7/91 Francis Taverner A Hosier of Drury Lane, Westminster
1703-1778






Age Source


Born about 1703 (from age at marriage and burial)
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[Baptism not found in Westminster or London registers. Note Francis Taverner baptised 2 May 1703 at Heigham, Norfolk]

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Married Ann Richards, probably in April 1729 at St Mary le Savoy, Westminster, by Bishop of London licence
26 I2, D5, G3


Father of Richard 1730 baptised 8/3 at St Clement Danes
27 WL2



Edward 1732 30/4, bapt 7/5 St Giles Cripplegate
29 G2



Francis 1733/4 25/2, bapt 3/3 St Luke Old Street
30 I2



Edward 1735 20/6, bapt 22/6 St Luke Old Street
32 I2



6/46 Ann 1736 29/11, bap 12/12 St Luke Old Street
33 I2



Mary 1741 14/4, bapt 3/5 at St Luke Old Street
38 I2



William 1748 22/5, bapt 26/5 St Martin in Fields
45 WL2



Frances 1753 6/4, bapt 9/4 St Martin in the Fields
50 WL2



Edmund 1756 23/2, bapt 26/2 St Martin in Fields
53 WL2


Buried 27 March 1778 at St Mary, Islington age 75
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1726-1730 of St Clement Danes parish, Westminster 23-27
1726 Of New Inn Back Gate, St Clement Danes, rent £24
23 FMP20
1729 Apr. Batchelor of St Clement Danes, Westminster age 25. Signed his marriage licence .... Francis Taverner's signature on his marriage licence in 1729

25 G3
1730 Apparently resident in Westminster St Clement Danes (son's baptism)
27 WL2
1732-1741 of St Luke Old Street, Finsbury, Middlesex 29-38
1732-1736 He was a hosier (from his children's baptisms) 29-33 G2, I2
1732-1741 Of St Luke Old Street (previously part of St Giles Cripplegate parish) 29-38 G2, I2
1743-1769 of Drury Lane, St Martin in the Fields, Westminster 40-66
1743-1769 Resident in Drury Lane, Westminster, on the corner of Nelson's Alley 40-66 WL20
1748/9 Feb. A hosier of St Martin in the Fields. He tried unsuccessfully to serve an order of court on William Stephens of Tibbolds Court, but he had left by night
45 I50
1749 A hosier of Drury Lane. He voted for Vandaput in the Westminster elections
46 Lon12
1757 Sept. He witnessed his daughter Ann's wedding to 6/45 Samuel Whyte at St Martin in the Fields
54 WL2
1759 June He leased a shop on the west side of Drury Lane in or near Nelson's Court, from the Duke of Bedford for 24 years, yearly rent £16 (ref. in Middx Deeds Registry 1762 vol 4 no. 36)
56 I35
1762 Sept. A hosier of Drury Lane. He mortgaged the shop in Drury Lane to John Bedell, blacksmith of Clerkenwell, for £100 (MDR 1762 vol 4 no.36)
59 I35
1768 Sept. A hosier of Drury Lane. He sold the lease of the shop to George Eggelston, victualler of the City of London (Middx Deeds Register 1768 vol 5 no. 531)
65 I35
1770-1778 of St Mary, Islington, Middlesex 67-75
1770 Aug. A hosier, late of St Martin in the Fields but now of Islington. George Eggelston sold the lease of the shop in Drury Lane to Angus Duthie, woolen draper of St Clement Danes (Middx Deeds Register 1770 vol 5 no. 309)
67 I35
1771 Sept. He was left £400 in the will of Mary Burton, his wife's aunt
68 D5
1776 Sept. A gentleman of St Mary Islington. He bequeathed everything to his executors in trust for his daughter Ann Whyte for life then to her children by Samuel Whyte
73 D5
1778 Apr. His will was proved at PCC London by his daughter Ann Whyte

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1788 Aug. There was a further grant of probate (on the death of Ann Whyte)

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In the 1800s Mary F. Whyte "saw their gravestones in Islington Churchyard" (letter to her cousin Maria Cahill). By the 1950 survey of gravestones there was no record of them

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Wife 7/92 Ann Richards 1711/12-1776? Daughter of Morris Richards


1729 Apr. A spinster of St Martin in the Fields, age 17
17 G3
1747 June She was bequeathed £100 plus £20 for 'mourning' and a ring, plus £200 after her father's death, by her aunt Ann Ainge
36 D5
1750 May She was bequeathed £50 in the will of her grandmother Ann Burgess
39 D5
1776 Possibly buried 1 Feb at St Clement Danes
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Son A Richard Taverner 1730-


1745 He was apprenticed to William Stephens, tailor of St Clement Danes
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Daughter F Mary Taverner 1741-


1763 Probably married John Berry 14 Apr at St Anne Soho by Faculty Office licence, witness William Taverner
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Son G William Taverner 1748-


1776 Probably married Martha Hall 25 Nov at St Paul Covent Garden by banns
28 WL2















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8/183 Morris Richards Possibly a wood-turner, of St Margaret Westminster
1689-1771 son of Richard and Ann Richards














Age Source


Born about 1689 (from age at marriage)
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Baptised 14 Jan 1689/90 at St Margaret Westminster

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Married Elizabeth Sweeting 17 Feb 1710/11 at St Martin in the Fields by Bishop of London licence
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Father of Ann 7/92 6 Feb 1711/2 baptised 10 Feb at St Martin
22 WL2



Mary 2 Mar 1728/9 baptised 16 Mar St Martin
39 WL2



Martin 21 Oct 1730 baptised 15 Nov at St Martin (probably buried 9 Feb 1732)
40 WL2, WL2



Nicholas Sweeting 30 Dec 1731 baptised 23 Jan 1732 at St Martin in the Fields
41 WL2



Thomas between 1765 and 1771
c.75 D5


Died 1771
81 D5


Buried 16 Aug 1771 at St Margaret Westminster

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1704-1735
Of London and Westminster
14-45

1704 He was apprenticed 3 Feb to William Miles of the Turners Company in London
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1710 Inherited £200 from his first father-in-law Martin Bedwell on his 21st birthday
21 D5
1710/11 Feb A bachelor of St Margaret Westminster age 21. Signed his marriage licence ..... Morris Richards' signature on his marriage licence in 1710

21 WL3
1711-1714 Of Strand South, St Martin in the Fields, Westminster 22-25 WL20
1729 Apr. Of Saint Martin in the Fields. He was party to the Bishop of London licence for his daughter Ann's marriage to 7/91 Francis Taverner
39 G3
1729-1735 A ratepayer of Ivy Bridge, the Strand, rent £40, in premises previously occupied by his parents in law Nicholas (a wood-turner) and Elizabeth Sweeting 39-45 WL20
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Of Alnwick, Northumberland?
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1747 Apr. Apparently a gentleman of Alnwick, Northumberland. His son Sweeting Richards was apprenticed in London (Drapers Company apprentice binding book, by email from the Company Archivist, 2021)
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1747 June He was bequeathed dividends from investments and £20 for mourning and a ring, by his sister Ann Ainge
58 D5
1759-1771
Of St Margaret Westminster
69-81

1759 He moved into St Anne's Lane, Westminster. Rent £7
69 WL14
1759-1771 He occupied a house in St Anne's Lane. The rent dropped to £6 69-81 WL14
1765 Sept. Possibly of St Peter's, Westminster. He was foreman of the jury at a coroner's inquest, verdict accidental death
76 Lon50
1771 Feb. Of St Anne's Lane, St Margaret Westminster. He bequeathed money to the Grey Coat Hospital to admit 'my child Thomas Richards' when he is six years old. Residue to executor for the benefit of said child
81 D5

(But no reference to Thomas Richards found in the Grey Coat admission register 1770s-1800s, ref. GCH 1648/840)


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1771 His will was proved 16 Aug at PCC London by Edmund Burton Esq.

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Wife 8/184 Elizabeth Sweeting 1692-







1710/11 Feb A spinster of St Martin in the Fields
18 G3
1761,62,63 Possibly buried at St Margaret Westminster 24 Aug 1761 or 22 Jan 1762 or 18 Mar 1763 69/ 71 fmp2










Daughter B Mary Richards 1728/9-1787 A shopkeeper of Poplar, London







1747 June She was bequeathed £20 for mourning and a ring, £500 at age 21 and £200 after her father's death, by her aunt Ann Ainge
19 D5
1749 Of St Margaret Westminster. She married James Franklin 17 April at St Georges Chapel, Hyde Park Corner
20 WL2

Mother of Charles, Mary Ann, Ann and Elizabeth Franklin (from her will)

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1771 A widow of St Margaret Westminster. Married James Britiffe, widower of St Giles in the Fields, 15 Dec at St Margaret Westminster by Faculty Office licence (both signed). Witness Ann Franklin (probably daughter)
42 WL2, H3, D5
1786 Apr. A widow. She gave permission for her daughter Elizabeth, a minor, to marry
57 I3
1787 Feb. She was a shopkeeper of the hamlet of Poplar. She bequeathed the stock in her shop to son Charles and furniture and goods to daughters Mary Ann Cooper, Ann Eltham and Elizabeth Shrimpton
58 D5
1787 Buried 18 October at St Dunstan, Stepney
58 I2
1787 Her will was proved 20 Oct at PCC London

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1797 Her three married daughters were 'of Poplar', they received £10 each in her brother Nicholas Sweeting Richards' will

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Her daughter Mary Ann Franklin



1786 Married Charles Cooper 6 May at St Dunstan Stepney by banns

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Her daughter Elizabeth Franklin



1786 A minor of St Ann Limehouse. She married Charles Shrimpton, an engineer, widower of Bermondsey, 27 April at St Olave, by London licence

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Son D Sweeting Richards or Nicholas Sweeting Richards 1731-1797




A haberdasher of the City of London, soap maker of Limehouse, then farmer of Pembrokeshire



1747-1774
Of the City of London
15-43

1747 Apprenticed 28 Apr to Stephen Gilly, Drapers Company, in the City of London for seven years
15 Anc40
1747 He was bequeathed £20 for mourning and a ring, and £200 after his father's death and £2290 in Joint Stock when he reaches age 23, by his aunt Ann Ainge
15 D5
1749 June
His apprenticeship was transferred to Thomas Brown (Drapers Company apprentice book)

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1758 Of St Botolph Bishopsgate. Married Rachel Bailey, widow, 24 Sept at St Botolph by London Diocese licence
27 I2
1758 Oct.
A haberdasher of Bishopsgate Street. He was granted freedom of the Drapers Company

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1759 Father of Richard Richards (buried 7 Nov 1759, infant) at St Botolph
28 I2
1760 Father of Sweeting Richards baptised 14 Dec at St Botolph
29 I2
1762 Father of Ann Richards, baptised at St Botolph
31 I2
1763
He was called to the Livery of the Drapers Company (from the Archivist)

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1763 His wife Rachel was buried 17 Nov at St Botolph age 37
32 I2
1764 Of St Luke, Middlesex. He married Mary Wilson, spinster, 9 Dec at St Benedict Pauls Wharf by London licence
33 G2, I3
1765
His address was Bishopsgate Street near Old Street Church (Drapers Company livery list, by email from the Company Archivist, 2021)

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41
1769-1774
Of Limehouse, London and/or Wales
38-43

1769-1773
His address was ‘in Wales' (Drapers Company livery list)
38-42
41
1771 He was left annuities in the will of his aunt Mary Burton
40 D5
1772 A 'sope boiler' of London Street. Father of Maria baptised 19 June at St Ann Limehouse (buried 5 Aug 'age 3 months')
41 I2
1774 Of London Street. Father of Elizabeth baptised 26 Jan at St Ann Limehouse
43 I2
1774-1783
His address was ‘in Swansea’ (Drapers Company livery list)
43-52
41
1775-1797 A gentleman farmer of Hill Farm, Burton, near Milford Haven Pembrokeshire 44-56

Father of a daughter called Sobieske (baptism not found in London or Burton)

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1775,1779 Father of John baptised 20 Nov 1775 and Morris baptised 10 Dec 1779 at Burton, Pembrokeshire

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1785-1816
His address was Burton near Haverford West (Drapers Company livery list)
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1797 Feb. A gentleman of Burton in Pembrokeshire. He made his will in London. Bequeathed his freehold farm called Hill Farm and farm stock to his three sons Nicholas Sweeting, John and Morris. Bequeathed money (totalling about £2000) to his wife Mary and three daughters Ann, Sobieske and Elizabeth
56 D5
1797 Died of gout. Buried 5 March at St Luke, Finsbury
56 I2
1797 His will was proved 21 Aug at PCC London by his executor

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1817 His daughter Sobieske Davies was granted administration of his will

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His son Nicholas Sweeting Richards 1760-1846



1846 Of 'Hill' (farm). Buried 8 March 'age 80' at Burton, Pembrokeshire (registered Q1 Pembroke)
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His son Morris Richards 1779-1804



1804 His will of 8 Dec left money to his sister Elizabeth Thomas's children and the residue to his brothers towards paying off the mortgate of Hill farm
25 D5

1804 He was buried 22 Dec at Henry's Moat (Congregational chapel, 18 miles?)
25 anc2

1805 His will was proved 9 July at PCC London by his two brothers

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Daughter Elizabeth 1774-



1799 Married David Thomas 2 May at Burton by licence
25 D5,anc2

Daughter Sobieske or Soberski Richards



1800 Married David Davies of St Thomas Haverfordwest, sergeant in Militia, 13 May at Burton by licence, witness Nicholas Sweeting Richards

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1817 She was granted administration of the remaining part of her father's will

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Possibly Morris' son Morris Richards? c.1709-







1730/31 A bachelor age 22 of St Martin in the Fields
22 H3
1730/31 A bachelor of St Martin in the Fields. Married Elizabeth Macklaine 25 Jan at St Benedict Pauls Wharf by Faculty Office licence
22 G2
1735,1737 Father of Anne & Richard, baptised at St Martin in the Fields 26, 28 WL2




















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1721 Elizabeth Richards, child, buried 17 Aug at St Martin

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1724 Elizabeth Richards, child, buried 8 July at St Martin

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9/365 Richard Richards Confectioner of St Margaret Westminster
-1694














Age Source


[Baptism around 1660 not found in Westminster or London registers]
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Married Ann Bean (wife Ann had a brother John Bean)

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[Marriage not found in Westminster or London registers 1670-1690]

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Father of Ann 1686 baptised 22 Aug St Margaret

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William } twins? 1688 baptised 4 April St Margaret (buried 29 Jan 1689/90)

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Richard } 1688 baptised 4 April St Margaret (buried 14 April 1688)

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Morris 8/183 1689/90 baptised 14 Jan St Margaret

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Buried 4 Sept 1694 at St Margaret Westminster

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1694 Administration was granted 17 Sept in the Peculiar Court of the Dean and Chapter of Westminster to Ann Richards, relict
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1704 He was a confectioner of Westminster (son Morris' apprenticeship)

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Wife 9/366 Ann Bean -1753



[Baptism around 1665 not found in Westminster or London registers]

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Married 1 Richard Richards before 1686

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1686-1694 Wife of Richard Richards c.20-28
1694 Of St Margaret Westminster (husband Richard's admon)

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1695-1700 Wife of Martin Bedwell, mealman (a dealer in flour) c.29-34
1695 Aug. Married 2 Martin Bedwell by Faculty Office licence, probably at St Mary le Savoy, Strand

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1692-1696 Martin Bedwell of King Street, St James Piccadilly, St Margaret Westminster

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1696 Mother of Sarah Bedwell, bap 18 Dec St Margaret Westminster (buried 22 Dec)

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1697 Mother of Mary Bedwell, bap 23 Nov at St Margaret Westminster

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1699 Mother of Elizabeth Bedwell, bap 21 Nov at St Margaret (buried 23 May 1702)

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1700 Her husband Martin was buried 16 Nov at St Margaret Westminster

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1700 Nov. Husband Martin's will bequeathed £200 each to her children Morris and Anne Richards when age 21, an annuity of £50 a year to her and properties in Ilmington, Warwickshire, to their daughters Mary and Elizabeth Bedwell. Proved at PCC 19 Nov by exors, brother Samuel Bedwell and his son John

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1705-1744 Wife of Herbert Burges c.39-78
1705/6 A widow of St Margaret Westminster 'age 30'. Married 3 Herbert Burges, bachelor age 23, 2 Feb at St Mary le Strand by Vicar General licence

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1702-1707 Herbert Burges of King Street, St James Piccadilly, St Margaret Westminster

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1717-1727 Herbert Burges of Bowling Alley, St James Piccadilly, St Margaret Westm.

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1730-1734 Herbert Burges of Almey, St Margaret Westminster

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1736-1743 Herbert Burges of Petty France North, St Margaret Westminster

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c.1744 Herbert Burges was buried at St Margaret Westminster (wife Ann's will)

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1744 Her husband Herbert Burges's will of May 1725 bequeathed properties in Bury St Edmunds and Soningheath, Suffolk to her. The will was proved 10 Jan 1744 at PCC by Ann, widow

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1744-1753 A widow of Westminster c.78-87
1747 June She was bequeathed an annuity and 'such ready money as I have, amounting to about £500' by her daughter Ann Ainge

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1750 May She was a widow of St Margaret Westminster. Her will bequeathed money to son Morris Richards, granddaughter Ann Taverner, brother John Bean, nephew Martin Bean, sister Catherine Bettly and others, her properties in Suffolk to Elias Pledger her executor, to apply the rents to whoever her daughter Mary wife of Edmund Burton directs

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1753 Buried 26 Nov at St Margaret Westminster (age over 80 - JVS)

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1753 Her will was proved 23 Nov at PCC by Elias Pledger

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Daughter A Ann Richards 1686-1748







1707 Aug. She inherited £200 from her father-in-law Martin Bedwell on reaching age 21
21 D5
1707 Married Richard Ainge 2 Sept at All Hallows London Wall
21 D5, G2
1702-1725 Richard Ainge of King Street, St James Piccadilly, St Margaret Westminster

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1724 Aug. Her husband Richard's will bequeathed messuages and lands in Alveston and Tiddington, Warwickshire to her for life, then to his sister Ann Robins
38 D5
1723-1738 Richard Ainge of Petty France North, St Margaret Westminster

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1738 Richard Ainge was buried 25 Aug at St Margaret Westminster

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1738 Widow, she proved his will 28 Aug at PCC
52 D5
1738-1746 Ann Ainge was of Petty France North, St Margaret Westminster 52-60 FMP20
1747 June A widow of St Margaret Westminster. Her extensive will bequeathed at total of about £12,570 in cash and investments to her mother, brother Morris and his children, sister Mary, godson Martin Bean and many other individuals, three hospitals and her two servants
61 D5
1748 Ann Ainge was buried 30 June at St Margaret Westminster
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1748 Her will was proved 25 June at PCC by her spinster sister Mary Bedwell

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Wife Ann's daughter F Mary Bedwell 1697-1772







1744 She inherited £70 from the will of her father-in-law Herbert Burges
47 D5
1747-48 A spinster, she was bequeathed about £3,400 in stocks by her sister Ann Ainge. She proved her sister Ann's will at PCC
51 D5
1749 She made a will, which was superseded by another in Sept 1771
52 D5
1749 Oct 8 Of Petty France, Westminster. Married Edmund Burton, counsellor at law of the Inner Temple, London (Gentleman's Magazine vol 19 p.476)
52 G64, D5

[Marriage not found in Westminster or London registers]

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Edmund Burton Esq MA, Counsellor at Law and fellow of Trinity College Cambridge, a family closely related to Sergeant Hewitt, late Lord High Chancellor of Ireland (Miscellanea Nova by S Whyte and EA Whyte p.128)

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[James Hewitt, son of William Hewitt, mayor of Coventry in 1744 (Compete Peerage 1982)]

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1758 Note: Sobieski Burton was buried 18 Nov at Birmingham St Philip (20m from Coventry). Around 1770 Mary's great-nephew 8/183D Nicholas Sweeting Richards named one of his daughters Sobieski

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1762 Edmund Burton of St Margaret Westminster bequeathed various properties to his wife Susanna, son Blisset Burton and sister Mary Fletcher, and a small sum of money to his son Edmund Burton and his wife Mary
65 D5
1770 Aug. She was granted administration of the remaining part of her mother Ann and father-in-law Herbert Burges' wills at PCC
73 D5
1771 Aug. Edmund Burton Esq of Dartmouth Street Westminster was executor of 8/183 Morris Richards' will
74 D5
1771 Sept. She made a new will, mentioning messuages and lands in Ilmington, Warwickshire with three tenants, land on Soning Heath, Suffolk and two tenements near Cook Row Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk. She bequeathed money and investments to children of her brother 8/183 Morris Richards (now dead), to Elizabeth widow of my late cousin Martin Bean, James Swan grandson of my uncle 10/731A John Bean, Samuel son of 6/45 Samuel Whyte of Dublin, her late mother's sister 10/731B Catherine Bettly who is dead (since her mother's will), and Elizabeth Bean of St Margaret Westminster widow of John Bean
74 D5
1772 Buried 5 June at St Margaret Westminster (in the same grave as her sister Ann Ainge, according to her husband Edmund's will)
75 WA2, D5
1772 Her will was proved 12 June at PCC by Edmund Burton Esq

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1772 July Edmund Burton was granted administration of the remaining part of his wife's mother Ann's will at PCC

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1799 July Edmund Burton of Dartmouth Street, St Margaret Westminster, willed to be buried under the gravestone of Ann Ainge in St Margaret's churchyard, under which his late wife was buried. He bequeathed his properties in Berkshire, Ilmington Warwickshire and London to Diana Cooper. His will was proved 4 April 1803 at PCC by Diana Cooper, widow

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10/731 Mr. Bean








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Father of John [baptism not found in Westminster regs]

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Catherine [baptism not found in Westminster regs]

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Ann 9/366 [before 1675][bap not found Westm.reg]

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Note: Ann Bean bapt 1669, John Bean bapt 1670 (bur 1670) and Katherine Bean bapt 1672 (bur 1675) at Wasperton, Warwickshire, children of John and Ann Bean. John Bean buried 1724 at Wasperton

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Son 10/731A John Bean



Married Elizabeth (will of Mary Burton)

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1702 Note: A John Bean, widower, wheelwright of Brentwood Essex age 30+, married Elizabeth Gwinne 10 Dec at Great Warley by Vicar General licence

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c.1710 John Bean was probably father of Martin around 1710

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1749 Note: A John Bean, bachelor, jeweller of St Giles, married Elizabeth Tomkins, spinster of Abingdon Berks, 18 Feb at St Giles Cripplegate by London licence

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1750 Ann Burgess 9/366 bequeathed £50 to her brother John Bean

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1759 John Bean was buried 7 Dec at St Margaret Westminster

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1771 Mary Burton 9/366F bequeathed £400 to Elizabeth Bean of St Margaret Westminster, widow of John Bean

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Probably John's son Martin Bean



1733 A bachelor, confectioner of St Margaret Westminster (note Richard Richards was a confectioner). Martin married Elizabeth Goodcheap 27 Dec at St Botolph, Bishopsgate, by Vicar General licence

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1747 Ann Ainge 9/365A left £100 to her Godson Martin Bean

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1749 A confectioner of St Margaret Westminster and Tothill Street St John the Evangelist. He voted in the Westminster elections

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1750 Ann Burgess 9/366 left £20 to her nephew Martin Bean

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1758 A Beadle in the city of Westminster. He apprehended Elizabeth Lloyd, a rogue and vagabond

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1763 Possibly buried 15 May at St Margaret Westminster

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1771 He was deceased. Mary Burton 9/366F left annuities to Elizabeth Bean, widow of her late cousin Martin Bean
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Probably John's Daughter Ann Bean



Married Mr Swan (Mary Burton's will)

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1733 Ann Bean, spinster of St Margaret Westminster, married James Swan of St Margaret, cordwainer, 27 June (Fleet 'clandestine' marriages)

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1771 Mary Burton 9/366F left annuities to James Swan, grandson of her uncle John Bean

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Daughter 10/731B Catherine Bean



Married Mr Bettly (will of Ann Burgess)

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1707 Probably married Randall Bettly at London St James Duke's Place (Aldgate) (but not found in Phillimore transcript or Ancestry.com)

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1750 Ann Burgess 9/366 bequeathed 1s a week to her sister Catherine Bettly

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1701-1781 [Burial not found in Westminster or London registers]

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1771 Deceased (mentioned in Mary Burton's will)

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9 / 367 Nicholas Sweeting A Turner of The Strand, London, Liveryman of the Turners' Company
c.1669 -1725 Son of Henry Sweeting














Age Source


Probably born around 1669 in Somerset

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Married Elizabeth Nicholls 1 Aug 1690 at Holy Trinity, Minories, London
21 I2



(no licence found in London, Faculty Office or Vicar Gen.)




Father of William 1691 7 July, baptised at St Martin 15 July (buried 17 Aug 1692 at St Martin)
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8/184 Elizabeth 1692 2 Oct, baptised at St Martin 9 Oct
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Mary 1694 27 Apr, bapt. at St Martin 27 Apr
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Sarah 1694/5 16 Mar, bapt. at St Martin 18 Mar
26 WL2



Anne 1695/6 28 Feb, bapt. at St Martin 11 Mar
27 WL2



Cicilia 1697/8 2 Jan, baptised at St Martin 6 Jan
28 WL2


Buried 16 May 1725 at St Martin in the Fields
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1671 He was bequeathed £120 on attaining the age of 21 by his grandfather Henry
2 D5
1682 Apprenticed to Francis Hawford, Citizen & Turner of London, 5 April for eight years. Fee 13s 2d
13 I40
1690 Aug. Of St Martin in the Fields parish (from his marriage)
21 I2
1690 Sept.
Apprentice of Francis Hawford, he was granted the freedom of the Turners Company on 9 Sept, fee 13s 4d

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1690 Sept.
He took Thomas Durham as his apprentice on 12 Sept for seven years

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1690/1691
A journeyman of the Turners’ Company. He made his first quarterage payment of 6 (shillings?) to the company (ref. MS3299/004)

21
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1690-1707 A ratepayer of Ivy Bridge, the Strand, St Martin in the Fields parish. (Ivy Bridge possibly later renamed Wybridge Lane) 21-38 WL20, JVS
1692 Sept.
He took John Peter of Lewisham as apprentice

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1693-1705
A ‘housekeeper’ (i.e. a householder with his own premises as opposed to a journeyman). He made quarterage payments of varying amounts (MS 3299/005)
24-36
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1696 A freeman of the Turners Company. He signed the City of London livery company Association Oath of loyalty to King William of Orange (Cliff Web transcript)

27 fmp14
1696 Sept.
He took William Miles of Welford, Northants, as apprentice

27
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(1700s)
He was a shopkeeper of Ivy Bridge Lane, subsequently Child’s Court, at the shop sign of the Katherine Wheel and Shovell (Survey of London vol 18, 1937)


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1703 Oct.
He took John Taylor of Harrow as apprentice

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1706 May
He took Henry Ward of Northamptonshire as apprentice

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1708-1717 A ratepayer of Childs Court, the Strand 39-48 WL20
1709 A Turner of Childs Court, the Strand. Annual rent £35
40 WL20
1710-1722 A Turner of London 41-53 Anc12
1710/11 Feb. Of Saint Martin in the Fields. He consented to the Bishop of London licence for his daughter Elizabeth's marriage. He signed .... Nicholas Sweeting's signature in 1710

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1711 Sept.
He took John Cannon of London as apprentice

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1712 Aug. A Turner of the City of London. He took Anthony Byham as apprentice
43 H40
1714 Overseer of the Poor in St Martin in the Fields for the first six months. He signed the poor rate ledger
45 WL20
1714 Oct.
James Hurst of Westminster was turned over to him as apprentice from Francis Hawford

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by 1716
he was a liveryman of the Turners’ Company. Liverymen were more involved in the running of the Company and were entitled to wear the livery of the guild

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1716
His address was ‘in the Strand’ (ref. MS 3305)

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1716-1724
A liveryman making quarterage payments to the Turners’ Company (ref. MS 3299/006)
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1718-1719 A ratepayer of the Strand (next to Childs Court) 49-50 WL20
1719-1725 A ratepayer of Ivy Bridge, the Strand 50-56 WL20
1722 Sept. He was one of the churchwardens of St Martin in the Fields. He signed an order for the removal of Mary Jones from the parish
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1722 Nov.
A churchwarden of St Martin in the Fields. He and others petitioned Parliament to bring in a Bill concerning a piece of ground in the parish (State Papers Domestic)

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1722 Dec.
Leave was given to bring in the above bill (State Papers Domestic)

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1723 Aug. A Turner of the City of London. He took Thomas Croasdale as apprentice
54 H40
1723 A Church Warden of St Martin in the Fields, Westminster. He prepared the annual accounts (see below)
54 WL20
1725 A ratepayer of Ivy Bridge, the Strand. Rent £50
56 WL20
1725 June Administration of his estate was granted at PCC to his widow Elizabeth

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Nicholas Sweeting's churchwardens' accounts in 1723








Wife Elizabeth Nicholls 1672-1727


1672 Possibly daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth, baptised 18 Sept at St Martin

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1690 A spinster of St Dunstan in the West parish (from her marriage)
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1725-1727 A widow. Ratepayer of Ivy Bridge, the Strand. Rent £40 53-55 WL20
1727 A widow. Buried 17 March at St Martin in the Fields
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1728 Her son in law 8/183 Morris Richards was at Ivy Bridge

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Daus Mary, Sarah, Anne and Cicilia [no marriages found in Westminster registers 1700-40]

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Daus Mary, Sarah, Anne and Cicilia [no burials found in Westminster registers 1680-1720]

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Possibly son? Nicholas Sweeting


1688-1700 [Baptism not found in Westminster or London registers]

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1717 Of St Botolph Without Aldgate, City of London. Married Elizabeth Hentson of Hitchin Herts 9 Dec at Hitchin

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1720 Father of Nicholas, baptised 17 May at St Botolph Bishopsgate

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1722,1724 Father of Richard bapt 19 Aug 1722 (buried 9 Mar 1722/3) and blank (son), baptised 7 April 1724 at St Martin Outwich

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1724-1780 [Burial not found in London or Westminster registers]

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10 / 733 Henry Sweeting Yeoman, husbandman of Plash Farm, Elworthy, Somerset
-1670 Son of Henry Sweeting







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Possibly married Elizabeth Collard 1655 at Stogumber (2 miles) or Maria ? 1656 at Crowcombe (6 miles)

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Father of Henry eldest son, baptised 3 May 1664 at Elworthy (BT ref. D/D/RR 171)

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John (from Henry's father's will)


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Mary


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Nicholas 9/367 around 1669, youngest son

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Died in 1670

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A Husbandman of Plash, Somerset (son Nicholas' apprenticeship)

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1658 He was a trustee of his brother in law Thomas Cridland's will

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1661 Oct.
He and his father contributed ten shillings to the ‘free and voluntary present’ for King Charles II (ref. E179/256/10)


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1670 Oct. A Yeoman of Elworthy. His inventory, appraised by Lewis Sweeting and others, listed £7-worth of wearing apparel, £1 15s in cash, leases for 10 acres of marsh ground worth £110 and 15 acres of marsh ground worth £50, wheat, barley and hay, sheep worth £70, a nag or gelding worth £4, plate and brass worth £5, a feather bed and bolster worth £3 and debts owing to him of £102 and £48. The total value of his estate was £538 4s 7d (refs. DP/SP/1670/72 & 114)
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Eldest son Henry 1664-1722 Yeoman of Plash, Elworthy





c.1686 Married Ellen Rich
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1686/7 A Yeoman of Elworthy. He occupied land and a grist mill in Lower Plash, bequeathed to him by his grandfather. His marriage settlement of 12 Jan conveyed it to Ellen's mother Thomasin Rich (refs. A/BKW/1 & A/BMW/1)
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1687-1698 Probably father of Elizabeth 1687 (buried Mar 1692), John 1689 (buried 1712), Elizabeth 1693, William 1695 and Nicholas 1697, baptised at Elworthy 23-34
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1722 Mr Henry Sweeting was buried at Elworthy 17 March
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1723 His will was probably proved at Taunton (now lost)

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11 / 1465 Henry Sweeting Yeoman of Plash, Elworthy, Somerset
-1671







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Father of Henry 10/733


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Mary


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Died between June and December 1671

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1641/42 Of Elworthy. Probably assented to the Protestation Return. He was assessed 7s for the lay subsidy (tax), the joint 8th largest in the parish

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1648 Of Elworthy. He was probably one of the assessors of the inventory of Isott Welshman, widow of Stogumber

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1661 Oct.
He and his son Henry gave ten shillings to the ‘free and voluntary present’ for King Charles II (one of the largest payments in Elworthy tything) (ref. E179/256/10 p.9)


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1671 He lately purchased a moiety (half) of a tenement in Overtruckwell, Elworthy, from Thomas Muttlebury Esq (mentioned in his will)

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1671 June Yeoman of Plash, parish of Elworthy. He had a house and land where Mary Bourcher, widow, lives, and had land, tenement and a grist mill in Lower Plash, Elworthy (halfway between Wilett and Lower Vexford) wherein Thomas Lawrence now dwells. He bequeathed money to Henry, John, Mary and Nicholas, children of his late son Henry, grandson John Cridland and nephew William Yeandall
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1671 June His will appointed his brother in law John Storte the elder of Bicknoller and kinsmen Lewis Sweeting the elder of Stogumber, Henry Sweeting of Spaxton, Robert Dashwood of Vellow Wood in Stogumber and Robert Dashwood of Rowdon in Stogumber to be his executors
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1671 His will was proved 23 December at PCC

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Daughter Mary


1641 Thomas Cridland was assessed 9s for the lay subsidy in Halsway, Stogumber

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by 1658 Married Thomas Cridland (Henry junior's will)
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1656/7 Mother of John, probably baptised 1 Feb at Stogumber

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1658/9 Thomas Cridland of Stogumber's will of Jan 1658/9 was proved March 1658/9 at Taunton Archdeaconry. Mentions wife Mary, son John, brothers in law Thomas Siddenham, John White and Henry Sweeting

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Note. Ludovic (Lewis) Sweeting Clothier of Stogumber

1661 Oct.
Clothier of Stogumber, in the ‘gentry’. He gave £1 to the ‘free and voluntary present’ to his majesty (ref. E179/256/10 p.5)


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1681 June Extensive will mentions his son Henry Sweeting deceased, Henry's second son Henry (still alive) and daughters Elizabeth, Sarah and Menor?, Lewis' daughter Joan wife of Thomas Slocombe and estates in several parishes in Somerset. Proved at PCC 1681
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Note. Elizabeth Sweeting

1600 Married Samuel Dashwood 22 Sept at Stogumber
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12 / 2929 Mr. Sweeting







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Father of Henry 11/1465


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Mary (married Mr Yeandall, mother of William)

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daughter (married John Storte, mother of John)

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