Husband:
Henry Attfield (bef1677-1746)
Wife:
Ann Lunn ( -1758)
Children:
Marriage:
8 Sep 1716
Name:
Henry Attfield
Sex:
Male
Father:
-
Mother:
-
Note 1:
ATTFIELD, Henry, of Winglisham [sic.], co. Surrey, & Ann Lun, of the same, 8 Sep 1716. Thomas Lun, of Farnborough, so Surrey, bondsman.
Hampshire MLA, Bishop of Winchester, 1689-1837
Note 2:
Who were this Henry Attfield's parents? Possibly Henry Attfield (or Field) and his wife Martha. Henry was buried at Windlesham on 1 Dec 1718, and Martha on 1 Jun 1722.
Henry's will, dated 3 Jun 1717 and proved on 26 Feb 1718/19, provides (in summary) as follows: All to my executors. Henry Field and John Field being a house, land and all my goods; to my youngest son Edmund Field £10 in 3 years; to my daughter Elizabeth Bagance £10 in 3 years; to my daughter Ann Field £5 in 3 years; to my granddaughter Elizabeth Bagance £5 at 21 "and to pay for her education so she can read the Bible".
The youngest son, Edmund, was baptised at Windlesham on 9 Feb 1681/82, so the elder son Henry must have been born several years earlier, presumably before 1677 when the surviving Windlesham parish registers start. Edmund's descendants settled in Berkshire, and later around Blackheath in Kent.
The evidence for this line is scant, but the re-use of the names Martha and Edmund is suggestive, as is the re-use - through three generations - of the names Henry and John for the two eldest sons.
Note 3:
Will of Henry Atfeild:
IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN, I Henry Atfeild the elder of the parish of Windlesham in the County of Surrey Yeoman being aged but in good health and of perfect mind memory and understanding praise be given to Almighty God for the same do take this present opportunity to make and publish this my last Will and Testament principally resigning my soul to the Mercies of Almighty God and my body to be buried in the church yard of Windlesham at the discretion of my Executrix after named and first of all I devise give and bequeath unto my loving wife Ann Atfeild and her assigns for and during the term of her natural life all that my freehold messuage or tenement barns buildings yards edifices gardens orchards backsides lands hereditaments and premises with the appurtenances whatsoever and wheresoever thereunto belonging situate lying and being in Windlesham aforesaid and after her death or second marriage then my will is and do hereby further devise limit and bequeath all and every that my above named freehold estate lands tenements and hereditaments in the parish of Windlesham aforesaid unto my three children Martha Barrow widow John Atfeild and William Atfeild and to their respective heirs and assigns for ever share and share equally alike / I give and bequeath unto my daughter Martha Barrow the relict of Theophilus Barrow late of the parish of Chertsey deceased all the goods which belonged to her before marriage the childbed linen and also all the other linen and my wife’s wearing apparel / I give and bequeath unto my youngest son William Atfeild all my own wearing apparel / I give and bequeath unto my eldest son Henry Atfeild five shillings in money and also all the rest and residue of my goods chattels and personal estate whatsoever and wheresoever not above given I give and bequeath unto my said loving wife Ann whom I hereby nominate constitute and appoint sole Executrix of this my last Will and Testament she paying and discharging all my debts legacies funeral expenses and probate of Will and do hereby disannul and make void all former and other Wills by me heretofore made and this is to be taken for my last Will and Testament in witness thereof I the said Henry Atfeild the elder have hereto set my hand and seal this ninth day of November in the nineteenth year of the reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Second by the Grace of God of Great Britain France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith and so forth and in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and forty five --- The Mark of Henry Atfeild --- Signed sealed published and declared by the said Henry Atfeild the Testator for his last Will and Testament in the presence of us who at the request and in the presence and sight of the Testator and of each other subscribed our names as Witnesses thereto --- Henry Street junior, James Street, William Pigg
Birth:
bef 1677
Residence:
8 Sep 1716 (age 38-39)
Windlesham, Surrey (MLA)
Will:
9 Nov 1745 (age 67-68)
Date of will (see notes)
Death:
1746 (age 68-69)
Windlesham, Surrey
Burial:
3 Aug 1746
Windlesham, Surrey (as "Henry Field")
Probate:
16 Oct 1746
Probate to Ann Atfeild, widow
Name:
Ann Lunn
Sex:
Female
Father:
-
Mother:
-
Will:
16 Oct 1746
Executrix to husband's will
Death:
1758
Windlesham, Surrey
Burial:
26 Mar 1758
Windlesham, Surrey (Ann Attfield, widow)
Name:
Martha Attfield
Sex:
Female
Spouse (1):
Spouse (2):
Children:
Birth:
1719
Windlesham, Surrey
Baptism:
19 Oct 1719 (age 0)
Windlesham, Surrey (daughter of Henry Field)
Will:
9 Nov 1745 (age 25-26)
Mentioned in father's will
Death:
Nov 1793 (age 73-74)
Windlesham, Surrey
Burial:
24 Nov 1793
St John the Baptist, Windlesham, Surrey
Name:
Henry Attfield
Sex:
Male
Spouse:
Jane Bramstone ( -1794)
Children:
Henry Attfield (1746-1821)
John Attfield (1748-1825)
William Attfield (1750-1828)
James Attfield (1752-1837)
Jane Attfield (1754-bef1770)
Richard Attfield (1757-1825)
Sarah Attfield (1759-1760)
Edmund Attfield (1761-1766)
Thomas Attfield (1763-1826)
George Swain Attfield (1771-1842)
Note (shared):
Henry Attfield's birth and death dates are taken from the original family tree compiled by Prof. John Attfield in the 1880s. It is known that Henry was born at Windlesham, Surrey, and his father was probably "Henry Attfield the Elder" of Windlesham, yeoman, who died in 1746 but this cannot be definitely confirmed because the relevant parish registers are missing and no baptism record has been found.
Henry was highly mobile. His first child (Henry) was born in Chertsey, after which he evidently lived for a few years in Sevenoaks, Kent, before returning to Chertsey sometime around 1755, but again only for a few years.
Between 1761 and 1765, Henry and his family were living at Weybridge, Surrey, although still officially "settled" at Windlesham. To avoid the family becoming chargeable to the parish, a court order was obtained to convey the family from Weybridge back to Windlesham. These documents list the names of the entire family and thus verify the information contained in the original family tree.
Henry is described as "labourer" in these documents.
Sources: Surrey Quarter Sessions, Epiphany Sessions 1765, QS2/6/1765/Eph/7-13, and Easter Sessions 1765, QS2/6/1765/Eas/83, at the Surrey History Centre. Thanks to Merion Burt for obtaining the documents.
By 1770 the family had moved to Chipping Barnet in Hertfordshire, where Henry's youngest child was born. A Poor Law examination of Henry Attfield at Chipping Barnet on 19.10.1770 states:
He was born in Windlesham (Surrey) where he once rented a property for £10 a year, paying the poor rates. He is now married to Jane with children Thomas (7) and Richard (14).
Source: HALS D/P15/13/3, listed in John Hill: "Hertfordshire Examinations, An Alphabetical Index", Hertfordshire Family History Society, 2004.
There is no evidence that the family was ever removed from Chipping Barnet and it is supposed that Henry may have died there, although it is also possible that he later moved to Chertsey where his elder children were living (he is described in the original family tree as "Henry Attfield of Chertsey"). He is assumed to be the Henry Attfield who was buried at Windlesham on 24.03.1793.
A Jane Attfield was buried at Friern Barnet on 03.12.1794. This is assumed to be Henry's widow, although there is also a slight chance that it was his daughter, also called Jane.
Birth:
1722
Windlesham, Surrey
Will:
9 Nov 1745 (age 22-23)
Mentioned in father's will
Residence (1):
btw 1761 and 1765 (age 38-43)
Living in Weybridge, subject of removal order to Windlesham
Occupation:
1765 (age 42-43)
Labourer
Residence (2):
19 Oct 1770 (age 47-48)
Chipping Barnet (Poor Law Examination)
Death:
1793 (age 70-71)
Burial:
24 Mar 1793
St John the Baptist, Windlesham, Surrey
Name:
John Attfield
Sex:
Male
Note:
We only know about this John Attfield from his father Henry's will. He must have been born between the other two sons, Henry (eldest son) and William (youngest son), so after 1722 and before 1729. And he was still alive in 1745 when his father wrote his will.
Birth:
btw 1723 and 1728
Will:
9 Nov 1745 (age 16-22)
Mentioned in father's will
Name:
William Attfield
Sex:
Male
Spouse:
Elizabeth Collyer (c. 1732-1798)
Children:
William Attfield (1752-1830)
Mary Attfield (1754-1819)
John Attfield (1757-1838)
James Attfield (1760-1813)
George Attfield (1763-1841)
Elizabeth Attfield (1767-1768)
Jane Attfield (1769-1799)
Note 1:
William's wife was Elizabeth (in his Will). Identification with the marriage to Elizabeth Collier is not proven but the dates would fit.
Identification of this William as the youngest son of "Henry the Elder" is also not confirmed, but the dates fit, as does his occupation (yeoman).
Note 2:
Feoffment: 1) Rt Hon Thomas, Earl of Onslow, and Rt Hon Arthur George Onslow, Lord Viscount Cranley, his eldest son, 2) Edward Higgs of Bagshot, yeoman, 3) John Mears of Bagshot, gent, 4) George Smallpiece of Stoke next Guildford, gent. Cottage, carthouse, stable & outbuildings; parcel of meadow land (lately divided into 3 pieces) containing 2a 2r bounded on SE by Higgs Lane, on the SW by Rogers Moor, on the NE by a road leading to the Wokingham Road & on NW by Knights Mill Stream - at Bagshot, together with all allotments made or to be made under Inclosure Act - all premises now subject to a lease for 99 years granted to William Attfield by Abel Walter on 8 Jul 1747. Date 1 Jun 1814. SHC Ref 3255/6/1
Note 3:
Will of William Attfield of Windlesham, yeoman, 14 Jul 1783
To wife Elizabeth an annuity of £10 to be paid quarterly during her natural life; to son William Attfield £50; to daughter Mary wife of William Collyer £10; to my sons James and George £50 apiece; to my daughter Jane £30; residue to my son John Attfield, exec.
Witnesses: James Feild, James Lane
Proved London, 16 Jan 1784 to exec.
Birth:
1729
Windlesham, Surrey
Baptism:
9 Jun 1729 (age 0)
Windlesham, Surrey (son of Henry Atfield)
Will (1):
9 Nov 1745 (age 15-16)
Mentioned in father's will
Will (2):
14 Jul 1783 (age 53-54)
Date of will (see notes)
Death:
Dec 1783 (age 53-54)
Windlesham, Surrey
Burial:
24 Dec 1783
Windlesham, Surrey (William Attfield, yeoman)
Probate:
16 Jan 1784
Probate to son John
ATTFIELD, Henry, of Winglisham [sic.], co. Surrey, & Ann Lun, of the same, 8 Sep 1716. Thomas Lun, of Farnborough, so Surrey, bondsman.
Hampshire MLA, Bishop of Winchester, 1689-1837
Who were this Henry Attfield's parents? Possibly Henry Attfield (or Field) and his wife Martha. Henry was buried at Windlesham on 1 Dec 1718, and Martha on 1 Jun 1722.
Henry's will, dated 3 Jun 1717 and proved on 26 Feb 1718/19, provides (in summary) as follows: All to my executors. Henry Field and John Field being a house, land and all my goods; to my youngest son Edmund Field £10 in 3 years; to my daughter Elizabeth Bagance £10 in 3 years; to my daughter Ann Field £5 in 3 years; to my granddaughter Elizabeth Bagance £5 at 21 "and to pay for her education so she can read the Bible".
The youngest son, Edmund, was baptised at Windlesham on 9 Feb 1681/82, so the elder son Henry must have been born several years earlier, presumably before 1677 when the surviving Windlesham parish registers start. Edmund's descendants settled in Berkshire, and later around Blackheath in Kent.
The evidence for this line is scant, but the re-use of the names Martha and Edmund is suggestive, as is the re-use - through three generations - of the names Henry and John for the two eldest sons.
Will of Henry Atfeild:
IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN, I Henry Atfeild the elder of the parish of Windlesham in the County of Surrey Yeoman being aged but in good health and of perfect mind memory and understanding praise be given to Almighty God for the same do take this present opportunity to make and publish this my last Will and Testament principally resigning my soul to the Mercies of Almighty God and my body to be buried in the church yard of Windlesham at the discretion of my Executrix after named and first of all I devise give and bequeath unto my loving wife Ann Atfeild and her assigns for and during the term of her natural life all that my freehold messuage or tenement barns buildings yards edifices gardens orchards backsides lands hereditaments and premises with the appurtenances whatsoever and wheresoever thereunto belonging situate lying and being in Windlesham aforesaid and after her death or second marriage then my will is and do hereby further devise limit and bequeath all and every that my above named freehold estate lands tenements and hereditaments in the parish of Windlesham aforesaid unto my three children Martha Barrow widow John Atfeild and William Atfeild and to their respective heirs and assigns for ever share and share equally alike / I give and bequeath unto my daughter Martha Barrow the relict of Theophilus Barrow late of the parish of Chertsey deceased all the goods which belonged to her before marriage the childbed linen and also all the other linen and my wife’s wearing apparel / I give and bequeath unto my youngest son William Atfeild all my own wearing apparel / I give and bequeath unto my eldest son Henry Atfeild five shillings in money and also all the rest and residue of my goods chattels and personal estate whatsoever and wheresoever not above given I give and bequeath unto my said loving wife Ann whom I hereby nominate constitute and appoint sole Executrix of this my last Will and Testament she paying and discharging all my debts legacies funeral expenses and probate of Will and do hereby disannul and make void all former and other Wills by me heretofore made and this is to be taken for my last Will and Testament in witness thereof I the said Henry Atfeild the elder have hereto set my hand and seal this ninth day of November in the nineteenth year of the reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Second by the Grace of God of Great Britain France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith and so forth and in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and forty five --- The Mark of Henry Atfeild --- Signed sealed published and declared by the said Henry Atfeild the Testator for his last Will and Testament in the presence of us who at the request and in the presence and sight of the Testator and of each other subscribed our names as Witnesses thereto --- Henry Street junior, James Street, William Pigg
Henry Attfield's birth and death dates are taken from the original family tree compiled by Prof. John Attfield in the 1880s. It is known that Henry was born at Windlesham, Surrey, and his father was probably "Henry Attfield the Elder" of Windlesham, yeoman, who died in 1746 but this cannot be definitely confirmed because the relevant parish registers are missing and no baptism record has been found.
Henry was highly mobile. His first child (Henry) was born in Chertsey, after which he evidently lived for a few years in Sevenoaks, Kent, before returning to Chertsey sometime around 1755, but again only for a few years.
Between 1761 and 1765, Henry and his family were living at Weybridge, Surrey, although still officially "settled" at Windlesham. To avoid the family becoming chargeable to the parish, a court order was obtained to convey the family from Weybridge back to Windlesham. These documents list the names of the entire family and thus verify the information contained in the original family tree.
Henry is described as "labourer" in these documents.
Sources: Surrey Quarter Sessions, Epiphany Sessions 1765, QS2/6/1765/Eph/7-13, and Easter Sessions 1765, QS2/6/1765/Eas/83, at the Surrey History Centre. Thanks to Merion Burt for obtaining the documents.
By 1770 the family had moved to Chipping Barnet in Hertfordshire, where Henry's youngest child was born. A Poor Law examination of Henry Attfield at Chipping Barnet on 19.10.1770 states:
He was born in Windlesham (Surrey) where he once rented a property for £10 a year, paying the poor rates. He is now married to Jane with children Thomas (7) and Richard (14).
Source: HALS D/P15/13/3, listed in John Hill: "Hertfordshire Examinations, An Alphabetical Index", Hertfordshire Family History Society, 2004.
There is no evidence that the family was ever removed from Chipping Barnet and it is supposed that Henry may have died there, although it is also possible that he later moved to Chertsey where his elder children were living (he is described in the original family tree as "Henry Attfield of Chertsey"). He is assumed to be the Henry Attfield who was buried at Windlesham on 24.03.1793.
A Jane Attfield was buried at Friern Barnet on 03.12.1794. This is assumed to be Henry's widow, although there is also a slight chance that it was his daughter, also called Jane.
We only know about this John Attfield from his father Henry's will. He must have been born between the other two sons, Henry (eldest son) and William (youngest son), so after 1722 and before 1729. And he was still alive in 1745 when his father wrote his will.
William's wife was Elizabeth (in his Will). Identification with the marriage to Elizabeth Collier is not proven but the dates would fit.
Identification of this William as the youngest son of "Henry the Elder" is also not confirmed, but the dates fit, as does his occupation (yeoman).
Feoffment: 1) Rt Hon Thomas, Earl of Onslow, and Rt Hon Arthur George Onslow, Lord Viscount Cranley, his eldest son, 2) Edward Higgs of Bagshot, yeoman, 3) John Mears of Bagshot, gent, 4) George Smallpiece of Stoke next Guildford, gent. Cottage, carthouse, stable & outbuildings; parcel of meadow land (lately divided into 3 pieces) containing 2a 2r bounded on SE by Higgs Lane, on the SW by Rogers Moor, on the NE by a road leading to the Wokingham Road & on NW by Knights Mill Stream - at Bagshot, together with all allotments made or to be made under Inclosure Act - all premises now subject to a lease for 99 years granted to William Attfield by Abel Walter on 8 Jul 1747. Date 1 Jun 1814. SHC Ref 3255/6/1
Will of William Attfield of Windlesham, yeoman, 14 Jul 1783
To wife Elizabeth an annuity of £10 to be paid quarterly during her natural life; to son William Attfield £50; to daughter Mary wife of William Collyer £10; to my sons James and George £50 apiece; to my daughter Jane £30; residue to my son John Attfield, exec.
Witnesses: James Feild, James Lane
Proved London, 16 Jan 1784 to exec.