The English ancestry of Reinold and Matthew Marvin of Hartford, Ct ...
The English ancestry of Reinold and Matthew Marvin of Hartford, Ct ... The English ancestry of Reinold and Matthew Marvin of Hartford, Ct ...
12 The English Ancestry of Essex, whose family owned estates in various Counties of England. A full account of the family and its several branches, will be found in Morant's Essex, and also in the Suffolk Visitations. John 8 married before 1558, Mary or Margaret, daughter and heiress of Christopher Roydon, of Roydon Hall, Ramsey, and later, of Witham, where he was a " Doctor of Physic." Christopher, who died in 1544, was the last male descendant of the family who had held the Hall for nearly two hundred years. Through this marriage Roydon Hall came to Lucas. After his death it passed to his son John, 4 who died 13 De- cember, 1619. Its subsequent history can readily be traced in Morant.* Other Manors about 1590 were Hoobridge Hall, belong- ing to Sir Philip Boothes ; Fowton Hall, held about 1570 by the Duke family ; it was " sometime the Mortymers', and then the Guldfords' ; " Strond-land Manor Lucas held of John Herd ; " Le Rey," or Ray Manor, on the peninsula of that name, was the property of William Bunynghill in 1543, and from him passed to Sir Thomas White. Reynold Marvin, the grandfather of Reynold and Matthew, owned two farms in this immediate vicinity in 1554, one of which was called East Hall, which was "deforced " from Bunynghill in 1543-f At the present time there are two Manors in the Parish, Ramsey Hall, or Manor, which belonged to John Herd in 1599, and Michaelstowe Hall, which is near the "Bridge" crossing the creek mentioned above, and which stands on the * Essex I : p. 494, and passim. f Ibid., p. 493. —
Reinold and Matthew Marvin 13 easterly side ; the latter was a handsome seat, near the Church ; at the time of the suppression of the monasteries in the reign of Henry VIII, a moiety of this estate was granted to Robert Cary, Earl of Monmouth, and the other moiety to Sir George Whitmore. Near this Manor, at "the Bridge foote," was the property of John Marvin, in 1560-70. The ancient Parish Church in which many of our ances- tors were christened, married, and buried, is built upon a hill. In the quiet Church-yard beside it are to be seen stones of recent date inscribed with the names of members of the Lucas family. Like many other English Churches in similar situations, it is dedicated to St. Michael,* who was evidently its "patron saint" from the very earliest times. It is a building of stone in the decorated and perpendicular style, with nave " of one pace with the Chancel," and a south porch. It has a massive western tower, square, with embat- tled top, in which are three bells, the earliest dated 1676 ; on its south face is a sun-dial with the motto " Time passeth away like a shadow — 1841." The exterior is so covered with plaster that little or none of its structure can be seen ; the lower part of the tower is overgrown with ivy. The north wall dates from the eleventh century, and contains a small Norman door, with moulded imposts and a small round-headed loop a little to the east. In the north wall of the Chancel, close to the east end, is a five-foiled arched recess of early English work, thought to be the remains of " the Easter sepulchre ; " in the opposite wall is a small and * Called also " St. Michael the Archangel " in some of the old Wills.
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<strong>Reinold</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Matthew</strong> <strong>Marvin</strong> 13<br />
easterly side ; the latter was a h<strong>and</strong>some seat, near the<br />
Church ; at the time <strong>of</strong> the suppression <strong>of</strong> the monasteries<br />
in the reign <strong>of</strong> Henry VIII, a moiety <strong>of</strong> this estate was<br />
granted to Robert Cary, Earl <strong>of</strong> Monmouth, <strong>and</strong> the other<br />
moiety to Sir George Whitmore. Near this Manor, at "the<br />
Bridge foote," was the property <strong>of</strong> John <strong>Marvin</strong>, in 1560-70.<br />
<strong>The</strong> ancient Parish Church in which many <strong>of</strong> our ances-<br />
tors were christened, married, <strong>and</strong> buried, is built upon a<br />
hill. In the quiet Church-yard beside it are to be seen<br />
stones <strong>of</strong> recent date inscribed with the names <strong>of</strong> members<br />
<strong>of</strong> the Lucas family. Like many other <strong>English</strong> Churches<br />
in similar situations, it is dedicated to St. Michael,* who<br />
was evidently its "patron saint" from the very earliest times.<br />
It is a building <strong>of</strong> stone in the decorated <strong>and</strong> perpendicular<br />
style, with nave " <strong>of</strong> one pace with the Chancel," <strong>and</strong> a south<br />
porch. It has a massive western tower, square, with embat-<br />
tled top, in which are three bells, the earliest dated 1676 ;<br />
on its south face is a sun-dial with the motto " Time passeth<br />
away like a shadow — 1841." <strong>The</strong> exterior is so covered<br />
with plaster that little or none <strong>of</strong> its structure can be seen ;<br />
the lower part <strong>of</strong> the tower is overgrown with ivy. <strong>The</strong><br />
north wall dates from the eleventh century, <strong>and</strong> contains a<br />
small Norman door, with moulded imposts <strong>and</strong> a small<br />
round-headed loop a little to the east. In the north wall<br />
<strong>of</strong> the Chancel, close to the east end, is a five-foiled arched<br />
recess <strong>of</strong> early <strong>English</strong> work, thought to be the remains <strong>of</strong><br />
" the Easter sepulchre ;<br />
" in the opposite wall is a small <strong>and</strong><br />
* Called also " St. Michael the Archangel " in some <strong>of</strong> the old Wills.