IRONMONGER Genealogy

The name according to researchers was Saxon. This name, Ironmonger, emerged as an influential name in the county of Lincolnshire where they were recorded as a family of great antiquity seated with manor and estates in that shire. Although this name sounds as if it is trade name of a Hardware dealer, it was descended from the ancient Irmynges or Saxon of Oermengar meaning 'a great spear'. The name by the 13th and 14th century had been corrupted to both Ironmonger and Iremonger. The family branched to Wherwell in Hampshire and to Lancashire and Shropshire and also established other estates in Lincolnshire.

The Saxon race gave birth to many English surnames not the least of which was the surname Ironmonger. The Saxons were invited into England by the ancient Britons in the 5th century. They were a race of fair skinned people living along the Rhine valley as far north east as Denmark. They were led by General/Commanders Hengist and Horsa. The Saxons settled in the county of Kent, on the south east coast of England. Gradually, they probed north and westward.
   

Abstracts of Iremonger wills found in London. Numbers 1 and 2 are PCC wills, 4 is a PCC administration.

1) William Iremonger, Kintbury, Hungerford, Berkshire, 1581, 16 Darcy, (PROB11/63)

Name of Testator : William Iremonger
Date of Will : 31 August, 21st reign of Elizabeth (1579)
Date Proven : April, 1581
Residence at time of will : Hanvylle, Berkshire; mentions lands in Staffordshire, and Hungerford, Berkshire/Wiltshire, and a farm in Hanvylle.
Name of wife : Alice
Sons (7) : John (apparently over the age of 21), therefore born before 1558.
Josiah, Richard, William, Samuell, Edwarde, and Alphonsus, all under the age of 21, therefore born between 1559-1579.
Daughters (3) : Elly, Ursula, and Elizabeth
(all unmarried, all under the age of 21, therefore born between 1559-1579).
Witnesses : Richard Tredmayr, Edmunde Waller, John Yovll.
Other info : possibly Alice was his second wife, as the will mentions he wished to be buried next to his wife in Kintbury chapel, so presumably this was a wife whom was already buried before 1579.
Brother-in-law Richard Tredmayr.

(Note :
There are many similarities to this will and an entry in "Burke’s Landed Gentry" which shows: William Iremonger, first wife Juliana Butler, one son John. Second wife, Alice Davis, sons mentioned Samuel (b.1607), Edward and Alphonso.
The problem is that the will of this William is dated 4 May 1637, some 56 years later.)


2) Samuell Iremonger, gentleman of Shawe, Berkshire, 1626, 33 Hele, (PROB11/148, p.254).

Name of testator : Samuel Iremonger
will written 11 July 1625, probated 1626, Canterbury.
residence of Samuel Iremonger at the time in the parish of Shaw, county of Berkshire.
birthplace of Samuel Iremonger : Kintbury, Berkshire.
burial of Samuel Iremonger was to occur in Kintbury.
eldest son named Samuel Iremonger at the time of the will is under 21 years of age.
youngest son named Thomas Iremonger is also under 21.
sisters Ellen Collier, Elizabeth Collier, Ursula Erbwith.
brothers William, Edward and Alphonsus Iremonger.
father-in-law Henrie Hobbyes.
cousins Edward Oliffe, Thomas Collier, other Iremongers of Reading, Richard Monty, William Iremonger of Reading.
no wife mentioned, possibly already died.

(Note : the surnames Hobbyes, Oliffe, Erbwith, and Collier are difficult to read and may be incorrect.)

(This will ties in quite well to the 1581 will via Samuel's siblings.)

3) Samuell Iremonger of Donnington, Co. Berks. gent., 1643 (someone else's transcription found in loose papers at the S.O.G.)

Name of testator : Samuell Iremonger
Will proven 28 Oct., 1650
Will written 6 July, 1643
wife unnamed
mansion house in Donnington, Berkshire
apparently owned "Donnington Mills"
eldest son William under 21 (born between 1622-1643)
second son Francis under 21 (born between 1622-1643)
eldest daughter Bridget under 21 (born between 1622-1643)
other children , Elizabeth, Anne, Eleanor, Martha, Margaret & one unborn child.
funeral to occur in Newbury.
inheritance lands in Woodhay.

(Note : Probably the son of Samuel (2) above, but unproven.)

4) PROB 6/17 (page 98): Samuel Iremonger, Feb 1639/40 (Administration only)

Samuel Iremonger, father of Samuel Iremonger, late of Donnington inside the parish of Shawe in the county of Berkshire, unmarried, deceased.

By the way, for all researchers along these lines - I've seen the following misspelled so many times, I want to show the correct (modern) spellings from British Ordnance Survey maps : "Donnington" (the village), "Shaw" (the parish), "Berkshire" (the county), also abbreviated "Berks.".

Abstracts - State of Virginia

(1) Abstracts of Administration of Wills for the state of Virginia:
Deed dated 1/1/1665, from William Ironmonger of Gloucester county, conveying the plantation in Lancaster, where the said Ironmonber lived. Elizabeth, his wife, relinquishes dower and appoints her brother, Mr. Robert Jones, her attorney for the purpose.

(2) (English) Genealogist Publication: Salisbury Marriage Licenses in the (English) Genealogist Publication.
On Jul 23, 1628 a license was issued for the marriage of Samuel Iremonger of Dennington (Donnington?), Berks., a gentleman aged 21 and Bridget Corderoy of Chute, Wiltshire, aged 24.

(3) The Genealogist, XII,22 and in the Visitation of Wiltshire, 1623, Edited by Marshall, Printed pedigree:
William was the heir to his brother William who dies d.s.p.


(4) Swann, p. 109 (sorry no title) but would have gotten it from microfilm at LDS Family History Library in Salt Lake City:
Will Corderoy of Chuet Esquire:
Will 15 June 1622; proved 4 November 1623. Body to my Chappell in Chuet church. To Lady Church of Sarum 40s. To poor of Chuet 40s. and 10s. to church. To my daughter Annah 400 pounds. My brother Edward Godderde esquire my cosen William Sotwell esqurie and my cosen William Stanton esq to raise money for 12 years on ly land, and pay to my son William Corderoy 50 pound yearly. To my said son all my lands in Chuet Conholt, Langley Nowse, Upham and Wilton for ever. In default then to my son Edward and for default to my son John. My son William sole executor. To my wife and her maid beds bedding etc. and their diet. To my three duaghters 20 pounds yearly, i.e. 6pounds, 12 shillings, 4pence apeece.
Witnesses: William Corderoy, Andrew Kingsmill, Jasper Mompesson, Edward Flower. Memorandum. The legacy of 400 pounds (there is on mention of it in body of Will) given by testato to said Bridget Corderoy was stricken out by testator in prescence of witnesses 6th January 1622, William Stanton, Ann Arnold, Kingesmill Long, Constance Brown.

(5) The Genealogist, XII,22 and in the Visitation of Wiltshire, 1623:
Reference to Thomas Cordray and Jane Morris.
Refernece to father of Thomas as being Thomas Cordray who married Jane Seamor.

(6) Source: LDS Ancestral File, December 1994, Film # 170874 ,page 1234.
Edward Goddard acquired East Woodhay from his uncle Vincen Goddard and started the East Woodhay and Castle Eaton branch of the family. East Woodhay was orginally the property of the Bishops of Winchester and at an ealy date the bishop granted a large portion of his estate
there to various tenants Among these, in 1428, was one John Sterregrave, hence the name of the manor house, Stargroves, in the 17th century. It was in the old house that Oliver Cromwell is said to have breakfasted on toast and ale before the Second Battle of Newbury in 1644. (Edward Goddard married Mary Kingsmill).

(7) The Goddard Book, Volume II Compiled and Edited by John W. HarmsGateway Press, Inc., Baltimore MD, 1990:
Information on the Goddard family. (If you sift through it all, there are nine generations back from Bridgette. It is a little trickey but very intersting).

(8) Ironmonger and Connections, 1624-1924, a Family History, Elizabeth Hogg Ironmonger, Seaford, Virginia: J.G. Ironmonger, c1956:
Marriage of William Ironmonger, (father of Samuel, father of William, father of Frances who married Mordecai Cooke born 1649,) to Alice Davis and Juliana Butler.

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