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John Revell the Surveyor, ?–1513–1523–1564 In his will, dated September 14 th 1543, Robert Brynklowe of ’Hanfeldis’, ‘Hamvilds’ , ‘Hamfelds’ or ‘Hanneville’ (probably also Horfeilde), Kintbury, Berkshire, named his daughter Alice the wife of John Revell, and a ‘John Revell who signs as Surveyor’, witnessed the will of Hugh Brynklowe, Citizen and mercer of London, on February 12 th 1562 / 3. This John Revell was born no later than 1523 and possibly somewhat earlier. John Revell’s wife was Alice, sister of Hugh Brynklowe, 33 and Henry Brynkelowe the polemicist, ‘whose satires on social and 34, 35, 36 religious topics appeared under the pseudonym of Roderigo Mors’. Henry’s will is dated June 20 th 1545 where he describes himself as a ‘Citizen and mercer of London’. See Table 10a. Isabel Brynklowe of Reading whose will is dated 1545 might also be connected. Alice’s father was described in 1522 as ‘a servant of Sir Edward Darell’, but there are no references to the Revells in the Kintbury Manor Court records or the Kintbury Parish records. 37 Accordingly, it seems likely that this John Revell is not from Berkshire and at present there are no other clues to his origin beyond him having property in London and Kent. However, Henrie Brinklow appears to have a connection to a Tristram Reuell — see Part 4. It is interesting to note that the Revells of Warwickshire are associated with a Parish of Brinklowe, and that a William de Brynklow held Atherton Hall, Warwickshire in 1406, 38 and it is possible the Berkshire Brynklowes are connected. 39, 40, 41 The John Revell, Surveyor, was one of the Gentlemen who gave a gift to Queen Elizabeth I at New Year 1561 / 2, recorded as ‘By Revell, Surveiour of the Workes, a marchpane, with the modell of Powle's churches and steeples in past’. The will of John Revell, Surveyor of the Queens Majesty's Works is dated June 1 st 1564, 42, 43 and describes him as of ‘Bockingfold and of the City of London’ and refers to sons Roger Revell (bequeathed land at Bockingfold), and Clement Revell, unmarried daughters Margaret Revell and Catherine Revell, John Brynklowe the son of his brother-in-law John Brynklowe, and his brother James Revel and his five children (***?, William Revell, Mathew Revell, Margery Revell and Barbara Revell), and a married daughter, Margery Toye, wife of Humfrey (who was a printer and stationer of St Paul’s churchyard). 44, . 45 After much investigation it is clear that baptisms at St Mary the Virgin Aldermanbury relate to his children, as follows: Samuell Revell baptised on July 5 th 1549, Margarett Revell baptised on November 5 th 1550 and a Katharyne Revell baptised on January 6 th 1552 / 3 although the parents’ names are not stated. The daughters married there brothers Robert Chadderton and William Chadderton, respectively, on June 27 th 1569. Whether the Samuell Revell is the Samuel Revell listed in the NBI as buried at St Mary Aldermanbury in 1551, is uncertain. The will specifies a bequest to be paid when John’s daughters Margaret Revell and Catherine Revell marry (for the marriages see also Part 3 and Part 4). The will refers also to the Company of Drapers and property at Bishopsgate and to ‘his part of a ship called the ‘Clement of London’ which is bequeathed to his son Clement Revell. John Revell’s wife was not mentioned and must have died before him. A ship of this name was recorded as trading at London in 1480 to 1481, 46 as follows ‘23 May. From the ship of William Philpot called Clement of London John Elyot, A, 8 millstones, 12 panniers of glass, 2 mounts of plaster, 1 puncheon vine shoots ('vyn' graffes'), (fn. 7) 3 tin crosses, £18 16s.8d’. 47 There is a reference to a ‘Clement of London’ off the Isle of Wight in 1537 / 8, 48 33 Early English Text Society http://www.archive.org/stream/publicationsextr22earluoft#page/120/mode/2up/search/revel 34 English Historical Documents, 1485–1558 http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=104189754 35 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Brinklow 36 The Cambridge Guide to Literature in English http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=oeZ226OlfbkC&pg=PA116&lpg=PA116&dq=%22Roderick+Mors%22&source=bl&ots=cXtaf7Lbyv&sig=V WwpOvHfCqG0XcGHSEjE_hqmEEk&hl=en&ei=g75GTf6rEM3x4Qbrj630Dw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=10&ved=0CFEQ6AE wCQ#v=onepage&q=%22Roderick%20Mors%22&f=false 37 Economic and Social Data Service SN: 4339 Town and Countryside in West Berkshire, c.1400–1600 38 ‘A visitation of the seats and arms of the noblemen and gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland’ by B. Burke http://www.archive.org/stream/visitationofseat185402burk#page/128/mode/2up/search/brynklow 39 http://www.larsdatter.com/gifts/1561-2.htm 40 The progresses and public processions of Queen Elizabeth http://www.archive.org/stream/progressesandpu01nichgoog#page/n42/mode/1up/search/revell 41 The technical history of commerce http://www.archive.org/stream/technicalhistory00yeatuoft#page/220/mode/2up/search/revel 42 PCC Wills http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/details-result.asp?Edoc_Id=1041804&queryType=1&resultcount=10 43 Index of Wills http://www.archive.org/stream/indexofwillsprov18smit#page/258/mode/2up/search/revel 44 Abstracts from the wills of English printers http://www.archive.org/stream/abstractsfromwil00plomuoft#page/64/mode/2up 45 Notes and Queries http://www.archive.org/stream/s5notesqueries09londuoft#page/8/mode/2up/search/toye 46 Ship names from 1480 http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/maridonna/shipnames/ 47 BHOL http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=36075 06/01/2014 4 Comments, corrections and additions to Rotherham Web [rotherweb@blueyonder.co.uk]
and trading from London in 1545 (Master Thos. Byam). 49 In 1547 a ship named ‘Clement of London’ (Master Humfrey Wilson) ran aground near Tynemouth while carrying ‘fine powder and other munitions for the King having mistaken a church steeple’, but in calm weather most of the cargo, and presumably the ship, was saved. 50 Another such, or possibly the same, was recorded trading in London in 1567 to 1568. 51 It is probably this John Revell who is referred to in the following: ‘Bill for stocking and repairing serpentines in the Edmond '' ' Bonaventure of Hull, amounting to 29s. 6d., paid by " me Thomas Clere," received by " me, John Revell.".’ 52 In a pedigree from the Visitations of Hertfordshire, his son Roger is described as ‘Roger Revell, son to Roger, Surveyor to Q. Elizabeth’ when he married Mary Horsey of Diggeswell, 53 (Digswell, Hertfordshire), but there is no doubt that in fact his father was John. John Revell’s date of birth is not known but he was married by 1543. His son Roger seems to have been of age by 1553 at the latest, and thus John was probably born not later than ca 1513. John’s parents, where he was born and where he trained as a surveyor are unknown. There are several records that almost certainly relate to his professional duties, as follows: 1550–2 ‘Building a bridge at Blackfriars and at the Temple’, and ‘repairs of house at Reading’. 54 January 30 th 1552 / 3 to July 6 th 1553 ‘Repairs and buildings at Strand Place’ 55 October 24 th 1555 8 tenements lying next Holborne Cross and in Snowhill in the parish of St. Sepulchre, in the several tenures of John Ryvell, John Rouver, Henry Palmer, Richard Henham, John Callowe, Simon Southwell, John Scarsdall, and Thomas Powell. 56 In 1559 he reported on the ‘great sluice at Westminster’, 57 and in 1562 he drew or procured a design of a new spire for St Paul’s Cathedral. 58 It seems that his salary and expenses were probably the same as those awarded to his successor, namely ‘Wages and fee of towe shilling the day for his own selfe and 6d the day for his clerk were allowed. He was also to be allowed fouer shillings a day for diet boat hire and riding charge’. 59 There is what appears to be a claim by his executors for outstanding salary and expense for the period September 29 th 1561 to December 12 th 1563, as follows: ‘Works and buildings.: surveyors and paymasters.: J. Revell (per executrix and executors)’. 60 Part of Bockingfold Manor in Kent ‘which lay in Yalding, Brenchley, Marden, and Horsmonden’ was held by a Roger Revell from 1564 to 1575, 61 presumably the property at Bockingfold that John Revell bequeathed to his son. It is likely therefore that it is this Roger Revell who in 1569 held the advowson of Cudham (Cowdham, Coldham, Codeham) church in Kent, 62 some 25 miles from Bockingfold. 48 Letters and papers foreign and domestic http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=75792 49 BHOL http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=80429&strquery=Clement 50 The history of Newcastle and Gateshead, Volume 2 http://www.ebooksread.com/authors-eng/richard-welford/history-of-newcastle-andgateshead--volume-2-ala/page-24-history-of-newcastle-and-gateshead--volume-2-ala.shtml 51 The port and trade of early Elizabethan London: documents http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=35952 52 Letters and papers, foreign and domestic, of the ... Addenda to v.1 pt.1 no.1-1293 page 19 http://proxify.com/p/011010A1000100/687474703a2f2f626162656c2e686174686974727573742e6f72672f6367692f70743f69643d6d64702e3 3393031353033333439393734333b73697a653d37353b766965773d706c61696e746578743b706167653d726f6f743b7365713d33313b6e75 6d3d31393b6f7269656e743d30 53 Visitations of Hertfordshire http://www.archive.org/stream/visitationsofher22metc#page/114/mode/2up/search/revel 54 E 351/3328 http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/Details?uri=C3529333 55 E 351/3330 http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/Details?uri=C3529335 56 Abstracts of Inquisitiones Post Mortem for the City of London: Part 1 http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=65874 57 Calendar of State papers http://www.archive.org/stream/calendarstatepa01unkngoog#page/n514/mode/1up/search/revel 58 Vantage points in the seventeenth-century city http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:Tbbrz6C- 2DsJ:www.courtauld.ac.uk/people/stevensonchristine/stevenson08.pdf+%22john+revell%22+surveyor&cd=4&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=uk&client=firefox-a 59 King’s Master Masons http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=BGnyXTIrVFIC&pg=PA35&lpg=PA35&dq=%22john+revell%22+surveyor&source=bl&ots=XSOZFOsLIX &sig=iq5tQTAx1- 74c4xZGhq_A7bD9oU&hl=en&ei=Jh_UTPORAcq6jAeW9ZzKCQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=8&ved=0CDcQ6AEwBw#v=one page&q=%22john%20revell%22%20surveyor&f=false 60 E 351/3201 http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/Details?uri=C3529206 61 The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent: Volume 5 http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=62897 62 The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent: Volume 2 http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=62801 06/01/2014 5 Comments, corrections and additions to Rotherham Web [rotherweb@blueyonder.co.uk]
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