Alice Glanville

Female, ID #2401, b. before 1555, d. before 1580
FatherJohn Glanville (b 1521 - 1580)
MotherThomazine Browne (c 1540 - 1594)

Alternate Names

     Her married name was Grylls. Her married name was Hamlyn.

Birth, Marriage and Death information

     Alice Glanville was born before 1555 at ENG; as she had a son William Grills named in the will of her father in 1580, and also a daughter Agnes Hamlyn, neither of whom were yet aged 21.
     She married male Hamlyn before 1577 at ENG.
     She married William Grylls before 1579 at ENG.
     She died before 1580; as named deceased in the will of her father.

Family 1

male Hamlyn b. b 1557, d. b 1777

Family 2

William Grylls b. b 1559

male Hamlyn

Male, ID #2402, b. before 1557, d. before 1777

Birth, Marriage and Death information

     Male Hamlyn was born before 1557.
     He married Alice Glanville, daughter of John Glanville and Thomazine Browne, before 1577 at ENG.
     He died before 1777.

Family

Alice Glanville b. b 1555, d. b 1580

William Grylls

Male, ID #2403, b. before 1559

Birth, Marriage and Death information

     William Grylls was born before 1559.
     He married Alice Glanville, daughter of John Glanville and Thomazine Browne, before 1579 at ENG.

Other information

     In 1580 he was named in the will of John Glanville.

Family

Alice Glanville b. b 1555, d. b 1580

Raymond Glanville

Male, ID #2404
FatherJohn Glanville (b 1521 - 1580)
MotherThomazine Browne (c 1540 - 1594)

Birth, Marriage and Death information

     Raymond Glanville was born at ENG.

Nicholas Glanville

Male, ID #2405, b. before 1541, d. circa September 1598
FatherJohn Glanville (b 1521 - 1580)
MotherThomazine Browne (c 1540 - 1594)

Birth, Marriage and Death information

     Nicholas Glanville was born before 1541 at ENG; probably Tavistock.
     He married Elizabeth Ridley before 1567 at Tavistock, DEV, ENG.
     He died circa September 1598 at ENG; probably Tavistock.
     His estate was probated on 31 October 1598 when the prerogative Court of Canterbury granted admon to Elizabeth the relict and executrix.

Other information

     The London Port Books of May 1580 (National Archives E 190/6/8] record Nicholas Glanfeld of Tavistock shipping to Plymouth on William and John of Millbrook significant quantities of weapons such as pikes and halberds.

     The Calendar of the Tavistock Parish records RN Worth 1887 lists:
[1581] Lease by the same of tenement and garden in
Bannawill streete — lands of Edward Dennys south, of
Thomas Mohun and Orgues his wife John Broune and
Margery his wife north ; also close of land at Waddon
between lands lately given to the almshouse and land of
William Grylls — to John Sooper the younger, cordwainer,
Joan his wife, and Rochard their daughter, for their lives.
Attorn ies — Richard Tvvigge and Robert Hollavvay. Wit-
nesses — Nicholas Glanvill, Robert Moore, Roger Upcott,
John Redstone, Edward Kechynge, John Kechynge the
younger. Aug. i. 23 ElizabetJi.
[Armorial seals of ffitz and Grylls.]

[1585] John ffytz, esquier, with William Houghton,
Nicholas Glandvile, Robert Moore, Edward Denys, Roger
Vpcote, Thomas Libbe, Richard Drake, and Thomas
Sowton — ' selectid and chosen the eighte men by gen'all
assent & consent of the pishe of Tauistock to be Sup-
uisors and dispensatours to & for the behouf and vse of the
saide Churche & pishe of Tavistock & of the poore people
of the same, and also of the lazar and poore people of
the hospitall there, namelie for appointinge, doinge, vsinge,
dispensinge, and ordringe the yerelie Revenewes pfitts
lands tenem*^ goods chattells and other afifares that any
waie touche belong or concerne the said Churche & pishe
. . . whearas John Batte prior of ye hospitall or Lazar howsse
of St marie magdalene and St Theobald of Tavistock,' and
' the bretheryn and sustern ' by deed 20th August 27 Eliz.
leased to Fitz and the eight men — for 1000 years — the
mawdelyn Chapell with the chappell haie to the same
belonging, also the three closes called the mawdelyn park,
with one garden adjoining on the north part of the
hospital house, and the east of the lazar lane, now in the
tenure of John ffytz or his assigns, and also one meadow
called the mawdelyn meade, near the water of Lambourne :
In consideration of ^10 for the Relief and mayntenaunce of
the lazaars and poore people aforeseid and other purposes
expressed in the deed ; also of the increase of more
yearly rent for the like use than of old ; also in respect of
giving up the old interest and term in the mawdelyn
meade,' — the aforesaid eight men, &c., assign to John
ffytz the younger, ' sonne and heir apparent of John ffytz,'
for 60 years at 33s. 4d. rent, the mawdelyn chapell, chapel
haie, mawdelyn parke, and garden north of the hospital
house, reserving paths to and from the houses of the
hospital or lazaars on the north side of the chappell haie,
and against the west end of the house ' lately ' called the
mawdelyn chapell. Witnesses — Walter Masters, Robert
Harcomb, Richard Glanvill, Edward Lybbe, Thomas
Hole, Gregory Gay. Sept. 23. 27 ElizabetJi.
[This is ffytz's counterpart, and bears a seal with the device of a centaur on a shell.]

[1593] Lease by Thomas Mohun, Richard Drake, John
Edgecomb, Peter Edgecomb, and Richard Sawell, of close
at Waddon to Roger Sowton. Witnesses include — Nicholas
Glanville, Robert Moore, William Grylls, John Pdyaux.
March 25. 35 Elisabeth.

[1593] Lease by Thomas Lybbe, Richard Drake, and
Thomas Mohun, of messuage and tenement within the
'vyllage' of Tavistock — tenement of Queen east, heirs of
John melett west, garden of Earl of Bedford north, East
street south — to Nicholas Smyth, Elizabeth his wife, and
John their son, for their lives. Recital that the said with
other properties was conveyed by John Glanfyld, merchant,
now dead, March 3, 7 Elisabeth [1565] to John ffytz,
Richard Servyngton, William Houghton, John Gyll, John
Coche, William Kedlye, William Grylls, John Cornyshe,
John Glanvill att Wille, John Glubbe, John Badge, William
Nychole, Edward Denys, John Skirrett, John Nuton,
Walter Glubbe, ' Ewstys Drake,' all now deceased, and to
the grantees, for the benefit of the poor people in the two
almshouses adjoining the churchyard, and for lack of such
to other poor. March 26. 35 Elisabeth.
[Signed and sealed ; neither Drake's nor Lybbe's seal has any personal device ; Mohun's has ' T M,' with ornament.]

[1593] Counterpart of above, less imperfect. Witnesses
to both — Nicholas Glanvyle, Robert Moore, Wm. Grylls,
Jn. Pdyaux, Edward Lybbe.

[1602] Lease by John Skawen, William Grylls, Walter
Masters, William Kedlie, John Gove, Peter Edgcombe, and
John Moore, gentlemen, Walter Trowte, William Burges,
and Mathew Edgcombe, pyshioners of the pyshe of Tavis-
tocke. Whereas John Bate, late pryor of the Maudlin and
the bretheren and sistren, did Aug. 20, the 'seaven and
twentieth yeare of the moste happie Raigne of oure Dreade
Soveraigne Ladye Elizabeth,' grant, &c., for 1000 years a
little tenement & garden in fiford St. in tenure of Marten
Roundall and other properties : Since when John ffytz,
William Houghton, Nicholas Glanvile, Edward Denys,
Roger Uppcott, Richard Drake, & Thomas Sowton died —
and Robert Moore & Thomas Lybbe ' them overly ved, whoe
enioyed the whole pmissis by waye of surviuorshippe,' and
upon request of the churchwardens did Sept. 10, 42
Elizabeth, set over to the above, with Richard Brewen
and Walter Kedlie, deceased : Now these feoffees, in con-
sideration of ^3 paid them by John Nycholls, of Tamerton
ffollyett, professor of physicke, being the Arrearages of an
Incombe and certn Rents formerlie due for thaforesaid
tenement, &c., now or late in the occupation of Walter
Palmer, grant a lease of the same to the said John
Nycholls, on the lives of William Nycholls, Thomas
Nycholls, and Katheren Nycholls, his children. Wit-
nesses — Nicholas Watts, Samuel Sumpter. Signed 'John
Nicolls.' July 10. 44 Elizabeth.
     In 1588 he was listed in the churchwarden accounts of Tavistock Itm paid Nicholas Glanvyle for Threeschore and ffyfteenne foote of wyre att v the ffotte, ffor the Scholehowse windowes, and for Carriadge thereof (Calendar of the Tavistock Parish records RN Worth 1887.)
     In the last few years of his life Nicholas Glanvill seems to have had massive troubles financially. He lost a complete shipload of tin to the Dunkirk pirates, he lost big money with his venture in partly financing the second of the Roanoak Voyages to America in which he had three of his own ships participate. The cost of fitting out three ships for this voyage would have been enormous and he made very little profit from it …As per the court case that followed. His daughter was executed for murder. He cancelled his purchase of the Manor of Plymouth Radcliffe in Plymouth, and after he died his son John had to sell the Tavistock Mansion and a lot of his other property probably to cover debts and pay Dewnes her dowry.

     Nicholas Glanville left a will on 30 August 1598 In the name of God Amen the thirtieth day
of August in the fortieth year of the reign of our Sovereign Lady
Elizabeth by the grace of God of England France and Ireland Queen
Defence of the Faith &c I Nicholas Glanvyle of Tavistock in the county
of Devon esquire noble and perfect of mind and body (thanks be given
unto Almight God) considering and perfectly seeing that death is certain to
all men but *** *** thereof *** /And knowing by daily experience that
many men are suddenly surprised with death and have no reason to dispose
of their lands or good that God in this world *** bestowe upon them for the solice
of them minds children and other freiends /Being therefore willing to be ready
as soon as God shall grant me grace whensoever it shall please god to call me out
of this miserable world *** for the disposing of my wordly things as I ***
and perforthe between he hath appointed and elected me for the beginning to be
*** ready when the number of my days in this *** pilgrimate are
run out to enter into and be partaker of the beautiful *** which is prepared for
them that are made righteous by the *** away of *** *** by the blood
of Jesus Christ doe there this present day make my last will and testament
in manner and form following /First I bequeath my soule to Almightly God
and by body to be buried by the discretion of my executor /Further I do give
anb bequeath unto my daughter Johans Glanvyle five hundred pounds of lawful money of England
to be paid unto her at her day of marriage so as she does behave herself dutiful to
her mother and be governed ruled or admised in her marriage by my executor and
the overseers of this my last will and testament or the more part of them /Farder
I do give and bequeath unto John Gove the son of my daughter Jane Gove twenty
pounds of lawfull money of England to be paid unto him when he shall accomplish the
age of twenty one years if he the said John Gove be then living /Further I do give
and bequeath unto Richard Gove one other son of my said daughter Joane Cove
twenty pounds of lawful money of England to be paid unto him when he shall
accomplish the age of twenty one years if he the said Richard be then living
/Farder I do give and bequeath unto Leonard Gove one other son of my said daughter
Jone Gove twenty pounds of lawfull money of England to be payable unto him
when he shall accomplish the age of twenty one years if the said Leonard be then
living /Farder I do give and bequeath
unto Nicholas Gove one other son of my said daughter Jone Gove twenty
pounds of lawful money of England to be paid unto him when he shall accomplish
the age of twenty one years if he the said Nicholas Gove be the living /Furder
I do give and bequeath unto Thomas Gove one other son of my said daughter
Jone Gove twenty pounds of lawful money of England to be paid unto him
when he shall accomplish the age of twenty one years if he the said Thomas
be then living /Furder I do give and bequeath unto Mary Gove the daughter
of my said daughter Jone Cove twenty pounds of lawful money of England
to be paid unto her when she shall accomplish her age of twenty one years if
she the said Mary be then living /The residue of all my goods and chattels
not before given now bequeathed I give and bequeath unto Elizabeth my wife
who I do make and ordain my full and noble executrix of this my last
will and testament /So as she the said Elizabeth do within three months
next after my death execute suffer and enowledge all and every such ***
act devise and devises in the same as shall be admissed *** or required by the
overseers of this my last will or the most part of them to and for the payment
of my debts and performance of this my last will and testament /And if she
do refuse to execute suffer and enowledge any such act or acts devise and devises
on the same as aforesaid or if the happen to die then I do ordain and make
John Glanvile my eldest son to be my sole executor of this my last will and testament
And further I do entreat my loving brother John Glanvile (one of her mag Justice
of her Righnes Comfit of Comom /Jsedb and my very good friends Robert Moore
William Grilles of Tavistock gent and Philipe Ping to be overseers of this my last will
and testatment and to put the same in all respect performed according to their best
power and discretion as my terms is resposed in them /In witnes hereof I have
herunto set my hand and seal of arms the day and year above written /***
me Nicholas Glanvile / Memorhind: That Thomas Glanville was stricken out of
this will by the said Nicholas Glanvyle, & me Phillipp Pring /Sealed & declared
as the last will and testament of the nother named Nicholas Glanvile by the
nother named Nicholas Glanvile the thirtieth day of August in the fortieth year
of the reign of our Sovereign Lady Queen Elizabeth in the presence of Phillipp
Pring / & me Thomas Mohun, Francis Birche, John Twigges, Robert Moore-
William Grills, Mathew Edgecombe.

Address(es), Census(es) & Occupation(s)

  • Nicholas was a merchant, when recorded Nicholas Glanvill marchaunt, out of a tenenement in which Thomas Browne, Pewtner dwells (Calendar of the Tavistock Parish records RN Worth 1887) in 1588.

Family

Elizabeth Ridley b. b 1554
Children

Elizabeth Ridley

Female, ID #2406, b. before 1554

Alternate Names

     She was also known as Kedley. Her married name was Glanville.

Birth, Marriage and Death information

     Elizabeth Ridley was born before 1554; daughter of William Kedley alias Poynter of Tavistock.
     She married Nicholas Glanville, son of John Glanville and Thomazine Browne, before 1567 at Tavistock, DEV, ENG.

Other information

     On 31 October 1598 she was named in the will of her husband date 30 Aug 1598, and executed it when granted admon. Elizabeth Ridley was living in 1599; when mentioned in a letter (copy Devon Records Office). Accession 1082/5 (Letters from Plymouth to the Corsinis Brothers at Gracechurch Street, London) To Filippo Corsino from James Bagg; he describes his dealing for tin at Tavistock with the mother of Tobias Glanville. He intends to have the tin sent to his house to be cast and packed as ordered by Corsini. He reports on buying lead as ordered by Corsini, 24 July 1599.

Family

Nicholas Glanville b. b 1541, d. c Sep 1598
Children

Ralph Glanville

Male, ID #2407
FatherNicholas Glanville (b 1541 - c 1598)
MotherElizabeth Ridley (b 1554 - )

Birth, Marriage and Death information

     Ralph Glanville was born at ENG.
     He died; without issue.

Nicholas Glanville

Male, ID #2408, b. after 1568
FatherNicholas Glanville (b 1541 - c 1598)
MotherElizabeth Ridley (b 1554 - )

Birth, Marriage and Death information

     Nicholas Glanville was born after 1568 at ENG; record of his baptism very possibly in the now lost Tavistock registers. His birth was after that of his brother John as John was named eldest son and executor in his father's will of 1598.
     He died; stated to be without issue, but now that is believed to be wrong. It is likely he died young, and that record may be in the now-lost Tavistock registers.

Family

Child

Tobias Glanville

Male, ID #2409
FatherNicholas Glanville (b 1541 - c 1598)
MotherElizabeth Ridley (b 1554 - )

Birth, Marriage and Death information

     Tobias Glanville was born at ENG.
     He died; without issue.

Kedley Glanville

Male, ID #2410
FatherNicholas Glanville (b 1541 - c 1598)
MotherElizabeth Ridley (b 1554 - )

Alternate Names

     He was also known as Ridley.

Birth, Marriage and Death information

     Kedley Glanville was born at ENG.
     He died; without issue.

Other information

     With his mother's name sometimes transcribed Kedley, a similar transcription error may mean he was actually named Ridley Glanville.

Richard Glanville

Male, ID #2411, b. before 1550

Alternate Names

     He was also known as Glanfild recorded at marriage.

Birth, Marriage and Death information

     Richard Glanville was born before 1550.
     He married Johanna Martin on 13 August 1578 at St Stephen by Launceston, CON, ENG.

Other information

     Calendar of the Tavistock Parish Records, by Richard Nicholls Worth F.G.S. (written 1887)...
[1585] John ffytz, esquier, with William Houghton, Nicholas Glandvile, Robert Moore, Edward Denys, Roger Upcote, Thomas Libbe, Richard Drake, and Thomas Sowton - 'selectid and chosen the eighte men by gen'all assent & consent of the pishe of Tavistock to be Supuisors and dispensatours to & for the behouf and use of the said Churche and pishe of Tavistock & of the poore people of the same, and also of the lazar and poore people of the hospitall there, namelie for appointinge, doinge. usinge, dispensinge, and ordringe the yearelie Revenewes pfitts lands tenemts goods chattells and other affares that any waie touche belong or concerne the said Churche & pishe ... whearas John Batte prior of ye hospitall or Lazar howsse of St marie magdalene and St Theobald of Tavistock,' and 'the bretheryn and sustern' by deed 20th August 27 Eliz. leased to Fitz and the eight men - for 1000 years - the mawdelyn Chapell with the chappel haie to the same belonging, also the three closes called the mawdelyn park, with one garden adjoining on the north part of the hospital house and the east of the lazar lane, now in the tenure of John ffytz or his assigns, and also one meadow called the mawdelyn meade, near the water of Lambourne: In consideration of £10 for the Relief and mayntenaunce of the lazaars and poore people aforeseid and other purposes expressed in the deed: also of the increase of more yearly rent for the like use than of old; also in respect of giving up the old interest and term in the mawdelyn meade.' - the aforesaid eight men, &c., assign to John ffytz the younger, 'sonne and heir apparent of John ffytz,' for 60 years at 33s. 4d. rent, the mawdelyn chappel, chapel haie, mawdelyn parke, and garden north of the hospital house, reserving paths to and from the houses of the hospital or lazaars on the north side of the chappel haie, and against the west end of the house 'lately' called the mawdelyn chapell. Witnesses - Walter Masters, Robert Harcomb, Richard Glanvill, Edwards Lybbe, Thomas Hole, Gregory Gay. Sept. 23 27 Elizabeth.
[This is ffytz's counterpart, and bears a seal with the device of a centaur on a shell]

Family

Johanna Martin b. b 1550, d. Mar 1602
Children

Agneta Glanville

Female, ID #2412
FatherNicholas Glanville (b 1541 - c 1598)
MotherElizabeth Ridley (b 1554 - )

Birth, Marriage and Death information

     Agneta Glanville was born at ENG.

Johanna Glanville

Female, ID #2413, b. after 1577
FatherNicholas Glanville (b 1541 - c 1598)
MotherElizabeth Ridley (b 1554 - )

Birth, Marriage and Death information

     Johanna Glanville was born after 1577 at ENG.

Other information

     On 30 August 1598 she was named his daughter Johanes Glanvyle in the will of her father, and clearly a minor at that time and not yet married.

male Gove

Male, ID #2414, b. before 1570

Birth, Marriage and Death information

     Male Gove was born before 1570.
     He married Joan Glanville, daughter of Nicholas Glanville and Elizabeth Ridley, before 1590 at ENG.

Family

Joan Glanville b. b 1570

Ulalia Glanville

Female, ID #2415, b. before 1570, d. March 1590/91
FatherNicholas Glanville (b 1541 - c 1598)
MotherElizabeth Ridley (b 1554 - )

Alternate Names

     She was also known as Eulalia. Her married name was Page. She was also known as Eutatia.

Birth, Marriage and Death information

     Ulalia Glanville was born before 1570 at ENG.
     She married William Page before 1590 at ENG.
     She died in March 1590/91 at Castle Green, Barnstaple, DEV, ENG; executed by hanging.
     She was buried on 20 March 1590/91 at Bishops Tawton, DEV, ENG, Barnstaple Register "Burying in March 1590. Here ffolloweth the names of them prysoners which were buryed in the church yearde of Barnistable the Syce week March 1590. ... Ulalya Payge buryed at Byshope Tauton the xxth daye"
Bishops Tawton Register "March 20 1590. Eulalia Page daughter of Nicholas Glanville buryed."

Other information

     The entry in the Barnstaple Register mentions Ulalia being one the Prisoners Executed at the Assize and says she is buried in Bishops Tawton.....the Register for Bishops Tawton says she is the daughter of Nicholas Glanvill.
Ulalia Page, Robert Prideaux, George Strangwidge and Thomas Stone were take to Barnstaple to the Assize for the March Quarter 1590/1 as plague was very high in Exeter....The Assize started there on Tuesday 16th March 1590/1 ... the Judge hearing the case was Lord Anderson....who had sentenced Mary Queen of Scots to death 2 years earlier....Sir John Glanvill was also at the Assize probably to represent Ulalia...
The Assize continued over the Wednesday Thursday and Friday and on the Saturday 18 prisoners were Executed...
There is no record to say how Ulalia was Executed but if she was implicated in the death of her husband she would have been charged with Petty Treason....and the punishment for this in those years was Burning at the Stake.
The bodies of Prideaux, Strangwidge, Stone and Ulalia were claimed after the execution and buried...The three men were buried on the 20th March 1590 in Barnstaple Church Yard...and Ulalia was buried in Bishops Tawton in the Churchyard.
Records show that two people George Strangwidge and Thomas Stone were arrested on the 9th of February 1590/1 the night of Stone's marriage celebration...his marriage can be found on the IGI in Plymouth to an Iset Saunders. on the 9th .....There is an entry in the Plymouth register for the burial of William Page on the 10th Feb 1590/1 so it would seem that William Page was murdered on the 8th ..there is no entry for the arrest of Ulalia Page or Robert Prideaux who were also involved in the murder.

Extract from The Lost Chronicles of Barnstable.
...1590...Monday the 16th of march this year to assises were kept at this town (exeter being infected with the plague) by Judge Anderson alone: the places for him to sit in were made upon the kay, the one ag(ains)t the kayhall (quay hall), and the other by the north end of Mr Collybere house and both were covered with rude: Mr Roger Beaple was now maior: Mr Medford parson of of (sic) Combmerten preached on tewesday. 16th of march, before the judge, 18 were condemned the wenesday and executed at the Castle the saturday following in the afternoone a whereof Mrs Paige was one.
...
Martyne the gaoler kept some of his prisonrs in house late Bailiffs in this towne, and others in Castle Green under tylts with sayles.
Judge lodged at Mr Doddridges.
...
Serjt Glandyl at Rog. Cades
...
Tuesday sat on nisi prius
Wednesday by 5 o clock the judg tried ii or iii causes of nisi prius & then upon the gaol, continued the Wednesday & gave judgement upon those who were to be executed.
Friday & Saturday sat on nisi prius & ended.
The gibbet was sat up on the Castle Green and xviii prisoners hangd, whereof iiii of plymouth for a murder.

The Tragedy of Page, of Plymouth.
The story runs that Judge Glanville, who resided near Tavistock, had a daughter named Ulalia, who became attached to a young man of Tavistock, named George Strangwidge, a lieutenant of a man of war, whose letters the father, disapproving of the attachment, intercepted. An old miser, of Plymouth, named Page, availed himself of this apparent neglect of the young sailor, and on settling a good jointure, obtained her father's good graces and her hand. She took with her a maid servant from Tavistock, but the husband was so penurious, that he dismissed all the other servants, and compelleed his wife and her maid to do all the work themselves. At this time George Strandwidge returned from sea, had an interview with Mrs Page, at which, after mutual upbraidings, they found that letters had been intercepted. The maid and the mistress then plotted to get rid of the old gentleman, to which Strangwidge with great reluctance consented. Page lived in Woolster Street, in Plymouth, and a woman who lived opposite hearing at night some sand thrown against a window, arose, and looking out, saw a young gentleman under Page's window and heard him say, "for God's sake stay your hand." A female voice replied, "'Tis too late, the deed is done." On the following morning it was given out that old Page had died suddenly in the night, and he was buried. On the testimony, however, of the neighbour, the body was disinterred, and it appearing that he had been strangled, his wife, the maid, and Strangwidge were arrested, tried, and executed; and it has since been commonly said that Judge Glanville, her own father, tried her, and pronounced her sentence (Mrs Bray's Traditions of Devonshire Vol 2 p 316). Philip Wyot not only confirms the truth of the legend, but incidentally proves that her father did not try or condemn her. It appears that owing to the plague being that year at Exeter, the assizes were held at Barnstable, and that but one Judge Lord Anderson came, who tried the prisoners, and he writes, "The gibbet was set up the Castle Green, and XVIII prisoners hanged, whereof III of Plymouth, for a murder." This execution is corroborated by our parish registers, which have entries of the names of "those who died in the assize week," "Ulalya Page". A number of Ballads founded on the event, are in the British Museum, entitled as follows: "The lament of Master Page's wife of Plymouth, who being enforced by her parents to wed him against her will, did most wickedly consent to his murder, for the love of George Strangwidge, for the fact she suffered death at Barnstaple. Written with her own hands, a little before her death." Another was entitled "Mr George Strangwidge's lament for consenting to Mr Page's death, for the love of Mrs Ulalia, Mr Page's wife". Another "the sorrowful complaint of Mistress Page for causing her husband to be murdered for the love of George Strangwidge, who were executed together at Barnstaple".

Family

William Page b. b 1570, d. 8 Feb 1590/91

Dewnes Glanville

Female, ID #2416, b. before 1580, d. September 1635
FatherNicholas Glanville (b 1541 - c 1598)
MotherElizabeth Ridley (b 1554 - )

Alternate Names

     Her married name was Vosper. Her married name was Strode.

Birth, Marriage and Death information

     Dewnes Glanville was born before 1580 at ENG.
     She married Henry Vosper before 1600 at ENG.
     She married Sir William Strode on 31 March 1624 at the Parish Church, Tavistock, DEV, ENG, William Strode Knight and *** Dewnes Vosper were marryed the 31 of March.
     She died in September 1635 at ENG.
     She was buried on 16 September 1635 at Plympton St Mary, DEV, ENG.

Other information

     Dewnes was married 2 times.

Family 1

Henry Vosper b. b 1580

Family 2

Sir William Strode b. 1 Feb 1561, d. 27 Jun 1637

Tobias Glanville

Male, ID #2417, b. before 1576, d. 1613
FatherNicholas Glanville (b 1541 - c 1598)
MotherElizabeth Ridley (b 1554 - )

Birth, Marriage and Death information

     Tobias Glanville was born before 1576 at ENG.
     He married Frances Wadham in 1596 at ENG at marriage, Nicholas Glanville gave his son Tobias land in Ashburton, Tavistock and Lamerton
- Reference: 4625M-0/T/2/7
Devon Record Office
Creation date: 7 Jan 1596/7
Copies Information
Transcript at D.D. 39179
Scope and Content:
Marriage Settlement
Nicholas Glanville, George Wadham, John Fitz, Thomas Glanville, William Maynard. Tobias Glanville and Frances Wadham.
Lands in Tavistock, Ashburton and Lamerton

However this gift was revoked the following year. . .
Reference: 4625M-0/T/2/8
Devon Record Office
Creation date: 30 June 1597
Copies Information
Transcript at D.D. 39180 which is wrongly dated
Scope and Content:
Copy Revocation by Nicholas Glanville of 4625M-0/T/2/7

The following his father's death, Tobias received property again. . .
Reference: 1262M/T/1161
Creation date: 1600
Scope and Content:
Quitclaim
Tenement in borough where Elizabeth Glanvile lives Henry Vosper of Tavistock, merchant, and Dewnes his wife to Tobias Glanvile of Tavistock, merchant.
     He died in 1613.
     He was buried on 18 September 1613 at St Stephen by Launceston, Launceston, CON, ENG.

Other information

     He is believed to have gone to Tunis with Captain John Ward, served with Ambrose Say, been captured in 1613 and committed suicide
ref : http://pirateshold.buccaneersoft.com/pirates.php?alpha=g

Also
AN ALABASTER PALACE IN TUNISIA
...
Another English renegado "gentleman" (from Cornwall) was Ambrose Sayer. In 1613 Sayer was captain of an Algerian vessel which was captured at Sale by an English ship, whose captain decided to send the corsairs back to London to stand trial. Toby Glanville, one of Sayer's shipmates, realized the "game was up, made several attempts to commit suicide and eventually succeeded in throwing himself off the stern of the ship." Presumably, like most sailors, he'd never learned to swim. Captain Sayer was sent home and convicted of piracy, but somehow managed to escape-and presumably to retire, since we hear no more of him.
ref: http://hermetic.com/bey/pirate-utopias/an-alabaster-palace-in-tunisia.html

Also
From British History Online (http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=96953)
Publication : Calendar of State Papers Relating to English Affairs in the Archives of Venice, Volume 11: 1607-1610
Author : Horatio F. Brown (editor)
Year published : 1904
Pages : 208-226
11 Footnote
Capt. Dansiker of Flushing. See Cal. S.P. Ireland, 1608–1610, p. 279, where the following names of the leading pirates in Tunis are given, John Ward, John Kerson of Embden, Edward Bisshopp, Anthony Jhonson, William Graves, Samson Denball, Toby Glanfield, Harris and Dansker.

Also
From British History Online
http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=111910&strquery=Waddam%20%20Date%20accessed:
Publication : Calendar of the Cecil Papers in Hatfield House, Volume 12: 1602-1603
Author : R. A. Roberts (editor)
Year published : 1910
Pages : 136-157
I have sent herewith the petition of Glanfield, the letter of Monsieur de Surdeac, and the petition of Waddam, father-in-law to Glanfield, endorsed and subscribed by my Lord Admiral and you. I have divers times moved her Majesty therein, but could never obtain other answer than this, that her Highness would reserve her answer till she had conferred with you thereabouts. If some present order be not taken therein, what is like then to ensue may partly be guessed at by Monsieur de Surdeac's letter. Myself and the other commissioners have been more importuned for this than any other cause. Mr. Secretary Herbert and Mr. Edmonds can more particularly inform you herein.—St. Catharins, 9 May, 1602.

Also
From British History Online
http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=112646
Publication : Calendar of the Cecil Papers in Hatfield House, Volume 23: Addenda, 1562-1605
Author : G. Dyfnallt Owen (editor)
Year published : 1973
Pages : 188-197
He is the Governor of Brest, and Lieutenant-General ofBrittany. In the time of the late Queen Elizabeth he sustained great losses at sea through the actions of Captain Crofte and Toby Glanfield, and obtained a commission from the Lord Admiral of England to arrest them and confiscate their goods. He seized their ship, but this was employed in the Queen's service in Ireland and there lost, whereby he remained uncompensated for his losses. Later the King of France sent over the Count of Beaumont, now French Ambassador in London, and the Sieur de Boissize, and they, together with the Lord Admiral, Lord Cranborne, Sir Julius Caesar and other commissioners agreed that £900 due by the late Queen to the offenders should be paid to petitioner as compensation. But the Queen died before the award could be effected. By order from the King of France, the Count of Beaumont has moved King James to intervene, who has referred the matter to Cranborne. Petitioner requests that, since the affair has already lasted six years, some definite measure should be taken for his satisfaction.—1604.
...
[1604].
He is an agent for Lord Sourdeac, Lieutenant of the French King in Brittany. Upon the presentation of the latter's suit to the King of England for £900 towards the indemnification of losses suffered by him at the hands of Captain Crofts and Captain Glanfield, the King referred it to the Privy Council. The Council conferred with the French Ambassador and agreed that the sum of £600 should be paid by the King. Petitioner expresses his gratitude for this favour, and requests a warrant for the payment of the money to him on behalf of Sourdeac.
     On 4 January 1606 he was named (along with his brother)
Reference:E 134/4Jas1/Hil15
Description:
John Veale v. Griffith Bond, John Stephen, Roger Taylor.: Right to the toll tin in the manor and parish of Catstock; whether workers of tin there have had tin toll free? Was John Glanvile farmer of such toll tin, and did he convey such right? Customs of manor. Customs of manors of Stoke, Clinisland, and Relaton, touching toll tin. Survey of same. (The names of Hart, Smith, Brendon, Richards, and Tobias Glanville, are mentioned.): Cornwall
Date: 4 Jas 1 1606
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record

Separately it is known his father Nicholas leased a large plot of land in Callington, Manor of Calstock.

Family

Frances Wadham b. b 1577
Children

Frances Wadham

Female, ID #2418, b. before 1577

Alternate Names

     As of before 1597,her married name was Glanville.

Birth, Marriage and Death information

     Frances Wadham was born before 1577.
     She married Tobias Glanville, son of Nicholas Glanville and Elizabeth Ridley, in 1596 at ENG at marriage, Nicholas Glanville gave his son Tobias land in Ashburton, Tavistock and Lamerton
- Reference: 4625M-0/T/2/7
Devon Record Office
Creation date: 7 Jan 1596/7
Copies Information
Transcript at D.D. 39179
Scope and Content:
Marriage Settlement
Nicholas Glanville, George Wadham, John Fitz, Thomas Glanville, William Maynard. Tobias Glanville and Frances Wadham.
Lands in Tavistock, Ashburton and Lamerton

However this gift was revoked the following year. . .
Reference: 4625M-0/T/2/8
Devon Record Office
Creation date: 30 June 1597
Copies Information
Transcript at D.D. 39180 which is wrongly dated
Scope and Content:
Copy Revocation by Nicholas Glanville of 4625M-0/T/2/7

The following his father's death, Tobias received property again. . .
Reference: 1262M/T/1161
Creation date: 1600
Scope and Content:
Quitclaim
Tenement in borough where Elizabeth Glanvile lives Henry Vosper of Tavistock, merchant, and Dewnes his wife to Tobias Glanvile of Tavistock, merchant.

Family

Tobias Glanville b. b 1576, d. 1613
Children

Nicholas Glanville

Male, ID #2419, b. before 16 January 1597
FatherTobias Glanville (b 1576 - 1613)
MotherFrances Wadham (b 1577 - )

Birth, Marriage and Death information

     Nicholas Glanville was born before 16 January 1597 at CON, ENG.
     He was baptized on 16 January 1597 at St Stephen by Saltash, CON, ENG.
     He married Joane (Surname Unknown) after 1617 at ENG.

Family

Joane (Surname Unknown) b. b 1612, d. Sep 1634
Children

Elizabeth Glanville

Female, ID #2420, b. before 1598
FatherTobias Glanville (b 1576 - 1613)
MotherFrances Wadham (b 1577 - )

Birth, Marriage and Death information

     Elizabeth Glanville was born before 1598 at CON, ENG.
     She was baptized in 1598 at CON, ENG.

John Glanville

Male, ID #2421, b. 1625, d. before 2 July 1685
FatherNicholas Glanville (b 1597 - )
MotherJoane (Surname Unknown) (b 1612 - 1634)

Birth, Marriage and Death information

     John Glanville was born in 1625 at ENG.
     He died before 2 July 1685.

Other information

     John Glanville left a will on 26 May 1684 In the name of God Amen
I John Glanvill late of Plymouth being sick in body but of sound and perfect
memory thanks bee to God Doe make and ordaine this my last Will and
Testament In manner and forme following Imprimis I bequeath my
Soule to Almighty God hoping through the meritts of Jesus Christ to
obtain Remifsion of my Sinns and my Body to Christian buriall Item
I give and bequeath to ffrancis Brant of London All my Linnen
Woollen Bedding and other Commodities such shall bee in this Custody at
the time of my death to bee distributed according to his discretion amongst
him and his freinds and especially something to Johan Raddich which may
bee convenient for her and to Mary Brant one Gould Ring with this posey
honnoured for thy virtue Item I doe give and bequeath unto my Neece
Martha Mall? my Black Cover Watch Item I doe give and bequeath unto
William Allen my brother All my wearing Apparrell which I have at
Plymouth All the Rest of my Goods and Chatells not formerly given and
bequeathed my funds all expenses debts and Legacies being paid I doe give and
bequeath unto Zophia Glanville my neece and Goddaughter whom I do
make my whole and sole Executrix of this my last will and testament
revoking all other Wills and Testaments formerly made and in the
minority of Zophia Glanvill my Executrix my desiire will and meaning is that
Mr John Allen Merchantand Mr Abraham Edgcombe of Plymouth
shall be her Trustees to Act and doe for her best advantage In witness
whereof I have hereunto sett my hand and seale and published this my last
will and testament this twenty sixth day of May in the Thirty Sixth yeare
of the Reigne of our Sovreigne Lord Charles King of England Scotland ffrance
and Ireland Defender of the ffaith etc Annogne Domini One thousand six
hundred eighty four John Glanville Signed sealed and published in prsens of Wm
Smith John Abright John Drewcombe?

Secundo
... Latin text... Sophia Glanvill Johannis Glanvill St Buttolph Aldersgate London 2 Jul 1685.

Address(es), Census(es) & Occupation(s)

  • As of 1680, John Glanville lived at Plymouth, DEV, ENG, when named in the will of his brother Joseph.

Benjamin Glanville

Male, ID #2422, b. after 1617
FatherNicholas Glanville (b 1597 - )
MotherJoane (Surname Unknown) (b 1612 - 1634)

Birth, Marriage and Death information

     Benjamin Glanville was born after 1617 at ENG.

Rev Joseph Glanville

Male, ID #2423, b. 1630, d. 4 November 1680
FatherNicholas Glanville (b 1597 - )
MotherJoane (Surname Unknown) (b 1612 - 1634)

Birth, Marriage and Death information

     Rev Joseph Glanville was born in 1630 at Plymouth, DEV, ENG.
     He married Ann (Surname Unknown) after 1650 at ENG.
     He married Mary (Surname Unknown) circa 1672 at ENG.
     He married Margaret Selwyn on 3 December 1679 at St Botolphs, Bishopsdate, LND, ENG, (when age calculated as 49 years) Canterbury may be licence location. Her age recorded 28. The London location derived from a Marriage Allegation held by Lambeth Palace Library dating (as per the licence) to 3 Dec 1679.
Canterbury being the source of Allegations for Marriage Licences Issue by the Vicar-General of the Archbishop of Canterbury.
     He died on 4 November 1680 at Bath, SOM, ENG.
     He was buried on 9 November 1680 at the Abbey, Bath, SOM, ENG, Mr Joseph Glanvill Rector of the Church of St Peter & Paul was Buried November 9th.
     His estate was probated on 31 December 1680 at the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, where administration was granted to Margaret and Robert Glanvill.

Other information

     Rev Joseph Glanville graduated in 1655 with a B.A. from Exeter College Oxford; and M.A. from Lincoln College Oxford in 1658.
     In 1664 he was a Fellow of the Royal Society.
     In 1666 He was listed as follows:
Memorandum that on ye 23 Day of June Ano Dom 1666 Joseph Glanvill Clerke Master of Arts was inducted Rector of ye Parish Church of St Peter & St Paul in ye Citty of Bath with all ye App'tenances to ye said Rectory & Parish Church belonging.
     Rev Joseph Glanville left a will on 3 October 1680 summarised:
In the name of God Amen. 3 Oct., 1680. I Joseph Glanvill, clerk, Rector of Bath Somerset, revoke all former wills. Imprimis, Whereas I lately purchased from the Right Honourable Henry, Lord Marquis of Worcester, three annuities of £40 each, I will, give, etc. that the said annuities be paid unto my three children, Sophia Glanvill, Henry Glanvill and Mary Glanvill .... goes on to mention his kinsman Nicholas Horsman, and gives the custody of "my three children to my wife Margaret, and to my loving friends Richard Thompson of Bristol, Thomas Tison and Mr. Wm Cole of the same City, and to Mr. Edmund Bayly of Frome Selwood.". . . . A debt of £300 to be paid by his wife. . . . . "Item, I give to my brother John Glanvill of Plymouth my black nagg." Wishes his wife to place his three children with the widow Jane Webb of Bristol, and that "my servant Martha Webb may be with them and attend them." Gives to his servant Roger Walters 40s., and all other goods, chattels, plate, I give to my wife, and I make and appoint her sole executrix. In witness, etc.
(Signed) Josh GLANVILLE.

     The following is a summary of the key points about his life...

1. Dates
Born: Plymouth, 1636
Died: Bath, 4 Nov. 1680
Dateinfo: Dates Certain
Lifespan: 44

2. Father
Occupation: Merchant

Glanvill was the third son of Nicholas Glanvill, a merchant in Plymouth.

No clear information on financial status. Glanvill went to Oxford as a battelar, a status above that of servitor, but I do not find this sufficient information for any judgment.

3. Nationality
Birth: English
Career: English
Death: English

4. Education
Schooling: Oxford, M.A.

Oxford University, Exeter College, 1652-6; B.A., 1655. Lincoln College, 1656-8; M.A., 1658.

5. Religion
Affiliation: Anglican

Glanville was reared in a strict Puritan household. Apparently student years at Oxford freed him from this. It is hard to be sure just how far Glanvill operated from principle and how far from expediency. At any rate, he was ordained in 1660 and became an articulate defender of Latitudinarian Anglicanism. It appears that he was an Anglican throughout his whole adult life; I do not list the Puritan phase.

6. Scientific Disciplines
Primary: Natural Philosophy
Subordinate: Natural History

Glanville made a couple of minor contributions to natural history, about the mines and medicinal springs near Bath, in response to general enquiries about natural history published in the Philosophical Transactions.
His major work was in such books as Vanity of Dogmatizing, 1660, Scepsis scientifica (a later version of Vanity), 1664, and Plus Ultra, 1668, all defenses of the new natural philosophy, especially of experimental philosophy, against its detractors.
Apparently all of his works are vocally hostile toward Scholastic philosophy. Scepsis closes with a "Letter to a Friend, concerning Aristotle," an articulate expression of the age's turning away from Aristotle.

Philosophia pia; or, A Discourse of the Religious Temper and Tendencies of the Experimental Philosophy, 1671.

7. Means of Support
Primary: Church Life
Secondary: Patronage

Glanvill was chaplain to Francis Rous, one of Cromwell's lords, 1658-9 (when Rouse died).

Rector of Wimbish, Essex, 1660-2.
Vicar of Frome Selwood, Somerstershire, 1662-72.
Rector of the Abbey Church at Bath, 1666-80. After 1666 Bath appears to have been Glanvill's seat. But note that he always held a second benefice at the same time.
Rector of the Streat and Walton, 1672-80. In 1672 he exchanged Frome Selwood for Streat and Walton.
Chaplain in ordinary to Charles II, 1672-80.
Received a prebend at Worcester, 1678.

8. Patronage
Types: Court Official, Aristrocrat, Gentry, Eccesiastic Official

Glanvill came from fairly modest beginnings, and he was clearly on the make. He was forward in introducing himself to prominent people such as Richard Baxter, Robert Boyle, and the Duchess of Newcastle. He was profuse in the use of dedications. When he died, he left a goodly inheritance.
Invited by Francis Rous, one of Cromwell's lords and provost of Eton College, to live with him as his chaplain, from 1658 until Rous' death in 1659.
His brother, a prosperous merchant purchased the rectory of Wimbish for him in 1660. Despite the obvious analogies with patronage, I will not list this.
He dedicated Vanity of Dogmatizing to Joseph Maynard, Fellow and later Rector of Exeter College. Their connection is unknown, and Maynard did not reappear in Glanvill's later life.
Presented to the vicarage of Frome Selwood in 1662 by Sir James Thynne, and later to Streat and Walton. I am not aware that he dedicated anything to Thynne.
He dedicated Lux orientalis, 1662, to Francis Willughby, Esq. I am pretty sure this is John Ray's patron.
He dedicated Scepsis scientifica to the Royal Society. Lord Breneton read the dedication to the society at the meeting of 7 December 1664 and proposed Glanville for membership at that time,
Dedicated Plus ultra, 1668, to William Pierce, Bishop of Bath and Wells.
Dedicated "An Account of the Nature of a Spirit" (part of A Blow at Modern Sadducism) to Charles, Duke of Richmond and Lennox.
Dedicated A Prefatory Anser to Mr. Henry Stubbe, 1671, to Francis Godolphin.
Dedicated Philosophia pia, 1671, to Seth Ward, Bishop of Salisbury.
Appointed chaplain in ordinary by Charles II, 1672.
Through the influence of the Marquis of Worcestor, to whom he was related by marriage, he received the prebend in Worcester. Glanville had dedicated books (Essays on Several Important Subjects, 1676, and a set of four sermons, 1678) to both the Marquis and the Marchioness shortly before this.

9. Technological Involvement
Type: None

10. Scientific Societies
Membership: Royal Society

Informal Connections: Frequent correspondence with Richard Baxter, Boyle and Henry More from 1661. With Henry More he formed a virtual association for psychical research. Successfully traced the important missing manuscripts of Samuel Foster.

Royal Society, 1664-80. Secretary of a Somerset affiliate established in 1669 (and I think stillborn almost immediately).

Sources
Dictionary of National Biography (repr., London: Oxford University Press, 1949-50), 7, 1287-8. Biographia Britannica, 1st ed. (London, 1747-66), 4, 2203-15.
Jackson Cope, Joseph Glanvill, Anglican Apologist, (St. Louis, 1956). Anthony à Wood, Athenae oxonienses (Fasti oxonienses is attached, with separate pagination, to the Athenae), 4 vols. (London, 1813-20), 3, 1244-53, Richard Popkin, "Joseph Glanvill: a Precursor of David Hume," Journal of the History of Ideas, 14 (1953), 292-303.
_____, "The Development of the Philosophical Reputation of Joseph Glanville," Journal of the History of Ideas, 15 (1954), 305-

11.
Thomas Birch, The History of the Royal Society, 4, 58-60.
Stephen Medcalf, "Introduction" to Glanvill, The Vanity of Dogmatizing: The Three Versions, (Hove, Sussex, 1970), pp. xiii-xlvi.
Sascha Talmor, Glanvill: The Uses and Abuses of Scepticism, (Oxford, 1987).

Not Available and Not Consulted
Moody E. Prior, "Joseph Glanvill, Witchcraft, and Seventeenth- Century Science," Modern Philology, 30 (1932), 167-93.

Compiled by: Richard S. Westfall, Department of History and Philosophy of Science, Indiana University.

Address(es), Census(es) & Occupation(s)

  • Joseph was vicar of Frome, Somerset in 1662.
  • Joseph was rector of Bath between 1666 and 1680.
  • Joseph was rector of Bath on 3 October 1680.

Family 1

Ann (Surname Unknown) b. 1629, d. 2 Apr 1689
Children

Family 2

Mary (Surname Unknown) b. b 1652, d. Apr 1679
Children

Family 3

Margaret Selwyn b. c 1651, d. a 1680
Child

Ann (Surname Unknown)

Female, ID #2424, b. 1629, d. 2 April 1689

Alternate Names

     Her married name was Glanville.

Birth, Marriage and Death information

     Ann (Surname Unknown) was born in 1629.
     She married Rev Joseph Glanville, son of Nicholas Glanville and Joane (Surname Unknown), after 1650 at ENG.
     She died on 2 April 1689 at ENG; a monument in Little Bardfield, Essex identifies her as the wife of Joseph, vicar of Wimbish and Bath, and mother of Elizabeth Bernhard.

Family

Rev Joseph Glanville b. 1630, d. 4 Nov 1680
Children

Margaret Selwyn

Female, ID #2425, b. circa 1651, d. after 1680

Alternate Names

     She was also known as Mrs Margaret Browning named at marriage, the will of her son Charles showing this was the surname of her first husband. Her married name was Glanville.

Birth, Marriage and Death information

     Margaret Selwyn was born circa 1651.
     She married Samuel Browning after 2 April 1673 at Gloucester, GLS, ENG.
     She married Rev Joseph Glanville, son of Nicholas Glanville and Joane (Surname Unknown), on 3 December 1679 at St Botolphs, Bishopsdate, LND, ENG, Canterbury may be licence location. Her age recorded 28. The London location derived from a Marriage Allegation held by Lambeth Palace Library dating (as per the licence) to 3 Dec 1679.
Canterbury being the source of Allegations for Marriage Licences Issue by the Vicar-General of the Archbishop of Canterbury. Margaret Selwyn and Samuel Browning obtained a marriage license on 2 April 1673 at Gloucester, GLS, ENG; Samuel Browning aged 22 and Margaret Selwyn aged 21. Both residents of Glos.
     She died after 1680 at ENG.
     She was buried at Cathedral, Gloucester, GLS, ENG, according to the will of her son Charles.
Her Monumental Inscription reads "Uxor ejus secunda e Selvinorum prosapia in Com. Glocestrensi, Maerens posuit" (the second wife, of Selwyn stock in the county Glos, set in grief.)

Other information

     Margaret was married 2 times.
     On 3 October 1680 she was made executor in the will of her husband, proving it just under 3 months later.

Family 1

Samuel Browning b. c 1650, d. b 1679

Family 2

Rev Joseph Glanville b. 1630, d. 4 Nov 1680
Child

Joseph Glanville

Male, ID #2426, b. April 1664, d. July 1665
FatherRev Joseph Glanville (1630 - 1680)
MotherAnn (Surname Unknown) (1629 - 1689)

Birth, Marriage and Death information

     Joseph Glanville was born in April 1664 at Frome, SOM, ENG.
     He was baptized in April 1664 at St John, Frome, SOM, ENG, Joseph Glanvil Willi.....vicar....
     He died in July 1665 at ENG (when age calculated as 1.)
     He was buried on 5 July 1665 at ENG.

Rev Maurice Glanville

Male, ID #2427, b. 1657, d. May 1698
FatherRev Joseph Glanville (1630 - 1680)
MotherAnn (Surname Unknown) (1629 - 1689)

Birth, Marriage and Death information

     Rev Maurice Glanville was born in 1657 at ENG.
     He married Elizabeth Carter on 28 April 1682 at Debden, ESS, ENG, (when age calculated as 25 years.)
     He died in May 1698 at Wimbish, ESS, ENG.
     He was buried on 29 May 1698 at All Saints, Wimbish, ESS, ENG, Maurice Glanvil. Some transcriptions record 27th May.

Other information

     Rev Maurice Glanville left a will on 1 September 1692 In the name of God Amen
I Maurice Glanvill of Wymbish in the county of Essex clerk being
in good health of body but of a sound disposing minde and memory
praised be Almighty God for the same but confidering the incertainty of
this present life doe for the settling and disposing of that wordly Estate
it hath pleased Almighty God to bestow upon me make publifh and
declare this (revoking and by these presents dissonnulling all former
wills and Testaments by me at any time heretofore made) to be my
laft Will and Testament ffirst and principally I comend my Soule into
the hands of Almighty God that give it hoping and afsuredly trusting
that through the merits death and pafsion of my dearest Lord and
Saviour Jesus Christ I shall receive the full and free pardon and
remifsion of all my sins and inherit everlasting life And my body I
comit to the Earth to be decently buried at the discretion of my Executrix
hereafter named And as touching the disposition of such temperall
Estate as it hath pleased Almighty God to bestow upon me I give and
dispose thereof as followeth Item I give and devise unto Elizabeth my
loving wife All and singular my ffreehold and cuftomary Lands what
soever lying and being in the parish of Layham in the county of Suffolk
and now in the tenure or occupation of Edward Wright his Assignee or
afsignes And also all that my messuage or tenement with the yards
orchards gardens closes and parcels of land meadow and pasture ground
whatsoever situate lying and being in the parish of Hadley in the
County of Suffolk and now inthe tenure or occupation of Thomas Ennuc?
To have and to hold the said ffreholds and cuftomary lands lying and
being in the said parish of Layham in the said County of Suffolk unto
the said Elizabeth my wife and for during the term of her natural life
(without impeachment of or for any manner of wast) And from and after
her decease then I give and devise the said ffreeholds and cuftomary lands
in Layham aforesaid And also my said Messuage or Tenement with the
yards orchards gardens closes and parcels of arable land meadow and
pasture ground whatsoever situate lying and being in the parifh of
Hadley aforesaid in the County aforesaid unto my second son Joseph
Glanvile and to the heirs of his body lawfully begotten and to be begotten
and for want of such issue I give and devise the same to my eldest son Maurice
Glanvill and the Heirs of his body lawfully begotten and to
be begotten And for default of such issue I give and devise the same unto
Elizabeth Glanvill my daughter and to the heires of her body lawfully
begotten and to be begotten And for default of such ifsue I give and devise
the same unto my second daughter Anne Glanvill her heires and
Assignes forever Item I give and devise unto the said Elizabeth my
wife All and singular my Messuage or Tenement with the houses yards
Gardens Orchards Lands meadow and pasture grounds whatsoever situate
lying and being in the parish of Ashorn in the County of Essex to hold the same
unto the said Elizabeth my wife for and during the term of her naturall life
without impeachment of or for any manner of wast And from and after her
decease Then I give and devise the same unto Elizabeth Glanvill my Daughter
and to the heires of her body lawfully begotten and to be begotten And for
default of such issue I give and devise the same to the said Anne Glanvill my
daughter and her heires and Assignes foe ever Item whereas I am possessed
and interested in one moiety or half part of a certain messuage and lands called
or known by the mae of Harrisons situate lying and being in the parish of
Wymbish aforesaid and in my own occupation Now my Will and intent is
and I doe hereby give and devise my said moiety unto the said Anne
Glanvill my daughter and to the heires of body lawfully begotten and to
be begotten and for default of such ifsue I give and devise the same unto
my son Maurice Glanvill and to the heires of his body lawfully begotten
and to be begotten And for default of such ifsue I give and devise the same
unto my said son Joseph Glanvill and to his heires and Assignes forever
Item I give and devise unto my eldest son Maurice Glanvill All that the
parsonage rectory or Donafice of Wymbish in the county of Essex now
in my occupation To hold the same unto the same Maurice Glanvill my son
and the heires of his body lawfully begotten or to be begotten and for default
of such ifsue I give devise the same unto my said second son Joseph Glanvill
and his heires for ever Item Whereas the Advosen *** nomination
right of presentation to the parish Church vicarage and personage of
Wymbish cum Chunderley in the County of Essex is vested in me and my
Heires *alterrius viritez cum attiderint Now my Will and minde is and I doe
hereby give the same unto my loving brother Thomas Carter the younger
and his heirs forever In trust nevertheless and to the only use and behoof
of my second son Joseph Glanvill and the heires of his body begotten or to be
begotten And for default of such issue then to the use and behoofe of my said
eldest son Maurice Glanvill and his heires forever Item I give and bequeath
unto my said son Maurice Glanvill All that my library or studdy of bookes
of what nature or kind soever at Wymbish aforesaid Item I give and
bequeath unto my said loving Brother Thomas Carter all my Minutes notes and manufcripts
Item all the rest and residue of my goods chattels and personall Estate of
what nature or kind soever not herein and hereby before given and
bequeathed I give and bequeath unto the said Elizabeth my wife (whom I
make sole Executrix of this my laft Will and Testament) to be by her used
and enjoyed during the term of her naturall life and from and after her
decease than I give and bequeath the said goods chattels and personall Estate
unto my said daugher Anne to her sole use and benefit In witnefs whereof
I the said Maurice Glanville have to this my laft Will and Testament
contained in three sheets of paper to every sheet set my hand to the the
laft sheet set my hand and seale the ffirst day of September in the ffourth
year of the reign of our Soveraign Lord and Lady William and Mary by
the grace of God of England Scotland ffrance and Ireland King and
Queen Defenders of the ffaith y Anno* Dm 1692 Maurice Glanvile
Signed sealed published and declared to be the last will and testament
of the said Maurice Glanvile in the presence of us who have attested our
names as witnefses therere in his presence Tho: Carter, William Carter
Jon: Bradbury

Memorandum that before the sealing and
Publishing of the within mentioned Will I the within named Maurice
Glanvile do by these presents give and bequeath unto the Poor of the
parish of Wymbish in the County of Essex the sum of fforty shillings of
lawfull money of England And to the poor of the parish of Welton in the
County of Bucks the sum of Twenty shillings of lawfull money of England
to be paid within one month next after my decease And do make and ordain
this Endorsment as part of my said laft Will Witnefs my hand the day and
year within written Maurice Glanvile Test Tho: Carter William
Carter Jon: Bradbury

Probatum
...Latin text ... Elizabeth Glanvile relict.

Family

Elizabeth Carter b. b 1662, d. Aug 1700
Children

Elizabeth Carter

Female, ID #2428, b. before 1662, d. August 1700

Alternate Names

     Her married name was Glanville.

Birth, Marriage and Death information

     Elizabeth Carter was born before 1662.
     She married Rev Maurice Glanville, son of Rev Joseph Glanville and Ann (Surname Unknown), on 28 April 1682 at Debden, ESS, ENG.
     She died in August 1700 at Wimbish, ESS, ENG.
     She was buried on 7 August 1700 at Wimbish, ESS, ENG, recorded Mistris Elizabeth Glanvil, widow. Note this is before the date in her will.
     Her estate was probated on 10 September 1700 at the prerogative Court of Canterbury, granting admon to Martin Carter named executor in the will.

Other information

     Elizabeth Carter left a will on 10 August 1700 In the Name of God Amen
The tenth day of August in the year of our Lord God one thousand
seven hundred I Elizabeth Glanvile of Wimbish in the County of
Essex widow being weak and infirm of body but of sound and perfect
memory God be praised therefore do make appoint and declare this
to be my last will and testament in manner and form folloinwg
Imprimis I commend my soul into the hands of Almighty God my
creator hoping and assuredly believeing only by and through the
allsufficient merits of Jesus Christ my redeemer to be made partaker
of life everlasting Item I commit my body to the earth to be decently
interred with Christian burial at the discretion of my exectuors
hereafter mentioned Item after my debts to be fully paid and funeral
expenses discharged I order devise dispose given and bequeath the
estate of my goods and chattles whatsoever which good of his mercy
hath bestowed upon me in this life in manner and form hereunder
written and expressed Item I give and bequeath unto my loving
cousin Mary Ball the sum of give pounds to be paid unto her in
twelve months after my decease Item I give and bequeath unto
my tennant William Wills one Jarfand Clock and two half
hogheads and forty shillings in money which he hath in his own
hands Item I give to my maidservant Ann Collin forty five
shillings which she is now indebted to me Item I give and order the
poor of Wimbish five pounds in money or bread or according as
my executor shall think most fit Item order appoint give and
bequeath unto my dear and loving daughter Elizabeth Glanvile
all the rest and residue of goods chattles debts bonds bills plate and
money whatsoever or in whose hands whatsoever they are into
be paid and delivered unto my said daughter at the day of her
marriage that shall first and next happen or when she shall attain
the age of one and twenty years Item if it should happen that
my said daughter should decease before the day of her marriage
or before she attain the age of one and twenty years I order and
bequeath her said portion unto my loving brothers Thomas Martin
and William Carter to be equally divided amongst them Item I
do by these presents make constitute appoint ordain and declare
my loving brothers Thomas and Martin Carter joint executors
in trust of this my present testament Item my will and desire is
that my said Executors shall gratify Doctor Wallace of Ipswich
largely as they please for any kindness offered or dent or shall be
(4 illegible lines,containing words ... said daughter... item ... Will and testament I ...
Elizabeth Glanvile testrix have *** hand and seal the day
and year *** above written / E Glanvile Signed sealed and)
declared *** the presence **** John Canning John Deer Tho:
Clark.

Family

Rev Maurice Glanville b. 1657, d. May 1698
Children

Elizabeth Glanville

Female, ID #2429, b. before 1664, d. 9 May 1687
FatherRev Joseph Glanville (1630 - 1680)
MotherAnn (Surname Unknown) (1629 - 1689)

Alternate Names

     Her married name was Bernard.

Birth, Marriage and Death information

     Elizabeth Glanville was born before 1664 at ENG.
     She married Rev Thomas Bernard on 20 May 1684 at St Mary, Debden, ESS, ENG, he Clerc Rector, of Bradfield Parva, her single woman of Wimbesh.
     She died on 9 May 1687 at ENG; the monument at Little Bardfield, Essex identify her parents.

Other information

     On 18 April 1682 at St Mary Debden an Eliabeth *ORTER married *itius GLANVILLE and this may be the person who later married Thomas Barnard even though named then as Single (not Widow.)

Family

Rev Thomas Bernard b. b 1664
Children

Rev Thomas Bernard

Male, ID #2430, b. before 1664

Birth, Marriage and Death information

     Rev Thomas Bernard was born before 1664.
     He married Elizabeth Glanville, daughter of Rev Joseph Glanville and Ann (Surname Unknown), on 20 May 1684 at St Mary, Debden, ESS, ENG, he Clerc Rector, of Bradfield Parva, her single woman of Wimbesh.

Family

Elizabeth Glanville b. b 1664, d. 9 May 1687
Children