General Notes

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(Research):Note:
Taken from "The History and Antiquities of the Hundred of B
ray, In the
County of Berks", by Charles Kerry, Master of the Bray an
d Holyport
School, 1861, Printed for the author by Savill and Edward
s 4 Chandos
Street, Covent Garden, London:
"Upon another gravestone is this inscription:-- 'Heere ly
e interred
the bodies of Thomas Cherry, of Maydenhead, in this parish
, who dyed 14th
Sept. 1657, Anno Aetatis 61.
And of Ellen his wife, who died 19th Sept. 1657, Anno Aetat
is 59.
They lived together in Wedlock 35 years."
Later, Kerry writes:
"Thomas Cherry, of Maidenhead, was a descendant of the De C
heries, of
Picardy and Normandy, Lords of Beauval, Liguiere, and Ville
ncourt. A
branch settled in England at an early period. In 1407, as a
ppears from
the French archives, Jean, or John de Cherie sought for, an
d obtained a
safe conduct from the king to pass into Normandy. By an Inq
. Post Mort,
14 Hen. IV. (1412-3), it appears that Thomas aand John Cher
ie held lands,
&c., in Plumpton Co, Northhampton and from this Thomas, aan
d John his
son, descend the present representiatives of the family i
n England.
William Cherry, son of said Thomas and Ellen... founded th
e Bray School
Charity about the year 1682. Francis, son the the said Will
iam, was the
friend of Dodwell, and patron of Hearne. The Cherrys of Bru
ghfield and
Denford are descended from George, eldest son of the said T
homas Cherry
and Ellen. This momument has been recently restored by th
e present
representatives of the family."