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Francis and Walter – \u00a01551 to 1636<\/p>\n

Francis\u00a0Married Edith Chaldecott<\/p>\n

B 1553<\/p>\n

D 1636<\/p>\n

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Although Francis was not one of our direct ancestors he nevertheless the son of someone who was, I thought therefore that I would include him in the my account, due to the fact that he seems to have had quite a an eventful life mixed with some notoriety,<\/p>\n

After the death of his mother Francis was in, 1559 placed under the guardianship of a Thomas Noake of Semley. This was a village in Wiltshire where his uncle owned a great deal of land, I don\u2019t know who Thomas Noake was but it could have been a friend of his uncle, William.\u00a0\u00a0for his education. Nothing else, seems to<\/p>\n

have been recorded after this, until he was about twenty six years old,\u00a0\u00a0when has I discovered in a document, in the Berkshire Records Office,\u00a0\u00a0he signed\u00a0\u00a0leasing agreement for lands in Somerset.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/b>These appear to have been a part of his late fathers estate, there is nothing startling about this, but what is rather surprising is that it is stated that he was of Compton Berkshire, so it would appear that he also had inherited some property from his mother. It is not surprising however\u00a0<\/b>that he would want to return to that part\u00a0<\/b>it could have been that he was at boarding school there.<\/p>\n

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Berkshire at that time, especially around the Reading and Windsor area, was \u201c the place to be\u201d, and quite few of the noted Dorset families were represented in that area, this appears to be due to the fact that, most of them would have been engaged in one way or the other, with court affairs, it was also very good hunting country, Thomas Noake may have only been his legal guardian and merely looked after his interests until he became of age.<\/b><\/p>\n

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I haven\u2019t found it recorded anywhere when he did return to Dorset.\u00a0\u00a0It could have been when he was aged around thirty five he married his third cousin Edith the daughter of\u00a0George\u00a0\u00a0Chaldecott of\u00a0\u00a0Quarleston\u00a0\u00a0and Kimmeridge .<\/p>\n

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This marriage appears to have been a rather shrewd move on either his behalf, due to the fact that she was her fathers co\u2019 heir whereas Francis did not inherit or own a great deal of property or estate.\u00a0\u00a0It was also around this time that Edith\u2019s father died, so he would gain control of all of the Kimmeridge Quarlstone and Wareham property and land.<\/p>\n

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Francis and Edith had three sons and six daughters, whether or not they were all Walters or not, is not known, probably some of them weren\u2019t, due to the fact than when he married her she was a widow, Edith died at the age of seventy five in 1636.<\/p>\n

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Francis appears to have a fairly active life, and was well immersed in county matters he, was at one time Sheriff of Dorset, and probably due to this there would be a wealth of recorded events effecting him within the archives of the County\u00a0Records Office. One such event, which concerned his dabbling in county matters, occurred in the year 1626.<\/p>\n

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A parliamentary election was called, the majority of the Dorchester voters appeared to be, supporting the puritan by the name of John Browne of Frampton, who had been living in the town, against Sir George Moreton. When the freeholders gathered at Poundbury they agreed on Sir Thomas Freke,\u00a0\u00a0as the second candidate,\u00a0\u00a0But Sir John Strangways, the most powerful of the county magnates, had his own candidate,<\/b><\/p>\n

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A comparative outsider, John Moreton: The Sheriff, (Francis Chaldecote,) was in his pocket. He required voters to take an oath that they had been present at the beginning of the election formalities who could not swear to this. When the count was taken there were still not enough votes for Moreton, so Chaldecott moved the election down to the George Inn, shutting out most of the freeholders and continuing to take votes for Moreton until he had a majority. The Commons overturned the election. And another was held later on , under fairer terms and under greater scrutiny but however Moreton won.<\/b><\/p>\n

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There is another event in the life of Francis which\u00a0\u00a0is worth relating this almost a rerun of an earlier escapade which involved an ancestor of his William in 1371, which I have about written about earlier in this account.<\/p>\n

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Extract from State Papers Charles I\u00a0\u00a0dated 1633<\/b><\/p>\n

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The Lords of the admiralty were informed by the states ambassador, that the Salmon of Amsterdam, master, John Arreson was cast ashore in November last in the Isle of<\/b><\/p>\n

Purbeck, where Francis Chaldecott and his son\u00a0\u00a0William, near whos lands this misfortune did happen. And diverse others, seized upon\u00a0\u00a0a great part of this ship and her lading.<\/b><\/p>\n

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\u00a0\u00a0A commission having issued to the persons addressed. Francis Chaldecott, William<\/b><\/p>\n

Chaldecott,\u00a0\u00a0Phillip Petin, John Petin, Charles Weeks, Nicholas Petin,\u00a0\u00a0Nicholas –<\/b><\/p>\n

Heywood,\u00a0\u00a0for refusing to deliver the goods, unless they have moiety thereof. Which the lords conceive as being unreasonable, and demanded that the persons addressed, are not only to<\/b><\/p>\n

execute the commission,\u00a0\u00a0but also bind over Francis Chaldecott, and others who\u00a0\u00a0refuse<\/b><\/p>\n

reasonable recompense, to appear before the lords next March.<\/b><\/p>\n

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Later in the state papers there appears\u00a0\u00a0a statement to the effect that the this matter was amicably settled\u00a0\u00a0to the satisfaction of all those concerned.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

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The most amazing thing about this incident is at that time\u00a0\u00a0Francis was 83 years old\u00a0\u00a0and yet in the epitaph\u00a0\u00a0transcribed below\u00a0\u00a0it is claimed that in his later years, he was too frail and infirm to attend church. There is a memorial to Francis and Edith erected by\u00a0\u00a0their family in Steeple church I have used modern\u00a0\u00a0spelling, and used a little licence\u00a0\u00a0it reads:<\/p>\n

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In this chancel under a marble stone doe lye the bodies of Francis<\/b>\u00a0Chaldecott esq and Edith his wife\u00a0\u00a0his younger daughter and coheir William Chaldecott of Quarleston in Dorset. esq\u00a0\u00a0who were liberal\u00a0\u00a0constant house keepers,\u00a0\u00a0bountiful relievers of the poor, careful breeders of their children\u00a0\u00a0in piety and virtue : diligent and devout comers to the church though it would be painful to them in their later times\u00a0\u00a0by means of age and other infirmities :53 years and upward they lovingly lived a chaste wedlock,\u00a0\u00a0and had issue of 15 children : whereof 3 sons and seven daughters\u00a0\u00a0came to a mature age and were most of them in the lifetime of their parents\u00a0\u00a0of their parents<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0matched into ancient families of worship most of them having fair issues: Thus having seen their children to the third generation meekly died\u00a0\u00a0in the fear of God: he on Thursday the 19 may\u00a0\u00a01636\u00a0\u00a0she on Thursday\u00a0\u00a023 august 1638<\/b>:<\/p>\n

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In compiling a family history , as much as one tries one cannot cover anything, other than a scant outline of their life.\u00a0\u00a0A great deal\u00a0\u00a0is not covered\u00a0\u00a0of al those troubled times, for example in both Francis and his son Williams wills, they\u00a0\u00a0bequeathed their arms, armour and munitions to their heirs, so therefore they must have had some sort of military connection , I\u00a0\u00a0would probably think they were Yeomen at Arms.<\/p>\n

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With that we leave Francis and continue with our direct line of antecedence.<\/p>\n

Below is a photograph of the memorial in Steeple church, I would like to have made the image a little bigger, but this would have made it difficult to download on a web page, as it is at the moment it could still take a while<\/p>\n

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