'Blagrave1'
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Families covered: Blagrave of Bulmershe (Bulmarsh), Blagrave of London, Blagrave of Reading, Blagrave of Southcot, Blagrave of Uttoxeter
| Ralph or John Blagrave of Utoxer (Uttoxeter), Staffordshire named Ralph (Rauffe) by Visitation but John by Berry | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Richard Blagrave of Uttoxeter | ||||||||||||||
| A. | Thomas Blagrave of Great Bedwyn (Wiltshire) & London (b c1522, d 18.06.1590, MP, Master of the Queen's Revels) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Joane Bellamy (dau/heir of William Bellamy or Bellame of Hadley by _ Wrytt) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | John Blagrave | ||||||||||||||
| m. Joane Bodenham of Gloucestershire | |||||||||||||||
| The Harleian editor added a note to report, of an attributed son, that "Ashmole has added here (in error) Anthony, who married the da. of Thomas Dolman of Shaw". That Anthony is shown below. Berry shows that John & Joane had ... | |||||||||||||||
| a.+ | issue - Thmoas, Thomas (2nd), Richard | ||||||||||||||
| ii. | Mary Blagrave | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Lodge (son/heir of Sir Thomas of London) | |||||||||||||||
| 2. | Robert Blagrave of London & Reading | ||||||||||||||
| The Harleian editor first identifies Robert's wife as Anne, dau of _ Pyke of Surrey but then refers to Visitation (Essex) where she is identified as shown below. Anne appears to be the same person as Agnes whose 2nd marriage (as Robert's widow) was "The foundation of the importance of the Blagrave family in Reading" as William Grey left Bulmershe to his stepson John. Apparently in error, Berry suggests that it was his son John's wife Anne Hungerford who m2. William Grey. | |||||||||||||||
| m. Anne or Agnes Pike (dau of Thomas Pike of Ilford, m2. William Grey of Bulmershe) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | John Blagrave of Bulnash (Bulmarsh or Bulmershe) Court in Sunning, Berkshire (d 05.10.1597) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (c1552) Anne Hungerford (dau of Sir Anthony Hungerford of Downe Amney) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Anthony Blagrave of Bulmershe (Bulmarsh), Sheriff of Berkshire (b c1555, d 29.04.1628, MP) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Jane Borlase (dau of Sir John Borlase or Borlacy of Bockmore or Bockmer) ## here? ## | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Sir John Blagrave of Bumarsh & Southcot, Sheriff of Berkshire (bur 11.06.1655) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Margaret Coteel (dau of Thomas Coteel of London) | |||||||||||||||
| (1)+ | issue - Susan, Mary | ||||||||||||||
| b. | Anthony Blagrave of Reading, later of Bulmershe or Bulmarsh (d 1657) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Dorothy Dolman (dau of Thomas Dolman of Shaw) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Anthony Blagrave (dvp 1655) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Rebecca Chapman (dau of Sir John Chapman of Hampnet) | |||||||||||||||
| (A)+ | issue - Rebecca, Dorothy | ||||||||||||||
| (2) | John Blagrave 'of Reading' of Southcot (b c1632, bur 03.03.1703-4, MP) | ||||||||||||||
| The following comes from Berry with support from VCH (Berkshire, vol 3, 'Parishes: Sonning with Early, Woodley and Sandford') & HoP ('Blagrave' - various), both of which also support some of the above. | |||||||||||||||
| m. Hester Gore (dau of William Gore of Barrow Gurney & London) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Anthony Blagrave of Southcot & Bulmarsh, Sheriff of Berkshire (bpt 21.09.1680, bur 19.12.1744, MP) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (before 1706) Mary Gore (dau of William Gore of Barrow Gurney, cousin) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Anthony Blagrave of Backwell, Somerset | ||||||||||||||
| (a) | Frances Blagrave (b 1761) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1778) John Blagrave of Watchfield (d 28.02.1827) | |||||||||||||||
| (b) | Anne Blagrave | ||||||||||||||
| m. Rev. _ Culham | |||||||||||||||
| (ii) | John Blagrave of Southcot & Bulmarsh (b 1713, d 09.12.1787) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (06/09.08.1745) Anne Cobb (dau/coheir of Sir George Cobb, 3rd Bart of Adderbury) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | George Cobb Blagrave (dvp 1767) | ||||||||||||||
| (iii) | Dorothy Blagrave | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1746) Richard Allen of Sulham | |||||||||||||||
| (iv)+ | other issue - son, 3 daughters (2 dvp) | ||||||||||||||
| (B) | George Blagrave of Bulmarsh, Sheriff of Berkshire (a 1699, bur 30.12.1789?) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1676) Mary Chiles | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | George James Blagrave of Bulmarsh (dvp unm 1776) | ||||||||||||||
| (C) | daughter | ||||||||||||||
| m. Rev. Erasmus Dryden | |||||||||||||||
| (D) | Jane Blagrave | ||||||||||||||
| m. (24.11.1746) John Bradley of London | |||||||||||||||
| (3) | George Blagrave of Bulmarsh (b c1638, a 1701) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Browne (dau of Alexander Browne of Denford) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Dorothy Blagrave (b c1663, a 03.1664) | ||||||||||||||
| c. | Daniel Blagrave (MP for Reading, regicide) mentioned by Berry | ||||||||||||||
| d. | Jane Blagrave | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Blancknall (Blacknall) of Abingdon | |||||||||||||||
| e. | Anne Blagrave | ||||||||||||||
| m. Richard Libb of Hardwick | |||||||||||||||
| f. | Mary Blagrave | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir Charles Wiseman of Steventon ## here? ## | |||||||||||||||
| ii. | John Blagrave of Swallowfield 'of Reading' (d 09.08.1611, mathematician) | ||||||||||||||
| a. | Jane Blagrave | ||||||||||||||
| m. Edward Blagrave @2@ just below | |||||||||||||||
| iii. | Edward Blagrave | ||||||||||||||
| a. | Edward Blagrave | ||||||||||||||
| m. Jane Blagrave @2@ just above | |||||||||||||||
| iv. | Alexander Blagrave of Southcot | ||||||||||||||
| m. Margaret | |||||||||||||||
| The following is partly supported by Visitation (London, 1687-1700, Blagrave) as reported by the Harleian editor alongside the Visitation of 1665-6. | |||||||||||||||
| a. | John Blagrave of Southcot (b c1588, a 03.1665) | ||||||||||||||
| Berry identifies John's wife as Frances, dau of Gregory Bentlry of Hampshire. Visitation identifies her as ... | |||||||||||||||
| m. Frances Gregory (dau of Thomas Gregory of Bentley) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Alexander Blagrave of Southcot (b c1624, a 1687) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Letitia Knight (dau of Walter Knight of Reading) | |||||||||||||||
| (A)+ | issue - Letitia, Frances, Naomi, Barbara | ||||||||||||||
| (2) | Margaret Blagrave | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Hodges (Dean of Hereford) | |||||||||||||||
| b. | Walter Blagrave | ||||||||||||||
| (1)+ | 2 daughters | ||||||||||||||
| c. | Richard Blagrave of London (b c1594, d 1650) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Margaret Miller (dau of George Miller of Swallowfield) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Obadiah Blagrave of London (b c1642, a 1687, stationer, 5th son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Sondly (dau of William Sondly of Driffield, widow of John Jones of London then Edward Crofts of London) | |||||||||||||||
| (2) | Susannah Blagrave | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Richard Smith of London (silk throwster) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Robert Taylor of London (clothworker) | |||||||||||||||
| (3) | Ruth Blagrave | ||||||||||||||
| m1. John Swinburne of London | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Robert Fleming of London (weaver) | |||||||||||||||
| (4)+ | other issue - Daniel (d young), Nathaniel (d young), Joshua (d young), Jeremiah (d unm), Zephaniah (d infant), Elizabeth (d unm) | ||||||||||||||
| d. | Anne Blagrave | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Brightwell of Padworth | |||||||||||||||
| e. | daughter | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Symons | |||||||||||||||
| f. | daughter | ||||||||||||||
| m. Robert Dolman of London (stationer) | |||||||||||||||
| g. | Judith Blagrave | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Constantine | |||||||||||||||
| h.+ | other issue - Daniel of Southcot (d 1668, had issue), Joseph of Reading (had issue), daughters | ||||||||||||||
| v. | Dorothy Blagrave (d infant?) | ||||||||||||||
| vi. | Dorothy (or Jane) Blagrave | ||||||||||||||
| m. Walter Savadge of Oxfordshire | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (1568) Elizabeth Ockham not mentioned by Berry | |||||||||||||||
| vii. | Richard Blagrave | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Elizabeth Cheyney | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Edward Blagrave | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Drew | |||||||||||||||
| (1)+ | issue - Edward, Drew | ||||||||||||||
| b. | Cheyney Blagrave | ||||||||||||||
| (1)+ | issue - Thomas, Alice | ||||||||||||||
| c. | Martha Blagrave | ||||||||||||||
| m2. Elizabeth Goddard of Wiltshire | |||||||||||||||
| m3. Anne Mason (dau of Thomas Mason of Northwood, Isle of Wight) | |||||||||||||||
| d. | Thomas Blagrave of the Chapel Royal (a 1672) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Margaret Clarvox (dau of Thomas Clarvox of Parson's Green) | |||||||||||||||
| e. | Anthony Blagrave (6th son) | ||||||||||||||
| (1) | Richard Blagrave of Norwich (a 1672) | ||||||||||||||
| f. | Allan Blagrave | ||||||||||||||
| (1) | Mary Blagrave | ||||||||||||||
| g.+ | other issue - Robert, John | ||||||||||||||
| viii.+ | other issue - Thomas (dsp), Oliver | ||||||||||||||
Main source(s): Visitation (Berkshire, 1623+1665-6, 'Blagrave'), VCH (Berkshire, vol 3, 'The borough of Reading: Manors'), CountyGen (Berry, Berkshire, p146+) with input/support as reported above
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