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philheeks
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Hi Brian
St John bedwardine is a parish of Worcester
All the very best
Phil
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Worcestershire - Heeks, Maiden, Pinchin, Hartland, Tredwell, Holliday, Morton, Collins, Aldington, Saunders
Oxfordshire - Gomm, Hamblet, Austin, Winter,
Herefordshire - Lowe
Radnor - Lowe, Powell
Gloucestershire - Holliday, Pinchin
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Tricia_2
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Did you notice that St John Bedwardine was mentioned in the Templar article I mentioned earlier?
'In Lower Broadheath which is just outside Worcester, there is a place called Temple Laugherne. Laugherne is the name of a brook which runs though the area and the prefix Temple is the obvious clue that it was once a Templar preceptory. In this case the Master and Brethren of the Temple are known to have purchased the Manor for £100 in 1249ce from William, son of Miles. It passed to the Hospitallers in 1311 as part of Temple Balsall in Warwickshire, the preceptory to which it had become attached. (10) The nearby site in St John in Bedwardine actually relates to a house mentioned as belonging to the 'passheon's'. (11) As there are no extant records of the order of passionists in Worcester, and the other possible translations of the word relate to 'passage' or 'ferry', John Noake speculates in his The Monastery and Cathedral of Worcester (among other possibilities) that it might have been a reference to a sub-house of the Templars at nearby Temple Laugherne (12) (pilgrims often travelled in Templar ships). It remains to be established whether or not this is the case. 'Notes: 10. Worcestershire Victoria County History (hereafter WVCH), vol III, p505 and Hereford and Worcester Site and Monuments Record (hereafter SMR) no 1322 11. Noake, John - The Monastery and Cathedral of Worcester , 1866, Longman & Co, London p187 12. Noake - ibid p187 n http://www.whitedragon.org.uk/articles/temple2.htm
Some items that might be useful:
A vision of Worcester St John Bedwardine County CP
http://vision.edina.ac.uk/unit_page.jsp?u_id=10349473
British History Online ~ 'Parishes: St John in Bedwardine', A History of the County of Worcester: volume 3
http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=43160
Welcome to The Parish of St John in Bedwardine
http://www.stjohninbedwardine.co.uk/
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Neal(e) Ropier Jeynes/Jeens Harris Colley Dyer~Glos Beckford/Grafton/Ashton B'ham
Hampton Doyle~ Swansea Merthyr/Dowlais Pontypridd
Maldoon~Pontypridd Frome
Davies~ Merthyr Tydfil
Llewellyn~S.Wales
Keefe, O'Keefe,Mountain Ash Pontypridd, PA
Svombo Swambo Swanbo etc ~Greece Hydra; Cork/Queenstown; Glam~Cardiff Pontypridd
Barry~Cork Queenstown; Glam
Thornton~Yorks Baildon; Glam Swansea, Merthyr
Jones~Carmarthen Llanboidy
Sarjant Cole~B'ham Leamington Worcester
Hiley/Tirebuck/Mason Bha
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Tricia_2
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Looking more closely at British History Online ...
'William Gower, who bought the second moiety of Temple Laughern in 1544, was also the owner of Boughton or Boulton (q.v. infra), and his property in Laughern afterwards became known as the manor of Boulton Colemarsh. (fn. 163) It followed the descent of Queenhill in Ripple (fn. 164) (q.v.), and was still held by the Gower family in 1766. (fn. 165) They sold it early in the 19th century to the Harrisons, who held it till about 1840, when it was sold to the Munns. On the death of the last brother about 1900 it was bought by James Best, whose widow now lives there. (fn. 166)'
'n 1852 Mary Harrison, by her will proved 19 May, left £50 for the benefit of the Sunday school. The legacy is on deposit in the Post Office Savings Bank; the income of £1 5s. yearly is applied to the Sunday schools.'From: 'Parishes: St John in Bedwardine', A History of the County of Worcester: volume 3 (1913), pp. 501-510. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=43160. Date accessed: 20 February 2008. Victoria County History Publication ~ A History of the County of Worcester: volume 3 Year published ~ 1913 Pages ~ 501-510 Citation 'Parishes: St John in Bedwardine', A History of the County of Worcester: volume 3 (1913), pp. 501-510. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=43160. Date accessed: 20 February 2008.
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Neal(e) Ropier Jeynes/Jeens Harris Colley Dyer~Glos Beckford/Grafton/Ashton B'ham
Hampton Doyle~ Swansea Merthyr/Dowlais Pontypridd
Maldoon~Pontypridd Frome
Davies~ Merthyr Tydfil
Llewellyn~S.Wales
Keefe, O'Keefe,Mountain Ash Pontypridd, PA
Svombo Swambo Swanbo etc ~Greece Hydra; Cork/Queenstown; Glam~Cardiff Pontypridd
Barry~Cork Queenstown; Glam
Thornton~Yorks Baildon; Glam Swansea, Merthyr
Jones~Carmarthen Llanboidy
Sarjant Cole~B'ham Leamington Worcester
Hiley/Tirebuck/Mason Bha
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StintonLomas
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Hi
2 parishes in Worcester itself, St John Bedwardine and St Michael Bedwardine.
Info here http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/WOR/Where/index.html#B
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Gloucestershire-Bishop,Hicks,Higgs,Hill,Hooper,Hopkins,Pitcher,Robertson,Stinton,Terret,Woodruff.
Worcestershire-Stinton.
Devon- Borrough or Burrow.
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Nemo
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Checked out the A2A reference I mentioned in my previous message, nothing interesting to be gleaned from it. Just Richard Harrison in effect swearing that he had a bona fide “Estate in Law or Equity to and for my own use and benefit consisting of Messuages Lands Tenements and Hereditaments as do qualify me to act as a Justice of the Peace for the County of Worcester in accordance with the true Intent and meaning of an Act of Parliament made in the 18th year of the reign of His Majesty King George the Second”………………….”which said Lands Tenements and Hereditaments are situate lying and being in the Parish of St John in Bedwardine in the County of Worcester.”
I had better luck with the will of Richard Harrison which was proved on 9 September 1795 his wife Mary being the sole executrix. Estate "did not amount to £2000". No time to read the full 7 pages, but a quick skim to get family members names.
1) Daughter Elizabeth wife of Richard Yeomans of the Tything, Worcester
2) Son Robert and wife Elizabeth and their six children- Emma Clara, Sarah, Thomas, William, John Christopher and Henry.
3) Son John William
Another grandson Richard Hopkins Harrison
Thomas Tolley and son-in-law Richard Yeomans to farm Temple Lawn (sic)currently in the occupation of Stephen Barber. There wasn’t enough time to read why and for how long they were to farm the estate. Richard also owned Writers (?) Mill and Ambrose Mill in the same parish - St John in Bedwardine. This was a very large parish at that time. I think others have already given you useful references for that.
It appears that the Harrison family may have been doubly related to the Yeomans. Grazebrook mentions:-
Yeomans of Worcester; as borne by William Yeomans who married Margaret, daughter and co-heiress of Rowland Berkeley, of Cotheridge. The heiress married Harrison of Temple Laughern – Sable, a chevron, between three cronels of spears argent.
Can you just clarify how you know that Jane Harrison who was married outside Worcestershire (in Birmingham) was connected to the Harrisons of Temple Laughern. Did Jane and William Horton marry by licence?
I expect you know that a lot of people used Crests and Coats of Arms in the 19th century that were not actually granted to their family or were fictitious. We have a an old family bookplate and a wax impression taken from a ring with a supposed family Arms and Crest. The advice given 50 years ago by the College of Arms was that the Arms and Crest were of identical design to those born by a 17th century family in London with a different surname, and those to were "Arms that were not allowed"!!!
Nemo
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Qldsun
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Tricia, I probably read the ref to St Johns Bedwardine in the article you mention but did not relate it until Nemo came in with his wealth of info. I now know I must pay more attention to detail. Thanks for your great efforts. I also now have a lot of reading to do.
Nemo, I am still working back from William Horton born 1843 whose father William born 1812 was the son of William Horton born 17?? and Jane Harrison.
William and Jane were wed in 4/1/1812 at St Martins, Birmingham, as yet I do not have any marriage cert for that event. Their son William 1812 later moved to Manchester and his son William 1843 migrated to Australia in 1866.
I have a copy of the will of William 1812 (died 1893) showing two coats of arms for Horton and Harrison. A friend of the family also doing some research passed some info to me which had a note saying "Jane Harrison was a decendant of Harrison of Temple Laughem and Richard Harrison was a High Sheriff". To be honest it is only on the strength of this note I am trying to folow up this lead and this is as far as I have got. I think perhaps I should get some birth and marriage certs if they are available to set a few points straight.
Thank you for all the info you have provided, it gives me a lot to think about before my trip to the UK in June/July this year.
Cheers,
Brian
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Lancs. LEVER, GARLAND, HORTON, ROYSTON. HUBBARD
Som. GARLAND
Australia, Qld. HORTON
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Nemo
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That's a good idea. Perhaps someone will do a look-up? The parish register will show witnesses which might be useful. If the couple weren't married by banns then they would have had a marriage licence.
Here is the website where you can ask the Lichfield Record Office in Staffordshire to do a search for the marriage licence allegation and bond relating to marriage at St Martins Birmingham. Lichfield holds the Diocesan records. I don’t know if they have a Marriage Index. I only have experience with Worcestershire licences, which have been indexed and can sometimes give useful clues as to where people were from and relationships etc - other times - no help at all!
http://www.staffordshire.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/8A6731E6-618B-4478-B2D5-A99076F791FE/32990/LROResearchServiceFormnewMBsNov05.doc
Regards
Nemo
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philheeks
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Hi Brian
At last Ive found my photocopy of the High Sherriffs of Worcestershire from 1837 to 1928 & am sorry to report that the name Harrison is not one of them - if you would like to give me your e mail address I can send you the list that I have
My address is philheeks[at]yahoo[dot]co[dot]uk
All the very best
Phil
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Worcestershire - Heeks, Maiden, Pinchin, Hartland, Tredwell, Holliday, Morton, Collins, Aldington, Saunders
Oxfordshire - Gomm, Hamblet, Austin, Winter,
Herefordshire - Lowe
Radnor - Lowe, Powell
Gloucestershire - Holliday, Pinchin
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JustinTLH
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Hi, I've just done a Google search for Temple Laugherne and found this website and forum.
I've lived at Temple Laugherne House for 24 years and I'd be more than willing to help you with any information you might need.
Temple Laugherne Was built in 1133 by the Knights Templar and was the headquarters for their activities in Mercia. The immediate estate was approx 3,600 acres and the original building was capable of housing 1,300 Templar Knights and associated staffing at any one time. The property has been reduced in size over the years (a good place to see it is Google Earth) and although it still has all its charm and is a sizable property, it's nowhere near its original size.
Folklore claims there is an ancient tunnel that links Temple Laugherne to Worcester Cathedral, but to date no tunnels have been found at Temple Laugherne's end. Worcester Cathedral's Library holds extensive information on the property, including past owners and associated coats of arms.
The "St. John in Bed" that you mention is St. John in Bedwardine, Bedwardine being a very old name for the area, now referred to as "St. Johns". This is the closest housing area to Temple Laugherne, approx a mile or so from the property.
A good place to start researching past High Sherriffs of Worcester would be to Worcester City Council. We have had high sheriffs in Worcester until just a couple of years ago (not sure if we have one now) but the last person to hold the position was Andrew Grant, a well respected and very successful estate agent in the area.
I hope this helps you a little,
All the best.
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