14852. Clothier John Hall Esq. & 14853. Elizabeth
Brune
1572, Elizabeth born in Dorset, England, d/o 29706. Henry Brune & 29707. Elizabeth
Martyn.
~1575, John born in Bradford on Avon, Wilts., England, 2nd
s/o 29704. John Hall & 29705.
Dorothy Rogers. [Bradford just within the western edge of Wiltshire about 8
miles southeast of the city of Bath in Somerset.]
John succeeded on the decease of his brother Thomas.
4/25/1581, John named in his maternal grandfather’s will: My
will is that Dorothie my daughter shall have the use of ... bequeathe unto John
Hall and Alice Hall her children during the natural life of the said Dorothie …
6/5/1592, John married Elizabeth in Puddletown, Dorset.
[Date is of marriage agreement.]
1609, A devastating outbreak of plague occurred in Bradford
on Avon, a cloth-making community. This may have been the cause of the death of
several of their children.
1610, John, a Wiltshire clothier, the builder of Bradford
Hall on Avon –described by Aubrey, as “the best built house for the quality of
a gentleman in Wilts,” commonly termed the “Duke’s House” or “Kingston House”.
3/10/1617, “Indenture … John Hall, Esq. of Bradford, lets to
… (Elizabeth, wife of John Hall), …”. (S) Bradford-on-Avon, Jones, 1907, P250.
4/29/1620, John bondsman for his daughter Elizabeth’s
marriage.
6/14/1622, John bondsman for his daughter Mary’s marriage.
10/19/1630, John wrote his will at Bradford on Avon. Will of
John [abstract]: In the name of god amen, the nineteenth day of October Anno
Dom One Thousand six hundred thirty. I John Hall of Bradford in the
countie of Wilks and diocese of Sarum, Esquire, do make, ordaine and institute
this my last will and testament … ITEM
- I give towards the maintenance and reparation of the Cathedral Church of
Sarum the some of tenne shillings. ITEM - I bequeath towards the like
maintenance and reparation of the parish church of Bradford aforesaid the some
of five pounds of lawful current money of England to be payd unto that end into
the hands of the church warden of Bradford within three months next after
my decease. … ITEM - I bequeath unto Elizabeth Hall my wife, in
addition to that furniture that remaineth unto her in retayne of my lands
the Abbey house at Bath in the countie of Somerset and the use of my goods,
chattel, implements, household stuff and furniture in the same household used
therwith from the tyme of my decease for and during the tyme of her naturall
life … ITEM - I give unto my daughter Elizabeth Cottrell … of my daughter Mary
… the said hundred pounds shall bee paid unto Christopher Baylie gentleman her
husband … my three daughters not yet
married viz. Jane, Dorothie and Anne … unto my two sons John and William the
yearly some and somes of fifteen pounds a piece … to bee the executor of
this my last will and testament Thomas Hall my sonne and heir apparant who I
will to satisfie discharge and pay all and every of myne owed proper debts and
also all and every of those my legacies and bequeaths specified and expressed
to be bequeathed in this my last will and testament. … nominate my
worthie good brother in law and loving friends John Brewin, Knight, William
Eyre, Esquire, my kinsman, and John Awdry, Theophilus Clarke to be the
overseers … Signed sealed acknowledged by John Hall Esquire and by him declared
to bee his last will and testament in the presence of John Awdry, Senior,
Christopher Bayly, Charles Taylor.
3/19/1631, John, of Bradford, Wiltshire, died.
7/8/1632, Inquisition take at Sarum, Wiltshire: Before the
death of the said John Hall one John Hall , his father, was seised of the manor
of Bradford … on the 5th of June, 34 Eliz., in consideration of £600 and of a
marriage solemnized between the said John Hall … and Elizabeth, daughter of
Henry Brewen, esq. assured all the said premises to the said Henry Berwen to
the uses following … Dorthy Hall, wife of the said John Hall the father, for
her life, … The John Hall, the father, and Dorothy, his wife, died 1st
September, 18 James. … John Hall died at Bradford 19th March 6 Charles I ;
Thomas Hall, esq. is his son and next heir by the said Elizabeth, and was then
aged 28 years and more. The said Elizabeth still survives at Bradford.
7/12/1632, Elizabeth surviving. (S) John’s Post Mortem.
(S) Bradford on Avon: The Hall. (S) The Wiltshire Arhc. and
Natur. Hist. Mag., 1859, P367. (S) Will of John Hall Bradford, Wiltshire. (S)
John’s Post Mortem Inquisition.
Family notes:
Children of John
and Elizabeth: [All children baptized at Holy Trinity Church, Bradford.]
[Sons William and John immigrated to Newport, RI after their
father’s death.]
ii. Elizabeth Hall, born 1598 in Bradford, England.
4/29/1620, Elizabeth, aged 22, married John Cottrell, aged
27, s/o John of Wingfield of Long Ashton. Her father was bondsman.
iv. Sir Thomas Hall (7426), baptized 1600 in Bradford, England.
vi. Mary Hall, born 1604 in Bradford, England.
6/14/1622, Mary, aged 18, married Christopher Bayly of
Wingfield, aged 23.
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