Lackey

1) Caroline Frances Lackey Chr. 11 Mar 1849 (Mar Q 10/550 Wells) Butleigh d.o. Thomas and Catherine Lackey, died 1859 (Dec Q 11a/137 Cardiff).

In 1851 the family appeared in Bristol at 4, Trinity Street, and Thomas was described as a Chelsea Pensioner. By 1861 Caroline's father was a lodge keeper, (born in Ireland) and they lived in Castle Lodge, St. John, Cardiff. She died aged 10 in Cardiff. Thomas was still keeper at Cardiff Castle, North Lodge in 1881 - his wife Catherine had been born in Cardiff in 1829.

Lake

1) John Lake b. 1827 Somerton, apprentice 41-10

John Lake was apprenticed to Charles Dyer at 17, High Street in 1841. He migrated to Conisford, Norwich as a harness maker and married a local girl, Matilda, there. He then remained there for the rest of his life.

Lampert

[Lamport, Lambert]

A) In 1750 a Thomas Lampert was bound apprentice to Thomas Periam and Mary Lampert to the estate of Mrs. Katherine Howe – as poor children. Chruchwardens A/c book. Mary is possibly the girl who married Joseph Dymock in Butleigh on 4 Jun 1764 #

1) James Lampert b. 1804 Pennard, labourer, bur. 16 Jan 1869 (Mar Q 5c/449 Wells) Butleigh 41-9, 51-31, 61-60

This couple lived all their time together in Butleigh in Water Lane 1841 - 61 but after James' death in 1869 Ann went to the Asylum at Wells (1871) where she was described as a 'lunatic' and doing farm employment. In 1881 at the Union Workhouse, Glastonbury Road, she was listed as a laundress. She died in 1881.

2) John Lamport b. 1818 Somerton, labourer, died 1913 (Dec Q 5c/526 Wells - Lamport)? 71-76

John and Hannah Lampert came from Langport Way, Somerton where they appeared on the 1861 census with six children. Previously, in 1851 they had lived in North Street Somerton under the surname Lampard. By 1871 they lived in Oddway. A John with dob as 1828 died in 1913 aged 85. Nfi

1) Sarah Ann Lambert b. 1872 (Sep Q 5c/554 Wells) Butleigh d.o. James and Elizabeth Lambert

Sarah lived at Northload Bridge Glastonbury with her parents in 1881. Her father was a labourer and his other children were born in Ashcott, Glastonbury or lastly Bath. A Sarah Lambert born 1872 died in 1885 aged 13 (Dec Q 5c/341 Wells) and might well be this girl.

Lane

1) John Lane

2) Ann Lane b. 1777/86 West Pennard, died 1875 Jun Q 5c/321 Langport 41-8, 71K-89

Ann Lane appeared with her daughter and grandson in the High Street, lodging with John Turner in 1841. Emma married a shepherd, William Hilborne in 1847 (Dec Q 10/641 Langport) and they are found in Charlton Adam in 1851# and 1861. At the latter date they had three children with them plus mother Ann Lane and son Henry. Henry moved to Kingweston as a labourer and lived there with his grandmother in 1871 where she died in 1875 aged 99. Henry's mother had died two years earlier in 1873 aged 56.

2a) Henry Lane Chr. 16 Aug 1840 Butleigh, labourer, illegitimate s.o. Emma Lane, died 1918 (Jun Q 5c/408 Langport) 41-8, 71K-89, 81K-109, 91K-129, 01K-147

In 1851-61 Henry had lived with his mother and step-father in Charlton Adam. Henry had married Mary Ann (Marianne) in 1872, before the death of his mother and grandmother and on census night 1881, besides his two children, they had a visit from his wife's brother, James Green, in Kingweston, where they lived. James Green remained with the family in 1901. In 1911 Henry lived alone at East Park, Kingweston.

Marianne died in 1889. Arthur became a groom living in Childrey, Berks in 1901 while his brother Walter was a groom at Alford House, Somerset. Henry died in 1918 aged 77.

George Henry married Mary Ann Turner Chr. 28 Dec 1874 (Dec Q 5c/541 Wells) Butleigh in Butleigh on 6 Jun 1903 (Jun Q 5c/931 Wells) # In 1911 they lived in Rectory Cottage, Kingweston with Sarah Ann Turner, Mary Ann's mother.

3) William Lane Chr. 20 Sep 1801 Sidmouth, Devon, labourer, bur. 22 Apr 1865 (Jun Q 5c/388 Wells) Butleigh 41-11, 51-23, 61-60

William married the widow Mary Castle in 1829 - Mary was the widow of John Castle who she had married on 5 Sep 1804, and was born Mary May. They had had a daughter Elizabeth (Betsy) Castle Chr. 13 Sep 1818 Butleigh. In 1841 William and Mary lived in Compton Street (?) with William and Sarah Castle, brother and sister, two of Mary's children. In 1851 William and Mary lived together with Mary's daughter Betsy and her husband Robert Stride and their children. In 1861 they lived alone in Water Lane and died before the next census. William died in the Wells Union Workhouse.

4) Harriet Alice Lane b. 1863 Lydlinch, Dorset, cook , d.o. Theopholis and Charlotte Lane 91-123

In 1871 Harriet lived with her parents in 'The cottage in the Wood' at Lydlinch, Dorset where her father was gamekeeper. In 1881 Harriet served as a housemaid in Long Street, Sherborne, Dorset. Harriet was the cook at Corvyle in 1891. She married Frederick Hodges in 1891 (Dec Q 5a/521 Sturminster, Dorset). #

Lange

1) Mathew Lange s.o. Margaret Lange Chr. 8 Dec 1583 Butleigh

Langshaw

1) Evelyne Agatha Langshaw b. 1875 Colne Engaine, Essex, d.o. Thomas Langshaw 01-145

Her mother died c. 1878 after having a son Bernard Knyvett Langshaw suggesting that she had been a Knyvett herself and Evelyne was therefore probably a niece of Dr. Knyvett at Butleigh hospital. In 1881/91 she lived with her father at 'the Cottage', Silchester, Hamps. where he was Rector. Evelyne was visiting Dr. Knyvett and his sister at the Cottage Hospital on census night, 1901. She married in Basingstoke in 1910.

2) Alice Lyne Langshawe b. 1869 West Grinstead, Sussex, matron, d.o. Rev. Thomas W. and Mary E. L. Langshaw

Alice worked at matron at the Sir George Bowles Hospital and appears there in 1911 with Dr. Hugh Ferrers Knyvet as Superintendant. She was the daughter of the Rector of West Grinstead Rectory and is missing from most censuses. The sister of Evelyn above.

Larcombe

(Larkam)

1) Edward Larcombe, mason bur. 30 Mar 1729 Butleigh

Appears in churchwardens accounts 1675 when he repaired Bollyters and Wallyeate bridges. He paid rates on land at South Moor in 1678. He was churchwarden and overseer of the poor in 1696. In 1701 the OOP record him taking an apprentice. By 1713 his situation had deteriorated since the OOP paid his rent and paid for his attendance in hi sickness plus her received both Rocke and Symcockes bequest money (for the poor). In 1714 he received rent, money and barley for his relief and Sarah received a new pair of shoes. In 1715 Edward received rent and money several times 'in his necessity', and 1716 his rent and a shirt. Edward continued to receive rent and assistance past 1730+. In 1717 Sarah took the overseers to sessions and they appealed at Bridgwater about the outcome. In 1722 Edward and his family received relief in their sickness 'of ye smallpox' and Anne Callow was paid 1s for liquor, moving them! Edward seems to be linked to Eleanor Russell when rent was paid. In 1724 a coat was bought for Sarah and in 1725 Sarah and Edward both received shoes. In 1726 Sarah received 23 weeks relief for keeping Charles Burton's two children and she increasingly received 'changes' and shoes herself. She pas paid for attending Mary Perks in 1729. In 1729 the OOP paid for Edward's burial, coffin, ringing the bell, grave etc. plus beer and bread for those attending the wake.

2) Henry Larcomb bur. 21 Nov 1731 Butleigh

Henry occurs in the OOP accounts for 1725 when he was paid the house rent for Roger Davis and the cost of his washing.

3) Elinor Larcomb bur. 5 Oct 1732 Butleigh

Elinor was paid in 1729 for attending Roger Davis in his sickness (OOP)

4) Andrew Larcom bur. 28 Aug 1775 Butleigh

DD/S/BT/7/2/12 1] James Grenville 2] Andrew Larcomb of Butleigh husbandman and wife Elizabeth Lease for lives of a messuage in Butleigh. Rent 1s.. [Somerset Archive and Records, BUTLEIGH COURT PAPERS] Date: 1763.

5) Honor Larcombe bur. 21 Jan 1753 Butleigh

6) Mary Larcombe bur. 14 May 1784 Butleigh

7) John Larcombe b. 1771

8) John Larcombe , bur 26 Sep 1813 Butleigh

Latcham

1) Edwin Latcham b. 1849 (Mar Q 10/362 Axbridge) Wedmore, carpenter and wheelwright, bur. 27 Nov 1934 Butleigh 81-101, 91-119, 01-136

Aged 2, Edwin was visiting his uncle Benjamin and aunt Jane Bayon in Wedmore in 1851, and in 1861 was with his maternal grandparents John and Ann Young in Chapel Allerton, Wedmore. In 1871 he seems to be the single man lodging with John Jacob in Baltonsborough. He married Elizabeth Burge in 1873. His wife had been a servant at the Manor Farm, Abbas and Templecombe in 1871. She was the daughter of Ann Burge who seems to have been unmarried. In 1881 Edwin Latcham (32) Carpenter & Wheelwright lived at the 'Smithy' in High Street with his wife Elizabeth as well as her mother Ann Burge (55), # a 'widow' who had come with her from Baltonsborough, plus Jesse Bush his nephew b. 1877 (Mar Q 5c/546 Wells) son of John and Maria Bush in Baltonsborough. An apprentice Richard Ryall (18) boarded with them and they shared the dwelling with Harry Higgins and family.

In 1891 Edwin lived with Elizabeth (41) and just their nephew Jesse Bush. By 1901 Edwin (51) and Elizabeth still lived with their nephew Jesse Bush, presumably their heir, plus Minnie Bush their niece. # Ann Dando (previously Burge)# aged 80, widow and called 'mother' lived with them and stayed with them until she died in 1906 (Mar Q 5c/327 Wells). In 1911 Edwin and Elizabeth lived alone at 28 Butleigh. Elizabeth died in 1913.

Laver

[Leaver]

A) John Lavor bur. 28 Apr 1593 Butleigh

1) Sarah Laver b. 1781 Somerset 41-12

Sarah lodged with Charles Richmond in Oddway in 1841 and may have died in 1850 (Dec Q 10/344 Wells).

2) Samuel Laver b. 1791 Lydford, labourer, bur. 23 Mar 1866 (Mar Q 5c/444 Wells) Butleigh 41-12, 51-27, 61-62

This couple lodged in Oddway in 1841 and 1851 at which latter date they were joined by Susan's mother Ann Loder. Susan Laver died in 1856 and her mother Ann Loder died in 1858 (Jun Q 5c/398 Wells). Samuel is next found in 1861 living at Copley Cottages where he died in 1866 (though he was brought from Wells Union Workhouse for burial). Living next door, with Thomas Rose, was Eli Laver in 1861 and previously in 1851 Sarah and Elizabeth Laver, all from Kingsdon - they were all related in some way?

3) Henry Laver Chr. 25 Nov 1818 Butleigh illeg. s.o. Ruth Laver

4) Jabez Laver b. 1833 Kingsbury, stone mason 51-33

In 1851 Jabez lodged with Thomas Gare in Silver Street. Nfi

5) Sarah Laver 1814 Kingsdon 51-37

In 1851 Sarah and Elizabeth (her daughter?) lodged at No. 2 Copley Cottage with Thomas Rose (41), Woodman. Sarah was a servant in Rectory House, Kingsdon in 1841 and was unmarried, and in 1861 she was a servant in Kingsdon House. In 1871 (on census night) she was visiting her brother Isaac in Kingsdon. Her 'daughter' Elizabeth, a glove maker, lodged with John William in Kingsdon in 1861.

6) George L[e]aver b. 1840 (Jun Q 10/417 Langport) Kingsdon, shoemaker, s.o. John and Ann Laver 61-56

1861 George Laver (21) shoemaker, lived in the High Street. In 1841 he had lived in Kingsdon with his parents, his father being a labourer. He married Martha and by 1871 the family lived at 11, Thomas St., St. Georges, Russell Town, Gloucester. George died and Martha married Thomas Gregory in 1890 and lived with him in St. Georges, Bristol in 1891 with three of the children from her first marriage.

7) George Laver labourer

This George is difficult to identify with certainty. The closest is the George b. 1817 Muchelney, a gentleman's servant and coachman. His wife was Mary Betty b. 1814 Langport and in 1871 they lived in Langport with two sons (aged 13 and 16) and Mary's mother Kezia Betty. Nfi

8) Eli Laver b.1846 (Jun Q 10/455 Langport) Kingsdon, labourer 61-62

Eli Laver appears in 1851 aged 5 with his uncle Thomas Norris and wife Elizabeth in Kingsdon and in 1861 he lodged with Thomas Rose, woodsman at Copley Cottage in Butleigh Wood. Nfi

9) Samuel Laver b. 1768, s.o. John and Martha (née Hole) Laver, bur. 30 Jan (?) died January 19th1832 (Will dated 27 Dec 1831, Probate. 21 May 1832)


Samuel's death at Sharpham Park Farm was reported in the "Bridgwater and Somerset Advertiser". The Bridgwater Herald has "30 Jan 1832 Laver S. aged 64 died Sharpham Park leaving a disconsolate wife and a large family to lament his death" He left lands and house etc. at Woolaston, North Cadbury to his wife. He lists his sons as Samuel and Robert (latter under 21). He mentions other children as: John, Frances, Ann, James, Edwin, Jane, Ann Gould and Mary Ann. Other stock etc. was to be sold in trust by relatives on behalf of the latter seven children - the relatives being Robert Laver of Sutton Montis (b. 1806 Woolston on 1841 census living with William b. 1811 and mother Ann b. 1786), Edmund Laver of Sutton Bingham (b. 1781 Woolston with wife Sarah and six adult children in 1841 - died 1865) and Samuel Laver of Ashcott.

Samuel junior died in 1841 and in his Will he left property to John Hole (in 1841 one b. 1806 in Mudford) in Mudford, William Coate (b. 1816, wife Mary) in Street, and his brothers John and James plus his sisters and younger brother Robert - plus the tenant of Sharpham Park, Thomas Hawkins. Amongst the sisters Mary Ann was mentioned twice.

DD\DP/91/2 1838-1843 Incl. correspondence re. 34ac. lands in Puriton and Bawdrip late of Francis Saunders, with valuation (1838); finances of Samuel Laver of Sharpham Park (d. 1841), byelaws of bank, running total accounts of all 24 branches (1842-43).


9a) Robert Laver b. 1828 Glastonbury/Sharpham Park, Chr. 15 Jan 1828 Walton, s.o. Samuel Laver, died 1913 (Jun Q 5c/611 Axbridge)


Robert seems to be at school at Stalbridge Dorset in 1841 (HO107/293 ED 2 folio 29 page 20). He married Anne Carver in 1850 and the witnesses were George Laver and Eleanor Carver. In 1851 they lived in Ashcott and were visited by Eleanor Carver a widow (b. 1811 Westbury).

In 1861 Robert, at Home Farm Kingweston, farmed 350 acres employing 9 men and 5 boys and listed his occupation as auctioneer and cattle dealer. By 1871 his acreage had increased to 500 acres and by 1881 increased further to 580 acres (employing 11 men and 4 boys). No acreage is stated in 1891 and Robert had his granddaughter Mariane Laver (b. 1875 Bradley) visiting them.

By 1901 Robert and Ann had moved to 15, King's Square, Bridgwater where they lived with their unmarried daughters Julia (45), Maude (43) and Beatrice (40). They were still there in 1911.

Of the sons, Edwin married Jessie Anne G. A. Peddle (b. 1848 Speckington) in Yeovil in 1873 (Mar Q 5c/713 Yeovil) and in 1881 lived at Edgarley with their five children (Robert, Marian, John G. Bertram and Ruth). In 1891 the children were Robert, John, Edwin, Wilfred, Irenie and Gwendoline and by 1901 Phyllis had been added.

John married Agnes Sarah Wainwright (b. 1870 Shepton Mallet) in 1890 (Jun Q 5c/834 Shepton Mallet) and in 1901 lived at Compton House, Pilton with their children Agnes, Arthur, Violet, Eleanor, Winifred and Victor.

Ernest died in 1893 (Jun Q 5c/327 Wells) aged just 27 but not before he had married Mary Jane E. Welchman in 1887 (Sep Q 5c/761 Shepton Mallet).

Eleanore married Pearce Llewellin Griffiths in 1873 (Sep Q 5c/651 Langport) and went to live in Wales - they had no children.

Blanche in 1891 was described as 'single' and living at Southtown, West Pennard with three children Dudley Robert b. 1887 (Dec Q 5c/506 Axbridge) in Burnham, Dorothy Mary b. 1889 (Mar Q 5c/495 Wells) in West Pennard and Evelyn Emily b. 1890 (Sep Q 5c/491 Wells) in West Pennard (acc. to Tony their parents Ernest and Marie were in Canada). In 1901 Blanche was living with a widow Marie Laver (b. 1864 Dorset, Lyme Regis) in Malvern and described as Sister-in-Law and the children Dorothy and Evelyn were credited to Marie (Dudley was at school in Bruton). Marie must be Ernest's widow and the paternity of the children can be checked from their birth certificates. Dudley is recorded later as going to Canada and also crossing the border into Winnipeg USA.

In 1911 Blanche was in Bridgwater and according to the electoral roll was in Butleigh in 1948 and died in 1953 (Jun Q 7c/217 Wells).

Robert appeared in Kelly's Directory of 1895 at Kingweston.


9a1) Edwin Laver b. 1851 (Jun Q 10/387 Bridgwater) Chr. 9 Jan 1852 Ashcott, farmer, died 26 Mar 1913 Evercreech (Mar Q 5c/595 Shepton Mallet) Will 19 May 1913 left £1075 15s 6d to wife Mary Elizabeth


Edwin lived in Kingweston with his parents but then farmed in Edgarley, Glastonbury between 1874 and 1913. Three of his children, Bertram, Ruth and Edwin died within two months in 1883 (death certificates will show if this was due to a contagious disease). Irene Victoria emigrated to Quebec, Canada on 22 Aug 1908 (22/8/08 Kensington 008-008 Quebec Ports T-4759). Marian Jessie married in London in 1904 (Sep Q 1a/657 Fulham). John George was a cattle dealer in Glastonbury in 1911 - he married Beatrice Mary Yearsley (b. 1875) on 19 Jun 1902 in Walthamstow (Jun Q 4a/289). They had three children: Edwin Robert b. 13 Jul 1903 Glastonbury, died 1984, Frederick John Wilfred b. 17 Mar 1906, died 1984 and Jessica Irene Mary.

Edwin Chichester served in the military in South Africa 1902-1905 (SAC 126 C2331 - record of conduct and service - unsuitable). He lived at 266 Furby Street, Winnipeg in 1918 and served in the Canadian Expeditionary Foce on 1 May 1918 (folio 2765192) - he was married to Gertrude Rose - they seem to have had no children.


9a2) John Laver born on 9 Sep 1854, Chr. 25 Dec 1854 in Ashcott, Somerset Died 26 Oct 1922 (Dec Q 5c/484 Shepton Mallet) buried 30 Oct 1922 in Pilton


John appeared on the census in 1861-81 in Kingsweston. then was in East Compton in 1895 (Kelly directory). Agnes lived with her parents at the Priory, in Shepton where her father was a Surveyor and Land agent. John appeared on the census in 1901-1911 in Pilton. He was an auctioneer in 1922 in Shepton Mallet. a partner with Wainwright, Laver & Crees Ltd He resided 41 High Street in 1922 in Shepton Mallet. He died on 26 Oct 1922 in Pilton. Shepton Mallet Journal 3 Nov 1922 page 5. He signed a will on 27 Mar 1923 in Wells. to Agnes Sarah Laver widow Effects £100. Agnes resided at 41 High Street Shepton Mallet in 1930 in Shepton Mallet (from electoral roll). Daughter Agnes Mary lived with her mother at 41 High Street Shepton Mallet in 1930 and still in Shepton Mallet in 1948 (from electoral rolls). She died in 1968 (Mar Q 7c/713 Wells).

Arthur John emigrated in Apr 1910 to Australia. (Moravian B fiche 802 page 004) He served in the military on 7 Sep 1914 in 13th Battalion, A Company AUS. (AUS 13 Bn Army Cpl 52). The Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board Transport A38 Ulysses on 22 December 1914 Very few of the 13th Battalion survived. He died on 3 May 1915 in Galipolli. AUS War Memorial Roll of Honour. Memorial Details: 6. Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Memorial Panel: 69.

Violet Anne married Percy William Bennett (Sep Q 5c/889 Shepton Mallet) - no children recorded.

Eleanor Wainwright married Leslie Atherford Payne 1919 (Jun Q 5c/1093 Shepton Mallet) - no children found. Victor Wyndham married Susanna Marie Retaux (b. 23 May 1898) in 1926.

Robert Ivey resided at 41 High Street Shepton Mallet in 1930 (electoral roll). He was at Motor Works Tedburn St Mary in 1940 (Somerset & W Dorset phone book). He resided Shepton Mallet in 1948 (electoral roll) and he resided 28 West Shepton in 1968 (Bristol phone book). He died in 1995 (Oct 1995 Mendip 13C/291).


9a3) Ernest Robert Joseph George Laver Chr. 15 Jun 1866 Kingweston (Jun Q 5c/501 Langport), auctionerr and valuer, died 12 May 1893 West Pennard (Jun Q 5c/327 Wells) Will 7 Jun 1893 £1955 13 6d to wife.

Much of the Laver (9) information supplied courtesy of Howard Laver

Lavis

1) George Lavis b. 1843 (Sep Q 10/398 Langport) High Ham, carter, s.o. David and Emma Lavis 61W-65

George lived with his parents in Low Ham in 1851, his father was a carpenter. In 1861 he worked on the farm at Sedgemoor belonging to Edward Mogg.

2) George Lavis Chr. 18 Jul 1852 (Sep Q 5c/438 Langport) Pitney, farm servant indoors, s.o. William and Charlotte Lavis 71W-86

In 1861 George had lived with his parents at Turnpike, Pitney, his father being a labourer. In 1871 he worked at the Farm House, Butleigh Wootton, for Charles Croom.

Lawrence

[Laurence, Lawrance]

1) Simon Lawrence b. 1841 [Stocklinch, s.o. Thomas and Elizabeth/Betsy Laurence], bur. 19 Nov 1868 (Dec Q 5c/383 Wells) Butleigh

Maria married Simon Lawrence in 1863 but he died when only 27 in 1868. Maria Lawrence (30) widow, then lived with her children William (7), Emily (6) and Charles (4) in Water Lane in 1871. Emily died in 1872 (Dec Q 5c/375 Wells) aged 8 and her mother Maria seems to have died in 1874 (Dec Q 5c/426 Clutton?).

William and Charles boarded together at 22, Clifton Rd., Wotton St. Mary, Glos. in 1881.William married Mary and became a boilermaker living at 8, Regent Street, Barton St. Mary, Glos. (1891). In 1901 he and Mary lived at 32, Clifton Rd., Gloucester with their two daughters.

Charles married Esther Wheeler in 1886 (Mar Q 6a/372 Gloucester) and is found in 1891, a blacksmith, at 17, Dainty Street, Barton St. Mary, Glos. with his wife and two sons.

2) John Lawrance b. 1831 Stocklinch, farm labourer, s.o. Thomas and Betsy Laurence

John had lived with his parents in Ottersay Stocklinch in 1841 and is almost certainly the brother of (1).

In 1861 John and Elizabeth lived in North Curry with two young children who had been born there. Charles (9) lived with his parents in Eastern Town, Hornblotton in 1871. His father from Stocklinch was a labourer - two younger children were born in Lottisham. In 1881 the family (mother absent) lived in Alford, Som. [name spelt Lawarance] Charles dob given as 1866 and brother William's pob given as Butleigh too.

In 1891 Charles lived in three rooms at Rodmead, Maiden Bradley, Wilts with his wife Louisa [Lousia] b. 1861 Alford, two children and a visitor, Elizabeth Green (24) from East Pennard. By 1901 Charles was a widower and lived with daughter Harriett (11) at Alford Fields, Alford. In 1909 (Jun Q 5c/799 Wincanton) he married Eunice Healey and they appear together in Alford in 1911.

3) Ann Lawrence b. 1851 Somerton 71-76

Ann was a servant at Thomas Cox's Inn in Barton Stone in 1871. Nfi

4) Samuel Laurence b. 1833 Merriott, Som., engine fitter, died 1889 (Sep Q 5c/229 Langport) 81-102

In 1881 the family lived at No. 9, High Street next to the Vicarage. In 1871 Samuel [Lawrence] had been married to Mary, and Mary Ellen was the youngest of their four children living with them in Merriott. He was an engineer at that time too. Mary died in 1874 and Samuel married Harriet in 1876. Samuel died in 1889. Nfi

Leach

1) William Leach bur. 19 Jun 1802 Butleigh

Mary married James Collibear in Butleigh on 24 May 1803 after her husband's death and died in 1819. A Mary Leach married James Corp in Butleigh on 13 may 1771 – sister of William? #

Leaver - see Laver

Lee

1) Thomas Lee – in 1689 a warrant was taken out by the Overseers of the Poor in respect of a Thomas Lee – nfi.

2) Mabel Lee b. 1886 Bideford, Devon, d.o. John and Catherine Lee 01-138

In 1901 Mabel was a visitor at the house of Edmund Lye in Oddway. She lived with her parents at 51, Meddon Street, Bideford in 1891 - her father was a mason's labourer and her mother Catherine was Edmund Lye's daughter, who had been born in Ireland in 1855.

3) Marian M. Lee b. 1871 Somerton, housemaid, d.o. Thomas and Mary Ann Lee 91-123

Marian worked at the Cottage Hospital in 1891. She appeared in Somerton with her parents in 1871/81, in Kirkham St., - her father was a labourer. In 1901 she was a housemaid at 'Sadborow', Thorncombe, Dorset, the home of John Bragge JP, retired army captain.

4) James Lee Chr. 30 Jun 1839 Butleigh, labourer, s.o. Charles and Ann Lee.

James' father was a labourer b. 1814 Crewkerne. They had lived at Coombe, Sherborne Dorset in 1851. By 1861 the large family lived in West Street, Sydling St. Nicholas, Dorset where James worked as a carter on a farm. By 1881 James and his wife Sarah Ann Churchill (b. 1845 Athelhampton, Dorset) who he had married in 1864 (Mar Q 5a/523 Dorchester) lived with five children at Puddletown and by 1901 they lived with daughter Edith (14) in the Old Gate House, New Road, Charminster, Dorset.

Lelliott

1) Harriett Susanna Lelliott b. 1847 (Sep Q 19/489 Derby) Derby, cook, d.o. Henry and Harriet Lelliott 01-135

Harriett lived at 16, High Street in 1901 the home of her uncle John Errington and aunt Sarah (née Lelliot). # Her uncle died in 1902 and aunt in 1905. In 1881 she had been a general servant at 'Maud Villa', Hainault Rd., Leyton, Essex. In 1891 she had lived at 34, Daniels Road, Peckham, Camberwell with her parents. Her father was a painter. In 1911 she was a servant at Craignar, Higham Rd., Woodford Green, Essex (though stated to be 40 years old).

Lemon

1) William Lemon b. 1766 Somerset, labourer, bur. 23 Jun 1846 (Jun Q 10/330 Wells) Butleigh 41-13

William and daughter Sarah lived on Butleigh Hill in 1841. His wife had died in 1830 aged 77 and his son James had died in 1828. William died in 1846 and his daughter Sarah died in 1850.

2) Elizabeth Lemon bur. 24 Sep 1794 Butleigh - possibly a first wife or a sister of William Lemon.

Lester

1) Hannah Lester b. 1799 Chilton Cantelo, labourer, bur. 21 Apr 1877 (Jun Q 5c/389 Wells) Butleigh 51-37, 61W-64, 71-78

Hannah arrived in Butleigh from Baltonsborough (1841), the widow of John Lester, stonemason, with two children, Mark and Lott. Hannah lodged with her children at Black Down House, the home of Frederick Craft, above Butleigh Hill in 1851. Hannah became a servant in Butleigh Wootton for Stephen Pollett before moving to Sealy's Row by 1871 where she lived alone until she died in 1877 aged 81. Her son Mark died in 1875 (Jun Q 5c/424 Wells).

2) Joseph Lester b. 1850 (Jun Q 10/513 Wells) Butleigh, labourer, s.o. John and Elizabeth Lester

In 1871 this young family lived in part of 1, Cherbury Place, Bedminster. Eliza died in 1875 aged 28. In earlier censuses Joseph's pob is given as Glastonbury. The marriage not traced - unless Eliza Blacker = Louisa Blake! In 1891, as a widower, Joseph lived at 12, Old Wells Rd., Glastonbury with two of his brothers and his daughter Alice plus her illegitimate daughter Eliza b. 1888 (Jun Q 5c/476 Wells). By 1901 Alice had married John Davis, a mason's labourer, in Glastonbury. By then she had two more illegitimate children, Walter (9) and Amy (6).

Lewis

Lewes

1) Mary Lewes – in 1686 Mary paid rates on a property that the next year had its rates paid by Stephen Symes and John Gregory.. Nfi

2) Robert Lewis – paid rates on land for Samwayes in 1718

3) Hannah Lewis Chr. 29 May 1732 Butleigh as an adult

4) Sarah Lewis? bur. 20 Dec 1731 Butleigh

5) John Lewis b. 1834 Butleigh, mail contractor

John boarded at "The Bunch of Grapes" Inn, Shepton Mallet in 1861. No other reference.

Lichfield

(Litchfield)

1) Samuel Harrison Lichfield b. 22 Dec 1796 Belper, s.o. Godfrey and Hannah Lichfield, farmers of Belper, d. between 1835-9

Samuel came originally from Belper in Derbyshire and was apprenticed in Clerkenwell, Middlesex where he presumably met Caroline 'in service'. Caroline's parents came from Heavitree and Upton Pine, Devon and she was one of eleven children. Elizabeth was Christened also in Holborn as well as Butleigh. Caroline married Benjamin Fussell in Bath in 1845 and emigrated to Australia. Emily married William Howse of Bath in 1855 and died there in 1881. Caroline and Emily had been brought up by their aunt and uncles Harriet, Frederick and Daniel Densham in Bath. They came from Upton Pine in Devon. About Elizabeth – nfi.

1a) Edwin Lichfield Chr. 16 Aug 1829 Butleigh, farm labourer

Edwin seems to appear in 1841 living with the extensive Viner family (father an organist) in Madron, Cornwall. It is likely that both his parents had died and these were his mother's relatives. He was a servant in Whitson, Monmouthshire in 1851 (dob 1831).He was a 'farm carter' at South Cwm, Panteg, Mon. lodging with Isaac and Hannah Davies - and still single at the 1861 census. On 19 May 1861 he married Hannah Hollifield in Llanhileth, Mon., Wales but she died in 1865. On 31 Jan 1869 he married Martha Sims (b. 1835 Clutton), in Twerton Bath, and they appear in 1871 [Litchfield] with a son Edwin who had been born in 1863 in Llanhileth. Edwin senior lived in 1881 at Rogers Moor, Penarth, Glam. with his young 24 year old 'wife' Eliza (Smith - b. 1857 Penarth) and two brothers in law having abandoned Martha who remained in Bath in 1881 dying only in 1891 there.

Limbry

Lymbry

1) John Limbry of Compton Dundon

John succeeded James Peddell and started paying rates in 1696 - 1729+. In 1728 he also paid rates on South Moor land. In 1729 he took Charles Burton as apprentice.

DD/S/BT/12/1/15-16 1] William Warbutton of Beercrocombe, carpenter 2] John Limbry of Compton Dundon Lease and release of the Common (3a), Butleigh.. [Somerset Archive and Records, BUTLEIGH COURT PAPERS] Date: 1751.

2) Thomas Limbry Chr. 10 Jul 1717 Butleigh s.o. Thomas and Rebecca Limbry of Compton Dundon

Linham

1) Ellen Linham b. 1878 (Sep Q 5c/526 Wells) Street, boot factory worker, the illegitimate d.o. Mary Linham 01-145


In 1881 Ellen had lodged in the High Street, Street with her mother, a boot fitter at the house of George Genge, and is probably the Fanny E. Linham, nurse, working for Frederick Voake, butcher in the High Street, Street, in 1891. Ellen was a patient at the Cottage Hospital in 1901.

2) Frank Linham b. 1861 West Pennard, skin factory operative 91W-115, 01W-142

In 1891, after their marriage, Frank and family lived in Butleigh Wootton with his in-laws, John and Amelia Ann Perriam. Amelia died in 1896 and in 1901 Frank and Fanny lived with just her father.

Ethelind was a maid at 9, Queen's Gardens, Hove, Sussex in 1901, home of Walter Savill, ship owner. She married carriage builder Walter Pearce Ingram (b. 1880 Glastonbury) in Butleigh on 20 May 1907 (Jun Q 5c/948 Wells). Frank played Denulf, the swineherd, in the Butleigh Revel. In 1911 Frank and Fanny lived alone at 10 Butleigh Wootton. Frank's occupation described as 'sheepskin rug cutter'.

Linnon

1) John Linnon – a painter, appears in the churchwardens accounts in 1704. A John Lintrin (?) who appears in 1712 ( a tiler) may be the same person.

Little

1) Frederick Little b. 1859 (Mar Q 5c/512 Langport) Charlton Adam, stone mason, s.o. William and Lucy (née Cary) Little, bur. 4 Dec 1944 Butleigh 01-135 Photo

In 1901 Frederick Little (42) stonemason lived in four rooms in the High Street with his wife Sarah R. (43) and two children, Alexander and Ada. They had come from Peddles, Charlton Mackrell, where the two children had been born. Frederick was the youngest son (with three brothers and two sisters) of William Little, also a mason. In 1871 he lived with his widowed grandmother Sarah in Charlton Adam. He had been still unmarried in 1881 when living with his father. His father William had lived alone in Somerton in 1891 but died in 1895, presumably whilst living with his son in Butleigh, where he was then buried, on 11 Sep 1895 (Sep Q 5c/287 Wells) Butleigh aged 76. Frederick was the squire's mason and used to walk to Glastonbury Tor to do repairs on the tower (about 3 miles). Frederick would brew his own cider with Jesse Bush (of 31 Butleigh) who was an employee of Mr. Latcham (presently Forseys) who had a cider press. Margery and her friends Queenie Higgins and Betty Knight were allowed in the workshop, providing they were not making coffins. Mr. Latcham's employees Jesse Bush, 'Shadder' Davis and Josh Higgins would give the friends putty to play with which they used as plasticene.

In 1911 Frederick, Sarah and Alexander (carpenter) lived alone in three rooms at 18b Butleigh.

Alexander, a Tannery hand, married Elsie May Ashford on 4 Mar 1916 (Mar Q 5a/717 Sherborne). They lived in 'Classey's' on Barton Road (called White Lawns later) and had two children, Raymond (b. 10 Mar 1917 Butleigh, d. 6 Apr 1987 Devizes) and Margery May (b. 21 Oct 1919 Butleigh, d. 6 Jan 2005 at 32 Butleigh) who went to school in Butleigh. Margery was taught by 'Polly' Baker (who lived in the High Street with Miss Nina Brown) and also Miss Rendall, Mr. Foster and a Mr. Clegg.

Elsie May Ashford was b. 1892 (Jun Q 5c/399 Yeovil) Purse Caundle, the daughter of shepherd Frederick Ashford (b. 1857 Stourton Caundle, Dorset) and Eliza Ann Jeans b. 1860 Alweston Dorset. She had four older brothers, two younger brothers and a younger sister.

In 1927 Alexander became depressed and committed suicide by drowning himself in Butleigh Fishponds. An inquest was held at the house and reported in the local paper on July 8th. Two lodgers at the house were the photographer Percy Otridge (who was deaf) and Leonard Tucker. Otridge took the photograph of the squire which appears with his obituary. It seems that he had a car and used to treat the Little children to outings. Margery Little (later Brown) remembered her father's suit hanging up, still wet from the drowning. Elsie May when widowed did 'gloving' at home but became a 'live in' cook for the misses Clayton at Coombe House, Bove Town, Glastonbury, by 1939. Elsie died at Butleigh hospital on 8 May 1970. Margery married Henry Vivian Brown on 8 Aug 1942 South Petherton.

Ada was a housemaid in Bradford Abbas in 1915. She became engaged (Nov 7 1917) to an Australian soldier, Donald Kirk, who was her first cousin through her mother's line (his mother Ruth was Sarah's sister who had emigrated in 1882). He was over in England after being twice wounded in France during 1917. He died of the 'flu on 9 November 1918 and thereafter Ada never married. Ada lived at Perriams (29, Butleigh) and was a parlourmaid at the Vicarage (Butleigh House) until she had to stay home to look after her her parents who died in 1933 and 1944 respectively. Her mother Sarah had an operation for gall stones 26 Apr 1933 but didn't recover and died 27 Apr at the Sir George Bowles Hospital, Butleigh. Frederick died on 29 Nov 1944 at 29 Butleigh. In the Butleigh Estate sale of 1947 the Wylie's bought the house No. 29 and paid Ada a sum of money to vacate which allowed her to move into 32, Butleigh, which she was able to purchase. Ada died at the Priory Hospital, Wells on 20 Jun 1981. Frederick, Sarah and Alexander appeared in the Butleigh Revel.

Lloyd

1) Samuel Lloyd b. 1852 St. Martins, Salop., harness maker, saddler

Eliza may be the Eliza James Smith living at Charlton Adam with her parents in 1851. In 1891 the family lived in Chirk, Denbigh, Wales with the above, plus three younger Chirk-born children. They were still there in 1901 when Laura was a shop assistant. In 1911 Laura was still single and assisting her father in his business – she, her parents and two siblings lived at Chirk, Oswestry, Shropshire. Her parents had had 9 children of whom 8 still lived.

Lock

[Locke, Look]

1) Joseph Lock(e) b. 1816 London, shoemaker, s.o. Thomas Locke, bur. 28 Oct 1899 (Dec Q 5c/347 Wells) Butleigh 41-6, 51-27, 61-53, 71-76, 81-96, 91-127 [name reads as Look on 1861 census]

Joseph Lock(e) had lodged with Thomas Gare in 1841 in the High Street and married Jane Callow in 1845. Jane was absent from Butleigh in 1841, though the Callow family still lived there. Perhaps she was the servant at Chadwick St., in Goswell Street, Clerkenwell, Middlesex. In 1851 Joseph Locke (35), Shoemaker, lodged with his wife Jane (36) and children George, Grace and infant Joseph with his in-laws John and Jane Callow in Oddway. Mother-in-law Jane Callow died in 1851 and her husband John Callow died in 1853.

In 1861 Joseph Look/Locke (47) and wife Jane (45) lived with children George (15), Grace (13), Joseph (10) plus Rhoda and John.

By 1871 Joseph Locke (55) lived with wife Jane (54) and children George (25), Grace (23), Rhoda (17) and John (13). Jane died in 1874 (Jun Q 5c/392 Wells). Young John became a Railway Clerk and in 1881 lodged in Walcot but the other members of the family remained in Oddway apart from Joseph who had disappeared.

In 1881 Joseph Locke (66) lived with daughters Grace (34) and Rhoda (27). Grace died in 1887 and Joseph then lived with just Rhoda in Oddway in 1891. Joseph died in 1899 and by 1901 Rhoda lived there alone and was still there in 1911.

1a) George Locke b. 1844 (Dec Q 10/497 Wells - Look) Butleigh, shoemaker 51-27, 61-53, 71-76, 81-96, 91-127, 01-138

In 1871 Sarah had lived with her widowed mother and sister at 25, High Street, Taunton - they had lived there since before 1841 - her father had been a carpenter. She married George Locke in 1871. In 1881 George (35) lived with wife Sarah (38) and son George Woodford next to his father in Oddway. Kate Webber (5) was visiting from Newhaven. Kate was related to Sarah - her father being an Innkeeper, John Webber from Monkton, whose wife Jane was Sarah's sister. In 1891 George (46) and Sarah (48) lived with George W. F. (18) and Winnifred Leah R. M. (8) By 1901 Winnifred was a servant at 13, East Reach, Taunton. The rest of the family remained in Oddway in 1901. George W. married Emily Mabel Hutchings in 1905 (Mar Q 5c/745 Wells) – she was a home help in Ditcheat in 1901. In 1891 she lived in East Lydford with her mother Sarah and step-father John Payne and family.

In 1911 George and Sarah lived alone. George junior and Emily (b. 1874 Lydford) lived in 4 rooms in Oddway Road, George being a rural postman. Emily died 3 Jun, bur. 7 Jun 1958 Butleigh aged 83. Winifred was assistant to her cousin Rose's husband Thomas Harden at 'Maiden's Head' Hotel Uckfield, Sussex in 1911.

2) Simon Lock b. 1838 (Dec Q 10/314 Bridgwater) Kingsbury, baker, s.o. Philip & Mary Lock of Kingsbury Episcopi 51-33

Simon was aged 13 when he lodged as an apprentice with Ann Sweet in Back Street in 1851. His father was a carpenter and they had lived in West Street, Kingsbury Episcopi in 1841. Two Simeon Locks died, one in 1857 and the other in 1861, both registered at Langport. He is probably one of these since he disappeared after 1851.

3) Harriet Locke b. 1832 Cirencester, Gloucs., parlour maid, d.o. Thomas and Ann Lock 61-55

Harriet worked at the Vicarage in 1861. In 1841 she had lived with her parents in 'The Backes', Cirencester where her father was a hallier (haulier?). In 1851 Harriet had been a nursemaid at 7, Pelham Crescent, Hastings, Sussex. In 1871 she was housemaid at Laverstoke House, Laverstoke, Hampshire, home of Lord Melville Portal JP. Nfi

4) George Lock [Locke] b. 1830 Lyttleton/Compton Dundon, labourer, s.o. Robert and Maryann Lock


George was still single at the 1851 census when he lived with his parents in Compton Dundon. This family were in Silver Street, Barton St. David in 1861 but had obviously lived in Butleigh for three of more years previously and were there again afterwards before appearing in Lytes Cary Cottages, Charlton Mackrell in 1871 - where they remained in 1881. Nfi

5) Lavinia Lock b. 1876 Butleigh d.o. Elizabeth Lock

Lavinia and her 3 month old brother Luke (b. Gillingham Dorset) lived in Tomlin Lane, Gillingham in 1881 with their mother (b. 1856 Terrington, Norfolk) and mother-in-law Mary Grimes (62). Their father was absent.

6) Walter Lock Chr. 26 Sep 1824 Aller, labourer, s.o. James and Ann Lock, bur. 14 Apr 1896 (Jun Q 5c/297 Wells) Butleigh 61W-63, 71W-86, 81W-107, 91W-116

Walter and Mary lodged with her parents, John and Mary Periam, in Wootton in 1861. They had a dwelling to themselves by 1871. Still there in 1881 - 1891, their dwelling being numbered No. 23 in the latter census. Walter died in 1896 aged 71 and Mary Ann, who spent her last years in Wells Lunatic Asylum, in 1898 aged 66.

7) James Lock b. 1840 Drayton, journeyman blacksmith, s.o. Vincent and Charlotte Lock 61W-65

James lodged with William Blake in Wootton in 1861. He married Susan Percey (b. 1842 Walton) in 1862 (Sep Q 5c/907 Wells) and they lived in Walton by 1871 and for some years after, before moving to Aller (1881/91).

8) Mary Ann Lock b. 1868 Bath, servant 81W-107

Aged 13, Mary Ann worked at Nythe Farm, Sedgemoor n 1881. Nfi

Lockyer

1) Job Lockyer b. 1793 Bridgwater

Ann Lockyer b. 1821 Cannington was probably also the daughter of this couple and married Thomas Periam in 1840. # James, aged 12, lodged with Sarah Higgins in Wootton in 1841. He returned to his parents by 1851. His mother was buried in Butleigh and presumably was the grandmother of the Rebecca, next. James Lockyer married in 1853 (Jun Q 5c/726 Bridgwater) but died in 1859 and Rebecca (next) was probably his daughter. His wife was possibly Martha Rossiter, who died in 1869.

2) Elizabeth Lockyer Chr. 21 Jan 1841 Butleigh d.o. Ann Lockyer and Thomas Periam - see under Periam

3) Rebecca Lockyer b. 1855 (Dec Q 5c/397 Bridgwater) Bridgwater, bur. 25 Sep 1877 (Sep Q 5c/320 Wells) Butleigh 61W-64, 71W-87

Rebecca was the niece of the above mentioned Thomas and Ann Periam # and lived with them between 1861 and 1871 in Wootton. She died in 1877 aged 23.

Loder

1) Ann Loder b. 1770 Castle Cary, bur. 11 May 1858 (Jun Q 5c/398 Wells) Butleigh 51-27

Ann was the mother-in-law of Samuel Laver and she lived with him and Susan in Oddway in 1851. She may be the Ann Loder who had lived in 1841 with her daughter Elizabeth Lawrence (b. 1803) at Treddar No. 5, Golden Sq., St. James, London.

Lodge

1) Thomas Lodge

Lohse

1) Maria Lohse b. 1858, bur. 6 Feb 1891 (Mar Q 5c/431 Wells) Butleigh - nfi

London

1) Mary London bur. 6 May 1662 Butleigh

2) Walter George London b. 9 Mar Chr. 22 Apr 1912 s.o.Butleigh William Thomas (labourer) and Florence London

Long

1) Susanna Pidgion Long b. 1857 (Sep Q 5b/40 St. Thomas) Exmouth, Devon, servant, d.o. William and Martha White-Long a 81-94

Susan served at Butleigh Court in 1881. In 1861 she had lived at Chapel St., Littleham, Exmouth, Devon with her parents - her father was a labourer. Nfi

Look

[Locke, Luke, Looke]

1) William Look bur. 3 Nov 1587 Butleigh

Since Alice is identified as the wife of Thomas below, the widow Mary who died in 1612 was probably the wife of William

2) John Look

2a) Thomas Look Chr. 29 Dec 1588 Butleigh

The child Joanne d.o. Thomas would only seem to fit this father. It is uncertain which Thomas married Frances Tucker – a second marriage for this Thomas or a first for Thomas s.o. Thomas Chr. 28 Jan 1598)

3) Thomas Look bur. 10 Jul 1626 Butleigh

Thomazina, Joanna, Margaret, John and Thomas who follow must be the children of this Thomas or William (probably his brother), but uncertain which.

A) Thomazina Look married Butleigh 30? Jun 1595 John French

B) Joanna Look married Butleigh 24 Sep 1607 John Seymer

C) Margaret Look married Butleigh 28 Jun 1611 John Hill

D) Richard Look bur. 1643 Butleigh

3a) William Look

A Joan(na) married Butleigh 22 Jun 1666 Joseph Strickling [Sticklinch]

3b) Thomas Look Chr. 28 Jan 1598 Butleigh 'the elder' died 1673

Thomas paid rates in 1673 and in 1674 they were paid by his widow Frances until 1692. The rate record for 1693 is missing but this property was in the hands of William Look from 1694 – 1715, when he died. In 1674 part of the same or adjoining property had the rate paid by James Looke (no further mention) and this passed to Thomas in 1675.

DD/S/BT/13/1/6 - 1] Robert Hebditch of Butleigh, yeoman 2] Thomas Looke of Butleigh, husbandman Assignment of La Biggs (4a) part Peckham lease (1562), Butleigh. [DD/S/BT/13/1/5-10 tied together]. [Somerset Archive and Records, BUTLEIGH COURT PAPERS] Date: 1645. DD/S/BT/13/1/7 - 1] John Clapp and son Roger of Butleigh, tailors 2] Thomas Looke the elder of Butleigh, husbandman Assignment of 1a at Biggs, Butleigh. [DD/S/BT/13/1/5-10 tied together]. [Somerset Archive and Records, BUTLEIGH COURT PAPERS] Date: 1662.

3b1) Thomas Look Chr. 5 Mar 1635 Butleigh, ' senior' bur. 1692 Butleigh (OOP)

Probably the Thomas Look who was churchwarden in 1677 and later in 1693. He took an apprentice in 1677 and paid rates 1675-1694. [his neighbour was John Burdham up to 1683]. In 1695 the rates were paid by John and Jane Looke. In 1696 George Hooper 'for Looke' took over the premises until 1698 then it seems to have been omitted until 1702 when the rate was paid by George Hooper jointly with Joan Looke. In 1703 George Hoope stayed in the original property and Joane paid rates on a smaller property elsewhere in the village. In 1709 Jane/Joane returned nearer to the original property and paid the rates there until 1711

DD/S/BT/13/1/8 - 1] Humphrey Colmer the elder of Butleigh, yeoman and Mary Batt of Butleigh 2] Thomas Looke the younger of Butleigh, husbandman Assignment of Broadmead (1a 1p), Butleigh. [DD/S/BT/13/1/5-10 tied together]. [Somerset Archive and Records, BUTLEIGH COURT Date: 1667.

DD/S/BT/6/8/2 - 1] Thomas Looke of Butleigh, yeoman 2] James Chapman of Butleigh, yeoman Assignment of 1a at Nurslinge gate in Butleigh West field.. [Somerset Archive and Records, BUTLEIGH COURT PAPERS] Date range: 1679 - 1680.

DD/S/BT/5/6/9 - 1] James Samson of Podimore Milton 2] Joan Looke of Butleigh Assignment of the 8th lot of Southmoor, Butleigh, in lieu of common belonging to a Peckham lease (1556). Rent 2s. [Tied together with DD/S/BT/5/6/10]. [Somerset Archive and Records, BUTLEIGH Date: 1701. [this Joan?]

3b1A) Thomas Look of 'Butly' Chr. 9 Mar 1670 Butleigh, bur. 10 Nov 1741 Butleigh

Thomas paid rates from 1716 - 1741 then 'widow Look paid until 1754. Her sons John and Thomas then paid the rates jointly from1756. A Mary was bur. 31 May 1760 Butleigh - his wife, or child of the next Thomas? Thomas was High Constable for Whitley Hundred in 1727 in respect of his estate at Butleigh Wootton (Look's Lane). He also paid rates on South Moor land in 1720 and 1724

DD/S/BT/11/2/25 - 1] Anne Bartlett of Bristol 2] Thomas Looke of Butleigh, yeoman 3] Anne Pope of Butleigh Assignment of term to attend the fee of the Common (3a), Butleigh.. [Somerset Archive and Records, BUTLEIGH COURT PAPERS] Date: 1735.

3b1Ai) John Look Chr. 25 Mar 1717 Butleigh [bur. 12 Apr. 1780 Butleigh?]

A Hannah married Samuel Bulford in Butleigh on 27 Apr 1795. A Mary married John Barber of St. Cuthberts, Wells in Butleigh on 1 Jun 1790.

3b2) William Look bur. 21 Apr 1715 Butleigh

William Looke on the commoners list of 1672? In 1715 the OOP paid William Looke to relieve his grandson Thomas Looke 55 weeks at 1s a week. This may be the 'Looks' child receiving shoes, coat and breeches in 1717.

DD/S/BT/11/1/13-14 - 1] John Champneys the elder of Orchardleigh and John his son by wife Deborah Hippisley decd 2] John Sansome of Cary Fitzpaine and William Looke of Butleigh, yeomen 3] James Sansome, brother of John, and Thomas Looke, brother of William Conveyance in trust Date: 1672.

DD/S/BT/4/2/11 - 1] William Parker of Knoll, Long Sutton, husbandman 2] Matthew Collins of Butleigh, whitebaker Assignment of a house and 2.5a in Butleigh. Endorsed that Matthew Collins sold Austins Pits in East field to William Looke in 1695 for 4d rent. Tied to previous.. Date: 1677.

DD/S/BT/18/2/14 - 1] William Looke of Butleigh, husbandman 2] William Hodges of Street, husbandman Mortgage of 2.5a at Clayhill and Austins Pitts, Butleigh.. [Somerset Archive and Records, BUTLEIGH COURT PAPERS] Date: 1712.

x) Robert Looke – in 1717 Robert was bought a pair of stockings and shoes and bound as an apprentice to John Applin and taken to Glastonbury. [Son of Thomas, grandson of William?]

4) John Look

This son of John doesn't match the details of this marriage – product of an earlier marriage?

5) William Look bur. 7 May 1749 Butleigh

Margery Looke is listed as a daughter of Edward Pope, butcher (then in Ilchester prison DD/S/BT/7/3/9/ 1726/7) and seems to fit this wife of William. [HN] However, in 1727 a Margery Looke was receiving relief from the OOP for herself and her children. In 1728 a warrant was issued against William Looke and the next entry was more relief for Margery and her children. She received further relief that year too.

DD/S/BT/12/1/22-3 - Annis, Betty and Ann are executrixes of Henry Pope the younger deed, executor of Henry Pope the elder decd 3] Charity Gitter of Woodland, Berks, Catherine Pinny of North Barrow, Elizabeth Pope and Margery Looke of Butleigh, Humphrey Meaker of Barton St. Date: 1759.

?DD/S/BT/9/4/1 - 1] Catherine Webb of Butleigh 2] William Looke of Butleigh, thatcher Lease for lives of a cottage in Butleigh East field. Rent 2s.. [Somerset Archive and Records, BUTLEIGH COURT PAPERS] Date: 1733

Uncertain Burials:

a) John bur. 26 Dec 1734 Butleigh

b) Emanuel bur. 12 Jun 1780 Butleigh

6) John Looke bur 5 May 1753 Butleigh?

Ellen is probably the Elinor Looke who married John Oldridge in Butleigh on 2 Mar 1756. A John Looke was treated by Dr. Fisher (pd by OOP) in 1720.

7) Thomas Look [bur. 16 Jun 1786 Butleigh?] -son of Thomas Look and Mary Pope?

A Betty Look married Michael Hayward in Butleigh on 4 May 1772. An Ann married Thomas Barber of Kingweston in Butleigh on 8 Feb 1773 Butleigh and a Martha married Joseph Turner in Butleigh on 26 Mar 1792. Thomas married Mary Tarzwell in Street 12 Feb 1782 and they had twelve children - he died 17 Dec 1827 in Glastonbury, leaving a Will witnessed by Nathaniel.

7a) Nathaniel Look Chr. 7 Sep 1757 Butleigh, yeoman, s.o. Thomas & Martha (née Withers) Look, bur. 4 Sep 1843 (Sep Q 5c/320 Wells) Butleigh 41W-15

The eldest child Nathaniel married Susanna Ash in Glastonbury on 22 Apr 1823 and died in Meare in 1870. Susanna died in 1859 (Mar Q 5c/464 Wells) and Nathaniel married Mary Bowring in 1860 (Mar Q 5c/917 Wells) #

Ann, his sister married Thomas Williams in Butleigh on 27 Feb 1827 but he ran off to Australia c. 1842 with a Hannah Stickler and started a family there. Anna remained in England in Great Elm, Somerset with her four children.

Nathaniel and his wife Agness both died within a few years of the 1841 census, in Butleigh Wootton.

Sarah married Charles Bartlett (b. 1804 Wells) on 16 Jun 1845 (Jun Q 10/845 Wells) in Butleigh. They lived in Southover, Wells by 1851. Martha married Giles Frampton in Butleigh on 19 Feb 1822. # Hannah married widower Joseph White in Butleigh on 20 Oct 1836. # Mary married William Stitch of Lamyatt according to her father's Will. A Betsy Look (Betty) married Alex Bowring of Wells in Butleigh on 7 Apr 1834 – this was probably the brother of Mary Bowring who later married Nathaniel.

DD/S/BT/10/8/2 - 1] William Ryall, William Eades, Richard Holman, Nathaniel Look and Mary Newport of Butleigh, John Wheller of West Pennard, William Look of Butleigh, John Castle of Butleigh, glazier, Thomas Dominey of Butleigh Wootton, yeoman, William Callow of Butleigh Date: 1805.

7a1) Carey Look Chr. 6 Jan 1804 Butleigh Wootton , d. 5 Jun 1863 Butleigh (not in PR) 41W-15, 51W-38, 61W-66

Carey Look lived at Hoopers Farm in 1851 and farmed 41 acres employing 1 man and two boys. He had a servant, his cousin, Sarah Sandy who remained with him after his marriage. He married Elizabeth in 1860 and in 1861 they lived at No. 40 Butleigh Wootton with their nine month old daughter. Carey died in 1863 and Elizabeth married Augustus White . # At first they lived in Wells but when the Whites moved to Cardiff, Jane, Mary Ann and Agnes went with them and appeared there in 1881. Jane married joiner George Pile in 1882 (Sep Q 11a/313 Newport M) and they lived at 43, Mackintosh Place, Roath, Cardiff in 1891. Mary Ann remained with the Whites in 1891 but by 1901 was a housekeeper to her sister Agnes who had married William Howard Parker in 1901 (Mar Q 11a/391 Cardiff) and who lived in 1901 at 82, Albany Rd., Roath with Annie White, another sister-in-law (half sister of Agnes) and two relatives of William Parker's.

8) James Look Chr. 8 May 1749 Butleigh, bur. 6 Dec 1768 Butleigh illegit. s.o. Jane Look

Possibly the Jane Look who married William Periam in Butleigh on 16 Oct 1760?

9) William Look [bur. 8 Feb 1786 Butleigh?]

9a) William Look [Chr. 25 Nov 1750 Butleigh, s.o. William Looke and Bridget?] b. 1752, bur. 2 May 1830 Butleigh

DD/S/BT/8/3/34-5 - 1] James Grenville 2] William Looke and wife Elizabeth Pair of fines on 5a in Butleigh.. [Somerset Archive and Records, BUTLEIGH COURT PAPERS] Date: 1784.

Lucy married Daniel Drewer (b. 1823 Buckland St. Mary) in 1849 (Jun Q 1/37 St. George, Hanover Sq.) and they lived in 1851 in Kingsbury Episcopi and in 1861 in Keinton.

Bridget married Joseph Howe.# Mary Ann married Vincent Millard in 1845 (Sep Q 10/503 Bridgwater) and they lived in Kingsbury Episcopi in 1851. She died in 1860 (Dec Q 5c/300 Langport).

9a1) William Look b. 1804, Chr. 2 Jun 1805 Butleigh, gamekeeper, s.o. William and Ursula Look, d. 27 Sep, bur. 2 Oct 1884 (Dec Q 5c/369 Wells) Butleigh 41-4, 51-37, 61-61, 71-79, 81-99

William and Grace lived at Copley in 1841 with their nephew Joseph Howe (4). # In 1851 they lived at Quarry House and were still there in 1861. In 1871 they lived in No. 3, Quarry House together with Elizabeth Blacker, their niece (15). # Grace died in 1878 aged 72 and William lived alone appearing so in 1881. He died in 1884 aged 80.

9a2) John Look Chr. 16 Sep 1810 Butleigh, labourer, butcher, s.o. William and Ursula Look, , bur. 1 Oct 1896 (Sep Q 5c/296 Wells) Butleigh 41-12, 51-27, 61-52, 71-79, 81-100, 91-127

In 1841 John, a labourer, and Ann lived in Oddway with their daughter Susan. They were still there in 1851 with five additional children and a visitor Maryy Vowels, a young (22) widow from West Pennard. # John had become a butcher. In 1861 John was a small farmer and had added three more children to his family, his eldest daughter Susanna had died in 1859. William married Anna Stride and lived as a gamekeeper in North Marston in 1871 but returned to Butleigh by 1881 (7a). Lucy Look aged 19 became a kitchen maid in Marston Rectory, Nunney in 1871. By 1881 she was working at 4, Bolton Gardens, Brompton, Kensington before returning to Butleigh in 1891

By 1871 John (61) lived with his wife Ann (58) and children Robert (23), Israel (21), Eliza (16), Fanny (13). Ann Look died in 1879 aged 67 and John lived with just Fanny in Oddway in 1881. Henrietta Fanny Look died of pneumonia in 1882 aged 25. Rose Eliza [Luke] became a parlour maid and cook. As Eliza she served at 45, Onslow Sq., St. Mary Abbotts, Brompton, Chelsea in 1881 - home of Robert Boyle Lieut. Col. of the Bengal Army and became his cook by 1891 at 6, Sumner Terrace, Brompton Kensington. Robert and Israel may well have emigrated - nfi. In 1891 John lived with his daughter Lucy Look. John died in 1896 aged 87 and Lucy married William Dunton the next year - 1897 (Jun Q 1a/196 Kensington, London). #

9a2A) William Look Chr. 19 Sep 1841 (Sep Q 10/461 Wells) Butleigh, gamekeeper 51-27, 61-52, 81-93, 91-114

After leaving Butleigh in the 1860's William surfaced in North Marston where by 1871 he was a gamekeeper. He married Annie Stride in 1870 - she had appeared as a servant in 1861 at Betsham Northend, Southfleet, Kent. After the birth of their fifth child they moved back to Butleigh where William was temporarily unemployed. They appeared at No. 3, Compton Street in 1881. By 1891 William was a labourer and his son William was carpenter's apprentice and Walter an agricultural labourer, but three more children had been added by then, all born in Butleigh; Robert - in 1901 he was in the Royal Navy at Bermuda, a crewman on the 'Alert'. John - Robert's twin - was a butcher in Battersea, London in 1901. Harry - in 1901 he was a slaughterman in his brother Walter's shop in Street High Street (see below). In 1911 he was a soldier/patient in the West of England Sanatorium, Weston-super-Mare. He married Ellen Mary Rumsby in 1913, and became a publican at Pinkney, Cannington. By 1901 the other children were widely dispersed;

William Look jnr was in Ropley, Hampshire as a carpenter; Bessie was in Chelsea as ladies maid to the wife of John St. Loe Strachey, a Newspaper Proprietor (of the Spectator, father of John Strachey MP). Walter was a successful butcher in Street, married and employing his brother Harry above - see next. Fanny was in the Fever hospital, Islington in 1901 then married farm bailiff William Horace Salt but died on 3 Oct 1908 at Woodbine Villa, Barton St. David aged just 28 after confinement. William Look Snr and Anna moved to Butleigh Road, Barton St.David where they appeared on their own in 1901. No-one had replaced them at No. 3 by April 1901 and it was empty on census night. Bessie married gamekeeper William James Spearing at Barton St. David on 23 Aug 1902. Anna died of meningitis in 1908 at Woodbine Villa, Barton St. David.

In 1911 Harry was a soldier and patient in the Royal Sanatorium in Weston Super Mare. John Look was a valet to an American widow at 12 Sandringham Court, Maida Vale and his wife Lily Sythe M. Brough (b. 1883 Llandovery, Wales) was her maid. They had married in 1908 (Jun Q 1b/1067 St. Giles) and had a child. Robert (Robert John), a labourer in a chemical works, married Annie Bignell (b. 1884 Aylesbury, Bucks) in 1905 (Jun Q 1a/798 Chelsea)and in 1911 they lived at 57, Falcon Grove, Battersea with two of their children – a third, Bessie, had died. William senior lived alone in Barton St. David.

ADM 188/541 Look Robert 357373 Butleigh, Somerset Date: 1882

9a2Ai) Walter James Look b. 1876 (Mar Q 5c/529 Frome) Marston, butcher 81-93, 91-114

In 1901 Walter lived at 99, High Street, Street with his brother Harry (16) as slaughterman. In 1916 as a soldier he had three of his children baptised in Butleigh. There are two entries in the Butleigh baptism register for Edward Frank and Frank but this could be a mistake and they may be just one person. The couple had at least 15 chilldren in total. In 1911 Walter James and wife plus, at that time, 8 of their children (one had died) lived at 99, High Street, Street.

9a2B) Thomas Look Chr. 25 Feb 1844 (Mar Q 10/521 Wells) Butleigh, labourer, bur. Dec 1924 Butleigh 51-27, 61-52, 71-74, 81-98, 91-126, 01-138

Thomas Looke (27) and wife Elizabeth (26) lived with daughter Susannah b. 1868, in Oddway in 1871. In 1891 Thomas lived with his wife and son William in Oddway but Susannah had left home and in 1898 (Mar Q 11a/341 Cardiff) married carpenter John Henry Stagg (b. 1873 Street) and they lived at 5, Victoria Buildings, High Street, Glastonbury in 1901 with son Louis (b. 1899 Street). In 1911 at the same address they had three sons and a daughter.

In 1901 Thomas and Elizabeth were joined by William's wife and children. Elizabeth died in 1905 (Dec Q 5c/303 Wells) aged 61. Thomas lived alone in three rooms on the 1911 census.

9a2Bi) William Israel Look Chr. 9 Aug 1874 (Sep Q 5c/568 Wells) Butleigh, labourer 81-98, 91-126, 01-138

William married Elizabeth in 1898 and they must have migrated to Wales where Amy was born before returning to Somerset (Kingweston). They lived with Thomas's parents in 1901. A further seven children were born post 1901, one of whom, Margaret (b. 1912) married Edward Davis of Butleigh in 1934. In 1911 William, his wife and seven children plus mother-in-law Anne Cullen lived in 3 rooms in Horse houses, Kingweston

9a2C) John Penn(y) Look Chr. 12 Apr 1846 (Mar Q 10/536 Wells) Butleigh, labourer 51-27, 61-52, 71-82

John christened as John Penn, married as John Perry, appeared in 1891 as John Berry Look. In view of the marriage date (?) the mother of William was possibly a previous wife who had died? In 1871 John Looke and wife Sarah lived in Water Lane with son William. In 1881 they lived at Almsford with son [William] Joseph L. (b. 1866) and three children, Janetta, John and Robert born in Lydford. They had a total of seven children in all. By 1891 the family lived at West Lydford, though by then John was widowed and in 1901 they were at Huxham, East Pennard and John was a cattleman. By 1911 his daughter Jeanetta had married John Champion and John who was on Parish Relief lived with them – in Huxham.

9a3) Robert Look Chr. 22 Sep 1811 Butleigh, labourer 41-8

Robert lodged with Robert Stride in 1841. Anna, the daughter of Robert Stride, married William F. Look in 1870 and Robert was the brother of William's father John. Nfi

9a4) Thomas Look Chr. 2 Nov 1806 Butleigh butcher, died 1880 (Dec Q 5c/273 Langport)

Thomas lived in Barton St. David in 1851. In 1861 he lived in Butleigh Road, Barton St. David and his wife was called Betsy (b. 1808 S. Brent - i.e. Betsy Ann - Betsy Ann Millard?). In 1871 Thomas lived at the Barton Congregational Chapel, Jarmany, Barton St. David and his wife was called Ann again. Thomas died in 1880. Betsy Ann lived with son James in 1891 at 1, Butleigh Rd, and she died in 1894 aged 87.

Thomas was a butcher who had boarded with Abigail Gould in Barton in 1881. In 1901 the bachelor James lived in two rooms in Barton, a general labourer and gave his pob as Butleigh.

Martha [Luke] worked for her uncle Vincent Millard, baker (widower) in East Lambrook, Kingsbury Episcopi in 1861. She married Frederick Davis in South Petherton on 10 Dec 1866 (Dec Q 5c/814 Yeovil) and they lived at Barton St. David – they were still there in 1901.

9b) William Look Chr. 5 Apr 1779 Butleigh, agricultural labourer, illegitimate s.o. Bridget Look, bur. 9 Jun 1850 (Jun Q 10/379 Wells) Butleigh? 41-4

William's mother Bridget was Chr. 22 Oct 1754 Butleigh, d.o. William & Bridget Look. William Look (60) lived at Sealy's Row No. 6 in 1841 with his wife Ann (65) and daughters Ann (25) and Sarah (15). Ann died in 1844 and William died in 1850. Sarah seems to be the girl who was a cook at Dinder House, the home of James Curtis Somerville, in 1851. She may also be the Sarah Luke who married Edward Purchase in 1853 (Dec Q 5c/1135 Wells), though a Sarah Look did die in 1877 (Jun Q 5c/389 Wells) aged 56.#

Elizabeth Looke b. 1811 Butleigh is found retired, unmarried at Dunslew Rd., Steeple Barton, Oxon, in 1871.

9b1) William Look Chr. 17 Aug 1806 Butleigh, wood sawyer, s.o. William Look, bur. 10 Jun 1887 (Jun Q 5c/356 Wells) Butleigh aged 81 41-10, 51-27, 61-52, 71-76, 81-96

William, a sawyer, and wife Mary lived with their 9 months old daughter Elizabeth Ann in the High Street in 1841. In 1851 William (45) and Mary (43) lived with their children Elizabeth (10), William Frederick (7) Sarah Mary (3) plus Frederick J. Higgins (30) sawyer and brother-in-law.

The family were still in Oddway in 1861 except for Sarah who had died in 1855. Elizabeth Ann married Edwin Dabinett on 26 May 1864 (Jun Q 5c/999 Wells). #

William and Mary lived alone in Oddway by 1871. Their son William had become a Police Constable in Taunton in 1871 and married a widow, Henrietta Cheeseman and lived with her and her son in Glastonbury where he was by then a carpenter (1881). In 1891 they lived at 46, High St., Glastonbury with five children including a stepson, William Frederick Cheeseman. They had moved to 60, Bove Town, Glastonbury by 1901.

William and Mary were still in Oddway in 1881 but William died in 1887. Mary (Luke!) moved into Rocke Cottage where she lived on Parish Relief by 1891 and she died in Kingweston in December 1899 aged 92.

10) Thomas Look [bur. 16 Jun 1786 Butleigh? - see (5)]

11) John Look

One John Look was buried 12 Apr 1780, another 14 Sep 1792 and a third 15 Feb 1806 Butleigh which could be either of the father, or the sons of this John.

Other Look Marriage

E) Mary Look married Butleigh 2 Dec 1734 George Crate #

Other Look burials

a) Mary bur. 2 Apr 1804 Butleigh illegit. d.o. Mary Look

b) Elizabeth bur. 15 Apr 1808 Butleigh

12) Anne Chr. 29 May 1803 d.o. John and Mary Look

13) John Look b. 1811 Butleigh, labourer 41-13, 51-30 [Chr. 4 Dec 1808 - s.o. William and Ann Look

John and his wife, plus Harriet, lived at Eades Cottage on Butleigh Hill in 1841. They were still there in 1851 with their son John. In 1861 Elizabeth worked as a cook at Castle Hill, Hether Stowey - the home of Henry Sealy, magistrate. Her daughter Harriet was a servant at the house of Edward Sealy, magistrate, Henry Sealy's father, in Fryan Street, Bridgwater. Elizabeth was recorded then as being still married but there is no trace of John. Elizabeth died in 1872 aged 71. Harriett Stevens Look married Charles Darch in 1877 (Dec Q 6a/3 Bristol) and they lived in Woolavington where they had three children. John Stevens was a servant on the farm of Joseph Gilbert in Baltonsborough in 1861 and married Emma Blacker from Wells in 1868 (Sep Q 5c/805 Wells). They lived at 27, Union Street, St. Cuthbert, Wells in 1871 where John was a smith. In 1881 John was a coppersmith living in Nicholas Street, St. Nicholas, Bristol with his wife Emma a licensed victualler. In 1891 they lived at 46, Corn Road, All Saints, Bristol where John was described as smith and caretaker. In 1901 they were at 31, Clyde Road and John now a locksmith - they do not seem to have had any children. In 1911 John was a gas fitter and bell hanger – they lived at 28, Hawthorne St., Bristol.

14) William James Look Chr. 12 Feb 1837 Butleigh, s.o. Thomas and Elizabeth Look

William was the son of Thomas, a labourer from Barton St. David. See 9a4 for probable parents.

15) Fanny Look Chr. 12 Jul 1868 Butleigh, d.o. George and Elizabeth Look (see Cook (4))

George was a labourer but no further information found on this family. No recorded birth/death found. Seems to be a mistake for William and Elizabeth Cook's daughter Fanny.

16) John Look b. 1771, bur. 2 Nov 1838 (Dec Q 10/325 Wells - Lock) Butleigh

Nfi on this person. Possibly the John Chr. 14 Oct 1775 Butleigh s.o. John and Mary Looke.

17) Mary Look b. Nov 1841, bur. 5 Feb 1842 (Mar Q 10/381 Wells) Butleigh - nfi

18) Anna Looke (Locke?) b. 1825, d. 2 Jun, bur. 7 Jun 1877 (Jun Q 2b/379 Christchurch) Butleigh

This lady was resident in Christchurch, Hampshire at the time of her death. She was buried with Elizabeth Pitt who had died 16 Apr 1874 (of Windsor) who may have been her mother.

Lord

1) John Lord b. 1816 Somerset, smith 41-6

John lodged with John Day, blacksmith in the High Street in 1841. On the census the name could also be read Serel (Searle?). Nfi

Lovelace

1) Mary Sarah Lovelace b. 1890 North Wootton,Dorset, servant

Mary worked on Broadway Farm for Henry Swanton in 1911. Not found on other censuses.

Loveless

1) William George Loveless Chr. 25 Jun 1851 Leigh, Dorset, labourer, s.o. Enos and Sarah Loveless, bur. 19 Jan 1931 Butleigh 01W-142

George and family lived in part of Wootton Lodge in 1901. In 1881 they had lived at Melbury Bubb, Dorset with their first four children, the oldest being Annie (b. 1874 Batcombe) but by 1891 they had moved to Folke. In 1911 William, Emily, William jnr, Frederick and Walter lived at 7 Butleigh Wootton. The two Williams were cowmen and the younger boys farm labourers. Fanny was a servant to a baker in 5, Sadler St., Wells in 1911.

Fanny married groom Charles Perkins Rayes in Butleigh on 13 May 1913 (Jun Q 5c/823 Wells). # Mabel married Albert Birch in 1914 (Jun Q 5c/1006 Wells) # and had their first child, Albert Charles christened on the same day as her illegitimate son William.

1a) William Thomas Loveless labourer b. 1881 Batcombe bur. 2 Nov 1948 Butleigh though he died in Baltonsborough

Lovell

1) Robert Lovell married: Butleigh 16 Feb 1625 Margaret Coxe Chr. 29 Jan 1604 Butleigh, d.o. Thomas and Alice Cockes #

2) Benjamin Lovell b. 1825 Canford, Dorset, stone mason, died 1895 (Jun Q 5a/156 Blandford, Dorset) 51-33

Benjamin lodged with James Blacker in Dumb Lane in 1851. Benjamin became the landlord of the "Fleur de Lis" Inn in Blandford Forum by 1861, where he remained for the rest of his life. He married twice, first to Mary Ann Joy in 1854 (Jun Q 5a/507 Blandford) then Eliza Best in 1884 (Mar Q 5a/413 Poole).

Loyd

(see also Lloyd)

1) Richard Loyd

A Grace Loyd who married Jonathan Barber in Butleigh in 1752 was probably Richard's sister.

Loules?

1) Frances Loules had an illegitimate son (nn) Chr. 8 Oct 1656 Butleigh

Lucas

1) Joane Lucas

Joane paid rates in 1681, the year before Richard (next) started paying rates, but they are probably connected. Joane paid until 1686, the year after Richard ceased paying – and she was then called 'widow'. In 1687 she is replaced it appears by Joane Pope (re-married?) though a William Lucas paid rates in 1687 -89 and then in the same property Richard Lucas until 1724.

2) Richard Lucas

Richard paid rates from 1682-5 – see (1). Followed by William Lucas and Richard Lucas – sons?

3) Thomas Luke bur. 6 Oct 1777 Butleigh witness to Jonas' marriage?

A Thomas Lucas married Hannah Squire on 25 Jun 1759 Baltonsborough and may be this person?

4a) Jonas Lucas [same as next?]

4b) John Lucas died before 1766

DD/S/BT/5/7/9 - 1] Mary Squier of Butleigh widow of John 2] Richard Sheate of Butleigh, yeoman and wife Mary daughter of John Squier by first wife Elizabeth Browning 3] Betty Lucas of Butleigh widow of John and daughter of John Squier and Elizabeth Browning Assignment Date: 1766.

4a) Jonas Lucas Chr. 9 Jan 1752 Baltonsborough, bur. 5 May 1807 Butleigh

A John Lucas married Harriet Clarke in Butleigh on 28 Mar 1808. # In his Will Jonas sen. left his property (of the late John Squire), after the demise of his wife, to son Uriah on his paying £15 to his sister Betty and land at Fishwell plus Folly Orchard to son John on his paying Betty £5. Betty later probably married a butcher, Thomas Parker and their son was Jonas Lucas Parker butcher of Wells. Another son was Josiah Parker, also a butcher, who featured in The Times in 1857 when he was on trial for murdering his wife with a meat cleaver. He ended up in Broadmoor [see similar story of Charles Weaver some 40 years later]. The only mystery is that Elizabeth gave her p.o.b. as Baltonsborough on the 1851 census.

DD/S/BT/8/7/10-12 - 1] Jonas Lucas of Butleigh, butcher 2] Robert Lucas of Baltonsborough, woolcomber 3] John Squiar Lucas of Butleigh, yeoman 4] James Grenville of Butleigh Assignment of Ragg (3a), Butleigh. Enclosed 1702 lease by Henry Coate and Ann to John Squiar nd copy Date: 1797.

DD/S/BT/7/4/14 - 1] William and John Periam of Butleigh, yeomen, Jonas Lucas of Butleigh, yeoman and wife Elizabeth late widow of Richard Periam decd, John of Butleigh, yeoman and wife Jane Periam, Thomas Periam Withers of Butleigh yeoman devisee of Elizabeth Periam decd. Date: 1791.

DD/S/BT/8/5/4 - 1] Jonas, Robert and John Lucas sons of Betty Lucas (d.1769) 2] James Grenville Assignment of 2a wood ground part Burdham's tenement, Butleigh.. [Somerset Archive and Records, BUTLEIGH COURT PAPERS] Date: 1793.

IR 26/291 Will of Jonas Lucas Butleigh, Somerset . Proved in the Court of Bath and Wells Date: 1808.

4a1) Uriah Lucas Chr. 15 May 1780 Butleigh, 'from Hornblotton', bur. 8 Aug 1825 Butleigh

As yet there is no proof that Sarah was the wife of Uriah.

DD/S/BT/13/3/8-9 - 1] Betty Lucas of Butleigh and Uriah Lucas of Butleigh, butcher 2] James, Baron Glastonbury Surrender of plot of ground at east end of their house with new stable. Assignment (1702) enclosed.. [Somerset Archive and Records, BUTLEIGH COURT PAPERS] Date: 1810.

4b) John Squire Lucas Chr. 25 Dec 1758 Baltonsborough, bur. 10 Apr 1841 (Jun Q 10/331 Wells) Butleigh

The above tree is not proven yet, Betty and Ann (5) may be the children of another couple. The middle name suggests a possible link with the Squire family which lived in Butleigh in the first half of the 18th century.

John Squire jnr was described as Independent and lived with Hannah Lucas, a servant in 1841. He may have been the father of the Susan (b. 1821 Butleigh - d.o. of John, a butcher) who married Henry Newport. Ann and Betty lodged with Stephen Callow in the High Street in 1841. Relations? Nfi.

5) John Lucas

Hannah was a servant in 1841 living with John (b. 1796) - an aunt or John's 2nd wife? Elizabeth was a servant in Shepton Mallet in 1851. She was still there in 1861 (dob 1813) and 1871 (dob 1811) at Paul St., Shepton Mallet. She was still at the same address in 1881 (dob 1811) and died in 1889 (Sep Q 5c/285 Shepton Mallet).

6) Jane Lucas b. 1821 Butleigh, d.o. John Lucas 41-4

Jane was a servant at Higher Rockes Farm in 1841. She married Butleigh born John Turner in Butleigh on 22 Apr 1845 (Jun Q 10/846 Wells) and they moved to Wiltshire. #

7) Eliza Lucas b. 1803 Wells/Butleigh, shopkeeper, school teacher 51-25

Eliza Lucas (47) lived at 19, Peckham Row, Main Street, with her daughter Susan Ryall Lucas (10). Her husband John was a druggist and they had lived together in 1841 in Clifton but he was absent in 1851. In 1861 Eliza(beth) and Susan appeared in Baltonsborough where the widowed Eliza was now a schoolmistress and Susan an assistant. Susan married in Oxford in 1861 (Dec Q 3a/996 Oxford).

10) Delilah Lucas b. 1822 Bristol, Cook 51-26

In 1851 Delilah Lucas (29) was a cook at Eades Farm. Delilah married Isaac Allen in Butleigh 23 Dec 1852 (Dec Q 5c/1058 Wells) - p5

11) George Lucas

Apart from William, the rest of this family seem to have disappeared from the censuses.

11a) William George Lucas Chr. 24 Apr 1833 Butleigh, haulier

William married Sarah Drew (b. 1831 Bristol) in 1855 (Mar Q 11a/257 Cardiff). William and his wife Sarah appeared in 1871 at 7, East Lane, Tredegar with three children. In 1881 William (with pob Glastonbury) was a haulier living at 15, East Lane, Tredegar, Bedwellty, Mon. with wife Sarah and four children. His oldest daughter then was Elizabeth (20) born in Tredegar. William lived, in 1891, at 4, Forge Row, Tredegar, Bedwellty, Mon with his wife Sarah, son, daughter and son-in-law.

12) Ellen Lucas b. 1864 Norton Hanley, Wilts., servant 81-102

Ellen worked as kitchen maid at the Vicarage in 1881. Nfi

13) M. Jennie Lucas b. 1861 Cardiff, Glamorgan [a Jennie Lucas b. 1861 died 1914 Uxbridge]

In 1911 three visitors to Charles Classey were the unmarried Elizabeth Lucas (b. 1851 Sydling, Dorset), her sister, 'widow' Mary Jennie Lucas and her son Edward Lucas b. 1901 Weston Shore, Somerset. In 1901 they had lived together at 2 Park Villas, Weston Super Mare – Elizabeth being of independent means. In 1891 at Cardiff Elizabeth lived with her mother Mary C. Lucas (b. 1820 Weymouth) and a sister Jeannie Lucas aged 32, school teacher and single, is almost certainly the above Jennie and indicates that she was in fact unmarried when she had Edward.

Luff

1) Thomas Luff b. 1804 Emborough, coal miner, died 22 Oct 1853, reg. 1854 (Mar Q 5c/415 Shepton Mallet) Bodden, Doulting

Thomas was killed by a wagon and an inquest was held 23 Feb 1854 at Castle Cary. DOC As a result of the accident the Luff family split up with some of the children moving to Wales to live with other family members.

1a) Theophilus Luff Chr.. 26 Feb 1837 Doulting, agricultural labourer, s.o. Thomas and Ann Luff, bur. 27 Jan 1922 Butleigh 61-56, 71-75, 81-98, 91-123, 01-144

Theophilus and his brothers Charles and Thomas lived with their parents and siblings at Bodden, Doulting in 1851. In 1857 Theophilus married Susan Oram and arrived in Butleigh probably with his brothers Thomas (2) and Charles (who in 1861 worked in Butleigh Wootton (3)). Theophilus Luff (24) and his wife Susan (23) appeared with daughter Elizabeth Ann (2), living with Susan's mother Elizabeth Oram (68) widow and laundress in the High Street in 1861. Previously Elizabeth Oram and her daughter had lived at Pond Head in 1851 and they are all found there again in 1871 but with the addition of a son William.

In 1881 at Pond Head were Theophilus (44) with wife Susan (44), son William (15) and grandson Eli Charles plus Elizabeth Oram, mother-in-law (84). Elizabeth Oram is the Betsy who died, and was bur. on 11 Jan 1887 Butleigh aged 92. Eli (Henry Charles in PR) was the child of Elizabeth who in 1881 is found living as the wife of Henry Holbrook, a labourer from Berkeley, Gloucs, at Hook Street, Hamfallow, Berkeley - with a daughter Dulcenia aged 1. In fact Elizabeth and Henry didn't marry until 6 Mar 1883 (Mar Q 5c/794 Shepton Mallet) at the Weslyan Chapel, Shepton Mallet. Theophilus was a jobbing gardener.

Theophilus, wife Susan with sons William and Eli went to live at 59 Barton Stone in 1891. In 1901 Theophilus and wife Susan lived at Rocke Cottage in the High Street.

Eli, called Henry Eli Charles Luff, died in 1898 - aged 24, though another Eli C. Luff from 'Somerset' became a coal miner in Eglwysilan, Glamorgan and appeared there in 1901 with a wife Eliza Jane and two children. Theophilus and Susan lived in three rooms at 52 Butleigh in 1911.

1a1) William Luff Chr. 24 Dec 1866 (Mar Q 5c/662 Wells) Butleigh, agricultural labourer, bur. 18 Jan 1911 (Dec Q 5c/546 Wells) Butleigh 71-75, 81-98, 91-123, 01-137

Kate had lived with her mother in the High Street in 1881/1891. After their marriage, William and Kate lived in Pound Cottage (?) in the High Street by 1901. In 1911 they were still childless and living in two rooms. Kate was a charwoman.

1b) Thomas Luff Chr. 12 Jun 1842 Deverell [Doulting], labourer, s.o. Thomas and Ann Luff 61-47

Thomas lodged with Frederick Craft in Compton Street in 1861.The birthplace given on the census doesn't exist and Thomas was the brother of Theophilus. In 1871 he was to be found in Chelynch, Doulting with his wife Elizabeth (b. 1849 Paulerbury Kent) and 10 month old daughter Rosa. Their next move was around 1876 to Aberystruth, Mon., Wales where they lived at 14, Church Road in 1881 and Thomas was an 'underground roadman'. They returned to Somerset by 1887 when a daughter was born in Wells and in 1891 they lived at Broom Close Cottages, Wells with Thomas a labourer. Work must have been hard to find and for a while they lived in Cadbury, where a son Alexander was born in 1892 but by 1901 they were back in Wales - at 23, Scott Row, Tstradyfodwg, Glam. where Thomas was a surface labourer in a coal mine and one son was a coal hewer and another a hewer's help.

1c) Charles Luff Chr. 18 Oct 1846 Doulting, farm servant, s.o. Thomas and Ann Luff 61W-65

Charles was only 13 when he worked for dairyman George James in Wootton in 1861. In 1851 he had lived in Bodden, Doulting with his parents and brothers Thomas and Theophilus. By 1871 he was back in Bodden, Doulting, living with his sister Elizabeth and her husband William Whittaker and his profession was 'carter'. Nfi

Lugg

1) William Lugg – A warrant was issued by the OOP in 1704 to have William removed from the Parish for causing a disturbance (with other).

Luke

[Look]

1) John Luke

2) Thomas Luke bur. 6 Oct 1777 Butleigh - see Lucas (3) for comment

3) John Luke b. 1853 Butleigh, apprentice blacksmith

John lodged with Henry Blacker in St. Cuthbert's St., Wells in 1861. The only registered birth under this name was in 1851 (March Q 10/481 Shepton Mallet). Nfi

Lune

1) Kat[herine]. Lune of Butley married John Colmer in Somerton on 21 Nov 1722 (Phill.) #

Lunn

1) Francis Lunn b. 1795 Butleigh, died 4 Aug, bur. 15 Aug 1839 (Sep Q 10/291 Wells) Butleigh

Elizabeth had married the vicar of Butleigh Francis Lunn in 1837 but he had died on 4 Aug 1839. Thereafter she lived at Wootton House until her death.

DD/S/BT/13/3/35 - 1] Revd. Francis Lunn of Butleigh 2] Revd. George Neville Grenville of Butleigh 3] Hugh, Earl Fortescue of Castle hill, Devon and son George 4] Henry Karslake of St. James's, Westminster Assignment of terms in trust to attend the inheritance of Whites Date: 1838.

Survey book of Butleigh parish [1828 – re- D. Atkinson's map] giving field names, owners, occupiers, acreage, valuation, titheable value of tithe free lands, rateable value and marginal notes both contemporary and later. Numeration is probably pre-inclosure and Sedgemoor is numbered separately. There are separate lists of modus lands, Old farm [demesne] lands, vicarial glebe, South Moor and Old Commons 1676 inclosures, woods and new plantations and Grenville lands in Baltonsborough, also an 1869 agreement to purchase a house. At the front of the volume is a pencil plan of a house, and lists of old tenements with their 1834? tenants and the contents of 10 deed boxes are pasted in. Loose at end of volume survey of the Home farm and proposed rearrangement (nd), note of contents of deed boxes, letter from F. Lunn to [Grenville] concerning the purchase of three fields (1833), memo concerning right of road at Nodway (1863), letter from James Welsh to R. N. Grenville concerning a lease (1865), two small plans of fields in [Compton Dundon?], note on Davis's cottages. List of Grenville and Hood lands possibly for an exchange, plan of fields by river [Brue] and note offering to drain and let 26 a for one year (1869).

PROB 11/1917 Will of Reverend Francis Lunn Clerk, Master of Arts, Vicar Butleigh , Somerset . Will of Reverend Francis Lunn Clerk, Master of Arts, Vicar Butleigh , Somerset Date: 1839.

Luttrell

1) George Fownes Luttrell b. 27 Sep 1826 Kilve, magistrate, s.o. Francis Fownes Luttrell and Louise Drewe

Anne Elizabeth, described as baronets daughter and sister-in-law, lived at St. Audries House, West Quantoxhead in 1851 with Isabel Acland Hood (18), baronet's wife, and her father-in-law Perigrine P.F.P. Acland. In 1841 she had lived at Compton Pauncefoot with her parents and sisters. After their marriage George Luttrell and Elizabeth may have lived in Butleigh Wootton for a few years as is evidenced by the two children Christened there. By 1861 they lived in Kilton, Somerset where George was a magistrate. By 1871 they lived at Dunster Castle and George was deputy Lieutenant and landowner. They were still there in 1881 and their son Alexander was listed as a Lieut. in the Grenadier Guards, active list. In 1891 Alexander lived at the Court House, East Quantoxhead with his wife Alice E. Ferguson (b. 1862 London) and two small children. Alice's sister Edith I. M. Ferguson (26) lived with them. Alexander and Alice had married in 1886 (Jun Q 1a/794 St. George, Hanover Square). Mary (37), giving her birthplace as Butleigh Wootton, lived in 1891 with her father and two younger siblings at Dunster Castle. The coachman at the castle was Richard Birch (28) from Butleigh. #

Alexander Fownes Luttrell lived at the Court House, East Quantoxhead in 1911 with four servants. His wife and children were elsewhere. His mother Anne lived with her daughter Beatrice in nearby Dunster Castle with seven servants.

Luxton

1) John Luxton b. 1811 Brushford, Devon, blacksmith

In 1861 John and Mary Ann lived with four of their children, excluding Salome, at 217 Upper Mann St., Toxteth Park, Liverpool. Her birth represented just a temporary sojourn in Butleigh in 1852/3.

Lyall

1) John Lyall married Butleigh 3 Dec 1624 Agnes C....?

Lyd

1) John Lyd

Lye

A) Joanna Lye married Butleigh 3 May 1613 Richard Bartlett #

B) Elizabeth Lye married Butleigh 30 Jun 1628 Timothy Jll?

C) Thomas Lye bur. 24 Mar 1793 Butleigh (a son of next?)

1) Edward Lye b. 1748, bur. 22 Jan 1824 Butleigh

Elizabeth Abbot was the eldest daughter of James and Mary Abbot who had married in Butleigh on 29 Jun 1745. It isn't certain what happened to all these Lye offspring since only Richard seems to have stayed or died in Butleigh. A Thomas of the correct age (45) lived with a wife Susanna (35) in East Street, Martock in 1841 and a William of the correct age at Ston Easton in 1841 but no proof that they were from this family. Mary married George Langford on 11 Feb 1811 at Midsomer Norton and appears there with him on the 1841 and 1851 censuses, widowed by 1861. She died and was buried 18 Dec 1866 at Midsomer Norton.

1a) Edmund Lye b. 1780 Butleigh, gamekeeper, labourer, bur. 8 Jun 1855 (Jun Q 5c/418 Wells) Butleigh 41-3, 51-36

Though his baptism isn't registered in Butleigh, Edmund was possibly the son of Edward and Elizabeth Lye see (2) next. He could even be the Samuel Lye (unknown - PR error?) who married Ann Davis in Butleigh on 1 Apr 1805. Edmund and Ann lived with two of their children at Windmill in 1841. Ann died in 1847 and Edmund lodged with William Pyke at Barton Stone by 1851. He died in 1855. His daughter Sarah had married William Pike in Butleigh on 2 Jan 1840 (Mar Q 10/731 Wells). # Hannah married William Castle in Butleigh on 9 May 1842 (Jun Q 10/787 Wells). p65 Charles lived at No. 6, Sealy's Row in 1851. Elizabeth was a housemaid at the drapers, 'London House', High Street, Glastonbury in 1851. She married James Blenkinsopp in 1853 (Mar Q 1a/221 Chelsea) In 1861 she appeared in Baltonsborough as a cook, married but husband elsewhere. In 1871 as Elizth she appeared married to James (b. 1832 Carlisle) at 2, Spa Cottage, Clerkenwell. She died in 1877.

Mary Ann married Joseph Croft in Butleigh on 24 Dec 1845 (Dec Q 10/773 Wells). #

1a1) Richard Lye Chr. 27 Oct 1805 Butleigh, labourer and stone cutter, s.o. Edmund and Ann Lye, bur. 23 Dec 1870 (Dec Q 5c/428 Wells) Butleigh 41-8, 51-37, 61-51

In 1841 the family lived in the High Street? but by 1851 are found at No. 2, Quarry House. Eliza married Joseph Russell in Butleigh on 3 Nov 1851 (Dec Q 10/783 Wells) but is the Eliza Russell who then died in 1853 (Mar Q 5c/479 Wells).# Charlotte married Edmund Arthur # in 1856 (Jun Q 5c/995 Wells) but he died in 1859 (Dec Q 5c/405 Wells) and she then married James Richards in 1866 (Mar Q 5c/887 Wells) # - Charlotte herself died in 1878 (Dec Q 5c/372 Wells) aged 44. Mary Ann married Thomas Vincent in 1859 (Dec Q 5c/1083 Wells) and they lived at Bakers Grave. # Elizabeth Lye became a house servant in Church Street, Burnham in 1861 and married Thomas Look in 1868 (Jun Q 5c/901 Wells). # In 1861 Richard Lye and the rest of his family were in Oddway where Richard died in 1867. Harriet went to live with her daughter Charlotte Richards and son William, in Oddway in 1871 while Benjamin had married and lived at Pond Head.

In 1881 Harriet and son William lived together in Quarry Lane two doors down from her other son Benjamin who also lived in Quarry Lane at that time. Elizabeth died in 1887. William never married and lived alone in two rooms in Bethel Cottage 1891 - 1901 dying in Wells Union Workhouse in 1910 (Jun Q 5c/279 Wells), bur 6 Apr Butleigh.

1a1A) Benjamin Lye Chr. 24 Oct 1841 (Dec Q 10/478 Wells) Butleigh, labourer, bur. 16 Nov 1903 (Dec Q 5c/296 Wells) Butleigh 51-37, 61-51, 71-75, 81-99, 91-124

Benjamin was the son of Richard Lye, a stone cutter living in Oddway (1861). He married Mary Stevens, a glover, in 1864 and they are found with their daughters Frances Ann and Harriet Ann at Pond Head in 1871. In 1881 they lived in Quarry Lane. Mary died in 1883 and Benjamin was in the Cottage Hospital on census night in 1891 leaving John, Alice and Fanny looking after themselves. In 1901 Benjamin was living at Princess Street, Burnham with his daughter Alice and son-in-law Henry Sweet, a master Sweep. Benjamin died in 1903 aged 62. Frances Ann is missing from the census in 1881 but in 1891 was a servant at 3,4 Julia Terrace, Burnham and she married Henry Edward West in 1898 (Mar Q 5c/747 Wells) and they lived in Water Lane by 1901. #

Harriet, a laundress, was staying with her uncle Benjamin Kerton and wife Hannah at Rock Cottage, Burnham in 1891 [together with another niece, Beatrice Stevens aged 4]. She was the Harriet Hannah Lye who married Henry Sweet in 1895 (Sep Q 5c/843 Wells). Harriet died in 1897 and then her sister Alice married her brother-in-law, master sweep Henry Sweet in 1898 (Dec Q 5c/1003 Axbridge) and in 1901 they lived at Princess Street, Burnham with 10 month old son Henry and Alice's father Benjamin Lye (59). #

John Steven Lye was a gamekeeper boarding at Broadwater Farm, Framlingham, Suffolk in 1901. He married Susan Ellen Rayner in 1903 (Dec Q 4a/1929 Samford) and in 1911 they lived with their three children in The Heath, Tattingstone, Ipswich.

Fanny was a housemaid at 26, Leinster Sq., Paddington in 1901. In 1905 (Jun Q 5c/1027 Axbridge) she married postman James Henry Davis and in 1911 they lived at Berrow, Burnham with their daughter Queenie (another child had died)..

1a2) James Lye Chr. 23 Aug 1807 Butleigh, labourer, d. 31 Aug, bur. 5 Sep 1863 (Sep Q 5c/410 Wells) Butleigh 41-14, 51-25, 61-51

James and Elizabeth lived with their first two children at Keepers Lodge/Moorhouse in 1841. Edward died in 1843 (Mar Q 10/382 Wells). In 1851 James and Elizabeth had three daughters added to the surviving George. James moved to Broadmoor Cottage by 1861 where he died in 1863.

George is absent from most censuses and may have died but one the right age and Somerset born, a carpenter, surfaced in Bromley Kent in 1901. Ann married labourer Tom Woodland in Butleigh on 24 Jan 1861 (Mar Q 5c/883 Wells) and in 1861 they appear at Welton Hill, Midsomer Norton where Tom was a coal miner. # By 1891 they lived at 1, Hundry Terrace, Llanwonno, Glam. where Tom was a miner and Ann a dressmaker - they had three children.

In 1871 at 18, High Street Elizabeth Lye (58) widow, dressmaker, lived with her daughter Ruth (26) and mother Mary Jeffery (76).

Ruth married George Turner in 1873 (Jun Q 5c/1019 Wells). p355 Elizabeth is found next living alone in Sealy's Row (1881). In 1891 she lived with her daughter Ruth Turner in Water Lane where she died in 1895 (Dec Q 5c/326 Wells) aged 84.

1a3) Charles Lye b. 1810 Butleigh, labourer, bur. 16 May 1862 (Jun Q 5c/397 Wells) Butleigh 41-3, 51-35, 61-58

In 1841 Charles lived with his parents at 'Windmill'. In 1851 Mary was acting as nurse to the Dyer family at 17, High Street whilst her husband Charles lived at 6, Sealy's Row in the High Street. In 1861 Charles Lye (51) and his wife Mary Ann (51) lived in Barton Stone. Charles Lye died in 1862 and Mary Ann died in 1867 aged 57. They appear to have had no children.

1a4) Edmund Lye Chr. 11 May 1817 Butleigh, Army pensioner, bur. 26 Mar 1904 (Mar Q 5c/351 Wells) Butleigh 61-52, 71-74, 81-98, 91-126, 01-138

Edmund had joined the army and must have met and married his wife around 1852 whilst serving in Ireland and his subsequent children were born there. He must have arrived back in Butleigh in 1860 and settled at Pond Head at the time of the 1861 census. In 1871 Edmund was a labourer and four more children had been born since the previous census. Elizabeth (16) in 1881 was a servant in John Waterman's grocery shop in Baltonsborough. In 1891 she was a cook at Lower Hinton, Catherington, Hampshire. She later married Herbert Nudds of Billericay, Essex and it was her daughter Lizzie Nudds who visited Edmund in 1901. #

In 1881 Edmund Lye (61) listed as Army pensioner, lived with his wife Ellen (46) and children Richard (20), James (18), Mary Jane (15), Alice (12), Ellen (10) and George (6). Edward/Edmund is absent in 1881/91 but may be the person living as a bricklayer/labourer at 1 House, 8 Court, Hawley Croft, West Sheffield (in three rooms) with his wife Ann (from Lancashire) and three sons (all b. Yorkshire). Rather interestingly, George was living in a caravan on Park Road, Shepton Mallet in 1891 - a 'Cleaner & attendant on Steam Roller'.

Edmund and Ellen plus Richard stayed in three rooms in Oddway in 1891 but James seems to have married a girl, Jessie, from Axminster, Devon and gone to live in Barry, Glamorgan (pob Glastonbury - 1901).

Mary Jane became a parlourmaid in St. Luke's Home, Tormoham, Torquay, Devon (1891) while her sister Alice was cook there and Nellie (Ellen) was a nursemaid. Mary Jane moved on by 1901 to be housekeeper at the Rectory, Shepton Beauchamp, and Ellen returned to her parents in Butleigh. Ellen, her mother, died in 1901. In 1911 Mary Jane was housekeeper at Shepton Beauchamp Rectory, Seavington, Som.

Alice married Edward Greenwood (b. 1869 Hebden Bridge, Yorks) in 1894 (Dec Q 5a/35 Highworth, Wilts.) and they lived in St. Mary Within, Carlisle, Cumberland 1901. In 1911 they lived at 69, Forshaw St., Barrow-in-Furness with their four surviving (of 5) children. Edward was a clothier manager.

In 1901 Edmund, now a widower, lived with his children Richard, George and Ellen plus two visitors, Mabel Lee from Devon and Lizzie Nudds b. 1892 (Jun Q 4a/480 Billericay - Elizabeth Ellen) from Billericay. Edmund Lye died in 1904 (Mar Q 5c/351 Wells).

In 1911 Richard, his brother George (engine driver) and sister Ellen lived together at Higher Farm together with niece Elizabeth Nudds (18) who was a dressmaker.

Richard died aged 64 and was bur. 24 Jan 1923 Butleigh and sister Ellen died aged 56 and was bur. 21 May 1929 Butleigh then George died aged 54 in 1930 and was bur. 6 Jul Butleigh.

1b) Richard Lye Chr. 11 Feb 1783 Butleigh, labourer, s.o. Edward and Elizabeth, bur. 23 Jun 1848 (Jun Q 10/370 Wells) Butleigh 41W-16

The family lived in Wootton in 1841 and were still there in 1851 after Richard's death and his son's marriage, living with the widowed 'Betsy'. By 1861 Betsy was a lodger in Water Lane, Butleigh, with John Hellard - until she died in 1867 aged 84. # The pob differs between the 1851 and 61 census but since no Elizabeth death traced in the 1850's it seems most likely that this is the same person.

Royal Hospital Chelsea WO 97/473/87 – Richard Lye Born BUTLEIGH, Somerset Served in 28th Foot Regiment Discharged aged 37 . RICHARD LYE Born BUTLEIGH, Somerset Served in 28th Foot Regiment Discharged aged 37 28th Foot: Kah - McH Date range: 1805 - 1818. WO 121/194/512 – Richard Lye Born BUTLEIGH, Somerset Served in 3rd Royal Veteran Battalion; 28th Foot Regiment Discharged aged 39 after 16 years of service Residence or place where pension paid stated in document. See film image 686 . RICHARD LYE Born BUTLEIGH, Somerset Date: 1820.

1b1) Frederick Lye b. 1823 Butleigh, carpenter 41W-16, 51W-39


The family appeared on the 1851 census with Frederick's mother but thereafter emigrated to Australia. Other children were Ellen and Emily.

2) Samuel Lye

3) Harriet Lye b. 1816 Somerset 41-4

Harriet lodged with Bryer Hann in 1841 and may have been related to him? Nfi unless Hannah (1-4).

4) Richard Charles Lye b. Jul, bur. 5 Dec 1872 (Dec Q 5c/382 Wells) Butleigh - son of Benjamin?