Robert Beville
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Robert Beville (1603 - 1640)

Sir Robert Beville
Born in Chesterton, Huntingdonshire, Englandmap
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Husband of — married before 1637 [location unknown]
Died at about age 37 in Chesterton, Huntingdonshire, Englandmap
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Biography

Robert Bevill was baptised at Chesterton in Huntingdonshire on 8th September 1603, the son of Robert Bevill.[1]

WALDESHEF or BEVILLE MANOR

Thomas was succeeded by William Beville, who died in 1487, and left a request in his will to be buried in the church of St. Michael of Chesterton 'before the altar of our Blessed Lady Seynt Mary the Virgin.' (fn. 23) He left two sons, William, who died childless in 1504; and Robert, who made a settlement of the manor on himself and Elizabeth his wife in 1513 and died in 1517. (fn. 24) William his son was a minor, and after he reached his majority obtained the greater part of Chesterton, including Beville's Manor. (fn. 25) He died in 1553 (fn. 26) and was succeeded by his son Robert (d. 1602); (fn. 27) grandson, Sir Robert Beville, K.B. (d. 1634), (fn. 28) and great-grandson, Sir Robert Beville, K.B. (fn. 29) The last named died in 1640 leaving no surviving children, and the manor was divided between John Hewett, son of his eldest sister Katharine; Thomas Elmes, son of his second sister Grace; and Honor, his youngest sister, the wife of Sir John Dryden, bart. (fn. 30) In 1647, Elmes sold his third part of Beville's manor to Sir John Dryden, (fn. 31) and thus two parts of the manor came into possession of the Dryden family.[2]
  • (K.B. = Knight, Order of the Bath)

Beville Monument

At the east end of the north aisle is a stone monument to Beville. It consists of two semicircular arches grouped under a frieze and cornice supported on two Composite columns and surmounted by a shield enclosed with Elizabethan strapwork, and two smaller shields. Under the arches, kneeling figures of two men with their wives, and below, two groups each of eight children. There is neither date nor inscription, but the heraldry clearly shows it to be to Robert Beville and his wife Joan, daughter of William Lawrence, of St. Ives (d. 1602 and 1574 respectively), and to their son Sir Robert Beville and his wife Maria Coles (d. 1634 and 1611). At the east end of the south aisle is a white marble monument with a large inscription panel between Corinthian pilasters surmounted by a curved pediment, and with shield of arms, and inscribed for John Dryden, arm. (second son of John Dryden, of Canons Ashby, bart., and Honor dau. and coheir of Robert Beville, K.B.), who died unmarried 3 Non. of January 1707, aged 72. Erected by his nephew and heir Robert Pigott, arm. Above the chancel arch is a hatchment for Elmes.[3]

Will

Probate date 4 May 1640.[4]

Sources

  1. "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NRXZ-7VG : 5 February 2023), Robertus Bevill, 1603.
  2. 'Parishes: Chesterton', in A History of the County of Huntingdon: Volume 3, ed. William Page, Granville Proby and S Inskip Ladds (London, 1936), pp. 139-144 [1]
  3. 'Parishes: Chesterton', in A History of the County of Huntingdon: Volume 3, ed. William Page, Granville Proby and S Inskip Ladds (London, 1936), pp. 139-144 [2]
  4. Will of Sir Robert Bevill of Chesterton, Huntingdonshire, The National Archives, Kew [3]
  • 1633 Lease by Robert Bevill to his son Robert of Manor of Chesterton[4]




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Can you remove the suffixes? I think they are just genealogists conveniences.
posted by C. Mackinnon
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posted by Liz (Noland) Shifflett
I find it confusing they used Latin in the pedigrees - in the profiles please use English, not Latin. Thanks!
posted by Kirk Hess

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