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The Heveningham Family of Staffordshire
Erasmus Heveningham was the founder of the Staffordshire branch of the Heveningham family. He was the fifth son of Sir John Heveningham of Ketteringham in Norfolk and his wife, Alice Shelton. He made a good marriage with the heiress, Mary Moyle, whose father had estates in Kent, and whose mother was Isabella Stanley of the House of Derby. Through her mother, Mary had claims on land in Staffordshire which had once belonged to the Arderne family, and had come into the possession of Sir Humphrey Stanley. The Manor of Pype (near Lichfield) was one of these possessions which came into the Heveningham family through Erasmus's marriage to Mary Moyle. The Manor of Pype was inherited by Mary from her grandfather, Sir John Stanley of Pype. It was originally bought into the Stafford and Stanley families by Margaret Basset, daughter of Sir Ralph Basset of Drayton and wife of Sir Richard de Stafford. The Manor of Aston devolved unto Mary Moyle through the Stanley family. It had been bought into the family by Dame Ellen Leigh, daughter of Sir James Leigh and wife of Sir Humphrey Stanley.
Original medieval barns at Pype Hall, Nr. Lichfield
Erasmus does not seem to have played an important part in Staffordshire or elsewhere, and he died intestate. On the 29th January 1559(60), Adminstration of Erasmus Heveningham, "late of Pip-hall", in the diocese of Coventry and Lichfield was granted to Richard Hatchman of Stanes, Co. Middlesex, gentleman, because no kinsman of the deceased was found who was willing to accept administration. (Source: Notes of Staffordshire Families (William Salt Library,Stafford/Lamb Library, Parker, part 1, p. 178).
Brothers, Symon and Christopher Heveningham of Pype Hall both served King Charles in the Royalist Northern Midland Army during the English Civil War.
Symon's great, great grandaughter, Arbella Heveningham of Lichfield, (b. Ireland 1765) was a direct descendant of Erasmus and his wife, Mary Moyle. Arabella married Thomas Wakelin at Lichfield in 1788 and their son, Thomas Wakelin married Sarah Hughes and settled in Birmingham. Arabella Heveningham and Thomas Wakelin were my 3 x great grandparents.
Pype Hall - not the original house but one that was built in the late 18th century on the original foundations.
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