From Robert Goodricke of Nortingley, Somerset, descended:

1. Richard Goodricke, of Ribstone (1559-1601), Sheriff of York, who m. Muriel Eure, da. of William, Lord Eure.
1.1. Sir Henry Goodricke, of Ribstone (1580-1641), m. Jane Savile, da. of Sir John Savile, of Methley.
1.1.1. Francis Goodricke (1621–1673); lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1659 and 1673. Will proved Feb. 5, 1673. My nephew John Goodricke, younger son of my brother Sir John Goodricke, decd. My cousin Eleanor Goodricke, £5. The estate of her & her father, left in Trust to my care, both for her & her aunts, & creditors of her father, at York, & lands purchased in Somerset of her relatives, lying intermixed with her estate there, to be made over to Eleanor Goodricke. My wife Hester Goodricke.

1.1.2 . John Goodricke, m. Rebecca.
George Moore m. Jane Barcroft, da. of Charles Barcroft, a London vintner. George Moore (son of John Moore, mariner and merchant of Bristol, and br. of Thomas Moore), stated to be “age 78 years” when he made his will in 1710 (Chapman, IOW Wills, p. 54). He was also the br. of Katherine Moore, who m. (2) Robert Flake, a tobacco factor for Bristol merchants. By her first husband, she had issue: Joyce, who m. (1) Francis England, (2) George Cripps. Francis England, George Cripps. William Jennings of Bristol, surgeon, appts. Thomas Moore of Pagan Creek his atty. to collect from Arthur Skynner, Gyles Dryver (headright of Thomas Harris, d. 1672), and Joseph Whitson, and by virtue of a letter of atty. from John Hardiman of Bristol, taylor, to collect from William Hoodson in Nansemond. June 29, 1667.
George Moore had issue: (1) Eleanor Moore, who m. Richard Piland, the son of James Piland, bapt. on 30 August 1604, in St Mary’s Le Porte, Bristol, headright of Francis England, in 1642. (2) Ann Moore, who m. Thomas White. The estates of Ann Moore and her husband were appraised between betw. 1741 and 1742 by Thomas Day, John Goodrich, and Edward Brantley. (ibid., p. 142). Edward Brantley was security for the estate of Thomas Harris, d. 1672.
George Moore’s brother, Thomas, was an overseer of the Will of John Jennings, dated Oct. 19, 1678 (witness of the Will of Thomas Harris, d. 1672), who named son-in-law William Seward, grandson of John Seward, the Bristol sea captain and merchant, on adjacent land to whom settled Thomas Harris, d. 1688.
May 13, 1677: Francis England of Blackwater in IOW: Leg. da. Ann Branch, wife of George Branch and her sons, George, Francis and John Branch. Wife Joyce, Extrx. Overseers, John Gutridge and John Pearson. R. June 9, 1677. Wit: Nicholas Davis, George Cripps, Richard Bennett. (p. 144). Richard Bennett being the cousin of Thomas Harris, d. 1672.
April 18, 1679: Joyce Cripps: Leg. Husband George Cripps the lands and tenements given me by my former husband, Francis England, to the son of Francis England’s brother, if he comes to Virginia and makes claim to the said land within seven years; names “my mother Flake”. My husband Extr. R. June 9, 1679. Wit: John Goodricke, Rebecca Davis, William Evans. (B. 2, p. 202).
August 20, 1695: John Goodrich Sr. of Upper Parish. Legatees: Son Charles, wife Rebecca, John Goodrich the son of my wife Rebecca, reversion to my grandson John Goodrich, the son of Captain John Goodrich. Wife Extx. R. June 9, 1698. Wit. Robert Kae. (ibid., p. 389).
Edward Bechinoe’s Will was rec. June 9, 1679, naming wife, Mary, son George.
George Bechinoe’s Will, rec. 1688, was witnessed by Robert Kae (of Bristol), his son-in-law, and mentions Edward Bechinoe, his son.
Edward Harris: Appraisers: Edward Bechinoe, Richard Corsey.
The Will of Richard Corsey, rec. May I, 1679, witnessed by Thomas Moore.
The Will of Francis Corsey, rec. May I, 1679, witnessed by George Moore.
1.1.2.1. John Goodricke, appraised the Will of the said Richard Corsey.

1.2. William Goodricke, b. 1584.
1.2.1. William Goodricke, m. (1) Eleanor Davis, da. of Rice Davis and Mary Pitt. She m. (2) Nicholas Poyntz. Nicholas Poyntz, b. 1607, d. Feb. 11, 1650, bur. in the Savoy, Lond; matric. from Magdalen Hall, Oxon, as son of Sir John Poyntz, 31st Jan. 1622, aet. 16. Living at Tickenham in 1646. He m. (1638) Eleanor, heir of Rice Davis, of Tickenham, Som., by Mary Pitt, relict of Robert Owen (Robert ap Owen, of Abergwilli, Carmarthenshire, and a Bristol merchant), and 3rd wife of Rice (Rees) Davis. Mary Pitt was the mother of Robert Pitt, of Virginia. Rice Davis originated from Carmarthenshire, and was brother of “William Davies, of Carmarthenshire” (see Vis. Som.), father of Richard Davis, Esq, of Tickenham, bapt. November 8, 1587, heir to his uncle, who m. Mary Owen, da. of Mary Pitt and Robert Owen, and sister of Robert Owen Jr., the very likely father of Bartholomew Owen. In Virginia, John Upton’s headright was Christopher Lewis, associated with Luke Mizell and Bartholomew Owen. On 10 July 1643, John Upton held 3289 ac. upon the branches of Pagan Point Creek and New Town Haven adj. Robert Pitt, cousin of the Owen family.

(1. Thomas Pitt, of Blandford Forum, North Dorset.
1.1. William Pitt, b. 1578; d. Oct. 25, 1624, in Bristol, Will pr. Feb. 3, 1625. To my wife Mary £500; to son Robert, three score and ten pounds; to son Henry £250; to son Thomas £250; to da. Mary Pitt £250. To my wife Mary a lease of the house wherein I now dwell in Redcliffe Street.
1.1.1. Henry Pitt. The Pitts were associated with Wrington: Consideration: £34. (1) Henry Pitt, merchant son of William Pitt, merchant, (2) John Yeaman, brewer. March 28, 1636. (Bristol Archives, 30631/7). Henry Pitt m. Margaret Dale, da. of “Thomas Dale of Wrington, Somerset, gent”. (See Bristol Archives, 33072/2). Wrington is 8 miles from Cheddar, and 11 from Wedmore, and was from where a Christopher Lewis was bapt. on October 1637, having brothers, John, bapt. Sept. 30, 1631, and Richard, bapt. Feb. 16, 1643. John may have had a full, uterine, sister, Jane, bapt. in Oct. 1636, in Bridgwater.
1.1.2. Robert Pitt. John Upton (whose headright was Christopher Lewis), 3289 acres, 10 July 1643. Lying upon the branches of Pagan Point Creek and New Town Haven adj. Mr. Sparkes, Anthony Jones, Mr. Nevill, Robert Pitt, Mr. Seward, Ambrose Bennett and Mr. Moone. 139 acres for trans. 3 pers. and the remainder by several former pats. John Seward was a headright of John Moone, in Warrasquinoake, in 1635, kin of the Fulghams: Anthony Fulgham’s brother, Thomas, having married Mary (Moone) Green, half-sister of Sarah Moone, wife of John Pitt, of Bristol, grandson of William and Mary Pitt.
1.2. Mary Pitt, m. Robert Owen, of Carmarthenshire and Bristol, merchant; his Will proved Feb. 16, 1615, naming son Robert, and da., Mary. Mary Pitt m. 2. Rees Davis, who had first m. Dorothy, da. of Maurice Rodney, Esq., and sister of Sir George Rodney; thus becoming kin to the Hodges family of Wedmore.
1.2.1. Mary Owen, m. Richard Davis, Esq, of Tickenham, bapt. November 8, 1587, son of William Davies, of Carmarthenshire, brother of Rees Davis, Esquire, of Tickenham, Somerset.
1.2.1.1. Robert Davis (involved in various litigations concerning the Owen estate).
1.2.1.1.1. John Davis, bapt. April 17, 1637; d. bef. 28 June 1714, m. Mary Green. His Will names friend Nathaniel Ridley (nephew of William, associated with Thomas Harris, d. 1672). The estate of Edward Harris, d. 1677, was in debt to John Davis. Thomas Harris (d. 1672) 40 acres, Aug. 14, 1652. At the head of one of the branches of the Pagan Cr., bounded by John Davis on N.W. for trans. Peter Bell
1.2.1.1.1.1. Sarah Davis, d. bef, Jan. 6, 1720, m. Nicholas Fulgham, son of Anthony Fulgham, and brother of Michael Fulgham, who m. Anne Izzard; having issue (1) Anne Fulgham, who m. Robert Harris, son of Thomas Harris, d. 1688. (2) Susannah Fulgham, who m. (1705), Hardy Council, son of Hodges Council Jr. and Lucy Hardy.
1.2.1.1.1.1.1. Nicholas Fulgham, m. Martha Pitt.
1.2.2. Robert Owen.
1.2.2.1. John Owen: Owen, John. 1652. Christopher Lewis. Isle of Wight. (Greer).
1.2.2.2. Bartholomew Owen, who probably m. the sister of Christopher Lewis, of the same family as an earlier namesake).

1.2.1.1. Eleanor Goodriche. Her father’s will, dated 12th May, 1666 bequeathed his lands in Somersetshire, the inheritance of his late wife, to his daughter Eleanor Goodricke, and to his daughter Mary Goodricke he gave the sum of one thousand pounds. His property in Stuntney, in the Isle of Ely, known as Thorney Manor Farm, and his four closes in Stuntney and their appurtenances, he left to his cousin Sir Francis Goodricke

The estates in Somersetshire, situated at Tickenham and Backwell, inherited by Eleanor Goodricke, were considerable. Her mother (Eleanor Davis) had succeeded to them to the exclusion of her half-sisters, Joan, Elizabeth, and Margaret, daughters of Mr. Rice Davis by his wife Dorothy Rodney, through whom the property had come into the, possession of the Davis family. Constant disputes and litigation arose between Eleanor Goodricke and her relations on her mother’s side, in connection with her estate; and Sir Francis Goodricke mentions in his will the fact that he was largely out of pocket for purchases of lands in dispute in order to settle the lawsuits to which Eleanor Goodricke was a party. Born Eleanor Goodricke in Yorkshire, around 1654, she inherited property in the fullness of time, including Tickenham Court, near Clevedon in Somerset, which she made her home. She first married Edmund Ashfield, an artist from Lincolnshire, by whom she had three children, and then, after his untimely death, Richard Glanville.

At the time of her marriage to Glanville, Eleanor Ashfield possessed in her own right an income of £600 per annum and ready money to the amount of £10,000 Her husband settled upon her for life, under a deed dated 24th January, I692-3, his manors of Elmset, Somersham and Often, which estates were to descend to their son Richard after his death and Eleanor’s decease.

Eleanor’s second marriage, however, was a exceedingly unhappy one, and she was soon separated from her husband. His own father cheated her son Richard out of his patrimony. He settled at Wedmore, co. Somerset, and was ancestor of the Glanvilles, who still hold property there. I must refer my readers to the exhaustive “Records of the Anglo-Norman House of Glanville,” published in 1882 by W. U. S. Glanville-Richards, Esq., for the history of this family continued to the present time.

Eleanor Glanville died in 1709. By her will, dated 30th July, 1705, proved in London by Sir Henry Goodricke, fourth Baronet, 21st April, 1709, she bequeathed her manors of Tickenham, Rodney Stoke, etc., and her lands in Backwell and Loxton, etc., to Sir Henry Goodricke, who took possession of the properties.

In 1712 however, Forest Ashfield claimed Tickenham as heir-at-law to his mother, and entered a suit against Sir Henry to have his mother’s will set aside-having been, he declared, made by her under the impression that her children had been changed by Fairies! After trial and examination of one hundred witnesses at the Wells Assizes, in 1712 the will was upset on the ground of testatrix’s insanity.

Forest Ashfield afterwards sold Tickenham to Mr. Brickdale, of Bristol; but he continued to live in the neighbourhood. He died unmarried, leaving no will, and such property as remained to him-probably very little-was divided among his relatives. He was buried at Tickenham, 11th August, 1721.

Eleanor Glanville, wife of Richard Glanville, of Tickenham Court, Somerset, Gent. Will dated July 30, 1705. Before my marriage with Richard Glanville, by the name of Eleanor Ashfield, of Tickenham, widow, by Indenture Nov. 23 & 24, 1 Jac. II., I did grant to Edward Gorges, of Charlton, in Wraxall, Esq., & William Rogers of Painswick, co. Glouc, Esq., & their heirs, my manors of Tickenham, Rodney Stoke & Cheddar, & lands in Backwell & Lockston, all in co. Som., & all other lands wherein I the said Eleanor was then seised, to be holden by them to their use in Trust, & by Indenture tripartite, Nov. 25, 1 Jac. II., between me Eleanor Glanville as Eleanor Ashfield, of Tickenham, widow, Richard Glanville, of Bristol, Gent., & the said Edward Georges & William Rogers (Trustees), reciting that a marriage was shortly to be solemnized between the s d Rd Glanville & me, it was agreed that the said Trustees should make leases, &c, & should permit the profits to be received by such person as I should by Writing or Will, order or declare, the said Richard Glanville consenting thereto, pursuant to this power I will & desire the said Trustees should pay to Thomas Merrick, Exor. of Sir William Merrick, knt. ,£2,500 and interest secured by Mortgage on the said premises — and then to pay to my son Forest Edmond Ashfield, my daughter Mary & my son Richard;£i0 each, & a weekly sum of 5/ to my daughter Eleanor for her life. All my Manors to my cousin Henry Goodrick, esq., son of my cousin, Sir John Goodrick of Ribstone, Yorkshire, Bart. To the said Edward Gorges, & Wm. Rogers, Esqrs , 20 each for a piece of plate. To Mr John Parratt, £100. To John Baptist Stambrid, £i00. Poor of Tickenham, 40/, & of Backwell, 20/. To Wm Wale, £10 yearly. The aforesd Henry Goodrick, Exor.

Eleanor, a most interesting and learned person, well worth reading about. See Fiona Fountain, Rebel Heiress, 2012.

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