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Probate details of Debts and amount owing for Jonas Nichols of Preston Bissett, Buckinghamshire to Oxford District Registry 11th May 1894.
Jonas Nichols born 1850 at Croughton, Northamptonshire married Elizabeth Warr in 1875 in Buckingham. He died 10th March 1894.
He had named his wife Elizabeth as Executrix and sole beneficiary. In the Codicil he names Thomas Herons, Farmer of Hardwick, Oxford as an Executor along with his wife.
Nichols of Preston Bissett, Buckinghamshire Family Papers
WEST VANCOUVER, UNCEDED COAST SALISH TERRITORIES: On Wednesday August 6th 2014, Downtown Eastside residents evicted from gentrified hotels, Oppenheimer homeless campers, and housing advocates held a news conference in front of the multi-million dollar mansion being built for Vancouver’s most notorious gentrifying landlord, Steven Lippman.
Speakers demanded immediate action to end the homelessness and housing crisis, and to reverse BC Housing’s new policies that are redirecting money for social housing into the coffers of landlords.
This was a unique dance. It is called "Henry" and is about the 6 wives of King Henry VIII (It has executors, guillotines and everything!)
Probate details of Debts and amount owing for Jonas Nichols of Preston Bissett, Buckinghamshire to Oxford District Registry 11th May 1894.
Jonas Nichols born 1850 at Croughton, Northamptonshire married Elizabeth Warr in 1875 in Buckingham. He died 10th March 1894.
He had named his wife Elizabeth as Executrix and sole beneficiary. In the Codicil he names Thomas Herons, Farmer of Hardwick, Oxford as an Executor along with his wife.
Nichols of Preston Bissett, Buckinghamshire Family Papers
This was a unique dance. It is called "Henry" and is about the 6 wives of King Henry VIII (It has executors, guillotines and everything!)
Alexander Baird of the Gartsherrie family purchased the estate of Urie in Kincardineshire in 1854 from the executors of the late Robert Barclay Allardice. This fine estate is situated near Stonehaven and lies on both banks of the river Cowrie. Alexander Baird built the present house of Urie (as pictured). In 1860 he increased his property by about a thousand acres from Patrick Keith Murray of Dunottar. On his death the property passed to his brother John.
Office Copy & Draft details of Income and Income Tax for Mary Ann Morton, widow of Dr. Richard John Morton, Aylsham, Norfolk. Dated April 1904.
Mary Ann (Marion) Magar born circa 1855 the daughter of Maurice Edward Magar and Mary Magar. She married Richard John Morton 5th May 1872 at Holy Trinity, Lambeth.
Richard John Morton was born in 1849 the son of Richard Kay, also a Surgeon and Eliza Mary Needham Morton. He married Mary Ann (Marion) Magar 5th May 1872 at Holy Trinity, Lambeth. Richard died 20th October 1902. For up to 4 years after his death payments were still being made and collected by Thomas Purdey, Solicitor executor of Dr. Richard John Morton and his wife and recorded.
Richard John Morton born in 1849 the son of Richard Kay, also a Surgeon and Eliza Mary Needham Cook.
This was a unique dance. It is called "Henry" and is about the 6 wives of King Henry VIII (It has executors, guillotines and everything!)
This was a unique dance. It is called "Henry" and is about the 6 wives of King Henry VIII (It has executors, guillotines and everything!)
Monument erected c1630 by Sir Simon Leach 1567-1637 & 2nd wife Katherine Turberville - His children kneel below except for his heir Walter who kneels behind opposite his wife Sarah Napier - From Sir Simon Leach's will it appears he erected this monument in memory of his second wife Katherine who had predeceased him. He appointed one of his sons, Nicholas, and A.Y. . . to be his executors. The will was proved on April 8th 1637, and in 1651 administration was granted to his grandson, Simon Leach.
"Here lye the bodyes of Sr. Simon Leach Knight, Son of Symon Leach of Credition Blacksmith And of ye lady Catherine Leach his wife, Daughter of Nicholas Turbeville of Credition, Esq Whose true affection in Religious wedlock caused there desire to make there bed together in the dust".
"Bowed down by the fate of my wife I am going to her tomb, her partner in life, in death I will be her comrade"."L'o a third generation follows yet second was he to non distinguished for his discretion distinguished also for his talent."
Simon was the son of Symon Leach a blacksmith of Crediton by Elizabeth daughter of John Rowe of Crediton
He was Sheriff of Devon in 1625 and knighted at Ford Abbey, Axminster the same year - he died "deeply regretted June 29th AD 1660"
He m1 Elizabeth, daughter of Walter Burrough of Exeter
Children
1. "Sir Walter Leach 1636 www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/K985G4 Soldier Son and Heir of Simon Leach Soldier.predeceased him" "Stay dear Father my sands have run now quickly in order that I may be able to be the bearer of your prayers." He m Sarah www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/5h4t70 daughter of Sir Robert Napier, 1st Bart of Luton Hoo by Mary daughter of John Robinson. Their son Simon became heir to his grandfather.
2. Simon died young
He m2 Katherine daughter of Nicholas Turberville of Crediton
Children - 3 sons and 4 daughters
1. NIcholas of Newton St Petrock m Grace daughter of Roger Mallock and Anne daughter of Simon Snow of Exeter
2. George m1 Margaret .... m2 Bevill Prideaux
3. Simon dsp 1637
1. Katherine 1666 m1 Thomas Giffard of Halsbury m2 Robert Burrington of West Sandford
2. Elizabeth m John Cowling rector of Cadeleigh
3. Rebecah m John Davie
4. Anne m John Martin of Middle Temple
Sir Simon was succeeded by his grandson "Simon Leach son and heir of Walter Leach a zealous supporter of King Charles ii. when in exile, died deeply regretted June 25th A.D. 1660".
Simon then aged 5 later m Bridget daughter of Sir Bevil Grenville of Kilkhampton www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/aYr6Na en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bevil_Grenville#mediaviewer/File:Be... killed whilst commanding the royalist side at the battler of Lansdowne in 1643. He died aged 28, leaving 2 children, his heir "Sir Simon Leach Knight of the Bath son of Simon Leach Esq.1708" and a daughter, Bridget Berners 1708 at Wiggenhill St Mary flic.kr/p/21Jf8Fs - His widow Bridget Grenville www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/1K5d5K m2 Sir Thomas Higgons,
www.wissensdrang.com/stabb049.htm
. - Church of St Bartholomew, Cadeleigh Devon
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Leach
Picture with thanks - copyright Lobsterthermidor CCL commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:LeachArms_CadeleighChurch...
Star Wars, 1995 Executor VHS Box Set, UK Limited Edition with art prints, scripts, laminated photographs, 5 hours of bonus video material documentaries and interviews (never released on DVD for some bizarre reason), on 4 VHS tapes. Limited Edition of 20,000.
Will of Catherine Biggar, Spinster of Glebe Farm, Ellingham, Northumberland dated 18th November 1915.
Executor and Beneficiary, John Biggar, brother. Witnesses: John Balmbra, Alnwich, Catherine Jackson, St Michael’s Place, Alnwich, Spinster.
This was a unique dance. It is called "Henry" and is about the 6 wives of King Henry VIII (It has executors, guillotines and everything!)
Union Trust Building
Grant Avenue @ Market Street
San Francisco
Clinton Day, architect, 1910
An elegant Beaux-Arts building was built in 1910 to house the Union Trust Company, California’s first successful trust institution, whose founder was San Francisco banker Isaias W. Hellman.
Trust companies offered extended bank services by acting as executors, trustees, and transfer agents. In 1923, Union Trust merged with Wells Fargo Nevada National Bank to form Wells Fargo Bank & Union Trust Company. Wells Fargo & Co., founded in 1852, was a dual business enterprise – a bank, and a nationwide express company that transported money and valuables, sold money orders and traveler’s checks, and transferred funds by telegraph to 10,000 locations across the United States. In 1905, the bank was split off from the express business, and it promptly began a series of mergers and takeovers that culminated in the 1990s and paid off in a big way – Wells Fargo is now one of the four largest banks in the United States.
Wells Fargo still occupies the beautiful Union Trust building today. The Union Trust Building was designed by architect Clinton Day (1846-1916), who was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., but moved to California with his family when he was eight. His father, Sherman Day, was a state senator and co-founder of the College of California (predecessor of the University of California at Berkeley). Clinton Day’s other projects included UC-Berkeley’s Chemistry Building, Stanford University’s Memorial Chapel, and the Union Life Building. He was a fellow of the American Institute of Architects.
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Mrs. Helen Kimberley Case of 31 Coleherne Road, Earls Court, Middlesex, wife of De Witt Clinton Case, inherited up to £400 worth of furniture from Arthur William Elam of 15 Park Street and 33 Sackville Street in his will of 13 December 1896, died 3rd March 1899.
The Executors and Trustees of the will, Thomas Henry Elam of 33 Sackville Street, Earls Court, Woollen Warehouseman and Henry John Milbourne having probated the Will signed over the furniture selected. Dated 31st July 1899.
A circular walk from Milton Avenue onto the South Down's Way and back via the Eastbourne seafront & Motcombe Park. 18/08/2017
Rev. Alexander William McNish, Rector of St Peter's, Antigua, co-awardee for one claim in Antigua, and successful counterclaimant for Mount View estate in Antigua (as surviving trustee of [his father] Robert McNish, awarded to Alexander William's executors as he died after having made the counterclaim.)
Unsourced online family tree gives Rev. Alexander William McNish, Rector of St Peter's, as born in 1798 in Antigua to Robert McNish and Mary Brodie, married to Mary Elizabeth Johnson in St John's, Antigua, 25/09/1826, died in Antigua 16/03/1837. His brothers were John McNish and Brodie George McNish (both q.v.). Vere Langford Oliver supports parentage, date of death and name of wife for Rev. Alexander William McNish.
Rev. Dr Alexander Brodie
Profile & Legacies Summary
1773 - 1828
The Rev. Doctor Alexander Brodie
Biography
Vicar of Eastbourne and slave-owner on Antigua. Robert McNish senior registered 64 enslaved people as attorney of The Rev. Doctor Alexander Brodie in Antigua in 1817. The estate has been identified as Windy Hill, which became Murrays or Belmont. The Rev. Doctor Alexander Brodie was almost certainly the man below, whose will was proved in 1828, son of Alexander Brodie (1738-1800) and Ann nee Kidder.
The will of Rev. Alexander Brodie clerk, Doctor in Divinity of Eastbourne (made in 1823) was proved 05/08/1828. The will is short and simple, leaving everything to his wife Anna his sole executrix. It makes no mention of property or enslaved people in Antigua. Alexander Brodie son of Alexander Brodie of London gent. matriculated at Trinity Oxford in 1794 aged 20 and became 'B and D.D.' in 1811. Anna Brodie who died at Eastbourne in 1864 apparently leaving £25,000 was the widow of the clergyman of Eastbourne.
According to a local history of Fernhill House, Wootton Bridge, Isle of Wight, Alexander Brodie had been born in Antigua, became Chaplain to George IV and married Anna Walter, the daughter of John Walter the founder of The Times [originally the Daily Universal Register). Their son Frederick purchased Fernhill House in 1880.
Anna Walter inherited a fractional share in The Times and was periodically assailed by William Cobbett, including as defendant in a libel suit brought by Cobbett; she was also identified by Feargus O'Connor in 1843 as the registered proprietress of the paper. The Brodie family were instrumental in the development of Eastbourne, especially in the establishment and building of schools.
Sources
T71/245 pp. 517-518; David Dobson, Scots in the West Indies, 1707-1857, Vol. I [sourced to Caribbeana Vol. I p. 98].
PROB 11/1743/430; National Probate Calendar 1864 - the effects were given as £10,000 at probate, re-sworn to £8000 in February 1865 and then at '£2,5000' [sic] in 1868. The effects might therefore be £2500 rather than £25000; Ancestry.com, Oxford University Alumni, 1500-1886 [database online].
woottonbridgeiow.org.uk/fernhill/seven.php [accessed 01/03/2015).
Helena Wojctzak 'Anna Brodie, 1779-1864', www.historyofwomen.org/brodie.html [accessed 18/04/2016]. The site provides a link to a letter from Feargus O'Connor in the The Northern Star of 24/06/1843. This source shows Anna Brodie nee Walter's ownership as 2/16ths; the ODNB entry for her father John Walter (?1739-1812) shows 1/16th, and the entry, as well as the entry for Anna Brodie's brother John Walter (1776-1847), treats the fractional ownership as a corrosive force and gives no place to Anna Brodie in the management of the paper; Hannah Barker, ‘Walter, John (1739?–1812)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/28636, accessed 18 April 2016] and Richard D. Fulton, ‘Walter, John (1776–1847)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2007 [www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/28637, accessed 18 April 2016]
I can remember the days before the A143 was driven between the village and the church, you would head out of Gillingham, past the pub, through Geldeston, now stuck at the end of a dead end lane, and into Kirby Cane, where the road dog-legged round the pub and then out towards Bungay.
Now the busy road passes between the village and church, and I only happened to be passing by on account of following the sat nav.
I had tried to see inside All Saints once before, a short winter day around Christmas, with the light fading, the flint wall then attracted my attention before trying the ancient door inside the porch.
Then, as this day, the door was locked and with no details of a key holder.
The Norman doorway deserves to be revisited, as some of the shots I took did not come out, as the carving seems especially fine and still clear.
But the church was locked, and so will return some other day when I hope to be luckier.
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The first time I ever visited Kirby Cane church, it was in the middle of the night. We were driving past, taking the narrow country lanes between Norwich and Bungay. We came over a rise, and the round tower loomed up before us in the moonlight. I remember getting out and wandering up the path under the dark spreading canopy of the magnificent spruce trees. It was like walking into a Gothick horror story.
Kirby Cane parish contains the sizeable village of Kirby Row, but the church and churchyard are some way off on the other side of the Diss to Yarmouth road. In daylight this is a rather charming spot, although the trees are still magnificent. I can't think of any bigger in a Norfolk graveyard than the one near the gate. The graveyard itself is small, and pleasingly random.
And All Saints is a small church, the tower to scale. Its age is revealed by the beautiful Norman south doorway, a common feature around here in this area of small parishes with small churches, although Sam Mortlock points out that this one has an outer ring of decoration which is unique in the county. The door is a little fiddly - you have to get the handle of the latch just right - but you step into a well-maintained interior which is full of light. There is a beautiful roodloft stairway set in the splay of the window on the south side.
The font is a fine example from the 14th century. It's traceried panels were probably painted once, and the heads peering from beneath the bowl are all different. The font cover remembers the Coronation of Edward VII, the first there had been of a British monarch in 65 years.The royal arms and a pair of hatchments on the west wall have been restored splendidly - they look almost new - and, indeed, one of them is 20th Century, one of the very last in England.
The furnishings are simple and seemly; the chancel, with its Restoration period communion rails. is elegant in its simplicity. It is all thoroughly fitting for modern Anglican worship. The glass in the east window is stretched to create a shimmering effect, with a single panel of heraldic glass in the middle. On the north side of the chancel is a blocked archway, once that to a chapel, with a tombchest set against it. Can it once have been an Easter sepulchre? It seems hard to believe that it is in its original place.
A curiosity is the brass plaque on the chancel floor inscribed in an amateur hand. It tells us that Here lieth the body of John Watson Rector of Kirby Cane who died January 5th Ano Do MDMV - presumably it means MDCV, that is to say 1605. It ends with words which I cannot decode.
Simon Knott, July 2009
www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/kirbycane/kirbycane.htm
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The principal manor in this town was in the abbey of St. Edmund of Bury, to which it was given by Algiva Queen of England, mother of Edward the Confessor. It is to be observed here, that Emma is by historians generally called this King's mother, who first married Etheldred King of England, by whom she had King Edward, and afterwards married Canute King of England, &c.; the Saxon Chronicle calls her Ælgiva Ymma; (fn. 1) and it is probable that she gave it about the year 1020, when King Canute, her lord, was a great benefactor to that abbey.
The said abbey held it at the grand survey, and Rafrid of the abbot, with 2 carucates of land, a villain and eleven borderers; there were 2 carucates in demean, 5 carucates among the tenants, and 14 acres of meadow, paunage for 6 swine, the moiety of a mill, &c.; a church endowed with 20 acres in free alms, and 2 parts of a church endowed with 14 acres; 4 runci belonged to the lordship, 4 cows, &c. and 100 sheep. There were also 4 freemen with 3 carucates of land, and 4 carucates and an half, and 3 acres of meadow, valued at 40s. but at the survey at 6l. and the 20 acres of the church at 20d.—It was nine furlongs long, and 5 broad, and paid 10½d. gelt. (fn. 2)
Rafrid was succeeded by Godebald de Kirkebia, most likely his son, to whom Anselm, abbot of St. Edmund's Bury, granted this lordship with all its appertenances, and to his heirs, to be held by one fee, sans date; witnesses, Gilbert Blound, Robert de Wridwell, Osward de Thuston, Ralph de Lodnes, Richard de Cadomo, and this grant was confirmed by the letters patent of Henry I.
HENRICUS REX Anglie, &c. Episco. Norwic. Sciatis ME concessisse Godeboldo de Churchebey terram de Chirebeiam cum soca, et saca, &c: Test. A. Lino. Espico. Galfrido Cancell. Auberio de Vere, Robto. filio Walteri, Gilb. de Blund, &c.
It appears that this King's grant was in the singular number Me concessisse, and not Nos.
William, son of Godebold held it temp. King Stephen.
In the 8th of Richard I. a fine was levied between Sampson, abbot of Bury, and Alexander, son of Gobald, before Hubt. Archbishop of Canterbury, William de Sca. Maria church, Mr. Thomas de Husseborn, Simon de Pateshull, Richard Heriet, Oger, son of Oger, the King's justices; whereby Alexander agrees to pay 20s. when the scutage for one fee was so taxed, and to do full wardship to Norwich castle. This Alexander left a daughter and heir, Mary, married first to Gilbert de Norfolk, and after to Walter de Cam; Robert de Norfolk, her son, released to her, and Walter her husband, in the 3d of Henry III. all his right in his land here, by fine. (fn. 3)
After this, the lordship seems to have been divided, and in the 52d of Henry III. Richard de Thwait, and William de Stockton granted by fine their interest in the advowson of this church to Richard de Cadomo, or de Caam, who gave that name (as lord) to this town.
This Richard was descended from Richard de Cadomo, who was living, as is above shown, in the time of King Henry I. and was father of Walter de Cam. King Henry II. in his 30 year, granted to—, son of Thomas Fitz-Bernard, the custody of Mary, the daughter of Walter de Cam, with Wabrigg, (she being 5 years old, and in the custody of the wife of the late Thomas Fitz-Bernard; (fn. 4) ) this Walter had a younger brother, Richard, who was living about the same time, and father of Walter de Cam, who married Mary, daughter and heir of Walter aforesaid; and in the reign of King John, this Walter, and Mary his wife, let to Thomas de Longville, a mill in this town, that she had by inheritance; also a lordship here, as appears from her deed, sans date, whereby she confirmed to persons, lands held of her ancestors, not to be aliened by them, without her consent; and they held it by the 3d part of a fee.
Sir Richard de Cam was their son, and inherited this lordship, who lived in the 52d of Henry III. and married Maud, sister of Adam de Mendham; and died about the year 1286, when he made his last will.
Walter de Cam, his son and heir, succeeded, was lord in 1287, and in the 22d of Edward I. he and Constance his wife were living in the 31st, and did homage to the abbot of Bury. This Walter, in the 15th of Edward II. sold this manor to Roger Gavel, a burgess of Great Yarmouth, and Constance, his wife, (probably Walter's daughter;) in the following year, Rich. the second son of Walter de Cam, released ot Roger and his wife, all his right; and in the 19th reciting that whereas the said Roger and his wife were to pay to him an annuity of 20s. and to provide him a new robe every winter, he had released the same to them.
John, eldest son and heir of Walter, impleaded Roger Gavel, in the 49th of Edward II.; but it appearing that he had also released his right, Roger kept possession. One John de Cam was summoned to parliament in the 28th, 32d, &c. of Edward II. and was of the King's council.
Roger Gavel was son of John Gavel, living at Yarmouth, ao. 10 Edward I. son of Jeffrey Gavel, of the said town, by Alice his wife, daughter of Rich. Fastolf; Roger was also lord of Mettingham in Suffolk, in the 5th of Edward III. and father of Edmund, by Constance his wife. Edmund was lord of Kirby in the 10th of Edward III.; in the 17th of that King, he leased the manor of To-How's marsh in Thurverton, to Anselm de Fordele, and William, his son paying him, 5l. per ann. and finding him and Mary his wife, diet at his table, &c. for 2 years. Witnesses, Barth. de Thorp, John de Jernemouth, Thomas Aleyn, John de Wytton, and Hugh de Kymberly, burgesses of Great Yarmouth. In the next year he was in rebellion against the King, riding about Suffolk with banners displayed, imprisoning, and committing many murders, for which he was indicted befor William de Shareshull, &c. the King's justices, and after had a pardon under the broad seal, dated June 29, in the said year.
Nicholas Gavel was his son and heir, by Mary his wife, and in the wardship of Nicholas de Wichingham, in the 25th of the said King: he married Catherine, daughter and heir of — Myniot, and was ord of Myniot's manor in Kirkested, in her right.
Robert Gavel was their son. Ellen Myniot, widow, mother of Catharine, wife of Nicholas Gavell, released to him, ao. 18 Richard II. all her right in this manor and advowson, which she had of the gift of Nicholas his father; and Catherine his mother was living in the 2d of Henry IV. then the wife of John Godfrey of Chedeston in Suffolk. Robert, by his will. dated February 19, 1439, was buried in the chapel of St. Mary, on the north side of the chancel of this church; Maud, his wife, survived him; her will was proved February 19, 1454.
Thomas succeeded his father Robert, was lord of this manor and of Kirksted; by his will, dated December 17, 1461, he orders his body to be buried at the door of the chapel of St. Mary in this church; appoints Heny, his son, and George, his brother, executors; which was proved January 28, 1462. (fn. 5) Emma his wife was living in 1474.
Henry Gavell, Gent. inherited this lordship: by his will, dated August, 30, 1474; he was buried in the chapel aforesaid; he bequeaths to Anne, his wife, the manor of Kirby and Ellingham, as long as she continues sole, but if not, then an annuity of 10 marks per annum, and to his mother, Emma, 4 marks per annum Bartholomew, Robert, and Ellen his children mentioned, and proved January 12, following.
Bartholomew, son and heir of Henry, was father of Thomas Gavel, the last heir male of this family, and lord in the 12th of Henry VII. by Anne, his wife, daughter of Henry Everard, of Linstead in Suffolk, he left four daughters and coheirs; first, Thomasine, married to Leonard Copledike, Esq. 2d, Dorothy, to Francis Clopton, of Liston in Essex, Esq. 3d, Eleanor, to John Bury, Esq. of Worlingham in Suffolk; and 4th, Elizabeth, to John Cook, Esq.
This Thomas, by his will, dated February 16, 1522, was buried in the church of Kirkeby; (fn. 6) and was proved August 9 following. To Thomasine, his eldest daughter, he gives this lordship, who brought it by marriage to Leonard Copledike, Esq. (fn. 7) 2d son of Sir John Copledike of Frampton in Lincolnshire, and of Horham in Suffolk, by Margaret his wife, daughter of — Heton. On the death of this Leonard, (by whom she had a son and heir, John,) she remarried Edward Calthorp, Esq. in 1525; and in the 22d of Henry VIII. this lordship and advowson with 20 messuages, 400 acres of land, 60 of meadow, 300 of pasture, 12 of wood, and 40s. rent per ann. in this town, Elingham, Stockton, Geldeston, and Hale, were settled on the said Edward and Thomasine, for their lives; remainder to John Copledike, son of the said Thomasine, and his heirs. Thomasine died in 1557.
Edward was son of Edward Calthorp, Esq. of Ludham, and Anne his wife: in the 4th and 4th of Philip and Mary, he demised to John Copledike, Esq. the site of this manor, which he held for life by the courtesy of England, after the decease of Thomasine, his wife: John paying to him 20l. per ann. in the hall of the said house; Edward was also to have meat and drink for himself, and one servant, as often as he shall reside there; and 2 chambers, one for his own the other for his servant's lodging; with convenient fewel; the keeping of 3 geldings or mares, in summer-time at grass, in the winter in the stable, with hay, &c. and Edward to pay to John 10l. per ann.; in 1557, he died, and was buried by his wife in the chancel of this church, his will being dated May 5, and proved November 5; gives to Edmund his son, all his goods; and to Mary, Grace, and Prudence, his daughters, legacies.
¶John Copledike was lord in the 6 of Elizabeth, and held it in capite of the castle of Norwich; he married, first Ellen, daughter and heir of John Woodhouse, Esq. and his 2d wife was Maud, daughter of John Highfield, Esq. of Calais, who died s. p.; by his first wife he left, a daughter and sole heir, Thomasine, who married Humphrey Copledike, Esq. of Hetherset, 5th son of Sir John Copledike, of Harington in Lincolnshire. By an inquisition taken ao. 36 of Elizabeth, the above said John was found to die possessed of it, held of that Queen, by knight's service.
Humphrey had several children by his wife Thomasine; but he sold this lordship to Thomas Catelyn of Lakenham by Norwich.
ichard Catelyn, Esq. was sheriff of Norwich, in 1531, and alderman of that city; by his will dated August 28, 1556, he wills his body to be buried by his wife, in St. Peter's church of Norwich, and was buried there on November 3 following; his wife was buried there in August 1555.
In 1553, he had a patent to bear these arms; p. chevron, azure and or, three lions passant, guardant, in pale, counterchanged; on a chief argent, as many snakes nowed, sable, stinged gules.
Richard Catelyn, Esq. was 5th son of Richard, by Elizabeth: in the 4th of Edward VI. he was autumn-reader of Lincoln's Inn, serjeant at law May 19, ao. 1552; steward of the city of Norwich, and King and Queen's serjeant, October 16, 1555; deputy lieutenant and justice of the peace, and one of the commissioners to try the rebels in the reign of Queen Mary; he died before his father, in August, 1556, and was buried in the chancel of Huningham church in Norfolk, and was lord of Huningham Hall, and of Walsoken Popenhow in Norfolk. Barbara, his widow, erected a monument to his memory, which being after decayed, another was erected by Thomas, his 2d son.—He had three daughters; Ann, married to Thomas Derham, Esq. of West Derham; Elizabeth, to Thomas Townsend, Esq. of Testerton, and Lettice, to William Guybon of Fincham. Esq.
Richard Catelyn, Esq. first son of the serjeant, was lord of Wolverston Hall in Suffolk, and died March 11th, ao. 43 Elizabeth; he married Dionysia, daughter of Thomas Marsh, Esq. and was father of Philip, who by Dorothy, daughter of — Lawrence, Esq. of — in Cambridgeshire, and Jane his wife, daughter of Sir John Pagrave, Bart. had Richard his son and heir; Richard had also by Dionysia, a 2d son, Sir Nathaniel Catelyn, Knt. recorder of Dublin in Ireland.
Philip, by Dorothy, was father of Richard, who, by—, daughter of — Larke of Lincolnshire, had Philip his son, who died unmarried.
Thomas Catelyne, Esq. 2d son of the serjeant, married Judith, daughter of Edward Ellington of Theydon Bois in Essex, was lord of Wingfield Hall in Suffolk; in 1604, was lord of Hastings Hall and Whitfoot Hall in Irmingland, and he purchased of Humphrey Copledike, this lordship of Kirkeby.
He died in 1636.
Richard Catelyn, Esq. son of Thomas, married first Mary, daughter of Sir Robert Houghton, one of the judges of the King's Bench; she died s. p.; his 2d wife was Dorothy, daughter of Sir Henry Nevil of Billingbere in Berkshire, by whom she had a son and heir, Sir Nevil, and Richard who died s. p. also Anne, who married Thomas Leman, Gent. of Wenhaston in Suffolk. Dorothy, married to Leonard Gouch, Gent. of Ersham in Norfolk. Barbara, to Henry Mordaunt of Congham, Esq. Elizabeth who died single.
Sir Nevil Catelyne was knighted by King Charles II. at Somersethouse, London, in 1662, lord of this town, and Wingfield castle in Suffolk; he married, first, Dorothy, daughter of Sir Thomas Bedingfield of Darsham in Suffolk; and his 2d wife was Elizabeth, daughter of Robert Houghton of Ranworth, Esq. and had children by both, who died young; his 3d wife was Mary, daughter of Sir William, and sister of Sir Charles Blois, Bart. of Cockfield Hall in Yoxford, Suffolk, and of Grandesburgh: Sir Nevil was buried in this church, on July —, 1702.
She survived Sir Nevil, and married Sir Charles Turner of Warham in Norfolk, and were both living here in 1720; and Sir Charles was lord in 1740, and patron.
Rafrid (as has been observed) held, at the survey, this lordship of the abbot of Bury, by one fee, and so did Godebald de Kirkeby, and Alexander his son; but after, this fee was divided and held by three different families; the family of De Cam held one 3d part; the Bigots Earls of Norfolk had also an interest in another 3d part which came to the Bigots Lords of Stockton. In the 14th of Edward I. Sir John Bigot, lord of Stockton, claimed view of frank-pledge, assise, free warren, as his ancestors had held of the abbot of Bury; this came to the Garneys, Delapoles, &c. as in Stockton.
Another 3d part was in Richard de Thwayt, who, with William de Stockton, granted by fine, in the 52d of Henry III. their interest in the advowson of this church, to Richard de Cam; and Imania, widow of Richard de Thwayt, claimed an interest herein, in the 15th of Edward I.— William, son of Richard de la Grene of Kirkeby, confirmed to Sir Richard de Cam, and Maud his wife, in the sixth of Edward I. for 8 marks, all his lands in this town, Stockton, Hales, &c. with the services, homages, rents, &c. except the capital messuage in Kirkeby. Witness, John de Waleton, master of the hospital of St. Bartholomew, in London; this 3d part was thus united, and so came to Gavel's manor, &c. as above.
Ralph Lord Bainard was lord of a manor in this town. When Domesday book was made, Ulmar, a freeman of King Edward, held it with 30 acres of land; Robert, son of Corbun, laid claim to this land, and had livery; there belonged to it 2 borderers, one servus, 2 carucates, and half a carucate of the tenants, &c. with 3 acres of meadow. There were also 8 freemen belonging to the lord's fold, and under his protection, with 20 acres, and 2 carucates and half an acre of meadow; valued at the survey at 40s. but before at 20s. It came to Bainard by an exchange. (fn. 8)
By the forfeiture of the Lord Bainard, this came to the Lords FitzWalter, and was called Loot's or Lowt's fee, being held by John Loot, of the Lord Fitz-Walter, in the 3d of Henry III. Roger de Hales had an interest herein about the same time, and John de Hales in the 2d year of Edward III. this was soon after united to the abovementioned manors.
About 1266, William de Wendling had a messuage, &c. with several rents, services, here, in Raveningham, &c. which Philip Loot had conveyed to him, and William gave them to the canon of Langley, and were confirmed by Robert Lord Fitz-Walter. Henry Walpole held this Lowt's fee, and owed to the abbot of Langley, in the 12th of Henry VI. 10l. 4s. 2d. arrears of rent for the land and tenements here and in Stockton, formerly George Felbrigg's.
Eustace Earl of Bologne, in France, had also a lordship, of which Osmund, a thane of Archbishop Stigand was deprived; Ralph de Beaufoe had an interest in it after Osmund, but at the survey, Warine held it under Eustace.
In King Edward's time there was one carucate of land, and a borderer, with one carucate and 3 acres of meadow, &c. and 4 freemen under commendation, with 15 acres and hall a carucate, valued at 15s. (fn. 9)
Warine was ancestor of the family of De Meynwarine of Cheshire.
The temporalities of Bury abbey here, in 1428, were valued at 11l. 0s. 6d. of the prioress of Campsey 3s. 5d. ob.
The Church is a rectory dedicated to All-Saints, and the patronage belonged to the abbot of Bury's manor.
In the 14th of Henry III. Walter de Cam and Mary his wife, could not deny on an assise, but that Roger de Tweyt, and Roger de Stockton, were parceners with them in the advowson of this church, of the inheritance which was Alexander's, son of Godebald de Kirkeby, therefore they all presented at this time, which proves that they had it by inheritance. In 1220, there was a composition between the monks of St. Ildevert of Gurnay in France, and Master Walter, dean of Flegg hundred, of the tithe of some sheafs of corn, out of the abbot's manor, held by Sir R. de Cam.
In the 52d of Henry III. Richard de Thwait and William de Stockton granted by fine the advowson to Richard de Cam.
Rectors.
In 1268, Laurence de Monteforti was instituted rector, presented by Richard de Cam.
The rector in the reign of Edward I. had a house and a carucate of land, the valor was 15 marks, Peter-pence 22d. carvage 9d.
1311, Walter de Hekungham by Walter de Cam: this Walter aliened to the rector three acres of land in the 7th of Edward II.
1326, John de Cam, by Roger Gavel.
1328, William de Merche. Ditto.
1330, Roger Gavel, occurs rector.
1351, Robert de Weston, by William de Wychingham, guardian of Nicholas Gavel.
1355, John Foucher, by ditto.
1361, Nicholas Batchelor, by ditto.
1378, William de Redham, by Nicholas Batchelor of Wychingahm, Sir Wythred of Denton, and John Bole of Wodeton, Thomas Storme of Blakeney, and Elen Myniot, (fn. 10) patrons.
1379, Nicholas Jacob, by Thomas Storme, and Elen Myniot, and John Wythred chaplain.
1389, Walter Gerard, by ditto.
1393, Thomas Busk, by Robert Gavel.
1418, John Bassys on, by ditto.
1420, John Vernon Ditto.
1449, Robert Hare, by Thomas Gavel.
1497, Thomas Mortimer, by Thomas Gavel.
1511, Thomas Grene, by ditto.
1540, Robert Hilton, by Edward Calthorpe, Esq. and Thomasine his wife.
1565, Thomas Fell, by John Copledyke, Esq.
1570, German Gardiner, by ditto.
1571, Robert Hill, by ditto.
1579, Richard Davison, by ditto; in 1603, he returned 58 communicants.
1619, Thomas Potts, A. M. by Richard Catelyn, Esq.
1646, John Watson, by Richard Catelyne, Esq. he wrote a book in octavo, called Memoirs of the Stuarts, printed at London in 1689, after his death; he was ejected during the rebellion.
1662, John Hardware, by Richard Catelyne, Esq.
1690, William Randall, by Sir Nevil Catelyne.
1700, Abraham Baker, by ditto.
1733, Samuel Baker, by Sir Charles Turner, Knt.
In the chancel by the communion table are several grave-stones; one,
In memory of Mary, daughter of Sir Robert Houghton, the first wife of Richard Catelyne of Kirby Cane, Esq. by whom she had 2 sons and 2 daughters; Thomas the eldest, a man of great hopes; at 21 was captain of a troop of horse for king Charles I and slain by the rebels at the 2a Newbury fight 1644.—Mary, the eldest daughter, married Edward Ward of Bixley, in Norfolk, Esq. and died without issue; Robert and Judith died young; she died in 1633, in the 45th year of her age.
Another,
In memory of Judith, daughter of Edward Elrington of Theydon Boys, in Essex, Esq. and wife of Thomas Catelyne, Esq. who dyed in 1615.
Thomas Catelyne, Esq. son of Richard Catelyne of Honyngham, serjeant at law to king Philip and queen Mary: by his wife Judith, daughter of Edward Elrington, Esq. &c. he had Richard Catelyne of Kirby Cane, Esq. and Thomas Catelyne of Blofield, Gent.—Barbara, mother of Robert Bendish, Esq. and Judith, mother of Robert Houghton, Gent.; he died in 1636.
Exuviæ viri plene memorabilis, Rici. Catelyn, Armigi. qui vitam exuit A°. Ætatis 79, A°. 1662.
Quod mortale fuit reliquum est Dorotheæ, Rici. Catelyn, Armigi. uxoris ex prænobili Nevillorum familiâ, in com. Berc. oriundæ, obt. 29 Sept. A°. Ætatis 67, et A°. 1672.
Thomas et Nevillus, filij Nevilli Catelyn, Equitis Aurati, et Dorotheæ conjugis redamatæ ex antiquâ familiâ de Bedingfeld, in agro Suffolc. oriundæ, infantes ambo, bimuli, heic præmaturam posuerunt mortalitatem. Thomas in Anno Dni. 1662, Nevillus A°. 1663.
M. S. Elizab. Catelyne, cujus pars melior cum Deo, et semper fuit semperq; est futura, quæ dum mortalibus convixit nobis benignum nuper sydus præluxit. Fratris verè germani Nevilli Catelyne, Equitis Aurati, soror; supra quam dici potest dilecta; cujus res domesticas ad annos non paucos, summâ cum prudentiâ administravit.
Quam primæva in Deum pietas, piè profusa in pauperes charitas. Intaminata in se castitas, probataq; in omnes relationes bonitas, opimæ famæ reddidere saturam. Cunctorum passim bonorum cum luctu denatam, puriore ævo vere dignam. Terræ parumper peregrinam, sempiternam cæli piè credimus incolam. Obt. Feb. 5°. 1681. Ætat. suæ 41.
Amoris nunquam intermorituri tessellam hanc posuit Nevillus Catelyn, Miles.
Radulphus filius natu tertius Richardi Catelyn, Armigi. et Dorotheæ uxoris ejus (ex prænobili Nevillorum familiâ) ætate quinquenni diem clausit Ao. Dni. 1645.
Against the north wall of the chancel was erected a little tomb of free-stone, which had an epitaph, many years past, through time obliterated; it was,
In memory of John Copledike, Esq. who was here buried, April 12, 1593, who left Thomasine, his daughter and co-heir.
On the west end of this tomb were the arms of Gavell, sable, a chevron between three garbs, argent, with an impalement now obscure.
On the body of the tomb, the single shield of Copledike, argent, a chevron between three cross crosslets, gules:—also Copledike, with his quarterings; 1st, Gavell—2d, a saltire, but obscure—3d, lozengy ermin and gules, Rockeley,—4th, or, a chief gules, with a bend over all, azure, Harrington—5th, azure, a saltire, between four cross crosslets, or, Friskeny, impaling Woodhouse of Kimberley:—also Copledike, with his quarterings, impaling, azure, a chevron between three acorns slipt, or, Hayfield. Copledike's crest here is a goat's head, argent, issuing out of a coronet.
Beatam expectans resurrectionem, sub hoc marmore obdormit Gulielmus Randall, A. M. hujus ecclesiæ quondam rector et benefactor Probitate et amicitiâ clarus, et mirè constans, sinceræ et non fucatæ pietatis exemplar. Matildam filiam Johs. Hawys, M. D. duxit, e quá unicam filiam nomine Mariam reliquit. Obt. 13 cal. Apr. Ætat. 49, Ao. salulis 1699.
Johs. Hardwar, rector hujus ecclesiæ, hic jacet in spe resurrectionis, cælebs, obt. 21, die Febr. Ao. ætat. 75, salutis 1689.
Here rests Margaret, wife of Abraham Baker, rector, and three of their children; she was daughter of the Rev. Mr. Pycroft, late rector of Ditchingham, and died March 20, 1717, aged 36.
Here lies the body of Anne, wife of John Chambers of Kirby Cane, Gent. who died Feb. 3, 1681.
Sir Nevill Catelyne is buried in a vault here, which he built several years before his death, which was in July 1702, also Mrs. Elizabeth Catelyne, his daughter, was here interred in 1685, as was Mrs. Philippa Culpeper in 1719.
In 1559, Thomas Hare, Gent. was here buried, and in 1557, Mrs. Thomasine Calthorp.—Edmund, son of Edward Calthorp, Esq. in 1567.—Mrs. Maud Copledike, wife of John Copledike, Esq. in 1589.
In 1286, Sir Richard de Cam was here buried.
The present valor is 10l. and pays first fruits and tenths.
¶It is generally said that towns beginning with Kirke, signifies that their site is by some church, (fn. 11) but it rather is a compound word, and wrote, as in Domesday, Ker, Che, or Ke; Kerkstead is wrote Ker-chessstead, Ches, or Che, signifies always water, and Ker, is tbe same as Car; thus Carbroke is wrote Cherebroc, and sets forth a clear water, as Kercheby does a dwelling by clear water.
Notes supplied by Samuel Caswell, the Limes, Crescent Road, Ramsgate to Edward Wotton, Solicitor, Cavendish Street for 1888 Will.
Will of Abraham Ashman, Sunderland, Durham, Greengrocer, dated 1st August 1872
Executors: George Ashman, Dixon Ashman, sons.
Beneficiaries: George Ashman, Dixon Ashman, sons. Ellen Ashman, Wife, Hannah Ashman, niece, daughter of late brother Isaac Ashman. Ellen Dale, daughter.
Witnesses: William Moore, Solicitor, John J Dix, Clerk
Abraham Ashman died 15th June, 1875.
From left to right: Dean of the Hartford Art School, Power Boothe; President of the University of Hartford, Walter Harrison; Director of the Joseloff Gallery, Zina Davis; and executor of the Goldfarb Memorial Trust, the Honorable James Kinsella.
The Alexander A. Goldfarb Student Exhibition opening reception and awards presentation, February 17, 2010 at the Joseloff Gallery, Hartford Art School, University of Hartford.
Exhibition dates:
February 17, 2010 through March 21, 2010.
All photos courtesy of The Defining Photo, LLC.
This was a unique dance. It is called "Henry" and is about the 6 wives of King Henry VIII (It has executors, guillotines and everything!)
This was a unique dance. It is called "Henry" and is about the 6 wives of King Henry VIII (It has executors, guillotines and everything!)
The home of William Shakespeare's daughter Susanna following her marriage in 1607 to the successful local doctor, John Hall. In due course Susanna & John Hall became joint executors of Shakespeare's will.
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"Pray for the soule of Stevyn Audyan which deceased the ...day of April the yer of our Lord God AD 1523 on whose soule Jesu have mercy amen"
Stephen Odearn 1523 asked "to be buried on the north side of the church …. at the end of my seat there; and (my) executors (to) cause a stone price 26s 8d to be laid over my body there"
West Wittersham church Kent
Monument to William Henry Fortescue, Viscount Clermont and Earl of Clermont in Ireland †1806. Marble. South chancel. Commissioned by his nephew and executor William Fortescue, the second Viscount. Signed: De Carle &Son, Bury, Suffolk.
This, as Jon Bayliss noted, is a key monument for attributions to the De Carle workshop. The inscription is set within an open pediment with urn under a crown on an aureole and fluted Corinthian capitals, suggesting a doorway, with the coat of arms in the apron. The design had been used in the monuments to Matthew †1779 and Sarah Goss at St Peter Hungate, Norwich, to Anthony Norris †1786 at Barton Turf, and to Charles Parrott †1787 at Saham Toney. At St Peter Hungate the apron shows a roundel with profile portrait bust, probably by de Carle’s senior partner, John Ivory. Ivory had retired in the 1790s and after the death of his son Thomas in 1805 the business was sold by his widow in October 1806. This may explain why the De Carles, who had moved one of their family workshops to Bury, felt free to sign a monument whose design may owe much to John Ivory.
Clermont was 85 when he died, having been appointed Baron Clermont in 1770 and a Viscount in 1776, both in the Peerage of Ireland. He was succeeded, as the inscription notes, by his nephew, who apologises at the end that he: ‘was away in Ireland at the time of his decease.’ Viscount Clermont had Pickenham Hall rebuilt by Sir Robert Taylor in 1777-78. It was rebuilt by William Pilkington in 1812-13 on the orders of the second Viscount Clermont.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viscount_Clermont; Nikolaus Pevsner and Bill Wilson, Buildings of England. Norfolk 2: North West and South, New Haven and London, 1997, 519; biography of John Ivory in Ingrid Roscoe, Emma Hardy & MG. Sullivan, A Biographical Dictionary of Sculptors in Britain, 1660-1851, online at the Henry Moore Foundation
detail of the top of the monument
Copy of Rent due Notice sent by John Sikes, Water Stratford House, near Buckingham, 16th May 1893.
Found among the Nichols of Preston Bissett, Buckinghamshire Family Papers.
John Sikes born Tilton on the Hill, Leicestershire the son of James Parke Sikes and Harriet Needham. He married Elizabeth Clementina Clark in 1889. He died 21st June 1926.
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Ages 16+. 3,152 pieces.
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The Super Star Destroyer Executor has arrived! This jaw-dropping vessel served as command ship at the Battle of Endor and as the personal flagship of Darth Vader in the classic Star Wars movies. With its classic dagger-shaped design, the Executor is among the largest and most powerful vessels in the Star Wars galaxy. With over 3,000 pieces, measuring nearly 50" (124.5 cm) long and weighing nearly 8 pounds (3.5 kg), every aspect of this fantastic LEGO® Star Wars™ model impresses. Includes 4 minifigures: Darth Vader, Admiral Piett, Dengar, Bossk and IG-88.
Includes 4 minifigures: Darth Vader, Admiral Piett, Dengar and Bossk!
Also includes IG-88 figure!
Features over 3,000 pieces!
Measures nearly 50 inches (124.5 cm) long and weighs nearly 8 pounds (3.5kg)!
Includes display stand and data sheet label!
Center section lifts off to reveal command center!
The Super Star Destroyer is on sale from September 1, 2011
Extract of Title to 31, 33, 35, 37 Brunswick Street & 5, 6 Union Street & Union Cottage, Ramsgate, Kent, under the Will of James Frost, deceased. Dated 1905.
4th April 1885 Indre between Ellen Clay of 2 St. Mildreds Villas. St. Mildreds Road, Ramsgate and William Alexander Hubbard of Ramsgate. Reciting that George Clay, formerly of Goodge Street, Middlesex, Publican by his Will of 4th June 1849 left all his land etc upon Trust to the use of John Godden and George Clay.
Should either of them wish to sell they would need the consent in writing of Ann Clay, his wife and his daughters Ellen Clay, Annie Clay and Isabel Clay.
George Clay died 12th August 1849. His son George Clay died 2nd March 1861. John Godden died and his Will was dated 12th October 1874. William Atkins and John Edward Whitworth named as beneficiaries of the Trust, Executors named as William Atkins and John P. W. Goddon.
Further details are given about whom the Trust passed to and changes of Trustees, also of the deaths of Ann Clay, 11th July 1860, Isabwlla Clay 14th November 1864, Annie Clay 1st November 1882. 29th October 1904 James Frost died.
Draft Will of Joseph Crib, Mariner,of Ramsgate, 27 March 1861. Executors: Lawrence Elgar of Ramsgate and Mercy Crib, Wife.
Beneficiary: Mercy Crib.
Will dated 12th June 1886 and Codicil dated 6th February 1894 of Jonas Nichols, Farmer of Preston Bissett, Buckinghamshire.
He names his wife Elizabeth as Executrix and sole beneficiary. In the Codicil he names Thomas Herons, Farmer of Hardwick, Oxford as an Executor along with his wife.
Jonas Nichols born 1850 at Croughton, Northamptonshire married Elizabeth Warr in 1875 in Buckingham. He died 10th March 1894.
Nichols of Preston Bissett, Buckinghamshire Family Papers
Will of Thomas King of Warsash, Titchfield, Southampton dated 25th April 1836.
He names his wife, Elizabeth King as sole beneficiary and Executor. He leaves his Freehold House at Clarence Street, Portsea, Southampton and his Copyhold Cottage near the Salterns on Warash Common, Titchfield.
The Tithe Map for Titchfield shows he owned a Cottage and Garden next to James King who had land, part of an Orchard and Cottage at Warash.
Interesting story; Hiranyaksha, after worshiping Shiva, got very powerful and sent the Prithvi (mother earth) to the bottom of the cosmic ocean. Visnu, the executor of the universe, tool the form of the Varaha (Varaha Avatar) and fought with the Hiranyaksha. The Battle lasted for thousands of years and finally Varaha won and resurrected the Prithvi (mother earth) to her proper place in the universe.
For a religious Hindu, this is a pretty well known and well celebrated story. But what I find remarkable in this story is the very notion that the earth is perceived as a movable object. Before heliocentric theory, I guess the earth was conceived as an immovable surface. Considering that this story goes back possibly thousands of years (atleast 300BC), its quite commendable.
secondly while other mythical stories also talk about Pralaya (deluge), this is the only story where the water is not said to have flooded the earth but the whole earth itself is said to be submerged into the water like a ball.
Well never mind, ultimately Varaha Carried the Earth between his tusks and brought it back from the Pralaya and started time again and hence we are here :)
Letter from Caudell Clarke, 15 Park Lane, Norwich to Edward B Pomeroy, Solicitor, Wymondham, Norfolk re the Will of Ambrose Goldsmith Leeder passed to him as an Executor of the Will that Edward Pomeroy and Thomas Foster of Heigham.had been Witnesses to. When drawn up on 16th June 1851.
Ambrose Goldsmith Leeder born 1807, Wramplingham, the son of Thomas Leeder and Charlotte Goldsmith. He married Mary Ann Baker on 15th September 1828 at Swanton Morley. The 1871 census shows them living at Waddington Street Apartments, Heigham where he is listed as a Pauper. He died in 1877.
This was a unique dance. It is called "Henry" and is about the 6 wives of King Henry VIII (It has executors, guillotines and everything!)
Letter from Elizabeth Nichols, widow of Jonas Nichols to Solicitors Hearn and Hearn 23rd May 1894, Preston Bissett, Buckinghamshire.
Elizabeth Warr born 1843 at Preston Bissett the daughter of John and Hannah Warr married Jonas Nichols born 1850 at Croughton, Northamptonshire in 1875 at Buckingham.
He died 10th March 1894. He had named his wife Elizabeth as Executrix and sole beneficiary. In the Codicil he names Thomas Herons, Farmer of Hardwick, Oxford as an Executor along with his wife.
Jonas Nichols born 1850 at Croughton, Northamptonshire married Elizabeth Warr in 1875 in Buckingham. He died 10th March 1894.
Nichols of Preston Bissett, Buckinghamshire Family Papers