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New information about the Boulton-Littleton connection
A few days ago I wrote about my discovery of the first marriage of Elizabeth Boulton who, according to Ancestry, was my first cousin 10 x removed: her mother, who was born Alice Forrest, was the sister...
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Lydell, Markland, Littleton – and Pepys
Towards the end of the last post I mentioned Dennis Lydell, who is described as ‘my honoured friend’ in the 1715 will of Martin Markland, the second husband of my ancestor Elizabeth Boulton. I noted...
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The Forrests of Fladbury
My maternal 9 x great grandfather Thomas Forrest was a haberdasher at Little Tower Hill, London, in the second half of the seventeenth century. What do we know about his origins? We don’t for sure when...
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Thomas Sanders of Fladbury and the non-jurors
In the last post I summarised what I know about the Forrest family of Fladbury, Worcestershire. I have good reason to believe that my 9 x great grandfather, Thomas Forrest, a London citizen and...
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Thomas Sanders in the ‘Returns of Papists’ and Nonjurors’ estates’
In the previous post I wrote about Thomas Sanders or Saunders of Fladbury, Worcestershire, who was included in a return of ‘papists’ and nonjurors’ estates’ in 1723. I’m fairly certain this is the...
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Magnus Fowle – a county coroner in Elizabethan Sussex?
I’m grateful to Rosie Franczak for drawing my attention to an infamous murder that occurred in the village of Mayfield, Sussex, on 1st October 1594, when a husbandman named Ralph Mepham (or Deaphon, in...
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Magnus Fowle in the Sussex coroners’ inquest records
In the last post I reported my discovery that my 12 x great grandfather Magnus Fowle, who died in 1596, served as a coroner in Elizabethan Sussex. Since then, I’ve had another stroke of luck. I...
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The Littletons of Naunton Beauchamp
A few weeks ago I wrote about the first marriage of my ancestor Elizabeth Boulton. Born in about 1670, Elizabeth was the daughter of William Boulton and Alice Forrest, and thus the niece of my 9 x...
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Littleton connections: recusancy and ‘treason’ in Elizabethan and Jacobean...
In the last post I reported my discovery that John Littleton, the first husband of my ancestor Elizabeth Boulton, was the brother of Humphrey Littleton of Naunton, Worcestershire, who died in 1690. I...
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Looking for the Boultons: gunmakers and goldsmiths in late...
Recently I’ve been exploring the life of my ancestor Elizabeth Boulton and her connection with the ancient and illustrious Littleton family of Worcestershire. Elizabeth was the sister of Captain...
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The two Captain Richard Boultons: an uncle and nephew in the service of the...
In my continuing quest for information about the Boulton family, I’ve been trying to sort out what we know about two men, an uncle and a nephew, both of whom served as sea captains with the East India...
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Captain Richard Boulton in the London land tax records: 1715 – 1737
In the last post I cleared up some of the confusion surrounding the two Captain Richard Boultons, uncle and nephew, who served with the East India Company in the early decades of the eighteenth...
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A Boulton family timeline
To assist me in my continuing attempt to piece together the story of the Boulton family, who were connected to my Forrest ancestors by marriage, I’ve drawn up a timeline of events in the family’s...
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Revisiting the life of Major Peter Boulton, gunsmith (1665 – 1743)
Following on from my recent posts about Elizabeth Boulton, Thomas Boulton, and Captain Richard Boulton, I’ve decided to revisit what we know about their brother, Peter Boulton, in the hope that this...
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The Boultons and the Bushells: connections and questions
In the last post I revisited the life of Major Peter Boulton, a London citizen and gunsmith. He was the brother of Captain Richard Boulton of the East India Company and the son of William Boulton and...
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The quest for William Boulton
In recent posts I’ve been revisiting what we know about Richard, Peter, Thomas and Elizabeth Boulton, four siblings who lived in London in the later decades of the seventeenth century and the early...
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My ancestors in late-seventeenth-century London
A few days ago I posted a timeline, covering the second half of the seventeenth century and the first half of the eighteenth, for the Boulton family, who are connected to my Byne and Forrest ancestors...
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Revisiting the will of Thomas Fowle of Lamberhurst (died 1525)
Nearly two years ago I posted my transcription of the last will and testament of Thomas Fowle of Lamberhurst, Kent, who died in 1525. At the time I mistakenly believed Thomas to be my 15 x great...
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A new clue in the search for Bartholomew Fowle
Earlier this year I wrote about my quest for information about Bartholomew Fowle, an Augustinian canon who was the prior of St Mary Overy, Southwark, at the time of its ‘surrender’ in 1539 to Henry...
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Analysing the will of William Fowle of Mitcham, Surrey (died 1547)
In the previous post I shared my transcription of the will of William Fowle of Mitcham, Surrey, which is dated 1547. I’m interested in William primarily because his will makes bequests to Bartholomew...
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