'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

 

 

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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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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