Col. John Richmond alias Webb, Esq.

Not the same as John Richmond, of Taunton

Biography

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Richmond-4909

John was a younger son of Edmond Richmond alias Webb and Katherine St John of Rodbourne Cheney, Wiltshire.[1][2][3][4]

John was presumably born at Rodbourne, Cheney, Wiltshire.

John Richmond alias Webbe was the heir to the lands at Wroughon, Wiltshire, held by his brother Oliver who died around 1635.[5]

Oliver's Inquisition Post Mortem of 18 Aug, 11 Charles I [1635][5] stated that "John Richmond alias Webbe is his brother and next heir, and was then aged 40 years and more." This could suggest John was born c 1394 but it is likely to be an estimate. Based on Oliver being born c 1381/2 and John as the next surviving brother (with others to follow) John's year of birth appears likely to have been in the period 1383-1393.

Oliver's Inquisition Post Mortem[5] also noted an Indenture dated 10th April, 10 Charles I [1634], made between himself, by the name of Oliver Webbe alias Richmond, of the one part, and William Digges, gent., Edward Nicholas, gent., Benedict Browne, gent., and William Sadler, gent., of the other part. The Indenture referred to Edward Richmond alias Webbe, son and heir apparent of John Richmond alias Webbe, brother of the said Oliver, and of Elizabeth Nicholas his former wife.

In the will of his mother Katherine Richmond alias Webb of Rodboune Cheney, Wiltshire, the will dated 04 Feb 1634/1635 and proved 08 May 1635, the Testatrix made bequests as follows:[6][7]

• To her son John Webb the tableboard, three cupboards, three chairs and eleven stooles and the form and bench, and six cushions and carpet in my parlour and there commonly used, and my wedding ring.
• To my grandchild Edward Webb, son of John Webb, that £20 his father oweth me and my silver bowl with the St. John arms on it, given me by my sister.
• To daughter in law, my son John Webb's wife, 20s for a ring
• To all my son John Webb's ..... children 10s apiece for rings

Marriages

His first wife was Elizabeth, daughter of Richard Nicholas of All Cannings, Wiltshire.[1][2][3][4][5]

His second wife was Elizabeth Philipps.[4]

H I Richman, citing Harl. 6831 f. 130, indicated that Elizabeth was a daughter of Sir ? Philipps of Picton, Pembroke, Bt., and that she was the widow of 'Meddop'[4] HOP indicates she may have been a daughter of Sir John Philipps Bt of Picton and had married Edward Medhope, clerk of the House of Commons in Ireland.[8] An Elizabeth has been listed as a daughter of Sir John Philipps[9] but her husband was not named.

Children

Children by his first wife:[1][2][3][4]

1. 'Edmund'/Edward (married Grace Chamberlaine)[10]
2. John
3. Katherine

Children by his second wife:[4] [Cited Harl. 6831 f. 130]

1. St John
2. Judith (married John Gemmett)
3. James
4. Elizabeth (married Stephen Allen of co. Tipperary)
5. Catherine
6. Mary

Career

1608: John Richmond alias Webb of Rodbourne Cheney was admitted to the Inner Temple as a student.[4][11] 1633: In Ireland[1], apparently with his uncle Lord Grandison.[4]
04 Feb 1634/5: Recorded in the will of his mother.[4]
1636-1637: Land transactions in Rodbourne Cheney with an Edward Richman alias Webb, gent.[4]

Death and Will

His will was dated 6 May 1641 and proved 9 Dec 1641. The Inventory recorded that he had died 05 [possibly November] 1641.[12]

Transcript of the will by H I Richmond:[4] John Webb of Rodborne Cheney, Wilts. To my loving wife Elizabeth all my goods and chattles, etc., and my lands both in England and Ireland, upon trust that out of my debts and dues she will discharge and free Wm. Maskelyne of [Purton] Pirton, gent., my bro.-in-law, and Wm. Wickes and Christ. Sly of Rodborne, my tenants, from all manner of bonds and bills which they stand engaged to any persons with and for me. The overplus to be divided amongst my children that I had by my said wife Eliz., whom I make sole ex'trix. JOHN WEBBE. Witness : Thos. Hodges. Proved by Edward Richmond alias Webb, the son, 9 Dec. 1641.

The day before the will was proved, Elizabeth assigned her executorship and interests in the estate to her step-son, Edward Richmond alias Webb.

Research Notes

John's first marriage may or may not be that recorded on 27 January 1611/12 at Saint Gregory by Saint Paul, London.[13] An image of the original parish register unfortunately does not give much additional information (it says they were married "by license from the 'something I can't read but is a common word', maybe 'families?' "as opposed to "by bannes") but it does show that the date was 27 Jan 1611/12 (not 1610/11).[14]

NB There is an entry in the Bishop's Transcripts for Rodbourne Cheney, Wiltshire, of the burial of a John Webb, gent, on June 25th. Unfortunately there was no year recorded on that particular return and the return could be for any year between 1626 and 1654.[15]

Sources

1. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Richmond-4909
   1. Visitation of Wiltshire 1565. Edited by Metcalfe, W.C. Published by William Pollard & Co. 1897. Richmond otherwise Webb Pedigree pp 64-65 Internet Archive.
   2. Wiltshire Visitation Pedigrees 1623. With additional pedigrees and arms collected by Thomas Lyte of Lyte's Cary, Co. Somerset 1628. The Publications of the Harleian Society. Vol LV and LVI. Edited by G D Squibb. 1954, pp 236-237 Pedigree of Richmond alias Webb.
   3. The Four Visitations of Berkshire. Rylands, W H (Ed.), Vol I. Publications of the Harleian Society, 1907. Richmond alias Webb Pedigree p 125 Internet Archive.
   4. Richmond, H I. Richmond Family Records. Vol II, The Richmonds Alias Webb of Wiltshire, 1935, pp 180-183 pdf.
   5. Abstracts of Wiltshire Inquisitiones Post Mortem. Charles I. Fry,G S and Fry, E A (Editors). British Record Society. 1901, pp 437-438 Internet Archive.
   6. Richmond, H I. Richmond Family Records. Vol II, The Richmonds Alias Webb of Wiltshire, 1935, pp 124-125 pdf.
   7. Will of Catherine Richmond alias Webb, Widow of Rodborne Cheney, Wiltshire. 08 May 1635. PROB 11/168/60. The National Archives, Kew.
   8. Philipps, John (d.1629), of Picton, Pemb. and Clog y fran, Carm. Published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1558-1603, ed. P.W. Hasler, 1981 HOP.
   9. The English Baronetage. Vol. I, 1741, p 460 Google Books
   10. Webb, Edmund (c.1639-1705), of Rodbourne Cheney and Fifield, Wilts. Published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1660-1690, ed. B.D. Henning, 1983 HOP.
   11. Students admitted to the Inner Temple 1571-1625. 1868, p 113 HathiTrust.
   12. John Richmond alias Webb Esq. of Rodbourne Cheney. 1641. Administration bond, inventory, renunciation, will. P3/R/121. Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre. Images accessed via Ancestry.
   13. Webbe-Nicholls 1611 marriage, "England Marriages, 1538–1973 ", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NKG1-ZXH : 13 March 2020), John Webbe, 1611; marriage reported at Saint Gregory by Saint Paul, London.
   14. London, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812 for John Webbe City of London St Gregory by St Paul 1559-1627 page 105/108 and image courtesy of ancestry.com
   15. Rodbourne Cheney, Wiltshire. Bishops Transcripts. Image 20 of 54 accessed via Ancestry.
   16. The Visitation of Wiltshire, 1565, by William Harvey. Clarenceux King of Arms (Harleian MS. 1565), Together With Additional Wiltshire Pedigrees (From Various Harlean MSS), ed. by Walter C. Metcalfe (Exeter: William Pollard & Co., Printers, North Street, 1897) [Available from Google Books] RICHMOND otherwise WEBB of Rodburne. p. 64-65. ""This descent testified by S'r Richard S't George, Kt., Clarenceux, King of Armes, by whose appointment it was done, an'o 1633. And entred into this book by mee, Jo. Withie, but is not entered at all in the Office."