Napier

1) Martha Napier b. 1753, bur. 3 Aug 1831 Butleigh - nfi

Napper

A) Robert Napper bur. 4 Mar 1756 Butleigh (father or son?)

1) Robert Napper b. 1788 Compton Dundon, shoemaker, d. 1859 (Sep Q 5c/271 Langport)

In 1841 the family lived in Compton and Robert was a shoemaker. By 1851 he was widowed and his daughter Sophia had married William Whitcombe in Compton Dundon on 19 Jun 1845 (Jun Q 10/699 Langport). Her brother Joseph married William's sister Susan Whitcomb three years later (1b). Robert married Sarah Whitcomb (aged 22) in Compton Dundon on 9 Jul 1844 and ran the Fox and Hounds Inn at Compton Dundon by 1861.

DD/S/BT/26/11/120 - File on R. v. Napper, a case of poaching in Butleigh.. [Somerset Archive and Records, BUTLEIGH COURT PAPERS] Date: 1853.

1a) William Napper b. 1821 Compton Dundon, cordwainer

In 1861 and 1871 Abraham had lived with his parents in Compton Dundon.

1a1) Abraham Napper b. 1852 (Jun Q 5c/484 Langport) Compton Dundon, bootmaker 91-122

Emma lived with her parents in Meare in 1861 where her father was a Smith. In 1871 Emma was a servant at Pill Ham Theale, Wedmore, aged 12 and in 1881 a servant aged 22 lodging in Northover, Glastonbury. In 1881 Abraham lived at 20 St. James Market, London where he was a foreman greengrocer. Abraham married Emma in Glastonbury later the same year and they returned to London where Bert was born. They then moved back to Somerset and lived in Butleigh where Sidney was born. Sidney was named after a child which had been born and died the previous year, 1889. In 1891 they lived in four rooms in Sub Road (?) at or near No. 54.

The Nappers had moved on by 1901 to 30 Merthyr Street, Central Cardiff, where Abraham was then described as a horse driver.

1b) Joseph Napper b. 1826 Compton Dundon, servant, died 1897 (Mar Q 5c/285 Langport) 41-14

Joseph served at the home of John Tucker in 1841. He married Susan Whitcombe and by 1851 had two daughters - and had returned to live in Compton Dundon. In 1861, with three more children he lived next door to his brother William Napper (1a) and remained there for subsequent censuses.

2) Eliza Jane Napper Chr. 24 Feb 1898 Butleigh as an adult - nfi

Nettle

1) William Nettle Chr. 1 Sep 1793 St. Agnes, Cornwall, carpenter and clerk of works, s.o. William and Susannah Nettle, bur. 9 Mar 1869 (Mar Q 5c/452 Wells) Butleigh 51-24, 61-48

William Nettle was born in St. Agnes, Cornwall and had been a Clerk of Works (carpenter). He must have worked in Pimlico at some time since James was born there in 1834. His wife Harriet was on the 1841 census in Belgrave with their five children - William was working away.

In 1851 William Nettle and his son James were probably working on the construction of Butleigh Court and lived next to Charles Dyer at 17, High Street. In 1861 they were actually his lodgers and James Nettle, who was a mason, became a harness maker and his father 'retired'.

William died in 1869 and afterwards James returned to London (Westminster - 128 Vauxhall Bridge Rd) where he and his younger brother John (a tobacco pipe maker) lodged with a bookseller, Thomas Barnes (1871). By 1901, still unmarried at 66, he was a Bridle cutter and saddler living in Vauxhall Bridge Road, No. 83, with his unmarried sister Harriet (73) and niece Fanny (40).

2) Elizabeth Mary Nettle b. 1801, bur. 19 Mar 1850 (Mar Q 10/408 Wells) Butleigh

The 'late wife of William' according to her memorial gravestone. Perhaps a second wife of the above William who died before the 1851 census. A William Nettle married Eliza Mary Mills in 1841 (Jun Q 4/233 Lambeth) and a William married Elizabeth Mary King in 1844 (Dec Q 5/206 Dover) – both are possible explanations.

Neville

[Neville-Grenville]

DD/BR/ho – 9 Boxes at SRO - This collection consists mainly of deeds relating to properties acquired 1827-1848 by Rev'd Geo. Neville Grenville of Butleigh Court. Unless otherwise stated the terminal date for each bundle is the date of acquisition by Grenville. Covering dates 1574 - 1942

1) George Neville-Grenville b. 17 Aug 1789, s.o. Richard Griffin 2nd Lord Braybrooke and Catherine Grenville, died 10 June 1854, bur. 17 Jun (Jun Q 5c/388 Wells) Butleigh

George Neville Grenville, dean of Windsor, was born George Neville at Stanlake, Berkshire, on 17 August 1789. He was educated at Eton College from 1802 and Trinity College, Cambridge, from 1807 (MA 1810). His father being, since 1797, hereditary visitor of Magdalene College, Cambridge, he obtained the mastership of that college in 1813 and held it for forty years. He was presented by his brother-in-law to the rectory of Hawarden, Flintshire, which he held from 1814 to 1834. There he created two chapelries. He married on 9 May 1816 Lady Charlotte Legge, daughter of George Legge, third earl of Dartmouth, and Frances Finch; they had six sons and five daughters. The last child, William was named after William Grenville, 1st baron Grenville (d. 12 Jan 1834 - Prime Minister) who had married Elizabeth Wyndham. In 1825 George's uncle Thomas Grenville conveyed to him the Somerset estate, based on Butleigh Court, that he had just inherited from James Grenville, Baron Glastonbury (bur. 6 May 1825 Butleigh aged 82), whereupon he took, on 7 July, the additional name of Grenville.

In 1841 George Neville-Grenville (51) and his wife Charlotte were living in St. George Hanover Square together with Ralph (24), William (22), Frances Catherine (20), Georgiana (19), Cicelie (19), Edward (16) and Harriet Louisa (13). From 1846, already a queen's chaplain, he was Dean of Windsor by Sir Robert Peel's nomination. He was also registrar of the Order of the Garter. Frances Catherine married Edmund Peel a priest, s.o. Robert Peel, in Butleigh on 28 Nov 1849 (Dec Q 10/775 Wells). # In 1851 George was at 'Adelaide House', Hastings, Sussex living with Charlotte, Georgiana, Cicely, Harriet and his married daughter Frances Peel. Harriet Louisa married Charles Arundel St. John Mildmay on 17 Jan 1854 in Butleigh (Mar Q 5c/905 Wells). # George died at Butleigh on 10 June 1854 and was buried there on 17 June. An obituary notice occurs in the Bridgwater Times on 22 Jun 1854. With his brother, he was also famous for having discovered the diaries of Samuel Pepys. Note

His fifth son, Glastonbury, Capt. of the Royal Engineers and aide-de-camp to Sir H. Rose was killed at Ratgurh, ten miles south of Baroda, in the aftermath of the Indian Mutiny, on 30 Jan 1858.

George had died before the Court was completed and in 1861 his widow Charlotte was found living with Cicely in 'Northfield Orchard' Baltonsborough. They were both still there in 1871, and Charlotte died in 1877.

PROB 11/2194 - Will of The Honorable and The Very Reverend George Neville Grenville Dean of Windsor and Master of Magdalene College in the University of Cambridge Butleigh Court , Somerset . Date: 1854.

DD/S/BT/13/3/43 Lady Charlotte Neville Grenville Probate of will (1871) and codicil (1875) of, with detailed legacies of personalty.. Date: 1877.

1a) Ralph Neville-Grenville born 27 Feb 1817, Chr. 7 Apr 1817, died 20, bur. 25 Aug 1886 (Sep Q 5c/320 Wells) Butleigh 51-35, 71-72, 81-94 OBIT

Ralph was living in Butleigh at Holmans, no doubt supervising the construction of the Court, in 1851. His wife Julia with children Robert, Agnes and George, was living in London at the time, with her mother. A case in the Bridgwater Times – 10 Aug 1854 – refers to Staples and Chapman v Lansdell concerning the building of Butleigh Court.

In 1861 Ralph, Julia and seven of their children; Robert, George, Hugh, Louis, Beatrice, Ethelreda and Claud, were living at 3 Buckingham Gate House, St. Margarets, Westminster. The Court was maintained in their absence by three servants.

In 1871 Ralph Neville Grenville MP, JP Colonel of the West Somerset Yeomanry etc. was in residence at Butleigh Court with his wife Julia and six of their children;

Robert, the future squire, b. 16 Dec 1846 Windsor Castle (1a1)

Agnes b. 1849 Butleigh - She married India Office Clerk William James Maitland on 7 August 1878 (Sep Q 5c/777 Wells). They appeared in London on the 1881 and 1901 censuses but lodging at Wingate Farm, Countisbury, Devon in 1891. He was Deputy Governor of the Indian Railways. #

Hugh b. 9 Jun 1851 Westminster, became a barrister 30 Apr 1875. Author of "Game Laws for Gamekeepers". Died 30 Jun 1938, Milborne Port.

Beatrice b. 10 Nov 1853 Windsor Castle - died unmarried in 1926.

Etheldreda born 1857 - she married Vice Admiral Robert William Stopford in 1885 (Sep Q 5c/805 Wells) #

Percy b. 1869 Westminster. He was at Camacha College, Bournemouth in 1881. He never married.

They family were served by fourteen servants in 1871. Of the other children:

In 1881 Ralph and Julia had just two daughters left with them, Beatrice and Ethelreda. The servants now numbered just eight. Ralph Neville-Grenville died on the 20th August 1886.

In 1891, though Robert was now the squire, he still resided at Corvyle in the village while the Court was occupied by his sister Beatrice alone. Her mother Julia was temporarily absent but returned to die there on 17th October, 1892

DD/S/BT/19/3/10-11 - 1] Ralph Neville Grenville of Butleigh Court, Revd. William Frederick Neville, vicar of Butleigh, Revd. Seymour Neville, canon of Windsor, Major Edward Neville, Lieut. Glastonbury Neville, William Wyndham Neville of Magdalen College, Oxford, sons of Revd. George Neville Grenville decd., 2] Ralph Neville Grenville, 3] William Waller, Earl of Dartmouth and William Wells of Holmwood, Hunts, trustees of James Lord Glastonbury decd., Conveyance of Church moor (6.2.5), Baltonsborough. Receipt enclosed. 1856

DD/S/BT/27/5/2-38 - Abstracts of marriage settlement of Ralph Neville Grenville and Julia Roberta Frankland, with correspondence, copies of accounts for the purchase and mortgage of 15 St James's Place.. [Somerset Archive and Records, BUTLEIGH COURT PAPERS] Date range: 1845 - 1851.

DD/S/BT/24/7/42 - Will (1871) with letters of administration annexed of General Sir George Bowles of Mayfair listing his personal estate and legacies and leaving residue to Mrs Fowler for charitable purposes, administration granted to Julia wife of Ralph Neville Grenville, Sir George's sister Ann Fowler being a lunatic.

See http://www.william1.co.uk/w53.html#w53l2 for later descendants.

1a1) Robert Neville-Grenville b. 16 Dec 1846 Windsor Castle, d. 13 Sep, bur. 17 1936 Butleigh 71-72, 81-100, 91-123, 01-134 NEWSCLIPS OBIT MEMORIAL P

Henry Fitzharding Berkeley Portman was the Rector of Staple Fitzpaine in Somerset and Gertrude had appeared with her parents in the Manor House there in 1851, '61 and '71.

In 1851 Robert Neville aged just four was staying with his grandmother Lady Frankland Russell at 15 Cavendish Sq. together with his mother Julia Neville, sister Agnes (2) and brother George (1). He then became a student at Eton, in Evans House. In 1861 he was with both parents in Westminster. Robert Neville-Grenville graduated in 1868 from Magdalene College, Cambridge University, Cambridge, with a Master of Arts (M.A.). He studied engineering and was one of the first students to do so. While there he built and sailed his own 'Puffing Billy' steamboat on the Cam. He was apprenticed to Messrs. Easton, Amos and Anderson, engineers of London who were concerned with developing the Great Western Railway. He was registered as a Civil Engineer (C.E.). His great friend was G. J. Churchward who designed the steam train named after his house – the Butleigh Court.

By 1871 he lived at Butleigh Court with his parents where he was listed with the titles B.A., J.P., Lt. of the West Somerset Yeomanry Cavalry. He had become a J.P. in 1870. He held the office of Deputy Lieutenant (D.L.). of Somerset - for which he qualified after having served in the Yeomanry for 14 years (retiring as Captain in 1884). He married Gertrude Portman in 1879 and in 1881 they lived at Corville, Wood Lane. They were still there in 1891 and visited by Rachael N. Mildred, a niece. Robert assumed the surname Neville-Grenville on the death of his father in 1886 but didn't immediately move into the Court. That was still occupied by his mother and sister, though his mother was absent on census night 1891. She died in 1892. Robert made a point of having a toast made to the Queen/King preparatory to every meal at the Court. Robert held the office of High Sheriff of Somerset in 1900 and the office of County Alderman for Somerset. By 1901 he lived at Butleigh Court with his wife and uncle Seymour Neville and was visited there on census night by a niece, Catherine Portman, who been born in Iowa in the USA. In 1911 Robert and Gertrude lived alone in Butleigh Court with 9 servants. Robert listed the Court as having 43 rooms (apart from kitchen, bathrooms, lobby, closets etc.)
Robert pioneered research into cider production and was instrumental in the founding of the National Fruit and Cider Institute. He was awarded a gold medal from France for his work. He was also head of the Drainage Board for the County of Somerset and a pioneer in the use of steam powered engines, tractors and ploughs. He had a master's certificate and often sailed his steam yacht The Otter in the Baltic, Norwegian Fiords and Mediterranean. 'Bob' also set up a successful trout fishery from which he helped stock the Blagdon Lake. Robert and Gertrude both died in 1936 and the Court was unoccupied thereafter, becoming a ruin by 1972. It was partly demolished and the remainder restored as four separate dwellings which were occupied from 1978 onwards. The Squire had sold the Abbot's Tribunal in Glastonbury to the National Trust and Glastonbury Tor was soon to go to them after his death. Robert Neville Grenville and Gertrude had no children. They died and were buried within a month of each other. Funeral service

Robert greatly supported the staging of 'The Butleigh Revel' in 1906 which took place in his grounds. He played several parts including Parson Radford. P1, P2, P3

1b) William F. Neville b. 3 Jul, Chr. 18 Sep 1818, Prebendary of Wells, Rural Dean and Vicar of Butleigh, died 18 Apr, bur. 22 Apr 1882 (Jun Q 5c/354 Wells) Butleigh 51-30, 61-55, 71-81, 81-102 OBIT

In 1841 Fanny lived with her parents at 68, Eaton Place, Belgrave, Westminster. She married William in 1847. In 1851 the western end of the present High Street must have been called Church Street and the rebuilt vicarage was included under the heading 'Church Street'. The Vicar, William Frederick Neville was the brother of the squire, Ralph Neville-Grenville and became vicar of Butleigh in 1845. He lived in the Vicarage with Fanny Grace and their three children;

Mary married the Rev. Frederick Augustus Brymer (b. 1851 Fordingbridge, Hampshire, d. 1917) in Butleigh on 3 Oct 1882 (Dec Q 5c/1003 Wells). They lived in the Rectory, Charlton Mackrell with two children by 1891. They were still there in 1901. He became the Archdeacon of Wells and their children Wilfred and Constance Brymer appeared in the Butleigh Revel.

Constance married Captain (Royal Artillery) Arthur John Biggs in Butleigh 10 Feb 1881 (Mar Q 5c/703 Wells). In 1901 they lived in St. James Palace, St. Martins in the Fields. A son John Neville Bigge (b. 1887) died in WWI. Arthur Biggs became a Groom in Waiting and Assistant Private Secretary to Queen Victoria and created a baronet, Lord Stanfordham in 1911. On the 1911 census Sir Arthur was 'private secretary to the king' and they lived at Warren Lodge, Thursley, Godalming.

William: In 1881 he was at the Priory, Wantage - boarding with the Curate, Herbert Woodward. In 1901 he was Rector of St. Mary's Vicarage, Reading, Berks., married to Muriel.

On census night in 1851 William and Fanny had a visitor - Fanny Charlotte Montgomery (30) #. There were also eight servants, all unmarried and none born in Somerset.

In 1861 at the 'Parsonage' the Rev. William F. Neville and Fanny had three additional children;

Augustine who died aged 22, Grace who died aged 54 at Wilton Place, London, and Francis who died aged 33 [Capt. Frank – died of fever in Cairo). There were seven servants including a governess, all unmarried and just one locally born. As with the earlier servants, none remained in the family's service by the next census.

In 1871 at the 'Vicarage'. the Rev. Neville and Fanny had just four children at home, Constance, William (back from Oxford University), Grace and Frank. There were five servants, all unmarried.

In 1881 the house was not identified by name. The Reverend Neville and Fanny now had Mary home again plus Grace and Frank (2nd Lieutenant of the 5th Foot). William was away boarding with the Curate of Wantage. There were four servants, none Somerset born and all single. William F. Neville died on 18 April 1882 and was succeeded as vicar by his son William. William was absent from the Vicarage in 1891 and by 1901 was vicar of St. Mary's Reading and had been replaced in Butleigh in 1892 by the Rev. G. W. Berkeley. #

1c) Seymour Neville b. 5 Feb 1823 Hawarden, Flint, died 14 Dec, bur. 19 Dec 1905 (Dec Q 5c/306 Wells) Butleigh 01-134

Seymour Neville became a vicar and in 1859 married Agnes Proby. She gave birth to a child in the spring of 1860 but the child died soon after and she herself followed a short while later. The widowed Seymour was then catered for by his sister-in-law, Frances Susan Proby, and they first appeared together in 1861 in Wraysbury Bucks. In 1871 he was Rector of Ockham, Bucks and lived in the Rectory, still with his sister-in-law. They were still there in 1881. In 1891 they were missing from the census but Frances died in 1899 and presumably that is when Seymour went to live at the Court where he appeared in 1901. He died in 1905 and is buried in Butleigh. He appears on some Butleigh PR's as vicar early in his career.

Newborough

1) Roger Newborough of Butley

Mary married Edmund Liversedge of Vallis c. 1672 and they had several children: Edward of Vallis, William, Roger, Margaret and Ann.

Newcoate/Newcourt

1) Jerrard Newcourt Gent, buried 24 Mar 1703 Street

In 1691 a Mr. Newcoate started paying rates on land previously known as Okey Close until 1706 when he becomes the late Mr. Newcoat.

Jewers notes: 127. Mr. Jerrard Newcourt bur. 24 March 1703. (P.C.C. (Ash 152) Will of Jerrard Newcourt of  Ivythorne, in the parish of Street, co. Somerset, gent., dated 17 March 1703-4. To be interred at the discretion of execx. In my Father’s inclosed burying place in the Church yard of Somerton. Unto my brother Richd. Newcourt £20 to buy him a mourning Suit. Unto my sister Spicer the like sum of £20. Unto my Cozen James Newcourt my best suit of cloathes & £20. Unto John Newcourt, junr., my kinsman, £50. Unto Thomas Draper £10. Unto my loveing friend and Neighbour John Strode of Compton Dunden, all the determinable terme and Interest which I have to come in Okey Close in the parish of Butleigh, and two of the best trees growing on Ivythorne ffarme, and which I have the power to fell and cut downe pursuant to the bargaine or agreement I made with my Cozen Rooke. Unto Mrs. Elizabeth Collier £10. Unto Mr. John Isham, who drew my Will, £5. I remit and give unto William Foster the sume of £50, being the moiety of £100 which now remaine due unto me of his purchase money for the Estate he bought of me in Aller. Unto Mr. Pitt, Vicar of Compton dundon, £5. Unto the Cathedrall Church of Wells £10. Unto Mr. Redman, Minister of Walton, Mr. Colmer, Minr. Of Babcary, Mr. Wren, Minr. of Somerton, and to Mr. Carter, Minister of Charleton, 20 shillings apiece to buy mourning Rings. Unto poor of Somerton £10, of Walton, Aller, Streete, & Compton Dundon, £5. £100 in trust to buy 10 coats yearly for 10 poor persons of p’sh of Somerton. Whereas I have a debt of £400 due to me from Mr. Thomas Rooke and Sarah his wife, by Mortgage on Ivythorne ffarme, I give same, if ever it shall become payable, to the Church of Somerton for the erecting an Organ there. After death of my dear wife, I give unto the Ministers of the severall parishes of Somerton, Walton, Babcary, and Charleton, and to the Churchwardens and Overseers of the poor of sd parish of Somerton all my Lands in the Towne and Parish of Somerton aforesaid, In trust towards maintenance of an Organist in Somerton. Rest of goods unto my dear and loveing wife, whom I make my sole execx. In case sd wife happen to dye of the distemper whereof I am now ill. Then I give unto her Bro. and Sister Taylor £100 apiece. Residue of my goods I give to my Relations to be distributed amongst them as the Law directs. (Signed, Jer. Newcourt.) Witns. I. Tayler, Anne Prew, J. Isham. Pd. P.C.C. 20 July 1704, by Mary Newcourt, the relict and execx.

Newman

1) Joane Newman – in 1686 two warrants were taken out against Joane Newman by the OOP – one for disturbance and one should she cause a nuisance to anyone at a later date!

Newport

1) James Newport

2) John Newport bur. 13 Sep 1788 Butleigh

A Mary Newport married William Isaac in Butleigh on 16 Mar 1800.

DD/S/BT/12/1/11 - 1] James Grenville, lord of Butleigh manor 2] John Newport of Butleigh, yeoman Lease for 6 years of Rowley tenement and Woods plot (3a), Butleigh. Rent £46. [Tied together with DD/S/BT/12/1/9-10 and 12]. [Somerset Archive and Records, BUTLEIGH COURT Date: 1776.

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

2a) John Newport b. 1778 Butleigh Wootton, yeoman, bur. 15 Apr 1858 (Jun Q 5c/397 Wells) Butleigh 41W-17, 51W-40

John lived in 1841 and 1851 in Butleigh Wootton with his housekeeper Elizabeth Hawkins, until his death in 1858. Elizabeth had predeceased him in 1855. Probably the John, s.o. John and Mary (née Homan) Newport Chr. 2 Oct 1776 Butleigh, brother of the next.

2b) Stephen Newport Chr. 13 Sep 1789 Butleigh Wootton, s.o. John and Mary Newport, labourer, bur. 30 Aug 1864 (Sep Q 5c/382 Wells) Butleigh 51W-40, 61W-64

Stephen and Elizabeth had previously lived at Ashcott, in 1841, where they, had besides Caroline, another daughter Sarah b. 1835. She is probably the Sarah who died in 1844 (Mar Q 10/418 Wells) since there is no further trace of her.

Mary was a servant in Joseph Bishop's Drapery Store in the High Street, Glastonbury in 1851. She married toll collector Stephen Newport (Chr. 29 Jan 1826 Baltonsborough) in 1856 (Mar Q 5c/896 Wells) and they lived in Ashcott with baby Kate but Mary, widowed, later became a boarding house keeper in Watford, Herts.

In 1851 Stephen, his wife Elizabeth and daughter Caroline and grandson Thomas all lived in Butleigh Wootton. They remained there in 1861 except for Caroline who married George Balsom in Butleigh on 21 Apr 1851 (Jun Q 10/883 Wells) but he died in 1855. p18 Caroline was then a widow aged 33 living at 5, Godswell Lane, Street in 1861. She married next John Turner in Butleigh on 8 Feb 1866 (Mar Q 5c/858 Wells) and they then lived in Butleigh Wootton #. Thomas is the same as William T. Newport (3b).

Matilda married James Horler (b. 1818 Ston Easton) in 1841 (Sep Q 10/116 Clutton) and in 1851 they lived in Ston Easton with their three children. They later lived in Street.

2b1) John Newport Chr. 30 Jun 1822 Butleigh, labourer, died 1874 (Sep Q 5c/269 Bridgwater)

John had been a servant, aged 15, in Ashcott in 1841. He lived with his wife Susan in Ashcott in 1851 and in Shapwick in 1861, latterley with three children, the oldest of which, Henry (8), had been born in Ashcott. By 1871 the widowed John still lived in Shapwick but died in 1874 aged 54.

2b1) William Thomas Newport b. 1842 Ashcott/Butleigh Wootton, Railway Inspector

This couple lived in Deptford St. Paul 1871 - 91, firstly at 39, Warwick Street with 6 months old Henry b. Kent. In 1901 they were at 19, Conington Rd., Greenwich

3) Thomas Newport b. 1791 Somerset, farmer, died 1849 (Mar Q Wells 10/359) 41-11

In 1841 Thomas and family lived in Bridge Farm in the High Street though son Henry lived a few hundred yards west at Corner House.

After Thomas' death in 1849 Jane may have rented the property out and she had moved into the Corner House, High Street by 1851 where she lived with Thomas (28) and Samuel (26) plus granddaughter Eliza (11) visiting from Clevedon (1a-1) while her son Frank was staying with her son Henry in Clevedon but returned to Butleigh by 1861.

Albert had married Sarah Maria Moore (b. 1821 Norfolk) in 1846 (Mar Q 11/70 Bedminster) and was a railway guard in Derbyshire in 1851. William was an unmarried footman in Kent. Sarah (21) was staying in Shepton Mallet with her uncle William Kelly and Aunty Amy but then also returned to Butleigh by 1861.

Samuel married in 1853 (1b). Eliza went to live with her father Henry in 1861 - he was already a widower by then.

Jane went back to Bridge farm and lived there in 1861 with sons Thomas and Francis while daughter Sarah A. lodged with Frederick Eades (at Park Farm - renting it) as a dairywoman. Sarah married him in 1863 (Dec Q 5c/1045 Wells).# Jane died in 1863 and her son Frank died in 1865. Thomas then died in 1867. Samuel was living in Nodway in 1861 with Louisa and his niece Rose but took over Bridge Farm after the death of his brothers.

3a) Henry Newport b. 1821? Lovington, farmer, died 1889 (Jun Q 5c/444 Bedminster) 41-10

In 1841 Henry lived with his wife Susan and daughter Butleigh at Corner House. Henry was the son of Thomas and Jane Newport (at Bridge Farm) and born in Lovington, as was his younger brother Thomas. Susan was the daughter of the butcher John Lucas (possibly the sister of Elizabeth b. 1811 and Jane b. 1821?).

By 1851 Henry and Susan had moved to Clevedon where he was a bailiff of 150 acres. His mother took over the property at Corner House. In 1851 Henry's daughter Eliza visited her grandmother there. Henry had two more children by 1851 and his brother Francis (19) visited him in Clevedon (as a servant).

In 1861 Henry, now widowed, lived with Eliza in Cairey Lane, Clevedon. By 1881 Henry, alone, farmed in Clevedon. Eliza married Edward Parsons in 1862 (Mar Q 6a/54 Bristol) and they too lived in Clevedon.

Rose married cabinet maker Thomas Cook in 1867 (Dec Q 5c/1259 Bedminster) and they settled by 1871 in St. George, Russell Town, Glos., with two baby sons.

3b) Samuel Newport Chr. 6 Jun 1824 Butleigh, farmer, d. 5 Jul, bur. 9 Jul 1892 (Sep Q 5c/289 Wells) Butleigh 41-11, 51-25, 61-57, 71-74, 81-95, 91-119

In 1851 Louisa Davis was visiting Esau Jacobs at Pilton, who had previously lived in Butleigh. She married Samuel in 1853 and in 1861 they lived at Oddway where they were visited by Rose (17) the daughter of Samuel's brother Henry. p98 In 1871 they were found at Bridge Farm farming 86 acres and in 1881 farming 80 acres. Samuel and Louisa went to live at 22/3 High Street where they appeared in 1891 and where Samuel died in 1892. Louisa was still there, in four rooms, in 1901 - she died 1904.

4) Matilda Newport b. 1825 Butleigh

Matilda married farmer (of 276 acres) Richard Morris (b. 1827 Long Stanton, Cambs.) in 1849 (Jun Q 14/75 Chesterton, Cambs) and lived by 1851 with him and their one year old child in Kingston Cambs. They later lived in Bury, Huntingdonshire. She could have been a daughter of Thomas Newport. Not the same as the Matilda Chr. 26 Apr 1818 Butleigh, d.o. Stephen.

Niblett

1) Edwin Herbert Niblet b. 1874 (Mar Q 6b/536 Wolverhampton) Kinver, Staffs., domestic gardener, s.o. Thomas H. and Ann E. Niblett

In 1911 the couple lived in 3 rooms at 22 Butleigh Wootton.

Nicholas

[Nicholls, Nichols]

1) James Nicholas b. 1839 Middlezoy, labourer, s.o. James Nicholas

The family lived at 1, Overleigh, Street between 1861 and 1891 and had several more children in addition to the above. .

Frederick joined the Royal Marines as a private and in 1891 was at the Barracks, Stonehouse, Devon. He married Elizabeth Kent Eagles (b. 1850, Hope Canon, Devon) in 1891 (Dec Q 5b/602 Plymouth) and by 1901 lived at 35, All Gold Rd, Charles, Plymouth, with a nephew and niece. By then Frederick was living 'on his own means'. Alice had died in 1879 aged just 15. In 1911 Frederick was a beer retailer living with his wife at 71, Cecil St., Plymouth – they never had children and living with them was his brother-in-law, a widower with two children.

Nicholson

1) John Nicholson b. 1801 West Lydford

Elizabeth was married to John Nicholson and appeared in Grenton with her family in 1841. In 1851 John, a tailor, lived in Barton St. David with daughters Sarah (18) and Emily (5) plus sons George (11) and Ebenezer (7) while Elizabeth had moved to Butleigh with her four oldest sons to find employment.

Elizabeth served at the house of James Gilbert in Water Lane in 1851. Joseph was a labourer and lodged in Silver Street with Thomas Gare, Thomas was a farm servant at Rowley Farm, Butleigh Wootton, Caleb was a servant at Higher Rockes Farm and Benjamin was a servant to the farmer William Tucker at Kingweston.

Elizabeth died in 1859 and her widower husband John became a 'hawker' living in Church Lane at Barton St. David.

Joseph married Susan from Buxton and lived in Staffordshire from around 1868.

Thomas married Elizabeth from Curry Rivel and in 1871 lived in Saltmoor Rd., Stoke St. Gregory. They were in Keinton Mandeville by 1881 - 1901.

Caleb married Mary A. and lived at Barton until 1891 when he is found at Keinton Mandeville.

Benjamin married Elizabeth from Meare, where they lived around 1871 but in 1891 they lived at 5, Somers Square, Glastonbury.

2) John Evel Nicolson b. 1835 Keinton Mansfield, painter, s.o. Henry and Harriett Nicholson

John boarded with George Hallett in 1911 at 2 Rood Cottages. In 1891 he had lived with his brother-in-law Henry Lester and sister Jane in Glastonbury when his surname was given as Nicols.

Noah

1) Betsy Noah Chr. 17 Sep 1815 Butleigh d.o. Rebecca Noah, a servant

Noble

1) Joseph Ragson Noble b. 1845 (Dec Q 11/66 Bedminster) Bath Road, Bristol, engine fitter and turner, s.o. Martha Noble 01-143

In 1861 Joseph had lived with his mother and siblings at 7, Simeon Street, Portsea, Hamps. He married Margaret (daughter of a Solicitor's managing clerk) in 1868 but must have spent much time at sea. He is missing from the 1871 census. In 1881 he was an E.R. Artificer on the Royal Navy ship 'Hiberius', though not on board on census night. His wife must have lived on Malta where their daughter Ethel was born. Joseph was missing from the 1891 census while Margaret and seven of their children including Ethel (like her sister Kate b. 1883, born during their parent's stay in Malta) lived in Portsea, Hampshire in 1891 - Rose was absent. Joseph and Margaret moved to Butleigh before 1899, which was the year when Margaret and Ethel both died there.

Joseph was a widower living with his daughter Rose in Water Lane in 1901. In 1911 Rose unmarried (aged 41) lived with her sister Ellen Maud and husband Frederick John Crew, a milk roundsman, in Portsmouth.

Norfolk

1) James Lambert Norfolk b. 1847 (Jun Q 5/197 Greenwich) Deptford, rug manufacturer, son of the brewer Thomas Norfolk of the Deptford Bridge Brewery, died 1917 (Mar Q 2b/943 Portsmouth)

James' father, already a widower, ran a large brewery, and from the 1851 census until 1871, James stayed at home. Quite what he was doing in Butleigh after his marriage in 1871 is uncertain, but his only son was Christened there. His occupation as 'Rug manufacturer' was probably only temporary since at 24 he was 'unemployed' and at 34 an 'annuitant' on the proceeds of the brewery. Despite the fact that his wife was still alive in 1891 and living with their only son James in Greenwich, James senior appeared also in 1891, 'married' to Jessie (b. 1844 Blackheath) and living with her two sons Hermann (17) and Fritz (13) - no births registered.

Hermann and Fritz appeared in 1881 as the sons of Kate Beck, now 'married' to an engineer [no marriage traced, either to an engineer nor to J. L. Norfolk] (these boys later became railway construction workers). There was probably no marriage and Jessie died as Jessie Beck in 1915 (Dec Q 1d/789 Wandsworth).

1a) James Norfolk Chr. 25 Mar 1873 (Mar Q 5c/589 Wells) Butleigh, surveyor , s.o. James and Victoria Norfolk

In 1881 James had lived with his parents at 7, Morden Terrace, Greenwich West. His father was described as an annuitant. His mother was b. 1854 Bexley Heath, Kent. In 1891 James lived with his mother at 114, Lewes Road, Greenwich West. By 1901 James was a land surveyor, married to Emily, with two small children, and they lived at 46, Davenport Rd., Lewisham. In 1911 James and Emily lived with his father James Lambert Norfolk at Burndale, New Brighton Rd, Emsworth, Hamps. James was a poultry farmer and had two children and his father-in-law living with him in 1911.

Norman

1) Jane Norman b. 1827 Butleigh ? widow?

Jane married William Rolls in 1854 (Sep Q 5c/581 Wellington) - and in 1871 they lived at 9, St. John St., Wells. Possibly related to James Allen b. 1818 Butleigh. p3

Norris

1) Thomas Norris b.1839 Compton Dundon, labourer, s.o. George and Ann Norris, bur. 30 May 1902 (Jun Q 5c/333 Wells) Butleigh 71-81, 81-102, 91-113, 01-134

In 1861 Thomas Norris was still single and living in Compton Dundon with his parents George and Ann. Martha Higgins, who was born in Butleigh, was a servant in Street (John Coole, Drapers in the High Street). They married in 1865 and their daughter Matilda was born in 1866 to be followed by William in 1869 and Rose in 1871. In 1871 they lived at No. 13, High Street together with Martha's mother Jane Higgins (71) a widow.

In 1881 Thomas (43) lived with his wife Martha (39) and mother-in-law Jane but she died the following year 1882 aged 82. In addition to the previous three children they had now added Harry and Lily b. 1878. The family then seem to have moved to No. 9 High Street. By 1891 Thomas and Martha lived with daughter Rose and sons Harry and Melbourne b. 1882.

Daughter Matilda became a nursemaid at Shirburn Castle, Oxfordshire in 1891 but by 1901 had married George Joy and lived with him and his parents in St. Lawrence, Reading, Berks. #

Lily became a servant by 1891 at the 'Old Blue Anchor Inn' in Cannington run by Albert Silcox # and in 1901 she served at a clergyman's house (Alfred Potts) in Windlesham, Chertsey, Surrey.

In 1901 Thomas, Martha (59) and Melbourne, a carpenter, were still together. Thomas died in 1902.

Harry [Morris] joined the Royal Navy and on census night 1901 was aboard the "Philomel" off the Cape of Good Hope.

William [Horris] was a gardener on the 1901 census and lived at Edgarley, Glastonbury with his wife Rose Trott (b. 1872 Drayton) who he had married in 1896 (Sep Q 5c/617 Langport), and daughter Lily Violet (3). In 1911 they lived at Over Stowey, Bridgwater with two children.

Rose died in 1899 (Jun Q 5c/323 Wells) aged just 28.

Lily married local boy and servant John Burt Higgins (b. 1872) in Butleigh on 20 Oct 1904 (Dec Q 5c/991 Wells). #

In 1911 Martha lived with Byrt and Lily at 8 Butleigh. Martha died at 13, Tucker Street, Wells in 1918 aged 75. Melbourne married Alice Mary Woods (b. 1887 Blackford, Som) in 1910 (Jun Q 5a/711 Sherborne) and appears on the 1911 census at Restmore 4 Butleigh. Melbourne was listed as a carpenter working at a rug factory.

2) Elizabeth Norris b. 1776 Somerset, nurse, died 1847 (Jun Q 10/382 Wells) 41W-17

Elizabeth lodged at the home of Joseph White in Wootton in 1841.

3) Elizabeth Norris b. 1854 Meare, servant, d.o. John and Eliza Norris 71W-84

Elizabeth came from Meare like her employer's wife, Ruth Mogg of Sedgemoor Farm, Butleigh Wootton, and her parents also registered her as at home in 1871. Nfi.

4) Reginald Herbert Norris b. 1867 (Sep Q 5c/579 Wells) West Pennard, farmer, s.o. Henry George and Eliza Norris

In 1901 Reginald, still single at 33, lived with a sister and brother at Woodland farm, West Pennard - his parents were deceased. Eva Millard married Reginald Herbert Norris in 1901 in the same month that her cousin Annie Gane married Reginald's neighbour, William John Roe of West Pennard.

They were still in West Pennard at Woodlands Farm, in 1911, without children.

North

1) Eli North b. 1847 Chaffcombe, groom, s.o. Lucy and John North 71-71

In 1851 Eli lived with his parents in Chard Elm, Chaffcombe, his father was a labourer. In 1861 he was a servant on a farm in Chardstock, Dorset. Eli was groom for the squire at Butleigh Court in 1871 and lived in the Court Lodge. Nfi

Norton

1) Dorothy Norton bur. 15 Nov 1590 Butleigh

2) Agnes Norton married Butleigh 29 Jun 1589 Thomas Talbott

3) John Norton

John appears amongst the list of commoners in 1672 and continued to pay rates from 1673 – 1679.

DD/S/BT/6/4/1 1] Robert Talbot of Butleigh, yeoman 2] John Norton of Stoke St. Michael Mortgage of Broadclose (4a) and 1.5a in Newmead, Butleigh.. [Somerset Archive and Records, BUTLEIGH COURT PAPERS] Date: 1665.

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

Nourse

Nurse

A) Mr. Nourse

In 1796 a property in Butleigh owned by Ann Hood passed to her sister Elizabeth Walker and from 1800 it was occupied by a Mr. Nourse. The two girls buried in 1803 listed as daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Nourse'. A Henrietta Charlotte Nourse b. 1803 died in Bath in1877 – may be related?

1a) Henry H. Anderton Nourse b. 1814 Butleigh, Lessee of Coal Mines [died 1897 (Jun Q 1a/304 Westminster)?]

In 1851 Henry lived in Cheltenham with his wife Mary Ann (b. 1812 Cheltenham). In 1861 Henry was called 'guardian for tenant' and lived at Tump House Ave., Newland, Glos., with Ellen Whitehouse and her niece. In 1871 he lodged at 55, North Road, Wolverhampton and called himself 'Miner'.

Nowell

1) Edward Nowell died 1679?

Edward Nowell and his wife tended in their sickness 1673 by Mary Dalton. Overseers of the Poor. Edward received a year's relief in 1674. In 1675 he received the same plus his rent, a pair of shoes and attendance by Luce talbot in his 3 weeks sickness. In 1676 he received relief, rent, shoes repaired and a shirt and his goods were transported to the house of Robert Strouds. He received relief and rent but 1679 disbursements are missing and since he never appears again one can assume that he died in that year.

Nudds

1) Herbert Nudds stud groom - nfi

Lizzie was the granddaughter of Edmund Lye and was visiting him on census night 1901. She was the daughter of Edmund's daughter Elizabeth (b. 1864) who had married (not traced) Herbert Nudds. In 1901 Elizabeth Nudds lived at High Street, West Side, Great Burstead, Billericay, Essex. with her other five children. Her husband was away. In 1911 they were at 85, Carve St., Ludlow, Salop. with 7 of their eight surviving (of 9) children.

Nurse

1) Clara May Nurse b. 1893 (Dec Q 5c/456 Wells) NorthWootton, servant, d.o. Charles and Ada (nee Head) Nurse

In 1901 Clara lived with her parents in North Wootton and two younger siblings. In 1911 she was a servant to James Gane at Higher Rocks farm.