John III of Hilton &
Buckland Newton.
Married Frances
This
John inherited his fathers lands, at
Hilton, Buckland Newton and properties in Dorchester, all of these
becoming the bastions of the Dorset yeomanry
for several centuries, John and Frances had five children Richard, Robert,
Edmund , Margaret and Walter.
I
believe Walter took over the properties in Dorchester, there are various
references in the borough records to a Walter Chaldecott as being a free holder
I believe he owned a malt house and also farmed at Buckland Newton.
The only
item of interest I could find on John, was that he was apparently the quarter master for the Dorchester division
of Parliamentarian army. Providing
quartering for the men and food for the
horses. This is recorded in the Dorchester borough records.
Richard V
B1599
D
1660
Married
Rebecca
Richard appears to have inherited, most of
his fathers land and properties in Hilton And Buckland Newton, but from this time on it will be a
trifle difficult, to differentiate who owned what, as the successive
generations had more children and the
various properties and land became more
and more divided between this growing number of descendants. These following
generations would also be purchasing and renting lands of their own throughout
the Hilton and Buckland Newton area.
They would in future generations be not
only farmers and landlords, but would
also become grain merchants dairymen, maltsters and millers.
Richard
and Rebecca had six children, Richard, William, Francisca , Dorothy,
Rebecca and Susanna
Upon Richards death his oldest son Richard
inherited most of his property, he died
in 1700 as a bachelor but in his will he did however, pass most of his estate
on to his nephews William. Thomas, The rest was divided between his various friends, employees and local,
good causes It is from two of these
nephews Thomas and
William, that all of the present day Chaldecotts appear to have descended. From
Thomas the Surrey and Essex branch and from William the Dorset branch.
William IV
William
did not inherit much of his Father
Richards estate, the bulk of it going to Richard his older brother. However
some of it did come back into his family When his sons inherited most of his bachelor brother, Richard’s
estate upon his death. I don't think that this would have made much
difference, due to the fact that most
of the family farms, .and properties were from the earliest times
jointly run and managed. Williams two sons were Thomas and William, who
I don’t
believe had any heirs.