Richard Edmead, potter of Chobham, died 1687
A preliminary page by Peter Tipton in the hope that a family historian may be able to supply me with more details
This will has been extracted by Chris Willis of the Yateley Society and West Surrey Family History Society from Cliff Webb’s Surrey Early Wills series:
648 Richard Edmeade of Chobham, potter, senior, sick and weak 1 Jun 1687 to my wife Jane Edmeade a featherbed in the ceiled chamber, a bedstead, healings and its trappings, a chest, box, brass pot and brass pan; to my second son Richard Edmeade £1 out of freehold land; to my third son Henry Edmeade £10 out of freehold land in three years; to my eldest daughter Elizabeth Alberry wife of William Alberry £4 out of freehold land in two years; to my youngest daughter Hannah [? Hannah Edmeade] £6 in four years; to my grandchildren 1s each; residue to my eldest son John Edmeade, exec.; if my wife's third does not amount to £4 p.a. it to be made up to that sum
Witnesses: Robert Simmons; John Towers (X); William French
Proved: 17 Oct 1687 to exec. [DW/PA/5/1687/26] (£116 0s 8d)
I am indebted to Chris Willis for bringing to my attention a bond of indemnity in the Surrey Quarter Session Records dated 1624. The original record is at the Surrey History Centre, Woking reference P34/13/1. The complete series has been calendared, mostly by Cliff Webb and indexed and prepared for publication by John Holland for West Surrey Family History Society. It is published on CD as their CD-01. All the Quarter Session papers have abstract number 13163, the detail restricted to the index. It should be noted that much Metropolitan material is not covered. Neither have Vestry Minutes or Accounts been included.
5 Jul 1624 Bond of indemnity by Thomas COOKE (X)
of Yateley, Hampshire, blacksmith and Robert WATTS (X) of Hartley, Hampshire, yeoman to John TAYLOR of Chobham, yeoman and Richard EDMEADE of Chobham, potter in £20 he taking into his keeping William EMPSON son of Thomas late of Chobham, husbandman, deceased until he is 16
Witnesses: Alexander Reade, clerk; Alice Thaire
[SHC: P34/13/1]
These two documents, spanning 63 years, are unlikely to relate to the same Richard Edmead. But since both men are potters of Chobham they are most likely to be related, possibly father and son, but more likely to be grandfather and grandson.
There is a marriage of a Richard Edmead to Jane Knight in Yateley 12 Dec 1648. Chris Willis has searched the West Surrey FHS database, but there is no other Richard Edmead. The wife of the testator of 1687 is named Jane. If she was Jane Knight then we have a connection between the Edmead family of Chobham and Yateley. The the indemnity bond of 1624 is another connection with Yateley. Alexander Read, one of the witnesses was the perpetual curate of Yateley.
Since the indemnity bond is dated 24 years before the marriage of Richard Edmead to Jane Knight the groom of 1648 could be the son of the potter of 1624.
Chris has given me extracts of other Edmead wills and I notice that there are 16th and 17th century Edmeads with PRO wills in Horsell and Chobham and also in the IGI Although there are several references to possibly several Richard Edmeads before 1600 there are no obvious connections.
The IGI also lists a member submission of the will of William Edmead of Farnborough in 1600 - which makes this exercise even most interesting - but there is no reference. There are no Edmeads mentioned in the Farnborough registers 1580-1600. There are Edmead wills at the HRO for Richard of Chobham (1597) and Richard of Horsell (1600), but none in Farnborough.
The fact that we have a potter working away fro Farnborough/Cove andAsh as early as 1624 is interesting in itself. If there is a family connection with Farnborough/Yateley then this might explain how the technology migrated to Chobham.
All this is extremely hypothetical at the moment, so I hope a family historian may be able to assist.
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