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William BASTARD
Abt 1616 - 1664 (~ 48 years)
Has 212 ancestors and 368 descendants in this family tree.
Set As Default Person 
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Name William BASTARD Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Born Abt 1616 Gerston, West Alvington, Devon, England 
- Place assumed from baptism and Bastard family home, date from baptism.
Baptised 10 Nov 1616 All Saints’ Church, West Alvington, Devon, England - From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 3 June 2016)
"November. 10. William the sonne of John Bastard gent & Alice his Wife" - under heading 'Anno Dni 1616'
Gender Male Marriage Settlement 1641 - Vivian describes William as a party to the settlement of Joan Rolle 1641. Joan married Mathew Heale, brother of William's wife Joan.
Civic duty 1653 Devon, England Justice of the Peace - William was a JP by the time he made a note in the PRs when the law concerning the keeping of registers changed.
Miscellaneous From 24 Aug 1653 Change to registers - A note was written in the West Alvington register by William explaining the changes that was being made:
"Memorandum
By vertue of an Act of Parliament Intituled
an Act Touching Marriages & the Registring
thereof and also touching Birthes & Burialls
made on Wednesday the 24th of August 1653
_____________________________________
I william Bastard one of the Justices of
the peace of this County with the consent
of the Parishoners of West Alvington Doe
Authorize one Ricard Head of the same p[ar]ish
to be the p[ar]ish Register and to have the keeping
of the said booke Dureing his Continuance in
the sd office
Will Bastard"
(Although William wrote the above at the top of a new page, the handwriting changes part way down the previous page, with the first entry following 24 ug 1653, and a note in the margin showing 'Births' (the page had been header 'Christninges')
Occupation 1654 Member of Parliament Died Feb 1663/64 Gerston, West Alvington, Devon, England - (assumed from burial and Bastard family home)
Buried 25 Feb 1663/64 All Saints’ Church, West Alvington, Devon, England - From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 4 June 2016)
"25 February William Bastard of Garston Esqr was buried the 25th day of February 1663" - under headings 'Burialls' and '1663'
Siblings2 brothers and 4 sisters Patriarch & Matriarch 
John BASTARD, d. Yes, date unknown (4 x Great Grandfather)
Elizabeth FORTESCUE, d. Yes, date unknown (Great Grandmother)Person ID I19957 All | Teresa's direct ancestors Last Modified 13 Jan 2021
Father John BASTARD, b. Abt 1589, (probably), Duloe, Cornwall, England , d. 11 Jun 1634, Gerston, West Alvington, Devon, England (Age ~ 45 years) Mother Alice REYNELL, b. Abt 1592, d. Dec 1631, Gerston, West Alvington, Devon, England (Age ~ 39 years) Married Abt Aug 1611 - Assumed from marriage licence
Marriage License 23 Aug 1611 - "John Bastard of West Allington, Gent., and Alice Reynell, daughter of Edmund Reynell of Sherford, Esquire, said Bastard with the aforesaid Watkins, in £200."
The previous entry, on the same day, was for a licence for a marriage of John's sister Dorothy, and one of those providing the bond was Lewis Wakins of Exeter.
(as recorded in Vivian's "The Marriage Licences of the Diocese of Exeter from the Bishop's Registers", 1889)
Family ID F7837 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family Johanna HELE, b. 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 Last Modified 13 Jan 2021 Family ID F7812 Family Group Page | Family Chart