Sources of Information on Eacotts
compiled 1986
General books about Gloucestershire
Transactions of the Bristol and Gloucester Archaeological Society 87 volumes begun in 1876 - University of Western Ontario Library (UWO) London, On ; Gloucester Records Office, Gloucester (GRO)
"The Ancient and Present State of Gloucester" by Sir Robert Atkyns 1712. GRO
"Historical, Monumental and Geneological Collecvctions Relative to the County of Gloucester" by Ralph Bigland 1791. GRO
"A New History of Gloucester" by Samuel Rudder 1779
"The History and Antiquities of Gloucester " by Thomas Rudge 1803
"Gloucester Studies" by H. P. R. Finberg 1957
"The Cotswolds" by E.R. Delderfield 1961
"A Cotswold Village" by J. Arthur Gibbs 1898
The Buildings of England - Gloucestershire: The Cotswolds by David Very 1970
"Ancient Cotswold Churches" by U. Daubney 1921
"The Domesday Geography of Midland England" by H.C. Darby, Cambridge U. Press 1971
Domesday Book #15- Gloucestershire by J. Morris, Phillimore Press 1982
"A Belgic Oppidum" - Record of Excavations (Bagendon) 54-56 by E.M. Clifford, Heffer and sons Cambridge 1961
The Cartulary of Cirencester Abbey Gloucestershire by C. D. Ross, Oxford U. press -2 vols- 1964
Victoria County History for Gloucestershire, Oxford U press, Vol VII 1981 (UWO) detailed notes on Eycott, North Cerney, Bagendon
"Saxon Charters of Gloucester" by Grundy 1935 (GRO)
"Men and Armour" by Smith 1608 (reprinted ) (UWO)
"History of Bagendon" by Rees, 1932
Other Sources of Information
Gloucestershire Records Office, Worcester Street, Gloucester GL1 3DW , tel (0452) 21444 write to County Archivist. Fee for a search.
Their records include: courts from 1660, various boards from 1800's, hospitals from 1754, diocesan archives from 1541, cathedral archives from 1188, Church registers from 1538, assorted business, association and club records from 1750. A file exists on Eycott/Eacott and on Woodmancote.
Wiltshire Record Office, Trowbridge
Corinium Museum, Park Street, Cirencester, Gl. GL7 2BX, Tel.0285 5611Gloucester Family History Society c/o Alan Izod Wharnes Road, Upton St. Leonards Glos.
The Bingham Library, The Waterloo, Cirencester. Local documents and information.
I.G.Y. index, Church of Latter Day Saints. extensive recordsof available parish records for Britain and other nations Any Mormon church with a library has a set of detailed data and can be ordered from Salt Lake City, Utah
Very Specific Documents
Red Book of Worcester - ancient church records - at Worcester Records Office, County Hall, Worcester
Manor Court Rolls for Eycott 1421 and 1442 (GRO) D678 ct rolls 61c + 94
Frankpledge view at Bibury for Bishop(GRO) D678 Bibury ct rolls
Rendcomb Ct Rolls 1387-1481 , 30 years,
Staffordshire Records office D641/1/4m/1-11
Inquisitions Post Mortem. Gloucestershire 1359-1413, 88 yrs :1375 rents from tenants at will
Gloucestershire Cathedral Library. Reg Abb. Froucester B, pp 83-84 cf.--several entries respecting church at Eycott
North Cerney leases -(GRO) Woodmancote 1715 - 89, GRO D2525
Bagendon Church Wardens Book 1776 at Jesus College Oxford, also a Bagendon Map
Gloucester Subsidy Roll 1327 (GRO) lists tax payers by manors
Poll Tax for 1381 - at Public Record Office, Ruskin Ave. Kew, Richmond, Surrey
Manor court rolls for Winchcombe 1421-1442 some refer to Eycot manor D678 ct rolls 97A, 61c, 91, 62, 94. -no eycot surnames shown.
Eacott - Eycott records at GRO
* documents examined in 1984 (year, who, what)
* 1715 Eycott - constable oath of allegiance, Bagendon Q/so4 p18
* 1715 Eycott - records of papists and alleged papists holdings and oath of allegiance from Thomas Sr., Jr, Rebecca, Mary all of N. Cerney Q/so4
* 1715 Eycott - Woodmancote - title to deed D475/T1
1717 Reg. of Estate Q/RNC 1(22) also (21)
1735 Eycott - Thomas of Bagendon B4/21 and GDR E 27
1666-7 Eycott - Richard of Woodmancote an indictment Q/S161 f 110
1719-20 - Richard, Tetbury name calling charge GDR B4/112438
1723 - Jane Wells vs Richard Eycott, Tetbury , Jane accused of adultery (Jane Eycott) GDR B4/1/2440
1416 Eycott - John of Rencomb, witness to grant D326 T9214
1753 Eycott - Elizabeth D475/T.1
1823 - Cater(?) Stonehouse, marriage settlement D1917
* family pedigree, North Cerney P70M17
1851 Census - Robert Eacott of Tythinhgton (age 43 born 1808 at Alveston) MF308
Rendcomb records are at Staffordshire GRO ref. R.O. D.641
Other Background Info
Sir Robert Vyner 1673 a family portrait by J.M. Wright is in National Portrait Gallery London- Sir Thomas Viner was lord mayor in 1653, his mother was an Eycott - is sir Robert the son of Thomas? Sir Robert was a rich goldsmith and banker with a house at Swakelys Middlesex. His wife was Mary Whitechurch, the widow of Sir Thomas Hyde, their daughter became the duchess of Leeds. Sir Robert became Lord Mayor of London in 1674, went bankrupt in 1684,, He and his son Charles both died in 1688.
One in 3 of the gentry made a will in 1600's
an index of all wills before 1700 is published by PCC (Perogative court of Canterbury) British Records Society
Society of genealogists - 18,000 apprentices recorded 1641 to 1888
Militia reestablished in 1757 each parish had to train some men age 18 to 50, lists were drawn up and published locally
Interred means a burial was of a catholic, a suicide, or an excommunicated person
After 1653 births, not baptisms are recorded. Thus most of recorded information is a birth date.
After 1753 marriages were standard entries by license
Baptism 3 days after birth was common
the title Mr. or Mrs meant the persons were gentry
In the 1841 census anyone over 15 years of age had their age rounded down to nearest 5. Thus a person 59 would become 55 on the form.
Births, Marriages and Death records began July 1 1837 the index is at the GRO 10 Kingsway London WC2B6JP
Landowners numbered 3 000 in early 14th C. Each had a coat of arms.
In 1530 the terms ESQ was common for the gentry to use. Some who were not used it as well but the claim could be tested.
Only a dozen or so gentry families own the land from which their medieval ancestor took his name.
Australian convict records ..book Bound for Australia by D.T. Hawkings
30% of the male names in the 12c were Henry, John, Richard, Robert, William. By the 13th C the had increased to 57% and by 14th C to 64%
In the 16/17th C puritans took names such as Joseph, Samuell, Sarah
Female names in 11th /12th C Joan, Agnes, Catharine, Mary, Elizabeth, Anne
Hereditary surnames began in East Anglia between 1250 and 1350...There were still people recorded without surnames until well into the 1400's
A name with single family origin is rare , few can trace back to Domesday, fewer still can trace back to anglo Saxon era. Eycott is likely a single family name. Only Ardens and Berkeleys can prove descent from pre conquest times. The Berkeleys were from Eadnorth
David Hay wrote " The Oxford Guide to Family History" 1993 Oxford U Press. Walton St Oxford OX2 6DP he is prof of Local and Family History at Sheffield University