Hertfordshire, Watton at Stone - not much of an inheritance !
Monument with the kneeling figures of Philip Boteler 1712 & his sister Elizabeth Neville
"In memory of Philip Boteler esq (only son a& heire of Sir John Boteler, knight, by Dame Elizabeth his wife (who was one of ye daughters & co-heires of Sir Nicholas Gould of Dosetshire), who lyes interred near this pace.
This Philip had one sister Elizabeth whose fortune he augmented very considerably upon her marriage with Grey Neville esq of ye county of Berks.
He marryed Elizabeth Crane Ettricke, one of ye two daughters & coheires of Wiliam Ettricke esq, bart, leaveing no issue;
He (out of a due regard to ye continuation of his name & family, which is of great antiquity in this country) by his will entayled ye antient seate and park called Woodhall in this parish, and his whole estate upon his cousin John Boteler esq (son of his great uncle) who is now the last branch of this antient family in the male line.
He departed this life ye seaventh day of May in ye year of our Lord 1712, and in ye 35th year of his age.
This monument was erected by his said cousin John Boteler esq in honour of his benefactor"
"Here lies Eizabeth Neville, widow, who departe this life on the 16th day of November 1740 aged 62. In hopes of a joyfull resurretion, what manner of peron she was, that day will discover"
They were the son & daughter of Sir John Boteler knight by Elizabeth daughter of Sir Nicholas Gould & Elizabeth daughter of Sir John Garrard 2nd bart of Lamer
Philip m Elizabeth coheiress daughter of William Ettricke 1716 by Elizabeth daughter of Sir Edmund Bacon 4th bart 1685 of Redgrave www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/qBoar3 and Elizabeth www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/Xh8r69 daughter of Robert Crane of Chilton 1643 flic.kr/p/nD6piv (her coheiress sister Rachel died unmarried leaving her portion to her maidservant
Elizabeth m Grey Neville 1681-dsp1723 son of Richard Neville and Katherine daughter of Ralph 2nd Baron Grey of Warke and Catherine Ford; also dying childless
The heir to the a lifetime interest in the estates was cousin John Boteler. flic.kr/p/8fSRzc However the property was charged with the payment out of income of a considerable debt, pending the repayment of which John was awarded an allowance of £400 a year by a Chancery decree of 22 Feb. 1713.
He became a Whig MP for Hertford In 1715 ,
However encumbered by debts on his new property which were compounded by the collapse of the South Sea Company in 1720, John "made his retreat into foreign parts (Italy), stayed abroad ten years, and returned home in 1732"
In 1734 urged on by his friends, he was returned as MP for Wendover, but on petition the question of his property qualification was raised by his opponent, Lord Limerick. In evidence it emerged that the income of his estate was only about £100 a year more than the interest on the debt, and that since 1723 the court of Chancery had discontinued his allowance of £400 p.a. as ‘the estate could not bear it’. Though the Government supported him, the House of Commons decided by a majority of 50 that his election was void on the ground that he ‘was not duly qualified’. A new election was ordered, at which he stood again with government assistance but Lord Limerick was returned. Believing that he had been ‘shamefully and neglectfully given up by those I judged in interest bound to support me, and so of course the door of grace and favour shut against me by the grand keeper of it’, i.e. by Walpole, he printed a statement of his case, which he sent to Lady Sundon, Queen Caroline’s mistress of the robes, asking her to bring his story to the notice of the King and Queen. Later, he carried his resentment to the length of giving evidence to the secret committee on Walpole in 1742 as to the sum of £500 supplied to him from the secret service money at the Wendover by-election in 1735. He died 17 July 1774, aged 90, never having again stood for Parliament.
- Church of St Andrew & St Mary, Watton on Stone Hertfordshire
Hertfordshire, Watton at Stone - not much of an inheritance !
Monument with the kneeling figures of Philip Boteler 1712 & his sister Elizabeth Neville
"In memory of Philip Boteler esq (only son a& heire of Sir John Boteler, knight, by Dame Elizabeth his wife (who was one of ye daughters & co-heires of Sir Nicholas Gould of Dosetshire), who lyes interred near this pace.
This Philip had one sister Elizabeth whose fortune he augmented very considerably upon her marriage with Grey Neville esq of ye county of Berks.
He marryed Elizabeth Crane Ettricke, one of ye two daughters & coheires of Wiliam Ettricke esq, bart, leaveing no issue;
He (out of a due regard to ye continuation of his name & family, which is of great antiquity in this country) by his will entayled ye antient seate and park called Woodhall in this parish, and his whole estate upon his cousin John Boteler esq (son of his great uncle) who is now the last branch of this antient family in the male line.
He departed this life ye seaventh day of May in ye year of our Lord 1712, and in ye 35th year of his age.
This monument was erected by his said cousin John Boteler esq in honour of his benefactor"
"Here lies Eizabeth Neville, widow, who departe this life on the 16th day of November 1740 aged 62. In hopes of a joyfull resurretion, what manner of peron she was, that day will discover"
They were the son & daughter of Sir John Boteler knight by Elizabeth daughter of Sir Nicholas Gould & Elizabeth daughter of Sir John Garrard 2nd bart of Lamer
Philip m Elizabeth coheiress daughter of William Ettricke 1716 by Elizabeth daughter of Sir Edmund Bacon 4th bart 1685 of Redgrave www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/qBoar3 and Elizabeth www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/Xh8r69 daughter of Robert Crane of Chilton 1643 flic.kr/p/nD6piv (her coheiress sister Rachel died unmarried leaving her portion to her maidservant
Elizabeth m Grey Neville 1681-dsp1723 son of Richard Neville and Katherine daughter of Ralph 2nd Baron Grey of Warke and Catherine Ford; also dying childless
The heir to the a lifetime interest in the estates was cousin John Boteler. flic.kr/p/8fSRzc However the property was charged with the payment out of income of a considerable debt, pending the repayment of which John was awarded an allowance of £400 a year by a Chancery decree of 22 Feb. 1713.
He became a Whig MP for Hertford In 1715 ,
However encumbered by debts on his new property which were compounded by the collapse of the South Sea Company in 1720, John "made his retreat into foreign parts (Italy), stayed abroad ten years, and returned home in 1732"
In 1734 urged on by his friends, he was returned as MP for Wendover, but on petition the question of his property qualification was raised by his opponent, Lord Limerick. In evidence it emerged that the income of his estate was only about £100 a year more than the interest on the debt, and that since 1723 the court of Chancery had discontinued his allowance of £400 p.a. as ‘the estate could not bear it’. Though the Government supported him, the House of Commons decided by a majority of 50 that his election was void on the ground that he ‘was not duly qualified’. A new election was ordered, at which he stood again with government assistance but Lord Limerick was returned. Believing that he had been ‘shamefully and neglectfully given up by those I judged in interest bound to support me, and so of course the door of grace and favour shut against me by the grand keeper of it’, i.e. by Walpole, he printed a statement of his case, which he sent to Lady Sundon, Queen Caroline’s mistress of the robes, asking her to bring his story to the notice of the King and Queen. Later, he carried his resentment to the length of giving evidence to the secret committee on Walpole in 1742 as to the sum of £500 supplied to him from the secret service money at the Wendover by-election in 1735. He died 17 July 1774, aged 90, never having again stood for Parliament.
- Church of St Andrew & St Mary, Watton on Stone Hertfordshire