  or  occupac'on  of 
"  the  saide  George  Wilmore  *  or  of  the  saide  Richard  Stonley," 
and  also  other  marshes  in  West  Ham  and  East  Ham,  "  whereof 
"  one  piece  *  lyeth  in  *  Bennetts  fielde  and  the  residue  thereof 
"  lyeth  there  *  bctweene  the  said  fielde  called  Bennetts  fielde  on 
"  the  southe  part  and  the  landes  late  of  Rob'te  Christendome  on 
"  the  north  parte  and  e.xtendeth  in  length  from  the  *  hyghe  waye 
"  called  Grenestrcte  towards  the  East  unto  the  landes  late  of  the 
"saide  Robert  Christendome  on  the  Weste  *  &  parcells  of 
"  uplande  grounde  *  over  agaynste  Plashette  in  Eastham'9." 

These  lands  were  held  of  the  Queen  in  capitc,  and  Andrew 
Wilmer  purchased  them  without  the  licence  of  the  Crown  for 
the  alienation  having  been  previously  obtained  ;  we  therefore 
find  him  paying  \os.  for  a  royal  pardon,  which  was  granted  by 
Letters  Patent,  dated  5th  June  1594"°.  In  1596-7  he  paid  3^.  ^d. 
for  the  licence  of  the  Crown  to  convey  these  premises  to  Thomas 
Fanshawe,  Esq.,  John  Strowde,  Esq.,  John  Wilmer,  Gent.,  and 
Hugh  Bullocke^'.  This  must  have  been  very  shortly  after  his 
marriage,  and  the  grantees  were  probably  feoffees  in  trust.  By 
an  Indenture,  made  7th  February  1623-4,  Andrew  Wilmer  and 
Mary  his  wife  and  Anne  Lockey,  widow  of  William  Lockey,  of 
Holmes  Hill,  co.  Hertford,  and  Nicholas  Woodroff,  of  Cropredy, 
and  Martha  his  wife,  for  1270/.,  sold  to  Nicholas  Freeman,  of 
Ipswich,  Merchant,  the  manor  of  Swannes  alias  Swans  alias 
Swanes,  co.  Suffolk^^ 

Andrew  Wilmer  died  in  August  1624.  His  will  was  dated 
3rd    August     1624,    and    proved    20th    August     1624^3.       He 

19.  Close  R.,  31  Eliz.,  pt.  2.  I  22.  Close  R.,  21  Jac.  I.,  pt.  28  (16). 

20.  Pat.  R.,  36  Eliz.,  pt.  8.  j  23.  P.  C.  C.  60  Birde. 

21.  Pat.  R.,  39  Eliz.,  pt.  7,  m.  35. 


104  HISTORY   OF    THE    WILMER   FAMILY. 

bequeaths  to  his  wife  lands  in  West  Ham,  and  also  his  house  at 
Stratford-lc-Bow  for  life,  with  remainder  to  his  son  Samuel  and 
his  heirs,  and  for  default  of  such  heirs,  to  his  son  Andrew.  To 
his  son  John  certain  messuages  in  Home  Alley  and  Angel  Alley, 
London  ;  and  leasehold  land  at  Fillongley,  in  Warwickshire. 
To  his  son  Thomas  120/.  when  21.  To  his  daughter  Elizabeth 
100/.  when  21.  To  his  daughter  Vaux  his  "  best  standing  cuppe 
"guilt  imbosscd."  He  leaves  legacies  to  Mrs.  Rogers,  wife 
and  widow  of  Rev.  Rogers,  of  Stratford  Bowe  ;  to  Mr.  Ward, 
Minister  of  Hatton  in  War\vickshire  ;  to  Mr.  Morreson,  of 
Tottridge  ;  to  Mr.  Bowman,  of  Redborne  ;  to  Mr.  Robert  Smith, 
dwelling  near  to  Morgate,  London,  Preacher  ;  to  Mr.  Rush, 
Preacher,  North  Mymms  ;  to  Mr.  Wyng,  Preacher ;  and  to 
Mr.  Allen,  Braintree,  Essex,  Preacher.  He  names  his  mother, 
Dame  Anne  Nedham,  the  now  wife  of  Sir  Robert  Nedham,  Knt.; 
his  brother,  Thomas  Wilmer  ;  his  sister  Kirrington  {sec p.  93«), 
and  her  son,  Henry  Stotford  ;  Mr.  Thomas  Fanshawe,  Esq. ;  and 
his  cousins,  John  Wilmer,  of  Norrell,  and  Francis  Fuller=^  Esq. 
The  witnesses  to  the  will  were  :  Josyas  Marryson  and  John 
Teriy. 

U.— ^amurl  fflSlilmfr  [VIC],  Esq.,  of  London,  and  of 
Ridge,  CO.  Hertford,  the  eldest  son  of  Andrew  Wilmer  [VC], 
was  baptized  25th  August  1596!,  and  admitted  of  the  Inner 
Temple  25th  May  1614.  He  married  Anne  Basill,  who  was  a 
minor  in  July  1626=5.  A  fine  was  passed  in  the  Octave  of  the 
Purification  1623-4,  between  Elizabeth  Basill,  Widow,  and 
Robert  Raynsford,  Gent.,  querents,  and  Andrew  Wilmer,  Esq., 
and  Mary  his  wife,  and  Samuel  Wilmer,  Gent.,  deforciants,  of 
land  and  marsh  in  East  Ham  and  West  Ham"^^.  Samuel  and 
Anne  Wilmer  had  issue  : — 


24  Georgo  Wilmer,  of  West  Ham, 
and  Ester  Fuller,  of  the  parish  of  St. 
Dionis  Kack  Church,  London,  were 
married  at  the  church  of  the  latter 
parish,  12th  June  1592.  We  are  unable 
to  say  who  this  George  Wilmer  was.  i     J 


+  Par.  reg.  of  St.  Mary's,  Stratford- 
le-Bow. 

25.  Chan.  Pro.,Car.  I.,W.W.2I.  52. 
Feet  of   Fines,   Esse.x,    Hil.    21 


HISTORY   OF   THE    WILMER    FAMILY.  I05 

I.  Samuel  Wilmer,  mentioned  in  Harleian  MS. 
no.  1551,  but  not  named  in  his  father's  will. 
II.  John  Wilmer,  Steward  of  the  Ship  Resolution. 
Nuncupative  will  dated  25th  June  1666,  "in  daily 
"  expectation  of  an  engagement  with  the  Dutch." 
Administration  granted  to  his  brother-in-law, 
Joseph  Hinton,  4th  December  1666^'. 
III.  Thomas  Wilmer. 

I.  Anne  Wilmer,  baptized   7th  January  1624-51  ; 
married  Thompson. 

II.  Elizabeth  Wilmer,  married  John  Cawne. 

III.  Mary  Wilmer,  married  Joseph  Hinton. 

IV.  Martha  Wilmer,  married  Lane. 

V.  Prudence  Wilmer.  VI.  Margaret  Wilmer. 

Samuel  Wilmer  was  summoned  to  Totteridge  with  other 
Hertfordshire  gentlemen  to  lend  10/.  to  King  Charles  the  First=^. 

A  fine  was  passed  in  fifteen  days  from  St.  Martin's  Day 
1628,  between  John  Lockey,  Gent.,  querent,  and  Samuel 
Wilmer,  Esq.,  and  Anne  his  wife,  deforciants,  of  land  and  marsh 
in  Eastham'5.  This  John  Lockey  was  no  doubt  the  son  of 
William  Lockey,  of  Holmes  Hill,  and  own  cousin  to  Samuel 
Wilmer  {see p.  ill). 

By  an  Indenture,  dated  21st  October  1633,  Samuel  Wilmer, 
for  150/.,  granted  to  Thomas  Roper,  of  London,  Gent.,  on 
mortgage,  a  new  house,  garden,  and  bowling  alley,  in  Home 
Alley,  Aldersgate  Street,  London^". 

His  will  was  dated  2nd  January  1659-60,  and  proved  5th 
March  1677-83',  by  John  Cawne,  the  executor.  He  bequeaths 
to   his  son-in-law,   John   Cawne,  and   Elizabeth,  his  wife    (the 


27.  P.  C.  C. 

+  Par.  reg.  of  St.  Mary's,  Stratfc 
le  Bow 

28.  Cussans's    Hertfordshire,    pts 
and  8,  p.  161. 


30.  Close  R.,  9  Car.  L,  pt.  32  (2). 

31.  P.  C.  C.  57  Reeve. 


io6 


HISTORY    OF    THE    WILMER    FAMILY. 


testator's  daughter),  land  and  houses  in  West  Ham  and  Wan- 
stead  in  Essex,  and  in  Ridge,  and  a  building  called  the 
'  Cockpitt,'  with  the  tenement  adjoining,  near  Aldersgate  Street, 
London.  He  names  his  daughters,  Mary,  wife  of  Joseph  Hinton, 
Ann  Thompson,  Martha  Lane,  Prudence  Wilmer,  and  Margaret 
Wilmer  ;  and  his  sons,  John  Wilmer  and  Thomas  Wilmer. 

WILMER   OF  CROPREDY  AND   ELLESBOROUGH. 

''Ach  unegUichlich  sind die  7"(7<fc« / "—Schiller,  Das  Siegesfcst. 


H.— Jofjn  ffiSailmcr  [VID],  Esq.,  of  London,  and  of 
Cropredy,  co.  Oxford,  the  fourth  son  of  Andrew  Wilmer  [VC] 
{seep.  loi),  was  baptized  loth  February  i6o4-5ti  and  admitted  of 
the  Inner  Temple  27th  May  1625.  He  married  Marys^,  daughter 
of  John  Sadler,  Esq.,  of  Chilton-Foliatt  and  Wroughton,  in 
Wiltshire,  and  Alice  his  wife,  and  had  issue  : — 

I.  Andrew  Wilmer.  By  an  Indenture,  dated 
14th  November  1649,  Anthony  Luther,  of  Miles, 
CO.  Essex,  Esq.,  and  John  Sadler,  junior,  of 
Chilton[-Foliatt],  in  Wiltshire,  Gent.,  aliened, 
granted,  and  sold  to  John  Wilmer,  of  Cropredy, 
and  William  Hitchcock,  of  London,  certain 
messuages  in  Horshead  Alley,  in  Southwark,  to 
have  and  to  hold  to  the  said  John  Wilmer  and 
William  Hitchcock,  to  the  use  of  the  said 
Anthony  Luther  for  life,  and  then  to  tlie  use  of 
Andrew  Wilmer,  the  eldest  son  of  the  said  John 
Wilmer,  and  his  heirs  for  ever^^. 
II.  JOHNWlLMER,Esq.,ofHampstead,  CO.  Middlesex, 
married  Mary,  daughter  of  (query)  Richard 
Beresford,   Esq.      In    1666  a  Fine  was   passed 


+  Par.  reg.  of  St.  Mary's,  Stratford- 
le-Bow. 


marriage  unto  her  father,  Mr.  John 
Sadler,  and  Mr.  William  Sadler,  her 
imcle. 

33.  Close  R.,  A.D.  1649,  pt.  39(32). 


HISTORY   OF   THE  WILMER    FAMILY.  107 

between  Richard  Beresford,  Esq.,  and  Nicholas 
Gregson,  querents,  and  John  Wilmer,  and  Mary 
Wilmer,  Widow,  deforciants,  of  certain  messuages, 
etc.,  in  the  parish  of  St.  Botolph  without  Alders- 
gate,  London34.  John  and  Mary  Wilmer  had, 
with  other  issue,  a  daughter  : — 

i.  Bridget  Wilmer,  married,  subsequently 
to  October  1704,  Raye,  who  died 

before  April  1709.     It  is  possible  that  she 
married    secondly  Matthews,    for 

the  Reverend  Cartwright  Wilmer,  in  his 
will  {see  p.  1 10)  names  his  niece,  Bridget 
Matthews,   who,   by   her   will,   gave  him 
certain   messuages  in   Home   and  Angel 
Alleys,  in  Aldersgate  Street,  London. 
John    Wilmer   was    buried    at    West    Ham,    3rd 
October  1704,  and  administration  was  granted  to 
his     daughter,    Bridget    Wilmer,     31st    October 
1704=7.     There  is,  in  the   College  of  Arms,  a  bill 
for  his  funeral,  bearing  date  3rd  October  1704,  on 
which  are  painted  the  arms  of  Wilmer,  impaling 
those   of    Beresford  :    Argent,    a    bear   rampant 
sable,   muzzled,  chained,  and   ringed  or^s.       Ad- 
ministration  of   the  goods  of  his   widow,   Mary 
Wilmer,  was    granted    Sth   April    1709=7,  to    her 
daughter,  Bridget  Raye,  Widow. 
HI.  Thomas  Wilmer,  baptized  2nd  March  1644-sJ. 
IV.  William  Wilmer,  baptized  28th  May  1648J. 
M-  —V.  Cartwright  Wilmer.    See  beloiv,  $$. 

VI,  Luther  Wilmer,  Salter,  of  London,  baptized 
4th  April  1650^;  buried  at  West  Ham,  21st  May 

34.  Notes  of  Fines,  London,  Easter,       I  35.  Painter'sWork-Book.H.  i,p.T5^ 

27.  P.  C.  C. 


X  Par.  reg.  of  Cropredy. 


Io8  HISTORY   OF   THE   WILMER    FAMILY. 

1679;  will  dated  2nd  May  1679;  proved  28th 
June  16803^,  by  his  mother,  Mary  Wilmer,  the 
sole  executrix.  He  mentions  his  brother  John 
Wilmer's  wife  and  her  three  children  ;  his  sister 
Proctor's  four  children  ;  and  his  brother  and 
sister  Taylor  and  their  two  children. 
VII.  George  Wilmer,  named  in  the  will  of  his 
grandfather,  John  Sadler,  dated  30th  August 
1650. 
I.  Mary  Wilmer,  baptized  20th  September  165  ij  ; 
married  John  Taylor,  junior,  of  Lincoln's  Inn, 
London,  bachelor,  aged  35.  The  licence  for  this 
marriage  to  be  solemnized  at  St.  Martin's-in-the- 
Fields,  or  St.  Margaret's,  Westminster,  or  the 
New  Chapel  in  Tuthill  Fields,  Middlesex,  was 
dated  15th  May  167537.  They  were  both  living 
in  1679,  and  had  two  children. 
II.  Bridget  Wilmer,  named  in  the  will  of  her 
grandfather,  John  Sadler,  in  1650. 

Mrs.  Mary  Wilmer  was  described  at  the  time  of  her 
daughter  Mary's  marriage,  as  of  the  parish  of  St.  Margaret 
Moses,  London,  widow,  and  was  living  in  16903^ 

John  Wilmer  was  seized  of  several  messuages  in  Home 
Alley,  and  Angel  Alley,  in  the  parish  of  St.  Botolph  without 
Aldersgate,  London,  which  were  bequeathed  to  him  by  his  father. 
In  1630,  Anne  Scott  claimed  these  tenements,  and  filed  a  bill  in 
Chancery,  to  which  John  Wilmer,  who  was  one  of  the 
defendants,  made  the  following  answer,  13th  November, 
1630  : — 

"  This  Defendant  saith  that  true  it  is  that  Jonas  Scott  about  25 
Eliz.  was  seized  of  divers  messuages,  etc.,  in  the  parish  of  St.  Buttolph 

36.  P.  C.  C.  S8  Bath. 
t  Par.  reg.  of  Cropredy. 

37.  Mar.  Lie.  Fac.  Off. 


HISTORY   OF   THE    WILMFR    FAMILY. 


without  Aldersgate  and  in  or  near  unto  Home  Alley  and  Angell  Ally 
as  in  the  Bill  is  alledged.  John  Tyrowe  was  [afterwards]  lawfully 
seized  of  the  said  messuages  and  about  April  36  Elizabeth  did  grant 
the  said  messuages,  etc.,  unto  George  Willmer  then  of  London, 
esquire,  now  deceased  and  to  his  heirs  for  ever.  About  28  April 
A.D.  1593  the  said  George  Willmer  did  devise  the  said  messuages,  etc  , 
after  the  death  of  Anne  his  then  wife  without  issue  by  him  unto 
Andrew  Willmer  his  eldest  son  and  to  his  heirs  for  ever.  Shortly 
after  the  said  George  died,  after  whose  decease  the  remainder  expectant 
after  the  death  of  his  said  wife  descended  to  the  said  Andrew  and  his 
heirs.  And  he  the  said  Andrew  did  about  9  Aug.  2 1  James  I  by  his  Will 
devise  the  remainder  of  the  said  messuages,  etc.,  unto  this  Defendant 
(being  one  of  the  sons  of  the  said  Andrew).  The  said  Anne  about 
five  years  past  died39." 

John  Wilmer's  will  was  dated  27th  January  1652-3,  and 
proved  28th  April  1655"°.  He  names  his  sister,  Elizabeth 
Woodroffe  ;  his  'cosen,'  Bridget  Stanne  ;  and  his  kinsman,  Mr. 
Nicholas  Grcgson,  of  London,  Gentleman. 

Efi.— (jrartlurigi)t  aSiilmcr  [viid],   cierk   in    Holy 

Orders,  of  Ellesborough,  co.  Buckingham,  the  fifth  son  of  John 
Wilmer  [VID],  was  baptized  24th  June  1649+  ;  matriculated  at 
Queen's  College,  Oxford,  9th  April  1666  ;  B.A.  26th  October 
1669 ;  and  of  Hart  Hall,  Oxford,  M.A.,  7th  June  1672.  He 
was  curate  of  Ellesborough,  and  was  inducted  to  the  Rectory  of 
that  parish  9th  October  i686,||  on  the  presentation  of  Robert 
Wallis,  who  was  probably  his  brother-in-law.  He  married  i  ith 
August  1684,11  Frances,  daughter  of  the  Reverend  Robert 
Wallis,  the  preceding  Rector.  She  was  baptized  30th  April 
1667.11     They  had  issue  : — 

I.  Andrew  Wilmer,  baptized  22nd  May  1685  ;[| 

buried  26th  April  1686,  'in  woollen.'H 
H.  Luther  Wilmer,  baptized  7th  March  1686-7  ;!| 

buried  24th  April  1687,  'in  woollen.' || 

39.  Chan.     Pro. ,   Scott  v.  Wilmer,       i  %  Par.  reg.  of  Cropredy. 
SS.  52.  58.                                                                 II  p^,.^  ,.gg_  of  Ellesborough. 

40.  P.  C.  C.  414  AyleU.  I 


no  HISTORY    OF    THE    WH.MER    FAMILY. 

III.  Cart  WRIGHT  Wilmer,  baptized  loth  Sep- 
tember 1693  ;||  buried  26th  September  1697,  '  in 
woollen.'il 

M5.— IV.  John  Wilmer.    See  belozu,  $M. 

V.  Cartwright  Wilmer,  Esq.,  of  tlie  parish  of  St. 
Michael,  Cornliill,  London,  baptized  15th  June 
1701  ;||  married  and  died  sine  prole  superstite. 
Administration  of  his  goods  was  granted  20th 
April  1765-7,  to  Peter-Robert  Luard,  a  creditor. 

I.  Mary  Wilmer,  of  the  parish  of  St.  Helen, 
London,  baptized  30th  May  1692  ;||  married  by- 
licence  at  St.  Antholin's,  Budge  Row,  London, 
14th  October  1725,  Roger  Ryland,  Gent,  of 
Christ  Church,  London,  and  had  a  daughter  : — 

i.  Susannah  Ryland,  of  the  parish  of  St. 

John  the  Evangelist,  Westminster,  living 

in  1769. 

Cartwright   Wilmer  was  buried    31st    January    1721-2,   'in 

woollen.'il      His  will  was  dated  27th  May  1721,  and  proved  i6th 

February    1721-2^'.        He  names   his  niece,    Bridget    Matthews 

(see  p.  107).       Mrs.  Wilmer   was    buried  9th   September    172S, 

*  in   woollen.'il     Her  will,   in   which  she  is  described   as  of  the 

parish  of  Christ  Church,  London,  was  dated  14th  March  1725-6, 

and  proved  nth  December  1728^'. 

HL— 301)11  SEilmrr  [VIIID],  Esq.,  of  the  parish  of  St. 
John  the  Evangelist,  Westminster,  Doctor  of  Phj-sic  and 
Botanist",  was  baptized  27th  June  1697. ||  He  married  Miss 
Skelton  ;  and  died  sine  prole  in  Dartmouth  Street,  London,  12th 
January  1769".  His  will  was  dated  30th  July  1767,  and  proved 
1 2th  January  1769-'+,  by   Susannah  Ryland,  his  niece,  to  whom 


II  Par.  reg.  of  EUesborough. 

42.   P.  C.  C.  367  Brook. 

27.  P.  c.  c. 

43.   Gentleman's  Ma-azme. 

41.   p.  C.  C.  40  Marlboro". 

44.  P.  C.  C.  29  Bogg. 

HISTORY    OF    THE    WILMER    FAMILY.  I  I  I 

he  left  his  real  and  personal  estate  in  London  and  Westminster. 
He  desired  to  be  buried  in  the  same  grave  as  his  wife,  "  b)-  the 
"  north  door  of  Westminster  Abbey  in  St.  Margaret's  Church- 
"  yard." 

CARTWRIGHT   OF    ROYSTON   AND  WARWICK. 

(iLtomas  Carttortgtt,  the  great  Puritan  Divine,  was  born 
at  Royston  in  Cambridgeshire,  and  inherited  property  at 
Whaddon,  in  the  same  county,  which  he  sold  in  order  to  pur- 
chase a  moiety  of  the  manor  of  Saxmundham  in  Suffolk.  He 
matriculated  as  sizar  of  Clare  Hall,  Cambridge,  in  November 
1 547  ;  M.A.  in  1560  ;  Fellow  of  Trinity  and  St.  John's  Colleges  ; 
elected  Lady  Margaret  Professor  in  1 569 ;  and  appointed 
Master  of  the  Earl  of  Leicester's  Hospital  in  Warwick  about 
iSSs-^s.  Mr.  Cartwright's  religious  opinions,  on  account  of  which 
he  suffered  much  persecution,  need  not  be  discussed  here.  He 
married  in  or  about  March  1577-8,  Alice,  sister  of  John  Stubbe, 
the  author  of  a  pamphlet  against  the  proposed  marriage  cf 
Queen  Elizabeth  with  the  Due  d'Anjou,  and  entitled  Tlie 
Discoverie  of  a  Gapmg  Gulph,  whereunto  England  is  like  to  be 
swallowed  by  another  French  Marriage,  if  the  Lord  forbid  not 
the  banes,  by  letting  her  Majestie  see  the  sin  &■  punishment 
thereof.  For  the  publication  of  this  Stubbe  had  his  right  hand 
chopped  off  and  was  sent  to  the  Tower.  Thomas  and  Alice 
Cartwright  had  issue  : — 

L  Samuel  Cartwrigpit,  a  minor  in  1603. 

L  Mary  Cartwright,   married  Andrew  Wilmer 

[see  p.  loi). 
H.  Anne  Cartwright,  married  William  Lockey, 
of  Holmes  Hill,  in  the  parish  of  Ridge,  co.  Hert- 
ford, and  had  a  son,  JOHN  LoCKEY,  who  was 
probably  living  in  1628  {see  p.  105)  and  three 
daughters,   Anne,  Mary,    and     MARTHA,    who 

45.   Wood's  Athena:  Cantabrigicnses,  pp.  360-6. 


112  HISTORY    OF    THE    WILIIER    FAMILY. 

were    all    living    in    January    1625-6.     William 
Lockeydied  prior  to  February  1623-4  {seep.  103). 
Mrs.    Lockey's    will    was    dated    22nd    January 
1625-6,  and  proved  3rd  November  1626=7. 
III.  Martha       Cartwright,      married      Nicholas 
Woodroff,  of  Cropredy  ;  both   living  in  February 
1623-4.     They  seem  to  have  had  a  son,  THOMAS 
Woodroff,  who  married  his  first  cousin,  Elizabeth 
Wilmer  {see  p.  102). 
Thomas  Cartwright    died   27th    December    1603,  and   was 
buried  in  the  chapel  of  the  Hospital  at  Warwick.       His    funeral 
sermon  was  preached  by  his  friend,  John   Dod.       His   will  was 
dated  lOth  May  1603,  and  proved  23rd  February  1603-4,  by  his 
sons-in-law,  Wilmer  and  Lockey. 


27.  P.  C.  C. 


Chapter  X. 


WILMER     OF    STRATFORD-LE-BOW,    YORK,     AND 

UPPER     HELMSLEY  ;      AND     THE     FAMILIES     OF 

GOSSIP,    DE    RODES,   WILMER,   AND    MOORE. 


The  mind  of  man 
Delights  afar  to  scan 

The  track  of  ages  that  have  gone  before  him  ; 
And  visions  of  the  past 
Crowd  on  his  memory  Jast, 

And  throw  a  spell  of  dreamy  rapture  o'er  htii 


Arms  :    Gules,    a    chevron    argent    between  three    eagles    or, 

ARMED     AND     LANGUED     SABLE.        CREST  :     An     EAGLE     DISPLAYED     OR, 

ARMED    AND    LANGUED    SABLE,    HOLDING    IN     HIS     BEAK     A    GARLAND     OF 

LAUREL    PROPER. 


$.— ]p^^^|rOrge  Saillmcr  [VE],  Esq.,  of  Stratford-le- 
Bow,  CO.  Middlesex,  and  jure  vxoris  of  Upper 
Helmsley,  co.  York,  was  the  second  son  of 
George  Wilmer  [IVC],  of  West  Ham,  and 
Susan  his  first  wife  {see  p.  92).  He  was  under  twenty-one  years 
of  age  at  the  time  of  his  father's  death  in  January  1593-4,  and 
was  then  described  as  of  London'.  On  the  2nd  of  November, 
1603,  having  lately  attained   his  majority,  he  gave  a   general 

I.  Inq.  post  mortem,  36  Eliz.,  pt.  I,  no.  65. 


114  HISTORY    OF    THE    WILMER    FAMILY. 

release  to  his  uncle  and  guardian,  Hugh  Bullocke^.  He  pro- 
ceeded to  the  degree  of  Bachelor  of  Arts  at  Cambridge,  and  was 
a  Pensioner  of  Trinity  College,  as  is  shown  by  the  following 
extract  from  the  Liber  Memorialis  in  the  library  of  that 
foundation : — 

"  Georgius  Wilmerus  Armiger  in  socioruni  Commeatu  Pensionarius 
tantura  studio  et  scientia  profecit  vt  gradu  Baccalaurei  in  Artibus  et 
merito  susciperet,  ex  quo  Bibliothecs  nostrte  studens  glorise  libros  con- 
quisiuit  manuscriptos  multos  et  apprime  utiles,  quos  pulcherrime  com- 
paginatusin  armario  hoc  resposuit :  quorum  nominaet  authores  sequens 
hie  Catalogus  recitabit : — Flauiacensio  super  Leuiticum,  Ranulphus  Ces- 
trensis,  Pet :  Lumbardi  sententise,  Ambrosius  in  Lucam,  Cursor  Mundi, 
Boethius  de  Musica,  Expositio  Orationis  Dominicse,  Beata  vita  Christi 
anglice,  Gregorii  Homilife  in  Ezechielem,  Opera  qusedam  Augustini, 
Opera  qusedam  Lidgati,  Poematum  Lidgati  vol.  2,  Tractatus  de  septem 
peccatis,  Scala  Gualterj  Hiltoii,  Flores  Bernardi  cum  Augustino, 
Ambrosii  expositio  in  Psalmos,  Hermogenis  Sinopsis,  Pierce  Plowman, 
Jsidori  opera  quasdam,  Pnsciani  Grammatica,  Prosper  de  Vita  contem- 
plat.,  Lidgati  opera  quasdam,  Chronica  Diomedis,  Galfridi  Historia, 
Arator  de  Actis  Apostol.,  Bonauentura  de  passione,  Theodori  Gram- 
matica, Parisiensis  de  tropis  loquendi,  Priscianj  Gramatica,  Senecae 
Epistolae,  Macrobius  in  somnu  Scipionis,  Inuolutio  Sphseras,  Tractatus 
de  Beata  Maria,  Expositio  Aphorisraorum,  Virgilij  .'Eneis,  Elucidatio  artis 
Chirurgicffi,  Cicero  de  araicitia,  Borthij  clementa  geometrica." 

The  Liber  Memorialis  also  contains  George  Wilmer's  arms 
and  crest  (the  latter  issuing  from  a  mural  coronet),  with  the 
motto — Expertits  Credo.  He  was  admitted  of  the  Middle  Temple 
28th  January  1601-2.  On  the  6th  of  December  1616,  he  obtained 
from  the  King  a  grant  of  the  office  of  collector  of  the  petty 
customs  imposed  on  the  goods  of  merchant  strangerss  and  on 
foreign  hops  in  the  port  of  London.  The  former  office  he  re- 
signed 20th  June  i625-».  H;  married  in  or  before  1606,  Mar- 
gery, daughter  and  eventually  heiress  of  Marmaduke  Thwenge, 
Esq.,  lord  of  the  manor  of  Upper  Helmslcy,  co.  York,  and  the 
representative  of  a  junior  branch  of  the  ancient  baronial  family  of 

2.  Close  R.,  I  Jac.  I.,  pt.  11.  j         4.  Close  R.,  i  Car.  I.,  pt.  14(33). 

3.  Pat.  R.,  I4jac.l.,  pt.  8(14).  | 


114  HISTORY    OF    THE    WILMER    FAMILY. 

release  to  his  uncle  and  guardian,  Hugh  BuUocke^  He  pro- 
ceeded to  the  degree  of  Bachelor  of  Arts  at  Cambridge,  and  was 
a  Pensioner  of  Trinity  College,  as  is  shown  by  the  following 
extract  from  the  Liber  Meinorialis  in  the  library  of  that 
foundation : — 

"  Georgius  Wilmerus  Armiger  in  sociorum  Commeatu  Pensionarius 
tantum  studio  at  scientia  profecit  vt  gradu  Baccalaurei  in  Artibus  et 
nierito  susciperet,  ex  quo  BibliothecK  nostrre  studens  gloris  libros  con- 
quisiuit  manuscriptos  multos  et  apprime  utiles,  quos  pulcherrime  com- 
paginatos  in  armario  hoc  resposuit :  quorum  nomina  et  authores  sequens 
hie  Catalogus  recitabit : — Flauiacensio  super  Leuiticum,  Ranulphus  Ces- 
trensis,  Pet :  Lumbardi  sententife,  Ambrosius  in  Lucam,  Cursor  Mundi, 
Boethius  da  Musica,  Expositio  Orationis  Dominicje,  Beata  vita  Christi 
anglice,  Gregorii  Homilia;  in  Ezechialem,  Opera  qusedam  Augustini, 
Opera  quffidam  Lidgati,  Poamatum  Lidgati  vol.  2,  Tractatus  da  saptam 
peccatis,  Scala  Gualterj  Hiltoii,  Flores  Bernardi  cum  Augustino, 
Anibrosii  expositio  in  Psalmos,  Harmoganis  Sinopsis,  Pierce  Plowman, 
Jsidori  opera  qusdara,  Prisciani  Grammatica,  Prosper  da  Vita  contam- 
plat.,  Lidgati  opera  qujedam,  Chronica  Diomedis,  Galfridi  Historia, 
Arator  da  Actis  Apostol.,  Bonauantura  de  passione,  Theodori  Gram- 
matica, Parisiensis  de  tropis  loquendi,  Priscianj  Gramatica,  Senacse 
Epistote,  Macrobius  in  somnu  Scipionis,  Inuolutio  Sphsrje,  Tractatus 
da  Beata  Maria,  Expositio  Aphorismorum,  Virgilij  ^'Enais,  Elucidatio  artis 
ChirurgicEE,  Cicero  da  amicitia,  Borthij  clementa  geometrica." 

The  Liber  Mcniorialis  also  contains  George  Wilmer's  arms 
and  crest  (the  latter  issuing  from  a  mural  coronet),  with  the 
motto — Expertus  Credo.  He  was  admitted  of  the  Middle  Temple 
28th  January  1601-2.  On  the  6th  of  December  1616,  he  obtained 
from  the  King  a  grant  of  the  office  of  collector  of  the  petty 
customs  imposed  on  the  goods  of  merchant  strangerss  and  on 
foreign  hops  in  the  port  of  London.  The  former  office  he  re- 
signed 20th  June  1625''.  H;  married  in  or  before  1606,  Mar- 
gery, daughter  and  eventually  heiress  of  Marmaduke  Thwenge, 
Esq.,  lord  of  the  manor  of  Upper  Helmsley,  co.  York,  and  the 
representative  of  a  junior  branch  of  the  ancient  baronial  family  of 

2.  Close  R.,  I  Jac.  I.,  pt.  11.  j  4.   Close  R.,  I  Car.  I.,  pt.  14  (33). 

3.  Pat.  R.,  I4jac.  I.,  pt.  S(I4).  | 


Cjbart  m. 


Pedigree  of   Beuce,   Thwenge,   and   Wilmer.' 


i  of  Brus  of  Skdton  :  Argent,  a  lion  rampant  azure.    Aims  of  Thweng,  Baron  Thweng :  Or,  a  fess  gules.     Arms  of  Thwenge  of  Upper  Helmsley  :  Argent,  a  chevron  gules  between  three  popinjays,  beaked,  legged,  and  collared  of  the  second. 
Arms  of  Lancaster  :  Argent,  two  bars  gules,  on  a  canton  of  the  second  a  lion  passant  gardant  or.    Arms  of  Helmsley  :  Bendy  paly  argent  and  azure. 

Peter  de  Brus,  Lord  of  Skelton,  son  of  Peter  de  Brus,^HELEWlsE,  coh.  to  her  brother,  William  de  Lancaster, 
who  died  1211,  and  descended'  from  a  common  ancestor  j  Baron  of  Kendal,  and  elder  dau.  of  Gilbert  de  Reinfride, 
with  Robert  Bruce,  King  of  Scotland.  [See  Surtees's  Baron  of  Kendal,  by  Helewise,  otily  dau.  and  h.  of 
Durham,  hi.  p.  94).  William  de  Lancaster,  Baron  of  Kendal. 


Peter  de  Brus,  Lord  of  Skelton;  d.  9  JDct.  l24l.=Hilaria,  dau.  of  Peter  de  Mauley  of  Mulgrave.  Robert  de  Thweng,  Lord  of  Ivilton  Castle,  co.  York.=Hugnesina,  widow  of  Sir  John  de  Oketon,  Knt. 


Peter  de  Brus,Lord  of  Skelton;  d.  s.p.  1271.  Lucia  de  Brus,  2nd  dau.  ;  coh.  to  her  brother.t=Sir  Marmaduke  de  Thweng,  Knt.,  Lord  qf  Kilton,  o^aijure  uxoris  Lord  of 


Sir  Robert  ile  Thweng,  Knt.,  Lord  ol  Danby.=  2.  Sir  Marmaduke  de  Thweng,  Knt.,  Lord  of  ICilton,  summoned 

I  Parliament  22  Feb.  1.306-7  ;  ancestor  of  the  Barona  Thweng. 


■  Marmaduke  de  Thwenge,  Knt.,  of  Upper  Helmsley.  =Agnes,  dau.  of  Sir  John  Horton,  Knt. ;  mar.  in  1344. 


George  Thwenge,  of  Upper  Helmsley.== dau.  of  Thomas  Lepton,  of  Kepwick,  CO.  York. 


.\famiaduke  Thwenge,  of  Upper  Helmsley.  =  Dorothy,  dau.  of  Thomas  Redman,  of  Bossall,  co.  York. 


George  Thwenge,  of  Upper  Helmsley.  =  Anne,  dau.  of  William  Thwaites,  of  Long  Marslo 
j  CO.  York. 


John  Thwenge,  Esq.,  of  Upper  Helmsley.  =  Maud,  dau.  of  Thomas  Grimston.  of  Grimston  G.arth,  in  Holderness.  2.  Tholnas  Thwenge,  Esq.,  ancestor  of  the  Thwenges  of  Heworth,  nea, 

'i"2:fn";'5=8lfdTsep^V5t'9f?rSn^'  "=''''  ^™T''""='  '^'^  °'  •'°""  ^=^^'*'  ^^'^■'  °'  '^=''^'*'  "•  Chester.  =Alvery  Birkby,  Gent.,  of  the  City  of  York  ;  d.  28  Dec,  .6,8. 


York. 


:  h.  to  her  brother  at  the  time=George  Wilmer  [VE],  Esq.  (/.  113),  Mary  Birkby,  elder  dau.   a 

I  aged  fouryears  and  ten  months,     of  Stratford-le-liow  ;   d.  JVIay  1626.  more  at  her  father's  death  • 

'..^"'ff?!  ^!k'  =>""  "''i  i-"=-  Michael's,   Ousebridtre.  Yor 


years  and  =  Marmaduke  Bhackiston,  i 
5  Aug.  1619,  at  St.  I  Monk  Fryston,  co.  York. 
--    "-     '-•    4  Aug. 


o/.Slo^e!Biwa„d{j,^?;  /l^im'sl'Jy'lT'''^'""'  ''"■  "'  '''"''^"  ""''''"''''''  """''■  j"""  ff'-'^^^^-^-  o'  ">«  City. of  York  ;=Mar'y   BiackU 

(1.  ,585,  "^  "  bur.    »  Jan.     1070-1,    at    St.    Micliael-le- 


,.  .       -  -    -       _-.  Michael-le-Belfrey's ; 

Belfrey  s,  York.  |  ,677,  proved  2  Oct.  167S. 

5  July=Isabel  Wood, 


Ifem",i'ofBurfo,1.^d    ^"'i'-'"  Cornewall,  =  Randall  Wilmer   [VII  E],   Esq.    (/.    123),  df=Sarah  Stainforth.    youngest   uau.:  <,.   5  ju.y=lsal 

liaron  of  BurforJ  ;  d.  1678;  1st  wife.  London,  York,  and  Upper  Helmsley  ;  d.  1712.  I  1701 ;  2nd  wjfe.  I  3rd 

^         A  i  ' 

ieepage  124.  ■  See_f„ie  125. 


■^s^^m^s^xs^^^^sv^;^^--  I  'sjsS3?ii-E-»"^!^='=tsa=stss^j^^ 


Aims  of  Brus  uf  Skelton  :  Argent,  a  lion  rampant  azure. 
Arms  of 


Peter  de  Brus,  Lord  of  Skelt 
who  died   12I1,  and   descended 
with  Robert   Bruce,  King  of 
Durham,  iii.  p.  94). 


Peter  de  Brus,  Lord  of  Skelton  ;  d.  9 


Peter  de  15rus,  Lord  o 


HISTORY    OF    THE   V/ILMER    FAMILY. 


Thwenge,  of  Kilton  Castle,  co.  York.  The  Manor  of  Upper 
Helmsley  is  said  to  have  come  into  the  possession  of  the  Thwenge 
family  about  the  time  of  Edward  II.,  through  the  marriage  of 
Edward  de  Thweng  with  the  daughter  and  heiress  of  Walter  de 
Helmsley  (see  pedigree).  Margery  Thwenge  was  aged  four 
years  and  ten  months  in  June  1593.  The  sermon  at  the  marriage 
was  preached  by  "that  learned  and  judicious  Divine  Mr.  William 
"  Bradshaw  sometime  Fellow  of  Sidney  CoUedge  in  Cambridge." 
It  was  published  in  1620  by  Thomas  Gataker,  B.D.  (quarto, pp. 
26),  under  the  title,  A  Marriage  Feast.  A  Sermon  on  the  former 
part  of  the  second  chapter  of  the  Evangelist  John.  London,  printed 
by  Edivard  Griffin  for  Fvlke  Clifton.  1620.  The  dedication  is 
as  follows  : — "  To  the  Worshipfvll  and  Religiovs,  Mr.  George 
"  Wilmer,  Esquire,  and  Mrs.  Margaret  Wilmer  his  Wife,  increase 
"  of  spirituall  grace,  and  mutuall  comfort  in  Christ  Jesvs."  The 
children  of  the  marriage  were  : — 

W, — I.  George  Wilmer.    See  below,  $$. 
II.  Thomas  Wilmer,  a  minor  in  1626. 
III.  "Two  Twines  of  George  Wilmor  gent  be.ng  a 
"  Sonne   &  a  daughter   &   Margrit  his  wife  was 
"  Buried  the  21st  day  of  January  [1617-18]  in  ye 
"  Chancell  whose  feate  reacheth  to  the  stone  at 
"  the  vestry  doore  &  diged   so  deepe  y'  one  may 
"  be  laied  one  them     Not  Baptized."t 
I.  Katherine   Wilmer,    baptized   20th   August 
i6o7t ;  living  in  1626. 
II.  Anne  Wilmer,  baptized  22nd  August  1609!. 
A  licence  was  granted  4th   March   1632-3,  for  a 
marriage*  between  her  and  Matthew  Browne,  Esq., 
of  St.  Michael's  Royal,  London,  Bachelor,  aged 
thirty,  to  take  place  at  Kingston  or  Guildford,  co. 
Surrey'. 


6.  Had.  MS.   1551,  fo.   131,  states 
that  this  marriage  took  place,  and  that 


another   of  the 
Wilmer  married 
7.  Mar.  Lie.  Fac.  Off. 


no  HISTORY    OF    THE    WILMER     FAMILY. 

III.  Margaret    Wilmer,    baptized     22nd    January 
i6i4-i5t;   living  in  1626. 

IV.  A  Daughter  (unbaptized),  buried   21st  January 
1617-18!  {see  above). 

V.  Ellen  Wilmer,  baptized  iSth  April  i6\gf  ; 
living  in  1626. 
VI.  Susan  Wilmer,  baptized  13th  April  i62it; 
living  in  1626. 
VII.  Mary  Wilmer,  baptized  24th  April  1623!  ; 
buried  21st  July  1625,  "in  the  Chancell  whose 
"  fceate  reached  to  Mr.  Russells  Pevve  Doore."t 

Before  the  year  1619  George  Wilmer  obtained  a  grant  from 
William  Camden,  Clarenceux  King  of  Arms,  authorizing  him  to 
bear  the  arms  :  Gules,  a  chevron  argent  between  three  eagles  or, 
armed  and  langued  sable  ;  and  the  Crest :  On  a  wreath  or  and 
gules  an  eagle  displayed  or,  armed  and  langued  sable,  holding 
in  his  beak  a  garland  of  laurel  proper  {see  J^.  12). 

By  an  Indenture,  dated  13th  June  1608,  George  Wilmer 
purchased  of  his  cousin-german,  George  Wilmer,  of  Stratford-le- 
Bow  {see  ch.  XIII.),  certain  tenements  in  Royston,  co.  Cambridge^; 
and  on  the  ist  of  September  following  conveyed  them  to 
Edward  Smyth,  one  of  the  yeomen  of  His  Majesty's  Guard  in 
Ordinary'.  It  is  possible  that  Smyth  was  his  brother-in-law 
{see p.  92).  By  an  Indenture,  dated  4th  May  1610,  Edward 
Bates  and  Henry  EUwes,  both  of  London,  conveyed  to  George 
Wilmer  and  his  heirs  a  messuage  and  lands  in  Gate  Helmsley, 
CO.  York,  which  were  formerly  in  the  tenure  of  John  Thwinge'". 
A  licence  was  granted  in  1 620-1  to  George  Wilmer  and  Margaret 
his  wife  to  sell  to  Thomas  Westrowe,  senior,  Esq.,  and  Thomas 
Westrowe,  junior,  Gent.,  1 50  acres  of  land,  that  were  held  in  capita 
in  East  Ham''. 

+  Par.  reg.  of  St.  Mary's,  Stratford-       ]  9.   Close  R.,  6  Jac.  I.,  part  7  (3). 

le-Bow.  I0_  Close  R.,  8  Jac.  I.,  part  14  (11). 

8.  Close  R.,  6  Jac.  I.,  part  20(12).         1  11.  Pat.  R.,  18  Jac.  I.,  part  28  (64). 


HISTORY    OF    THE    WILMER    FAMILY.  I  17 

George  Wilmer  died  in  May  1626,  and  was  buried  in  the 
parish  church  of  West  Ham,  where  there  was  formerly  a 
monument  to  his  memory'^  His  will  was  dated  5th  May  1626, 
and  proved  23rd  May  1626,  by  the  executors,  Abraham  and 
and  John  Jacob's.  His  widow,  Margery  Wilmer,  married 
secondly,  prior  to  1630,  the  Hon.  Henry  Fairfax,  of  Bridlington, 
second  son  of  Thomas,  first  Viscount  Fairfax,  of  Emley,  co. 
Tipperary,  and  had  a  son,  Thomas  Fairfax,  baptized'''  28th 
September  1632!  ;  and  a  daughter,  Katherine  Fairfax,  baptized 
27th  July  1630!;  and  buried'-*  on  the  following  day  "  in  the 
"  Chancell  fast  by  the  vestry  doore."t  Margery  Fairfax  died  23rd 
September,  and  was  buried'*  28th  September  1632!.  Adminis- 
tration of  her  goods  was  granted  to  her  son,  George  Wilmer, 
23rd  October  i632'5.  Henry  Fairfax  married  secondly  Frances, 
daughter  of  Henry  Baker,  Esq.,  of  Hurst,  in  Berkshire,  by 
whom  he  had,  with  other  issue,  a  son,  Henry  Fairfax,  whose 
eldest  daughter  and  coheiress  married  in  1697  David  Erskine, 
fourth  Earl  of  Buchan.  Arms  of  Thwenge :  Argent,  a 
chevron  gules  between  three  popinjays  vert,  beaked,  legged, 
and  collared  of  the  second,  quartering  Bruce,  Lancaster,  and 
Helmsley. 

M.—Q^eOXQt  WLihmt  [VIE],  Esq.,  of  Stratford-le- 
Bow,  and  Lord  of  the  Manor  of  Upper  Helmsley,  son  of  George 
Wilmer  [VE]  was  admitted  of  the  Middle  Temple  istjuly  1623. 
Like  his  father  he  was  made  collector  of  the  petty  customs  on 
merchant  strangers  by  letters  patent,  bearing  date  22nd  March 


12.  Salmon's  Essex,  p.  14. 

13.  P.  C.  C.  77  Hele.  Abraham 
Jacob  was  father-in-law  or  brother-in- 
law,  and  John  Jacob  was  brother-in-law 
to  George  Wilmer's  brother,  Thomas 
Wilmer  (.f^  <:/;.  XI 1.].  The  witnesses  to 
the  will  were  Anthony  Weldon,  Edward 
Smith  and  E(dmund)  Layfield.  The 
first  two  were  no  doubt  brothers-in-law 
of  the  testator.  The  last  was  a  B.D., 
and  Preacher  at  Bromley  St.  Leonards, 


and  preached  a  sermon  at  the  funeral  of 
Abraham  Jacob,  the  elder,  entitled 
The  Mapfie  of  Man's  Mortality  (Nicolas 
Browne,  Lond.  1630,  4to). 

14.  In  these  entries  the  register  has 
Thomas  Fairfax,  which  is  no  doubt  a 
mistake  for  Henry  Fairfax. 


ii8 


HISTORY    OF    THE    WILMER    FAMILY, 


1627-8''= ;  and  on  the  3rd  of  July  i629'7,  he  and  John  Jacob'^  {see 
ch.  XII.)  obtained  a  grant  of  the  office  of  collector  of  the  duties  on 
tobacco,  which  they  seem  to  have  surrendered  about  163  8 'I 
George  Wilmer  also  in  1670  surrendered  the  collectorship  of  the 
petty  customs  and  the  office  of  keeper  of  the  cocket  seal's.  On 
the  14th  of  March  1627-8,  a  warrant  was  issued  to  allow  to 
George  Wilmer,  out  of  622/.  13^-.  gd.  due  from  his  late  father,  as 
collector  of  the  imposition  on  foreign  hops,  400/.  for  "  rare  and 
"  outlandish  flowers  "  bought  of  him  for  the  Queen,  and  to  allow 
the  remainder  of  the  said  sum  of  622/.  13^.9^/.  in  consideration 
of  his  father's  services'^  George  Wilmer  married  about  February 
1639-40"°,  Rebecca,  daughter"'  of  Randall  Baskerville,  Citizen 
and  Fishmonger,  of  London,  son  of  Thomas  Baskerville,  Esq., 
of  Old  Withington,  co.  Chester,  by  Margery,  his  wife,  daughter 
and  coheiress  of  Thomas  Kynsey,  Esq.,  of  Blackden  in  the  same 
county.  Arms  of  Baskerville  :  Argent  a  chevron  gules  between 
three  hurts  ;  quartering  Kynsey :  Argent  a  chevron  between 
three  squirrels  sejcant  gules  (query  a  mullet  for  difference). 
George  and  Rebecca  Wilmer  had  issue  : — 

$5$.— I.  Randall  Wilmer.     See  beloiv,  $d. 

II.  John   Wilmer,    Esq.,    of   Walthamstow,    co. 
Essex ;    born    and  baptized    23rd  June    1656.! 


16.  Pat.  R,,  3  Car.  I.,  part  41  (16). 

17.  Pat.  R.,  5  Car.  I.,  part  10  (3). 
iS.   State  Papers,  Car.  I.,  Domestic 

series. 

1 9.  Close  R.,  22  Car.  II. ,  part  4  (25). 

20.  The  marriage  settlement  was 
dated  6  Feb.  1639-40,  and  by  it  George 
"Wilmer  settled  on  Rebecca  Baskerville, 
for  life,  manors,  lands,  and  tenements 
in  Upper  Helmsley,  Gate  Helmsley, 
Church  Calton,  Holiby,  Sand  Hutton, 
Full  Sutton,  and  Warthill.  to  the  clear 
yearly  value  of  430/.,  with  remainders 
to  the  heirs  of  the  said  George  and 
Rebecca,  etc. 

21.  It  has  been  said  that  she  was 
also  his  heiress  ;  and  it  appears  that 
Mr.  John- Wilmer  Field,  a  descendant 
of  this  marriage,  claimed  the  right  of 


quartering  the  arms  of  Baskerville  and 
Kynsey.  In  the  College  of  Arms  there 
is  a  bill  without  a  date  "  ffor  the 
ffunerall  of  Mr.Wilmer's  Child  at  Bow," 
which  bears  the  arms  :  Quarterly,  1st, 
Gules,  a  chevron  vair  between  three 
eagles  displayed  or  (Wilmer);  2nd, 
Argent,  a  chevron  between  three  leaves 
vert  (^qiiery  Shore) ;  3rd,  Argent,  three 
hurts  (evidently  intended  for  Basker- 
ville) ;  4th,  Argent,  on  a  chevron  gules 
between  three  squirrels  a  mullet 
(Kynsey)  [Painter's  Work  Book,  I.  B. 
I.  p.  iS].  The  arms  of  Wilmer  in  the 
bill  did  not  belong  to,  but  were  often 
used  by  tliis  branch  of  the  family  (see 
P-  13). 

I  Par.  reg.  of  St.  Mai7's,  Stratford- 
le-Bow. 


HISTORY    OF    THE    WILMER    FAMILY.  1 19 

He  was  seized  in  1728  of  the  manor  of 
Upper  Helmsley,  as  heir-at-law  to  his  nephew, 
Thomas  Wilmer  {see  p.  126).  He  died  4th  May 
i737j  aged  80,  and  was  buried  in  a  vault  in 
Walthamstow  Church,  where  there  is  the  following 
.  inscription  to  his  memory  : — 
In  a  Vault  underneath  lyes 

Interred  the  Body  of 

JOHN      WILMER 

late  of  this  Parish  Gent. 

who  departed  this  Lije  the  4  of  May 

in  the  year  of  our  Lord  il^il  Aged  78. 

The  arms  on  the  tablet  are  :  A  chevron  between  three  eagles,  a 

crescent  for  difference  ;  crest :  Issuing  from   a  mural  coronet  an 

eagle  displayed,      John   VVilmer's  will  was  dated   30th  August 

1736,  and  from  it  we  extract  the  following  passage  as  illustrative 

of  the  descent  of  the  manor  of  Upper  Helmsley  : — 

"  Imprimis  All  my  manor  or  reputed  manor  or  Lordship  of  Upper 
Helmsley  alias  Helmsly  alias  Upper  Helmsley  etc.  in  Co.  York  with  all 
and  every  the  rights  members  and  appurtenances  whatsoever  the  Cottages 
Messuages  Houses  Edifices  Lands  Tenements  and  hereditaments  apper- 
taining etc.  I  give  and  bequeath  to  my  nephew  Randall  Wilmer  and 
John  Wilmer  gentlemen  joindy  paying  out  of  it  yearly  as  follows  Item 
to  my  nephew  Mr.  Peter  Cartwright  £,2'^  every  half  year  after  my 
decease,  all  but  the  first  half  year  which  I  order  to  be  paid  to  Mr  Henry 
Norcott  carpenter  Item  I  give  and  bequeath  to  my  neice  Mary  Cart- 
wright  ^^  5  every  half  year  during  her  life  and  if  single.  And  I  doe 
further  allow  to  my  nephew  Randall  and  John  if  either  or  both  have  a 
mind  to  marry  may  make  a  settlement  of  their  part  of  the  estate  to  his 
wife  during  her  life  and  no  longer  And  in  case  my  nephew  Randall 
Wilmer  marries  and  should  leave  an  heir  male  then  the  whole  estate  to 
go  to  him  after  my  nephew  John  Wilmer's  decease  and  his  wife  if  any, 
but  if  no  heir  male  then  to  an  heir  male  of  John  Wilmer.  But  if  neither 
leave  an  heir  male  but  a  Daughter  or  daughters  then  the  estate  to  be 
equally  divided  amongst  them  And  in  case  neither  of  them  leaves  a 
Son  or  Sons  or  a  daughter  or  daughters  then  to  go  to  my  nephew  George 
Wilmer's  three  daughters  equally  And  out  of  my  personal  estate  I  give 
to  my  nephew  George  Wilmer  and  his  daughter  Lucy  £^2'^  each  for  a 


I20  HISTORY    OF    IHE    WILMER    FAMILY. 

Ring  and  to  my  ncice  Ann  Gossip  and  her  husband  £2^^  each  for  a 
Ring.''  [Probate  granted  to  Randall  Wihiier,  the  executor,  7th  May 
1737-     RC.C.   123  Wake.] 

I. "Rebecca  Wilmer,  bom  and  baptized  8th  April 
1652!  ;  died  unmarried  ;  administration  granted 
to  her  father  9th  March  i677-8'5. 
II.  Margaret  Wilmer,  born  iSth  April  1655  ; 
baptized  22nd  Aprilf  ;  married  first  Richard 
Parry,  of  the  parish  of  Allhallows,  Barking, 
Merchant,  Bachelor,  aged  thirty  years  ;  licence, 
dated  6th  February  1679-80,  for  this  marriage  to 
be  solemnized  at  St.  Mary's  Somerset,  or 
Allhallows  in  The  Wall,  London,  or  at  Stepney, 
Middlesex'.  Margaret  Parry  married  secondly, 
after  1686,  Sir  Robert  Beachcroft,  Knt,  Alderman 
of  London,  and  Lord  Mayor  in  171 2,  son  of 
Daniel  Beachcroft,  Gent.,  of  Derby=3.  Sir  Robert 
died  in  1 721,  presumably  without  issue,  for  by 
his  will,  dated  29th  May  1719,  and  proved  2nd 
June  1721"^*,  he  bequeaths  the  bulk  of  his  property 
to  Samuel  Beachcroft,  the  son  of  his  deceased 
brother,  Samuel  Beachcroft ;  he  names  his  dear 
wife  Dame  Margarett,  upon  whom  before  marriage 
he  settled  his  manor  of  Preston  for  life  ;  he  leaves 
10/.  each  for  mourning  to  his  brother-in-law  Mr. 
John  Willmer,  and  his  cousins,  Peter  Cartwright 
and  Mary  Cartwright  ;  and  legacies  for  rings  to 
his  cousins,  Peter,  Thomas,  Mary,  Rebecca,  and 
Olive  Cartwright,  to  his  cousin,  George  Willmer, 
and  to  his  brother,  John  Willmer.  In  the  College 
of  Arms  there  is  a  bill  for   Sir   Robert's  funeral, 


22.  Burke  {Covimoiiers.  vol.  2,  p. 
14S)  states  that  there  was  an  eldest 
daughter,  Rachel  Wilmer,  but  upon 
what  authority  we  do  not  know. 

t  Par.  reg.  of  St.  Mary's,  Stratford- 
le-Bow. 


15.  P.  C.  C. 

7.  Mar.  Lie.  Fac.  Off. 

23.  Stow's   Sm-jcy  of  London, 
Strype,  Lond.  1720, 

24.  P.  C.  C.  105  Buckingham. 


HISTORY   OF   THE   WILMER    FAMILY.  121 

dated  5th  June  1721.  Arms  of  Beachcroft : 
Bendy  of  six  argent  and  gules  three  stags'  heads 
cabossed  or ;  crest :  A  beach  tree  proper  behind 
six  park  pales  argent.  Dame  Margaret,  his 
widow,  made  her  will  loth  June  1721,  "being 
"  weak  in  body."  She  describes  herself  as  of 
Low  Leyton,  co.  Essex,  widow,  and  leaves  all  her 
estate  to  her  brother,  John  Wilmer.  The  will 
was  proved  by  him  as  executor,  26th  February 
i727-8='s.  She  desires  to  be  buried  in  a  private 
manner  near  her  dear  husband.  Sir  Robert 
Beachcroft. 
III.  Mary  Wilmer, born  3rd  October  1660  ;  baptized 
6th  Octoberf  ;  married  Peter  Cartwright,  Gent,  of 
St.  Dunstans-in-the-East,  London,  Bachelor,  aged 
thirty-five  years  ;  licence,  dated  14th  July  1684, 
for  this  marriage  to  be  solemnized  at  St.  Leonard's, 
Shoreditch,  or  Stepney,  or  Edmonton,  Middlesex^ 
They  had  a  son,  PETER  CARTWRIGHT,  who  was 
living  in  1736  {see  p.  1 19),  and  died  before  January 
1748-9  ;  and  a  daughter,  Mary  Cartwright, 
who  was  living  at  the  latter  date.  It  would 
appear  from  the  will  of  Sir  Robert  Beachcroft 
that  they  had  other  children,  namely,  TllOMAS, 
Rebecca,  and  Olive  Cartwright.  The 
following  is  an  extract  from  the  proceedings  in  a 
suit  respecting  a  pew  in  the  chapel  of  St.  Mary 
at  Stratford-le-Bow : — 

"  The  personal  Answers  of  Peter  Cartwright  made  to  the  pretended 
positions  of  a  pretended  allegation  given  in  and  admitted  on  behalf  of 
William  Vanlente  in  a  Cause  of  Seat  in  the  Chapel  of  Bow  1709-10. 


*'  To  the  4th  pretended  Article  this  Respondent  answeres  and  believes 

25.  P.  C.  C.  34  Brook.  I  7.   Mar.  Lie.  Fac.  Off. 

T  Par.  reg.  of  St.  Mary's,  Stratford- 
le-Bow.  I 


122  HISTORY    OF    THE    WILMER    FAMILY. 

that  the  Pew  or  Seat  in  controversy  was  erected  and  built  by  George 
Wilmer  Esq.  late  of  Bow  aforesaid  for  himself  and  his  family  about 
y=  year  1604  and  was  used  and  enjoyed  by  him  to  y«  time  of  his  death 
and  after  his  death  George  Wilmer  his  son  used  and  enjoyed  y'=  same  to 
y=  time  of  his  death  which  happened  about  25  years  since  and  about  24 
or  25  years  since  this  Respondent  intermarried  with  Mary  y=  daughter 
of  y""  aforesaid  George  Wilmer  jun"'  deceased  and  had  the  house  in 
which  y=  aforesaid  Timothy  Belton  now  lives  as  part  of  y^  said  Mary's 
marriage  portion  and  y«  Respondent  and  his  said  wife  sat  in  y<=  said  seat 
or  pew  in  question  about  twelve  months  &  then  y=  Respondent  sold 
y"  said  House  to  Randal  Wilmer  son  of  y  said  George  Wilmer  jun"" 
who  used  or  enjoyed  y=  same  for  about  14  or  15  years  and  about  y=  year 
1697  y=  Respondent  bought  y'=  said  House  of  the  said  Randal  again  or 
caused  y^  same  to  be  bought  in  trust  for  y<=  Respondent  and  the  said 
George  Wilmer  sen"'  George  Wilmer  jun"'  Randall  Wilmer  and  the 
Respondent  have  been  owners  occupiers  and  inhabitants  as  aforesaid  of 
the  house  said  Belton  lives  in  from  y'  time  of  erecting  y=  pew  in 
controversy  and  as  such  and  by  virtue  thereof  have  exclusive  of  all 
others  used  and  enjoyed  the  pew  in  question  as  belonging  to  the  said 
house  from  the  time  of  building  such  pew."  [Rawlinson  MS.  377,  fo. 
264,  Bodleian  Library,  Oxford.] 

On  the  6th  of  January  1 650-1,  George  Wilmer,  for  260/., 
sold  to  Edward  Sammes,  of  Goodmaces  in  the  parish  of 
Barking^^,  lands  in  Barking,  called  by  the  name  of  Coveland  or 
Coleland  (.s-(?£/^.  98).  Some  Httle  time  after  this  he  purchased 
the  manors  of  Bloys  and  Graveshalles  or  Grassalls  lying  in  the 
parishes  of  Sible  Hedingham  and  Castle  Hedingham,  co.  Essex. 
The  purchase  money  ^vas  1361/.,  and  the  vendors  were  Sir 
Edward  Greene,  Bart.,  of  Sampford  in  Essex,  and  his  son  and 
heir.  Sir  Edward  Greene,  Knt.,  of  London"?.  Graveshalles  took 
its  name  from  its  ancient  owners,  surnamcd  de  Grosvassal  or  do 
Graveshall,  who  held  it  from  the  time  of  Henry  II.  to  that  of 
Henry  IV.,  under  the  Earls  of  Oxford  as  of  their  Honour  of  Castle 
Hedingham.  It  was  in  the  possession  of  Thomas  Rolfe  of 
Gosfield  about  the  time  of  Henry  V.,  and  the  next  owner  was 
William  Greene,   Esq.,  who  obtained   it  by  his   marriage  with 

26.   CloseR.,  A. D.  1650, pt.  14(11);       I  27.   Close  R.,  2b  Car.  II.,  pt.  iS  (11); 

Feet  of  Fines,  Essex,  Hil.  A  D.  1650.  Fett  of  Fines.  Essex,  Trin.  12  Car.  II., 

I       Mic.  12  Car.  11.,  andTrin.  14.  Car.  II. 


HISTORY    OF    THE   WILiMER    FAMILY.  1 23 

Margaret,  daughter  and  heiress  of  William  Bateman,  Esq.,  of 
Little  Sampford,  who  is  supposed  to  have  been  the  representative 
of  the  Graveshall  family.  Bloys  belonged  of  old  to  the  de 
Veres,  Earls  of  Oxford,  and  was,  like  Graveshalles,  part  of  their 
Honour  of  Hedingham  Castle.  It  was  held  under  them  by  a 
family  of  the  name  of  Balcus,  which  name  was  changed  after- 
wards to  Bloys.  The  manor  was  in  the  possession  of 
Bartholomew,  third  Baron  Burghersh,  and  passed  afterwards  to 
the  Greene  family^^. 

George  Wilmer  died  in  1686.  His  will  was  dated  13th 
November  1684,  and  proved  8th  April  1687^5.  He  desires  "to 
■"  be  buried  in  the  Chappell  of  Stratford  le  Bow  where  the  corps 
"  of  my  dear  wife  lyeth," 

EEC— Kantsall  mHHnm  [VHE],  Esq.,  of  Stratford- 
le-Bow  and  the  city  of  York,  and  Lord  of  the  Manors  of  Upper 
Helmsley,  Bloys,  and  Grassalls,  was  the  son  of  George  Wilmer 
[VIE].  He  had  a  grant  of  the  office  of  collector  of  the  petty 
customs  on  strangers  in  the  port  of  London,  commonly  called 
the  cocket  seal,  for  life,  dated  4th  July  16703°.  His  first  wife 
was  Dorothy,  seventh  daughter  of  Sir  Gilbert  Cornewall^^  Baron 
of  Burford  in  Shropshire,  and  of  Lady  Elizabeth  his  wife, 
daughter  of  Sir  Thomas  Reade,  Knt.,  of  Barton  in  Berkshire. 
The  Cornewalls,  Barons  of  Burford,  were  lineal  descendants  of 
Richard  de  Cornewall,  illegitimate  son  of  Richard  Plantagenet, 
King  of  the  Romans  and  Earl  of  Poictou  and  Cornwall,  who 
was  the  younger  son  of  King  John.  Arms  of  Cornewall : 
Ermine,  a  lion  rampant  gules,  crowned  or,  within  a  bordure  sable 
bezantee.  Dorothy  Cornewall  was  baptized  at  Burford,  2nd 
January  1643,  and  was  married  subsequently  to  the  25th  of 
October  16753^  In  the  Octave  of  St.  Hilary  1675-6,  a  Fine  was 
passed   between   Richard  Winwood,  Esq.,  Compton  Read,  Bart., 


28.  Morant's  Essex,  ii.  p.  286. 

29.  P.  C.  C.  55  Foot. 

30.  Pat.  R.,  22  Car.  II.,  pt.  5  (I) 

31.  T/ie  Genealogist,  1st  series,  i.  p.: 


32.  At  that  date  she  proved  the  will 
of  her  sister,  Hannah  Cornewall,  and 
was  unmarried. 


134  HISTORY    OF    THE    WILMER    FAMILY. 

and  William  Serjeant,  Esq.,  querents,  and  George,  Rebecca,  and 
Randall  Wilmer,  deforciants,  of  the  manors  of  Bloys  and 
Grassalls33.  This  was,  no  doubt,  a  conveyance  in  trust  in 
consideration  of  the  marriage.  Dorothy  Cornewall  was  sister- 
in-law  and  first  cousin  (as  well  by  her  father  as  by  her  mother^*) 
to  Sir  Compton  Reade.  By  Randall  Wilmer  she  had  an  only 
child  :— 

EF — I.  George  Wilmer.     See  beloiv,  VB. 
She  died  about  September  1678,  and   letters  of  administra- 
tion, in  which  she  was  described  as  of  Brainford,  in  the  parish  of 
Ealing,  were  granted  to  her  husband   19th  November   id/S'^. 
The  following  is  the  Heralds'  bill  for  her  funeral : — 

Worke  done  for  the  Funerall  of  the  Lady  Wilmer's  Son's  Wife, 
her  maiden  name  being... 

Sept.  19th  1678. 
For  10  Silk  Escutcheons  6^  8'*  03     6     S 

For  2  doz.  of  buckrome  Escuch  2.  6  03     o     o 

For  12  Sheilds  at  5=  p.  03     o     o 

For  4  Shafferoons  2.  6  00  ;o     o 

For  18  Large  Pencills  3=  02   14     o 

For  2  Doz.  of  Small  i^  ci  04     o 

For  a  yd.  Atcheivment  03  00     o 

For  a  Pall  new  01   05     o 

For  black  bayes  on  y^  back  of  y=  Actcheivment  00     3     o 

For  bords  and  a  man  to  put  it  up  w*  hooks  &c.  00     5     o 

Paid  

Bill         18     7     8 

Arms  :  Gules  a  chevron  argent  between  3  eagles  displayed  or ; 
impaling  Ermine  a  lion  rampant  gules  ducally  crowned  or,  a  bordure 
sable  bezantee.  [College  of  Arms.  Painter's  Work-Book,  H.  L,  p. 
35] 

Randall  Wilmer  married  secondly  Sarah,  youngest  daughter 
of  John  Stainforth,  Gent.,  of  the  city  of  York  {see  pedigree,  p. 
115),  and  had  issue  — 

33.  Feet  of  Fines,   Esse.x,  Hil.  27-8 
Car.  II. 

34.  There  were  four  intermarriages 


HISTORY    OF   THE    WILMER    FAMILY.  125 

I.  Randall    Wilmer,    of    London,    York,     and 

Upper  Helmsley  {see  p.  138). 
II.  John  Wilmer,  Esq.,  of  the  city  of  York,  bap- 
tized at  Upper  Helmsley,  8th  May  1697.  On  the 
29th  April  1 7 19,  having  lately  attained  his 
majority,  he  executed  a  deed  of  release  on  behalf 
of  the  trustees  appointed  in  his  father's  will.  He 
had  a  life  interest  in  a  moiety  of  the  manor  of 
Upper  Helmsley,  under  the  will  of  his  uncle, 
John  Wilmer,  of  Walthamstow.  He  died  un- 
married 14th  February  1761,  aged  6%  and  was 
buried  at  Upper  Helmsley  on  the  18th  of  the 
same  month  ;  M.I.'s  in  the  church  and  church- 
yard. His  will  was  dated  iSth  December  1758, 
and  administration  granted  17th  May  1762,  to 
his  kinsman,  Nicholas  Sugerss. 
I.  Mary  Wilmer,  of  the  city  of  York.  Having 
attained  her  majority,  she  executed  a  deed  of 
release,  dated  5th  June  1714,  on  behalf  of  the 
trustees  appointed  in  her  father's  will  ;  died  un- 
married 5th  September  1723,  aged  thirty-three  ; 
buried  7th  September  in  the  middle  aisle  of  St. 
Michael-le-Belfrey's,  York  ;  M.I. 
Mrs.  Wilmer  died  Sth  July  1701,  and  was  buried  12th  July 
in  the  middle  aisle  of  St.  Michael-le-Belfrey's,  York,  where  there 
is  the  following  half-obliterated  inscription  : — 

Here  lieth  the  body  of    S 

Who  died    the    5TH    day  of 

wife  of    Randall    Wilmer  of 

Esq:  youngest  daughter  of 

Stanforth    of    York  and ,..  

his    wife    one    of    the      daughters     of 

Marmaduke    Blackston     of 

In  full  faith  of  a  joyful    Resurrection 

The    memory   of  the 

35.  At  York,  vol.  106,  p.  234. 


HISTORY    OF    THE    WILMER    FAMILY. 


Shall 

Over    which. 


When    she    did    not    long 

LEFT    KEHIND    HER     3     CHILDREN 

Randall  Wilmer    John  Wilmer 

Here     also     lieth    Mary    the    daughter 

OF  THE    abovesaid    Randall 

Wilmer  who  died  ye    5™ 

aged  ;^;^. 
Randall  Wilmer  married  thirdly  at  St.   Mary's,  Castlcgatc, 
York,  6th  August  1707,  Isabel  Wood,  and  had  issue  : — 

I.  Thomas  Wilmer,  Esq.,  of  Catterick,  co.  York, 
Lord  of  the  Manor  of  Upper  Helmsley,  baptized 
at  St.  Mary's,  Castlegate,  8th  October  1709.    His 
will  was  dated  25th  June  1728,  and  proved   15th 
July   17283^.     He  names  his  uncles,    David  and 
William   Wood  ;    his  aunt  Brown,  and  her  hus- 
band,   Thomas   Brown,    of    Catterick  ;    and    his 
half-brother,  Francis  Wilks.     At  his  death  Upper 
Helmsley   passed   to  his    uncle   and    heir-at-law, 
John  Wilmer,  of  Walthamstow  {see p.  119). 
I.  Isabel  Wilmer,  baptized  at  St.  Mary's,  Castle- 
gate, 15th  March  1707-8. 
Randall  Wilmer,  "considering  the   uncertainty  and  frailty 
"of  human  life,"  made  his   will    lOth   February  i7io-li,and  it 
was  proved    15th  May   17123?.     He  bequeathed   the  manor  of 
Upper  Helmsley  to  his  youngest  son,  Thomas  Wilmer,  having 
on  a  previous  occasion  settled  the  manors  of  Bloys  and  Grassalls 
on  his  eldest  son,  George  Wilmer.     He  was  buried  at  St.  Mary's, 
Castlegate,  York,  29th  March  17 12.     His  widow,  Isabel,  married 
secondly,  in  171 2  or  171 3,  Richard  Wilks,  Gent,  of  Tunstall,  co. 


36.  At  York,  vol.  80,  fo.  74. 

37.  At  York,  vol.  68,  fo.  46.  Some 
disputes  arose  concerning  this  will 
between  Isabel  Wilmer,  the  widow  and 
executrix,  and  her  stepson,  George 
Wilmer.    The  latter  entered  a  caveat  in 


the  Ecclesiastical  Court  of  York  ;  but 
eventually  the  differences  were  settled 
by  a  composition  made  by  Indentures, 
bearing  date  gth,  lOth,  and  nth  April 
1712. 


HISTORY    OF    THE    WILMER    FAMILY.  I  27 

York,  who  was  one  of  the  trustees  appointed  in  the  will  of 
Randall  Wilmer.  They  had  a  son,  Francis  Wilks,  and  a 
daughter,  Isabel  Wilks.  The  will  of  Richard  Wilks  was  dated 
17th  March  1718-19,  and  proved  loth  June  17263I  It  makes  no 
mention  of  his  wife. 

$2F.-©WrgC  aSailmrr  [VIIIE],  Esq.,  of  London 
and  York,  Lord  of  the  Manors  of  Bloys  and  Grassalls,  an  officer 
in  the  Guards,  son  of  Randall  Wilmer  [VIIE],  was  born  i6th 
December  1676,  and  was  admitted  of  the  Middle  Temple, 
London,  23rd  January  1695.  He  married  at  St.  Olave's,  Mary- 
gate,  York,  4th  September  1701,  Anne,  daughter  and  heiress  of 
Lewis  Etherington,  Gent.,  of  Rillington,  co.  York,  and  had 
issue  : — 

I.  George  Wilmer,  baptized  at  St.  Michael-le- 
Belfrey's,  York,  ist  January  1704-5  ;  admitted  of 
the  Middle  Temple  27th  April  1723  ;  and  died, 
in  his  father's  lifetime,  1731. 
I.  Dorothy  Wilmer,  baptized  at  St.  Michacl-le- 
Belfrey's,  29th  January  1 702-3  ;  married  at 
Wykeham,  co.  York,  13th  August  1721,  John 
Iveson,  Esq.,  of  Bilton,  in  the  ainsty  of  York, 
only  son  of  Henry  Iveson,  Esq.,  of  Black  Bank, 
near  Leeds,  by  his  second  wife,  Alice,  daughter 
of  Thomas  Wise,  Esq.,  of  Burton-Leonard,  co. 
York.  John  Iveson  died  in  1741,  and  Dorothy, 
his  wife,  in  174235.  Arms  of  John  Iveson  ; 
Argent,  a  chevron  sable  between  three  negroes' 
heads  couped  proper  (a  crescent  for  difference). 
U. — II.  Anne  Wilmer.    See  below,  "S. 

III.  Rebecca  Wilmer,  died  unmarried  in  1736. 

IV.  KATHEftiNE  Wilmer,  baptized  at  St.  Michael- 
le-Belfrey's,  12th  November  1706;  probably  died 
young. 

38.  At  York,  vol.  79,  fo.  133.  I  39.  Thoresby's   Ducauis   Leodiensis, 


I2t>  HISTORY    OF    THE    WILMER    FAMILY. 

V.  Lucy    Wilmer,     baptized    at    St.    Michacl-le- 
Belfrey's,    i6th     December    1707  ;    married,    by 
licence,    at   York    Minster,    26th    October    1749, 
James  Nelthorpe,  Esq.,  lord  of  the  manors  of  Sea- 
croft,  CO.  York,  and   of  Countesbridge,  co.  Essex. 
He  was   a  son  of  George  Nelthorpe,  Esq.,  of  the 
former  place  ;    and   was   born    about    1 7 19,  and 
died  without  issue   in    1768.     His  will  was  dated 
3rd   March    1768.     He  desired  to   be  buried  as 
near  as  might  be  to  his  wife,  in  the  churchyard  of 
Whitkirk,  CO.  York4o. 
George  Wilmer  died  15th  March  1743-4,  and  was  buried  in 
York  Minster  18th  March.     His  will  was  dated   19th   November 
1740,  and  proved  at  York,  20th  April  1744*^  and  at  London  8th 
May  1744*-.     He  appointed  his   daughter  Lucy  sole  executrix. 
His  wife  probably  predeceased  him,  for  she  is  not  mentioned  in 
his  will. 

lT._;annC  ffiSailmrr  [IXE],  the  second  daughter  and 
coheiress  of  George  Wilmer  [VIIIE],  married  at  ^■'ork  Minster, 
13th  November  1731,  William  Gossip*',  Esq.,  of  Thorp  Arch,  co. 
York.  He  was  the  only  son  of  William  Gossip,  of  York,  and 
Susanna,  his  wife,  and  was  born  6th  March  1704.  Arms  of 
Gossip  :  Per  fess  indented  argent  and  sable  a  pale  counter- 
changed  ;  three  goats'  heads  erased,  two  and  one,  azure,  and  as 
many  crosses  patee  fitchee,  one  and  two,  of  the  first  ;  crest  :  Two 
goats'  heads  erased,  addorsed,  the  dexter  one  azure,  the  sinister 
one  argent  ;  motto  :  Prospice  respice.  William  and  Anne 
Gossip  had  issue  : — 

L  William    Gossip,  born   nth   December   1732; 

died  unmarried  iSth  April  1754. 
n.  George  Gossip,  buried  2nd  September  1734. J 


40.  Yorks.  Archxological  and  Topo- 
graphical Journal,  iii.  p.  124. 

41.  Vol.  89,  fo.  S. 

42.  P.  C.  C  136  Anstis. 


43.  See  Burke's  Landed  Gentry^  and 
Foster's  Pedigrees  of  Yorkshire Faiitilies. 

%  Par.  reg.  of  St.  Martin's,  Coney- 
Street,  York. 


HISTORY    OF    THE    WILMER    FAMILY.  1 29 

U$.— III.  George  Gossip.    See  belozv,  I^t. 

IV.  John  Gossip,  baptized  30th  July  \JZ6%  ;  buried 

Sth  August  1 736. J 
V.  John  Gossip,  baptized  i8th  July  1740?  ;  died  in 
1751. 

VI.  WiLMER  Gossip,  Esq.,  of  Thorp  Arch,  born 
25th  March  1742  ;  baptized  25th  April§  ;  mar- 
ried, I  Sth  September  1770,  his  cousin  Anne,  elder 
daughter  and  coheiress  of  Randall  Wilmer,  Esq., 
of  York  and  Upper  Helmsley  (see  p.  139^,  and 
had  an  only  child,  LuCY  GossiP,  who  died  in 
1772.  Wilmer  Gossip  was  seized  in  fee  simple 
of  a  moiety  of  the  manor  of  Upper  Helmsley, 
which  was  conveyed  to  him  and  his  heirs  by  his 
wifett,  when  she  attained  her  majority,  in  accord- 
ance with  the  covenants  of  their  marriage  settle- 
ment, which  was  dated  loth  May  1770.  Jane 
Wilmer,  mother-in-law  of  Wilmer  Gossip,  had  a 
hfe  interest  in  a  moiety  of  this  moiety,  which, 
however,  she  resigned  to  him  in  I787''5.  Wilmer 
Gossip  died  19th  February  1 790,  having  prede- 
ceased his  wife,  who  married  again  (see  p.  139). 
His  will  was  dated  21st  February  1788,  and  a 
codicil  19th  April  1789.  The  greater  part  of  his 
estates  passed  to  William  Gossip,  the  elder  son  of 
his  brother  Thomas. 
VII.  Randall  Gossip,  baptized  24th  July  i743.§ 
VIII.  Thomas  Gossip,  of  whom  presently  fj-^^/.  132). 
I.  Anne  Gossip,  baptized  27th  March  i738.§ 
II.  Anne  Gossip,  baptized  31st  January  1745-6.I 


§  Par.  reg.  of  Holy  Trinity,  Good- 
ramgate,  York. 

X  Par.  reg.  of  St.  Martin's,  Coney 
Street,  York. 


44.  Indentures,  dated  12  Feb.  1771, 
and  2  Jan.  1772  ;  and  a  Common 
Recovery,  Hil.  13  Geo.  III. 

45.  Indentures,  dated  25  and  25  June 


130  HISTORY    OF    THE    WILMER    FAMILY. 

In  1747  William  Gossip  sold  the  manors  of  Bloys  and 
Grassalls  to  Richard  Sahvay,  Esq.,  of  Woodford,  co.  Essex.  He 
died  25th  March  1772,  and  Mrs.  Gossip  died  9th  July  1780,  aged 
■J-J,  and  were  both  buried  in  the  family  vault  under  the  north 
aisle  of  Thorp  Arch  church.  His  will  was  dated  25th  September 
1763,  and  proved  29th  May  1772. 

2ir$.— ^rOrgC  ^OS.eip  [XE],  Esq.,  an  officer  in  the 
Buffs,  eldest  sundving  son  of  William  and  Anne  Gossip  [IXE], 
was  born  29th  June  1735,  and  baptized  7th  July.§  He  married, 
5th  May  1762,  Maria  Copley  of  Halifax,  and  had  issue  : — 

2FM.— I.  William  Gossip.    Sec  below,  2FM. 

I.  Anna  Gossip,  married  Henry  Bodelicote. 
H.  Anna-Maria  Gossip,  married  John  Chalcroft ; 
died  7th  December  1832,  aged  62. 
HI.  Susanna-Harriet  Gossip,  died  unmarried  nth 
April  1842,  aged  71. 
George  Gossip  died   21st  February  1775,  and  Mrs.  Gossip 
died  9th  June  1805. 

5F"JiL— fflSKilliam  (B(IS.6i;)  [XIE],  Esq.,  of  Hatfield,  co. 
York,  was  baptized  7th  July  1763,  and  married,  7th  April  1787, 
Anne,  daughter  and  heiress  of  John  Hatfeild,  Esq.,  of  Hatfield. 
She  was  baptized  5th  May  1766.     They  had  issue : — 

F$CiP. — I.  William-Hatfeild  Gossip.  See  below,  Fl'M^. 
n.  John-Hatfeild  Gossip,  bom  28th  September 
1795  ;  of  Pembroke  College,  Cambridge,  B.A. 
1817,  M.A.  1827  ;  married,  8th  August  1833, 
Frances,  third  daughter  and  coheiress  of  the 
Reverend  Thomas  Wingfield,  Rector  of  Bulwick, 
CO.  Northampton,  and  of  Teigh  and  Tickencote, 
CO.  Rutland,  and  had  five  daughters. 
HI.  George -Hatfeild  Gossip,  born  21st  April 
1797  ;  married  and  had  a  son. 

§  Par.  leg.   of  Holy  Trinity,  Goodramgate,  York. 


HISTORY   OF  THE  WILMER    FAMILY.  I3I 

IV.  AuREN  -  Zebe  -  Hatfeild  Gossip,  bom  27th 
December  1799,  and  died  unmarried  17th 
December  1844. 
I.  Anne  -  Louisa  Gossip,  died  unmarried  2nd 
December  1849. 
II.  Georgiana  -  Maria  Gossip,  died  unmarried 
i6th  March  1857. 

III.  Augusta- Susanna  Gossip,  died  unmarried 
17th  January  1870,  aged  78. 

IV.  Anna-Maria-Harriet  Gossip,  married  at  St. 
George's,  Hanover  Square,  London,  i8th  June 
1825,  the  Reverend  Cornelius-Heathcote  Reaston, 
of  Barlborough,  co.  Derby,  M.A.  He  was  the 
son  of  the  Reverend  Philip-Acklom  Reaston, 
Rector  of  Barlborough,  and  was  descended  from 
Sir  Francis  Rodes,  third  Baronet,  of  Barlborough. 
Mr.  Reaston  assumed  the  surname  and  arms  of 
Rodes,  on  succeeding,  in  1825,  to  the  estates  of 
his  uncle,  Cornelius  Rodes.  He  died  without 
issue  in  1844,  leaving  the  estate  of  Barlborough 
to  his  wife's  nephew,  William-Hatfeild  Gossip, 
who  thereupon  took  the  name  of  De  Rodes-*". 

William  Gossip  died  26th  March  1830. 

miL-maummm^tua'a  sossip  [xhej,  Esq.,  of 

Hatfield,  was  born  7th  June  1794,  and  married  sth  July  1823, 
Sarah-Margaret,  daughter  and  heiress  of  John  Wriglesworth, 
and  had  an  elder  son  : — 

5X»— ffl2aiUiam=3^atfn(tr  CSossip  [xhie],  Esq.,  j.p. 

and  D.L.  for  co.  Derby  and  the  West  Riding  of  Yorkshire,  was 
born  22nd  August  1824.  He  assumed,  in  1844,  by  royal  licence, 
the  surname  and  arms  of  De  Rodes,  on  succeeding  to  the  estates 
of  his  uncle,  the    Reverend  C.-H.-R.  Rodes,  and  is  now  the 

46.   See  Burke's  History  of  tJie  Commoners,  Lauded  Gentry,  and  Extinct  Baronetcies. 


132  HISTORY    OF   THE    WILMER    FAMILY. 

present  William-Hatfeild  DE  Rodes,  of  Barlborough.  He 
married,  7th  September  1854,  the  Hon.  Sophia-Felicite,  daughter 
of  the  Hon.  and  Reverend  Alfred  Curzon,  and  sister  of  Lord 
Scarsdale.  She  had  the  precedence  of  a  Baron's  daughter 
granted  to  her,  and  died  2nd  April  1S69. 

Air.  de  Rodes  is  the  senior  representative  and  heir  of  George 
Wilmer  and  Margery  his  wife,  the  daughter  and  heiress  of 
Marmaduke  Thwenge.  Arms  of  De  Rodes  :  Argent,  a  lion 
passant  gardant  in  bend  gules  between  two  acorns  azure  within 
as  many  cotises  ermines  ;  crest  :  A  cubit  arm  erect  grasping  an 
oak-branch  all  proper. 

GOSSIP      AND      HATFEILD,     OF      THORP      ARCH  ; 

WILMER     OF    LONDON,    AND    MOORE     OF 

BARNE    PARK. 

Content,  if  hence  tk'  unlearn' d  their  wants  may  view. 
The  learn'd  reflect  on  what  before  they  ktu-M.—Vo-es.. 

E.— <irf)timaS  (gossip  [XF],  Esq.,  was  the  youngest  son 
of  William  Gossip,  of  Thorp  Arch,  and  Anne  Wilmer  [IXE], 
his  wife  (see p.  129).  He  was  born  2ist  June  1744,  and  baptized 
19th  July.J  He  married  in  1770,  Johanna,  daughter  and  heiress 
of  Richard  Cartwright,  Esq.,  of  Oadby,  co.  Leicester,  and  had 
two  sons  : — - 

H. — I.  William  Gossip.    See  beloiv,  II. 

lYl. —  II.  Randall  Gossip,  who  succeeded  his  brother  at 
Thorp  Arch. 
Mr.  Gossip  died   2oth   July    1776;   and   Mrs.  Gossip  died    nth 
October  1825,  aged  91. 

JI.— fflSailliam  Gossip  [XIF],  Esq.,  of  Thorp  Arch, 
the  elder  son  of  Thomas  and  Johanna  Gossip,  was  born  in  1770. 
He  inherited  estates  in  Thorp  Arch,  Wighill,  and  Clifford,  and  a 

J  Par.  reg.  of  St.  Martin's,  Coney  Street,  York. 


HISTORY    OF    THE    WILMER    FAMILY.  I33 

moiety  of  the  manor  of  Upper  Helmsley  under  the  marriage 
settlement  and  the  will  of  his  uncle,  Wilmer  Gossip  {see  p.  129). 
On  succeeding  to  these  estates,  he  gave  to  his  brother  Randall 
an  annuity  of  200/.,  payable  out  of  the  moiety  of  Upper 
Helmsley.  This  moiety  William  Gossip  sold,  in  1804,  to  Joshua 
Field  for  6,000/.  He  married  twice,  and  died  without  issue  21st 
August  1833. 

III.— ISantraU  (SOSSip  [XIF],  Esq.,  of  Thorp  Arch, 
Lieutenant-Colonel  in  the  army,  the  younger  son  of  Thomas 
[XF]  and  Johanna  Gossip,  was  born  5th  February  1774  ; 
"  appointed  Cornet  and  Lieutenant  in  the  3rd  Dragoons  1793, 
"Captain  1795,  Brevet- Major  180S,  and  Lt.-Col.  1814.  He 
"served  in  the  expedition  of  1807  to  Zealand  ;  and  in  1809  and 
"1814  acted  as  Major  of  Brigade  in  the  Kent  district"''."  He 
married  30th  November  1798,  Leah,  daughter  of  the  Reverend 
John  Curry,  Rector  of  Dartford,  co.  Kent,  and  had,  with  three 
daughters,  six  sons  : — 

1^.  —I.  Randall  Gossip.    See  belozu,  1'^. 

H.  William  Gossip,  Esq.,  Lieutenant  in  the  41st 
Regiment  ;  born    22nd   October    1801  ;  killed  in 
action  in  the  Burmese  War,  ist  December  1825. 
HI.  WiLMER  Gossip,   of   whom  we    treat   presently 

(seep.  13s). 
IV.  Thomas-George  Gossip,  Clerk  in  Holy  Orders  ; 
born  loth  October  1808  ;  of  Trinity  College, 
Cambridge,  B.A.  1831,  M.A.  1841  ;  admitted  of 
Lincoln's  Inn  9th  January  1833.  By  royal 
licence,  dated  25th  October  1832,  he  assumed  the 
name  of  Wilmer,  and  on  the  gth  of  November 
following  he  and  his  brother,  Wilmer  Wilmer, 
obtained  a  grant  of  the  Wilmer  arms  {see  pp.  13-15). 
He  was  presented  in  1843  to  the  Rectory  of  West 
Coker,   co.   Somerset,   at   which   place   he    died 

47.   Gentleman's  Magazine. 


134  HISTORY    OF    THE    WILMER    FAMILY. 

without  issue  25th  December  1845,  and  was  there 
buried.     He  married  in  1840,  Emma,  sister  of  the 
Reverend    John    Raven,    Rector    of    Broughton- 
Astley.         Mrs.    Wilmer    married    secondly    at 
Broughton-Astley,     26th      April      185 1,     Harry 
Footner,  Esq.,  of  Andover. 
V.  Frederick -WiLMOT  Gossip,  died  young. 
VI.  Arthur   Gossip,  born   loth    December   1814; 
died  I2th  January  1823. 
Colonel  Gossip  died  29th  September  1832,  and  was  buried 
at  Northfleet,  co.  Kent. 

$F.— ^Aantiall  C.OSSip  [XHF],  Esq.,  of  Thorp  Arch, 
an  officer  in  the  Fusilier  Guards,  the  eldest  son  of  Randall 
Gossip  [XIF],  was  born  28th  May  1800.  He  married,  9th  Sep- 
tember 1825,  Christiana,  only  daughter  of  William  Marshall, 
Esq.,  of  Newton  Kyme  and  Laughton-en-le-Morthen,  co.  York, 
and  sister  and  sole  heiress  of  William  Marshall,  Esq.,  of  the 
same  places,  who  took  the  surname  of  Hatfeild.  Mr.  Gossip, 
on  succeeding  jure  u.xoris  to  these  estates,  assumed  the  sur- 
name and  arms  of  Hatfeild,  by  royal  licence,  dated  i6th 
October  1844.  Arms  of  Hatfeild:  Ermine,  on  a  chevron 
engrailed  sable  three  cinquefoils  or,  a  canton  of  the  second  ; 
crest :  A  cubit  dexter  arm,  vested  sable,  cuffed  argent,  charged 
with  a  cross  crosslet  or,  holding  in  the  hand  proper  a  cinquefoil 
slipped  of  the  third  :  motto  :  Pax.  Mr.  Hatfeild  had,  with  five 
daughters,  four  sons,  who  successively  represented  the  family. 
The  eldest  :— 

©".— l^antiaiiasailmfr  i^atfcilti  [xhif],  Esq.,  ot 

Thorp  Arch,  Lieutenant  in  the  loth  Hussars,  was  born  8th  July 
1828.  He  married,  in  August  1856,  Miss  FitzGibbon,  and  died 
without  issue,  14th  April  i?6i. 

r£.— aSaiUiam  l^atfciltr  [XHIF],  Esq.,  second  son  of 
Randall  Hatfeild  [XHF],  an  officer  in  the  88th  Regiment,  was 
born  3rd  December  1834,  and  died  unmarried  5th  April  1863. 


^%4 


ExPERTus    Credo. 
Arms  of  W'ilmer  Wilmer  and  Thomns-George  Wilmer. 


HISTORY    OF    THE   WILMER    FAMILY. 


i:iM.— ^fjomag-Sotifrci)  l^atfeilti  [xiiif],  Esq.,  of 

Thorp  Arch,  and  of  Skellow  Grange,  near  Doncaster,  third  son 
of  Randall  Hatfeild  [XIIF],  was  born  29th  November  1S37. 
He  married,  3rd  February  1872,  Gertrude,  third  daughter  of  the 
late  Charles-William  Minet,  Esq.,  of  Baldwyns,  co.  Kent,  and 
by  her  (who  died  4th  November  1872)  had  a  daughter, 
Gertrude  Hatfeild,  born  4th  November  1872.  Mr.  Hatfeild 
died   19th  February  1882. 

Fill.— Joijn  ?^atfClltr  [XIHF],  Esq.,  J.P.,  now 
living,  of  Thorp  Arch  Hall  and  Skellow  Grange,  the  youngest 
son  of  Randall  Hatfeild  [XHF],  was  born  15  th  June  1846.  He 
married  loth  June  1869,  Marianna-Frances,  only  daughter 
of  Monsieur  Adolphe  Davide,  and  has  issue  : — 

I.  John-Randall  Hatfeild,  born  21st  September 

1873. 
I.  Lilian-Frances     Hatfeild,   born    20th   October 
1870. 
[For  the  pedigrees  of  the  Gossip  and  Hatfeild  families  we  wish  to 
acknowledge    our  indebtedness  to  Mr.    Joseph    Foster's  Pedigrees  of 
Yorkshire  Families,  and  to  the    Rev.   C.    B.   Norcliffe  for  numerous 
extracts  from  parish  registers,  etc.] 


WILMER    OF    LONDON,  AND    MOORE    OF  BARNE 
PARK. 

£.— aSailmfr  SOSSip  [XH],  Esq.,  of  Wllton  Crescent, 
London,  the  third  son  of  Randall  Gossip  [XIF]  and  Leah  his 
wife  (seep.  133J,  was  born  2nd  September  1804,  and  baptized  at 
St.  Werburgh's,  Derby.  He  assumed  the  surname  of  Wilmer  by 
a  royal  licence,  dated  25th  October  1832,  and  on  the  9th  of 
November  in  the  same  year  the  following  arms  were  assigned  to 
him  and  his  brother,  Thomas-George  Wilmer  :  Gules,  a  chevron 
vair  between  three  eagles  displayed  or,  a  mullet  for  difference  ; 


136  HISTORY   OF    THE    WILMER    FAMILY. 

crest  :  An  eagle's  head  or  between  two  wings  expanded  vair, 
differenced  as  the  arms  ;  motto  :  Expertus  credo  (see pp.  13-15). 
He  married  at  All  Saints,  Stamford,  co.  Lincoln,  12th  December 
1832,  Anne,  youngest  daughter  and  coheiress  of  the  Reverend 
Thomas  Wingfield,  Rector  of  Bulwick,  co.  Northampton,  and  of 
Teigh  and  Tickencote,  co.  Rutland,  by  Maria,  daughter  of 
William  Torkington,  Esq.,  of  Stamford.  Arms  of  Wingfield  : 
Quarterly,  ist  and  4th,  Argent,  on  a  bend  gules,  cotiscd  sable, 
three  pairs  of  wings  conjoined  of  the  field,  a  crescent  for  differ- 
ence (Wingfield)  ;  2nd  and  3rd,  Or,  on  a  pile  vert  three  garbs  of 
the  field  (Oldfield,  of  Spalding).  Wilmer  and  Anne  Wilmer 
had  issue  : — 

I.  George-Wilmer-Wingfield    Wilmer,    born 
at  29,  Half  Moon    Street,   Piccadilly,    London, 
29th  October  1833  ;   died   13th  June  1837. 
II.  Augustus-Henry   Wilmer,  born  in   London, 
22nd  March  1837  ;  died  in  August  1849. 

M.— I.  Ann.\-Maria  Wilmer.     See  behnu,  ££. 

Mr.  Wilmer  Wilmer  died  14th  September  1858;  and  Mrs. 
Wilmer  Wilmer  died  at  Barne  28th  October  18S0,  and  was  buried 
at  Newchapel. 

I3i.— Hnnn-iMaria  asiilmrr  [xiii],  only  daughter 

and  sole  heiress  of  Wilmer  Wilmer,  was  born  1 3th  December 
1840.  She  married,  at  St.  Paul's,  Knightsbridge,  London,  1st 
October  1867,  Stephen  Moore,  Esq.,  now  of  Barne  Park, 
Clonmel,  co.  Tippcrary,  J. P.,  D.L.,  M.P.  for  co.  Tipperary  in 
187s  ;  formerly  a  captain  in  the  63rd  Regiment  ;  eldest  son  of 
Stephen-Charles  Moore,  Esq.,  and  Anna  his  wife,  daughter  of 
Colonel  Kingsmill  Pennefather,  of  New  Park,  co.  Tipperary. 
Mr.  Moore  has  had  issue  : — 

I.  Stephen-Wilmer  Moore,  born    19th  Novem- 
ber 1868  ;  died  17th  June  1877. 
II.  Randall-Kingsmill  Moore,  born  12th  February 
1873- 


HISTORY    OF   THE    WILMER    FAMILY.  137 

III.  Stephen-Thomas  Moore,    born   7th    February 
1881. 
I.  Anna-F.leanor-Isabel  Moore. 
11.  Geraldine-Elena  Moore. 
III.  Mary-Augusta  Moore. 
IV.  Stephanie- Hilda-Grace  Moore. 
Mrs.  Moore  died  at  Barne  22nd  December   1886,  and  was 
burled  at  Newchapel,  near  Barne,  the  family  burial-place  of  the 
Moores.     The  arms  of  Stephen  Moore,  Esq.,  are  :  Quarterly,  ist 
and  4th,  Sable,  a  swan  argent  within   a  bordure  engrailed  or 
(Moore)  ;  2nd  and  3rd  quarters,  quarterly,  ist  and  4th,  Argent,  a 
cross  moline  sable  (Colville)  ;  2nd  and  3rd,  Gules,  a  fess  chequy 
argent  and  azure  (Lindsay).     Mr.  Moore  bears  on  an  escutcheon 
of  pretence  in  right  of  his  wife  the  arms  of  Wilmer,  namely : 
Gules,  a  chevron  vair  between  three  eagles   displayed  or,  with  a 
mullet   for  difference,  quartering  Thwenge,    Bruce,    Lancaster, 
Helmsley,  Wingfield,  and  Oldfield.    Crest  of  Moore  :  A  goshawk 
seizing  a  coney,  both  proper  ;  motto  :  Vis  unita  fortior. 


Chapter   XI. 


FIELD,    WHITTELI.,    AND     HERBERT,    OF      UPPER 

HEOISLEY;    AND    THE     FAMH.IES    OF   PARSONS, 

DUNCOMBE,    AND    FITZGERALD. 


"  If  any  there  be  which  are  desirous  to  be  strangers  in  theire  aii>ne  soile  &r' 
Jorraijurs  in  theire  owne  citie,  they  may  so  continue,  and  therein  flatter  themselves ;  for 
suchlike  I  have  not  written  these  lines,  nor  taken  these paines." 


Arms  of  Bandall    Wilmer  :  Gules,  a  chevron  argent  between 

THREE     eagles     OR,     ARMED     AND      LANGUED      SABLE;        CREST  :       An 

EAGLE      DISPLAYED       OR,       ARMED      .\ND      LANGUED       SABLE,       HOLDING 

IN  HIS  BEAK  A  GARLAND    OF    LAUREL    PROPER.       ThE    ARMS    AND    CREST 

ARE    CHARGED    WITH  A    CRESCENT    FOR    DIFFERENCE. 


^  antiall  SSlllmrr  [VIIIG],  Esq.,  of  staple  inn, 
'•■"  London,  and  of  the  city  of  York,  the  eldest 
son  of  Randall  Wilmer  [VII E],  by  Sarah 
Stainforth,  his  second  wife  {see  p.  125),  was 
baptized  at  St.  Mary's,  Stratford-le-Bow,  i8th  March  1 690-1. 
He  married'  at  York   Minster,  5th  January    1748-9,  Jane,  the 


I  The  marriage  settlement  was 
dateil  3  Jan.  1748-9  ;  and  by  it  and  an 
indenture,  dated  the  previous  day, 
Randall  Wilmer  conveyed  his  moiety 
of  the  manor  of  Upper  Helmsley  to  his 
brother,  John  Wilmer,  and  Nicholas 
Suyer,  in  trust,  to  the  use  of  Jane  Suger, 


for  life,  and,  after  her  death,  to  the 
uses  appointed  in  the  will  of  John 
Wilmer,  of  Walthamstow  (see  p.  119). 
In  1787,  Mrs.  Jane  Wilmer  granted 
to  her  son-in-law,  Wilmer  Gossip,  her 
life  interest  in  a  moiety  of  this  moiety 
(see  p.   129). 


HISTORY   OF   THE   WILMER    FAMILY  139 

second  daughter  of  Nicholas  Suger,  Attorncy-at-Law,  of 
Goodrsmgate,  in  the  city  of  York,  and  sister  and  eventually  sole 
heiress  of  the  Reverend  Zachary  Suger,  Rector  of  St.  Cuthbert's, 
York,  who  performed  the  marriage  service.  Arms  of  Suger  : 
Argent,  a  cross  moline  azure ;  quartering  Idle :  Sable,  a  fess 
or,  in  chief  two  esquires'  helmets  proper.  Jane  Suger  was  baptized 
7th  December  17 14,  at  Holy  Trinity,  Goodramgate,  York.  By 
her  Randall  Wilmer  had  issue : — 

I.  Ann  Wilmer,  baptized  15th  January  1749-50, 
at  Holy  Trinity,  Goodramgate,  York  ; 
married  first,  i8th  September  1770,  her  cousin, 
Wilmer  Gossip,  Esq.,  of  Thorp  Arch  {seep.  129), 
by  whom  she  had  no  surviving  issue.  About 
three  years  after  his  death,  which  occurred 
19th  February  1790,  she  married  John-Burke 
Ryan,  Esq.,  of  Grosvenor  Place,  London.  She 
became  seized  of  a  moiety  of  the  manor  of  Upper 
Helmsley  after  the  deaths  of  her  father  and  of  her 
uncle,  John  Wilmer.  As  it  has  been  stated 
before,  she  conveyed  all  her  interest  in  this 
manor  to  her  first  husband,  Wilmer  Gossip,  and 
his  heirs.  She  died  without  issue  4th  January 
1799,  and  was  buried  at  St.  George's,  Hanover 
Square,  London  ;    M.I.   at   Upper  Helmsley. 

H. — II.  Mary  Wilmer.     See  belozv,''k^. 

By  the  bequest  of  his  uncle,  John  Wilmer,  of  Walthamstow 
{see  p.  119),  Randall  Wilmer  was  seized  of  a  moiety  of  the  manor 
of  Upper  Helmsley.  This  moiety,  after  his  decease,  passed  to 
his  two  daughters,  who  also  inherited  the  other  moiety  of  the 
manor  upon  the  death  of  their  uncle,  John  Wilmer,  of  York 
{see  p.  125).  Randall  Wilmer  died  22nd  February,  and  was 
buried  25th  February  I76i,t  aged  70.  His  will  was  dated 
22nd  August  175S,  and  proved    17th  May  1762^      There  is  the 

+  Par.  reg.  of  Upper   Helmsley.  |        2.   At  York,  vol.  Io6,  fo.  222. 


I40  HISTORY    OF   THE    WILMER    FAMILY. 

following  inscription  on  a  family  monument  in  Upper  Helmslcy 
church  : — 

Near  this  Place  are  deposited  the  Remains  of  John  Wilmer,  |  of 
the  City  of  York,  Esq''.,  who  departed  this  Life  |  the  14th  day  cf 
February,  1761,  Aged  63.  |  Alfo  of  his  elder  Brother  Randall 
Wilmer,  |  of  this  Place  Esq^  who  departed  this  Life  |  the  22d  day  of 
February  in  the  same  year,  Aged  70.  |  And  alfo  of  Jane  Wilmer, 
who  departed  this  Life  |  the  5th  day  of  August,  1806,  Aged  92.  |  She 
was  the  last  surviving  daughter  of  Nicholas  Suger,  of  the  City  of  York,  [ 
Esq^,  &  Relict  of  the  abovenamed  Randall  Wilmer,  by  whom  she  had 
Issue  I  two  Children,  Anne,  the  elder,  died  in  January  1799,  and  was 
interred  at  |  St.  George's,  Hanover  Square,  London  ;  Mary,  the  younger, 
married  |  Joshua  Field  of  Heaton,  in  the  West  Riding  of  this  County, 
Esq^,  I  and  they  have  erected  this  Monument  to  perpetuate  the  Memory 
I  of  their  departed  Relatives. 

The  arms  beneath  the  inscription  are;  Gules,  a  chevron  vair 
between  three  eagles  displayed  or  (being  the  arms  of  the 
Wilmers  of  Ryton)  ;  impaling  Argent,  a  cross  moline  azure 
(Suger)  ;  crest :  Issuing  from  a  mural  coronet  gules  an  eagle's 
head  or  {see  p.  13). 

Mrs.  Wilmer  lived,  during  the  long  term  of  her  widowhood, 
in  a  house  belonging  to  her  son-in-law,  Wilmer  Gossip,  at 
Ogleforth,  in  the  city  of  York.  Between  1790  and  1800  she 
rebuilt,  at  her  sole  expense,  the  parish  church  of  Upper 
Helmsley,  replacing  an  ancient  Norman  church  by  one  of  brick 
with  sash  windows,  a  practice  too  common  at  that  period. 
Mrs.  Herbert,  the  present  owner  of  the  manor,  has  lately  caused 
this  church  to  be  demolished,  and  is  now  engaged  in  rebuilding 
it  in  its  original  Norman  style,  as  a  thank-offering  to  Almighty 
God  for  the  completion  of  the  fiftieth  year  of  Her  Most  Gracious 
Majesty's  reign,  and  in  remembrance  of  departed  ancestors  and 
relatives.  Mrs.  Wilmer  also  gave  the  Communion  Plate,  which 
consists  of  a  silver  Flagon,  Chalice,  and  Paten,  bearing  the  arms 
of  Wilmer  impaling  those  of  Suger,  and  the  crest  of  Wilmer, 
with  the  motto :  Neutrisque  extingiiar,  and  the  legend  :  The 
gift  of  fane  Wilmer  to  the  Church  of  Upper  Hemsley.      She  died 


HISTORY   OF   THE   WILMER    FAMILY.  I4I 

5th3  August  1806,  at  the  advanced  age  of  ninety-one  years,  and 
was  buried  in  the  church  of  Upper  Helmsley  ;  M.I. 

£3r.— iHariJ  MiUmcX  [IXG],  was  the  younger  daughter 
and  coheiress  of  Randall  [VIIIG]  and  Jane  Wilmer,  and  after 
the  death  of  her  sister,  Mrs.  Ryan,  in  1799,  their  sole  heiress. 
She  was  baptized  at  St.  Cuthbert's,  York,  17th  September 
175 1'',  and  married  at  Scarborough,  4th  October  1774,  Joshua 
Fields,  Esq.,  of  Heaton,  in  the  parish  of  Bradford,  co.  York,  D.L. 
and  J. P.  for  the  West  Riding  of  that  county.  Mr.  Field,  who 
was  born  in  December,  and  baptized  at  Bradford,  31st  December 
1742,  was  the  only  surviving  son  of  John  Field,  Esq.,  of  Heaton, 
and  Mary  his  wife,  daughter  of  Joshua  Eamondson,  Esq.,  of 
Seacroft,  co.  York.     Joshua  and  Mary  Field  had  issue  : — 

UK. — I-  JOHN-WiLMER  Field.     Sec  below,  m. 

II.  Zachary-SugER  Field,  born  6th  January 
1777  ;  died  an  infant. 
III.  Joshua  Field,  Esq.,  of  Leeds  and  Westow 
House,  CO.  York,  and  of  13,  Park  Crescent, 
Portland  Place,  London  ;  Lord  of  the  Manors  of 
Burythorpe  and  Kennythorpe,  co.  York,  which 
were  inherited  from  the  Sugers,  and  (after  the 
decease  of  his  brother,  John-Wilmer  Field, 
without  issue  male)  Lord  of  the  Manor  of  Upper 
Helmsley.  Mr.  Field  was  born  and  baptized  at 
York,  loth  May  1778.  He  married  at  Kildwick, 
CO.  York,  17th  August  1801,  Elizabeth,  the  eldest 
daughter  of  William  Wayneman,  Esq.,  of  Carr 
Head,  in  Craven,  and  had  two  daughters : — 

i.  Elizabeth  Field,  born  13th  July  1802  ; 
baptized  at  Bradford,  4th  August   1802  ; 


3.  The  register  at  Upper  Helmsley 
states  that  she  was  buried  4  Aug.  1806, 
while  her  M.I.  in  the  church  gives  5 
Aug.  1806  as  the  date  of  her  death. 

4.  The  following  entry  is  taken  from 
the  register  of  the  Bedern,   York  :  — 


"  1751  September  A  daughter  of  Mr. 
Wilmer  born  and  baptized  in  ye 
Bedern  but  never  brought  to  Church." 

5.  For  an  account  of  Mr.  Field's 
ancestry  see  Foster's  P.:digrees  of  York- 
shire Families. 


HISTORY    OF   THE    WILMER    FAMILY. 

died  unmarried  at   Harrogate,   iitli  July 

1822,  aged  21  years  ;    buried  in  the  parish 

church  of  Bradford   in  a  vault   inscribed 

"Field    of    Westow";     M.I.    at    Upper 

Helmsley. 

ii.  Mary-Anne  Field,  born   19th  February 

1805  ;    died    unmarried    22nd    February 

1825,  aged   20  years;    buried  in   a  vault 

on  the  south  side  of  the   new  church  at 

Hackney,  co.  Middlesex  ;  M.I.  at   Upper 

Helmsley. 

Arms  of  Wayneman  :   Per  pale  gules  and   azure 

a   cross    flory    {qnciy   or)  ;    quartering    Bradley : 

Argent,  a  chevron  sable.     Mrs.    Field  died   2nd 

September  1856,  aged  75,  and  Mr.  Field  died  2nd 

]\Ia)-    1S63,  aged    84    j'cars.       They    were    both 

buried     in     the     Cemetery    at      Highgate,     co. 

Middlesex  ;  M.I.  at  Upper  Helmsley. 

I.  Mary-Anne    Field,    of  whom    presently    {see 

p.   149). 

II.  Delia  Field,  born  14th,  and  baptized  15th  July 

1780  ;  married  at  Bradford,  in  September  1806, 

Thomas-George    Fitzgerald*",   Esq  ,  of  Oaklands 

and  Turlough  Park,  co.  Mayo,  and  of  Mapperton 

House,  CO.  Somerset,  Lieutenant-Colonel  in  the 

Army.     They  had  a  son  : — 

i.  Charles  -  Lionel  -  William  Fitz- 
gerald, Esq.  ;  married  Dorothea,  second 
daughter  of  Patrick  Kirwan,  Esq,  of 
Dalgin  Park,  co.  Mayo.  He  died  9th 
November  1834,  leaving  an  only  son  : — 
i.  Charles-Lionel  Fitzgerald,  Esq., 
of     Turlough      Park,      J. P.      and 

6.   See  Burke's  History  of  iht  Commoneis,  and  Landed  Gentry. 


HISTORY    OF   THE   WILMER    FAMILY.  143 

D.L.  ;  born  24th  August  1833; 
married  first,  3rd  December  1859, 
Emily,  second  daughter  of  the  late 
Michael  Dungan, Esq.  Shedied6th 
July  1872,  and  Mr.  Fitzgerald 
married  secondly,  22nd  October 
1873,  Isabella-  Emily,  second 
daughter  of  the  late  Reverend 
Robert-J.  Serjcantson,  Vicar  of 
Snaith,  co.  York. 

Delia  Fitzgerald  died  9th  December  18 17,  and 
was  buried  at  Oaklands.  Colonel  Fitzgerald, 
after  marrying  a  second  time,  died  5th  June 
1856.  Arms  of  Fitzgerald  :  Ermine,  a  saltire 
gules  ;  crest :  A  boar  passant  ;  motto  :  Honor 
probataque  virtus. 

Mrs.  Field  inherited  a  moiety  of  the  manor  of  Upper 
Helmsley  after  the  deaths  of  her  father  and  of  her  uncle,  John 
Wilmer,  of  York.  The  other  moiety  we  have  traced  until  it 
came  into  the  possession  of  William  Gossip,  of  Thorp  Arch,  who 
sold  it  in  1804  to  Joshua  Field  for  6,000/.  Thus  the  two  moieties 
were  again  united.  Mr.  Field  died  25th  September  1819,  and 
Mrs.  Field  died  4th  November  1830.  They  were  both  buried  in 
the  parish  church  of  Bradford  ;  M.I.  at  Upper  Helmsley. 

m.— Jo|)n-aHlImEr  jFirltr  [XG],  Esq.,  of  Upper 
Helmsley  and  Heaton  Hall,  Lord  of  the  Manors  of  Upper 
Helmsley,  Heaton,  Shipley,  Barnby  Moor,  and  Allerthorpe-cum- 
Waplington,  an  Officer  in  the  Royal  Horse  Guards  Blue,  J. P. 
and  D.L.  for  the  West  Riding  of  Yorkshire,  was  the  eldest  son 
of  Joshua  and  Mary  Field  [IXG].  He  was  born  20th  August 
1775  ;  baptized  at  Holy  Trinity,  York  ;  graduated  at  Christ 
Church  College,  Oxford,  B.A.,  i8th  April  1798.  He  married 
first,  at  Easington,  co.  York,  3rd  September  181 2,  Anne,  the 
eldest  daughter  of  Robert  Wharton-Myddleton,   Esq.,  of  Old 


144  HISTORY    OF   THE    WILMER    FAMILY. 

Park,  CO.  Durham,  and  of  Crinkle  Park,  in  Cleveland,  co.  York. 
Arms  of  Wharton-Myddleton  :  Quarterly,  ist  and  4th  grand 
quarters  quarterly,  1st  and  4th,  Quarterly  gules  and  or,  in  the  first 
quarter  a  cross  patonce  argent  (Myddleton),  2nd  and  3rd,  Azure, 
a  maunche  or  (Conyers)  ;  2nd  and  3rd  grand  quarters.  Sable,  a 
maunche  argent,  a  canton  or  (Wharton).  They  had  two  daughters 
and  coheiresses  : — 

iW.—l.  Mary  Field.    See  below,  I©". 

II.  Delia  Field,  bom  23rd  October  1814  ;  baptized 
at  Bradford,  24th  July  181 5  ;  married  14th 
July  1836,  the  Hon.  Arthur  Duncombe,  of 
Kilnwick  Percy, co. York,  Admiral  R.N.  (reserved), 
fourth  son  of  Charles,  first  Baron  Feversham, 
by  the  Lady  Charlotte  Legge,  his  wife,  only 
daughter  of  William,  second  Earl  of  Dartmouth. 
The  Hon.  Arthur  Duncombe'  was  born  24th 
March  1806,  and  has  issue  : — 

i.  Charles  -  Wilmer  Duncombe,  Esq., 
Colonel  in  the  Army,  and  Major  and 
Lieutenant-Colonel  in  the  1st  Life  Guards  ; 
born  19th  September  1838. 
ii.  Arthur  Duncombe,  Esq.,  .Barrister-at- 
Law,  M.A.  of  University  College,  Oxford, 
J. P.  for  the  North  and  East  Ridings  of 
Yorkshire ;  M.P.  for  the  Howdenshire 
division  of  Yorkshire;  born  nth  February 
1840  ;  married  12th  June  1S69, 
Katharine  -  Henrietta- Maria,  elder 
daughter  of  Henry-John  Milbank,  Esq., 
and  has  issue, 
iii.  Frederick- William  Duncombe,  Esq., 
Captain  in  the  Grenadier  Guards  ;  born 
28th   January   1842  ;    married   28th  July 

7.  See  Burke's  and  Foster's  Peera'^es. 


HISTORY   OF   THE  WILMER    FAMILY.  145 

1868,  the  Lady  Katharine  Acheson, 
the  youngest  daughter  of  Archibald,  third 
Earl  of  Gosford,  K.P.,  and  had  issue.  He 
died  6th  February  1 878. 

iv.  George  -  Augustus  Duncombe,  Esq., 
J.P.  for  the  East  Riding  of  Yorkshire  ; 
born  25th  May  1848. 

V.  Edward  -  Wharton    Duncombe,    Esq., 

born  30th  August  1850. 
i.  Charlotte  Duncombe,  born  21st 
August  1837;  married,  12th  May  1859, 
Joseph-Alfred  Sykes,  Esq.,  of  Raywell, 
CO.  York,  Captain  in  the  94th  Regiment. 
He  died  ist  September  1865. 

ii.  Mary-Louisa  Duncombe,  born  i6th 
May  1845  ;  married,  2ist  February  1871,. 
the  Hon.  Ashley  Carr  Glyn,  Esq., 
Barrister-at-Law,  eighth  son  of  George- 
Carr,  first  Baron  Wolverton.  He  died 
nth  September  1875,  having  had  issue. 
The  Hon.  Mrs.  Glyn  married  secondly 
the  Right  Reverend  Isaac  Hellmutn, 
D.D.,  D.C.L.,  late  Lord  Bishop  of 
Huron,  now  Vicar  of  Bridlington  priory 
church. 

iii.  Edith- Frances   Duncombe,  born    13th 

October  1846  ;   married,  22nd  April  1873, 

Charles-Francis  Wallcer,  Esq.,  Captain 

R.N.,  son   of  Sir  James  Walker,    Bart.,. 

of  Sand  Hutton,  and  has  issue. 

The  Hon.  Mrs.  Duncombe  died  sth  May   1S73  ; 

and  the  Hon.  Arthur  Duncombe  married  secondly, 

13th  March  1877,  Jane-Maria,  eldest  daughter  of" 

Sir  James  Walker,  Bart,  of  Sand  Hutton,  co. 


146  HISTORY    OF    THE    WILMER    FAMILY. 

York.       Arms    of     Duncombe :     Per    chevron 

engrailed  gules   and  argent,  three  talbots'  heads 

erased,    counterchanged,    quartering   [inter  alia), 

Field,     Wilmer,     Thwengc,     Bruce,     Lancaster, 

Helmslej^,   Suger,   and    Idle  ;    crest :    Out    of    a 

ducal  coronet  or  a  horse's  hind  leg  sable,  the  shoe 

argent   (the   arms  and   crest  are  charged  with  a 

crescent  for  difference). 

Mr.  Field   married    secondly   Isabella-Helena,  daughter  of 

Captain  Salter,  R.N.     She  died  sine  prole,   nth   October   1842; 

and  he  died  nth  January  1S37,  aged  sixty-one. 

Arms  of  John-Wilmer  Field,  and  of  Joshua  Field,  of 
Westow  :  Quarterly  of  eight,  ist.  Argent,  three  bars  wavy  azure 
surmounted  of  a  lion  rampant  or,  in  chief  two  escallop  shells  of 
the  second  (Field)  ;  2nd,  Gules,  a  chevron  vair  between  three 
eagles  displayed  or  (Wilmer)  ;  3rd,  Argent,  a  chevron  gules 
between  three  popinjays  beaked,  legged,  and  collared  of  the 
second  (Thwenge)  ;  4th,  Argent,  a  lion  rampant  azure  (Brucel  ; 
5th,  Argent,  two  bars  gules,  on  a  canton  of  the  second  a  lion 
passant  gardant  or  (Lancaster)  ;  6th,  Bendy  paly  argent  and 
azure  (Helmsley)  ;  7th,  Argent,  a  cross  moline  azure  (Suger)  ; 
8th,  Sable,  a  fess  or  in  chief  two  esquires'  helmets  proper  (Idle). 
Crests:  ist,  A  dexter  hand  proper  holding  an  armillary  sphere 
all  surrounded  by  clouds  proper  (Field)  ;  2nd,  An  eagle's  head 
or  between  two  wings  expanded  vair  (Wilmer)  ;  3rd,  A  pelican 
in  her  piety  proper  (Thwenge)  ;  4th,  A  greyhound  proper 
(Suger)  ;  5th,  An  esquire's  helmet  proper  (Idle).  The  above  arms 
and  crests  were  registered  in  the  College  of  Arms  by  John- 
Wilmer  Field  and  his  brother,  Joshua  Field. 

IF.— Haarn  Jftcltl  [XIG],  the  eider  daughter  and  co- 
heiress of  John-Wilmer  Field  [XG],  was  born  21st  July,  and 
baptized  at  Bradford,  24th  July  181 3.  She  married,  14th  April 
1846,  the  Right  Hon.  Sir  William  Parsons,  third  Earl  of  Rosse, 
Knight  of  the  Order  of  St.  Patrick,  and  Knight  of  the  Legion 
of  Honour,  and  had  issue  : — 


HISTORY    OF    THE   WILMER    FAMILY.  1 47 

2F". — -I.  The     Right    Hon.     Sir    Laurence    Parsons, 
fourth  Earl.     See  below,  ?F". 
II.  Hon.  William-Wilmer   Parsons,  born  20th 
March  1844  ;  died  7th  September  1855. 

III.  Hon.  John  Parsons,  bom  7th  September  1846  ; 
died  9th  April  1857. 

IV.  Hon.  and  Rev.  Randal  Parsons,  of  Trinity 
College,  Dublin,  B.A.  1871,  M.A.  1874  ;  ordained 
Deacon  1872,  Priest  1873,  instituted  in  1880  to 
the  Rectory  of  Sandhurst,  Berkshire,  which  he 
now  holds.  Born  26th  April  1848  ;  married, 
9th  August  1876,  Eleanor- Victoria,  second 
daughter  of  the  Right  Rev.  John  -  Fielder 
Mackarness,  Lord  Bishop  of  Oxford. 

V.  Hon.  Richard  -  Clere  Parsons,  born  21st 
February  1851  ;  married,  21st  November  1878, 
Agnes- Elizabeth,  youngest  daughter  of  John- 
Frederic-La-Trobe  Bateman,  Esq.,  of  Moor  Park, 
CO.  Surrey,  and  has  issue  : — 

i.  William-Frederic    Parsons,   born    loth 
November  1879. 

ii.  Arthur-David-Clere    Parsons,  born  8th 
November  1881. 

iii.  Laurence-Edmund    Parsons,  born  22nd 
July  1883. 

iv.  John  -  Randal     Parsons,     born      27th 

December  1884. 
V.  A  Son,  born  19th  October  1886. 
VI.  Hon.    Charles-Algernon    Parsons,   born    13th 
June  1854;  married,in  1S83,  Kathe nine,  daughter 
of  William  Bethell,  Esq.,  of  Rise  Park,  co.  York, 
and  has  issue  : — 

i.  Alfred  Parsons. 


148  HISTORY    OF   THE   WILMER    FAMILY. 

ii.  Algernon-George  Parsons,   born    19th 

October  1886. 
i.  Rachel  -  Mary     Parsons,     born     25th 
January  1885. 
I.  Lady  Alice  Parsons,  born  20th  October  1839  ; 
died  1st  August  1847. 
The    Earl    of    Rossc     "  was    highly   distinguished    for    his 
"  knowledge  and  practical  ability  in  science,  especially  in  regard 
"  to  astronomy,"  and  his  "  name  will  for  ever  be   identified   with 
"  the  wonderful  telescope  he  erected  on  his  estate  at  Parsonstown." 
He  died  31st  October  1867;  and   Lady  Rosse  died   22nd  July 
1885,  aged  72. 

W.—Ef)t  t\igf)t  ifc^tin.  ^ix  Jlaurcnrc  IJarsons 
[xiiG],    tf)C    fourtlj    iSarl    of  Iaossc    anti    13aroii 

©XmantOtDn,  D.C.L.,  LL.D.,  F.R.S.,  of  Birr  Castle, 
Parsonstown,  King's  County,  and  of  Heaton  Hall,  co.  York,  was 
born  17th  November  1S40.  He  married,  ist  September  1870, 
the  Hon.  Frances-Cassandra,  only  child  of  Edward-William, 
fourth  Lord  Hawke,  and  has  had  issue  : — 

I.  The    Right   Hon.  Williarn-Edward    Parsons, 
Lord  Oxmantown  ;  born  14th  June  1S73. 

II.  Hon.  GeofTrey-Laurence    Parsons,   born    24th 
May  1874. 

III.  Hon.  Richard  Parsons,  born  9th,  and  died 
22nd  June  1875. 

I.  Lady     Muriel-Frances-Mary      Parsons,     born 
13th  November  1876. 

Arms  of  the  Earl  of  Rosse :  Gules,  three  leopards'  faces 
argent,  quartering  (inter  alia)  Field,  Wilmer,  Thwenge,  Bruce, 
Lancaster,  Helmsley,  Suger,  and  Idle  ;  crest :  A  demi  poleaxe 
erect  gules,  the  pointer;  supporters:  two  leopards  argent  pcllcttce, 
each  gorged  with  a  collar  gules,  charged  with  four  bezants  ; 
motto  :  Pro  Deo  et  Rege. 


HISTORY   OF   THE   WILMER    FAMILY.  149 

WHITTELL    AND     HERBERT     OF     UPPER 
HELMSLEY. 

"  Ung  jc  servirai." 

$.— JKarg-Hnne  Jirltl  [XH],  the  eider  daughter  of 
Joshua  Field,  of  Heaton  (see  p.  142},  and  of  Mary  [IXG]  his 
wife,  daughter  and  coheiress  of  Randall  Wilmer  [VIIIG],  was 
born  8th  May  1780,  and  baptized  the  same  day  at  the  church  of 
St.  John  Delpike,  York.  She  married,  at  Holy  Trinity, 
Goodramgate,  York.  27th  January  1802,  Eugene-Thomas 
Whittell,  Esq.,  Barrister-at-Law,  of  London,  and  had  an  only 
child  :— 

££. — I.  Joshua-Francis  Whittell.    See  below,  ££. 

Mr.  Whittell  was  the  second  son  of  Thomas  Whittell,  of 
Chelmsford,  by  Anna-Maria  his  wife,  the  daughter  {query  and 
heiress)  of  Samuel  Curzon,  of  Chelmsford,  who  was  descended 
from  a  common  ancestor  with  Lord  Scarsdale.  Arms  of  Samuel 
Curzon  :  Argent,  on  a  bend  sable  three  popinjays  or,  beaked, 
legged,  and  collared  gules,  a  martlet  for  difference.  Mr.  Whittell 
died  2ist  June  1821,  aged  45,  and  was  buried  in  the  parish 
church  of  Chelmsford.  Mrs.  Whittell  died  26th  December  1855, 
aged  75,  and  was  buried  31st  December  following-f- ;  M.L  in 
Upper  Helmsley  church.  Arms  of  Whittell  :  Gules,  a 
chevron  ermine  between  three  talbots'  heads  erased  or  ;  crest  : 
A  talbot's  head  erased  or,  collared,  eared,  and  ringed  argent  ;  a 
second  crest  was  assumed  by  Mr.  Whittell  :  Two  arms  embowed, 
habited  argent,  cuffed  ermine,  holding  between  the  hands  a  garb 
proper ;  motto  :  Nil  sine  Deo. 

$£.— Josi)ua=,ifrancis  eHijittfU  [xih],    Esq.,  of 

Upper   Helmsley  Hall  and   Westow   House,  the  only  child  ot 
Thomas-Eugene  and  Mary-Anne  Whittell,  was  born  21st  March, 

t  Par.  reg.  of  Upper  Helmsley. 


ISO  HISTORY    OF   THE   WILMER    FAMILY. 

"at  5  minutes  past  twelve  o'clock,"  and  baptized  31st  March 
1805. t  He  married,  at  Fulford,  near  York,  8th  February  1831, 
Phcebe,  daughter  of  Captain  Lefroy,  Barrack-master  at  York, 
and  niece  of  Mr.  Serjeant  Lefroy,  late  Chief  Justice  of  Ireland. 
Arms  of  Lefroy  :  Vert,  fretty  of  eight  pieces  argent,  on  a  chief 
of  the  second  a  cap  (allusive  to  the  badge  assumed  by  the 
party  opposed  to  the  Duke  of  Alva)  between  two  wyverns  gules. 
She  was  born  2nd  February  1813,  and  had  issue  by  Mr. 
Whittell  :— 

I.  Eugene-Thomas-Curzon  Whittell,  Esq., 
Captain  in  the  2nd  West  York  Light  Infantry  ; 
bom  20th  November  1832  ;  baptized  27th 
November  ;t  died  unmarried  %<itd  patris  4th 
September  1863  ;  buried  nth  September  ;t  M.I. 

II.  Joshua-Field  Whittell,  born  13th  April 
1844  ;  baptized  ist  May  ;t  died  8th  July  1850  ; 
buried  iith  Julyt  ;  M.I. 

£££. —  I.  Anna-Maria  Whittell.     Sec  bdoiv,  £££. 

II.  Henrietta-Phcebe  Whittell,  born  loth 
December  1835;  baptized  3rd  January  1836  ;t 
died  17th  February  1876;  buried  at  the  Kensal 
Green  Cemetery,  London  ;  married  Henry 
Wilkin,  Esq.,  of  No.  i,  Durham  Villas,  Ken- 
sington, London,  W.,  and  had  issue  :  — 

i.  Henry-Eugene  Wilkin. 

i.  Delia  Wilkin.  ii.  Hilda  Wilkin. 
IIL  Julia  Whittell,  born  4th  March  1842;  bap- 
tized 1st  April  ;  t  married,  17th  January  1865, 
Robert  Pow^ell,  Esq.,  of  Turlough,  co.  Mayo, 
and  now  of  Cloghane  House,  West  Port,  in  the 
same  county.  He  is  the  son  of  the  late  Reverend 
Edward  Powell,  and  has  issue  : — 

t  Par.  reg.  of  Upper  Helmsley. 


HISTORY    OF   THE   WILMER    FAMILY.  151 

i.  Joshua  Powell,     ii.  Robert  Powell, 
i.  Louisa  Powell,      ii.  Anne  Powell, 
iii.  Julia  Powell.         iv.  Henrietta-Emma 
Powell. 

IV.  Charlotte-Harriet     Whittell,    born     ist 
November  1850  ;  baptized  7th  December  ;t  died 
19th  January  1851 ;  buried   2ist  January  ;t  M.I. 
V.  Blanche  -  Lefroy    Whittell,    born     8th    Sep- 
tember     1852  ;      baptized      26th    September  ;t 
married,  iith   November    1873,!   Samuel  Key, 
Esq.,  of  Fulford,  near  York,  son  of  the  Reverend 
Samuel  Key,  and  has  an   only  child  : — Samuel- 
Whittell    Key,    born     20th    September    1874; 
baptized  at  Fulford,  22nd  October. 
Mr.  Whittell  died  7th   October   1S67,  and  was  buried    12th 
October;!  M.I.  at  Upper  Helmsley. 

£££.— Enna=Jttaria    aSJIilttrU  [xiih],    now   of 

Upper  Helmsley  Hall,  the  eldest  daughter  and  coheiress  of 
Joshua-Francis  Whittell  [XI H],  was  born  30th  November  1831, 
and  baptized  3rd  December.!  She  married,  13th  April  1869, 
George- Edward  Herbert,  Esq.,  of  Glan  Hafren  and 
Llanllugan,  co.  Montgomery,  Lieutenant-Colonel  in  the 
army  ;  formerly  in  the  9th  Bengal  Light  Cavalry  ;  J. P.  for 
CO.  Montgomery  ;  and  J. P.  and  D.L.  for  the  North  Riding  of 
Yorkshire.  He  was  born  4th  January  1809,  baptized  at 
Penstrowed,  co.  Montgomery,  and  was  the  second  but  eldest 
surviving  son  of  the  late  George-Arthur  Herbert,  Esq.,  of  Glan 
Hafren  and  Llanllugan,  by  Elizabeth  his  wife,  daughter  and 
heiress  of  the  late  Athelstan  Hamer,  Esq.,  of  Glan  Hafren. 
Colonel  Herbert  is  of  the  same  family  as  the  Earls  of  Carnarvon 
and  Pembroke.     He  has  issue  : — 

I.  Edward  -  Arthur  -  Field  -  Whittell   Herbert; 

t  Par.  reg.  of  Upper  Helmsley. 


152  HISTORY   OF   THE   WILMER    FAMILY. 

born     5th      November      1S70;       baptized     3rd 
December.t 
II.  George- Wilmer    Herbert,    born    13th    April 
1873  ;  baptized  31st  May.t 
Arms  of  Herbert :  Per  pale  azure  and  gules  three  lions  ram- 
pant or  ;  crest :  A  wyvern  with  its  wings  elevated  vert,  holding 
in  its  mouth  a  sinister  hand  couped  at  the  wrist  gules  ;  motto  : 
Ungje  servirai.     Colonel  Herbert  bears  the  arms  of  Whittell  on 
a  shield  of  pretence. 

t  Par.  reg.  of  Upper  Ilelmsley. 


vmJTi, 


Chapter  XII. 


WILMER    OF   STRATFORD-LE-BOW,   BROMLEY  ST. 
LEONARD'S,   STIFFORD,   AND   BARKING. 


"  It  is  asserted  after  much  reflection,  that  there  is  scarcely 
the  annals  of  this  country  but  either  had  its  origin,  or  beeatne  inti 
point  of  genealogy." — Sir  N.  H.  Nicolas,  Memoir  of  Vincent,  i 


I   important  fact  in 
ately  involved  in  a 


Arms  :  Gules,  a  chevron  vair  between  three  eagles  displayed 
OR  ;  A  crescent,  and  thereon  a  mullet,  for  difference. 


f)(ima.6  ffl^ilmer  [VH],  Esq.,  J.P.,  of  Stratford- 
le-Bow  and  Bromley  St.  Leonard's  in  Middle- 
sex, and  Stifford  in  Essex,  a  farmer  of  the 
Customs',  was  the  third  and  youngest  son  of 
George  Wilmer  [IVC],  of  West  Ham,  and  Susan  his  first  wife 
(see  p.  92).  He  was  born  in  the  parish  of  St.  Mary,  Alderman- 
bury,  London,  and  was  baptized  there  4th  March  1589-90. 
On  the  14th  of  March  1615-16,  a  certain  Thomas  Willmer,  aged 
24,  son  of  Willmer,  Esq.,  of  Essex,  matriculated  at  Christ 

Church  College,  O.xford.     He   married   about    161 S''  Elizabech, 
third   daughter   of  Abraham   Jacob,    Esq.,   of  Gamlingay,   co. 


Hail.  MS.  1 55 1,  fo.  84. 


2.  The  marriage  settlement  was  dated 
lOth  May  1615. 

U 


HISTORY    OF   THE    WILMER    FAIIILY. 


Cambridge,  and  Bromley  St.   Leonard's,  co.  Middlesex,  as  the 
following  pedigree^  will  show  : — 

Robert  Jacob,  Esq.,  of  Gamlingay.= Catherine,  dau.  and  h.  of  William 
I  Abraham,  Esq. ,  of  London. 


Abraham  Jacob,  Esq.,  of  Gamling.iy  and=Mary,  dau.  of  Francis  Rogers,  Esq., 
Bromley,  a  farmer  of  the  Customs,  I  of  Dartford,  co.  Kent, 

eldest  son  ;    d.  1 629. 


Sir  John  Jacob, = Alice,    d.iu.    of=John   Engle-     Thomas     Wil-=Elizabeth  Jacob, 


of    Bromley;  I  Thomas  Clow 
bap.    12    Dec.     es,      Esq.,     of 
1 597  *  ;   a  far-     London  ;     2nd 
merofthe  Cus-  I  wife, 
toms.      Knted.  I 
i6s3  ;    created 
a    Bart.,  1665  ; 
d.  1666.  I 

A 
Jacob  of  Bromley,  Baronets. 


field,   Esq.,   of    mer[VH],Esq.; 
London  ;      1st     d.  1624-5, 
husband. 


3rd  dau. ;  mar. 
2ndly  Torrell 
Jocelyn,  Esq. 


Martha  Englefield.  =  Abr.-.ham\Vi]mer  [VI H], 
I  Esq.,ofBromley(/.  158). 


1  I  I  I       1      '^ 

lElIenJacob,     2MaryTacob,  4Barbara  sFrances   H    Wilmer  OF  Barking. 

mar     i^enry     bap.     I     Ap.  Jacob,     mar.  Jacob,       

Rolt,      Esq.      1599*;  mar.  Robert  Seyl-  bap.  20  |  |  | 

{p.  156).  Geo.      Bury,  Hard,       E.sq.  May  Abraham         Robert    Other 

Esq.  [p.  156).  1606.*        Jacob.  Jacob.     Issue. 

Arms   of  Jacob:  Quarterly,   ist,   Argent,    a   chevron    gules 
between  three  heraldic  tigers'  heads  erased  proper  ;  2nd,  Argent, 
three  boars  passant  sable  ;  3rd,  Sable,  a  bend  engrailed    between 
six  billets  argent  ;  4th,  Gules,  three  covered  cups  or. 
Thomas  and  Elizabeth  Wilmer  had  issue  : — 

H. — I.  Abraham  WiLMER.     Scebelotv,^'^:. 

II.  Thomas  Wilmer,  aged  four  years  in  February 
1624-5.  A  Mr.  Thomas  Willmer,  Gent,  and 
Theologian,  was  buried  at  Bromley,  17th  Sep- 
tember 1650*. 
III.  J.A.COB  Wilmer,  baptized  at  Stifford,  17th  Feb- 
ruary 1620-15.  A  Jacob  Wilmer  of  Bromley,  co. 
Middlesex,  and  Mary  F.dwards  of  Stratton  {query 


3.  History  of  the  Families  of  facob,  by 
A.  H.  Jacob,  Esq.,  M.D.,  and  J.  H. 
Glascott,  Esq. 

*  Par.  reg.  of  Gamlingay. 


4.  Ly sons'  Environs  of  London,   1st 
ed. 

5.  Par.    reg.    of    Stifford,    privately 
printed  by  F.  A.  Crisp,  Esq. 


HISTORY   OF   THE   WILMER    FAMILY. 


'55 


Stratford)    Bowe    were    married    at   St.   Dionis 
Backchurch,  London,  loth  November  1664. 
I.  Mary  Wilmer,  baptized  at   Stifford,  25th   Sep- 
tember 16235. 

Elizabeth  Wilmer,  who,  in  1625,  was  living  at  Stratford- 
le-Bow,  married  secondly,  earlyj  in  1633,  Torrell  Jocelyne, 
Esq.,  of  Holywell,  co.  Huntingdon,  a  widower,  aged  40. 
She  was  then  aged  thirty-six,  and  was  living  in  1652^.  The 
licence  for  the  marriage  was  dated  26th  February  1632-3,  and 
authorized  the  marriage  to  be  solemnized  at  Stepney'.  It  seems 
probable  that  Torrell  Jocelyne  was  descended  from  Henry 
Jocelyne  (fourth  son  of  Sir  Thomas  Jocelyne,  Knt.,  of  High 
Roothing,  co.  Essex),  who  married  Anne,  daughter  and  coheiress 
of  Humphrey  (query  Henry)  Torrell^. 

By  an  Indenture,  made  7th  February  1614-15,  Thomas 
Wilmer  purchased  of  Thomas  Warr,  Esq.,  of  the  Middle  Temple, 
London,  and  William  Whitmore,  Esq.,  of  London,  land,  etc.,  in 
Trinitie  Marshe  at  Billinges  Corner,  land  near  Stampittes  called 
Algors  pighteir,  and  land  at  or  in  Hookefeild',  Podeslane, 
Ducksclay  Manigate,  Le  Hope  juxta  Tameswell',  and  Barlie- 
mouth,  all  which  premises  were  parcel  of  the  manor  of  West 
Ham9. 

Thomas  Wilmer  died  17th  February  1624-5'°,  seized  of  land 
in  East  Ham  and  West  Ham,  and  of  the  rectory  of  the  parish 
church  of  Bromley.  His  funeral  certificate,  which  is  preserved 
in  the  College  of  Arms,  is  as  follows  : — 

Mr.  Thomas  Wulmere  of  Stratford  Bowe  in  the  County  of  Midd. 
Gent  departed  this  mortall  life  the  15  day  of  February  1624  and  was 
buried  in  the  parish  Church  of  West  Ham"  in  the  County  of  Essex.  He 
married    Elizabeth   eldest    daughter   of  Abraham    Jacob   of  London 


5  Par.    reg.     of     Stifford,    privately- 
printed  by  F.  A.  Crisp,  Esq. 

6.  Close  R.,  A.D.  1652,  pt.  26(1). 

7.  Mar.  Lie.  Fac.  OE 

8.  Visit.  Essex,  1558  and  1612  ;  Harl. 
Soc.  Publ.  xiii. 


9.  Close  R.,  12  Jac.  I.,  pt.  34. 

10.  His  funeral  certificate  states  that 
he  died  15th  Feb.  1624-5. 

1 1.  There  was  formerly  a  monument 
to  his  memory,  according  to  Salmon's 
Essex,  p.  14. 


156  HISTORV    OK    THE    WILMER    FAMILY. 

Esquier  by  whom  he  had  yssue  3  sonnes  and  one  daughter  Abraham 
Wuhnere  eldist  sonne  of  the  age  of  vj  yeares.  Thomas  2'^  sonne  of  the 
age  of  4  yeares  and  Jacob  of  the  age  of  3  yeares,  and  Mary  only 
daughter  of  the  age  of  one  yeare  at  their  father's  death. 

His  will  was  dated  iSth  July  1624,  and,  with  a  codicil,  was 
proved  15th  May  1626'-.  He  desires  "  to  be  buried  according 
"  to  the  laudable  custome  of  the  church  of  England,  two  yardes 
"  in  the  grounde,  in  a  coffin  of  stone  by  the  wall  of  the  church," 
and  appoints  his  "'  brothers  Silyer'=^  and  Rolte "  to  be  the 
overseers  of  his  will.  "In  the  time  of  his  last  sicknesse  whereof 
"  he  died  "  he  bequeathed  "  to  all  his  brothers  and  sisters  as  well 
"  of  his  owne  alliance  and  kindred  as  of  his  wife's,  and  unto  all 
"his  uncles  and  aunts  (and  unto  all  his  said  brothers  and  sisters' 
"children)  los.  each  to  buy  them  rings  in  remembrance  of  him." 

His  inquisition  post  inortcni  was  as  follows  : — 
"  Essex. 

"  Inquisition  Indented  taken  at  Stratford  Langthorne  in  the 
afores'J  County  of  Essex  on  the  24th  day  of  May  in  the  first  year  of 
the  reign  of  our  Lord  Charles,  etc.,  after  the  death  of  'i'homas  Willmer, 
Gent.,  deceased,  by  the  oath,  etc. 

"Which  Jurors  *  say  upon  their  oath  aforesaid  That  the  afores<^ 
Thomas  Willmer  in  the  afores'^  writ  named,  etc.,  was  seized  in  his 
lordship  as  of  fee  of  and  in  90.V  acres  of  land,  meadow,  pasture,  and 
fresh  marsh,  with  the  appurt''.  And  of  and  in  one  parcel  of  land  and 
pasture  called  Colmanshiie  All  and  singular  which  premises  lie  and  are 
under  the  lordship  and  Manor  of  Westh^'m  in  Westham  in  the  s"^  county 
of  Essex,  and  were  lately  parcel  of  the  same  manor,  and  were  once  in 
the  occupation  of  Hamlett  Shawe  and  afterwards  in  the  occupation  of 
Thomas  Blagrave,  Esq.,  or  his  assigns,  and  lately  in  the  occupation  of 
the  afores^  Thomas  Willmer,  etc. 

"  And  the  afores'^  Thomas  Willmer,  etc.,  on  the  tenth  day  of  May 
in  the  13th  year  of  the  reign  of  our  Lord  James,  etc.,  by  a  certain 
Indenture  bearing  date  the  same  day  and  year,  etc.,  made,  etc..  For  and 
in  consideration  of  a  certain  Marriage  to  be  held  and  solemnized 
between  the  afores''  Thomas  Willmer  in  the  afores'^  writ  named  and 
Elizabeth   Jacob,    daughter    of    Abraham    Jacob,    And    for    and    in 

12.   P.  C.  C.  77  Hele.  |      12a.  I.e.  Seylliard  {seep.  154). 


HISTORY    OF   THE   WILMER    FAMILY.  157 

consideration  of  the  sum  of  i,ooo/.,  etc.,  by  the  afores^  Abraham 
Jacob  paid  on  hand  as  a  fitting  jointure  for  the  s^*  Elizabeth,  etc., 
Covenanted  and  granted,  etc,  to  and  with  the  s"^  Abraham  Jacob,  etc., 
That  he  the  afores'*  Thomas  Wilhner  [and  others]  would  stand  and  be 
seized  of  and  in  all  and  singular  the  premises  afores'',  etc.,  to  the 
behoof  and  use  of  the  3"^  Thomas  Willmer  in  the  afores''  writ  named 
and  of  the  s<i  Elizabeth  and  the  heirs  of  the  same  Thomas  Willmer  for 
ever,  etc.  The  afores''  Thomas  Willmer  in  the  afores^  writ  named  and 
the  afores"^  Elizabeth  his  wife  were  seized  of  all  and  singular  the  afores'* 
premises,  etc.,  to  themselves  and  the  heirs  of  the  afores<i  Thomas 
Wilmer  for  ever. 

"And  further,  etc.,  they  say  That  the  afores''  Thomas  Willmer  in  the 
aforesd  writ  named  on  the  day  on  which  he  died  was  seized  in  his 
lordship  as  of  fee  of  and  in  a  certain  fresh  marsh  containing  43  acres 
situate,  etc.,  in  Easth^m  marshe,  etc.,  lately  in  the  tenure  or  occupation 
of  a  certain  Edward  Kyscuppe,  etc.  And  also  of  and  in  a  certain 
parcel  of  land,  with  the  appurt^  called  le  Shore  or  Shores,  lying  near 
the  s^  marsh.  And  of  and  in  the  appropriated  Rectory  of  the  parish 
Church  of  Bromley  St.  Leonard's  in  the  County  of  Middlesex,  etc. 
And  of  and  in  two  parcels  of  land  and  marsh  lying  in  Westh^m  afores"^, 
whereof  one  piece  contains  2  acres.  And  the  other  piece  contains  4  acres. 
And  ''^  they  say  That  the  afores"!  Thomas  Willmer  in  the  afores<i  writ 
named,  etc.,  on  the  17th  day  of  February  last  past  before  the  taking  of 
this  Inquisition  concerning  his  circumstances  thus  died  thereof  seized 
And  that  the  s^^  Elizabeth  his  wite  survived  him,  etc.,  and  is  up  to  the 
present  time  thereof  seized  in  her  lordship  as  of  a  free  tenement  for  the 
term  of  her  life,  with  Reversion  expectant  thereafter  to  Abraham 
Willmer,  son  and  heir  of  the  s*^  Thomas  Willmer,  and  his  heirs  And 
that  the  s'^  Abraham  Willmer  is  the  son  and  ne.xt  heir  of  the  afores'' 
Thomas  Willmer  in  the  afores<^  writ  named,  and  at  the  time  of  the  death 
of  the  s**  Thomas  was,  etc.,  on  the  fifth  day  of  October  last  past,  etc., 
of  the  age  of  six  years  And  that  the  afores^  Elizabeth,  late  wife  of  the 
afores"*  Thomas,  etc.,  on  the  day  of  the  taking  of  this  Inquisition,  is 
living,  etc.,  at  Stratford  Bowe  in  the  county  of  Middlesex,  etc. 

"  The  premises  situate  and  lying  under  the  Manor  of  Westh^m  and 
lately  parcel  of  the  same  manor  are  held  of  the  s^^  Lord  King  now 
[reigning],  etc.,  as  of  his  Manor  of  East  Greenewich  by  fealty  in  free 
and  common  socage  and  not  in  chief  or  by  military  service  And  they 
are  worth  by  the  year  in  all  their  issues  Deyond  reprises  \s. 

"  And  that  the  afores''  marsh  containing  43  acres  lying,   etc.,  in 


158  HISTORY    OF    THE    WILMER    FAMILY. 

Easth^'m  niarshe  afores^  and  the  s'^  parcels  of  land,  etc.,  called  Le 
Shore,  etc.,  are  held  of  the  s^  Lord  King,  etc.,  in  chief  by  military 
service  by  the  50th  part  of  one  knight's  fee  And  they  are  worth  by  the 
year,  etc.,  xxx.y.  And  that  the  afores'^  Rectory,  etc.,  is  held  of  the 
s"*  Lord  King,  etc.,  as  of  his  manor  of  Eastgreenewich  by  fealty  only 
in  free  and  common  Socage  and  not  in  chief  nor  by  military  service 
And  it  is  worth  by  the  year,  etc.,  xiij^.  iiij^. 

"  And  that  the  afores"*  piece  of  land  and  marsh  lying  in  Westh^m 
afores'^,  containing  2  acres,  is  held,  etc.,  of  William  Curteene,  knt.,  as 
of  his  manor  of  Brettes  in  Westh^m  afores'^  by  free  and  common  socage 
but  by  what  rent  the  Jurors  afores<i  are  ignorant.  And  it  is  worth  by 
the  year,  etc.,  iij.f.  inid. 

"  And  that  the  other  piece,  etc.,  is  held  of  the  present  Lord  King 
Charles,  etc.,  as  of  his  manor  of  WesthMn  afores''  in  free  socage  but  by 
what  rent  the  Jurors  afores"^  are  ignorant  And  it  is  worth  by  the  year, 
etc.,  vjx.  viijV.,  etc.  In  Witness  whereof,  etc."  [Inquisition /<?.?/  mortem, 
I  Charles  I.,  part  2,  no.  112.] 

££.— ^ftraljam  (EiK timer  [VIH],  Esq.,  of  Stratford-le- 
Bow  and  Bromley  St.  Leonard's,  a  farmer  of  tlie  Customs,  was 
born  Sth  October  1618,  and  married  at  St.  Dionis  Backchurch, 
London,  ist  November  1647,  Martha,  daughter  of  John 
Englefield,  Merchant,  of  the  city  of  London.  The  marriage 
licence  was  dated  Sth  October  i647'3.  Martha  Englefield  was 
at  that  time  seventeen  years  of  age,  and  her  parents  were  both 
dead  [see  pcd.p.  154).     Abraham  and  Martha  had  issue: — 

\.  John  Wilmer,  baptized  24th  May  1649!  ;  living 
in  1673,  for  in  that  year  a  Fine  was  passed  of 
marsh  land  in  West  Ham,  Abraham  Wilmer  and 
Martha  his  wife  and  John  Wilmer  being  the 
deforciants''*. 
!££.— II.  Abraham  Wilmer.    See  bcloiv,^^^. 

III.  Thomas  Wilmer,  baptized  12th  May  i654.t 
There  is  a  will,  dated  28th  August  1708,  and 
proved     1st     December    i7o8'5,    of    a   Thomas 

13.  Mar.  Lie.  B.L.  I         14.    Feet   of  Fines,    Esse.x,  Trin.  25 

t  Par.  reg.  of  St.  Margaret's,  Bromley  Car.  II. 

St.  Leonard's.  I         IS-   P-  C.  C.  299  Barrett. 


HISTORY    OF    THE    WILMER    FAMILY. 


'59 


Wilmer,  Citizen  and  Lorimcr  {i.e.  Saddler),  of 
London,  in  which  the  testator  names  his  wife 
Jane,  whom  he  appoints  executrix  ;  and  his 
sisters,  EHzabeth  Sawkins,  wife  of  John  Sawkins; 
Mary  Bevinton,  wife  of  James  Bevinton  ;  and 
Ann  Allen,  wife  of  John  Allen. 
IV.  Henry  Wilmer,  baptized  nth  May  1656.1 
V.  Jacob      Wilmer,     baptized      i8th     February 

1659-60.1 
VI.  Jacob  Wilmer,  baptized  .  .   .  March^«  1665-6.1 
VII.  Robert  Wilmer,  baptized  27th  April  1669.! 
I.  Mary  Wilmer,  baptized  August  1650.!     James 
Beventon     and    a    certain    Mary    Wilmer   were 
married  26th  December  1692. J 
II.  Elizabeth     Wilmep,    baptized    6th    October 
i6s2.t 

III.  Elizabeth  Wilmer,  baptized  9th  August  i66i.t 

IV.  Anne  Wilmer,  buried  \?,ih  June  i/og'^.J 

Abraham  Wilmer  was  patron  of  the  living  and  rector  of 
Bromley  St.  Leonard's  in  1650,  B.  Spiccr  being  the  minister''. 

"  This  Indenture  made  the  second  day  of  November  in  the  year  of 
our  Lord  1657  Betweene  Sir  John  Jacob  of  St.  Leonard  Bromley  in 
the  County  of  Midds  Knt.  &  Abraham  Jacob  son  and  heire  apparent  of 
the  said  Sir  John  of  the  one  pte  Robert  Jacob  of  St.  Leonard  Bromley 
aforesaid  Esq.  &  Abraham  Willmer  of  the  same  Esq.  of  the  oer  pte 
Witnesseth  that  the  said  Sir  John  Jacob  and  Abraham  Jacob  *  for 
foure  hundred  pounds  *  doe  fuliye  cleerly  and  absolutely  give  graunte 
Bgaine  sell  ahen  enfeoffe  &  confirme  unto  the  said  Robert  Jacob  &. 
Abraham  Wilmer  their  heires  &c.  for  ever  *  All  that  messuage 
or  Mancon  House     *     in  the  parish  of  St.  Leonard  Bromley  with  all 


16  The  day  of  the  month  is  illegible, 
but  the  entry  occurs  before  one  dated 
nth  Mar. 


X  Par.  reg.  of  AUhallows,   Barking. 
17.  Proof  is  wanting  where  italics  an 
used. 
4.   Lyso 


Environs  of  London,  isL 


[6o 


HISTORY    OF    THE    WILMER    FA.MILY. 


yards  gardens  &c.  All  which  jJmisses  are  now  in  the  tenure  or 
occupacon  of  The  said  Robert  Jacob  *  To  have  &  to  hold  unto  the 
said  Robert  Jacob  and  Abraham  Willmer  their  heirs  &  assigns  for  ever, 
&c.     [Close  Roll.  A.D.  1657,  part  19.  .S.] 

After  the  Civil  War,  Sir  John  Jacob  was  obliged  to  sell  or 
mortgage  a  great  part  of  his  estates  in  order  to  meet  his  liabilities, 
which  were  heavy,  and  were  incurred  in  faithfully  supporting  his 
royal  master.  The  manor  of  Bromley  passed  from  the  Wilmers 
"  to  the  Roberts  family,  and  afterwards  to  George  Johnstone, 
"  Esq.,  and  James  Humphries,  Esq.,  who  owned  it  jointly  in 
"  1S08.  The  manor  house,  a  large  brick  edifice  built  by  Sir 
"John  Jacob  in  the  reign  of  Charles  I.,  was  taken  down  by 
"  them,  and  the  site  occupied  by  cottages^." 

Abraham  and  Martha  Wilmer  were  both  living  in  1673'*. 
It  is  said  that  Abraham  Wilmer  made  his  will  in  1650,  but  we 
have  been  unable  to  find  it. 

m.— <H)rai)am  ffl4Kil?nrr  [viih],  Gent.,  of  stratford- 

le-Bow,  and  of  Great  Ilford,  a  chapclry  in  the  parish  of  Barking, 
second  son  of  Abraham  Wilmer  [VI H],  was  baptized  2nd 
October  165 i.f  He  married,  about  August  1673,  Elizabeth 
Thurgood  or  Thoroughgood,  of  Stratford-le-Bow,  who  was  then 
about  seventeen  years  of  age.  The  licence  authorizing  the 
marriage  to  be  solemnized  at  Allhallows,  Barking'",  was  dated 
27th  August  1672"'.     They  had  issue=°: — 

I2F.— I-  Abraham  Wilmer.     See  de/oci',^J^^ 

II.  Charles     Wilmer-',    buried     iSth    December 
16S7.J 
III.  Samuel  Wilmer=',  buried  22nd  April  1690.J 


3.  History  of  the  Families  of  Jacob, 
by  A.  H.  Jacob,  Esq.,  M.t).,  and 
J.  H.  Glascott,  Esq. 

14.  Feet  of  Fines,  Essex,  Trin.  25 
Car.  II. 

St.  Leonard 

18.  The  marriage  was  not  registered 
at  Barking. 


19.  Mar.  Lie.  Vic-Gen.  A.  C. 

20.  The  order  of  the  births  of  the 
children  is  uncertain,  but  that  in  the 
text  must  be  nearly  correct. 

21.  Charles  and  Samuel  Wilmer  were 
the  sons  either  of  Abraham  Wilmer 
[VIH],  orof  Abraham  Wilmer  [VIIH]  ; 
but  more  probably  of  the  latter. 

X  Par.  reg.  of  Allhallows,  Barking. 


HISTORY   OF   THE    WILMER    FAMILY.  l6l 

IV.  Jacob  Wilmer,  Esq.,  of  Barking,  living  in  1732  ; 
letters  of  administration  of  his  goods  granted  to 
his  niece  Anne,  the  wife  of  William  Raven,  iith 
Julv  1749''- 
V.  John  Wilmer,  of  the  City  of  London,  Mariner, 
baptized  20th  February  1 700-1 J  ;  will  dated  27th 
November  1726,  and  proved  6th  November  1728=3^ 
in  it  he  mentions  his  very  good  friend,  Captain 
Edward  Arnold,  Gent,  of  London  ;  his  niece, 
Sarah  Arnold  ;  and  his  cousin,  Walter  West. 

VL  Samuel  Wilmer,  under  twenty -two  years  in 
1709.  A  Mr.  Samuel  Wilmer  was  buried  at 
Allhallows,  Barking,  7th  April  171 7.+ 
I.  Elizabeth  Wilmer,  of  Bromley  St.  Leonard's, 
and  of  the  parish  of  St.  Mary,  Islington,  co. 
Middlesex,  died  4th  October  1738,  aged  54  ; 
will  dated  14th  September  1732;  and  proved  17th 
November  I738^'t  ;  buried  at  St.  Mary's,  Islington, 
where  there  is  the  following  inscription  : — 

Eliz.\beth  Willmer  of  this  parish  spinster  daughter  of 
Abraham  Willmer  of  Great  Ilford  Co.  Essex,  died  4  Oct. 
1738,  AGED  54.  Also  Walter  George  Raven  of  this  Parish 
Upholder  died  April  13.  i;68,  aged  23.  Willi.4m  Raven- 
Citizen  AND  Stationer  died  9  Aug.  1773,  aged  53. 

II.  Sarah  Wilmer,  married,  prior  to  1709,  John 
Shore,  Esq.,  of  Mansell  Street,  in  the  parish  of 
St.  Mary,  Whitechapel,  London,  elder  son  and 
heir  of  Sir  John  Shore=5,  Knight,  M.D.,  of  Derby, 
and  had  issue  : — 

i.  Thomas  Shore,  Esq.,  of  Malton,  co. 
Suffolk,  who  married  Dorothy  Shepperd,, 
and  died  in  1759,  leaving  an  elder  son  : — 

22.  P.C.C.  I        24.  P.C.C.  277  Brodrepp. 

t    Par.  reg.  of  Allhallows,  Barking  25.  See  Burke's  Peerage,  article  Tcign- 

23.  P.CC.  33S  Brook.  I      "■''"'^- 


HISTORY    OF    THE    WILMER    FAMILY. 

John     Shore,    Esq.,    born    5th 

October     1751  ;     succeeded     Lord 

Cornwallis  as  Governor-General  of 

India  in    1792,  in   which    year   he 

was  made   a   Baronet  ;  and  on  the 

24th  of  October  1797,  was  created 

Baron  Teignmouth  in  the  Peerage 

of     Ireland.       He     married,     14th 

February     1786,    Charlotte,     only 

daughter  of  James   Cornish,   Esq., 

of   Teignmouth,    and    dying    14th 

February    1834,  was  succeeded   by 

his  eldest  son,  SiR  Charles-John 

Shore,     2nd      Baron,     who     died 

iSth    September     1S85,    and    was 

succeeded    by   his    eldest  son,   the 

present  Sir  Charles-John  Shore, 

3rd  Lord   Teignmouth. 

i.  Elizabeth  Shore,  married  Henry  Wall. 

ii.  Sarah    Shore,    married    first     Edward 

Arnold,  Captain   in   the  naval   ser\-ice  of 

the     Hon.    East     India    Company ;    and 

secondly  Smith. 

John    Shore  died  in  October   1741  ;    will  dated 

20th   March   1735.      Sarah   Shore  died  in   1736. 

They  were  both  buried  at  Holy  Trinity,  Minories, 

London-".      Arms  of  Shore  :  Argent,   a  chevron 

sable  between  three  holly-leaves  vert ;  crest :  A 

stork  proper,  beaked  and  legged  sable,  holding  in 

the  dexter  claw  a  mullet. 

III.  Hannah  Wilmer,  married, prior  to  1709,  Henry 

Godwin=^  and   had   a  son,   HENRY  GODWIN,   of 

Camberwell,  co.  Surrey,  who  lived  to  the   age  of 

26.  Francis  Townsend's  Pedigrees,  ix.  pp.  133-5,  College  of  Arms. 


HISTORY    OF  THE   WILMER   FAMILY.  1 63 

seventy  years  and   upwards.       Hannah   Godwin 
was  living  in  1726. 
IV.  Mary  Wilmer,  living  in  1726. 
V.  Anne  Wilmer,  died  i6th  October  1709,  aged 
19  years,  and  was  buried  20th  October,  in  Barking 
church  ;  M.I. 
Abraham  Wilmer  died  26th  February   1709- 10,  and  was  buried 
3rd    March,  in    Barking  church,  near  the  chancel-arch,   where 
there  is  the  following  inscription  to  his  memory,  with  the  arms 
of  Wilmer  and  a  motto  : — 

Here  lieth  the  body   of    Abraham  Wilmer,  Gent,  of  this 

PARISH    who   died    2  6th    FEB''y    1 7 10,    aged    59    YEARS. 

Also  the  body  of  Miss  Anne    Wilmer,  his    daughter,  who 
DIED  i6th  Oct''  1709,  aged  19  years. 
Resurgemus. 
And  also  the    body    of   Mrs.    Ann  Wilmer,  sen^.    ob'   28th 
Sept^  1 7 II. 

Aspire  Respire  Prospire. 

Abraham  Wilmer's  will  was  dated  20th  January  1709-10, 
and  proved  6th  July  1710'''.  He  bequeaths  his  mansion  house 
at  Great  Ilford  and  all  his  other  lands  to  his  wife  for  so  long  as 
she  shall  continue  a  widow  ;  and  appoints  as  executors  Sir 
Nicholas  Garrard,  Bait.,  of  Greenstreet,  a  hamlet  in  the  parish 
of  East  Ham,  and  John  Lethieullier,  of  Aldersbrook,  in  the 
parish  of  Little  Ilford.  He  names  his  children,  and  mentions 
his  seven  grandchildren.  He  desires  to  be  buried  in  the  parish 
church  of  Barking,  and  only  his  children  and  near  relations  (and 
six  friends  to  hold  his  pall)  to  attend  his  funeral.  Elizabeth 
Wilmer  survived  her  husband.  Her  will  was  dated  31st  July 
171 1,  and  proved  7th  February  1711-12=^.  The  following 
directions  for  her  funeral  are  a  significant  contrast  to  those  of 
her  husband  for  his  : — 

"  My  body  to  be  buried  in  the  same  grave  where  my  late  dear 
husband  lies,  and  my     *     wish  is  that  the  grave  shall  not  afterwards  be 

27.   P.C.C.  173  Smith.  I       28.  P.C.C.  41  Barnes. 


164  HISTORY   OF    THE    WILMER    FAMILY. 

opened  nor  the  stone  removed.  My  pall  shall  be  held  by  six  neigh- 
bouring gentlemen,  each  to  have  a  hat  band  scarf  gloves  and  ten 
shillings  for  a  ring.  All  who  attend  my  funeral  to  have  a  ten  shilling 
ring,  as  it  is  my  desire  to  be  handsomely  attended  to  my  grave  by  my 
neighbours.  Mr.  Watts  to  be  my  undertaker.  Mr.  Chesnell  the  minister 
to  preach  my  funeral  sermon  and  to  have  a  handsome  new  gown  hat 
and  scarf." 

After  naming  her  children,  she  mentions  her  sister,  Sarah 
Thoroughgood  ;  her  sister,  Martha  Cavvson  ;  her  brother  and 
sister  Bury  ;  her  uncle,  Jacob  Haislebourne  ;  her  Aunt  Hainc  ; 
and  her  cousins,  Hannah  Heron,  John  Bartholomew,  Frances 
Rubclon,  and  Walter  West.  She  bequeaths  her  plate  as 
follows  : — 

"  To  my  son,  Abraham  Wilmer,  my  great  silver  Salver  and  a  dozen 
of  silver  forks.  To  my  daughter,  Elis'ii  Wilmer,  my  silver  Coffee  pot  and 
lamp  and  one  pair  of  silver  Candlesticks  and  snuffers.  To  my  son, 
Jacob  Wilmer,  my  great  plain  silver  Tankard,  and  my  middle  silver 
Salver  without  any  coat  of  Arms  thereon,  and  my  great  silver  porringer. 
To  my  daughter,  Sarah  Shores,  my  great  silver  salt  and  large  silver  plate. 
To  my  daughter,  Hannah  Godwin,  my  middle  silver  Tankerd  and  my 
little  silver  salver.  To  my  son,  John  Wilmer,  my  three  silver  Castors 
and  a  dozen  of  silver  spoons,  at  his  age  of  21." 

ir.--Ei)rai)am  £2Uilmrr  [vniH],Gent,ofStratford- 

le-Bow,  and  Great  Ilford,  the  eldest  son  of  Abraham   Wilmer 
[VHH],  married,  before  1709,  Mary  Roblin,  and  had  issue=°  : — 
I.  Abraham  Wilmer,  buried  21st  July  1704.J 
II.  Nabal  Wilmer,  living  in  1722  ;  not   named  in 
his  mother's  will. 

III.  Jacob  Wilmer,  buried 4.tJi,  Tidy  ly I s^''- 

IV.  Abraham  Wilmer,  a  minor  in  1729.  Under 
his  mother's  will,  he  inherited  all  her  freehold 
estates,  and  a  moiety  of  the  manor  of  Stepney, 
her  copj-hold  estate. 

20.   The  order  of  the  births   of    the       I  J  Par.  reg.  of  Allliallows,  Barking, 

children  is  uncertain,  but  that  in  the  ^^_  p^^^f  ^3  ^.^^j^    ^1,^,^  jt^j^^  ^^^ 

text  must  be  nearly  correct.  „„j 


HISTORY   OF   THE   WILMFR    FAMILY.  IO5 

V.  George-Jacob  Wilmer,  of  St.  Mary's,  Isling- 
ton, CO.  Middlesex,  a  minor  in  1729  ;  called  Jacob 
in  his  father's  will  ;  inherited  a  moiety  of  the 
copyhold  manor  of  Stepney  under  his  mother's 
will.     He  married  Elizabeth  ,  who 

survived  him,  and  was  the  executrix  of  his  will, 
which  was  dated  9th  April  1745,  and   proved  6th 
June  1748^9. 
I.  Arabella     Wilmer,     buried     23rd     October 
1704-+ 

II.  A  Daughter,  buried  14th  November  1704.^ 

III.  Mary  Wilmer,  a  minor  in  1729  ;  living  in  1732. 

IV.  Elizabeth  Wilmer,  a  minor  in  1729  ;  living  in 
1732  ;  ^T residing  at  George  Turville's  in  Too/ey 
Street,  Southwark ;  will  dated  \tli  April  1766, 
and  proved  \2tk  fidy  1766^°.  She  desires  "  to  lye 
"iinder  St.  John's  Church  Southwark  by  Mis. 
"  Turville  and  her  children  in  a  plain  coffin  with 
"  only  her  name  in  nails  ";  and  names  her  sister, 
Anne  Raven,  and  her  cousin,  Anne  Wilmer,  the 
widow  of  John    Wilmer. 

V.  Barbara  Wilmer,  a  minor  in   1729;  living  in 

1732. 
VI.  Anne  Wilmer,  a  minor  in  1729;  living  in 
1732  ;  ^Tmarried,  subsequently  to  1732,  William 
Raven,  Citizen  and  Stationer,  of  London,  who  died 
gth  August  177 T„  aged  Ji/ty-three years,  and  was 
buried  at  St.  Mary's,  Islington  ;  M.I.  They  seem 
to  have  tiad  a  son,  Walter-George  Raven, 
Upholder  {i.e..  Undertaker),  of  the  parish  of  St. 
Mary,  Islington,  who  died  I2,tk  April  176%,  aged 

29.  P.C.C.  197  Strahan.  1         17.   Proof  is  wanting  where  italics  are 

%  Par.  reg.  of  Allhallows,  Barliing.  "='^'^- 

I        30.   P.C.C.  289  Tyndall. 


l66  HISTORY    OF   THE   WILMER    FAMILY. 

twoity-thrce yeats,  and  zcas  di/n'ed  in  the  church- 
yard of  that  parish.      Mrs.   Raven  was  adminis- 
tratrix of  the  effects  of  her  uncle,  Jacob  Wilmer, 
in  1749  {see p.  161). 
The  will  of  Abraham   Wilmer  was  dated  8th   September 
1723,  and  proved   26th  January    1724-53'.     By  this   will,   which 
was  "  obliged  to  be  short  and  bad  writ  by  reason  of  the  gout  in 
"  his  hands,"  he  left  all   his   estates,  real   and   personal,  to    Mary 
Roblin  alias  Wilmer,  his  wife,  for  life  ;  and  appointed  his  cousin, 
Walter  West,   and  his  brother,  Jacob  Wilmer,    trustees  for  his 
children.     Mrs.  Wilmer's  will,  in  which   she   is   described   as   of 
Bromley-by-Bow,  co.    Middlesex,  was   dated     nth   September 
1729,  and  proved  15th  March  I73I-23^ 

31.   P.C.C.  23  Romney.  |    32.   P. C.C.  86  Bedford. 


Chapter  XIII. 


WILMER   OF  SHREWLEY  AND  STRATFORD- 
LE-BOW. 


Whoever  thinks  a  faultless  piece  to  see, 

Thinks  what  n^er  was,  nor  is,  nor  ier  shall  be  ; 

In  every  book  regard  the  writer's  end. 

Since  none  can  compass  more  than  they  inteiul. ' ' 


Arms  -.  Gules,  a  chevron  vair  between  three  eagles  displayed 

OR  :    A   crescent    for   DIFFERENCE. 


$.- 


;0i)n      fflgJIlmcr    [IVK],   Esq,  of  Shrewley,  a 
chapelry  in  the  parish  of  Hatton,  four  miles 
north-west    from    Warwick,    was    a    son    of 
Wilmer[IIIC],  and  Hills, 

his  wife  (see  p.  91).      By  his   first  wife,  of  whose  name   we  are 
ignorant,  he  had  issue  :— 

$1F.— I.  Clement  Wilmer.     See  below,  Wk, 

II.  George  Wilmer,  Esq.,  of  Stratford-le-Bow, 
born  29th  September  1580  ;  baptized  at  Haseley 
or  Hatton'  the  same  day.  In  1608  he  sold 
certain  premises   in   Royston,  co.   Cambridge,  to 


register  seems   to   have   been  used  for 
both  parishes. 


I.  The  parish  churches  of  Haseley 
and  Hatton  lie  within  a  stone's  cast  of 
one   another.      At  one  time  the  same 


lOb  HISTORY    OF    THE    WILMER    FAMILY. 

his  cousin-german,  George  Wilmer  [VE],  of  the 
Middle  Temple,  London  fj£'<?/.  ii6).  He  had  a 
son,  whose  baptism  is  recorded  in  the  register  of 
St.  Mary's,  Stratford-le-Bow  : — "  George  Wilmar 
"  Sonne  of  George  Wilmar  gent.  Soierninge  att 
"  Mr.  Clemt.  Wilmar  was  baptized  the  9th  day  of 
"  March"  i6os-6.t 

An  inquisition  was  taken  "  at  St.  Margaret 

"  Hall  in  le  Sessions  Hall   in    the    borough  of 

"Southwark,"  ist  December  1630,  after  the  death 

of  George  Wilmer,  who  was  found  to  have  died 

6th  May  1626,  seized  as  of  fee  of  six   messuages 

in  the  parish  of  St.  Saviour,  Southwark,  and  to 

have  left  a  son  and  heir,  George  Wilmer,  who  was 

of  the   age  of  twenty  years  at   the  time  of  his 

father's     death.       Shortly     afterwards     another 

inquisition    was    taken    upon    a    writ    of  lilc/iiis 

Inquirendum  concerning  the  tenure  of  the    six 

messuages    above-mentioned,  and  was  returned 

with  the  endorsement  Juratorcs  Ignorant  -. 

I.  Katherine  Wilmer,  born    26th  April   1579, 

and  baptized  at  Haseley  or  Hatton"  the  same  day. 

It    is    a   noteworthy    fact    that    these   three    children   were 

christened  with  the  names  of  their  father's  second  wife,  and  of 

her  father  and  mother  and  grandfather  and  grandmother.     This 

would  seem  to  point  to  a  considerable  degree  of  intimacy  with 

the   Throckmortons,   who   dwelt   at  Haseley  in   the  immediate 

neighbourhood    of  Shrewley.       A    certain  Agnes   Wilmer,    of 

Shrcwley,    was  buried   at   Haseley  or   Hatton',  24th    February 

1602-3.     She  was  perhaps  a  daughter,  or  possibly  the  first  wife, 

of  John  Wilmer. 


+  Par.  reg.  of  St.  Mary's,  Stratford- 
le-Bow. 

I.  The  parish  churches  of  Haseley 
and  Hatton  lie  within  a  stone's  cast  of 
one   another.      At  one  time  the  same 


register  seems  to  have  been   used   for 
both  parishes. 

2.  Inq. post  mortan,  S  Car.  I.,  pt.  3, 


HISTORY    OF   THE    WILMER    FAMILY.  169 

Between  the  years  1603  and  161 3  John  Wilmer  married 
secondly  (as  her  third  husband)  Katherine,  daughter  of  Clement 
Throckmorton,  Esq.,  of  Haseley,  by  whom  he  appears  to  have 
had  no  issue.  This  lady's  double  descent  from  Edward  III.  is 
shown  in  the  pedigree  at  page  37.  She  had  married  first  (as  his 
third  wife)  Thomas  Harbys,  Esq.,  of  Adston,  co.  Northampton, 
■eldest  son  of  William  Harby,  of  Adston,  by  Emma  his  wife, 
daughter  of  William  Wilmert,  of  Ashby,  in  the  same  county. 
Thomas  Harby  died  3rd  May  1592,  leaving  issue  by  Katherine 
his  wife  (inter  alios)  Sir  Job  Harby,  Knt,  of  London,  and  of 
Aldenham,  co.  Hertford,  who  was  created  a  Baronet  in  16605. 
Katherine  Throckmorton's  second  husband  was  George  Dryden, 
Esq.,  of  Adston,  who  made  his  will  12th  February  1602-3. 
Arms  of  Throckmorton  :  Gules,  on  a  chevron  argent  three  bars 
gemelles  sable,  with  a  mullet  for  difference.  The  following 
•extracts  are  taken  from  a  Bill  filed  in  the  Court  of  Chancery  : — 

"  20th  June  1613.  Your  orator  John  Willmere  of  Shrowley  in  the 
Co.  of  Warwick,  gent,  and  Katherine  his  wife,  late  the  wife  of  George 
Dryden  of  Adson  in  the  Co.  of  Northampton,  gent. 

"  Whereas  the  said  George  Dryden  was  seized  of  divers  messuages, 
lands,  etc.,  in  Adson  to  the  yearly  value  of  ;^i2o  and  held  the  same  by 
a  socage  tenure,  and  was  also  possessed  of  goods,  etc.,  to  the  value  of 

j^IOOO. 

"The  said  George  Dryden  12  Feb. 45  Elizabeth  did  make  his  Will. 

"  Your  said  orator  Katheryne  had  in  jointure  lands,  etc.,  worth  ;£'i6o 
per  annum  which  were  conveved  unto  her  by  one  Thomas  Harbye, 
Esq"'',  her  former  husband. 

"  Thomas  Dryden  of  Rame  in  the  Co.  of  Devon,  gent,  brother  to  the 
said  George  he  made  Executor  of  his  said  Will,  and  to  whom  he  divised 
all  his  said  messuages,  etc.,  and  whom  he  trusted  to  write  the  same  Will 
and  set  down  an  annuity  of  £^0  per  annum  to  her  to  be  issuing  from 
the  said  messuages,  which  the  same  Thomas  neglected  to  do. 

"  One  Erasmus  Dryden  of  Canons  Ashbie  in  the  Co.  of 
Northampton,  Esquire,  was  brother  unto  the  said  Thomas  Dryden,  etc." 
[Chan.  Pro.,  James  I.,  W.  22.  32,  Wilmere  v   Dryden.] 

3.  Baker,  ii.  p.  19.  I         5.  Burke's  Exiitict  Baronetcies. 

4.  It  is  uncertain  who  this  William 
Wilmer  was,  I 


170 


HISTORY   OF    THE    WILMER    FAMILY. 


John  Wilmer  was  the  executor  of  the  will  of  his  brother 
George  in  1593-4  (■^'^t'  /.  96).  He  was  buried  at  Haseley  or 
Hatton',  23rd  April  1624,  and  his  wife  was  buried  there  3rd 
November  1622. 

£$.— (JtlfmnU  fflSailmrr  [VK],  Esq.,  of  Stratford-le- 
Bow,  the  elder  son  of  John  Wilmer  [IVK]  by  his  first  wife,  was 
one  of  the  witnesses  of  the  will  of  his  uncle,  George  Wilmer,  of 
West  Ham  in  1593-4.  He  married  first,  7th  June  I597t, 
Elizabeth  Gowge,  and  had  issue  : — 

Mi— I.  John  Wilmer.     S^^  behnv,  ££E. 

I.  Elizabeth  Wilmer,  baptized   loth  September 

1598!;        married       Robert       Rookes,       Esq., 

of  West  Ham,  and  had  a  son,  Robert  Rookes, 

who    was    living    27th    March     1638.       Robert 

Rookes,  the  elder,  died  before  June   1632,  for  on 

the  9th  day  of  that  month  the  case  of  Pollard 

versus  Wilmer  was  heard  in  the  Court  of  Chancery, 

wherein    Thomas    Pollard,    of  West    Ham,    the 

executor  of  the  will  of  Robert   Rookes   deceased, 

sued   John   Wilmer,   brother-in-law    of    Rookes, 

concerning  a  bond  and  debts.     Wilmer,  however, 

denied  that  he  owed  to  Robert  Rookes  anymoney^. 

n.  Hannah  Wilmer,  baptized  12th  July  i6oi.t 

Elizabeth  Wilmer  "  died  in  child   bed  &  was   Buried  in  ye 

"  middell   allie   under  the  great  stone  next  beneath  the  cross 

"stone   upon   the    18th   day   of  September"   1603!.      Clement 

Wilmer  married  secondly  Mary  ,  and  had  issue  : — 

I.  Clement   Wilmer,    baptized    13th    November 

i6oS.t 

n.  Anthony    Wilmer,  baptized    27th    February 

1613-14.1     By  an  Indenture,  dated  1st  December 


I.  The  parish  churches  of  Haseley 
and  Hatton  lie  within  a  stone's  cast  of 
one  another,  and  the  registers  of  both 
parishes  for  this  period  were  entered  in 
one  book  at  Hatton.  Haseley  has  a  copy 


of  its  own  register,  but  we  were  unable 
to  refer  to  it. 

t  Par.  reg.  of  St.  Maiy's,  Stratford- 
le-Bow. 

6.  Chan.  Pro.,  Car.  I.,  PP.  5.60. 


HISTORY    OF   THE    WILMER    FAMILY.  17I 

1653,  Thomas  Baker  and  a  certain  Anthony 
Wilmer,  Gentlemen,  of  London,  sold  to  Thomas 
Blount,  Esq.,  of  Writtlemarsh,  co.  Kent,  pasture 
land  called  "  Balls  Meade  otherwise  Kings 
"  Quilletts,"  in  the  parish  of  Kidbrooke,  co.  Kent. 
The  said  premises  had  formerly  been  in  the 
possession  of  the  Crown,  and  were  sold  to  Baker 
and  Wilmer  by  an  Indenture  of  Sale,  dated  25th 
October  16537. 
I.  Sarah    Wilmer,    baptized    22nd    September 

i6os.t 
II.  Hester    Wilmer,    baptized     17th     February 
i6io-ii.t 
In     1622    Clement    Wilmer   and    Mary   his    wife    sold    to 

William  Wright,  Esq.,  land,  etc.,  in  East  Ham,  which  was  held 

of  the  King  in  capite^. 

mj.— j0f)U  SSlilmrr  [VIK],  Gent.,  eldest  son  of 
Clement  Wilmer  [VK],  was  baptized  27th  January  1599-1600.! 
He  addressed  a  petition  to  the  King,  dated  the  27th  March 
1638,  in  which  he  stated  that  he  owed  to  the  king  1000/.,  and 
that  he  had  an  extent  against  his  nephew,  Robert  Rookes,  for 
700/.  upon  his  house  and  land.  The  said  house  and  land  lay  in 
Sir  Robert  Quarle's  Walk,  near  Havering,  in  the  Forest  of 
Essex,  and  were  before  time  called  the  Purlieus,  wherein  divers 
of  the  King's  red  deer  resorted.  Wilmer  prayed  that  Rookes 
might  he  ordered  to  sell  these  premises  to  him,  so  that  he  might 
be  enabled  to  pay  his  debt  to  the  King,  and  to  preserve  the 
King's  deer  as  he  had  formerly  done'. 

It  is  stated  that  the  will  of  a  John  Wilmer,  of  Shrewley, 
was  dated  or  proved  in  16S4,  but  we  have  not  been  able  to  find  it. 

7.  Close  R.,  A.D.  1654,  pt.  I  (45).  I  8.  Pat.  R.,   20  Jac.  I.,  pt.    17  (44) ; 

t  Par.  reg.  of  St.  Mary's,  Stratford-  F^'^*  °f  ^'"^8,  Essex,  Mic.  20  Jac.  I. 

le-Bow.  I  9.   State  Papers,  Domestic  Series. 


Chapter  XIV. 

WILMER  OF  NORTHILL,  LONDON,  EALING, 
STOKE  NEWINGTON,  AND  SUSSEX;  AND  THE 
FAMILIES    OF    MACKETT,  PEIRIE,  AND    WILLETT. 


'  Rede  mc,  and  be  not  uirothe. 
For  I  speke  nothyn^e  but  <n)</if."— William  Roy  (1526). 


Arms  :    Gules,  a  chevron  vair  between  three  eagles  displayed 

OR,    WITH    A    crescent    FOR    DIFFERENCE. 


Of)n  SSJilnifr  [FL],  Clerk  in  Holy  Orders, 
Vicar  of  Norrell  or  Northill,  co.  Bedford,  circa 
1611-1655,  appears  to  have  graduated  at 
Trinity  College,  Cambridge,  B.A.  1605,  M.A. 
1609.  Our  efforts  to  discover  his  parentage  have  been  unsuc- 
cessful, but  it  is  very  probable  that  he  was  a  son  of  one  of  the 
brothers  of  George  Wilmer,  of  West  Ham  {sec  p.  91).  He  was 
cotemporary  with  the  said  George  Wilmer's  sons,  the  eldest  of 
whom,  Andrew  Wilmer  (see  p.  104),  in  his  will,  dated  1624, 
names  his  "  cosen  "  John  Wilmer,  of  Norrell ;  and  it  is  worthy 
of  remark  that  each  of  the  two  cousins  gave  the  same  names  to 
his  four  eldest  sons.     John  Wilmer  had  issue  : — 


[To  face  page  172.] 


Imer  (/.  185),  a  quo 
cett,  Peirie,  and  Willett 
//•  185-9)- 


don  and  Ealing;  <1.  1753. 


lunell  [/AT  R]  =  Samuel  Hoare,  of 
1  London  ;  d.  1 796. 


]        Margaret  Hoare  mar.  Sarah  Hr.are  mar. 

Joseph  Woods.  =  Thomas  Bradshaw.  = 

I.  i  I 

See  pp.  268-275.  See  pp.  275-2S  ( 


Chapter  XIV. 

WILMER  OF  NORTHILL,  LONDON,  EALING, 
STOKE  NEWINGTON,  AND  SUSSEX;  AND  THE 
FAMILIES    OF   MACKETT,  PEIRIE,  AND    WILLETT. 


'  Rede  me,  and  be  not  wrolhe. 
For  I  speke  noihynge  but  trolhc.'"—\^\\.V\K^\  Roy  (1526). 


Arms  :    Gules,  a  chevron  vair  between  three  eagles  displayed 

OR,    WITH    a    crescent    FOR    DIFFERENCE. 


Ofjtt  aSCilmrr  [FL],  Clerk  in  Holy  Orders, 
Vicar  of  Norrell  or  Northill,  co.  Bedford,  circa 
1611-1655,  appears  to  have  graduated  at 
Trinity  College,  Cambridge,  B.A.  1605,  M.A. 
1609.  Our  efforts  to  discover  his  parentage  have  been  unsuc- 
cessful, but  it  is  very  probable  that  he  was  a  son  of  one  of  the 
brothers  of  George  Wilmer,  of  West  Ham  {see  p.  91).  He  was 
cotemporary  with  the  said  George  Wilmer's  sons,  the  eldest  of 
whom,  Andrew  Wilmer  (see  p.  104),  in  his  will,  dated  1624, 
names  his  "  cosen  "  John  Wilmer,  of  Norrell ;  and  it  is  worthy 
of  remark  that  each  of  the  two  cousins  gave  the  same  names  to 
his  four  eldest  sons.     John  Wilmer  had  issue  : — 


Cjbart  W. 

Key  Pedigree  g. 

John  Wilmer,  [fL]  (p.  172),  Vicar  of  Northill;  d.  1655  ;  presumed  to  be=. 
cth  in  descent  from  William  ■Wilmer[A]  of  Ryton  (j«  f.  172).  I 

Nathaniel  Wilmer  [Fi  L]  {p.  177),  of  London.  =Constance  Sherwood. 

John  Wilmer  [  V/I L]  (/.  178),  of  London  ;  d,  1723.  =Mary. 


I  I 
'"■        "                                                                                    Grizell  Wilmer  [F///M](/.  190).  =Jonath,an  Gurnell,  of  London  ami  Ealing  1 


Johri  Wilmer  [F///L]  (/.  180),  a  q 
L  Wilmer  and  Murray  (pf.  180-185). 


Thomas  Gurncll  [/XM]  (/.  195),  a  ,/tw  Hannah  Gurnell  =  Jeremiah  Harman,  of  Maiy  Gurnell  {IX  P]=Joseph  Green,  of 

M  Gurnell,  Armstrong,  Ogilvie,  and  [/jrN](204).      I  London  and  Ealing  ;  (>  233).  I  London  ;  d.  1762. 

Dance  (//.  195-203). 


Tohn  Ilarman  [.YN]  (/.  206),  fl  ^M(j        Jeremiah  Harman [.y  0]     Hannah  Harman  mar.         Joseph  Green,  [.A' P3=Mary  Grizell  Green  mar.  Samuel  Hoare  [.V  R]       Margaret  Hoare  mar.         Sarah  Hoare  nmr. 

If n. ■,_...,     ...  .  ,  ,  .    ._  X  „.     .  .^n^  »__! T,._L_  J  TT__r_.__,  { (•.  26z) ,  (I  I]  ito  Joscph  Woods.  =  Thomas  Bradshaw.  ■ 


N  Harman,   Mildred,    Sterry,  and  [p.  211),  a  quo  Thomas  Fletcher.  =  (;).  235) ;  d.  1786. 

Iiush(//.  206-211,  and  219-232).        Q  Harman    and    Mayo  | 

{pp.  2II-2I6).  A 

See  pp.  216-219. 


R  Hoare,  Pryor,  and 
Powell(//.262-267|, 


5« /A  245-251-  &«//.  Z68-275.  &i//>.  275-281. 


n 

Grizell  Green  mar. 

p  &ree'n  of  Saffron  Walden  (pp.  237-243'),  and  Samuel  Edmonds.  = 

Q  Green  of  Stansted  Montfichet  (//.  243-245).  I 


Littleboy  (pp.  255-258). 


,*»  The  capital  letters  in  thick  type  correspond  t 


nilar  letters  in  the  text. 


HISTORY   OF   THE    WILMER    FAMILV.  173 

I.  John  Wilmer,  Clerk  in  Holy  Orders,  baptized 
20th  March  1613-14'  ;  of  Trinity  College, 
Cambridge,  B.A.  1635,  M.A.  1639 ;  presented  to 
the  vicarage  of  Hitchin  21st  December  1643,  on 
the  presentation  of  that  college^  He  vacated 
this  living  in  the  following  year.  It  is  probable 
that  he  was  identical  with  a  John  Wilmer  who 
was  presented  to  the  rectory  of  Blunham,  co. 
Bedford,  about  1646,  and  buried  there  4th 
November  1650,  administration  of  his  goods  being 
granted  to  his  relict,  Mary  Wilmer,  i6th 
November  1650^.  Mary  Wilmer,  of  Blunham, 
widow,  is  stated  in  an  Indenture,  dated  20th  June 
165 1,  to  have  been  the  daughter  of  Henry  Lered, 
late  of  Acton,  co.  Middlesex,  Yeoman.*  John 
Wilmer,  of  whom  we  are  treating,  had  a  daughter, 
Mary  Wilmer,  who  was  living  in  1660 ;  and 
we  find  that  Mary  Wilmer,  daughter  of  John 
Wilmer,  "  Person  of  Blunham,"  was  baptized 
there  6th  August  1646. 
II.  Andrew  Wilmer,  baptized  15th  December 
1616'  ;  of  Trinity  College,  Cambridge,  B.A.  1639, 
M.A.  1643. 

U. — III.  Nathaniel  Wilmer.     See  de/ow,^1:. 

IV.  Samuel  Wilmer,  Clerk  in  Holy  Orders,  bap- 
tized sth  or  6th  October  1623'  ;  of  Trinity 
College,  Cambridge,  B.A.  1644,  M.A.  1648  ; 
appointed  Rector  of  Clapham,  co.  Sussex,  soon 
afterwards.  On  the  28th  of  December  1653,  his 
parishioners  and  the  inhabitants  of  adjacent 
parishes  addressed   a  petition   to   Cromwell  and 


1.  Bishop's  Transcripts  of  tlie  par.  reg. 
of  Nortliill,  in  the  registry  at  Bedford. 

2.  Cussans's  HertJordMrc,  parts  7  & 
8,  p.  161. 


3.  P.C.C. 

*  Close  R.,  A.D.  1651,  pt.  7  (39). 


HISTORY    OF    THE   WILMER    FAMILY. 

his  Council,  in  which  they  say  that  "  Samuel 
"  Wilmer  their  pastor,  has  been  zealous  in 
"  gathering  the  scattered  saints  into  one  body  to 
"  enjoy  the  gospel  ordinances,  but  he  is  over- 
"  whelmed  with  incidental  charges,  has  been  at 
"  great  charge  in  repairs,  paid  first-fruits,  arrears 
"  to  Magdalen  College,  Oxford,  and  a  yearly 
"  rent,  so  that  he  can  hardly  maintain  a  large 
"  family,  yet  is  tender  of  being  a  burden  to  them. 
"  Beg  that  as  Mr.  Whetstone,  minister  of 
"  Patching,  only  half  a  mile  distant,  is  dead,  the 
"  rectories  may  be  united,  and  bestowed  on  Mr. 
"Wilmer."  This  petition  had  52  signatures,  and 
to  it  was  appended  a  certificate  of  five  ministers 
in  favour  of  Mr.  Wilmer.  There  was  also  a 
similar  petition  of  even  date  by  certain  inhabit- 
ants of  Patching,  advocating  the  union  of  the  two 
parishes,  "as  it  was  the  last  request  of  their  dying 
"  pastor,  and  the  words  of  dying  men  are  rcmark- 
"  able,  and  also  as  the  living  is  of  very  small  value." 
On  the  2Sth  of  December,  the  Council  wrote  to  the 
Justices  of  the  Peace  near  Clapham,  saying  that 
his  Highness  wished  to  encourage  Wilmer  on 
account  of  his  zeal  and  piety,  and  asking 
whether  the  union  would  be  convenient.  The 
reply  of  the  Justices  must  have  been  in  the  affirm- 
ative, for  an  order  to  unite  the  two  parishes  for 
Mr.  Wilmer  was  approved  by  the  Council,  3rd 
February  1653-44.  Samuel  Wilmer  did  not  long 
enjoy  the  possession  of  the  livings,  for  he  was 
ejected  from  them  in  1662,  and  imprisoned  for 
refusing  to  comply  with  the  Act  of  Uniformity. 
Calamy,  speaking  of  him  in  the  Ejected  Alinisten, 
says  that  he  was  "  one  of  a  strong  constitution  of 

4.  State  Tapers,  Domestic  Series,  A.D.  1653-4. 


HISTORY    OF    THE    WILMER    FAMILY.  1 75 

"  body,  and  great  presence  of  mind.  He  was 
"unduly  imprisoned  by  one  justice,  and  bailed 
"  out  by  another ;  upon  which,  to  avoid  the 
"danger  of  the  5 -mile-act,  he  removed  to 
"Havantin  Hampshire,  where  he  died  Oct.  7, 1671, 
"aged  46.  It  is  thought  that  his  troubles  shortened 
"  his  days."  His  will  was  dated  14th  September 
1670,  and  proved  12th  July  1671=,  by  his  children, 
Samuel  and  Mary,  the  executors.  He  names  his 
wife  Mary,  and  his  brother,  John  Baxhill.  By 
Mary,  his  wife,  he  left  issue : — 

i.  Samuel  Wilmer,  living  in  1671. 
ii.  Andrew  Wilmer,  a  minor  in  1670. 
iii.  Isaac   Wilmer,  a  minor  in    1670.     Ad- 
ministration   of   the   goods   of   a   certain 
Isaac    Wilmer,    of    the    Merchant    Ship 
Pompey,  Widower,  was  granted  to  his  son, 
Isaac  Wilmer,  loth  July  17173. 
iv.  John  Wilmer,  a  minor  in  1670. 
i.  Mary  Wilmer,  living  in  167 1. 
ii.  Martha  Wilmer,  a  minor  in  1670. 
iii.  Elizabeth  Wilmer,  a  minor  in  1670. 
iv.  Anne  Wilmer,  a  minor  in  1670  ;  married 
at   Brewer's    Hall,   London,   19th    March 
1 699- 1 700,  William  Ridgeley,  a  member 
of  the    Society   of   Friends,  Citizen    and 
Pewterer,  of  the  parish  of  St.  Martin-le- 
Grand,  London,  son  of  Thomas  Ridgeley, 
of  Narborough,  co.  Leicester.      He  died 
'  of  age '  in  the  parish  of   St.   Matthew, 
Friday  Street,  London,  4th  January  173 1-2, 
aged  sixty-six  ;  buried  in  the  F.B.G.,  Bun- 
hill  Fields,  7th  January  1731-2.    Anne,  his 
5.  P.C.C.  97  Duke.  I  3.  P.C.C. 


176  HISTORY    OF    THE    WILMER    FAMILY. 

widow,  died  'of  age'   24th  March  1747-8, 
being  described   as    "late    of    Cheapside, 
"widow,"     and     was    buried    at    Bunhill 
Fields,    27th    March     174S.       They   had 
(with  five  children,  who  died  in  infancy)  a 
son,  Richard  Ridgelev,  bom  1 5th  June 
1703- 
V.  George  Wilmer,  baptized  icth  Alarch  1624-5"  ; 
buried  17th  April  1628". 
VI.  Edward  Wilmer,  baptized  6th  November  1626' ; 
named    in    the   wills  of  his    brothers    Isaac    and 
Elisha,  in  1660. 
VII.  Thomas  Wilmer,  Clerk  in  Holy  Orders  ;  bap- 
tized i8th  November   1628' ;  Vicar  of  Pagham, 
CO.  Sussex,  in    1660  ;    ejected   for  nonconformity 
in  1662.     His  wife  and  children  are  mentioned  as 
living  in  1660,  in   the  will  of   his   brother,   Isaac 
Wilmer. 
VIII.  Elisha  Wilmer,  of  whom  presently  {see  p.  185). 
IX.  Isaac     Wilmer,    Clerk    in    Holy    Orders,    of 
Coombs,  CO.  Susse.K  ;    baptized   8th  April   1635'  ; 
will  dated  12th  July  1660;  proved  20th  Septem- 
ber 1660".     He  bequeaths  his  house  and  land  at 
Norrell    to    his     brother,    Samuel    Wilmer,    of 
Patching  ;  and  names  his  cousin,  Justin  North. 
I.  Mary  Wilmer,  baptized  24th  January  1618-19', 

named  in  the  will  of  her  brother  Isaac,  in  1660. 
II.  Phcebe  Wilmer,  baptized  7th  December  1620'  ; 
buried  ist  February  1621-2. 
"  j\Ir.  John   Wilmer,   minister   of   God's   word,"   was    buried    at 
Northill,  20th  November  1655'. 

I.  Bishop's  Transcripts  of  the   par.       I  7.   P.C.C.  259  Nabbf. 

reg.  of  Northill,  in  the  registry  at  Bed- 
ford. 


HISTORY    OF    THE   WILMER    FAMILY.  1 77 

M.— itiatf)attiel  aSJllmn-  [  r/L],  citizen  and  Armourer 
of  the  parish  of  St.  Dionis  Backchurch,  London,  Captain  in  the 
ParHamentarian  Army,  was  the  third  son  of  John  Wilmer  [  VL,], 
and  was  baptized  23rd  December  162 1'.  On  the  19th  of  June  1650, 
warrants  were  issued  to  Captain  Nathaniel  Wilmer,  of  St.  Denis 
Backchurch,  and  Captain  Thomas  Waltham  for  beating  drums 
and  raising  and  marching  lOO  men  each  to  Bristol  or  Chester  for 
transportation  to  Ireland.  Captain  Wilmer  entered  into  recog- 
nizances in  the  sum  ol  200/.  not  to  take  free  quarter  or  oppress 
the  country  in  his  march.  He  married  at  East  Hendred,  in 
Berkshire,  7th  November  1646,  Constance,  third  daughter  of 
Edward  Sherwood,  Gent.,  of  East  Hendred,  and  Constance  his 
wife,  daughter  of  William  Saunders,  of  Newbury.  Arms  of 
Sherwood  :  Argent,  a  chevron  gules  between  three  torteaux^. 
Nathaniel  and  Constance  Wilmer  had  issue  : — 

m. — I.  John  Wilmer.    See  bcloiv,  {IE. 

n.  Nathaniel  Wilmer,  joined  the  early  Quakers,. 

and  is  mentioned  as  suffering,  in    1686,  for  his 

principles,   in   a    work    entitled     The    Christian 

Progress  of  George  Whitehead,  published  in  1725. 

A  certain  Nathaniel  Wilmer,  of  St.  Giles-in-the- 

Fields,   CO.    Middlesex,    Bachelor,    died    in    the 

merchant    Ship    Pompey,    on    the    High     Seas, 

administration    of    his    goods    being   granted  to 

William  Arnold,  the  principal  creditor,  i8th  May 

1711  ;  John  Wilmer,  the  brother  of  the  deceased, 

having  first  renounced^. 

Nathaniel  Wilmer  died  before  1660.      His  wife,  Constance, 

was  baptized  at  East  Hendred,  20th  October  1622.      Like  her 

two  sons,  she  joined  the  Society  of   Friends,  and,  about   1660, 

was  coeditor  with  her  friend,  Joseph  Coale,  of  Reading,  of  a 

quarto   pamphlet   with   the    following    title  : — Some    Religious 

I.  Bishop's  Transcripts  of  the   par.       I  9.  Visit.    Berks,     in    1664-6 ;      The 

reg.  of  Northill,  in  the  registry  at  Bed-  Genealogist,  1st  Series,  vi.  p.  SS. 


ford. 


P.C.C. 


178  HISTORY    OF   THE    WILMER    FAMILY. 

Affaires  Signified  in  a  Letter  from  one  called  a  Quaker  to  A  rch- 
Bislwp  Fuller  in  Ireland.  Also  some  Queries  out  of  Conscientious 
Scruples  propounded  to  all  ti/e  Bishops  in  general  in  that  Nation, 
for  satisfaction  to  doubtful  consciences.  As  also  some  reasons 
sJiowing  why  we  deny  all  other  kinds  of  Profession  of  Religion, 
and  are  turned  to  this  way,  in  which  we  now  are  scornfully  called 
Quakers.  For  the  Arch-Bishop  of  Cashel  these.  In  this  pamphlet 
Constance  Wilmer  says,  "  I  perceive  that  thou  art  now  appointed 
"  cheif  Bishop  in  this  City  and  Countrey,  and  that  thou  claimest 
"  the  oversight  of  the  flock  of  God,  in  this  part  of  the  countrey 
"  called  the  Diocess  and  so  over  me,  for  I  am  an  Inhabitant  of  this 
"  same  City."  C.  Wilmer's  portion  of  the  pamphlet  consists  of 
two  and  a  half  pages,  and  relates  to  "  The  true  light.  The  new 
"  Birth,  Baptism  of  Infants,  the  call  of  God  to  the  Ministry,  and 
"  Persecution";  and  speaks  of  "Tiths  of  mens  increase  and  gleab 
"  Lands,  Midsomer  dues  and  Easter  reckonings,  smoke  pcnnys 
"and  the  tenths  of  Eggs,  Geese,  Piggs,  Hens,  Apples  and 
"  Cherries  and  of  all  other  things,  a  hundred  or  two  hundred 
"  pounds  a  year  or  ten  shillings  a  sermon  "  ;  and  she  thus  con- 
cludes : — "  And  thus  I  rest  in  full  expectation  of  an  answer  of 
"  these  things  and  subscribe  my  self  Constant  Wilmer."  The 
pamphlet  states  that  "  This  is  a  true  copy  of  what  was  delivered 
"  to  Arch-Bishop  Fuller  the  30th  day  of  the  8th  month,  but  he 
"  seemed  to  deny  to  answer  it,  and  told  constant  Wilmer  and 
"  Mary  Pearce,  by  whom  it  was  delivered,  that  he  could  not  tell 
"  how  to  satisfy  them  and  that  it  was  not  his  work  to  do  it,  but 
"  they  might  come  to  Church  and  conforme  themselves,  &c. 
"  And  some  other  discourse  they  had  with  him,  but  no  answer  is 
"  yet  had  to  these  sober  Propositions." 

From  this  pamphlet  we  gather  that  Constance  Wilmer  was 
resident  at  Cashel  in  Ireland,  to  which  country  she  probably 
accompanied  her  husband  in  1650. 

Mf.— JOljn  fflSlilmfr  [F/zL],  citizen  and  Merchant 
Taylor,  and,  by  trade,  Silkman,  of  Friday  Street,  London,  and 
of  Ealing,  the  elder  son  of  Nathaniel  Wilmer  [  F7L],  was  bap- 


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tized  at  St.  Dionis  Backchurch,  London,  21st  August  1647.  He 
married  first,  at  Reading,  22nd  February  1671-2,  Hannah 
Lamboll,  of  Reading.  She  was  of  a  well-known  Quaker  family, 
that  was  intimate  with  the  celebrated  William  Penn.  She 
died  loth  October,  and  was  buried  13th  October  1676.  John 
Wilmer  married  secondly,   circa   i6gi,  Mary  ,   of 

whom  we  have  no  further  record  than  that  she  had  the  following 
issue  : — 

$F. — I.  John  Wilmer.     See  below,  $F. 

I.  Grizell  Wilmer,   married    Jonathan    Gurnell 

{see  p.  190). 
n.  Hannah  Wilmer,  bom  in  "  Fryeday  Street," 
30th  April  1694 ;  married  at  the  F.M.H.,  Bull 
and  Mouth,i6thJunei7i5,GeorgeRobinson, Iron- 
monger, of  Clement's  Lane,London,  and  of  Ealing. 
He  was  the  son  of  Matthew  Robinson,  of  Clement's 
Lane,  and  Sarah  his  wife.  George  and  Hannah 
Robinson  had  issue  : — i.  Matthew  Robinson, 
born  in  Clement's  Lane,  May  1721,  and  died  an 
infant ;  2.  Matthew  Robinson,  born  there  9th 
October  1722,  and  died  an  infant ;  3.  George 
Robinson,  born  there  12th  September  1724,  and 
was  living  in  1758  ;  i.  Mary  Robinson,  born 
there  9th  February  1 7 16-17  ;  she  appears  to  have 
married  a  Mr.  Forbes,  who  was  dead  in  1752  {see 
p.  195).  In  the  wills  of  her  nearest  relatives,  a 
"cousin  Mary  Forbes,"  is  named,  with  whom, 
perhaps,  Mary  Robinson  was  identical.  George 
Robinson,  the  father,  died  '  of  convulsions '  at 
Ealing,  7th  March  1739-40,  aged  45,  and  was 
buried  at  Hammersmith,  13th  March.  His  widow 
died  '  of  convulsions  '  at  Ealing,  25th  June  1754, 
aged  60,  and  was  buried  at  Hammersmith, 
30th  June. 
III.  Mary  Wilmer,  twin-sister  with  Hannah,  born 


I  So 


HISTORY    OF   THE   WILMER    FAMILY. 


in  Friday  Street,  30th  April  1694  ;  probably  died 
)-oung. 
In  the  records  of  the  Merchant  Taylors'  Company  \vc  find, 
under  date  4th  November  1663,  that  John  Wilmer  apprenticed 
himself  to  William  Sherwood  [his  uncle],  of  Friday  Street, 
Silkman,  for  seven  years  from  that  date.  He  became  a  Freeman 
of  the  City  7th  October  1692.  By  minutes  of  the  Court  of  the 
Merchant  Taylors'  School,  dated  13th  May  1698,  it  appears  that 
John  Wilmore  was  appointed  one  of  the  three  stewards  for  the 
school-feast.  Thomas  Wright,  in  his  History  of  Essex^°,  says 
that  on  the  30th  of  July  1694,  John  Wilmer,  whom  he  describes 
as  of  London,  ^Merchant,  and  descended  from  the  Wilmers  of 
Northamptonshire,  and  bearing  their  arms,  bought  of  Edmund 
Godwin,  Esq.,  the  manor  of  North  Bemfleet,  alias  Coxhall,  co. 
Essex,  which  was  in  the  possession  of  his  grandson,  John  Wilmer, 
in  176b.  John  Wilmer  died  at  Ealing,  25th  December  1723, 
aged  ^6,  and  was  buried  at  Hammersmith,  30th  December.  His 
will  was  dated  the  "  7th  day  of  the  3rd  month  called  May  1723,' 
and  proved  8th  January  1723-4".  He  leaves  1,000/.  to  be  laid 
out  upon  an  estate  in  land  in  Essex  or  ?*Iiddlesex  for  the  benefit 
of  his  daughter,  Hannah  Robinson  ;  and  lOO/.  to  his  friends, 
Henry  Goldney  and  Theodore  Eccleston,  in  trust,  to  be  dis- 
posed of  as  expressed  in  a  paper  of  even  date  with  his  will.  He 
names  his  cousin,  Mary  Mackett ;  her  son,  Wilmer  Mackett ; 
his  sister-in- law,  Margaret  Clulow  ;  and  the  eight  servants  of 
his  son  Gurnell. 

3cF.— Jofjn  aSiiUmrr  [  r///L],  Esq., Merchantof London, 
and  of  Paradise  Row,  Stoke  Newington,  co.  Middlesex,  and 
Lord  of  the  Manor  of  North  Bemfleet,  Canvey  Island,  Essex,  the 
only  son  of  John  Wilmer  [F7/L],  was  born  at  Ealing,  13th 
September  1696;  and  married,  circa  1750,  Elizabeth  Scott, 
daughter  of  Scott,  Esq.,  and   sister  of  Isabella,  the 

wife  of  Henry  Faussett,  Esq.     Mr.    Faussctt  was   a   member  of 
the  family  of  Faussett,  of  Heppington,  co.  Kent,  and  brother  of 
10.  p.  584;  see  also  Mot  ant's  £^JCJ.      |  11.  P.C.C.  19  Bolton. 


HISTORY    OF    THE    WILMER   FAMILY.  l8l 

the  Reverend  Bryan  Faussett,  the  well-known  antiquarian,  who 
formed  the  famous  Saxon  collection  which  bears  his  name,  and 
is  now  in  the  Liverpool  Museum.  These  Scotts  used  (but  by 
what  right  we  are  ignorant)  the  arms  of  Scott,  of  Scott's  Hall.co. 
Kent,  which  are :  Argent,  three  catherine-wheels  sable  a 
bordure  engrailed  gules.  John  and  Elizabeth  Wilmer  had 
issue  : — 

W' — I.  John  Wilmer.    See  below,  V. 

I.  Mary  Wilmer,  born  at  Paradise  Row,  7th 
November  1753  ;  married  at  Stoke  Newington 
parish  church,  by  licence,  22nd  February  1774, 
Patrick  Murray,  M.D.,  of  Norfolk  Street,  London, 
and  of  Stoke  Newington,  an  eminent  physician,  and 
afterwards  Assistant  Judge  of  the  Supreme  Court 
of  Jamaica.  He  was  a  Presbyterian,  and  his  wife 
severed  her  connection  with  the  Society  of 
Friends  soon  after  the  marriage.  She  died  at 
Montego  Bay,  Jamaica,  ist  May  1782.  Dr. 
Murray  survived  her  by  several  years,  and, 
returning  to  his  native  town  of  Kirkcudbright, 
died,  and  was  buried  in  the  Presbyterian  church- 
yard there.  He  had  several  children  who  died  in 
infancy,  and  a  son  : — 

i.  Peter  Murray,  M.D.,  of  Harrogate, 
Knaresborough,  and  Belle  Vue, 
Scarborough  ;  born  at  Montego  Bay, 
Jamaica,  30th  March  1782.  After  the 
death  of  his  grandmother,  Mrs.  Sinclair 
(see  p.  183),  he  was  brought  up  by  his 
devoted  aunt,  Elizabeth  Wilmer.  He 
was  educated  at  St.  Andrew's  and 
Edinburgh  Universities,  at  the  latter  of 
which  he  took  the  degree  of  M.D.  in  1802. 
He  then  practised  at  Harrogate  and 
Knaresborough,       and       afterwards       at 


1 82  HISTORY    OF    THE    WILMER    FAMILY. 

Scarborough,  where  he  lived   during   the 

last    thirty-eight    years    of  his    life.     He 

was   an  ardent  botanist  and  naturalist,  a 

philosopher  and  a  Christian  philanthropist. 

He  died  at  Belle  Vue,  Scarborough,  27th 

February  1864,  aged  81,  and  was  buried 

in  the  Scarborough   cemetery,  6th  March ; 

M.I.     The  life  of  this  excellent  man  was 

written      by      the       Reverend       Robert 

Balgarnie,        Minister       of       the       Bar 

congregational        chapel,        Scarborough, 

under  the  title  : —  TJie  Beloved  Physician  : 

A    ]\IeiHoir    of  Peter  Murray,   M.D.,   of 

Belie        Vue,      Scarborough.        (Simpkin, 

Marshall  and  Co.,  London,  1S64). 

n.  Elizabeth    Wilmer,  born    at    Paradise   Row, 

23rd      March      1754  ;      died      at      Belle      Vue, 

Scarborough,    24th    February     1849,    aged    94  ; 

buried    in    the    F.B.G.,    St.    Sepulchre     Street, 

Scarborough,  2nd  March  ;  M.I. 

III.  Grizell  Wilmer,  born  at   Paradise  Row,  13th 

July     1755  ;      married     at     Scarborough,     i6th 

September     1782,     Alexander    Grant,    Esq.,    a 

medical   practitioner,  of  Cheltenham.      He  was 

then  aged  28,  and  was  described  as  of  St.  Luke's, 

Chelsea.       Grizell    Grant    died    at    Belle    Vue, 

Scarborough,  26th  January    1S37,   aged  81,  and 

was    buried    in    the    same    grave    as    her    sister 

Elizabeth  ;  M.I.     Her  husband   predeceased   her 

by  many  years. 

John  Wilmer  died  of  '  a  decline '  at  Stoke  Newington,  22nd 

January  1764,  aged   6j,  and   was   buried  in   his  own   garden  in 

that  place,   28th  January.      His  house  at  Stoke  Newington   is 

still  in  existence,   and  is  now   used  as  an   Invalid  Asylum   for 

women.       It    contains    a  very  fine  carved  oak  staircase,  with 


HISTORY    OF   THE   WILMER    FAMILY.  1 83 

landscape  paintings  on  canvas  fitted  into  the  walls.  The  floor 
of  the  hall  is  paved  with  white  marble,  and  the  ancient 
iron  gates  and  railings,  with  a  monogram,  are  still  in  situ.  A 
large  tomb,  seven  and  a  half  feet  square,  marks  the  spot  where 
John  Wilmer  was  buried,  which  was  then  a  garden,  but  is  now  a 
builder's  yard.  Tradition  relates  that  he  was  buried  in  his  bed, 
with  a  chair  and  a  table  beside  him,  and  that,  in  consequence  of 
his  insuperable  dread  of  being  interred  alive,  a  cord,  attached  to 
his  wrist,  communicated  with  a  bell  in  his  coachman's  house  hard 
by.  The  whole  story,  however,  is  improbable.  When  the 
house  and  grounds  were  sold,  a  right  of  way  to  the  tomb  was 
reserved.  John  Wilmer's  will  was  dated  loth  February  1758,  and 
proved  I2th  March  1764".  He  mentions  his  houses  in  Stoke 
Newington,  his  manor  at  North  Benfleet,  his  freehold  lands  and 
tenements  in  Hoxton,  "  my  large  house  with  the  lands,  etc., 
"  which,  I  now  inhabit  at  Stoke  Newington,"  his  copyhold  estate 
at  Hampton  Wick,  and  his  two  houses  at  Humerton,  co. 
Middlesex.  He  names  his  nephew,  George  Robinson  ;  his 
cousin,  Mary  Forbes  ;  and  John  Harman,  of  London,  Merchant. 
John  Wilmer's  widow,  Elizabeth,  who  resided  at  Ranelagh, 
near  London,  was  married,  secondly,  at  Stoke  Newington  parish 
church,  by  licence,  by  the  Reverend  Charles  Farrant,  Dean  of 
Peterborough,  7th  May  1774,  to  John  Sinclair,  Esq.,  of  Stoke 
Newington,  third  son  of  John  Sinclair,  Esq.,  of  Ulbster,  co. 
Caithness,  and  uncle  of  the  Right  Hon.  John  Sinclair,  of 
Ulbster,  Baronet,  M.P.,  P.C,  D.C.L.,  etc.,  the  famous 
agriculturist  and  philanthropist.  John  Sinclair,  the  uncle,  was 
at  one  time  a  captain  in  the  7th  Regiment  of  Foot,  with  the 
rank  of  major  in  the  army.  He  died  in  Skeldergate,  in  the  city 
of  York,  23rd  November  17S7.  With  reference  to  this  marriage 
we  take  the  following  extracts  from  Mr.  Balgarnic's  Memoir  of 
Peter  Murray : — 

"This  marriage  forms  a  sad  episode  in  the  history  of  the  Wilmer 
family.       *       How  a  quiet,  sober-minded  Quakeress  should  have  been 

12,  P.C.C.  124  Simpson. 


184  HISTORY   OF   THE   WILDER    FAMILY. 

enamoured  of  a  fiery  son  of  Mars,  it  is  difficult  to  conceive.  *  The 
truth  is,  the  lady  had  money,  the  gentleman  had  position ;  neither  had 
love,  so  that  the  result  of  the  marriage  was,  as  might  be  expected,  misery. 
Nor  was  this  all  the  evil  that  ensued.  Major  Sinclair  was  most  extrava- 
gant in  his  style  of  living,  and  reckless  m  the  abuse  of  money.  The 
house  at  Ranelagh  became  like  an  hotel,  or  officers'  barracks,  where  his 
military  friends  were  always  quartered.  The  IMisses  Wilmer  continued 
to  reside  with  their  mother  after  her  marriage  ;  being  young  and  hand- 
some, with  good  fortunes  in  prospect,  their  new  step-father  sought  to 
introduce  them  into  fashionable  life.  *  The  plain  garb  of  the  Society 
of  Friends  was  exchanged  for  the  latest  fashions  ;  the  quiet  pleasures  of 
home  were  superseded  by  the  excitement  of  the  hall-room  ;  they  rode 
and  drove  in  the  parks,  and  became  known  there  as  "the  dashing  Miss 
"  Wilmers  "  *  *  The  family  income  would  have  been  enough 
to  meet  all  these  demands,  but  a  drain  was  made  upon  it  in  another 
way,  which  it  could  not  stand.  Major  Sinclair  became  security  for  the 
electioneering  expenses  of  his  nephew,  Sir  John  [Sinclair],  who  was 
ambitious  to  secure  a  seat  in  Parliament.  This  was  in  the  days  of"  rotten 
boroughs,"  *  when  candidates  with  the  longest  purse  had  the  best 
chance  of  success.  The  expenses  of  this  election  were  immense,  and 
the  Major  was  compelled  to  pay  them.  Vainly  he  attempted  to  evade 
the  obligation  ;  but  the  law  was  inexorable,  and  the  exactors  clamorous. 
Nothing  could  save  him  from  disgrace  but  the  possession  of  his  wife's 
property.  It  would  appear  that  this  was  accomplished  without  much 
difficulty  :  hardly  knowing  what  she  did,  she  was  induced  to  put  her 
signature  to  a  document,  by  which  she  guaranteed  the  payment  of  her 
husband's  debts.  "  I  signed  it,"  she  said,  "  because  the  Major  pressed 
"  me."  By  that  one  act,  the  greater  portion  of  the  property  was  lost 
for  ever.  *  To  meet  liabilities,  the  Essex  estate  had  to  be  immediately 
sold ;  likewise  the  mansion  at  Ranelagh,  together  with  the  furniture, 
plate,  &c.  *  and  with  the  exception  of  a  small  property  at  Hoxton, 
the  family  became  penniless." 

Elizabeth  Sinclair  died  '  of  an  asthma,'  at  Sloane  Square, 
Chelsea,  8th  July  1793,  aged  62,  and  was  buried  at  the  F.B.G., 
Winchmore  Hill,  as  a  non-member  of  the  Society  of  Friends, 
14th  July.  There  is  in  the  possession  of  one  of  the  editors  the 
original  bill  for  the  funeral  of  Mrs.  Sinclair,  amounting  to  the 
moderate  sum  of  35/.  igs.  6d.  Amongst  the  items  is  a  fine  of 
2/.  \os.  for  burying  in  linen.  The  remains  were  enclosed  in  lead 
in  a  Virginia  walnut-tree  case. 


HISTORY    OF   THE   WILMER    FAMILY.  1 85 

®'.— JOi)n  ffiSJilnif  r  [AVL],  Esq.,  was  the  only  son  of 
John  Wilmer  [  F7//L].  He  had  a  predilection  for  the  medical 
profession,  but  it  does  not  appear  that  he  ever  practised. 
He  was  born  at  Paradise  Row,  Stoke  Newington,  20th  October 
1751,  and  died  there,  of  dropsy,  20th  March  1773,  aged  21,  and 
was  buried  in  the  F.B.G.,Winchmore  Hill,  28th  March.  His  will 
was  dated  21st  Novemberi772,and  proved  31st  March  1773'^.  He 
names  his  uncle,  Henry  Faussett,  and  his  aunt,  Isabella  Faussett. 

THE  FAMILIES  OF  WILMER,  MACKETT,  PEIRIE, 
AND  WILLETT. 

I.-iSlisfja  MLUnXtX  [V/],  Citizen  and  Ironmonger  of 
London,  the  eighth  son  of  John  Wilmer  [  FL],  of  Northill,  was 
baptized  22nd  April  1630'.  He  married  twice,  and  by  his 
second  wife  Mary,  who  survived  him,  he  had  an  only  child, 
Mary  Wilmer  (st:e  belozv).  His  will  was  dated  7th  March 
1660-1,  and  proved  9th  April  1661'+.  He  names  his  nephew, 
Andrew  Wilmer,  son  of  his  brother  Samuel ;  his  uncle,  John 
Loggett ;  and  his  cousin,  John  Taylor,  junior.  He  left  to  his 
daughter  Mary,  a  silver  tankard  and  cup,  marked  with  the 
letters  D.M.,  which  had  belonged  to  his  first  wife,  and  silver 
marked  E.  W.D  ;  and  to  his  brother,  Edward  Wilmer,  a  ring 
marked  R.L.  He  is  described  in  his  will  as  of  Wapping,  co. 
Middlesex. 

3:3:.— Jiaarjj  fflaUmer  [f//],  only  child  of  Eiisha 

Wilmer,  was  born  circa  1657,  and  was  the  only  member  of  her 
father's  household,  who  survived  the  Great  Plague  in  1665.  She 
married  at  the  F.M.H.,  Bull  and  Mouth,  London,  9th  March 
1 68 1 -2,  John  Mackett,  Citizen  and  Merchant  Taylor,  of  London, 
and,  by  trade,  Coatseller,  of  Fenchurch  Street.  He  was  born 
circa  1651,  and  was  the  son  of  Richard  Mackett,  of  Newchurch, 
Isle  of  Wight,  and  had  issue  : — 

13.  P.C.C.     143  Stevens.  I      of  Northill,  in  the  registry  at  Bedforc!. 

I.  Bishop'sTranscriptsof  the  par.reg.       I        14.   P.C.C.  62  May. 

Z 


l86  HISTORY    OF   THE    WII.MER    FAMILY. 

I.  WiLLMER  Mackett,  of  Milk  Street,  London, 
born  31st  August  1684;  died  12th  November 
1754,  aged  70;  buried  at  l?unhill  Fields,  15th 
November  1754. 
II.  John  Mackett,  born  30th  June  1686;  died 
1 2th  May  1687. 

Mi— I.  Mary   Mackett.    Ser  behnv,  £H. 

John  Mackett  died  of  'the  spotted  fever'  27th  October  1685, 
aged  34.  His  widow  died  24th  March  1732-3,  aged  jG ,  and 
was  buried  at  Bunhill  Fields,  29th  March  1733. 

£££.— fttary  JHacikrtt  [F///],  was  bom  6th  January 
1682-3,  and  married,  29th  February  1703-4,  at  the  F.M.H., 
Devonshire  House,  London,  John  Peirie,  Widower,  Citizen  and 
Draper,  of  London,  and,  by  trade.  Tailor  of  Houndsditch,  son  of 
James  Peirie,  of  Turroff,  co.  Aberdeen,  and  had  (with  three 
sons)  a  daughter  : — 

lU.— iSartara  pcirlr  \ix\  who  was  bom  ist  juiy 

1710  ;  married,  at  the  F.M.H.,  Devonshire  House,  London,  28th 
November  1728,  Jabez  Willett,  Citizen  and   Weaver  of  London, 
and,  by  trade,  Mercer  of  Lad  Lane,  London,  and  had  issue : — 
I.  Joseph    Willett,    born     in    Lawrence    Lane, 
London,   5th   March    1732-3  ;  died  29th   August 
1737.   aged    4  ;    buried     in    the    F.B.G.,   Bunhill 
Fields,  31st  August. 
?F.— II.  WiLLMER  Willett.     Sec  belon^V . 

I.  Mary   Willett,  married   Thomas    Gurnell 

{see  p.  196). 
II.  Barbara  Willett,  born  in  Lawrence  Lane, 
23rd  October  1731. 
Jabez  Willett  was  the  son  of  Joseph  Willett,  Weaver,  of  St. 
Saviour's,  Southwark,  and  of  Elizabeth  his  wife,  and  was  bom 
in  Castle  Street,  Clapham,  i8th  June  1705.  He  died  'of 
convulsions'   at  Clapham,    i8th    November    1765,   aged  60,  and 


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was  buried  in  the  F.B.G.,  Worcester  Street,  25th  November. 
Barbara  Willett  died  4th  November  1789,  aged  79,  and  was 
buried  in  the  F.B.G.  at  Park,  nth  November.  There  is  in 
existence  a  line  portrait  of  her,  painted  by  Sir  Nathaniel  Dance- 
Holland,  Bart,  R.A. 

W.—WiUh\UV  fflaJlUftt  [X],  Merchant,  of  Lad  Lane. 
London,  and  of  Clapham,  co.  Surrey,  was  born  in  Lawrence 
Lane,  London,  30th  September  1734.  He  married,  and  had 
issue  : — 

Wi.~l.  Wilmer-Mackett  Willett.     See  beloiv,  ©"£. 
I.  Barbara  Willett,  died  in  Judd  Street,  Lon- 
don,   17th    November    1848,    aged     'j'S,,     being 
described   as   the    "eldest   daughter    of  the  late 
"  Wilmcr  Willett,  of  Lad  Lane,  Esq." 

?ri.— asailmcr-jmarifcctt  i!l®UlPtt  [ay],  Esq.,  Cotton- 

spinner,  of  Rushforth  Hall,  co.  York,  was  Colonel-Commandant 
of  a  local  militia  regiment  raised  during  the  Bonaparte  scare. 
He  is  stated  to  have  been  the  celebrated  editor  of  the  Statesman 
during  the  O.P.  Riot  in  1809,  and  subsequently  of  the  British 
Traveller,  and  other  periodicals.  He  married  first,  a  daughter  of 
Joseph  Wood,  Esq.,  of  Leeds,  who  died  at  Rushforth  Hall,  18th 
May  1801  ;  and  secondly.  Miss  Bromby,  who  died  at  the  house 
of  her  brother,  the  Reverend  J.-H.  Bromby,  of  Hull,  21st 
September  1804,  aged  24.  Mr.  Willett  died  in  Finsbury,  a'/rrt 
December  1829,  aged  6'^,,  leaving  issue  by  his  first  wife  : — 

2F$£. — L  WiLMER  Willett.     See  below,  ^F'U. 

L  Barbara-Peirie  Willett,  died  unmarried  at 
Cambridge  Terrace,  Regent's  Park,  London,  19th 
May  1851. 
H.  Anna-Maria  Willett,  married  at  Leeds,  14th 
September  1843,  A.-E.-J.  Dangerfield,  Esq.,  of 
Craven  Street,  London,  and  died  sine  prole-,  circa 
1877. 


188  HISTORY    OF    THE    WILMER    FAMILY. 

2r££.— SEilmrr  ^aillrtt  [av/],  b.a.  (Oxford),  cierk 

in  Holy  Orders,  married  Charlotte-Georgiana,  daughter  of  the 
Reverend  Thomas-Fry  Lewis,  Rector  of  Curry-Malet,  co. 
Somerset,  of  the  family  of  Lewis  of  St.  Pierre,  co.  Monmouth, 
which  bears  the  arms  :  Or,  a  lion  rampant  gardant  sable.  ^Ir. 
W'illctt  had  several  children,  of  whom  the  following  survived 
him  : — 

J.  Wilmer-Macketl  Willett,  Clerk  in  Holy 
Orders,  M.A.  of  St.  John's  College,  Oxford  ;  pre- 
sented to  the  vicarage  of  Nash,  co.  Monmouth,  in 
1876. 
II.  Albert-Lewis  Willett,  Clerk  in  Holy  Orders, 
B.A.  of  Brasenose  College,  Oxford  ;  presented 
to  the  vicarage  of  Meriden,  co.  Warwick,  in  1873. 

III.  HExMRV-Wood  Willett,  Esq.,  Major  in  the 
fourth  battalion  of  the  King's  Light  Infantr\', 
died  at  Meriden,  9th  June  iS83. 

IV.  Lewls-Wilmer  Willett,  Esq.,  of  Adderstone, 
CO.  Northumberland. 

I.  Georgiana  Willett. 

The  family  of  Willett  deduces  its  descent  from  that  Pro- 
testant Divine  "  The  learned  and  laborious  Dr.  Andrew  Willett," 
son  of  Dr.  Thomas  W'illett,  Prebendary-  of  Ely,  Sub-almoner  to 
Edward  VI.,  Vicar  of  Thurlaston,  co.  Leicester,  and  Rector  of 
Barley,  co.  Hertford,  who  upon  Queen  Mary's  accession,  was 
compelled  to  forsake  his  first  promotion  in  the  church  of 
Windsor,  and  to  remain  in  hiding  until  recalled  by  Queen 
Elizabeth.  Dr.  Andrew  Willett,  who  was  of  Christ's  College, 
Cambridge,  succeeded  his  father  at  Ely  and  Barley,  and  was 
Rector  of  Reed,  CO.  Hertford,  in  161 5.  He  was  subsequently 
Chaplain  to  Henry-Frederick,  Prince  of  Wales,  elder  brother  of 
Charles  I.  As  an  author,  Dr.  Willett  achieved  considerable 
repute.  A  full  list  of  his  works,  which  amount  in  number  to 
forty,  is  gi\en  in  his  Covnncntary  on  Leviticus.      A   new  edition 


HISTORY    OF   THE    WILMER    FAMILY.  1 89 

of  his  Synopsis  Papisiiii  \wSiS  issued  in  1852  in  ten  volumes,  by 
the  British  Society  for  promoting  the  religious  principles  of  the 
Reformation.  Dr.  Willett  married  a  daughter  of  Dr.  Goad, 
Provost  of  King's  College,  Cambridge,  and  was  survived  by  a 
numerous  family.  He  died  4th  December  1621,  aged  59,  and 
was  buried  in  the  chancel  of  Barley  Church  ;  M.I. 


Chapter    XV. 


GURNELL   OF    LONDON    AND    EALING;  AND  THE 
FAMILIES  OF  ARMSTRONG,  OGILVIE,  AND  DANCE. 


•'  Out  of  monuments,  names,  wordes,  proverbs,  traditions,  privat'  reeordes,  and 
evide7iees,  fragments  of  stones,  passages  of  bookes,  and  the  like,  we  doe  save  and  recoz'er 
some-ivhat  from  the  deluge  of  time." 


Arms  of  Gurnell  :  Paly  of  six  or  and  sable  per  fess  counter- 
changed. 


I.— 


rijrll  SOllmrr  [F/Z/IM],  eldest  daughter  of 
John  W'ilmcr  [  F//L],  of  Friday  Street,  London 
(see  p.  179),  was  born  theie  5th  October  1692. 
''=—^='^  gj^g  married,  at  the  F.  M.  H.,  Bull  and  Mouth, 
London,  27th  September  171 1,  Jonathan  Gurnell,  Merchant,  of 
Throckmorton  Street  and  Cateaton  Street,  London,  and  of 
Ealing,  co.  Middlesex.  He  was  the  son  of  John  and  Agatha 
Gurnell,  of  Spooner's  Close,  Cartmel,  co.  Lancaster,  and  was 
born  there,  23rd  May  1684.  He  was  the  lessee  of  the  manor  of 
Great  Ealing,  and  probably  lived  in  the  house  on  Ealing  Green, 
which  was  afterwards  inhabited  by  his  elder  daughter,  Hannah 
Harman.  He  is  described  by  his  cotemporaries  as  "  an  eminent 
*'  well-known,  and  respected  merchant,"  and  "  a  noted  Friend." 
Jonathan  and  Grizell  Gurnell  had  issue  : — 


GRIZELL    GURNELL  {/le'e  WILMER). 


FROM  A  PORTRAIT  IN  THE  POSSESSION  OF  FREDERICK  HARFORD,  ESQUIRE. 


HISTORY   OF   THE   WILMER    FAMILY.  IQT 

I.  John  Gurnell,  Merchant,  of  Throckmorton 
Street,  London,  and  of  Ealing  and  Perivale,  co. 
Middlesex  ;  born  in  Throckmorton  Street,  24th 
June  1712  ;  mairied  Anne,  daughter  of  John 
Harrison,  Esq.,  lord  of  the  manor  of  Greenford 
Parva  or  Perivale.  She  died  8th  April  1750, 
aged  38  ;  M.I.  Arms  of  Harrison  :  Or,  on  a 
cross  azure  five  pheons  of  the  field.  John  Gurnell 
died  1st  August  1748,  aged  36  ;  buried  (as  was 
also  his  wife)  in  Perivale  church,  where  there  is 
a  marble  tablet  to  their  memory,  with  the  arms  of 
Gurnell,  bearing  those  of  Harrison  on  a  shield  of 
pretence.  His  will  was  dated  14th  May  1745, 
and  proved  23rd  August  1748'.  He  mentions 
his  several  real  and  personal  estates  in  England 
and  Ireland,  and  bequeaths  to  the  London  Infir- 
mary 200/.  He  desires  to  be  buried  in  the  parish 
church  of  Perivale,  and  a  monument  to  be  erected 
over  his  grave.  He  leaves  100/.  in  trust  to  the 
Minister  and  Churchwardens  of  Perivale  for 
repairing  and  beautifying  his  said  monument,  for 
the  repair  of  the  Parsonage  House,  "and  any 
"  overplus  to  be  given  to  the  Poor."  He  makes 
special  provision  for  securing  this  bequest  for 
ever,  but  we  have  been  informed  that  the  money 
has  been  lost  sight  of  for  many  years,  and  that 
the  monument  is  consequently  out  of  repair. 

II.  Jonathan  Gurnell,  Merchant,  of  Throck- 
morton Street  and  Cateaton  Street,  and  of  Ealing; 
born  in  Throckmorton  Street,  30th  January 
17 17-18  ;  died  5th  March  1752,  and  was  doubtless 
buried  at  Hammersmith.  His  will  was  dated  2nd 
November  1750.  He  bequeaths  500/.  to  the 
trustees  of   the  Charity   School  at   Ealing.     He 


192  HISTORY    OF    THE    WTLMER    FAMILY. 

leaves   to  his   brother,  Thomas  Gurnell,  amongst 
other   things,    "  all    his    horses,   dogs,   guns  and 
"sporting  tackle." 
££.  — III.  Tho.mas  Gurnell.     See  Mok^M. 

IV.  Robert     Gurnell,   bom    in    Cateaton    Street, 

lOth  December  1733  ;  probably  died  in  infancy. 

I.  Mary  Gurnell,  born  in  Throckmorton  Street, 

1st  October  17 13,  probably  died  in  infancy. 

II.  Hannah  Gurnell,  married  Jeremiah  Harman. 

For  their  descendants,  see  cliaptcr  XVI. 

III.  Sarah  Gurnell,  of  Ealing,  born  in 
Throckmorton  Street,  31st  January  1719-20,  died 
of  consumption  at  Ealing,  gth  June  1760,  aged 
40;  buried  at  Hammersmith,  i6th  June;  will 
dated  30th  July  1755,  proved  6th  May  1760'. 
She  bequeaths  to  the  Boys'  Charity  School  at 
Ealing  100/. ;  to  the  Small  Pox  Hospital  100/.  ; 
and  to  the  Friends'  Workhouse  300/.  Amongst 
the  other  bequests  are : — "  my  girdle  Buckle 
"  and  Black  Shagreen  tooth-pick-case  sett  in 
"  gold,  my  head  smelling  bottle  set  in  Gold, 
"  and  my  Stone  Shoes  Buckles." 

IV.  Mary  Gurnell,  married  Joseph  Green.  For 
their  descendants,  see  chapter  XVII. 

V.  Anne  Gurnell,  born  in  Throckmorton  Street, 

3rd  February  1722-3  ;  died  at  Ealing,  31st  August 

1723,  buried  in  the  F.B.G.  at  Hammersmith,  3rd 

September. 

VI.  Grizell    Gurnell,    married     Samuel     Hoare. 

For  their  descendants,  see  chapter  XVIII. 

Jonathan     Gurnell's    wife     Grizell     survived     him.      She 

died  "of  a  Dropsy"   at  Ealing,  17th  July    1756,  aged  61,   and 

was   buried   in  the  F.B.G.    at    Hammersmith.      Her   will    was 


HISTORY   OF   THE  WILMER   FAMILY.  193 

dated  20th  June  1754,  and  proved  6th  August  1756'.  She 
makes  various  bequests  to  her  daughters,  and  mentions  amongst 
other  trinkets,  "  the  Jewell  box  late  Lady  Kingsales." 

Jonathan  Gurnell  was  the  founder  of  the  celebrated  house 
of  Gumell  and  Hoare,  Merchants,  which  was  known  after  his 
death  as  Gimiell,  Hoare  and  Harman,  Bankers  to  the  Russian 
Court.  The  firm  originated  in  the  Lisbon  trade,  and  was 
concerned  in  extensive  mercantile  transactions  with  Portugal  in 
1755,  at  the  time  of  the  earthquake  at  Lisbon.  In  that  disaster 
Jonathan  Gurnell's  son  Thomas  lost  a  great  quantity  of  valuable 
silver  plate.  In  1754,  Henry  Hope,  of  Amsterdam,  was 
apprenticed  to  Jonathan  Gurnell  and  his  son-in-law,  Samuel 
Hoare,  and  remained  with  the  firm  until  1760,  when  he  was 
taken  into  partnership  by  his  uncles,  who  were  great  merchants 
in  Holland.  In  1780,  the  whole  business  of  the  Hope  firm 
devolved  upon  Mr.  Hope  ;  and  he  managed  it  in  so  high  a  style 
of  good  conduct  and  "  liberality,  as  to  draw  the  attention  and 
"  raise  the  admiration  of  all  Europe."  He  was  held  in  the 
highest  consideration  by  successive  Governments,  and  "  was 
"  visited  by  all  distinguished  travellers,  even  by  crowned  heads. 
"  *  At  the  exchange  he  was  the  chief  object  of  attention  ;  * 
"  and  foreign  ministers  pressed  forward  through  the  crowd  to 
"  speak  with  him  on  the  financial  concerns  of  their  respective 
"countries."  He  died  in  London,  in  181 1,  leaving  a  fortune 
of  1, 1 60,000/ ^ 

An  amusing  story  about  Jonathan  Gurnell  is  still  current 
at  Ealing,  and  has  been  related  to  us  by  the  Right  Hon.  S.-H. 
Walpole,  of  Ealing,  M.P.,  and  by  the  Reverend  E.-W.  Relton, 
Vicar  of  Ealing.  About  1 730,  after  the  fall  of  Ealing  parish 
church,  Jonathan  Gurnell  was  visited  by  the  then  vicar,  who 
informed  him  that  he  wished  to  build  a  new  church  ;  at  the 
same  time  apologizing,  and  saying  that  he  scarcely  anticipated  a 
subscription  towards  the  work  from  one  who  was  not  a  member 
of  his  congregation.      When  the   vicar    rose  to  go,  Jonathan 

1.  P.C.C.  I     z.   Gemlemaiis  Mag.idne,\%\l. 

AA 


194  HISTORY    OF    THE   WILMER    FAMILY. 

Gurnell  said,  "  Friend,  didst  thou  not  say  thou  wast  going  to  pull 
"  down  the  old  steeple  house,  and  build  a  new  one  ?  "  "  Yes," 
replied  the  clergyman,  "that  is  my  intention;"  whereupon 
Jonathan  Gurnell  said,  "  Thou  knowest  that  I  cannot  give  thee 
"  anything  to  build  a  new  steeple  house,  but  I  will  give  thee  a 
"  hundred  pounds  to  take  away  the  old  one."  This  anecdote  is 
a  pleasing  reminiscence  of  a  good,  liberal-minded,  and  benevolent 
man.  When  this  story  is  told  at  Ealing,  "  Well  done  !  Jonathan 
Gurnell,"  is  the  proverbial  reply.  In  the  minutes  of  the  Friends' 
Quarterly  Meeting  of  London  and  Middlesex  occur  the 
following  passages  relating  to  Jonathan  Gurnell  : — ■ 

•'1731,  3mo.  10.  Mett  according  to  y' above  adjournment  at  y= 
Bull  and  Mouth  y^  icth  3  mo.  1731  :  Benjamin  Bealing  to  enter  y^ 
following  paper  of  Jon"  Gurnell  respecting  y<=  Building  of  a  Meeting 
house  at  Brendford.  '  If  ffriends  think  proper  to  continue  to  keep  up 
'  a  meeting  at  or  near  Brandford  (as  I  hope  y^y  will)  my  ffather  in  law 
'John  Willmer  by  his  last  will  in  Trust  with  Henry  Gouldney  and 
'  Theodor  Eccleston  left  fifty  pounds  towards  building  a  Meeting 
'House  there  and  I  am  willing  and  Ready  to  contribute  ;^so  more 
'  towards  y*  same  Edward  Halsey  has  likewise  promised  to  contribute 
'£10  and  I  Question  not  but  there  are  severall  other  Friends  that 
'  would  contribute  towards  so  good  a  work.  N.B.  ¥■=  place  where 
'  friends  meet  at  Brendford  is  so  very  Inconvenient  in  such  bad 
'  Repaire  y'  it  Realy  is  very  dangerous  as  to  friends  health  to  meet  y™ 
'  especially  in  y'=  winter  season,  so  if  friends  continue  the  said  meeting, 
'  Do  think  there  is  absolute  necessity  for  having  a  Meeting  Ho.  built.'  " 

"A  letter  was  received  from  Jonathan  Gurnell,  dated  Ealing,  31st  First 
Month  1733,  stating  that  they  have  a  piece  of  ground  at  Brendford. 
very  proper  to  build  a  Meeting  House  upon,  in  case  Friends  will  but 
please  to  promote  and  encourage  y"  matter,  and  he  with  some  others 
will  take  care  not  to  make  it  expensive  and  chargeable  to  Friends,  but 
shall  rebuild  at  their  own  charge." 

This  proposition  was  ultimatel}'  agreed  to  by  the  Quarterly 
Meeting,  although  delayed  on  account  of  the  smallness  of  the 
Hammersmith  meeting.  In  1735  permission  was  granted  to 
Jonathan  Gurnell  and  others  to  build  a  Meeting  House  in 
Brendford.     Jonathan  Gurnell  died  "  of  a  fever  "  at  Ealing,  2nd 


HISTORY   OF  THE   WILMER    FAMILY.  I95 

April  1753,  aged  68,  and  was  buried  in  the  F.B.G.  at  Hammer- 
smith, 9th  April.  His  will,  which  is  a  very  long  one,  was 
dated  27th  May  1752,  and  proved  26th  April  1753".  He 
enters  into  elaborate  details  with  regard  to  his  estates  and  their 
management.  He  mentions  his  leasehold  estate  near  Thornton 
Bridge,  and  Disforth,  co.  York,  "  which  I  purchased  of  George 
"  Earl  of  Cholmondeley  ";  his  two  twelfth  shares  in  the  silkmills 
and  premises  at  Stockport,  and  in  the  joint  stock  and  profits 
thereof.  He  makes  bequests  to  his  wife,  Grizel  Gurnell ;  his 
sister-in-law,  Hannah  Robinson  ;  his  niece,  Mary  Forbes,Wido\v  ; 
his  son-in-law,  Samuel  Hoare  ;  and  his  "  esteemed  friend,  the 
"  Honourable  Colonel  John  ffitzwilliams."  He  bequeaths  the  sum 
of  24,000/.  to  his  son,  Thomas  Gurnell,  and  his  four  daughters, 
Hannah  Harman,  Sarah  Gurnell,  Mary  Green,  and  Grizell 
Hoare.  To  his  wife  2,000/.  for  charitable  uses.  To  the 
Charity  School  at  Ealing  200/.  And  he  leaves  500/.  for  the  use 
and  benefit  of  poor  housekeepers  of  or  in  the  upper  part  of 
Ealing,  to  be  laid  out  for  them  in  coals  or  firing,  &c. 

The  Hon.  Colonel  (afterwards  General)  John  FitzWilliam, 
who  was  mentioned  above  as  one  of  the  legatees  named  in  this 
will,  was,  according  to  the  Gentleman's  Magazine,  Colonel  of  the 
Fifth  Regiment  of  Dragoon  Guards,  and  was  the  second  son  of 
William,  third  Earl  FitzWilliam.  He  died  31st  July  1789,  and 
was  buried  at  Richmond,  co.  Surrey,  where  he  had  resided.  He 
left  a  fortune  of  considerably  over  60,000/  to  his  "  excellent  and 
"  faithful  servant  Thomas  Jones  whom,"  as  he  says  in  his  will, 
he  "  brought  out  of  Wales  when  a  boy  and  to  whom  he  and  his 
"  wife  had  particular  obligations  ;  and  God  bless  him  with  it." 
He  also  bequeathed  13,562/  iSj".  od.  to  John  Harman,  Senior  (a 
grandson  of  Jonathan  Gurnell),  of  Frederick  Place,  Old  Jewry, 
London,  Merchant,  "  and,"  runs  the  will,  "  I  take  this  oppor- 
"  tunity  of  acknowledging  the  civilities  I  owe  to  him,  to  old  Mr. 
"  Gurnell,  and  all  his  family." 

W.— S:f)Ol««S  Surndl  [IXU],  Merchant  and   Banker. 


196  HISTORY    OF    THE    WILMER    FAMILY. 

of  Love  Lane,  Aldermanbury,  of  Cateaton  Street,  London, 
and  of  the  Manor  House,  Ealing  Green,  was  the  third  son  of 
Jonathan  Gurnell.  He  was  born  at  EaUng,  22nd  February- 
1725-6  ;  and  married,  at  the  F.M.H.,Gracechurch  Street, London, 
5th  Ma}-  1748,  his  kinswoman,  Mary,  elder  daughter  of  Jabez 
Willett,  of  Lad  Lane,  Citizen  and  Weaver,  of  London,  and 
of  Barbara  Peirie  his  wife,  who  was  a  great-granddaughter  of 
Elisha  Wilmer,  of  Wapping  {see  p.  186).  Thomas  Gurnell 
resided  at  Ealing  in  a  house  built  for  him,  about  1770,  by  his 
son-in-law,  George  Dance,  R.A.  This  house  was  afterwards 
almost  entirely  dismantled,  and  rebuilt  by  John  Soane,  the 
eminent  architect,  who  occasionally  resided  there.  It  is  now 
the  residence  of  Miss  Perceval,  daughter  of  Spencer  Perceval, 
sometime  Premier  of  England.  Thomas  Gurnell  was  seized 
of  the  manor  of  Pittshanger,  containing  140  acres,  which  he 
bought  of  Sir  Charles  Morgan,  Bart.  He  and  his  wife  severed 
their  connection  with  the  Society  of  Friends  in  1774,  for 
declining  to  conform  to  its  principles  and  practices.  Thomas 
and  ^lary  Gurnell  had  issue  : — 

I.  Jonathan  Gurnell,  born  in  Love  Lane,  [9th 

May  1750  ;  died  at  Clapham,  14th  August  1750  ; 

buried  in  the  F.B.G.  at  Hammersmith. 

$M.  — II.  Jonathan  Gurnell.    Sec  below,  $5$. 

I.  Mary    Gurnell,  married  George    Dance  (see 

p.  202). 

II.  Sarah  Gurnell,  bom  in  Cateaton  Street,  6th 

March   1754 ;   married    a    Mr.    Mitchell.     They 

were  both  living  in    1786,  but  nothing  further  is 

known  of  them.     There  is  a  fine  miniature  of  her 

in  existence. 

"Ihomas  Gurnell  died  "of  decline"  at  Ealing,  20th  October 

17S5,  aged  59  ;  and  was  buried  in  the  F.B.G.  at  Hammersmith, 

29th  October.     His  will  was  dated   12th  March   1785,  proved 

26th  April  1786.     He  names  his  daughter,  Sarah  Mitchell,  and 


HISTORY    OF   THE    WILRIER    FAMILY.  I97 

her  husband  ;  and  leaves  to  his  grandson,  Thomas  Dance, 
5,000/.  Mary  Gurnell,  his  wife,  died  22nd  April  1782,  and  was 
buried  at  St.  Mary's,  Devizes  ;  M.I.  there. 

lUr.— Jonatfjan  SurnfU  [a'm],  Esq.,    of  Eaiing 

House,  Boston  Lane,  Ealing,  the  surviving  son  of  Thomas 
Gurnell  [/XM],  was  born  in  Cateaton  Street,  30th  March  1756. 
He  married,  12th  June  1780,  Susanna,  daughter  of  the  Reverend 
Samuel-Francis  Swinden,  Vicar  of  Greenwich,  and  Mary  Rosam, 
his  wife,  and  had  an  only  daughter  : — 

iW.—l.  Mary- Anne  Gurnell.    See  beloiv,  IF. 

Jonathan  Gurnell  died  13th  December  1791,  and  his  will 
was  dated  9th  December  1787.  His  widow,  Susanna  Gurnell, 
who  possessed  Pittshanger  in  1795,  married  secondly,  John- 
Goodwin-Gregory  Peyton,  Rear-Admiral  of  the  Red  R.N.,  son 
of  Joseph  Peyton,  Admiral  R.N.,  of  Wakehurst  Place,  co  Sussex, 
by  Katherine  Strutt,  his  wife.  Admiral  J.-G.-G.  Peyton  was  born 
29th  September  1752,  and  died  at  Priestlands,  near  Lymington, 
2nd  August  1809.  Susanna  Peyton  died  at  Penzance,  nth 
February  1836,  and  was  buried  in  the  churchyard  of  Madron, 
CO.  Cornwall. 

£2F.— iTOanj-^nn  (IH^urncn  [x/m],  the  only  child  of 

Jonathan  Gurnell  [A''M],  was  born  at  Boston  Lane,  Ealing,  3rd 
June  1 78 1.  She  married,  at  St.  George's,  Hanover  Square,  6th 
March  1806,  John  Armstrong,  Esq.,  of  Hazlegrove  House, 
Queen  Camel,  co.  Somerset,  eldest  son  of  Warneford  Armstrong, 
Esq.,  of  Ballycumber,  the  King's  County,  Ireland,  by  his  third 
wife,  Fanny,  daughter  of  William  Grey,  Esq.  John  Armstrong 
was  a  Captain  in  the  8th  Foot  and  Major  in  the  5th  Dragoon 
Guards.  His  arms  were :  Gules,  three  dexter  arms  vambraced 
argent,  the  hands  proper  ;  crest :  A  dexter  arm  vambraced 
argent,  the  hand  proper  ;  the  arms  and  crest  being  charged  with 
a  mullet  for  difference  ;  motto  :  Vi  et  armis.     He  had  issue  : — 

5^. — I.  John  Armstrong.    S^-f/.  200,  3F. 


igS  HISTORY    OF    THE    WILMER    FAMILY. 

II.  William  Armstrong,  Esq.,  born  1813;  died 
unmarried  at  Penzance,  loth  February  1S36. 

I.  Mary- Ann -GuRNELL  Armstrong,  born  at 
Lyme  Regis,  co.  Dorset,  20th  October  1808; 
married  at  Binder,  i8th  April  1838,  the  Reverend 
Charies-Atmore  Ogilvie,  then  Vicar  of  Duloe,  co. 
Cornwall,  and  Domestic  Chaplain  to  the  Arch- 
bishop of  Canterbury.  He  was  descended  from 
the  Ogilvies,  of  Boyne,  co.  Banff,  and  was  the  son 
of  John  Ogilvie,  the  devoted  friend  and  follower 
of  John  and  Charles  Wesley,  and  of  Catherine 
his  wife.  The  Reverend  C.-A.  Ogilvie  was  after- 
wards Regius  Professor  of  Pastoral  Theology,  and 
Canon  of  Christ  Church,  Oxford,  and  Rector  of 
Ross,  CO.  Hereford.  He  died  at  Christ  Church, 
Oxford,  17th  February  1873,  and  was  buried  in 
the  cathedral  there.  Mrs.  Ogilvie  died  at  Red- 
hill,  CO.  Surrey,  2nd  October  iS75,and  was  buried 
in  Coberley  churchyard,  co.  Gloucester.  Professor 
Ogilvie  had  issue  : — 

i.  Catherine  Ogilvie,  born  at  Bath,  25th 
April  1839;  married  at  Ross,  14th  June 
i860,  Edward  Thoroton,  Esq.,  of  Horsham, 
CO.  Surrey,  and  of  the  Inner  Temple, 
Barrister-at-Law,  son  of  the  Reverend 
Edward  -  Levett  Thoroton,  Rector  of 
Rowley,  co.  York.  Edward  Thoroton 
died  24th  July  i860,  and  was  buried  at 
Coberley,  having  had  issue  : — 1.  Robert- 
Ogilvie  -  Bowes  Thoroton,  born  at 
Hersham,  31st  May  1S67  ;  2.  Levett- 
hdv^rard-Wanley  Thoroton,  born  at 
Hersham,  25th  December  1868  ;  3. 
Francis-Guy-Delaval  Thoroton,  born 
at  Hersham,  26th  July  1870  ;  4.  Charles- 


HISTORY    OF   THE   WILMER    FAMILY.  1 99 

Julian  Thoroton,  born  at  The  Seven 
Springs,  near  Cheltenham,  9th  August 
187s;  1.  Elizabeth  -  Mary  -  Roosilia 
Thoioton,  born  at  Hersham,  24th  October 
1862 ;  2.  Isabella-Caroline  Thoroton, 
born  at  Hersham,  August  1865  ;  died  in 
infancy  ;  3.  Edith-Isabelle-Catharine 
Thoroton,  born  at  Hersham,  3rd  April 
1872;  and  4.  Marianne-Lucy  Thoroton, 
born  at  The  Seven  Springs,  nth 
September  1878. 
ii,  Mary- Ann  Ogilvie,  born  at  Ross,  26th 
July  1842  ;  married,  at  Coberley,  loth 
August  1876,  the  Reverend  Anthony- 
Cocks  Lawrence,  B.A.,  F.S.A.,  Rector 
of  Withington,  co.  Gloucester.  He  was 
born  at  Brussels,  15th  March  1843,  "^nd 
was  the  son  of  Walter  -  Lawrence 
Lawrence,  Esq.,  of  Sandywell  Park,  co. 
Gloucester,  and  of  Mary  his  wife,  only 
daughter  of  Christian  Speldt,  Esq.,  of 
Stratford,  Essex.  He  was  educated  at 
Magdalen  College,  O.xford,  B.A.  1865  ; 
ordained  Deacon  1866,  and  Priest  1867. 
His  arms  are :  Argent,  a  cross  raguly 
gules  ;  crest  :  The  tail  and  lower  part  of 
a  fish  erect  and  couped  proper  ;  the  arms 
and  crest  being  charged  with  a  crescent 
for     difference.  He      has      issue  : — 1. 

Katherine- Mary- Cicely  LaTvrence, 
born  17th  May  1877;  and  2. 
Wynnefrede  -  Henrietta  Lawrence, 
born  1 2th  May  1879. 

n.  Frances    Armstrong,    born     at    Hazlegrove 
House,  28th  December  1S09  ;  married,  at  Dinder, 


200  HISTORY    OF    THE    WILMER    FAMILY. 

1841,  Thomas-Aylmer  Pearson,  Esq.,  Captain 
in  the  43rd  Light  Infantry,  and  son  of  General 
Sir  Thomas  Pearson,  Knight.  Mrs.  Pearson  died 
at  Abington,  22nd  October  1883,  and  was  buried 
in  the  churchyard  of  Upton  St.  Leonards,  co. 
Gloucester,  26th  October.  Captain  Pearson  has 
had  issue  : — 

i.  Thomas-Horner  Pearson,  Esq.,  Captain 
in  the  43rd  Light  Lifantry  ;  born  i6th 
October  1843. 

ii.  John-Armstrong  Pearson,  Esq. ;  born 
20th  August  1846. 

iii.  Aylmer-Charles  Pearson,  Esq.,  Major 
in  the  Bengal  Marine  Light  Infantry  ; 
born  1849 

i.  Frances  -  Edith  Pearson,  born  22nd 
August  1842  ;  married  at  Brighton, 
1873,  Edgecombe  Venning,  Esq.,  of 
40  Cadogan  Place,  London,  and  has 
issue: — 1.  Algernon  Venning,  born 
1874;  2.  Harry  Venning,  born  1877; 
and  L  Ethel  Venning,  born  1S76. 

Mr.  Armstrong  died  at  Penzance  in  1835,  and  was  buried  at 
Madron.  Mrs.  Armstrong  died  at  St.  Leonard's  Court,  30th 
June  185S,  and  was  buried  at  Upton  St.  Leonard's. 

U.— JOfjn  .avmStrOng  [.Y//M],  M.A.,  Clerk  in  Holy 
Orders,  the  elder  son  of  John  Armstrong,  was  born  at  Queen 
Camel,  2nd  April  1 8 10.  He  was  educated  at  Eton,  and  Balliol 
College,  Oxford  ;  was  Rector  of  Binder,  co.  Somerset,  and 
Prebendary  of  Wells.  He  married,  at  the  parish  church  of 
Madron,  20th  October  1836,  Mary-Ann,  daughter  of  John 
Scobell,  Esq.,  of   Nancealvcrne,  co.  Cornwall,  Colonel  in  the 


HISTORY    OF   THE   WILMER    FAMILY.  201 

Militia,  by  Mary  his  secoad  wife,  relict  of  John  James,  of 
Radstock,  and  daughter  of  William  Goldfinch,  Esq.,  of  Shepton- 
Mallet,  CO.  Somerset.  Arms  of  Scobell :  Argent,  three  fleurs-de- 
lis  gules,  in  chief  a  label  of  three  points  azure.  Mrs.  Armstrong 
was  born  nth  January  1817.  By  her  Mr.  Armstrong  had 
issue  : — 

Wi.  —  I.  John-Scobell  Armstrong.     See  de/o-cu,Wi. 

II.  William  Armstrong,  Clerk  in   Holy  Orders, 
Assistant   Curate  of  Iver,  co.  Buckingham  ;  born 
17th  December  1844  ;  died    14th  October    1880; 
married,     nth     January     1876,     Mary,    second 
daughter    of    the    Reverend    Andrew    Jukes,    of 
Woolwich. 
III.  Edward  -  Archibald    Armstrong,    Esq.,    M.A., 
of  London,  Barrister-at-law  ;  born  1 7th  February 
1859. 
I.  Mary     Armstrong,     born     1838  ;     married,   at 
Weymouth,  1874,  the  Reverend  George-Metcalfe 
Fenton,   of  Bournemouth.      He    died  sine  prole 
in  1879. 
II.  Frauces-Charlotta        v.    Mabel  Armstrong. 
Armstrong. 

III.  Susanna-Peyton  vi.  Florence-Mary 
Armstrong.  Armstrong. 

IV.  Alice-Constanlia-       vii.  Agnes- VI argretta 
Gurnell  Armstrong.  Armstrong. 

Mr.  Armstrong  died  at  Binder,  greatly  beloved  and  lamented, 
loth  January  1862,  aged  51,  and  was  buried  there.  A 
memoir  of  him  was  privately  printed,  shewing  him  to  have 
been  an  earnest  and  devoted  clergyman. 

U3L— Joljn^^^rotfU  armstrong  [a7//m],  Esq.,  now 

of  Brighton,  and  of  the  Bengal  Civil  Service,  the  eldest  son  of 
the  Reverend  John  Armstrong,  was  born  31st  July  1842.  He 
married,   at  the   British    Embass^'    Paris,  25th   November  1865 


HISTORY    OF   THE    WILMER    FAMILY. 


Fanny,  only  daughter  of  Daniel  Woodruffe,  Lieutenant,  R.N. 
(and  of  Maria  Hewett,  his  wife),  and  has  issue,  J._hn- 
Warneford-Scobell  Armstrong,  born  ist  March  1877  ;  and  a 
daughter,  \vho  died  in  infanc}-. 


DANCE    OF    LONDON. 

I.— fHariJ  (IliUrnrn  [.V],  the  eider  daughter  of  Thomas 
Gurnell  [/.YM]  {seep.  196),  was  born  in  Love  Lane,  7th  April 
1753.  She  married,  24th  March  1772,  George  Dance,  Esq., 
R.A.  and  F.S.A.  He  was  the  fifth  son  of  another  George 
Dance,  Architect  to  the  City  of  London,  who  built  the  Mansion 
House  in  1739.  George  Dance,  the  younger,  was  born  ist 
March  1 740-1,  and  in  1768  he  succeeded,  by  purcha.se,  to  his 
father's  office  of  Architect  to  the  City,  and  while  he  held  that 
post,  built  Newgate.  He  was  for  some  years  Professor  of 
Architecture  at  the  Royal  Academy,  and  was  no  mean  portrait 
painter.  A  series  of  his  portraits  has  been  published.  Like  his 
brother,  Sir  Nathaniel  Dance-Holland,  Bart,  of  Wittenham, 
Berkshire,  he  was  one  of  the  first  forty  Royal  Academicians,  and 
he  survived  them  all.     He  had  issue  : — 

L  The  Reverend  Thomas  Dance,  LL.D.,  of 
Salisbury,  Vicar  of  Horninghold,  co.  Leicester, 
in  1801. 

$£. — H.  Sir  Charles-Webb  Dance.  See  bdozv,  $£. 
Mrs.  Dance  appears  to  have  predeceased  her  husband  b}- 
many  years.  The  exact  date  of  her  death  is  uncertain,  but  she 
was  not  named  in  her  father's  will  in  1785.  George  Dance  died 
at  his  house  in  Upper  Gower  Street,  London,  14th  Januarj^ 
1825,  aged  83,  and  was  buried  in  state  in  the  crypt  of  St.  Paul's 
cathedral,  near  the  graves  of  Sir  Joshua  Reynolds  and  Sir 
Christopher  Wren.  The  inscription  on  his  monument  is  as 
follows  : — 


HISTORY  OF  THE   WILMER   FAMILY.  203 

Here  lie  the  Remains  of  George  Dance  Esqre  RA  &  FAS.  This 
eminent  architect  was  the  last  surviving  member  of  the  original  Forty 
Royal  Academicians.  Highly  gifted  by  nature,  the  superior  powers  of 
his  mind  commanded  the  admiration,  and  the  excellence  of  his  Heart 
secured  to  him  the  affections  of  all  who  knew  him.  After  a  long  useful 
and  Honourable  life,  he  died  universally  beloved  and  respected  on  the 
14th  January  1825  in  the  84th  year  of  his  age. 

M.—^itdtimlcs^Micbt  Mamc  [ay],  Knight  of  the 

Royal  Hanoverian  Guelphic  Order,  and  Colonel  in  the  Army, 
served  under  Wellington  in  the  Peninsula  and  Low  Countries 
Campaigns,  and  was  present  at  the  Battle  of  Waterloo.  He 
married,  in  1816,  Isabella-Ann,  youngest  daughter  of  Captain 
Allen  Cooper,  of  the  Hon.  E.  I.  Company's  Service,  and  had 
twelve  children,  of  whom  the  eldest  was  : — 

I'M.— George  Dance.    See  ie/oia,  Mi. 
Lady  Dance  died  at  Barr  House,  Bishop's  Hull,  co.   Somerset, 
3rd  November  1858,  aged   62  ;    and   Sir  Charles  died  there   in 
November  1844,  aged  58. 

MI.—Ei)t  ^^ebcrrntr  ^icorge  JBaucf  [ay/],  b.a.  of 

St.  Peter's  College,  Cambridge,  Curate-in-charge  of  Swainswick, 
CO.  Somerset,  and  afterwards  of  Stanmore,  co.  Devon  ;  married,  at 
Bath,  2nd  July  1850  (as  his  second  wife),  Sybil-Margaret, 
youngest  daughter  of  Lieut. -Colonel  Scroggs,  of  Slanden,  co. 
Wilts,  (who  was  of  the  same  family  as  the  celebrated  Lord 
Chief  Justice,  Sir  William  Scroggs),  and  had  a  daughter  : — 

I.  Mary  -  Sybill     Dance,    now     of    Stanmore; 
born  in  1S57. 
Mr.  Dance  died  at  Stanmore,  20th  January  1866,  aged  47. 


Chai'ter   XVI. 

HARMAN  OF  LOxXDOX,  EALIXG,  WOODFORD,  AND 

CHESHUXT  ;   AND   THE  FAMILIES  OF  FLETCHER, 

MILDRED,  STERRY,   AND   BUSH. 


"  Methiuks  it  shmi>s  a  kind  of  gratitude  and  qood-natifre^  to  revive  the  memoHes 
and  7nemo}  lals  of  the  pious  and  charitable  benefactors  long  since  dead  and  gone. " 


annai)  (T-UrnrK  [/an],  the  eldest  sur- 
viving daughter  of  Jonathan  Gurnell  and 
Grizell  Wilmer  [  F///M],  his  wife  (sec  p.  192), 
was  born  in  Throckmorton  Street,  London, 
17th  December  1715.  She  married,  in  the  F.M.H.,  Bull  and 
Mouth,  London,  19th  October  1732,  Jeremiah  Harman, 
Merchant,  of  St.  Martin's  Lane,  London,  and  of  Ealing. 
He  was  the  second  son  of  John  Harman,  Haberdasher,  of 
White  Hart  Court,  London  (and  of  Beatrice  Fisher,  his  second 
wife),  and  a  grandson  of  Captain  Edward  Harman,  of  Abingdon, 
CO.  Berks,  who  joined  the  early  Quakers,  and  whose  commis- 
sions, signed  by  the  Protector,  are  in  the  possession  of  his 
descendants.  Jeremiah  Harman  was  born  at  White  Hart 
Court,  26th  July  1707.      He  had  issue  by  Hannah  Gurnell : — 

IE  — I.  John  Harman.     Sec  bclozv,  EI. 

II.  Jeremiah  Harman,  of  whom  presently  {sec  p. 
211). 


HISTORY    OF    THE    WILMER    FAMILY.  205 

I.  Hannah    Harman,  married   Thomas    Fletcher 

{see  below). 
II.  Mary  Harman,  born  in  St.  Martin's  Lane,  2nd 
February  1735-6,  died  in  infancy. 

III.  Beatrice  Harman,  born  there,  6th  December 
1736;  married,  in  the  F.M.H.,  Gracechurch 
Street,  London,  13th  May  1765,  John  Harford, 
Merchant,  of  London,  and  of  Paradise  Row, 
Stoke  Newington.  Beatrice  Harford  died  at 
Stoke  Newington,  20th  July  1801,  aged  64,  and 
was  buried  in  the  F.B.G.,  Hammersmith,  27th 
July.  John  Harford,  who  was  the  third  son  of 
Truman  and  Mary  Harford,  of  Castle  Green, 
Bristol,  was  born  there,  15th  April  1736,  and 
died  at  Stoke  Newington,  sine  prole,  28th  March 
1816,  aged  79,  and  was  buried  at  Hammersmith, 
3rd  April. 

Jeremiah  Harman  died  'of  inward  decay'  at  Ealing,  i6th 
November  1741,  at  the  early  age  of  34,  and  was  buried  23rd 
Novembert.  He  bore  the  arms  :  Azure,  a  chevron  between  six 
rams,  accosted,  counter-tripping,  two,  two,  and  two,  argent, 
attired  or.  Mrs.  Harman,  during  her  widowhood,  resided  in  the 
Red  House,  on  Ealing  Green,  which,  it  seems,  was  formerly  the 
residence  of  her  father,  Jonathan  Gurnell.  It  is  now  occupied 
by  the  Right  Hon.  Spencer-H.  Walpole,  M.P.  Mrs.  Harman 
was  well-known  for  her  active  benevolence,  and  was  on  terms 
of  friendly  intimacy  with  the  Princess  Amelia  of  Gunncrsburg, 
daughter  of  George  II.,  arising  out  of  their  joint  efforts  to  promote 
various  charitable  objects  in  the  neighbourhood  of  Ealing.  There 
is  in  the  possession  of  one  of  her  descendants  a  silver  inkstand 
given  to  her  by  the  Princess  in  1769.  Mrs.  Harman  built  some 
almshouses  at  Ealing,  which  were  in  existence  in  1872,  with  an 
eighteenth  century  date,  but  having  become  dilapidated,  and 

t  Buried  in  the  F.B.G.,  Hammersmith. 


206  HISTORY    OF   THE   WILMER    FAMILY. 

being  unendowed,  they  were  rebuilt  by  public  subscription. 
Mrs.  Harman  died  of  a  decline  at  Ealing,  17th  April  1795,  aged 
79,  and  was  buried  25th  April. f  There  is  an  obituary  notice 
of  her  in  a  cotemporary  number  of  the  Gentleman's  Magazine. 

H.— JOijn  ?^arman  [.YN],  Merchant,  of  Cateaton 
Street,  of  Frederick  Place,  in  Old  Jewry,  and  of  Lombard  Street, 
London,  and  of  Stoke  Newington,  of  Clapton,  and  of  Higham 
Hill,  near  Woodford,  co.  Essex,  the  elder  son  of  Jeremiah 
Harman,  was  born  at  Ealing,  loch  September  1738.  He  was  a 
partner  in  the  firm  of  GiirncU,  Hoarc  and  Harman  {sec  p.  193 
He  resided  during  the  latter  years  of  his  life  at  the  Manor 
House,  Higham,  near  Woodford,  which  he  purchased,  in  1790, 
of  William  Hornby,  Governour  of  Bombay,  and  greatly 
improved.  He  was  among  the  founders  of  the  Philanthropic 
Society  in  St.  George's  Fields  ;  and  many  charitable  institutions 
had  his  warm  interest  and  support.  He  married,  at  Bristol,  20th 
October  1760,  Elizabeth,  eldest  daughter  of  Truman  Harford, 
of  Bristol,  and  Mary  Taylor  his  wife.  Mrs.  Harman  was  born 
at  Bristol,  3rd  March  1741-2,  died  at  Higham  Hill,  12th  May 
1 82 1,  aged  79,  and  was  buriedf  19th  May.  By  her  John 
Harman  had  issue  : — 

m.— L  Jeremiah  Harman.     See  beloiu,  m. 

H.  John  Harman,  born  in  Cateaton   Street,   21st 
January  1765  ;  died  an  infant. 
HL  John   Harman,  bom  at  Stoke   Newington,  14th 
August   1769;    died    in  Frederick    Place,    24th 
April  17S9,  aged  19;  buried  2nd  Mayt. 
i.W. — IV.  Edward  Harman.    Sec  below,  $2F". 

V.  Henry    Harman,  Merchant,  of  London,  born 
at  Clapton,  26th   August    1778  ;  died   unmarried 
at  Dover,  2nd  August  1850,  aged  71. 
L  Elizabeth  Harman,  married  Daniel    Mildred 
{see  below). 

t  Buried  in  the  F.B.G.,  Hammersmith. 


HISTORY    OF   THE    WILMER    FAMILY.  207 

II.  Hannah  Harman,  bom  at  Stoke  Newington, 
4th  January  1768;  married  in  the  F.M.H., 
Winchmore  Hill,  i6th  September  1795,  Sampson 
Lloyd,  Esq.,  Banker,  of  Birmingham,  son  of 
Sampson  Lloyd,  of  Bordesley,  co.  Warwick,  and 
Rachel  Barnes  his  wife.  Arms  of  Lloyd  :  Sable, 
a  he-goat  passant  argent.  Sampson  Lloyd,  the 
younger,  was  born  circa  1765  ;  died  at  Birming- 
ham, 29th  December  1800,  aged  35  ;  buried  7th 
January  iBoi.f  Hannah  Lloyd  died  at  Snares- 
brook,  14th  April  181 5,  aged  47;  buried  22nd 
Aprilf.     They  had  a  son  :— 

i.  Sampson  Lloyd,  born  at  Higham  Hill, 
i6th  June  1796  ;  died  at  Woodford,  loth 
April  1 81 5,  aged  18  ;  buried  22nd  April.f 
He  is  mentioned  in  the  Bibliographical 
Decameron,  vol.  iii.,  p.  376,  by  Dr.  Dibdin, 
who  was  sometime  his  tutor. 

III.  Beatrice  Harman,  married  Henry  Steny  (sec 
beloiv). 

IV.  Grizell   Harman,  married   Richard   Bush  {see 
below). 

V.   Maria  Harman,  of  Calverley  Lodge,  Tunbridge 

Wells  ;  born  at  Clapton,  lOth  August  1781  ;  died 

unmarried  at  Tunbridge  Wells,  September  1864.! 

VI.  Lucy  Harman,  of  Calverley  Lodge,  Tunbridge 

Wells  ;  born  at  Clapton,  24th  July   1784  ;    died 

unmarried  at  Tunbridge  Wells,   13th   September 

1845,  aged  61. t 

John  Harman  died  at  Higham,  29th  July   1817,  aged  ■]%,  and 

was  buried  6th  August.f 

III.— JCrcmiai)      i^arinan     [AVNN],    Merchant    and 
Banker,  of  Frederick  Place  in  Old  Jewry,  and  Adam's  Court, 

t  Buried  in  the  F.B.G.,  Hammersmith. 


2o8  HISTORY    OF   THE    WILMER   FAMILY. 

London,  and  of  Higham  Hill,  Woodford,  co.  Essex,  the  eldest 
son  of  John  Harman  [A'N],  was  born  in  the  parish  of  St. 
Lawrence,  Jewry,  19th  August  1763.  He  was  a  great  financier 
as  will  be  seen  from  the  following  extract  from  an  obituary 
notice  of  him  in  the  Geutleinans  Magazine  : — 

'•  The  subject  of  the  present  memoir  was  a  Director  of  the  Bank 
of  England  from  1794  to  1827  :  embracing  the  eventful  period  of  the 
restriction  of  cash  payments,  and  all  the  great  financial  and  political 
difficulties  of  the  country.  He  was  much  consulted  by  Mr.  Pitt  and 
Lord  Liverpool  on  all  questions  of  moment ;  and  also  gave  evidence  of 
the  most  important  character  before  the  Bullion  Committee  of  1810; 
before  the  Committees  on  the  resumption  of  Cash  Payments,  1819  ;  on 
the  Bank  Charter,  in  1832  ;  and  on  other  investigations  of  similar  char- 
acter and  importance. 

"  In  1816  he  was  Governor  of  the  Bank  ;  and  in  that  year  an  addi- 
tion of  25  per  cent,  was  made  to  the  capital  of  Bank-stock.  Three 
years  afterwards,  in  18 19,  the  thanks  of  the  Court  were  voted  to  him 
for  his  share  in  the  labours  of  a  commission  which  had  been  appointed 
by  the  Crown  for  the  prevention  of  forgery.  In  1S27,  on  his  retirement, 
the  thanks  of  the  General  Court  were  unanimously  voted  to  him  for  his 
long  and  valuable  services." 

Mr.  Harman  was  a  well-known  fine  art  connoisseur,  and  his 
collection  of  pictures  by  the  Old  Masters,  chiefly  of  the  Dutch 
School,  was  justly  held  in  high  repute.  He  was  moreover  the 
patron  of  several  modern  artists.  His  friendship  with  Sir 
Charles  Eastlake,  and  his  sympathy  with  that  great  artist  in  the 
struggles  of  the  early  days  of  his  career,  are  recorded  and 
acknowledged  by  Lady  Eastlake  in  her  account  of  the  life  of 
her  husband.  Mr.  Harman  was  also  one  of  the  patrons  of  the 
great  though  unfortunate  painter,  Benjamin-Robert  Haydon,  as 
is  related  in  Haydon's  Auiobiogtaphy,  and  in  his  Lijc  and  Letters 
by  his  son. 

Jeremiah  Harman  married,  in  the  F.M.H.,  Gracechurch 
Street,  London,  29th  March  1786,  Mary,  daughter  of  Thomas 
and  Mary  Howard,  of  London.  She  died  at  Tottenham,  i8th 
May  185 1,  aged  86,  and  was  buried   in   Woodford   churchyard  ; 


HISTORV   OF   THE    WILMER    FAMILY.  209 

M.I.  He  died  sine  prole  at  Adam's  Court,  7th  February  1S44, 
aged  80,  and  was  buried  in  Woodford  churchyard  ;  M.I. 

5U.— IStliBart)  l^arman  [AVN],  Esq.,  F.S.A.,  of  Fins- 
bury  Square,  London,  of  Clay  Hill,  Enfield,  co.  Middlesex,  and 
of  Bath,  was  the  fourth  son  of  John  Harman  [XN],  and  brother 
of  Jeremiah  Harman  [Z'/NN].  He  was  born  at  Clapton,  co. 
Middlesex,  14th  November  1775,  and  married  first,  14th 
September  1803,  Hannah-Garbutt,  eldest  daughter  of  Thomas 
Rawlinson,  Esq.,  of  Lancaster,  and  Sarah  Cowell  his  wife,  and 
had  an  only  child  : — 

I.  Hannah    Harman,   born    in   Finsbury   Square, 
14th  July  1809  ;  died  26th  January  iSio.f 

Mrs.  Harman  (Ob.N.,  GJI.)  died  at  Exeter,  14th  March  1810, 
aged  25,  and  was  buried  there  23rd  March.  Edward  Harman 
niarried  secondly,  at  Great  Saxham,  co.  Suffolk,  4th  April  181 5, 
Mary-Ann,  third  daughter  of  Thomas  Mills,  Esq.,  of  Great 
Saxham  Hall,  J. P.,  D.L.,  and  Susannah  his  wife,  daughter  and 
coheiress  of  Christopher  Harris,  Esq.,  of  Bellevue,  co.  Devon. 
Arms  of  Mills  :  Ermine,  a  fer  de  moline  sable.  Mrs.  Harman 
was  born  July  1787,  and  died  at  Bath  6th  June  1857.  She  had 
issue : — 

•  I,  John  Harman,  Esq.,  of  Portman  Square, 
London,  a  partner  in  the  banking  house  of 
Bosanqiiet,  Salt  and  Company,  of  London  ;  born 
at  Enfield,  31st  December  1818. 
W . — II.  The  Reverend  Edward  Harman.  See  below,  5F". 
I.  Mary-Ann  Harman,  born  at  Clay  Hill,  ist 
April  1816  ;  married,  at  Enfield,  31st  December 
1845,  the  Reverend  John-Moore  Heath,  F.S.A., 
Fellow  and  Tutor  of  Trinity  College,  Cambridge, 
and  Vicar  of  Enfield.  He  was  born  27th 
December  1808,  and  was  the  eldest  son  of  George- 


t  Buried  in  the  F.B.G.,  Hammersmith. 


210  HISTORY    OF    THE    WILMER    FAIHLY. 

Thomas  Heath,  Serjeant-at-La\v,  of  Kitlands, 
Dorking,  and  Anne-Raymond  Dunbar  his  wife, 
a  daughter  of  an  ancient  Scottish  house.  Arms  of 
Heath :  Argent,  a  cross  engrailed  between  twelve 
billets  gules.  The  Rev.  J.-M.  Heath  died  2nd 
February  1882,  and  Mrs.  Heath  died  at  Enfield, 
1 6th  March, and  was  buried  at  Enfield  old  church, 
20th  March  188S.  They  had  issue: — i.  George 
Heath, ofRockhampton, Queensland, who  married 
Martha-Charlotte,  second  daughter  of  Johann- 
Friederich  Schmidt,  of  Crefeld,  Rhenish  Prussia, 
Germany;  ii.  Walter  Heath,  of  Queensland  ; 
i.  Julia  Heath;  and  ii.  Mary-Ann  Heath. 

Edward   Ilarman  died   at  Ashley  Villa,  Bath,  23rd   April   i860, 

aged  84. 

2r,— iStilBartr  ilarman  [ay/n],  m.a.,  cierk  in  Holy 

Orders,  now  Rector  of  Pickwell,  co.  Rutland,  the  younger  son 
of  Edward  Harman  [ATN],  was  born  at  Enfield,  loth  April 
1827.  He  was  educated  at  Gonville  and  Caius  College,  Cam- 
bridge, B.A.  (Junior  Optime,  and  third-class  in  the  Classical 
Tripos)  1850,  M.A.  1853;  ordained  Deacon  1S53,  and  Priest 
1854.  He  married,  at  Battersea,  Sth  April  1S58,  Louisa,  third 
daughter  of  the  Reverend  John-S.  Jenkinson,  M.A.,  Vicar  of 
Battersea,  and  of  Harriet-Carolinc-Augusta,  his  wife,  third 
daughter  of  the  Hon.  Sir  George  Grey,  Bart.,  K.C.B.,  who  was 
the  third  son  of  Charles,  first  Earl  Grey.  Mr.  Harman  has 
surviving  issue: — 

I.  John-Eustace  Harman,  of  London,  Barrister- 
at-Law  ;  born  3rd  August  1861. 
II.  Edward-George  Harman, born  28th  November 
1862. 

III.  Richard  Harman,  born  22nd  September  1864. 

IV,  Francis  Harman,  born  27th  March  1867. 
Y.  Alfred-Cecil  Harman,  born  30th  June  1870. 


HISTORY    OF    THE    WILMER    FAMILY.  211 

I.  Harriet-Louisa  Harman,  born   12th   December 

1871. 
ir.  Mary-Ann  Harman,  bom  3rd  May  1873. 
III.  Edith-Lucy  Harman,  born  9th  May  1876. 


THE   SECOND    HOUSE   OF   HARMAN. 

I.— JfVemlai)  l^arman  [XO],  Merchant,  of  the  parish 
of  St.  Lawrence's,  Jewry,  London,  and  of  Paradise  Row,  Stoke 
Newington,  the  second  son  of  Jeremiah  Harman  and  Hannah 
Gurnell  [/XN]  (see  p.  204),  was  born  in  St.  Martin's  Lane, 
London,  isth  September  1739.  He  married,  at  the  F.M.H., 
Devonshire  House,  London,  25th  May  1767,  EHzabeth  Dickenson, 
and  by  her  (who  died  at  Bristol,  12th  May  1775)  had  issue: — 

L  Jeremiah  Harman,  Esq.,  born  at  Stoke  New- 
ington, 28th  November  1769  ;  died  in  Eaton 
Square,  London,  12th  April  1840,  aged  70. 
H.  John-Barnard  Harman,  Esq.,  of  Monks 
House,  Corsham  -  Regis,  co.  Wilts.  ;  born  at 
Stoke  Newington,  17th  October  1770,  married, 
8th  March  1799,  Elizabeth,  fourth  daugliter  of 
WilHam-Selby  Lowndes,  of  Winslow,  co.  Buck- 
ingham ;  died  sine  prole  at  Dawlish,  3rd  May 
1813. 

U. — HL  EZEKIEL  Harman.     See  below, ''k^, 

I.  FranceS-Holden  Harman,  born  in  the  pari.sh 
of  St.  Lawrence,  Jewry,  28th  October  1768  ; 
married,  in  the  F.M.H.,  Gracechurch  Street,  i8th 
April  1787,  Walker  Gray,  of  Southgate. 
n.  Elizabeth  Harman,  born  in  Paradise  Row, 
14th  January  1772  ;  married,  in  the  FM.H., 
White  Hart  Court,  London,  4th  October  1797, 
Richard  Lloyd,  Esq.,  of  Coventry,  fourth  son  of 
Sampson    Lloyd,  Esq.,  Banker,  of  Birmingham, 


212  HISTORY    OF    THE    WILMER    FAMILY. 

and  of  Sarah  Parkes  his  wife.  They  had  issue  : — 
i.  Richard  -  Harman  Lloyd,  born  loth 
February  1807  ;  married  Isabella,  daughter  of 
William  Borrodaile,  Esq.,  of  Balham-Hill,  co. 
Surrey  ;  i.  Elizabeth-Beatrice  Lloyd,  born 
7th  November  1798  ;  married  Richard  Alsager, 
Esq.,  M.P.  for  East  Surrey  ;  ii.  FRANCES  Lloyd, 
died  unmarried  ;  iii.  CHARLOTTE  Lloyd,  married 
the   Reverend  John  Echalaz,  Rector  of  Appleby. 

H.-iSjrivirl  ?^arman  [AVO],  Esq.,  of  Theobald's  Farm, 

CO.  Hertford,  and  of  Stoke  Newington,  the  third  son  of  Jeremiah 

Harman  [A'O],  was  born  at  Stoke    Newington,    i8th   February 

1773.     He  married,  13th  July   1797,  Sarah,   daughter  of  Joseph 

Wright,  Esq.,  of  Stoke  Newington.      She  died  13th  April  1845, 

aged  71,  and  was  buried  at  Cheshunt  ;  M.I.     They  had  issue  : — 

I.  EzEKiEL  -  Dickinson      Harman,     Esq.,    of 

Bowden,    co.    Wilts.  ;     born    at    Theobalds,    7th 

February    iSoo  ;    married    Eleanor,   daughter  of 

Best  ;    died    sine  prole    at    Aboyne, 

Scotland. 

II.  Barxard-Dickinson  Har.man,  Esq.,  of  Monks 

House,   Corsham  -  Regis.  ;     born   at   Theobalds, 

26th  February  1803  ;  married,  at  Cheshunt,  nth 

January  1854,  Maria,  second  daughter  of  Thomas 

Morton,  Esq.,  of  Grove  House  ;  died  in  London 

sine  pr.ilc. 

III.  Charles  -  Henry  Harman,  Esq. ;  born  at 
Theobalds,  6th  March  1808;  died  unmarried  at 
Cardiff,  19th  August  1849;  M.I.  in  Cheshunt 
churchyard. 

IV.  Frederick  Harman,  Esq.,  born  at  Theobalds, 
17th  December  1809  ;  died  at  Barton  Isles, 
Jamaica,  24th  November  1838  ;  M.I.  in  Clicshunt 
churchyard. 


HISTORY    OF   THE   WILMER    FAMILY.  213 

V.  John  Harman,  Clerk  in  Holy  Orders,  Incum- 
bent of  St.  James's,  Enfield  ;  born  at  Theobalds, 
22nd  September  1813  :  died  sine  prole  i6th 
August  1880;  married,  in  London,  Elizabeth, 
daughter  of  Francis,  Esq.,  of  Farm  Hill, 

Waltham    Abbey,    and  Great   Ormonde    Street, 
London. 
I3££. — I.  Sarah  Harman.     See  beloiv,  £U. 

II.  Elizabeth-Frances  Harman,  born  at  Theo- 
balds, 29th  June  1 801  ;  died  there  9th  February 
1832  ;  M.I.  in  Cheshunt  churchyard. 

III.  Caroline  Harman,  of  The  Eagles,  Ponders  End  ; 
born  at  Theobalds,  13th  August  1804. 

IV.  Mary  Harman,  bom  at  Theobalds,  nth  June 
1806;  died  at  The  Eagles,  Ponders  End,  i6th 
November  1863  ;  M.I.  in  Cheshunt  churchyard  ; 
buried  in  St.  James's  churchyard,  Enfield. 

V.  Emma  Harman,  born  at  Theobalds,  15th 
September  181 1  ;  married,  in  London,  Monsieur 
Leopold  Cazin,  of  Paris. 
VI.  Harriet -Emily  Harman.  born  at  Theobalds, 
1 2th  April  1815  ;  married,  at  Cheshunt,  ist  July 
1846,  Ferdinand  -  Antonio  Echalaz,  Esq.,  of 
Uplands,  Walthamstow,  and  St.  Katherine's, 
Wimbledon,  a  son  of  Joseph  Echalaz,  Esq.,  of 
Clapton,  CO.  Middlesex.  He  died  22nd  July 
1886,  having  had  issue  : — 

i.  Ferdinand  -  John    Echalaz,    E<q.,    of 

Wimbledon,  Stockbroker, 
ii.  Arthur  -  Charles     Echalaz,     Esq.,     of 

Cannock,  co.  Stafford. 
i.  Emily  -  Mary    Echalaz,   married  Frank 
Templar,   Esq.,   of  Ceylon,   and  has    no 


214  HISTORY    OF    THE    WILMER    FAMILY. 

ii.   Harriet    -    Louisa      Echalaz,     married 
Henry  -  F.    Creswell,    Esq.,    of    Gibraltar, 
and    has   issue  : — 1.  Ferdinand  -  Leslie 
Creswell,  born  at  Gibraltar,  13th  August 
1881  ;      1.  Margery  -  Ellen     Creswell, 
born  there  8th  April  1883  ;  2.  DoROTHY- 
Mary  Creswell,  born  at  Campamento 
23rd    March    1886,   died   nth  June  1887  ; 
and  3.  Kate-Evelyn-Harriet  Creswell. 
born  there  ist  September  1887. 
iii.  Ellen-Augusta  Echalaz,  of  Wimbledon, 
iv.  Constance-Edith  Echalaz,  buried  at 
St.  James's  church,  Enfield  Highway. 
VIL  Louisa-Anne    Harman,   born    at    Theobalds, 
1st  November  1816,  married,  at  Brighton,  Henry 
Viner,  Esq.,  and  died  sijic  pivk  in  Jerse}-. 
Ezekiel    Harman    died    at    Theobalds,    28th    May    1845,    aged 
72,  and  was  buried  in  the  family  vault  in  Chcshunt  church)-ard. 

m.— ^arai)  i^arman  [.V//0],  the  eldest  daughter  of 
Ezekiel  Harman  [A70],  was  born  at  Theobalds,  30th  November 
1798, and  married,  at  Cheshunt,  i6th  March  1830,  Herbert  Mayo, 
Esq.,  F.G.S.  (third  son  of  Paggen-William  Mayo,  Esq.,  of 
Bridlington,  co.  York,  M.A.,  Doc.  Mus.,  F.R.C.P.,  and  of  Charlotte 
Buckle,  his  wife).  Arms  of  Mayo  :  Sable,  a  chevron  between 
three  roses  argent,  a  chief  or.     They  had  issue  : — 

ly^.  — I.  Herbert-Harman    Mayo.      See  beloi^^  'i.^ . 

II.  Frederick     Mayo,     Esq.,     of     Bromley     Hall, 
Standon,  co.   Hertford. 
Iir  Charles  Mayo,  died  in  infancy. 
IV.  John  Mayo.  Esq. 

V.  Arthur  Mayo,  Esq.,  B.A.,  V.C.  ;  married  Ellen- 
Horser  Baker,  and  had  issue  : — i.  Arthur-Johx 
Mayo  ;  ii.  Edward-Aloysius-Arthur  Mayo  ; 


HISTORY    OF    THE   WILMER    FAMILY.  215 

iii.  Francis-Xavier-Maria  Mayo  ;  iv. 
Raymund  Mayo  ;  i.  Mary-Agnes-Ellen 
Mayo  ;  and  ii.  Margaret-Mary  Mayo. 
VI.  Edward  Mayo,  Esq. 
I.  Sarah-Louisa  Mayo,  married  Walter-Sutton 
Flack,  Esq.,  and  had  issue : — i.  Caroline- 
SuTTON  Flack  ;  ii.  Margaret  Flack  ;  iii. 
Mabel  Flack  ;  iv.  Gwendoline  Flack  ;  and 
V.  Agnes-Mary  Flack. 

isr.— i^crftrrt^i^armatt  JWaijti  [.v///o],  b.a.,  now 

living,  married  first,  27th  September    1852,  Jane-Sophia  Thorpe, 
and  had  issue  : — 

I.  Herbert-Arthur  Mayo,  bom  2nd  December 
1853  ;  baptized  at  Funchal,  Madeira,  i  ith  January 
1854;    died    8th    August    1S63  ;    buried    in    the 
English  cemetery  at  Funchal. 
II.  Raymond-John  Mayo,  born  8th  August  1858  ; 
baptized     at     Whickham,     co.     Durham,     19th 
September  1858  ;  died  at  Funchal,  21st  November 
1862  ;  buried  there. 
III.  Cuthbert-Edward    Mayo,  born  22nd  January 
i860  ;    baptized   at  Thames  Ditton,   co.   Surrey, 
26th  February  i860. 
IV.  Frederick-William    Mayo,    born    4th    May 
1861  ;     baptized     nth    June    1861  ;     died     27th 
October  1861  ;  buried  at  Funchal. 
V.   Harold-Shaw  Mayo,  born  ist  December  1S62  ; 
baptized  at  Funchal,  31st  December  1862. 
VI.  Alan-Henry     Mayo,     born     9th      February; 
baptized  13th  March  1864;  died  13th  September 
1864  ;  buried  at  Funchal. 
VII.  Brian-Kenard  Mayo,  born  8th  May;  baptized 
at  Bexhill,  co.  Sussex,  17th  May  1869. 


2l6  HISTORY    OF    THE    WILMER    FAMILY. 

VIII.  Grenfell  Mayo,  born  and  baptized  2nd  Jul>- 
iS/O  ;  died  9th  July    1870  ;    buried  at  Treses,  in 
the  Scilly  Isles. 
I.  Agnes-Mary      Mayo,      born      21st      October  ; 
baptized       at       Great       Rerkhampstead,       19th 
November  1S55. 
II.  Louisa- Jane  Mayo,  born  12th  May  ;    baptized 
at  St.  Mary's,  Putney,  12th  June  1857. 
III.  Amy  Mayo,  born    24th   February  ;    baptized   at 

Funchal,  26th  March  1865. 
IV.  Ellen-Annette-Marie     Mavo,     born     21st 
May  ;  baptized  19th  June  1867  ;  died   28th   Jul}- 
1868  ;  buried  at  Bexhill. 
Mrs.    Mayo    died    at    Flushing,   co.   Cornwall,    2nd     November 
1 87 1,  and  was  buried  at  Mylor,  in  the  same  county.      Mr.  Mayo 
married  secondly,  5th  June  1872,  Sarah-Anne  Athawes,  and  had 
issue : — 

I.  Herbert- John-Athawes  Mayo,  born  i6th 
February  ;  baptized  at  St.  Peter's,  Flushing, 
1 8th  March  1874. 


FLETCHER    OF   LONDON,  EALING,  AND  READING. 

Arms  :  Argent,  a  cross   engrailed  sable  between  four  pellets, 
each  charged  with  a  pheon  of  the  field. 

I.— ?i}annat)  i^arman  [A],  the  daughter  of  Jercmiah 
Harman  and  Hannah  Gurnel!  [/A'N],  his  wife,  was  born  in  St. 
Martin's  Lane,  London,  12th  June  1734.  She  married,  in  the 
F.M.H.,  Tottenham,  13th  March  1760,  Thomas  Fletcher,  of 
Ironmonger  Lane,  London,  and  of  Ealing.  He  was  born  at 
Lurgan,  Ireland,  9th  May  1730,  and  was  the  son  of  Thomas  and 
Ruth  Fletcher  of  that  place.  Thomas  and  Hannah  Fletcher  had 
issue  : — 


HISTORY    OF   THE    WILMER    FAMILY.  2\^ 

I.  Thomas  Fletcher,  born  1761  ;  died  an  infant. 
JJ. — II.  Joseph  Fletcher.    See  below,  IJ. 

III.  Thomas  Fletcher,  born  1767;  died  an  infant. 

I.  Hannah  Fletcher,  born  at  Ealing,  circa  1760  ; 

married,  November  1783,  (as  his  first  wife)  the 

Reverend  George-Henry  Glasse,    M.A.,  J. P.,  of 

Christ     Church     College,     Oxford,     Rector     of 

Hanwell,  co.  Middlesex,   and    Chaplain   to   the 

Duke  of  Cambridge.     He  was  born  1st  September 

1760,  and  was  the  son  of  the  Reverend   Samuel 

Glasse,  D.D.,  Chaplain-in-ordinary  to  George  III., 

and  of  Hannah  Clutterbuck  his  wife.     Arms  of 

Glasse :    Argent,    a    fleur-de-lis    between    three 

mullets,  within  a  bordure  gules.     The  Reverend 

G.-H.  Glasse  had  four  sons  and  six  daughters 

Csee   Burke's  Landed  Gentry,   1847).      He   died 

31st  October  1809;  buried  in  St.  James's  church, 

London,  5th  November.     Hannah  Glasse  died  at 

Clifton,  near  Bristol,  14th  June    1802,  aged  42; 

buried  at  Hanwell,  5th  July. 

II.  Beatrice    Fletcher,  born    at    Ealing,    22nd 

August  1765  ;  died  in  Ironmonger's  Lane,  London, 

29th  December  1777  ;  buried  4th  January  1778. 

HI.  Mary    Fletcher,    twin-sister   with    Beatrice  ; 

born    at    Eahng,    22nd    August    1765  ;    married 

Shaw,  of  Bath.     She  died  at  Bath. 

Thomas   Fletcher  died  at  Ealing,  28th  December  1799,  aged 

69  ;  and  was  buried  4th  January  i8oo.f 

IJ.— J(l.«rpj[)  jFlrtrijn*  [X/J,  Esq.,  of  Caroline  Street, 
Bedford  Square,  London,  the  second  son  of  Thomas  and  Hannah 
Fletcher,  was  born  at  Ealing,  2Sth  March  1763.  He  married, 
Sth  May  1790,  Frances,  daughter  of  Champain,  and 

had  issue  :  — 

t  Buried  in  the  F.B.G.,  Hammersmith. 


2l8  HISTORY    OF    THE   WILMER    FAMILY. 

I.f.l.— I.  Edward  Fletcher.    See  de/oci;IlJ. 

I.  Beatrice  Fletcher,  born  in  Gower  Street, 
London,  15th  May  1791  ;  married  Commander 
Elliot  Morres,  R.N.,  of  Matthews  Green, 
Wokingham.  She  died  at  Wokingham,  i8th 
August  1867  ;  buried  in  the  Morres  vault  at 
Wokingham  parish  church. 
II.  Caroline  Fletcher,  of  Reading,  born  in 
Gower  Street,  29th  April  1792  ;  died  at  Reading, 
19th  June  1886,  aged  94  ;  buried  in  Reading 
cemetery. 

III.  Louisa  Fletcher,  of  Reading,  born  at  Ealing, 
31st  December  1796;  died  at  Reading,  26th 
March  1883,  aged  86;  buried  in  Reading 
cemeterw 

IV.  France.s-Emily  Fletcher,  of  Reading,  born  at 
Ealing,  13th  March  1802  ;  died  at  Reading,  29th 
March  1871  ;  buried  in  Reading  cemetery. 

Joseph  Hetcher  died  at  Little   Ealing,  14th  February  1833. 

U3r.— 3St)U)artl  jFICtdjrV  [AY/J,  Esq.,  the  son  of  Joseph 
Fletcher,  was  born  at  Ealing,  25th  April  179S.  He  married,  in 
Christ  church,  Plymouth,  6th  April  1829,  Mary- Ann,  second 
daughter  of  Admiral  Francis-Holmes  Coffin,  R.N.,  of 
Stonchousc,  co.  Devon,  and  Rebecca-Huddleston  Mawby  his 
wife   and  had  issue  :  — 

I.  Mary    Fletcher,    born    in    London,   Sth   May 
1830  ;  died  at   Rydc,    Isle  of  Wight,  24th  Jul\- 
1S44. 
&.  -II.  E.MiLV  Fletcher.    See  Maze,  li^ . 
Edward  Fletcher  died  in  London,  12th  December  i86i,and  was 
buried  in  Hanwell  churchj-ard. 

I2F".— iSmiln  Jflrtrljrr  [XUI],  the  sui-viving  daughter 
of    Edward    Fletcher,  was   born    in    London,    14th    May   1831. 


HISTORY   OF   THE    WILMER    FAMILY.  219 

She  married,  at  Bath,  20th  August  1850,  Charles-William 
Luther,  M.D.,  of  Brighton,  and  had  an  only  child  : — 

¥- — I.  Martin-Fletcher    Luther.     See  belozv,  U. 
Dr.   Luther,  who  was   a  lineal   descendant  of  a  brother  of  the 
great    Reformer,  was    born    near    Dessau,    in    Germany,    26th 
September  18 10,  and  died  at  Southwick,  co.  Sussex,  5th  October 
1876. 

5?.— ittartm^jnetcljer  3£uti)er  \xiv\  Esq.,  r.n.,  now 

of  London,  was  born  at  Bath,  1S52,  and  baptized  at  Freshford, 
CO.  Somerset.  He  married  Mabel  Hankey,  and  by  her  (who 
was  born  iSth  October  1858)  has  had  issue  : — 

I.  Grey-Fletcher    Luther,    born    at    8    Adelaide 
Crescent,  Brighton,   13th  August   1S79  ;  baptized 
at  Hove  parish  church. 
IL  Alan-Charles     Grenville     Luther,     born     in 
London,  17th  September  1880;  baptized  at  St. 
Mary  Abbots,  Kensington. 
in.  John-Wentworth    Luther,    born    in    London, 
1 6th  July  1887. 
I.  Elsie-Mabel  Luther,  born    in   London,    ist 
February    1882  ;   baptized  at   St.  Mary   Abbots, 
Kensington  ;    died    at    Brighton,   4th    November 
1882. 


MILDRED  OF  LONDON  AND  WOODFORD. 

Arms  :  Sable,  three  ,mui  lets  or,  a  chief  nebulee  ermine. 

E.— 3Elijai)Eti)  l^arman  [AV],  the  eldest  daughter  of 
John  Harman  [A'N],  of  Woodford  {see p.  206),  was  born  at  Stoke 
Newington,  i6th  May  1766.  She  married,  in  the  F.M.H., 
Winchmore  Hill,  15th  December  1790,  Daniel  Mildred,  Esq.,  of 
Finsbury  Square  and  Lombard  Street,  London,  and  of  Wood- 
ford, CO.  Essex,  Banker,  a  partner  in  the  firm  o,f  Mastcnnan  and 


220  HISTORY    OF    THE    WILMER    FAMILY. 

Mi/dirJ.       He  was   the  son   of  Daniel  and   L)-dia   Mildred,   of 
London  and  Upton,  and  was  born  c.rca  1768.      He  had  issue  : — 

££. — I.  Daxiel  Mildred.     See  bclozv,  ££. 

II.  John  Mildred,  bom  in  Finsbury  Square,  3rd 
August  1797  ;  drowned  in  a  pond  in  his  father's 
garden  at  Walthamstow,  14th  September  1805, 
aged  8  ;  buried  in  the  F.B.G.,  Jordans,  co. 
Buckingham,  19th  September. 

III.  Charles  Mildred,  born  in  Finsbury  Square, 
27th  December  1798  ;  died  in  infancy  ;  buried  at 
Jordans. 

IV.  Henry  Mildred,  Esq.,  Merchant,  of  London, 
and  of  Woodford  and  Chigwcll,  co.  Essex  ;  born 
at  Woodford,  i8th  September  1807  ;  died  at 
Chigwell,  31st  August  1856,  aged  48  ;  buried  at 
Woodford;  M.I.  He  married,  at  Waltham  Abbey, 
CO.  Essex,  17th  May  1832,  Margaret,  eldest 
daughter  of  William  Banbury,  Esq.,  Banker,  of 
Lombard  Street,  London,  and  ofWarlics  Park,  co. 
Essex,  by  his  second  wife.  Margaret,  daughter  of 
Joshua  Knowles,  Esq.,  of  Wanstead  and  Lombard 
Street.  Mrs.  Mildred  was  born  15th  October 
18 1 2,  and  is  now  resident  at  Brook  House,  Chig- 
well.      By  her  Henry  Mildred  had  issue: — 

i.  Henry  Mildred,  Esq.,  of  Warley  House, 
Brentwood,  and  no.  8  St.  Helen's  Place, 
London;  born  lOth  September  1^34; 
married,  17th  June  1864,  Fanny-Kempe, 
second  daughter  of  Charles-P.  Matthews, 
Esq.,  J. P.,  of  Havering-atte-Bower,  co. 
Essex,  and  has  had  issue  : — i.  Henry 
Mildred,  born  30th  March  1865  ;  died 
19th  February  1S78  ;  2.  Charles  Mildred, 
born    24th     January     1867;     3.     Frank 


HISTORY    OF    THE    WILMER    FAMILY.  22  1 

Mildred,  born  25th  March  1S73  ; 
1.  Florence  Mildred, born  14th  October 
1868;  2.  Margaret  Mildred,  born  i8th 
January  1872  ;  3.  Emily  Mildred,  born 
7th  December  1874  ;  4.  Helen  Mildrpd, 
born  30th  January  1879;  and  5.  Evelyn 
Mildred,  born  13th  March  1883. 
il.  William  Mildred,  Esq.,  born  13th  March 
1836;  married,  12th  March  1863,  Ger- 
trude, daughter  of  the  Reverend  W.-H.-S. 
Meadows,  Vicar  of  Chigwell,  and  has 
issue:— 1.  Edmund-William  Mildred, 
born  27th  May  1871  ;  2.  Spencer 
Mildred,  born  6th  January  1873;  1-  Ethel 
Mildred,  born  24th  October  1864; 
married,  30th  July  1887,  Alfred- P. 
Doiilton,  Esq.;  2.  Ida  Mildred,  born 
29th  January  1867;  3.  I.ucy  Mildred, 
born  22nd  June  1869;  and  4.  Hilda- 
Gertrude  Mildred,  born  4th   May  1876. 

iii.  Arthur  Mildred,  Esq.,  born  12th 
December  1839,  died  in  South  America, 
3rd  September  1882. 

iv.  John  Mildred,  Esq.,  born  19th  March 
1845  ;  died  in  South  America,  3rd 
February  1881. 
i.  Elizabeth  Mildred,  born  28th  August 
1837;  married,  25th  September  1862, 
Stephen-Arthur  Sewell,  Esq.,  of 
Wanstead,  and  now  of  EaHng,  co.  Middle- 
sex, and  has  had  issue  :— 1.  Reginald- 
Arthur  Sewell,  born  21st  May  1871  ; 
2.  Archibald-Hankey  Sewell,  born 
i6th  June  1874  ;  1.  Margaret-Elizabeth 
Sewell,    born     27th     September    1863  ; 


HISTORY    OF    THE    WILMER     FAMILY.  ^    -        '     ,  .■ 

2.     Helen-Mildred  SewelJ,   born    22nd 
October    1864;      3.      Mary- Geraldine 
Sewell,    born     5th  May    1866;    and    4. 
Henrietta  -  Maria     Sewell,    born     4th 
March  1868. 
ii.  Harriet     Mildred,     born       17th      June 
1847  ;  married,  30th  January  1877,  John 
Elliot,   Esq.,    Surgeon,   of   Belvedere,  co. 
Kent,      and      has     issue : — 1.       Henry- 
Norman     Elliot,    born    14th    November 
1877  ;  1.  Dorothy-Margaret  Elliot,  born 
I2th  January    18S0  ;    and     2.    Mildred- 
Marjorie  Elliot,  born  20th  February  1SS2. 
V.  Frederic    Mildred,  Esq.,  of  London,  born  at 
Finsbury  Square,  26th  December  1810;  married, 
at    Bath     abbey    in    1S43,     Mary-Anne,    second 
daughter  of  John-W.  Hicks,  Esq.,  of  Lansdownc 
Crescent,    Bath,    and    bj'    her     (who     died     at 
Addiscombe,  CO.    Surrey,   30th   September    1851) 
had  issue  : — 

i.   Frederic      Mildred,       Esq.,      born      in 

London. 
1.  Beatrice-Susan  Mildred,  born  in 
London  ;  married,  at  Merton,  co.  Surrey, 
the  Reverend  Edward- Hamilton  Blyth, 
late  Vicar  of  Margate,  now  Rector  of 
Woodchurch,  co.  Kent,  and  has  issue  : — 1. 
Edward-Hamilton  Blyth ;  2-  George- 
Herbert  Blyth;  1.  Beatrice  -  Mary 
Blyth;  2.  Dora-Mildred  B  yth ;  3. 
Helen-Evelyn  Blyih ;  4.  Mabel- 
Hamilton  Blylh  ;  and  5.  Margaiet- 
Sophie  Blyth. 
ii  Louisa  -  Sophia  Mildred,  born  in 
London. 


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HISTORY    OF   THE    WII.MER    FAMILY.  223 

iii.   Emily-Maria    Mildred,    married    Com- 
mander Pearson-Campbell  Johnstone, 
R.N.,  son    of    David-Graham    Johnstone, 
Esq.,     and     has     issue : — 1.      Douglas- 
Campbell     Johnstone  ;      2.      Nowell, 
Campbell   Johnstone ;  I.   Ruby-Camp- 
bell Johnstone;  and  2.   Violet-Camp- 
bell Johnstone. 
I.  Elizabeth  Mildred,  born  in  Finsbury  Square, 
4th  October  1792  ;  married,  in  Woodford  parish 
church,  her  cousin,  Thomas-Daniel   Mildred,   by 
whom   she  had    no    issue.       She  was    buried    in 
Highgate  cemetery. 
II.  Lydia  Mildred,  born   in  Finsbury  Square,  ist 
December    1793  ;     married,   at    Woodford,    the 
Reverend       Henry- Rous       Eirch,       Rector      of 
Southwold,  CO.  Suffolk.    She  died  at  Twickenham, 
and  was  buried  at  Wangford,  co.  Suffolk.     They 
had  issue : — 

i.  Henry-Mildred  Birch,  Clerk  in  Holy 
Orders,  late  Canon  of  Ripon  ;  born  and 
baptized  at  Woodford ;  married  Julia 
Drinkwater,  of  Irwell  Park,  near 
Prestwich,  and  had  a  son  and  a  daughter, 
ii.  John-William  Birch,  Esq.,  F.R.G.S.,  of 
Rickmansworth  Park,  co.  Hertford,  and 
now  of  no.  27  Cavendish  Square,  London, 
late  Governor  of  the  Bank  of  England  ; 
married,  2nd  June  1852,  Julia,  daughter  of 
the  late  Joseph  Arden,  Esq.,  of  Rickmans- 
worth Park  and  Londwater,  and  had 
issue: — 1.  John-Arden  Birch,  born  15th 
April  1853,  married,  23rd  February  1881, 
Charlotte  -  Mary  -  Leycester,  elder 
daughter  of   George-Montagu    Stopford, 


HISTORY    OF    THE    WILMER    FAMILY. 

Esq.,  grandson  of  the  3rd  Earl  of 
Courtown  ;  2.  Henry-William  Birch, 
born  i6th  September  1S54;  3.  Lionel- 
Ernest  Birch,  born  nth  July  1858:4. 
Frank-Mildred  Birch,  born  iith  Dec- 
ember 1861  ;  and  5.  George-Thiackeray 
Birch,  born  ist  May  1865. 
i.  Louisa- Rous  Birch,  Spinster. 
ii.  Lydia  Birch,  married  Henry  Heigham, 
Esq.,  of  Hunston  Hall,  co.  Norfolk,  who 
is  deceased, 
iii.  Selina-Acton  Birch,  married  the 
Reverend  Richard-Henry  Bicknell,  M.A., 
Vicar  of  Wroxham-wlth-Salhouse,  co. 
Norfolk,  1S68-7 — ,  and  had  issue.  They 
were  both  buried  at  Wroxham. 

iv.  Emily  Birch,  died  unmarried. 

iii.  Augustus-Frederic  Birch,  Rector  of 
Northchurch,  or  Berkhampsted  St.  Mary, 
1S80;  late  Fellow  of  King's  College, 
Cambridge ;  Camden  Gold  Medallist 
1848,  B.A.  1S49,  M.A.  1852;  ordained 
Deacon  1859,  Priest  1860.  He  married 
IVIissCorrance,  daughter  of  Corrance, 
Esq.,  of  Parham  Hall,  co.  Suffolk,  and 
has  issue. 

iv.  Ernest-George  Birch,  Esq.,  late  of  the 
Bengal  Civil  Service  ;  married  (as  his 
second  wife)  D'Arcy  Hutton,  of  Ripon, 
and  has  no  issue. 

V.  Sir  Arihur-Nonus  Birch,  K.C.M.G.,  late 
Lieutenant-Governor  of  Ceylon  ;  married 
Watts-Russell,  of  co.  Hants,  and  has 
issue: — 1.  Arthur-Egerton  Birch,  born 
4th     February     1S77  i      '^     .Wyndham- 


HISTORY    OF    THE    WILMER    FAMILY.  225 

Lindsey  Birch,  born  21st  March  1878; 
and  1.  Una-Constance  Birch,  born  21st 
April  1875. 

III.  Harriet  Mildred,  bom  in  Finsbury  Square, 
i6th  July  1796;  died  an  infant;  buried  at 
Jordans. 

IV.  Hannah  Mildred,  born  in  Finsbury  Square, 
30th  April  iSoo;  married,  at  Woodford,  Henry 
Bingley,  Esq.,  Queen's  Assay  Master  of  the 
Royal  Mint,  son  of  Robert  Bingley,  Esq.,  of 
the  Royal  Mint.  Hannah  Bingley  was  buried  at 
Brighton.     They  had  issue  : — 

i.  Robert-Mildred  Bingley,  M.A.,  Clerk  in 
Holy  Orders  ;  appointed  Rector  of  Braise- 
worth,  CO.  Suffolk,  in  1853  ;  married,  25th 
April  1861,  Alice-Glanville  Campbell,  and 
has  issue:— 1.  Henry-Campbell-Alchome 
Bingley,  born  7th  March  1S62  ;  2.  Roberl- 
Noel-Glanville  Bingley,  born  25th 
December  1864;  3.  Edward-Fanshawe 
Bingley,  born  3rd  August  1868  ;  4..  John- 
Mesnard-Campbell  Bingley,  born  6th 
March  1877;  5.  Randolph  -  Douglas 
Bingley,  bom  7th  September  1879;  G. 
Percival-Herbert  Bingley,  born  i8th 
October  1880;  1.  Alice-Beatrice  Bingley, 
born  6th  June  1863  ;  2.  Ruih-Mildred 
Bingley,  bora  30th  January  1866;  3. 
Edith-Frances  Bingley,  twin  with  E.-F. 
Bingley; 4.  Penelope-Margaret  Bingley, 
born  23rd  July  1872  ;  and  5.  Christiana- 
Gertrude  Bingley  born  6th  June  1875. 

ii.  John-George  Bingley,  M.A.,  Clerk  in 
Holy   Orders ;    Rector  of    Snodland,  co. 


226  HISTORY    OF    THE   WILIIER    FAMILY. 

Kent,    1874;    married    Miss    Elton,    and 
has  issue. 
i.  Beatrice  Bingley,  married  the  Reverend 
Perceval-Frost  Bamborough,no\v  deceased, 
and  has  a  daughter. 
V.  Beatrice  Mildred,  born  in  Finsbury  Square, 
28th    April    1801  ;    married,    at    Woodford,    4th 
October      1S43,      Frederick     Cripps,     Esq.,     of 
Cirencester.      She   died  without   issue,  and   was 
buried  there. 
VI.  Louisa  Mildred,  born  at  Walthamstow,  26th 
April  1803  ;  died  at  Woodford,   unmarried,  17th 
December   1S55,   aged    52  ;  buried   in   Woodford 
churchyard  ;  M.I. 
VII.  Em.ma  Mildred,  born  at  Walthamstow,  7th  June 

1804  ;  died  an  infant. 
VIII    Maria  Mildred,  born  13th  January  1809  ;  died 
at  Woodford,   unmarried,   27th  June    1877,  aged 
68  ;  buried  in  Woodford  churchyard  ;    M.I. 
Mr.  Mildred  died  26th  December  1827,  aged  59,  and  was  buried 
in  the  family  vault  in  Woodford  churchyard  ;  M.I.     Mrs.  Mildred 
died     27th     November     1838  ;      and    was     buried    beside     her 
husband  ;  M.I. 

£1.— HaniPl  ISliltirCti  [ay/],  Esq.,  Banker,  of  Lombard 
Street,  London,  and  of  Hale  End  Lodge,  Woodford,  co.  Essex, 
the  eldest  son  of  Daniel  Mildred,  was  born  in  Finsbury  Square, 
London,  19th  January  1795.  He  married  first,  at  Marylebone 
parish  church,  Emily,  daughter  of  Brice  Pearce,  Esq.,  of 
Monkhams,  Woodford,  and  of  Charlotte  lu'c  Chiswell,  his  wife, 
and  had  issue  : — 

££I. — I.  Daniel  Mildred.    See  below,  I£$. 

I.  Charlotte-Elizabeth  Mildrei,  born  at  Hale 
End,  Woodford,  loth  April  1837;  married,  at 
Woodmansterne,  co.  Surrey,  loth  April  i86i,the 


HISTORY    OF   THE    WILMER    FAMILY.  227 

Reverend  William-Henry  Lance,  Associate  of 
Theology,  of  King's  College,  London,  1858,  and 
Curate  of  Thurlbear-with-Stoke  St.  Mary,  co. 
Somerset,  since  1859.  He  was  the  son  of  the 
Reverend  John-Edwin  Lance,  M.A.,  Prebendary 
of  Wells,  and  Rector  of  Buckland  St,  Mary,  co. 
Somerset.  He  was  ordained  Deacon  in  1858,  and 
Priest  in  1859  ;  Curate  of  Bishop's  Lydiard,  co. 
Somerset,  1858-9 ;  formerly  Lieutenant  in  the  74th 
Bengal  N.I.  He  has  issue: — i.  Edwin- Mildred 
Lance, born  31st  January  1863;  ii.  Cyril-William 
Lance,  born  2nd  June  1864;  iji.  Charles- 
Hubert  Lance,  born  19th  November  1865  ; 
iv.  Arthur-Porcher  Lance,  born  i6th  April 
1871  ;  V.  Francis-Daniel  Lance,  born  9th 
August  1876;  i.  Mildred  Lance,  born  ist  June 
1869  ;  and  ii.  Ethel-Charlotte  Lance,  born 
26th  March  1873. 

Mrs.  Mildred  died  at  Woodford,  12th  November  1839,  aged 
34,  and  was  buried  there ;  M.I.  Daniel  Mildred  married  secondly, 
at  Woodford, 27th  April  1848,  Rosa, fourth  daughter  of  John  Gore, 
Esq.,  of  Harts,  Essex,  and  by  her  had  no  issue.  Mrs.  Mildred 
now  resides  at  Woodmansterne.  Mr.  Mildred  died  1st  June 
1858,  aged  6^,  and  was  buried  in  Woodford  churchyard  ;    M.I. 

m.— 30aniCliillltirftl[X///],  Esq.,  of  Preston,  co. 
Gloucester,  the  son  of  Daniel  Mildred,  was  born  at  Hale  End, 
Woodford,  nth  July  1838.  He  married,  at  Staple-Fitzpaine,  co. 
Somerset,  4th  May  1865,  Emma- Lucy,  second  daughter  of  the 
Reverend  Fitzhardinge-Berkeley  Portman,  M.A.,  Rector  of 
Staple-Fitzpaine  with  Bickenhall,  co.  Somerset,  and  brother  of 
Edward-Berkeley,  Viscount  Portman.  Arms  of  Mr.  Portman  : 
Or,  a  fleur-de-lis  azure,  a  martlet  for  difference.  Mrs.  Mildred 
was  born  in  1843,  and  by  her  Mr.  Mildred  had  issue  : — 

I.  Daniel  Mildred,  born  19th  November  1870. 


228  HISXORY    OF    THE    WILMER    FAMILY. 

II.  George-Berkeley  Mildred,  born  23rd  January 

1872. 
I.  Frances-Emily  Mildred,  born    19th    February 

1S66. 
II.  Ellen-Mary   Mildred,  born  23rd  July  1S67. 

III.  Rachel-Neville  Mildred,  born  24th   December 
1868. 

IV.  Beatrice-Ella    Mildred,   born    25th     November 
1869. 

Mr.  Alildrcd  died  at  Cirencester,  28th  December  1873. 


STERRY    OP'  LONDON  AND    NUTFIELD. 

^r.— Bcatriff  l^irman  [ay],  the  third  daughter  of  John 
Herman  [A'N]  {sec p.  207),  was  born  at  Stoke  Newington,  27th 
June  1771.  She  married,  in  the  F.M.H.,  Tottenham,  9th  April 
1795,  Henry  Sterry,  Wine  Merchant,  of  Crutched  Friars  and 
Finsbury  Square,  London,  and  of  Leyton,  co.  Essex,  son  of 
Henry  Sterry,  Citizen  and  Currier,  of  Hatton  Street,  London, 
and  of  Mary  Fleatham,  his  second  wife,  and  had  issue  :  — 

I.  Henry  Sterry,  Esq.,  of  Trinity  Square,  Lf  ndon, 
born  in  Finsbury  Square,  3rd  March  1799  ; 
married,  at  Hull,  i8th  June  1828,  Ann -Eliza, 
daughter  of  Jones,  of  the  Hon.  E.  I. 

Company's  Service.  He  died  sine  prole  in  Upper 
Gloucester  Place,  London,  i8th  April  1878  ; 
and  she  died  in  St.  John's  Wood,  London,  i6th 
April  1887. 

ft— H.  John   Sterry.     Sec  belozv,^^.. 

\\l.  Charles  Sterry,  Esq., of  the  Royal  Mint,  born  at 
Leyton,  28th  August  iSi  i  ;  married,  at  Tunbridge 
Wells,  26th  April  1855,  Sarah-Maria,  daughter 
of  the  Reverend  Samuel  Carr,  of  Colchester,  and 
Martha-Diana  his  wife,  and  had  issue : — 


HISTORY    OF    THE    WILMER    FAMILY.  229 

i.  Priscilla-Amelia    Sterry,   born    at   the 

Royal   Mint,  6th  October  1856;    married, 

at  Hastings,  24th  July  1883,  the  Reverend 

Willie-Parkinson  Jay,  Vicar  of  Christ 

church,  London,  E.     Mr.  Jay  was  the  son  of 

William-James  and  Harriet  Jay ;  educated 

at    St.    Catherine's   College,    Cambridge  ; 

B.A.  1877,  M.A.  1881  ;    ordained  Deacon 

1S78,     Priest     1879.        He    has    issue: — 

1.  Dorothy-Mary   Jay,   born  26th  June 

1884;     2.     Gladys- Monica    Jay,     born 

lOth     October     1885  ;      and     3.     Hilda- 

Priscilla  Jay,  born  5th  January  1887. 

Henry     Sterry     was      born      at      Snow      Hill,     London,     9th 

December   1770  ;    died  in  Basinghall  Street,  27th  Octeber   1834, 

aged  64  ;    and  was  buried   in   the  F.B.G.,  Winchmorc  Hill,  3rd 

November.     Beatrice  Sterry  died   in    Trinity   Square,  London, 

4th  December  1849,  aged  78,  and  was  buried  at  Winchmore  Hill. 

$$.— JOfjn  ^'tCVrj)  [AY/],  Esq.,  of  Nutficld,  CO.  Surrey, 
the  second  son  of  Henry  Sterry,  was  born  in  Finsburj-  Square, 
London,  27th  November  1805.  He  married,  at  Nutiield,  17th 
April  1866,  Emma- Perceval,  daughter  of  John  Stringer, 
Merchant,  of  London,  and  of  Emma-Peyton  Bedwell,  his  wife. 
Arms  of  Stringer : — Argent,  a  cross  patonce  between  four 
martlets  sable,  a  canton  erminois.  Mrs.  Sterry  was  born  3rd 
August  1838.     She  had  issue  : — 

I.  Henry    Sterry,  born   20th  March    1868,  died 

an  infant. 
II.  John  Sterry,  born    9th    January;    baptized    at 
Nutfield,  24th  February  1870. 

III.  Perceval    Sterry,  born    ist    July;    baptized    at 
Nutfield,  9th  August  1871. 

IV.  Henry  Sterry,  bom  5th  November  ;  baptized  at 
Nutfield,  1 6th  December  1872,  died  an  infant. 


230  HISTORY    OF    THE    WILMER    FAMILY. 

V.  Alfred    Sterry.  born   at    Worthing,   23rd    May  ; 
baptized  there  2nd  July  1876. 
John  Sterry  died  at  Worthing,  20th    November    1882,  and   was 
buried  in  Nutfield  churchyard. 


BUSH   OF   LONDON,   WANDSWORTH,    WOODFORD, 
AND   BRIGHTON. 

$.— ©rijrll  i^arman  [ay],  the  fourth  daughter  of 

John  Harman  [A'N]  {seep.  207),  was  born  at  Stoke  Newington, 
1 8th  July  1773.  She  married,  in  the  F.  M.  H.,  Winchmore  Hill, 
27th  October  1796,  Richard  Bush,  Esq.,  of  Cannon  Street, 
London,  of  Wandsworth  and  Woodford,  co.  Essex,  and  of 
Brighton,  son  of  Richard  Bush,  of  Southwark  and  Wands- 
worth, and  of  Prudence  Wigg,  his  first  wife,  and  grandson  of 
James  Bush,  and  Anna  his  wife,  daughter  of  Sir  Daniel 
Fleming,  Knight.  Arms  used  by  Mr.  Bush  :  Azure,  a  wolf 
rampant  argent,  collared  and  chained  or,  surmounted  of  three 
crosses  crosslet  patee  or.  Richard  and  Grizell  Bush  had  issue: — 
I.  RICH.4RD  Bush,  Esq.,  of  Farnborough,  co.  Kent ; 

born  in  1797-8  ;  died  at  Hove,  near  Brighton. 
II.  John  Bush,    Esq.,  of  Auchrannie,  in    the  Isle  of 

Arran;  born  at  Hackney,  5th  July  1803  J  married, 

at  Arran,  1859,  Jane  Fullarton. 

III.  Alfred  Bush,  Esq.,  born  in  Cannon  Street, 
London,  i6th  February  1806  ;  died  26th 
November  1866;  buried  in  Highgate  cemetery. 

IV.  George  Bush,  Esq.,  Civil  Engineer,  of  Brighton; 
born  at  Woodford,  25th  June  1810  ;  died  at 
Brighton,  13th  November  1841,  aged  31.  He 
was  a  pupil  of  John  Rennie,  and  was  distinguished 
in  his  profession.  He  was  principal  Engineer  to 
the  Taff  Vale  Railway  Compan)-. 


HISTORY    OF   THE    WILMER    FAMILY.  23 1 

I.  Elizabeth  Bush,  born  at  Wandsworth,  1798; 
died  in  London,  unmarried,  1S71  ;  buried  at 
Hove. 
II.  Prudence  Bush,  born  at  Wandsworth,  1799; 
died  in  London,  unmarried,  1873  ;  buried  at 
Hove. 
III.  Maria  Bush,  born  at  Wandsworth,  2  ist  February 
1802  ;  died  unmarried,  in  January  1832  ;  buried 
at  Dorking. 

tt.— IV.  Grizell  Bush.     See  beloiv,  H. 

V.  Lucy   Bush,  born  at  Woodford,  6th   June    181 3  ; 

married  Thomas-Gordon  Hake,  M.D.,  and  had  five 

sons  and  two  daughters  (of  whom  one  daughter 

died  an  infant).    She  died  at  Racine,  Wisconsin, 

U.S.A.,  15th  March  1855. 

Richard  Bush  died  at  Bath,  2nd   November   1855,  aged  '83,  and 

was  buried  in  the  family  vault  at  Hove,  near  Brighton.     Grizell 

Bush,  his  widow,  died  at  Bath,  29th  February   1856,  and   was 

buried  beside  him. 

M.— (Erijell  iSUSl)  IXII\  the  fourth  daughter  of  Richard 
Bush,  was  born  at  Woodford,  26th  February  1808.  She  married, 
at  St.  George's,  Bloomsbury,  20th  May  1835,  her  cousin,  Richard- 
Yeates-Brown  Bush,  Esq.,  Colonel  in  the  Bengal  Army,  and  of 
no.  55  York  Terrace,  Regent's  Park,  London,  fourth  son  of  Thomas 
Bush,  Esq.,  and  of  Harriet  Brown,  his  wife,  and  had  issue  : — 

I.  Richard-Vernon    Bush,   born    1836,  died  an 

infant  in  India. 
II.  Harold-Richard  Bush, Esq., born  25th  October 
1838;  formerly  lieutenant  in  the  13th  Light 
Dragoons,  died  in  York  Terrace,  5th  September 
1866  ;  buried  in  Kensal  Green  cemetery. 
III.  Richard-George  Bush,  Esq.,  born  1841  ;  died 
an  infant. 


232  HISTORY    OF   THE    WILMER    FAMILY. 

VI.  Richard-Hake  Bush,  Esq.,  M  D.  ;  of  Gloucester 
Terrace,  Hyde  Park,  London  ;  born  at  Simla,  in 
India,  21st  April  1843  ;  married,  22nd  May  1878, 
Emily-Charlotte-Augusta,  eldest  surviving 
daughter  of  Sir  William-Edmund  Pole,  Bart,  of 
Shute  House,  co.  Devon,  by  Margaret-Victoriosa, 
his  wife,  second  daughter  of  Admiral  the  Hon.  Sir 
John  Talbot,  G.C.B.  (by  his  wife  Julia,  daughter 
of  James-Everard,  ninth  Lord  Arundell  of 
Wardour).  Arms  of  Pole  :  Azure,  semee  de  lis, 
a  lion  rampant  argent. 
V.  Alfred-Walter  Bush,  born  26th  August  1S45  ; 
died  an  infant. 
I.  Hakriet-Grizell  Bush,  born  at  Nowgong,  in 
India,  4th  August  1847;  died  at  York  Terrace, 
4th  January  1SS2  ;  buried  in  Kensal  Green 
cemetery. 
Colonel  Bush  died  at  55  York  Terrace,  loth  January  1S85. 


Chapter  XVII. 

GREEN  OF  LONDON,  CHALFONT  ST.  GILES, 
SAFFRON  WALDEN,  AND  STANSTED  MONT- 
FICHET;  AND  THE  FAMILIES  OF  HARFORD, 
LYNE,  EDMONDS,  SMITH,  TUCKETT,  AND 
LITTLEBOY. 


"  Where  would  have  been  the  history,  the  art,  the  philosophy  of  the  past  ages, 
had  there  been  no  provident  conservators,  wise  for  all  generations,  to  transmit  these 
precious  relics  to  their  aescendants  ?  " — Allibone. 


Arms  :     Argent,   on  a    chevron    gules    three    escallop  shells 
of  the  field  between  as  many   fleurs-de-lis  sable,  a  crescent 

FOR    DIFFERENCE.         CrEST  :      A    STAG    TRIPPANT    ARGENT,   A    CRESCENT 
FOR    DIFFERENCE.         MOTTO  :    PeR    ARDUA    AD    ALTA. 


arn  (Surnell  [IXFI  the  fourth  daughter  of 
Jonathan  Gurnell  and  Grizell  Wilmer  [V///M] 
{see  page  ig2),  was  born  at  Throgmorton 
Street,  London,  nth  October  1721.  She 
married,  in  the  F.M.H.,  Longford,  28th  April  1745,  Joseph 
Green,  Silk  Merchant,  of  Spital  Square,  London,  second  son  of 
Joseph  Green,  Silk  Weaver,  of  Duke  Street,  Spitalfields,  and 
Elizabeth  Tubb  his  wife.  Joseph  Green,  the  younger,  was  born 
in  Fort  Street,  Spitalfields,  nth  April  1724,  and  was  a  great- 
grandson  of  John  Green,  of  Liversedge,  co.  York,  and  Elizabeth 

FF 


234  HISTORY    OK    THE    WIL.MER    FAMILY. 

his  wife,  daughter  and  heiress  of  Thomas  Leigh,  of  Batley,  in 
the  same  county.  This  John  Green  embraced  the  principles  of 
the  Society  of  Friends,  and  in  consequence  suffered  the 
confiscation  of  his  estates,  and  died  a  prisoner  in  York  castle  in 
1676.  His  pedigree  is  recorded  in  Dugdale's  Visitation  of 
Yorkshire,  1665-6,  and  an  account  of  him  is  given  in  Old 
Yorkshire,  edited  by  William  Smith,  F.S.A.S.  Joseph  and 
Mary  Green  had  issue  : — 

M.— I.  Joseph  GpxEex.  Sec  de/ozu,  ih 

I.  Elizabeth  Green,  born  in  Spital   Square,  3rd 
March  1745-6  ;  died  in  infancy. 
II.  A  Daughter,  died  35th  September  1749. 

III.  Mary  Green,  born  in  Spital  Square,  7th  March 
1 750- 1  ;  died  unmarried  at  her  residence  at 
Clapton,  CO.  Middlesex,  22nd  September  1826, 
aged  75  ;  buried  in  the  F.B.G.,  Whitechapel, 
30th  September. 

IV.  Elizabeth  Green,  born  in  Spital  Square,  9th 
November  1752  ;    died  in  infancy. 

V.  Sarah    Green,   born    in    Spital    Square,    23rd 
June    1754;    died    of    a    fever    in    Ironmongers' 
Lane,    8th    March     1771,    aged    16  ;     buried    at 
Whitechapel,  14th  March. 
VI.  Grizell  Green,  married  Richard   Harford  (see 
p.  345). 
VII.  LUCV  Green,  born  in  Spital  Square,  29th  March 
1759  ;  died  in  infancy. 
Joseph    Green    died    of  consumption    in     Spital    Square,    23rd 
February     1762,    aged    37  ;    and    was    buried    in    the    F.B.G., 
Whitechapel,  loth  March.     His  will  was   dated    23rd   December 
1751,  and  proved  17th  March  1762.'     He  names  his  brother-in- 
law,  Samuel  Hoare,  and  gives  to  the  Poor  of  Devonshire  House 


HISTORY    OF    THE    VVILMER   FAMILY.  235 

Monthly  Meeting  lOo/.  His  widow,  Mary  Green,  died  at 
Hackney,  3rd  April  1765,  aged  43  ;  and  was  buried  at 
Whitechapel,  loth  April.  Administration  of  her  goods  was 
granted  Sth  December  1765',  to  her  brother,  Thomas  Gurnell, 
until  her  children  should  be  of  age. 

IcI.— JOSepf)  (^rceU  [XP],  of  stone  Deane,  Chalfont 
St.  Giles,  and  High  Wycombe,  co.  Buckingham,  son  of  Joseph 
Green,  was  born  in  Spital  Square,  25th  August  1747.  He  was 
apprenticed  by  his  uncle,  Samuel  Hoare,  and  Nathaniel  Newbury 
(trustees  under  his  father's  will)  to  Markes  Vandewall,  "  Linnen 
Draper,"  of  Cheapside,  London.  He  married,  in  the  F.M.H., 
Devonshire  House,  London,  2nd  March  1769,  Mary,  only  child 
of  Abraham  Andrews,  of  Barking,  and  Rebecca  Vandewall,  his 
wife,  who  was  of  an  ancient  Low  Country  family.  Mary  Green 
was  a  Minister  of  the  Society  of  Friends,  and  an  excellent 
woman,  and  her  memory  is  revered  by  her  descendants.  She 
was  born  at  Barking,  14th  May  1746  ;  diedf  28th  January  1826, 
aged  69,  and  was  buried  in  the  F.B.G.f,  5th  February.  Joseph 
and  Mary  Green  had  issue  : — 

$3J3£. —  I.  J0SEPII-MARKE.S  Green.  See  de/ow,  ^$.$.. 

U.  William  Green,  Grocer,  of  Chipping  Wycombe, 
bornf  nth  September  1783;  married,  in  the 
F.M.H.,  Shipston-on-Stour,  co.  Worcester,  26th 
August  1818,  Susanna,  daughter  of  John  Lamley, 
Maltster,  of  Tredington,  co.  Worcester,  and  of 
Sarah  Burlingham,  his  wife,  and  had  issue : — 
i.  Waring-Lamley  Green,    bornf    nth 

September  1822  ;  died  an  infant, 
ii.  Joseph  Green,  bornf  29th  April  1824; 
died   2ist  January    1 831,  aged   6;  buried 
30th  January.f 
iii.  A  Son,  buried  1819. 

I.   P.C.C.  I  t  At  High  Wycombe. 


236  HISTORY    OF   THE    WILMER    FAMILY. 

i.  Marv  Green,  bornt  26th  October  1820  ; 

died  31st  July  1839  ;  buriedf  8th  August. 

ii.   Sarah-Lamley      Greex,     bornt     24th 

February  1826  ;  died  an  infant. 
iii.  Sarah-Lamley  Green,  bornt  20th 
January  1828  ;  died  at  Chectham,  co. 
Lancaster,  28th  November  1864,  aged  },6  ; 
buried  at  Ashton  -  on  -  Mersey,  1st 
December, 
iv.  Susannah- Waring  Green,  bornt  22nd 
September  1829  ;  married,  in  the  F.M.H., 
Scarborough,22nd  September  1 85S,  James 
Bissell,  Grocer,  of  Stockport,  now  resident 
in  Ontario,  and  had  a  son,  WlLLl.\M- 
Henry  Bissell,  who  was  born  20th  July 
1859,  and  died  at  Bridge  Street,  Whitby, 
CO.  York,  6th  October  i860.  James 
Bissell  was  the  son  of  James  Bissell,  Baker, 
of  Sunderland,  and  Sophia  Davis,  his  wife. 
I.  Grizell  Green,  married  Samuel  Edmonds   {see 

II.  Mary  Green,  married  John  Eeles  {sa-  Ih-lozo). 
III.  Ann  Green,  born  at  Stone  Deane,  29th  October 
1776  ;  diedt  26th  July  1844,  aged  6y  ;  buried  in 
the  F.B.G-t 
Joseph  Green  diedt  31st  July  1/86,  aged  38  ;   and  was  buried  in 
the    F.B.G.,  Jordans,    6th    August  ;    M.I.      The  Quaker  burial- 
ground  of  Jordans   adjoins  Stone  Deane,  and  Joseph  Green  was 
buried  close  to  the  vault  of  Samuel  and   Martha  Vandewall,  his 
wife's   relatives,  who  owned   some  adjoining   property,  and  that 
part  of  the  ground  where  the  vault  was  situated.    Jordans  is  well- 
known  as  the  last  resting-place  of  the   illustrious  William   Penn 
and   several    members   of  his   family,  of  Isaac  Pennington,  and 

+  At  High  Wycombe. 


HISTORY    OF    THE   WILMER    FAMILY.  237 

Thomas    Ellwood,   Milton's    friend   and   amanuensis,  and  many- 
other  Quaker  worthies. 

Mfi.— J0.9rpJ)=i5larilfl8  (JT^irrn  [AVP],  Merchant,  of 
Saffron  Walden,  co.  Essex,  and  of  Bordeaux  Farm,  Littlebury, 
in  the  same  county,  the  elder  son  of  Joseph  Green  [XP],  was 
born  at  Stone  Deane,  14th  November  1771.  He  married,  in  the 
F.M.H.,+  28th  October  1795,  Mercy,  eldest  daughter  of  Thomas 
Day,  of  Saffron  Walden,  and  Susannah-Crafton,  his  second  wife. 
Mercy  Green  was,  like  her  husband,  an  Elder  of  the  Society  of 
Friends,  she  was  an  excellent  Christian  woman,  and  greatly 
beloved  by  all  with  whom  she  came  in  contact.  She  died  (Ob.N., 
A.M.)  i8th  February  1855,?  aged  79, and  was  buried  in  the  F.B.G.J 
By  her  J.-M.  Green  had  issue  : — 

I.  Joseph  Green,  bornj    iSth  August   1796  ;  died 
in  infancy. 

£2r.— II.  Thomas-Day  Green.    See ie/ow,  HW . 

III.  Joshua  Green,  of  Stansted  Montfichet  (see 
p.  243). 
I.  Susanna  Green,  bornj  27th  March  1798  ; 
married  in  the  F.M.H.,J  26th  September  1833  (as 
his  second  wife)  Gundry  Neave,  Merchant,  of 
Leiston  and  Woodbridge,  co.  Suffolk,  and  had 
issue  : — 

i.  Joseph-James  Neave,  of  Burdoe, 
Sydney,  New  South  Wales ,  born  at 
Leiston,  27th  May  1836;  married  first,  in 
the  F.M.H.,  Winchmore  Hill,  20th  June 
1 86 1,  Eliza,  daughter  of  John  and  Sophia 
Appleton,  of  Hounslow  and  Tottenham. 
She  died  3rd  April  1864,  aged  26.  He 
married  secondly,  lOth  September  1872,+ 
Helen-Grace,  daughter  of  Abraham  and 
Jane  Davy,  of  Harrington    Park,  Sydney. 

J  At  Saffron  Walden. 


HISTORY    OF   THE    WILMER    FAMILY. 

J.-J.  Neave  is  a  well-known  Minister  of  the 
Society  of  Friends,  and,  while  engaged  in 
missionary  work,  has  travelled  extensively 
in    Great    Britain,  Ireland,  America,   and 
Australia.      He   has   issue: — 1.    Norton- 
Joseph       Neave;      2.      Bevan-Walter 
Neave;    3.    Stacy-Arthur    Neave;    and 
1.   Helen-Susanna  Neave. 
ii.  Henry  Neave,  Engineer,  of  Barton-upon- 
Humber,    co.    Lincoln,   now    resident    at 
Cape  Town,  Africa  ;  born  at  Leiston,  Sth 
November  1839  ;  married,  in  the  P'.M.H., 
Kelvedon,    co.    Esse.x,    24th    September 
1S62,     Eliza,    daughter    of    Robert    and 
Elizabeth    Brown,    of     Luton,    and     has 
a  son,  Henry- Ed  ward  Neave,  and  two 
daughters,    Alice     Neave    and    Mabel- 
Susanna  Neave. 
Gundry   Neave    bore    the    arms :    Argent,    on    a 
cross  sable  five  fleurs-de-lis  of  the  field.     He  was 
the  son  of  James   Neave,  of  Fordingbridge,  co. 
Southampton,  and   of  Hannah   Gundry,  his  wife, 
and  was  born  at  the  Old  Manor  House,  Fording- 
bridge, 1 5th  September  1799  ;  died  (Oh.'N.,  A. JIL) 
at  Woodbridge,  3rd  February'  1871  ;  buried  in  the 
F.B.G.,  Leiston,  8th  February.     Susanna  Neave, 
his  widow,  died  (Oh.'N.,  A  JI.)    i8th  May  1S75,: 
aged  yy  ;  buried  in  the  F.B.G.,  Leiston,  23rd  May. 

II.  Mary  Green,  born  14th  April  iSooJ  ;  died  24th 
July  iSi  it  ;  buried  in  the  F.B.G.J 

HI.  Priscilla  Green,  born  Sth  May  [802;  ;  died 
(Ob.N.,  A.M.)  2 1  St  March  iS77,aged  74;  buried  in 
the  F.B.G.+  26th  March.      She  was  a  well-known 

J  At  Saffron  Walden. 


HISTORY    OF   THE    WILMER    FAMILY.  239 

Minister  in  the  Society  of  Friends,  and  of  deep 
spiritual  attainments.  She  travelled  extensively 
in  Great  Britain,  Ireland,  and  America,  visiting 
the  members  of  the  Society  to  which  she  belonged, 
and  holding  public  meetings.  There  is  the 
following  notice  of  her  in  the  Life  of  H.  W. 
Lougfellozv  (vol.  ii.,  p.  304,  ed.  1886). 

"  1S57  August  17th. — 'Go  in  the  morning  to  hear  a  Quakeress  from 
England,  Priscilla  Green,  speak  in  the  cfiurch.  She  spoke  with  a  sweet 
voice  and  very  clear  enunciation ;  very  deliberately,  and  breaking  now 
and  then  into  a  rhythmic  chant,  in  which  the  voice  seemed  floating  up 
and  down  on  wings.  I  was  much  interested,  and  could  have  listened 
an  hour  longer.  It  was  a  very  great  pleasure  to  me  to  hear  such  a 
musical  voice.'  " 

IV.  Rachel  Green,  bom  24th  March  1804J  ;  married 
in  the  F.M.H.,J  isth  June  1827,  John- 
Stephenson  Robson,  Merchant,  of  Saffron 
Walden,  third  son  of  Thomas  Robson,  of 
Liverpool,  and  has  three  sons  and  two  daughters. 
J.-S.  Robson  was  born  ist  March  1802  ;  died 
22nd  April  1888  ;  and  was  buried  in  the  F.B.G., 
Saffron  Walden,  27th  April.  For  an  account  of 
his  family,  see  the  Pedigree  of  Pease  of 
Darlington,  privately  printed  for  the  late  Gurney 
Pease  of  Darlington,  and  the  Annals  of  Smith 
of  Catitley,  compiled  by  Henry-Ecroyd  Smith. 

V.  Eliza-Ann  Green,  born  nth  February  1806J  ; 
married,  in  the  F.M.H.J,  8th  June  1837  ;  Joseph 
Hopkins,  of  Brandy  Car,  near  Brigg,  co.  Lincoln, 
eldest  son  of  Jonathan  Hopkins,  of  Brandy  Car, 
and  of  Susanna  Smith,  his  wife.  Joseph  Hopkins 
was  born  at  Brandy  Car,  31st  March  1801  ;  died 
(Ob.N.,  A.M.)  at  Brigg,  30th  September  1880, 
aged  79  ;  buried  there  in  the  cemetery  2nd  October. 

±  At  .Saffron  Walden. 


HISTOUY    OF    THE    WIL.MER    FAMILY. 

His  wife  died  (Ob.N.,  JJf.)  at  Brigg,  24th 
May  1866,  aged  60  ;  buried  there  in  the  cemetery, 
29th  May.  Both  Joseph  Hopkins  and  his  wife 
were  Ministers  of  the  Society  of  Friends.  They 
had  issue : — 

i.  Joseph-Green  Hopkins,  of  Brand}^ 
Car,  now  resident  at  Lewes,  co.  Sussex  ; 
born  at  Brandy  Car,  2nd  October  1 840  : 
married,  in  the  F.M.H.,  Luton,  29th 
April  1 863,  Elizabelh.daughter  of  William 
Drcwett,  of  Luton,  and  of  Gulielma-Maria 
Pattison,  his  wife.  J.-G.  and  E.  Hopkins 
are  both  Ministers  in  the  Society  of 
Friends. 

i.  Susan-Day  Hopkins,  of  Crich,  co. 
Derby,  born  14th  September  1847. 

VI.  Caroline  Green,  born  loth  March  1808J  ; 
married,  in  the  F.M.H.J,  3rd  December  1844; 
Henry  Hopkins,  of  Scarborough,  youngest  son  of 
Jonathan  Hopkins  aforesaid,  and  had  issue:—]. 
Mary-Green  Hopkins,  of  Scarborough,  born 
there,  15th  September  1845.  Henry  Hopkins 
was  a  well-known  and  greatly  valued  Minister  of 
the  Society  of  Friends,  and  an  earnest  Christian 
missionary.  Engaged  in  religious  service,  he 
repeatedly  travelled  throughout  the  countr}-. 
He  was  born  31st  January  1812  ;  died 
(Ob.N.,  ,-:;.;]/.)  at  Scarborough,  13th  April  1881, 
aged  69  ;  buried  there  in  the  F.B.G.  Caroline 
Hopkins,  his  wife,  was  also  a  Minister  of  the 
Society  of  Friends.  She  died  (Ob.N.,  A.J/.)  at 
Scarborough,  19th  April  1874,  aged  66;  buried 
there  in  the  F.B.G.,  24th  April. 


J  At  Saffron  WaMen. 


HISTORY    OF    THE   WILMER    FAMILY.  24! 

Joseph-Markcs  Green  diedj  7th  December    1840,   aged  69,  and 
was  buried  in  the  F.B  G.J 

^W .—EhOmaS^Wm}  (Buen  [XUV],  now  of  Saffron 
Walden,  son  of  Joscph-Markes  Green  [X/P],  was  born  9th  May 
1810.J  He  married,  in  the  F.M.H.,  Haverhill,  co.  Suffolk,  i6th 
September  1840,  Harriet,  daughter  of  Robert  Adccck,  of 
Haverhill,  and  of  Linton,  co.  Cambridge,  and  of  his  wife  Mary, 
(««?  Benson)  relict  of  Joseph  Woodward.  Harriet  Green  was 
born  at  Haverhill,  8th  August  1815  ;  died  1st  January  1885,^ 
aged  69,  and  was  buried  in  the  F.B.G.+,  6th  January.  By  her 
T.-D.  Green  had  issue  : — 

I.  Thomas-Henry  Green,  M.D.  and  F.R.C.S.,  of 
Wimpole  Street,  London,  Physician  to  the  Charing 
Cross  and  Brompton  Hospitals ;  born  20th  October 
1842J  ;  married,  in  the  F.M.H.,  Westminster, 
24th  July  1879,  Charlotte-Maria,  daughter  of 
Samuel-Lindoe  Fox, of  Tottenham,  and  of  his  wife 
Rachel-Elizabeth,  who  was  a  daughter  of  Alfred 
Fox,  of  Falmouth,  and  Sarah  Lloyd,  his  wife. 
Arms  of  Fox :  Ermine,  on  a  chevron  azure 
three  foxes'  heads  erased  or,  within  a  bordure 
florettee  of  the  second  ;  on  a  canton  of  the  same 
a  drinking  cup  of  the  third  charged  on  the  bowl 
with  three  fleurs-de-lis  proper,  and  charged  in  the 
centre  with  a  rose  gules.  Dr.  Green  has  an  only 
child,  Charlotte-Muriel  Green,  who  was  born 
in  London,  26th  June  1880. 

H.  Frederick  Green,  M.A.,  of  Wandsworth,  co. 
Surrey,  and  afterwards  of  Exmouth,  co.  Devon, 
of  the  Inner  Temple,  Barrister-at-Law  in  the 
Chancery  Division  ;  born  30th  November  1845+  ; 
married,  in  the  F.M.H.,  Alton,  co.  Southampton, 
19th   April    1871,    Maria-Heath,    daughter    of 

t  At  Saffron  Walden. 


HISTORY   OF   THE    WILMER    FAMILY. 

William  Curtis,  M.R.C.S.,  of  Alton,  and  of  his  wife 
Jane.  Mrs.  Green  was  born  29th  December 
1 84 1.  Frederick  Green  was  a  man  of  great 
public  spirit,  and  took  a  leading  part  in  Liberal 
politics,  and  in  whatever  he  believed  was 
calculated  to  benefit  and  elevate  his  fellow-men, 
especially  the  poorer  members  of  the  community, 
who  always  had  his  warm  sympathy  and  assistance. 
He  died  at  Exmouth,  9th  December  1883,  aged 
38  ;  buried  in  Littleham  churchyard,  co.  Devon, 
14th  December  ;  M.I.  He  had  issue  : — i. 
Arthur- Komney  Green,  born  i6th  February 
1872  ;  ii.  William-Curtis  Green,  born  i6th  July 
1875  ;  and  i.  Edith-Margaret  Green,  born  8th 
March  1874. 

III.  Ernest  Green,  of  Saffron  Walden  :  born  20th 
January  1S49J. 
I.  Harriet  Green,  of  Saffron  Walden;  born  7th 
May  1 844+. 
n.  Alice  Green,  of  Saffron  Walden,  born  26th 
November  1851  ;  diedj  "greatly  beloved,"  27th 
November  1886,  aged  35  ;  buried  in  the  F.BG.J, 
1st  December. 

III.  Mary  Green,  twin-sister  with  Alice;  born  26th 
November  1851J;  married,  in  the  F.M.H., 
Hastings,  30th  March  1876,  George-Theodore 
Crosfield,  now  of  Croydon,  and  has  issue  : — 
Hugh-Theodore  Crosfield,  born  at  Croydon, 
1st  June  1883  ;  and  Alice-Mary  Crosfield, 
born  at  Wanstead,  27th  May  1877.  G.-T. 
Crosfield  is  the  son  of  Joseph  Crosfield  of 
'  The  Dingle,'  Reigate,  and  Elizabeth  Backhouse, 
his  wife,  and  was  born  3rd  August  1849.     He  is  a 

t  At  Saffi on  Walden. 


HISTORY    OF    THE    WILMER    FAMILY.  243. 

partner  in   the  firm   of  Harrisons  and  Crosfield, 
Tea  Merchants,  of  Great  Tower  Street,  London. 


GREEN    OF    STANSTED    MONTFICHET. 

I.— JOSl)Ua  ©reen  [AY/Q],  Merchant,  now  of  Stansted 
Montfichet,  the  younger  surviving  son  of  Joseph-Markes  Green 
[AYP],  was  born  5th  May  181 3.+  He  married  first,  in  the 
F.M.H.,  Liverpool,  12th  October  1843,  Ehzabeth,  daughter  of 
Thomas  Robson,  of  Liverpool,  and  Ehzabeth  Stephenson,  his 
wife,  and  granddaughter  of  Thomas  Robson,  of  Darlington,  and 
Margaret  Pease,  his  wife.  Arms  of  Robson:  Azure  a  chevron 
erminois  between  three  boars'  heads.  Elizabeth  Green  occupied 
the  position  of  an  Elder  in  the  Society  of  Friends.  Her's  was  a 
beautiful  Christian  character,  and  she  was  greatly  beloved  by  all 
who  knew  her,  and  the  poor  found  in  her  a  constant  friend. 
She  was  born  in  Fawcett  Street,  Sunderland,  2nd  October  181 5, 
died  (Ob.N.,  A.M.)  at  Stansted,  ist  May  1881,  and  was  buried 
there  in  the  F.B.G.,  6th  May.  By  her  Joshua  Green  had 
issue  : — 

I.  Richard  -  Grafton  Green,  Artist,  of  Saffron 
Walden  ;  born  at  Stansted,  28th  March  1848; 
married  there,  in  the  F.M.H.,  27th  August  1879, 
Edith  -  Emily,  only  child  of  Thomas-Smith 
Hicks,  Merchant,  of  Stansted,  and  of  Ellen  Sanders, 
his  wife.  E.-E.  Green  was  born  14th  April  1855, 
and  by  her  R.-C.  Green  has  issue  : — Gurnell- 
Crafton  Green,  born  at  Stanstead,  26th  June 
1881  ;  and  Wilfred-Arnold  Gresn,  born  22nd 
October  1883.  J 
II.  Joseph-Joshua  Green,  Merchant  of  Stansted; 
born  there  15th  April  1854;  married,  in  the 
F.M.H.,  Dover,  7th  February  1884,  Elizabeth, 
eldest  daughter  of  Daniel-Perry  Poulter,  of  Dover, 

i  At  Saffron  Walden. 


HISTORY   OF    THE    WILMER    FAMILY. 

and  of  Emily  Wheelwright  his  wife,  and  grand- 
daughter of  Thomas  Wheelwright,  M.D.,  of 
London,  and  of  Elizabeth  Ridge  his  wife,  of  the 
family  of  Ridge  of  Chichester  and  Lewes,  (see 
Bcrr)-'s  Sussex  Pedigrees  and  Horsfield's  Laves). 
Arms  of  Poulter :  Argent,  two  bendlets  sable 
between  as  many  Cornish  choughs  proper. 
Elizabeth  Green  was  born  at  Dover,  26th 
November  i860,  and  by  her  J.-J.  Green  has  a  son 
and  a  daughter,  namely: — John-Wilraer  Green, 
born  at  Stansted,  24th  August  1 887  ;  and 
fc  lizabeth-Wilmer  Green,  born  at  Stansted,  29th 
January  1886. 

III.  Harford  Green,  Merchant,  of  Stansted,  born 
there  25th  August  1858  ;  married,  in  the 
F.:\I.H.,  Devonshire  House,  London,  12th  April 
1883,  Hannah-Mary,  eldest  daughter  of  Henry 
Headley,  of  Ashford  and  Canterbury,  and  of 
Hannah-Maria  Burgess,  his  wife. 
I.  Elizabeth-Robson  Green,  of  Stoke  Xewington, 
born  at  Stansted,  20th  October  1844. 
II.  Mary-Charlotte  Green,  born  at  Stansted,  ist 
May  1846  ;  married,  in  the  F.M.H.,  Stansted, 
13th  May  1868,  John-Wilfred.  Mounsey,  Iron- 
ship-builder,  of  Sunderland,  second  son  of  John 
Mounsey,  of  Hendon  Hill,  Sunderland,  and  of  Lucy 
Backhouse,  his  wife.  J.-W.  Mounsey  was  born 
at  Sunderland, /th  October  1843,  and  has  issue: — 
i.  Wilfred-Arthur  Mounsey, born  atSunderland, 
13th  August  187 1  ;  ii.  John-Harold  Mounsey, 
born  there,  13th  January  1874;  and  i.  Ethel- 
Mary  Mounsey,  born  there,4th  September  1869. 

III.  Henrietta  Green,  engaged  as  a  Missionary  at 
Hankow,  in  China  ;  born  at  Stansted,  3rd 
February  1851. 


HISTORY   OF  THE   WILMER    FAMILY.  245 

IV.  Margaret-Ann  Green,  born    at  Stansted,  14th 

January   1856  ;  married  there,  in  the  F.M.H.,  gth 

September  1885,  Herbert-Dimsdale    Headley, 

son  of  Henry  Headley  aforesaid,  and  had  issue: — 

i.    Alice-Margaretta     Headley,    born     at 

Ashford,  19th  July  1887  ;  died  there  17th  August 

1887. 

Joshua  Green  married  secondly,  in  the  F.M.H.,  Southport,  gth 

June  1886,  Caroline  White,  of  Southport,  widow  of  William 

White,  M.D.,  of  Manchester  and  Southport,  and   daughter  of 

Henry  Watson,  Woollen  Draper,  of  Friday  Street,  London,  and 

of  Harriet   Hooper,  his    wife,  and  granddaughter  of  Sir  Joshua 

Watson,  Bart^,  of  Staindrop,  CO.  Durham,  a  member  of  the  family 

of  Watson,   Baronets,   of  Huntwell    and    Cockfield    Hall,   co. 

Durham. 


HARFORD  AND  LYNE,  OF  LOxNDON,  BRISTOL, 
AND  KEYNSHAM. 

$.— ^ri^ell  (Bxmi  [X],  the  sixth  daughter  of  Joseph 
and  Mary  Green  [/-^P]  (see  p.  234),  was  born  in  Spital  Square, 
London,  27th  October  J756.  She  married,  from  her  then 
residence  at  Stoke  Newington,  in  the  F.M.H.,  Winchmore  Hill, 
23rd  October  1782,  Richard  Harford,  F.L.S.,  etc.,  of  Budge 
Row,  and  Frederick  Place,  Old  Jewry,  Merchant,  and  of 
Stockwell  and  Clapham,  co.  Surrey.  Arms  of  Harford  :  Sable, 
two  bends  argent,  on  a  canton  (the  arms  of  Scrope)  azure,  a 
bend  or  ;  a  martlet  for  difference.  Richard  Harford  took  the 
name  and  arms  of  Lyne  by  sign  manual,  bearing  date  29th 
February  1820,  on  succeeding  to  the  estate  of  Keynsham  Manor, 
CO.   Somerset,   left   to  him   by  his  cousin,  Edward   Lyne,  Esq., 


2.  It  is  asserted  by  his  descendants 
that  Joshua  Watson  was  a  Baronet,  and 
that  his  son,  Henry  Watson,  who  was 
a  Qualier,  never  assumed  the  title, 
because  to  have  done  so  would  have 
been  inconsistent  with  the  principles  of 
the  Society  of  Friends.  We  have  been 
unable,  however,   to  find  any  mention 


of  this  family  of  Watson  in  the  works 
that  treat  of  titles  of  honour,  in 
Surtees'  History  oj  Durham,  or  in 
Raine's  North  Durham.  The  arms 
also  of  the  family  seem  to  be  unknown. 
But  see  Ecroyd  bmith's  Annals  of 
Smith  of  Cantley,  p.  206. 


246  HISTORY    OF   THE   WILMER    FAMILY. 

with  that  proviso.  Edward  Lyne,  who  was  of  the  same  family 
as  Father  Ignatius,  was  High  Sheriff  for  co.  Somerset  in  1795, 
and  died  at  Bath,  15th  September  1819.  His  will  was  dated 
1 8th  December  1S16.  Richard  Harford,  afterwards  Lyne,  was 
the  fourth  son  ot  Truman  Harford,  of  Castle  Green,  Bristol,  and 
of  Mary  Taylor,  his  wife,  and  being  of  the  same  family  as  the 
Harfords  of  Blaize  castle,  deduced  his  descent  from  John  Harford, 
of  Bosbury,  co.  Hereford,  Gent.,  who  died  in  1559,  and  Anne, 
daughter  of  Richard  Scrope,  of  Castle  Coombe,  co.  Wilts. 
Richard  and  Grizell  Lyne  had  issue  :— 

iY:.  —I.  Hexry  Harford.    5<:t'  Mo-a;  ii. 

11.  Charles  -  Richard  Harford,  Esq.,  of 
Rutland  Gate,  London,  of  Clapham,  and  of  St. 
Leonard's-on-the-Sea  ;  born  13th  July  17S7  ; 
died  at  the  last-named  place  9th  April  1874, 
aged  86 ;  buried  in  the  family  vault  of  the 
Hoggarts  at  Beckenham  ;  M.L  ;  married,  at  the 
parish  church  of  Sutton,  co.  Surrey,  i8th  or  21st 
June  1 8 14,  Sarah,  youngest  daughter  of  Robert 
Hoggart,  Esq.,  of  Beckenham,  co.  Kent.  She 
died  4th  August  1S21,  aged  29;  buried  in 
Beckenham  churchyard,  nth  August;  M.I. 
They  had  issue  : — 

i.  Charles  -  Richard  Harford,  Esq.  ; 
Underwriter,  of  Hyde  Park  Gate,  South, 
London;  born  6th  June  1815  ;  baptized 
at  Strcatham,  co.  Surrey,  3rd  November 
181 5  ;  married,  at  Heavitree,  co.  Devon, 
25th  September  1846,  Jane  Dunkin . 
daughter  of  Charles-William  Steer,  Esq., 
of  Spring  Lawn,  co.  Devon,  and  has 
issue: — L  Charles  Harford;  2. 
Edmund  -  Frederick  Harford ;  3. 
Alfred  Harford  ;  i.  Florence-Jank 
,  Harford,  married  Mr.  Ram,  and  died  at 


HISTORY    OF    THE    WILMER    FAMILY.  247 

Bournemouth     in      iSSi  ;      2.     Eleanor 
Harford;  and  3.  Adelaide  Harford. 

ii.  William  -  Henry  Harford,  Esq. ; 
Estate  Valuer,  of  Cranbrook,  co.  Kent, 
born  isth  October  1816  ;  baptized  at 
Wandsworth,  22nd  January  1817;  buried 
at  Cranbrook  ;  married  Ann  -  Viney, 
daughter  of  William  Winch,  Esq., 
and  Ann  Durrant,  his  wife.  She  was 
born  at  '  Handcocks,'  Cranbrook,  co. 
Kent,  25th  September  1817  ;  died  in 
London  ;  buried  at  Cranbrook.  He  had 
issue : — Henry  Harford,  and  two 
daughters. 
iii.  Frederick  Harford,  Esq.,  of  Old  Broad 
Street,  London,  and  South  Norwood  Hill, 
CO.  Surrey;  born  15th  November  1819; 
baptized  at  Clapham,  7th  March  1821  ; 
married,  at  Lexden,  co.  Essex,  4th  May 
i860,  Ellen-Gould,  widow  of  Anthony 
Story,  Esq.,  Solicitor,  of  St.  Albans,  and 
sixth  daughter  of  George-Modd  Box,  Esq., 
of  South  Lodge,  Southgate,  co.  Middlesex, 
and  Susanna  his  wife,  fifth  daughter  of 
Robert  Hoggart,  Esq.,  of  Fox  Grove, 
Beckenham.  She  died  at  South  Norwood 
Hill,  24th  April  1884,  without  issue  by 
her  second  husband,  and  was  buried  at 
Dorking,  co.  Surrey. 
i.  Sarah  Harford,  now  of  South  Norwood 
Hill,  formerly  of  St.  Leonard's,  born  25th 
May  1818  ;  baptized  at  Wandsworth,  8th 
April  1819. 
ii.  Eleanor  Harford,  born  25th  July  1821  ; 
baptized    at    Clapham,    3rd    May     1822  ; 


248  HISTORY    OF    THE    WILiMER    FAMILY. 

married,  at  St.  Mary  Magdalene'?,  Monster 
Square,  London,  3rd  September  1883, 
Henry-Cope  Caulfeild,  Esq.,  of  Clone 
House,  St.  Leonard's,  and  Raheenduff, 
in  the  Queen's  county. 

III.  Edwin  Harford,  Esq.,  of  Stockwell  and 
Clapham,  born  at  Frederick  Place,  25th  January 
1794  ;  died  unmarried  at  the  Crescent,  Clapham 
Common,  29th  August  1857,  aged  6;^  ;  buried  in 
Norwood  cemetery  ;  M.I. 
I.  Mary  Harford,  born  at  Frederick  Place,  5th 
November  1783  ;  married,  at  Wandsworth  parish 
church,  9th  June  18 14,  Robert  Hoggart,  Esq.,  of 
Tooting,  CO.  Surrey  (son  of  Robert  Hoggart 
above  mentioned),  and  had  issue  : — 

i.  Robert-Smith    Hoggart,    Esq.,    born 
1816  ;    died    at   Ferozepore,    India,    loth 
August  1848. 
ii.  Charles-Lancelot    Hoggart,    Esq., 
born   1 8 17;    died  at    no.    62    Old   Broad 
Street,    London,    12th     February     1S64, 
aged  47  ;  buried  at  Beckenham. 
iii.  Henry-George    Hoggart,  Esq.,  born 
1818  ;     died    at    Molcsey,     co.      Surrey, 
13th  September    1867,  aged    49;    buried 
at  Eeckenham  ;  M.I. 
iv.  Arthur    Hoggart,   Esq.,   bom    1822  ; 
died   at    Norwood,  iSth  April   1846,  aged 
24  ;   buried  at  Beckenham  ;  M.I. 
i.  Mary  -  Harford     Hoggart,    born     21st 
December  1820  ;  married,  at  Penge  parish 
church,   13th  December  1870,  John  Gill, 
Esq.,   of  Worthing,   son  of  Thomas  and 
Mary  -  Anne    Gill.        He    was    born    at 


HISTORY    OF    THE    WILMER    FAMILY.  249 

Lambeth,  in  1817  ;  died    at  his  residence, 
Claverton  House,   Ryde,    nth    November 
1887,     aged    70  ;      and     was    buried    in 
Xorvvood  cemetery  ;  M.I. 
ii.  Sarah-Sophia    Hoggart,    born     21st 
February  1824;  died  an  infant. 
Robert   Hoggart  was    born    at    Blackheath,    9th 
July  1 78 1  ;  baptized   at   Lambeth  parish  church, 
8th  May  1782  ;    died  at  Norwood,  8th  August 
1857,   aged    75  ;  buried   in    the    family  vault   at 
Beckenham  ;     M.I.      Mary    Hoggart     died     at 
Norwood,  23rd  April  i860  ;  buried  in  Beckenham 
churchyard  ;  M.I. 
II.  Elizabeth  Harford,  born  at  Frederick  Place, 
2nd    June   1786;    died  unmarried   at   Stockwell, 
23rd     November     1849  ;     buried     in     Norwood 
cemetery;   M.I. 

III.  Lucy  Harford,  born  at  Frederick  Place,  27th 
December  1788  ;  died  unmarried  at  her  residence. 
The  Crescent,  Clapham,  6th  November  1875  ; 
buried  in  Norwood  cemetery. 

IV.  Caroline  Harford,  born  at  Frederick  Place 
31st  December  1789  ;  died  at  Clapham  Common, 
4th  October  1803;  buried  in  the  F.B.G., 
Whitechapel,  lOth  October. 

V.  Emily  Harford,  bom  at  Frederick  Place,  2nd 

October    1791  ;  died  at  The  Crescent,  Clapham, 

9th  June  1859  ;  buried  in  Norwood  cemetery  ;  M.I. 

VI.  Ann    Harford,  born  at  Frederick   Place,   2nd 

January     1793;     died     an     infant;     buried     at 

Whitechapel. 

Richard  Lyne  was  born  at  Bristol,  17th  November  1749  ;  died  at 

Stockwell,  7th  December   1826,  aged  "JJ  ;  and  was  buried  in  the 

F.B.G.,  Whitechapel,   14th    December.      Grizell    Lyne,  who   is 


250  HISTORY    OF    THE    WILMER    FAMILY. 

greatly  revered  by  her  descendants, died  at  Stockwell,  nth  April 
1844,  aged  87  ;  and  was  buried  at  Whitechapel. 

M.— 1^rnr»  l^arfOrtl  [X/],  Esq.,  of  Keynsham,  CO. 
Somerset,  and  Balham  Hill,  co.  Surrey,  was  born  at  Frederick 
Place,  gth  March  1785.  He  took  the  name  and  arms  of  Lyne 
by  sign  manual,  dated  29th  December  1826,  on  succeeding 
to  his  father's  estate  at  Keynsham.  Arms  of  Lyne  :  Gules, 
three  bucks'  heads  couped  argent,  on  a  chief  of  the  second  two 
griffins'  heads  erased  sable  ;  crest :  A  griffin's  head  erased  sable. 
He  married,  at  Sutton,  co.  Surrey,  15th  September  1818, 
Eliza- Mountney,  daughter  of  Robert  Hoggart,  Esq.,  of  Old 
Broad  Street,  London,  and  Fox  Grove,  Beckenham,  co.  Kent, 
and  Mary  Smith,  his  wife.  Arms  of  Hoggart :  Argent,  a 
chevron  vaird  or  and  gules  between  three  hearts  of  the  third, 
each  charged  with  a  lion's  jambe,  erased  in  pale,  paw  downwards, 
of  the  second.  Mrs.  Lyne  was  born  17th  June  1786,  died  at 
Keynsham,  17th  October  1871,  aged  85,  and  was  buried  there. 
Henry  Lyne  had  issue  : — 

Mi..—1.   Harford   Lyne.     See  below,  £££. 

I.   Eliza  -  Mountney  Lyne,  born   at  Balham,  25th 

September     1819  ;     baptized    at    Streatham,  co. 

Surrey,  ist  March  1820. 
H.  Louisa-Charlotte  Lyxe, born  at  Balham,2ist 

October    1820;     baptized     at     Clapham,     30th 

November    1821  ;  died  at   Keynsham,   2nd   July 

1849  ;  buried  there. 
HI.  Mary-Emma  Lyne,  born  at  Balham,  14th  June 

1822;    baptized    at    Streatham,  13th    July  1823  ; 

died  at  Keynsham,  9th  February  1S49,  aged  25  ; 

buried  there. 
IV.  Caroline  Lyne,  born  at  Balham,  nth  October 

1826  ;  baptized  at  Clapham,  28th  February  1827  ; 

died    at    Keynsham,    7th    July    1852,    aged   25  ; 

buried  at  Keynsham. 


HISTORY    OF    THE    WILMER    FAMILY.  25 1 

Mr.  Lyne  died  at  Keynsham,  8th  May  1868,  aged  83,  and  was 
buried  in  the  family  vault  in  Keynsham  church. 

m.— i^arfOril  ESnC  [ay/],  Esq.,  J.P.,  now  of 
Keynsham,  was  born  at  Balham,  loth  June  1824.  He  married, 
at  Min^head,  co.  Somerset,  5th  March  1852,  Rebecca-Harriet, 
only  daughter  of  Thomas  Batchellor,  of  Monckton  Farley,  Wilts., 
and  of  Harriett  Hellings,  his  wife,  and  has  issue: — 1. 
Emma-Harford  Lyne,  born  at  Clifton,  co.  Somerset,  19th 
January  1853. 

EDMONDS     OF     HIGH     WYCOMBE  ;      AND     SMITH 
OF     HIGHBURY. 

$. — (©vIjPU  (SrCfU  [-^'^].  the  eldest  daughter  of  Joseph 
Green  [XP]  {seep.  236),  was  born  at  Stone  Deane  House,  24th 
December  1774.  She  married,  in  the  F.M.H.,  High  Wycombe, 
22nd  February  1797,  Samuel  Edmonds,  Miller,  of  High 
Wycombe,  son  of  Thomas  Edmonds,  Miller,  and  Joanna  Worster, 
his  wife,  and  had  issue  : — 

I.  Samuel  Edmonds,  born  1804;  died  1810. 

U. — -I.  Grizell-Vlaria  Edmonds.     See  l>e/ozi',a.. 

II.  Anna  Edmonds,  married  Philip-Debell  Tuckett 
{seep.  254). 
Samuel  Edmonds  died  at  High  Wycombe,  nth  October  1847, 
aged  84.  Grizell  Edmonds  died  there  24th  January  1869,  aged 
94,  and  was  buried  there,  in  the  F.B.G.,  beside  her  husband,  30th 
January. 

M.— C!5tijen-iffilaria  iStrmontis  [xn],  now  living,  the 

elder  daughter  of  Samuel  Edmonds,  was  born  at  High 
Wycombe,  13th  December  1799.  She  married  there,  20th  June 
1827,  Richard  Smith,  Solicitor,  of  no.  6y  (Zhancery  Lane,  and  of 
no.  12  Harpur  Street,  Bloomsbury,  and  afterwards  of  no.  10 
Highbury  Place,  London,  and  had  issue  : — 


252  HISTORY    OF    THE    WILMER    FAMILY. 

iM.—l.  Richard  Smith.     Sc-e  bcloic,  iM. 

II.  Samuel-Edmonds  Smith,  Esq.,  born  2sth 
December  1829  ;  married  first,  20th  April  1858, 
Jane-Courtier  Browne.  By  her  (who  died  9th 
May  1863)  S.-E.  Smith  had  issue:—!.  Annie- 
Elizabeth  Smith,  born  14th  February  1859; 
married,  15th  August  1883,  George-Philip 
Nowers  ;  and  ii.  Alice-Jane  Smith,  born  2nd 
November  1861.  S.-E.  Smith  married  secondly, 
2nd  August  1866,  Sarah- Frederica  Savage,  and 
and  has  issue : — 1.  Thomas-Savage  Smith, 
born  26th  October  186S  ;  ii.  John-Henry 
Smith,  born  25th  December  1873  ;  died  2Sth 
March  1874;  i.  IVIaria-Frederica  Smith,  born 
26th  October  1867  ;  ii.  Helen-Sophia  Smith, 
born  20th  September  1870  ;  and  iii.  Katherine- 
Sarah  Smith,  born  nth  August  1872. 

III.  Joseph  Smith,  born  6th  December  1831  ; 
married,  13th  January  1S58,  Susan  Anderson  ; 
and  by  her  (who  died  12th  July  1864)  had 
issue: — i.  George-Anderson  Smith,  born  23rd 
December  1862  ;  and  i.  Mary-Louise  Smith, 
born  1st  January  1859;  married,  8th  September 
1877,  John  -  Bellerby  Sampson;  ii. 
Josephine- Susan  Smith,  born  loth  April 
i860. 

IV.  George  Smith,  born  21st  December  1833  ; 
died  13th  August  1S56. 

V.  William-Binns  Smith,  Chief  Clerk  in  the 
Chancery  Division  of  the  High  Court  of  Justice  ; 
born  2nd  June  1837;  married,  nth  October 
1882,  Rosalie-Alice  Romer. 
VI.  James-Hesletine  Smith,  born  28th  December 
1841. 


HISTORY    OF    THE    WILMER    FAMILY.  253 

I.  Anna-Maria  Smith,  of  Highbury   Place;    bom 
13th  October  1835. 
II.  ElizabetJa    Smith,    of   Highbury    Place,  ;    born 

20th  December  1840. 
III.  Sarah-Jane  Smith,  of  Highbury  Place  ;  born 
23rd  January  1845. 
Richard  Smith  was  the  son  of  Joseph  Smith,  of  Close 
House,  Skipton,  co.  York,  and  Mary  Binns,  his  wife.  He  was 
born  i8th  December  1784;  died  at  Highbury  Place,  17th 
November  1856  ;  and  was  buried  at  Winchmore  Hill. 

!££.— l^irfjartl  *mlti)  [XJH].  Esq.,  Solicitor,  now  of 
no.  26  Lincoln's  Inn  Fields,  and  Cromwell  Road,  Kensington, 
London,  the  eldest  son  of  Richard  Smith,  was  born  19th  April 
1828.  He  married,  at  the  F.M.H.,  Leeds,  15th  May  1861, 
Mary,  daughter  of  Robert-Lawson  Ford,  of  St  John's  Hill,  and 
afterwards  of  Adel  Grange,  Leeds,  and  Hannah,  his  wife 
(daughter  of  Thomas-Benson  Pease,  of  the  Darlington  family  of 
that  name),  and  has  issue  : — 

I.  Richard-Ford      Smith,      born      at      Highbury 

Crescent,  17th  March  1862. 
II.  Charles  Lawson  Smith,  born  there   19th  June 
1863. 

III.  Walter-Arthington    Smith,    born   there,    nth 
December  1865. 

IV.  Arthur-Myers  Smith,  born  there,  isth  January 
1871. 

V.  Hugh-Vandewal]     Smith,   born    in    Cromwell 
Road,  14th  March  1880. 

I.  Mary-Catherine-Ford  Smith,  born  there,  27th 
March  1875. 


254  HISTORY    OF   THE   WILMER    FAMILY. 

TUCKETT  OF   FRENCHAY. 

Arms  ;  Or,  a  chevron  between  three  crosses  azure. 

I.— Hnua  iSlimOntiS  [Xn\  now  living,  the  younger 
daughter  of  Samuel  Edmonds  and  Grizell  Green  (j-tv /.  251), 
was  born  at  High  Wycombe,  14th  March  1802.  She  married 
there,  4th  April  1832,  Philip-Debell  Tuckett,  Gent.,  of  Frenchay, 
CO.  Gloucester,  eldest  son  of  Philip-Debell  Tuckett,  of  Frenchay, 
and  Elizabeth  Curtis,  his  wife,  and  had  issue  : — 

JX. — I.  Philip-Debell  Tuckett.     See  below,  II. 

II.  Samuel  -  Edmonds  Tuckett,    Esq.,  bom    at 
Frenchay,  1S37,  died   sine  prole  19th   September 
1861  ;  buried  there, 
Mr.  Tuckett  died  at  Frenchay,  15th  August  1872,  aged  70. 

££.— i3f)iIip=3Bri)rU  JITurkrtt  [xin],  Esq.,  now  of 

Child's  Hill  House,  Hampstead  (formerly  of  Cleveland  Gardens 
and  Highgate,  London),  was  born  at  Frenchay,  29th  November 
1833.  He  married,  nth  September  1867,  Rachel-Elizabeth, 
widow  of  Samuel-Lindoe  Fox,  of  Tottenham,  and  eldest 
daughter  of  Alfred  Fo.v,  of  Falmouth,  and  Sarah  Lloyd,  his 
wife.     Mr.  Tuckett  has  issue: — 

I.   Philip  -  Debell    Tuckett.    born    in    Cleveland 
Gardens,  22nd  December  1S68. 

II.  Porcival-Fox  Tuckett,  born  there,  21st  August 
1870. 

III.  Ivor-Lloyd  Tuckett,  born  there,   ist  Februai)- 
IS73- 


HISTORY    OF   THE   WILMER    FAMILY.  255 

LITTLEBOY       OF        GREAT        BERKHAMPSTEAD, 

NEWPORT       PAGNELL,     HUNTON      BRIDGE,     AND 

PRESTON   CROWMARSH. 

$.— IWarg  ©rem  [XJ],  the  second  daughter  of  Joseph 
Green  [XP]  [seep.  236),  was  born  at  Stone  Deane,  2nd  May 
1773.  She  married,  in  the  F.M.H.,  High  Wycombe,  14th  May 
1793,  John  Eeles,  Miller,  of  Amersham,  son  of  Robert  Eeles, 
of  Amersham,  and  Sarah  Coles,  his  wife,  and  had  issue  : — 

I3E. — I.  Sarah  Eeles.     See  Mow,  H. 

II.  Mary  Eeles,  born  September   1796  ;    married, 

October   1825,  John-Turpin    Eddy,   of    Bishops 

Stortford,    Chemist,  son    of    Charles    and    Mary 

Eddy,  of  Philadelphia.       He  was  born  in   1799  ; 

died    in     London,    2nd    October    1864.       While 

J.-T.   Eddy  was  resident   at   Bishop's   Stortford, 

Jacob  Bright,  afterwards    M.P.    for    Manchester, 

was  for  several  years  his  assistant.      Mary   Eddy 

died    at    Great    Berkhampstcad,    17th    February 

1871  ;  buried  in  the  F.B.G.,  23rd  February. 

John     Eeles    was     born     loth     April      1769,     and     died      ist 

February  1847.     Mary  Eeles,  who   is  described   as  an  "  humble, 

"lovely  character,"  died  at  Amersham,  3rd  August    1 800,  aged 

27,  and  was  buried  there,  in  the  F.B.G.,  loth  August. 

IS.— Saraf)  iSeleS  [X/J],  the  eider  daughter  of  John 
Eeles,  was  born  at  Amersham,  2nd  August  1794.  She  married, 
9th  October  181 7,  William  Littleboy,  Miller,  of  Bourne  End, 
near  Great  Berkhampstead,  son  of  Richard  and  Sarah  Littleboy, 
of  Great  Berkhampstead,  and  had  issue  : — 

IJiJi. — I.   Richard  Littleboy.     See  beloiv,  £££. 

II.   John  -  Eeles     Littleboy,     Miller,    of    Hunton 
Bridge,  near  Watford,  co.   Hertford  ;   born   24th 


256  HISTORY    OF    THE    WILMER    FAMILY. 

November  1S25;  married,  2i.st  March  1S50-1, 
Mary-Naish,  daughter  of  John  and  Sarah 
Ashworth,  of  Turton,  near  Bolton,  co,  Lancaster. 
She  was  born  27th  April  1821  ;  died  12th  April 
1884.     J.-E.  Littleboy  had  issue  :— 

i.  Louisa  -  Mary  Littleboy,  born  29th 
March  1S51  ;  married,  5th  April  1877, 
Charles  Cooper,  Paper-maker,  of  Tovil, 
near  Maidstone,  son  of  Emanuel  and 
Elizabeth  Cooper,  of  Stoke  Ncwington. 
He  was  born  29th  May  1838,  and  has 
issue: — I.  John  -  Eeles  Cooper,  born 
24th  April  1S84;  2.  Charles-Hubert 
Cooper,  born  7th  June  1886  ;  I.  Wini- 
fred-Mary Cooper,  born  5th  February 
1878 ;  2.  Elsie-Louisa  Cooper,  born 
13th  February  1880;  and  3.  Lilian- 
Ruth  Cooper,  born  15th  November  1881. 

IIL  William  Littleboy,  Miller,  of  Preston  Crowmarsh, 
nearWallingford,co.  Berks. ;  born  isth  April  182S  ; 
married,  24th  September  1S56,  Sarah,  daughter 
of  James  and  Lydia  Thurlow,  of  High  Wy- 
combe. By  her  (who  was  born  28th  November 
182S)  William  Littleboyhadissue:—i.  William- 
Henry-Theodore  Littleboy,  born  2nd  April 
1868;  ii.  Thomas-Graham  Littleboy,  born 
1st  February  1870 ;  iii.  Allan-Richard  Little- 
boy, born  2 1  St  September  1871  ;  i.  Florence- 
Ellen  Littleboy,  born  17th  July  1857;  died  2nd 
August  1877  ;  ii.  Fose-Marian  Littleboy,  born 
29th  November  1858  ;  iii.  Mary-Thurlow 
Littleboy,  born  5th  January  i860;  died  6th 
January  1887  ;  iv.  Amy-Susanne  Littleboy, 
born  5th  January  1861  ;  and  V.  Isabelle  Little- 
boy, married  John-Henry  Darby  (see p.  257). 


HISTORY    OF   THE    WILMER    FAMILY.  257 

IV.  Thomas-Graham  Littleboy,  Miller,  of  Pres- 
ton Crowmarsh  ;  born  13th  March  1831  ;  died  13th 
July  1869  [Ob.N.,  AJf.]  ■  married,  5th  Septem- 
ber 1855,  Sophia,  daughter  of  Caleb  and  Mary 
Richardson,  of  West  Lodge,  Sunderland.  She 
was  born  i6th  August  183 1,  and  died  2nd  May 
1865.  T.-G.  Littleboy  had  issue  : — i.  Charles- 
William  Littleboy,  of  Stockton-on-Tees,  born 
31st  August  1856;  ii.  GrahaxM-Richardson 
Littleboy,  born  27th  October  1857,  died  21st 
January  1869;  iii.  Frederick  Littleboy,  of 
Sunderland,  born  3rd  July  1861  ;  and  i.  Ellen- 
Sophia  Littleboy,  of  Wrensnest,  Wrexham,  born 
1 8th  December  1863. 
L  Mary  Littleboy,  of  Great  Berkhampstcad,  born 
1st  November  18 18. 
II.  Sarah  Littleboy,  born  9th  March  1822  ;  married, 
5th  July  1854,  William-Henry  Darby,  Iron- 
master, of  Brymbo,  near  Wrexham,  son  of 
Richard  and  Maria  Darby,  of  Coalbrookdale. 
He  was  born  2nd  April  18 19,  and  died  9th  June 
1882,  having  had  issue  : — 

i.  John-Henry  Darby,  of  Brymbo,  born 
17th  September  1856;  married,  2nd  July 
1 884, Isabella,  daughter  of  William  and 
Sarah  Littleboy,  of  Preston  Crowmarsh 
{see  p.  256).  She  was  born  2Sth  Sep- 
tember 1862,  and  has  a  daughter:— 
Gwendolen  Darby,  born  ist  May  1885. 
ii.  William  Darby,  of  Birkenhead,  born 
20th  November  1858  ;  married,  3rd  Feb- 
ruary [886,  Maria,  daughter  of  John  and 
Deborah  Thistlethwaite,  of  Birkenhead, 
and  has  a  daughter :— Ruth  Darby. 
born,  19th  September  1S87. 


258  HISTORY    OF    THE    WTLMER    FAMILV. 

Hi.  Alfred    Darby,    of   Wrexham,  born    6th 

July    i860, 
i.  Ellen  Darby,  born  6th   Ortober  1864; 

died  20th  April  1S65. 
William  Littleboy  was  born  14th  Augu.st  1788,  and  died  28th 
January  1837.  His  wife,  Sarah,  was  a  vahicd  Minister  of  the 
Society  of  Friends,  and  in  every  sense  an  estimable  woman. 
She  was  gifted  with  considerable  literary  powers,  and  wrote 
several  poems.  Her  memoirs,  with  selections  from  her  manu- 
scripts of  prose  and  poetry,  were  privately  printed  in  1873.  She 
died  at  Berkhampstead,  25th  March  1870,  and  was  buried  there 
in  the  F.B.G. 

£££. — iiiri)artl  ILlttlrtOlJ  [X///],  Banker,  now  of  New- 
port Fagnell,  co.  Buckingham,  the  eldest  son  of  William 
Littleboy,  was  born  2nd  November  1819.  He  married,  5th  July 
1S48,  Mary,  daughter  of  Daniel  and  Lydia  Brown,  of  Luton,  and 
b)'  her  fwho  was  born  25th  June  18S2)  had  issue  :  — 

I.  William  Littleboy,  of  Birmingham,  born  10th 
April  1853  ;  married,  2nd  June  18S0,  Margaret, 
daughter  of  Gawen-Ball  and  Hannah-Player 
Ken  way,  of  Birmingham.  She  was  born  26th 
July  1S55. 
II.  Francis  Littleboy.  of  Newport  Pagncll,  born 
22nd  March  1857  ;  married,  27th  March  1884, 
Lucy-Ann,  daughter  of  William-Wright  and 
Mar}'  Brown,  of  Evesham.  B\-  her  (who  was  born 
2ist  July  1858)  he  had  issue: — i.  Wilfred- 
Ernest  Littleboy,  born  i  ith  l<"ebruary  1885  ;  and 
ii,  Ronald-Francis  Littleboy,  born  8th  Feb- 
ruary 1888. 
III.  Richard  -  Wallis  Littleboy,  of  Birmingham, 
born  1st  June  1S62. 


Chapter   XVIII. 

HOARE     OF     STOKE     NEWINGTON,    HAMPSTEAD, 

AND    LONDON  ;    AND    THE    FAMILIES   OF  PRYOR, 

POWELL,  WOODS,  AND  BRADSHAW. 


Tcndimus  hue  omnes  :  metam  ptoperamus  ad  tinam 

Omnia  sub  leges  mors  vocat  atra  suas. — Ovid.  Liv.,  359. 


Akms   of    Hoare  :    Sable,  a    double-headed   eagle   displayed,   a 
bordure  engrailed  argent  j  a  crescent  for  difference. 


VUrU   Curndl  [/A'R],  the  sixth  and  youngest 

daughter    of    Jonathan    Gurnell    and    Grizell 

Wilmer  [  V//JM^,  his  wife  (see p.  192),  was  born 

in  Throckmorton  Street,  London,  8th  November 

1724.    She  married,  in  the  F.M.H.,  Gracechurch  Street,  19th  April 

1744,  Samuel  Hoare,  Merchant,  of  Dyer's  Court,  London,  and  of 

Paradise  Row,  Stoke  Newington,  and  had  issue  : — 

I.  Samuel  Hoare,  born  in  1745  ;  died  an  infant. 

II.  A  Son,  born  8th  and  died   22nd  November  1746. 

III.  Joseph   Hoare,    born   at    Paradise   Row,    27th 

April  1750;  died  unmarried,  20th  April  1774. 

M.— IV.  Samuel  Hoare.     Seebelozv,W, 

V.  Jonathan  Hoare,  Merchant,  of  Throckmorton 
Street,  London,  and  Clissolds  Park,   Stoke   New- 


HISTORY    OF    THE    WILMER    FAMILY. 

ington  ;  born  at  Paradise  Row,  4th  November 
1752  ;  died  at  Hampstead,  ijth  August  1819. 
aged  66  ;  buried  in  the  F.B.G.,  Winchmorc  Hill, 
23rd  August  ;  married,  in  the  F.M.H.,  Ratcliffe, 
CO.  Middlesex,  19th  June  1783,  Sarah,  daughter  of 
Thomas  Beswick,  and  by  her  (who  died  14th 
Februar)'  1841)  had  a  daughter: — i.  SARAH 
HOARE,  born  in  Throckmorton  Street,  4th  April 
1786  ;  died  at  Stoke  Newington,  i8th  September 
1805,  aged  19  ;  buried  in  the  F.B.G.,  Winchmore 
Hill,  2Sth  September. 
I.  GRlZELLHOARE,born  in  Dyer's  Court,  Alderman- 
bury, 24th  August  174S;  died  25th  November  [746. 
H.  Margaret  Hoare,  married  Joseph  Woods 
{see  p.  26S). 

III.  Mary  Hoare,  born  in  Dyer's  Court,  3rd  Febru- 
ary 1748-9  ;  died  'of  decay'  at  Stoke  Newington, 
26th  May  1752  ;  buried  in  the  F.B.G.,  Bunhill 
Fields,  29th  May. 

IV.  Sarah  Hoare,  married  Thomas  Bradshaw 
(see  p.  27s). 

V.  Hannah  Hoare,  born  at  Paradise  Row,  15th 
September  1755  ;  died  nth  March  1763  ;  buried 
in  the  F.B.G.,  Hammersmith,  i6th  March. 
VI.  GriZELL  Hoare,  born  at  Paradise  Row,  24th 
December  1757  ;  married  first,  in  the  F.M.H., 
White  Hart  Court,  London,  i6th  December 
1801,  Wilson  Birkbcck,  Widower,  Ironfounder, 
of  Nicholas  Lane,  London,  and  of  Hull  and 
Norwich,  son  of  John  and  Sarah  Birkbeck, 
of  Settle,  CO.  York.  He  died  2nd  June  1S12, 
aged  58,  and  was  buried  at  Winchmore  Hill. 
Grizell  Birkbeck  married  secondly,  14th  March 
1828,  William  Allen,  F.R.S.,  F.L.S.,  etc..  Chemist, 
of  Plough  Court,  London,  of  the  eminent  firm  of 


HISTORY    OF    THE    WIL.MER    FAMILY.  201 

Allen  and  Hanbury,  and  of  Lindfield,  co.  Sussex. 

William  Allen  was  the  son  of  Job  and   Margaret 

Allen,  and  was  distinguished  as  a  man  of  science 

and  as  a  philanthropist.    He  was  a  trustee  for  the 

Queen   under   the   will   of   the  Duke  of    Kent. 

Several  memoirs  of  this  estimable  man  have  been 

published,  and  for  a  further  account  of  his  life  we 

would   refer  the  reader   to  the  Annual  Monitor 

184s,   and    \}a&  Gentleman's  Magazine.      William 

Allen  died  at  Lindfield,   30th    December   1843, 

aged  'j'i,.     Grizell,  his  wife,  died  at  Paradise  Row, 

15th  July    1835,  aged  77,  and  was  buried   in   the 

F.B.G.,  Winchmore  Hill,  22nd  July. 

Vn.  Mary     Hoare,    born    at    Paradise    Row,    8th 

January     1761  ;     died     there     unmarried,     21st 

January  1819;  buried  in  the  F.B.G.,  Winchmore 

Hill,  28th  January. 

Samuel   Hoare  was  born   20th   November    17 16,   and    was    the 

second  son  of  Joseph   Hoare,   Merchant  and  Banker,  of  Cork, 

and   of   Margaret     Satterthwaite,  his    third    wife.       He   was    a 

partner  with  his  father -in-law,  Jonathan  Gurnell,  in  the  firm   of 

Giirnell  and  Hoare  afterwards    Gurnell,   Hoare   and  Harman, 

Merchants  and  Bankers.      He  died   at   Stoke   Newington,   30th 

August  1796,  and  was  buried  in  the  F.B.G.,  Winchmore  Hill,  6th 

September.     We  take  the  following  extract  from   an  obituary 

notice  in  the  Gentleman's  Magazine  : — 

"Aged  80, at  Stoke  Newington,  where  he  had  lived  ever  since  1748, 
possessed  of  an  ample  fortune,  Mr.  Samuel  Hoare,  one  of  the  most 
respectable  inhabitants  of  that  parish,  always  uniform  and  consistent  in 
his  conduct ;  strict  and  steady,  but  neither  bigoted  nor  troublesome, 
with  his  strict  adherence  to  the  principles  of  his  sect ;  of  the  most 
irreproachable  integrity  ;  always  ready  to  assist  and  serve  the  poor, 
without  regarding  their  religious  sentiments  ;  plain,  unassuming,  and 
unostentatious,  always  more  inclined  to  withdraw  from,  than  to  push 
himself  into,  public  notice.  A  man  whom  nobody  had  any  thing  to  say 
against.  His  family  originated  from  Cork,  and  he  carried  on  a  large 
trade  with  Ireland." 


202  HISTORY    OF    THE   WILMER    FAMILY. 

Grizell  Hoare,  who  is  described  in  the  same  magazine  as  "  a 
"  good,  charitable  and  truly  respectable  woman,"  died  at  Stoke 
Newington,  /th  December  1802,  and  was  buried  in  the  F.H.G., 
VVinchmore  Hill,  17th  December. 

££,— 3amurl  ii^Oare  [^VR],  Esq.,  of  Old  Broad  Street 
and  Lombard  Street,  London,  and  of  Hampstead,  co.  Middlesex, 
the  fourth  son  of  Samuel  Hoare,  was  born  at  Paradise  Row, 
Stoke  Newington,  29th  July  175 1.  Samuel  Hoare  was  a  partner 
in  the  banking  firm  of  Barnett,  Hill,  Barnett  and  Hoare,  of  no.  62 
Lombard  Street,  and  was  well-known  as  a  philanthropist.  He 
married  first,  in  the  F.M.H.,  Norwich,  15th  May  1776,  Sarah, 
daughter  of  Samuel  Gurney,  Esq.,  of  Norwich  and  London,  and 
of  Sarah  Lawrence,  his  wife.  Arms  of  Gurney  :  Argent,  a  cross 
engrailed  gules.  Sarah  Hoare  died  suddenly  in  Bread  Street, 
London,  31st  January  1783,  and  was  buried  in  the  F.B.G., 
Winchmore  Hill,  6th  February.  By  her  Samuel  Hoare  had 
issue  : — 

I.  Samuel  Hoare,  ancestor  of  the  Hoares  of 
London,  etc. 

I.  Sarah  Hoare,  born  in  Old  Broad  Street,  29th 
July  1777  ;    died  unmarried,  21st  October  1856. 

!££. — H.  Hannah  Hoare.     5^e  fe/^zc,  m. 

HI.  Grizell  HOARE,married  David  Powell  (j-^^/.  265). 
Samuel  Hoare  married  secondly,  in  the  F.M.H.,  St.  John  Street, 
London,  17th  June  17S8,  Hannah,  daughter  of  Henry  Sterry, 
Citizen  and  Currier,  of  Hatton  Garden,  London,  and  Mary 
Fleatham,  his  wife.  She  was  born  8th  August  1769,  and  died  at 
Hampstead,  2 1st  January  i856,aged  86,  sine  prole.  Samuel  Hoare 
died  at  Hampstead,  14th  July  1825,  and  was  buried  at  Winch- 
more  Hill,  20th  July. 

£11.— I^annai)  I^Oarr  [AVR],  was  bo™  in  Old  Broad 
Street,  London,  i8th  August  1779.  She  married,  in  the  F".M.H., 
25th  November  1802,  Thomas-Marlborough  Pryor,  Esq.,  of 
Hampstead,  second  son  of   John   Pryor,    Esq.,  of  Baldock,  co. 


SAMUEL  HOARE. 

born  1751.        died  1825. 

From  a  portrait  in  the  possession  ok  Robert  pryor,  escjuire. 


HISTORV   OF   THE   WILMER    FAMILY.  263 

Hertford,  and  Martha  Marlborough,  his  wife,  who  was  the 
relict  of  John  Fitzjohn,  Esq.,  of  Baldock.  Mr.  T.-M.  Pryor 
was  born  in  1777,  and  had  issue  : — 

I.  Marlborough  Pryor,  Esq.,  J. P.,  of  Weston, 
CO.  Hertford,  born  12th  March  1807  ;  married, 
1st  July  1837,  Eleanor,  daughter  of  W.-L. 
Rogers,  Esq.,  Police  Magistrate,  and  died  sine 
prole  5  th  February  1869. 

$2[F.— II.  Robert  Pryor.     See  belozv,  JSF". 

HI.  Henry-Hoare  Pryor,  Esq.,  born  6th  February 
1814  ;  died  lOth  September  1841. 
I.  Ellen  Pryor,  born  i6th  April  1810  ;  married, 
20th  March  1858,  Charles  Toller,  Esq.,  Widower, 
of  Hampstead  ;  he  died  without  issue  by  this 
marriage,  ist  October  1870. 
n.  Caroline  Pryor,  born  19th  May  18 16;  married, 
2nd  November  1836,  David  Powell,  Esq.,  of 
Heath  Lodge,  Hampstead.  He  died  6th  April 
1882,  and  was  buried  at  Hendon,  co.  Middlesex. 
Mrs.  Powell  died  14th  October  1865,  and  was 
buried  at  Overstrand,  co.  Norfolk.  They  had 
issue:— i.  David  Pow^ell,  Esq.,  of  Leadenhall 
Street,  London,  Director  of  the  Bank  of  England  ; 
born  1 6th  April  1 840;  married,  i6th  July  1867, 
Lucy-Elizabeth  Pryor,  and  had  issue ;  ii.  Henry- 
Pryor  Powell,  Esq.,  born  14th  F^ebruary  1847  ; 
married,  22nd  July  1875,  Helena  -  Margaret 
Edes ;  iii.  Robert-Walter  Powell,  Esq.,  born 
29th  September  1850  ;  married,  29th  July  1879, 
Mary-Caroline  Hankey;  iv.  Hope  Powell, 
born  24th  May  1854 ;  died  an  infant;  v.  Leonard- 
Marlborough  Pow^ell,  Esq.,  born  8th  November 
1856;  vi.  Bernard-Louis  Powell,  Esq.,  born 
loth    November   1858;    died    13th   April    18S3  ; 


264  HISTORY    OF    THE    WII.MER    FAMILY. 

i.  Caroline  Powell,  bom  30th  August  1841  ; 
died  an  infant  ;  ii.  Wilhelmina  -  Louisa 
Powell,  born  15th  August  1842  ;  iii.  Adeline 
Powell,  born  23rd  September  1843  ;  married, 
23rd  July  1868,  Richard-Musgrave  Karvey, 
Esq.;  iv.  Blanche-Mary  POWELL,  born  ist  June 
1845;  died  3rd  October  1848  ;  v.  Ellen-Marion 
Powell,  born  21st  September  1849;  and  vi.  Con- 
stance-Irby  Powell,  born  23rd  January  i860. 
Mr.  Pryor  died  4tli  Marcli  1S21,  and  was  buried  in  tlic  F.B.G., 
Winchmore  Hill,  loth  March.     Mrs.  Pryor  died  30th  April  1850. 

IW.— Motrrt  lUn'or  [ay/r],  Esq.,  m.a.,  j.p..  d.l., 

Barrister-at-Law,  now  of  High  Elms,  near  Watford,  co.  Hert- 
ford, was  the  second  son  of  Thomas-Marlborough  Pryor.  He 
was  born  21st  April  1812  ;  educated  at  Trinity  College,  Cam- 
bridge, B.A.  (fourth  Wrangler)  in  1834;  High  Sheriff  of 
Hertfordshire  in  1868  ;  and  is  Chairman  of  the  Quarter  Sessions 
for  the  county  of  Hertford.  He  married,  at  St.  James's,  West- 
minster, 20th  August  1844,  Elizabeth-Caroline,  daughter  of 
Wyrley  Birch,  Esq.,  of  VVrctham  Hall,  co.  Norfolk,  and 
Katherine-Sarah  Reynardson  his  wife.  Arms  of  Birch:  Azure, 
three  fleurs-de-lis  and  a  canton  argent.  Robert  Piyor  has  had 
issue  :  — 

I.  Marlborough-Robert  Pryor,  Esq.,  M.A.,  J. P., 
of  Weston,  CO.  Hertford,  born  i6th  October  1848  ; 
educated  at  Eton,  and  at  Trinity  College,  Cam- 
bridge, of  which  foundation  he  was  a  Fellow  ; 
married,  at  Abbot's  Langley,  co  Hertford,  7th 
April  1875,  Catherine- Alice  -  Hammond, 
daughter  of  W. -Hammond  Solly,  Esq.,  of  Serge 
Hill,  in  the  same  county,  and  has  issue  : — 
i.  Marlborough  -  Walter  Pryor,  born  1880; 
i.  Ellen-Catherine  Pryor,  born  i8th  December 
1876;  ii.  Alice  Pryor;  iii.  Elizabeth  Pryor; 
iv.  Hilda  Pryor;  and  v.  Margaret  Pryor. 


HISTORY    OF    THE    WILMER    FAMILY.  265 

II.  Frederick-Robert  Pryor,  born  January  1851  ; 
died  an  infant. 
III.  Selwyn-Robert  Pryor,    Esq.,  M.A.,  born  17th 
August   1855  ;     educated   at   Eton,  and    Trinity 
College,  Cambridge. 
lY.  Francis-Robert  Pryor,  Esq.,    B.A.,   born  30th 
March    1862  ;    educated    at    Eton,    and   Trinity 
College,  Cambridge. 
For    further  particulars  of  the  family  of  Hoarc  we  must  refer 
the    reader  to    Captain  Hoare's  history  of  the  family,   and  to 
Joseph  Foster's  Peerage  and  Baronetage. 


POWELL  OF  LOUGHTON. 
l—(&X\\t\\  i^OarC  {_XI\  third  daughter  of  Samuel 
Hoare  [XR]  {see  p.  262),  was  born  in  Old  Broad  Street,  London, 
7th  September  1781  ;  married,  9th  August  18 10,  David  Powell, 
Esq.,  J. P.,  Widower,  of  Bench  House,  Loughton,  co.  Essex, 
son  of  David  Powell,  Esq.,  of  Hommerton,  and  Letitia,  his 
wife,  daughter  of  John  Clark,  Esq.,  and  had  issue  :  — 

I.  Samuel  Powell,  Esq.,  bom  at  Hampstcad, 
i6th  December  18 14;  died  at  Hastings,unmarried, 
1st  June  1837. 
n.  George  Powell,  Clerk  in  Holy  Orders,  Vicar 
St.  James's,  Clapton,  and  subsequently  of  Crook- 
ham,  CO.  Hants.  ;  born  at  Hampstead,  sth  July 
1818  ;  died  at  Crookham,  unmarried,  9th  February 
1875. 
$$. — III.  Thomas-Edward  Powell.      See  beloiv,'^^. 

I.  Sarah-Sophia  Powell,  born  at  Hampstead,  3rd 
September  1813  ;  married,  at  Loughton,  19th 
May  1840,  George-Frederick  Goddard,  Clerk 
in  Holy  Orders,  Rector  of  Southfleet,  co.  Kent, 
eldest  son  of  the  Ven.  Archdeacon  Goddard,  of 
Ibstock,  CO.  Leicester. 


HISTORY    OF    THE    WILMER    FAMILY. 

II.  Louisa  Powell,  born  at  Hampstead,  26th 
October  1816  ;  died  at  Hastings,  5th  June  1837. 

III.  Agnes  Powell,  born  at  Hampstead,  27th  March 
1S20;  married,  at  Loughton,  22nd  August  1S38, 
Nathaniel  Powell,  Esq.,  J. P.,  of  Buckhurst  Hill, 
CO.  Essex,  third  son  of  James  Powell,  Esq.,  of 
Hackney,  and  Catherine  his  wife,  daughter  of 
Nathaniel  Cotton,  Clerk  in  Holy  Orders.  They 
had  issue  : — i.  Herbert  -  Nathaniel  Powell, 
born  4th  July  1841  ;  died  27th  August  1850; 
ii.  Robert-Arthur  Powell,  bom  24th  July 
1848;  died  an  infant;  iii.  Harry-James 
Powell,  born  24th  January  1853;  married,  26th 
January  1875,  Emma-Elizabeth,  daughter  of 
Major  Suart,  of  Chigwell  Row,  and  has  a  daughter: 
— Muriel  Powell,  who  was  born  29th  October 
1875  ;  iv.  John-David  Powell,  born  28th 
August  1855  ;  died  7th  June  1856  ;  v.  Edmund- 
Nathaniel  Powell,  Clerk  in  Holy  Orders,  Curate 
in  charge  of  Beckton,  co.  Essex  ;  born  2nd 
September  1859  ;  i.  Louisa-Agnes  POWELL, 
born  lOth  June  1839;  died  7th  May  1844;  ii. 
Alice-Catherine  Powell,  born  6th  June  1843;  iii. 
Maria  Powell,  born  3rd  November  1846  ; 
married,  I oth  September  1S67,  Frederick-George 
Read,  Esq.,  and  has  two  sons  and  three  daughters  ; 
iv.  Janette-Mary  Powell,  born  5th  August 
1S49  ;  V.  Annie-Louisa  Powell,  born  14th 
April  1S51  ;  vi.  Emma-Sophia  Powell,  born 
29th  May  1857  ;  vii.  Beatrice-Pryor  Powell, 
born  2nd  April  1862  ;  and  viii.  Rachel-Clark 
Powell,  born  31st  August  1864. 

IV.  Anna-Letitia  Powell,  born  at  Hampstead, 
lOth  November  1821  ;  married,  at  Loughton,  i6th 
May  1S43,  George-Kidd  Morrell,    M.A.,  Clerk  in 


HISTORY    OF    THE    WILMER    FAMILY.  267 

Holy    Orders,   son    of    Baker    Morrell,    Esq.,   of 

Oxford,  and  had  three  sons,  who  are  all  married 

and  have  issue,  and   one  daughter,  who  died   in 

1880.     Mrs.  Powell  died  19th  March  1885. 

David    Powell    was  born  at    Little  St.    Helens,   London,    22nd 

November  1764,  and  was  killed  by  lightning  at  Loughton,  whilst 

passing  under  a  tree,  isth  May  1832.     His  wife  Grizell,  died   at 

Hampstcad,  21st  February  1852,  aged  70. 

££.— 2rfjomas=3Btitoartr  potord  [a//],  m.a.,  cierk  in 

Holy  Orders,  now  Vicar  of  Bisham,  co.  Berks.,  was  the  third  son 
of  David  Powell,  Esq.,  by  his  second  wife.  He  was  born  at 
Hampstead,  22nd  August  1823  ;  educated  at  Oriel  College, 
Oxford,  B.A.  1845,  M.A.  1848;  ordained  Deacon  1846,  and 
Priest  1848.  He  married,  at  St.  James's,  Paddington,  5th 
January  1847,  Emma,  daughter  of  Edgar  Corrie,  Esq.,  of  Purley 
Lodge,  Croydon,  and  Margaret  his  wife,  daughter  of  Ashton 
Byrom,  Esq.,  and  has  issue  : — I.  Edgar  Powell,  born  9th 
January  1853  ;  II.  Ernest-Henry  Powell,  born  20th  Sep- 
tember 1854;  died  5th  July  1855  ;  III.  George-Herbert  Powell, 
born  29th  March  1855  ;  IV.  John-Clark  Powell,  born  25th 
December  i860;  V.  MalcohTi-Corrie  Powell  born  28th  July 
1863  ;  VL  Alfred-Hoare  Powell,  bom  14th  April  1865  ;  VII. 
Cswald-Byrcm  Powell,  born  30th  August  1867  ;  I.  Margaret 
Powell,  born  28th  November  1847  ;  II.  Emily-Sibella  Powell, 
born  25th  August  1849  ;  married, 21st  December  1878,  Fdward- 
Norman-Peter  Moor,  Esq., and  has  two  daughters  ;  III.  Anne- 
Mary  Powell,  born  27th  April  1851  ;  died  17th  September 
i860  ;  IV.  Agnes-Katharine  Powell,  born  5th  June  1858  ;  and 
V.  Edith- Venables  Powell,  born  4th  August  1870. 


205  HISTORY    OF   THE    WIL.MER    FAMILY. 

WOODS      OF      LONDON,      STOKE      NEWINGTON, 
TOTTENHAM,  AND  LEWES. 

Arms  :  Argent,  a  wolf  salient  sable,  collared  or. 

I.— JBlargarCt  ?^OaVC  [a-],  the  second  daughter  of 
Samuel  and  Grizell  Hoare  {seep.  260),  was  born  in  Dyer's  Court, 
Aldermanbury,  London,  27th  January  1747-8.  She  married,  in 
the  F.M.H.,  Gracechurch  Street,  London,  22nd  March  1769, 
Joseph  Woods,  Woollen  Draper,  of  White  Hart  Court,  second 
son  of  Edward  Woods,  of  London,  and  Sarah  Neale,  his  wife. 
Joseph  Woods  was  born  19th  September  1738.  He  was  a  man 
of  sterling  worth  and  unostentatious  habits,  and,  as  a  great 
philanthropist,  was  one  of  the  earliest  members  of  the  committee 
for  the  abolition  of  the  slave-trade,  and  a  member  of  the 
Anti-slavery  Society.  His  literary  acquirements  led  him  to  be 
a  frequent  contributor  in  Latin  and  English  prose  and  verse  to 
the  Monthly  Ledger  and  the  Gentleiiian's  JMagaziue.  In  the 
latter  magazine  were  inserted  two  highly  appreciative  obituary 
notices  of  him.  Mr.  Woods  seems  to  have  transmitted  his 
literary  tastes  to  his  descendants,  for  his  eldest  son  and  grandson 
for  seventy  years  succeeded  him  as  honorary  agents  in  the 
selection  of  books  for  the  Philadelphia  library,  which  is  one 
of  the  most  comprehensive  in  the  United  States.  Joseph  and 
Margaret  Woods  had  issue  : — 

$$.—  I.  Samuel  Woods.     See  beloiu,  132. 
n.  A  Son,  born  1773  ;  died  an  infant. 
HI.  Edmund  Woods,  born  1774  ;  died  an  infant. 
IV.  Joseph    Woods,    Esq.,    F.S.A.,    F.G.S.,    and 
F.L.S.,      of     Southover,     near     Lewes  ;      born 
at     Stoke     Newington,      24th      August     1776. 
Joseph  Woods    was    by    profession  an  Architect, 
and   one  of  the  founders,  and   the   first  honorary 
secretary  of  the  "  London  Architectural  Societ\-  " 


HISTORY    OF   THE   WILMER    FAMILY.  269 

in  1806.  When  this  Society  was  merged 
in  the  "  Royal  Society  of  British  Architects," 
Mr.  Woods  was  admitted  as  an  honorary 
member.  Several  tours  in  Italy  and  Greece 
resulted  in  the  publication  of  his  Letters  of  an 
Architect  {2  vols.  4to,  1828),  which  forms  a  standard 
work  of  reference.  Taking  up  natural  history, 
and  especially  botany,  as  his  favourite  pursuit,  he 
contributed  many  papers  to  the  scientific  societies 
that  he  joined.  In  1858  he  published  his  well- 
known  Tourists  Flora.  His  conversational 
powers  were  great,  and  his  kindness  in  aiding 
the  education  of  young  men  procured  him  many 
friends.  He  died  suddenly  at  Southover,  9th 
January  1864,  aged  87,  and  was  buried  in  the 
F.B.G.,  Lewes.  There  was  a  long  obituary  notice 
of  him  in  the  Gentleman^ s  Magazine,  and  several 
cotemporary  scientific  publications. 

V.  George    Woods,    of   whom    presently    {see  p. 

I.  Margaret  Woods,  of  Southover,  Lewes;  born 
at  Stoke  Newington,  13th  February  1778  ;  died 
at  Lewes,  15th  December  1868  ;  buried  in  the 
F.B.G.  there.  Margaret  Woods  remained  a 
consistent  and  liberal-minded  '  Friend '  all  her 
life,  and  was  well-known  as  the  compiler  of  her 
mother's  journal,  and  as  a  generous  benefactor. 

Joseph  Woods  died  at  Stoke  Newington,  27th  June  1812, 
and  was  buried  in  the  F.B.G.,  Winchmore  Hill,  3rd  July. 
Margaret  Woods  was  a  highly  gifted  woman,  and  Extracts 
from  the  Journal  of  Margaret  Woods  became  a  standard  book 
in  Friends'  libraries  both  in  England  and  America.  She  died  at 
Paradise  Row,  Stoke  Newington,  5th  July  1821,  and  was 
buried  beside  her  husband,  12th  July. 


270  HISTORY    OF    THE    WILMER    FAMILY. 

EC— ^ninilCl  SSJOOtrS  [AYJ,  F.G.S.,  of  George  Yard, 
Lombard  Street,  London,  and  of  Tottenham,  the  eldest  son  of 
Joseph  Woods,  was  born  in  White  Hart  Court,  13th  August 
1772.  He  married,  Qth  March  1797,  Lucy,  eldest  daughter  of 
Benjamin  Webb,  of  St.  John's  Square,  London,  and  of  Tottenham 
Green,  and  of  Mary  Gregory,  his  wife,  and  had  issue  :  — 

m.—I.  Samuel  Woods.     See  Mozv,  HH.. 

II.  Edward  Woods,  Civil  Engineer,  of  Victoria 
Street,  Westminster,  and  no.  45  Onslow  Gardens, 
London  ;  born  in  George  Yard,  28th  April  18 14. 
Mr.  Woods  was  formerly  Resident  Engineer  of  the 
Liverpool  and  Manchester  Railway  and  was 
President  of  the  Institute  of  Civil  Engineers 
1886-7.  He  married,  at  Edgbaston,  Sth  October 
184c,  Mary  Dent,  daughter  ot  Thomas  Goodman, 
of  Peterborough  and  Birmingham.  She  was 
born  in  September  1819;  died  15th  April  1879. 
They  had  issue  : — - 

i.  Edward-Henry  Woods,  Civil  Engineer, 
born  25th  June  1841  ;  married,  9th  June 
.'864,  Emily- Wilson,  second  daughter  of 
Matthew  and  Susan  Stow,  of  Leeds,  and 
of  Clifton,  near  Bristol.  She  was  born 
29th  March  1 84 1. 
ii.  Frank  Woods,  M.A.,  Clerk  in  Holy 
Orders,  Vicar  of  St.  Andrew's,  Notting- 
ham, formerly  of  All  Saints',  Hereford  ; 
born  2 1st  November  J 846  ;  educated  at 
Trinity  College,  Cambridge  ;  B.A.  (second 
class  Classical  Tripos)  1869;  first  class 
Theological  Tripos  1870;  M.A.  1872; 
ordained  Deacon  1870,  and  Priest  1871  ; 
married,  4th  September  1872,  Alice- 
Octavia,  third   daughter  of   Joseph   Fr}-, 


HISTOPY    OF    THE    WILMER    FAMILY.  27 1 

J. P.,  of  Fairkytes,  Hornchurch,  co.  Essex, 
and  Alice  Partridge,  his  wife,  and  grand- 
daughter of  Joseph  Fry,  of  Plashet  House, 
Essex  (and  EHzabeth  Gurney,  his  wife, 
the  distinguished  prison  philanthropist). 
Mrs.  Woods  was  born  loth  February  1845, 
and  has  issue  :— 1.  Frank  -  Theodore 
Woods,  born  15th  January  1S74 ;  2. 
Edward  -  Sydney  Woods,  born  ist 
November  1877  ;  I.  Evelyn-Mary-Alice 
Woods,  born  7th  December  1875  ;  2. 
P.ichenda  -  Margaret  Woods,  born 
20th  March  1879  ;  and  3.  Josephine- 
Adelaide  Woods,  born  21st  October 
1881. 
Hi.  Vincent  -  Sydney  Woods,  born  19th 
February  1856;  married,  at  Hornchurch, 
CO.  Essex,  1 2th  April  1888,  Margaret- 
Adelaide,  youngest  daughter  of  Joseph 
Fry,  Esq.,  of  Hornchurch. 

i.  Mary-Jane  Woods,  born  26th  July  1848; 
married,  22nd  January  187S,  Frederic 
Barker,  D.D.,  Lord  Bishop  of  Sydney, 
Widower,  son  of  the  Reverend  John 
Barker,  Rector  of  Baslow,  co.  Derby,  and 
Jane  Whyte,  his  wife.  He  died  6th  April 
1882. 

ii.  Lucy-Margaret  Woods,  born  24th  Feb- 
ruary 1858. 

HI.  J0.SEPH  Woods,  Civil  Engineer,  born  in  George 
Yard,  lOth  March  1816  ;  died  of  cholera,  6th 
September  1849. 

I.   Lucy  Wood.S,  bom  13th  September  1798  ;    died 
an  infant. 


272  HISTORY    OF   THE    WILMER    FAMILY. 

II.  Emma    Woods,  bom  2nd  July    iSoo;    died  an 
infant. 

III.  Mary    Woods,  bom   23rd    August   1801  ;    died 
19th  Febmary  1854. 

IV.  Lucy-Maria  Woods,  of  Nottingham  ;    born  4th 
April  1805. 

V.  Rachel   Woods,  born  24th  April  1807 ;   died 
29th  March  1858. 
VI.  Emily  Woods,  bom   29th  January  1810  ;  died 
an  infant. 
VII.  Catherine  Woods,  of   Nottingham  ;   born   2nd 

April  1S12. 
VIII.  Margaret  Woods,  bom  14th  September  1818  ; 
died  3rd  December  1840. 
XI.  Sarah  Woods,  born  iSth  June  1821;  married,  at 
St.  Mary'.s,  Walthamstow,  20th  June  1849,  Philip- 
Edward    Sewell,  only    son    of     Isaac    Sewell 
and    Mary    Wright,    his    wife,    of    Catton,    co. 
*  Norfolk.         She    died     13th     December     1866. 

P.-E.  Sewell  had  three  sons  and  five  daughters. 

Samuel  Woods  was  one  of  the  founders  of  the  short-lived 
scientific  Askesian  Society,  and  of  the  London  Institution  in  Fins- 
bury  Circus.  He  was  the  first  Honorary  Secretary  of  the  latter, 
and  for  many  years  its  most  active  Director.  He  contributed 
various  papers  to  the  Geological  Society.  From  an  early  age  he 
was  engaged  in  works  of  philanthropy,  and  was  one  of  the  first 
members  of  the  Prison  Discipline  Committee,  and  a  promoter  of 
Savings  Banks.  He  died  at  Liverpool,  14th  March  1S53,  aged 
81,  and  was  buried  in  the  F.B.G.,  Winchmore  Hill. 

M$.— 5'anUirI  aSlOOtiS  [.V/y],  l-.R.G.S.„Stockbroker, 
now  of  Draper's  Gardens,  London,  and  of  Bromley,  co.  Kent, 
the  eldest  son  of  Samuel  Woods,  was  born  in  George  Yard,  i8th 
May    1 80S       He    married,  at    St.    George's,    Bloomsbury,    loth 


HISTORY    OF    THE    WILMER   FAJIILY.  273 

May  1837,  Emma,  second  daughter  of  Frederick-Benjamin 
King,  of  Stoke  Newington,  and  Emma  Austin,  his  wife.  She 
was  born  9th  December  1806.  Samuel  Woods  has  had  issue  : — 
I.  Frederick  Woods,  born  31st  January  1840;  died  i8th 
April  1857:  II.  Arthur  Woods,  born  24th  July  1844; 
I.  Lucy-Emma  Woods,  born  12th  February  1838  ;  died  25th 
February  i860  ;  II.  MARGARET  WOODS,  born  ist  July  1841;  died 
1st  March  i860  ;  III.  Jessie-Maria  Woods,  born  20th  Novem- 
ber 1842  ;  IV.  Elizabeth-King  Woods,  born  7th  February 
1846  ;   and  V.  Alice-Augusta  Woods,  born  6th  August  1S49. 

THE  SECOND  HOUSE  OF  WOODS. 

I.— ©rorge  aSJOOtrS  [AV],  of  Settle,  co.  York,  and 
Chudleigh,  co.  Devon,  the  fifth  son  of  Joseph  and  Margaret 
Woods  {see p.  269),  was  born  at  Stoke  Newington,  12th  January 
1781.  He  inherited  his  father's  classical  and  literary  tastes.  In 
181 1  he  published  a  book  on  the  Past  and  Present  State  of  tlie 
Isle  of  Alan,  and  a  work,  entitled  Observations  on  the  present 
p7-ice  of  Bullion.  He  married,  27th  November  1805,  Mary-Anne, 
sister  of  Neville  Browne,  City  Marshall,  of  Charlton,  co.  Kent, 
and  Mary-Ann,  his  wife.  She  was  born  6th  December  17S3, 
and  died  7th  January  1820.  By  her  George  Woods  had 
issue  : — 

\^. —  I.  George  Woods.     See  bclozv,'^\i. 

II.  Richard-Frewin  Woods,  born  23nd  March 
181 2  ;  died  at  Ventnor,  19th  September  1872. 
III.  Alfred  Woods,  born  29th  November  1816  ; 
married,  26th  September  1844,  Jane,  daughter  of 
Joseph  Higgin,  of  Manchester,  and  Mary-Anne 
Ogden,  his  wife,  and  has  had  issue: — i.  SUSAN- 
Marian  Woods,  born  nth  August  1845; 
died  22nd  July  1884;  married,  6th  July  1865, 
Allan-Stuart  Hanckel,  of  Liverpool,  and  had 
issue;  and  ii.  Edith-Jane  Woods,  born  13th  July 


274  HISTORY    OF    THE    WILMER    FAMI'.Y. 

1847  ;  married,  20th  January  1876,  the   Reverend 
Edward-Kent  Green.   M.A.,  of  Jersej',  and  of 
Claughton,  co.   Lancaster,  son   of  Joseph  Green 
and  Hannah  Rickaby,  his  wife. 
I.   Marv-Anne  Woods,  born  27th  May  1S14  ;  died 

2nd  September  1840. 
II.  Margaret  Woods,  born  4th  May  1815  ;  married, 
4th  March  1841,  Thomas  Galabin,  of  Camberwell. 
He  was  born  nth  Januar\-  1806,  and  died  21st 
December  1881.  She  died  20th  Januar\'  1843, 
leaving  issue  : — 1.  Alfred-Lewis  Galabin,  M.D., 
of  no.  49  Wimpole  Street,  London  ;  born  loth 
January  1843. 

George  Woods   died    at   Exeter,    12th     ^Lirch    1870,    and  was 

buried  in  Chudleigh  parish  churchyard. 

11'.— Cl-Orgr  fflSlOOtlSi  [AT/J,  M.A.,  Clerk  in  Holy 
Orders,  now  Vicar  of  Llandevaud,  and  Rector  of  Kemys,  co. 
Monmouth,  the  eldest  son  of  George  Woods,  was  born  12th 
October  1808.  He  was  a  scholar  of  University  College,  O.xford, 
R.A,  (iirst  class  in  Lih-ris  Huinanioribus)  1833,  M.A.  1835  ;  Chan- 
cellor of  Llandaff  cathedral,  and  Examining  Chaplain  to  the 
Bi,shop  of  Llandaff;  Rector  of  Sully,  near  Cardiff  1848-1886. 
He  was  the  translator  of  Madvig's  Zrr//^  Graininar.  He  married, 
7th  January  1840,  Ellen,  fourth  daughter  of  Frederick-Benjamin 
King,  of  Stoke  Newington,  and  Emma  Austin,  his  wife.  She 
was  born  26th  January  1814,  and  by  her  Mr.  Woods  has  had 
issue  :  — 

I.  George-Herbert  Woon.s,  born  7th  April  1844, 
died  7th  March  1847. 
II.  Francis-Henry  Woods,  B  D.,  Clerk  in  Holy 
Orders,  now  Vicar  of  Chalfont  St.  Peter,  co. 
Buckingham,  born  22nd  May  1850;  late 
scholar  of  Jesus  College,  Oxford  ;  second  class 
in   Moderations    1871  ;   B.A.    (first    class    in    the 


HISTORY    OF   -IHE   WILMER    FAMILY.  275 

Theological  School)  1873  >  Junior  Hall-Houghton 
Greek  Testament  Prize  1874,  Denyer  and  John- 
son Scholar  1875,  Syriac  Prize  1875  ;  Fellow  of 
St.  John's  College  1876  ;  M.A.  1877;  B.D.  1881  ; 
ordained  Deacon  1874,  and  Priest  1875.  He 
married,  2nd  August  1883,  Frances-Edith,  third 
daughter  of  the  Reverend  C.-E.  Pritchard,  of 
South  Luffenham,  co.  Rutland,  deceased,  and  M.-A. 
Seymour,  his  wife,  and  has  issue  : — i.  George- 
Constantine  Woods,  born  9th  January  1885  ; 
and  ii.  Katharine-Seymour  Woods,  born  17th 
September   18S7. 

I.  Mary-Anne  Woods,  born  31st  October  1840. 

II.  Ellen-Maria  Woods,  born  January  1842. 

III.  Constance-Margaret    Woods,  born    9th    Feb- 
ruary 1843. 

IV.  Emily  Woods,  born  26th  November  1845. 
V.  Irene-Sophia  Woods,  born  24th  June  1847. 

VI.  Fanny-AugU-STA    Woods,   bom    14th    August 
1848  ;  died  27th  April  1861. 
VII.   Evangeline    Alice  Woods,  born    19th  January 
1852. 

BRADSHAW      OF     MILE     CROSS,      LONDON,     AND 
STOKE    NEWINGTON. 


Arms  :    Argent,  two  bends  azure. 

$. — ^avai)  i^Oar?  [X],  fourth  daughter  of  Samuel  and 
Grizell  Hoare  [/-VR]  (see  p.  260),  was  born  at  Paradise 
Row,  Stoke  Newington,  9th  April  1754.  She  married,  in  the 
F.M.H.,  Gracechurch  Street,  London,  26th  November  1777, 
Thomas  Bradshaw,  Linen  Manufacturer,  of  Mile  Cross,  Newtown 


276  HISTORY    OK   THE    WILMER    FAMILY. 

Ards,  CO.  Down,  Ireland,  and  of  London,  second  son  of  Robert 
Bradshaw,  of  Newtown  Ards,  and  Ann  Greer,  liis  wife.  They 
had  issue  : — 

£E. — I.  Robert  Bradshaw.     Sir /h'/o-w,  i'^. 

II.  T11OMA.S  Bradshaw,  born  in  London  in  1781  ; 
died  young. 

III.  Samuel  Bradshaw,  twin  with  Thomas  ;  died 
young. 

IV.  Joseph-Hoare  Bradshaw,  of  whom  presently 
(see  p.  278). 

V.  Thomas  Bradshaw,  born  at  Stoke  Newington 
Sth  May  1787  ;  died  5th  December  1787. 
I.  Sarah  Bradshaw,  born  in  London,  9th   Nov- 
ember 1778;  died  unmarried,  at  Stoke  Newington, 
I2th  August  1855  [Ob.N.,^..l/.]. 

II.  Anna  Bradshaw,  born  in  New  Ormond  Street, 
London,  19th  November  1782  ;  married,  in  the 
F.M.H.,  Gracechurch  Street,  London,  i6th  March 
1831,  Joseph  Pease,  of  Feethams,  Darlington, 
Widower,  third  son  of  Joseph  Pease,  of  Dar- 
lington,Woollen  Manufacturer,  and  Mary  Richard- 
son, his  wife.  Joseph  Pease,  the  younger,  was 
born  28th  Januar}-  1772,  and  died  i6th  March 
1846.  lie  was  an  active  colleague  of  Clarkson 
and  Wilberforce  in  the  anti-slavery  movement, 
and  one  of  the  founders  of  the  Peace  Society. 
His  widow  died  at  Darlington,  2nd  April  1856, 
and  was  buried  there  in  the  F.B.G.,  6th  April. 

III.  Grizell-Maria  Bradshaw,  born  at  Mile  Cro.ss. 
28th  June  17S5  ;  died  unmarried  at  Kingstown, 
Dublin,  loth  June  1S48. 

IV.  Eliza  IJradshaw,  born  at  Mile  Cross,  30th 
April  1790  ;  died  at  Stoke  Newington,  29th 
March    1S41. 


HISTORY   OF   THE    WILMER    FAMILY.  277 

V.  Lucy   Bradshaw,  born  at  Mile  Cross,  19th  June 

1792  ;  died  at  Stoke   Newington,  17th  December 

1862  [Ob.  N.,A.M.,  1864]. 

Thomas     Bradshaw    died      22nd     September    18 10,    and    was 

buried  25th  September.     His   widow   died   at    Mile  Cross,  30th 

June  1813. 

Jl.— ISofam  i3rallSf)ato  [AV],  of  Mile  cross,  J.P.,  was 

born  in  Old  Jewry,  London,  31st  January   1780.     He  married,  at 

Mile  Cross,  1st  May  181 1,  Anna,  daughter  of  Andrew  Moore,  of 

Newtown  Ards,andbyherCwho  died3ist  Julyi853)had  issue: — 

I.  James    Bradshaw,  Esq.,    born   loth    October 

181 5  ;  died  unmarried  20th  February  1881. 

II.  Joseph    Bradshaw,  of  Trinity  College,  Dublin, 

B.A.  1845  ;    Clerk   in    Holy  Orders;  ordained  in 

1846  by  the  Bishop  of  Lincoln  ;    born  19th  May 

1819;  late  of  Mile  Cross,  J. P.;  Rector  of  Mursley, 

CO.    Buckingham,    since     1885  ;      married,      25th 

February  185 1,  Jane-Annabella,  daughter  of  the 

Reverend    William    Richardson,  Vicar   of   Ferry 

Fryston,  co.  York. 

HI.  Thomas  Bradshaw,  Esq.,  born  9th  June  1820  ; 

died  unmarried,  12th  January  1857. 
IV.  Samuel  Bradshaw,  Esq.,  bom  7th  July  1822  ; 
died  unmarried,  27th  April  1876. 
V.  Andrew    Bradshaw,    Esq.,    born  22nd    Nov- 
ember 1824;  died  unmarried, 22nd  December  1869. 
VL  Jonathan  Bradshaw,  Esq.,  bom  20th  October 
1826  ;  died  unmarried,  23rd  May  1871. 
I.  Anne    Bradshaw,     born     17th    October    1813  ; 

married  James  Bell,  Esq  ,  late  of  Belfast. 
II.  Eliza     Bradshaw^     born    24th    June     1817  ; 
married,  at  Newtown   Ards,  Samuel  Greer,  TLsq., 
of  Lurgan  ;  died  at  Mile  Cross,   si/ie  prok,  26th 
December  1882. 


278  HISTORY    OF    THE    WILMER    FAMILY. 

THE    SECOND    HOUSE    OF    BRADSHAVV. 

£.— Josppi)  =  ?©oarr    13ratrsi)a\D   [av],  Esq..  j.p., 

Banker,  of  the  firm  of  Hoarc,  Barnetfs  and  Coutpany,  of  no.  62 
Lombard  Street,  and  of  Upper  Hyde  Park  Street,  London,  and 
of  Hornsey,  co.  Middlesex,  was  the  fourth  son  of  Thomas  Brad- 
shaw  {see  p.  276;.  He  was  born  at  Mile  Cross,  20th  February 
1784,  and  married,  15th  December  1S23,  Catherine,  )-oun[;est 
daughter  of  Richard  Stuart,  Esq.,  of  Clare,  co.  Antrim,  and  had 
issue  : — 

H. — I.  T11OM.A.S-J0.SEPI1   Brad.sIIAW.      See  beiozc,  3;L 

II.  Richard  Bradshaw,  of  The  Grange,  Steeple 
Aston,  CO.  Oxford,  C.B.,  Rear-Admiral  R.X., 
J.P.  for  CO.  Oxford;  born  i6th  March  1829; 
married,  25th  February  1S62,  Emma-Loveday, 
daughter  of  Isaac  Walker,  Esq.,  of  Arno's  Grove, 
Southgate,  co.  Middlesex,  and  has  issue  : — i. 
John  Bradshaw,  born  7th  T'cbruars'  1S63  ;  ii. 
Richard-Stewart  Bradshaw.  born  13th  De- 
cember 1869  ;  iii.  Joseph-Henry  Bradshaw, 
born  13th  April  1871  ;  iv.  Robert  Bradshaw. 
born  3rd  February  1874  ;  v.  Arthur  -  Edward 
Bradshaw,  born  26th  November  1878  ;  i.  Kathe- 
rine-Sophia  Bradshaw,  born  22nd  February 
1867  ;  and  ii.  Emma-Louisa  Bradshaw.  bi^rn 
20th  November  1872. 
HI.  Henry  Bradshaw,  Esq.,  M.A.,  a  Senior  Fellow 
of  King's  College,  Cambridge,  and  Librarian  of 
the  University  ;  born  2nd  February  1831  ;  died 
very  suddenly,  while  sitting  at  his  librarj-  table, 
nth  February  1886,  unmarried.  We  cannot  do 
more  in  this  place  than  touch  currente  calaiuc 
upon  the  life  of  this  accomplished  scholar  and 
bibliographer.  We  will  only  quote  the  concluding 
words  of  one  of  his  friends,  who  contributed  three 


HISTORY    OF    THE    WILMER    FAMILY.  279 

able  papers  to  the  Cambridge  Revieiu  at  the  time 
of  his  death,  and  is  now  engaged  in  preparing  a 
memoir  of  him  for  the  press.  He  says  : — "  His 
"  best  gift  was  himself,  and  dying  he  has  left  us 
"the  noblest  legacy  that  a  man  can  leave,  the 
"  memory  and  example  of  a  stainless  life,  spent 
"  in  promoting  the  cause  of  science,  and  in  aiding 
"  his  fellowmen."  Mr.  Bradshaw  was  buried  in 
King's  College  chapel,  15th  February  i885,  in 
the  presence  of  a  vast  assemblage  of  his  friends, 
amongst  whom  were  the  Archbishop  of  Canterbury 
and  the  Bishop  of  Ely.  A  simple  stone  marks 
the  place  of  his  burial. 
I.  Katharine  Bradshaw,  born  14th  February 
1826  ;  married,  at  St.  George's,  Hanover  Square, 
London,  17th  February  1848,  John-Henry 
Daniell,  Esq.,  of  Fairchild,  co.  Surrey  (second  son 
of  Thomas  Daniell,  Esq.,  of  Little  Berkhampstead), 
and  had  a  son,  Henry -Averill  Daniell  {see 
p.  280). 
II.  Sarah  Bradshaw,  bom  5th  July  1827  ;  married, 
at  Bournemouth,  14th  June  1864,  the  Right 
Reverend  Ashton  Oxenden,  D.D.,  Lord  Bishop 
of  Montreal,  and  Metropolitan  of  Canada  (sixth 
.son  of  Sir  Henry  Oxenden,  Bart.),  and  has  a 
daughter,  Mary- Ashton  Oxenden,  born  20th 
January  1867.  Arms  of  Bishop  Oxenden  : 
Argent,  a  chevron  gules  between  three  oxen 
sable,  a  martlet  for  difference.  Bishop  Oxenden 
was  born  28th  September  1808,  and  was 
formerly  Rector  of  Pluckley,  co.  Kent,  Honorary 
Canon  of  Canterbury,  etc.  He  is  the  author  of 
many  popular  religious  works. 
IJI.  Mary-Charlotte  Bradshaw,  born  29th  July 
1839  ;    married,    at    Chelsham,    co.     Surrey,   the 


28o  HISTORY    OF   THE    WILMER    FAiULY. 

Reverend     Robert  -  Dusautoy    White,     M.A., 

Vicar    of    Moreton-Pinkncy,     co.     Northampton 

(son  of  the  late   Robert   White,   Esq.,  of  Egypt 

House,  Cowes,  Isle  of  Wight),  by  whom  she   has 

no  issue. 

Joseph-Hoare   Bradshaw  died   in   Upper   Park   Street,  London, 

24th  May  1845.     Mrs.  Bradshaw  was  born  24th  June  1800;  died 

at  Bournemouth,  23rd  November  1870,  and  was  buried  there. 

M-.— i!ri)Cimas  =  Slosrp1j  i3rati.9l)aU)  [ay/],  Esq.,  of 

Newcastle-on-Tyne,  J.?.,  a  Judge  of  the  County  Court  of 
Northumberland,  was  the  eldest  son  of  Joseph-Hoare  Bradshaw. 
He  married  first,  21st  January  1847,  the  Hon.  Frances-Catherine 
Devereux,  Maid  of  Honour  to  the  Queen,  and  only  daughter  of 
Henry-Meming-Lca,  14th  Viscount  Hereford,  and  had  issue: — 

I.  Victor  -  Alexander  Br.vd.shaw,  Sub- 
Lieutenant,  R.N.,  born  13th  April  1S48.  Her 
Majesty  the  Queen  was  one  of  the  sponsors  at  his 
baptism.  He  died  sine  prole  at  Yan-Coomassie, 
Africa,  on  service  in  the  Naval  Brigade,  i6th 
February  1874. 

H.  Wilfred-Ninian-Stewart  Bradshaw,  born 
8th  June  1850  ;  died  loth  June  1S60. 
I.  Mabel-Frances  Catherine  Bradshaw,  born 
Sth  January  1853;  married,  6th  April  1875,  her 
cousin-german,  Henry-Averill  Daniell,  Esq., 
son  of  John-IIenry  Daniell,  of  Eairchild  (see 
p.  279),  and  has  issue. 

II.  Constance-Sybil-Frances  Bradshaw, born  13th 
December  1854;  married,  29th  July  1884, 
Francis  -  John  Greenwell,  Esq.,  M.A., 
Barrister-at-Law,  Recorder  of  Durham,  second 
son  of  Francis  Greenwell,  Esq.,  J. P.  for  co. 
Durham,  and  of  Elizabeth  Trotter,  his  wife.     He 


HISTORY   OF   THE   WILMER    FAMILY.  281 

was  born  20th  October  1852.      The  arms  of  his 
family  are :    Or,  two  bars   azure    between    three 
ducal  coronets  gules. 
III.  Muriel-France.s  Bradshaw,  born  2nd  January 
1857. 
Mrs.    Bradshaw  died    12th   January    1857,   and   Mr.   Bradshaw 
married     secondly,    27th    December      i860,     Emily-Isabella, 
only  child  of   Colonel    Frederick     Halkett    (son    and    heir    of 
General  Sir  Hugh  Halkett,  G.C.H.,  K.C.B.),  and  had  issue  :— 
I.  Hugh-Stewart  Bradshaw,  born  9th  May  i868. 
n.  Humphrey- Stuart- Halkett    Bradshaw, 

born  24th  May  1872  ;    died    24th  March  1877. 
1.  Evelyn-Emily  Bradshaw,  born  12th  December 

1862. 
II.  J-ilian  Bradshaw,  born  21st  May  1865. 
III.  Winifred  -  Georgine  -  Margaret      Bradshaw, 
born  1st  November  1879. 
Mr.  Bradshaw  died  suddenly  at  Newcastle,  17th  December  1884. 


Chapter  XIX. 
WILMER  OF  LONDON  AND  CHIGWELL. 


'*  It  is  not  without  pleasure,  and  perchance  it  may  not  be  7vithout  use,  that  loe 
rescue  some  quaint  old  document  from  the  dust  of  ages  ;  and  that  we  arrest  the  floating 
memories  of  men  <^  things,  as  they  pass  dawn  the  stream  of  time  toward  the  ocean  of 
oblivion." 


N  the  earlier  part  of  the  17th  century  there  was  Hving 
t^^J/'  in  London, and  at  Chigvvcll  inthesouth-wcst  of  Essex, 
^  '  a  family  of  Wilmer,  which  claimed  to  be  descended 
from  the  Wilmers  of  Warwickshire,  although  there 
is  no  record  of  the  intermediate  generations.  The  following  is 
a  copy  of  their  pedigree  as  entered  in  the  Visitation  of  Essex 
made  in  1634  by  George  Owen,  York  Herald,  and  Henry  Lilly, 
Rouge  Rose,  and  edited  in  1878  for  the  Harleian  Society  by 
W.-C.  Metcalfe,  Esq.,  F.S.A.,  from  Harleian  MS.  1542  :— 
OSilmrr. 

Arms. — Gules,  a  chevron  vair  between  three  eagles  displayed  or.  [WiLMER.] 
James  Wilmer  of  London  haberdasher  descended  =  Mary  d.  of  William 
from  the  Wilmers  of  Warwickshire.  I  Pendred. 


Thomas   Wilmer   of    London    haberdasher.  =  Agnes  d.   of  Richard   Lake. 

1 
Elizabeth   d.  of  Nicholas=Thomas  Wilmer   of  Chigwell=Sar.ah    d.  of  Will'm 
Gregory  of    Battersea  in  I  in   com.   Essex  c&  free   of  the  I  Hodges   of    London 
com.  Surry  i  wife.  Society  of  the  Salters  of  Lon-     2  wife, 

don  1634. 

r^  1 2        I 

Thom.as  Wilmer,  about  i6       Nicholas.       Mary.  .Sa 

years  of  age  1634. 


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283 


^' — Janirgi  SSailmCr,  the  first  in  the  above  pedigree, 
Citizen  and  Haberdasher,  of  London,  married,  prior  to  Novem- 
ber 1597,  Mary,  daughter  of  William  Pendred,  and  had  a  son, 
Thomas  Wilmer,  of  whom  presently.  It  appears  that  a 
certain  Nicholas  Spackman  by  his  will  bequeathed  to  Mary 
Pendred,  who  married  James  Wilmer,  three  messuages  in  Pater- 
noster Row,  London,  which  were  known  as  t/ie  sign  of  the  Hart, 
the  sign  of  the  Dolphin,  and  the  sign  of  Adam  and  Eve?^  On  the 
1 2th  of  November  1597  a  Fine  was  passed  between  James 
Wilmer  and  Mary  his  wife,  querents,  and  Francis  Peircy  and 
Juliana  his  wife  and  William  Fynche  and  Mary  his  wife,  de- 
forciants, of  a  messuage  and  garden  in  Chigwell.3  James 
Wilmer  died  in  or  before  1610,  for  in  thirty  days  from  Easter 
in  that  year  a  Fine  was  passed  between  Mary  Wilmer,  his 
widow,  querent,  and  a  certain  John  Wilmer,  deforciant,  of 
premises  in  Chigwell.t      Mary  Wilmer  died  before  1635. 

IK.— EfjOmaS  aSJilmCr,  citizen  and  Haberdasher,  of  Lon- 
don, of  the  parish  of  St.  Martin,  Ludgate,  was  the  son  of  James 
and  Mary  Wilmer.  He  married  Agnes,  daughter  of  Richard  Lake, 
and  had  a  son  and  heir,  THOMAS  Wilmer  {see  belozv,  £££  ) 
Administration  of  the  goods  of  the  elder  Thomas  was  granted 
to  his  widow,  Agnes  Wilmer,  22nd  September  1626.5  By  an 
Indenture  dated  31st  October  1626,  Agnes  Wilmer  conveyed 
the  three  above-mentioned  messuages  in  Paternoster  Row  to  the 
use  of  her  son,  Thomas  Wilmer,  and  his  heirs  for  ever,  though 
her  right  to  make  this  conveyance  was  disputed  in  1647.=  Her 
said  son, 

m.— ^fjOmaS  aEilmCr,  of  London,  and  of  Chig- 
well,  CO.  Essex,  was  free  of  the  Society  of  the  Salters  in  1634. 
He  married  first,  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Nicholas  Gregory,  of 
Battersea,  co.  Surrey,  and  had  issue  : — 


2.  Gouge   V,   Wilmer,    Chan.    Pro., 
Car.  I.,  GG.  18,  4. 

3.  Feet  of  Fines,  Essex,  Mic.  39-40 


4.  Feet  of    Fines,    Essex,   Easter 
Jac.  I. 

5.  P.C.C. 


284  HISTOFY    OF    THE    WILMER    FAMILY. 

iW.—  l.  Thomas  WiLMER.    Seek/ozu.iW. 

II.  Nicholas  Wilmer,  of  the  parish  of  St.  Gregory, 
London,    Silkman  and    Freeman    of    the  City  ; 
married,  about  December  1643,  Hester  Clerkson, 
sister  of  Robert    Clerkson,    and    died    intestate 
within  a  month  of  the  marriage,  in  his   house  in 
Paternoster  Row.     His   rehct   married  secondly, 
priorto  May  1645,  Robert  Bagnall.     On  the  21st 
of  May  1645,  Robert  and  Hester  Bagnall  filed  a 
Bill  in  Chancery  from  which  we  take  the  follow- 
ing extracts  : — 
"  One  Thomas  Willmer  late  of  Chigwell  in  the  co.  of  Essex,  de- 
ceased, father  of  the  said  Nicholas  having  two  sons  Thomas  the  eldest 
and  the  said  Nicholas,  did  purchase  to  him  c^  to  the  said  Thomas  his 
eldest  son  and  their  heirs  the  fee  simple  of  three  messuages  in  Pater- 
noster Row,  London,  the  purchase  whereof  cost  the  said  Thomas  700/., 
out  of  which    purchase   money  one  of  whom   the   said 

Thomas  Willmer  the  father  purchased  the  premises  did  appoint  unto  the 
said  Nicholas  by  way  of  abatement  out  of  the  purchase  money  100/. 
The  said  Thomas  Willmer  the  father  did  about  1 6  years  since  become 
bound  unto  the  said  Nicholas  in  100/.  **•»»» 
The  said  Nicholas  died  *  possessed  of  a  personal  estate  of  good 
value  and  (amongst  other  things)  of  two  Bonds  wherein  his  said  father 
and  brother  stood  respectively  bound,  and  also  a  certain  book  whereby 
his  dealings  in  the  trade  of  a  Silkman  did  appear. 

"  Letters  of  administration  of  the  goods,  etc.,  of  the  said  Nicholas 
are  granted  unto  your  Oratrix  and  the  Bonds,  etc.,  of  right  belong  unto 
your  Orator  in  right  of  your  Oratrix  Hester.  But  the  said  Thomas 
Wilmer  the  younger  did  immediately  upon  the  death  of  the  said 
Nicholas  cause  the  dead  corps  of  the  said  Nicholas  to  be  carried  from 
his  said  house  to  Chigwell  to  be  there  buried,  &  procured  your  said 
Oratrix  to  accompany  the  said  corps.  The  said  Thomas  Wilmer  the 
younger  entered  into  the  aforesaid  house  in  the  time  of  your  Oratrix 
Hester's  absence  &  took  or  caused  to  be  taken  the  said  two  Bonds, 
6"c."'' 

The  answer  of  Thomas  Wilmer  was  to  the  effect 
that  the  two   Bonds   were  delivered   to  him  by 
6.  Bagnall  v.  Willmer,  Chan.  Pro.,  Car.  I.,  B  B.  67,  13. 


HISTORY    OF   THE   WILMER    FAMILY.  285 

Robert  Clerkson,  the  complainant  Hester's 
brother.  The  followinjj  is  the  Inventory  of 
Nicholas  Wilmer's  goods^:  — 

"An  Inventary  of  all  and  singular  the  goodf  Chattellf  and  debtf 
of  Nicholas  Willmer  Cittizen  of  London  late  of  the  parish  of  S' 
Gregory  London  deceased  taken  vallued  and  prized  the  tenth  day  of 
February  Anno  diii  stilo  Anglian  one  Thowsand  six  hundred  forty  three 
by  Henry  Dermer  and  Joseph  Batchelor  as  foUoweth  vizt/ 

"  In  the  upper  roome  backward(> 
In  primis.  a  painted  bedsted,  Curtaines  and  vallance  of  \  ;;;// 

striped  stufte  one  feather  bed  &  bolster  one  blankett  and   f  ^i 

twoe   Coverlettf  a  windowe    Curtaine    and   twoe   old   ( 
Chayres  and  a  table  baskett.  ' 

"  In  the  fore  Chamber  upward 
Item,  a   bedsteed   curtaines  and  vallance  twoe   feather) 
beddf  and  boulsters  twoe  blankettf,  a  greene  rugg    ar  vnjh 

trundle  bed.  ' 

Item,  a  Chest  with  drawers,  twoe  joynt  stooles.  xxijj 

Item,  the  hangeingf  about  the  roome  of  striped  stufte.  xxxs 

"  In  the  great  Chamber 
Item,  twoe  backstooles  &  a  leather  stoole  six  Cushions  a  | 
payre  of  Creepers  and  a  fire  shovell.  j 

Item,  the  said  deceasedf   weareinge   Clothes  Woollen   I  xj// 

and  Linnen  )  ij5 

Item,  a  Bench  ij^     vj^/ 

"  In  the  Hall 
Item,  a  small  draweing  table  and  three  chayres  a  striped  \ 
Carpet  five  pictures  a  pe  of  Creepers.  I 

Item,  an  inlayed  muskett  xxxs 

"  In  the  Kitchen 
Item,  a  round  table  and  Cubberd  xv\s 

Item,  a  Jacke  &  stone  w'=  xiji 

Item,  three  spittf  iij^ 

Item,  irons  in  the  Chimney  x^ 

Item,  thirty  pound  of  pewter  att  nyne  pence  the  pound       xx\]s     v]d 
Item,  an  iron  pott  and  kettle  smale  a  warmeinge  pan  ) 
and  other  lumber.  j 

6.  Bagnall  Z'.  Willmer,  Chan.  Pro.,  Car.  I.,  B  B.  67,  13. 


286  HISTORY    OF   THE    WILMER    FAMILY. 

Item,  a  smale  leaden  Cesterne  a  pumpe  anH  pipe  to  the  1  ij// 

streete.                                                                                       )  xvi 

Item.   three  sheetf  and  other  smale  odd  linnen  xxi 

"In  the  Shopp 

Item,  a  box  with  weightes  and  [blank]  Cloth  &  other  lumber  xx^ 

Item,  presses  and  Chest(  lett  with  the  shopp.  v// 

"  In  the  Celler 

Item,  an  old  smale  powdering  tubb  and  Beaifore  iij^ 

It.  received  of  Rowland  Taylor  viij^r 
"  Suiiia 

"The  wares  of  the  said   Nicholas  WiUmore  deceased  vallued   and 
prized    the    nynth    day   of   February  stilo   Anglise   one   thowsand    six 

hundred  forty  three  by  Godfrey   Robinson   and    James  Henbury    as 
followeth,  vizt./ 

In  priinis.  twenty   six   pound   h   of  Collered   Silke    att|^  xxiijV/' 

eighteene  shillings  p  pound                                                   i  xvij^ 

Item.  Fifteene  pound  eight  ounces  of  rawthorne  Silke  St :  )  xj// 

Sow:  And  five  at  fovverteene  shilling^  six  pence  p  pounde  J  iiijj     ixd 

Item,  nyne  pound  fower  ounce  of  Coloured  galloone  att  |  xj//    xji 

twenty  five  shillingf  per  pound                                               )  iij'^ 

Item,  three  grosse  4<*  i6  of   bias   Lace  att   twenty   twoe  i  iij// 

shillingf  p  grosse                                                                      i  xiiiji     ujJ 

Item,  sixteene  grose  six  dozen  of  smale  Coloured   Lace  »  ix// 

attxi^yg's                                                                                    )  ]s      \j// 

Item,  ten   grose   five  dozen  of  coloured  open  lace  at  1  viij// 

seaventeene  shillings  g's                                                          j  xviji- 

Item,  one  doz.  of  bt  bone  lace  at  tenn  shillingc  the  doz.  x.j 

Item,  eleaven  doz.  of  remnantf  of  coloured  lace  att  tenn  )  xviijV 

shillingf                                                                                      I  iiij(/ 

Item,  fower  grose  three  doz.  of  open  blew  lacc  att  twenty  "i  v/;' 

fower  shillingf  the  grosse                                                        J  ijj 

Item,  five  dozen  viij  yardf  of  co  :    binginge  at  iij^f  the  i  .  .  ■ . 
dozen                                                                                    ( 

Item,    viij    grose   tenn    dozen    of    bt    lace   att    twelve  1  v/i 

shillingf  the  grose                                                                    (  vjy 

iyi  xoz  ^  "1  Item,  fiftie  six  ounces  ^  and   i  q""  venis  of -i  y// 

silke  wa   j  silver  parchment  and  Cha  :  at  three  shilling(    -  vj- 

v\i]d  oz.                                                                                     J  iiiji/ 


HISTORY  OF  THE    WILMER    FAMILY.  2&^ 

Item,  sixty  nyne  ounces  of  dra.  venis  of  gold  and  three  1  ^jj-^^- 

pound  silver  J 

iiij  oz.  silke  )  parchment  and  Cha:  att  iij^  eleaven  pence  i  xs 

wa.  j  the  ounce.  >  iijd 

Item,  fiftie  eight  ounces  venis  of  gold  and  silver  bone  "j  xij// 

ijl  xj°^  i  \  lace  att  iiij  shilling^  twoe  pence  p  ounce  r  x^ 

silke  wa  )  -'  vn]d 

Item,  one  pound  five  oz.  i  of  gold  thrid  att  one  and  |  iij// 

fiftie  shillingf  per  pound  J    xiiijj-    iujd 

Item,  eight  oz.  of  silver  thrid  and  Spa  att  three  shillingf   ) 

fower  pence  p  ounce  i 

Item,  fower  dozen  &  five  yardf   of  sixpenny  and  fower-  |  viiji 

penny  Ferritt  Ribbon  att  twoe  shilling^  p  dozen  )  xd 

Item,  fowerteene  ounces  venis  of  silke  and  gold  sailor  ne  / 

°        ^  i       xxvuji 

tenn  ounces  one  1  att  twoe  shiUmgf  p  ounce  ' 

halfe  silke  wa       ) 

"Suma         cxxiij//    vi]s     \]d 

"  Soma  total!     )        ,     ,. 

^     ..        f      clxv//     XVllJ 
hujus  In"i       ) 

"  Debts  owinge  to  the  said   deceased   att   the   tyme   of  his   decease 

vli  vijj  iiij(/." 

III.  Robert  WiLMER, baptized  14th  January  1623-4!; 
buried  20th  January  1623-4.! 
Thomas   Wilmer   married   secondly,    12th   June    1625,!  Sarah, 
daughter  of  William  Hodges,  of  London,  and  had  issue  : — 

I.  William  Wilmer,  baptized  27th  August  1626! ; 

not  mentioned    in   the  Visitation   of    1634,  and 

therefore  probably  dead. 

I.  Mary  Wilmer.         III.  Elizabeth  Wilmer. 

n.  Sarah  Wilmer.       IV.  Susan  Wilmer. 

There  was  the  will  of  a  Sarah  Willmor  of   Essex,  who  was 

probably   the   widow  of  Thomas   Wilmer.     It   was  dated   20th 

September   1658,  and  proved  6th  November  1658.      She  names 

her  daughter,  Mary  Bullman,  and  her  son-in-law,  John  Bullman, 

whom  she  appoints    executor ;    her  grandchildren,  Elizabeth, 

+  Par.  reg.  of  St.  Thomas  the  Apostle's,  London. 


200  HISTORY    OF    THE    WTLMER    FAMILY. 

Mar)-,  and  Thomas  Bullman  ;  her  daughter,  Sarah  Tanner,  and 
her  son-in-law,  Jonas  Tanner  ;  her  daughter,  Ehzabeth  Hill,  and 
her  son-in-law,  Nicholas  Hill  ;  and  her  daughter,  Frances 
VVillmore^. 

By  an  Indenture  dated  30th  June  1626,  Thomas  Wilmer 
acquired  to  himself  from  George  Scott,  Esq.,  Robert  Clarke, 
Knt.,  and  John  Scott,  a  close  of  meadow  and  pasture,  called 
Hannnond  nicadc,  and  a  close  and  field,  called  Langland,  in 
Chigwell,  together  containing  26  acres.  For  this  conveyance  he 
neglected  to  obtain  a  royal  licence,  and  consequently  we  find 
him  paying  20s.  for  a  pardon,  which  was  granted  by  letters 
patent  dated  14th  June  1632I  He  made  his  will  12th  May 
1634,  appointing  a  certain  John  Wilmer  executor.  He  left  all 
his  lands,  which  were  worth  300/.  a  year,  to  his  elder  son 
Thomas,  and  500/.  to  his  younger  son  Nicholas^.  After  his 
death,  which  took  place  14th  August  1638,  an  Inquisition  post 
viortfm  was  taken,  of  which  the  following  is  an  abstract : — 

"  Inquisition  taken  at  Stratford  Langtons  in  the  County  of  Essex 
26th  January  14  Charles  I  [A.D.  1638-9]  after  the  death  of  Thomas 
Wilmer.  They  [the  Jurors]  say  that  the  said  Thomas  was  seized  in  his 
demesne  as  of  tee  of  seven  messuages  in  le  old  Bailie  in  the  parish  of 
St.  Sepulchre  without  Newegate,  London;  and  of  one  messuage  called 
the  signe  of  the  gold  Ring  in  the  parish  of  St.  Martin  within  Ludgate  ; 
also  of  one  tenement  in  Lamborne  in  the  County  of  Essex  called  Bankes 
containing  8  acres ;  and  of  two  other  closes  called  Colliers  containing 
8  acres ;  and  ot  one  other  tenement  called  Roles  with  the  lands, 
tenements,  woods,  and  orchard  to  the  same  pertaining  in  Chigwell  in  the 
County  of  Essex.  The  said  Thomas  was  siezed  of  14  acres  of  meadow 
called  Hamands  Meade  and  of  one  close  containing  12  acres  called 
Langlands  in  Chigwell. 

"  By  his  Deed  bearing  date  2nd  November  2  Charles  I  [A.D.  1626] 
he  covenanted  with  a  certain  William  Lodges'"  that  he  Thomas  Wilraer 
and  his  heirs  should  stand  and  be  seized  of  the  closes  called  Hamondes 
jNIead  and  Langlandes  to  the  use  of  the  same  Thomas  and  Sarah  his 

6.  Bagnall  v.  Willmer,   Chan.  Pro.,       1  8.   Pat.  R.,  8  Car  I.,  pt.  15  (77). 
Car.  I.,  B  B.  67,  13.  9'   ^'°^^  <=^"^''  Stratford-Langthorne. 

7.  P.C.C.  599  Wotton.  I         ,(,_  -pijij  jhouid  ^,g  fftid^es. 


HISTORY    OF    THE    WILMER    FAMILY.  289 

wife,  now  alive,  for  the  term  of  their  lives  and  of  the  longest  liver  of 
them  for  the  jointure  of  the  same  Sarah. 

"The  said  Thomas  Wilmer  on  the  12th  day  of  May  10  Charles  I 
made  his  Will.     John  Wilmer  was  Executor  of  the  Will  aforesaid. 

"  The  said  Thomas  died  14th  August  last  past.  Thomas  Wilmer  is 
his  son  and  next  heir  of  the  age  of  20  years  and  not  more. 

"  The  close  called  Bankes  and  the  two  closes"  .... 
were  held  of  the  Lord  of  the  manor  of  Lamborne  by 
fealty  and  a  rent  of  10^.  by  the  year  for  all  services.  The  messuage  and 
land  called  Roles  were  held  of  the  Lord  of  the  manor  of  Barrington  in 
free  socage  by  fealty  and  a  rent  of  6.f.,  and  it  is  worth  by  the  year 
beyond  reprises  20s. 

"  The  seven  messuages  m  le  old  bailie  and  the  messuage  called  the 
Gold  ring  were  held  of  the  King  in  free  and  common  socage  as  of  his 
Manor  of  East  Greenwich  by  fealty  only  for  all  services,  and  it  is 
worth  by  the  year  beyond  reprises  3/. 

"The  meadow  called  Hamondes  Mead  and  Langlandes  were  held 
of  the  King  in  capite  by  knight's  service."  \Inq.  post  tnortan,  14  Charles 
L,  part  3,  no.  104.] 

322^.— (SrijOmaS  aSailmCr,  Esq.,  of  Chigwell,  a  Major  in 
the  Royalist  Army,  "  was  of  the  age  of  20  years  and  not  more  " 
at  the  death  of  his  father,  Thomas  Wilmer,  in  1638.  He  married, 
in  or  before  1640,  Mary  .     By  an  Indenture,  dated 

i6th  November  1639,  Thomas  Wilmer  for  40i-.  conveyed  to 
Thomas  Woodward,  Esq.,  of  Lambeth,  Henry  Dermer,  George 
Nutt,  Gent.,  of  Chigwell,  and  Cuthbert  Curwyn  the  capital 
messuage  called  Rolls,  a  'parcell  of  medowe  in  Broadmeade 
'  conteyninge  two  acres,' and  a  '  parcell  of  wood  or  grove  called 
'  Rolls  grove  conteyning  four  acres,'  all  situate  in  Chigwell.'^  The 
grantees  were  probaby  feoffees  in  trust,  and  the  deed  itself 
executed  in  contemplation  of  Thomas  Wilmer's  marriage,  which 
seems  to  have  taken  place  about  this  date.  On  November  the 
17th  in  the  same  year  Henry  Jackson,  Citizen  and  Grocer,  of 
London,  in  consideration  of  1900/.,  granted  and  sold'3  to  Thomas 
Wilmer  the  manor  of  Barringtons  alias  Barrington  in  Chigwell, 

11.  Obliterated.  I       Feet  of  Fines,  Essex,  Hil.  16  Car.  I, 

12.  Close   R  ,  15  Car.  I.,  pt.  23(5);       |  13.   Close  R.,  16  Car.  I.,  pt.  17(34). 


290  HISTORY    OF    THE    WILMF.R    FAMILY. 

Loughton,  and  Woodford,  co.  Essex.'"  Barringtons,  otherwise 
called  Rolls,  was  one  of  the  manors  in  Chigwell.  The  mansion 
house  lay  about  a  mile  to  the  north  of  the  church.  By  an 
Indenture,  dated  i6th  November  1647,  Thomas  Wilmer,  for 
1736/.,  sold  to  William  Gouge,  "Doctor  in  Divinity  and  Pastor  of 
"the  Church  of  Blackfryers," London,  all  his  messuages  "scituate 
"  in  Paternoster  rowe  London  on  the  south  side  of  the  said 
"streete  *  that  is  to  say  *  the  three  Cranes  *  the 
"  Dolphin  *  heretofore  *  called  *  the  halfe  moone  *  the 
"  Adam  and  Eve  *  and  the  Goatc."'^  Dr.  Gouge  appears  to 
have  been  in  some  doubt  as  to  the  soundness  of  Thomas 
Wilmer's  title  to  these  messuages,  for  on  December  the  nth 
in  the  same  year  he  petitioned  in  the  Court  of  Chancery  that 
Thomas  Wilmer,  and  also  Henry  Dormer,  who  declared  that  he 
was  privy  to  Wilmer's  title  to  the  premises,  might  be  summoned 
to  declare  on  their  oaths  that  Thomas  Wilmer  was  lawfully 
seized  of  them.  The  Answer  of  Thomas  Wilmer  was  made 
December  the  13th,  and  began  as  follows  :— 

"  There  still  is  some  treaty  concerning  the  sale  of  five  messuages, 
whereof  two  are  put  into  one  in  Paternoster  row,  viz. ;  one  messuage 
called  the  Three  Cranes  heretofore  demised  to  this  Defendant  for  2 1 
years  from  William  late  Lord  Bishop  of  Loudon  by  his  Indenture 
7  June  13  Charles  I,  one  other  messuage  called  the  sign  of  the  Hart, 
one  other  messuage  called  the  sign  of  the  Dolphin,  one  other  messuage 
called  the  sign  of  Adam  and  Eve,  of  all  which,  except  the  Three  Cranes, 
this  Defendant  is  seized  to  him  &  his  heirs  in  fee  simple  &  now 
holdeth  the  same  exonerated  from  all  former  bargains  *  except  the 
title  of  Dower  of  Mary  now  wife  of  this  Defendant. ''= 

A  Fine  was  passed  in  1656  between  George  Lubbs  and 
Adam  Ke    .     .     .  ,  querents,  and     .     .     .    Wilmer  and  Frances 


14.  A  Fine  was  passed  in  15  days 
from  St.  Martin's  Day  15  Charles  I., 
between  Thomas  Willmer,  Gent.,  que- 
rent, and  Henry  Jackson,  Gent.,  and 
Sarah  his  wife,  deforciants,  of  the  manor 
of  Barringtons,  with  the  appurts.,  and 
of  20  messuages,  lo  cottages,  20  tofts, 
20  gardens,  20  orchards,  200  acres  of 
land,  100  acres  of  meadow,  200  acres 
of    pasture,    50    acres    of     wood,  and 


61.  ly.  4d.  of  rent  in  Chigwell,  Wood- 
ford, and  Loughton,  in  Esse.K;  and  also 
common  pasture  for  all  cattle  in  the 
forest  of  Waltham  Holy-Cross  (now 
called  Waltham  Abbey). 

15.   Close  R.,  24  Car.  I.,  pt.  17  (40). 

2.  Gouge   z:    Wilmer,    Chan.    Pro., 


HISTORY   OF   THE   WILMER    FAMILY.  29 1 

his  wife,  deforciants,  of  land  and  houses  in  Chigwell,  Woodford, 

Loughton"' If  Thomas    Wilmer   is    one    of  the 

deforciants  in  this  Fine,  he  must  have  married  a  second  time. 
It  seems  probable  that  he  is  the  Thomas  Wilmer  named  in  a  Fine 
passed  in  1657  between  Henry  Barnard,  querent,  and  Thomas 
Wilmer  and  Frances  his  wife,  deforciants,  of  two  messuages  in 
the  parish  of  St.  Martin,  Ludgate,  London.'' 

Thomas  Wilmer,  who,  as  has  already  been   related,  was  an 
officer  in  the  army  of  King  Charles  I.,  suffered   heavily  for  his 
loyalty  to  his  Sovereign,  as  is  shown  by  the  Royalist  Composition 
Papers,  from  which  the  following  extracts  are  taken. 
"  December  the  i6th  1648. 

"  An  accot  of  the  Estate  reall  &  personall  of  me  Major  Thomas 
Willmor  given  into  the  standing  Comittee  for  the  Countie  of  Essex  in 
order  to  a  Composition  for  my  delinqency  this  day  accknowledged 
before  the  said  Comittee. 

fi        s      d 

"I   haue   in   personall   Estate  217=00  =  00 

I  have  in  reall  estate  in  Chigwell  most  in  \ 
my   owne   occupation   whereof  Rich.   Goldson  |  100  =  00  =  00 

holds  26t'  p  Anii  ' 

I  have  alsoe  at  London  Martin's  Ludgate 
in  the  Tenure  of  Henery  Dormer  &  Oliver  ^ 
Dormer  p""  ann 

"  I  have  nothing  moore  but  owe  400!'  upon  a  Morgage  to  Mr.  Nutt 
of  Buntingford. 

Tho  :  Willmer. 

"  This  is  a  true  Coppie  of  y^  perticulars  given  into  the  standinge 
Comittie  of  Essex  by  Mr.  Thomas  Willmer,  accordinge  to  its  date  ; 
examined  by  us 

"  March  y"  25"^  1653  "  Abraham  Barrington 

John  Maidstone." 
[Seriej  L,  vol.  vii.  p.  397.] 

"  Sept.  2ist  1649. 
"  It  is  ordered  that  the    Sequestration    upon    the  estate  of  Mr. 
Thomas  Wilmer  of  Chigwell    be  taken   off  &    discharged     And  the 

16.    Feet  of    Fines,    Essex,    Easter       I  17.   Feet  of  Fines,   London,    Easter 

1656.     This  document  is  in  a  very  bad  l6S7- 

condition,  and  partly  illegible.  | 


292  HISTORY    OF    THE    WILMER    FAMILY. 

Sequestratour  is  heerby  required  to  forbeare  any  further  proceedings 
against  the  said  estate. 

"  By  the  standing  Com"== 

of  Essex.  '-Wttm.  Harlakenden 

"  The  :  Honywood 

Ri  Harlakeden  "  Robert  Crane 

"Car:  H:  Mildmay  "  Ro  :  Calthorp." 

[Series  I.,  vol.  vii.  p.  400.] 


"  To  the  hono""=  Comission"  for  Composicons  etc. 

•'  The  humble  peticon  of  Thomas  Wilmore  of  Chigwell  in 
Com  Essex. 
•'  Sheweth 

"That  by  Act  of  Parliam'  of  the  7'^  of  May  1649  the  standing 
Comittee  of  the  Countie  of  Essex  were  impowered  and  authorised 
to  fine  and  Compound  w=i'  the  delinquents   in  the  Insurreccon 
in  the  sd  Countie  of  Essex  according  to  the  Rules  of  Gold- 
smithes  Hall 
"  That  in  pursuance  thereof  yor  pef  had  his  fine  of  25ot'  sett  by  the 
sd  Comittee  of  Essex  for  his  whoU  estate  to  w':'^  fine  the  pef 
accordingly  submitted  and  paieing  his  whoU  moneys  thereupon 
All  his  landf  were  discharged  by  order  of  the  sd  Com"==  of  Essex. 
"That   nevertheless  the   Rentf   of  2  Tenem'*  in   the  parrish    of 
Martins  Ludgate  London  w'^'^  he  compounded  for,   and  standc 
pticulerjy  discharged  as  aforesaid,  the  same  rents  are  now  made  stay 
of  by  the    Com"  of  Sequestracons  London  although  the  proffittc 
of  the  sd  Teriem's  are  Conveyed  for  the  maintenance  of  the  pet" 
Mother'^  &  4  children  ;  and  at  the   time    of  such  Composicon 
the  pef  was  700!'  in  debt  W^^  his  landf  was  ingaged  for. 
"  The  premisses  considred 
"  Yo''  Pef  humbly  prayes  That  the  id  2  Tentf  or 
houses  6^   Rents   aforesaid  in   Martins   Ludgate 
"Aug.  30='   1650         parrish    may    be    discharged   from    any   further 
trouble   or   molestacon   of  the  sd   Comissio"  of 
'•  The  Pef  to  bring     Sequestracons  London,  according  to  his  said  former 
in  y=  pticuler  of  his     orders  ;  Or  that  it  may  be  referred  to  Counsell 
estate  in  ye  County  "  And  he  shall  pray 

of  Essex  for  w*  he  "  Thomas  Wilmer." 

hath  compounded."  [Series  L,  vol.  Ixxi.  p.  367.] 

iS.  That  is,  step-mother  (seep.  287).       I       Wihner's  sisters  of  the  half-blood. 
The  four  children  would  be   Thomas      | 


HISTORY    OF   THE   WILMER    FAMILY.  293 

"  It  is  Ordered  that  the  sequestration  upon  the  Estate  of  Mr. 
Thomas  Wilhiiore  of  Chigwell  be  taken  off  and  discharged  and  the 
sequesfr  is  hereby  required  to  forbeare  any  further  proceedings  against 
the  said  Estate 

"  Wm  Harlakenden. 
"  Tho.  Honywood.        Rob.  Crane. 
Ri.  Harlakenden.  Rob.  Calthorpe. 

"  By  the  standing  "  Car.  H.  Mildmay. 

Com"«  of  Essex. 

"Vera   copia   Wm   Jackson 
Cler.   to  y>=  Com"  for  Seq"" 
London,     4,   Feb"'  ,    1652." 
[Series  I.,  vol.  vii.  p.  403.] 


The  last  notice  that  we  have  of  the  Wilmers  of  Chigwell  is 
the  following  Deed  : — 

"  This  Indenture  made  the  Eleventh  day  November  [A.D.  1659] 
Betweene  Thomas  AVilmer  late  of  the  Parish  of  Chigwell  in  the  County 
of  Essex  Esquire  of  th'one  part  And  Robert  Abdy  of  Albyns  in  the 
County  of  Esse.x  Esquire  and  John  Chapman  of  London  Gentleman  of 
th' other  part  Witnesseth  that  in  part  performance  of  one  Covenant  * 
in  one  Indenture  (4  March  A.D.  1655)  etc.,  He  the  said  Thomas 
Wilmer  hath  granted  bargained  sold  released  quite  claymed  and  con- 
firmed *  unto  the  said  Robert  Abdy  and  John  Chapman  their 
heires,  etc.,  for  ever  AH  that  Capitall  messuage  or  mansion  house 
cofnonly  called     *     Rolles  in  the  parish  of  Chigwell     *     And  all 

that  parcell  *  called  Rolles  Mead  conteyning  *  seven  acres  * 
Rolles  Grove  *  five  acres  "  Two  acres  and  a  halfe  in  Broad  mead  * 
one  acre  and  an  halfe  in  the  said  Meed  sometimes  Coppyhold  of  the 
Mannor  of  Barringtons  All   that   Close     *     called  Pound  feild     * 

Tenn  acres  *  Bridgfeild  *  five  acres  and  halfe  an  acre  *  Rye- 
feild  *  fourteene  acres  *  Barrington  Bushes  and  Bushfeild  * 
Twenty  two  acres  *  the  Lower  grounds  '-'■'  eighteene  acres  *  foure 
acres      *      in  Broad    Mead  Little    Mead     *      Three   acres     - 

Hammonds  meade  "  fifteene  acres  *  Langlands  *  Thirteene 
acres  *  one  acre  *  in  Broad  Mead  '-'•'■  held  of  the  Mannor  of 
Luckton  otherwise  Loughton  by  Coppy  of  Court  Roll  *  Copyhold 
of  the  said  Mannor  of  Barringtons  called  the  uper  Hobmans  and  Lower 
Hobmans  ''■'  Seven  acres  *  all  that  messuage  or  Teneiiit  *  in 
Chigwell     *     late  of  Thomas  Sigon     *     closes  about  the  said  house 


2  94 


HISTORY     OF    THE    WILllER     FAMILY. 


•^'     seven  acres     *     Wellfeild  six    acres     *    three   feilds  scituate 

in  Chigwell  *  Coppyhold  of  the  Manner  of  Wolston  hall  *  eight 
acres  *  Eight  acres  *  in  Broadmead  *  three  acres  in  Broad 
Mead  *  And  also  the  Moyety  of  the  aforesaid  Mannor  of  Barring- 
tons  *  Together  with  the  moyety  of  Two  hundred  acres  *  within 
the  Forrest  of  Waltham  Holy  Crosse  now  or  late  parcell  of  *  the 
said  Mannor  of  Barringtons  *  To  have  and  to  hold,  etc.,  for  ever, 
etc."     [Close  Roll,  A.D.  1659,  part  6  (23).] 


Chapter  XX. 


WILMER    OF     STONY    STRATFORD,    COVENTRY, 
AND    LONDON. 


Vixere  fortes  ante  Agameiiinonn 
Mulii ;  sed  omnes  illacrymnbiles 
Urguentur,  igno/iijtte^  longa 
Nocte,  carent  quiavate sacro. — HORACE,  O./., 


Arms  borne  by  this  branch  of  the   Wilmer  P  amily  :    Gules,  a 
chevron  vair    between  three   eagles  displayed  or;   crest:   an 

eagle's    head    or    BETWEEN    TWO    WINGS     EXPANDED     VAIR. 

I 

,Oi)n  aSEIlmrr,  Gent,  of  stony  Stratford,  co. 
Buckingham,  was  the  founder  of  an  extensive 
family  of  Wilmer,  which  now  flourishes  in 
London  and  its  neighbourhood.  Much  un- 
certainty hangs  about  his  ancestry  ;  it  is  stated  by  persons  still 
living  to  have  been  within  the  memory  of  their  parents  that  he 
was  related  to  theWilmers  who  resided  at  the  neighbouring  village 
of  Moulsoe  (see  citap.  XXII.).  This  belief  would  seem  to 
gain  some  confirmation  from  the  fact  that  both  these  branches 
of  the  family  used  the  uncommon  Christian  name  of  Bradford. 
But  granted  proof  of  this  relationship,  we  should  still  be  no 
nearer  John  Wilmer's  ancestry,  for  the  origin  of  the  Moulsoe 
Wilmers  is  involved  in  equal  obscurity  with  his  own.  It  has  also 
been  said  that  John  Wilmer  was  an  Oporto  merchant.     Again, 


296 


HISTORY    OF   THE    WILMER    FAMILY. 


it  has  been  supposed,  and,  we  think,  with  much  more  probabih"ty, 
that  John  Wilmer  was  a  surgeon  practising  at  Stony  Stratford  ; 
and  further,  that  he  was  identical  with  a  certain  John  Wilmer, 
an  apothecary,  who  was  living  at  the  neighbouring  town  of  Olney 
in  1736,  and  who,  apparently,  was  related  to  the  Moulsoe  Wilmers 
(see  chap.  XXII).  The  earliest  evidence  that  we  have  of  John 
Wilmer's  residence  at  Stony  Stratford  is  in  March  1744-5,  and 
between  the  two  dates  he  might  have  moved  thither  from 
Olney.  Unfortunately,  the  Olney  parish  registers  contain  no 
entries  relating  to  the  family  at  this  period.  John  Wilmer 
married  Mary  ,  and  had  issue  : — 

I.  William  Wilmer,  baptized  loth  March 
1 744- 5 -t 
—II.  Bradford  Wilmer.  Sec  bclozv,  H. 
III.  John  Wilmer,'  Captain  in  the  Wanvickihire 
Fencibles;  baptized  4th  January  1747-8!  ;  married 
Miss  Smart,  of  StivicJiall,  near  Coventry,  and  had 
a  son  : — 

/ohn  Wilmer,  S/n-jcon,  of  Derby,  aged 
about  thirty  in  1821  ;  married  his  first 
cousin,  ,  daughter  of  John 

Smart,    of    StivicJiall,    and    had    several 
children  living  in  1821". 
Wilmer  died  at  Coleshill,  co.    Wativick,  in 


m. 


John 
i8i6^ 


IV. 


Richard    Wilmer,  baptized   26th   November 
i7Sot. 
V.  William  Wilmer,  baptized  5th  August  1751!. 
VI.  Robert    Wilmer,  baptized  2Sth  May   1754!  ; 
buried  9th  June  1755*. 


+  Par.  reg.  of  St.  Mary  Magdalene's, 
Stony  Stratford. 

1.  The  statements  in  italics  are  on 
the  authority  of  a  pedigree  compiled  in 
1823  for  Mrs.  Field,  of  Upper  Helmsley, 
by  WilHam  Ratcliffe,  Rouge  Croix, 
Pursuivant  of  Arms. 


2.  The  burial  is  not  recorded  in  the 
par.  reg.  of  Coleshill. 

*  Par.  reg.  of  St.  Giles's,  Stony 
Stratford. 


BRADFORD  WILMER,  .M.D. 


FROM    A    MINIATURE    IX    THE    POSSESSION    OF    THE    REVEREND 
JOHN    WAIKINS. 


HISTORY    OF   THE    WILMER    FAMILY.  297 

I.  Anna-Maria  Wilmer,   ancestress  of  Watkins 
of  Yorkshire  {see  cftap.  XXI). 
Mrs.   Wilmer   was   buried    i8th    November    1776*;    and    John 
Wilmer  was  buried    17th  September    1773*.      His  will   was   as 
follows  : — 

"  WciXi  is  the  last  will  and  testament  of  John  Wilmer  of  Stony  Strat- 
ford : — I  will  and  bequeath  to  my  wife  Mary  Wilmer  all  my  land  and 
Estate  in  Cosgrove  feild  in  the  county  of  Northampton  during  her 
natural  life  and  after  her  decease  I  give  and  bequeath  the  said  land  to 
my  son  John  Wilmer,  my  son  Richard  Wilmer,  and  my  daughter  Anne 
not  as  joint  tenants,  but  tenants  in  common  to  be  equally  divided 
amongst  them.  If  my  son  Bradford  Wilmer  does  not  enjoy  the  two 
houses  in  Stony  Stratford  I  will  that  he  should  share  the  said  Estate 
with  them.  I  give  all  my  personal  Estate  including  the  stock  in  trade 
of  my  son  John  Wilmer  to  be  equally  divided  amongst  my  wife  Mary 
Wilmer  and  all  my  children.  I  appoint  my  said  wife  Mary  Wilmer  sole 
executrix  of  this  my  last  will  and  testament.  Jn°  X  Wilmer.  Signed 
sealed  etc.  this  20th  day  of  November  1768  in  the  presence  of  us 
Jn°  Lambert,  Tho"  Poulter,  W™  Lambert."  [Proved  28th  April  1774, 
by  the  oath  of  Mary  Wilmer,  the  executrix,  to  whom  administration  was 
granted.     P.CC.  164  Bargrave] 

$$.— ISratrfOrJl  aSlilmcr,  Esq.,  M.D.,  of  Much  Park 
Street^,  Coventry,  the  second  son  of  John  and  Mary  Wilmer, 
was  baptized  19th  March  i745-6f.  He  married  first,  by  licence, 
nth  March  1773+,  Sarah  Pickering,  of  the  parish  of  St. 
Michael,  Coventry,  by  whom,  according  to  Ratcliffe,  he  had  no 
surviving  issue.  Mrs.  Wilmer  died  nth  November  1791,  aged 
39,  and  was  buried  in  the  lady  chapel  of  St.  Michael's  church, 
Coventry  ;  M.L  there. 

Dr.  Wilmer  married  secondly,  at  Meriden,co  Warwick,  23nd 
November  1 792,  Sophia,  daughter  of  the  Reverend  Bartholomew 


*  Par.  reg.  of  St.  Giles's,  Stony 
Stratford. 

3.  The  house  occupied  by  Dr.  Wilmer 
was  used  for  many  years  as  Judge's 
Lodgings  when  Coventry  had  its  own 
assizes. 


t  Par.  reg.  of  St.  Mary  Magdalene's, 
Stony  Stratford. 

X  Par.  reg.  of  St.  jNIichael's, 
Coventry. 


298  HISTORY    OF    THE    WILMER    FAMILY. 

Musson,  Rector  of  Baginton,  near  Coventry.  She  died  3rd 
April  1801,  aged  35,  and  was  buried  7th  April  iSoiJ  ;  M.I.  (see 
belozu).     They  had  issue  : — 

I.  Henry  -  Bradford  Wilmer,  baptized  nth 
September  1793J  ;  died  27th  December  1810, 
aged  17;  buried  ist  January  iSiiJ;  M.I. 

I.  Sophia-Maria  Wilmer,  baptized  29th  October 
1 796 J  ;  died  22nd  July  1810,  aged  14;  buried 
26th  July?  ;  M.I. 

II.  Sarah  Wilmer,  baptized  ist  August  1798J  ; 
married, 25th  November  18 19,  Alexander  Christie, 
Esq.,  eldest  son  of  Rear-Admiral  Christie,  of 
Baberton,  co.  Mid-Lothian,  and  had  issue.  She 
died  about  1832  or  1833. 

Dr.  Wilmer  married  thirdly,  Jane,  daughter  of  Charles  Rattray, 
Esq.,  M.D.,  of  Daventry,  co.  Northampton.  She  died  13th  July 
1805,  aged  36,  and  was  buried  i8th  July  1805J  ;  M.I.  They 
had  issue  : — 

^F£I.— 1.  David  Wilmer.     Sec  below,  £££- 

II.  Jane  Wilmer,  baptized  3rd  June  1805+  ; 
married,  at  Daventry,  25th  August  1825,  Abraham 
Turner,  Esq.,  Barrister-at-Law,  of  the  Middle 
Temple,  London,  and  of  Areley  House,  Kidder- 
minster. He  was  educated  at  Rugby  under  Dr. 
Arnold,  and  was  the  eldest  son  of  Jacob  Turner, 
Esq.,  of  Park  Hall,  near  Kidderminster,  by  Ann 
his  wife,  daughter  of  Thomas  Farley.  Abraham 
and  Jane  Turner  had  issue  : — 

i.  Abraham    Turner,  born  29th  August 
1826  ;  died  1827. 


X  Par.  reg.  of  St.   Michael's,  Coventry. 


HISTORY   OF   THE   WILMER    FAMILY.  299 

ii.  Bradford  Turner,  born  25th  February 
1829  ;  died  4th  January  i860,  at  his  uncle 
David  Wilmer's  house  in  Highgate.  co. 
Middlesex  ;  buried  at  Mitton,  near  Stour- 
port ;  M.I.  there. 

iii.  William-Henry  Turner,  Esq.,  now  of 
Hillmore,  Whakapuaka,  Nelson,  New 
Zealand  ;  born  at  Areley  House,  loth 
August  1832;  sailed  for  New  Zealand  in 
the  Diikc  of  Portland,  8th  November 
1853  ;  arrived  at  Nelson  8th  February 
1854;  married,  in  1862,  by  Dr.  Hobhouse, 
the  first  Bishop  of  Nelson,  Isabella, 
third  daughter  of  James  Mackay,  Esq., 
J.P.,  of  Drumduan,  N.Z.,  and  formerly  of 
Aberdeen  in  Scotland  and  of  St.  John's 
Wood,  London,  one  of  the  pioneer  settlers 
of  Nelson,  N.Z.  Mr.  W-H.  and  Mrs. 
Turner  have  issue  : — 

1.  Charles-William-James  Turner, 

born  nth  October  1865. 

2.  Harold-Wilmer  Turner,  born  at 
Hillmore,  23rd  November  1869  ; 
baptized  9th  January  1870. 

1.  Annie -Jane  Turner,  born  at 
Hillmore,  30th  April  1S63  ;  bap- 
tized 21st  June  1863;  married,  at 
St.  Peter's  by  the  Strand,  Whaka- 
puaka, 15th  November  1883  (by 
the  Lord  Bishop  ot  Nelson,  assisted 
by  the  Ven.  Archdeacon  Mules  and 
the  Rev.W.-H.  Kay),  the  Reverend 
Arthur  Harmon,  late  of  Surbiton, 
England,  and  now  Curate  of  Spring 


HISTORY    OF    THE    WILMER    FAMILY. 

Creek,  Marlborough  and  Grove 
Town,  in  the  Wairau,  New  Zealand. 
Mr.  Hermon  is  nephew  to  the  late 
Edward  Hermon,  Esq.,  M.P.  for 
Preston,  England.  He  has  a 
daughter:— Faith- Adine  Hermon, 
born  25th  August  18S4;  baptized 
1st  October. 

2.  Dora  -  Frances  Turner,  born  at 
Hillmore,  17th  February  1S68  ; 
baptized  by  the  Bishop  of  Nelson, 
8th  March. 

Arms  of  Mi.W.-H.  Turner:  Sable,  within 
a  cross  voided  a  cross  pattee  fitchee  between 
four  millrinds  ;  crest  :  A  lion  gardant 
sable,  charged  on  the  body  with  three 
crosses  pattee  fitchee  argent,  resting  the 
dexter  fore-paw  upon  a  shield  of  the  last, 
charged  with  a  millrind  of  the  first  ; 
motto  :  Esse  quam  videri. 

iv.  Abraham  Turner,  born  26th  and 
baptized  27th  December  1834  ;  educated 
at  Rugby  school  under  Dr.  Tait  (late 
Archbishop  of  Canterbury)  ;  matriculated 
at  Worcester  College,  O.xford  ;  but,  out- 
growing his  strength,  died  14th  April 
1858,  and  was  buried  in  Mitton  church- 
yard, beside  his  brother  Bradford  ;  M.I. 
there.  He  was  known  among  his  friends 
as  "  The  Walking  Bradshaw,"  for  it  was 
one  of  his  favourite  occupations  to  study 
the  working  of  trains  on  the  various  rail- 
ways. He  had  a  great  veneration  for 
Bradshaw,   and   on   one   occasion    called 


HISTORY    OF   THE   WILMER    FAMILY.  3OI 

upon  him  in  Manchester,  when  the  Quaker 
said,  "  I  am  proud  to  see  thee,  Friend." 
i.  Selina-Jane    Turner,  bom   7th  Sep- 
tember 1827  ;  died  27th  January  1845. 
li.  Caroline  -  Sarah    Turner,    born    21st 
August  1831  ;  married,  in    1862,  Captain 
Massey,  and  had   an   only  son,  Captain 
Massey,  who     was     on    General     Hicks 
Pasha's    Staff  in    the    Soudan,  where    he 
was  killed. 
Dr.   Wilmer    married    fourthly,   in    1806,   Selina,   sister  of    his 
third  wife,  and  daughter  of  Dr.  Rattray,  and  by  her  (who  died  at 
Bath,  30th  April  18 19)  had  issue  : — 

I.  Bradford     Wilmer,   of  whom   presently  {see 

belo-w). 

II.  John    Wilmer,   Esq.,    of   P^rankfurt,    Germany, 

baptized  14th  March    1810+;  married  a  German 

lady  ;  died  sine  prole  in  December  1880. 

III.  William  Wilmer,  Esq.,  Lieutenant-Colonel  in 

H.M.     Royal     Irish     Hussars;      baptized      2Sth 

October  1811.+     The  following  extract  from  the 

Gentleman's  Magazine,  under  date  30th  January 

1858,   records    the    chief  events   in    this   gallant 

officer's  career : — 

"  Lieut-Colonel  Wilmer  served  with  the  i6th  Lancers  throughout  the 

campaign  in  Affghanistan,  including  the  siege  and  capture  of  Ghuznee 

(medal).     He  was  also  present  in  the  action  of  the  Maliarajpore.     He 

afterwards   served   with   the    14th    Light    Dragoons,    throughout    the 

Punjaub   campaign    in    1848-49,  including  the  action    of  Ramnuggur, 

passage  of  the  Chenab,  battles  of  Chillianwallah  and   Goojerat,  pursuit 

of  the  enemy  across  the  Jhelum,  and  of  the  Affghans  over  the  Indus  and 

through  the  Khyber  Pass.       For  his  services  in  the  Punjaub  he  received 

a  medal  and  clasps.     This  gallant  officer  was  likewise  employed  in  the 

Persian     expeditionary     force    in    1857,    and     was     present    at    the 

X  Par.  reg.  of  .St.  Michael's,  Coventry. 


302  HISTORY    OF    THE    WILMER    FAMILY. 

bombardment  and  capture  of  Mohamreh,  and  subsequent  pursuit  of 
the  Persian  army.  On  his  promotion  to  his  present  rank,  Lieut. -Col. 
Wilmer  was  transferred  from  the  14th  Light  Dragoons  to  the  8th 
Hussars,  and  joined  that  corps  on  its  arrival  at  Bombay  about  six  weeks 
ago.  It  may  be  added  that  in  the  action  of  Ramnuggur,  when  the 
shattered  remains  of  the  14th  were  retiring  from  the  Nullah,  Lieut.- 
Colonel,  then  Captain  Wilmer,  with  characteristic  valour  and  kindness, 
dismounted  under  a  heavy  fire  to  carry  off  a  wounded  brother  officer. 
On  another  occasion  he  had  a  narrow  escape  when  attacked  and 
surrounded  by  mountain  robbers,  when  Lieutenant  Inverarity  was 
murdered." 

Colonel  Wilmer  died  at  Bombay,  of  malignant 
small-pox,  30th  January  1858,  aged  46.  He 
married,  26th  February  1835,  Margaret- Jane, 
daughter  of  William  -  Ramsay  White,  Esq., 
Surgeon  in  the  84th  and  31st  Regiments,  and 
the  i6th  Lancers,  and  Staff-Surgeon  (ist  class). 
.Colonel  Wilmer  had  issue  : — 

i.  John  -  Randal  Wilmer,  Esq.,  now 
residing  at  Boulogne-sur-Mer,  Lieutenant- 
Colonel,  Bengal  Staff  Corps,  born  in  India 
in  January  1841  ;  educated  at  Sandhurst 
Royal  Military  College  ;  transferred  to 
the  Royal  Military  Academy  at  Woolwich ; 
obtained  a  commission  in  the  Royal 
Artillery  in  1858  ;  sailed  for  India  in 
i860,  and  entered  the  Bengal  Staff  Corps  ; 
and  is  now  serving  on  the  Grand 
Trigonometrical  Survey  ;  married  first, 
27th  x\pril  1870,  Frances-Jane,  daughter 
of  William  Jackson,  F.R.C.S.,  formerly 
Superintending  Surgeon  in  the  Bengal 
Medical  Service  under  the  Hon.  E.I. 
Company,  by  Margaret-Ann  Buchan,  his 
wife.  Mrs.  Wilmer  died  15th  March 
1876,  leaving  issue: — I.  Margaret-Alice- 
Theodora  Wilmer,  born   loth   Februarj- 


HISTORY    OF    THE    WILMER    FAMILY.  303 

1871  ;  and  2.  Frances- Alice  Wilmer, 
born  14th  March  1876.  Colonel  Wilmer 
married  secondly,  28th  May  1877,  Kelen- 
Florence  -  C.  Gordon,  daughter  of 
Alexander  Gordon,  of  Banff,  Scotland, 
Major  in  the  Madras  Army,  by  Maria- 
Margarate,  his  wife,  daughter  of  Oloff  de 
Wet,  Esq.,  of  the  Cape  of  Good  Hope. 
Colonel  and  Mrs.  Wilmer  have  issue : — 
1.  Harold-Gordon  Wilmer,  born  7th 
July  1879;  2.  Eric  -  Randal  -  Gordon 
Wilmer,  born  24th  Ma)-  1882  ;  1.  Helen- 
Ida  -  Gordon  Wilmer,  born  20th 
February  1878  ;  and  2.  Ruby-Gordon 
Wilmer,.  born  14th  January  1886. 

ii.  William  Wilmer,  Captain  in  the  Army, 
now  of  'The  Retreat,'  Yoxford,  co.  Sussex, 
born  2nd  July  1842,  at  Meerut,  East 
India ;  educated  at  Sandhurst  Military 
College  from  1858  to  2nd  July  i860; 
3rd  July  1 860,  gazetted  as  Ensign  (without 
purchase)  to  the  90th  Light  Infantry 
(Perthshire  Volunteers),  now  the  Scottish 
Rifles  ;  3rd  November  1863,  appointed 
Lieutenant  in  the  same  regiment  ;  25th 
December  1865,  Fort  Adjutant,  Attock  ; 
28th  July  1867,  Officiating  Brigade  Major, 
Peshawur  Brigade  ;  2nd  August  1867, 
appointed  to  the  45th  (Rattray's)  Sikhs  ; 
19th  February  1869,  Officiating  Adjutant, 
13th  N.I.  ;  3rd  July  1872,  promoted  to  the 
rank  of  Captain,  and  placed  on  retired 
half-pay  shortly  afterwards,  on  account 
of  ill-health.  Captain  Wilmer  passed  the 
examination  for  high  proficiency  in  Hindi, 


HISTORY    OF   THE    WILMER    FAMILY. 

Persian,  and  Urdu,  and  the  Higher  Standard 
in  Hindustani.  For  these  examinations 
he  received  more  than  500/.  in  prizes. 
Captain  Wilmcr  married,  at  St  James's, 
Paddington,  London,  20th  August  1872, 
Harriet-Agnes-Letitia,  only  surviving 
daughter  of  the  late  John-Leman  Ewen, 
Esq.,  J. P.,  of  Reydon,  and  The  Manor 
House,  Southwold,  co.  Suffolk,  by  Alethea 
Colvile,  his  wife.  Captain  Wilmer  has  two 
daughters  : — 1.  Alethea-Edith-Marion 
Wilmer,  born  2nd  March  1874;  and 
2.  Alice  -  Margaret  -  Isabella  Wilmer, 
born  13th  June  1S78. 
iii.  Bradford  Wilmer,  Esq.,  now  residing  at 
the  Falkland  Islands  ;  born  3rd  April 
1844;  married,  nth  December  1869, 
Caroline,  daughter  of  William  Cornish, 
Captain  in  the  Merchant  Service,  and 
has  two  daughters. 

iv.  George-Crofton  Wilmer,  Esq.,  late  of 
H.M.  66th  Infantry;  born  29th  August 
185 1  ;  educated  at  Sandhurst  ;  married, 
6th  September  1876,  his  first-cousin, 
Emily,  daughter  of  George  Pedder,  Esq., 
and  has  no  issue. 
V.  Algernon-Henry  Wilmer,  Esq.,  now  in 
the  Bengal  Staff  Corps,  and  residing  at 
Moscow,  Russia;  born  4th  May  1857; 
educated  at  Sandhurst ;  passed  the  ex- 
aminations for  High  Proficiency  in  Persian 
and  Urdu,  and  the  Higher  Standard  in 
Hindustani, Pushtu,  and  Punjabi ;  married, 
6th  January  187S,  Florence  Wallen,and 
has  two  sons. 


HISTORY    OF   THE   WILMER    FAMILY.  305 

i.  Alice-Charlotte  Wilmer   married    first, 
1 8th     September     1873,    John  -  Mcdows 
Theobald,  Esq.,  Captain  in  H.M.  Wiltshire 
Regiment,  of  Henley  Hall,  Ipswich,  and 
had      a      daughter  :— ALICE   -   LILLIAN 
Theobald,  who  was  born  in  June  and 
died    in   July    1874.      Captain    Theobald 
died   in   India,  6th   February  1876.     Mrs. 
Theobald    married    secondly,   28th    April 
1883,   Charles  -  Carne    Lewis,    Esq.,  of 
Shenfield   House,  Brentwood,  Essex,  and 
has  no  issue. 
Selina  Wilmer,  baptized    15th  August  1808;  + 
married,   at  Middleton  St.   George,  co.   Durham, 
5th   July    1881,   the   Reverend   Edwards    Pea- 
cock,  who  assumed    the  surname  and    arms  of 
Cust,  and  is    now   the   Venerable  Archdeacon 
Gust,  of  Danby    Hill,    Northallerton,  co.    York. 
He  is  the  son  of  the  late  Reverend  Daniel-Mitford 
Peacock,  by  Catherine  Edwards  his  wife,  and  the 
grandson    of    the    Reverend    William    Peacock, 
Rector  of    Danby,    and   of   Elizabeth    his    wife, 
daughter  and   heiress  of  Daniel  Mitford.     Arch- 
deacon Cust  was  formerly  a  Fellow  of  St.  John's 
College,  Cambridge  ;  B. A.  (nth  Wrangler)  1827; 
M.A.  1830  ;  ordained  Deacon  in  1S29  ;  Priest   in 
1830  ;  Rector  of  Danby- Wiske  with  Yafforth,  co. 
York,   1840  to    1883  ;  appointed   Archdeacon    of 
Richmond  and  Canon  of  Ripon  cathedral  in  1868. 
He  has  issue  : — 1.  Arthur  Cust ;  and  2.  Mitford 
Cust,  Major  in  the  Queen's  (Royal  West  Surrey 
Regiment). 

Charlotte-Lucy    Wilmer,    baptized   21st  June 
i8i3t  ;  married,  at  Badby,  co.  Northarfipton,  21st 

J  Par.  reg.  of  St.  Michael's,  Coventry. 


3o6  HISTORV    OF    THE    WILMER     FAMILY. 

February  1843,  the  Reverend  Halford-Henry 
Halford-Adcock,  Clerk  in  Holy  Orders.  Mr. 
Halford-Adcock  graduated  at  Trinity  College, 
Cambridge,  B.A.  1839;  M.A.  1842;  ordained 
Deacon  in  1839  by  the  Bishop  of  Lincoln,  and 
Priest  in  1840  by  the  Bishop  of  Peterborough  ; 
formerly  Curate  of  Plvington,  co.  Leicester  ;  Vicar 
of  Humberstone,  co.  Leicester,  1856-61;  and  is  now 
of  no.  23  Earl's  Court  Square,  South  Kensington, 
London.     He  has  had  issue  :  — 

i.  Halford  Halford-Adcock,  Clerk  in  Holy 
Orders,  born  2nd  February  1846  ;  bap- 
tized at  Humberstone,  22nd  March  1846  ; 
graduated  at  Exeter  College,  Oxford,  B.A. 
1868  ;  M.A.  1874  ;  ordained  Deacon  in 
1869,  and  Priest  in  1S70  by  the  Bishop  of 
Lincoln  ;  Curate  of  St.  Peter's  in  Eastgate, 
Lincoln,  1869-71  ;  and  Chaplain  of  H.  "SI. 
Prison  at  Lincoln  1871,  which  appoint- 
ment he  still  holds.  He  married,  at  St. 
Pancras,  Mary-Ie-Bow,  London,  12th 
August  1876,  Catherine- Mary,  eldest 
daughter  of  Major  W.-H.  West,  and  has 
issue: — I.  Herbert  -  Harfield  Halford- 
Adcock;  1.  Maude  Halford-Adcock; 
and  2.   Mildred  Halford-Adcock. 

ii.  Herbert-Henrv  Halford  -  Adcock, 
born  14th  January  1847  ;  baptized  at 
Humberstone,  14th  February  1847;  died  in 
Queensland,  Australia,  ist  December 
1S77  ;  buried  in  the  cemetery  at  Brisbane. 

i.  Charlotte-Anne  Halford-Adcock.  born 
at  Humberstone  ;  married,  at  St.  John's, 
Paddington,    London;    2nd     June     1863, 


HISTORY   OF   THE    WILMER    FAMILY.  307 

Yorke  Rattray,  Lieutenant    R.N.,   only 
son  of  the    late    Vice-Admiral    Rattray, 
R.N.,  and  has  issue  : — 1.  James- Vivlan- 
Yorke  Rattray,  born  2nd  May  1864  ;  and 
1.  Eva  -  Charlotte    Rattray,     born    3rd 
April  1869. 
ii.  Alice -Mary  Halford-Adcock,  married, 
at    St.    Matthias's,   Earl's   Court    Square, 
London  ;  Everitt  Everitt,  Esq.,  only  son 
of  Everitt  Everitt,  Esq. 
Arms    of  Adcock  :  Azure,    on    a  saltire    argent 
nine  ogresses  ;  crest  :  A  fox's  head  argent. 

Dr.  Wilmer  attained  a  good  position  in  his  profession,  for  he 
was  considered  the  foremost  medical  man  in  Coventry.  In 
1779  he  published  a  work,  entitled.  Cases  and  Remarks  in 
Surgery,  To  which  is  subjoined  An  appendix,  containing  the 
Method  of  curing  the  Bronchocele  in  Coventry.  This  book  he 
dedicated  to  William  Sharpe,  Esq.,  with  whom  he  studied 
surgery  in  London.  He  died  2ist  or  27th  November  1S13, 
aged  6-j,  and  was  buried  29th  November.?  His  will  was  dated 
24th  March  1813,  and  proved  14th  February  18 14.''  He  be- 
queathed to  his  wife  250/.  a  year  for  life,  in  addition  to  300/.  a 
year,  which  he  settled  upon  her  at  the  time  of  their  marriage. 

The    following   inscriptions    are   in    St.    Michael's    church, 
Coventry : — 

Near  the  north  door,  on  a  plain  oval  tablet  of  marble  : — 

Near  this  place  lie  the  remains  of 

Bradford  Wilmer  M.D. 

WHO  DIED  November  27,  18 13,  aged  6-]  years. 

This  tablet  is  erected  as  a  tribute  of 

SINCERE   regard,   BY  AN   AFFECTIONATE 
WIFE  AND   FAMILY. 

X  Par.      reg.      of     St.      Michael's,       I        4.  P.C.C,  102  Biidport. 
Coventry.  | 


3oS  HISTORY    OF   THE    Wll.MER    FAMILY. 

On  a  flat  stone  near  the  north  door : — 

SOPHIA  Wife  of 

BRADFORD    WILMER, 

Surgeon  of  this  City, 

died  3d  April  iSoi, 

Aged  35  Years. 

JANE  WILMER, 

Wife  of  BRADFORD  WILMER, 

died   13th  July    1805, 

Aged  36  Years. 

SOPHIA  WILMER, 

Eldest  Daughter  of 

BRADFORD  WILMER 

died  22nd  July  1810, 

Aged  14  years. 

HENRY  WILMER 

Eldest  Son  of 

BRADFORD  WILMER 

died  27th  Decbr.  18 10,  Aged  17  Years. 

BRADFORD  WILMER,  M.D. 
died  2 1  St  Novmbr.  18 13,  Aged  67  Years. 

£££.— 23abltl  ffliKilmfr,  Esq.,  of  Highgate,  co.  Middle- 
sex, the  eldest  surviving  son  of  Dr.  Bradford  Wilmer,  was 
baptized  23rd  August  1803,!  and  educated  at  Rugby  School. 
He  married,  in  1833,  Isabella  Ponsonby,  who  is  now  living  at 
no.  35  The  Grove,  Boltons,  London,  S.W.  Mr.  Wilmer  died 
about  1S70,  having  had  issue  : — 

3:21'. — I.    Frederick  Wilmer.     Sec  bc/oi.\     W. 

II.  Charles-Ponsonby  Wilmer,  ICsq.,  Solicitor,  of 
Lincoln's  Inn,  and  no.  35  The  Grove,  Boltons, 
London. 

III.  &  IV.  Two  Sons,  died  young. 


t  Par.  reg.  of  St.   Michael's,  Coventry. 


Arms  of  Bradford  Wilmer,  Esquire. 


HiSlOKV    OF     IHE    WILMER    FAMILY.  ,v'"i 

I.  Eliza-Fanny  Wilmer,  married,  at  St.  Michael  s 
Mighgate,  6th  December  1865,  the  Revcnjix.1 
Thompson  Thackeray,  and  has  no  issue.  Mr. 
Thackeray  was  of  Queen's  College,  Cambridge  ; 
B.A.  1846,  M.A.  1850;  Second  Master  of  Rich- 
mond Grammar  School,  co.  York,  1846-7  ; 
ordained  Deacon  and  Priest  in  1847,  by  the 
Bishop  of  Durham  ;  Head  Master  of  the 
Grammar  School  and  Curate  of  .St.  Ann's, 
Bishop-Auckland,  1847-53  !  Rector  of  Usvvorth, 
ctj.  Durham,  1853-79;  and  Vicar  of  Kilmeston, 
Xiresford,  Hampshire,  1879,  which  living  he  still 
holds. 
II.  Ada  Wilmer,  now  of  Frankfurt,  Germany, 
married  Albrechl  von  Bardeieben,  and  has 
one  daughter. 

III.  Isabella  Wilmer,  married  C.  Kelly,  Esq.,  and 
has  no  issue. 

IV.  Charlotte  Wilmer,  married    Llewellen  Salus- 
bury,  Esq.,  and  has  issue. 

£?F.— jFrftJCrtrfe  aSailmer,  Esq.,  now  living,  the  elder 
son  of  David  and  Isabella  Wilmer,  is  married,  and  has,  with  other 
iss'.'p      ■    - '^^■^  ''"■■^b  Louis  Wilmer  and  Arthur  Wilmer. 


iME   .SECOND   HOUSE   OF   WILMER. 

JF.—iJratJfOril  aSailmn:,  Esq.,  of  Reydon  Hall,  Wang- 
ford,  CO.  Suffolk,  the  eldest  son  of  Dr.  Bradford  Wilmer  and 
Selina,  his  fourth  wife,  was  baptized  24th  June  1807+  ;  educated 
at  Rugby  School,  and  Christ's  College,  Cambridge  ;  B.A.  1831. 
He  married,  in  1836,  Frances  -  Chudleigh,  daughter  and  sole 
heiress  of  Thomas-Giles  Worthington,  Esq.,  of  Halse  House, 


of  hit.  Michael's,  Coventry. 


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WiLMLR.  ESQllR' 


HISTORY    OF   THE    WILMER    FAMILY.  309 

I.  Eliza-Fanny  Wilmer,  married,  at  St.  Michael's, 
Highgate,  6th  December  1865,  the  Reverend 
Thompson  Thackeray,  and  has  no  issue.  Mr. 
Thackeray  was  of  Queen's  College,  Cambridge  ; 
B.A.  1846,  M.A.  1850;  Second  Master  of  Rich- 
mond Grammar  School,  co.  York,  1846-7  ; 
ordained  Deacon  and  Priest  in  1847,  by  the 
Bishop  of  Durham  ;  Head  Master  of  the 
Grammar  School  and  Curate  of  St.  Ann's, 
Bishop-Auckland,  1847-53  ;  Rector  of  Usworth, 
CO.  Durham,  1853-79  J  and  Vicar  of  Kilmeston, 
Alresford,  Hampshire,  1879,  which  living  he  still 
holds. 

II.  Ada  Wilmer,  now  of  Frankfurt,  Germany, 
married  Albrecht  von  Bardeleben,  and  has 
one  daughter. 

III.  Isabella  Wilmer,  married  C.  Kelly,  Esq.,  and 
has  no  issue. 

IV.  Charlotte  Wilmer,  married  Llewellen  Salus- 
bury,  Esq.,  and  has  issue. 

ISF'.— dfrrtirririi  fflSillmfr,  Esq.,  now  living,  the  eider 
son  of  David  and  Isabella  Wilmer,  is  married,  and  has,  with  other 
issue,  two  sons  Frederick- Louis  Wilmer  and  Arthur  Wilmer. 


THE   SECOND    HOUSE   OF   WILMER. 

^r.— Ijratlforti  fflMllmrV,  Esq.,  of  Reydon  Hall,  Wang- 
ford,  CO.  Suffolk,  the  eldest  son  of  Dr.  Bradford  Wilmer  and 
Selina,  his  fourth  wife,  was  baptized  24th  June  1807+  ;  educated 
at  Rugby  School,  and  Christ's  College,  Cambridge  ;  B.A.  1831. 
He  married,  in  1836,  Frances  -  Chudleigh,  daughter  and  sole 
heiress   of  Thomas-Giles   Worthington,   Esq.,   of  Halse   House, 

*  Par.  veg.  of  8t.  Michael's,  Coventry. 


3IO  HISTORY    OF    THE    WILMER    FAMILY. 

Milverton,  near  Taunton.  Arms  of  Worthincjton  :  Argent, 
three  tridents  sable.  She  was  born  5th  August  1S09  ;  died  15th 
December  18S5,  aged  jS,  and  was  buried  at  Reydon.  Mr. 
and   Mrs.  Wilmcr  had  issue: — 

I.  Hucii-Francis  Wilmek,  Esq.,  born  at  Florence, 
Italy,  7th  March  1837  ;  educated  at  Cheltenham 
College  ;  joined  the  90th  Light  Infantry  at  Mul- 
lingar,  India,  in  1S54  ;  killed  in  the  attack  on  the 
Redan,  before  Sebastopol,  Sth  September  1855. 

Hf. —  II.    Lieutenant    -    Colonel     Louis  -  Worlhington 
Wilmer.     See  below,  H. 

III.  Henry-Chudleigh  Wilmer,  Esq.,  Lieutenant 
in  the  85th  Light  Infantrj-  ;  born  in  London, 
24th  September  1842  ;  educated  at  Eton  ; 
married,  6th  February  1878,  Ida -Julia,  eldest 
daughter  of  Fcrster  Goring,  Esq.,  of  Portumna, 
CO.  Galway,  and  afterwards  of  Wellington,  New 
Zealand,  by  the  Hon.  Sydney-Eloisa  Yelverton, 
his  wife,  third  daughter  of  Barry-John,  third 
Viscount  Avonmore.  Arms  of  Mr.  F.  Goring  : 
Argent,  a  chevron  between  three  annulets  gules, 
a  mullet  for  difference.  Mr.  H.-C.  Wilmer  died 
17th  December  18S2,  aged  40,  and  left  a  son, 
Francis-Goring  Wilmer. 

IV.  Horace  Wilmer,  Esq.,  Civil  Engineer,  of  Mount- 
stuart,  Woodford,  Essex  ;  born  at  Janval,  near 
Dieppe,  France,  2nd  November  185 1  ;  educated 
at  Rugby  School  ;  married,  3rd  September  1874, 
Mary- Frances,  only  daughter  and  heiress  of  the 
Reverend  Leonard-Edmund  Graham,  of  Kinburn 
Lodge,  Egham,  co.  Surrey,  and  has  had  issue  :  — 

i.  Godfrey- Horace -Graham  Wilmer. 
born  at  Bangalore,  India,  2ist  June  1S75  ; 


HISTORY    OF   THE   WILMER    FAMILY.  3II 

died    at    Hassan,    Mysore,     India,     14th 
October  1875. 

ii.  Altham  -  Browning  Wilmer,  born  at 
Hassan,  15th  August  1876. 

iii.  Graham  -  Horace  Wilmer,  born  at 
Woodford,  Essex,  3rd  December  1883. 

iv.  Bradford-William  Wilmer,  born  at 
Woodford,  30th  October  1885;  died  there, 
I  ith  January  1886. 

V.  Douglas  -  Horsford  Wilmer,  born  at 
Woodford,  25th  December  1S86. 

i.  Margaret-Emily-Anne  Wilmer,  born  at 
Woodford,  30th  December  1877. 

ii.  Doris- Maud- Isabel  Wilmer,  born  at 
Woodford,  24th  October  1880. 

Mr.  H.  Wilmer  quarters   the  arms  of  Worthing- 
ton  with  his  paternal  coat. 

V.  &  VI.  Julian   Wilmer  and   another   Son,  twins, 
born  at  Janval  in  1854  ;  died  in  infancy. 

I.  Emily  Wilmer,  born  in  London,  12th  July 
1840;  died  at  Bournemouth,  31st  December  1878; 
buried  4th  January  1879. 

II.  Catherine  Wilmer,  born  in  London,  23rd  May 
1849  ;  baptized  at  Worthing,  2nd  August  1849  ; 
married,  20th  June  1878,  Arthur- Wyndham 
Standert,  Esq.,  M.D.,  of  Bournemouth,  and  has 
issue  : — 

i.  Hugh-Cmudleigh  Standert,  born  i6th 
October  1881  ;  baptized  at  St.  Thomas's, 
Bayswatcr,  25th  November  ;  died  9th 
August  1885. 


312  HISTORY    OF    THE    WILMER     FAMILY. 

i.  Frances-  Dorothea- Chudleigh 
Standert,  born  26th  March  1879  ;  bap- 
tized at  St.  Mark's,  Nottinc^  Hill,  London, 
2nd  April. 

ii.  Helen-Adela-Elton  Standert,  born  14th 
October  1883  ;  baptized  at  St.  Barnabas's, 
Addison  Road,  London,  13th  November 
1883. 

ill.  Marion-Cecil  -  Standert,  born  4th  July 
1S85  ;  baptized  at  St.  Barnabas's,  Addison 
Road,  2nd  August. 

Arms  of  Standert: An  arrow  in  pale 

crest :  A  flag-staff  and   flag  between  two  wings 
expanded  ;  motto  :  Aut  vincam  aut  peribo. 

The  accompanying  illustration  shows  the  arms  of  the  family 
as  borne  by  Mr.  Bradford  Wilmer  He  died  at  Reydon,  21st 
May  1886,  and  was  buried  there,  26th  Ma}-. 

^J£.— ILirutrnant  =  (ffoloud  lLouis  =  aJKortijtneton 

21SHlllUCr,  now  living  at  no.  12  Guntcrstonc  Road,  West 
Kensington,  London,  the  elder  surviving  son  of  Bradford  and 
Frances-Chudleigh  Wilmer,  was  born  at  Naples,  Italy,  25th 
September  1839;  educated  at  Cheltenham  College;  gazetted 
Ensign,  25th  October  1855  ;  Lieutenant,  25th  September  1857  ; 
promoted  to  the  rank  of  Captain  unattached,  1st  April  1870; 
reappointed  as  Captain  to  the  2nd  Battalion  of  the  Suffolk 
Regiment,  25th  November  1875  ;  retired  to  the  Reserve  of 
Officers,  1st  April  1880,  with  rank  of  Brevet- Major  ;  promoteil 
to  rank  of  Lieut.-Colonel,  26th  August  1881  ;  is  still  on  the 
Reserve  of  Officers  ;  served  with  the  90th  Light  Infantry 
through  the  Indian  Mutiny  Campaign  in  1857-8  ;  present  at  the 
actions  of  Sheorajpur  and  Bilhoor  ;  defence  of  the  Alum  Bagh 
enclosure,  under  Major  Mclntyre,  78th  Highlanders;  Relief  of 
Lucknow,  under    Sir    Colin    Campbell  ;    subsequent    operations 


iR  E  S  URCAjytl  /fide  SEP  VI  D^ 


~^V. 


LOUIS     WORTHINGTON     WILMER, 

LIEUJ  .-COLONEL,  RESERVE  OF  OFFICERS. 


Arms:— I  AND  4  WiL.MER  ;  2  .\nd  3  Woktiiim 

CRE.STS  :       I   WlLMER  ;    2  WoRTHINGTON.     . 


HISTORY    OF   THE    WILWER    FAIULY.  3I3 

before  Lucknow,  under  Sir  James  Outram  ;  Capture  of  Lucknow, 
under  Lord  Clyde  ;  action  of  Dhoondia  Khera,  and  the  closing 
events  of  the  Oude  Campaign,  which  crushed  the  Indian  Mutiny- 
in  that  part  of  the  country  ;  medal  and  clasp  for  relief  and 
capture  of  Lucknow. 

Colonel  Wilmer married,  iithjune  1878,  Inez-Selina,  fourth 
daughter  of  George-Macartney  Ogilvie,  Esq.,  of  the  Madras 
Civil  Service,  son  of  Thomas  Ogilvie,  Esq.,  of  Chesters,  near 
Jedburgh,  and  has  issue  : — 

I.  Louis  -  Emilius  -  Chudleigh  -  Worthington 
Wilmer,  born  14th  April  1879;  baptized  at  St. 
Jude's,  Southsea. 

II.  Geoffrey  -  Raymond  -  Worthington    Wilmer, 

born  20th  April  1880  ;  baptized  at  St.  Stephen's, 
Bayswater. 

III.  Conrad-AIexis-Ogilvie-Worthingion   Wilmer, 

born    15th  May  1883  ;  baptized  at  St.  Stephen's, 
Bayswater. 

IV.  Hugh  -  Ferdinand  -  Mansfield  -  Worthington 
Wilmer,  born  8th  February  1888. 

I.  Inez-Ysabel-Worthington  Wilmer,  born  25th 
October  1881  ;  baptized  at  St.  Stephen's, 
Bayswater. 

II.  Angila-Astrsea-Worthir.gton  Wilmer,  born 
7th  February  1886  ;  baptized  at  St.  Mary's, 
Hammersmith. 

Colonel  Wilmer  quarters  the  arms  of  Worthington  with  his 
paternal  coat. 


314  HISTORY    OF    THE    WILMER    FAMILY. 

Royal  Descent  of  Louis- Emilius- Chudleigii- 
worthington  wilmer,  and  others.^ 

f.  tSohjarlJ  {•.,  Stag;  of  iEiiglauB,  married  Eleanor,  daughter  of 
Ferdinand  III.,  King  of  Castile.     Their  second  daughter: — 

II.  Joan  Plantagenet,  called  of  Acre,  married  Gilbert  de  Clare, 
Earl  of  Hertford  and  Gloucester,  and  had  a  daughter  : — 

III.  Alianore  de  Clare,  who  married,  in  1313,  Hugh,  Lord 
Despencer,  the  younger,  son  of  Hugh  Despencer,  Earl  of  'Winchester. 
Their  second  son  : — 

IV.  Edward  Despencer,  married  Anne,  daughter  of  William,  Lord 
Ferrers  of  Groby,  and  dying  in  1342,  left  an  only  son : — 

V.  Sir  Edward  Despencer,  K.G.,  summoned  to  Parliament  as 
Baron  Despencer.  He  married  Elizabeth,  daughter  and  heiress  ot 
Bartholomew,  Lord  Burghersh,  and  had  a  daughter  :  — 

VI.  Margaret  Despencer,  who  married  Edward.  4th  Lord  Ferrers, 
of  Chartley,  and  had  an  eldest  son  :  — 

VII.  Edmund  de  Ferrers,  5th  Lord  Ferrers.  He  married  Eleanor, 
daughter  and  heiress  of  Thomas  de  la  Roche,  and  had  a  son  : — 

VIII.  William  de  Ferrers,  6th  Lord  Ferrers,  who  married  Elizabeth, 
daughter  of  Sir  Hamon  Belknap,  Knt.,  and  died  in  1450,  leaving  an 
only  child  : — 

IX.  Anne  de  Ferrers,  who  married  Sir  Walter  Devereux,  K.G., 
who  was  summoned  to  Parliament  as  Lord  Ferrers  of  Chartley.  They 
had  a  daughter  : — 

X.  Elizabeth  Devereux,  who  married  Sir  Richard  Corbet,  Knt., 
of  Moreton-Corbet,  in  Shropshire,  and  had  a  son  : — 

XL  Sir  Robert  Corbet,  Knt.,  of  Moreton-Corbet,  who  married 
Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Sir  Henry  Vernon,  of  Nether  Haddon,  and  had 
a  son  : — 

XII.  Roger  Corbet,  Esq.,  of  Moreton-Corbet,  who  was  sheriff  of 
Shropshire  in  1530.  He  married  Anne,  daughter  of  Sir  Andrews 
Windsor,  ist  Lord  Windsor,  K.B.,  and  had  issue  : — 

XIII.  Margaret  Corbet,  who  married  Sir  Francis  Palmes.  Knt., 
of  Lindley,  co.  York,  and  had  a  son  :  — 

XIV.  Francis  Palmes,  Esq.,  of  Lindley,  who  married  Mary, 
daughter  and  coheiress  of  Stephen  Hadnall,  Esq.,  and  had  a  daughter  : — 

£.  From  a  MS.  pedigree  penes  Lt.-Col.  L.-W.  Wilmer. 


HISTORY   OF    THE   WILMER    FAMILY.  315 

XV.  Mary  Palmes,  who  married  William  Molesworth,  Esq..  of 
Fotheringay,  co.  Northampton.     Their  third  son  : — 

XVI.  Robert  Molesworth,  Esq.,  married,  loth  October  1654, 
Judith,  daughter  of  John  Bysse,  Lord-Chief-Baron  of  the  Exchequer  in 
Ireland,  and  had  an  only  child  : — 

XVII.  Robert  Molesworth,  who  was  created,  in  1716,  Baron 
Philipstown  and  Viscount  Molesworth  in  the  peerage  of  Ireland.  Lord 
Molesworth  married  Letitia,  3rd  daughter  of  Charles,  ist  Lord  Coote, 
of  Colooney,  co.  Sligo,  and  had  : — 

XVIII.  Bysse  Molesworth,  Esq.,  7th  son,  who  married,  in  1731, 
Elizabeth,  widow  of  Edward  Archdall,  Esq.,  of  Castle  Archdall,  co. 
Fermanagh,  and  dying  in  1779,  left  a  second  son  : — 

XIX.  Robert  Molesworth,  Esq.,  who  married,  in  1770,  Miss  Rose, 
of  Limerick,  and  had  an  eldest  son  :  — 

XX.  Arthur  Molesworth,  Esq.,  Major-General,  E.I.C.S.,  who 
married  Mary,  daughter  of  Matthew  Kearney,  Esq.,  and  had  a 
fourth  daughter  : — 

XXI.  Emma  Molesworth,  who  married  George-Macartney  Ogilvie, 
Esq.,  of  the  Madras  Civil  Service.     Their  fourth  daughter  : — 

XXI  [.  Inez-Selina  Ogilvie,  married  Lieutenant-Colonel 
Louis- Worthlngton  Wilmer,  and  has  (with  other  issue)  an  eldest 
son: — 

XXIII.  Louis-Emilius-Chudleigh-Worthington  Wilmer 
{see  p.  313). 


Chapter  XXI. 


WATKIXS    OF    YORKSHIRE. 


"  T/irom^h  Coiiin^^/'iirii/i's  vale  flnvs  the  bnght  river  still. 
And  the  donjoji-icnoer  yet  crtnans  the  wood-covered  kill. 
And  its  dungeon  is  still yawimig  darkly  below  ; 
— But  the  iz'V  aloue  is  its  gi-een  banner  now.'" — W.  H.  Sti 


Arms  of  Watkins  :  Or,  on  a  chevron  gules  three  horseshoes  of 
the  field,  on  a  chief  of  the  second  as  many  fleur-de-lis  of  the 

FIRST  ;  QUARTERING  KeEN  :  AzURE,  A  TALBOT  PASSANT  OR,  ON  A  CHIEF 
INDENTED  ARGENT  A  CROSS  FLORY  SABLE  ;  AND  GiBBS  :  SaBLE,  THREE 
BATTLEAXES  ERECT  ARGENT,  A  BORDURE  ERMINE.  CrEST  OF  \\'aIKINS  : 
A  LION  RAMPANT  GULES.  HOLDING  IN  HIS  DEXTER  PA\V  A  FLKUR-DE-LIS  OR. 
MOTTU  :    ViRTUTE   AVORUM. 


jt)C  l\rl)rrrnt)    iiK»vn   SgEatfeins,   ma., 

Clerk  in  Holy  Orders,  was  the  third  son  of 
Joseph  Watkins,  of  Clapton,  co.  Middlesex,  of 
Wright's  Buildings, Kensington,  and  of  Wimpole 
Street,  London,  by  Magdalen,  his  wife,  daughter  and  heiress  of 
John  Gibbs,  Esq.,  by  his  wife,  who  was  the  daughter  and  co- 
heiress of  Sir  Robert  Kite,  Knt.  Joseph  Watkins,  of  Clapton, 
was  the  elder  son  of  another  Joseph  Watkins,  of  Abingdon,  co. 
Berks.,  who  married  Frances,  daughter  and  sole  heiress  of  John 
Keen,  of  Congersbury,  the  second  son  of  Edmund  Keen,  of 
Wrington,  by  Frances,  his  wife,  daughter  of  Christopher  Locke, 


HISTORY    OF    THE    WILMER    FAMILY.  317 

of  Publow,  CO.  Somerset,  and  aunt  to  John  Locke,  the  Philosopher. 
Henry  Watkins  was  born  loth  June,  and  baptized  23rd  June 
1743  in  the  chapel  of  the  British  Factory  at  Lisbon,  where  his 
parents  were  then  residing.  He  was  educated  at  Christ's  College, 
Cambridge,  and  took  the  degree  of  B.A.  in  1764,  being  fourth 
Wrangler;  and  of  M.A.  in  1767.  He  was  Rector  of  Barn- 
borough,  CO.  York,  resident  Vicar  of  Conisborough  or  Conings- 
burgh,  in  the  same  county,  from  1770  to  1829,  and  Prebendary 
of  York  cathedral  and  Southwell  collegiate  churches  for  57  years. 
Joseph  Hunter,  in  his  list  of  the  vicars  of  Conisborough  in  1828, 
says  that  Henry  Watkins  had  "  outnumbered  the  years  of  the 
"long  incumbency  of  his  predecessor  Henry  Saxton,  and  not 
"  fallen  short  of  him  in  the  graces  and  virtues  which  best  adorn 
"  the  ministerial  character.'"  Mr.  Watkins  married,  12th  May 
1772,  Anna-Maria,  only  daughter  of  John  Wilmer,  Esq.,  of  Stony 
Stratford,  co.  Buckingham,  and  sister  of  Bradford  Wilmer,  Esq., 
M.D.,  of  Much  Park  Street,  Coventry  {see  p.  297).  She  was 
born  27th  September,  and  baptized  at  St.  Mary's,  Stony 
Stratford,  i6th  November  1752.  It  is  said  that  she  was  married 
from  the  house  of  her  brother,  Bradford  Wilmer,  at  Covent;y, 
but  the  marriage  is  not  recorded  in  the  registers  of  any  one  of 
the  Coventry  churches.  She  died  28th  May  1843,  in  her  91st 
year,  and  was  buried,  3rd  June,  in  a  vault  in  the  chancel  of 
Conisborough  church  ;  M.L  Her  will  was  dated  13th  May  1834, 
and  proved  at  York  26th  July  1843.  Henry  and  Anna-Maria 
Watkins  had  issue  : — 

3i3J. — I.  Henry  Watkins.    See  beloiv,  EC. 

I.  Maria  Watkins,  born  at  Doncaster,  8th  March 
1773  ;  died  unmarried,  17th  July  1835  ;  buried 
in  a  vault  in  the  chancel  of  Conisborough  church  ; 
M.I. 

II.  Sarah  Watkins,  born  6th  July,  and  baptized 
9th  August  1774  ;  died  unmarried,  28th  July  1865, 


3^8  HISTORY    OF    THE    WILMER    FAMILY. 

in  her  92nd  year  ;  buried  at  Conisborough,  3rd 
August  ;  will  dated  25th  December  1861  ;  pnjved 
14th  October  1865=. 

III.  Frances  Watkin.s,  born  23rd  March,  and 
baptized  13th  May  1777  ;  married  first,  1st 
October  1807,  Henry  Campion,  Esq.,  of  The 
Deanery,  South  Mailing,  co.  Sussex,  who  died 
sine  prole  9th  March  1836,  in  his  74th  year. 
Mrs.  Campion  married  secondly,  17th  September 
1838,  Lieutenant-General  Sir  Fitzroy-Jefferies- 
Grafton  Maclean,  Bart,  of  Morvaren,  Colonel 
of  the  4Sth  regiment.  He  died  5th  July  1847  ; 
and  she  died  sine  prole  I2th  May  1843,  and  was 
buried  in  Christ  church,  Doncaster,  19th  May. 

IV.  Emma  WAXKlNS.bom  21st  January,  and  baptized 
1st  February  1779  ;  married,  9th  December  18 14, 
Sir  Philip  Francis,  K.C.B.  The  marriage  was 
solemnized  by  special  licence,  at  night,  in  the 
drawing-room  of  no.  15,  St.  James's  Square,  in 
the  parish  of  St.  James,  London.  Lad_\-  Francis 
died  sine  prole  ist  June  1852,  and  was  buried  at 
Conisborough,  8th  June.  Her  will  was  dated 
23rd  September  1848,  and  proved  at  York  21st 
September  1852,  and  at  London  1st  No\einbcr 
1852^.  Sir  Philip  Francis  was  a  distinguished 
politician,  and,  even  apart  from  his  supposed 
authorship  of  the  Letters  of  Junius,  a  powerful 
pamphleteer.  He  was  the  only  son  of  the 
Reverend  Philip  Francis,  D.D.,  of  Trinity  College, 
Dublin,  and  was  born  in  that  city,  22nd  October 
1740.  He  married  first,  in  1762,  Miss  Macrabic, 
the  daughter  of  a  retired  London  merchant,  and 
in  1773  he  was  appointed  a  member  of  the 
Supreme    Council  of    Bengal,   with   a  salar>'  of 


HISTORY   OF   THE   WILMER    FAMILY.  319 

10,000/.  a  year.    As  it  has  been  mentioned  above, 
he    is    supposed    to   have   written   the   Letters  of 
Junius,  but    their     authorship    is   still    an    open 
question,  although   Sir   Philip's  biographers  have 
brought   forward   many  and  weighty  reasons   for 
assigning   the   letters   to   him.       He   died    23rd 
December    18 18.       His    arms    were:     Per   bend 
sinister  sable   and  or,  a  lion    rampant   counter- 
changed,  charged  on  the  shoulder  with  a  shamrock 
counterchanged   of   the  field  ;    crest ;    Out    of   a 
ducal   coronet   or,   a   demi-lion     rampant   sable, 
charged  on  the  shoulder  with  a  shamrock  of  the 
first,  holding  in  his  paws  a  garb  proper. 
V.  Anna  Watkins,  born   30th  June,  and  baptized 
8th  July   1781  ;    married,  3rd    September    1798, 
the   Rev.   John-Hall    Clay,  M.A.,   of  Calverton, 
Vicar  of  Oxton,  co.  Nottingham.     He  died' 6th 
September    1S22,   leaving  a   son,  John    Clay, 
who  died  9th  October   1822.      Mrs.    Clay   died 
2ist  December  1856,  and  was  buried  at  Christ 
church,   Doncaster,  26th   December.       Her   will 
was  proved  at  York  loth  February  1857. 
Henry  Watkins  died   22nd   November  1829,  aged  86  years,  and 
was  buried  in  the  vault  in   the  chancel  of  his  church,  within  a 
stone's-cast  of  the  historic  castle  of  Conisborough  ;  M.I.     His 
will  was   dated  i6th    November    1822,  and   proved  at  York    3rd 
June  1830. 

£]£.— i!ri)C  i^fberfnti  l^cnru   ffl2aatktn.g,  cierk  in 

Holy  Orders,  J. P.  for  the  West  Riding  of  Yorkshire,  only  son  of 
Henry  Watkins  and  Anna-Maria  Wilmer,  was  born  6th  July 
1775.  He  was  educated  at  Christ's  College,  Cambridge,  B.A., 
1798  ;  presented  to  the  vicarage  of  Silkstone,  near  Barnsley, 
23rd  March  1835  ;  Vicar  of  Beckingham,  co.  Nottingham  ;  and 
Curate  of  Barnborough,  co.  York.  He  married,  at  Tickhill,  near 
Doncaster,    15th    March    1S03,    Frances-Mary,    eldest    daughter 


HISTORY    OF    THE    WTLMER    FAMILY. 


and  coheiress  of  Freeman  Bower,  Esq.,  of  Killerby  Hall, 
Maltby,  and  Bawtry,  co.  York,  by  Mary,  his  wife,  elder  daughter 
and  coheiress  of  Nathaniel  Pearson,  Esq.,  of  Tyers  Hill,  near 
Darfield,  in  the  same  county,  who  married  Priscilla,  sister  and 
sole  heiress  of  Thomas  Rayney,  Esq.,  of  Tyers  Hill.  Mrs. 
Watkins  was  born  3rd  November  1779,  died  24th  November 
1854,  aged  75,  and  was  buried  in  Christ  church,  Doncaster. 
She  was  17th  in  descent  from  Edward  HI.  Arms  of  Bower  : 
Quarterly,  ist  and  4th,  Sable,  a  human  leg  couped  at  the  thigh, 
pierced  bendwise  by  a  broken  spear,  guttee  de  sang,  all  proper, 
on  a  canton  argent  a  tower  gules,  a  crescent  for  difference 
(Bower) ;  2nd,  Azure,  between  two  pallets  wavy  ermine  three 
suns  or  (Pearson)  ;  3rd,  Gules,  two  wings  conjoined  in  lure,  tips 
downwards,  ermine,  a  crescent  for  difference  (Rayney).  Henry 
and  Frances-Mary  Watkins  had  issue  : — 

I.  The  Reverend  Henry  Watkins,  Clerk  in 
Holy  Orders,  M.A.,  of  Peterhouse,  Cambridge  ; 
Vicar  of  South  Mailing,  co.  Sussex,  1836  ;  born 
14th  January  1807  ;  married  at  St.  Michael's, 
Lewes,  24th  January  1S37,  Frances,  second 
daughter  of  George  Courthope,  Esq.,  of  Bedford 
Square,  London,  and  of  Whiligh,  co.  Sussex,  by 
Amelia,  daughter  of  William  Campion,  Esq.,  of 
Lewes,  and  had  issue  : — 

i.  Henry-Bower  Watkins,  born  at  Lewes, 
23rd  January  1840;  died  at  Tunbridge 
Wells,  25th  September  1864,  unmarried, 
ii.  Fan  NY- Agnes  Watkins,  born  at  Lewes, 
27th  July  1838  ;  married  at  Holy  Trinity, 
Tunbridge  Wells,  17th  September  1863, 
the  Reverend  William-Henry-Bromley 
Way,  of  Exeter  College,  O.xford,  B.A., 
i860,  and  had  issue  : — 

I.  Henry-Watkins   Way,  born    in 
May      1665  ;       died      at     no.     16 


HISTORY    OF   THE    WILMER    FAMILY.  32 1 

Calverley    Park,    Tunbridge-Wells, 

25th  November  1866. 

Mrs.  Way  died    i8th,  and   was  buried  at 

Tunbridge  Wells,   23rd    November    1867. 

Mr.  Way  was  ordained   Deacon  in    1861, 

and   Priest  in  1862  ;  Curate  of  Chipping- 

Camden  1861-2,  Rector  of   Stapleton,  co. 

Gloucester,  1869-75,  ^"d  has  been  Rector 

of  Duntsbourn-Abbots,  Cirencester,  since 

1875. 

Arms  of  Courthope  :  Argent,  a  fess  azure  between 

three  estoiles  of  six  points  wavy  sable.     Mrs.  H. 

Watkins  died  at  Madeira,  23rd  January  i84i,and 

Mr.  H.  Watkins  died  at  Lewes,  nth  November 

in    the    same    year,  and    was    buried    at    South 

Mailing. 

Mi.—U.  Frederick  Watkins  See  below,  H$. 

III.  Francis-Wilmer  Watkins,  of  whom  presently 
i^seep.  325). 
I.  Frances-Maria  Watkins,  of  whom  presently 

[seep.  329). 
II.  Anna-Mary  Watkins,  died  an  infant. 
III.  Emma-Caroline  Watkins,  born  19th  November 
1820  ;  died  unmarried  at  Doncaster,  14th  April 
1852  ;  buried  there  in  Christ  church,  20th  April. 
Mr.    Watkins    died    13th    December    1844,   aged    69,   and    was 
buried  at  Silkstone,  20th  December.      His  will  was   dated   24th 
January  1843,  and  proved  at  York  24th  April  1845. 

E)UI.— 2ri)e     SFencratle    iErdjlrcacon     iFrrtprirk 

aSaativinS,  B.D.,  the  eider  surviving  son  of  Henry  Watkins,  of 
Silkstone,  was  born  in  the  old  rectory-house  at  Barnborough,  1st 
April  1808.  He  was  educated  at  Emmanuel  College,  Cambridge, 
where   he   took  the   degree  of  B.A.,  in    1830,  being  a  Senior 


322  HISTORY    OF   THE   WILMER    FAMILY. 

Optime  and  in  the  2nd  class  of  the  Classical  Tripos;  M.A.  1833  S 
B.D.  1840  ;  sometime  Fellow  of  Emmanuel  College  ;  ordained 
Deacon  in  1837,  and  Priest  in  1838,  by  the  Bishop  of  St. 
David's.  "  His  first  curacy  was  under  Archdeacon  Venables, 
"  after  which  he  made  something  of  the  nature  of  the  grand  tour, 
"  visiting  France,  Italy,  Switzerland,  Germany,  and  Belgium. 
"  In  1836  he  went  out  as  chaplain  to  St.  Petersburg,  returning  to 
"  England  to  take  a  curacy  at  Lewes,  which  he  held  for  four  years. 

"In  1844  Archdeacon  Watkins  was  appointed  one  of  the 
"  first  H.M.  Inspectors  of  schools,  and  he  held  that  arduous  office 
"  for  the  long  period  of  thirty  years,  securing  the  full  retiring 
"  pension,  which  no  one  could  have  better  deserved,  It  will  seem 
"  strange  to  some  to  be  told  that  the  earliest  field  of  his  work  was 
"  the  four  northern  counties.  This  was  afterwards  changed  to 
"  Yorkshire,  Notts.,  and  part  of  Lincolnshire,  and  it  was 
"  subsequently  curtailed  still  more.  The  fact  that  this  vast 
"  tract  of  country  was  committed  to  one  man  shows  the  humble 
"  beginnings  of  the  present  great  Education  Department.  No 
"  one  could  have  been  selected  more  likely  to  disarm  prejudice  and 
"  win  popularity  for  the  new  system  than  the  inspector  who  had 
"been  chosen.  *  In  1873  Mr.  Watkins  left  Thribcrgh,  near 
"  Rotherham,  where  he  had  resided  since  1847,  to  take  charge  of 
"  the  living  of  Marston,  near  York,  to  which  he  had  been 
"  presented  by  Lord  Wenlock.  In  the  same  year  he  was  chosen 
"  by  an  almost  unanimous  vote  to  represent  the  clergy  of  the 
"  archdeaconry  in  convocation.  In  the  following  year  he  was 
"  advanced  by  the  Crown  to  the  archdeaconry  of  York,  and 
"  received  from  the  Archbishop  the  prebend  of  Knarcsborough 
"  in  the  cathedral  church."^  He  resigned  the  archdeaconry  in 
1874. 

Archdeacon  Watkins  married  first,  at  Silkstone,  5th  August 
1847,  Amelia,  daughter  of  the  Reverend  George  Millett,  Vicar  of 
that  place.  She  was  born  in  1822,  died  9th  July  1872,  aged  50, 
and  was  buried  at  Thribergh,  13th  July  ;  M.I.    They  had  issue  : — 

3.  From  an  obituary  notice  in  the   Guardian  newspaper  of  22  Feb.  I S88. 


HISTORY   OF   THE   WILMER    FAMILY.  323 

I.  Agnew-Locke  Watkins,    born    6th  May,  and 
baptized  13th  June  1848!  ;  died  unmarried    19th 
•    June    1886,  at  Charing  Cross,  London,  and  was 
buried  in  the  Brompton  cemetery,  22nd  June. 

W-— II.  Frederick-Wilmer  Watkins.      See  below,^W. 

III.  Arthur-Henry  Watkins,  born  nth  May,  and 
baptized  nth  June  i853f  ;  died  at  Marlborough 
College,  19th  September  1867  ;  buried  at 
Preshute,  Wilts.,  22nd  September. 

IV.  Leonard-George  Watkins,  Lieutenant  R.A., 
now  in  India  ;  born  2nd  September,  and  baptized 
29th  September  i86ot ;  educated  at  Clifton  Col- 
lege and  the  Royal  Military  Academy  at  Wool- 
wich ;  married  at  Bombay,  30th  October  1886, 
Julia-Janet,  daughter  of  Colonel  Playfair. 

I.  Edith-Mary  Watkins,  born   sth   March,  and 
baptized  6th  April    i8sit  ;  died   at   Rhyl,  North 
Wales,  22nd   October   1887  ;    buried   in  Torwyn 
churchyard,  near  Rhyl,  26th  October. 
II.  Florence-Amy  Watkins,    born    nth   October, 
and  baptized  nth  November  1855  ;t  now  a  sister 
at  Bloomfontein,  Africa. 
III.  Ella-Margaret  Watkins,   born   nth  February, 
and  baptized  13th  March  i864.t 
Arms  of  Millett :  Argent,  a  fess  gules  between  three  dragons' 
heads  erased  vert.     Archdeacon  Watkins  married  secondly,  in 
Brighton  parish  church,  17th  September  1873,  Fanny,  daughter 
of  William  Chambers,  of  Hafod,  co.   Cardigan,  and  had  issue  : — 
I.  Harry-Trant-Godfrey  Watkins,  born  at   Har- 
rogate, 30th  July  1874  ;  baptized  at  Marston,  6th 
September ;    elected   a   King's    Scholar   at  Eton 
College  in  1887. 

t  Par.   reg.  of  Thribergh. 


324  HISTORY    OF    THE    WILMER    FAMILY. 

II.   Frederick  Bower  Watkins,  born  at  Marston, 

30th     September     1875  ;     baptized     there     14th 

November. 
III.  Vaughan-Graham      Watkins,     born      i2tli 

February  1877  ;  baptized  at  Marston,  1 8th  March  ; 

died  19th  March  1877  ;  buried  there  ;  M.I. 
Arms  of  Chambers  :  Gules,  a  chevron  between  three  cinque- 
foils  or.  Archdeacon  Watkins  died  at  Bournemouth,  6th 
February  1888,  in  his  80th  year,  and  was  buried  on  the  loth  at 
Marston,  where,  nearly  two-and-a-half  centuries  ago,  the  armies 
of  the  King  and  the  Parliament  joined  battle.  "  He  used  to 
"  gather  his  friends  around  him,"  says  the  writer  to  the  Guardian, 
"  on  the  anniversary  of  the  great  battle  in  the  month  of  July, 
"  and  take  them  to  the  scene  of  the  conflict,  the  chief  landmarks 
"  of  which  are  still  wonderfully  preserved.  He  who  summoned 
"  us  so  often  together  has  now  fought  his  own  last  battle  and 
"  won  it,  and  lies  sleeping  in  his  own  quiet  churchyard  at  the 
"  foot  of  the  historic  hill,  with  his  face  turned  towards  York, 
"  waiting  for  the  resurrection  of  the  just." 

£2?.— jFrrtrrrirfe=aJ!UiImrr  matftins.  now  in  India, 

Major  in  the  Royal  Engineers,  is  the  eldest  surviving  son  of  the 
late  Archdeacon  Watkins.     He  was  born  19th  June  1849. 


THE     SECOND     HOUSE     OF    WATKINS. 


optima  qiifuque  dies  miseris  morlalilnis  aevi 
Prima  fii^it  ;  siibciiiit  inorbi  trisdsijiti'  sencc. 
Et  labor,  ddutae  rapit  indev.aitia  mortis.— VlRGJh,  Geo'g.  3,  66-! 


Arms  :  Or,  on   a  chevron   gules  three   horseshoes  of  the 
field,  on  a   chief  of  the  second  as   many  fleur-de-lis  of  the 

FIRST,      A     CRESCENT     FOR     DIFFERENCE;      QUARTERING     KeEN,    GiBBS, 

Bower,  Pearson,  and  Rayney.     Crest:  A   lion   rampant   gules, 

HOLDING     IN     his     DEXTER    PAW    A     FLEUR-DE-LIS    OR,    A    CRESCENT    FOR 
DIFFERENCE.       MoTTO  :    ViRTUTE    AVORVM. 


HISTORY   OF   THE   WILMER    FAMILY.  325 

£.— JfranrllS^aHlImer  aElatkinSI,  Esq.,  Civil  Surgeon 
in  the  East  India  Company's  service,  the  third  (but  second  sur- 
viving) son  of  the  Reverend  Henry  Watkins,  and  Frances-Mary 
Bower(j^^;>.  321),  was  born  3rd  December  1809.  He  married  first, 
at  Bycullah,  in  Bombay,  15th  June  1836,  Margaret-Spottiswoode, 
younger    daughter    of   John    Lawson,   Esq.,  of  Cairnmuir,    co. 
Peebles.      She  was  born   23rd  April   1815,  died   at  Conchieton, 
CO.  Galloway,  nth  June   1849,  aged   34,  and  was   buried  in  the 
family  burial-place  of  the   Lawson    family  at  West   Linton,  co. 
Peebles,  19th  June.     Arms  of  Lawson  :  Argent,  a   saltire  and 
chief  sable,  on  the  last  three  garbs  or.    Mr.  Watkins  had  issue  : — 
1.  William-Henry    Watkins,    born    at  Poona, 
India,   loth  June   1837  ;  died  there  the  27th  day 
of  the  same  month. 
IE. — II.  Frederick-William  Watkins.   See  beloiv,  W, 
J.II. — III.  John  Watkins.    See  below,JVi. 

I.  Isabella-Mary  Watkins,  born  30th  May  183S, 
at  Poona,  India ;  married,  at  Thribergh,  near 
Rotherham,  21st  June  1864,  the  Reverend 
Charles-William  Foster,  M.A.,  Vicar  of  the 
adjoining  parish  of  Dalton,  and  has  issue  : — 

i.  Charles-Wilmer  Foster,   now  living  at 
Grosvenor      Terrace,     York ;      born     at 
Dalton,    3rd  June    1866  ;    baptized   there 
24th  June  ;  of  St.  John's  College,  Oxford, 
B.A.  9th  July  1887. 
i.  Margaret-Charlotte    Foster,    born     at 
Dalton,   22nd  July   1867;  baptized  there 
nth  August. 
ii.  Mary    Foster,     born    at    Dalton,    29th 
November    1869  ;     baptized    there    25th 
December. 
Charles-William    Foster,  who  was   born   in    the 
rectory-house    at     Wickersley,    co.    York,     loth 


326  HISTORY    OF    THE    WILMER    FAMILY. 

March  1825,  and  baptized  in  the  parish  church 
13th  March,  was  the  fourth  and  youngest  son  of 
the  Reverend  John  Foster,  M.A.  who  was  for  60 
years  Rector  of  Wickersley,  and  of  Charlotte,  his 
wife,  daughter  of  George  Rooke,  Esq.,  of 
Langham  Hall,  co.  Essex.  Mr.  Foster  was  edu- 
cated at  the  Grammar  School,  Stamford,  co. 
Lincoln,  and  at  Christ's  College,  Cambridge, 
where  he  gained  a  scholarship.  He  took  the 
degree  of  B.A.  in  1849,  being  a  Junior  Optime 
and  in  the  2nd  class  of  the  Classical  Tripos  ; 
M.A.  1852  ;  ordained  Deacon  in  1849,  and  Priest 
in  185 1,  by  the  Archbishop  of  York.  His  first 
curacy  was  under  the  Hon.  and  Rev.  William 
Howard  at  Whiston,  near  Rotherham,  1849-53  ; 
and  at  the  latter  date  he  became  curate  of 
Sopley,  near  Christchurch,  in  Hampshire.  In 
1 856  he  was  presented  by  George-Savile  Foljambe, 
Esq.,  to  the  vicarage  of  Dal  ton,  near  Rotherham, 
which  he  held  for  thirty  years.  He  died  23rd 
May  1886,  at  Dal  ton,  and  was  buried  in  the 
churchyard  there  on  May  the  27th;  M.I.  His 
arms  were :  Quarterly  of  eight,  ist  and  8th, 
Sable,  a  chevron  engrailed  ermine  between  three 
broad  arrows  or,  headed  and  feathered  argent,  a 
crescent  for  difference  (Foster)  ;  2nd,  Argent,  two 
lions  passant  gardant  in  pale  sable,  a  mullet  for 
difference  (Browne  of  Horbling) ;  3rd,  Argent,  a 
saltire  gules  between  four  burleaves  proper,  on  a 
chief  azure  a  lion's  head  erased  between  two 
battleaxes  or  (Burrell,  of  Dowsby,  co.  Lincoln)  ; 
4th,  Gules,  three  cushions  ermine,  tasselled  or 
(Redmayne)  ;  5th,  Azure,  a  lion  rampant  or 
(Nevill) ;  6th,  Azure,  a  fess  between  three  martlets 
argent  (Aslakeby)  ;  7th,  Azure,  a  chevron  ermine 
between  three  leopards'  faces  or  (Baskett).    Crest 


HISTORY    OF    THE    WILMER    FAMILY.  327 

of  Foster  :  A  hind's  head  gules,  ducally  gorged 
and  hned  or,  charged  with  a  crescent  for  differ- 
ence.    Motto :  Inconcussa  fides. 
II.  Eliza  -  Georgiana  -  Fitzmaurice     Watkins, 
born  at  Nassuck,  India,  23rd  September  1843. 
Francis-Wilmer  Watkins    married  secondly  at   the   cathedral, 
Bombay,   29th   May    1852,   Augusta- Marianne,   daughter    of 
Francis  Swinfen,  Esq.,  of  Lapley  (an   officer  in   the   i6th  Light 
Dragoons,   and   son  of   John   Swinfen,   Esq.,  of  Swinfen),   and 
relict  of  Thomas-Adolphus  Boyrenson,  Esq.,  M.D.,  who  died  in 
1850.     Mr.  Watkins  had  issue  : — 

I.  WiLMER-SwiNFEN  Watkins,  born  in  March 
1853  ;  died  i6th  May  1854,  at  no.  5  Connaught 
Square,  Hyde  Park,  London. 
Mrs.  F.-W.  Watkins  is  now  living  at  Drayton  Green,  co. 
Middlesex.  Arms  of  Swinfen  :  Per  chevron  sable  and  argent, 
in  chief  three  leopards'  faces  or.  Mr.  F.-W.  Watkins  died  at 
his  house  in  the  Breach  Candy,  Bombay,  ist  April  1853,  aged 
43,  and  was  buried  in  the  neighbouring  cemetery  at  Girghaum. 
The  following  notice  is  taken  from  the  Bombay  Times : — 

"  It  is  with  deep  regret  that  we  have  to  announce  the  death  of 
Dr.  Watkins,  civil  surgeon,  and  formerly  garrison  surgeon,  at  the 
Presidency.  The  melancholy  event  took  place  in  his  house,  in  the 
Breach  Candy,  on  the  evening  of  Friday,  the  ist  of  April.  Dr.  Watkins 
was  in  extensive  private  practice,  and  intimately  known  to  a  very  large 
number  of  the  members  of  the  community.  He  was  a  man  of  consider- 
able ability,  and  great  good  sense;  of  large  and  varied  acquirements, 
sterling  uprightness,  and  much  warmth  of  heart.  Eminently  skilled  in 
his  profession,  he  was  what  may  be  termed  a  remarkably  .satisfactory 
medical  visitor ;  his  patients  felt  that  he  understood  their  ailments — 
that  he  overlooked  no  symptom,  however  trivial,  and  slighted  no  expla- 
nation, however  tedious— that  he  looked  on  the  bright  and  hopeful  side 
of  things,  and  always  left  them  with  that  sense  of  cheerfulness  and 
comfort  which  so  often  so  materially  assists  in  bringing  about  a  cure. 
The  feeling  of  regard  and  esteem  entertained  for  him  by  all  who  knew 
him,  deepened  into  love  and  affection  amongst  those  whom  he  visited. 


328  HISTORY    OF    THE    WILMER    FAMILY, 

and  his  removal  in  the  prime  of  hfe  and  in  the  midst  of  his  usefulness, 
occasions  a  feeUng  of  deep  and  general  sorrow.  He  had  been  for  some 
weeks  suffering  from  dysentery,  which,  a  fortnight  since,  took  so  alarming 
a  turn,  as  to  prevent  the  possibility  of  his  being  removed  from  the 
Presidency;  and  for  the  past  ten  days  he  had  been  so  dangerously  ill, 
that  the  announcement  of  the  sad  event  which  has  now  occurred,  would 
at  no  time  have  occasioned  astonishment.  Dr.  Watkins  served  with 
the  3rd  troop  H.  A.  during  the  whole  campaign  in  Scinde  and  Afghani- 
stan, under  Sir  John  Keane,  and  was  present  at  the  storm  and  capture 
of  Ghuznee  ;  he  received  a  Ghuznee  medal." 

M.— dFrrtirrirksffljainiam  Jiaatkins,  Esq.,  Lieu- 
tenant R.E.,  elder  surviving  son  of  Francis-Wilmer  Watkins, 
was  born  at  Nassuck,  near  Bombay',  5th  September  1841,  and 
educated  at  Cheltenham  College  and  Woolwich.  He  married, 
at  Oxtead,  co.  Surrey,  i6th  April  1873,  Katherine-Emily- 
Hoskins,  eldest  daughter  of  the  late  Charles-Hoskins  Master, 
Esq.,  of  Barrow  Green  House,  Oxtead,  co.  Surrey.  Mr.  F.-W. 
Watkins  died  sine  prole  at  Barrow  Green,  17th  September  1874, 
and  was  buried  on  the  21st  at  Oxtead.  Arms  of  Master  : 
Azure,  a  fess  embattled  between  three  griffins'  heads  erased  or. 
Mrs.  Watkins  married  secondly,  at  Upton-cum-Chalvey,  co. 
Buckingham,  2Sth  November  18S6,  Captain  Ernest-Bengough 
Kicketts,  of  the  Grange,  Chislehurst,  co.  Kent,  and  now  of 
Lawrence  Court,  Huntingdon. 

$M.— ilTijc  Ucurrruii  Jotn  fflSJatfims,  ma., cierk 

in  Holy  Orders,  now  Rector  and  Vicar  of  Gamlingay,  co. 
Cambridge,  younger  surviving  son  of  Francis-Wilmer  Watkins, 
was  born  at  Seacroft  Grange,  in  the  parish  of  Whitkirk,  co. 
York,  27th  January  1846.  He  was  a  Dolman  Exhibitioner  of 
St.  John's  College,  Cambridge  ;  took  the  degree  of  B.A.  in  1869, 
being  placed  in  the  3rd  class  of  the  Classical  Tripos  ;  M.A. 
1872  ;  ordained  Deacon  1870,  and  Priest  1 871,  by  the  Bishop  of 
Ripon  ;  Curate  of  Leeds  parish  church  under  Dr.  Woodford 
(late  Bishop  of  Ely)  1870-4;  Precentor  1872-4;  Vicar  of 
Thriplovv,  co.  Cambridge,  1874-8  ;  presented  to  the  vicarage  of 
Gamlingay  in   1878    by   the  Bishop   of  Ely,  and  to  the   moiety 


HISTORY    OF    THE    WILMER    FAMILY.  329 

sinecure  rectory  of  the  same  by  Merton  College,  Oxford  ;  and 
appointed  Chaplain  to  the  Bishop  of  Ely  in  1877.  Mr.  Watkins 
married,  at  Leeds  parish  church,  19th  August  1874,  Constance, 
sixth  daughter  of  the  late  Charles  Chadwick,  Esq.,  M.D.,  of  Leeds. 


FITZMAURICE    OF    DRAYTON    GREEN. 

"  Milii qiiUini  ntilli  satis  cmditi  videntur  quihus  nostra  ignota  sunt." — CiCERO. 

Arms  :    Argent,    .\   s.\ltire   gules,    a   chikf   ermine.      Crest  :  A 

CENTAUR    with    bow    AND     ARROW     PROPER.        MoTTO  :      ViRTUTE    NON 
VERBIS. 

$.— jfrancfSiJBlaria  fflaiatknis,  the  eldest  daughter  of 

Henry  Watkins  and  Frances-Mary  Bovver  (see p.  321),  was  born 
I  [th  March  1804.  She  married,  at  Barnborough,  3rd  November 
1824,  Major-General  John  FitzMaurice,  K.H.  He  was  born  at 
Knockavallig,  co.  Kerry,  23rd  June  1793,  and  was  the  son  of 
John  FitzMaurice,  Esq.,  of  Lixnaw,  by  Mary  Buske,  his  wife,  and 
claimed  descent  from  John,  5th  Lord  of  Kerry,  the  common 
ancestor  of  the  noble  houses  of  Lansdowne  and  Orkney.  In  181 1 
General  FitzMaurice  joined  the  British  army,  which  was  then 
occupying  the  lines  of  Torres  Vedras,  as  a  Volunteer.  He  was 
appointed  Lieutenant  in  the  first  battalion  of  the  Rifle  Brigade, 
then  the  9Sth  Regiment,  25th  April  181 1,  and  served  with  it 
during  the  remainder  of  the  war.  He  was  in  the  campaign  of 
18 1 5,  and  led  the  advanced  guard  at  Quatre  Bras,  where  he  had 
the  honour  of  firing  the  first  shot.  He  was  appointed  Captain  in 
1826,  Major  in  18...,  K.H.  in  1831,  Colonel  in  1854,  and  Major- 
General  7th  May  1861.  He  was  Adjutant  of  the  Yeomen  of  the 
Guard  in  1847,  and  Lieutenant  in  1861.  General  FitzMaurice 
received  the  Waterloo  medal,  the  Peninsula  medal  with  eight 
clasps,  a  good-service  pension,  and  pensions  for  wounds  received 


330  HISTORY    OF    THE   WILMER    FAMILY. 

at  Badajos  and  Quatre  Bras.  He  died  at  his  residence,  Drayton 
Green,  co.  Middlesex,  24th  December  1S65,  and  was  buried  at 
Perivale,  hard  by,  on  the  29th.     He  had  issue  : — 

I.  Maurice-Henry  FitzMaurice,  Captain  and 
Adjutant  of  the  nth  Brigade  of  the  Royal 
Artillery  ;  born  9th  June  1S33  ;  died  unmarried 
at  Landour,  India,  3rd  August  1865. 

££. — II.  John-Gerald     FitzMaurice.     Str  bclozc,  I£. 

I.  Anna  -  Maria  FitzMaurice,  born  at  Barn- 
borough,  30th  August  1S25  ;  married,  loth  April 
1S50,  Benjamin  Huntsman,  Esq.,  of  West  Retford 
Hall,  High  Sheriff  for  Nottinghamshire  in  1SS7, 
and  J. P.  and  D.L.  for  the  same  county.  He  was 
the  eldest  son  of  Francis  Huntsman,  Esq.,  of  Atter- 
cliffe,  near  Sheffield,  and  was  born  21st  March 
1820.  He  has  issue.  Arms  of  Huntsman: 
Gules,  three  escutcheons  argent,  each  charged 
with  a  bugle-horn  sable,  garnished  or,  and  stringed 
of  the  field;  crest:  A  mount  vert,  thereon  a 
fernbrake  in  front  of  two  spears  in  saltire  proper, 
therefrom  pendent  a  bugle-horn  garnished  and 
stringed  as  in  the  arms  ;  motto  :  Esto  vigilans. 

II.  A  Daughter. 

HI  Frances-Mary  FitzMaurice,  born  nth  April 
1829;  died  2nd  October   1831. 

IV.  Geraldins-EIizabeth    FitzMaurice,  of  Hasle- 
mere,  co.  Surrey,  born  8th  July  1831. 

V.  Mary-Frances  FitzMaurice,  born  in  April, 
and  died  in  May  1835. 

VI.  Gertrude      FitzMaurice,   of    Haslemere,  born 
22nd  Januar\'  1842. 

Mrs.  FitzMaurice  died  9th  June  1S77. 


HISTORY    OF   THE   WH^MER    FAMILY.  33 1 

M.— Jofju  =  (Bcraltr     jTitjiBaurirr,    Esq.,    b.a., 

Barrister-at-Law  of  the  Inner  Temple,  now  of  Drayton  Green, 
was  born  2ist  July  1837.  He  was  educated  at  University  Col- 
lege, Oxford,  B.A.  in  i860 ;  appointed  H.M.  Inspector  of 
Schools  in  1864,  which  appointment  he  still  holds  ;  called  to  the 
Bar  in  1866.  He  married,  15th  July  1869,  Florence,  daughter 
of  Thomas-Adolphus  Boyrenson,  Esq.,  M.D.,  by  Augusta- 
Marianne,  daughter  of  Francis  Swinfen  {see  p.  327),  and  has  had 
issue  : — 

I.  Maurice-Swynfen      Fitz  Maurice,    born     12th 

August   1870;  a  midshipman  on  board    H.M.S. 

MonarcJi. 

II.  Gerald- Vere    P'itzMaurice,  born    13th  June 

1S72  ;  died  19th  August  1872. 

III.  Desmond    FitzMaurice,  born  27th    November 

IS73- 
IV.  Raymond      FitzMaurice.    born     7th     August 

1S78. 
I.  Geraldine-Augusta     FitzMaurice,      born       ist 
August  1875. 


Chapter  XXII. 

WILMER     OF     OLD      STRATFORD,     BROUGIITON, 

MOULSOE,   CRANFIELD,    AXD    NEWPORT 

PAGNELL. 


"  The  mere  archiiolo^ist,  the  mere  genealogist,  the  mere  antiquary,  are  not  the 
parasites  of  historical  study,  as  they  are  too  often  regarded  by  men  who  find  it  easier 
to  borrow  than  to  estimate  the  results  of  the.r  researches  ;  they  are  working  bees  tii  the 
hive  of  historic  kiunuledge. " — Bp.  Stu  BBS. 


Ioi)n  a^^tlmrr,  Gent.,  was   living  at  Old  Strat- 
ford, CO.    Northampton,  a   quarter    of    a  mile 
from    Stony    Stratford,    in    the    i8th    ccntur)-. 
His   ancestry  is  unknown.      He  married   Ann 
,  who  survived  him,  and   by  whom   he  had   no  issue. 
The  following  is  an  abstract  of  his  will : — 

30th  July  1736.  John  Wilmmer,  of  Old  Stratford,  co.  North- 
ampton, Gent.,  being  weak  in  body,  etc. 

To  my  wife  Ann,  my  sole  executrix,  my  messuage  or  tenement  in 
Old  Stratford.  To  my  brother,  Richard  Willmer,  of  Broughton,  co. 
Buckingham,  5/.  To  my  brother,  Edward  Willmer,  of  Kislenbury,  co. 
Northampton,  yeoman,  5/.  To  my  2  sisters,  Elizabeth  Rogers  and  Grace 
Robins,  5/.  each.  To  my  niece,  Patience  Rogers,  20s.  for  mourning. 
To  my  said  wife  my  house  in  Gloucester  Street,  in  the  parish  of  St. 
George-the-Martyr,  co.  Middlesex,  also  my  houses  in  Stanhope  Street, 
St.  Clement  Danes,  co.  Middlesex,  and  at  Hammersmith,  in  the  parish  of 
Fulham,  co.  Middlesex,  for  her  life,  and  after  her  death  to  John  W'ilmer, 
of  Olney,  co.   Buckingham,  Apothecary,  and  Thomas  Wilson,  of  West 


HISTORY    OF    THE  WILMER   FAMILY.  333 

Harding  Street,  in  the  parish  of  St.  Bride's,  London,  they  paying  the 
follon-ing  legacies,  viz.,  to  my  brother,  Richard  Willmer,  5/. ;  to  my 
brother,  Edward  Willmer,  20/. ;  to  my  brother,  Richard  Rogers,  of 
Kislenbury,  5/. ;  to  my  2  sisters,  Elizabeth  Rogers  and  Grace  Robins, 
5/.  each  ;  to  my  2  nephews,  William  and  Richard  Willmer,  5/.  each  ;  to 
my  nephew,  Edward  Wilmer,  and  my  2  nieces,  Mary  Wilmer  and 
Patience  Wilmer,  5/.  each ;  to  John  Bancat,  of  Kislenbury,  son  of 
Elizabeth  Rogers,  5/. ;  to  my  2  nephews,  John  and  Daniel  Robins,  and 
my  2  nieces,  Mary  Robins  and  Grace  Robins,  5/.  each ;  to  my  niece. 
Patience  Rogers,  5/.  I  give  to  the  said  Thomas  Wilson  all  such  plate, 
household  goods,  and  linen  as  my  wife  shall  leave  at  her  death.  Wit- 
nesses : — Geo.  Lawrence,  Thos.  Gilbert,  and  Maurice  Vaughan.  [Proved 
22nd  March  1739-40.     P.C.C.     97  Browne.] 

It  will  be  remembered  that  it  was  suggested  above  {see  p.  296) 
that  John  Wilmer  of  Olney,  who  is  named  in  this  will,  was 
identical  with  the  John  Wilmer,  whom  we  found  to  be  residing  at 
Stony  Stratford  a  few  years  after  this  time.  We  shall  now 
proceed  to  relate  what  is  known  respecting  Richard  Wilmer  of 
Broughton. 

££.— l^irijartr  aSailmrr,  of  Broughton,  co.  Bucking- 
ham, was  brother  of  the  above-mentioned  John  Willmer  of  Old 
Stratford.     He  married  Anne  ,  who  was  buried 

31st  August  i7S2t.     They  had  issue  : — 

£££.— L  Richard  Wilmer.     See  below,  I£$. 

IL  William  Wilmer,  ancestor  of  the  Wilmers  of 
Moulsoe  {see  p.  33 S). 
Richard  Wilmer  was  Churchwarden  of  Broughton  in  1742,  1743, 
and  1752,  and  was  buried  there  19th  August  i7S3t. 

.1.11.— KIrftarfl  Mtlmrr,  Innholder,  of  Broughton 
elder  son  of  Richard  Wilmer  married,  by  licence,  1 2th  Decem- 
ber 1756,  Elizabeth  Huggins,  of  Wooburn,  co.  Buckingham. 
She  died  at  Northampton,  23rd  August  1825,  aged  94,  and  was 
buried  30th  Augustf  ;  M.L  at  Broughton.     They  had  issue  : — 

t  Par.  reg.  of  Broughton. 


334  HISTORY    OF   THE   WILMER    FAMILY. 

I.  William   Wilmer,   baptized    loth    November 
i757t  ;  buried  2nd  November  1760.! 
^W. — II.  Richard  Wilmer.    See  dclou/,  MF. 
Richard  Wilmer  died  30th  July  1777,  aged  54  ;  M.I.  in  Brough- 
ton  churchyard  : — 

BENEATH 

this  STONE  are 

Deposited  the 

Remains  of 

ELIZABETH 

AVidow  of  the  late 

Richard  Wilmer 

of  this  Parish  who 

Departed  this  life 

For  a  Better 

on  the  23rd  Day 

of  August  1825 

in  ninety  fifth  year 

of  Her  Age 

In  Memory  of 

Richard  Wilmer 

Husband 

of  Eliz  :  Wilmer 

Who  died  July  30,  1777 

Aged  54  years. 

nth  March  1777. — Will  of  Richard  Wilmer,  of  Broughton,  co. 

Buckingham,  Innholder.     To  my  brother,  William  Wilmer,  of  Moulsoe, 

CO.  Buckingham,  yeoman,  and  my  friend,  Wm.  Stopp,  of  Potsgrave,  co. 

Bedford,  yeoman,  the  sum  of  1500/.  in  trust,  to  pay  the  interest  to  my 

wife  Elizabeth  for  her  life,  and  at  her  death  the  said  1500/.  to  my  son, 

Richard  Wilmer,  at   his  ageof2i,andI  give   him  all  my  lands  and 

tenements,  goods  and  chattels  whatsoever,  but  if  he  dies  before  the  age 

of  21,  then  I  give  the  said  money,  landa,  tenements,  &c.,  amongst  the 

children  of  my  brother,  William  Wilmer,  equally.     To  the  said  William 

Wilmer,  my  brother,  20/.,  and  to  the  said  Wm.  Stopp  10/.     They  to 

be  joint  executors  with  my  said  wife  Ehzabeth,  and  to  be  the  Guardians 

of  my  son   Richard.     Witnesses  : — E.  Huggins,  Bernard  Gregory,  and 

Geo.  Pitt  Hurst.     [Proved  21st  May  177S.    P.C.C.  226  Hay.] 

t  Par.  reg.  of  Broughton. 


HISTORY   OF   THE   WILMER    FAMILY.  335 

11:7.— lviCi)aril  fflSaUmer,  of  Broughton,  son  of  Richard 
Wilmer,  was  probably  the  Richard  Wilmer  who  married  Mary 
,  and  had  issue  :— I.  RICHARD  WiLMER,  baptized  15th 
February  I786t ;  11.  Henry  Wilmer,  baptized  19th  June 
i79it ;  III.  William  Wilmer,  baptized  6th  March  i8o3t ; 
I.  Harriott  Wilmer,  baptized  14th  February  1785-1-;  H. 
Sophia  Wilmer,  baptized  19th  July  1789!;  HI.  Caroline 
Wilmer,  baptized  26th  May  1793!  ;  IV.  Sally  Wilmer, 
baptized  4th  July  1794!;  and  V.  Hemma  Wilmer,  baptized  6th 
March  I796t. 

Mary-Maria  Wilmer,  the  daughter  of  Richard  and 
Elizabeth  Wilmer,  was  baptized  19th  December  1788!,  and 
buried  3rd  February  1789!. 

The  register  at  Broughton  records  that  Mortuaries  were 
due  and  constantly  paid,  and  that  one  was  paid  at  the  death  of 
Richard  Wilmer  in  1777. 

WILMER    OF    MOULSOE. 

$.— SaJilliam  aSailmCr,  Yeoman,  of  Moulsoe,  co. 
Buckingham,  the  younger  son  of  Richard  Wilmer,  of  Broughton, 
and  Anne  his  wife  {see  p.  333),  married  Mary  ,  who  was 

buried  9th  July  1781J.     They  had  issue  :— 

3£3i. — I.  William  Wilmer.    See  below,  IB. 

II.  Richard  Wilmer,  baptized  2nd  October  1752 J; 
buried  17th  January  175 3+. 
III.  Richard    Wilmer,    baptized    27th    November 

1763?- 

I.  Catherine    Wilmer,    baptized    22nd    March 

17SO-1J  ;  buried  31st  March  1751+. 
II.  Catherine  Wilmer,  baptized  14th  December 
i753h^- 

+  Par.  reg.  of  Broughton.         |        $  Par.  reg.  of  Moulsoe. 


33^  HISTORY    OF   THE    WILMER    FAMILY. 

III.  Elizabeth  Wilmer,  baptized  5th  March  1758^; 
buried  17th  October  1776+,  aged  eighteen  ;  M.I. 
at  Moulsoe. 

IV.  Mary  Wilmer,  baptized  i6th  August  1761^. 

V.  Pattv  Wilmer,  baptized   20th   January  1764^; 
buried  8th  February  1764^. 
William    Wilmer    was    buried    19th   April    1787+,   at   Moulsoe  ; 
M.I.  there. 

M.—^MllUam  aSJllmrr,  Yeoman,  of  Moulsoe,  eldest 
son  of  William  Wilmer,  was  born  about  1749.  He  married 
first,    Elizabeth  ,    who   was  buried    24th    I\Iarch    lyySt- 

The\-  had  issue  : — 

m.— I.  John  Wilmer.     See  Mozc,  £££. 

I.  Anna    Wilmer,  married,  by  licence,  26th  x'\pril 
1S02+,  James  Pike,  of  Moulsoe. 
William  Wilmer  married   secondly,  by  licence,  26th   September 
1 787 J,    Catherine     Page,    of    the     parish    of     Wavendon,  co. 
Buckingham,  and  by  her,  who  died  in  1830,  had  issue : — 

I.  William  Wilmer,  born  9th  November  178-  -  ; 
married  first,  at  St.  Bride's,  Fleet  Street,  London, 
in  1 8 17,  Anne,  daughter  of  Westlake,  of 

Hatherleigh,  co.  Devon,  and  by  her,  who  died  in 
1831,  had  issue  :—i.  William  -  M.atthew 
Wilmer,  born  in  1818  ;  married  ;  died  28th 
May  i860,  sine  prole  ;  ii.  JamE-S  Wilmer,  born  in 
1826;  died  in  1S55  ;  iii.  FREDERICK  Wilmer, 
born  in  1828  ;  died  an  infant  ;  i.  HARRIET 
Wilmer,  bom  in  1820;  died  unmarried,  28th 
May  1881  ;  ii.  Hannah  Wilmer,  born  in  1822  ; 
married  Robert  Cadman  ;  died  i6th  January 
1870,  leaving  issue  ;  and  iii.  Catherine 
Wilmer,     of     Twickenham  ;      born     in      1824. 

J  Par.  reg.  of  Moulsoe. 


HISTORY    OF    THE    WILMER    FAMILY.  337 

William   Wilmer  married  secondly,  Jane  Parkin, 
•    who  survived  him,  but  by  whom  he  had  no  issue. 
He  died  22nd  May  1856. 

II.  Thomas-James  Wilmer,  born  ist  February 
1790;  baptized  25th  February.^ 

III.  Richard  Wilmer,  born  31st  December  1790; 
baptized  30th  January  1791+. 

IV.  Bradford  Wilmer,  of  Moulsoe,  and  Newport 
Pagnell,  CO.  Buckingham  ;  born  15th  April  1794  ; 
baptized  31st  December^  ;  married  Anne 

and  had  issue: — i.  FREDERICK  WiLMER,  baptized 
29th  May  1836J;  buried  15th  November  1854J, 
aged  18  ;  ii.  William-Bradford  Wilmer, 
baptized  1 8th  June  1843 J  ;  i.  Sarah-Ann 
Wilmer,  baptized  24th  December  1837+ ;  and 
ii.  Mary  -  Elliot  Wilmer,  baptized  15th 
September  1739+ ;  buried  19th  December  1854^, 
aged  15.  Bradford  Wilmer  was  buried  29th 
May  185s,  aged  61. 

V.  Edward  Wilmer,  born  8th  March  1796+  ;  buried 
3rd  April  1859J. 

VI.  Hezekiah  Wilmer,  born  2Sth  February  1798  ; 
baptized  23rd  March+. 

VII.  Robert  Wilmer,  born  1st  October  1799;  baptized 
6th  October^  ;  buried  17th  December  1799J. 

VIII.  Robert  Wilmer, born  ist  November  1800;  baptized 
7th  November^. 

IX.  George  Wilmer,  born  28th  December  1802  ; 
baptized  9th  January  1803+. 

William  Wilmer  was    buried  7th  September   181 3+,  aged  about 
63  ;  M.I.  at  Moulsoe. 

J  Par.  reg.  of  Moulsoe. 


338  HISTORY    OF    THE    WILMER     FAMILY. 

£££.— J)Oi)n  il^ilmrr,  of  Newport  Pagnell.co.  Bucking- 
ham, eldest  son  of  William  Wilmer,  was  born  31st  May,  and 
baptized  i8th  September  1775.?  He  married,  by  licence,  18th 
March  1794J, Elizabeth  Stringer.of  Moulsoe,  who  was  buried  4th 
May  1828?,  aged  59.     They  had  issue  : — 

I.  Benjamin  Wilmer,  born  26th  May,  baptized 
nth  June  1797+ ;  manied,  and  had  a  large 
family. 
II.  Henry  Wilmer,  born  17th  August;  baptized 
1 2th  September  1802:^  ;  buried  2nd  December 
1S02.J 

£2F.— III.  John  Wilmer.    Set-  hdow,  I-(JF". 

IV.  James  Wilmer,  born  6th  August,  baptized  28th 
August  180SJ;  buried  isth  April  1S09.I: 
I.  Caroline  Wilmer,  born    i8th  June,  baptized 
29th  June  1794J  ;  married  John  Higgins. 
II.  Betsy  Wilmer,  born  iSth  March,  baptized  23rd 
March  1800J  ;  married  John  Whittet. 
III.  Mary-Anne    Wilmer,  bom  29th    September, 
baptized    12th     October    1803J;     married    John 
Thorn  ley. 
IV.  Catherine  Wilmer,  of  North    Crawley,    co. 
Buckingham,  born  17th  July,  baptized   20th  Jul\- 
1811J;  buried  4th  February  1845,^  aged  n. 
John  Wilmer  was  buried  6th  March  1842,^  aged  66. 

I5F".— JOi)n  fflCiJilmrr,  of  Cayhurst,  co.  Buckingham, 
third  son  of  John  Wilmer,  was  born  7th  June,  and  baptized  i  ith 
June  i8o6.t  He  married,  15th  July  1841,  Mary-Anne  Goodwin, 
who  was  born  19th  May  1S20,  died  28th  October  1885,  and  vvas 
buried  at  Gayhurst.  They  had,  with  five  other  children  that 
died   in  infancy  : — 

X  Par.  leg.  of  !MouUoe. 


HISTORY   OF   THE   WILMER   FAMILY.  339 

I.  John-Robert  Wilmer,  of  Bury  Cottage, 
Newport  Pagnell,  born  19th  April  1842. 
II.  William-Goodwin  Wilmer,  of  Tickford  Cottage, 
Newport  Pagnell,  born  nth  June  1843  ;  married, 
22nd  July  187s,  Jane  Cook,  of  Newport  Pagnell, 
and  has  issue : — i.  John-Henry  Wilmer ;  ii. 
William-Edward  Wilmer ;  i.  Gertrude-Mary 
Wilmer ;  and  ii.  Kate  Wilmer. 

III.  James-Henry  Wilmer,  born  9th  October  1844  ; 
died  4th  June  1881  ;  married,  9th  October  1871, 
Lydia  Fountaine,  of  Figrave,  and  had  no  issue. 

IV.  Eenjamin-George  Wilmer,  of  St.  Dunstan's 
Cottage,  Muswell  Hill,  London,  N.,  born  2Sth 
November  1851  ;  married,  15th  May  1884,  Emily- 
Maude  Wood,  of  Wood  Green,  London,  N.,  and 
has  issue: — 1.  Benjamin -Fox  Wilmer,  and 
i.  Mary  Wilmer. 

V.  Frederick  -  Joseph  Wilmer,  of  no.  5  Park 
Terrace,  Falmouth;  born  20th  April  1S54; 
married,  13th  February  1882,  Florence-Mary 
Michell,  and  has  issue  : — John-Riley  Wilmer. 

I.  Charlolte-Mary  Wilmer,  born  17th  March 
1846;  married,  24th  April  1867,  Henry  Hives, 
of  the  Elms,  Newport  Pagnell,  and  has  issue  : — 
i.  Charlie  Hives  ;  ii.  John  Hives  ;  i.  Edith- 
Mary  Hives;  and  ii.  Charlotte-Margaret- 
Averil  Hives. 
II.  Calherine-Anne  Wilmer,  born  14th  January 
1849  ;  married,  17th  October  1872,  Benjamin- 
Fox  Rogers,  of  Lathbury,  Newport  Pagnell,  and 
has  issue:—!.  John-Fox  Rogers;  ii.  Reginald- 
Dixon  Rogers;  iii.  Robert-Arnold  Rogers; 
iv.  Bernard  -  Fox  Rogers  ;  ii.  Anne  -  Mary 
Rogers;  and  ii.   Dorothy-Fox  Rogers. 


340  HISTORY    OF    THE    WILMER    FAMILY. 

III.   Mary    Wilmer,     of     Bur>-     Cottage,     Newport 
Pagnell,  born  28th  August  1861. 
John    Wilmer    died    15th    January    1S71,    and    was    buried    at 
Gayhurst. 

WILMER    OF    CRANFIELD. 

£.— JOfjn  aCiJilmrr,  Yeoman,  of  Cranfield,  co.  Buck- 
ingham, was  nearly  related  to  the  first  William  Wilmer,  of 
Moulsoe,  but  in  what  degree  we  have  not  been  able  to 
determine.  It  is  not  improbable  that  they  were  brothers.  John 
Wilmer  married  Mary  ,  who  died  23rd  March,  and  was 

buried  27th  March  1 796+,  aged  51  ;  M.I.  at  Moulsoe.  They 
had  issue  : — I.  TlIOMAS  WiLMER,  died  1st  September  1790, 
aged  22  ;  buried  4th  September?  ;  M.I.  at  Moulsoe;  II.  RICHARD 
Wilmer,  baptized  15th  June  1770J ;  III.  John  Wilmer 
(posthumous),  born  loth  August,  baptized  nth  August  1784+ ; 
I.  Elizabeth  Wilmer,  born  9th  June,  baptized  23rd  July 
I777t ;  and  II.  Sally  Wilmer,  born  9th  January,  baptized  22nd 
I'ebruaiy  1779.  J 

John  Wilmer,  of  Cranfield,  died  6th  May  and  was  buried 
9th  May  1784J  ;  M.I.  at  Moulsoe. 

We  are  unable  to  assign  their  proper  places  in  the  pedigree 
to  the  persons  mentioned  in  the  following  extracts  from  the 
Moulsoe  registers  : — 

17S7  Feb.     5     John    Tutt,    of    Moulsoe,     Bachelor,    and    Catherine 

Wilmer,   of    the    same.   Spinster,    married    by    banns. 

Witnesses  : — Sarah  Wilmer  and  William  Wilmer. 
1787  Tilly   15      Daniel    Thomas,    of    Moulsoe,   Bachelor,  and    Sarah 

Wilmer,    of    the    same.  Spinster,  married  by   hcence. 

Witnesses  : — Wm.  Wilmer  and  Cath.  Page. 
1787  Oct.  iS     Thomas     King,     of     Moulsoe,     Farmer,      and     Mary 

Willmer,    of    the   same,    Spinster,    married  by  banns. 

Witnesses  : — Wm.  Wilmer  and  Thos.  Piatt. 
1801  June  27     Catherine  Willmer,  buried. 

J  Par.  leg.  of  Moulsoe. 


HISTORY    OK   THE    WIl.MER    FAMILY. 


1817    July      6     Sarah,  dau.   of  William    and    Catherine   Wilmer,   of 

Moulsoe,  Butcher,  baptized. 
1820     April    2     Catherine  Wilmer,  of  V.  Crawley,  aged  60,  buried. 
1S46    Mar.     I     Ann  Wilmer,  of  Moulsoe.  aged  39,  buried. 


Chapter  XXII 


WILMER   OF  READING. 


Nec/o, 


aut  c-.dquam  est  forlimi  perennis . 


'  matiet. — Propertius, 


ILLIAM  WILMER,    Tanner,   of  Reading,   married 
Eh/abeth  ,  and  had  issue  :— WlLLIAM, 

Edward,  Elizabeth,  and  Mary  Wiljier,  who 
wcie  all  living  in  1667.  The  elder  William 
\\  ilmcr's  \\\\\  was  dated  17th  July  1643, and  proved  28th  August 
1643'.  He  appointed  Elizabeth  his  wife  executrix,  but  on  the 
26th  August  1643,  she  declared  herself  unable  to  "undergo  the 
"  execucon  "  of  it,  and  desired  that  Edward  Wilmer,  a  ward  and 
kinsman,  and  principal  creditor  of  her  late  husband,  might  take 
out  letters  of  administration.  The  witnesses  to  the  will  were  : — 
Edward  \\'illmer,  Scrivener,  James  hall  his  apprentice,  John 
Lipscombe,  and  Anne  Johnsone.  Elizabeth  Wilmer,  "  being 
"  sick  of  that  sicknesse  whereof  she  dyed  within  a  few  days," 
made  a  nuncupative  will,  dated  17th  June  1667,  and  proved  26th 
April  i66g,'  administration  being  granted  to  her  son  William, 
the  sole  executor. 


EDWARD  WILMER,  Scrivener,  of  the  parish  of  St. 
Mary's,  Reading,  married,  at  St.  Lawrence's,  Reading,  29th  June 
1640,   Anne   Iremongcr,   and   had  a  daughter,   Ann   W'ilmer, 

I.  Infeiiur  Court  of  Berkshire  al  Somerset  House. 


HISTORY    OF    THE    WILMER    FAMILY.  343 

who  was  baptized  at  that  church  i6th  April  1641.  Administra- 
tion of  the  goods  of  Edward  Wilmer  was  granted  to  Anne  his 
relict,  28th  February  1672-3.'  He  seems  to  be  the  Edward 
Wilmer  who  was  mentioned  above  as  being  a  kinsman  and  ward 
of  William  Wilmer  of  Reading. 

WILLIAM  WILMER,  of  Reading,  was  perhaps  the  son 
of  the  above  William  Wilmer,  Tanner,  of  Reading.  He  married 
Martha,  eldest  daughter  of  Thomas  Kenrick,  Esq.,  of  Reading, 
by  Elizabeth  his  wife,  daughter  of  Sir  Henry  Davy,'  and  had 
issue : — 

I.  William  Wilmer,  living  in  1700. 

I.  Mary  Wilmer,  married  John  Brooke,  junior, 
and  died  before  1732.  They  had,  with  other 
issue  : — 

i.  Richard  Brooke,  living  in  1732  ; 
administrator  of  the  goods  of  his  mother, 
and  of  his  aunt,  Martha  Wilmer. 

i.  An  eldest  Daughter,  living  in  1700. 

II.  Martha  Wilmer,  of  Burghfield,  in  Berkshire; 

will  dated  7th  August  1700  ;  proved    i6th  March 

1732-33;  administration  granted  to  Richard  Brooke, 

son   and  administrator    of    the    goods    of  Mary 

Brooke,  the  administratrix  appointed  in  the  will 

of  Martha  Wilmer.      Martha  Wilmer  desires  to 

be  buried  near  her  mother  in  St.  Mary's  church, 

Reading. 

Arms  of  Kenrick  :   Ermine,  a   lion   rampant   sable.'      Adminis- 

ministration  ot   the   goods  of  William    Wilmer  was  granted  to 

his  widow  Martha,  20th  April  1683.'      Martha  Wilmer's  will,  in 

which  she  was  described  as  of  Sulhampstead-Abbotts,  co.  Berks, 

1.  Inferior   Court  of    Berkshire    at       I      v.  p.  282,  Visit.  Berkshire,  1664-6. 
Somerset  House.  3.  P.C.C.    105  Price. 

2.  The  Genealogist,  lit  Series,   voL       I 


344  HISTORY    OF    THE    WILMER    FAMILY. 

Widow,  was  dated  14th  October  1697,  and  proved  5th  May 
1698.'  She  appoints  her  daughters,  Alary  and  Martha, 
executrixes. 


Administration  of  the  goods  of  \Viinam  VVilmer,  senior, 
Gent.,  of  Sulhampstead-Bannister,  was  granted  to  William 
Wihner,  his  son,  loth  April  1730.' 


Administration  of  the  goods  of  Mary  Wilmer,  Spinster,  of 
Salemstead  [Sulhampstead],  co.  Berks.,  was  granted  to  her 
nieces  and  next-of-kin,  Margaret  Chair  and  Mary  Chair,  loth 
July  lySz.^ 

EDWARD  WILMER,  Yeoman,  of  Reading,  married 
Elinor  ,  and  had  an  only  daughter  : — 

I.  Letitia  Wilmer,  who  married  William  Reeve, 
Gent.,  of  Burghfield,  co.  Berks.  A  licence  was 
obtained  14th  April  1669  for  the  marriage  of 
"  William  Reeve,  of  Burfield,  Berks.,  Gent, 
"Bach--,  ab'  26,  &  Mrs.  Letticia  Wilmer,  of 
"Reading,  s<*  co.,  Sp",  ab'  21;  consent  of  her 
"  guardian  ;  at  Brinsfield  or  Burfield,  s'^|co."5  In 
an  indenture  of  lease,  dated  1st  May  1669,  she 
is  described  as  of  Reading,  Spinster.  William 
Reeve  was  a  party  to  a  deed  of  conveyance, 
dated  2nd  February  1675,  of  one  acre  of  land  in 
Tilehurst,  co.  Berks.,  which  his  father-in-law, 
"  Edward  Willmer  the  elder  later  of  Reading 
"  Gent,  dec''  "  purchased  from  "  Sir  Francis 
"  Knollys  late  of  Reading  Knt.  dec'^  and  since 
"  settled  upon  William  Reeve."" 

I.   Inferior    Court   of  Berkshire  at       1  5.   Mar.  Lie,  Vic-Gen.  A.C. 

Somerset  House.  6,  Copy  of  a   Final  Concord  in  the 

4.   P. CO.  I      College  of  Arms. 


HISTORY   OF   THE   WILMER    FAMILY.  345 

Edward  Wilmer's  will  was  dated  28th  October  1652,  and  proved 
1st  June  1653.7  He  appoints  his  wife  Ellinor  sole  executrix, 
leaves  to  his  daughter  Letitia  100/.,  and  bequeaths  to  his  wife 
and  her  heirs  three  messuages  in  Fisher  Rowe,  Readinge,  two 
little  messuages  in  Hosiers  Lane,  Readinge,  and  his  free  lands 
in  Tilehurst,  Whitley,  and  Reading.  Elinor  Wilmer's  will  was 
dated  14th  April  1661.  She  bequeaths  all  her  lands,  etc.  (for 
life)  to  her  daughter,  Letitia  Wj'Imer,  when  she  comes  to  the 
age  of  21  years,  remainder  to  William  Wylmer,  eldest  son  of  her 
brother-in-law,  Daniell  Wylmer ;  to  John  Wylmer,  second  son 
of  Daniell  Wylmer,  two  houses  in  Fishers  Rewe,  Reading  ;  to 
Edward  Wylmer,  third  son  of  Daniell  Wylmer,  residue  of  lands 
in  Tilehurst,  Reading,  and  Whitley.  She  names  Mary  Restall, 
maidservant ;  Martha  Crutchfield,  Clement  Went,  Taylor ;  her 
kinswoman,  Jane  Kirsell  ;  her  brother,  John  Corker  ;  Edward 
Crutchfield,  son  of  Edward  Crutchfield,  Clothier  ;  and  her  cosen, 
Mrs.  Sarah  Fagg.  She  wills  that  her  brother-in-law,  Mr. 
Danielle  Wylmer,  Mr.  Thomas  Seikes,  of  Reading,  Gent.,  and 
James  Hall,  of  Reading,  Yeoman,  have  the  sole  management  of 
all  her  estate  during  the  minority  of  her  daughter.  A  com- 
mission to  administer  was  granted  to  Daniell  Wylmer  29th  June 
1 66 1,  and  the  will  was  proved  by  Letitia  Wilmer  in  1669.^ 

Froji  the  Parish  Registers  of  St.  Lawrence's, 

Reading. 
1616  May  13  John  Alexander  and  Joan  Willmer,  wedded. 
1633  Jan.     I  Sarah,  dau.  Edward  Wilmer,  baptized. 

John  Wilmer,  aged  19,  son  of  William  Wilmer,  PUbs,  of 
Reading,  matriculated  at  Trinity  College,  Oxford,  5th  December 

1623. 

7.  P.C.C.  74Brent.  |  8.  P.C.C.  102  May. 


CHArTER    XXIV. 


MISCELLANEOUS    NOTICES    OF    THE    NAMES    OF 
WILMER,    WILMORE,    &c. 


"  Sfi/  7105  immejisum  spatiis  confccivius  i£qiior, 
Et  jam  tempus  equom  Jicmantia  solvere  collaS' 

Virgil,  Georg.  2,  541-2. 

LTRING  our  researches,  we   have   met   with  notices  of 

many    persons    bearing    the    surnames    of   Wilmer, 

Wilmore,  etc.,  to  whom  no  place  can  be  assigned  in 

the  pedigree  of  the  family.      These  notices  we  shall 

proceed  to  give  in  order.  

JOHN    WILMORE,    OF    LONDON,    MERCHANT. 

At  the  Midsummer  Quarter  Sessions  for  the  county  of 
Middlesex  in  i6Si,John  Wilmore,  Merchant,  of  Jewen  Street, 
London,  was  the  foreman  of  the  grand  jury,  before  which 
Stephen  Colledge  was  tried  on  a  charge  of  high  treason.  The 
jurymen  unanimously  returned  the  verdict  Ignoramus,  with 
which  Wilmore  endorsed  the  indictment.  This  verdict  was 
very  unacceptable  at  Whitehall,  and  "  King  Cliarles"  says 
Wilmore",  "  was  in   a  great    Rage,  and    angry    with    me,"   and 


I.  We  quote  from  a  pamphlet  pub- 
lished by  John  Wilmore,  containing  an 
account  of  his  troubles  and  persecution, 
under  the  title.  The  Legacy  of  John 
Wiliiier,  Citizen,  and  late  Merchant  of 
Lotiitoii ;  Humbly  offered  to  the  I  ords 
and  Commons    of  hngland  (London: 


Printed  for  the  Author,  MDCXLII.). 
He  states  that  he  is  nearly  54  years  of 
age,  and  intends  shortly  to  go  to 
Jamaica,  where  he  has  some  planta- 
tions, in  order  to  make  some  provision 
for  his  wife  and  children. 


HISTORY    OF    THE    WILMER    FAMILY.  347 

"  throwing  his  Hat  and  Periwig  on  the  Ground,  he  was  heard  to 
"  express  himself  to  this  effect :  This  Rogne  Wilmer  has  broke 
"  all  my  Measures ;  God's  Fish  /  will  have  his  Blood,  or  mine 
"  him  ;  although  it  cost  vie  ten  thousand  Pounds!' 

"August  1681.  On  the  13th,  Mr.  John  Wihiiore  (who  was  foreman 
of  the  grand  jury  that  found  the  bill  preferred  against  Stephen  Colledge, 
Ignoramus)  was  taken  into  custody  on  an  accusation  of  high  treason, 
and  was  carried  to  Hampton  Court  the  15th,  and  examined  in  councill, 
and  then  committed  by  warrant  to  the  Tower.^" 

With  respect  to  this  accusation  Wilmore  writes  : — 

"  I  was  carried  before  the  King  and  Council  at  Hampton-Couxt ; 
and  being  very  sick  with  an  Ague  and  Feaver,  the  Lord  Chancellor  said 
to  me  at  my  coming  in,  You  come  in  hke  an  Ignoramus:  upon  which 
the  King  pulled  him  by  the  Sleeve,  and  wink'd  on  him ;  which  seemed  to 
intimate,  that  though  my  giving  the  ls,notamus  Verdict  upon  the 
Indictment  against  Colledg,  was  in  truth  the  Crime  which  brought  me 
thither,  yet  it  should  not  be  published.  ji;  *  «■  * 

"  In  the  time  of  my  Imprisonment  several  Stratagems  were  used  to 
destroy  me ;  diligent  Enquiry  was  made  in  most  of  the  neighbouring 
Counties  about  London,  to  find  whether  I  had  been  in  any  of  them,  to 
the  end  that  they  might  pack  me  out  of  London,  and  get  me  indicted 
and  murdered  as  Col/edg  was  at  Oxford:  they  endeavoured  to  suborn 
English  Witnesses  against  me,  the  Irish  being  become  infamous.* 
Moreover,  they  had  it  under  consideration  to  cut  my  Throat  in  the 
Tower;  for  Major  Hawley  (in  whose  house  the  Earl  o'i Essex's  Throat 
was  cut)  being  enquired  of,  what  would  be  done  with  Wilmer?  he  made 
answer,  He  is  a  stubborn  Rogue,  his  Throat  must  be  cutfi" 

24th  October  1681.  John  Wilmore  made  his  prayer  "by 
"  councill  to  be  either  bailed  or  tried,  according  to  the  act  of 
"  habeas  corpus."'* 

28th  November  1681.  He  was  "brought  by  habeas  corpus 
"  from  the  Tower  to  the  kings  bench  bar,"  and  set  at  liberty  on 
bail.5 

23rd  January  168 1-2,  being  the  first  day  of  the  term,  John 

2.  Luttrell's  BrieJ  Relation  of  State       |  4.  I.iiUrell,  i.  p.  138. 
Affairs,  i.  p.  116.  j_  j,^-^^^  i_  p_  ,^^_ 

3.  Legacy  §§  8  &  10.  I 


348  HISTORY    OF    THE    WILMER    FAMILY. 

Wilmore  appeared  at  the  bar  of  the  King's  Bench,  to  save 
forfeiture  of  his  recognizances.* 

13th  February  1 68 1-2,  being  the  last  day  of  term,  he  was 
discharged  from  his  bail,  there  being  no  further  prosecution 
against  him.^ 

Shortly  after  this,  according  to  Wilmore's  own  account,  his 
"  fast  Friends  at  Court "  employed  "  two  wicked  and  infamous 
"  persons.  Vavasor  and  Beaumont"  who  brought  a  new 
indictment  against  him,  and,  upon  its  failure,  threatened  that 
they  would  never  leave  him  till  they  had  '  Colledg'd  '  him.  A 
few  days  afterwards,  on  May  loth  1682,  they  delivered  to  the 
sheriffs  of  London  "  a  writt  de  homine  replegiando,"  accusing  him 
of  "haveing  kidnapped  a  boy  of  13  years  of  age  to  Jamaica." 
Wilmore,  it  appears,  concealed  himself,  and  the  sheriffs  made 
the  return,  nan  est  inventus  ;  but  on 

"  The  23rd  [May  1682],  was  a  tryall  at  the  Kings  bench  barr  upon 
an  indictment  against  Mr.  John  Wihiiore,  for  spiriting  or  kidnapping 
away  a  young  boy  under  the  age  of  13  years,  called  Richard  Siviter,  and 
sending  him  to  Jamaica  :  the  jury  was  a  very  good  one,  returned  out  of 
the  county  of  Kent:  the  witnesses  against  him  were  to  prove  that  there 
was  in  generall  such  a  trade  as  kidnapping  or  spiriting  away  children  ■■'- ; 
then  that  Mr.  Wilmore  had  been  a  practiser  of  that  trade,  and  particularly 
had  sent  away  this  child  to  Jamaica.  *  On  the  other  side,  Mr. 
Wilmore's  witnesses  urged  on  his  behalf,  that  the  child  was  very  willing 
to  goe  with  him,  ■■'  that  he  bound  himself  apprentice  to  Wilmore 
voluntarily  at  Gravesend  in  the  presence  of  the  mayor,  who  testified  the 
same  thing.  *  Then  the  lord  cheif  justice  summ'd  up  the  evidence,  * 
so  that  the  jury,  without  goeing  from  the  barr,  brought  him  in  guilty.^" 

"June  1682.  Mr.  Wilmore  *  *  hath  sent  an  expresse  to 
Jamaica  for  the  said  boy,  to  bring  him  away  as  soon  as  possible,  in 
hopes  to  mitigate  his  fine,  which  will  be  sett  on  him  for  the  said  offence.'" 

"  January  16S2-3.  The  boy  that  Mr.  Wilmore  Kidnapped  away  to 
Jamaica,  and  for  which  a  homine  replegiando  was  issued  against  him,  is 
lately  brought  over  by  his  order. '°" 

6.  Liiltrell,  i.  p.  Ijg.  |  9-  '^^'"'■.  i-  P-  I92- 

7.  Ihid.,  i.  p.  164.  10.  Ibid.,  i.  p.  247. 

8.  Ibid.,  i,  p.  187.  I 


HISTORY    OF   THE   WILMER   FAMILY.  349 

In  the  same  year  Wilmore  published  his  defence  under  the 
title,  Tlie  Case  of  John  Wilmore  Truly  and  Impartially  Related: 
or,  a  Looking-Glass  for  all  Merchants  and  Planters  That  are 
concerned  in  the  American  Plantations.  (London,  Printed  for 
Edw.  Powell  at  the  White  Swan  in  Little  Brittain  MDCLXXXII). 
In  section  12  of  his  Legacy,  he  says, 

"  From  the  time  of  this  Verdict  I  was  advised  by  Counsel,  and 
perswaded  by  Friends,  to  keep  out  of  the  Reach  of  those  who  were  bent 
upon  my  Ruin,  and  thirsted  after  my  Blood;  and  I  secreted  my  self  in 
Eni^land  for  about  a  Year's  space ;  in  which  time,  Messengers  with 
Constables  would  come  at  all  hours  of  the  Night  to  search  my  House 
for  me.  I  then  retired  into  Holland,  whither  about  a  Year  after  my 
Wife  and  Children  followed  me.  I  continued  there  five  or  six  Years, 

until  the  Expedition  of  his  Highness  the  Prince  of  Oram^e,  in  which  I 
attended  him,  having  pawned  my  Plate  and  Wive's  Jewels,  to  equip 
myself  and  Servant,  as  a  "Volunteer  of  Horse." 

"21st  February  1692-3.  Yesterday  the  lords  read  severall  bills;  and 
were  going  on  the  advice  on  that  head  about  the  lieutenancy  of  London, 
when  one  Wilmor  (a  kidnapper)  delivering  at  the  door  a  seditious  libell 
reflecting  on  the  mag  of  state  for  making  such  a  lieutenancy ;  on  which 
their  lordship[sJ  voted  the  paper  an  insolent  libell,  and  ordered  the 
usher  of  the  black  rod  to  take  him  into  custody ;  but  he  slipt  away,  and 
escaped."" 

[Further  particulars  about  John  Wilmore  will  be  found  in 
the  Journals  of  the  House  of  Commons  for  1688,  and  in  Echard's 
History  of  England,  vol.  iii.,  pp.  634  ct  sqq.'\ 

CORNELIUS  WILMER,  of  East  Greenwich,  Mariner 
in  the  Royal  Navy,  married  Frances  ,  and  had  a  son  :  — 

Cornelius  Wilmer,  of  East  Greenwich, 
Mariner,  of  H.M.  Ship  "  Ludlow  Castle  ";  will 
dated  21st  October  17 17,  proved  nth  December 
1 718,  by  Frances  Wilmer  alias  Phipps,  his 
mother  [P.C.C.  249  Tennison];  administration  was 
granted  at  a  later  date  to  John  Lake, the  executor 
named  in  the  will  of  the  said  Frances  Wilmer. 

II.  Liittrell,  iii.  p.  39. 


35°  HISTORY    OK    THE    WILMER    FAMILY. 

Cornelius  Wilmer's  will  was  dated  19th  February  1693-4,  and 
proved  8th  November  1695,  by  Frances  Wilmer,  his  relict 
[P.C.C.  195  Ireby].  The  will  of  Frances  Wilmer  alias  Phipps 
was  dated  2oth  November  1725,  and  proved  2^rd  March 
1725-6.  She  names  Elizabeth  and  Anna-Maria  Wallbank  ;  her 
sister,  Maria  Burdett  ;  and  her  kinsman,  John  Lake,  whom  she 
makes  residuary  legatee  and  executor  [P.C.C.  6^  Plymouth]. 

THOMAS  WILMER,  Surgeon,  of  Lime  Street,  London, 
married   Rebecca  ,  and   had  issue:— I.  THOM.A.S 

Wilmer,  bom  and  baptized  26th  January  1700- it,  buried  27th 
January  1700-it  ;  II.  Henrv  Wilmer,  born  13th,  baptized 
14th  October  i7oit,  buried  15th  October  1701!;  and  III. 
John  Wilmer,  born  i8th,  baptized  19th  November  i702.t 

THOMAS  WILMER,  Citizen,  Stationer,  and  Printer,  of 
London,  married,  subsequently  to  September  1703,  Catherine, 
widow  of  William  Richardson,  Printer,  and  had  issue:  — 

I.  Catherine  Wilmer,  buried  25th  August  1707, 
"  in   the   new  Vault  at  the  east    end   of  the    S. 
"  Ile."t 
II.  Mary  Wilmer,  living  in  1722. 

Thomas  Wilmer  was  buried  1st  December  I728t,  "in  the  Vault 
"  at  the  E.  end  of  the  south  Isle."  In  his  will,  which  was  dated 
1st  April  1722,  and  proved  Sth  December  1728  [P.dC.  366 
Brooke],  he  names  his  daughter-in-law,  Israel  Richardson.  His 
widow,  Catherine  Wilmer.  died  Sth  April,  and  was  buried  i  5th 
April  1739!,  "  in  the  S.  Isle."  Her  will  was  dated  4th  July 
1737,  and  proved  9th  April  1739  [P.C.C.  92  Huchman].  She 
names  her  daughter,  Elizabeth  Totten  ;  her  daughter,  Israel 
White,  the  wife  of  Thomas  White,  Gent.,  of  London  ;  and  her 
grandson,  George  White,  the  son  of  the  said  Thomas.    Catherine 


+  Par.  reg.  of  St.  Dionis  Backchurch,  London. 


HISTORY    OF    THE   WILMER    FAMILY.  351 

Wilmer's  first  husband  was  William  Richardson,  Printer,  and  by 
him  she  had  issue  : — 

I.  John    Richardson,    baptized     20th     February 

1690- 1. 1 
II.  William  Richardson,  bom  29th  November ; 
baptized  14th  December  i693.t 

III.  Humphrey  Richardson,  bom  15th  December; 
baptized  23rd  December  1697!  ;  buried  i6th 
October  i/Oj.f 

IV.  John  Richardson,  bom  and  baptized  9th  June 
i699-t 

I.  Israel  Richardson,  born  and  baptized  isth 
December  1694!;  married,  isth  September  ijsof, 
Thomas  White,  Printer,  of  St.  John's,  Wapping, 
CO.  Middlesex,  and  had  issue: — i.  GEORGE 
White,  born  29th  May,  baptized  14th  June  I733t; 
and  i.  CATHERINE  White,  born  i6th  January, 
baptized  30th  January  i734-5t.  buried  13th 
February  1734-5.!  Thomas  White  was  buried 
19th  March  1 749- 5 of  ;  and  Israel  White  was 
buried  26th  March  I750.t 
II.  Elizabeth  Richardson,  born  and  baptized 
27th  November  1696!  ;  married  Totten. 

SAMUEL  WILMER,  of  the  parish  of  St.  Luke,  co.  Mid- 
dlesex, Gent,  married,  first,  Mary  ,  administration 
of  whose  goods  was  granted  to  him  26th  March  1762  [P.C.C.]. 
He  married,  secondly,  Hutchinson  .  In  her  will, 
which  was  dated  15th  June  1774,  and  proved  21st  July  1780 
[P.C.C.  382  Collins],  she  names  her  sister,  Elizabeth  Winn, 
Widow,  of  Baldock,  co.  Hertford  ;  her  brother,  Francis  Sykes  ; 
her    sister,    Anne    Willet ;    her    cousin,    Charles    Godwine,    of 

t  Far.  reg.  of  St.  Dionis  Backchurch,  London. 


35  2  HISTOKY    OF    THE    WILMER    FAMILY. 

Baldock.       In   this  will   Hutchinson  Wilmer  is   described  as  of 
Foster's  building,  White  Cross  Street,  co.  Middlesex,  Widow. 

Samuel  Wilmer's  will  was  dated  22nd  August  1765,  and 
proved  i6th  December  1767  [P.CC.  470  Legard].  He  names 
Alice  White  (Widow),  of  White  Cross  Street ;  Isabella  Buttler  ; 
the  Rev.  Mr.  Gibbons  ;  and  Mr.  Henry  Jones,  of  Oxford  Court, 
Cannon  Street. 

WILMER,  OR  WILLMER,  OF  TISBURY  AND 
PETERSFIELD. 

Thf.  Reverend  RICHARD  WILMER  was  buried  at 
Tisbury,  co.  Wilts,  in  177S'-,  but  it  does  not  appear  that  he  was 
ever  vicar  of  that  parish.  Elizabeth  Wilmer,  Widow,  of 
Tisbury,  who  seems  to  have  been  his  relict,  presented  to  the 
vicarage  in  I779'3.  Her  will  was  dated  29th  October  1778,  and 
proved  1st  December  1780  [P.CC.  589  Collins].  She  left  all  her 
estate,  real  and  personal,  to  Richard  Cobden,  of  Midhurst,  co. 
Sussex,  Maltster,  and  Thomas  Wilmer,  of  Petersfield,  co.  South- 
ampton, upon  trust  for  the  use  of  her  only  child,  Elizabeth 
Wilmer.  She  names  her  brother,  William  Cobden,  and  her 
sister,  Mary  Cobden. 

A  certain  Ann  Willmer,  who  died  6th  March  1782,  aged 
62,  was  buried  at  Petersfield  ;  I\LI. 

A  Mr,  Wilmer,  of  Petersfield,  who  was  perhaps  the  Thomas 
Wilmer  named  in  the  will  of  Elizabeth  Wilmer  of  Tisbury,  died 
in  1S18,  and  was  buried  in  Petersfield  churchyard.  His  wife 
survived  him  till  January  1845,  reaching  the  age  of  80  and 
upwards,  and  was  buried  beside  him.  By  her  he  had  six 
daughters  and  a  son  : — 

HENRY  WILLMER,  Esq.,  Surgeon,  of  no.  44  Baker 
Street,  Portman  Square,  London,  of  Down  Place,  Harting,  co. 
Sussex,  and  of  Stoke  Poges,  co.  Buckingham.  He  married,  31st 
January  1815,  Ann  Pain,  of  Lewes,  and  had  issue  : — 

Hundred  of      \  13.   Ibid.,  p.  206. 


HISTORY   OF   THE   WILMER    FAMILY.  353 

I.  Henry  Willmer,  died  in  1S17,  aged  10  months. 

I.  Harriet-Ann  Willmer,  born  in  August  181S  ; 

married,    15th  September    1841,  at   Stoke-Poges 

parish  church,  Frederick-Le-Gros  Clarke,  Esq., 

of    "  The  Thorns,"   Sevenoaks,    and   had    three 

sons  : — i.  Frederick- Willmer  Clarke,    born  in 

1846,  married  a  daughter   of  Francis  Crawshay, 

Esq.,  and  has  issue  ;  ii.  Alfred-Ashley  Clarke, 

born   in    1848,   married   a    daughter  of   the   late 

Andrew   Swanzy,    Esq.,   and  has  four  children  ; 

and  iii.     Walter-Constable     Clarke.     Mrs. 

Le  Gros  Clarke  died  at  Spring  Gardens,  London, 

29th  June  1850. 

n.  Caroline   Willmer,   born    3rd   April    1829; 

married,  at    St.  Martin's-in-the-Fields,    London, 

nth  April  1850,  the  Reverend  Ralph-Raisbeck 

Tatham,  M.A.,  Rector  of  Dallington,  co.  Sussex, 

sixth  son   of  T.-T.   Tatham,   Esq.,  of  Highgate, 

and  had  three  sons  and   five  daughters,  of  whom 

the     eldest     son     is : — Charles-John-Willmer 

Tatham,  Army-surgeon.      Mrs.    R.-R.    Tatham 

died  at  Dallington,  24th  July  1867. 

Henry  Willmer,  who  was  a  cousin,  in  the  first  or  second  degree, 

of    Richard   Cobden,  the    advocate  of  Free   Trade,   died    17th 

September    1869,  and  was  buried  at  Harting.     His    wife,   who 

died  9th  February  1859,  was  also  buried  there. 


J-. — *     *  WILLMER,  of  Higham  Ferrers,  co.  Northampton, 
had  (with  three  daughters)  three  sons  : — 

I.  Joseph  Willmer,  a  twin  with  Benjamin. 
H. — n.  Benjamin  Willmer.     See  below,  ££. 

III.    *     *    *  Willmer,  a  nonconformist  minister. 

$fc  —  i3fnram in  ffiSiillmer,  of  Elstow,  and  afterwards 
ofWilshampstead,co.  Bedford  ;  was  born  at  Higham  Ferrers,  and 


354  HISTORY    OF    THE    WILMER    FAMILY. 

died   in    1773.     He    married    Miss   Crane,  and  had,  with   other 

issue  : — 

I.  John  Willmer,  born  5th  October  1765. 

£££. — II.  William  Willmer.     See  be/ozv,  il^H. 

III.  Thomas  Willmer,  born   19th  September  1770  ; 
died  14th  August  1S15. 
I.  Anne  Willmer,  born   lOth  June    1772  ;    died 
6th  February  1842. 

Mif.— SSCiUiam  ffiStillmCr,  of Wilshampstead.was  bom 
6th  March  1767,  and  died  24th  April  1837,  leaving  several 
children,  of  whom  Mary-Ann  Willmer  was  born  29th 
December  1795,  and  died  20th  October  1820,  and  Sarah 
Willmer  was  born  22nd  June  1799,  and  died  31st  May  1819. 
One  of  the  sons  was  : — 

$2H".— SMiUiam-3ri)oma6  fflSaillmrr,  of  wiishampstead. 

He  was  born  there  27th  April  1801,  and  died  in  August  186S. 
He  married  Harriet  Barnard,  and  by  her,  who  was  born  22nd 
November  1809  at  Ampthill,  near  Bedford,  he  had  issue  : — 

W. — I.  William-Barnard  Willmer.     Sec  beknv,  2F". 

II.  Benjamin  Willmer,  born   14th  October  1S41, 
at  Wilhampstead  ;  died  young. 
I.  Sarah-Elizabeth  Willmer,  born  5th  April  1S48  ; 
now  living  in  New  Zealand 

2F".— iKJill(am=:13arnartr  ffiSIillmrr,  now  of  Harrowden. 

near  Bedford,  was  born  at  W'ilshampstead,  14th  March  1S30, 
and  married  first,  Mary-Anne,  eldest  daughter  of  William 
Armstrong,  of  West  End  House,  Haynes,  co.  Bedford.  By 
her,  who  was  born  at  Haynes  6th  February  1834,  Mr.  Willmer 
has  issue: — I.  William-Armsirong  Willmer, born  7th  March 
1864,  at  Diddenham  Manor,  Shinfield,  near  Reading  ;  II.  Harry- 
Edward  V/illmer.  born  there  19th  July  1869;  III.  Thomas- 
Reginald    Willmer,    born    there    2Sth    December    1872;    ]. 


HISTORY    OF    THE    WILIIER    FAMILY.  '  355 

Ada-Bessie  Willmer,  bom  there  29th  December  1865  ;    and 
II.  Sarah-Elizabeth  Willmer,  born  there  25th  May  1867. 

Mr.  W.-B.  Willmer  married  secondly,  Mary-Anne-Jane, 
eldest  daughter  of  Richard  Newman,  of  Harrow  rlen,  and  by  her, 
who  was  born  28th  March  1844,  has  issue  : — I.  Richard- 
Newman  Willmer,  born  at  Harrowden,  9th  June  1880;  II. 
Frank-Montague  Willmer,  born  there  20th  March  1884; 
I.  Nellie-Gertrude  Willmer,  born  at  Diddenham,  17th  June 
1879  ;  II.  Harriet-Louise  Willmer,  born  at  Harrowden,  8th 
April  1882;  and  III.  Florence-Emily  Willmer,  born  there 
nth  August  1886.  

1583  August  26th.  By  an  Indenture,  Francis  Wilmer,  Innkeeper, 
of  the  parish  of  St.  George-the-Martyr,  Southwark,  acknowledged  that  he 
owed  200/.  to  John  Moncke,  Yeoman,  of  Stone,  co.  Kent.  [Close  H., 
25  Eliz.,  no.  1 1 72.] 

1583  December  6th.  By  an  Indenture,  Thomas  Dallet,  Silk- 
weaver,  of  Woolwich,  for  33/.,  granted  and  sold  to  Francis  Wilmer,  of 
the  parish  of  St.  George-the-Martyr,  Southwark,  a  tenement  called  the 
"  Signe  of  the  Trowell,"  in  the  tenure  of  John  Walebancke,  Bricklayer, 
to  have  and  to  hold  to  the  said  Francis  and  his  heirs  for  ever.  [C/ose 
R.,  26  Eliz.,  no.  1326.] 

1590  April  6th.  Will  of  Francis  Willmore,  of  the  parish  of  St. 
Mary  Magdalen,  Bermondsey,  co.  Surrey.  My  body  to  be  buried  in 
the  church  aforesaid  as  neare  as  can  be  to  the  place  where  Johane  my 
late  wife  was  buried.  Francis  Willmore,  my  eldest  son,  and  Richard 
Willmore,  my  youngest  son,  both  under  age,  to  be  the  Executors  of  my 
will.  To  my  brother,  Anthony  Willmore.  My  father-in-law,  Leonard 
Croxton.  My  wife,  Mary  Willmore.  My  cosyn  Pigott,  a  paynter,  living 
in  Wood  Street,  London,  to  be  the  overseer  of  my  will.  My  sister 
Dorothie's  eldest  and  youngest  daughters.  My  other  sister's  daughter 
Johane.  My  cosen  Marshall,  of  London.  My  uncle  Bellowthy.  My 
cosen  Waid,  of  Westminster.  Witnesses : — Lawrence  Curtopp  and 
William  Pigotte.  [A  commission  was  issued,  ist  June  1590,  to  Leonard 
Croxton,  the  father-in  law  of  Francis  Willmore,  deceased,  to  administer 
during  the  minority  of  Francis  and  Richard,  the  sons  of  the  deceased. 
Another  commission  was  issued  22nd  February  1599-1600,  to  Anne 
Richardson  alias  Somer.  grandchild  of  the  deceased.    P.C.C.  90  Drury .] 


356  HISTORY   OF   THE    WILMER    FAMILY. 

1747-S  March  14th.  Will  of  William  \Villmorc,  Carpenter,  of  the 
parish  of  St.  Olave,  Southwark.  He  names  his  wile.  Anne  Willmore. 
[Proved  4th  April  1748.     P.C.C.      133  Strahan.] 


1750  ]\Iay  19th.  Administration  of  the  goods  of  John  Willmore. 
of  the  parish  of  .St.  George-the-Martyr,  Southwark,  co.  Surrey,  belonging 
to  H..M.  Ship  "  Exeter,"  deceased,  was  granted  to  Sarah,  his  relict,  then 
the  wife  of  William  Webster.  Another  grant  was  made,  9th  June  1750, 
to  the  said  Sarah  Webster,  in  which  the  deceased  was  described  as  John 
W'illmore,  alias  Willmott,  of  the  parish  of  St.  George-the-Martyr. 
[P.C.C]  I 

1601  July  22nd.  Administration  of  the  goods  of  Henry  Wilmore. 
of  the  parish  of  St.  Sepulchre,  London,  deceased,  was  granted  to  John 
Parris,  the  principal  creditor;  Elizabeth  ^^'ilmore,  the  relict  of  the 
deceased,  having  first  renounced.     [Commissary  Court  of  London.] 

1662-3  February  28th.  "  Edmund  Yeomans,  of  Lambeth,  Surrey, 
Bachs  23,  &  Elizabeth  Willmer,  Sp%  22,  dau.  of  Thomas  Willmer,  of 
St.  Sepulchre's,  London,  Gent.,  who  consents;  at  St.  Mary,  Savoy, 
or  Gray's  Inn  Chapel."     [Mar.  Lie.  Fac.  Off.  | 

166S-9  January  24th.  Administration  of  the  goods  of  Elizabeth 
Yeoman  alias  Wilmer,  of  the  parish  of  St.  Mary-le  Savoy,  London, 
deceased,  was  granted  to  Edward  Yeoman,  the  husband  of  the  deceased. 
[P.C.C] 

1 7 16  September  5th.  Will  of  Joseph  Wilmore,  Smith,  of  the 
parish  of  St.  Sepulchre,  London.  ]\Iy  brother,  Thomas  Wilmore.  My 
wife,  Ann  W'ilmore.  My  daughters,  Elizabeth  and  Judith.  Witnesses  : 
John  Kendrick,  Judeth  Atterton,  and  Henry  Bell.  [Proved  19th  October 
1716.     P.C.C.  199  Fo.x.J 

1605  June  5th.  Administration  of  the  goods  of  Andrew  Willmer, 
of  Stratford  Bowe,  co.  Middlesex,  deceased,  was  granted  to  Andrew 
Willmer,  the  son  of  the  deceased.     [Commissary  Court  of  London.] 

1615  October  25th.  Your  Orator  John  Norcrosse,  of  London, 
Haberdasher,  son  &  heir  of  Thomas  Norcrosse.  late  of  London,  Haber- 


HISTORY    OF   THE   WILMER    FAMILY.  357 

dasher,  etc.  A  suit  concerning  land  containing  25  acres  or  thereabouts 
in  Written  in  the  Co.  of  Essex  now  in  the  tenure  of  John  Willmore  or 
his  assigns,  etc.  [Norcrosse  v.  Willmore  ;  Cha?i.  Pro.,  James  I.,  N.  7.  43. 
This  Record  is  almost  destroyed.  John  Willmore  does  not  appear 
to  be  the  Defendant.] 


1626-7  February  ist.  "Thomas  Willmore,  of  Stepney,  co.  Middlesex, 
Vintner,  &  Frances  Reade,  of  same,  Widow ;  at  Stepney  aforesaid." 
[Mar.  Lie.  B.  L.] 

[No  date.]  AVill  of  James  Willmer,  of  the  parish  of  St.  Bride, 
Fleet  Street,  London.  To  my  father  and  mother.  To  my  sister,  Rebica 
Hailes.  To  Elizabeth  Haily,  daughter  of  George  Haily.  My  brother, 
Richard  Goswell  To  Doll  {sic)  Witness  : — John  Channon. 
[Administration  of  the  goods  of  James  Willmer,  the  testator,  deceased,  was 
granted,  27th  September  1626,  to  Dorothy  Chauntrell,  a  legatee  named 
in  the  will  ("  Doll").      P.C.C.  172  Hele.] 


1643  July  26th.  Administration  of  the  goods  of  Thomas 
Wilmore,  of  Stepney,  co.  Middlesex,  who  died  beyond  the  seas,  was 
granted  to  Edward  Blackwall,  the  principal  creditor  of  the  deceased. 
Another  grant  was  made,  30th  August  1643,  to  John  Wilmore,  the 
brother  of  the  deceased,  the  former  grant  to  Edward  Blackwall  having 
been  revoked.  Another  grant  was  made,  loth  January  1644-5,  ^'^ 
Francis  Tetherington,  a  creditor  of  the  deceased.  [Commissary  Court 
of  London.] 

1644-5  February  I  St.  Your  orator  John  Willmore  of  Westham,  co. 
Essex,  gent.  *  did  make  unto  John  Combes  a  bill  of  sale  of  all  his 
hay  being  in  the  several  barnes  &  stables  belonging  to  his  farm  called 
Newbarnes  in  Westham  aforesaid.  \Chan.  /Vf.,  Wylmer  v.  Riche; 
Charles  L,  W.W.  70.  46.] 

[No  date.]  The  Replication  of  Richard  Clarke  &  Agnes  his  wife. 
Complainants,  to  the  Answers  of  John  Willmere,  Richard  Roberts,  & 
Thos.  Lee,  Defendants. 

Thomas  Symons  in  the  Bill  mentioned  did  bequeath  unto  the 
said  Agnes  the  said  messuage,  etc.  \Chan.  Pro.,  Clarke  v.  Wilmer, 
etc..  Replication,  Charles  I.,  CC.  11 0.12.] 


3S8  HISTORY    OK    THE    WILMER    FAMILY. 

1653-4  January  26th.  Will  (nuncupative)  of  Margery  Wilnier,  of 
Whitechajiel.  I  leave  the  care  of  my  two  children,  Elizabeth  and 
Deborah,  to  the  hand  of  Jonathan  Clandger  and  John  Resbridger,  and 
all  my  goods  to  my  said  children.     [P.C.C] 


In  Boyne's  Sevcntee?ith  Century  Tokens,  among  the  coins  issued  by 
tradesmen,  are  the  following : — 

Obverse— "  Robert  Willmer  in"  (and  at  the  foot)  "  R.M.W." 
(probably  the  initials  of  Wilmer  and  his  wife).  Reverse — "  Litle 
Brittaine  63  :  Lether  cvtter  :" 

Stratford,  co.  Suffolk — Obverse—"  lohn  Willmor  lEW."  Reverse — 
"In  Stratford  1650  lEW." 

1 660- 1  This  Indenture  made  the  seventh  day  of  March  in 
the  thirteenth  yeare  of  *  Charles  the  Second  Between  Peter  Blower 
of  Westham  in  the  County  of  Essex,  gent.,  of  the  one  part  And 
John  Willmer  of  Westham  *  aforesaid,  gent.,  of  the  other  pan 
WITNESSETH  that  the  said  Peter  Blower,  as  well  for  &  in  consideracon 
of  the  naturall  love,  etc.,  which  he  hath  and  beareth  unto  the  said 
John  Willmer  his  brother  in  law,  as,  etc.,  the  said  Peter  Blower  * 
doth  grant,  bargain,  sell,  etc.,  unto  the  said  John  Willmer,  etc..  All 
that  peece  or  pcell  of  land  conteyning  by  estimacon  one  acre  lying, 
etc.,  in  Wickelme  in  the  said  Parish  of  Westham  *  now  in  the  tenure 
or  occupacon  of  George  Pearson,  etc.  To  have  &  to  hold  '■-  unto  the 
said  John  Willmer,  etc.,  for  ever,  etc.  \_C/ose  R.,  12  Charles  II., 
part  17  (19).] 

Robert  Wilmer  was  apprenticed  to  John    in  1661. 

Wilimer  was  apprenticed  to  Isaack  Crew,  21st  July  1662. 

Thomas  Wilmore  was  apprenticed  to  Robert  Wilmore,  4th  July 
169  J. 

[From  the  Books  of  the  Freemen  of  the  Clothworkers'  Company.] 


1661  May  9th.  "  AVilliam  Willmer,  of  St.  Andrew,  Holborn, 
Gent.,  Bach'',  ab<  30,  &  Margaret  Sharpe.  of  St.  Bennet's,  Paul's 
Wharf,  SpS  ab'  30;  at  St.  Bennet's  afs''."  [Mar.  Lie.  Vic. -Gen. 
A.C.J 


HISTORY   OF   THE   WILMFR    FAMILY.  359 

1661  July  26th.  Administration  of  the  goods  of  Mary  Willmer, 
of  Bow,  deceased,  was  granted  to  William  Heard,  the  next-of-kin  to 
the  deceased,  George  Wilmer,  the  husband,  first  renouncing.     [P.C  C] 


1666  June  8th.  "  Edward  Warham,  of  S'  Martin's  in  Fields,  Gent., 
Bach"-,  ab'  23,  5;:  Rachell  Willmer,  of  S'  Marg's  Westm--,  Sp'',  ab'  21  ; 
consent  of  father  John  Willmer,  Gent.;  at  S'  Mary  Magd",  Old  Fish 
St,  London."     [Mar.  Lie.  Vic-Gen.  A.C.] 


1668  May  5th.  Administration  of  the  goods  of  AVilliam 
Wilmore,  of  the  parish  of  St.  Edmund-the-King,  London,  who  died  at 
Sea,  was  granted  to  Anne  Wilmore,  his  relict.     [P.C.C.] 


1673  August  27th.  Administration  of  the  goods  of  Thomas 
Wilmer,  of  H.M.  Ship  "  The  Royal  Prince,"  deceased,  was  granted  to 
his  relict,  Anne  Wilmer.  [P.C.C.] 

1676  October  21st.  Administration  of  the  goods  of  Daniell 
Willmer,  Widower,  of  St.  Olave,  Silver  Street,  London,  deceased,  was 
granted  to  Edward  Willmer,  the  son  of  the  deceased.    [P.C.C] 

1679  December  23rd.  Administration  of  the  goods  of  Thomas 
Willmer,  of  the  parish  of  St.  Ethelburga,  London,  deceased,  was  granted 
to  Bridget  Wilmer,  relict  of  the  deceased.     [P.C.C.] 

1690  April  ist.  Administration  of  the  goods  of  Bridget  Wilmer, 
Widow,  of  the  parish  of  St.  Ethelburga,  London,  deceased,  was  granted 
to  Thomas  Wright,  uncle  and  guardian  of  Thomas  Wilmer,  junior,  son 
of  the  deceased.     [P.C.C] 

1684-5  March  9th.  Will  of  George  Wilmer,  Citizen  and  Haber- 
dasher, of  the  parish  of  St.  Catherine  Creedchurch,  London.  To  my 
wife,  Rebecca  Wilmer,  all  I  possess.  Executors  :  My  loving  father, 
John  Merrehurst,  and  my  loving  brother,  John  Wilmer.  Witnesses  : — 
Abraham  Wilmer,  Jacob  Bury,  Mary  Bury,  and  Hannah  Merrehurst. 
[Proved  5th  May  1685.  P.CC  65  Cann.  The  names  of  the  witnesses 
to  this  will  would  lead  us  to  suppose  that  George  Wilmer  was  one  of 
the  Bromley  and  Barking  Wilmers.] 


360  HISTORY    OF    THE    WILMER    FAMILY. 

1689  July  7th.      Edward,  son  of  Edward  and  Hannah   Wilmore, 


was 


baptized  at  St.  John  the  Baptist's  on  Wallbrook,  London. 


1694  October  5th.  Administration  of  the  goods  of  Edward 
Wihiier,  of  St.  Michael's,  Crooked  Lane,  London,  deceased,  was  granted 
to  Hannah  Wilmer,  the  relict  of  the  deceased.     [P.CC] 


1694-5  October  9th.  Administration  of  the  goods  of  John 
Wilmer,  Bachelor,  of  the  Island  of  Jamaica,  deceased,  was  granted  to 
John  Wilmer,  the  father  of  the  deceased.     [P.CC  ] 


1707-8  February  2Sth.  Will  of  Samuel  Wilmer,  Citizen  and 
Weaver,  of  London.  To  my  wife,  Sarah  \Vilmer,  my  gold  watch  and 
several  gold  medalls  which  I  formerly  gave  her.  To  Elizabeth  Cole- 
brand,  my  daughter,  100/.  and  the  silver  cup  called  "  Sarah  Wilmer's 
Cup."  To  my  son  Samuel  100/.  To  my  daughters,  Hannah  and 
Marv,  50/.  each  My  wife  Sarah  and  my  daughter  Sarah  to  be  the 
executors  of  this  my  will.  [Proved  February  170S-9.  P  C.C  50 
Barrett.] 

1711-12  February  I  sth.  Administration  of  the  goods  of  Nicholas 
Willmer,  of  the  parish  of  St.  Giles-in-the-FieUls,  London,  deceased,  was 
granted  to  Margaret  Wilmer,  the  relict  of  the  deceased.  [Commissary 
Court  of  London.] 

Ro:  (probably  Rowland)  Wihner  was  a  witness  to  the  signatures  of 
Nathaniel  Brand,  of  Thavies'  Inn,  Middlese.x,  to  an  Indenture  of 
Lease,  dated  ist  October  1712  ;  and  to  an  Indenture  of  Release,  dated 
2nd  October  1712.  [Mr.  W.-H.  Aldred's  MSS.,  vol.  i.  documents  44 
and  45-] 

1 7 1 2  October  gth.  Will  of  Richard  Wilmer,  Merchant,  of  London, 
who  was  bound  on  a  voyage  to  the  East  Indies.  He  names  his  mother, 
Susanna  Wilmer,  Widow,  of  London,  and  Richard  Mead.  [P.CC.  60 
Fagg.]  

1 715-16  March  20th.  Administration  of  the  goods  of  .\nne 
Wilmer,  of  the  parish  of  St.  Peter,  Paul's  \Vharfe,  London,  deceased, 
was  granted  to  Robert  Wilmer,  the  husband  of  the  deceased.     [P.CC] 


HISTORY    OF   THE   WILMER    FAMILY.  361 

1720  December  7th.  Administration  of  the  goods  of  Jolin 
Willmore,  of  the  parish  of  St.  Maiy  JMagdalene,  Bermondsey,  who  died 
in  H.M.  Ship  "  Worcester,"  was  granted  to  Jane  Willmore,  his  relict. 
[PC.C] 

1740-r  January  20th.  Administration  of  the  goods  of  Thomas 
Willmor,  of  the  parish  of  St.  Mary  Magdalene,  Bermondsey,  was 
granted  to  Ann  Willmor,  his  relict.     [P.C.C] 


1725  April  20th.  Administration  of  the  goods  of  Richard 
Wilmer,  formerly  of  the  parish  of  St.  Botolph,  Aldgate,  London,  but  at 
the  time  of  his  decease  of  Bridge  Town,  Barbadoes,  was  granted  to 
Elizabeth  Wilmer,  the  relict  of  the  deceased.     [P.CC  ] 


1728.  Will  of  Peter  Wilmer,  of  the  parish  of  St.  John,  Wapping, 
CO.  Middlesex,  Surgeon.  Unto  my  loving  brother,  Frederick  Wilmer, 
all  my  lands,  messuages^  etc., in  Brandeshagen,  Pomerania,  and  also  100/. 
To  my  loving  wife  Elizabeth  and  her  heirs  all  other  land,  estates,  etc. 
Witnesses: — John  Bayce,  Eliz'*»  Fryer,  and  Nath.  Cutler,  Attorv  in 
Wapping.  [Proved  2nd  October  1728,  by  Eliz'^  Wilmer,  relict  of  the 
defunct.     P.C.C.  308  Brook.] 

1730-1  February  4th.  A  limited  administration  of  the  goods  of 
John  Wilmer,  Gent.,  of  the  parish  of  St.  Gabriel,  Fenchurch  Street, 
London,  deceased,  was  granted  to  Matthew  Morris,  of  St.  Olave's, 
Silver  Street,  Citizen  and  Barber-Surgeon  of  London.     [P.CC] 


1 73 1-2  February.      Joseph  Wilmore  died  at  his  seat   at  Thadon 
Hall,  Essex.     \Gcntlcma'i' s  A'Lri^as'ne.l 


In  the  parish  church  of  Cobham,  co.  Surrey,  on  a  stone  in  the 
floor  :  -"  Sarah  Willmer  d'^  of  Thos.  &  Kath :  Morrison  &  Relict  of 
John  Cheeseman  leaving  issue  by  him  3  sons  &  2  daurs  Kath : 
Elizabeth,  John,  Thomas,  &  James  &  late  Wife  to  Thos.  ^Vilmer  gent,  by 
whom  2  Sons  &  2  daurs,  Sarah  Joseph  Richard  &  Mary,  Eliz  :  C  her 
2^  daur  died  7th  July  1732  aged  22."  [Francis  Townsend's  Chunk 
Notes,  iv.  p.  387  ;  College  of  Arms.] 

XX 


362  HISTORY    OF   THE    WILMER    FAMILY. 

1732  September  18.  Administration  of  the  goods  of  Sara  Willmer 
alias  Cheeseman,  of  the  parish  of  Cobham,  co.  Surrey,  deceased,  was 
granted  to  her  husband,  Thomas  Willmer.     [P.C.C.J 

1735  November  25th.  Will  of  Elizabeth  Wilmer,  in  the  parish 
of  St.  Dunstans  in  the  West,  London,  Widow.  My  body  to  be  buried 
in  the  vault  of  St.  Dunstans  aforesaid  where  my  Father,  John  Cotsworth, 
lyeth.  Unto  my  grandson,  Charles  Edward  Brute  (according  to  the 
will  of  my  late  Father),  my  freehold  house  in  Bullhead  Court,  in  the 
parish  St.  Dunstans,  W. ;  also  my  house  in  Leadenhall  Street  ;  also  my 
house  by  Sion  College,  London  Wall ;  also  my  house  in  Red  Lyon 
Street.  Remainder  to  my  son,  Cotsworth  Wilmer,  my  daughter,  Eliz''^ 
Bruce,  and  my  son,  Robert  Wilmer,  to  be  equally  divided  between 
them.  To  my  son,  Cotsworth  Wilmer,  all  dowers,  etc.,  that  are  in 
the  hands  of  Mr.  Stead,  Linen  Draper,  now  living  near  Tower  Hill, 
and  of  Mr.  Parr,  now  at  the  Blue  Anchor,  Cruthee  Fryers,  also  all 
the  pictures.  To  my  grandson,  John  Wilmer  (son  of  Cotsworth 
Wihner),  my  'J'imepiece  Clock.  Executors  : — Mr.  Alexander  Lancaster 
and  Mr.  'I'homas  Devey,  to  whom  I  leave  rings.  Witnesses  : — Edward 
Knowles,  Frances  Crouch,  and  Elizabeth  Breton.  [Proved  9th 
February  1735-6,  by  the  Executors.     P.C.C.  46  Derby.] 

John  Wilmer,  of  the  parish  of  St.  Andrew  Undershaft,  London, 
Merchant,  deposed  to  interlineations  in  the  will  of  Nicholas  ]\LTrshall, 
loth  December  1737.     [P.C.C.  2S0  Wake.] 

1741  December  26th.  Will  of  John  Willmore,  NLiriner,  of  H.^L 
Ship  "  Success."  I  leave  all  my  goods  to  my  loving  friend,  Daniel 
Jefferson,  of  Woolwich,  Staveman,  whom  I  appoint  e.xecutor. 
Witnesses  : — W"  Ward  and  J.  Barnard.  [Proved  29th  December  17.11. 
P.C.C.  369  Spurway.J 

1742  December  I  St.  Willof  Jacob  Wilmer,  Gent.,  of  St.  Clements 
Danes,  co.  Middlesex.  My  body  to  be  buried  in  the  parish  of  Barking, 
CO.  Essex.  All  my  possessions  to  my  loving  friends,  Walter  Collins,  of  St. 
Clements  Danes,  Locksmith,  and  Elizabeth  his  wife,  it  being  my  will 
that  none  of  my  relations  or  kindred  shall  benefit  by  my  will. 
Executors  : — Walter  Collins  and  Elizabeth  his  wife.  Witnesses  : — 
Margaret  Drance,  Mary  Carr,  and  John  Osgood.  [Proved  3rd  December 
1742,  by  Walter  Collins,  Executor.     P.C.C.  368  Trenley.] 


HISTORY    OF   THE   WILMER    FAMILY.  363 

Edward  WiImer,ofThavies'  Inn,  in  the  parish  of  St.  Andrew,  Holborn, 
London,  died  at  Ford  Hook,  in  the  parish  of  Ealing.  Administration 
of  his  goods  was  granted,  25th  February  1742-3,  to  Ralph  Harwood.  Esq., 
principal  creditor;  Jane  Wilmer,  the  relict,  and  Edward  Wilmer,  the 
son  (a  minor)  of  the  deceased,  being  cited  and  not  appearing.     [[\C.C.] 


1748.  Joseph  Wilmore,  Ensign  in  Wolfe's  regiment,  was  appointed 
Captain  and  Agent  in  the  same.     {Gentleman's  Magazine?^ 

1748  June  2Sth.  A  limited  administration  of  the  goods  01 
William  Willmore,  Bachelor,  formerly  of  the  private  Ship  of  War 
"  Prince  Frederick,"  but  late  of  H.M.  Ship  "  Folkstone,"  was  granted 
to  William  Blackshaw,  sole  executor  of  the  will  [not  produced]  of  the 
deceased,  with  a  proviso  that  the  will  be  found  and  brought  into   Court. 

1753  Sept.  17th.  Another  grant  was  made  to  Ann  Mason  (wife  of 
WiUiam  Mason),  the  sister  and  next-of-kin  to  the  deceased,  a  former 
grant,  in  June  1748,  to  William  Blackshaw,  sole  executor  in  a  pretended 
will,  being  declared  null  and  void.     [P.C.C] 

1762  March.  Will  of  John  Wilmore,  Seaman,  of  H.M.  Ship 
"  Centaur."  To  my  sister,  Hannah  Wilmore,  and  my  wife,  Ann 
Wilmore,  both  living  at  North  Shields.  [Administration  was  granted, 
25th  November  1762,  to  Dorothy  Games,  Spinster,  the  lawful  attorney 
of  Ann  Wilmore,  the  relict  of  John  Wilmore,  of  H.M.  Ship  "Centaur," 
deceased.     P.C.C.  490  St.  Eloy.] 

1767  March  30th.  Will  of  Jane  Wilmer,  of  Brewers  Hall, 
London,  Widow  of  Edward  Wilmer.  To  my  son,  Edward  Wilmer,  and 
his  child,  Jane  Wilmer.  Witnesses  :  Alexander  Whitchurch  and  John 
Bright.  [Proved  27th  January  1768,  by  Edward  Wilmer,  son  of  the 
deceased.     P.C.C.  40  Seeker.] 

1769  October  24th.  Administration  of  the  goods  of  Richard 
Willraer,  Bachelor,  of  the  parish  of  St.  James,  Westminster,  deceased, 
was  granted  to  Joseph  Willmer,  the  brother  of  the  deceased.     [P.C.C] 

Among  Mr.  H.-W.  Aldred's  Historical  MSS.  there  are  two  letters 
from  William  Clinton  Willmer,  dated 


364  HISTORY    OF    THE    VVIL.MER    FAMILY. 

(i.)  1 77 1  Feb.  6.  Willmer  offers  to  Wilkes  his  friendship  and 
fortune. 

(ii.)  1771  April  29.  Willmer  states  his  inducements  to  marry ;  and 
proposes  to  marry  one  of  Wilkes's  daughters,  and  to  give  Wilkes  10,000/. 
or  15,000/. 

1779  June  3rd.  Will  of  Ann  Willmer,  the  elder.  Widow,  of  the 
parish  of  St.  Mary,  ^Vestminster.  To  my  son,  Thomas  Wilmer.  To 
my  daughter  {guery  Anne  Wilmer).  Anne  Wilmer  to  be  sole  executri.x. 
Witnesses: — Thomas  Day  and  Ann  Day.  [Proved  loth  April  17S2. 
P.C.C.  207  Gostling.] 

1782  September  20th.  Will  of  Henry  Willmorc,  Milkman,  of  the 
parish  of  St.  Pancras,  co.  Middlesex.  To  my  wife  Mary  all  my  house- 
hold goods  and  plate  for  life,  and  after  her  death,  to  my  son,  William 
Willmore.  I  leave  property,  etc.,  in  trust  to  Jonathan  Parkinson,  of 
Gray's  Inn,  and  Thomas  Dunfy,  Cowkeeper,  whom  I  appoint  executors. 
Witnesses: — Charles  Bruce  and  Charles  Buckland.  [Proved  12th 
October  1782,  by  Mary  Willmore,  'Widow.     P.C.C.  573  Gostling.] 

The  following  inscription  is  from  the  St.  Pancras  old 
burial  ground,  London  : — 

Sacred  to  the  memory  of  William  Henry  Willmer  who  died  Feb. 

1810,  Aged     6  [?]  years  &  2  mo.  Also  William  Willmer  who 

died  June  25.  181 1  Aged  i  year  &  2  mo.  Also  George  Willmer  who  died 

Sept   16.18...   Aged  9  months  and  days  Also  Catharine  Willmer 

who  died  Oct Aged  10  mo.  &  22  days.    The  family  grave  of 

William  and  Catharine  Willmer,  of  Camden  Town. 


"  To  the  Hono''''^  Comissioners  for  Composicons. 
"  The  humble  Peticon  of  John  Wilmer  Gent. 
"  Shewing 

"  That  S''  Timothy  Thornehill  K'  deceased  in  his  life  tyme  by  his 
deed  indented  bearing  date  the  x"'  of  February  1626  did  give  and 
grante  unto  Elizabethe  Crispe  the  now  wife  of  yo''  said  Peticon''  One 
Annuity  or  yearlie  Rent  of  Tenn  Powndf  issuing  out  of  one  Messuage 
called  the  Parsonage  house,  and  other  Landf  w'^  the  appucf  lying  in 
the  pish  of  Thomas  the  Apple  in  the  Countie  of  Kent.  To  have  and 
to  hold  unto  the  said  Elizabeth  during  her  life,  etc. 


HISTORY    OF    THE    WILMER    FAMILY.  365 

"  Now  for  that  the  landf  aforesaid   are  under  sequestrac^n  by 
reason  of  the  delinquency  of  Richard  Thornehill  Esq''  sonn 
and  heire   apparent  of  the  said  S''  Timothv.     And  for  that 
there  was  due  to  yo''  peticon"'  the  some  of  Fortie  Powndf,  etc. 
"  Yo''  Peticonf  therefore  humbly  prayeth  that  yow  would  be  pleased 
to  make  order  that  he  may  receive  his  arreares,  etc. 
"  16  May  1650 
"Refer''  to  M"'-  Reading  Instate 
&  report.  Jo:  Leech." 

\Royalist  Composition  Papers,  Series  I.,  vol.  LXXI.,  p.  363.] 

"  According  to  yo'  order  of  the  16*  of  May  1650  upon  the  peticon 
of  John  AVilmer  gent  desireing  allowance  of  an  Annuity  of  Tenn  pounds 
p  Annu  granted  unto  Elizabeth  the  pe'"*  wife  for  her  life,  etc. 

"  I  finde 
"  That  the  said  Timothy  Thornehill  by  his  Deed  Indented  bearing  date 
the  Tenth  day  of  February  1626  did  give,  etc.,  unto  the  said  Elizabeth 
the  pe'""s  wife  by  the  name  of  Elizabeth  Crispe  daughter  of  Henry 
Crispe  of  Aylesford  in  Kent  gent  one  Annuity  or  yearly  rent  of  lot  to 
be  issueing  out  of  a  Messuage  called  the  parsonage  howse  &  certaine 
Lands  and  Marshes  in  the  parish  of  S'  Thomas  in  the  Isle  of  Harty,  etc. 
And  it  is  deposed  by  y=  pe""  &  testified  by  Andrew  Broughton  Esq''^  that 
y''  said  Elizabeth  is  liveing,  and  that  the  said  Annuity  is  now  in  Arreare 
for  the  last  foure  years,  etc. 
"  All  w*,  etc. 

"  20  May   1650 

"  Jo  Readinge  " 
"  Upon  this  Report  the 
deed    allowed  and  the 
Amiittie  to  be  pait  out 
of  the  Lands. 

"  May  the  30"^  1650.     S.M."     \_Ibid.,  p.  365.] 


Parish    Registers   of    St.    Botolph's,   Bishopsgate,  London. 
1590  May  10  William,  son  of  John  Willmar,  baptized. 
1592  Sept.  29  Thomas,  son  of  John  Wilmer,  baptized. 
1594-5  Jan.  I  John,  son  of  John  Willmor,  baptized. 
1595   Dec.  26  Jasper,  son  of  John  Wilmer,  baptized. 
1610  Aug.  5  Joan,  daughter  of  Nicholas  Willmore,  baptized. 


366  history  of  the  wilmer  family. 

Parish    Registers  of  St.   Mary's  Woolnoth,  London. 
1593  Nov.  12  John  Cornishe,  of  the  Parish  of  St.   Mary   Abchurch, 

and  Cisley  Wylmer,  of  this  Parish,  married. 
1636  Ap.  24  William  Wilmore,  Shearegrinder,  buried. 
1650  Sept.  25  Anne  Willmore,  a  maid  that  lived  in    the   Parish   of  St. 

Bartholomew,  behind  the  Exchange,  buried. 
1653-4  Jan.    12    Edward    Wilmer,    of    Mildred,     Bred    Streete,    and 

Elizabeth  Stone,  of  Margarett,  Westminster,  married. 
1665-6  Mar.  24  Thomas  Willmore,  buried. 

Parish  Registers  of  St.  Jajies's,  Clerkenwell,  London. 

1612   Dec.  20  Katherine,  dau.  of  Edwarde  Wilmor,  baptized. 

1612  Dec.  27  John,  son  of  Charles  Wilmor,  baptized. 

1616  June  16  Sara,  dau.  of  Edward  Wilmore  [6^  Anne  his  wi/e],  bap- 
tized. 

163  r   Dec.  2  Josua,  son  of  Rowland  Wilmore,  baptized. 

1653  Aug.  30  W"i,  son  of  W™  Willmore,  baptized. 

1667  July  28  Margarett,  dau.  of  Dad  Willmore,  baptized. 

1667-8  Jan.  28  Elizabeth,  dau.  of  Henry  &  Cristian  Willmer,  baptized. 

1697  Oct.  25  Eliz.,  dau.  of  Joseph  Willmore  fi  Anne  his  wife,  baptized. 

Parish   Registers  of  St.  Bride's,  Fleet  Street,  London. 
1615  June  25  Anthony  Capstocke  with  Bettris  Wilmor,  married. 
1638-9  Mar.  II  Daniell,  son  to  Daniell  Wilmor  wife  Elizabeth,  baptized. 

Parish  Registers  of  St.   Thomas  the  Apostle's,  London. 
1627   Oct.  9  Elizabeth  Rouse,  servant  to  Tho.  Wilmer,  buried. 

Parish  Registers  of  St.  Mary's,  Str.atford-le-Bo\v. 

1638-9  M'^  Mary  Willmore  the  Wife  of  George  Willmor  gentleman  was 
Buried  the  23''>  day  of  ffebruary  1638  and  Lieth  under  neath  her 
husband's  pew  and  lieth  so  deepe  Close  by  the  wall  that  3  may  bee 
buried  one  the  top  of  her. 

1638-9  M'*  Suse  m"'  Willmors  howse  keeper  was  Buried  the  5th  day  of 
March  in  the  Church  one  the  north  syde  of  the  Ally  and  her 
feete  reacheth  to  the  bolt  of  the  3  pew  dore  bee  lowe  the  Clarke's 
pewe. 


HISTORY    OF    THE    WILMER    FAMILY.  367 

1645-6  M'^  Marry  Willmore  was   Buried  under  the  south  wall  of  the 

Church  over  against  the  poulpet  the  15th  January  1645. 
1655  Elizabeth   Willmore  maid  wase   buried   the    27th  Septem 

1655  and  lieth  by  the  Corner  of  the  Church  by  the  Chancell  in  the 

pathway. 
1659-60  Susana  daughter  of  Thomas  Wilmer  of  Dunstons  in  the  East 

London  Peuterer  &  of  Jane  his  wife  was  borne  on  the  tenth  day  of 

ifebruary  and  baptized  the  same  day  1659. 

Parish  Registers  of  All  Saints',  West  Ham,  co.  Essex. 

1654  Aug.  II  Anne,  daughter  of  Thomas  Willmore,  born. 

1654  Aug.  18  Anne,  daughter  of  Thomas  and  Anne  Willmer,  buried. 

1654-5   March  Hanna,  the  wife  of  Thomas  Willmor  of  Stratford,  buried. 

1657-8  Feb.  13  John  Willmor  gent  of  Stratford,  buried. 

1666  Oct.  14  Elizabeth,  ye  daughter  of  Mr.  John  Willmor  and 
Elizabeth  his  wife,  baptized. 

1667-8  Jan.  14  Elizabeth,  ye  daughter  of  Mr.  John  Willmere,  buried. 

1667-8  Mar.  22  Catherine,  ye  daughter  of  Mr.  John  &  Elizabeth 
Willmore,  baptized. 

167 1  April  26  Sarah,  daughter  of  John  Willmor  by  Elizabeth  his  wife, 
baptized. 

1671  Sept.  3  John  [query _/aw«],  ye  son  of  Thomas  Willmore  of  All- 
gate  London,  buried. 

167 1   Dec.  25   Frances,  ye  son  of  Mr.  John  Willmore,  buried. 

1691   Dec.  18  Widow  Willmore  a  Peas 

1693  April  19  Mary  Willmore  from  London  (sic). 

1694  April  19  Mary  Willmore  from  Lond.  {$ic). 

Parish  Registers  of  St.  Margaret's,  Bromley  St.  Leonard's. 
1665  July  8      John  Wilmer,  the  son  of  John  Wilmer  and  Elizabeth  his 

wife,  baptized. 
1722  Nov.  4     Elizabeth  Wilmer,  from  Poplar,  buried. 

Parish  Registers  of  St.  Michael's,  Cornhill,  London. 
1676  Mar.   29       Sarah,   daughter  of  Henry  Willmoor  and  Anne   his 
wife,  buried  in  the  churchyard. 

Parish  Registers  of  St.  Dionis,  Backchurch,  London. 
1681  Sept.  21     Mary  Willmore,  of  Stratford  Le  bow  :  bur.  in  south  Isle. 


368  HISTORY    OF   THE    WILMER    FAMILY'. 

1698  Sept.  23     Robert   Braken,  son  of  Francis  Braken,  packer,  lodger 

at  Thomas  WiUmers  :  bur.  in  N.  Churchyard. 
1702  July  3     John  Cust,  son  of  John  Cust,  Cutler,  lodger  at  Thomas 

Wilmer's  :  bur.  in  N.  Churchyard. 

Parish  Registers  of  Stifford,  co.  Essex. 
1695   May   20      John   Wilmer  and   Rhoda   Davis,  both   of  Bulfan  in 
Essex,  married  by  licence. 

Parish  Registers  of  St.  Mary's  Aldermary,  London. 
1730  May  27     John  Willmore,  buried. 


Parish  Registers  of  Allhallows',  Barking. 
1749  Dec.  27     Elizabeth  Wilmer,  buried. 
1752-3  Jan.  17     Edward  Wilmer,  buried. 

Parish  Registers  of  St.  George's,  Hanover  Square,  London. 
1768  Dec.  4      William   Ashby,  Bachelor,  &  Sarah   Willmore,  Spinster, 
both  of  this  parish,  married.  Mar.  Lie.  B.  L. 

1773  Oct.  10     Thomas  Wilmer  &  Letitia  Jones,  both  of  this  parish, 
married. 

1774  Dec.   25       Charles  Willmore  &   Catherine  Arthur,  both  of  this 
parish,  married  by  licence. 

1783  Sept.  25      James   Allen  &   Ann  Willmer,  both    of  this   parish, 
married  by  banns. 

Parish  Registers  of  Stoke  Newington. 
17S6  Feb.  23       George  Willmer,   of  St.  Ann's,  Westminster,  Widower, 
&  Charlotte  Sandford,  of  this  parish.  Spinster,  married  by  licence. 

The  following  Funeral  Bills  are  from  the  College  of  Arms, 
London  : — 

A  Bill  for  work  done  for  the  funeral  of  Mr.  Wilmer,"  buried  at  bow 
Ma:  y<=  2"^  1657."  Arras:  ("Wilmer  of  Essex")  Gules,  a  chevron 
between  3  eaglets  displayed  or ;  impaling  ("  Jacob  of  Essex  ")  Argent, 
a  chevron  gules  between  three  {query  heraldic  tigers'  heads  erased 
proper).     [Painter's  Work  Book,  I.  B.  3.,  p.  10.] 


HISTORY    OF   THE   WILMER    FAMILY.  369 

A  Bill  for  work  done  for  the  funeral  of  Mr,  Wilmer's  child  at  Bow. 
{Painter's  Work  Book,  I.  B.  i.,  p.  78.] 

A  Bill  for  "  the  ffunerall  of  of  Mr.  Wilmer  his  wife's  name  was 
"  Crispe."  Arms:  Gules,  a  chevron  argent  between  three  eaglets 
displayed  or  (Wilmer) ;  impaling  Or,  on  a  chevron  sable  five  horse- 
shoes argent  (Crispe).     \_Painters  Work  Bock,  I.  B.  i.,  p.  46.] 

A  Bill  for  "  worke  don  for  the  funeral!  of  Madam  Wade,  May  the 
"  loth  1689  her  Madene  =  Willmer."  Arms;  Azure,  a  saltire  between 
four  escallop  shells  or  (Wade) ;  impaling  Gules,  a  chevron  vair  between 
three  "eagles  displaced  or  "  (Wilmer).  [Paintet's  Work  Book,  H.  i., 
p.  107.] 

A  Bill  for  "  Worke  don  for  the  funeral  of  Mr.  Willmor."  Arms: 
Gules,  a  chevron  vair  between  three  eaglets  or.  yPainter's  Work  Book, 
H.  I.,  p.  52.] 

1568-9  February  4th.  Will  of  Thomas  Wyllmer,  thelder,  of  En- 
derby,  CO.  Lincoln,  Husbandman.  My  body  to  be  buried  in  the  Church- 
yard of  Enderbye.  To  Willyam  my  sonne.  To  Elizabeth  my  daughter. 
Unto  the  child  that  my  wyfe  is  withal,  be  yt  man  child  or  woman.  My 
heir  to  continue  with  his  mother  until  of  age.  John  Marshe  and  Robard 
Wyllmer  to  be  overseers  of  this  my  wyll.  To  ray  brother,  Thomas 
Marshe.  To  my  brother  William.  To  my  Godchilde,  WiUiam  Marshe. 
My  Wyfe  to  be  full  Executrix.  Witnesses  :  Nicholas  Wodey,  Reader 
John  Marsh,  W'"  bent,  Robard  Wyllmer,  W""  Medows,  Thomas  Marshe, 
with  other  me,     [Proved  19th  April  1569,  at  Lincoln.] 

Thomas   Bent,  of  Enderby,  co.  Leicester,  married  Alice,   dau.  of 

Wilmer  of  Enderby,  and  from  them  were  descended  the  Bents 

of  Enderby.     \Vis:t.  Lcue.ster,  1619;  Harl.  Soc.  Publ.,  vi.  p.  158.] 

1810  August  3rd.  Mr.  Willmore,  of  Enderby  Mill,  co.  Leicester, 
died.     \Genileinan^s  Magazine?^ 

1623  July  28th.  Will  of  Agnes  AVilmore,  of  Goxhill,  co.  Lincoln, 
widdow.  To  be  buried  in  Goxhill  Churchyard.  To  John  Walker,  my 
son  in  law,  yX\d.  for  his  wives  porson.  To  Robert  Shenell,  my  son,  yM.d. 
for  his  chald's  porson.  Residue  to  Thomas  Willmore,  my  son,  whom  I 
appoint  sole  e.xecutor.  I  entreat  George  Selby  and  Edw.  Cooke  to 
be  supervisors.     To  Eliz'*",  my  daughter,   wife  of  John   Walker.     To 

Agnes  Willmore,  her Witnesses: — Geo.  Selby,  Robert 

Hewbrouge,  Edw,  Cooke,  and  W""  Sargent.    [Proved  25th  August  1627, 
at  Lincoln.] 


370  HISTORY    OF    THE    WILMER    FAMILY. 

1638  December  17th.  Will  of  Thomas  Willmore,  of  Goxhill,  co. 
Lincoln,  Husbandman.  To  be  buried  in  the  Churchyard  of  Goxhill. 
To  Margaret,  my  daughter,  wife  of  Phillipp  Cooke.  To  Theophiley 
my  son  Phillipps  Cook  daughter  x.xj-.  when  21.  To  my  sons,  Daniel 
Willmore  and  Thomas  Willmore,  3/.  each  when  21  years  of  age.  To 
my  daughters,  Elizabeth  Willmore,  Mathew  Willmore,  and  Mary 
Willmore,  3/.  each  when  21.  Residue  to  Mary  Willmore,  my  wife, 
■whom  I  make  sole  executrix.  My  brother  Rob'  Camell,  and  W°' 
Allenbie  to  be  supervisors.  A  debt  owing  to  Rob'  Paynott.  [Proved 
2nd  April  1639,  at  Lincoln.] 

1647  April  27th.  Will  of  Mary  Willmore,  of  Goxhill,  co.  Lincoln, 
Widow.  My  Body  to  be  buried  in  the  churchyard  of  Goxhill.  To 
Thomas  Willmore,  my  2nd  son,  6/.  at  21.  To  Mathew  Willmore,  my 
daughter.  To  Mary  Willmore,  my  youngest  daughter,  6/.  at  21.  To 
Elizabeth  Allven,  my  daughter.  To  RPgrett  Cooke,  my  daughter.  To 
Phillip  Cooke  my  sone  in  law  fower  children  loj.  at  21.  To  my  brother 
Richard  Willson  thre  sones.  Residue  to  Daniell  Willmore,  my  eldest 
Sonne,  whom  I  appoint  sole  executor.  I  entreat  William  Allanebee  and 
Edward  Ledger  to  be  supervisors.  Witnesses  : — Robert  Camell,  Edward 
Ledgerd,  etc.     [Proved  at  Lincoln.] 


164...  April  25th.  Will  of  John  Wilnier,  of  Barton  Uppon 
Humber,  co.  Lincoln.  My  body  to  be  buried  within  the  Church  of 
St.  ]\Laries  in  Barton.  To  William,  my  eldest  sonne,  25/.  (15/.  when  he 
is  14  and  the  other  10/.  when  21).  To  Thomas,  my  sonne,  25/.,  etc. 
To  Anne,  my  daughter,  20/.  (10/.  when  she  is  12  and  10/.  when  21). 
To  Frances  Page,  my  daughter  in  law,  los.  when  she  is  21.  Residue 
to  Elizabeth,  my  wife,  whom  I  appoint  sole  executrix.  Thos.  Thompson 
and  R"^  Midson,  my  good  friends,  to  be  supervisors.  Witnesses  ; — 
R'^  Paige,  Tho'  Thompson,  Richard  Nicholson,  George  Blassett.  and 
Robert  Gunger.  Debt  of  3/.  125.  01/.  owing  to  the  testator  from  Marie 
Wilmer,  of  Goxhill,  by  Bond.     [Proved  at  Lincoln.] 


1670  November  9th.  Will  of  William  Wilmer,  of  Barton  upon 
Humber,  co.  Lmcoln,  Yeoman.  My  body  to  be  buried  within  the 
Churchyard  of  St.  Marie's,  Barton.  To  Edward  Wilmore,  my  son, 
when  21  years  of  age.  To  Hector  Wilmore,  my  son,  5/.  at  21.  If  my 
son  Edward  dye  before  21,  my  son  Hector  to  have  my  land  and  close 


HISTORY    OF   THE   WILMER    FAMILY.  37 1 

in  Barton  aforesaid.  To  ^Viliiam  Wilmore,  my  son,  5/.  at  21.  If  my 
son  Edward  dye  before  21,  my  son  William  shall  have  the  house  I  live 
in.  To  John  Wilmore,  my  son,  \2d.  Residue  to  Alice,  ray  wife.  She 
and  my  son  John  to  be  executors.  John  Hall  my  father  and  John  Hall 
my  brother  to  be  supervisors.  Witnesses  : — Thomas  Wilmore  and 
Thomas  Jackson.     [Proved  6th  May  167 1,  at  Lincoln.] 

1557.  Will  of  Thomas  Willmer,  of  Morton.  My  body  to  be 
buried  in  the  Churchyard  of  our  lady  in  Morton.  To  the  Mother  Church 
of  Peterborough  \\d.  To  the  Church  of  Morton  xii(/.  To  my  sonne 
Thomas,  when  18  years  of  age.  To  my  sonnes,  John,  Richard,  and 
William.  To  my  daughters,  Jone,  Agnes,  and  Margaret.  My  wife  and 
my  son  William  to  be  executors,  that  they  may  dispose  all  things  to  the 
pleasure  of  god  and  the  profit  and  welfare  of  my  soule.  John  Hudson 
to  be  my  overseer.  Witnesses  : — Johne  Bosworth,  curate,  John  Hudson 
and  John  pear.     [Proved  22nd  September  1557,  at  Peterborough.] 

1575  November  15th.  Will  of  Henry  Wilmer,  Husbandman,  of 
Burley,  co.  Rutland.  To  be  buried  in  the  churchyard  of  Burley.  My 
four  children  Edward,  William,  Rovvett,  and  Isabel.  [Proved  at  North 
ampton.] 

1618  June  i2th.  Will  of  John  Willmore,  of  Belton,  co.  Rutland, 
Labourer.     To  be  buried  in  the  parish  Churchyard  of  Belton.     To 

Thomas  Caterb ,  my  sonne  in  law.     To  Roger  Willmore,  my  son. 

To  Francis  Willmore,  my  son.  Rest  to  Elizabeth  Willmore,  my 
daughter,  whom  I  make  sole  executrix.  Mr.  Thomas  Haslewood,  gent., 
of  Belton,  and  William  Duerende,  of  the  same,  to  be  supervisors. 
[Proved  29th  June  1618,  at  Peterborough.] 

1681  April  loth.  Will  of  Jeffery  Willmere,  of  Brook,  co.  Rut- 
land, Labourer.  To  my  eldest  sonne,  John  Willmere.  To  my  sonne, 
William  Willmere.  To  my  daughter,  Bridgett  Willmere.  Residue  to 
my  wife  Bridgett,  and  she  to  be  sole  executrix.  Witnesses  : — Jane 
Willmer,  etc.     [Proved  31st  August  1681,  at  Peterborough.] 

In  the  north  aisle  of  St.  Andrew's  church,  Hertford,  there  is  the 
following  M.I.  :  — 

Orate  pro  anim.\  Johannis  Wilmer. 
[Clutterbuck's  Hertfordshire,  ii.  p.  171.] 


372  history  ok  the  wilmer  familv. 

Extracts  from  the  Matriculation  Registers  of  the  University 

OF  Oxford. 
1603  July  8  John  AVilmer,  aged  18,  son  of Wilmer,  Gent.,  of  co. 

Leicester — at  Trinity  College. 
1650  Nov.  22  William   Wilmer.  son  of  Wilmer,  Esq., — at  Oriel 

College. 
1711   May  16  William  Wilmer,  aged  iS,  son  of  William  AVilmer,  Esq., 

of  London — at  Queen's  College. 

1603  July  23rd.  George  Wilmore,  Esq.,  of  co.  Nottingham,  was 
knighted  at  Whitehall,  before  the  coronation  of  the  king. 

A  royal  licence,  dated  2nd  September  16 11,  was  granted  to  John 
Wilmere  and  Judith  his  wife  and  Francis  Cave  and  Jane  his  wife  to 
grant  to  John  Earle  the  fourth  part  of  i  messuage,  i  cottage,  i  garden, 
I  orchard,  150  acres  of  land,  20  acres  of  meadow,  20  acres  of  pasture, 
and  of  10  acres  of  furze  and  heath,  with  the  appurtenances,  in  Kylby,  co. 
Leicester,  which  were  held  in  capite.      [Pat.  R.,  9  James  L,  p'  40  (3).] 

William  Wilmore  was  Vicar  of  the  parish  church  of  Blackwell,  co. 
Derby,  and  died  before  20th  August  1662.  \State  Papers.  Domestic 
Series.] 

1705-6  February  9th.  Administration  of  the  goods  of  Andrew 
AVilmer,  of  Arundel,  co.  Sussex,  was  granted  to  Caleb  Fishweeke, 
guardian  of  William  Wilmer,  a  minor,  son  of  the  deceased  ;  Sarah 
Wilmer,  the  relict,  having  first  renounced.  The  above  grant  expired, 
and  another  was  made  to  the  aforesaid  William  Wilmer,  21st  March 
1709-10,  who  was  then  of  full  age.     [P.C.C] 

1724  November  23rd.  Administration  of  the  goods  of  William 
Willmore,  of  Ipswich,  co.  Suffolk,  Bachelor,  was  granted  to  George 
Halfhide  and  John  Drury,  executors  of  the  will  of  Henry  Willmore, 
deceased,  who  was  brother  to  the  said  William  Willmore;  Ursula 
Verbey,  wife  of  Samuel  Verbey,  and  aunt  (on  the  father's  side)  and 
next  of  kin  to  the  deceased,  first  renouncing.     [P.C.C] 

1749  October  30th.  Will  of  Richard  Willmer,  the  younger,  of 
Hartley  Wintney,   co.  Southampton,  Woolcomber.     To  my  honoured 


HISTORY    OF    THE    WILMER   FAMILY.  373 

Father,  Mr.  Richard  Wilmer,  of  Farnham,  co.  Surrey,  Woolcomber, 
and  my  loving  brother  in  law,  Mr.  Marmaduke  Daintry,  citizen  and 
goldsmith,  of  London,  all  my  lands  in  Hartley  Wintney,  lately  pur- 
chased of  William  Lamport,  of  Heckfield,  and  all  my  personal  estate, 
in  trust,  to  be  divided  among  my  children,  when  21  years  of  age.  My 
Father  and  Marmaduke  Daintry  to  be  executors.  Witnesses : — John 
Seifkin,  Samuel  Harris,  and  Thomas  Leeky.  [Proved  6th  February 
1754,  by  M.  Daintry  ;  power  reserved  to  Richard  Wilmer.  P.C.C.  63 
Pinfold.] 

In  the  parish  churchyard  oi  Harpenden,  co.  Hertford,  there  is  a 
tombstone  to  the  memory  of  Sarah  Willmore,  who  died  23rd  December 
1 8 15,  and  of  Jacob  Willmore,  who  died  in  18 16. 


CHANCERY  PROCEEDINGS    RELATING  TO  THE  ESTATE 
OF  THOMAS   WILMER  OF  COVENTRY,  MERCER, 

DECEASED.' 
(i)     Writ    of  subpena   directed  to   John    Goodier    and  William 

Hichecocke  to  be  before  the  Chancery  on  the  Morrow  of  Holy  Trinity 

next.     Dated  4  May,  2  Edw.  6. 

(2)  Interrogatory es  to  be  mynysteryd  unto  certeyn  psons  and 
wytnesses  on  the  ptye  &  behalfe  of  Wyltm  Wyllme?. 

First  whether  they  doo  pfectly  knowe  that  Thome's  Wyllme?  late  of 
the  Cytye  of  Coventrye  merce?  was  lawfully  seasyd  in  hys 
demesne  as  of  fee  of  and  in  Certeyn  land(^  and  tents  *  in  the 
seyd  Cytye  of  Coventrye  or  not. 

Itm  what  landf  and  tents  the  seyd  Thomas  Wyllmef  was  seasyd  of 
at  the  tynie  of  hys  death. 

Itm  of  what  valure  the  seyde  londf  and  tents  were  of. 

Itm  whether  the  seyd  Thomas  Wyllme?  dyd  make  a  wyll  of  the 
seyd  londf,  etc. 

Itm  whethei"  the  seyd  Thomas  Wyllme?  by  the  same  wyll  dyd 
gyue  and  bequeth  the  seyd  londf  and  tentf  to  Elyzabeth  then 
hys  wyffe  to  have  and  to  hold  to  her  for  the  terme  of  her  lyffe 
and  after  her  deceasse  to  Remayne  unto  Wyllyam  Wyllmer  of 
Ruyton  to  have,  etc.,  for  ever  or  not. 

(3)  Return  to  the  writ. 

(4)  On  the  behalf  of  William  Wyllmer  "  in  perpetuam  rei 
"  memoriam."  Witnesses  examined  by  William  Bromley.  William 
Hichecocke  of  Rugby  m  the  Countie  of  War?  laborer  of  the  age  of  xxx 
yeres  *  the  vij'*'  daie  of  June  [2  Edw  vi.  A.D.  1548]  *  deposeth  that 
he  dothe  pfectly  ko  that  Thomas  Wylmer  late  of  the  Towne  of  Coventrye 

I.    See  page  iS. 


376  HISTORY    OF   THE   WILMER    FAMILY. 

mercer  was  lawfully  seased  in  his  demesne  as  of  fee  of  and  in  certeyn 
landf  and  tefitf  ''  in  the  said  Citie  of  Coventrye  which  he  kof  by  reason 
that  he  was  his  household  suant  and  he  further  saeth  that  he  was  so 
seased  of  two  houses  or  tentf  in  the  pishe  of  Holy  Trinitie  in  Coventry 
aforesaid  a  litle  from  Trinitie  churche  at  the  tyme  of  his  deathe  * 
And  he  saieth  that  '■'  the  said  William^'  ^Vyllmer  did  make  a  will  of  the 
same  landf  aboute  a  quarter  of  a  yere  next  before  his  deathe  whiche  was 
made  in  the  vicaredge  of  Woolson  in  the  j?sence  of  Roger  Wygston 
Esquyer  now  decessed  the  said  William  Willmer  one  Mr  Gierke  then 
vicar  there  who  wrote  the  same  thes  deps  William  Goodyer  and  John 
and  by  the  same  will  he  saieth  that  the  said  Thomas  Willmer  did  gyve 
and  bequeth  the  said  landf  and  teiitf  to  Elizabeth  then  his  wife  To 
have  and  to  hold  to  her  for  terme  of  her  liff  *  to  remayne  unto  Wylliam 
Willmer  of  Ruyton  "*■  forever.  And  he  saieth  that  the  same  Thomas 
Willmer  died  in  Lent  was  vij  yeres  *  the  said  Elizabeth  being  yet  in 
full  lyff  hathe  ev"  sithens  "  occupied  and  peasebly  enjoyed  all  the 
pmisses,  etc."  \Chancery.  Toum  Deposiiions,  Trinity  2  Edward  vi., 
no.  34.] 


Appendix   II. 

SIR    WILLIAM    WILMER,    KNIGHT,    OF   SYAVELL.3 

Extracts  from  the  Journals  of  the  Houses  of  Lords  and  Commons, 
relating  to  Sir  William  Wilmer,  Knight  :  — 

'■  Die  Mercurii,  16''  Martii  1641. 

••  Peter  Lord  of  the  Parish  of  Welby  and  John  James  of  Barten  of 
the  County  of  Northampton  were  called  in ;  touching  a  Warrant, 
received  from  the  High  Sheriff,  for  publishing  of  a  Book  containing  all 
Petitions  and  Messages  from  the  Parliaments,  and  his  Majesty's  several 
&  respective  Answers  to  the  same,  concerning  the  Militia  :  And  Peter 
Lord  said,  That  having  on  Saturday  last,  received  such  a  Warrant,  he 
repaired  on  Monday,  to  the  High  Sheriff,  and  told  him  '  I  came  to 
know  his  mind  about  it ' :  Said  he  '  Have  not  you  published  it  ?  I  will 
send  you  to  the  Gaol : — You  are  to  publish  it  in  the  Church,  and  to 
every  one  of  the  Inhabitants  of  the  Town  :— Have  not  you  the  Book  ; 
the  King's  Hand,  Charles  Rex ;  and  my  Hand,  William  Wilmore, 
High  Sheriff?— This  is  to  hinder  the  Militia,  That  is  the  end  of  it.— You 


This  should  be  r,^o«ar  Wyllmer.       |      3.   See  page  51. 


HISTORY    OF   THE    WILMER    FAMILY.  377 

go  contrary  to  all  Men;  and  think  yourself  wiser  than  others.— The 
King  must  be  obeyed,  for  all  the  Parliament.'  Then  I  told  him,  I 
durst  not  publish  it  without  Consent  of  Parliament.  He  said,  I  must 
do  it. 

"Then  John  James,  being  examined  said,  He  was  present  when  all 
this,  informed  of  by  Peter  Lord,  was  spoken  by  the  High  Sheriff;  and 
can  testify  the  Truth  thereof;  And  saith  farther,  'I'hat  the  High  Sheriff 
did  check  him  for  not  causing  the  book  to  be  read. 

"Sir  Christ.  Yelverton,  Mr.  Hollis,  Mr.  Strode,  Sir  H.  Vane, 
Junior,  are  appointed  to  withdraw  forthwith  to  examine  Peter  Lord  and 
Jno  James;  and  to  report  their  examinations  to  the  House. 

"  Resolved,  upon  the  Question  that  Sir  W"  Willmer  Knight,  the 
High  Sheriff  of  the  County  of  Northampton,  shall  be  forthwith  sent  for 
as  a  Delinquent,  by  the  Serjeant  at  Arms  attending  on  this  House. 
Resolved,  upon  the  question  that  Mr.  Speaker  shall  direct  these  two 
persons  of  Northamptonshire,  before  mentioned,  that  they  forbear  to 
publish  the  Book,  sent  to  the  Sheriff  of  that  County  by  his  Majesty, 
containing  the  Petitions  and  Answers  touching  the  Militia,  until  the 
business  be  further  examined,  and  the  House  shall  give  further  Order 
therein.  The  Persons  aforesaid  were  called  in  :  and  Mr.  Speaker,  by 
the  Commands  of  the  House,  look  notice  of  their  Care  and  Respect  to 
this  House,  in  not  publishing  anything  that  concerned  the  Passages  of 
this  House,  without  the  Privity  and  Directions  of  this  House,  and  gave 
them  Thanks  therefore.  Ordered  that  Sir  Ro.  Pye  do  pay  five  Pounds 
to  Peter  Lord  and  John  James,  from  this  House,  to  defray  their  charges 
in  this  Journey  :  And  this  to  be  paid  out  of  the  Poll  money  here  at 
Westminster. 

"  Die  Lunse  28°  Martii  1642. 

"  Sir  Ch.  Yelverton,  Mr.  Hollis,  Sir  Jo.  Evelyn  are  appointed  to 
examine  the  High  Sheriff  ot  the  County  of  Northampton  who  is  a 
Delinquent,  under  the  restraint  of  this  House  ;  but  by  reason  of  great 
Weakness,  at         "'"         *         »         * 

"  Die  Jovis  7°  Aprilis  1642. 

"  The  Sheriff  of  Northamptonshire,  being  called  in,  kneeled  at  the 
Bar;  and  afterwards  standing  up  said.  That  he  had  given  his  Answer  in 
Writing  to  the  Information  given  against  him,  to  which  he  did  refer 
himself.  Resolved,  upon  the  Question  that  Sir  W"  Willmer  Knight, 
the  High  Sheriff  of  the  County  of  Northampton,  hath  broken  the 
Privilege  of  Parliament ;  and  hath  endeavoured  to  disturb  the  Peace  of 
the  Kingdom,   by   seditious    words  and    actions.     Ordered    That  this 


378  HISTORY    OF    THE    WILMER    FAMILY. 

Charge  against  the  High  Sheriff  of  the  County  of  Northampton,  shall 
be  transmitted  to  the  Lords  Ijy  Word  of  Mouth,  and  that  the  Person  of  the 
said  Sheriff  shall  be  transmitted  with  the  Cause  ;  And  Sir  Jo.  Evelyn  is 
appointed  to  carry  up  this  charge,  And  that  the  Serjeant  in  whose  Custody 
he  now  is,  shall  deliver  him  over  to  the  Custody  of  the  officer  of  the 
Lords'  house.     Ordered  that   Sir  Jo.  Evelyn,  when   he  carries  up  the 
charge  against  the  High  Sheriff  of  the  County  of  Northampton  do  move 
the  Lords  to  give  Directions  speedily  to  put  the  ordinance  concerning 
the  Militia  in  Execution."     {Journals  of  the  House  of  Commons!] 
"  Die  Jovis,  7°  die  Aprilis,  post  meridiem,  A°  1642. 
"  A   Message  was  brought  from   the   House  of  Commons,  by  Sir 
John   Evelyn    Kt.   who   said   he   was    commanded    by   the    Knights, 
Citizens,  and   Burgesses,  of  the  House  of  Commons,  to  impeach  and 
did  in  their  name  impeach   Sir  William  Willmore,  Knight,  now  High 
Sheriff  of  the  County  of  North'ton,  of  High  Crimes  and  Misdemean- 
ours for  breaking  the  Privileges  of  Parliament,  and  for  endeavouring  to 
disturb  the  Peace  of  the  Kingdom,  by  seditious  words  and  actions  :  that 
the  said  Sir  W"  Willmore,  being  now  in  the  custody  of  the  Sergeant  of 
the  House  of  Commons,  they   do  transmit  both  him  and   the  cause, 
together  with  the  examinations,  unto  this  house,  desiring    that    such 
punishment  may  be  inflicted  upon  him  as  their  Lordships  in  Justice 
shall   think   fit.        2.    The    House   of  Commons    desires    that    their 
Lordships  would  put  the  ordinance  for  the  Militia  into  execution.    Next 
were  read   the   Informations  &  Examinations  concerning  Sir  William 
Willmore  :  videlicet,  The  Information  given  by  Peter  Lord  upon  oath  ; 
that  upon  Saturday  the  i2lh  of   March  last,  being  Constable  of    the 
town  of  Wilbie  in  Northamptonshire,  the  High  Sheriff  of  the  County, 
Sir  William  Willmore,  sent  unto  this  Informant's  House,  a  printed  book, 
intituled    The  several  Petitions  and  Messages  of  Parliament  concerning  the 
Militia  of  the  Kingdom,  with  his  Majesty's  answers  thereunto  :    which, 
together  with  a  copy  of  the   King's  warrant,  and  withall   a  WaiTant  of 
his  own,  requiring  and  demanding  this  Informant  to  publish  the  book  to 
the  Inhabitants  in  the  Town.     Whereupon  the  Monday  after,  being  the 
14th,  he  repaired  unto  the  High  Sheriff,  desiring  his  direction  what  he 
would  have  done  with  the  Book ;  to  whom  the  Sheriff  answered,  That 
it  was  to  be  published  ;  and,  understanding  that  the  Informant  had  not 
done  it,  he  said  unto  him,  That  he  would  send  him  to  the  Gaol ;  and, 
the  Informant  desiring  still  to  be  directed  by  him  what  was  to  be  done 
in  it,  replied  still.  You  will  to  the  gaol ;  and  said  further.  Have  you  not 
the   printed    book.     Have   you    not   a  copy   of  the    King's  Warrant. 


HISTORY    OF   THE   WILMER    FAMILY.  379 

(William  Willmore,  High  Sheriff)  my  own  hand  to  it  ?  You  might  have 
given  it  Mr.  Pentlow,  in  the  Church,  And  this  informant,  desiring  to 
know  for  what  end  it  should  be  read,  the  Sheriff  answered,  It  is  to 
hinder  the  MiUtia,  that  is  the  end ;  and  added,  The  King  is  to  be 
obeyed  for  all  the  Parliament,  and  said  besides  to  this  informant, 
pressing  him  still  for  further  direction.  You  Wilbymen  go  a  contrary 
way  to  all  the  world  ;  are  you  wiser  than  all  men  ? 

"  Peter  Lord." 

"The  Information  of  John  James,  Constable  of  the  Town  of 
Earl's  Barton,  in  the  same  County,  Saith,  that  he  went  in  company  with 
Peter  Lord,  to  the  High  Sheriff,  and  heard  the  Sheriff  threaten  Lord,  to 
send  him  to  the  Gaol,  because  he  had  not  published  that  book  ;  and 
that  he  told  Lord,  that  the  end  of  publishing  that  Book  was,  to  hinder 
the  Militia ;  and  that  the  King  must  be  obeyed  for  all  the  Parliament  ; 
and  that  Wilbymen  would  go  contrary  to  all  men ;  and  further  referred 
himself  to  the  examination  of  Peter  Lord. 

"John  James." 

"March  i8th  1641. — The  Examination  of  Sir  William  Willmore, 
Knight,  High  Sheriff  of  the  County  of  North'ton.  This  Examinant 
saith,  That  the  Copy  shewed  him  was  the  Copy  of  the  King's  Warrant, 
and  the  direction  under  it  was  his  own  handwriting.  That  he  had  no 
other  directions  nor  instructions  than  that  Warrant  from  the  King, 
whereof  this  was  a  true  Copy.  That  one  who  called  himself  the  Constable 
of  Wilby,  did,  after  the  receipt  of  his  warrant,  repair  to  him,  but  did  not, 
as  he  remembers,  desire  any  directions  from  him  what  to  do  ;  but  this 
examinant  told  him,  he  was  to  do  according  to  the  King's  warrant. 
That,  understanding  he  had  not  done  it,  he  asked  him,  if  he  longed  to 
lie  by  the  heels.  That  he  told  him,  they  had  but  the  copy  of  the  King's 
warrant,  subscribed  by  his  own  hand.  That  he  only  asked  where  Mr. 
Pentlowe  was ;  but  did  not  say  they  might  have  given  it  him  in  the 
Church.  That  they  never  asked  him  to  what  intent  it  should  be  read 
or  pubhshed ;  nor  did  he  say  it  was  to  hinder  the  Militia,  nor  any  Thing 
to  that  purpose.  That  he  said.  The  King  must  be  obeyed,  but  not  said, 
that  it  must  be  obeyed  for  all  the  Parliament.  That  he  never  said  the 
Wilbymen  went  contrary  to  all  the  World,  nor  any  Thing  to  that  Purpose. 

"  William  Willmore." 

"  The  House  taking  this  Message  into  consideration ;  ordered, 
That  the  Gentleman  Usher,  attending  this  House,  or  his  deputy,  shall 
forthwith  receive  into  safe  custody,  from  the  Sergeant  at  Arms  attending 
the  House  of  Commons,  the  body  of  Sir  William  Wilmer  Knight,  High 


380  HISTORY    OF   THE    VVILMER    FAMILY. 

Sheriff  of  the  County  of  North'ton,  being  transmitted  by  the  said  House 
of  Commons,  unto  the  Lords  in  Parliament ;  and  him  safely  to  keep 
until  the  pleasure  of  this  house  be  further  known.  The  answer  returned 
to  the  aforesaid  message  was  :  that  their  Lordships  had  ordered  the 
Gentleman  Usher  to  receive  Sir  William  Willmer,  Knight,  High  Sheriff 
of  the  County  of  North'ton,  into  safe  custody  :  and  they  would  take  the 
Impeachment  into  consideration  in  Connvenient  Time.  As  for  putting 
the  Ordinance  for  the  Militia  into  execution,  divers  ordinances  have 
already  been  delivered  to  several  Lords  Lieutenants,  and  their  Lordships 
will  speedily  deliver  the  rest. 

"  Die  Sabbati,  videlicet,  9°  die  Aprilis  iS  Car.  1642. 

"Ordered  that  Sir  William  Willmer,  Knight,  High  Sheriff  of  the 
County  of  North'ton,  now  in  the  custody  of  the  Gentleman  Usher, 
attending  this  House,  upon  a  Transmission  of  the  House  of  Commons, 
shall  be  freed  of  his  present  restraint  or  Imprisonment,  upon  entering 
recognizance  of  Two  Thousand  Pounds,  unto  our  Sovereign  Lord  the 
King,  before  the  Lord  Chief  Justice  of  the  Common  Pleas,  to  attend 
this  House,  de  Die  in  Diem,  upon  Notice  given  him  from  this  house 
by  the  Gentleman  Usher,  or  his  deputy,  or  left  at  his  Lodging  in  Town.'" 
\Journals  of  the  House  of  Lords  ?\ 

The  following  extract  from  the  Royalist  Composition  Papers  (vol. 
113,  fo.  301),  being  unindexed,  was  not  included  in  the  extracts  given 
at  pp.  58  to  63. 

"  S^  Charles  Adderley.  Knt.  and  John  Wirley  Esq''  Executo'^  of  the 
last  will  and  Testam'  of  S"'  W™  Wilmer  Kn'  deceased,  for  and  in  the 
behalfe  of  themselves,  and  of  W"  Wilmer  Esq''=  an  infant,  under  the 
age  of  12  yeares.  The  delinquency  was  in  y=  said  S'  W""  Wilmer  Kn' 
deceased  Grandfather  to  ye  said  W""  Wilmer  an  infant,  who  Rendcr'd 
in  Aprill  1646.  The  estate  in  Fee  in  possession  p  Annu  152H  :  13'  :  4'' 
In  debts — 320!!.     For  which  the  Fine  at  a  sixt  is — 500H. 


Appendix   HI. 
ADDITIONS    TO    CHAPTER    VIII. 

The  following  notes  have  been  sent  to  us  by  Richard  Savage,  Esq. 
since  chapter  VHI  was  printed. 

Parish  Registers  of  Aixester,  co.  Warwick. 
15S5  Ap.  25  Richard,  son  of  Jhon  Willmoore,  bapt. 
1586-7  Feb.  22  George,  son  of  Jhon  Willmoore,  bapt. 


HISTORY    OF   THE   WILMF.R    FAMILY. 

1637  Dec.  26  Vnitie,  dau.  of  francis  &  Israeli  Willmoore,  bapt. 

1640  Sept.  21  Samuel,  son  of  francis  &  Israeli  Willmoore,  bapt. 

1595-6  Feb.  7  Will.  Mealinge  mar.  to  Ann  Willmoore. 

1630  Aug.  15  Oliver  Spencer  mar.  to  Elizabeth  Willmore. 

1633  Oct.  7  Jhon  Greene  mar.  to  Ann  Willmoore. 

1637  May  II  fifrauncis  Willmoore  mar.  to  Israeli  Hadley. 

15S5  Sept  17  Richard,  son  of  Jhon  Willmoore,  bur. 

1589-90  Mar.  15  Jhon  Willmoore,  bur. 

1597  Mar.  25  Richard  Willmoore,  bur. 

1633  Ap.  28  Simon  Willmoore,  bur. 

1637-8  Feb.  18  Unitie,  dau.  of  ffrancis  Willmore,  bur. 

1642  May  28  Samuel,  son  of  ffrancis  Willmore,  bur. 


Parish  Registers  of  Round  Alne,  co.  Warwick. 

1746  Ap.  23  Simon  Cole  and  Mary  Wilmore,  both  of  Stratford- 
on-.\von,  mar.  by  licence. 

1758.  Draft  of  a  Lease  from  Joseph  Willmoore  of  Stratford-on- 
Avon,  Dyer,  and  Jane  his  wife,  to  John  Pearshouse  of  Stratford-on- 
Avon,  Brasier,  of  a  close  called  Sling  in  the  parish  of  Old  Stratford 
The  said  close  was  purchased  of  Jos.  Haddock  by  Sarah  Willmore, 
grandmother  of  the  said  Joseph  Willmore.  \Stratford  and  Shakespearean 
MSS.,  no.  88.] 

In  a  manuscript  pedigree  in  the  possession  of  H.-F.-J.  Vaughan, 
Esq.,  it  is  stated  that  Ruth,  daughter  of  Thomas  Leigh,  of  Sutton 
Coldtield,  co.  Warwick,  by  his  wife,  who  was  a  daughter  of  Thomas  and 
Martha  AVilmer,  married  Edward  Turner,  of  Sutton  Coldfield  ;  and  that 
Henry  Turner,  a  grandchild  of  this  marriage,  wedded  Catherine  Lea, 
sister  and  coheiress  of  Ferdinando  -  Dudley  Lea,  Lord  Dudley. 
Catherine  Lea  was  twice  married,  her  other  husband  being  Thomas 
Jordan ;  but  whether  she  married  him  first  or  second  is  uncertain. 


Addenda  et  Corrigenda. 


Page    6,  lines  35-6.     For  Bishop  of  Chester  read  Bishop  SIiiMks. 
,,     36,  lines  29-31.      The  following   is  a  correct   copy  of  the  M.I.    in   Staverton 
church,  as  taken  from  a  rubbing  : — 

•'  Here  under  Resteh  the  body  of  Thomas  Wylmer 
Gent'  who  had  to  wyfe  Elizabethe  Crudge  &  had  issue 
by  her  si.x  sonnes  and  foure  daughters  wcli  Thomas 
deceassed  y^  31  day  of  January  Anno  Domini  1580." 
40,  line  6.     For  Canarvon  read  Carnarvon. 
84,  line  25.     YoT  yoziugest  read  toutigesl. 
loi,  line  34.     Mary  Wilmer,  who  married  John  Vaux,  was  buried  at  Dunstable, 

2 1  St  Feb.  1657. 
130,  line  27.     Frances,  the  wife  of  J.-H.  Gossip,  was  born  5th  Sept.  1804. 
,,   136,  line  4.     Anne,  the  wife  of  Wilmer  Wilmer,  was  bom  13th  Jan.  1S06. 

145,  line  26.     E.-F.  Duncombe  was  baptized  at  Kilnwick  Percy.  llthNov.  1846. 
147,  line  14.     For  Lord  Bishop  read  late  Lord  Bishop. 

149.  lines  4  and  28,  and  page  151,  lines  17  and  19.  In  the  square  brackets,  for 
A' read/. 
,,  167-16S.  Note  I  should  read  : — The  parish  churches  of  Haseley  and  Hatton 
lie  within  a  stone's  cast  of  one  another,  and  the  registers  of  both  parishes 
for  this  period  were  entered  in  one  book  at  Hatton.  Haseley  has  a  copy  of 
its  own  register,  but  we  were  unable  to  refer  to  it. 
,,  224,  line  24.     The  arms  of  Corrance  are:  Argent,  on  a  chevron  between  three 

ravens  sable  as  many  leopards'  faces  or. 
,,  224,  3rd  line  from  the  bottom.     Miss  Watts-Russell  is  a  daughter  of  Mr.  Watts- 
Russell,  of  Ham  Hall,  co.  Stafford. 
,,  237,  line  8.     For  Susannah- Crafton  read  Susannah  Cra/ton. 
,,  238,  line  12.     For  F.M.LL.  TSSiAparish  church. 
,,   238,  line  15.     For  Luton  read  Leiston. 
,,  241,  line  12.      It  should  have  been  mentioned   that  Dr.  Green  is  the  author  of 

An  Introduction  to  Pathology  and  Morbid  Anatomy. 
,,  245,  line  13  and  note  2.     Henry  Watson,  father  to  Mrs.  Joshua  Green,  was  the 
fourth  son   of  Joshua  Watson,  who,  it  appears,  never  assumed  the   title  of 
baronet.     We  are  informed  that  Sir  Anthony  Watson  of  Huntwell,  the  great- 
grandfather of  this  Joshua  Watson,  was  the  last  member  of  the  family  who 
styled  himself  a  baronet. 
„  246,  line  29.     Yox  fane  Dunkint^&A.  lane-Dunhin. 
„  254,  line  17.     Rachel-Elizabeth  Tuckett  is  now  living. 

,,  255,  line  30.     John-Eeles  Littleboy  died  at  Hunton  Bridge,  3rd  Aug.  1888,  and 
was  buried  in  the  F.B.G.,  Great  Berkhampstead,  9th  Aug. 


Page  170,  line  12.  Robert  Rookes,  the  elder,  was  the  captain  of  the  troined  band 
of  the  hundred  of  Becontree,  co.  Essex.  He  was  a  member  of  the  ancient 
family  of  Rookes,  of  Rooke  Hall,  in  West  Ham,  was  twice  married,  and 
had  seven  children.  He  died  5th  Oct.  1630,  and  was  buried  in  West  Ham 
church,  where  there  is  a  monument  to  his  memorj',  with  effigies  of  himself, 
his  two  wives,  three  sons,  and  four  daughters,  in  postures  of  devotion.  It 
does  not  appear  that  Elizabeth  'Wilmer  was  the  mother  of  his  son,  Robert 
Rookes,  who  is  mentioned  in  the  test.— [ffis/ory  of  the  Farii/u-s  of  East  ard 
West  Uain,  by  Katherine  Fry,  edited  and  revised  by  G.  Pagenstecher, 
pp:  203,  231.] 

.,     17S,  line  32.     Constance  Wilmer  was  living  in  October  1684  (see  belo-.n). 

,,  1 79,  line  6.  For  secondly  read  thirdly.  An  entry  that  has  just  been  discovered 
in  the  registers  of  the  Society  of  Friends  shows  that  John  Wilm.er  [VHI  /.], 
married  secondly,  30th  Oct.  1684,  at  the  F.M.H.,  Devonshire  House, 
Phcebe  Knight,  late  of  Dover,  co.  Kent,  daughter  of  Nicolas  Knight,  of 
Good  Mersham,  co.  Kent,  deceased  ;  her  mother  also  being  deceased.  John 
Wilmer  is  described  as  of  Friday  Street,  Silkman,  son  of  Nathaniel  Wilmer, 
of  London,  Grocer,  deceased,  and  it  is  stated  that  John  Wilmer's  mother 
was  expected  to  send  in  a  certificate  of  consent  at  the  second  time  of  asking. 

,,  360,  after  line  16  insert :— Sarah  Willmore,  daughter  of  John  Willmore,  of 
Hatfeild  Street,  in  the  parish  of  St.  Giles  Cripplegate,  London,  married 
George  Taylor,  of  London,  at  the  F.M.H.,  Peel,  St.  John  Street,  5th  Oct. 
1710. 


I.— GENERAL    INDEX. 


Names  of  places  are  distinguished  by  an  Asterislv  (*).  Where  a  name  is  printed 
in  italics,  it  is  signified  that  the  arms  of  the  family  are  referred  to.  The  remainder  of 
the  Index  is  one  of  persons  and  things. 


Abdy,  293. 

Abell,  84. 

^Aberdeen,  299  ; ,  co.,  186. 

*Abingdon,  204,  316. 
*Abington,  200. 
*Ahoyne,  212. 

Abraham,  154. 

Acheson,  145. 

Acre,  Princess  Joan  of,  314. 
*Acton,  173. 

Adam,  p'mitiss',  4. 

Adcock,  241. 

Adcock,  Halford-,  306-7. 

Adcock,  307. 

Addams,  85. 

Adderley,  57-8,  60-1,  66,  380. 
*Adderston,  23. 
*Adderstone,  188. 
*Addiscombe,  222. 
*Adel  Grange,  253. 
*Adston,  or  Adson,  37  ch.,  169. 
*Affghanistan,  301,  328. 
*Africa,  238,  2S0,  323. 

Albert,  97. 

Albright,  85. 
*Albyns,  293. 
*Alcester,  85,  3S0. 
*Aldenham,  37 •:/;.,  169. 
*AIdersbrook,  163. 
*AIdington,  37  ch. 

Alexander,  59,  63,  345. 


Allen,  104,  159,  260-1,  368. 

Allenbie,  or  Allanebee,  370. 
*Allerthorpe,  143. 

AUibone,  86. 

Allicocke,  55. 

Allven,  370. 
*Alne,  Round,  381. 
*AIresford,  309. 

Alsager,  212. 
■•Althorpe,  25  ck. 
*Altimontis,  2. 
*Alton,  241-2. 

Alum  Bagh  Enclosure,  The,  312. 

Alv.".,  Duke  of,  150. 
*AIvechurch,  85. 
*Alveley,  43. 

Amelia,  Princess,  205. 
'America,  71,  221,  231,  258-9,  268-9, 

349- 
*Amersham,  255. 
*AmpthiIl,  354. 
*Amsterdam,  193. 

Anderson,  252. 
*Andover,  134. 

Andrew,  or  Andrews,  45-S,  52-4,   56, 
58-60,  65,  69-70,  \-j2ch.,  235. 

Andrew,  46,  49. 

Anjou,  Due  d',  III. 

Anti-Slavery  Movement,  The,  276. 
*Antrim,  278. 

Antwerp,  Lionel  of,  37  ch. 

AAA 


386 


GENERAL    INDEX. 


*  Appleby,  212. 
Appleton,  237. 
Archdall,  315. 

*Archdall,  Castle,  315. 

Arden,  223  ; ,  de,  18. 

*AreIey,  298-9  ;  — ,  Upper,  42. 

Arms  of  Families  Unknown,  43,  154. 

Armstrong,  172  ch.,  190,  197-202,  354. 

ATinsiron^t  197. 

Arnold,  161-2,  177,  29S. 
•Arran,  Isle  of,  230. 

Arthur,  36S. 

Arundel,  68,  70; Lord,  232.    ■ 

Arundel,  68. 
'Arundel,  372. 

*Ashby,  37  ch. ,  169,  368; ,  Canons, 

87,  169  ; ,  Castle,  56,  87 ;  • , 

Cold,  54;  ,  RIears,  49,   55,   62, 

64,66,  69,  86; de-b-Zouch,  34. 

*Ashford,  244-5. 
*Ashton-on-Mersey,  236. 

Ash  worth,  256. 

Aslakeby,  326. 

*Aston,  53,  78; le- Walls,  53,  55, 

62,  64,  66,  69;  — i— ,  Steeple,  27S. 

Athawes,  216. 
*Atterclifre,  330. 

Atterton,  356. 
•Attock,  303. 
*Auchrannie,  230. 

*  Auckland,  Bishop-,  309. 
Audeley,  28. 

Ausing,  de,  4. 
Austin,  273-4. 

*  Australia,  23S,  306. 
Avinge,  or  Ayinge,  79. 
Avonmore,  Viscount,  310. 
Avy,  80. 

*.\ylesrord,  365. 
*.'\ynho,  25  cli. 

»Baeerton,  29S. 

"Babthorpe,  Beauthorpe,  or  Bowthorpe, 
26,  34,  46. 

Backhouse,  242,  244. 

Bacon,  99. 

Badajos,  Capture  of,  330. 
*Badby,  16,  19,  24-5,  25  ch.,  45,  305. 


*Baginton,  16,  18,  24,  45,  90,  29S. 

Bagnall,  2S4. 

Baiteman,  84. 

Baker,4i,  117,  170-1,  214. 
*Balcus,  123. 

Baldock,  262-3,  351-2. 
*Baldwyns,  135. 

Bales,  94. 
*Balham-Hill,  212,  250-1. 
*Ballycumber,  197. 
*Balsall,  28,  30. 

Bamborough,  226. 

Banaster,  55. 

Banbury,  220. 

Bancat,  333. 

Banckes,  79. 
'Banff,  303  ;  — -,  co.,  198. 
*Bangalore,  31c. 

Bank  of  England,  208,  223,  263. 
*Barbadoes,  361. 

Bardeleben,  309. 

Barker,  27,  45,  70,  271. 
*Barking,  iSc/;.,  93-94,  96,  98-9,  120, 
122,  153-4,  159-61,   163,    165,  235, 
359.  362,  l(>'^- 
*Barlborough,  131 -2. 
•Barley,  18S-9. 

Barnard,  291,  354,  362. 
*Barnborough,  317,  319,  32 1, '329-30. 
*Barnby  Moor,  143. 
*Barne,  132,  136-7. 

Barnes,  85,  207. 

Barnett,  262,  278. 
*Barnsley,  319. 
*Barnstaple,  3-4. 

Baron's  Moot,  The,  51,  66. 

Barrett,  88. 

Barrington,  291. 
*Barrington,  or  Barringtons,  2S9,  290, 

293-4- 
*Barten,  376. 

Bartholomew,  164. 

Barton,  58,  61. 

*Barton,   49,   123  ;    ,    Earl's,     51, 

55,    62,    64,    66,    6g,    75:     

Isles,     212;     -uponHumber, 

23S,  370-1;  j-.vBarten. 

Barton,  Earl's,  Constable  of,  379. 


GENERAL    INDEX. 


387 


*Bascott,  83. 

Basill,  18  clu,  104. 

Baskerville,  18  c//.,  115  <r/;..  118. 

BaskerviUe,  11 8. 

Baskeit,  326. 
*Baslow,  271. 

Batchelor,  or  Batchellor,  251,  2S5. 

Bateman,  123,  147. 

Bates,  116. 
*Bath,  74,  203,  209-10,  217,  219,  222, 

231,  246,  301. 
*Batley,  234. 

Batmer,  85. 
*Battersea,  210,  2S2-3. 

.Battye,  31. 
■*Bawtry,  320. 

BaxhiU,  175. 

Bayce,  361. 
*Bayswater,  313. 

Beachcroft,  13,  1 20- 1. 

Beachcroft,  13,  121. 

Bealing,  194. 

Beauchamp,  37  ch. 

Beaufort,  n  cJi. 

Beaumont,  348. 
*Beckenham,  246-50. 
*Beckingham,  319. 
*Beckton,  266. 

'Bedford,  173,   176-7,  185,  354. 
*  Bedfordshire,     53,   102,     172-3,    334, 
353-4- 

Bedwell,  229. 
*Belfast,  277. 
*Belgium,  322. 

Belknap,  314. 

Bell,  277,  356. 
*Bellevue,  209. 

Bellowthy,  355. 

Belton,   122. 
*Belton,  371. 
*Belvedere,  222. 
*Bemfleet,  North,  iSo,  1S3. 

Benedictine  Monks,  Order  of,  2. 
*Bengal,  302,  304,  31S. 

Bengal  Civil  Service,  The,  201,  224. 

Bennet,  70,  78. 

Be  It  net,  71. 

Benson,  241. 


Bent,  369. 

Beresford,   106-7. 

Beresjord,  107. 

Bergavenny,  Baron  of,  37  ch. 
*BerkeswelI,  25  ch.,  26,  45-6,  48. 
'Berkhamstead,  Great,  216,  255,  257-8, 

383 ;  ,   Little,   279  ;    St. 

Mary,  224. 
•Berkshire,    117,   123,    147,    177,   202, 

204,  256,  267,  316,  342-4. 
"Bermondsey,  355,  361. 

Berry,  28,  45. 
*Berwick-upon-Tweed,  3. 

Best,  212. 

Beswick,  260. 

Bethell,  147. 
*Bexhill,  215-16. 
*Bickenhall,  227. 

Bicknell,  224. 

Bigland,  13,  15. 

Bilhoor,  Action  of,  312. 
■'Billing,  Great,  73. 
*Bilton,  127. 

Bingley,  225-6. 

Binns,  253. 

Birch,  223-5,  264. 

Birch,  264. 

Birkbeck,  260. 

Birkby,  115  ch. 
'Birkenhead,  257. 
'Birmingham,     85,     207,    211,     25S, 

270. 
»Birr  Castle,  148.    . 
'Bisham,  267. 

Bissell,  236. 
•Black  Bank,  127. 

Blackbume,  88. 
•Blackden,  118. 
•Blackfordby,  34. 
'Blackheath,  249. 

Blackshaw,  363. 

Blackston,  125. 

Blackwall,  357. 
'Blackwell,  372. 
'Blaize  Castle,  246. 

Blackiston,  w^ch. 

Blassett,  370. 

Blencow,  70. 


388 


*B!oomfontein,  323. 
*Bloom£bury,  272. 

Blount,  171. 

Blower,  35  S. 

Bloys,  123. 
*Bloys,  122-4,  126-7,  130. 
*Blunham,  173. 

Blyth,  222. 

Bodelicote,  130. 
*Bolton,  256. 
*Bombay,  302,  323,  325,  327-8. 

Bombay,  Governour  of,  206. 

Bonvile,  37  ch. 

Books, 40,1  u,  1 14-15,  117, 177-8,182, 
187-9,  201,  207-!),  25S,  269,  273-4, 
279.  307,  31S-19,  346,  349,  376-9- 

Boone,  27,  45. 
*Bordeaux  Farm,  237. 
*Bordesley,  207. 

Borne,  SS. 

Borrodaile,  212. 

Bosanquet,  209. 
*Bosbury,  246. 
*Bossall,  115  ch. 

Bosworth,  371. 
*Boughton,  47,  82. 

Bouillon,  Counts  of,  3. 
*BouIogne,  2. 

Bourne,  ig,  45,  74. 

Bourne,  19. 
*Bourne  End,  255. 

*Bournemouth,  201,  247,  279-So,  311, 
324- 

Bouverie,  55,  75. 
*Bow,  121-2,  358,  36S-9  ;  see  Stratford. 
*Bowden,  212. 

Bower,  320,  325,  329. 

Bower,  320,  324. 

Bowman,  104. 

Box,  247. 

Boyle,  35,  45. 
*Boyne,  igS. 

Boyrenson,  327,  331. 
*Brabant,  4-5. 
*Bradford,  141-3. 

Bradley,  142. 

Bradshaw,  63,  115,  172  ch,  259-60, 
275-Sl.   3C0. 


Bradshaw,  275. 

Bradwell,  20-1. 
*Bradwell  Hill,  35. 
*Brainford,  124. 
*Braintree,  104. 
*Braiseworth,  225, 

Braithwaite,  74. 

Braken,  36S. 

Brand,  360. 
*Brandeshagen,  361. 

Brandon,  So. 
*Brandon,  22. 
*Brandy  Car,  239-40. 
*Braunston,  32-3,  44,  46,  86. 
*Brendford,  194. 
*Brentwood,  220,  305. 

Breton,  74,  362. 

Brettell,  42. 

Br  lit  ell,  42. 
•Bretten,  115  ch. 
♦Bretts.  15S. 
*  Bridge  Town,  361. 
*Bridlington,  117,  145,  214. 
*Brigg,  239-40. 

Bright,  255. 
*Brighton,  200-1,214,  219,225,  230-1, 

323- 
*Brinkelow,  23. 
*Brinsfield,  344. 
'Brisbane,  306. 
'Bristol,  177,    205-6,  211,   217,  245-6, 

249,  270. 
'Britain.  2. 
*Brixwnrth,  54. 

Brock,  89. 
'Brockhole,  25  ch. 

Bromby,  1S7. 

Bromley,  375. 
'Bromley,  214,  272. 
'Bromley  St.  Leonard's,   or  Bromley- 
by-Bow,  iS  ch.,  93,  153-;,   157  60, 
166,  359,  367. 
'Brompton,  241,  323. 

Brook,  371. 

Brooke,  37,  S3,  343. 

Broughton,  365. 

'Broughton.  332-5  ; Astley,  134  ; 

Hacketl,  88. 


GENERAL    INDEX. 


389 


Brown,  or  Browne,    17,  27,  37,  115, 
117,  126,  231,  238,  252,  258,  273. 

Brmvne,  326. 

Bruce,  115  ch.,  362,  364. 

Bruce,    Robert,    King    of    Scotland, 
lis  ch. 

Br^tce,  115  ch.,  117,  137,  146,  14S. 

Brudenell,  19. 

Brus,  115  r/;. 
*BrusseIs,  199. 

Brute,  362. 

Brydges,  37</;. 
*Brymbo,  257. 

Buchan,  302  ;  ,  Earl  of,  1 1 7. 

*BuckenhaIe,  2. 
*Buckhurst  Hill,  266. 

Buckingham  and  Chandos.  Dukes  of, 
25  ch. 
*Buckinghamshire,   2,    109,  201,    2H, 
220,  235,  25S,  274,  277,   295,   317, 
328,  332-8,  340,  352. 

Buckland,  364. 
*BuckIand  St.  Mary,  227. 

Buckle,  214. 
*Budbrooke,  16-17,    18  ^/j.,  32,  37,  39, 
78.81,  92. 

Bufkin,  93. 

Buggs,  26. 
*Bulfan,  368. 

Bullman,  287-8. 

Bullock,  92,  96,  103,  114. 
*Bulwick,  130,  136. 
*Bunhill  Fields,  175-6,  1S6,  260. 

Burdett,  350. 
*Burdoe,  237. 

Burford,  88  ; ,  Barons  of,  115  ch. 

123. 
*Burford,  123. 

Burgess,  244. 

Burgh,  5;  ,  de,   ^-j  ch. 

Burghersh,  Lord,  123,  314. 
*Burghfield,  343-4. 

Burial,  Curious  mode  of,  183. 

Burlingham,  235. 

Bitrrell,  326. 
*Burton-Dassett,    25    ch.; Leo- 
nard, 127. 

Bury,  154,  359. 


*Burythorpe,    141. 

Bush,  172  ch.,  204,  207,  230-2. 

Btish,  230. 

Buske,  329. 

Buttler,  352. 

Button,  81. 
*Bycullah,  325. 

*Byfield,  47,  49-50,  55,  62,  64,  66,  69, 
72. 

Byrom,   267. 

Bysse,  315. 

Cadman,  336. 

Cager,  89. 
*Cairnmuir,  325. 
*Caithness,  co.,183. 

Calcott,  53-4. 

Calthorp,  292-3. 
*Calverton,  319. 
*Camberwell,  162,  274. 
*Cambridge,  13,  51,   74,   III,    II4-I5> 
ijO>  133'  172-3,  188-9,  203,  209-10, 
224,   229,    264-5,   270,   278,  305-6, 
309.  3i7>  319-ZI'  326,  328. 

Cambridge,  Duke  of,  217; ,  Earl 

of,  37  c/;. 
'Cambridgeshire,    ill,    116,    154,  167, 
241,328. 

Camden,  II,  12,  16,  44,  91,  116. 
*Camden  Town,  364. 

Camell,  370. 
*Camel,  Queen,  197,  200. 
*Campamento,  214. 

Campbell,  73,  225,  312. 

Campion,  318,  320. 

Canada,  Metropolitan  of,  279. 
*Cannock,  213. 
*Canterbur)',  244. 

Canterbury,   Archbishop  of,   55,  279, 

300  ; ,  Canon  of,  300. 

*Canvey  Island,  180. 
*Cape  of  Good  Hope,  303. 
*Cape  Town,  238. 

Capstocke,  366. 
'Cardiff,  212,  274. 
'Cardigan,  CO.,  323. 

Careless,  85. 
*CarIeton  Curlew,  56. 


390 


*Carlisle,  3. 

Carnan-on,  Earls  of,  40,  151,  3S3. 

Carr,  22S,  362. 
•Carr  Head,  141. 

Carter,  72. 
'Cartmel,  190. 

Cartwright,    18   ch.,    90.    101-2,    1 
112,  119-21,  132. 

Cartwrioht,  42. 

Cashel,  Archbishop  of,  1 7S. 

Castile   and    Leon,    Peter,    King 

*  Castle  Coombe,  246. 

Caterb...,  371. 

Catesby,  53. 
*Catterick,  126. 
*Catton,  272. 

Caulfeild,  24S. 

Cauthorne,  87. 
*Caux,  6. 

Cave,  372. 

Cawne,  105. 

Cawson,  164. 

Cazin,2,3. 

Ceadwalla,  2. 

Cettle,  88. 
*Ceylon,  213. 

Ceylon,  Lieut. -Oovernour  of,  224. 

Chadwick,  329. 

Chair,  344. 

Chalcroft.  130. 

*ChaIfont  St.  Giles.  233,  235. 
*Chalfont  St.  Peter,  274. 

Chambers,  323. 

Chambers,  324. 

Champain,  217. 

Chancellor,  The  Lord,  2S,  347. 

Chancer)',  Chief  Clerk  in,  252  ;  — 
Court,  see  Index  11. 

Chandos  of  Sudley,  Baron,  37  ch. 

Channon,  357. 

Chaplin,  25  ch.,  27,  45. 

Chap'tin,  27. 

Chapman,  293. 

Charles  I.,    105,   15S,    iSS,  291, 

n.,346. 

*Charlton,  273. 
*Chartley,  314. 


Chauncy,  72. 

Chauntrell,  357. 

Cheeseman,  361-2. 
*Cheetham,  236. 
*Chelmsford,  149. 
"Chelsea,  182,    184. 
*Chelsham,  279. 
'Cheltenham,  182,   199,  310,  312,  32S. 

Chenab,  Passage  of  the.  301. 
♦Cheshire,  iS,  w^ch.,  liS. 
*Cheshunt,  212-14. 

Chesnell,  164. 
'Chester,  177,  313. 
*Chesterton,  19,  45. 

Chestlin,  84. 
*Cheynesforde,  98. 
*Chichester,  244. 

Chief  Justice,  The  Lord,  34S, 
*ChigweU,  220-1,  266,  2S2-4,  2S8-93. 

Chillianwallah,  Battle  ol,  301. 
*Chilton-Folliatt,  106. 
*China,  244. 

*Chipping-Camden,  321. 
*Chipping  Wycombe,  235. 
*Chislehurst,  328. 

Chiswell,  226. 

Cholmondeley,  Earl  of,  195. 
*Christchurch,  326. 

Christendome,  103. 

Christie,  298. 
*Chudleigh,  273-4. 
*Church  Calton,  118. 

Churches,   Abbeys,  etc.,  23,  36,  48-9, 
53.  55.  64,  69,   71,  87,  121-2,  140, 
155. 157-9. 193-4;  ^'•'■■Sywell Church. 
*Churchover,  85. 
*Cirencester,  226,  22S,  321. 

Civil  War,  The,  57,  160. 

Clandger,  358. 
•Clapham,  173-4,  1S6-7,  245-50. 

Clapham,  Inhabitants  of,  173. 
*Clapton,  206-7,   209,  213,   234,    265, 
316. 

Clare,  18;  ,  de,  314. 

*CIare,  27S. 

Clarence,  Duke  of,  37  ch. 

Claridge,  80. 

Clark,  orClarke,74,265  2S8,  353,357. 


GENERAL    INDEX. 


391 


Clarkson,  276. 
*CIaughton,  274. 

Clay,  3iq. 

Gierke,  376. 

Clerks  in  Holy  Orders,  Bishops,  etc., 
2,  5,  17,  19,  24,  2S-9,  30,  35,  37, 
41-2,  54-5,  58,  61,  73-4,  78,  80,  84, 
87,  104,  109,  III,  115,  117,  130-1, 
133-4.  136,  139,  145-  '47.  159,  164. 
172-4,  176,  1S3,  187-8,  193-4,  197- 
201,  203,  209-10,  212-13,  217,  221- 
9.  265-7,  270-1,  274-5,  279.  290. 
299.  305-6,  309,  316-17.  319-22, 
325-6,  352-3,  371-2,  376. 

Clerkson,  284-5. 
♦Clifford,  85,  132. 

Clifton,  115. 
*Clifton,  84,  217,  251,  270,  323. 

Clipsham,  54. 
*Cloghane  House,  150. 
♦Clonmel,  136. 

Clowes,  154. 

Clulow,  180. 

Clutterbuck,  217. 

Clyde,  Lord,  313. 
*Coalbrookdale,  257. 

Coale,  177. 

Cobden,  352-3. 
*Coberley,  198-9. 
*Cobham,  361-2. 

Cockes,  24. 
*Cockfield  Hall,  245. 

Coffin,  218. 
*Coker,  West,  133. 
*Colchester,  228. 

Cole,  iS  c/t.,  88,  92,  3S1. 

Cok,  92. 

Colebrand,  360. 

Coles,  255. 
*Coleshill,  296. 

Colffe,  97. 

CoUedge,  346-7. 

Collins,  362. 

Coilyne,  94-5. 
*Colooney,  315. 

Colvile,  304. 

Cohille,  137. 
*Combe,  23. 


Combes,  357. 

Common  Pleas,  Lord  Chief  Justice  of 
the,  3S0. 

Commons,  The,  346,  37S-80. 

Commyns,  115. 

Compton,  68-9. 
*Conchieton,  325. 
*Congersbury,  316. 

Congleton,  53-4. 
*Conisboi-ough,  or  Coningsburgh,  316- 
19. 

Conisburgh,  Richard  of,  37  ch. 

Conyers,  144. 

Cook,  Cooke,  or  Coke,   9,  11,  12,  19, 
21,  39,  44,  53,  70,  79,  339,  369-70- 
*Coombs,  176. 

Cooper,   Coper,    Couper,   or  Cowper, 
20-2,  88,  203,  256. 

Coote  of  Colooney,  Lord,  315. 

Copley,  130. 

Corbet,  3 14. 

Corfield,  41. 
*Cork,  261. 

Corker,  345. 

Cornewall,  13,   \%ch.,  115^/;.,  123-4. 

Cornrioall,  13,  123-4. 

Cornish,  or  Cornishe,  162,  304,  366. 
♦Cornwall,  co.,  197-8,  200,  216. 

Cornwall,  Earl  of,  123. 

Cornwallis,  Lord,  162. 

Corrance,  224. 

Corrance^  3S3. 

Corrie,  267. 
*Corsham-Regis,  2 1 1- 12. 
*Cosgrove,  297. 

Coster,  5. 

Cotsworth,  362. 

Cotton,  266. 

Cotysbroke,  20-2. 
*Coughton,  37i^/«. 

Council,  The,  55-6,  174. 
*Countesbridge,  128. 
*Courtenhall,  73. 

Courthope,  320. 

Court  hope,  32 1. 

Courtown,  Earl  of,  224. 

Courts,  Manorial,  51,  66. 

Coventre,  30. 


392 


GENERAL    INDEX. 


'Coventry,  17-19,  23-4,  27,  30,  45,  66, 
211.  295.S,  301,  305,  307-9,  317, 
3756. 

Cowell,  iog. 
*Cowes,  280. 

Cowper,  Jtv  Cooper. 

Cox  or  Coxe,  63,  70. 
*Coxhall,  180. 
*Cradley,  88. 

Crafton,  237,  383. 
*Cranbrook,  247. 

Crane,  292-3,  354. 
*Cranfield,  332-340. 
, Crawley,  North,  33S,  341. 

Crawshay,  353. 
*Creaton,  Little,  25,  45. 
*CrefeId,  210. 

Creswell,  214, 

Crew,  35S. 
*Crich,  240. 

Cripps,  226. 

Crispe,  64,  364-5,  369. 

Crispe,  369. 

Cromwell,  173. 
*Crookham,  265. 

*Cropredy,  iS  ch.,  90,  102-3,  106-9, 
112. 

Crosfield,  242-3. 

Crouch,  89,  362. 

Crowe,  17,  28,  45. 
*Crowle,  89. 

Croxton,  355. 
*Croydon,  242,  267. 
*Croyland  Abbey,  2. 

Crudge,  i^ch.,  32,  36,  45,  383. 

Cnidi^c,  32. 

Crulchfield,  345. 
*CuIworth,  47,  53,  55    62,  64,  66,  69. 

Cunningham,  73. 

Curry,  133. 
*Curry-Malet,  18S. 

Curteene,  1 58. 

Curtis,  242,  254. 

Curtopp,  355. 

Curwyn,  289. 

Curzon,  132,  149. 

Curzon,  149. 

Gust,  305,  368. 


Customs,  The,  114,  117-1S,  123,153-4, 

158. 
Cutler,  94,  361. 

Daingerfield,  89. 

Daintry,  373. 
*Dalgin,  142. 
»Dallington,  353. 
*Dalton,  325-6. 

*Danby,   305,    115  ch.  ;    Wiske, 

with  Yafforth,  305. 

Dance,   172  c/i.,    190,    196-7,   202-3; 
,  Holland,  187,  202. 

Dangerfield,  187. 

Daniell,  279-80. 

Darby,  256-S. 
*Darfield,  320. 
•Darlington,  239,  243,  253,  276. 

Darrell,  1 1 5  i/i. 
*Dartford,   133,  154. 

Dartmouth,  Earl  of,  144. 
*Dassett,  31. 

Daunce,  56. 
*Daventry,  25,  25  <;/;.,  71,  298. 

Davide,  135. 

Davis,  70,  236,  368. 

Davy,  237,  343. 

Dawkes,  83. 
*Dawlish,  211. 

Dawson,  73. 

Day,  237,  364. 
*Deane,  Stone,  235-7. 
*Delapr(5,  55,  75. 

Dennys,  102. 

Dent,  270. 
*Denton,  46,  56,  65. 

Denye,  88. 
"Derby,  120,  135,  161,  296. 

Derby,  Earl  of,  37  c/i. 
"Derbyshire,  120,  131,   161,  240,  271, 
372. 

Dermer,  2S5,  2S9. 

Despencer,    Le,    37   <-/i.,    314;   , 

Lord,  314. 
*Dessau,  219. 

Devereux,  2S0,  314. 

Devey,  362. 
"Devizes,  197. 


GENER.\L   INDEX.                                                      393 

*Devonshire,  3,  4,  32,  45,  92, 

169,  203, 

•Dunbar,  210. 

209,  218,  232,  241-2,  246, 

273.  336- 

Duncombe,  138,  144-5.  383- 

Dhoondia  Khera,  Action  of, 

313- 

Duncombe,  146. 

Dibden,  207. 

Dunfy,  364, 

Dickenson,  211. 

Dungan,  143. 

Dicons,  SO. 

•Dunsmore,  20,  84. 

•Diddenham,  3S4-S- 

•Duntsable,  3S3. 

*  Dieppe,  310. 

Dunstbourn-Abbots,  321. 

*Dinder,  198-201. 

•Durham,  CO.,  144.  215.  245.  2S0.  305- 

*Dipdale,  37. 

Durham,   Bishop   of,  309  ;  ,  Re- 

*Disforth, 195. 

corder  of,  2S0. 

Dixon,  42. 

Durrant,  247. 

Docwra,  28-30. 

Dutch  School  of  Painters,  The.  20S. 

Dixon,  40-2. 

Dod,  H2. 

•Ealing,   124,   172,   172  ch.,  178  80, 

*Dodford,  64,  70. 

190-7,  204-6,216-18,  221. 

*Dodworth,  57. 

Eamondson,  141. 

•Doncaster,  135,  317-21. 

Earle,  372. 

*  Dorchester,  2. 

•Easington,  143. 

Dorchester,  Bishop  of,  2^ 

•East  Ham,  see  Ham,  East. 

*Dorking,  210,  231,  247. 

Eastlake,  20S. 

Dormer,  39-40,  290- 1. 

Eccleston,  iSo,  194. 

Dorset,  Marquis  of,  37  ch. 

Echalaz,  212-I4. 

^Dorsetshire,  19S. 

•Ecton,  49,  62,  66  ;  see  Eiton. 

*Dorton,  40. 

Eddy,  255. 

Doulton,  221. 

Edes,  263. 

•Dover,  206,  243-4. 

•Edgbaston,  270. 

*Down,  CO.,  276. 

•Edgcote,  72. 

*Dowsby,  326. 

•Edinburgh,  181. 

Doylie,  or  Doyle,  96-7. 

Edmonds,  84,   172^/;.,  233,  236,  251, 

Crage,  55,  75- 

2S4. 

Drance,  362. 

*Edmonton,  121. 

*Drayton  Green,  327,  330-1. 

Edson,  31. 

Drewett,  240. 

Edward  1.,   314:  in.,   37    ch.. 

Drinkwater,  223. 

169;   IV.,   37  ch.;    VI., 

Dripston,  5. 

188. 

*Drumduan,  299. 

Edward,  the  Confessor,  2. 

Drury,  372. 

Edwards,  85,  154,  305- 

Dryden,  37  f//.,  169. 

Eeles,  172^.,  236,  255. 

•Dublin,  147,  276-7,  31S, 

•Egham,  310. 

Duda,  2. 

•Eiton  («./  Ecton),  69. 

Dudley,  37  ck.,  40,   53;  

-,  Dudd, 

Eleanor,  wife  of  Edward  I.,  314. 

the  author  of  Metallum  Martis,  40  ; 

Elizabeth,  Queen,  93,  11 1,  18S. 

,  Lord,   34,  37,  37  ch 

.   39-40, 

•Elkington,  94. 

45.53.3S1. 

•Ellesborough,  18  <-//.,  90,   106,  109-10. 

•Dudley,  16,  iS  eh.,  32,  37  ch 

.  37-43- 

Elliot,  222. 

Duerende,  371. 

EUwes,  u6. 

•Duloe,  198. 

EUwood,  237. 

BBB 

394 


*Elstow,  353- 
"Eltington,  54. 

Elton,  226. 
♦Ely,  1 88 

Ely,  Bishop  of,  279.  328-9. 
*Emley,  117. 
•Endcrby,  369. 
*Enficld,  209-10,  213-14. 
•England,  37  f/i.,  191,    196,  269,   299- 
300,  314,322,  349. 

England,  Kings  of,  37  ch.,  3x4. 

England,  Premier  of,  196. 

England,  Protector  of,  115  r//. 

Englefiekl,  154,  158. 

Essex,  Earl  of,  347. 

Enyon,  or  Enion,  59,  62-5. 

Enyon,  64. 

Erskinc,  117. 
*Essex,  6,  19,  92,  94-S,  98-9,  104-6, 
iio,  118,  121-2,  124,  128,  130,  153, 
155-6,  158,  i6o-i,  171,  180,  1S4, 
199,206,208,219,  220,  226-8,230, 
237-8,  247,  265-6,  271,  282-4,  287- 
93.  305,  310-"'  326,  357.  361-2, 
368. 
*Essex,  The  Forest  of,  171. 

Etherington,  18  f/;.,  127. 
*Eton,  200,  264-5,  310,  323. 
♦Europe,  193. 

Evans,  87. 

Evelyn,  377-8. 
♦Everdon,  16,  19,  24-5,  25  <-/;.,  31,  46, 
48,  86. 

Evcritt,  307. 
*Ev,-sha„..  258. 
■'Kvinglon,  306. 

Ewen,  304. 
♦Exeter,  4,  209,  274. 
♦Exmouth,  241-2, 
♦Eydon,  47,  53,  55,  62.  64,  66,  69. 

l<A(u;,  345- 
♦Fairchikl,  279-80. 

Fairfax,  u 5  (■/;.,  117; ,  Lord,  117. 

♦Falkland  Islands.  304. 
♦Falmouth,  241,  254,  339. 

Fanshawe,  96,  103-4. 

Farley,  298. 


'Farm  Hill,  213. 
"Farnborough,  230. 
•Farnham,  373. 

Farrant,  183. 

"Farringdon,    Farcndon,    or   Farndon, 
53.  62,  69. 

Faussett,  180-1,  1S5. 

Fawlkc,  89. 
♦Fawsley,  35-6. 
♦Feckenham  Forest,  37,  45. 
•Felton,  West,  41. 

Fenne,  37  ch. 

Fenton,  201. 

Ferdinand    III.,     King     o(     Castile, 
3J4- 
♦Fermanagh,  co.,  315. 
♦Ferozepore,  248. 

Ferrers,  de,  314. 

Ferrers  of  Groby,  Lord,  314  ;  of 

Chartley,  Lord,  ib. 
♦Ferry  Fryston,  277. 

Ferys,  24. 

Fetherston,  16. 

Feversham,  Baron,  144. 

Field,  13,  l8(-//.,  iiS,  133.  138.  140-4, 
146,  149,  296. 

Field,  146,  1 48. 

Field-names,  20- 1,    49,    jt,     78,   So, 
94-5,98-100,  103,  122,    155-S,    i/r, 
288-9,  293-4,  381. 
♦Figrave,  339. 
*Fillongley,  104. 

Finance,  208 

Finch,  40. 

Fine  Arts,  20S. 

Fisher,  82,  204. 

Fishweeke,  372. 

Fitzgerald,   138,  142-3. 

Fitzgerald,   143. 

FitzGibbon,  134. 

FifzIIerbert,  17,  26,  45. 

Fitzjohn,  263. 

FitzMaurice,  329-31. 

FitzMatirice,  329 

FitzWilliani,  195  ; ,  Earl,  195. 

Flack,  215. 

Fleatham,  22S,  262. 

Fleming,  230. 


GENERAL    INDEX. 


Fletcher,  74,  172  ch.,  204-5,  216, 
217-18. 

Fletcher,  216. 
*FIore,  or  Flower,   534,  5863,  63-4, 

69-70,  75. 
*Florence,  310. 
•Flushing,  216. 
•Foleshill,  or  Folkeshall,  17,  26,  45. 

Foljambe,  326. 

Folk.stone,  Lord  of,  48. 

Footner,  134. 

Forbes,  179,  195. 

Ford,  253. 
"Fordingbridge,  238. 

Forsett,  72. 

Foster,  or  Forster,  i7-l8,2S-3o,325  6. 

Foster,  326-7. 

Fountaine,  339. 
*Fourhove,  4. 

Fox,  241,  254. 

Fox,  241. 
*France,  310,  322. 

Francis,  213,  318-19. 

Francis,  319. 

Francke,  94. 
*  Frankfurt,  301,  309. 

Freeholders,  6-7. 

Freeman,  103. 

Free  Trade,  Cobden  the  advocate  of, 
353- 

French,  89. 
"Frenchay,  254. 
*Freshford,  219. 

Friars,  Orders  of,  23. 

Friends,  Members  of  the  Society  of, 
175,  177-80,  183-7,  190,  192-4.  I9N 
204-9,  2IJ,  216,219-20,  228-9.  233- 
45,  249,  251,  253,  255,  258-62,  264, 

269,   272,    275-6,   300,    383  ;    , 

The    Society  of,    178,    196,   234-5, 
237-40,  243,  245,  258,  261. 

Fry,  270-1. 

Fryer,  301. 
*Fulbrooke,  28,  78,  81. 
*FuIford,  150-1. 
*Fulham,  332. 

Fullarton,  230. 

Fuller,  104. 


Fuller,  Archbishop,  178. 
»Full  Sutton  («./.  FowlIIutton),  118. 
•Funchal,  215-16. 
Funeral     Bills    and   Certificates,    71, 
107,    118,   120-1,    124,    155-6,  iS), 
368-9. 
Fynche,  283. 

Galakin,  274. 
■'Galloway,  Co.,  325. 
*Galway,  co. ,  310. 
*Gamlingay,  153-4,  328. 

Ganderne,  70. 

Ganderton,  88. 

Games,   363. 

Garrett,  27. 

Gataker,  115. 
*Gaul,  2. 

Gaunt,  John  of,  37  ch. 
*Gayhurst,  338,  340. 

Gellians,  see  Jellians. 

Gent,  46. 

George  II.,  205  ;  III.,  217. 

•Germany,  210,  210,  301,  309,  322. 

Gibbes,  85. 

Gibbons,  352. 

Gibbs,  316. 

Gibhs,  316,  324. 
•Gibraltar,  214. 

Gilbert,  333. 

Gill,  248. 
*Girghaum,  327. 

Ghuznee,  Storm  and  Capture  of  301, 
328. 
*GIan  Hafren,  151. 

(Jlasse,  217. 

Glassc,  217. 
*Glendale,  70. 

Gloucester,  Earl  of,  18.  37  ^/<..  3r4. 
•Gloucestershire,    198-200,     227,    254, 
321. 

Glyn,  145. 

Goad,  189. 

Goddard,  265. 

Godwin,  162-4,  iTo. 

Godwine,  351. 

Goldfinch    201. 

Goldney,  or  Gouldney,  180,  194 


596 


GENERAL    INDEX. 


Goldson,  291. 

Goodere,  Godier,  Goodyer",  or  Good- 
year, 16,  iS  ch.,  18-19,  24,  25  ch., 
45.  90-1,  375-6. 

Goodere,  18. 
*Goodmaces,   122. 

Goodman,  270. 

Goodwin,  338. 

Goojerat,  Battle  of.  301. 

Gordon,  303. 

Gore,  227. 

Goring,  310. 

Gotijig,  310. 
*Gomall,  Over  or  Upper,  37-S. 
♦Gomall  Wood,  38. 
*Gosfield,  122. 

Gosford,  Earl  of,  145. 

Gossip,  13-14,  \ich.,  113. 120,  I2S-35, 
138-140,  143,  383. 

Goswell,  357. 

Gouge,  2S3,  290. 

Gowge,  170. 
*GoxhiIl,  369-70. 

Graham,  310. 

Grant,  182. 
*Grassalls,or  Graveshalles,  122-4. 126.7, 

130. 
*Gravesend,  34S. 

Graveshall,  or  Grosvassal,  de,  122-3. 

Gray,  211. 

Grazebrook,  40. 
*Great  Britain,  23S-9. 
'Greece,  269. 

Green,  5',  lyzch.,  192,  195,  233-45, 
251,  254-5.  274,  383- 

G,-ee>,,  233. 

Greene,  122-3,  381, 
*Greenford  Parva,  191. 
*Greenstreet,  103,  163. 
♦Greenes,  JIanor,  56. 

Greenwell,  2S0. 

Greenwell,  28 1. 
♦Greenwich,  66,  157-S,  197.  2S9,  349- 

Greer,  276-7. 

Gregoiy,  270,  2S2-3,  334. 

Gregson,  107,  109. 

Grendon,  68. 


Gresbrooke,  26. 
*Gretworth,  56. 

Grey,  37<r/i.,7o,  197,  210; ,  Baron, 

37  ch;    70;  ,  Earl,   210;    , 

Viscount,  70. 

Grey,  71. 

Griffin,  115. 

Grimston,  115  ch. 
*Griinston  Garth,  115  cli. 
*Grinkle  Park,  144 
*Groby,  yj  ch.,  314. 
*Grove  House,  212. 
♦Guildford,  115. 

Gundiy,  23S. 

Gunger,  370. 

Gunnersburg,  Princess  Amelia  of,  205. 

Gurnell,  172  ch.,  179-S0  186,  190-7, 
202,  204-6,  211,  216,  233,  235,  259, 
261. 

Gtirncll,  1 90- 1. 

Gumey,  262,  271. 

*Guytecom,  5. 
Gybb,  84. 

♦Hackney,  142,  230,  235,  266. 

Haddock,  3S1. 

*Haddon,  Nether,  314; ,  West.  51, 

53,  58,  60,  69. 

Hadley,  381. 

Hadnall,  314. 
♦Hafod,  323. 

TIailes,  357. 

Haily,  357- 

Hainault,  William,  Count  of,  37  ch. 

Haine,  164. 

Haisleboume,  164. 

Hake,  231. 

Hales,  81. 

Halfhide,  372. 
•Halifax,  130. 

Halifax,  Earl  of,  72. 

Halkett,  281. 

H.in,  21,  SS-9,  342,  345.  37'- 

Halsall,  26. 

Halsey,  194. 
♦Ham,  East,  95,   9S,    100,    103-5,  116, 
155,    157-S,    163,    171; .West, 


GENERAL    INDEX. 


397 


iSc/i.,  go,  92,  94-6,  9S-100,  103-4, 
106-7,  "3-  117.  153.  155-8'  '7°. 
'72,  357-8,  367. 

Hamer,  151. 
*]  [ammersmith,    179-S0,   1912,  194-6, 

205-7,  209,  217,  260,313,332. 
*Hampstead,  254,  259-60,  262-3,  265-7. 

*Hampton,    85;  -Curli,  40;  

-Wick,  183. 
*Hams,  61,  66. 

Hanbury,  261. 

Hanckel,  273. 

Hankey,  219,  263. 
*Hankow,  244. 

*Hannington,  or  Hamingfon,  46-7,  49, 
5'.  55.  59,  61-2,  64-7,69,  72,  74. 

Hanslap,  or  Hanslappe,  25  <-/;. ,  34,  88. 
*Hanwell,  217-18. 

Harby,  37  c/i.,  169. 
*Hardwick,  19,  35,  49,  62,  69. 

Harford,  lyzc/i.,  205-6,  233-4,  245-50. 

Harford,  245. 

Harington,  37  r/;.;  ,  Lord,;/'. 

Harlakenden,  292-3. 
*HarIestoii,  45-8,  50,  52,  56,  70. 

Harman,  172 f/;.,  190,  192-3, 195,  204- 
14,  216,  219,  228,  230,  261. 

Harman,  205. 
*Harpenden,  373. 
'Harrington  Park,  237 

Harris,  209,  373. 

Harrison,  191. 

Harrison,  191. 

Harrisons,  243. 
*Harrogate,  142,  181,  323. 
*Harrowden,  354-5. 
*Harrowdons  Manor,  56. 
•Harting,  352-3. 
*Hartley  Wintney,  372-3. 
*Harts,  227. 
*Harty,  Isle  of,  365. 

Harvey,  or  Havvie,   37.  264. 

Harwood,  363. 
*Haseley,  37  ch.,  167-70,  383. 
*HasIeniere,  330. 

Haslewood,  47,  52-3,  57,  65,  371. 

HasLnoood,  53. 
*Hassan,  311. 


■•Hastings,  229,  242,  265-6. 

Hatfeild,  iS  .:/;.,  130,  132,  134-5. 

Hatfeild,  134. 
*Hatfield,  130-1. 
*Hatherleigh,  336. 

Hatton,  72 ;  ,  Viscount,  52. 

*Hatton,  104,  167-8,  170,  383. 
*Haumont,  2. 
*Havant,  175. 
*Haverhill,  241. 
*Havering,  17.. 
*Havering-atte-Bower,  220. 

Hawke,  Lord,  148. 

Hawley,  347. 

H.ay,  89. 

Haydon,  20S. 
*Haynes,  354. 

Headley,  244-5. 

Heard,  359. 

Heath,  209-10. 
*Heaton,  140-1,  143,  148-9. 
*Heavitree,  246. 
*Heckfield,  373. 

*Hedingham,  Sible,  122;  .Castle, 

122-3. 

Heigham,  224. 

Hellings,  251. 

Hellmuth,  145. 

Helmsley,  115,  w^ch. 

Hebnsley,  115  r/;.,  117,  137,  146,  14S. 

*Helmsley,    Gate,    116,     118;    , 

Upper,  or  Over,  13-14,  18  ch., 
113-14,  w^ch.,  117-19,  123,  125-6, 
129,  133.  138-43,  149-52,  296. 

Henbury,  286. 
*Hendon,  263. 
*Hendon  Hill,  244. 
*Hendred,  East,  177. 
*Henley  Hall.  305. 

Henry  -  Frederick,   Prince  of   Wales 
188. 

Heralds,  9-16,  39,  44,  53,  91,  1 15  <"/<., 
116,  282,  296. 

Herbert,    18  ch.,   20,   138,    140,   149, 
151-2. 

Herbert,  152. 
*Hereford,  270. 
♦Herefordshire,  88,  19S,  246. 


398 


GENERAL    INDEX. 


Hereford,  Viscount,  2S0. 

Heriot,  102. 

Heritage,  25  ch. 

Hermon,  299-300. 

Heron,  164. 
"Hersliam,  19S-9. 
'Hertford,  35,  81,  371. 

Hertford,  Earl  of,  314. 
*Hertfordbhire,    101,   1034,    iii,   169, 
1S8,  212,  214,  223,255,  263.4,351, 
373- 

Heryng,   22. 

Hesleridge,  72. 

HeiigJies,  56. 

Hewbrouge,  369. 

Hewett,  202. 
"■Heworth,  115  ch. 

Hicliecocke,  375. 

Hickman,  37-8. 

Hicks,  79,  222,  243. 

Hicks  Pasha,  301. 

Higgens,  or  Hyggins,  72,  79,  33S. 

Higgenson,  17,  i?>ch.,  25,  25  f/;.,  31, 
45-6,  48,  79. 

Higgin,  273. 
*Higham  Ferrers,  353. 
*Higham  Hill,  206-S. 
*Highgate,  223,  230,  299,  30S  9,  353. 

Hill,  17,  28,  45,  71,  74,  88,  262,  2S8. 
*Hillmore,   299-300. 

Hills,  91,   167. 

Hills,  91. 

Hilly,ird,  55,  75. 
*Himbleton,  89. 
*Himley,  42. 

Hinton,  105-6. 
*Hinton,  53,  55,  62,  64,  66,  69. 

Hitchcock,  106. 
"Hitchin,  173. 

Hives,  339. 

Hoare,     172    ch.,     192-3,     195,    206, 
234-5,  256-62,  265,  268,  275.  27S. 

Hoate,  259. 

Hobhouse,  Bishop.  299. 

Hodges,  87,  2S2.  287  8. 

Hoggart,  246-50. 
*Hoggart,  250. 

Holcorholda,  2. 


*Holcott,  or  Hulcott,  49,  62,  64,  66,  69. 
*Holderness,  115  ch. 

Holland,  37  ch.,  349  ;  sei  Dance. 
*Holland,  193,  349. 

HoUingshed,  34,  46. 

HoUis,  377. 
*Holmes  Hill,  103,  105,  III. 
*Holtby,  118. 
*Holton  moiety  of  the  manor  of  Flore, 

The,  70. 
*Holywell,  155. 
*Hommerton,  265. 

Honywood,  292-3. 

Hope,  193. 

Hopkins,  or  HopUyns,  31,  239-40. 

Hopton,  88. 

Hooper,  241;. 
♦Horbling,  326. 

Hornby,  206. 
*Hornchurch,  271. 
*Hominghold,  202. 
*Hornsey,  27S. 

Horton,  115  ch. 

Hospitalers,  The,   iS. 
*Houghton,  Great,   or   Haughton,   56, 

59,61. 
*Hoimslo'.v,  237. 
*Hove,  219,  230-1. 

Howard,  20S,  326. 
*Howdenshire,  144. 
*Hoxton,  1S3-4. 

Huckpole,     Hickfall,     Ilucksale,     or 
Hukfall,  17,  28,  31.  45. 

Hudson,  54,  37>- 

Huggins,  333-4. 
•Hull,  187,  228,  260. 

*Hull,  Bishop's,  203  ;  ,  La,  3. 

*Humberstone,  306. 
*Hunierton,   1S3. 

Humphries,    160. 

Hungerforde,  98. 
*Hunningham,  85. 
*Hunston  Hall,  224. 
'Huntingdon,  328. 

Huntingdon,  Honour  of,  51. 
'Huntingdonshire,  155. 

Huntinton,  70. 
*Hunton  Bridge,  255,  383. 


GENERAL    INDEX. 


399 


Huntsman,  330. 

Huntsman,  330. 
*Huntwell,  245,  2S3. 

Huron,  Bishop  of,  145. 

Hurst,  334. 
*Hurst,  117. 

Husy,  87. 

Hutton,  224. 

Hyllyer,  36. 

*Ibstock,  265.   , 

Idle,  139,  146,  148. 

Ignatius,  Father,  246. 
*Ilam  Hall,  383. 

*Ilford,    Great,    160-161,    163-4; . 

Little,  163. 

Incumbents,  see  Clerks. 
•India,   East,   225-6,  229,   231-2,   248, 
265-7,  270-1,  274,   277,  279,  302-3, 
310-11,  323,  325,  327,  330,  360. 

India  Company,  Tlon    East,  162,  203, 
228,  302,  315,  325. 

India,  Governour-General  of,  162. 

Indian  Mutiny,  The,  312-13. 
*Indus,  River,  301. 

Inquisitions  fast  mortem,  see  Index  n. 

Inventories,  97-8,  2S5-7. 

Inverarity,  302. 
*Ipswich,  103,  305,  372. 
♦Ireland,    162,    177-8,   191,    197,    216, 
238-9,  261,  276,  315, 

Iremonger,  342. 
*Irvington,  74. 
*Irwell  Park,  223. 
*Islington,  i6l.  165. 
*Italy,  269,  310,  312,  322. 
•Itchington,  Bishop's,  63. 
*Iver,  201. 

Ives,  73-4. 

Iveson,  127. 

Iveson,  127. 

Jackson,  73,  289-90,  293,  302,  371. 
Jacob,  18  f/i.,  117-18,  153-7,  '59-6o- 
[acob,  154,  368. 

*Jamaica,  l8l,  212,  346,  348,  360. 
James,  201,  376-7,  379. 
James  I.,  93. 


*Janval,  310-11. 

Jay,  229. 
*Jedburgh,   313. 

Jefferson,  362. 

Jellians,  or  Gel  Hans,  40-1. 

Jenkinson,  47-S,  210. 
•Jersey,  214,  274. 

Jerusalem,  Hospital  and   Priors  of  .S. 
John  of,   17,  20,  28-9. 

Jesson,  66. 

Jesuit,  or  Priest,  56. 
*Jhelum,  River,  301. 

Jocelyn,  154-5. 

John,  King,  123, 

Johnson,  26,  342. 

Johnstone,  160,  223. 

Jones,  195,  228,  352,  368. 

Jordan,  381. 
•jordans,  220,  225,  236. 

Joyce,  86. 

Judkin,  25  eh. 

Judkins,  70. 

Jukes,  201. 

Justice,  Lord  Chief,  203;  of    Ire- 
land, Lord  Chief,  150. 

*Katerig,  115  eh. 

Kay,  299. 

Ke ,  290. 

Keane,  328. 

Kearney,  315. 

Keen,  316. 

Keen,  316,  324. 

Kelly,  309. 
*Kelmarsh,  52. 
*Kelvedon,  238. 
*Kempston,  102. 
*Kemys,  274. 

Kendal,  Barons  of,  115  eh. 

Kendrick,  85-6,  356. 
*Kenilworth,  1 7,  45. 
*Kennythorpe,  141. 

Kenrick,  343. 

Kcnriek,  343. 
♦Kensington,  219,  253,  306,  312,  316. 

Kent,  88. 
*Kent,  37  ch.,  93,  95,  99,   133-5,  J54. 
r7i,   1801,  222,  226,  230,  246-7, 


400 


GENERAL    INDEX. 


250,  265,  272-3,  279,  32S.  34S,  355, 
364-S- 

Kent,  Duke  of,   261  :    ,   Earl  uf, 

37  ^^i- 

Kenway,  258. 
*Kepwick,  115  ch 
*Kerrj',  co.,  329. 

Kerry,  Lord  of,  329. 

Key,  151. 
*Keynsham,  245,  250-1. 
*Khyber  Pass,  The,  301. 
*Kibworth-Beauchamp,  33,  46. 
*Kidbrooke,  171. 
*Kidderminster,  298. 

Kidnapping,  348-9. 
*Kildvvickj  141. 
*KilIerl)y  Hall,  320. 
*Kilmeston,  309. 
*Kilnwick  Percy,  144,  383. 
*Kilsby,  32,  46. 
•Kilton  Castle,  115,  115  ch. 

King,  273-4,  340. 

King,    The,  49,  57,  66,    157-S.    171, 
289. 
•King's  County,  The,  14S,  197. 
•Kingston,  70,  115. 
*Kingstomn,  276. 
*Kingswinford,  42. 

Kinsale,  Lady,  193. 
*Kirkcudbright,  181. 
*Kirkeburne,  115  t/;. 

Kirrington,  93,  104. 

Kirsell,  345. 

Kirwan,  142.  1 

*Kislenbury,  Zl2-i- 

Kite,  316. 
*Kitland3,   2 to. 
*Knaresborough,  iSl,  322. 

Knightley,  36. 
'Knockavallig,  329. 

KnoUys,  344. 

Knowles,  220,  362. 

Kylby  (Kilby),  372. 
*lvyneburl,  4. 

Kynge,  84. 

Kynnesman,  47. 

Kynsey,  118. 

Kynscy,  118. 


Kyscupp,  9S,  100,  157. 

*L.\DBR0OKE,  84. 
•Lafham,  2. 
*Laharenes,  115  ch. 

Lake,  2S2-3.  349-50. 
*Lambeth,  249,  2S9,  297.  356. 

LamboU,  179. 
*Lamborne.  2S8-9. 

Lamley,  235. 

Lampar,  or  Lamparde,  20,  24. 

Lamport,  373. 
'Lancashire,  190,  236,  256,  274. 

Lancaster,  or   Lankaster,    69-74,    m 
ch.,  362. 

Lancaster,  (,<),    73,115   ^//.,    117,  137, 

146.  148. 
'Lancaster,  209. 

Lancaster,  Duke  of,  37  ch. 

Lance,  227. 
*Landour,  330. 

Lane.  105-6. 
*Langham  Hall,  326. 

Langley,  Edmund  of,  37  ch. 
*Langley,  Abbots',  264. 

Languages.  303-4, 

Lansdowne,  House  of,  329. 
*LapIey,  327. 

Lapworth,  22. 
*Lardthorne,  115  r//. 
*Lathbury,  339. 
*Laughton-en-le-Morthen,  134. 

Lavender,  17,  26,  28,  31.  45,  79. 
*Laver,  High,  95  ;  ,  Little,  95. 

Lawrence,  19-21,  199,  262,  m. 

Laiiirence,  199. 

Lawson,  325. 

Lawson,  325. 

Layfield,  117. 

Lea,  381. 

Lead  broke,  21. 

Leason,  34. 

Ledger,  or  Ledgerd,  370. 

Lee,  80,  84,  357. 

Leech,  365. 
*Leeds,  127, 141,  187,  253.  270,  32S-9. 

Leeky,  373. 

Lefroy,  150. 


GENERAL    INDEX. 


Lefroy,  150. 

Legg,  24. 

Legge,  144. 

Leicester,  Earl  of,  loi,  in. 
*Leicestershire,  33-4,  46,  56,  132,  175, 
1S8,  202,  265,  306,  36q,  372. 

l.eigh,  27,  234,  3S1. 
*Leiston,  237-8,  3S3. 
*Lemynton  Hastynges,  35. 

Lennard,  16. 

Leon,  Peter  King  of,  37  ch. 

Lepton,  115  ch. 

Lered,  173. 

Lessone,  4. 

LethieuUier,  163. 

Leveson,  56. 
*Lewes,  244,  268-9,  320- 2,  352. 

Lewis,  188,  305. 

Lewis,  188. 
•Lexden,  247. 
*  Ley  ton,  228;  ,  Low,  121. 

Lidbrooke,  84. 

Lilly,  282. 
*Limerick,  315. 
*Lincoln,  51,  306,  369-70. 

Lincoln,  Bishop  of,  277,  306. 
*Lincolnshire,    94,     loi,     136,   23S-9, 

322,  326,  369-70. 
*Lindfield,  261. 
*Lindley,  314. 

Lindsay,  137. 

Linen,  Burial  in,  184. 
*Linton,  241  ;  ,  West,  325. 

Lipscombe,  342. 
*Lisbon,  193.  317. 

Littleboy,  172  c/z.,  233,  255-S,  3S3. 
*Littlebury,  237. 
*Littleham,  242. 
*Liverpool,  239,  243,  272-3. 

Liverpool,  Lord,  208. 

Liverpool  Museum,  The,  181. 
*Liversedge,  233. 
*Lixnaw,  329. 
*Llandaff,  274. 

Llandaff,  Bishop  of,  274;  ,  Chan- 
cellor of,  ibid. 
*Llandevaud,  274. 
*LlanlIugan,  151. 


Lloyd,  207,  2II-J2,  241,  254. 
Locke,  316; ,  John,  The  Philoso- 
pher, 317. 
Lockey,  103,  105,  111-12. 
Lodge,  14-15. 
Loggett,  185. 
Londen,  85. 
•London,  5-6,  9,  17,  \%ch.,  19,  34,  37, 
54,  56.  61,  68-70,  74,  90,  92,  96-7, 
99-102,  104-11,  113-15,  Ii5f/j.,  116- 
18,  120-3,  125.  127-8,  131-3,  135-6, 
13S-41,  149-50,  153-5,  158-9.  161-2, 
165,   ;68-9,    172,   172  ch.,   175-81, 
183,    185-7,    190-8,   200-2,   204-13, 
216-20,222-3,   225-35,  241,  243-51, 
253-5.   259-60,   262-3,    265,    267-8, 
270-2,  274-80,   2S2-5,   287-93,  295, 
298-9,  304,  306-8,  310-12,  316,  318, 
323.  327.  331.  333,  336.  339.  346- 
53.  355-68,  372-3  ;  ^ee  also  Blooms- 
bury,    Bunhill    Fields,   Greenwich, 
Kensington,     Marylebone,     Shore- 
ditch,      Wapping,        Westminster, 
and  Whitechapel,  etc. 

London,   Bishop  of,   290  ;  ,  Lord 

Mayor  of,    120, 
*Londwater,  223. 
*Longford,  233. 
Lord,  376-9. 

Lords,  The,  349,  37S-80. 
*Loughton,  265-7,  290-1,  293. 
*Loveyne,  4. 
Lowndes,  211. 
Luard,  no. 
Lubbs.  290. 
Lucas,  54,  74. 
Lucknow,  Relief  of,  3*2-13. 
*Luckton,  293. 
*Lufi'enham,  South,  275. 
*Lurgan,  216,  277. 

Luther,  106,  219; ,  The  Reformer, 

219. 
*Luton,  238,  240,  258,  383. 
*Lydiard,  Bishop's,  227. 
*Lyme  Regis,  198. 
Lymington,  197. 
Lyne,  233,  245-6,  249-51. 
Lyne,  250. 


GENERAL    INDEX. 


Lyon,  74. 
Lyvinge,  99,  loi. 

Mabbes,  S5. 

Mclntyre,  312. 

Mackarness,  Bishop,  147. 

Mackay,  299. 

Mackett,  172,  i-j2ch.,  iSo,  1S5-6. 

Maclean,  31S. 

Macrabie,  318. 
♦Madeira,  215,  321. 
*  Madras,  303. 

Madras  Civil  Service,  The,  313,  315. 
*Madron,  197,  200. 

Maharajpore,  Action  of,  301. 

Maidstone,  291. 
*Maidstone,  256. 
*Maidwell,  47,  52-3,  65. 
*Malberrow  («./.  Marlborough),  89. 
*Malling,  South,  31S,  320-1. 
*Maltby,  320. 
*Malton,  161. 
*Manchester,  245,  255,  273. 

Manors,  mentioned,  18,  28-9,  37,  39- 
40,  47-56,  5S-60,  62-3,  65-7,  69-70, 
72,  74,  76,  85,94,  100,  103,  1I4-I5> 
117-20,  122-7,  129-30,  133,  13S-9, 
141,  143,  155-8,  i5o,  164-5,  'So, 
190-1,  196.  2S9-90,  293-4. 
*Mapperton,  142. 

March,  Earl  of,  37  ch. 

♦Margate,  222. 
Marlborough,  263. 

♦Marlborough,     or     Malberrovv,     89, 

♦Marlborough  and  Grove  Town,  300. 

Marryson,  104. 

Marsh,  or  Marshe,  3S-9,  84,  369. 

Marshall,  134,  355,  362. 
♦Marson  {n.f.  Marton),  85. 
♦Marston,  115  f/j.,  322-4. 

Marston  Moor,  Battle  of,  324. 
♦Marton,  85. 

Mary,  Queen.  188. 
♦Mar}'lebone,  70,  72-3,  226. 

Masers,  Description  of,  31. 

Mason,  363. 

Massey,  301. 


ilaster,  328. 
Master,  32S. 
Masterman,  219. 
♦Mathon,  87-9. 
Mattershead,  26. 
Matthews,  107,  no,  220. 
Mawby,  218. 
Mawdeley,  21. 
Mayo,  172  ch.,  214-16. 
Mayo.  214. 
♦Mayo,  CO.,  142,  150. 
Mead,  360. 
Meadows,  221. 
Mealinge,  38 1. 
Medows,  369. 
♦Meerut,  303. 

♦Meriden,  17,  26,  45,  iSS,  297. 
Merrehurst,  359. 
Mershe,  48. 
♦Merton,  222. 
Meyre,  78. 
Michell,  339. 
Micklethwaite,  102. 
♦Middlesex,  70,  73,  go,    106,  loS,  113, 
120-1,  142,   153-5,   157,  159.    161, 
165-6,    173,     177,    180,    183,    185, 
190-1, 194,  209,  213,  217,  221,  234, 
247,  260,  262-3, J278,  299-  308,  316, 
327-   330,   332,    336.   346-    35I-2- 
356-7,  360-2,  364. 
♦Middleton  St.  George,  305. 
♦Midhurst,  352. 
♦Mid-Lothian,  co.,  298. 
Midson,  370. 
Milbank,  144. 
Mildmay,  292-3. 

Mildred,  172  ch.,  204,  206.  219-28. 
Mildred,  219. 
♦Mile  Cross,  275-8. 
♦Miles,  106. 
Militia,  The,  376-So. 
Millett,  322. 
MilUtt,  323. 
Mills,  209. 
Mills,  209. 
Milton,  237. 
♦Milverton,  310. 
Milward,  35,  41. 


GENERAL    INDEX. 


*Minehead,  251. 

Minet,  135. 
*Mint,  The  Royal,  225,  228-9. 

Mitchell,  196. 
*Mitford,  4,  305. 
*Mitton,  299-300; ,  Lower,  41. 

Mohamreh,  Capture  of,  302. 
*Molesey,  24S. 

Molesworth,  315  ; .  Lord,  ibid. 

Momforde,  36. 

Moncke,  355. 
*Monckton  Farley,  251. 
*Monk  Fryston,  115  ch. 
*Monmouth,  co  ,  151,  i8S.  274. 

Montagu,  47,  49; ,  Dukes  of,  47. 

Montague,  74. 
*Montego  Bay,  iSi. 

Montreal,  Bishop  of,  279. 

Monumental  Inscriptions,  see  Index  11. 

Moor,  267. 

Moore,  \%ch.,  59,  61.  113,  132,  136-7, 
277. 

Moore,  137. 
*Moore  Park,  147. 
"*Moresdon,  Great,  115  c/i. 

Morrell,  266-7. 

Morres,  218. 

Morreson,  104. 

*Moreton,  95; Corbet,  314;  

-Pinckney,  86,  280. 

Morgan,  55,  196. 

Morris,  361. 

Morrison,  361. 

Mortimer,  37  ch. 

Morton,  212. 
*Morton,  87,  371. 

Mortuaries,  335. 
*Morvaren,  318. 
*Moscow,  304. 

*Moulsoe,  295-6,  332-8,340-1. 
*Moulton,  55,  58-9,  69,  75. 

Mounsey,  244. 

Mules,  299. 
*Mullingar,  310. 

Mulshoe,  59. 

Mundevill,  de,  48. 

Murray,  lyzc/i.,  181-3. 
*Mursley,  277. 


Musson,  298. 

Muttwich,  57. 

Myddleton,  \Vharton-,  143. 

Myddleton,  144. 

Myles,  or  Miles,  53. 
*Mylor,  216. 
*Mymms,  North,  104. 
*Mysore,  311. 


*Nancealverne,  200. 
*Naples,  312. 

Napton,  35-6. 
*Napton-on-the-Hill,  49-50. 
*Narborough,  175. 
*Nash,  188. 
*Nassuck,  327-8. 

Neale,  26S. 

Neave,  237-S. 

Neave,  238. 

Needes,  84. 

Needham,  or  Nedham,  94,  104. 

Neele,  86. 

Nelson,  299. 

Nelson,  Bishop  of,  299-300. 

Nelthorpe,  128. 

Nesam,  115  c/i. 

Nevijl,  35.  37 '•'''• 

Nevile,  326. 

Newbury,  235. 
*  Newbury,  177. 
*Newcastle-on-Tyne,  2S0-1. 
*Newchapel,  136-7. 
*Newchurch,  185. 
'Newgate  Prison,  202. 

Newman,  355. 

Newnham,  25  c/i. 

Ncuunham,  27. 
*Newnham,  25  ch.,  27,  31. 
*New  Park,  136. 
*Newport     Pagnell^    255,    25S,     33 

337-40. 
*Newton  Kyme,  134. 
*Newtown  Ards,  275,  277. 
*New  Zealand,  299-300,  310,  354. 

Nicholson,  370. 

Nonconformists,  174-6,  353. 

Norcott,  119. 

Norcrosse,  356-7. 


404 


GENERAL    INDEX 


*Norfolk,  4,  224,  263-4. 
Norfolk,  Duke  of,  14. 
Norris,  30. 
North,  176. 
*NorthalIerton,  305. 
*Northampton,   4S,    5S,   60,   64,  70-4, 

333- 
Northampton,  Earl  of,  51.  66,  69. 
•Northamptonshire,   3,  6,  17,   24-5,  25 
'■'''•■  27.  31-3.  35-6,  37  ch.,  44-7,  49- 
63.  65.  6S-74,   77.  86-7,   130,   136, 
169,  iSo,  2S0,  297-8,  305.  332,353, 
376-80. 
*Northchurch,  224. 
*Northfleet,  134. 
*Norfolk,  91,  272. 
*NorthilI,    or    Norrell,    104,    172   cli., 

172-3.  176-7,  iSj. 
'Northumberland,  iSS,  2S0. 

'Norton,    25    <-/;.,     j6,      78,     Si  ; 

-Curii,  79,  81;    ,  Kings,  85. 

Nortun,  de,  4. 
'Norwich,  260,  262. 
'Norwood,  247-9. 
'Nottingham,  270,  272. 

Nowers,  252. 
'Nowgong,  232. 
'Nutfield,  228-30. 
Nutt,  289,  291, 

'Oadby,  132. 
'Oaklands,  142-3. 

Ogden,   273. 

Ogilvie,  1-J2ch.,  190,  198-9,313,315. 

Okeley,  32,  46. 

Oketon,  115  ck. 

Oldfield,  49. 

OiaJicM,  136-7. 
'Old  Park,  143. 

Old  Prices  Riot,  The,  187. 
'Olney,  296,  332-3. 
'Ontario,  236. 
'Oporto,  295. 

Orange,  Prince  of,  349, 
'Orchard  Portman,  52. 

Orkney,  House  of,  329. 
'Orlingbury,  47. 

Osborne,  52. 


Osgood,  362. 

Oude  Campaign,  The,  313. 

Outram,  313. 

Over,  35. 
'Overston,  49,  55,  62,  64,  66,  69. 

Overston,  Lord,  76. 
'Overstrand,  263. 

Owen,  282. 

Oxenden,  279  ;  ,  Bishop,  ilnJ. 

Oxendt-n,  279. 
'Oxford,  69,  73,    109,  143-4,  153,  174, 
18S,  19S-200,   217,   267,   272,   300, 
306,   320,  325.  329.  331,  345,  347. 

O.Kford,    Bishop  of,  1^7;  ,   Earls 

of,  122-3. 
'Oxfordshire,  19,  25<//.,  45,  106,  278. 

Oxmantown,  Baron,  14S. 
*Oxtead,  32S. 
'Oxton,  319. 

'Paddington,  267. 

Page,  or  Paige,  336,  340,  370. 
'Pagham.  176. 

Pain,  352. 

Palmes,  314-15. 

Pargiter,  56. 
'Parham  Hall,  224. 
'Paris,  201,  213. 

Parker,  33.  46. 

Parkes,  212. 
'Park  Hall,  298. 

Parkin,  337. 

Parkinson,  364. 

Parliament,   376-80  :   ,    Members 

of,  3,  42,   70,  144,  183-4,  195,   205, 

212,  255.  300;  ,  Ruinous  return 

to,  184. 

Parr,  362 

Parris,  356. 

Parry,  120. 

Parsons,  18  ch..  138,  146-S. 

Parsons,  148. 
'Parsonstown,  148. 

Partridge,  271. 

Pastimer,  de,  4. 

Paston,  42. 
'Patching,  174,  176. 


GENER.4L    INDEX.                                                        40 

Patching,  Inhabitants  of,  1 74. 

Pincerne,  3. 

Pattison,  240. 

Pinel,  2. 

Paynott,  370. 

Pigott,  355. 

Payton,  42. 

Pitt,  208. 

Peace  Society,  The,  276. 

*Pittshanger,  196-7. 

Peacock,  305. 

Plantagenet,  37^/^.,  123,  314. 

Pear,  371. 

*Plashet,  or  Plashette,  103,  271. 

Pearce,  178,  226. 

Piatt.  340. 

Pearshouse,  381. 

Playfair,  323. 

Pearson,  200.  320. 

Plowden,  53. 

Pearson,  320,  324. 

*Plowden,  53. 

Pease,  239,  243,  253,  276. 

*Pluckley,  279. 

Pedder,  304. 

*Plumstead,  93,  96. 

•Peebles,  co.,  325. 

♦Plymouth,  218. 

Peircy,  283. 

Poictou,  Earl  of,  123. 

Peirie,  172,  172  <-/;.,  1S5-6,  196. 

Pole,  232. 

Pell,  76. 

*PoIesworth,  18. 

Pembroke,  Earls  of,  151. 

Pollard,  170. 

Pendred,  282-3. 

*Pomerania,  361. 

*Penge,  248. 

*Ponders  End,  213. 

Peninsula  Campaign,  The,  329. 

Ponsonby,  308. 

Penn,  179,  236. 

*Poona,325. 

•Penn,  Upper,  38.9. 

•Poplar,  367. 

Pennefather,  136. 

Porter,  30. 

Pennington,  236. 

Portman,  52,  227; ,  Viscount,  22 

Pentlow,  379. 

Portman,  227. 

''Penzance,  197-8,  200. 

*Portumna,  310. 

Perceval,  196. 

*Poisgrave,  334. 

*PerivaIe,  191,  330. 

Poulter,  243,  297. 

Perivale,  Minister  and  Churchwardens 

Puulter,  zaA. 

of,  191. 

Powell,  150-1,172  !■/;.,  259,  262-7,345 

Perkins,  84-5. 

*Powick,  87. 

Persian  Expeditionary  Force,  Th 

%30I. 

*Poynton,  18. 

^Peshawur,  303. 

•Preshute,  323. 

'Peterborough,  87,  270,  371. 

*Preston,    85,    1 20,    227,    300  ;      

Peterborough,  Bishop  of,    306; 

, 

-Crowmarsh.  255-7. 

Dean  of,  183. 

*Prestwich,  223. 

Petersfield,  352. 

*Priestlands,  197. 

Peyton,  197. 

Fright,  363. 

^Philadelphia,  255,  26S. 

Pritchard,  275. 

Philippa,  wife  of  Edward  III.,  3- 

ch. 

Privy  Seal,  The  Lord,  55 

Philipstown,  Lord,  315. 

Proctor,  loS. 

Phipps,  349-50- 

I'rotector,  The,  204. 

Picardy,  2. 

'Prussia,  Rhenish,  210. 

Pickering,  297. 

Pryor,  172  ch.,  259,  262-5- 

Pickwell,  210. 

*Publow,  317. 

Pike,  336. 

Punjaub  Campaign,  The,  301. 

Pikeham,  de,  4. 

*Putney.  216. 

4o6 


GENERAL    INDEX. 


Pye.  377- 

Quakers,  ae  Friends. 

Quandy,  84. 

Quarles,  171. 

Quatre  Bras,  Battle  of,  329-30. 

Queen, The,  loo-i,  103,  iiSi,  140,  261, 
2S0. 
*Queen's  County,  Tlie,  24S. 
*Queensland,  210,  306. 

*Raci.ne,  231. 
*Radstock,  201. 
*Radston,  50,  66. 
*Raheenduff,  24S. 

Ram,  246. 
*Rame,  169. 

Ramnuggur,  Action  of,  301-2. 
*Ramsden  Barrington,  94  ;    Bel- 
house,  94. 

Ramshaw,  69-70. 
*Ranelagh,  183-4. 

Rant,  42. 
*Ratcliffe,  260. 

Rattray,  29S,  301,  303,  307. 

Raven,  134,  161,  165-6. 

Rawlins,  83. 

Rawlinson,  209. 

Raye,  107. 

Rayney,  320. 

Rayney,  320,  324. 

Raynsford,  104. 
*Raywell,  145. 

Rea,  73. 

Reade,  or  Read,  123-4,  266,  357. 

Reading,  89. 
*Reading,    177,    179,   216,  21S,  342-5, 
354.  365- 

Reaston,  131. 
*Reckthorne,  40. 
*Redborne,  104. 

Reddish,  115  f/;. 
'Reddish,  115  r// 
*Redhill,  19.S. 

Redman,  115  ch. 

Redmayne,  326. 
*Reed,  iSS. 

Reeve,  344. 


Regnier,  72. 
*Reigate,  242. 

Reiniride,  \\^  ch. 

Relton,  193. 

Rennie,  230. 

Resbridger,  358. 

Restall,  345. 
*Retford,  330. 
*Reydon,  304,  309-10. 

Reynardson,  264. 

Reynolds,  Sir  Joshua,  202. 

*Rhyi,  323- 

Richards,  85. 

Richardson,  80,  85,  257,  276-7,350-1, 
355- 
*Richmond,  72,  195,  309. 

Rickaby,  274. 

Ricketts,  328. 
*Rickmansworth  Park,  223. 

Ridge,  18  ch.,  90,  104.  106,  in,  244. 
*Ridgeley,  175-6. 
*Ripon,  223-4,  305. 

Ripon,  Bishop  of,  32S. 
*Risebruge,  2. 
*Rise  Park,  147. 

Rivers,  liarl,  37  ch. 

Roberts,  357  ;  Family,  the,  160. 

Robins,  332-3. 

Robinson,  179-80,  195,  2S6. 

Roblin,  164,  166. 

Robson,  239,  243. 

Robson,  243. 

Roche,  de  la,  314. 
*Rockhampton,  210. 

Rodes,   or   de    Rodes,    iS    ch.,     113, 
131-2. 

Rodes,  dc,   132. 

Roger,  the  Sheriff,  2, 

Rogers,  25  ci.,  2S,  45.  72,  S2-3.  104, 
IS4.  263,  332-3,  339. 

Rolfe,  122. 

Rolt,  154,  156. 

Romans,  King  of  the,  123. 
*Rome,  2. 

Romer,  252. 

Rooke,  326. 

Rookes,  1 70- 1. 
*Roothing,  High,  155. 


GENERAL    INDEX, 


Roper,  105. 
*Ross,  198-9. 

Rosam,  197. 

Rose,  315. 

Rosse,  Earlot,  18  ck.,  146-8. 

J?osse,  Earl  of,  148. 
*Rotherham,  322,  325-6. 

Rotten,  26. 
*Rouen,  5-6. 

Rouse,  366. 
*Rowington,  31. 
*Rowley,  198. 

Royal  Academicians,  187,  196,  202-3. 

Royalist     Composition     Papers,      see 
Index  II. 

Royalists,  57,  69,  289,  291-3. 
*Royston,  in,  116,  167. 

Rubelon,  164. 
*Rugby,  298,  308-10,  375. 

Rush,  104. 
*Rushforth  Hall,  187. 

Russell,  Watts-,  224,  383. 
*Russia,  193,  304. 
*Rutland,  130,  136,  210,  275,  371. 

Ryan,  139,  141- 
*Ryde,  218,  249. 

Ryland,  no. 
*Ryton  -  upon  -  Dunsmore,  Ruyton, 
Ruighton,  or  Ruington,  6,  9,  11-13, 
16-18,  18  ch.,  19-24,  25  ch.,  21-yi, 
35.  37.  Z'i^  45-6,  48,  53.  779.  83, 
86,  90-1,  140,  172  ch.,  375-6. 

Ryton,    Inhabitants   and   tenants   of, 
20. 

Sadler,  \%ch.,  106,  loS. 
*Saffron  Walden,  233,  237-43. 
*St.  Albans,  247. 
*St.  Andrew's,  181. 

St.  David's,  Bishop  of,  322. 

St.  George,  10,  44,  53. 
*St.  Leonard's,  246-8. 
*St.  Pancras,  364. 
*St.  Petersburg,  322. 
*St.  Pierre,  1 88. 

St.  Quintin,  95. 
*Salisbury,  202. 

Salisbury,  Earl  of,  37  ch. 


Salt,  209. 

Salter,  25,  146. 

Salters,  Society  of  the,  282-3. 

Salusbury,  309. 

Salway,  130. 
*Samer,  Saulmerium,  or  Saumerium, 

Sammes,  122. 
*Sampford,  122  ;  — — ,  Little,  123. 

Sampson,  252. 

Sanders,  243. 

Sandford,  368. 
'Sandhurst,  147,  302-4. 
*Sand  Hutton,  118,  145. 

Sandy,  88. 
*Sandywell  Park,  199. 

Sargent,  369. 

Satterthwaite,  261. 

Saunders,  54,  177. 

Savage,  82,  252, 
*Sawbridge,  or  Saubrege,  23,  30. 

Sawkins,  159. 
*Saxham,  Great,  209. 
*Saxmundham,  ni. 

Saxons,  the  Western,  King  of,  i. 

Saxton,  317. 
*Scarborough,  141,   181-2,  236,  240. 

Scarsdale,  Lord,  132,  149. 

Schmidt,  210. 
*Scilly  Isles,  216. 
*Scinde,  328. 

Scobell,  200. 

Scobell,  201. 
*Scorebeck,  115  ch. 
*Scotland,  212,  299,  303. 

Scotland,  King  of,  115  ch. 

Scott,  or  Scotte,  22,  10S-9,  i8o-i,  28 

Scott,  181. 
*Soott's  Hall,  iSi. 

Scroggs,  203. 

Scrope,  246. 

Scrope,  245. 
*Seacroft,  128,  141,  328. 
*Sebastopol,  310. 
*Sedgley,  37-9. 

See,  de  la,  115  ch. 

Segar,  n-12. 

SeiOdn,  373. 

Seikes,  345. 


4oS 


GENERAL    INDEX. 


Selby,  369. 

Sequestrations,  see  Index  II.,  Royalist 
Composition  Papers. 
*Serge  Hill,  264. 

Serjeant,  124. 

Serjeantson,  143. 
*Settle,  260,  273. 
*Sevenoaks,  353. 

Sewell,  221-2,  272. 

Seylliard,  or  Silyer,  154,  156. 

Seymour,  52,  275. 

Sharpe,  307,  358. 

Shaw,  or  Shawe,  41,  156.  217. 
^Sheffield,  330. 

Sheldon,  80. 

Shenell,  369. 

Sheorajpur,  Action  of,  312. 

Shepperd,  161. 
*Shepton-i\Iallet,  201. 
*Sherborne,  2$ch.,  2S,  81-2,  92. 

Sheriffs,  2-4,  35,  51.  55,  68,  246,  264, 
314.  330.  376-So. 

Sherwood,  172  c/;.,  177,  180. 

Sherwood,  177. 
*Shields,  North,  363. 
*Shinfield,  354. 
*Shipley,  143. 

Ship-JIoney,  Refusal  to  pay,  56. 

Ships,  Names  of,  105,  175,  177.  299, 

349.  356,  359.  361-3- 
*Shipstou-on-Stour,  235. 

Shore,  or  Shores,  161-2,  164. 
*  Shore, ilS,  162- 
*Shoreditch,  121. 
*Shre\vley,  or  Shrowley,  18  c/;.,  371-/;., 

91-2,  96,  167-9,  171. 
*Shropshire.  43,  53,  123.  314. 
*Shute  House,  232. 
Siblis,  87. 

Sigon,  293. 

Signs  over  Inns  and  Houses,  98,   283, 
28S,  290,  349,  355.  362. 
*Silkstone,  319,  321-2. 
*Sillhill,  25. 
*Silviacum,  2-3. 
*Simla,  232. 
Sinclair,  181,  1S3-4. 
Siviter,  348. 


Skellow  Grange,  135. 

Skelton,  no. 
*Skelton,  115  ch. 
*Skipton,  253. 
*SIade,  97. 
*Slanden,  203. 
*Sligo,  CO.,  315. 

Smait,  296. 

Smith,   or  Smythe,   21-2,   34-5,  7 '-4, 
83.  89,  93,  96,    104,    116-17,    162, 
172  ch.,  233,  239,  250-3. 
*Snaith,  143. 
*Snaresbrook,  207. 
*Snodland,  225. 
*Snytterfield,  81. 

Soane,  196. 

Societies,  26S-70,  272,  276. 

Solly,  264. 

Somer,  355. 

Somerie,  37. 

Somerscalde,  31. 
'Somersetshire,  52,  133,  142,  iSS,  197, 
200-1,  203,  219,  227,  245  6,  250-1, 
317- 
*Sopley,  326. 
*Soudan,  The,  301. 
*Southam,  or  Sowtham,  25<r-5.,  84. 
*Southamptonshire,  175,  224.  23S,  241, 

265,  309,  326,  372. 
*Southfleet,  265. 
*Southgate,  211,  247,  278. 
*Southover,  268-9. 
*Southport,  245. 
*Southsea,  313. 
*Southwark,  99-100,  106,  165,  if.8.  1S6, 

230,  355-6- 
*South\vell,  317. 
*Southwick,  219. 
*Southwold,  223,  304. 
*Sowe,  28,45,77-8. 

Spackman,  2S3. 
♦Spalding,  2,  136. 

Spanish  Armada,  The,  95. 

Speaker,  Mr.,  377. 

Speldt,  199. 

Spencer,  16,   19,  24-5,  25  (h.,  30-32, 
45-6,  50,  66,  38 1. 

Spencer,  25. 


GENERAL    INDEX. 


409 


Spicer,  159. 

Spilman,  68. 
*Spratton,  25. 
*Spring  Lawn,  246. 

Stafford,  17,  26,  45. 
*Staffordshire,  35,  37,  39-40,  42,45,  56, 

213,  383- 
*Staindrop,  245. 

Stainforth,  18  c/;.,  115  <:/«.,  124-5,  '38- 
*Stamford,  136,  326. 

Standert,  311-12. 

Sfandert,  312. 
*Standon,  214. 
*Stanewig,  lit,ck. 

Stanley,  37  c/i. 
*Stanmore,  203. 

Stanne,  109. 

Stansted  Montfichet,  233,  237,  243-5. 

Stanton,  73-4. 
*Stanton,  35. 
*Stanwick,  55,  75. 
*Staple-Fitzpaine,  227. 

Staples,  84. 
*StapIeton,  321. 

Staunton,  81. 
*Staverton,  or  Stareton,  16-17,  18  <r/;., 
25,  32,  34-6,  45,  3S3. 

Stead,  362. 

Steadman,  94. 

Steer,  246. 

Stepham,  de,  4. 

Stephenson,  243. 
*Stepney,  120-1,  155,  164-5,  357- 

Sterry,  I'jzch.,  204,  207,  22S-30,  262. 
*Sterton,  24. 

*Stifford,  iSi:/;.,  153-5,  36S. 
*Stivichall,  296. 
*Stockport,  195,  236. 

Stockton,  87. 
*Stockton-on-Tees,  257. 
*Stockwell,  245,  248-50. 

*Stoke   Bruern,  68  ;  Newington, 

172,  180-3,  185,  205-7,  211-12,  219, 
228,  230,  244-5,  256,  259-62,  268-9, 

273-7,  36S;  Park,  68;  

Poges,  352. 

Stone,  366. 
*Stone,  355. 


*Stonehouse.  218. 
*Stoneley  (Stoneleigh),  23. 
Stonley,  102-3. 
Stopford,  223. 
Stopp,  334. 
*Stortford,  Bishops,  255. 
Story,  247. 
Stotford,  93,  104. 
*Stourbridge,  41. 
*Stourport,  299. 
Stow,  270. 
Strafford,  Earl  of,  68. 

*Stratford,   358,    367; le-Bow, 

II,  18  ch.,  92-4,  loi,  104-6,  113 
115  ir/j.,  115-18,  120-3,  138.  153-5 
157-8,  160,  164,  167-8,    170-1,  356 

366-7,  a//o  i^^  Bow; on-Avon 

83,    86,     381  ;    -Langthorne, 

156,  288;    ,    Old,    332,     38 1  : 

,  Stony,  295-7,  317,  332-3- 

*Streatham,  246,  250. 
*Strensham,  88. 
*Stretton,  21,  23. 
Stringer,  229,  338. 
Stringer,  229. 
Strode,  96-7,  103,  377. 
Strutt,  197. 
Stuart,  278. 
Stubbe,  III. 
Suart,  266. 
*Suffolk,    I,    2,    103,     III,     161,   200, 
223-5'  237,  241,  304-  372. 
Suger,  18  c/;.,  125,  138-41. 
Suger,  139-40,  146,  148. 

*Sulhampstead- Abbotts,    343-4  ;    

-Bannister,  344. 
*Sully,  274. 

*Sunderland,  236,  243-4,  257. 
*Surbiton,  299. 

■'Surrey,   72,99,    115,    147,    162,    187, 
195,  19S,  212,   215,   222,  226,   241, 
245-8,   250,  279,   2S2-3,   310,   32S, 
330,  355-6,  361-2,  373. 
*Sussex,    172-3,   176,    197,    215,  219, 
261,  303,  31S,  320,  352-3.  372. 
Sutton,  37,  nch.,  40,53. 
Siitton,  37. 

*Sutton,  246,  250; Coldfield,38i. 

DDD 


4IO 

GENERAL    INMEX 

*Swainswick,  203. 

Thornehill,  364-5. 

*Swans,  Manor  of,  103. 

Thornley,  33S. 

*Swanscombe,  93. 

Thornton,  17,  25  ch.,  27,  31,  33-4. 

Swanzy,  353. 

Thornton,  27. 

*Swindalme,  nick. 

*  Thornton  Bridge,  195. 

Swinden.  197. 

Thorold  of  Buckenhale,  2. 

Swinfen,327,  331. 

Thoroton,  198-9. 

*S™fen,  327- 

Thoroughgood,  or  Thurf;ood,  94,  160, 

Swiufen,  327. 

164. 

*Switzerland,  322. 

*Thorp   Arch.    14,    128-9,   Ij-'S.    I39r 

Swynford,  Katherine,  37  <-/;. 

143- 

*Sydney,  237. 

Thorpe,  215. 

Sydney,  Bishop  of,  271. 

*Thorp  Lands,  55,  58-60,  75. 

Sykes,  145,  351. 

*  I'horpe  Underwood,  or  Thorpe  Billett, 

Symons,  31,  357. 

46.  54. 

*SyweU,6,  10,  \Zch.,  25^/^.,  27, 

44-76, 

Thistlethwaite,  257. 

86,  376. 

•Thribergh,  322-3,  325. 

*SywelI  Churcli,  47-9,  55,  57,  6 

,  64-5, 

*  rhriplo^-,  328. 

7'.  75- 

Throckmorton,  37,  37  ch..  45,  16S-9. 
Throckmorton,  169. 

Taff    Vale    Railway    Co. 

The, 

*Thurlaston,  188. 

230. 

*Thurlbear-with-.Stoke  St.  Mary,  227. 

Tail,  Archbishop.  300. 

Thurlow,  256. 

Talbot,  232. 

Thursby,  74. 

Tallock,  31. 

Thwaites,  115  ch. 

Tanfeild,  62,  65. 

.      Thvvenge,  Thwinge,   or  Thweng.  114- 

TankerviUe,  Earl  of,  70-1,  73. 

15,   115  ch.,  13^; ,   Baron.  115 

Tatham,  353. 

ch. 

Tauerner,  5. 

Thweni:,',   or   T/nneii;,   115    </;.,    117, 

*Taunton,  310. 

137,  146,  148. 

Taylor,  40-2,  S4,    icS,    185,206,246, 

*Tickencote,  130,  136. 

286. 

*Tickhill,  319. 

*Teigh,  130,  136. 

*TiIehurst,  344-5- 

Teignmouth,  Baron,  162. 

*Tipperary,co.,  117,  136. 

*Teignmouth,  162. 

*Tipton,  37. 

Templar,  213. 

*Tisbury,  352. 

Temple,  31,  85. 

Toller,  263. 

Terry,  104. 

Tomlinson,  37  f//.,  4°- 

Tetherington,  357. 

Tomlyns,  19,45. 

Thackeray,  309. 

*Tooting,  24S. 

*Thadon  Hall,  361. 

Torkinglon,  136. 

*Thame,  16,  19,  25  r/..,  45. 

Torrell,  155. 

*Thames-Ditton,  215. 

*Torres  Vedras,  Lines  of,  329. 

Theobald,  305. 

*Torwyn,  323. 

*Theobalds,  212-14. 

Totten,  350-1. 

Thomas,  340. 

*Tottenham,   208,  216,  22S,  237,  2-,i, 

Thompson,  105-6,  370. 

254,  26S,  270. 

Thomson,  or  Tomson,  45.  86. 

*Totteridge,  li  ch.,  90,  loi,  104-5. 

GENERAL    INDEX. 


*Tovil,  256. 

Townesend,  65. 

Tanner,  288. 
*Trafford,  or  Trafiforth,  2,  467,  49-51, 
55,  62-7,  69,  72. 

Trank,  5. 

Treasurer,  The  Lord,  55. 
■*Treilington,  235. 
*Treses,  216. 

Treshams  Family,  The,  47, 
*Treshams  Manor,  The,  56. 

Trigonometrical  Survey,   The  Grand, 
302. 

Trotter,  280. 
*TrusselI  Manor,  The,  70. 

Tubb,  233. 

Tucker,  10,  12. 

Tuckett,  172  ch.,  233,  251,  254,  383. 

Tiickett,  254. 
*Tunbridge  Wells,  207,  22S,  320-1. 
*Tunstall,  126. 

Turlough,  142,  150. 

Turner,  84,  298-301,  381. 

Turner,  300. 
♦Turroff,  186. 
*Turton,  256. 

Turville,  165. 

Tutt,  340. 
*Twickenham,  223,  336. 

Tyers  Hill,  320. 

Tyrowe,  log. 

*Uliister,  1S3. 
Ulster,  Earl  of,  37  ch. 

*Upton,  220; cum-Chalvey,  328  ; 

St.  Leonard's,  200. 

*Usworth,  309. 
*Uvertorp,  3. 

Vandewall,  235-6. 

Vane,  377. 

Vanlente,  121. 

Vaughan,  63,  333,  3S1. 

Vau.x,  10 1 -2,  104,  383  ;   ,   Baron, 

37  ch. 

Vaux,  102. 
*Vaux,  Chace  and  Forest  of,  115  ck. 
*Vaux  Manor,  The  Lord,  56. 


Vavasor,  348. 
Venables,   322. 
Venning,  200. 
*Ventnor,  273. 
Verbey,  372. 
Veres,  The  de,  1 23. 
Verneham,  54. 
Vernon,  314. 
Vincent,  16,  44,  153. 
Vine,  S8-9. 
Viner,  214. 

Visitations,  Heralds',  see  Index  II. 
Vlmar,  or  Vlmarus,  1-2. 
Vlmar,  or  Vlmarus,  St.,  23. 
Vulpertus,  2. 

Wade,  369. 

Wa.,e,  369. 
*VVairau,  The,  300. 
*Wakehurst  Place,  197. 

Walebancke,  355. 
*Wales,  195,  323. 
♦Wales,  New  South,  237. 

Wales,  Prince  of,  1S8. 

Walford,  79-80. 

Walker,  88,  145,  278,  369. 

Wall,  162. 

Wallbank,  350. 

Wallen,  304. 
*Wallingford,  256. 

Wallis,  109. 

Walpole,  193,  205. 

Waltham,  177. 
*Waltham  Abbey,  or   Waltham    Iluly 

Cross,  213,  220,  290. 
*W'althamstow,      13,      11S-19,     125-6, 

138-9,  213,  220.  226,  272. 
*Wandsworth,  230-1,  241,  247-8. 
'Wangford,  223. 
*VVansiead,  106,  220-1,  242. 
*Wappenbury,  23. 
*Wapping,  185,  196,  351,  361. 
*Waplington,  143. 

Ward,  42,  56,  104,  355,  362. 

*  Warden,   55,   62,   64,   66,   69  ;  , 

Abbey  of,  53  ;   ,   Chipping,  53, 

55,  62,  64,  66,  69  ;  ,  West,  51, 

53,  55-62/,  69,  72. 


412 


GENERAL    INDEX. 


Wardour,   74. 
*Wardour,  2^2. 

Wa.ham,  359. 
*Warlies  Park.  220. 

Warner.  71-2. 

Warr,  155. 

Warier,  3S. 
*Warthin,  118. 

*War\vick.    20,    23,   92,    loi,    in- 12, 
167. 

Warwick,  Earl  of,  37  ch. 
*Warwickshire,  6,  9,  11,  16-18,  \%ch, 
24,  25  ch.,  26-32,  35,  37,  yjch., 
39-40,  45-6,  49,  63,  66,  77-8,  81-6, 
91,  96,  104,  169.  iSS,  207,  2S2, 
296-7.  375.  SSo-i- 

Waterloo,  Battle  of,  203.  329. 
*Watford,  255,  264. 

Watkin,  73-4. 

Watkins,  59,  297,  316-25,  327-9. 

Watkins,  316,  324. 

Watson,  84,  245,  383. 

Watts,  91,  164;  -Russell.   224, 

383- 

Watts,  91. 
*Wavendon,  336. 

Way,  320-1. 

Wayneman,  141. 

Wdviuman,  142. 

Webb,  270. 

Webster,  74,  356. 

■*Weedon,  25  ch.; Pinckney,  87. 

*Welby,  sec  Wilby. 

Weldon,  92-4,  117. 

Wcldon,  93. 
■"Wellingborough,  49. 
■"Wellington,  310. 

Wellington,  Duke  of,  203. 

Wellman,  I. 
■"Wells,  200,  227. 
■»  Wei  ton,  25  ch. 

Wenlock,  Lord,  322. 

Went,  345. 

Wentworth,  68. 
■"Werke,  70. 

West,  161,  164,  166,  306. 
*West  Ham,  see  Ham,  West. 

Westlake.  336. 


Wesley,  19S. 

'Westminster,  67,  loS,  iio-ii.  241, 
264,  270,  355,  359,  363-4,  366,  36S, 
377- 

Westmoreland,  Earl  of,  37  ch. 

Weston,  17,  29, 

"Weston,  263-4; Favell,  73. 

■"Westow,  141-2,  146,  149. 
"West  Port,  150. 

Westrowe,  116. 

Wet,  de,  303. 
"Weymouth.  201. 
*Whaddon,  in. 
■"Whakapu.aka,  299. 

Wharton-Middleton,  143. 

Wharton,  144. 

Wheeler,  84. 

Wheelwright,  244. 

Whetstone,  174. 
*\\Tiickham,  215. 
*\\Tiiligh,  320. 
■"Whipsnade,   102. 
"Whiston,  326. 
"Whitby,  236. 

^Vhitchurch,  363. 
"Whitchurch,  85. 

White,  280,  302,  350-2. 
■"Whitechapel,  161,  234-5,  249-50,  35S. 
■"Whitehall,  56,  58,  372. 

Whitehead,  177. 
"Whitkirk,  128,  328. 
"Whitley,  345. 

Whitmore,  155. 

Whittell,  \\Tiittle,  orWhyttell,  \%ch., 
20-1,  88,  138,  149-51- 

IVhittell,  149,  152. 

Whittet,  338. 

Whyte,  271. 
"Wickelme,  358. 
■"Wickersley,  325-6. 

Widvile,  37  ch. 

Wigg,  230. 
"Wighill,  132. 
*Wight,  Isle  of,  185,  218,280. 

Wilberforce,  276. 
*Wilby,  Wilbie,  or  Welby,  376,  378-9. 

Wilby,    Constable    of,    379 ;     , 

Inhabitants  of,  376,  378-9. 


GENERAL    INDEX. 


4'3 


Wilcocks,  19. 
*Wilhampstead,  353-4. 

Wilkes,  364. 

Wilkin,  150. 

Wilks,  126-7. 

Willet,  351. 

Willett,  88,  172,  172^//.,  185-9,  196. 

Willman,  i. 

Willmott,  356. 

Wills  and  Administrations,  J«  Inde.K  1 1. 

Willson,  370. 

Wilmarus,  2. 

Wilmer,  Willmer,  Wilmar,   Wylmer, 

Wilmore.Willmore,  etc., 16,  18 

ch.,  28,  34,  45,  91-2,  116,  165,  167, 
290,311,  353,372;  A. -A.-W.,  313; 
Abigail,  81;  Abraham,  154,  156-61, 
163-4,  166,  359;  A.-B.,  311,  355; 
A.-C,  305;  Adrise,  79;  A.-E.-M., 
304;  Agnes,  86,  168,  282-3,  369, 
371;  A.-H.,  136,  304;  Alianora,  4; 
Alice,  19,  23,  25  ch.,  37-8,  45,  78, 
86,  93,  95-6.  98,371;  A.-M.,  136, 
297,  317.  319;  A.-M.-J.,  304;  An- 
drew, 18  ch.,  91-3,  99,  101-4,  106, 
109,  111-12,  172-3,  17s,  185,  356, 
372;  Anna,  336;  Anne,  or  Ann,  14, 
17,  25^//.,  26-7,  35,  Z^ch.,  37-9,  42, 
45-6,  64,  69-70,  74,  81-2,  86-8,  94, 
96-7,  99,  104-5,  109,  115,  127-9, 
132,  136,  139-40,  159,  162,  165, 
175.  297.  332-3,  335-7- 341-3,  352, 
354,  356,  359-61,  363-4,  366-S,  370, 
381,383;  Lady  Anne,or  Dame  Anne, 
52-3,  62-3,  65 ;  Anthony,  34,  86, 
170-1,  355;  Arabella,  165;  Arthur, 
309;  Auderne  or  Audrey,  17,  28,  31, 
45,  79-80;  Barbara,  165;  Benjamin, 
338, 353-4;  Bennet,  71-3;  Betsy,  338; 
Bettris,  366  ;  Bradford,  295-7,  3°!, 
304,  307-9,  312,  317.337;  Bridget, 
'07-8,  359,  371  ;  B.  -F.,  339  ; 
B.-G.,  339;  B.-W.,  311;  Caroline, 
304,  335,  338,  353;  Cartwright, 
107,  109-10;  Catherine,  311,  335-6, 
338,  340-1,350,364,  367-8;  Charles, 
59.  71,  73,  160,  366,  368;  Charlotte, 
309,  368 ;  Cisely,  366;  Clement,  97, 


167-8,  170-1  ;  Constance,  34,  60, 
63-7,  \izch.,  177-8;  Cornelius,  349- 
50  ;  Cotsworth,  362;  Cristian,  366; 
C.-A.,339;  C.-A -0.-VV.,3i3;  C.-L., 
305;  C.-M,  339;  C.-P.,  308;  Dad, 
366;  Daniel,  345,  359,  366,  370; 
David,  298-9,  308-9;  Deborah,  358; 
Dinah,  69-70,  73;  Dorothy,  13,  17, 
18  ch.,  25,  28,  30,  35,  45-6,  48,  115 
ch.,  123,  127;  Dr.,  297-8,  301,  307  ; 
D.-H.,  311;  D.-M.-I.,3ii;  Edith, 
88;  Edmund,  84,  89;  Edward,  26, 
28,  78,  80,  85,  87,  89,  176, 
1S5,  332-3,  337,  342-5.  359-60, 
363,  306,  36S,  370-1  ;  Eleanor, 
27,  7S-9,  93.  95-6,  98,  344-5: 
Elisha,  172  ch.,  176,  185,  196; 
Elizabeth,  17-18,18^/2.,  25 <-/(., 26-8, 
30-3,  35-40,  45-8,  50.  52,  78-S2,  84, 
86-7,  89,  102,  104-5,  112,  153-5, 
'57, 159-61,  163-5,  170,  175,  1S0-3, 
2S2,  287,  333-6,  33S,  340,  342,  352, 
356,358,361-2.364.71,  375-6,381, 
383:  Ellen,  116;  Ephraim,  84; 
Emily,  304,  31 1  ;  Etheldred,  Si  ; 
Ester,  104;  E.-F.,  309  ;  E.-M.,  339; 
E.-R.-G.,  303;  Felicia,  67-S,  75  ; 
Florence,  304 ;  Frances,  32-3,  46, 
89,  109,  2S8,  290-1,  349-5°.  357, 
367  ;  Francis,  85,  87,  355,  371,  3S1 ; 
Frederick,  30S-9,  336-7,  361;  F.-A., 
303;  F.-C,  309,  3I2;F.-E.,355; 
F.-G.,3io;  F.-J.,  302,  339;  F.-L., 
309  ;  F.-M.,  339,  355  ;  George,  12- 
15,  18  c/i.,82,  90-5,  97-104,  108-9, 
I13-15,  W^ch.,  116-20,  122-4,  '26- 
8,  132,  153,  167-8,  170,  172,  176, 
337.  359.  364.  366,  368,  372,  3S0  ; 
Sir  George,  372;  Grizell,  \']2ch.. 
179,182,  igo,  204,  233,259;  G.-C, 
304;  G.-H.,  311;  G.-H.G.,  310; 
G.-J.,  165  ;  G.-M.,  339  ;  G.-R.-W., 
313  ;  G.-W. -W.,  136;  Hannah, 
162,  170,  179,  336,  360,363,  367: 
Harriet,  or  Harriott,  335-6,  354; 
Hector,  370  ;  Hedrise,  79  ;  Hemma, 
335;  Henry,  26,  75,  82,  87,  159, 
308,  335,  338,  350.  352-3,  356,  364, 


GENERAL    INDEX. 


366-7,  371-2;  Hester,  171,  284; 
Hezekiah,  337;  Horace,  310-11; 
Hutchinson,  351  ;  H.-A.,  353;  H.- 
A.-L.,  304  ;  H.-B.,  2qS  ;  H.-C, 
310  ;  H.-E.,  354  ;  H.-F.,  310  ,  H.- 
F.-C,  303;  H.-F.-M. -W.,  313; 
H.-G.,  303;  H.-I.-G.,303;  U.-L., 
355;  Isaac,  1 75-6;  Isabel,  or  Isabella, 
115  ch.,  126,  30S-9  ;  Israeli,  381  ; 
I.-J,3io;  I.-S.,  313,  31S;  I--V.- 
W.,  313  ;  Jacob,  154,  156,  159,161, 
164-6,  362,  373  ;  James,  78,  84,  86, 
282-3,336.338,  357,  367;  Jane,  37, 
85,  87-9,  129,  138,  140-1,  159,  298, 
308,  337,  361,363.  367.  37>-  3S>  ; 
Jasper,  365  ;  Jeffery,  371;  Jehan,  5; 
Joane,  Joanna,  Johane,  or  Johne, 
S,  17-18,  \%ch.,  19,  22-3,  251-/2.,  28, 
30, '35,  37-8,  45-6,  80-2,  87-8,  90-1, 
345,  355,  365,  37'  ;  John,  3-4,  13, 
17,  19,  23,  26,  30,  34,  37,  37<r/5., 
39,  45,  79-80,  82-3,  85-92,  96,  99, 
loi-io,  1 18-21,  125-6,  138-40,  143, 
158,    161,    164-5,    167-73,    '72  (h-, 

175-83,  185,  190,  194,  2S3,  288-9, 
295-7,  301,  317,  332-3,  336,  338, 
340,  345-50,  354,  356-68,  370-2, 
380-1  ;  Joseph,  34,  38,  353,  S56, 
361,  363,  366,  381;  Josua,  366; 
Judith,  356,  372;  Julian,  16,  \^ch., 
24-5,  25  ch.,  30,  32,  45-6,  311; 
Justitia,  82  ;  J.-H.,  339  ;  J.-R.,  302, 
339  ;  Kate,  339  ;  Katherine,  19,  23, 
37  ch.,  45,  85,  115,  127,  168-9, 
366;  Lady,  124;  Lawrence,  87 ; 
Letitia,  or  Lettyse,  85,  344-5,  368 ; 
Lucy,  119,  128;  Luther,  107,  109; 
Lydia,  339;  L.-E.-C.-W.,  313-15; 
L.-W.,  310,  312-15;  Margaret,  or 
Margery,  28,  30,  45,  78,  Si-2,  85-6, 
88-9,  105-6,  II4-15  115  ch.,  116, 
120,  132,  358,  360,  366,  371  ; 
Mark,  75;  Martha,  26,  37  ch., 
39-40,  42,  105-6,  154,  158,  160, 
175,  343-4,  381;  Mary,  17,  28, 
30-1,  33,  35'  37-9,  42,  45,  68,   72, 

51,85-9,    lOl,    I04-I!,    116,     I2I-2, 

125-6,  139-41,  149,  155  6,  159,  162, 


164-6,  170-I,  \-]2ch.,  173,  1756, 
179,  iSi,  1S5,  2S2-3,  287,  2S9-90, 
296-7,  333,  335-6,  339-40,  342-4, 
350-1,  355,  358,  360-1,  364,  366-7, 
370,  381,  383;  Lady  Mary,  70-1; 
Malhew,  370  ;  Misses,  The,  1S4  ; 
Mr.,  118,  141,  174,  310,  352,  366, 
36S-9 ;  Mrs.,  40,  no,  1^4,  132. 
140,  166,  297  ;  M.-A.,  338,  354  ; 
M.-A.-J.,  355;  M.-A.-T.,  302; 
M.-E.,"  337;  M.-E.-A.,  311; 
M.-F.,  310;  M.-J.,  302;  M.-M., 
335;  Nabal,  164;  Nathaniel,  loi, 
\-]2  ch.,  173,  177-8;  Nicholas,  2S2, 
284-6,  28S,  360,  365;  N.-G.,  355; 
Oliver,  86;  Patience,  333;  Patty, 
336  ;  I'eter,  17,  25,  27,  30-1,  45, 
361  ;  Phcebe,  85,  176;  Prudence, 
105 ;  Rachel,  120,  359 ;  Ralph, 
3-4  ;  Randall,  or  Randal,  3,  13, 
\%ch.,  w-f  ch.,  118-20,  122-7,  129, 
138-41,149;  Rebecca,  75,  115  f/j., 
118,  120,  124,  127,  350,  359; 
Rhoda,  368;  Richard,  11,  16-18, 
18  ch.,  19-25,  25  ch.,  26,  29-31, 
37-8,  45,  7S-S2,  85-91,  96,  296-7, 
332-5,  337,  340,  352,  355,  360-1, 
363,371-3,380-1;  Robert,  17,18 
ch.,  25,  27,  30-3,35-8,45-53,  58-60, 
62-7,  75,  78.  85,  159,  287,  296.  337, 
358,  360,  362,  369  ;  Roger,  27,  45, 
371;  Rowett,  371;  Rowland,  Si, 
360,366;  R.-G.,  303;  R.-N.,35s; 
Saint,  2-3;  Sally,  335,  340; 
Samuel,  17,  iS  ch.,  26,  34.  38,  46, 
lOi,  104-S,  160-1,  173,  175-6,  185, 
351-2,  360,  381;  Sarah,  34,  37-8, 
75,  83-6,  115  f/2.,  124-5,  138,  161, 
171,  282,  287-9,  298,  340-1,  345, 
354,356,  360-2,  366-8,  372-3,  381  ; 
Selma,  301,  305,  309,  Sibilla,  87  ; 
Simon,  4,  5,  3S1 ;  Sophia,  297,  308, 
335  ;  Susan,  or  Susanna,  34,  46, 
i-2,  89,92,95,  113,  116,  153,  282, 
287,360,  367;  S.-A.,  337;  S.-E., 
354-5  ;  S.-M.,  298  ;  Thomas,  9-13, 
17,  18,  18  ch.,  24-6,  30-7,  37  ch., 
38-40,  42-3.  45,  53,   78-Si,    84-6, 


GENERAL    INDEX. 


415 


S9.  91-3,  98,  loo-i,  104-7,  "5- 
117,  119,  126,  153-9,  176,  282-4, 
287-93.  340,  350.  354.  356-9.  361-2. 
364-71,  375-6,  381,  383;  T.-G., 
13-14,133.135;  'r.-J.,337;  T.-R., 

354 ;  Unitie,  381  ;  Walter,  4  ; 
Widow,  367;  William,  16-18,  18 
ch.,  19,  23-5,  25  ch.,  26,  28-34,  37 
ch.,  45-6,  48,  50,  52,  57-75,  77-So, 
82-3,  86-9,  91,  96,  107,  167,  287, 
296,  301-4,  333-8,  340-5,  354,  356, 
358-9.  363-6,  369-72,  375-6.  379-80; 
Sir  William,  10,  46,  51-67,  75, 
376-So;  Wilmer,  13-14,  133,  135-6, 
383  ;  Winifred,  17,  26,  45  ;  VV.-A., 
354;  W.-B.,  337,  354-5;  W.-C, 
363;  W.-E.,  339;  W.-G.,  339: 
W.-M.,  336;  W.-T.,354. 

Wilmer,  9-18,  36,  39,  42,  44,  49,  51, 
S3.  73.  90-1,  107,  113-14,  "6, 
118-19,  124,  133,  135-6,  138,  140, 
146,  148,  153,  167,  172,  iSo,  282, 
295,  3"-i3,  368-9. 

Wilmer,  I'Abbaye  de  S.,  3. 

Wilmer,  Origin  of  the  family  of,  I,  6  ; 
,  Kindred  names  to,  i. 

Wilmers    in    Domesday    Book,    1-2  ; 

,  Social    position    of    the 

early,  6-7. 

Wilmot,  I,  41. 

Wilson,  42,  332-3. 
*Wiltshire,  106,  203,  211-12,  246,  251, 

323.  352. 
*Wimbledon,  213-14. 

Winch,  247. 

Winchester,  Earl  of,  314. 
*Winchmore  Hill,  184-5,  207,  219,229- 
30,  237,  245,  253,   260-2,   264,  269, 
272. 
^Windsor,  188. 

Windsor,  314; ,Lord,  37  ch.,  314. 

*Wing,  40. 

Wingfield,  130,  136. 

Wingfield,  136-7. 

Winn,  351. 
*Winslo\v,  211. 

Winwood,  123. 

Winyard,  71. 


Wirley,  or  Wyrley,  57-8,  60-1,  64, 380. 
*Wisconsin,  231. 

Wise,  127. 

*Withington,  199;  ,  Old,  118. 

*\Vithybrooke,  17,  18  <•/;.,  27,  45. 
*Wittenham,  202. 

Wlfin,  2. 

Whnar,  Wlmarus,  or  Wlmer,  1-2,  4. 

Wodehus,  de,  3. 

Wodey,  369. 
*Wokingham,  218. 

Wolfe,  363. 
*Wollescote,  41. 

Wollmer,  89. 

WoUmore,  88-9. 
*Wollverton,  79. 

Wolmar,  89. 

Wolmare,  89. 

Wolmer,  I,  89. 

Wolmere,  89. 
*Wolnycot,  23. 
*WoIston,  22-3,  294,  also  see  Woolson. 

Wolverton,  Baron,  145. 
*Wooburn,  333. 

Wood,  or  Woode,  59,61,  Ii5<r//.,  126, 

J  87,  339- 
*Woodbridge,  237. 
*Woodchurch,  222. 

Woodford,  Dr.,  Bishop  of  Ely,  328-9. 
*Woodford,    53,    62,    69,    130,   206-9, 
219-20,   223,    225-7,    230-1,   290-1, 
310-11. 
*Woodmansterne,  226-7. 

Woodrofif,  or   Woodruffe,  102-3,  109, 
112,  202. 

Woods,  172  c/i.,  259,  260,  26S-75. 

Woods,  268. 

Woodward,  85,  241,  289. 

Woollen,  Burials  in,  109-10. 

AVoolmar,  89. 

Woolmer,  89. 

Woolmore,  89. 
*Woolson  («.  /  Wolston),  376. 
*\Voolwich,99-ioo,2oi, 302,323,328, 362. 

Wootton,  31. 

Worcester,  Earl  of,  37  ch. 
*Worcestershire,  29,   37,  41-2,  45,  77, 
85.  87-9,  235. 


4i6 

GENERAL 

INDEX. 

Worrall,  84. 

*Wylmston,  85. 

Worster,  251. 

Wylton,  3. 

^Worthing,  230,  24S,  311. 

Wyman,  i. 

Worthington,  309. 

Wyng,  104. 

Worthmgtcn,  310-11,  313. 

Wren,  Sir  Christopher,  202. 

Yax-Coomassie,  280. 

Wretham  Hall,  264. 

*  Varum,  \\<^ch. 

Wrexham,  257-S. 

*Yelvertoft,  27. 

Wright,  or  Wryght,  22,   49, 

171.  180, 

Yelverton,  310,  377. 

212,  272,  359. 

Yong,  22. 

Wriglesworth,  131. 

Yeoman,  or  Yeomans,  356. 

*Wrington,  316. 

Yeomanry,  The,  6-7. 

Writington,  99. 

*York,  14,  i8f//.,  113,  ii5f/;.,  123-30, 

'Written,  357. 

132,   138-41,   143.   150-1.   183.  234. 

Writtle.narsh,  171. 

317-19,  321-  324-5- 

"Wroughton,  lo5. 

York,  Archbishop  of,  322,  326  ; 

»Wroxham-with-Salhouse.  22 

4- 

Duke  of,  37  ch. 

Wulmer,     Wulmere,     Wulmerus,    or 

'Yorkshire,   6,   11,   13-14,    19,  68,  92, 

Wulsmere,  1,  3,  9,  155. 

113-15,  115  c!i.,    116,    119,    126-S 

Wulnarus,  2. 

131,  134,  140-1,  143-4,  145-8,   151, 

*VVycombe,  High,  235-6,  251 

,  254-6. 

187.  195,  198,214,  233-4,  236,  253, 

Wyett,  S3. 

260,  277,  297,  305,  309,  3'4,  316 

Wygston,  376. 

319-20,  322,  325,  328. 

nVykeham,  127, 

*Yoxfcrd,  303. 

Wykes,  54. 

>^Ac^,C 


II.— INDEX   OF   AUTHORITIES. 


Acta  .Sanctorum,  3, 

Aldred's  MSS.,  Mr.  W.-H..360,  363. 

AUibone,  quoted,  233. 

Annual  Monitor,    The,    237-40,    243, 

257,  261,  276-7. 
Anonymous  quotations,    76,  90,   113. 

138,  149,  167,  204,  2S2. 
Arms,  College  of,  set  Heralds'  College. 
Ausonius,  quoted,  44. 

Baker's  History  of  Northamptonshire, 
24,  25  ch.,  27,  36,  46-7,  53,  55, 
63,  68,  70,  72,  75,  169. 

Balgarnie's  Memoir  of  Peter  Murray, 
183-4. 

Bede,  The  Venerable,  quoted,  3. 

Berry's   Hertfordshire   Pedigrees,   18. 

Sussex  Pedigrees,  244. 

Bible,  The,  quoted,  I. 

Blaydes,  F.-A.,  Visitation  of  Bedford- 
shire, edited  by,  102. 

Bombay  Times  Newspaper,The,  327-8. 

Boyne's  Seventeenth  Century  Tokens, 
35S- 

Bridges's  History  of  Northamptonshire, 
47-8,  74-S-  87. 

British  Museum  MSS.,  J,  6,  16-1S, 
30,44,  90-1,  105,  115,  153,  2S2. 

Burke,  Works  of  John  and  Sir  Ber- 
nard, 3,91,  120,  128,  131,  142,  144, 
161,  169,217. 

Byron,  quoted,  67. 

Cai.AMy's  Ejected  Ministers,  174-5. 
Cambridge  Review,   The,  279. 


Chancery  Proceedings,  6,  17-18,28-30, 
35-6,  53-4,  85,  94,  104,  10S-9,  169- 
170,  2S3-5,  28S,  290,  356-7,  375-6. 

Charter  Roll,  3. 

Chester,  Bishop  of,  quoted,  see  Stublis. 

Cicero,  quoted,  329. 

Close  Rolls,  The,  4,  6,  40,  42,  53-6, 
945,  102-3,  105-6,  114,  116,  118, 
122,  155,  171,  173,  289-90,  293-4, 
355,  358- 

Clothworkers'    Company,    Books    of, 

358.  . 

Clutterbuck's  History  of  Hertfordsliire, 

371. 
Collins's  Peerage,  69. 
Crisp's    Parish    Registers   of    Stifford, 

154-5. 
Cussans's    History    of   Hertfordshire, 

105,   173- 
Deeds  and  Indentures,  4,    17,  29-30, 

34,  4°,  42,  54,  56,  59,  62-3,  65,  94, 

99,    102-3,    105-6,    1 14,    ii5,    118, 

125-6,    129,  138,   153,   155-7,   159, 

170-r,  173,   283,   2S8-90,  293,  344, 

355,  358,360,  364-5,381. 
Domesday  Book,  1-2. 
Dugdale's    History  of     WarwicksJiire , 

18  ;  Visitation   of    Yorkshire, 

234- 

Echard's  History  of  England,  349. 
Ellis's  Introduction  to  Domesday  Book, 

2. 

Exchequer  Court,  Proceedings  in  the,. 
34- 

EKE 


.'DEX    OF    AUTHORITIES. 


Ferne,  Sir  John,  quoted,  9. 

Fines,  Feet  of,  6,  27.  33,  35,  40.  47-9. 
53,  62-3,  69,  81,  87,  94,  102.  104-8, 
iio,  122-4,  'jS-  i6o>  171-  283, 
289-91.  344- 

Fine  Roll,  3. 

Foster's  Peerage,  144,  265. 

Pedigrees  of  Yorkshire  Fami- 
lies, 128,  135,  141. 

Friends,  Registers  of  the  Society  of, 
17s.  179-S0,  1S2,  1S4-7,  190-2, 
195-7,  202,  204-9,  211,  216-17, 
219-20,  222-3,  225-6,  22S-30. 
233-45.249.  251,  253-5. 

Froude's  Oceana,  7. 

Gallia  Christiana,  3. 

Genealogist,  The.  40.  70,  123,  177.  343. 

GeittUman's  Magazine,  The,  71-2,  75, 
no,  133,  193,  195,  206,  208-9, 
261-2,  26S-9,  301,  361,  363,  369. 

Grazebrook,  H.-S.,  Works  of,  40,  42. 

Guardian  Newspaper,  The,  322,  324. 

Harleiax  MSS.,  see  British  Museum 

ilSS. 
liarleian  Society's  Publications.  16-17, 

155,  282,  369. 
Haslewood's  Genedlo^v  0/  Hazle-ivoi 

52. 
Hasted's  History  of  Kent,  93. 
Herald  and  Genealogist,  The,  42. 
Heralds'  College,  Records  of  the,  9-1 

17-18,39,71,    107,  118,   120,    12 

146,  155,  162,  344,  361,  36S-9. 
Historiens  des  Gaules  el  de  la  Fran, 

Reeueil  des,  I. 
Hoare  Family,  Histary  of  tlie,  265. 
Hoare's  History  of  Wiltshire.  352. 
Horace,  quoted,  8,  77,  295. 
Horsfield's  History  of  Lewes,  244. 
Hundred  Rolls,  The,  4. 
Hunter's    History  of  the  Deanery 

Doncaste.r,  ox  South  Yorkshire.  31 

Indentures,  i^v  Deeds. 
Inquisitinnes  post  mortem.    4,    49-5 

64-7,    S3,  9S-101,    113.    156S,  16 

288-9. 


'U       I 


Inventories,  97-8,  285-7. 

Jacob     and     Glascott's    Families   of 

Jacob,  154,  160. 
fournals  of  the  Houses  of  Lords  and 
Commons,  The,  349,  376-80. 

Letters,  3,  56,  194,  363-4. 
Licences,  3,  5,  34-6,   55-7.  64,  66,  68, 

94,   103,   108,    115,   115  c/i.,  120-1. 

131.  133-5-  155'  158.  160,  250.  288. 

318,  33S,  340,  344,  356-9,  368,  372. 

381. 
London    and   Middlesex,   Minutes   of 

the  Friends'  Quarterly   Meeting  of, 

194. 
Longfllmu,  Life  of  IV.- H,  239. 
Luttrell's     Brief    Relation    of     State 

Affairs,  347-9. 
hysons'  Environs  of  London.  154,  159. 

Mabillonius,  quoted,  3. 

Matriculation  registers  of  O.xford 
University,  372. 

Mawson's  O/'iis,  70. 

Metcalfe's  works,  17,  44,  2S2. 

Monthly  Ledger,   The,  26S. 

Monumental  Inscriptions,  22,  25,  36, 
48,  68,  71,  94,  H9,  125-6,  139-43, 
149-51,  155,  161,  163,  165,  182, 
189,  191,  197,  203,  209,  212-13, 
220,  226-7,  236,  242,  246,  248-9, 
297-300,  307-8,  317,  319.  322,  326, 
333-4,  336-7,  340,  352,  361.  364. 
371,  373.  383- 

Morant's  History  of  Essex,  123,  iSo. 

Nicolas's  Memoir  of  Vincent,  153. 
Noble's  Spanish  Armada,  95. 
Norcliffe,  Rev.  C.-B.,  Collections  of, 
135- 

Ovid,  quoted,  259. 

Tarish  Registers,  26-S.  33-42,  46-8, 
52-3,  57.  63-4,  67-73,  75-6,  78-83, 
86,  89,  93,  101,  104-10,  115  eh., 
115-1S,  120-1,    123,    125-32,    134-6, 


INDEX    OF    AUTHORI 


419 


138-9,  141-4,  146,  149-55,  158-65, 
167-8,  170-1,  173,  176-7,  iSi,  287, 
295-7.  301,  305-9,  317-30,  333-8, 
340-3.  345,  350-1,  360,  365-8, 
380-1,   383. 

Parliamentary  Writs,  3. 

Patent  Rolls,  6,  18,  32,  35-6,  40,  55, 
67,  94,  103,  114,  116,  118,  123,  171, 
288,  372. 

Pease  of  Darlington,  Pedigree  of,  239. 

Pope,  quoted,  132. 

Private  MSS.,  13,  51,  115  ch.,  360, 
363-4,  381- 

Propertius,  quoted,  342. 


HistOTy  of  North  Diirha 


245- 


Ratclifife,  Pedigrees  compiled  by,  115 

ch.,  296-7. 
Rawlinson  MSS.,  The,  121-2. 
Recovery,  A  Common,  129. 
Roy,  quoted,  1 72. 
Royalist    Composition   Papers,    The, 

58-63,291-3,364-5,380. 

SA.\.^ion's,  History  of  Essex,  117,   155. 
Savage,  Richard,  S3,  380. 
Schiller,  quoted,  106. 
Smith's  Annals  of  Smith  of  Cantley, 

239- 
Smith's  Old  Yorkshire,  234. 
Southey,  quoted,  32. 
Star  Chamber's  Proceedings,  iQ-22. 
State  Papers,The,  55-6,  llS,  171,  174, 

372- 
Sterndale,  quoted,  316. 
Stratford    and   Shakespearian    MSS., 

381. 


Stratford-onAvon  Municipal  Records, 

83-84. 
Stubbs,  Bishop,  quoted,  6-7,  332,  383. 
Surtees's  History  of  Durham,  115  cli. 

245. 

Thoresuy's  Ducatus  Leodiensis.  12;, 
Townsend's  Church  Notes,  361  ;  

Pedigrees,  162. 
Trinity    College,    Cambridge,    Liber 

Meincrialis  of,  13,  114. 

ViRGit,,  quoted,  8,  16,51,  324,346. 

Visitations,  Heralds',  6,  10- 11,  16-17, 
19,  25  ch.,  27,  37  ch.,  40-1,  44-6, 
53,  83,  85,  90-1.  102.  155,  177, 
282,  2S7,  343,  369. 

Wilis  and  Administrations,  46, 
18-19,  22,  25S,  30-1,  36,  49,  57,  68. 
70-3,  77-81,  84-9,  91-2,  95-9,  103-5, 
107-10,  112,  115  ch.,  117,  119-21, 
123-30,  138-9,  156,  158,  160-1,  163- 
6,  169-73,  175-7,180,  183,  1S5,  191- 
3,  195-7,  234-5,  246,  283-4. 287-9, 
297-  307-  317-19,  321,  332-4,  342-5. 
349-52,  35564,  3ti9-73,  375.  380. 

Wilmer,  John,  Letter  of,  3. 

Wilmore,  John,  Legacy  of,  346-9. 

'Vlooi's  A  them?   Cantabrigitiises,  III. 

Wood's  Halls  and  Colleges  0/  Oxford, 
73- 

Wright's  History  of  Essex,  I  So. 

Yorkshire  Archccological  and  Topo- 
graphical Joutnal,  128. 


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Rev.  Wilmer  M.  Willett,  Maindee;  Newport,  Monmouthshire. 

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W.  B.  WiUraer,  Esq.,  Harrowden,  Bedford. 

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Charles  Willmore,  Esq.,  Queenwood  College.   Stockbridge. 

Mrs.  Wilmer  (Widow  of  Lt.-Col.  W.  Wilmer,  late  of   H.M.  8th   Hussars),  Shenfield 

House,  Brentwood,  Essex. 
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Altham  Browning  Wilmer,  Mountstuart,  Woodford,  Essex. 
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Sir  Albert  Woods,  Garter  King  of  Arms,  F.  S.A.,  College  of    Anns,    Queen  Victoria 

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Rev.  F.  H,  Woods,  The  Vicarage,  Chalfont  St.  Peter,  Slough. 
Rev.George  Woods,  Llandevaud,  Caerleon,  Monmouthshire. 
Miss  M.  L.  Woods,  Castle  Bank,  The  Park,  Nottingham. 
Samuel  Woods,  Esq.,  Clare  Croft,  Bromley,  Kent. 
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Rev.  R.  M.  Biiigley,  Brayesworth  Rectory,  Eye.  Suffolk. 

Mr.  James  Coleman,  y,  Tottenham  Terrace,  White  Hart  Lane,  Tottenham,  N. 

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