White family of Langaller Somerset

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White family of Langaller Somerset

Legg inn av SomersetSue » 22 okt 2007 10:59:11

I have just found a possible new branch of my family. I've yet to make
a positive link but it seems likely that I have a White family who
owned land near Creech St Michael in Somerset. This is a passage I
discovered online.

In 1559 William Knapman sold half the estate at LANGALLER to Robert
Cuffe. (fn. 33) It descended with the Creech manor demesne until 1666
and then once again with Creech manor. (fn. 34) In 1598 Arthur Radford
conveyed lands, probably the other half of the same estate, to William
White (fn. 35) (d. c. 1629), from whom the lands passed probably in
the direct male line to Francis (fn. 36) (d. by 1664), William (fn.
37) (d. c. 1676), William, and Francis White. (fn. 38) By 1767 the
White estates were held by Samuel Richards, who had married Susanna,
sister of Francis White. (fn. 39) Samuel was succeeded c. 1775 (fn.
40) by his sons John and Francis White Richards jointly. Francis was
dead by 1836, and John (d. 1844) held the whole estate in 1839. (fn.
41) John was succeeded by his son Francis White (d. 1850), and Francis
by his son John Simon, on whose death in 1915 the estate was broken up
and sold. (fn. 42) From: 'Creech St. Michael: Manors and other
estates', A History of the County of Somerset: Volume 6: Andersfield,
Cannington, and North Petherton Hundreds (Bridgwater and neighbouring
parishes) (1992), pp. 21-24. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report ... mpid=18507.

I have an ancestor called Thomas White Richards who I think may be
another son of Samuel White and Susanna (Richards). I am wondering if
this White family is one which has a known medieval descent? I've done
an archive search and found some discussion about a much earlier White
Richards but that seems just a coincidence.

Best wishes
Sue

WJhonson

Re: White family of Langaller Somerset

Legg inn av WJhonson » 23 okt 2007 02:27:24

Simply knowing that he owned half or all of the Manor of Langaller, *may* not be enough. First try a search in Google Books for

Langaller White

Next try a search in A2A for Langaller

There isn't much about the Manor at all and I can't find anything about the Whites being involved. You might need to work your way forward and back to find what ELSE they may have owned that may be better written-up. There are a lot of Whites, finding which ones these fit into isn't going to be simple most likely unless at some point they married into the nobility.

But you need to nibble around the edges of these names, to see if you can flesh them out a bit first. Otherwise it's likely they'll be tied into a family where they don't belong, simply based on a common name.

Will Johnson

SomersetSue

Re: White family of Langaller Somerset

Legg inn av SomersetSue » 26 okt 2007 21:45:17

I've been nibbling as you suggested Will ! Not back to the Middle Ages
on this line yet but I think it looks hopeful of going quite a long
way back.

I've discovered a document in Dorchester Museum (I'm waiting for a
reply to a query on that one). That paper appears to include a son
Thomas of the right age.
Dorset, Somerset: - Wills and Administrations, 1312-1799
Burialls
(Part 3.) Administrations at Caunton. 1596 to 1799
Dorset Wills and Administrations in the possession of the Dorset
field Club and preserved in the County Museum at Dorchester
County: Somerset
Country: England
*Richards, Francis White, Thomas, Simon, John, and Samuel, Creech St.
Michael. Letters of gdnshp. of 8 1775

I have hunted through A2A and discovered that there is a link between
the Richards of Stoke St Gregory and Creech St Michael. That document
is in Taunton Records Office. I must go and look at that.

Records from a solicitors' office in Langport.
Catalogue Ref. DD\LC
Box 15 - ref. DD\LC/15
FILE - 'R' Surnames - - ref. DD\LC/15/6 - date: 1781-1865
[from Scope and Content] Largely Richards family of Creech St Michael,
Stoke St Gregory etc.

Sue

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