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The Ma(u)nsers of Hightown
In the previous post I used a pedigree of the Maunser family of Sussex to trace one branch of my family tree all the way back to 1483 and to Sir Robert Maunser of Hightown, Wadhurst – supposedly my 15...
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The last will and testament of John Manser, apothecary (died 1681)
As part of my continuing exploration of the Manser or Maunser family of Sussex and London, I’m returning to the will of John Manser, an apothecary in East Smithfield, Aldgate, in the mid-seventeenth...
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The Manser family and Mottynsden Manor, Burwash
The will of John Manser, the London apothecary who died in 1681 and who was related to my Byne ancestors, tells us a good deal about his family origins. We learn from his will that John had brothers...
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Abraham Manser: an apothecary in East Smithfield, London
The main beneficiary of the 1681 will of London apothecary John Manser would appear to be his son Abraham, from which we can assume that he was probably John’s eldest son (there was another son, named...
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The will of Abraham Maunser, apothecary (died 1690)
My last post was about Abraham Manser (born 1659), an apothecary living in East Smithfield, London, in the second half of the seventeenth century. Abraham was the son of John Manser (died 1681),...
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Analysing the will of Abraham Maunser, apothecary
What do we learn about Abraham Maunser and his family from his will of February 1690? We discover that he was a citizen and apothecary in London, just like the Abraham Manser of East Smithfield who was...
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The will of Nicholas Maunser of Hightown, Wadhurst (died 1653)
Last week I wrote about the Maunser family of Hightown in Wadhurst, Sussex. My 10 x great grandmother Mary Maunser, who married Stephen Byne of Burwash in 1611, was the daughter of John Maunser of...
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Analysing the 1653 will of Nicholas Maunser of Hightown
Nicholas Maunser of Hightown, near Wadhurst in Sussex, made his last will and testament in 1653, the year in which Oliver Cromwell became Lord Protector of the Commonwealth. It was also the year in...
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The will of Nicholas Manser of Hightown (died 1674)
Yesterday I discussed the will of Nicholas Maunser of Hightown near Wadhurst, Sussex, who died in 1653, and who was a relative of my 10 x great grandmother Mary Maunser who married Stephen Byne of...
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The family of Nicholas Manser of Hightown (died 1674)
What can the will of Nicholas Manser of Hightown, Wadhurst, who died in 1674, tell us about him and his family? To begin with the trivial: the will confirms that the spellings ‘Manser’ and ‘Maunser’...
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Anne Wane (1611 – 1661): scenes from a clerical life
The title of George Eliot’s novel (slightly adapted in my heading) seems singularly appropriate to my 9 x great grandmother, Anne Wane. She spent all of her fifty or so years living in the rectory at...
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John Bartlett: citizen, stationer and religious radical
In the last post I wrote about my 9 x great grandmother, Anne Byne née Wane. Anne died in March 1662 (by today’s calendar), leaving her husband Magnus, who was rector of Clayton-cum-Keymer in Sussex,...
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Discovering the family of John Manser – and a link to the Bynes
I’m still trying to discover the exact connection between John Manser, the East Smithfield apothecary who died in 1681, and my 8 x great grandfather John Byne, a stationer at Tower Hill, who died nine...
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A Byne timeline
To help me keep track of my emerging Byne family tree, I’ve drawn up a timeline of the births, marriages and deaths of my direct ancestors – and put them in the context of key national events. A...
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The Mansers: a tentative family tree
Yesterday I drew up a timeline for my seventeenth-century Byne ancestors from Sussex. Today, with a little more trepidation, I’m doing something similar for my Manser forebears, whose history is...
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Looking for Christopher Manser
My search for information about my Manser (or Maunser) ancestors has had two separate starting-points. Firstly, John Manser of East Smithfield, London, who in his will of 1681 described my 8 x great...
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Abraham Manser of Wenbourne (died 1627)
The Manser family’s habit of using the same Christian names in each generation can be rather confusing. I’ve already written about two men with the name Abraham Manser or Maunser, both of them...
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Some notes on the will of Abraham Manser of Wenbourne
Yesterday I wrote about Abraham Manser of Wenbourne, near Wadhurst in Sussex, who was the brother of my 11 x great grandfather John Manser of Wadhurst, and the uncle of my 10 x great grandmother Mary...
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Abraham Manser, miller of Wadhurst (died 1656)
The previous two posts focused on Abraham Manser of Wenbourne near Wadhurst in Sussex, who was the youngest son of Robert Manser of Hightown, Wadhurst, and the brother of my 11 x great grandfather John...
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What happened to Hightown?
My Manser ancestors lived at Hightown near Wadhurst in Sussex from the time of Richard III until the early eighteenth century. (I trace my connection to the Mansers of Hightown through my 10 x great...
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