You're in luck as its raining in Denmark too. St. Lawrence, Wormley: brass of Angelette Tooke and Walter Tooke, her husband, their 8 sons and 4 daughters. The stone and brasses originally formed the top of an altar tomb, but now are on the floor of the chancel. Angelette Tooke was daughter and co-heir of William Woodliffe citizen and mercer of London, to whom the manor and advowson of the church passed in 1541. Her nephew, William Purvey, is buried in the large Renaissance tomb against the south wall of the chancel. The date is about 1590. If you Google "Tooke" and inscriptions you will find a biographical lexicon on Google Books that describes this tombstone further as well as that of Anna Tooke wife of George Tooke and eldest daughter of Thomas Tooke of Beere in East Kent. The Hertfordshire Family and Population History Society have recorded all the legible Monumental inscriptions in the Church and Churchyard and you probably can buy these as a booklet. British History on line has: In 1541 the manor of Wormley, with the advowson of the rectory and parish church, was granted, as part of the possessions of Waltham Holy Cross, to Edward North, Treasurer of the Court of Augmentations, (fn. 11) who in the same year received licence to alienate it to William Woodliffe, mercer, of London. (fn. 12) William Woodliffe had two daughters: Ann, who married John Purvey, and Angelette, (fn. 13) who married Walter Tooke. (fn. 14) On the death of their father in 1548 they appear to have been co-heirs, Angelette receiving half the manor in 1553. (fn. 15) John Purvey, who survived his wife, died in 1583, and at his death was seised of the manor-house of Wormley with right of alternate presentation to the church. (fn. 16) He was succeeded by his son William Purvey, who appears to have been in possession of the whole manor by 1597. (fn. 17) William Purvey died without issue in 1617, having settled the manor and manor-house of Wormley, with righ! t of alternate presentation to the rectory, on his wife Dorothy, sister of Edward Lord Denny, who survived him. (fn. 18) Ralph Tooke, son and heir of Angelette, is mentioned in the inquisition as his heir. Dorothy Purvey re-married, her second husband being George Purefoy of Wadley, Berks., (fn. 19) and in 1621 the manor and advowson of Wormley passed to John Tooke, brother of Ralph, (fn. 20) and his heirs. (fn. 21) Courts were being held in the name of Ralph and John Tooke in 1633. On the death of John Tooke in 1634 the manor was left to his brother Thomas Tooke for sixty years for performance of John's will, with remainder to the male heirs of Ralph Tooke. (fn. 22) Ralph died without issue, (fn. 23) and the manor appears then to have gone to his remaining brothers, George and Thomas Tooke. (fn. 24) George Tooke sold his moiety of the manor to Richard Woollaston, who died in 1691, leaving a son John, who survived him for a year only. John Woollaston was succeeded by his el! dest son Richard. (fn. 25) In 1669 Thomas Tooke devised his mo! iety of the manor to trustees for the payment of his debts, and after his death it was sold successively to William Hastings, Elizabeth Reynolds, and, finally, to Thomas Winford, who bought it in 1684 or earlier. (fn. 26) In 1692 Thomas Winford conveyed to Richard Woollaston his moiety of the manor, (fn. 27) with the exception of the manor-house of Wormley Bury, with appurtenances, which he sold to William Wallis of Holborn in 1697. (fn. 28) In this way Richard Woollaston became lord of the whole manor. From: 'Parishes: Wormley', A History of the County of Hertford: volume 3 (1912), pp. 487-490. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=43647 Date accessed: 30 May 2010. ANTHONY ______________________________________ From: eng-hertfordshire-bounces@rootsweb.com [eng-hertfordshire-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of elizabeth howard [elizgh@btinternet.com] Sent: 30 May 2010 17:25 To: eng-hertfordshire@rootsweb.com Subject: [HRT] TOOKE of Wormley & Essendon. Hi, as its thrashing down with rain here in a truly Bank Holiday spirit , I checked the Alumni of Oxon and Cambridge and found in Cambridge, " Ralph Tooke , matric pens. from Christ`s , Easter , 1628, 3rd son of William of Essenden , Herts, Adm at the Inner Temple , Feb 10 , 1629-30 , called to the Bar 1637, Bencher, 1652, Brother of Walter ." For Walter " Walter Tooke , matric sizar , from Christ`s , Apl 1622 . 2nd s of William , of Essenden, Herts . BA 1624/5 , MA 1628 . Ord deacon Nov 1629, R of Essenden 1629-42 died 1642 . " Also " John Tooke, Adm Fell - com , aged 14, at Pembroke, Apl 27, 1633, s and h of Thomas , esq , of Wormley , Herts, b at Colney Hatch, Mddx , his mother`s home . Matric 1633 , perhaps BA 1635/6. Adm at Lincolns Inn Jan 24, 1637/8/ Of Wormley ,esq. married Elizabeth dau of Sir Thomas Dacres of Cheshunt, knt, July 5, 1638 . Living 1655 . Perhaps brother of Thomas , 1639, ( Vis of Herts , 1634 ) " Ralph Tooke of Essenden left a will PCC dated Dec 1657 , and John Tooke of Wormley, PCC will dated 1634 , Walter Tooke of Hatfield , will dated 1609. life is hard . soften it with a cat \\\=^..^=/// ----- Original Message ----- From: "Don McArthur" <donmac@netactive.co.za> To: <eng-hertfordshire@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, May 30, 2010 3:34 PM Subject: [HRT] TOOKE of Wormley & Essendon. >I have just looked through the Church records for Wormley & Essendon. > > > > Seeing as there seem to be quite a few of the TOOKE family 'of' these two > places the lack of BMDs for them is a little disappointing. > > > > Wormley, records only start in 1674, no TOOKE events noted. > > > > Essendon, records commence 1653. > > > > Ralph TOOKE was the minister till his death [bur 21 Nov 1657] I suspect > he > may have been son of George TOOKE by 1st wife Anne TUCK [+ 1642] George > m[2] > Margery CONINGSBY > > > > Ralph m 1656 Nth Mimms Blanche, dau of Thos CONINGSBY, of Nth Mimms > [sister > of Margery supra]. They baptised one son William in early Oct 1657, bur > 13 > Oct. > > > > Auditor TOOKE & his wife buried in a grave 20 Nov 1655. This has to be > James & Dorothy GRAY. > > > > John TOOKE, esq. & wife Elizabeth baptised the following. She was dau > Thos > DACRES, of Cheshunt m Cheshunt 1638, John was the son of Thomas + c 1670 > by > Judith TROTT. > > > > Elizabeth 1653 > > John 1657. > > > > They had also baptised Ralph & Martha in Cheshunt in 1641 & 44 > respectively. > No doubt there are missing kids. > > > > I have scanned the registers till early 18th C with nothing further found. > > > > Regards, > > > > Don McArthur. > > > > Hertfordshire Surnames List > > http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~hughw/hertford.html > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ENG-HERTFORDSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > Hertfordshire Surnames List http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~hughw/hertford.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-HERTFORDSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message