William Warren (abt. 1510 - 1573)

Born about 1510 in St Briavels, Gloucestershire, England

Husband of Mariana Catchmay — married about 1535 in St Briavels, Gloucestershire, England

Descendants

Died 30 Jul 1573 at about age 63 in St Briavels, Gloucestershire, England

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Biography

William Warren was born in Gloucestershire, England.

William was born in 1510. He passed away in 1573.

William was mentioned on a memorial in St. Mary the Virgin Churchyard, St Briavels, Forest of Dean District, Gloucestershire, England.^[1]

Willmi [William] died in about 1573 in Saint Breabells [St Briavels] Gloucestershire, England. The will passed probate on 30 July 1573.^[2]

Research Notes

A P Baggs and A R J Jurica, 'St. Briavels', in A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 5, Bledisloe Hundred, St. Briavels Hundred, the Forest of Dean, ed. C R J Currie and N M Herbert (London, 1996), pp. 247-271. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/glos/vol5/pp247-271 [accessed 12 September 2023].

In 1554 the Crown sold Stowe manor to Thomas Carpenter and William Savage, (fn. 286) and in 1556 Carpenter conveyed it to William Warren and his wife Marian, (fn. 287) whose family, the Catchmays, had been lessees of the site of the manor from 1488 or earlier. In 1559 Warren granted a 40-year lease to William Wyrall of English Bicknor. (fn. 288) William Warren died in 1573, (fn. 289) having settled Stowe on the marriage of his daughter Joan with George ap Robert (or Probert).

In 1582 Joan, by then a widow, had a release of right from Thomas James of Bristol, son of her sister Margaret, and in 1584 she had a similar release from George Gough of Hewelsfield, who had married a third sister, Mary. (fn. 290) Joan later married William Carpenter, whom she survived, and died in 1617. Her son William Probert succeeded to Stowe, (fn. 291) and he and his son Henry conveyed the manor house called Stowe Grange and the bulk of the estate to William Hoskins in 1627 and outlying parts to others in 1629

A P Baggs and A R J Jurica, 'St. Briavels', in A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 5, Bledisloe Hundred, St. Briavels Hundred, the Forest of Dean, ed. C R J Currie and N M Herbert (London, 1996), pp. 247-271. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/glos/vol5/pp247-271 [accessed 12 September 2023].

Willsbury [Manor] was possibly acquired later by William Warren (d. 1573), passing to his daughter Mary and her husband George Gough of Hewelsfield. (fn. 332) Their son Warren Gough (d. 1636) settled a capital messuage and lands at Willsbury on his wife Dorothy with reversion to trustees for his son Richard's children. (fn. 333) William Gough, Richard's son, owned Willsbury in 1689 when he settled it, reserving a life interest in some lands and part of the house, on the marriage of his son Charles. William was living on his Pastor's Hill estate, in Bream, in 1708, and in 1724 Charles settled Willsbury on his own son William. (fn. 334) William Gough (d. 1773) (fn. 335) was succeeded by his son the Revd. James Gough or Aubrey, who sold Willsbury in 1791 to Thomas Evans. Evans (d. 1832) left the estate in trust to provide an annuity for his son Thomas, who was living at Willsbury in 1845. On the younger Thomas's death the trustees were to convey Willsbury to his daughter Eleanor, and she and her husband, Dr. Symeon Bartlett, owned Willsbury House and 140 a. in 1853.

A P Baggs and A R J Jurica, 'St. Briavels', in A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 5, Bledisloe Hundred, St. Briavels Hundred, the Forest of Dean, ed. C R J Currie and N M Herbert (London, 1996), pp. 247-271. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/glos/vol5/pp247-271 [accessed 12 September 2023].

The church of ST. MARY, which was known by that dedication by 1471 (fn. 588) but was apparently dedicated to St. Briavels in the 12th century. The Norman stone font has a plain tub-shaped bowl with a projecting waistband of scallops. (fn. 593) A canopied monument in the chancel with effigies of William Warren (d. 1573) and his wife (fn. 594) was taken down at the rebuilding of the chancel in 1861; the broken parts were preserved in the church (fn. 595) and in 1974 the effigies were reassembled on a new base in the south aisle. (fn. 596) A 13th-century tomb recess in the south transept was uncovered and restored in the late 19th century and an ancient coffin lid, which has an early 14th-century carved head inserted in it, was placed in the recess.

PROPERTY: She inherited Willsbury, St. Briavels, from her father; in turn, passed to her son Warren. ("St. Briavels", A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 5: Bledisloe Hundred, St. Briavels Hundred, The Forest of Dean (1996), pp. 247-271. [1]> date accessed: 19 November 2012)

Sources [S2353] May, Thomas, #1982 The Visitation of the County of Gloucester, Begun by Thomas May ... (1884), (Exeter: William Pollard, 1884. vi, 231 p.), p. 74: Gough of Wilsbery in St. Briavel's, FHL microfilm 476,630 item 1. (Reliability: 3).

[S2357] Maclean, John, #1786 The Visitation of the County of Gloucester: Takes in the Year 1623, with Pedigrees from the Herald's Visitations of 1569 and 1582-3 (1885), (Publications of the Harleian Society: Visitations, volume 21. London: [Harleian Society], 1885), p. 67: Gough, FHL book 942 B4h volume 21. (Reliability: 3).

[S2359] Bradney, Sir Joseph Alfred, #1079 A History of Monmouthshire from the Coming of the Normans into Wales down to the Present Time (1904-1993), (Publications of the South Wales Record Society, number 8. Five volumes in 13. London: Mitchell, Hughes and Clarke, 1904-1993), vol. 4 p. 126, FHL book 942.43 H2b. (Reliability: 3).

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Sources

1. ↑ Memorial: Find a Grave (no image)
   Find A Grave: Memorial #244787352 (accessed 21 December 2023)
   Memorial page for William Warren (unknown-unknown), citing St. Mary the Virgin Churchyard, St Briavels, Forest of Dean District, Gloucestershire, England; Maintained by MBeaven (contributor 48239022).
2. ↑ Will: "England & Wales, Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 1384-1858"
   The National Archives; Kew, Surrey, England; Records of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Series PROB 11; Class: PROB 11; Piece: 55
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 5111 #896400 (accessed 12 September 2023)
   Will of Willmi Warren, granted probate on 30 Jul 1573. Died about 1573 in Saint Breabells, Gloucestershire, England.