Robert Brooke (c.1757-1829) Robert Brooke of Great Ellingham died in March 1829. He was 73 years old, a bachelor, and a yeoman i.e. a farmer owning a reasonable amount of property and land, but not sufficient to be classed as ‘gentry’. Variations of Name During my research, I have found that this family’s surname ‘Brooke‘…
Category: Yeoman
The Porch at the Church of St James appointed as the place for the Payment of Legacies
Porch at the Church of St James Great Ellingham In his will dated December 13th, 1779, yeoman Isaac Eke of Great Ellingham appointed the porch at the Parish Church of Great Ellingham to be the place for the payments to be made of the legacies which he mentions in his will. Widower Isaac Eke was…
1715: Will of Stephen Martin, Yeoman, of Great Ellingham
Extract from the Will of Stephen Martin of Great Ellingham dated 9th October 1715. Original held at Wymondham Town Archive It is hard to imagine a time back history some three hundred years ago when Stephen Martin, a yeoman, of Great Ellingham signed his last will and testament. In the presence of witnesses John Turner,…