Hi Eric
Thank you for replying.
Regarding your Bloxhams. I had a note somewhere that suggested that my Bloxhams originated in South Warwickshire and moved to Mickleton in Gloucester. Unfortunately, due to a computer crash (and like an idiot I had not saved anything for some months), I lost the note and cannot remember who or where it came from.
My Ingles start in Mickleton in around 1460 or at least we think that John Ingles was born around that time but to be honest we are not sure where he was born. He was living in Mickleton when he died and left a will stating that his estate was to be shared amongst his 8 children, but no names to the children apart from his son Thomas born c 1890 not sure where, it could have been Mickleton or he might have been born before John Ingles moved to Mickleton. Thomas moved to Aston Subedge where he was living with his wife Alice. Again there is a will which mentions Alice and their children, but no date of marriage. It is about this time that the Bloxham Ingles seem to come into being as in his son Ralph's will (my husband's ancestor), he calls himself Ralph Blocksome. We (a cousin and I) thought that if the Bloxham names doesn't go back further than this, maybe Thomas married an Alice Bloxham and that as you say they changed their name because of the inheritance.
In either case the Bloxham/Ingles seems to have been interchangeable for all the children for the next couple of generations, then there is a definite separation with part of the family (my husband's part) keeping the name Bloxham and the other half being Ingles.
The family must have been fairly well off as most of them left wills.
To tie all this in with the Alexander Mauncels.
Going down the Bloxham family tree we come to a John Bloxham born 1574 died 1649, John Bloxham married an Alice Cartwright who was the daughter of Bernard Cartwright and Christian Slycer. Barnard is the son of William Cartwright and Elizabeth Alexander alias Mauncel of Charlton Kings. As I said, they must have been quite well off as of his sons (Timothy) married Penelope Segar who was the daughter of Sir William Segar who was Garter King at Arms from 1604 to 1606 and when he retired he was given a pension of £200 per year- which was a lot of money in those days.
If we go back a little further according to Biglands and the Heralds visitations. The Alexanders and Mauncels were at Frampton Mansell (probably named after them).
Most of what I have has been "proven" by wills, heralds visitations and Biglands as well as trips to Gloucester family history centre to look at the parish records.
I think what I am saying is that if you have an Alice Bloxham who was born c 1500 give or take 10 years either way and you are not sure who she married, it could be that she married Thomas Ingles and moved just over the border to Aston Subedge. What we also have to remember is that the county boundaries were much different years ago. Alice was buried 28th June 1557 at Aston Subedge just 5 months after her husband. As I said, it is her children who took the name Bloxham.
Not sure if the above helps or hinders your Bloxhams, it might just muddy the waters. However, I would be interested in knowing if you have an Alice Bloxham about that time, it might help clear up a mystery.
Eveline