Appendix A
THE EDGBASTONS OF EDGBASTON.
(See pages 20-24 ante.)
IN
Domesday Book Edgbaston appears as part of the Warwickshire fee of William Fitz
Ausculf, under whose tenant Richard, it was held by one Drogo or Drew. As Drew also held from Fitz Ausculf, in
Staffordshire, estates in Pirie, now Perry Barr, in Barr, now Little Barr, and
in Handsworth, and as the two former, or perhaps all of these, are subsequently
found in the possession of the Birminghams of Birmingham, that family most
probably descended from Drew, either paternally, or through an heiress, and it
is not unlikely that the Edgbastons also were a junior branch of the
Birminghams, for the similarity between the arms of Edgbaston and Birmingham
indicates a close feudal connection if not
actual kinship. Dugdale begins the pedigree of the family with Henry de
Egebaston, mentioned on the Patent Rolls in 30 Henry II, 1183-.4, and, without
stating his authority, gives him a son, Richard de Egebaston, who had three
children: Richard de Egebaston, William de Egebaston, lord of Egebaston in 1276-7, and Sibill, wife of John de
Parles.
Dugdale assigns to the above-mentioned William de Egebaston a son and successor, Henry de Egebaston, who in 12 Edward I [1283-4], brought an action against the Dean and Chapter of Lichfield to recover the right of presentation to the parish church of Egebaston; but in the same year "he quitted to them all his right therein in consideration whereof they gave him xxli."
Some further notes with regard to the Egebaston
family will be found in W. F. Carter's "Notes and additions to Dugdale's
accountof Birmingham and Aston,"
but it will be sufficient to state here
that the most important member of the family seems to have been Sir Richard de
Egebaston (probably son of the above-mentioned Henry), who resided at Swinford
in Leicestershire, and flourished in the reigns of Edward II and Edward III. He
was several times member of parliament for the county, and once for the borough
of Leicester, and was, says Dugdale, "intrusted with sundry great
imployments." He fought for Edward II at the battle of Boroughbridge, and
his arms are therefore entered on the Boroughbridge Roll.
According to Dugdale this Richard was father of another Richard, who left a daughter and heiress, Isabel, the wife of Thomas Middlemore.
The arms borne by the Edgbastons and quartered by the Middlemores in right of their descent from Isabella Edgbaston are, Per pale indented or and azure. L L
THE HAWKESLOW FAMILY.
(See pages 168 et seq. ante.)
Doomsday Book in its account of the great royal manor of Bromsgrove, of which Nortune, now King's Norton, was a berewick, states that the manor contained a wood seven miles long and four broad, as well as four eyries of hawks. It may be that it was one of these eyries which gave origin to Hawkeslow, now Hawkesley, the name of a farm in King's Norton parish, which occupies some rising ground on the north side of the Lickey Hills, from which it is distant about a mile, being half a mile east of Longbridge on the Birmingham and Bristol road.
The present house is a building of no interest and comparatively modern, but it is surrounded by a large moat still filled with water, and flanked by vestiges of earthworks extending over a considerable area. From this place the family of Hawkeslowe evidently took their name. They, although holding but a small sub-manor within the great royal manor of Bromsgrove, were a family of considerable importance, and furnished a knight of the shire in several of the parliaments of Edward II and Edward III, and supplied at least three deputy sheriffs in the fourteenth century, when the Shrievalty was hereditary in the family of Beauchamp. The earliest particulars we have of the Hawkeslow family date back to the latter part of the thirteenth century.
Appendix A 259
Simon de Hauckel', of Inkbarewe, was assessed at 2s. 6d. ann. in a Worcestershire subsidy roll of about 1280.
I. Richard de Hauckeslowe of the manor of Bromsgrove and Norton, was assessed at 5s. 4d. in the same subsidy roll. The last-named is doubtless the Richard de Hamtuslowe (sic probably for Hawkeslowc), who witnessed an undated grant of land in Frankley[1], in the time of Edmund de Lutlynton, i.e. Littleton, who died before 1306 [Lyttel. ton Charters, No. 58], and also may perhaps be identified with Richard de Haukeslow, juror in an inquest concerning Dodderhill, 1312[Nash, Worc. I. 340].
Presumably father of
William de Hawkeslowe, of whom next, II.
and perhaps of
Hugh de Hawkeslowe, M.P. for Worcestershire, 15 Edward II [1321], [Nash, Worc. Introd. 26]. We have also mention of a Hauekelegh, lord of Yedefen Loges, i.e. Edwin Loach, in 20 and 28 Edward III [Worc. Hist. SOC. I. 516and Nash, Worc. II, 484]. In 7 Henry VII an inquisition names lands in Yedefen formerly held by Hugh Hauekelegh [Worc. Hist. Soc. I, 516], and of a fourth of a knight's fee in Teddesden [Nash, Worc. App. lxxx.]. The Court Rolls of Weoley, temp. Henry IV, mention a Hugh Hawkeslowe.
Walter de Hawkeslow (deputy) sheriff of Worcestershire, 1 Edward III [Rot. Pat. 1 Edw. III, p. 3].
Philip de Hawkeston (sic) (deputy) sheriff of Worcestershire 3 Edward III [Nash, Worc. Introd. 16].
Richard de Haukeslowe, M.P. for Worcestershire in 20 Edward II [1326] and in 1, 2, 5, 6 and 17 Edward III. Presumably the following items relate to him. Appointed Chirographer of the King's Bench, 1 Edward III [1327] [Rot. Pat. 1 Edw. III, p. 3], regranted [Rot. Pat. 2 Edw. III, p. 1] to him for life in the following year. In the same year [Rot. Claus. 2 Edw. III] John, son of Thomas atte Orchard, ac. knowledged that he owed Richard de Haukeslowe £100, and charged his land in Worcestershire with payment thereof.
As Deputy Sheriff of Worcestershire [Nosh, Worc. Introd. 16] received custody of Hanley Castle, 3 Edward 111 [1329] [Nash, Introd. 16].
In 9 Edward II, had grant from Ralph Stretel of Astwood, of manor of Horseley, which, with lands in Wolverley, he regranted to Wolston, Prior of Worcester. He also granted to the same Wolston, premises in Cleeve Prior [Nosh, Worc. II. 470, I. 235]•
Richard de Hawkeslowe, in Subsidy Roll i Ed ward 111 11327], was assessed at Doddenham in 3s.
II. William do Hawkeslowe assessed 1 Edward III [1327] at King's Norton in 18d., the same amount as paid by his neighbour, John de Colmore. He probably came to a violent end, for in 18 Edward 111[1344] Richard, son of William de Hawkeslowe, sued John Not of King's Norton for the death of his father [Rot. Cur. Reg. No. 68, Pasch. 18 Edw. III, m. 4].
He was succeeded by, presumably, his son,
III. Richard de Haukeslowe, whom it is not always easy to distinguish in records from his presumed kinsman of the same name, the knight of the shire and chirographer.
Probably he is the Richard who attested No. 131, No. 139, No. 165 of the Lyttelton Charters. Of No. 139, 23 Edward 111 [1350] he is the second witness, and John do Middlemore is the third.
In 2 Edward III [1328], Richard de Haukeslow and Nichola his wife, paid 6s. 8d. for licence to agree respecting premises in Dormeston. From the plea rolls [Mich. 7 Henry IV, m. 140 d], we learn that he and his wife had lands in Dormeston and Intebergh [Inkborough] by grant of Robert Okleye.
They had issue
i. Richard Haukeskw, who died s p.
ii. William Haukeslow, who died s-.. The deeds of the Yardley charities state that William, son of Richard and Nichola of King's Norton, was dead in 1379, leaving a widow Margery, and a successor, John de Hawkeslowe of King's Norton. Margery presumably re-married Henry de Hay of Coventry; both living in 1402-3. Henry de Hay founded a chantry in St. Michael's Church, Coventry.
iii. John de Hawkeslowe, of whom next.
IV. John Hawkeslowe of King's Norton, who was succeeded by his son,
V. Geoffrey Hawkeslowe, who was succeeded by his son,
VI. Thomas Hawkeslowe, who in 7 Henry IV [1405] sued William, son of John Russell, knight, for the lands in Dormeston and Inkborough.
He was at some uncertain date regarder of the forest of Feckenham, when John Wybbe, perhaps his father-in-law, was verderer [Nash, Worc. I. 440]. Between 1410 and 1413 he was with William Wybbe, joint patron of Hanbury [Nash, I. 555]. In 1423, as Thomas Haukslowe of King's Norton, gentleman, he was with Thomas Wybbe of King's Norton, esquire, and Thomas Ruding 0f King's Norton, gentleman, sued in a plea of debt by John Aston and Henry Skinner of Alseter [De Banco rolls, Pasch. 1 Hen. VI, m. 649]. In 1432-3, he released all right to a meadow called Spert in Bredcote [Nash, Worc. I. 120]. He married Sibell, daughter, and at last co-heir, of John Wybbe. They had issue
Anne, daughter and sole heiress who married Nicholas Middlemore, younger son of Thomas Middlemore and Isabel Edgbaston: from them descended the Middlemores of Hawkesley.
Contemporary with, and very probably. related to these Hawkeslowes were:
Robert Haukeslowe, who became a secular archdeacon in the diocese of Worcester in 1419 [Worc. Sed. Vac. 392].
Richard Haukeslowe, rector of Spernor in 1434 0n the presentment of the Abbess 0f Cokhull [Worc. Sed. Vac. 441].
Matildis Hawkyslow, tenant in Evesham after 1418 [Chron. Evesham (Rolls Series), p. 307].
Nicholas Hawkeslowe, [De Banco rolls, 1 1 Hen. VIII], who married Agnes, daughter and heir 0f Alice Ippwell; seized, jure uxoris, of lands in Winchcombe and Sudeley, temp. Henry V. They had issue
John Haukeslowe, who had issue
Thomas Haukeslow, died s.p.
John Haukeslow, dieds .p.
Joan.
Elgin, married William Palmer.
A notable man of the name was
William Hawkeslowe, Bluemantle Pursuivant of arms, temp. Henry VI, and Clarenceux King of Arms, temp. Edward IV, who was drowned in the Spanish seas in 1476, and, 7 May, was buried at St. Mary, Somerset (sic) [Geneal. IV, 127]. Several of his grants of arms are still extant.
The arms ascribed to Wybbe and quartered by Andrews of Hanbury in the 1569 Visitation of Worcestershire are: Gules, a heart between three cinquefoils or.
The
arms of Hawkeslow
as recorded in the Vincent MSS., and subsequently allowed to the
Middlemores by the Heralds as a quartering are, Sable, a falcon argent with
bells between three cinquefoils or. This coat bears a remarkable similarity to
that of Wybbe, and possibly is based upon it; if so, it must have been assumed
by Thomas Hawkeslowe on his marriage with the Wybbe heiress. However, from
their rank in their county, the Hawkeslowes were doubtless armigerous at an early
date. Possibly the more ancient arms
are preserved in the seal of William Hawkeslowe, Clarenceux, which gives,
Gyronny of ten within a border ermine, and for crest, a lion passant guardant.
THE ARDERN FAMILY.
(See page 25 ante.)
The important Warwickshire family of Ardern or Arden, of Park Hall, whose then representative Robert Ardern, married Elizabeth, one of the three daughters of Isabel Egebaston by her second husband Richard Clodeshale, took their name from the northern district of Warwickshire, wherein most of their estates lay. They descended in the male line from Turchil, called "of Warwick " in Domesday Book, and "of Earden," i.e. Arden, in the Conqueror's confirmation of his grant to the Abbey of Abingdon, while Turchil himself was the son of Alwin, who had been Sheriff of Warwickshire in the Confessor's days.
From Turchil descended in the male line the Ardens of Ratley, the Ardens of Rodbourne, the Ardens of Drayton in Oxfordshire, and probably the Ardens, lords of Hampton in Arden. It may be also that he was the ancestor of the Arderns of Harden in Cheshire, and of Elford in Staffordshire, while Drummond in his "Noble Families," claims him as ancestor of the Comptons of Compton Winyates. The early pedigree of the Ardens requires careful revision, but it seems clear that Robert Arden, who married Elizabeth Clodeshale, was fourth in descent from Thomas Arden of Hanwell, temp.Edward I, on whom Thomas Arden, of Ratley, settled the manor of Pedmore, and other estates. Robert was succeeded by his son Walter Ardern, who married Elinor, daughter of John Hampden of Hampden, Bucks. Walter had several sons, the third being Thomas, who is supposed by some writers, though the evidence is far from conclusive, to have been the father of Robert Arden of Wilnecote, whose daughter Mary married John Shakespeare of Stratford-on-Avon, and became mother of William Shakespeare.
THE MIDDLEMORES AND STEPNEY.
Stepney, as we have seen (pp. 147 to 156 ante), was long associated with one branch of the Middlemore family, and the Registrar General's records show that persons of the name were living here within recent years, if indeed the name be yet extinct in the district. Stepney has, however, a still earlier and melancholy connection with the name. The Carthusian monk, Blessed Humphrey Middlemore (see p. 42 ante), the proctor of the Charterhouse in 1543, had with Prior Houghton, been sent to the Tower for refusing the oath of succession, though they were released after a month's imprisonment. But in the following year, 1535, Houghton and two other Carthusian priors on 4 May suffered at Tyburn. Three weeks later Middlemore, with two brother monks, Exmew and Newdigate, were at Stepney and were overheard saying that they could not consent to be obedient to the King, to take and repute him to be supreme head of the Church of England. In consequence of this the Blessed Humphrey Middlemore and his companions, Exmew and Newdigate were, less than a month after, 19 June, executed at Tyburn.
It is worth noting that Thomas Cromwell, the malleus
monachorum, lived at Stepney in Sir Henry Collet's house, while the
rector of Stepney was Cromwell's
instrument, the notorious Richard
Layton, who was so largely employed in the
destruction of the monasteries. Little wonder is it that Middlemore's visit to
Stepney proved fatal to him. Perhaps this' arly association of the Blessed
Humphrey Middlemore, and the later association of his kinsmen with the place
may not be unconnected.
In the succeeding reign we find that Edward Underhill, the " Hot Gospeller " (p. 173 ante was living at Limehouse in Stepney parish. He actively distinguished himself here, and " aprehendide the vycker of Stepney," Henry More, a deposed abbot, and carried him to Archbishop Cranmer at Croydon. Cranmer was " too full of lenite," and evidently thought little of the complaint, Which ill pleased the "Hot Gospeller," who, as he himself tells us, argued with the Archbishop, " Me Lorde (sayde I) methynkes you are to jentylle unto so stowte a papiste."
DESCENT FROM KING ALFRED THE GREAT.
Through the alliance with Gatacre, the Middlemores of Hawkesley and Birmingham are descended from King Alfred the Great;- the steps of the descent are as below
I. ALFRED THE GREAT, d. 900, m. Elswith, dau. of Earl Ethelred.
2. EDWARD THE ELDER, d. 925, m. Elfleda, dau. of Earl Ethelhelm.
3. EDGINA, m. Charles IV (the Simple) of France.
4. Lewis IV of France, d. 954, m. Gerberga, dau. of Henry Auceps, Emperor of the West.
5. CHARLES, Duke of Nether Lorrain and Brabant, d. 992, m. Bona, Countess of Ardenne.
6. GERBERGA, Duchess of Brabant, m. Lambert I, Count of Louvain.
7. LAMBERT II, Duke of Brabant, d. 1054, m. Oda, dau. of Gothelo, Duke of Lorrain.
8. HENRY II, Duke of Brabant, d. 1068, m. Adela, dau. of Otto, Count of Orlamunda.
9. GODFREY I, . Duke of Brabant, d. 1140, m. Ida, dau. of Albert, Count of Namur.
10. ADELICIA (widow of King Henry I) m. William de Albini, Earl of Arundel, d. 1176.
II. WILLIAM DE ALBINI, 2nd Earl of Arundel, d. 1196, m. Maud, dau. and h. of James de St. Hilary, and widow of Roger, Earl of Hertford.
12. WILLIAM DE ALBINI, 3rd Earl of Arundel, d. 1221, m. Mabel, sister and coh. of Ranulf, Earl of Chester.
13. CECILIA, m. Roger de Montalt, who died 1260.
14. LEUCHA, dau. and coh., m. Philip de Orreby, s. of Sir Philip de Orreby, justice of Chester.
15. AGNES, d. and h., m. Sir Walkelyn de Arderne, justice of Chester.
16. SIR PETER DE ARDERNE, d. 1265, m. Margery.
17. SIR JOHN DE ARDERNE, d. 1308, m. Margaret verch Griffith ap Madog.
18. AGNES, m. Sir John de Wetenhale, Cheshire, living 1318. 19. MARGERY, m. Sir Adam de Bostock.
20. SIR ADAM BOSTOCK, m. Jenet, dau. of Sir Henry Bradshaw.
21. SIR RALPH BOSTOCK, m. Isabel, dau. and h. of William Lawton.
22. SIR ADAM BOSTOCK, killed at Blackheath 1459, m. Elizabeth, dau. of Hugh Venables, Baron of Kinderton.
23. ELIZABETH, m. John Gatacre of Gatacre.
24. ROBERT GATACRE, of Gatacre, m. Joan, dau. of JohnHoord, of Hoord's Park, Bridgnorth.
25. MARGERY, m. William Middlemore of Hawkeslowe, who d. 1549
A quo the Middlemores of Hawkesley and Birmingham.
PEDIGREES ENTERED AT HERALDS' COLLEGE.
Middlemore of Edgbaston. 1563.
Visit. Leic. and Warty. H. 12, fo. 46.
Middlemore of Edgbaston. 1619.
Visit. Warty., 1619. C. 7, fo. 87.
Middlemore of Hawkesley.1634
Visit. Worc., 1634. C. 30, fo. 65.
Middlemore of Haselwell. 1634.
Visit. Wore., 1634. C. 30, fo. 93
Middlemore of Northamptonshire. 1682.
Visit. Northants, 1682. K. 1, fo. 197.
Middlemore of Enfield. 1634.
Visit. Lincoln, 1634. C. 23, fo. 56.
Middlemore of Birmingham. 1889. Surrey, I., fos.
Middlemore of Hawkesley and Birmingham. 1892.
C. 7, fo. 87.
In addition to the above, which are official documents, there is, in Vincent's collection, a pedigree of the Middlemores of Edgbaston, Haselwell, and Hawkesley, showing their connection with each other. This, being a private collection, is placed amongst the unofficial documents preserved in the Library at Heralds' College. The compiler was Augustine Vincent, who was Windsor Herald, 1624 to 1626, and came of a family connected with Great Sheepey, where a branch of the Middlemores was settled. The reference to this pedigree is, Vincent X, p. 169. M M
THE ARMORIAL BEARINGS.
The variation in the arms of Middlemore adopted by the Enfield and Lusby line, and that appearing for John Middlemore in Henry the Seventh's chapel, have been dealt with. Another appears on the seal used by Eleanor Middlemore, on the lease and release, dated 6 and 7 July, Uio, by which she parted with the manor of Haselwell to George Birch of Harborne. This seal bears a chevron, in chief two moorcocks, all within a bordure. Burke's " General Armory " also gives the following as existing, impaled with Throckmorton, in a glass window of Chastleton Manor House, Oxfordshire : Per chevron, argent and sable, in chief two peacocks of the last.
According to the Visitation of Lincolnshire in 1634, the Middlemores of Enfield used for their arms a chevron between three moorcocks, as shown engraved in the key pedigree on p. 242 ante. This variation is clearly unauthorized, and it is well to note that the heraldic seal of Sampson Parkyns attached to the signature of his widow, Alice Parkyns, on the deed made in 1716, consequent on their marriage settlement, shows Parkyns displaying Middlemore, per chevron and in chief two moorcocks, upon an escutcheon of pretence. The seal used in the same deed by Anne Cooper, the relict of Henry Middlemore, of Lusby, shows the Middlemore crest, a moorcock amongst reedy grass.
All these variant forms appear to be destitute of any authority. On the last occasion of registering the pedigree of the Birmingham Middlemores, the arms, with the quarterings of Edgbaston and Hawkesley were certified by Sir Albert Woods, Garter principal King of Arms, as belonging to Mr. Thomas Middlemore of Hawkesley. The arms are quarterly: (I and 4), Per chevron argent and sable, in chief two moorcocks of the last, wattled and combed gules, MIDDLEMORE; (2) Per pale indented, or and azure, Edgbaston ; (3) Sable, a hawk argent belled between three cinquefoils or, Hawkeslow. Crest: A moorcock sable amongst reedy grass, wattled and combed gules.
The certificate is as follows
" The within Armorial Bearings appertain to Thomas Middlemore of Hawkesley in the County of Worcester (now residing at Sutton Coldfield), 7th in descent from William Middlemore of Hawkslowe, by Susan his wife, daughter of George Middlemore of Haselwell, 8th in descent from John Middlemore of Hawkslowe, by Bridget his wife, daughter of Thomas Betham of Rowington, 10th in descent from John Middlemore of Hawkslowe, by his wife, Amphilis Goodwin, 11th in descent from William Middlemore, by his wife, Margery Gatacre of Gatacre, 12th in descent from Thomas Middlemore of Hawkslowe, by Eleana, daughter of Thomas Throckmorton of Coughton, 14th in descent from Nicholas Middlemore, by Ann, daughter and heiress of Thomas Hawkslowe of Hawkslowe, 15th in descent from Thomas Middlemore, by Isabel, daughter and heiress of Sir Henry .Edgbaston of Edgbaston, 17th in descent from John Middlemore of Studley and Solihull, in the time of Edward III.
ALBERT W. WOODS. "GARTER."
Motto.
The Middlemores of the Clothworkers' Company used the motto "Medio tutissimus ibis." This appears with arms and crest on the silver plate given to the Clothworkers' Company by Samuel Middlemore.
The same motto was used by the late Col. R. F. Middlemore. A variant form sometimes used is "Medius tutissimus."
The motto " Mon desire loyalte " now used by Mr. Thomas Middlemore of Hawkesley is ascribed to the Middlemores of Edgbaston in a Bodleian manuscript: Bridges MSS., xl., p. 15.
The Visitation of Worcester, 1682-3, states that "John Wilmot, of Hartlebury, married . . . daughter of Middlemore: she remarried . . . Avenant. Their son died c. 1678, aet. 70."
FAMILY PORTRAITS.
The late Colonel R. F. Middlemore (36), of Thorngrove, was possessed of a number of ancient family portraits. These, after his death, came to Mr. Thomas Middlemore, of Melsetter, where they now are. Unfortunately it is not possible to identify all of them. They included, according to the list kept by Colonel Middlemore, the following members of the family
Mr. Middlemore, of Hawkesley, 1640. Mrs. Middlemore, his wife.
Mr. Richard Middlemore, of Haselwell [sic], counsellor at law, 1684.
Mr. John Francis Richard Middlemore, of the Inner Temple. Painted by Sir Godfrey Kneller.
A Miss Middlemore. Painted by Sir Godfrey Kneller.
Lady Fauconberg, granddaughter of Thomas [sic] Middlemore, of Edgbaston.
Miss Brydges, wife of Richard Middlemore, of Hazelwell [sic].
A Miss Middlemore, by Sir Joshua Reynolds.
John Middlemore, by Highmore.
W. R. Middlemore, 1760.
Others were referred to by Colonel Middlemore as being paintings of Brownlow, Sherard, Gage, Brydges, Wynne, and Middlemore.
It will be evident there are errors in Colonel Middlemore's list. No other Middlemore portraits besides the above, and modern ones of the Birmingham Middlemores, are known to be extant.
Some of these portraits are probably referred to in the will of William Brydges, serjeant at law, in 1734, from which the following is an extract
"I give to my son and daughter Gregory the use of my own picture and the pictures of my grandfather, father and mother Brydges, and the pictures of my brothers Francis Brydges and Kemp Brydges, and of his grace the late Duke of Shrewsbury, and tis my desire that my son and daughter Gregory will leave these pictures to the heir of their family. Item I give to my daughter Wynne the pictures of her sisters Gregory and Mary with her own in one piece, the pictures of her grandfather ana granamother Noel, of her aunt Romney, and the picture of the lord Chancellor Harcourt. Item I give to my daughter Middle[more] her own picture and the pictures of her uncle and aunt Blachford, of the Dutchess of Shrewsbury, of the Milkmaid, and of the Magdalen that hung in her Mother's Closett in Boswell Court."
And also in the will of Mrs. Middlemore, of Orston, as follows "I give and bequeath unto Robert Middlemore, the son of Lieutenant-General George Middlemore, the portrait of my late dear husband [William Richard Middlemore], and that of his grandfather, William Richard Middlemore, and also the portrait of his great uncle, painted by Highmore. I also give to the said Robert Middlemore all other pictures upon which shall be found a paper in my own handwriting and signed ' Susanna Middlemore."'
ADDENDA ET CORRIGENDA.
Page 17. Delete Edward, Misc. II, p. 206, from side note.
Page 30. The will of Richard Middlemore, 1502, was also recorded in the records of the Dean and Chapter of Canterbury.
Page 44. In line 9 from foot, for (46) read (48).
Page 48. The arms of Egerton are thus blazoned, Argent, a lion rampant gules between three pheons sable.
Pages 60 and 68. 1 December, 1651. Claimants on estate of Robert Middlemore of Edgbaston.
31 December, 1651. Robert Middlemore senior, his uncle, claimed allowance of an annuity of ,£20, charged on Edgbaston manor, which was sequestered for the recusancy of his nephew. He was ordered to prove his annuity.
Page 78. In line 4 from foot for centre read south.
Page 89. Henry Middlemore had licence in 1636 to travel abroad "so that he did not go to Rome," a limitation which it may well be was considered requisite on account of the well-known proclivities of his family. [S. P. Dom. 1636, vol. 325.]
Page 89. Henry Middlemore matriculated at Exeter College, Oxford, 2 December, 1631, aged seventeen, as son of Samuel Middlemore of St. Clement's, London, gent.
Page 107. In line 7 from foot, for (51) read (53),
Page 106. iv. Elizabeth who married Roger Walker, is probably the Elizabeth, daughter of Mr. George Middlemore of King's Norton, who was baptized at St. John's in Bedwardine, Worcester, 31 May, 1618.
George Middlemore and Frances Middlemore, daughter of Robert Stanford, had livery of lands in Bedwardine, co. Worcester. Privy Seals, 7 Charles I.
Page 113. Daniel Middlemore, son of Robert Middlemore, of Haselwell, gent., matriculated at Pembroke College, Oxford, 7 April, 1666, aged seventeen.
Page. 128. Richard Middlemore had chambers in Hare Court, Temple, "in the staircase next Fleet Street on the west side of Hare Court," which were burnt down in the "dreadful fire" which happened there in 1679, and in the following year he was permitted to make an exchange with another barrister.
He was called to the bar 31 May, 1685, and afterwards appointed Reader in Clement's Inn, and there is record that in 1703 he failed to perform the exercise of Reader, and was fined £5 for the omission.
Page 134. J. F. R. Middlemore is presumably the John Middlemore, of Lincolnshire, who contributed to the fund for resisting the Pretender.
Page 139. The Rev Richard Wolseley, who married Mary Middlemore, was the eldest son of Clement Wolseley, of Wolseley Bridge, and grandson of Sir Richard Wolseley, 0f Mount Wolseley, CO. Carlow, baronet, so created in 1744. On the death of his cousin the third baronet, in 1819, he became Sir Richard Wolseley, fourth baronet. Mary Middlemore was his second wife, and predeceased him. He died s.p., 1852, in his ninety-second year, leaving a third wife his widow, who survived till 1880. The distinguished general, Viscount Wolseley, K.P., is a nephew of this Sir Richard Wolseley. These Wolseleys are cadets of the family still settled at Wolseley in Staffordshire.
Page 152. 38. George Middlemore is probably the George Middlemore of Whittington, whose administration is recorded under date 1 November, 1669, in the Lichfield Peculiars, 1510-1858.
Page 162. Gregory.-The founder of this Nottingham family was Winifred Middlemore's grandfather, William Gregory, an alderman of Nottingham, who "began from the lowest beginning," and purchased the manor 0f Lenton in 1630. He was descended from a yeoman family settled at Broughton Sulney in Nottinghamshire. George Gregory, Winifred's brother, seems t0 have claimed a descent from the gentle family of Gregory of High Hurst in Lancashire, though this was not admitted by Dugdale, who, in 1662, granted him a totally different coat "in relation to his descent from the ancient family of Kyme," but, though Thoroton says that he afterwards obtained sufficient proof of his descent from the Gregorys of High Hurst, this family continued to use the arms granted by Dugdale, viz., Gules on a chevron between ten crosses crosslet or, three crosses crosslet of the field. The family became extinct on the death of George Gregory of Harlaxton Manor in 1860, when the family estates at Lepton and Harlaxton passed to their cousins the Sherwins.
Page 186. John Middlemore was buried at St. Michael's, Worcester, 21 October, 1643, as John Middlemore, esquier.
Page 188. Line 10 from foot. The date 13 June, 1643, is probably an error for 13 January, 169.3-4.
Page 197. Line 18. Richard Savage was presumably son of John Savage, 0f Birmingham, saddler, who in his will, dated 17 September, 1720, and proved 11February, 1720-1, names his wife Ann, and sons John, Charles, Richard, Edward and Christopher. It will be remembered that George Middlemore's mother, Susanna, married for her second husband, John Savage. It is likely therefore, that in some way, Richard Savage was related to the Middlemores.
Page 199. As further associating this Franciscan Father Lewis Middlemore, with Birmingham, it may be noted that St. Peter's, Birmingham, was a Franciscan mission.
Page 204. Sarah Middlemore and Joseph Tabberner were married 1783, by licence.
Page 205. On a brass plate under a stained glass window in the south aisle of King's Norton church, is the following
"This window was dedicated by Ann and Martha Middlemore of Lower Hawkesley, in this parish, towards the restoration of this Church, A.D. 1872."
Page 221. The rate books of Stratford-on-Avon show the name of "Middlemore," doubtless John Middlemore, as associated with the firm of Eaves and Co., in High Street Ward, who carried on business as saddlers' ironmongers. His name occurs first in 1777, and appears as "Mr. Middlemore" in Wood Street Ward in 1789. In 1791 the premises he occupied are entered as "void, late Middlemore," which doubtless indicates the period at which he left Stratford-onAvon. Mr. William Eaves, of the firm of Eaves & Co., who came from Sutton Coldfield in 1748, was mayor of Stratford-on-Avon in 1770 and 1778, and a justice of the peace. He died 5 April, 1796, aged seventy-two.
Page 240. In line 3 from foot for 1517 read 1599
Letter from Henry Middlemore to Lord Burghley,1582, Nov. 16. Craves Burghey's resolution with regard to purchase by him of some part of Mr. Abington's lands. Would have waited on his lordship himself but his lameness will not suffer him. His grief, which hitherto was in his hip, is now fallen with greater extremity of rage into his foot, and he lives in great torment of pain, but in greater fear of the gout. Enfield, 16 November, 1582.-Marquis of Salisbury's MSS. Part 11., p. 532. Hist. MSS. Report.
MISCELLANEOUS NOTES
It does not seem possible at present with any degree of certainty to assign to the persons named in the following parish register extracts, and other records, their appropriate positions in the pedigrees.
PARISH REGISTERS.
St. Martin's, Birmingham.
Walter Middlemore and Ellin Banckes, mar. 30 August, 1607.
Nicholas, fil. Walter Middlemore, baptized 30 June, 1608.
Henri,)7 " " 6 January, 1610-11.
John fil. Walter Middlemore, baptized 30 November, 1612.
Ann 10 February, 1616-17
Elizabeth 22 April, 1622.
Thomas 27 July, 1625.
Elinor Middlemore, buried19 September, 1625.
Robert Middlemore and Ann Smyth, married19 June, 1670.
Joseph, son of William Middlemore, baptized 5 December, 1732.
Joseph, son of William Middlemore, buried 9 [? 12] December, 1733
Walsall.
Mary Middlemore, fil. Joseph and Mary, baptized 26 September, 1792.
John Middlemore, son of Mary, base child, baptized 26 December, 1793
Sarah, daughter of Robert Middlemore, buried 12 October 1785.
Joseph Middlemore, son of Sarah, buried 16 March, 1788.
Mary Middlemore, buried 15 April, 1792.
Ann Middlemore, buried 2 April, 1792.
Halesowen.
John Middlemore of Warley, Salop, buried 11 September, 1723.
Dudley.
John Middlemore of this parish, bachelor, and Mary Blew of the same, spinster, married by banns 15 December, 1789, [Both signed by marks, as did the witness, John Butler.]
Sedgley.
Mary, daughter of John and Mary Middlemore of Coseley, ironfounder, baptized 29 May, 1796.
Burton-super-Montem, Gloucestershire, 1568-1805.
George, son of Mr. Middlemore, baptized 13 March, 1713.
Hartlebury.
George Middlemore, from Kidderminster 27 August, 1761.
John Middlemore, buried 23 September, 1776.
Joan Middlemore, widow, buried 15 March, 1779
Darlaston, Staffordshire, 1539-1734
John Gyles and Ellenor Middlemore, married 19 May, 1678.
Stratford-on-Avon.
Baptized 25 August, 1617, Robert fillius Mr. Middlemore, borne in the Church house. [See also below, Stratford-on-Avon Corporation Records.]
St. Martin's, Worcester.
1658, November 10, Mr. Thomas Midlemore of King's Norton, and Mrs. Ane Bishop of the parish of Bayton, both in co. Worcester, married.
St. Helen's, Worcester.
1610, August 12, William Middlemore and Jane Denson. [The name Denson occurs in the will of Samuel Middlemore (14), of the Clothworkers' Company, p. 89 ante.]
Old Swinford.
William Middlemore and Mary Barber, married
25 February, 1716.
Bromsgrove.
Robert, son of George Middlemore, gentleman, buried
5 September, 1698.
Ribbesford.
John Middlemore, a stranger, buried 22 January, 1630,
Dodderhill, near Bromsgrove.
Matthew Hollbace [Holbeche], of King's Norton, and Mary Middlemore, of King's Norton, married by licence 11 February, 1703
Penkridge, Staffordshire.
Egerton Wise, gent., was slayne in duel by Mr. Middlemore at a Penckriche foyer Sept. 22, and buried 23 September, 1658.
St. Peter's Roman Catholic Register, Birmingham.
Names of those admitted to the Confraternity of St. Francis; 1659, p.147,
Maria Middelmoore, Yeardley, com. Vig., 29 Sept. 1674, P• 151,
Elizabetha Middelmoore in Yardly, com. Vig., 24 Feb.
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Benefactors of the Church. |
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Mr. [sic] Henneretta Maria Rooper |
£10 |
0 0 |
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Mrs. Anne Middelmore |
0 |
10 0 |
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Mr. Bridget Middelmore |
0 |
10 0 |
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Mr. John Middelmoore |
2 |
0 0 |
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Mrs. Mary Middelmore |
0 |
2 6 |
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Mrs. Ursula Middelmore |
0 |
3 0 |
STRATFORD-ON-AVON CORPORATION RECORDS.
William Perrie summoned to answer John Middlemore for balance of purchase money for a gelding, 41 Elizabeth [1598-99], Misc. doc. VI. 106.
Note of summons for jury: John Middlemore v. William Perry. Misc. doc. Fr 78.
INNER TEMPLE ADMISSIONS.
1588, November, Robert Middlemore, King's Norton, son of George Middleton (sic).
SUBSIDY ROLLS: STAFFORDSHIRE.
West Bromwiche, No.178/281 , 7 James I.
Robert Middlemore in bonis, viij~'-vjs viijd.
Whittington, No. 279/302 3 Charles I.
George Middlemore, Gent., in terris, xls-viijs.
[This last is probably George Middlemore (20), of Haselwell.]
OXFORD UNIVERSITY REGISTERS.
Richard Myddilmore, supplicated for B.A., 11May, 1508, admitted 8 February, 1508-9, determined in Lent.
Richard Mydelmore or Myddlemore, supplicated for B.C.L. June, 1539, admitted 4. July.
Robert Middlemore, supplicated for B.A., 8 April, 1559, admitted 17 April, determined 1560 ; supplicated for M.A., June 1562, licensed 10July, incepted 13 July ; supplicated for B. Med., and leave to practise, April 1565.
Robert Midlemore, Clerk of the Market, 11 October, 1563. In list of Students, in vol. ii. part ii. p. 11.
Robert Middlemore, Christchurch.
CHANCERY PROCEEDINGS.
Bills and Answers before 1714, No. 422.
Threale v. Middlemore.
Further answer of Thomas Middlemore alias Abbot, dated 5 June, 1663, says that the money claimed by the plaintiff belonged to the Right Hon. Dame Philipp Morley and Monteagle, widow, deceased, and was lent to the plaintiff's late husband, John Threele ; that his true name is Thomas Middlemore, that he was servant to said Lady Morley, and was called Abbott at the time of lending the money, because in the late evil times, he did not think it safe to have it known to whom the money did belong.
Eure v Middlemore
Bill of William Lord Eure of Malton, Yorks. John Middlemore, a trustee with many others of Yorkshire estates. Dated 4, May, 1630.
Bills and Answers: Chas I, M. 73, No. 32
Middlemore v. Wyrley.
Bill of Complaint of Robert Middlemore of Fryer Park, West Bromwich, co. Strafford, dated 29 May, 1606. Relates to dispute about Barr farm, Barr, lately purchased from Humphrey Wyrley, of Hampsteade.
WILLS.
The only Middlemore will not referred to, or made use of, in the foregoing pages is that of
George Middlemore, of Kidderminster, gardner, dated 6 February, and proved at Worcester 13 April, 1762, by Elizabeth, the relict Inventory valued at £13 3s. 2d. Mentions his messuages in Kidderminster and names his wife Elizabeth, his brother John Middlemore and his nephew John Middlemore; also wife's nephews, George Simmonds, Benjamin Symonds and Hannah his wife: Witnesses, Benjamin Dickins, Jonathan Cotton.
On 21 January, 1777, admon. of John Middlemore late of Kinver, co. Stafford was granted to Alice Middlemore his widow.
Cf. extracts from parish registers of Hartlebury.
Will of Roger Fowke, of West Bromwich, gentleman, dated 6 October, 1658, proved in London, mentions: to my cousin Mrs. Ursula Middlemore, of London,, £5.
ANCIENT DEEDS.
C. 2972. Grant by John, son of William Middelmore of Bykenhull, to Thomas le Hore of Elmedone, of a plot of land in Solihull by Blaksladelone, adjoining land called Heryingiscroft. Monday after the Invention of the Holy Cross, 41 Edward III, 1368. Seal of Arms. [This seal contains three coats of arms surrounded by alegend. It is clearly not the seal of John Middelmore. It may be well to note that Richard Middlemore (10), of Edgbaston, possessed lands in Bicknell and Solihull.]
A. 4645. Grant by Richard le Cok to Robert de Folewode, vicar of Toneworth, Henry de Middelmore and Simon de Folewode, of all his lands and tenements in Toneworth and Aspeleye, together with rents for lands and tenements held by the tenants named in Aspeleye,
Toneworth and Olenhale, and the reversion of certain tenements. Monday Vigil of the Epiphany, 2. . [22 or 28] Edward III, [1348 or 1354] Fragment of seal of arms.
See page 17 ante.
ASSIZE ROLLS.
Assize Roll; No. 1034.
Worcester, 16 Richard II, [1392].
The jury say that, on Thursday before Michaelmas, 16 Richard II, Thomas Mildelmore feloniously took at Selley, cattle of William Stowe, value 16s.
Assize Roll; No. 978. Warwick, 4 Henry VI [1425].
Amongst list of jurors: John Middelmore of Solyhull.
Assize Roll; No. 978.
Henry VI [1425].
John Middelmore of Solihull one of the jurymen.
CLOSE ROLLS.
Close Roll; 4 Edward III, m. 33d.
6 May, 1336. John de Middelmor attests a release by John, son of John de Oldeswell, to lands in Oldeswell and Rosteley in favour of the Canons of St. Mary's, Stodlegh.
STATE PAPERS.
State Papers, Domestic, 22 Henry VIII [1530-31].
Amongst those owing "arrears " to Cardinal Wolsey for faculties expedited," occurs James Middlemore.
In 1523, Thomas Middlemore was a collector of the Subsidy for the county of Worcester.
INQUISITIONES POST MORTEM.
From the inquisition taken on the death of Sir Edmund Rede, Knight, 14 August, 4 Henry VII [1489], we learn that on 20 March, 16 Edward IV [1476], he conveyed the manor of Borstall, Bucks to trustees for the use of his will, of whom one was Edward Medylmore, described as deceased at the date of this inquisition.
PATENT ROLLS.
M. 21, Part I., 7 Edward IV [1467].
Pardon of outlawry to Richard Brommeley of Byrmyngham, yeoman, who had been sued (with John Hare, late of Edgbaston, wright, and John Middlemore, late of King's Norton, gentleman) by Thomas Littleton for trespass.
PRIVY SEALS.
33 Henry VIII. [1,541].
Lease of the Rectory of King's Norton, Worcestershire, recites an indenture between William Wenlock, late prior of the Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, of Worcester, and George Middlemore, of King's Norton, and his wife.
HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION.
Warrant to stop process against recusants, 2 June, 168§. In the Schedule is named under Sussex, Sir John Gage, Bart., with others of that county, including Thomas Middlemore, of Worth, and his wife. (Report 14, page 275.)
1596. Letter from the Bishop of Worcester giving names of recusants in Worcestershire: names-John Middlemore and Jane, wife of John Middlemore, "besides persons of the meaner sort." (Part 6, pages 266, 267.)
Recusants remaining at liberty
John Middlemore, of Hawkeslowe. (Part 4, page 272), (Part 3, pages 320-323), (Part 2, page 532.)
RECUSANT ROLLS.
Warwickshire; 3 James I, No. 14.
John Middlemore, late of Ravesend, £140for recusancy.
Warwickshire; 4 James I, No. 15.
John Middlemore, late of Barkeswall, co. Warwick, gentleman, £40 for recusancy.
Warwickshire; 8 James I, No. 19.
The tenants of two parts of lands and tenements of Anne Middlemore in Studley, Warwickshire, owe £18 6s. 8d. to Clement
Fisher, the Sheriff, by reason of the recusancy of the said Anne.
FACULTY OFFICE, LONDON.
Marriage Allegations; 18 September, 1706.
Nicholas Skinner and Mary Middlemore.