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Category Archives: Manser
‘When the Queenes Maiestye is satisfied’: the Elizabethan will of John Manser
Mary Manser or Maunser of Wadhurst in Sussex was my 10 x great grandmother. In 1611 she married Stephen Byne of Burwash. Their son, Rev. Magnus Byne (1615 – 1671), and his first wife Anne, had a son named John … Continue reading
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The various John Bodingtons of Stepney
John Bodington, the London apothecary whose will I discussed in the last post, lived in the hamlet of Ratcliffe. When he died in 1728, he was buried in the churchyard of St Dunstan and All Saints, Stepney. The parish register … Continue reading
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John Bodington, apothecary, and the Byne and Greene families
My recent explorations of the Byne and Manser families of Sussex began with the discovery that the maiden name of my 7 x great grandmother, the wife of London citizen and goldsmith Joseph Greene (1677 – 1738), was Mary Byne. … Continue reading
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Edward Byne, Puritan minister
My 9 x great grandfather, Magnus Byne (1615-1671), was the rector of Clayton-cum-Keymer in Sussex, and the author of a famous diatribe against the Quakers. Magnus was the father of London citizen and stationer John Byne (my 8 x great … Continue reading
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What happened to Hightown?
My Manser ancestors lived at Hightown near Wadhurst in Sussex from the time of Richard III until the early eighteenth century. (I trace my connection to the Mansers of Hightown through my 10 x great grandmother Mary Manser, who married … Continue reading
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Abraham Manser, miller of Wadhurst (died 1656)
The previous two posts focused on Abraham Manser of Wenbourne near Wadhurst in Sussex, who was the youngest son of Robert Manser of Hightown, Wadhurst, and the brother of my 11 x great grandfather John Manser. In his will of … Continue reading
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Looking for Christopher Manser
My search for information about my Manser (or Maunser) ancestors has had two separate starting-points. Firstly, John Manser of East Smithfield, London, who in his will of 1681 described my 8 x great grandfather John Byne of Tower Hill as … Continue reading
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