1449 On 24 October, "Thomas Revell, late of Higham, Derbyshire, 'yoman' for not appearing before the same to answer John Byron, knight, touching a debt of £20. Middlesex" [1]
Thomas Revell married Alice Dowman [Dowham or Doman], daughter of Thomas Dowman of Higham, at Derby and had at least four sons, as listed here, the first of whom was born not later than ~1450. [2] [3] [4] [5]
1468 June 24 "8 Edward IV. St. John Bapt. (Fine No 3). William Bate, Esq., and Alice, his wife, grant to Thomas Revell 31 acres of land, 30 acres of meadow, 40 acres of pasture, and 20 acres of wood in Thathwaite, Chesterfield, Brampton, Brimington, Tapton, Witenton, Newbold, and Boythorpe." [6]
1468 "8 Edward IV. William Bate, and Alice, his wife, fined with Thomas Revel, concerning land in Newbold" [7].
1474 Thomas Revell of Higham dated his will April 2 at Shirland. He left 100 marks for the endowment of a chantry at Shirland church. "Thos. Revell of Hygham by wyll ij Aprill A.D. MCCCC Ixx iiij bequethed C marks for the byenge of lands for a prests wags to synge and saye masse perpetuallye for his soule, etc." [8] [9] [10]
1476 "Attorney from Henry son and heir of Thomas Eueryngham of Staynburgh, co York, esquire, to Thomas Revell, to receive seisin of all the lands in Calvore and Bramelegh which his father had jointly with John [Talbot], Earl of Shrewsbury, and John, his son and heir, of the feoffment of Robert Staforthe of Ayone [Eyam] etc." [11] This suggests that the father of Thomas Revell had owned land in Calvore and Bramelegh in Derbyshire.
1477 Thomas of Higham's four sons were recorded as copyholders of the Manor of Temple Normanton in 1477 and there are records of their business dealings / fines in the period 1474 to 1497. These include references to lead mining and smelting and refer to Ashover and Chesterfield in Derbyshire. [12]
c1479 On 8 Edward IV, William Bate and wife Alice granted 31 acres to Thomas Revell. [13]
1484 Hugh Revell, son and heir of Thomas Revell was involved in a court case versus Ralph Longford, John Parker, and John Cam concerning the use of Castelen Place, Norton, sold by Robert Castelen to the said Thomas Revell, now deceased. Dated 3 May 1484 on the back of the case. [14] [15]
1488[/89?] Thomas Revell "serjeaunt of lawe" was named in the Foundation Charter of the Chantry at the Church of St. Helen at North Wingfield, Derbyshire, dated 4 February 1488[/89?]. "Henry VII. gave license to John Babyngton, Knight, and Rauf Savage to found a perpetual chantry of one secular priest, to be called 'the chauntrie of blessed Marie Virgyn in the chirch of Seynt Elyn of Nortlrwynfeld.' The priest was to have an annuity of eight marks allowed him 'of the monasterie or priorie of the Holy Spirite of Lenton in our countie of Notyngham. The priest was to pray for the good estate of the King, his fully dere wyffe, Elizabeth Queene of England, and his best beloved first-begotten son, Arthur Prynce of Wales and Earl of Cornwalle, and of us the aforesayd John Babyngton, and Rauf Savage, and also of John Savage, knight, Thomas Revell serjeaunt of lawe, Thomas Babyngton of Dethyck, John Savage of Huknall, Thomas Orston, and Edmond Savage, preeste, whiles we lif and liffen, and for the soules of the aforesaid when we shall passe oute of this worlde, and also for the soules of Arnold Savage Esqwyer, Agnes Leversage, and Helyn Orston, and all our ancestors." [16]
1589 [31 Eliz] "Attorney-General v. John Revell, John Kytchyn.: Touching an information of intrusion into lands in Derbyshire; viz., in Sherland, Eggestowe, Tupton, Higham, and Swaythwick; whether they are chantry lands. [The names and possessions of Robert Revell, Thos. Revell, of Higham, Richard Revell, Hewe Revell, Tristram Revell, and Thos. Revell, late of Carnthweyte; Sir John Field, Sir William Robotham, Sir John Farnsworth, Sir Christopher Haslam, chaplains to the Revel family, are mentioned.]: Derby." [17]
Research Notes:
1509 Who is Thomas Revell of Buxton?: "Grant from Thomas Mathewe of Buxstonys, yeoman, and Alice, his wife, one of the daughters and heirs of Owin Coterell, late of the same, and Margery Coterell of the same, " singlewoman,"' the other of the daughters and heirs of the said Owin, to Antony Lowe of Aldyrwasle [Alderwaslee], gent., of a messuage and lands in Buxstonys. Witn. Richard Sacheverelle, esquire, Thomas Revell, gent., Andrew Lowe, gent., etc. Dat. Buxstonys, 7 Sept., i Hen. VIII. [1509]. (Woll. i. 90.)[18]
1509 Grant from Thomas Mathews of Buxtonys, yeoman, and Alice, his wife, one of the sisters and heirs of Nicholas Coterell, son and heir of Owin Coterell, late of Buxstonis, and Margery Coterell of the same, " singlewomane,'' the other sister and heir of the said Nicholas, to Anthony Lowe of Aldyrwasley, gent., of a messuage in Buxstonis. Witn. Richard Sacheverell, esq., Thomas Revell, gent., Thomas Netham, etc., of Buxtonis, yeomen. Dat. 7 Sept., i Hen. VIII. [1509]. (Woll. vii. 14.)[19]
Different researchers reach different conclusions about the ancestry of this Thomas Revell of Higham. The ancestry is uncertain. The research is summarized at the Rotherham website:Website for Rotherham Revell research. It is plausible that Thomas is a descendant of William Revell, son or grandson of Simon Revell [20].
Mike Clifford, Sue Dauris and Moira Hyde summarize some ambiguities about Thomas' ancestry [21]. Stanely Taylor recounts the ancestry of this Thomas as son of John, son of Simon, son of William [22]. Gladwyn Turbutt reports Thomas as son of William of Kent who was son or grandson of Simon, son of William, son of Hugh, son of Robert, son of Henry. [23], which is similar to a family pedigree [24].
The Derbyshire visitations of 1569 and 1611 reports that Thomas Revell, son of Simon, married Alice Dowman, in Derbyshire. The same pedigree reports that Simon Revell was the third son of Sir William Revell of county Warwick. [25] [26]
[1] Calendar of the Patent Rolls, Henry VI, Vol. 5, 1446-1452 (London: HMSO), 288, [HathiTrust].
[2] Gladwyn Turbutt, A History of Ogston (1975), 38, [GoogleBooks].
[3] J Charles Cox, Notes on the Churches of Derbyshire, Vol. 1, "the Hundred of Scarsdale" (1875), 339, [InternetArchive].
[4] Joseph Hunter, ed. and John W Clay, Familiae Minorum Gentium, Vol. 1, Publications of the Harleian Society, Vol. 37 (London: 1894), 397, [InternetArchive].
[5] Joseph Tilley, The Old Halls, Manors and Families of Derbyshire, Vol. 3, The Scarsdale Hundred (1899), 173, [GoogleBooks], [HathiTrust].
[6] John Pym Yeatman, Sir Geo. R. Sitwell, and Cecil J. S. Foljambe, The Feudal History of the County of Derby; (chiefly during the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries), Vol. 2 (London: Printed for the author, 1890), 315-316, [HathiTrust].
[7] John Pym Yeatman, Sir Geo. R. Sitwell, and Cecil J. S. Foljambe, The Feudal History of the County of Derby; (chiefly during the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries), Vol. 2 (London: Printed for the author, 1890), 380, [HathiTrust].
[8] Gladwyn Turbutt, A History of Ogston (1975), 38, [GoogleBooks].
[9] J Charles Cox, Notes on the Churches of Derbyshire, Vol. 1, "the Hundred of Scarsdale" (1875), 337, [InternetArchive].
[10] Reuben Pownall Ely, Warren Smedley Ely, and Daniel Brittain Ely, An Historical Narrative of the Ely, Revell and Stacye Families who were among the founders of Trenton and Burlington in the Province of West Jersey 1678-1683 with the genealogy of the Ely descendants in America (New York, Fleming H. Revell Co., 1910), 100, Reported to be at the British Museum, [InternetArchive].
[11] Isaac Herbert Jeayes for Sir Henry Howe Bemrose, Descriptive catalogue of Derbyshire charters in public and private libraries and muniment rooms (London: Bemrose & Sons, 1906), 72, item 550, [GoogleBooks], [HathiTrust], [InternetArchive].
[12] Mike Clifford, Part 4. The Revells of Derbyshire to ca 1650 (2014), [2014 Version 3 pdf].
[13] John Pym Yeatman, Sir Geo. R. Sitwell, and Cecil J. S. Foljambe, The Feudal History of the County of Derby; (chiefly during the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries), Vol. 2 (London: Printed for the author, 1890), 315, [HathiTrust].
[14] The National Archives of the United Kingdom Catalog, Chancery pleadings addressed to the Bishop of Lincoln as Lord Chancellor, case 1/67/400, [UKNationalArchives].
[15] Feet of Fines, Court of Common Pleas, CP25, The National Archives, UK, Anglo-American Legal Tradition, University of Houston, The image of the back of case text has the date, [AALTImage].
[16] J Charles Cox, Notes on the Churches of Derbyshire, Vol. 1, "the Hundred of Scarsdale" (1875), 418, [InternetArchive].
[17] The National Archives of the United Kingdom Catalog, Exchequer: King's Remembrancer: Depositions taken by Commission, E 134/31Eliz/Hil18, [UKNationalArchives].
[18] Isaac Herbert Jeayes for Sir Henry Howe Bemrose, Descriptive catalogue of Derbyshire charters in public and private libraries and muniment rooms (London: Bemrose & Sons, 1906), 66, item 526, [GoogleBooks], [HathiTrust], [InternetArchive].
[19] Isaac Herbert Jeayes for Sir Henry Howe Bemrose, Descriptive catalogue of Derbyshire charters in public and private libraries and muniment rooms (London: Bemrose & Sons, 1906), 66, item 527, [GoogleBooks], [HathiTrust], [InternetArchive].
[20] Janet and Robert Wolfe, Genealogy Page for William Revell, [JRWolfeGenealogy].
[21] Mike Clifford, Part 4. The Revells of Derbyshire to ca 1650 (2014), [2014 Version 3 pdf].
[22] Rotherham Revell Genealogy Website, No longer online, Stanely Taylor research.
[23] Rotherham Revell Genealogy Website, No longer online, Gladwyn Turbutt research.
[24] Henry Revell, Lord of Swinford, Leicestershire (living A.D.1183), family pedigree chart to 1871, [FHLFilmCatalog].
[25] "The Visitations of Derbyshire, 1569 and 1611," The Genealogist a Quarterly Magazine of Genealogical, Antiquarian, Topographical, and Heraldic Research, New Series, 8 (1892), 17-24, 65-80 at 69, [Archive].
[26] Sir William Dugdale, Derbyshire visitation pedigrees, 1569 and 1611 (London: 1895), 69, [HathiTrust], [GoogleBooks].