Middlemore Family Genealogy

54. John Middlemore, of Hawkeslowe, esquire, baptized at King's Norton, 1 January, 1649-50

As an infant in 1669, he, by his next friend and guardian, William Middlemore, gentleman, sued Thomas Austen, who had lent his father, William Middlemore, ,£20, and which he declined to give up, alleging that the money was not repaid.  In 1673, he demised Hollymore Farm, King's Norton, to one William Curtler.  In 1712, John Curtler, the son, brought suit against George Middlemore, to enforce the lease.

In 1672, he brought an action against William Bache, of Northfield, alleging that his father, William Middlemore, had mortgaged certain property to Bache; that he had repaid the loan, all but ,£20, and that Bache declined to give back the property, although John Middlemore tendered him the balance of £20. Middlemore was defeated, and the sequel was that he went to law with his attorney, John Harrison, who, he said, had induced him to bring the action against Bache.

He is presumably the John Middlemore, of King's Norton, who, with his wife Anna, were each fined £20for recusancy in 1680.

John Middlemore died without leaving issue, and was buried 31 August, 1681, at King's Norton. His widow renounced administration, 24 September, 1681:, which was granted to his brother and heir, William Middlemore.     The inventory amounted to £307 7s. 6d.

He married Anne, daughter of Ralph Taylor, of Fockbery, near Bromsgrove, co. Worcester, who died -about 1670, aged sixty-eight, Like her husband, she was a recusant. After her husband's -death. she removed to St. Nicholas, Worcester,. and administration was granted at Worcester, 14 December, 1694, to her nephew, Thomas Culcheath, son of Thomas Culcheth, of Wappenbury, in Warwickshire, who had married her sister; Mary Taylor.

The second son of William (53) and Susannah Middlemore was:

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