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Order of the Crown of Charlemagne in the United States of America (OCC)

Minutes Of The 2008 Executive Council and the 69th Annual Dinner Meeting, April, 2008

The 2008 Executive Council meeting of the OCC was held at the Metropolitan Club in Washington, DC, courtesy of Council Member Nicholas Donnell Ward, Esq. The Council was called to order promptly at 5:40 p.m. by President General Dr. Hardwick Smith Johnson, Jr. A quorum was in attendance including: Dr. Hardwick Smith Johnson, Jr., President General; Mr. David A. von Nirschl, First Vice President General; Mrs. Paul Milton Niebell, Sr., Second Vice President General; The Rev. Barry C. Howard, Third Vice President General; Mr. Timothy Field Beard, Genealogist General; Mr. Tracy Ashley Crocker, Registrar General; Mr. Robert Carter Arnold, Assistant Registrar General; The Rev. Christopher Agnew, Chaplain General; Ms. Danielle Erica Mary Bielenstein, Recording Secretary General; Mr. Charles William Neuhauser, Treasurer General; Mr. John Hallberg Jones, Assistant Treasurer General; Mr. Alan James Koman, Esq., Chancellor General; Charles Clement Lucas, Jr., M.D., Surgeon General and the following members of the Advisory Council: Mrs. Charles Lamar DeuPree, Mr. Nicholas Donnell Ward, Mrs. Nelson Vance Harper, Mrs. Richard Campbell Silman, and Mr. John Mauk Hilliard.

The Meeting of the Executive Council began with the presentation of the minutes of the 2007 OCC Executive Council Meeting. There being not additions or corrections, the minutes were unanimously approved. Reports were given by the Officers.

Under old business the Council discussed and amended the 2007 resolution on publication of members’ lineages. It was resolved that members who wish to have their lineages published on the Order’s web based data base will be permitted to do so. A consent form will be required of those desiring to have their lineages published in this medium. Only lineages of members who give consent will be published.

Under new business a motion was made by Tracy A. Crocker, seconded by Charles A. Neuhauser, unanimously approved to increase the membership fee from $500.00 to $550.00 to include the new membership certificate. It was moved by David von Nirschl, seconded by John Jones, and unanimously approved that Jeff Sypeck be made an honorary life member of OCC. It was moved by Charles Neuhauser, seconded by Nicholas Ward and unanimously approved that the OCC “old records” stored at Timothy Beard’s home be scanned for proper preservation with a ceiling of $10.000.00 for the project. It was moved by John Jones, seconded by Charles Neuhauser, and unanimously approved that the OCC celebrate its 70th anniversary in a joint meeting with the Order of the Merovingian Dynasty to celebrate its 5th anniversary. President General Johnson appointed Mr. Timothy Beard as Chairman of the nominating committee.

Registrar General Tracy A. Crocker gave a demonstration to the Council on how to use the Order’s genealogy website from which will come data for lineage book four which he is preparing. Tracy reported that he could have the lineage book, which is limited to no more than 90 lineages, ready for editing in the Fall, 2008. It would then be ready for publication shortly thereafter. Preorder forms will be mailed nearer the publication date.

The Executive Council was adjourned at 6:30 p.m.

Allan DellEthan RubioCraig Metz

Janet DeVaultJohn Langworthy

Lee NelsonLucy Birch

Stephen PyneMartha James

Priscilla RobertsJoe Allen ChambersToni Richard Turk

Barbara WilsonIrene HorvathJanet C. RyanMary Rickert

Tara JacksHenrietta McClellanHenry Williams, II

Mary DowlingEdward Horton

James Cantrell, IICharles Owen Johnson, Esq.

Anna DuffVirginia Hegseth

Thomas MorrisonDiandra Wood

Paula NealJordan Neal

Stephen McLeodMichal Ohlfs

Kinbroughly MorganEthel MitchellMary Faherty

Mitchell HebnerSamuel FahertyJames FahertyLewis AllenKathy Wells

Carol DolsonAgnes Newton

Beveryly NelsonDorothy Baumgartner

Sheila McCartneyRichard L. DeaversElizabeth ShermanJonathan Rhoades

Edith SachsMary WimbrowMark Waggoner

Sara Henrietta WoodwardCol. Patricia Jane Harrington (USAF Ret.)

David William MedeirosNancy Jane Ragsdale

Carter Branham Snow Furr, Esq.William Thomas Applegate

Welcome New MembersWe are pleased to welcome these new members admitted to the Order since the publication of the last issue of “Jewels.”

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2009 Annual Meeting and DinnerThe 2009 Annual Meeting and Dinner of the Order of the Crown of Charlemagne in the United States of America will take place on Thursday evening, April 16, 2009 at the Metropolitan Club in Washington to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the founding of the Order. For this very special night we will be joined by our sister organization Order of the Merovingian Dynasty who will celebrate the 5th anniversary of the Founding of that Order. Virtually all members of the Order of the Merovingian Dynasty are also members of the Order of the Crown of Charlemagne in the United States of America. As usual, we will have an extended social hour before dinner and after dinner. In lieu of a speaker, this year we will have brief messages from the Presidents General of both Orders. The JG Band will provide musical entertainment throughout the evening. Plan now to attend this very special event.

Greeting from the President General of Order of the Merovingian DynastyI’m delighted to bring greetings to members of the Order of the Crown of Charlemagne in the United States of America from the Order of the Merovingian Dynasty.The Royal’s Ball, a cooperative effort between two sister Orders, OCC and OMD, which will take place on April 16, 2009, will be the most memorable and elegant event of the 2009 Hereditary week. Due to the special efforts of OCC President General, Dr. Hardwick Smith Johnson, Jr.; Club host Nicholas Ward; Dr. Charles Clement Lucas and others, a dignified and graceful social evening will be enjoyed by all who are fortunate enough to attend. In order to insure that everyone attending can comfortably socialize and “cut a rug” should they so desire a maximum of 150 reservations will be honored on a first come, first serve basis.President General Johnson and I have decided to make the Ball a social event sans a formal speaker, allowing more time for socialization and celebration. There will be brief remarks by the outgoing Presidents General and a “passing of the jewels” ceremony to our respective successors that will conclude the evenings events.It has been a pleasure and honor to have served as President General of the Order since it’s inception in 2004. I look forward to supporting future administrations as they continue the traditions and high standards we worked to establish. See you in Washington.

Richard A. Gregory

Marriage AnnouncementWe are pleased to announce that congratulations are in order to Council Member Nicholas Donnell Ward, Esq. and Countess Robin Lepard who were married in Upperville, Virginia on Sat-urday, July 19, 2008 by Father Christopher Agnew. New member Donald N. Lamson served as best man.

Memorial Tribute to the Most Senior Member of the

Order of the Crown of Charlemagne in the United States of America

Mrs. Richard Edison Boerke , nee, Fredericka Loretta Ma-rie Elizabeth von Redlich, member number 50, died in West Palm Beach, Florida on 01 December 2001.

The only daughter of Baron Marcellus Donald Alexander R. von Redlich and Frederica Adelaide Marie Jeter Doll, she was born 30 May 1935. She was the granddaughter of Baron Har-old Ignatious Sisismund R. von Redlich and Sarah Katherine Maria, nee, Baroness (Freiin) von Helm. Mrs. Boerke became a member of the Order in 1939 when it was founded. Her fa-ther was the Order’s Founding President General and served from 01 January 1939 until 24 June 1946. She is survived by her husband of 46 years and three adult children.

OCC 69th Annual Dinner MeetingThe 69th Annual Dinner Meeting of the OCC was called to Order at 8:00 p.m. following an open bar. The Meeting began with Rev. Dr. Christopher Agnew’s invocation.

President General Johnson welcomed the 133 members and guests and introduced the OCC Officers present, including Mr. Tracy Ashley Crocker, Registrar General, who was attending his very first meeting of the Order. Everyone was delighted to meet Tracy who has assisted so many members with their genealogy.

President General Johnson then introduced Mr. Nicholas Donnell Ward, President General, National Society Americans of Royal Descent; Mr. James Marvin, Marshal, Baronial Order of Magna Charta; Mr. Richard A. Gregory, President General, Order of the Merovingian Dynasty; Mr. Anthony “Tony” Hoskins, President, Descendants of the Illegitimate Sons and Daughters of the Kings of Britain; and Mrs. Peter I. C. Knowles, Regent, One Hundred Living Descendants of Blood Royal “The One Hundred.” Other special guests in attendance included Mr. Douglas Richardson, professional genealogist and author, and Mr. C. Owen Johnson, the Order’s newest and most senior member.

Dinner was served.

During the courses the PG presented a summary of the Executive Council Meeting. Following the main course the PG presented the OCC Timothy Field Beard Award to Registrar General, Tracy Ashley Crocker. The Order’s Distinguished Service Certificate was presented to Treasurer General Charles W. Neuhauser. A Certificate of Appreciation was presented to Council Member Nicholas Donnell Ward, Esq.

Following dessert the PG introduced Mr. Jeff Sypeck who presented an introduction to his book, Becoming Charlemagne: Europe, Baghdad, and the Empires of A.D. 800. Mr. Sypeck was presented with honorary membership in the OCC.

PG Johnson then introduced guest speaker Mr. Anthony “Tony” Hoskins, librarian, author, and professional genealogist who spoke on “The Other Boleyne Girl.”

The Meeting concluded with the Benediction given by Rev. Dr. Christopher Agnew.

Respectfully submitted,Danielle Bielenstein, Recording Secretary

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Related Hereditary Societies of Which OCC Members Serve As the

Chief Presiding Officer.One Hundred Living Descendants of

Blood Royal, Known by the sobriquet, the “One Hundred”

Conceived of by its founders in early 2007, the One Hundred held its inaugural dinner meeting on Tuesday evening, April 8, 2008 at the Sulgrave Club of Washington. Candidates for membership are selected by the Society’s Committee on Eligibility from amongst ladies and gentlemen of proven descent by blood of a Crowned Head of State and presented to the Regent for consideration to receive an invitation to become a member. The founding Regent is Mrs. Peter I. C. Knowles (Brantley Carter Bolling). Membership is limited to 100 and is strictly by invitation only.

Order of the Merovingian DynastyIn September 2004, the beginning of a new royal lineage society was initiated after discussions held by Richard A. Gregory, Charles Lucas, MD, Sutherland McColley, and Timothy Field Beard. The intent was to create a new lineage society that extended the earliest known documentable lineage to the earliest ancestor that could be proved by reasonably verifiable references. It was determined that the Merovingian Dynasty (began ca. 451) was the earliest point that such lineage could be extended. Soon after the September meeting, 23 founding members who were significant leaders in the genealogical community came together to incorporate the society which was entitled the Order of the Merovingian Dynasty. At present, there are over 110 members. Among the purposes of the Order are: Associating the living descendants of these “Merovingian Kings” as members of the Corporation and bringing them into closer association through activities revolving around matters of common historical and genealogical interests. For further information regarding membership, please contact: Tracy Ashley Crocker, Registrar General, 14115 41st Ave. North, Plymouth, MN 55446 or via email: registrar@merovingiandynasty.com. The current President General is Mr. Richard A. Gregory.

The Order of the Crown in AmericaThe Order of the Crown in America was founded January 2, 1898 by Miss Henrietta Lynde de Neville Farnsworth. The current President General is Mrs. John Wood Bolton (Nancy Jane Lewis van Zandt). The objects of the Order are to “perpetuate the memory not only of illustrious Colonial Ancestors, but of those belonging to earlier generations who descended lineally and legitimately from the royal houses of the old world; to keep in mind the efforts made by them toward the furtherance of human progress; to encourage the acquisition of knowledge relating to the periods in which they lived and to inspire the loftiest conceptions of American citizenship.” “Eligibility for membership in The Order of the Crown in America consists not simply of proving legitimate royal descent, but of establishing worthiness of the high distinction this membership confers. It is also required that all candidates shall have attained their majority and that the ladies shall be members in good standing of either The Colonial Dames of America or The National Society of The Colonial Dames of America.” Membership in The Order of the Crown in America is by invitation only and is limited.

Order of Three Crusades 1096 - 1192The Order of Three Crusades 1096 – 1192 was founded in 1936 by Mrs. Edward Bentley Huling (Sarah Julia Hawks) of Larchmont Manor, New York. The current President General is Mrs. D. Grace Roth. “Membership is limited to lineal descendants of participants in one of the first three crusades 1096 – 1192. To be accepted as a Crusade Ancestor, the ancestor must have gone to repel the Turkish Army from Europe and Palestine as a Soldier Crusader between 1096 and 1192. A mere pilgrimage to Jerusalem as a religious gesture was not a crusade or acceptable for ancestral lineage to become a member of the Order.” Some Objectives of the Order include: to interest persons in the study of medieval history and genealogy and to trace the genealogy of persons descended from a participant in one of the first three Crusades. Membership is strictly by invitation only.

A Thank You Note from Tracy A. Crocker, Registrar General

Dear Members,This was the first year that I attended the genealogical meetings and dinners in Washington, D.C. I cannot tell you how deeply I was touched by all the wonderful people I met. I was truly overwhelmed by the heartfelt enthusiasm expressed by those who sought me out; at each meeting I attended, to thank me for the help I had provided them over the years.

I have always been gratified and have experienced great joy in assisting others attain their genealogical goals and proving their ancestral heritage. I sincerely believe that genealogical groups are established to afford those with a passion for genealogy, to have a vehicle that will enable them to gather and prove their family history. These organizations should always stand for what they were intended when founded. That is the preservation of accurate historical records and relics of a specific period in history and/or a major historical figure. This is and should always be the essence and backbone of these groups.

The sharing of lineage information is valuable to all those pursuing their family heritage. Few living individuals could achieve their genealogical goals without those who came before us, who compiled records and family histories. “To be is to be born”. I know of no individual who is responsible for their heritage, but we are all responsible for the way in which we honor our ancestors. As genealogists we have a responsibility to all, to do whatever is necessary to assist anyone who wishes to pursue their lineage.

Most of you whom I met agree with this and are my inspiration in continuing to facilitate as many individuals as I am capable of in achieving and proving ones’ lineage.

Again, thank you for your kind words and your friendship.Genuinely gratified,

Tracy Ashley CrockerRegistrar OCC

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New “Gateway” AncestorThe Order, on an occasional basis as they are discovered and reported, publishes newly discovered and well documented “gateway” ancestors. In this edition of “Jewels” we introduce Audrey Barlow. The account which follows is from the research file account of Mr. Douglas Richardson, renowned professional genealogist, honorary member of the Order, and author of Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families (2004) for a planned second edition of his book. The first 13 generations in the skeletal pedigree at the beginning of the account are covered in his book, Plantagenet Ancestry (2004). Research on the Barlow and Stafford families was underwritten by C. Owen Johnson, a new member of the Order and descendant of Audrey Barlow.

3BARLOW4HENRY II, King of England, by a mistress, IDA DE TONY.

WILLIAM LONGESPÉE, Knt., Earl of Salisbury, married ELA OF SALISBURY.

IDA LONGESPÉE, married WILLIAM DE BEAUCHAMP, Knt., of Bedford, Bedfordshire.

BEATRICE DE BEAUCHAMP, married THOMAS FITZ OTES, Knt., of Mendlesham, Suffolk.

MAUD FITZ THOMAS, married JOHN BOTETOURT, Knt., 1st Lord Botetourt.

ADA BOTETOURT, married JOHN DE SAINT PHILIBERT, Knt., of Eaton Hastings, Berkshire.

MAUD DE SAINT PHILIBERT, married WARIN TRUSSELL, Knt., of Billesley, Warwickshire.

MAUD TRUSSELL, married JOHN HASTANG, of Chebsey, Staffordshire.

MAUD HASTANG, married RALPH STAFFORD, Esq., of Grafton, Worcestershire.

HUMPHREY STAFFORD, Knt., of Grafton, Worcestershire, married ELIZABETH BURDET.

HUMPHREY STAFFORD, Knt., of Grafton, Worcestershire, married ELEANOR AYLESBURY.

HUMPHREY STAFFORD, Esq., of Grafton, Worcestershire, married KATHERINE FRAY.

14. HUMPHREY STAFFORD, Knt., of Cotered and Rushden, Hertfordshire, Sheriff of Northamptonshire, 1526–1527, son and heir, born 1 May 1478 (aged 42 in 1517). He married (1st) after 1490 MARGARET FOGGE, daughter of John Fogge, Knt., of Ashford, Kent, and London, Treasurer of the Household to King Edward IV, Privy Councilor, Keeper of the Writs, Knight of the Shire for Kent, Burgess (M.P.) for Canterbury, Kent, by his 2nd wife, Alice, daughter of William Haute, Esq. She was near kinswoman of Queen Eliza-beth Wydeville, wife of King Edward IV of England. They had three sons, Humphrey, Knt., William, K.B., and Robert, Knt., and three daughters, Joan (or Jane) (wife of _____ Williams and Maximilian Celsus), Ellen, and Mary. Margaret was a legatee in the 1490 will of her father, she being then unmarried. In 1514 his father’s attainder was reversed, and the family estates partially restored to him, including the manors of Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, and Bourton-on-Dunsmore, Warwickshire. In 1508–1509 John Hoke, butcher, of Derby, kinsman and heir of John Somerby, clerk, conveyed the manor and advowson of the church of Great Munden and the advowson of Rowney Priory, Hertfordshire to Humphrey Stafford and his cousin, William Waldegrave, Knt. Humphrey was heir in 1517 to his uncle, Thomas Stafford, Esq., by which he inherited the manors of Blatherwycke and Dodford, Northamptonshire. He married (2nd) in 1532 JOAN _____, widow of William Lane. SIR HUMPHREY STAFFORD died 22 Sept. 1545.

Bridges Hist. & Antiqs. of Northamptonshire 2 (1791): 275–280. Baker Hist. & Antiqs. of Northampton 1 (1822–1830): 349–356 (Keynes-Aylesbury-Stafford pedigree). Nicolas Testamenta Vetusta 2 (1826): 400–402 (will of Sir John Fogge, Knt.). Gentleman’s Mag. n.s. 26 (1846): 31–33. Whellan Hist., Gazetteer, and Directory of Northamptonshire (1849): 442. Burn Registrum Ecclesi Parochialis: Hist. of Parish Regs. in England (1862): 275–276, 283–284, 286. Pearman Hist. of Ashford (1868). Antiquary 4 (1873): 313 (Fogge arms: Argent, on a fess, between three annulets, sable, three mullets of the first pierced). Collectanea 1st Ser. (1885): 238–242. Blaikie Alliance of the Reformed Churches: Minutes & Procs. of the 4th General Council London, 1888 (1889): 307. Le-adam Domesday of Inclosures, 1517–1518 1 (1897): 315. List of Sheriffs for England & Wales (PRO Lists and Indexes 9) (1898): 93. Leadam Select Cases Before the King’s Council in the Star Chamber 2 (Selden Soc. 25) (1903): 169–170. Pollard Reign of Henry VII

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from Contemporary Sources 2 (1914): 17–19. Harvey et al. Vis. of the North 3 (Surtees Soc. 144) (1930): 57–58 (Widvill pedigree: “Margareta [Fogge]”). Wedgwood Hist. of Parliament 1 (1936): 339–342 (biog. of Sir John Fogge). Adams & Stephens Select Documents of English Constitutional Hist. (1939): 218–220. Mellows Last Days of Peterborough Monastery (Northamptonshire Rec. Soc. 12) (1947): xxxviii. VCH Warwick 6 (1951): 40. Adams Living Descendants of Blood Royal 2 (1959): 239, 659. Ancient Deeds—Series B 3 (List & Index Soc. 113) (1975): B.9074, B.9849.

Children of Humphrey Stafford, Knt., by Margaret Fogge:

i. HUMPHREY STAFFORD, Knt. [see next].

ii. WILLIAM STAFFORD, K.B., of Chebsey, Staffordshire, Rochford, Essex, etc., married (1st) MARY BOLEYN [see CAR-EY 13]; (2nd) DOROTHY STAFFORD [see CAREY 13].

iii. ROBERT STAFFORD, Knt., Serjeant-Porter to Queen Elizabeth I, 3rd son. He married JANE SPENCER, widow of Richard Knightley, Knt. (died 1537), of Upton and Fawsley, Northamptonshire, and daughter of John Spencer, Knt., of Althorp, Northamp-tonshire. Bridges Hist. & Antiqs. of Northamptonshire 2 (1791): 275–280. Burn Registrum Ecclesi Parochialis: Hist. of Parish Regs. in England (1862): 284. Collectanea 1st Ser. (1885): 182–185, 187, 193, 201–242.

15. HUMPHREY STAFFORD, Knt., of Blatherwycke, Dodford, and Kirby, Northamptonshire, Chebsey, Staffordshire, etc., Sheriff of Northamptonshire, 1547–1548, Esquire of the Body to King Henry VIII, son and heir by his father’s 1st marriage. He married by settlement dated 10 Feb. 1526 MARGARET TAME, daughter of Edmund Tame, Knt., of Fairford, Gloucestershire, by his 1st wife, Agnes, daughter of Edward Greville, Knt. They had two sons, Humphrey, Knt., and John, Esq., and three daughters, Anne (wife of Anthony Cope, Knt.), Frances (wife of Thomas Smith, Knt.), and Ellen (or Eleanor). His wife, Margaret, was co-heiress in 1544 to her brother, Edmund Tame, Knt., by which she inherited the manor of Rendcombe, Gloucestershire. In 1545 he demised the manor of Chebsey, Staffordshire to his brother, William Stafford, Knt. In 1546 he sold the manor of Dodford, Northamptonshire and all the lands belonging to Dodford and Farthingstone [Dodford Wood etc.], excepting a rent-charge of £64. 2s. 11-½d. per annum, to John Wyrley, Gent. In 1547 he presented to the church of Blatherwycke, Northamptonshire. SIR HUMPHREY STAFFORD died 8 May 1548, and was buried in Blatherwycke, Northamptonshire. His widow, Margaret, married (2nd) (as his 3rd wife) JOHN COPE (or COOPE), Knt., of Canons Ashby, Northamptonshire, Sheriff of Northamptonshire, 1545–1546, Knight of the Shire for Northamp-tonshire, 2nd son of William Cope, Esq., of Banbury, Oxfordshire, Cofferer to King Henry VIII, by his wife, Jane, daughter of John Spencer, Esq., of Hodnell, Warwickshire. He was born before 1513. They had no issue. He was knighted before March 1550. SIR JOHN COPE died 22 Jan. 1557/8. He left a will proved 21 May 1558 (P.C.C. 25 Noodes). His wife, Margaret, survived him.

Kimber & Johnson Baronetage of England 1 (1771): 50–55 (sub Cope). Bigland An Account of the Parish of Fairford in the County of Gloucester (1791): 12, 19–27. Bridges Hist. & Antiqs. of Northamptonshire 2 (1791): 275–280 (Tame arms: a Griffin and a lion crowned Countersalient). Rudge Hist. of the County of Gloucester 1 (1803): 255, 309. Baker Hist. & Antiqs. of Northampton 1 (1822–1830): 349–356 (Keynes-Aylesbury-Stafford pedigree). Nicolas Testamenta Vetusta 2 (1826): 749 (will of Anthony Cope). Gentleman’s Mag. n.s. 26 (1846): 31–33. Whellan Hist., Gazetteer, and Directory of Northamptonshire (1849): 442. Lee Hist. of the Town and Parish of Tetbury (1857): 79. Warwickshire Antiqs. Magazine Pt. 8 (1859): 148 (Verney pedigree: “… [Thame] ux. Sr. Hump: Stafford of Blatherwick Kt.). Holt Tames of Fairfield (1870). Notes & Queries 4th Ser. 6 (1870): 250–251. Grosart Complete Poems and Translations in Prose of Humfrey Gifford Gentleman (1875): 167. Chitting & Phillipot Vis. of Gloucester 1623, 1569 & 1582–3 (H.S.P. 21) (1885): 260 (1623 Vis.) (Tame pedigree: “Margerett [Tame] ux. Humfrey Stafford Knight sonn and heire of Sr Humfrey of Blatherwick in com. Northampton.”) (Tame arms: Argent, a dragon vert and a lion azure, crowned gules, combat-ant.”). List of Sheriffs for England & Wales (PRO Lists and Indexes 9) (1898): 94. Macklin Brasses of England (1907): 239. Ward Brasses (Cambridge Manuals of Science & Literature) (1912): 136. Gifford A Posie of Gilloflowers (1933): xiii. Adams Living De-scendants of Blood Royal 2 (1959): 239, 659. VCH Wiltshire 9 (1970): 119–124. An Inventory of the Hist. Monuments in the County of Northampton 6 (1975): xvii. VCH Gloucester 8 (2001): 42–69; 11 (1976): 264–269.

16. ELLEN (or ELEANOR) STAFFORD, married (1st) ANTHONY COPE, Esq., of Adstone, Northamptonshire, son of John Cope, Knt., of Canons Ashby, Northamptonshire, by his 1st wife, Bridget, daughter of Edward Raleigh, Esq. They had no issue. He left a will dated 6 June 1558, proved 20 Dec. 1558, requesting burial in the church of Canons Ashby, Northamptonshire near his father. His widow, Ellen, married (2nd) before 1568 THOMAS BARLOW (or BARLOWE), of Huncote (in Narborough), Leicestershire. They had one son, Stafford, Gent. Thomas witnessed the 1571 will of John Smythe, of Huncote (in Narborough), Leicestershire. He may be the “Master Barlowe” who was named an overseer of the 1576 will of John Pallet, of Huncote (in Narborough), Leicestershire. His wife, Ellen, may possibly be the Ellen Butler, widow, of All Saints parish, Leicester, Leicestershire who left a will proved 20 Feb. 1607/8, whose executor was their son, Stafford Barlow. This will has not survived.

Bridges Hist. & Antiqs. of Northamptonshire 2 (1791): 275–280. Nicolas Testamenta Vetusta 2 (1826): 749 (will of Anthony Cope).

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Notes & Queries 4th Ser. 6 (1870): 250–251 (“It is a curious coincidence that two of John Stafford’s sisters married two Copes—thus: Anthony Cope of Adstone, co. Northampton, Esq., third son of Sir John Cope, Knt. before mentioned … married Ellen or Helen Stafford. This Anthony Copy by his last will, dated June 6, 1558, and proved Dec. 20 following, desires that his body shall be buried beside that of his father in Canons Ashby church. He therein names Ellen his wife as “sister of Sir Humphry Stafford” (elder brother of John), “and daughter of dame Margaret Cope” (his step-mother); and devises his lands in Eydon to his brother George Cope (Test. Vetusta, 749). He ob. s. p., and Ellen his widow remarried before 1568 Thomas Barlow of Huncote, co. Le-icester, by whom she had issue a son, Stafford Barlow (Close Roll, 18 Eliz., p. 4).”). Wills Abstracts of Leicester District Probate Registry [FHL Microfilms 800668, 800669, 800670].

17. STAFFORD BARLOW, Gentleman, of Narborough and Lutterworth, Leicestershire. The name of his wife is unknown. They had two daughters, Audrey and Mary (baptized at Narborough 1608). He was the executor of the 1608 will of Ellen Butler, widow, of All Saints parish, Leicester, Leicestershire, who was possibly his mother. He served as a witness to various wills: the 1621 will of John Hodge, husbandman, of Foston, Leicestershire, husbandman; the 1621 will of William Allen, laborer, of Glen Parva, Leicestershire; the 1638 will of Thomas Wood the elder, husbandman, of Lutterworth, Leicestershire; the 1638 will of William Callis, rope maker, of Lutterworth, Leicestershire; and the 1638 will of Thomas Beale, yeoman, late of Ashby Parva, Leicestershire.

Notes & Queries 4th Ser. 6 (1870): 250–251. Bishop’s Transcripts, Narborough, Leicestershire [FHL 592585]. Wills Abstracts of Leicester District Probate Registry [FHL Microfilms 800670, 800672].

18. AUDREY BARLOW, born about 1600–1603 (aged 26 in 1626, aged 32 in 1635). She married by license dated 17 July 1626 WILLIAM ALMY (or ALMEY), Gentleman, of South Kilworth, Leicestershire, son and heir of Christopher Almy, of South Kilworth, Leicestershire, by _____, daughter of _____ Clarke, of Lutterworth, Leicestershire. He was born about 1600–1601 (aged 26 in 1626, aged 34 in 1635). They had three sons, Christopher, John, and Job, and two daughters, Katherine (wife of Bartholomew West and Nicholas Brown) and Annis (wife of John Greene). In 1625 Edward Clement, clerk, sued William Almey, yeoman, son and executor of Christopher Almey, deceased, in the Court of Requests by regarding the parsonage of Lutterworth, Leicestershire and a bond connected therewith. He and his wife, Audrey, and their two children, Annis and Christopher, immigrated to New England in 1635 on the ship, Abigail. They settled initially at Lynn, Massachusetts, but in 1637, they removed to Sandwich, Massachusetts. In 1638 he was one of several Sandwich men who were fined “for keeping swine unringed.” He took the oath of fidelity at Sandwich in 1639. In 1640 he received 8-½ acres in the division of meadow at Sandwich. In 1642 he sold his dwelling house in Sandwich, Masschusetts to Edmond Freeman the younger and removed to Portsmouth, Rhode Island. In 1643 he received a grant of eight acres of planting ground in Portsmouth. In 1644 he was one of three men “to have land at the wading river” at Portsmouth. In 1650 the Portsmouth town council granted that he should have the land that lies at “the head of his farm to come to the same height that Philip Shearman his land now runneth.” He served as Deputy for Portsmouth to the Rhode Island General Court, 1648, 1650, 1656–1657, and 1663; assessor for Portsmouth, 1659, 1663; and Portsmouth town meeting moderator, 1660. In 1652 he sued John Smith, of Warwick, merchant, claiming that Smith and his partner William Field had detained the quantity of five anchors and a half of liquors worth £40; the town of Providence first dismissed the case, but reexamined the evidence and found for Almy. In 1656 he sold to Richard Bulgar of Portsmouth a grant of eight acres of land within the common fence. In 1659, as “William Almy of Portsmouth, planter,” he deeded to his son, John Almy, about 50 acres of land, it being part of his farm in Portsmouth, Rhode Island “whereon I now dwell.” In 1669 the town of Portsmouth voted to institute a suit against him for throwing a fence across a highway which “doth lead to one of the most principal watering places for cattle in this town.” The town subsequently won the suit in the court of trials. WILLIAM ALMY left a will dated 28 Feb. 1676/7, proved 23 April 1677. His wife, Audrey, was living 28 Feb. 1676/7.

Austin Gen. Dict. of Rhode Island (1887): 236–239. Metcalfe Vis. of Northamptonshire 1564 & 1618–9 (1887): 61 (Almey pedigree: “William [Almey]”). Early Records of the Town of Providence 15 (1899): 15, 50–53, 57–61. Early Records of the Town of Portsmouth (1901): 44–46, 65–66, 69, 75, 91, 93, 102, 108, 116, 130, 133, 140, 150–152, 155–156, 164, 342–343, 372. Reports & Papers of the Leicestershire Archæological Society 27 (1903–1904): 535 (marriage license of Wm. Almie & Audrey Barlowe). Sinnott Annals of the Sinnott, Rogers, Coffin, Corlies, Reeves, Bodine and Allied Fams. (1905): 227–228. Hartopp Leicestershire Marriage Licences, 1570–1729 (Index Library 38) (1910): 9. Essex Instiute Hist. Colls. 49 (1913): 172–176. NEHGR 71 (1917): 310–324. Worthington Rhode Island Land Evidences, Vol. I, 1648–1696: Abstracts (1921): 103–104 (will of William Almy). Rhode Island Hist. Soc. Colls. 21: 131. TAG 20 (1943–1944): 119–120. Anderson Great Migration 1 (1999): 42–47 (biog. of William Hubbard). Bishop’s Tran-scripts of Lutterworth, Leicestershire [FHL Microfilm 592576]. Rhode Island Hist. Soc. Colls. 21: 131. Special thanks go to John Brandon and Leslie Mahler for their assistance with this account.

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