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Nothing more is known for certain about John’s brother, James Revell, but in 1546 there is a reference in the Calendar of State Papers to a James Revell, government contractor working on fortifications at Blackness on the Firth of Forth, who might be this individual. 63 It would fit well with John Revell’s surveying role and his transport of munitions by sea. The Jeames Revell who married Alice Aplatt at St Mary’s, Reading, on May 2 nd 1551 might be connected. The will of a John Revell of Reading who was buried at St Mary’s on April 25 th 1608 was proved the same year 1608 but is not available in full. 64 The Revells of Bristol There are several records that connect Revells to property in the Bristol area, specifically manors at Filton and Stoke Harns, encompassing also Westbury-on-Trym and Easton-in-Gordano. The marriage of Joan Revell and William Hawkins is recorded at Easton-in-Gordano on November 24 th 1563. Roger Revell of Filton ?–1531–1553–1593, son of John and Alice, who married Mary Horsey A Roger Revell brought an action in the Star Chamber for forcible entry at property in the county of Bristol against George Wylsonn, John Askewe and others at some date in the period 1547 to 1553. 65 A Roger Revell is named in connection with 66, 67, 68 these manors and the advowson at Filton in 1580, 1581 and 1582. On June 30 th 1582 Roger Revell leased property at Filton to ‘John Prygg, Filton, yeo. Alyce his daughter and Johan Thurner daughter of Thomas Thurner’, 69 and on October 18 th 1582 he is named with Sir Richard Berkeley in a deed of exchange. 70 Later the same year he is named in a quitclaim, 71 and as an attorney, 72 and on July 2 nd 1584 in a conveyance. 73 Roger had died by November 10 th 1594 when Marie Revell, lately of the manor of Fylton, is described as widow. 74 The calendared will of a Roger Revell of Filton, dated 1593, presumably relates. 75 These two correspond to Roger the son of John Revell the Surveyor and Roger’s wife Mary Revell née Horsey, 76 because in his will dated July 28 th July 1587 (proved February 24 th 1587 / 8) Roger Revell’s father-in-law, ‘George Horsey of Digswell, Herts, Esq.’ bequeathed to ‘My younger son Jasper Horsey my lease of Horfeilde which I lately bought of my son-in-law Roger Revell …’ and ‘my da. Revell £20 a year for life’, thus clearly connecting these Revells to Kintbury in Berkshire. The forenames Clement and Roger are relatively uncommon among the Revells, and these two might be the Revells who ca 1580 are found in the Bristol area. The association with shipping and the Drapers’ Company make it possible that this John Revell might be connected to the Robert Revell who sailed to Guinea, west Africa, in 1562 / 3. Robert Revell’s ship ‘Merlin’ or ‘Marlin’ was associated with Bristol — see Robert Revell the Adventurer. Clement Revell of Westbury on Trym ?–1585, son of Roger and Mary The Will of Clemente Revell, Gentleman of ‘Rydland alias Thrydland’ [Redland] at Westbury upon Trym, Gloucestershire, is dated January 20 th 1582 / 3 with a codicil dated May 3 rd 1585. His origins are uncertain, but as explained below he cannot be the son of John and Alice. Clement’s original will refers to his ‘loving cosen Richard Revell son of my brother Roger’, and explicitly to his brother Roger, who is also a witness. The codicil refers to his brothers Roger Revell and John Revell, and Clemente’s mother (unnamed) and it is witnessed by a Mary Revell whose relationship is uncertain. There is no mention of a wife or children. Reference to a Henry Brynklowe indicates some connection between Clemente Revell and John Revell the Surveyor. 77 It was initially thought that this will refers to Clement the son of John Revell the surveyor and Alice Revell née Brynklowe, but Alice Revell née Brynklowe was dead before her husband who died in 1564, and therefore cannot be the mother referred to 63 Calendar of State Papers http://www.archive.org/stream/calendarstatepa00turngoog#page/n346/mode/1up/search/revel 64 Index to Wills http://www.archive.org/stream/indextowillsprov00churrich#page/146/mode/2up/search/revel 65 STAC 3/9/97 http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/displaycataloguedetails.asp?CATID=4512395&CATLN=6&Highlight=%2CREVELL&accessmet hod=0&Summary=True 66 12148 http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/A2A/records.aspx?cat=002-12148&cid=0&kw=filton%20%20revell#0 67 12148/2 http://archives.bristol.gov.uk/dserve/ 68 AC/D/4/11 http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/A2A/records.aspx?cat=002-ac_2&cid=2-4-11&kw=revell#2-4-11 69 12148/41 http://archives.bristol.gov.uk/dserve/ 70 12148/42 http://archives.bristol.gov.uk/dserve/ 71 12148/4 http://archives.bristol.gov.uk/dserve/ 72 AC/D/4/11 http://archives.bristol.gov.uk/dserve/ 73 12148/5 http://archives.bristol.gov.uk/dserve/ 74 12148/6 http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/A2A/records.aspx?cat=002-12148&cid=1-6&kw=filton%20%20revell#1-6 75 Administrations in The Prerogative Court of Canterbury, 1581-1595 76 Visitations of Hertfordshire http://www.archive.org/stream/visitationsofher22metc#page/114/mode/2up/search/revel 77 PCC Wills http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/details-result.asp?Edoc_Id=1007083&queryType=1&resultcount=10 06/01/2014 6 Comments, corrections and additions to Rotherham Web [rotherweb@blueyonder.co.uk]
in the will. Because Clement’s will refers to brothers John and Roger it seems quite likely that he is a son of Roger and Mary and that it was his mother, Mary, who witnessed the codicil. Roger Revell of Westbury-on-Trym ?–1551–1590–?, son of Roger and Mary It is clear from Clement’s will that he has a brother Roger Revell. This Roger Revell, gent., married Elizabethe Wylson at Westbury-on-Trim on June 5 th 1571and he is listed in the Select Roll for Stoke Bishop, Westbury-on-Trym in 1581 and 1585. 78 Roger and Elizabethe had children baptised at Westbury-on-Trym as follows: Richard Revell on May 12 th 1583, John Revell on November 15 th 1584; Anne Revell on September 17 th 1587; Mary Revell on January 27 th 1589 / 90 died February 6 th 1589 / 90; and Raphe Revell on June 28 th 1590. The possibility that Richard’s wife, Elizabeth Wylson, might be a relative of Humfrey Wilson, Master of the Clement and / or of George Wylsonne, both discussed above, is intriguing. At some date between 1580 and 1587 a Roger Revel is described as brother-in-law to John Cassie of Butcombe, Somerset, 79 as follows: ‘John Cassie of Butcombe, Somerset, gentleman v Roger Revell [brother-in-law to plaintiff]. Detention of account books, leases etc. of deceased former husband of wife of plaintiff; embezzlement of some of her property. Bill, demurrer’. At this date, this might refer to Roger Revell who married Elizabethe Wilson, or his father who married Mary Horsey. It is not clear whether or not the widow who has married John Cassie was a Revell by birth. Butcombe parish records are not available prior to 1692. In 1598 a Roger Revell relinquished the extensive property at Bockingfold, 80 and this is too late to be Roger Revell son of John the Surveyor and it is presumably his son who married Elizabethe Wylson. Richard Revell of Dorset 1583–1610–?, son of Roger and Elizabeth It is clear from Clement’s will that he has a nephew Richard, son of Roger, confirmed in the Westbury-on-Trym baptism records, and as discussed below there are other records referring to him in that way. However, there are also records of a Richard Revell, son of Richard, the father being explicitly associated with Redland and Filton, and it is possible that the father has been referred to as both Richard and Roger. A conveyance dated October 14 th 1604 states as follows: 81 ‘Conveyance, 1) Sir Ralph Horsey of Clyston, Dorset; 2) Richard Revell of the same, esq, son and heir of Richard Revell of Redland, gentleman, deceased The Manor of Thrydland, alias Rydland, alias Rudland, Westbury-on-Trym, Gloucester One mansion house with orchard and 2 gardens; closes of meadow called Culvermeade, Longe Meade, Gaston, Upper Hill, Brooke Meade, Twexbury Meade, the Edwards, Great and Little Lull Leaze, Busshopps Moore, The Gratins, Great and Little Stowe, and an acre of common meade in Shirehampton; closes of pasture called Well-haye and Undergrove, Little Brookeridge, The Grove-end; arable land called Lower Hill-close, Great Brookeridge, Oxeleaze and Twenty Acres; a wood, and a grove called The Lynches; two cottages in Redland, and two in the parish of St James, Bristol (Attached) 1604 October 14 Bond from Ralfe Horsey and Richard Revell to Richard Hill for performance of covenant’ In 1605 Richard Revel is explicitly described as ‘son and heir of Richard Revell of Redland, gentleman, deceased’ when he sold the Manor of Thrydlande alias Rydlande and other property to Richard Hill, 82 and this transaction is mentioned in Richard Hill’s Inquisition in 1625, 83 but in that document Richard Revell is described as son of Roger Revell. A lease dated April 1 st 1609 records as follows: 84 ‘1 Sir Rauffe Horsey of Clifton Maybank and George Horsey, esq, his son 2 Richard Revell of Sherborne, gent 78 Gloucestershire Select Roll www.bgas.org.uk/subsidy/glos_select_rolls_v1.pdf 79 C 2/Eliz/C22/31 http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/searchresults.asp?fldResultMarker=61&fldSearchNumber=102226&SearchInit=1 80 England’s Topographer http://www.archive.org/stream/englandstopogra03irelgoog#page/n538/mode/1up/search/revel 81 17099 http://archives.bristol.gov.uk/dserve/ 82 ‘Transactions Bristol and Gloucestershire’ http://www.archive.org/stream/transactionsbris17bris#page/212/mode/2up 83 ‘Abstracts of Gloucestershire’ http://www.archive.org/stream/abstractsglouce00changoog#page/n95/mode/1up 84 S235/D1/3/1 http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=031-s235_2&cid=2-1-3-1#2-1-3-1 06/01/2014 7 Comments, corrections and additions to Rotherham Web [rotherweb@blueyonder.co.uk]
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