Maby

1) James Mabe

James paid rates from 1676 – 8 the next few years are cut off or lost but in 1683 he was the late James Mabe (or Maber).

2) Hannah Maby married John Coles Butleigh 15 Dec 1795 #

3) James Maby Chr. 28 Apr 1779 Butleigh, bur. 23 Jul 1780 Butleigh illegit. s.o. Elizabeth Maby

4) Fanny Maby b. 1861 [1858 (Dec Q 5c/583 Wells)] Butleigh, d.o. Jonas and Patience Maby

Fanny married Herbert Morgan in 1884 (Sep Q 11a/55 Monmouth) and after his death she lived in Ross, Herefordshire with her sister Letitia - 1901. The pob of Fanny is elsewhere given as Street.

Mac Andrew

1) Major General Isaac Mac Andrew b. 1847 Portugal (Brit. Subject), Bengal Staff Company

These three sisters, Isabel, Grace and Mildred, of independent means, lived at Corvyle in 1911 with two servants. In 1881 they had lived in Paddington with their mother Elizabeth A. Mac Andrew plus their older sister Alice M and brother Alfred. In 1891 Mildred had lived with her uncle James Mac Andrew, an East Inda Co. merchant.

Macer

[Maeer]

1) Alfred William Macer b. 1860 Sidford, Devon, farmer

Mary Jane died soon after the birth of the couple's first child and Alfred married again in 1890. In 1891 and 1901 William, as nephew, was living with Thirza and Fred Williams at Salcombe Hill Farm, Salcombe Regis, Devon, in 1901 as a grocer's assistant. Thirza was the daughter (b. 1854 Sidbury) of William and Thirza Macer of Sidbury. On the PRO register the surname given as Maeer. In 1911 William Henry was a bank clerk in London boarding at 49, Lillieshall Rd, Wandsworth.

MacIntyre

1) Mary Jane MacIntyre b. 1841 Butleigh

Mary Jane was already a widow in 1891 when she was a companion in Hambledon living on her own means. In 1911 she lived with a servant at Heatherbear, Heath End, Farnham, Surrey.

Mack

[Marks/Marsh?]

1) Elizabeth Mack b. 1870 Butleigh, cousin of Arthur and Alice Silcox

Elizabeth visited Arthur in Acton in 1901 - possibly Elizabeth Marks b. Prestleigh 1869?

Mackay

1) James Mackay b. 1864 Scotland, coachman 91W-116

This couple lived in three rooms of Wootton Lodge in 1891. Nfi

Mackinnon

1) Francis Alexander Mackinnon b. 1848 (Jun Q 3/350 Kensington) Middlesex, London, died. 27 Feb 1947

Francis was the son of William Alexander Mackinnon, Deputy Lieut. of Kent and lived with him in 1881 at Acrise Place, Acrise, Kent. After his marriage to Emily Acland-Hood in 1888 they moved into 4, Marble Arch, London and Francis was there on census night in 1891. In 1891 Emily, accompanied by her daughter, visited her parents at Wootton House. The MacKinnons then went to live in South Africa where they had a son, Arthur, born in 1894 but returned to live in England, at Minehead, by 1901 (though his wife then called Elizabeth on census!). In 1911 Francis and Emily lived in Hatchet Lane, Windsor with two of their three children (Arthur was a Naval Cadet) and four servants.

McNamara

[McNamarer]

1) William M. McNamara b. 7 Oct 1839 Leeds, Yorks (Dublin, Ireland given on census in error), cavalry instructor, s.o. James (b. Longford, Ireland) and Mary McNamara 81-103

In 1841 William lived with his parents at the Queens Barracks, Ipswich. His father was a Hospital Sergeant. In 1861 William was a Private in the 41st Welsh Regiment, at South Camp, Aldershot. In 1862 he joined the 5th Royal Irish Lancers in Calcutte and in 1880 left them to join the West Somerset Yeomanry. In 1881 in New Road William McNamara (39), cavalry instructor, lived with his wife Elizabeth (27) and children William (3) and Frances (1 - b. Brighton) and Gertrude Agnes (8 months - b. Butleigh). In 1891 Elizabeth lived at Curry Rivel with children William, Frances, Gertrude, Robert, George, Kathleen and Caroline. Husband William was absent.

Gertrude became a housemaid to a retired Boot & Shoe manufacturer, Frederick Masson in West Cardiff by 1901 while her parents returned to 69, Havelock Rd, Brighton, her father as an army pensioner, where they lived with Elizabeth's father Edwin Gates (retired railway painter aged 77). Gertrude married a William Thomas and died in Cardiff in 1962. In 1911 a William McNamara (b. 1838 Dublin) was in St. Joseph House, Home for the aged Poor, Portobello Rd., Kensington. Elizabeth called herself widow and lived at 28, Havelock Rd, Preston, Sussex with sons Robert (gunsmith), George (Postman) and daughter Kathleen. Her father Edwin Gates lived with her plus an adopted child Kathleen Brown (b. 1902 Hailsham Sussex).

Maddock

1) Arthur Maddock sojourner, bur. 10 May 1767 Butleigh

2) William Maddock b. 1886 Buckland St. Mary, garden boy, s.o. James and Sarah Maddock 01-145

In 1891 William had lived at Rose's Cottage in Buckland St. Mary with his parents. His father was a coachman. William boarded with Tom Carter at Court Gardens in 1901.

Maidment

1) Mary Maidment Chr. 22 Aug 1809 Butleigh d.o. Thomas and Elizabeth Maidment

A Thomas Maidment born 1785 lived in West Bradley but his wife in 1841 was Mary - a second wife?

2) Henry Maidment b. 1851 West Bradley, coachman, s.o. Charles and Angelina Maidment 91-123, 01-134

Mary Thorner lived with her parents in Puncknowle in 1881 where her father was a fisherman. She married Henry in 1877. Henry was the son of a carpenter and laundress and lived with his parents in 1861 in West Bradley and then in East Pennard by 1871. Henry had been a coachman at the Rectory in Charlton Mackrell in 1881 and before that a Carpenter and Wheelwright like his father. Henry (40), and his wife Mary J. (39) and Minnie (13), Violetta Amy (10) and Mary Annie (2) lived at an uncertain place in Butleigh in 1891. He was coachman to the Nevilles in 1891 (who then lived at nearby Corville House) but he moved to Court Lodge in 1901 when Robert Neville-Grenville transferred to the Court. In 1911 Henry and Mary Jane were both still at Court Lodge. They stated that they had had four children, two of whom were still alive. No death found for Minnie who was absent from the 1901 census – unless she is the Minie Lena T. maidment who died in Wortley, Yorkshire in 1903 aged 25.

Violetta married farmer Arthur Hamilton Pope from Shillington in Butleigh on 16 Sep 1913 (Sep Q5c 943 Wells).

Mary, aged 33, married the 'carman' Arthur Hunt from Wareham, Dorset in Butleigh on 7 Jul 1921 (Sep Q 5c/955 Wells).

3) Joseph Maidment b. 1835 Baltonsborough, farmer, s.o. Levi and Anna Maidment, d. 1 Aug, bur. 6 Aug 1898 (Sep Q 5c/304 Wells) Butleigh 91-124

Joseph lived with his parents in Baltonsborough (hamlet of Woodland) in 1841 where his father farmed. In 1861 his father farmed 305 acres. Henry married Fanny in 1867 and by 1871 Joseph and Fanny lived at Lottisham House where Joseph farmed 140 aces. Their first child Levi must have died - not traced. By 1881 they lived at Higher Farm, Lottisham and had 290 acres and a mill under their control. In 1891 Joseph Maidment (56) and wife Fanny (53) lived with their children Mary C. (15) and John G. G. (13) at Lower Hill Farm, Butleigh Hill. Mary Geare his wife's sister lived with them. Joseph died in 1898. Fanny Maidment (63) farmer, continued living with her children John G. G. (23) and Mary C. (23) at Lower Farm in 1901. Fanny died in 1909 and her son John the following year aged 31.

Mary appears in 1911 as a pupil midwife boarding at 224, Lee High Road, Lee, Lewisham. She was still single but had left Butleigh under a cloud with the bigamist Percy Lester Haggard. This man had previously married the wealthy Gertrude Lee in 1904 then abandoned her and her child and left for America. He returned to England and being well educated and well-spoken persuaded the very good looking Annie Baulch to marry him in a fake ceremony in Nesden in 1909. They arrived in Butleigh and lived for a time next to her parents renting rooms from Mary Maidment and her brother at Lower Hill Farm. Mary's brother John then died. Haggard persuaded local people to lend him money and then talked the heiress Mary to run off with him. He married her on 4 May 1910 (Jun Q 1a/105 Paddington) but after spending much of her money on a hotel venture they returned to Butleigh to try and free money held back by the executors of her brother's estate. Annie Baulch noted their return and Haggard was arrested, tried, and found guilty of bigamy. He appears on the 1911 census as an inmate of H.M. Prison, Corn Hill, Shepton Mallet. On his release he and Mary went to Essex where they married again in 1912 (Jun Q 3a/341 Brentford). Presumably by then he had obtained a divorce.

4) Charles Maidment b. 1799 Baltonsborough, farmer, died 1886 (Sep Q 5c/311 Shepton Mallet) 41W-18, 51W-38, 61W-62, 71W-87

Charles lived with his extensive family in 1841 at Smithfield Farm, Butleigh Wootton where he was a 'Yeoman grazier'. His daughter Eliza married the yeoman Charles Welch (b. 1817 Milton Clevedon, s.o. Stephen Welch) in Butleigh on 14 Jan 1851 (Mar Q 10/745 Wells) and they then lived in Milton Clevedon.

By 1851 at Wootton Hill Farm the family had increased by two. Celia was absent in 1851 visiting Charles Welch and family at Greenscombe House, Milton Clevedon. By 1861 Charles was farming 460 acres at Hill Farm and in his part of the farm lived his wife and son Walter. Another part of the farm contained Henry and his sister Celia. Charles farmed 120 acres in Baltonsborough in 1861 and lived with his sisters Emily and Fanny though the latter is described as a 'visitor' only and she died in 1870. Thomas died in 1863.

Susanna married a cousin Thomas Maidment (b. 1831 Baltonsborough) in 1861 (Mar Q 5c/881 Wells) [she died in 1914 (Dec Q 4a/176 Pewsey)] and they lived at various places in Wiltshire, lastly Wilcot. In 1911, widowed, she lived with a daughter Ellen Celia (39) in 'Butleigh Wootton', Pewsey, Wilts.

Emily married the Malster John Samuel Fry, s.o. William Fry, gent., in Butleigh on 12 July 1866 (Sep Q 5c/873 Wells) and they lived in Wells. Henry married Ellen Swanton (b. 1839 W. Pennard) and farmed the 110 acres of Bridge Farm, Baltonsborough in 1871 and remained there until his death in 1902 (Jun Q 5c/331 Wells).

By 1871 just Charles, Ann and their daughter Celia lived at the Farm House in Butleigh Wootton and by 1881 they had moved to West Bradley, with a companion for Celia. Ann died in 1882 aged 74 and Charles died in 1886 aged 87. Celia died in 1899 (Sep Q 5c/299 Wells).

4a) Walter Norris Maidment Chr. 4 Mar 1842 (Mar Q 10/534 Wells) Butleigh, farmer 51W-38, 61W-62, 71W-87

Walter Maidment remained in Butleigh Wootton in 1871 and farmed 250 acres at Broadway Farm. He married Mary Ann in 1872 and farmed 20 acres at Burnetts Farm, Baltonsborough, in 1881 living there with his three children and widowed sister-in-law Emily A. Hill. They were still together there in 1891 but moved to Church Farm, Shellingford, Berkshire by 1901. Chemist Harold Harding Maidment married Gladys Habgood (b. 1886 Faringdon, Berks) in 1906 (Jun Q 2c/613 Faringdon) and they lived at the Market Place, Faringdon in 1911.

5) Levi Robert Maidment b. 1853 (Sep Q 5c/576 Wells) Baltonsborough, farmer and miller, s.o. John Geare and Marianne Maidment (née Cornish, b. Butleigh, d.o. Robert and Elizabeth Cornish #) 81W-104 died 22 Dec 1921 Australia

In 1861 Robert had lived with his parents at Wheathill where his father farmed 200 acres and in 1871 he lived with his uncle Joseph Maidment at Lottisham House, Ditcheat. His mother was Mary Ann (Marianne) Cornish from Butleigh. After his marriage in 1877 he farmed 192 acres at Smithfield Farm in 1881, together with his brother-in-law William Hoddinott. There is no further trace of this family who probably emigrated – a Percival Thomas Maidment enlisted with the 4th Light Horse Infantry in Melbourne Australia, born Somerset, and giving his father as Levi Robert Maidment. Percival was a dairyman and emlisted on 19 Jul 1915 and sailed to England aboard the 'HMAT Ballarat' on 9 Sep 1915 returning to Australia on 21 Dec 1918. In 1921 he went through a faux marriage with a Mary Jane in Victoria to claim Australian residency. Levi's obituary appeared in 1921 I the Argus, Melbourne, giving his residence as “Hedgerley Dene, Kardella St., East Malvern and mentioning daughter Grace (Mrs. Green), Percy and Robert – plus Daisy (Mrs. Morton) and Ernest.

6) John Maidment b. 1864 (Dec Q 5c/588 Wells) Baltonsborough, s.o. Benjamin and Ann Maidment 81-104

John, a carpenter, lodged with William Higgins in St. James' Square in 1881. Died 1885 (Mar Q 5c/425 Wells).

Major

1) John Major b. 1872 Priddy, Somerset, gardener, s.o. James and Dorcas Major.

In 1911 this couple lived at 32 Butleigh. In 1881 John had lived with his parents in East Harptree and in 1891 they were all in West Pennard. It seems that Sarah jane may have been a widow when she married John (late husband Frank Cavill?)

Males

[Male - Mells]

1) Job Male Chr. 22 Aug 1802 St. Mary's Barrington, s.o. Job and Rebecca Male

1a) William Male Chr. 18 Jan 1816 Butleigh, labourer, s.o. Job and Elizabeth Male, bur. 11 Jan 1888 (Mar Q 5c/315 Langport) Barrington

William and Elizabeth lived in Barrington from 1841 to 1881. In 1841 they had a son Job b. 1839. By 1861 William gave his pob as Butleigh and the couple had five children born after Job. In 1871 Elizabeth was called Betsy and William's pob was Barrington. In 1881 William was a flax worker [Add. Info. Courtesy Sue Redfearn]

1b) Benjamin Males Chr. 22 Jun 1817 Butleigh (Mells), labourer, s.o. Job and Elizabeth Mells, died 1902 (Jun Q 5c/262 Langport)

Benjamin, brother of William (next) lodged in Long Sutton Road, Somerton in 1851. They were the sons of Job Male and Elizabeth Pollet who had married in Butleigh on 29 Mar 1815. Benjamin lived in Pounds Pool, Somerton in 1861 with his wife Mary and stepson John Francis (13) and son Solomon Mell (7) - both born Somerton. Benjamin and Mary's pob were reversed on the 1881 census. In 1871 Benjamin lived in North Field, Somerton with his wife Mary (b. 1804 Barton St. David). Benjamin's dob was given as 1811. In 1891 as a widower he lived alone in two rooms in North Field [Male]. He died in 1902 aged 84.

Makewell?

1) Grace Makewell bur. 2 Sep 1596 Butleigh

Malet

[Mallet]

1) Clement Drake Elton Malet Chr. 11 May 1845 Ardeley, Herts, Rector, s.o. William Wyndham Malet and Eliza Drake

Clement was the Rector of Lympston, Devon in 1881 and had obviously arrived there shortly after a few years service in Butleigh. In 1891 Clement snr and family lived at Trunkwell, Shenfield, Berks. Clement jnr called Hugh was a Farm Pupil boarder in 1901 at the farm of Charles Hancock, Manor Farm, Cothelstone. Florence was still with her parents who, in 1901 were living at the Vicarage, Cannington, Bridgwater. In 1911 Clement lived with just a servant at Crowcombe Estate Office, Williton.

Mallett

1) Eliza Mallet b. 1808 Butleigh, servant, housekeeper

Eliza worked in West St., Ilminster in 1851. Nfi on this person.

2) Maxwell Thomas Mallet b. 1899 (Dec Q 5c/434 Wells) Blagrove Farm, Butleigh, s.o. John C. and Rosa Mallett

In 1901 Maxwell lived with his parents on Blagrove Farm and his p.o.b. was Street but in 1911 he was boarding at Hart House School, Axbridge and p.o.b. given as Butleigh.

Mandy

1) Amelia Mandy b. 1853 Uffculme, Devon, housemaid 71-72

In 1871 Amelia Mandy served at Butleigh Court. Nfi - possible mistake for Amelia Leman (b. 1853 Uffculme) d.o. Mary and Richard Leman (a mason) - the only Amelia born in Uffculme in that year.

Manfield

(Manfill, Manfild)

1) Robert Manfield buried 1681 Butleigh (OOP)

Robert must have been relatively poor since the parish paid for his funeral in 1681 and his wife was immediately paid relief. Mary died the following year and her children were taken into care with Margery Adams. The daughter Mary was buried in 1687/8 Butleigh (OOP). In 1683 Alice was cared for by Margaret Callow and Barbara Symcockes. She received a full years relife, two aprons, a pair of stockings, a pair of bodices, 2 and half yards of 'dowlis and one pair of 'flies and a fealit' [fleece and felt?] to make a shift, three neck-cloths and three caps. Mary was with William Curtis. In 1684 Alice received clogs in addition to her relief. In 1686 Alice received relief, coat, waistcoat, shoes and a 'change' (of clothes – probably underwear] and finally in 1687 relief and shoes. In 1688 Alice disappears and Mary her sister died.

Mann

1) John Mann bur. 7 Apr 1588 Butleigh

Mansel

1) Thomas Mansel

An Elizabeth Mansel married William Jacob in Butleigh in 1751 - a sister of Thomas?

Mapson

1) John Mapson – made the second rate for the OOP in 1711 which was subsequently quashed in Wells sessions – possibly a Wells or Glastonbury accountant/lawyer.

March

1) Richard March married Butleigh 17 Jun 1611 Anna Sherlinham? Alias Shallow, alias Shallis

Marke

1) Joanne Marke married Butleigh 11 Jan 1582 Henry Rood

2) Nemrod Marke [Memrod?]

The burials of John and Richard as being children of Nemrod are speculative but likely.

Mark(e)s

1) John Marks Chr. 22 Sep 1811 Butleigh illeg. s.o. Mary Marks

2) Robert Marks sojourner, bur. 1 Dec 1812 Butleigh

3) Frederick Abbot Markes Chr. 18 Aug 1822 Butleigh illegit. s.o. Elizabeth Markes (Markey?)

4) Simon Marks bur. 2 Sep 1821 Butleigh aged 21 - nfi

Marnard

1) John Marnard senior buried 13 Dec 1721 Street s.o. Robert Maynard

John paid rates on South Moor grounds from 1676 – 1725/32. In Butleigh he paid rates (see next) from 1676 until 1725 or possibly 1732 (last period listed as 'or occupiers]. See Will of John Marnard 1685.

Jewers notes: 140. John Mainard the elder, of Street, yeoman. (Will dated 21 June 1721. To dau. Joan Mainard for ever ten acres of meadow or pasture land called New Cutts formerly part of South Moor in the parish of Butleigh, three acres of pasturage in Wootton in Butleigh, £240 including £5 and interest given her by testator’s late w., and sundry articles of furniture. Brother Robert Mainard 40/- yearly. To the poor of Street £4. Residuary legatee and executor testator’s son John Mainard. Proved at Wells 8 Dec. 1722. Total of inventory, £1144-17-11.) [SPRp.74-75]

2) Thomas Marnard died 1689

Thomas appears in the churchwarden's accounts in 1689-90. He appears in the adjoining property in Butleigh with John from 1688 – 1719. In 1772 there is a reference to John and Thomas Maynard of Street, yeoman sons of John deceased – DD/S/BT/20/8/2-3.

Jewers notes: 116. John Marnard bur. 28 Aug 1685. (John Marnard of Street, yeoman. Will dated 1 Jan. 1684. He is sick. Mentions, Richard, Robert, George, and Ann Marnard, sons and da. of his brother Robert Marnard, deceased, they to have  £50 each at 21. To John Roode a bond or bill for £32 due from his mother. Brother Thomas Maynard the best mare, after the heriots are taken, and four acres at Readmead for the term of the lease, and £10, also to the said Thomas and his heirs forever the land in Butleigh bought by testator from Zachary Peryam, and the wheat mow near against the Highway. To Thomas Marnerd, son of said brother Thomas, and to his heirs for ever lands in Mear. To William Howe and Robert Pearce £3 each. To Robert Slade the money he owes to testator. To the poor of Street, £5. To John Marnard, son of testator’s brother Robert Marnard, and his heirs for ever land in Southmoor bought of Mr. Douthwaite. Residuary legatee and executor, kinsman John Marnard. Prov. at Wells 31 Oct. 1685 by executor. Total of inventory £859-9-0.) [SPRp.66]

117. Year 1689 footnote: - Thomas Marnard, the elder, of Street, yeoman. Will dated 24 March 1688-9. Is sick. To John Gundrie and Joane, his sister, 1/- each. To John Maynard, Richard Marnard, Ann Marnard, George Marnard, Robert Marnard, and John Roode of Walton, 1/- each. To s. Thomas Marnard and his heirs all testator’s lands forever. Residuary legatee and executor s. Thomas Marnard. Overseers s. John Marnard and Nicholas Hulett. Proved at Wells 7 Dec. 1689. Total of inventory, £143-0-0. The inventory is here given at length as it offers points of interest, giving as it does the various rooms and their contents separately. Inventory of the goods of Thomas Marnard, deceased, taken 1 April 1689. Wearing apparel, £5. Two chattle leases, £10. Ruther cattle, £39. Horne beasts, £17-10-0. Sheepe, £9-3-4. Two pigs, £2-10-0. Wheate in the backside and ground, £14-0-0. Beans and pease upon the ground, house, and backside, £7-6-8. Barley in the house and sowed, £2-0-0. Profits of copyhold until Michaelmas next, £6-0-0. Plough harness, £6-0-0. Wood, £1. Three fletches of bacon, £2-0-0. Pewter and brass, £3-0-0. Barrells and other timber vessels, £2-10-0. In the kitchen a table bord and frame, a joint furme, a joint stoole, six chaires and a paire of grates, £1-6-0. In the parlor, a featherbed, bedstead, curtains and vallens, with furniture, £5-13-4; a table bord, with frame, and three chaires, 10/-. In the parlor chamber, a bed bedstead and furniture, a chest and two coffers, £3-0-0. In the hall chamber, a bed bedstead with the furniture, £1-10-0. In the mault and other things forgotten £2-0-0. [SPRp.67]

139. Thomas Maynard of Street, yeoman. (Will dated 4 July 1720. To Rachel da, of John Rood of Cole, gent., three acres of meadow in Pressmoor, eight acres three yards in the common fields of Street, & part of Hewlett’s tenement, John Rood junior s. son of the said John Rood land in Furlong above Leigh, and more lands at Fossway hedge, Gould, Slades, Cockrode, Portway and at Brooks. To kinsman John Maynard the younger and his heirs forever lands in Mear, testator’s wife Elizabeth Maynard to have the profits for life. To Thomas, Joan, & Margaret Jefferie son and daūs of John Jefferie of Henley in High Ham, yeoman, £20 each. To Thomas, Richard and Robert Maynard, sons of kinsman Richard Maynard of Walton, yeoman, £5 each. Ann Stower of S. John’s, Glastonbury, £5. Friends George Osmond, John Tucker of Glastonbury, Edward Champion and Robert Champion Compton Dundon, £1 each. Mary dau. John Rood the elder, of Cole. 23/-. To the poor of Street £5. All lands not above bequeathed to wife Elizabeth Maynard, for life, and after her death to Joane Maynard da. of kinsman John Maynard the elder, of Street, yeoman, consisting of Eastland close, four acres of ground, a house with orchard and garden. Testator’s newly enclosed land called Coles laines and Backlands containing about eleven acres to kinsman John Maynard the younger. Other lands containing about seven acres with three acres called Beagroves to trusty friends Mr. John Godwin, James Clothier, and Arthur Gundry all of Street, in trust for the benefit of the poor called Quakers inhabiting within Somersetshire. Dwelling house and land called Closemead and Eastmead to kinsman John Maynard the elder. Residuary legatee and executrix wife Elizabeth Maynard. Proved at Wells by the executrix named in the will on 5 April 1721.) [SPRp.74]

Marsh

[March]

1) Philip Marsh – mentioned in the OOP accounts for 1708 when they paid expenses for 'taking him up'.

2) Edward Marsh – paid rates in Butleigh 1723-29 OOP

DD\NP/1/4/2 Dame Edith Phelipp's, as above, (by direction of Thos. Poole, the elder and the younger, as above, and Robt. Poole) to Ric. Healy, of Wells, clerk, and Ed. Marsh, of Baltonsborough, for £150 OF Butts or Tilestone,or Churchmoore, Butmoore, Tunn, Hitchen. Gill hatch and 6½a. arable in the common fields of Baltonsborough, being part of premises as 1(4)1 and purchased by the assigns Date: 20 Dec 1722.

2a) Edward Marsh of Baltonsborough

3) James Marsh b. 1800 Butleigh, labourer, died 1870 (Mar Q 5c/491 Wells)

James, a widower, lived in Baltonsborough in 1861. He was possibly the James living at Parsonage Lane, Berrow in 1851 whose wife Elizabeth was eleven years older than him. That James was a fishmonger. Several Elizabeth Marshes died in the 1850's.

4) John Marsh Chr. 30 Jan 1803 Butleigh s.o. William and Jane Marsh

See note to (9)

5) Joseph Marsh b. 1814 Butleigh, servant, married

Joseph, without wife, was at 8, Dark House Lane, St. Mary at Hill, London in 1851. In 1861 he was a dock labourer living at 20, Somerset Street (!), St. Botolph, London with his wife Elizabeth (b. 1820, London), a needlewoman. In 1871 he was a widower and farm labourer living at Wells Workhouse and probably the Joseph Marsh who died in 1886 (Mar Q 5c/419 Wells) aged 72.

6) Mary Ann Marsh Chr. 6 Jun 1828 Butleigh d.o. William and Mary Marsh. William was a basket maker.

7) Frank Marsh b. 1847 Stoke Cam (St. Michael), servant 61-49

Aged 14, Frank worked for Mary Treasure at the Dairy House in 1861. In 1871 he was a dairyman lodging with Elizabeth House at Horsington. Nfi.

8) Albin March b. 1846 (Mar Q 10/470 Shepton Mallet) Butleigh, labourer, s.o. Peter and Louisa March, died 1902 (Mar Q 5c/351 Shepton Mallet)

In 1851 Albin March lived with his mother Louisa in Pylle and his pob was Shepton Mallet. He was still there, with both parents, in 1861 and his pob was Pylle. By 1871 he was married to Charlotte and they lived at 20, Fosse Rd., Pylle and his pob was still Pylle. By 1881 they were still there but with eight children. Albin lived with wife Charlotte and seven children at 855, Fosse Road, Post Office, in 1891 and then his pob was Butleigh!

9) Sarah Marsh b. 1781 Somerset, bur. 23 Feb 1844 (Mar Q 10/409 Wells) Butleigh 41W-17

Sarah (60) lodged with Jane Gill in Wootton Street in 1841. A daughter Ann Marsh d.o. William and Sarah (unc. forename) Marsh was bur. 21 Apr 1805 Butleigh - see (3).

Marshall

1) George Marshall

2) John Marshall blacksmith

No further information on this family.

Martin

1) John Marten

1a) Thomas Marten Chr. 13 Sep 1594 Butleigh, bur. 20 Jul 1631 Butleigh

An Elnor Martin attended James Beavell in his period of sickness in 1676 (OOP)

2) Richard Marten bur. 4 May 1628 Butleigh

3) Walter Marten

4) George Martin

5) Jane Martin married Butleigh 23 Jan 1617 (unknown – page cut!)

6) David Marten

7) William Martin

William killed 1 hedgehog in 1707 and 18 sparrows in 1711 according to the churchwarden's accounts. In 1704 a warrant was taken out for him to be examined at Wells and a horse hired to carry him there. The OOP paid for Mr. Radford and John Vagg to marry him and a licence was paid for too. The OOP paid for him to be brought to Somerton and to be brought before Mr. Sergeant William Coward.

8) Frances Martin clerk

Frances appears paying rates in 1707 and 1708 and in 1709 Mrs. Martin and John Withey paid the rate. From 1710 – 1712 Mistress Martin paid the rate.

DD/S/BT/6/5/20-22 1] John Helyar of Yeately, Hants., and wife Christian 2] William Day of Somerton and John Fisher of Somerton, apothecary 3] Revd Francis Martin of South Cadbury, John Pope and Henry Talbot of Butleigh Wootton, Charles Strode and William Browning of Butleigh, Date: 1706.

DD\SAS\C/795/SE/23 South Cadbury(Martyn) Copy of Will of Francis Martyn of South Cadbury, clerk, devising ppty. in Butleigh, etc. Date 9 Dec 1708.

9a) John Martin

John - warrant taken out about him in 1691. Received Rocke and Symcockes bequest money from 1705-10 in which last year the overseers paid for a change for John Martin's children. In 1711 his house rent was paid and 1712 his child had relief paid for one year. In 1713 John's rent was paid and his child received a years relief. There is no mention of John in 1714 but his son received relief. Same as next? In 1724 Dr. Periam was paid £1 for curing a Joane Martin's leg – related? She received further treatment from the good doctor the next year too. In 1729 John had the rent paid and Dr. Periam demanded money for treating his leg. In 1730 he received a pot of ointment, was moved to a new house and received relief in his wife's sickness as well as wood for heating, rent and 27 weeks relief..

9b) John Martin bur. 11 Apr 1736 Butleigh

John Martin received a bushell of wheat and money at several times to relieve him in his sickness. He also received wood for heating.

10) Elizabeth Martin bur. 22 Aug 1783 Butleigh

11) Eleanor Martin bur. 18 Dec 1801 Butleigh

12) John Martin bur. 23 Jul 1782 Butleigh

13) John Martin bur. 16 Jul 1738 Butleigh

John & Elizabeth both buried 16 Jul 1738 Butleigh

14) Thomas Martin of Ditcheat, farmer

15) Thomas Martin b. 1803 Margate, Kent, agricultural labourer, bur. 13 Oct 1883 (Dec Q 5c/343 Wells) Butleigh 61-61, 71-79, 81-99


Caroline Martin aged 10 lodged with James Andrews at Spring Gardens in 1841 and in 1851 she was a servant in the High Street, Wells, at the home of Henry Powell, Chemist & Druggist. She married John Hodges on 1 Nov 1859 (Dec Q 5c/1800 Wells). p195 She died in 1909 (Jun Q 5c/277 Wells). In 1851 Elizabeth worked for Charles Dyer, the saddler at 17, High Street. Elizabeth had lived with her parents and sister in Compton in 1841 - her father was a labourer. In 1861 she lived with her parents in Quarry Lane, Butleigh - as an agricultural labourer - work woman. [the authors confused Elizabeth with Caroline in their book "Victorian Somerset"?] Elizabeth married William Higgins (1a2) in Butleigh on 9 Nov 1861 (Dec Q 5c/1062 Wells). p4, 170

Thomas and Joan had lived in Compton Dundon 1841-51 with their daughter Charlotte (who had married John Jeffery in 1854 (Jun Q 5c/1073 Wells) p213 before arriving in Butleigh, and they then remained in Quarry Lane for the censuses of 1861 - 81 until Thomas died in 1883 after which his widow moved to Dumb Court. Joan Martin (87) lived there alone in three rooms on Parochial relief in 1891 but not for much longer since she died in 1891, at Wells according to the PR.

16) George Martin b. 1828 Compton Dundon, labourer, bur. 14 Jul 1885 (Sep Q 5c/305 Wells) Butleigh 71W-86, 81W-106

George Martin was probably also a child of Thomas and Joan Martin (above) but first appeared in 1841 in Compton Dundon lodging as a servant with farmer James Merriott at Dundon Hays. A George does appear in Compton in 1851 but married to a Hannah. This may have been a first marriage of George's and Hannah one of the females of that name who died in 1850. George and Elizabeth had lived in 1861 in Compton Dundon with Theophilus and Charlotte plus two other children who did not remain with them when they later moved to Butleigh Wootton. From 1871 until past 1881 they lived in Butleigh Wootton. George died in 1885 aged 57 and Elizabeth may have remarried. Theophilus was named after his mother's brother, but after 1871 nfi.

Charlotte married butcher Frank Grinter in Butleigh on 8 Jun 1880 (Jun Q 5c/803 Wells) and they first lived in Street (1891) but later moved to run the "Red Lion Inn", West Pennard. Her sister Caroline Elizabeth married the baker George Ball from Manchester in Butleigh on 28 Sep 1880 (Sep Q 5c/791 Wells). In 1891 they lived at 1, Victoria Street, Newton Lancashire where George was listed as a grocer. Anna married labourer Thomas Shepherd Green (b. 1855 Compton Dundon) in Butleigh on 22 Apr 1879 (Jun Q 5c/815 Wells) and they lived in 30 Acres, Street in 1881. She was called Hannah on the 1901 census when they lived at the "Red Lion Inn" at West Pennard run by Charlotte and Frank Grinter. # Possibly the Anna Green (b. 1870 Butleigh) who was a widow and fruiterer living at 30, High Street, Glastonbury in 1911.Charlotte and Frank King Grinter lived at Newtown, West Pennard by 1911 and he was then a cider merchant.

Emma became a nurse aged 16 at Park Terrace, Glastonbury by 1881 and married groom James Dunn (b. 1868 Bridport) in 1890 (Jun Q 5c/867 Wells) and lived at 88, Bove Town, Glastonbury – they were still there in 1911 and childless. Mary Ann married Street shoemaker Frederick West in Butleigh on 7 Jul 1887 (Jun Q 5c/859 Wells) and they lived in Butleigh Wootton in 1891, moving on to Baltonsborough by 1901.

17) Mary Ann Martin b. 1830, bur. 17 May 1847 (Jun Q 10/381 Wells) Butleigh - nfi poss. d.o. Thomas

Masters

1) John Master vicar of Butleigh from 1536 upto c. 1540.

2) Polidarus Masters bur. 13 Oct 1584 Butleigh

3) Philip Masters

PROB 11/245 - Will of Thomas Masters Yeoman Butleigh, Somerset Date: 1655.

3a) Philip Masters died 1678/83

Philip's name occurs in a case brought before the court in Wells - Information of William Champion of Wootton in the parish of Butleigh concerning the loss of a black heifer the body of which was found in the slaughter house of William Spurlocke of Somerton, and the hide hid under the bed mat on which his wife was lying. William Spurlocke said that he bought the heifer from Philip Masters of Wootton, but offered no explanation of the hide being found under his bed. All given to John Barker 25th Oct. 1659. Philip is recorded as paying rates 1673-1677 in South Moor and 1673 – 1678 in Butleigh, the latter jointly with John Masters from 1674. 1679-81 records are lost but in '83 and especially '84 it seems that the heirs were David Masters and John Master who paid rates in adjoining properties until 1698. Philip's wife Elizabeth may be the person who the overseers took out a warrant concerning in 1675?

DD/S/BT/25/1/11 - Petition to Chancery by Nathaniel Blake of Glastonbury, innholder and wife Elizabeth daughter of Philip Masters of Milton Falconbridge, Martock, concerning her estate.. [Somerset Archive and Records, BUTLEIGH COURT PAPERS] Date: 1724. - related?

3a1) David Masters d. 1715?

David was churchwarden in 1684 and was possibly the Dan (?) Masters who made a donation to building St. Paul's Cathedral in 1680. David paid rates from c. 1680/3 – 98. In 1699 David paid his rates jointly with William Bartlett and in 1701 Rebecca Bartlett seemed to join David & William and next to John. In 1701-2 it was as 1700 then in 1703-4 David paid his rates jointly with son William who may have died in 1704 since from 1705 it was just David again on his own [but next to John still]. In 1709 John seems to have moved and David was absent. In 1710 David paid rates jointly with White and John is absent! In 1714/15 the rate was for Late David Masters & White [1716 lost] and the same until 1719 when it becomes David Masters again. 1722 has 'Mr. Young for Masters' and 1723 David Masters next to William Masters or occupiers (his brother returned?). The same in 1725 and up to 1744 after which it is late David next to William.

3a1A) William Masters bur. 14 Mar 1772 Butleigh

William paid rates in 1703-4 (see above) and then from 1723 – 1772.

3a1B)) David Masters bur. 14 Jan 1742 Butleigh

See previous – this David paid rates from 1719 until 1743/4. Overseer of the Poor in 1723.

3a2) William Masters Chr. 9 Dec 1666 Butleigh bur. 11 May 1672 Butleigh

William died in 1672 and he was the late William in 1673-4.

3a3) John Masters – of Wootton [to distinguish him from John of Compton] d. 1713?

John paid rates from 1673 [next door to Philip] and jointly with Philip 1674 – 1678. He paid the rates in his sole name then up to 1708. In 1709 he appears in a new place in Butleigh then after 1713 disappears. In 1708 (coincidence?) a property is called late Katherine Masters and remained so described until 1711 when the name disappears. Could Katherine be the wife of John and the John paying rates after 1709 be their son? An unplaced John (3a3A) is placed her speculatively. See (7) for a Katherine wife of John.

3a3A) John Masters

4) Elizabeth Masters – paid rates in 1673 – sister/wife of?

5) David Masters bur. 17 Jun 1656 Butleigh

PROB 11/261 - Will of David Masters Butleigh, Somerset Date: 1657 The uncertain child b. 1637 may be the Joanne Masters who married Butleigh 7 Nov 1663 John Savage.

6) John Masters bur. 10 May 1620 Butleigh

John received Poor relief in 1613 and 1614.

7) John Masters 'the elder' bur. 30 Mar 1668 Butleigh

7a) John Masters 'the younger' bur. 28 Mar 1668 Butleigh

8) John Master of Compton

John paid rates from 1673-1686 - nfi

9) Walter Masters

10) Elizabeth Masters

James seems to be the son of Elizabeth Masters who appeared first in 1688 when she received bread from the Symcockes bequest. In 1689 she received beef and in 1690 and '91 money. In 1693 she received relief and dressings and treatment for her legs. James was apprenticed to Stephen Symes. In 1694 Elizabeth received wood for heating. In 1700 and 1702-4 she received bequest money intended for the poor.

10a) James Masters tailor, bur. 5 Jan 1732 Butleigh

James was an apprentice to Stephen Symes in 1693. In 1703 James received money from the OOP for his relief (see also Elizabeth above). In 1704 he received relief 'in the time of his wife's sickness'. In 1705 James received both Rocke and Symcockes bequest money and in '06, '07 Rocke money. In 1707 James was paid by the OOP to make clothes etc. for the poor. In 1708 he rceived Rocke & Symcockes money and the OOP paid for keeping his child for 17 weeks, plus James again made clothes for the poor. In 1709 his child was kept for a whole year and James rec'd Symcockes money. In 1712 Dr. Strode was paid for 'curing James Masters' boy's leg'. In 1713 James received Webb fine money. Another child of James was Jane Masters bur. 10 Apr 1757 Butleigh d.o. James Masters. In1721 James was given a bushell and a half of wheat to relieve his distress. In 1721/2 he received 10 weeks relief and the overseers paid for the shroud and coffin for his wife. James rec'd 28 weeks relief in 1723. In 1725 he received a year's relief plus money in his sickness. In 1726 he rec'd a years relief and cloth to make clothes for his children. In 1727 he was paid to make badges for the poor people [obligatory to carry red letters BP on their clothes to show they were in receipt of charity!]. And one daughter was apprenticed to Mr. Mellier. At the end of the 1726 accounts it mentioned that two of James Masters' children were bound out apprentices, the other went to John Mullens. Both girls were outfitted with new clothes, aprons hats etc. In 1728 James received wood, money, wheat and barley to relieve him. In 1728 James received money to relieve him in his sickness, and a shroud and coffin for his wife (OOP). The also paid for digging her grave. His son Richard received new clothes and shoes and was then indentured as an apprentice to Thomas Gill. In 1730 John Masters [a relative?] was paid for looking after James's son (presumably Thomas) for two weeks by the Overseers, while James received money in his sickness and necessity.

11) John Masters Chr. 3 Apr 1743 Butleigh s.o. John and Elizabeth Masters

12) David Masters

13) George Masters bur. 12 May 1800 Butleigh

A George Masters bur. 3 Jan 1833 Chr. 2 Oct 1788 Butleigh aged 42 may well have been a son of this couple too.

14) John Masters b. 1781 Somerset, stone cutter, died 1846 (Dec Q 10/388 Wells) 41-12

Jane Masters seems to be the person who died in 1839. In 1841 her widowed husband John lodged with James Barnet in Oddway while his daughters Hester and Elizabeth lived in Wells with their cousin John Isaac junior. Hesther married John Templeman (b. 1801) # in Butleigh on 9 Apr 1843 (Jun Q 10/824 Wells) but died after childbirth in 1844. Elizabeth married Seth Callow in Butleigh on 27 Feb 1843 (Mar Q 10/761 Wells). #

15) John Masters b. 1801 Westbury, farm labourer, died 1881 (Sep Q 5c/281 Shepton) 51-37, 61-59

John and son Robert boarded with Charles Petty in 1851 and John stayed with him until 1861. In 1841 they had lived at East Brent when Robert's mother Sarah was still alive and there also were his brothers George (2) and William (8). Robert is missing from the following censuses but surfaced in 1881 at West Bradley with his wife Adelaide (b. 1830 West Pennard). They moved to Parbrook, East Pennard by 1901 and Robert died in 1903 (Dec Q 5c/287 Shepton Mallet) and Adelaide died in 1911.

In 1871 John had lodged with William Maidment in West Bradley but by 1881 he was an inmate of the "Union Workhouse" West Shepton as a Pauper, where he died the same year.

15a) William Masters b. 1833 East Brent (Westbury), agricultural labourer, bur. 30 Mar 1922 Butleigh 51-30, 61-54, 71-77, 81-100, 91-121, 01-137

William had arrived in Butleigh with his father John and brother Robert but he was a farm servant lodging with Henry Hoddinott by Compton Street in 1851. Louisa Oram appeared as Mary Oram in 1851, a servant in Fore Street. They married in 1851. In 1861 William Masters (29) agric. labourer lived with his wife Louisa and children Sarah A., Elizabeth, Henry John, William G., and Mary A. in one of 'Hoods Cottages', Butleigh Hill.

By 1871 William (40) lived with wife Louisa (40) and Sarah Ann (18), Henry J. (14), William G. (11), Mary Ann (8), Fanny (5) and Roseanna (1) in Farmhouse (part of Holmans).

Sarah Ann married the labourer John Ingram in Butleigh on 13 Sep 1872 (Sep Q 5c/867 Wells)# and signed as Sarah Ann [and was buried as such when she died of bronchitis aged 27] but on her marriage certificate the name of her sister Elizabeth was mistakenly given!. Perhaps the Rev. Wm Neville was confused with Elizabeth having had an illegitimate child Frederick who was born in August 1872 and the child to be buried two weeks after Sarah's wedding – perhaps her name was on his mind when he wrote the certificate.

In 1881 the property William and Louisa lived in was called Higgins Yard Cottage and they lived there with five children; Henry (24), William (22), Fanny (15), Rose (11) and Albert (9). Mary was a servant at 423, New Cross Rd., Deptford, St. Paul's, Greenwich in 1881. Then called Mary Maud she married hawker Thomas G. Tapsell (b. 1848 Chatcham, Kent) in 1885 (Sep Q 2a/821 Medway) and lived in Gillingham, Kent 1891 – 1901. They were at 11, Pretoria rd., Gillingham in 1911 with son Thomas [Mary called Mary Ann again].. Mary's older sister Elizabeth was just a few streets away at 20, Florence Rd. in 1881, where she was also a servant (to a wine merchant) - previously in 1871 Elizabeth had been a servant at King a Mill, West Lydford.. In 1882 (Jun Q 1d/1479 Woolwich) Elizabeth married John H. Hilling (b. 1859 Palgrave Suffolk) who was a medical orderly (and gunner in the Royal Artillery) and they must have then gone to Ireland where their eldest son was born in 1888. In 1901 (name misread Killing/Krilling) they lived at Newbold & Dunston, Derbyshire. In 1911 they were at 48 Johnson St., Old Whittington, Derbys. With their four surviving children (of 10). John Hilling was a labourer at a blast furnace.

Henry married Emma Jane Green (3a1) and moved to Street while William married Clara and set up at 61 Barton Stone (1891) (3a2).

Fanny became a servant at the house of James Pursey, builder and grocer, in the High Street, Street (1891) and married shoe worker William Page (b. 1871 Poole, Dorset) in 1892 (Dec Q 5c/955 Wells) and they lived in Street. # In 1891 William's house in Butleigh was called 'Holman's Yard' and he lived there with wife Louisa (60) and daughter Rosanna (20) and son Albert (18). Albert had married (3a2) and lived elsewhere in the village by 1901.

Rosanna married James Vowles in 1899 (Sep Q 5c/871 Wells) and in 1901 they lived at 21, Brutasche Terrace, Street where James was a shoe burnisher at the factory. In 1911 they lived at 14, Laura Terrace, Street with their son Austin (3).

By 1901 William (70) and Louisa (72) lived alone. In 1911 William and Louisa lived alone in four rooms.

Louisa Masters died in 1916 (Mar Q 5c/644 Wells) though her age at death was given as 92. William died in 1922 aged 97.

15a1) Henry John Masters Chr. 10 May 1857 (Jun Q 5c/638 Wells) Butleigh, died 1902 (Dec Q 5c/303 Wells). 61-54, 71-77, 81-100

Henry married Emma Jane Green in 1883 and after the death of their first child they lived in Teetotal Row, Street where he was a labourer (1891) with two children, Beatrice and Laura. On the 1901 census the enumerator called Henry Harry and his wife 'M'. Jane! In that year they lived at 2a, West End and had had another daughter, Hilda (b. 1892) - Henry died aged 45 in 1902.

15a2) William George Masters Chr. 24 Jul 1859 (Sep Q 5c/595 Wells) Butleigh, labourer, died 28 Apr, bur. 1 May 1940 Butleigh 61-54, 71-77, 81-100, 91-123, 01-138 (P)

Clara Cannon had lived with both her parents in 1861 but after her mother's death she lived with her grandmother Susan Cannon, her father and siblings in Babcary (1871). In 1881 she was a housemaid to the Rector of Sutton Montis at the Rectory in Weston Bamfylde. She married William George in 1883.

In 1891 at No. 61, Barton Stone William (32) lived with his wife Clara (30) and children Frederick William, Ernest, Alice and Herbert. The family were all in Oddway in 1901 apart from Alice who was a servant at 'The Laurels' in Chapel Street run by Edward Hickman, draper and grocer.

In 1911 the address of the family was given as 65 Butleigh and all were at home apart from Frederick, Ernest, Ethel and Edith. Frederick had married Maud Maria Hansford in 1909 (Jun Q 5c/950 Wells) and they lived in Wilfrid Rd., Street with their daughter Winnifred Maud. Ernest was a police constable boarding at Bexley Heath, Kent. Ethel was a cook for Sophia Sturge Clark at Greenbank, Street. Edith Mabel was a servant at 7, Northover, Glastonbury.

Edith M. R. married dairyman Charles Henry Knight in Butleigh on 10 Nov 1915 (Dec Q 5c/1077 Wells). # Nellie Louisa married the miller's carter John Bevis Millard from Baltonsborough in Butleigh on 28 Sep 1922 ( Sep Q 5c/945 Wells). Doris Margaret married Frederick Ball from Street in Butleigh on 9 Apr 1928. Clara married Reginald Brown of 3, Compton Street on 25 Aug 1930 in Butleigh. Herbert married a Jane Chinnock. Gertrude married Harry Lyall. Henry married Florence Parker.

15a3) Albert Masters Chr. 28 Jul 1872 (Jun Q 5c/604 Wells) Butleigh, labourer, bur. 20 Dec 1929 Butleigh 81-100, 91-121, 01-144

Louisa lived in Wedmore in 1861, with her parents, father a carpenter, and in 1871 in Westham, Wedmore. In 1881 she worked at 11, Market Place, Wells (Milliners) as a servant. By 1891, she worked as a servant at 4a, Portway, Wells - she had lost a few years and was then only '29'. She married Albert in 1895 and was really 13 years older than him but in 1901 when they lived in four rooms, possibly in Sub Road she was 37, just 11 years older.

In 1911 the family lived at Park Farm but Mary Louisa's name was crossed out – this was because she was a servant at Grove Farm, Castle Cary, for Alice Turner (36, of Butleigh) and her new 60 year old husband James Howell.#.Mary Louisa married Berkeley Cook of Keinton Mandeville in Butleigh on 25 Dec 1919 (Dec Q 5c/1201 Wells).

Son Arthur was a casualty in WWI. Amy Gertrude married engineer Lionel Frank Wellington from Keinton Mandeville in Butleigh on 25 Dec 1922. John Albert, a baker, married Emily Chinnin Butleigh on 29 Jun 1927 (Jun Q 5c/987 Wells).

16) Lucy Masters bur. 19 Oct 1796 Butleigh

17) Charles Masters b. 1821 Somerset, shoemaker 41-6 [Chr. 11 Jun 1820 s.o. Joseph and Elizabeth Masters]

Charles was a journeyman shoemaker lodging with Thomas Gare in 1841 in the High Street. Charles Masters seems to be the person born in Pilton who lived in West Bradley in 1851, a cordwainer.

18) Emily E Masters b. 1845 Priddy, farm servant 61W-65

Emily worked for dairyman George James in 1861 in Butleigh Wootton - nfi.

Mathews

[Matthews]

1) Frances Matthews bur. 3 Mar 1739 Butleigh

2) John Henry Mathews b. 1834 Templeton, Devon, blacksmith, bur. 7 Aug 1916 (Sep Q 5c/464 Wells) Butleigh 61-53, 71-79, 81-100, 91-123, 01-144

John (sometimes listed as Henry) variously gave his birthplace as: Temple[ton], Devon; Ilminster, Som; Tiverton Devon. Jane gave her pob as Sandford - there is a Sandford in Devon but Sampford [Peverell] is near Burlescombe, where a Jane Kerslake lived with her parents in 1851. John lived at Road in 1861 (New Road?) with his wife and eldest child Albert. Two children who died in Butleigh may have been daughters of this couple - Sarah Jane Mathews b. 1856, bur. 19 Apr. 1869 (Jun Q 5c/424 Wells, Butleigh and Harriet b. Aug. 1862, bur. 16 Jan 1863 (Mar Q 5c/511 Wells) Butleigh.

In 1871 the family was at Barton Stone and two more children had been added. John's wife Jane died in 1878 aged 48 and he then married Martha Sams in 1880. Martha had been a servant in Long Sutton in 1861 and by 1871 was a servant at 9, Clarendon Place, Lambeth, London.

In 1881 John (45), lived with his new wife Martha (36) plus Theodore (17), Harry (13) and Jessie ( 2 months). Albert married Emily Louisa Eyles (b. 1861 Poole) in 1880 (Sep Q 5a/465 Poole) and in 1881 they lived in Poole. John became a 'coach wheeler' and in 1901 lived with Emily and seven children at 21, Union Street, St. Maurice, Winchester, Hampshire. By 1891 John and Martha had just Jesse with them, plus two lodgers and lived at 60, Barton Stone. Harry was absent in 1891 but married Emily in that year and returned to Butleigh to live by 1901. Jesse lived in 1901 with his uncle William Laws [Lamm?] at Haslingfield, Cambs

A 'niece' Elsa was visiting in 1901 but in reality was the child of his son Harry (see below).

In 1911 John and Martha lived at 60 Butleigh with a boarder – George Davis (b. 1876 Butleigh). Jesse had married Matilda Elizabeth Culling in 1908 (Dec Q 5a/13 Swindon) and in 1911 they lived at Barton St. David with daughter Phyllis.

2a) Theodore Mathews Chr. 13 Oct 1863 (Dec Q 5c/606 Wells) Butleigh, groom and ostler, died 1891 (Jun Q 5c/268 Bridgwater) 71-79, 81-100 [Theadore Matthews]

In 1891 Frank lived with his parents at Church Street, Cannington. His father Theodore died in 1891 aged 26. In 1901 Frank and his brother Albert lived with their mother Lavenia in three rooms at Brook Street, Cannington.

Albert, a motor body worker, married Amelia Kelsey in 1910 (Mar Q 1c/368 Whitechapel) and they lived at 52 Morgan Rd., Bromley Kent in 1911. Frank was a journeyman baker boarding at 8, Griffin Rd., Clevedon.

2b) Harry Mathews Chr. 5 Jul 1868 (Jun Q 5c/614 Wells) Butleigh, labourer 71-79, 81-100, 01-144

In 1871 and 1881 Harry lived in Barton Stone with his parents. In 1891 he seems to be the 'Henry' living in a Caravan at Henstridge - a Steam Roller driver. Emily Packer lived with her parents in Lower Milton, Wells in 1881 - her father was a farm labourer. They married in 1891 and in the next years they obviously roamed the area looking for employment. Their eldest child Ernest was born in Butleigh in 1892, though the next two were born in Coxley and Walcombe. Amy was born in Butleigh in 1900. In 1901 at an uncertain place in the village - New Road? Harry Matthews (32) lived with his wife Emily (31), and children Ernest, Lily, Wallace and Amy. Elsa/Elsie was visiting her grandfather John Mathews on census night in 1901 (above). In 1911 the address of the family was given as 24 Butleigh. Only Ernest was away from home, boarding at 6, Orchard Road, Street where he worked in the rug factory..

3) Luetta Amelia Jane Sparks Matthews Chr. 26 Apr 1877 (Jun Q 5c/534 Shepton Mallet) West Holme, servant, d.o. James and Jane (Ann) Mathews 91W-117

In 1881 Liceta/Luetta lived with her parents at Holt, Pilton and her pob given as Pilton. In 1891 she worked on Broadway Farm, Butleigh Wootton for Henry Swanton. She married railway porter Walter Gass in 1900 (Mar Q 5c/663 Wells) and they lived in North Highbridge.

May

1) Samuel May bur. 12 May 1793 Butleigh

2) Anne May bur. 28 Jul 1795 Butleigh [d.o. William?]

3) William May b. 1755, butcher, bur. 13 Nov 1828 Butleigh - from Charlton

A further daughter Ann was bur. 1 Dec 1782 Butleigh. Mary May married John Castle in Butleigh on 5 Sep 1804.

3a) Richard May Chr. 22 Apr 1800 Butleigh, stone cutter, illegitimate child of Mary May, bur. 14 Apr 1880 (Jun Q 5c/359 Wells) Butleigh 41-12, 51-27, 61-61, 71-78

Richard's father was John Callow who was paying bastardy pay to his mother from 1800.

Richard's mother Mary later married John Castle in 1804, and then, when widowed, John Lane. #

Jane may have been the daughter of John and Mary Davis (- the Mary [Jane] Chr. 8 Jan 1804?) her witness at marriage was Maria Davis - her mother (John had died in 1823)? Richard and Jane lived in Oddway in 1841 with five children. A child Jane which died as an infant on 6 May 1847 (Hun Q 10/373 Wells) Butleigh may well have been theirs. Harriet became a house servant in Chamberlain Street, Wells - the house of Richard Sheppard, solicitor whereas Isabella died aged 24 in 1858 - she had been a servant in Magdalene Street, Glastonbury in 1851 (called Ezebella!).

In 1851 Richard and Jane lived with Harry, Mary, William and Susan.

Mary married labourer James Brooks in 1860 (Sep Q 5c/1133 Bedminster) and they lived in Bedminster for more than 30 years. By 1861 Richard had moved to Quarry Lane Cottage with William and Susan. Harry is absent from censuses after 1851 but may well be the Henry (b. 1836 Butleigh) who appears as an Army Reserve Force labourer in Bristol, Bedminster in 1871 - formerly in the Royal Artillery. He married Sarah Jane King from Buckland, Devon in 1864 (Jun Q 5b/425 Plymouth). In 1881 they lived at 128, Meriton St., [near the Chemical works] Bristol, and Henry was a brickyard Foreman. In 1891 they were at 65, Treefield Road, Bristol with Henry as a dairyman, and one of his six children was Ada (b. 1875 Bristol) - a chocolate cream maker! By 1901 they lived at 1, Windsor Terrace, St. Philip and St. Jacob, Bristol and Henry was a general shop keeper. Their daughter Rosina still lived with them and she was a packer at Fry's Cocoa factory. In 1911 they lived at 85, Mina Road, Bristol.

Susan married John Scriven in 1865 (Sep Q 5c/1167 Bedminster) and they had six children also before Susan died in 1879 (Jun Q 5c/508 Bedminster).

In 1871 Richard (72) lived with his wife Jane (66) and son William (29). In 1881 William lived in Quarry Lane. Jane died in 1879 and Richard in 1880.

3a1) William May Chr. 12 Sep 1841 (Jun Q 10/479 Wells) Butleigh, labourer, bur. 4 May 1918 (Jun Q 5c/510 Wells) Butleigh 51-27, 61-61, 71-79, 81-99, 91-124, 01-140

In 1881 William was a brickyard labourer and lived alone in Quarry Lane. By 1891 he was married to Ann from Douglas in the Isle of Man - and may have met her there - no wedding traced. Ann had lived with her parents at 5, BigWells St. Douglas in 1851 where her father was a sawyer. They were visited in 1901 by his wife's niece Martha Shenton (née Kinley) (46) a widow, also from the Isle of Man. The couple never had any children and in 1911 lived in four rooms at Quarry lane.

William died in 1918 aged 76. As Ann Kerrnish May his wife was baptised on 11 Oct 1917 Butleigh when aged 77 and described as a widow.

3b) James May Chr. 16 Nov 1783 Butleigh, butcher, s.o. William May (butcher) and Sarah , died 1858 (Mar Q 3c/389 Langport)

In 1841 James May was a butcher in Charlton Mackrell with wife Joanna and mother Sarah (90). His mother and wife both died in 1842 and he married Mary Wilcox in 1843. They appeared together in Charlton Mackrell in 1851 but James died in 1858. Mary, a widow and retired servant, lodged with Edith Wilcox in the High Street in 1861 and died in 1865.

4) John May

5) Samuel May

A Samuel May bur. 16 Aug 1831 Butleigh was b. 1763 (aged 68 at death) - can they be the same?

6) John May

This John could be the same as the next - a second marriage?

7) John May b. 1777, bur. 22 Apr 1823 Butleigh

John and Elizabeth both died young (46 and 33) and possibly Elizabeth was the mother of the Mary who died one month after birth and was buried on 7 Nov 1813 Butleigh. Birth complications might explain her demise.

7a) Benjamin May Chr. 5 Jan 1803 Butleigh, labourer, s.o. John and Elizabeth May

This family lived at Nether Swell, Swell, Somerset in 1841 and 1851. In 1861 Benjamin, a coachman, worked at Langford House, Fivehead while his wife Mary and sister Ann (b. 1816 Fivehead) lived in an adjoining property.

8) Samuel May Chr. 9 Mar 1801 Butleigh, butcher, son of John and Mary May, bur. 6 Dec 1879 (Dec Q 5c/355 Wells) Butleigh 41-5, 51-34, 61-62, 71-78

Samuel and his wife Ann appeared in the High Street (?) in 1841 with their three oldest children. John (born 1822) was deaf and dumb and sent to Wells Union Workhouse where he appeared in 1851 as an 'idiot'. He died in 1856. The rest of the family lived at Fore Street between Riggs House and the Meeting House in 1851. By 1861 Samuel and Ann lived at Black Down Cottage with just Betsy, a serving maid. William May (35 in 1871) was a porter at Covent Garden, married to Emma, and lived at 14, New Church Court, St. Mary le Strand, London. Ann died in 1868 and in 1871 Samuel was reduced to being a rat-catcher, living at 'Windmill' which was somewhere on Butleigh Hill. He died in 1879. Of Mary Ann and Betsy - nfi.

9) Henry May b. 1833 Holford, bricklayers labourer 51-23

In 1851 Henry lodged at Parsonage House, Compton Street, and probably worked on the building of Butleigh Court. Absent from almost all censuses he surfaced in 1901 married to Jane from Bridgwater and lived at Bawdrip with three of his children.

10) Amy May b. 1865 Kingweston servant 81-94 [an Emily May was born in 1863 (Mar Q 5c/513 Langport)]

Amy served at Butleigh Court in 1881. No Amy traced born at Kingweston near this date.

11) Stephen May b. 1800 Butleigh, silk dyer, died 1857 (Dec Q 6a/15 Bristol)

In 1841 Stephen and wife Jane lived in Castle Street, Bristol with three children. Jane died in 1842 and Stephen married Caroline in 1843 and lived with her and his three children at 57, Castle Street, Bristol Castle Precincts, Bristol in 1851. He was a silk dyer employing three men.

12) Elizabeth May b. 1764, bur. 4 Apr 1840 (Jun Q 10/367 Wells) Butleigh

The widow (nee Sweet) of Samuel May (m. Butleigh 25 Dec 1808)?

13) Isabella May bur. 28 Feb 1796 Butleigh - nfi

14) Mary May bur. 7 Nov 1813 Butleigh aged 1 month - uncertain parents

Maynard

1) Richard Maynard b. 1797, bur. 23 Feb 1863 (Mar Q 5c/513 Wells) Butleigh - nfi.

Mayo

1) Thomas Mayo of Westonzoyland bur. 29 Aug 1590 Butleigh

2) Peter Mayo of Greinton bur. 20 Dec 1613 Butleigh

Meacher

(see Meaker)

Mead(e)

1) John Meade died 1694

John paid rates between 1673 – 1694 in Butleigh (on two properties from '89) and South Moor from 1673-77. His son William paid rates in Butleigh1695 – 1716 and South Moor from 1697-1713 – in 1717 he was the late William (in South Mead, Butleigh rate paid Mrs. Read 1716/7). The Meades of Street – see Jewer's notes.

Jewers notes: 119. William Mead bur. 31 Dec. 1691. (William Mead of Street, yeoman. Will dated 15 Nov. 1688. Son John Mead £5. Testator’s grandson William Mead, son of the said s. John Mead, £5. To Mary Rood, da. of the said John Mead, and granddau. To testator, £5. Dau. Judith Bartlet £5, and to her son William Bartlett, testator’s grandson, £5. Joseph Bartlett, son of the said Judith and grandson of testator, £5. Dau. Hannah Rood £5. James Rood, s. of the said Hannah, and grandson of testator, £5. Joan Paddocke, dau. of testator’s granddau. Mary Paddocke, late deceased, £10 at 21 or marriage. Mary Paddocke, da. of testator’s grandda. Mary Paddock, £10 at 21 or marriage. John Mead, “my servant,” £5. To the poor of Street £2 to be distributed by s. John Mead. Son-in-law John Rood. Residuary legatee and executor Joseph Rood, s. of Nicholas Rood, by testator’s dau. Hannah. Proved at Wells 9 Feb 1688. Total of inventory, £170-14-8. Seal – On a wreath a lozenge shaped cushion tasseled, and charged with a horse’s head. This was the seal of Timothy Redman, Vicar of Street, and a witness to the will.) [SPRp.67-68]

122. Year 1695 footnote: - John Meade of Street, yeoman. Will dated 21 Jan. 1692. Wife Judith two best beds and their furniture, £20 a year out of ground in Southmoor otherwise Aldermoor, late in the possession of Thomas James, and James Periam, both deceased, for life. To the six children of testator’s da., Mary Roode, £50 each at 21. Son-in-law William Roode to have the remainder of the lease of four acres in Lower Houswood, now in his possession. To the said da. Mary Rood £20. To Edward Cullen the money he owes the testator. Residuary legatee and executor son William Meade. Proved at Wells 30 April 1695. Total of inventory £411-5-0.) [SPRp.68]

STREET - DD\X\DEA/2 Meade al. Moxham, executrix); copy will of Wm. Mead of Fivehead, 1711. ?

2) William Mead b. 1785 Butleigh, coachman

William and family lived at 2, Westfield Plane, Clifton, Bristol in 1851. Elizabeth married prison warder William Vowles (b. 1833 Flax Bourton) in 1857 (Sep Q 5b/143 Exeter) and they lived in Exeter in 1871. In 1881 [called Vowler] they were still in Exeter. Hannah [Ann], a cook, was in service at 80 Praed Street, Paddington, London in 1861. In 1871 she was a visitor at 2, Chapples Place, St. David, Exeter. She was there visiting her sister Elizabeth (b. 1826 Butleigh!) and her husband William Vowles, a prison warder.

DD/S/BT/22/3/2 Summons to William Mead, groom to lord Glastonbury at Conduit Street, St. George's Hanover Square to serve in the militia.. [Somerset Archive and Records, BUTLEIGH COURT PAPERS] Date: 1810.

2a) James Mead Chr. 6 Oct 1805 Butleigh, butler, died 1884 (Dec Q 9d/458 Bedale)

James, married, served at "The Grange", Bedale, Yorkshire in 1861. In 1871, retired, he lived with wife Susan (b. 1809 Pontefract) in Scruton, Yorkshire, and they were still there in 1881.

Meadows



2) Mary Ann Meadows b. 1839 St. Martins 71-72

Mary was a servant at Butleigh Court in 1871. Nfi - surname possibly Meddows

Meaker

1) Clement Meacher

Clement was churchwarden in 1692 and appears in the churchwardens accounts until 1697. He paid rates from 1684 – 1702.

2) Sarah Meaker bur. 12 May 1753 Butleigh

3) William Meaker bur. 24 Jan 1762 Butleigh s.o. David and Betty Meaker

4) Humphrey Meaker of Barton St. David, s.o. Jacob and Mary (nee Stone) Meaker of Barton

DD/S/BT/7/6/12 - 1] William Wilcox of West Lydford, yeoman and wife Annis, Thomas Gilbert the younger of Butleigh, joiner, and wife Betty, John Wilcox of Glastonbury hosier and Ann. Annis, Betty and Ann are executrixes of Henry Pope the younger decd, executor of Henry Pope the elder decd 2] Charity Gitter of Woodland, Berks, Catherine pinny of North Barrow, Elizabeth Pope and Margery Looke of Butleigh, Humphrey Meaker of Barton St. David husbandman and wife Charity, Isaac Lester of West Pennard, husbandman and wife Date: 1759. DD/S/BT/14/3/26-7 - 1] James Grenville 2] Humphrey Meaker and wife Christian, Isaac Lester and wife Grace Pair of fines on a share of wood in Butleigh.. [Somerset Archive and Records, BUTLEIGH COURT PAPERS] Date: 1759.

5) Joseph Meaker [of Barton St. David], bur. 15 Mar 1754 Butleigh

6) Clement Meaker bur. 25 May 1772 Butleigh [s.o. 1?]

The last child has parents with an uncertain surname beginning with M, but the forenames Clement and Ann suggest he was a child of this couple - his own forenames being uncertain, however.

Meary

1) Thomas Meary appears in the churchwardens accounts in 1704

Mell [see Male]

Mellior

1) Mabie Melliar? married Butleigh16 Apr 1637 Christopher Rugg

2) Thomas Melliar

3) Agnis Milliard (same?) bur. 24 May 1669 Butleigh

4) Robert Mellior of Balsbury (Baltonsborough)

Melton

1) Ann Melton b. 28 Mar 1825, Chr. 24 Apr, Docking, Norfolk, cook and housekeeper, d.o. Benjamin and Ann (née Wales) Melton 61-55

In 1851 Ann was cook at the Rectory, Blakeney, Norfolk. Ann served at the Vicarage in 1861. In 1871 she returned to Docking, Police Station Street, to look after her mother Ann (90). In 1881 she lived in the same house alone and still described as 'Family Cook' but by 1891 she was a laundress. She died in 1897.

Meowby

[Meaby?]

1) Mary Meowby b. 1796 Somerset, servant 41W-16

Mary was a servant at Wootton House in 1841. Nfi

Meredith

1) Evelyn Mary Meredith b. 31 Jul, Chr. 10 Sep 1893 Butleigh, d.o. Edwin and Mary Jane Meredith

Evelyn's father was a butler from Amersham in Bucks. and their stay in Butleigh was only temporary. In 1901 and 1911 they lived at Amersham, Bucks and the p.o.b. of Mary Jane is given as Butleigh and her daughter Evelyn as Amersham. Mary Jane Higgins (b. 1868 Butleigh) married Edwin Meredith in 1892 (Sep Q 5c/797 Wells).

Merrick

1) William Merrick b. 1806 Glastonbury, mason, d. 1884 (Dec Q 5c/363 Wells) 41-8, 51-34

William was born in Glastonbury and married Elizabeth on 18 Nov 1838 at Lyncomb & Widcomb (near Bath). William Merrick (30) mason and his wife Elizabeth (30) lived next to her father Jonah Connock in Water Lane in 1841. Their other neighbour was Caroline Gilbert who married Elizabeth's brother James in 1842.

In 1851 William (45) was a master mason employing 69 men. He lived with his wife Elizabeth (44) and children John (12), Joseph (8) and Henry Isaac (3). William built the Court and after its completion lived in the High Street, Keinton Mandeville (1861) with his wife and three sons.

In 1871 William and Elizabeth still lived in Keinton Mandeville but with son John and his wife Leah Joiner who he had married in 1866 (Dec Q 5c/709 Langport), plus their son Henry.

John and Leah lived at 17, Benedict Street, Glastonbury by 1881 with their three sons. They were till there in 1891 but they had added two more children, and remained there by 1901 with just two children. John Merrick was responsible for much of Glastonbury Abbey's restoration in the early 1900's.

Joseph W. Merrick married Elizabeth Dyke (b. 1835 Keinton Mandeville) in 1866 (Mar Q 5c/925 Axbridge) and in 1871 they ran the "Lamb Inn", Out St. Cuthbert, Wells. They had two children, Roderick (4) and Georgina (2) both born Keinton, and a niece Mildred Lintern lived with them. In 1881 and 1891 they were still at the "Lamb Inn" (25 St. Thomas Street).

In 1871 Henry Isaac (b. 1847) was in lodgings at Doulting, still single. By 1881 he lived at 34, Town Street, Shepton Mallet and was 'mason and grocer' married to Martha C. (b. 1851 Shepton Mallet) with three children.

Elizabeth died in 1879. By 1881 William lived alone at 13, Queen Street, Keinton and died in 1884.

2) Albert Merrick b. 1844 (Dec Q 10/199 Wells) Glastonbury 51-34

Albert was the son of a William Merrick who had married Mary Ann Grant in 1837 (Sep Q 10/619 Wells).p146 Alberts parents lived in Glastonbury in 1841 with William's brother Frederick (20) and two children Elizabeth (3) and Henry (1). He was visiting his grandmother Hannah Grant at No. 1, Meeting House in 1851. Albert's mother Mary must have been ill at the time and after she died in 1852 (Sep Q 5c/389 Wells) her husband remarried (a Rebecca). Albert went to live in Glasgow and lodged at 13, Rupert Street in 1881 as a carver. He had married Rhoda Toomer (b. 1846 Glastonbury) in 1868 (Sep Q 5c/793 Wells).

Merriott

1) Jacob Merriot b. 1801, died 1841 (Sep Q 10/264 Langport)

Jacob Merriott, a tailor, lived with Hester and their five children in Compton Dundon in 1841.

After the death of their father and remarriage of their mother, these three children of Jacob Merriott moved from Compton Dundon to live with Samuel Summers in Butleigh in 1861.

Jacob junior died in 1867 (Dec Q 5c/275 Bridgwater) and Henry seems to have migrated to Wales where he died in 1875 (Sep Q 11a/187 Pontypridd) aged 40. Elizabeth, a shoebinder, never married and in 1871 - 1881 lived with her mother and stepfather but in 1891 lived alone at 50, Chapel Lane and was still alone in 1901 and 1911 and still a shoe binder. She died in 1918 aged 83, bur. 15 Oct Butleigh.

Middle

1) John Middle died 1671

PROB 11/337 - Will of John Middle Leadminer Butleigh, Somerset Date: 1671. Agnes paid rates in Butleigh and South Moor in 1673 and then from 1674 John Fish was the ratepayer.

Middleham

1) William Middleham

Middleworth

1) William Middleworth Vicar of Butleigh from 1391

Mildmay

1) Humphrey Stephen Mildmay b. 1868 (Sep Q 9c/653 Bramham) Marston Yorks., d. 22 May, bur. 27 May 1872 (Jun Q 5a/244 Beaminster) Butleigh

Harriet Louisa Neville, the Squire's daughter, # had married Charles Arundel St. John Mildmay on 17 Jan 1854 in Butleigh and by 1871, when he was rector of Marston in Yorkshire, they had six children, including Humphrey living with them there. Humphrey presumably sickened on a visit to his grandparents at the Court and was buried in Butleigh. His parents later lived at Glenwood, near Sherborne where they both later died, in 1903 and 1907.

Mildred

1) Rachael Neville Mildred b. 1869 Preston, Gloucester 91-123

In 1881 on census night, Rachel stayed with her widowed mother Emma Lucy Mildred (b. 1844 nee Portman - her husband Daniel, a brewer and landowner, had died in 1874) at a lodging house in 36, York Street, Marylebone. Rachel was the niece of Robert Neville-Grenville and his wife Gertrude (née Portman) and visited them at Butleigh Court in 1891. # Rachael married solicitor Edmund Manley Awdry in 1892 (Mar Q 5c/888 Bath). In 1911 she was a visitor at The Vicarage, Starcross, St. Thomas Devon, the home of the Rev. Robert Locke and his wife Ellen Mary (Rachel's sister?). Rachel notes that she had four children and three of them appear at Rowden Hill, Chippenham with her husband on the 1911 census.

In 1901 her mother Emma lived in Preston House, Cirencester with her son Daniel Mildred b. 1870 (Dec Q 6a/343 Cirencester) Preston, a Lieut. in the Middlesex Militia, who in 1906 directed the "Butleigh Revel". In 1911 aged 40, and a magistrate, he lived with his mother and two spinster sisters at Preston House.

2) George Mildred Vicar of Butleigh 1934-38 patron Robert Neville Grenville

Miles

1) Edward Miles b. 1854 Lytchett Matravers, Dorset, labourer 01-146

In 1901 Edward Miles [Myles] (47) and wife Elizabeth (37) lived in four rooms with Lillie M. (8), Henry J. (5) In 1891 they had lived in part of Beaumont Villa, High Street, Lytchett Matravers, Dorset (Edward's birthplace) and his wife was then called Bessie. They seem to have been peripatetic in search of work first in Woolland, Dorset and then Stoke under Ham in Somerset before landing in Butleigh.

Millar

1) John Miller bur. 3 Sep 1640 Butleigh

2) Benjamin Millar

Benjamin was a handyman doing work for the churchwardens 1679-1688

Millard

1) Benjamin Millard died before 1711

Benjamin had a warrant issued against him by the OOP in 1675 and they paid for a smock for his child. In '77 Roger Clap cared for Joane Millard and a warrant was taken out about Benjamin again. In 1689 Joane received bread from the Symcockes bequest and 9d in money in 1690. In 1692 a warrant was issued for William and in 1694. In 1705, 06 Joane and Benjamin (father or a son?) received Rocke and/or Symcockes money . Joane continued to receive bequest money from 1707-1713 and her rent was paid by the OOP. In 1709 she was ill and in 1710 it was specified that house rent was paid for Joane senior and junior – both Joanes received Rocke money in 1710. In 1711 - 12 widow Joane was attended in her sickness, washed and provided with heating and she and her daughter had their rent paid. Joan junior died in 1713 and her mother received rent and clothes. In 1714 widow Joane Millard also died..The OOP records in 1725 ' 5s paid for carrying Millard and family to Langport Eastover.

2) John Millard b. 1792 Badgeworth, cooper, bur. 9 Feb 1856 (Mar Q 5c/396 Wells) Butleigh 41-7, 51-26

John and Maria appeared in the High Street in 1841 and 1851 where John and his sons were coopers and his wife and daughters took up dressmaking. John died in 1856 and then his son George married Elizabeth in 1857, some thirteen years his junior. He took over the business and his mother and sisters went to live a few doors away in 'Peckham Row'. Elizabeth married the widowed butcher James Godfrey Gilbert in Butleigh on 26 Jan 1860 (Mar Q 5c/914 Wells). #

In 1861 Maria Millard (70) widow, lived with her daughter Marina (32) grocer and Caroline (28) assistant. Marina married the doctor, Robert Cleall Pouncy in Butleigh on 20 Oct 1861 (Dec Q 5c/1061 Wells).# Robert Pouncey died in 1865 (Jun Q 5c/398 Wells) and his mother-in-law Maria died shortly before the census in 1871 aged 82. Caroline married William George Reynolds in Butleigh on 31 Apr 1876 (Sep Q 5c/799 Wells). #

2a) George Millard Chr. 8 Feb 1821 Butleigh, cooper, d. 20 Sep, bur. 25 Sep 1902 (Sep Q 5c/271 Wells) Butleigh 41-7, 51-26, 61-50, 71-73, 81-95, 91-120, 01-137

Elizabeth Gane had lived with her parents in East Pennard in 1841 and was the granddaughter of Samuel Maidment, with whom she lived in West Bradley in 1851 while her parents lived alone elsewhere in the village. George seems to have married the young Elizabeth Gane twice - perhaps because she was under age the first time?

In 1861 George (40) lived with Elizabeth (25) and sons John Francis and Robert in the High Street. Son Robert died in 1863.

In 1871 George (49) and Elizabeth (36) lived with son John (13) and daughters Eva and Annie.

In 1881 George (59) then a farmer of 26 acres, still lived with wife Elizabeth (46) son John and daughters Eva and Annie.

In 1891 they were all living at Park Farm and Annie Gane (24), a niece was a visitor. #

In 1901 they were all still at Park Farm and none of the children had married. George died in 1902 and Elizabeth died in West Pennard in 1907, but she was buried in Butleigh.

Eva married Reginald Herbert Norris in Butleigh on 9 April 1901 (Jun Q 5c/937 Wells) # in the same month that niece Annie Gane married William John Roe, of West Pennard. # Eva's 39 year old sister Annie married farmer Hubert Arthur Robert Swanton (b. 1871) from West Pennard on 16 Apr 1907 (Jun Q 5c/948 Wells).

2a1) John Francis Millard b. 2 May, Chr. 20 Jun 1858 (Jun Q 5c/624 Wells), Butleigh, farmer, died 13th April, bur. 16 Apr 1931 Butleigh 61-50, 71-73, 81-95, 91-120, 01-137

In 1901 Alice had lived with her parents at Luxborough Farm, Bishops Lydeard. John was twice her age. In 1911 they lived at Bridge Farm with their first born child and a servant, Mabel Kate Davis.

John Frances died aged 72 at Bridge Farm in 1931. Eva Mary married farmer Albert E. Tibbs in Butleigh on 25 Jan 1941.

3) Mary Millard b. 1833 Lovington, servant, d.o. Uriah and Elizabeth Millard 51-34

Mary served at the house of William Merrick in Back Street in 1851. Uriah her father, was a labourer. Nfi

4) James Millard b. 1800, bur. 7 Mar 1856 Butleigh - nfi though he may have beeen a relative of (1)

Millear

1) Mary Jane Millear b. 1840 (Jun Q 10/478 Wells) Glastonbury, d.o. Thomas and Jane Millear 71W-87

In 1871 Mary was a visitor at the Farm House of Charles Maidment in Butleigh Wootton. She married rug and glove manufacturer Albert William S. Baily in 1872 (Dec Q 5c/983 Wells) and they lived in Mill Lane, Glastonbury.

Millington

1) George Henry Millington b. 1863 Cheltenham, Gloucs., house painter

In 1891 the family lived in two rooms at 54a, Southover, St. Cuthbert In, Wells. By 1901 the family lived in four rooms at 9, Town Hall Buildings, Wells and by then there were five children at home. They had six children in all and in 1911 at the same address they still had their youngest four. John was a servant (carter) on Islington farm, Wells.

Mills

1) Andrew Mills b. 1804 Kilmington, Som, agricultural labourer, died 1863 (Dec Q 5c/446 Wells)

In 1841 Andrew and Fanny lived in Kilmington with their first five children and in 1851 with daughters Emma and Elizabeth and sons Martin and Andrew.

Hannah served at the Vicarage in 1861. In 1841 she had lived with her parents - her father was a labourer. She married Joseph Craft in Butleigh on 30 Dec 1875 (Dec Q 5c/907 Wells). p90

Sarah lodged with the Sewages in Kilmington in 1851 and in 1871 was a housemaid at Hadspen House, Pitcombe, Somerset. Despite the census stating Kingweston as her birthplace, this Sarah seems to have also been born in Kilmington where she appeared in 1841 as the sister of the above Hannah. She served as a housemaid at the Vicarage in 1881.

In 1891 she was living with her sister Mary Ann (54) a cook, at 4, Upper Bedford Street, Kempt Town, Brighton - they were both 'in service'. They were both still there in 1901, though retired.

Andrew was crippled from birth and in 1881 he lived with his widowed mother, a pauper, in Kilmington, together with sister Emma. In 1891 his sister Hannah Craft looked after him in Butleigh. In 1901 he lived in Mill Lane, Bruton, with his sister Emma who had married farm carter Thomas Randell. His sister Hannah died in 1905, and her husband in 1911. In 1911 Andrew lived with his spinster sister Mary Ann (a cook) in two rooms at Butleigh.

2) Elizabeth A. Mills b. 1880 Kingsdon, cook 01-134

Elizabeth served at the Vicarage in 1901. Possibly a mistake? - there is no Elizabeth Mills from Kingsdon - but there was an Elizabeth E. Mills from Kingsdown, Bristol! She was the daughter of Henry and Elizabeth Mills.

3) Elizabeth Mills b. 1843 died 25 Oct, bur. 3 Nov 1922 Butleigh

Elizabeth died aged 79 after 55 years service as 'our beloved nurse' according to her tombstone.

Millten/Milton

1) Charles Milton b. 1806 Somerset, stone mason, s.o. William Milton, died 8 Sep, bur. 10 Sep 1845 (Sep Q 11/63 Clutton) Butleigh 41-6

Charles lodged in the High Street in 1841. Elizabeth's whereabouts at the census date in 1841 are uncertain. At their marriage Elizabeth's father was given as Charles and the witness William - a mistake - her father was William and brother Charles the witness.

Charles died in 1845 and Elizabeth went into service and served Elina Parsons in North Street, Somerton in 1851, where she remained in 1861.

Elizabeth boarded with Joshua Davis in Dumb Lane in 1871 and died in 1871. Her brother Joseph married a Caroline Milton in 1842 who was probably Charles' sister.

Mines

1) John Mines b. 1822 Frome, labourer, died 1887 (Sep Q 5c/305 Wells) 51-29, 61-54, 71-77, 81-97

John boarded with John Howard in Hoods Cottages in 1851. By 1861 he was still in Hoods Cottages but two doors down lodging with Ann Wilcox. By 1871 he was back with John Howard and described as 'a friend'. John Howard died in 1875 but John Mines remained living with Elizabeth Howard, John's wife, in the same property (1881), until his death in 1887. #

Minly

1) William Minly bur. 31 Oct 1743 Butleigh - nfi

Mitchell

1) Robert Mitchell of Huish Episcopi

Mogg

1) Simeon Mogg Chr. 25 Mar 1755 Woolavington s.o. John and Ann (nee Denby) Mogg, bur. 14 Apr 1829 Street

When Sedgemoor was drained it was partitioned between various parishes and Butleigh was allocated a section. The reclaimed land at Sedgemoor first appears in the Butleigh OOP rates in 1796 and one common owned by Mary Rood of Butleigh was occupied from that time by Simeon Mogg of Street. Simeon was occupier until around March 1804 after which the property was rented by John Burrough. Simeon Mogg junior and wife Mary (b. 1790 High Ham) appear with five children on the 1841 census at Stonehill, Street. Jane married James Chancellor and was bur. 4 Nov 1865 (Dec Q 5c/377 Wells) Walton. Sarah Mogg married John Wilkins (b. 1792 Chapel Allerton) on 23 Mar 1812 in Street and she died 1833.

1a) John Mogg of Street died circa 1832.

DD/S/BT/20/8/16-7 - 1] John Mogg of Street, stonecutter 2] Robert Tucker of Ashcott 3] William Hilborne of Kingsdon, yeoman Mortgage of 2a at Stonehill, a strip of Meeting House Ground with new house in Street and insurance policy. Enclosed promissory note.. [Somerset Archive Date: 1810.

DD/S/BT/28/6/1 Abstract of a conveyance by the Whitley family and Henry star of Cheddar to John Mogg of Street of a moiety of Stonehill Close in Street.. [Somerset Archive and Records, BUTLEIGH COURT PAPERS] Date: 1832.

DD/S/BT/28/6/2 - Damaged abstract of Robert White's title (1832) as trustee for sale to the estate of John Mogg decd in Street.. [Somerset Archive and Records, BUTLEIGH COURT PAPERS] Date: 1832.

1x) John Mogg

In the Overseer of the Poor accounts for October 1814 a common on Sedgemoor was owned by a Mr. Cooke who rented it out to John Mogg. By March 1815 the occupier was listed as Edward Mogg (next) and John then rented Sedgemoor land from Samuel Galton until 1817 when he was again replaced by Edward Mogg. The relationship of Edward to John isn't known. He was possibly an uncle since Edward's only brother was Robert, named after their father. Probably the John (1a) who married in Butleigh in March 1815. A John Mogg (alias Sealey) from Somerset was in prison in 1816 (not followed up).

2) Edward Mogg Chr. 24 Dec 1786, Street, farmer, s.o. Robert and Mary (nee Osment) Mogg, d. 1869 (June Q 5c/426 Wells) 41W-14, 51W-41, 61W-65

King Sedgemoor farm was built, and on all censuses 1841 - 1871 was occupied by the Mogg family though there was also Nith/Nythe Farm (occupied by the Windsors) on the Moor. Edward is first shown as occupier in 1815 as tenant of Mr. Cook and in succession to John Mogg who was the previous tenant in 1814. On the censuses Edward and Mary are only shown with the one son above. Mary died in 1856 or 1859 (the latter was a Mary Ann Mogg) and Edward died in 1869 aged 82. Mary Ann married Robert Ireland in Butleigh on 24 Jul 1826.# Eliza married Thomas Horwood Cozens in 1840 (Dec Q 11/188 Bristol) and they lived at Moorlinch. Their first daughter was born in 1842 and the family remained there until the 1880's. In Edward's father's will of 14 Jun 1834 his older brother Robert received the main properties of his father and his mother an annuity for life. Edward received an acre of land at Brook Close Street and £34 10s while his sisters Sarah (wife of William Smith) and Mary also received land.

2a) Edward Mogg Chr. 25 Dec 1816 Butleigh, farmer, died 1876 (Dec Q 5c/285 Bridgwater) 41W-14, 51W-41, 61W-65, 71W-84

Edward junior took over the farm from his father and married Caroline Chappel in 1859 but she died in 1862 and the next year he married Ruth Hayes. They seem to have moved from Sedgemoor since Edward's death in 1876 is registered at Bridgewater though this may be due to the rearrangement of the Parish boundaries. After Edward's death Ruth lived with her niece Jane Hayes at Moorlinch near Bridgwater and later at Ashcott. Caroline Chappell (and her mother Elizabeth) were both from Moorlinch (not Butleigh) and in 1851 Caroline had been a servant in Minehead. Her mother (called Betty) had lived alone in Moorlinch in 1841 and 1851.

3) Beatrice Elizabeth Mogg b. 1889 (Mar Q 5c/493 Wells) Butleigh d.o. John and Mary A. Mogg

Beatrice lived in 1891 at Hurcott, Somerton with her parents. John was a labourer (b. 1863 Charlton Adam) and his wife Mary (b. 1865 Kingsdon) had just had a son Henry born 5 months before the census in Somerton. A lodger (brother?) was Stephen Hodges (20). In 1901 the family was at Horse Leaze, Charlton Mackrell. In 1911 Beatrice was cook at 16, Beaufort Rd., Clifton, Bristol.

Montague

[Mountagne]

1) Charles Montague b. 1843 Dunsdon, Oxon, servant, baker and publican, s.o. Thomas and Phoebe Montague

Charles and Ann must have temporarily worked in Butleigh in the early 1870's before moving to Devon where they had a son, and then, by 1881 taking up a position in Eve and Dunsden in Oxfordshire where Charles took over his father's business. His parents, retired, lived with him. Charles' wife Ann died in 1884 and by 1891 he was married to Emma (b. 1853 Southampton). Alice had died in 1888 aged just 14.

Montgomery

1) Fanny Charlotte Montgomery b. 1821 Drove House, Singelton, Sussex, gentlewoman 51-30

Fanny was a visitor at the Vicarage on census night 1851, married. In 1861 she lived in Ifield. Nfi

Moody

1) William George Moody b. 1860, East Pennard, labourer 91W-117

The family lived at 20, Butleigh Wootton in 1891 but had moved to Parbrook, East Pennard by 1901. By 1911 Mabel had died and the family (except daughter Mary) lived at Lottisham.

Moon

1) Joseph Moone was a brass caster who did work for the churchwardens in 1693.

2) Martha Moon b. 1792, bur. 24 Jan 1857 (Mar Q 5c/438 Wells) Butleigh - nfi - possibly the Martha Moon who had been a servant at Emborrow in 1841

Moore

[ Moor, Moors, Mores]

1) John Moor(e)

In 1719 'Mr. Moores' paid rates on South Moor lands. In 1726 a John Mores paid rates jointly with Joane James then in 1727-29 paid them with John Weekes. In 1730+ paid them on his own account. In 1727 Edward Callow was tried [and imprisoned] for stealing wheat from John Mores.

DD/S/BT/5/6/12 - 1] John More of Butleigh, grandson of John James decd 2] Dame Edith Phelips of Montacute 3] John Weekes of Butleigh, yeoman and Edward Slade of Wells, grocer Assignment of mortgaged 4.5a pasture at Outer Horses, Bean Horses and Bolster (9a) and 3a of inclosed Date range: 1726 - 1727.

DD/S/BT/5/6/14 1] John More of Stoke sub Hamdon 2] Henry Talbot of Butleigh Wootton 3] Edward Slade of Wells, grocer 4] John Weekes of Butleigh, yeoman Assignment of 4.5a pasture at Outer Horses, Butleigh.. [Somerset Archive and Records, BUTLEIGH COURT PAPERS] Date: 1728.

DD/S/BT/5/6/20-35 - Abstracts of John Moore's title (1635-1755) to lands in Butleigh, extract of will (1765) of Henry Talbot of Butleigh, copy of will (1767) of John Moore of West Coker, surveys, valuations, bill and correspondence concerning proposed sale of Moore's land Date range: 1770 - 1780.

DD/S/BT/5/6/38 - 1] Henry Talbott Moore of West Coker, administrator of Henry Talbot of Butleigh Wootton decd 2] John Moore of Glastonbury, with Henry executor of their father John Moore 3] William Daniell of Yeovil and Michael Clayfield of Bristol, merchant Partition Date: 1776

2) Thomas Moor bur. 19 Aug 1754 Butleigh - possible son of latter couple?

3) Giles Moores b. 1799 died 1845 (Dec Q 10/369 Yeovil)

I have tried to trace Giles parents without any success so far - there were several Morris/Maurice marriages in Podimore Milton but I haven't found a Moores. The same goes for his marriage.

In 1841 the surname was given as Moores and Giles was an agricultural labourer - they lived at Podimore Milton. In 1851 the surname was given as Moors and the family still lived at Podimore Milton where Edward was a carter, Emily a cook Caroline a glove sewer, Daniel a carter, Henry an agricultural labourer and Frederick a scholar at school. Mother Mary was a widow.

4) Frederick Moore b. 1842 (Sep. Q 10/505 Yeovil) Podimore, farm bailiff, bur. 22 Apr 1893 (Jun Q 5c/326 Wells) Butleigh 91-125

In 1861 Frederick Moors lived with just his widowed mother Mary (b. 1798 Podymore) in Podymore. He married in 1865 and in 1881 (missing in 1871) he was an agricultural carter in Podimore Milton - and his children then were Frances E., James Henry, Frederick and Gertrude Annie (7 months), the latter dying in 1883 aged 2. In 1891 Frederick Moore lived with his family at Higher Hill Farm where he was farm bailiff. His eldest daughter Rose Emily, a housemaid in Paddington in 1891, married Alfred Wedderburn in 1892 (Mar Q 1d/415 Lambeth).

Edgar went to Kensington, as a gardener, and lived with his aunt Frances (b. 1855 née Pitman) and her husband Henry Mileson (married in 1898) . Frederick died in 1893 and in 1901 Jane lived with just Frank and Herbert. In 1911 Jane lived at 45 Butleigh with just her son Herbert, a carter. She died in 1914.

Frederick Harvey Moore married Margaret Barber [Chr. 25 Mar 1868 (Mar Q 5c/592 Wells) Butleigh] in Butleigh on 8 Jun 1908 (Jun Q 5c/987 Wells) and they appear on the 1911 census at 25 Butleigh. Frederick died at 32, Butleigh on 31 Jul and was bur. 3 Aug 1940 Butleigh while Margaret died in Midsomer Norton 8 Jan but was bur. 12 Jan 1949 Butleigh.

Francis Edward died aged 33 and was bur. 10 Sep 1904 (Sep Q 5c/267 Wells) Butleigh.

4a) Henry James Moore b. 1874 Podimore, d. 3 Jun, bur. 6 Jun 1949 Butleigh 91-125, 01-143 PHOTO

Henry James, referring to himself as just James on the 1901 census, lived in three rooms in Water Lane with his wife and two daughters. In 1911 at Higher Farm Henry and Alice lived with just Gertrude May.

Eliza was known as Elsie Jane and married Petty Officer Harry James in Portsmouth as such. She had previously been in service at Butleigh Court before going to Portsmouth to work with her sister Gertrude (known only as May). May later worked in Bristol but never married. Henry and Alice left Water Lane in the 1920's and moved into 35, Cornish Cottages, Butleigh. Harry and Elsie James had their only son Norman Harry born at the Cottage Hospital on Nov 9 1933 and Chr. 11 Feb 1934 Butleigh.

5) Jane Moore b. 1846, d. 5 Sep, bur. 9 Sep 1886 (Sep Q 5c/322 Wells) Butleigh

Jane had come from Crosby, Isle of Man.. She is possibly the milliner, wife of Thomas Moore living in Birkenhead in 1881 – he may be the brother of the next.

6) Margaret Moor(e) Chr. 23 Oct 1836 Marown, Isle of Man, ladies maid, d.o. John and Jane Moore 81-100

Margaret served at 'Corville' in Wood Lane in 1881. In 1861 she had lived with her parents at Eyreton Castle cottage in Marown, Isle of Man where she was a dressmaker. Her father was a labourer. In 1881 (Jun Q 8b/524 Toxteth Park) Liverpool she married the widowed bailiff George Duffill.

7) Percy George Moore b. 1890 (Dec Q 5a/123 Bradford upon Avon) Bradford upon Avon, Wilts., footman, s.o. Tom and Sarah Ann Moore

Percy worked at Butleigh Court in 1911. His father was a carpenter and Parish clerk in Bradford in 1891.

Morris

1) John Morris bur. 2 Jan 1593 Butleigh

2) Joanne Morris married Butleigh 3 Jul 1611 George Auston

Morse

1) Alice Morse married Butleigh 18 Sep 1628 John Wiseman

2) Betty Morse (?unc. surname) Chr. 16 Nov 1793 d.o. John and Elizabeth Morse (?) Baptism out of place between March and May entries - poss. meant for April.

3) Edward Morse b. 1819 Long Newnton, Wilts, nurseryman

Edward Morse senior doesn't appear on the 1841 and 1851 censuses but obviously worked in Butleigh in the 1840's. The family moved to Albury, Surrey, shortly after the birth of their son Edward, where the next child, Helen, was born in 1847.

3a) Edward Morse b. 1845 (Mar Q 10/537 Wells) Butleigh, nurseryman

Edward was the son of Edward Morse, nurseryman and seedsman, and wife Ann. In 1861 they lived in East Street, Epsom, Surrey. They were still there in 1871. In 1875 (Mar Q 2a/289 Croydon) Edward married Louisa Mary Lover (b. 1844 Addington, Surrey). By 1881 they lived at Albert Cottage, Laburnam Rd., Epsom, Surrey with their 2 year old daughter Florence. L. and in 1901 they lived at 53, East Street, Epsom with three children (of six – three had died). In 1911 they still lived at 53, East Street, with their son Wilfred Stanley (26).

Mortimer

1) William Mortimer Chr. 29 May 1831 Mich Hampton [Minchinhampton], Gloucs., engine fitter, s.o. William and Ann Mortimer 91-113

In 1881 William lived with his wife Elizabeth and six children at 15, Blewitt St., St. Woolos, Monmouthshire where his occupation was sawyer.

William, still married but alone, lodged with John Bond, engine driver, at No. 12, High Street in 1891.

Moses

1) John Moses

Mounsdon

1) Reginald T. Mounsdon b. 1880 (Sep Q 5c/562 Axbridge) Burrington, head gardener to Robert Neville Grenville (1935 Kelly's), s.o. Charles W. Mounsdon

Reginald was the son of a head gardener and lived with his parents in 1891 at Upper Langford, Burrington.

Moxham

1) William Moxham of West Lydford, buried 3 Sep 1733 by the Quakers

William Moxham who died in 1707 (grandfather of this William?) was a tenant of Lydford Park Farm and kept a team of horses carrying goods (and coal?) between Exeter and London (VCH). William Moxham senior was buried 28 May 1729 Street.

William was one of the highest rate payers from 1715 until 1732 (though the last years as 'or occupiers' when in 1734 it became 'Widow Moxham or occupiers'. From 1715-23 just William's name was given but from 1723 it was William junior suggesting that the earlier period may have been under his father [the William Moxham of Street who died 1729?]. The Moxham name disappeared in 1740 only to reappear in 1742 as 'Mr. Moxham [or occupiers]' and in 1751 as Joseph Moxham. This lasted until 1763 then the Grenville estate acquired 'Moxham's houses' in 1764. Joseph's successor [as distiller in Bristol] was a William Moxham in about 1769.

Jewers notes: 104. Year 1722. (31 March 1722. Licence from the Bishop of Bath and Wells for William Moxham of Street, yeoman, and Hannah Merret of Glastonbury, spinster, to marry at (blank). [SPRp.62]

Jewers 144. William Moxham, senior, bur. 28 May 1729. (William Moxham of Street, yeoman. Will da. 2 May 1729. Da. Jane w. of John Tucker of Street, yeoman, £200; the said John Tucker to settle his lands in trust for the use of himself, his wife and their heirs. To John Merritt of S. Benedict parish Glastonbury, woolcomber, and John Blackmore of the parish of S. John. Glastonbury, sadler, in trust a house with its appurtenances in S. John’s, Glastonbury, and a house &c. next to Mr. John Mainard’s in Street, also arable land in the West fields of  Street, except a parcel of ground called Standwell, for the use of testator’s dau. Jane and her heirs, with remainder to testator’s son William Moxham, also a messuage and land held for the life of Mary Rowley alias Roely of Mear. Testator’s sister Mary, wife of John Hole, late of Stone in East Pennard, yeoman, to have £10 yearly after the said John Hole has fooled and squandered away what he has sold his land for. To the poor of W. Lidford £5. Grandson William Moxham and granddaughters Mary, Honour and Sarah Moxham £100 each at 21 or marriage. House testator dwells in with its appurtenances and land called Blagrove or Blackgrove, in Street, to son-in-law John Tucker and John Blackmore in trust for son William Moxham and his heirs. Residuary legatee and executor said son William Moxham. Prov. at Wells 7 Nov. 1730.) [SPRp.77]

147. William Moxham bur. By the Quakers, 3 Sept. 1733. [SPRp.78]

DD/S/BT/4/6/5 1] John Helyar of Yeatly, Hants., and wife Christian, William Helyar of East Coker 2] William Moxham of West Lydford, yeoman Assignment of Benharses (13a, 3a), and Worthy (4a), Butleigh.. [Somerset Archive and Records, BUTLEIGH COURT PAPERS] Date range: 1712 - 1713. also DD/S/BT/1/2/3 – 1717, and DD/S/BT/19/2/4-5 - 1717

DD/S/BT/4/6/6 Copy (1757) will of William Moxham of Street, yeoman.. [Somerset Archive and Records, BUTLEIGH COURT PAPERS] Date: 1729.

DD/S/BT/4/6/7 Copy (1757) will of William Moxham of St. Benedict, Glastonbury, stockingmaker.. [Somerset Archive and Records, BUTLEIGH COURT PAPERS] Date: 1733.

DD/S/BT/11/2/26 1] Anne Pope of Butleigh, Thomas Merriott of Glastonbury 2] Hannah Moxham of Glastonbury, John Merriott of Glastonbury, stockingmaker, James Clothier of Street, yeoman and James Salter the younger of Podimore, yeoman executors of William Moxham decd Mortgage Date: 1735.

DD/S/BT/11/1/21, 11/2/34 1] Thomas Merriott of Glastonbury and wife Hannah formerly widow of William Moxham, James Clothier of Street and James Salter of Podimore, yeoman, executors of William Moxham decd, yeoman 2] Thomas Looke of Butleigh, yeoman 3] William Howe of Bowlish, barrister Date: 1739.

DD/S/BT/19/2/6-7 1] Joseph Moxham of Bristol, devisee of William Moxham decd 2] James Grenville of Butleigh Lease and release of Whitelocks (2a) in Baltonsborough.. [Somerset Archive and Records, BUTLEIGH COURT PAPERS] Date: 1763.

DD/X/GAT – Maop of Blagrove Farm, the property of William Moxham 1774

Mullen

1) John Mullen (Mullens)

John paid rates from 1723 until 1750. The property then passed to Robert Balch. He was witness to the overseers accounts in 1723. In 1726 he took an apprentice – one of James Masters' daughters.

2) David Mullen

Mullet

1) Neall Mullet ? - apprenticed to or by Henry Talbott in 1700.

Mullins

1) James Mullins b. 1830 East Pennard, dairyman 61-47

Julia Reeves had lived with her parents in 1841/51 in Baltonsborough where her father was a shoemaker. Her sister Mary worked at Parsonage Farm. # In 1851 James was single and lived with his sister in Ditcheat. He married Julia Reeves in 1857 and they went to America where their daughter Mary was born the following year. They arrived in Butleigh in 1860 and their daughter Julia Letitia. was born there in December 1860.

In 1861 James and family lived in part of Parsonage Farm [Home Farm] in Compton Street. They had a visitor, Julia's sister, Mary A. Reeves (14) from Baltonsborough. They left Butleigh before 1864 and after many travels [in 1871 they were at West Harptree] James and Julia ended up running a boarding house in Bournemouth in 1901.

Julia Letitia married Howard Wilkinson in Dorset in 1890 (Jun Q 5a/535 Wimborne). In 1891 they were in Avenue Road Wimborne Minster where Howard was an engineer and they were visited there by Julia's brother Albert E. Mullins (b. 1873 Stowey, Som). By 1901 they had a son George (9) and daughter Muriel (8). In 1911 they lived at 153, High Street, Poole with son Vernon (George – apprentice engineer) and daughter Muriel (Governess).

Mundy

[Munday]

1) Edward Mundy Chr. 22 Apr 1821 Ditcheat, shoemaker, s.o. Joseph and Jane Munday (carpenter), d. 11 Jul 1896 Gleniti, New Zealand 41-14. 71-82

Edward Mundy appeared in Butleigh in 1841, at Barton Stone, when he was an apprentice shoemaker. He married Maria Oldis, daughter of a thatcher, in 1841 and they had two children, Maria Jane b. 1841 and Susan b. 1842/3 in Butleigh before moving to Alhampton Lane, Ditcheat (Edward's birthplace) around 1845. They lived there until just before 1871 and had several more children. In 1861 Susan was a kitchenmaid at Babington House, Babington alongside Susan Britton from Butleigh who was the cook. She went on to marry the house painter Thomas Holley in 1869 (Sep Q 1a/558 St. George, London) and lived at 8, New Coventry Street, Soho.

Maria Jane was a servant at Culverhay in Wotton under Edge, Gloucs., in 1871.She married George Vines 1871 (Sep Q 6a/374 Dursley).

In 1871 Edward (50) with his wife Maria (51) lived with Dan (20), Fanny (13), Herbert (11), Kerturah (8), Clara (6) in Water Lane. Edward and Maria emigrated to New Zealand with Emma and Fanny before 1876.

1a) John Oldish Mundy b. 1847 Ditcheat, shoemaker 71-80

Miriam's father, mother and all her siblings except for herself had been born in Butleigh. In 1871 John Oldis Mundy (24) and wife Miriam (23) lived with daughter Ellen Maria plus grandmother Elizabeth Oldis (60) at Oddway, next door to the Hockey family. John and Miriam moved to Orchard Row, Street by 1874 where their son Austin was born. They appear there in 1881 and by 1891 had moved to the High Street, Street and John was a foreman shoemaker. Austin Mundy became a florist, seedsman and shopkeeper by 1901 sharing the Street property with his parents who were living with their other two children [Miriam given pob Came, Dorset]. He had married Emily Elizabeth Kimber (b. 1870, Forrest Hill, London) in 1898 (Sep Q 5c/822 Wells).

In 1911 John, Miriam, Ellen and Charles lived at 96a, High Street, Street where they were market gardeners. Their shop still exists and flourishes in High Street, Street to this day.

2) Alfred Henry Mundy b. 1854 Limehouse, London, masons labourer, s.o. Lucy Mundy 91-126

Eliza Vile's parents lived in Hill Head, Glastonbury in 1871 and her father was a labourer, her mother a glove sewer. After her marriage to Alfred Mundy in 1873, the Mundys lived at Hill Head, Glastonbury in 1881, when Alfred gave his birthplace as Barking, Essex. In 1891 they lived in Oddway, Bethell Cottage. They next appeared at 2, Hill Road, Glastonbury in 1901, having left Butleigh some time after 1891 when they had had another daughter, Rose, born there. Alfred jnr was absent in 1901 but died aged 41 in 1914 (Dec Q 5c/534 Wells). Mary Jane Mundy died in 1898 (Dec Q 5c/302 Wells) aged just 22. In 1901 Matilda was a 'sorter at Paper Mill', boarding at Perch Hill Westbury with her cousin William Mells of Glastonbury and his wife Kezia from Wookey.

In 1911 the widowed Alfred was still at 2, Hill Head, Glastonbury but only William, Thomas, Rose and May were at home with their parents. Of 10 children, 7 were still alive.

3) William Mundy b. 14 Dec 1879 [reg. 1880 Mar Q 5c/540 Wells?] Catsham, gardener, s.o. Jane Mundy, died 6 Dec 1951

William, a servant in Langport in 1891, was a gunner in World War I and in 1926 he, with wife and daughter, moved to North Cadbury and became landlord of the Catash Inn. In 1901 he had lived in Baltonsborough with his mother and stepfather – Jane and Henry Gill – as an agricultural labourer. William and Harriet lived together at 1, Rood Cottages in 1911 and Kathleen (called Joan) was born the following year at No. 43. During the War ,while William was in France, Harriet and her daughter lived at Hospital Cottage where Harriet was housekeeper to Dr. Knyvett.

Murch

1) Albert Charles Murch Chr. 1 Jan 1856 (Mar Q 5c/501 Bridgwater) Chilton Polden, farmer, s.o. Albert and Sarah Murch

In 1871/81 Albert lived with his parents in Charlton Adam where they farmed Manor Farm of 301 acres. In 1881 Ellen had lived with her parents in St. Peter Street, Tiverton - her father was an auctioneer.

In 1891 the couple are found farming at Greinton and had four young children, all born in Greinton, plus Ellen's mother Elizabeth Wood (b. 1821 Newton Bushel, Devon), a widow. They were all still there in 1901.

Murray

1) Albert James Murray b. 1879 (Dec Q 1b/245 Islington) Islington, Butler, s.o. Charles and Alice Murray

In 1911 Albert was butler at Wootton House. He was an army pensioner and single. His father had been a railway worker.

Musgrove

1) Alfred Musgrove b. 29 Jul 1845 Ilton Bradon, labourer, s.o. William and Eliza Musgrave of South Braden d. 5 Mar, bur. 10 Mar 1870 (Mar Q 5c/491 Wells) Butleigh

Alfred died of 'Heart disease and pneumonia congestion' and present at death was William Woodland viz.

Musters

[Mustoe]

1) Sabra Ann Mustoe Chr. 8 Apr 1849 Kemerton, Gloucs., servant, d.o. Joseph and Ann Musto 71-72

In 1851 the family name was spelt Musto and in 1861 Sabra still lived with her parents in Kemerton, Gloucester - her father was a labourer. Sabra served at Butleigh Court in 1871. She married John Dymond Bere in 1874 (Mar Q 5b/711 Tiverton).

Myles

1) Edward Myles, b. 1855 (Mar Q 5a/292 Poole) Lytchett Matravers, Dorset, cowman, labourer, s.o. Henry and Mary A. Myles

The family were absent from the 1901 census. Edward's father was a carpenter and he remained with the family up to the 1881 census. The couple reported that they had had 9 children in all with 7 surviving in 1911 when they lived at Park Buildings.