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William Hartwell and Elizabeth Mulliss © William, the son of Thomas Hartwell and his wife, possibly Margaret, was baptized in St. Eadburgha, the Parish Church of Ebrington, Gloucestershire1, on the 7th September, 1682. With narrow lanes and tiny streets of Cotswold stone houses, many of which are thatched, Ebrington sits nestled in the north Cotswolds, approximately 10km south of Stratford-upon-Avon. The Parish Register of St Peter's Stretton-on-Fosse, Gloucestershire shows William Hartwell of Charingworth and Elizabeth Mulliss of Batsford were married on the 16th October, 1706, Banns being first published2. Situated on the Warwickshire-Gloucestershire border on the fringe of the Cotswolds Hills, Stretton-on-Fosse is a small quiet village, sitting about 4km south-south-east of Ebrington, and consists of fewer than 200 houses, most built of Cotswold stone and locally-made red brick. Until recently the village consisted of several farms and the majority of residents were occupied in cultivation of the land and the trades associated with that of a rural economy. Two manors are listed in the Domesday Book of 1086, and during a recent commercial extraction of sand, some important graves of the Roman-British and Anglo-Saxon periods were uncovered, revealing some interesting skeletons and personal belongings. These burials and the artefacts found, seem to suggest they are the result of particularly savage warfare between the local people of the times. Charingworth appears to refer to one or another of two large manor house, both situated approximately 2km east of Ebrington and 3km north-west of Stretton-on-Fosse. Charingworth Manor, is from the 14th Century and Charinghouse Grange, the 18th Century, and it is assumed both William and Elizabeth were connected to, or working at, one of the manor houses or one of the surrounding farms. Batsford lies 5km south of Ebrington. It is not known when or where Elizabeth was born, but it is believed her parents may have been Richard and Ann and that she was born around 1685. Records indicate William and Elizabeth had at least six children: Thomas, 1707; William, 1709; Richard, 1712; Henry, 1714, he married Ann Lightfoot 1742; Samuel, 1719; and Elizabeth, 1722. It would appear all the children were baptized in Ebrington. Elizabeth, wife of William Hartwell, was buried in Ebrington on the 26th December, 17353. William, a Pauper, was buried in Ebrington on the 28th April, 17473.
References:
2. Parish Marriage Record via Ancestry.co.uk https://www.ancestry.co.uk 3. Parish Burial Record via Ancestry.co.uk https://www.ancestry.co.uk
Other Sources: FamilySearch https://www.familysearch.org/search/ Open Domesday http://opendomesday.org/ Parish Records via Gloucestershire Record Office Public Family Trees via Ancestry.co.uk https://www.ancestry.co.uk
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