'Palmer08'Index links to: Lead / Letter
Families covered: Palmer of Combrawleigh, Palmer of Nazing Park, Palmer of Stoney Stanton
Nichols identifies the arms of this family as "Argent, on a band Sable, five bezants". | |||||||||||||||
John Palmer | |||||||||||||||
1. | John Palmer of Stoney Stanton | ||||||||||||||
A. | Nicholas Palmer (a 1363, 1407) | ||||||||||||||
i. | John Palmer (a 1430) | ||||||||||||||
a. | Robert Palmer (a 1453, 1489) | ||||||||||||||
m. Joan Brett (dau/coheir of William Brett of Brett's Hall) | |||||||||||||||
(1) | William (or Thomas) Palmer | ||||||||||||||
(A) | William Palmer | ||||||||||||||
(i) | Christian Palmer (dsp) | ||||||||||||||
(B) | Anne Palmer | ||||||||||||||
m. William Harcourt of Bosworth (a 1493, 1516) | |||||||||||||||
(C) | Elizabeth Palmer | ||||||||||||||
m. (1501) William Purefoy of Brett's Hall (son of John of Drayton) | |||||||||||||||
(D) | Maud (or Mary) Palmer | ||||||||||||||
m. William Pochin of Barkby | |||||||||||||||
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BLG1847 reports that the following family "is descended from the ancient house of Palmer of Leigh, in Kent" and identifies its arms as "Arg., a chev., between three palmers' scrips, sa., tassels and buckles, or". | |||||||||||||||
William Palmer of Exeter, later of Honiton Clist | |||||||||||||||
1. | William Palmer (rector of Combrawleigh) | ||||||||||||||
m. (02.09.1698) Rebecca Smith of Canons Leigh | |||||||||||||||
A. | William Palmer (rector of Combrawleigh, vicar of Yarcombe) | ||||||||||||||
m1. (1727) Mary Wilkins (dau of William Wilkins of Chalfont by Mary, dau of William Drake) | |||||||||||||||
i. | William Palmer (vicar of Yarcombe, rector of Cricket-Malherbie) | ||||||||||||||
m. (1765) Mary (great-niece of Atkins Abraham of Partington) | |||||||||||||||
a. | William Palmer of Woodcourt, Somerset (b 1770, vicar of Ilton) | ||||||||||||||
m1. (1794) Elizabeth Carter (d 16.04.1801, dau of Rev. Henry Carter of Wittenham Abbots, niece of "the celebrated" Mrs. Elizabeth Carter) | |||||||||||||||
(1) | Elizabeth Carter Palmer | ||||||||||||||
m. William, Comte de Vismes | |||||||||||||||
(2)+ | other issue - William (dsp 1834, MD), Henry (rector of Cricket-Malherbie) | ||||||||||||||
m2. (1809) Mary Pitt (dau of Stephen Pitt of Cricket-Malberbie & Kensington) | |||||||||||||||
(4)+ | other issue - Robert William, Rodney Drake, Jane Frances (m. Rev. George Lewis), Sarah Maria, Emma (m. Rev. Alfred Frederick Crow of Alcester), Sophia Mary, Margaret, Rebecca | ||||||||||||||
b.+ | John Abraham (dsp), Francis (dsp 1843, rector of Alcester), Mary (d unm) | ||||||||||||||
ii. | Anna Maria Palmer | ||||||||||||||
m1. Sir John Pole, Bart | |||||||||||||||
m2. George Clavering of Axwell Park | |||||||||||||||
m2. _ Whitelocke | |||||||||||||||
iii. | Samuel Palmer | ||||||||||||||
a.+ | issue - John Freke (Colonel, had issue), Spencer William (m. ??) | ||||||||||||||
iv.+ | 3 sons (dsp) + 5 daughters | ||||||||||||||
B. | Dorothea Palmer | ||||||||||||||
m. Thomas Drake of Yardbury | |||||||||||||||
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Edward Palmer | |||||||||||||||
1. | John Palmer | ||||||||||||||
A. | John Palmer of Bridgnorth | ||||||||||||||
m. Elizabeth Forster (dau of Sir Thomas Forster) | |||||||||||||||
i. | Alice Palmer | ||||||||||||||
m. Thomas Hoord of Maisters (a 1457) | |||||||||||||||
B. | Nicholas Palmer | ||||||||||||||
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The following section was first launched 07.12.21 as a section of a Temporary page. It was moved here after review led to acceptance that there was little chance of our making a significant improvement to it in the near future and that it was 'good enough' to be promoted into the main database. | |||||||||||||||
Joseph Palmer (b c1683, d 12.1759 in London, "a King's Messenger") | |||||||||||||||
m. (1708) Elizabeth Bate (b 1689, d c1726, dau of Thomas Bate of Ashby-de-la-Zouch) | |||||||||||||||
1. | Joseph Palmer (dvp bur 11.10.1728) | ||||||||||||||
2. | Anne Palmer (bpt 19.07.1704, d 14.01.1753) | ||||||||||||||
m. Charles Drury of Nottingham (bpt 19.06.1704, d 14.01.1753, apothecary) | |||||||||||||||
3. | Dorothy Palmer (b 1723, d 1785) | ||||||||||||||
m. (1747) Thomas Kirkland (MP for Ashby-de-la-Zouch) | |||||||||||||||
Main source(s):
(1) For upper section : 'History and Antiquities of the County of Leicester' (John Nichols, vol 4, part 2, 1811, 'Pedigree of Palmer of Stoney Stanton', p973)
(2) For 2nd section : BLG1847 ('Palmer of Woodcourt')
(3) For 3rd section : Visitation (Shropshire, 1623, 'Hoorde of Bridgnorth and Parkbromage')
(4) For lower section : MGH (NS5 vol 2 (1916-7), 'Drury of Nottingham', p41+)
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