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Tracing	Tracing the Lords
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PP_377	That Mary Lord (377) was the mother of Thomas Stayt (188)
PP_754	That William Lord (754) was the father of Mary Lord (377)
PP_1508	That William Lord (1508) was the father of William Lord (754)
PP_3016	That William Lord (3016) was the father of William Lord (1508)
PP_6032	That Edward Lord (6032) was the father of William Lord (3016)
PP_12064	That Edward Lord (12064) was the father of Edward Lord (6032)
PP_24128	That William Lord (24128) was the father of Edward Lord (12064)
Records	The Records
S_1544	1544 Subsidy in Little Tew (BHO, Little Tew', A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 11: Wootton Hundred (northern part) (1983), pp. 247- 258)			William (24128)
	The subsidy returns of 1524 reveal four leading villagers, Richard Brangwen (assessed on goods of £16), William Busby (£13), Thomas Jeffery (£12), and John Belcher (£10). Eight people were assessed on goods of between 10s. and 8, and twelve at the lowest level on wages. By 1544 the Brangwen family had all but disappeared from the village. The Jeffery (£16) and Belcher (£8) families remained, and were joined by Edmund Bull (£14) and William Lord (£8).
	1586 Acquisition in Little Tew (The Changing English Village, Ashby, 1974)			Edward (12064)
	In 1586 Edward Lord of Little Tew had acquired a small messuage and holding from Tidmarshes who had bought the freehold from Leigh a year or two earlier.
D_1610	1610-03-23 Burial in Great Tew (Ancestry, Oxfordshire BMD, 1538-1812)			Edward (12064)	1610
	Item the 23rd day of March was Edward Lord of Lytle Tew buryed 1609
W_1610	1610-12-04 Will (TNA, PROB 11/116/597)		1610	Edward (12064)	1610
	Testator: Edward Lord of Little Tew, husbandman			Edward (6032)
	Executor: son Edward
	Overseers: neighbour John Loggan, cousin William Belcher of Barford
	Date: 5 August 1609, proved 4 December 1610
	Witnesses: Edward Wordle clerk, Christopher Easte, Edward Lord, Edward Bradshaw William Lord
	Will: - 12d to mother church of Oxford
	- 6s to church of Little Tew
	- 3s 4d to poor of Little Tew
	- property in Balsworth street, Warwickshire to son William, he to pay £13 6s 8d to son Edward
	- 20s to brother John
	- 4 new oak boards to build a chest to daughter Elizabeth Bradshaw
	- red yearling and calf to Mary daughter of son-in-law Bradshaw
	- rest to son Edward
	Total fortune: - ca. £2, land & houses in Warwicks., + rest
	1615-12-04 Deed in Bledington, Gloucs (Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland, Record Office, DG39/601)			Edward (6032)
	Description: Assignment of term of years
	(i) William Loggyne, gent, Swakecliffe, Oxon.
	(ii) Edward Lord, yeo, Little Tewe.
	(iii) John Logine, gent, Little Tewe.
	John Procter, yeo, Armescott, Worcestershire.
	(i) to (iii) the remainder of a term of 51 years interest on a messuage, 1? yardlands and the Park Close, copyhold lands in Bledington, Gloucs and also ? acre ley ground, Hall Close, a cottage called Snowes, 4 acres of land, the two petty farmes, one Derydale and half Berydale, Chapel Lane (5 perches) and 3? out of 44 parts of the commons or wastes of Bledington with common of pasture for 81 sheep, 7 rother beasts and 5 horse beasts in the first year and 4 horse beasts in the second, with other lands in Bledington.
	Consideration: £450 to (i) and £50 to (ii).
	Date: 4th December 1615
	Held by: Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland, Record Office for, not available at The National Archives
A_1616	1616-10-26 Administration & Inventory in Great Tew (Oxfordshire RO, Arch. & Const. 106.93)			Edward (6032)	1616
	Deceased: Edward Lord of Little Tew
	Date: 12 October 1616, proved 26 October 1610
	Witnesses: Edward Wordle clerk, William Coattes his mark, Edmund Marshal his mark, Ralph Marshall jos mark
	Inventory: -
	Total fortune: - £335 9 s. 8 d.
M_1622s	1622-06-10 Marriage Settlement (Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland, Record Office, DG39/603)			William (3016)
	William Lord, yeoman of Little Tew & Marie d. William Parsons, yeoman, Little Compton			Marie (3017)
	Description: Marriage Settlement
	(i) John Loggine, gent, Little Tewe, Oxon.
	(ii) William Parsons, yeo, Little Compton, Gloucs.
	William Loggine, ---, Swakeleafe [sic Swalecliffe], Oxon.
	Robert Loggin, son and heir of (i).
	John Johnsons, yeo, Oddington, Gloucs.
	(iii) William Lord, yeo, Little Tewe.
	Marie Lord, widow, mother of (iii).
	In consideration of the proposed marriage of William Lord and Marie the daughter of William Parsons, (i) grants to (ii) a messuage and cottage adjoining, 1? yardlands, closes called The Park and Hall Close, ? acre of copyhold land, a cottage called Snowes and 4 acres adjoining; Chapel Lane (4 perches) and 3? out of 4 parts of the desmesne land and common of pasture all in Bledington, Gloucs. to be held by (ii) for the remainder of 51 years on trust for William Lord.
	Consideration: £430 by William Parsons to (i).
	Date: 10th June 1622
	Held by: Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland, Record Office for, not available at The National Archives
M_1622	1622-08-07 Marriage in Little Compton, Gloucs (Ancestry, Gloucestershire BMD, 1538-1813)			William (3016)	1622
	William Lorde & Marie Parsons were married the 7th day of August 1622			Marie (3017)
	1623-05-06 Baptism in Little Compton, Gloucs (Ancestry, Gloucestershire BMD, 1538-1813)			William (3016)	1623
	An Lord daughter to William Lord and Marie his wife was baptized the 6th day of May anno dom. 1623			Marie (3017)
	1624-05-03 Deed in Bledington, Gloucs (Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, DR 18/1/1558)
	Title: BLEDINGTON
	Description: Bargain and sale dated 3 May 22 James 1 from William Leigh of Adlestrop esq and Elizabeth his wife to William Lord of Bladington yeoman, of the water griste mill and land in Bladington als Bledington.
	Signed and sealed William Lord.
	Witnesses: William Chadwell, John Johnsone, Thomas Ager, Will Steyte [Richar]d Dadley by his mark, .......... By his mark.
	Worn at one fold.
	Date: 1624
	Held by: Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, Stratford-upon-Avon, not available at The National Archives
B_1626	1626-05-26 Baptism in Little Tew, Gloucs (Ancestry, Gloucestershire BMD, 1538-1813)			William (3016)	1626
	Ite the 26 of Maije was William the sonne of William Lord of Little Tew baptized 1626			Marie (3017)
				William (1508)
	1629-04-16 Baptism in Bledington, Gloucs (Ancestry, Gloucestershire BMD, 1538-1813)			William (3016)	1629
	Item the 16th day of April was baptized Mary Lord the daughter of William Lord & Mary his wyffe			Marie (3017)
	1633-01-06 Baptism in Little Compton, Gloucs (Ancestry, Gloucestershire BMD, 1538-1813)			William (3016)	1633
	??ra Lord daughter to William and Marie Lord was baptiezed the 6th day of January 1632			Marie (3017)
	1635-06-14 Baptism in Little Compton, Gloucs (Ancestry, Gloucestershire BMD, 1538-1813)			William (3016)	1635
	Laurance the sonne of William Lord and Mary baptized the 14th of June 1635			Marie (3017)
	1638-05-03 Baptism in Bledington, Gloucs (Ancestry, Gloucestershire BMD, 1538-1813)			William (3016)	1638
	Maii 3rd baptizatus fuit Edwardi filius Guilielmi Lord et Mariae uxoris ejus			Marie (3017)
	1645-01-23 Burial in Great Tew, Oxfordshire (Ancestry, Oxforshire BMD, 1538-1812)			Family (12064)	1645
	William Lord of Little Tew was buried the 22nd day of January 1644
W_1646	1646 Will (TNA, PROB 10/642/162)		1646	William (3016)	1646
	Testator: William Parsons of Compton, Glocs., yeoman			Marie (3017)
	Executors: sons-in-law John Johnsons & William Lord
	Overseers: sons-in-law Thomas Rooke & William Widdowes
	Date: 11 June 1642, proved 29 January 1646
	Witnesses: William Johnson, Thomas Rooke & William Lord
	Will: - £10, household items & crops to wife Susan
	- £5 apiece to wife’s children William, John, Thomas & Susan Negoose
	- 5s apiece to 4 daughters Ellen Johnsons, Mary Lord, Ann Rooke & Joane Widdowes
	- £20 to grandson William Widdowes
	- £4 to poor of Compton Parva
	- 40s apiece to kinsmen Andrew & Thomas Archer
	- £3 to servant John Sims
	- 5s to servant Elizabeth Butler
	- 5s to servant Anthony Savage
	- 1s to shepherd William
	- bequests to underage children when they are 21
	Total fortune: - ca. £65, crops, + rest
	1658-10-01 Indenture (Visitation of England and Wales, Notes Vol. 12, F. A. Crisp, 1917, p. 27)		1658	William (1508)
	William Lord the younger of Bledington, gent.
	1662 Hearth Tax Returns in Little Tew (BHO, Little Tew', A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 11: Wootton Hundred (northern part) (1983), pp. 247- 258)			William (3016)
	The Lords and the Marshalls, stood out in the Hearth Tax returns of 1662. William Lord, assessed on 8 hearths, almost certainly lived in the house later known as Little Tew Manor, and was the only person styled 'Mr'. His son William had 3 hearths, and a widow of the family had 4; one of them presumably occupied the house attached to the family's second tenancy, under Eton College. William Lord, formerly an absentee also had land at Bledington (Glos.).			William (1508)
	1663 Certificate (TNA, E 115/239/6)
	Laurence Lord
	Description: Certificate of residence showing Laurence Lord to be liable for taxation in Oxford.
	(Details of which pouch this certificate was removed from are now lost.)
	Date: 1663
	Held by: The National Archives, Kew
B_1663	1663-09-21 Baptism in Bledington, Gloucs (IGI 2003; Ancestry, Gloucestershire BMD, 1538-1813)			William (1508)	1663
	Septemb. 21st baptizatus fuit Guilielmus filius Guilielmus Lord et Mariae uxoris sue			Mary (1509)
				William (754)
	1664-08-30 Will (http://wills.oxfordshirefhs.org.uk/az/wtext/hopkins_009.html, TNA PROB 11/314)
	Hugh Hopkins of Bladon, William & Lawrence Lord of Little Tew, William Lord of Bledington
	I give my cousins Mr William Lord and Mr Lawrence Lord of Little Tew 20s apiece, and to Mr William Lord of Bledington £5.
D_1666	1666-10-22 Burial in Great Tew, Oxfordshire (Ancestry, Oxforshire BMD, 1538-1812)			Marie (3017)	1666
	Mary Lord of Little Tew widdow was buried October the 22nd 1666
	1670-05-24 Baptism in Bledington, Gloucs (IGI 2003)				1670
	Maii 24th baptizat. Anna filia Guliel. Lord et Mariae uxoris sue
	1678-05-18 Burial in Bledington, Gloucs (Ancestry, Gloucestershire BMD, 1538-1813)				1678
	May 18th there was buried Laurence Lord the son of William Lord and Mary his wife
	1678-07-05 Baptism in Bledington, Gloucs (IGI 2003; Ancestry, Gloucestershire BMD, 1538-1813)				1678
	July the 5th there was baptized Laurence Lord the son of William Lord & Mary his wife
	1689-06-30 Baptism in Bledington, Gloucs (Ashby; Ancestry, Gloucestershire BMD, 1538-1813)			William (754)	1689
	June the 30 was baptized Sarah the d. of W. Lord & Sarah his wife
	1692-07-13 Baptism in Bledington, Gloucs (Ashby; Ancestry, Gloucestershire BMD, 1538-1813)			William (754)	1692
	William son Mr William Lord & Mary his wife
	1693-10-08 Baptism in Bledington, Gloucs (Ancestry, Gloucestershire BMD, 1538-1813)			William (754)	1693
	October the 8th was baptized Mary the daughter of William Lord and Mary his wife
	1694-12-23 Baptism in Bledington, Gloucs (IGI 2003; Ancestry.co.uk, 2016)			William (754)	1694
	December the 23rd was baptized Thomas the sonn of William Lord & Elizabeth his wife
	CRW: for Elizabeth, read Mary
	1696-04-17 Baptism in Bledington, Gloucs (Ancestry, Gloucestershire BMD, 1538-1813)			William (754)	1696
	Elizabetha filia Guilielmi Lord et Maria uxoris ejus baptiz. Fuit Apr. 19th
	1697-10-04 Baptism in Bledington, Gloucs (Ancestry.co.uk, 2016)			William (754)	1697
	The 4th of October was baptized Susannah the daughter of William & Mary Lord
	1697-11-18 Burial in Bledington, Gloucs (Ancestry, Gloucestershire BMD, 1538-1813)			William (754)	1697
	The 18th of November was buried Mary daughter of William Lord
B_1705	1705-12-21 Baptism in Bledington, Gloucs (IGI 2003; Ancestry.co.uk, 2016)			William (754)	1705
	December 21 was borne Mary the daughter of William Lord & Elizabeth his wife			Elizabeth (755)
				Mary (377)
	1709-10-29 Baptism in Bledington, Gloucs (IGI 2003; Ancestry.co.uk, 2016)			William (754)	1709
	John Lord the son of William Lord & Elizabeth his wife Octobr 29 1709			Elizabeth (755)
	1715 Oath of Allegiance (Gloucestershire Archives, Q/SO/4/3)
	Title: The names of the persons who took the Oaths of Allegiance and Supremacy to His Majesty King George and the Abjuration Oath, pursuant to the statute made in the first year of his said Majesty's reign, Intitled "An Act for the further Security of His Majesty's Person and Government, etc." at the Michaelmas Sessions, 1715
	Description: William Lord, Constable of Bledington
	1722 Final Accord (Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, DR 18/1/1654-1655)
	Laurence Lord
	Title: LONGBOROUGH, ADLESTROP,BROADWELL AND BLEDINGTON.
	Description: Final concord made at Westminster in the quindene of Easter 8 George 1 between Laurence Lord esq., and Joseph Ludlow gent. plaintiff and Theophilus Leigh jun. Thomas Leigh and Charles Leigh gentlemen deforciants of the manors of Longborough and Adlestorp with 30 messuages 30 cottages 2 watermills 3 dovecots 850 acres of land 300 acres meadow 850 acres pasture 1000 acres heath 20s. rent and common of pasture in Longborough, Adlestrop, Bradwell and Bledington, with the rectory of Longborough, the advowson of the church of Broadwell and chapel of Adlestrop and the advowson of the church of Bledington. Consideration £2,600
	Date: 1722
	Held by: Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, Stratford-upon-Avon, not available at The National Archives
	1724 Dispute (TNA, C 11/482/11a)
	Short title: Lord v Lord.
	Document type: Bill and answer.
	Plaintiffs: William Lord, gent of Bledington, Gloucestershire and Elizabeth Lord his wife.
	Defendants: Lydia Guy and William Lord the younger.
	Note: The naming of a party does not imply that he or she will appear in all the documents in this cause (after the bill)
	Date: 1724
	Held by: The National Archives, Kew
M_1728	1728-10-28 Marriage in Bledington, Gloucs (Richard Stayt, 1999; Ancestry.co.uk, 2016)			Thomas (376)	1728
	Thomas Steyt and Mary Lord of Bledington were married Octobr 28th 1728			Mary (377)
D_1729	1729-02-09 Burial in Bledington, Gloucs (Ancestry, Gloucestershire BMD, 1538-1813)				1729
	Feb 9th 1728 Eliz Lord wife of Mr. Lord was buried
D_1731	1731-05-11 Burial in Bledington, Gloucs (Ancestry, Gloucestershire BMD, 1538-1813)				1731
	Willm Lord was buried May the 11th 1731
	1731 Final Accord (Gloucestershire Archives, D6362/1)			Thomas (376)
	William Lord, Thomas Stayt, Bledington, etc.
	Description: 1731 Final Concord. Mary Lane and William Lord (2 copies)
	1731 Final Concord. William Dew and William Lord
	1731 Assignment of a term of 1,000 years from Thomas North to Thomas Stayt.
	In trust to attend the inheritance
	1731 Deed to lead the uses of a fine.
	Lord and Dowdswell
	1734 Additional security for £1,000 and interest
	Lord and Dowdswell
	1734 Mortgage. Lord and Dowdswell
	1739 Assignment. Dowdswell and Mystor
	1739 Assignment in Trust. Stait and Baker
	1748 Lease for a year. Ellis to Pruce
	1748 Release. Ellis and wife to Pruce
	1751 Decree. Newcombe and Lord
	1767 Assignment of leasehold estate.
	Newcomes and Reddall
	1767 Assignment. Charles Barrow by direction of Mrs. Lane to Wm. Lane in Trust for Reddall
	1769 Abstract from Bledington Inclosure Award
	1777 Lease for a year. Lord to Reddall
	1777 Release. Lord to Reddall
	1785 Assignment of mortgage. Blizard to Hathaway
	Date: 1707-1785
	Held by: Gloucestershire Archives, not available at The National Archives
	Language: English
	Physical description: 1 bdl.
D_1733	1733-?-13 Burial in Bledington, Gloucs (LDS/IGI, 1992; Ancestry.co.uk, 2016)			Mary (377)	1733
	Mary Stait
	1983 History of Little Tew (BHO, A P Baggs, Christina Colvin, H M Colvin, Janet Cooper, C J Day, Nesta Selwyn and A Tomkinson, 'Parishes: Little Tew', in A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 11, Wootton Hundred (Northern Part), ed. Alan Crossley (London, 1983), pp. 247-258)
	The direct control exercised by corporate bodies was modified in the 16th century by the practice of leasing manors to gentleman farmers. William Rainsford of Great Tew obtained an 81-year lease from Oseney in 1538. Edward Rainsford sold it c. 1606 to Robert Wyncott, who transferred it to his son-in-law, John Loggin, one of the lords of Little Tew. Exeter College bought it back c. 1610. (fn. 91) The Eton College manor, leased by 1535, was held from 1572 by Henry Kendall of Bloxham. The lease was renewed to his widow in 1594, but resumed by the college in 1612. (fn. 92)
	Copyhold tenure persisted on the Eton estate until replaced in the 19th century by leasehold. The Exeter estate had both copyhold and leasehold from the 17th century; the leases were normal beneficial 21-year leases, with low rents and a premium on fines for renewal at 7-year intervals. Renewal of leases was common; thus college tenants became increasingly immobile. None of the Eton tenants in 1544 bore the same family names as those in 1446, but more than half the names remained in 1742. (fn. 93) Eton tenures were fairly regular in size; from c. 1550 there were probably five of 2 yardlands, one of 3, and one of 1. In 1623 there seem to have been three of 3 yardlands, two of 2, and one of 1, and there was little change until the end of the 18th century. Exeter holdings were more varied, comprising in the 17th century one of 4 yardlands, three of 3, two of 2, and two of yardland. The Lord family seem to have combined holdings of 2 Eton yardlands with 3 Exeter yardlands. Other holdings comprised the small Brasenose estate, the large Loggin estate of 6 yardlands, and two single freehold yardlands. (fn. 94)
	The subsidy returns of 1524 reveal four leading villagers, Richard Brangwen (assessed on goods of 16), William Busby (13), Thomas Jeffery (12), and John Belcher (10). Eight people were assessed on goods of between 10s. and 8, and twelve at the lowest level on wages. By 1544 the Brangwen family had all but disappeared from the village. The Jeffery (16) and Belcher (8) families remained, and were joined by Edmund Bull (14) and William Lord (8). There had been little change in the numbers of those in the middle and lowest groups. (fn. 95) In the late 16th century and early 17th the most prominent family in the village were the Loggins, lords of the former Broc manor, owners of 6 yardlands and tithes. Thomas Loggin (d. 1659) left money bequests of 2,200 to his children, excluding his sons John and Robert for whom he had presumably already made provision. (fn. 96) The Loggins became absentees after Thomas's death, and two families, the Lords and the Marshalls, stood out in the Hearth Tax returns of 1662. (fn. 97) William Lord, assessed on 8 hearths, almost certainly lived in the house later known as Little Tew Manor, and was the only person styled 'Mr'. His son William had 3 hearths, and a widow of the family had 4; one of them presumably occupied the house attached to the family's second tenancy, under Eton College. William Lord, formerly an absentee also had land at Bledington (Glos.). (fn. 98) The Marshall family had lived in the village since c. 1546. (fn. 99) By 1662 three branches of the family were there. The senior line, represented by Ralph, held 4 yardlands of Exeter College and had a house of 4 hearths; a son had been established at Enstone but held 3 yardlands of Eton College in Little Tew. The Lords and Marshalls controlled 14 out of 40 yardlands and were assessed for 23 out of 67 taxed hearths. The Lords may have worked their land as a whole. (fn. 100) The various members of the Marshall family, by contrast, seem to have farmed their land separately. Almost every family with two or more hearths can be identified with specific holdings of land: six families held college tenancies of 2 or 3 yardlands, two owned single freehold yardlands, one of them also leasing the 13 a. Brasenose College estate, and one was a -yardland tenant of Exeter College. Two who cannot be identified with particular tenements may have farmed Loggin land. Of 11 people with only one hearth, 2, perhaps 4, were sons sharing their father's land but maintaining separate households, either in the parent house or in a cottage. The others, and presumably most of the 12 who were too poor to pay tax, were probably cottagers without land. There were not many smallholdings to blur the distinction between landless families and landholders, most of whom were resident. (fn. 101) Men with 2 or 3 yardlands owned a team of horses, 7 or 8 cows and calves, and c. 80 sheep. (fn. 102) The Lord family, with 5 yardlands, had proportionately more: 6 horses, 28 beasts, and 180 sheep in 1616, 4 horses, 14 beasts, and 146 sheep in 1676. (fn. 103) Robert Loggin (d. 1595) bequeathed 430 sheep, but not all were kept at Little Tew. (fn. 104)
	During the 18th century many of the landholders became non-resident and introduced undertenants. The Lord family were unusual in that on the death of William Lord in 1755 his tenures passed to William Taylor, husband of his niece Sarah, and the Taylors remained an active farming dynasty for another 100 years.
	91. P.R.O., E 318/2473; C 2/Eliz./R 10/60(4); C 2/Jas. I/528/4; C 2/Jas. I/W1/48.
	92. Valor Eccl. (Rec. Com.), iv. 216; Eton Coll. Mun., Little Tew 1, 2, 61; Northants. R.O., C(A) 61868.
	93. Eton Coll. Mun., Little Tew 136, 13940; Exeter Coll. Mun., M.V. 78; N.I. 1/A; Burgess map (1742); P.R.O., E 179/162/235, m. 4.
	94. Based on a study of Little Tew court rolls in Eton Coll. Mun., Little Tew leases and notes in Exeter Coll. Mun., M.V. 78 and N.I. 12, and of notes of Little Tew leases in Northants. R.O., C(A) 6188.
	95. P.R.O., E 179/161/175, m. 4; E 179/162/235, m. 4.
	96. Ibid. PROB 11/297 (P.C.C. Nabbs 12).
	97. Ibid. E 179/255/4.
	98. Eton Coll. Mun., Little Tew 68;
	99. P.R.O., E 179/162/246.
	100. Eton Coll. Mun., Little Tew 68; Bodl. MS. Wills Oxon. 124/4/6.
	101. Only one strip on the Burgess map of 1742 in Exeter Coll. Mun. is allocated to a cottage.
	102. Based on a study of Little Tew wills and inventories in Bodl. MS. Wills Oxon.
	103. Bodl. MS. Wills Oxon. 298/5/25; 42/1/15.
	104. P.R.O., PROB 11/86 (P.C.C. Scott 71).
	© C. R. Watts 2020 created 10.12.1999, revised 08.05.2020
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