Machells of Crackenthorpe
David Drabold
Crackenthorpe, I came upon an interesting document "The Machells of
Crackenthorpe" by Edward Bellasis (1886). Far more detail on this
family than I, at least, have encountered. Worth a look for if you are
intreested in these lines.
Cheers, Dave
I apologize for the preposterous url that follows.
Douglas Richardson
Thanks for posting the weblink to the Machell book. Much appreciated.
An ancestral line of the immigrant, Major James Cudworth (died 1682),
of Massachusetts written by me is available in the new issue of the
publication, Jewels of the Crown [Fall 2009]. Jewels of the Crown is
the official newsletter for the organization, Order of the Crown of
Charlemagne. The Cudworth material in the newsletter features Major
Cudworth's Machell ancestry. It may be viewed at pages 4 through 6 of
the newsletter at the following weblink:
http://www.charlemagne.org/Jewels%2010-29-09.pdf
Those interested in joining the Order of the Crown of Charlemagne may
do so by contacting the group's Registrar General, Tracy Ashley
Crocker, at the following address:
14115 41st Avenue North, Plymouth, MN 55446.
Mr. Crocker's phone number is
The genealogist for the organization is Timothy Field Beard, F.A.S.G.
The home page for the organization is found at the following weblink:
http://www.charlemagne.org/index.htm
Best always, Douglas Richardson, Salt Lake City, Utah
Cherryexile
readers too?
Cherryexile
> Is the 15% pre-publication discount on your books available to gen.soc
> readers too?
or even soc.gen readers ... doh!
Douglas Richardson
Yes. The 15% pre-publication discount for the forthcoming new
editions of Plantagenet Ancestry and Magna Carta Ancestry is also
available to gen.soc members.
The discount is mentioned on page 8 of the latest Jewel of the Crowns
newsletter available at the following weblink:
http://www.charlemagne.org/Jewels%2010-29-09.pdf
Those interested in taking advantage of the pre-publication prices may
contact me privately by e-mail.
wjhonson
> For those of you interested in the Machell's of London and
> Crackenthorpe, I came upon an interesting document "The Machells of
> Crackenthorpe" by Edward Bellasis (1886). Far more detail on this
> family than I, at least, have encountered. Worth a look for if you are
> intreested in these lines.
>
> Cheers, Dave
>
> I apologize for the preposterous url that follows.
>
Dave, the first part of this URL is simply a creation of the google
search engine and can be discarded up to the point where you see the
next "http" start.
can be shorted a bit to
http%3A%2F%2Fmemory.loc.gov%2Fservice%2Fgdc
%2Fscd0001%2F2007%2F20070601066ma
%2F20070601066ma.pdf&ei=HEoZS6G2CIevtgeZwZW1BA&usg=AFQjCNEaM-UrQun5-
IniqBhOaEOgTQUV6A&sig2=1TE0Vi0rzCs4ftuLwF-ZLg
And then recognizing that these funny "%2F" type things are just a way
to send the URL without "/"s in it we can get
http://memory.loc.gov/service/gdc/scd0001/2007/20070601066ma/20070601066ma.pdf
Much nicer!
Will
lma...@att.net
It's strange that a family of such high status does not have more
surviving records.
Are there no wills or estate administrations for Matthew Machell and
his wife Mary Lewknor?
Also, are there no extant burial records for either of them?
What about baptismal records for the children of this couple?
There also appears to be no surviving marriage record for Ralph
Cudworth and
Mary Machell.
Leslie
17. MARY LEWKNOR. She married by license dated 1 July 1568 MATTHEW
MACHELL, Gent., of London and Shacklewell (in Hackney), Middlesex,
Citizen and Haberdasher of London younger son of John Machell, Citizen
and Haberdasher of London, Sheriff of London, 1555–6, Alderman of
London, 1556–8, by Joan (or Jane), daughter of Henry Luddington, Gent.
He was born after 1545. They had one son, John, Gent., and four
daughters, Dorothy, Jane, Elizabeth, and Mary. In 1570 Queen Elizabeth
I sued Matthew Machell regarding money lent by the said Matthew to
Thomas, Lord Wentworth for the supposed sale of sugar to Lord
Wentworth agreed upon by the defendant and Robert Savadge to escape
the penalties of the statute of usury. MATTHEW MACHELL, Gent., died 23
Aug. 1593.
Sussex Arch. Colls. 3 (1850): 89–102. Burke Gen. & Heraldic Hist. of
the Landed Gentry of Great Britain & Ireland 2 (1871): 851 (sub
Machell). Hawley et al. Vis. of Essex 1552, 1558, 1570, 1612 & 1634 1
(H.S.P. 13) (1878): 441–442 (1634 Vis. Essex) (Machell pedigree:
“Mathew Machell. = Mary d. of Edward Lewknor of Sussex.”) (Machell
arms: Sable, three greyhounds courant in pale argent, collared or, a
bordure of the second). Chester Allegations for Marr. Lics.: London 1
(H.S.P. 25) (1887): 39. Sharpe Cal. Wills proved & enrolled in the
Court of Husting, London 2 (1890): 655–668 (will of Sir William
Laxton, step-father of Joan Luddington). Fry Abs. of IPM Rel. London 1
(Index Lib. 15) (1896): 173–174 (inquisition of John Machell). Benolte
et al. Vis. of Sussex 1530 & 1633–4 (H.S.P. 53) (1905): 25–30 (Lewknor
pedigree: “Mary [Lewknor] ux. Mathew Machell of Hackney.”). Beaven
Alderman of London (1908): 205–215. Philipot et al. Vis. of Buckingham
1634 & 1566 (H.S.P. 58) (1909): 88 (Matchell pedigree: “Mathew
Matchell of Hatfield in Hartfordshire 2d son. = Mary da: of Edward
Lewknor of Okeington Bewsey Com. Sussex.”) (Matchell arms: Sable,
three greyhounds currant [within a] border Argent). Mundy Middlesex
Peds. (H.S.P. 65) (1914): 7 (Machell pedigree: “Mathew Machell hath
yssue as in Buckinghamshire.”). Walker Yorkshire Peds. 2 (H.S.P. 95)
(1943): 279–280 (Luddington pedigree: “Matthew [Machell] = … dau. of
…. Cotton”). Sussex Notes & Queries 16 (1964): 114–121. VCH Middlesex
10 (1995): 51–59. Boyd Pedigrees with index of London Citizens, #9845
[John Machell] & #9846 [Matthew Machell] [found on FHL Microfilm
94550]. National Archives, E 133/1/94; E 133/10/1588 (abs. of docs.
available online at http:// www.catalogue. nationalarchives. gov.uk/
search.asp).
18. MARY MACHELL, nurse to Prince Henry, eldest son of King James I of
England. She married (1st) before 1612 [Rev.] RALPH CUDWORTH, D.D.,
Fellow of Emmanuel College, Cambridge. They had three sons, [Major]
James, Gent., Ralph, D.D. [Fellow of Emmanuel College, Master of Clare
College, Master of Christ’s College], and John, and three daughters,
Elizabeth, Mary, and Jane. He was born in 1572. He matriculated at
Emmanuel College, Cambridge, Lent, 1588–9, where he obtained the
following degrees: B.A., 1592–3, M.A., 1596, B.D., 1603, and D. D.,
1619. He served as Curate of Westley Waterless, Cambridgeshire c.1600,
and was also a minister of St. Andrew’s, Cambridge. He was instituted
Vicar of Coggeshall, Essex in 1604. He was appointed Rector of Aller,
Somerset in 1609. [Rev.] RALPH CUDWORTH, D.D. was buried at Aller,
Somerset 30 Aug. 1624. He left a will dated 17 Aug. 1624, proved 29
Oct. 1624 (P.C.C. 116 Byrde). His widow, Mary, married (2nd) [Rev.]
JOHN STOUGHTON, D.D., fellow of Emmanuel College, Cambridge, younger
son of [Rev.] Thomas Stoughton, of Naughton, Suffolk and Coggeshall,
Essex, by his 1st wife, Katherine. He was baptized at Naughton,
Suffolk 23 Jan. 1592/3. He was admitted sizar of Emmanuel College,
Cambridge in 1607, where he obtained the following degrees: B.A., 1610–
11, M.A., 1614, B.D., 1621, and D.D., 1626. He was appointed Rector of
Aller, Somerset 24 Aug. 1624. In 1632 he was appointed curate of St.
Mary, Aldermanbury, London. His wife, Mary, was living in December
1634. He married (2nd) in 1635 JANE BROWNE, widow of [Rev.] Walter
Newburgh (died 1632), of Symondsbury, Dorset, and daughter of John
Browne, Esq., of Frampton, Dorset. They had two daughters, Jane and
Mary. He was prosecuted in the high commission at the instigation of
Archbishop Laud. [Rev.] JOHN STOUGHTON died 4 May 1639, and was buried
9 May 1639. He left a will dated 4 May 1639, proved 20 May 1639
(P.C.C. 69 Harvey).
NEHGR 14 (1860): 101–104 (letter of James Cudworth dated 1634
addressed to his “very Louinge & Kinde ffather Dr. Stoughton at his
howse in Aldermanbury”); 21 (1867): 249–250; 30 (1876): 464; 40
(1886): 306–307 (will of John Stoughton, D.D.); 64 (1910): 85–86.
Brook Lives of the Puritans 3 (1813): 527 (“Dr. John Stoughton, D.D.
was fellow of Emmanuel college, Cambridge … He is classed among the
learned writers and fellows of that college, and is denominated a
pious and learned divine.”). Chalmers General Biog. Dict. 11 (1813):
104–111 (biog. of Ralph Cudworth: “[He] was son of Dr. Ralph Cudworth,
and born 1617, at Aller, Somerset, of which place his father was
rector. His mother was of the family of Machell, and had been nurse to
prince Henry, eldest son of James I. His father dying when he was only
seven years of age, and his mother marrying again, his education was
superintended by his father-in-law, Dr Stoughton”). Chauncy Hist.
Antiqs. of Hertfordshire 1 (1826): 77–78. Green Diary of John Rous
(Camden Soc. 66) (1856): 79–80 (sub 1635: “In October, Doctor
Stoughton, of Aldermanbury, in London, who married Cudworth’s widow,
of Emm[anuel] and had the same living given by the colledge in the
West country, from when a carrier bringing some monyes for his wives
children’s portions, he was traduced (as it seemeth) to be a favourer
of New England, and a collector of contributions for those ministers
there, &c.”). Notes & Queries 2nd Ser. 7 (1859): 230. Notes & Queries
for Somerset & Dorset 7 (1901): 143–144. D.N.B. 5 (1908): 271–272
(biog. of Ralph Cudworth). Weaver Somerset Incumbents (1889): 4.
Holman Scott Gen. (1919): 259–262. Venn & Venn Alumni Cantabrigiensis
to 1751 1 (1922): 431 (sub Ralph Cudworth); 4(1) (1927): 171 (sub John
Stoughton). Calder & Cudworth Recs. of the Cudworth Fam. (1974).
Emerson Letters from New England (1976): 138–139, 142–143. Spear
Search for the Passengers of the Mary & John 1630 18 (1992): 39–43; 26
(1997): 101–104 (sub Stoughton). Parish Regs. of Aller, Somerset [FHL
Microfilm 1517680]. Registered will of John Machell, Gent., of
Wonersh, Surrey dated 17 Oct. 1646, codicil dated 14 Jan. 1646/7,
proved 16 July 1647, P.C.C. 163 Fines [FHL Microfilm 92165] — brother
of Mary Machell, wife of Ralph Cudworth; testator bequeaths his cousin/
kinswoman [i.e., niece], Jane Cudworth, £125 at her marriage.
Douglas Richardson
< It's strange that a family of such high status does not have more
< surviving records.
< Are there no wills or estate administrations for Matthew Machell and
< his wife Mary Lewknor?
<
< Also, are there no extant burial records for either of them?
< What about baptismal records for the children of this couple?
<
< There also appears to be no surviving marriage record for Ralph
< Cudworth and
< Mary Machell.
<
< Leslie
It's not quite as bleak as you say. There is a surviving marriage
license for the marriage of Matthew Machell and Mary Lewknor. And
there are an inquisitions post mortem for both Matthew Machell and his
father, John Machell. And there is a lawsuit which has survived for
Matthew Machell. And Matthew Machell is mentioned in no less than
three contemporary visitations. And certainly there is a will for
Matthew and Mary Machell's son, John Machell.
On the flip side, this is London and many records in London were
destroyed in the London fire.
joe c
> Dear Cherryexile ~
>
> Yes. The 15% pre-publication discount for the forthcoming new
> editions of Plantagenet Ancestry and Magna Carta Ancestry is also
> available to gen.soc members.
Douglas,
It's only been four years since the publication of the last volume,
and the individuals have been dead quite a long time. It makes one
think that there probably isn't much new material compared to the
previous volume. Can you give us some hints on which lines are added/
removed/significantly expanded? It might get you some more sales..
Joe
wjhonson
least it includes many points that I did not have previously.
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~fordingtondorset/Files/JohnBrowneJP1582.html
Will Johnson
John
> This seems like a good write-up on the Browne family connection. At
> least it includes many points that I did not have previously.
>
>
> Will Johnson
For those who may be interested, the source cited above leads to some
Plantagenet descents for the thrice-married Jane Browne - via her
mother Elizabeth Trenchard.
wjhonson
>
> For those who may be interested, the source cited above leads to some
> Plantagenet descents for the thrice-married Jane Browne - via her
> mother Elizabeth Trenchard.
This is what I've worked up so far.
Jane Browne (d. 1679) buried at Frampton, co Dorset
daughter of
Elizabeth Trenchard (1587-1657)
daughter of
Anna (also called Elizabeth) Speke first wife of George Trenchard of
Wolverton (Wolfeton), Knt 1588
daughter of
Elizabeth Luttrell and George Speke of Whitelackington, co Som, Knt
they married 1552/7. Her first husband was Richard Malet of Enmore
esq who d 27 Jul 1552 Corypole
daughter of
Andrew Luttrell (~1486-1538) of Dunster Castle, co Som, Knt and
Margaret Wyndham (d. 1580)
At this point in the 16 great-great-grandparents, I have six possible
lines of royal ascent from Elizabeth Luttrell, three through her
father, three through her mother.
The shortest path I have is
Andrew Luttrell son of
Hugh Luttrell son of
Elizabeth Courteney daughter of
Philip Courteney son of
John Courteney son of
Philip Courteney son of
Margaret de Bohun Countess of Devon daughter of
Elizabeth of Rhuddlan Countess of Hereford daughter of
Edward I
Will Johnson
John
Keep looking...there are many more royal descents to be found here.
For Elizabeth Trenchard, I currently have 5 descents from Edward I -
all through her grandmother Elizabeth Luttrell. But if you go back to
the first Plantagenet king, Henry II, Elizabeth Trenchard has 52
descents from him - 5 through her father and 47 through her mother.
cleanse...@gmail.com
Thank you
Julie Williams
Maynard, Massachusetts, USA