Descendants of Erasmus Heveningham & Mary Moyle of Aston, Staffordshire

Generation No. 1

1. ERASMUS¹ HEVENINGHAM (SIR JOHN^A HEUENIGHAM, THOMAS^B HEUENINGHAM, ESQ., SIR JOHN^C, SIR JOHN^D DE HEUENINGHAM, SIR JOHN^E, SIR JOHN^F, PHILIP^G, SIR ROGER^H, PHILIP^I, SIR RICHARD^J, WILLIAM^K DE HEUENIGHAM, RALPH^L)^1,2,3 was born Abt. 1515 in Heveningham, Sufffolk, and died Abt. 1560 in Staffordshire. He married (1) MARY MOYLE⁴, daughter of WALTER MOYLE and ISABEL STANLEY. She was born Aft. 1515 in probably Buckwell Court, Kent, and died Aft. 1540 in probably Aston or Pipe, Staffordshire. He married (2) ELIZABETH⁵ Aft. 1540.

Notes for ERASMUS HEVENINGHAM:

Erasmus Heveningham was the founder of the Staffordshire branch of the Heveningham family, he was the fifth son of Sir John Heveningham of Heveningham in Suffolk and his wife Alice Shelton. He made a good marriage with the heiress, Mary Moyle, whose father had estates in Kent, and whose mother was Isabella Stanley of the House of Derby. Through her mother, Mary had claims on land in Staffordshire which had once belonged to the Arderne family, and had come into the possession of Sir Humphrey Stanley. The Manor of Pipe (near Lichfield) was one of these possessions which came into the Heveningham family through Erasmus's marriage to Mary Moyle. The Manor of Pipe was inherited by Mary from her grandfather Sir John Stanley of Pipe. It was originally bought into the de Stafford and Stanley families by Margaret Basset, daugter of Sir Ralph Basset of Drayton and wife of Sir Richard de Stafford. The Manor of Aston devolved unto Mary Moyle through the Stanley family. It had been bought into the family by Dame Ellen Leigh, daughter of Sir James Leigh and wife of Sir Humphrey Stanley.

It appears that that Erasmus married twice and that his other wife was called Elizabeth. This Elizabeth was the widow of William Goddard. For in the National Archives there is a document :

C 1/1285/13-14 William BOLLES, esquire, and Luce his wife, late the wife of John Parnell, v. Erasmus HENINGHAM and Elizabeth his wife, late the wife of William (sic) Goddard.: Partition of a messuage called Gaddes place and other tenements in [Shoreditch] decreed in a former suit. 1544-1551.

Erasmus does not seem to have played an important part in Staffordshire of elsewhere, and he died intestate. On the 29th January 1559(60), Administration or Erasmus Heveningham, "late of Pip-hall", in the diocese of Coventry and Lichfield was granted to Richard Hatchman of Stanes, co. Middlesex, gentleman, because no kinsman of the deceased was found who was willing to accept administration. (Source: Notes of Staffordshire Families (William Salt Library, Stafford/Lambeth Library, Parker, part 1, p. 178).

Erasmus was granted an annuity of 50 marks until the sum of 266 marks should have been paid by his father, Sir John (Source: Inquis. p.m. 31 Henry VIII, after "Notes of Staffordshire Families", William Salt Collection).

Erasmus's cousin Margaret Shelton was first cousin to Anne Boleyn. She was one of Anne's maids of honour and attended Anne on the scaffold when she was executed on Tower Green in 1536. His cousin Thomas Shelton is believed to have been the progenitor of the Staffordshire Sheltons and is listed as such in the Visitations of Norfolk. Erasmus's brother, Sir Anthony Heveningham married his first cousin Mary Shelton, who was sister to Margaret (Madge) Shelton who was the Maid of Honour of Anne Boleyn.

Aston & Stoke

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In 20 Conq. Cadie held three parts of a hide in Aston and Stoke of Rob. de Stadford, containing eight curucates of land; with woods a furlong in length and breadth, and as much meadowing; all value at 70s. In ye time of King John Rob. de Baskervyle gave half ye town of Aston to ye Abbot and Convent of Cumbermere (co. Cestr.), who not long after granted a part of it to Geoffrey de Aston, ye son of Geoffrey de Walton, and to Gilbert and John his sons.

This Gilbert was seized of divers other lands in Aston and Walton, which he gave in marriage with Joan his daughter 19 Ed. I. to Tho. Venables, son of Ric. Venables, younger son of Sir William Venables, kt., Baron Kinderton, whose posterity held lands here, by ye name of ye manor of Aston, till I Ric. II., when Thomas Venables dying without issue male, Robert de Wyrall, who had married Agnes his daughter, passed ye third part of ye manor of Aston, with several lands in Hilderton, Fulford and Sareley (which were of Agnes' inheritance), to John de Radenhall and others, who (as I take it) conveyed them not long after to John Hinkley of Stoke, Robert de Wyrall and Agnes 21 R. II. quitting to ye said John all their right and title thereto.

The other half of Aston was in H. III. possest by Robert. ye son of Gilbert le Marischall, all whose posterity (having all ye name of Robert) remained here till 10 H. VI., when Robt. le Marischall and Will. Lee, Esqre., were certified to hold a kt.'s fee here jointly of ye Barony of Stafford, which Will. soon after came to ye possession of all Marischall's part (I think) by purchase; and left it to Sir James Lee, kt., his son and heir, who had issue an only daughter, wife to Sir Humphrey, and mother to Sir John Stanley of Pipe, kts. Sir John had issue Eliz. (married to Sir John Hercy of ye Grove, co. Nott., kt.) who died without issue, and Isabel, ye wife of Walter Moile of Kent, by who she had Mary, an only daughter, who brought all her great posessions to her husband Erasmus Heveningham.

(Source: Walter Chetwynd's "History of Pirehill Hundred")

More About ERASMUS HEVENINGHAM:

Fact 1: of Aston, Pirehill Hundred, Staffordshire

Fact 2: Lived at Pipe Hall⁶

Fact 3: 1534, Admitted to Gray's Inn (Source: Admissions Register, Guildhall)

Of: Pipe Hall and Aston, Staffordshire⁷

Will: Abt. 1560, No will - died intestate⁸

Notes for MARY MOYLE:

Mary was descended on the maternal line from the Aldithley, Arderne & Stanley families.

Her inheritance was described by Walter Chetwynd as "great possessions". Here is the formidable list of them:

The Manors of Aston (near Stone) Pipe (near Lichfield) and Clifton (Camville), the advowson of Clifton, with divers lands and mesuages in Stoke, Burston, Hilderston, Sandon Hardwick, Hanton (Haunton), Harlaston, Hamerwich, Woodhouses, Wiggington, Hopwas and Coton and several burgages in Lichfield and Tamworth. (Source: Notes of Staffordshire Families, William Salt Library).

Th Manor of Pipe devolved through the de Stafford and Stanley line to Mary. It was originally brought into the de Stafford family by Margaret Basset, daughter of Sir Ralph Basset of Drayton and wife of Edmund de Stafford, 1st Baron Stafford. Margaret Basset had married secondly Sir John Pype.

The Manor of Clifton Campville also devolved to Mary through the de Stafford and Stanley line. It was originally brought into the de Stafford line by Isabel Vernon, daughter of Sir Richard de Vernon of Harlaston and wife of Sir Richard de Stafford.

The Manor of Aston devolved unto Mary Moyle through the Stanley family. It had been brought into the family by Dame Ellen Leigh, daughter of Sir James Leigh and wife of Sir Humphrey Stanley.

More About MARY MOYLE:

Fact 1: 1564, Described as heiress to Isabell Stanley

Fact 2: Heir of Isabella Stanley

Notes for ELIZABETH:

Elizabeth (surname unknown) is believed to be the wife of Erasmus Heningham (Heveningham) of Aston, Nr. Stone is Staffordshire. She was the widow of William Goddard. She is mentioned in a document in the Public Record Office at Kew Ref: C /1285/13-14 which mentions a William Bolles, esq., and Luce, his wife widow of John Parnell v. Erasmum Heningham and Elizabeth his wife, late the wife of William Goddard. It is reference to tenements in Shoreditch.

PRO KEW

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C 1/1285/13-14 William BOLLES, esquire, and Luce his wife, late the wife of John Parnell, v. Erasmus HENINGHAM and Elizabeth his wife, late the wife of William (sic) Goddard.: Partition of a messuage called Gaddes place and other tenements in [Shoreditch] decreed in a former suit. (No date is given)

More About ELIZABETH:

Fact: Presumably a second wife of Erasmus Heveningham

More About ERASMUS HEVENINGHAM and ELIZABETH:

Marriage: Aft. 1540

Child of ERASMUS HEVENINGHAM and MARY MOYLE is:

2. i. CHRISTOPHER² HEVENINGHAM, ESQ., b. Abt. April 1540, of Aston, Staffs.; d. Bet. 1573 - 1574, Staffordshire.

Generation No. 2

2. CHRISTOPHER² HEVENINGHAM, ESQ. (ERASMUS¹, SIR JOHN^A HEUENIGHAM, THOMAS^B HEUENINGHAM, ESQ., SIR JOHN^C, SIR JOHN^D DE HEUENINGHAM, SIR JOHN^E, SIR JOHN^F, PHILIP^G, SIR ROGER^H, PHILIP^I, SIR RICHARD^J, WILLIAM^K DE HEUENIGHAM, RALPH^L)⁹ was born Abt. April 1540 in of Aston, Staffs.¹⁰, and died Bet. 1573 - 1574 in Staffordshire¹¹. He married DOROTHY STANLEY¹² Bef. 25 July 1562, daughter of WILLIAM STANLEY and MARGARET COMBERFORD. She was born in of Aston Juxta Stone, Staffs., and died 1587 in Stone, Staffs.

Notes for CHRISTOPHER HEVENINGHAM, ESQ.:

Apparently the only child of Mary Moyle & Erasmus Heveningham. Christopher was of Pipe, co Stafford.

It is stated in the Visitation for Staffordshire taken in 1614 that Erasmus Heveningham had issue by the "da. & heir of . . . . Moyle" a son Christopher, who married Dorothy, "da. of . . . . Stanley," that is to say that Christopher Heveningham married, (if this pedigree be correct) the daughter of his great-grandfather's brother. This is stated (Erdeswick's Staffordshire, p 42) to be "not impossible as to dates," and it appears that Isabella Moyle was but thirty five years older than her grandson. (Source: Notes on Staffordshire Families)

From "Notes on Staffordshire Families"

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"He, about Easter 1565, bought, by means of a Final Concord, for 230 marks, from John Stanley and Jane his wife, an estate of about 300 acres at Clifton Camvile; but seeing that Christopher married a Stanley, I expect that this was merely a settlement on marriage. It is impossible to be certain how far he and his wife were concerned a few weeks later together with John and Jane Stanley in a Fine relating to a large property in Thicknes, Apedale and Audley. This also was perhaps merely a settlement. Early in 1570 Christopher and Dorothy sold to Simon Biddull a water-mill with some land and two acres of pool in Curborough and Elmshirst. In the Fine whereby this sale was effected, he is called Christopher Hennyngham, his surname taking that form easily because at that date the hard pronunciation of the letter v had not established itself. Other dealings with lands in Staffordshire are recorded. He is always described as "Armiger," that is "Esquire." Christopher Heveningham was born too late for the find old days of raids and retinues in Staffordshire, but the Law Courts still remained. Accordingly, he filed a Bill in Chancery, the official abstract of which was issued on the 11th of February, 1562.

He complains against Thomas and Humphrey Woolverston, that whereas upon the death of Ellen Stanley widow of Sir Humphrey Standley, Knight, which Ellen died seised of the Manor of Aston, near Stone, Co. Stafford, with lands etc., in Stone, a messuage and cottage and lands hereto belonging in Enston Stoke and Aston within the fee of Walton, co. Stafford and a messuage in Whitston Sykes co. Salop, her estate descended to him the Complainant as son and heir of Marie Heveningham daughter and heir of Isabel Moyle daughter and heir of John Standley, Esq., dau. and heir of the said Ellen, divers evidences relating to the property have come into the hands of Thomas Woolverston the elder and the defendant, Humphrey Woolverston, who refuse to deliver them up.

In June, 1564, Christopher Heveningham again petitions in Chancery, giving rather fuller particulars as to the Stanley family:..

'To the Right Honorable Sir Nycholas Bakon, Knight, lord Keper of the great seale of England. 11 June 1564.

In most humble wyse sheweth and complayneth etc., your Orator Christofer Hevenyngham, Esquire, that whereas one Dame Ellen Stanley wydo late wyff of Sir Humfrey Stanley, Knight, being seised of the Manor of Aston in Stone enfeoffed (. . .) to the use of Humfrey Stanley clerke for terme of life, and after his death to use of Gorge Stanley and his heirs male of body, remainder to William Stanley and his heirs male of body, remainder to her own right heirs and whereas the said Humfrey, George and William died without issue male so that after her death one moiety should descend to your said Orator and the other moietie to Dame Elizabeth Hercy as cosin and heir of Dame Ellen, that is to say, Dame Elizabeth as daugher of John Stanley eldest son of the said Dame Ellen, and your Complaynant as son and heir of Marye Heveningham daughter and heir of Isabel Moyle, one other of the daughters of the said John Stanley, eldest son, now certain muniments concerning the premises of right belonging to your said Orator have come into the posession of Thomas Wolverston of (?) Wysord co. Sussex. Esquire and of Humfrey Wolverston of Stotfold in the said County, geneleman, and they detain the deeds by virtue of them refuse your Orator posession of them'.

It is evident from the next mentioned Chancery Suit that Christopher Heveningham and Humfrey Wolverston came to an arrangement, but here again there was a hitch, for on the 8th of June, 1567 the following petition as presented in Chancery.

'To the Righte Honorable Sir Nicholas Bacon Knyght, lord keper of the greitt seall of Englande sheweth etc., Your dayly Orator Cristofer Hevenyngham Esquyer.

He was letely seised of the moyete of the Manors of Stotfold and Weston in the Counties of Stafford and Chester, and of lands in Podmore in the County of Stafford, and he conveyed the said moyeties by dede and by fine to one Humfrey Wolverston, gent, and his heirs in exchaunge for all such lands etc. as the said Humfrey had of the gift graunt and conveyance of one John Hercye Knyghte and Dame Elizabeth his wyfe. Humfrey undertook to deliver all the deeds evidences charters and writings relating to the same and to have the transaction written engrossed sealed and delivered. These things Humfrey though often required had refused to do'.

The Petitioner claims relief, concluding:-

'Any your said Besecher shall dayly praye to god for the preservacon of your good l(ordship) longe to contynewe and endure.'

Thomas Woolverston replies that divers evidences as to the Manor of Aston have come into his hands as executor of Humfrey Stanley, clerk, which evidences are claimed by Sir John Hercy and Dame Elizabeth his wife in her right as cousin and heir of the said Ellen Stanley; also Humfrey Wulverston gent., and Katherine his wife claim some portion of the evidences. He asks that these others may be called to interplead.

As to the other properties he says that Ellen Stanley conveyed the whole to feoffees to the use of her dughter Mawd, who married him, and they had issue, one son Robert, deceased, and a younger son Robert, now living and within age. About thee years since Mawd died.

This answer was taken at Weford co. Stafford 31 march 1562. Humphrey Woolverston's answer is much damaged, and a large part of it torn right away.

He states that Sir John and Dame Elizabeth Hercy conveyed to him and katherine his wife all their moiety of (. . . . . ) Awdley, Stoke, Sandon, Hilderson and Fulforth, and of certain closes and grounds (. . . . ) Brynwick Leaz Redlinges, Oxe close, Nuttingeils, Berry hill, Cornill Close, and Great Railes, and of three messuages in Aston part of the premises in view.

He has no evidences to his knowledge, touching the said Manor.

As to the messuages etc., in Enston, Stoke and Aston, the defendant Woolverston has held them for forty years in right of his wife Mawde.

He mentions that Christopher Heveningham's mother's mother Isabel (Stanley) had married Walter Moyle.

Christopher Heveningham died in 1573-4 and the date of his death was fortunate for his family, seeing that in 1575 Queen Elizabeth made her progress through the Midland Counties, and a few days after she had passed through Staffordshire, John Gifford of Chillington, Brian Fowler of St. Thomas, John Draycote, Erasmus Wolesley, two Erdeswicks and other "notorious papists" were summoned to appear before his Council at Worcester. In almost every case the results were disastrous to those summoned, and Christopher, had he survived, would certainly have been of the number.

Like his father, Christopher Heveningham made no Will; but whether this was the result of policy or carelessness I cannot say. It was obviously inadvisable for Roman Catholics, who were subject to severe financial persecution, to give information such as a Will must supply, to any public authority.

Administration of Christopher "Heningham", of the parish of Stone, Esquire, was granted at Lichfield in 1577 to James Yremonger. No inventory is attached to the document. This Administrator would be, I suppose, the grandfather of Humphrey Ironmonger of Wolverhampton one of the loyalists who assisted in the escape of Charles the Second after the battle of Worcester. (Source: Notes of Staffordshire Families, Wm. Salt Library, Stafford).

In 1585, a letter from the Privy Council to the Commissioners of Recusancy at Elmenwych (27.4.1585) orderd the confiscation of recusants' armour, including "Dorothee Heningham of Stone, wydowe" 23/7/1592 confirmed as disscussed.

"The Antiquities of Staffordshire" quotes that this Christopher, 26 Eliz. died seised of the manors of Clifton-Camvile, Pipe, and Aston; also of lands in Sandon, Hordewick, Tamworth, Wiggington, Coton, Lichfield, Haunton and Harlaston, with the advowson of the church of Clifton." If this date is true then Christopher died abot 1584 and not 1573-4. I DO NOT BELIEVE THE 1584 DATE TO BE CORRECT. DOROTHY WAS REFERRED TO AS A WIDOW IN 1577/8.

Other References:

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Public Records Office reference No: C3/91/2 (piece) - Heveningham v. Wolverstone, Stafford & Salop. AD 1558 - 1579.

Public Records OfficeRreference No: WARD 7/15/48 & C142/167/83. Inquisition Post Mortem - all in Latin so cannot translate but am able to make out the following named people : Humphrey Stanley, Jacob Dyke, Anthony Brown, John Stanley, John Fitzherbert, Henry Comberford, John Comberford, Humphrey Comberford & Henry Heveningham of Heveningham in the county of Suffolk. Amongst the signatories to the document is Dorothy Heveningham.

Author's note:

It appears from the Chancery Proceedings that Christopher was claiming by right of his mother, Mary Moyle. But, if his wife Dorothy Stanley was a grandaughter of Dame Ellen Leigh why did he not ALSO claim by right of his wife Dorothy?

More About CHRISTOPHER HEVENINGHAM, ESQ.:

Fact 1: Apparently an only child

Fact 2: Chrisopher died 26 Eliz. seised of the manors of Clifton-Camvile, Pipe, and Aston ; also of lands in Sandon, Hordewick, Tamworth, Wiggington, Coton, Lichfield, Haunton, and Harlaston, with the advowson of the church of Clifton.¹³

Fact 3: 1574, This branch of the Heveningham family still had contact with the Heveningham's of Suffolk and Norfolk as Henri Heveningham of Suffolk if mentioned in the IPM of Christopher Heveningham of Aston.

Inquisition Post Mortem: Abt. 1574, PRO Kew Refs: WARD 7/15/48 & C142/167/83 refer.

Of: Aston, Staffordshire

Will: 1577, Letters of Administration granted at Lichfield

Notes for DOROTHY STANLEY:

Dorothy was a descendant of the Aldithley, Arderne & Stanley families.

Dorothy Heveningham widow of Stone was included in Bishop Bentham's list of February, 1577-8, "of all such persons, gentlemen and others within the countye of Stafford which come not to the church to heare Divine Service". The Bishop estimates her yearly income from land at £40 and her total income at £433. We also learn that her son was taught by a certain Thomas Whistons and that she had a private chaplain, John Bradbury, and a servant Thomas Lawnder. All these, like herself, were doubtless papists.

In 1581 the Privy Council mention her as one of "the most obstinate and daungerous Recusants" of Staffordshire, against whom tru bills should have been found by the Grand Jury; the jurors it is added are ordered to appear at the next Assizes and purge themselves of their contempt and offence done unto her Majesty failing which they are to be brought before their lordships of the Privy Council in the Star Chamber.

In 1586, poor Dorothy is in the grip of the Law. She states that her yearly income is £30, and offers to pay £10 a year for herself and her servant Katherine Comberford so that she and her land may be discharged of the penal statues present and to come againt Recusancy. Katherine Comberford was evidently a relation, for Dorothy's mother (Margaret, wife of William Stanley) was a daughter of Thomas Comberford of Comberford (near Tamworth).

At the Public Records Office in Kew there is a document Ref: 142/167/83 (Inquisition Post Mortem of Christopher Heveningham) which is signed, amongst others, by Dorothye Heveningham. Other names mentioned in the document are: Humphrey Stanley, Jacob Dyke, Antony Brown, John Stanley, John Fitzherbert, Henry Comberford, John Comberford, Humphrey Comberford and Henri Heveningham of Heveningham in the County of Suffolk.

More About DOROTHY STANLEY:

Burial: June 1587, Stone, Staffs¹⁴

Fact 1: An only child¹⁵

Fact 2: A Staffordshire Recusant

Of: Aston, Staffordshire

More About CHRISTOPHER HEVENINGHAM and DOROTHY STANLEY:

Marriage: Bef. 25 July 1562

Children of CHRISTOPHER HEVENINGHAM and DOROTHY STANLEY are:

3. i. SIR WALTER³ HEVENINGHAM, KNT., b. 25 July 1562; d. Bet. 13 January 1635/36 - 23 May 1636.

ii. WILLIAM HEVENINGHAM, b. Bef. 1574.

Notes for WILLIAM HEVENINGHAM:

William was the second son of Christopher Heveningham and Dorothy Stanley. Erdeswick Staffordshire tells us that William "had a rent charge of 20li. per annum out of all lands in Staffordshire, but hat released."

William was possibly the founder of the branch of the Henningham family who lived at Cannock. No more is known of William.

iii. ERASMUS HEVENINGHAM, GENT., b. Bef. 1574, of Haunston (Haunton); d. Aft. 1629¹⁶.

Notes for ERASMUS HEVENINGHAM, GENT.:

Erasmus was the third son of Christopher Heveningham and Dorothy Stanley. Erdeswick tells us that "he hath the like" annuity of £20 as his brother William.

Erasmus occurs in 1605 jointly with his brother Walter purchasing lands in Staffordshire and Derbyshire which were conveyed to Walter and his heirs. Again in 1619 he appears to have acquired from his brother Sir Walter and Nicholas son and heir apparent of Sir Walter an estate of some six hundred acres in Aston and Stone. In this case the conveyance was to Erasmus and Richard Brereton, Esq., and the heirs of Erasmus, the object of it being no doubt a settlement on Walter's daughter Mary, who married Richard Brereton. (Source: Notes on Staffordshire Families).

He is probably the same Erasmus Heveningham, Gent. of Haunston (Haunton) in Staffordshire mentioned in the Public Records Office Ref: WARD 7/77 196 4 Chas. I (1629). Others mentioned in the same document are : Sir Walter Heveningham of Pipe, Knight, NIcholas son of Sir Walter and Elizabeth wife of Nicholas.

Erasmus was possibly the founder of the Heningham branch of the family from Cannock. No more is known about Erasmus.

Clifton Campvile and Haunton

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"Clifton Campville is a village and manor, with 341 inhabitants, in the vale of the Mease, and near the junction of the four counties of Stafford, Derby, Leicester and Warwick, five miles NNE of Tamworth. Its parish has three townships, Clifton, Haunton, and Harlaston, in Staffordshire, and one in Derbyshire, called Chilcote. These four townships contain 921 inhabitants and 5470 acres.

Clifton and Haunton maintain their poor conjointly, and contain together about 3000 acres of land, all belonging to Henry John Pye, Esq, of Clifton Hall, a handsome square mansion, in a verdant park finely planted with elms. For some time after the Norman conquest, the manor of Clifton was held by the king, and from the year 1200 to 1315, by the Camville family. In 1700 it was sold, by the Coventry family, to Sir Charles Pye, Bart, an ancestor of the present owner.

Haunton is a village of 197 souls, one mile W of Clifton Campville, with which it forms a joint township. Haunton Hall, a handsome modern mansion, is the seat of CE Mousley, Esq.

Chilcote is a township and chapelry in Derbyshire, but in this parish, two miles ESE of Clifton Campville. It has 1300 acres and 162 inhabitants. Near it is a small common called No-man's Heath, with a cross cut in the turf to mark the converging points of the four counties which here unite, as mentioned above. John Robertson, Esq, is lord of the manor, and owner of most of the township.

Harlaston village and township, was a chapelry to Clifton Campville and details can be found on the Harlaston page.

[From History, Gazetteer and Directory of Staffordshire, William White, Sheffield, 1851

More About ERASMUS HEVENINGHAM, GENT.:

Fact 1: 1605, Purchases land in Derbyshire & Staffordshire with his brother Sir Walter which were conveyed to Walter and his heirs.

Fact 2: 1619, 600 acres of land at Aston conveyed from Sir Walter and his son Nicholas to Erasmus & Richard Brereton

Living: 1619

iv. MARY HEVENINGHAM, b. Bef. 1574; m. ANTHONY FITZHERBERT.

Notes for ANTHONY FITZHERBERT:

Believed to be the Anthony, brother of Anne Fitzherbert, who was married to Mary Heveningham's brother Walter Heveningham and mentioned in the 1583 Visitation.

4. v. DOROTHEA HEVENINGHAM, b. Bef. 1574; d. 1605, Elmley-Lovett, co. Worcestershire.

Generation No. 3

3. SIR WALTER³ HEVENINGHAM, KNT. (CHRISTOPHER², ERASMUS¹, SIR JOHN^A HEUENIGHAM, THOMAS^B HEUENINGHAM, ESQ., SIR JOHN^C, SIR JOHN^D DE HEUENINGHAM, SIR JOHN^E, SIR JOHN^F, PHILIP^G, SIR ROGER^H, PHILIP^I, SIR RICHARD^J, WILLIAM^K DE HEUENIGHAM, RALPH^L)¹⁷ was born 25 July 1562^18,19, and died Bet. 13 January 1635/36 - 23 May 1636. He married ANNE FITZHERBERT²⁰, daughter of WILLIAM FITZHERBERT and ELIZABETH SWYNNERTON. She was born Bef. 1558 in of Hampstal Ridware, Staffordshire²¹, and died Aft. 1614.

Notes for SIR WALTER HEVENINGHAM, KNT.:

Sir Walter was the eldest son of Christopher Heveningham and Dorothy Stanley. He acquired for 200 silver marks from Sir Thomas Fitzherbert land in Quychsyll and Prestwood (in 1585), reselling part of it in 1587 for £80. He bought land in Gt. Pipe for £40 in 1590, and in Pipe and Childerley for £80 in 1602. In 1611 most of his estate settled on his son Nicholas, probably for marriage. In 1624, a large estate in Clifton and Haunton was sold to Nicholas Fitzherbert and another to Robert Dducie. In 1628/9 his Clifton Campville estate sold to the Coventry family.

Heveningham Arms

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In the Visitation of 1614 the shield is, 1, HEVENINGHAM: 2, Paly or and azure (JARVILL); 3, Gules, a chevron between three truncheons, or measuring yards, argent (YARDE); 4, Argent, semee de lis gules (REDESHAM); 5, Argent, on a bend azure three eagles displayed or (GISSING); 6, Ermine, three chevronels sable (RYPPS).

Walter contributed £25 to the collection to protect England against the Armada, 1.4.1589. He died 8 years after his son Nicholas, leaving an oral will 23.5.1636 (PCC 66 Pyle) leaving land in Lichfield and Elmhurst to granson Walter, desiring him to give his brother Simon an annuity of £20 for life; Walter to "live with his grandmother and to be loving and kind to her".

Like his father, Sir Walter was neglectful with regard to the making of a Will, but did not carry his neglect to the extreme length of dying intestate, for his nuncupative or oral Will is duly recorded at Somerset House (66 Pyle).

Extract of his Will

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"Memorandum - that on or about the thirteenthdaie of January Anno Domini One thousand six hundred thirty-five stilo Anglie. Sir Walter Heveningham of Pope hill in the Countie of Stafford, Knight deceases beinge weake in bodie but of perfecte mynde and memory did make and declare his Will nuncupative in manner and forme followinge....

Imprimis he bequeathed his soule to god and his bodie to Christian buriall.

Item he bequeated his land at Lichfield and Elmhurst and all his lands and goods and all that he had to his grand childe Walter Heveningham Esquier and he also willed and desired his saide grand child that if his goods would not satisfie his debts he would add to them soe they might be paied.

Item he desired his said grand child to give his brother Symon Hevingham Twentie pounds per annum duringe his life. Item he willed his said grandchilde to live with his grandmother and to be lovinge and kinde to her or he used words to that effect in the presence of diverse credible witnesses, viz - Symon Hevyngham, gentleman, Dorothy Cocke and others.

Administration of the deceased's goods in accordance with the tenor and effect of the nuncupative Will was granted on the 3rd May, 1636, ato Walter Hevyngham, the grandson.

Sir Walter is mentioned in the following Deeds:

Staffordshire - Lichfield Record Office...

VARIOUS RECORDS RELATING MAINLY TO TAMWORTH AND ITS VICINITY 'TAMWORTH MANUSCRIPTS'

Catalogue Ref. D187

DEEDS AND RELATED RECORDS, c1220-1938

FILE [no title] - ref. D187/1/6 - date: 16th - 17th Centuries

[from Scope and Content] Lease for 60 years by Thomas Comberford, John Comberford and William Comberford, second, third and fourth sons of William Comberford of Wednesbury, esquire, to Walter Heaveningham of Pype, Staffordshire, esquire, James Skeffington of Badger, Shropshire, esquire, William Skeffington of Fisherwick, Staffordshire, esquire, Roger Fowke of Brewood, Staffordshire, esquire, John Chetwinde of Rudge, Staffordshire, esquire, and Edward Staunford of Reahall, Staffordshire, gentleman, of a wood called Hopwas Hay and a parcel of ground called the Deans adjoining the wood, with a parcel of ground or waste lying between the land on the one side and the "high and Port Way" from Tamworth to Lichfield on the other, leased in [1588] by William Staunford of Packington, Staffordshire, esquire, to Thomas, John and William Comberford for the life of the survivor. 5 Apr [1599]

[from Scope and Content] Seals: those of Thomas and John Comberford missing; that of William Comberford shows a horse running to the left.

More About SIR WALTER HEVENINGHAM, KNT.:

Burial: 1636, Lichfield Cathedral²²

Fact 1: April 1593, Annual fine payment for recurancy: 1593/4, Ann Heveningham, wife of Walter of Clifton Campville, Staffs. £80 for the like.

Fact 2: 1 January 1618/19, Knighted at Whitehall

Fact 3: Bet. 1628 - 1629, Walter sold the Clifton Campville estate to the Coventry family.

Fact 4: 1630, The corporation of Lichfield lent Sir Walter £200.

Fact 5: 1634, Certified under Offlow Hundred as bound to supply a heavy-armed horseman, or cuirassier, when required to serve the king.

Occupation: 1609, High Sheriff for Staffordshire

Will: 13 January 1635/36, Proved at the PCC 23 May 1636²³

Notes for ANNE FITZHERBERT:

Anne was a descendant of the Fitzherberts of Norbery, Derbyshire.

Children of SIR HEVENINGHAM and ANNE FITZHERBERT are:

i. NICHOLAS⁴ HEVENINGHAM, ESQ.²⁴, b. Abt. 1583; d. 20 December 1627, Aston, Staffordshire; m. ELIZABETH BOWES²⁴, 18 January 1607/08, Elford, Staffordshire²⁵; b. 18 December 1580; d. Bef. 27 August 1639, Exall, nr Coventry, Warwickshire.

Notes for NICHOLAS HEVENINGHAM, ESQ.:

Nicholas was the only son of Sir Walter Heveningham and his wife Anne Fitzherbert.

Nicholas went to Balliol College, Oxford and matriculated 26/1/1598 (aged 14). (Source: Alumni Onomissis).

10/2/1625 Letters patent of a general pardon for Nicholas Heveningham of Aston, with Great Seal of James I (from sale catalogue 1930, Portsmouth library).

There is, or was, in Stone Church, a stone on the North Wall bearing the following inscription: - "Here lyes the body of Nicholas Heveningham, Esquire, late of Aston, son and heir of Sir Walter Heveningham, Knt., who died 20th Dec., A.D. 1627, being of the age of 44 years." Above the stone, the Arms and Crest of Heveningham were painted on the wall.

Nicholas appears in a Fine at Michaelmas, 1614, with his wife Elizabeth, and his father and mother. This appears to have been for the purpose of a genuine sale of lands in Stone and Burston to Thomas Digby, Esq., Similarly in 1620 he and his father sell a messuage and about 90 acres of land in Stoke and Aston to Thomas Astberrie.

Other References:

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Public Records Office reference No. C142/444/88 (item) - Nicholas Heveningham, 4 Charles I.

Public Records Office reference No: WARD7/77/196 (item) - Nicholas Heveningham, 4 Charles I.

More About NICHOLAS HEVENINGHAM, ESQ.:

Burial: 1627, Buried in Stone Church

Education: Balliol College, Oxford

Inquisition Post Mortem: Abt. 1629, PRO Kew Refs: WARD 7/77/196 & C142/444/88

Memorial: Stone, Staffordshire²⁶

Of: Of Aston, Pirehill Hundred, Staffordshire.

Notes for ELIZABETH BOWES:

Elizabeth Bowes daughter of Sir John Bowes who held the manor of Elford

Elizabeth's husband Nicholas Heveningham was a direct descendant of Maud Arderne.

Abstract of the Will of Elizabeth Bowes dated January 1638

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In the name of god amen. The one and twentieth day of January 1638. I Elizabeth Heveningham of Exall neare Coventrie in the Countie of Warwick and Coventrie vid. being perfect of mind and sounde of memorie thanks be to god therefore doe make and ordayne this my present Testament contayning my will in manner and forme followinge. That is to say, I leave my soul to god . . . and my body to be buried in the next church to the place where I departed. To sonne Walter Heveningham my little Cabenet and a payre of holland sheetes and two payre of the finest holland pillow ceares and my little silver candlesticks. To be son Symon Heveningham one fether bed and boulster and two pillows three blankets one yellow coucrled two payre of flaxen sheets two payre of pillow beares all marked with S.H.

Item. To my loucinge Cosen John Bowes sonne of Sir Edward Bowes my wrought goulde Ringe. Item. To my deare and louinge Cosen Mrs. Ellener Bowes his wyfe my stiched Grogoram gowne Kirtle and west-coate, my velvet pretticoate and taffata petticoat, my ridinge safegard and new tufftaffata coate. Item. To my goddaughter Trippet my Tawney Cloath gowne and wascoate and Shagg Bayes Petticoat. Item. To my goddaughter her daughter one silke wrought Coife and Crostelothe one lased Apron. Item. To my Cosen Ann Bows the wife of John Bows grand child to Sir Edward Bows my bigg plaine gould ringe. Item. To Nell Bows her daughter one white Boxe with a locke, my Red Boxe with E.H. one Trunke one lace Apron, one wrough coife and Crosse lothe. Item. To my seruant Ellen Stich my greene stuffe gowne, my red Stufe petticoate, one holland Smocke and the lesse Trunk with Drawers, one black Coife and white Cross Cloath. Item to my servant Mary my gray Cloath gowne, one red under petticoate ( ? I) weare, one flaxen Smocke one flaxen Apron, two new Coarser Aprons, two wrough Coiffes and Crossecloathes white one wood Boxe. Item to Alice Flecher alias Pedley one Bed and Boulster, three old Blankets, one little palloroo, two payre of course sheets my blew cloatch petticoate, and my old night gown, two coarser Aprons. Item to Mrs Brett my loueing friend my best Tawney Cloath Petticoate, one flaxen apron. Item to my sonne Christopher Heveningham all my plate and bedding unbequeathed. Item. I give him all my linnen, my bigg Cabbennet and all the rest of my boxes Trunkes and all my household stuff Brasse pewter Kayne horses and whatever else remayneth after he hath discharged my debts beseeching god to blesse and direct him in all his wayes. And of this my last Will and Testament I institute and ordayne my loueinge sonne Christopher Heveningham sole Executor hopeinge he will performe, and revoking all other Wills and Testaments and Executors. And finally it is my desire to have a banquet at my funnerall, and the poore of the parish releeved with 20s.

Signed: - Elizabeth Heveningham

Witnesses: - Christopher Docwra, George Althofte.

The Will is indorsed with a statement signed by Charles Ashburnham 'Deput,' that the Executor was sworn 27 August 1639.

It appears from her Will that Elizabeth Bowes was a Protestant. (Source: Notes of Staffordshire Families, Wm. Salt Library, Stafford).

Elford

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"Elford is a pleasant village, upon a declivity on the north bank of the Tame, four and a half miles N by W of Tamworth, said to have derived its name from the great number of eels with which the river here formerly abounded. Its parish comprises 468 inhabitants, and 1840 acres of higly cultivated land. Before the Norman conquest this manor belong to Earl Algar. In the reign of Henry III, it was held by William de Arderne, who descendants continued to enjoy it till the marriage of Maud, sole heiress of Sir John Arderne, with Thomas, second son of Sir John Stanley, of Latham, carried it into that family. By a succession of females it passed, in like manner, to the families of Stanton, Smith, Huddleston and Bowes. After remaining for several generations with the latter, it devolved on the Hon. Craven Howard. The Hon. Mrs Mary Howard is now lady of the manor and owner of most of the soil, and resides at Elford Hall, a handsome mansion, erected about 1758, and having a fine avenue of young elms, planted by the late. Hon. Fulke Greville Howard. A neat stone bridge crosses the Tame at Elford, and a little above it is a corn mill, formerly occupied by the late Robert Bage, who was born at Derby, in 1728, and wrote five popular novels.

Elford Lowe, on the summit of a hill, about one mile east of the village, is distinguised by a large oak tree and opposite it, at the distance of a mile, is a smaller lowe. These lowes are denominated by the common people 'Robin Hood's Shooting Butts', from a belief, that he sometimes practised here, and was able to throw an arrow from one to the other.

Comberford, a hamlet two miles S of Elford, is mostly in Tamworth parish."

(from: History, Gazetteer and Directory of Staffordshire, Whilliam White, Sheffield, 1851)

More About ELIZABETH BOWES:

Baptised: 24 December 1580²⁶

Fact: In her will Elizabeth wishes that a banquet is held at her funeral.

Of: Elford, Staffordshire

Will dated: January 1637/38

Will proved: 27 August 1639, Proved Lichfield

More About NICHOLAS HEVENINGHAM and ELIZABETH BOWES:

Marriage: 18 January 1607/08, Elford, Staffordshire²⁷

ii. MARY HEVENINGHAM, m. (1) SYLVESTER PLUNKET, ESQ.; m. (2) RICHARD BRERETON, Bet. 1625 - 1636; b. of Malpas.

More About MARY HEVENINGHAM:

Fact: Lived for many years at Ipstones Hall²⁸

Notes for RICHARD BRERETON:

See Chancery ref: C3/397/28 (piece) - Brereton v. Heveningham A.D. 1626-1639 (PRO Kew)

More About RICHARD BRERETON and MARY HEVENINGHAM:

Marriage: Bet. 1625 - 1636

iii. MARGARET HEVENINGHAM, b. Abt. 1591; m. CHRISTOPHER HORTON, 10 April 1610, Lichfield Cathedral; b. 1582, of Calton, Co. Derby; d. 1659.

Notes for MARGARET HEVENINGHAM:

It is recorded in the registers of St. Mary, Lichfield, that Margaret, dau. of Walter Heveningham, was baptized by the midwife 12 October 1591; and in the registers of Alrewas is this entry "1610 Christopher Horton de Catton et Margarita Heveningham nupti fuerunt in monasterio Lichfieldiae 10 April".

More About MARGARET HEVENINGHAM:

Baptised: 12 October 1591, Lichfield

More About CHRISTOPHER HORTON:

Fact: 1640, High Sheriff of Derbyshire

More About CHRISTOPHER HORTON and MARGARET HEVENINGHAM:

Marriage: 10 April 1610, Lichfield Cathedral

iv. ELIZABETH HEVENINGHAM²⁹.

4. DOROTHEA³ HEVENINGHAM (CHRISTOPHER², ERASMUS¹, SIR JOHN^A HEUENIGHAM, THOMAS^B HEUENINGHAM, ESQ., SIR JOHN^C, SIR JOHN^D DE HEUENINGHAM, SIR JOHN^E, SIR JOHN^F, PHILIP^G, SIR ROGER^H, PHILIP^I, SIR RICHARD^J, WILLIAM^K DE HEUENIGHAM, RALPH^L)³⁰ was born Bef. 1574, and died 1605 in Elmley-Lovett, co. Worcestershire³⁰. She married (1) HENRY VERNON, ESQ. 2 September 1590³¹, son of SIR VERNON and MARGARET SWYNNERTON. He was born in of Sudbury and Hilton³¹, and died 21 June 1592. She married (2) SIR HENRY TOWNSHEND³² Abt. 1593³², son of SIR ROBERT TOWNSHEND. He was born in of Cound, Co. Shropshire & Ludlow³², and died 1621.

Notes for DOROTHEA HEVENINGHAM:

According to the Townshend family history Dorothea died in 1635.

According to "History and Topography of Ketteringham" by Joseph Hunter, this Dorothy married fist Henry Vernon, Esq., of Sudbury and Hilton and secondly Sir Henry Townsend of Elmsley Court. This reference to Dorothy had been made as an addendum to the book. It is possible that Joseph Hunter had confused this Dorothy as being of the Ketteringham branch. She is, infact, the Dorothea Heveningham, daughter of Christopher Heveningham and Dorothy Stanley of Staffordshire and grandaughter of Erasmus Heveningham.

This Dorothy is NOT included as a member of the Ketteringham branch on the Heuenyngham Pedigree ref: HMN 7/290 - Norfolk Record Office. Neither is she shown on the Visitations of Suffolk.

According to "Erdeswick's Survey of Staffordshire 1844" . . .

"Dorothea, daughter of Christopher Heveningham, de Pipe, co. Stafford, was married to Henry Townsend, de Cund, com. Salop. mil. secundus Justicarius Cestriae 1575. She was buried 15 July 1605. The pedigree of Townsend is in p. 378 of Nash's first vol. of Worcestershire."

More About DOROTHEA HEVENINGHAM:

Name 2: Dorothy Heveningham^33,34

Burial: 15 July 1605^35,36

Fact 1: 2nd wife of Henry Townshend

Fact 2: 16 July 1635, Another possible date of death for Dorothea³⁷

Fact 1: 2nd wife

More About HENRY VERNON and DOROTHEA HEVENINGHAM:

Marriage: 2 September 1590³⁸

Notes for SIR HENRY TOWNSHEND:

3.Henry (Sir), Kt., M.P., J.P., of Cound & Ludlow, Shropshire., Born c. 1537 in Norfolk. Educ. at Lincoln's Inn, admitted 1559. Called to the Bar, 1569. M.P. for Bridgenorth, Shropshire, 1571 & 1572. Appointed a member of the Council in the Principality of Wales, 1576. Elevated to the Bench as Deputy Lord Chief Justice of Chester, 1577. Recorder of Ludlow, 1577. Appointed Puisne Judge for Chester, Flintshire & Montgomeryshire, 1578. J.P. in Shropshire & all neighbouring counties, & in all Welsh Counties, from 1579. Autumn Reader at Lincoln's Inn, 1581. Burgess of Ludlow, 1584. Deputy Recorder at Bridgenorth, 1586-89. Recorder at Carmarthen, 1588-90. Recorder at Leominister, from 1590. Appointed a Judge of the Sheriff's Court of London, 1592. Steward of Oswestry, 1596. Steward of Shrewsbury, 1598. Vice Chamberlain of Chester, 1604. Knighted by King James I at Whitehall, London, 29 June 1604. Mentioned in the will of his brother, Robert, 13 Feb. 1613/4. M.P. for Ludlow, 1614. Vice President of the Council in the Principality & Marches of Wales, 1614. Recorder of Worcester, 1617. M 1st Susan (Died 1592), d. of Sir Rowland Hayward, Kt., M.P., J.P., Lord Mayor of London. M 2nd 1593 Dorothy (Died 1635), d. of Christopher Heveningham, of Aston, Staffs. Will dated 2 April 1621. Bur. 9 Dec. 1621 at Cound. Will Proved at P.C.C., 1621.

Sir Henry Townshend (d 1621) had further issue by his 2nd wife (Dorothy Heveningham):

6a.Henry, J.P., of Elmley Lovett, Worc., Born 1601. Exec. of his father's will, 2 April 1621. Appointed a J.P., for Worc., 3 Jan. 1639. He was a royalist Commissioner for Subsidy & was present at the surrender of the City of Worcester to the Parliamentary Army, 20 July 1646. His diary "is by far the most important Worcestershire source on the Civil War". M 1st Elizabeth, d. & heiress of Sir John Acton, Kt., M.P., of Elmley Lovett, & his wife Anne Clare. M 2nd Dorothy, d. of Henry Bright. Died 1663.

More About SIR HENRY TOWNSHEND:

Burial: 9 December 1621, Cound, Shropshire

Will proved: 1621, PCC

More About SIR TOWNSHEND and DOROTHEA HEVENINGHAM:

Marriage: Abt. 1593³⁹

Child of DOROTHEA HEVENINGHAM and HENRY VERNON is:

i. MARGARET⁴ VERNON, b. September 1592⁴⁰; m. SIR EDWARD VERNON.

More About MARGARET VERNON:

Fact: Margaret married her 3rd cousin⁴⁰

More About SIR EDWARD VERNON:

Fact: Sir Edward married his 3rd cousin⁴¹

Child of DOROTHEA HEVENINGHAM and SIR TOWNSHEND is:

ii. HENRY⁴ TOWNSHEND, b. 1601; m. DOROTHY⁴².

Notes for HENRY TOWNSHEND:

Birmingham City Archives : Moulton and Keen

Catalogue Ref. MS 3307

Creator(s):

Alan Keen Ltd, London

Moulton, Hubert R, fl 1927 - 1937, of Surrey

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FILE - Indenture between Henry Townshend of Elmely Lovett, co. Worc., esq., Dorothy, his wife, Robert Dobyns of Middle Temple, London, gent., Robert Wyld of the Commanders, co. Worc., gent., and John Astley of co. Worc., gent., concerning premises and lands in Coxhill, Walton and Elmely Lovett, co. Worc. - ref. MS 3307/ACC1927-020/335732 - date: 13 November 1657

FILE - Deed Poll whereby Dorothie, the wife of Henry Townshend of Elmley Lovett, co. Worc., esq., authorises trustees to call up her money and disbuse it upon lands and tenements of Sir Thomas Thorborough, knt., and of Dame Helen his wife, in Elmly Lovett. [co. Worc.] - ref. MS 3307/ACC1927-020/335736 - date: 22 February 1637

Birmingham City Archives: Miscellaneous Worcestershire deeds

Catalogue Ref. MS 3197

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FILE - Indenture between Katherine Tayler, of Lower Areley, Co.Worc., spinster, and Robert Townshend of Hanbury Co. Worc., clerk, concerning a grant of the manor of Merington alias Merrington in Elmley Lovett and Elmbridge Co.Worc.. - ref. MS 3197/ACC 1919-025/280213 - date: 16 April, 7 William III 1695

FILE - Indenture between Katherine Taylor, of Lower Areley, Co.Worc., spinster, John Yarranton, of the same, gent., and Robert Townshend of Hambury.Co.Worc., clerk and Henry Townshend of Elmeley Lovett, Co.Worc., esq., concerning the manor of Merington alias Merrington. - ref. MS 3197/ACC 1919-025/280381 - date: 14 November, 1695

FILE - Indenture between Philip Tayler, of Elmley Lovett, widow, and Henry Townshend, the elder, of the same, esq., and Henry Townshend, the younger, concerning land in Elmley Lovett, co. Worc. - ref. MS 3197/ACC 1919-025/280408 - date: 27 March, 13 Charles II 1661

FILE - Indenture between Margery Burnell of Wolverley, Co. Worc., widow, George Burnell of Kinlet, Co. Salop., yeoman, and Henry Townshend, of Elmley Lovett, esq., concerning a messuage and parcel of ground in Elmley Lovett. - ref. MS 3197/ACC 1919-025/280716 - date: 30 September, 10 William III, 1698

FILE - Indenture between Henry Townshend of Elmley Lovett, esq., Dorothy, his wife, and Henry Townshend, the younger, and Anne, his wife, concerning land in Elmley Lovett, co. Worc. - ref. MS 3197/ACC 1919-025/280717 - date: 1 October, 1658

Endnotes

1. Visitation of Staffordshire - 1583, 1614 &1663.

2. Inquisition post mortem of Sir John Heveningham (28, 28 and 31 Hen. VIII).

3. PCC Ref: PROB 11/25 - Will of Sir John Heveningham 1536.

4. Visitation of Staffordshire - 1583, 1614 &1663.

5. C 1/1285/13-14 - National Archives, Kew, Elizabeth is mentioned as the wife of Erasmus Heningham (Heveningham).

6. "Notes on Staffordshire Families", William Salt Library, Stafford.

7. Heveningham Pedigree, circa 1898 lodged at the College of Arms, London.

8. Visitation of Staffordshire.

9. Visitation of Staffordshire - 1583, 1614 &1663.

10. "Erdeswick's Survey of Staffordshire 1844".

11. Walter Chetwynd's History of Staffordshire - Pirehill Hundred.

12. Visitation of Staffordshire - 1583, 1614 &1663.

13. "Erdeswick's Survey of Staffordshire 1844".

14. Staffordshire Burial Index.

15. Stanley pedigree in Lord Hatherton's MS.

16. PRO Kew References : WARD 7/77/196.

17. Visitation of Staffordshire - 1583, 1614 &1663.

18. "The Antiquitees of Staffordshire".

19. "Erdeswick's Survey of Staffordshire 1844".

20. Visitation of Staffordshire - 1583, 1614 &1663.

21. Giles Fitzherbert, 2000. GilesFitzh@aol.com.

22. Will of his grandson, Walter Heveningham..

23. Heveningham Pedigree, circa 1898 lodged at the College of Arms, London.

24. Visitation of Staffordshire - 1583, 1614 &1663.

25. Elford Parish Register.

26. Heveningham Pedigree, circa 1898 lodged at the College of Arms, London.

27. Elford Parish Register.

28. "Notes on Staffordshire Families", William Salt Library, Stafford.

29. IGI.

30. "Erdeswick's Survey of Staffordshire 1844".

31. "History and Topography of Ketteringham" by Joseph Hunter, 1851.

32. "Erdeswick's Survey of Staffordshire 1844".

33. Burke, Burke's Colonial Gentry.

34. "History and Topography of Ketteringham" by Joseph Hunter, 1851.

35. The pedigree of Townsend p. 378 of Nash's first vol. of Worcestershire.

36. "Erdeswick's Survey of Staffordshire 1844".

37. Townsend Pedigree.

38. "History and Topography of Ketteringham" by Joseph Hunter, 1851.

39. "Erdeswick's Survey of Staffordshire 1844".

40. Burke, Burke's Colonial Gentry.

41. Burke's Colonial Gentry.

42. Birmingham City Archives : Moulton & Keen Ref: MS330/ACC1927-.