Amelia

These notes demonstrate a connection of Noel Bassano, who witnessed the Will of Thomas Grendon in Virginia, and the family of Michael Holland of Goochland; that is, they identify Noel Bassano as a cousin of the Whitton family, intermarried with the Lutleys of Shropshire, kin of the Cocke and Harris families of that place.

Noel Bassano is evidenced here: Bassano v Whitton. Plaintiffs: Noel Bassano. Defendants: Edward Whitton. Subject: money matters, Middlesex. C 6/72/12. 1677. (A dispute regarding family proprty left in a will).

The Bassanos were intermarried with the Whittons: ‘On the floor of the south aisle of Allhallows, Barking: ‘Here are interred the body of Margaret Bassano late wife of Arthvr Bassano of this parishe gent: and also the body of Camela Whitton late wife of Henry Whitton of Lamberhvrst In the covnty of Kent gent: Eldest davghter of Ye sayd Arthvr & Margaret: Bothe wch havinge christianly and charitably passed theire pilgrimage in this transitory life did comfortably & patiently yeld theire spiritts to almighty god who gave them the said Margaret at the age of 66 yeeres vpon the 26 of October 1620 levinge behinde her 3 sonnes & 3 Davghters & The Said Camela About The Age Of 46 Yeeres vppon the XIth of May 1622. In the remembrance of both wch This Memoriall Was Here Placed Ye 10 Of Aprill Anno D’ni 1623. Blessed are the dead wch dye in the lorde.

Arthur Bassano was probably related to Anthony Bassanye, ‘one of the Queene’s musisyans dwelling in Mark Lane,’ mentioned in an amusing entry in the Parish Registers for the year 1565, relating to the birth of a child of Venetian parentage, quoted by Joseph Maskell’ (Par. Hist. Allhallows Barking, pp. 63–4). ‘Several names belonging to an Italian colony of merchants are given. Three members of the family owned the Bell, Mark Lane, in 1555, vide ante’ (Survey of London: vol. 15, All Hallows, Barking-By-The-Tower, pt. ii., Memorials in the church: Brasses pp. 57-58, 1934).

1. Anthony Bassano, m. Elena Da Nazzi.
1.1. Edward Bassano (1551-1615), m. Alice Austin, 13 Jan. 1583.
1.1.1. Daniel Bassano. He acquired extensive holdings in Sussex. Bargain and sale enrolled and covenant to levy a fine for £900. DUN 30/10. 10 Feb 1648. Thomas Stanley of West Peckham in Kent, esq and William Stanley of the Middle Temple, gent, to Richard Shepharde of Peasmarsh, esq. 120a of land in Peasmarsh, occupied by Francis Sampson, yeoman, under a former lease to George Sampson TS and his wife Mary and WS and his wife Ann to levy a fine to RS. Acknowledged before John Page, master in chancery, and enrolled by Edward Cantrell, 21 Feb 1648.
1.1.1.1. Noel Bassano.
1.1.1.1.1. Noel Bassano, witnessed the Will of Thomas Grendon.
1.2. Arthur Bassano, m. Margaret …
1.2.1. Camela Bassano, m. ‘Henry Whitton of Lamberhvrst‘.
1.2.2. Anthony Bassano, m. Dorothy Hinde, da. of John Hinde, Salter, of London.
1.2.2.1. John Bassano, bapt. Nov. 6, 1608., obit. 1653, m. (1) (April 1, 1635) Anne Lloyd. PCC Will proved Sept. 27, 1655
1.2.2.1.1. John Bassano.
1.2.2.1.2. Dorothie Bassano, who m. (1662) ‘Thomas Harris, of S’ Leonard, East Cheap, Salter, Widr, ab’ 26 (b. 1636), & Dorothy Bessana, of S’ Lawrence Jury, Spr, ab’ 19, her parents dead; consent of eldest brother John Bezana her guardian; at S’ Mary le Bow, London. Mar 28 Feb. 1662‘.
1.2.2.1.3. Frances Bassano, m. John Tucker. ‘Tucker, John, of Clifford’s Inn, Middlesex, gent., 24, and Frances Bassano, spinster, 18, her parents dead, and she living with her brother, John Bassano, of Walthamstow, Essex, gent., who consents. 2 Dec. 1669’ (LML).
1.3. Lucretia Bassano, m. Nicholas Lanier, obit. May 31, 1610, East Greenwich, Kent, m. (Feb. 14, 1570, All Hallows, Barking, London, Lucretia Bassano.
1.3.1. Clement Lanier, obit. 1661, m. 1627 (Kent) Hannah Collett. He was bur. in St. Alphage’s, Greenwich, Kent.
1.3.1.1. John Lanier b. Oct 1631 in Lewisham, d. in Prince George Co, VA , m. Lucrece … John Lanier’s second-cousin, Thomas Lanier, m. Jane Pettyward: Thomas Harris witnessed the Will of Sir Walter Covert in 1631. i. Richard Covert. ii Sir Walter Covert of Slaugham, d. 1631; ii. Jane Covert, m. Henry Smith; iii. Jane Smith mar. (1) Ninian Burrell (2) Sir Peter Courthop; he mar. (1) Elizabeth Sharpey; and had issue: Frances Courthop, m. to Thomas Pettyward; their da., Jane Pettyward, m. Thomas Lanier, grandson of Nicholas Lanier and Lucrese Bassano.
1.3.1.1.1. John Lanier Jr. , obit 1719, Jr. m. (1) (1677) Katherine Sampson in Charles City County; (2) Sarah Edmunds.
1.3.1.1.1.1. Sampson Lanier Sr., b. 1682, Charles City, obit. May 5, 1743, Brunswick County, VA., m. Elizabeth Washington, dau. of Richard Washington and Elizabeth Jordan.
1.3.1.1.1.1.1. Sampson Lanier, obit. Sept. 2, 1757, Brunswick County, m. Elizabeth Chamberlain. 1.3.1.1.1.1.1.1. Rebecca Lanier, b. Dec. 16, 1744 , d. Jul. 1818 in Green County, Georgia, m. Walton Harris, b. February 6, 1739, d. Jul. 20, 1809 in Green, GA.

THREE SISTERS

1. Elizabeth Cressett m. Adam Lutley of Bromcroft, Shropshire, bur. 7 October 1590, St Catherine’s,Tugford, Shropshire, son of John Lutley of Corston and Katherine Jenkes, and had issue 4 sons and 6 daus. Adam Lutley’s sister, Joyce Lutley, m. John Holland Sr., enfeoffed in Lamberhurst, Kent, father of John Holland Jr., of Lamberhurst, who m. Mary Barham; having issue: David Holland. Prerogative Court of Canterbury; Probate Jul. 3, 1617. Joyce Holland of Lamberhurst, widow, will dated Mar. 10, 1616: ‘Unto the poore people of the parish of Lamberhurst 10 shillings to be distibuted among them at the discretion of my executor on the daye of my buryall unto John, David & Mary Holland, the sonnes & daughter of John Holland my sonne, 5 pounds each, when 21’. David Holland was the father of John Holland. PAR/498/37/14. Oct. 23, 1654: ‘John Baker of Mayfield, Esq., lord of the manor of Mayfield, to Gregory Dyne, Joseph Dunmoll, gent, Richard Lucke yeoman, David Holland mercer, John Barham of Shoesmiths gent, John Lucke (son and heir apparent of Richard Lucke), John Holland (son and heir apparent of David Holland) …’. John Holland m. Anne Burton; the overseers of his Will was Edward Burton, his br.-in-law, and Gregory Dyne (Dene). Marriages of Goochland Co., 1733-1815 (Williams), p. 12, Nov. 2, 1763: ‘Charles Burton and Mary Holland, dau. of George Holland. Sur. George Holland and Michael Holland. Wit: John Miller and George West.’

2. Jane Cressett, m. before 1565, Thomas Whitton of Lamberhurst, Kent (m. 2nd, Mary Finch, d. 1612), younger son of Owen Whitton of Hensington, Oxfordshire & Joan Whitehill, and had issue: Henry Whitton, husband of Camela Bassano.

3. Thomasine Cressett, m. 1., bef. 1565, Richard Draper of Walton (bur. 20 November 1587), third son of Thomas Draper of Aston & Anne Mynd, and had issue, 2 sons & 2 daus. Thomasine m. 2. Francis Holland of Burwarton (fl. 1606), younger son of William Holland of Burwarton & Alice Ditton. (The very close association between such intermarried families of Shropshire as the Cockes, Harris, and Langfords as been given elsewhere). Oct. 1605, ‘Fras Cressett, esq. and Edw. Cressett, gent., plts. Jn. Lutley, gent., Nich. Leighton, Hen. Whitton, gents, Fras. Holland, gent. and Thomasin his wife, defors. Manor of Upton and 40 messuages, 20 tofts, 3 water corn mills, 4 dovecots, 40 gardens, 40 orchards,1500a land, 300a meadow, 1,500a pasture, 200a wood and 500a heath and brush in Upton, Lighe alias Lye, Meduleighe, Stapley, Morvyld, Cleobury North, Wistanstow, Criddon, Conde, Stepleton, Netley, Bache and Felhampton and the advowsons and churches of Upton and Stepleton. Fine: £600. Michaelmas 3 James I.’ (Shropshire Archives, 5460/3/10). 23 Jan. 1606, ‘1. Jn Lutley of Bromecroft, gent., Nich. Leighton of the Cotes, gent., Hen. Whitton of Lamberhurst, Kent, gent., Fras. Holland of Burwardyne, gent. and Thomasyn his wife. 2. Fras. Cressett of Upton Cressett, esq., and Edw. Cressett, gent., son and heir apparent of Fras Cressett. A fine was levied for settling the manors and property to Fras Cressett for his life, remainder to Edw. Cressett and his heirs forever, i.e.:- The Manor of Upton alias Upton Cressett and lands and houses, etc. and the patronages in Upton Cressett, and all rights, etc. belonging to the Manor, late the property of Rd Cressett, esq. decd.; The capital messuage in Upton Cressett in which Fras Cressett now lives with lands belonging … It is agreed between the parties that the fine on the property as described in the fine (5460/3/9) shall be judged that the cognisees shall stand and be seised of the property to the use of Fras. Cressett for life, with remainder to Edw. Cressett and his heirs forever. Signed: John Lutley, Nycholas Leyghton, Henry Whitton, F. Holland, mark of Tomasin Holland. 2 seals, 1 part seal and 2 other tags. Witnesses: H. Towneshend, Thomas Lyttleton, Willm Baldwyn of Mounslowe, Jo: Yonge, Edw. Price, Francis Corser, Frauncis Fitchett, Arthur Hopton, Elizabeth Grandsdon, Maudlen Walker, W. Baldwyn, Fr. Phillips, Thomas Harrington’ (Shropshire Archives, 5460/3/11).

This Henry Whitton being the br, of Mary Whitton, who m. William Fowle, gent: He m. (2) Mary Whitton, on Jan. 13, 1606, in Frant, Sussex. By his first wife, Elizabeth Pankhurst, William Fowle was the father Helen Fowle, who m. (1622) David Barham of Wadhurst; youngest son of John Barham and Mary Courthope; brother of Mary Barham, who m. (1) John Holland Jr. of Lamberhurst, on Jun. 20, 1603, in Tonbridge, Kent, son of John Holland., b. 1535, who m., as stated, Joyce Lutley, sister of Adam Lutley, who m. Elizabeth Cressett, sister-in-law of Thomas Whitton of Lamberhurst.

The Sussex family of Cheale were yeoman farmers who held land under the Coverts:

The manor of Oreham was a manor of Henfield, which passed to the Covert family. ‘William Covert was dealing with lands in Henfield in 1484-5, and in 1533 a sixth of the manor was settled on John Covert, son and heir apparent of Richard. He or a namesake was lord in 1553. In 1564 John’s son Richard settled the reversion of the whole manor after the death of his mother Anne Covert on his brother Edward. At Edward’s death in 1605 his son John succeeded; he or a namesake was still lord in 1630, but by 1647 the manor had passed to Walter Covert. Edward Covert was dealing with it between 1656 and 1667; in 1668, when he was described as of Edburton, the demesne lands comprised 160 a.

The estate called Shiprods, like Oreham manor, passed to the Covert family. In the 1560s or 1570s Richard Covert had it, and it descended thereafter with Twineham Benfield until Sir John Covert, Bt. (d. 1679), sold it to Philip Cheale. At his death in 1716 or 1717 Cheale was succeeded by his son John (d. 1727), whose successive heirs were his sons John (d. 1731) and Philip, d. 1746’ (A History of the County of Sussex: vol. 6, pt.3: Henfield: Manors and other estates).

Thomas Harris, vicar of Ditchling, which was tenurially connected to Agnes Warren, who m. William Bassano, br. of Daniel Bassano, and, therefore, uncle of Noel Bassano, father of his namesake, who witnessed the Will of Thomas Grendon; and cousin of Anthony Bassano, whose grandda., Dorothy, m. (1662) Thomas Harris, Salter, of London, b. 1636.

The ancestry of Thomas Harris, and his connection to the Coverts and Cheales, is suggested here:

1. Robert Harry, noted 1400, witness to a deed concerning land near that of Richard Peris in Seaford.
1.1. Stephen Harry, noted 1410, associated with Peasmarsh, tenant of Thomas Oxenbridge.
1.1.1. John Harry, noted 1471-1472, associated with Brede, tenant of Robert Oxenbridge
1.1.1.1. Robert Harris, mentioned in a deed of 1527 as dec’d, concerning land in Seaford called Perry(s)
1.1.1.1.1. Richard Harris, haberdasher of London.
1.1.1.1.1.1. Robert Harris, m. Joan Fuller, who m. 2. Bernard Randolph, having issue: John Randolph, who m. (April 3, 1570) Isabella Lunsford, born 1553, in Wileigh, Ticehurst; her Will, made May 27 Eliz; pr. October 7, 1585, mentions ‘Robert Harrys and Launcelott Bathurste (as) executors of my late father in law Barnard Randolphe deceased’. Isabella’s br., John Lunsford, m. Anne Apsley; their son, Thomas Lunsford, born circ. 1575, m. (1) Katherine Fludd, March 7, 1598, in Greenwich, St. Alphage, Kent, son of Sir Thomas Lunsford and his first Barbara Lewknor. Katherine Fludd was the aunt of Colonel John Fludd, b. 1603 in Chichester, Sussex, d. 1661 in Surry Co. Virginia. (Bernard Randolph Esq., born in Ticehurst, Aug. 7, 1500, m., February 20, 1548, Joan Fuller, relict of Richard Harrys, haberdasher, of London, who was very likely of the family of John Fuller, son of Richard Fuller of Salehurst, noted in a conveyance of 1471, he being a tenant of ‘Thomas Oxenbregge of Brede, esq.’, the landlord also of ‘Robert Lunsforde of Hollington, yeoman’, as follows.
1.1.1.1.1.1. Thomas Harris, Vicar of Ditchling. He purchased land in Hoxton, London, as did Edward Bassano. The Harris and Bassano families were congregants of St. Leonard, Shoreditch, in Hoxton. Edward Bassano’s son, Daniel Bassano, was the grandfather of Noel Bassano, who witnessed the Will of Thomas Grendon, of ‘Suncken Marsh’, Virginia. Edward Bassano was a tenant of Thomas Shepparde in Sussex. Thomas Harris was a ‘cousin’ of Harbert Randolph (landlord of his cousin, Robert Lunsforde of Hollington, yeoman, ancestor of a branch of the Lunsford family in Virginia), who made his Will in 1604, witnessed by: 1. Richard Shepparde, of Peasmarsh, Esq., br. of Thomas Shepparde.
1.1.1.1.1.1.1. Thomas Harris, fl. 1589, of Westmiston, evidenced here: Nov. 13, 1620. Richard Cheale (Cheales/Chiles) of Westmiston, husbandman, & Mary Verrol of same, widow: sureties, said R. C. and Thomas Harris of Ditchlinge.
1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1. ‘Thomas Harris of Ditchlinge’, churchwarden of Ditchling, 1639.  He was probably he who witnessed the Will of Sir Walter Covert of Slaugham.*
1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1. John Harris, evidenced here: John Hodges, son of Jn. Hodges of Hoxton, yeoman, dec., Hy. Bigge, citizen and merchantaylor; (2) Jn. Harris of London. Messuage (3 acres), orchard barn, in Hoxton, St. Leonard, Shoreditch (1662).
1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2. Thomas Harris, m. ‘Honniwood’ bef. 1660.
1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2. John Harris, bapt. Ditchling, June 21, 1586. (‘son of Thomas’).
1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1. (Possibly) George Harris, deceased by Oct. 4, 1663. His nuncupative will, as George Harris of Westover, Charles City County in Virginia in parts beyond the seas, was recorded in London March 24, 1672. It mentions his brother Thomas, a merchant in London. In 1674,Thomas sold 1200 acres known as Causey’s Care in Charles City Co., Va., to Thomas Grendon, Jr., the third husband of his sister-in-law Sarah
1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.2. Thomas Harris, merchant, of London.
1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.3. Alice Harris, m. Robert Drury.
1.1.1.1.1.2.1.2.3.1. John Drury.
1.1.1.1.1.2.1.2.4. William Harris. William Harris, br. of Alice Harris, witnessed the Will of Walter Aston Jr. in 1666, with his nephew, John Drury.

* i. Richard Covert of Slaugham, whose dau. m. Alexander Sheppard. ii. Sir Walter Covert of Slaugham, d. 1631; ii. Jane Covert, m. Henry Smith; iii. Jane Smith m. (1) Ninian Burrell (2) Sir Peter Courthop; he m. (1) Elizabeth Sharpey; and had issue: Frances Courthope, m. to Thomas Pettyward; their da., Jane Pettyward, m. Thomas Lanier, grandson of Nicholas Lanier and Lucrese Bassano. *His wife was a legatee of the wife of Richard Covert.

PETTYWARD

1.  John Pettyward, clothier of Bury St Edmunds, probate 23 July 1595.
   2. Thomas Pettyward, b. 14 Aug 1567, d. 1635; m. Alice … He lived in the parish of St Dunstan in the East, with his br, Roger, both merchants, of Thames Street, from where they traded in iron and salt, and partners of their neighbours, Edmond Turville, grocer, and Samuel Gott, ironmonger. In 1639, Alice Pettyward was granted administration of the will of Thomas Thurstone of Faversham (Kent administrations vol. 20, p. 31), who was her debtor. In 1644, her son petitioned Parliament to be allowed to send his ships to the East Indies, as he was losing trade by being forced to keep them in port.
   3. Thomas Pettyward, b. 30 Apr 1615, m. Frances Courthope.
   4. Jane Pettyward, b. 13 Mar 1641, in Cranbrook, m. (10 Feb. 1658) Thomas Lanier, at St Nicholas Cole Abbey, London.
   4. Alice Pettyward, b. 16 Mar 1643, at St Dunstan’s, m. Francis Heyton, d. 1682, br. of Dorothy Heyton, b. 11 Apr 1632, St Alphage Parish, Kent, who m. Col. Matthew Kempe, son of Sir Robert Kempe, nephew of Richard Kempe, of Gissing, who made his will, 1649, pr. at London, 6 Dec. 1656, Secretary of Virginia, 1634; m. Elizabeth Wormely,* who probabed her husband’s will; left issue. (Muskett, II:230, 237; Visitations of Norfolk, 176). He was the son of Dorothy Harris,* Will made 1626; who m. Robert Kempe, Esq., b. 1565, d. 1612, ae. 47 yrs.; will pr. 1613, buried in Gissing Church, Gissing, co. Norfolk, son of Richard Kempe, will made 12 Mar. 1599, of Wasbrooke, co. Suffolk, and Gissing, by his wife, Alice Cockram, of Hampstead, co. Middlesex. (Visitations of Norfolk, 175-176, 297-298). *Supposedly da. of Dorothy Waldegrave, who m. Arthur Harris, Esq., of Woodham Mortimer and Creeksea, co. Essex, son of Sir William Harris of Creeksea. (Ibid., I:121; Muskett, 1:45, 47; Morant, Essex, I:363). *Elizabeth Kempe (née Wormeley) remarried to Sir Thomas Lunsford, Baronet, of London and Virginia, as his third wife; and by whom she had three children, namely Daniel Lunsford, Richard Lunsford, and John Lunsford. Sir Thomas Lunsford was the son of Thomas Lunsford of Bexhill, and Catherine Fludd.

Returning to the Cheales:

1. William Cheale of Perching, Edburton, Sussex. Will of William Cheale, Yeoman. PROB 11/113/277. 30 March 1609.

1.1. John Cheale Yeoman, of, Edburton, bur. 2 Dec 1636, Overseer to the will of kinsman Thomas Cheale of the Cliff, overseer to will of brother-in-law Edward Naldrett, m. Dorothy Naldrett, c. 1 Apr 1582, Rudgwick, Sussex, bur. 14 Aug 1638, Edburton. The Naldrett assocaiation was long standing: Bond: By George Naldrett of Rudgewicke, gent., to John Naldrett of Billingshurst, yeoman, in £50 to save him harmless and indemnified from all charges and expenses in connection with pending suits in reference to the claim of the administrator of the estate of Ralph Naldrett in respect of a mortgage by George Naldrett, grandfather of the above named Geo. Naldrett to William Millett, which came to Joane Cheale, widow and executrix of Phillip Cheale. SAS-H/697. 1 Jun 1696.

1.1.1. John Cheale, Will dated 13 Jan 1652, m. Martha Wakeford, of Hangleton, Sussex.

1.1.1.1. Mary Cheale, c. 15 May 1642, Edburton, d. Jun 1731 m. Timothy Shelley, of Champneys, Thakeham, Sussex, (2) John Michell, c. 13 Aug 1644, Warnham, Sussex. (A. Theobald Michell of Stamerham m. Ann Goring (dau of Henry Goring of Hyden) i. Edward Michell of Stamerham (d 18.04 Katherine Michell, m. (22.12.1664) Timothy Shelley of Champneys in Thakenham).

1.1.1.2. Martha Cheale, mentioned in the will of her cousin John Cheale, c. 4 Jul 1648 d. post 16 Dec 1704, m. 1688 William Keyse, of East Dean: Probate of will proved at Chichester, 10 Nov 1691, of Thomas Jey of Graffham, husbandman: Bequeaths to dau. Ellenor, wife of Nicholas Philp, 50s.; to grand-dau. Ellenor Philp, 5s., to grand-daus. Elizabeth, Ellenor, Dorothy, Mary and Joan Jey, 5s. each; residue to son and exor Richard Jey. Witnesses: William Keyse, Isaac Woodruff, William Keyse, jun. MITFORD/332. 12 May 1694.

1.1.1.2.1. William Keyse, d. 1717, mentioned in the will of his uncle Philip Cheale. Conveyance for £172. Add Mss1219. 31 Dec. 1684. William Keyse of East Dean, yeo. (son and heir of Richard Keyse* of East Dean, yeo., decd.) and Mary Keyse of East Dean (wid. of said Richard) to John Chambers of Bury, tailor. Conveyance. Consideration £430. William Keyse, sen., of East Dean, gent., and wife Martha, to Richard Challing [Challen] of Cocking, yeoman. LAVINGTON/563-564 21, 22 Dec 1709. Richard Keyse is noted here: Conveyance: Henry Harriden of Eartham, yeo., William Margeram of Chichester, citizen and merchant, and Richard Keyse of East Dean, yeo., to Thomas Carr of East Grinstead, gent., of the manor of Eartham alias Bowdens. But subject, now and henceforth, to the sublease of the little close created by Add Mss no. 4844. 15 Dec. 1645. Recites that the property passed, by ‘lawfull means & Conveyances’ no details, from William Peachy to said Henry Harriden, William Margeram and Richard Keyse, to whom Garrett Kempe as in Add Mss no. 5041, (now Sir Garrett Kempe, kt.) confirmed their title, 14 Nov. 1645. Add Mss 5042

The link to the Walker family was through the Martins.

Will of Michael Holland of Goochland …. To my son in law Henry Martin, 520 acres on Lickinghole joining his own land … Deed 19 September 1738 John Twitty of St. James Parish, Goochland County, to Robert Bernard of Kingston Parish, Gloucester County, for L 50, 400 acres on south side of the James River, on Deep Creek, patented by Robert Spears in 1732, and by him sold to said Twitty, bounded by Bowler Cocke; with all houses, etc. Wit: Stephen Bedford, William Keyes, Mary (M her mark) Mathew, James Martin, Peter Davis. Signed: John Twitty. Recorded 20 March 1738.

Lease for 1 year at a peppercorn rent, (a) Michael Martin of Battle, gent, (b) Thomas Martin of Lamberhurst, Kent, gent., his brother … Six pieces of Upland and one piece of Brookland called Sherlocks (20a) in Hooe … were previously purchased of Henry Plumer of Wellingham in Ringmer, gent and John Lopdell of Lewes, Woollendraper (who were executors of the Will of William Moore of Lewes, Wollendraper), by Thomas Martin father of (a) and (b). Signed: Michael Martin. SAU/1235. 4 March 1701.

Returning to the Hollands:

1. John Holland Jr., of Lamberhurst, m. Mary Barham.

What follows is an extensive listing of the lands associated with these Hollands, which may seem to some to be superfluous, yet I suggest that most genealogical accounts are just a numbering of ancestors, and that imagining Michael Holland of Goochland telling his children and grandchildren about (perhaps) running through ‘Benbricks Meadow’ in the horse chestnut season might make him seem more real to us.

1.1. David Holland. ‘John Saunders gent (son of Thomas Saunders deceased), David Holland gent and Richard Weston junior (son of RW yeoman) surviving feoffees to John Barham of Butts gent, John Saunders of Pell gent (son of Nicholas Saunders of Pell gent deceased) all of Wadhurst. Dwelling houses and annuity. W: Joseph Dunmoll, William Fowle, John Welles. AMS5813/11. 2 Feb 1669.

Assignment of annuity: Thomas Saunders of Wadhurst gent and Richard Weston of Wadhurst yeoman to William Bryan gent, Edward Short gent, John Saunders (son of TS) gent, John Barham of Shoesmyth gent, David Holland mercer and Richard Weston (son of RW) of Ryseden yeoman, all of Wadhurst. AMS5813/9. 2 Feb 1647. Conveyance for £42: William Day of Wadhurst, yeoman, to Richard Luck of Durgates in Wadhurst, yeoman. Messuage, garden, orchard and 1 acre land in occupation of John Daunce near Besbidge Hill in Wadhurst, abutting S on the King’s Highway from Wadhurst to Rotherfield, W and N on the lands of Stephen Penkherst, gent, E on the King’s Highway from Besbidge Hill to Frant. Witnesses: David Holland, William Kitchenham, John Luck, George Courthope. DYK/660. 14 Oct 1647.

Conveyance for £1,205: Stephen Penkherst of Buxted, esq., to George Courthop of Wileigh in Ticehurst, esq, and David Holland of Wadhurst, mercer. Cottage and ½ acre land in occupation of Alexander Winder, near ‘an old decayed forge called Brookeland Forge’. 1½ acres pasture formerly covered with water. Small piece of land called the tail of the pond in Wadhurst, now in occupation of Rachel Field. Woodland called Brookelandwood, Wellwood, and Newlands (67 acres) in Wadhurst. Woodland called Snape Wood (120 acres), and land in the middle of the said wood (3 acres), and 1 acre land on S of the wood in occupation of SP. Witnesses: Richard Lucke, Nicholas Puxty, Joseph Dannioll. DYK/782. 8 Jul 1656.

Bond: By Mary Barham of Wadhurst, widow, to Samuel Short of Tenterden, Kent, esq., and Edward Short, gent., only son and heir apparent of the said Samuel, in £120 for good title, free from incumbrances and for further assurance of an orchard containing ¼ acre with a messuage or dwellinghouse thereon then lately built late in the occupation of John Woodgate als Tomsett and then of Richard Wickham, in the town of Wadhurst; which premises the said Mary Barham had granted to the said Samuel and Edward Short by deed poll of even date with the Bond. Witnesses:- Tho. Bucher, David Holland. SAS-B/723. 11 Aug 1645.

Settlement: Nicholas Manser of High Town in Wadhurst, gent, and his son Herbert Manser, with Thomas Houghton of Mayfield, gent (retiring trustee), and David Holland of Wadhurst, mercer, to William Barham of Ticehurst, gent, and David Holland, in trust messuage, barns, out-houses, stables, orchard and land (125a) called Gutsoll in Burwash, comprised of parcels called the site of the house with the yard and land-way, the orchard, Lower Furlong, the spring below the Lower Furlong, Upper Furlong and the shaw, The Green Croft Spring, The Green Croft, Black Leaze, The Great Field, The Skinges, The Heigh Field, The Hastours Coppice, The Purrfield, The Heigh Wood, The Nether Field, The Pett Croft, The Ould Marlinges, The Ould Marlinges Spring, The Baye Field Spring, The Seven Acres and the Shaw (SW: Burwash Common; W, N: land of Thankful Hepden, gent, James Noakes and Richard Wood; N, E: land of the heirs of Mark Cony; E, S: land of the heirs of William Dawe and of Edward Darbye) WB and DH to hold in trust to pay NM £25 on 29 Sep 1650 out of the rents and profits and by felling wood, and an annuity of £10 thereafter, allowing HM to take the residue of the rents and profits; after the deaths of TM and HM the trustees to pay, out of the plain lands, an annuity of £16 to HM’s wife Sarah in lieu of dower, and use the residue for the maintenance and education of their children during the minority of their eldest son Nicholas Manser, using the first two fellings of the wood (none to exceed 12 years’ growth) which take place after HM’s death to raise portions for the younger children; when HM’s son Nicholas Manser is 21 and the woods felled, the trustees to convey the estate to him, charged with a rent-charge of £16 in favour of his mother Sarah W: John Houghton, Thomas Payne, Stephen Price, John Price, John Wood endorsed: sealed 5 Sep 1650. amsnn/AMS6779/1/52 16 Aug 1650.

Bargain and Sale: By Nicholas Taylor of Wadhurst, shoemaker, and Katheryne and Elizabeth, daughters and co-heiresses of the said Nicholas and Mary his wife decd., and John Wicker of Fifeild, husbandman, eldest son of John Wicker senr. late of Waldron, tailor decd., and of Joane his wife, to Samuell Fuller – for £50 to the said Nichs. Taylor and his daughters and a certain sum to the said John Wicker – of a messuage, garden and orchard in the occupation of John Langeredge. And also 12 pieces of land, meadow &c. containing 40 acres adjoining the said messuage in the occupation of John Howell; all in Waldron and bounding to the king’d highway from Crosse at hand to Haylesham, E., to lands of the heirs of John Awood called Coppins, S., to lands of the said heirs called Selwyns, W. and to lands of Thos. Taylor, late of John Cocham and to Harebeatinge Lane. And also 2 pieces of land called Barnfield als Barrefield and Longcrofte containing 7 acres in Waldron bounding to the said highway, W., to land of the heirs of John Hyland, E., to land of Henry German, S. and to land of the said Samuel Fuller and of Esdras Stroker. Witnesses:- George Tokefeild, David Holland, William Karricke, William Bridger, Richard Bellingham (mk), David Austen.SAS-RF/2/38. 24 Mar 1637.

Counterpart settlement: William Peckham of Salehurst yeoman to David Holland of Wadhurst mercer in trust for WP’s only son William Peckham. 1 The manor of Bosneyes with a messuage, barn, garden, land and wood called Bosneyes with the lands and tenements belonging to the manor, in all 70a, in Salehurst. 2 Messuage called Reeds otherwise Standens with cottages, buildings, barns and 125a, in Salehurst. 3 3r in Salehurst Meadow and a piece of woodland called Tylers (18a). 4 Messuage, malthouse, watermill, stable, a piece of land formerly called The Furnace Pond (3a 1r 30p), The Little Mead formerly The Hopgarden (3r 10p), a barn formerly a cottage and a piece of land called The Sinder Bank with an adjoining lane (3a 2r 13p), a piece of wood (6a), marked out from Milwood otherwise The Furnace Wood, piece of land called The Milpond with a lane adjoining on the S (6a 2r), Milfield (13a) and Millwood (6a 02 15p), all in Salehurst. 5 Fleggs Meadow otherwise Benbricks Meadow (5a) in Salehurst. 6 Petfield (22a 2r), and six pieces called Russells Crofts otherwise Bushy Land and Twist Fields (25a 2r 25p), all once part of land called Watshewes, in Salehurst. 7 Sandy Croft and Wennells Wood otherwise Tylers Wood (30a). 8 Messuage, barn, buildings and 13 pieces of land and wood (60a), once John Burckham deceased. 9 Messuage, barn and 3 pieces of land (5a). 10 Piece of land (30a) called Birchin Wood, in Salehurst. 11 Brempfield and Brempfield wood (19a); all [ 7-11] in Salehurst, part of land once called Watshewes. 12 Messuage called Hareholte with barns, stables and buildings, Great Mead otherwise Homefield (6a), the Upper Forestall (4a), Tanhouse Croft (1a), Rockeyfield and The Streake (4a), Three Acres (4a), Sheep Crofts (2a), woodground (2a), parcel called Narling and The Slipe (7a), and a toft where a cottage stood with land (15a) called The Peake belonging to it, all in Mayfield. All occupied by WP the father, [blank] Deane, Thomas Sandes, Elizabeth Newington and Widow Coleman. Subject to an annuity of £100 to WP the father for life; the deed revocable by WP the father by endorsement. W: William Levett, David Barham, Joseph Newington. AMS6227/38. 20 Jan 1668.

1.1.1. John Holland, d. 1675, son and heir apparent of David Holland, m. Anne Burton; the overseer of his Will was Edward Burton, his br.-in-law.

1.1.1.1. Michael Holland of Goochland. Marriages of Goochland Co., 1733-1815 (Williams), p. 12, Nov. 2, 1763: ‘Charles Burton and Mary Holland, da. of George Holland. Sur. George Holland and Michael Holland.’

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