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3351	The daughter of Frederick II, King of Denmark.	_______, Anne of Denmark (I6226)
3352	The Death Certificate describes Martha as "Widow of Thomas GADD, a labourer". This surely is an error: she was Thomas's mother, as the informant, Mary HAWKINS, would have known.	HOWELL, Martha (I921)
3353	The death of the Duke of Anjou in 1574 made Henry the presumptive heir to the French crown, the succession of which was opened to him by the assassination of King Henry III in 1589. He was a Protestant and obnoxious to most of the nation. But after he renounced his Protestantism peace was assured. Assassinated by a fanatic named RAVAILLAC as Henry was about to set out to commence war with Germany. Succeeded by his son Louis XIII. {Chamber's Biographical Dictionary}	BOURBON, Henry IV of Navarre (I7215)
3354	The death record found may not refer to this Eliza.	SKRINE, Eliza (I2596)
3355	The family herbalist shop - founded by John William Clapham Snr - was at Vicar Lane. There may have been another shop in Morley, nr Leeds. Following Stuart's death in 1923, his wife Alice took over the shop, and employed his brother Harry to manage it as an employee. Stuart's family house was "Trouville", Weetwood Crescent, Leeds. This was a semi, the other half was occupied & owned by Mr Siller, who made / sold prams; his shop was opposite the Claphams Herbalists in Vicar Lane. It seems that Stuart & Mr Siller commissioned Mr Parrish - an architect who married Annie Clapham (Stuart's sister) to design the houses. The Parrishes and the Penningtons also lived in Weetwood Crescent. Stuart's age on his death cert appears to be wrong (too young).	CLAPHAM, John Stuart (I14307)
3356	The family history passed down through George GADD (1850-1923) was that James MILLINER, Isaac's son, changed his name from HANCOCK to MILLINER on emigration to Jamaica. However, he was baptised as James MILLINER, so it seems likely that it was his father, Isaac, whose name was in some confusion. Isaac was not baptised as MILLINER at Lacock, Yatton Keynell or Biddestone, the main settlements of MILLINERs at this time.	MILLINER, Isaac (I12149)
3357	The family is not found on the 1841 England census, and son George was already a teacher in Jamaica by 1842. See attached "Jamaican Immigration 1840-1841". The birth of a baby girl was registered in September 1840, so they were still in England at that time.	MILLINER, James T (I79)
3358	The following year George married Mary CAFFERY, who in 1871 was living on the opposite side of Ellbroad Street.	GADD, George (I5)
3359	The following year, Emma BRUTON married James SWAIN, a widowed paper maker 18 years her senior.	FRANCIS, James (I184)
3360	The former mistress of Duke Robert who was repudiated on Robert's 1st marriage The daughter of a noble. Her issue were subsequently legitimated on her own marriage. {Burke's Peerage}	_______, Popa (or Papie) (I7008)
3361	The George Hemus scandal -- 1884 My friend Margaret Edgcumbe has helped me once again with some side information on a personality associated with Avondale?s past: George Hemus. She has pointed out to me that Mr. Hemus, bootmaker from Upper Queen Street, was not only an evangelical lecture of some note, but he was involved in a scandal which involved international travel, another woman, divorce and rumours aplenty. After which, he appears to have vanished without trace. I have done some further digging in Papers Past, at Margaret?s suggestion. The Hemus family from Birmingham, England, led by father Soloman (a Gospel Temperance preacher in the 1870s), may have arrived in Auckland in August 1864 on the Ironside. Charles and Henry Hemus were noted as bootmakers by August 1867, while George married Frances Harwood Keane in September the following year. By October 1873, he was establishing himself in a three storey boot factory, warehouse and offices, designed by the architect Herapath, and standing just up from where the Town Hall is today on Queen Street. In 1880, he was Auckland City councillor for one year, defeating (for the Good Templars) John Grey (the publicans? favourite). He was also superintendent of the United Free Methodist Sunday School in Pitt Street, and an ?indefatigable? evangelistic preacher, known for spreading the word to the rest of the Auckland Province, and in one instance at least even to a Maori audience through an interpreter. He had associations with John Buchanan of Avondale, at least with regard to business and the establishment of the Bell & Gemmell tannery ? but he was also connected with the Good Templars Excelsior Lodge at the Whau. And then, Mrs. Margaret Hampson arrived in Auckland. Hemus was apparently inspired, ?fired by her influence and example? according to one report. Mrs. Hampson seems to have been every bit as indefatigable as Hemus, preaching on both sides of the Tasman. Prior to August 1884, Hemus decided to sell his business (despite protests from Mrs. Hemus), and shift himself and his family to America. There, however, he appears to have abandoned his family. Mrs. Hemus sued for divorce on the grounds of neglect, was awarded Â£200 damages and maintenance from Hemus for his four children, and set up in a boarding house in San Francisco. Rumours back in New Zealand were flying, many sure that Hemus did not contest the divorce, in fact welcoming it, because he intended marrying Mrs. Hampson. Nothing more, at this stage, is known of George Hemus, his wife Frances, or whether he did indeed marry the inspiring Mrs. Hampson. ***An update on the George Hemus saga My thanks, again, to Margaret Edgcumbe who has ferreted out some more information on George Hemus. I quote from her email to me today: 1. George [note - Hemus] must have married Margaret Hampson, possibly in 1886. In the 1910 Census for California they were recorded, incorrectly (but it has been corrected), as "George and Margerit Hennes", "evangilists", born in England and with English parents, living in Los Angeles County, though regarding the "world" as their workplace, and having emigrated in 1883 and 1885 respectively. Married for 24 years. I think that their ages are incorrect (65), or rounded up, but that seems to have been the case more often than not with the American censuses. 2.The Hemuses are recorded on the voting rolls for Los Angeles County in 1916 and an address is given. Unfortunately, I gave the info to Janet and didn't keep a copy. [note - Janet is Janet Crawford, who has recently delivered a paper on Margaret Hampson.] Can't find out anything more about them, probably because of the frequent misspellings and maybe they were in the 'world' when they died. 3. George must have been dead by 1924 because that is when Brett in White Wings said that only two Hemus sons were still alive. 3. Solomon was a bootmaker in Birmingham before coming to NZ with Mary Ann and the 6 boys. He seems to have eluded every British census. Maybe it was against his religion. 4. Charles (b 1849?) was the photographer, and he married Gertrude Evangeline (Eva) Edger - a theosophist like her sisters. Henry/Harry, acording to Brett, was a civil servant or something. Have forgotten. Don't know anything about Alfred, Joseph and James Walter. 5. Frances must not have returned to NZ, and it is her children who feature in the American records as living in Colorado Springs, El Paso, Colorado. Bernard Keane, the brickmaker [note - known to have lived at the Whau], must have been born in Scotland according to the 1900 census for Colorado, and his wife was Irish born.	HEMUS, George (I10742)
3362	The Guinenne King at Arms. {Burke's Peerage}	ROET, Payn of Hainault, Kt. (I6672)
3363	The hero and Romano-British King who is the origin of most royal pedigrees, including the poem of Beowulf (c. 700), Widsith, Anglo-Saxon Chronicles and Saxo Grammaticus. These records combine real people with legendary figures. The dynasty recorded here, from Woden to Ethelwulf, is based on that in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicles. {Iain Kerr January 1995}	(ODIN), Woden (I7471)
3364	The Honourable Montague Wilde was Registrar of the Court of Bankruptcy for the Bristol District. Alfred John Acraman Esq., of 19 St. Augustine's Place, Bristol was the sole Official Assignee of the Court.	GADD, John (I3)
3365	The hospital was founded and endowed in the year 1672, by ZACHARIAS JEPSON, an apothecary of York, and a native of Ripon, for the maintenance, clothing, and education of twenty orphan boys, or poor freemen's sons, of this borough, who were to be dressed in blue coats laced with yellow, to be admitted at the age of seven years or upwards, and continue until they reached the age of fifteen and a half. In his will, dated the 9th of March, 1672, the founder states very explicitly his wishes relative to both the foundation and subsequent management of the hospital. Conformably therewith his house in Skellgate was converted into the hospital, and over the front or street door thereof a stone tablet was inserted bearing the inscription: STIPS PAUPERUM THESAURUS DIVITUM. Over the front door of the master's house there was also a similar tablet inscribed: MEHITA MEA MISERATIO DOMINI ZACHARIAS JEPSON. 1672.	RUTTER, William (I537)
3366	The last male descendant of the Plantagenets. He was beheaded. Died unmarried and without issue. {Burke's Peerage}	YORK, Edward Plantagenet (I6752)
3367	The Lebeck Inn took its name from a Captain Lebeck, a French Army Officer imprisoned in the Bristol "French" prison during the Napoleonic War. On his release he remarried in Bristol and opened the Inn. In 1999 the pub is known as "Lebeq's Tavern".	WILLIAMSON, Fanny Isabel (I221)
3368	The Life Guards	FERGUSON, Ronald Ivor (I6276)
3369	The mad poet, Christopher Smart (1722-1771) wrote in his poem Jubilate Agno: "Let Flexney, house of Flexney rejoice with Triopthalmos". The meaning of this, and indeed the meaning of the rest of the poem, is somewhat obscure!	Family: Edward FLEXNEY / Mary GODFREY (F61)
3370	The marriage was repudiated and she married secondly Earl Ulf, grandson of Olaf, King of Sweden, and brother to Cytha, wife of Earl Godwin.	ESTRITH), Margaret (or (I6987)
3371	The modern profession of Legal Executive evolved out of the managing clerk of the 19th century. When solicitors' firms started to grow in the 19th century, they increasingly relied upon an ever-expanding number of clerks to help with drafting and organizing documents. Some of these clerks in turn became quite knowledgeable about the law and were allowed to manage their fellow clerks; hence, they were called "managing clerks." [Wikipedia]	FRANCIS, James (I184)
3372	The morganatic marriage was brief and unhappy. In 1831 she returned to the stage which she quitted only in 1844 after marriage to a Polish count. {Burke's Peerage and Chamber's Biographical Dictionary}	BAUER, Caroline (I7271)
3373	The names of Robert, his wife and daughters come from information supplied by Brian Hardyman.	PRINGLE, Robert (I2077)
3374	The only IGI 1992/6 listing for a DUTCH marriage before 1700 is at Sutton Veny, 14 miles from Frome: John Dutch m. Ann Zelwood 28/9/1654. There is also the marriage of an Ann Dutch to George Marchant, 21/1/1715 at Frome-selwood, Somerset.	DUTCH, Mary (I13434)
3375	The only marriage found with similar surnames 1900-1920 is Frederick A GOODHEAD & Aggie HUNT, Q3 1913, Burton Upon Trent, Derbyshire	Family: GOODHEAD / HUNTER (F6277)
3376	The only other Caffreys recorded in Bandon PRs are: Dermot Caffrey married Mary Crowley on the 15th of January 1790 Thomas Caffrey married Mary Desmond on the 16th November 1844.	Family: William CAFFERY / Ellen AHERN (F29)
3377	The only Queen never to set foot in England.	_______, Berengaria of Navarre (I6569)
3378	The only reference in Nimrod Index with correct names and plausible dates is 4/8/1729 in Mildenhall, John Stephens m. Elizabeth Piper. Mildenhall is 30 miles from Hindon, and both are listed as of Mildenhall.	STEVENS, John (I1737)
3379	The period 840 - 890 marked by continued anarchy in the Carolingian domains. Reigned briefly as King Charles I, King of the Franks after Louis II. He may have been the son of Lothair; sources disagree. He was Emperor Charles II of the West from 875 to 877. {Chamber's Biographical Dictionary; {Encyclopedia of of Military History}	CAROLINGIAN, Charles I "the Bald" (I7376)
3380	The period 840 - 890 marked by continued anarchy in the Carolingian domains. Succeeded Louis III in 881. All of Charlemagme's empire, save Burgundy, was briefly reunited under Charles but he was deposed by an assembly of nobles after a shameful deal with the Vikings at Paris in 886 which relieved the siege of Paris and permitted the Vikings to pillage Burgundy. he was succeeded by Count ODO, defender of Paris, who was elected King of the West Franks. {Encyclopedia of Military History}	CAROLINGIAN, Charles II "the Fat" (I7382)
3381	The Prince Rupert of the Rhine who fought on the Cavalier side in the English Civil War. Died before Father, unmarried and without issue. {Burke's Peerage}	PALANTINE, Rupert (I6919)
3382	The railway didn't arrive in Horncastle until 1855, so at this stage it seems unlikely that William was working on railway engines. However, the Great North Railway company built a wharf at Dogdyke in 1851, where coal was transferred to canal boats for the 12 mile journey into Horncastle.	RUTTER, William (I537)
3383	The Reverend John Harrison to John BAKER Messuage at Copford Green in Copford (no details)	BAKER, John (I3289)
3384	The Right Reverend Robert Hodgson, Dean of Carlisle.	HODGSON, Robert (I7551)
3385	The Samuel CHARMBURY who was a witness at both of Enoch's marriages was probably the man who married Jane STACEY at Combe Hay, Somerset in 1760.	SKRINE, Enoch (I14584)
3386	The second son of Tsar Peter III and Catherine II, he suceeded his Mother in 1796. He led Russia into alternative alliance during the Napoleonic Wars; in 1801 his convention with Sweden and Denmark in alliance with France was broken by the British fleet under Admiral Nelson. His own officers conspired against him to compel Paul to abdicate. In a scuffle he was strangled. {Chamber's Biographical Dictionary}	ROMANOV, Paul I Petrovich (I7722)
3387	The Shipbrook Vernons of Cheshire had risen to the top of the Cheshire aristocracy, Sir Richard de Vernon having been chosen the second baron in the ranks of Earl Hugh Lupus, cousin of the Conqueror, among the Earl's original establishment in 1087 A.D. Four barons were chosen. The first in rank was Sir William de Venables. The third was Sir Hugh de Malbank. Later, these families intermarried.	DE VERNON, Seigneur De Reviers Richard (I22066)
3388	The Shrapnel family first appear in the Bradford Church registers in 1625. They are not recorded in the second half of the 17th century, but reappear in the 18th. This may be because they briefly left the Church of England; Henry Shrapnel, probably grandfather of the builder of Midway, was listed as an Anabaptist in 1662, and his grandson Zechariah1 leased the land on which the Old Baptist Chapel was built in Bradford to its trustees for a nominal rent.(1) But the family also had connections with Taunton. Henry's eldest son, Henry junior, was a cooper (barrel-maker) in Bradford. His first wife was named Elizabeth. His wife died in 1676, and Henry remarried Ann (probably Buckthought) from Taunton. When he died in 1688, Henry left a will in which he left a field called Puddocks, on condition that he paid his sister Elizabeth's first child £10. To Elizabeth herself he gave a "broad piece of gold". He also left money to his Buckthought stepchildren, and 5s each to four poor widows of Bradford. As was customary, an inventory was taken of his goods and chattels. This shows that he was living in a Bradford house with three rooms on each floor and had property worth £430-what one would expect of a wealthy yeoman. Henry was buried at Holy Trinity Church, where the family has a memorial at the west end of the south wall. The family continued to have connections with brewing; in 1754 John Shrapnel was a cooper with a house in Newtown, Bradford. (2) In 1766 William Shrapnel bought for £200n the Inn in Fore St, Trowbridge then known as the Hart and Cock, but later as the White Hart. It remained with the family till 1820, and is now the site of W.H. Smith's shop. (4) Henry's eldest son, Zachariah I however was probably a Clothier, certainly his descendants were in a profitable business. By 1702 he was in Bradford, where he was paying rates on land and houses in Bradford, Leigh, Trowle and Winsley, and he is listed in the rate book as Mr. Zachariah, a mark of Status. (5). An Illegitimate son was born in 1713 to Dinah Seele, which suggests that Zachariah Shrapnel Seele, which suggests that Zachariah was established in the parish by the. (6) As we shall see, he was the most likely builder of the original Midway. He died in 1723, and left a will which contrary to custom at the time does not open by leaving his soul to God. (7) There is no mention of his wife, children or illegitimate son. His houses and lands in Bradford and Wingfield were left to his nephew Zachariah II, son of his brother Noah. There was also further lands which their father had settled on Zachariah I and then to Noah. These were to pass to Zachariah II, or Noah was to lose £300 left to him in the Will. Nephews and Nieces were left legacies of £100-£400, subject to similar conditions. Zachariah I made a number of gifts of mourning clothes- suits to his siblings and Niece Elizabeth black clocth to cousins Samuel an ironmonger and John, a clothdrawer, and Dr Authowe of Bradford. To his cousin John Bailward, a witness, he leaves dark grey cloth. To some people in Bradford who were probably his tenants he left suits of mourning "suitable to their degree and quality" The poor of Bradford received 40s worth of bread. Zachariah I had an apprentice, who was to receive 1 guinea at the ned of ihis apprenticeship. Zachariah II was his executor; the cash legacies exceeded £1,500. ZachariahI was buried at Holy Trinty. Zachariah II was a clothier. His marriage settlement was drawn up soon after his uncle's death, and his bride was Elizabeth Minifree of Staple grove near Taunton, with whom he received £2,500 as part of her dowry. (8) In return Zachariah II settled on her his Bradford and Wingfield estates, and this sheds more light on Midway's origins. The settlement begins with "a new-built mansion house" (which can mean anything up to 30 years old)., and then lists about 40 acres of land, the freehold of which had been bought by ZachariahI from Walter Greene. It continues with land which had been part of Rowley Farm* (but which was not the site of Midway), a house in Bradford Leigh, and six houses in St. Margaret's St, Bradford. The deed in which Walter Greene sold land to Zachariah I has not been found, Greene, of Brooke House, Westbury, had bought the manor of Wingfield for £4220 in 1683; at that time the manor house was Stowford Farm. By 1709 Wingfield Manor was in the possession of the Cooper family. (9) this suggests that Zachariah I`s purchase of the land was between these two dates, and that the original house was built soon after his purchase. A year after Zachariah II`s marriage his eldest son, Zachariah III was born. There are no details of other children, nor did Zachaiah II leave a will when he died and was buried at Bradford in 1761. * Land adjoining Midway is called Wetmeads Bottom. Rowley Farm also had land with this name, which from early times had been applied to a large area divided between several owners. Zachariah III had married in 175, when he was 29 Lydia Needham, daughter of Joseph Needham, who was vicar of Colerne from 1725 until 1760.(10) They had nine children, the eldest of whom, Zachariah IV, died at the early age of 32 and in the lifetime of his Father . Three children died in infancy. The second son, Joseph, was named after Lydia's father, and like him entered the Church. He had matriculated at Merton College, Oxford. In 1776, obtained his B.A. In 1780 and his M.A. in 1783.(11) he died in 1821 and is remembered on the family memorial. The Third son, Henry who inherited Midway, was the inventor of the Shrapnel shell. Of the three daughters, Ann died unmarried in 1787, Elizabeth married in 1794 William Hamilton Warren and died two years later, and Rachel married in 1789 Thomas Biddulph, their son Thomas also went into the Church and died in 1837. It is during Zachariah II `s ownership that we get our first hint of the appearance of the original house. In 1773 Messrs Andrews and Dury prepared a map of Wiltshire. They appealed to the wealthier inhabitants for donations towards the cost of production, and those whom responded were rewarded with their names on the map, together with thumbnail sketches of the houses. Zachariah was a contributor. It is not clear how accurate theses sketches were, but where we have seen surviving house they seem to be reasonable true. Midway is shown as a two-storey house, with central doorway and no pediment. To the left is a smaller one-storey range. This agrees with later photographs, allowing for known alterations. As mentioned above, throughout the 18th century the Shrapnel family had held a number of houses in Bradford, including six in St. Margaret's St. The Tithe map of 1841 shows them in possession of six houses and a building of four tenements in or near the street. These included no. 5, a late 17th-early 18th century house of quality in which Zachariah III was living at the time of his death. It is not clear whether the family used this as their town house from the early 18th century; certainly they were considered to be Bradford clothiers. Relevant taxation records begin to show the tenants as well as the owners of property in Wingfield from 1774 and from this time a succession of farmers are shown as at Midway, which of course had a good estate of land (12) William Couch, of an old Wingfield family, was there in 1774, and John Little in 1787. The Bradford records have Shrapnel as occupying no 5. Zachariah III died in 1796 at the age of 71; in his will he asks to be buried without pomp in Bradford Church. (13) He left to trustees the mansion house in which he lived, with the house (no 6 and 7, St Margaret's St, then one house). And workshops adjoining. He also mentions a house at the bottom of "Nowhere Lane" and others in St. Margaret's St, houses at Bradford Leigh, and his estate called Midway Farm, with farmhouse and Mansion House, the occupied by John Coles Baily (who also had Church farm, Wingfield). (14) The Bradford house was to go to his wife for her life, and after to his son Henry, Captain in the Royal Artillery, and then to Henry's children. To his son Joseph he left an annuity of £100, and to Joseph's wife £100. Zachariah's daughter Rachel Biddulph received £100, and Elizabeth Warren £200. Henry Shrapnel had been born in 1761, and entered the army in 1779. (15) His career is given in some detail in the entry from the Dictionary of National Biography (c1900). He is, of course, best known for the invention of the Shrapnel Shell, which is thought to have contributed to British success at waterloo and elsewhere. In a letter written at Woolwich in 1804 Henry says: I can only see that no enemy cares for round shot, but this kind of fire it is impossible for troops to withstand." (16) A letter written by an observer at the start of the Great War noted that German field guns carried at the breech end the Shrapnel motto " Ratio Ultima Regis" (the last argument of kings). For much of his life Henry was abroad or living in London, but is shown as at Midway from 1822 until 1828(17) In a letter of 1839 he mentions that his second son Zachariah, is at Cambridge, and seems to be in need of a coach. Zachariah had been admitted to Powerhouse in 1833, and matriculated the following year, but did not obtain his B.A. until 1846. He died at the age of thirty. Henry also mentions in his letter his relations Rev. and Mrs Thomas Bidulph. (18) Henry finally lived , and died at Bradford in 1842 at the age of 80, but the family memorial wrongly gives the date as 1849. Copies of letters from his wife regarding his funereal still exit. A list of his battles is carved on the inside of the gateposts at Midway: waterloo, Table bay, Chuzneemeedanse, Kioze, Bidasoa, Tsage and Busaco. (19) During Henry's ownership of Midway, tenants continued.. Jacob Carter was there in 1799, and from 1805-1809 Rev. Spencer, who was rector of Wingfield and a friend of Shrapnel. In 1812 a Mr Sartain was running a school at the house; an advertisement in the Salisbury and Winchester Journal has: "Mr Sartain respectfully announces to his friends and the public that his School (at Midway-House one mile from Bradford) reopens on Monday January 20th. Terms 25 guineas per annum; Entrance 1 Guinea : Washing 2 guineas; and no other extra charges except for stationery. Midway-House, January 9 1812" Henry was succeeded by his son Henry Scrope Shrapnel, born in 1812. Cambridge records note that he was admitted to Emmanuel College in 1848, but did not reside. (20) He followed his father into the army, and was Cornet in the 3 rd Dragoon Guards in 1834, and later Barrack Master in Ireland, Bermuda, Halifax and Montreal. (21) He is said to have re-fronted Midway as a memorial to his father, but perhaps only added to the front shown in 1773 the pediment with Shrapnel Shell, and pilasters, which appear to be of mid-19th century origin. (22) He partitioned Parliament without success for a reward for his father's inventions, and eventually emigrated to Canada, having previously married and had a large family. The first detailed census returns were made in 1841. These show Stephen Mizen at Midway, aged 60, and of independent means. With him was his only son Thomas aged 25, a farmer, with a male servant and one agricultural labourer. Stephen died three years later, and in his will left £150 to his son Stephen junior, and £300 to each of his daughters Mary Ann and Hannah. (23) he owned a house near Whitehill in Bradford which was divided into tenements; this was to be shared between his five children as tenants in common, with his son Stephen receiving two shares. His household items, including dairy and brewing equipment, were to be shared by his two daughters. The Tithe Map of this year shows Midway with grounds and outbuildings. In the 1851 census, Thomas was still at Midway, but now only described as agricultural labourer. His brother James, ten years his senior, was the farmer, with six labourers (over the years the estate land had increased to 160 acres). With them was a shepherd, Thomas Harris, aged 75; no woman is shown in the household. In 1861 the household were still at Midway; the land had increased to 170 acres, and was farmed by six men, five boys and one woman. James had married Sarah Jane, 25 years his junior, and they had a 7 months old daughter. There was a nursemaid and a new shepherd , aged only 16. Thomas Mizan was not then at Midway. The 1871 census shows the Shrapnel family again at the house. Arthur N.S. Shrapnel aged 27 was presumably Henry Scope's son; he had been born at Gosport. His wife Clara came from Colombo, Ceylon and they had children Arthur, two Harold, one, and Ethel, 2 months, all born in Wingfield. With them was Arthur's mother-in -law Marianne Anion, and a visitor from Ascension Isle with another from London, Edwin Mizen domestic and groom, a general servant and a nursemaid. This surely reflects the family travels! The estate was mortgaged at this time and in this year Shrapnel finally sold to Samuel Gauntlet, a florist and nurseryman. (24) In the 1881 census Samuel was 498, a florist from Trowbridge who had a warehouse in Back Street in the town. His wife Mary was involved in carpet bedding, high fashion in Victorian gardens, and his nephew Walter Knee, aged 17 was a clerk in the bedding office. Samuel's niece was a visitor, and they had a cook and housemaid. Samuel's niece was a visitor, and they had a cook and housemaid. An advertisement in the Wilts and Trowbridge Advertiser of 12th February, 1876. Indicates that they also dealt in vegetable plants for growing on and cut flowers for button holes and bouquets for balls and parties. The 1887 Ordnance Survey map shows a number of greenhouses at \|Midway , and a water pump. Samuel's wife made her will as a widow in 1884; she had no children and made her nephew Walter Knee of Midway Manor her executor and trustee. (25) She left him her trinkets and jewels to be sold. After some small bequests she divided her estate between her sisters; her estate was valued at £876. Midway Manor was put up for auction in 1889, originally to take place on 20th November, later altered to 28th November. The announcement in the Wiltshire Times included Midway Manor, with an extensive range of vineries and green houses, arable and pasture land amounting to 52 acres, and a freehold warehouse in Back St, Trowbridge then occupied by Messrs. Burgess & Co general furnishers. The auctioneers were Foley and Mundy. Evidently the estate did not sell, for next year Walter Knee sold Midway to George L. Palmer of Trowbridge. (26) Palmer lived at Springfield House, a large house now gone, and was responsible for the gift of land known and Palmer's Gardens. The next year's census shows John Coles, florist, as tenant, with his wife, son and daughter helping him in the business, and a boarder who was also a florist. Three children were scholars, and there was one visitor, a student. In 1892 George Palmer sold the house and some land to Henry Summers Baynton for £2,000. (27) Baynton was living in Edgbaston at the time, but a family of that name had been in Wiltshire for centuries; in the 17th and 18th centuries they were at Spye Park, and had also had Rowley Farm in the late 17th century. (28) Baynton removed the front of the house however, and put his own initial over the front door. Little has been found about his personal life. There was a valuation of the property in 1925, which gave the theoretical rent of the house as £105 p.a., and of the associated 65 acres of land as £59. (3) Two years later Henry Baynton died, but his obituary in the Wiltshire Times says no more than this. (31) His widow remained at Midway until 1935. In 1939 Lt. Col. Auberon Godfrey Faulkner D.S.O., M.C. was at the house. More recently it was the home of Timothy Walker of the World Wildlife Fund, who died in 1988. At the time, Llamas and other exotic creatures were to be seen grazing in front of the house. Thanks are dike to Mr K. H Rogers and Mrs Joyce Jefferson for useful information supplied in the course of this history. March 1993 R. and B. Harvey Wiltshire Building Record. References: 1. R.W. Oliver. Baptists in Bradford-on-Avon 2. Will AS, Henry Shrapnel 1688 3. 217/7 4. 1075/001/125 5. G20/990/18 6. Wingfield Registers. 7. Will, P.R.O. Zachariah Shrapnel, 1723 8. 212B/4890 9. 118/129;270/44 10. Bishop's License, 1753 11. Alumni Oxon. 12. A1/345/439 13. Will, P.R.O. Zachariah Shrapnel 1796 14. History of Church Farm, Wingfield, Wilts Building Record. 15. Dictionary of National Biography. 16. The Field, 24 October, 1914 17. A1/345/439 18. 768/42; Alumni Cantab 19. Pevsner, Wiltshire 20 Alumni Cantab. 21. Dictionary of National Biography 22. 2540/1 23/ Will, AS, Stephen Mizen, 1844 24. Owner's deed 25. Will Salisbury, Mary Ann Gauntlett 1886 26. Owner's deed 27. Owner's Deed 28. Victoria County History of Wiltshire, Vol. 7 p.71 29. 2540/1 30. G2/500/14 31. Wiltshire Times 16 April 1927 Also registers of Wingfield and Bradford. All at Wiltshire Record Office, except Public Record Office Wills.	SHRAPNEL Wiltshire (I22308)
3389	The son of a Norman noble, who after ravaging northern France from 876 was invested with the Duchy of Normandy, as fief of the Crown from Charles III 'The Simple' King of France conditional on his baptism as a Christian. He was baptised in the name of Robert. He abdicated in 927 and was succeeded by his son William. {Burke's Peerage}	Normandy, Rollo the Ganger, 1st Duke of (I7007)
3390	The third son of Louis, Daupin, who succeeded as Dauphin after the death of his Father and brothers. Ascended the throne in 1774. Following the French Revolution Louis and his wife were guillotined upon the sentence of death passed by the National Convention. {Chamber's Biographical Dictionary}	BOURBON, Louis XVI (I7227)
3391	The THOMAS family of Fairford, Glos. were notable Baptists. A different John THOMAS b. 1757, son of a deacon of the Fairford Baptist Church, was among the first missionaries in India. Speculation that there is a familial link because this John's son, James, also went to India as a missionary.	THOMAS, Reverend John (I15624)
3392	The titles became extinct upon his death. {Burke's Peerage}	HANOVER, Adolphus Frederick (I6199)
3393	The will of Nicholas Cabbell of Warminster (he was born in Frome) proved in 1730 leaves all his Free Land estate at Roade (with ye lesses tharto belonging) to his son Joseph Cabbell.	CABELL, Nicholas (I21903)
3394	The Wriothesley name is connected with the ducal Grafton line. {Burke's Peerage}	WRIOTHSLEY, Penelope (I7590)
3395	The Zenana missions are missions by women missionaries to Indian women in their own homes, with the aim of converting them to Christianity. The Baptist Missionary Society inaugurated Zenana missions to India in the early 19th century.	THOMAS, Bertha L (I17402)
3396	Their true ages were 70 (very nearly) and 27 - they seemed anxious to downplay the age difference!	Family: Charles HEMUS / Hannah WARD (F6104)
3397	There are in fact two Williams, each with one of these spouses. Merged because only one baptism found and not sure which it is.	HEMUS, William (I11103)
3398	There are MILLS families in Ripon prior to 1750, but no baptism at Minster for Mary. A John Mills of the parish of St. Dennis, York, married Elizabeth Lucas at Ripon 6/2/1787. RIPLEY Father: John , Mother: Elinor; Batch Number: P014241	MILLS, Mary (I5264)
3399	There were GRABHAMs in West Monkton in 1811. Perhaps this was her mother's name, which she gave to her son?	SPRAGG, Ann Agnes (I279)
3400	There were no other children of an Ann SHRAPNEL baptised at Holt.	Family: / Ann SHRAPNEL (F7704)

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