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Pearman Family History Research Notes [1]

Nick Wood

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Koshigaya-shi,

Minami Koshigaya

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14 May 2008

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The Pearman family

Hugh Perman married Mary Penn on 16 Jan 1564 at Hagley, Worcestershire

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1564 Wedded Hugh Perman & Mary Penne were marryed the 16 of January (Hagley PR

125/1 Worcs CRO)

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Hugh Perman (c1536 – c1600), possibly born in the parish of Pedmore (LDS/MS)

Mary Penn born c1538, survived her husband and executrix of his Will

From 1564 to 1573, the Pearman family lived in the parish of Alvechurch,

Worcestershire, where all the children were baptised. At some time between 1573

and 1586 (when daughter Jane was married) the family moved to Clent. It was here

that Hugh died in early 1599.

Baptismal records and beneficiaries of Hugh Pearman’s will enable the present

reconstruction of the family. Anthony is not mentioned in the will, so probably died in

childhood. One of his daughters, either Elizabeth or Ann, married John Jones, but it

is not clear which. His wife, Mary, was the executrix of Hugh’s Will.

An inventory of his goods made on 16 June 1599 valued them at £63 10s, and its contents

suggest Hugh was principally a sheep farmer. The livestock included 40 sheep, 10 lambs, 4

pigs, 2 mares and a cow.

Records of seven children: Elizabeth

Jane

Antonye

Ann

Nicholas

Ales

John

Elizabeth Perman baptised on 24 Feb 1564 at Alvechurch, Worcs

Either Elizabeth or her younger sister, Ann, married John Jones, and by 1599 had a

son, Richard, and other children.

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1563 [1564] C The 24 of ffebruary was christened Elizabeth Perman the daughter of Hugh

Perman & Mary his wief (Alvechurch PR 8/1 Worcs CRO)

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Jane Perman baptised on 3 Apr 1566 at Alvechurch, Worcs

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1566 C The same daye (3 April) was christened Jane the daughter of High Perman & Mary

his wyef (Alvechurch PR 8/1 Worcs CRO)

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Jane married Owyn [or Uwin] Heathe or Swan on 22 Oct 1586 in Clent

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Owin Heathe alias Swan of Tanworth and Jane Perman were married the 22 day of October

1586 (Clent PR, Worcs CRO 64/1)

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At the time of her father’s death, Jane and Owyn had four children.

Antonye Perman baptised on 2 Nov 1567 at Alvechurch, Worcs

In Hugh Perman’s Will, Nicholas Perman’s son, Thomas, is described as “my oldest

sonne’s sonne”, so it is probable that Antonye died before 1599.

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1567 C The 2 daye of November was christened Antonye the sonn of Hugh Perman & Mary

his wief (Alvechurch PR 8/1 Worcs CRO)

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Ann Perman baptised 1 May 1569 at Alvechurch, Worcs

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1569 C The first daye of Maye was christened Ann the daughter of Hugh Pereman & Mary his

wief (Alvechurch PR 8/1 Worcs CRO)

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Nicholas Perman baptised on 12 Jan 1571 at Alvechurch, Worcs

At the time of his father’s death, Nicholas was married with two children, Thomas and

Marie.

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1570 [1571] C The 12 daye of January was christened Nicholas the sonn of Hugh Perman &

Mary his wief (Alvechurch PR 8/1 Worcs CRO)

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Ales Perman baptised on 20 Sep 1572, buried 1 Nov 1572 at Alvechurch, Worcs

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1572 C The 20 of September was christened Ales the daughter of Hugh Perman & Mary his

wief (Alvechurch PR 8/1 Worcs CRO)

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1572 B The first daye of November was buried Ales the daughter of Hugh Perman & Mary his

wief (Alvechurch PR 8/1 Worcs CRO)

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John Perman baptised on 20 Sep 1573 at Alvechurch, Worcs

He married in about 1599 and had at least one child, Richard.

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1573 C The 20 daye of September was christened John the sonn of High Perman & Mary his

wiefe (Alvechurch PR 8/1 Worcs CRO)

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Notes

1. The Will of Hugh Pearman, 1599

(1) I Hugh Pearman of Clente in the County of Stafford Dioces of Worcester [being] (2) sicke

in bodie but of perfecte mynde and memorie thanks be given to god make my last [will] and

(3) testamente in ………. and ………. followings, first I give and bequeath my soule to

[almighty] (4) god my saviour and redeemer by whom I ………. to be saved by his …….. and

glorious (5) resurrection; secondlie my bodye to be buried in the church of Clente. Item I give

(6) and bequeath to Richard Jones when he shall accomplish the age of XXI years ……. (7) X

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[pounds] ………. ……….. and other X [pounds] I gave him ffreelye and my Executrix (8) to

keepe him until he be able to be sett to prentize, Item I give unto Thomas (9) Pearman my

oldest sonne’s sonne X [shillings] when he accomplish the age of XI (?) (10) Item I give to

Marie his sister at the age of XV (?) X [shillings] If they die before the …… (11) to remayne to

my Executrix, Item I give to the fower [four] children of Owyn Swan (12) my sonne in law X

[shillings] a yeare, Item I give to Nicholas Pearman my sonne and John my (13) sonne all the

debts which Henry Belamy oweth me, Item I give to the children of John Jones my sonne (14)

in law X [shillings] a yeare to be payde at the time above (?) ……….. al the rest of my goods

movable and immov- (15) able in whose hands …….. …… they be I give and bequeath to

Mary my wife whom I make sole (16) and full executrix ……. this my last will and testament

my debts payde ……… (17) …….. and I ………. ……….. ……….., witnesses to this my last

will and testament Henry (18) Mosley the elder (?) and Henry Mosley the younger John Jones

and Nicholas Pearman, John Pearman with others

(Line numbers in parentheses)

(Source: Worcester Wills Vol 1451-1600, p406, 1599, No.54, Pearman, Hugh, Yeoman,

Clent, Worcs CRO)

2. Inventory of the goods and chattels of Hugh Pearman, 16 June 1599

A true Inventorie of the goods and chattels of Hughe Perman of Clent whom the Dioceis of

Worcester desired taken the 16th day of June in the year of our Lorde god 1599 [appraised] by

us Henry Mosley Abraham Hill Richard Willes

(1) …….. his purse ……… 5s

(2) 2 ……………… £11

(3) Cowe 30s

(4) Fortie shipe and 10 lambes £8

(5) 4 swayne 10s

(6) 2 mares £4

(7) 1 cubbard 10s

(8) 1 tableboarde with …….. ………. 2s 6d

(9) 4 barrels with all other ……… ware 20s

(10) 12 peeces of pewter with ……….. salte 20s

(11) 2 polles ………………………….. and all other brass £10

(12) 2 fetherbeds 2 flacksbeds with bolsters(?) and pillows

and all other things thereonto belongynge £4

(13) 20 payre of sheates with board ……. pillow boards

and table napkins £6 6s 8d

(14) 3 corne and maulte £4

(15) 3 beefe and bacon 20s

(16) ………………………………… and bill and hoes

with all iron round 20s

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(17) I wayne bodie 1 tunbrill bodie 6s 8d

(18) 3 payre of iron bound £4

(19) harrows ………… plowes and …………. 10s

(20) 2 ladders 2s

(21) 4 coffers 8s

(22) his wearynge apparelle 30s

(23) debte one ……………. £20

Summa totalis £63 10s

(Source: Worcester Wills, 1599, No.54, Pearman, Hugh, Yeoman, Clent, Worcs CRO)

3. Also on IGI Batch Number: 7211053, baptisms that may be relevant:

Bennet Penne, Female Christening: 10 Dec 1546 Hagley, Worcester, Father: William Penne

Christopher Penne, Male Christening: 19 Jan 1549 Hagley, Worcester, Father: Edward Penne

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John Perman married in about 1599

John Perman had at least one child, Richard, who was baptised in 1600

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1600 Richard Perman the sonne of John Perman was baptised the 21 day of October (Clent

PR Worcs CRO 64/1

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It is this Richard Perman (or Pearman) (bap 21 Oct 1600 - bur 23 Feb 1674) who is

believed to have married Cicely and had eight children: Richard, John, Anne,

Ambrose, Nicholas, Elizabeth, Joane and Thomas.

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Notes

1. Jo Vernon suggests that the parents of Richard Pearman (c1600-1675) were Rychard

Perman and Ann Baylies (married 24 Nov 1594 in Alvechurch, Worcester). Two points argue

against this. First, there is no record of a Richard born to Rychard and Ann. Second, the three

recorded baptisms of their children (from 1595 to 1606) took place in Alvechurch (when the

family of Hugh Perman were already living in Clent). It is, of course, possible that Richard

Pearman’s family also moved to Clent and also had a son, Richard, in about 1608. But as

Richard Pearman married Cicely in about 1628, it is more likely he was born in about 1600 –

corresponding to the age of Richard, son of John Pearman and grandson of Hugh.

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2. Other records of Pearmans in Worcestershire at around this time:

So far unconnected

1557 [1558] M [marriage] The 21 of January was married Rychard Yonge & Agnes Perman

(Alvechurch PR 8/1 Worcs CRO)

1557 [1558] M The 10 of ffebruary were maryed Wyllyam Hopkins & Ellinor Perman

(Alvechurch PR 8/1 Worcs CRO)

1559 [1560] M The 3 of ffebruary were married John Albot & Elizabeth Perman (Alvechurch

PR 8/1 Worcs CRO)

1585 [1586] M The 10 day of ffebruary were married John Beventon gent & Joane Peareman

(Alvechurch PR 8/1 Worcs CRO)

1585, p300, 54, Perman, Joane, Alvechurch, M. Bond (Worcs Wills Vol.1, 1451-1600, Worcs

CRO)

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John Perman (buried 22 May 1558) married c1535. Wife (buried 6 Feb 1548) one

recorded child: Bennet/Benedict)

1548 [1549] C The 2 of ffebruary Bennet Perman the daughter of John Perman was

christened (Alvechurch PR 8/1 Worcs CRO)

1548 [1549] B The 6 of ffebruary Permans mother was buried (Alvechurch PR 8/1 Worcs

CRO)

1558 B The 22 of Maye was buried John Perman (Alvechurch PR 8/1 Worcs CRO)

Bennet Perman married John Newey 8 Sep 1571, St Swithin, Worcs (IGI/7906191)

1571, p219, 58a, Perman, Benedict, Alvechurch, M. Bond (Worcs Wills Vol.1, 1451-1600,

Worcs CRO)

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Thomas Perman married Margaret Kightley 8 Sep 1566

1566 M The 8 of September were married Thomas Perman and Margaret Kightley

(Alvechurch PR 8/1 Worcs CRO)

1566 [1567] B The 20 daye of ffebruary was buried Joane the daughter of Thomas Perman

and Margaret his wief (Alvechurch PR 8/1 Worcs CRO)

1570 C The 27 daye of November was christened Jane Perman the daughter of Thomas

Perman & Margaret his wief (Alvechurch PR 8/1 Worcs CRO)

1573 C The 3 daye of Aprill christened Rychard the sonn of Thomas Perman and Margaret

his wife (Alvechurch PR 8/1 Worcs CRO)

1599 [1600] B The 25 of ffebruary was buried Margaret Pereman widdowe (Alvechurch PR

8/1 Worcs CRO)

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Richard Perman (possibly the son of Thomas Perman and Margaret Kightley) married

Ann Baylies on 24 Nov 1594. Three recorded children: Thomas, Robert and John.

1594 M The 24 of November were married Rychard Perman & Ann Baylies (Alvechurch PR

8/1 Worcs CRO)

1595 C [christening] The 8 day of December was christened Thomas the son of Rychard

Perman (Alvechurch PR 8/1 Worcs CRO)

1598 C The 21 daye of Maye was christened Robert the son of Rychard Perman & Ann his

wife (Alvechurch PR 8/1 Worcs CRO)

1606 C The second day of July was christened John the sonn of Richarde Perman

(Alvechurch PR 8/1 Worcs CRO)

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Worcester Wills Volume 1 1451-1600 (Worcs CRO)

1558 p165 854h Pearman, Thomas [Cookesey?] I

1558 p165 854s P’mon, Thomas Upton Warren Admon

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3. The records suggest four possibly related Pearman families living in north Worcestershire

in the mid to late-sixteenth century.

a) John Perman (bur 22 May 1558) father of Bennet. Bennet married John Newey in 1571.

b) Thomas Perman (who also died in 1558) in Upton Warren, with a son Humphory

c) Thomas Perman of Alvechurch married Margaret Kightley in 1566, and whose recorded

children were Joane, Jane and Rychard. It is likely that it was his son, Rychard, who married

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Ann Baylies in 1594 and the couple had three children in Alvechurch (Thomas, Robert and

John) between 1595 and 1606.

d) Hugh Perman married Mary Penne and had seven children. The family moved from

Alvechurch to Clent between 1573 and 1586. Hugh was succeeded by two sons, Nicholas

and John, and it appears that it was John’s son, Richard, who married Cicely and farmed at

Hollow (now Holly) Cross in Clent in the seventeenth century.

In 1599, at the time of Hugh Perman’s death, his son Nicholas had only one son, Thomas. It

is possible that between 1599 and 1607 he had another son, Richard, and it is this Richard

(rather than John’s son) who married Cicely. No records have been found yet to support this

lineage.

4. The [Clent Parish] registers previous to 1813 are as follows: (i) all entries 1562 to 1619,

also for year 1626; (ii) baptisms 1637 to 1642, marriages and burials 1637 to 1641, also all

1654 to 1729; (iii) baptisms 1729 to 1775 (no entries for 1738), also for year 1782, marriages

1729 to 1754, burials 1729 to 1757, for the year 1768, 1774 to 1776 and 1780 to 1782; (iv)

baptisms and burials 1783 to 1812; (v) marriages 1754 to 1787; (vi) marriages 1787 to 1798;

(vii) marriages 1798 to 1812. The earlier books have been handsomely bound.

From: 'Parishes: Clent', A History of the County of Worcester: volume 3 (1913), pp. 50-4.

URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report. Date accessed: 05 September 2007.

5. CLENT

Clent is a hilly parish containing besides the village of Clent the hamlets of Upper Clent,

where is situated the church, Lower Clent, Adam's Hill, Holy Cross and Rumbold, divided from

the rest of the parish by Walton Hills, of which Holy Cross is the most populous. Although

surveyed in Worcestershire in Domesday Book the parish was soon afterwards annexed to

Staffordshire, evidently owing to the fact that it paid the farm it rendered to the king, through

the manor of Kingswinford in that county. It remained part of Staffordshire until 1832, when it

was again annexed to Worcestershire for Parliamentary purposes. In 1844 it became part of

Worcestershire for all purposes. The soil is gravel, marl and clay and the subsoil clay and

stone. Agriculture is the only industry; the chief crops being wheat, oats and potatoes, which

latter have largely supplanted the barley which used to be grown. In the 16th and 17th

centuries the chief trade was scythe-making, which was followed by nail-making, and this in

its turn died out late in the 19th century. The parish covers an area of 2,424 acres, which

includes 755½ acres of arable land, 911½ of grass land, 81 acres of woods and plantations

and 7 acres covered by water, the last being made up by several ponds, two of which work

mills.

From: 'Parishes: Clent', A History of the County of Worcester: volume 3 (1913), pp. 50-4.

URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report. Date accessed: 05 September 2007.