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Author Archives: Martin
Anne Wane (1611 – 1661): scenes from a clerical life
The title of George Eliot’s novel (slightly adapted in my heading) seems singularly appropriate to my 9 x great grandmother, Anne Wane. She spent all of her fifty or so years living in the rectory at Clayton in Sussex, being the … Continue reading
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The family of Nicholas Manser of Hightown (died 1674)
What can the will of Nicholas Manser of Hightown, Wadhurst, who died in 1674, tell us about him and his family? To begin with the trivial: the will confirms that the spellings ‘Manser’ and ‘Maunser’ were fairly interchangeable within the … Continue reading
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The will of Nicholas Manser of Hightown (died 1674)
Yesterday I discussed the will of Nicholas Maunser of Hightown near Wadhurst, Sussex, who died in 1653, and who was a relative of my 10 x great grandmother Mary Maunser who married Stephen Byne of Burwash. Analysing the will helped … Continue reading
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The will of Nicholas Maunser of Hightown, Wadhurst (died 1653)
Last week I wrote about the Maunser family of Hightown in Wadhurst, Sussex. My 10 x great grandmother Mary Maunser, who married Stephen Byne of Burwash in 1611, was the daughter of John Maunser of Wadhurst (died 1597), who was … Continue reading
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Analysing the will of Abraham Maunser, apothecary
What do we learn about Abraham Maunser and his family from his will of February 1690? We discover that he was a citizen and apothecary in London, just like the Abraham Manser of East Smithfield who was his contemporary and … Continue reading
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The will of Abraham Maunser, apothecary (died 1690)
My last post was about Abraham Manser (born 1659), an apothecary living in East Smithfield, London, in the second half of the seventeenth century. Abraham was the son of John Manser (died 1681), another London apothecary who was a cousin or … Continue reading
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Abraham Manser: an apothecary in East Smithfield, London
The main beneficiary of the 1681 will of London apothecary John Manser would appear to be his son Abraham, from which we can assume that he was probably John’s eldest son (there was another son, named John, and daughters named … Continue reading
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The Manser family and Mottynsden Manor, Burwash
The will of John Manser, the London apothecary who died in 1681 and who was related to my Byne ancestors, tells us a good deal about his family origins. We learn from his will that John had brothers named Nicholas … Continue reading
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The last will and testament of John Manser, apothecary (died 1681)
As part of my continuing exploration of the Manser or Maunser family of Sussex and London, I’m returning to the will of John Manser, an apothecary in East Smithfield, Aldgate, in the mid-seventeenth century. I’m interested in John because he … Continue reading
