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Thomas PENFOLD (bef1704-1771)Tree005:T18

Name:	Thomas PENFOLD 1,2,3
ONS Reference:	Tree005:T18
Sex:	Male
Record Id:	2317
Father:	Thomas PENFOLD ( - )
Mother:	Hannah PEARCE ( -bef1761)

Individual Events and Attributes

Birth	bef 1 Jan 1704	[J]
Christening	1 Jan 1704 (age 0)	[J]
Occupation		Grocer Gentleman Butter Searcher 4,5,6
Death	btw 1 Mar 1771 and 17 May 1771 (age 67)	York YKS

Marriage (1)

Spouse	Ann ( -bef1741)
Children	Ann PENFOLD (1733?-1788)
	Moses PENFOLD (1728?- )
	Hannah PENFOLD (1730?-1730)
	Abraham PENFOLD ( - )
Marriage	bef 29 Nov 1741 (age 37)

Marriage (2)

Spouse	Mary SWAN (b.bef1711, bur.1768)
Children	Susannah PENFOLD ( - )
	Thomas PENFOLD (aft1750-1773?)
	Hannah PENFOLD (aft1750-aft1771)
Marriage	30 Nov 1741 (age 37)	St Olave & St Giles, York YKS 7,8,9

Individual Note 1

Baptism Place: Kingston upon Thames Independent Chapel

Number of marriages: 2

Widower at the time of his marriage to Mary Swann

Thomas Penfold described his occupation at death as a butter searcher.

 

A searcher is given numerous definitions in the Compact Edition of the OED published 1979 with copyright Oxford University Press 1971. The Preface is dated August 1933 The complete text has been reproduced micrographically. Page 2696 contains page 354 of the letter S:

 

"Searcher:

1 ..........................

2 One whose office is to search a. An official appointed by a guild or company to resist the violation of its customs and laws, and to prevent the production of work below a certain standard of excellence. Obs.

1419 Engl. Misc (Surtees) 14 It was accorded and assented be bothe the partys that the sercheours of the masons and of the wryghtes of this cite of York suld ga and see what were ryght for another party. 1516 Nottingham Rec III 345 The Sercheres of the Fysheres..they suffer corupe fyshe and noght to be sold in the market. ......... d. As the designation of various municipal or government officials; e. g. a sanitary inspector; an inspector of markets; an examiner of certain articles o f manufacture that were not allowed to be sold unless certified by him as of standard quality, etc. Obs.

...................... 1613 J May Decl. Estate Clothing iv 18 The best search made by the searchers in any place, is but to cast the Clothes into skales to see if they be weight or no. 1738 Act II (or 11) Geo II, c 28 ? 3 Which said searcher s shall and may have full Power .. to enter into and inspect all such Mills, Shops, Warehouses (etc.) of Makers, Merchants, or Dealers in Narrow Cloth. .............."

 

It would appear that a butter searcher was essentially a quality inspector for butter and may even been able to certify the quality and/or source

Thomas Penfold's connection to the Kingston upon Thames family is that

1 He mentions his brother John Wornham Penfold in his will

2 He signs a quit claim in 1739 saying he is the heir and executor of Ann Weaver of Chobham, Surrey and mentions James Simmons of Surrey and his wife Katherine, nee Penfold whose father Francis Penfold was nephew to Ann Weaver

3 A Thomas is mentioned by Hannah Penfold in her will dated Dec 1756

 

Will of Thomas Penfold of York, Butter Searcher" PCY May 1771

The last Will and Testament of me Thomas Penfold of the City of York Butter Searcher - First I Give devise and confirm All my Estates of whatsoever tenure or nature situate in the County of Surrey and all my Right and Title therein To my Son Thomas Penfold his Heirs and Assigns to his and their own use forever --- Item I Give and Devise All my Houses Warehouses Stables and Hereditaments Garden and Premisses situate and being in Micklegate and Fetter lane in the City of York aforesaid and all other my real Estate in the said city unto and to the use of my two Daughters Susannah Gurnell of Gainsborough in the County of Lincoln Widow and Ann the Wife of William Jackson of the said City of York Grocer ......... one clear Annuity of twenty pounds for the use of my Daughter Hannah Penfold for and during her Life, And one other clear Annuity of ten pounds for the use of my said Son Thomas Penfold during his Life, both the said Annuities to be paid into the hands of my Brother Mr John Wornham Penfold and John Swann and Thomas Swann both of the said City of York Merchants .... applied half yearly or oftener as they shall find it necessary for the Maintenance clothing and benefit of the said Annuitants ........ ---- Item I Give and bequeath unto my said Son Thomas and Daughter Hannah Penfold ten pounds apiece to be paid out of my Personal Estate immediately after my decease Item I Give and bequeath all the residue and remainder of my Personal Estate of any nature or kind whatsoever ..... To my said Daughters Susannah Gurnell and Ann Jackson equally ........ And I do constitute my said two Daughters Susannah Gurnell and Ann Jackson Joint Executrixes of this my will hereby revoking all former and other Wills Codicils and Testamentary Schedules by me made In Witness whereof I the said Thomas Penfold have hereunto set my hand and seal this first day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy one Thos Penfold ?

 

Signed sealed published and declared by the

above mentioned Thomas Penfold the Testator .......

? Mortimer

Peter Jackson

James Lamb Junr.

Individual Note 2

Quitclaim signed by Thomas Penfold of York

Surrey History Centre, Woking, Surrey UK.

Collection 244

Penfold's Residential Nursery, Thursley & Haslemere, Deeds

 

Thomas Penfold of York, "Quitclaim signed by Thomas Penfold of York".

 

...... I Thomas Penfold of the City of York Cheesemonger Nephew and Heir at Law of Anne Weaver late of Chobham in the County of Surrey widow dec'd (& also executor of her? last Will & testament said the said Anne Weaver) For and in consideration of the sum of Five shillings .... paid by James Simmons of Fr...... in the County of Surrey paper maker and Katherine his wife formerly called Katherine Penfold one of the Devisees named in the said last will ... Anne Weaver ...... I do hereby acknowledge .... ....... remiss release and forever quitt Claims unto the said Katherine her Heirs Execes and assignes All my estate ..... with the appurtements Containing by estimation three acres .... known by the Name of Pylewole Meadow .... Lying and being in the parish of * B* aforesaid in the said County of Surrey And were devised to the sd Katherine by the said Anne Weaver .... And of into or out of All other the Messuages Lands Tenements and Hereditan?s whatsoever of the Said James Simmons and Katherine his wife or either of them Situate Lying and being in the several parishes of Haslemere aforesd and Thursley in the said County of Surrey and which were given devised or bequeathed to the Said Katherine by the Said Anne Weaver ..... I the said Thomas Penfold .... any estate right Title .... of the aforesaid p*misses ...... In witness whereof I the Said Thomas Penfold have hereunto Set my hand and Seale the Fifth Day of March .... in the Yeare of our Lord God One thousand Seven Hundred and thirty Nine .... In the p*sence of

Witnesses

Thos Penfold ?

J Hailstone

Jos. Beckett.

Note on Marriage to Ann

Reference number: 1527

Note on Marriage to Mary SWAN

While Thomas Penfold is Ann Penfold's father, it is not clear whether Mary Swan was Ann's mother. She may well have been her step-mother. It was more than likely Ann was born before 1741 especially as her burial record implies she was born in 17 33.

There was another dau of Thomas since a witness at the marriage of William Jackson and Ann Penfold was Susanna Penfold

Reference number: 41

Sources

1	"Kingston upon Thames Independent Chapel PR" (LDS Film).

2	Swanton E W & Woods P (eds), "Bygone Haslemere".

3	"York, Micklegate, St Martin cum Gregory, Parish Register, tr". Assessment: Secondary evidence.

4	Thomas Penfold, "Will of Thomas Penfold of York, Butter Searcher".

5	"Penfold - Swann marriage license allegation & bond" (LDS Film).
	Bothwick Institute, Univ of York York.

6	Thomas Penfold of York, "Quitclaim signed by Thomas Penfol;d of York".
	Surrey History Centre, Woking, Surrey UK.

7	"St Olave, York, PR". Assessment: Primary evidence. 1741 PR Tho Penfold of the City of York Gent & Mary Swan of ye parish of St Mich Ousebridge Mard 30 Nov by license

8	Incumbent, "York, St Olave, BT". Assessment: Secondary evidence. 1741 BT Tho Penfold of the City of York Gent & Mary Swan of ye parish of St Mich Ousebridge Mard 30 Nov

9	"IGI". Assessment: Questionable.