Arms — Argent, within a bordure engrailed, gules, two chevrons, azure.

Crest — A peacock’s tail issuing from the mouth of a boar’s head, couped, erect.

“The Tyrells have been of great consequence in different counties of England, particularly in Essex and Suffolk, and indubitably one of the most ancient families upon record. Sir Henry Tyrell, son of the above sir Walter, and father of Sir Richard, whose son, sir Edward, had sir Geffrey, father of sir Lionel, whose son, Sir Edward, m. Maud, daughter of Burgate, co. Suffolk, esq., and had issue, sir Hugh Tyrell, of East Horndon, co. Essex, knt., who lived temp. Edw. III., and became governor of Carisbroke-Castle, which he gallantly defended against the French in 1377-8. His son, Sir James, of East Horndon, m. Margaret, daughter and heiress of sir William Heron, knt., and was father of sir Walter, of Heron, whose son, Sir Walter, m. Jane, daughter and co-heiress of Sir William Swinford, knt., by whom he had a son, Sir Thomas, of Heron, who, by his 2d wife, Eleanor, daughter of lord Flamberd, had a son, Sir John, sheriff of Essex and Hertfordshire in 1423, who served in the wars under king Henry V., and was appointed by him surveyor of the carpenters for the new works at Calais, with the wages of 12d. a-day; m. Alice, daughter and co-heiress of sir William Cogeshal, of Little Sandford, co. Essex, (by Antiocha, daughter of the famous Sir John Hawkwood, co. Essex, knt.) by whom he had a numerous issue” (Debret): inc. –

1. Sir John Tirrel. 1.1. Sir Thomas Tirrell, m. Ann, dau. of Sir Wiliam de Marney, Sheriff of Essex and Hertford.
1.1.1. Sir Thomas Tirrell, held third part of the manor of Springfield, co. Essex, in capite, as of his honor of Bologne. He m., 1st, Elizabeth, daughter of Richard Devereux, lord Ferrers, of Chartley; and, 2dly, Beatrix, dau. of John Cockaine, co. Derby, esq., (by Elizabeth Beville); by the latter he had issue:
1.1.1.1. Sir Thomas Tirrell, d. 1476,
1.1.1.1.1. Sir Thomas-Tirrell, of Springfield; m. Constantia, dau. and heiress of John Blount, lord Mountjoy.
1.1.1.1.1.1. Sir Thomas Tirrel, sheriff of Essex in 1517; m. Anne, dau. of Sir William Browne, lord mayor of London, (who m., 2dly, sir William Petre).
1.1.1.1.1.2. Henry Tirrell, m. Thomasine, dau. of William Gounston, of London, esq., she was bur. in Great Burstaid in 1562.
1.1.1.1.1.2.1. Sir. Thomas Tirrell, knt., who was, at the death of his father, May 20, 1558, aged 40; m. Mary, dau. of sir John Sulyard; of Wethersden, co. Suffolk. Sir Thomas d. Sept. 25, 1592, holding Springfield, &c.
1.1.1.1.1.2.2. William Tirrell, m. Thomasine Tirrell.*
1.1.1.1.1.3. John Tirrell.
1.1.1.1.1.4. Thomas Tirrel, d. in 1510, holding the manor of Springfield of the king.
1.1.2. Elizabeth Tirrell, m. Sir Robert Darcy, of Malden, br. of Margaret Darcy.*

1.2. Sir William Tirrell, executed Feb. 23, 1462; m. (a) *Margaret Darcy, (b) Philliipa dau. of John Thornbury, of Faversham.
1.2.1. Jasper Tyrrell, by 2nd wife, d. Feb. 1539, involved in litigation betweem 1519-1529: “Roger Cholmeley of London, gentleman vs. Jasper Tirrell, gentleman, son of William Tirrell, knight”, concerning his refusal to make a new deed about his sale of lands in Leigh and Prittlewell (originals “lost” in fire). N.A. Prob. 11/5/167: Item, ‘I pray my feoffees in all the lands that I have purchased lying in the parish of Southchurch to grant immediately after my decease an annuity of 60s by the year to be divided in this form following, that is to say, unto Ralph Judde for term of his life 20s, unto Robert Stanner in like form 20s, and 20s unto Edmund Palgraffe, and if any die, the remnant overliving … Item, as for a tenement in Prittlewell that I bought of William Claidon & his wife, I will that Jasper Tyrrell, my son, have it to give and to sell, my wife to have the governance thereof during his nonage, and if he die before he come to lawful age, then John Tyrrell to have it to him and his heirs forever more”.
1.2.1.1. Edmund Tirrell: “M.P. b. by 1513, s. of Jasper Tyrrell by Anne, da. of one Goodinge or Goring of Suff. m. by 1543, Susan Cooke, 4da. suc. gd.-fa. 28 Sept. 1543. Edmund Tyrrell came of a cadet branch of one of the oldest and most prolific of Essex families … By 1543, and probably somewhat earlier, he had married Susan Cooke; she is said to have been of Gidea Hall and thus a kinswoman, although not apparently a daughter, of Sir Anthony Cooke. By his will of 5 Oct. 1576, revising an earlier one, Tyrrell replaced Sir William Petre as trustee for Thomas Tyrrell, his eldest daughter Thomasine Tyrrell’s son who was to succeed to the inheritance”. (S.T. Bindoff, “Hist. Parl. Trust”, 1982).

Susan Cooke was very likely to have been Sir Anthony Cooke’s cousin; the dau. of his uncle, Richard Cooke. John Cooke, by his first wife, Alice Saunders (d. 1510), the da. of William Saunders of Banbury, Oxfordshire, had an only son, Anthony. John Cooke’s Will states: ‘I make and ordain mine executors Gerard Danett, William Shelley and Richard Cooke, my brother, and I bequeath to every of them £6 13s 4d for their labour and all their costs; Item, I will that they that be seised of and in my lands in Southwark (London) shall after my father’s will performed be seised to the use of the performance of my will’ (TNA 11/18/537). His dau., Joanna Cooke, m. William Harris, prob. 1st s. of John Harris of Prittlewell. Hence, the wives of William Harris and Edmund Tirrell were first cousins. She was the 2nd wife of William Harris, the first being Johana Smyth, of whom I have previously given account.

William Harris m. 3rdly Agnes Rutter, dau. of William Rutter, of Southwark. In 1534, William Rutter leased (Chaucer’s) Tabard in Southwark, where he had been living for some time, and he passed the remainder of his life as an innkeeper. Rutter made his Will on Oct. 22, 1540, leaving his place of burial to the discretion of his wife. “Also I will that the executors of George Payne (d.1538) do pay to my brother Thomas Rutter 10s. for my wages when I was burgess”. He appointed his wife executrix and his ‘brother’ Edward Lowe (or in his absence John Smith of the Vine) overseer of the Will, which was proved on Oct. 8, 1541, seven days after Rutter’s burial at St. Saviour’s, Southwark. “The Vine” refers to the Vine Tavern, situated near the Tabbard, in St. Margaret’s Parish: Exemplification of recovery, with seal. Thos. Ohely and Clemencia his wife, Thos. Bulla (Bulley), Wm. Rutter, Jn. Kyltowe, Wm. Geffreson, Jn. Smith, Jn. Gardiner. 8 messuages, 5 gardens in St. Margaret’s. Nov. 28, 1533. (L.M.A, 92/SAV/496).

It can be reasonably suggested that John Smithe, of St Saviour, beer brewer, was of Johana Smyth’s family (and a son of “John Smith of the Vine”, who was, perhaps, William Rutter’s son-in-law). His Will was proved Jan. 15, 1592, naming: James Smith his son. David, John, Roger, and Samuel Smithe his underage sons. Gertrude and Audrey Smythe his underage daughters. Galfyn Turner his daughter, wife of Richard Turner. Margaret Longe, and Sara Rogers his daughters. Overseers: William Dassett; Edward Candishe. His dau., Sara Rogers, was the wife of (1) John Rogers, as follows, an overseer of the Will of John Audley, with Edward Candishe, (2) Thomas Cleyborne,* in 1598, at St Dunstan, Stepney (per register). Her sister, Gertrude m. Richard James, on June 12 1599, at St. Dunstan (Sarah was, thus, a sister-in-law of Richard and his br., George James of Mallendine, Essex, who m. her sister, Audrey). Gertrude Richard James had issue: Rev. Richard James, a graduate at Trinity College, Cambridge, who served as clergyman on Kent Island. *It is possible that William Claiborne, of Virginia note, was their son, who was associated with a William Harris, and a John Phipps, in Virginia. In this regard, the contention of Mr. Phillip Harris that this William Harris was of the Southminster family of Harris should be fairly considered.

William Sherwood (who m. the relict of Richard James), 28 acs., at the mouth of James City Island, Apr. 23, 1681, p. 97. Beg. at James Riv., at the head of a gr. slash issuing into the back river; to Block Howse Hill point; to Mr. Richard James; to a hr. of Pitch & Tarr Sw; and granted to John Baldwyn, Oct. 4, 1656. Given. by will of Baldwyn to John Fulcher, who sould to sd. Sherwood, Oct. 22, 1677. Same in James Citty on which formerly stood the brick howse formerly called the Country howse which said howse and land formerly belonged to … The Grand Assembly (and) was sould and assigned to Major Richard Webster, who assigned to Richard Ricks, deed., & by order (Oct. 17, 1660) was sould to John Phipps, whoe amongst other lands sould to John Knowles, Oct. 5, 1661, who conveyed said howse and acre of land to Jonathan Newell (Apr. 23, 1667), whoe dying without issue the same descended and came to David Newell, his bro. and heire at law, whoe sold the ruins of the sd. howse and the acre to sd. Sherwood (Feb. 6, 1677), whoe hath built a faire howse and appurtenances on the same; which acre begins at a stake before Col. White’s dove-house, running towards his howse, WNW, Apr. 23, 1681, p. 9.

1. William Harris, came to Virginia in 1621 as a surveyor with William Claiborne. Did he m. a sister of William Claiborne?
1.1. William Harris, lived in Jamestown in 1658. June 5, 1654: 24 ac. to Anthony Coleman assigned to John Fitchet and by him assigned to John Phips and William Harris.
1.1.1. John Harris. William Sherwood, deed, May 11, 1696, to John Harris for land in Jamestown; “formerly Fitchetts”. William Drummond Jr. makes a deed (June 15,1753) for one and a half acres in Jamestown, formerly granted William Sherwood and sold by said Sherwood to John Harris and by John Harris to William Drummond, father of the William Drummond Jr.

The questions become: who was this John Harris connected to William Sherwood? Did he have progeny? Was he connected to Sherwood Harris?

Sherwood Harris, Sr. His Will was proved Aug. 1763, execs. were his brother, Robert, and wife Jane. He bequeathed 100 ac. to his dau., Mary Hicks, wife of Absolom Hicks, part part of a tract bought fron Jonathan White, whose inventory of Nov. 1772 was purchased by Richard Harris, Christopher Harris, Ann Harris, Robert Harris, and Sherwood Harris Jr. Granville County N. C. lists Capt. Daniel Harris Company 8 Oct 1754: Claiborne Harris, Christopher Harris, Bartlett Young, Sherwood Harris, Thomas Young, Ed Young Jr. Isaac, Henry, John and Chamberlaine Hudson, Richard Bennet, Michael Harris, James Harris, Robert Harris.

1. Geoffrey Audley, administrator, of Berechurch, Essex.
1.1. Thomas, Baron Audley of (Saffron) Walden (1487/8–1544), lord chancellor. From the dissolved houses Audley, a man of modest origins, built up a substantial estate. On 26 May 1536 he was granted St Botolph’s in Colchester, and two days later he received the priory of Prittlewell, also in Essex. His Will made a bequest to Julyan Raynsford, wife of Sir William Waldegrave (d. 1554), see TNA PROB 11/37/466 and to his ‘cousin’, John Christmas (d. by 1554), and to his cousin’s children, including George Christmas (d. 1566), who was also his servant: “And where my cousin, John Christmas of Colchester, oweth me one hundred pounds of money lent, I give and bequeath thereof to my servant and cousin, George Christmas, his son, £20 thereof, and to Katherine Fleetwood, his sister, ten pounds, and to every of the children of my cousin, John Christmas, £3 6s 8d. And I give and bequeath to my brother, Thomas Audley, so much of my plate as shall be of the clear value of twenty pounds, and to every of my three nephews, his sons, so much of my plate as shall be worth ten pounds after the rates of the prices aforesaid, to be delivered to every of them at their ages of 18 years … I give to Margaret Smythe, my servant, ten pounds, to be paid at her marriage or at her age of 15 years if she so long live”.
1.2. Thomas Audley(d. 1577/8). indenture by which from Thomas Audley senior of Berechurch, Essex, esquire, brother of the late lord Audley of (Saffron) Walden, late lord Chancellor of England, deceased, and Thomas Audley junior, esquire, heir apparent of Thomas Audley of Berechurch, grants to John Lucas, George Foster, and George Christmas, esquires, the manor of Berechurch with appurtenances in Essex. Nov. 28, 1547.
1.2.1. Thomas Audley (d. 1572), m. Katherine Southwell, illegitimate dau. of Sir Richard Southwell (1503-1564).
1.2.2. Thomas Audley (d.1584).
1.2.2.1. John Audley, d. 1589, citizen and grocer of London. Will dated April 25, 1589. All my goods to be divided into three equal parts, one part to my wife, one part to my five children, John, Thomas, Richard, William and Susan Awdley … Exor., my brother Thomas Audley, citizen and grocer of London. Overseers, cousin *John Rogers, citizen and grocer of London, and friend Edward Candishe, citizen of London. Wits. John Simson, John Rogers, Thomas Greene. Signed, John Audley. Proved May 6, 1589, in P.C.C. (Leicester
47).
1.2.2.2. Thomas Audley (d. 1599).
1.2.3. John Audley (d. 1588).

1.2.1.1.1.*Thomasine Tyrrell, m. (a) William Tyrrell; (b) William Playters (d. 1584) of Sotterley, Suffolk; see TNA PROB 11/67/251.
1.2.1.1.2. John Tirrell. William Harris, and Ann, his wife, annuity, from John Tirrell, Essex. (Lists and Indexes, issue 21; P.R.O).
1.2.1.1.2.1. Ann Tirrell, m. William Harris, Sept. 9, 1574, in Gtreat Burstead. Sir Thomas Arundel of Lanherne and Katherine Dinham had issue: Anne Arundel, who m. Sir James Tyrrel, son of William Tyrrel of Gipping, and Margaret Darcy, the dau. of Sir Robert Darcy, who bore: Arg. 3 cinquefoils Gu.; assumed by the Harris family. Sir Robert Darcy, of Danbury, Essex (younger br. of Thomas Darcy, b. c. 1459, who m. Margaret Harleston, see TNA PROB 11/7/329), who held ‘Crixheth, Crixseth, Criksea’ manor: ‘Distant from Maldon nine miles, and from London, forty-two. In 1498, Thomasine Hopton held it of Thomas Darcy, esq., and Robert Darcy died possessed of it in 1516. The Harrys or Harris family had a large brick mansion here, pleasantly situated and enclosed in a park, well stored with timber. Some remains of the outer court, and the site of the building, and of fish-ponds, are yet to be seen’ (Hist. Essex, Cricksea Hall).
1.2.1.1.2.1.1. John Harris, m. Dorothie Norris, June 25, 1599.
1.2.1.1.2.1.1.1. William Harris, bapt. Oct. 7, 1602, perhaps “the surveyor”, and father of James Harris of York Co. VA.
1.2.1.1.2.1.1.2. James Harris, m. Elizabeth James, Nov. 5, 1638, sister of John James, who m. Marie Thresher, May 30, 1634. He was the son son of John James, “baker”. She was a sister of John Thresher, wh m. Elizabeth Salmon, Nov. 22, 1638, in Great Burstead. The Threshers were tenants of the Petre family in South Ockendon. (C 10/39/220).

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