Henry Barrett (abt. 1400)

Robert  Camell  negotiated marriage contracts for his daughters, Anne and Katherine, which effectively walled off the property he settled upon each couple, so it would not be transferred irrevocably to their husbands.

The settlements specified that the lands were to go to the "heirs of  her  body," with remainder to  his  own right heirs. Some of the lands Camell settled upon his daughters came from his father’s sister, Joan Plecy, who in turn had inherited extensively from her brother, John Plecy. in 1416.   Robert had additional lands, suggesting a previous marriage settlement of his own.  Her husband was Henry Barrett of Whiteparish, Dorset, probably 20 years her senior, a Wiltshire Wool Merchant with connections to Exeter and Dorchester. The wool merchants of the mid-15th century were shipping wool and cloth out of Exeter, Bristol and Bridport to Ireland, Calias and Bruges.   They had one child a daughter , Joanna Barrett who in time was married William Kelloway & produced a daughter, Agnes Kalloway, who married the son of Anna’s 3rd husband ,who in every likelihood was 20 year seniors wife’s senior as well. Widowed young, Anne Barret nee Camell obtained full control of her husband's property, and was free to dispose of this “personal property” as she chose. She chose to settle it entirely upon the single "heir of her body,” a daughter, Johanna Barrett, at the time of Johanna’s marriage.  Johanna, in her mid-teens, married William Kelloway, of Sherborne. The Camell and Barret lands from her mother were merged with the Kelloways a gentry family with a  long history in Sherborne. engaged in all aspects the wool trade. The lands Johanna  brought to the Kelloways from her grandfather Robert Camell,& father Henry Barrett become the inheritance of their eldest son William Kellaway, junior. Childless, William named two of nephews as heirs.  
The widowed Anne Camell Barrett married a 2nd time to Thomas Gylle a ship owner & merchant with extensive interests in London, Calais, and the West Country. The marriage was arranged by her father Robert Camell & her uncle, John Wyke, of Bindon in Axminster.  
 The property Anne and Thomas Gyll owned between them was under no entail & there were no children. Thomas Gyle died 1475 & Anne ended up in total control of the lands, rents and properties accumulated during her 2nd marriage. That which had been settled upon the couple by Thomas Gyll, the elder was confirmed hers for life; that which her husband had purchased or inherited during their marriage became hers entirely. Sir Henry Pomeroy married Anna Camell in 1478 but died 3 years later in 1481 - Anne died after him 1487 without issue The lack of children may be the same reason Lady Margaret Beaufort had only one child.Henry Tudor - married at puberty , childbirth damaged their young bodies resulting in a ‘barren’ wife. https://sites.google.com/site/pomeroyconnections/home/land-records-1500-s-devon. - research by Alma Moray using land records

Valerie,

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You may have other pending merges as well, they are listed under Find at the very top right of the page. Thank you. Phil