Harvey, Blue-mantle Pursuivant in ordinary William

Notes:

Stephen, Sir Leslie, ed, Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20, 22 (London, England, Smith, Elder & Company, 1909), Google Books, page 93.

1536 he was appointed Blue-mantle Pursuivant in ordinary. 1545 he was
appointed Somerset Herald by King Henry VIII. In 1536 he was appointed
Norry King of Arms by King Edward, at that time he traveled to Europe
officially. In 1557 Queen Mary deputed him to go to France to delare
War. In 1567 was appointed King of Arms at his death.

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Harvey, William was born in Jun 1560 in Ashill, Somerset, England; died in 1630 in England.

Notes:

Renowned Archer and Warrior who fought for Henry the VIII

Died:
"lived over 100 years"

Turner married Leigh, Mary. Mary was born in 1492. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

History of Parliament ... 1439-1509: . Biographies of the Members of the Commons House, page 447:
Hervey (Harvey), Humphrey (1455-1516); of Bristol. M.P. Wells 1483 Jan, 1485-6, 1489-90. S. of Nicholas Hervey M.P. (1425-71) by Elizabeth (Scofield); m. (1) Agnes da. of John atte Water of Wells M.P., and (2) Elizabeth Hawkys, widow who survived him. 2

Witnessed a Wells deed 1480, 2 but never admtd. to freedom of Wells; a feoffe for thomas Seynour in Beckingham, Som., 1489, 3 J.P Somerset , 11 July 1488 to 5 Mar. 1512; on Somerset comns. 1494 to 1505; exor. of the will of his father-in-law, John Atwater, 1500. 4

D. 5 Apr. 1516, when Richard, aged 35, was his s. and h.; will, dat. 4 Mar., pr. 14 Apr. 1516. To br bur. in All Hallows, Bristol. Jane Champneys, widow, his sis.-in-law, John Maudeley of Nonnery, clothier, and John Mawdeley ofWells, clothier, to give the lands of Henry Chester, late of Bristol, draper. The same exors. together with Rivhard his son (written by John Collys of Bristol, notary). 5

2 Hervey Dictionary, No. 2032.
3 Cal. Inq. Hen. VII, i. No. 537.
4 P.C.C., 17 Moone.
5 P.C.C., 16 Holder

Note: P.C.C is "Prerogative Court of Canterbury"

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Prior to the reign of Henry VIII. (which began A. D. 1509) several families bearing the name Harvey, and said to be descended from a common ancestor, were settled in Somersetshire,(+) England; in which county at that time many manors were held (according to Domesday Book) under and by virtue of grants made by William the Conqueror to his brother Robert Earl of Morton, and to others of the King's Norman followers. [See "The History and Antiquities of the County of Somerset," by the Rev. John Collinson, Bath, 1791.]

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The architectural antiquities of the city of Wells by John Henry Parker, 1866:

William Gascoigne, Esq., of Bridgwater, who was elected one of the representatives in parliament for that town in 1413, and whose son, "William Gascoigne, lived in Wells, and represented the city in parliament, having been chosen to fill that office in 1447. In 1417, William Gascoigne the elder purchased one-third of the manor of Newton Placey, in the parish of North Petherton, near Bridgwater, of John de Garton, a descendant of Emma, one of the three sisters and co-heiresses of Sir Richard de Placetis, from whose family the name of the manor, Placey, or Placetis, was derived. William Gascoigne, the son, married Johane, daughter of Robert Bavent, and widow of Humphrey* Scovell, lord of the manor of Brockley, Somerset, and by whom she had three daughters, her co-heiresses. Elizabeth, the third daughter, married Sir Nicholas Harvey, whose son and heir, Humphrey Harvey, was elected member of parliament for "Wells in 1482, and 1488. He was a man of great wealth and importance, having married Agnes, daughter of John Attewater, Esq., of Wells, whose extensive estates in Wells and other parts of Somersetshire he thus acquired. As a proof of the local influence of this John Attewater, it may be mentioned that he was M.P. for Wells 23 Edward IV. and 1 Richard II., and Mayor of the city no less than ten times between the years 1453 and 1485.

*note from M. Hervey: to be consistent with "The Visitations of the County of Somerset, in the Years 1531 and 1573, Together with Additional Pedigrees, Chiefly from the Visitation of 1591" this should read "widow of Joh. Scoffeilde"


Buried:
Alhalowes Parish Church

Humphrey married Atwater, Agnes. Agnes (daughter of Atwater, John) died before Jun 1500. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The architectural antiquities of the city of Wells by John Henry Parker, 1866:

William Gascoigne, Esq., of Bridgwater, who was elected one of the representatives in parliament for that town in 1413, and whose son, "William Gascoigne, lived in Wells, and represented the city in parliament, having been chosen to fill that office in 1447. In 1417, William Gascoigne the elder purchased one-third of the manor of Newton Placey, in the parish of North Petherton, near Bridgwater, of John de Garton, a descendant of Emma, one of the three sisters and co-heiresses of Sir Richard de Placetis, from whose family the name of the manor, Placey, or Placetis, was derived. William Gascoigne, the son, married Johane, daughter of Robert Bavent, and widow of Humphrey Scovell, lord of the manor of Brockley, Somerset, and by whom she had three daughters, her co-heiresses. Elizabeth, the third daughter, married Sir Nicholas Harvey, whose son and heir, Humphrey Harvey, was elected member of parliament for "Wells in 1482, and 1488. He was a man of great wealth and importance, having married Agnes, daughter of John Attewater, Esq., of Wells, whose extensive estates in Wells and other parts of Somersetshire he thus acquired. As a proof of the local influence of this John Attewater, it may be mentioned that he was M.P. for Wells 23 Edward IV. and 1 Richard II., and Mayor of the city no less than ten times between the years 1453 and 1485.

Other Events:

• Residence: of Eastbury-in-Godalming, Surrey

Notes:

History of Parliament ... 1439-1509: . Biographies of the Members of the Commons House, page 447:
Hervey (Harvey), Humphrey (1455-1516); of Bristol. M.P. Wells 1483 Jan, 1485-6, 1489-90. S. of Nicholas Hervey M.P. (1425-71) by Elizabeth (Scofield); m. (1) Agnes da. of John atte Water of Wells M.P., and (2) Elizabeth Hawkys, widow who survived him. Witnessed a Wells deed 1480, but never admtd. to freedom of Wells

History of Parliament ... 1439-1509: . Biographies of the Members of the Commons House, page 448:

HERVEY, Sir (?) NICHOLAS (I425- 71); of Eastbury in Godalming, Surrey. Recorder of Bristol. Lawyer. M.P. Launceston 1449 (I); Hindon 1459, 1467-8. Lancastnan.

S. of Richard Hervey, M.P. Lostwithiel, who was s. of Robert Hervey of Lostwithiel; m. Elizabeth, da. and coho of John Scofield. He lived at Eastbury, Surrey, which manor belonged to the family of Brocas and his wife's sis. m. Humphrey Brocas. As these ladies, Elizabeth and Eleanor: were das. and cohs. of John Scofield of Brackley near Bristol, the editor of the Hervey Dictionary concludes that the Members for Launceston and Rindon were identical with the Nicholas Hervey who was Recorder of Bristol and the Sir Nicholas Hervey slain at Tewkesbury.3

J.P. Surrey, of the quorum, 4 July 1458 to 24 Dec. 1460; on Surrey comns., issued by the Lancastrian party in 1459 and 1460; on a Devon comn. in 1464, and Bristol comns. in 1468 and 1469. He was sued by a priest called Henry Ward as " of Betteshanger" for falsifying deeds of lands in Northboume, Kent, in 1453, and a Nicholas Hervey, gent., was a feoffee for lands in Hants in 1469 .
In Warkworth's Chronicle (p. 18) Sir Nicholas Hervey was killed at Tewkesbury. , 4 May 1471. He may have been knighted immediately before the battle.

3. Hervey Dictionary, No. 2029.

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From "The architectural antiquities of the city of Wells" by John Henry Parker, 1866:

William Gascoigne, Esq., of Bridgwater, who was elected one of the representatives in parliament for that town in 1413, and whose son, "William Gascoigne, lived in Wells, and represented the city in parliament, having been chosen to fill that office in 1447. In 1417, William Gascoigne the elder purchased one-third of the manor of Newton Placey, in the parish of North Petherton, near Bridgwater, of John de Garton, a descendant of Emma, one of the three sisters and co-heiresses of Sir Richard de Placetis, from whose family the name of the manor, Placey, or Placetis, was derived. William Gascoigne, the son, married Johane, daughter of Robert Bavent, and widow of Humphrey* Scovell, lord of the manor of Brockley, Somerset, and by whom she had three daughters, her co-heiresses. Elizabeth, the third daughter, married Sir Nicholas Harvey, whose son and heir, Humphrey Harvey, was elected member of parliament for "Wells in 1482, and 1488. He was a man of great wealth and importance, having married Agnes, daughter of John Attewater, Esq., of Wells, whose extensive estates in Wells and other parts of Somersetshire he thus acquired. As a proof of the local influence of this John Attewater, it may be mentioned that he was M.P. for Wells 23 Edward IV. and 1 Richard II., and Mayor of the city no less than ten times between the years 1453 and 1485.

*note from M. Hervey: to be consistent with "The Visitations of the County of Somerset, in the Years 1531 and 1573, Together with Additional Pedigrees, Chiefly from the Visitation of 1591" this should read "widow of Joh. Scoffeilde"

Buried:
Bradford, All Saints Churchyard

Died:
He died in the Battle of Tewkesbury, War of Roses.

Nicholas married Scoville, Elizabeth. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The architectural antiquities of the city of Wells by John Henry Parker, 1866:

William Gascoigne, Esq., of Bridgwater, who was elected one of the representatives in parliament for that town in 1413, and whose son, "William Gascoigne, lived in Wells, and represented the city in parliament, having been chosen to fill that office in 1447. In 1417, William Gascoigne the elder purchased one-third of the manor of Newton Placey, in the parish of North Petherton, near Bridgwater, of John de Garton, a descendant of Emma, one of the three sisters and co-heiresses of Sir Richard de Placetis, from whose family the name of the manor, Placey, or Placetis, was derived. William Gascoigne, the son, married Johane, daughter of Robert Bavent, and widow of Humphrey* Scovell, lord of the manor of Brockley, Somerset, and by whom she had three daughters, her co-heiresses. Elizabeth, the third daughter, married Sir Nicholas Harvey, whose son and heir, Humphrey Harvey, was elected member of parliament for "Wells in 1482, and 1488. He was a man of great wealth and importance, having married Agnes, daughter of John Attewater, Esq., of Wells, whose extensive estates in Wells and other parts of Somersetshire he thus acquired. As a proof of the local influence of this John Attewater, it may be mentioned that he was M.P. for Wells 23 Edward IV. and 1 Richard II., and Mayor of the city no less than ten times between the years 1453 and 1485.

*note from M. Hervey: to be consistent with "The Visitations of the County of Somerset, in the Years 1531 and 1573, Together with Additional Pedigrees, Chiefly from the Visitation of 1591" this should read "widow of Joh. Scoffeilde"

Other Events:

• Residence: Wells, Somerset, England

Notes:

The architectural antiquities of the city of Wells by John Henry Parker, 1866:

William Gascoigne, Esq., of Bridgwater, who was elected one of the representatives in parliament for that town in 1413, and whose son, "William Gascoigne, lived in Wells, and represented the city in parliament, having been chosen to fill that office in 1447. In 1417, William Gascoigne the elder purchased one-third of the manor of Newton Placey, in the parish of North Petherton, near Bridgwater, of John de Garton, a descendant of Emma, one of the three sisters and co-heiresses of Sir Richard de Placetis, from whose family the name of the manor, Placey, or Placetis, was derived. William Gascoigne, the son, married Johane, daughter of Robert Bavent, and widow of Humphrey Scovell, lord of the manor of Brockley, Somerset, and by whom she had three daughters, her co-heiresses. Elizabeth, the third daughter, married Sir Nicholas Harvey, whose son and heir, Humphrey Harvey, was elected member of parliament for "Wells in 1482, and 1488. He was a man of great wealth and importance, having married Agnes, daughter of John Attewater, Esq., of Wells, whose extensive estates in Wells and other parts of Somersetshire he thus acquired. As a proof of the local influence of this John Attewater, it may be mentioned that he was M.P. for Wells 23 Edward IV. and 1 Richard II., and Mayor of the city no less than ten times between the years 1453 and 1485.

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History of Parliament ... 1439-1509: . Biographies of the Members of the Commons House, page 27:

Attwater (Water, atte), John (1425-1500); of Wells. cloth-maker, M.P. Wells 1453-4, 1460-1, 1483 (June), 1483 (Oct.),

Made a freeman 1444; witness a deed as burgess of Wells, 1451; mayor of Wells ten times between 1453 and 1485, never returning himself; on a Wells jury 1462; pledge for freeman repeatedly 1457 to 1493;3 pardoned, 16 Dec 1471, as of Wells, merchant and cloth-maker.
D. 1500; Will of John atte Water, dat. 23 June, pr. 18 Nov. 1500 4

3 Wells City Charters, Som. Rec. Soc. pp. 146- 162 .
4 To be bur. in Trinity church, St. Cuthbert's, Wells. Bequests to Dr. Walter Champneys to Thomas Champneys and Jane his w. (my da,) and their four children, to Margaret Reynon, another da.; and Thomas Reynon her s., to Humphrey Harvey and Agnes his w. another da. Masses for souls of Jane and Emma his late wives. Exors,:Dr. Walter Champneys, Humphrey Harvey and Alayn Wise (P.C.C. 17 Moone).

Note: P.C.C is "Prerogative Court of Canterbury"

Buried:
Trinity church, St. Cuthbert's,