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William Skey PURNELL[1]

Male 1752 - Yes, date unknown

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  • Name William Skey PURNELL 
    Birth 16 Jul 1752  High Littleton, Somerset, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    _UID EDEE71E8B1CE4BFEB19715E7447AE1CEAD72 
    Death Yes, date unknown 
    Person ID I21579  Ryeland Family Tree
    Last Modified 19 Mar 2026 

    Father Robert PURNELL,   b. 1 Sep 1728, High Littleton, Somerset, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Feb 1813, Hallatrow, , Somerset, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years) 
    Mother Betty SKEY,   b. 11 Oct 1731, Thornbury, , Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Dec 1802, Hallatrow, , Somerset, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years) 
    Family ID F2472  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Sarah GREEN   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Family ID F6639  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 27 Nov 2014 

    Family 2 Jane SALMON   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Marriage 31 Aug 1779  Midsomer Norton, , Somerset, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. William Skey PURNELL,   b. 29 Jan 1807, Croydon, , Surrey, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     2. Robert PURNELL,   b. 4 Aug 1809, Croydon, , Surrey, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
    Family ID F6640  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 27 Nov 2014 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 16 Jul 1752 - High Littleton, Somerset, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 31 Aug 1779 - Midsomer Norton, , Somerset, England Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Lady JONES - Mr. (William) SKEY, Lifehold [Held by the life of W’m Skey PU RNELL aged 76 in 1827]
      [Lease dated 24th July 1800 for the lives of:
      W’m Skey PURNELL aged 64 in 1815
      Jane (Skey), now wife of Dr. SCOBELL M.D. (aged 45 in 1815)]
      160 A Tenement in 3 Dwelings 2 2 2 2 6 15 -
      166) Stephen’s Hill 4 0 19 8 0 3) 3 Wood 12 41/4
      ) 3 3 24 ) 18 Pas. 3 10 21/2
      168 Coppice adjoining 3 8 3 8 18 14 43/4
      (A great many trees in it, little and big, lately fell by the tenant; ab ’t £20 worth)
      1
      1804 SURVEY OF WILLIAM JONES BURDETT’S ESTATES IN HIGH LITTLETON

      Lady JONES - Mr. (William) SKEY, Lifehold
      [Lease dated 24th July 1800 for the lives of:
      Richard LANGFORD of Hallatrow, attorney at law (he died 4th May 1826) ag ed 55 in 1815
      Jane, wife of Dr. SCOBELL, (aged 45 in 1815)]
      In Hallowtrough
      1 House, Out offices and Garden 2 19 2 19 10 - -
      2 Orchard adjoining 2 18 2 18 40 1 4 6
      3 Cripcroft - orchard 1 1 20 1 1 20 40 2 15 -
      4 Grindstone 1 1 28 1 1 28 33 2 7 01/4
      5 Hooked Mead - orchard 3 20 3 20 60 2 12 6
      6 Skey’s Greenlane Ground 3 3 3 3 3 3 25 4 14 21/2
      11 Little Marsh 2 0 33 2 0 33 25 2 15 2
      (New broke up)
      12 South Slade 2 1 7 2 1 7 23 2 12 9
      (Maiden Oak cut, ab’t 30 feet)
      Total 8 1 3 4 1 6 2 19 13 0 28 29 1 13/4
      1804 SURVEY OF William Jones BURDETT’s ESTATES IN HIGH LITTLETON & HALLATR OW
      1
      Lady Elizabeth JONES, who owned the lordship of the manor of High Littlet on and a considerable amount of land
      and property in the parish, died without issue in 1800. Under her Will s he devised her manors of Stowey and High
      Littleton to her nephew William Jones BURDETT. In 1804 BURDETT commission ed Joseph WOLLEN of Wedmore to produce
      a valuation of his estate in High Littleton and Hallatrow. For the purpo se of the valuation WOLLEN used SMITH’s
      map of 1793, as updated in 1799. Various additions to the schedule have be en made afterwards from time to time.
      There appears to have been some omissions and errors in the schedule and t he transcriber has highlighted these
      by showing them in italics.
      A SURVEY & VALUATION OF ESTATES SITUATE AT HIGH LITTLETON & HALLATROW IN T HE COUNTY OF SOMERSET, THE PROPERTY OF
      WILLIAM JONES BURDETT ESQ’R.



      Mr. William SKEY, Lifehold
      160 A Tenement in 3 Dwellings - 2 2 1 5 -
      at Stephen’s Hill
      (In Ruins and sho’d be taken down)
      166 Stephen’s Hill Pasture 8 0 3 5 - -
      168 Coppice Adjoining - 3 8 10 -
      (Oak trees not thriving)
      159) Hollybush North ( Meadow 6 2 37 40 13 9 -
      161) (
      162 Hollybush South Meadow 6 1 23 45 14 7 6
      241 Three Cornered Paddock Arable 1 2 28 30 2 10 -
      238 Paddock by Vowles’s House Pasture 2 0 15 45 4 14 -
      148 Long Paddock Meadow 1 2 11 36 2 16 6
      150 Dry Paddock Meadow 4 0 11 42 8 10 6
      154 Ham Pasture 4 3 16 50 12 2 6
      155 An undivided moiety of Bleat Common Meadow 1 25 50 1 - -
      (Mr. MOGG the other)
      37 0 19 66 5 -
      Deduct for Taxes 9 5 -
      57 - -


      Mr. William SKEY’s Lifehold - in Hallatrow
      1 House, Out Offices & Gard’n - 2 19 (10 10 -
      2 Orchard Adjoining Orchard 2 18 (
      3 Crip Croft (Orchard) Orchard 1 1 20 63 4 6 6
      4 Grindstone Meadow 1 1 28 45 3 4 -
      5 Hooked Mead (Orch’d) Orchard 3 20 70 3 1 -
      6 Skey’s Green Lane Ground Arable 3 3 3 30 5 13 -
      11 Little Marsh or Little Chasehills Arable 2 0 33 30 3 6 -
      12 South Slade Bottom Pasture 2 1 7 30 3 8 6
      13 0 28 33 9 -
      Deduct for Taxes 3 9 -
      30 - -

  • Sources 
    1. [S454] Colin Purnell Gedcom.


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