Individual Details
Sir Thomas Ragland Sr.
(1575 - 1648)
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== Biography ==
Thomas was born about 1575. Thomas Ragland ... He passed away about 1640. Entered by Don Harris, Jun 17, 2011In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Rhaglan like this:
RAGLAN, or Ragland, a village, a parish, and a hundred, in Monmouthshire. The village stands on a smallaffluent of the river Usk, 1¼ mile W S W of Raglan-Foot-path r. station, and 7 W S W of Monmouth; gives the title of Baron to the Duke of Beaufort; and has a post-office‡ under Newport, Monmouth. The parish is in Monmouth district, and comprises 4,083 acres. Real property, £5, 796. Pop., 905. Houses, 195. The property is divided among a few. Raglan Castle stands on a rising ground, ½ a mile N N E of the village; was built, in the time of Henry V., by the Herberts; occupies the site of a previons castle of the Morleys; passed to the Somersets; was the residence of the Earls of Worcester; was garrisoned in 1642, by the Marquis of Worcester, indefence of Charles I.; gave shelter, for some time, to thatmonarch; made successful resistance in his cause till verynear the end of the war; surrendered to Fairfax in Aug., 1646; was subsequently dismantled; is now one of the finest baronial ruins in England; exhibits the latestforms of the feudal castle, passing into the modern styleof fortification; covers a space of about one-third of a mile in circuit; includes a terrace 260 feet long, a greatmachicolated gateway with hexagonal towers, a stonecourt 100 feet by 60, a fountain court, a hall 62 feet by 28, a great kitchen, Charles I.'s tower, the hexagonalyellow tower 193 feet in circuit, and other parts and features; belongs now to the Duke of Beaufort; and is the head-quarters of the Monmouthshire Archery club, and a favourite resort of picnic parties. ...
The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Llandaff. Value, £270.* Patron, the Duke of Beaufort. The church is early perpendicular, with an embattled tower; was recently restoredat a cost of £2, 500; and contains monuments of the Somersets. There are a Baptist chapel, and charities £6. The hundred contains also 20 other parishes, and parts of 3 others; and is cut into two divisions, higher and lower. Acres, 27,090 and 16, 543. Pop. in 1851, 5,032 and 2, 751; in 1861, 8,024. Houses, 1, 718. [Ragland-212]''No more info is currently available for Thomas Ragland. Can you add to his biography?''
== Sources ==
* [[Harris-1819 | Don Harris]], firsthand knowledge. See the [http://www.wikitree.com/index.php?title=Special:NetworkFeed&who=Ragland-128 Changes page] for the details of edits by Don and others.
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== Biography ==
''No more info is currently available. Can you add to this biography?''
== Sources ==
* WikiTree profile Ragland-138 created through the import of Our Gittinger - Hickman Family History.GED on Jun 21, 2011 by [[Gittinger-1 | Linda Gittinger]]. See the [http://www.wikitree.com/index.php?title=Special:NetworkFeed&who=Ragland-138 Changes page] for the details of edits by Linda and others.
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== Biography ==
''No biography yet.Ragland-353 was created by [[Alsford-1 | Dawn Griffis]] through the import of Griffis Ragland Alsford Wrighton Family Tree_2014-01-29.ged on Jan 29, 2014. ''This comment and citation should be deleted after a short biography has been added and primary sources have been cited.'' Can you add information or sources?''
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== Biography ==Thomas Ragland of St. Decuman's and Stogumber parishes, Somerset, England, was the second son of John Raglan(d) and Alice Kingsonn. He was born about 1575 and married Marie Ingram in the parish church of Stogumber (adjoining St. Decuman's) in 1626. By his wife, Thomas had two sons, Thomas Ragland, and Richard Ragland.Book Titled, Raglands: The History of A British-American Family, Vol., II, by Charles James Ragland, Jr., 1987
Thomas was born about 1575. Thomas Ragland ... He passed away about 1640. Entered by Don Harris, Jun 17, 2011In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Rhaglan like this:
RAGLAN, or Ragland, a village, a parish, and a hundred, in Monmouthshire. The village stands on a small affluent of the river Usk, 1¼ mile W S W of Raglan-Foot-path r. station, and 7 W S W of Monmouth; gives the title of Baron to the Duke of Beaufort; and has a post-office�� under Newport, Monmouth. The parish is in Monmouth district, and comprises 4,083 acres. Real property, £5, 796. Pop., 905. Houses, 195. The property is divided among a few. Raglan Castle stands on a rising ground, ½ a mile N N E of the village; was built, in the time of Henry V., by the Herberts; occupies the site of a previous castle of the Morleys; passed to the Somersets; was the residence of the Earls of Worcester; was garrisoned in 1642, by the Marquis of Worcester, in defence of Charles I.; gave shelter, for some time, to that monarch; made successful resistance in his cause till very near the end of the war; surrendered to Fairfax in Aug., 1646; was subsequently dismantled; is now one of the finest baronial ruins in England; exhibits the latest forms of the feudal castle, passing into the modern style of fortification; covers a space of about one-third of a mile in circuit; includes a terrace 260 feet long, a great machicolated gateway with hexagonal towers, a stone court 100 feet by 60, a fountain court, a hall 62 feet by 28, a great kitchen, Charles I.'s tower, the hexagonal yellow tower 193 feet in circuit, and other parts and features; belongs now to the Duke of Beaufort; and is the head-quarters of the Monmouthshire Archery club, and a favorite resort of picnic parties. ...
The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Llandaff. Value, £270.* Patron, the Duke of Beaufort. The church is early perpendicular, with an embattled tower; was recently restored at a cost of £2, 500; and contains monuments of the Somersets. There are a Baptist chapel, and charities £6. The hundred contains also 20 other parishes, and parts of 3 others; and is cut into two divisions, higher and lower. Acres, 27,090 and 16, 543. Pop. in 1851, 5,032 and 2, 751; in 1861, 8,024. Houses, 1, 718. [Ragland-212]
== Sources ==
==Acknowledgments==* WikiTree profile Ragland-138 created through the import of Our Gittinger - Hickman Family History.GED on Jun 21, 2011 by [[Gittinger-1 | Linda Gittinger]]. See the [http://www.wikitree.com/index.php?title=Special:NetworkFeed&who=Ragland-138 Changes page] for the details of edits by Linda and others.* Ragland-353 was created by [[Alsford-1 | Dawn Griffis]] through the import of Griffis Ragland Alsford Wrighton Family Tree_2014-01-29.ged on Jan 29, 2014.
Events
| Birth | 1575 | St Decuman's, Somerset, England | |||
| Marriage | 1626 | Stogumber Chapel, St. Decuman's, Somerset, England - Marie Ingram | |||
| Death | 1648 | St Decuman's, Somerset, England | |||
| Marriage | Marie Ingram | ||||
| Alt name | Sir Thomas Ragland Sr | ||||
| Reference No | 762175 | ||||
| Reference No | 781751 | ||||
| Reference No | 60 |
Families
| Spouse | Marie Ingram (1583 - 1640) |
| Child | Thomas Ragland (1628 - 1684) |
| Child | Richard Ragland (1633 - 1688) |
| Father | John Lewis Ragland (1545 - 1605) |
| Mother | Alice Kingsonn (1543 - 1640) |
| Sibling | Thomas Ragland (1575 - 1640) |
| Sibling | William Ragland (1569 - 1641) |
| Sibling | Joan Ragland (1572 - 1605) |
| Sibling | John Ragland (1579 - 1650) |