CLARKE
Associated Names - BARNWELL, SUNMAN, STACY, PARKER, DIAMOND, BALE, CRANE and RIX
Clarkes were in Shropham Hundred since at least 1550/1 when the will of Robert Clarke, dated 24 September 1548, was proved in Besthorpe, (next to Old Buckenham 1) leaving his estate to his wife Alice and named children. The will of his wife Alice of New Buckenham in 1554 left to many of the same. Bridget Clarke of Old Buckenham married 8 January 1589/90 in Besthorpe to John Thayne. Clement Clarke of Banham, adjoining Old Buckenham on the south, left a will 2 in 1593 which provided for his wife Johan, children Rowland and Alice, and his siblings Edward, Anne, Thomas and William. Henry Clarke widower of New Buckenham married Anne Clarke [sic], widow, 16 June 1669 3 and he is likely the Henry Clarke of New Buckenham whose widow Anne Clarke was granted administration of his estate in 1669 4. A John Clarke was involved in a property dispute in New Buckenham in 1675 5 and administration of the estate of William Clarke of New Buckenham was granted 16 December 1695 to his son Henry 6.
There were many Clarkes in Garveston [Mit].
There were also Clarke in Attleborough, some of whom appear in the Manor Court Rolls for Bucknham Cathes - viz. Mary Clarke as tenant in 1670.
John Clarke of Rockland All Saints, a sheep shearer, left a will 7 in about 1663 to his wife Anne and then to the children of John True of Rockland and provided for three daughters of his sister. Henry Clarke of Rockland All Saints, a linen weaver, left a will made in 1658 and proved in 1660 8 which left his estate to his wife Mary, sons Robert and Henry and daughter Tristrum. A Robert Clarke of Rockland All Saints (possibly Henry's son) had a will proved 27 Jan. 1664/5 9 which left his estate to his wife Mary and his children Robert and Mary.
Robert Clarke (1682/3-?), the brother of Nicholas Clarke (1687/8-1762), below, was in Tibenham [Dep] at the time of the marriage of Nicholas in 1711 and was the second bondman for the marriage licence.
James Clarke of Tibenham left a will 10 in 1662 which provided for his wife Grace and son Adam, and Adam Clarke of Tibenham left a will 11 in 1683 which provided for, amongst others, his wife Elizabeth (likely m.s. Hare), mother Grace Cann widow and formerly wife of James Clarke, aunt Anne Mayer widow of Francis Mayer, Elizabeth Phillipps widow of Edward Phillipps of Forncett St. Peter and his brother-in-law Robert Hare.
Robert Clarke married Anne ___ and had at least the following:
1. James baptised 9 Nov. 1634 in Old Buckenham and he was possibly the James Clarke who married Elizabeth Abbots (?) 6 Sept. 1661 in Wilby.
Robert Clarke was buried in Old Buckenham 26 September 1644.
The only other Clarkes to appear in the Old Buckenham parish registers, whose early records have many illegible entries, prior to 1678, were the marriage of Agnes Clarke widow in 1610, the marriage of Dorothy Clarke in 1612, the baptisms of Thomazine in 1631 and Alice in 1633 the daughters of James Clarke 12 and the marriage of Anne Clark in 1674.
The wife of Nicholas Clarke was buried in Old Buckenham 14 July 1677 and they could have been the parents of the Edward Clarke who follows, particularly as the second son of Edward was named Nicholas while the first was named Robert which was the name of the father of Edward’s wife Elizabeth Barnwell.
EDWARD CLARKE & FRANCES ________ - Marriage #1
Edward Clarke was baptised c. 1653 13, married Frances ____ in about August 1677 and had the following child baptised in Old Buckenham [Shp] 14:
1. Elizabeth - 16 June 1678 but she died and was buried in Old Buckenham 22 August 1678 15.
The Norfolk Quarter Sessions of 22 January 1677[/8] (Kings Lynn Circuit) reported that Edward Clarke (but no mention of his wife) had been earlier ordered to be conveyed from Old Buckenham to Mundford [Grm] as his last place of lawful settlement, and that order was reversed on appeal when it was determined that he was in fact last lawfully settled at Old Buckenham. Unfortunately, the surviving Parish Registers for Mundford do not begin until 1699 and there are no Manor Court Records for the 1600s. There are no probate records for Clarkes in Mundford at the Norfolk Record Office during the applicable period.
Frances Clarke the wife of Edward died and was buried in Old Buckenham 13 Feb. 1680/1.
EDWARD CLARKE & ELIZABETH BARNWELL - Marriage #2
Edward Clarke married Elizabeth Barnwell [d.o. Robert and Mary - see below] 25 April 1682 in Wilby 16 [Shp], adjoining Old Buckenham on the south-west, and had the following children baptised in Old Buckenham:
2. Robert - 4 March 1682/3 - and by the time of his brother’s marriage in 1711 was living in Tibenham. A Robert Clarke of Gissing married Thomazin Taylor of Tibenham in Besthorpe 17 March 1726/7;
3. Sarah 17 - 18 February 1685/6; and
4.*Nicholas - 9 January 1687/8 (see below).
Elizabeth Clarke [the wife of Edward] 18 died and was buried in Old Buckenham 28 February 1690/1.
EDWARD CLARKE & MARY SWATMAN - Marriage #3
Edward Clarke married Mary Swatman 19 9 February 1691/2 in Old Buckenham and, although the status of the parties was not given, he was likely the widower of Elizabeth and she was likely the widow of Robert Swatman who was buried 3 February 1690/1 in Old Buckenham, three weeks before the burial of Edward’s second wife Elizabeth. Edward and Mary had the following children baptised in Old Buckenham:
5. John - 28 November 1692 but was buried there 12 September 1693;
6. Edward - 21 May 1694 but was buried there 29 May 1694;
7. Mary - 22 November 1696;
8. Thomas - 26 January 1700/1 and married Martha Blythe 20 in Besthorpe 3 October 1727 21; and
9. Elizabeth - 11 July 1703 22.
Mary, the wife of Edward Clarke, died and was buried in Old Buckenham 6 February 1705/6. Therefore Edward Clarke died _______ [after 1706] 23.
NICHOLAS CLARKE & SARAH BLYTH
Nicholas Clarke was baptised 9 January 1687/8 in Old Buckenham, the son of Edward Clarke and Elizabeth Barnwell. 24 He was married by license 25 19 June 1711 to Sarah Blyth 26 of Besthorpe and had the following children 27:
1. James - baptised 17 February 1712/13 in Besthorpe and married 17 October 1739 in Besthorpe to Margaret Howse 28. They had at least 5 children in Besthorpe from 1741 to 1757 - Lucy m. John Limner 1762 in Carleton Rode), Ann, Isaac (d. 1748), Elizabeth (d. 1750) and Samuel (d. 1758). Margaret is probably the Margaret Clarke, married woman, who was buried in Besthorpe 29 October 1777, and James was buried there 3 April 1783 with a will 29 which left his estate , including the Carr House, to his two sons-in-law and appointed Samuel Rose as co-executor;
2. Edward - baptised 28 April 1715 in Besthorpe and married by license 30Hannah Jackson of Wymondham 13 October 1738 in Norwich St. Johns Maddermarket and ... He was likely the Edward Clarke who was buried in Besthorpe 17 November 1771[or2] 31;
3. Robert - twin with Sarah, baptised 10 October 1716 in Besthorpe but died and was buried there 22 October 1716;
4. Sarah - twin with Robert, baptised 10 October 1716 in Besthorpe but died and was buried there 22 October 1716;
5. *Mary - baptised 8 December 1717 in Besthorpe and married in Wymondham 1 October 1741 to John Rose (see above);
6. Sarah - baptised 2 January 1722/23 in Besthorpe and married in Wicklewood 24 July 1744 to Samuel Rose of Wicklewood, the brother of John Rose. [see above] She died 18 April 1794 in Besthorpe 32; and
7. Ruth - baptised 13 January 1723/24 in Besthorpe and married in Mendham Suffolk 5 July 1745 33 to James Howse. They had at least 7 children in Besthorpe from 1745 to 1764 - Theodosia (d. 1749), James (d. 1747), James, Isaac, Elizabeth, Mary and Sarah and ...
Nicholas Clarke died and was buried in Besthorpe 25 March 1762 34. His will 35, dated 22 August 1759 and proved 1 May 1762, gave a life estate to his wife Sarah and then equally to his five children: James, Edward, Mary the wife of John Rose, Sarah the wife of Samuel Rose and Ruth the wife of James Howse, who all also received individual bequests.
Nicholas was, at the time of his death, a “yeoman” owning two properties in Besthorpe: a house and land lying at Black Carr in Besthorpe, which went to his eldest son James; and premises called Hipkins which went to his wife Sarah for her life and then to be sold with the proceeds to their children.
“The wife of Nicholas Clarke” (likely Sarah) died and was buried in Besthorpe 26 December 1770 36.
BARNWELL/BARNEWELL 37
Elizabeth Barnwell was born about 1658 and married Edward Clarke 25 April 1682 in Wilby [Shp] the parish immediately south-west of Old Buckenham and next to Snetterton. Neither appear to have been from Wilby as there were no Clarkes or Barnwells in the parish registers, although baptisms are missing 1640-1661.
Thomas and Richard Barnwell were both having children baptised in Garveston [Mit] 38 from the start of the parish registers in 1538.
THOMAS BARNWELL & AGNES____ (?)
Thomas Barnwell married Agnes ____? and had the following children baptised in Garveston:
1. *William 16 Dec. 1538 (see below); and
2. Arthur (?) 39 who married Ellen ___ and had children baptised in Thuxton at the same time as William.
The 1539 will of Richard Curle of Garveston referred to land which he had purchased from Thomas Barnwell of Thuxton, suggesting that Thomas may have originated in that parish and the 1520 will of Jeffry Watts of Thuxton was witnessed by Thomas Banewell [sic]. Thomas died in1557 40 and his will 41 left all of his estate to his wife Agnes. A feoffment of ½ acre was recorded that year by Agnes Barnewell, the widow of Thomas, to Edward Bacheler the Rector of Garveston. Agnes Barnwell, widow, was buried in Garveston 23 July 1565.
A Simon Barnwell was baptised 5 September 1554 in Thuxton.
WILLIAM BARNWELL & TAMISON SUNMAN
William Barnwell (b.1538) married Tamison Sunman 15 July 1563 in Garveston and had the following children 42 baptised:
1. Arthur 1 Dec. 1564 in Garveston and married Ellen Turner/Towne 18 Oct. 1590 in Thuxton and had four children baptised there before Ellen was buried there in 1624 and Arthur was buried there 22 Dec. 1631;
2. Richard 8 Oct. 1567 in Garveston;
3. Margaret 1 March 1569/70 in Garveston;
4. Anne 18 Oct. 1576 in Garveston;
5. Elizabeth 3 Feb. 1579/80 in Garveston;
6. Jane 10 Oct. 1581 in Garveston and married Michael Cheston 14 July 1611 in Thuxton;
7. Gregory 12 Sept. 1584 in Thuxton [Mit] 43 but buried there 10 Oct. 1584;
8. Edward 6 Jan. 1585/6 in Thuxton and married Mary Martin 26 Dec. 1608 there 44;
9. William 20 July 1589 in Thuxton; and
10. *Robert 4 September 1592 in Thuxton (see below).
William was buried in Thuxton __Feb 1619/20 and Tamison was buried there 22 May 1633, with the notation that she was in her 90th decade.
ROBERT BARNWELL & BRIGETT STACY
Robert Barnwell (b. 1592 in Thuxton) married Brigett Stacy 45 7 December 1619 in Thuxton and the following children were baptised in adjacent Garveston to Robert and Brigett:
1. Gregory - 13 Feb. 1619/20 who married Frances Bush 21 Sept. 1648 in Garveston and had a daughter baptised in 1649 but died in 1650, a daughter Frances in 1654 and a son Robert in Reymerston in 1659 before Gregory died and was buried 4 October 1684 in Reymerston and Frances 13 March 1684/5 also in Reymerston;
2. *Robert - 10 June 1621 and married Mary Parker (see below);
3. Thomas - 2 March 1622/3;
4. George - 18 April 1624 and married Hester Nobes 4 Feb. 1649/50 and had a son George baptised in 1650/1 and born posthumously after the death of George Sr. who was buried in Garveston 24 June 1650;
5. Alice - 25 June 1626 and married Adam Foulsham 21 Sept. 1648 (same day as her brother Gregory) in Garveston;
6. John - 23 August 1629 and married Elizabeth Ditton 9 Sept. 1651 in Garveston 46;
7. Brigett - 29 May 1631; and
8. John [sic] - 7 December 1634.
Robert Barnwell died and was buried in Garveston 12 January 1646/7 47.
ROBERT BARNWELL & MARY PARKER
Robert Barnwell (b. 1621) married Mary Parker 21 December 1649 in Garveston and had the following children baptised there:
1. Robert - 29 Oct. 1651; and
2. Mary - 11 May 1654 and was likely the Mary Barnwell of Old Buckenham who married Edward Colls or Cowles of Wilby 48 in Wilby 15 July 1681 but who died a month later and was buried there 22 August 1681.
They likely also had the following child 49:
3. *Elizabeth b.c. 1656 and, very likely, married 25 April 1682 in Wilby to Edward Clarke (see above).
Robert Barnwell died and was buried in Old Buckenham 50 4 March 1680/1 and Mary Barnwell, widow, died and was buried in Old Buckenham 5 February 1682/3, a month before the birth of her grandchild Robert Clarke. These events were the only ones recorded in the Old Buckenham Parish Registers 1648 to 1691 for Barnwell 51.
There were no Barnwell entries in the Thuxton registers after 1633 and, except for a baptism in 1665 to Thomas and Ann Barnwell, the last Barnwell in Garveston was in 1654, so most of the family must have moved out of the parishes. There were no Barnwells in Garveston at the time of the 1664 Hearth Tax.
Edmund Barnwell married Katherine Crashwood 5 October 1615 in Attleborough.
There were also Barnewells in Cranworth [Mit] 52 since at least 1521 and the Garveston/Thuxton Barnwells were likely related, although the Cranworth Barnwells seemed to have been somewhat more prosperous.
There were also Barnwells in Caston viz:
John Barnwell and his wife Anne ___ had the following children baptised in nearby Caston [Way] 53 :
1. Bridget - 20 March 1659 [os or ns?] 54;
2. Anne - 3 June 1660; and
3. Elizabeth - 30 Nov. 1662.
There was only one John Barnwell listed in the 1664 Norfolk Hearth Tax - John in Brandon Parva [For] for 3 hearths. A John Barnwell was buried in Caston 2 January 1716/7
A Margery Barnewell, daughter of Anne, was baptised in Caston 2 Dec. 1666 [AT 55] and, although the status of the mother is not given, she was likely the widow of John Barnwell 56.
On 14 Jan. 1668/9, Richard Wenn, widower, married Ann Barnewell, widow, in Caston. Richard and Ann had at least a son Richard baptised in Caston 13 Feb. 1669/70 (but he died and was buried there 3 days later) and a daughter Ann in 1672. A Thomas Wenn son of Richard and Ann was baptised there 12 May 1670 but this is too early to have been the Richard and Ann (widow Barnwell) and was possibly a clerical error for a child of Richard and Frances Wenn who had an Elizabeth in 1668 and Mary in 1672 in Caston.
Ann Barnwell was baptised in Caston 5 September 1692, although no names of parents was provided. Bridget Barnwood [sic] was baptised in Caston in 1695 the daughter of John and John Barnwood [sic] was baptised in Caston in 1701 the son of John and Margaret. John Barnell [sic] so of John and Patience [?] was baptised in Caston 11 May 1712 and the John Barnwell buried in Caston 2 January 1716/7 was probably either the father or son.
Henry Barnwell (b.c. 1618) married Priscilla_____ 57 and had the following children baptised in West Dereham:
1. Henry 29 Dec. 1642
2. Elizabeth 12 Oct. 1643;
3. Anne 12 Oct. 1643 58;
4. Margaret 29 Jan 1646/7 but buried 2 June 1659; and
5. Priscilla 28 June 1650 but buried 26 May 1660.
Priscilla Barnwell the wife of Henry died and was buried in West Dereham 6 Aug. 1653.
Henry married, secondly, Jone _____, as when Priscilla the daughter was buried in 1660 her parents' names were given as Henry and Jone, and Jone may have been her step-mother. A Jone Barnwell wife of William Barnwell Sr. was buried 3 Nov. 1661 in West Dereham but this may have been a clerical error as there was no William Barnwell otherwise appearing in the registers for West Dereham 59.
An Elizabeth Barnwell was baptised in West Winch [FbL] in 1644 the daughter of William Barnwell and Amy, and William Barnwell was in Kings Lynn at the time of the 1664 Hearth Tax.
There were Barnwells in Freethorpe [Blo] from at least1669 to 1676 60 and there were also Barnwells in Hingham 61 [For] from 1601 to 1676 [NFHS Dataset 1600-1676], in West Dereham [Clk] from 1601 to 1707, in Mileham [Lau] from 1623-1715 [NRO probates] and in Brandon Parva [For] in 1664 [Hearth Tax].
Tamison Sunman was born about 1521, probably in Garveston, and married William Barnwell 15 July 1563 in Garveston. Their first two sons were Arthur and Richard and their first two daughters were Margaret and Ann, with their last child born in 1592.
The first entry for Sunman 62 in the Garveston registers was the baptism of Mary in 1549/50, and the next entry was a marriage of Mary Sunman in 1566 so it is possible that the family arrived here from elsewhere. Gregory Sunman married Agnes Randall in Hardingham in 1565/6 and had children in Garveston from 1572 before he died there in 1625. Richard Sunmar of Garveston died in about June of 1570 and administration of his estate was granted to his widow Margaret 10 June 1570 63. William Sunman of Newton Flotman left a nuncupative will in 1592 which provided for his wife Audry (Etheldred) and son William. There were Sunmans in the 1620s in Aldborough.
John Stacy married Agnes ____ and Agnes Stacy, the widow of John, was buried in Garveston 64 30 March 1539 and she may well have been, judging from the naming protocol, mother of the Richard who follows.
Richard Stacye (b.c.1515) married Alice Ricks/Rix 65 (possibly a widow) 22 June 1539 in Garveston and they had at least the following children:
1. *John born about 1542 but not baptised in Garveston;
2. Edward the elder - referred to in his mother’s will of 1601 but not in his father’s will and who was likely the Edward Stacy baptised in Garveston 1 March 1546/7 and the Edward the elder who married Catherine Rowse or Rease 7 July 1588 and had at least a son, Agnes in 1590 and Esther;
3. Edward the younger - referred to his father’s will of 1595;
4. Agnes;
5. Henry and may have been the Henry Stacy who married Margaret Cornwall 12 July 1572 in Garveston and by 1595 had five children - Richard, Thomas, Elizabeth, Mary and Margaret - but not baptised in Garveston, except that he would have only been 23 by 1595; and
6. Margaret (b.c.1565) who married Charles Read 30 Nov. 1587 in Garveston and by 1595 had two children - William and Margaret.
Richard Stacy was the witness to the 1543 will of John Aleham of Garveston (with Gilbert Rix) and the 1554 will of John Raven of Garveston.
Richard Stacy was buried in Garveston 24 August 1595 although he was resident in Carleton at the time he made his will 66 four days earlier. He left his extensive land holdings in Carleton (East?), Hingham, Yaxham, Horsey and Reymerston to his sons John and Edward the younger. Alice Stacy the widow of Richard was buried in Garveston 17 March 1601/2 and her will 67 provided for Edward Stacye the elder, her daughter Amie Clarke 68, Anne Jarye the daughter of her deceased eldest daughter Mary Jarye (and who was to be her executrix), her maid Elizabeth Stacy, her god-daughter Alice Stacy the daughter of John Stacy and her god-son Robert Durrant the son-in-law of William Harte.
Thomas Stacye married Margerie Brother in 1540 in Garveston and either of them could have been, in addition to John above, the parents of the following Stacyes who were baptised there but the parents’ names were not provided 69:
Robert - 28 Feb. 1545/6 2 and who likely who had five children baptised in Garveston - Richard 1571, Thomas 1573, Margaret 1575, John 1577 and Richard 1580;
Edward 1 March 1546/7 who is likely the Edward Stacy the younger who follows; and
Elizabeth 20 April 1549.
Edward Stacy the younger, weaver of Garveston, left a will in 1612 70 which provided for his mother Margaret [Q. is this Margerie?], wife Ellen, aunt Agnes Stapleford and siblings Thomas, Elizabeth and Margaret Stacy and referred to his properties in Garveston, Whinberg and Reymerston.
John Stacye 71 (b.c. 1555) married 1. Agnes Crowe 12 October 1578 in Attleborough 72 and had at least the following children, not apparently baptised in Garveston 73:
1. Mary b.c. 1579 who remained un-married and died in 1613 leaving a will 74 which provided for her brothers and sisters- Robert, Philip, Bridget and Ellen;
2. Anne b.c. 1581, married John Devorose/Deverous 6 October 1604 in Hingham and had two children - Helen baptised 2 Nov. 1606 and Edmund baptised 1 Feb. 1608/9 (but buried 16 Aug. 1611) there before she died and was buried in Hingham 1 Sept. 1610 and her widowed husband then married Dorothy May in Hingham 24 Feb. 1611/2;
3. Elizabeth b.c. 1583 and who died in 1610 leaving a will 75 which left to her mother-in-law (step-mother) Ellen Stacy, her sister Anne Devorose, her half-brothers and sisters Robert, Bridget, Phillip, Ellen and Alice and to Edward Stacy the elder and his wife Catherine and to their children Edward and Hester (see below).
The wife of John Stacye died in about 1585.
John Stacye, (b.c. 1555) married 2. Ellen ____ in about 1585 not in Garveston, and had the following children baptised in Garveston:
4. Robert 21 July 1586 and likely the Robert Stacy who married Ellen Rixe 76 8 Nov. 1610 in Garveston and possibly who died, with a will 77, in about 1624;
5. *Bridget 10 August 1588 who married Robert Barnwell 7 December 1619 in Thuxton, adjacent to Garveston;
6. Philip 22 August 1591;
7. Ellen 19 August 1593 who died in 1617 with a will 78 which referred to her sister Bridget and brothers Robert and Philip and their uncle Edward; and
8. Alice 79 18 March 1595/6 but was likely the Alice Stacy who was buried in Garveston 15 July 1612 as she was not mentioned in the will of her sister Mary.
John Stacye, weaver, was buried in Garveston 24 Oct. 1601 and his will 80 provided for his wife Ellen, his youngest son Phillip, his eldest son Robert, six of his “other children” - Mary, Anne, Elizabeth, Bridget, Ellen and Alice and his wife’s sister Elizabeth Stacy [sic] and referred to his aunt Elizabeth Clerke 81. Ellen Stacye, widow, was buried in Garveston 1 April 1610 and administration of her estate was granted 3 May 1610 to her son Robert 82.
In Attleborough Adam Stacye married Agnes Symson 22 Oct. 1569, John Stacye married Agnes Grene 12 October 1578 and John Stacie married Margaret Tyler 18 June 1618. A John Stacy of Brandon Pva 83, adjacent to Garveston on the east, left a will 84 in 1593 which provided for his three daughters Susan, Margaret and Anne all then underage.
Edward Stacy (possibly born in 1564 to Richard and Alice, above 85) married Katherine Rowse 86 7 July 1588 in Garveston and they had the following children baptised there:
1. Agnes 6 Nov. 1590 but may be the Agnes buried in Garveston 14 March 1594/5;
2. Hester 16 May 1592 but may have died between 1610 and 1620;
3. Susan 27 Oct. 1594;
4. Robert 26 Sept. 1596 but buried in Garveston 23 April1608;
5. John 9 July 1598;
6. Katherine 26 Oct. 1600;
7. Edward 16 Oct. 1603; and
8. Cicely 1605 but may have died before 1620.
Edward Stacy was buried in Garveston 14 May 1626 and the will 87 of Edward Stacye, yeoman of Garveston, proved in 1626 provided for his wife Katherine and children John, Edward, Susan and Katherine and dealt with his lands in Reymerston and Whinberg.
_____ Stacye married Margaret ____ 88 and had at least the following children:
1. Edward (b.c. 1585?) who married Ellen ___ in about 1610 (?), not in Garveston, and died 30 July 1612 in Garveston leaving his estate 89 (as Edward the younger, weaver) to Ellen his wife, Margaret his mother, his brother Thomas and sisters Elizabeth and Margaret Stacye;
2. Thomas;
3. Elizabeth; and
4. Margaret.
In Ditchingham [Lod] Lawrence Stacy left a will in 1573/4 which provided for his wife Christian (widow of John Belward), brothers William (husband of Alice), Roger and John, sisters Margaret and Mary, the children of his brothers William and Roger and his wife’s six children by her first husband Belward,
Mary Parker was born about 1625 and married Robert Barnwell 21 December 1649 in Garveston. Their first two confirmed children were Robert and Mary.
It is very likely that Mary Parker was originally from New or Old Buckenham 90 where Parkers left wills from at least 1466 and where they appeared from the beginning of the registers there 91. They also featured prominently in the Manor Court Records for Old Buckenham.
There were three Parkers of Old Buckenham whose wills referred to a son John who could have been the John Parker who follows 92, viz:
Adam Parker whose wife was buried in Old Buckenham 7 January 157_ and who had at least the following children:
1. John;
2. Peter;
3. Robert;
4. Margaret; and
5. Margery who married Thomas Neale 21 June 1578.
Adam was buried in Old Buckenham 4 June 1584 and his will 93 referred to his five children.
John Parker (b.c. 1542) married Aveline ____ in about 1567 and had at least the following children:
1. *John born about 1569 (see below);
2. Agnes born about 1567 and who married ___ Jolly;
3. Jacob born about 1571;
4. Elizabeth baptised in Old Buckenham in 1573 and married Gabriel Kent in 1600 in OB; and
5. Mary baptised in Old Buckenham 17 July 1575 and married _____ Wickham.
John died and was buried in Old Buckenham 2 January 1605/6. His will 94 referred to his wife and five children and to his brother Thomas.
On a balance of probabilities it is likely that the John Parker who follows was the son of the preceding John Parker, significantly because none of the children of John and Elizabeth were named Adam.
John Parker (b.c. 1569) married Elizabeth Baell/Bale/Beal (b.c. 1571) 5 March 1592/3 (or 1593/4) in Old Buckenham) and had at least the following children:
1. *William baptised 19 Dec. 1594 in Old Buckenham and likely married Mary Diamond in 1618 there (see below) and who, in the1632/3 will of his father was left the residue of his father’s lands and other effects, suggesting that he was the first born;
3. John baptised 24 April 1597 who, perhaps, married Alice Blaze 12 April 1624 in Old Buckenham and received 2 and ½ acres in the furlough called Long Barkeland in his father’s will;
2. Prudence baptised 23 Dec. 1598 (or 1599) in Old Buckenham 95 and who married Thomas Parker before 1622/3 and had or buried there - an un-named infant who died in 1622/3 and at least four children baptised - a daughter in 1623, Susan in 1625/6, Mary in 1634/5 and Dorothy in 1637. Mary received a small house and ½ acre called Bukers Wallowe in her father’s will; and
4. Robert born about 1606, who likely married Florence Davy 4 December 1630 in Old Buckenham and received 2 acres of land in the furlough called Shorte Larkeland (or Barkeland?) In his father’s will.
They also may have had the following although the mother’s name is not provided in the register and they were not referred to in their father’s will:
5. Francis baptised 6 April 1601;
6. Susan baptised 15 January 1603/4.
John Parker was buried 6 Feb. 1632/3 96 in Old Buckenham, and the will 97 of John Parker, linen weaver, left his several properties in Old Buckenham to his wife Elizabeth, his daughter and three sons.
John’s 1632/ will was the only Parker will in the period of 1595 to [1616] which referred to a son named William.
William Parker married Mary Diamond 25 May 1618 in Old Buckenham and had at least the following children baptised there:
1. Hugh 16 August 1619 but may have been the Hugh John Parker buried in Old Buckenham 6 Feb. 1632/3; and
2. *Mary 20 January 1621/2 and likely married Robert Barnwell 21 December 1649 in Garveston (see above); and
3. William __ Oct.-Dec. 1630.
Two William Parkers of Old Buckenham left wills - the first a nuncupative will 21 March 1680/1 98 which left all to his wife (not referred to by name) and the second by William Parker, shoemaker, 22 February 1682/3 99 which left all to the children of his brother John Parker, weaver, of Old Buckenham - but both appear a bit old for the William born in 1594.
Another Mary Parker was baptised in Old Buckenham 26 June 1624 but the name of her parents is illegible.
There were also Parkers in Banham, Bunwell and New Buckenham.
Mary Diamond was born about 1595, married William Parker in Old Buckenham in 1618 and had at least three children - Hugh, Mary and William.
John Dymont married Agnes Parker 29 December 1589 in Carleton Rode.
Walter Diamond married Agnes Rosweth 29 September 1593 in Carleton Rode 100.
As Carleton Rode is the next parish to the NE of Old Buckenham it is very possible that either of these couples were the parents of Mary.
Also it is notable that a John Barnewell married Faith Dimant in Hingham 16 August 1607, “old” Gregorie Dimond was buried in Hingham in 1603 and Gregory Dimant (his son) and Thomas Dymont were having children baptised from 1605 in Hingham. Administration of the estate of Agnes Dymonde of Hingham was granted 1 Dec. 1567 to her son William Pyke 101.
An Alice Dowman was baptised in Old Buckenham in 1565 although her parent’s names were not shown.
There were also Dimonds in Morley - a 1590 administration of the estate of Joan Dimond was granted to Margaret her daughter (ANF p.167), in Wymondham - a 1592 administration of the estate of Robert Dimond was granted to his wife Barbara (ANF p.203), in Pulham - a 1594 administration of the estate of Walter Dimond was granted to his wife Agnes ((ANF p.289) and in Kimberly - John Dimond married Hanna Fludd of Wynmondham in 1597.
Elizabeth Bale 102 married John Parker 5 March 1592/3 in Old Buckenham and had four children baptised there - William, John, Prudence and Robert.
Thomas Bale (Balls) married ____ in about 1540 and had at least 2 children likely born in Old Buckenham
1. *Christopher (see below); and
2. Margaret who married John Coppyn.
Thomas died in January or February of 1557/8 and left a will 103 which gave all of his land and houses to his son Christopher and the balance of his household effects and money to his daughter Margaret and her son (?) Richard Coppyn.
Christopher Bale (b.c. 1542) married Elizabeth Crane (?) in about 1568 and had at least the following children, likely baptised in Old Buckenham 104:
1. John (b.c. 1569) who had at least five children by 1605/6 - Christopher, Matthew, William, Elizabeth and Frances, but not apparently baptised in Old Buckenham;
2. *Elizabeth (b.c. 1571) who married John Parker 5 March 1592/3 (see above);
3. Joanne (b.c. 1573) who was not married as of January 1605/6;
4. Agnes/Anne (b.c. 1575) who married Christopher Daverson/Dobberson in about 1599 and had at least 105 a son Edward (baptised 28 September 1600 in OB) by 1605/6 106; and
5. an un-named son who was buried 20 January 1577/8.
Elizabeth Bale, the wife of Christopher, was buried in Old Buckenham 23 January 1605/6. Five days later, on 28 January 1605/6, Christopher Bale was buried in Old Buckenham leaving a will 107 which left his property to his son and three daughters and to his grandchildren including the four children of his daughter Elizabeth Parker - William, John, Hugh and Prudence, and appointed his brother-in-law John Parker as executor.
Also in Old Buckenham
- Mary Beales the daughter of Francis was baptised 20 Feb. 1585/6
- Agnes Balles the daughter of Thomas was baptised 6 Jan. 1588/9
There were also Bales in Wymondham eg. Thomas Bale had administration of his estate granted to his wife Johan 9 June 1591 (NCC p.184).
Elizabeth Crane (b.c. 1546) (likely) married Christopher Bale in about 1568 and had at least four children - John, Elizabeth, Joane and Agnes. She probably had a brother Edward as Christopher Bale in his 1605/6 will referred to his brother-in-law Edward Crane.
An Edward Crane (at least that is the surname suggested by the transcriber who could only decipher the first letter) married Agnes Spurel ? [sic] 23 September 1599 in Old Buckenham.
_____ Crane had the following children likely baptised in Old Buckenham:
1. George who married Johane ___ and had at least a daughter Alice by the time of his death in 1549 leaving a will which referred to his wife, daughter and two brothers;
2. Thomas; and
3. *Richard.
Richard Crane married Anne ____ and had at least the following children:
1. Fortune;
2. *Elizabeth (b.c. 1546) who inherited most of her father’s properties in Old Buckenham and may have been the Elizabeth who married Christopher Bale (see above);
3. Margaret who married _____ Osborne.
Richard Crane died and was buried in Old Buckenham 16 October 1573 and his will 108 provided for his wife and three daughters. Agnes Crane, widow, died and was buried 4 November 1597 in Old Buckenham and her will 109 provided only for her daughter Margaret, two grandchildren named Osborne and three females who may or may not have been related.
Other Cranes in Old Buckenham to 1612 were
- Andrew Crane son of Andrew was baptised 19 Jan. 1588/9
- Margaret Crane married Henry Wilsheere 6 June 1591
- Andrew Crane buried 26 May 1599
- Katherine Crane married Thomas Cooper 28 Sept. 1601
- Richard Cr...e buried __ April 1603
- Richard Crane married Anne Leader 24 July 1605 (?) [sic]
- John Crane the son of Edward was baptised 16 May 1608 (?) [sic] but was likely the John Crane son of Edmund who was buried 24 June 1608 (?) [sic]
- Agnes Crane wife of Richard was buried in Nov. or Dec 1609
- Edward Crane married Annibal Sego 23 April 1612 on the same day as John Crane married Anne ...ond [sic]
- Richard Crane married Mary Juby 19 May 1612.
Alice Ricks/Rix was born in about 1515 (if her first marriage) and married Richard Stacye 22 June 1539 in Garveston and they had at least the following children:
1. *John born about 1542 but not baptised in Garveston;
2. Robert who was likely the Robert Stacy baptised in Garveston 28 Feb. 1545/6 and had children baptised in Garveston being Richard 1571, Thomas 1573, Margaret 1575, John 1577 etc;
3. Edward who was likely the Edward Stacy baptised in Garveston 1 March 1546/7;
4. Elizabeth who was likely the Elizabeth Stacy baptised in Garveston 20 April 1549 but likely died soon thereafter;
3. Agnes;
4. Henry who had five children - Richard, Thomas, Elizabeth, Mary and Margaret - by 1595; and
5. Margaret who married Charles Read 30 Nov. 1587 in Garveston and had two children - William and Margaret - by 1595.
Richard Stacy was buried in Garveston 24 August 1595 although he was resident in Carleton at the time he made his will 110 four days earlier. He left his extensive land holdings in Carleton (East?), Hingham, Yaxham, Horsey and Reymerston to his sons John and Edward the younger. Alice Stacy the widow of Richard was buried in Garveston 17 March 1601/2 and her will 111 provided for her daughter Anne Clarke, the daughter of her deceased daughter Mary Jarye, her maid Elizabeth Stacy, her god-daughter Alice Stacy the daughter of John Stacy and her god-son Robert Durrant 112 the son-in-law of William Harte.
From the comparison of their two wills, it is likely that Alice Ricks was a widow and had, with her previous husband, Anne who married ____ Clarke (possibly Henry) and Mary who married ____Jarye but died before 1601.
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