HULL, Richard

1515 - Aft 1559  (> 44 years)

• Name	HULL, Richard
  Born	1515
  Gender	Male
  Died	Aft 20 Feb 1559	Crewkerne, Somerset, England
  Person ID	I21440	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	16 Sep 2023

  
  

  Family	UNKNOWN, Alice
  Married	Abt 1549	Somersetshire, England
  Children	1. HULL, Thomas,   b. 21 Jul 1552,   d. 29 Dec 1636, Crewkerne, Somerset, England  (Age 84 years)  [natural]   2. HULL, John  [natural]   3. HULL, Mary  [natural]   4. HULL, Raynold  [natural]   5. HULL, William  [natural]   6. HULL, William  [natural]   7. HULL, Sarah Elizabeth  [natural]   8. HULL, James  [natural]   9. HULL, Elynor  [natural]
  Last Modified	16 Sep 2023
  Family ID	F5777	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Biography "The records of St. Bartholomew Parish begin in 1551 and do not extend back far enough to reveal the names of any Hull individuals before Richard. He was born in about 1515, in the reign of Henry the 8th... He was a farmer (husbandman) and, apparently, a miller. The first mention of his name in the Crewkerne records was in 1548 in The Survey and Rentals of the Chantries, Colleges, and Free Chapels in the County of Somerset: Richard Hull holds by copy half a mill there called Cont mill, and renders per ann. 3s., 6d. "This survey was made after the dissolution of the monsteries by Henry VIII. Richard's mill was property of the Chantry of the Blessed Mary in the Churchyard of Crukerne. This mill, and many other properties, was granted to Robert Wood of London on 21 July 1549. The grant specifically mentioned 'the moiety of a mill called Count Mille there in the tenure of Richard Hull, which belonged in the same chantry.' "He was married twice, although no marriage records have been found. The name of his first wife is unknown, but it is assumed, from the ages of his children, that they must have married in about 1533. They had four children (known to researchers)... In about 1550, he was married again, to Alice Unknown. They had 3 children known to researchers.... Richard's will was dated 10 Feb 1558/9.... Alice lived for at least another 26 years. Her will is dated 12 Oct 1577, but she lived 10 years after that and was buried 20 October 1587.[1] Abstract of Richard's will Richard Hull of Crokehorne, husbandman, dated 10 February 1558/59 To be buried in churchyard of Crokehorne. To the mother church of Wells, 4d. To my parish church a wether [sheep]. To Sir William Hull my son a fether bed and many household goods enumerated. To Thomas Hull my son the elder a furnes pan and 2 witches. To Raynold Hull my son a hand mill with such timber as is in my barton. To my three sons James Hull, Thomas Hull, and John Hull 2 silver spoon each. To my wife Alice Hull and to my daughter Elynor Hull a silver spoon each. To my wife Alice Hull 4 oxe, my weave my sole my dragge, my ithe my iron ropes. Residue to my wife Alice and Elnor Hull my daughter executrixes. To Sir William Sherewell my ghostly father 8d. Overseers William Metford and Thomas Price. I do owe to Sir William Hull my son 15s. 8d. and Alice Hawkins 6s. 8d. Proved 6 June 1559. Note on name of Hull This interesting surname has a number of possible origins. Firstly, it may be of English locational origin from one of the places thus called, for example in Cheshire, Somerset, and the East Riding of Yorkshire. The placenames are recorded respectively as "Hulle" in the "Inquisitiones Post Mortem" (1283), as "Hilla" in the Domesday Book of 1086, and as "Hul" in the Early Yorkshire Charters (1156). The derivation is from the Olde English pre 7th Century "hyll" meaning hill, it may also be a topographical name for a "dweller on or by a hill". The sound represented by the Olde English "y" developed in various ways in the different dialects of Middle English and in the west and central Midlands it became a "u", thus the spelling "hull" evolved. One John ate Hulle, is noted in the "Ministers Accounts of the Earldom of Cornwall", (1297). Finally, the surname may derive from the personal name "Hulle", a pet form of "Hugh". Hulle le Bule, appears in the Pipe Rolls of Staffordshire (1201) and Henry Hull, is noted in the Court Rolls of the Manor of Wakefield, Yorkshire (1309). One Katherin Hull, aged 23 yrs., departed from the Port of London, aboard the "Hopewell" bound for Virginia in September 1635. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Peter de Hull which was dated 1199, witness in the "Assize Court Rolls of Staffordshire", during the reign of King John, known as "Lackland", 1199 - 1216. Surnames became necessary when governments introduced personal taxation. In England this was known as Poll Tax. Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have continued to "develop" often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling. Sources • Abstract of Richard's will, found at http://jschuerman.com/getperson.php?personID=I160&tree=Schuerman 1 ↑ Richard Hull webpage, citing Phyllis Hughes, "The Hulls of Crewkerne, County Somerset, England. Part I Richard Hull: Grandfather of Early Immigrants, George and the Rev. Joseph Hull," in The Hull Family Association Journal, vol. 12, #3, Autumn 2001, pp. 83-86. The link includes a list of Richard's children and the text of Richard's and Alice's wills.