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Taylor's Map of Hampshire 1759

Ivan Hurst Places 14 January 2024

Taylor's Map of Hampshire 1759

The website for Old Hampshire Maps and Other Historic Resources is a most excellent source of information which I often refer to.

I normally click on the top left icon, Old Hampshire Mapped, but believe that the one next to it on the right is more extensive and gets to the same maps and more.

This section could be called an indulgence to my lifelong fascination with maps and travel. Maps can tell you so much more than just how to get from A to B. Maps over time add to so much more.

In particular this is to do with Taylor's Map of Hampshire 1759, but as a whole, not just the subject settlement or parish which is the normal focus of my attention.

If you are looking at this via an article about Eling you may notice that the first two maps are part of Section 33 with the focus on Eling, repeated here as an example of the use of Taylor's Hampshire Map.

Taylor's Hampshire 1759

Sections - An example in use.

Taylor's Hampshire 1759 - Section 33.

Circled in green, Grove Place, in Nursling, is not part of this story, but does get a mention elsewhere on this site. Eling, the settlement, circled in blue, is the centre of attention. Eling the parish, takes up a large portion of the map, and the Hundred of Redbridge takes up even more. Extending to Romsey

Copped Thorn Common and Copped Thorn are circled in red, and turn up later in our story, under a slightly changed name.

I will have to look up house 440 at Poltons. It is interesting that Great Testwood carries the same number. Poltons is now known as Paultons Park - Home of Peppa Pig World. How things change.

The estate can be traced back to 1086 where the ‘Paulet’ manor was in the possession of Glastonbury Abbey. The house became derelict and burned down in a great fire on 5 November 1963. Click the link to read about the Estate's History.

The whole of the map

The map below is just an indulgence. The original Taylor's map of Hampshire was in six sheets. Form the source website I created 48 map tiles, and then used technology to stitch them together. This is the result. As a whole map you can see the skill and the decoration, as well as the cartography in the details.

It is a shame that Microsoft Deep Zoom is no longer available as that would have potentially provided almost endless zoom into the above map whilst still allowing the website to function. On the original, I can zoom in to 300% and see every detail. Note bad for a stitched piece of work.

I will try to find an alternative way. Which I think I may have done, hopefully without slowing the page down too much. As well as this Genealogy website I have a Photography website hosted on SmugMug, which is a commercial site for professional photographers, but I just use it to host my photos. The price list just comes with the hosting.

Initially it may look the same as the one above, as it tries to fit the screen, but click on it and it will open in SmugMug and then you will be surprised exactly how far you can zoom in until it starts to get a bit blurry. So far it opens in the same window, so please not forget to come back, or open a duplicate window. However, as nice as it is to see the map whole, with all the associated artistry and decoration, if looking for detail, it is best to revert to the original website and find the Section you need. Even clearer images, just in 48 tiles. That is how I will set about recreating the list of Gentlemans Names, below. The whole map will help with the location of the section, and the section on the website will be the source of the transcription.

When I created the 48 tiles I had to zoom to 33% to get the whole tile within the screen size for a screen shot. If I repeated the exercise with a much larger screen and the images on full screen, therefore less reduction, the resultant whole map may well be better, but it would still be stitched. Also, it is good to refer to the original site for the detailed sections, after all, it is their work that enabled this.

Gentlemen's Names

Index of Gentlemen's Names on Taylor's Map of Hampshire 1759

Assumed abbreviations.

Assumed name abbreviations.

R^t Hon. - Right Honourable
L^d- Lord
V Admiral - Vice Admiral
Rev^d - Reverend
R. or R. of or Rec. - Rector of [place]
V. or V. of - Vicar of [place]
Preb - Prebendary
M^r - Mister
M^rs - Missies
D^r - Doctor
D.D. - Doctor of Divinity
Esq or Esq^r - Esquire
Gent - Gentleman
F. - Fellow of [organisation]
Att^y- Attorney
Bart or Bart - Baronet
Memb^r or MP - Member of Parliament
sh or ^sh eg Herefordsh - ...shire
Coll. - College
K^t of the Bath - Knight of the Bath
I.W. - Isle of Wight
Reg^t- Regiment
Sen^r - Senior
Jun^r - Junior
Capt. - Captain
Maj^r - Major
Col^l - Colonel
Gen^l - General
Maj^r Gen^l - Major General
Ld keeper of ye great Seal - Lord keeper of the great Seal
Commissr Portmth Dock - Commissioner Portsmouth Docks
a Lord of y^e Adm^t - a Lord of the Admiralty

Rich^d- Richard
Sam^l - Samuel
Hen. or Hen^y - Henry
Tho or Tho^s - Thomas
Geo - George
W^m - William
Benjⁿ - Benjamin
Edw^d - Edward
Rob^r - Robert
Nich^s - Nicholas
And^w - Andrew
Christ^r- Christopher
Matt^w - Matthew
Fran^s - Francis
Anth^y - Anthony
Alax^r - Alaxander

Alax^r - Alaxander
And^w - Andrew
Anth^y - Anthony
Benjⁿ - Benjamin
Christ^r- Christopher
Edw^d - Edward
Fran^s - Francis
Geo - George
Hen. or Hen^y - Henry
Matt^w - Matthew
Nich^s - Nicholas
Rich^d- Richard
Rob^r - Robert
Sam^l - Samuel
Tho or Tho^s - Thomas
W^m - William

A

Index of Gentlemen's Names on Taylor's Map of Hampshire 1759
	Name	Property Code	Place
A	Late R^t Hon. L^d Arundell	1
	R^t Hon. L^d Anson	2	of Soberton
	R^t Hon. L^d Annesly	3	of Farnboro place
	Sir Fitzgerald Aylmer	4	of Hambledon
	Ambrose V Admiral Esq	5	Earlstone
	Rich^d Nevil Esq	6	of Aldworth
	Sam^l Atkins Esq	7	of Southwick
	Herbert Aubrey Esq	8	Herefordshire
	Hen. Archer Esq	9	of Hale
	Tho^s Aylmer	10	of Petersfield
	M^r Will. Abree	11	Winton
	Rev^d M^r Ash R. of Cheriton	12	Cheriton
	Rev^d Dummer Andrews	13	Swathling
	Rev^d D^r Ayscough Preb : Winton	14	Winton
	Rev^d M^r Acton R. of Bentworth	15	Bentworth

...

B

Index of Gentlemen's Names on Taylor's Map of Hampshire 1759
	Name	Property Code	Place
B	His Grace the Duke of Beaufort	16
	His Grace the Duke of Bedford	17 - Section 54	E Stretton
	His Grace the Duke of Bolton	18 - Section 65	Hackwood Park
	R^t Hon: L^d V. Bateman	19
	R^t Hon: L^d Brook	20
	R^t Hon: L^d Bruce	21
	R^t Rev^dthe Bishop of Bangor	22
	Sir John Barrington Bar^t	23	Swainton I.W.
	W^m Baker Esq Alderman of London	24
	Geo Baker Esq	25	Brockenhurst
	Tho Baker Esq	26	Farnham
	W^m Baker Esq	27	Mattingley
	John Barnard Esq	28	Arlesford
	Mag Baltin Esq	29	Burcombe
	Tho^s Bates Esq	30	Alton
	Bartley Esq	31	of Borton Mill
	Hon. & Rev^d M^r Chute Barrington	32
	Rev^d D^r Barton F. Winchester Coll.	33
	Rev^d M^r Barton R. of Burriton	34	Burriton
	Rev^d M^r Bartholmy	35	S Stoneham
	M^r Barns Bailey	36	Overton
	M^r Barr	37	of the Crown Winchester
	M^r Baverstook	38	Alton
	Osmond Beauvoir Esq	39
	W^m Beckford Esq	40
	Richard Beckford Esq	41
	Julines Beckford Esq	43
	Capt. Marshal Berry	44
	Rev^d M^r Beacon Rec. of Colborne	45	Colborne IW
	Tho^s Bigg Esq	46	Andwell
	W^m Birch Esq	47	S. Warnborough
	Mr Birt, Att^y at Law	48	Lymington
	Mr Bird Att^y at Law	49	Andover
	Rev^d M^r Bigg R. of Wortin	50	Wortin
	Sam^l Blackwell Esq	51	Northall
	Brydges Blashford Esq	52	Osborne I.W.
	John Blake Esq	53	Watcombe
	John Blashford Esq	54	Boncombe
	Rowland Blockman Esq	55	Soberton
	Rev^d M^r Blair	56	of Whitchurch
	Tho^s Bludnorth Esq	57	of Holt
	Hon Maj^r Gen^l Bockland	58	Knighton I.W.
	W^m Bolton Merchant	59	of Portsmouth
	Rich^d Bonham Esq	60	of Arlesford
	Henry Bonles Esq	61	of Windsor
	M^r Ben^j Bound	62	Ringwood
	Revd Mr Bowles Fell of Winchester Coll.	63
	James Blake Gent.	64	of Brook I.W.
	Philip Bracebridge DD	65	Drayton
	NOT USED	66
	John Brett Esq	67
	Edw^d Bramston Esq	68	Hall Place
	Barnard Brocas	69	of Beausepair
	Rob^r Bristow Esq	70	Micheldever
	John Brown Esq	71	Gatcomb
	Pusey Brook Esq	72	of Portsmouth
	Samson Bourn Esq	73
	Tho^s Bonreman Esq	74	of Brook I.W.
	D^r Brown Provost Queens Coll. Oxon	75
	Duncomb Briston DD	76
	M^rs Bridges	77	Avington
	M^r John Bricknell	78	Westmeon
	Rev^d M^r Boisdaune	79	Southampton
	Lewis Buckle Esq	80	Borden
	Tho^s Bucknell Esq	81	of Portsmouth
	John Buttler Esq	82	of Bramshott
	James Burton Esq	83	Crux Easton
	W^m Burch Blounce Esq Gent	84
	James Coventry Bulkley Esq	85	Fordingbridge
	Harry Burrard Esq	86	Wallhampton
	John Burrard Esq	87	Lymington
	James Burrow Esq	88
	Rev^d D^r Burton	89	Winchester
	Rev^d M^r John Burroughs	90	Abbots Ann
	John Buller Gent	91	Bunghurst
	Buckler Esq	92	Bottramsly
	Burningham Gent	93	Froyle

C

Index of Gentlemen's Names on Taylor's Map of Hampshire 1759
	Name	Property Code	Place
C	His Grace the Duke of Chandos	94	Biddesden
	R^t Hon Marquis of Carnarvon	95
	R^t Hon Earl of Clanricarde	96	Warnford
	R^t Hon Countess of Coningsby	97
	R^t Hon L^d Carpenter	98	Longwood
	R^t Hon L^d Cardigan	99
	Sir Harry Calthrop	100
	Sir Charles Chester Bar^t	101
	Sir Talbot Clark Bar^t	102	Heckfield
	Sir Monoux Cope Bar^t	103	Bromshill
	Sir Villiers Charnocke Bar^t	104	Winton
	Rev^d D^r Cheney Dean of Winchester	105
	John Chute Esq	106	of the Vine
	Rich^d Champneys Esq	107	of Cams
	John Clark Esq	108	the Hill Herefordshire
	Benjⁿ Clark Esq	109	Hinton
	Charles Clutterbuck Esq	110	S. Hampton
	John Carter Esq	111	Portsmouth
	Nich^s Cooke Esq	112	Newport I.W.
	Rich^d Cooper Esq	113	Ditcham
	Ralph Congreve Esq	114	Aldermaston
	Tho^s Coward Esq	115	Spergrove
	W. Coleman Esq	116	Newport
	Laeder Coxin Esq	117	Scalding Alley London
	T Cowslade Esq	118	Broadline
	D^r Chace	119	Heckfield
	W^m Cooper Gent.	120	Moncton
	Coombs Gent	121	Hartley Row
	Velters Cornwall Esq Memb^r for Herefordsh	122
	Hen^y Compton Esq	123	Bistorn
	Rich^d Cox Esq	124	Sarsan
	Jeremiah Cray Esq	125	Ibbesley
	D^r Clifton	126	London
	M^r Rob^t Clarke Attorney	127	Newport
	M^r Rich^d Cowlam Mayor	128	Newport
	M^r Benjⁿ Collins	129	Salisbury
	M^r Compigncy	130	Winchester
	Tho Cudden Esq	131	Middle Temple London
	Rev^d M^r Cuttler	132	Droxford
	Rev^d M^r Cotton R of St Lanrence Winton	133
	M^r Custman	134	of Anstes
	Eli: Christmas Gent	135	Alton
	James Cummins Esq	136	Eversly

D

Index of Gentlemen's Names on Taylor's Map of Hampshire 1759
	Name	Property Code	Place
D	R^t Hon Earl of Dartmouth	137	Basingstoke
	R^t Hon L^d Dela Warr	138	Bolderwood Lodge
	Peter Daval Esq	139	No. 6 Pump Court Mid Temple
	W^m Davis Esq	140	Twyford
	Geo Dacre Esq	141	Mernwell
	W^m Dansey Esq	142	of Brinsop Herefordshire
	James Dawkins Esq	143	Late of Laverstoke
	NOT USED	144
	Henry Dawkins Esq	145	of Laverstoke
	John Delme Esq	145 AGAIN	of Collingbourne
	Peter Delme Esq	146	Titchfield
	Tho^s Day Esq	147	of West Cowes
	F. Blake Delaval Esq Mem^r for Stockbridge	148
	Hen. Dennis Esq	149	Bishops Waltham
	James o Donald Esq	150
	Charles Dormer Esq	151	of Iddsworth
	Diggle Esq	152	Yately
	W^m Drake Esq	153	Amersham
	Tho^s Lee Drummer Esq	154	Cranbury
	James Dicker Esq	155	Overton
	W^m Draper Esq	156	of Froyle
	W^m Draper Esq	157	of London
	J Dicker Esq	158	of Sydmonton
	Rev^d M^r Dangerfield R. of Goodrich Herefordsh	159 OR 150
	M^r Thom^s Dickenson Attorney	160 OR 169	Newport I.W.
	Rev^d Edw^d Davies V. Thorley I.W.	161
	Rev^dM^r Dennis R. of Bromshott	162
	Rev^d M^r Denison R. Chalkton	163
	J. Dosswell Gent.	164	Winton
	John Duthy Gent.	165	Arlesford
	M^r George Durnford	166	Winchester

E

Index of Gentlemen's Names on Taylor's Map of Hampshire 1759
	Name	Property Code	Place
E	R^t Hon Earl of Egglingtoun	167	Crawley
	R^t Hon Lord Edgecumbe	168
	Sir John Elvill Bar^t	169
	Harry Earle	170	of Grotly
	John Earle	171
	John Eyre	172	Landford Wilts
	Ellis	173	S. Hampston
	Mr Sergeant Eyre	174	Botly Grange
	Rev^d D^r Eden Archdeacon of Winchester	175
	Rev^d M^r Henry Egerton	176	Settrington YorkShs
	Rev^d M^r Exton Preb of Winchester	177
	M^r Matt^w Easton	178	of Alton
	M^r Tho^s Eyre	179	of Fareham

F

Index of Gentlemen's Names on Taylor's Map of Hampshire 1759
	Name	Property Code	Place
F	Sir Matthew Fetherston haugh Bar^t	180
	Rob^t Forder Esq	181	West Sparkford
	Gorges Foyle Esq	182	of Kimpton
	Rev^d George Fothergill D.D.	183	Bramley
	Rev^d Marrian Feaver	184	Melbury Dorset
	Rev^d Henry Fuller	185	Stonham
	Rev^d M^r Foyle R. Kimpton	186
	M^r Fitchet	187	of the Grove I.W.
	M^r Foquett Attorney	188	Newport I.W.
	M^r Rich^d Figg Churchers Coll.	189	Petersfield
	M^r Faithfull	190	Overton
	M^r Andrew Fielder	191	S. Hampton

G

Index of Gentlemen's Names on Taylor's Map of Hampshire 1759
	Name	Property Code	Place
G	Sir W^m Gardiner Bar^t	192	Roch Court
	George Garnier Esq	193	of Wickham
	Tho Gatehouse Esq	194	of Wallop
	John Gauntlett Esq	195	of Winton
	George Grey Esq Collonel	196
	W^m Green Esq	197
	Thos Green Esq	198	of Crondale
	H. Granger Esq	199	of Wortin
	Andrew Gother Esq	200	Billingham I.W.
	W^m Goodwin Esq	201	W. Cowes
	Geo Goldwyre Esq	202	Somerford
	Edw^d Goddard Esq	203	Shargroves
	Edw^d Grose Esq	204	S^t Hellens I.W.
	Edw^d Gibbons Esq	205	Buriton
	Hon Col^l Griffin Esq Mem^b for Andover	206
	Rich^d Gifford Esq	207	of Hursley
	Grove Buckland Esq	208	All Saints Devon
	Tho^s Grimes Esq	209	Yaford I.W.
	John Gringo Esq	210	Fareham
	Lewis Guiguer Esq	211	Rookly
	Tho^s Guillim Esq Major of L^d Rob^t Berties Reg^t	212
	Thos Godwin Esq	213	of Week
	Capt Gilbert Esq	214	Arch Lands
	Rev^d D^r Golding Wared of Winchester Coll.	215
	Edw^d Grace Gent	216	of Winton
	M^r Glasspole	217	Winton
	W^m Gregory Sen^r Gent	218	Odiham
	M^r T Gibson	219	Petersfield
	M^r Alex^r Goss	220	Ringwood
	M^r James Gumm	221	Newport I.W.
	M^r Groves	222	Heckfield

H

Index of Gentlemen's Names on Taylor's Map of Hampshire 1759
	Name	Property Code	Place
H	R^t Hon & R^t Revd the Bishop of Hereford	223
	Sir Tho^s Heathcote Bar^t	224	Hursley
	Sir Edwd Hawke K^t of the Bath	225	Swathling
	Sir Edw^d Hulse Bart	226	Breamore
	Geo Hannay Esq	227	Soberton
	Thos Hall Esq	228	of Moundsmore
	Jos Hackman Esq	229	Lymington
	Thos Harrison Esq	230	Alton
	Hon Admiral Homar Esq	231
	Tho^s Harrison Esq	232	Amery
	W^m Hawley Esq	233	West Green
	Peter Hawker Esq	234	Long Parish
	Late Rev^d M^r Joseph Hall	235	Weyhill
	Hon & Rev^d M^r John Horley	236
	John Hawker Gent	237	Portsmouth
	T Harris Gent	238	Baughurst
	Hall Gent	239	London
	John Hasker Gent	240	Norrington
	M^r John Hasker	241	Laverstoke
	M^r Tho^s Hasker	242	Southampton
	Rev^d M^r Harrison	243	Titherley
	M^r Haskoll	244	of Winton
	D^r George Hay	245
	James Harris Esq	246	Dibden Sarum
	Hon Rich^d Herbert Higheler Esq	247
	Rev^d M^r Henchman V. Basingstoke	248
	R^t Hon Henly L^d keeper of y^e great Seal	249	Grange
	Richd Hicks Esq	250	Pennington
	Joseph Hinxman Esq	251	N Hinton
	Mr Edw^d Hicks	252	Lymington
	Rev^d M^r W^m Hillman	253	Eastclose
	John Lee Hill Esq	254	Cholderton
	Rev^d M^r Hillman R of Dean	255
	Rev^d M^r Hinkerman R Houghton	256
	Henry Hoare Esq	257	of Quarley
	Late Rob^t Hoblyn Esq	258
	Edw^d Hooper Esq	259	of Hurn Court
	And^w Hopegood Esq	260
	Hon Major Gen^l Hen^y Holmes Esq	261	Appledorcomb
	Tho^s Holmes Memb^r for Yarmouth I.W.	262
	John Harwood	263	of Dean
	W^m Horner R Waltham	264
	Rev^d D^r Hoadly Chancellor	265
	M^r Strangeways Horner	266	Melbury Dorset
	Geo Holme D.D.	267	Headley
	Benjⁿ Hubert	268	Breamore
	W^m Huggins	269	Headly Park
	Frank Hugonir	270	Nursted
	R Hughes Commiss^r Portm^th Dock	271
	Late W^m Hunt	272	Basingstoke
	Geo Huish Gent	273	Portsmouth
	M^r Humphreys	274	Titchfield

I & J

Index of Gentlemen's Names on Taylor's Map of Hampshire 1759
	Name	Property Code	Place
I & J	Rev^d D^r Jackson V. Titchfield	275
	M^r Geo Jackson	276	Arlesford
	Rich^d Jervoise Esq	277	Herriard
	John Jolliffe Esq	278	Petersfield
	W^m Jolliffe Esq	279	Pit-place I.W.
	Joshua Iremonger Esq	280	Wherwell
	R. Jewer of Frimley Esq	281
	Rob^t Jeffreys Esq	282	Twyford
	Jmber or Imber Esq	283	Winchester
	Jones Esq	284	Ibthorp
	M^r Jmber	285	Winchester
	Jeremiah Jolliffe Gent.	286	I.W.
	M^r Joseph Jolliffe	287	I.W.
	M^r James Jolliffe	288	Newport I.W.
	Rev^d M^r Jones	289	Freemantle
	Rev^d M^r Jones R. Mollisfont	290
	M^r Jones	291	of Winchester

K

Index of Gentlemen's Names on Taylor's Map of Hampshire 1759
	Name	Property Code	Place	Notes on Name	Notes on Place
K	Rt Hon Ld Kingston	292	Worthy
	Thos Knight Esq	293	Chawton
	Chidcoke Kent Esq	294	Rumsey
	James King	295	Upton Grey	James King Esq	Upton Grey House and Bitten Farm / Bidden Grange (Search Reference: 364) 1741 Horne map of Upton Grey
	D^r King Prin^l St Mary Hall Oxon	296
	Ambrose Kent F. Magdalen Coll. Oxon	297
	Rob^t Keyse Gent	298	Ross Herefordshire
	M^r Kirkpatrick	299	Newport I.W.

L

Index of Gentlemen's Names on Taylor's Map of Hampshire 1759
	Name	Property Code	Place
L	R^t Hon Lady Londonderry	300	Wainboro'
	Sir Berley Lacy Bar^t	301
	Sir Rob^t Ladbrook Esq K^t Aldⁿ London	302
	Biby Lake Esq	303	Middle Temple London
	Rt Hon Henry Bilson Legge Esq	304	Ladyholt
	Bar^s Eveleigh Leigh Esq	305	Northcourt I.W.
	John Leigh Esq	306	Fairleigh I.W.
	Theo Lane Esq	307	Hereford
	Benjⁿ Lethieulier Esq	308	Redrice
	John Lisle Esq	309	Moylscourt
	Beaston Long Esq	310
	John Limbrey Esq	311	Tangier
	Rev^d D^r Langbain Fel. Winchester Coll.	312
	Dr Brown Langrish	313	Winton
	Rev^d Nich^s Lechmere Preb. Winton	314
	Thos Lisle D.D.	315	Burclere
	Rev^d D^r Louth Preb. Durham	316
	Late Lutman Esq	317	Bently
	Dan Lashford Gent.	318	Winton
	London Gent	319	Ringwood
	M^r George Leigh	320	Swan Stockbridge
	Hen. Lys Gent	321	Portsmouth

M

Index of Gentlemen's Names on Taylor's Map of Hampshire 1759
	Name	Property Code	Place
M	Sir Rich^d Mill Bar^t	322	of Grove Place
	Sir John Miller Bar^t	323	Lavant
	Hon Sir John Mordaunt	324	Padwell
	Sir Edw^d Hussey Mountague	325
	Sir Sidney Meadows	326	Conholt
	Geo Mackenzie Esq	327	E. Cowes I.W.
	And^w Malthew Esq	328	Heathouse
	Joseph Martin Esq	329	Ringwood
	Admiral Martin the Hill Esq	330
	Rich^d Mill Esq	331	Mottisfont
	John Mill Esq	332
	John Mill Esq	333	Bentley
	John Merril Esq	333 Reused	Lainston
	Caren Mildmay Esq	334	Shawford
	John Milford Esq	335	Newtown
	Tho^s Missing Esq	336	Stubbington
	W^m Mitchel	337	Crotley
	Henry Morley Esq	338	Droxford
	W^m Mount Esq	339	London
	Rob^t Mitchel Esq	340
	John Moody Esq	341	Havant
	Henry Moore Esq	342
	Late John Mitchel Gent	343	St Cross I.W.
	James Mansfield Gent	344	Ringwood
	Josiah Musspratt Gent	345	Winton
	Monday Gent	346
	Rev^d Charles Mill	347	Kings Samborne
	Rev^d M^r Morgan Preb. Winton	348
	Rev^d M^r Morris R. of Nursling	349
	M^r Tho^s Missing	350	Portsmouth
	M^r Mordo Macauley	351	Newport I.W.
	M^r Morner	352	Star & Garter Andover

N

Index of Gentlemen's Names on Taylor's Map of Hampshire 1759
	Name	Property Code	Place
N	Tho^s Newnham Esq	353	Winchester
	Newman Esq	354	Froyle
	Mark Noble Esq	355	Wollston
	Nicholas Esq	356	Froyle
	D^r Russell Nash Preb. Winton	357
	New	358	of Gosport
	T.R. Noyes	359	Southcott near Reading
	Rev^d M^r Nicoll R. Meonsotke	360
	John Newman Elder Gent	361	Ringwood
	John Newen Gent	362	I.W.
	Corporation of Newport	363	I.W.

O

Index of Gentlemen's Names on Taylor's Map of Hampshire 1759
	Name	Property Code	Place
O	R^t Hon the Earl of Oxford	364
	Sir John Oglander Bar^t	365	Nunwell
	W^m Oglander Esq	366
	Rev^d Tho^s Obourn R. Laverstoke	367
	Rev^d M^r Osborne	368	Chilbolton

P

Index of Gentlemen's Names on Taylor's Map of Hampshire 1759
	Name	Property Code	Place
P	His Grace the Duke of Portland	369
	R^t Hon Earl of Pembroke	370
	R^t Hon Earl of Portsmouth	371	Hussbourg
	R^t Hon L^d V. Palmerston	372	Broadlands
	Sir Seymour Pile Bar^t	373	Somerly
	Sir John Philips Bar^t Memb^r for Petersfield	374
	Henry Penton Esq Memb^r for Winchester	375
	W^m Pescod Esq Recorder of Winchester	376
	James Perkins Esq	377	Winkton
	John Peachy Esq	378	Gosport
	Geo. Pitt Esq	379	Stratfield Saye
	Henry Pincke Esq	380	Kempshott
	Late Norton Poulet Esq	381	Rotherfield
	Popham Esq	382	Hungerford
	John Popham Esq	383	Newchurch I.W.
	W^m Powlet Esq	384	of Easton
	Harcourt Powell Esq Memb^r for Newtown I.W.	385
	Joseph Portal Esq	386	Freefolk
	Rob^t Price Esq	387	Foxley Herefordshire
	John Pollen Esq	388	of Andover
	Late Rich^d Puckeridg Esq	389	Romsey
	Wm Pryor Esq Mayor of Hereford	390
	Thos Pike Esq	391	Weyhill
	Rev^d Earlysman Peachy	392	Netherton
	Rev^d M^r Palmer R. Motteston I.W.	393
	Rev^d M^r Paget	394	Wells Somersetshire
	M^r Edw^d Palmer	395	Winchester
	M^r Samuel Pearse	396	London
	M^r Pellfold	397	Gosport
	Rev^d M^r Peverel V. of Ramsey	398
	John Pitter Gent.	399	Hunton
	M^r John Power	400
	M^r H Portsmouth	401	Basingstoke
	Rev^d James Plowden	402	Ewhurst
	M^r W^m Pike	403	Gosport
	Rev^d M^r Powlet	404	Chilland
	M^r Rich^d Pratt of the County Hospital	405
	Rev^d D^r Primrose	406	S. Warnborough
	Rev^d D^r Pyle Preb. Winchester	407
	M^r John Pitt	408	Glocester
	Edw^d Pyot Gent.	409	Winchester
	M^r John Pugh	410	Andover
	M^r Edw^d Parker	411	Alton
	M^r Prince	412	Winslade

Q

R

Index of Gentlemen's Names on Taylor's Map of Hampshire 1759
	Name	Property Code	Place
R	Sir Tho^s Ridge K^t	413	Burley
	Jonathan Rashleigh Esq	414	of Wickham
	Jemmit Raymond Esq	415	Woolverton
	John Read Esq	416	Cowes
	Christ^r Rawlinson Esq	417	upper Clotford
	W^m Rickman Esq	418	Possbrook
	Geo. Ridge Esq	419	Kilmeston
	Geo. Bridges Esq	420	Rodney New Arlesford
	Matt^w Rolleston Esq	421	S Hampton
	Denys Rolle Esq	422	Titherly
	Tho^s Rothwell Esq	423	Coldrey
	W^m Ruffin Esq	424	Birchmoor I.W.
	Rich^d Russel Esq	425	Basing
	Rev^d M^r Rolleston Archdeacon of Sarum	426
	Hen^y Roberts Gent.	427	Westanden I.W.
	D^r Roberts Ross	428	Herefordshire
	W^m Redston Gent.	429	Newport
	Rev^d W^m Roman R. of upper Clotford	430
	Rich^d Russel D.D.	431	of Ash
	Rev^d M^r Ridding Preb. Winchester	432
	M^r Mark Rogers	433	Newport I.W.
	M^r Robinson	434	Winchester

S

Index of Gentlemen's Names on Taylor's Map of Hampshire 1759
	Name	Property Code	Place
S	R^t Hon Earl of Shaftsbury	435
	Sir Tho^s Stapleton Bar^t	436
	Sir Harry Slingsby Bar^t	437
	Sir Humphry Stuart Bar^t	438	Hortly
	John Scanlan Esq	439	Sway
	Peter Serle Esq	440	of Testwood
	Paulet S^t John Esq	441	Dogmersfield
	Goodyer S^t John Esq	442	Odiam
	Edw^d Sheldon Esq	443	of Winchester
	John Skipp Esq	444	Ledbury Herefordshire
	Hon. Hans Stanley Esq a Lord of y^e Adm^t	445 Shown as 440 on map	Ploton
	W^m Sloan Esq	446	of S. Stoneham
	Samler Esq	447	Battramsley
	W^m Smith Esq	448	Tidworth
	John Bonham Smith Esq	449
	N.P. Smith Esq Mayor of Winchester	450
	John Smith Esq	451	Wimmering
	Capt. Smith Esq	452	Mountpleasant
	Hon. John Spencer Esq	453	Rookley
	The Society of Mapledornwell Hatch	454
	Tho^s Sheathfield Esq	455	Easton
	Humphry Sturt Esq	456
	Simcon Stuart Esq	457	Hortley
	John Sutton Esq	458	Hambledon
	Fran^s Swanton Esq	459	Over Wallop
	Anth^y Langley Swimmer Esq	460	Longwood
	M^r Sainsbury Attorney	461	Petersfield
	Revd M^r Sandford	462	Wickham
	Tho^s Serle Jun^r Attorney	463	Newport
	John Sewell Gent.	464	Champion I.W.
	Rev^d W^m Sealy R. of Bighton	465
	W^m Seymour Gent.	466	Odiham
	M^r Serle	467	Winchester
	M^r Serle	468	Hortly Row
	M^r Serrel	469	Angel Lymington
	Rev^d James Scott V. Ellingham	470
	Rev^d D^r Shipley	471	Silchester
	Robt Shipman D.D.	472	Winchester
	Rev^d Bolton Simpson	473	West Cowes
	Rev^d M^r Simpson R. Weyhill	474
	M^r W^m Sharpe Jun^r	475	Newport I.W.
	M^r John Shackleford	476	Petersfield
	M^r Godwin Seward	477	Rumsey
	M^r S. Shipton	478	Basingstoke
	M^r Silver	479	Winchester
	Rev^d Rich^d Smith	480	Somborne
	Rev^d M^r Smith	481	Alton
	M^r James Spearing	482	Winchester
	Rev^d M^r Speed R. Martyr Worthy	483
	J Speed M.D.	484	Southampton
	John Stevens Gent.	485	London
	Rev^d M^r Stevens R. of Wordhay	486
	Rev^d M^r Stockwell R. of Dummer	487
	Rev^d M^r Geo Strother R. Grotley	488	Penton
	P. Trotn Sone Gent.	489	Sowley
	Arthur Ashley Sykes D.D. Preb. Winton	490

T

Index of Gentlemen's Names on Taylor's Map of Hampshire 1759
	Name	Property Code	Place
T	R^t Hon. Earl of Tilney	491	Tilney House
	R^t Hon L^d Talbot	492	Cadland
	Sir Hen. Titchbourne Bar^t	493	Titchborne
	Alex^r Thistlewayte Esq	494	Southwick 20 Maps
	Michael Terry Esq	495	Dummer
	W^m Thomson Esq	496	Wield
	J Henry Tombes Esq	497	Gilbury
	James Tooker Esq	498	Catherington
	John Tulleken Esq	499	Winchester
	Tho^s Townshend Esq	500
	M^r Rob^t Thorpe Tarrant	501	Fordingbridge
	M^rs Temple	502	Moor Park
	Rev^d M^r Thistlethwayte	503	Normans Court
	Rev^d Taylor R. Crawley	504
	M^r Tho^s Temple	505	Newport
	Rev^d M^r Tindal R. Alverstoke	506
	M^r Tombes	507	Winchester
	Rev^d Jos Trapp R. Stratfield Saye	508
	Rev^d M^r Toll	509	of Grewell
	Rev^d M^r Toll R. Dogmersfield	510
	Rev^d M^r Tomkins	511	of Breamore
	Rev^d D^r Trougheare Vicar Carrisbrook	512
	Rev^d M^r Towers	513	Fordingbridge
	M^r Turner	514	of Newport

U & V

Index of Gentlemen's Names on Taylor's Map of Hampshire 1759
	Name	Property Code	Place
U & V	Arthur Vansittart Esq	515	Shottesbrook Berks
	Tho^s Urry Esq	516	of Sheat I.W.
	David Urry Esq	517	of Afton I.W.
	M^r Henry Vokes	518	Winchester
	Rev^d M^r James Upsdale	519	Arlesford

W

Index of Gentlemen's Names on Taylor's Map of Hampshire 1759
	Name	Property Code	Place
W	R^t Hon Marquis of Winchester	520	Burley Lodge
	R^t Hon Earl of Westmorland	521
	R^t Rev^d L^d Bishop of Winchester	522
	R^t Hon Lady Frances Williams	523
	Lady Warren	524	E. Meon
	Hon. Ward Esq	525	Himley Staffordshire
	Sir Tho^s Worsley Bar^t	526	Pilewell
	Hon. Sir Charles Handbury Williams	527
	Sir Edw^d Worsley K^t	528	Gatcombe I.W.
	Sir Martin Wright K^t	529	Dreyton
	Abel Walter Esq	530	Badgely
	Rob^t Warner Esq	531	Bellmont
	Ward Esq	532	of Forton
	James Ward Esq	533	Crabhorn
	Henry Wells Esq	534	Brambridge
	Late Watts Esq	535	Basingstoke
	Herbert Westfaling Esq	536	Rudhall
	Tho^s White Esq	537	Portsmouth
	Cha. Whitmore Esq	538	Southampton
	John Richmond Webb Esq	539	Tangley
	John Willis Esq	540	Ringwood
	John Woods Esq	541	Bramshott
	W^m Wither Esq	542	Manydown
	Hon. Windsor Esq	543	Southampton
	Tho^s Windham Esq	544	Yateley
	Will^m White Esq	545	Newport I.W.
	Wadham Windham Esq	546	Eversly
	Late Tho^s Willis Esq	547	Stoneham
	Matt^w Woodford Esq	548	Southampton
	James Worsley Esq	549	of Stenbury I.W.
	Rob^t Worsley Esq	550	Pidford
	James Wright Esq	551	Doles Lodge
	Thos Waldron Gent.	552	Winton
	Rev^d M^r Walton Preb. Winchester	553
	Rev^d M^r Walton R. Brixton I.W.	554
	Rev^d M^r Joseph Warton	555	Winchester
	M^r James Whitehead Attorny	556	Newport I.W.
	Tho^s Widmore Gent.	557	Winton
	D^r Wilkes	558	Willenhall Staffordshire
	Rev^d M^r Willis	559	Hollybourn
	Rob^t Weeks Gent.	560	Chale I.W.
	Rev^d M^r Wavel R. S^t Maurice	561	Winton
	Rev^d M^r White R. Hursley	562
	Rev^d M^r Winter	563	Portsea
	Rev^d M^r Wood R. of Niton I.W.	564
	Rev^d M^r Woodford R. Shallfleet I.W.	565
	Rev^d M^r Woodroffe Preb. Winton	566
	Rev^d Rob^t Worgan	567	Andover
	Rev^d Bennet Worgan R. Linkinholt	568
	R. M^r Worsley	569	Chale I.W.
	John Wright Gent.	570
	M^r Rich^d Willis	571	Andover
	M^r White	572	Portsmouth
	M^r Sam^l Woodbourn	573	Lippock
	M^r Vincent Wing	574	Rutland

X, Y, & Z

Index of Gentlemen's Names on Taylor's Map of Hampshire 1759
	Name	Property Code	Place
X, Y, & Z	Rev^d M^r Yalden R. of West Dean	575
	Rev^d D^r Young	576
	M^r Yates	577	of the Starr Southampton

From the list of Gentlemen on Taylor's Map of Hampshire, as transcribed in the A-Z tabs above, and loaded into excel, the above pie chart gives an analysis of the groups of people included in the list. A good representation of the aristocracy, at a count of 36, in the county of Hampshire. The biggest single group is Esquire' at 43% of the list of Gentlemen. The respect and importance of the clergy is also evident with 17% of the list of Gentlemen, 99 in total, being addressed as Revd, interpreted as Reverend.

Gentlemen's Places

Gentlemen's numbered places

In this section I will record some of the information I find out about the Places numbered against the Gentlemen's List on the Taylor's Map of Hampshire 1759. I not expect to record all of the stories as some searches will not reveal a story, and others will be full of easily found information on the internet, where some links my gentleman's list will be sufficient to get you started. The first place story is told in the ArcGIS Story Map embedded at the bottom of this article. Not repeated here to avoid repetition.

Place Key

Key to Characters used within Isaac Taylor's Map of Hampshire including the Isle of Wight, Aug^st 20^th 1759

Place 228

Place numbered 228, of Moundsmore (Moundsmere)

Gentleman; Thomas Hall Esq.

I have found place 228 in Section 65 bottom left square, above the join in the map.

It is near Preston Candover, and is part of that parish.

Unfortunately, as you will read there are six manors, and therefore presumably six potential residences to match 228. How to resolve which one?

British History Online has an article about Preston Candover. Extracts below.

The parish of Preston Candover, containing 3,457 acres, lies on comparatively low ground, south of the high country round Farleigh Wallop and Nutley, and north-west of that which rises to Wield and beyond Wield to Medsted. The ground rises generally from west to east, the greatest height, 500 ft. above the ordnance datum, being reached in the north-east near Moundsmere Farm.

Moundsmere Farm, lying on the downs in the north-east, is the most interesting spot in the parish. When the property of Southwick Priory, including the manor of Moundsmere, passed to Winchester College by exchange with Henry VIII in 1543, the farmstead was in the very next year used as a sick-house for the Winchester scholars who were stricken down by the plague that visited Winchester in 1544. Thus new buildings appear to have been run up round the farm-house during that year, and a number of scholars were sent there both in the autumn and winter terms. In 1554, on the occasion of another outbreak of the plague, scholars were again sent to Moundsmere, and, probably by means of a certain sum over from Queen Mary's largess given on her bridal visit to the college, 'the chyldren's hows at Mouseberie (sic) for their comfort in tyme of siknes' was repaired and the barn was fitted with bed-places and windows for their reception. Mr. Kirby, in his Annals of Winchester College, quotes an interesting clause inserted after this date in all successive leases of the demesne land of the manor, reserving to the college 'the new buildings adjoining the manor house' with all new rooms that might hereafter be built for such time only as the warden, scholars, schoolmasters, clerks, or servants of the college should 'resort, come, and remain there for the avoiding of the plague or any such pestilential sickness.' But although the tenant of Moundsmere Farm was thus obliged to receive sick scholars at any time, when the plague of 1666 made its appearance in Winchester the sick scholars instead of being sent to Moundsmere were sent to a farm-house at Cranley, and presumably from that time the tenant of Moundsmere escaped his obligation.

MANORS

In PRESTON CANDOVER at the date of the Domesday Survey there were six separate estates, five of which were owned by the Conqueror's followers who had replaced the Saxon owners, whilst the sixth was still held by a Saxon priest, the pre-Conquest owner. Of these estates William Mauduit had one which in the Confessor's time had been held as two manors; Ralf de Mortimer and his under-tenant Oidelard held the second which had before belonged to Cheping; Hugh de Port, whose under-tenant was Anschitel, held the third which had been a portion of the possessions of Earl Godwin; clerks, or priests, had the fourth which had been the land of Alvric; Cheping had the fifth which was before held by Sberne of Queen Edith; and lastly, Edwin the priest held the sixth of King William as he had held it of King Edward.

In the June of 1495 Richard More died in possession of Preston Candover manor known later as PUREFOYS. It is difficult to determine his title to this property unless it was conveyed to him by William Skulle, or unless some land in Preston Candover passed to the Mores from the Horwoods.

The manor of Richard More, however, was not held either of the Camoys family, or of the lords of Bradfield, as was Horwoods manor, but of Lord St. John. Katherine, Richard More's widow, held the manor for life under her late husband's will, with remainder to her son John More, then aged twenty, or in default of male heirs, the property, according to the settlement, was to remain to Isabel Williams, wife of John Williams, among several other heirs.

There is no mention of John More being in possession of Preston Candover, but the property seems to have descended or been conveyed to Isabel Williams.

Her son, Reginald Williams, next held the property, whose son John, dying without issue, was succeeded by his brother Nicholas.

The title of Nicholas to the estate was disputed in Elizabeth's reign by Walter Mayhew, a husbandman of Rotherwick, who claimed the manor in right of his wife Elizabeth, who, according to Walter Mayhew's statement, was a daughter of John More, son of that Richard More who had died in 1495 seised of the manor of Preston Candover.

The defendant traced his title to his grandmother, Dame Isabel Williams. The matter was, about 1566, referred to the arbitration of the bishop of Winchester and Henry Wallop, and evidently Nicholas Williams won his case, as Walter Mayhew in 1579 relinquished his claim to Francis Perkins, who by marriage with a daughter of Nicholas Williams had become lord of the manor. He died in 1617, and his son, a Roman Catholic Royalist, in his old age suffered sequestration of his estate for recusancy under the Commonwealth. The family held the manor until 1733, when the fourth Francis Perkins, of Preston Candover, who had married the famous Arabella Fermor, sold it to Thomas Hall for £1,700. Elizabeth granddaughter of Thomas Hall, heiress of her brother, brought the manor to George Purefoy Jervoise, who bequeathed it to his niece, Elizabeth Fitzgerald, from whose grandson, Captain Richard Purefoy Purefoy, it was purchased in 1905 by Mr. J. C. A. Hall and Mr. C. Wade, the present owners.

{Present owners at the time of the BHO article}

Of William de Pont de l'Arche, in 1381, the priory of Southwick held the manor later known as MOUNDSMERE.

In the year 1290 the prior of Southwick's manor of Candover was valued at £3 11s. 7d. In the thirteenth century Robert de Pont de l'Arche confirmed the grant of his father of the church with the manor of Candover (which comprised five hides of land with wood and meadow) to the canons of Portchester, and this grant was again confirmed by Henry III, Edward II, and Richard II.

Confusion

The manors are not named, but it appears to me that Thomas Hall was the purchaser of the estate that was disputed, which later passed to George Purefoy Jervoise, but separately the priory of Southwick held the manor later known as MOUNDSMERE. Are they one in the same, in different periods?

Another Old Hampshire Mapped - Milne 1791 Moundsmore, Preston Candover, Hampshire

Looking at the above extract from a '1 inch to 1 mile' map of Hampshire surveyed by Thomas Milne, published by William Faden, 1791, known as Milne's Hampshire 1791 on the Old Hampshire Mapped website. Moundsmore approximately matches the position of Moundsmore 228 on Taylor's 1759, map, 32 years earlier. However, Tho^s Hall Esq^r appears to have a property closer to the centre of Preston Candover.

Reverting to the Taylor's map, but Section 55 to see if there is another numbered place in Preston Candover. There is some overlap on the map tiles, so 228 can be seen in this image as well.

It is evident that there is not another numbered place in Preston Candover despite the one time presence of six manors in the area.

Tithe Apportionment and Maps.

The history of the manor from Thomas Hall to George Purefoy Jervoise brings us to the timeframe of the Tithe Apportionment and Maps. Not a normal place to look as there is almost a century time difference, but as we have a succession which probably breaches that time difference, there is a chance.

George Purefoy Jervoise is by the time of the Tithe Map, 1838, a very extensive landowner.

George Purefoy Jervoise has interests in properties in the yellow circle, in the centre of Preston Candover, and the blue circle, probably Moundsmere Farm. Not in the brown circle which is described as Mansion and Pleasure Grounds, in the approximate location of Preston House.

The yellow circles pick out just some of the larger properties of which George Purefoy Jervoise is the landowner, but is not identified as the occupier.

OS 25" Old Map Preston Candover - Click the map to open the source in a new window

The Ordnance Survey 25" Map of Hampshire and Isle of Wight XXXIV.3, Revised: 1894, Published: 1896 identifies the properties as Manor Farm, North Hall and South Hall, all circled in yellow. Preston House is circled in brown, but is under different ownership.

Plot 43, Mansion and Pleasure Grounds, Landowner and Occupier, Charles Edmond Rumbold. I think this is Preston House.

This plot, 88, is the most likely place called Moundsmore, aka Moundsmere.

Landowner Party	G P Jervoise
Relationship to Landowner	Lessee
Landowner Organisation	Winchester College
Occupier	Elizabeth Pitt
Parish	Preston Candover
County	Hampshire
Original Date	22nd March 1839
Description of Land	House Gardens Yards and Buildings
Quantities In Statute Measure	1,2,13
Plot	88

It appears that Thomas Hall Esq or his successors had interests in the properties in Preston Candover and in Moundsmere.

The positioning on the various maps favor Place 228 and Plot 88 being the same place.

Current Notes

Google Maps Satellite View of Moundsmere Farm, home to Moundsmere Estate Management, and the much more recent Moundsmere Manor, to the south.

An extract from Hampshire Gardens Trust

After the dissolution of the monasteries, the manor of Moundsmere became part of the dowry first of Anne of Cleves, and then Catherine Howard. After Catherine Howard’s death Henry VIII granted it to Winchester College in part exchange for other manors. There has been a farmhouse, (Moundsmere Farm), in the manor since the 17th century, but the present Moundsmere Manor house and gardens were not built until 1908-09. Both the house and gardens were designed by Reginald Blomfield for Wilfred Buckley, a highly successful businessman returning to England from America.

Moundsmere Manor - Basingstoke - Parks & Gardens (parksandgardens.org)

Moundsmere Manor, Axford | Notable Hampshire Country houses

Historic England Listing for the Farm House - Grade II

Early C18, early C19. L-shaped 2-storeyed house with later one-storeyed extensions. Main front (south-east) of 3 windows (may once have been symmetrical of 5). Steep hipped tile roof. Stucco walling with first-floor band, plinth. Sashes in exposed frames. Half-glazed door in old frame, within a small modern gabled porch. The elevations within the angle have 3 upper and 2 lower sashes and one ground-floor casement; there is a corner porch with an old 6-panelled door. A small garden space is enclosed by a low brick wall and cast-iron rails.

Moundsmere Manor is also listed, Grade II.

Place 371

Place numbered 371, Hussbourg, or Farley from map.

Gentleman; Rt Hon Earl of Portsmouth.

I have found place 371 in Section 65 middle left square, above the join in the map.

Starting with the Rt Hon Earl of Portsmouth.

Earl of Portsmouth is a title in the Peerage of Great Britain. After the death of Louise de Kérouaille, Duchess of Portsmouth (c. 19 August 1673 - 14 November 1734), it was created in 1743 for John Wallop, 1st Viscount Lymington, who had previously represented Hampshire in the House of Commons. He had already been created Baron Wallop, of Farleigh Wallop in Hampshire (in the County of Southampton), and Viscount Lymington, in 1720, also in the Peerage of Great Britain.

The second earl was the son of Catherine Conduitt, whose mother was Catherine Barton, half-niece of the eminent mathematical scientist Sir Isaac Newton. The earls of Portsmouth therefore are direct descendants of Isaac Newton's mother, and three of the earls have been named after Newton. The earls were in possession of a large trove of Newton's personal papers, until they were auctioned in 1936. Those documents are commonly known as the "Portsmouth Papers".

John Wallop, 2nd Earl of Portsmouth (29 June 1742 – 16 May 1797), styled Hon. John Wallop from 1743 to 1749 and Viscount Lymington from 1749 to 1762, was a British nobleman.

He also had interests in Hurstbourne as well as Farley

Heritage England

The manor of Hurstbourne, although owned by the Crown, was essentially under religious control until the Dissolution. It formed part of a larger estate, including Hurstbourne Tarrant, St Mary Bourne, and Hurstbourne Priors, which was recorded by the Domesday survey as belonging to the Bishop of Winchester. Manorial rights were held by the prior of St Swithin's who in 1332 was given a licence to impark and enclose his woods to create a deer park which probably covered much the same area as the present (late C20) one. The manor house, referred to also as the Priory and later as the Grange, stood in the valley on the Bourne Rivulet. Following the Dissolution, the manor passed to the Crown but was eventually sold in 1558 to Sir Robert Oxenbridge. His grandson, also Sir Robert, again sold it, `with orchard, gardens and the park called Hursbourn containing by estimation three hundred and fifty acres' (Wilkinson 1861) to Sir Henry Farley of Farley Wallop. Sir Henry died in c 1678 and was succeeded by his sons Henry and then John. John's second son, also John and later to become Viscount Lymington and first Earl of Portsmouth, inherited in 1707 at the age of seventeen.

Farleigh Wallop House (formerly listed as Farleigh House)

1731, and 1935. On an old site, a rebuilding of 1731, incorporating an earlier structure burnt in 1661, with a reconstituted west front by H S Goodhart-Rendel. Two storeys and attic and basement. The east (1731) front is symmetrical, with an angular centrepiece, 2.3.2 windows. Hipped slate roofing, with 2 flat-roofed dormers on each side and 2 on the diagonal faces of the octagonal pyramid roof of the centre; moulded cornice. The main wall is of squared flint, the centrepiece of stone ( ) in fine ashlar; stone dressings include flush quoins, architraves (the upper plain but moulded in the centrepiece, the lower with cornice, keystone, and panel, with rusticated arches in the centre) plinth, and carved coat of arms above the central French window.

The Gentlemen's List refers to Hussbourg or Hufsbourg for place 371

I have not yet found any reference to Hussbourg or Hufsbourg, or variations in relation to either the Earl of Portsmouth or Farley / Farleigh. A possibility is that Hussbourg is a mis-pronouncing or mis-spelling of Hurstbourne, or an earlier version of the name. It could be that, for instance, on the next line, R^t Hon L^d V Palmerston Broadlands, where Broadlands is the family seat, perhaps the same applies to the Earl of Portsmouth, and others.

I have also not yet found any reference to the name change from Farley to Farleigh, but am reasonably happy that they are one in the same, particularly as they are pronounced the same. There is however reference above to Farleigh House changing name to Farleigh Wallop House. Wallop being the oft used surname of Earls of Portsmouth.

X, Y, & Z

Families -- Dynasties

Gentlemen's Families and Dynasties

When going through the identification of the location of places attached to the Gentlemen's List I would try to research that the person matches the place, thereby increasing the validation of the found location. In so doing family histories are often exposed, to some extent. There are a lot of properties which are linked to the same family or branches of the same family, or dynasty, not always with the same surname.

In this section I will record some of the information I find out about the Places numbered against the Gentlemen's List on the Taylor's Map of Hampshire 1759 and the links to joined families and dynasties. I will start with a relatively easy one, the Mill Family.

Well, I thought it would be easy, but it turned out to be more complicated than I thought.

Mill

Mill Family and Dynasty

Starting reference is made to Taylor's Map of Hampshire 1759

An extract of the Gentlemen's List, surname M.

Sir Richard Mill of Grove Place Bar^t is associated to Property 322

Richard Mill Esq^r., Mottisfont is associated to Property 331

John Mill Esq^r., is associated to Property 332

John Mills Esq^r., Bentley is associated to Property 333.

As it stands at this stage there is no link between these four people, other than sharing the same surname, and the County of Hampshire. Here we explore the records to establish any links, if there are any to be found.

Starting with Richard Mill Esq^r of Monttisfont.

Explore - Information and Records

Richard Mill Esq^r., Mottisfont is associated to Property 331

Property 331 appears to be Mottisfont Abbey.

Historic England's official listing has reference both to Mottisfont Abbey and Richard Mill.

On the death of the eighth Lord Sandys and the extinction of the title in 1684, Mottisfont passed to his nephew Sir John Mill. Sir John's second son, Richard, who succeeded in 1706, altered the Tudor house to its present form, carried out planting in the park, and also appears to have been the first to use the name Mottisfont Abbey. The property descended through the Mill family, being inherited in 1884 by Mrs Vaudrey Barker-Mill.

History of Mottisfont Abbey by National Trust

The Mill family transformed Mottisfont into the building and landscapes recognisable today. By the 1730s, Lord Sandys’ Tudor house was beginning to look old and dated, and Sir Richard Mill started modernising the house. He knocked down the outer courtyards and re-modelled the main house, adding the pediment and the projecting bays to create the house we see today.

The History of Parliament

MILL, Sir Richard, 5th Bt. (?1689-1760), of Woolbeding, nr. Midhurst, Suss.

Family and Education
b. ?1689, 2nd s. of Sir John Mill, 3rd Bt., of Woolbeding, Suss. by Margaret, da. and h. of Thomas Grey of Woolbeding. educ. St. John’s, Oxf. 12 Mar. 1708, aged 18. m. 12 Mar. 1713, Mary, da. of Robert Knollys of Grove Place, Nursling, Hants, 4s. 5da. suc. bro. John 1706, Thomas Knollys (s. of Henry Knollys) at Grove Place 1751.

Born about 1689, 2nd son of Sir John Mill, 3rd Baronet, of Woolbeding, Sussex, and Margaret Mill nee Grey, daughter and heir of Thomas Grey of Woolbeding.

Married 12 March 1713 daughter of Robert Knollys of Grove Place, Nursling Hampshire. They had four sons and 5 daughters.

Succeeded his brother John Mills 1706.

MILL, Sir Richard, 6th Bt. (c.1717-70), of Montisford, Hants.

Family and Education
b. c.1717, 1st s. of Sir Richard Mill, 5th Bt., M.P., by Margaret, da. of Robert Knollys of Grove Place, Nutshelling, Hants. educ. New Coll. Oxf. 1735. m. Aug. 1760, Dorothy, da. and h. of Richard Warren of Redcliff, Som., 2da. suc. fa. 16 May 1760.

Born c. 1717, first son of Sir Richard Mill, 5th Baronet, MP and Margaret Mill nee Knollys who was the daughter of Robert Knollys of Grove Place, Nutshelling, Hampshire. (Nutshelling is now known as Nursling)

Married in August 1760 to Dorothy, daughter and heir of Richard Warren of Redcliff, Somerset, They had two daughters.

He succeeded his farther on 16 May 1760.

Montisford and Grove Place linked my marriage

Baptism record extracted from the Parish Records of Woolbeding, Sussex, England.

Richard the son of S^r Richard Mill & Margaret his wife was born Novomb^r the 25^th & baptised the 27^th of Novomb^r

Will of Sir Richard Mill of Mottisfont

An exploration of his will and the Beneficiaries mentioned therein. Followed by expanding the research to include him and his family, together with any links to other Biddlecombe families in the series.

This will, and its transcription are part of the research into the Mill family and dynasty.

Will of Sir Richard Mill

Sir Richard Mill of Mottisfont, Hampshire, his will

The starting place for this article is his Last Will and Testament as found in the The National Archives.

Will of Sir Richard Mill of Mottisfont , Hampshire

Catalogue description
Will of Sir Richard Mill of Mottisfont , Hampshire

Reference: PROB 11/956/136
Description: Will of Sir Richard Mill of Mottisfont , Hampshire
Date: 20 March 1770
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Closure status: Open Document, Open Description

This is evidently a very long Last Will and Testament.

My initial transcription of the above will.

S^r Richard Mill Bar^t

In the Name of God Amen

I Sir Richard Mill of Mottisfont in the County of Southampton Baronet being of sound and disposing Mind do make ordain and publish this my Last Will and Testament in manor and form following that is to say In the first place ratify and confirm the Settlement or xxx made by me previous to and in a Consideration of my Marriage with my loving wife Dorothea Will and do direct the same to be xxx observed and xxx into xxx xxx to the time xxx and xxx as thereof and I do Give and bequeath to my said Wife One thousand pounds to be paid to her within one year next after my death over and above what She is or will be xxx to by such Marriage Contract and I also Give and bequeath to my siad wife for and x during her widowhood all things Jewells watch trinkets x and other xxx of her person and upon her death or Second Marriage of my Wife which shall first happen

I Give and Bequeath the same to my Executors herein after named Upon Trust that they do deliver over the same to my first Son in case I shall dye saving a Son born in my Life for which shall be born after my death xxx and as soon as such Son shall attain his age of Twenty one years and in case of the death of such son before his age Twenty one years then upon Trust that they do in like manner xxx the same to my second Son in case I shall dye having a second Son either born in my life time or after my death but in case I shall leave no Son that shall Live to to attain the age of twenty one years Then upon Trust Wish they do deliver over the same to my present daughter xxx Margaret Dorothea Mill when She shall attain her age of Twenty one years or be married with the consent of her Guardians herein after named or the Survivors or Survivor of them and in case of her death before such age or Marriage then upon Trust that they do deliver over the same to such of my future Daughters as shall first live to attain the said age or be married as aforesaid to be taken and xxx by such of my daughters as shall first survive the same as and for her own personal Ornaments and as part of her xxx

Also I Give and Bequeath to my friend and and acquaintance Captain William Barnard One hundred pounds

Also I Give and Bequeath fifty pounds to my Servant Elizabeth Mathews and five pounds x xxx to such other Servants as shall be Living in my Service at the time of my death Also I Give and Bequeath to my said present Daughter Ten Thousand pounds to be paid to her when she shall attain her age of Twenty one Years or be married with such Consent as aforesaid in case I shall dye leaving no other Child either born in my Life or after my Death other than and besides an Eldest or only Son but in case I shall leave another Child either born in my Life time or which shall be born after my death other than and besides an eldest or only Son then and in such Case I Give and Bequeath to my said present daughter the Sum of Six thousand pounds only and to such other younger Child the like Sum of Six thousand pounds said xxx of Six thousand pounds to my said present Daughter to be paid to her when she shall attain her age of Twenty one years or be married with such Consent as aforesaid and the said other xxx of Six thousand pounds to my said other younger Child to be paid to him if a Son when he shall attain his age ot Twenty one years and to her if a Daughter when she shall attain the age or be married with such Consent as aforesaid but in Case I shall die leaving my said present Daughter and xxx or more other younger Children Either born in my Life time or which shall be born after my death

Then and in such Case I Give and Bequeath to my said present Daughter and my said other younger Children the Sum of four thousand pounds a xxx and no more such xxx and xxx xxx to be paid as follows so xx to my said present Daughter when she shall attain her age of Twenty one years or be married with such Consent as aforesaid and to my said other younger Children if Sons when they shall xxx and xxx attain their xxx Ages of Twenty one years and if Daughters when they shall xxx and xxx attain the like age or be married with such Consent as aforesaid which shall first happen and it is my Will and I do hereby xxx that xxx for the before mentioned xxx or xxx to my said present Daughter and other younger Children after the of three pounds and ten shilling per xxx per Annum to be Computed from the day of my death thill such xxx or xxx shall xxx payable shall be paid and applied toward the Maintenance Education and bringing up of my said present Daughter and other younger Children by her and their Guardians herein after named or the Survivors or Survivor of them and it is by further Will and I do hereby direct that in case my said present Daughter or any other of my said younger Children shall happen to dye before his her or their portion or portions shall becombe payable as aforesaid then the portion or portions of him her or them so happening to dye shalll go and be paid to and be equally divided between the Survivors when the original portion or portions of such Survivors or Survivor shall become payable as aforesaid but so that no such Child have more than ten thousand pounds and in Case by the deaths such younger Children shall be xxx to one before the aforsaid portion or portions shall become payable then no more than ten thousand pounds shall be paid to such younger Child and in Case all such younger Children shall happen to dye before their or any of their portions shall become payable as aforesaid then the said Sums or any of them shall not be paid but in such Case my Manors Messuages Lands and Estates herein after xxx to the payment thereof shall from xxx forth be discharged and acquitted those from for the benefit of the person or persons to whom the said Manors Messuages Lands and Estates shall from time to time xxx and belong

Also I Give and Bequeath to my three Executors herein after named One hundred pounds a piece

Also it is my Will and I do hereby direct that all my Debts and funeral Expenses and all the xxx xxx by me herein before given together with all the Debts xxx and Annuities of my late xxx father xxx shall be Charged upon and be paid out of my Several Manors Messuages Lands Parsonages Tithes Pensions xxx and xxx Estates situate & Lying and being in the several Counties of Southampton and Sussex and in the Town and County of Southampton or Elsewhere in the Kingdom of Great Britian in case my personal Estate shall prove insufficient for the payment thereof and I do hereby subject and charge my said several Several Manors Messuages Lands Parsonages Tithes Pensions Hereditaments and xxx Estates to and with the payment of the same accordingly or so much thereof as my personal Estate shall not be xxx to pay and it is my Will that all my personal Estate after deducting the Costs of by Executors in the Execution of this my Will shall be so apply in the first place xxx and xxx my xxx Manor of Southwells otherwise xxx together with the Mansion House called Grove Place and all other Buildings farms Lands Meadows xxx and xxx xxx to the said Manor belonging in the said County of Southampton and also all my xxx xxx furniture plate xxx and things all xxx part therein of my Executors and to be at Liberty to sell or not sell as they in their discretion shall think fit but if sold then it is my Will and direction that the Money to arise thereby shall be applied towards discharging the Disbursements aforesaid in aid of my xxx Estates Subject as aforesaid to the payment thereof.

Also I Give and devise my said Several Manors Messuages Lands Parsonages Tithes Pensions Hereditaments and xxx Estates so Subject and intangible as aforesaid to my first Son in Case I shall have any Son at my death or there xxx Son that shall be born after my death and the xxx xxx of his Body dutifully xxx and xx of xxx xxx my xxx Son in Case I shall have any as aforesaid and the xxx xxx of his Body xxx xxx and in default of such xxx my xxx xxx xxx xxx xxx and the xxx xx of their xxx xxx xxx Lawfully xxx and for xxx of xxx xxx Brother John Mill for and xxx the Town of his xxx xxx without xxx of xx for and xxx of waste and xxx xxx xxx his xxx to his first Son and to xxx Make of his xxx Sons xxx xxx and in xxx xxx xxx to his xxx xxx xxx xxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxx the xxx Make of the xxx and xxx xxx Lawfully issuing and in default of such xxx xxx xxx Will forward during the term of his natural Life xxx xxx of or for any mannor of xxx and from xxx xxx xxx xxx first Son and the xxx xx of his Body Lawfully xxx and in default of xxx xxx his xxx third xxx the and xxx Sons xxx to xxx xxx of Age and xxx of Birth and the xxx xxx of the xxx and xxx xxx xxx xxxx my Brother Charles Mill for and during the term of his natural Life without xxx xxx of or for any xxx of waste and from and after his demise to his first Son xxx to xxx xxx of his Body Lawfully xxx and in default of such xxx his second third fourth and other Sons xxx according to their xxx of Age and priority of Birth and the xxx xxx of their xxx and xxx Bodys Lawfully xxx and for and in default of all such xxx xx xx xx for over and it is xxxx in Case I shall have a Son wholly xx time of this my Will shall xx xx to my said Real Estates that the Surplus of the Rents Issues and Profits of my said xxx Estates beyond what shall be xxx to xxx Maintain and bring him up and to pay the Interest of the debts or Sums Charged xx or after xx said Real Estates by the will of my said father or by this my Will or otherwise together with the allowance hereinafter xxx xxx to the Guardians herein after named of such Son shall from time to time be paid and applied during the Minority of such Son in discharge of the said debts or Sums as part thereof in order to xxx and xxx such Disbursements and to this End that such Surplus or savings may not be considered as the personal Estate of such Son

Also it is my Will and

Old Template material pertaining to Christopher Biddlecomb. Not relevant.

My initial transcription of the above will.

In the name of God Amen:
This fifteenth day of July in the year of our Lord One thousand six hundred Forty and seven I Christopher Biddlecomb of Hightowns in the parish of Ringwood in the County of South a yeoman being sick in body, but of good and perfect memory thanks be given Almighty God do make and ordain this my last will and testament as followeth. First I Commit my Soul into the hands of Almighty god, and my body to be buried in the parish Church of Ringwood.
Item I give to the poor people of Ringwood twenty shillings.
Item I give to my Son John Biddlecomb twenty pounds lawful money of England, {....}.
I give to my said Son John Biddlecomb sixteen pounds being part of the debt of Edward Riffen unto me by bond, and which sixteen pounds my said son John Biddlecomb hath {.........} {were......}.
Item I gift to my Grand children Elinor Dantor Iornd Dantor and Margartt Dantor and Richard Dantor and to xxxx and xxxx of them five pounds lawfull money of England.
Item I give to my Grandchild Thomas Biddlecombe five pounds of lawfull money of England.
Item I give to my Grandchildren Richard Biddlecombe and Elizabeth Biddlecombe and to {.....} and either of them five pounds lawfull money of England
Item I give to my Daughter Margarett Rook twenty shillings lawfull money of England.
All the other of my goods and chattels moveable and nonmoveable my debts and bequests paid.
I give and bequeath unto Richard Biddlecomb my Son whom I do make and ordain my full and sole Executor in and by this my last will and testament
I witness whereof I have hereunto set my hands and seal and published this my last will and testament the day and year above written in the {.....} of Christopher Biddlecomb his sign
Christophor Iun his sign
Nicholas Bounds

Date of Will	15 July 1647
Date of Codicil	None
Date of Proving	26 May 1649

People in the Will of Christopher Biddlecombe of Hightown

From the above it appears that Christopher Biddlecomb made provision for the following family, in addition to the poor people of Ringwood.

People mentioned in the Will dated 15^th July 1647, of Christopher Biddlecomb, Hightown, Hampshire
Name	Stated relationship	Assumed previous name
poor people of Ringwood
John Biddlecomb	Son
Richard Biddlecomb	Son
Margarett Rook	Daughter	Margarett Biddlecomb
Elinor Dantor Iornd Dantor and Margartt Dantor and Richard Dantor	Grand children
Thomas Biddlecomb	Grand child
Richard Biddlecomb and Elizabeth Biddlecomb	Grand children

Richard Biddlecomb	Executor / Executrix
Christophor Iun	Witness
Nicholas Bounds	Witness

People mentioned in the Will of Christopher Biddlecomb of Ringwood

Apart from the witnesses and the poor people of Ringwood.

John Biddlecomb

Extract from will pertaining to Christopher Biddlecomb of Hightown

I Christopher Biddlecomb of Hightown ...

Item I give to my Son John Biddlecomb twenty pounds lawful money of England, {....}.
I give to my said Son John Biddlecomb sixteen pounds being part of the debt of Edward Riffen unto me by bond, and which sixteen pounds my said son John Biddlecombe hath {.........} {were......}.

Birth and Baptism

Marriage

Death and Burial

Richard Biddlecomb

Margarett Biddlecomb

Margarett Rook nee Biddlecomb

Extract from will pertaining to Christopher Biddlecomb of Hightown

I Christopher Biddlecomb of Hightown ...

Item I give to my Daughter Margarett Rook twenty shillings lawfull money of England.

Birth and Baptism

Marriage

Death and Burial

If this is the same Christopher as in the will at the top of the page, with a Probate Date 26 May 1649, suggesting a year of death of 1649.

Baptism for Margaret Biddlecomb, daughter of Christofer Biddlecomb on 25 Mar 1606.

First name(s) Margaret
Last name Biddlecomb
Gender Female
Birth year -
Birth place -
Baptism year 1606
Baptism date 25 Mar 1606
Place Ringwood
County Hampshire
Country England
Father's first name(s) Christofer
Father's last name Biddlecomb
Mother's first name(s) -
Mother's last name -
Record set England Births & Baptisms 1538-1975
Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
Subcategory Parish Baptisms
Collections from England, Great Britain

From Hampshire Parish Extracts

Steph Rook of Ellingham & Margaret Biddlecomb of Ringwood sp, at Ibsley, 05 Feb 1629.
Collection Hampshire: - Marriage Licences, 1607-1640 (Marriage)

Margaret was a spinster and from Ringwood. If it is the same Margaret baptised 1606 and if born shortly before, she would have been approximately 23 years of age.

Both these seem to fit.

This is further reinforced with the Will of Stephen Rook of Rockford, Ellingham, Hampshire dated 4^th February 1644, where his wife Margaret is mentioned.

I have made a first pass at a transcription of this Will. I don't currently plan to do a full analysis of the Will but use the extracted information, such as his brothers, in my Ancestry Tree.

The section on the bottom, adjacent to the witnesses marks appears to be in Latin and my be to do with the Proving of the Will. I have not attempted to translate or transcribe it. There does appear to be a date on it.

1645, which I would hazard a guess to be the year of death.

The marriage of Steph Rook of Ellingham & Margaret Biddlecomb of Ringwood, spinster, at Ibsley, 05 Feb 1629 was only 16 years previously. However, no direct children are mentioned in the will, only children of other members of the family.

In the name of God Amen

The fourth day of February Anno Domino 1644 I Stephen Rook of Rockford in the Parish of Ellingham in the County of South Yeoman being sike in body but of ??? and sound mind and memory thanks be given to God for it do make and ordain this my last Will and Testament as ????

I??? I bequeath my soul to God that gave it hoping that be the ???? and ??? of Jesus Christ my only Saviour and redeemer to have all my ???? ???? away and to be made ??? of Life Everlasting and my body to be buried in the Parish Church yards of Ellingham and for my Family burial ground I give them as followeth

The first I give to the parish Church of Ellingham ?? ??? and to the poor of the same parish twenty shillings

Item I give to my wife Margrett during the ??? of her Life the ??? house I now live in Lying in Rockford ??? and the ??? ??? ?? with ?? in her father’s ??? full and wholley to her own ??? of my and the ??? ??? my will and ??? it shall remain after her if the ??? last so long

To my Brother John Rook and my Brother William ??? ??? the oftake

??? I give the ??? of ??? of all of ground ??? wither ??? living at ?innwood in the now ??? and ??? other ??? lying in Rockford ??? by estimation 4 acres ??? ??? or ??? and all ??? of my goods of movable and unmovable withindor and without with now I and ??? of to be equally divided Between my Brother John Rook and my Brother William ??? and the Children of my Brother Philip Rook as my ??? provided always that the Childre of my Brother Philip Rook ??? ?? the ??? of it ??? them ? and my ??? Will is that if my Sister in Law Jane Rook doth not before the dividing of my goods ??? and ??? ??? the ??? that my Brother Phillip Rook did ??? ??? of his ??? Son George Rook that ??? my will is that the children shall ??? ??? or ??? of my goods or chattels ??? them but that my Brother John Rook and my Brother William ???? shall have it all to themselves

Item I give to my Brother Charles Rook the ??? ??? I have in ??? of my ?? to him my love to him

Item I give to my servant John White wood the ??? that I have or forty shillings in money at ??? ???

Item I give to my other servant Joan? Biddlecombe the ??? ??? ??? that I have and this my will is ??? ?? my Last Will in wittnes whereof I have hereunto set my hand the 7^th day of February Anno Domini 1644

Signed in the ??? of Stephen ^the \ ^{mark of} Rook

John ^the \ ^{mark of} Whitewood

Joan ^the \ ^{mark of} Biddlecombe

Family added to Ancestry Tree.

Brother John Rook

Brother William ????

Children of Brother Philip Rook

Sister in Law Jane Rook

Son of Brother Philip Rook

Brother Charles Rook

Grand children Dantor

Grand child Thomas Biddlecomb

Grand children Biddlecomb

Christopher Biddlecomb

Christopher Biddlecomb or Christofer Bidelcom

Birth and baptism

A potential match for Christopher's baptism.

First name(s) Christofer
Last name Bidelcom
Gender Male
Birth year -
Birth place -
Baptism year 1571
Baptism date 19 Mar 1571
Place Ringwood
County Hampshire
Country England
Father's first name(s) John
Father's last name Bidelcom
Mother's first name(s) -
Mother's last name -
Record set England Births & Baptisms 1538-1975
Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
Subcategory Parish Baptisms
Collections from England, Great Britain

Another potential match for Christopher's baptism.

First name(s) Christofer
Last name Bidelcom
Gender Male
Birth year -
Birth place -
Baptism year 1592
Baptism date 18 Feb 1592
Place Ringwood
County Hampshire
Country England
Father's first name(s) Morris
Father's last name Bidelcom
Mother's first name(s) -
Mother's last name -
Record set England Births & Baptisms 1538-1975
Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
Subcategory Parish Baptisms
Collections from England, Great Britain

Marriage

See the tab Christopher Biddlecomb's Wife for thoughts about his marriage.

Death and Burial

Death would have been between writing the will and any codicil and the date of proving the will. If the rule of proving within is applied his death would have been close to the proving date.

Date of Will	15 July 1647
Date of Codicil	None
Date of Proving	26 May 1649

Looking at the Hampshire Genealogy Society Burial Records;

Parish of Ringwood, 16 March 1647 Christopher Biddlecombe is one that jumps out on first impression, but that is before the Will was signed.

The above was the result of a search for the parish of Ringwood with a first name starting with Chris and a surname starting with Bid, both to deal with the various spelling of the names encountered in records.

There are no appropriate records here.

Widening the field to the whole of Hampshire, surname starting with Bid, and the year 1648 ⁺/_- 1, gave the following result. Again, no matching record.

Perhaps a trip to the Hampshire Records Office in Winchester is required.

Christopher Biddlecomb's Parents

Christopher Biddlecomb's Wife

Christopher Biddlecomb's Children

Christopher Biddlecomb's Summary

End of this article in the series, select the next collection or person to view from the list below.

End of Old Template material pertaining to Christopher Biddlecomb. Not relevant.

Wikipedia

Sir Richard Mill, 5th Baronet (c. 1689 – 16 May 1760) of Woolbeding House, Sussex was a British landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1721 and 1747.

Mill died on 16 May 1760. He had four sons Richard, John, Henry, and Charles who succeeded to the baronetcy in turn. His five daughters were Margaret, Philadelphia, Elizabeth, Mary and Martha.

The Mill Baronetcy, of Camois Court in the County of Sussex, was a title in the Baronetage of England. It was created on 31 December 1619 for John Mill, subsequently Member of Parliament for Southampton. The third Baronet was High Sheriff of Hampshire in 1685. The fifth Baronet was member of parliament for Midhurst, Penrhyn and Horsham. The sixth Baronet sat as a Knight of the Shire for Hampshire. The title became extinct on the death of the tenth Baronet in 1835.

The National Archives - Camios Court Manor

The National Archives - Mill family, baronets, of Camois Court

Sussex (Camois Court in Trotton, etc) and Hants (Mottisfont, Eling, Longstock, etc) deeds, family and estate papers, incl papers of the predecessor Sandys family, with misc deeds and papers for other counties.

British History Online - Trotton

Catherine Mill, the eldest daughter of Sir Roger Lewknor and Elizabeth, was succeeded before 1587 by her son Lewknor Mill, and he before 1606 by his son John Mill. John was created a baronet in 1619, and in 1664, with Margaret his wife, he conveyed Trotton manor to Ellis Mewet and William Noyes.

This part was also acquired by Lawrence Alcock, whose son Lawrence settled the manor in 1701 on his marriage with Anne Fuller. Lawrence was buried at Trotton in 1723; none of his sons having left issue, Trotton manor passed to his daughters Jane wife of John Radcliffe, and Anne wife of George Bramston. Anne had no children, and George Bramston mortgaged his share of the manor to Samuel Child in 1745, and sold it in 1757 to John Fraine. In the following year Edward Radcliffe bought this part of the manor, £8,680 being paid to Agatha Child, representing the mortgagee, and £975 to Fraine.

Jane Radcliffe died in 1752 and her son John Radcliffe succeeded to the other part of the manor as devisee and heir at law of Arthur Radcliffe brother of Edward, and in 1779 he sold the whole to Thomas Samuel Jolliffe. Jolliffe exchanged the manor for manors in Somerset with Samuel Twyford in 1786, and it was sold by a later Samuel Twyford to Frank Mowatt. He sold it to Reginald Henry Nevill, of Dangstein, whose widow Lady Dorothy Nevill and their eldest son split up the property, most of which, with apparently any surviving manorial rights, was acquired by Lord Leconfield.

The first paragraph links Trotton Manor to John Mill, and the Baronetcy. The last paragraph of this extract links the name Radcliffe to Somerset and Trotton, and Radcliffe is a name that reappears in this story.

Camois Court is often assumed to be near Barcombe Cross and Barcombe, to the North of Lewes in Sussex.

It is understandable as it clearly states Camois Court and Camois Court Farm, circled in blue, near Barcombe Cross.

British History Online does have a mention for Camois Court in the Parish of Barcombe.

Camois Court, on the west side of the road between Barcombe and Barcombe Cross, has 17th-century stopchamfered beams, a contemporary door, and curious twisted columnar newels, two supporting an arch in the hall and a larger one in the staircase. There are others at the Anchor, and Ewhurst, Spithurst. These all appear to have been ship furniture introduced by Sir William Grantham when he reconditioned these houses about the beginning of this century.

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Manors

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The manor of CAMOYS COURT alias BARKHAM CAMOYS, lying partly in Barcombe, but also in Ditchling and Newick, was probably represented about 1198 by land held by Maud de Bercamp. The overlordship descended with the rape. In the division of the barony in 1439 the 1½ knight's fees formerly held by John de Gadesden, in which this land was included, were divided. Half a fee in Ditchling was assigned to Elizabeth, Lady Bergavenny; (fn. 24) one fee in Bevendean and Barcombe went to the Duke of Norfolk. In 1543, however, Camoys Court was held of the joint owners of the barony, and it still owed suit at the court of Lewes down to 1835 at least.

From Maud de Bercamp the holding passed to her son Ralph de Pierpoint; but William de Pierpoint, who held demesne in Barcombe in 1235, had sold his land there by 1242 to John de Gadesden or Gatesden who was then holding 3 knights' fees in 'Bercompe'. John married Hawise Savage, widow of John de Nevill, in about 1246 and died in 1262. Hawise died about 1269. The marriage of John's grand-daughter and heiress Margaret was granted to Robert Waleraund. In or about 1279 Margaret married Sir John de Camoys but deserted him for William Paynel, whom she married after Sir John's death in 1298. Margaret died about January 1311 and her son Ralph de Camoys was holding land in the vill of Barcombe in 1316. On his death in 1336 his lands passed to his son Thomas, who died without issue in 1372 holding the reversion of the manor, after the death of William de Mallynge, jointly with his wife Margaret. She was still holding them in 1386. Sir Thomas de Camoys, his nephew, succeeded him. In 1412 his lands in Barcombe were worth £5 a year and in 1428 were assessed as ¼ knight's fee. He died in 1421, and was succeeded by his grandson Hugh, then aged seven, on whose death in 1426 the Camoys property descended to his sisters, Margaret, wife of Ralph Radmylde, and Eleanor, wife of Roger Lewknor of Trotton. Ralph Radmylde survived Margaret and died in 1443, when her half of the manor passed to their son Robert, then aged 18. Robert was succeeded in 1457 by a son William, a child of 6, but this part of the manor appears soon to have passed to Roger Lewknor, in whose family the whole manor descended. At this date the manor was still known as Barcombe, but later it acquired the name Camoys Court. From Roger it passed to his son Sir Thomas Lewknor of Trotton in 1478, and in 1484 to his grandson Sir Roger, when the male line died out in 1543. The manor then descended for a time in the same way as Warningore, being divided among Roger's three infant daughters—Katherine, who married first John Mill, and secondly, William Morgan; Mabel, wife of Anthony Stapley; and Constance, wife first of Thomas Foster and then of Edward Glemham. By 1587 Katherine's third had descended to Lewknor Mill, her grandson by her first husband. Mabel and her husband had evidently died without issue, for thereafter the manor descended in two portions, one half in the Mill family and the other in the Fosters, descendants of Constance by her first husband. The first half remained with Sir John Mill, bart. (son of Lewknor), and his descendants until 1666, when it was sold to William Lane, whose daughter Elizabeth married John Smith of Hamsey. In 1709 the children of John Smith, William, Ann, and Abigail Smith sold it to Thomas Medley of Conyborough in Barcombe. This portion included the 'piece of arable land whereupon the ancient seat or mansion house called Camois Court formerly stood'. It remained in the Medley family and descended with the main manor of Barcombe until, at least, 1835.

At this point I realise that I have some of these names on my main Family Tree. I have been building a Mill family tree in the background as I explore this dynasty, on my Research Tree. I must now transfer this to my main tree and link it to the people there to establish my very very remote relationship.

I am not expecting to become landed gentry as a result.

The Milne Map of Hampshire 1791

Grove House, also Known as Grove Place, Nutshelling, is associated with Sir Charles Mill. (Circled in blue)

Sir Richard Mill of Grove Place Bar^t is associated to Property 322

John Mill Esq^r., is associated to Property 332

John Mills Esq^r., Bentley is associated to Property 333.

Timeline

Compiled history

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ArcGIS Story Map

Using the information in the abovementioned spreadsheet, I have also created an ESRI / ArcGIS Story Map which shows the location of the places of abode, indicated by numbers on Taylor's map, on a modern map. Follow the link to go directly to Taylor's Map of Hampshire 1759 and the places associated with the List of Gentlemen or see the slightly squeezed version embedded below.

Sorry, to be a stand alone item, it does repeat some of the above, but has new stuff as well.

Barton Stacey - Hampshire

Super User Places 07 January 2024

Barton Stacey, near Winchester - Hampshire

First thing to note is that Ralph of Mortimer, one of the land owners in Barton Stacey, is a name found in my Family Tree, but as Ralph de Mortimer, BIRTH 1158 • Wigmore, Herefordshire, England, DEATH 24 JUN 1214 • Hereford, Herefordshire, England. Also, Ralph DeMortimer 1082–1104 BIRTH 1082 • Wigmore, Herefordshire, England DEATH 1104 • Ludlow, Hertfordshire, England. So clearly not the same people, but possibly the same family. Of the same period, I have Roger DeMortimer of the conquest, 1042–1090 BIRTH 1042 • St Victor En Caux Castle, Pais De Caux, Normandy, France DEATH 1090 • England. The last is 6th great-grandfather of spouse of wife of 4th cousin 24x removed, which equates to over 1000 years.

Collectively, Ralph of Mortimer was;

Tenant-in-chief in 1086: to 143 seperate places
Lord in 1086: to 109 separate places

That is a lot of properties.

Lord pays taxes to Tenant-in-chief, who in turn pays taxes to the King.

Lands did not change hands just due to the Norman Conquest. Another cause was the Revolt of the Earls in 1075 which was a rebellion of three earls against William I of England (William the Conqueror). It was the last serious act of resistance against William in the Norman Conquest. Understandably a lot of change in ownership between 1066 and 1086.

Barton [Stacey] was a settlement in Domesday Book, in the hundred of Barton and the county of Hampshire.

It had a recorded population of 51.5 households in 1086, putting it in the largest 20% of settlements recorded in Domesday, and is listed under 3 owners in Domesday Book.

Land of King William

Households

Households: 28 villagers. 47 smallholders. 8 slaves. 6 freedmen.

Land and resources

Ploughland: 25 ploughlands. 5 lord's plough teams. 18 men's plough teams.
Other resources: Meadow 37 acres. Woodland 80 swine render. 3 mills, value 2 pounds 2 shillings and 5 pence.

Valuation

Annual value to lord: 33 pounds in 1086; 38 pounds 8 shillings and 2 pence when acquired by the 1086 owner; 38 pounds 8 shillings and 2 pence in 1066.

Owners

Tenant-in-chief in 1086: King William.
Lord in 1086: King William.
Lord in 1066: King Edward.

Other information

This entry mentions multiple places: Barton [Stacey]; [Kings] Worthy.
Phillimore reference: Hampshire 1,17

Land of Ralph of Mortimer

Households

Households: 1 villager. 5 smallholders. 1 slave.

Land and resources

Ploughland: 2 ploughlands.
Other resources: Meadow 6 acres.

Valuation

Annual value to lord: 1 pound 10 shillings in 1086; 1 pound 10 shillings when acquired by the 1086 owner; 3 pounds in 1066.

Owners

Tenant-in-chief in 1086: Ralph of Mortimer.
Lord in 1086: Saint-Victor (en-Caux), abbey of.
Overlord in 1066: King Edward.
Lord in 1066: Cypping (of Worthy).

Other information

Phillimore reference: Hampshire 29,2

Land of Walter son of Roger

Land and resources

Other resources: 1 church.

Valuation

Annual value to lord: 15 shillings in 1086.

Owners

Tenant-in-chief in 1086: Walter son of Roger.
Lord in 1086: Hugh of Port.
Overlord in 1066: King Edward.
Lord in 1066: Edsi the sheriff.

Other information

Phillimore reference: Hampshire 47,1

Eling, Hampshire

Ivan Hurst Places 07 January 2024

Eling, Hampshire

Eling a small village and town, as well as a large parish on the banks of the River Test opposite Southampton, and adjacent to the New Forest, in the county of Hampshire, sometimes known as Southamptonshire, or County of Southampton.

Bronze Age 1500BC

A Bronze Age Settlement to the North of the Town was discovered when the Testwood Lakes were excavated. A jetty, bridge and dagger were all found dating from that period.

The town has a history back to before Bronze Age times. It is thought the name Eling probably derives from Edlas’s people, or Edlingas as it appeared in the Domesday Book.

Domesday Book 1066-1086

Eling Parish 1537

Old Hampshire Maps

The website for Old Hampshire Maps and Other Historic Resources is a most excellent source of information which I often refer to.

I normally click on the top left icon, Old Hampshire Mapped, but believe that the one next to it on the right is more extensive and gets to the same maps and more.

This section could be called an indulgence to my lifelong fascination with maps and travel. Maps can tell you so much more than just how to get from A to B. Maps over time add to so much more.

Generally, the maps refer to Eling the settlement as opposed to the much larger parish. Something in the history must have given Eling some significance.

Saxton 1575

Saxton's map of Hampshire 1575

Extract from the Old Hampshire Mapped website about Saxton's map.

Map, hand coloured copper plate engraving, Southamtoniae, ie Hampshire, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, engraved by Leonard Terwoort, Antwerp, Netherlands, published by Christopher Saxton, map maker, London? about 1575.
Published in the Atlas of England and Wales; it was usually issued in hand coloured form; measurements and notes made in the field were worked up later, with the help of earlier manuscript maps if available; Saxton almost certainly used the rudimentary triangulation techniques first described by the cartographer Frisius, Belgium, 1533.

Hills are drawn in profile to provide a general impression of the local topography, while named settlements are shown by a variety of symbols including a church with tower; rivers, coastline, some bridges, deer parks and woods are all included; the most obvious omission on Saxton's maps, to our eyes, are roads, which were not included on general county maps until the 1690s.
The map '... provides us with our first english example of accurate cartography': Colonel Close: 1930:: Hampshire Field Club.
Saxton's county maps were engraved by Ryther, Hogenberg, Reynolds, Terwoort and Scatter.

Direct link to Eling.(Settlement)

The ancient settlement of Eling circled in blue, to help locate it.

Zoomed in some more on the same map. Showing from the New Forest, Eling, Southampton, across to the Hamble.

Norden 1595

Taylor's Hampshire 1759

Eling Parish Split in three 1837-1846

Ancient Parish of Eling

The Parish of Eling was divided, which is understandable, as it was a huge area, and would have had a growing population. Initially into, South to North, Marchwood, (1846), Ealing (Ancient) and North Eling (1837), .

The maps are from FamilySearch.

North Eling, blue wash, Eling, mouve, Marchwood, yellow.

Eling - re-sized

First the map with the revised size Eling parish as 1 and the newly formed North Eling as 2. Marchwood is also formed from the Ancient Parish of Ealing.

Eling is an Ancient Parish in the county of Hampshire

Other places include: Wigley, Wade, Testwood, Tatchbury, South Eling, Rumbridge, Ower, Lopperwood, Langley, Lamb's Corner, Ironshill Walk, Ipley Farm, Durley, Denny Lodge Walk, Colebury, Castle Malwood Walk, Beechwood, Bauldoxfee, Bistern and Bartley, Bartley Regis, Ashurst Walk, and Ashurst Lodge and Grounds.

Parish records begin in 1537 and Bishops Transcripts 1701.

Non-Church of England denominations identified in Eling include: Independent/Congregational and Wesleyan Methodist.

I have transcribed the image, which is clearly legible sat here, mainly to provide searchable text, but hopefully also to provide the information irrespective of the devise used to view this article.

North Eling

North Eling is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Hampshire, created in 1837 from Eling Ancient Parish.

Parish records begin in 1834 and Bishops Transcripts 1838. Interesting that the Parish records commence before the creation of the parish. No non-Church of England denominations have been identified for North Eling.

Jurisdictions;

Place; North Eling
County; Hampshire
Civil Registration District; New Forest
Probate Court; Courts of the Bishop (Episcopal Consistory) and Archdeaconry of Winchester.
Diocese; Winchester
Rural Deanery; Southampton
Poor Law Union; New Forest
Hundred; Redbridge
Province; Canterbury

All the Jurisdictions apart from the place are the same for all three parishes.

Marchwood

Nine years after the division of the Ancient Parish of Eling to create North Eling, a further split to create the Parish of Marchwood.

Marchwood is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Hampshire, created in 1846 from chapelry in Ealing Ancient Parish.

Other places in the parish include: Decoy Pond.

Parish records begin in 1843 and Bishops Transcripts 1843. Interesting that the Parish records commence before the creation of the parish.

Independent/Congregational is the only identified non-Church of England denomination in Marchwood.

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Catchment area for St Michael´s School Lambeth

Super User Places 20 October 2023

Catchment area for St Michael´s School Lambeth

St Michael´s School, Admission and Discharge Register for Infants

Saint Michael's School (0183) opened in or before 1903. Closed or reorganised in 196?

One of the hints for John Robert Hammett, b 1869 has an entry for Elizabeth Hammett attending St Michael's School according to London, England, School Admissions and Discharges, 1840-1911.

Elizabeth Hammett was admitted to St Michael's School on 30 June 1908, Admission Number 602. Her date of birth was 3 August 1904. She was 3 years, 10 months, 28 days. Understandably she had not previously attended a different school. Elizabeth left St. Michael's school on 29 March 1912, when she was 7 years, 7 months, 27 days old, to go to St Andrew's School, having attended St Michael's for a period of 3 years, 9 months.

The same record states the name of parent or guardian as being John, and in the absence any other information, presumably he is John Hammett. There is no indication the this John Hammett is the same person of the same name in my tree. Additional information and records are required to make that link. The address is difficult to interpret. However, by reviewing a lot of the entries in the record set and working with the National Library of Scotland Ordnance Survey Map, 25". I think the address as written is 15 Ingleboro' St. which I believe to be 15 Ingleborough Street.

Part of Ingleborough Street still exists, as can be seen on the Google Maps below.

An image from Google Earth with a layer produced within National Library of Scotland Ordnance Survey Map, 25". The roads marked in yellow are recorded as addresses for some of the children St Michael´s School, Admission and Discharge Register for Infants. The road coloured blue is Ingleborough Street. The area surrounded in red is an approximation of the Catchment area for St Michael´s School Lambeth. I created the area to help locate the roads I found in the register on the OS 25" map, Having an area helps me from drifting outside a reasonable search area.

I have tried to embed the Google Earth in this site but so far no luck, so the above is a screenshot.

Below are some screenshots of the source, OS Map 25".

Using the old maps helps with the street names of the period of the register.

Messingham

Super User Places 21 July 2023

Messingham, Lincolnshire

The primary reason for starting to look into Massingham was the 1851 Census which includes Harold Huteson, one of my Wife's ancestors.

To try to locate his residence in 1851 I have so far spent a couple of weeks creating a spreadsheet of all the entries of the 1851 Census for the Parish of Messingham, to which is added additional information including location.

This is the point that I decided to separate the articles, to create a 'place article' for Maessingham.

What is the relevance of this current Google Maps image of a house, I hear you ask?

Fire Insurance Plans of London

Ivan Hurst Places 28 December 2022

Fire Insurance Plans of London

Part of a collection at the British Library.

However, it always takes me a long time to find the sheet I want so this is going to be a collection of the Key sheets to aid that process.

Insurance Plan of City of London Vol. I: Key Plan

Shelfmark: Maps 145.b.22.(.1)

Scale: Inches

Genre: Map

Map scale ratio: [1:480]. 40 ft = 1 inch. and [1:2400]. 200 ft = 1 inch.

This "key plan" indicates coverage of the Goad 1886 series of fire insurance maps of London that were originally produced to aid insurance companies in assessing fire risks. The building footprints, their use (commercial, residential, educational, etc.), the number of floors and the height of the building, as well as construction materials (and thus risk of burning) and special fire hazards (chemicals, kilns, ovens) were documented in order to estimate premiums. Names of individual businesses, property lines, and addresses were also often recorded. Together these maps provide a rich historical shapshot of the commercial activity and urban landscape of towns and cities at the time. The British Library holds a comprehensive collection of fire insurance plans produced by the London-based firm Charles E. Goad Ltd. dating back to 1885. These plans were made for most important towns and cities of the British Isles at the scales of 1:480 (1 inch to 40 feet), as well as many foreign towns at 1:600 (1 inch to 50 feet).

Places

Taylor's Map of Hampshire 1759

Taylor's Map of Hampshire 1759

Taylor's Hampshire 1759

Sections - An example in use.

The whole of the map

Gentlemen's Names

Index of Gentlemen's Names on Taylor's Map of Hampshire 1759

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I & J

K

L

M

N

O

P

Q

R

S

T

U & V

W

X, Y, & Z

Gentlemen's Places

Gentlemen's numbered places

Place Key

Key to Characters used within Isaac Taylor's Map of Hampshire including the Isle of Wight, Augst 20th 1759

Place 228

Place numbered 228, of Moundsmore (Moundsmere)

Tithe Apportionment and Maps.

Current Notes

Place 371

Place numbered 371, Hussbourg, or Farley from map.

Heritage England

X, Y, & Z

Families -- Dynasties

Gentlemen's Families and Dynasties

Mill

Mill Family and Dynasty

Starting reference is made to Taylor's Map of Hampshire 1759

Explore - Information and Records

Richard Mill Esqr., Mottisfont is associated to Property 331

Will of Sir Richard Mill of Mottisfont

Will of Sir Richard Mill

Sir Richard Mill of Mottisfont, Hampshire, his will

Sr Richard Mill Bart

Old Template material pertaining to Christopher Biddlecomb. Not relevant.

People in the Will of Christopher Biddlecombe of Hightown

People mentioned in the Will of Christopher Biddlecomb of Ringwood

John Biddlecomb

John Biddlecomb

Birth and Baptism

Marriage

Death and Burial

Richard Biddlecomb

Richard Biddlecomb

Birth and Baptism

Marriage

Death and Burial

Margarett Biddlecomb

Margarett Rook nee Biddlecomb

Birth and Baptism

Marriage

Death and Burial

Grand children Dantor

Birth and Baptism

Marriage

Death and Burial

Grand child Thomas Biddlecomb

Birth and Baptism

Marriage

Death and Burial

Grand children Biddlecomb

Key to Characters used within Isaac Taylor's Map of Hampshire including the Isle of Wight, Aug^st 20^th 1759

Richard Mill Esq^r., Mottisfont is associated to Property 331

S^r Richard Mill Bar^t

Sir Richard Mill of Grove Place Bar^t is associated to Property 322

John Mill Esq^r., is associated to Property 332

John Mills Esq^r., Bentley is associated to Property 333.