Walrave Lodewick (bef. 1628 - 1662)

Born before 17 Jan 1628 in London, Middlesex, England

Husband of Elizabeth (Kenrick) Clarkson — married 1654 in England

Descendants

Died Jul 1662 after age 34 in Upper Tooting, Strethem, Surrey, England

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Biography

Christened - January 17, 1629, Dutch Reformed Church, Austin Friars, London, England

Buried - July 1662, Church Of St. George, Bottolph Lane, London, England

Will - July 1, 1662

Probate - July 28, 1662

Bethnal Green lay wholly within Stepney manor.

MARKHAMS, originally an open field west of the green, consisted of several closes before 1620, when the western part belonged to William Sebright. (fn. 31) The 12 a. to the east, together with the 'Blind Beggar', formed a copyhold estate, of which Patrick Roberts held a quarter from 1653, (fn. 32) Waldrof Lodowick and his wife Elizabeth half on the surrender of Matthew Kenrick, Elizabeth's father, from 1654, (fn. 33) and the daughters of Christopher Bowman a quarter from 1663. (fn. 34) Roberts surrendered his portion in 1658 to William Haynes, whence it passed in 1659 to William's son Joseph, (fn. 35) in 1669 to Bridget Haynes, and in 1672 to Joseph Blissett and his wife Sarah. (fn. 36) Bowman's daughters conveyed their quarter in 1675 to Thomas Coling and his wife Bridget, with remainder to Bridget's daughter Sarah and her husband Joseph Blissett. (fn. 37) Blissett's executors succeeded in 1708 and held on behalf of his descendants, successively named Joseph. (fn. 38) Lodowick, who probably died c. 1684, left his share to his wife, with remainder to his sons Charles and Thomas. Elizabeth Lodowick had apparently remarried by 1685 when she and David Clarkson were admitted for life. (fn. 39) David Clarkson's sons David, Matthew, and Robert were admitted in 1688 (fn. 40) but by 1692 had surrendered their interests to Charles and Thomas Lodowick. (fn. 41) Thomas Lodowick conveyed part of his lands to Joseph Blissett in 1693 (fn. 42) and Charles Lodowick and Elizabeth Clarkson, presumably his mother, surrendered part in 1700. (fn. 43) The rest, a moiety of Markhams, was left by Charles Lodowick by will dated 1723 to his son Charles, who conveyed it to his sister Elizabeth and her husband George Streatfield in 1734. (fn. 44) George, a London merchant tailor, conveyed it to Joseph Blissett in 1748. (fn. 45) The united estate remained with the Blisset(t) family until it was sold in lots after the death of the Revd. George Blisset of Hereford in 1889. (fn. 46) Development started with a building lease of 9 a. to David Wilmot in 1766. (fn. 47)

A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 11, T.F.T. Baker (Editor)

'Bethnal Green: Estates ', A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 11: Stepney, Bethnal Green (1998), pp. 155-168. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=22756&strquery=lodowick Date accessed: 24 January 2010.

Sources

• Royal Ancestry by Douglas Richardson Vol. II. page 217

• Secretary Matthew Clarkson: A Correction to His Lineage Col. Charles M. Hansen NYGBR, Vol 127, No 4 October 1996

• Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families Douglas Richardson Genealogical Pub Co, Baltimore, MD 2004