The Arnold Family of Dorset
Family History & Genealogy Records of
The Arnold Family Dorset England.
By Sheridon Rayment
The Arnold Family Dorset England.
By Sheridon Rayment
My direct ancestors were the Arnold Family of Abbotsbury, co, Dorset.
Family history research of the Arnold, Horsey, Squibb, Gillet, and other associated families of the Arnold's of Dorset.
Family history research of the Arnold, Horsey, Squibb, Gillet, and other associated families of the Arnold's of Dorset.
Origins of the Arnold Family of Dorset
Arnold Coat of Arms
Arms - Gules - a cheveron ermine, between three pheons. Crest - A demi-lion rampant holding lozenge,ar: between his paws. Another - A demitiger, regardant
Motto - "Üt Vivas vigila"
Live to watch over
Arms - Gules - a cheveron ermine, between three pheons. Crest - A demi-lion rampant holding lozenge,ar: between his paws. Another - A demitiger, regardant
Motto - "Üt Vivas vigila"
Live to watch over
These arms were bourne by the welsh family Arnhalt, or Arnald, of County Monmouth, Wales, the head of which John Arnold of Llanvihangel Crucorney, settled in Gloucestershire in the early part of the 16th century. The arms were confirmed to the Arnold's of Dorset and the Arnold's of Guernsey at the end of the 16th century.
JOHN ARNOLD OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE
John Arnold, High Sheriff of Gloucester, Squire and Lord of the Manor of Higham was born about 1480 at Gloucestershire, England and died in September 15, 1546 at Chureham, Gloucestershire, England.
John Arnold married Isabel Hawkins, the daughter of William Hawkins, an old Gloucestershire family.
Isabel Hawkins Arnold was born 1483 in Churcham, Gloucestershire, England and died in 1544 in Redbourn, Hertfordshire, England.
In the ancient Church at Churcham, there formerly existed a tablet to the memory of John Arnold and his wife, Isabel, but unfortunately the Church was partially destroyed by fire and only one or two of the old monuments remain, and even these can no longer be deciphered. Notes: An imperfect copy of the inscription on Arnold's tomb has been preserved, and reads: “Here under lie the bodies of John Arnold and Isabel his wife, which John Arnold,
deceased..........the....15......day of September, 1546 the year of our Sovereign Lord King Henry VIII on whose souls and all Christian souls (Jesus have mercy).”
John Arnold
BIRTH 1480 Gloucester, City of Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England
DEATH 15 Sep 1546 (aged 65–66)Gloucester, City of Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England
BURIAL St. Andrew's ChurchyardChurcham, Forest of Dean District, Gloucestershire, England MEMORIAL ID 143076724 ·
Children of John Arnold and Isabel Hawkins:
1. Sir Nicholas Arnold Lord Justice of Ireland married Margaret Dennis
2. Richard Arnold
3. Alice Arnold
John Arnold married Isabel Hawkins, the daughter of William Hawkins, an old Gloucestershire family.
Isabel Hawkins Arnold was born 1483 in Churcham, Gloucestershire, England and died in 1544 in Redbourn, Hertfordshire, England.
In the ancient Church at Churcham, there formerly existed a tablet to the memory of John Arnold and his wife, Isabel, but unfortunately the Church was partially destroyed by fire and only one or two of the old monuments remain, and even these can no longer be deciphered. Notes: An imperfect copy of the inscription on Arnold's tomb has been preserved, and reads: “Here under lie the bodies of John Arnold and Isabel his wife, which John Arnold,
deceased..........the....15......day of September, 1546 the year of our Sovereign Lord King Henry VIII on whose souls and all Christian souls (Jesus have mercy).”
John Arnold
BIRTH 1480 Gloucester, City of Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England
DEATH 15 Sep 1546 (aged 65–66)Gloucester, City of Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England
BURIAL St. Andrew's ChurchyardChurcham, Forest of Dean District, Gloucestershire, England MEMORIAL ID 143076724 ·
Children of John Arnold and Isabel Hawkins:
1. Sir Nicholas Arnold Lord Justice of Ireland married Margaret Dennis
2. Richard Arnold
3. Alice Arnold
The history of the Highnam Court Gloucestershire
The manor of HIGHNAM, comprising the hamlets of Highnam, Linton, and Over in the east part of the parish, was granted by the Crown in 1542 to John Arnold, who had held the site of the manor on lease from Gloucester Abbey since 1516.
John died in 1545 and the manor passed to his son Nicholas Arnold, who had been in the service of Thomas Cromwell and later of the Crown and was knighted before 1552.
In 1554 Sir Nicholas was implicated in Wyatt's rebellion and imprisoned in the Tower, but he was released and pardoned the next year; in 1556 he again suffered imprisonment for plotting against the Crown. He was Sheriff of Gloucestershire in 1558 and 1559 and later sat in Parliament for both the county and Gloucester city; in 1564-5 he was Lord Justice of Ireland. Sir Nicholas also gained a reputation for efforts to improve the breed of English horses.
John died in 1545 and the manor passed to his son Nicholas Arnold, who had been in the service of Thomas Cromwell and later of the Crown and was knighted before 1552.
In 1554 Sir Nicholas was implicated in Wyatt's rebellion and imprisoned in the Tower, but he was released and pardoned the next year; in 1556 he again suffered imprisonment for plotting against the Crown. He was Sheriff of Gloucestershire in 1558 and 1559 and later sat in Parliament for both the county and Gloucester city; in 1564-5 he was Lord Justice of Ireland. Sir Nicholas also gained a reputation for efforts to improve the breed of English horses.
He died in April 1580 and was succeeded by his grand-daughter Dorothy, who was married to Thomas Lucy, son of Sir Thomas Lucy of Charlecote (Warws.). Dorothy died in September 1580 but Thomas, who was knighted in 1593, retained the manor until his death in 1605 when he was succeeded by his daughter Joyce, the wife of Sir William Cooke.
Sir William, who was M.P. for the county in 1614, died in 1618 and was succeeded by his son Robert, who was knighted in 1621. In the Civil War Sir Robert raised a regiment of foot for parliament and was granted a colonel's commission; he sat for Tewkesbury in the Long Parliament. He died in 1643 and the manor passed to his son William Cooke who at first declared for the Crown but later supported parliament. William was sheriff of the county in 1663 and Mayor of Gloucester in 1672 and he later represented the city in Parliament for several years. He died c. 1700 and Highnam manor passed to his son Edward (d. c. 1724), and to Edward's son Dennis. (d. 1747). Dennis Cooke's coheirs were his sisters Mary, who married Henry Guise, and Anne, who married Roynon Jones of Nass, Lydney. Henry Guise died in 1749 and Mary in 1750, and her moiety of the manor passed to her son John Guise who bought the other moiety from Anne's son William Jones in 1769. In the mid 18th century the manor included all but c. 70 a. of Highnam, Linton, and Over.
Sir William, who was M.P. for the county in 1614, died in 1618 and was succeeded by his son Robert, who was knighted in 1621. In the Civil War Sir Robert raised a regiment of foot for parliament and was granted a colonel's commission; he sat for Tewkesbury in the Long Parliament. He died in 1643 and the manor passed to his son William Cooke who at first declared for the Crown but later supported parliament. William was sheriff of the county in 1663 and Mayor of Gloucester in 1672 and he later represented the city in Parliament for several years. He died c. 1700 and Highnam manor passed to his son Edward (d. c. 1724), and to Edward's son Dennis. (d. 1747). Dennis Cooke's coheirs were his sisters Mary, who married Henry Guise, and Anne, who married Roynon Jones of Nass, Lydney. Henry Guise died in 1749 and Mary in 1750, and her moiety of the manor passed to her son John Guise who bought the other moiety from Anne's son William Jones in 1769. In the mid 18th century the manor included all but c. 70 a. of Highnam, Linton, and Over.
Arnold's of Milton Abbas, co. Dorset, of Ashby St. Ledger's,co. Northampton, and of Guernsey.
From the early part of the seventeenth century the Arnold's of Dorst were divided into two branches, those of Armswell Manor, and those of Ilsington Manor , and both families, the descendants of Richard Arnold, at different periods held Bagbere Manor, in the parish of Milton Abbas. In the obituary notice The Illustrated London News on the late Rev. James William Arnold, of Polebrook, who died in 1865, it is asserted, "The family of Arnold, first of Armswell, co. Dorset, and afterward of Ashby St. Ledger's is of old standing and historic note, one of their ancestors, Sir Nicholas Arnold, was Lord-Deputy of Ireland in the reign of Queen Elizabeth."
According to the pedigree of the Arnold's of Highnam Court, co. Gloucestershire, at the Heralds'College, John Arnold, of Llanvihangel, co. Monmouth, and of the Manors of Highnam and Over, granted by Henry VIII, died leaving two sons, Richard living 1580, said to have "died without issue': and Sir Nicholas Arnold, Lord Chief Justice of Ireland, 1564, the eldest son, who succeeded to his father's estates.
Sir Nicholas married Margaret, daughter of Sir William Dennys, of Durham, issue only one son, Rowland, married Mary daughter of John Brydges, Lord Chandos, leaving an only child Dorothy, married Sir Thomas Lucy, of Charlecot, co. Warwick, now presented by the family Cooke.
There can be no doubt that if Richard Arnold, who in the year 1570 purchased Bagbere Manor, was not the son "Richard. living 1580.' he was at least a near relative, a cadet of the Welsh family of which John Arnold was the head, and this consanguinity was allowed in the grant of arms to the Northampton branch.
The Rev. John Hutchins, in 'History of Dorset,' writing of the Arnolds of Ilsington Manor, states "There was another branch of this family residing at Ármswell Manor in Buckland Newton, but we have a very imperfect account of 'that branch, or of those of Alton Pancras and Bagbere, but they are certainly of the same family': and he cites on proof of this, that Henry Arnold of Ilsington and Bagbere, by his will dated 1643, appoints his executors 'My loving brother John. of Alton Pancras, and my cousin Robert Arnold, Rector of Melcombe", of the Armswell Manor branch.
As stated, Richard Arnold purchased Bagbere Manor, Milton Abbas, in the year 1570, and his son Robert sold it in 1613 to John Tregonwell, but from the latter it was leased the same year by Henry Arnold of Ilsington Manor, and held by his descendants for many generations, they being always described as 'the Arnold's of Bagbere Manor", ect. For many years also the Arnolds of both branches were buried at Milton Abbey, partly no doubt as owners of Bagbere, and partly on account of the importance of the Abbey as a burying place in that neighbourhood.
According to the pedigree of the Arnold's of Highnam Court, co. Gloucestershire, at the Heralds'College, John Arnold, of Llanvihangel, co. Monmouth, and of the Manors of Highnam and Over, granted by Henry VIII, died leaving two sons, Richard living 1580, said to have "died without issue': and Sir Nicholas Arnold, Lord Chief Justice of Ireland, 1564, the eldest son, who succeeded to his father's estates.
Sir Nicholas married Margaret, daughter of Sir William Dennys, of Durham, issue only one son, Rowland, married Mary daughter of John Brydges, Lord Chandos, leaving an only child Dorothy, married Sir Thomas Lucy, of Charlecot, co. Warwick, now presented by the family Cooke.
There can be no doubt that if Richard Arnold, who in the year 1570 purchased Bagbere Manor, was not the son "Richard. living 1580.' he was at least a near relative, a cadet of the Welsh family of which John Arnold was the head, and this consanguinity was allowed in the grant of arms to the Northampton branch.
The Rev. John Hutchins, in 'History of Dorset,' writing of the Arnolds of Ilsington Manor, states "There was another branch of this family residing at Ármswell Manor in Buckland Newton, but we have a very imperfect account of 'that branch, or of those of Alton Pancras and Bagbere, but they are certainly of the same family': and he cites on proof of this, that Henry Arnold of Ilsington and Bagbere, by his will dated 1643, appoints his executors 'My loving brother John. of Alton Pancras, and my cousin Robert Arnold, Rector of Melcombe", of the Armswell Manor branch.
As stated, Richard Arnold purchased Bagbere Manor, Milton Abbas, in the year 1570, and his son Robert sold it in 1613 to John Tregonwell, but from the latter it was leased the same year by Henry Arnold of Ilsington Manor, and held by his descendants for many generations, they being always described as 'the Arnold's of Bagbere Manor", ect. For many years also the Arnolds of both branches were buried at Milton Abbey, partly no doubt as owners of Bagbere, and partly on account of the importance of the Abbey as a burying place in that neighbourhood.
The connection of the Arnolds of Guernsey with the Dorset family is conclusively proved by a deed of sale registered at the greffe of the Royal Court, in that island dated 25th September 1675, whereby Perotine Olliver, daughter of Thomas Olliver, of Le Mont Durant, and widow of Bernard Hanson, sells a house situated in Mill Street to 'Thomas Arnol, som of Thomas Arnold, of Milton Abbas, in the county of Dorset, in the Kingdom of England, at present in the town of St. Peter's-Port."
The Arnold's of Ilsington Manor, co, Dorset
RICHARD ARNOLD OF BAGBER MANOR,
MILTON ABBAS, CO, DORSET
Richard Arnold, of Bagber Manor, Milton Abbas, ob. 1595, buried at Milton Abbey. He inherited in 1588 a moiety of the Manor of Armswell, in the parish of Buckalnd Newton, in right of his wife Mary Horsey, she was the daughter of Sir John Horsey, of Clifton Maubank, and sister and co-heir of her brother Sir John Horsey: by whom he had issue among other,
Grace Arnold, b. 1570
Robert Arnold-the eldest, of Armswell:
Henry Arnold- of Ilsington Manor.
Sir John Horsey was born in 1510, the son of Sir John Horsey and Joan Mawdley.
Sir John married Edith Phelips, daughter of Sir Richard Phelips, in 1539.
Sir John and Edith had one son, Sir John Horsey (1546–1588)
and two daughters,
Elizabeth Horsey, she married Sir William Mohun
and Mary Horsey, she married Richard Arnold.
"On the death of Sir John, the younger. Armswell Manor descended to the issue of his two sisters, Mary Arnold and Edith, the wife of Sir William Mohun, and the Arnolds purchased the Mohun's share in the reign of Charles I.
Hutchin's "History of Dorset'.
Grace Arnold, b. 1570
Robert Arnold-the eldest, of Armswell:
Henry Arnold- of Ilsington Manor.
Sir John Horsey was born in 1510, the son of Sir John Horsey and Joan Mawdley.
Sir John married Edith Phelips, daughter of Sir Richard Phelips, in 1539.
Sir John and Edith had one son, Sir John Horsey (1546–1588)
and two daughters,
Elizabeth Horsey, she married Sir William Mohun
and Mary Horsey, she married Richard Arnold.
"On the death of Sir John, the younger. Armswell Manor descended to the issue of his two sisters, Mary Arnold and Edith, the wife of Sir William Mohun, and the Arnolds purchased the Mohun's share in the reign of Charles I.
Hutchin's "History of Dorset'.
Dorset Houses – The lost mansion
Jo Draper tells the sorry tale of a fairy-tale mansion named Clifton Maybank
Jo Draper tells the sorry tale of a fairy-tale mansion named Clifton Maybank
HENRY ARNOLD
OF ILSINGTON MANOR, CO, DORSET.
Henry Arnold, second son of Richard, by his wife Mary Horsey, daughter of Sir John Horsey of Cliffton Maubank, purchased in the parish of Piddletown, and in, the same year leased from John Tregonwell the Manor of Bagbere, (which from that date appears to have been held by a junior member of the Ilsington branch), he died in 1652, and was buried at Milton Abbey.
He married a Miss Cuff, by whom he had three sons,
1. Thomas
2. Henry of Bagbere married Anne Huntley, he died before his father in 1643
3. John
He married a Miss Cuff, by whom he had three sons,
1. Thomas
2. Henry of Bagbere married Anne Huntley, he died before his father in 1643
3. John
Link to the will of Henry Arnold, Gentleman of Bagber, in Milton Abbas.
DATE 27 NOVEMBER 1646
Ref: 11/198/295 Will of Henry Arnold, Gentleman of Bagber Dorset
PROB 11/198 1646 =
DATE 27 NOVEMBER 1646
Ref: 11/198/295 Will of Henry Arnold, Gentleman of Bagber Dorset
PROB 11/198 1646 =
' Ashmore, Co. Dorset : a history of the parish
with index to the registers, 1651 to 1820"
The Parish of Ashmore is situated on Cranborne Chase, on the edge of Wiltshire, but within the County of Dorset. It lies on high ground, the village being about 720 feet above the sea; it is said indeed to be the highest village in the county. The range of down which has its highest point at Win Green, some three miles from Ashmore, slopes gently southward.
ASHMORE MANOR FARM.
After holding it for eleven years, Richard Combe sold it, in 1630, for £3,300, to Henry Arnold, of Bagbere, in the parish of Milton or Middleton, co. Dorset {i.e. Milton Abbas), gentleman.
Arnold belonged to a family much more considerable than the Combes, and evidently prosperous at the time. The manor and farm of Bagbere they had owned since 1570; but it is hard to understand how our Henry Arnold could describe himself as of that place, for in 1613 John Tregonwell of Milton Abbey had bought it of Robert Arnold.
The family purchased Ilsington, in the parish of Puddletown, in 1603, and sold it at some date in the last century. Henry Arnold, who bought the Ashmore farm, married Anne Huntly, and died in 1643. These few particulars are derived from Hutchins' account of Bagbere and Ilsington ; under the latter he gives a short pedigree of the family. Arnold only held the farm for four years. In 1634 he sold it for the same sum of £3,300 to George Barber, with whose descendants it remained till 1765.
ASHMORE MANOR FARM.
After holding it for eleven years, Richard Combe sold it, in 1630, for £3,300, to Henry Arnold, of Bagbere, in the parish of Milton or Middleton, co. Dorset {i.e. Milton Abbas), gentleman.
Arnold belonged to a family much more considerable than the Combes, and evidently prosperous at the time. The manor and farm of Bagbere they had owned since 1570; but it is hard to understand how our Henry Arnold could describe himself as of that place, for in 1613 John Tregonwell of Milton Abbey had bought it of Robert Arnold.
The family purchased Ilsington, in the parish of Puddletown, in 1603, and sold it at some date in the last century. Henry Arnold, who bought the Ashmore farm, married Anne Huntly, and died in 1643. These few particulars are derived from Hutchins' account of Bagbere and Ilsington ; under the latter he gives a short pedigree of the family. Arnold only held the farm for four years. In 1634 he sold it for the same sum of £3,300 to George Barber, with whose descendants it remained till 1765.
My direct ancestors were the Arnold Family of Abbotsbury, co, Dorset.
Family history research of the Arnold, Horsey, Squibb, Gillet, and other associated families of the Arnold's of Dorset
by Sheridon Rayment.
Family history research of the Arnold, Horsey, Squibb, Gillet, and other associated families of the Arnold's of Dorset
by Sheridon Rayment.
Captain Richard Arnold of Abbotsbury Dorset married Eliza Cox of Wiveliscombe & Carhampton Somerset.
A history of the Cox and Collard Families of Wiveliscombe Somerset, can be accessed from the links below.
A history of the Cox and Collard Families of Wiveliscombe Somerset, can be accessed from the links below.
Family History & Genealogy Records of
Wiveliscombe, Taunton Dean, Somerset. England.
Surname list:
Wiveliscombe, Taunton Dean, Somerset. England.
Surname list:
Collard Family
List of Inhabitants of Wiveliscombe 1602
Historical Buildings of Wiveliscombe and Somerset
Family History Research Sheridon Rayment 2019