Jasper Selwyn

Other Events:

• Resided: 1600, Matson House, Gloucester; Acquired from Ambrose Willoughby

Notes:

Acquired Matson House from Ambrose and Susan Willoughby in 1600.

of Co. Gloucester, pleb. MAGDALEN HALL, matric. entry under data 15 April, 1580, aged 19; of Matesdon, co. Gloucester, (2s. William, of Stanley Regis, co. Gloucester); bar.-at-law, Lincoln's Inn, 1591; treasurer 1620; buried 1634-35; father of William 1607. See Foster's Judges and Barristers.

From "British History Online" for Stonehouse: Manors and other estates

In the 16th century and early 17th an estate at Stonehouse and Ebley was acquired by the Selwyn family of Matson. In 1588 Jasper Selwyn bought a fulling-mill at Bridgend and lands from Humphrey Osborne, and in 1602 his estate in Stonehouse was described as 4 houses and over 100 a. of land. By his marriage to Margaret Robins in 1592 Jasper Selwyn acquired lands in Stonehouse and Ebley which had belonged in 1533 to Thomas Lane (d. 1544); Thomas's son, also Thomas, sold the lands in 1557 to John Robins of Matson, whose successor, Thomas Robins (d. c. 1578), left them to his daughter Margaret. In 1621 Jasper Selwyn's son William married Edith, daughter of an Ebley clothier, Leonard Bennett; her inheritance included Ebley Mill and the house called EBLEY COURT. Jasper Selwyn died in 1635 and William in 1643. The estate then passed to William's son, also William, who died in 1679. William the son of the younger William (d. 1702) then held the estate, and his widow Albinia (d. 1738) held it in 1711. In the late 17th century the property at Ebley included the cloth-mill with 70 a. of land, and another farm of 60 a., and, at Stonehouse, the Bridgend cloth-mill and c. 100 a. of land. Albinia Selwyn's son John died in 1751, and his son, George Augustus Selwyn, owned Ebley Mill in 1788 and died in 1791 when the estate passed to his nephew Thomas Townshend, Viscount Sydney.

Jasper married Margaret Robins on 13 Jan 1590/91 in Kings Stanley. Margaret (daughter of Thomas Robins and Joan) died on 28 May 1636. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. William Selwyn was born in 1593; died on 28 Oct 1643 in Matson, Gloucester; was buried on 02 Nov 1643 in Matson, Gloucester.
2. Richard Selwyn was born about 1595.
3. Catherine Selwyn was christened in 1598; died in 1598.
4. Thomas Selwyn was christened in 1600.
5. John Selwyn was christened in 1603; died in 1603.
6. Joan Selwyn was christened in 1603.
7. Margaret Selwyn was christened in 1604.
8. Ann Selwyn was christened in 1605.
9. Sarah Selwyn was christened in 1606.
10. Jasper Selwyn was christened in 1608.
11. Dorothy Selwyn was christened in 1615.
12. John Selwyn was christened in 1617.

Other Events:

• Resided: 1563, Old Castle House, King's Stanley

Notes:

Lived at Old Castle House, King's Stanley
The house is now a Grade II listed building and is inscribed "1563 W.S."

William married Catherine Clutterbuck. Catherine (daughter of Thomas Clutterbuck and Agnes) died in 1599; was buried on 14 Apr 1599 in Kings Stanley. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Lessee of abbey land, 1535

Richard married Elizabeth Harmer. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Thomas married Agnes. Agnes died in 1572. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married Elizabeth Twysell. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married ? Scrope. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]