The Counsell and Hobbs families were intermarried from an early period (Hobbs v Councell. Plaintiffs: John Hobbs. Defendants: William Councell. Subject: property in Barrow Gurney, Somerset (Nat. Arch., ref. C 3/275/51, 1596-1616); with Thomas Hobbes marrying (15 April 1564) Amisiam Cowncell, at Wedmore, a residence of the Counsell family.

This litigious relationship continued: Court of Chancery: Six Clerks Office: Pleadings, Series II, Elizabeth I to Interregnum. Councell v Counsell. Plaintiffs: Ruth Councell.Defendants: Thomas Hobbs and [unknown] Counsell. Place or subject: property in Tooley Street, Southwark, Surrey. C 7/83/109. 1688. The Church of St Olave’s was situated on Tooley Street.

Court of Chancery: Six Clerks Office: Pleadings before 1714, Hamilton: Councell v Tibbott. Plaintiffs: William Councell. Defendants: Benjamin Tibbott and John Tibbott. Place or subject: property in Barrow Gurney, Somerset.  (Nat. Arch., ref. C 7/498/23. 1670). (Susanna Hobbes, 17 August 1630, Barrow Gurney, spouse William Tibbot). Court of Chancery: Six Clerks Office: Pleadings before 1714, Hamilton: Councell v Councell. Plaintiffs: George Councell. Defendants: John Councell. Place or subject: property in Wedmore, Somerset. (Nat. Arch., ref.  C 7/58/20. 1680).

Such families had tenurial connections:

Exchequer: King’s Remembrancer: Depositions taken by Commission James I: Sir Thos. Checke alias Chick, Knt., Wm. Long, Richd. Hobbs, Thos. Clarke, John Edgill, John Pool, John Whitting, Wm. Burg, and others, tenants of the manor of Moore (Somerset). v. Wm. Boulting, John Fry alias Urch, Simon Smeethes, Wm. Tutton, Wm. Councell, senr., Fras. Haggatt, Richd. Manyman, Wm. Phippin, Edwd. Webb, Richard Champion, John Wall, Thomas Haine, John Avock, Wm. Kelson, Walter Spencer, junr., Roger Spencer, Richd. Mulford, Thos. Millard, Edwd. Vowles alias Cooke, John Lancaster, John Kelson.: Manor of Moore. Meets and bounds. Customs of manor. Right of common. Touching also the customs of the manors of East Mark. Mudflie, Churchland, Huntspill, and Ethington.: Somerset. (E 134/20Jas1/Hil8. 1622).

Barrow Gurney deeds:

‘Richmans Tenement, Yeatmans Tenement, Brocks Tenement and Barrowstreet House; Lower Meade, North Close, West Close, 2 parcels in Further North Close, 6 parcels in great inclosure of Thos. Hort, 4 parcels in new inclosure of John Hobbes, 3 parcels in inclosure of Rich. Kinge, 3 parcels in Southfield upon the Marshe, 4 parcels at Longdowne, 1 parcel in inclosure of Thos. Hort of Backwell adj. Southfield, 6 parcels in Westfield, Hillclose, 5 parcels in Slade inclosure of John Gregory adj. Westfield, 5 parcels in inclosure of Francis James, esq. at the 4 Ashes in Westfield, 1a. in Puxhead of Wm. Steevens, 1a. in inclosure of Rich. Sage in Northfield, ½a. in inclosure of John Thomas in Northfield, ½a. in Northfield, 2 parcels in inclosure of Wm. Steevens, 7 parcels in Northmeades, parcel on Rudgwood, 1r. in Sidnam, 2 parcels in Eastfield in close of John Patch, 2 parcels in Longethornefield, parcels of 18a. belonging to Brockes Tenement, Poole Meades, 2 parcels in Westfield, 3 parcels in Northmeades, Lake, pasture and shoote for 20 oxen on Harcliffe Hill with common of pasture and fuel on Barrow Hill and the Bushe of Barrow, all in Barrow Gurney; bargain and sale by Wm. Hannam, Thos. Holbrooke, John Walter and Wm. Crosse to Thos. Hort and John Hasell. Moiety of great wood called the North Parke of 20a. in Barrow Gurney near the Ridings on E. part, bargain and sale in 1601 by Nich. Veel, Arthur Plaier and Thos. Blagden to Rich. son of Rich. Wilkes als. Wheeler of Bedminster. Messuage and lands called Pease Land, Pride near Northmeades, 1½a. near Dedill, 1a. in Southfield on E. of Waterslade, all late copyhold of Barrow Gurney manor; bargain and sale in 1601 by Hannam, Holbrooke, Walter and Crosse to John Horte the elder of Barrow, yeo. Messuage and 44a. land in [Barrow ?]; powers of attorney to deliver seisin to Rob. Cottrell of Long Ashton, gent.: Philip Langley of Mangotsfield, co. Glouc., to Thos. Harris and Edm. Parsons, and by Cottrell to Rich. Thomas als. Brooke to receive seizin. Youngs House, cottage, and 12a. called Shippen als. Shipton Closes, in Barrow; valuation of premises in 1637/8 at £100 by Sir Rich. Wiseman of Bristol, Bart., in respect of sale by Wm. Counsell of Barrow, yeo., to Francis Doddington. Manor of Barrow Gurney; messuage in Farleigh in Backwell, occupied by Rich. Arthure; messuage in Redcliffe St., Bristol, occupied by Thos. Wilde; messuage in Felton in Winford occupied by Wm. Batt; deed to lead uses of recovery in 1638 by John s. of Robt. Cottrell of Long Ashton, gent., to Rich. Mogge the younger of Welton, gent., and Thos. Harris of Barrow, yeo.‘ (Somerset Heritage Centre, ref. DD\GB/38. 1601-1638).

‘Capital messuage and lands in Dundry and Chew Magna, formerly occupied by John Cottrell grandfather of John Cottrell of Long Ashton; 3 messuages and lands in Dundry, occupied by Jas. Hasell; parcels of land in Barrow occupied by John Horte; 2a. woody ground in Barrow, occupied by Eliz. Griffin; 5 messuages and lands in Barrow, occupied by John Patch, Wm. Hobbes, Jos. Brock, John Thomas als. Brooke and Thos. Harris; 3 messuages’ and lands in Winford and Long Ashton, occupied by Wm. Sheppard and John Horte.  (Somerset Heritage Centre, ref. DD\GB/37. 1615).

Wedmore Deed:

‘Co’part Lease. Indenture. James Thatcher of Barrington, yeoman, to Joseph Counsell of Cocklake in parish of Wedmore, husbandman: in cons of marriage shortly to be solemnized between Counsell and Thatcher’s daughter Joane: Close of meadow called Southams, containing 5 acres, in Wedmore: bounded on E. by land of John Urch, and on W. by land of William Boultinge. With shrouds of all trees, hedge growes, underwoods and starved trees, without making any waste. Premises now in tenure of Boultinge, of Theale in parish of Wedmore. Term: 99 years from death of John Boultinge of Blackford in parish of Wedmore, gent. Rent: 3s. p.a. first payable at [Lady Day] or Michaelmas after John Boultinge’s death. Lessor’s right to repossess for 40 days’ arrears of rent. Signed: Joseph Counsell. Seal: merchants’ (Bristol Record Office, ref. 21789/5. 18 May 1681. This evidences a relationship between the Councell, Thatcher, and Harris families: ‘Joane Thatcher & Richard Harris, 14 Apr 1656, Barrow Gurney‘.

As will be shown more fully, out of the 300 or so families who lived at Wedmore, a significant number were kinfolk; members of an English kinship group, in which the same families intermarried over successive generations, evidenced by the following register entries a thousand fold more strongly than by attempting to explain the concept of such groups (who replicated their associational dynamics in Virginia) to people of our modern, isolated world.

Johannam Counsell & Gulielmus Frie 7 Jun 1602 Wedmore
Joannes Harris & Penelopie sic Pillard (Millard) 9 September 1611 Wedmore
Agnetam Millerd & Thomas Webb 22 Feb 1611/12 Wedmore
Anne Hodges (da. of Captain Thomas Hodges), bapt. at Wedmore (Aug. 1612), m. George Lyte, of Leighterton, Glouc.).
Mariam Kirby & William Counsell 27 Jan 1615 Wedmore
Georgius Harris & Joana Webb 28 April 1623 Wedmore
Graciam Stone & Richardus Haine 26 Nov 1627 Wedmore
Graciam Pitt & Johannes Haine 17 Jun 1633 Wedmore
Janam Cook & Thomas Haine 17 Apr 1634 Wedmore
Susannam Frye & Johannes Haine 5 Jun 1634 Wedmore
Susannam Lancastle & Willielmus Hodges 5 Apr 1638 Wedmore (surn. var. Lancaster, Lankester, Langcaster)
Janam Counsell & Johannes Langcastle 21 Oct 1647 Wedmore
Joane Harris & Robert Lide 4 May 1652 Wedmore (surn. var. Lyde, Lyd, Leyde, Lide, Layde, Lyte, Lite, Leyte).
Mary Harris & Thomas Haine 13 Oct 1655 Wedmore
Joane Thatcher & Richard Harris 14 Apr 1656 Barrow Gurney (7mls from Wedmore)
William Harris & Anstice Kerbey 20 June 1660 Wedmore
Robert Thatcher & Alice Webb 09 Aug 1660 Wedmore
Susannam Hayne & Guilielmus Counsell 30 Apr 1663 Wedmore
Joannam Tanner & Joannes Cousell 9 Jan 1666 Wedmore
(Grace Hanny (Haine) & John Harris 1608 Mells
John Harris & Mary Tomlin 9 November 1620 Mells (20 mls from Wedmore).

Wedmore is 16 miles (on the main road) from Charlton Mackrell Parish, where lived Thomas Lyte, whose  4th son was Captain William Light of St Kitts plantation in Henrico Co. Virginia, who transported many prominent families to Lancaster Co., including members of Washington family. The marriage of Joane Harris to Robert Lyte in 1652 may be significant to any Harris/Washington association in Virginia.

Weare, South Brent deeds: Mess. or ten. and 22a. land occupied by John Bray, mess. and ten. and 24a. land occupied by Wm. Clement, mess. or ten. and 36a. occ. by Dorothy Bulpaine, 11a. land occ. by John Parsons, mess. and ten. and 26a. land occ. by Wm. Hoder(?), 6½a. land occ. by Edw. Churchowse all in South Brent, 1a. land at Longland in Weare, mess. and ten. and 15a. land occ. by Thos. Brooke, 2a. land occ. by Hy. Symes, mess. and ten. and 40a. land occ. by Rich. Counsell, all in Wedmore, sold by co-heirs of Geo. Hodges* (d. 1655) to Wm. Prowse of Compton Bishop. (Somerset Heritage Centre, ref. DD\FD/10. 1665). *Esq.

Hodges v Lyte. Plaintiffs: Mary Hodges, and Jane Hodges (heirs of George Hodges). Defendants: George Lyte, Anne Lyte his wife, … Morgan, and others. Subject: rectory of Wedmore, Somerset. N.A, ref. C 5/23/121. 1655. Morgan v Horler. Plaintiffs: William Morgan, Barbara Morgan his wife, George Lyte and Anne Lyte his wife. Defendants: Jeremy Horler, Anne Horler, Mary Hodges and Jane Hodges. Subject: property in Wedmore. (N.A. ref. C 6/131/123 1655). Lease: Margery Hodges of Heathhouse, Wedmore, widow, to Richard Counsell of Wedmore, husbandman and Joan his wife: Wedmore, Somerset. (Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre, ref. 2667/1/36/2. 1655).

E. Jackson, Wedmore Parish Registers, 1890: ‘There is a reaper whose name is Death. These are they whom he took from a single parish during a space of 300 years. One naturally asks, What was the population from which he took them ? The earliest account of the population of Wedmore that I know of at present is in a Presentment of Jurors, November 26th, 1650. (Lambeth MSS., Vol. XV. 471.) It is there said that “the Parish of Wedmore consisteth of about 300 families.” Whether that would bring the population up to 1000 1 know not. Judging from the high rate of mortality amongst infants, one would say that the average number to a family must have been smaller then than it is now’.

W. Marston Acres F.R. Hist, A Brief History of Wedmore, 1954: From the Domesday Survey of 1086 it appears that a large part ofthe Isle of Wedmore had by that time divided into manors, these representing grants of land made by the Saxon kings apart from the manor of Wedmore which the kings had reserved for their own use until Edward the Confessor granted it to Bishop Giso for the church of Wells. The manors of Allerton (11 hides), Weare (6 hides), Alston Sutton in Weare (5 hides), Badgworth (2 hides) and Ternoc in Badgworth (1 hide) were all held by Walter de Douai as tenant-in-chief, and the small manorof Clewer (3 virgates) by the Bishop of Coutances, all these manors being let to sub-tenants. Mark, Blackford and Mudgley were then included in the manor of Wedmore; Panborough, consisting only of six acres of land and three arpents of vineyard, was in the possession of the Abbot of Glastonbury; and Bagley, with only half a virgate of arable in addition to meadows and woodland, was held by Roger de Courcelle.

The manor of Wedmore (except the park) passed to Queen Mary after her brother’s death in 1553 and she sold it to her Vice-Chamberlain, Sir Henry Jernegan, for £585 17s. 11d. At the accession of Queen Elizabeth in 1558, however, Sir Thomas Gresham, the famous London merchant, obtained the property either by grant or purchase: it then consisted of 150 messuages, 50 tofts, 10 mills, 100 dovecots, 200 gardens, 2,000 acres of pasture, 200 acres of woodland, and 1,000 acres of gorse. In 1577 Gresham sold the manor-house, with some cottages and about 170 acres of land, to Thomas Hodges, and before his death in December 1579, he, disposed of other portions of the manorial estates in small lots.

The manor of Mudgley was bought by Sir William Herbert, Earl of Pembroke, in 1553, but he sold it two years later, and the property changed hands frequently until 1609, when Richard Bridges sold the estate, consisting of 386 acres, with twelve tenements and four cottages,in five portions, to Nicholas Wykes of Wells, John Litheat of Mudgley, William Boulting of Wedmore, John Fry of Mudgley, and Richard Counsell of Mudgley.

In 1612 Richard Counsell of Wedmore was granted a licence to buy butter and cheesewithin the county of Somerset and to sell the same in Wiltshire,Hampshire and Dorset.

The publicity given to this matter may have led to the minister’s resignationfor in 1654 Jeremy Horler was appointed to succeed him. On the 7th May 1655, Jeremy Horler married Ann, widow of George Hodges, who had died only two months earlier. This marriage, which seems to indicate that the Hodges family were on the Parliamentary side in the Civil War, was of considerable social advantage to Mr. Horler as he thereby gained a residence at the manor-house where he continued to live until his wife’s death in 1684

Late in the 17th century the manor of Wedmore passed into new ownership after having been in the possession of the Hodges family forover a hundred years. George Hodges, who died in March 1655, had no male issue, but his widow, Ann, who shortly afterwards married Jeremy Horler, continued to occupy the manor-house until her death in 1684.The estate then passed to Jane, the younger of her two daughters by her first husband, who had become the wife of John Strachey of Sutton Court, near Bristol, in 1662, and before 1700 she had sold it to Sir Thomas Bridges of Keynsham.

In the north chapel of Wedmore Church is part of a monument tothe Hodges family which incorporates brasses to Captain Thomas Hodges, who was killed at the siege of Antwerp in 1583, and his son George, who died in 1634: they were the son and grandson of the Thomas Hodges who bought the manor of Wedmore in 1577. The body of Captain Hodges was buried in Flanders, but his heart was sent to England for burial: the inscription on his brass concludes with theverse:- “Here lyes his wounded heart for whome one kingdom was too small a room; Two kingdoms therefore have thought good to part so stout a body and so brave a heart”.

‘Georgius Hodges 17 June 1611 Wedmore, father: Georgii Hodges’: Wedmore, Weare, South Brent deeds: Mess. or ten. and 22a. land occupied by John Bray, mess. and ten. and 24a. land occupied by Wm. Clement, mess. or ten. and 36a. occ. by Dorothy Bulpaine, 11a. land occ. by John Parsons, mess. and ten. and 26a. land occ. by Wm. Holder, 6½a. land occ. by Edw. Churchowse all in South Brent, 1a. land at Longland in Weare, mess. and ten. and 15a. land occ. by Thos. Brooke, 2a. land occ. by Hy. Symes, mess. and ten. and 40a. land occ. by Rich. Counsell, all in Wedmore, sold by co-heirs of Geo. Hodges* (d. 1655) to Wm. Prowse of Compton Bishop. (Somerset Heritage Centre, ref. DD\FD/10. 1665).

Parish Registers

Thomas Hobbes 15 April 1564 & Amisiam Cowncell Wedmore (St Mary)
Mariam Grifin & Edmund Counsell 28 Apr 1579 Wedmore
Elenar Hayward & Georgius Counsell 20 May 1600 Wedmore
Johannam Counsell & Gulielmus Frie 7 Jun 1602 Wedmore
Aliciam Counsell & Thomas Huchens 14 Oct 1605 Wedmore
Agnetam Counsell & Robertus Coxe 4 Aug 1606 Wedmore
Margery Wykes & George Counsell 12 Jul 1607 Wedmore
Rachell Lovell & Joannes Counsell 14 Feb 1607 Wedmore
Elianor Counsell & John Genings 10 May 1610 Wedmore
Joan Knightingale & John Counsell 2 Jun 1613 Wedmore
Mariam Kirbye William Counsell 27 Jan 1615 Wedmore
Joannam Counsell & Philippus Laurence 20 Aug 1618 Wedmore
Joannam Counsell & Johannes Stokes 15 Oct 1621 Wedmore
Maude Mason & William Counsell 3 Oct 1622 Wedmore
Prudence Counsell & John Britten 29 Jan 1628 Wedmore
Mariam Smith & Richardus Counsell 12 Aug 1630 Wedmore
Alice Coles & William Counsell 25 May 1635 Wedmore
Christian Counsell Henry Poole 31 Oct 1636 Wedmore
Susannam Lancastle (Lancaster) & Willielmus Hodges 05 Apr 1638 Wedmore

Mariam Counsell & Willielmus Lovell 7 Nov 1639 Wedmore
Joannam Taylor & Richardus Counsell 12 Aug 1640 Wedmore
Elizabetham Hix & Richardus Counsell 12 Aug 1647 Wedmore
Janam Counsell & Johannes Lancastle 21 Oct 1647 Wedmore
Christian Counsell John Lancastle 8 Oct 1649 Wedmore
Jane Champney & Edward Counsell 1 Mar 1650 Wedmore
Isabell Counsell & George Look 10 May 1651 Wedmore
Anne Jefferies & John Counsell 10 Oct 1654 Wedmore
Margaret Joanes & John Counsell 14 May 1655 Wedmore
Susannam Hayne & Guilielmus Counsell 30 Apr 1663 Wedmore
Joannam Tanner & Joannes Counsell 9 Jan 1666 Wedmore
Bridget Counsell & Thomas Hodges 14 Apr 1707 Long Ashton (All Saints)

HODGES AND DUKE

PROB 11/97/80. Will of Thomas Hodges, Gentleman of Wedmore, Somerset. 6 Feb 1601.
PROB 11/208/751. Will of Thomas Hodges of Wedmore. 23 July 1649.

‘Giffard of Tiverton. — Roger Giffard, esq. (fourth son of Sir Roger Giffard, of Brightlegh, knight), married, first Audria, daughter of Sir Lewis Stukeley, of Affeton, knight, the relict of Yeo of Braunton, sans issue; secondly he married Agnes, daughter of John Grindal, of London, merchant, the relict of John Duke of Otterton, before that of Grail, ere that the relict of Sprint, but first the widow of Parker of London, sans issue; thirdly he married Richord, daughter of John Prouz of Tiverton, the widow of Walrond, of the same, and had issue George; who married a daughter of Thomas Hodges, of Wedmore near Wells, Somerset, the relict of Lawrence Giffard, of Wellington in Somerset, and had issue, Roger, and Margaret married to Reskymer of Cornwall. Roger married a daughter of Roger Catford, of Petherton near Halberton’ (Thomas Westcote, A View of Devonshire in MDCXXX: With a Pedigree of Most of Its Gentry, p. 629, 1845).

‘Duke, of Poer-Hayes in Budleigh, of Ottery St. Mary, of Prinne, and of Otterton, esq.— Arms.— Per fess argent and azure, three chaplets counterchanged crescent. Richard Duke, of Poer-Hayes (son and heir of Cecily, daughter and heir of Robert Poer of Poer-Hayes), married and had issue Richard; who married and had issue Richard and Henry. Henry married Maud, daughter of Roger Whyte of Ottery St. Mary, and had issue Richard, John. Richard Duke, of Ottery St. Mary (sheriff of Devon 1565), married, first a daughter of John Frank of Yorkshire, issue Christian, married to George Brook, second son to George, Lord Cobham; secondly he married Joan, daughter to John Hobby of London, issue Richard, who died young.

John Duke, of Prinne (brother of Richard and second son of Henry of Ottery St. Mary), married, first Ellen, daughter of Thomas Widdleton, and had issue Gilbert, Richard, Thomas sans issue, Joan, Edith; secondly Agnes, daughter of John Grindal, of London, merchant, the relict of Parker of Lindon, Sprint, and Grast, and had issue Roger, Alexander, sans issue.

Richard Duke, of Otterton (second son and heir), married Katharine, daughter of George Prideaux, of Nutwell, sergeant-at-law, and had issue Richard, Robert, Martha (married to Hugh Chichester of Widworthy); Joan, (to Nicholas Stonehouse of Kent, Margaret, (to Nicholas Putt); secondly he married and had issue Humphrey, Thomas, Ann (married to Elias Bartlet, of Branscombs, Mary unmarried, Frances (wife to Philip Channon of Hayne in Ottery St. Mary); Elizabeth (to Humphrey Walrond); Philippa was married to Arthur Harris.

Richard Duke, of Otterton, son and heir, married Margaret, daughter of Sir Arthur Basset, of Heanton, knight, and hath issue Richard, Robert, Arthur, Humphrey, Basset, Thomas, John, Elizabeth, Frances. Richard, son and heir, married. Robert, second son of Richard, (on whom he settled his land, for that his eldest son, Richard, matched against his will and consent), married Sarah, daughter of Richard Reynell, of Creedy-Widger, sq., and hath issue Richard and Mary.

Robert Duke, second son of Richard, married Elizabeth, daughter of Robert Collins of Ottery St. Mary, and hath issue Robert, William, Grace’ (ibid. p. 560)

Parish Registers cont.

Georgius Hodges 17 June 1611 Wedmore, father: Georgii Hodges.
Anna Hodges August 1612 Wedmore father: Georgii Hodges
Jacobus Hodges 9 September 1613 Wedmore
Agatha Hodges 25 August 1614 Wedmore father: Georgii Hodges
Margareta Hodges 1 September 1615 Wedmore, father: Georgii Hodges
Elizabetha Hodges 19 November 1616 Wedmore father: Georgii Hodges
Barbara Hodges 20 November 1617 Wedmore father: Georgii
Sara Hodges 8 June 1634 Wedmore, father: Johis Hodges
Johes Hodges 22 May 1636 Wedmore, father: Johis Hodges mother: Alicia
Wm Hodges 5 April 1638 Wedmore, spouse: Susanam Langcastle (Lancaster)
Maria Hodges 3 June 1639 Wedmore, father: W’mi Hodges
Wm Hodges 22 January 1640 Wedmore, father: John Hodges mother: Gertruda
Wm Hodges 2 February 1640 Wedmore, father: Wm Hodges
Ric’S Hodges 15 January 1642 Wedmore, father: W’mi Hodges mother: Susana
Agatha Hodges 13 October 1644 Wedmore, death: 9 January 1657 father: Johannis Hodges mother: Gertrudae
Elizabetha Hodges 15 October 1645 Wedmore, father: Wmi Hodges mother:Susannae
Jacobus Hodges 18 July 1647 Wedmore, father: Willim Hodges mother: Susan
Margareta Hodges 11 September 1647 Wedmore, father: Johis Hodges mother: Gertrude
Johes Hodges 3 March 1649 Wedmore, father: Johes Hodges mother: Gertruda
Anne Hodges 11 May 1652 Wedmore, father William
Sara Hodges Andrew Richards 20 Jun 1653 Wedmore
Anne Hodges Jerimy Horler 7 May 1655 Wedmore
Elizabeth Hodges 2 June 1655 Wedmore father: Richard Hodges
James Hodges 7 December 1654 Wedmore, father: William Hodges
Anne Hodges 19 February 1656 Wedmore, father: Richard Hodges
Anne Hodges 27 February 1657, father: Richard Hodges
Jane Hodges 24 April 1659 Wedmore father: William Hodges
Joanna Hodges 14 October 1691 Barrow Gurney, spouse: Samuel Sharp

Joannes Lancascell 8 November 1562 Wedmore, father: Joannis Lancascell
Thomas Lancaster 31 May 1565 Wedmore, Wedmore, father: Richardi Lancaster
Agnes Lancaster 31 May 1565 Wedmore, father: Richardi Lancaster
Joannes Lancastle 24 October 1574 Wedmore, father: Richard Lancastle
Elizabetha Lancastle 14 May 1580 Wedmore father: Richardi Lancastle
Suzanna Lancastle 12 September 1600 Wedmore father: Richardi Lancastle
Gratia Lancastell 13 March 1603 Wedmore father: Richardi Lancastell
Joannes Lancastell 6 June 1605 Wedmore, spouse: Cicilia Meade
Richardus Lancastle 31 January 1607 Wedmore, father: Joannis Lancastle
Joannes Lancastell 29 November 1610 Wedmore, father: Joannis Lancastell
Thomas Lancastell 29 November 1610 Wedmore, father: Joannis Lancastell
symon Langcastle 25 December 1612 Wedmore, father: Johis Langcastle
Joana Langcastle 5 February 1614 Wedmore, Wedmore, Johis Langcastle
Willmus Langcastle 21 October 1616 Wedmore, spouse: Alicia Looke
Agneta Langcastle 1 March 1619 Wedmore, father: Willim Langcastle
Gracia Langcastle 21 January 1629 Wedmore, spouse: Edwedus Champenye
Agnetam Lancastle 16 November 1637 Wedmore, spouse: Francisc’S Smith
Susanam Langcastle 5 April 1638 Wedmore, spouse: Wm Hodges
Johannes Lancastle 4 June 1640 Wedmore father: Richardi Lancastle mother: Ellianorae
Ricus Lancastle 18 February 1644 Wedmore, father: Rici Lancastle mother: Ellianor
Gracia Langcastle 28 August 1647 Wedmore, father: Rici Langcastle mother: Hellina
Johes Langcastell 6 October 1649 Wedmore, spouse: Christiana Counsell
Richardus Lancastle 27 April 1637 Wedmore, spouse: Elianora Hayne
Johes Langcastle 21 October 1647 Wedmore, spouse: Janam Counsell
Johes Langcastell 6 October 1649 Wedmore, spouse: Christiana Counsell
Jana Langcastle 11 September 1650 Wedmore father: Johannis Langcastle mother: Christianae
Maria Lancastle 16 February 1664 Wedmore father: Joannis Lancastle
Richardus Lancastle 4 July 1680 Wedmore father: Johannis Lancastle

Agnes Hobbs 29 September 1569 Wedmore father: Gulielmus Hobbs
Thomas Hobbs 4 May 1609 Wedmore, spouse: Jana Browning
Joannes Hobbs 24 August 1609 Wedmore father: Thomas Hobbs
Thomas Hobbes 2 May 1611 Wedmore, father: Thomae Hobbes
William Hobbes 7 May 1612 Barrow Gurney spouse Elisabeth Everett
Richardus Hobs 31 October 1619 Wedmore, father: Thomae Hobs
Andrew Hobs 30 September 1621 Wedmore, father: Thomae Hobs
Susanna Hobbes 17 August 1630 Barrow Gurney, spouse William Tibbot
Johes Hobbs 18 October 1640 Wedmore, spouse Anne Hobbes
Penelope Hobbs 4 September 1642 Wedmore father: Johannis Hobbs mother: Janae
Johannes Hobbs 30 June 1644 Wedmore father: Johannis Hobbs mother: Janae
Rachell Hobbs 8 December 1646 Wedmore,father: Johis Hobbs mother Jana
Thomas Hobbes 6 September 1649 Wedmore, father: Johis Hobbes mother: Isabella
Gertrude Hobbs 3 February 1651 Wedmore father: John Hobbs mother: Jane
John Hobbes 3 June 1654 Wedmore father: Hugh Hobbes
Anne Hobbes 10 July 1654 Wedmore, father: Andrew Hobbes
Andrew Hobbes 1 March 1657 Wedmore, father: Andrew Hobbes
Thomas Hobbs 12 December 1659 Wedmore, spouse: Elizabeth Day

Joannes Harris 9 September 1611 Wedmore, spouse: Penelopie Millard
Thomas Harris March 1612 Barrow Gurney death: 12 June 1617 father: Thomas Harris
Johes Harris 13 December 1612 Wedmore, father: Johis Harris
Anne Harris 3 June 1616 Mells, spouse: William Clarke
Joanna Harris 15 December 1616 Wedmore father: Johannis
Susan Harris 6 February 1620 Wedmore father: Benjamin Harris
Elizabeth Harris 27 January 1620 Mells, spouse: George Hill
John Harris 9 November 1620 Mells, spouse: Mary Tomlin
Penelope Harris 1 November 1620 Wedmore father: Johannis
Radulphus Harris 18 November 1621 Wedmore, father: Benjamin Harris
Georgius Harris 28 April 1623 Wedmore, spouse: Joana Webb
Joanna Harris 4 October 1623 death: 9 September 1637 father: Benjamin Harris
Edvardus Harris 8 August 1624 Wedmore, father: Robti Harris
John Harris 27 Apr 1625 Barrow Gurney
Joane Harris 4 June 1627 Mells, spouse: Richard Williams
Johes Harris 5 December 1629 Wedmore, father: Roberti Harris
Editha Harris 13 March 1630 Wedmore, father: Benjamin Harris
William Harris Jun 1630 Barrow Gurney
Elizabetha Harris 23 August 1635 Wedmore, father: Benjamin Harris mother: Joanna
Benjaminus Harris 8 July 1638 Wedmore father: Benjamini Harris mother: Joannae
Cornelius Harris 11 October 1644 Wedmore father: Adriani Harris mother: Franciscae
Maria Harris 10 January 1647 17 January 1647 Wedmore father: Adryani Harris mother: Franciscae
Josephus Harris 6 November 1649 Wedmore, Somerset, England father: Adrianus Harris mother: Francisca
Penelope Harris 18 January 1650 Wedmore, spouse: Willmus Mead
Joane Harris 4 May 1652 Wedmore, spouse: Robt Lide
Elisabeth Harris 13 May 1652 Wedmore, Wedmore, father: Adryan Harris
Francis Harris 26 March 1655 Wedmore, father: Adrian Harris
Mary Harris & Thomas Haine 5 August 1655 Wedmore
Joane Thatcher & Richard Harris 14 Apr 1656 Barrow Gurney
Anstice Kerbey & William Harris 20 Jun 1660 Wedmore
Julian Harris 18 June 1659 Wedmore, spouse: George Evily (Everly)
Joane Harris 11 September 1660 Wedmore, spouse: Hugh Dunkerton

Aliciam Browning & Edwardus Webb 14 May 1601 Wedmore
Amy Marten & Joannes Webb 10 Nov 1610 Wedmore
Agnetam Millerd Thomas Webb 22 Feb 1611 Wedmore
Mariam Hayward & Thomas Webb 13 Jan 1617 Wedmore
Susannam Webb & Thomas Edes 3 Oct 1622 Wedmore
Joanam Webb & Georgius Harris 28 Apr 1623 Wedmore
Mariam Webb Richardus Coome 22 Sep 1625 Wedmore
Graciam Webb & Willielmus Teek 26 Oct 1625 Wedmore
Margaretam Webb & Thomas Lane 24 Apr 1626 Wedmore
Joannam Chalcroft & Georgius Webb 27 Apr 1626 Wedmore
Thomasin Heathe & Lewis Webb 6 Mar 1627 Wedmore
Aliciam Kirby & Johannes Sutton 13 Jan 1628 Wedmore (St Mary)
Margerie Jenings & Johannes Kirby 18 Apr 1631 Wedmore
Margerie James & Johannes Kirby 18 Apr 1631 Wedmore
Christabellam Napper & Johannes Webb 15 May 1646 Wedmore
Mariam Webb & Josephus Davies 9 Apr 1648 Wedmore
Elizabeth Fisher & Leonard Webb 16 Aug 1653 Wedmore
Joane Lane & John Webb 26 Sep 1653 Wedmore
Justin Webb & Edward Churchouse 21 Mar 1653 Wedmore
Bethsabe Vowles & Thomas Webb 9 Oct 1656 Wedmore
Robert Thatcher & Alice Webb 9 Aug 1660 Wedmore

Joannes Lancasle & Cicely Mead 6 Jun 1605 Wedmore
Richard Meade & Elinoram Mason 1 May 1606 Wedmore
Hester Meade & Richardus Millard 17 Nov 1625 Wedmore
Susannam Meade & Thomas Wodam 8 Nov 1632 Wedmore
Avis Lane & Robertus Meade 20 Nov 1635 Wedmore
Hesteram Bowle Robertus Meade 16 May 1644 Wedmore

Mariam Fenell & Humfridus Haine 23 Jan 1611 Wedmore
Issabellam Haine & Leonardus Winscombe 27 Aug 1612 Wedmore
Joanam Britten & Edvardus Haine 6 Oct 1614 Wedmore
Doritheam Haine & Jacobus Lane 13 Jan 1616 Wedmore
Aliciam & Haine & Arthur Stokes 2 Aug 1619 Wedmore
Issabellam Haine & Johannes Whorton 15 Oct 1623 Wedmore
Graciam Stone & Richardus Haine 26 Nov 1627 Wedmore
Graciam Pitt & Johannes Haine 17 Jun 1633 Wedmore
Janam Cooke & Thomas Haine 17 Apr 1634 Wedmore
Susannam Frye & J ohannes Haine 5 Jun 1634 Wedmore
Mary Harris & Thomas Haine 13 Oct 1655 Wedmore

Joannam Lide & Edwardus Lawrence 27 Nov 1628 Wedmore
Joane Harris & Robert Lide 4 May 1652 Wedmore

These are preliminary notes.

The Counsell and Hobbs families of Wedmore were in dispute over property in St Olave’s, Southwark, which may have led to members of their kinship group being established there. It can be noted that Richard, son of Thomas and Ellen Lancaster, was born 23 July 1657 in St Olave’s, and his brother, John, on 1 Jan 1660. This parish was also the residence of Hardie, Westraye and Johnson families; the latter of which were transportees to Virginia of people connected to St Olave’s (as I will show in a later post); the former family is tenurially associated with the Thomas Harris who d. in 1688 in Virginia (whose family was linked to Hodges Counsell). A Hobbs family intermarried into the family of Thomas Harris who d. in 1672 in Virginia. These Harris may have been father and son, or uncle and nephew.

A Lancaster family were linked to John and Unity Harris of Virginia. Was John the brother of Thomas, d. 1672?

There is much work to be done; documents to be consulted, and registers to be examined.

There probably need to be a disambiguation between Harris families of Southwark and those of Wedmore.

The link to the Duke family and to Arthur Harris of Hayne is of interest.

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