William Selwyn

Notes:

Inherited Matson House in 1635.

of co. Gloucester, arm. St.ALBAN HALL, matric. entry 5 June, 1607, aged 14; baptised 7 Oct, 1593; bar.-at-law, Lincoln's Inn, 1618 (as son Jasper of Matson, co. Gloucester), died 1643; father of the next. See Foster's Judges and Barristers.

William married Edith Bennet on 18 Sep 1621 in Stonehouse. Edith (daughter of Leonard Bennet) died in 1632 in Stonehouse ; was buried on 20 Jun 1632. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. William Selwyn was born in 1624; died on 08 May 1679 in Matson.
2. Sarah Selwyn was born in 1625.
3. Edith Selwyn was born in 1627; was christened on 13 Sep 1627 in Stonehouse, Gloucester.
4. Samuel Selwyn was born in 1629.
5. Anne Selwyn was born in 1631; was christened on 12 May 1631 in Stonehouse, Gloucester.
6. Ursula Selwyn was born in 1623; was christened on 25 Sep 1623.

Other Events:

• Resided: 1600, Matson House, Gloucester; Acquired from Ambrose Willoughby

Notes:

Acquired Matson House from Ambrose and Susan Willoughby in 1600.

of Co. Gloucester, pleb. MAGDALEN HALL, matric. entry under data 15 April, 1580, aged 19; of Matesdon, co. Gloucester, (2s. William, of Stanley Regis, co. Gloucester); bar.-at-law, Lincoln's Inn, 1591; treasurer 1620; buried 1634-35; father of William 1607. See Foster's Judges and Barristers.

From "British History Online" for Stonehouse: Manors and other estates

In the 16th century and early 17th an estate at Stonehouse and Ebley was acquired by the Selwyn family of Matson. In 1588 Jasper Selwyn bought a fulling-mill at Bridgend and lands from Humphrey Osborne, and in 1602 his estate in Stonehouse was described as 4 houses and over 100 a. of land. By his marriage to Margaret Robins in 1592 Jasper Selwyn acquired lands in Stonehouse and Ebley which had belonged in 1533 to Thomas Lane (d. 1544); Thomas's son, also Thomas, sold the lands in 1557 to John Robins of Matson, whose successor, Thomas Robins (d. c. 1578), left them to his daughter Margaret. In 1621 Jasper Selwyn's son William married Edith, daughter of an Ebley clothier, Leonard Bennett; her inheritance included Ebley Mill and the house called EBLEY COURT. Jasper Selwyn died in 1635 and William in 1643. The estate then passed to William's son, also William, who died in 1679. William the son of the younger William (d. 1702) then held the estate, and his widow Albinia (d. 1738) held it in 1711. In the late 17th century the property at Ebley included the cloth-mill with 70 a. of land, and another farm of 60 a., and, at Stonehouse, the Bridgend cloth-mill and c. 100 a. of land. Albinia Selwyn's son John died in 1751, and his son, George Augustus Selwyn, owned Ebley Mill in 1788 and died in 1791 when the estate passed to his nephew Thomas Townshend, Viscount Sydney.

Jasper married Margaret Robins on 13 Jan 1590/91 in Kings Stanley. Margaret (daughter of Thomas Robins and Joan) died on 28 May 1636. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Resided: 1563, Old Castle House, King's Stanley

Notes:

Lived at Old Castle House, King's Stanley
The house is now a Grade II listed building and is inscribed "1563 W.S."

William married Catherine Clutterbuck. Catherine (daughter of Thomas Clutterbuck and Agnes) died in 1599; was buried on 14 Apr 1599 in Kings Stanley. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Thomas married Joan. Joan (daughter of Lawrence Singleton) died in 1605. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Lessee of abbey land, 1535

Richard married Elizabeth Harmer. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Thomas married Agnes. Agnes died in 1572. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]