Ancestors of William Briggs |
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FIRST GENERATION |
1. William Briggs was born in 1650. He died in 1716. |
SECOND GENERATION |
2. John Briggs was born about 1619. He died in 1690. Some say he is son of Henry Briggs (1574-1625) and Mary Hinckes. |
This would mean that he married his niece. I believe it is more likely he was a cousin to Sarah Cornell from a closely related |
Briggs line. |
I believe he is probably the eldest son of Thomas of Burrow Briggs and Dorothy Burrow making him a third cousin to his wife. |
Sarah Cornell. Both he and Sarah would be descendants of Oliver Briggs. He was married to Sarah Cornell. |
3. Sarah Cornell was born in 1623 in Saffron, Walden, Essex Co., England. |
THIRD GENERATION |
4. Thomas of Burrow Briggs was born about 1597 in Burrow, Hopesay, Shropshire, England. |
He was married to Dorothy Burrow about 1618. |
5. Dorothy Burrow was born about 1599 in Burrow, Hopesay, Shropshire, England. |
6. Thomas Cornell was born in 1595 in Essex, England. He died in 1655 in Cornell Homestea, Portsmouth, Newport, RI.. |
He was married to Rebecca Briggs in 1617 in Essex, England. |
7. Rebecca Briggs was born in 1600. She was christened on October 25, 1600 in London, London, England. |
She died on February 8, 1673 in Portsmouth, Newport, RI. |
FOURTH GENERATION |
8. Robert of Burrow Briggs was born about 1576 in Burrow, Hopesay, Shropshire, England. |
Pedigree of Briggs of Burrow, 14 Mar. 1681/2. |
The information concerning Robert Briggs family is correct. |
The connection to this family is based on the connection to the Briggs family of Shropshire. |
10. George of Burrow Burrow was born about 1570 in Burrow, Hopesay, Shropshire, England. |
12. Richard Cornell was born about 1575. |
13. Mary was born about 1573. |
14. Henrie Briggs was born about 1574. I'm not possitive of his parentage. |
Some has him a grandson of Thomas Brygge, Esq. and Elizabeth Mounten which I think is unlikely. |
I think he is more likely to have been a son of Oliver and his wife Joan Lutley largely due to the name of Oliver |
being used repetitively throughout his descendants. |
15. Mary Hinckes was born at 1577. |
FIFTH GENERATION |
16. Oliver Brigges was born about 1554. He was married three times and Ms Lutley was his third wife. |
He was married to Joan Lutley. |
17. Joan Lutley. |
SIXTH GENERATION |
32. Oliver de Ernestre Brigges was born about 1527 in Crastfont, Westmoreland, England. He died in 1596 in Shropshire, |
England. He was buried in 1596 in Shiffnall Church, Salopshire, England. He resided Ernestre in Ernestree Park, Didlebury |
Parish, Shropshire, England. The Topographical History of Norfolk has him as son of Thomas of North Brygge and his wife |
Elizabeth Mounteyn but on his tomb according to "A Genealogical and Haraldic History of |
the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England" by John Burke he is the son of Brian Brigges, of Crastfont, in |
Westmoreland, by Cecily, daughter and co-heir of Oliver Gilpin, of Yorkshire; which Brian was the son of Simon Brigges by |
Catherine Bellingham, of the same county. |
According to "A Genealogical and Haraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England" by John Burke: |
John Brigges, of Saul, in the county of Norfolk settled by deed, without date, but supposed to have been made in the time |
of Edw II. all his lands, tenements, and hereditaments, at Crastfout, in Westmoreland, upon his second son, |
Edmund Brigges, which estate descended lineally to the seventh inheritor, |
Oliver Brigges, esq. who having sold it in 1565, to William Knype, jun. of Camellfell, in Lancashire, removed himself |
to Ernestry Park, near Ludlow, in Salop, in the beginning of Queen Elizabeth's time, and in the seventh of the same reign |
purchased from George, Earl of Shrewsbury, the grant of the forest of free chase of Clees, or Clives, in that county, |
where he was then possessed of other good estates, as well as of lands in the shires of Warwick and Montgomery. |
He died at an advanced age, in 1596, and was buried in Shiffnall church, Salop. The inscription on his tomb states that he |
married Anne, daughter of Humphrey Coningsby, esq. of Nenesoles, and that he was the son of Brian Brigges, of Crastfont, |
in Westmoreland, by Cecily, daughter and co-heir of Oliver Gilpin, of Yorkshire; which Brian was the son of Simon Brigges |
by Catherine Bellingham, of the same county. Oliver Brigges by his wife had three sons, Humphrey, Oliver, and Brian, |
who are mentioned on their father's tomb. The eldest Humphrey Brigges esq. s. his father, and resided at Ernestry Park. |
He was high sheriff of the county in the year of the gunpowder plot, and married Anne, eldest daughter and co-heir of |
Robert Moreton, esq. of Houghton. He was at his decease by his only surviving child, |
He was married to Anne, Lady of Nensoles Conningsby about 1550. |
33. Anne, Lady of Nensoles Conningsby was born about 1529 in Niend Solers, Westmoreland, England. |
34. Adam Lutley. |
SEVENTH GENERATION |
64. Brian of Crastfont Brigges was born about 1505 in Crastfont, Westmoreland, England. He was married to Cecily Gilpin. |
65. Cecily Gilpin was born in Yorkshire, England. |
66. Humphry of Nensoles Conningsby Esquire was born about 1500 in Neen Solers, Salopshire, England. |
EIGHTH GENERATION |
128. Simon of Crastfont Brigges was born about 1483 in Crastfont, Westmoreland, England. He resided Crastfort, |
Westmoreland, England. He was married to Catherine Bellingham. |
129. Catherine Bellingham. |
130. Oliver of Kenimer Gilpin was born in Yorkshire, England. He resided Kenimer in Kenimer, Westmoreland, England. |
NINTH GENERATION |
256. Thomas of Crastfont Brigges was born about 1460 in Crastfont, Westmoreland, England. He resided Crastfont, |
Westmoreland, England. |
TENTH GENERATION |
512. Simon of Crastfont Brigges was born about 1440 in Crastfont, Westmoreland, England. |
ELEVENTH GENERATION |
1024. John of Crastfont Brigges was born about 1420. |
TWELTH GENERATION |
2048. Edmund of Crastfont Brigge was born about 1399 in Salle, Norfolk, England. Edmund Brigges, brother to this |
John of Quidenham Brigges, had an estate in Westmorland settled on him, and Simon Briggs, the fourth in a lineal |
descent from him, married Cecily, daughter of Oliver Gilpin of Yorkshire ; and Brian, Simon's son, married also in |
Yorkshire. |
According to "A Genealogical and Haraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England" by John Burke: |
John Brigges, of Saul, in the county of Norfolk settled by deed, without date, but supposed to have been made in the time |
of Edw II. all his lands, tenements, and hereditaments, at Crastfont, in Westmoreland, upon his second son, |
This estate is just southwest of Wisbech, probably the old estate of Symon atte Brygg his great great great grandfather. |
I'm not sure which of his ancestors held it last, possibly his grandfather Symon atte Brygg. |
Edmund Brigges, which estate descended lineally to the seventh inheritor, |
Oliver Brigges, esq. who having sold it in 1565, to William Knype, jun. of Camellfell, in Lancashire, removed himself to |
Ernestry Park, near Ludlow, in Salop, in the beginning of Queen Elizabeth's time, and in the seventh of the same reign |
purchased from George, Earl of Shrewsbury, the grant of the forest of free chase of Clees, or Clives, in that county, |
where he was then possessed of other good estates, as well as of lands in the shires of Warwick and Montgomery. |
He died at an advanced age, in 1506, and was buried in Shiffnall church, Salop. The inscription on his tomb states that he |
married Anne, daughter of Humphrey Coningsby, esq. of Nenesoles, and that he was the son of Brian Brigges, of Crastfont, |
in Westmoreland, by Cecily, daughter and co-heir of Oliver Gilpin, of Yorkshire; which Brian was the son of Simon |
Brigges by Catherine Bellingham, of the same county. Oliver Brigges by his wife had three sons, Humphrey, Oliver, |
and Brian, who are mentioned on their father's tomb. The eldest Humphrey Brigges esq. s. his father, and resided at Ernestry |
Park. He was high sheriff of the county in the year of the gunpowder plot, and married Anne, eldest daughter and co-heir |
of Robert Moreton, esq. of Houghton. He was at his decease by his only surviving child, |
1. Moreton Brigges, esq. of Haughton, in the county of Salop, who was created a Baronet by King Charles I. 12th August, 1641. |
He married Cryzogon, daughter of Edward Grey, esq. of Buildwas, in the same shire, by which lady, who lived in good health |
to the advanced age of ninety-seven, he had issue, |
1. Humphrey Brigges his successor |
2. Morton Brigges, killed in the civil wars at Sturton Castle, in Staffordshire, on the side of the king, d.s.p. |
3. Robert Brigges, married Sarah, daughter of Thomas Moreton, esq. of Shiffnal, in Salop, and left an only child, |
1. Martha, who wedded, first Richard Spencer, esq. of London, a Turkey merchant; and |
and secondly, Sir John Stonehouse, Baronet of Radley, in Berkshire. |
2. Priscilla Brigges, married to Robert Dod, esq. of Petsey, in the county of Salop. |
3. Anne Brigges, married Thomas Draper, esq. of Walton, in the county of Salop. |
4. Elizabeth Brigges, married to Edward Chapman, gent. of Greenwich. |
5. Francis Brigges, married to Ferrers Fowke, esq. of Brewood, in Staffordshire. |
6. Martha Brigges, died young. |
7. Sarah Brigges, died young. |
Sir Moreton Brigges was succeeded at his decease by his eldest son. |
II. Sir Humphrey Brigges, knt. of Haughton. This gentleman m. no less than four wives; first, Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Philip |
Cary, knt. of Mary lebone Park, in Middlesex, by whom he had two sons, Moreton and Edward, who both died young. |
He wedded, secondly, Elizabeth, youngest daughter of Sir Richard Wilbraham, bart. of Woodhey, in Cheshire, and by that lady |
had a son, Humphrey his successor. His third wife was Anne, widow of Richard Moreton, esq. of Montgomeryshire, and the |
fourth, Magdalen, daughter of Sir John Corbet, bart. of Addersley. Those ladies left no issue. He died about the year 1691, |
and was succeeded by his only surving son, |
III. Sir Humphrey Brigges, of Haughton, who married Barbara, daughter of Sir Wadham Wyndham, bart. of Nonyngton, in |
Wiltshire, on of the judges of the court of king's bench, and had issue, |
1. Humphrey Brigges his heir. |
2. Hugh Brigges successor to his brother. |
3. William Brigges. |
4. Barbara, married to the Rt. Rev. Edward Chandler D.D. Bishop of Durham, and had issue |
1. Richard Chandler, solicitor of excise, and M.P. for Andover, who married Elizabeth, daughter |
of Sir Wadham Wyndham, bart. of Nonyngton, in Wiltshire, on of the judges of the court of king's bench, and had issue, |
2. Wadham Chandler, vicar-general of the diocese of Durham, d.s.p. |
3. Anne Chandler, married to the Rev. Thomas Brotherton. |
4. Catherine Chandler, married to Wadham Wyndham esq. of Eversley, Hants. |
5. Barbara Chandler, married first to William, son of Lord James Cavendish, and secondly, to the Honorable John Fitzwilliam. |
5. Elizabeth, married to Leigh Brooks, esq. of Blacklands, Staffordshire, whose grandson, |
The Rev. John Brooke, of Haughton, vicar of Shiffnal, died in 1786, and devised his estates to his nephew, George Brooke |
Briggs Townsend, with an injuction to adopt the name Brooke only, and that gentleman at the time of the book being written |
was possessor of Haughton. He married Henrietta, daughter of William Massey, esq. of Moreton Hall, Cheshire, and had issue. |
6. Anne, died unmarried. |
7. Frances, married to the Rev. Dr. Chetham, of Derbyshire. |
8. Magdalen, died unmarried. |
He died in the forty-ninth year of his age, in 1699, and was succeeded by his son, |
IV. Sir Humphrey Brigges, of Haughton. This gentleman served in parliament for the county of Salop when the succession to the |
Crown was settled in the House of Hanover, and was member for Wenlock in the two parliaments of King Geoge I. |
He died unmarried 8 December, 1734, and was succeeded by his brother, |
V. Sir Hugh Brigges, of Haughton, high sheriff of Salop in 1747, at whose decease unmarried 27th October, 1767, the Baronetcy |
became extinct," the estates passing to the descendants of his sisters. That of Haughton became the property of teh family of |
Brooke Arms-Gu. three bars gemels or, a canton sa. |
THIRTEENTH GENERATION |
John of Salle, Dean of Cranwich Brygge Esquire was born about 1370 in Salle, Norfolk, England. He was appointed Dean of |
Cranwich on November 29, 1392 in Cranwich, Northwld, Norfolk, England. Briggs of Ernestree and Haughton |
Harl.1396, fo. 43. Harl. 1241, fo. 22b. Harl. 615, fo. 263b. S., fo. 306a. |
Arms: Harl. 1396.-Quarterly: 1 and 4 Gules, three bars-gemelles or, on a canion sable a crescent of the second, Brigges; 2, Or, a |
boar passant sable, Gylpin; 3, Argent, a chevron gules between three square buckles sable, Morton. |
Crest.-On a stump of a tree couped and eradicated or a pelican of the same vulning herself proper. |
Exemplified by W=Dethick Garter King of Arms a 1584. |
These Armes were borne by Oliver Brigges & entred in the old Visitation. |
Arms.-Argent, a flour-de-lis sable between three seculceons gules, each charged with a bend of the first. |
Crest.-An arm emboiced habiled in leaves vert, holding in the hand proper a bow gules, atringed sable, and an arrow argent. |
S., fo. 306a, adds "p' Camden Clarenc." |
An Essay Towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk states that: |
John atte Brygge of Salle Esq. his second son, is the first I find mentioned of this family, in any of the pedigrees I have seen ; |
he was alive in 1383, and then bare for arms, gul. three bars gemelle or, |
Arms: Harl. 1396.-Quarterly: 1 and 4 Gules, three bars-gemelles or, on a canion sable a crescent of the second, Brigges; 2, Or, |
a boar passant sable, Gylpin; 3, Argent, a chevron gules between three square buckles sable, Morton. |
John atte Brygge of Salle Esq. his second son, is the first I find mentioned of this family, in any of the pedigrees I have seen ; |
he was alive in 1383, and then bare for arms, gul. three bars gemelle or, |
a canton arg. Bloomfield also states the same. |
John atte Brigg of Salle, 1383, said to bear gu., 3 bars gemelles or, a canton arg. (iv., pp. 215-16) from the list of coat of arms |
used in Norfolk. Arms before the first visitation. |
Another Brigge, Arg., 3 owls sa., beaked, &c., or. (vii., p. 380) |
The Visitation of Norfolk has him as son of Simon which I have kept as his father. |
Brygg, Jno. was among the names of the Gentry of this County of Norfolk returned by the Commissioners, 12th year of |
of King Henry the YI., 1433. (From Fuller's Worthies, vol. ii. p. 141, ed. 1811.) |
1428. NORFOLK. |
HUNDREDUM DE EYNESFORD. |
Johannes Melman et Johannes atte Brygg tenent in Salle quartam partem j, f. m. inmediate de heredibus Johannis de Bello Monte, |
que nuper fuit Simonis atte Hawe. |
He was married to Alice Leysonn about 1407. |
Alice Leysonn was born about 1372. |
FOURTEENTH GENERATION |
8192. Symon of Sale "Sall" Brygg was born about 1337 in Salle, Norfolk, England. Brygg. |
Harl. 1552, ink fo. 151, pencil 145. |
Arms.- Gules, three bars-gemelles or, a canton sable; quartering, Argent, on a bend azure a fesse between six crosses-crosslet or. |
The William intended to be placed here would be this Symon's grandfather. Placing Symon's grandfather as the father of these |
children would have been unrealistic. His grandfather William was born around 1255 because there were some transactions |
surrounding him around 1278 which would make him abt 20 years old at the time of the transaction. I've listed it below: |
1278. Morrow of Pur. John Lygoun and Petronilla his wife, William de Briggis and John de Sudbery. pi. John de Chartesheye |
and Joan his wife, def 2 messuages, 100 acres of land and 6 acres of meadow in Stan bourn, Topesfeld, Tillebery by Gelham, |
Great Gelham and Little Gelham. PI. and the heirs of John Lygoun to hold of the chief lords. Cons. 100 marks. |
For this reason I've used Symon as the father of all the brothers of John since Symon is listed as the father of John in the |
Visitation of Norfolk. |
8194. Thomas Leysonn was born about 1348. |
FIFTEENTH GENERATION |
16384. Ralph atte Brygge was born about 1295. I have found no references thus far for this Ralph atte Brygge. |
He requires further investigation. |
SIXTEENTH GENERATION |
32768. William of Aylsham Atte Briggs was born about 1265 in Salle, Norfolk, England. He died after 1334. He was also |
known as William de Ponte de Salle. He was a Chaplain. He was also known as William de Pontibus de Salle. Bloomfield states |
that he was still living at Salle in 1334. He couldn't be the William however that had the children listed by Bloomfield. It is more |
likely William was the most recognized ancestor and his name was used and that they are the children of Symon as cited in the |
visitation of Norfolk. |
Comment below is From: <[email protected]> |
Subject: [BRIGGS] Salle/Wm Atte Brigg of Salle |
Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2000 15:47:42 EST |
The first of the mane of Brigg or Briggs,was William Atte Brigg of Salle Co of Norfolk, England According to Playfair this |
William was descended from Ralph de Ponte, who lived in the year 1292-1301 or year third of the Reign of Edward I.. |
Bloomfield,in his History of County Norfolk, states that the name of "de Ponte" or "de Pontibus" means "by the bridge" or |
"bridges over the currents that come under them " or resident of the bridge....In the Patent,Fine and Charter Rolls of England, |
mention is made of many of the name "de Ponte or de Pontibus" who were living in England.One of these is Robert de Ponte who |
received land from his father which he gave to the Cannons,when he was made Cannon in 1144-1165 in Co of Middlesex. |
History thus shows that the Brigg, Briggs, Bridge families were descended from the "de Ponte or de Pontibus" families of the |
Cotentin in Normandy who were evidently Northmen who came into France with Rollo from Denmark.This William Atte Briggs |
of Salle, Co of Norfolk who was descended from "de Ponte" had five sons they and their desendants scattered into the various |
counties in England. |
Mr Edgar F Briggs of London,England has made a close study of Briggs ancestry and is of the opinion that the Briggs of Co Norlfok |
and Suffolk may be descendants of Reginal de Pontibus who is of the family of Pons, in the Town of Pons, in Saintonge,France. |
There is a bridge over the |
river in Pons and the Pons family were Lords and Seigneurs(Lords of the Manor) of that place. |
Below is some more information I found on this William de Ponte: |
The following two items are from the Crown Plea Roll, Norfolk, 14 Edward I. 1286. |
In 1286 in Norfolk also that William de Ponte of Aylsham took of William de la Bruere of Gunton, and Clement, son of the |
parson of the same place, 8s. for removing them from a certain jury at a trial between William fil' John and Ralph de Reppes. |
18 Edward I. |
1290. Jan. 2. Westminster. John de Ruggeleye, chaplain, and Robert de Bare acknowledge that they owe to William son of Roger |
de Ponte of Hamelton 200 marks; to be levied, in default of payment, of their lands and chattels in co. Stafford. This Hamelton |
is near Leicester about 50 miles west of his residence in Aylsham, Norfolk and about 50 miles north of Bedford where he had |
tenements. |
The transaction above suggests that William's father Roger de Ponte or atte Brigge was from Hamelton. The area of Hamilton is |
just northeast of the city of Leicester. I believe there is an old Roman Road that runs between Leicester and northern portion of |
Norfolk. The road goes through Kings Lynn. Leicester lies almost exactly halfway in between Salle in Northfolk and Bridge |
Sollers in Herefordshire. This would suggest that one half of the family went east and the other half went west with their father |
in the center. Some other family members went south to Essex and London also. The Brigge family was heavily involved in church |
affairs and collections for the church explaining why they often lived in locations far away from the family homes. |
A.D. 1302-1303. BEDFORD. This area is about 50 miles southeast of his previous location in Hamelton Leicester. |
HUNDREDUM DE MAUNESHEVED. |
Juratores Petrus le Loring, Ricardus lo Jovene, Johannes de Sewelle Bartholovieiis de Eyton, Johannes de Craule, Robortus Edelot, |
Nicholaus Blaunfrund, Robortus de Herlingdon, Rogerus Perot, Simon Wymund, Riciirdus de Heywode, et Petrus Bryan, Willelmus |
de Ponte, Willelmus Porter, Johannes de Northwotle. |
HUNDREDUM DE MAUNESHEVED. |
HoccLlVE.—Willelmus [de] Ponte et Lucia de Chetwode tenentes eorum tenent HoccLiVE pro un. f. |
HUNDEDUM DE MAUNESHEYEDE. |
De Thona Fermbaude, Johanne Amory, et Johanne de Chetvvode cum parcenariis et tenentibus suis qui tenent un. f. m. in Oclyve de |
Roberto I.atymer in capite, quod Willelmus de Ponte, Lucia de Chetwode et tenentes sui quondam tenuerunt - |
This tenament was passed to Giles de Bruges Baron of Chandose linking this William to him. |
1325 D. John de Sevenayashe, M.A., Rector 1325-26 (see Wood, D. 2., p. 88); his Computi are extant for the Lent and Summer |
terms 1326; the first mentions Richard Pyn, and 'magistri" Richard de Bynescote, Walter de Lappeflod. A Chapel deed 25 April |
1326 calls William de Ponte chaplain; the witnesses are Robert Kary, Henry Wall, Henry de Tiverton, Robert de Middlelond, |
"scholars of the University;" Kary and Middelond were fellows of Merton. Sevenaysshe is mentioned also in the winter term of 1329. |
18 Edward II |
1325. June 28. Westminster. Commission de walliis et fossatis to Giles de Breaunzonn, John Fillol, William de Ponte Roberti, |
and John de Dallyngrigge by the sea coast in the parts of Pevense and Hastynges, co. Sussex. |
1326 Ch. William de Ponte: (Name de Ponte occurs in Oliver's Eccl. Ant. ii. 112, and alexander de Ponte was R. of Hittisleigh |
1285). The name Pontey still survives in Devon. |
[Essex.] A. 824. Grant by Richard de Lamare to Richard de Beauchamp, of the land the latter's uncle, Geoffrey do Beauchamp, held |
of him in Twinsted, by a free service of 2s, yearly, &c. Witnesses : — Richard son of John, John son of Richard, Adam and William |
de Ponte, Walter de la Mare, Walter and William, his sons, Robert de Beauchamp, and others (named). Seal. |
The following information came from "An Essay Towards a Topographical History of Norfolk" |
In the chapel of St. Anne, at the upper end of the south isle, on the right hand of the entrance of the new vestry, is a mural monument |
of white marble, erected to the memory of Augustine Briggs, Esq. |
descended from an ancient family at Salle in Norfolk, who before the time of Edward I. assumed the sirname of De Ponte or |
Pontibus, i. e. at Brigge, or at Brigges, as the ancient family of the Fountains |
of the same place, assumed theirs of De Fonte or Fontibus, i.e. at the fountain or fountains, much about the same time, the one |
dwelling, I presume, by the springs or fountains heads ; and the other by the bridge or bridges, ever the currents that came from them ; |
the eldest branches of both which families continued in Salle till they united ia one, as appears by the following pedigree. |
According to Bloomfields History: The first of this family that I have met with was, |
(1) William atte Brigge of Salle, called in some deeds William de Ponte de Salle, and in others, De Pontibus de Salle, and the last |
mention I find of him is, that he was living at Salle in 1334.* |
The following also was from "An Essay Towards a Topographical History of Norfolk" |
Quidenham. |
The family sirnamed De-ponte de Quidenham, or atte Brygge, continued here from Henry the Third's time, to about 1500, and had |
a free tenement held of Kenninghall manor, at 16s. 5d. a year, which is now joined to the other manor; and thus all the manors and |
free tenements became joined in |
The Advowson of All,-Saints. |
There were several ancient good families inhabiting in this town, besides those already mentioned ; one was sirnamed Atte Stone |
of Garboldesham, another De-Ponte, or Atte Brigge, another Le-Wodeward, which family hath continued to this time. The |
Taseburghs had a good estate here, of which John Taseburgh, Gent, was owner in 1540. |
He was married to Lucia de Chetwode about 1290. |
32769. Lucia de Chetwode was born about 1259. |
SEVENTEENTH GENERATION |
65536. Ralph of Eylesham de Ponte was born about 1244 in Aylsham, Norfolk, England. He was living in 1275 in Salle, Norfolk, |
England. He died after 1275. The family sirnamed De-ponte de Quidenham; or atte Brygge, (fn. 12) continued here from Henry the |
Third's time, to about 1500, and had a free tenement held of Kenninghall manor, at 16s. 5d. a year, which is now joined to the other |
manor; and thus all the manors and free tenements became joined in |
The vicar of Kenninghall hath 2 acres of glebe in Quidenham-field, in the furlong between Semere and Redmere, and 3 roods in |
Brymleye furlong, intermixed with the lands of Mr. James Foyster, and Kenninghall parish hath 1 acre and 3 roods in divers pieces |
in the field; at the survey aforesaid, the yearly outgoing rents of the manor were these, to Kenninghall manor, for Hockham's |
tenement in Quidenham, 16s. 8d. for Tho. Atbridge's tenement there 16s. 5d. for the faldage and pasturing of the lord's flock of |
Quidenham, upon the ling of Kenninghall, 3 days in a week, 1s. to the same manor for the going of five score sheep more upon the |
same ling 6s. 8d. to the hundred court at Michaelmas 4s. suit fine 4d. blanch-farm 2d. to the sheriff's turn 6d. for froward rent to be |
paid on Whit-sunday 2d.; in all 2l. 5s. 11d.; to Banham manor yearly 44s. also 4s. 5d. ob. free rent, 2d. for forwath, 5s. for pasturing |
great beasts on the moor, 5s. and 3 capons for 200 sheep going on the moor, from Lammas time till weaning, and shack in the |
adjoining field; to the manor of Bokenham 4d. See Kenninghall p. 227. The mere called Semere, belongs to this manor, two thirds |
of which is in this parish, and the rest in the parish of Kenninghall, it contains about 14 acres of water, and had a decoy formerly. |
Redemere or Rcedmere, lies on the left hand of the road to Kenninghall, and is now quite grown up, there being no remains of it, but |
a large reedy swamp. The hall is a good seat, pleasantly situated. In the library there was a fine missal with this wrote in it, Virgo, |
Parens vixit, Sexaginta tribus annis, Quatuor et decem fuit in partu Salutari, Triginta Tribus, cum Nato vixerat ejus, |
Terque decem annis, postquam Deus astra petivit. |
In the description of Nugoun's Manor when talking about Thomas Brigg it mentions that he is descended from Ralph de Ponte or |
Brigg, who was living in the 3d of Edward I 1274-1275. Since we know his father Simon had a father Ralph de Ponte who had a |
father William, this made this Ralph his great grandfather as mentioned in the description of Nugoun's Manor. |
Hermer son of Radulph del Punt, of Eylesham, v. Robert le Fraunceys, touch, a tenement in. Pat. Rolls, 7 Edw. I. 1279. 4d. |
I believe this is the area of Aylsham, Norfolk about 15 miles north of Norwich. |
Quidenham is southwest of Norwich about the same distance. |
EIGHTEENTH GENERATION |
131072. Symon of Wisbech atte Bridge was born about 1220. He resided Wisbech in 1251 in Wisbech, Cambridgshire, England. |
He was also known as Simon atte Bridge. He was also known as Simon de Bryd. Richard del Mers (Marsh), Symon Bryd |
(atte Bridge), and Richard de Fenna are names of significance. William de Stabulo is mentioned, but though the lord in later times |
possessed a mill, rented at the ancient rent of 8d., no reference is made to it in the 1251 inquisition except inferentially, e.g. the |
reference to the lord's granary given above. |
Subsequently also reference is made to a chapel in Eadike, rented at 6d. This is doubtless the chapel near Tritton Bridge, by the 13 |
acres called 'chapel land', and until recently known as the Chapel Field, though the chapel has long since disappeared. The bishop's, |
or Barton manor appears to have been seized during the Civil War, for in March 1650 Lawrence Bromfield levied a fine in which |
Denis Taylor and Katherine his wife were deforciants, and in another fine of 1657 (Footnote 21) John Thurloe, Cromwell's |
Secretary of State, who had acquired other episcopal property, including Wisbech Castle, was plaintiff against Lawrence Bromfield |
and Sarah his wife, over the manor of Tydd St. Giles, with the rectory, all tithes, and the advowson of the church. At the Restoration |
the manor reverted to the bishops of Ely, who held it until it became vested in the Church Commissioners. |
From: 'Wisbech Hundred: Tydd St. Giles', A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely: Volume IV: City of Ely; Ely, |
N. and S. Witchford and Wisbech Hundreds (2002), pp. 224-32. URL: |
http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=21921&strquery=Atte%20Bridge. Date accessed: 26 May 2005. |
NINETEENTH GENERATION |
262144. Walter of Swynesheved de Ponte was born about 1190. He was also known as Walter atte Brygge. He is the last of the |
line which I have solid references in direct connection with this line of the Bridge family. Narford Manor is connected with this |
family therefore I've made his descent from that family which was connected with that location. |
Bloomfield states in A Topographacal History of Norfolk concerning Quidenham that: |
Walter atte Brygge had Thomas who had Richard, Bartholomew, and Amy widow of William Humfrys of Quidenham, anno 1323. |
There is no mention of Symon who lived in a neighboring town and Roger who lived southeast of Norwich in Gillingham. |
Swynesheved is Swines Head which is a town between Boston and Norwich. |
Wisbech where Symon lived is southeast of Swines Head near King's Lynn. |
Symond's branch of the family moved to Alysham just above Norwich and Thomas's family moved to Quidenham southwest of Norwich. |
Eventually the Quidenham estate passed to Symon's branch of the family. I'm assuming this occured once Thomas' line became |
extinct ending with his granddaughter Amy who married William Humfrys in 1323. |
20TH GENERATION |
524288. Reginald of Wyvermere de Ponte was born about 1159. He died after 1215. He was also known as Reginald de Pons. |
He was also known as Reginald de Pontibus. In the calendar of documents relating to Ireland: 1171-1251. In 1214 Reginald |
de Pontibus was given seisin of the castles of Dorles, Roskere, Loske, Armolen, and Kakaulis in Ireland. This Reginald I believe |
was the son of Pons FitzSimon brother to Roger de Bruges and several others named de Ponte. There is nothing indicating he was |
born in France. |
I believe this Reginald de Ponte is the progenator of the Bridges, Ponte, Briges, Briggs families with all their varient spellings of |
Bedford, Norfolk and some of Suffolk areas. There was some other branches that moved into those areas but most from the earliest |
times are from him in my opinion. |
I believe his name was changed from to Ponte due to the move to a different area where the name was spelled differently. |
WIVERMERE (?) (Wyvermere). SUFFOLK. Order to give seisin to Reginald de Pont of land in, which belonged to Ger. |
de Hirardind of the fee of John de Aufay in right of his wife. Close Rolls, 8 John 4. 1207, |
also on a google blog post I found the following: |
Theobald Walter Born c. 1140 - d. before 10/8 1205(Cal. Close Rolls p. |
54). As Stated in Part I Hervey Walter gave him his lands in |
Amounderness abt 1160(Lib. Nig.) that make Theobald Walter approx 60 |
years of age in 1200 and 65 when he dies. |
Theobald Walter mar. 1st ? there is a pipe roll alluding to this, I |
have it but must find it.(buried in boxes) |
Children: |
Beatrice |
Theobald Walter mar. 2nd Matilda/Maud Vavasour dau. of Robert Vavasour |
Children: |
1. Matilda maried to Gerald Pendergast |
2. Theobald II |
Notes; Theobald and his sister Matilda were initially a ward of the |
king by Gilbert fitzReinfried, then by Robert Vavasour (1206), father |
of their mother, Matilda/Maud, Then of Fulk fitzWarin, who married |
Matilda/Maud, widow of Theobald Walter. |
2/8/1214 The King grants wardship of Theobald II to Reginald de |
Pontibus.Pons/Ponte, custody of his lands of Weeton, Treules and |
Routhcliffe and to marry his daughter. |
Further Reginald is also custodian of Theobalds lands in Thurles (CDI |
nos. 514,516), |
"..of Theobalds son and heir to Reginald Pontibus to marry his |
daughter and direct seisin of all Theobalds estates except |
Amounderness which the King had given to Theobald should be made to |
the said Reginald" (Close Rolls p. 163b). August 24, 16 John, The |
king commands Henry Archbishop of Dublin cause to be given to Reginald |
de Pontibus or his emissary full seisin of the castles |
Dorles,Rashue,Loshe, Armolen and Kakaulis which belonged to Theobald |
Walter in Ireland and anything taken for the latter after they had |
been given to Reginald de Pontibus shall be restored", (Pat Close |
Rolls 16 John, p.1 m13). |
Godifre de Marisco held the same (Pat. Close Rolls 16 John p.1 |
m12)Robert de Marisco had warship of Thurles in 1219(CDI no. 906 |
Who is Reginald de Pontibus? |
Steward of Poitou and Gascony in 1254(Cal. Pat Rolls Henry III Vol IV |
pp.302-303) In charge of the Kings money in Poitou 1214 Letter from |
the King to Reginald de Pontibus concerning Emery the |
moneymaker(Claus. 17 John, mem.14)Dec. 8, 1215 |
Theobald II mar. 1st dau of Reginald de Pontibus |
" mar 2nd Joand du Marrisco/Marais /Marsh |
" mar. 3rd Rohese de Verdun |
it is known whose children he had by Rhoese de Verdun, it is NOT |
known by which of his first two wives, he had Theobald III, as until |
now this first marriage has not been mentioned. Comments-thoughts MORE |
than welcome! |
Theobald II comes of age by July 2, 1221(Close Rolls p.463) and is |
dead by 1230 |
Interesting side bar: Botelers Barons of Wem and Oversley and of |
Sudley, Badminton and Woodhall are also descended from Theobald Walter |
thru the female line. To Wit: Theobald II mother, Matilda/Maud, |
married Fulk fitzWarin, whose daughter Hawise(Hawise and Theobald are |
1/2 brother/sister) married William Pantulf, Baron of Wem whose |
daughter married Ralph Boteler of Oversley and he became Baron of Wem |
in the right of his wife. Thus Theobald II Pincerna of Ireland is the |
Great 1/2 Uncle of Ralphs children. |
Part III coming. |
Best Regards, |
Emmett L. Butler He was married to Margaret about 1185. |
524289. Margaret was born about 1162. In 1219 Margaret de Ponte (or Brigge,) and John her son, were summoned to answer to |
John de Narford, to show why, contrary to the King's prohibition, they impleaded him in the Court Christian for a lay-fee in |
Nereford, which they acknowledged, and for which they were fined; (fn. 3) and in 1227, a fine was levied between Maud de Pagrave |
and John de Narford, whereby Maud released a messuage and lands here; and in the same year, there was another fine, between |
William son of John de Narford, petent, and Peter de Narford, tenent, of the moiety of a knight's fee here, who acknowledged it to |
be the right of Peter, who gave the mill called Well-Mill to William; and in 1239, Thomas de Nerford held half a knight's-fee of the |
Earl Warren, as of the manor of Lyng, and the Earl of the honour of Richmond, and at the same time Petronilla de Nerford, |
(mother of the aforesaid Thomas,) and Edmund her son, held here half a knight's-fee of Robert Fitz Roger, and he of the Earl of |
Richmond, and that Earl of the King in capite, and paid to the scutage then granted on the marriage of Isabell the King's sister to the |
Roman Emperor. |
I have no direct evidence that she is the wife of Reginald, he just seemed the most likely candidate of all the individuals with the |
name Bridge or Ponte at the time and location and it has been noted that Reginald had a daughter Margaret in the Walter family |
genealogy. |