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Steve and Pauline Jones’ Family History
If you don’t know where you came from,
you won’t know where you are going.
You have to study your history. Gil Scott-Heron
James
Chapple
(born
1612)
was
hanged
at
Exeter
for
the
murder
of
Alice
Bragg.
An
Abstract
from
the
Chancery Warrants recorded the following order for the forfeiture of land:
“24th
May.
II
Charles
I.
(A.D.
1635)
......
at
the
Assize
held
at
Exeter
on
the
18th
March
8
Charles
I
(A.D.
1632)
James
Chapel
and
Thomas
Whitmore,
husbandmen,
both
of
Colliton,
in
the
county
of
Devon,
were
convicted
of
the
murder
of
Alice
Bragg,
on
the
previous
2nd
of
February,
by
inflicting
a
mortal
wound
in
her
throat,
and
that
John
Sampson,
of
Colliton,
gentleman,
was
also
convicted
for
having
aided
and
abetted
the
said
James
and
Thomas
before
the
murder,
namely
on
the
31st
January
before
the
said
2nd
of
February,
andc.
The
lands
andc.
of
all
are
therefore
forfeited
andc.
It
was
found
by
Inquisition
taken
at
Exeter
the
15th
January
10
Charles
I
(A.D.
1635),
that
the
said
John
Sampson
was
seized
in
his
demesne
as
of
fee
of
and
in
all
that
late
dissolved
Chantry
of
St.
John
the
Baptist
in
Colcombe
within
the
parish
of
Colliton
and
of
and
in
andc.
Here
follows
the
description
of
other
property
of
the
said
John
Sampson:
Know
ye
that
we
by
these
presents
andc
do
give
andc,
to
Peter
Newton,
John
Chase
of
Membury,
Henry
Godsall
of
Taunton,
merchant,
Philip
Lissant
of
Taunton,
the
younger,
mercer,
and
Robert
Carswell
of
Lyme
Regis,
mercer,
all
the said Chantry andc. Delivered to the keeper of the Great Seal to execute on the 4th June, 1635.”
Steve & Pauline Jones’ Family History
If you don’t know where you
came from,you won’t know where you
are going.You have to study your history.
Gil Scott-Heron
© S M Jones
Content is free for most uses - see legal stuff. Last update 27 May 2020
James
Chapple
(born
1612)
was
hanged
at
Exeter
for
the
murder
of
Alice
Bragg.
An
Abstract
from
the
Chancery
Warrants
recorded
the
following order for the forfeiture of land:
“24th
May.
II
Charles
I.
(A.D.
1635)
......
at
the
Assize
held
at
Exeter
on
the
18th
March
8
Charles
I
(A.D.
1632)
James
Chapel
and
Thomas
Whitmore,
husbandmen,
both
of
Colliton,
in
the
county
of
Devon,
were
convicted
of
the
murder
of
Alice
Bragg,
on
the
previous
2nd
of
February,
by
inflicting
a
mortal
wound
in
her
throat,
and
that
John
Sampson,
of
Colliton,
gentleman,
was
also
convicted
for
having
aided
and
abetted
the
said
James
and
Thomas
before
the
murder,
namely
on
the
31st
January
before
the
said
2nd
of
February,
andc.
The
lands
andc.
of
all
are
therefore
forfeited
andc.
It
was
found
by
Inquisition
taken
at
Exeter
the
15th
January
10
Charles
I
(A.D.
1635),
that
the
said
John
Sampson
was
seized
in
his
demesne
as
of
fee
of
and
in
all
that
late
dissolved
Chantry
of
St.
John
the
Baptist
in
Colcombe
within
the
parish
of
Colliton
and
of
and
in
andc.
Here
follows
the
description
of
other
property
of
the
said
John
Sampson:
Know
ye
that
we
by
these
presents
andc
do
give
andc,
to
Peter
Newton,
John
Chase
of
Membury,
Henry
Godsall
of
Taunton,
merchant,
Philip
Lissant
of
Taunton,
the
younger,
mercer,
and
Robert
Carswell
of
Lyme
Regis,
mercer,
all
the
said
Chantry
andc.
Delivered
to
the
keeper
of
the
Great Seal to execute on the 4th June, 1635.”
