The Origins of the Blaydes name & The 12 Generations from Hugh Blaydes 1685 -1759 back to Nicholas Appleyard, born 1320

 

The Anglo-Saxon name Blaydes comes from when the family resided in Yorkshire, where they settled in a place called Blades, which is now lost. Many of the place-names that yield surnames are of small communities, villages and hamlets and some of these no longer exist. The family claim descent from Drago de Bewere, a Danish nobleman who settled at a place called Blades in north England around 1016. He obtained extensive land grants which were recorded in the Domesday Book Survey of 1086. The variant Burseblades emerged through a compounding of the names of the founder and the estate.

The 12 Generations of the Blaydes from Hugh Blaydes 1685 -1759 

 to Nicholas Appleyard, born 1320 

A descendent's report covering the direct family line of the Blaydes Name, but not the ancestors of spouses.

Generation 2

 1.Joseph Blaydes, son of James Blaides and Ann Marvell was born about Oct 1634. He died in Sep 1692 in Hull. He married Jane Mould, daughter of William Mould and Unknown on 28 Sep 1671 in St Mary's, Hull.

2. Jane Mould, daughter of William Mould and Unknown was born about 1645. She died about Apr 1697.

Notes for Joseph Blaydes: Joseph Blaydes of Sutton, Lord of the Manors of Stoneferry and Sculcoates. Baptised 4 October 1634. Buried 29 September 1692 at St Mary's, Hull.

Notes for Jane Mould: Buried 10 Apr 1697

3. Jane Mould and Joseph Blaydes had the following children: i. Benjamin Blaydes, son of Joseph Blaydes and Jane Mould was born in 1672. He died on 09 Apr 1759. He married Unknown about 1708. She was born about 1675.

Notes for Benjamin Blaydes: Benjamin Blaides was a shipbuilder, and was Sherrif of Hull in 1702

ii. Thomas Blaydes, son of Joseph Blaydes and Jane Mould was born on 08 Dec 1673. He died on 05 Jul 1735.

Notes for Thomas Blaydes: Buried 5 July 1735 at St Mary's, Hull.

iii. Joseph Blaydes, son of Joseph Blaydes and Jane Mould was born about Aug 1675. He died in 1732. He married Martha Garratt on 06 May 1721 in Saint Mary, Kingston Upon Hull, Yorkshire. She was born about 1675.

Notes for Joseph Blaydes: Baptised 16 August 1675. Will 8 February 1732 Buried at St Mary's, Hull.

1. iv. Hugh Blaydes, son of Joseph Blaydes and Jane Mould was born in 1685. He died on 09 Apr 1759 in Sculcoates. He married Elizabeth De la Pryme, daughter of Peter De la Pryme and Frances Wood on 28 Apr 1728 in Holy Trinity, Hull. She was born on 14 Mar 1705 in Hatfield, Yorkshire. She died on 21 Aug 1772 in Sculcoates.

Generation 3

James Blaides, son of Joseph Blaides and Ann Booth was born about May 1604. He died on 09 May 1657. He married Ann Marvell, daughter of Andrew Marvell and Anne Pease on 29 Dec 1633 in Charterhouse Chapel, Hull.

4. Ann Marvell, daughter of Andrew Marvell and Anne Pease was born on 14 Mar 1615. She died in Apr 1697.

Notes for James Blaides: James Blaydes (or Blaides) of Sutton was baptised 17 May 1604 in St Mary's , Hull Lord of the Manors of Sutton with Bransholme, Sudcoates, and Sculcoates. J.P. and Freeman of Hull 16 January 1633. Chamberlain of Hull in 1651

Notes for Ann Marvell: Daughter and Heiress of the Rev Andrew Marvell, Rector of Winchester. Sister of the Celebrated Statesman, Patriot and Poet, MP for Hull 1657 to 1678. He died without issue, and the Marvell family crest and arms are carried on in the Blaydes Family through his sister Ann by Royal Assent. Buried 10 April 1697 at St Mary's, Lowgate.

5. Ann Marvell and James Blaides had the following children:

i. Andrew Blades, son of James Blaides and Ann Marvell was born in 1634. He died on 20 Nov 1646.

Notes for Andrew Blades:

Andrew Blades was the eldest son, and was baptised at Holy Trinity, Hull. He died unmarried.

2. ii. Joseph Blaydes, son of James Blaides and Ann Marvell was born about Oct 1634. He died in Sep 1692 in Hull. He married Jane Mould, daughter of William Mould and Unknown on 28 Sep 1671 in St Mary's, Hull. She was born about 1645. She died about Apr 1697.

iii. Ann Blades, daughter of James Blaides and Ann Marvell was born in Jan 1636. She died on 28 Feb 1647.

Notes for Ann Blades: Baptised at Holy Trinity, Hull on 7 January 1636.

iv. Elizabeth Blades, daughter of James Blaides and Ann Marvell was born in Jul 1638. She married Joel Mitchell on 22 Sep 1655 in St Mary's Church, Hull. He was born about 1635.

Notes for Elizabeth Blades: Baptised 3 July 1638 at St Mary's Hull. Married in St Mary's Church Hull by her Grandfather Joseph Blaydes.

v. Bridget Blades, daughter of James Blaides and Ann Marvell was born in Jun 1640. She died date Unknown. She married M Pritchett date Unknown. He was born about 1640. He died date Unknown.

Notes for Bridget Blades: Baptised 9 June 1640 at St Mary's, Hull.

Notes for M Pritchett: Mr M Pritchett of Chelsea.

vi. Jane Blades, daughter of James Blaides and Ann Marvell was born in Mar 1642. She died date Unknown.

Notes for Jane Blades: Baptised 27 March 1642 at St Mary's Hull.

vii. Lydia Blades, daughter of James Blaides and Ann Marvell was born in Apr 1655. She died date Unknown. She married Robert Nettleton on 09 Apr 1674. He was born about 1655. He died in May 1706.

Notes for Lydia Blades: Lydia Blades was baptised on 6 April 1655, had 13 Children (names unknown).

Notes for Robert Nettleton: Robert Nettleton was an Alderman and was Mayor of Hull 1697.

viii. Mary Blades, daughter of James Blaides and Ann Marvell was born about 1657. She died date Unknown. She married John Bewley on 29 May 1676. He was born about 1655. He died date Unknown. Page 4 of 16

Notes for Mary Blades: Mary Blades was baptised 3 November 16---? (assessed as Abt 1657 due to date of marriage). Notes for John Bewley: John Bewley or John Rewley

6. William Mould was born about 1615. He married Unknown. Unknown was born about 1615.

Notes for William Mould: Mayor of Hull in 1698. This family also owned land in Sutton, Yorks. Further Mould facts from Hull University Archives:

Rev. John Mould alive in 1699 - wife Anne widowed in 1722.

Their only son William Mould of North Cave married Ellen Bayley daughter of Ellen Appleton of North Cave (a widow at the time) in 1722.

Their eldest son John Mould (in Leeds 1749-1751). a William Mould married Sarah Reed daughter of Clement Reed in 1752 Stephen Mould of Wooton recorded in 1715 Mary Mould (Spinster) also recorded in Wooton in 1715.

Thomas Mould of Knedlington - 1796/1807 Thomas Mould of Pottergrange - 1788. 7.

Unknown and William Mould had the following children:

3. i. Jane Mould, daughter of William Mould and Unknown was born about 1645. She died about Apr 1697.

She married Joseph Blaydes, son of James Blaides and Ann Marvell on 28 Sep 1671 in St Mary's, Hull.

He was born about Oct 1634. He died in Sep 1692 in Hull.

ii. William Mould, son of William Mould and Unknown was born about 1645. He died in 1721.

Notes for William Mould: Recordings from Gents History of Hull, 1735 ( in the Yorkshire Library): "The Church is dedicated to St. Mary (Lowgate), called the Low-Church. The Church was much larger than at present. Henry VIII used it as his Chapel Royal. The steeple offended him, because it was opposite the Palace where he resided when in Kingston upon Hull. He ordered it to be pulled down. In this condition the Church continued for a long time, until the inhabitants erected a new one in which are three bells. Underneath Mayor William Mould, Merchant and Alderman was interred in February 1721."

iii. James Mould, son of William Mould and Unknown was born about 1645

 

Generation 4

Joseph Blaides, son of William Blaides and Margaret Appleyard was born on 15 Jul 1588. He died in 1662 in Hull.

He married Ann Booth, daughter of Robert Booth and Catherine Layton about 1602.

8. Page 5 of 16 v. Joseph Blaides, son of Joseph Blaides and Ann Booth was born about Mar 1612. Ann Booth, daughter of Robert Booth and Catherine Layton was born about 1590. She died in 1659.

Notes for Joseph Blaides:

Joseph Blaides of Sutton J.P. inherited the manors of Sutton with Bransholme, Sudcoates, Mayfleet, Drypool, and Sculcoates under the terms of his fathers will. Freeman of Hull 7 Dec 1603

Chamberlain 1611

Sherif of Hull 1622

Mayor of Hull 1636

Buried at Holy Trinity, Hull near wife.

Will dated 4 Apr 1659

Notes for Ann Booth: Buried at Holy Trinity, Hull.

9. Ann Booth and Joseph Blaides had the following children:

i. Lydia Blaides, daughter of Joseph Blaides and Ann Booth was born about 1603. She married George Anson about 1630. He was born about 1600.

4. ii. James Blaides, son of Joseph Blaides and Ann Booth was born about May 1604. He died on 09 May 1657. He married Ann Marvell, daughter of Andrew Marvell and Anne Pease on 29 Dec 1633 in Charterhouse Chapel, Hull. She was born on 14 Mar 1615. She died in Apr 1697.

iii. Elizabeth Blaides, daughter of Joseph Blaides and Ann Booth was born in Jan 1606. She died date Unknown. She married Edmund Bulmr date Unknown. He was born about 1605. He died in 1659.

Notes for Elizabeth Blaides: Baptised 15 Jan 1606 in St Mary's

Notes for Edmund Bulmr: Edmund Bulmr (or Bawmer) he may have died in June 1685 or 1659?

iv. William Blaides, son of Joseph Blaides and Ann Booth was born on 20 Oct 1608. He died about Sep 1667. He married Ann Graves, daughter of Hugh Graves and Unknown on 09 Jun 1634 in ?. She was born about 1610. She died in Aug 1667.

Notes for William Blaides: Baptised 23 Oct 1608 at St Mary's Buried 10 September 1667 at St Mary's Hull. Will dated 1 Sep 1667 Lands at Marfleete and Hull under the Will of his brother Joseph, Lands at Drypoole and Stoneferry under his fathers will. Notes for Ann Graves: Buried 26 August 1667 at St Mary's, Hull.

v. Joseph Blaides, son of Joseph Blaides and Ann Booth was born about Mar 1612.

He died on 01 Oct 1644. He married Margid Dickinson, daughter of Francis Dickinson and Helen Unknown date Unknown. She was born about 1615. She died date Unknown.

Notes for Joseph Blaides: Baptised 20 March 1612. Alderman, J.P. and Coroner for Hull from 1635. Died without issue, and buried at Rotherham Church. Will dated 27 Apr 1644 Andrew Marvell, son of Andrew Marvel and Unknown was born in 1586 in Meldreth, Cambridgeshire. He died on 23 Jan 1641 in Lost in crossing the Humber. He married Anne Pease on 22 Oct 1612 in Cherry Burton, Yorkshire.

10. Anne Pease was born about 1590. She died on 13 Apr 1638.

Notes for Andrew Marvell: Rev. Andrew Marvell, Rector of Winchester, was admitted at Emanuel College , Cambridge, in 1601,Scholar, 1604; B.A. 1604-5, M.A. in 1608, Ordained priest (York) Mar. 1608-9. and then held the post of minister at Flamborough from 1610 to 1614, when he received the living of the Church of St Germain, Winestead-in-Holderness. In 1624 he was appointed Lecturer in the church of Holy Trinity, Kingston-upon-Hull, and he was Master of Hull Grammar School 1620-40.

Anne Pease and Andrew Marvell had the following children:

5. i. Ann Marvell, daughter of Andrew Marvell and Anne Pease was born on 14 Mar 1615. She died in Apr 1697. She married James Blaides, son of Joseph Blaides and Ann Booth on 29 Dec 1633 in Charterhouse Chapel, Hull. He was born about May 1604. He died on 09 May 1657.

ii. Mary Marvell, daughter of Andrew Marvell and Anne Pease was born in 1616. She died in 1678. She married Edmund Popple on 18 Aug 1636. He was born about 1615.

Notes for Edmund Popple: Edmund Popple was described in the marriage registry of Holy Trinity as a "Nautam". He would become one of the wardens of Trinity House, Hull, and a Sheriff of Hull, in which capacity he was able to assist in making the poet Andrew Marvell (his brother-in-law) a "free burgesse" of the Corporation of Hull. He also acted as Marvell's banker and business adviser.

iii. Elizabeth Marvell, daughter of Andrew Marvell and Anne Pease was born in 1618. She married Robert More, son of George More and Elizabeth Stringer after 1639. He was born in Dec 1610. Notes for Robert More: Robert More of the Green, in Greenhill in Norton, Gent.

v. Andrew Marvell, son of Andrew Marvell and Anne Pease was born on 31 Mar 1621 in Winestead, Yorkshire. He died on 18 Aug 1678.

Notes for Andrew Marvell: Andrew Marvell M.P., the Celebrated Statesman, Patriot and Poet, MP for Hull 1657 to 1678. admitted at Trinity College Cambridge on 14 December 1633, B.A. 1638. He died without issue, and the Marvell family crest and arms are carried on in the Blaydes Family through his sister Ann by Royal Assent.

The following comment on Andrew Marvell was included in Burke's History of the Commoners 1836 under Blaydes of High Paull:- "Marvel", says a writer in the Gentleman's Magazine, "was an honest republican; he adhered to the principals under which he had entered upon public life, and with stern pride of heart, and probably ardent hopes of a restoration of the commonwealth, he retained an uncompromising attachment to his cherished theories of government. In addition he was a wit and a satirist; a spirit that prided itself in exemption from the prevalent corruption and popular follies, because those follies and that corruption formed the butts against which it was his delight to exercise the keen shafts of his wit, his irony, and his ridicule."

Andrew Marvell was born in 1620 (stet) at Hull, and educated at Trinity College Cambridge. He subsequently travelled to Rome, where he first associated with Milton, who thus describes his accomplishments in a letter to "the Honourable, the Lord Bradshawe," dated 3 Feb 1652:

"He hath spent four years abroad in Holland, France, Italy, and Spain, to very good purpose as I believe and the gaining of those four languages; besides, he is a scholar, and well read in the Latin and Greek authors; and no doubt of an approved conversation, for he comes now lately out of the house of the Lorf Fairfax, who was generall, where he was entrusted to give some instructions in the languages to the lady his daughter."

In 1657 Marvel was appointed assistant Latin secretary to the Protector, Milton being his superior in that office; and in 1658 or 1659 he was first elected to parliament as one of the burgeses for his native town, which he continued to represent for nearly twenty years, until his death in 1678. His attendance in parliament was unusually assiduous; and he maintained a correspondence with his constituents almost every post, which is said to be the last instance of that valuable relation between representatives and electors. It has also been said that he was the last representative who received wages from his constiuents. For interesting particulars of this unbending senator refer to "Dove's Life of Marvel".

Andrew Marvell's connections with Hull were strong. Little is known about his early life, but he was born in Winestead, Holderness (where his father was rector), in 1621 and was probably educated at Hull Grammar School, though there is no firm evidence for this. He went to Trinity College, Cambridge, as a sizar and graduated BA in 1638. He seems to have stayed at Trinity, but left before the opening of the Long Parliament in 1641.

The next ten years of Marvell's life are obscure. He probably spent the years 1642-1646 abroad, but historians are only able to suggest his return to England by 1649 because of the publication of two of his poems in that year. In 1650 he was appointed by Thomas Fairfax as tutor to his daughter, Mary, and so Marvell returned to Yorkshire, spending two years at Nun Appleton. His association with Fairfax brought him into close contact with Cromwell and the political machinations of the Commonwealth. After years on the continent Marvell was a fine linguist and on 21 February 1653 Milton recommended that Marvell be appointed as his assistant (Milton was blind by this stage) in the secretaryship for foreign languages. He was also appointed by Cromwell as tutor to William Dutton, his ward.

Marvell's support for Oliver Cromwell was made most evident in his Horatian Ode upon Cromwell's return from Ireland written in the summer of 1650. However, it has been argued that one stanza of this poem indicates his Royalist rather than Cromwellian sympathies. And the fact that Marvell first became an MP during the Interregnum but went on being an MP after the Restoration has kept the debate about his political sympathies alive. Marvell's letters as MP, written to the Hull Corporation (some surviving in the Guildhall), as well as to the masters of Trinity House Hull (held privately by Trinity House), survive in far greater number than his personal letters. However, as a source of information about Marvell's political and religious inclinations they are not very revealing. This has made historical research into Marvell's politics and religion difficult and the results are often controversial.

For example, John Wallace, in Destiny his choice (1968), has argued that it was not Royalism or Cromwellianism that explained Marvell' sympathies, but rather 'loyalism'. This interpretation is lent credence by the fact that as an MP he wrote scores of letters diligently, if cautiously, filled with news of London and parliamentary affairs. William Lamont has recently extended Wallace's 'loyalism' argument to include Marvell's religion; according to Lamont the nonconformist protestantism Marvell forged in the 1650s when Richard Baxter held influence with Cromwell was the same religious position Marvell carried over into the Restoration period. v. John Marvell, son of Andrew Marvell and Anne Pease was born on 07 Sep 1623. He died in Sep 1624.

Notes for John Marvell: John died a year after his birth and was buried at Winestead on 20 September 1624.

Generation 5

William Blaides was born about 1550. He died on 03 Mar 1591. He married Margaret Appleyard, daughter of Thomas Appleyard and Margery Jackson about 1580.

16. Margaret Appleyard, daughter of Thomas Appleyard and Margery Jackson was born about 1560. She died in 1603.

Notes for William Blaides: Also known as Sir William Blaids of Sutton, Co Yorks, and Sculcoates. Referred to in old deeds as "Gulielmus Blaides", and sometimes as "Gulielmus Bleyds de Sutton" The Manors of Sutton cum Bransholme, Sudcoates, Merflete, and Dripoole in Holderness, and part of the manor of Sculcoates were inherited by Margaret Appleyard, and passed into the Blaydes family through William Blaides. Alderman Freeman 25 October 1578. Buried at Sculcoates,

17. Margaret Appleyard and William Blaides had the following children:

 i. Mary Blaides, daughter of William Blaides and Margaret Appleyard was born on 13 Jan 1583. She died in 1585.

Notes for Mary Blaides: Buried 9 September 1585 at Sculcoates.

ii. Steven Blaides, son of William Blaides and Margaret Appleyard was born about Apr 1585. He died on 14 May 1585

Notes for Steven Blaides:

Baptised 14 Apr 1585

Died 14 May 1585.

iii. George Blaides, son of William Blaides and Margaret Appleyard was born in Nov 1586. He died in Aug 1636. He married Barbara Unknown in 1636. She was born about 1590.

Notes for George Blaides: Baptised 16 November 1586 Died without issue, and buried 14 August 1636 at Holy Trinity, Hull. Alderman Freeman 2 August 1606 Will dated 1636 at York.

iv. Joseph Blaides, son of William Blaides and Margaret Appleyard was born on 15 Jul 1588. He died in 1662 in Hull. He married Ann Booth, daughter of Robert Booth and Catherine Layton about 1602. She was born about 1590. She died in 1659.

v. Paul Blaides, son of William Blaides and Margaret Appleyard was born about Jan 1589. He died about Oct 1590. Notes for Paul Blaides: Baptised 25 Jan 1589. Buried 3 October 1590 at Sculcoates

vi. Paul Blaides, son of William Blaides and Margaret Appleyard was born about Jan 1590. He died about Jul 1592.

Notes for Paul Blaides: Baptised 25 Jan 1590. Buried 25 July 1592 at Sculcoates

vii. Peter Blaides, son of William Blaides and Margaret Appleyard was born on 25 Jul 1591. He died date Unknown.

Notes for Peter Blaides: Alderman Freeman 14 October 1602

viii. James Blaides, son of William Blaides and Margaret Appleyard was born about 1590. He died date Unknown.

ix. Daniel Blaides, son of William Blaides and Margaret Appleyard was born about 1590. He died in 1592.

Robert Booth was born about 1560. He married Catherine Layton.

19. Catherine Layton, daughter of William Layton and Unknown was born about 1560. Catherine Layton and Robert Booth had the following child:

i. Ann Booth, daughter of Robert Booth and Catherine Layton was born about 1590. She died in 1659. She married Joseph Blaides, son of William Blaides and Margaret Appleyard about 1602. He was born on 15 Jul 1588. He died in 1662 in Hull.

20. Andrew Marvel was born about 1560 in Meldreth, Cambridgeshire. He died in Apr 1628 in Hull. He married Unknown

21. Unknown was born about 1560. Unknown and Andrew Marvel had the following child:

10. i. Andrew Marvell, son of Andrew Marvel and Unknown was born in 1586 in Meldreth, Cambridgeshire. He died on 23 Jan 1641 in Lost in crossing the Humber. He married Anne Pease on 22 Oct 1612 in Cherry Burton, Yorkshire. She was born about 1590. She died on 13 Apr 1638. He married Lucy Alured, daughter of John Alured on 27 Nov 1638 in Norton. She was born about 1590. She died in 1664.

Generation 6

Thomas Appleyard, son of Thomas Appleyard and Isabel Sudaby was born about 1530. He married Margery Jackson.

34. Margery Jackson, daughter of George Jackson and Unknown was born about 1535.

Notes for Thomas Appleyard: Thomas Appleyard of Heslington in Yorkshire was of the ancient family of Appleyards, Knights of Burstwicke Garth, York. He was a merchant, the Sheriff in 1575, and Lord Mayor of York in 1584.

35. Margery Jackson and Thomas Appleyard had the following child:

17. i. Margaret Appleyard, daughter of Thomas Appleyard and Margery Jackson was born about 1560. She died in 1603. She married William Blaides about 1580. He was born about 1550. He died on 03 Mar 1591. She married William Barber on 12 Feb 1592 in Sculcoates. He was born about 1560.

38. William Layton was born about 1530. He married Unknown.

39. Unknown was born about 1530. Unknown and William Layton had the following child:

19. i. Catherine Layton, daughter of William Layton and Unknown was born about 1560. She married Robert Booth. He was born about 1560.

Generation 7

Thomas Appleyard, son of John Appleyard and Grace Pembroke was born about 1500. He married Isabel Sudaby.

68. Isabel Sudaby, daughter of John Sudaby and Unknown was born about 1500.

Notes for Thomas Appleyard: Thomas Appleyard of York was a merchant. He was sheriff of York, 1542, and twice Lord Mayor, in 1551 and 1563. he bought the estate at Heslington of his eldest brother's son, John Appleyard, then of Burstwicke

69. Isabel Sudaby and Thomas Appleyard had the following children:

34. i. Thomas Appleyard, son of Thomas Appleyard and Isabel Sudaby was born about 1530. He married Margery Jackson. She was born about 1535.

ii. Peter Appleyard, son of Thomas Appleyard and Isabel Sudaby was born about 1531.

Notes for Peter Appleyard: Peter Appleyard was heir to his brother Thomas

iii. Ann Appleyard, daughter of Thomas Appleyard and Isabel Sudaby was born about 1532. She married Uriah Duncalf after 1584. He was born about 1530.

Notes for Uriah Duncalf: Uriah Duncalf of Ottringham

iv. Phillipa Appleyard, daughter of Thomas Appleyard and Isabel Sudaby was born about 1533. She married Unknown Read. He was born about 1533.

Notes for Unknown Read: Mr Read of Hull

70. George Jackson was born about 1505. He married Unknown. Unknown was born about 1505.

Notes for George Jackson: George Jackson of Bedale

71. Unknown and George Jackson had the following child:

35. i. Margery Jackson, daughter of George Jackson and Unknown was born about 1535. She married Thomas Appleyard. He was born about 1530.

Generation 8

John Appleyard, son of John Appleyard and Margaret Sheffield was born about 1470.

He married Grace Pembroke.

136. Grace Pembroke was born about 1470.

Notes for John Appleyard: John Appleyard of Heslington near York

Notes for Grace Pembroke: Grace Pembroke from Grimsby, Co Lincoln.

137. Grace Pembroke and John Appleyard had the following children:

i. Nicholas Appleyard, son of John Appleyard and Grace Pembroke was born about 1498. He died on 13 Aug 1545. He married Ann Meynell. She was born about 1500.

Notes for Nicholas Appleyard: Nicholas Appleyard Lord of the Manor of Burstwicke Hall. w.d.N.F. 13 Aug 1545.

ii. Clare Appleyard, daughter of John Appleyard and Grace Pembroke was born about

1499. She married Henry Thurcross. He was born about 1500.

Notes for Henry Thurcross: Henry Thurcross, Alderman and mayor of Hull

68. iii. Thomas Appleyard, son of John Appleyard and Grace Pembroke was born about 1500. He married Isabel Sudaby. She was born about 1500.

 iv. Ursula Appleyard, daughter of John Appleyard and Grace Pembroke was born about 1501. She married John Beaulieu. He was born about 1500.

Notes for John Beaulieu: John Beaulieu or Bellew of Co. Lincoln.

v. Ann Appleyard, daughter of John Appleyard and Grace Pembroke was born about 1502. She married John Lewis. He was born about 1500.

Notes for John Lewis: John Lewis, citizen and draper. Lord Mayor of York 1550.

vi. Silvester Appleyard, son of John Appleyard and Grace Pembroke was born about 1503.

vii. Jane Appleyard, daughter of John Appleyard and Grace Pembroke was born about 1504. She married John Goldwell. He was born about 1500.

Notes for John Goldwell: John Goldwell of Burstwicke.

viii. Barbara Appleyard, daughter of John Appleyard and Grace Pembroke was born about 1505.

ix. Elizabeth Appleyard, daughter of John Appleyard and Grace Pembroke was born about 1506. She married Ralph Hedlam. He was born about 1500. She married Unknown Montford. He was born about 1500.

Notes for Unknown Montford: Unknown Montford of Co Ebor.

138. John Sudaby was born about 1470. He married Unknown.

139. Unknown was born about 1470.

Notes for John Sudaby: John Sudaby of Pecklington. Unknown and John Sudaby had the following child:

69. i. Isabel Sudaby, daughter of John Sudaby and Unknown was born about 1500. She married Thomas Appleyard. He was born about 1500.

Generation 9

John Appleyard, son of John Appleyard and Unknown Bilton was born about 1440. He married Margaret Sheffield.

272. Margaret Sheffield, daughter of Robert Sheffield and Helen Delves was born about 1440.

Notes for John Appleyard: John Appleyard of Butterwick, Isle of Axholme, Co Lincoln

273. Margaret Sheffield and John Appleyard had the following children:

i. Robert Appleyard, son of John Appleyard and Margaret Sheffield was born about 1467. ii. George Appleyard, son of John Appleyard and Margaret Sheffield was born about 1468.

iii. Thomas Appleyard, son of John Appleyard and Margaret Sheffield was born about 1469. Notes for Thomas Appleyard: Thomas Appleyard, Lord Abbott of Thornton. 136.

iv. John Appleyard, son of John Appleyard and Margaret Sheffield was born about 1470. He married Grace Pembroke. She was born about 1470

Generation 10

544. John Appleyard, son of Edmund Appleyard and Dyonisia Luddington was born about 1410. He married Unknown Bilton.

545. Unknown Bilton was born about 1410. Unknown Bilton and John Appleyard had the following child:

272. i. John Appleyard, son of John Appleyard and Unknown Bilton was born about 1440. He married Margaret Sheffield. She was born about 1440.

546. Robert Sheffield was born about 1410. He married Helen Delves. Helen Delves, daughter of Robert Delves and Unknown was born about 1410.

Notes for Robert Sheffield: Sir Robert Sheffield Kt.

547. Helen Delves and Robert Sheffield had the following child: 273.

i. Margaret Sheffield, daughter of Robert Sheffield and Helen Delves was born about 1440. She married John Appleyard. He was born about 1440.

Generation 11

1088   Edmund Appleyard, son of John Appleyard and Unknown was born about 1380. He married Dyonisia Luddington.

1089   Dyonisia Luddington, daughter of Peter Luddington and Unknown was born about 1380.

Notes for Edmund Appleyard: Edmund Appleyard of Sandtoft, Isle of Aholme, Yorkshire. 1089. Dyonisia Luddington and Edmund Appleyard had the following child:

544. i. John Appleyard, son of Edmund Appleyard and Dyonisia Luddington was born about 1410. He married Unknown Bilton. She was born about 1410.

1094. Robert Delves was born about 1380. He married Unknown. Unknown was born about 1380.

Notes for Robert Delves: Sir Robert Delves was Speaker in the House of Commons, and Recorder of London. 1095. Unknown and Robert Delves had the following child:

547. i. Helen Delves, daughter of Robert Delves and Unknown was born about 1410. She married Robert Sheffield. He was born about 1410.

Generation 12

John Appleyard, son of Nicholas Appleyard and Mary Thornbury was born about 1351. He married Unknown.

2176. Unknown was born about 1355. Unknown and John Appleyard had the following child:

1088. i. Edmund Appleyard, son of John Appleyard and Unknown was born about 1380. He married Dyonisia Luddington. She was born about 1380.

2178. Peter Luddington was born about 1350. He married Unknown.

2179. Unknown was born about 1350. Unknown and Peter Luddington had the following child:

1089. i. Dyonisia Luddington, daughter of Peter Luddington and Unknown was born about 1380. She married Edmund Appleyard. He was born about 1380.

Generation 13

Nicholas Appleyard, son of William Appleyard and Unknown was born about 1320. He married Mary Thornbury.

4352. Mary Thornbury, daughter of Thomas Thornbury and Unknown was born about 1320. Mary Thornbury and Nicholas Appleyard had the following children:

 i. William Appleyard, son of Nicholas Appleyard and Mary Thornbury was born about 1350. He married Elizabeth Parker. She was born about 1350. 2176.

 ii. John Appleyard, son of Nicholas Appleyard and Mary Thornbury was born about 1351. He married Unknown. She was born about 1355.

iii. William Appleyard, son of Nicholas Appleyard and Mary Thornbury was born about 1352. Page 15 of 16 iv. Elizabeth Appleyard, daughter of Nicholas Appleyard and Mary Thornbury was born about 1353.

Generation 14

8704. William Appleyard was born about 1290. He married Unknown. Unknown was born about 1290.

Notes for William Appleyard: William Appleyard of Norwich. 8705. Unknown and William Appleyard had the following children:

4352. i. Nicholas Appleyard, son of William Appleyard and Unknown was born about 1320. He married Mary Thornbury. She was born about 1320.

ii. Emma Appleyard, daughter of William Appleyard and Unknown was born about 1320. She married Henry Grey. He was born about 1320.

8706. Thomas Thornbury was born about 1290. He married Unknown. Unknown was born about 1290.

Notes for Thomas Thornbury: Thomas Thornbury of London 8707. Unknown and Thomas Thornbury had the following child:

4353. i. Mary Thornbury, daughter of Thomas Thornbury and Unknown was born about 1320. She married Nicholas Appleyard. He was born about 1320.

The Origins of Ship Building in Hull and the Blaydes Involvement.

Hull, or originally Wyke, was formed principally on its import and export trade, which required ships of some description. Consequently, ships have been built in or around Hull since at least the end of the 12th century, and a shipwright craft guild was formed in 1369.

By 1314 Hull was supplying military ships for expeditions to Scotland, a practice which carried on throughout the 14th and 15th Centuries, with Hull providing Henry V with many ships in 1414. Ships would be built on land initially and dragged to the water’s edge at low tide, or on timbers which would enable the vessel to be dragged or pushed into the water independently of the tide. This method of launching by means of a slipway would almost certainly have been used in the area of Trippett (originally owned by the De La Pole family) just outside the North Gate, which was probably still mud or earth banks at this time. Recorded as a ‘dock’ as early as 1427, this area is shown in Gent's sketch of Hull in 1735 with ships shown ashore but not in docks. This site would later become the North Bridge Yard and dry dock, although still being described as ‘ways’ (slipways?) in a notice of 1787. Curiously Hollar’s plan of Hull c.1640 shows no shipyard in this area, even though reliable evidence proves it was there from at least 1427. One can only deduce it was made up of simple slipways, and not drawn.

Hull, or originally Wyke, was formed principally on its import and export trade, which required ships of some description. Consequently, ships have been built in or around Hull since at least the end of the 12th century, and a shipwright’s craft guild was formed in 1369.

The western side of High Street was only reclaimed from the river Hull after 1300, and the northern end of High Street did not have much in the way of buildings until after 1347. This would have left much room for similar slipways at this northern wall of the town; this area was also the site of the north ferry until the first north bridge was built in 1541 with the ferry taking defence from the town walls. Hollar’s plan of Hull of c.1640 shows what appear to be three separate ‘docks’ in this area, and we can speculate that these were being used as dry docks. Interestingly all three fall on almost exactly the same lines as merchant’s staithes built later, e.g. Blaydes Staithe, however, what Hollar was showing may just have been the extended jetties of the merchants 'staithes'. The Blaydes had lived and worked in the area for many years by the time of Hollars plan.

Hull or Wyke, has been trading since the late 12th Century and would therefore have needed to build its own ships, although, to a considerable extent, ships received their cargo by means of lighters and other small craft whilst lying in the Humber 'roads'. This suggests only very small ships were built upriver, with larger ships finding the harbour difficult to navigate (Hollar's plan of 1640 shows rowing boats in the river Humber).

1203    In terms of taxation on exports Hull was the sixth largest port.

1290    ... by 1290 it was the third

1293    Only 60 households in Hull (VCH)

'the prompt taking of three plots into the king's hands for the building of a new quay, later known as King Staith on the south side of Kirk lane, was however, apparently not followed by any work of construction. The making of the quay was ordered as late as 1297. £10 was spent on the work that year and the plots were not returned to their owners   the work presumably having been finished until 1302'. (VCH)

1300    Lands being reclaimed in Western High Street

1314    Hull supplies two ships for Scottish expeditions

1320    Hull supplies a further ships

1325    ... to 1350, archaeological evidence of raised platforms to beach or bank ships at Chapel Lane Staithe

1334    Hull supplies at least six ships for the wars with Scotland (VCH)

1347    Bench book rentals show land immediately outside the north walls belonging to Wm De La Pole jnr with one tenement 1347 'The buildings on the east side [High St] did not extend much beyond Scale Lane until after 1347' (Sheahan)

1359    Hull supplies 16 ships to the king

1369    Records of a shipwrights craft guild being formed

1414    Hull supplies Henry V with ships

1427    DOCK in 'Trippett' leased to John Bedford

1527    John Robynson, shipwright, pays rental for a tenement for a 'terme' in TRIPPETT

1541    North ferry replaced by the first north bridge

1567    John Hodgkinson, a mariner takes a 21-year lease on land in Trippett for his DOCK at the east end of the road which ran outside the north walls of the town -more of a slipway.

1600    Circa. 'Not surprisingly the increased demand for ships led to the establishment of shipbuilding yards, where vessels of a few score tons could be built' (VCH) ... 'establishing a yard was a simple matter of finding a plot convenient for launching into the river at high tide and with easy access by water for water and other bulky materials'. (A. Credland)

1607    Jos Blaydes, shipwright has land outside the north gate adjoining the haven

1630    Two other men have permission to build in the same area [making the three shown by Hollar?

1693	'Hugh Blaydes was practising before 1693 when he was granted a lease of the corporations land outside the North Gate'. (G J)
1735	Gent's sketch of Hull shows a shipyard beyond the North Gate, the ships in the yard are shown not in dock but aground as if on slipways.

 

1700    Shipbuilding was the most important industry in Hull in the 18th Century (VCH)

1749	Blaydes shipyard sold.

 

1760s  Dock operations were little understood in England. Hull's fist dock was evidence of this as its design and access left much to be desired

1766    ... 'of the 114 ship owners who can be traced between 1766 and 1800 ten were among other things SHIPBUILDERS'. (G Jackson) ship building and repairing was one of the oldest and most important local industries. For centuries ships had been built along the banks of the Hull and the Humber, taking full advantage of the cheap and plentiful supplies of hinterland oak and Baltic masts spars and sail cloth'. (G Jackson) '... by the 1790's the enlarged south end had a shipyard and a dry dock' (VCH)

1772    Hadley's survey of the staithes lists Mr Blaydes yard immediately south of the road to the bridge (140 feet from the water to the street, 183 feet wide at the street front and 250 feet and 5 inches wide at the back next the river.)

1775    Sold to the Dock Company.

1778    The Dock (Queens Dock) opened.

1784    Wm Blaydes shipbuilder.

1787    A notice to customers informs that 'Wm Gibson from Armin has taken the Shipyard and Ways lately occupied by Benjamin Blaydes.'

1791    Benjamin Blaydes, Trippett, Dock Bridge and Wm Gibson, Dock Bridge.

 

Blaydes House is a grade II* listed Georgian house in High Street, Kingston upon Hull, England.  Built in the 18th century for the Blaydes family, it is now owned by the University of Hull's Maritime Historical Studies Centre.

Blaydes House was built in the late 1730s or early 1740s (the precise date is unknown) to the designs of the architect Joseph Page as the residence and business premises of the Blaydes family, one of the leading merchant families in the town and also owners of two shipyards, Blaydes Yard: the North End Dock on the River Hull, near the house, and another at Hessle Cliff, close to the northern end of the present-day Humber Bridge. The yards turned out vessels for the Royal Navy from the 1740s, but their main output was merchant ships, the most famous among which was a collier named Bethia, which was purchased by the Navy in 1787, adapted and renamed HMS Bounty.

The Blaydes family were also prominent in town politics, with Benjamin Blaydes (whose initials can be seen in a carved monogram cypher in the hallway ceiling, “BB” interlaced) serving as Chamberlain in 1736.  The Hallway is paved with marble-black and white squares. The staircase is very fine. and the best rooms are all wainscoted and contain fine cornices and good stuccoed ceilings.  The family probably remained at the house until the early 19th century, by that time trading as part of the Blaydes Loft Gee & Company partnership. After this firm was wound up the family left Hull and sold the house. Subsequently, it was used as office space by a number of local businesses.

In May 1941, during the Hull Blitz, a large office building immediately to the south was destroyed by a direct hit, but Blaydes House received only light damage.

After a period of disuse, the house was purchased by the Georgian Society for East Yorkshire. In 1999 it was sold to the University of Hull and refurbished to become the headquarters of the university's Maritime Historical Studies Centre.

·        Frances Bibby (2006) The Blaydes: shipbuilders of Hull.

(This work has been criticised as follows: "... very thorough as far as it goes (but) some information (was) misunderstood due to the complex relationships within this family (for example at the time of the ownership of the Blaydes House by the merchant Benjamin Blaydes, there were two other close cousins also named Benjamin). She has also missed the main line of male descent within the family. The line of descent in Burke's Landed Gentry is correct. Family Information prior to 1500 listed in Burke's is incorrect and was due to fraudulent research in the middle 1800s. These lines have now been sorted (you need to follow the major property bequests in the wills to follow the correct lines, and also understand that they did not follow the standard convention of oldest male inheriting everything,) (Mark Blaydes)"

Blaydes' Yard was a private shipbuilder in Kingston upon Hull, England, founded in the 18th century which fulfilled multiple Royal Navy contracts. Her most notable ship was HMS Bounty famed for its mutiny.^[1]

History

Hugh Blaydes was born in 1686 and started building ships with his sons in 1740. Their yard was at Hessle Cliff on the Humber Estuary on the edge of Kingston upon Hull. They had a second North End Yard close to their home at 6 High Street (now known as Blaydes House).

By the 1780s the yard was being run by Benjamin Blaydes, Hugh's grandson.  He took a deep and abiding interest in the commerce of the Town. He occupied the office of Governor of the Poor, he was once sheriff and 3 times Mayor of Hull.  He was very tall, given to eccentricity. He had a very dark and tawny complexion and always wore buckskin breeches. He made it a rule to walk to the waterside at tide time to while away an hour and to witness the passengers land and embark. The Blaydes family was very prominent in Hull and provided three mayors: Joseph (1636/7), Benjamin (1771/2), Benjamin (1788).

Blaydes Street in Hull, a traditional two storey brick street is named after the family. The family created the company of Blaydes, Loft, Gee & Co. shipowners. They were the first  to commence the Hull and Hamburg trade link, which they carried on with sailing vessels.

James Blaydes married Ann Marvell, sister of Andrew Marvell. Later members of the family left Hull and moved to Ranby Hall, a large country estate.

Their descendants included Frederick Henry Marvell Blaydes and Sir Rowland Blades, Lord Mayor of London.

Blydes' North End Yard has been chosen as the new home of the Arctic Corsair.

Notable ships

·        HMS Success, 1740

·        HMS Adventure, 1741

·        HMS Anglesea, 1742

·        HMS Poole, 1745

·        HMS Raven, 1745

·        HMS Centaur, 1746

·        HMS Tavistock, 1747

·        HMS Scarborough, 1756

·        HMS Rose, 1757

·        HMS Temple, 1758

·        HMS Tweed, 1759

·        HMS Mermaid, 1761

·        HMS Ardent, 1764

·        HMS Diamond, 1774

·        HMS Boreas, 1774, captained by Horatio Nelson

·        HMS Bounty, 1784, built as Bethia and converted 1787

 

Blaydes House is one of the stops on the maritime guided walks delivered by accredited White Badge tour guides.

Here's more information on Blaydes House by Sam Wright, Hull Maritime volunteer and Dr Martin Wilcox.

Background and Construction

Home of the Blaydes, one of Hull’s most significant merchant families, Blaydes House remains one of the best-preserved merchant houses in Hull. Its position on the western bank of the river Hull reflects both the status of the family, and the maritime work from which the family took its fortune.

The private alley or staithe that runs along the righthand side of the building further emphasises the status and power of merchant families within the port of Hull. The exact period of construction is virtually impossible to confirm, primarily since the family left very little evidence behind when they left Hull in the early 19^th century.

However, it probably contains at least two phases of construction, with the rear of the building older than the front which sits on High Street. Most authorities agree that it was partially reconstructed sometime around 1750-60, with the core of the building having been dated to c.1725.

However, local architectural historian David Neave believes that at least part of the rear of it is the seventeenth century, and some architectural details like the shape of the gabling here does support this.

Like many a merchant’s townhouse, Blaydes House served three principal functions. Firstly, it was a place of business, reflecting the family’s maritime activity.

Secondly, Blaydes House was a family residence, with living rooms on the ground and first floor, family bedrooms on the east side of the first floor, and the servants’ quarters and probable nursery at the top of the building.

The third and least obvious function of the building was as an advertisement. The grandeur of the building was deliberately designed to showcase the wealth and status of the family, and to demonstrate that the Blaydes were the sort of people with whom it paid to do business. After the Blaydes left Hull, the building passed through a variety of owners and functions.

During its life it has housed a seed-crushing firm, timber importer, solicitor’s firm, lighterage company and architect’s practice, before falling vacant sometime around 1990. Although Blaydes House escaped serious damage in World War II, its deteriorating condition led to its owners applying to the council to have it demolished in May 1968.

However, the Georgian Society for East Yorkshire purchased the building and carried out substantial restoration work, partly in contribution to the European Architectural Heritage year in 1975.

In November 1999, Blaydes House was purchased by the Maritime History Trust, for the sum of £1 and then worked with the University of Hull to become the home of a new Maritime Historical Studies Centre, formally opening in summer 2001. Since then, Blaydes Maritime Centre, has functioned as a centre of teaching, research, and public outreach in maritime history, and holds one of the best maritime reference libraries in the country.

The building itself has a very small belvedere window, a lookout post sited between the chimneys on the south side of the roof, from which a watch could be kept for ships on the river.