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Information contained in these pages is intended for genealogical research only,
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acknowledge the source of any information used from these pages. Edmund Earle and Ann Duner © Ancestry Public Family Trees1 indicate Edmund was born around 1668, possibly in or near Binstead, Hampshire. His parents possibly John Earle and his wife Rose Nash. However to-date no record has been sighted. England Marriages 1538-1973 via Ancestry2 & FindMyPast3 suggest Edmund married Ann Duner in St Leonards Parish Church, Hartley Mauditt, Hampshire on the 29th December, 1694. Again, to-date the record has not yet been sighted. The Hartley Mauditt Church of St Leonards was built during the latter part of the 1100s, and now stands completely alone by the side of the road and opposite a large pond. It has the original plain Norman chancel arch and two plain windows in the nave. It is a simple church but it alludes to an interesting history. Hartley Mauditt sits 4km south-south-west of Binstead, and was first documented in the Domesday Book as ‘Herlege’, meaning hartland or woodland; ‘Hartley’ signifying a pasture for deer. The manor had been granted to William de Maldoit (by corruption rendered Mauditt) by William the Conqueror. Later, it was in the possession of John of Gaunt, the Duchy of Lancaster, the Crown, and then the Stuarts. The Stuarts continued to hold the property for several generations until it passed into the hands of the Stowell family and in 1798 the manor was pulled down. After the demolition of the house the hamlet of Hartley Mauditt declined, and eventually left the church as the only remaining building in the site of the hamlet, although there are houses elsewhere in the parish. It is believed Ann was born around 1670, in or around Hartley Mauditt. Baptism records of the area around Hartley Mauditt indicate Edmund & Ann had at least six children: William 1692; Edmund 1694; Ann 1696; John 1698, he married Ann Baker 1723; Mary 1701; and Thomas 1705. Records indicate Edmund died in 1721, and was buried in Binstead on 25th February1. It is believed Ann died around 1740, but to-date no record has been found.
1. Public Family Trees via Ancestry.co.uk https://search.ancestry.co.uk/search/db.aspx?dbid=1030
2. Ancestry.co.uk
https://search.ancestry.co.uk/
Other Sources:
Hampshire History
http://www.hampshire-history.com/mysteries-of-hartley-mauditt/ Open Domesday Book http://opendomesday.org/
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