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EARLY REFERENCES

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WARRY Family References Pre 1500

 

The number of potential references discovered so far are very few and insufficient to determine likely origins of the family

 

1086 Doomsday Book Guericus (Norfolk); Gueri (London)

1166 Roll Book of Exchequer Werri de Marinis (Yorkshire)

1179 Pipe Rolls Herebertus la Guerre(Dorset); Werreis de Pilledona(Dorset)

1187 Pipe Rolls John la Were (Gloucestershire)

1195 Pipe Rolls John la Guerre(Gloucestershire)

1196 Pipe Rolls Tomas la Were (Somerset); Tomas la Guerre(Gloucestershire)

1199 Pipe Rolls Tomas de la Warre (Somerset and Gloucestershire)

                        Peter le Were (Gloucestershire)

1203 Pipe Rolls Peter de Warre (Gloucestershire)

1206 Pipe Rolls Peter de Warre (Gloucestershire)

1219/20 Guria Regis Rolls Werricus/Warricus/Werrei/

Werreys de Cadams(Suffolk)

1254 Grant of Land at Chew Magna Somerset witnessed by Luca de Warri

1260 Assize Rolls John Warry (Cambridgeshire)

1273 Juror at inquisition Bruton Somerset  William le Warree

1327 Contributor to Lay Subsidy of Edward I William ate Warrye of Chard 15d

1382 Robert Wary in connection with lands at Broughton, Hampshire

1401/02 Sir Robert Warreys instituted Perpetual Vicar of Tykenham (near Clevedon Somerset)

1467/68 John Warey instituted Vicarage of Piddletrenthide, Dorset 19 January after his kindsman John Berkele

1468 George Warre in Letter Books for the City of London

 

 

 

THE FAMILY AND ITS WHEREABOUTS 1500-1700

 

Since the pre 1500 references traced so far are so few for a period which exceeds 400 years, they cannot of course, give a reliable guide to the distribution of the family prior to 1500. Nevertheless it is probably more than coincidental that the majority of these references are from the West Country or East Anglia and significant that none except for one early reference derives from the northern or Midland counties.

 

After 1500 records of many different kinds gradually become available and among the most important of these are Parish Registers and Bishop's Transcripts; Wills and administrations. No parish registers were regularly kept before 1538. When Henry VIII's vicar general Thomas Cromwell ordered parish registers to be kept and the program was successfully iniated. (Out of 10,000 parishes of the Church of England existing at that time, there are only about 600 - English and Welsh - parishes that now have registers existing back to that year. These early registers were on paper.

 

In 1597 Queen Elizabeth ordered that all parish registers be kept on parchment, and all entries from older registers were to be copied into the parchment book at least back to the beginning of her reign in 1558. Some were re-copied back to 1538, but most were not. In the year 1598 a copy of the baptism, marriage and burial entries recorded for each year were ordered to be sent to the office of the bishop of the diocese. These copies are known as Bishop's Transcripts. Many of these Bishop's Transcripts have also been lost or destroyed, that is if they were ever made in the first place. Although Wills and administrations pre-date 1500 and indeed there are some in existence back to very early times, the majority of wills from the smaller provincial courts date from some time after this. However most earlier wills -are of the nobility or gentry as few other people had much to leave. The task of location of families after 1500 therefore becomes easier, provided that all available sources are utilised.

 

From early records it is obvious that the family was based at Chard in Somerset and there is a distinct possibility that the family of 1500 was related to William atte Warrye who lived there in 1327. Although parish registers for Chard are lost prior to 1649, a few transcripts survive as do many leases and wills. Stephen Warry of Chard made his will on 2 June 1530 and this is the earliest Warry will traced for Somerset. Thereafter follows a steadily increasing list of family members living in the parish to about 1800 when numbers began to fall. There are however still some members living there and it is likely that there has been at least one Warry in Chard during the last 650 years.

 

Whether any relationship existed between the family at Chard and that in East Anglia will probably never be known. After 1500 three wills have been traced in Essex - 1520 Kathryn Warry widow of John Warry of East Donyland; 1577 John Warrie of Harwich. There are also two marriages at Little Wenham, Suffolk. The first, that of John Warry and Margaret Roath, is in 1567 and would seem to relate to the John Warry who died in 1577. The second, that of William Husen and Joane Warry took place in 1583. This is the latest entry so far found for East Anglia and it would seem as though the family died out here shortly after this time. One point

of interest in this connection is that the manor of Tatworth in the parish of Chard, where many of the Warry family lived and farmed, was owned by the Petre family of Writtle in Essex and it was not unknown even in Mediaeval times, for the Lord of the Manor to offer employment or,land on another Manor in his possession to one of his tenants.

 

There are some references to the family in Kent. The wills of John Warry and Robert Warrye, both of Selling, were proved in 1547 and 1558 respectively; a John Warrye was married at Newington in 1613, the will of Thomas Warrye of Hythe was proved in 1654 and Joseph Warry was married at Westerham in 1731.

 

In the marriage registers of Bleasby, Nottinghamshire, can be found two marriages - one in 1591 and one in 1593 - both probably relating to the same person, a Gulihelmus (or William) Warie. These would however appear to be isolated entries as no others have been found anywhere near to this place except in very recent times.

 

Though Chard would seem to be the centre of origin in the West Country - and this is a reasonable supposition as many references to the family can be found there throughout the sixteenth century, quite apart from references from the parish registers and bishop's transcripts after 1603 - local migration obviously occurred from fairly early times. References have been found in the adjoining parishes of Winsham and Cudworth (Somerset) and Thorncombe (now Dorset but until 1836 in Devon) but obviously these merely form extensions of the Chard family, brought about by short distance changes of residence. However, there was a family living near Bristol in 1569, as a William Worry is shown in the Muster Roll of that year for the parish of Bedminster. A William Worie's will was proved in the Bishop of Bristol's Court in 1632; he is described as being of Abbotts Leigh, Somerset, which parish adjoins Bedminster. The will places great emphasis on Bedminster and requests that the testator's body be buried there. It also mentions property at Whitchurch and names William's brother John as overseer of the will. The will of a John Worie was proved in 1651.

 

No references have been found in any other part of Somerset in the sixteenth century and we must look to the seventeenth century for details of the first moves away from the Chard area. Before these migrations are examined, mention must be made of a family which was living in East Devon in the early seventeenth century and possibly earlier. In 1611 a John Warrye contributed towards the purchase of the Paule at Woodbury, although there is no note of his residence at that time. However the will of Elizabeth Warry of Colaton Raleigh (which adjoins Woodbury parish) was proved at Exeter in 1617 and subsequent references are to Colaton Raleigh. James, the son of John, went to university at Oxford and matriculated in 1632. He married Mellina Manley of Talaton in 1635, by which time he was minister of the parish of Broadhembury. The following year found him curate of West Buckland, Somerset, where the baptisms of three of his children can be found. It would be interesting to know how he fared during the Civil War with its disruption of the Clergy. All that is known is that he survived it's trials and spent his last days as curate of Durleigh, near Bridgwater where he died in 1671 or 1672. His brother Roger, survived him by six years, dying at Colaton Raleigh. Roger's son John, also went to university at Oxford, but no subsequent details of his career have yet been traced. Though odd entries have been found in London from the mid-sixteenth century onwards, these have not been placed within the main family trees.

 

 

From early records the main WARRY family tree is based on Stephen Warry of Chard, Somerset  who made his will on 2 June 1530 and there is a distinct possibility that this family of 1500 was related to William atte Warrye who lived there in 1327. 

 

There is a main family tree compiled by the Warry Family History Society 1977-1981 of descendants of Stephen Warry 

 

Some early WARRY references outside Somerset. These refrences  are just the earliest found for each location not all references pre 1700

 

Devon, Northam                    - 1541 baptism John Warry

Devon, Brixham                     - 1579 marriage Walter Wary

Devon, Plymouth                    - 1603 marriage Elizabeth Warye

Devon , Woodbury                  - 1611 a John Warrye contributed towards the purchase of the Paule at Woodbury

Devon, Woodbury           - 1608 marriage John Warry

Devon, Plymtree             - 1634 baptism of Penelope Warree

Devon, Broadhembury    - 1635 James Warry  minister of the parish.

Devon, Colaton Raleigh - 1617 will of Elizabeth Warry proved at Exeter

Devon, Axminster           - 1600 George Warry

Dorset, Allington                    - 1569 marriage Walter Warry

Dorset, Stoke Abbott             - 1607 marriage of Mary Warrie

Dorset, Chardstock               - 1662 will of George Wharry           

Dorset, Bridport                     -1699 Admin to John Warry

Essex,East Donyatt/land       - 1520 Will of Kathryn Warry widow of John Warry

Essex, Harwich                      - 1577 Will of John Warrie

Essex, Ardley                         - 1536 Will of Richard Warrey

Suffolk, Boxford                     - 1480 will of Thomas Warry

Suffolk, Little Wenham         – 1567 Marriage of John Warry and Margaret Roath

Suffolk, Shotley                      -1529 will of John Warry

Suffolk, Shotley                      - 1578 baptism of John Warry

Suffolk, Layham                     - 1584-88 baptism of Warry and Warrye children

Suffolk, Falkenham                - 1597 will of Thomas Warrie yeoman

Suffolk, Great Wenham         - 1600 will of John Warry yeoman

Suffolk, Holton                       - 1620 baptism of John Warry

Gloucester, Bedminster         - 1569 Muster Roll a William Worry

Gloucester, Bristol                 - 1651 Will of John Worie     

 

Kent, Selling                   - 1547 Will of John Warry

Kent, Selling                   - 1558 Will of Robert Warrye

Kent, Smeeth                  - 1571 marriage of Agnes Warry

Kent, Dover                    - 1584 marriage of Anne Warrey

Kent, East Mailing         - 1615 marriage of Robartt Waree

Kent, Elham                    - 1576 baptism of Abraham Warry

Kent, Forwich                 - 1589 marriage of Rebecca Warye

Kent, Chislet                  - 1605 marriage of William Warrye

Kent, Newington             - 1613 marriage of John Warrye

Kent, Hythe                    - 1654 Will of Thomas Warrye

 

Lincoln, Doddington        – 1588 marriage of John Warry

Oxford University           – 1632  James Warry matriculated (others followed)

 

Norfolk, Great Burnham – 1658 Will of John Warie

Nottingham, Bleasby       – 1591 marriage of Gulihelmus (or William) Warie

 

Rutland, Oakham            - 1510 Will of Francis Warey

Saint Clements               - 1530 Will of Edmond Warrey

London                           - 1553 Will of Sir Ralph Warey

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Though Chard would seem to be the centre of origin in the West Country - local migration obviously occurred from fairly early times. Early references away from Chard, but within Somerset so far are in

 

Abbots Leigh

Baydge Winsham

Corfe

Crewkerne

Crimchard

Cudworth

Forton

Haynescombe

Stocklynch

Sutton Maddock

Tatworth

Thorncombe

Winsham