Individual Details
Walter Ferres
(30 Apr 1564 - )
From FindMyPast
First name(s) Walter
Last name Ferres
Gender Male
Birth year -
Birth place -
Baptism year 1564
Baptism date 30 Apr 1564
Place Ashchurch
County Gloucestershire
Country England
Father's first name(s) Roger
Father's last name Ferres
Mother's first name(s) -
Mother's last name -
Record set England Births & Baptisms 1538-1975
Category Birth, Marriage & Death (Parish Registers)
Subcategory Parish Baptisms
Collections from England, United Kingdom
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British History Online
Steeple Ashton
http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/wilts/vol8/pp198-218
[Edward Bennett owned the Powhatan, Virginia plantation on which Thomas Ferris was killed in the 1622 massacre. Edward Bennet was also elected Auditor of the Virginia Company in 1621 and likely knew William Ferris-
Ferrers. “Edward Bennett of London and Virginia,” John Bennett Bodie, The William and Mary Quarterly, vol. 13, no. 2, 1933, pp. 117–130.]
BHO shows John Bennet buying the manor house in Steeple Ashton in 1624. Not sure about his relation to Edward Bennett.
The manor house and farm of Steeple Ashton, granted away separately in 1551, descended to William Paulet, Marquess of Winchester (d. 1629), who in 1601 sold them to John Greenhill, (fn. 79) the tenant under him for a number of years before. (fn. 80) Greenhill died in 1618; (fn. 81) in 1624 his son Henry sold the farm to John Bennett. (fn. 82) It descended to his great grandson Thomas Bennett, who died without surviving issue c. 1730 and left it to his sister Mary, wife of Robert Smith of Combe Hay (Som.). (fn. 83) At the death of Robert's son John in 1775, an Act was obtained to sell his estates to pay his debts. (fn. 84) They were paid without the Steeple Ashton property being sold, but in 1799 John Smith sold the house and farm to Richard Long of Rood Ashton (fn. 85). The house was still in 1963 occupied by his descendant, the third Viscount Long of Wraxall. The manor house, which is dated 1647, is a three-storied building, fronted with ashlar but with the back parts mainly of brick, and roofed with stone tiles. The symmetrical front has three gables, crowned with finials, and a small gabled porch. There are two-light mullioned windows with moulded architraves, pulvinated friezes, and cornices. Nearby is a group of contemporary farm buildings of stone rubble, with ashlar quoins and stone-tiled roofs; one, probably formerly a dovecot, has a small open turret of wood. Near the house is an elaborate granary, of brick with ashlar quoins, which stands on circular columns about seven feet high. It is probably of the early-18th century, as is the low brick wall, with rusticated stone gatepiers and enriched ball finials, which bounds the forecourt of the house. Beyond the older farm buildings is a large 19th-century stone barn with a small brick chimney stack, probably for a steam engine to work farm machinery.
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From FindMyPast
First name(s) Walter
Last name Ferrys
Name note -
Marriage year 1594
Marriage date 06 May 1594
Marriage place Brixham
Spouse's first name(s) Elizabeth
Spouse's last name Standinge
County Devon
Country England
Record set England Marriages 1538-1973
Category Birth, Marriage & Death (Parish Registers)
Subcategory Parish Marriages
Collections from England, United Kingdom
First name(s) Walter
Last name Ferres
Gender Male
Birth year -
Birth place -
Baptism year 1564
Baptism date 30 Apr 1564
Place Ashchurch
County Gloucestershire
Country England
Father's first name(s) Roger
Father's last name Ferres
Mother's first name(s) -
Mother's last name -
Record set England Births & Baptisms 1538-1975
Category Birth, Marriage & Death (Parish Registers)
Subcategory Parish Baptisms
Collections from England, United Kingdom
***********
British History Online
Steeple Ashton
http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/wilts/vol8/pp198-218
[Edward Bennett owned the Powhatan, Virginia plantation on which Thomas Ferris was killed in the 1622 massacre. Edward Bennet was also elected Auditor of the Virginia Company in 1621 and likely knew William Ferris-
Ferrers. “Edward Bennett of London and Virginia,” John Bennett Bodie, The William and Mary Quarterly, vol. 13, no. 2, 1933, pp. 117–130.]
BHO shows John Bennet buying the manor house in Steeple Ashton in 1624. Not sure about his relation to Edward Bennett.
The manor house and farm of Steeple Ashton, granted away separately in 1551, descended to William Paulet, Marquess of Winchester (d. 1629), who in 1601 sold them to John Greenhill, (fn. 79) the tenant under him for a number of years before. (fn. 80) Greenhill died in 1618; (fn. 81) in 1624 his son Henry sold the farm to John Bennett. (fn. 82) It descended to his great grandson Thomas Bennett, who died without surviving issue c. 1730 and left it to his sister Mary, wife of Robert Smith of Combe Hay (Som.). (fn. 83) At the death of Robert's son John in 1775, an Act was obtained to sell his estates to pay his debts. (fn. 84) They were paid without the Steeple Ashton property being sold, but in 1799 John Smith sold the house and farm to Richard Long of Rood Ashton (fn. 85). The house was still in 1963 occupied by his descendant, the third Viscount Long of Wraxall. The manor house, which is dated 1647, is a three-storied building, fronted with ashlar but with the back parts mainly of brick, and roofed with stone tiles. The symmetrical front has three gables, crowned with finials, and a small gabled porch. There are two-light mullioned windows with moulded architraves, pulvinated friezes, and cornices. Nearby is a group of contemporary farm buildings of stone rubble, with ashlar quoins and stone-tiled roofs; one, probably formerly a dovecot, has a small open turret of wood. Near the house is an elaborate granary, of brick with ashlar quoins, which stands on circular columns about seven feet high. It is probably of the early-18th century, as is the low brick wall, with rusticated stone gatepiers and enriched ball finials, which bounds the forecourt of the house. Beyond the older farm buildings is a large 19th-century stone barn with a small brick chimney stack, probably for a steam engine to work farm machinery.
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From FindMyPast
First name(s) Walter
Last name Ferrys
Name note -
Marriage year 1594
Marriage date 06 May 1594
Marriage place Brixham
Spouse's first name(s) Elizabeth
Spouse's last name Standinge
County Devon
Country England
Record set England Marriages 1538-1973
Category Birth, Marriage & Death (Parish Registers)
Subcategory Parish Marriages
Collections from England, United Kingdom
Events
| Birth | 30 Apr 1564 | Ashchurch, Gloucestershire | |||
| Residence | 1593 | Steeple-Ashton, Wiltshire, England | |||
| Alt name | Walter Ferris | ||||
| Alt name | Walter Ferrers |
Families
| Child | Walter Ferris (1593 - ) |
| Child | Constance Ferries (1596 - ) |
| Child | Agnes Ferris (1599 - ) |
| Child | Sarah Ferris (1602 - ) |
| Child | Audrey Ferris (1603 - ) |
| Father | Roger Ferris (1516 - 1579) |
| Mother | Margaret Badger ( - ) |
| Sibling | John Ferris (1547 - 1622) |
| Sibling | William Ferris (1549 - 1625) |
| Sibling | Roger Ferris (1551 - ) |
| Sibling | John Ferris (1554 - 1587) |
| Sibling | Ann Ferries (1555 - ) |
| Sibling | Thomas Ferries (1558 - ) |
| Sibling | Katherine Feries (1560 - ) |
| Sibling | Rychard Ferryes (1566 - ) |
| Sibling | Margett Farris (1568 - ) |
| Sibling | Thomas Ferries (1571 - ) |
| Sibling | Edwarde Ferries (1573 - 1639) |
| Sibling | Thomas Ferries (1576 - ) |
| Sibling | Jhoane Ferries (1579 - ) |