Phebe Bickley

(before 1 March 1778 - )
     Phebe Bickley was born before 1 March 1778 in Baldwins Gardens, Holborn, London. She was christened on 1 March 1778 in St Andrew, Holborn, London. She was the daughter of William Bickley and Ann Kitchen.

Rachel Bickley

(28 December 1767 - )
     Rachel Bickley was born before 28 December 1767 in Bell Court, Holborn, London. She was christened on 28 December 1767 in St Andrew, Holborn, London. She was the daughter of William Bickley and Ann Kitchen.

Rebecca Darby Bickley

(16 May 1787 - 15 July 1797)
     Rebecca Darby Bickley was born illegitimate before 16 May 1787 in Blackfriars, London. She was christened on 16 May 1787 in St Ann Blackfriars, London. She was the daughter of George Darby and Martha Bickley.
     Rebecca was buried on 15 July 1797 in City Road Chapel (Wesleyan), London.

Sarah Bickley

(16 March 1772 - )
     Sarah Bickley was born before 16 March 1772 in Spread Eagle Court, Holborn, London. She was christened on 16 March 1772 in St Andrew, Holborn. She was the daughter of William Bickley and Ann Kitchen.

Sarah Bickley

(9 October 1750 - )
     Sarah Bickley was christened on 9 October 1750 in St Botolph Bishopsgate, London. She was the daughter of Benjamin? Bickley and Elizabeth Unknown (Bickley).

Sarah Bickley

(25 April 1749 - before October 1750)
     Sarah Bickley was christened on 25 April 1749 in St Botolph Bishopsgate, London. She was the daughter of Benjamin? Bickley and Elizabeth Unknown (Bickley).
     Sarah died before October 1750 in London.

Sarah Bickley

(20 June 1779 - 7 March 1833)
     Sarah Bickley was born on 20 June 1779 in Holborn. Sarah Bickley, daughter of Willm Bickley and Sarah Bickly his wife, who was daughter of Nicholas Browne, was born in Shoe Lane, in the parish of St Andrews Holborn, in the Cityof London this twentieth day of June, 1779 at whose birth we were present: Eliz Bickley & Susanna Browne. Registered at Dr Williams Library. She was the daughter of William Bickley and Sarah Browne.
Sarah Bickley married William Mannering on 19 October 1801 in St George, Bloomsbury, Camden. William Mannering of the parish of St Pancras in the county of Middlesex, bachelor and Sarah Bickley of this parish, spinster, were married in this church by licence this 19 Oct 1801. Both signed in the presence of W Bickley & S Bickley.
     Sarah Bickley was mentioned in the will of William Bickley dated 14 August 1806.
     Sarah was buried on 7 March 1833 in Bunhill Fields Burial Ground, London. Sarah Mannering, aged 56, of Trafalgar Place, Kentish Town.

Child of Sarah Bickley and William Mannering

William Bickley

(before 1740 - 1789)
     William Bickley was born before 1740. He was the son of Benjamin? Bickley.
William Bickley married Ann Kitchen on 24 December 1762 in St James, Westminster. Much confusion with the Wm & Sarah Bickleys.
     William died in 1789 in Spa Fields, London. He may be the William Bickley died/buried at the Countess of Huntongdon's Connexion burial ground at Spa Filds, Clerkenwell, aged 60, of St Andrews Holborn. Others buried there were: Elizabeth on 11 Jun 1793 aged 73 of St Bartholomews; Mary on 27 Feb 1793, of St James Westminster; Sarah on 16 Jun 1813 aged 33, of St Andrews Holborn..
William Bickley married secondly Sarah Cann? on 16 December 1798? In London. A William Bickley of the parish of St George in the East, widower, and Sarah Cann of this parish, spinster had banns published 28 Oct - 11 Nov 1798 at St Bartholomew the Great, The marriage took place at St George in the East - William Bickley of this parish, widower and Sarah Cann of the parish of St Bartholomew the Great, London, spinster were married in this church by banns, 16 Dec 1798. He signed and she made her mark in the presence of Thos Inglesby & Thos Harmar Lacon? The dating seems unlikely.

Children of William Bickley and Ann Kitchen

William Bickley

(15 November 1773 - )
     William Bickley was born before 15 November 1773 in Spread Eagle Court, Holborn, London. He was christened on 15 November 1773 in St Andrew, Holborn, London. He was the son of William Bickley and Ann Kitchen.

William Bickley

(13 April 1783 - )
     William Bickley was christened on 13 April 1783 in St Andrew, Holborn, London. Which William & Sarah?. He was the son of William Bickley and Sarah Browne.

William Bickley

(before 30 June 1765 - before 1773?)
     William Bickley was born before 30 June 1765 in Brook's Market, Holborn, London. He was christened on 30 June 1765 in St Andrew, Holborn, London. He was the son of William Bickley and Ann Kitchen.
     William died before 1773?.

William Bickley

(circa 1756 - before 11 August 1820)
     William Bickley was born circa 1756.
     William resided at 26 Goswell St, London.
     William died before 11 August 1820 in London. He was buried on 11 August 1820 in Bunhill Fields Burial Ground, London.

William Bickley

(circa 1752 - before 4 September 1809)
     William Bickley was also known as William Bickley (Nonconformist) in records. He was born circa 1752. He was the son of Benjamin? Bickley.
William Bickley married Sarah Browne, daughter of Nicholas Browne, on 23 November 1775 in St Mary, Islington, Middlesex. William Bickley, bachelor of this parish and Sarah Brown, spinster of the same, were married in this church by banns 23 Nov 1775. Both signed in the presence of Thomas Cousins and Hannah Bickley, at St Mary Islington..
William Bickley and John Bickley were listed in a directory dated 1785 as John & William Bickley, stove grate makers at Vineyard Walk, Clerkenwell, London. There were no Bickleys in 1780-82 directories nor in 1786.
William Bickley was listed in a directory dated from 1787 to 1791 as William Bickley at Coldbath Fields, London.
William Bickley was listed in a directory dated 1790 as William Bickley, stove grate manufactory at Vinegar Walk, Clerkenwell, London.
In May 1793, he advertised in The Times: Berner's Street, third door from Oxford-street, Portico in front - Bickley and Larder, Stove Grate manufacturers, iron-founders, and furnishing ironmongers....
The London gazette advertised: Notice is hereby given that the partnership between William Bickley and John Lardner, of Berners' Street, Oxford Street, Mdx, stove grate manufacturers and furnishing ironmongers, was dissolved on the 15th day of December last by mutual consent and that the business in future will be carried on by the said John Lardner alone. 11 May 1799, William Bickley, John Lardner.
Middlesex (to Wit) December Session, 1799: William Bickley of Great Russell Street in the parish of Saint Giles in the fields in the County of Middlesex Iron Mongar Maketh Oath and Saith that he is in Occupation of a part of Certain held promises situate and being in Great Russell Street aforesaid and which he holds as Tenant thereof to David Sands of Pall Mall in the County of Middlesex Gentleman And this Deponent further saith the said David Sands did in or about the Month of April last past employ divers workmen to make some alteration and Buildings thereon And this Deponent further saith that to his knowledge and belief the said David Sands hath made many and repeated applications to John Hale Esq. of Charlotte Street Bloomsbury the district Surveyor to come and inspect and survey the said Alterations and repair according to the Directions of an not passed in the Fourteenth Year of the Reign of his Present Majesty's King George the third Intitled the "Building not in order that the said Alterations and referein the said promises
in a few days And which information he this Deponent believes to be true And this Deponent further saith that although the said several applications and many others for the said purpose of coming to inspect the said Buildings had been made to the said John Hale and the said Notice in writing had as before mentioned been given he did not attend thereto and come and inspect the said works and buildings this Deponent further saith that many days after the said written Notice had been served he this Deponent saw the said John Hale passing by the said premises in Great Russell Street aforesaid where the said Building was began and that this Deponent went up to and stopped the said John Hale and at the Door of the said premises and in the presence and hearing of William Bickley and requested him the said John Hale to come in and examine the said Building but the said John Hele then execused himself from so doring at that time but promised he would in a few days or words to that or the like effect And this Deponent further saith that the said John Hele hath ever totally neglected evaded and refused to inspect the said Alterations and Buildings on which account Deponent and the Workman have desisted from continuing their said work And this Deponent also saith that the said Buildings and premises now and have been for several Months past in an unfinished state without a roof falling into decay to the material Injury and damage of this Deponent. Sworn in Open Court this 7th. day of December 1799 ) Hall ...? might According to due from of Low come Thirty within the meaning of the said Not And this Deponent further saith that he remembers that one day the said John Hale was standing in the Door of the said Premises in Great Russell Street aforesaid whereon the said Attractions and repairs were going on when the said David Sands in the Presence and hearing of this Deponent went up to the said John Hale and requested him to come, into the Premises and examine the said Building but the said John Hele then excused himself from so doing at that time but Promised he would in a few days or in Words to that effect. Sworn in Court the seventh day of December 1799
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William Bickley was possibly the brother of Martha Bickley as he was trustee and executor of George Darby's will and guardian to their children - he was described as Stovegrate maker, of Gt Russell St. in the parish of St George Bloomsbury Middlesex.
In 1790 a Samuel Bickley married on 6 April at St George Hanover Square, London.
1790 Directory: Bickley, Thomas, clock & watchmaker 195 Ratcliffe Hwy.
Ditto, woollen draper 22 Cloth fair Smithfield.
George & Co. wholesale medicine warehouse, Gt Surrey St., Blackfriars.
1794 Bickley,Thomas, woollen draper, 22 Cloth Fair, Smithfield.
By 1846 there are three Bickleys listed in Kelly's PO Directory: George, Solicitor, 5 Barge Yard, Bucklersbury; James, chandler's shop, 15 Earl Street east, Lisson Grove and Samuel, insurance broker, Lloyds. Samuel is also listed in the court section as Esquire, 11 Albion Grove, Thnhl? rd.
Samuel & Ann Bickley had a son Benjamin William Bickley baptised 5 Feb 1823.
William Bickley was listed in a directory dated 1800 as Bickley & Lardner, stove grate makers. Kent's directory also listed them separately: Willliam Bickley, stove grate maker,115 Gt Russell St, Bloomsbuy at 2 Berners St, Oxford St, London.
William Bickley and Sarah Browne witnessed William Mannering and Sarah Bickley's wedding on 19 October 1801 in St George, Bloomsbury, Camden. He witnessed George Darby's will dated 3 March 1804 in Coleman Street, London.
William Bickley was listed in a directory dated 1804 as stove & grate makers at 115 Gt Russell St, St George, Bloomsbury, London.
     William Bickley made a will dated 14 August 1806 in Great Russell St, Bloomsbury, London. His will mentions his wife Sarah, daughter Sarah and her husband William Mannering and their son Bickley Mannering, a minor. I William Bickley of Great Russell Street, Bloomsbury in the county of Middlesex ... bequeath unto my beloved wife Sarah Bickley all [property] in ... Street, in Fitzroy Square, Middlesex... and bequeath unto my son in law the said William Mannering... my daughter Sarah Mannering... He added a codicil to his will on 13 December 1808 in Trafalgar, Kentish Town, London. He mentions his grandson Bickley Mannering.
     William died before 4 September 1809 in London. He was buried on 4 September 1809 in Bunhill Fields Burial Ground, London. William Bickley, aged 57, brought from Mary le bone,4 Sept 1809.
     His will was proved on 13 December 1809 at the Prerogative Court of Canterbury.
William Bickley was listed in a directory dated from 1814 to 1819 as a furnishing ironmonger at 115 Gt Russell St, Bloomsbury, London. Presumably his son-in-law carried on the business in Bickley's name.
The British Museum website lists: John & William Bickley; also known as Bickley, John & William; Bickley, John; Bickley, William; Bickley & Macnaughtan; Bickley & Compignes. Address: Phoenix Iron Foundry, Dorrington Street, Cold Bath Fields, London No. 2, Berners Street, near Middlesex Hospital, London No.115, Great Russell Street, London
Trade cards in Heal Collection. Heal, 85.29 advertises "John Bickley, Phoenix Iron-Foundry...Great Variety of Reg. Pantheon & Bath-Stoves, Pedestal & Vase Stoves, Kitchen Ranges, &c: &c: All Sorts of Iron-Castings, in the neatest manner." Heal, 85.32 advertises "Phoenix Foundery. Bickley & Macnaughtan, Iron-Founders, Dorrington Street...Great Variety of new Pattern, Register, Pantheon & Bath Stoves." Heal, 85.30 advertises "J. & W. Bickley, near the Vine Yard, Cold Bath Fields, London, Make & Sell all sorts of Steel & Cast Iron Stoves, Grates, Register &c. in the newest taste & most reasonable terms. N.B. Smoak Tacks [sic] on the best principle, Iron doors, Book Cases, &c. Patent Register Stoves, an effectual Cure for Smoaky Chimnies. Kitchen Range. Fine Steel and Ornamental Stoves." Heal, 85.31 advertises "William Bickley's Stove-Grate Ware-Rooms...A very large & elegant Assortment of Ornamental Steel & Japann'd Registers & Stove Grates. Warming Stoves on a New Principle. Kitchen Ranges, with Ovens of the best Constructions, Smoak-Jacks, Bath Stoves, &c." Heal's annotations on mount: "1793 Directory gives Wm. Berry, patent iron & steel stove manufacturers, Berners St. & Tabernacle Walk, Cold-bath Fields. 1802 Directory gives Wm. Bickley at 115 Great Russell St." Trade card in Banks Collection (D,2.136) advertises "William Bickley's Stove-Grate Ware-Rooms, No.2 Berniers Street near Middlesex Hospital, Supplied from his Manufactory & Iron-Foundry, the back of Spa Chapel, Cold Bath Fields; A very large & elegant Assortment of Ornamental Steel & Japann'd Registers & Stove Grates, Warming Stoves, on a New Principle. Kitchen-Ranges, with Ovens of the best Constructions, Smoak-Jacks [sic], Bath-Stoves, &c." Trade card in Banks Collection (D,2.236) advertises "Bickley & Lardner Stove-Grate Makers & Furnishing Ironmongers... A very large & elegant Assortment of Ornamental Steel & Japann'd Register Stove Grates, with Warming Stoves, on a New Principle. Kitchen-Ranges, with [illegible] of the best Constructions, Smoak-Jacks, Bath [illegible], &c." On the verso is "Bickley & Lardner. Compleat [sic] Sets of Kitchen Furniture of Copper, Iron, Double block Tin, &c. Ranges with Ovens, Boilers, Ironing Stoves, &c." Trade card in Banks Collection (D, 2.967) advertises "Bickley & Compignes, Phoenix Iron Foundry, Dorrington Street, Cold Bath Fields, London. Great Variety of new Pattern Register, Pantheon & Bath Stoves."
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Children of William Bickley and Sarah Browne

William Bickley

(1 July 1735 - )
     William died in Bilston, Staffordshire, England. He was christened on 1 July 1735 in Bilston, Staffordshire.
William Bickley married Sarah Homer on 30 May 1765 in Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England.
     William Bickley made a will dated 14 October 1799 in Bilston, Staffordshire. 1] In the name of God Amen
2] I William Bickley of Bilston in the County of Stafford
3] Ironmaster
being of sound and disposing mind
4] memory and understanding praised be God for the
5] same do make ordain and publish this my last Will
6] and Testament in manner and form following (that
7] is to say) First I will order and direct that all my
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1] just debts Legacies and Funeral Charges be fully
2] paid and satisfied Also I give and bequeath unto
3] my beloved Wife Sarah Bickley for her own use
4] and benefit and to be at her own disposal all my
5] Household Goods bedding Plate Linnen and China and
6] all other Household Effects which shall be in and about
7] my dwelling House at the time of my decease Also I
8] give and bequeath unto my said Wife Sarah Bickley
9] the Sum of One thousand and Five hundred Pounds to
10] be paid her within twelve Months next after my
11] decease with Interest for the same from the time of my
12] death after the rate of Four Pounds and ten shillings
13] Per Centum Per Annum Also I give and bequeath
14] unto Ambrose Tibbatts of Aston in the County of Salop
15] Gentleman and my Nephew Benjamin Bickley of
16] the City of Bristol Merchant
the Sum of One thousand
17] and five hundred Pounds to be paid within twelve Months
18] next after my decease with Interest for the same from
19] the time of my death after the rate of Four Pounds
20] and ten Shillings Per Centum Per Annum In Trust
21] nevertheless that they the said Ambrose Tibbatts and
22] and my said Nephew Benjamin Bickley or the Survivor
23] of them or the Executors or Administrators of such
24] Survivor do and shall pay the Interest of the said
25] Sum of One thousand and Five hundred Pounds from
26] time to time as they shall receive the same unto
27] my said Wife Sarah Bickley and her Assigns for
28] and during the term of her natural life for her own
29] use and benefit and for that purpose I direct that
30] the said Ambrose Tibbatts and my said Nephew
31] Benjamin Bickley or the Survivor of them or the
32] Executors or Administrators of such Survivor shall and
33] do put place and continue the same out at Interest
34] on Real or Government Security and the same or any
35] part thereof to call in and replace out at Interest as
36] Occasion shall require and from and after the decease
37] of my said Wife Sarah Bickley then I direct the said
38] Ambrose Tibbatts and my said Nephew Benjamin
39] Bickley or the Survivor of them or the Executors or
40] Administrators of such Survivor shall pay apply
41] and dispose of the said principal Sum of One thousand
42] and Five hundred Pounds or so much thereof as shall
43] or may be necessary in Aid of the other Legacies
44] by me hereinafter given and bequeathed in case
45] they shall not be all paid off in my said Wifes life
46] time but if the same shall be then discharged then
47] to pay the same or so much thereof as shall not
48] be wanted to pay off and discharge such Legacies
49] in manner as I have hereinafter given and disposed
50] of the Residue of my Personal Estate Also I give
51] and bequeath unto my Son John Bickley the Sum
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1] of two thousand pounds to be paid him within
2] twelve Months next after my decease in case he
3] shall then have attained his Age of twenty One
4] Years but in Case he shall be then under that Age
5] then on his attaining that Age and I direct that
6] Interest for the said Legacy shall be paid from the
7] time of my decease until the same shall be paid at
8] the rate of four Pounds and ten Shillings per Centum
9] Per Annum such Interest or a Competent part thereof
10] in the mean time to be applied in the Education
11] and bringing up of my said Son John Bickley Also
12] I give and bequeath unto my said Wife Sarah
13] Bickley and to the said Ambrose Tibbatts and Benjamin
14] Bickley the Sum of One Thousand Pounds In Trust
15] nevertheless that in case my said son John Bickley
16] shall make it appear at the expiration of three years
17] after he shall have received his aforesaid Legacy of
18] two thousand pounds that he has improved the same
19] and my said Trustees shall be fully convinced that he
20] will apply the same said Sum of One thousand Pounds to
21] advantage and not waste or lessen the same then to
22] pay my said Son John Bickley the said Sum of One
23] Thousand Pounds for his own use and benefit but in
24] Case my said Son shall not succeed in Business and
25] improve the said Sum of two thousand Pounds and
26] convince my said Trustees thereof then I direct my said
27] Trustees to pay the Interest of the said Sum of One
28] thousand Pounds unto and for the Use of my said Son
29] John Bickley in such manner as they shall or may
30] in their discretion think proper and to divide the
31] principal equally amongst his Children after his
32] decease in case he shall have any Children him
33] Surviving but if my said Son John Bickley shall die
34] without Issue then the said Sum of One thousand
35] Pounds to go to and to be equally divided unto and
36] amongst my three Grandaughters Margaret Sarah
37] and Mary Furse Daughters of Philip Furse by my
38] late Daughter Margaret
with benefit of Survivorship
39] in case any or either of them shall die in the life
40] time of my said Son John Bickley without Issue but
41] in Case of the death of either of my said Grand
42] Daughters leaving Issue then the share of her so
43] dying to go to and be equally divided amongst such
44] Issue Also I give and bequeath unto my Son William
45] Homer Bickley the Sum of Five Hundred Pounds to
46] be paid him within twelve Months next after my
47] decease And Whereas my said Son William Homer
48] Bickley hath been unsteady in his Conduct now in
49] order to make some further provision for him I do
50] hereby give and bequeath unto my said two Friends
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1] Ambrose Tibbatts and my said Nephew Benjamin
2] Bickley the Sum of One thousand and five Hundred
3] Pounds In Trust nevertheless that they the said Ambrose
4] Tibbatts and my said Nephew Benjamin Bickley or
5] the Survivor of them or the Executors or Administrators
6] of such Survivor do put place and continue the said
7] Sum of One Thousand and five Hundred pounds out
8] at Interest on Real or Government Security and do
9] and shall from time to time pay the Interest of the
10] said Sum of One thousand and five hundred Pounds
11] into the proper hands of my said Son William Homer
12] Bickley and not to any Assignee or Assignees of my
13] said Son William Homer Bickley during his natural
14] life for his Maintenance and support and in such
15] shares and proportions either Weekly or Monthly or
16] otherwise as my said Trustees shall in their discretion
17] think proper and subject to the Proviso hereinafter
18] mentioned and from and after the decease of my said
19] Son William Homer Bickley then In Trust to pay the
20] said Sum of One thousand five hundred pounds or such
21] part thereof as shall not have been sooner applied
22] pursuant to the proviso hereinafter mentioned unto
23] and amongst all and every the Child and Children of
24] my said Son William Homer Bickley to be lawfully
25] begotten equally share and share alike at his her and
26] their Age and Ages of twenty One Years and with benefit
27] of Survivorship in case any or either of them shall die
28] without Issue under the said Age of twenty One Years
29] but in Case of their death leaving Issue then the share
30] of him or her so dying shall go to such Issue equally
31] share and share alike but in Case my said Son William
32] Homer Bickley shall die without Issue or leaving
33] Issue they shall all die before their parts or shares
34] shall become due and payable then I direct the said
35] Sum of One thousand and five hundred Pounds or so much
36] thereof as shall not be sooner paid and advanced (pursuant
37] to the proviso next hereinafter mentioned) shall sink
38] into the Residue of my Personal Estate Provided always
39] nevertheless and it is my Will and intent and I do hereby
40] order and direct that my said Trustees Ambrose Tibbatts
41] and my said Nephew Benjamin Bickley or the Survivor
42] of them or the Executors or Administrators of such
43] Survivor shall and may if they shall hereafter be
44] convinced by the future conduct of my said Son William
45] Homer Bickely that he is become more prudent and they
46] shall have reason to believe that he will attend to
47] Business then and in that Case I will and direct that my
48] said Trustees Ambrose Tibbatts and my said Nephew
49] Benjamin Bickley or the Survivor of them or the Executors
50] or Administrators of such Survivor shall and may advance
51] and pay unto my said Son William Homer Bickley the
52] Sum of three hundred Pounds part of the aforesaid Legacy
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Children of William Bickley and Sarah Homer

William Darby Bickley

(28 November 1794 - 14 June 1818)
     William Darby Bickley was christened on 28 November 1794 in St Ann Blackfriars, London. He was the son of George Darby and Martha Bickley.
     In George Darby's will dated 3 March 1804 in Coleman Street, London, William Darby Bickley was named as heir.
     In George Darby Bickley's will dated 16 February 1810 in Finchley, London, William Darby Bickley was named as heir.
William Darby Bickley married S Prouse before 1818. On 27 October 1829 she became a legatee of George Darby, as relict of the late William D Bickley [could this be spouse??].
     William died on 14 June 1818 in London aged 23. He was buried on 18 June 1818 in City Road Chapel (Wesleyan), London.

William Homer Bickley

(4 November 1768 - )
     William Homer Bickley was christened on 4 November 1768 in Bilston, Staffordshire, England. He was the son of William Bickley and Sarah Homer.

Mary Bidwell (Scot)

(before 1750 - 2 July 1781)
     Mary Bidwell (Scot) was born before 1750.
Mary Bidwell (Scot) married Andrew Armstrong, son of William Armstrong and Rebecca Henzell, before 1764. See Burke p. 347 for their issue.
     Mary died on 2 July 1781.

Cecily Bigod

(circa 1086 - )
     Cecily Bigod married William D'Aubigne (Brito I), son of Patriarch D'Aubigne.
She was of Belvoir. K S B Keats-Roahan wrote in Prosopon no. 9 (July 1998): In 1129 the sole surviving issue of Robert de Tosny were his younger daughters Adelisa Bigod and Agnes de Beaufour, who was then already married to Hubert de Ryes. At that date his Bigod granddaughter Matilda de Albini was probably already dead and her sister Gunnor not long removed from her second marriage to Haimo de St Clair. Of their siblings, only Hugh Bigod and Cecilia, then wife of William de Albini Brito, survived. The Carta returned by Hugh Bigod in 1166 shows him holding the fee of his aunt Albreda de Insula.[15] At the same date William de Albini Brito II held the fee of Belvoir. The conclusion from this must be that Adelisa succeeded Albreda in the fees of both Berengar and Robert de Tosny as next surviving sister. When she in her turn died she left issue of both sexes. Her sole surviving son Hugh succeeded his aunt Albreda - and by extension, her eldest brother Berengar - as heir both to Berengar's tenancy-in-chief in Lincolnshire and the Norman lands of Robert de Tosny of Belvoir. His tenancy of Robert's Norman lands is shown in a Norman record of 1172 where he is named as holding land of the fee of Conches and Tosny.[16] More important in terms of size in England, the lordship of Belvoir was nonetheless the lesser of the two Tosny lordships because it as not associated with their Norman heritage. As the inheritance of a woman married to an important tenant-in-chief it could be expected to pass to one of her younger children and not her husband's principal male heir. Since she had no surviving younger sons after 1120, the devolution of Belvoir to one of her daughters was inevitable. Gunnor and Matilda had long since been provided for from their father's inheritance by the time, after c. 1115/1118, that Adelisa succeeded to Belvoir. Consequently it was the youngest daughter Cecilia - quite probably a mere infant at her father's death in 1107 - who became her mother's heiress. She was, of course , an heiress whose marriage could advantageously be used to reward one of the king's loyal new men. Cecilia's marriage to William de Albini Brito has been said to have occurred as early as 1107 on the basis of a Belvoir charter given by Ralph de Raines and attested by Roger Bigod, but it certainly took place much later. The Belvoir charter just mentioned probably begins to the early 1140s . It was attested by William de Albini senior and his wife Cecilia, their son William junior, Roger Bigot, Robert de Toteneio, Ralph de Albeneio and others.[17] Since William, Robert and Ralph were certainly sons of William and Cecilia it is clear that Roger Bigod was also, as is confirmed by the order of their sons William, Robert, Roger, listed in the Thorney Liber vitae (BL Add, 40,000, fol. 2r). Cecily Bigod was born circa 1086. She was the daughter of Roger Bigod Earl of Norfolk and Adeliza de Tosny.

Children of Cecily Bigod and William D'Aubigne (Brito I)

Hugh Bigod 1st Earl of Norfolk

     Hugh Bigod 1st Earl of Norfolk was the son of Roger Bigod Earl of Norfolk and Adeliza de Tosny.

Child of Hugh Bigod 1st Earl of Norfolk

Hugh Bigod Earl of Norfolk

( - 1177)
     Hugh Bigod Earl of Norfolk was the son of Robert le Bigod de Loges.
His father Roger came from Normandy, France, being Seigneur of Les Loges, Calvados, arr.Vire, cant. Aunay-sur-Odon. From Keats-Rohan's "Domesday People", pub 1999 by The Boydell Press, pp. 396-8.

Hugh Bigod, 1st Earl of Norfolk, rebelled against Henry II in 1174 (CP 9:584-5: "On 24 July Henry encamped at Sileham, and next day Hugh surrendered and did homage...in 1176 the King destroyed Hugh's castles of Framlingham and Bungay, Hugh himself seems to have remained quiescent until his death in the following year.), so suffered the consequences of failure (he died in 1177), and it was not until 1189 that his son Roger was restored as Earl of Norfolk.
     Hugh died in 1177.

Maud Bigod

(circa 1088 - )
     Maud Bigod married William d'Aubigne Pincerna. They were the parents of William d'Aubigny, 1st Earl of Lincoln and 1st Earl of Arundel (c. 1109 – 25 Sep 1176), also known as William d'Albini. Maud Bigod was born circa 1088. She was the daughter of Roger Bigod Earl of Norfolk and Adeliza de Tosny.

Robert le Bigod de Loges

     Robert le Bigod de Loges was born in Normandy, France.
He was among those who were awarded lands in recognition of their loyalty and success with William 'The Conqueror'. He was called Robert le Bigod de Loges who had held lands in Normandy at Malitot, Chanon and Loges, all in Calvados. He had gained the favour of William after disclosing the intended treachery of William of Mortain, being appointed Seneschal in William's household. Both Robert and his son Roger appear to have fought at the Battle of Hastings.

Children of Robert le Bigod de Loges

Roger Bigod 2nd Earl of Norfolk

(circa 1150 - )
     Roger Bigod 2nd Earl of Norfolk was born circa 1150. He was the son of Hugh Bigod 1st Earl of Norfolk.
Roger Bigod 2nd Earl of Norfolk married Ida de Tosny, daughter of Radulph/Ralph/Raoul (5) de Tosny and Marguerite de Beaumont.

Roger Bigod Earl of Norfolk

(circa 1045 - 9 September 1107)
     Roger Bigod Earl of Norfolk was born circa 1045 in Normandy. Vavasor in Les Loges & Savenay; lord of Framlingham ca 1101, sheriff of Suffolk 1072–1075/81, 1086 & 1101/07, sheriff of Norfolk 1086 & 1100–1107, a royal steward. He was the son of Robert le Bigod de Loges.
     He served at the Battle of Hastings in 1066 in Hastings, Sussex. Roger received the forfeited estates of Ralph de Guader, Earl of Norfolk, and by 1086 was in possession of 6 Lordships in Essex, 117 in Suffolk, including Bngay Castle, and 13 in Cheshire. He then served as King's Dapifer or steward under William Rufus and HenryI form who he received the manor of Framlingham where he improved and strengthened the castle to make it his main stronghold. In 1103 Roger founded the Abbey of Whelford in Norfolk where he was buried..
Roger Bigod Earl of Norfolk married Adeliza de Tosny, daughter of Robert de Tosny and Adelais, before 1085. Roger was previously believed to have married firstly an "Adelaide (Adelidis)" of unknown parentage, and secondly Alice de Toeny (CP ix 577, 578).
But Keats-Rohan, "Domesday Descendants", p. 396, argues that these are both the same woman, and lists sons Hugh, William and Humphrey and daughters Cecilia, two Matildas and Gunnora (no Jane)
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     Roger died on 9 September 1107 in Earsham, Norfolk. He was succeeded by his eldest son William who was appointed steward to the household of Henry I. Unfortunately his mother Lady Framlingham and her charge, Henry I, son Prince William and William were all drowned when the 'White ship" in which they were travelleing form the continent foundered in a severe storm on 26 November 1120. He was buried in the Cathedral, Norwich, Norfolk.
K S B Keats-Roahan in Prosopon no. 9 wrote: The elder of Robert de Tosny's younger daughters was Adelisa, wife of Roger Bigod at his death in 1107. It is probable that Roger was married only once, although he is usually credited with two wives of the same name on the inconclusive evidence of a pro anama clause in a charter of his son William.[11] Roger and his wife Adelisa gave charter for Rochester priory which referred to their sons and daughters and was attested by their children William, Humphrey, Gunnor and Matilda.[12] This charter tellingly refers to King Henry, making it highly unlikely that Roger acquired a second wife and second family before his death in 1107. It is likely that Rogers' children were born from the late 1090s onwards, and that the youngest of them were Hugh and Cecilia.[13] Roger's daughters Gunnor and Matilda were married soon after 1107. Gunnor's marriage to Robert fitz Swein of Essex had perhaps been arranged by her father. Matilda was married to William de Albini pincerna by Henry I who bestowed 10 Bigod fees on her as a marriage portion. The marriages certainly took place before Adelisa de Tosny became the heiress to Belvoir on the death without issue of her eldest sister Albreda, some time between 1115/18 and 1129, when Adelisa, as widow of Roger Bigod, accounted for her father's land of Belvoir.

Children of Roger Bigod Earl of Norfolk and Adeliza de Tosny

Rebecca Billing

     Rebecca Billing married Richard Ruby on 31 March 1806 in Devonport, Stoke Damerel, Devon. Richard Ruby, boatswain of HMS La Resolue? & Rebecca Billing of this parish were married by banns. They both signed in the presence of Alexander & Elizabeth Murray.

Henry Billingsley

( - 22 November 1606)
     Henry Billingsley was born in London. He was a son of William Billingsley, haberdasher and assaymaster of London, and his wife, Elizabeth Harlowe. Wikipedia states: He entered St. John's College, Cambridge, in 1551,[1] and also studied at Oxford, where, under the tutelage of a former Augustinian friar named Whytehead, he developed an interest in mathematics. He did not take a degree but apprenticed to a London merchant. He became a haberdasher, becoming a freeman of the Worshipful Company of Haberdashers by patrimony in 1560, He was married 5 times.
Henry Billingsley married Mary Killigrew, daughter of Sir John Killigrew and Mary Wolverston, on 24 February 1602/3 in St Katharine Coleman, London. Henry Billingsley, esquire & Mary Killigrew , married by licence 24 Feb 1602.
     Henry died on 22 November 1606 in London, England.

Catherine Elizabeth Bills

(December 1860 - )
     Catherine Elizabeth Bills's birth was registered in the quarter ending in December 1860 in Lambeth, Surrey. She was the daughter of George Bills and Catherine Wafford. George and Catherine were listed as the children of George Bills in the 1861 census in 30 Portsmouth Place, Lambeth, Surrey.

Emmeline Bills

     Emmeline Bills married Edward Melville Ryther in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.

Child of Emmeline Bills and Edward Melville Ryther

George Bills

(circa 1820 - )
     George Bills was born circa 1820.
George Bills married Catherine Wafford, daughter of William Wafford, on 11 January 1855 in Kennington, Lambeth RD, Surrey. She was described as the daughter of William and was of Highgate.
     George Bills and Catherine Wafford were recorded on the 1861 census in 30 Portsmouth Place, Lambeth, Surrey. George Bills, 39, proprietor of houses, born Mdx Somerstown?; his wife Catherine aged 26, born Seven Dials, their children George aged 4 & Catherine 6 months, both born Lambeth, Surrey and a visitor Catherine Redgrave aged 9, scholar, born Kings Cross, Mdx.

Children of George Bills and Catherine Wafford

George Wootton Bills

(September 1856 - )
     George Wootton Bills's birth was registered in the quarter ending in September 1856 in Lambeth, Surrey. She was the daughter of George Bills and Catherine Wafford. George and Catherine were listed as the children of George Bills in the 1861 census in 30 Portsmouth Place, Lambeth, Surrey.