Rad(d)ford

1) John Radford vicar of Butleigh from 1677 - 1714, bur. 4 Sep 1714 Butleigh

No Baptism, Marriage or Burial Parish records were kept in the 37 years of John Radford's period as vicar. His patron was Anne Webb. He regularly signed the churchwardens accounts from 1677-1714 and he presumably could read and write – but also no Bishops Transcripts of his records exist. No proper records must have been kept because in the Overseers of the Poor accounts there occasionally occurs 'a copy of the register for the burials in the 16xx' listing just a few burials – not necessary IF the register was a proper one! John Radford paid rates 1677-1713.

2) Francis Raddford b. 1811 Otherford, ag. labourer, d. 29 Jan, bur. 4 Feb 1882 (Mar Q 5c/374 Wells) Butleigh 81-100

Francis Radford (70) lived in 1881 in Oddway with wife Ann (66). The couple had previously lived in Babcary (1871) with two of their sons. Francis died in 1882 and Ann died in 1883.

3) Francis John Radford Chr. 5 Jun 1879 Butleigh, s.o. James (b. 1857 Ilchester) and Amelia Ann (b. 1860 Charlton) Radford, bur. 16 Dec 1879 (Dec Q 5c/355 Wells) Butleigh

Francis died a few months after his birth in 1879. By 1881 James and Amelia lived in Gillingham with a new 8 month old baby boy called Frank who had been born there.

Radnidge

[Rednedge]

1) Annie James Radnidge b. 1859 (Jun Q 5c/632 Shepton Mallet) Pylle, cook, d.o. William and Hannah Rednedge 81-100

Annie (21) was in service to Robert Neville at Corville in 1881. As Hannah she had lived with her parents at 24/5 Fosse Road, Pylle in 1871 - her father was a carpenter. She married the Butleigh born carpenter, Francis John Turner in Butleigh on 1 Jun 1882 (Jun Q 5c/847 Wells) and in 1891 they lived at 48, Northload St., Glastonbury with four children and their niece Lily L. Gregory (14). By 1901 they had moved - to 21, Northload Street. #

Raills

1) Ann Raills bur. 25 Apr 1723 Butleigh

Raiment (see Rayment/Raymond)

Ralls

1) Sarah Ralls b. 1845 Street, governess, d.o. Joseph and Sophia Ralls 61-55

In 1851 Sarah lived with her parents at Leigh, Street where her father farmed 12 acres. Sarah (16) lodged in Lower Rockes Farm with Henry Hoddinott in 1861. She had returned to her parents by 1871 and married the older farmer John Gare (b. 1825 Pitney) in 1876 (Mar Q 5c/772 Wells). # In 1891 they lived at Rayanards, Westonzoyland and had two children. By 1901 Sarah was widowed and lived comfortably at 3, Frederick Place, Clifton, Bristol with her son Reginald.

Ramsey

1) Charles Ramsey Chr. 11 Jan 1835 Butleigh s.o. Sidney and Sarah Ramsey

In 1841 Sidney and Sarah lived in Glastonbury with daughter Ann (8) son Charles (6) and daughter Eliza (4). By 1861 Charles was a footman working in Usk, Monmouth, Wales. Nfi.

Randal(l)

(Raindell, see also Rendell)

1) Thomas Raindell

Thomas paid rates on land on South Moor jointly with Annie Francis from 1683-5. Father of next?

2) John Randell of Baltonsborough

A John Randall is mentioned in the churchwarden's accounts in 1688/9. He paid rates in Butleigh from 1686 jointly with Edward Sindercombe until 1695 [seems thereafter to be the property of the late Bartholomew Stephens].

3) John Randel

4) Mary Randell – in 1692 the OOP issued a warrant of disturbance against her – nfi.

5) John Randal of Barton St. David

6) John Randall of Barton St. David

7) Richard Randell bur. 19 Dec 1790 Butleigh

Elizabeth noted as buried with surname Reynolds (mistake?), wife of Richard - no Richard Reynolds in Butleigh. Raindell and Reynold often confused in PR.

Rapper

1) Thomas Rapper – a poor boy who was carried by horse to Gregory Stoke in 1713 (OOP)

Rawlings

1) Thomas Rawling of Wellington

2) Sam Rawlings of St. James, Bristol (once Barton St. David)

3) Eleanor Rawlings bur. 11 Sep 1805 Butleigh

4) James Rawlings b. 1842 Barton St. David, labourer, died 1894 (Sep Q 5c/213 Langport).

Charlotte Rawling (62) widow of Henry West, with sons Charles West (28) and George (19) plus daughter Elizabeth (18) lived in four rooms in Barton Stone in 1901. Charlotte's second husband James Rawling had died in 1894. In 1891 they had lived at Orchard Row, Street where James was a farm servant and Charlotte a charwoman. The children Charles and Sarah were the products of Charlotte's previous marriage to Henry West in 1869 (Sep Q 5c/661 Langport) who died in 1876 (Mar Q 5c/336 Langport) aged 36. Charlotte Barber had been servant at 8, Manchester Terrace, St. Marys, Islington, London in 1861, prior to her first marriage.

Beatrice married William Charles Vincent in 1897 (Dec Q 5c/950 Wells). #

George was 'crippled from birth' and worked as a shepherd. Another son Henry Edward West married Francis Ann Lye in Butleigh on 31 Jan 1898 (Mar Q 5c/747) #. In 1911 Charlotte lived with her son George (see below). For more on Charles West see under West.

4a) Edward George Rawlings b. 1882 Barton St. David , skin dresser 01-144

In 1911 George and wife lived at Restmore Cottages with his widowed mother Charlotte and 6 month old daughter Francis.

5) John Rawlings b. 1827 Somerset, plasterers apprentice. 41-4

John lodged with Bryer Hann in Butleigh village in 1841. Nfi

Rayes

[Rays]

A) Edith Rayes bur. 21 Dec 1598 Butleigh

1) James Rayes b. 1825 Podimore, farm servant, bur. 19 Aug 1887 (Sep Q 5c/309 Wells) Butleigh 71W-86, 81W-105

James married Elizabeth in 1853 and by 1861 they were living in Silver Street, Barton St. David with their first three children. Sarah Ann left to be kitchen maid at the Rectory, Hornblotton by 1871. The rest of the family appeared in Butleigh Wootton village by 1871. In 1881 James lived in Back Lane, Wootton with Elizabeth and daughter Mary plus granddaughter Anne who was the illegitimate daughter of Eliza.

Sarah married coachman Charles H. White in Butleigh on 17 Oct 1876 (Dec Q 5c/947 Wells) and went to live in Bishop Sutton where they had four children. By 1901 they lived in Bristol where Charles was a vanman. John married Emily Stevens in 1876 and lived elsewhere in Butleigh Wootton. # Emily was bur. 28 Jul 1947 Butleigh.

Eliza appeared in 1881 as a servant at 4, Southfield Rd., Westbury on Trim in 1881 and married George Broughton in 1885 (Sep Q 5c/828 Wells). # After James' death in 1887 aged 60, Elizabeth lived with Eliza and George Broughton at 28 Wootton (1891) while Annie became a servant at Broadway Farm. By 1901 Eliza and George Broughton shared three rooms in Wootton with both mother Elizabeth and niece Fanny [credited here as daughter of John Rayes]. Elizabeth died in 1902 aged 71.

1a) John William Rayes b. 21 Apr 1853 Jun Q 5c/487 Langport) Barton St. David, labourer, bur. 20 Jul 1918 (Sep Q 5c/473 Wells) Butleigh 71W-86, 81W-105, 91W-116, 01W-142

Emily lived in Butleigh Wootton at the Blacksmith's Shop with her parents in 1861-71. After their marriage in 1876 John and Emily are found in Butleigh Wootton in 1881 with their first three children. In 1891 John and family lived at No. 5 next to his father-in-law Simeon Stevens at No. 6 where his son George also lived as an apprentice smith. In 1901 John and Emily lived with four of their sons in four rooms, a door away from his mother Elizabeth, Fanny and the Broughtons.

Ethel Laura found employment as a servant on Coxley by 1901 and married carpenter Edward William Lintell in 1905 (Jun Q 5c/939 Wells). In 1911 they lived at Woodlands, West Pennard with three children and Edward's mother.

Basil married Caroline King in 1905 (Jun Q 1d/878 Wandsworth) and Alfred married Beatrice Wall in 1908 (Mar Q 5c/769 Wells). In 1911 Alfred was with Beatrice at 1, Glaston Road, Street.

In 1911 John and Emily lived at 6 Butleigh Wootton in four rooms with Charles (postboy), Herbert (carter) and Fanny (housemaid).

In 1911 Basil and his wife Caroline lived at 4 Butleigh Wooton with their grand-uncle John Henry Stevens.

Herbert Stanley married Jane Allen in Butleigh on 9 Feb 1912 (Dec Q 5c/997 Wells) and his son John emigrated to NSW Australia.. Fanny Celia married Sidney R. Baker in 1921 (Mar Q 5c/922 Wells). Charles Perkins married Fanny Annie Loveless in Butleigh on 13 Mar 1913 (Jun Q 5c/823 Wells) - this Fanny died in 1934 aged 49, bur. 22 Oct Butleigh. #

1a1) George Stevens Rayes Chr. 25 Jun 1876 (Jun Q 5c/578 Wells) Butleigh Wootton 81W-105

George became a stationary engine driver and married Kate in 1896 - they lived at No. 3, Pottery Cottages, Wells Road, Glastonbury in 1901. In 1891 Kate had been working as a cook at 11, High Street, Wells where her employer was the confectioner William Wickender. In 1911 they lived at Evercreech and had eight children. Matilda was visiting her aunt and uncle Henry and Sarah Bigden at 'Avalon' Salterns Rd. Parkstone Dorset on census night in 1911 together with her grandmother Annie Pike and two of Annies children.. George was still a stationary engine driver – at a brick works.

Rayment/Raymond

1) Margery Rayment married: Butleigh 20 Jan 1581 Richard Parsons

2) John Rayment

2a) John Rayment the younger died 1684

John paid rates from 1673-1681. In 1684 he would have been an Overseer but Thomas Hodges served in place of 'the Late John Rayment'. Mary is mentioned as having attended the widow King in her sickness in 1676 and '77. In 1683 she received money from the Kelway fine. In 1686 she cared for the sick Gill family and their rent was paid to her. In 1688 she received Symcockes bequest money and in 1690 rceived it in the form of beef. In 1693 she received money again. In 1699 she was paid for attending the Gosmer family. She received further money or relief in 1706, 08, 10 and 1717 (= rent in latter year). (OOP) Margaret Rayment received Symcockes bequest money in 1711. In 17

EXCHEQUER E134/23 & 24 Chas 2/Hil23 - Richard Cabell, Richd. Helyar, John Rock, clerk, John Norton, Robt. Talbott, John Raymond, John Chasey. v. Sir Thomas Mack-worth, Bart., John Webb, Richard Tomlyns, Gawen Lowry.: Manors of Butley, Street, and Glastonbury, and the moore or waste ground Date range: 1671 - 1673. Appears on the 1672 list of commoners.

2a1) John Raymond Chr, 3 Jun 1667 Butleigh ?

In 1700 John received relief in his family's sickness. In 1702 he was paid to go to the court sessions at Wells. In 1705-8 he rec'd Rocke and/or Symcockes bequest money. He may have died then because in 1709 Sara Rayment received relief (and wood) for herself and her children. In 1710 and '11 her rent was paid and a pair of shoes bought for her son. Dr. Periam also cured her children. In 1712 she received a years relief, relief in her sickness and clothes/shoes for her boy and maid. She received rent and relief in 1713 and in her sickness, There is no mention of her in 1714 or 15 and she may have died – in which case the Sarah bur. 1730 may be the wife of her son? A John Rayment received Symcockes money in 1713. He appeared in 1730 when the OOP paid his house rent.

2) Joan Raymond of Butleigh married Andrew Higgins of West Lydford in Somerton 6 Apr 1713 (Phill.)



Read

1) Robert Read b. 1805 Yetminster, Dorset, blacksmith 51W-39

This couple lived on Glastonbury Road, Butleigh Wootton, next to the Grant family, in 1851. They are probably the couple who were in Knighton Street, Durweston, Dorset in 1841 with children William and Mary. Nfi

2) John Read b. 1806 Martock, farmer, died 1882 (Dec Q 5c/339 Wells) 81W-107

John farmed 10 acres at Nythe Farm, Sedgemoor in 1881. John died in 1882 aged 76 and Mary next appeared in 1891 as a housekeeper in Middlezoy.

Reakes

[Raikes]

1) William Reakes b. 1815 Evercreech, gamekeeper, d. 1853 (Dec Q 5c/379 Shepton Mallet)?

William and Sarah lived at Ditcheat Hill, Ditcheat in 1851. William died in 1853. Sarah lived with her son John and four other younger children (all b. Ditcheat) in Folley, Ditcheat in 1861. In 1871 she still lived at Folly, Ditcheat, with daughter Mary Jane (21).

Mary Jane married James Phelps in 1871 (Jun Q 5c/889 Shepton Mallet) but died in 1875 (Dec Q 5c/377 Shepton Mallet) and Sarah thereafter lived by 1881 with her son William (26 - crippled from birth) and widowed son-in-law James Phelps (33) and his children - plus nephew Paul E. Windsor (26) from Butleigh. # They were all still together in 1891. Anna may have married in 1870 (Mar Q 5c/804 Wells). Sarah's sister Bridget Barber had married William Windsor and it was her son, Paul Edgar Windsor, who visited them in 1891. Nfi on John but two persons of that name died in 1861, '62 in Shepton Mallet district.

2) Christina Mary Reakes b. 1892 (Mar Q 5c/474 Wells) West Pennard, housemaid, d.o. Thomas and Emily Reakes

In 1911 Christine worked at Corvyle the home of the three Mac Andrew sisters. Her father was a plate layer.

Reddick

[Riddick, Ruddock, Ryddock]

1) Jonas Ruddock sojourner

A Jane Oldis alias Riddock married Thomas Higgins (b. 1796) in on 15 Jan 1727 - connection? Daughter of next?

2) James Riddick labourer [b. 1759, bur. 3 Jul 1834 Butleigh Ruddock]

James may have been previously married to Sarah and had a child Martha. This latter child married James Brown and lived in Street in 1851 - 1861. A Susannah Ruddock b. 1811 was bur. 29 Apr 1830 Butleigh and is possibly another daughter or a different name for Leah?

2a) William Reddick 'b. 1817' Butleigh, butler , died 1863 (Jun Q 1a/74 Kensington)?

Probably the butler William Reddick b. 1811 Barking Somerset, living at Vale of Health, Hampstead, Middlesex in 1851 married to Elizabeth (b. 1812 St. Pancras). William, worked at Sutton Place, Sutton at Hone, Kent in 1861 while his wife Elizabeth lived with two children, Elizabeth and William in Paddington Street, Marylebone (her husband was away). By 1871 this Elizabeth, a school mistress, was a widow - and died in 1889.

Reeves

1) Susanna Reeves of Glastonbury drowned in the Parish and the overseers paid for her shroud and other charges for burial. Buried 16 Jul 1726 Butleigh

2) Richard Reeves

3) Mary A. Reeves b. 1847 Baltonsborough, d.o. John and Agnes Reeves 61-47

Mary (14) was a visitor at Parsonage Farm in 1861. In 1851 she lived with her parents in Baltonsborough where her father was a farmer at Scots Bank. Nfi.

4) William Reeves b. 1867 Congresbury, servant 81-94 [b. 1865 - Mar Q 5c/812 Bedminster?]

Aged 14, William served at Butleigh Court in 1881. Nfi though possibly the son of Theodore (a servant) and Anna Maria Reeves living in St. James & St. Paul, Bristol in 1871.

Rendell

[Randal]

1) George Rendal Chr. 12 Nov 1815 Butleigh, labourer, [s.o. John Oram alias Rendall], d. 1885 (Dec Q 5c/285 Yeovil)

In 1841 George lived in West Pennard with his sister Elizabeth and brother Richard (13) lodging with William and Mary Tibbotts. George as George Oram lived in West Pennard in 1851 with his wife Sarah Tibbotts, who died that year. # George Rendal [Bendal] lived in South Town, West Pennard in 1861 with wife Kerza (b. 1819 W. Pennard) and seven children. Kesia [Kevia] Dunkerton was a servant in Pil Town West Pennard in 1851 and she had married George Rendle [Rendl] in 1852 (Jun Q 5/1063 Wells). In 1871 George and Kezia still lived in West Pennard with just two children. George's pob was then given as West Pennard. Kezia d. in 1874.

2) John Rendell alias Oram, widower

3) Thomas Rendell b. 1824 Guernsey, gardener

Thomas and his wife lived in Butleigh for a few years before settling in West Town, Baltonsborough, where they appeared in 1851. An uncle, John Tucker (b. 1831, Baltonsborough) lived with them there. The son Henry would appear to be the illegitimate child of Mary. See under Henry Tucker Chr. 18 Oct 1835 Butleigh, grandson of Mary Tucker (3) - son of Mary Ann Tucker and Joshua Sealey. # In 1861 the family, with two more additions, lived in Chilkwell Street, Glastonbury. Nfi

Reynolds

A) Thomas Reynolds (Royndel)

From 1743 Thomas paid rates on parts of Cornishes and Park Yeat and Yeats & Abbotts and was a ratepayer until 1746.

DD/S/BT/6/8/5 1] Richard Hiatt of Kingweston and wife Amy daughter of John Gregory decd 2] John Gregory of Butleigh, yeoman and son of John decd 3] John Reynolds the elder of Kingweston, yeoman Assignment of 1a at Nurslinge gate in the West field and 1a at north end Date: 1715. [Father?]

DD/S/BT/9/4/8-9 1] James Grenville 2] Thomas Reynolds of Kingweston, yeoman Lease for lives of a messuage and 1.5a, Common (3a), 10.5a in Butleigh West field, 2a 3 yds in the East field, Horses (1.5a), Footland (3 1/4;a), Copley (3a, 3a) and Parks gate (2a). Rent 16s Date: 1743.

1) Solomon Reynolds b. circa 1732/42? died 1784/5

Thomas Rainolds paid the rates until 1746 and then the propertyy was 'the late Thomas Rainolds' until 1763 when Solomon started paying the rates. In 1773/4 another property previously rated to Mr. Lymbry came into the possession of George Reynolds. In 1779 Catherine Colmer and Solomon paid rates independantly but from 1780 Solomon paid the rates and rates were paid also by late Catherine his wife. In 1785 this changed to John [for late Solomon] and Catherine widow.

DD/S/BT/17/6/12 - 1] Thomas Hodges of Butleigh, yeoman, grandson and devisee of Richard Toghill decd and Stephen Holman of Butleigh, farmer and grazier brother and heir of Richard decd 2] Solomon Reynolds of Butleigh, yeoman Mortgage of Southmoor (3a) and Newditch (2a), Date: 1777

DD/S/BT/17/6/15-6 - 1] Solomon Reynolds of Butleigh, yeoman 2] Stephen Holman of Butleigh, yeoman 3] Thomas Hodges of Butleigh, labourer 4] James Grenville of Butleigh Lease and release of Southmoor (3a) and Newditch (2a), Butleigh.. [Somerset Archive and Records, BUTLEIGH Date: 1782.

DD/S/BT/9/1/15 - Solomon Reynolds of Butleigh, yeoman Assignment of mortgage of Hayes grounds, Butleigh. 1778

IR 26/289 Administration letter of Catherine Reynolds Butleigh, Somerset . Proved in the Court of Bath and Wells. Date: 1809.

2) John Reynolds Chr. 9 Dec 1787 Butleigh illeg. s.o. Mary Reynolds

3) John Reynolds b. 1755, bur. 28 Nov 1830 Butleigh

Martha, a schoolmistress, married William Grandon of Berrow in Butleigh on 3 Jul 1810. They lived in Berrow in 1841 and had a son Joseph b. 1829 there. William died in 1851. As a widow, Martha lived in Burnham in 1851 and died 1857 (Jun Q 5c/402 Axbridge).

4) Thomas Reynolds of Kingweston

5) James Reynolds of Butleigh married Phillis Moody in East Pennard on 15 Feb 1802

6) James Reynolds of Butleigh married Mary Moody in East Pennard on 5 Aug 1811 (same James as last?)

7) William Reynolds b. 1794 Butleigh, Joiner, Parish clerk, bur. 15 Feb 1868 (Mar Q 5c/409 Wells) Butleigh 41-13, 51-30, 61-53

In 1841 William Reynolds (45), joiner, lived with his wife Elizabeth and children Sarah (20), William (15), Samuel (9) and Henry (7) on Butleigh Hill, probably at Harepits Cottage which is where they were in 1851. Their son William became a schoolmaster and lived in the High Street in 1851.

Samuel became a teacher in Gt. Strickland, Westmoreland (1851) then married Mary Rudd there in 1856 (Sep Q 10b/603 East Ward, Westmorland) and from 1861 was a National schoolteacher in Earl Shilton, Leics. In 1871 he and his wife Mary had four children in Earl Shilton. The family were still living in Earl Shilton High Street in 1881. In 1901 Samuel and Mary were at 41, High Street, Earl Shilton with daughter Ann (42) and a visitor, the watercolourist Henry R. Steer (42).

Sarah married piano tuner Henry Steer (b. 1822 Lanninghill, Berks) in 1852 (Sep Q 1a/324 St. George, Hanover Sq.) and they then lived in Islington St. Mary, London. Sarah was still in Islington in 1911, at 45, Canonbury Square, with spinster daughter Ellen (57) and piano tuner son Edward (51). She was actually 95.

At Harepits Cottage in 1851, William and Elizabeth lived with just son Henry (17). By 1861 they were listed as living alone in Hill Cottage, which may be the same place. William died in 1868 and Elizabeth is probably the person who died in 1866.

Henry became a 'pianoforte tuner' and lodged in Saffron Hill, Finsbury, Middlesex in 1861. He married Elizabeth Coningsby (b. 1838 Hackney) in 1861 (Dec Q 1b/513 Hackney), a school mistress and became a piano maker, living in 1871 at St. Stephens School, Hayes Place, Islington East and visited by their nephew Ralph Reynolds (b. 1852 Butleigh), s.o. William (1b). In 1881 they were at 2, Somerfield Rd., Hornsey, Finsbury and still there in 1891 when they had another nephew living with them - William H. Reynolds, born Leicestershire

DD/S/BT/25/1/4 - Agreement by William Callow and wife Ann to perform covenants with William Reynolds on moiety of tenement in Butleigh.. [Somerset Archive and Records, BUTLEIGH COURT PAPERS] Date: 1818.

7a) George Reynolds b. 1818 Butleigh, cordwainer s.o. William and Elizabeth Reynolds? Died 1891 (Jun Q 5c/287 Langport)

George lived with his family in Barton St. David in 1851. He employed 2 apprentices. In 1861 and on later censuses he gave his pob as Barton. He died in 1891 aged 73 and his wife in 1904 aged 88.

7b) William Jordan Reynolds Chr. 18 Aug 1822 Butleigh, railway clerk, died 1875 (Mar Q 5a/285 Weymouth)

William married Elizabeth in 1851 and after the birth of their first two children in Butleigh they had moved to Chippenham by 1861, living with Elizabeth's mother, also called Elizabeth (b. 1784 Scotland) who was a 'proprietor of houses'. Ralph visited his uncle Henry in Islington in 1871 and became a bankers clerk there by 1881. He married Elizabeth Stephenson in 1884 (Jun Q 1b/390 Islington). In 1891-1901 he was a bank manager in Winshill, Staffordshire (widowed, with two daughters - who lodged with their great-aunt, Jane Stephenson in 1891).

In 1871 William, Elizabeth and the younger children lived at 3, Lenox Street, Melcombe Regis, Weymouth, Dorset where William was stationmaster. William died in 1875 and Elizabeth and son Francis lived at "The Old Bank", Portland, Dorset in 1881 where Francis was a bank manager. Francis married Emily Maud Winham (b. 1868 Sunderland) in 1888 (Jun Q 10a/732 Sunderland) and by 1901 they lived at "The Moorings" Bournemouth and Francis was still a bank manager. His mother Elizabeth had died in 1895 aged 73. On the 1911 census Francis was boarding at Welford Lodge, Bournemouth Rd., Parkstone Poole while his wife Emily lived with her brother, a Coal Company manager, in Portland, Dorset. They had had two children but only one, William Leonard Eliot, survived, and in 1911 he was a medical student boarding in Lewisham, London, aged 21.

8) William Reynolds b. 1769 West Pennard, bur. 9 Sep 1848 (Sep Q 10/260 Shepton Mallet) Butleigh

William was buried in Butleigh, aged 79 but had died in West Pennard according to the PR

8a) Solomon Reynolds b. 1803 Chr. 26 Sep 1819 Butleigh, labourer, died 1887 (Sep Q 5c/300 Shepton Mallet)

Solomon, son of William and Ann seems to be the same as this Solomon and his late baptism, together with his siblings may reflect that several families around this time 'were accepted into the church' as a family.

Solomon must have just arrived in Barton St. David before the family appeared on the 1851 census. In 1841 he had lived at Stickle Ball, West Pennard with Charlotte and William. In 1861 they lived at West Lydford where Solomon was a dairyman. Charlotte died in 1868 and Solomon took a new young wife, Jane Day in 1869 and by 1871 they lived at Lydford Rd., West Lydford, where he gave his pob as Barton St. David. By 1881 the couple had a son James (9) and Solomon's pob was once more given as Butleigh. He died in 1887 aged 76.

9) John Reynolds mason

10) Harriet Reynolds Chr. 25 Nov 1818 Butleigh illegit. d.o. Mary Reynolds

11) Henry Reynolds b. 1815 Street, plasterer and tiler, bur. 28 Dec 1899 (Dec Q 5c/351 Wells) Butleigh 41-13, 51-28, 61-52, 71-75, 81-97, 91-125

In 1841 Henry (36) with wife Sarah (35) and children William G. (13), Ann (12), Asenath (11), Amely (9), Anna (6), Jemima (3), Samuel (1) and Ellenor Withers, mother-in-law (56) lived somewhere in Oddway and were still there in 1851. By 1861 Ellenor Withers lived in the High Street (Sealy's Row?) while Henry and family had moved to Banbury Lane (Spring Gardens) where Henry (50) lived with his wife Sarah (44) and children Emily (19), Jemima (14), Samuel (12), Rhoda (10).

Asenath was absent in 1861 but married Sidney Marshall in Bristol in 1873 (Dec Q 6a/188 Bristol). Ann was found working in Street at the shoe factory and boarding in the High Street with 'Lena' (b. 1840 Butleigh) and 'Eliza' (b. 1845 Butleigh) Reynolds. Lena (nfi) might be Asenath and Eliza (nfi) = Hannah?. Ann is possibly the Ann Reynolds who married the carpenter Daniel Sellick who lived in Butleigh for a short while. #

Sarah died in 1865. In 1871 Henry lived with just Anna and Rhoda in Oddway (could still be Banbury Lane). In 1871 Emily was an unmarried machinist boarding at North Gate, Bridgwater together with her sister Jemima, a dressmaker. Jemima died in 1875 aged 27. Emily seems to be the Emily 'b. 1850 Butleigh' who married Henry Cooper (b. 1852 Bridgwater) in 1875 (Jun Q 5c/ 562 Bridgwater) who lived in Bridgwater - perhaps she altered her age to be closer to that of her husband. When she died in 1905 (Jun Q 5c/229 Bridgwater) she was '59'.

By 1881 Henry (68) lived on Butleigh Hill with daughter Anna (30) and son Samuel (28). In 1881 his daughter Rhoda, a ladysmaid, (already deducting years from her actual age) was visiting her sister Asenath and her husband Sydney Marshall (brushmaker) in Portsea, Hamps. Samuel is absent from the 1871 census.

In 1891 Henry (78) lived with Anna (Hannah) (38), Samuel (34) and Rhoda (30). After Henry died in 1899 the three siblings stayed together and appeared so on the 1901 census and 1911 census – at Spring Gardens.. Samuel died in 1916. In 1911 Asenath Marshall widow lived with her son Arthur and his wife at 78, Margate Rd., Southsea, Portsmouth.

11a) William George Reynolds Chr. 2 Jul 1837 Butleigh, plasterer, bur. 14 Dec 1911 (Dec Q 5c/549 Wells) Butleigh 41-13, 51-28, 81-94, 91-122, 01-139

In 1881 William George Reynolds (43) plasterer lived with his wife Caroline (42) at No. 16, High Street sharing the property with Jane Knight (75) widow of William Knight. William had appeared on the '41 and '51 censuses with his father. Missing in 1861, he surfaced in 1871 in Portishead aged 34 with a 25 years old wife Eliza, born in Evercreech. He was described as a plasterer and she a 'journeyman carpenter'! Eliza died in 1875 aged just 29 and William married Caroline Millard back in Butleigh in 1876. In 1891 they were at 53 Butleigh but by 1901 had returned to Oddway.

In 1911 their address is given as Bethel Cottage and they lived alone. William died in 1911 and Caroline in 1915.

12) Alice Cornelia Reynolds b. 1868 (Jun Q 5c/464 Langport) Barton St. David, d.o. Henry and Sarah Reynolds 71-75 .

Alice was visiting her grandparents, James Dunton, the bailiff, and his wife Mary in 1871. # She was the daughter of their daughter Sarah Dunton who had married Henry Reynolds. Her father was a postmaster, born in West Pennard. Alice was a dressmaker in 1891, still living with her parents in Barton St. David at the Post Office. She married William Henry Parker in 1896 (Sep Q 5c/605 Langport).

13) Ann Reynolds b. 1756, bur. 2 Jan 1823 Butleigh aged 67 – wife of William (7)?

14) John Reynolds b. 1799, bur. 15 Jun 1817 Butleigh aged 18 (son of (3)?)

15) Elizabeth Reynolds b. 1815, bur. 9 May 1831 Butleigh from Glastonbury (d.o. (8)?)

Rice

1) John Rice of Bridgwater

2a) Edith Rice b. 1891 (Sep Q 5c/490 Wells) Street, d.o. Henry and Annie Rice 01W-141

2b) Frank Rice b. 1886 (Jun Q 5c/533 Wells) Street, labourer, s.o. Henry and Annie Rice 01W-141

Edith and Frank boarded and worked for Amos Webb in Butleigh Wootton in 1901. Frank had lived with his shoe-finisher father and family in Cobden Terrace, Street in 1891. The parents died in their thirties; Henry Rice died in 1891 (Jun Q 5c/372 Wells) and Annie in 1896 (Sep Q 5c/294 Wells) and the surviving children were orphaned and left in some hardship. Edith Rice (2a) rose to become a mayor of Glastonbury.

In 1911 Frank, Alice and their first two children lived in 3 rooms at 15 Butleigh Wootton.

Rich

[Rick?]

1) John Rich b. 1810 Butleigh, shoemaker, died 1873 (Mar Q 5c/428 Wells)

In 1841 and 1851 John's wife was called Maria and they lived at Northload Street, latterly with six children. John's pob was given as Glastonbury in 1851. Maria died in 1858 and John married Miranda in 1859. They lived at Hill Head, Glastonbury with John and Emma in 1861. In 1871 when he was widowed and living in Benedict Street, Glastonbury with just his daughter Emma, he gave his pob as Bath!

Richards

1a) Sarah Richards b. 1800 Westbury, shopkeeper, bur. 1 Nov 1861 (Dec Q 5c/396 Wells) Butleigh 41-13, 51-31, 61-48

1b) Joseph Richards b. 1811 Westbury, Farmer 41-13

Sarah and Joseph (and Thomas (1c)) were siblings of the William Richards b. 1804, bur. 20 Feb 1837 Butleigh. In 1841 Joseph Richards (25) lived with son Joseph (7) and sister Sarah (40) at Lower Hill Farm [Gilberts Farm] and he was noted as the owner in 1844 (Tithe Map). Joseph (1b) was probably the person (son of Thomas) who married the housekeeper, Elizabeth Eades in 1846 (Mar Q 10/813 Wells) and in 1851 farmed 130 acres in Piddletrenthide, Dorset. # They had a son Richard Rood Richards (b. 1848 Evercreech). In 1861 their enlarged family lived in Parley Rd., Hampreston, Hamps. By 1871 Elizabeth was widowed and appeared at the Farm House, Huntspill, Woolavington as a housekeeper. She remained there in 1881 when she was stated to be single, and in Church Street, Woolavington in 1891. Elizabeth (aged 68) died in 1893 (Mar Q 5c/291 Bridgwater) and was buried 24 Jan 1893 Butleigh. She was buried with her sister Harriet Eades who died at Somerton 30 Sep 1830.

Joseph's sister Sarah bought a shop in Fore Street where she was found in 1851 living with her nephew Joseph (17) and a niece Maria (14). Maria was the daughter of Lucy Richards (b. circa 1806) found at Barton St. David in 1841. No further trace of her mother.

Sarah may have sold the Fore Street shop to Joseph Hickman but in 1861 she was still a shopkeeper living with her niece, next to Charles Dyer at No. 17 High Street. She has another niece with her too - Kitty (16). Sarah died in 1861. Joseph became a baker in Martock where he married a local girl.

Maria married builder William H. Bennett of Portishead in Butleigh on 11 Jan 1866 (Mar Q 5c/857 Wells) and went to live at Clevedon (where Marion Higgins was her cook and Jehu Pike, also from Butleigh, was her servant).

1c) Thomas Richards b. 1808 Westbury, farmer, d. 1865 (Mar Q 5c/482 Wells)?

Mary Walton was a widow when she married (witness Caroline Green). Thomas was the brother of Sarah and Joseph, and his daughter Keturah worked for her aunt Sarah in 1861. She married in 1866 (Dec Q 5c/1261 Bedminster). Emily was with her parents in Gape Lane, Street, from 1851 - 61 and possibly married in 1864 (Jun Q 5c/1013 Wells). Emma Talbot (wid.) lived with her mother and Robert in Bedminster in 1871. Thomas b. 1840 Queen Camel visited Henry Hoddinott at Lower Rockes Farm in 1871.

2) William Richards yeoman b. 1802, bur. 20 Feb 1837 Butleigh aged 33

In 1841 Lucy and Maria lodged with Elizabeth and Aaron Indoe at Barton St. David and Joseph lodged with an aunt, Sarah Richards (above) in Butleigh. Aaron's wife Elizabeth was the daughter of Thomas Richards and had married in Butleigh in 1838. Joseph and Maria then lived with their aunt Sarah Richards (above ) by 1851. Her mother had either re-married or died (no trace). Joseph married Ellen Palmer (b. 1836 Martock) and they appear in 1861 in Martock with their first child Harry Walker Richards and mother-in-law Margaret Palmer (aged 64). In 1891 they were still in Martock with three of their mature children. Joseph died in 1899 (Mar Q 5c/307 Wincanton).

3) James Richards Chr. 14 Dec 1830 High Ham, labourer, illeg. s.o. Martha Hill (?), bur. 20 Jul 1895 (Sep Q 5c/286 Wells) Butleigh 51-28, 61-62, 71-76, 81-96, 91-126

In 1851 James Richards (22) lodged with George Craft (53) at Broadmoor Farm and in 1861 was still with George Craft, but at Quarry Lane Cottages. James married the widow Charlotte Arthur in 1866. Charlotte Lye had previously married Edmund Arthur in 1856 (Jun Q 5c/995 Wells) but he died in 1859 (Dec Q 5c/405 Wells). They had lived at Water Lane and she came with two children, Eliza and Edmund.

In 1871 James (38) lived with his wife Charlotte (36) and their children Mary Ann and Richard James plus Eliza Arthur (12) daughter-in-law and Edmund Arthur (10) son-in-law. p11 Also living with them were Harriet Lye (64) widow, mother-in-law and William Lye (34) brother-in-law.

Unfortunately Charlotte died in 1878 aged 44 and by 1881 James lived with just his three children in Oddway. Of Charlotte's children by her first marriage, Eliza died in 1880 (Sep Q 5c/357 Wells) and Edmund became an apprentice shoemaker in Orchard Row, Street (with George Griffin) in 1881. He returned to Butleigh, married, in 1891. Charlotte's mother and brother Harriet and William Lye lived in Quarry Lane in 1881.

James' daughter Mary married Frederick Witcombe in Butleigh on 28 Jul 1890 (Sep Q 5c/785 Wells) and she and her husband shared four rooms in Oddway with James in 1891. James died in 1895. #

Young Richard boarded with Mary Mogg in Kingweston in 1891 - as an under gamekeeper. He married Lucy Ann Boyce from Castle Cary in 1893 (Mar Q 5c/707 Wells) and in 1901 they lived with two daughters at Tollard Park, Tollard Royal, Wiltshire with Richard as gamekeeper. # In 1911 he lived with his daughter Winifred at Keeper's Cottage, Wellesbourne, Warwick.

George became a steamroller driver and lodged in the Old Turnpike House, Closworth near Yeovil in 1891 - nfi.

4) Ellen Richards b. 1858 Pitney, servant, d.o. John Richards 71-77, 81-97

Ellen was a servant at Higher Hill Farm in 1871, and she was visiting Angelina Baulch in 1881. She married Angelina's son William Baulch in Butleigh on 17 May 1881. #

5) Frederick Richards b. 1854 Butleigh, boarded at Farm House, Moorlinch in 1881 [Fredk] - nfi.

6) Elizabeth Richards b. 1873 (Mar Q 5c/441 Langport) Butleigh

Elizabeth was a servant in High Street, Street, in 1891 and by a process of elimination seems to be the d.o. Edward ad Ellen Richards living in Long Sutton in 1881 when her pob was given there as Charlton.

7) George Richards St. Peters, Pimlico, servant, s.o. John Richards

This couple married in Butleigh in 1845 but are difficult to trace. A Harriett Williams, b. 1824, d.o. Thomas was in Luxborough in 1841.

8) Louisa Richards b. 1824, bur. 10 Feb 1844 (Mar Q 10/409 Wells) Butleigh

The only Louisa in Somerset b. 1824 on the 1841 census was the d.o. Thomas and Eliza at Huish Episcopi. Nfi

Richardson

1) John Richardson Chr. 24 Jan 1831 Horncastle, Lincoln, painter, s.o. Edward and Ann Richardson 71-72

In 1841 John had lived with his parents in Horncastle and in 1851 with his uncle Alexander Mc Minn (from Ireland) and aunt Esther in Clerkenwell. After marrying Marianne (Mary Ann) they lived in St. Pancras, London before moving to Butleigh. John Richardson (40) painter and his wife Marianne (38) plus their two daughters Alice b. 1858 and Eleanor b. 1861 lived at 16, High Street in 1871 with Eli Higgins (17) a Butleigh born apprentice. They moved on to Tormoham in Devon by 1881 where John became a lodging house keeper.

Richfield

1) Edward Richfield b. 1831 Butleigh, haulier

In 1891 Edward lodged alone at 49, Salop. Street, Penarth, Glam. He was married. No other trace.

Richmond

1) Charles Richmond b. 1791 Shepton Mallet, labourer, bur. 30 Aug 1852 (Dec Q 5c/396 Wells) Butleigh 41-12, 51-27

Charles Richmond (60) and his wife Ann (79) lived in Oddway in 1841/51, formerly with Ann Laver and latterly with James Gane (50) and his wife Ann (46) as lodgers. Ann Richmond died in 1851 and Charles died in 1852 after which the Ganes took over the property.

2) Sarah Richmond Chr. 30 Jul 1814 Shepton Mallet workhouse, illegit. d.o. Elizabeth Richmond, bur. 7 Sep 1839 Butleigh (Sep Q 10/291 Wells - Richards) registered as coming from Shepton Mallet.

Rickets

1) Charles Rickets

A Charles Rickets of Thorne Coffin married Elizabeth Hutchinson of Charlton Mackrell in Charlton on 11 May 1774 -a connection?

Ridewood

1) Anne Ridewood b. 1837 Wells, governess, d.o. William and Mary A. Ridewood 61W-62

Anne's father was a smith and in 1841/51 they lived in East Horrington, Wells. She worked with the Knight children at Rowley Farm, Butleigh Wootton in 1861. She married schoolmaster George Edward Wicks in 1868 (Sep Q 5c/795 Wells) and they lived at California, Sampford Spinney, Devon where they were both teachers.

Ridler

1) Mary Ridler b. 1845 West Porlock, nurse (SMS) 81W-105

In 1871 Mary had lived in Old Cleeve with her labourer husband William and 8 month old son Tom. She lodged with the Stephens family in Wootton in 1881. By 1891 she was widowed and worked as a servant at the Dunster and Minehead Village Hospital, Dunster.

Ridoe

1) Martha Ridoe bur. 25 Jan 1798 Butleigh

Ridout

1) Levi Ridout Chr. 13 Feb 1831 Charlton Horethorne, Dorset, thatcher, s.o. Thomas and Elizabeth Ridout

In 1871 Levi and Mary lived at Martock with six children. By 1881 Levi had re-married but Henry still lived with him at their farm at Downhead, West Camel.

Roach

1) John Roach – paid rates 1729, 30

Roberts

1) Benjamin Eades Roberts Chr. 15 Aug 1826 Butleigh s.o. Joseph and Joyce Roberts. Joseph was a braid manufacturer from Clerkenwell, London. A Joyce Roberts died in London in 1834.

2) Nehemiah Walter Roberts b. 1 Aug, Chr. 16 Oct 1887 (Sep Q 5c/505 Wells) Butleigh s.o. Alban Edwin (b. 1867 Stock Gaylard) and Alice Elizabeth (née Marsh) Roberts (b. 1868 Barley, Hants)

In 1901 Nehemiah lived with his parents and five siblings at Blackson Farm, Stock Gaylard, Lydlinch, Dorset. His parents had married in 1887 (Mar Q 5a/349 Sturminster). Alban's father John had been a butler in Stock Gaylard in 1871 (mother Mary Ann). Albin lived in Longborough Gloucestershire from 1890 until 1893 then Donnington until 1897. In 1901 he called himself a farmer (absent from census in 1891) – the stay in Butleigh must have been brief. Nehemiah married Christina Huddleston at Wymondham, Leicestershire on 11 Aug 1915 (Sep Q 7a/957 Melton Mowbray) and they had three children, Norah, John and Peter.

Robertshaw

1) Alfred Robertshaw manager of the Co-op 1935 (Kelly's)

Robin(s)

1) George Robins

2) Dorothy wife of Thomas Robin bur. 14 Jun 1743 Butleigh

3) Eyles (Alice?) Robins bur. 29 Mar 1754 Butleigh

Robinson

1) Elizabeth Robinson b. 1866 Butleigh

In 1901 Elizabeth gave her pob as Butleigh though in 1891 she gave it as Bristol. She married Frank Lang (b. 1868 Plymouth) in 1889 (Jun Q 5b/514 Plymouth) and they lived at Clevedon. In 1911 they lived at 'Avalon', Old St., Clevedon where they noted they had had a child but it had died.

Rock(e)

a) Philip Rocke bur. 20 May 1581 Butleigh

1) Thomas Rocke clerk, bur. 31 May 1633 Butleigh

Thomas Rocke became vicar in Butleigh in 1577 and remained there until 1633 (EFS). Butleigh House was built for him in 1584 by Christopher Symcocks, the Lord of the Manor and his patron. He kept the first Parish Registers - dating from 1578. His daughter Elizabeth was bur. 23 Nov 1631 just two days before her niece of the same name. Margaret married Butleigh 7 Jun 1621 Henry Drewe Gent. An Olive? Rock married Butleigh 9 Aug 1623 Thomas Rawling of Wellington. Thomas donated 6/8d towards the building of Chelsea Theological College in 1617. He witnessed the will of Mathew Knolls in 1608.

PROB 11/164 - Will of Thomas Rocke Clerk, Vicar Butleigh, Somerset Date: 1633.

1a) John Rocke b. 28 Jul, Chr. 6 Aug 1599 Butleigh d. 1682?

Vicar from 1642 in 1650 “sequestered for delinquency" - neglected the Parish records. Replaced during the Commonwealth but restored in 1662, surviving until 1675. At this time the Parish account books began - the Overseers of the Poor in 1673 and the Churchwardens accounts 1675. His patrons were John and Walter Rush. A John paid rates from 1673-82 and was the late John Rocke in 1683 – this or the next one? The property was rated 'the occupiers of the land the late John Rocke minister' from 1683-93. A Henry Rocke was buried by the OOP in 1681 who paid for his shroud and laying out – must have been poor – a brother of John or elderly relative?

Joan daughter of John married Butleigh 12 Jun 1662 Thomas Hooper. An Edith Rocke married Butleigh 4 Feb 1668 Thomas Melliar. A Mary Rocke married John Chasey Butleigh 30 Jun 1667 – daughter?#

Exchequer E134/1653/Mich5 - John Rocke v. Grace Samways, widow: Vicarage of Budeleigh alias Butleigh, and the lands of Thos. Samwayes (defendant's late husband), lying in Butleigh. Tithes.: Somerset . John Rocke v. Grace Samways, widow: Vicarage of Budeleigh alias Butleigh, and Date: 1653

Exchequer E134/1654/Mich 15 Robert Hebditch v. John Rock, clerk, Edwd. Shott, John Portch, Gideon Bertlet, Wm. Meade.: Manors of Butleigh, Eggarley, and Street, and a waste called Aldermore alias Southmore. Touching plaintiff's expenses in prosecuting a suit in London.: Somerset Date: 1654.

DD/S/BT/6/9/16-17 1] Revd John Rocke of Butleigh 2] Thomas Looke of Butleigh, yeoman Feoffment of Guppies farm, Butleigh. Endorsed with sale of land to Anne Pope and cottage called the Bakehouse to William Hodges 1735. With copy.. [Somerset Archive and Records, BUTLEIGH Date: 1669.

DD/S/BT/11/1/18 1] Revd John Rocke, vicar of Burtleigh 2] Ann Webb, widow of John Webb, lord of Butleigh manor Agreement concerning tithes.. [Somerset Archive and Records, BUTLEIGH COURT PAPERS] Date: 1674.

1a1) John Rocke d. 1699?

This could be the John who paid rates from 1694 onwards. But there is no break in Johns paying rates from 1694 until the late 1700's. The father of (2)? In 1700 is mentioned 'received of John Rocke, interest of Mr. Rocke's legacy' suggesting that his father had died the year before? The Rocke legacy bequest begins to be regularly distributed in the following years. However, a John Rocke legacy was mentioned in 1677

1b) Thomas Rock bur. 17 Mar 1638 Butleigh

PROB 11/176 - Will of Thomas Rock or Rocke Gentleman Butleigh, Somerset Date: 1638.

PROB 11/252 - Will of Thomas Rocke Gentleman Butleigh, Somerset Date: 1656. (?)

2) John Rocke b. 1670/80?, senior, bur. 13 Apr 1749 Butleigh

John was High Constable for Whitley Hundred in 1727. Possible errors here. The John Rocke mentioned on the churchwardens accounts 1699-1710 and who was churchwarden in 1700 may be this John. The John Rocke's boys mentioned 1699 – 1711 may include the John (2a) that follows. 'Mr. John Rocke gent' listed as ratepayer continuously from 1699 - 1765+

DD/BR/ho/26 - 2 mess. called (i) Gibeses (1558) and (ii) Steynings (1698), orig. leased for 299 years by Sir Edmund Peckham: (i) mess. 'which one John Gibbis now holdeth' to Katherine Brown, 1558; (ii) to George Steninge, 1562; subsequently passing to Rocke and Baker families of Butleigh. Marriage settlement, John Rocke, jun., of Catcott, gent., and Jane Champeny of Wedmore, 1698.

DD/S/BT/27/2/6 - 1] John Rocke of Butleigh and wife Jane and Hester Blake of Aisholt 2] Richard Togwell of Butleigh, yeoman Bargain and sale of 1/2a meadow at Donnell and 62nd lott (3a) at Strodes bridge, Butleigh.. [Somerset Archive and Records, BUTLEIGH COURT PAPERS Date: 1701.

DD/S/BT/8/2/2 - 1] John Slade of Butleigh, mercer 2] John Rocke and John Kelway of Butleigh Assignment in trust of Dunhill and Hobbses Hill (3a), Burdham's tenement, cottage and smith's forge in Butleigh, part Peckham lease (1556).. [Somerset Archive and Records, BUTLEIGH Date: 1704.

DD/S/BT/9/2/1 - 1] John Rocke the elder of Butleigh 2] William Hodges of Butleigh, yeoman Feoffment of Fishwell (5a) and 1a 3yds arable at Mounshill, Butleigh. Endorsed Look 1803 as are most deeds in this bundle.. [Somerset Archive and Records, BUTLEIGH COURT PAPERS Date: 1726.

2a) John Rock b. 1708, Sheriff, churchwarden (1763-9), d. 8 Jan 1796 Butleigh

John may have married twice. The Thomas-6 and Thomas & Sarah burials are not proven children of John - they could be another family with Thomas dying first and Sarah dying with child nine months later? Need to consult Will below. Jane married George Panter of St. Dunstans, East London in Butleigh on 31 May 1773. William was John's third son and inherited the estate (the first and second - James?- having pre-deceased their father). The fourth son, ninth child, was James who was in business in Bristol as a merchant and who died in 1827 leaving enormous debts which lost the family their Butleigh properties. His son John was however financed to become educated and founded the solicitors 'Gould & Swayne'. In 1757 rates paid by John Rocke plus 'for his son's common' [connected to the Thomas who died 1756 – see Will below?]

DD/S/BT/2/19/9 - Rental and account book for the manor and farm including payments for building and agricultural work, kept by John Rocke for James Grenville.. [Somerset Archive and Records, BUTLEIGH COURT PAPERS] Date range: 1757 - 1759.

DD/S/BT/28/1/4 - Letter on behalf of Mr Rocke of Butleigh's application to serve as steward to Mrs Craddock in place of William Melliar decd.. [Somerset Archive and Records, BUTLEIGH COURT PAPERS] Date: 1772.

DD/SAS/C/59/13 - Letters of Admon.,dated 6 Nov.1831. with Will annexed,dated 10 Oct.1794, of John Rocke of Butleign, gent.1831.

DD/S/BT/13/1/37-8 - 1] George Coombes of Butleigh, yeoman, nephew and heir of James Coombes of Bristol decd son of John decd 2] Mary Coombes of Butleigh, widow of James 3] Stephen Coombes, son of John 4] William Rocke of Bristol, distiller eldest son of John Rocke of Butleigh Date: 1798.

2b) Champeny Rock Chr. 29 Nov 1716 Butleigh, surgeon, Mayor of Glastonbury 1752-91

PROB 11/1375 Will of Champeny Rocke Surgeon and Apothecary Glastonbury, Somerset . Date: 1802.

3) Mary Rocke married Butleigh 30 Jun 1667 John Chasey

4) Henry Rock buried 1681 Butleigh (OOP)

5) Anne Rock bur. 26 Jul 1741 Butleigh

6) James Rocke bur. 13 Jul 1754 Butleigh (or baptised?)

Gast & Wells Doc DD/\SAS\C/795/SE/7 Butleigh, Street, Baltonsborough Particulars and Conditions of Sale of the estates of Jas.Rocke, esq., decd., in Butleigh, Street and Baltonsbury: to be sold at White Hart Inn, Glastonbury.
[10ff] 5 Nov 1828 Butleigh Corresp. of Thos.Serel and J.H.Rocke and ors. concerning the history of the manor, the incumbents 1559-1761, Rocke family etc.
[13 papers of varying size]. 1858

6) Mary Rocke bur. 28 Jul 1789 Butleigh

7) Thomas Rocke bur. 6 Jun 1791 Butleigh

Roe

1) William Roe?

DD/S/BT/4/4/5-6 - 1] John Coombe the younger of Compton Dundon, yeoman 2] William Roe the elder and William the younger of Butleigh, yeomen Assignment of Peckham lease (1562) of Chambers house at Wootton and lands in trust for the marriage of John Coombs and Katherine Roe. Date: 1693.

1a) William Roe died 1706

William senior was churchwarden in 1678 and probably his son in 1698-9. The other dates occurring in the wardens accounts are 1680 and 1691 and 1697. William Roe is one of the commoners on the 1672 list. Rates were paid by William from 1673 to 1707 then widow Roe in 1708 William in 1709 and Susanna his widow from 1710 – 1729.

DD/S/BT/6/9/12 - 1] William Roe the younger of Butleigh yeoman 2] Katherine Roe of Butleigh his sister Partition of Newclose (6a) in Butleigh the property of their sister Anne decd. [Tied together with DD/S/BT/6/9/11 and 6/9/13-15]. [Somerset Archive and Records, BUTLEIGH Date: 1693.

PROB 20/2210 - Roe, William: Butleigh, Som., gent. Supplementary Wills Series I Date: 1706.

1a1) William Roe died 1710

William only paid rates fro one year, 1709 then died. His wife Susanna paid the rate from 1710 to 1729 and was overseer of the poor in 1727. In 1730 she was listed as late Susanna Roe.

PROB 11/517 - Name William Roe Butleigh, Somerset Date: 1710. In Latin – left everything to his widow Susanna and two sisters Joana Roe and Catherine Coombes. Proved 6 May 1710.

Rogers

1) Thomas Rogers

1a) Thomas Rogers of Butleigh

1b) William Rogers of Butleigh

2) Ann Rogers

3) Thomas Rogers

4) William Rogers

Roles

[Rolls?]

1) Herbert John Roles b. 1869 Ditcheat, innkeeper, s.o. William and Mary Roles

Herbert was born in the Bell Inn, Evercreech. In 1881 Herbert lived with his parents at 'Arthursbridge, Ditcheat' where his father was a coal merchant and Innkeeper. In 1891 his father's residence was identified as the "Bell Inn", Evercreech Road, Ditcheat and Herbert was his assistant. By 1901 Herbert was keeper of the "Evercreech Railway Junction Hotel" and his daughter Kate Roles was visiting her grandparents Sidney and Eliza Higgins in Compton Street, Butleigh. Stepsister Gertrude Higgins (24) was staying at the Hotel as 'mother's help'. In 1911 Constance was a widow and lived at 4, Alexandra Villas, Church St., Highbridge (boarding house keeper) with her two children.

2) Jane Rolls b. 1827 Butleigh [see under Jane Norman] #

In 1871 Jane was shown as born Butleigh and living in Wells with her husband William b. 1833 Dinder, a carpenter. Living with them was a lodger James Allen (b. 1829 Butleigh). This seems to be the same as the Jane Rolls, also in Southover, Wells who in 1881 is widowed but now given dob as 1814 and pob as Canterbury Kent, living with brother James Allen, who had dob 1818, but pob still Butleigh. This latter Jane died in 1891 (Mar Q 5c/419 Wells). The only William Rolls who died in Wells registration district died in 1876 (Mar Q 5c/425 Wells) aged 49. Confusing

Rolegh

(Roley see Rowley)

1) Thomas Rolegh was Vicar of Butleigh 1485-1488 under the patronage of Glastonbury Abbey

Rood

1) Joanna Roode? married Butleigh 26 Apr 1593 Michael Kimbar

2) Henry Rood bur. 6 Aug 1605 Butleigh

Joanna, Henry and Thomas are very likely children of this Henry and Joanne.

3) Henry Rood

4) Thomas Rood bur. 27 May 1611 Butleigh

5) William Rood died 1631

William paid rates on land in South Moor from 1673 – 86 then John Rood from 1687-9 then William from 1690-1712 and from 1713 they were paid by Timothy Roode until 1763. It now appears that this family were residents of Street. The following Wills and Street parish register notes (courtesy of Darryl Roode) show the connections. A Timothy was Christened 14 Jan 1694 Street [presumably this son of William, parents name unreadable].

1) “William Roode of Street, Yeoman -Will Date: 8 April 1631 Probate Date : 10 May 1639 PRO, The National Archives, Catalogue Reference: Prob/11/180, Image Reference: 233

 Item I give unto John the sonne of my brother Daniell Roode the moyetie and halfendeale of five acres lyinge in Bride which said five acres was sometimes Richard Grimstedde of Streate aforesaid. Item I give unto William sonne of Daniell Roode my five acres lyinge in Bride [Glastonbury]. Which said five acres was sometimes William Champion's of Wotton in the Pish of Butligh deceased.” [note: This would be William Champion buried 27 Jan 1629 Butleigh]

2) John Rood bur. 29 May 1689. (John Roode, the younger, of Street, yeoman. Will dated 11 May 1689. To brother William Roode 1/-. Brother Joseph Roode £10, and to his children £5 between them. Residuary legatee and executor John Jeanes, son of testator's sister. Overseer, brother-in-law John Jeanes. Proved at Wells 29 May 1689. Total of inventory, £48-18-9d.) [SPRp.67]

3) William Rood bur. 22 Nov. 1711. (William Roode, the elder, of Street, yeom. Will dated 24 May 1711. To s. Timothy Roode all testator’s lands of inheritance in Street, Egerley, and South Moor, for ever, but w. Eleanor to have one-third for life. To dau. Alice Roode £50 to be paid her by s. Timothy, when she is 21 years old. Dau. Alice to be executrix. Prov. 29 July 1711.) [SPRp.72]

6) George Roode of Street, d. 31 May 1761 Street – sworn in to carry out the office of Mr. John Rocke gent when he was elected High Constable of Whitley Hundred in 1727.

7) Mathew Rood

8) Frances Rood

A warrant was taken out concerning Frances Rood in 1698 and the hire of a horse – possibly connected with the 'masterless person' warrant. (Unemployed people had to take up work). This Frances received Rocke and Symcockes bequest money (for the poor) in 1705. The wealthier Frances [possibly female] who paid rates from 1711-22 may be a child of this Frances or of John next?

8) John Rood [Mr. Rood of Glastonbury bur. 12 Dec 1730 Butleigh?]

John Roode paid rates in Butleigh from 1694 – 1736. This is probably the John who died in 1730 since the property must have been rented out from circa 1713 as it was listed as 'John Rood or occupiers' from then until 1736.

10) Thomas Rood

[DD/S/BT/20/8/13 Rood Thomas the younger of Street, cooper.. Probate of will (1804) of Date: 1805. - check]

Rooke

1) Thomas Rooke [of Somerton]

DD/S/BT/24/5/6 Catherine Webb's appointment of Thomas Rooke as steward of Butleigh manor and Whitley Hundred. 1735

DD/S/BT/2/19/1-2 Manor and estate account book kept by Thomas Rooke for Catherine Webb (d. 1737), lady of the manor of Butleigh and of Whitley hundred, and for her successor James Grenville. With duplicate book.. [Somerset Archive and Records, BUTLEIGH COURT PAPERS] Date range: 1734 - 1741.

DD/S/BT/24/8/2 James Grenville's account with Thomas Rooke, steward of Butleigh and Whitley Hundred.. [Somerset Archive and Records, BUTLEIGH COURT PAPERS] Date range: 1760 - 1762.

Roolett

1) Thomas Roolett – paid rates in Butleigh 1685 - nfi

Roove? (Reeve)

1) Flora Roove? d.o. Helen Roove Chr. 4 Jul 1588 Butleigh

2) William Roove? bur. 23 Jun 1589 Butleigh

3) Margaret Roove bur. 14 Nov 1598 Butleigh

4) Peter Roove

A Joannne Rooves/Reeves was in receipt of Poor relief in 1613.

5) William Roove

6) Maria Roove married Butleigh 3 Jun 1624 Edward Nowell

Rose

1) Sarah Rose Chr. 6 Jan 1810 Butleigh illegit. d.o. Rebecca Rose

2) Thomas Rose b. 1810 Kingsdon, woodman, bur. 28 Nov 1884 (Dec Q, 5c/371 Wells) Butleigh 41-13, 51-37, 61-62, 71-78, 81-99

Thomas Rose (30), agricultural labourer, lived with his wife Mary (30) on Butleigh Hill in 1841. Part of their dwelling was sublet to Levi Gillim (20) and John Sugar (25). By 1851 they had moved into Copley No. 2 and Thomas (41) was then a woodman. They had a daughter Sarah Ann b. 1846 by then and living with them was Elizabeth Laver (9) and her mother Sarah (37) (sister-in-law?) who came from Kingsdon, as did Thomas.

In 1861 Thomas (51) and Mary (52) lived with Eli Laver (14) from Kingsdon and Elizabeth Rose (see next). The family were still in Copley House in 1871 after which Mary Rose died in 1874. Sarah Ann had married Frederick Turner the previous year in 1873 (Sep Q 5c/841 Wells). # In 1881 Thomas Rose (72) lived in Copley with his daughter and son-in-law Frederick Turner and their two children. Thomas Rose died in 1884.

3) John Rose b. 1812 Keinton Mandeville, farm labourer, died 1895 (Dec Q 5c/320 Wells) 81-97, 91-114

In 1871 John Rose lived in Barton St. David with his daughter Ellen and her husband George Davis who she had married in 1856 (Dec Q 5c/1101 Wells). p107 John's wife Mary Ann died in 1874. In 1881 John Rose (69) widower lived with his daughter Ellen and son-in-law George Davis (30) on Butleigh Hill. His daughter Elizabeth lived with Thomas Rose (1) as nursemaid in 1861. After his daughter Ellen's death John lived with his son-in-law George Davis at 4, Compton Street in 1891. John died in 1895. Stephen Rose lived in the High Street, Street as a Shoe Clicker in 1881. He had married Mary Jane Stride (b. 1848 Butleigh) in Butleigh on 31 Aug 1876 (Sep Q 5c/799 Wells) and they lived in Street with a young son Walter (3). #

4) Stephen Rose b. 1821 Somerset, journeyman baker 41-9

In 1841 Stephen lived at the bakery of Ann Sweet in Back lane. Could be the Stephen Rose who died in 1843 (Mar Q 10/321 Langport) - nfi.

5) Mary Rose Chr. 28 May 1815 Keinton Mandeville, servant, d.o. Thomas and Anne Rose 41-14

Mary was servant to John Tucker at Moorhouse in 1841 until she married John Higgins in 1842 (Mar Q 10/751 Wells). p170 Sister of John (2)?

6) Frederick Rose b. 1865 Barton St. David, under gardener, s.o. James and Elizabeth Rose 81-99

James lived with his parents at 2, Ottons Yard, Barton St. David in 1871. He lodged and worked at Court Gardens in 1881. In 1891 he was a footman and visitor at 44, Lockington Road, East Battersea. By 1901 he had married Elizabeth from Scotland and was a butler living in the Garden House, Porters lane, Ridge, Hertfordshire.

Rossitor

[Rossiter]

1) Sara Rosetter married Butleigh 14 Aug 1676 Edward Boyce

2) Annie Rossitor b. 1835 Tiverton, Devon, nurserymaid, d.o. William and Jane Rossitor 51-30

Aged 16, Annie worked at the Vicarage in 1851. Nfi

Row

1) Joseph Row b. 1838 Butleigh, son of Jeremiah and Eliz. Row

Joseph lived in the Poor House, Sutton Bingham in 1851 His parents were from Dorset (father a labourer) and had three other children born in Sutton. By 1861 his father was a labourer and they lived at 3, Sutton Hamlet, Sutton Bingham. In 1881 Joseph Rowe was a waterworks deputy turncock and lived with his wife Emma Kidd at her brother's house in St. George the Martyr, Finsbury London. His pob was then given as Sutton Bingham.

Rowland

1) John Rowland died 1786

In October 1781 James Hayden was Overseer of the Poor on behalf of John Rowland

DD/S/BT/8/7/24 Copy will (1786) of John Rowland senior of Compton Dundon, proved 1786. [Somerset Archive and Records, BUTLEIGH COURT PAPERS] Date: 1786.

DD/S/BT/14/2/35-6 1] William Rowland of Compton Dundon, yeoman, Thomas Gear of Baltonsborough, yeoman and wife John Rowland of Compton Dundon, yeoman 2] James Grenville of Butleigh Assignment of 6a in Southmoor, Butleigh. With letters. Extracts from wills of Mary Holman of Butleigh (1780), John Rowland (1786) and notes on Rowland family Date: 1787.

DD/S/BT/8/7/26-8 1] Thomas Gear of Baltonsborough, yeoman and wife Mary Rowland 2] William Rowland of Compton Dundon, yeoman 3] John Rowland, yeoman. (Mary, William and John are children of John Rowland decd) 4] James Grenville of Butleigh 5] Revd Henry Gould of Butleigh Date: 1794.

Rowley

(Roly)

Rowley was one of the commoner names in Butleigh in the 18th century and Rowley Farm exists as a reminder of their existence. A substantial number also lived at Kingweston.

1) Thomas Roly died 1688

Thomas paid rates from 1685 until 1687 in which latter year he paid with Thomas Haime. By 1689 he was the late Thomas Roley. In 1698 there are a series of entries for the Roley family in the accounts of the Overseers of the Poor: 1) Thomas Roley junior gets 29 weeks relief 2) Elizabeth Roley gets 29 weeks relief 3) Elner and John Roley get 41 weeks relief and 4) the Roley children (Elner & John) get clothes, shoes and stockings. Later in the same account 1) Elner gets more assistance for her children and 2) the Roley wife has her clothes washed, she is stretched out, given a shroud and buried. This last must have been Elizabeth since she is the only one not to occur again in the accounts.

a) Thomas junior – died 1707 shroud and burial paid for by the OOP – However, a Thomas witnessed the churchwardens accounts in 1710 – father and son? The latter may be the son of (1) and see (7)

b) Elner – received a change and a pair of stockings in 1699. in 1707 she received 52 weeks relief and clothes for the children. In 1708 she received clothes. In 1709 she received a years relief, a gown and Elner (daughter?) apprenticed to Edward Chaplin

c) John – received shoes in 1699, in 1703 he received a years relief and clothes, in 1709 he received a new coate (6)?

d) Richard – paid Rocke money in 1711 – see below (2)

e) Ruth - bur. 1712 Butleigh (OOP) – the next entry concerns 8 weeks relief for the Rowley children – not clear if they are hers or those above.

In 1713 Roley's children again received 1 years relief and clothes but one of them died and was buried. In 1715 they again received assistance (see also under Richard). All the above must resolve into one family that leads on to the following persons. [continue >] In 1738 Roley's messuage mentioned in a lease of land to Richard Grenville. The earliest mention of this messuage is 1641.

2) Richard Rowley [senior?]- bur. 22 Mar 1740 Butleigh?

Possibly the Richard Roly mentioned in the churchwardens accounts in 1699 and 1711 (killed two polecats latterly). He received Rocke bequest money (1 shilling) in 1711. and in 1714 his children received 24 weeks relief. Two warrants were taken out against him and the OOP had to hire a horse in connection with the problem. In 1729 Richards house rent was paid (in arrears) by the OOP. It is possible that Rachel as a widow married Roger Davis 4 Jul 1753 #

3) Richard Rowley (Rolly) bur. 17 Sep 1743 Butleigh?

DD/S/BT/12/1/9 1] James Grenville, lord of Butleigh manor 2] Richard Holman of Butleigh, yeoman Lease for lives of Rowley tenement, Butleigh. Rent £1 5s. [Tied together with DD/S/BT/12/1/10-12]. [Somerset Archive and Records, BUTLEIGH COURT PAPERS] Date: 1748.

3a) James Rowley

Grace was buried by Coroner's Warrant - nfi. James, her brother, was an agricultural labourer and lived at Spring Gardens in 1841

4) Elizabeth Rowley bur. 2 Dec 1740 Butleigh

Before Easter 1727 an Elizabeth Rowley's maids (daughters) were carried to West Pennard by John Difford for the OOP.

5) Margaret Rowley bur. 16 Jun 1743 Butleigh

6) John Rowley bur. 13 Apr 1740 Butleigh, or John bur. 18 May 1753 Butleigh

A Mary Rowley married John Gregory in Charlton Mackrell on 27 Dec 1749 (Phill.). If this John's widow it would place his death in 1740. The 1753 death may refer to his son?

6a) William Rowley Chr. 14 Dec 1738 Butleigh bur. 25 Mar 1809 or 5 Mar 1811 Butleigh? See (10)

There may be just one William since William Bowley [Rowley], widower, married Mary Colmer on 8 May 1781 Butleigh [see 10]. This Mary may have died therefore before 1781 - the one who died 5 Dec 1773?

6a1) John Rowley Chr. 25 Dec 1764 Butleigh, labourer, s.o. William and Mary Rowley, bur. 5 Jan 1834 Butleigh

John seems more likely to be this child of William and Mary than the John (b. 1769) s.o. Edward and Mary, he died aged 74. John's wife Mary Rowley was a widow by 1841. She lodged with James Pollet, firstly in Butleigh Wootton and then in Butleigh High Street by 1851, when she was also described as blind. Daughter Mary married Joseph Bailey (Chr. 9 Jul 1805 Bleadon, d. 26 Nov 1843) in Bleadon on 9 Dec 1827. They had eight children, all born in Bleadon. In 1851 she was a pauper then married Joseph's brother-in-law William Parish on 13 Nov 1858 in Bleadon. Together in the Poor House on census night in 1861, she died 6 Jul 1861 Bleadon.

6b) Edward Rowley Chr. 14 Dec 1738 Butleigh bur. 24 Feb 1805 Butleigh

7) Thomas Rowley bur. 24 Aug 1772 Butleigh (or next Thomas?)

8) Mary Rowley married John Gregory in Charlton Mackrell on 27 Dec 1749 (Phill.)

9) Thomas Rowley

10) William Rowley bur. 25 Mar 1809 or 5 Mar 1811 Butleigh?

The same William as 6a? Thw William who married Mary Colmer was a widower.

DD/S/BT/27/6/1 Terms for letting Rowley Farm, Butleigh with survey. [Somerset Archive and Records, BUTLEIGH COURT PAPERS] Date: 1814.

11) James Rowley b. 1789 Butleigh, mason, died 1866 (Jun Q 5c/319 Langport) son of William and Mary

In 1841 James had lived in Somerton with his wife Elizabeth (b. 1794 Wedmore), children Frederick (19), Sarah (15) Richard (12), Mary (9) and Hannah (6). In 1851 James lived with just Elizabeth and a grandson, Edward (7) in Somerton and his pob given then as Baltonsborough. Elizabeth died in 1860 (Dec Q 5c/298? Langport). By 1861 James, a widower, lived in Broad Street Somerton with his daughter Sarah (b. 1831 Somerton), a dressmaker.

12) Joseph Rowley bur. 26 Apr 1793 Butleigh

13) Anne Rowley bur. 28 Dec 1788 Butleigh, another Anne bur. 21 Jun 1797 Butleigh

Royall

1) Anne Royall Chr. 25 Dec 1807 Butleigh d.o. George and Anne Royall - nfi

Her father was possibly the George Royal (55) who lived in Street in 1841 with two daughters, Caroline (15) and Elizabeth (10).

Ruddock

(see Reddick)

Rugge

1) Thomas Rugge bur. 16 May 1636 Butleigh

A Dorothy bur. 8 Sep 1609 Butleigh seems to e the mother of Sara but surname uncertain. Thomas donated 6d towards the building of Chelsea College in 1617

?DD/S/BT/25/1/2 - Proceedings in Hebditch v. Rugge, a case of alleged cattle stealing at Butleigh.. [Somerset Archive and Records, BUTLEIGH COURT PAPERS] Date: 1655.

1a) Christopher Rugg Chr. 13 Sep 1609 Butleigh died 1695

Christopher paid rates from 1673 until 1695. In 1687 Thomas Rugge also paid rates and in 1689 ('88 missing) Christopher was sharing the same property of adjoining Sarah & Rachel Rugge. In 1690 the adjoining property is given as 'lateThomas Rugge & Prudence Squire' [his daughter may have married a Squire]. From 1691-5 the rate in the first property was paid by Christopher jointly with Sarah Rugge (his granddaughter). In 1696 it reverts to Sarah & Rachel Rugge. Rachel paid the rates until 1700. In 1702 she was paid by the overseers for looking after the Holman child.

DD/S/BT/4/2/6 - 1] Henry Edwards of Okeford Fitzpaine, Dors., yeoman, and wife Mary 2] Christopher Rugg of Butleigh, husbandman Assignment of 1a 3p newly inclosed in West field near Hobbes Withyes and 3p at Worthy in same field in Butleigh, part Peckham lease (1556). Date: 1649.

1a1) Thomas Rugg Chr. 25 Feb 1638 Butleigh died 1687

Thomas 'kept the bells' of the church according to the churchwardens accounts 1684-5. Henry is mentioned in 1695 as killing three polecats. Thomas paid the rates in 1687 - see under Christopher – then his daughters Sarah, Prudence and Rachel had some claimto the property especially after the death of Christopher.

2) John Rugg

In 1676 a warrant was taken out to arrest John Rugge junior. Nfi

3) Margery Rugg bur. 10 Jun 1666 Butleigh

4) William Rugge – the OOP took out a warrant concerning William in 1705.

Rush

1) Agatha Rush of Baltonsborough married Thomas Rocke in Butleigh on 15 Jun 1598 and her relatives John and Walter Rush appointed her son as vicar in 1642.

For more on the Rush family see under Billing and Helyar (Edith Helyar's Will). [Poss related – check – Margaret Rush married Walter Knolles 25 Jun 1607, Mary Rush married Alexander Broome 25 Sep 1617 Baltonsborough, Susan Rush married Richard Billinge 22 May 1617 Baltonsborough, Johane Rushe married Robert Grimsteed 9 Feb 1622 Baltonsborough, A John Rush and Mary were having children 1606 and a Walter in 1611. Johane Rush married Oct 1587 Balt. Thomas Talbott junior (d. 16 Dec 1612 Butleigh). In 1539 a Thomas Rushes married Margaret Brice at North Cadbury

Will of John Rushe, senior 27 Jan 1569 (Canterbury), relict Isabella, proved May. Refers to his wife Isabell, Thomas Rushe, son Thomas Rushe, James Rushe, Joane daughter of John Rushe, junior. Made 1568, proved 26/2/1569

Will of Isabell Rushe 1571 of Baltonsborough. Refers to James Rushe, Jone daughter of Thomas Rushe. Made 16/6/1570 and proved 9/7/1571

2) John Rush

Russell

A) William Russell a glazier worked on the church in 1694 – probably not from Butleigh.

1) John Russell

The orphaned Russell children appear in the Overseers accounts from their inception in 1673. They were taken in by John Sheate and the overseers paid for all their clothing and relief. A large list of their respective clothing needs was made in 1674. After 1675 no more is mentioned about John but Elinor must have been retarded or crippled in some way since she was in receipt of relief and clothes from the Overseers for the rest of her life – until 1722 when she received 12 weeks relief and then Ann Callow was paid for 'moving Russell & Larcombe'. She often needed pitch, beeswax or lard for her wounds.

3) Hester? Russell bur. 30 Jun 1721 Butleigh

4) Crispin Russell

5) James Russell b. 1742 bur, 21 Nov 1820 - from Lydford

Maria married John Martin

6) James Russell b. 1768, bur. 10 Dec 1825 Butleigh from Ditcheat

7) George Russell Chr. 16 Aug 1814 s.o. labourer William and Grace Russell

8) Jane Russell b. 1821 Somerset 41-10

Jane was a servant who lodged with William Ryall in the High Street in 1841. Possibly the Elizabeth Jane Russell who married in 1842 (Sep Q 10/661 Wells)?

9) Joseph Russell b. 1804 Grenton, farm labourer, bur. 23 Aug 1859 (Sep Q 5c/364 Wells) Butleigh 41-8, 51-31

In 1841 Joseph Russell (35) lived with his wife Sarah (30) plus Joseph (8), Charles (6), Matthias (4), William (2) in Water Lane. They had a lodger then, Rebecca Knowle who was probably Sarah's mother and who died in 1856 (Mar Q 5c/396 Wells). They were still there, with four added children in 1851.

Joseph died in 1859 and in 1861 Sarah lived with John and Elizabeth plus 'Fanny' and Eliza. There was also a grandchild William. Sarah married Charles Andow and in 1871 they lived in Barracks Cottage, Walton with him and her daughters Fanny (shoebinder) and Eliza (unemp. farm servant). Sarah was still in Walton in 1881 and 1891 - in the latter year at 22, Main Street when she and her husband were called paupers. Sarah died later that year. At her marriage to Charles Andow Sarah gave her father's name as Ambrose Higgins which suggests that Sarah may have been his illegitimate daughter.

Joseph junior was found in 1861 as a Police Constable in Westminster, married to Susan (b. 1837 Gt. Euston, Essex) and with two children aged 1 and 1 month. He had married Eliza Lye in Butleigh on 3 Nov 1851 (Dec Q 10/783 Wells) but she died in 1853 (Mar Q 5c/479 Wells) and was buried 12 Feb Butleigh. # By 1871 he was an inspector of police with a new wife, Sophia and by 1881 he was a licensed victualler at the 'Blue Anchor' in Bow High Street - and still there in 1891.

There is nfi about Charles though one of the right age died in 1889 (Langport Dec Q 5c/264). Matthias is certainly the Matthew (of Butley) who was a labourer at 78, Lower George Street, Chelsea, married to Sophie (an ironer) in 1861. In 1871 he was a soldier at Victoria Street Barracks, Windsor and described as 'unmarried' - then nfi. Nfi either for William or George. Emma stayed in Butleigh in 1861 (servant at Higher Rockes) and is the Emma who married John Burch in 1863 (Dec Q 5c/1086 Wells) - they then lived at Butleigh Wootton together with their son Richard Albert Russell who had been born out of wedlock. #

John became a Private, Royal Marines and in 1881 was aboard the "HMS Dapper" at Dartmouth, Devon. By 1881 he was married to Elizabeth (b. 1851 Minehead) and they lived with their 7 year old daughter Maud (b. Stonehouse, Devon) in Coombe Cottages, Dartmouth Townstall. By 1891 they lived in Minehead.

Elizabeth was a laundress/servant lodging in Street in 1871. William seems to be her illegitimate son because on 4 Sep 1875 she married George Simpson Holly, shoemaker, in Glastonbury and in 1881 they lived in West End, Street with their three young children plus stepson William Russell (11) - though she could only have been 9/12 when he was born! [It would seem more likely that William was her mother's son born between marriages]. George Simpson Holly was born as George Holly on 20 Jan 1851, illegitimate son of Elizabeth Holly, by 1861 he had added the Simpson and on all later censuses used just the Simpson surname. Elizabeth Russell's son 'William' may be in fact the son Charles Edwin born to her in 1870 and Chr. 7 Aug 1870, Walton and who later appears as William on the 1881 and 1891 censuses. In 1911 George and Elizabeth lived at 78 West End, Street with son Bertie and grandson Reggie.

Fanny seems to have died in 1875 (Mar Q 5c/487 Wells) aged 22. Eliza became a dairymaid on Barwick Farm, Barwick, Yeovil in 1881 - nfi. Eliza married Frank Henry Stillwell in 1874 (Sep Q 5c/601 Langport) and they had a daughter Ellen b. 1877 Compton Dundon. Frank died and Ellen lived with her grandparents Sarah and Charles Andow in Compton while her mother married the labourer Solomon Wesley Woolmington (b. 1859 Stoford) in 1881 (Jun Q 5c/835 Wells - Woomington) and lived in Glastonbury, with four young children, where Ellen joined them by 1891 (on the census her mother Eliza Ann was erroneously called Ellen E.). In 1911 Solomon and Eliza lived at Stoford Barwick, Yeovil with their son Albert. They had had seven children of whom 5 were still extant.

10) Margaret Russell b. 1884 West Lydford, housemaid, d.o. George and Charlotte Russell 01-145

Margaret worked at the Cottage Hospital in 1901. In 1891 she had lived with her parents in 69, Fosse Road, West Lydford. Her father was a labourer.

11) Elizabeth Russell b. 1766, bur. 28 Feb 1843 Butleigh [Mar Q 10/325 Shepton Mallet?] from Lottisham,- nfi

12) William Russell b. 1771, bur. 10 Oct 1829 Butleigh fro Lottisham - husband/brother of last?

13) Mary Russell b. 1772 Baltonsborough, bur. 19 Jul 1846 (Sep Q 10/323 Wells) Butleigh - nfi

14) Florence Kathleen Russell b. 1909 (Dec Q 5c/374 Wells) Butleigh, d.o. Clifton and Eva Jane Russell

Florence appears on the 1911 census with her parents at 15a, Northload St., Glastonbury. Her mother came from Street and her father worked in a timber yard. Her three oldest siblings were born in Street but her youngest brother was born in Baltonsborough in 1907. The family must have moved into Butleigh between then and their return to Street,

Ryall

1) William Ryall b. 1771 Somerset, servant, died 1849 (Mar Q 10/363 Wells) 41-10

William was a retired bailiff and they seem to have lived in part of Corner House in Main Street in 1841.

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. [and many more]

2a) Thomas Ryall b. 1856 Corton Denham, coachman, s.o. Thomas and Sophie Ryall, bur. 28 Dec 1883 (Dec Q 5c/346 Wells) Butleigh 81-102

1881 Thomas (25) lived with his wife Jemima (24) and Ethel Savona at an uncertain address in the High Street. His father Thomas was a groom in Corton Denham. Thomas jr died in 1883 aged 28. In 1891 Ethel was a servant at the Rose & Portcullis. She married in Merthyr Tydfill in 1902 (Mar Q 11a/1032) (Fred Blake or Wm Marks).

Her widowed mother lived at Rockwell Cottage in 1891 with daughter Edith. Their mother had died aged just 38 in 1896 when Edith was only 14. She was presumably cared for by her sister but both are absent from the census in 1901. Richard Ryall, wheelwright in the village, who also came from Corton Denham was Jemima's brother in law.

2b) Richard Ryall b. 1862 (Mar Q 5c/582 Wincanton) Corton Denham, wheelwright & carpenter, s.o. Thomas and Sophie Ryall, bur. 15 Dec 1925 Butleigh 81-101, 01-135

In 1881 Richard boarded as an apprentice with Edwin Latcham in the High Street - he was the brother of Thomas Ryall. In 1891 he was working away from home and his wife Fanny Ryall (28) lived at 'Perriams Cottage with sons Henry and John. Her cousin Minnie Eades (17) lived with her [the granddaughter of Martha Eades of Pond Head]. # In 1901 Richard lived with Fanny and their sons Henry and John in Perriams (?).

In 1911 Richard and Fanny lived in 5 rooms and had a visitor, Minnie Jane Arthur (39). Henry was a gardener boarding at 77, Gloucester Rd., Kew in 1911 and was a casualty during WWI. John was a shop assistant and boarded at 'The Co-op Stores' Child Okeford, Blandford, Dorset in 1911.

2c) George Ryall b. 1858 Corton Denham, porter, signalman, s.o. Thomas and Sophie Ryall

George was the brother of Thomas and Richard Ryall and he and his family lived at Knipton Rd., Staines, Middlesex in 1891 where he worked on the railway. In 1901 the family lived in Egham, Berks and Florence was called Florrey. Florence married in 1906 (Dec Q 2c/1065 Windsor). She must have been baptised in Butleigh during a visit by her parents to their relatives or during a temporary sojourn in the village.

Ryder

1) Eliza Ryder b. 1849 London, Middlesex, ladies maid 81-102

Aged 32 and unmarried, Eliza served at the Vicarage in 1881. Nfi