
Kell-Chat
An
Ongoing International Conversation
between Callaway and Kellaway and Kelway family researchers
discussing family origin, history and genealogy research in England
2005
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| Warwick Kellaway | Hamilton, New Zealand | jwk at slingshot.co.nz |
| Bruce Callaway | Sydney, New South Wales | bruce at callaway.com.au |
| Bill Callaway | British Columbia | callawaybill at shaw.ca |
| Sherrill Williams | Unicoi, Tennessee | sherrilluwilliams at embarqmail.com |
| Pat Schnurr | Maitland, Florida | schnurr200 at aol.com |
| Cary Moore | Birmingham, Alabama | c.moore2 at juno.com |
| Bill Piper | Kent, U.K. | bill at dreycott.screaming.net |
| Brian Kelway Willoughby | Gloucestershire, U.K. | bhk.willoughby at btopenworld.com |
| Pat & David Scott | Swindon, Wiltshire, England | kellaway at kellread.plus.com |
| David Kelway | Royston, Hwerts, U.K. | chanticleer at breathemail.net |
| Lesley Haigh | UK | les.haigh at btinternet.com |
| Norma Kellaway | Australia | normakell at iprimus.com.au |
Callaways of North Cornwall
To set the “mood” I offer the following from Time & Leisure magazine, July 1981; an article entitled “Cornwall, Where sweet sunlit coves hold the echoes of dark windy nights,” by Sesyle Joslin.
“Boscastle village, on the northern coast, sits on a wooded hill. Below, in the small, narrow harbor, a furious sea allows itself to be eternally caught between towering cliffs. “Chasmal beauty,” Thomas Hardy called it.
Walking around the deserted harbor one Sunday morning, I came to a black- trimmed cottage called The Witch’s House. It was closed, but in the window was a sign that I, happy disbeliever, stood copying in my notebook: “.........this museum is devoted to the study of Black Magic and Witchcraft......it is also used as a meeting place by those active in present-day Witchcraft.” As I finished and turned away, there were loud thumpings and stampings outraged sounds, and I confess to walking briskly in the wrong direction for some time, too frightened to pass the Witch’s House again.
I no longer recall what wander’s fancy led me to Trevalga, but I have kept the memory of an old church graveyard, rain and wind blowing across the moors, a castle to romanticize this landscape, that a passionate, headstrong Cornwall insists on being portrayed.
Tintagel Castle, which legend claims as King Arthur’s birthplace, stands high on a jagged promontory. An ancient parish path leads the way through wildflowers, up to the ruin, to the cries of gulls and the thunder of waves. “Tennyson, Tennyson!” Palgrave, his companion, used to call, running after the poet whenever he wandered too close to the cliff’s edge. Tintagel village itself is more commerce than legend. My addiction to Cornish cream teas, however, kept me in the crowded town of “Merlin’s Gifts” long enough to enjoy the fresh hot scones served with clotted cream at the Cottage Tea Shop.”
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All of these parish records, following, appear to relate to a family group of Zachariah Callaway. Our person of interest is Zachariah Callaway of Minster, whose will is dated 19 May 1839. He left to his son, William Callaway “All of that Dwelling House with the Garden and all Appurtenances thereto belonging., in Boscastle in the parish of Minster in the County of Cornwall.”
The following parishes are all located in the northenmost “chimney stack” of Cornwall, bordering on Devon.
Marriages:
Margaret Callaway & Alexander Sherme, 28 April 1646
Richard Callaway, Clk. of Launcells & Jane Cowlin (of Wm) of Week St Mary, 24 Oct.
1650.
Zachry Callway & Katherine Braddon, 24 Nov 1663
Alice Callaway & Jeffrey Hacker, 24 April 1667
Matthew Callway & Frances Kinsman, 8 Sept (13 Oct?) 1681
Richard Callaway & Mary Southwood, 18 Dec 1695
Mary Callaway & William Yeo, 25 April 1695
William Callaway & Susan Lamerton, 21 Feb 1696
Rich. Callaway & Eliz. Bale [Bale?], 20 Nov 1729
Susannah Callaway & John Sleeman of Kilhampton, 6 Oct 1761
Mary Callaway & Richard Venin, 11 June 1769
Daniel Callaway & Dorothy Colmer, 27 April 1769
Zachariah Callaway married ___?__; d. 1692, Launcells (admr. granted to son Richard
(see Stratton)
Richard Callaway married Agnes ___?__
1. Pet Callaway (male) chr. 29 June 1623, Launcells
Zachary (Zach) Callaway married Katherine Braddon (of William) 24 Aug 1663, Launcells [son of Richard Callaway, Clerk of Launcells?]. Zachary d. 1707 (administration to brother, William Callaway).
1. Rich Callaway chr. 29 Sept 1663, Launcells
2. Zach Callaway chr. 12 Nov 1668, Launcells
Richard Callaway married Katherine ___?___
1. George Callaway chr. 26 Jan 1664, Launcells
Richard Calaway married Mary Southwood, 18 Dec 1695, Launcells
1. Rich. Callaway chr. 20 June 1700, Launcells
2. Ann Callaway chr. 12 April 1703, Launcells
2. Mary Callaway chr. 1 July 1708, Launcells
Richard Callaway, junr. married Eliz(th) Bate (of Allen), 20 Nov 1729, Launcells
1. Richard Callaway chr. 27 May 1730, Launcells
2. John Callaway chr. 28 Dec 1732, Launcells
3. Hen (male) Callaway chr. 8 May 1735, Launcells
4. Mary Callaway chr. 21 April 1740, Launcells.
Zach Callaway married Grace ___?__
1. Zachariah Callaway chr. 11 March 1730, Launcells
2. Katherine Callaway chr. 2 (21?) Dec 1732, Launcells
3. Zacharias Callaway chr. 1 Nov 1734, Launcells
4. Mary Callaway chr. 23 Sept 1736, Launcells
5. Richard Callaway chr. 26 July 1738, Launcells
6. Danniel Callaway chr. 11 Sept 1740, Launcells
7. Cateran Callaway chr. 22 Sept 1742, Launcells
8. Zacharias Callaway chr. 19 April 1745, Launcells
9. Ann Callaway chr. 29 March 1747, Launcells
10. Grace Callaway chr. 29 March 1747, Launcells
11. Hannah Callaway chr. 30 March 1749, Launcells
12. Susannah Callaway chr. 3 Nov 1751, Launcells
Zacharias Callaway married Catherine Collins, 31 March 1785, Launcells
1. Grace Callaway chr. 13 Oct 1785, Launcells
2. Mary Callaway chr. 22 Feb 1787, Launcells
3. Catherine Callaway chr. 5 May 1790, Launcells
Protestation Return, Launcells, 1641: Richard Callway
Marriages:
Mary Callaway & William Brooke, 20 Sept 1688
Peter Callaway & Rebekah Lendey, 12 June 1690
Peter Callaway of Launcells & Mary Moore, 14 April 1737
Ann Callaway of Launcells & William Gorden, 13 April 1740
Mary Callaway & John Collins of Launcells, 15 June 1744
Mary Calaway & William Hawken [Hawkins], 4 Feb 1754
[Possible]:
Richard Callaway married ___?___
1. Zachary Callaway [ md. Katherine Braddon (of Wm), 24 Aug 1663, Launcells?]
2. Catherine Callaway married ___?___ Hillary
3. Margaret Callaway married Alexander Sherme, 28 April 1646, Launcells
4. Mary Callaway - d. 1700,Stratton, spinster (will 1686)
5. Richard Callaway married Jane Cowlin
Peter Callaway married Rebecah Lendey, 12 June 1690, Stratton
1. John Callaway chr. 26 April 1691, Stratton
2. Richard Callaway chr. 1 Jan 1692, Stratton
3. Mary Callaway chr. 3 March 1694, Stratton
4. Peter Callaway chr. 7 March 1696, Stratton; md. Mary Moor, 14 Apl 1737, Stratton
5. Elizabeth Callaway chr. 26 March 1699, Stratton
6. Rebecah Callaway chr. 22 March 1701, Stratton
7. William Callaway chr. 7 May 1704, Stratton
8. Sarah? [Sasan/Susan] Callaway chr. 3 Aug 1707, Stratton
Matthew Callaway married ____?___
1. Mary Callaway chr. 2 June 1692
John Callaway married Ann __?__
1. William Callaway chr. 3 July 1741, Stratton
2. Hester Callaway chr. 5 Sept 1742, Stratton
3. Ann Callaway chr. 23 Feb 1745, Stratton
4. Elizabeth Callaway chr. 28 July 1753, Stratton
5. Honor Callaway chr. 18 Jan 1756
6. Honor Callaway chr. 9 Jan 1759
John Callaway married Deborah Hamm, 1 Jan 1762, Poughill parish
1. Zechariah Callaway chr. 23 Oct 1762, Stratton [see Poughill]
2. John Callaway chr. Jan 1765, Poughill
3. Elizabeth Callaway chr. 22 Jan 1768, Poughill
4. Esther Callaway chr. 1 July 1770, Poughill
5. Thomas Callaway chr. 14 Feb 1773, Poughill
6. Esther chr. 12 May 1775, Poughill
7. William chr. 2 May 1777, Poughill
8. Deborah Callaway chr. 29 Nov 1778, Poughill
9. Daniel Callaway chr. 16 Feb 1781, Poughill
10. James Callaway chr. 7 Sept 1783, Poughill
Stratton Hearth Tax, 1660-1664:
Rich. Callaway - 1)
Rich. Callaway Sr.) poor by reason of poverty
Richard Yeo - 2 not rated, poor
[borders Stratton on north]
Marriages:
Zachary Callaway & Elizabeth Hodge, 9 Sept 1736, Poughill
John Callaway & Deborah Hamm, 1 Jan 1762, Poughill
Hester Kellaway & William Petherick, 6 Feb 1777, Poughill
Zachary Callaway married Elizabeth Hodge, 9 Sept 1736, Poughill
1. John Callaway chr. 15 July 1737
William Callaway married Rachael ___?___
1. John Callaway chr. 17 May 1867, Poughill
2. Mary Ann Callaway chr. Sept 1809, Poughill
3. Rachel Callaway chr. 19 April 1812, Poughill *
4. Deborah Callaway chr. 1 May 1814, Poughill **
5. William Callaway chr. 21 March 1816, Poughill
Note: * Rachel Callaway may have had a daughter, Mary Elizabeth Callaway
chr. 14 Sept 1834, Poughill
** Deborah Callaway may have had a son, William Callaway, chr.
16 April 1837, Poughill
John Calloway married Mary ___?___
1. Betsy Wonnacott Calloway chr. 10 May 1829, Poughill
[most northern parish in Cornwall; borders north side of Launcells & on the east, Devon]
Marriages:
Ric. Callway & Agnes Neale (of Nicholas), 27 Oct 1606
Matthew Callaway of Stratton & Catherine Sherme, 10 Jan 1696
Mary Callway & Jn. Inch, 1772
Ann Calloway & Thos. Baker, 1785
Protestation Return, 1641: Degory (X) Callaway
Zachariah Callaway married Grace Ann Dinham [Durham?], 28 Nov 1765, Minster
1. Susanna Callaway chr. 6 March 1769, Forraberry; md. William Symons, 16 June
1794, Forrberry
2. Zachariah Callaway chr. 15 Feb 1771, Forraberry*
Note: Forraberry is a small parish adjoining Minster on the west; along the coast.
Zachariah Callaway, blacksmith (will 1837) d. 1839; married Mary Orchet, 20 Dec 1793,
Minster.
1. John Callaway (named in will)
2.. William Callaway (named in will)
3. Robert Durham Callaway (named in will)
Land in Boscastle, Minster.
[adjoins Minster on west; along the coast]
Richard Callaway married ___?___
1. Margery Callaway chr. 1 March 1546
Clemence Callaway married Alice ___?___; d. (buried 17 Feb 1622, Tintagel
1. Thomas Callaway buried 28 Dec 1607, Tintagel
2. Elinor Callaway chr. 6 Feb 1608; buried 1608, Tintagel
3. Clemence Callaway (?)
Clemence (Clement) Callaway married Patience Robyns, 6 Nov 1649, Tintagel
d. (buried 2 Sept 1658, Tintagel); [will: dated 4 Jan. 1657; pr. 21 Dec 1658 in London by Patience Callaway]. No children named in will (as such)
Bequests to:
- John Brown, elder, of Trevor, Tintagel & wife Elinor, and their children:
a. Margerie Browne
b. William Browne
c. Thomas Browne
- Grace Browne of Trevor
- Charles Browne
- Henry Browne
Protestation Return, Tintgel, 1641: Clemence (X) Callaway
1608 Elinor d/o Clemence Callaway bapt Feb 6
1649 Clemence Callaway & Patience Rodgers Nov 6
1546 Margery d/o Richard Callaway buried March 1
1607 Thomas s/o Clement Callaway buried Dec 28
1622 Alice wife of Clemence Callaway buried Feb 17
1648 Elinor Callaway buried Dec 10
1658 Clement Callaway buried Sept 2
Kilkhampton Parish
[between Laucnells/Poughill & Morwenstow]
Richard Callaway married ____?___
1. Augustine (male) Callaway chr. 30 Sept 1610
John Callaway married Easter Shipard, 11 May 1709, Kilkhampton
1. John Callaway chr. 30 Feb 1710
2. Zachariah Callaway chr. 13 Sept 1713
Marriages:
From: Bruce Callaway
Sent: Mar 6, 2005
Subject: Callaways of Cornwall wills
CALLAWAY etc. WILLS PROBATED IN CORNWALL 1617-1847
Copies held by and interpreted by Bruce C. Callaway 1980
THOMAS CALWAY Yeoman of Lanivet (?Luxulyan)
Will signed 4 May 1617
Probate ?
Witnesses David Carnohothy
Lofor Bushell
Legatees: The poor of the parish one shilling
Bartholomew five pounds
Robert Dowling
Margaret Calway my wife
Notes: Bartholomew died a batchelor HMS BRISTOL St.Olaves, Southwark Surrey 27 May 1692 PCC1692/102 Pge 63 Journal
The rest of the will cannot yet be translated
WILLIAM CALLAWAY Yeoman, Parish of St.Kew
Will signed 5 Feb. 1619
Probate April 1620
Legatees: Daughter ANN
Son DANIEL forty shillings
Son RICHARD forty shillings
Son WILLIAM (executor) the rest of my money goods and chattels
JOHN CALLAWAY Parish of St. Neot
Will signed 8 Feb.1622
Probate April 1623
Witnesses William Motton
Johan Garth
Johan Shalve
Legatees: Son ABELL
Son JOHN
Daughter JOAN
Son ROBART (Executor) Bequests not yet translated
HENRY CALWAY of St. Michael, Penkivel Letter of Administration 14 July 1626
JULIAN CALLAWAY (Female) of St.Michael Penkivel Letter of Admin.14 July 1635
List of Goods and Chattells by Son ROBERT
JOHN CALLAWAY the younger Parish of St. Neot
Will taken by word of mouth before Richard POMERY,John RICKARD,Edward KYLE, William BROOKE and “several others” on 21 Feb. 1674.
Probate to GEORGE CALLAWAY April 1674
Soul to Almighty God
Body to Christian burial
Wife JANE four pounds
The Child she be with three pounds.Edward KYLE’s children four shillings. My sister THOMASIN’s children six pounds
My father one grey suit of clothes. All the rest of my goods and chattels to my son GEORGE. Inventory total £33.19.8
THOMAS CALLAWAY Yeoman Parish of St.Kew
Will signed 15 Jan. 1682
Probate to BARBARA CALLAWAY 18 Jan.1683
Witnesses RICHARD CALLAWAY
Gregory CANNLEY
To my grandson JOHN CALLOWAY forty shillings
To my youngest son THOMAS ten pounds
To my two eldest daughters ANN and PHILLIPA twenty pounds each
To JOHAN my youngest daughter twenty pounds
To my wife BARBARA and my eldest son WILLIAM the balance of my estate and joint executors
Inventory of goods and chattels total £121.12.00
JULIAN CALLAWAY of Lansallos
Letter of Admin.(mutilated) granted 1683 to PHILLIP CALLAWAY
JOHN CALLAWAY Yeoman of Duloe
Letter of admin and probate granted to ELIZABETH CALLAWAY his Relick 24 Oct.1688Inventory of goods and chattels made by Thomas STEPHENS Aug.1688 £80.11.06
JOHN CALLAWAY Yeoman of St.Kew
Letter of admin. Granted to BARBARA CALLAWAY his Mother Nov.1689
Witnessed by WILLIAM CALLAWAY
ZACHARIAH CALLAWAY Yeoman of Lancells
Letter of admin. To RICHARD CALLAWAY his son 1692
Inventory by William KIRK of Kilhampton and Nicholas BRADDON, yeoman of Launcells £31.08.08
MARY CALLAWAY of Stratton, Spinster
Will signed 8 July 1686
Witnessed by Elizabeth BARLOW
Robert SAUNDERS
Probate at Stratton 7 Feb.1700
Executrix HONOR CALLAWAY To ZAKARY CALLAWAY my brother one shilling
To Catherine HILLARY my sister one shilling
To Margaret SHERME ? my sister one shilling
The rest to HONOR CALLAWAY my KINSWOMAN
ZACKARY CALLAWAY of Launcells
Letter of admin. To WILLIAM CALLAWAY his brother Oct. 1707
THOMAS CALLWAY Fuller, Town of St.Columb, Parish of St.Colum Major
Will signed 16 Nov.1711
Witnessed by John DAYE
Thomas MINOFF
Probate May 1712
To my grandson PETER CALLWAY £20
Grand-daughter JANE CALWAY £20
Sister JANE DARE twenty shillings
Residue to my son WILLIAM CALLWAY Executor
WILLIAM CALLAWAY Tayler of the Burrough of Truro
Will signed 9 June 1730
Witnessed Thomasin WILLIAMS
Elizabeth NICHOLLS
To my wife MARY
Son ROBERT
Daughter MARY
Daughter ELIZABETH all my household goods and money equally.
To my son ROBERT my dwelling house in CALE ?
Trustee my brother JOHN CALLAWAY
RICHARD CALLAWAY Yeoman of Chapple Park Parish of St.Kew
Will signed 22 April 1731
Witnessed Richard SOAM
Mary CALLAWAY
Buried 24 April 1731
To my two sons RICHARD and PHILLIP all my estate, goods and chattels except as below.
To my wife GRACE one field of ground called CHAPPLE-PARK and the Marsh ajoining and one dwelling house wherein MRS WEBBER now lives and two pounds per year out of the Estate called KIRKENILL. To my daughter JOAN £20. RICHARD and PHILLIP to take their choice of a bed and a Crock each of them. The rest of my household goods divided between my wife, two sons and a daughter.
Inventory by Ezekioll WEBBER Gent and John WILLS Yeoman £127.06.00
Notes: Richard Callaway Yeoman married Grace HAMBLY 1 Jan.1713 St.Kew V6p.58
JOHN CALLAWAY Mariner from Truro on H.M.S.RYE. Capt. Thomas CRAVEN
Will signed 18 July 1746
Witnesses Thomas CRAVEN
Arundell ROGERS
Probate granted to MARY CALLAWAY widow of JAMES CALLAWAY appointed by JAMES CALLAWAY his Executrix 17 March 1747
All my Prize money, Bounty money and Shore allowance to my loving brother JAMES CALLAWAY of Truro County of Cornwall.
JAMES CALLAWAY Cooper of the Burrough of Truro
Will signed 3 Feb 1747
Wittnesses Michael JULIEF
Henri PAWLY
Probate to MARY CALLAWAY 7 March 1747
To MARY CALLAWAY my wife and my son GEORGE CALLAWAY all my goods and chattels and effects. I nominate my wife MARY CALLAWAY executrix.
WILLIAM CALLWAY Clothier, Parish of St.Columb Major
Will signed 5 March 1749
Probate to Exec. 27 Sept.1751
Witnesses Walter PETHERICK
Thos. BENNY
To my son PETER CALLWAY, two tenements, one call HICKS’ TENEMENT and JOLLY’S TENEMENT situate in the fields of GLUVIAN in the Parish of ST.COLUMB with all its appurtenances, but if he should die unmarried these rights to my daughter JANE CHALLWAY (sic) Also to PETER CALLAWAY (sic) Ten Pounds.
To my son in law JAMES OLIVER one shilling and no more and likewise one shilling to each of his three sons JAMES OLIVER NATHANIEL OLIVER and WILLIAM OLIVER, and no more.
To my daughter JANE CALLWAY all my rights in TREGATILIAN in St. Columb. All else to my daughter JANE CALLWAY.
ANTHONY CALLAWAY Tinner of REDRUTH County of Cornwall
Will signed 6 Dec. 1762
Witnesses A. JOHNS
Sarah THOMAS
Probate to exec. REDRUTH 15 May 1764
To my son WILLIAM CALAWAY (sic) twenty pounds and the two eastern rooms of the house I now dwell in and also one half of the other premises thereunto belonging (The Stable excepted).
To my Daughter JANE MaHONEY £20.
To my Daughter ELIZABETH DAWE ¢20
My wife ELIZABETH CALAWAY (sic) may live with and be maintained by my executor. If she lives elsewhere £4 per year by quarterly payments.
To the children of my son WILLIAM 3 guineas share & share alike.
To the children of my daughter MaHONEY 4 guineas share & share alike
To the children of my daughter DAWE 2 guineas
To THOMASIN STEPHENS wife of Wm STEPHENS one guinea
To CHRISTIAN daughter of ANTHONY JOHNS £1.16.0
All else to my son ANTHONY CALLAWAY and appoint him executor.
Notes: Anthony Callaway married Elizabeth TRAHAR Redruth 15 Aug.1739 V.19 p.12
Anthony his son married Margery BOLITHO 18 Sept 1749 Redruth V.9 p.16
JOHN CALLAWAY Yeoman Parish of St. Kew
Will signed 28 April 1775Probate to exec. 2 June 1775
Witnesses Thos. TREFFRY
Walter TREFFRY
Richard WEBB
To my son JOHN CALLAWAY £10 and the house and garden I now live in and £3 a year out of my estate.
To JOHN CALLAWAYS three children MARY WILLIAM & JOHN one half guinea each.
To CORDELLA WORDEN my daughter the house and garden we now live in during her life with the use of the household goods. She pays £3 yearly to my executor.
To my daughter JANE GORDE one guinea.
To RICHARD CALLAWAYs children JANE CORDELLA ELIZABETH MARY and RICHARD one half guinea each
To my son RICHARD CALLAWAY my loans, mortgages and Tenements and appoint him Executor
Notes: Cordella Callaway married John Worden 16 July St.Kew Parish V.6 p.65
MOSES CALLAWAY Innkeeper Parish of St.Erth County of Cornwall
Will signed 19 May 1788
Witnesses Francis EDWARDS
Hu GIDDY
Probate 15 July 1788
Oath of affirmation as Executor by John GRENFELL, Quaker and sworn by Executor Hugh
EDWARD.
JOHN CALLAWAY appointed Guardian of Children
To GRACE my wife one third part of all my Estate & effects, money goods & chattels.
The remaining two thirds to Hugh EDWARDS and John GRENFELL of St.Ives,Gentlemen,
In trust with my wife for the sole benefit of my two children MOSES & ELIZABETH until they
Attain their 21 years.
JAMES CALLAWAY of CUBERT, County of Cornwall
Letter of admin granted to JOANNA CALLAWAY the Widow Relick of the deceased 10 May 1789 Witnessed by William THOMAS and William PETHERICK
JOSEPH CALLAWAY Mariner Parish of St.Columb Major
Will signed 27 May 1799
Witnesses Edward ARTHUR
William DREW
Probate granted St. Columb Major 16 Nov.1799
All Prize money and other sums of money to my Brother ARTHUR CALLAWAY of PLYMOUTH DOCK, County of DEVON and to my Sister MARY CALLAWAY of the Parish of St.Columb Major divided equally. Appoint said Brother and Sister Executors.
PHILIP CALLAWAY Yeoman, Parish of GULVAL County of Cornwall
Will signed 10 Dec.1818
Witnessed Judy CORIN
Thomas BOND
Probate 2 June 1825
To my son PHILIP £20 and all my wearing apparel, linen and woollen
To my daughter ELIZABETH the wife of John CORIN £15
To my Daughter SARAHA Wife of John PEARCELL one pound one shilling
To my Grand-daughter MARY ANN PEARCE CALLAWAY The book I am now possessed of called the Life of Christ.
Residue of Lands, Tenements, Leasehold Bills, Bonds, Notes, Money goods & chattels to my Son MOSES. I appoint MOSES executor.
WILLIAM CALLAWAY Miller, Parish of St.Stithians County of Cornwall
Will signed 26 March 1833
Witnesses John BATH
Henry MARTIN
Probate to MARY TREREN (sic) Wife of THOMAS TREWREN the daughter of the deceased and sole Executrix 9 Oct.1833 To my daughter ELIZABETH one shilling if demanded by her.
To my Sister JOHANNA, her maintenance as long as she shall live with my Executrix.
Residue to my daughter MARY the wife of THOMAS TREWREN or if she should
Predecease me the residue to her daughter MARY ANN TREWREN.
ZACHARIAH CALLAWAY Blacksmith, Parish of MINSTER County of Cornwall
Will signed 1 Oct.1837
Witnesesses Frances D. ROWE
John SCOTT
Martha ROWE
Probate to WILLIAM CALLAWAY of Minster, Blacksmith and ROBERT DUIHAM CALLAWAY of Lesneth in Cornwall, Yeoman 23 Sept.1839. Testator died 19 May 1839
To JOHN CALLAWAY my son £5
To WILLIAM CALLAWAY my son all of that Dwelling house with the garden and all
Appurtanences in the town of BOSCASTLE parish of Minster also one half part of a
Leasehold Tenement known by the name of CANNONS tenement also one half part of
COMB HILL paying from the two tenements as long as they live on the same £4.15.0
Per year to ROBART D. CALLAWAY his brother or his heirs, I appoint WILLIAM
CALLAWAY and my son ROBERT DUIHAM CALLAWAY executors. The residue
Equally between them.
JOHN CALLAWAY Blacksmith, Parish of Poundstock County of Cornwall
Will signed 7 Sept.1847
Witnesses James WEBB
Jesse WEBB
Died 7 Sept.1847
Probate granted to ELIZABETH ARSCOTT wife of JAMES BICKFORD 16 Nov.1847 Effects under £20
To ELIZABETH ARSCOTT HAM who now lives with me all my goods and effects.
From: Sherrill
Williams
Sent: Mar 8, 2005
Subject: will of John Kayleway & will of John C/K of Cullompton, Devon
Hi all, I found the attached file on
my computer, and tho' most of us have dealt with it before, it may add
perspective to the letter we are attempting to decipher. Also, the will of John
C/K of Cullompton, Devon, once again, may help.
Sherrill
In the name of god amen the thirteen day of February in the yere of our lord god a thousand fyve hundred and thirtie I John Kayleway in my hole and perfect mynde make and declare my testament and last will in mayner and forme following -
First I bequeath my soule to almighty god my maker and my body to be buried in holy [_____] in any church or churchyd where it shall please almighty god and I bequeath to the highcross light our lady light Saint John’s light Saint Nicholas light Jesus light euriche [or each] of them in the parish church of Colompton and to the store of the same church of Colompton vjs. viid. [6 shillings 8 pence].
Item I bequeath to the store of St. George’s chapel at Peryholde xxd.
Also I will and bequeath that if Jane my wife make assurance of all her manors messuages lands tente. rents, etc and of all other her inheritances in the counties of Cornwall, Devon, Southampton and Dors. to Sir Giles Strangewaies knight, John Rowe Serjeant at the Lawe, John Skewys and Simon Cayleway my feoffees or the the more part of them and to their heires to the use of the said Jane my wife during her life the remainder thereof to th’use of George Kaylway sonne and heire of the said John Kaylway and Jane and to the heires of the body of the said George lawfully begotten and for default of yssue of the bodye of the said George lawfully begotten to remain to the said Jane and to the heires of her bodie lawfully begotten in divers remainders over and according to an indenture bearing date the xxth day of October in the yere of our lord god a Thousand fyve hundred xxix And in the xxj yere of the Reyne of King Henrie the eighth wherein I have declared my will of all myne inheritances then I will my said wife have twoo hundred poundes in mony.
Item I bequeath to the said Jane my wife all my household stuffe as hereafter folowithe that is to say all bedding hangings of house cuppes? condit? salters sponys carpetts cushions broches potts panes basons vessels dishes candlesticks wode horses and other bestes and chaines of goulde except such thinges thereof as I will hereafter give away to anie other p’sonne or p’sonnes provided always that the said Jane my wife shall thereof delyver a bedd p’formed with all man’r of stuffe p’teynning to a bedd and hanginges for a chamber to my sonne and heire to lye thereon during the tyme that he is at his larning.
It. I bequeath to Marye thelder, Anne, Elizabeth, Mary the younger, Catherine, Florence and Agnes my daughters euriche [or each] of them not maryed before the tyme of my decease twoo hundred marks in lawfull money of England if they be ordered and ruled in their marriage by myne executors or the more p’te [part] of them to be payd to them at the day of their marriage And if it happens any of the said daughters to decease before she be maryed or else to be professed in Religion then my will that all such mony as she to be paid to her so deceased or professed shall go to my executors towards the p’formance of my last will.
It. I bequeath to Symon Kayleway my cousin and servant xxx pounds in mony to helpe to be free and freman in the Staple of Calles [Calais].
Item I bequeath to William Tourner my servant x pounds
Item I bequeath to servants of my household therewith that shalbe in service at the tyme of my decease vjs. viijd.
Item I bequeath to Robert Wellegh John Smythe Humfrey Eggebastian Henry Canford John Edmundes of Colompton eueriche [or each] of them vjs. viijd.
Item I bequeath to Sir Thomas Steevin vjs. viijd.
Item to Sir John Quicke vjs. viijd.
Item to John Mannyng the younger vjs. viijd.
Item to Agnes Gatour vjs. viijd.
Item to Sir Willyam Smythe Xs.
Item to John Wytton of London vjs. viijd.
Item to his wife Margery vjs. viijd.
Item to John Hill of London merchaunt of the Staple at Calles [Calais] Xs.
Item to David Wodrow vjs. viijd.
Item to Richard Petrike merchaunt of the Staple at Calles XXs.
Item I bequeath to the parish churches of Kentisbere, Brodwode kelleigh and Yessleigh euriche [or each] of them vjs. viijd.
Item I bequeath to heyre or heyres, that ought to be eight heyres of blood unto Thomas Moys sometime of Colehouse in the parish of Brodwode Kelleigh in the county of Devon to helpe his heires to purchase landes or other messuages to hym thereunto x poundes in mony.
Item I bequeath to the store of John Tann’rs chauntrye in the parish church of Colompton toward the finding of the priest wages? iv pounds of mony upon consideration that Wyllyam Huntingdon and his executors may be discharged of and to and as that the said Wyllyam Hundingdon remaynethe for debt in the boke of accountes of the said John Tanner’s chauntry upon the said Wyllyam Hundtingdon and his executors and assigns.
Item I bequeath to twoo houses of Friars Observant of Greenwich & Richmond and to their convents eueriche [or each] of the said houses XX pounds and to pray for the soule of one James Whiting.
Item I bequeath to an honest? priest to be named by myne executors X poundes And the said priest to pray for the soule of one John Gibbes --- all which legacies and bequests and bequeaths before written I wish that yt shalbe payed of any wooll and fells in the Staple of Calais and of all my goodes and chattels not given or bequeathed shall go and be unto John Row serjeant at lawe, Thomas Sydenham of Culmestoke, John Drake of Exmouth and Robert Hone of Oke Saint Mary to pay my debts and to dispense yt after then? desecesant? And the said John Rowe Thomas Sydenham John Drake and Robert Hone I make and ordain myne executors provided always that if said executors or any of them or my feoffees or any of them be troubled payed for that my will and testament or for defense of my lands or my will of my landes declared Then I will that their charges thereof be borne of my landes and goodes To these witnesses Sir Thomas Preston, clerke, Master Robert Wilcokes priest, Sir Thomas Stevens priest, Sir Willyam Smythe, William Tournour, Symon Keylway and others I doe under my signature and seale the day and yere above written per me -
John Rowe Thomas Sydenham John Drake Robert Hone
Probatum (in Latin). 19 April 1531 by John Wright proxy for the executors.
As previously stated, it was not possible to perfectly distinguish between the records of Simon 1 and Simon 2, particularly in the period just prior to the death of Symon 1. The same situation may apply to the records of Symon 2 and Symon 3.
Another “fact” may be emerging. The descent of the moiety in the rectory and vicarage of the church at Collumpton may suggest that Simon 1 became the “next male heir” after the death of John and Joan C/K’s son, George. The following item should confirm that John C/K of Collumpton possessed such rights to the church.
[Calendar of Patent Rolls, 6 Elizabeth: Part X]
#757. 29 Jan. 1564. Hertford Castle. Grant in fee simple to Robert Freke and John Walker of London of the reversions and rents of the lands comprised in leases, with reservations, as follows --
[There were 7 properties involved; (i) and (ii) concerned lands in Iwerne Courtney.]
(iii) By patent, 5 June Edw. VI, to John Moore, knight, of the Rectory of Columpton, Co. Devon, late of the Priory of St. Nicholas, Exeter, and late in the tenure of John Colaway alias Keilwaye and afterwards in that of Thomas Warren, for 21 years from Michaelmas then next at a yearly rent of 31l.
[Following (vii) is the following]:
Also grant of --(1) the Manor of Iwerne Courtney, late of the said Earl of Devon, and the premises in (i) and (ii) above; (2) the said Rectory of Upton Wever alias Columpton; (3) the advowson of the Vicarage of Upton Wever alias Columpton.....and numerous other properties.
Finally, to add some additional perspective to this family, the following is of interest: Devon P.C.C. Wills.
1606. The last will of Catherine Lady “More” of Cullompton, dated 26th April 1606. Desires to be buried in the parish church, and leaves for the reparation thereof 10s., and to the poor 6s. 3d. To Robert Denys 10s.
Residue to my servants, “Mr. Thomas Tryslade and Mrs. Shepherd,” who are sole executors.
Proved June 1606.
Note: The personal effects of Testator were valued at L21. 6s. 1d., inclusive of two horses and a mare, which were valued at L5. She was the widow of Sir John Moore of Moorhays, and the daughter of Sir Thomas Pomeroy of Berry, by Jane, daughter of Sir Piers Edgcombe.
1588. [The Parliamentary Representation of Devon & Dorset, 1559-1661, by Roberts, John Charles, May 1958 (a thesis submitted for the Degree of Master of Arts in the University of London.] (Devon & Cornwall Record Society-Q; copy located in D & C RS collection, West Country Studies Library, Exeter, Devon).
Kelway, Simon (d. c1624) of Cullompton - Totnes 1588
S. & h. of Simon Kelway, merchant of Cullompton, and Joan, a. of............ Prob. grandson of John Kelloway, merchant of the Staple of Calais. (!) Other branches of the family lived in Dorset and Gloucestershire; and perhaps also in West Devon (Kelly) [Vivian 510-512]. The Kelways were related to the Grenvilles, Drakes, Wadhams and Courtenays. By his first mar. before 1580, the M.P. had a son Francis. Mar. 2ndly Edith widow of John Antony, at Exeter in 1598 [Devon Notes & Queries, x-321] and 3rdly Mary, da. of..........
Giles Kelway of Stroud, Gloucestershire [?Somerset.?......SUW], bought a Launceston rectory which was leased to Sir Gawen Carew whose friend Sir John More, in 1559, granted the parsonage of Cullompton to Simon Kelway the elder, who regranted it [Act Book of Bishop of Exeter 1555-1564 f 42 (at Dioc. Registry)]; in that year this Kelway and George Cockeram, of Cullompton, appear together on a Pardon Roll; two years later they were granted a pardon for carrying money out of the realm. When the elder Simon made his will in 1569 he described himself as a trader in overseas parts. He left bequests to the church, the poor and to servants. He had a sister, a married son William and left his widow and his son Simon to be executors.
By the will Simon Kelway was to give a bond in L300 to pay an annuity to his mother, and another in 1,000 marks to pay another to his brother William, and his children, if any. Joan Kelway, who was granted for life a manor-house at Kingsmill, was to “supporte, beare and fynde....competent meate, drinke, howse roome and lodging” there for her son Simon and any wife of his.
The M.P. inherited the rectory and parsonage of Cullompton and some trouble with it. Sir John More, an unquiet man, brought a Chancery case against George Cockeram and Joan Kelway about some timber that her husband had sold him [Eliz. Chanc. ii 246]; and she with her son, brought another Chancery action, about the Vicarage, against Laurence Tilliard. In 1584 the M.P. bought out Robert Freke and another London speculator who then held a part-share in the Rectory; two years later he sold it to William Every of Chard for L1,000. In 1573 Kelway and Cockeram had been noted as patrons of the living, and Kelway was still patron in 1601 [Oliver, Ecclesiastical Antiquities, i-115].
There are few signs of the M.P.’s activities locally, although he was assessed to provide two light horses for musters in Hayridge Hundred in 1583 [S.P. 12/162/36]. In 1598 he sent his son Francis to Oxford [Al. Ox. 1500-1714, p. 840]; and a few years later, when he and other Cullompton men sold a messuage for L80 one witness was Robert Cockram, perhaps a son of his old friend [E. S. Chalke, Kentisbere Hundred (1934), p. 24]. Three years later there is a mention of John, son of Simon Kelway, a son who does not appear in the M.P.’s will.
By 1623, when he came to make his will, the M. P. was living at Dawlish, where he asked to be buried; but he left L10 to the church at Cullompton. He made provision for a former servant, John Thomas, who was a surgeon, and now served William Every, the purchaser of the rectory: Every having a house on condition that he looked after his servant. The M. P. himself had a considerable interest in surgery and medicine, for he left half his instruments and drugs to John Thomas, and the remainder, together with his French books on these subjects, to his son Francis Kelway. His armour and pistols were to be divided between his friend Sir William Courtenay and his son Francis Courtenay.
1593. [Somerset & Dorset Notes & Queries, Vol. 13 (1913), p. 217.
Simon Kellwaye, in 1593, wrote the earliest systemic essay on smallpox & refers to the abundant late experience, as well his own as others (Creighton, ‘History of Epidemics in England’).
1596/97. [Will of John Gregory of Uffcolme, Devon] - Simon Kellway of Collumpton to “keep” the son of John Gregory.
1601. Simon Keleway, gent. - Patron of Cullompton.
1603/04. Bill of Adventure [Copy from Dorset Record Office: DI: 10, 939]
Mr. Davidge and Mr. Woodroff bill of adventure 20 March 1613 -
“Be it knowen unto all men by these p’sents that wee Lawrence Davidge of Waymouth Melcombe Rege in the county of Dorset marchaunt and Jespar Wardroffe of the county of Somerset merchaunt Being bound.........in a trade of merchandise for the West Indies and Islands of the same in a good shipp called the Edward of Waymouth and Melcombe Rege. aforesaid have receaved of Symon Kelway of Cullompton in the countie of Devon gent. thirtene poundes of lawfull Englyshe money as an adventure in the saide voage which the saide Lawrence davidge and Jespar Woodroffe and others of us doe by theis p’sent bynd ourselves our executors and administrators and the executors and administrators of others of us to geve a true account, and del’d into the hands of the said Symon Kelwaie his executors and administrators all profitts, etc. whatsoever, as the said voage shall anywaie bring or assure rateable according to his said adventure and as farr forth as any other adventurer whatsoever to be delivered unto the saide Symon Kelway his executors, etc... by us the said Lawrence Davidge and Jespar Woodroffe and the executors and administrators of other of us, In witness whereof we have hereunto sett our hand & seals and delivered it as our deed the 15th daie of Februarie in the first yeare of the Raigne of our Soveraigne lord Kinge James of England France and Ireland and of Scotland the seven & thirteth. (s) La: Davidge
Jespar Woodroff
Signed sealed & del.
in the presence of
Fransys Kelwaye, John Evanes
......that the moytie of this bill with such profitts, etc...............delivered unto me.............who hathe payde me the on[e] halfe of the adventure the 7 of aprill 1604 -
(s) Sym: Kellwaye
1604. Bond [Copy from Dorset Record Office: D-1: 10, 937]
Obligation of Morgan Moone of Bridpord in co. Dorset due to Symon Kellway gent of Kingsmill.
[The “bill” is in Latin]
The condition of this present obligation is such that if for abovenamed bounden Morgan Moone his executors administrators or assignes doe paye or cause to be payde unto the abovenamed Symon Kellwaye his executors administrators & assigns the full & just summe of fower pounds ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ of current Englishe moneye at one whole entire payement at or upon the last daye of December next ensuing the date hereof, at or in the mansion & now dwelling house of the above sayde Symon Kellwaye at Kingsmill that then this obligation to be void & no effect........................
per me Morgan Moone
Wits: Fransys Kelway, John Evanes
1622/23. Will of Simon Kelway of Dawlish, Gent. P.C.C. 63 Swann
Will dated 26 Feb’y. 1622/3. Proved 14 June 1623 by William Every: oath coram Johanne Bury Rectore de Kittesford.
To be buried in the parish church of Dawlish in the North Aisle where I usually sit.
To the reparacon thereof 6/8.
To the Vicar & churchwardens of Cullompton L10 upon good security to be given by them to Robert Northeligh of Alsington Gent; William Sumpter of Cullompton Merchant & their heirs to be lent to 10 poor people yearly.
To my wife Mary Kelway, one feather bed performed where she now lieth &c.
To William Every of Cotthay co. Somerset Esqre., all the right which I have in the house in the east end of the parish church of Cullompton & 3 closes of land called Croochetts Hams now in the occupation of Mary Wood widow of Humfrey Wood, blacksmith, dec’d, on condition that he allows an estate which I have heretofore made unto my late servant John Thomas of Northam chirurgion, for 99 years on lives of him the said John Thomas, Thomas Leigh & George Gifford as by my deed dated 10 Aug last past appeareth.
To my honorable friend Sr. William Courtenay Kt. my horseman’s armour & case of pistols & Spanish Pike.
To Francis Courtenay Esqure., my plate doublet or armour of proof, & my holbeard, for a memorial of me.
To Richard Carpenter clerk now Vicar of Cullompton my book of Juell & Harding.
To John Marker clerk now vicar of Dawlish 40/- to be bestowed in some good books of religion, also one birding-piece.
To my son Francis Kelway, all my French books of Physic & Chirurgery & the books called Pigo & Galls works & one book of Arrens Works & one book called Clowes works of Chirurgery & one book called the Method of Physic & half of my instruments, waters, compositions & drugs.
To William Sumpter of Cullompton my black cloak lined with black coney fur.
To my late servant John Thomas of Northam Chirurgion all my books of Physic & Chirurgery which are in English except those given to my son, also the other half of my instruments &c., & my jerkin & breeches of wrought velvet & my black satine doublet thereunto belonging.
To my son-in-law [stepson, here]Edward Anthony of Exon Goldsmith my black gown faced before with black velvet.
To the preacher that shall make a funeral sermon for me, one book called Phitarch’s Morals.
To my son Francis Kelway, the residue of my apparel
To Mr. Anthony Salter of Exon, Apothecary, L10.
To my old friend Thomas Moore of London Draper 40/- for a gold ring.
To each of my late wife’s children which she had by her former husband John Anthony, 40/- for gold rings.
To my old servant John Roxter 40/-
To my old servants which shall be in covenant with me at my death 10/- apiece.
Residue to William Every of Cotthaie co. Somerset Esqre. whom I make my exor.
Overseers: my good friends Robert Northeligh & William Sumpter of Cullompton Merchant.
Testators: Robert Northleigh, Johannes Marker, John Thomas, Richard Hingstone.
So, who is Sir
William Courtenay & son, Francis? Simon calls him “friend” in his will. Sir
William has an interesting biography which I will share with you in my next
posting. Perhaps that will provide additional perspective regarding this
family.
SUW
From: Warwick
Kellaway
Sent: Mar 8, 2005
Subject: Simon letter - in perspective
Hi all
Once again we can only be amazed by your resources, and research, Sherrill.
Looking at John of Cullompton's will again, we see that young George was to
inherit his father's property. I had assumed that, following his
presumed demise, the older sisters would have been the eventual beneficiaries
but, as Sherrill says, Simon was probably the closest male
relative. Despite the evidence of the will, Simon therefore could well have
become the main beneficiary. (Called cousin, without uncovering further
evidence, we can assume they shared the same grandfather, someone born around
1440-50. We could look for possibilities, probably in Devon, but may not have
much success. Both may even have descended from the principal family generations
before)
It is interesting that John was a wool merchant, and may himself have actually
been the generator of the wealth, rather than any family
inheritance. We have little evidence of commercial activities by the C/K
families in the 1400s. The principal families were presumably
rural - but perhaps not entirely. We know family members were involved with
shipping as early as 1300, possibly even earlier. The Rockbourne knights were
definitely prominent later in London, and had property in Calais about the same
time as John. What effect the loss of Calais to the French had, we can only
guess, but Simon was described as John's cousin and "servant" - he was to
receive £30 to "helpe to be free and freeman in the staple of Calles". Rather
than suggesting he was some sort of bonded servant to John, this would seem to
be assisting him to assume merchant status in Calais. There would be little
difficulty later, if he was the principal inheritor. Simon, or his descendants,
evidently lived on the Devon coast at Dawlish, facilitating commercial interests
abroad. I have not yet located the Kingsmill manorhouse.
The 1958 Thesis by Mr Roberts evidences the usual difficulties over the name.
It seems he misread the grandson status of Simon 1, but provides further
information on the family. What happened to Simon's son Francis? - I see a
Frauncis c later at Dolton in 1634. Also, in
addition to his son Simon, there was another "married" son William. The old
association with the Courtenay family is still evident. He refers
to the Kelly family in Devon.
Hopefully we may be able to track John and Simons family much further - to the
present?
All good stuff.
Warwick
From: Bill Piper
Sent: Mar 9, 2005
Subject: Letter to Mr. Kellwaye May 1607
Folks,
I would like to claim this as my own work, but 'tis not so.
My friend Anita is a local historian with some palaeographical experience, and I
showed her the Kellwaye letter. I did not show her our various
efforts except for a few early pencil marks of my own. See attached her solution
- after two days! She does not guarantee it of course, but this
letter does make a lot of sense. [The blue bits in square brackets are my
additions.]
See if you agree. She hasn't returned my original yet, so I cannot comment.
If you wish to make your own effort first, do as they say when the BBC News
precedes the replay of a football match: "If you don't want to know the result,
look away now."
Bill
Letter to Mr Kellwaye, 5 May 1607
Good Mr Kellwaye yor letter, sent by my cus John Chapel
I have received sorowynge to heare that he prevethe no better
then you wryte of. Wch causethe me to be unwilenge to
have to dooe wth hym either for placynge hym nere mee or
else where. xx l 9s his money hathe been alreadye bestow [20 pounds 9 shillings]
for placinge of hym wch I wishe had be putt to better
use, I have willed him to returne to his brother in lawe
to be placed there as he seemed to undertake to dooe
when he had the x l from you, and that x l was borrowed [10 pounds]
of the money dewe to his sister Alice from Mr Cooke. Mr
Cooke shoulde have pd other x l att Cristmas last and it
to paye nowe att Mydsumer xx l to her brotheres.
I besetche you to bee ernest for the havynges thereof and if
he paye hit not to geve content, I desire you to [not to express satisfaction?]
certyfye me of his omisceene and whether you think [omission?]
not best than to putt hit and Mr Cockorams bonde Mr Sir
made for the payment thereof. For unlesse that money
maye bee had the brotheres have not any lefte for
placynge Mr Michale ?? Nymxe ?? them wch I we be I thincke
of, and a great faulte maye be imputed but ys if
the money may not bee had to supplye there wantes,
wherefore good Mr Kellewaye I besetche you wthe Mr
Peter be ernest wth Mr Cooke that the sume maye be
pd to serve his and oure credyttes. His bondes together
wth the bond that you wryte for, I wyll send by the
next convenient messenger. I thancke you for that
goodwill in wishinge mee a good bargen concernynge the
shyppe you wryte of but trewlye I minde not hereafter [truly]
I troubell my self with any more, and if I did, ye
that wch you wryte of is not fytte for Sr Harborowe
nespete of her byggnes./ And that with much
and my maysters hartye summe account brot you and I yet
good wylle with newe businise of the like thancke for
manye kindnes received I leave to troubell
you this monthe the vth of Maye 1607.
Yours ever to his power.
Tho: Leighe.
From: Bill Piper
Sent: Mar 11, 2005
Subject: George and Sarah
Dear Sherrill,
Yesterday I renewed my reader's ticket at the British Library, so it there is
anything in future that you need me to check I can do it there. (Like the
Library of Congress the BL has a copy of everything that is published, though
you're supposed to try other sources first.) There is an on-line catalogue so
you can check availability and I can reserve the book from home. I had to wait
for an hour to get the book I wanted yesterday.
I am researching another family, Drought, and writing up the story of the Rev
Robert Drought. I discovered by chance that he had had a hand in
producing a book in 1802 which was in the BL. It's a translation of Greek poems
by his cousin. The foreword contains a biography of his cousin, so I
couldn't let that pass, especially as I states that I am descended from the
bastard son of Louis XIV.
The transcription took me another hour, so it was well into the afternoon when I
got to the SoG. What the SoG has that London Met. Archives does not is/are
indexes. I found that George Kellaway married Sarah Sargant at St George in the
Borough (i.e. St George Southwark) in 1788.
There's no certainty that's our family, but it fits so neatly, we must regard it
as highly likely. These churches are within walking distance of
each other in an area that at the time was densely populated.
(Actually I got that from Pallett's index at Ancestry.com!) That's how Sarah's
surname is spelt, and I wonder if the "g" should be soft.
Unfortunately the SoG does not have the registers or the film thereof, and by
that time it was too late to go up to the Archives. So that is for "next
time", in the hope that the entry gives enough information to proceed further.
I believe that Thomas (son of the hoped-for George and Sarah) had no siblings
baptised at St Mary, Newington.
Best wishes.
Bill
From: Sherrill Williams
Sent: Mar 13, 2005
Subject: Will of George Kellaway, Carpenter, St Mary, Newington - 1816
This afternoon I purchased and
downloaded from NA (PRO) the will of George Kellaway, Carpenter of St Mary
Newington, dated 8 Feb 1816. I believe this is our man. His wife was Sarah; he
had 2 sons: Thomas and George. He had a fair amount of property by freehold and
leasehold, from the profits of which he bequeathed his wife Sarah one hundred
pounds annually. His property seemed to be situated around Walworth. I have
transcribed all but a page and a half (a lot of legalize). I may need some help
with locations of the property, and the names of tenants and his Trustees and
Executors. I will send a transcription as soon as I finish and get it typed up.
I will also attempt to send a copy of the actual will (I think it "saved" okay,
but have not checked that out). With Bill's find of the marriage of George
Kellaway to Sarah Sargant (with a "soft G")in 1788, we are making progress. Now
we need to find some record of "son George" around Surrey. Thanks to Lesley for
the list of Kellaway wills. I went to the NA website and searched on all the C/K
spellings I could think of. Got a number of interesting will references, many
duplicates of wills we already have, but also some other interesting ones. Will
try to type up a list for you shortly.
Sherrill
From: Sherrill Williams
Sent: Mar 15, 2005
Subject: More PCC wills
Attached you will find a few other wills
relative to Saint Mary Newington "K" residents. Perhaps these will help, or
confuse - but we are trying.
Sherrill
PCC Wills
County Surrey
Will of John Kellaway, 1832 (PROB 22/1854 = film # PRO/NA)
The Last Will and Testament of me John Kellaway of Providence Street Walworth Common within the parish of Saint Mary Newington in the County of Surrey carpenter I give devise and bequeath unto my beloved wife Ann whom I have lately married and who before her marriage with me was called Ann Pitcher all my Estate and Effects whatsoever that I shall be possessed of or be anywise entitled unto at the time of my decease To hold unto my wife and her executors administrators and assigns for her and their own use and I do hereby pronounce constitute and appoint my said wife Ann whole and sole Executrix of this my last will and Testament In witness whereof I the said John Kellaway the testator have hereunto set my hand and seal the tenth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two John Kellaway (SS)
Signed sealed published and ordained by the said John Kellaway the testator and for his last will and Testament in the presence of us -- Thos. Rickabe -- John Pearnvine [Pearmine?]
Proved at London 11th November 1835 before the worshipful Tesot? Acogiou? (impossible name) Doctor of Laws and Surrogate by the oath of Ann Kelway widow the Relict the sole Executrix to whom administration was granted having been first sworn duly to administer. -
NOTE: Could this be the “brother John” mentioned in by George Kellaway in his will?
The Will of Robert Kellaway, 1847 PROB 11/2066
The last Will and Testament of me Robert Kellaway of South Street Walworth in the Parish of Saint Mary Newington in the county of Surrey Builder and Carpenter I give and bequeath unto my Brother John Kellaway my horse and cart together with all my stock in trade and what household furniture I possess To hold unto my said Brother John to and for his own use benefit and disposal all the rest residue and remainder of my Estate and effects whatsoever both real and personal that I shall be possessed of or be anywise entitled unto at the time of my death I give devise and bequeath unto all my brothers and sisters that is to say my Brothers George Kellaway and William Kellaway, Edwin Kellaway, John Kellaway, Frederick Kellaway and Walter Kellaway and my sisters Sarah Kellaway, Amelia Kellaway, Fanny Kellaway, Jemima Kellaway and Eliza Kellaway their heirs executors administrators and assigns equally to be divided amongst them share and share alike, my freehold or real estate to be vetted in them as joint tenants and not as tenants in common and I hereby direct that the several shares and interests of my brothers Frederick and Walter and my sisters Jemima and Eliza of and in the rents issues and profits of any said real and personal Estate shall from time to time during their respective minorities be taken for them by my said Brothers George and John and invested in the public funds or placed out at interest for them until they shall respectively attain the age of twenty one years and then to be paid over to them respectively as they attain that age and in event of any or other of them dying without attaining the age of twenty one years the share and interest of him her or them so dying shall go to the survivor or survivors and I hereby nominate constitute and appoint my said brothers George and John joint Executors of this my last will and Testament In witness whereof I the said Robert Kellaway the Testator have hereunto set my hand and seal the seventeenth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty seven == Robert Kellaway (SS)
Signed sealed published and declared by the said Robert Kellaway the Testator as and for his last Will and Testament in the presence of us who in his presence have subscribed our names as witnesses hereto == Eliza Brownnutt, Maria Brownnutt, Jas. Kingdon
Proved at London 3rd day [month omitted] 1847 before the worshipful Alfred Waddilovo an docto: of Laws and Surrogate by the oaths of George Kellaway and John Kellaway the Brothers the Executors to whom Admon. was granted having been first sworn duly to administer.
The Will of Joseph Kelway, 1770 PROB 11/962
This is the Last Will and Testament of me Joseph Kelway of the parish of Saint Mary Newington in the county of Surrey Victualler being weak and infirm of body but of sound mind and memory made this Eighteenth day of December one thousand seven hundred and seventy First I desire that my body may be decently buried at the discretion of my Executrix herein named and as it hath not pleased God to bless me with much of the Goods of this World I can only give to my children my blessing committing them to his providence and Grace of God. I give and bequeath unto my loving wife Alice Kelway all my Goods chattells and Estate whatsoever and wheresoever of what Kind or quality soever from and after payment of all my just debts funeral expenses and all the necessary charges attending the Execution of this my Will for her sole use and benefit Lastly I hereby make ordain and appoint my said wife Alice Kelway sole Executrix of this my Will hereby revoking and making void all former and other wills by me at any time heretofore made and declare this to be my last will In Witness wheeof I the said Testator Joseph Kelway have hereunto set my hand and seal the day and year above written - Joseph Kelway
Signed sealed and declared by the said Testator Joseph Kelway as and for his last will and Testament in the presence of us who in his presence and in the presence of each other Subscribe our hands as Witnesses thereto
Geo. Hill Thomas Early
This Will was proved at London the twenty fourth Day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy before the Worshipful George Harris Doctor of Laws and Surrogate of the Right Worshipful George Gray Doctor of Laws Master Keeper or commissary of the prerogative court of Canterbury lawfully constituted by the oath of Alice Kelway widow the Relict and sole Executrix named in the said Will to whom administration was granted of all and Singular the Goods Chattells and credits of the deceased having been first Sworn duly to administer.
NOTE: While Joseph was lamenting his lack of the World’s Goods, he certainly must have held property in order to qualify his will to be proved at the PCC. Who can this guy be?
From: Sherrill Williams
Sent: Mar 15, 2005
Subject: More PCC wills
Great, Bill
I thought those names were the least important part of the documents - and
figured we could find a list of those "Doctors of Laws" somewhere on the web
if necessary.
I turned up in my Access to Archives printouts some refences to Robert K (the
Builder & Carpenter). At the London Metro Archives are the papers of Balch and
Balch (Estate Agents). In those files B/BAL/06/002-006 are references to some
buildings built by Robert. B/BAL/06/002 - date 18 June 1845: "Parcel of land
on eastern side of Kender Street and other part which fronts Mason Street, in
parish of St Paul, Deptford,
Surrey, with 7 messuages erected by Robert Kellaway, part of which is over a
way or passage.......... Robert was "carpenter, of South Street, Walworth,
Surrey." These are dated 1845-1847, shortly before his death. Apparently he
was a major builder. Wonder if any of these buildings have survived?
Sherrill
--- Bill Piper wrote:
Sherrill,
That's marvellous. Lots of names there. May I see Tesot? Acogiou? How about
Georgiou or Geogiou ? Quite a common Greek name.
Bill
From: Pat
and David Scott
Sent: Mar 16, 2005
Subject: Walworth map
Try this map if any problems
try:
http://www.ideal-homes.org.uk/images/southwark/walworth/map-01048-1625.jpg
You can enlarge this and it is readable.
David & Pat
From: Sherrill Williams
Sent: Mar 17, 2005
Subject: More PCC wills
I figured all those buildings would be lost
to the bombs, as well as modern clean-up of slums, widening roads, etc. My
technical question I was intending to ask, and Bruce alluded to is - who was
the property owner(s) in this area - from whom the leases were made? I have
browsed around and don't find any information about the original "holders"
of Southwark area parish lands.
Sherrill
From: Bill Piper
Sent: Mar 17, 2005
Subject: More PCC wills
Drat, I spent all that time yesterday failing
to find anything on a modern map, and look what you came up with!
I think that you'll find that the depredations of the motor car and of the
second world war, plus enthusiasm for changing things, will have eliminated
any ordinary buildings from the beginning of the 19th century. For another
family branch I checked a street, still named, in Euston, London, only to
find that the whole street had been moved! The original one (and my
ancestors' home) was buried under Euston railway station. That's not all:
the home where I was born, and the paddock where I played, in suburban
Melbourne are now under a freeway. It's a weird and unpleasant experience to
be confronted with that!
Still, I attach the map I drew showing the
south London churches. (I you need another format, I can think of one.)
The church I can't find is St Mary Newington. No doubt another victim of
development. Nevertheless, I'll keep investigating.
Bill
From: Bill Piper
Sent: Mar 17, 2005
Subject: Piddlehinton (later)
In case anyone is still interested,
I find I have the following records, all in Piddlehinton register:
Baptisms
29 Apr 1744 Purdon Crew, dau of James and Lucy Kellaway (unforgettable!)
1746 Margaret, dau of James and Lucy Kellaway
29 Jun 1747 Lucy, dau of James and Lucy Kellaway
30 Nov 1748 Susanna Ann, dau of James and Lucy Kellaway
27 Jan 1750 Ann, dau of James and Lucy Kellaway
12 Mar 1754 Susanna dau of James and Lucy Kellaway
10 Oct 1756 Mary, dau of James and Lucy Kellaway
14 Jun 1764 Catherine Crew, dau of Sylvanus & Margaret Greville
(work that one out)
Burials
31 May 1764 James Kellaway, (spouse: Lucy)
18 Oct 1864 Miss Purdon Crew Kellaway
There was quite a clan of
Kellaways at Piddlehinton. Piddlehinton is about 8 Km NE of Dorchester, and a
few Km south of Piddletrenthide. A short distance away at Tolpuddle, a group of
ag labs were transported in 1827 for trying to form a trade union. (Oh, you know
all that.) Later the area became known as Hardy country.
Bill
From: Bill Piper
Sent: Mar 17, 2005
Subject: will of the widow Lucy Kellaway of Lambeth
I purchased the will of the widow
Lucy Kellaway of Lambeth, in the hope that (being nearby) she might prove to be
the mother of our George. No
luck I'm afraid. She and the late James had six daughters. If anyone is missing
a family from Puddletown or Piddlehinton in Dorset
(Warwick?), this might be for you. (If anyone wants the PDF original, let me
know.)
Bill
Will of Lucy Kellaway, widow of Lambeth, 1782 (PROB 11/1096)
This is the last Will and Testament of me Lucy Kellaway of Puddlelinton in the county of Dorset but now of Lambeth in the county of Surry widow whereas my late husband James Kellaway, late of Puddlelinton aforesaid, gentleman, deceased, in and by his last will and Testament bearing date the sixteentheth day of April one thousand seven hundred sixty four gave and devised to me by the description of his well beloved Wife Lucy and to his good friend Mr William Templeman all his lands called West Little Puddle Estate with all its rights members[?] and appurtenances thereto belonging and all his Lands adjoining thereto being in the several parishes of Puddletown and Puddlelinton aforesaid to holdto me the said Lucy Kellaway and William Templeman our heirs and assigns for ever upon Trust to sell and dispose thereof in manner therein mentioned and out of the monies arising therefrom to pay off and discharge all his debts and legacies as his personal Estate and Effects would not pay off and discharge and that the residue thereof should be placed out on Covenant on good Securities on the following Trusts Viz to permit me the said Lucy Kellaway his said dear wife to receive the Interest and Produce thereof for and during the Life of me the said Lucy Kellaway and after my decease or in my lifetime if thought proper that the said residue or remaining principal shown to be paid unto his six daughters therein before mentioned in such shares and proportions as the said Lucy Kellaway by my last will and Testament signed in the presence of two credible Witnesses or by any Writing thus so signed and attested should direct or in default thereof that the said remaining principal Sum should be paid and divided to and amongst all his said daughters share and share alike now if [?] the said Lucy Kellaway do by this my will executed in the presence of two or more persons subscribed thereto as witnesses by virtue of the said power in the will of my said late Husband and of all other powers enabling me thereto and do hereby give and bequeath unto my daughter Lucy Kellaway is sum of three hundered pounds and unto my daughter Mary Kellaway the sum of three hundred an thirty to be paid to them respectively within twelve months next after my decease out of the money to arise by Sale of the aforementioned Lands and premises devised by the Will of the said James Kellaway upon the uses and trusts as aforesaid and from and after payment of the said several sums of three hundred pounds and three hundred and thirty pounds respectively I give devise and bequeath all the rest residue and remainder of the monies to arise by Sale of the said Lands and premises and all other my estates both real and personal wheresoever and whatsoever and of what nature or kindsoever unto my three daughters Lucy Kellaway Susannah the wife of Thomas Moggs Esquire and Mary Kellaway their executors administrators and assigns equally to be divided between them share and share alike as to the Real Estates to take as Tenants in Common and I make constitute and appoint my three Daughters Lucy Kellaway Susannah the wife of the said Thomas Moggs and Mary Kellaway Executixes of this my will hereby revoking all former Wills by me at any time heretofore made in Witness whereof I the said Lucy Kellaway the Testatrix have to this my last will and Testament and also to a duplicate thereof set my hand and seal the sixteenth day of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty -- Lucy Kellaway --signed sealed published and declared by the above named Testatrixes [sig] and for her last will and Testament in the presence of us who in her presence and in the presence of each other and at her request have subscribed our names as witnesses thereto -- Thos Foss Strand London, Stepn Phillimore Lambeth Surry Christ. Hull Temple London.Puddlelinton is probably Piddlehinton. Local maps show the River Puddle as well as Puddletown and a valley called Puddle Bottom.
Thank you Bill, particularly for the will of Lucy of Piddlehinton.
http://www.ideal-homes.org.uk/southwark/walworth.htm
Two whole days, and this is all I have to offer! The wealthy builder George Kellaway (died 1816) of Walworth ( who is of so much of interest as being a likely (later) cousin of the 1640 Peter of America because of DNA analysis of George's descendants (so far only from Cecil Kellaway's nephew Peter (Kellaway) Moss), is really taxing us.
Warwick, were there other Kellaways in the All Saint's, Dorchester register? Like everyone else, I am wondering why it was decided to bury George there. I have nothing on C/K from All Saints, Dorchester. I still marvel at our good fortune to learn that the register says George was "born Walworth." That is pure luck.
Newington, Surrey
1813 George Thomas Kellaway s/o Thomas & Esther C Jan 17
1815 Amelia Kellaway d/o Thomas & Esther C Oct 25
1816 Edward Callaway & Hannah Ingram M April 28
1816 Emily Louisa Callaway & William Edward Wagstaff M June 23
1816 Sophia Ann Callaway & Phillip Coe M April 28
1822 Bartholomew Calway & Sarah Nicholls M March 2
1822 James Calway & Ann Lye M May 23
1822 Eliza Callaway d/o John & Ann C Sept 4
1827 John Kellaway & Christiana Currie M May 20
1830 Susannah Callaway & Thomas France M July 9
1832 Sophia Augusta Calloway & Evan Hughes M Aug 20
1833 Ann Henrietta Callaway d/o John & Ann C Feb 6
1833 James Henry Callaway s/o Samuel & Elizabeth C Nov 24
1834 Rosa Callaway d/o Samuel & Elizabeth C Oct 12
1835 Frederick Kellaway s/o Thomas & Esther C Jan 25
1835 Jemima Kellaway d/o Thomas & Esther C Jan 25
1835 Mary Ann Callaway & Thomas Hall M Aug 24
1835 George Thomas Kellaway & Mary Ann Lindley Pitcher M Nov 29
1836 Richard Callaway s/o Samuel & Elizabeth C Nov 27
1817 Edward Callaway s/o Edward & Hannah C June 15
1819 Mary Kellaway d/o John & Ann C Oct 3
1821 George Thomas Callaway s/o Edward & Elizabeth C July 29
1823 Elizabeth Catherine Callaway d/o Edward & Elizabeth C Jan 5
1823 Jane Ann Callaway d/o John & Elizabeth C May 18
1824 Henry Callaway s/o Edward & Elizabeth C Jan 12
1834 Mary Ann Callaway d/o Edward & Elizabeth C Jan 12
1825 James Charles Callaway s/o Edward C Dec 25
1828 Sarah Callaway & James Hand M May 4
1836 John Callaway s/o John & Mary C June 5
1861 Charlotte Kellaway & James Sear M March 3
1873 Mark Calway & Harriet Tully M April 16
1834 Ann Calway & James Bowes Kitchner M Sept 23
1802 Peter Calway [parents not listed] C Sept 17
1846 Edwin Lauriston Kellaway s/o Thomas & Esther C April 26
1846 Eliza Kellaway s/o Thomas & Esther C April 26
1846 John Lauriston Kellaway s/o Thomas & Esther C April 29
1847 Fanny Kellaway d/o Thomas & Esther C Nov 7
1622 Jeffery Calloway & Joane Wood M Dec 20
1691 Elizabeth Calloway d/o Richard & Elizabeth C April 12
1760 Thomas Callaway & Kezia Summers M July 6
1776 Susanna Callaway & Thomas Laman M Nov 5
1789 John Callaway & Sarah Jones M Dec 8
1790 Elizabeth Callaway d/o John & Sarah C Dec 5
1791 Mary Ann Callaway d/o John & Sarah C May 26
1798 Martha Callaway d/o John & Sarah C Oct 21
1815 Mary Callaway & William Burt M Jan 17
1606? Mary Kellaway & Anthony Finch M July 16
1767 James Calloway [parents not stated] C July 5
1776 Jane Callerway [parents not stated] C Feb ?
1778 Eliz. Mary Callaway & Wm Gitford M Nov 8
1797 Ann Callaway d/o James & Sarah C Sept 17
1803 Joseph Callaway s/o James & Sarah C Oct 9
1805 John Joseph Callaway s/o Joseph & Elizabeth C Oct 27
1809 Joseph Thomas Callaway s/o Joseph & Elizabeth C April 30
1811 Richard James Callaway s/o Joseph & Jane C March 17
1813 John Callaway & Ann Richards M Aug 1
1817 Eliza Ann Callaway d/o James & Elizabeth C April 30
1818 Margaret Callaway & John Langley M Jan 27
1818 Sarah Calloway & William Wickham M Jan 27
1818 John Callaway s/o James & Sarah C July 1
1820 Lidia Calloway d/o William & Charlotte C Jan 2
1820 Lucy Calloway d/o William & Charlotte C Jan 2
1820 Ellen Calleway d/o Thomas & Ellen C June 16
1821 Jane Eliza Callaway d/o Joseph & Jane C May 13
1823 Sophia Kelloway & Francis Joseph Vidsaller M July 13
1823 Allen Marshall Callaway s/o Thomas & Ellen C Nov 16
1827 Allison Callaway s/o Thomas & Ellen C Dec 19
1828 Elizabeth Calloway d/o Frederick & Elizabeth (Champ) C May 11
1809 Elizabeth Ann Callaway d/o William & Charlotte C Sept 10
1811 Eleanor Bond Callaway d/o William & Charlotte C Nov 6
1839 Eliza Callaway d/o Frederick & Elizabeth C Feb 17
1852 Ann Callaway & George Andrew Lance M Sept 9
1801 William Callaway & Charlotte Avant M May 21
1803 William Callaway & Emily Nicholson M Jan 3
1816 John Callaway & Ann Jarvis M Dec 12
1820 Edward William Callaway s/o Edward & Elizabeth C March 12
1829 Maria Callaway & Hugh Jeboult M Jan 22
1834 Mary Ann Callaway d/o George Thomas & Mary Ann C Nov 3
1842 Emily Sarah Callaway d/o George Thomas & Mary Ann C Aug 28
1816 Mary Ann Callaway d/o John & Ann C Jan 14
1818 John Callaway s/o John & Ann C March 8
1822 Eliza Norman Callaway d/o John & Sarah C Aug 4
1823 John Thomas Callaway s/o John & Sarah C April 13
1823 James Rogers Calaway s/o Bartholomew & Sarah C May 11
1825 Phillipina Ann Calloway d/o John & Sarah C Oct 16
1827 James Charles Bawden Callaway s/o John & Sarah C Oct 7
1830 Phillipa Sarah Callaway d/o John & Sarah C Jan 10
1861 Anne Louisa Callaway d/o Frederick C April 25
1863 Phebe Callaway d/o Thomas Frederick & Ann C April 26
[Note: Phillimore’s Index does not list a St. John, Walworth. This may be an error for St Peter........OR?]
From: Warwick Kellaway
Sent: Mar 23, 2005
Subject: Walworth
Sherrill
Thank you for the Index of Registers.
St Mary Newington appears the most fertile area in Newington for George's
birth. As regards Dorset, I am attaching a section of the latest version
of my treatise on Upwey/Broadwey, which included Piddlehinton. (Not the
whole 15 pages). Another 12 pages cover the Hilton/Wool area, and I am
working on other areas, although more research seems needed towards
Hampshire, perhaps now into the Colways in the west.
My research was from the LDS PRs, for all
of Dorset - commonly read from their 8mm microfilms with a magnifying
glass - but frustratingly usually only back to about 1730, for most
parishes. I see that Piddlehinton PRs are claimed available back to 1539,
but understand there are major gaps. Conveniently at the key dates! The
Kellaways were thick in the area around Piddlehinton, but most
particularly in Charminster, Godmanstone, and Piddlehinton itself. There
were not many at Dorchester or Puddletown, and I only found one, Agnes,
buried at Piddletrenthide in 1731. They were also thick around Broadwey,
Abbotsbury and Long Bredy further south, Chetnole and Yetminster to the
west, Sherborne, Longburton and Bishops Caundle in the north, Winterborne
Kingston, Hilton and Wool to the east.
Numbers diminished seriously in most areas during the 1700s and 1800s,
many altogether, Sherborne and Winterborne Kingston particularly, and
except perhaps in the east. The numbers around Melcombe Bingham and
Dewlish in the 1500s were very interesting, but they were not there
later. There seems a similar situation at Stalbridge and Marnhull.
The particular interest is of course with Walworth George, and while I
admit I have a fixation with the Piddlehinton family, it still looks to
me the most likely family source. I suggest his father was either a
George, or Thomas - and there are strong possibilities in Piddlehinton,
including a brother John. (I remain puzzled over George's children being
baptised as near adults - does not seem right some how - the only thought
I have is perhaps they were c in another faith, and confirmed into the C
of E, but that would normally be recorded. If we were looking at the 1841
census however, the ages could be inaccurate.)
I think we need to approach some of our Dorset people to get into the
Dorset RO.
Warwick
(Nicholas Kellaway c 1540-1594)
The family of Thomas Kelway, of Piddlehinton, son of Nicholas and Jone Kellaway
of Forston and Charminster:
1 Thomas Kelway c1570
· The family of Thomas and - Kelway
of Piddlehinton, Dorset:
1.1 Thomas Kelway c1600 m Susan Loman at Piddlehinton 1628
1.2 Christopher Kelway c1600 m Alice Symonds at Piddlehinton 1630
1.3
John
Kelway c1610-1676
· The family of Thomas and Susan Kelway
of Piddlehinton, Dorset:
1.1.1 Christopher Kelway 1631-1663
1.1.2 Thomas Kelway 1634
1.1.3 Robert Kelway 1637
· The family of John and - Kellaway
of Piddlehinton, Dorset:
1.3.1 Christopher Kelway c1640
1.3.2 Robert Kelway 1641
1.3.3 Rafe Kelway 1642-1642
1.3.4 John Kelway 1644
· The family of Thomas and - Kelway
of Piddlehinton, Dorset:
1.1.2.1 Nicholas Kelway c1665-1716
1.1.2.2 Thomas Kelway c1670-1737
1.1.2.3 John Kelway c1670-1733
It is not certain to which family Nicholas belonged, but Thomas and John were the sons of Thomas.
It also appears that Thomas also had a son Thomas, who is very probably the later Thomas of Bexington.
· The family of Nicholas and - Kelway
of Piddlehinton Dorset:
1.1.2.1.1 Christopher Kelway c1690-1716 may have m Lydia (d 1754)
1.1.2.1.2 Paull Kelway c1695-1731
1.1.2.1.3 John Kelway c1700-1774 m Elizabeth/Betty - (Mrs Elizabeth
when she died in 1768)
1.1.2.1.4 Mary Kelway c1700 m Thomas Young?
1.1.2.1.5 Anna Kelway c1710
The John here is presumed to be from this family.
There was also another John,
with wife Sarah, in Piddlehinton at the same time. The John senior who
died in 1732 may have been the father
of this second John.
Christopher, described as a Yoeman, died in 1764.
Jane and Mary from
Piddlehinton, married James Jeans and John Payne, respectively, in
Dorchester in 1731 and 1736. They may have been
from this family.
Also here was widow Lydia,
who died in 1754. She could have been the wife of Christopher or Paull.
Unfortunately the PRs are missing
for the vital years from 1700 to 1730, and it is difficult to place some
of these family members.
(The name Lydia is unusual in
the family, although William Thomas Calloway/Kellaway had a daughter Lydia
by his first wife Elizabeth,
presumably born on the Isle of Wight. He also had a brother Christopher c
on the island.
Although there is no
indication the Christopher married, or had children, if Christopher and
Lydia had been his grandparents, that could
explain why he “returned” to Dorset.)
· Family of Paul and - Kellaway of Piddlehinton:
1.1.2.1.2.1 James Kellaway c1720-1764 m Lucy -
1.1.2.1.2.2 Nicholas Kellaway c1725-1783
1.1.2.1.2.3 Elizabeth Kellaway c1725 m Thomas Young
“Mr” Nicholas of Sturminster
died in 1783. He does not appear to have had any family in Piddlehinton.
He was in dispute with James
widow Lucy, who died later in London.
Mrs Dorothy had been “brought back” from Witchampton in 1781, and could have been the wife of Nicholas.
James and Nicholas appear to have represented the senior family.
· Family of John and Elizabeth/Betty Kellaway
of Piddlehinton, Dorset:
1.1.2.1.3.1 John Kellaway 1731-1731
1.1.2.1.3.2 George Kellaway 1733 m Mary Read in 1771 (she died 1793)
1.1.2.1.3.3 John Kellaway 1735
1.1.2.1.3.4 Thomas Kellaway 1739
1.1.2.1.3.5 William Kellaway 1746
John, Thomas and William, all appear to have left Piddlehinton.
It is interesting that at
Bishops Caundle to the north, there were another John and Elizabeth, with
son George c in 1733, and later a
John and Sarah. The latter family however appear to have used Biblical
names, such as Abraham, Jacob and Esau.
(Johns remain a problem to place.)
· Family of Mr James and Lucy Kellaway
of Piddlehinton, Dorset:
1.1.2.1.2.1.1 Purdon Crew Kellaway 1744-1764 Unusually described as “much loved”
when “Miss” Purdon Crew died at 20.
1.1.2.1.2.1.2 Margaret Kellaway 1746 m Sylvanus Greville Esq. in 1764
1.1.2.1.2.1.3 Lucy Kellaway 1747
1.1.2.1.2.1.4 Susanna Ann Kellaway 1748-1748
1.1.2.1.2.1.5 Anne Kellaway 1750 m Ambrose Ridout in 1777
1.1.2.1.2.1.6 Susanna Kellaway 1754
1.1.2.1.2.1.7 Mary Kellaway 1756
This family appears to have had some importance in the area. Presumably involved with farming, the land was leasehold. There were no sons.
In the 1700s Piddlehinton
names were often preceded by a Mr or Mrs, when they died. Mr Paul in
1731, Mr James in 1764,
Mrs Elizabeth in 1768, Mrs Dorothy (brought back from Witchampton) in
1781, Mr Nicholas in 1783.
· Family of John and Sarah Kellaway
of Piddlehinton, Dorset:
2.1 Mary Kellaway 1737
2.2 Ann Kellaway 1742-1800
2.3 Lydia Kellaway c1740 m John Stone in 1763
It is not clear who this
family descended from, presumably however a younger branch of the
Piddlehinton family. It does seem that
John senior, who died in 1732, may have been the father of John. The
family did not have the resources of the other Piddlehinton people,
Sarah leaving £50 to her daughters Ann and Lydia in 1775. Again no sons.
Piddlehinton names are very
similar to those of Bexington and Abbotsbury in particular, but as the
Charminster and Piddlehinton
families were both descended from Nicholas of Forston in the late 1500s,
it is perhaps not surprising.
John Down Kellaway, of Winterborne Abbas (the Bexington family), was the holder of freehold lands in Piddlehinton in the 1838 Register of Voters.
Suggesting a family connection, if not inheritance.
Earlier Thomas and Jane of Bexington had a daughter Mary buried at Piddlehinton in 1736.
With regard to Upwey and
Broadwey, George c1615-1663 could have married twice, if Joanne was
his widow of one year. He could
have had sons by an earlier marriage, one of whom had Henry c at Turners
Puddle in 1665. But there is no evidence of George’s father,
in Broadwey or elsewhere.
The William Kellaway,
commander of the South Seas Company Slaver that caught fire off
Newfoundland in 1727, came from Upwey.
As presumably did the mate Ralph, and ship’s boy Robert, who did not
survive.
Henry Kellaway junior of
Broadwey had a Negro servant aged 18, George Pugarron, christened in
1733. Presumably born about 1700,
his father Henry senior would have been born around 1670, about the same
time as William’s father.
We can presume the origin of George Pugarron.
From: Warwick Kellaway
Sent: Jun 15, 2005
Subject: Musgraves Obituaries
Hi all
I get a few genealogical magazines through the local society. The Family
History Monthly has had CDs attached recently. (Tantalising
bait to get you to buy, and I see Family Tree is doing the same thing). In
one (May I think) they had pages and pages (about 400 each of the
first three volumes of six) of "Musgraves Obituaries". They say before
1800, and going back to 1421 (I think further). Unfortunately only an
index, but somewhere there must be the originals. Have had to send the
magazine on, but found these:
VOL I page 330:
Callaway Wm Tn Clerk @ Kingston 10 Dec 1793
(EM 487, GM 1152)
Calloway Alicia Enfield 12 May 1794
(GM 485)
Callwey Wm (Sir) KB 1501
(No reference, but obviously not an obit.)
Vol III pages 355-7:
Kellaway Jane
(MS)
Kellaway John of Gt Ormond St 20 June 1769
(GM 519)
Kellaway John 10 Aug 1770
(LM 434)
Kellaway Robt Surgeon 13 May 1725
(HRC 21, 23) also
Kelleway Robt Surgeon May 1725 Vide Kelleway
(HRC 23)
Kellaway Rob Proprietor of Tilbury Waters
17 Sept 1737 (GM 574) also
Kellaway - messr. to the Victualling Office
6 Apr 1732 (GM 724)
Kellaway - Brig. General 4 Jan 1738
(LM 49, Gm 52)
Kelloway - Brig General Jan 1738 Vide Kelloway
(HRC 23)
Kellawe Rich de BP Durham 9 Oct 1316
(Neve's Fasti 348)
Some are not obituaries, and one obviously is pre 1421. Are available from
Archive CD Books for £29.95 a set - a bit beyond me - but presumably can
be found somewhere else? Could be something there we do not yet know
about. We have heard about that General before, and a couple of others.
Wonder what was said about Sir William?
Regards
Warwick
Good morning Friends,
Good morning Sherrill
It is interesting that we have returned to the origins of Robert W&L. I am much taken by Sherrill's reasoning that his dates 1497-1581 should probably read c.1507-1581 which would conveniently slot subsequent events in his life into our recorded facts, however that we have to fiddle with a few years, is probably down to the lad himself, who has been shown more than once to play a little fast and loose with the truth. It is possible that a closer examination of his tomb in the Exton Parish Church (something that I have been endeavouring to organise) may reveal something more than the fact that he co-opted the Rockbourne Arms to himself and not that of the other branches of the family!
Just a point of clarification
Your "Details Regarding Nicholas Kellaway of Sherbourne/Charminster" received with increasing interest. Will require much study, however two points immediately spring to mind which may be able to be perused by your researcher on the ground viz.
From: Sherrill
Williams
Sent: Jun 21, 2005
Subject: Robert of W. & L. - Revisiting
Very interesting. How does that relate to the fact that Sir William (1st Knight) had a tenement in the "city of Winchester" which John, his s & h was licensed to enter - 1509?
Here is a copy of the Inquisition Post Mortem of John Kayleway, Esq. [of Cullompton, Devon] -
Marvelous information Sherrill.
My apologies to Brian who first provided this pic from Sherbourne Abbey some years ago which I copied and showed on a presentation at the CFA meeting in Baltimore. I was prompted to review what we had on John of Collumpton by the recent exchange between Warwick and Sherrill on this guy.
From: Sherrill Williams
Sent: Jun 22, 2005
Subject: Thomas C/K
When Thomas C/K
(said to be father of William (1st Knight) was
presenting at Sutton Bingham, 1407-1424, he was listed
as "ar." That suggests to me that the COA was awarded
well prior to the "antics" at Sherborne Abbey. Thomas
died c1424 and his widow,
Joan (the Bisset & Bingham heir) married Roger Wyke,
who then immediately began "presenting" at Sutton
Bingham for a few years until wife Joan died. At that
point Wyke lost his "right" to present at Sutton
Bingham. I assume Joan's property reverted to her
heirs at that point. We need to figure out this early
Thomas, and who his ancestors were.
Sherrill
From: Warwick Kellaway
Sent: Jun 22, 2005
Subject: Thomas C/K
Yes midnight now,
but there almost certainly were C/K arms at that time.
But what were they? Maybe they changed some time in
the next 50-100 years. Not sure that there were any
similar fruity/glassy arms around 1400 - could have
been the chevron and leopards heads?
Think William's father was John in his will, but I
suspect his uncle was Thomas, and may have had no
family, hence the inheritance. And possibly the
reason for the lack of mention in the Pedigrees, and
total confusion over who was William and who was
Thomas, that followed.
Warwick
From:
Sherrill Williams
Sent: Jun 22, 2005
Subject: Principal C/K families
I think the question
should be, what was John, son of Robert of Lillington,
doing over in Wiltshire? His roots were clearly with
the Sheborne clan of Dunesweston/Stalbridge Weston. He
seems to be the one who strayed off. Well, Thomas
married the Bisset/Bingham heiress, and
that is why Sir John's COA is quartered with those
families COAs. Would the arms have been changed since
Thomas bore them? We still don't understand the
significance of the "glazier's nippers" but perhaps
there is an explanation for the pears. Could the
family have been "glaziers" back in Normandy? The
early history of glassmaking in England is vague.
Sherrill
From: Geoff
Callaway
Sent: Jun 22, 2005
Subject: Westgate Coat of Arms
SUDDENLY A VERITABLE CAT AMONGST THE PIGEONS!
Dear Mr. Callaway
Dr G T Denford, Principal Curator, Winchester
Museums Service
Historic Resources Centre, 75 Hyde Street,
Winchester SO23 7DW
Tel: 01962 848396 Fax: 01962 848299
E-mail: gdenford at winchester.gov.uk
Hi all,
All sorts in the
mail today. The Wiltshire Webb one is
promising, especially with Edward, Robert and
Thomas.
From: Sherrill
Williams
Sent: Jun 24, 2005
Subject: COA
Interesting. Get ready, I am
preparing to re-open our discussion on
those visitation pedigrees of the
so-called Stalbridge C/K family. There
is something erroneous about the
"visitations" which we need to get
settled, by using "official" documents.
Re: the Wiltshire COA quarterings: A
heraldry book I read and made copies
from about Wiltshire COAs labels the
arms that everyone thinks is the Barret
COA as the ELLIS
arms. There is a mix-up in the ancestry
regarding the Barrets and Cammells. We
must resolve this before we can "file"
this family away. The web offers little
information on Barret; there is more
available on the Cammells, but not much.
Stay tuned.
Sherrill
From: Warwick
Kellaway
Sent: Jun 24, 2005
Subject: COA
Great Sherrill
Look forward to more information.
Although I have several books on
Heraldry, they are all general, and I
never discovered anything relevant,
familywise. Tried to search very
early documents - 1400 and earlier - but
found nothing - certainly
nothing with anything like pears and
grosing irons.
One particular to Wiltshire would be
good. Does it refer to the family
arms today, or those held in the early
times? Could be differences.
I have found errors in recent
historical/heritage publications -
probably nearly as many as the older
publications, and really would have
expected the original Pedigrees to be
the most accurate in that regard,
as they related directly to the owners
of the COA in the 15-1600s.
Possibly however the transcripts we have
today have had later comments
inserted.
I no longer have access to the Pedigrees
of course, but would have
thought if they referred to the arms of
a particular family, it would
have been reasonably correct. Is it
possible that the Barrets and
Ellises were the same family? (We have
a situation like that with our
Staffords and Westons.)
There could be some problems with the
relationship between Barrets and
Cammels, as the period that concerns us
was around 1400, some time
before the Pedigrees were produced, much
more the County Histories. As
both branches of the families concerned
were absorbed by the C/K lot
then, little would continue to the
present day.
The Stalbridge family were from a second
son, and were present when the
Pedigrees were produced, but definitely
had some relevance to where we
are searching in later Dorset and
Somerset, whereas I would expect the
senior family of Robert to be in
Wiltshire.
Warwick
Thank you Bruce for that series of additional notes.
Revisited Google most of the day in an attempt to sort out the origin of the C/K COA, which has plagued us for yonks. No further ahead except to establish that they originally may have not been Glaziers or manufacturers of glass, but patrons of a Guild of Glaziers. These Guilds which subsequently much later merged into the Worshipful Company, were in existence since before the 14th. century. They were often confined to one locality for long periods of time working for example on the construction or restoration of a particular Monastery or Cathedral under the patronage of wealthy persons who were seeking to pave their way to heaven with their cash.
I asked where is Bill Piper the keeper of the pears, now I ask where is Brian Willoughby, the original keeper of the various COAs of the C/Ks dotted around England. Son Geoff undertook a three hundred mile round journey to Exton yesterday and has produced the most complete photographic record of the monument to Robert W & L yet published. This will require a lot of study and will require some help. To the right and above the monument, we have a story in the attached COA.


It is clear that whilst dear Robert impaled his alliance with the complicated Harrington family, he chose to incorporate the Binghams of Sutton Bingham into his ancestry (Ermine three lions rampart on a chief sable) which replaces the fourth quarter of a duplicated glaziers and nippers in Sir John's arms which he placed at his head. Maybe he was just covering all bases, and we know now how the Binghams, in addition to the Bissets figured.
Despite attractions in other directions, I am determined to fully analyse what we have on our bleeding Robert of the Wards and Liveries by virtue of a complete photographic review of his memorial at Exton by son Geoff. I will take you through it stage by stage.
It is good to see Bruce going after "Robert of W & L." We need to get that man placed in his proper order.
Wow! You guys are leading me a merry dance. I just familiarise myself with Dorset and here you are whipping in and out of Devon and Wiltshire. What has happened to our original construction with the LE CALAWE.
You will by now be familiar with the memorial in Exton Church to Robert W&L as we call him, or Wards and Liveries for those not so familiar. The Church is undergoing restoration hence the plastic drapes, and note the head of my Grandson Scott, observing his 500 year old 'ancestor' Robert with his daughter Ann and dutiful son-in-law Harrington prayerfully in front of his tomb. You will also have received the Latin transcription of the plaque above his tomb, suitably emended by Prof. Sir John Baker, Queens Counsellor of Cambridge University with regards to his "toga" (gown) and his residence in the Inns of Temple rather than a church'.(Pics of these residences will follow if anyone is interested)
From: Bruce Callaway
Sent: Jul 1, 2005
Subject: Robert of W. & L. -
revisiting
This alleges to be a translation of the inscription below his tomb (not photographed Geoff!). In case you do not have 'blow up' facilities, it reads:
" Here lies Robert Keylwey a distinguished esquire amongst civilians (whilst he lived) renowned for talent learning and virtue, who, loved retirement. Lived as a Christian and died in the Lord on the 22nd of February in the year of our Salvation, 1580 and the 84th year of his age. He left Anne his sole heiress and only most dearly loved daughter married to John Harrington of Exton Knt. whom he had always affectionately loved as a son and a friend by which Anne the said John had during the life of the aforesaid Robert two children, a son Kelwey who died Dec 2nd 1570 21 weeks old, and lies here buried with his grandfather, and also a daughter Lucy still surviving and may God grant her a long life. To pay therefore a just tribute to so dear and affectionate a parent and to leave to posterity an evidence of their deep gratitude the said John and Anne have raised this monument and dedicated it to their father, Keylwey and their son Keylwey (to their lasting memory if it so please God )and design it if God will as a sepulchre for theselves also."
I think that we may have discussed this before, but as we struggle with the family relationships at this time, it may be worth re-visiting.
From: 'Fisherton de la Mere', A History of the County of Wiltshire: Volume VIII: Warminster, Westbury and Whorwellsdown Hundreds (1965), pp. 34-46. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=16075&strquery=Kellaway. Date accessed: 03 July 2005.
From:
Warwick Kellaway
Sent: Aug 26, 2005
Subject: Early Family
History
Bruce,
While I was looking over
some of my old documents
following the Te Puke talk -
not a bad idea occasionally
- I rediscovered a file on
Roger de Beaumont, from the
Companions of the Conqueror
(http://www.patpnyc.com/conq/beaumont.shtml).
In it there is a very good
description of Robert, his
father Roger, and his
descendants, including twin
sons Waleran and Robert.
What I picked out was that they were also Counts de Meulant. (Robert was one of the confirmed Companions of the Conqueror.) Roger was described as the noblest, wealthiest and most valiant seigneur of Normandy. Descended from the Kings of Denmark, after his alliance with Adelina of Meulant, he adopted her name as his own. Their family after the conquest provided the Earls of Leicester, Warwick and Bedford in England, while also retaining the title of Count of Meulan in France. Robert c1045-1118, from his second marriage to Elizabeth de Vermandois, an equally high born lady, produced twin sons Waleran and Robert in 1104. The twins were brought up by King Henry I after the death of their father. Robert became Earl of Leicester, Waleran Count of Meulan.
This is where we come in. Hawisa was the granddaughter of the Earl of Leicester, and married Philip de Caillouet. After being widowed, somewhere between 1150-65, she married the Earl of Gloucester. We wondered what standing Philip had to have married her in the first place.
In the notes on Evreux that Bill Piper discovered, there is reference to an Alexander de Caillouet being the Huntsman of Robert II of Meulan. Unfortunately, frustratingly, no details or dates were given, but it would now appear likely that Robert II would have followed his father Waleran as Count, making him somewhere about the same age as Hawisa and Philip.
A
huntsman was a senior
position, and kings could
refer to themselves as
huntsmen. It is probable
therefore that Alexander and
Philip (brother/cousin?)
were, if not related in some
way to the Beaumonts, from a
family of similar ranking.
(Note there was an Alexander
de Kellawe in Durham in the
early 1200s.)
The next point I recalled
was in the Heraldic
Information provided by
Riestap (attached). The
only arms from Normandy for
Caillouet or Cailli were
Caillouey and Calloue, both
with three eagles
displayed. There were no
Normandy Caillis, but a
Cailly from the Ile de
France, and a baron Cailli
from Angl. - M. et(?), with
quite different arms, one of
cotices, the other cherubins.
This suggests different
families, but I also recall
mention of possible descent
of the Caillis from
Charlemagne, which might be
suggested by the eagles, a
symbol of the Holy Roman
Empire.
There are also some
references from Burke
indicating the Kaloway and
Devon Kelley arms of the
chevron and three leopards
faces. The manorial Kellys
also have a chevron, but
with three billets, while
some Stowfords have a
chevron with three bulls
faces, others the "grappling
irons" and pears.
The mention of the Kellys of
Castle Kelly in Galway
Ireland intrigued me,
particularly after last
week's Celtic lecture
stating that many of the
Irish names are Norman, and
that they would mix C, K and
G. How did Galway get that
name? (Checking Google
suggests the Irish as might
be expected are somewhat
confused themselves, and
think there may be some
eight sources of the Kelly
name, their second most
common.)
Have fun with this.
Warwick
From:
Warwick Kellaway
Sent: Aug 26, 2005
Subject: Early Family
History
Bruce,
In case Bill's Evreux file
is deep in your archives, I
attach a copy.
Note that Alexander the
Huntsman held the fiefdom of
Caillouet.
A small note, but could be
important, particularly if
we could obtain
more information.
Warwick
From:
Warwick Kellaway
Sent: Aug 28, 2005
Subject: Hawisa
Sherrill
I have looked back into my
shoebox, or rather room-size
totally
disorganised filing system,
to retrieve my earlier
research on Hawisa.
She was indeed a very high
born lady, descended from
many/most of the
Royal Houses of Europe.
We do really have to lift
the status of Philip to have
married her.
How he died we have no
idea. He was presumably,
although not
necessarily, fairly young.
(Roger de Beaumont was a
relatively old man
when his sons Robert and
Waleran were born.)
And we still know nothing
about Philip.
Regards
Warwick
From:
Warwick Kellaway
Sent: Aug 28, 2005
Subject: Early Family
History
Otherwise
there have been comments
about dogs with bones but,
so far as I know no-one yet
has been able to access the
Gloucester Pipe Rolls of
1165. The original early
reference to the C/Klan.
Very frustrating. Anyway I
have tried Google. It seems
the 1165 GPR was intended to
raise money for the Welsh
Campaign of that year. I
have not yet been able to
search for information on
the campaign, but whether
Philip was only being asked
for money, or actually
participating, remains
unknown. However he was
presumably of fighting age.
Was he one of the
"sergeants"? Did he come
home? Is this the missing
explanation to the Hawisa
story?
I am attaching the Google
pages below.
Warwick
Appendix: The 1165 Levy for the Army of Wales
By Paul Latimer
from the article, "Henry II's Campaign against the Welsh in 1165"
The Pipe Rolls, which are limited as a source in being primarily concerned with the financial interests of the exchequer, reveal four origins of resources for the campaign of 1165:
i)
expenditure allowed against
the sheriff's farm or
against other debts on the
rolls;
ii) aids from boroughs,
cities, moneyers, etc.;
iii) scutage on the
servitia debita of some
fiefs, lay and
ecclesiastical;
iv) financial assessments on
individuals, lay and
ecclesiastical, concerning
serjeants raised for the
campaign.
It is this last set of entries which is clearly related to the agreements made at Northampton in October 1164.
The Pipe Rolls allow us to reach an imperfect estimate, in financial terms, of the resources raised for, and devoted to, the campaign. Identifying as campaign expenditure monies allowed against the sheriffs' farms or against other debts on the rolls is a problem. There were expenses associated with the movement of the king and his retinue, whether he was on campaign or not. Where 25s. was allowed against the farm of the borough of Gloucestershire pro corredio Regis portando ad Wirecestriam et ad Salopesberiam in 1164-65, it would be wrong to treat it as extraordinary expenditure, even though it was clearly associated with the king's presence on the Welsh border. Yet as £100 was allowed against a series of debts in Northamptonshire ad opus familia Regis it seems likely that the familia Regis was unusually swollen, perhaps with household knights.[1] Similarly, the purchases of food or even the repair and garrisoning of castles cannot automatically be associated with the campaign. Any estimate of campaign expenditure on the rolls must therefore be treated with caution. According to my calculations, around £900 was almost certainly campaign expenditure and in all as much as £1,500 was probably associated with the campaign. The aids from the boroughs, etc., the scutage and the other assessments for knights and serjeants are more easily quantified.
The Pipe Rolls do not tell
us everything. The lack of
any records of the royal
chamber may hide money
raised for, or spent on, the
campaign. Also, it would not
be surprising if the king
had raised loans to meet
some of his campaign
expenditure. Only
incidentally do the rolls
give us any information on
personal service performed
with the king's host or in
the king's castles. But even
from what the Pipe Rolls
tell us, we can say that the
campaign of 1165 probably
cost in excess of £7,500, a
very substantial sum by any
measure.
|
Table I |
Account for on PR 1164-65 |
paid* 1164-65 |
Paid before 1168-69 |
Pardoned before 1168-69 |
|
Aid of Boroughs, moneyers, etc. |
£1263 |
£1186 |
£1230 |
£11 |
|
Scutage |
£1607 |
£1134 |
£1199 |
£368 |
|
Assessments for sergjeants and knights |
£3360 |
£2309 |
£2379 |
£880 |
|
Totals |
£6230 |
£4629 |
£4808 |
£1259 |
*Payments include
expenditure allowed against
debts
The
tenancies-in-chief, lay and
ecclesiastical, assessed for
scutage in 1165 were charged
on the basis of one mark
(13s. 4d.) per knight's fee.
In many cases the number of
knight's fees assessed can
be identified with the
servitia debita of the
tenancies.[2]
Among these, Gilbert Foliot,
bishop of London, was
exceptional in that he was
assessed for scutage on his
servitium debitum of
twenty knights, and also for
a separate sum de
promissione servientibus.[3]
In many other cases, the
number of fees assessed
cannot be compared with the
servitia debita
because the latter are
unknown to us, but there are
examples where the number of
fees assessed differed from
known servitia debita.[4]
The archibishopric of
Canterbury, in royal custody
since Becket's disgrace in
1164, was assessed for £113
de militibus de
Archiepiscopatu de 2
exercitibus. This
amounts to a double charge
on 844 knights' fees, a low
estimate of the
archbishopric's total
enfeoffment, but in excess
of the servitium debitum of
60 knights.[5]
It was J. H. Round who first clearly identified a separate group of assessments on the 1164-65 Pipe Roll, distinct from the scutage assessments, based on a unit of 15s. 3d. and related to the promises made at Northampton in October 1164.[6] These assessments concerned a great variety of multiples of the 15s. 3d. unit (1-6, 10, 15, 20, 22, 30, 40, 50, 100, 140, 200, 300).[7] Round noted that the usual pay for a serjeant at this time was Id. per day and that therefore 15s. 3d. “would represent six month's pay (for a year of 366 days)”.[8] It is worth examining this suggestion in some detail as it is crucial to an understanding of the units of assessment of this levy.
There is support for Round's
1d. per day rate of pay for
serjeants on the Pipe Rolls
of the 1160s, where in some
entries both the number of
serjeants and the number of
days are stated. In 1161-62
£30 6s. 8d. was allowed
against the sheriff's farm
in Kent in liberatione 20
servientum de toto anno.[9]
This works out at a
wage rate of 1d. per day,
reckoned on a year of 364
days. In the following
year's Pipe Roll under the
same county, a payment of
£14 6s. 8d. was allowed for
twenty serjeants over a
period of 172 days (20 x 1d.
x 172 = 3440d. = £14 6s.
8d.).[10]
In 1166-67 payment
at the same rate was made
for two serjeants over 176
days (2 x 1d. x 176 = 3524.
= £1 9s. 4d.).[11]
In 1167-68 the
payments for 40 serjeants
for 29 weeks and for 20
serjeants for 23 weeks were
£33 16s. 8d. and £13 8s. 4d.
respectively (40 x 1d. x 29
x 7 = 8120d. = £33 16s. 8d.
; 20 x 1 d. x 23 x 7 =
3220d. = £ 13 8s. 4d.) .[12]
We can be fairly certain that the 15s. 3d. unit concerned the pay of one serjeant only. If the unit were to represent the pay of two serjeants it would have to cover a period of 91½ days, which seems unlikely. It is just possible that 15s. 3d. may represent the pay of three serjeants for one-sixth of a 366-day year, that is, 61 days, but this too is improbable. In the case of the bishop of Hereford's assessment for the 1165 campaign, the charge was for £76 5s. - 100 of the 15s. 3d. units. This entry specifically refers to 100 serjeants.[13] We can therefore agree with Round that 15s. 3d. was the ‘pecuniary equivalent’ of one serjeant for 183 days, or half a year.
J. H. Round noted only one unit of assessment among the proffers of serjeants for 1165. This was a mistake. Conan, earl of Richmond, for example, accounted for £227 10s.[14] This assessment was not based on a servitium debitum, nor was it a multiple of the 15s. 3d. unit. T. K. Keefe has identified this assessment and a number of other assessments made in 1165 as multiples of a 15s. 2d. unit (300 x 15s. 2d. = £227 10s.), but could see no reason for this `subtle adjustment'.[15] It is possible to regard the 15s. 2d., like the 15s. 3d. unit, as representing the money equivalent of a serjeant employed for half a year, the only difference being that the 15s. 3d. unit reckoned on a 366-day year and the 15s. 2d. unit reckoned on a 364-day year. There are, however, reasons for questioning this interpretation.
In only one case among the proffers for serjeants and knights does the Pipe Roll entry record the period concerned. Hugh, earl of Norfolk accounted for £227 10s. - the same as the earl of Richmond - de militibus et servientibus exercitus Walie de quarta parti anni.[16] Keefe seems to treat the three-month period as a probable maximum length of service for all the serjeants raised and financed in 1165, but this ignores the implications of Round's work on the 15s. 3d. unit.[17] Ninety-one days was the best estimate of a quarter of a year in terms of a whole number of days. A serjeant's pay at 1d. per day for 91 days would amount to 91d. or 7s. 7d.. This rather than 15s. 2d. was the alternative unit of assessment.[18] As Keefe correctly noted, most of the assessments involving the 7s. 7d. unit were in Yorkshire and Northumberland.[19] There is a possible explanation for this. If we can suppose some connection between the county under which the assessments were recorded and the districts where the serjeants themselves were levied, it would not be unreasonable for serjeants levied in areas most distant from Wales to be contracted for shorter periods of service. It would not be stretching things too far to include the earl of Norfolk in this category.
The earl of
Norfolk's assessment
specified de militibus et
servientibus rather than
serjeants alone. How this
arrangement might work is
suggested by the Pipe Roll
entry for Richard, earl of
Pembroke. He accounted for
£76 5s. (100 x 15s. 3d.),
but was pardoned the whole
amount propter 20 milites
et 40 servientes quos duxit
in exercitu cum Regis.[20]
If the serjeants were paid
1d. per day for 183 days and
the milites served
for the same period, the
latter would have been paid
at 3d. per day. There are
two plausible objections to
this. First, half a year was
greatly in excess of the
usual forty days or
six-weeks knight-service
period. Secondly, 3d. per
day seems low compared to
the usual 8d. per day for
knights in the 1160s. In
answering these objections,
it is necessary to bear in
mind that the entry for the
earl of Norfolk suggests
that both serjeants and
milites served for the
same quarta parti anni.
Though less than half a
year, this was still in
excess of the usual
knight-service term. We are
not concerned here with the
commuting of customary
obligations and pay rates
may have differed in
differing circumstances. It
is also possible that the
milites in these entries
represented some kind of
mounted serjeant rather than
a full knight.[21]
The Pipe Roll entry relating
to the earl of Pembroke's
assessment raises the
question of the meaning of
some other pardons of
assessment. In the case of
the earl of Pembroke, the
meaning is explicit: he was
pardoned on account of the
serjeants and milites
he had led in the king's
host. Among the scutage
assessments and borough aid
assessments, the meaning of
the pardons and deductions
is sometimes equally
explicit. The honor of
Peverel of London was
charged £34 6s. 8d. (51½
marks). Of this, £13 6s. 8d.
was accounted for by five
militibus euntibus in
exercitum.[22]
This was enough to pay these
five knights 8d. per day for
eighty days. The honor of
Lancaster was pardoned ten
marks for ten militibus
qui fuerunt in exercitu cum
rege.[23]
This was a reduction in the
honor's assessment at the
bare rate of the scutage
itself - one mark per fee.
At 8d. per day, ten marks
would support the ten
knights for a mere twenty
days. A deduction of £38 was
made from the assessment of
the archbishopric of
Canterbury for 19
militibus euntibus in
exercitum. This was
enough to support the
nineteen knights at 8d. per
day for sixty days.[24]
Less clear is the entry for
the city of London. The city
was pardoned 68s. from its
aid for eight
servientibus Regis.[25]
Most pardons from the
scutage and the serjeanty
assessments did not refer
explicitly to knights or
serjeants. However, where
pardons referred to specific
sub-tenants of a
tenancy-in-chief, there is
the possibility that they
were in respect of personal
service performed by those
sub-tenants. For example, in
Devon Robert fitz Regis
accounted for 100 marks
de militibus. £61 13s.
4d. was paid and the rest
was pardoned to individuals:
£1 13s. 4d. to Robert fitz
Bernard, 6s. 8d. to William
fitz John and £3 to Hugh de
Ra:ega. It is interesting
that these pardons relate to
the whole and fractional
fees held by the sub‑tenants
and not to any number of
actual knights on campaign.
This is what we should
expect. Knight-service in
the king's host merited an
exemption from scutage, but
was not itself related to
precise enfeoffments. There
was no servitium debitum
for sub-tenants in relation
to the king, but the concept
was the same.[26]
Pardons referring to individual sub-tenants also occur in some of the assessments for serjeants based on the 15s. 3d. and 7s. 7d. units. For example, out of the £76 5s. accounted for by the bishop of Bath (100 x 15s. 3d.), £1 13s. 4d. was pardoned to Henry fitz William fitz John and El 13s. 4d. to Robert Bucherel.[27] It is noteworthy that these pardons were in terms of marks and fractions of marks, even though the bishop of Bath's assessment was not scutage.
The exchequer made a close identification between serjeants and the money needed for their pay. In the cases of Radulf de Salcei and Hugh de Buckland, their assessments and the pardons of their assessments were expressed in terms of serjeants and not in terms of money.[28] It is always possible in cases where a money assessment related to a service due or promised that a pardon of that assessment reflected the performance of that service, even where this is not stated explicitly.
Henry II's intention to
concentrate on the levying
of foot soldiers for the
campaign against the Welsh
is reflected in the fact
that 67.6 per cent of the
total assessments against
tenancies-in-chief were
based on the 15s. 3d. and
7s. 7d. units, rather than
on the 13s. 4d. (one mark)
unit of the scutage. The
serjeanty assessments were
on average considerably
heavier than the scutage
assessments. I have
calculated that the
money-value of the serjeanty
assessments against
tenancies-in-chief was on
average 3.57 times the
amount that would have been
charged against the same
tenancies if they had been
assessed for scutage at one
mark per fee.[29]
If we look at the amounts
paid on the serjeanty
assessments and scutage
assessments during the five
years from 1164-65 to
1168-69, rather than the
initial assessments, the
picture alters only
slightly. In this period
74.6 per cent of the scutage
assessments and 70.8 per
cent of the serjeanty
assessments were paid. J. H.
Round described the
serjeanty assessments as
‘arbitrary’.[30]
There was certainly
no fixed relationship
between the number of
serjeanty units and the
number of knights' fees on
the tenancies concerned, but
the two were still quite
closely correlated. The
serjeanty assessments, in a
rough and ready way, did
take into account the
ability to pay.[31]
Ecclesiastical tenancies-in-chief were particularly heavily hit. Most of them were assessed for serjeants rather than for scutage, and for both in the case of the bishop of London. Although the assessments on the Church accounted for only 13.4 per cent of the total scutage assessments, they accounted for 48.5 per cent of the serjeanty assessments by value and for 55.4 per cent of the payments on these assessments in the first five years. Even where Church tenancies-in-chief were not assessed for serjeants, they did not necessarily escape lightly. We have already seen that the archbishopric of Canterbury was assessed for two scutages, and the bishop of Durham was assessed for 100 marks de dono suo, an amount that was far in excess even of a scutage on the see's total enfeoffment.[32] In the context of the king's dispute with Becket and of the desire and need of the other bishops to appease the king, it is understandable that the Church's assessments were so high.
There is some regional variation in the impact of the levy in all its forms. The counties bordering Wales were particularly lightly assessed. For Cheshire and the earl of Chester's palatinate earldom there is no Pipe Roll record, but even in Shropshire and Staffordshire no tenancies-in-chief were assessed, and in Gloucestershire and Herefordshire there were relatively few assessments. It seems likely that this regional imbalance reflects the amount of personal service performed by the knights of the border counties.
The raising of money by a
levy specifically designed
to finance large numbers of
foot soldiers for a campaign
was a novel and effective
experiment. The ‘arbitrary’
dona levied from
ecclesiastical
tenants-in-chief for the
Toulouse campaign in 1159
had been on a much more
restricted scale, had been
in addition to scutage
rather than an alternative,
and had only the general
purpose of raising money for
the campaign. The 1165
experiment, with its 15s.
3d. and 7s. 7d. units of
assessment, does not seem to
have been repeated by Henry
II, though in 1172, for the
levy to finance the Irish
campaign, some
tenants-in-chief were
exempted from scutage
because they had sent money
not accounted for on the
Pipe Rolls. Other expedients
for raising additional money
for campaigns were used by
Richard I and John.[33]
The money paid on the
serjeanty assessment in the
first year of the 1164‑65
levy (£2,309 - 68.7 per cent
of the assessments) would
alone have been sufficient
to pay over 3,000 serjeants
for six months. This was in
addition to the money used
out of normal revenues, the
money from scutage, from the
dona of the towns,
and any personal
knight-service performed.
Although the serjeanty
assessments were generally
heavy, particularly so on
the Church, there seems to
have been no complaint. The
king had asked for help at
Northampton in October 1164
and the baronage responded.
The Church may have had its
own special reasons for
cooperating, and many of the
lay baronage had a personal
or family interest in the
defence of the lands of the
Normans in Wales, but we
should not dismiss the power
of a general obligation to
king and feudal lord.[34]
1. PR 11 Henry II, pp. 14, 95-96.
2. Henry de Ria; William de Colkirk; Roger de Kentswell; the bishop of London; Robert de Valognes; Alban de Heron; Walter II de Bolbec; Richard fitz Nigel; Gilbert de Bolbec; William de Serintone; Robert d'Aubigny; Bernard de Bailliol; Robert de Caro; William fitz Aluric; Walter fitz William; Richard Bertram; Gilbert de Boolun; Radulf de Worcester; Arnulf de Moirewick; John fitz Odard; Walter de Aincourt; Richard de Hay; Reginald de Crevequer; Amphrey de Chauncy; Simon de Chauncy; the abbess of Wilton; Richard de Grimstead; Robert de Pont de I'Arche; Henry Lovell; Henry de Cuture; Bernard Pulien; the abbot of Sherborne; the abbot of Cerne; the abbot of Middleton; the abbot of Abbotsbury; Walkelin Hareng; Oliver de Linquir; Philip de Hampton; the abbot of Tavistock; William fitz Reginald; Radulf de Vautort; Robert fitz Geoffrey; William d'Aubigny Brito; Hubert fitz Radulf; Radulf Hanselin; Robert de Caux; Roger de Burun; Robert de Cioches; William de Ros: PR 11 Henry II, passim. For the servitia debita, see Keefe, Feudal Assessments, app. II, pp. 157-88.
3. PR 11 Henry II, p. 19.
4. Richard de Raimes; William Martel; the bishop of Durham; William Trussebut; William Fossard; Randulf fitz Walter; Gerard Giffard; William de Briouze; the honor of Tickhill; Robert Foliot; Baderun de Monmouth; the archbishopric of Canterbury: ibid., pp. 20, 38, 50, 59, 80, 88, 96, 101, 109; Keefe, Feudal Assessments, app. II, pp. 157-88. Only in the cases of Tickhill and the archbishopric of Canterbury can the difference be explained by the fact that honors were in royal custody.
5. PR 11 Henry 11, p. 109; Keefe, Feudal Assessments, p. 157 and n. A second exercitus is also mentioned on the Pipe Rolls in the entry relating to the honor of Walter Giffard, earl of Buckingham (d. 1164), in royal custody in 1165. The custodian, Geoffrey fitz William, accounted for £29 de militibus, that is, 43 1/2 marks, but he also accounted for 8 marks de secundo exercitu: PR 11 Henry II, p. 25. Neither of these figures represents a likely servitium debitum and the total enfeoffment of the honor was 96 knights' fees: Keefe, Feudal Assessments, p. 173 and n. The extremely small assessment de secundo exercitu is difficult to explain and the entire entry is something of a puzzle. For the question of multiple exercitus connected with this campaign, cf. above p. 532.
6. Round, Feudal England, p. 283.
7. See, for example, PR I1 Henry II, pp. 8, 13, 37, 58, 66, 70, 80, 105.
8. Round, Feudal England, pp. 282-83.
9. PR 8 Henry II, p. 53.
10. PR 9 Henry II, p. 69.
11. PR 13 Henry II, p. 208.
12. PR 14 Henry II, p. 124.
13. PR 12 Henry II, p. 84.
14. PR 11 Henry II, p. 49.
15. T. K. Keefe, 'The 1165 Levy for the Army of Wales', Notes and Queries, CCXXVII (1982), 194‑95.
16. PR 11 Henry II, p. 7.
17. ‘Whatever the reason, both rates were roughly calculated to support knights and/or serjeants only, for a lengthy campaign in Wales, perhaps as long as three months.’: Keefe, 'The 1165 Levy', p. 195.
18. 600 x 7s. 7d. = £227 10s. Keefe also identifies a third unit of assessment - 15s. 2 Zd. The bishop of Norwich accounted for £76 Os. l0d. , which amounts to 100 of these units. Keefe links with this entry the assessment of the count of Eu, who accounts for £ 152 0s. 10d., although this does not represent an exact multiple of any of the units of assessment, for example, 200 x 15s. 2½d. = £152 1s. 8d.: Keefe, 'The 1165 Levy', p. 195; PR 11 Henry II, pp. 7, 92. There are two plausible explanations for the ‘15s. 2½d. unit’ in the case of the bishop's entry. It could be that the half-year was reckoned precisely - 365/2 = 182½ = 15s. 2½d. Alternatively, the unit may have been, not 15s. 2½d., but £ 1 10s. 5d. , as pay for a whole year (50 x 365 = £76 0s. 10d.). In 1166-67, Walter Coterellus, Durand de Rothomagense, Hugo Scin', Hosannah Contrevent, and a porter were each paid £ 1 10s. 5d. from the farm of Herefordshire: PR 12 Henry II, p. 69.
19. Keefe, 'The 1165 Levy', p. 195.
20. PR II Henry H, p. 13.
21. For a recent discussion concerning periods of knight-service and the pay of knights in relation to scutage, see Keefe, Feudal Assessments, pp. 37‑40. The daily rate of pay attributed to milites certainly did vary in the 1160s. In 1161-62 the pay on one occasion for 7 milites de toto anno was £84 18s. 8d. , which represents 8d. per day for 364 days: PR 8 Henry II, p. 53. In 1163-64 the pay for 9 milites and 4 serjeants at Walton and Dover for the period of 170 days amounted to £28 6s. 8d. Assuming that the serjeants' pay was Id. per day, then the pay of the milites would have been 4d. per day: PR 10 Henry II, p. 46. In 1164-65 live milites at Dover were paid £25 for 150 days - 8d. per day - but the pay for 60 milites and 300 serjeants with Earl Reginald of Cornwall for 43 days amounted to £182 15s. 0d.: PR 11 Henry II, p. 2. This last entry permits two possible interpretations. Either the pay of the milites was 12d. per day and the serjeants' pay 1d. per day, or the pay of the milites was 7d. per day and the serjeants' pay 2d. per day. The latter possibility indicates that we should not take it for granted that serjeants were always paid at the 1d. per day rate.
22. PR 11 Henry II, p. 20. An interesting deduction from this honor's account was of 5 marks to Stephen de Beauchamp de servientibus quos reddet alibi. In his own right, Stephen de Beauchamp proffered £7 12s. 6d. (10 x 15s. 3d): ibid. Apparently, he was excused his obligations as a sub-tenant of the honor of Peverel of London because of his proffer for serjeants on his tenancy-in-chief.
23. PR 11 Henry II, p. 33.
24. Ibid., p. 109. The variation in the treatment of actual service by knights of these honors is interesting. It may represent a transitional stage in the tendency towards proper support of contingents less than the servitium debitum of the king's tenants-in-chief: see Keefe, Feudal Assessments, p. 40.
25. PR 11 Henry II, p. 53.
26. Ibid., p. 80.
27. Ibid., p. 66. In some cases, the sub-tenants whose scutage was pardoned recur under more than one honor. For example, Robert fitz Bernard (ibid., pp. 13, 80); William Malet (ibid., pp. 42(2), (109); Robert Bucherel (ibid., 42, 66(2)); Henry fitz William fitz John (ibid., pp. 42, 66, 81); Richard de Camville (ibid., pp. 49, 83); William de Hastings (ibid., p. 83(3)). This reinforces the idea that the scutage of these sub-tenants was excused because of their personal service.
28. Ibid., pp. 71, 75.
29. This is based on the total enfeoffments of these tenancies. Servitia debita were in most cases less than the total enfeoffments. The average of 3.57 is an arithmetic mean from a highly variable set of figures standard deviation 3.61.
30. Round noticed that there were several examples of tenancies of one knight's fee charged for five serjeants (5 x 15s. 3d.), but correctly stated that there was no fixed relationship between the number of knights' fees and the number of serjeants proffered: Round, Feudal England, pp. 282-83.
31. The correlation coefficient of the number of knights' fees (total enfeoffment) in relation to the number of serjeants assessed was 0.83. The bishop of Winchester's assessment was perhaps an example of this rough and ready equity. He accounted for £228 15s. (200 x 15s. 3d.): PR 11 Henry II, p. 42. This was the highest of all the ecclesiastical assessments, but, as Keefe has suggested, could be justified on the grounds that the bishop was accounting for the abbey of Glastonbury as well as the bishopric: Keefe, Feudal Assessments, pp. 27, 29 and n. 52.
32. PR 11 Henry II, p. 50; Keefe, Feudal assessments, p. 157 and n. 4.
33. PR 18 Henry II, pp. 30, 60; Keefe, Feudal Assessments, p. 29.
34.
Even if only the principal
baronial honors in Wales are
considered - Abergavenny,
Brecknock, Cardigan, Gower,
Gwent, Pembroke and Radnor -
the heirs of the earls of
Hereford, both comital
branches of the Clare
family, the earl of
Gloucester, the Beaumont
earls of Warwick and William
de Breouse were all directly
concerned. To these one must
add Hugh, earl of Chester
and all the other barons of
the border areas.
This article was originally published in The Welsh Historical Review, v.14 n.4 (1989). We thank Paul Latimer and the University of Wales Press for giving us permission to republish it.
From: Brian Kelway
Willoughby
Sent: Aug 30, 2005
Subject: Early Family
History
Hi Warwick et
al
As it happens I have
access to a set of the
Publications of the Pipe
Roll
Society, held by the
Library of the Bristol &
Gloucestershire
Archaeological Society (BGAS)
- of which I'm a member.
I did a fairly
superficial trawl of the
(then) 50 Volumes on 20
August
1999 - merely by
scanning the Indexes of
the individual volumes
for C/K
names, and photocopying
the pages indicated.
I had 19 "hits", from
Philipp de Cailewai,
Worcestershire in 13
Henry II
(1166) to Alexandri
Cailluel,
Gloucestershire in 16
John (1214).
Of the 19, 9 were of
Philipp de C, Worcs
(various spellings, of
course).
Others were from Devon,
Southamptonshire,
Wilts, Somerset,
Dorset,
Glos.
I will try to Attach to
this email a copy of my
Journal of that visit to
the
BGAS.
Let me know if you would
like scans of any of the
hits? (Transcripts
would
be difficult because of
the abbreviations/codings/symbology
of the Society,
and of the Exchequer).
If this represents
nothing new - I
apologize!
All the best
Brian
PS I found the Google
Report on the Glos Pipe
Roll of 1165 very
instructive - many
thanks.
Minor additions/corrections to some 14/07/99
Henry VIII items.
Then trawl of Pipe Rolls etc:-
Pipe Rolls (Numbered Vols by Pipe Roll Society - incl a few other items.
In Latin. All Vols trawled to date, from Vol 1 - Vol 50 (1991?).
Each vol has vg Intro/Preface with socio-historical info/update.)
13 Henry II Philipp de Cailewai, Worcestershire 1166 67
14 Henry II Nicholas de Chailloeia, Devonshire 1167 135
15 Henry II Nicholas de Cailloe, Devonshire 1168 52
Phylipp de Cailloey, Worcestershire 1168 139
22 Henry II Philippus de Calloe, Worcestershire 1175 36
23 Henry II Phillippus de Cailloei, Worcestershire 1176 65
Robertum de Kiuilli, Southamptonshire 1176 167
24 Henry II Philippus de Cailloei, Worcestershire 1177 45
Gilleberto de Caluwelei, ??????? 1177 62
25 Henry II Philippus de Calloei, Worcestershire 1178 93
26 Henry II Philippus de Cailloei, Worcestershire 1179 78
27 Henry II Philippus de Cailloei, ??????? 1180 21
28 Henry II Philippus de Cailloei, Worcestershire 1181 10
Rogero de Chailloei, Wiltshire 1181 86
Osberto Caiuel, Somerset 1181 113
32 Henry Roberti (?) Kelua, Dorset & Somerset 1185 141
6 John Nicolaum de Caillewei, Mukelsbir', Devonshire 1204 85
8 John Hereberto de Cailloel, Wiltshire 1206 187
16 John Alexandri Cailluel, Gloucestershire 1214 55
The city of Worcester lies on the banks of the river Severn, just above its juncture with the Teme, about seven miles to the north-east of the Malvern Hills and about six miles to the south-west of Droitwich.
Looking down over the city from the Malverns it is easy to appreciate the strategic setting of the site.
Providing the most suitable bridging point between Bridgnorth and Gloucester until the 14th century, and with a six foot tidal influence which made the river fordable at low tide until the construction of the Diglis locks in 1844, the strategic significance of the site can readily be appreciated. Of course for the early inhabitants of Worcester, living on the site of a strategic river-crossing would have had mixed blessings. While opportunities for trade and commerce have abounded, providing stimuli and markets to local manufacturers and farmers, the settlement has had to contend with numerous passing armies and war bands, many of whom took the opportunity to stop off and plunder the settlement on their way through. Aside from these unwelcome visitors, the volume of traffic passing through the city has been a constant problem since at least the early 14th century.
Following numerous medieval fires, sieges and Civil War bombardmentsWorcester today retains few of its medieval buildings, and no structures are visible which pre-date the late Saxon period. While the city’s medieval street pattern and city wall are still clearly visible, and the monastic ruins in the Cathedral Close and the Edgar Tower entrance to this provide a hint of the city’s medieval grandeur.
The 12th and 13th centuries proved to be turbulent times for the city, and aside from numerous accidental fires (in 1113, 1189, 1202 and 1299), significant havoc was wrought by the various rebellious and loyalist armies of the time trying to secure and hold the strategic river-crossing at Worcester.In 1139, during the Civil war between King Stephen and Matilda (Henry I’s only legitimate heir), the castle held out against Matilda’s supporters, while King Stephen captured and burnt the city in 1150 - but failed to capture the castle!
http://www.worcestercitymuseums.org.uk/content/pothist/phmed.htm
List of the Medieval Fortified Sites of the historic county of Worcestershire
http://homepage.mac.com/philipdavis/Indexs/EngCounty/Worcestershire.html
References to stained glass in England date from the 7th century, and by the 12th century it had become a sophisticated art form.
The making of stained-glass windows has hardly changed since the 12th century. A stained-glass window consists of pieces of coloured glass held together in a latticed web of lead. The glass has previously had details of faces, hands and drapery painted and fired on to it in black or brown paint. About the year 1300, yellow stain was discovered, This had the ability to turn white glass yellow or blue glass green, and was extremely useful in the highlighting of hair, haloes and crowns.
In the first quarter of the twelfth century, a German monk, who adopted the pen name Theophilus, wrote a description of the techniques of making stained glass.
Because paper was scarce and parchment very expensive, the full scale outline of the design for a stained glass window was drawn out on a whitened table top. The designer would indicate the principal outlines of his drawing, the shape and colour of the individual pieces of glass to be used, and the position of the lead strips (calmes) that would eventually hold all the pieces of glass together. The panes of coloured glass were cut to shape with a 'grozing iron' and laid on top of the drawing.
http://www.stainedglassmuseum.com/briefhis.htm
Thank you Bruce for the new information.
Warwick writes: The arrival of 21 year old Plantagenet King Henry II in 1154 may perhaps have provided the impetus for a number of young C/K men to arrive from Normandy, if their family was not indeed there already - maybe both.
From:
Bruce
Callaway
Sent: Sep 3,
2005
Subject:
Early Family
History
Warwick writes: "The skilled artisans would presumably have come from the lower social level.
If one accepts that there is a high probability that our ancestor therefore originated from Normandy it is possible to fairly accurately assess his (the Chailewais et al) arrival date from the following facts.
It must be remembered that in his invasion across the Channel, William took amongst his 7,000 troops mainly residents of the original Normandy (including Eure), Bretons from Brittany and some residents of Flanders. Although Harold and his troops were decimated at Hastings, William lost more than half of his troops. The rewards for the invaders, including the fresh arrivals from Normandy find their way into Domesday Book, a Record notable for the absence, as has been said, for any name resembling Callaway.(Kelway,Kellaway etc.)
A peaceful invasion by the Industrial and Trading classes of Normandy followed quickly on the conquest of the Norman soldiers. As Greens History of the English People puts it. ‘Every Norman Noble as he quartered himself upon English land, every Norman abbot as he entered his English Cloister, gathered French artists or French domestics around his new Castle or his new Church.’
Thus we have a period from around 1070, until Philip was recorded into existence 95 years later. Many questions arise. Was he a descendant of an earlier arrival from Caillouet, was this his first visit to England. The answers would narrow that 95 years considerably. The answers must await further research.
I am pleased to see your comments on movement from Normandy after the Conquest.
An interesting point, as to how the arms "moved". Certainly worth trying the College of Arms, and other sources that can be accessed. The Seger Armorial also looks promising.
I am very loathe to agree with this latter statement Warwick, but I am grateful for your reminding me about Kellaways Wiltshire, latterly known as Tytherton Kellaways, but in medieval times referred to as Tyderinton Caylleway and sometimes Chidelynton Caylwey! It referred me back to a dusty shoe box containing extracts from Wiltshire Crown Pleas, which we discussed a number of years back. You may recall that Johannes Kayleway of Kellaways was an elected juror of the Chippenham 100 in the Wiltshire Eyre of 1281 (Chippenham is about 3 miles SW of Kellaways, and the Eyre was a Royal Court held in the county at intervals of several years).
There was also a suggestion that young John was a knight, as the requirement for knighthood at that time was that you owned £20 of land. (Translates to about 10 million now because of wretched inflation!)My notes state that pages 52 & 53 of Volume 12, the Chippenham Verediction (or answers or verdict made by the Jurors) and pages 83 & 89, tend to confirm this, but as much of it is written in Latin, and I am tending to the aged and infirm side of the leger, re-examination of these obscure references may be down to someone else. Let me quote a little in the hope that someone with expertise will take up the search.
CHIPPENHAM VEREDICTION A.D.1281
"Item: Johannes Giffard tenet.j.fedium et dimidium in Tidrington Cayllewey de rege in capite et Johannes Kayllewey tenet dictum tenementum de dicto Johanne.""Item: Johannes persona de Keylewey levavit quoddam fossatum super viam regiam in villa de Kayleway (.j.rodan terre) ad noc umentum vie regie a tepore quinque annorum elapsorum"
This snippet probably says something to the effect that young John K/C confirms that John Giffard (wasn't he associated with our tribe?) held half of the management of the K/C farm, and that the same young John K/C releases certain 'ditches' provided above the Royal Road into the village (Farm ,large country house) of Kayleway for the time that passes over 5 years. Little bleeder held some authority obviously, and wouldn't put it past him to be sporting crossed glazier's nippers and pears on his Sunday jousting armour 724 years ago!
From:
Sherrill
Williams
Sent:
Sep
16,
2005
Subject:
COA
I
agree
to
"rusty
Latin"
- or
best
put
"almost
dead
Latin"
and
this
Latin
is
definitely
not
the
type
we
learned
in
school
- way
back
then!
The
following
notice
came
in
this
morning's
mail,
and if
we
live
long
enough,
may
provide
help
for
us:
among
the
Announcements
from
the
Society
of
Genealogists
-
"Henry
III
Fine
Rolls
Project"
- A
Window
into
English
History
1216-1272.
"Preserved
in TNA
there
are 56
rolls
for
the
reign
of
Henry
III.
Funded
by the
Arts &
Humanities
Research
Council
and
combining
the
Centre
for
Computing
in the
Humanities
T
King's
College
London
and
TNA,
the
Fine
Rolls
Project
will
publish
the
rolls
down
to
1248
in the
following
forms:
An
English
Calendar
of the
rolls
in
electronic
form
on the
KCL
website
with a
search
analysis
facility.
Four
printed
volumes
published
by
Boydall
&
Brewer
with
full
indexes"
Digital
facsimile
images
of the
rolls
on the
KCL
website
More
information
www.finerollshenry3.org.uk
I
assume
that
TNA is
The
National
Archives
(better
known
to
many
of us
as the
PRO).
Let's
remember
to
check
the
King's
College
London
website
from
time
to
time.
There
may be
some
help
coming
for us
there.
I also
have
some
similar
references
such
as
Bruce
provided.
Was
saving
those
for a
"boring
day"
and,
unfortunately,
I
seldom
have
those
kind
of
days!
I will
now
have
to dig
up
those
notes
and
take
another
look.
Sherrill
From:
Bruce
Callaway
Sent:
Sep
16,
2005
Subject:
COA
I agree that Sherrill's link to the Henry 111 Fine Rolls project may ultimately prove invaluable, but I shudder at the thought of translating that ancient Latin! In these medieval studies of our early family, I have to keep reminding myself of dates, so the papers of Henry 111 (1216-1272) and Edward 1 (1272-1307) are important in sorting out the ancient rels.
From my notes of the Chippenham Verediction again:83/117 "In Kellaways, Ellis(Elias)de Kaylewey and Godfrey Scudamore had held two fees in 1242 of Ellis Giffard father of John" and from the Wiltshire Crown Pleas of 1249 (218 pge193) "Concerning defaults they say that Elias of Calewey did not come the first day (to the Hundreds of Chippenham) So they are in mercy"
These
vague
snippets
gleaned
by a
very
amateur
researcher,
viz.
myself
some
thirty
years
ago,
merely
shows
that
there
is a
veritable
goldmine
of
family
history to
be
quarried
out
there.
Oh
that I
could
start
all
over
again.
Maybe
we
could
fund a
PhD
student
to do
the
legwork!
Bruce
From:
Bruce
Callaway
Sent:
Sep
18,
2005
Subject:
COA
Warwick, the following is from a letter between us and Sherrill in 2002 recovered from a GOOGLE search on my computer. I do not believe that it made its way into Donna's English research and I believe that it originated from Sherrill. Y'all are probably well aware of the reference, but as we are now on a different tack viz the Origin of the COA, I think it worth resurrecting. I guess to hold two knights of Elias Giffard, said Elias de Kaylewey must have been a senior knight himself ?
From
the
Victorian
History
of
Wiltshire,
volume
7,
page
53 "Terintone
(from
Domesday)
on
the
river
Avon was described thus; 'Osbern himself holds Teringtone. Demme
held
it
in
the
time
of
King
Edward
(The
Confessor)
and
it
paid
gold
for
10
hides.
There
is
land
for
six
ploughs.
Of
this
there
are
in
demense
9
hides
and
there
are
three
ploughs
and
four
serfs,
and
there
are
two
villeins
and
four
eesez
and
three
borders
with
three
ploughs.
There
are
ten
acres
of
meadows.
It
was
worth
£4.
It
is
now
worth
100S.'
Teringtone
became
the
Parish
of
Kellaways
which
exists
to
this
day.
Certainly
in
1328
John
de
Kelleway
was
Lord
of
the
Manor
of
Kellaways.
He
traced
his
history
and
descent
from
Berta,
daughter
of
Elias
Giffard,
grandfather
of
John
Giffard
the
elder.
This
was
very
important
to
John
de
Kellaway
but
in
his
argument
he
did
not
have
the
hindsight
that
the
Manor
of
Kellaways
near
Chippenham
was
held
by
Elias
de
Kaylewey
who
held
two
knights
of
Elias
Giffard'.
Bruce
From:
Sherrill
Williams
Sent:
Sep
18,
2005
Subject:
COA
Hi
All,
Enjoying
the
COA
discussion,
which
diverted
me
from
the
"Latin
items."
Those
will
come
a
bit
later.
The
COA
discussion
sent
me
to
my
"2003
Notes"
and
the
various
bits
and
pieces
I
had
picked
up.
Hope
you
enjoy
this,
and
look
forward
to
lots
of
comments.
Sherrill
The
C/K
Coat
of
Arms
(from
2003
Notes
of
SUW)
PYNE - Arms: (1) Pyne (2) Downe (3) Kellaway (4) Ilcombe (5) Salle (6) Birt (7) Hentscombe (8) Appleton (9) Gold (10) Penfold
The accompanying pedigree, however, does not show how the Kellaways are connected to Pyne. The Kellaway’s arms are described as: (Argent) two glaziers’ snippers saltirewise sable between four pears pendant or, with a bordure engrailed of the second.
Unpublished Manuscripts of the XVI Century, by Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould & Robert Twigg (1898)
“Coate Armors borne in the Western Parts of Englande”
Kelleway: Arg. 2 glazinge irons sab. betwene 4 pears ppr.
Kellaway: Arg. 2 glaziers’ snippers per sautor entre 4 (pears) with border sa. [G.M.S.]
Kelloway of Devon and Wilts: Ar. 2 glaziers’ irons per sautor sa. 4 pears g. [G.M.S.]
Kellaway: Arg. 2 glaziers’ snippers saltirewise sa. betw. 4 pears pendant or within a bordure engrailed of the second [Visit of Devon, 1620; Visit. of Cornwall 1610 (quarter on Grenville shield); Harl. MS 1079; Quartered by Kelley, Harl. MS 1538; Quartered by Cooke, Harl MS 1567; Quartered by Pyne, Harl MS. 3288, 5871]
Kelloway of Stowford: Arg. 2 glaziers’ snipers saltirewise sa. bet. 4 pears pendant or. [Harl. MS. 1091, 1538 and in 1079 quatered by Cooke]
Stowford of Stowford: Arg. 2 glaziers’ snippers saltirewise sa. bet. 4 pears pendant ppr. [Harl MS. 3288]
[Note by SUW: This certainly suggests that the Stowford/Staffords have the original C/K bloodline, and thus may also have the C/K “Y” chromsome.]
Stowford alias Kelloway: Arg. 2 glaziers’ snippers saltirewise sa. bet. 4 pears pendant or. and vert. (?ie ppr.) [Harl. MS. 5871]
Kellaway of Colohampton: Arg. 2 glaziers’ snippers saltirewise sa. bet. 4 pears pendant or. and vert. within a border engrailed of the second [Quartered by Pyne and Cooke; Harl MS 5871 (2).]
Heraldry in Wiltshire, David Buckeridge (1993) - (Eight volumes in 1)
Vol. IV “Medieval Armorials” -
Arms: Argent two glaziers’ snippers in saltire sable between four pears or a bordure engrailed of the second.
Crest: a cock argent combed and wattled azure (Visit. of Wilts 1565)
Elias Keilway c1226 held Tytherton. John Keilway of Whiteparish bore for his arms: Argent two glazier’s snippers in saltire between four pears sable. [Really? Now we have black pears....SUW]
The Visitation of Wiltshire, 1565 (from Buckeridge book)
Baret (of Tytherton Lucas)
Arms: Or, on a chevron Gules between three emulets Azure as many lions passant guardant Argent.
Arms: Quarterly 1 and 4, two glazier’s snippers in saltire sable, between four pears Or within a bordure engrailed of the second. 2. Argent a leopard’s face Gules between five crows Sable (ELLIS). 3. Azure a camel passant Argent (Camel).
Note: A black and white hand-drawing of the above COA is in this book, each quarter labeled in the margin as 1 and 4 Keilway; 2 Ellis 3 Camel.
Arms: Argent on a bend gules three leopard faces Or. with a bordure engrailed sable. [Always on the lookout for Warwick’s “leopard faces.”....SUW]
Re: “Keilway of Whiteparish” - I have struggled with which William C/K was husband of Joane Baret. Somehow this is telling me that William C/K (will 1469, Dorset) was not married to Joan Baret, but perhaps she was married to his son or grandson William - and that this John Keilway of Whiteparish did not descend from the Baret alliance and thus had no right to their arms (as described above). I think that I know there was a Baret/Ellis connection. Was there also a Camel/Ellis connection. Camel and Ellis are difficult to “search on” - no one seems to be much interested in them, but I have picked up a few bits and pieces on them and will have to review what I have collected......SUW.
This book also has a hand drawn map showing “Knight’s Fees and Serjeanties of the Principal Tenants-In-Chief 1242-43. Elias Giffard is “spotted” on the map as number 12. He is shown as having:
Sherrington
Tileshead (along with the Honour of Trowbridge)[this was a Serjeanty]
‘Winterbourne’ [there are two Winterbornes, and several with extensions to the name]
Elston (along with the Honour of Wallingford)
Orcheston St George
Codford St Peter (along with Earl Marshall)
Ugford
Tytherton
[Tytherton Lucas was held by the Honour of Ewyas (Tregoz)]
[Chippenham was held by Earl of Gloucester]
From:
Warwick
Kellaway
Sent:
Sep
18,
2005
Subject:
COA
Hi
Sherrill
et
al
Thanks
for
the
information
Sherrill.
There
are
some
interesting
"new"
elements
there
-
or
rather
perhaps
some
we
had
overlooked
before
-
it
is
always
good
to
look
back
at
old
notes.
The
name
Pyne
rings
a
bell
somewhere,
but
I
cannot
immediately
place
it.
And
Baret
at
Tytherton
Lucas
-
interesting
-
had
not
noticed
it
before.
This
suggests
a
connection
with
Kellaways
Wiltshire
(next
door).
But
the
family
had
finally
left
there
by
1429.
In
fact
Edmund
had
left
for
Devon
by
1399,
and
it
was
only
John
(probably
William's
father),
who
"returned"
there
from
1405
to
1429.
The
connection
might
however
add
support
to
the
William
of
Sherborne
-
Joanne
Barrett
marriage,
considered
(by
some)
to
have
been
around
that
time.
(Most
Heraldic
Visitations,
including
the
family
COA,
give
William
as
the
head
of
the
later
family
-
Bruce,
might
this
suggest
that
he
had
the
first
arms?)
I
see
the
Devon
Kellaway
arms
quartered
by
Kelley,
and
Cooke.
The
Kelley
connection
may
have
some
relevance
at
Dolton.
Cooke
-
one
of
John
of
Cullompton's
daughters
married
a
Cooke.
As
regards
the
leopards
faces,
I
am
attaching
my
old
2002
notes
of
what
Burke
had
to
say
about
all
sorts
of
names
(plus
the
European
Riestap).
Please
note
Callow,
Caylowe,
Kaloway,
and
Kelley.
The
frustrating
thing
is
who
were
the
families
that
Burke
found
with
these
arms?
Some
we
know,
many
we
don't.
Warwick
Sorry if I swing rapidly between medieval and 17th.c, but in my search for the origins of the COA, I am spending a lot of time with the Search engines and coming across interesting things such as this. I know that Warwick was interested in the exodus after the Monmouth Uprising. A little note for storage. The full article can be accessed from the website, but I think that I have pulled out the relevant part below.
Bruce
http://www.bartlettsociety.com/line.htm The first Muster Roll taken on Barbadoes in the year 1624 includes Arundels, de la Warrs, Kellaways, Churchills, Bartletts and Husseys (another associated family). Among the few who survived the battle of Sedgemoor, Somerset, were those supporting the Duke of Monmouth against the King. Members of all those families (as well as some others that figure into our history) were defeated and slaughtered. Yet, they somehow not only survived the battle but managed to obtain instructions from the King that they not be executed (like others) but be deported to plantations over the seas. That this result could only have been achieved by help from others with influence at court is made obvious by comments made by "Hanging" Judge Jeffries who presided over their trial at Dorchester Assizes. He was not at all happy that some should have escaped his preferred punishment!
There can be no question that this influence came from the Arundels, De la Warrs, Stourtons and Churchills, all of whom had supported the Stuarts and were prominent in financial circles.
Arnolds, Kellaways and Husseys were all neighbors to us both in Dorset and Somerset. Bartlett properties at Piddleton moved into Arnold hands after marriages between the families. Kellaway was a member of the "cartel" mentioned earlier, and the family was joined to Churchills and Tregonwells by marriage.
Keilway - Caylway
Arms: Argent two glaziers’ snippers in saltire sable between four pears or a bordure engrailed of the second.
Crest: a cock argent combed and wattled azure (Visit. of Wilts 1565)
Elias Keilway c1226 held Tytherton. John Keilway of Whiteparish bore for his arms: Argent two glazier’s snippers in saltire between four pears sable. [Really? Now we have black pears....SUW]
Black Pears Sherrill. Intriguing! The plot thickens. I am becoming more and more convinced that the COA was never a "Grant" from the 15th century to the C/Ks of whatever family, but acknowledged because of its "Common Usage" within the Family when there was an attempt to organise things by the Visitations (which have been shown to be sometimes inaccurate). The inaccuracy of the family members quizzed indicates that some of them probably 'wouldn't have a clue' as to why they claimed the particular arms. "Oh" they said "Great Grandaddy had them", which pushes us back to the 14th century, a century very notable for lack of recorded detail, and therefore a singular guessing game for us to link to our better recorded history of the family into the late 13th century.
Warwick
From: Warwick Kellaway
Sent: Sep 19, 2005
Subject: COA
Hi all,
I do understand that the glaziers guild records only go back to the 1500s, but there can still be someone there with knowledge, or who can suggest an approach. Might there be any identifying mark for example on the surviving old windows? Any record of the artisans or their patrons? There certainly have been studies made, and some very good full colour publications, which can be accessed.
In this regard, among several books I have on Heraldry and Stained Glass, my "Heraldry" by Stephan Friar, gives a list of seven or eight early printed works, from 1300 to 1611. It is impossible to access these from here, although I did get one or two "Rolls of Arms" at the LDS. Friar has 48 illustrations from Powells Roll of c 1345-51, which apparently contains 672 separate shields and banners. Apart from the famous 719 quarterings of the arms of Richard Plantagenet, Marquis of Chandos (including one pears and irons), nothing of any C/K value however.
If, as Bruce says, librarians are claiming there are no records remaining, Mr Friar must have accessed them somewhere after the Great Fire in 1666!
There seems to have been quite a bit of to and froing with the Heralds, as to who was entitled to bear arms in the early 1400s, and it might be that was when the family decided upon the now famous pears and irons - if not some time before. It is said that puns on the surname have been used since the earliest days of heraldry, although I have not noticed very many as descriptive as the pears and irons in the early Rolls - most were symbolic.
I see the oldest claimed glass in England is in York Minster - c 1150. Comment from "Stained and Decorative Glass" regarding "Late Gothic":
"The 15th century was a time of growing prosperity, despite the War of the Roses and fighting that racked the Continent. Stained glass was part of a flourishing artistic endeavour that spread across Europe. In England rich wool and cloth merchants, anxious to secure a place in the afterlife, gave freely towards the cost of windows and the building of bigger churches. Coloured glass however was still expensive, even for well-to-do merchants, and as windows in the new Perpendicular Style became larger, they incorporated more clear glass with increased painting and staining. Merchants marks on windows depicting tools or symbols connected with their trade - as well as windows donated by the crafts guilds themselves - give an interesting insight into the ordinary domestic lives of rich and poor in the Middle Ages. Roundels showing the Twelve Labours of the Months, already popular in Northern Europe, were placed in private houses, colleges, guildhalls and occasionally churches."
(We had our "merchants of the cloth", and definitely had the guild tools. Plus a small pun with the fruit.)
Warwick
From: Bill Piper
Sent: Sep 20, 2005
Subject: COA
I am fascinated that you have taken the history of the K/C COA back so much further. Seems that I shall have to rewrite my pears page: www.kellaway.info/pears.htm when I have access to my site. Question for Warwick: Is my thesis for the pun on the name still valid in the earlier century? Does it bring us any closer to the Caillouets? (Don't forget the 1890s Caillouet claim for a link with pears.)
Bill
From: Bruce Callaway
Sent: Sep 21, 2005
Subject: COA
Thanks Warwick. You are often quicker than GOOGLE with your historical knowledge, and on this I rely! Hope you don't mind.
We are scratching in our attempt to find the origin of the COA therefore using the internet with its instantaneous ability to throw around ideas. Lordy me, if we only had this facility a few years ago, we would be much more advanced.
I guess that we have several dilemmas. (a) The origin of the name (b) When did Phillip arrive in the UK and from whence (c) The name changes which occurred following Philip or his earlier kin's arrival, and (d) How the hell the early C/Ks ended up with a COA which filtered down to their rels some 200-300 years later.
The latest exchange on the origin of the name is a study in itself and an attempt to elucidate and explain (b). (c) I believe you have done wonders with. (d) Must have a solution within historical documents extant, but upon which there has only been very skimpy research. It is about this latter that I have had misgivings. I really think that we could sort out so much of our ancient history if this was fully documented, but it is a hard slog into the 14th.c which is documented, but still remains within libraries and is being apparently ignored by most of the digital World!
I can visualise a PhD. thesis for a budding student. "The Ancient C/K Family in the 14th. Century". Intro by Warwick, Direction by Sherrill, production by Bill Piper et al, publicity by Donna Morgan, Cd by Russ!
Thought for the night.
Bruce
From: Sherrill Williams
Sent: Sep 21, 2005
Subject: PRO Notes
Hi All,
I am attaching a Word doc which is the notes I made at the Public Record Office (N/A), Kew in 2003. Beware! You may want to save this to diskette since it is 70+ pages. There is a lot of good background on the era we have been discussing. The "Latin" begins at the bottom of p. 43.
Have fun.
Sherrill
Public Records Office 2003 Word document
From: Lesley Haigh
Sent: Sep 23, 2005
Subject: PRO Notes
Hello Sherrill and everyone,
I'm following your COA and other searches with great interest.
Have looked through this wonderful epic, Sherrill and find there are several mentions of things in this and some earlier information you have sent
which may link to some of my recent searches. I have just received several searchable CD's and have been extracting Kellaway references. Did Stafford while I was at it and can do easily any other names you want. Gifford?? Should I include Kelly? Hope there is something here you haven't got already!
I attach the following Word documents:
1) West Country Muster (Con, Dev, Som, Dor) mostly 1569 some earlier
2) Early Kellaway Taxes Subsidy Rolls - Devon 1543-5 & Taxes 1581, 1642
3) Hearth Tax 1674 Devon
4) Extracts from Worthy Wills spanning 1413-1700+
Hope something helps someone
Lesley Haigh
West Country Muster Early Kellaway Taxes Hearth Tax 1674 Devon Worthy Wills
From: Warwick Kellaway
Sent: Sep 23, 2005
Subject: PRO Notes
Hello Lesley
Your information is very interesting, and deserves close study. I do want to say that it is good to have you researching the Devonians. I for one have been too involved further east, and not been able to give them enough attention. Those records are very important for determination of what was happening in Devon, and in the overall family picture.
Probably only a few of many references to be uncovered - we know there were others back to the 1200s at least. There must be connections to
Sherrill's earlier references.
One initial thought is that it seems the principal Devon family was clearly now called Stowford, changing to Stafford, by the 1600s (John Stowford at Dolton, Thomas Stowford at Dowland, George Stafford gent. at Ottery St Mary). You will know that the figures in the Hearth Tax refer to the number of chimneys, so 12 would indicate a rather large home - Hugh Stafford had a large home at Dowland in 1664.
So presumably, apart perhaps for Collumpton John's cousin/nephew Simon Kaylway/Kelway (two references - possibly father and son), the later C/K families seem to be rather "fragmented". The 1544 Crediton family of John Callowe, near Exeter, we might expect, but the family of John
Callowe/Calway at Hemyock - who were they? Uffculme or Wellington may offer some clues. Roger Callway at Farway is getting close to Dorset
(perhaps as wealthy as Simon in 1543).
Note the Cornish Killiowe/Kyllyowe families - they had different arms from any of the others.
With some association by location or name we should be able to track on to our friends of today.
Please include the Kellys and Kelleys. Maybe the Giffards - Bruce is onto their DNA, and they look potentially interesting, but I could not expect to see the family connections in any of the records - not after about 1200 anyway - it is probably a DNA check at this stage.
Warwick
From: Lesley Haigh
Sent: Sep 24, 2005
Subject: PRO Notes
Many thanks for your replies Warwick,
I'll start on the other names and send them on.
My Devon lot appear in Black Torrington between 1642 and 1662 no idea from where. I keep hoping to make the link.
One clue is that their Ring Seal was the head of a chicken. It was pretty clear on their leases in 1752. Is this possibly significant to tie them to
the bit of the family with a Cockerel on top of the COA?
Lesley
Pipe Roll 5 page.jpg BGAS Giffard tree pg 1 LHS.jpg BGAS Giffard tree pg 2 RHS.jpg Pipe Roll Soc C/K hits Word Document
From: Sherrill Williams
Sent: Sep 26, 2005
Subject: Early Family History
Bruce, and All,
One thing I am looking for is the Kelly/Kellaway/Devon reference Warwick asked for. Have also been going through our old England notes, seeking out the early family records. I have more, so stock up on printer ink. Here is one thing that I believe we have touched on previously, but
should be mentioned again - as relates to Sherborne, Dorset. "The Register of William Edington, Bishop of Winchester," Part II (1346-1366), Dom. S. F. Hockey, ed., 1987, Hampshire County Council -----
#868. Subdeacons:
William Calewe of Iwerne, dioc. Salisbury, ad tit
(Orders conferred by the bishop in his manor chapel at Southwark, Ember Saturday in the first week of Lent, 19 March 1356).
#872. Orders conferred by the bishop in the manor chapel of Esher, Saturday when Sitientes is sung, 10 April 1356.
Deacons:
William Calewe of Iwerne, dioc. Salisbury, ad tit.
Abbot of Sherborne.
[Part I of this Register was negative for C/K]
Think about that for a while. Which William is this? Does this explain why our William C/K (1469 will) had all that "church stuff" in his possession? Bruce, maybe that really is "our missal"!
Sherrill
From: Bruce Callaway
Sent: Sep 27, 2005
Subject: Otterhampton Somerset
Sherrill, This manor of which I was not aware until you referenced it, came into the possession of the C/Ks in exactly the same manner as Rockbourne. I will forward that, because it more clearly states how it came about. It is another clear example of why the Rockbourne COA shows quartering with the de Romseys, whose family tree and relationship to the C/Ks I believe I have perfected!
Bruce
Part of Otterhampton manor, (Footnote 35) known later as OTTERHAMPTON RUMSEY manor, was held in 1286 by Walter of Romsey, son and heir of Sir Walter of Romsey. Walter or another of the same name died c. 1333 and his son Sir John died in 1334 leaving a son Walter under age. (Footnote 36) Sir Walter died in 1403 having settled Otterhampton on his wife Alice (d. 1404) and on his grandson Walter, son of Thomas Romsey, who had predeceased his parents. (Footnote 37) Walter died probably without issue as the estate was held by his elder brother Thomas (d. 1420) and Thomas's wife Joan (d. 1441). Their daughter and heir Joan married Thomas Paine but died childless c. 1447 having granted her Somerset estates in 1443 to Henry Champeneys and his wife Elizabeth, probably widow of Walter Romsey, for life. (Footnote 38) Joan's heir to her Somerset estates was Joan wife of Roger Wyke, granddaughter of Sir Walter Romsey (d. 1403). Joan and Roger settled certain lands on Joan, wife of John Cayleway and possibly their daughter, but remained in possession of most of the former Romsey lands in 1462. (Footnote 39)
William Cayleway and his wife Anne sold an estate described as one third of Otterhampton Rumsey manor in 1542 to John St. Clere who in 1547 sold it to James Bowerman.
From: 'Otterhampton: Manors and other estates', A History of the County of Somerset: Volume 6: Andersfield, Cannington, and North Petherton Hundreds (Bridgwater and neighbouring parishes) (1992), pp. 105-07. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=18581. Date accessed: 27 September 2005.
36S.R.O., TS/EVD; S.R.S. ix, pp. 188-9; xii. 62, 163, 189; Cal. Fine R. 1327-37, 386-7.From: Bruce Callaway
Sent: Sep 27, 2005
Subject: Rockbourne Manor
ROCKBOURNE MANOR (Extracted from A History of Hampshire Page 582 et seq.)
…..Robert Martin(25) died in 1355,(26) his first wife (Margaret) surviving him until 1373, when the manor passed to her eldest son by her first husband, Sir Walter de Romsey,(27) who in March 1401-2 settled it(28) on himself and his wife Alice for life, with reversion in tail-male to their grandson Thomas son of Thomas de Romsey, and, if he died without issue male, to his brother Walter.(29) Sir Walter died in 1403(30) and Alice his widow in 1404.
Thomas, their grandson and heir,(31) died in 1420-1, leaving an infant daughter Joan.(32) Rockbourne passed according to the above settlement to her uncle Walter, brother of Thomas,(33) but on the death of Walter son of Walter, in 1430, she inherited the manor and held it with her husband, Thomas Payne.(34)
Her second cousin and one of her two heirs, Joan, formerly the wife of Thomas Keilway(35) and then of Roger Wyke, daughter of Mary Byngham, daughter of the first Sir Walter Romsey,(36) inherited Rockbourne, which ultimately reverted to her descendants by her first husband. However, in the meanwhile it was claimed by Joan wife of Thomas Swete as next heir to Joan Payne, being she stated, great-granddaughter of Margaret daughter of Sir Walter Romsey. Roger Wyke and his son John on behalf of the heirs of Joan his wife successfully denied the existence of Margaret and recovered the manor in 1462,(37) and although five years later Edward 1V granted the manor in dower to Joan Swete, then a widow,(38) it was held by John Keilway, descendant of Joan Wyke, on his death in 1547.(39) His son William succeeded him, but after this date the history of the manor is uncertain.
Some documents state that William Keilway during his lifetime gave the manor to his grandson Thomas, child of his son Francis(40) and in 1577 a certain Richard Hunt declared that he had seen the enrolment of this conveyance. (41)Certainly in 1580 and 1581 Thomas was dealing with the manor as his own,(42) but in 1570 Francis asserted that his father had in May 1565 settled the reversion on him in tail-male,(43) and he died seized of the manor in 1601-2.(44) This discrepancy may be accounted for by the relations between Francis Keilway and his son,(45) who in 1591 was imprisoned in the Fleet ‘for procuringe and suborning certain persons to exhibit grevyous complaintes’ against Anthony Ashley, clerk of the Privy Council,(46) and on obtaining his release in 1592 was found to have no money to pay the prison fees.(47)
His father, with whom he had quarrelled, was ordered to pay for him as a ‘gentleman pencioner’,(48) but in 1598 Thomas being ‘utterlie lame and a creeple’ complained that since his father had again cut off his allowance he was ‘inforced to use very hard and base shiftes even for his foode and sustenance in such sorte as it is pitiful to make mencion.’(49)
The Privy Council took the case in hand and ordered Francis to allow his son £3 weekly. (50)Refusing to obey, Francis for a long while ignored their letters,(51) but finally agreed to pay his son’s debts and to allow him to ‘lyve in house’ with him.(52) Francis died in 1601-2 and Thomas succeeded to Rockbourne,(53) which, already heavily mortgaged to Sir Anthony Ashley,(54) he sold in 1608 to Sir Anthony’s son-in-law, Sir John Cooper.(55) No sooner had this sale been effected than it was found that Francis had in 1574 settled the contingent remainder of the manor after himself and his heirs male on his brothers Ambrose and Edward, and that the latter ‘of an ill intent’ to prevent the sale of the manor had granted his interest in it to Queen Elizabeth in 1594. (56)James 1, however, ‘not myndinge to favour such fraudulent conveyances,’ gave up all ‘remainder and interest’ in the same in 1608.(57)
Sir John Cooper was succeeded by his eldest son Anthony Ashley Cooper, created Earl of Shaftesbury in 1672(58) and the manor has descended with the title.
25 Feud Aids,ii, 327
26 Chan. Inq. P.m. 47 Edw. 111 (1st nos.), no, 18; Cal. Close, 1354-60, p.144
27 Chan. Inq. P.m. 47 Edw. 111 (1st nos.), no. 29
28 See in this connexion Cal. Pat. 1399-1401, pp.372, 451; De Banc. R. 562, m 18d
29 Ibid.458;Chan.Inq.p.m. 5 Hen 1V, no. 32
30 Ibid. Alice his widow was a daughter of Sir William Fillol
31 Inq.p.m. 6 Hen 1V, no. 29.
32 Ibid. 26 Hen. V1, no. 26
33 Ibid. 7 Hen. V1, no. 26
34 Ibid. 8 Hen. V1, no. 22. The manor was settled on Thomas and Joan in 1440 (Cal. Pat. 1436-41, p. 473; Close, 19 Hen. V1, m 43). See the descent of the Bisset moiety of South Damerham.
35 Phillipps, Visit. Of Somerset. 133.
36 Close, 26 Hen. V1, no. 26
37 Coram Rege R. East. 2 Edw. 1V, m. 80
38 Cal. Pat. 1467-77, pp. 32, 33.
39 Chan.Inq. p.m. (Ser. 2), lxxxv, 39.
40 Court of Req. Proc. Bdle. 112, no. 10
41 Ibid. 125, no. 3.
From: Bruce Callaway
Sent: Sep 27, 2005
Subject: Sherborne Rockbourne linked and a Thomas sorted!
Edmunds son Thomas (1375-c.1461) was married to Joan BYNGHAM (Phillipps Visitations of Somerset.133) .Joan was the great grandaughter of Sir Walter de ROMSEY who was married to Margaret BISSET.The Bissets (Bissetts,Bassets) had owned Rockbourne for 194 years from
1156.The de Romseys (Ramseys)consequently held Rockbourne for 112 years.
On the death of Thomas Keilway in 1461, Joan Byngham(Bingham) married Roger Wyke in 1462, and this has led to endless confusion because in subsequent documents she is referred to as Joan WYKE ( Coram Rege R East.2 Edw.1V:Cal.Pat.1467-77 pp32,33: Chan.inq.pm(See.2)lxxxv,39)
The de Romseys fought for some 10 years to regain Rockbourne from Sir William K/C who had been willed Rockbourne by his Mother Joan K/C(Bingham/Wyke). ( 26 Hen.V1 no.26) . In fact, in 1472 Edward 1V for a time did grant Rockbourne to Joan SWETE (gggrandaughter of the first Sir Walter de Romsey), but Sir John K/C son of the first Sir William and grandson of Thomas took it back!
I do hope that y'all followed that. I believe it all to be true as far as I can ascertain and I am quite excited by it all in that it now completely explains the Rockbourne Sir John's COA with the nippers and pears quartered with the Bissetts and the de Romsey coats. Of more importance it neatly ties the Rockbourne crew to the Sherbourne crew, and tidies up a Thomas!
Bruce
Bruce
From: Sherrill Williams
Sent: Sep 28, 2005
Subject: Early Family History
OK, let's get our dates correct. I refer you to an email I sent on June 28, 05 and follow-up July 1. These should be in Kellchat since they were copied to Donna.
It would appear that Thomas C/K and Joan Bingham were married c1410 - 1412. This is confirmed by the date Thomas began "presenting" at Sutton Bingham, 18 Dec 1412 (as Thomas Kayleway, 'arm.'). Thomas C/K died between Feb 1417 and 1422. Joan Bingham C/K married
Roger Wyke about 1422, when Roger first presented at Sutton Bingham on 20 Dec 1422. Joan Bingham obviously inherited Sutton Bingham (from her Bingham ancestors) much earlier than she inherited Rockborne when her cousin Joan (of the Rumsey/Ramsey family) died, 1448.
William C/K "the 1st Knight" must have been a very young child when his father, Thomas C/K died. William 1st Knight died c1508, thus quite elderly for the times. This caused me to speculate that there could be another generation between Thomas C/K and 1st Knight
William - but we have uncovered nothing to suggest another generation. According to records, William 1st Knight was father of Sir John of Rockborne to whom the rights to Rockborne passed from Sir William in 1508. We do not know to whom 1st Knight William was married;
if I recall correctly he was knighted in 1501. We don't know when Joan [widow C/K] died, but Roger Wyke was married twice more after her death. Roger died in 1467 according to Wyke records. Roger Wyke fathered, by 1st wife, Joan Bingham C/K, a son named John Wyke. This John Wyke married Joan, d & h of John Cammell of Shapwick & Charborough in Dorset. John and Joan Cammell Wyke also had a son named John Wyke who married ______ Lites, d of Lytes of Ltyes Cary, co. Somerset. The picture is as follows:
I Thomas C/K married Joan Bingham
II William C/K (1st Kt) married ????????
III Sir John of Rockborne
I Joan Bingham [wid of Thomas C/K] married (2)
Roger Wyke
II John Wyke married Joan Cammell d/o John Cammell
III John Wyke married d/o Lites of Lytes Cary, Som.
It is well to remember that Thomas C/K never held any right to Rockborne manor. This property did not come to the C/Ks via Joan Bingham C/K Wyke until she inherited it from her cousin in 1448, and which, probably after her death, passed to her son, 1st Kt William. The Wykes suggest that Roger Wyke held Rockborne (in right of his 1st wife) until the death of 1st wife Joan Bingham C/K Wyke, when it passed to her son by Thomas C/K, William C/K . "Sir" William was living at Rockborne in 1488 and it remained in the C/K family until they finally lost it to Ashley Cooper.
Keep these dates in mind when calculating the ancestry of the Rockborne C/Ks.
Sherrill
From: Warwick Kellaway
Sent: Sep 28, 2005
Subject: Early Family History
Thanks for the corrections Sherrill.
I do not know where the 1461 date came from, and had been a mite worried about it, but your dates for Thomas's demise around 1420 remind me that they were determined some time ago.
The later Thomas I mentioned was clearly another, who I cannot specifically match. However now notice there were a couple of Thomases in Devon about that time. They had properties at Stafford Barton, and at Colyton (associated with John of Collumpton later). There seems some suggestion that they used both Stowford and Kelloway names. (Possibly used Stowford when living at Stafford Barton, Kelloway when away, or for younger sons.) The Devon family seemed to alternate names between Thomas and Philip.
William of Sherborne's father however was, from his will, John. This is where I had presumed the rather complicated inheritances you mention could have been because John was Thomas's brother, and that Thomas and Joan had no family. (The descent of the Sherborne family was, according to those Heraldic Pedigrees, from William. There was no mention of any forebears - unlike Devon, where the family went back to around 1200. If John was a younger brother of Thomas, and had no recorded/remembered importance over 100 years after his death, that might be an explanation. The Pedigrees also had great difficulty sorting out the family Thomases - perhaps another reason for not going further back.)
William of course died in 1469, probably at about the age of 60, and his son, William, born presumably around 1440, became Sir William. Sir William passed Rockbourne to his son John on his death in 1507.
Warwick
Early Kellaways St. Neot Subsidy 1544 Kelly Giff (Word documents)
From: Bruce Callaway
Sent: Oct 1, 2005
Subject: Early Kelloways St Neot
Wow! Lesley. You sure have been digging into unfamiliar variants of 'The Name' in the mists of Cornwall and time. Some years ago, The Late Prof. Sir Frank Callaway provided me with his research in Cornwall back to a John Callaway (1695-1774) who married a Mary Thaller of Bodmin. We have the DNA of this line. He certainly had not researched other variants.
I am a little concerned that the Killiowe of Lansallos carried a different COA from the Killowe of Dale and both arms have no relationship to the COA of the eastern counties. We are certainly in unexplored territory, but your continuing excellent research is well worth recording.
Bruce
Well Bruce I have to say that in Warleggan, St Neot, Lansallos and Duloe it is as if there are two totally separate families. One Callaway/Calway and the other Killowe/Kellowe. They are recorded at the same time so the spelling does not seem to vary on the whim of the clerk at the time. In other places there is a similar mix often all mixed up. I can see no link between Lansallos and St Neot groups either at present.
From: Bruce Callaway
Sent: Oct 3, 2005
Subject: Early Kelloways St Neot
Lesley wrote:
I have a John Callaway m. Mary Scholler 08.07.1716 Bodmin. They lived in St Kew. Is that the one in Sir Frank's line with some spelling mix up somewhere?
As you can see from the attached, dear old Frank figured that Dear John had married a Mary Thaller. Thaller/Scholler is close enough for me, so we have the right guy and the descent locks in with the Australian tribe, so I can presume that we have that tribe fairly well figured including their DNA.
She further says: Well Bruce I have to say that in Warleggan, St Neot, Lansallos and Duloe it is as if there are two totally separate families. One Callaway/Calway and the other Killowe/Kellowe. They are recorded at the same time so the spelling does not seem to vary on the whim of the clerk at the time. In other places there is a similar mix often all mixed up. I can see no link between Lansallos and St Neot groups either at present.
I guess we have to assume that the C/Ks were no different in the 16th century to people in the subsequent centuries, the "Martins and the Coys".i.e. There were those that made it, and those that didn't. Much of our paper trail involves the former, who by serendipitous marriage and C/K determination allied themselves with property and wealth and thus were recorded. The others disappeared. To be P/C, we should not ignore them, but in the overall schema of things, acknowledge that the Killowe/Kellowe were unfortunately not survivors, and dare I say it, did bugger all but were probably very nice people!
Keep digging Lesley. It is so good to have you on the serious research side!
Bruce
John Callaway - Mary Thaller pedigree.jpg
From: Bruce Callaway
Sent: Oct 8, 2005
Subject: Early Kelloways St Neot
Much is written about the Cornish language on the internet, and I believe that Warwick has made an important point. It is clear that our research lies in the so called period of Medieval Cornish (1150-1500) in which the two dialects were 85% Breton (East and West) and up to the time of the Prayer Book Rebellion (1549) many areas of Cornwall did not speak or understand English!
Apart from the Breton influence from Brittany which is a possible area for subsequent research as an origin for our ancient Rels, I still remain sceptical that the 'odd' surnames under discussion have any relevance. There is indisputable evidence that a few of our lads were in Cornwall in the 15th century, but they carried the later version of the C/K surname and therefore must be assumed to have been émigrés from the Eastern counties.
Keep digging you guys and convince this Old Fogey that we should pursue the Lansallo Killowes. The one sample of Cornish Callaway DNA (17th.c) that we have is not yet helpful!
Bruce
From: Sherrill Williams
Sent: Oct 8, 2005
Subject: Early Kelloways St Neot
I have looked at this situation for a long, long time. My conclusion tends toward this: Cornwall has two different sets of C/Ks. There are remnants of our more familiar SW counties families in Cornwall, along with those now familiar "associated families" of which there are many. The "Kills" appear to be a distinct family, perhaps of Celtic origins (perhaps out of Wales or elsewhere?). Those who bear arms have a different one than our "pears & nippers." I would venture to guess that the two lines do not share the same "Y." That is just my assumption, and I am willing to be proven wrong.
Sherrill
From: Sherrill Williams
Sent: Oct 9, 2005
Subject: A few notes on Dorset
Hello All,
While going through my chaos upstairs I came across a few notes which I made a while back. These are from the website of Thomas Cole, a regular contributor to the Dorset "Mail List" (Rootsweb) whose interest is in Dorset men/families to Newfoundland. Not a lot here, but a few clues:
(1) They were searching for "Kimbers Farm" mentioned in Hobbs family wills; not located, but these farms "that were fenced in" were stared in:
Gummershay 1315
Marsh Farm 1327
Hargrove Farm 1265
Thornhill 1244
Antioch Farm 1244
Frith Farm 1244
(2) "As shown in the various copies of Hobbs family wills, the family owned or leased land in the Stalbridge Weston area in the 1600's - 1700's, yet the predominate land holdings there were held by the WESTON FAMILY.
(3) Quoting from a small book, written by Irene Jones, "History of Stalbridge and St. Mary's Church" - "against the North Wall of the Chapel a life size effigy of a Cadiver (?cadaver?)lies on a Table Tomb of the late 14th or early 15th century; under is a WESTON FAMILY VAULT." "For three centuries this chapel was known as the WESTON CHAPEL, the Weston family holding land in Stalbridge Weston, with only a short lapse in
Elizabethan times, until it was sold to Edward Walter in the 18th century, through whom it passed to the Marquis of Anglesley."
(4) The parish registers of Stalbridge before 1690 were lost; the B.T.'s were destroyed by fire in 1731.
(5)"The Church Plate of Dorset, 1552" [is this a book or a published article?; would be interesting to see this book/article!]. THE PARISH OF STALBRIDGE:
William Vowell, curate
Churchwardens, WILLIAM KAYLEWAY, John Jones, Sr. Parishioners: HUGH WESTON, Thomas Snoke, Thomas
Atwater, John Jones, junr.
THE PARISH OF MARNHULL:
Robert Tucker, curate
Churchwardens: JOHN KEYLWAY, NYCHOLAAS KEYLWAYE Parishioners: list includes THOMAS KEYLWAYE
(6) A few items from Stalbridge parish registers (no
C/Ks). The Crew family seem to have a connection to
our Piddlehinton C/K family. Wonder if these JONES are
related to our DAVY JONES?
Robert Crew s/o Thomas & Susannah bapt. 1754
[Robert Crew, bapt 1798 "went to Newfoundland."]
Rev. Henry Jones , born c1680 "went to Newfoundland"
Sherrill
From: Warwick Kellaway
Sent: Oct 9, 2005
Subject: A few notes on Dorset
Hi Sherrill
As with the Staffords, there were other Weston families, but I think we could be fairly certain that you have found our Westons in St Marys Stalbridge.
From what I have understood, the Dorset family was living at Calewe Weston manor from the early to mid 1200s, at least - Randolph/Ralph being recorded there around 1250. (No-one appears to know quite where Calewe Weston was, but it was possibly at nearby Stalbridge Weston.)
The principal C/K family was probably living there at the time of John le Calewe's will in 1308. Following that, their location becomes a little complicated - perhaps they remained there, perhaps they returned to Kellaways Wiltshire, as St Giles was built there in 1304. It is likely however that some family members remained in Dorset until the time of William of Sherborne in 1400. And we know they were in Stalbridge in the 1500s. And Marnhull nearby - those three Kayleways in 1552 are interesting. (Seems rather more continuity there than other
parts?)
As in Devon with the Staffords, the placename became part of the family name, and de Westons appeared in the 1300s. In all probability, while acknowledging kinship, by 1500 the Westons were a separate family. Another opportunity to seek out, this time, the Dorset Weston DNA?
We drove through Stalbridge in 2001, without having time to search the church, but has anyone yet seen the vault?
The Crew family appeared with the sad story of Purdon Crewe Kellaway in Piddlehinton in the mid 1700s. Sounds as though her mother may have been a Crewe, or there was some association.
Well done Sherrill.
Warwick
From: Sherrill Williams
Sent: Oct 10, 2005
Subject: Westons/Staffords
My original thoughts on this subject was (and currently still is) that the Westons, for some reason, took a different name than C/K due to their prominent dominance of a location, ie, Stalbridge Weston. I have "googled" on Weston, and did turn up a Weston family chart which tended to suggest that their family came from one of the eastern counties of England. But then, tracing down the line they are found married into "our" Cammell family. I figured their information to be inconclusive - so await further Weston DNA testing to draw any definite conclusions. As to the Devonite Stowford/Stafford/CKs, I felt the name also changed to Stowford/Stafford due to their early residence in Stowford (strictly geographical and not intermarriage). What I can learn about the old and prominent Stafford family does not seem to tie into this, even tho' William C/K of Sherborne (1469 will) did have a "business" relationship with ole' "silver hand" Humphrey Stafford regarding church and almshouse matters. I have detected no relationship or intermarriage between the two families, so still feel the Stowford/Stafford C/Ks name derived from the place called Stowford. I believe it is too early to declare a "winner" in this debate. The Weston and Stafford DNA projects are moving slowly because there seems to be no organization behind the projects as opposed to the CFA project which is designed to produce results based on our extensive research.
Sherrill
From: Warwick Kellaway
Sent: Oct 10, 2005
Subject: Westons/Staffords
Sherrill
You covered the situation very well.
Family names, such as our Caillouet, commonly derived from places, and what we see as Stowford, Weston etc, are examples of that kind. Initially by the use of the "de" (of). The de in most cases disappeared, although it remains today with some families, perhaps having more recent French associations. Probably only the major families retained a "family" name, because of their importance, and because they would move about much more. In most cases a family remained very close to their village, and whether the place assumed the name of the family, or the family took the name of the place, it determined for others who they were, and where they lived. Some of those places have disappeared, while most grew in size, some considerably.
I do not think there would have been much intermarriage with Stowford/Staffords or Westons, if only because they were recently
related. (Although remain mystified over the name Sto(w)ford.)
I also never found any intermarriage with the Devon family, but the comment remained in histories etc. The two must have retained some connection over the centuries, something more than just the shadow of the name, and it seems very likely there was some intermarriage, possibly in the 1300s - but some time after a close relationship.
I have noted the move of the Wiltshire Edmund and Joan to Devon about 1390 (and wondered was Joan from Dolton?). To Chenstone manor at Chawleigh near Cheldon, where the family had property from an earlier time. Cheldon is close to Dolton, and I recall the Stowfords had occupation there in the 1500s.
Bearing in mind that Mokesbeare in Devon seems to figure in the stories of both families, these properties appear to almost be shared, over a long period of time. John of Cullompton in Devon, almost certainly from the Dolton family, is
We continue to find scraps of information, and picture is becoming clearer, as the pieces fit together. Future DNA results may provide some fascinating information.
Warwick
From: Bruce Callaway
Sent: Oct 11, 2005
Subject: Westons/Staffords
I too agree Warwick with Sherrill's summary. No way do I seek to downplay the earlier research and I am indebted to you for this statement "John le Calewe being buried at Stalbridge in 1308 must be one of our earliest known burial locations. With his will, and recorded descent from Elias and Bertha before 1200, he could rank as our most important early family notable - to date anyway. The earlier people are, at this stage, by comparison only names in an old document."
The 1308 will proved pivotal in linking the early C/Ks to our more documented 15th. century ones. I guess that following the modern day Westons and Staffords was what was frustrating me. They are certainly in very early days with their research and DNA. As with the de Romseys, we probably know more about their very early history than they do.
I am reminded that I have never actually seen that 1308 will. I believe that it is in Sherrill's possession? As a somewhat flippant aside, it occurred to me that in the future we might organize an archaeological 'dig' in the graveyard of the Blessed Mary Church in Stalbridge. Dear John's bones if they could be located should still be capable of DNA extraction! What a wretched and sacrilegious thought!!
Bruce
From: Warwick Kellaway
Sent: Oct 15, 2005
Subject: Luxborough Galley
Hi all,
Lesley has forwarded the attached information from Somerset Newspapers. There are some names there of interest. Unfortunately not the stories behind the items, which is only accessible in Taunton etc.
I was particularly interested in the Luxborough Galley, which seems to crop up from time to time. Both Henry and William Kellaway were from the Upwey/Broadwey family in Dorset. Tried to follow up in Google, but all I got was the collection of paintings at the National Maritime Museum. The official Board of Enquiry report must be somewhere. Anyway I have put what I have found of the horror story together, and attached it also.
It may all have been fortuitous, as I might at long last have resolved why my GGG/grandfather William Thomas C/K came to move from the IOW, to near Upwey in Dorset in 1787. Very complicated, but I matched the ages of two Thomases, both born about 1675. Now suspect his grandfather, Innkeeper Thomas Kelloway of Wickham Hampshire, could have moved about 1730 to live with his son Thomas at Bexington, near Upwey, leaving other family members back in Wickham. I had always wondered why he moved, and also about his paired names William Thomas. If Thomas of Bexington was his grandfather, he had two sons there - William and Thomas - although both dead by the time he arrived. Could be wrong, but it would fit. Also thought "both" Thomases might have been in the Piddlehinton klan, and if so could trace Thomas back to Nicholas of Forston. However it is also possible that Thomas came from further east, even in Hampshire. We already have two or three differing DNAs from Dorset, plus mine. The most likely Piddlehinton version being that of Peter Kellaway-Moss and the Peters. (Maybe the Upwey/Broadwey family was not from Forston and Piddlehinton after all.)
As both my IOW c/klan, and the Upwey family were so associated with the sea, and brewing/innkeeping, (and I still to not know WT's occupation - suspect either the sea or liquor), even Luxborough William could be closely related. Thought Sophie Dawes was enough for one family!
Sorry to ramble, but I do at last feel I have got somewhere.
Warwick
The maritime history of our family goes back to 1300 at least, most relating to trade, with Europe and the Americas. There have been some interesting stories during that time, some of which can horrify. Among them, is that of the Luxborough Galley.
Slavery today in any form fills us with horror and disgust, but 250-300 years ago it was accepted as a way of life, for some.
The Luxborough Galley was a ship, which while trading officially to Spanish America, more particularly the British West Indies, also carried slaves for the South Seas Company, one of two prominent English trading companies in the 18th century.
The other, the East India Company survived longer, became powerful, with heavily armed ships for long voyages to the east, and eventually formed the Indian Navy.
Family members served with both.
The Luxborough, commanded by a William Kellaway, left England in October 1725 for Cabinda in West Africa, one leg of a triangular trade route.
The ship seems to have remained at Cabinda for some time, and while there Captain Kellaway was attacked as a result of an affront to the African King by a white man. The cargo of Indian cottons and other goods was however exchanged for 600 slaves. The number suggesting the Luxborough was a relatively large ship.
(Slaving in Africa was common among African tribes. Encouraged initially by the Portugese before 1500, it was handled largely by East African Moslem Slavetraders.)
Crossing the Atlantic on the second leg, 8 crew and 203 Africans died of smallpox.
But the surviving Africans were delivered to Jamaica in October 1726, a year after the ship left England.
The Luxborough was loaded at Jamaica with 90 hogsheads of sugar and rum, and 80 tons of other goods, and sailed on the final leg home in May 1727.
Off the coast of Newfoundland however, on 25 June 1727, it appears “two black boys”, who were sent for rum, spilled some, and decided to see if it would burn. From the resulting explosion, the ship was burnt out and sank.
One boat got off with 22 on board. But by the fifth day, the weather was stormy, and it was proposed to throw the two black boys overboard, to lighten the load.
The boys naturally objected, and although the captain disagreed, they agreed to cast lots instead.
However before anyone was killed, one of the boys and another man died, presumably as a result of their injuries.
Short of food, they, and the subsequent dead, were eaten.
Two weeks later, the surviving 6 were rescued by fishermen and taken by yawl to Newfoundland.
The story aroused a lot of interest at the time, and there was a series of paintings produced by John Cleveley the elder (held today at the National Maritime Museum).
There were three Kellaways on board, William, the mate Ralph, and the ships boy, Robert. Ralph died in the fire, and William the day after reaching shore. Robert survived, later became mate of the Essex, and died on the trade route to India.
From their wills, William and Ralph Kellaway, and presumably Robert, were members of the Dorset family prominent at Upwey and Broadwey in the 17-1800s.
They were probably a branch of the Piddlehinton family, and the earlier Forston/Charminster family.
Ralph, and probably William, were the sons of Henry Kellaway sen. of Broadwey, but apparently left no descendants. It is not known about Robert.
In 1733, Ralph’s brother Brewer Henry Kellaway jun. had a Negro servant George Pugarron christened. Aged 18, George would have been 12 in 1727.
Was he the surviving “black boy”?
There was also a “Farmer” William Kellaway living at Upwey in 1736. The “Farmer” title presumably being used to differentiate him from “Commander” William.
It is not clear whether or not he was a close relation, but was probably the son of Thomas sen. and brother of Thomas Kellaway jun. of Bexington nearby, who was buried at Portesham in 1776.
Apart from the horror of the slave trade, and the subsequent ship burning and the cannibalism, it is interesting that the seamen even considered the lives of the boys.
Possibly it was because not all Africans were considered as of the lowest social level. They were only boys.
Africans had lived in England for many years, and their lives were not those of the slaves in the plantations. It was of course also fairly common to transport English “miscreants” to plantations in America and the Indies, including some of our own kin.
Englishmen would not have known much of the slave trade first hand, unless they had been to the colonies – it was the second leg of a trading voyage – but by 1800 new humanitarian attitudes stopped the sea trade, and forced abolition in Britain and her colonies.
What happened to George Pugarron?
Warwick Kellaway
20 10 05
Somerset Newspaper index via GENUKI Somerset page
Sherbourne & Yeovil Mercury
1773 08 Feb Kellaway Lucy - Piddle Hinton Little Piddle Farm to let
1774 14 Mar Kelleway Mrs - Piddle Hinton sale of horses
1774 09 May Kelway Henry - apothecary Plymouth deceased notice
1776 26 Aug Kelley John - decd 'Coat' Arlington to let
1776 18 Mar Kellow J - Downes House nr Crediton to let
1776 23 Dec Kelly Nicholas - commander 'Hope' sale of stores Falmouth
1778 04 May Kelway Henry - deceased from Cornwall now Plymouth apothecary
1778 06 Jul Callow James - Uffculm 'Whitmoore' farm for sale
1778 20 Jul Callow James - Uffculm sale of 'Whitmoor'
Taunton Courier
1810 20 Sep Callaway Mrs - Brompton suicide
1810 01 Nov Kellow Mr - Membury agent for Union Insurance
1811 27 Jun Callow M - ladied stay maker Bridgwater advert
1811 21 Mar Kellow Mr - Membury Union Fire Insurance agent
1811 16 May Kelly Arthur - Kelly brother died
1811 16 May Kelly Vice Admiral William Hancock - died Plymouth
1812 23 Apr Callaway Arthur innkeeper St Merryn marr Miss Werry Truro
1812 03 Sep Callow Thomas - drowned at Pawlett
1812 23 Jan Kellaway Mr of Corfe Castle marr Frances Hyde of Milborn Port
1812 24 Dec Kelly Arthur - Kelly dau Phillippa married
Bridgewater and Somerset Advertiser
1831 06 Apr Callow Hugh - age 32 watchman Wells assault charge
1831 13 Apr Callow Hugh - not guilty Bridgwater Quarter Sessions
1831 10 Aug Callaway - court case
1831 15 Aug Callaway James – assaulted
1831 15 Aug Kelly Capt - Lyme Church Missionary Society
1831 19 Sep Kelway W - Taunton Hort Exhibition Prizewinners
1833 02 Dec Callow John - died London age 75
1833 04 Nov Kelley Mr of Shepton Mallet marr Miss Wansborough of Bruton
1833 08 Jul Kelly Simon of Dublin marr Anne Dawes of Oxford St
1833 25 Nov Kelly W grocer Shepton Mallet marr Amy Alford Warburton at Burton
1833 28 Oct Kelway William - gardener Hatch Court
Taunton Journal
1726 18 Nov Kellaway Henry - Broadway Dorset clothuer bankrupt
1727 29 Sep Kellaway William - master 'Luxburgh' report of fire on ship
1727 08 Sep Kelloway Capt - 'The Luxbrough' burnt
1727 08 Sep Kelloway Robert - survivor 'The Luxbrough' Capt Kelloway
1727 22 Sep Kelly John - Baron of the Port of Sandwich
1726 16 Dec Kelly Matthew - St Catherines London dealer bankrupt
1726 10 Jun Kelly Mr - son of brewer Prosper Lane Dublin duel at Ormond Key
1726 26 Aug Kelly Peter als Piercy - foot soldier at Newgate for murder of C Fox transptd
From: Bill Piper Sent: Oct 15, 2005 Subject: Luxborough Galley
The paintings held by The National Maritime Museum are here: http://www.nmm.ac.uk/searchbin/searchs.pl?exhibit=it3493z&axis=1128258867&flash=true&dev= http://www.nmm.ac.uk/searchbin/searchs.pl?exhibit=it3492z&axis=1119091637&flash=true&dev= http://www.nmm.ac.uk/searchbin/searchs.pl?exhibit=it3489z&axis=1129382750&flash=true&dev= http://www.nmm.ac.uk/searchbin/searchs.pl?exhibit=it3490z&axis=1129382750&flash=true&dev= http://www.nmm.ac.uk/searchbin/searchs.pl?exhibit=it3494z&axis=1129382750&flash=true&dev= Bill
From: Bruce Callaway
Sent: Oct 16, 2005
Subject: Luxborough Galley
Warwick said: As regards William, presuming he did survive, I am fairly sure he would have gone back to England for the Enquiry - to explain what happened to his ship and cargo - and possibly face charges.
So we will have to rely on Bruce in Nova Scotia in the meantime.
An amazing set of paintings, six I think. Strange event to record. The painter wasn't there, and it is not as though they could be commercially sold, or reproduced, as would happen today.
This was a 'commercial' ship Warwick and I believe not subject to any RN enquiry. Much was made by Bruce of the origin of the K/cs in Novia Scotia. To-morrow, I will attempt to follow this up, but off the top of my head, I believe that he recorded the adventures of his ancestors in ancient fishing enterprises.
Bruce
Partial transcripts of the Wills of William Kellaway Ralph Kellaway
Unfortunately we have yet to get close to the origins of the Joseph line, but Peter came, we now think, probably from somewhere near Dorchester (or Piddlehinton), in Dorset - as did William Kellaway, the commander of the Luxborough, who died in 1727. Fertile ground, but it was the name William that caught my eye.
From: Sherrill Williams
Sent: Oct 30, 2005
Subject: Access to Archives
The other day, I checked out Access to Archives for updates; searched on few versions of C/K and also on Cammell, Camell, Cammel, Camel. Some of the results are intersting.
Somerset Record Office:
Helyer Documents and Muniments from Coker Court DD\WHh/929. 1438 - Grant - by Wm Whyker and John Aleyne to John Wyke & Joan his wife, of all the lands, etc which the former had by grant from John Cammell, with remainder to the said John Cammell, brother of the said Joan. [NOTE: This John Wyke who married Joan Cammell was s/o John Wyke and his wife, Joan, widow of Thomas C/K, the "presenter at Sutton Bingham.]
DD\WHh/930-31. 24 June 1439 - Conveyance and Counterpart by William Wheker and John Aleyn to John Wyke and Joan his wife of their manor of Loderforde which they had by grant of John Cammell of Shapwyke, esquire, with remainders to John Cammell, father of the said John & the heirs of his body.
DD\WHh/932. 1439 - Ratification by Robert Cammell, son & heir of John Cammell of Shapwick of [930-31, above] to the said John Wyke & Joan his wife. Two seals on this document.
DD\WHh/918. 1355 - Grant - Frater Robert de Herdscotte, Prior of Bustlesham (Bisham Monteque, co. Berks) and the Convent there by permission of the lord and founder Dom. William de Monte Acuto, Earl of Salisbury to John de Cammell of their manor of Loderford.
[The above are the same documents where was found the early info on the C/Ks and Westons in Dorset, as well as the 1308 will of John Calowe.]
Phelips MSS (Phelips family of Montacute, Somerset) DD\PH/243. 1593-1789. Thos Keylway of Preston Plucknett, gent., 1673 - Preston Plucknett deeds, etc. - A bundle of misc. documents involving the Phelips family; case relating to the claims and liabilities of the impropriator [Thos. Keylway]in right of his wife, n.d., c1667; there is reference to the chapel 'not being an ancient burying place,' being made use of by
the inhabitants when the plague was at Yeovil; settlement after marriage of Jane Phillips, formerly Jane Keylway, wid., and Wm. Phelips of Montacute, of the rectory and tithes of Preston, Addams tenement in Trent, etc, 1680, and release, 1717; manors of Preston Plucknett and Wheathill and various messuages and lands (named) in Yeovil, 1751; agreement for sale by Edw. Phelips of the manor of Preston Plucknett and Preston Farm, 1757.
DD\PH/243. 1593-1789. Testamentary Records [this file contains wills or estate records for a number of people, including]: Thos. Keylway of Preston Plucknett, gent. 1673, ad. 1674
DD\PH/136. 1744. Geo. Kellaway Vs John Newman & Hy. Mead, complaining of seizure of butter, etc. taken by defendants, as servants of Eliz. Phelips, because of plaintiff's non-payment of market dues.
More to come -
Sherrill
Hi Bruce and all
Probably we all have the principal aim of determining our own line. I don't know about others, but mine have been particularly frustrating, from the first endeavour to find my great grandfather. Since then it has been a long process, but fascinating all the same.