1580 Edward Revell, son of John Revell, was baptized at North Wingfield, Derbyshire, England on January 1, 1579/80. [1] [2]
Edvardus filius Johis Revell baptizatus fuit 1 die Januarij
Edward Revell of Ogston, was named as the son of John Revell and Margaret in a pedigree. [3]
1599 "At the Court of Henry Hunloke, generosus, Lord de Wingerworth, held Tuesday next before the Feast of Easter, 41 Elizabeth (1599), before John Fell, senescal. ... The jury say that John Revell, Esq., died four years, and more since, seized of a capital messuage called Bate Hall, which he held of the Manor of Wyngeworth by the knight service, and that he held in Wyngeworth and in the parish of Wingfield also held at the same Manor, and that Edward Revell, his son, is the next heir, of the age of fifteen years, and the relief wardship and marriage belonging to the lord of Wingerworth." [4] [5]
Edward Revell married Jane Lucy daughter of John Lucy of Beverly. [6]
1602 Articles of agreement made between Robert Collyor of Ogston gent, and Edward Revell of Ogston gent. Not signed. Dated April 27, 44 Elizabeth. [7]
1) Recites that Robert has married Margaret Edward's mother and in her right has the profits of Ogston during her life, that Robert and Edward both wish to live at Ogston, therefore it is agreed that Edward will pay Robert £200.
2) If Margaret is living at a given date in 1607, Robert Collyor will pay to Edward £100, in default of which payment, Edward may enter the premises.
3) Robert Collyor will allow for Edward, wife Jane, their manservant and maidservant, food, bedding, lodging, fire and candlelight for 60 years if Margaret lives so long, also sufficient grass, water and pasturing within the demesne lands for 2 geldings or 1 gelding and 1 mare and hay, water, stabling and straw for them (further details given), also 20 strikes of oats according to Chesterfield measure annually.
4) If Robert dies within 60 years and Margaret then refuses payments etc under 3, Robert's heirs will pay £200 to Edward and Jane.
5) If Edward and Jane prefer to live elsewhere than at Ogston, Robert Collyor will pay them such sums as named arbitrators specify.
6) Edward will allow, on the death of Margaret within 60 years, to Robert and one servant boy, food, bedding, lodging, fire and candlelight, and grass, water and pasturing for a gelding or mare, with hay, water, stableroom and straw, also 20 strikes of oats annually (as under 3).
7) If Robert prefers to live elsewhere than at Ogston, it is agreed as under 5.
8) If Robert survives Edward and Margaret and Edward's heirs refuse to pay Robert as under 6 then they are to pay him £100.
9) If Edward and Jane have children Robert will allow them, so long as they remain at Ogston, food etc as arbitrators specify.
10) Detail relating to the arbitrators (called overseers in this agreement).
11) Agreement with reference to Margaret Collyon who is unaware of the terms of this document that Edward does not wish to remain with his mother without her "good likeinge" and if Edward and Jane realise they cannot continue at Ogston with Margaret's consent Robert will pay them £200 or they may have the profits etc of Ogston (further detail) for 4 years.
12) Further general arrangements relating to the estate, including a reference to a messuage near the Ford occupied by John Curtis.
13) Robert will leave and give to Edward the 'seelinge', glass, wainscot and windows in the dining parlour and the new bedstead in the great parlour, all other glass, doors and windows in and about Ogston provided they are not removed in Margaret's lifetime.
14) Arrangements for settling disputes.
1603 Edward Revell of Hogmarten, George Revell, and Edward Revell were named on a list found on the back of a Proclamation announcing James I as King of England. Dated March 29 at Chesterfield. They may have been present when the proclamation was read. [8]
1605 Articles of agreement made between 1) Edward Revell of Ogston esq and 2) Edward Leygh of Hallam (Cheshire) esq and Robert Colyer of Ogston gent. Dated March 20, 1604/5. [9]
1) Edward Legh and Robert Colyer will on 4 Apr next at the house of Adam Houlme in Salford (Lancashire) convey to Edward Revell, the Manor house of Ogston and messuages, lands etc reputed the inheritance of John Revell esq deceased and all Robert Colyer's interest in the property in right of his wife, excepting leases made bona fide and one parlour used by Margaret with a back room and study adjoining
2) Colyer will surrender to Revell a state or ?defeasance in which Colyer was bound to Bagshawe citizen of London his late master
3) Revell will surrender to Legh bonds etc to be cancelled, in which Legh was bound to the younger sons of John Revell esq deceased, also one bond in which Legh is bound to John Curtess of the Ford gent.
4) Edward Revell will pay John Coyne and Edward H? kate gent £89 at Michaelmas [29 Sep] in Ashbourne church porch
5) Revell will grant rentcharge of £20 to Sir Peter Legh of Lyme (Cheshire) and Sir Robert Needham of Shavington (Shropshire) for Robert Colyer's life during Margaret's life and further £10 for Colyer's life after her death.
6) Revell will grant a rent charge of £20 to John Curtis of Ford gent and Thomas Fidler of Woolley husbandman, £10 payable during Margaret's life, £10 from the time Margaret and Robert surrender to Revell the mansion house, lands etc
7) Detailed covenants about woodland on the Ogston property
8) Revell to pay Legh £5 and permit him to have a little grey mare already in his custody
9) Arrangement in case of dispute
10) Revell on accomplishment of above articles, to release all former actions etc
Memorandum that the rent charges as in 5) are in trust for Robert Colyer and those as in 6) are in trust for Margaret Colyer.
1605 4 Apr 3 James 1. Grant by Edward Leighe of Hallam (Cheshire) esq and Robert Collyer of Ogston gent to Edward Revell of Ogston esq, to accomplish articles of agreement dated 20 Mar last, of goods, rights of goods, debts and chattels which Richard Collyer and his wife Margaret might claim [on] 20 Mar last, and the same which Edward Leighe has or might claim on same date by reason of assurances made before then (except Robert and Margaret's clothing, one bed and its usual furniture used by Margaret and a black nag with saddle and bridle which Robert has). [10] [11]
1609 Jul 7 Lease for term of 80 years determinable of death of lessor by Edward Revell of Ogston esq to Sir Richard Beaumond of Whitley Yorkshire, William Ramsden of Longley Yorkshire and Edward Revell of Aspley Woodhall Nottinghamshire esq. of Ogston Hall and all his lands etc. in Morton, North Wingfield, Crich, and Chesterfield. Pepper-corn rent. [12]
c1610 In year 7 of his majesties reign [James I] Edward Revell was listed as a recusant [likely Catholic] in Derbyshire. [13]
1621 July 17. "Release: Ed. Revell of Brookhill, Derbys esq., John Waldram of Edwalton, Notts, esq. Roger Columbell of Brimmington, gent. and John Wright of Toustead, yeo. (execs. of will of Peter Columbell of Kegworth, Leics. to Roger Columbell of Darley, esq. (son and heir of Peter) and Ed. Darling of London, c. and vintner of 2nd part and Sir Peter Frechville of Staveley of 3rd part; a 4th part of the Manor of Barlborough and other lands in Derbys., Darley, Kegworth, Leics, Sutton, Notts., Cresswell, Harlesthorpe, Whitwell, Clowne and Killamarsh." [14]
1625 Sep 21 "Post-nuptial settlement made by Edward Revell of Ogston esq with Sir Simon Weston of Lichfield (Staffordshire), Sir John Ferrers of Walton upon Trent, Sir Peter Fretchvile of Staveley and Edward Revell of Brookhill, esq of the capital messuage in Ogston, lands etc in Ogston and Stretton and water corn mill called Griffe Mylne in Morton." [15]
1627 On Aug 23, "Commission to William Earl of Derbyshire, William Viscount Mansfield, Sir Richard Harpur, Sir Francis Coke, Christopher Fullwood, Nicholas Browne, and Edward Revell, to treat with the miners in co Derby, for the sale of their ore to the King at a certain price, in order that the silver might be extracted therefrom." "Return of the Commissioners, dated September 25, 1627, and containing propositions made by the owners of the soil of the mines in co. Derby, showing the inconvenience of selling their ore to one buyer, at a certain price, and the impossibility of determining such price." [16]
1630 On 14 October, Sir Francis Coke, at Trusley, wrote to Sir John Coke, Knight, Principal Secretary to His Majesty: "I am also to move you at my good neighbor's and friend's request, which is Mr. Edward Revell, of Brookhill, that you would use your endeavor to keep him from being sheriff. There is two of the Morewoods, especially the elder, both fit men for that place, and divers others". [17]
1631 On 7 November, "Roger Manners, Justice of Peace for co Derby, to Francis Bradshaw, the sheriff. Mr. Bullock has removed from the hundred of Scarsedale, and Mr. Edward Revell has been informed to keep within doors. Being deprived of the aid of these gentlemen, he does not esteem himself warranted to proceed in the execution of the Book of Orders." [18]
1632 In November, Sir Francis Coke wrote "I thank you for Mr. Revell". [19]
1633 Edwardus Revell, Armiger, was a freeholder of Ogston, Derbyshire. [20] [21]
1637 On May 18, Shirland Field Sides and other lands: Feoffment by bargain and sale, and copy, by Edward Revell of Ogston esq. and Alice his wife to George Prestwidge of Higham of half of the Upper Micklehill and one piece of arable (2 ½ acres) lying on the north side of Shirland Field Side. Consideration £55. [22]
1641 Edward Revell and Francis Revell [perhaps Edward's nephew Francis, son of brother George] and other men of Derby signed a petition beseeching King Charles I to return and reconcile with parliament. [23]
1642 April 19, notes or directions "delivered" by Edward Revell of Ogston "purporting my last will & Testament", endorsed probate, abstracted. To wife Alice household stuff and personal estate (debts owing to Edward excepted) to younger children of brother Robert deceased - William, Jane, Dorothy, Alice, Anne and Elizabeth and to Francis son of Edward's deceased brother George, £100 to be equally divided between them. Wife to have her corn ground free of toll at Higham Mill. Servant Christopher Elliott to have house, croft and 2 closes called Butt Dykes for his and his wife Isabell's life, rent 12d annually. To brother John, all Edward's property, paying £40 annually to Edward son of Robert Revell deceased. To servant John Wharton, house at Woolley which he has built upon Revell's land for the lives of John and his wife, rent 1d, 40s each to servants. £100 charged upon testator's personal estate to be changed instead upon his other estate and lands. Executor brother John Revell. [24] [25]
1647 Letters of probate: Edward Revell late of Ogston. [26]
1659 John Revell of Dronfield and Edward Revell, esq., of Shirland were listed among the Worthies of Derbyshire (Benefactors of the County of Derby). [27]
[1] Derbyshire Record Office, Derbyshire Church of England Parish Registers, Diocese of Derby, North Wingfield Parish Registers, 1657-1681, D1434 A/PI, item 2, FHL film 1041093, Derbyshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812, column 13, top, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[2] FamilySearch.org, [FamilySearchRecord].
[3] G.D. Squibb, ed., The Visitation of Derbyshire begun in 1662 and finished in 1664 made by William Dugdale (London: Publications of the Harleian Society, New Series Vol 6, 1989), 83, Revell of Ogston, outlines 3 generation down to grandson William, signed by grandson William Revell, [GoogleBooks].
[4] 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), 457, [HathiTrust].
[5] Henry Revell, Lord of Swinford, Leicestershire (living A.D.1183), family pedigree chart to 1871, [FHLFilmCatalog].
[6] Henry Revell, Lord of Swinford, Leicestershire (living A.D.1183), family pedigree chart to 1871, [FHLFilmCatalog].
[7] Derbyshire Record Office, Ref. No.: D37/MF/9/1, [Derbyshire_Record_Office].
[8] Charles Manners Rutland, The Manuscripts of His Grace, the Duke of Rutland, preserved at Belvoir castle, Vol. 1 (Twelfth Report, Appendix, Part 4) (1888), 390, [HathiTrust], [GoogleBooks].
[9] Derbyshire Record Office, Ref. No.: D37/MF/9/2, [Derbyshire_Record_Office].
[10] Derbyshire Record Office, Ref. No.: D37/MF/9/3, [Derbyshire_Record_Office].
[11] Derbyshire Record Office, Ref. No.: D37/MF/9/4, [Derbyshire_Record_Office].
[12] Derbyshire Record Office, Ref. No.: D37/MF/10, [Derbyshire_Record_Office].
[13] Journal of the Derbyshire Archaeological and Natural History Society 10 (1888), 68, [HathiTrust], [InternetArchive].
[14] Derbyshire Record Office, [URL].
[15] Derbyshire Record Office, Ref. No.: D37/MF/11, [Derbyshire_Record_Office].
[16] John Bruce, Calendar of state papers, Domestic series, Charles I, 1627-1628 (London: HMSO, 1858), 307, [HathiTrust].
[17] The Manuscripts of the Earl Cowper, K.G., preserved at Melbourne Hall, Derbyshire, Vol. 1 (London: 1888), 413, [HathiTrust].
[18] John Bruce, Calendar of state papers, Domestic series, Charles I, 1631-1633 (London: HMSO, 1862), 179, [HathiTrust].
[19] The Manuscripts of the Earl Cowper, K.G., preserved at Melbourne Hall, Derbyshire, Vol. 1 (London: 1888), 485, [HathiTrust].
[20] S. O. Addy, "A List of the Vills and Freeholders of Derbyshire in 1633," Journal of the Derbyshire Archaeological and Natural History Society 6 (1884), 49-74, at 51, [HathiTrust].
[21] 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), 213, [HathiTrust].
[22] Derbyshire Record Office, Ref. No.: D37/MT/1002-1003, [Derbyshire_Record_Office].
[23] George Sitwell, "The Derbyshire Petition of 1641," Journal of the Derbyshire Archaeological and Natural History Society 19 (1897), 20-23, at 23, [GoogleBooks], [InternetArchive].
[24] Derbyshire Record Office, Ref. No.: D37/MF/12/1, [Derbyshire_Record_Office].
[25] Henry Revell, Lord of Swinford, Leicestershire (living A.D.1183), family pedigree chart to 1871, [FHLFilmCatalog].
[26] Derbyshire Record Office, Ref. No.: D37/MF/12/2, [Derbyshire_Record_Office].
[27] Thomas Noble, ed., The history, Gazeteer, and Directory of the county of Derby: drawn up from actual observation, and from the best authorities; containing a variety of geological, mineralogical, commercial and statistical information, Vol. 1 (Stephen Glover, 1829), Appendix, 101 and 97, [HathiTrust], [HathiTrust].