County DORSET - Earle Surname Notes

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County Dorset -
Earle Surname Notes

This page is a collection of Earle surname people and events in Dorset England.

Dorset References quoted From the Book:
History and genealogy of the Earles of Secaucus ^[1]

For much of our information in regard to the Earles of Somerset, Devon and Dorset we are indebted to the standard histories of those counties.

HENRY de ERLEIGH. He was sheriff of this county (Somerset) and Dorset that same year (1228).

JOHN de ERLEIGH. He was in the Scottish wars in the reign of Edward I. In the ninth year of Edward I. (1281) and also in 1288 he was Sheriff of the counties of Somerset and Dorset. In 1308 and 1313 he was Knight of the shire for Somerset.

Hutchins, in his "History of Dorsetshire," says: "The Erles were a very ancient and knightly family. The first that occurs in the pedigree is Henry de Erie (1251), lord of Newton, County of Somerset. They were subsequently styled of North Petherton, in that county, and seem afterwards to have removed to Culhampton, County Devon."

CHILDREN OF JOHN ERLE (L 2), OF ASHBURTON, AND MARGARET DE SONDES JOHN EARLE (or Erie), of Culhampton, Devon, (d. 1508) ; ancestor of Devon, Dorset, Winchester, Southampton, Essex and Nottinghamshire branches. "This John Erie's (L 2) second son (M 2) held lands at Culhampton, in the County of Devon, twelve miles from Exeter, and was succeeded in them by his son and heir, John Erie, who married Thomasine Beare, of the County of Somerset, and by her had a son, Walter, who married Mary, daughter and co-heir of Richard Wykes, of Binden and Charborough, both in the County of Dorset."

If we are right in our identification of John Erie, of Ashburton, and our London author is correct in his statements, we shall have plain sailing in giving the genealogy of the Dorsetshire branch. This begins with Walter Erie, of Charborough, and the descent is as follows:

CHILDREN OF JOHN ERLE (N 1), OF CULHAMPTON, AND THOMASINE BEARE: O 1) WALTER ERLE, of Charborough, County Dorset; d. 1581; married Mary, daughter and co-heir of Richard Wykes, of Binden and Charborough; founder of the Dorsetshire branch.

The Dorsetshire family divides at this point into two parallel streams, the descendants of Sir Walter Erle MP (abt.1586-abt.1665), and the descendants of his brother Christofer Erle MP (abt.1590-abt.1634). As the latter soon divides again, giving rise to the Essex branch.

It is interesting to find on the Clergy List for 1912, Kelly's Directories, London, the names of a father and two sons, who are direct descendants of Walter Erie (O 1), of Charborough, d. 1581, the founder of the Dorsetshire family. They are, Rev. Walter Earle, made priest in 1866, Redgate House. Reigate, Surrey; Rev. Ernest Henry Earle, priest in 1903, Belton Grange, Rugby; Rev. Granville Earle, deacon in 1911. Whether these are descended through Sir Walter or his brother, Christopher, we can not say.

The line of Christopher I. belongs partly to Dorset and partly to Essex.

FAMILY OF CHRISTOPHER ERLE I. (Q 2), ESQ., OF STURMINSTER MARSHAL, DORSET, Recorder and M. P. for Lyme Regis; married, April 26, 1623, Elizabeth, daughter of Edward Denny, of Stortford, Co. Hertford, Kt., Sheriff of Herts; marriage settlement dated Feb. 17, 20 year of James I. Elizabeth died 1655. Christofer Erle MP (abt.1590-abt.1634)

Christopher Erle MP (abt.1624-) II., of Sturminster, Dorset, and Topsfield, Essex.

FAMILY OF Robert Earle (abt.1655-1737) (S 5), ESQ., OF STURMINSTER MARSHAL, which he sold in 1688 (Hutchins). Buried at Blandford Forum, July 3, 1737. One son: T 2) Thomas Earle (abt.1675-), living in 1678.

FAMILY OF Thomas Earle (abt.1675-) (T 2), living in 1678; married Ridout; issue, son and daughter: U 2) Walter Earle (abt.1725-1775), of Blandford, Co. Dorset. U 3) JANE ERLE, married at Pimperne, 1751, Nicholas Elliott, Esq., of Winterborne, Wilts. (There seems to be some question about Jane's descent).

FAMILY OF Walter Earle (abt.1725-1775) (U 2), OF BLANDFORD, DORSET; died 1775; married Sarah, daughter of Rev. Christopher Twvnihoe, of Turnworth, Dorset; baptized Feb. 11, 1725. Sarah died at Turnworth, Aug. 9, 1769, aged 43. Issue, two: V 10) REV. Christopher Earle (abt.1760-), baptized Dec. 12, 1760. V 11) JANE ERLE, married William Bissett, 1789.

FAMILY OF REV. Christopher Earle (abt.1760-) (V 10), bap. Dec. 12, 1760, at Turnworth, Dorset; d. 1817 ; Fellow of New College, Oxon ; m. Margaret Elizabeth Charlotte Bowles (b. 1761, d. 1807) ; six children: W 2) CHRISTOPHER ERLE, M. A., Rector of Hardwick, Co. Bucks; b. 1790. d. 1870. W 3) WALTER ERLE, b. 1792; d. 1870; in Holy Orders. W 4) RIGHT HON. SIR WILLIAM ERLE, D. C. L., of Bramshott Grange, Hants, late Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas, was b. Oct. 1, 1793, bap. at Fifehead, Magdalen, Co. Dorset, June 3, 1794; m., Sept. 30, 1834, Amelia, dau. of the late Rev. David Williams, D. C. L., Prebendary of Winchester Cathedral. "This able and distinguished lawyer, who was called to the Bar in 1819, and practiced for many years with preeminent success, sat in Parliament for the City of Oxford from 1837 to 1841, and became one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas 1844. In 1846 he was transferred to the Oueen's Bench and, in 1859, succeeded Sir Alexander Cockburn as Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, which he resigned November, 1866." Burke. W 5) PETER ERLE, M. A., bap. Nov. 17, 1796. W 6) ELIZABETH JANE ERLE, bap. Oct. 18, 1798; m. Capt. William Fenwick. W 7) MARGARET JANE ERLE, b. 1802; m. John Lucius Damphier, Barrister-at-law.

FAMILY OF PETER ERLE (W 5), M. A., bap. at Fifehead, Magdalen, Co. Dorset, Nov. 17, 1796; married Mary, daughter of Rev. J. F. Fearon: X 4) TWYNIHOE WILLIAM ERLE, ESQ., Barrister-at-law, M. A. X 5) MARGARET TEMPLEMAN. X 6) JANE ELIZABETH. X 7) JESSIE MARGARET, married Rev. Henry Richards. X 8) FRANCES ELEANOR.

FAMILY OF TWYNIHOE WILLIAM ERLE (X 4), ESQ., Barrister-at-law, M. A. Y 3) CHRISTOPHER ERLE, and others.