Surry Arch. Collections, 1871, makes a general point – that the main line of the Turners ended in heirs female, but takes no note of subsidusry lines: ‘The family of Turner were settled at Ham as early as the time of Richard II. In 15 or 16, and in 20 Richard II., Richard Turnour was one of the members for the borough, and in 43 Elizabeth, John Turner was member. The last of this name, John Turner, died intestate in 1713, leaving his sister Charitee, the wife of Mr. Joseph Cooke, an attorney, his heir; but previously to this the farm had been sold’.

TURNERS OF BLETCHINGLEY

1. John Turner, b. c. 1480.
1.1. John Turner, m. Elizabeth …
1.1.1. Anne Turner/Thomas Walker, 29 Aug. 1546.
1.1.2. Emme Turner/William Burton, 25 Jan. 1550.
1.1.3. Richard Turner, bapt 1541.
1.1.3.1. John Turner, bapt. 11 May 1578.
1.1.3.1.1. John Turner, m. Adrie …
1.1.3.1.1.1. John Turner, m. Charity …
1.1.3.1.1.1.1. John Turner, bapt. 29 Nov. 1678; d. 1713.
1.1.3.1.1.2. George Turner,bapt. 5 Jan. 1655., d.v.p.
1.1.4. John Turner (d. 1607), of Ham, Bletchingley, Surr. s. of John Turner of Ham. m., at least 2s. 4da. (The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1558-1603, ed. P.W. Hasler, 1981).
1.1.4.1. William Turner, bapt. 13 May 1576.
1.1.5. WIlliam Turner/Anne Eaton, 4 Feb. 1559.
1.1.5.1. Thomas Turner, bapt. 10 Aug. 1567.
1.1.5.1.1. Thomas Turner, bapt. 16 June 1594.
1.2. Mary Turner, m. John Cholmeley, of Bletchingley, d. 1534.

The origins of this family are given in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1386-1421, ed. J.S. Roskell, L. Clark, C. Rawcliffe., 1993: ‘In December 1384, (Richard) Turner, described as ‘of Surrey’, offered sureties to the sheriff of the county for two local men then being sued for trespass. In August 1392 and again in February 1399 he was a juror at the inquisitions post mortem held in Bletchingley on the estates of the 3rd and 4th earls of Stafford. He may have been the Richard Turner of Cranley, Surrey, who in 1398 obtained a royal pardon, although most of his property lay in Bletchingley’.

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