Family Ancestors of Charles W. Barnum
Wife: Janet A. Barnum
by C. W. Barnum 8/13/2008
FGS Index
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First Generation
1. Charles Wayne BARNUM 1 was born on 11 Sep 1944 in El Paso, El Paso, Texas.
Second Generation
2. Barak Guendolen Trent BARNUM 1 was born on 13 Nov 1913 in Gray, Oklahoma. Barak Guendolen Trent BARNUM
and Florice Mozelle THOMPSON were married on 13 Jun 1934 in Alamogordo, Otero, New Mexico.1
3. Florice Mozelle THOMPSON 2 was born on 14 Sep 1918 in Lexington, Lee, Texas.
Third Generation
4. Fred BARNUM 1 was born on 18 Mar 1882 in Glasco, Cloud, Kansas. He died on 1 Nov 1966 in El Paso, El Paso, Texas.
Fred BARNUM and Ninnie Maude trENT were married on 15 Sep 1911 in Guymon, Texas, Oklahoma.1
5. Ninnie Maude trENT 1 was born on 5 Apr 1892 in Sneedville, Hancock, Tennessee. She died on 9 Jan 1964 in
Texhoma, Texas, Oklahoma.
Fourth Generation
8. Russell Ebenezer BARNUM 3 was born on 28 Apr 1847 in Rostraver Township, Bradford, Pennsylvania.1 He died on 16
Jan 1909. Russell Ebenezer BARNUM and Sarah M. ROLFE were married.
9. Sarah M. ROLFE 3 was born on 20 Dec 1848 in Woodbine, Harrison, Iowa.1 She died on 21 Feb 1912.1
10. Samuel Orval trENT 1 was born on 2 Feb 1858 in Ottumwa, Wapello, Iowa. He died on 8 Aug 1893 in Sneedville,
Hancock, Tennessee. Samuel Orval trENT and Mary STEWART were married on 24 Dec 1878 in Tennessee.1
11. Mary STEWART 1 was born on 23 Apr 1860 in Newman's Ridge, Tennessee. She died on 23 Dec 1943.
Fifth Generation
16. Elihu BARNUM 4-6 was born on 10 Dec 1827 in Sunderland, Bennington, Vermont.1 He died on 31 Mar 1915 in Clayton,
Iowa.1 He was buried in Isabella, Major, Oklahoma.3 In the 1850 U.S. Census for Boardman Township, Clayton, Iowa the
family of Elihu Barnum was enumerated as follows:
Household #460; Family #460
Barnum, Elihue; 22; M; Farmer; Real property $400; b. Vermont
Barnum, Eloisa; 24; F; b. New York
Barnum, Russel E.; 3; M; b. Pennsylvania
Barnum, Arhen J.; 1; M; b. Iowa
Barnum, Hiram; 10; M; b. Pennsylvania; attended school during previous year [Hiram was Elihu's brother; both were sons of
Russell and Deborah (Palmer) Barnum].
In the 1900 U.S. Census for District 221, Deep Creek, Woods County, Oklahoma Elihu and Eloise Barnum were enumerated
with the family of their son John.
In the 1910 U.S. Census for District 173, Deep Creek, Major County, Oklahoma Elihu Barnum (widowed and remarried) was
enumerated as follows:
Dwelling #188; Family #190
Barnum, Elihu; Head; W; M; 82; Second marriage; Married 4 years; b. Vermont; Both parents b. Vermont; Speaks English;
Farmer; Employed for own account; Can read and write; Owns farm home free of mortgage; Farm Schedule 171
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Barnum, Lucinda; Wife; W; F; 62; Third marriage; Married 4 years; Mother of 4 children; 2 children living; b. Indiana; Father
b. New York; Mother b. Ohio; Speaks English; No occupation; Can read and write
Bode, Robert; Boarder; M; W; 29; Single; b. Missouri; Father b. Germany; Mother b. Missouri; Speaks English; Farm hand;
Wage earner; Can read and write Elihu BARNUM and Eloise FULLER were married about 1845.1
17. Eloise FULLER 4-6 was born on 8 Jul 1826 in Lockport, Niagara, New York.1 She died on 11 Aug 1904 in Isabella,
Major, Oklahoma.3 She was buried in Isabella, Major, Oklahoma.3 Elouisa Fuller and her husband Elihu Barnum were
cousins.
20. Abner D. trENT 1 was born. Abner D. trENT and Malinda BROOKS were married.
21. Malinda BROOKS 1 was born.
22. Boyd STEWART 1 was born on 24 Feb 1824 in Tennessee. He died on 7 Apr 1906 in Tennessee. Boyd STEWART and
Emma BAKER were married.
23. Emma BAKER 1 was born on 22 Dec 1827 in Tennessee. She died on 27 Dec 1899 in Tennessee.
Sixth Generation
32. Russell Ebenezer BARNUM 4,5 was born in 1803 in Pittsford, Vermont.1,7 He Resided in 1850 in Boardman, Clayton,
Iowa.8 He died in 1900 in Clayton, Iowa.1,7 In the 1850 U.S. Census for Boardman Township, Clayton, Iowa the family of
Russell Barnum was enumerated as follows:
Household #461; Family #461
Barnum, Russel E.; 47; M; Farmer; Real property $1,500; b. Vermont
Barnum, Deborah; 48; F; b. Vermont
Living next door was the family of their son Elihu. Two houses away lived Russell's younger brother Harlow and Harlow's son
Levi. Russell and Deborah's son Hiram appears to have been enumerated with the family of Russell's son Elihu. Russell
Ebenezer BARNUM and Deborah Rose Ann PALMER were married about 1825 in Pittsford, Vermont.1
33. Deborah Rose Ann PALMER 1,4 was born in 1802 in Pittsford, Vermont.1 One source calls her Rose Palmer.
34. Arba Nilus FULLER 3 was born. Joyce Horn supplies the name Araba Nieleus Fuller. Arba Nilus FULLER and Eda
BARNUM were married between 1815 and 1820.9
35. Eda BARNUM 1,3,5,6 was born in 1798 in Barnumville, Bennington, Vermont.1 She died in 1856 in Clayton, Iowa.1
Seventh Generation
64. Elihu BARNUM 4-6 was born on 2 Jun 1767 in Sunderland, Bennington, Vermont.1,10 He was buried in 1821 in
Barnumtown, Addison, Vermont.3 In Barnumtown Cemetery. He died on 21 Jul 1821 in Monkton, Addison, Vermont.1,3,10
Sources differ regarding the month of his death. Elihu BARNUM and Tamer BARNUM were married on 25 Mar 1792 in
Barnumtown, Addison, Vermont.1,11
65. Tamer BARNUM 4-6 was born on 18 Oct 1773 in Kent, Litchfield, Connecticut.10 She died on 25 Mar 1852 in
Barnumtown, Addison, Vermont.10 She was buried in Barnumtown, Addison, Vermont.3 She was also known as Tamar. Her
given name has also been found as Tamar and Tahamer.
70. is the same as person number 64.
71. is the same as person number 65.
Eighth Generation
128. Lieutenant Barnabus BARNUM 4-6 was born on 7 Apr 1742 in Kent, Litchfield, Connecticut.1,3 He Moved to in 1774 in
Litchfield County, Connecticut.3 He died on 12 Mar 1778 in Shelburne, Chittenden, Vermont.12 Barnabus Barnum is said to
have been one of the original settlers of Rupert, Vermont, about 1770, and was also one of the original settlers of Monkton,
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Vermont, in 1774. He was one of 21 men to sign up as members of the Green Mountain Boys, at Caphas Kent's tavern in
Dorset, Vermont in 1775. He was a captain of the Green Mountain Boys when Ethan Allen led them at the capture of Fort
Ticonderoga. Allen listed his name and rank in a letter he sent to Congress telling of the capture of the fort. When the Green
Mountain Boys went into Continental service (after NOT electing Ethan Allen to lead them) Barnabus was comissioned as a
First Lieutenant from NY. He was killed at Shelburne, Vermont in 1778, in the fight to defend Pierson's blockhouse.
Twenty-four colonists fought against 68 British soldiers and Indians. The Colonists won -- losing just three men. Barnabus
was one of the three. He was supposedly killed when he went outside to pour water on a wall fired by the enemy. Another
source says that he opened a window and was looking out when he was shot and killed instantly by an Indian. Some sources
also spell his surname as Barnabas.
Smith, Henry Perry, "History of Addison County, Vermont" (Syracuse, N.Y.: D. Mason, 1886.), p. 514 states: "According to
tradition, John Bishop was the first settler in Monkton. His farm was on the Ridge, upon which he undoubtedly located with
the idea, so prevalent in those days, that the heights were better than the valleys for the habitations of men. He came in 1774.
The same year witnessed the arrival of Barnabas Barnum, whose followers of the same name originated "Barnumtown," and
John and Ebenezer Stearns, who lived in the north part of the town, just south of the Hinesburg line. The settlement was
broken up and dispersed by the outbreak of the Revolutionary War, and all attempts to clear the forests and cultivate the fields
were replaced by endeavors to stem the approaching tide of British tyranny and misrule, and repel the arrogant invaders.
Between the close of the war and the year 1787, however, we find that [numerous] settlers took up lands in Monkton, and, by
taking the freeman's oath, evinced a determination to remain."
Sawyer, Thomas, "Genealogy and Biography of Ontario County, New York": "A man by the name of Moses Pierson
emigrated from the State of New Jersey to Shelburne, Vt., in 1777, and built a block-house, which was in an unfinished
condition, for the security of his family. That section of the state being infested by Tories and Indians, and being unprotected
by any military force, he was made acquainted with an expected incursion of Tories and Indians from Canada. A message was
sent to Clarendon for assistance. Captain Sawyer heard the call and his action was prompt. He called his company together and
beat tip for followers. L. Barnum and fifteen others caught their Commander's spirit and turned out at the tap of the drum.
Capt. Sawyer had a wife and six children, the oldest of which was a son twelve years of age, whose business it was to chop
and draw the wood, and assist his mother in tending the gristmill. These he left and took up the line of march with seventeen
volunteers on the 20th of January. 1778. Their pathway was a trackless forest, except by the Indian, wolf and panther. The
season was inclement and the snow (1910) deep. The march was tedious and their suffering and privations intense; the last ten
miles of their march the party came near perishing.
"On their arrival at Mr. Pierson's block-house, the place of destination, a distance of sixty-six miles, late in the evening and
nearly frozen, they found Pierson and family in a state of anxious solicitude for their safety, and that of a few other hardy
pioneers. They were hospitably received and shared with them a frugal meal of hominy ground in a steel handmill, brought by
Pierson from New Jersey. Glad were they to share his shelter, and to camp about his ample fire.
"When morning came the volunteers set about repairing the defenses by putting the block-house in better repair. The doors and
windows were insecure and required to be barricaded. Operations were at once commenced and they had nearly completed the
defense, all except securing one window, when they found the block-house surrounded by Tories and Indians, the first notice
of which was the discharge of a volley of musketry through the insecure window, by which three persons were killed. named
Barnum, Woodward, and Daniels, the latter two of whom were not of the party. but only came in for protection during the
night.
"The battle then commenced in good earnest. The guns of the assailed were pointed with deadly aim at the enemy. Numbers
fell, reaping a rich reward for their temerity, till at length they became desperate and set fire to the house in several places.
What was to be done was the question, as there was no water at hand and the flames were rapidly spreading. Captain Sanger
ordered the contents of a barrel of beer to be used, and one of the number sallied out under a shower of bullets and fortunately
extinguished the fire. A second attempt was made to fire it. but our little band became in turn the assailants. The enemy was
driven from the field carrying off their wounded, and as was supposed a portion of their dead, leaving seven on the field,
together with four prisoners taken.
"At morning's early dawn they surveyed the battle-field. Pursuing the track of the enemy to Lake Champlain, about half a mile
distant from the scene of action, tracing it by the bloody snow (1910) which was deeply tinged, they passed down the banks of
Bloody Brook, so called from the battle. They found. in the lake, holes cut through the ice, the edges of which were bloody,
and into which it was evident some of the slain Indians had been plunged.
"Among the killed was an Indian Chief with ear and nose jewels. These jewels, also a powder born, belt and bullet pouch,
were trophies kept by the Captain as long as he lived, as mementoes of an illustrious deed, achieved by* hiram and his
followers, on the 12th of March. 1778.
"Three days previous to the battle, a Tory by the name of Philo left the vicinity on skates for St. Johns, to give the British
notice that a patroling party were at Shelburne, and they projected the plan of their capture, and the extirpation of these
devoted friends of liberty. The assailants came on skates that the surprise might be complete, but the cowardly miscreant,
Philo, did not return, but stayed behind. They doubtless congratulated themselves with certain prospects of a bloodless
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triumph, so far as they were concerned, and that the scalps of this hand of heroes would entitle them to a liberal bounty from
the British government. But they learned to their sorrow the Sons of Liberty were awake. and ready to pour out their blood like
water, in defense of their homes and fireside altars.
"From the preceding facts it was believed by the victors that the number killed far exceeded what were found on the field, but
nothing certain was ever known. Captain Sawyer, as a reward for the heroism of the soldier who extinguished the flames of
the burning block-house with the contents of the beer barrel, presented him with his watch."
A letter sent to Captain Ebenezer Allen at that time says : "Gentlemen: By the express, this moment received the account of
Capt. Sawyer's late signal victory over the enemy at Shelburne. By order of the Council of Safety. Thomas Chandler Jr.
Secretary." Lieutenant Barnabus BARNUM and Hepsibah CHILSON were married on 14 Apr 1766 in Sunderland,
Bennington, Vermont.1,10
129. Hepsibah CHILSON 3 was born about 1740 in Sunderland, Bennington, Vermont.10 She was christened on 23 Aug 1741
in Uxbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts.10 She died in 1770 in Sunderland, Bennington, Vermont.1,10 Her surname has also
been shown as Chelston.
130. Corporal Ebenezer BARNUM 4,5 was born on 16 Nov 1749 in Kent, Litchfield, Connecticut.10 He died on 1 Jan 1830 in
Barnumtown, Addison, Vermont.10 Terry L. Martin, a descendant, gives the date 1 Jun 1830. He was buried in Monkton,
Addison, Vermont. He was buried in the Barnumtown Cemetery. He was a member of the 7th Company, 7th Regiment
(Colonel Bostwick), at New Milford, New Jersey, during the Revolutionary War. From the Town Records of Monkton, 6
April 1786, "Ebenezer Barnum's mark is a half crop of the upper side of the left ear." From the 'History of Monkton Vermont,'
"The first justice was Samuel Barnum, in 1787; the first representative Ebenezer Barnum, in 1787." The U.S. Census of 1790
shows Ebenezer with 6 of his children living with him.
He was included in the ninth land division in Kent; 1761.
Corporal Ebenezer BARNUM and Mabel BOOTH were married on 5 Dec 1772 in Kent, Litchfield, Connecticut.10,13
131. Mabel BOOTH 4 was born in 1750 in Newtown, Fairfield, Connecticut.10 She died on 1 Feb 1832 in Barnumtown,
Addison, Vermont.10
Ninth Generation
256. Jehiel BARNUM Sr 5,6,14 was born in 1718 in Kent, Litchfield, Connecticut.4,10,15 He was baptized on 16 May 1742 in
Kent, Litchfield, Connecticut. Jehiel was baptized in the First Congregational Church, by special ordinance. He died on 2 Feb
1758 in Kent, Litchfield, Connecticut.10,12 He supposedly died from an accident of some sort. Jehiel was admitted as a
member of the Kent Congregational Church in 1742. On one occasion he appeared before Kent Justice of the Peace John
Ransom (appointed in 1752). It was charged that he, with "clubs, fists and swords," assaulted the body of Abner Kelsey, and
"made him incapable of business for a long time."
He was a 2nd Lieutenant during the Indian Wars of the 1750s. From the Connecticut Historical Society Collections, Volumes
VIII-IX, XI, XIII, XV-XVII, and XIX; Collections of the Connecticut Historical Society Vol 9, Campaign of 1755, Fourth
Regiment - Col Elihu Chauncey "Jehiel Barnum [of Kent], Second Lieutenant."
Jehiel was included in the fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh land divisions in Kent: May 1740, May 1748, 1750 and 1752. Jehiel
BARNUM Sr and Mariah BERRY were married on 30 Apr 1741 in Kent, Litchfield, Connecticut.16
257. Mariah BERRY 16 was born on 18 Aug 1723 in Tolland, Tolland, Connecticut.10 She died. Kent Vital Records list the
wife of Jehiel as Mariah Finney, but the History of Litchfield says her name was Marck Berry and other sources say Mary or
Marah Berry.
258. Beriah CHILSON 10 was born in 1710 in Attleborough, Bristol, Massachusetts. He died on 24 May 1755 in
Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts. Beriah CHILSON and Patience GARNSEY were married on 7 Apr 1736 in
Uxbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts.10
259. Patience GARNSEY 10 was born on 5 Jun 1716 in Medway, Norfolk, Massachusetts.
260. Ebenezer BARNUM Jr. 4,5,17,18 was born in 1712 in Danbury, Fairfield, Connecticut.10 Researcher Betty Goodgame gives
his birthplace as Danbury, Connecticut and the year as 1715. The 'Genealogical Record of the Barnum Family' suggests the
possibility of an additional generation between him and his father. No evidence has been found to support that hypothesis.
Ebenezer BARNUM Jr. and Elizabeth SKIFFE were married on 25 Jul 1745 in Kent, Litchfield, Connecticut.10 They filed for
divorce in Jan 1773 in Litchfield County, Connecticut.19 Litchfield County Superior Court Records, RG#3, Box 315], show
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that Elizabeth (Skiffe) Barnum petitioned for divorce in January, 1773 on grounds that her husband Ebenezer Barnum
abandoned the family in June, 1764. Elizabeth eventually returned to her hometown of Windham, Connecticut where she died
in 1822, according the records of Windham Congregational Church.17
261. Elizabeth SKIFFE 4,5,18 was born on 27 Mar 1729 in Windham, Windham, Connecticut.10 She was christened on 24 Jan
1730 in Windham, Windham, Connecticut.10 She was christened in the Congregational Church.
262. Gideon BOOTH 13 was born. Gideon BOOTH and Mabel HUBBELL were married.
263. Mabel HUBBELL 20 was born.
Tenth Generation
512. Ebenezer BARNUM Sr. 4,21-24 was born on 29 May 1682 in Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony.5,25,26 He died on 17
Sep 1755 in Kent, Litchfield, Connecticut Colony.27,28 According to The Barnum Family (both editions), Ebenezer moved to
Nova Scotia.
He was given the 49th lot in the first division of land in Kent, May 1738, provided that he build a sawmill. He would erect the
sawmill by the last day of the following December; that and a grist mill in two years, the lot to be retained if not built on. Six
years later he was given liberty to lay out six acres of undivided land for the making of a dam for his ironworks, which led the
author of the History of Kent to believe that he was an ancestor of William H. Barnum, who made his fortune in the iron
business in nearby Salisbury, Conecticut. [N.B. Ebenezer was actually a third great granduncle to Sen. W. H. Barnum ]. Next
he was given 4 acres and in 1757 was given all the land that his dam would cause to flood.
He was included in the first, second, third and fourth land divisions in Kent; May 1738, Sept 1738, May 1739 and May 1740.
Ebenezer BARNUM Sr. and Abigail SKEELS were married in 1710 in Danbury, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony.10
513. Abigail SKEELS 10,23,29 was born on 9 May 1686 in Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut. She was christened on 9 May
1686 in Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut.10 She died on 25 Nov 1756 in Kent, Litchfield, Connecticut. She was the
daughter of John Skeels and Hannah Terrill.
514. Captain Nathaniel BERRY was born in May 1695 in Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire. He died on 30 Dec
1757 in Kent, Litchfield, Connecticut. Captain Nathaniel BERRY and Rebecca HATCH were married on 18 Dec 1722 in
Falmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts.
515. Rebecca HATCH was born on 25 Jan 1700/1 in Falmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts. She died on 2 May 1783 in
Kent, Litchfield, Connecticut.
520. is the same as person number 512.
521. is the same as person number 513.
522. Nathaniel SKIFFE 18 was born in 1693 in Windham, Connecticut. Nathaniel SKIFFE and Hannah CARY were married.
523. Hannah CARY 18 was born on 4 Mar 1693 in Windham, Connecticut. She died on 22 Aug 1775 in Willimantic,
Connecticut.
Eleventh Generation
1024. Thomas BARNUM 4,21,30-40 was born in 1625 in Hollingbourne, Kent, England.25,27,41 He died on 26 Dec 1695 in
Danbury, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony.26,42,43 The will of Thomas reads as follows:
To the Honorable Cort of Probate to be holden att Fairfield. Thes maye signifie unto yore honnours that we whose names are
under written, namely James Beebe and Josiah Starr beeing appoynted by the Honble County Cort held at ffairefeld March ye
10 - 1695/6 to mack at distribushon of the estete of Thomas Barnam Decesed: Wee according to the best of our skills and
judgment did in ye said month of March on the afforesaid 1695/6 mack ye following distrebushion of the said estete:
To ye eldest son Thomas Barnam hee offering to tack ye with a single sheere and at halfe provided hee might have his choyce
of from perticulers which accordingly we set out to him thirty pounds vallue of ye homsted and twenty one pounds vallue of
ye moveables which in all made 51-0-0.
To ye second son ffrances barnam by name Wee set out the rest of the homested being vallued at 65 pounds and a comondall
of land purchesed for him by his father before his deth vallued at ffive pounds: and 7-11-6 of ye moveables hee giveing
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[illegible] to paye to his younger sisterswhen ye come of ye age of twentyone or at maridg what hee had received more then
his proportion which proportion was 34 pounds ye whole that hee receved was 99-11-1.
To ye third son Richard barnam by name we set out a [illegible]-lot of upland vallued at five pounds A second divition of
meadow vallued att seven pounds and moveables to the vallue of 22 pounds so that hee had in all to the vallue of 34-0-0.
To ye fifth [should be fourth] son Ebenezer barnam by name we set forth it Mill Lot so called vallued at 4 pounds a third
divition of meddows vallued at five pounds a little loot vallued at tow pounds the one half of ye land at Shellter Rock vallued
at nine pounds the Townehill Lot vallued at six pounds; The halfe of the Cotfeld [illegible] vallued at five pounds ye six acre
divition of land three pounds 10 shillings- so that the whole of what hee receved was 34-10-0
Too John barnam the ffifth son wee set out the firt division of meddow vallued at three pounds 10 shillings ye forth divition of
meddow vallued at 3 pounds 10 shillings ye swamp lot vallued att five pounds: then one half of ye land at Shellter rock valld
at nine pounds the land on Shellter rock hill valld at six pounds the halfe of the Cotfeeld valld att 5 pounds ye half of the baran
plain lot and the half of the six acre divition vallued at three pounds and ten shillings-so that the whole of what hee received
was 34-10-0.
To Sarah picket the wife of Thomas picket the eldest daughter wee set out In moveables of many particulers in all to the vallue
of 34-0-0.
To ye second daughter Esther Abbit the wife of John Abbit we set forth in moveables in many particulers and many due ye
estete in all to the vallue of 34-0-0.
To ye third daughter Hannah barnam wee set out moveables in many particulers and depts due to the estete in all to the vallue
of 34-0-0.
To ye forth daughter Wee set out Ruth barnam by name-in moveables in many particulers and depts due to the estete in all to
the value of 34-0-0.
To ye fifth daughter Abigall barnam by name wee set out in movabels and depts due to ye estete in all to the value of 34-0-0.
//Signed// James beebe Joseph starr Distributers
Know all men by these presents that I Sarah Barnum of Stratford in the county of fairfield and Coloney of Connecticut have
received of the heirs of my late husband Thomas Barnum of Danbury deceased in full of all accounts due to me by virute of a
contract made between my husband Barnum and my self before marriage therefore I doe soe order remit release acquit
exonerate & discharge the administrators Heirs and assignes of the above sd Thomas Barnum deceased from all further
demands whatsoever upon [illegible] of any money due to me my Heirs of assigns by virtue of any contract before mentioned
in witness wherof I have herewith set my hand in Stratford this fifteenth day of March Anno Domini 1702 (date hard to read)
Witnesses Ambros Tompson senior and John Tompson her mark Sarah Barnam.
Probate: 1696 #359 FHL Film #1018731. He was also known as Thomas Barnam Thomas. He was also known as Thomas
Barnham. NOTE: Postings are occasionally seen suggesting that Thomas Barnum was an English earl, or that he was married
to Mary Feaks/Feake or to Phoebe Park. None of those statements is supported by valid, verifiable source data and they
conflict with the weight of documentary evidence developed over the years concerning Thomas and his family.
It should also be noted that, while the connection between Thomas and the English line of Barnham is shown here, that
connection should be considered "probable but not certain," because of a lack of reliable documentary evidence to absolutely
confirm it.
The Barnum Family, 1517-1904 states (without providing documentation) that Thomas Barnam was the 15th child of Sir
Francis Barnham and his wife Lady Elizabeth Lennard (or Leonard), Baroness Dacre, and that Thomas left England in 1640 to
come to the American Colonies, where he first settled in what is now Bethel, Fairfield County, Connecticut. Tradition,
however, says that Thomas Barnum came first to New York and afterwards to Norwalk. Although Hannah Hurd is sometimes
shown as the first wife of Thomas, the use of that name is not supported by reliable documentation and it has generally been
discounted. Most sources agree that Thomas married (1st) a wife whose surname is not known, having with her all of his ten
children. He married (2nd) Sarah (Thompson) Hurd, after 1688. She was the widow of John Hurd, Sr., of Stratford, who died
in 1681.
Thomas purchased land in Fairfield, Connecticut on 28 Feb 1673, and received a grant of land in Norwalk five years later. The
grant reads: "Granted by the plantation unto Thos: Barnam a certaine swampe lyinge neere the west side of Stonie brooke and
not far of Soabatucke hill, the sayed swampe containinge five acres more or lesse and lyeth bounded of west north and south
with the common land. Aprill the 30th, 1678." That same year, he sold his land in Fairfield to Alexander Bryan and removed
to Norwalk. Hall's History of Norwalk says: "Thomas Barnam, of Fairfield, had a grant before 1663." The same history gives
the assessment of his estate in lands in that town in 1671 and 1687 as 40 pounds. (40 pounds in 1687 is the equivalent of $6,
473 in 2001 dollars). There is also a mention of Thomas in a Fairfield book of records as follows: "28 Feb. 1673 Thomas
Barnam has by purchase of John Crump one parcel of land at Maximus, being in quantity by estimation three quarters of an
acre more or less." The next record is in Norwalk, dated 30 Apr 1678, and another at the same time says that the plantation
granted to Thomas Barnam was "three acres lying by the land said Thomas purchased of John Rayment."
At a town meeting in Norwalk, 8 Nov 1681, he was appointed to "oversee and keep good Decorum amongst the youth in times
of exercise on the Sabbath and other Publique meetings; and the town doe impower him if he see any disorderly, for the keep
of a small stick to correct such with; onely he is desired to doe it with clemency; and if any are incoridgable in such disorder,
he is to present them either to their parents or masters; and if they doe not reclaime them, then to present such to authority."
Cutter, in Connecticut Families, notes that Thomas Barnam was one of the first eight settlers of the town of Danbury,
Connecticut, in 1684. The History of Stratford and The History of Connecticut make the same statement. The others are listed
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as: Thomas Taylor, Francis Bushnell, John Hoyt, James Benedict, Samuel Benedict, James Beebe and Judah Gregory. Those
eight individuals purchased from the local Indians a large tract of land which now includes the towns of Danbury, Bethel, New
Fairfield, Redding, Ridgefield, and a portion of Derby, and established there the settlement of Danbury. Thomas located his
homestead in a portion of the new settlement which in 1855 became a part of the town of Bethel, and is known today as the
Old Homestead at Grassy Plain. The town patent bears the date May 20, 1702.
He was charged by his fellow settlers with the formulation of the articles of agreement establishing the form of civil
government which they were to have in their new town. From that, and other references found in contemporary records of the
locality, it appears that Thomas Barnam was a man of more than ordinary intelligence among the immigrants of his time, and
was very active in both church and town affairs.
Thomas died on 26 Dec 1695, aged about 70 years. His estate, which amounted to 330 pounds, 4 shillings, 4 pence, was
divided among "five sons and five daughters, the eldest son to have a double portion." (That amount is equal to about $61,044
in 2005 dollars). His widow Sarah returned to Stratfield in Stratford, and died there in Jun 1718, aged 76 years. Thomas
BARNUM and Hannah were married in 1660 in Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony.
1025. Hannah 4,25,28 was born in 1640 in Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony.10,44 She died in 1683 in Norwalk, Fairfield,
Connecticut Colony. The Barnum Family, 1350-1907 calls her Hannah Hurd (while providing no source for that name) and
also calls her the mother of only four of Thomas' children. All other available sources give her name as unknown and state
that she was the mother of all ten of the children of Thomas. Some very-well-documented research by Ann Tappero indicates
that her given name probably was Hannah, but that Hurd almost certainly was not her surname. [see:
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~tapperofamily/barnum2.htm#hannah for details]. A family group record in the LDS
archives, submitted in about 1942, shows the source for Hannah Hurd as The Families of Old Fairfield by Donald Lines
Jacobus. When that source is viewed, using the page number given, it is found to refer to Thomas Barnum without mentioning
the name of any wife. This is an illustration of the fact that poorly-researched or erroneous research tends to become self
perpetuating. There's no substitute for reviewing the original records directly!
1026. John SKEELS 29 was born in 1640 in Connecticut.18 He died on 5 Oct 1721 in Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut.18
He wrote a will in 1710 tht named that named his daughter Abigail and her son Gideon Barnum among his heirs.
1027. Hannah TERRILL 29 was born in Aug 1645 in Milford, Connecticut.18 She was baptized in Aug 1645.45 She died on
11 Nov 1730 in Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut.18,45 Her surname also appears as Terrel.
Twelfth Generation
2048. Sir Francis BARNHAM knt. 4,25,46-48 was christened on 20 Oct 1577 in Hollingbourne, Kent, England. He was buried
on 16 Sep 1646 in Boughton Monchelsea, Kent, England. There are several areas of confusion about the life of Sir Francis.
The Barnum Family (in different editions) says that he was born in Kent either about 1582 or about 1592; the Genealogical
Record of the Barnum Family gives a date of 20 Oct 1576. The Barnum Family (both editions) also says that Sir Francis was
knighted in 1603; other sources indicate that it was his father, Sir Martin Barnham, who was knighted -- on July 23 of that
year.
The Barnum Family also states that Sir Francis served in Parliament in 1603, 1604 and 1610, and gives his wife's name as
Elizabeth Lennard, while other sources call her Elizabeth Leonard, Baroness Dacre. That first source is alone in stating that
Sir Francis had fifteen children, of whom the immigrant ancestor, Thomas Barnham, was the last. Only nine of the supposed
fifteen children are named, and Robert is called a baron and William the mayor of Warwick in 1652. Other sources confirm
the information about William, while Robert is shown as a baronet, and the second son of nine.
He served as Chief Butler of the Kingdom of England and Wales.
From The History of Parliament; The House of Commons 1660-1690; FHL Book 942 D3hp 1660-1690, v.1. [Sir Francis was
a] member of six Parliaments. ......he ceased to attend both Parliament and county committee in July 1643, though he 'never
failed in his duty to the House, nor committed anything against them'.
From The History of Maidstone; Peter Clark & Lyn Murfin; FHL Book 942.23/M1 H2c. "Although relatively little is known
about the town's parliamentary elections for much of our period, those elected MPs under Elizabeth were mostly prominent
local landowners maintaining the town's connection with the Court. In the early Stuart period the picture was similar; we see
the return of sympathetic county magistrates like the moderate Puritan Sir Francis Barnham of Hollingbourne, who
represented the borough in every Parliament bar one between 1614 and 1640, frequently sitting with a member of the
important Fane family, strong supporters of the town. "In 1640 the county was broadly united in its opposition to the king, his
ministers and their disastrous religious and other policies. In the elections to the Short Parliament in the spring there were only
two candidates: Sir Francis Barnham, the town's long-standing MP, and Sir Humphrey Tufton .........Barnham was nearly
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expelled from Parliament in 1643, due to his poor attendance possibly because of unhappiness over the war, though he held on
to his seat untill 1646; after his death he was replaced by the recorder Tomas Twisden.."
The Journal of the House of Commons mentions Sir Francis specifically during the years 1604, 1610, 1621, 1624, 1640, 1641,
1642, 1643 1644 and 1646. He is also mentioned as a member of the House of Lords in May of 1643, viz: Additional
Committees for Kent. "It is this Day Ordered, by the Lords and Commons, That Sir Edward Partricke, Sir Norton Knachebull,
Sir Thomas Peyton, Sir Francis Barnham, be added to the Committees named in the Ordinances for the Weekly Assessments
for Sequestrations, and for assessing such as have not contributed, or not in Proportion to their Estates, in the County of Kent;
and that they shall have as full and ample Power, to all Intents and Purposes, as the other Committees named in the said
Ordinances have, might, or ought to have; and that the said Persons be enjoined forthwith to go down into the County of Kent,
to put the said Ordinances in Execution." From: 'House of Lords Journal Volume 6: 18 May 1643', Journal of the House of
Lords: volume 6: 1643 (1802), pp. 51-3. URL:
http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=37249&strquery=barnham.
This site shows Thomas Barnum (1625-1695) as a son of Sir Francis, based primarily on the statement of Noah G. Barnum, in
The Barnum Family, 1517-1904. Although the statement has not been proven, neither has it been disproven, and it seems likely
based upon the available information.
The Barnum Family also mentions a son, Winthrop, not found in other sources, whom it is said came to America with his
brother Edward in 1630. Mention is also made of Edward (here called a son or nephew) who came to America and returned to
England in 1649.
Sir Francis Barnham, putative father of the immigrant ancestor Thomas Barnum (1625-1695), was a first cousin of Alice
Barnham, wife of Sir Francis Bacon. On March 14, 1623, apparently in response to a request from Barnham, Francis Bacon
wrote him the following letter:
Good Cousin,
Upon a little searching, made touching the patents of the survey of coals, I find the matter not only to acquit myself, but
likewise to do myself much right.
Any reference to me, or any certificate of mine, I find not. Neither is it very likely I made any; for that, when it came to the
great seal, I stayed it. I did not only stay it, but brought it before the coucil-table, as not willing to pass it, except their
lordships allowed it. The lords gave hearing to the business, I remember, two several days;and in the end disallowed it, and
commended my care and circumspection, and ordered, that it should continue stayed; and so it did all my time.
About a twelvemonth since, my lord duke of Lenox, now deceased, wrote to me to have the privy seal; which, though I
respected his lordship much, I refused to deliver to him, but was content to put it into the right hand; that is, to send it to my
lord keeper, giving knowledge how it had been stayed. My lord keeper received it by mine own servant, writeth back to me,
acknowledging the receipt, and adding, that he would lay it aside until his lordship heard further from my lord steward, and
the rest of the lords. Whether this first privy seal went to the great seal, or that it went about again, I know not: but all my part
is, that I have related. I ever rest,
Your faithful friend and cousin,
Fr. St. Alban.
Sir Francis Barnham was appointed by Francis Bacon one of the executors of his will.
On 5 Oct 1640, Sir John Sedley wrote to Sir Edward Dering, denouncing "an unmannerly affront" by Sir Francis Barnham,
"his plott beinge, as I discover, to sett upp there [as a burgess in Maidstone] younge Sr. Henry Vane, Mr, Treasurer's sonne, a
courtyer as well as his father nowe, though lately, as you knowe, Governour at Newe Englande [1636]..."
An Account of the Families of Lennard and Barrett, Chapter III (pages 226-227) states, At the time that Lord Dacre (Samson
Lennard's grandson, Richard Lord Dacre) wrote his Family History there existed in the possession of Sir Thomas Rider, of
Boughton, Kent, a MS. account written by his ancestor, Sir Francis Barnham, of his own family, of which Lord Dacre obtained
a copy. I give the following quotation from it, as Sir Francis mentions his marriage with Samson's daughter Elizabeth, and he
also refers to his father-in-law's mode of living and to his character:
In the fortieth year of Queen Elizabeth my Father Martin Barnham served the Office of High Sheriff for the County of Kent
and during his Shrievalty married me to the daughter of Mr Sampson Lennard and the Lady Dacre in which match his
goodness sought rather to give me a Wife that might bring me a Noble alliance and promise the happiness of a good Wife (as
being borne of a Mother that abounded as much in worth & Virtue as in honour) than to enrich himself or his other children
by so great a Portion as it is probable he might have had in divers places, if that had been his Chiefest Ayme in my Marriage.
. . . Within less than two years after my Marriage, I came to live in my Father's House tho' I had then by Covenant one Years
Being more with my Father in Law (Mr. Sampson Lennard) who tho' he kept a very honourable House and lived in all
respects in so brave a Fashion, as might make the being there very delightfull, especially to me, who had always from all
hands a very loving & Noble treatment, yet the happiness promissed myself in the comfort of my Father's kind & familiar
usage, & in his Advice & instructions &c made me hasten my coming to live with him. [with thanks to Ann Manning Tappero]
There is also another letter, to Lord Dacre from Sir Thomas Rider (Note Thomas Rider, of Boughton, Kent, is a descendant of
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Sir Frances and Lady Elizabeth), in which, speaking about his ancestress Elizabeth, Lady Barnham, he says: "Of this lady
there is a fine monument in my parish church. Tradition delivers her down as one of the Handsomest Women of the Age she
liv'd in, & if the Sculptor, & Painter, did not flatter there is reason to believe that Account of her is just. She had fifteen
children by Sr. Francis Barnham Kt; whose eldest son Robert was created a Baronet by James the 1st."
Boughton Monchelsea Place, where Sir Francis lived for a number of years, is located near Maidstone, Kent, and is today a
tourist attraction. The Boughton Monchelsea web site has this to say about the history of the house:
The recorded history of Boughton Monchelsea begins before the Norman Conquest. It was then called Boltone, later Bacton,
meaning a clearing in a beech wood. Before the Conquest, it belonged to the Saxon Earl Godwin. William the Conqueror
granted the manor, together with many others in Kent, to his half-brother Odo, Bishop of Bayeux. The Bishop then fell into
disgrace and all his property was confiscated. At the end of the 12th Century Boughton came into the possession of the
Montchensies (a Norman family) from whom the second part of the name of the village derives. The Montchensies were an
important family, with large possessions in Norfolk, Suffolk and Kent. The line died out when William de Montchensie was
killed in a mining operation at the siege of Dryslwyn Castle near Carmarthen, in 1287. William's Daughter Dionysia married
Hugh de Vere, son of the Earl of Oxford.
From the Montchensies, the ownership of the manor passed by inheritance through various Kent families, including the
Harpurs and Peckhams, until in 1551 it was bought by Thomas Wyatt, the son of the poet of the same name, who lived in
nearby Allington Castle. Wyatt sold it in 1551 to Robert Rudston. The price paid for it, together with the manor of Palster in
Wittersham, was £1,730. Rudston's descendants occupied the Manor until 1888. Robert Rudston, son of Sir John Rudston (d.
1531), scion of a Yorkshire landowning family, had come South, made a fortune as a draper, bought more land and was Lord
Mayor of London. As a boy, Robert was bought up not far away. His mother, now widowed, married Sir Edward Wotton of
Boughton Malherbe, who was Treasurer of Calais and an executor of King Henry VIII. Robert Rudston then married Anne
Wotton, his stepfather's daughter by his first marriage. (The arms of Anne Wotton and Rudston appear on the right hand side
of the southernmost window in the Entrance Hall).
In January, 1554, when Rudston had only lived at Boughton for 3 years, he joined the revolt against Catholic Queen Mary.
This revolt, led by his friend Thomas Wyatt, was crushed and Wyatt was beheaded. Rudston was locked in the Tower of
London and his land was confiscated. He was released in 1555 and allowed to lease Boughton from the Crown. Then, in the
latter part of 1555, he was allowed to re-purchase the lands for £1,000. In 1575, Rudston had recovered enough to have the
House lengthened eastwards and he added the present east wing and two more wings to enclose the Courtyard. An inventory
of 1613 shows that it contained 14 bedrooms, a hall, a gallery, two dining rooms, three other living rooms and a large number
of other rooms connected with the storage and preparation of food. Robert Rudston was a man of culture, but a difficult
character. Sir Francis Barnham described him as a 'brave gentlemen and of a very loving disposition, but so furiously
cholerick as required a great deal of discretion to avoide the incounter of that humour.'
Rudston died in 1590, leaving Boughton to his younger son, Belknap Rudston. On Belknap's death, in 1613, the male line of
the Rudstons came to an end, and Boughton passed to Sir Francis Barnham (son of Belknap's older sister who had married
Sir Martin Barnham). Robert Barnham was created a Baronet in 1663 and was MP of Maidstone from 1660-1679. He, and
his father before him, represented Maidstone in Parliament for 43 years. Robert was a Royalist at heart and took part in the
Kentish Rising of 1648. This rising was sparked off by Parliament clamping down on religious and traditional observances at
Christmas. Robert Barnham died in 1685 and, passing over the daughters of his first marriage, left Boughton to his only child
by his second marriage - a daughter, Philadelphia, who was married to Thomas Rider of Essex. The Riders came to Boughton
in 1685, and made the first alterations since Rudston's time. The original Tudor staircase did not fit in with the more gracious
way of life, so the wide, shallow staircase to the first floor was put in.
Little is known of the first Thomas Rider, (d 1698), or of his son Sir Barnham Rider (d 1728). Both, however, were apparently
hard drinkers. Philadelphia, who died in 1730, left £400 to her grandson, another Thomas (aged now 12), to 'educate him as a
gentleman so that he might be sensible of how fatal intemperance had been to his Father and Grandfather.' Young Thomas
inherited the property, which he enlarged. He was High Sheriff and was knighted, but never married. In fact, for a period of
175 years, between 1728 and 1903, there were children in the House for only 30 years. It was possibly during Thomas' time
that the north and west wings of the House were pulled down. At 30 years of age and a bachelor, Thomas probably thought
the house too big and dilapidated (due to his father's and grandfather's money having been spent on drink). Sir Thomas died in
1786 and was succeeded by his cousin Ingram Rider. Ingram Rider had lived at Yalding (Buston Manor) and produced 14
children. He and his son Thomas carried out important alterations to the house before and after 1800, and it was possibly
during the second Thomas' time that the north and west wings of the house were pulled down. It was also a time when the
taste for 'gothik' had superseded the 18th Century admiration for classic line. About 1790, the windows on the east front were
given a gothic air. The Regency Gothic pillars were placed in the Red Dining Room and Entrance Hall by Ingram Rider. The
turret clock was moved to its present position. The bell of the clock bears Sir Robert Barnham's name and the date 1647. In
1801, the formal gardens were swept away, by the third Thomas Rider. He replaced the entrance through the Stable Yard and
laid the present main rive, creating a romantic approach to the House. Thomas Rider died, childless, in 1847. He left
Boughton to his nephew's younger brother, the fourth Thomas. In 1868, this Thomas married a Welsh girl and left Boughton
for her village in Wales. When he died in 1887, leaving only a daughter, Boughton went to the son of his elder brother, in
America. The young man came home to have a look and decided not to stay here. The house remained empty for many years.
The fact that the property remained empty explains the absence of Victorian additions.
In 1903 Lt. Col. George B. Winch came to Boughton. (He was Chairman of Style & Winch-Maidstone Brewers). His only son
having been killed in the First World War, and his adopted son in the Second, the house passed on his death to his nephew,
Mr. Michael Bluett Winch. On 11 November 1990 Michael Winch, having never married, passed the house to his Godson, Mr.
Charlie Gooch, the present owner.
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Boughton Monchelsea Place is open for guided tours on Sundays and Bank Holidays. Mondays 2pm - 6pm. Also Wednesdays
in June, July & August. Groups are welcome on any other day (not Saturdays) by previous arrangement. The tour is always
guided and lasts 55 minutes. Afternoon teas available. Morning coffee, light lunches & dinners by arrangement. Other
functions: Licensed premises for civil marriage ceremonies. Exquisite marquee site for receptions, smaller receptions can be
held in the house. Private dining, corporate days, family fun days.
The will of Francis Barnham lists some of his sons and daughters but others were left out. The most notable omission is
Thomas Barnum, if he was, indeed, a son of Francis. It is possible, of course, that since Thomas emigrated to America in
1640, before Francis' death, he was either given money beforehand or was intentionally left out of the written will.
WILL OF SIR FRANCIS BARNHAM
Made 4 April 1642 - Probated 1646
IN THE NAME OF GOD amen this fourth day of Aprill 1642, in the eighteeth yeare of the reigne of our Soveraigne Lord
Charles by the grace of God, of England, Scotland, France and Ireland King Defender of the faith: I Francis Barnham of
Maydeston in the Countie of Kent knight, being of perfect health both of bodie and minde, thankes be given to God therefore,
FIRST revoking and quite Disannulling all wills whatsoever made by mee at anie time before the date hereof, do ordaine and
make this my last will and testament in manner and forme following. First I bequeath my soule into the hands of Almighty
God most humbly beseaching him of his infinite mercie, and for his Sonne my Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ his sake in
whose merritts' only I putt the whole hope of my salvation to forgive my great & grievous synnes committed against his
heavenly Majesty and to make me partake of his heavenly and eternall kingdome.
ITEM I give and bequeath unto my sonne Francis Barnham the somme of sixteene hundred pounds of good and lawfull money
of England to be payd unto him within six months next after my death, and an allowance of five pounds in the hundred for
that somme during these six moneths if hee doe within three months next after my death surrender into the hands of his
Brother Robt Barnham ye Annuitie of fiftie pounds a yeare which I have formerly settled upon him and his heires by deed, and
take an assurance from his sayd Brother of fiftie pounds a yeare during his life in such manner and forme as the Annuities of
fiftie pounds a year during life are severally graunted by mee to his three younger Brothers'. But if hee shall refuse to
surrender within the tyme before mentioned, the sayd Annuitie setled upon him and his heires by deed, and to take an
assurance from his sayd brother Robert of fiftie pounds a yeare during his life, Then I give and bequeath to him no more than
ye somme of one thousand pounds of good and lawfull money of England to be payd him within six moneths next after my
death, and an allowance of five pounds in the hundred for that somme during that time.
ITEM I give and bequeath to my sonne William Barnham besides the annuity of fiftie pounds a yeare which I have already
settled by deed during his life the somme of five hundred & fiftie pounds of good and lawfull money of England to be payd
unto him within six monethes next after my death, and for those six moneths an allowance of interest at ye rate of six pounds
in the hundred, But if my sonne Robert Barnham shall as I hope hee will doe and desire hee should do within three moneths
after my death settle by good assurance an Annuitie upon him of fiftie pounds a year besides the other fiftie formerly setled
during his life, Then my will and pleasure is That hee shall have but one hundred pounds of money to be payd him within
three monethes next after my death.
ITEM I give and bequeath unto my sonne Dudley Barnham besides the annuity of fiftie pounds a yeare during his life which I
have already settled upon him by Deed the somme of five hundred and fiftie pounds of good and lawfull money of England to
be payd unto him within six moneths next after my death and for those six monethes an allowence of interest after the rate of
six pounds in the hundred, But if my sonne Robert Barnham shall as I hope hee will and desire hee should doe within three
moneths after my death settle upon him by good assurance one annuitie of fiftie pounds a yeare during his life besides the
other fiftie formerlie setled, Then my will and pleasure is that hee shall have but one hundred pounds of money to be payd him
within three monthes next after my death.
ITEM I give and bequeath to my sonne John Barnham, besides the anuity of fiftie pounds a yeare during his life, which I have
already setled upon him by Deed the somme of five hundred and fiftiepounds of good and lawfull money of England, to be
payd unto him within six monethes next after my death, And for those six months an allowance of interest after the rate of six
pounds in the hundred, But if my sonne Robert Barnham shall within three monthes next after my death settled upon him by
good assurance an Annuitie of fiftie pounds a yeare during his life, besides the other fiftie pounds formerly settled, Then my
will and pleasure is that hee shall have but one hundred pounds to be payd unto him within three monthes next after my
Death. And whereas I am now possessed of one Annuitie or yearly payment of Threescore and Tenne pounds by the yeare &
which I bought of Sir John Culpeper Knight which annuitie is to continue for the terme of eleaven years from Lady day last,
and is to be payd half yearly by the Expenditer of the five waterings within Romney Marsh at every Michaelmas & Lady day
during the sayd terme, My will and pleasure is that from & imediatly after my death my sonne ffrancis shall have during that
terme fifteene pounds a yeare of ye sayd Annuities or yearly payment by the equall porcons of seaven pounds tenne shillings
to be half-yearly payd, my sonne William fifteene pounds my sonne Dudley fifteene pounds a yeare, And my sonne John
fifteene pounds a yeare to be payd in the same manner, And the tenne pounds a yeare remayning of that annuitie of Threescore
and tenne pounds a yeare I give and bequeath to my good servant Joane Deane if shee shall live to thee end of that terme, and
if shee happen to outlive it then I give and bequeath unto her one Annuitie or yearly rent of Tenne pounds by the yeare to be
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issuing and going out of my Land in Maydston to be payd her half yearly during her life which power to distreyn for the same
if it shal be behinde and unpayd for the space of fiftie dayes next after either of the sayd ffeasts.
ITEM I give to my Daughter the Lady Wildgoose the somme of fiftie pounds of goods and lawfull money of England to be
payd unto her within six moneths after my death.
ITEM I give and bequeath to my good Couzin Mr. James Rudston Tenne pounds to by him a gelding.
ITEM I give & bequeath unto the poore of Boughton Mounchelsey Tenne pounds To the poore of Bilsington six pounds
thirteene shillings foure pence. All these sommes to be payd within one yeare after my death and to be distributed according to
ye discreson of mine Executors.
ITEM I give & bequeath to my servant Joane Deane the somme of Twentie Pounds to be payd her within halfe a yeare after
my death if shee be then in my service, and to my servant John Mustard all my wearing clothes and fortie pounds of good and
lawfull money of England. To be payd him within six monethes after my death if hee be then in my service, And to Augustine
Ludlow if bee in my service or my sonne Roberts service at the time of my death thirteen pounds six shillings eight pence To
be payd him within six monethes after And to my servant John Martin if hee be in my service at the tyme of my Death tenne
pounds to be payd him within six monethes after. And my will and pleasure is That the somme of Twentie Pounds be
distributed among myne other servants that shall be in my service at the tyme of my death according to the discrecon of mine
Executors. desiring that Mary Fowse may be considered in the first place as having bin more yeares in my service then anie of
the rest.
ITEM I give and bequeath to my sonne Robert Barnham all the interest I now have or at the tyme of my death I shall have in
the land which come to mee by the unfortunate bargaine I made with Mr. John Gibbons, And also all my money plate goods
Chattells leases [& personal estate] whatsoever saving the annuitie of seaventie pounds a yeare disposed of as is formerly _?_
and saving the wrought Clark and white bedd, the canopy bedd of Watchett damaske and the white Chm'a quilt which I have
given to my Daughter Wildgoose And of this my last will and testament do make him my sole Executor Not doubting but that
mine interest in Mr. Gibbens his lands [nereby ?] graunted unto him my personal estate with mine _?_ Lands in Maydston
which I have by deed conveyed unto him in trust as is therein specifyed will more than plentifully suffise for the payment of
all my legacies and debts (if anie shall be by mee owing at the time of my death) and being most confident that will dutifully
carefully & cheerfully performe all this my will.
ITEM I will that my body be very privately buryed without anie manner of ceremonial ffuneralls either in Boughton Church,
or in the parish church where I shall dye as shall seeme best to my executor. In witnesse whereof I the sayd Sir Francis
Barnham have to each of these two sheets of paper subscribed my name and have hereunto sett my hand & seale and published
the same to be my last will and testament the day and yeare above written. Francis Barnham Sealed subscribed and published
in the presence of John Davy, Richard Thomas, Thomas Mustard, Concordat cum testaments (the rest is in Latin and refers to
the notary Thomas Pynfold and Judge Johannes Nayor)
PROBATUM FUIT TESTAMENTUM
The entering of the will for probate is in Latin and states it was done at London at the Prerogative Court by scribe Nathaniele
Brent knight 23 Oct 1646 (vicesimo tertio die Mensio Octobrio Anno Din' Millesimo sexcenimo quadragesimo sexto) by
Robert Barnham son of the deceased and executor in Testament, etc.
Francis was executor for the wills of several of his in-laws, including Richard Dacre. When Richard died, Francis took his two
sons, Francis and Thomas, to Boughton, near Maidstone, and had them educated by a private tutor. (From a letter by Sir
Thomas Rider, a descendant of Sir Francis, at Boughton to Thomas Lord Dacre, dated 23 Mar 1760).
Deputy Lieutenants for Kent. That the House of Commons had nominated these following, to be Deputy Lieutenants for the
County of Kent; and desired the Lords Approbation thereof: videlicet,
Sir Ed. Hales, Knight and Baronet.
Sir Jo. Sidley, Knight and Baronet.
Sir Hen. Heyman, Knight and Baronet.
Sir Hum. Tuston, Knight and Baronet.
Sir Edw. Scott, Knight of Bath.
Sir Geo. Sands, Knight of Bath.
Sir Francis Barneham, Knight., etc., etc.
From: 'House of Lords Journal Volume 5: 19 August 1642', Journal of the House of Lords: volume 5: 1642-1643 (1802), pp.
305-07. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=34879&strquery=barneham. Date accessed: 06 June 2006.
Order confirming the Chief Butlerage on Sir William Waller. "Whereas our late Sovereign Lord King James, by His Letters
Patents, bearing Date at Westm. the Twenty-first Day of September, in the Fifth Year of His Reign over England, &c. did
grant to Sir Thomas Waller Knight, deceased, and to Sir Francis Barnham Knight, and to George Chewte Esquire, now
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Knight, and to Sir Francis Fane Knight, deceased, and to every of them successively one after the other, in such Order as they
were in the said Letters Patents, and herein also are mentioned, the Office of Chief Butler of the Kingdom of England and
Wales respectively of Him and His Successors; to have, hold, and exercise, the said Office, and to take and receive the said
Fees and Rewards, with the Appurtenances, to the said Sir Thomas Waller, by him or his Deputies, during his Natural Life;
and, after his Death, or Surrender, or Forfeiture of his Estate, then to have, and to hold, exercise, and receive the same, to the
said Sir Francis Barneham, for and during his Natural Life; and, after his Decease, then successively to the said beforenamed
Persons, as in and by the said Letters Patents is more particularly expressed: And His said late Majesty, by His said Letters,
did further give and grant to the said Sir Thomas Waller, Sir Francis Barneham, George Chewte, and Sir Francis Fane,
successively, as aforesaid, all Fees, Profits, and Rights, to the said Office belonging, and the several Fees of Fifty Marks and
One Hundred Marks, as in the said Letters Patents is particularly expressed: And whereas, the said Sir Thomas Waller being
dead, and the said Sir Francis Barneham by his Death interested and seised of the said Office and Premises by virtue of the
said Letters Patents; yet divers Persons have of late Time refused to pay the said ancient Duties and Customs of Prizage to the
said Sir Francis Barneham, and his Deputies and Assignees, pretending that the same are not due, or at least that the Payment
of the same is countermanded by some Ordinance of One or both Houses of Parliament, whereby not only the said Sir Francis
Barneham, but to the Prejudice of the Farmers of the same Duties of Butlerage and Prizage granted by His Majesty to the Lady
Anne Waller, by Letters Patents bearing Date the Eighteenth Day of September, in the Fifth Year of our said late Sovereign
Lord King James, for Ninety-nine Years, determinable on the Deaths of the Lady Margarett Waller and Sir William Waller,
the Residue of which Term is now come unto and vested in Sir William Waller Knight; and which also were granted, with
certain Exceptions, to Sir Thomas Waller Knight, Father of the said Sir William, for Forty Years, to commence at the
Surrender, for Forfeiture, Determination, or Expiration, of the said Term of Forty Years, as by Indenture under the Great Seal
of England, bearing Date the Twentysixth Day of June, in the Ninth Year of the Reign of King James, over England, &c.
appeareth; the Interest of which said Term last mentioned is also come unto the said Sir William Waller: The Lords and
Commons taking the Premises into their due Consideration, and that the said Office is an ancient and legal Office, and that the
Customs of Prizage and Butlerage are ancient and legal Duties; and holding it not just that the said Officers and Farmers
should be prejudiced, but that the several and respective Interests granted as aforesaid be quietly and duly enjoyed, according
to the Purport of the said Letters Patents and Indenture, do therefore Declare and Ordain, That the said Office be quietly held
and enjoyed by the said Sir Francis Barneham, and George Chewte after him, and by their respective Deputies and Assigns;
and that the said Fees, and every other Rights, to the said Sir Francis Barneham and George Chewte granted by the said
Letters Patents, be had, paid, taken, and received, to and by the said Sir Francis Barneham and George Chewte, their Deputies
and Assigns respectively; and that the said Sir William Waller, and his Deputies, Tenants, and Assigns, shall and may have,
hold, and enjoy, the said Duties of Butlerage and Prizage, granted by the said respective Patents and Indenture, according to
the Purport and true Meaning thereof, during the several Terms therein and thereby granted, any Ordinance of both or either
House of Parliament notwithstanding; and all Merchants and other Persons, whom it may concern, are hereby enjoined to
make Payment of the said Duties of Prizage and Butlerage, and Fees accordingly: And the said Lords and Commons do
further Ordain and Declare, That, if any Merchant or other Person shall deny to pay the said respective Duties to the said Sir
Francis Barneham and George Chewte, their Deputies and Assigns, and to the said Sir William Waller, his Tenants, Deputies,
and Assigns, respectively; or them, or any of them, shall hinder or molest in the quiet Collection or Receiving of the same, the
Lords and Commons, upon Complaint thereof, will give such Remedy to the said Sir Francis Barneham and George Chewte,
their Deputies and Assigns, and to the said Sir William Waller, his Tenants and Assigns, as to Justice shall appertain." From:
'House of Lords Journal Volume 6: 12 July 1643', Journal of the House of Lords: volume 6: 1643 (1802), pp. 128-30. URL:
http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=37293&strquery=barnham.
Sir Francis is mentioned in A New General Biographical Dictionary, as follows: Barnham, (Sir Francis,) of
Boughton-Mounchensey in Kent, an historical scholar and writer in the reign of James the First. He wrote a history of his
family which has never been published, in which is some account of Sampson Lennard, another of the historical scholars of
the time, whose daughter he married. He was one of eighty-four persons distinguished in literature, who were to form what
was called an Academy Royal, to be an appendage to the Order of the Garter, in a volume of which the duke of Buckingham
appears as the patron. Sir Francis BARNHAM knt. and The Honourable Elizabeth LENNARD were married on 3 Jan 1598 in
Sevenoaks, Kent, England. Sevenoaks is a town in the Sevenoaks district of Kent, in South East England. It is situated 21.5
miles (34.6 km) southeast of Charing Cross in London. At Riverhead lies the source of the River Darent. The town's name is
derived from the Saxon word "Seouenaca", the name given to a small chapel near seven oak trees in Knole Park around 800
A.D. Sevenoaks was not mentioned in the Domesday Book, although neighbouring Otford was. A market was established here
in the 13th century. In 1456 Archbishop Bourchier of Canterbury purchased Knole estate and built the house there. In the
Middle Ages two hospitals were provided there by religious orders, for the care of the old or sick, especially those going on
pilgrimage.
2049. The Honourable Elizabeth LENNARD 4,31,46 was christened on 26 Nov 1581 in Sevenoaks, Kent, England.49 She was
buried on 19 Sep 1631 in Maidstone, Kent, England. Maidstone (pronounced mad'stun) is the county town of Kent, in
southeast England, about 30 miles from London. It stands on the River Medway at a point where the tributaries of the
combined Rivers Beult and Teise enter the main stream. Maidstone is literally a "stone of the maidens", most likely indicating
a place where they were known to gather. Its Anglo-Saxon form was Mægthan stan. Although Stone Age finds have been
made locally, it is the Romans who first gave Maidstone some importance. Their road from Watling Street at Rochester to
Hastings across the Weald passed through the site, and two villas have been discovered. This part of the Medway Valley was
important too, by the time of the Domesday Book. In the Middle Ages there were two hospitals here built for the care of
wayfarers, especially those on pilgrimage; and a “college” of secular priests. She was also known as Elizabeth Leonard. She
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was the daughter of Sampson Lennard, Esquire, and his wife Baroness Dacre, and appears in some records as Elizabeth
Leonard.
Thirteenth Generation
4096. Sir Martin BARNHAM knt. of Saint Clement Eastcheap 4,25,46,50-53 was born before 27 Mar 1548 in County Kent,
England.28,42 He was christened on 27 Mar 1548 in London, Middlesex, England. Martin was christened in the church of Saint
Mildred Poultry. He died on 12 Dec 1610 in Hollingbourne, Kent, England. PROBATE: PCC, 9 Wood FHL Film #092045.
IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN This 16th daie of November 1609 I, Sir Martin Barnham knight make this my last will
declaringe therein my full mynde and intent as well as my faithe as of my goodes Chattells landes Tennementes and
hereditments that I am possessed of in possession and revercon
ffirst of all my belief is in god the ffather, god the sonne and god the holie ghost by whome onlie I hope to be saved and
washed from all my sinnes which without the mercie of God doe deserve damnason, but am by his mercie fully insured of
eternall salvacon hopinge onlie by his mercie to fill up the number of his heavenlie seates to whome be all honor and glorie
ffirst for disposinge of my goodes and Chattells my debts beinge paid my will is that my welbeloved wife shall have Three
hundred pounds, that my Daughter Anna shall have One Thousand pounds and that my Daughter Katherine shall have one
thousand poundes to be paide unto them out of all my goodes in possession or by bills obligations or bondes owinge unto me
or otherwise accordinge to this my last will by me therin appoynted. The rest that shall remaine, my will it shall be evenlie
divided betweene all my Sonnes, that is, my Sonne ffrancis, Martin, Jacob, and Thomas. Provided all waite that none of the
saide sommes of money be paide unto anie of my saidee children until they shall accomplish the age of twentie and one yeares
or be at convenient yeares married savinge that my sonnes ffrancis, Martin, and Jacob shall have their their porcone within six
monethes after my decease, and the reasonable proffit of the rest to be employed aboute the fundinge and educacon of my
saide other children untill they shall accomplishe the yeares or in convenient to me be married as is by this my will before
saidee which monie shal be levyd by my saide executors for reasonable proffitt, for the which saide sommes as allso for the
proffit my executors shall at the time above saide at their perrills, and as they will answere with good conscience accomplishe
and paie to my saidee children.
And as touchinge my landes, Whereas my Sonne Francis is allreadie advanced of a full third part with all my landes in
Bilsington, Ruckinge, Newchurche, Snave, Allington, Bonnington and Mersham accordinge to such an estate as by
conveyance is to him formerlie lymited, I the saidee Sir Martin doe by this my will for his further advance give unto my saidee
sonne ffrancis Barnham, and to the heires males of his bodie lawfully begotten, all that my house and all those landes
Tennements and hereditamentes lyingee and beinge upon Hollingborne hill which I latelie purchased of Robert Seathy and
Richard Wood, as allso my greate wood called Parkewood with a small wood called Sprottswood and one Close or field called
Parkscrofte lyingee together onlie a sheeveway betweene Sprottswood and Parkewood as allso one parcell of woodland late
purchased of the saide Richard Wood as allsoe one parcell of lande and two parcells of wood late purchased of Henrie Stapell,
likewise I doe give unto my Sonne ffrancis all those my landes meadowes, and pastures called Brenmarsh Burletts Impton, and
longe feild as allso Lambes leafe all lyingee together to be had to him and to the heires males of his bodie, Allso I doe give
unto my saidee Sonne ffrancis all that parcell of land of mine called Vouklet and one half acre of lande all lyingee in ye parish
of Hollingborne and Huckinge which saide halfe acre upon parte therof it is thought that parte of the Parsonage house doth
stand referringe the truthe thereof to my evidences and other honest gesses not defyringe by anie meanes either to essage my
conscience or anie of my Childrens in not havinge that which is not truly myne, for my evidence is good for half an acre but
while anie part of the Parsonage house doth stand upon yt I, or noe, I doe referre to good testimonie and honest proofe. All
which saide landes, tennementes and hereditamentes so by me in this my will given to my saide sonne ffrancis my will and
meaning is that my saide sonne ffrancis shall have all those landes by this my will bequeathed to him and to the heires males
of his bodie lawfully begotten, and for default of such issue to my sonne Martin and to the heires males of his bodie lawfully
begotten, and for default of such issue to my sonne Jacob and to the heires males of his bodie lawfully begotten, And for
default of such issue to my sonne Thomas and to the heires males of his bodie lawfully begotten. Provided all waite that
neither my saide Sonne ffrancis Martin Jacob or Thomas or the heires males of their bodies after their severall estates shall
accrue or come to them shall enter upon the saide house or anie of the saide landes Tennements and hereditaments but after the
marriage of my now well beloved wife Judith Barnham or after her decease which of them shall first happen, for my will, and
meaninge is that she shall not have that house and those landes, Tennementes, and hereditamentes longer then she is my
widdow and doth keepe herself unmarried and so livinge unmarried, Then I will all that house and all those landes tennements
and hereditaments hereby bequeathed to my sonnes ffrancis, Martin, Jacob, and Thomas accordinge to their severall estates
shalbe to my saidee wife Judith duringe her life yf she remaine sole and unmarried, I doe by this my last will give unto my
sonne Martin Barnham my Manner of Rippell together with my landes and woodes called Bablinge late purchased by me of
Mr Brockwell and his son in law Mr Combes, as allso those landes purchased of Richard wood with the wood called Bablinge
wood to be had to him and to the heires males of his bodie lawfully begotten upon condicon that if he the saide Martin or the
heires males of his bodie shall refuse at the reguest and charges by fine at the common lawe to assure and convey unto my
sonne ffrancis and the heires males of his bodie that wood above saide called Parkwood and that field above saide called
Vouklett with the half acre, and those three parcells of land meadowe and pasture called Brenmarsh which in truth I did
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convey to the issues of Judith my nowe welbeloved wife and therfore do not yt from them but for their further advance, All
which landes abovesaide severally bequeathed do lie in the parishe of Hollingborne and Huckinge in the Countie of Kent then
my will & meaninge is that my sonne Francis shall receave the proffitts of my Mannor of Rippell, and untill my saide sonne
Martin or the heires males of his bodie shall make such assurance by fine as is aforesaide Likewise by this my will I give unto
my saide sonne Martin all my landes, tennementes, and hereditamentes lyingee at Yorkshill in the parishes of Sundwich and
Cheveninge which I late purchased of Sir Perswall Willoughbie, and John Sidley or either of them to him and to the heires
males of his bodie lawfully begotten, and for default of such issue to my sonne Jacob and to the heires males of his bodie
lawfully begotten and for default of such issue to my sonne Thomas and to the heires males of his bodie lawfully begotten,
And for defaulte of such issue to the right heires of me the saide Sir Martin forever.
Item I do by this my last will give unto my sonne Jacob Barnham all my landes tennements and hereditaments lyinge in the
parrishes of Stapleherst and Gowdherst in the saide countie to him and to ye heires males of his bodie lawfully begotten and
for default of such issue to my sonne Martin and to the heires males of his bodie lawfully begotten, and for default of such
issue to my son Thomas and to the heires males of his bodie lawfully begotten, And for default of such issue to my right heires
of me the saide Sir Marten forever
Item I do by this my last will give unto my sonne Jacob all my landes aswell arrable pastuer as woodland lyingee in the
parrishes of Stapleherst and Gowdherst in the saide Countie to him and to the heires males of his bodie lawfullie begotten; and
for default of such issue to my sonne Martin and to the heires males of his bodie lawfullie begotten. And for default of such
issue to my sonne Thomas and to the heires males of his bodie lawfully begotten. And for default of such issue to the right
heires of me the saidee Sir Martin Barnham forever
Item I do by this my last will give unto my sonne Jacob all my landes aswell arrable pasture as woodeland called Wrens and
Cutnole as allso my wood there called Cutnole late by me purchased of Sir James Crowmer knight lyingee in the parrishes of
Borden and Tunstall in the saidee Countie, To be had to him and to the heires males of his bodie lawfullie begotten upon
condicon, that yf he the saide Jacob or the heires males of his bodie shall refuse at the request and charges by fyne at the
common lawe to assure, and convey unto my sonne ffrancis and to the heires males his bodie that wood above saidee called
Parkewood and that field above saidee called Vouklett with the half acre and those three parcells of land meadowe and pasture
called Brenmarsh which in truth I did convey to the yssues of Judith my nowe welbeloved wife, and therfore doe not take it
from them but for their further advance, then my will and meaninge ys that my sonne ffrancis shall receave the proffitts of all
those landes called Wrens & Cutnole and untill my sonne Jacob or the heires males of his bodie shall make such assurance by
a fyne as is aforesayde.
Item I doe by this my last will give unto my Sonne Thomas All those my landes, Tennements, and hereditamentes lyingee in
the parishes of Littlebourne, and Ickham as allso all those my landes, tenementes, and hereditamentes lyinge in the parrishe of
Lenham to him and to the heires males of his bodie lawfullie begotten, and for defaulte of such issue to my sonne Martin, and
to the heires males of his bodie lawfully begotten, And for default of such issue to my sonne Jacob, and to the heyres males of
his bodie lawfully begotten and for defaulte of such issue to the right heires of me the saidee Sir Martin forever But if my
sonne Thomas shall refuse by fyne in due for me of law after that he shall accomplish the age of twentie one yeares to convey
unto my saidee sonne ffrancis the saidee wood called Parkewood and the field called Voutlett and the half acre, as allso those
three parcells of land medowe and pasture called Brenmarshe, Lames leafe, Impton, and longe fielde, then my will and
meaning is that my sonne ffrancis shall take and receave the proffitts of all those landes to my saide sonne Thomas bequeathed
in the parrish of Lenham untill such tyme as my saide sonne Thomas shall by fyne in due forme of lawe convey those landes
accordinge to this my last will and testament. Provided allwayes that yf my saide sonnes Martin, Jacob, and Thomas or the
heires males of their bodies shall convey their right, title, and Interest in those landes within saide to be conveyed to my sonne
ffrancis, that then presentlie upon such conveyance by them or anie of them or the heires males of their bodies, made, tendred,
and performed as above sayde That then my sonne ffrancis and his heires shall not anie longer after anie such conveyance by
them or anie of them or the heires males of their bodies soe to him or his heywes made take or receave anie of the proffitts of
anie of their landes by this my will to him my sonne ffrancis lymited, but as touching the givinge of those proffitts by this my
will, that part of my will to be utterlie void.
Item I will that my welbeloved wife shall recieve the ffiftie poundes by me yearlie reserved out of the Parsonage of
Hollingborne so longe as she doth live my widowe and is unmarried.
Item I will to my sonne ffrancis the fortie poundes yearlie reserved to me and my assignes out of my wives Indenture which is
the Priory of Bilsington with all the landes and Parsonage therunto belonginge.
Item I will and give to my sonne ffrancis all those landes that I purchased of Henry Dyer lyingee in Bilsington to him and to
the heires males of his bodie lawfullie begotten, and for default of such issue to the heires males by bodie of me Sir Martin
Barnham, and for default of such issue to the right heyres of me Sir Martin Barnham forever. Provided allwaies that if the two
thousand pounds before by me bequeathed to my Daughter Anna, and my Daughter Katherine, that is to each of them one
thousand pounds will not sufficientlie rise out of my goods, chattells, bondes, Billes, and abligacons or other debtes due to me
then my will and meaninge is that my Executors doe sell my house, landes, and parsonage of Chalke in Kent to pay all my
debts & legacies butt truely to be paid to my Daughters Anna and Katherine the thousand poundes to each of them before
bequeathed and that the profitts of my saide house and landes and Parsonage in Chalke shalbe evenly divided betweene my
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saide Daughter Anna and Katherine until my Executors have solde the house, landes, and Parsonage aforesaide towardes their
maintenance and educacon; but yf my goodes chattells bondes billes and obligacons together with the sale by my Executores
of my saide house, landes, and Parsonage of Chalke will not pay my debts and discharge all my legacies, then my will and
meaninge is, that out of all my landes tenements and hereditamentes that I have by this my will given to my Sonnes ffrancis
Martin Jacob and Thomas there shal be yerelie by indifferent porcons out of all their sayde landes unto them formerlie
bequeathed by my Executors to be indifferentlie accordinge to their yearlie proffitts apporconed the full some of two hundred
poundes yearlie to be taken untill all my saide debtes and legacies by my executors be accordinge to this my last will fully
satisfied contented and paide.
Item I will unto my sonne and daughter Honywood fiftie poundes, and to my sone and Daughter Steward fifty poundes.
Item I doe give unto every servant that are at this time in my service, and so shalbe & continued at the houre of my death to
everie one of them the full some of tenn shillinges over and above their wages for everie yeare that they have served me,
hereby meaninge to give them most that have served me longest and to Authur Pelliton because he is my poore kinsman I doe
give over and above the somme of ffive pounds, of all which my will and Testament as above sayde I doe make my very
welbeloved wife, and my sonne ffrancis my sole and onlie Executores desyringe them faithfullie to performe this my will and
doe desire my wife often to thinke upon me, and to remember the lovinge familiar and secrete speeche and communicacon
that have passed betweene her and me for her owne good and the good the good of all our Children desyringe her often to call
to minde that her tyme in this world cannot be longe after mine, And if in that time she shall endevour to be lovinge and
helpfull unto her children she shall live a most free life bindinge them to serve her and love her and soe shall she be able to be
helpfull unto them that shall deserve best of her which God graunte, Lastlie I defyne, entreate, and charge you my Sonne
ffrancis to be dutyfull and lovinge to my wife your Mother, of whome I am assured no man lyvinge had ever a better wife nor
noe Childe had ever a better Mother thyn you have had of her, and one that brought me a greatt porcon many Children whom
God blesse, and hath all her tyme with greatt respect to my credit kept my house as proffitably as anie woman in Kente could
doe. ffurthermore I desire entreat and charge you my Sonne ffrancis that as God hath made you the heire of my _?_ house
beseechinge God to blesse the inheritance thereof so have you five tymes more than anie Brother you have and therfore desire
you not onlie for your part to performe and keepe this my last will and testament inviolable but in every _?_ to keepe and
performe the same accordinge to this my will and often to read yt and thinke on me, as allsoe to be brotherly lovinge aydinge
and helpinge wherin you may to all your Brothers and Sisters rememberinge you all had one carefull and most lovinge ffather,
and howe you shall therby please God, honor your ffather and gaine greatt commendations from the world with undoubted
love of all your Brothers and Sisters which God graunte, and soe to gods blessinge I commend my self, my wife and you with
all your Brothers and Sisters and all my grandchildren and soe doe make an end of this my last will and testamente. And in
witnes that this is my true will, I the saide Sir Martin Barnham have written all the same with mine owne hand and doe publish
it as my last will and testament and thereunto have sett my hande the day and yeare first above written to everie leafe. Martin
Barnham This xyth 12th December 1610 Edward Listen, Robert Honeywood Jr, Augustine Steward, John Dale
NOTE: The inheritance of 1,000 pounds that Sir Martin left to several of his heirs is the equivalent of $186,347 for each of
them in 2001 dollars. The annual stipend of 50 pounds that he left to others equals $9,317 per year. Since those monetary
grants were dwarfed by the amount of property and chattels that were divided among his heirs, his total worth must have been
quite significant for a person of his time. He was buried on 14 Dec 1610 in Eastcheap, London, England.54 Sir Martin
Barnham, Knight of Hollingbourne, was Sheriff of Kent in 1598 (14 Elizabeth). The patent of nobility granted to Sir Martin
was the second of three known to have been granted by the Crown to members of the Barnham family in England. Sir Martin
was knighted at Whitehall on July 23, 1603, by James I (reigned 1603-1625). This was just a few months after James had
ascended to the throne, following the death of Elizabeth I (reigned 1558-1603).
[Note: A Martin Barnham of Kent, as yet unidentified, was knighted by King Charles I on 25 Apr 1631].
Martin was freed of his apprenticeship 3 Jun 1572 by patrimony.
The arms of Sir Martin are blazoned as 'Quarterly, 1st and 4th sable a cross engrailed between four crescents argent, 2nd and
3rd azure a phaeon proper.' The crest is a dragon's head argent; the motto is Per Crucem ad Lumen -- Through the Cross to the
Light.
Sir Martin lived much of his life in the village of Hollingbourne, near Maidstone in County Kent, England. His place of
residence was Hollingbourne Parsonage, which he bought for £1,110. He built a new house in 1609, just a year before his
death.
Historic All Saints Church, in Hollingbourne, contains an ambitious monument to Sir Martin which is inscribed: "Sacred to
the memory of Sir Martin Barnham. Sprung from the old Southampton family of Barnham, who married Ursula, daughter of
Robert Rudstone, of Bouton, Monchelsey, and had two daughters and one son. On her death, he married Judith, the daughter
of Sir Martin Calthorpe, Lord Mayor of London, by whom he had five sons and five daughters. He was a man on every side of
gentle birth, most happy in the extreme piety of his life and death alike; on whom God of the boundless riches of His mercy
poured (piled upon him) of this world's gifts of nature, Grace and Honor, good measure, pressed down, shaken together and
running over. He died 12th. December 1610, aged 60 years." Sir Martin is buried in St. Clement's Church, Eastcheap, London.
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The Genealogical Record of the Barnum Family refers to Sir Martin's (1st) wife as Ursula Wotton, while Burke and the
inscription quoted above call her Ursula Rudstone. Noah G. Barnum, in The Barnum Family, calls her Miss Hudston.
The Barnum Family also says that Sir Martin was born abt 1559 and died 12 Dec 1604.
In 1569 Francis and Martin Barnham were granted the reversion of Pendlestone mills, the small tithes and Easter dues of St.
Leonard's, and profits of the spiritual jurisdiction of the Deans of Saint Mary Magdalen, Bridgnorth. The rest of the deanery
estate was granted in 1579 to Sir Christopher Hatton, who immediately sold it to Rowland Hayward and John Lacy. The
reversion of Morville prebend was acquired in 1554 by Thomas Reeve and George Cotton, who then sold it to William Acton
of Aldenham. Alveley prebend, which had been leased to William Gatacre in 1561, was granted to the Barnhams in 1569.
From: 'Colleges of secular canons: Bridgnorth, St Mary Magdalen', A History of the County of Shropshire: Volume 2 (1973),
pp. 123-28. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=39947&strquery=barnham. Date accessed: 05 June
2006.
Visitation: The Visitations of Kent, Taken in the Years 1574 and 1592; The Publicatitons of the Harleian Society FHL Book
942 B4h vol.75: 1592- Martien his eldist Sonne (of Stephin); Martin Bernham of Hollingborne in the Countie of Kent Esquire
Sonne and heire to ffraunces maried to his firste wyffe Vrsula Daughtr of Robert Rudstone of Boughton Monchelsey in the
saide Countie Esquire and by her hathe issue, ffraunces his eldest Sonne, Benedicke Died yonge, After the saide Martein
maried to his seconde wiffe Judethe Daughter to Sr Martyn Calthrope of Autingham in Norff. late of London Lord Maior, and
by her hathe issue Martyn his thirde Sonne Jacobe fourthe sonne, Thomas fifte Sonne, Alys, Elizabethe and Judethe.
Visitation: The Visitations of Kent, Taken in the Years 1619 and 1621; The Publicatitons of the Harleian Society FHL Book
942 B4h vol.42.
1619- de Hollingborne in co' Cant. Ch'l'r
Sir Martin BARNHAM knt. of Saint Clement Eastcheap and Ursula RUDSTONE of Boughton Monchelsey were married in
Aug 1572 in Boughton Malherb, Kent, England.
4097. Ursula RUDSTONE of Boughton Monchelsey 4,25,46,53,55-57 was born about 1554 in Boughton Monchelsea, Kent,
England. She was buried on 28 Jul 1579 in Hollingbourne, Kent, England. She died on 28 Jul 1579 in Hollingbourne, Kent,
England. She was also known as Ursula Rudston. Her given name is based on its appearance on her husband Martin's grave.
Other sources refer to Ursula Wotton or Hudston.
Death: A Copy Of An Original Manuscript of Sir Francis Barnham Formerly of Boughton Monchensea, Knight; The Ancestor
9:191, FHL Book 942 B2af "....by the death of my excellent mother, who died in the yeere 1579 in childbed of a sonne, whoe
lived but ten days after hir......" and "...his friends perswaded him to a second mariage which, some eight months after my
mothers death, he accomplished....." (he married Judith Calthorpe Feb 1579/80)
Visitation: The Visitations of Kent, Taken in the Years 1574 and 1592; The Publicatitons of the Harleian Society FHL Book
942 B4h vol.75
1574- Vrsala maried to Martan Barnham of London
1592- (Martin Barnham) maried to his firste wyffe Vrsula Daughtr of Robert Rudstone of Boughton Monchelsey in the saide
County Esquire
Visitation: The Visitations of Kent, Taken in the Years 1619 and 1621; The Publicatitons of the Harleian Society FHL Book
942 B4h vol.42.
1619- filia Rob'ti Rudstone de Borton Monchelsey in co' Cant. Ar. vx' p'ma
Pedigree Chart: FHL Book Q 942.23 D2ber: Berry, William, 1774-1851. County genealogies: pedigrees of the families of the
county of Kent, collected from the heraldic visitations and other authentic manuscripts in the British museum, and in the
possession of private individuals, and from the information of the present resident families. Ursula, da. of Robert Rudstone, of
Boughton-Monchelsey, in co. Kent, 1st wife (of Martin Barnham)
4098. Samson LENNARD Sheriff 46 was born in 1543 in Chevening, Kent, England.49 He was buried on 21 Sep 1615 in
Chevening, Kent, England.49 In the Cemetery of Saint Botolph. He Resided in Chevening, Kent, England. He signed his name
"Samson Lennard." Other documents refer to him as Sampson or Samson Leonard.
The arms used by the descendants of Sampson Leonard of Chevening, Co. Kent, England: ARMS- Or, on a fess gules three
fleur-de-lis of the first. CREST- Out of a ducal crown or a wolf-dog's head. MOTTO- Pour bien desirer. [Another version of
this same family's Arms has a tiger's head in place of the wolf-dog's head. see Memoirs of the Leonard, Thompson, and
Haskell families, by Caroline Leonard Goodenough, 1928, p. 52.]
Sampson Leonard was M.P. for Sussex and sheriff of Kent, born about 1544 and died 1615. He married Lady Margaret
Fiennes, Baroness Dacre, daughter of Thomas Fiennes, 9th Lord Dacre, and Mary Nevill. Sampson and Lady Margaret's home
was at Chevening, co. Kent, 15 miles southeast of London, until perhaps 1594, the year of her brother's death, after which they
were much at Hurstmonceux Castle, which they greatly embellished and where they entertained lavishly. At St. Botolph's
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Church at Chevening is the stately alabaster tomb of Sampson Lennard and Margaret Fiennes. Effigies of the two figures are
shown, the former in armour, and beside them are small kneeling effigies of their children: Henry, George and Thomas on the
north, and Anne, Mary, Margaret, Elizabeth and Frances on the south.
A translation of the inscription on the tomb of Samson Lennard, Chevening Church, reads: "Awaiting the glorious arrival of
our Lord Jesus Christ here rests Sampson Lennard arms-bearer, with one dearest (or gracious) wife Margareta Baroness Dacre
(sister and nearest heir of Gregorius Fiennes soldier Baron Dacre of the South) with whom he lived pleasantly and happily,
tied with conjugal bands, 47 years, 4 months and a few days; and likewise out of the 7 sons she bore, Henricus, Baron Dacre,
Gregorius, and Thomas surviving the remaining four extinguished in infancy, and six daughters of whom one died a little girl
five surviving; of well-known piety, courteousness, hospitality, and virtuous in general merit, after the sudden death of his
most noble wife aniticipating the more abundant grace of the King, by honor of this first-born son Baron Dacre of the South,
decorated with the commendation of the most illustrious King Jacob, entering his 71 year of age, of prosperity 1615, Sept 20
from his life he departed."
Another (perhaps less literal) translation of the same inscription reads: "Came to this awaited rest in our Glorious Lord Jesus
Christ Sampson Lennard, soldier, together with his loving wife Margaret, Baroness Dacre (sister and recent heir of Sir
Gregory Fienes, knight, Baron Dacre of the South) whom was happily married to her husband 47 years, 4 months and several
days; she bore him 7 sons, three of whom are still living; Henry, Baron Dacre; Gregory; and Thomas, four having died in
infancy and 6 daughters, five surviving of which we know. He had a sense of duty and responsibility to the court, with praise
and honor and good hospitality. With the sudden death of his noble wife, his son and heir became Baron Dacre of the South
by official letter from our illustrious King James. At age 71, 20 Sep 1615 he passed from this life." - Thanks to Ann Manning
Tappero for this translation from the original Latin.
Sampson Leonard and his wife Lady Margaret Fiennes had children listed in 1911 by the Marquis of Ruvigny as follows:
Henry, 12th Lord Dacre, born 1570, married Crisogona Baker. Henry accompanied the Earl of Essex in his memorable
campaign and was knighted at the taking of Cadiz in 1596. He became lord Dacre on the death of his mother in 1611 but only
outlived her five years. The title descended to his son Richard who married Elizabeth Throckmorton. He died and was buried
at Hurstmonceux in 1630.
Gregory Lennard. [George]
Thomas Lennard, born 1577, ...POSSIBLE ancestor of the Taunton Leonards.
EARLY INTEREST IN IRON
It is interesting to note this family had for many years been interested in the manufacture of iron. There was early "a steel
forge near Hurstmonceux Castle and, on this estate in 1574, an iron works." In 1626, patent rights for making steel were
granted to Sampson's grandson, Richard Leonard, Lord Dacre (who married Elizabeth Throckmorton and who died at
Hurstmonceux in 1630 and is buried at Hurstmonceux Church). There were also extensive iron works near Chevening, in the
western part of Kent on the Sussex line, which gradually had to be abandoned. "Queen Elizabeth was one of those who urged
persons aquainted with the iron business to go to Monmouthshire to develope the iron there. This may account for the
Leonards of Kent and Sussex giong to Monmouthshire to manage iron works."
From 'An Account of the Families of Lennard and Barrett. Compiled Largely from Original Document': "In the Herstmonceux
household account book there is an incidental reference to a 'steele forge' which probably was near that castle, and possibly the
scene of this trio's (note: trio probably referring to Samson's grandchildren, Richard, etc) attempts to become successful
ironmasters. We know that there was an iron working on the estate nearly a hundred years earlier in 1574, as a return was
made of the owners of ironworks in the counties of Surrey, Sussex, and Kent; and amongst these there is this entry, 'The Lord
Dacres i fordg i furnace in Buckholt in the handes of Jeffreys.'" Samson LENNARD Sheriff and Margaret FIENNES 5th
Baroness Dacre of the South were married on 16 Nov 1564 in Chevening, Kent, England.49
4099. Margaret FIENNES 5th Baroness Dacre of the South was born in 1540/41 in Pontypool, Monmouth, Wales.49 She
died on 10 Mar 1611/12 in Chevening, Kent, England.18 She was buried on 10 Mar 1611/12 in Chevening, Kent, England.49
She was buried in the Cemetery of Saint Botolph. Margaret Fiennes was also known as Margaret Fynes.
A translation of the inscription on the tomb of Margaret reads: "Of Margareta Fynes, Baroness Dacre, daughter of Thomas
Baron of Dacre, son of Thomas Fiennes soldier, son of Thomas Baron Dacre, and of Anna his wife daughter of Humfridus
Bourchier soldier, son of Johann, Baron Bourchier of Berners, son of Gulielmus Bourchier retainer of Essexia and Ewe, and
of Anna his wife, daught of Thomas of Woodstock, Duke of Glocestria; from maternal lineage daughter of Maria, daughter of
Georgius Neville Baron of Bergaveny, son of Edwardus Neville, Baron of Bergaveny, son of Rodulphus Neville retainer of
Westmorelania, and Johanna his wife daughter of Johann of Gaunt Duke of Lancastraia. For the sake of love and honor her
dearest/gracious spouse, whom she blessed with fruitful offspring, regarded her an ideal of piety in God, obedience to her
husband, charity to paupers, compassion to all, above her sex she had displaed; finally on the day of March 10, in the year of
Prosperity 1611, 70 of age, with greatest longing, for all good; willing and glad her dying breath expired to the Spirit of the
Father".
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Another translation of the same inscription reads: "Margaret Fiennes, Baroness Dacre; daughter of Thomas, Baron Dacre; son
of Thomas Fiennes, knight; son of Thomas, Baron Dacre; and Anna, his wife, daughter of Humphrey Bourchier, knight; son
of John Baron Bourchier of Berners; son of William Bourchier, Count Essex of Ewe; and Anna, his wife, daughter of Thomas
of Woodstock, Duke of Gloucester; and on her maternal side daughter of Maria, daughter of George Neville, Baron of
Bergaveny; son of Edward Neville, Baron of Burgaveny; son of Ralph Neville, Count of Westmorland; and Joan, his wife,
daughter of John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster. Love and honor therefore, with sorrow, to my loving wife and with happy
descendants, model of mercy in God, obedient in marriage, charitable to the poor, kind to all, an example to all women. On 10
March 1611, aged 70, she took her last breath and died." - Thanks to Ann Manning Tappero for this translation from the
original Latin.
Upon the death of Thomas, sixth lord Dacre, 15 January 1459, sir Richard Fiennes was declared a baron in right of his wife.
But soon after, a great contest arose respecting the barony, between sir Richard and Humphrey, younger son of Thomas, sixth
lord Dacre; in consequence of which the title of baron Dacre was awarded by king Edward the fourth in the year 1473 to sir
Richard Fiennes and Joan his wife, and the manor of Gillesland was adjudged to Humphrey, who was at the same time created
baron Dacre of Gillesland, with right of precedency next after Richard Fiennes lord Dacre. In consequence of this adjudication
the barons Fiennes lord Dacre were usually denominated lords Dacre of the south, and the barons Dacre lord Dacre were
denominated lords Dacre of the north. The title of lord Dacre of the north became extinct in the year 1568, both the remaining
heirs being attainted by act of parliament.
Fourteenth Generation
8192. Sir Francis BARNHAM knt. 4,25,46,58 was born in 1516 in County Kent, England.28,42 He died on 10 May 1576 in
London, Middlesex, England. He was buried in Eastcheap, London, England. He was buried at Saint Clement, Eastcheap. Sir
Francis is said to have been an alderman in 1568. In England, an alderman was originally a member of a municipal legislative
body. In early English law there were up to 11 classes of aldermen. Among the Anglo-Saxons, earls, governors of provinces,
and other persons of distinction received the title; later it was used to designate the chief magistrate of a county or group of
counties. Francis Barnham was also Sheriff of London in 1570, although the full term of his office is not known. A sheriff was
the senior executive officer in an English county or smaller area who performed a variety of administrative and judicial
functions. The office of sheriff existed before the Norman Conquest (1066). Although the office had historically been very
powerful, from the time of Henry II (1133-1189) the jurisdiction of the sheriff was severely restricted as a result of the
growing jurisdiction of the 'curia regis' or 'king's court.' His duty thereafter was to investigate allegations of crime from within
his shire, to conduct a preliminary examination of the accused, to try lesser offenses, and to detain those accused of major
crimes for the itinerant justices. The History of County Kent, England, says that Sir Francis was a baronet.
Barnham, Francis (fl. 1560, d. 1576), cit. & draper, aldm., h. of Alice, f. of Stephen. Parish of Saint Mary Colechurch 22A-D;
132 24-5; St. Olave Old Jewry 3C. Source: Index of Persons - B. Historical Gazetteer of London before the Great Fire,
Keene, D.J.; Harding, Vanessa. (1987).
In 1543 William Wyatt held London property that consisted of 142/X, 105/22A-D, 132/25A-H and 132/24A-D. A
considerable part of Wyatt's property was held on long leases at low rents. He held the whole in chief for the service of 1/40 of
a knight's fee and tenths (totalling £1. 19s. 4d.) on the current rents. These tenths or fee-farm rents continued to be paid until
the Commonwealth.
In 1550 Wyatt was licensed, for £7. 16s., to grant all the properties he held to Bartholomew Skerne (possibly Skrene?), citizen
and draper, his heirs and assigns, for the consideration that a lease be made to Wyatt and his wife Anne, of the messuage in
which they now lived (presumably part of the above, but it is not clear which), for 60 years at a peppercorn rent. This lease
was to be void on the lessees' deaths. In 1558 Skerne and his wife Jane, John Hethe, citizen and cooper, and his wife
Margaret, granted all the properties to John Broke, citizen and draper. Wyatt's life tenure and annuity were not mentioned;
possibly he and his wife were already dead. In 1560 John Broke was licensed to grant all the same properties to Francis
Bername or Barneham, citizen and draper. From: 'St. Mary Colechurch 105/22', Historical gazetteer of London before the
Great Fire: Cheapside; parishes of All Hallows Honey Lane, St Martin Pomary, St Mary le Bow, St Mary Colechurch and St
Pancras Soper Lane (1987), pp. 540-49. URL:
http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=11052&strquery=barneham. Date accessed: 06 June 2006.
Stirchley church (in County Shropshire), although not recorded until 1238, had been built, as architectural evidence shows, by
the 12th century. Wenlock priory had obtained the patronage by 1238 when Osbert, lord of Stirchley, released all his interest
in the advowson to the prior. The priory owned the advowson until the Dissolution, although the Crown exercised the priory's
patronage, presumably until its denization in 1395. In 1520 and 1535 the priory conveyed turns to others. Robert Brooke of
Madeley presented in 1554 but the patronage had reverted to the Crown by 1565. In 1569 it was leased for 21 years to Francis
Barneham, a London alderman. From: 'Stirchley: Churches', A History of the County of Shropshire: Volume 11: Telford
(1985), pp. 192-94. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=18133&strquery=barneham. Date accessed: 06
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June 2006.
Francis Barnham, alderman, died in 1576, leaving most of his properties in London in tail to his son Stephen, citizen and
draper, who in 1578 with his wife Anne and Francis's widow Alice suffered a recovery by William and Richard Bennett of one
messuage and curtilage in Old Jewry in St. Mary Colechurch parish, probably as part of a family settlement. In 1592 Stephen
and Anne suffered a recovery by Richard Bennet and Abraham Cartwright of 5 messuages in St. Mary Colechurch parish, one
in St. Olave Jewry parish, and 8 in St. Mildred Poultry parish. Stephen Barnham died in 1607 or 1608, leaving his lands to his
son Martin in tail, with remainder to his daughters Alice, Ursula, Elizabeth, and Benedicta. Ursula, wife of Sir Robert Swifte,
kt., of Rotherham (Yorks.), was barred from claiming the lands in London, on pain of forfeiting her claim to the other lands.
Martin Barnham died in 1620, having settled the descent of his estate by a deed of 1617 conveying it to Nicholas Jordan and
William Newton, to hold to the uses of himself and his wife Jane for life, with remainder to his niece Juliana Mason, daughter
of his late sister Alice, for a term of years, and then to his sister Elizabeth, wife of Walter Double, and their issue. In 1621, by
a case and decree in Chancery, Ursula and Sir Robert Swift recovered their title to the London properties as part of her
marriage settlement. From: 'St. Mary Colechurch 105/22', Historical gazetteer of London before the Great Fire: Cheapside;
parishes of All Hallows Honey Lane, St Martin Pomary, St Mary le Bow, St Mary Colechurch and St Pancras Soper Lane
(1987), pp. 540-49. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=11052&strquery=barnham.
15GL, Add. MS 1060; Comp. Peerage iv, 499. Sir Robert and Ursula's son Barnham Swift, later Viscount Carlingford, had
married Mary, daughter of William, Lord Sanquhar, in 1618, when both were probably under age: Comp. Peerage iv, 27.
In 1569 Francis and Martin Barnham were granted the reversion of Pendlestone mills, the small tithes and Easter dues of St.
Leonard's, and profits of the spiritual jurisdiction of the Deans of Saint Mary Magdalen, Bridgnorth. The rest of the deanery
estate was granted in 1579 to Sir Christopher Hatton, (fn. 133) who immediately sold it to Rowland Hayward and John Lacy.
(fn. 134) The reversion of Morville prebend was acquired in 1554 by Thomas Reeve and George Cotton, (fn. 135) who then
sold it to William Acton of Aldenham. (fn. 136) Alveley prebend, which had been leased to William Gatacre in 1561, (fn.
137) was granted to the Barnhams in 1569. From: 'Colleges of secular canons: Bridgnorth, St Mary Magdalen', A History of
the County of Shropshire: Volume 2 (1973), pp. 123-28. URL:
http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=39947&strquery=barnham.
The manor of Leighton, later known as Grovebury, appears in the Domesday Book as part of the ancient demesne of the
Crown. It was the largest of the royal manors in Bedfordshire, and consisted in 1086 of 47 hides. Seventeen of these had been
added by Ralph Tallebosc, whereof ten had been held by Wensi the Chamberlain and seven by Starcher, a thegn of King
Edward.Traditionally, the dean and canons farmed out the premises, and a lease of ninety-nine years was obtained in 1566 by
Robert Christmas, by whom it was surrendered and the premises granted in 1576 for the remainder of the term to Francis
Barnham and George Barnes, aldermen of London. (fn. 68) Their interest was doubtless transferred to Christopher, afterwards
Sir Christopher, Hoddesden, who was lessee in 1587. From: 'Parishes: Leighton Buzzard', A History of the County of
Bedford: Volume 3 (1912), pp. 399-417. URL:
http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=42455&strquery=barnham.
According to Boyd's Inhabitants of London, Francis Barnham, citizen & draper, freed seven apprentices: 1) John KIDD, citizen
and draper, 8 May 1553; 2) Thomas BYE, citizen & draper, 6 Nov 1555; 3) Humfrey CHAFFIN, citizen & draper, apprenticed
1553 but no record of his freedom (the book is missing for 1561-1566), 4) William GARWAY, citizen & draper, no record of
his freedom but he was shown as a master draper in 1594 and 1599; 5) Edward COTTON, citizen & draper, 11 Apr 1597; 6)
Richard MANN, citizen & draper, 19 Dec 1597 and 7) Francis ROGERS, citizen & draper, 26 Jan 1602. The last of these
apparently completed his apprenticeship under the heirs of Francis.
Francis himself was freed from his apprenticeship in 1541, becoming a master draper. He was alderman in 1568/69 and sheriff
in 1570. He had a will dated 1576.
In his will, Sir Francis requested to be buried in the church of Saint Clement, Eastcheap. Saint Clement is a church on
Clement's Lane, near Eastcheap in the City of London. There has been a church on the site since the 11th century, if not
before. It was one of the many churches destroyed by the Great Fire of London and rebuilt by Christopher Wren. The church
claims to be the one featured in the nursery rhyme Oranges and Lemons. However, Saint Clement Danes, in the City of
Westminster, also claims that honor. Sir Francis BARNHAM knt. and Alice BRADBRIDGE of Chichester, Sussex were
married.
8193. Alice BRADBRIDGE of Chichester, Sussex 4,46,58 was buried on 16 May 1604 in Eastcheap, London, England. She
was buried at Saint Clement, Eastcheap. She was born in Slingford, Sussex, England. She A settler of. Some sources spell
her surname as Brobridge or Brodbridge. She was her father's heir.
Barnham, Alice wid. of Francis (fl. 1578). Parish of Saint Mary Colechurch 22; 132 24-5. Source: Index of Persons - B.
Historical gazetteer of London before the Great Fire, Keene, D.J.; Harding, Vanessa. (1987).
In 1578 Alice, widow of Francis Barnham, and Stephen Barnham, citizen and draper, and his wife Anne, leased a tenement,
probably identifiable as 22C, in St. Mary Colechurch parish in Old Jewry, late held or occupied by John Payne, citizen and
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goldsmith, and now by John Cage, citizen and salter, to Cage, for 33 years from 1579 at £6 rent and a fine of £100. Cage was
to spend £66. 13s. 4d. in repairs in the first 10 years, and thereafter to do all repairs. In 1583 Stephen Barnham and his wife
Anne added another 7 years to Cage's lease from 1623 (the lease must already have been extended once), at the same rent. In
1583 Stephen Barnham and Anne leased 2 messuages (22D) in Old Jewry, in St. Mary Colechurch parish, and a messuage,
shop, and chamber in Coneyhope Lane, to Ralph Bressey, citizen and haberdasher, for 30 years from 1592 at £6 rent and £7.
6s. 8d. annuity, and £140 fine. One of the 2 messuages in Old Jewry was occupied by Bressey or his assigns and the other,
adjoining it, was still inhabited by Thomas Slack. John Allen occupied the messuage in Coneyhope Lane and Bressey the shop
and chamber over it. Bressey was to meet the cost of repairs. Also in 1583, Stephen Barnham and Alice leased the tenement
(22B) on the S. side of the Rose in Old Jewry, with all shops, cellars, solars, etc., to Thomas Gawdbye, citizen and skinner,
who was then occupying it, to hold for 28 years at £6. 13s. 4d. rent. Gawdbye was to repair, but not to alter or remove
principal timbers in such a way as to damage the tenement, and he was to leave the wainscot and wainscot portals at present in
the parlour or hall at the end of his term. Thomas Gadby had been a tithe-payer in the parish in 1571-4, but the position of his
name in that list suggests he was then tenant of 26A on the S. side of Poultry; he was presumably the Thomas Gawdbie of St.
Mary Colechurch parish who died in or before 1589.
The lease of the Rose (22A) current in 1543 was due to expire in 1591. A new lease was probably made then or earlier to John
Cornelis, citizen and goldsmith, who occupied it in 1591. In that year Stephen Barnham and his wife Anne leased to Cornelis
another two messuages in Old Jewry for 50 years at £8. 13s. 4d. rent and £37 fine. One of the messuages, in St. Mary
Colechurch parish, was 22B, said to be sometime held or occupied by Thomas Gawdby or his assigns, under the lease of
1583, and 'now or late' occupied by (blank) Hill. The other messuage, said to be in the parishes of St. Olave and St. Mary
Colechurch, 'or either of them' probably corresponding to 142/X, was lately occupied by John Cheke, citizen and mercer,
under a lease of 1576, and now by the same Hill. It lay on the N. side of the entry to the Rose, and measured on the ground
floor 14 ft. (4.27 m.) N.-S. by 22 ft. 7 in (6.88 m.); on the first floor it included the space over the entry, and measured 22 ft. 2
in. (6.76 m.) N.-S. Cornelis was to repair and cleanse the 'privyes, sinckes, and seiges' at his own cost, and pay the quit-rents
and other charges. The interests of the assigns of John Cheeke and Thomas Gawdbye, under their existing leases, were to be
preserved. It is notable both here and in St. Mildred Poultry parish that the rents reserved under these new leases were
considerably higher than those due on the long leases current in 1538 and 1543.
In the early 17th century there appear to have been 5 tenants in Barnham's property in St. Mary Colechurch parish in Old
Jewry. In a tithe account of 1602 they were Mr. Cornelius, with a house worth about £6, Mr. Barnes or Barnesh, for one worth
over £8, Mr. Binckes, for one worth about £4, Mr. Leigh, for one worth about £8, and Mr. Brooke, for one worth about £2. In
a rate assesment of 1612, John Cornelius, Walter Clapton, Giles Bynckes, John Wythall, and Thomas Brook probably held the
same 5 properties. In 1622 the occupants were David Bunnell, Ambrose Mudford, Giles Binckes, Thomas Cullicke, and
Thomas Brookes. In 1628 William, viscount Aire, mortgaged his properties to John Mannyng, citizen and skinner. The part in
Old Jewry was described as a great messuage or tenement, with a shop lying on the N. side of the great gate or entrance,
(both) now or late held by David Bonnell, merchant, or his assigns; a messuage or tenement and shop adjacent to the S. side of
the great gate, now or late held by Ambrose Mudford, gentleman, or his assigns; a messuage or tenement and shop adjacent to
the last, to the S., now or late held by Giles Bynckes or his assigns; another great messuage or tenement adjacent to the S. side
of Binckes' house, now or late held by John Beholt (?), merchant, or his assigns; and another messuage or tenement and shop
adjacent to the S. side of Beholt's house, now or late held by Thomas Brooke or his assigns. The properties in Poultry and
Coneyhope Lane, conveyed in the same deed, are described under 132/24-5.
From: 'St. Mary Colechurch 105/22', Historical gazetteer of London before the Great Fire: Cheapside; parishes of All
Hallows Honey Lane, St Martin Pomary, St Mary le Bow, St Mary Colechurch and St Pancras Soper Lane (1987), pp. 540-49.
URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=11052&strquery=barnham.
She had a will dated 1604.
8194. Robert RUDSTONE 46 was born about 1494 in London, Middlesex, England. He Resided in Boughton Monchelsea,
Kent, England. He was freed of his apprenticeship on 22 Jun 1534.
8195. Ann WOTTON 58 was born about 1494 in Boughton Monchelsea, Kent, England. She was also known as Anne Wooten
in 1507.
Fifteenth Generation
16384. Sir Stephen BARNHAM knt., of Southwick, Hampshire 4,25,46 was born in 1480.42 He died on 28 Oct 1550 in
Southwick, Hampshire, England. Sir Stephen was a member of the Privy Council of Henry VIII (1491-1547). Historically, the
Privy Council was the sovereign's private council. It is descended from the 'curia regis,' which was made up of the king's
tenants-in-chief, household officials, and anyone else chosen by the king. That group performed all the functions of
government in either small groups, which became the king's council, or large groups, which grew into the great council and
Parliament. By the time of Henry VII (1457-1509), the king's council had become the instrument of the crown; it was made up
of the Privy Council, the courts of Chancery, Star Chamber, and High Commission, and their local subsidiaries.
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Stephen Barnham / de Barnham of Southwick, Hampshire, England. According to the journal of Sir Francis Barnham
(Stephen's grandson), "...Steven Barnham, Esq., groome of the Privie Chamber to Kinge Henry the Eighth, whose father and
grandfather, being men of fayre estates, were killed at Bosworth field on the side of Richard the Third, and theire estates, or
the greatest parte thereof, becominge a prey to the contrary faction."
b. 1480 d. Will dated 28 October 1550 Southwick, Hampshire, England. m1: _?_ Blewett/Blowett/Bluett/Blowott. m2: Joan
_?_. By his first wife, he had:
i. Francis Barnham b. 1516/17 in London, England d. 11 May 1575 or 76 in London, England m. Alice Brobridge
(Bradbrigge/Bradbrige/Brodbridge/Brobrigge) ii. Thomas Barnham, alderman of Guild of Holy Trinity m. Alice Cressey or
Cressi/Cressey or Gressy iii. Dorothea Barnham m. John Chapman of London iv. Agnes Barnham v. Elizabeth Barnham
Stephen's will also mentions a bastard daughter, Mary. vi. Mary Barnham m. Mr. Henslowe or Hensly of London
Note: In Burke's Extinct Baronetcies, Dorothea is mentioned as being the daughter of Stephen and marrying a Mr. Chapman.
In the Genealogical Record of the Barnum Family she is listed as Stephen's wife. According to the account of Sir Francis
Barnham in his journal (published in The Ancestor, April 1904) "Steven Barnham, my great grandfather, being left bare of
friends and fortune, was put into the tuition and education of Battell Abbeye in Sussex to which house his auncestors had
beene greate benefactors, and from thence preferred to Cardinall Wolsey, and from him to Kinge Henry the Eighth, whoe gave
him fayre lands, and other gifts of good value; But his first wife (whoe was of the family of the Blowotts in Hamshire and
mother to Francis, and Thomas, and one daughter) being dead, his second wife, whome he maried in his later age meerely for
love (which humor had been all his life predominant in him), beinge without children, did so governe him, and misgoverne his
estate, as made him att his death little more than even with the world, so that Francis, his eldest sonne, had but a small portion
from him where withall to rayse a fortune, and Thomas, his brother lesse than hee."
A footnote by the editor of The Ancestor reads as follows: "The will of this Stephen Barnham hardly carries out his
descendant's description of him. He is there seen, not as an impoverished courtier, but as a Hampshire yeoman and prosperous
innkeeper. Describing himself as 'Stephen Barnam of Southwyke, in the countie of Southampton, yoeman,' he gives his wife
Joan his dwelling house called the 'Crowne,' with certain copyholds and £5 yearly for life. He gives her six kine and six hogs
and two horses of the best, six featherbeds with bedsteads and testers, the hangings of 'Winchester chamber,' 'the parlour' and
'the best chamber,' one of his best goblets, the nut with the cover of silver gilt and six silver spoons, six wine quarts, pots, six
wine plats, six beer quarts and six beer pints' with all other smale measirs pottes for wynes and bere.' He gave his daughters
Dorothy, Agnes and Elizabeth £10 each. He gave to his bastard daughter Mary £13.6s.8d, and to his bastard daughter Dorothy
£10, to be paid at their ages of discretion. He also names Maude, his wife's cousin, Dorothy Cowper, and Annys Frybyn,
Richard Cycklye, John Hensly an Michael Clerk. He made Henry Byckly his overseer, and gave the residue of his goods to his
sons Francis and Thomas Barnam, his executors. This will, dated 28 Oct. 1550, was proved 9 Jan 1551 by the executors." Sir
Stephen BARNHAM knt., of Southwick, Hampshire and Dorothy CHAPMAN were married.
16385. Dorothy CHAPMAN 4 was born about 1484 in Ilkeston, Derbyshire, England. The South Derbyshire town of Ilkeston
is situated approximately 10 miles east of the City of Derby and 8 miles west of the City of Nottingham. Though a small
number of prehistoric and Roman archaeological finds have been made in the area, no evidence of any permanent settlement
dating from a time prior to the Conquest has yet been found. Ilkeston itself probably began as an Anglo-Saxon settlement and
became part of the Danelaw in the 9th century. The Domesday Book of 1086 records the name of the village as Tilchestune -
the 'T' being mistakenly added by a Norman scribe. Domesday tells us that before the Conquest of 1066 the principal
landowners were named Ulf Fenisc, Osmund Benz and Toli.
After the Conquest, the manor was handed to Gilbert of Ghent, who in turn sublet the land to Malgar. During the Medieval
period, the manor passed through a succession of families, all of whom held other manors either within or without the county.
These families included the Muskhams, the Gresleys, the Cantelupes, the Zouches, the Savages and the Manners.
In 1252, King Henry the Third considered the town important and prosperous enough to be granted a charter permitting a
weekly market and an annual fair. In 1386, the living of Ilkeston passed into the hands of the Premonstratensian canons of
Dale Abbey and who for the next 213 years until the Dissolution, appointed one of their own as the village priest of Ilkeston.
During the Tudor period, ownership of the manor was transferred to the Savage family, the last Zouche having supported King
Richard the Third at Bosworth in 1485.
16386. William BRADBRIDGE 59 was born. In Chichester Cathedral, on the south wall west of the doorway, is a brass to
William Bradbridge, d. 1546, erected in July 1592. It has the kneeling figures of a man and woman, the man in a ruff and
gown, the woman with a flat cap, ruff, padded and slashed sleeves, close corsage and full skirt; their hands are in prayer, and
there is a desk with books between them. Behind the man are the figures of six sons and behind the woman eight daughters. It
has an architectural background, above which is a shield of the arms, [azure] a pheon [or]. The inscription reads:
'Here under lyeth the bodies of Mr. William Bradbridge
who was thrice Maior of this Cittie, and Alice, his wife, who
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had vi sonnes and viii daughters, which Wm. deceased 1546
and this stone was finished at ye charges of ye worshI Mrs. Alice Barn
ham widow one of ye dautrs of ye said Wm. Bradbridge and wife of the
worshI Mr. Francis Barnham, deceased, shrive and Alderman of London in 1570. Fynyshed in July 1592.'
From: 'Chichester cathedral: The nave', A History of the County of Sussex: Volume 3 (1935), pp. 135-46. URL:
http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=41670&strquery=barnham. William BRADBRIDGE and Alice were
married.
16387. Alice was born.
16388. Sir John RUDSTONE of Saint Michael Cornhill 58 was born in Saint Martin, Hayton, Yorkshire, England. He was a
citizen & draper, freed from his apprenticeship in 1491 by Rauf Fordringay. He appeared as a master draper in 1523 & 1529,
Alderman 1521-1531 and Mayor 1528. Sir John RUDSTONE of Saint Michael Cornhill and Ursula SYMONDS were
married.
16389. Ursula SYMONDS 58 was born.
Sixteenth Generation
32768. Sir Nicholas BARNHAM knt. 25,42,60 was born about 1455 in County Hampshire, England. He died on 22 Aug 1485 in
Bosworth Field, Leicestershire, England.61 The famous Battle of Bosworth Field, fought at the end of the Wars of the Roses on
22 August 1485, actually took place in the parish of Sutton Cheney. There is now a Visitors' Center, where you can roam the
Battle Trails and "experience medieval times." Before the battle, Henry Tudor assembled his forces at nearby Shenton. He
later became Henry VII, following his victory over Richard III, who did not come out of the battle quite as well. Devotees of
history and Shakespeare will know the story. Every Ricardian knows these familiar facts: On August 21, 1485, Richard III
left Leicester to intercept Henry Tudor's invading army. Their forces met and clashed at Redemore Plain -- somewhere south
of Market Bosworth -- early the following day. Betrayed by the Stanleys and Northumberland, Richard was killed along with
much of his Household (including Sir Nicholas Barnham and his father) during his fateful charge at Henry Tudor's ranks. Sir
Nicholas Barnham was born Abt 1455 in Hampshire, England and died August 22, 1485 in Leicestershire, England. He and
his father, whose given name is not known, were killed along with Richard III in the Battle of Bosworth Field. Stephen
Barnham (1480-1550), the son of Sir Nicholas, was only five years old when his father died.
The Barnum Family quotes The History of County Kent as saying that Sir Nicholas was a Serjeant at Law during the reign of
Elizabeth I, but then goes on to state that he must have died before Elizabeth was born. The Genealogical Record of the
Barnum Family states that Nicholas, grandson of Sir Nicholas, was a Serjeant at Law. The younger Nicholas was born about
1520 and Elizabeth reigned 1558-1603, so the original statement might have simply mentioned the wrong individual. It's
unclear whether this is merely a confusion of generations, or whether both individuals held the office.
The Genealogical Record of the Barnum Family also indicates that the branch of the family headed by Sir Nicholas is probably
descended from Sir Walter Barnham, who was Chief Baron of the Exchequer during the reign of Richard II (1377-1399).
Information concerning Sir Walter Barnham is included elsewhere in this genealogy. Although there is likely a line of descent
from Sir Walter to Sir Nicholas, there are several generations between them for which no documentation has yet been found.
Sir Francis Barnham, M.P. (1576-1646) [grandson of Sir Nicholas] discussed in his journal the origin of the surname
Barnham. He stated, "Our Name as we have it by tradition, strengthened with probable circumstances, and some good records
(which I have heard some of my friends say they have seene) was first gentilized, or at least advanced, by Sir Walter
Barnham, a Baron of the Exchequer in the time of Richard II, and soe continued in a flowrishinge estate (at a place called
Barnham in Suffolke not far from Thetford, where divers descents of them lye now buried) till the time of Henry VII, all
which I have received from my grandmother, father, and uncles, whoe spake it with much confidence, as being delivered to
them, by theire friends of the former age, and the truth of it assured by divers records, however it is not that which I will binde
on as an infallible truth, because I my self have not seene that which may soe absolutly assure it, and because I for myne owne
parte care not to fetch a pedegree farther then from the certaine memory of a grandfather that was rich and honest, and a father
that was vertuous and wise;...."
Here are a few words about the development of the language spoken during the time of Sir Nicholas Barnham: During the 7th
and 8th Centuries, Northumbria's culture and language had dominated Britain. The Viking invasions of the 9th Century
brought that domination to an end (along with the destruction of Mercia). Only Wessex remained as an independent kingdom.
By the 10th Century, the West Saxon dialect had become the official language of Britain. Written Old English is mainly
known from that period. It was written in an alphabet called Runic (See: http://www.krysstal.com/writing_runic.html), derived
from the Scandinavian languages. The Latin alphabet was brought over from Ireland by Christian missionaries and has
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remained the writing system for English.
At that time, the vocabulary of Old English consisted of an Anglo Saxon base with borrowed words from the Scandinavian
languages (Danish and Norse) and Latin. Latin gave English words like street, kitchen, kettle, cup, cheese, wine, angel,
bishop, martyr, candle. The Vikings added many Norse words: sky, egg, cake, skin, leg, window (wind eye), husband, fellow,
skill, anger, flat, odd, ugly, get, give, take, raise, call, die, they, their, them. Celtic words also survived mainly in place and
river names (Devon, Dover, Kent, Trent, Severn, Avon, Thames).
Many pairs of English and Norse words coexisted, giving us two words with the same or slightly differing meanings: anger,
wrath; ill, sick; raise, rear.
In 1066 the Normans conquered Britain; French became the language of the Norman aristocracy and added more vocabulary
to English. More pairs of similar words arose: close, shut; reply, answer; desire, wish.
Because the English underclass cooked for the Norman upper class, the words for most domestic animals are English (ox,
cow, calf, sheep, swine, deer) while the words for the meats derived from them are French (beef, veal, mutton, pork, bacon,
venison).
The Germanic form of plurals (house, housen; shoe, shoen) was eventually displaced by the French method of making plurals:
adding an s (house, houses; shoe, shoes). Only a few words have retained their Germanic plurals: men, oxen, feet, teeth,
children.
French also affected spelling - so that the cw sound came to be written as qu (e.g., cween became queen).
It wasn't till the 14th Century that English became dominant in Britain again. In 1399, King Henry IV became the first king of
England since the Norman Conquest whose mother tongue was English. By the end of the 14th Century the dialect of London
had emerged as the standard dialect of what we now call Middle English, the language in which Chaucer wrote.
Sir Nicholas Barnham died August 22, 1485 in Leicestershire, England, killed along with Richard III in the Battle of Bosworth
Field. That famous battle was fought at the end of the War of the Roses on August 22, 1485 in the parish of Sutton Cheney. On
August 21, 1485, Richard III left Leicester to intercept Henry Tudor's invading army. Their forces met and clashed at
Redemore Plain, somewhere south of Market Bosworth, early the following day. Betrayed by the Stanleys and
Northumberland, Richard III was killed along with much of his household, including Sir Nicholas Barnham and his father
(whose given name is not known).
Seventeenth Generation
65536. BARNHAM 61 died on 22 Aug 1485 in Bosworth Field, Leicestershire, England.61 This member of the Barnham
Family (whose given name is unknown), was the father of Sir Nicholas Barnham and grandfather of Sir Stephen. With his
son, Sir Nicholas Barnham, he was among those killed at the famous Battle of Bosworth Field. That battle is dealt with in
more detail in the notes for Sir Nicholas. This entry represents the father of Sir Nicholas Barnham, whose given name is not
known. Father and son died August 22, 1485 in Leicestershire, England, killed along with Richard III in the Battle of
Bosworth Field. That famous battle was fought at the end of the War of the Roses on August 22, 1485 in the parish of Sutton
Cheney. On August 21, 1485, Richard III left Leicester to intercept Henry Tudor's invading army. Their forces met and
clashed at Redemore Plain, somewhere south of Market Bosworth, early the following day. Betrayed by the Stanleys and
Northumberland, Richard III was killed along with much of his household, including Sir Nicholas Barnham and his father.
BARNHAM were married.
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