A Walter de Clavile, is mentioned in the
Domesday Book, as 'tenant in chief' in large parts of Devon as
well as having five Lordships, in Alfrington, Knoll,
Holme, Combe and East Morden in Dorset
This was a very large and complex family, the descendants of Walter de Clavile of this Dorset branch of the family living mainly in villages in the Isle of Purbeck, there are over 800 recorded names in Dorset alone.
Through marriage dowries the family inherited lands and manors, in Kimmeridge and Smedmore from Joanna Wyatt, and in Godlingston from Alice Talbot.
Leeston, Barneston and Godlingston were Manor houses with farms and land and were mentioned in the Domesday Book.
What is certain from Wills & church records, is that these families were wealthy landowners and gentlemen. They lived all over Dorset, including Wareham, Swanage, Steeple, Church Knowle, Knighton, as well as those places aforementioned.
In searching the records it has proved impossible to follow the ancestors of the Clavell family pedigree clearly, property was passed down to male heirs or passed over to cousins or brothers etc when there were no heirs, and as every branch seems to have baptised their children with the same few names over and over it has proved impossible to disentangle them with real certainty, the names Walter, William, Roger, Henry, John and Edward being very popular and I have given each generation a number where the names are the same.
In the earliest records, in Wills etc the name is often spelt Clavill or Claville, later mixing with and changing to Clavell, I have chosen to use the latter spelling throughout to make it easier to follow.
William Clavell [1] of Leeston and Matilda had 2 sons:
1/ William [2] born c. 1420
This was a very large and complex family, the descendants of Walter de Clavile of this Dorset branch of the family living mainly in villages in the Isle of Purbeck, there are over 800 recorded names in Dorset alone.
Through marriage dowries the family inherited lands and manors, in Kimmeridge and Smedmore from Joanna Wyatt, and in Godlingston from Alice Talbot.
Leeston, Barneston and Godlingston were Manor houses with farms and land and were mentioned in the Domesday Book.
What is certain from Wills & church records, is that these families were wealthy landowners and gentlemen. They lived all over Dorset, including Wareham, Swanage, Steeple, Church Knowle, Knighton, as well as those places aforementioned.
In searching the records it has proved impossible to follow the ancestors of the Clavell family pedigree clearly, property was passed down to male heirs or passed over to cousins or brothers etc when there were no heirs, and as every branch seems to have baptised their children with the same few names over and over it has proved impossible to disentangle them with real certainty, the names Walter, William, Roger, Henry, John and Edward being very popular and I have given each generation a number where the names are the same.
In the earliest records, in Wills etc the name is often spelt Clavill or Claville, later mixing with and changing to Clavell, I have chosen to use the latter spelling throughout to make it easier to follow.
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William Clavell [1] of Leeston and Matilda had 2 sons:
1/ William [2] born c. 1420
2/ John, born c. 1422.
William was the ancestor of Sir
William
Clavell
He disinherited other members of his family leaving
properties in Kimmeridge and Smedmore to Roger
Clavell [1] of Winfrith by
an Indenture of 02/04/1643
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Roger Clavell [1] of Winfrith married about 1580 Joanna Hodges they had 4 children:
1/ Elisabeth, born 1582, she married Robert Frampton on 04/02/1599
2/ Edward 1584 - 1637
3/ Mary, born 18/10/1585
4/ Henry, 12/10/1586 – 1634
Edward Clavell of Winfrith married 3 times:
1st to Joan Bailey about 1670, they had 2 children:
1/Elisabeth
2/ Roger
2nd to Ann Hall and they had 2 children:
2nd to Ann Hall and they had 2 children:
1/Edward
2/William.
3rd to Bridget Turberville of Church Knowle, they had 9 children:
1/ Edward, 1624 - 1679
2/ Frances
3/ Grace, she married a Mr Meech, she died in 1691
4/ Mary, she married a Mr Hammon.
5/ Elizabeth, 1617 - 1654
6/ Richard, 1622 - 1669
7/ Henry, born 28/10/1635, he died in 1644
8/ George 1637 - 1676
9/ Bridget, 1638 – 1679 she married a Mr Lokise
George Clavell married Mary and they had 2 children:
3rd to Bridget Turberville of Church Knowle, they had 9 children:
1/ Edward, 1624 - 1679
2/ Frances
3/ Grace, she married a Mr Meech, she died in 1691
4/ Mary, she married a Mr Hammon.
5/ Elizabeth, 1617 - 1654
6/ Richard, 1622 - 1669
7/ Henry, born 28/10/1635, he died in 1644
8/ George 1637 - 1676
9/ Bridget, 1638 – 1679 she married a Mr Lokise
George Clavell married Mary and they had 2 children:
1/ William [2]
1667 - 1726
2/ Bridget
William Clavell [2] married Honor Collier on 30/05/1689 in Winfrith Newburgh, they had 1 son
William [3] born about 1685.
William Clavell [3] married Mary Slade on 17/05/1721 in Winfrith Newburgh.
He was known as William Clavell 'the elder' of Kimmeridge, and was a boat builder. He inherited several properties and land at Steeple near Wareham
2/ Bridget
William Clavell [2] married Honor Collier on 30/05/1689 in Winfrith Newburgh, they had 1 son
William [3] born about 1685.
William Clavell [3] married Mary Slade on 17/05/1721 in Winfrith Newburgh.
He was known as William Clavell 'the elder' of Kimmeridge, and was a boat builder. He inherited several properties and land at Steeple near Wareham
This tablet in Steeple Church
commemorates a Roger Clavell, his wife and their son, who left
property to his cousin William Clavell [3] in 1741.
Here lyeth the body of Roger Clavell Gent. who died 15/11/1687 at 63
Here also lyeth the body of Ruth Clavell his wife who died the 22nd day of march 1720
Here also lyeth the body of Roger Clavell Esq. son of the said Roger & Ruth who died Jan 18th 1741 age 74
Here lyeth the body of Roger Clavell Gent. who died 15/11/1687 at 63
Here also lyeth the body of Ruth Clavell his wife who died the 22nd day of march 1720
Here also lyeth the body of Roger Clavell Esq. son of the said Roger & Ruth who died Jan 18th 1741 age 74
William and Mary had 9
children, all baptised in Kimmeridge or Winfrith:
1/ Joyce, 04/09/1723 - 97/06/1742
2/ Mary, sometimes known as Maria, 1724 - 1788, she married William Filliter on 14/06/1742 in Steeple.
1/ Joyce, 04/09/1723 - 97/06/1742
2/ Mary, sometimes known as Maria, 1724 - 1788, she married William Filliter on 14/06/1742 in Steeple.
3/ Roger, born 22/07/1725
4/ William [4] born 23/11/1727 - 1796.
4/ William [4] born 23/11/1727 - 1796.
He was indentured in 1740
aged 13, by a Simon Hallet and became a master sailcloth maker.
The 'Register of
Apprentice Indentures' of 1760, shows him as a master maker of
sailcloth employing John Ingrtasm of Wareham
5/ George, born 13/05/1729 , died in 1784
6/ John, born 11/10/1733 - 1764, he married Elizabeth Denny on 30/08/1759
6/ John, born 11/10/1733 - 1764, he married Elizabeth Denny on 30/08/1759
7/ Hannah, born in 1734, she
married William Spicer in Winfrith on 27/05/1751
William Clavell [4] married Jane Kaines on 07/03/1754 in East Stoke near Wareham, they lived at Steeple near Wareham
William Clavell [4] married Jane Kaines on 07/03/1754 in East Stoke near Wareham, they lived at Steeple near Wareham
they had 14 children all baptised
in St Mary's Church Wareham, only 4 lived to adulthood
1/ Roger 10/06/1755 - 04/04/1758
2/ William 27/06/1756 - 09/12/1757
3/ Mary 05/09/1757 - 16/04/1758
4/ Elizabeth born 07/03/1759
5/ Roger, born 02/11/1761. He was educated at Merton College Oxford, he inherited the farm at Steeple on the death of his father in 1795.
He married Anne and they had twin daughters:
1/ Anne
2/ Elizabeth who were both baptised on 09/03/1803 in
Manston, where he was Rector from 29/07/1786 - 17/12/1817
Roger was buried in Manston on 27/01/1817.
6/ Jane b. 12/10/1762. married on 08/07/1777 Richard Stevens, she died on 28/01/1784 and is buried with her husband in Puncknowle, Dorset
Roger was buried in Manston on 27/01/1817.
6/ Jane b. 12/10/1762. married on 08/07/1777 Richard Stevens, she died on 28/01/1784 and is buried with her husband in Puncknowle, Dorset
they had 3 children:
1/ Martha Bewnell 17/10/1778 -
10/01/1837 she married Robert Tripp
2/ James b. 14/05/1780
3/ Ann 1785 - 1816
7/ William, 22/01/1764 - 27/01/1764, lived for 5 days.
8/ Mary Kaines, 03/12/1764 - 03/01/1765, died at 1 month old.
9/ Mary Jane Kaines, 17/05/1766 - 27/05/1766, lived for 10 days.
10/ Jane Mary Kaines, 21/03/1767 - 29/05/1834 in Wareham
12/ Mary Elizabeth, 09/02/1768 - 03/03/1768, died almost 1 month old.
13/ Edward 24/10/1769 - 14/04/1844. He married Elizabeth in London on 18/03/1803, they had a daughter
8/ Mary Kaines, 03/12/1764 - 03/01/1765, died at 1 month old.
9/ Mary Jane Kaines, 17/05/1766 - 27/05/1766, lived for 10 days.
10/ Jane Mary Kaines, 21/03/1767 - 29/05/1834 in Wareham
12/ Mary Elizabeth, 09/02/1768 - 03/03/1768, died almost 1 month old.
13/ Edward 24/10/1769 - 14/04/1844. He married Elizabeth in London on 18/03/1803, they had a daughter
1/ Jane
Kaines Stevens Clavell born 04/03/1804 in London. She
is mentioned in her grandmothers Will dated 1804
14/ William 01/01/1769 -
29/01/1769, lived for 28 days.
Both William and Jane Clavell left Wills giving interesting information on the family.
Both William and Jane Clavell left Wills giving interesting information on the family.