Will of MATHEW EWENS.
EWENS
From The Visitation of Somerset, 1623
Mathew
,Baron of Exchequer, of Somerset, England
dc1598
(son of Alexander & Unknown Brooke )
Married Frances Rogers c1545 - 1611(June
Ferguson's Royalty GED)
Frances was the
dau of John Rogers & Katherine Weston of Bryanstone,
Dorsetshire, England. She married 5 times, Mathew being her 3rd
husband.
They had one son
*Matthew of North Cadbury, Somerset, England who died c1628 in Somerset
England.
From his will, willoughby step children, are named.
DORSETSHIRE
Despite being the principal home of the Sherborne family, there are only
references from other families.
Thos Kelwaye (from whom Kelwaye of Rockborne).............................
F Kellaway of Rockborne mar Frances dau Sir John Rogers, as her fourth husband.
The third was Mathew Ewens of Buckland, Baron of Exchequer. (She died 1611,
having married five times)
The family pedigrees as found in the Heraldic Visitations commencing in 1525.
Will of MATHEW EWENS.
from Abstracts of Somersetshire wills, etc.,
copied from the manuscript collections of the late Rev. Frederick Brown (Volume
5, ser.5)
.
MATTHEW EWENS, one of the Barons of the Exchequer. Will dated 20 May, 1598,
proved 27 May, 1598, by Frances the relict.
Further Admon. 19 July, 1611, to Francis Glanville, of Tanstock, Esq., Frances
Ewens being dead. [32 Lewyn.] My brother in law Sir Richard Rogers, Kn l & my
cousin John Rogers to grant to* my nephew John Ewens, son of my brother John
Ewens, my Manor of Mudford, Somerset, rem r to my brother Thomas, rem r in
default to my nephew Matthew
Ewens, son of my brother Alexander Ewens. To my wife Frances the profits of my
lease of Hatherlie Wood, rem r to my nephew Matthew Ewens.
To my friends, Henry Willoughbie, Edward Hexte, John Strode, John Lowe, Esq", &
Richard Webbe, gent., two parts of my
Manors which I bought of Sir Francis Hastings in North & South Cadbury &
Maperton, &: parsonage of Charlton Honethorne, in trust, to pay my debts, then
to my brother Alexander Ewens, remainder to my brother John Ewens. ^"ioo payable
to Sir Francis Hastings, Kn 1 , out of my Manors of Norton & Kimpley.
To the Lord Chief Justice my long gilt cup given me by M r George Speke. To my
cousin John Strode for his pains, a piece of gilt plate of 20 marks. My cousin
John Rogers, jQ$o. To my brothers Alexander & John Ewens, ^100.
To my son William Willoughby, 40 marks, & to Richard Willoughby, £100. To my
daughter Rachel Willoughby, ,£200. To my servants John Fitzjames, Edward
Wharton, Robert Grove, Humphry Sydenham & George Farewell, ^10 each. My wife
Frances, Exix.
Many
references in the SOMERSET history report of land and houses exchanging hands.
Matthew Ewens, a Baron of the Exchequer
English Patent of Arms to an Individual, 1576/7
Matthew Ewens was reader at the Inner Temple in 1591 and took the degree of
serjeant in Hilary, 1594 when he was raised to the bench of the Exchequer, and
his judgments in that and the following years are reported by Savile and Coke.
His death, or resignation, occurred soon after that as his successor, John
Savile was appointed in July 1598. ref. (Dugdale’s orig. 218) Biographia
Juridica
From Guide to the Bagot Family Papers, 1559-1671
Ewens, Matthew
L.a.481
To the Justices of the Peace in Staffordshire. Sergeants' Inn, London. December
1, 1596. In view of the dearth and the consequently crowded condition of the
gaols, they are ordered to conduct a gaol delivery not later than the next
quarter sessions. Copy made December 10, 1596, by John Lynacre, clerk of the
peace.
WINCANTON – MANOR HOUSES - SOMERSET
Robert Kemys bought the manor from Richard and Charles Zouche in 1567 and 1571
respectively, but in the latter year sold half to Nicholas Swanton. (fn. 40)
Robert (d. 1587) was succeeded by his son Hugh who in 1588 sold to Matthew Ewens
The hundred was royal demesne until Henry I granted it with Norton manor to John
or Jordan of Auffay (Seine Maritime, France) in 1557. (fn. 24) It then
reverted to the Crown and in 1585 was leased to Matthew Ewens. (fn. 25)
From: 'Norton Ferris Hundred',
A History of the County of Somerset: Volume 7: Bruton, Horethorne and Norton
Ferris Hundreds (1999), pp. 161-163. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=18748.
Date accessed: 19 January 2008.
In 1595 Sir Walter's son Sir Anthony (d. 1617) seems to have mortgaged the
manor, half to Robert House, half to Matthew Ewens. (fn. 60) In 1599 the whole
manor reverted to (Sir) John Glanville, justice of the Queen's Bench, who had
purchased the reversion from the Crown in 1582.
From: 'Charlton Musgrove',
A History of the County of Somerset: Volume 7: Bruton, Horethorne and Norton
Ferris Hundreds (1999), pp. 170-177. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=18750.
Date accessed: 20 January 2008.
The Cadbury estates date
back to (and presumably beyond) the Domesday census of 1086.
It appears that the Court itself was constructed in 1581 by Sir Francis Hastings
who inherited the estate from
his father in 1544.
He sold the estate to
Matthew Ewens who died in 1598, leaving the estate to a nephew who died in
1629.
Sometime around then (dates range from 1610 to 1640 - see discussion below) the
estate came into the possession of a Richard Newman.
http://www.newman-family-tree.net/Cadbury-Court.htm
(note – some lovely old photos and well researched page).