The Story of the Australian Bushrangers (ISBN: 0140700390) George Boxall p199 http://books.google.com/books?id=_SgKAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA199&dq=horsington&as_brr=1#PPA198,M1 === Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Courts of Exchequer & Exchequer Chamber from Michaelmas Term, 7 G3o IV. to Trinty Term, 8 Geo. IV, both inclusive Edward Younge and John Jervis Vol I. London, 1828 EXCHEQUER OF PLEAS. GOODTITLE (ex dem. FISHER) v. BISHOP, Widow. PATTESON obtained a rule calling upon the lessor of the plaintiff to shew cause why, upon payment of the prin- and interest due on the mortgage of the lessor of the plaintiff, without costs, all proceedings in this cause should not be stayed, and why the lessor of the plaintiff should not thereupon reconvey the mortgaged premises to the de- fendant, or as she might direct. He founded his applica- tion upon affidavits, which stated that no suit in equity for foreclosure or redemption was pending, and that the whole of the principal and interest then due from the defendant to the lessor of the plaintiff upon the mortgage of the premises, for the recovery of which this ejectment was brought, had, before the action was commenced, been tendered to, and refused by the lessor of the plaintiff, upon the ground that costs had been incurred by bringing a for- mer action against the defendant and her sons, upon the covenant contained in the mortgage, and which the affidavit stated had not been prosecuted to judgment. Chilton shewed cause, upon affidavits which disclosed the following facts:—In the year 1818, the lessor of the plaintiff was applied to by the defendant and her husband since deceased, (on the part of themselves and of a brother and three sisters of the defendant), to pay off a mortgage upon certain premises, for the recovery of which an ejectment had been brought by the then mortgagee, which he accordingly paid, and thereupon the title deeds were delivered over to him. The premises in question were devised by will, by the defendant's father, to her brother, Cornelius Horsington, and by the same will other premises were devised to the defendant, and to her three sisters respectively, which together formed the premises upon which the lessor of the plaintiff had advanced the money, and the title deeds of which he held as a security. In the year 1822, an arrangement took place between the parties, by which it was agreed that the lessor of the plaintiff should accept one-fifth part of the money advanced by him, from such of the parties as were ready to pay, and should take security from each of the others upon the specific property of which they were possessed under their father's will; and in pursuance of that arrangement, the lessor of the plaintiff received their proportions from two of the sisters of the defendant, and a mortgage security from the husband of the other. The defendant represented to the lessor of the plaintiff, on that occasion, that her brother, Cornelius Horsington, had gone abroad as a soldier many years before the death of his father, and was as she believed dead; that she was not certain whether he had left any children, but if he had not, she was sure he had given his property to her; that she held the premises in question for the benefit of her bro- ther and his family, and would give a mortgage upon that, and her share of the property, as a security for the remaining two-fifths of the money advanced by the lessor of the plaintiff, which he accepted, and the mortgage was executed accordingly. Not being able to obtain the interest due upon the mortgage, the lessor of the plaintiff, in the month of July, 1826, proceeded by ejectment to recover possession of the premises devised to the defendant, on which, before the tender, he had obtained judgment, but the costs of which were not included in the tender made on behalf of the defendant. Soon after the tender was made, the lessor of the plaintiff purchased from the children of Cornelius Horsington, who died in the year 1814, the premises devised to him by his father's will, and to recover which this action was brought; and thereupon gave notice to the defendant, and demanded payment of her proportion of the principal and interest, together with the costs of the former ejectment, and possession of the premises so purchased by him, with which she refused to comply, but at the same tuim acknowledged that the premises in question were not her's. The affidavit detailed further admissions by the defendant, that the premises, to recover which this action was brought, were the property of her brother or his children, from whom the lessor of the plaintiff had purchased them. Upon these facts he contended that the stat. 7 Geo. 2, c. 20, under which alone the Court was empowered to interfere, required the money, in case the mortgagee refused to accept it, to be paid into Court pending the action, which, upon their own shewing, had not been done; and also all such costs as had been expended in any suit at law, or in equity, upon the mortgage, to be ascertained by the Court or its officer; that the statute did not contemplate the case of a tender before action brought; and further, that inasmuch as it appeared upon the affidavits that the defendant had no right to redeem, the Court could not interfere; for, by the third section, the act is not to extend to any case where the person against whom the redemption is prayed, shall insist that the party praying it has no right to redeem (a). Patteson, contra. ALEXANDER, C. B.—It seems to me that this act of Parliament was not meant to apply to cases of this description, but to such only in which the right to redeem is clear beyond all doubt; and that upon that ground, independently of the others, the rule must be discharged. Rule discharged with costs. a) By the 3d sect, the act is not to extend to any case where the person against whom the redemption is prayed, shall (by writing under his Hand, &c. to be delivered before the money shall be brought into Court, to the attorney or solicitor for the other side,) insist either that the party has not a right to redeem, or that the premises are chargeable with oiher or different sums than what appear on the face of the mortgage, &c. It would seem, therefore, that under this clause the lessor of the plaintiff could not have objected to the redemption sought, no declaration in writing having been delivered to the defendant. ==================== Historical Manuscripts Commission Report on the Manuscripts of Wells Cathedral. London: Eyre and Spottiswoode. 1885 [Comprises appendix 4 of the 10th HMC Commissioners' report to the Crown.] Convocatio, Sept. 26, A.D. 1365. Present, the Dean, William Cammel the Precentor, John de Horsington the Chancellor, and many others. It was ordered 1. that the fruits of the Deanery during the late vacancy be demanded from those from whom they are due. 2. that an examination be made as to the amount due on the pension payable by Berlych Priory. 3. that the arrears of Worspring pension bo remitted, but full payment be demanded for the future. 4. that the Dean have a personal interview with the Archdeacons of Wells and Tanton upon the subject of the two thirds of vacant benefices due to the Cathedral. 5. that the Denn has promised to speak himself to our Attorney in the King's Court, and warn him that unless he attend to our business better, another will be appointed in his place. 6. that Robert Dunyngton, Exor. of Thomas Avebury, see the Dean and account for the pension due from the Church of Norton sub Hamedon during the time that it was held by the said Thomas. 7. that the Rector of West Ludeford, in the Dean's jurisdiction, be summoned before the Dean to answer for the retention of the pension due from that Church. 8. that the firm of Bidesharn be inquired into. 9. that it be asked of John atte Ya firmarias of Okehampton why he keeps back Gd of the rent. 10. that a chest [pixis] be placed at the tomb of Bp. Ralph with two locks and keys, one to be kept by J. Lumbard, the other by R. Brere, and that the oblations gathered in it be placed in a similar chest with similar precautions, in the Treasury. The proceeds to be spent by the D. & C. upon a frontal for the high altar, and the residue as they may think fit. 11. that the Seneschal have one key of the chests placed for the reception of offerings of the fabric. 12. that the Precentor and the Communarius have each one key of the chest which contains the common fund. 13. that the house in Tor Lane, lately occupied by Hugh de Monyng- ton, be offered to the Canons in turn. 14. that the Dean consider the subject of the repairs of Knapp Mill, and the appropriation of certain houses which support two obits. 15. William do Odecumbe to pay 2 shillings " caweti " and 6 shillings de Cantu de Milton to the communarius. 17. that the Messor of Cory "corrigatur per seneschal, et quod veniat coram domino Decano respondere. 16. The Communarius to pay for the repairs of the school. 18. that the sub-treasurer have the offerings made at the Cross in the Chapel of the Blessed Mary for one year for 6s. 8d. and that he shall declare upon oath at the end of the year how much he has received. 19. that £100 of the monies received during this year from the Church's Manors be allotted " ad instaunmdum Manerium de Cory cum vnccis et porcis." 20. that an inquiry be made about the foss between the lands of the Earl of Sarum, and the Church's lands at Cory. 21. that Walter de Cory shall pay for his offence in carrying away oak trees out of the park of Stoke 6s. 8d. to the use of the fabric, and shall appear at the next Court holden at Cory, and give security to the amount of seven marcs to be paid " in casu quod se, male gerit." The Dean is to warn him that he behave himself well, " sub pena excommuni- catonis primo, secundo, et tertio, et in virtute juramenti sui, alias in hac parte &c." To this Walter assents. 22. that the exors. of the late Bp. arc ready to pay his legacy of £10 to the Cathedral and to give a new cross, or the value of the old one • which the Bp. received from the Church ex accommodato. 23. that the common pastures be not allowed to the tenants of Hamme until the King's Charter about Cory has been received, and the matter has been further considered. 24. that John Aunger deal as quickly as possible with Richard, for the redemption of the wardship of the son and heir of Lawrence de Combe. 25. that the Chantry of John du Godola be for the future celebrated according to the rules of that chantry. 26. that Ralph de Carleton, the chaplain, be called upon to answer for a chalice and missal missing from the altar of the Holy Cross. ----------------- Obitus of John de Horsington, Chancellor, Prebendary of Compton Ep¡ and Firmarius of Cheddre. ======================================================================== DEVONSHIRE WILLS: A COLLECTION OF ANNOTATED TESTAMENTARY ABSTRACTS, TOGETHER W1TH THE FAMILY HISTORY AND GENEALOGY OF MANY OF THE MOST ANCIENT GENTLE HOUSES OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND. RV CHARLES WORTHY, ESQ., Formerly of H.M. Ssnd Regt., and sometime Principal Assistant to the late Somerset Herald in Ordinary. Author of " Devonshire Parishes" "Practical Heraldry," etf. " ABROAU BY ARMES, AT HOME IN STUDlOUS RYNDE, WHO SEKKES, WITH PAiNFUU. TOYLE, SHALL HONOUR SONESr FYNDE." D. & C, K.ran., ffX. 353;. BEMROSE & SONS, LTD., 23, OLD BAILEY; AND DERBY. 1896. Mr. Philip William Poole Britton, F.S.A., now of Bitton House, Enfield, in the county of Middlesex, and of Hanham Court, in that of Gloucester, was born 13th October, 1863, and married at Bristol, in 1886, Agnes Cassandra, daughter of Charles Alfred Carlyon, in right of her grandmother, Emily Carlyon, a double descendant of the ancient family of Carlyon of Tregrehan, co. Cornwall, and who derive their name from their original property, Carlyon, near Truro. Winstanley Britton, eldest son of Mr. Philip William Poole Britton, was baptized at St. Saviour's, Bristol, 9th October, 1887, and, maternally, is twenty-second in direct descent from King Edward III. (Coll. Ar. Arundel, 2, No. 155); he has also, through a maternal great-grandmother, Mary Stackhouse, a descent from King Edward I., through Bohun and Courtenay.* Simon Gage Britton, M.D., R.N., Surgeon of the Victory at Trafalgar, eldest son of Simon Britton, by his wife Mary Gage, long resided at King's Close, Barnstaple, and was buried at Ilfracombe in 1856. By his wife Jane, only daughter and heir of Thomas Hopkins, B.A., Jesus Coll., Oxford, and rector of Donyatt, co. Somerset, by his wife Mary, daughter of Robert Ford of Bridgewater, he had issue (with two daughters), Thomas Hopkins Britton, born 1817, and Paul Ford Britton, born 25th January, 1819 (M.A., Exeter Coll., Oxford), and now rector of Cadeleigh, near Tiverton, and who, by his wife Helen, daughter of William Short Tyeth of Pillhead, Barnstaple, is the father of the Rev. Arthur Paul Britton, M.A., the present rector of Ubley, co. Somerset, who is married, and has issue. Thomas Hopkins Britton was educated at Barnstaple School ( M.A., Exeter Coll., Oxford, 1842), and afterwards Vicar of Newlyn East, co. Cornwall. He married, in 1846, Frances Hamilton, second daughter of Thomas Hoskins, Captain R.N., of Broxbouine, Hants., and died at Exeter, 8th May, 1880, and was buried at Cadeleigh. He had issue, one daughter, Emily Jane, and two sons, Alfred Hoskins Britton, and Herbert Britton, born 1849 (B.A., Balliol Coll., Oxford). * The second son of Henry William Britton and of his wife, daughter and heir of Benjamin Pnole, Arthur Henry Daniel Britton, is a Lieut, in the 3rd Battalion Royal Fusiliers, in the 1st Volunteer Battalion of which regiment his elder brother also bolds a commission. of Parkham and Alwington considerably before the time of Thomas Biuton, the ancestor of the Brutons of Yeo Vale. With respect, however, to Gloucestershire, Thomas and John Breton paid subsidy in Oldland, the moiety of the Bitton manor already mentioned, as early as 1523 ; Thomas Brytayne was taxed for Bitton and Hanham in 1545 ; John Breten and Walter his son held land at Hanham Abbots in 1556; whilst Lewse and Thomas Brytton were subsidised on the same estates in 1557. John Bryttan in his will, dated tst March, 1560, and proved at Gloucester, gth October, 1562, describes himself as of the parish of Bitton; his son Thomas, who died in 1574, was twice married ; by his first wife, Agnes, daughter of William Horsington, he had six sons and three daughters ; of the sons I need only treat of the first and fifth. The latter, John Britten of Bitton, married Jane Burnell at Bitton Church 26th June, 1571 ; his will was proved 14th September, 1612. ' His eldest son, Thomas Britten, baptized at Bitton 11th January, 1573, was the father of John Britten, who purchased the fee simple of the property upon which several of his ancestors are known to have resided, and became the owner of Bitton Court about the year 1633. I must now return to the eldest son of Thomas Britten and Agnes Horsington, Jasper Britten, who resided at Swinford, in Bitton parish, and desires, by his will, dated August 12th, 1590, to be buried at Bitton near his father; his son John was the father of John, whose son, of the same name, by his wife, Elizabeth Deane, had three sons, John, Thomas, and Morris Britten. The last named, Morris, was baptized at Oldland in 1642. By his second son, Stephen Britten, he was the great-grandfather of Simon Britton, of the parish of St. George, Bristol, who by his second wife, Mary, daughter of James Gage (married 1781, died 1788), had, with other issue, a son, Simon Gage Britton, born 5th November, 1782, and a second son, Daniel Britton of Bristol, born 1784, died 1871, and who lived to welcome his great-grandson, Philip William Poole Britton (son of Henry William Britton, by his marriage with the daughter and heir of Benjamin Poole, who was only son of William Simon Britton of Caer Brito, Bristol, by his wife Caroline Cell, son and heir of the said Daniel Britton). 4th Edward III., William de la Grene and John Bagworth gave the manor of West Hanhain to the abbot and convent of Keynsham, in Somerset, and with that community it remained until the dissolution ; it was surrendered to the Crown 3oth Henry VIII., and was always known as Hanham Court, and since then it has passed through various hands, and is now the property of Mr. Philip William Poole Britton, hereinafter mentioned. The manor of East Hanham, or Barre's Court, anciently the residence of Sir John de Button, a younger son of Adam D'Amneville, acquired its later name by the marriage of Sir John Barre with the granddaughter of Sir John de Button or Bitton, who died in 1382. This Lady Barre died 2nd Richard III., 1485, seised of the manor of East Hanhain, held of John Blount, as lord of the manor of Bitton; by Inq. p.m. her ladyship's heirs were found to be the daughters, or their descendants, of Sir John de Bytton, her maternal great-great-grandfather. Sir John's second daughter, Elizabeth, married Philip Hampton, her great-great- granddaughter, Lucy Hampton, Sir Thomas Newton, and the Newtons afterward ownid Barre's Court, otherwise East Hanham. The Newton baronetcy became extinct in 1743, and the last baronet, Sir Michael Newton, pulled down Barre's Court shortly before his death. As to the family of Britton, of Bitton, there is the same uncertainty as to the exactitude of their earlier descent as exists in the cases of other members of the family. Jocelyn Brito was a tenant in capite in Gloucestershire in the year 1086. Later on, Richard le Bret held three parts of a knight's fee in Weston, near Tctbury, temp. Henry II., of the fee of Ansger de Kylpec. In 1384, Joan, widow of Philip Vynour, claimed a capital messuage in Tewkesbury by devise of Stephen de Bruton (" De Banco," Mich. Term, 8th Richard II.). After the first quarter of the fourteenth century the then lords of Bitton, the Blounts, appear to have chiefly resided at Filton or Mangots- field, and Bitton Court and the surrounding property was usually let upon farming leases. Prior to the sixteenth century I cannot recover evidence of the presence there of the Brittons, who were, I am much disposed to consider, cadets of the house of Breton of Borough, several members of which settled in the parishes of Parkham and Alwington considerably before the time of Thomas Biuton, the ancestor of the Brutons of Yeo Vale. With respect, however, to Gloucestershire, Thomas and John Breton paid subsidy in Oldland, the moiety of the Bitton manor already mentioned, as early as 1523 ; Thomas Brytayne was taxed for Bitton and Hanham in 1545 ; John Breten and Walter his son held land at Hanham Abbots in 1556; whilst Lewse and Thomas Brytton were subsidised on the same estates in 1557. John Bryttan in his will, dated tst March, 1560, and proved at Gloucester, gth October, 1562, describes himself as of the parish of Bitton; his son Thomas, who died in 1574, was twice married ; by his first wife, Agnes, daughter of William Horsington, he had six sons and three daughters ; of the sons I need only treat of the first and fifth. 1 he latter, John Britten of Bitton, married Jane Burnell at Bitton Church 26th June, 1571 ; his will was proved 14th September, 1612. ' His eldest son, Thomas Britten, baptized at Bitton 11th January, 1573, was the father of John Britten, who purchased the fee simple of the property upon which several of his ancestors are known to have resided, and became the owner of Bitton Court about the year 1633. I must now return to the eldest son of Thomas Britten and Agnes Horsington, Jasper Britten, who resided at Swinford, in Bitton parish, and desires, by his will, dated August 12th, 1590, to be buried at Bitton near his father; his son John was the father of John, whose son, of the same name, by his wife, Elizabeth Deane, had three sons, John, Thomas, and Morris Britten. The last named, Morris, was baptized at Oldland in 1642. By his second son, Stephen Britten, he was the great-grandfather of Simon Britton, of the parish of St. George, Bristol, who by his second wife, Mary, daughter of James Gage (married 1781, died 1788), had, with other issue, a son, Simon Gage Britton, born 5th November, 1782, and a second son, Daniel Britton of Bristol, born 1784, died 1871, and who lived to welcome his great-grandson, Philip William Poole Britton (son of Henry William Britton, by his marriage with the daughter and heir of Benjamin Poole, who was only son of William Simon Britton of Caer Brito, Bristol, by his wife Caroline Cell, son and heir of the said Daniel Britton). Mr. Philip William Poole Britton, F.S.A., now of Bitton House, Enfield, in the county of Middlesex, and of Hanham Court, in that of Gloucester, was born 13th October, 1863, and married at Bristol, in 1886, Agnes Cassandra, daughter of Charles Alfred Carlyon, in right of her grandmother, Emily Carlyon, a double descendant of the ancient family of Carlyon of Tregrehan, co. Cornwall, and who derive their name from their original property, Carlyon, near Truro. Winstanley Britton, eldest son of Mr. Philip William Poole Britton, was baptized at St. Saviour's, Bristol, 9th October, 1887, and, maternally, is twenty-second in direct descent from King Edward III. (Coll. Ar. Arundel, 2, No. 155); he has also, through a maternal great-grandmother, Mary Stackhouse, a descent from King Edward I., through Bohun and Courtenay.* Simon Gage Britton, M.D., R.N., Surgeon of the Victory at Trafalgar, eldest son of Simon Britton, by his wife Mary Gage, long resided at King's Close, Barnstaple, and was buried at Ilfracombe in 1856. By his wife Jane, only daughter and heir of Thomas Hopkins, B.A., Jesus Coll., Oxford, and rector of Donyatt, co. Somerset, by his wife Mary, daughter of Robert Ford of Bridgewater, he had issue (with two daughters), Thomas Hopkins Britton, born 1817, and Paul Ford Britton, born 25th January, 1819 (M.A., Exeter Coll., Oxford), and now rector of Cadeleigh, near Tiverton, and who, by his wife Helen, daughter of William Short Tyeth of Pillhead, Barnstaple, is the father of the Rev. Arthur Paul Britton, M.A., the present rector of Ubley, co. Somerset, who is married, and has issue. Thomas Hopkins Britton was educated at Barnstaple School ( M.A., Exeter Coll., Oxford, 1842), and afterwards Vicar of Newlyn East, co. Cornwall. He married, in 1846, Frances Hamilton, second daughter of Thomas Hoskins, Captain R.N., of Broxbouine, Hants., and died at Exeter, 8th May, 1880, and was buried at Cadeleigh. He had issue, one daughter, Emily Jane, and two sons, Alfred Hoskins Britton, and Herbert Britton, born 1849 (B.A., Balliol Coll., Oxford). * The second son of Henry William Britton and of his wife, daughter and heir of Benjamin Pnole, Arthur Henry Daniel Britton, is a Lieut, in the 3rd Battalion Royal Fusiliers, in the 1st Volunteer Battalion of which regiment his elder brother also bolds a commission. Mr. Philip William Poole Britton, F.S.A., now of Bitton House, Enfield, in the county of Middlesex, and of Hanham Court, in that of Gloucester, was born 13th October, 1863, and married at Bristol, in 1886, Agnes Cassandra, daughter of Charles Alfred Carlyon, in right of her grandmother, Emily Carlyon, a double descendant of the ancient family of Carlyon of Tregrehan, co. Cornwall, and who derive their name from their original property, Carlyon, near Truro. Winstanley Britton, eldest son of Mr. Philip William Poole Britton, was baptized at St. Saviour's, Bristol, 9th October, 1887, and, maternally, is twenty-second in direct descent from King Edward III. (Coll. Ar. Arundel, 2, No. 155); he has also, through a maternal great-grandmother, Mary Stackhouse, a descent from King Edward I., through Bohun and Courtenay.* Simon Gage Britton, M.D., R.N., Surgeon of the Victory at Trafalgar, eldest son of Simon Britton, by his wife Mary Gage, long resided at King's Close, Barnstaple, and was buried at Ilfracombe in 1856. By his wife Jane, only daughter and heir of Thomas Hopkins, B.A., Jesus Coll., Oxford, and rector of Donyatt, co. Somerset, by his wife Mary, daughter of Robert Ford of Bridgewater, he had issue (with two daughters), Thomas Hopkins Britton, born 1817, and Paul Ford Britton, born 25th January, 1819 (M.A., Exeter Coll., Oxford), and now rector of Cadeleigh, near Tiverton, and who, by his wife Helen, daughter of William Short Tyeth of Pillhead, Barnstaple, is the father of the Rev. Arthur Paul Britton, M.A., the present rector of Ubley, co. Somerset, who is married, and has issue. Thomas Hopkins Britton was educated at Barnstaple School ( M.A., Exeter Coll., Oxford, 1842), and afterwards Vicar of Newlyn East, co. Cornwall. He married, in 1846, Frances Hamilton, second daughter of Thomas Hoskins, Captain R.N., of Broxbouine, Hants., and died at Exeter, 8th May, 1880, and was buried at Cadeleigh. He had issue, one daughter, Emily Jane, and two sons, Alfred Hoskins Britton, and Herbert Britton, born 1849 (B.A., Balliol Coll., Oxford). * The second son of Henry William Britton and of his wife, daughter and heir of Benjamin Pnole, Arthur Henry Daniel Britton, is a Lieut, in the 3rd Battalion Royal Fusiliers, in the 1st Volunteer Battalion of which regiment his elder brother also bolds a commission. of Parkham and Alwington considerably before the time of Thomas Biuton, the ancestor of the Brutons of Yeo Vale. With respect, however, to Gloucestershire, Thomas and John Breton paid subsidy in Oldland, the moiety of the Bitton manor already mentioned, as early as 1523 ; Thomas Brytayne was taxed for Bitton and Hanham in 1545 ; John Breten and Walter his son held land at Hanham Abbots in 1556; whilst Lewse and Thomas Brytton were subsidised on the same estates in 1557. John Bryttan in his will, dated tst March, 1560, and proved at Gloucester, gth October, 1562, describes himself as of the parish of Bitton; his son Thomas, who died in 1574, was twice married ; by his first wife, Agnes, daughter of William Horsington, he had six sons and three daughters ; of the sons I need only treat of the first and fifth. 1 he latter, John Britten of Bitton, married Jane Burnell at Bitton Church 26th June, 1571 ; his will was proved 14th September, 1612. ' His eldest son, Thomas Britten, baptized at Bitton 11th January, 1573, was the father of John Britten, who purchased the fee simple of the property upon which several of his ancestors are known to have resided, and became the owner of Bitton Court about the year 1633. I must now return to the eldest son of Thomas Britten and Agnes Horsington, Jasper Britten, who resided at Swinford, in Bitton parish, and desires, by his will, dated August 12th, 1590, to be buried at Bitton near his father; his son John was the father of John, whose son, of the same name, by his wife, Elizabeth Deane, had three sons, John, Thomas, and Morris Britten. The last named, Morris, was baptized at Oldland in 1642. By his second son, Stephen Britten, he was the great-grandfather of Simon Britton, of the parish of St. George, Bristol, who by his second wife, Mary, daughter of James Gage (married 1781, died 1788), had, with other issue, a son, Simon Gage Britton, born 5th November, 1782, and a second son, Daniel Britton of Bristol, born 1784, died 1871, and who lived to welcome his great-grandson, Philip William Poole Britton (son of Henry William Britton, by his marriage with the daughter and heir of Benjamin Poole, who was only son of William Simon Britton of Caer Brito, Bristol, by his wife Caroline Cell, son and heir of the said Daniel Britton). 4th Edward III., William de la Grene and John Bagworth gave the manor of West Hanhain to the abbot and convent of Keynsham, in Somerset, and with that community it remained until the dissolution ; it was surrendered to the Crown 3oth Henry VIII., and was always known as Hanham Court, and since then it has passed through various hands, and is now the property of Mr. Philip William Poole Britton, hereinafter mentioned. The manor of East Hanham, or Barre's Court, anciently the residence of Sir John de Button, a younger son of Adam D'Amneville, acquired its later name by the marriage of Sir John Barre with the granddaughter of Sir John de Button or Bitton, who died in 1382. This Lady Barre died 2nd Richard III., 1485, seised of the manor of East Hanhain, held of John Blount, as lord of the manor of Bitton; by Inq. p.m. her ladyship's heirs were found to be the daughters, or their descendants, of Sir John de Bytton, her maternal great-great-grandfather. Sir John's second daughter, Elizabeth, married Philip Hampton, her great-great- granddaughter, Lucy Hampton, Sir Thomas Newton, and the Newtons afterward ownid Barre's Court, otherwise East Hanham. The Newton baronetcy became extinct in 1743, and the last baronet, Sir Michael Newton, pulled down Barre's Court shortly before his death. As to the family of Britton, of Bitton, there is the same uncertainty as to the exactitude of their earlier descent as exists in the cases of other members of the family. Jocelyn Brito was a tenant in capite in Gloucestershire in the year 1086. Later on, Richard le Bret held three parts of a knight's fee in Weston, near Tctbury, temp. Henry II., of the fee of Ansger de Kylpec. In 1384, Joan, widow of Philip Vynour, claimed a capital messuage in Tewkesbury by devise of Stephen de Bruton (" De Banco," Mich. Term, 8th Richard II.). After the first quarter of the fourteenth century the then lords of Bitton, the Blounts, appear to have chiefly resided at Filton or Mangots- field, and Bitton Court and the surrounding property was usually let upon farming leases. Prior to the sixteenth century I cannot recover evidence of the presence there of the Brittons, who were, I am much disposed to consider, cadets of the house of Breton of Borough, several members of which settled in the parishes Mr. Alfred Hoskins Britton,* born at Hockworthy, co. Devon, and baptized 13th September, 1848, is a Barrister-at-Law of the Middle Temple, and Director, Audit Department, H.M. Exchequer. He married, 131)i September, 1878, Florence Mary, second daughter of S. E. Martyn, of Thurloe Square, South Kensington, and has, with two daughters, an eldest surviving son and heir, John Alfred Hamilton Britton, born 22nd September, 1882. The Arms of this branch of Brito, as now recorded and attached to their pedigree, at Heralds' College, are thus blazoned in the "grant":—"Quarterly, or and gules, two lions passant in chief, and as many mullets of six points in base, within a bordure engrailed, all counterchanged." Crest.—" A lion's gamb erect and erased «^., gutte*e d'eau, between two mullets of six points, also azure" Motto.—" Salut a tous." =========================================== Relationships extracted: Cornelius Horsington , son of William Horsington, soldier abroad, d. 1814, had children _____ (Horsington) Bishop female 1 Horsington female 2 Horsington female 3 Horsington Agnes (Horsington) Britton , daughter of William Horsington, wife of Thomas Britten/Britton Jasper Britton, oldest son of Agnes and Thomas, lived at Swinford, will dated 12 Aug 1590, buried at Bitton near father, son John _____ 2nd son Britton _____ 3rd son Britton _____ 4th son Britton John Britton m. Jane Burnell 26 Jun 1571 Bitton Church, will proved 14 Sep 1612 _____ 1st daughter Britton _____ 2nd daughter Britton _____ 3rd daughter Britton ============================== RECORDS Records of the Borough of Chesterfield: Being A SERIES OF EXTRACTS FROM THE ARCHIVES OF THE CORPORATION OF CHESTERFIELD, AND OF OTHER REPOSITORIES ; COLLECTED BY PYM YEATMAN, ESQ., Of Lincoln's Inn, Barrister at Law Published under the authority of Mr. Alderman Gee, Mayor of Chesterfield CHESTERFIELD: WILFRED EDMUNDS. { SHEFFIELD: MESSRS. LEADER AND SONS, 1884. 58.—16 Hy. VI. John, son and heir of John Marescal, of Garitón, in Lyndece (Lincoln) to Robert Cudwell, Prior of Novoloco, in Sherwood, John William Goldington, and Hugo Hart- ington (qy. Horsington), of a toft in Carlton. 59-—37 Henry VI. Hugo Horsington de Wygthorpe, in Carlton, to John Gaytford and Magister John Brigg, Rector of Carlton, concerning land there. 62.—31 Henry VI. William, son of John Marescal, of Garitón, to J. Catesby, Prior of Newstead, William Goldington, in Leth- ington, Hugo Horsington, of Garitón, of land there. ========================= Loading... Loading... Loading... Loading... Loading... Loading... Loading... Loading... C? Ur-l<^; S/r THE CLARKE PAPERS. SELECTIONS FROM THE PAPERS OF WILLIAM CLARKE Secretary to the Council of the Army, 1647-1649, and to General Monck and tlie Commanders of tlie Army in Scotland, 1651-1660. EDITED FOR THE ROYAL HISTORICAL SOCIETY BY C. H. FIRTH, M.A. VOLUME III. LONGMANS, GEEEN, AND CO. 39 PATERNOSTER HOW, LONDON NEW YORK AND BOMBAY 1899 All rights reserved Wes tminster, April 24, 1655.—Att Exeter there have bin 3 f. si. Bills of High Treason referr'd to the Grand Jury, the first against these 10 vzte. Colonel John Penruddock, Mr. Hugh Grove, Mr. Richard Rives, Mr. Robert Duke, and Mr. George Duke his brother, Mr. Francis Jones, Mr. Francis Bennett, Mr. Thomas Fitz-James,Mr. Edward Davy, and Thomas Poulton, all which are convicted of High Treason, excepting Bennett, who was acquitted. The 2d. against Edward Willis, Nicholas Mussell, Wm. Jenkins, Mr. Thomas Hillyard, Mr. William Stroud, Robert» Harris, John Bibbye, John Cooke, and John Haynes, the Sheriffe of Wilts' trumpeter that went along from Salisbury, all which saving Stroud were convicted, Jenkins by confession of the fact, and the rest by the verdict of the Jury that passed on them.1 The 3d. Bill was against Mr. Henry Collier, Mr. Joseph Collyer his brother, Mr. William Wakes of Blandford, and Christopher Haviland, which 4 confessed the Indictment after the debate of their claime to Articles from Captain Crooke, for their lives, liberties, and estates, which the Captarne affirmeth were noe articles, but verbal! condiccions to this effect, that they should have faire quarter, which they have had, and that he would ernestly intercede with my Lord Protector for their lives, liberties, and estates which likewise he hath done ;2 James Horsington, and John Giles who were in Salisbury goale for robbery, and let out uppon this insurrection, Hans Styver a Dutch trumpeter, Abraham Wilson, Richard Browne, and Nich. Broadegate, which 6 have pleaded not guilty, and were to be tryed Saturday last in the afternoone. Penruddocke and Robert Duke pleaded hard for their lives. Grove (one of 400" per annum) is a dareing and resolute person ; but the most desperate were the most ancient of them, Rives and Hillyard, who boldly avowed the fact with justificaccion, disowned the present government, affirmed positively they owed not obedience but to Charles Stuart, for they had sworne they said to be true to the Kinge, and they at present [had] noe legali established government in this nación &c. There are in that goale of such as were parties in this insurrección 105, but noe more of them wilbe impeached, leastwise at this time.* ======================================= The Town and City of Waterbury, Connecticut, from the Aboriginal Period to the year Eighteen Hundred and Ninety-five. edited by Joseph Anderson, D.D. Volume I. by Sarah J. Prichard and others New Haven: The Price & Lee Company, 1896. "The muster roll of the following company is given---its members being from Waterbury [CT] and the near-by towns: 2nd Regiment --- March 27 to Nov. 16, 1758 Eldad Lewis, Captain ..... Joab Horsington, Sergeant ============================ Index to the Sloane Manuscripts in the British Museum by Edward J.L. Scott, M.A., D.Litt. Printed by order of the Trustees London, 1904 Horsington (Dr. ). Note of his birth, 1619, sickness, 1662/3, and death, 1667. 1708, f. 113. ============================ Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of New South Wales by W.H.Wilkinson, Esq., and William Owen, Esq., barristers at law. Vol. 1 London: William Clowes and Sons, Limited, 1896. The Oriental Bank Corporation against Horsington (a) Assumpsit on a promissory note made by the defendant and delivered to J.T. McCarthy, in the words and figures following:--- "Burrangong, 7 March, 1862. L800. On demand I promise to pay J.T. McCarthy, or his order the sume of L800, received this day from the Oriental Bank Corporation, for the special purpose of purchasing gold, and which sum is to be accounted for on or before the 10th instant. Alfred Horsington. Payable at the Oriental Bank Corporation, Burrangong." ================================== The Star Chamber, Notices of the Court and its Proceedings... by John Southerden Burn London: J. Russell Smith, 1870 Phillip & Mary Sixty or eight persons committed to the Bar, ore tenus, for pulling up Enclosures. (1 M.) Giles Horsington and others v Christr. Keene and others, Restitution of a Manor. ====================================== Vital Records of Medfield, Massachusetts, to the year 1850. Ne England Historic Genealogical Society. Boston, Mass. 1903 Births Horsington, Walter D., s. Dennis and Sarah L., Sept 27, 1847. ============================== Loading... Loading... Loading... Loading... Loading... Loading... Loading... Loading... Loading... Loading... Loading... Loading... MEMORIAL. GENEALOGY, AND ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. TO WHICH IS ADDED AN APPENDIX, WITH EXPLANATORY NOTES, AND A FULL INDEX. " The glory of Children are their Fathers."—Solomon. " Those only deserve to be remembered by posterity, who treasure up the history of their Ancestors."—Burke. " Thereis a Moral and Philosophical respect for our Ancestors which elevates the character and improves the heart."—Webster. BY ALFRED ANDREWS MEMBER OF CONNECTICUT AND WISCONSIN HISTORICAL SOCIETIES. CHICAGO, ILL.: PUBLISHED BY A. H. ANDREWS. 1867. (The town of New Britain was not incorporated until 1850, but the New Britain parish, with substantially the same limits, had been established in 1754, from parts of Farmington and Wethersfield.) 4. ' THOMAS RICHARDS," son of Thomas, of Hartford, and Mary (Parsons,) who was daughter of Deacon Benjamin Parsons, of Springfield, Mass., his wife, b. April 3d, 1694, at Hartford, m. June 16th, 1717, Abigail Turner, of Hartford; they lived in Southington, 1728 to 1750, when the family moved to Stanley quarter, in New Britain, and located on the corner west of the former school-house ; his wife, Abigail, died Sept. 24th, 1736, when he married second, Dec. 28th, 1738, No. (5 ;) he was to church in Newington, Sept 23d, 1750, by letter from Southington; a blacksmith by occupation. CHILDREN. 1. Susannah, born May 12th, 1718, at Hartford, m. June 5th, 1735, Jonathan Andrews, of Benjamin. 2. Abigail, b. , bap. May 4th, 1718, died young. 3. Abigail, b, Feb. 2d, 1721-2, to church in Southington, 1737, m. Oct. 9th, 1742, Thomas Lankton. 4. John, b. , bap. Aug. 20th, 1724, at Hartford, died young. 5. Samuel, see No. (12. 6. Elizabeth, b. Nov. 22d, 1728, bap. Nov. 24th, 1728, to church in Southington, 1749, m. Dec. 24th, 1750, James Horsington. 7. John, b. March 31st, 1730-1, see No. (95.) 8. Lydia, b. March 23d, 1732-3, bap. March 25th, 1732-3, at Southington. 9. Experience, b. , bap. May 4th, 1736, at Southington. =============================================================== Loading... Loading... Loading... Loading... HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. FIFTEENTH REPORT, APPENDIX, PART VII. THE MANUSCRIPTS OP THE DUKE OF SOMERSET, THE MARQUIS OF A1LESBURY, AND THE REV. SIR T. H. G. PULESTON, BART. LONDON: PRINTED FOR HER MAJESTY'S STATIONERY OFFICE, BY EYRE AND SPOTTISWOODE. 1898 16 Richard II., September 13.—Release by Richard Holrygge, vicar of tbe church of Brixham, Henry Noreys, Richard Aysshe, and Richard Bancombe to Sir John de la Pomeray of a grant of the manor of Stokkelegh Pomeray, the moiety of the manor of Harberton, and all the said Sir John's lands iu Cornwall and Devon.—Seats. A similar deed dated 13 Richard II. between the same parties.—Seals. 1394 to 1411.—Various leases from Sir John de la Pomeray and Joan his wife to Thomas Payn and Joan, his wife ; to Thomas Gloas ; to Edith, widow of John Reeve ; to Bartholomew Harry and Margery, his wife ; to Nicholas Horsyngton ami William Boghier ; to William Tassel, Avice, his wife, and William, their son; to John Byrycombe ; to William Beuet, Joan, his wife, and John, their son ; and to John Parker and Richards, his wife, of premises in Brixham and Berry Pomeray.— Seals. 16 Richard II., September 13.—Release by Richard Holrygge, vicar of tbe church of Brixham, Henry Noreys, Richard Aysshe, and Richard Bancombe to Sir John de la Pomeray of a grant of the manor of Stokkelegh Pomeray, the moiety of the manor of Harberton, and all the said Sir John's lands in Cornwall and Devon.—Seats. A similar deed dated 13 Richard II. between the same parties.—Seals. 1394 to 1411.—Various leases from Sir John de la Pomeray and Joan his wife to Thomas Payn and Joan, his wife ; to Thomas Gloas ; to Edith, widow of John Reeve ; to Bartholomew Harry and Margery, his wife ; to Nicholas Horsyngton and William Boghier ; to William Tassel, Avice, his wife, and William, their son; to John Byrycombe ; to William Beuet, Joan, his wife, and John, their son ; and to John Parker and Richards, his wife, of premises in Brixham and Berry Pomeray.— Seals. Also 9 Henry VI., Monday before the Feast of St. Margaret the Virgin.— Grant by Nicholas Horsyngton, of Bryggeton Pomeray, to Richard Wyther and Isabella, his wife, daughter of the same Nicholas, of a tenement in Bryggeton Pomeray, lying between the High Street on the north, and the water descending from Hurdyngeswylle to the water of Derte on the south. Witnesses:—William Ryder, John Drake, Bartholomew Harry, Thomas Austyn, William Cove, reeve of Bryggeton Pomeray, and others.—Seal. 1430 to 1440.—Various leases from Edward de la Pomeray to Andrew, son of Nicholas Colle ; to Richard Wytby, Joan, his wife, and Isabella, sister of Joan ; to John Turpyn, elder son of John Turpyn, Joan, his wife, and John, their son ; to John Mon', otherwise Prigge, Joan, his wife, widow of William Elyot, and William Elyot, her son ; and to Nicholas Horsington, and Joan, his wife, of premises in Brixham, Bridgetown Pomeray, and Harberton.—Seals. and p. 148 31 Edward I., Tuesday after the close of Easter.—Quitclaim by Alyna Fraunkeyn to Nicholas, tho Baker, and Edith, his wife, of a tenement in Maydene Bradelegh between the tenement of Thomas Davy and the highway, which tenement the said Nicholas and Edith recovered by recognizance of Assize against the said Alyna and Thomas Rüssel. Witnesses :—Sir Robert de Vernon (?), and Sir John de Aungens, knights, Walter de Horssinton, John de Immer (?), Eustace de Burton, Edward Ludduck, Nicholas Cockes, William Kynf, John Tony, and others. ========================= English Army Lists and Commission Registers, 1661 - 1714 edited by Charles Dalton, F.R.G.S. Vol. I. 1661-1685 Eyre & Spottiswoode London, 1892 The Earl of Manchester's Regt. of Foot* (June 13, 1667) Capts. ..... Giles Horsington *Disbanded after the Treaty of Breda in 1667. ============================= A True Register of all the Christeninges, mariages, and Burialles in the Parishe of St. James, Clarkenwell From the Year of Our Lorde God 1551 edited by Robert Hovenden Vol. I. Christenings, 1551 to 1700 Page 249 1671 .... July 26 Jessper s of Jessper & Mary Horseington =================================================== Register Book of Marriages Belonging to the Parish of St. George, Hanover Square, in the county of Middlesex. edited by John H. Chapman, Esq., M.A., F.S.A. Barrister-at-Law Vol. II --- 1788 to 1809 London: 1888 1792 Nov. 26 John Lorraine & Elizabeth Horsington ========================================================== Calendar of Marriage Licenses Issued by the Faculty Office, 1632-1714 edited by Geo. E. Cokayne, F.S.A. Clarenceux King of Arms and Edw. Alexander Fry. London: Issued to the subscribers by the British Record Society, Limited. 1905 February, 1702-3 5 ..... Horsington, Jasper Varney, Eliz. [Note: "Canterbury" is handwritten on the title page. I am unsure whether this means that Canterbury is the location or the license was issued by the Archbishop of Canterbury. This is what it says in the Intro to the listings: A CALENDAR OF Marriage Licences ISSUED BY THE Faculty Office Commencing 1632. The names of the parties to whom these licences were granted are printed in the chronological arrangement and the precise form in which they exist in the manuscript calendar thereof kept at the Faculty Office in Knightrider Street, London. It will probably be thought desirable that an alphabetical index should hereafter be furnished. Abstracts of the particulars of some of these entries were made by that well-known genealogist, the late Col. Joseph Lemuel Chester. These are printed in Vol. XXIV. (1886) of the Harleian Society's publications entitled "Allegations of Marriage Licences issued from the Faculty Office of the Archbishop of Canterbury, at London, 1543 to 1869 "-1 ] ========================= The Registers of the Abbey Church of SS. Peter and Paul, Bath edited by Arthur J. Jewers Vol. I London: 1900 Births 1773 June 20 William son of Thomas and Mary Horsington Marriages 1625 Jan. 16 Thomas Rowland & Jane Horsington Marriages Nov. 11 Richard Reed, widower, & Mary Horsington, widow, both of this par. Wit., John Wogan, John Daly =========== This is probably where ol' Harry got it. Traces of History in the Names of Places with a Vocabulary of the roots out of which names of places in England and Wales are formed. by Flavell Edmunds. London: Longmans, Green, and Co. 1872 Horsing E. from Horsa and incga. Ex: Horsington-tun, now Horsington (Som.), the place of Horsa's descendants. ==================== ================================== The History of the Suburbs of Exeter... by Charles Worth, Esq. London: Henry Gray,47 Leicester Square, W.C. 1892 P,54-55 Whilst treating of Livery Dole, I have remarked that the place of execution for the county was removed, in or about the year 1532, to Ringswell. This spot was used for the infliction of capital punishment for more than two centuries afterwards, and was situated at the north-eastern end of the Parish of Heavitree. It included a graveyard, which was given by the then Mayor of Exeter, John Petre, in 1557, and which was inclosed with a wall by Joan, widow of John Tuck- field, Mayor in 1549. The spot was consecrated on the eighth of March, 1557, by Bishop Turbeville, of Exeter. It was allowed to be desecrated and built over in 1827. The gallows stood on a waste piece of ground between the western hedge of the field, still called " The Gallows," and the eastern wall of the burial- ground. The boundary hedge was thrown down by the owner of the adjoining property, the late Lord Graves, who extended his field up to the boundary wall ; so that it is now difficult to identify the place at all. The first person who suffered here was John Waltheman, for treason, in 1532, he having been convicted of prophesying evil of the King. Here also were hanged William Horsington, Thomas Hylleard, Thomas Poulton, Richard Reeves, Edward Davy (Davies in the Register), Edward Willis (Willies in the Register), and John Giles (alias Hobbes in the Register). They were all buried in St. Sidwell's churchyard on the seventh of May, 1655, "having been executed at Heavitree." John Haynes had also been left for execution, but I have no entry of his burial at St. Sidwell's. These unfortunate gentlemen had been condemned at Exeter for participation in the rising of 1654-5. They were taken prisoners, or rather surrendered under promise of safety, at South Molton, having just previously proclaimed Charles II. at Salisbury, and insulted the judges there. Two of the principal leaders, Capt. Hugh Grove and Col. John Penruddock, were sentenced to be hanged, but the punishment was afterwards changed to decapitation. They were both beheaded in the Castle Yard on the sixteenth of May, 1655. Grove was buried in " St. Sidwell's Chancell," where a brass to his memory may still be seen, in the north aisle. On the following day Penruddock was interred in the Church of St. Laurence, in High Street. =========================== History, Directory & Gazeteer, of the county of York Leeds Mercury-Office Jan 1, 1822 Flockton, (Over and Nether) in the parish of Thorbill, wap. of Agbrigg and manor of Wakefield; 6 1/2 miles E. of Huddersfield. This hamlet abounds with coal mines, the property of Sir John Lister Kaye, Bart. and William Stansfeld, Esq. Pop. 988 Horsington George, gentleman Mills William, gentleman Stansfeld William, gentleman .... =========================================== The History of Rock County, Wisconsin: Its Early Settlement, Growth ... - Page 464 by Western historical company, Chicago, pub - 1879 - 897 pages Listed on the roster of the 13th Regiment, Company D: Francis Amos Horsington (died at Evansville, Ind., December 18,1863) ========================= Clerical and Parochial Records of Cork, Cloyne, and Ross... by W. Maziere Brady, D.D. Vol.I London: Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts, and Green. 1864 Kinsale 1383. January 28. The King committed to John Horsington, Proctor of the house of Saints Peter and Paul, Bath, the custody of the profits of the Rectories of Kinsale, S. John Evan, in the fairgh, near Cork, and of Legan (Castlelyons), in county of Cork. [Tuckey, p.30] ================ Registers of Wadham College, Oxford Part II From 1719 to 1871 ed. by Rev. Robert Barlow Gardiner, M.A., F.S.A. London: George Bell and Sons, York Street, Covent Garden. MDCCCXCV P. 305, Richard Sheppard. M. (Alban Hall) 7 July, 1675 (fil. Johannis S. de Horsington, Somerset, gen aet. 16) P.397. George Farewell M. (Hart Hall) 6 Dec 1696 (fil. Thomae F. de Horsington, Somerset, gen. aet. 20). M.A. (King's Coll., Cambridge) 1706. =========================== Certificates of Muster in the County of Somerset Temp. Eliz A.D. 1569 Extracted, and with notes by Emanuel Green, F.S.A., F.R.S.L. London, 1904 P. 211 Tithing of Lytton. Ablemen. Wm. Bowcher...archer. Thos. Horsington... billman. Wm. Spering...billman Roger Hele ...billman Wm. Allen... billman Wm. Allen...billman. John West...billman John Thomas...billman Wm. Somer...billman Thos. Miller... archer [Note: Billman definition: a soldier armed with a bill which is a spear with a hook-shaped blade and a spike at the back.] ====================== Reading Records. Diary of the Corporation; Vol. IV Charles I. and Commonwealth (1641-1654) ed. by Rev. J.M. Guilding, F.S.A., F.R.Hist. S., Vicor of St. Laurence, Reading. London, 1896. P. 45 1642 In St. Giles' parishe; Asseassours. Mr. Thomas Turnor, Richard Stampe, Richard Horsington, Willyam Densill, Willyam Oades. ========================== Soldiers in King Philip's War containing lists of the soldiers of Massachusetts Colony, who served in the Indian War of 1675-1677 by George M. Bodge. Boston, 1891 P. 174 Credited under Capt. Samuel Wadsworth: Mar 24th 1675-6 John Horsington 02 14 10 [Note: "Edition of 100 copies only" ================================= First Reunion of the Survivors of the Army of the Tennessee and its four corps. Washington, D.C., Sept 21 to 23, 1892. P.205 Roster of Visiting Members who registered at the headquarters of the sixteenth Army Corps. OHIO Ninety-fifth Regiment---John Morris, C; W.R. Shaul, E; Caleb Moxley, F; Harry A. Miller, E; Stephen K. Smith, G; John M. Smith, G; F. Horsington, G; John Smith, G. ================================== Western Antiquary; or Notebook for Devon, Cornwall, ^ Somerset. Ed. by W.H.K. Wright Vol. VI., June, 1886 to May, 1887 P. 195 130.—"The Spectator" (No. 313).—In this able paper there is an allusion made to two boys at Westminster School, one of whom became a judge under the protector, while the other was engaged in the unhappy enterprise in the West. Who were they ? Mr. Serjeant Glyn managed the trial of the prisoners at Exeter, and gave sentence against them to be drawn, hanged, and quartered.* He was evidently the judge referred to. On comparing the episode in the Spectator with the trial written by the Hon. Col John Penruddock himself there are two or three circumstances accurately agreeing, which serve to prove the veracity of the whole account. Mr. Serjeant Glyn did make the best of his way " to London to wayte on his highnesse," contrary to his previous intention of going on to Chard, on the very morning that he had delivered sentence on the 26 prisoners. Again : " The Tryal of the Rebels was very short, and nothing now remained but to pass Sentence on them." This is a rapid but closely true description of the trial where Penruddock was tried "for at least five hours " on Thursday, and the 26 were quickly sentenced on Monday. Who was the curtain hero ? Annotators with one consent say Colonel Wake, father of Archbishop Wake. Without going so far as to contradict this, it may be doubted if it is quite certain. In the first place, Capt. U. Crooke names him as one of the five men he pleads for in satisfaction for his articles; secondly, in Walker's Sufferings of the Clergy, page 393, there is an account of Wake's usage, sent from the hands of his own son, Capt. Wake, of Shapwicke, the father of Archbishop Wake. From it—for it is long—I extract: " . . after the King's army were all suppress'd, my Father came to live at Blandford . . etc. His Blood was the first spilt in opposition to the Rebels in the West of England .... was in the time of the Rebellion Eighteen times a prisoner and Twice condemned to be Hanged Drawn & Quartered, got off from the First by a Rebel-Uncle and the Second time by the Articles I made with Capt Crooke at South- molton." This confirms Capt. Crooke's articles, and makes Wake the grandfather of the archbishop, and therefore not "afterwards the Father of a Son whom he lived to see promoted in the Church." Besides, this Wake was an old man, but the curtain hero a young man of 35 or so. The curtain champion must be one of the 26 called to the bar on the 23rd of April. Their names are given in • Thurloe, Vol. III., page 394. Robert Duke was reprieved at the intercession of his sister.* Of the 16 in the death warrant.t John Penruddoclc, Hugh Grove, and Robert Duke (whose name is inserted over the line and then erased), were to be beheaded, and Richard Reeves, Edward Davy, Thomas Poulton, Edward Willis, Thomas Hilliard, John Haynes, James Horsington, and John Giles, to be only hanged, etc. Dated 3rd May, 1655. The sentence was to be executed on the l6th May. Francis Jones pleads to Thurloe for his life, 2nd June. Henry Collyer, Wm. Wake, Jos. Collier, Chris. Haviland, claimed articles; also another not named. R. Harris, cordwainer, and A. Wilson, cutler, may be struck out as not being likely to have been educated. The rest are Cooke and Browne, not described. The only others are George Duke, gent., Thos. Fitz James, gent, Nicolas Mussell (whose pedigree is in the Wilts Visitation, 1623, printed by Dr. Marshall), and Hans Stiver, gent., concerning whom any information would be gladly received, ------------------------------------------- Thurloe's State Papers, Vol. III., page 378—State Trials: Penruddock's Trial. • Thurloe's State Papers, Vol. III. ======================================= Records of the Rough Riders (XXth Battalion Imperial Yeomanry.) Boer War, 1899-1902 by Captain H.G. McKenzie Rew. Brown & Wilson, Bedford. 1907. Non-commissioned Officers and Men. P274 15628 Trooper Horsington, W. ====================================== An Index to the Wills and Inventories now preserved in the Court of Probate at Chester, from A.D. 1741 to 1760 edited by J.P. Earwaker, M.A., F.S.A. Printed for the Record Society, 1892 Horsington, Ann, of Manchester, widow..................1755 ======================================== Calendar of the Papal Registers relating to Great britain and Ireland. Papal Letters. Vol. III A.D. 1342-1362 edited by W.H. Bliss, B.C.L. and C. Johnson, M.A. Eyre and Spottiswoode London: 1897 1349 e Kal. May. Avignon f 46d Concurrent mandate to the archdeacon of Chester, John de Horsington, cannon of Wells, and another named. To John de Horsington. The like in Wells, notwithstanding that he expects a benefice in theg gift of the abbot and convent of Ramsey. (Cal. Pet. i 157) =============================================== Melbourne (Australia) and Suburgan Directory, 1866-67 Horsington, James, car proprietor, Ligar street ========================== Gloucestershire Notes and Queries ed. by Rev. Beaver H. Blacker, M.A. Vol II London: 1884. P. 593 Marriages 1617 May 22 Benedict Horsington, of Katern, in Bath-easton, Somt, and Elizabeth Browning, Widow P.645 Marriages 1714 Oct 26 Samuel Horsington, of Gloucester, and Mary Bethel, of Hardwick ============================================================= Calendar of State Papers Domestic 1653 Dec. ? 91. Samuel Horsington to Ralph Parker. Now or never help me, or else I perish in my process; although I jest I am serious, so send me your attestation notorial that you made the agreement between Coult and myself, and that there was a general acquittance given on both sides between master and servant; and whatever it costs I will return it by the bearer. Do not forget to mention his promis to pay Mr. Roberson, and this in the Dutch tongue, so that it may stand in law; if you do not return this within 14 days, I am like to lose my proces.. [Dec. 27] 67. Petition of Capts. Wm. Rance and Giles Horsington, for themselves and 300 surveyors, clerks, and messengers, to the Protector. Most of them have served under 3 Acts for sale of traitors' lands, on their own charges and in remote parts. Have long since finished their work, bringing in large sums by their discoveries, and contract such debts that some are imprisoned, and others in danger of it. Their necessities appear by an order of the Committee for Petitions. Having waited many months, some 100, some 200 miles away from home, beg an order to the Drury House trustees to pay them before other incident charges. Annexing, 67. I. Order of the Committe for Petitions that the petition and papers of the Drury House trustees, being abstracts of the charges of their surveyors and clerks, be presented to Parliament, with the opinion that 20,000 L should be paid the trustees on account for paying surveyors, &c., many of whom are in necessity by long forbearance, and for other incident charges---10 Nov. 1653 =========================