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GLASSPOOLE BRANCH


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This branch is descended from my 7th Great grandfather, William MEWSE

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Last revision 18 June 2008



GENERATION 1

Henry GLASSPOOLE (d 1711) m (a) Elizabeth AYTON 20 May 1701 Somerleyton [Boyd] (b) Elizabeth ALDRED 31 Jan 1711 [Boyd]

Note: Henry may have been the son of Thomas Woods GLASPOOLE who m a Miss BEDFORD 1665 probably in Gt Yarmouth. This would account for the name of Henry Bedford Glasspoole below.
Elizabeth ALDRED married again as a widow William WOOLSEY 1718 Somerleyton

Children of Henry and Elizabeth
2......
Henry b 1700 d Aug 1763 Somerleyton aged 63
3......Elizabeth b 1703 Somerleyton
4......William b 1705 Somerleyton
5......Mary b 1706 Somerleyton
6......John b 1708 Somerleyton
7......Sarah b 1711 Somerleyton


8 William MEWSE bap 1637 Lowestoft d 1699/70 Lowestoft ( see will) m (a) Rebecca FRARY (bap 2 Feb 1640, Lowestoft,, bur 24 Feb 1676/7Lowestoft) 19 Aug 1658 Lowestoft (b) Ruth SMITH abt 1677

See MEWSE branch here
and see FRARY branch here

Note: These were my 7 x great grandparents. William (a butcher) and Rebecca ( dau of William FRARYE and Elizabeth BARAFAR) lived for a while in Wapping, returning to Lowestoft, perhaps, to escape the plague. At some stage William was living in Gt Yarmouth, for he was the joint guarantor on 27th Oct 1691 with Robert SEAMAN, a shipwright, of a settlement bond for a Robert SPECIALL, woolcomber previously of Norwich and his wife and family: William is recorded (YC/35/155) as a pulley maker.
William MEWSE, butcher is recorded in 1686 in the manor rolls as buying the copyhold of no 71 High Street This was on the corner of High St and Rants Score - in later years some tenement houses were built in the rear of the garden and became 1 - 5 Rants Score, dwelt in by William's descendants. When William died, Ruth married Simon CANHAM 31 Jan 1706 ( This is the brother of Elizabeth CANHAM who married Thomas MEWSE in 1705)
Finally a choice bit of scandal! William was fined in 1686 for blocking a drain (presumably a ditch) with sheeps' heads! Archaeological digging in the garden behind no 71 High St revealed huge amounts of bones, all showing the usual signs of butchery

Children of William and Rebecca
9...... William bap 20 Jun 1659 Wapping d 17 Nov 1727 Wapping
Note: William went to live in Wapping as an adult, probably after his wife's death, and was a butcher See his will here This is the Wlliam who was cut off with a 5/- bequest in his father's will
10......Rebecca bap 1660 Wapping m Thomas HARWOOD 5 Mar 1679
11......Thomas bap 4 Jul 1665 Lowestoft bur 24 Apr 1669
12...... John bap 29 Feb 1668 Lowestoft bur 20 Aug 1670
13......Thomas bap 1669 Lowestoft d 7 Mar 1670
14......Thomas bap 31 Jul 1670 Lowestoft bur 7 Aug 1670
15......Thomas bap 28 Aug 1671 Lowestoft lived later in Ormesby
16......Elizabeth bap 12 Nov 1672 Lowestoft d 5 Aug 1673 Lowestoft
17......John bap 7 Jun 1674 Lowestoft bur 28 Jun 1674 Lowestoft
18......Susannah bap 25 Apr 1676 Lowestoft bur 28 Jun 1677 Lowestoft

Children of William and Ruth
19......Ruth b 1678 m Caleb ALDRED 13 Jul 1705 Lowestoft
see
Aldred branch
20......William b abt 1680
21......Mary bur 17 Mar 1682 Lowestoft
22......Ann m John WROTH, widower, 29 Apr 1697



GENERATION 2

2 Henry GLASSPOOLE m Sarah GOSKER (b 1709 d Oct 1755 aged 46) 1729 Bradwell [Boyd]

Note: Sarah was probably the daughter of Elizabeth WOOLSEY

Children of Henry and Sarah
23......Martha b 1730 Somerleyton bap 25 Feb 1729/30 d 1731 Somerleyton
24......John Bedford b 1733 Somerleyton bap 1st Jun 1733 Somerleyton d 4 Nov 1808 Somerleyton
25......Henry b 1734 d 1824 m Mary HARRIS abt 1765
Note: There is some mystery about Henry for he was not christened at Somerleyton. He lived for a time at Burgh Castle.
26......Sarah bap 5 Jun 1737 Somerleyton m William HARRIS of Burgh Castle 27 Feb 1755
Note: there was a Sarah Grasspoole b 1736 bur 1809 Somerleyton (Mon Inscr) but it is not certain that this is the person
27......
William bap 9 Feb 1739/40 Somerleyton d 14 May 1806 Somerleyton
28......Ann b 1742 Somerleyton m Samuel GILBERT (of Corton) 1762
28a....Mary bap 20 Mar 1743 Somerleyton
29......Thomas bap 25 Nov 1744 Somerleyton "died young"
30......James b 1745 Somerleyton d 1756
31......Elizabeth bap 15 Jan 1746/7 (Twin) Somerleyton "died young"
32......Edmund bap 15 Jan 1746/7 ( (Twin) "died young"
33......
Thomas b 1749 Somerleyton d 23 Sep 1813 Somerleyton m Sarah
34......M - Mary? b 1753 Somerleyton "died young"


20 William MEWSE m (a) Judith FISHER 5 Nov 1714 (b) Mary SPRATT (widow) 26 Feb 1718 (c) Sarah (born 1699 bur 30 Nov 1724) 1723

Children of William and Judith
35...... William bap 30 Oct 1715
36......Ann b 1716
37...... Ruth bap 3 Mar 1717/8 bur 3 Apr 1718

Children of William and Sarah
38......Blanch bap 29 Nov 1723 bur 29 Oct 1727
39......Ruth b 30 Nov 1724 bur 6 Dec 1724 Lowestoft

Child of William and unknown
40....Ann b 1734 d 21 Oct 1802



GENERATION 3

24 John Bedford GLASSPOOLE m 40 Ann MEWSE (b 1734 d 21 Oct 1802 aged 68 [MI Blundeston]) 20 Nov 1757 Somerleyton

Note: See John's will here

Children of John and Ann
41......William b 1759 Somerleyton
42......Sarah b 1760 Somerleyton
43......John b 1761 Somerleyton d 1825
44......Anne b 1762 Somerleyton
45......William b 1766 Somerleyton d bef 1800
46......Henry b Henry b 1768 Somerleyton
47......Thomas b 1770 Somerleyton m Anne MORSE (b 9 Dec 1777 d 11 Apr 1853 29 Apr 1813 Blundeston
Note: Anne was the daughter of Thomas MORSE (b 1744 d 1844 aged 100)
One of her brothers, Thomas Morse had a son Frederick (b 1820 d 1911) who, with partner Henry Glasspoole WOODS formed a brewery company called "Morse and Woods" and occupied the Lowestoft Porcelain factory premises. You can see the pages for Lowestoft Porcelain
here

Thomas and Ann possessed a farm in the parish of Blundeston-cum-Flixton, and one wonders, since they had no children, if this might have been the same property later occupied by the Morse family. An 1879 report from the Ipswich Registry Office states that both Thomas and Anne had died at Blundeston Hall and that the will of Anne Glasspoole was proved in London in July 1853 and is on record at Somerset House, and that the will of Thomas Glasspoole would also have been proved in London. Thomas Glasspoole Esq of Blundeston had his residence on the road from Lowestoft to Yarmouth. Thomas could not have owned Blundeston Hall, which was held by the Woods family since 1767, so must have held one of the other farms in the parish.

His niece was wife of John Jex WOODS who was an owner of Blundeston Hall and therefore a neighbour. Mrs.Anne Glasspoole, the widow of Thomas, was living in 1851 in a cottage on the Blundeston Hall property in her old age (Ref: ?). Prior to this, in 1844, Ann Glasspoole appears as a farmer in Blundeston . The will of Thomas Glasspoole of Blundeston, dated 3 June 1835 with a codicil apparently made the same day, was proved 6 May 1840 by the oaths of his relict Ann Glasspoole, John Jex Woods, and the testatorıs nephew Thomas UTTON, the executors. In it he disposes of property both freehold and copyhold in Blundeston and Aldeby, and names a large number of relatives since he himself had apparently no children. He also makes provisions for his farming implements, cattle, horses and sheep, crops of all kinds, and everything related to the farming business, in addition to his household goods, furniture and linen, wine and liquors, all his dairy and brewing utensils, all his books, prints and pictures, and various sums of money and investments. The main beneficiaries were his wife Ann for her benefit in her lifetime, and his nephews John Jex Woods and Thomas Utton, and the surviving children of his late brother John Glasspoole. Another nephew, William Utton, was removed by a codicil having gone to America (Ref: PRO will: Thomas Glasspoole). Anne Glasspoole (nee Morse), the widow of Thomas, also made a will, dated 20 May 1849 with codicils 1 July and 7 July 1849, which was witnessed by William W. Woods and Henry Jex Woods, and proved 29 March 1853. She mentions her friend Mr John Jex Woods of Oulton, the executor, and her brothers, Mr James Morse of Swaffham, Thomas Morse and John Morse [Ref: PRO will: Anne Glasspoole].

Thomas was a member of the Mutford and Lothingland Association for prosecuting felons, membership of which was advertised in the Ipswich Journal of Feb 27 1836, Feb 22 1837 and Mar 3 1838. He was also one of the executors to Thomas WOODS, and published advertisements in the Ipswich Journal of 25 Feb and 3 Mar 1837 as follows:

Commutation of tithes We the undersigned being Landowners, or duly authorized agents of landowners within the Parish of Blundeston, in the county of Suffolk whose interest is not less than one fourth part of the lands subject to Tithes in the said parish, do by this notice inn writing under our hands, call a parochial meeting of land owners and tithe owners within the limits of the said Parish for the purpose of making an agreement of the general Commutation of tithes within the limits of the said parish pursuant to the provisions of an Act, passed in the 6th and 7th years of the Reign of his present Majesty, intitled, "An Act for the commutation of Tithes in England and Wales." And we do hereby also give notice that such meeting will be held at the School house, in the said parish, on Thursday the sixteenth day of March next at the hour of eleven in the forenoon. Given under our hands this twenty second day of February one thousand eight hundred and thirty seven.
Charles Steward, Thomas Glasspoole, Thomas Woods William Woods Executors to the late Thomas Woods

[Thanks to Giles Colchester for this section]
48......Mary b 1771 Somerleyton d in infancy
49......Mary b 1772 Somerleyton m Robert BONFELLOW 1793


25 Henry GLASSPOOLE m Mary HARRIS abt 1765

Note: Henry lived for a time at Burgh Castle. Beryl Platts notes that John Glasspoole (1761-1825), the son of John Bedford Glasspoole who follows next, was living at Burgh Castle at the time of his marriage to Elizabeth Coote, and thinks he must have been there helping his uncle Henry Glasspoole to farm. She has compiled a table (which however I do not have) for a Glasspoole family that later lived at Belton Hall and also owned Caldecot Hall in Fritton, and who were descended from this Henry and Mary (Harris) Glasspoole. Henry Glasspoole of Belton in the county of Suffolk, gentleman, made a will on 2 June 1821, which was proved at London on 3 January 1825, the executors being his wife Mary, his son George Glasspoole, and his daughter Mary Glasspoole. In it he disposed of his lands, messuages, dwelling houses, and tenement and heredits lying in Belton, which at that time were in his own occupation and those of his tenants. These were to pass to his wife and then his daughter and any issue she may have during their lifetimes and finally to his son George Glasspoole (who presumably already had substantial property of his own). Also mentioned in his will were Catherine Hudson, Mary Ann Glasspoole, and Catherine Maria Glasspoole, his granddaughters, whose maintenance and education was provided for in the will until she reaches the age of twenty one. For this purpose several large legacies of 1500 pounds each were set aside. Among the personal effects disposed of were his china and silver, while the residue of his estate was to go to his son George subject to his wife's use in her lifetime

From 1770 tp 1787 Mr. H. (Henry) Glasspoole, who was a large rate- payer, continued to be the only Churchwarden of Burgh Castle, Suffolk. After him, in 1789, Mr John Neslen became Churchwarden, followed by Mr George Neave, when Mr John Glasspoole took office. John Glasspoole was then Churchwarden of Burgh Castle from 1791-1799. Although no statement of their relationship has been found there is hardly any doubt that this Henry Glasspoole of Belton Hall was the uncle of this John Glasspoole who was son of his probable brother John (Ref: pem comment). In 1803 Henry Glasspoole of Caldecot-hall, which he held from the President and Fellows of Mary Magdalen College, Oxford, the ultimate owners, appears in a list of names of the several persons acting as Gamekeepers according to the system of deputations or appointments resulting from an Act of Parliament passed in the 31st year of the then king's reign

Children of Henry and Mary
50......George dob unknown
51......Mary dob unknown m Carsey BELL by lic 1838
52......female child
53......male child


27 William GLASSPOOLE m Judith BRAME (b 1746 Lound d 4 Jun 1809 Somerleyton) 12 Feb 1765 Somerleyton (by licence) [1764 in Boyd]

Note: William and Judith Glasspoole apparently lived first in Burgh Castle, then in Somerleyton parish, and (from before 1773) in Blundeston parish before settling in South Wootten, Norfolk. This William appears in Blundeston documents in 1775 and 1781, having undertaken to pay the rental of the Blundeston "Town Pightle" and adjoining tenements (presumably for the benefit of the poor) for a term ending in 1781, and one of these documents bears his signature. Sometime after 1788 he and his family moved to Norfolk where the family seems to have had property all along. William Glasspoole made his will in January 1802 with a codicil in 1806, which was proved 30 July 1807. In it he disposed of his messuages, tenements, and hereditaments both freehold and copyhold, in Somerleyton, and names various members of his immediate family. William and Judith (Brame) Glasspoole had 11 children, the first three baptised in Somerleyton, and the rest in Blundeston.

Children of William and Judith
54......William b 1766 Somerleyton
Note: This may be the Joshua William Glasspoole (b abt 1767?) the head of a Brundall Glasspoole family, but this is speculative: no actual link has been found.
55......Daniel b 1769 Somerleyton d 24 Feb 1801 Somerleyton aged 32 [MI]
56......John Brame b 1771 Somerleyton (remained single) d 1816
Note: John was an executor for his father's will proved 1806. In the administration bond of 11 Dec 1816 for the estate of John Bream (sic) Glasspoole, late of South Wootton who died intestate without heirs, 57 Henry appears as next of kin and brother. The estate was valued at under £300. Signatories to the bond were Henry Glasspoole, Thomas CLOWES of Caister Norfolk, solicitor and Joseph LANCASTER of Gt Yarmouth, gentleman.
57......
Henry bap 27 Jun 1773 Blundeston bur 16 Jan 1829 Hemsby (?)
Note: The tombstone of Henry Glasspoole at St Mary, Hemsby, says he died 1829 aged 56
58......Elizabeth bap 17 Sep 1775 Blundeston
59......Sarah bap 25 Feb 1779 Blundeston
60......Judith bap 8 Apr 1781 m John Kemp TAYLOR 29 Sep 1803 (?) South Wooton and Swardeston
61......Temperance bap 15 Jun 1783 Blundeston
62......Thomas bap 26 Apr 1785 Blundeston
63......Ann bap 3 Sep 1876
64......
Richard bap 22 Dec 1788 Blundeston d 19 Aug 1846 Ormsby


33 Thomas GLASSPOOLE m Sarah abt 1771/2

Children of Thomas and Sarah
33a......Sarah bap 23 Nov 1773 Gt Yarmouth bur 2 May 1802 Loddon
33b......Hannah Dade b 1776 died in infancy.
33c......Hannah Dade bap 1778 Gt Yarmouth



GENERATION 4

43 John GLASSPOOLE m (a) Elizabeth COOTE (b 1765 d 14 Dec 1798 Somerleyton aged 33) 25 Oct 1787 Somerleyton [Boyd] (b) Anne ARNOLD (1769 to 28 Nov 1816 Somerleyton aged 47 [MI]) spinster, 14 Oct 1800 by licence Lowestoft

Note: Elizabeth was the daughter of William and Elizabeth COOTE of Somerleyton Hall. The wedding (by licence) may have taken place at Burgh Castle, although recorded at Somerleyton. William died 6 Mar 1814 aged 77 and Elizabeth d 2 Apr 1805 aged 60 both in Somerleyton. William COOTE may have married again as a widower: in 1813 in Ashby the ratebook records the name "Widow Coote", evidently one of the landowners of the parish.
John GLASSPOOLE was said to be "of Burgh Castle" at his wedding to Elizabeth, and after apparently living in Somerleyton for a while settled in Manor House Farm Herringfleet from 1800 to 1812. He was a churchwarden in 1791 to 1804, and seems to have been followed as such by an un-named son from 1817 to 1822, although one source suggests that he remained churchwarden until 1825. Since there are usually two churchwardens, it is possible that they were both in this post. It is recorded that 'in 1799 the Clerk (Mr Glasspoole) receives 'on account' 5 shillings, presently 2s.6d., and finally wages due 7s.6d. Poor man, was he badly off, or had the Churchwarden no money in hand?: It was a wintry time, for on February 27 he paid Henry Pope 2s.6d. for flinging snow out of the Church path
According to his grandson, Arnold George Glasspoole, John left considerable property in his will which took several years to administer.
Ann Arnold was already living with the family when Elizabeth died, and thus became the carer if not the de facto mother at her death. Was Ann a nurse?

John was a member of the Mutford and Lothingland Association for prosecuting felons, membership of which was advertised in the Ipswich Journal of Feb 27 1836. [Thanks to Giles Colchester for this]

Children of John and Elizabeth
65......William Coote b 1788 m Miss CURTIS
Note: there is some uncertainty about this marriage
William is said to have been left Somerleyton Hall by his grandfather, William COOTE, but he gambled his inheritance away and ended poor.

66......
John Baker b 1789 bur 10 May 1869 aged 80
67......Elizabeth bap 23 May 1819
68......Anne b 1792 d 1874 m John Jex WOODS (b 26 May 1785 Willingham d 5 Mar 1860 Oulton) by licence 13 Aug 1813 Herringfleet
Note: John and Ann had 13 children. John was a malster, coal corn and seed merchant and a farmer. They lived at Lower House Farm, Oulton
69......Thomas b 1793 d 1801 aged 9
70......Charles b 1794 d after 1835 m Mary LARKMAN 1825
71......Mary Rushton b 1795 d 20 Oct 1843 aged 48 as a spinster
72......Richard d.o.b uncertain
73......
George b 1798

Children of John and Ann
74......Arthur dob unknown
Note: This may be the son of 65 William Coote GLASSPOOLE
75......Susan b 1804
76......Cheseldon b 1806
77......Elizabeth b 1808 d 1879 a spinster
78......a possible child dob unknown


44 Anne GLASSPOOLE m Philip UTTON (of Aldeby, gentleman) 1783

Children of Philip and Anne
79......Thomas dob unknown
Note: Both Thomas above and William below are known because of the will of Thomas Glasspoole, their uncle. Thomas above was an executor with John Jex WOODS but a codocil revoked a lagacy to William apparently because he had emigrated to America
80......William dob unknown


50 George GLASSPOOLE m Sarah JENNER

Note: George Glasspoole, son of Henry Glasspoole of Burgh Castle and his wife Mary, is mentioned in his fatherıs will made 1821 and proved 1825. He lived and farmed at Caldecot Hall in Fritton. George Glasspoole, of Fritton in the county of Suffolk, gentleman, made his will 10 January 1838, which was proved at London 4 January 1839 by the oaths of George Glasspoole, his son, and James Larkman, his son-in-law, two of the executors, the other executor being his wife Sarah Glasspoole for whom the same was reserved. In his will he disposed of his property in Fritton, property he had previously purchased in Gorleston and Bradwell, and the family property in Belton which was then in the use of his sister, Mrs Bell, in her lifetime but to revert to her brother or his heirs on her decease.

George was a member of the Mutford and Lothingland Association for prosecuting felons, membership of which was advertised in the Ipswich Journal of Feb 27 1836, Feb 22 1837 and Mar 3 1838. (the last three years of his life) [Thankd to Giles Colchester for this]

Children of George and Sarah
81......George Henry abt 1813
George was a farmer in Belton in 1841 and 1844. The 1841 census shows no wife, but living at the sam address were 4 servants: Sarah NEAVEaged 38, Charlotte COLBY aged 16, George POLE aged 17 and Charles CHASING
82......Charlotte b 3 Aug 1810 bap 5 Aug 1810 Fritton d 20 Nov 1875


52 unknown GLASSPOOLE m Mr HUDSON

Child of Mr Hudson and unknown Glasspoole
83......Catherine dob unknown


52 unknown GLASSPOOLE m unknown

Children of unknown male Glasspoole and unknown
83a....Mary Ann dob unknown
Note: Mary Ann is probably the Marianne GLASSPOOLE who married John HOLMES 24 Jul 1834 Belton
83b....Catherine Maria dob unknown


57 Henry GLASSPOOLE m Anne WATSON

Note: Anne was the daughter of Benjamin WATSON of Gt Yarmouth, gentleman, who in his will dated 15 May 1805 proved 10 May 1813 appoints his "son-in-law, Henry Glasspoole of Great Yarmouth, ironmonger, and Ann his wife, my daughter" as executor and executrix. Henry also appears in an administration bond as one of the next of kin to John Bream Glasspoole, as a "brazier"
Henry, shown as a hardwareman of Gt Yarmouth was a signatory to the administration bond of 3 May 1802 of the estate of John MOORE late of Gt Yarmouth.

Child of Henry and Ann
84......Henry b 11 Oct 1801 bap 12 Oct 1801 Great Yarmouth bur 5 Oct 1836 Hemsby aged 35

(Note: 24 Mar 1832 Gt Yarmouth. He is not known to have married or had any issue, and is not the Henry Glasspoole who married Martha Lakey who is instead a member of a separate and possibly unrelated Glasspoole family of Gorleston
85......Frederick Bream b 1803 bap Gt Yarmouth bap 14 or 15 Nov 1803
86......Sarah Ann b 1812 bap 15 Jul 1812 Gt Yarmouth


58 Elizabeth GLASSPOOLE m Joseph LANCASTER 14 Jan 1796 Gt Yarmouth

Note: Joseph Lancaster of Great Yarmouth, gentleman, was one of the signatories to the administration bond in 1816 for the estate of his late brother-in-law John Bream Glasspoole

Child of Elizabeth and Joseph
88......Robert Glaspoole b 1798
88a....William bap 1799 Wroxham St Faith District Recd into church 1804
88b....Ann bap 1801 Wroxham St Faith District Recd into church 1804
88c....Joseph Scott bap 1803 Wroxham St Faith District Recd into church 1804
88d....Elizabeth bap 1804 Wroxham St Faith District
88e....Thomas bap 1806 Wroxham St Faith District Recd into church 1812
88f....John Sate bap 1808 Wroxham St Faith District Recd into church 1812
88g....Judith bap 1810 Wroxham St Faith District Recd into church 1812
88h....Henry bap 1812 Wroxham St Faith Recd into church 1812


59 Sarah GLASSPOOLE m William COOPER 27 May 1802 St Margarets Lynn Norfolk (by licence)

Note: William is thought to be the Kings Lynn ironmonger although there is some confusion between the successive generations named William Cooper. Sarah, his wife, was a sister of the Capt. Richard Glasspoole (1788-1846) whose diary about being captured by Chinese pirates was later preserved in her family.

Child of William and Sarah

59b......William b 1803 d 1879 aged 75
Note: William became an ironmonger


62 Thomas GLASSPOOLE m Mary Ann JACKSON 18 Apr 1810 South Wooton

Note: At his marriage, Thomas, who was a farmer in South Wooton

Children of Thomas and Mary Ann
62a......Judith Mary bap 28 Mar 1811 South Wooton
62b......Thomas William b 9 Jul 1812 South Wooton bap 15 Jul 1812 South Wooton
62c......Henry b 17 Nov 1813 South Wooton bap 21 Nov 1813 South Wooton
Note: Henry became a farmer
62d......Sarah Ann b 17 Apr 1815 South Wooton bap 23 Apr 1815 South Wooton
62e......Martha b 18 Sep 1816 South Wooton bap 25 Sep 1816 South Wooton


64 Richard GLASSPOOLE m Rebecca BRANFORD (d 16 Jun 1873) 23 Jun 1823 Caister-on-Sea

Note: Richard wrote a highly interesting narrative in his diary dated 1809 describing his capture by Chinese pirates who held him for ransom off Macao whilst he was on an East India Company voyage on the ship "Marquis of Ely". He was one of the two biggest landowners in Ormsby and "had a fine collection of India and Chinese productions, purchased by the owner when in the East India Company's service" Rebecca was the daughter of William BRANFORD and Rebecca WOMACK

Children of Richard and Rebecca
89......Hampden Gladstones b 1825 Ormesby d 1887
Note: He was a botanist from Ormesby, Norfolk who put together a herbarium of specimens from southern England and the environs of Great Yarmouth and the eastern Norfolk Broads. He recorded the first instance of a plant for Britain as a whole, together with two for Norfolk. He was a member of the Norfolk and Norwich Naturalists Society from its inception and contributed a number of biographical memoirs of botanists to the Society's Transactions. He was also a contributor to the Science Gossip Club, was Honorary Curator of Botany at the Norfolk and Norwich Museum and Botanist at Alexandra Palace, and was a member of the Norfolk Microscopical Society and the Queckett Microscopical Club. He bequeathed his herbarium, comprising around 500 specimens, to his friend and fellow botanist Herbert Geldart, and the resulting larger collection can be seen by appointment in the Shirehall Study Centre in England.
In 1841 Hampden was living in Botesdale

90......Richard Edgar b 1827 Ormesby d 1860
91......William Alfred b 4 Aug 1829 Ormesby d 10 Feb 1916 Ormesby
92......Susan Edith b 29 Sep 1831 bap 3 Oct 1831 Ormesby d 6 Feb 1841 Ormesby
93......Rebecca Branford b 1833 Ormesby
94......Albert b 1834 Ormesby



GENERATION 5

66 John Baker GLASSPOOLE m Eliza LARKMAN (d 1867) 2 Jul 1816 Herringfleet

Note: John Glasspoole In July 1833, the overseer of the poor in Ashby, was paid 8s.6d. for the customary journey to the House of Relief in Oulton. In 1841 the family were living at Somerleyton where John was a farmer. There was also a maid living in called Maria PEAK aged 22

Children of John and Eliza
95......John bap 18 May 1817 Herringfleet bur 14 Mar 1872 aged 58
96......Eliza bap 23 May 1819 Herringfleet
97......Henry bap 10 jun 1821 Herringfleet d 2nd qr 1880 aged 58 [Mitford 4b 187]
98......Frederick bap 13 Apr 1823 Herringfleet
99......Horace b 15 May 1825 Herringfleet bap 10 Jul 1825 Herringfleet
Note: Horace was described in the 1851 census as a "miller's man"
100....Harriet b 29 Apr 1827 Herringfleet bap 3 Jun 1827 Herringfleet
101....Emma b abt 1831 Somerleyton
102....Helen b abt 1834 Somerleyton


73 George GLASSPOOLE m Pleasance Priscilla PANK (b 1801 Lound)

Note: in 1841 George and Priscilla were living at Lound, but Arnold and Bertha were staying with a Thomas HOWES in Lound

Children of George and Priscilla
103......Bertha Honor bap 28 Dec 1828 Great Yarmouth
104......Arnold George b 1825 d 1901 m Elizabeth CARMEN 2 Jan 1853 St Pancras Old Church, London


76 Cheselden GLASSPOOLE m Elizabeth (b 1826 Clerkenwell)

Note: Cheselden was a messenger in 1881 living at 63 Pleasant Place, Lambeth Surrey

Children of Cheselden and Elizabeth
105......Annie b 1867 Clerkenwell
106......Joseph b 1869 Clerkenwell
107......George b 1874 Lambeth
108......Louisa b 1880 Lambeth


82 Charlotte GLASSPOOLE m James LARKMAN (b abt 1802 d 1877 Great Yarmouth) 1830 Fritton

Note: James was a farmer in 1841 living in Fritton. He was the grandson of Thomas LARKMAN and Susannah BRUFF and the son of Robert LARKMAN (b 1773) and Pheobe SPURGE (b 1775)

Children of James and Charlotte
109......George James b 1834 Fritton
110......Helen b 1838 Fritton
111......Robert b 1839 Fritton d 1906 m Agnes Eliza BURRIDGE (b 13 Oct 1861 bap 5 Jan 1862 Burgh Castle d 13 Nov 1931) April 1886 Norwich
112......James b 1840 Fritton
113......Rosa Charlotte dob unknown
114......Emma dob unknown


85 Frederick Bream GLASSPOOLE m Maria Georgiana McDONALD 30 Apr 1830 St Nicholas Brighton

Note: In the 1841 census Frederick and Sarah were living at 45 Welbeck Street, Marylebone, London. With them was Ann Glasspoole, aged 69, Frederick's mother as well as two servants, Sarah FELLOWS aged 22 and Margaret SELKINS aged 26. In addition Mary BOWTELL aged 31 said to be of independent means, was also with the family.

Child of Frederick and Maria
115......Adele b 1830/31 [1841 census]
116......Georgiana Barkley MacDonald bap 22 Apr 1834 St Clements, Ipswich


59a William COOPER m Mary SIMES (b abt 1805 Kensington, Mdx)

Note: William was an ironmonger. In 1841 Mary's mother Sarah SIMES was staying with the family at London Rd, South Lynn, Kings Lynn.Others staying at this address in 1841 were Sophia MAYHEW aged 20 and Hannah RIPPINGALE aged 15 - both probably servants. In 1861, at the same address were living 119 Georgiana, Louis Jean DURAND, a 20 year old French student, Hannah CARR aged 22 b Middleton servant and Elizabeth CHAPMAN aged 17 b Kings Lynn, a servant. In 1871 Miriam and Frances, both still single (Census records Miram as Mary Ann) were staying with their parents. Servants were Phoebe RAYNES a cook, aged 21 b Castle Rising and Susan DOUCH aged 18 b Sutton Bridge, Cambs.

Children of William and Mary In 1871
117......Miriam b 6 Jun 1831 South Lynn
118......Frances Creak b 1832/3 South Lynn
Note: Frances Creake Cooper, was a governess at Lethern House in Scotland from 1858 to 1862. During her stay at Nairn, she made a transcription of Captain Richard Glasspooleıs 1809 diary, having apparently had the original diary in her possession in order to do this. James Southwood has a copy of this transcription in which in the front of her work she refers to Captain Richard Glasspoole as follows: ³our great uncle Captain Richard Glasspoole of Great Yarmouth². A more recent transcription of the diary was published in 1935.
119......Georgiana C b 1837/8 South Lynn
120......William Alfred b 13 Mar 1841 South Lynn
Note: William Alfred became an ironmonger in Kings Lynn.


62b Thomas William GLASSPOOLE m Catherine COOK (b 20 Jul 1822 place uncertain [Scotland or Illinois]) 4 Jan 1838 Canton, Clay Co, Illinois

Note: Catherine was the daughter of the first settler in Kane County Illinois, a man called "Shanty Cook" who settled in 1835 and owned many acres of land. Thomas emigrated to Illinois and married Catherine. He was School Master in the first log School House built in 1839. The following year the school burnt down. Later, in JoDavies County, Illinois, T.W.Glasspool was candidate and then commissioned for Justice of the Peace, Pleasant Valley Township, 1847, and then again commissioned for Justice of the Peace, on 18 April 1854
Thomas William Glasspoole and his wife Catherine Cook left a large family and have extensive descendents in Western Canada and the mid-Western USA

Children of Thomas and Catherine
121...... Ellen b 1842
122...... Martha b 1843
123...... Richard b 1845 d 1863
124...... Lucretia Elvira b 1847 d 1848
125...... Robert Jackson b 1849
126...... Albert b 1851
127...... John b 1852 d 1872
128...... Sarah Ann b 1854 d 1855
129...... Joseph b 1856
130...... Mary Ann b 1860
131...... Charles Edward b 1862
132...... Catharine Elizabeth b 1864


94 Rebecca Branford GLASSPOOLE m William WORSHIP (b 1812 Great Yarmouth d 4th qr 1812 aged 70 [Flegg 4b 21]) 27 Feb 1862 Ormesby

Note: William was a Solicitor and an Alderman of Great Yarmouth in 1881
Also living in were a governess, Augusta PABOT aged 40 born in Hanover, Annie EARL aged 41 born in South Repps, Cook Mary A LEE aged 49 born in Wymondham, Housemaid, Emma CLOW aged 18 born Turnham, Under-housemaid, Mary A LARK aged 16 born Scratby and Richard Jos BUTLER aged 19 b Gt Yarmouth, Footman.
Visitiors included Sarah SALMON aged 76, sister to William and Susan E GLASSPOOLE aged 48, sister to Rebecca

In 1891 Rebecca was a widow living at Ormesby St Michaels Hall, Rollesby Bridge, Ormesby St Michael, with William E, Valentina, Helen, Amy and Noel. Also staying at the Hall were 91 William Alfred Glasspoole, her brother who was a retired Colonel in the Indian Army, 10 week old Roger PAINE her grandson and six servants:

Children of William and Rebecca
133......William Edgar b 1st qr 1863 Great Yarmouth [Yarmouth 4b 15]
134......Helen Edith Mary b 4th qr 1865 Great Yarmouth [Yarmouth 4b 29] m William Worship PAINE (b 1861 St Pancras)
135......Valentia b 1868 Great Yarmouth
136......Hugh b 2nd qr 1869 b 1874 Great Yarmouth [Yarmouth 4b 16]
137......Verelst Turner b Jan 1871 Gt Yarmouth [Yarmouth 4b 28]
138......Amy b 3rd qr 1873 Great Yarmouth [Yarmouth 4b 25]
139......Noel b 1st qr 1874 Gt Yarmouth [Yarmouth 4b _7] m Winifred M HUGHES 1st qr 1924 Gt Yarmouth [Yarmouth 4b 39]


93 Albert GLASSPOOLE m Laura

Child of Albert and Laura
140......William Francis bap 25 Dec 1869 Ormesby St Michael



GENERATION 6

95 John GLASSPOOLE m Sarah (b abt 1813 bur 7 May 1882 Herringfleet aged 69)

Note: Sarah lived in St Olaves when she died. In 1848 John was described as Stationmaster, and in 1851 he appears as Railway Clerk at Herringfleet. In 1861 he is shown as a farmer of 60 acres in Herringfleet.

Children of John and Sarah
141......Charles John b 1st qr 1847 Weeting, registered Thetford d 2nd qr 1883 Mutford m Frances Ann TUCK (b 1848/9) Walsingham 4th qr 1877 Walsingham [Walsingham 4b 795]
Note: Charles John was a farmer of 48 acres employing 2 men, as well as being a licensed victualler living at the Bell Inn, St Olaves Bridge, Herringfleet in 1881 which you can see
here. He and his wife had a servant, Sarah PACKER 23 b Barnham living in and at the time of the census had two visitors: George H BRANSCOMBE 25, a sailor, b Winchester and Charles H BRANSCOMBE 22 b Kingston, Surrey, a painter, staying as visitors.
142......Charlotte Mary b 1848 Oulton
143......Frederick James b 1851 Somerleyton m Sarah Ann REYNOLDS (b 1855/6) 3rd qr 1877 Gt Yarmouth [Yarmouth 4b 20]
Note: 'Frederick James Glaspole' was, on 15 Octobe 1878, proprietor of the 'Ironmongers Arms' pub, also known as the "Nuts and Bolts" at an address afterwards identified as at 1 Lobster Lane, St John Maddermarket, address also found at 1 St John Maddermarket and 1 St Johns Street, Norwich, an establishment that did not finally close until 2003 (Ref: Norwich Ironmongers, St John Maddermarket, having been "one of the very few Norwich houses to escape the ravages of 'modernization' during the 1980's" ). In 1881 he was living on St Johns Street in Norwich St John Maddermarket, Norfolk, England, with his wife Sarah Glasspool aged 25 born in Burgh St Peter, Norfolk, son Frederick J Glasspool aged 3 born in Gt Yarmouth Norfolk, and visitors Sophia Reynolds a widow aged 29 and Ellen M Reynolds aged 3 both born in Carlton Colville, Norfolk In 1891 Frederick was a railway inspector living at New Road, Norwich with his wife Sarah but without children


96 Eliza GLASSPOOLE m Charles James FLOWERDAY (b 1810 Somerleyton d 3rd qr 1880 Gt Yarmouth) 4th qr 1843 Mutford [Mutford 13 1147]

Note: Charles was a cellerman in 1861 census and the family ws at North Road, St Nicholas, Gt Yarmouth

Children of Charles and Eliza
144......Harriet b 2nd qr 1846 Somerleyton [Mutford XIII 503] d 4th qr 1892 Middlesborough [Middlesborough 9d 366] m Benjamin FARMAN (b 1st qr 1851 Gt Yarmouth[Yarmouth 13 427]) 22 Dec 1869 Gt Yarmouth
Note: Harriet was a milliner in 1862 census
145......Jane b 3rd qr 1850 Somerleyton [Mutford XIII 479]


97 Henry GLASSPOOLE m Sarah ( b abt 1825 Cley next the Sea)

Note: Henry was a miller living at Plumstead Road, Norwich in the 1871 census. By the 1881 census Sarah was a widow living at Thetre Street, East Dereham. She was of independent means and had with her both children as well as a boarder, Turner H BUNTING b abt 1860 Thornham and Mary HUMPHREYS, an 81 year ol widow, b East Dereham

Children of Henry and Sarah
146......Laura b 1st qr 1857 Norwich [Norwich 43 135] m 2nd qr 1882 to either Frederick George BASNETT or Elijah HEWITT [Mitford 4b 481]
147......Frederick Henry b 3rd qr 1865 Norwich [Norwich 4b 120]
Note: In 1881 Frederick was a clerk living at Theatre St, East Dereham, Nfk



GENERATION 7

147 Frederick Henry GLASSPOOLE m Lilian Anna BONE (b abt 1858 North Elmham) 3rd qr 1889 [Mitford 4b 455]

Note: In 1891 the family was at Cliff House Gardens, Mundesley Rd, Cromer and Frederick was a railway clerk. There was a visitor, Ealine SKINNER and her son Lionel Charles SKINNER (b 4th qr 1886 [Mitford 4b 2_8])

Child of Frederick and Lilian
148......Reginald b 1890 Cromer


Special thanks to Beryl Platts and Peter Murray for the research which covers most of this branch as well as to Giles Colchester

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