Notes for Edward Revell and Margaret Calton

1617 Edward Reavell, son of Robert Reavell, was baptized at Morton, Derbyshire, England. [1]

Edward Revel of Wooley married Margaret, daughter of Ralph Calton of Higham and Shirland. [2]

A pedigree reports Francis et. 17, 1662, daughter of Edward, son of Robert, son of John Revell de Ogston. [3]

1658 Quitclaim by Edward Revell of Woolley esq to brother William, for £70 paid him by William, of right to properties now in William's possession and bequeathed to him by their uncle John Revell late of Higham esq, reserving annuity of £40 left to Edward by his uncle Edward Revell esq deceased and annuity of £5 left to him by uncle John Revell (as above) Dated February 4, 1657/58. [4]

1659 Receipt from Edward Revell of Woolley gent to William Revell of Ogston gent for 50s in satisfaction of all claims. Dated June 25. [5]

1660 Receipt from Edward Revell of Woolley gent to his brother William Revell of Ogston gent for £20 in payment of legacies, claims etc. Dated June 25. [6]

1660 Edward Revell, of Wooley in Derbyshire, dated his will on March 16. [7]

In the name of god Amen the 16th day of March, in the yeare of our Lord 1660 I Edward Revell of Wooley in the County of Derbie gent, being sicke in body, but of good and perfect memory, (God bee praised) doe make and ordaine this my last will & testament; in manner and forme following: first I principally I commend my soule unto the hands of Almighty god my maker hopeing, assuredly through the onely merrits of Christ Jesus my Savior, to be made partaker of life everlasting in the kingdom of heaven, & commend my body to the earth from whence it came to bee buried in a christian manner. And as for my wordly estate I give & dispose as followeth; ffirst I give and bequeath to my belove wife Margaret Revell Twenty marks yearely during her natural life, secondly I leave unto my daughter Elisabeth Revell twenty marks yearely for her and her heires forever, and at the death of my beloved wife Margerat Revell twenty marks yearely more for her & her heires for ever; 3rdly I leave and bequeath unto my daughter ffrances Revell twenty marks yearely for her & her heires for ever, and at the death of my beloved wife Margaret Revell twenty nobles yearely more for her & her heirs for ever, Item I give unto my Brother Revell all my oare mines, Item I give unto my Mother Revell tenn shillings, I give unto all my Brothers & sisters two shillings & six pence a peice to buy each of them a paire of gloves; Item I give unto all my nephew & neices twelve pence apeice, Item I give & bequeath unto Thomas Calow of Brakenfeild, one piece of gold containing twenty two shillings, Item I give and bequeath unto my Brother John Curtis my gray cloake, Item my will is that if either of my aforesaid Daughters bee married before they attained to the age of one & twenty yeares & die without issue, that then the said portion previously given and bequeathed to either of them shall bee given to the survivor of them; Item I give unto Will: ffletcher of Brakenfeild my old weareing hatt, Item I give unto Robert Pursglove(?) of Ashorer(?) my old rideing coate, it is my will that all the rest of my cloaths bee bestowed amongst the poorest of my kindred, according to the discretion of the executors, Item I give and bequeath unto Mr Nixon to preach my funerall sermon ten shillings, and for the rest of my estate, not as yet given nor bequeathed, I give unto my wife Margarett and to my two daughters, Elizabeth & ffrancis, to bee equally divided amongst them, funerall charges and charges in providing the will first deducted; and my will is, that my brother Revell and my wife may bee executors; In testimony whereof I have hereunto putt my hand and seale the day and year first above written, the thirteenth yeare of ye soveraigne Lord King Charles the Second: 1660
Signed and sealed
in the presence of
James Wright
Leonard Cowley

1661 The inventory of the estate of Edward Revell was dated the 19th of March 1660[/61]. [8] Wm Revell and Margarite were named executors in the probate record, dated August 2, 1661.

Several generations of the ancestry and family of Edward Revell are shown by this pedigree:

Revell of Ogston

Chesterfeild 18 Aug:

Arms: Argent, on a chevron gules three trefoils slipped ermine within a bordure engrailed sable. Yale Image, Yale catalog, YaleCatalog

Crest: An arm in armour embowed argent, holding in the hand proper a dagger of the first, hilted or, point downwards, between two bat's wings of the second, membraned gules.

[For earlier generations and collaterals see Vis. 1611, p. 71.]

1. John Revell of Ogston in Com Derb: Esq^r mar. Margaret d: of Robert Beyghton of Hallam in Sheffield in Com Ebor: and had issue
1. Edward Revell de Ogston obijt sine prole; will pr. 1647 (P.C.C.); mar. Jane, d. of Juhn Lucy of Brereley, co. York
2. Robert of whom below (II)
3. Michael, in foreign parts in 1611.
4. John; 5. George Revell, mar. Judith; 6. Thomas.
2. Robert Revell of Wooley in com Derb: gen: obijt circa ann: 1632 mar. Anne daught: of … Knolles of Dethick in Com Derb: and had issue
1. Edward Revell of Wooley g; obijt 1661 mar. Margaret d: of Ralph Calton of Higham in the parish of Shirland in Com Derb; and had issue
1. Elizabeth aet 20 18 Aug: 1662
2. Frances aet 17 18 Aug: 1662
2. William of whom below (III)
1. Jane Revill mar. Robert Braithwait of Chesterfeild first husband by whom she had issue
1. i. Revell Braithwait aet 19 18 Aug: 1662
2. i. Gertrude; ii. Anne

 and Godfrey Swift 2d Husband by whom she had issue

• 1. George; ii. Robert; iii. William
2. Dorothy marryed to Edward Curtis of Higham in Com Derb: gen: and had issue
• i. John; ii. Robert
• i. Mary
3. Alice wife to Hen: Strelley of Okerthorp in Com Derb: gen and had issue
• i. Francis; ii. Philip; iii. George; iv. William; v. John
• i. Mary
4. Anne wife to John Curtis of Foard in Com Derb: gen and had issue
• Thomas
5. Elizabeth wife to W^m Lee of Durham
3. William Revell of Ogston Esq^r aet: 37 18 Aug: 1662 mar. Mary the d: of George Sitwell of Renishaw in Com Derb: Esq^r (11 hearths in 1670) and had issue
1. Margaret aet: 4 18 Aug: 1662

[signed Willm Revell]

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".

Footnotes:

[1] FamilySearch.org, [FamilySearchRecord].

[2] Joseph Hunter, ed. and John W Clay, Familiae Minorum Gentium, Vol. 1, Publications of the Harleian Society, Vol. 37 (London: 1894), 399, MS 174, [InternetArchive].

[3] William Dugdale, G.D. Squibb, ed., The Visitation of Derbyshire begun in 1662 and reviewed in 1663 (London: Golding & Lawrence, 1879), 5, [HathiTrust], [HathiTrust], [GoogleBooks].

[4] Derbyshire Record Office, Ref. No.: D37/MF/14/4, [Derbyshire_Record_Office].

[5] Derbyshire Record Office, Ref. No.: D37/MF/14/6, [Derbyshire_Record_Office].

[6] Derbyshire Record Office, Ref. No.: D37/MF/14/7, [Derbyshire_Record_Office].

[7] Staffordshire, Dioceses of Lichfield and Coventry wills and probate 1521-1860, [FindMyPastImage], [FindMyPastRecord].

[8] Staffordshire, Dioceses of Lichfield and Coventry wills and probate 1521-1860, [FindMyPastImage], [FindMyPastRecord].