These are ancient family names… when the owner of title and estate died without a male heir the estate was devised to a nephew or cousin, if his surname was different through marriage, he was required to change it… “taking on the family arms and title [for example, Thomas Baghott b. 1728 became Thomas Baghott De la Bere, Lord of Eastington, etc]... William Baghott of Southam b. 1700 son of Anne De la Bere b. 1665 m: William Baghott b. 1655; daughter of John De la Bere b. 1640 and Anne Stephens b. 1630… when both the De la Bere and Stephens lines died without male heirs, Thomas Baghott b. 1728 inherited both the Lypiatt Estate [1778] and the Southam Estate [1764]; he sold the Lypiatt Estate [1802] and lived at Southam until his death [1821]. Note (Jody Gray): when an ancestor is “titled” by the government, their names are included in government records, e.g. Parliamentary Records and Tax Records (Barons, Earls, Lords, Dukes); another source is historic events, e.g. battles, fought to preserve land or acquire land, religious crusades, etc. (Knights, Generals, Captains) - these records providing verification and dates for ancestors… Church Records: birth, baptism, marriage, death. Even when birth records are not available, these records provide sources of verification for the ancestor relating to the period of time and the location during their lifetime; for example, “living in 1633” -a person’s name found in a record, e.g. parliament… Sometimes, a reference is made to the reigning King or Queen which provides a time period. Also, useful, Registered Historical Houses, a good source of historically and archaeologically researched information.
Descendants of Henry Stephens - Lypiatt Estate; Eastington, Alkerton, and Chavenage
15. Henry Stephens b. 1497 of Frocester m: Alexandra Lugg
Sons: Edward b. 1523 and Richard b. 1527
Next Generation - Note: Richard d. 1577 without heir
- 16. Edward b. 1523 m: Joan Fowler
- Sons: Richard b. 1554, James Isaac b. 1556, Thomas b. 1558, Anthony b. 1560
Next Generation -
- Richard b. 1554 m: Margerett St Leo
- Son: Nathaniel b. 1589 m: Catherine Beale
- Son: Richard b. 1620 m: Ann Cholmley
- Son: Nathaniel b. 1655 m: Elizabeth Pemberton
- Sons: Robert b. 1704 Richard b. 1705; Henry b. 1710; Nathaniel b. 1711
- James Isaac b. 1556 m: Catherine Browning
Map: Eastington, Frocester and Stonehouse. Edward Stephens was born in Frocester [1523]; Joan Fowler was born in Stonehouse [1529]; they both died and are buried in Eastington. EASTINGTON, a tything and a parish in Wheatenhurst district, Gloucester. The tithing lies on the Stroudwater canal, near the Bristol and Gloucester and the Gloucester and Hereford Junction railways, 1½ mile W of Stonehouse r. station, and 4½ W of Stroud; has a post office‡ under Stonehouse; and contains the workhouse of Wheatenhurst.
15. Henry Stephens of Frocester b. 1497
Sons: 16. Edward b. 1523; Richard b. 1527
Edward began the building of the "Shared Estates" of the “Next Generation” when he purchased Chavenage Estate in 1564. Richard purchased the Estates of Eastington in [1569] and Alkerton in [1570]. The brothers purchased the Mill on Eastington Estate in 1575, as part of a group of trustees. Richard died in 1577 without heir; he left his property to his brother, Edward…
The “Next Generation” -Sons of 16. Edward b. 1523: Richard b. 1554; James Isaac b. 1556; Thomas b. 1558; Anthony b. 1560
The shared Estates of the Stephens Family: Chavenage; Eastington; Alkerton; and the Mill located on Eastington Estate [Churchend aka Stephens Mill]; all located in Gloucestershire, England.
1564, Chavenage Estate purchased by Edward b. 1523…
1566, Eastington Church advowson sub-let by Richard b. 1527
1569, Eastington Estate purchased by Richard b. 1527 -1st Lord of Eastington...
1570, Alkerton Estate purchased by Richard b. 1527
1575, Mill located on Eastington Estate purchased by Edward b. 1523 and Richard b. 1527 as part of a group of trustees.
1588, James Isaac b. 1556, (a clothier) was working the Mill which he later purchased; his son Edward b. 1576 succeeded him…
1577, Richard died without heir; he left his property to his brother, Edward [b. 1523], who assumed the title, “Lord of Eastington” -Note (Jody Gray): most likely the Farm Estates were managed by overseers and the successive “Lords” lived at Chavenage.
1587, Richard b. 1554, inherited Eastington and Chavenage and the title “Lord of Eastington” when his father, Edward died
1599, Nathaniel b. 1589, was only 10 years old when he his father died; the estates were farmed by Daniel and Henry Fowler until he “came of age” in 1611.
1660, Richard b. 1620, inherited the family estates when his father died
1678, Nathaniel b. 1655, inherited the family estates when his father died; he married Elizabeth Pemberton b. 1675 d. 1742; they had four sons.
1732, Richard b. 1705, co-heir with his mother, Elizabeth, when his father died; they co-managed the estates until her death in 1742
1771, Nathaniel b. 1711, inherited the family estates when his brother died
1776, Rev. Robert b. 1704, inherited the family estates when his brother died
1777, Henry b. 1710, inherited the family estates when his brother died
1778, Eastington Manor was demolished
1785, the Mill at Eastington was leased to Herny Hicks
1787, Henry b. 1710, purchased Fretherne Estate
1778, Eastington Manor was demolished
1785, the Mill at Eastington was leased to Herny Hicks
1787, Henry b. 1710, purchased Fretherne Estate
1795, Henry's widow Anne held the estate until her death
1799, the Eastington Mill was sold by the trustees to Henry Hicks
1801, Henry's widow Anne died and the Estate passed to Henry's cousin, Henry Willis b. 1775, who took the name and arms of Stephens.
1804 or 1805, Fretherne Estate was sold
1799, the Eastington Mill was sold by the trustees to Henry Hicks
1801, Henry's widow Anne died and the Estate passed to Henry's cousin, Henry Willis b. 1775, who took the name and arms of Stephens.
1804 or 1805, Fretherne Estate was sold
1806 Henry[Willis] Stephens sold the Eastington Estate to Henry Hicks, a clothier...
1814 Henry[Willis] Stephens became a Dominican friar and renounced the estate in favor of a nephew (Henry Richmond Shute, he sister Harriot's son.Eastington Manor -http://www.rostronandedwards.com/shop/Antique_Print/All_Prints/5710
A large fine rare original engraved print illustrating a birdseye view of Easington, the Seat of Nathaniel Stevens, Esq. Published in 1712 for Robert Atkyns. Drawn and engraved by Johannes Kip, titled and with coat of arms above. Illustration size approximately 45 x 35cm (with center fold, as were always issued)... These fine birdseye views drawn and engraved by Johannes kip (1653-1722) are significantly important as they show the entire estate, grounds and formal gardens in fine detail and accuracy as they were at that time. About the engraver, J Kip: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Kip
Eastington Manor http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/glos/vol10/pp127-131 In 1554 the Crown granted them to Henry Stafford, Lord Stafford (d. 1563), son of Edward, Duke of Buckingham, and in 1564 Henry's widow Ursula with her son Henry, Lord Stafford (d. 1566), leased the manors to another of her sons, Richard Stafford. In 1569 Edward, Lord Stafford, sold the manors to Richard Stafford, but later the same year he and Ursula Stafford sold the chief house and site of Eastington manor to Richard Stephens b. 1527 d. 1577 and in 1570 they sold the manor of Alkerton to Stephens; Richard Stephens held the whole of both manors at his death in 1577, but between 1583 and ca. 1588 the right of his successors was being challenged by Mary, wife of Richard Stafford. Richard Stephens was succeeded by his brother Edward Stephens b. 1523 d. 1587... Note (Jody Gray): most likely the Farm Estates were managed by overseers and the successive “Lords” lived at Chavenage. For the succession of the "shared" Estates of Eastington, Alkerton, and Chavenage, refer (introduction) to The “shared” Estates of Eastington, Alkerton, and Chavenage
In 1806 Henry Willis-Stephens sold the estate to Henry Hicks, a clothier... Hicks created Eastington Park…
http://paths.sheffield.ac.uk/pathsui/europeana/items/view/510a7f10abf1e1363f61c152 Eastington Park: the estate was purchased by Hicks from the Stephens family in 1806, after Eastington Manor, the original building to occupy the site, was demolished in 1778. Aerial View.
More about Eastington: http://www.gatehouse-gazetteer.info/English%20sites/4470.html The mansion was was built in 1578 and demolished in 1778. The manor-house of Eastington, mentioned from 1322, stood close to the west end of the church. In 1409, when fairly extensive repairs were made, the house, surrounded by a moat with a wall inside, was approached by a drawbridge and a great gate with a chamber above, and included a chapel on the north, a great chamber on the west, and a kitchen... The moat was stocked with 16 dozen young pike in 1402. A new house was built by Edward Stephens c. 1578. It had 19 hearths in 1672, and was a large three story building of ashlar. Eastington manor-house, said c. 1775 to have been occupied for many years only as a farm-house and to be going to ruin, was demolished in 1778... The moat was spanned by a drawbridge, and the medieval house with its hall, great chamber, and chapel was encircled by an embattled wall broken by a gatehouse.
http://reports.cotswoldarchaeology.co.uk/content/uploads/2015/04/4819-manor-cottage-eastington-wb-final-combinedA.pdf Manor Cottage, Church End, Eastington, Stonehouse, Gloucestershire -Archaeological Brief…
http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-132317-elm-beams-and-manor-cottage-eastington-g#.V2aX-dUrLnA Elm Beams and Manor Cottage, Eastington…
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http://estah06.weebly.com/history-of-eastington-manor.html in 1575 Henry, Earl of Pembroke, sold [the mill] to a group including Richard b. 1527 d. 1577 and Edward Stephens (b. 1523 d. 1587). In 1588 Churchend Mill was being worked by clothier James Isaac Stephens b. 1556 d. 1590, son of Edward b. 1523; he later purchased the mill; m: Catherine Browning b. 1556; he was succeeded by his son Edward Stephen b. 1576... who was recorded as a clothier in 1608 and was still alive in 1653 when his son son Nathaniel b. 1596 was also mentioned (who owned the mill in 1674)... - In 1729 Edward Stephens was described as a clothier of Churchend, and his son Edward was living at Churchend in 1735… John James's trustees sold the mill in 1799 to Henry Hicks… From 1785 Millend Mill was leased by William Fryer to the partnership of Henry Hicks and Edward Sheppard who worked it in conjunction with a mill at Uley until 1795 or later. Hicks, who became lord of the manor in 1806, Personal Note (Jody Gray): kind of an interesting read, A History of County of Gloucester: 'Eastington: Economic history'. Mills. Other industry and trade economic history.
In 1086 [Domesday Book] the demesne of Alkerton manor was cultivated by 3 servi with one plough, and in 1322 it comprised of arable, of meadow, and of pasture. The demesne of Eastington manor was apparently a fairly large acreage in 1322 to judge from the works owed by the customary tenants; both there and on Alkerton manor, however, the tenants apparently had the option of paying the cash value of the works. About 1552 the demesne of the manors of Eastington and Alkerton comprised of arable, of common meadow, of several pasture, and pasture for 100 sheep, 32 beasts, and 4 horses; a further of former demesne was held by copyhold tenants. In 1322 there were 10 or 11 free tenants holding from Eastington manor, and 29 customary tenants... One of the customary tenements on Alkerton manor was described as a mondayland in 1451. The custom of widow's freebench was recorded on Eastington manor from 1454. About 1552 there were 24 copyholders holding for up to three lives on Eastington manor; the largest estate was 65 a. and comprised two former holdings... Alkerton farm was 100 a. and Westend farm and one other were each c. 130 a. By 1839 Alkerton farm had grown to 178 a. and Westend farm to 183 a., while there were 4 other farms of over 100 a. and 8 of 50-60 a... Note (Jody Gray): information about Alkerton, see (below) Church at Eastington:
Note (Jody Gray): An interesting article and illustrations about Millend Mill in Eastington *Henry Hicks purchased mill in 1799 from the John James trustees and the Eastington Estate in 1806 from the Stephens family.
https://community.stroud.gov.uk/_documents/29/29_ECN%20137%20Millend%20Mill%20-%20an%20eventful%20year.pdf Millend Mill. Developments at the Mill. By Stephen Mills. Reprinted from: Gloucestershire Society for Industrial Journal for 2010.
Being converted into apartments… strengthened the 200 year old walls… (photo of starting assembly of the mill’s new steel framework)... originally built in 1818… the two surviving water wheel its were uncovered again, and a new lift shaft partially built over the central one. It’s hoped that some form of water wheel can be built and installed in the other pit to drive a generator, giving the opportunity of producing some electricity from the waters of the Frome. There is a lot of untapped potential for small scale hydroelectric power generation in the Stroud valleys… Hopefully, something will come of this scheme… putting the mill at the forefront of technological developments.
Historical findings: From an archaeological point of view, the most interesting thing to come to light has been the remains of the steam engine house, added to the end of the mill sometime around 1820. As mills became bigger and installed more machinery, greater amounts of power were needed. There was only so much that could be provided by water wheels (and of course, water was sometimes in short supply), so a few enterprising cloth mill owners of the period installed steam engines to boost their mill’s output. The one at Millend was installed by Henry Hicks and was one of the earliest beam engines in Gloucestershire. It produced 14 horsepower and was supplied by Boulton & Watt, one of the most iconic firms of the industrial revolution. It doubtless gave Hicks the edge over many of his competitors as he was now able to keep his mill running whatever the weather. During the past year, the developers finally removed some of the concrete base of the now-demolished 1930- 40s buildings that originally stood at the mill’s western end (the end facing Churchend). As hoped, as well as almost the entire footprint of the engine house, it also revealed evidence of the steam engine itself. Although all of the iron components had long gone, most of the huge stone blocks that supported the engine were still in place. In places, the holes for the long iron rods used to anchor down the main parts of the engine were identified. A small (18 inches square) tunnel that ran underneath the stone blocks and allowed access to the underside of the engine was also uncovered. Remarkably, much of the engine’s base survives below ground level. This, as well as other evidence relating to the engine house, now visible on the mill’s eastern wall, was carefully recorded and reported, before it was covered up again. This was a find of some importance as there were relatively few such engines installed in Gloucestershire as a whole. Any information only helps paint a fuller picture.
More about the "Hicks Family" -http://www.ecn.me.uk/history/hicksfamily.html Hicks Family (of Eastington)... Churchend Mill aka Stephen Mills… Interesting history of the period…
St. Laurence Churchyard aka Stroud, St Laurence Churchyard -
The medieval church was pulled down in 1866, and the present one consecrated on 8/4/1868 by the Bishop of Gloucester. The new church incorporates the medieval tower and spire, and is built on the same site as the old. Many memorials from the old church [including the memorial for Thomas Stephens b. 1558] were saved and installed on the walls of the new one, most on the west wall or in the tower. Parish registers for 1624-1976 survive and are stored in the Gloucestershire Record Office. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/glos/vol10/pp135-138 Eastington Churches: presumably founded by Winebaud or another lord of the Eastington Manor. A rectory in 1305, which it has remained. The benefice was united with the vicarage of Frocester in 1953.
...In 1566 Richard Stafford sub-let the advowson [the right to recommend a member of the Anglican clergy for a vacant benefice, or to make such an appointment] to Richard Stephens b. 1527, who with others bought it from Ursula Stafford and her sons in 1569. Three of the purchasers presented in 1571, but then or later they were disputing it with other claimants, and in 1575 they bought it from Henry Herbert, Earl of Pembroke; Richard Stephens alone was said to be seised of the advowson at his death in 1577. It then descended with the manor in the Stephens family until 1812 when Henry Stephens (formerly Willis) sold it to William Veel who sold it…
Church at Eastington: different names for the church; (above) St. Laurence; (below) St. Michael.
https://books.google.com/books?id=m9W2XH11-9EC&pg=PA349&lpg=PA349&dq=henry+willis+stephens&source=bl&ots=zW9x0-Waw9&sig=kqFpIfPv1mrr0Y-oknwH1AQtZ1o&hl=en&sa=X&sqi=2&ved=0ahUKEwiih6WJ1LLNAhUCCCwKHTr1AtwQ6AEIHDAA#v=onepage&q=henry%20willis%20stephens&f=false Gloucestershire: The Vale and the Forest of Dean - The Buildings of England. pub 1970…
(pg 347) Eastington. St. Michael church dedicated 1340, there remain the embattled west tower… (pg 349) Monuments. Note (Jody Gray): the book describes the many monuments at the church, along with the date of death for each person; somewhat helpful for verifying death dates -when the person can be identified. Edward Stephens b. 1523; Joan Fowler b. 1529; Thomas Stephens b. 1558… Alkerton (pg 351) modest Alkerton Cross House… Immediately west of the church lay Eastington Manor, rebuilt, according to Bigland, by Edward Stephens from 1578, and demolished in 1778.
Church at Eastington: different names for the church; (above) St. Laurence; (below) St. Michael.
https://books.google.com/books?id=m9W2XH11-9EC&pg=PA349&lpg=PA349&dq=henry+willis+stephens&source=bl&ots=zW9x0-Waw9&sig=kqFpIfPv1mrr0Y-oknwH1AQtZ1o&hl=en&sa=X&sqi=2&ved=0ahUKEwiih6WJ1LLNAhUCCCwKHTr1AtwQ6AEIHDAA#v=onepage&q=henry%20willis%20stephens&f=false Gloucestershire: The Vale and the Forest of Dean - The Buildings of England. pub 1970…
(pg 347) Eastington. St. Michael church dedicated 1340, there remain the embattled west tower… (pg 349) Monuments. Note (Jody Gray): the book describes the many monuments at the church, along with the date of death for each person; somewhat helpful for verifying death dates -when the person can be identified. Edward Stephens b. 1523; Joan Fowler b. 1529; Thomas Stephens b. 1558… Alkerton (pg 351) modest Alkerton Cross House… Immediately west of the church lay Eastington Manor, rebuilt, according to Bigland, by Edward Stephens from 1578, and demolished in 1778.
Other Sources: Eastington, Gloucestershire - https://familysearch.org/wiki/en/Eastington_(near_Stroud) Guide to Eastington (near Stroud), Gloucestershire ancestry, family history, and genealogy.
Lypiatt Estate - “Next Generation” -Thomas b. 1558 (3rd son of Edward b. 1523), purchased Lypiatt
1610, Lypiatt Estate purchased by 17. Thomas b. 1558; he had two sons, Edward b. 1583 and John b. 1585 that are known to have lived at Lypiatt, I’m assuming they jointly inherited the estate when Thomas died in 1613; until Edward died in 1670 -note: Edward’s son, John b. 1603, immigrated to Guilford, CT in 1639. -trouble was brewing in England [English Civil War]; in 1645, during the Parliamentary rebellion against Charles I., Lypiatt was burned by Royalists (later restored); Edward b. 1583, was imprisoned in 1648…
1613, 18. Edward b. 1583 and John b. 1585, jointly inherited Lypiatt when their father, Thomas, died; when Edward died in 1670, John b. 1585 became full heir…
1679, Thomas Stephens b. 1639, inherited Lypiatt when his father, John, died -note: Thomas’s daughter, Anne m: John De La Bere; they had no children..
1706, Thomas Stephens b. 1672, inherited Lypiatt when his father died; he married Anne Neale b. 1671 (she inherited her father, John’s estate of Dean when he died in 1708)...
1613, 18. Edward b. 1583 and John b. 1585, jointly inherited Lypiatt when their father, Thomas, died; when Edward died in 1670, John b. 1585 became full heir…
1679, Thomas Stephens b. 1639, inherited Lypiatt when his father, John, died -note: Thomas’s daughter, Anne m: John De La Bere; they had no children..
1706, Thomas Stephens b. 1672, inherited Lypiatt when his father died; he married Anne Neale b. 1671 (she inherited her father, John’s estate of Dean when he died in 1708)...
- daughter, Hester b. 1705 m: William Baghott b. 1700; their son, Thomas Baghott b. 1728, inherited Lypiatt -refer to Sources at the end of this Blog Post for "Succession of the Lypiatt Estate"
1778, John Stephens died without heir; he left the Lypiatt estate to his nephew Thomas Baghott b. 1728; -refer to Sources at the end of this Blog Post for "Succession of the Lypiatt Estate"
Lypiatt Park:
Lypiatt Park is a medieval and Tudor manor house with notable nineteenth-century additions in the parish of Bisley, near Stroud, in Gloucestershire, England. The grounds include a fine group of medieval outbuildings.
Lypiatt Park was the manor house of Over Lypiatt, first recorded in 1220. In 1324 the manor was a possession of the Maunsell family, who probably built the extant chapel. In 1395 Richard Whittington, Lord Mayor of London, acquired the manor in satisfaction of a debt.
An engraving by Johannes Kip for Sir Robert Atkyns' History of Glostershire of about 1710 illustrates the Tudor manor house, perhaps the house of Robert Wye, who owned the manor from c. 1505-44. The principal range contained a hall with service rooms to the east, and a three-bay parlour/solar block of living quarters to the west, with two irregular and incomplete courtyards. The northern court contained the chapel and the gatehouse (demolished).
In 1610 the house was bought by Thomas Stephens b. 1558, whose descendants lived there for nearly 200 years. On 1/1/1645, the house was captured [John b. 1585 was Lord of Lypiatt at the time] and burnt by Royalist troops evicting a Parliamentary garrison, but it was later repaired and reoccupied.
19th Century: The house was sold in 1802 by Thomas Baghott-de la Bere b. 1728, nephew of the last Stephens owner [John d. 1778] , to the local clothier and banker, Paul Walthen… He employed Jeffrey Wyattville to add a new range at the west end of the house in a picturesque neo-Tudor style.
Sir Paul Baghott was declared bankrupt in 1819, in the aftermath of the Napoleonic wars, when Lypiatt Park was sold in 1824 to William Lewis of Brimscombe, who made some further improvements. -refer to Sources at the end of this Blog Post for "Succession of the Lypiatt Estate"
In 1841, the house was sold to Samuel Baker, who commissioned the Gloucester architect, Samuel Daukes, to make minor alterations. In 1846, it was sold again, this time to J. E. Dorington, whose son Sir John Dorington, 1st Baronet expanded the estate and employed Thomas Henry Wyatt to make further major alterations to the house in the Gothic Revival style in 1876-77.
20th Century: The Lypiatt Park estate was broken up and sold in 1919. W.J. Gwyn bought the house and most of the estate, and settled there in the late 1920s with his sister and brother-in-law, Judge H.B.D. Woodcock. The latter continued to live there after their death with his daughter, Isla Woodcock, until it was sold in 1951/2, when they moved to Jaynes Court, nearby. In 1959, by then in some disrepair, it was purchased by the Modernist British sculptor, Lynn Chadwick (1914–2003), whose expressionistic, figurative works in welded iron and bronze earned him international acclaim. Chadwick restored the house and died there on April 25, 2003, since then his heirs have put forward proposals to open to the public an area of the park in order create a permanent display for his sculpture collection.
“The Manor Horsley passed to the family of Stephens of Eastington. Richard Stephens, Esq., in the reign of Queen Elizabeth, built the present mansion at Chavenage, in 1576, and settled the “Chavenydge Farm” on his wife Anne, one of the daughters of John Stone, haberdasher, of London, in 1589.. The Rev. Mr. Robert Stephens, of Chavenage, being the present proprietor of them.” Many monuments belonging to the Stephens’ family are to be found in Eastington Church, and a portion of the old Court House at Eastington, which was also their property, is still standing between the Churchyard and the high road. The Manor of Horsley is still the property of the descendants of the Stephenses, though the present [1884] owner and lady of the Manor is named Cave.” [Jane, widow of John Townsend, married Arthur Cave in 1877;] Note (Jody Gray): the information about Richard Stephens and Anne Stone is in conflict with the information, below, about [Chavenage House] which states Edwards Stephens [husband of Joan Fowler] purchased Chavenage Estate in 1564, and began construction on the Manor which is validated by the fact that the date 1576 and the initials of Edward and his wife Joan are carved above the front door...
Chavenage House Is constructed of Cotswold stone, with a Cotswold stone tiled roof. Particularly famous features of the house are the two tapestry rooms Cromwell's and Ireton's Room; the Great Hall, featuring stained glass windows; the Oak Room which has elaborate 1590 paneling. There is an Edwardian wing, featuring a sprung-floored Ballroom. Close to the house is the family chapel. Chavenage offers personal tours, usually conducted by the owner, David Lowsley-Williams.
Sources for Chavenage and Nathaniel Stephens:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathaniel_Stephens Nathaniel Stephens 1589-5/30/1660 and http://www.chavenage.com/history.html Chavenage - there are many photos on this website.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chavenage_House [Chavenage House] an Elizabethan era manor house northwest of Tetbury, Gloucestershire, England. Purchased by Edward Stephens [b. 1523] in 1564, from Sir Walter's son, Richard; and started reconstruction. By 1576, the date carved with his initials and those of his wife Joan [Fowler] were carved above the front door. His son, Richard Stephens [b. 1554] inherited the estate when Edward died in 1587. Richard's son, Nathaniel Stephens [b. 1589] inherited the estate when he died in 1599. Nathaniel was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1628 and 1653. He supported the Parliamentarian cause in the English Civil War. He was elected Member of Parliament for Gloucestershire in 1628 and sat until 1629 when King Charles I decided to rule without parliament for eleven years.
Cromwell and the Civil War Nathaniel Stephens [b. 1589], M.P., P.C., was Lord of the Manor during the Civil War (1641-45). He raised a regiment of Horsley of which he was Colonel and fought on the side of Parliament against Charles I. At this time, General Henry Ireton (Cromwell's son-in-law) was a guest, being a relation by marriage of Colonel Stephens.
After the cessation of hostilities whilst Charles I was imprisoned, it became apparent to Cromwell that the King would have to be executed in order to stop any form of Royalist uprisings. Nathaniel acquiesced in the trial and execution of Charles I in 1649, and a few months later he was struck down with a fatal sickness, which gave rise to the legend of Chavenage. It was said that at his funeral, a hearse drew up at the door of the manor house driven by the figure of a headless man, and thereupon the ghost of Stephens' rose from the coffin and paid deep reverence.
Thereafter until the line became extinct, whenever the head of the family died, the same ghost of the King Charles I. appeared to carry him off. Nathaniel Stephens was buried at Eastington on 5/30/1660. Family: by 1617, Nathaniel had married Catherine, daughter of Robert Beale of Barnes, Surrey. They had 9 children. Nathaniel d. 1660, he was succeeded by his son Richard b. 1620; m: Ann Cholmley; he was succeeded by his son, Nathaniel b. 1655 m: Elizabeth Pemberton b. 1675; they had four sons. He was succeeded by Richard b. 1705; who managed the estates with his mother, Elizabeth until her death in 1742; the estates were passed successively to his brothers, Nathaniel b. 1711 d. 1776; the Rev. Robert b. 1704 d. 1777; and Henry b. 1710 d. 1795. Henry's widow Anne held the estate until her death in 1801, when it passed to Henry's cousin, Henry Hannes Willis b. 1775, who took the name and arms of Stephens... In 1814, he became a Dominican friar and renounced the estate in favor of a nephew -Henry Richmond Shute b. 1800, his sister Harriot’s [b. 1771]son; he was 14; his father (Richmond Shute b. 1751) would have overseen the estate until 1821 when he became “of age”. (Harriot d. 1805). When Henry R Shute d. 1823, the estate passed to his sister, Alice Elizabeth (age 21, b. 1802); her father, would have overseen the estate until she married Maurice Fitzgerald Townsend b. 1791 in 1826 and he took (by royal licence) the surname and arms of Stephens. The estate had become highly mortgaged and in 1868, R. S. Holford, the mortgagee, leased it to the Chaplin family; until 1891 when it was given to his son, George Williams Lowsley-Williams as his inheritance when he became “of age”.There after it descended in the Lowsley-Williams family.-http://www.parksandgardens.org/places-and-people/site/771?preview=1 Chavenage House Overview of the succession of Chavenage:
Present owners of Chavenage House, Tetbury, Gloucestershire, England. http://www.thepeerage.com/p23850.htm
Daughter of Major Angus and Pamela Constance McCorquodale
Rona Helena McCorquodale b. 3/25/1936 m: David Lowsley-Williams in 1958. David -lives at Chavenage, Tetbury, Gloucestershire, England…
http://www.aoup.ox.ac.uk/news/newsletters/newsletter_48_spring_2014.pdf Newsletter, Spring 2014. pg 14, visit to Chavenage…
The most amazing recent story was about the way David [Lowsley-Williams] inherited the house in 1958. His uncle, Colonel John Savile Lowsley-Williams, who had no children and was anxious to avoid death duties, was advised by his accountant that if he gave the property to his nephew as a wedding present they would not be liable for the tax. David was not even engaged at this time, but he proposed to Rona on the Thursday, they were married the next Monday and the uncle died the following weekend...
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Blog Posts for Stephens/Stevens Family: https://gray-piperfamily.blogspot.com/2016/07/blog-posts-for-stephensstevens-family.html (Jody Gray) created this Blog Post to provide links to all Blog Posts related to the Stephens/Stevens Family. The Gray-Piper Family Tree Trunk - The Stevens Family is connected to the Piper Family.
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| Lypiatt before the reconstruction and landscaping |
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| (aerial) landscape sketch (early 18th Century |
Lypiatt Park was the manor house of Over Lypiatt, first recorded in 1220. In 1324 the manor was a possession of the Maunsell family, who probably built the extant chapel. In 1395 Richard Whittington, Lord Mayor of London, acquired the manor in satisfaction of a debt.
An engraving by Johannes Kip for Sir Robert Atkyns' History of Glostershire of about 1710 illustrates the Tudor manor house, perhaps the house of Robert Wye, who owned the manor from c. 1505-44. The principal range contained a hall with service rooms to the east, and a three-bay parlour/solar block of living quarters to the west, with two irregular and incomplete courtyards. The northern court contained the chapel and the gatehouse (demolished).
In 1610 the house was bought by Thomas Stephens b. 1558, whose descendants lived there for nearly 200 years. On 1/1/1645, the house was captured [John b. 1585 was Lord of Lypiatt at the time] and burnt by Royalist troops evicting a Parliamentary garrison, but it was later repaired and reoccupied.
19th Century: The house was sold in 1802 by Thomas Baghott-de la Bere b. 1728, nephew of the last Stephens owner [John d. 1778] , to the local clothier and banker, Paul Walthen… He employed Jeffrey Wyattville to add a new range at the west end of the house in a picturesque neo-Tudor style.
Sir Paul Baghott was declared bankrupt in 1819, in the aftermath of the Napoleonic wars, when Lypiatt Park was sold in 1824 to William Lewis of Brimscombe, who made some further improvements. -refer to Sources at the end of this Blog Post for "Succession of the Lypiatt Estate"
In 1841, the house was sold to Samuel Baker, who commissioned the Gloucester architect, Samuel Daukes, to make minor alterations. In 1846, it was sold again, this time to J. E. Dorington, whose son Sir John Dorington, 1st Baronet expanded the estate and employed Thomas Henry Wyatt to make further major alterations to the house in the Gothic Revival style in 1876-77.
20th Century: The Lypiatt Park estate was broken up and sold in 1919. W.J. Gwyn bought the house and most of the estate, and settled there in the late 1920s with his sister and brother-in-law, Judge H.B.D. Woodcock. The latter continued to live there after their death with his daughter, Isla Woodcock, until it was sold in 1951/2, when they moved to Jaynes Court, nearby. In 1959, by then in some disrepair, it was purchased by the Modernist British sculptor, Lynn Chadwick (1914–2003), whose expressionistic, figurative works in welded iron and bronze earned him international acclaim. Chadwick restored the house and died there on April 25, 2003, since then his heirs have put forward proposals to open to the public an area of the park in order create a permanent display for his sculpture collection.
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| Church Memorial Plaque |
17. Thomas Stephens b. 1558, who was attorney general to Prince Henry and Prince Charles, purchased the manor of LYPIATT in 1610 of John Throckmorton, and, by his wife Elizabeth, daughter and co-heiress of John Stone, Haberdasher, of London, became the ancestor of the Stephenses of Sodbury, Lypiatt and Cherington." Thomas Stephens was b 1558, Elizabeth (Stone) Stephens was born 1562 in London; Thomas died April 26, 1613, and is buried at Stroud Church, Gloucestershire, England. Noteworthy: inscription on Thomas's memorial plague at St. Laurence Church: Died Stephens by the law? The law alas! Kills all, That law which doom’d our sinful race to die. But Stephens lives: another law, Christ’s law withal, Give him a crown and immortality (translated from Latin by Paul Hawkins).
Stroud: St. Laurence’s Church: The church has a kneeling effigy of Thomas Stephens of Lypiatt Park (d. 1613), who was Attorney General to Prince Henry and Charles (later King Charles I). The monument is thought to have been carved by Samuel Baldwin of Stroud, a local sculptor of high quality with a national reputation.
http://www.digitalstroud.co.uk/landmarks-stroud-town/ “Muddy place”; this is the meaning of “La Stroude” as it was first referred to in 1221. The name described the marshly meeing place of the River Frome and the Slad Brook. Yet from this humble beginning, Stroud’s growth was inextricably linked to the waterways that ran through it and powered its mills. We know that Stroud was a market town in the 1500s… In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, the chief Inn was called George… host to meetings of magistrates, the parish vestry, clothiers and canal promoters. It was also the terminus for London Coaches as well as the place for balls, concerts and assemblies.
In 1714, described as “the metropolitan town… for clothing trade” and later, in 1757, as “a sort of capital of the clothing villages”.
Noteworthy: Elizabeth Stone had a sister Sarah, who married Edward Mainwarring… Robert Brenner in his book "Merchants and Revolution in the Seventeenth Century" states that "HAWES was one of the great colonial merchants of the day..."During the 1620s and 1630s merchants such as Matthew CRADDOCK, Samuel VASSALL, Owen ROWE, Thomas ANDREWS, Maurice and Robert THOMPSON, William PENNOYER, and Thomas STONE had established very close relationships and partnerships with the "Independent militants" who had the lay and clerical leadership of the Puritan movement in New England. "
Matthew Craddock would become Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, Vassall in Massachusetts, Robert Thomson and William Pennoyer in New Haven Connecticut.
The Mainwarrings… also related to the Stones, Randall Mainwarrings… married September 11, 1600 Sarah Stone, daughter of John Stone, haberdasher of London.
Another daughter of John Stone... Anne Stone, married Thomas Stephens’ brother Richard Stephen. Of Richard Stephens, the following is written:
Source: HISTORY OF HORSLEY by the Rev. Messing Rudkin,Vicar, 1884.
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| Chavenage Manor |
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| Chavenage Manor, view from the back |
http://www.parksandgardens.org/places-and-people/site/771?preview=1 Chavenage. There was a farm at Chavenage before the Dissolution [1536-1541, refer to the entry following], and elements of this survive...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dissolution_of_the_Monasteries Dissolution of the Monosteries: between 1536 and 1541 by which Henry VIII. disbanded Catholic monasteries, priories, convents and friaries in England, Wales and Ireland, appropriated their income, disposed of their assets, and reassigned or dismissed their former members and functions… There were nearly 900 religious houses in England, around 260 for monks, 300 for regular canons, 142 nunneries and 183 friaries… one adult man in fifty was in religious orders…Sources for Chavenage and Nathaniel Stephens:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathaniel_Stephens Nathaniel Stephens 1589-5/30/1660 and http://www.chavenage.com/history.html Chavenage - there are many photos on this website.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chavenage_House [Chavenage House] an Elizabethan era manor house northwest of Tetbury, Gloucestershire, England. Purchased by Edward Stephens [b. 1523] in 1564, from Sir Walter's son, Richard; and started reconstruction. By 1576, the date carved with his initials and those of his wife Joan [Fowler] were carved above the front door. His son, Richard Stephens [b. 1554] inherited the estate when Edward died in 1587. Richard's son, Nathaniel Stephens [b. 1589] inherited the estate when he died in 1599. Nathaniel was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1628 and 1653. He supported the Parliamentarian cause in the English Civil War. He was elected Member of Parliament for Gloucestershire in 1628 and sat until 1629 when King Charles I decided to rule without parliament for eleven years.
Cromwell and the Civil War Nathaniel Stephens [b. 1589], M.P., P.C., was Lord of the Manor during the Civil War (1641-45). He raised a regiment of Horsley of which he was Colonel and fought on the side of Parliament against Charles I. At this time, General Henry Ireton (Cromwell's son-in-law) was a guest, being a relation by marriage of Colonel Stephens.
After the cessation of hostilities whilst Charles I was imprisoned, it became apparent to Cromwell that the King would have to be executed in order to stop any form of Royalist uprisings. Nathaniel acquiesced in the trial and execution of Charles I in 1649, and a few months later he was struck down with a fatal sickness, which gave rise to the legend of Chavenage. It was said that at his funeral, a hearse drew up at the door of the manor house driven by the figure of a headless man, and thereupon the ghost of Stephens' rose from the coffin and paid deep reverence.
Thereafter until the line became extinct, whenever the head of the family died, the same ghost of the King Charles I. appeared to carry him off. Nathaniel Stephens was buried at Eastington on 5/30/1660. Family: by 1617, Nathaniel had married Catherine, daughter of Robert Beale of Barnes, Surrey. They had 9 children. Nathaniel d. 1660, he was succeeded by his son Richard b. 1620; m: Ann Cholmley; he was succeeded by his son, Nathaniel b. 1655 m: Elizabeth Pemberton b. 1675; they had four sons. He was succeeded by Richard b. 1705; who managed the estates with his mother, Elizabeth until her death in 1742; the estates were passed successively to his brothers, Nathaniel b. 1711 d. 1776; the Rev. Robert b. 1704 d. 1777; and Henry b. 1710 d. 1795. Henry's widow Anne held the estate until her death in 1801, when it passed to Henry's cousin, Henry Hannes Willis b. 1775, who took the name and arms of Stephens... In 1814, he became a Dominican friar and renounced the estate in favor of a nephew -Henry Richmond Shute b. 1800, his sister Harriot’s [b. 1771]son; he was 14; his father (Richmond Shute b. 1751) would have overseen the estate until 1821 when he became “of age”. (Harriot d. 1805). When Henry R Shute d. 1823, the estate passed to his sister, Alice Elizabeth (age 21, b. 1802); her father, would have overseen the estate until she married Maurice Fitzgerald Townsend b. 1791 in 1826 and he took (by royal licence) the surname and arms of Stephens. The estate had become highly mortgaged and in 1868, R. S. Holford, the mortgagee, leased it to the Chaplin family; until 1891 when it was given to his son, George Williams Lowsley-Williams as his inheritance when he became “of age”.There after it descended in the Lowsley-Williams family.-http://www.parksandgardens.org/places-and-people/site/771?preview=1 Chavenage House Overview of the succession of Chavenage:
1564: purchased by Edward Stephens [b. 1523]
1587, his son, Richard [b. 1554] *Chavenage & Eastington
1599, his son, Nathaniel [b. 1589] *Chavenage & Eastington
1660, his son, Richard [b. 1620] *Chavenage & Eastington
1678, his son, Nathaniel [b. 1655]
1732, his 2nd son, Richard [b. 1705] (1st son, became a minister]; Richard was co-heir with his mother Elizabeth Pemberton until her death in 1742
1771, his 4th son, Nathaniel [b. 1711]
1776, his 1st son, Rev. Robert [b. 1704]
1777, his 3rd son, Henry [b. 1710]
1795, Henry’s wife, Ann [Huntley]
1801, Henry Willis, cousin of Henry Stephens
1814, Henry Willis-Stephens became a Dominican friar and renounced the estate in favor of a nephew (Henry Richmond Shute, his sister Harriot’s son) -
1823, Henry R. Shute died; the estate passed to his sister, Alice Elizabeth, she m: 1826, Maurice Fitzgerald Townsend, he (by royal licence) took the surname and arms of Stephens
1845, Maurice's son, John acceded to Castletownshend Estate; later, he used Chavenage as security [Maurice raised a substantial mortgage from Mr. Styner Holford of Westonbirt in Gloucestershire -possibly the money was used to make good after the fire of 1852].
1848, John Townsend inherited Chavenage when he 'came of age'; his mother had left it in trust for him when she died in 1831.
1845, Maurice's son, John acceded to Castletownshend Estate; later, he used Chavenage as security [Maurice raised a substantial mortgage from Mr. Styner Holford of Westonbirt in Gloucestershire -possibly the money was used to make good after the fire of 1852].
1848, John Townsend inherited Chavenage when he 'came of age'; his mother had left it in trust for him when she died in 1831.
1868, Chavenage had become highly mortgaged and the mortgagee R.S. Holford leased it to the Chaplin family
1869, when John Townsend died, Chavenage was was left to his widow Jane in trust for their eldest son Maurice Townsend; his sisters were left a 'life interest successively' in the Castletownshed estates on the death of Maurice.
1872, after the death of her father-in-law, Maurice, Jane sold all the heirlooms from Chavenage (according to a family letter).
1891, Mr. Holford gave it as inheritance to his son, George Williams Lowsley-Williams when he “became of age” -Chavenage remains in the Lowsley-Williams family to present [2013].
http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/glos/vol11/pp177-179 Horsley: Manor and other estates… In 1541 Horsley was granted to Thomas Seymour, later Baron Seymour of Sudeley, on whose attainder in 1549 the estate reverted to the Crown. In 1553 it was purchased by Sir Walter Dennis who apparently conveyed it to his son Richard. In 1562 Richard [Dennis] conveyed part of the estate to Edward Stephens of Standish [Jody Gray: that’s the first time I’ve heard him referred to as ‘of Standish’], and he sold the manor to Edward in 1564. Edward, who enlarged the manor-house at Chavenage, d. 1587 and the estate passed to his son Richard (d. 1599)... Note (Jody Gray): In the Blog Post: .. the succession of Chavenage is covered and matches what is here with the exception of (the last sentence, above): Edward being conveyed part of the estate in 1562…
H. R. Shute died without issue in 1823 and Alice Elizabeth married in 1826 the Revd. Maurice FitzGerald Townsend (d. 1872) who took the name Stephens. The Revd. Maurice and his wife exercised the manorial rights in the late 1820s but afterwards, until 1840, Robert Kingscote again held the estate as trustee. From 1848 the manor was held by the Revd. Maurice's son, Henry John Townsend Stephens, later called H. J. T. S. Townsend. Henry died in 1869 and the manor was afterwards held in trust by his widow Jane, possibly the Mrs. Townsend Stephens Cave said to be lady of the manor in 1885. The estate was advertised for sale in 1886 when it comprised 1,728 acres. In 1891 the mortgagee, R. S. Holford of Westonbirt, foreclosed and the property was purchased by Col. W. W. Hoole for his son George Williams Lowsley Hoole-Lowsley-Williams. George (d. 1937) was succeeded by his son John (d. 1958) from whom the estate, comprising c. 1,500 acres, passed to a nephew, David LowsleyWilliams, the owner in 1972…
Biographical information about the Townsend Family, the Chavenage Estate in Gloucestershire, England and the Castletownshed Estate in Co Cork, Ireland. http://www.astro.wisc.edu/~townsend/tree/record.php?ref=251 Henry John Townsend (Stephens) b. 11/1/1827, Thornbury vicarage. d. 9/7/1869. Residence Castletownshend. m(9/29/1864): Jane Adeliza Clementia de Burgh; daughter of John Hamilton Hussey de Burgh JP of Kilfinnan near Glandore, Co Cork and Louisa Townsend; daughter of Jonas Morris Townsend.
1869, when John Townsend died, Chavenage was was left to his widow Jane in trust for their eldest son Maurice Townsend; his sisters were left a 'life interest successively' in the Castletownshed estates on the death of Maurice.
1872, after the death of her father-in-law, Maurice, Jane sold all the heirlooms from Chavenage (according to a family letter).
1891, Mr. Holford gave it as inheritance to his son, George Williams Lowsley-Williams when he “became of age” -Chavenage remains in the Lowsley-Williams family to present [2013].
http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/glos/vol11/pp177-179 Horsley: Manor and other estates… In 1541 Horsley was granted to Thomas Seymour, later Baron Seymour of Sudeley, on whose attainder in 1549 the estate reverted to the Crown. In 1553 it was purchased by Sir Walter Dennis who apparently conveyed it to his son Richard. In 1562 Richard [Dennis] conveyed part of the estate to Edward Stephens of Standish [Jody Gray: that’s the first time I’ve heard him referred to as ‘of Standish’], and he sold the manor to Edward in 1564. Edward, who enlarged the manor-house at Chavenage, d. 1587 and the estate passed to his son Richard (d. 1599)... Note (Jody Gray): In the Blog Post: .. the succession of Chavenage is covered and matches what is here with the exception of (the last sentence, above): Edward being conveyed part of the estate in 1562…
H. R. Shute died without issue in 1823 and Alice Elizabeth married in 1826 the Revd. Maurice FitzGerald Townsend (d. 1872) who took the name Stephens. The Revd. Maurice and his wife exercised the manorial rights in the late 1820s but afterwards, until 1840, Robert Kingscote again held the estate as trustee. From 1848 the manor was held by the Revd. Maurice's son, Henry John Townsend Stephens, later called H. J. T. S. Townsend. Henry died in 1869 and the manor was afterwards held in trust by his widow Jane, possibly the Mrs. Townsend Stephens Cave said to be lady of the manor in 1885. The estate was advertised for sale in 1886 when it comprised 1,728 acres. In 1891 the mortgagee, R. S. Holford of Westonbirt, foreclosed and the property was purchased by Col. W. W. Hoole for his son George Williams Lowsley Hoole-Lowsley-Williams. George (d. 1937) was succeeded by his son John (d. 1958) from whom the estate, comprising c. 1,500 acres, passed to a nephew, David LowsleyWilliams, the owner in 1972…
Biographical information about the Townsend Family, the Chavenage Estate in Gloucestershire, England and the Castletownshed Estate in Co Cork, Ireland. http://www.astro.wisc.edu/~townsend/tree/record.php?ref=251 Henry John Townsend (Stephens) b. 11/1/1827, Thornbury vicarage. d. 9/7/1869. Residence Castletownshend. m(9/29/1864): Jane Adeliza Clementia de Burgh; daughter of John Hamilton Hussey de Burgh JP of Kilfinnan near Glandore, Co Cork and Louisa Townsend; daughter of Jonas Morris Townsend.
After his military service it would appear that Henry lived in Castletownshend… his father [Maurice Fitzgerald), owner of the estate, only ever lived in Thornbury, Gloucestershire and Henry might well have acted as his agent running the estate… On coming of age in 1848 Henry had inherited Chavenage, near Tetbury, Gloucestershire, which his mother had left in trust for him when she died in 1831. Using Chavenage as security, at some time after he acceded to the Castletownshend Estate in 1845, Henry’s father raised a substantial mortgage from Mr. Robert Stayner Holford of Westonbirt in Gloucestershire. (Possibly the money was used to make good after the fire of 1852.) When Henry predeceased his father in 1869 Chavenage was left to his widow, Jane, in trust for their eldest son Maurice Townsend. Records show that Jane was Lady of the Manor in 1885 and the following year she appears to have advertised the property for sale. It was eventually sold in 1891 and this was to have dire consequences for the Castletownshend Estate six years later [The sale left Geraldine with a very substantial liability when Mr Holford ‘called in’ the mortgage]… Henry is buried in St Barrahane’s Church in Castletownshend and, as he predeceased his father, his sisters were left a ‘life interest successively’ in the Castletownshend estates on the death of Maurice Fitzgerald.
[b. 1845, Limerick] Only 23 when Henry died, Jane married secondly Arthur Cave of Schull, Co Cork, in 1877. They had a daughter, Oriel, who was born in Nice in 1878, and three sons, Jordayne, 1883, Arthur 1884, Victor b. 1888. At some time after the death in 1872 of her father-in-law, Maurice, to everyone’s horror, Jane sold all the heirlooms from Chavenage… “She certainly fixed the sale of our Mother’s [Alice Elizabeth Shute-Townsend] beautiful place, Chavenage, in Gloucestershire.”
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| Castle Townshend, County Cork, Ireland |
http://www.castle-townshend.com/ Castle Townshend. Castle Townshend has been the seat of the Townshend family in Ireland for many generations. The centre part was built around 1650. The original Castles were destroyed in the 17/18th Centuries. The two towers were then added to the present Castle, using the stone from the ruined Castle. It stands in spacious grounds facing southeast, overlooking the peaceful waterfront of Castletownshend harbour.
The Castle has always remained the home of the Townshend family, as it has been passed down through the generations. The present family who live here are the Cochrane-Townshends, Mrs Cochrane-Townshend being a descendant of the original Townshends who came here in 1649.
https://books.google.com/books?id=fT8IAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA43&lpg=PA43&dq=Henry+Hannes+Willis+stephens&source=bl&ots=OsQSxadTup&sig=luWzm4NqOKinxizwaZ2N8GLbFL4&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiz4r6u2LLNAhUEG5oKHc9kDZMQ6AEIHzAB#v=onepage&q=Henry%20Hannes%20Willis%20stephens&f=false The royal lineage of our noble and gentle families… privately printed 1884.
(pg 43) Richard Boyle Townshend, of Castle Townshend… [3] Maurice FitzGerald (Stephens-Townshend)... Alice Elizabeth [Shute b. 1802], only surviving child and heir of Richmond Shute b. 1751, Esq. of Iron Acton, county Gloucester, and heir of her maternal uncle, Henry Hannes Willis Stephens b. 1775, Esq. of Chavenage House, county of Gloucester (who died a monk at La Trappe, in Normandy)...
https://books.google.com/books?id=uOHHuwI8tD4C&pg=PA365&lpg=PA365&dq=Henry+Willis+Stephens&source=bl&ots=v4kfED2_7F&sig=2mLE4T2BflMF-RAUxby6hEcYZN8&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiYjIqQvLLNAhXDKiwKHU5dBGkQ6AEIPTAH#v=onepage&q=Henry%20Willis%20Stephens&f=false The Plantagenet Roll of the Blood of Royal: The Mortimer-Percy Volume. [originally pub. 1911]
216. Descendants of Margaret Deane m: John FitzGerald of Inishmore, County Kerry… 1c. Rev. Maurice FitzGerald Stephens Townsend, afterwards (1870) Townsend of Castle Townshend… Vicar of Thornbury, County Gloucester, b. 5/7/1791 d. 3/21/1872 m: 3/16/1826, Alice Elizabeth, daughter and heiress of Richmond Shute of Iron Acton, County Gloucester [by his wife Harriet, sister and heir of Henry Hannes Willis Stephens of Eastington and Chavenage House, County Gloucester)...
216. Descendants of Margaret Deane m: John FitzGerald of Inishmore, County Kerry… 1c. Rev. Maurice FitzGerald Stephens Townsend, afterwards (1870) Townsend of Castle Townshend… Vicar of Thornbury, County Gloucester, b. 5/7/1791 d. 3/21/1872 m: 3/16/1826, Alice Elizabeth, daughter and heiress of Richmond Shute of Iron Acton, County Gloucester [by his wife Harriet, sister and heir of Henry Hannes Willis Stephens of Eastington and Chavenage House, County Gloucester)...
https://books.google.com/books?id=MDpDAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA444&lpg=PA444&dq=Henry+Willis+Stephens&source=bl&ots=H17W8TIzsM&sig=mbJdrRCXAvfdwTzn0-c2JJHzGp8&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiYjIqQvLLNAhXDKiwKHU5dBGkQ6AEIJzAC#v=onepage&q=Henry%20Willis%20Stephens&f=false The Gentleman’s Magazine. January 1843. Obituary: (April) At Thornsbury, Temperance Jane Willis b. 1767, eldest daughter of the late Rev. Henry Willis b. 1739, and sister of Henry Hannes Willis Stephens b. 1775, Esq. late of Chavenage House.
Present owners of Chavenage House, Tetbury, Gloucestershire, England. http://www.thepeerage.com/p23850.htm
Daughter of Major Angus and Pamela Constance McCorquodale
Rona Helena McCorquodale b. 3/25/1936 m: David Lowsley-Williams in 1958. David -lives at Chavenage, Tetbury, Gloucestershire, England…
http://www.aoup.ox.ac.uk/news/newsletters/newsletter_48_spring_2014.pdf Newsletter, Spring 2014. pg 14, visit to Chavenage…
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/10467984/The-antiques-crime-wave-a-plague-on-historic-homes.html News: The antiques crime wave - a plague on historic homes… Nov. 22, 2013…
Grandson, James Lowsley-Williams https://www.velouk.net/2014/08/28/feature-interview-james-lowsley-williams/ Interview (bicyle racing -Beijing Olympics) James’s home is an historic family estate in Gloucestershire, called Chavenage House, which dates back to Elizabethan times. It has featured in films and TV shows such as BBC’s Lark Rise to Candleford which was a personal favourite of mine. It’s also open to the public and hosts events and weddings to help the house pay its keep because as James admits, there is always a lot of work to do to keep such an historic building going...
Grandson, James Lowsley-Williams https://www.velouk.net/2014/08/28/feature-interview-james-lowsley-williams/ Interview (bicyle racing -Beijing Olympics) James’s home is an historic family estate in Gloucestershire, called Chavenage House, which dates back to Elizabethan times. It has featured in films and TV shows such as BBC’s Lark Rise to Candleford which was a personal favourite of mine. It’s also open to the public and hosts events and weddings to help the house pay its keep because as James admits, there is always a lot of work to do to keep such an historic building going...
http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/glos/vol10/pp160-162 Fretherne and Saul Manor.
Robert Gorges Dobyns Yate, the great grandson of Walter Yate's sister, in 1772 made a settlement of the estate, comprising Fretherne Lodge in Fretherne and Saul, and in 1778 he sold it to Henry Stephens b. 1710. Under Stephens's will the estate passed after his widow's death in 1801 to Henry Willis b. 1775, his cousin's son, who assumed the name of Stephens. In 1804 or 1805 Samuel White bought the estate, and he owned 144 acres in 1842 and was lord of the manor in 1843. On his death in 1848 the manor passed to his wife Jane, who by 1849 had married the Revd. Henry Robinson. Mrs. Robinson died in 1881 and her husband, who held the manor for life, in 1886; in that year Mrs. Robinson's nephew, W. C. Tripp, sold the manor to Sir Lionel Edward Darell, Bt. Sir Lionel's father, Sir William Lionel Darell (d. 1883), Rector of Fretherne 1844–78, had already built up a considerable estate centred on Fretherne Court. Most of the estate, amounting to 676 acres and extending into Arlingham, was sold in 1919, following the death of Sir L. E. Darell. The purchaser, Alfred Daniels, afterwards sold off the farms. A smaller part of the estate was retained by Sir Lionel's son, Sir Lionel E. H. M. Darell (d. 1954)... Fretherne Court was demolished in 1926 after Sir Lionel’s death, 2/17/1919.
https://books.google.com/books?id=iQA-AAAAcAAJ&pg=PA358&lpg=PA358&dq=henry+willis+stephens&source=bl&ots=Nkjv_KrtR6&sig=Nu4Gc67v8ybTLba_v8ekexnC8LE&hl=en&sa=X&sqi=2&ved=0ahUKEwiu0abK37fNAhWJO5oKHd9sCjwQ6AEIMDAF#v=onepage&q=henry%20willis%20stephens&f=false The History of the County of Gloucester… pub. 1803. Fretherne, Frethorn, anciently Fridorn.
A small parish, containing 450 acres, 9 mi. S.w. from Gloucester… the Manor of Fridon… held by the family of de Frethern… 1608, James Cliford, Esq. built Frethern Lodge, for the reception of Queen Elizabeth, in her progress to Bristol, in 1574… taken down in 1750, and removed to Arlingham-court… In 1777, purchased by Richard Stephens, Esq. of Eastington; and Henry Willis-Stephens, Esq. of Chavenage, is now Lord of the Manor [1803]
Note (Jody Gray): I came across this when I was looking for an ‘illustration’ of the Eastington Manor; this one is in Wales. An interesting feature is a barn with a pigeon loft (far right), as a winter food source -my father told me his mother made “Pigeon Pie” from the pigeons Dad shot in the barn.-http://www.ancientmonuments.info/wa3586-eastington-manor-house Ancient Monuments. Eastington Manor House. Pembrokeshire. Hundleton, Pembrokeshire, Wales. 15th century, probably. Small ruined house, Tower (far left), Barns; site of ornamental gardens, or a park is indicated… The tower house of rubblestone… unrestored.
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https://books.google.com/books?id=iQA-AAAAcAAJ&pg=PA340&lpg=PA340&dq=barton+end+estate+gloucestershire&source=bl&ots=Nkjw2HtkUd&sig=MTYlZjoIM8keaWeYx7LpE1ZUC14&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi4gZq709_NAhVDKywKHU9ABpUQ6AEITDAI#v=onepage&q=barton%20end%20estate%20gloucestershire&f=false The History of the County of Gloucestershire: Compressed and Brought…
(pg 338) Horsley… Richard Dennys, passed by purchase, to the family of Stephens, of Eastington, in which family it continued, till, by failure of male issue, on the death of Henry Stephens, Esq. at the latter end of last century, it came by will to Henry Stephens, Esq. who assumed the name of Stephens. He is a descendant in the female line of Richard Stephens [b. 1655], of Eastington, whose daughter married Mr. Packer, and had a son and and daughter; the former, Robert Packer, took the Little Sodbury estate as heir at law, and the daughter married the grandfather of the present proprietor, who is second son of the late Rev. Mr. Willis, rector of Little Sodbury. Note (Jody Gray): Robert Packer b. 1614 m: Temperance Stephens b. 1630; she was the daughter of Edward Stephens Lord of Little Sodbury. Henry Stephens, the last male heir [d. 1795] passed the Stephens estates to Henry Willis, who took the name and arms of Stephens; Henry was the son of Nathaniel Stephens, grandson of Richard Stephens [b. 1655]. The manor-house, which has been the residence of the family for many years at Chavenage, in this parish, was built by Richard Stephens, in the reign of Elizabeth. A chapel adjoins it, where divine service is performed for the family. Note (Jody Gray): Edward Stephens [b. 1523] purchased Chavenage in 1564 and started reconstruction. By 1576, the date carved with his initials and those of his wife Joan were carved above the front door. http://www.chavenage.com/history.html
https://books.google.com/books?id=CLVBAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA265&lpg=PA265&dq=hester+stephens+lypiatt&source=bl&ots=HrD6XJv4Nf&sig=zhSD4m3U4-ebyt_LdMbk6yt3Law&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiGwueOjILNAhVFCywKHaN-BzUQ6AEILDAC#v=onepage&q=hester%20stephens%20lypiatt&f=false The Baronetage of England or, The History of the English Baronets, and such Baronets of Scotland… Genealogical Tables… Pub. 1804. Note (Jody Gray): this book provides Stephens lineage information; some of that information is inaccurate, even so, it is a good research source.
http://www.gatehouse-gazetteer.info/English%20sites/4470.html Eastington Manor House… Note: included on this website, a book list; some are available as online, "digital" books...
http://link.springer.com/book/10.1057/9781137378385 Download Book: The Gentleman’s House in the British Atlantic World 1680-1780… looks very interesting!!!
http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/glos/vol10/xi-xii List of Illustrations; British Museum, Edinburgh University Library, Gloucester County Council…Summerhouse at Alkerton Grange; Parish, Eastington; District, Stroud; County, Gloucestershire… Reminder: looks very interesting!!!
https://www.geni.com/projects/Historical-Gloucestershire/16485 History of the County of Gloucestershire, England… *if you have direct lineage to “Lords” of these Estates and Manors you may want to join this geni.com project…
http://link.springer.com/book/10.1057/9781137378385 Download Book: The Gentleman’s House in the British Atlantic World 1680-1780… looks very interesting!!!
http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/glos/vol10/xi-xii List of Illustrations; British Museum, Edinburgh University Library, Gloucester County Council…Summerhouse at Alkerton Grange; Parish, Eastington; District, Stroud; County, Gloucestershire… Reminder: looks very interesting!!!
https://www.geni.com/projects/Historical-Gloucestershire/16485 History of the County of Gloucestershire, England… *if you have direct lineage to “Lords” of these Estates and Manors you may want to join this geni.com project…
Blog Posts for Stephens/Stevens Family: https://gray-piperfamily.blogspot.com/2016/07/blog-posts-for-stephensstevens-family.html (Jody Gray) created this Blog Post to provide links to all Blog Posts related to the Stephens/Stevens Family. The Gray-Piper Family Tree Trunk - The Stevens Family is connected to the Piper Family.
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