'Yard2'
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Families covered: Yard of Bradley, Yarde of Bridgewater, Yard of Christon Ferrers, Yard of Churston Court, Yard of Sharpham
| Thomas Yard of Bradley (b c1503, d c10.1557) | |||||||||||||||
| Nichols shows Thomas as having had 11 (unnamed) children by his 1st wife and Edward, Gilbert, William, Richard, John (d young) + 10 other unnamed children by his 2nd wife. We follow Vivian. | |||||||||||||||
| m1. Elizabeth Lewson (a 1543, dau of John Lewson of Warwickshire) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Edward Yard of Chirston Ferrers (bur 04.01.1582-3) | ||||||||||||||
| Nichols shows Edward (a 1619)as father, by Agnes Stroud, of Edward (dvp 1612) father, by Elizabeth Norcott, of Giles, Edward, Anne & Lettice. We follow Vivian. | |||||||||||||||
| m1. Agnes Stroud (bur 17.11.1586, dau of William Stroud of Newnam) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | George Yard of Chirston Ferrers (bur 09.05.1638, 3rd son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Christian Giles (bur 07.02.1618-9, dau of John Giles of Bowden) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Edward Yard of Chirston Ferrers (bpt 23.04.1583, bur 13.02.1611-2) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (01.11.1603) Elizabeth Norcott (dau of Walter Norcott of Crediton, m2. Barnabas Potter, Bishop of Carlisle) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Edward Yard of Churston (bpt 24.04.1608, bur 13.08.1658, 2nd son) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (05.05.1636) Elizabeth Fownes (bur 06.12.1650, sister (not dau) of John Fownes) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Edward Yard of Churston Court (bpt 22.02.1638, bur 11.08.1703, 2nd son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Anne Warre (bur 27.05.1697, dau of Thomas Warre of Somerset) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Edward Yard of Churston Court (bpt 04.03.1668-9, bur 10.11.1735) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (07.12.1696) Susanna Sparke (bur 20.10.1733, widow of Henry Northleigh of Peamore) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | John Yard of Churston Court (bpt 10.05.1702, bur 16.11.1773, 4th son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (18.01.1726-7) Mary Shepherd (bur 06.02.1750-4, dau of Francis Shepherd) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Edward Yard (dvp bur 06.08.1752) | ||||||||||||||
| (ii) | Francis Yard of Ottery St. Mary (bpt 27.02.1703-4, bur 26.01.1749-50) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (19.12.1758) Elizabeth Northleigh (m2. Rev. Thomas Lee of Dunchideock) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Susanna Yard (bpt 24.07.1740) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (03.12.1763) Sir Francis Buller of Downes | |||||||||||||||
| (iii)+ | other issue - Edward (bpt 14.10.1697, bur 18.10.1697), Edward (bpt 14.11.1699, d young), Robert (bpt 10.21.1700-1, bur 11.01.1729-30) | ||||||||||||||
| (B) | Dorothy Yard (bpt 21.05.1667) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Alexander Luttrell of Dunster | |||||||||||||||
| (C) | Anne Yard | ||||||||||||||
| m. (23.08.1681) John Fownes of Kittery Court | |||||||||||||||
| (D)+ | other issue - Thomas (bpt 31.10.1672), Mary (bpt 10.09.1675), Elizabeth (bpt 16.03.1670-1), Amy (bpt 09.03.1673-4) | ||||||||||||||
| (2)+ | other issue - Giles (bpt 02.04.1637, d young), Sampson (bpt 15.09.1639), John (bpt 12.01.1640-1, bur 14.04.1641), John (bpt 16.02.1641-2), Thomas (bpt 16.04.1644), Henry (bpt 06.08.1645), George (bpt 25.09.1649), Elizabeth (bpt 27.07.1647, bur 05.08.1648) | ||||||||||||||
| m2. (30.10.1655) Jone (bur 16.09.1675, widow of Samuel Kellond of Totnes) | |||||||||||||||
| (1)+ | other issue - Giles (bpt 13.01.1656-7, a 1682), Christopher (bpt 18.05.1658, d before 03.11.1682) | ||||||||||||||
| b. | Jane Yard (bpt 20.10.1605) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (04.03.1632-3) Gilbert Hody | |||||||||||||||
| c. | Lettice Yard (b c1609) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (05.09.1639) Henry Northleigh | |||||||||||||||
| d.+ | other issue - Giles (b 03.10.1604, bur 23.08.1635), Elizabeth (bpt 26.11.1606, d young) | ||||||||||||||
| ii. | Giles Yard (bpt 18.09.1584, bur 24.10.1644) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. Anne (bur 18.10.1670) | |||||||||||||||
| iii. | George Yard (bpt 19.02.1587-8, a 1620) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth | |||||||||||||||
| iv. | Mary Yard (bpt 05.05.1594-5) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (05.02.1620-1) William Churchill | |||||||||||||||
| v.+ | other issue - William (bpt 22.02.1595-6, bur 06.01.1596-7), Christopher (bpt 22.05.1597, d young), John (bur 04.08.1600), Agnes (bpt 19.02.1592-3, d young) | ||||||||||||||
| B. | John Yard of Morwell (bur 28.06.1620) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Snellinge (dau of John Snellinge of Hemersdon) | |||||||||||||||
| i.+ | issue - John, James | ||||||||||||||
| C. | Mary Yard | ||||||||||||||
| m. Christhoper Gray of Dorset | |||||||||||||||
| D. | Elizabeth Yard (bpt 08.01.1575) | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Lowman of Dorset | |||||||||||||||
| E.+ | other issue - Richard (bpt 08.04.1562, d young), Arthur (a 1557, dsp), Francis (dsp, Captain), Margaret (dsp) | ||||||||||||||
| m2. Anne Hockmore (dau of Gregory Hockmore) | |||||||||||||||
| I. | son (d young) | ||||||||||||||
| J. | Bridgett Yard | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Commin | |||||||||||||||
| K. | daughter | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Sheers | |||||||||||||||
| L. | daughter | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Land of Churchstowe | |||||||||||||||
| 2. | Peter Yarde (bur 11.08.1573, 4th son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Johana Yorke (d before 12.02.1609-10, dau of Thomas Yorke of Wellington) | |||||||||||||||
| A.+ | issue - Matthew (bur 12.01.1572-3), Richard (bpt 10.11.1572, a 1606, had issue) | ||||||||||||||
| 3. | Maria Yarde | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Symonds of Birmingham (Serjeant at law) | |||||||||||||||
| 4.+ | other issue - John (d young), Nicholas | ||||||||||||||
| m2. Joan Hurst (d 10.03.1591, dau of William Hurst, alderman of Exon) | |||||||||||||||
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| 6. | Gilbert Yard of Bradley (b c1540, d 11.09.1620) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (03.05.1568) Joane Grigg of Exeter | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Gilbert Yarde 'of Bradley' (b c1580, d before 22.11.1625) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Judith Heale (dau of Walter Heale of Newton Ferris) (d before 1622) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Walter Yard 'of Bradley' (b c1598, bur 14.11.1655) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Jane Savery (dau of Robert Savery of Slade) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Robert Yard (dsp bur 28.01.1657-8) | ||||||||||||||
| b. | James Yard of Bradley (d 03.09.1670) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (31.12.1657) Michel Blackaller of Stoke Gabriel (bur 30.01.1668-9) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Elizabeth Yard (bpt 23.09.1664, a 1725) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (12.04.1697) Gideon Maynard of Cornwood | |||||||||||||||
| (2)+ | other issue - Gilbert (bpt 15.03.1665-6, d 10.08.1671), Joan (bpt 03.03.1659-60) | ||||||||||||||
| c. | Gilbert Yard (bur 07.01.1691-2) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (c02.1671-2) Elizabeth Northleigh (dau of Henry Northleigh of Peamore) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Gilbert Yard of Sharpham (bpt 17.02.1672-3, bur 24.12.1707) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (17.01.1694-5) Joane Blackaller (bur 19.11.1725, dau of Henry Blackaller of Sharpham) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Gilbert Yard of Sharpham (b 18.07.1698, a 1725) | ||||||||||||||
| (B)+ | other issue - Henry (a 1725), Joan (b 18.07.1698, a 1725) | ||||||||||||||
| (2) | James Yard (bpt 18.05.1682, d before 21.01.1740-1, 5th son) | ||||||||||||||
| Joan (bur 28.02.1719-20)m. | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Gilbert Yard, last of Highweek & Bradley (bpt 02.09.1715, bur 31.08.1759) | ||||||||||||||
| (B)+ | other issue (a 1725) - James (bpt 01.03.1718-9), Elizabeth (bpt 26.01.1717-8) | ||||||||||||||
| (3)+ | other issue - Henry (bpt 26.08.1674, a 1690), James (bpt 13.12.1677, d young), Robert (bpt 10.01.1679-80, a 1690), Walter (bpt 23.03.1684-5, a 1690), Thomas (bpt 08.12.168-5, a 1690), Elizabeth (a 1690) | ||||||||||||||
| d. | Susanna Yard | ||||||||||||||
| m. (16.04.1655) Peter Woodley | |||||||||||||||
| e. | Joane Yard (a 1676) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (21.10.1660) Richard Halse of Sherwell | |||||||||||||||
| ii. | Gilbert Yard of Ottery St. Mary (b c1602, bur 25.08.1679) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Jane (bur 08.08.1688) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Judith Yard (a 1676) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (18.04.1661) Nicholas Fry (a 1676) | |||||||||||||||
| b. | Mary Yard (a 1676) | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Fry (a 1676) | |||||||||||||||
| iii. | Elizabeth Yard (a 1676) | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Hals (a 1676) | |||||||||||||||
| iv.+ | other issue - Lennard (b c1612, a 1620), Michael (a 1676), Judith, Joane, Dorothy, Frances | ||||||||||||||
| B. | Henry Yarde of Bridgewater (d before 06.12.1641) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Christian (d before 15.05.1642) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Gilbert Yarde of Bridgewater (b 1616, d before 11.06.1640) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Susanna (a 1641) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Henry Yard (a 1641) | ||||||||||||||
| ii. | Mary Yard (a 1642) | ||||||||||||||
| C. | Mary Yard (a 1620) | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Gere of Kene (a 1620) | |||||||||||||||
| D. | Ursula Yard (a 1620) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Josias Eveling (sb Evelegh) (a 1620) | |||||||||||||||
| E.+ | other issue (a 1620) - Richard, William, Arthur, Thomas, George, Joane | ||||||||||||||
| 7. | Richard Yard 'of Bradley' (b c1544, a 1620) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (c05.1583/16.01.1581-2) Katherine Gould (dau of Thomas Gould of Staverton, relict of John Tuckin) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Gilbert Yard 'of Bradley' (b c1585, a 1620) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Beare (dau of Richard Beare of Chudley) | |||||||||||||||
| i.+ | issue (a 1620) - Gilbert (b c1610), Richard (b c1612), Hugh (b c1614), William (b c1617), Alice (b c1607), Elizabeth (b c1618) | ||||||||||||||
| B.+ | other issue (a 1620) - Richard (b c1612), Hugh (b c1614), William (b c1617), Alice (b c1607), Elizaberth (b c1619) mentioned by Nichols | ||||||||||||||
| 8. | William Yarde 'of Cosby' (b 24.10.1547, bur 08.10.1636) | ||||||||||||||
| Vivian mentions a William (a 1557) in this generation but provides no more information on him. Nichols provides the following. | |||||||||||||||
| m. (26.07.1584) Elizabeth Walton (bur 27.04.1633, dau of Thomas Walton of Bushby, relict of John Bent) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Elizabeth Yarde (bpt 23.10.1586) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (12.11.1606) Tobias Heyrick (d 1627, rector of Houghton, son of Robert of Leicester) | |||||||||||||||
| B. | Joan Yarde (b 27.09.1588) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (23.01.1615) Francis Chamberlin | |||||||||||||||
| C. | Margery Yarde (bpt 28.09.1589, d before 1619) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Edward Hill of Parva Pipe | |||||||||||||||
| D. | Eleanor Yarde (bpt 04.11.1596) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (22.06.1618) John Cotes (son of A(lexander) of Knighton) | |||||||||||||||
| E.+ | other issue - John (b 20.04.1585, bur 08.05.1619), Sabine (b 19.07.1592, bur 09.04.1614), Mary (bpt 25.03.1599, d unm), Jemima | ||||||||||||||
| 9.+ | other issue (a 1557) - Michael, Elizabeth, Mary, Susan, Alice | ||||||||||||||
Main source(s): Visitation (J.L. Vivian (1895), Devon, 1531+1564+1620+additions, 'Yard of Bradley') with support/contradiction and some input (as reported above) from 'History and Antiquities of the County of Leicester' (John Nichols, vol 4, part 1, 1807, 'Pedigree of Yarde of Cosby', p145)
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