This genealogy report is about Spelman-Marriott.It contains 1022 individuals and 398 families from the family tree. Family tree of the Spelman-Marriott family. This comprises:
The Marriott family of Mendlesham in Suffolk;
The Spelman family of Narborough in Norfolk.
It also includes elements of:
The Cary family of Castle Cary;
The De Narburgh family of Narborough in Norfolk;
The Harwick and Goodwyn families of Kings Lynn in Norfolk.
Compiled by John Spelman-Marriott 2007. (C) Copyright.
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Acknowldegements:
This work is based on original research undertaken by Thomas Bruce Marriott during the period 1930 to 1958. It was compiled from parish records, birth, marriage and death certificates, gravestones and church memorials as well as letters and recollection of reliable family sources. It is considered to be factual except where shown. I am indebted to Col John Marriott who generously gave this information to me in 1992, Neil Cary who supplemented the Cary data, David Turner from the Narborough Local History Society and my dear cousin Susan for the Narborough Hall material.
MARRIOTT
Origins
The Marriott family traditionally derived its patronage from the town of Marrioott in Normandy, whence three brothers, Rudolphus, Augusitin and Guliennnas (Rudolph, Augustus and William) are said to have accompanied William the Conquerer to England in 1066.
The family originally settled in England at Avonbank near Pershaw in Worcestershire.
From Worcestershire, several families emanated and settled in Kent, Leicestershire, Suffolk and Yorkshire. The Marriott family described herein is descended from the Suffolk settlers.
Lineage, Arms and Crest
Burke, 1843, gives the following details:
• Arms: Barry of Six. Or and Sable (Six horizontal stripes across the shield, gold and black, top one gold);
• Crest. A Talbot, statant, chained Or (A hunting dog, standing, with a gold chain collar and lead);
• Motto: Virtute et Fide. (By Valour and Faith);
• Seat: Avonbank near Pershaw, Worscestersire.
The Crest and Arms is referenced in Encylopaedia Landinieusis Vol IX – Heraldare published Nov 28 1812, page 786 and Plate CXIII:
“John Marriott of Thorney Hall, Stowe Upland, Suffolk, Esquire. The family was formerly of Bredfield, many years afterwards of Mendlesham, both in Suffolk:
• Arms: Bary of six or and sable;
• Crest: A Talbot dog, statant sable, collared and lined or.”
Note how the dog is now clarified as black.
It is not known if John Marriott had any right to use the arms as there is no record at the Heralds College but the Bloss MS Suffolk 1600/17 gives “Marryat Bredfield (Bary six Or and Sable) ei Robert Marryat of Bredfield JP 1664”.
The Suffolk Marriott Family
The first record of the name Marriott occurs in Suffolk in 1283. Alan Marriot of Elonswell (Records of the Blackbourne Hundreds). From this date the name constantly appears in old Suffolk records, though the spelling is varied.
It seems that the family first settled at Bredfield, but subsequently spread out to Eye and thence to Mendlesham, Stowupland, Stowmarket, Needham Market, Woodbridge and Barking – which is 3 miles from Stowmarket. Stowmarket was the most prominent location.
Pedigree
This pedigree has been verified by gravestones, memorials, wills, old bibles, and birth, death and marriage entries in parish registers back to Robert Marriott of Mendlesham 1604/1707. Beyond that data it has been carried back another five generations to about 1540 but it has not been possible to verify all dates. The first record of a Will occurs in 1450 – William Marryatt of Bury St Edmunds (proved at Bury).
So who were these Marriotts? How did they come to be, and how did the Spelman-Marriott name originate?
Mendlesham Manuscripts
James Cody Jefferson records the following in the Report by the Historical Commissioners part 1 JBM 2060K published in 1676 pages 593 to 596.
These manuscripts contain the result of the examination of old papers that were stored in chests in the tower of Mendlesham Church. They date from 1653:
• The papers seem to have been classified and numbered
• They report that registers are missing from 1659/1662
• Civil marriages only were allowed during the years 1653/56 Charles I.
• Item 31 is fifteen copies of the parchment of Mendlesham, all of them recording the admission of customary tenants of the manor. No further details are given nor any dates.
The name of Marriott does not appear in these manuscripts, but the name of Reverend Christopher Wragge – vicar from 1623 to 1661 is mentioned. His daughter married Robert Marriott in 1645.
Other Entries in Mendlesham Register
The following additional entries are recorded in Parish records but have not yet been tied to actual events. Numbers in the hundreds refer to the Mendlesham Register.
• July 15th 1558: Baptised – Edmund Marriott;
• June 11th 1571: Baptised - Edmund Marriott, son of Thomas Marriott;
• June 7th 1573: Baptised – Mary Marriott;
• August 26th 1619: Buried – Sara Marriott;
• March 18th 1632: Buried – John Marriott;
• July 8th 1664: Baptised – Dorothy Marriott, daughter of Robert and Mary Marriott.
Tomb numbers 1-10 refer to the Family Tree.
Lands
During the period 1700 to 1870 the Marriotts were considerable landowners in Suffolk and also in Norfolk. But with the general depression in agriculture during the 1880s much of it had to be sold. Their holding in Suffolk in 1926 was just over 1200 acres.
Definitions
Many of the entries refer to Marriott’s who became priests. In the Anglican Churches, a rector is one type of parish priest. For historical reasons, some parish priests in the Church of England are called by this term while others are called vicars. Roughly speaking, the distinction was that the rector directly received the tithes of his parish, while a vicar was paid instead a salary (sometimes by the diocese). The rector was then responsible for the repair of the chancel of his church - the part dedicated to the sacred offices, while the rest of the building was the responsibility of the parish. Vicars could be sacked for not doing their job properly whereas Rectors could not.
A Deacon is Protestant layman who assists the minister.
An Archdeacon an ecclesiastical dignitary usually ranking just below a bishop.
SPELMAN
Crest: A woodman
Arms: To be completed
Motto: Homo Bulla - Man is a bubble
Seat: Narborough in Norfolk
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