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2.13 Oxfordshire Henley_on_Thames is located in Oxfordshire. At the parish church there
the largest memorial in the whole of the church was an "Elmes".
It was situated on a side altar. It came complete with a cherub holding
scroll with writing on and an inscribed tablet underneath. A partial transcription
is: (On the tablet) "1 2 3 4 5 It appears that this branch left Northamptonshire around the same time as the Long Sutton branch. Bolney is to the SW of Henley and it is in fact a parish and may not show up on any maps. The parish of Bolney is at Shiplake and probably can be found. An old map in the library of Bolney parish showed the buildings in existence in the 17th century._ They were a cluster of small mansion houses on the banks of the Thames and were all clearly marked private with security cameras and electronic gates, but a picture was taken. The MI called Henley a safe retreat. So, what were the Northamptonshire Elmes running away from? We know one branch went to Long Sutton. This lot may be related to the Gillingham Helmes, especially in view of the Freeman connection. In the parish church yard at Henley_on_Thames there were numerous MI's to the Webbs, Hills and Freemans. Nearby is Fawley Court, which used to be the stately home of the Freeman family. They popped up with the Helmes in the Caribbean and also in the data on the Rhodes family in connection with the Washingtons etc. Fawley Court, is now in the hands of what appeared to be the "Pilgrim Fathers" > ELMES _ Manor of Cassington, _ Wootton Hundred, _ Oxfordshire A book entitled "A History of Oxfordshire" is in Henley library: In part it gives: "In the late 12th century the demesne tenants of half the fee were Helewise's daughter by her second marriage, Avice Avernel, and her husband Richard de Vernon (d. 1195), who gave the manor to William de Brai in marriage with their daughter Isabel. In 1247 the manor was held by Robert and Cecily Bagot, but shortly afterwards their son William sold it to Peter Ashridge, who gave it to Godstow Abbey. Richard de Vernon, grandson of Richard and Avice, confirmed the grant to Godstow c 1255, but in 1279 the abess held directly of Richard de Fritwell and William Brown. Thereafter the descent followed that of Godstow's other Cassington manor into which it was absorbed. The other half of the St Valery fee may have been held in the late 12th century by Amisius of Woodstock, whose son John sold land in Cassington to Philip Pady of Oxford before 1252. Philip was succeeded by John Pady whose son Edmund held the half knight's fee ub 1279, Henry Pady, presumably Edmund's heir, sold the estate c1284 to Michael Meldon who held half fee of the Earl of Cornwall in 1300. William died c 1362 and was succeeded by Walter of Coxwell who in 1365 conveyed Cassington to THOMAS CHEYNE. The manor then seems to have descended to Thomas's son Henry (d.1397), to Henry's nephew ROGER CHEYNE (d.1414) and to Roger's son John, who in 1444 sold it to JOHN ELMES (see note 78). From JOHN ELMES the manor passed to his son JOHN (d.1491) and then, with the MANOR OF PAPLEY IN WARMINGTON (NORTHANTS) (see note 79) to the younger JOHN'S son WILLIAM (d.1504) to WILLIAM's son JOHN (d.1541) to JOHN'S son EDMUND (d.1602), to EDMUND's son THOMAS (d.1632), to THOMAS's son WILLIAM (d.1641) and to WILLIAM's son ARTHUR, who in 1661 conveyed it to HENRY ALLNUTT. (See note 80). In 1692, HENRY ALLNUTT conveyed the manor to his youngest son, another HENRY, who sold it in 1711 to JOHN CHURCHILL, Duke of Marlborough. The 6 hides in Cassington held by Ilbert de Lacy in 1086 were later held of the honor of Pontefract. In 1235_6 the manor was held of Ilbert's descendant John de Lacy, Earl of Lincoln, and in 1242 of Johns's son Edmund, Earl of Lincoln. On the death of Henry de Lacy, Earl of Lincoln, in 1311, the knight's fee in Cassington passed to his daughter Alice and her husband Thomas, EARL OF LANCASTER. Thereafter the overlordship of the fee descended with the earldom, and later the dukedom, of Lancaster. It was last recorded in 1361 when Cassington was among the lands assigned to Blanche, daughter and coheir of Henry, Duke of Lancaster, and her husband JOHN OF GAUNT. WILLIAM DE CLINTON held one knight's fee of the honor of Pontefract, along with his estate of the Arsic honor, in 1235_6, but three quarters of it had been alienated by 1242_3 when William of Paris held only one quarter fee. That quarter fee later descended with William's other Cassington Manor, into which it was absorbed, to the MONTAGUS and their successors. A mesne tenancy may have been created in the mid 13th century, for in 1255 William of Paris was said to have held of William Mauduit but there is no other record of such a mesne tenancy. (Another paragraph follows on the de Clintons). NOTE 78 NOTE 79 NOTE 80 > Elmes of Bolney (Henley_on_Thames) Herewith selected list of the baptisms of Harpsden, St Margaret, Oxon. ST MARGARET 10 April 1561 John son of Anthony Elmes Esq Next came BOHAMS/FOWLERS/BUTLERS/TURNERS _ too many to write down _ only Elmes are as follows _ it could be that they had a change of vicar and the new one couldn't spell:_ 23 Jan 1670 Thomas son of John and Anne Turner The Giffords were the Earls of Buckingham. There is more there 2.14 Surrey From Genealogical Gleanings in England Page 179 "WILL OF SARAH ELMES, of the parish of St Saviour's, Southwark, in the county of Surrey, widow, 25 Aug 1653, proved 20 Apr 1654. To son ANTHONY ELMES five pounds. To son RADOLPHUS ELMES (now in parts beyond the seas) (New England!) the sum of ten pounds if he shall be living at the time of my decease. To son JONATHAN ELMES ten pounds within one month after my decease. To grand child JONATHAN ELMES, son of the said JONATHAN, ten pounds, and to each child as MARY, the wife of the said son JONATHAN, ten pounds and to such child as MARY, the wife of the said son JONATHAN, now goeth with all ten pounds. To son HENRY ELMES ten pounds within one month. To my two grand children, CURTIS AND HENRY ELMES (minors) sons of my said son HENRY, ten pounds apiece. To my two grand children JOHN AND SARAH MARIES, children of my daughter MARGARET MARIES, of the parish of St Saviour's, Southwark, widow, twenty pounds apiece at the age of one and twenty years or day of marriage. To my loving cousin SARAH BEST twenty shillings (for a ring) and to sister ELIZABETH STURMEY, twenty shillings and good friend MR HAMOND of Pudding Lane twenty shillings (for rings). Daughter MARGARET MARIES to be sole executrix and Mr JOHN CHELSHAM and loving cousing MR RALPH COLLINS overseears. (The testatrix of the above will was undoubtedly the mother of Rhodolphus Elmes (nee Savage), of Scituate, (Mass Colony) who came in the Planter, 1635, aged 15, and married 1644 , Catharine, daughter of John Whitcomb. See deed of RODOLPHUS EMES of Scituate to JOHN FLOYD, Oct 2 1656, for money lent and paid for passage, in Suffolk Deeds, vol. ii, P 294_H.F.W.)" See also the line of Rodolphus in New England, above. 2.15 SUSSEX Extracted from Genealogical Gleanings in England "JOSEPH TILDEN citizen and girdler of London, 1 Feb 1642. To my brother
Freegift Tilden five pounds, to my niece SARA SMYTH ten pounds, to my
sister Lydia Tilden, late wife of my brother Nathaniel Tilden, ten pounds,
and to her 2 daughters who are married in New England twenty nobles apiece.
The livery of the company of Girdlers whereof I am a member to attend
my corps to burial. To the said company for poor members and widows ten
pounds. To the poor of Smallhead Street in the parish of Tenterden, Kent,
three pounds for the poor at the discretion of MR THOMAS HUCKSTROPP. to
the widow HAMOND three pounds. To the widow Prestwich of Lambheth in the
County of Surrey thirty shillings, to Jane Ranndall a diaper table cloth
with the napkins belonging to it, to my maid servant Margaret Smart ten
shillings, to my nurse five shillings, to the poor of the parish of St
John Baptist, London, the several legatees following ie the widow Armefield
thirty shillings and to the rest of the said parish fifty shillings, to
be distributed among them at the discretion of my brother Thatcher. To
Hudnall the hairdresser of our parish twenty shillings. My newphew Joseph
Tilden, son of my brother Nataniel Tilden, to the sole executor. My brother
Hopestill Tilden, to be administrator in trust for the use of the said
Joseph until he shall take upon him the executorship and I give to the
said Hopestill ten pounds for his pains. To my brother George Thatcher
the half year's rent due next Lady day for my lands in Sussex.
George Thatcher to be overseer. By a codicil he bequeaths the residue to nephew Joseph Tilden. Letter of administration were issued 18 Mar 1642 to Hopestill Tillden, brother of the deceased, during the absence of Joseph Tilden, executor named in the will and now dwelling beyond the seas. (Elder Nathaniel Tilden, brother of the testator, settled in Scituate, Mass. For an account of him and his descendants, see Deane's History of Scituate, pp 353_5. One of his descendants is the Hon Samuel J Tilden, formerly Governor of the state of New York, and the democratic candidate for President of the United States in 1876 (see REGISTER, vol xxxviii p6 _EDITOR)." 2.16 Warminster Collection for the relief of Ireland _ Division of Warminster 1648 Thos Helme 11d Telfont Chill marke and Ridge 2.17 Wiltshire Page 128 "Shortly we come to EDINGTON. The church, one of the finest in Wiltshire was founded in 1351 as a college by the Bishop of Winchester ....... There are some impressive monuments, including the canopied tomb of Sir Ralph Cheney and his wife and two early 14th century effigies of knights from the church at Imber which is now part of the artillery range." I wondered if this was from where the Edingtons get their name? Trowbridge Record Office - Wills Sub Dean of Sarum Index Margaret Helme, Sarum, W, 28 Jun 1672 6 Dean of Salisbury John Elmes, Stowerpayne, yeoman, inv. Bd died 2 July _ will proved
22 Nov 1582. Arch of Wiltshire Eliz Elmes, Lacock, wid, W1 5 Nov 1727 Cons Sarum Wills Arthur Elmes, Teffont Magna, Inv. Bd 12 Dec 1665 In several histories on the village of Mere, none of the Helmes got a mention. The largest gentry family in the area appeared to be the Chafyns. The Elmes must only have owned land but not lived on it. Trowbridge Record Office Library WILTSHIRE NOTES AND QUERIES Margaret eldest dau of William and Isabel Combe, was married before
(1623) to WILLIAM HELME, BD, Rector of Bishopton. His will, dated
23 Apr 1639, was proved PCC (Prerogative Court of Canterbury) 11 Feb 1639_40
in which he mentions his freehold lands at Norton Farrers and Kilmington
and his right of patronage ...... Divers Courtiers _ Feet of fines for Wiltshire Records of Wiltshire Parishes KENT family of Wilts The Chrysom Book of St Thomas, New Sarum 1583 Edward Miller married Bridget Helmes Oliver Cromwell's Wiltshire Relatives: Peculiars of Dean and Chapter of Salisbury Wiltshire Record Office - Trowbridge (Surprising to find the Hyte family in Mere!!!) Ref 906 SC 16 1630_1640 Ref 906 S 45 29 Apr 1653 Ref 130 _ 18e Ref 865: 28 Ref 451: 378 Ref 529:65 Ref 383: 736 Ref 866:9 Ref 403: 9 Mere Library "The monastery at Edington was founded by William of Edington. Probably the younger son of the leading family of that village _ 1300s. After 1393 apart from the manor of Baynton in Edington parish given by JOHN ROUS in 1444, most of the acquisitions were small. Wardens of the chantry: THOMAS ELME, occurs 1435 replaced by GODWYN in 1450. 1840 _ John Elms was Churchwarden of North Wraxall. 2.18 Worcestershire In a recent English TV program on the dying out of the English aristocracy, the Beauchamp name was pronounced BEECHAM. They came from, Madrasfield in the county of Worcester. They also referred to Viscount Helmly in this connection. They had the most palatial mansion house and Evelyn Waugh stayed there when he was writing the famous novel and television series "Brideshead Revisited". Wills _ Visitation of Worcester 1634 - HELME Herewith the pedigree:_ (1) WILLIAM HELME of Elderfield married GRACE, dau of SIR EDWARD BURTON of Bourne, co Surrey. They had two children: CHRISTOPHER HELME 1634 and CARNSEW HELME, Vicar of Winchcombe, co Glos., but ejected 1660 and moved to London. (2) ARTHUR HELME of Chaseley who married FRANCIS dau of EDWARD NEST of Chaseley. They had three children: NESTOR, CHRISTOPHER AND DULCIBELLA. 2.19 YORKSHIRE Therter is a medieval building in York which was a Merchant Adventurers Hall. The Yorkshire merchants met here before going off to the Caribbean and the USA. There may be records of the adventurers in the local record office. |
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