Prominent Families of Chipping Campden

Perhaps the most distinctive present-day family (1911) connected with the soil of Campden is that of Izod, for members of that family have farmed their own land in Westington for 230 years, and other land in this parish for some 280 years. *The Gloucestershire Izods came out of Chapel Izod, co. Kilkenny, Ireland, about 1450, and settled themselves in the vale and on the hillsides at Stanton, Buckland, and Toddington, where they were of some standing at one time, owning the rectory of Stanton and land at Snowshill (Inq. p.m. Hen. Izod, 11. Charles I.). A brief pedigree of the family at these places was recorded at the visitations of this county by the Heralds in 1623 and 1682. Their arms were returned as "Arg 6 leopards' heads vert., 3, 2, and 1," and their crest, as "A man's head in profile proper in armour or plumed gu." In Cromwell's time Hen. Izod was rector of Stanton. In 1608 there were evidently no members of the family in the parish, for the name does not appear in the return of that year. About 1620-30 there were however, three substantial house-holders of the name in this town, viz. John, Nicholas, and Henry. Evidently they were, of the Toddington Stanton, and Buckland family, for Henry and Nicholas were family names at Toddington, and Nicholas Izod seems to have been parish clerk at Stanton 1605.

Nicholas Izod Signed the register as chief inhabitant here 1629, both Henry and Nicholas sat on inquisitions here in 1632

John Izod had issue:
Ann, baptised here 17 March, 1621/2.
John, baptised here 14 March, 1622/3.
William, baptised here 24 Sept., 1626.
James, baptised here 9 March, 1627/8.

William seems to have married Elizabeth White here 18 June, 1656. The father, John, was buried 28 Aug., 1630, and Katherine, wife of John, was buried 23 July previous. Anne, wife of John, was buried 10 April, 1632. From these records it appears that there were two adult John Izods about this time. Perhaps one was the father of John, senior, and perhaps Nicholas and Henry were other sons.

Hen. Izod, who was buried here 30 Jan., 1656/7, had issue:
Judith, baptised here 16 March, 1627/8, buried 15 April, 1629.
Anne, baptised here 21 Feb., 1629/30, buried 13 Nov., 1630.
Henry, baptised here 20 Oct.. 1631, buried 13 Aug., 1636.
John, baptised here 19 Jan., 1643/4.
William, buried here 5 Dec.,1642.
It seems probable that the descendants of John and Henry either died out or removed from the parish, for no other records of them can be found.

Nicholas Izod married Mary Lysely here 19 July 1621, and had issue:
Nicholas, baptised here 16 Feb., 1622/3.
John, of whom later.'
Nathan, who was living 1666.
Francis baptised here 25 Oct., 1629.
Mary, baptised here 8 Jan., 1631/2
Henry, baptised here 23 March, 1633/4.
Martha, baptised here 13 March, 1635/6.
William, baptised here 5 Dec., 1641.

Francis was buried here 26 Aug., 1709, and had a son Francis, baptised 25 July, 1694. Nicholas, the father, took a lease of two messuages and two yardlands at Westington from the third Viscount Campden in 1666 for the lives of himself, Mary his wife, and Nathan his son. Nothing more is known of this Nathan or of his brothers and sisters, except Nicholas and John. The mother was buried here 5th June, 1670, and the father seems to have been dead in 1583. Nicholas, the son married Mary who was buried 6th July, 1705, and had a numerous issue thus:
Mary, baptised here 12 Dec., 1666.
John, baptised here 26 Jan., 1667/8, living 1727.
Philippa, baptised here 14 Nov., 1669.
Ann, baptised here 10 Jan., 1670/1.
Elizth, baptised here 10 Jan., 1670/l, married here 14 May, 1702 Jno. Holmes.
Nicholas, baptised here 16 May 1672.
Elinor, baptised here 29 May. 1673, buried here 20 Sept, 1732, a spinster.
Sarah, baptised here 23 Oct., 1674.
Wm., baptised here 16 Oct., 1675, buried here 8 0ct., 1727.
Susannah, baptised here 20 Feb., 1676, buried here 16 May, 1720.
Margaret baptised here 5 Sept., 1678, married here 15 May, 1703, Edward Curtice.
Henry, baptised here 7 Aug., 1681.
Thomas, baptised here 10 July, 1684.
The father was, buried here 6 July, 1705.
William, the son, left a will, dated 30 Sept., 1727, proved at Gloucester 16 May, 1728, in which he describes himself as a baker, of Westington, and except for Is. to his brother John, left all his property to his brother Nicholas, and evidently died without issue.
Nicholas, born 1672, seems to have had three sons:
James.
John, baptised here 21 Feb., 1689/90, buried 5 July, 1741.
Nicholas baptised here 2 Feb., 1691/2.
The father was of Broad Campden, and took a lease in 1708 of a messuage, one yardland, there, with common of pasture for 15 sheep and great cattle, etc., for the lives of himself and his sons James and John. James, the son, was also of Broad Campden, and was leasee of the tithes thereof 1735-43. He died in 1762, when administration was granted to his son James, who was baptised here 7 Aug., 1726. There was also a daughter Mary, baptised here 17 April, 1733. James, born 1726, lived at Broad Campden, and died 9 Feb., 1795. Nicholas, the grandfather, was buried 20 Oct., 1728. He left a will dated 7 Oct., and proved at Gloucester 14 Nov. in that year. In it he described himself as a yeoman, of Broad Campden, and leaves all to his son James after the death of his mother, subject to a payment of £70 amongst the eight children of his son Nicholas. The estate was sworn at £243 1s. 6d.
The latter Nicholas married here 21 Dec., 1712, Iddy (Edith ?) Parker, and had issue:
Edith, baptised here 3 April, 1715.
John, baptised here 21 Oct., 1716.
Alice, baptised here 31 July, 1720.
Mary, baptized here 7 Oct., 1722.
William, baptised here 8 Nov., 1724, buried 16 March, 1736/7.
Elinor, baptised here 17 Sept., 1727.
John, baptized here 2 Feb., 1729/30.
The descendants of these children the author cannot trace, and thus all the descendants of Nicholas born 1622/3 are exhausted.
John Izod, son of the original Nicholas settled at Westington, where he got together a fair estate. In 1667 he took an underlease from his father of two messuages and 2 yardlands there. In 1683 be took a lease of 1/2 messuage and 1/2 of 4 yardlands there at £2 per annum, fine £238; and in 1699 he took a lease of 2 messuages and 2 yardlands at the same place, presumably those leased to his father at £2 per annum, fine £50. In 1683 he purchased of Rob. Hiron the fee of 2 messuages and 2 yardland in Westington, and this holding has been retained by his descendants in the main to the present (1911) day, one of these messuages being the old house frequently called Westington Manor House, in which the Izods now dwell. About 1681 John Izod purchased the fee of 1/2 yardland in Broad Campden of Rich. Rose and Thos. Bonner, and in conjunction with Nathan, his son, he purchased lands called Townsend, in Mickleton. John Izod had issue:

John, who seems to have married at Aston Magna, 8 May, 1679, Helen Ballard, who was buried here 14 Oct. 1690.
Nathan, baptised here 10 Dec., 1656.
Mary, living 1701.
Ann, baptised here 8 Jan., 1659.
Sarah, baptised here 19 April, 1663.
Hannah, baptised here 14 May, 1666.
Ann married in 1682 Wm. Rayer, of Cutsdean, and by deed of 21 Nov. that year her father settled his Broad Campden property on her. She left issue Mary, married Rich. Charles, of Blockley, at Stanton, 20 Oct., 1679. Sarah married Mr. Wilson; and Hannah married Mr. Gibbs. John, the son, had issue:
John.
Nicholas.
Wm., baptised here 12 June, 1686.
Mary, baptised here 14 Aug., 1687.
John, the father, was buried here 27 Oct., 1701, leaving estate sworn at £1,413 17s. 3d. By his will, dated 20 July, and proved at Gloucester 15 Nov., 1701, he left to his son John £50 and I Yardland in Berrington for life; remainder to Nicholas and Wm., two sons of said John, junr. Testator's dwelling at Westington, another house there, and 2 yardlands there to son Nathan for life; remainder to Nathan, son of last. To daughter Mary Charles and her heirs his house called Palmers, in Westington. To his daughter Ann Rayer for life a messuage called Warner's, in Westington; remainder, one moiety to her son, Jno. Rayer, the other moiety to William, son of testator's son Nathan. To son Nathan a messuage and 4 yardlands in Westington, in the tenure of testator's brother Nicholas, subject to an annuity of £5 to said Nicholas for life and £20 per annum for life to testator's daughter, Sarah Wilson. To son Nathan testator's share in lands called Townsends, at Mickleton, lately purchased by them, subject to £20 each to John and

Nicholas, sons of testator's eldest son, and to Wm., another son, Mary, daughter of said John and other grandchildren £10; to niece Elizabeth Izod; £5 to the poor of Campden. Nathan, son, residuary legatee and executor.

This Nathan had issue:
Anne, baptised here 9 May, 1683, living 1716,
John, baptised here 2 June, 1687.
Nathan, baptised here 5 Sept., 1690.
Wm., baptised here 28 Dec., 1691.
Mary married Wm. Eden.
Hannah, married Jno. Perry, at Ebrington, 17 Jan., 1708/9.
Thomas, baptised here 8 June, 1693.
Sarah, baptised here 5 Feb., 1696/7, living 1716.

He died 25 July, 1716, and his wife Anne 13 Sept., 1715. By his will, dated 23 July, and proved at Gloucester 16 Oct., 1716, he distributed his estate, valued at £2,100, as follows:
To Nathan, his son testator's dwelling at Westington and 2 yardlands belonging to it, a messuage there called the Overhouse, then in the possession of Jno. Greenaway, two yardlands there, which testator held by lease, and the lowermost meadow, belonging to the Foxberrys, in Weston-sub-Edge (This land is by Weston Park), lately purchased by testator.
To Wm., his son, the remainder of the Foxberrys, called the Great Ground, the messuage in Westington lately built by testator, and 4 yardlands there belonging to said messuage.
To Mary, his daughter, wife of Wm. Eden, a feather bed.
To Hannah, his daughter, wife of Jno. Perry, £200.
To Mrs, Anne Haswell, his daughter, the money owing to him by his son John.
To daughter Sarah Izod £500.
Sons Nathan and Wm. and daughter Sarah residuary legatees.
Anne, the testator's daughter, had married the Rev. Jas. Haswell here 5 Oct., 1714.
John Perry was the son of Thomas Perry, of this town, grocer, who died 1715. The son died about 1728, leaving Jno. Perry, Butcher, Thos. Perry, jersey comber, and Wm. Perry, innkeeper, all of this town, his sons by Hannah Izod, his wife.
William Izod married first Sarah, who died 5 March, 1722/3, aged 19, having had by her a daughter Anne, baptised here 29 Nov., 1720, living 1741. He married secondly Mary (who was living 1741), and died 27 June, 1750, intestate. His daughter Ann married Wm. Moseley, of Westington.
It will be seen that, old Nathan Izod had considerably increased the estate left him by his father, and that Nathan, Junr., succeeded to the greater part of it. This gentleman in 1715 was made a lieutenant by commission in a regiment of Militia to be raised for his Majesty's service. He married at Clifford Chambers, 4 April, 1723, Mary Phipps, of Campden, and had issue by her, who was living 1741:
Anne, baptised here 6 March, 1723/4.
Mary, baptised here 28 June, 1726.
Nathan baptised here 6 Feb., 1727/8.
Susannah, baptised here 8 July, 1737.
Ann died a spinster in 1772, leaving a will by which she bequeathed her lands at Upton Snodsbury and Grafton Flyford to trustees for the benefit of her sister Mary, who had married a Harwood, and her children Mary and Dulcibella.
Nathan and Wm. Izod took a lease in 1730 of 1/2 messuage and 1 yardland in Westington, with common pasture, at £l per annum, fine £60.
Nathan alone took a lease in 1730 of 2 messuages and 2 yardlands in Westington, with common of pasture, at £2 per annum, fine £120.
Wm. Izod alone took a lease in 1730 of 1/2 messuage and 2 yardlands dispensed in Westington, with common of pasture at £2 per annum, fine £135.
Nathan, born 1690, died interstate about 1753-8, Nathan, his son, born 1728, married Lucy ----, and died interstate 1797, leaving issue William, born 1780, and Charles, born 1782. William lived at Westington, and in his time the enclosure took place, and he was allotted land at Catbrook and on Broad Campden Hill in lieu of the two yardlands that had been purchased by his ancestor John. He married Ann -----, who died 8 Jan., 1833, aged 40, and died 28 Feb., 1846, leaving issue the late Mr. Nathan Izod, who succeeded to the Westington property, and died 1890; the late Mr. Chas. Izod, who died in 1896; and Mr. Jas. Izod, now (1911) living.
Charles, born 1782), died 24 Nov., 1864, leaving a widow. who died a few years ago, and a son, the late Mr. Chas. Izod, malster.
The widow and issue of the late Mr. Nathan Izod still (1911) reside in the homestead at Westington in which so many generations of Izods have lived and died.
For many years the Izods farmed land on Far Westington Hill, near the Four Cross Hands, which land, in consequence of this and its remote and unfrequented locality, was popularly styed "Izod's Far Hell."
There are a few misceIlaneous Izod entries in the parish register here, as follow:
Thos. Izod, buried 4 Oct., 1657.
Thos. Izod, buried 1 Feb., 1693-4.
Mary, daughter of Nicholas Izod buried 18 March, 1715/6
John Izod, buried 5 May, 1722
John, son of Mr. Nathan Izod buried 13 July, 1730.
John, son of Mr. Nathan Izod, buried 16 Sept, 1731.
Wm. Izod, buried 31 March, 1747.
Jno. Leadbetter, married Ann Izod 14 April, 1713.
Geo. Pickerin, of Sutton, married Mary Izod, 23 April, 1739.

Ann, the daughter of Nathan Izod, buried 6 Jan., 1749/50.
Wm., son of Nicholas and Mary Izod, of Westington, baptised 29 March, 1739.
John Izod married Katherne Godfrey at Buckland 25 Nov., 1617. Both these persons were buried at Campden, and this fact, together with the marriage of Mary Izod, of Westington, with Mr. Charles at Stanton seems to leave no doubt that the Campden Izods came directly from Stanton and Buckland.

From the time of Hen. VIII. until within living memory (1911) the family of Moseley has been of some standing, and numbers in this parish, although perhaps not of the standing of the Bonners, Weleys, etc. Unlike other families dealt with in this work, (History and Antiquities of Chipping Campden) however, the Moseleys have perpetuated their name in one spot in the parish, known ad Moseley's Spring, etc. At this point it will be convenient and interesting to deal with this family in some detail.

The early Moseley entries in the parish register are as under:

Marriages:
Wm. Moseley and Alice Bravell, 12 March, 1636.
John Bravell and Anne Moseley, 12 March, 1636.
John Moseley and Anne Bumpas, 12 Feb., 1655/6.
Thos. Moseley and Ann Widowes, 10 Oct., 1671,

At Aston Subedge:
Thos. Mosely, of Broad Campden, and Eliz. Page, 9 Dec., 1699.
Jno. Grimmett, of Broad Campden, and Eliz. Mosely, of same, 5 Sept., 1708.

At Stanton:
Rich-. Mosely, of Broad Campden, and Mary Halflord, of Armscote, 25 Aug., 1679.
Jas. Borroughs. of Lamington, and Elizth. Moseley, of Broad Campden, 29 Sept., 1680.

Wm. Moseley signs the register as a chief inhabitant 1629, and John Moseley issued a token 1653. Thomas Moseley was assessed to a Church levy 1741.
According to headstones formerly in Campden churchyard, Ann, wife of Thos. Moseley, died 24 Sept., 1705, aged 60, and Thos. Moseley died 26 March, 1715, aged 66.
Eliz. Moseley, widow, of Broad Campden, 18 March, 1672. assigned to Jno. Wilkins, senr., of Campden, a Noel lease, dated 27 Dec., 1670, of 1/2 yardland in Berrington, then in her occupation; a close in Sheep-street, also in her occupation; and Cross Close, in Broad Campden, then in three parts, occupied by Jno., Thos., and Richard Harris, together with a tenement then lately erected, for 99 years, if lessee and Anthony, her son, lived so long, at £1 16s. 8d. per annum, rent.

The Perry entries of the time am also interesting. and are here given:

Baptisms.
Jno., son of Richard Perry, 11 April, 1623.
Elizth., daughter of Richard Perry, 31 May, 1624.
Margaret, daughter of Richard Perry, 27 Jan., 1625/6.
Anne, daughter of Richard Perry, 23 Dec., 1627.
Richd., son of Richard Perry, 15 Mar, 1628/9.
Margt., daughter.of Richard Perry, 24 Sept., 1634.
Zara, daughter of Richard Perry, 29 Nov., 1634.
John, son of Richard Perry, 7 Feb., 1635/6.
Robert, son of Richard Perry, 17 Feb., 1638/9.
Jane, daughter of Thomas Perry, 22 Jan., 1655.
Anne, daughter of Richard Perry, 16 Oct., 1659.

Burials:
Margt., wife of Hen. Perry, 18 Oct., 1624.
Rob., son of Rich. Perry, 24 Feb., 1638/9.
Richd. Perry, 9 Oct., 1657.

Marriages:
John Perry and Elizth. Freeman, 14 Nov., 1622

In 1675 an action was brought (Wilson v. Bonner) between Chipping Campden and Broad Campden to settle the point whether the parish, being a large one, could not have the Poor Law administered separately in the various townships and tithings, under the Statute 13 and 14, ch. 2., but it was held that the parish could not be divided for this administration, as Gloucestershire was not a county named in the Statute as one in which the large parishes especially provided for occurred. The parishes dealt with by the Statute were those very large ones found in the northern counties.
In the visitations made by the Heralds in 1682/3 the persons of this parish summned were:

For Chipping Campden:
John Eden Burgess.
Sam. Horseman Burgess
Rob. Taylor Burgess.

For Combe:
Thos. Godwyn, gent.

For Broad Campden:
---- Willas, gent.

For Berrington:
Jno. Godwyn, gent.
---- Hickes, gent.

But Horseman was disclaimed as no gentleman of blood ancestry or arms. In Adams's "Index Villaris," 1680 Campden is credited with two gentleman residents and Berrington with one.