Abt 1618 - 1669 (~ 51 years)
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Sir William BASTARD
Est 1636 - 1690 (~ 54 years)
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Name William BASTARD Prefix Sir Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Born Est 1636 - He was the eldest son, and matriculating in 1653 would suggest he was born about 1635
Gender Male Education 9 Dec 1653 Exeter College, Oxford University, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England 
- From Alumni oxonienses:
"Bastard, William, arm. Exeter Coll., matric. 9 Dec., 1653; Sir William, of Gerston, Devon, knighted at Whitehall 10 Aug., 1677, M.P. Beeralston 1678-9, 1679-81 (son of William, of Duloe, M.P. Devon 1654-5), buried 2 July, 1690. See Foster's Parliamentary Dictionary."
Biography Will Written 15 Oct 1688 - From will, seen at the PWDRO
Died 30 Jun 1690 - From date on memorial stone in West Alvington Church
Buried 2 Jul 1690 All Saints’ Church, West Alvington, Devon, England - Date from Vivian, PRs to be checked
In West Alvington Church, on the north side, between the altar rails and choir stalls, there are several 'Bastard' memorials. The grandest is to this William's son, also William; beneath it is a simple slate slab with the inscription:
"Hic Jacet Corpus Gulielmi
Bastard De Gerston
Equitis avrati qui obijt
30mo. Iunij Ano Dom 1690
Et Ætatis Sua 54"
[Here lies the body of William
Bastard of Gerston
?? who died
30th. June in the Year of Our Lord 1690
and was aged 54]
Probate 22 Sep 1690 Consistory Court of the Bishop of Exeter, Exeter, Devon, England - From probate statement seen at the PWDRO
Person ID I20130 All Last Modified 8 May 2018
Father William BASTARD, b. Abt 1616, Gerston, West Alvington, Devon, England , d. Feb 1663/64, Gerston, West Alvington, Devon, England (Age ~ 48 years) Mother Johanna HELE, b. Abt 1618, d. Jul 1669, South Pool, Devon, England (Age ~ 51 years) Married 21 Apr 1634 St. Nicholas’ and St. Cyriac’s Church, South Pool, Devon, England - Now South Pool PRs only survive from 1664/5; Vivian cites the PRs, presumably in his day they did survive, giving the date of the marriage as 21 Apr 1635. Only about a quarter of the BTs survive and these do not include 1634 or 5.
Fortunately a contempory record concerning the marriage does survive in a marriage settlement which is accompanied by various documents, mainly letters between William's great uncle William Bastard (to whom this younger William was heir) and Johanna's father Sampson.
Children
An entry was slipped in in the PR amongst records of 1657 births, recording an Agnis daughter of William on 17 Oct 1657 - this William or another? Not looked thoroughly at what Williams there were at the same time, but a Joan buried in 1662 was shown as the daughter of William Bastard Glover; this could well be Agnis' father.
Were there really two sons called Julius? Vivian shows 2, but only has a baptism for one, and I haven't found a second baptism either. So I'm not sure, though there clearly were 2 Juliuses. If they were brothers they must both have been living at the same time; not unknown at this time but not common. The will of the one for whom probate was granted in 1692 is said to have been brother of Walter; since this will appears not to survive we can't check this. Although there were several Bastard families in West Alvington at this time only the Garston clang were referred to as gentry etc. The 1665 burial of a Julius does describe him as 'gent' - I wonder if he could have been a young son of William, the son of William and Johane? On the other hand perhaps they did give the name to two sons, perhaps because the first was sickly and not expected to survive.
Marriage Settlement 3 May 1634 - Catalogue entry shows the Marriage settlement was for the marriage of William Bastard to Johan Hele, for lands in Stockingham.
The parties to the settlement were:
1 William Bastard of Gerston, West Alvington, esq, Nicholas Gilferd of Bowringsleigh, esq and William Bastard of West North, Cornwall, esq
and
2 Sir Francis Glanville of Tavistock and Sampson Hele of Gnaton
Children15 children Family ID F7812 | Family Chart
Family Grace BAMPFIELD, d. Yes, date unknown Married Abt 1659 - From date of marriage settlement
Marriage Settlement 15 Jul 1659 - Description
Parties: 1) William Bastard, esquire, of Garston, Devon and Joan his wife
2) William Bastard, gentleman, son of (1), and Grace Bampfield, daughter of Sir John Bampfield, baronet, late of Poltamore, Devon, deceased
3) Sir Coplestone Bampfield, baronet, of Poltimore, Devon, eldest son and heir of Sir John Bampfield; Thomas Bampfield of the Middle Temple, London; Matthew Hele, esquire, of Halwell, Devon; Richard Langworthy, gentleman, of Hatch Arrundell, Devon
Copy marriage settlement by feoffment in trust Manor or lordships of Buckland in the Moor, and Avetongifford, otherwise Awton Gifford, moiety of the Borough of Avetongifford.
Lands in Garston, Sterte Loddeswell, Kingsbridge, Dodbrooke, `South Milton', Cornewood, Malborough, Devon; lands in Buckland in the Moor, Aveton Gifford, Westalvington, Stockingham, West-north otherwise lower Westnorth, Widdon Milhilcombe, Devon, grist mills in Duloe, rectories and sheaves of Lanlivery and St Cleer, lands in Duloe, Lanlivery, St Cleer and Liskeard.
Consideration: Marriage of William Bastard junior and Grace Bampfield and £1,800 and dowry for Grace Bampfield.
(from Cornwall Record Office catalogue, ref. BW/12/1)
Children11 children Last Modified 5 Jun 2016 Family ID F7904 | Family Chart
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