10/20/02 Attachment
Research at Gloucester Records Office-notes by Tim Stephens,2002
Some of the Stephens refs. at Gloucester Records Office( personal names index):
'Stepens'[sic]21 Oct 1810 [Tetbury] D2930/p.38 (2) misc.
Stephens family - EN Miss J.Stephens 1955
" 1563 GDR/B4/1/2938 (no parish given)
" family (1696-)1804 Chavenage House, Horsley etc. D4951 (Deeds & rel. papers)
" " Notes on, Alderley EN/Dr. H. Porter, 1974
" " Bisley Horsley EN A Remmington Long 1973
" " 19th Cent. Woodmancote House, North Cerney , p.70 in 4/6/1
" " 1815-67 N.Cerney D4747/1-3
" " (1815)-(1844) " D6881/5
" " c.1554-1891 Chavenage Rol E2 Past People in Wiltshire & Glouc. by June
Badeni
Stevens " Cirencester EN Dr. Kaufman
Stephens " 1666-1727 Doddington, Chipping Sodbury D1610/T16
" " 1673-1763 Old Sodbury D1610/T60
" " Eastington & other places Manual of Glouc .literature p.432
" " c.1820 (pedigree) Glos. D2930/3 (119) ***VIEWED***
Stevens " (1920)-1977 Leckhampton D5902 29
Stephens " Lypiatt EN E. Rowlands, 1966
Little Sodbury EN I.Edgar , 1965
" " Maisemore GDR G2/3 Fox 7,9,10,11
Stevens " 1824 Minchinhampton D7267/1
Stephens " (c.1320-1763)Over-Lypiatt D745/M1 , F1-2 **SEE BELOW**
" " 1725 Avening (Deeds) D182/III/8
" " 1810 Chipping Sodbury (Deed) D2487
" " Acct. & pedigree in Lords of Manor of Mill D908 Vol.II Pt.2
" " 1835-1840 Poulton EL204 (page 14)
" " 18th-19th C Tewkesbury EN/Mrs. Z.C. Stephens 1991
[more refs.after here as yet not noted by me except for-]
Stephens, John 1647 Lippeat D2957/p.171 354 (59) ***This ref. from Smyth of
Nibley papers. Title deeds. Several names incl. Edward Stephens
of Little Sodbury, esq. & John Stephens of
of Lippeat, esq.
" ,Anthony [only Anthony in index] Fishmonger 1685 London D2957 P/914
146(123&126)
" ,Thomas Redmarley D'Abitot , Worcs. 1696 D185(IV)/12 ***This ref. included
Dymock 1752-92 Whole messuage, later part of it, called Pounds, &customary
messuage called Warns & Land
" " Middle Temple, London 1586 D2957/P552 20(21) [Deeds?]
**Ref.D745/M1 , F1-2 included Manorial Records. Vol. copied c.1735 containing
copies of Deeds, Manor Court rolls, surveys, rentals, wills, etc .relating to
the Wye, Throckmorton & Stephens families.....inside the back cover are loose
sheets of paper with rough notes of descent of Over Lypiatt from Robert Wye,1545
to Stephens family 1763.[catalogue entry]
n. b. No refs. for any Nicholas Stephens/Stevens.
Some of the Thos. Deane references in personal names index: [apart from 16C
ones]
Deane, Thomas Yeoman
1660/1 English Bicknor D1677/GG 935
1654 " " " /GG 918
also-
1701 Woodchester EL 302 (PCC inv.)
1709 Bristol Deane, Thos. Merchant EL 188/46
1691 Duesley " " Broadweaver D12893/25
Placenames index-SODBURY, LITTLE
Noted: Inclosure Award for Old & Little Sodbury,1793 D2071/E 45
also: Papers relating to law-suits, Steavens v. Steavens & Carter v.
Barnardiston 17th Cent. D1637/F 12
Indexed Lists of Marriages-Little Sodbury (Bound typewritten transcript copied
from Bishops transcripts 1660-1837 p.127-135 ; missing
1662/6,1671,1673,1675,1681/2,1688/9,1693/5,1701 ;Total 165 marriages checked
with the parish registers-2 marriages added)
Only Stephens marriage was:
18 June 1725 William Baghott,esq. p. Presbury [sic],& Mrs. Hester Stephens ,p.
Stroud, Lic.
[see "Stephens" p.70 & Sir Thomas Phillipps' pedigree]
Gloucestershire Marriage Index (not complete, but covers many parishes)
(Included parishes of Old Sodbury, Bisley & Horsley; also Little Sodbury from
Bishops transcripts 1673-1812;also Glouc.& Bristol Marriage Licences)
Brides: Stephens & variants 1651-75 [See photocopy]
None recorded in any of the above parishes, or at Stroud (where Lypiatt
marriages may be recorded)
32 entries . No Katherine or Catherine.
Also checked 1626-50 for Starkey brides. None.
Grooms: Checked for Thomas Deane 1651-75 - none
Stephens & variants 1651-75 [See photocopy] None recorded in any of the above
parishes, or at Stroud.
39 entries
Also checked Stephens & variants 1626-50 (Grooms). Noted only a few including:
1628 Steephens , Anthony & Jane Hornby , Childswickham
1633 Steevens , Nicholas & Johane Smith , Olveston
1641 Stephens , Nicholas & Margt. Dowding , Olveston
[above two were only 2 Nicholas marriages-possibly the same man?]
1641 Steevens , John & Margery Phillips , Childswickham
[Childswickham is in the NE of the county, where there is a strong cluster of
Stephens. Olveston is in the W, roughly W of the Sodburys & near the Severn
river, almost the other end of the county.]
Little Sodbury Parish register & Bishops' Transcripts
In the index "1754-1845 marriages 1839-45 Banns P.Reg. P301 in 1/2 (Unfit for
production)". No record of any parish register surviving or being available for
before 1754.
Bishops transcripts, copied from the parish register do survive & are available
on microfilm MF605.Years available (1599-1812 period)=
1599-1601,1605,1618,1620,1626,1637-38,1640,1660-1,1667-70,1672,1674,1676-80,1683-7,1690-92,1696-1700,1702-15,1717,1719,1722-63,1765-1812.
The IGI has extracted christenings 1599-1813.Viewed:
1640 - No Stephens (last entry Feb.1640/1 ; 1 page only)
1660-1 " "
1667-70 & from then until 1700 as records allowed
Hanna Daughter of Tho: Stephens Esq. buried August ye 3d 1667
1669 July 18 Edward the son of Thomas Stephens Esq. was [bapt.??]
[No entries between Dec 27 1669 & 3 March 1669/70 which are on the same page.]
1673 Octobr ye XXIII Catherine the daughtr of Thomas Stephens esq. & Ann his
wife was baptised
[In 1697 entry appears :'There was none baptized'. This shows that few
entries-as found-was the norm, not simply through neglect.]
22 Novem 1699 Thomas Stephens Kt. Bur:
Katharine Stephens his wife bur:
[Not all dates given, but Katharine's entry was below her husband's.]
[See 'Stephens' p. 29,91 & 93,also Sir Thomas Phillipps' Stephens pedigree.
Needs careful checking.]
Old Sodbury Bishops transcripts
1639 - No Stephens. Then nothing until:
1661 Apr 9 Mary Stevens Widdow was buried
1664/5 Mr.Edward Stevens Esq. aged about 70 years buried ye 10th day of March
[In 1670 marriages - 'There were none',& in 1669 only one marriage (not
Stephens)]
Chipping Sodbury Bishops transcripts
Could not find marriages for 1669/70.
Computer search for 1708 letter to T. Stephens of Sodbury recorded at Berkshire
RO as having been transferred to Gloucester RO.
'1708' & 'Sodbury' brought 19 results but the letter was elusive, e.g.
D871 Stephens & Hartley Families of Little Sodbury
1696-1878
Manorial Records of Old Sodbury 1710-20
estate a/c & correspondence 1703-1828
Chipping Sodbury Manor & Borough Court Books 1696-1758
deposited by DA Hartley Russel
related material [see also D2071]
Research notes from Gloucester Library ,Oct.2002
Transactions of Bristol & Glos. Archaelogical Society , Index Vols.I-XX(1876-97)
(giving volume & page number;*=checked)
Stephens, Charles Loder xix ,334*
Edmund, portrait of iv,23*
James , ix , 117
John vii , 174 ; xv 157 ; xix 125,126,127
John, portrait of iv,23 *
M.F.T. viii , 88
Mr. vii , 110 ; ix 26,28
Nathaniel xix , 316
Richard xvii , 127
Thomas xiii , 4 ; xvii 202,213,219,225,229,235 ; xviii 135*,138*,140* ; xix 373*
Walter ii , 108
William i , 94 ; ix 117 ; xix 40,118,119,276
family v 56*,57* ; xiii , 4*
arms of xviii , 135 *
xix p.334 List of the Vicars of Haresfield, including
1825 April 26 Samuel Commeline PATRON=Daniel John Niblett Esq.
1826 Oct.21 Charles Loder Stephens, B.A. " as above
vacant by death of Samuel Commeline
1836 Sept.10 Edward Henry Niblett,M.A. " "
1853 Feb 21 William Hirzel Le Merchant, D.D. " "
vacant by resignation of E.H.Niblett
1890 Dec 6 Cecil Henry Salt PATRON=Arthur Edward Niblett ,Esq.
vacant by resignation of Dr. Le Merchant
xix p.369 Appendix IV The terrier of the glebe lands , meadowes pastures
orchards houses tithes & portions of tithes, & how the privy tithes are now paid
to our present vicar of Haresfield.........1705
p.371 Mentions"The tithe aples and hay of Mr.Stephens's Orchard" also "The tithe
hay and aples of part of Widow Packer's orchard formerly called Gillman's parted
by a grip from Impropiator's Claime."
p.373 [at end] Richard Capel O
Vic. [seal]
Richard Buckle }
Jo Mills }inhabitants. Daniel Niblett }church
Ambrose Beard} Thomas Browning }wardens
"exhibited in the episcopal registry of Gloucester, May
8,1705(signed)Thos.Stephens
Deputy Registrar"
iv p.23 Southam - Delabere House. Pictures [at house]include one of John
Stephens of Lypiatt ; Hester, wife of Kinard Delabere & Coheir of John Neale;
Edmund Stephens, son of Thomas Stephens, by Ann, his wife, coheir of Neale
v p.56-7 Lypiatt.
'.....first mention of ... chapel at Lypiatt in the marriage register at Stroud
where it is entered that on June 5th 1688 Edw.Fust esq. married Ann Mary ,
daughter of Thomas Stephens of Lypiatt , in the "chappell atte over lippiatt",
the marriage probably having been solemnized by the minister of Stroud...'
[see'Stephens'p.47]
mention of (1740)"Inventory of the effects of John Stephens in and about his
house at Over Lupiatt [sic]"
'....In 1610 John Throckmorton sold the place to Thos. Stephens, of the Middle
Temple, London, who was Attorney-General [etc.-usual title]....'
'...During the Civil war Lypiatt was garrisoned for the Parliament by Colonel
Massey , but was taken in 1642 by Sir Jacob Ashley who came down from
Cirencester' [house was unfortified]
xviii p.135 Arms of Codrington & Stephens in a window at the Castle House, Calne
, Wilts. [possibly originally from the Manor House of Berwick Bassett]
[note-This window is illustrated & shows the 2 Stephens eagles or falcons above
the inverted 'V' beneath which is a single 5-pointed star-this part occupies the
right-hand half of the arms-Tim S.]
Samuel Codrington* m.2ndly Elizabeth (in Visitation of Glouc. 1682,Anne)dr.of
Thomas Stephens, of Lypiatt.
*Eldest son of Richard Codrington of Dodington & Joyce Burlace m.1650.Samuel's
1st wife=Jane Codrington. [Codrington tree illustrated]
xiii p.4 Sodbury
'Walter Walshe was seized of the Manor in 1602.Soon after this the three manors
of Old, Little & Chipping Sodbury,were sold to Thomas Stephens, of Lypiatt
[etc., usual title]. The Stephenses seem to have resided in the old Manor House,
as various members of the family are described on the pedigrees as of Little
Sodbury.'
'In 1728....the Manors of the Stephens family came to Richard Packer, whose
mother was a Stephens; and on his death....they passed to Elizabeth,2nd wife of
David Hartlett, D.D....'