WS 04 James Rimell 1614 - 1681 Warwickshire
It is impossible to devise a simple easy-to-follow system for presenting the details of a large family tree.
As part of my own records I keep a “working sheet” for family groups. Each working sheet shows the parents (birth, baptism, marriage, death and burial) but gives fuller details of their children lives.
The information I am entering here is divided into those family groups, hence each entry title starts “WS”. The numbering system is illogical because it has expanded since 1984 as my information has expanded and it will make no sense to anyone but me. However, if the text says “See WS 23” then that is where more information will be found. This may not be immediately. I may have not entered WS 23 here yet. Not all individuals have a working sheet. Information may well be repeated at various points in order to aid clarity. Not all the information I have is entered as not all is collated as yet - this is a work in progress.
All mistakes of fact, transcription, interpretation and supposition are my own. I aim for total accuracy but am human. Corrections with source references very welcome as only then will the truth be found.
James Rimell 1614 - 1681
Parents Richard and Helena Rimell nee Cogbill
Baptism 25 September 1614 at Brailes
Marriage 6 February 1635 at Brailes to Mary Walker
Child Richard
Richard Rimell (see WS 01)
Baptism 20 May 1638 at Brailes
Marriage Sarah
Burial 10 October 1693 at Brailes
I do no yet know when Richard married, but in 1671 he appears in Brailes Registers baptising his own children. Again, no mother's name is given, but from his Will it is known Richard's wife was named Sarah.
Baptised to Richard Rimell
1671 June Thomas
1672 March 13 Richard
1675 Nov 23 Jonathan
1678 Jan. 13 James
1680 Dec. 5 Mary
1682 Nov. 7 John
The Title to land has told us that Richard left four sons and a daughter, and the Registers confirm the death of his son, Richard, age 13 years.
1683 "Richard the son of Richard Rimoll was buried Appwill The 14 in a shroude made of shoops wooll only and surtified and sworne before Richard ------". (name illegible)
The burial in woollen cloth, and the certification that this had been done, was in compliance with a law passed to boost the flagging wool trade on which the wealth of so many areas depended.
That the family fortunes had not declined is evident from the Will of Richard. He died in 1693, and was confident enough of his own status to describe himself when he made the Will five years earlier as "Gent." A yeoman ranked above a husbandman, but they both soiled their hands, whereas a gentleman was a step above a yeoman, and did not include manual labour as part of his role. Ten percent of the land of England was owned by the wealthiest ninety percent of the population and so the vast majority of farmers and smallholders were tenants. If you could acquire surplus money you could climb the ladder of success, but in bad times it was far easier to slip down. I suspect Richard felt he could describe himself as “Gent.” but was still working the land daily.
Under the Will Thomas, his eldest son, will inherit when he is twenty-six. The Title tells us that the land was about 15 to 20 acres, but the Will describes part of the land owned by Richard as, "two closes ---- in Upper Brailes known as the Thorney Close and the Hill Close." A close was a field, separated from the Open or Common Fields, by being fenced and in private ownership.
Thomas is charged with looking after the younger children; presumably he did his utmost to carry this out in 1705 by giving James (see WS 01A) and John (see WS 120) the land, which led to the questioning of its ownership. However, Thomas was charged with more than caring for his brothers and sister; their father expected them to be educated, apparently including Mary in this.
Richard appears to have had a caring relationship with his wife also, describing her as, "my dear and loving wife". Some of his wealth may have come from her as she is expected to keep the "goods and chattels" she brought with her when married.
A messuage was a house with the normal outbuildings, and some land attached to it. The area of land was variable.
Many of the Rimell Wills I have seen ask that the maker should be buried in the church-yard at Brailes, but unfortunately there is no trace of these graves today.
Abstract of the Will of Richard Rymell of Lower Brailes 1693
I Richard Rymell of Lower Brayles in the County of Warwick, Gent..
my body to be buried in the Parish Church or Churchyard of Lower Brayles
I give to my loving son Thomas Rymell
my two closes or inclosed grounds in Upper Brayles known as the Thorney Close and the Hill Close when he shall attain to the age of six and twenty years my messuage where I now inhabit and all my land belonging to it after he shall attain the said age of six and twenty years
I give the rents and profits of those premises to go towards the education and maintenance of all my children until my son Thomas Rymell shall become 26
If my son Thomas Rymell dies before he becomes 26 I give the two closes and the messuage to my next oldest son that shall be then living (when he shall attain to the age of six and twenty years)
And so successively to one son after another
I will that my son Thomas Rymell, or if he has died, the son who does inherit, shall pay to my younger children the sum of two hundred pounds equally to be divided amongst them within six months next after he shall obtain the said age of six and twenty years
If any of the younger children die their portion to be divided amongst the rest
To my younger children
all the rest of my real and personal estate to be divided equally between them,
except such lands that I hold by lease for lives, called Court Land, which I give to my dear and loving wife, Sarah Rymell, And all the goods and chattels which she brought with her to use in marriage
If my son Thomas Rymell or another of my sons refuse to pay the younger children 200 pounds when he reaches 26 years the 2 closes will be given to my loving friends Thomas Mills and Thomas Wells, yeomen, of Upper Brayles to be sold and the money raised to be put out at interest for the benefit of the younger children, with the balance left after they have had their 200 pound share to be given to Thomas or his successor
Executor my wife Sarah Rymell
Signed 6 October 1688 Richard Rimell
Probate 23rd December 1693 to Sarah Rymell, widow
The true Inventory of the goods and chattels and credits of Richard Rimill lately deceased in Brayles in the County of Warwick in the diocese of Worcester.
October 30th 1693
Imprimus Money in purse and wearing clothes £10.00.00
tables stools and chairs and other materials £2.09.00
one bedstead one feather bed one flock bed
with coverlets and blankets
six pairs of sheets one chest of drawers
one chest one pair of handirons
one fire shovel and one tongs
one looking glass with all other materials
half a dozen of red leather chairs £10.19.00
The Chamber over the Buttery
one feather bed one flock bed
with bolsters and blankets and curtains
a round table a box and a chest
aporchelt of wool £12.00.00
The Chamber over the Hall
one bedstead one hanging press
one coffer and round table £2.10.00
The Little Chamber
feather bed and bolster
and flock bed bedstead
and bedding belonging to it
one side cupboard £3.10.00
In the Back Loft Chamber
one flock bed and blankets
one truckle bed one chest
and cheese and cheese-boards £9.0.00
The Cellar
eight barrels eight bottles
one form and stools
and other lumber £2.10.00
In the Day House
one brass pan spice mortar
four cream pots
churn and butter scales
powdering tub
one woollen weight and linen weights
covers and shelves and other lumber £1.00.00
eight pewter dishes one flagon one basin
five kettles two pots and a furmish
malt mills coolers and pails and dough cover
and cheese press meal sieves and other lumber £6.00.00
Over the Kitchen
two flock beds and beddings to it
two jardners a pair of handirons
salt and tub and other lumber £3.00.00
for wheat 35 quarters £87.10.00
new barley 49 quarters £94.00.00
old barley and oats £10.00.00
peas 29 quarters £29.00.00
for hay £70.00.00
for the cows £80.00.00
for sheep £40.00.00
for horses and harness £79.00.00
for waggons and muck carts
and ploughs and harrows
and other lumber £30.00.00
for pigs £8 00 00
for straw and hurdles £2 00 00
Total £535.00.00
Prised by us Francis Capell Thomas Mills
handirons large fire dogs. having hooks at various levels on which spits could hang
aporchett not yet traced
hanging press cupboard attached to a wall of sufficient height to hang clothes
spice mortar cup shaped vessel to pound spices
powdering tub a tub to hold meat whilst curing with salt and spices
weights a 'wey' of wool, 13 to 14 stone
furnish not yet traced, possibly a furnace
coolers wooden tubs used in baking, brewing and cheese making
dough cover cooler used in baking
jardners not yet traced
As part of my own records I keep a “working sheet” for family groups. Each working sheet shows the parents (birth, baptism, marriage, death and burial) but gives fuller details of their children lives.
The information I am entering here is divided into those family groups, hence each entry title starts “WS”. The numbering system is illogical because it has expanded since 1984 as my information has expanded and it will make no sense to anyone but me. However, if the text says “See WS 23” then that is where more information will be found. This may not be immediately. I may have not entered WS 23 here yet. Not all individuals have a working sheet. Information may well be repeated at various points in order to aid clarity. Not all the information I have is entered as not all is collated as yet - this is a work in progress.
All mistakes of fact, transcription, interpretation and supposition are my own. I aim for total accuracy but am human. Corrections with source references very welcome as only then will the truth be found.
James Rimell 1614 - 1681
Parents Richard and Helena Rimell nee Cogbill
Baptism 25 September 1614 at Brailes
Marriage 6 February 1635 at Brailes to Mary Walker
Child Richard
Richard Rimell (see WS 01)
Baptism 20 May 1638 at Brailes
Marriage Sarah
Burial 10 October 1693 at Brailes
I do no yet know when Richard married, but in 1671 he appears in Brailes Registers baptising his own children. Again, no mother's name is given, but from his Will it is known Richard's wife was named Sarah.
Baptised to Richard Rimell
1671 June Thomas
1672 March 13 Richard
1675 Nov 23 Jonathan
1678 Jan. 13 James
1680 Dec. 5 Mary
1682 Nov. 7 John
The Title to land has told us that Richard left four sons and a daughter, and the Registers confirm the death of his son, Richard, age 13 years.
1683 "Richard the son of Richard Rimoll was buried Appwill The 14 in a shroude made of shoops wooll only and surtified and sworne before Richard ------". (name illegible)
The burial in woollen cloth, and the certification that this had been done, was in compliance with a law passed to boost the flagging wool trade on which the wealth of so many areas depended.
That the family fortunes had not declined is evident from the Will of Richard. He died in 1693, and was confident enough of his own status to describe himself when he made the Will five years earlier as "Gent." A yeoman ranked above a husbandman, but they both soiled their hands, whereas a gentleman was a step above a yeoman, and did not include manual labour as part of his role. Ten percent of the land of England was owned by the wealthiest ninety percent of the population and so the vast majority of farmers and smallholders were tenants. If you could acquire surplus money you could climb the ladder of success, but in bad times it was far easier to slip down. I suspect Richard felt he could describe himself as “Gent.” but was still working the land daily.
Under the Will Thomas, his eldest son, will inherit when he is twenty-six. The Title tells us that the land was about 15 to 20 acres, but the Will describes part of the land owned by Richard as, "two closes ---- in Upper Brailes known as the Thorney Close and the Hill Close." A close was a field, separated from the Open or Common Fields, by being fenced and in private ownership.
Thomas is charged with looking after the younger children; presumably he did his utmost to carry this out in 1705 by giving James (see WS 01A) and John (see WS 120) the land, which led to the questioning of its ownership. However, Thomas was charged with more than caring for his brothers and sister; their father expected them to be educated, apparently including Mary in this.
Richard appears to have had a caring relationship with his wife also, describing her as, "my dear and loving wife". Some of his wealth may have come from her as she is expected to keep the "goods and chattels" she brought with her when married.
A messuage was a house with the normal outbuildings, and some land attached to it. The area of land was variable.
Many of the Rimell Wills I have seen ask that the maker should be buried in the church-yard at Brailes, but unfortunately there is no trace of these graves today.
Abstract of the Will of Richard Rymell of Lower Brailes 1693
I Richard Rymell of Lower Brayles in the County of Warwick, Gent..
my body to be buried in the Parish Church or Churchyard of Lower Brayles
I give to my loving son Thomas Rymell
my two closes or inclosed grounds in Upper Brayles known as the Thorney Close and the Hill Close when he shall attain to the age of six and twenty years my messuage where I now inhabit and all my land belonging to it after he shall attain the said age of six and twenty years
I give the rents and profits of those premises to go towards the education and maintenance of all my children until my son Thomas Rymell shall become 26
If my son Thomas Rymell dies before he becomes 26 I give the two closes and the messuage to my next oldest son that shall be then living (when he shall attain to the age of six and twenty years)
And so successively to one son after another
I will that my son Thomas Rymell, or if he has died, the son who does inherit, shall pay to my younger children the sum of two hundred pounds equally to be divided amongst them within six months next after he shall obtain the said age of six and twenty years
If any of the younger children die their portion to be divided amongst the rest
To my younger children
all the rest of my real and personal estate to be divided equally between them,
except such lands that I hold by lease for lives, called Court Land, which I give to my dear and loving wife, Sarah Rymell, And all the goods and chattels which she brought with her to use in marriage
If my son Thomas Rymell or another of my sons refuse to pay the younger children 200 pounds when he reaches 26 years the 2 closes will be given to my loving friends Thomas Mills and Thomas Wells, yeomen, of Upper Brayles to be sold and the money raised to be put out at interest for the benefit of the younger children, with the balance left after they have had their 200 pound share to be given to Thomas or his successor
Executor my wife Sarah Rymell
Signed 6 October 1688 Richard Rimell
Probate 23rd December 1693 to Sarah Rymell, widow
The true Inventory of the goods and chattels and credits of Richard Rimill lately deceased in Brayles in the County of Warwick in the diocese of Worcester.
October 30th 1693
Imprimus Money in purse and wearing clothes £10.00.00
tables stools and chairs and other materials £2.09.00
one bedstead one feather bed one flock bed
with coverlets and blankets
six pairs of sheets one chest of drawers
one chest one pair of handirons
one fire shovel and one tongs
one looking glass with all other materials
half a dozen of red leather chairs £10.19.00
The Chamber over the Buttery
one feather bed one flock bed
with bolsters and blankets and curtains
a round table a box and a chest
aporchelt of wool £12.00.00
The Chamber over the Hall
one bedstead one hanging press
one coffer and round table £2.10.00
The Little Chamber
feather bed and bolster
and flock bed bedstead
and bedding belonging to it
one side cupboard £3.10.00
In the Back Loft Chamber
one flock bed and blankets
one truckle bed one chest
and cheese and cheese-boards £9.0.00
The Cellar
eight barrels eight bottles
one form and stools
and other lumber £2.10.00
In the Day House
one brass pan spice mortar
four cream pots
churn and butter scales
powdering tub
one woollen weight and linen weights
covers and shelves and other lumber £1.00.00
eight pewter dishes one flagon one basin
five kettles two pots and a furmish
malt mills coolers and pails and dough cover
and cheese press meal sieves and other lumber £6.00.00
Over the Kitchen
two flock beds and beddings to it
two jardners a pair of handirons
salt and tub and other lumber £3.00.00
for wheat 35 quarters £87.10.00
new barley 49 quarters £94.00.00
old barley and oats £10.00.00
peas 29 quarters £29.00.00
for hay £70.00.00
for the cows £80.00.00
for sheep £40.00.00
for horses and harness £79.00.00
for waggons and muck carts
and ploughs and harrows
and other lumber £30.00.00
for pigs £8 00 00
for straw and hurdles £2 00 00
Total £535.00.00
Prised by us Francis Capell Thomas Mills
handirons large fire dogs. having hooks at various levels on which spits could hang
aporchett not yet traced
hanging press cupboard attached to a wall of sufficient height to hang clothes
spice mortar cup shaped vessel to pound spices
powdering tub a tub to hold meat whilst curing with salt and spices
weights a 'wey' of wool, 13 to 14 stone
furnish not yet traced, possibly a furnace
coolers wooden tubs used in baking, brewing and cheese making
dough cover cooler used in baking
jardners not yet traced
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