Hello Hilary No, I haven't tried the directories - what a good idea! Many thanks! Regards Pam On 11/08/2011 14:32, HILARY BLANFORD wrote: > Pam > Have you tried looking in one of the directories, such as Kelly's or Pigot's, for that period? > HB > > --- On Thu, 11/8/11, Pam and Fred<pamandfred44@talktalk.net> wrote: > >> From: Pam and Fred<pamandfred44@talktalk.net> >> Subject: Re: [OXF] KIRKE, COXETER and Weald Manor Bampton >> To: oxfordshire@rootsweb.com >> Date: Thursday, 11 August, 2011, 11:00 >> Hello again Jill >> >> I'm not sure if I answered >> this email or not, as I have >> quite a few, for which I thank >> you. There does seem to be >> some confusion regarding Weald >> Manor south west of the >> church, almost out of the >> village and the Manor House >> which is north west of the church. >> The Coxeter and Kirke mentions >> fit well with Weald Manor, but >> as for the 1841 census, this >> would be the Manor/Mansion >> House that became the school, >> so I am still none the wiser >> as to who was living at Weald >> Manor in 1841. >> Thanks for your time and >> attention and the info below >> at least gives us some info >> about the origins of Weald >> Manor and its land. >> Kind regards >> Pam >> >> On 10/08/2011 15:51, Jill Muir >> wrote: >>> Hello Pam, >>> I have looked for Kirke and Coxeter [ just in case] in >> Bampton and have not >>> found any. Have you looked at later census for this >> property? >>> >>> Weald Manor, (fn. 72) at the north end of Weald Lane, >> originated as the >>> farmhouse for 3 copyhold yardlands on Bampton Earls >> manor. (fn. 73) From the >>> late 16th century to the early 19th it was let to >> local gentry, including, >>> probably, members of the Snoddenham family from the >> 1560s, in 1609 >>> Bartholomew Peisley, (fn. 74) and from c. 1675 or >> earlier members of the >>> Coxeter family. (fn. 75) It was drastically remodelled >> allegedly in 1742, >>> when the lease was held by Thomas Coxeter (d. 1755) in >> trust for his mother, >>> with reversion to his wife Elizabeth; (fn. 76) she >> lived elsewhere by 1765, >>> (fn. 77) and in 1774 the lease passed apparently >> through marriage to Robert >>> Kirke (d. 1800) of Clements Inn. (fn. 78) The house, >> called a mansion house >>> in 1738 and the Manor House from the earlier 19th >> century when it housed a >>> private school, (fn. 79) was sold with manorial rights >> in 1870, perhaps >>> through a misconception resulting from the name. (fn. >> 80) >>> http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=15914&strquery=Kirke >>> >>> FamilySearch shows that a Harriet Coxeter was baptised >> 8th March 1767 the >>> child of >>> James and Mary at Bampton, Oxford, England >>> >>> And an Elizabeth Coxeter married 05 May 1628 -Bampton, >> Oxford, England >>> spouse: Robert Redburne >>> >>> If you look at the VCH [Victoria County History] the >> Manor House became a >>> School. I have sent you an image of the 1841 census >> for the place I believe >>> is the school, called Mansion House School. >> Clement's Inn mentioned in VCH >>> was apparently an Inn of Chancery before the reign of >> Edward IV. >>> >>> Read more: INNS OF COURT - Online Information article >> about INNS OF COURT >>> http://encyclopedia.jrank.org/I27_INV/INNS_OF_COURT.html#ixzz1UdbMLO00 >>> >>> >>> There is a Bampton- well several - websites one I >> cannot get to connect is >>> www.bamptonoxon.co.uk/ >>> >>> >>> Kind Regards, Jill >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: oxfordshire-bounces@rootsweb.com >>> [mailto:oxfordshire-bounces@rootsweb.com] >> On Behalf Of Pam and Fred >>> Sent: 09 August 2011 16:32 >>> To: oxfordshire@rootsweb.com >>> Subject: [OXF] KIRKE, COXETER and Weald Manor Bampton >>> >>> Hello All >>> >>> I wonder if anyone is able to >>> assist me in identifying Weald >>> Manor in Bampton on the census >>> please? Although my main >>> interest is in a family that >>> lived there before the 1841 >>> census, I would like to know >>> more about its inhabitants. My >>> husband's 4x great >>> grandparents, and >>> Harriet (nee COXETER) resided >>> there, Robert until his death >>> in 1800. Robert was at one >>> time, appointed Consul by King >>> George III to Algiers. Robert >>> and Harriet's son, William >>> Fetcham KIRKE also lived there >>> until his death in 1840 - my >>> husband descends from WFK's >>> line through his illegitimate >>> son who died in Reading >>> Workhouse! Robert's mother was >>> also a COXETER - Elizabeth, >>> but I have yet to be able to >>> connect Elizabeth to Harriet, >>> if indeed there is a >>> connection. Robert and >>> Elizabeth had other children, >>> but apart from the death of >>> one and the marriage of >>> another, I have been unable to >>> find any reference to either >>> George Robert KIRKE and Robert >>> KIRKE both born circa 1762 - >>> 1767, and possibly in Algiers. >>> Any help at all, on Weald >>> Manor, Bampton, the KIRKE or >>> the COXETER families, would be >>> most gratfully received. >>> Many thanks. >>> Pam Hodge from Kent >>> >>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >>> OFHS "Wills Library" : >>> Can you submit any wills, please?http://wills.oxfordshirefhs.org.uk/ >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> OXFORDSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com >> with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the >> subject and the body of the message >>> >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> OFHS "Wills Library" : >> Can you submit any wills, please?http://wills.oxfordshirefhs.org.uk/ >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to OXFORDSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com >> with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the >> subject and the body of the message >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > OFHS "Wills Library" : > Can you submit any wills, please?http://wills.oxfordshirefhs.org.uk/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to OXFORDSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >