John MARTYR b. 24 Apr 1751 Guildford, Surrey, England d. 14 Oct 1843 The Rectory, East Clandon, Surrey, England

John MARTYR

Male 1751 - 1843  (92 years)


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  • Name John MARTYR 
    Born 24 Apr 1751  Guildford, Surrey, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 14 Oct 1843  The Rectory, East Clandon, Surrey, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried 21 Oct 1843  Holy Trinity Church, Guildford, Surrey, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I1730  Effingham
    Last Modified 30 Dec 2016 

    Father John MARTYR,   b. Abt 1700,   d. Bef 10 May 1781, Guildford, Surrey, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 81 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth FLUTTER,   b. Bef 13 Dec 1720, Guildford, Surrey, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 20 May 1791, Guildford, Surrey, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age < 70 years) 
    Married 13 Jan 1747  Saint Matthew, Friday Street, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • London Metropolitan Archives
      London and Surrey, England, Marriage Bonds and Allegations, 1597-1921:
      Reference: Bond MS10091E/61
      Page # 28:

      John Martyr of Guildford in the County of Surrey Gentleman ...
      Dated the Twelfth Day of January in the Year of our Lord 1747 ..

      but that John Martyr above bounden Batchelor and
      Elizabeth Flutter Spinster .....

      [Signed] John Martyr

      Sealed and Delivered in the Presence of [illegible] M.A.
      [28]


      Reference: Allegation DL/A/D/004/MS10091/088/001
      Page # 28:

      Appeared personally John Martyr of Guildford in the County
      of Surrey Gentleman aged Thirty Nine years and a Batchelor
      and that he intends to marry with Elizabeth Flutter of Guildford
      aforesaid aged Twenty Seven years and a Spinster ....

      ... in the Parish Church of Saint Matthew Fryday Street London
      [signed John Martyr]

      Sworn before me
      A Wm. CollierSurrogate
      Present??? asar M.A.



      The Register of St Matthew, Friday Street, London 1538-1812 and the United P{arishes of St Matthew & St Peter Cheap, Marriages, 1754-1812. Transcribed and Edited by A.M. Bruce Bannerman, London 1933. Page 89, and Index Page 181.

      1747 Jan. 13John Martyr, Batchr, & Elizabeth Flutter, Spinster, both of Guilford in Surry. By Mr. Langley.



      The IGI Individual Record for John MARTYR reads:
      Marriage: 13th January 1747 at Saint Matthew, Friday Street, London, England.
      Spouse: Elizabeth FLUTTER.
      Batch No: M001501, Dates: 1538-1812.
    Family ID F077  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Sarah CLEAVER,   b. Abt 1756, Hayes, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Apr 1840, Holy Trinity, Guildford, Surrey, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 84 years) 
    Children 
     1. Frances Jemima MARTYR,   b. 2 Apr 1790, Lambeth, Surrey, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 12 Jan 1821, Guildford, Surrey, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age < 30 years)
    Last Modified 30 Dec 2016 
    Family ID F026  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • West Surrey Family History Society - The Guildford Collection CD-8:
      Holy Trinity, Guildford: Baptisms 1558-1849:

      175121 MayMARTYR John, son of John & Elizabeth (dau. Mr Peter FLUTTER)
      born 24 Apr.


      The IGI for John MARTYR reads:
      Birth: 24th April 1751.
      Christening: 21st May 1751 at the Holy Trinity Church, Guildford, Surrey, England.
      Parents: Jn (John) & Eliz(abeth) MARTYR.
      Batch No: P013361, Dates: 1558-1812.


      Mayor of Guildford 1792, 1801, 1809 and 1817.


      A2A. Somerset Archive and Record Service: Butleigh Court Papers [DD/S/BT/19-29].
      BUTLEIGH COURT PAPERS
      Catalogue Reference: DD/S/BT
      Creator(s): GRENVILLE family of Butleigh, Somerset.

      Parish of:
      CHARLTON ADAM and CHARLTON MACKRELL

      Reference: DD/S/BT/19/8/8-9
      Creation dates: 1771
      Scope and Content
      1] Giles Strangways of Shalford, Surrey, son of Giles decd, son of Bonham decd, and wife Mary
      2] John Martyr of Guildford, Surrey
      3] Abel Jenkins of New Inn
      Copy mortgage of capital messuage of Charlton Adam, manor of Charlton, Masters, Daws and Damers tenements and Paddocks Close in Charlton Adam, Charlton Mackrell and Butleigh. Copy fine (1772).

      Reference: DD/S/BT/19/8/10
      Creation dates: 1783
      Scope and Content
      1] Thomas Littleton Strangways, son and heir of Giles decd
      2] John Martyr
      Copy further charge on Charlton Adam estate.

      Reference: DD/S/BT/19/8/11-14
      Creation dates: 1783
      Scope and Content
      1] Thomas Littleton Strangways of Charlton Adam, son and heir of Giles decd
      2] John Buxton of New Inn
      3] Abel Jenkins of New Inn
      4] John Martyr of Guildford, Surrey
      Copy lease and release to suffer recovery of capital messuage of Charlton Adam, manor of Charlton, Masters, Daws and Damers tenements and Paddocks Close in Charlton Adam, Charlton Mackrell and Butleigh. Copies recovery and fine.


      Admitted to the Freedom of Guildford on the 10th January 1774, only son of John MARTYR, a Gentleman;
      Reference: 2/75 3/1.


      Item ref: LM/359/39.
      Release
      1) John MARTYR of Guildford, Esq
      2) John HOCKLEY, Gent and James STEADMAN, Surgeon.
      3) Edward GATTY


      Surrey History Centre, Woking
      Collection ref: 5021 RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS (QUAKERS), GUILDFORD: RECORDS OF MEETING HOUSE PREMISES, 1557-1964

      Provenance:
      Deposited on long loan by Mr V White, on behalf of Guildford Preparative Meeting, in May 1991.IntroductionThe site of the first property of the Guildford Society of Friends was acquired in 1673. It was a 'tenement gateroom' and 'garden plot' near the back gate of the Crown Inn near the North Town Ditch (now North Street). The National Westminster Bank now occupies the site of the Crown Inn. The Quakers had right of way to their property from the High Street 'at all times from four of the clock in the morning to ten of the clock in the evening every day if occasion serve for ever' (see 5021/1/7-8). This right of way resulted in contention over the years between the owners of the Crown Inn site and the Friends (see 5021/1/28 & 33, 5021/1/7-8). The right of way was lost in 1927 when the site, now a disused burial ground, was conveyed by the Society of Friends to the Corporation of Guildford under the Open Spaces Act 1906.The gateroom, originally acquired as a Meeting House, was demolished in 1805 when a site was purchased to build a new Meeting House (see 5021/2/5-6). The land was part of the garden of John MARTYR and adjoined the North Town Ditch opposite the site of the original Meeting House. Subscriptions to raise funds for the new Meeting House began in 1803 (see 5021/3/1). Copies of the bills from the workmen for the building of the Meeting House also form part of this collection (see 5021/3/3/). They include a bill from Edward Upton, bricklayer 'to pull down Meeting House' in March 1805 and recording the building of the new House in 1806.In May 1827 an additional plot of town waste land was acquired on the North Town Ditch leading to the Meeting House (see 5021/2/8). The frontage on Ward Street was purchased in April 1875 to provide access to the Street (See 5021/1/2). A plan of the Meeting House site in 1875 by the architect Henry Peak highlights the new site (See 5021/3/4).Related recordsSee also G124, G134, 1623.
      Bibliography:
      Many of the documents in 5021/ are reproduced in Early Quakerism in Guildford by Herbert Rowntree; Guildford (1952).


      Series ref: 5021/2/
      DEEDS RELATING TO THE NORTH STREET AND WARD STREET PROPERTY

      Date(s): 1736 - 1883
      Item ref: 5021/2/5-6:
      Lease and release with declaration of trust

      1) John MARTYR of Holy Trinity, Guildford, esq, only son and heir-at-law of John MARTYR of the same, gent, deceased.

      2) Richard Kidd and others (as in 5021/1/25 & 26 excluding Sweetapple) Consideration £105. Piece of land: 70 ft from North to South and 50 ft from East to West, part of a garden ground wherein a Banquetting or Summer House is or was erected walled round, adjoining North Town Ditch and Barn of John MARTYR on South. Garden and building formerly belonging to Mr Gilham, now to John Rawlens and Edmund Elkins on East. Garden formerly in occupation of Richard Kennett and now of John Grix and belonging to the congregation of Dissenters in Guildford called Baptists on the North. Barn and yard formerly of Mr Shudall and now of Edmund Elkins together with Frog Lane on the West which was formerly purchased by JohnChild deceased from Richard Young and walled round by John Child.The actual parcel 70' x 50' abuts as follows:North Town Ditch and barn of John MARTYR and excludes the wall against the barn on South side thereof.Malthouse etc of Edmund Elkins and excludes wall - East. Remainder of garden of John MARTYR on North and West and includes the wall or fence to be erected. Free of part charge £5 pa to poor and of dower to Sarah wife of John MARTYR.
      Date(s): 30-31 Aug 1805
      [Starts: 18050830][Ends: 18050831]


      Item ref: 5021/2/7:
      Bond in £105 for quiet enjoyment and against dower and part of £5 annuity to the poor of Holy Trinity.

      1) John MARTYR

      2) Richard Kidd and others Premises as in 5021/2/5 & 6.Date(s): 31 Aug 1805
      [Starts: 18050831][Ends: 18050831]


      Item ref: 5021/2/13

      Abstract Title of The REv Edward John Ward and Frances Sarah his wife to certain pieces of land in Stoke-next-Guildford part of a messuage and lands formerly a banquetting or summer house.

      1843: E J Ward inherited the garden [Mr MARTY's garden 1739] subject to life interest of widow, from John MARTYR but John MARTYR survived his wife. Apparently the Wards inherited other property - including 'The Castle' [in High Street] and on the security borrowed money - over L2,500 from Henry Ward and Joseph Hockley. Between 1853 and 1869 Edward John Ward and his wife rebuilt 'The Castle' and improved other property so that Mr MARTYR's garden was removed from being security for loan.
      Richard Sparks was appointed trustee 2 Apr 1875.

      Date(s): nd [post 1875]



      A2A Collection of Letters - Lambeth Archives
      Reference IV/27, 1619-1915:

      Robt. Wainewrigth to Messrs. Martyr & Pickstone, Attorneys at Law, Guildford. Concers the Nettle Scholarship at Guildford Grammar School. "Young Savage" was the last to receive this scholarship at university in c. 1769, illegally, as he had not attended the Grammar School. See The Royal Grammar School, Guildford by Dr. G.C. Williamson, p 120. IV/27/223 [not dated].



      The Proceedings of the Old Bailey, London 1674-1834
      LAURENCE M'KENZIE & THOMAS GILBERTHORPE
      Theft: Simple Grand Larceny - 16th February, 1791.

      Accused of feloniously stealing, on the 3rd of February, three cornelian stone seals, set in gold, value of 3l. one gold watch key, value 10s. the prperty of Samuel Thornton. John MARTYR, Esq., giving evidence:

      JOHN MARTYR , Esq; sworn.

      On the 3d of February, the day mentioned in the indictment, I was in the Court of King's Bench, just within the court; there was a considerable scuffle; a noise without the curtain; which I suppose continued two or three minutes; I went out of the court and saw Mr. Thornton, the prosecutor, very much agitated; I said, what is the occasion of this noise? Mr. Thornton said, I have been robbed, and that the two people that were near him, who were the prisoners, were the people that had taken his watch; I particularly observed the string of his watch hanging out of his pocket; and I particularly observed that the string appeared to have been cut, and that there was no knot, and that I am positive of: he immediately took his hand out of his waistcoat pocket, and said, God bless me! here is my seals, my watch is safe; to the best of my recollection; I will not be positive: he hardly knew what he did: I think, to the best of my recollection, I saw him stooping when I came out of the court, but I will not be positive; and when he said, I had been robbed! I have lost my watch, I observed the string of his watch hanging out of his pocket; and I am perfectly satisfied there was no knot to it: I said, secure the people, and bring them into court; and they were taken into court immediately after.



      Reference: DD/S/BT/19/8/15
      Creation dates: 1792
      Scope and Content
      1] Thomas Littleton Strangways
      2] John Martyr
      Copy further charge on Charlton Adam estate.

      Reference: DD/S/BT/19/8/16
      Creation dates: 1794
      Scope and Content
      1] Thomas Littleton Strangways
      2] John Martyr
      Copy further charge on Charlton Adam estate.

      Reference: DD/S/BT/19/8/18-19
      Creation dates: 1796
      Scope and Content
      1] John Martyr of Guildford, Surrey, son of Elizabeth Martyr decd and John Martyr decd
      2] Thomas Littleton Strangways of Surrey, militia captain, son of Giles decd
      3] James Grenville of Butleigh
      4] William Dickinson of Kingweston
      Lease and release of Chalcombe (13.1.5), 16.3.9 of coppice, Copley wood (8. 1.34) and Blacklains (10.3.27) in Charlton Adam and Charlton Mackrell. Covering letter in lease.



      The Times, London, 19 May 1794:
      County of Surrey
      Southwark, May 14, 1794
      At the Monthly meeting of the Magistrates of this
      County assembled at the New Sessions House, by
      Adjournment, this 14th Say of May 1794 -
      PRESENT
      Lord OnslowJohn Martyr, Esq.
      Lord GrantlyWm. Walton, Esq.
      Joseph Shaw, Esq.Edward Burrow, Esq
      Wm. Man Godshall, Esq.Philip Coxe, Esq.
      ......................
      ..................... [Total number of names = 21]



      Surrey History Centre, Woking
      Collection ref: G62 PITCH PLACE, WORPLESDON:
      DEEDS 1671-1807
      Provenance Presented by Druces & Attlee, solicitors, per the British Records Association (BRA no.333), in May 1941.

      Item ref: G62/5:
      Indentures of fine
      1) John Martyr, esq
      2) Henry and Hannah Craft, and James and Ann Hill.Messuage, barn, garden and orchard in Worplesdon.
      Date(s): 3 Nov 1794
      [Starts: 17941103][Ends: 17941103]


      Item ref: G62/6:
      Lease and release
      1) Joseph Hack of Stoke next Guildford, carpenter
      2) John MARTYR of Guildford, esq
      3) Thomas Strudwick of Worplesdon, husbandman
      4) John Collins of Worplesdon, farmer.Messuage, shop and garden in Pitch Place, Worplesdon.Date(s): 27-28 Oct 1797
      [Starts: 17971027][Ends: 17971028]


      Item Reference: LM358/158/1-2:
      Lease and Release
      1) Major WRIGHT of Wallington, gent and John ROBINSON, surveyor.
      2) Joseph HOCKLEY of Guildford, gent and John MARTYR his trustee.
      3) Richard BALCHIN of Artington, farmer.
      Land in Merstone Mead.
      Consideration: £35
      Dated 1st - 2nd May 1792.
      (Starts 17920501 Ends: 17920502)


      Item Reference: LM/359/39.
      Release
      1) John MARTYR of Guildford, Esq
      2) John HOCKLEY, gent and James STEADMAN, surgeon
      3) Edward GATTY of Red Lion Square, Middlesex, gent and Reginald BRAY, gent
      1a in Merstone, Artington
      Dated 4th October 1834.
      (Starts 18341004 Ends: 18341004)


      Surrey History Centre, Woking
      Collection ref: 5021RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS (QUAKERS), GUILDFORD: RECORDS OF MEETING HOUSE PREMISES, 1557-1964

      Provenance:
      Deposited on long loan by Mr V White, on behalf of Guildford Preparative Meeting, in May 1991.IntroductionThe site of the first property of the Guildford Society of Friends was acquired in 1673. It was a 'tenement gateroom' and 'garden plot' near the back gate of the Crown Inn near the North Town Ditch (now North Street). The National Westminster Bank now occupies the site of the Crown Inn. The Quakers had right of way to their property from the High Street 'at all times from four of the clock in the morning to ten of the clock in the evening every day if occasion serve for ever' (see 5021/1/7-8). This right of way resulted in contention over the years between the owners of the Crown Inn site and the Friends (see 5021/1/28 & 33, 5021/1/7-8). The right of way was lost in 1927 when the site, now a disused burial ground, was conveyed by the Society of Friends to the Corporation of Guildford under the Open Spaces Act 1906.The gateroom, originally acquired as a Meeting House, was demolished in 1805 when a site was purchased to build a new Meeting House (see 5021/2/5-6). The land was part of the garden of John MARTYR and adjoined the North Town Ditch opposite the site of the original Meeting House. Subscriptions to raise funds for the new Meeting House began in 1803 (see 5021/3/1). Copies of the bills from the workmen for the building of the Meeting House also form part of this collection (see 5021/3/3/). They include a bill from Edward Upton, bricklayer 'to pull down Meeting House' in March 1805 and recording the building of the new House in 1806.In May 1827 an additional plot of town waste land was acquired on the North Town Ditch leading to the Meeting House (see 5021/2/8). The frontage on Ward Street was purchased in April 1875 to provide access to the Street (See 5021/1/2). A plan of the Meeting House site in 1875 by the architect Henry Peak highlights the new site (See 5021/3/4).Related recordsSee also G124, G134, 1623.
      Bibliography:
      Many of the documents in 5021/ are reproduced in Early Quakerism in Guildford by Herbert Rowntree; Guildford (1952).


      Series ref: 5021/2/
      DEEDS RELATING TO THE NORTH STREET AND WARD STREET PROPERTY

      Date(s): 1736 - 1883
      Item ref: 5021/2/5-6:
      Lease and release with declaration of trust

      1) John MARTYR of Holy Trinity, Guildford, esq, only son and heir-at-law of John MARTYR of the same, gent, deceased.

      2) Richard Kidd and others (as in 5021/1/25 & 26 excluding Sweetapple)Consideration £105. Piece of land: 70 ft from North to South and 50 ft from East to West, part of a garden ground wherein a Banquetting or Summer House is or was erected walled round, adjoining North Town Ditch and Barn of John MARTYR on South. Garden and building formerly belonging to Mr Gilham, now to John Rawlens and Edmund Elkins on East. Garden formerly in occupation of Richard Kennett and now of John Grix and belonging to the congregation of Dissenters in Guildford called Baptists on the North. Barn and yard formerly of Mr Shudall and now of Edmund Elkins together with Frog Lane on the West which was formerly purchased by JohnChild deceased from Richard Young and walled round by John Child.The actual parcel 70' x 50' abuts as follows: North Town Ditch and barn of John MARTYR and excludes the wall against the barn on South side thereof.Malthouse etc of Edmund Elkins and excludes wall - East. Remainder of garden of John MARTYR on North and West and includes the wall or fence to be erected. Free of part charge £5 pa to poor and of dower to Sarah wife of John MARTYR.
      Date(s): 30-31 Aug 1805
      [Starts: 18050830][Ends: 18050831]


      Item ref: 5021/2/7:
      Bond in £105 for quiet enjoyment and against dower and part of £5 annuity to the poor of Holy Trinity.

      1) John MARTYR

      2) Richard Kidd and othersPremises as in 5021/2/5 & 6.Date(s): 31 Aug 1805
      [Starts: 18050831][Ends: 18050831]


      Item ref: 5021/2/13:
      Abstract of Title of The Rev Edward John Ward and Frances Sarah his wife to certain pieces of land in Stoke next Guildford part of a messuage and lands formerly a banquetting or summer house.1843: E J Ward inherited the garden [Mr MARTYR’s garden 1739] subject to life interest of widow, from John MARTYR but John MARTYR survived his wife. Apparently the Wards inherited other property – including 'The Castle' [in High Street] and on the security borrowed money - over £2,500 from Henry Ward and Joseph Hockley.Between 1853 and 1869 Edward John Ward and his wife rebuilt 'The Castle' and improved other property so that Mr MARTYR's garden was removed from being security for loan. Richard Sparks was appointed trustee
      2 Apr 1875
      Date(s): nd [post 1875]
      [Starts: 18750101][Ends: 18751231]

      Series ref: 5021/3/
      PAPERS RELATING TO THE BUILDING OF A NEW FRIENDS MEETING HOUSE IN NORTH STREET, GUILDFORD

      Date(s): 1803-1964
      Item ref: 5021/3/3:
      Receipts, memoranda, estimates, contracts and accounts relating to the building of the Meeting House in North Street in 1805. Including copy memorandum of the purchase of ground from John MARTYR and agreements with workmen to build a new Meeting House, signed by Morris Birkbeck (13 Jul 1805); copy particulars for building a Meeting Housesigned by John Silvester, carpenter, and Edmund Upton, bricklayer (22 Aug 1805); receipted bill from John Smallpiece, solicitor for conveyance of land in Guildford (6 Sep 1806); itemised bills from Edward Upton, bricklayer, to pull down existing meeting house and to build a new meeting house, total cost £452 18s 3½d (29 Jul 1806);itemised bill of John Silvester, carpenter, includes 'Paid for beer for men 1s 3d, 17 May 1806' (13 Aug 1806)List of subscribers towards building the new Meeting House and expenditure account, 1803-1806 (Dec 1806).Abstract of accounts of the new Meeting House for the quarterly meeting held at Godalming (Jan 1807).
      18 items
      Date(s): Jun 1805 - Jan 1807
      [Starts: 18050600][Ends: 18070100]


      Access to Archives:
      East Sussex Record Office:
      PARISH OF NEWHAVEN
      Catalogue Ref. PAR426
      Creator(s):
      Church of England, Newhaven St Michael Parish, East Sussex

      Overseers of the Poor: settlement papers - ref. PAR426/32
      Settlement examinations
      Reference: PAR426/32/4/6
      Creation dates: 26 Sep 1807

      Scope and Content
      John Moor, labourer; was born at Dorking in Surrey and at the age of 12 or 13 was hired by Peter Ockley of Betchworth in Surrey, farmer, for one year; having served him for two years, he served John Martyr for four years and Thomas Deudney of Hastings farmer for 5 - 6 years; he then served John Faulconer of Piddinghoe for 2s 6d per week for five years and then at 10 guineas per annum at Piddinghoe and Newhaven; JM then served [ ] Tomlin, the then steward to [ ] Papillon of Elham in Kent esq, for 6s per week and one guinea at harvest; shortly before mid-summer 1807 he left because Tomlin had become insolvent and was sent to gaol


      Surrey History Centre Collections Catalogue
      Surrey History Centre, Woking:
      Collection ref. 1495.
      ESTATES OF THE SKURRAY AND WARD FAMILY IN Guildford, AND OTHER ESTATES IN EAST CLANDON, CAMBERLEY, GODALMING, WITLEY, HORSELL, WEST HORSLEY, SHERE, WONERSH, AND FARRINGDON AND LYMINGTON IN HAMSHIRE: DEEDS, 1623-1941.
      Introduction:

      In 1831 the Rev E J WARD married Frances SKURRAY, daughter of Francis SKURRAY and Frances Jemima (nee MARTYR). When John MARTYR died in 1843 he left to his grand-daughter Frances Sarah WARD and his 'good friend', her husband, his house in Guildford and all of his property in Stoke, which appears to have included Mr MARTYR's garden' shown in the Ichnography, (Box 5). The house in the High Street in which this member of the Distinguished Guildford family lived (himself Mayor on at least one occasion), then numbered 25 and now 155, had been bought off the CHILD family by an earlier John MARTYR in 1736 and is now known as Guildford House.

      The WARDS purchased most of the area around what is now North Square, as far as Chertsey Street. A good deal of this land had been auctioned in 1772 by mary COTTON and Dorothy SIMPSON, the grand-daughters of John GILHAM and Jane (nee EDE0, and some had afterwards belonged to William SPARKES. Deeds of John GILHAM's property go back to 1656. The WARDs were apparently responsible for the construction of Ward Street and Martyr Road on this part of the land. There are some early deeds of other houses in the High Street which seem to be strays and other strays may relate to property in Surrey left to Frances Sarah WARD in 1844 by Olivia SEARLE. The Rev E J WARD (died in 1884) who survived his wife, left his lands in Farnham to his son Rev John Martyr WARD, while the rest of the estate in Guildford was left to his daughters Mary SCOTT and Florence FURLONG as tenenats in common. The next generation seems to have sold the estate.

      Item ref: 1495/Box 1.
      5 deeds of house in St Mary's on the north side of High Street:
      William NEWLAND/William PARSON/Thomas BRASS (mortgage to John MARTYR)/Catherine HICKEY nee BRASS/John NEALDS; 1765-1824.

      Item ref: 1495/Box 2.
      Cottages, stables etc in Stoke, 5 deeds and papers and one loose deed COTTON and
      others/RHODES and RAWLINS/GREENAWAY/SPARKES/SPARKES' devisees/ev E J WARD. Land in Stoke, conveyance from trustees of will of Charles SHELLY to the Rev E J WARD, with abstract of will etc.......
      Lands in Surrey of Olivia SEARL (died 1844) left to late Frances Sarah WARD; deed of mutual confirmation and conveyance, between her son the Rev John Martyr WARD and daughters Mary Elizabeth SCOTT and Florence Frances FURLONG (both nee WARD), 31st December 1887.

      Item ref: 1495/Box 4.
      Settlement on marriage of Rev E J WARD and Miss Frances SKURRAY, with endorsements up to 1870, 17th October 1831.


      The National Archives: Documents Online:
      Image Details:
      Description: Will of John MARTYR, of Guildford, Surrey.
      Written Date : 10th September 1834.
      Date Proved: 3rd November 1843.
      Catalogue Reference: PROB 11/1988.
      Department: Records of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury.
      Series: Prerogative Court of Canterbury and related Probate Jurisdictions: Will Registers.
      Piece: Volume Number: 16 Quire numbers: 751-800
      Image contains: 1 will of many for the catalogue reference.
      Image Reference: 230/223.


      Item ref: 1495/Box 4 (Continued).
      Probate of John MARTYR (trustees of STEDMAN and RAND). House and inn called The Castle in Holy Trinity; house in Stoke; 17 Newcastle Street; 3 (sic) Elm Court, Middle Temple, 10th September 1843.

      Conveyance of part of estate of John MARTYR by direction of Mr and Mrs Ward STEDMAN and RAND/Joseph HAYDON, 5th December 1849.

      Conveyance of a piece of land behind engine house in North Street; Mayor, Aldereman and Burgesses of Guildford and two lords commissisoners of the Treasury/the Rev E J WARD and wife small plan shows Ward Street as projected; 2nd April 1869.

      Conveyance of 51 Chertsey Street: devisees in trust of William SPARKES/William Oliff EMLYN, 25th September 1846 endorsed with conveyance Oliff EMLYN/the Rev E J WARD.

      Mortgage of house between Chertsey Street and North Street: the Rev E J WARD to Joseph HOCKLEY and Henry WARD, with endorsements, including conveyance to Mrs SCOTT and Mrs FURLONG (both nee WARD) (1887). Plan on deed, 26th January 1866.

      Old Banquetting Hall in Stoke, formerly of John GILHAM, then of John MARTYR: deed of appointment of the Rev E J WARD and wife/Richard SPARKES, 2nd April 1875.
      Conveyance of land at junction of Martyr Road and Ward S treet: the Rev E J WARD and others to Richard SPARKES, trustees for sale, 7th May 1881.
      Probate of Rev E J WARD, 16th January 1884.

      Item ref: 1495/6.
      Schedule of deeds relating to Estates of the late Rev E J WARD and Frances Sarah his wife, 1928
      Copy of wills of J MARTYR and E J WARD.

      Item ref: 1495/7.
      Copy of contract of marriage of the Rev John Martyr WARD and Miss Mary Thompson POLLOCK, 1873.
      Counterpart mortgage to governors of Queen Anne's Bounty (Rev E J WARD), east Clandon, 1844.
      Firgrove Farm counterpart lease: the Rev E J WARD/Mr T MATHEWS, farnham, 1871. 4 cottages on south side of Red Lion Lane, Farnham. Conveyance: trustees of will of Mrs Sarah WILLIAMS/the Rev E J WARD, 1883.


      The 1841 Population Census of England shows Edward J WARD, aged 25 years, born in County "N" residing in Clarke Street, together with his wife, Frances Sarah WARD, aged 28 years, and their 2 children: Mary Olivia WARD, aged 8 years, and Florence Jemima WARD, aged 3 years. Also living there is John MARTYR Esquire, aged 90 years, all born in County "Y".
      (HO 107/1080/9, Enumeration Schedule 7, Page 7 - Clarke Street, East Clandon, Surrey, England)



      General Register Office, Register of Deaths, Registration District of Guildford, Surrey, England OND 1843, Volume 4, Page 121.

      Certificate of Death, Registration District of Guildford, Death in the Sub-district of Albury, County of Surrey, England, Entry # 391. On the 14th October 1843 at Rouis House (?), East Clandon, Guildford, Surrey, John MARTYR, aged 92 years, a Gentleman. Cause of death - Old age. Informant: David CUTLER, present at the death of East Clandon to Registrar, John HIGGINS on the 19th October 1843.



      West Surrey FHS Guildford Collection CD-2
      Guildford Parishes, Burials 1558-1865 Index
      Holy Trinity, Guildford

      21 October MARTER John 92 [yrs] from East Clandon in Surrey


      National Burial Index for England & Wales, Second Edition, Disc Ser No 3, Burials 1826-1860:
      "Abt. 1843, John MARTYR, Aged 92 years, Holy Trinity Church, Guildford, Surrey, England".



      Ancestry.com
      London, England, Deaths & Burials, 1813-1980:
      Burials in the Parish of Holy Trinity in Guildford in the County of Surrey
      in the Year 1843:
      Page 92, Entry No 736:

      "John Martyr From East Clandon in Surrey [on] Octbr 21st years 92 [
      by] Henry Ayling Rector"

      Source Citation: London Metropolitan Archives, Holy Trinity, Guildford, Surrey, Transcript of Baptisms and Burials, 1843, DW/T/5427; Call Number: DW/T/5427.



      The East India Register & Directory, 1844 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2009.

      Proprietors of East India Stocks:
      Page 126:
      2 Martyr, John, esq., Guildford, Surrey

      Original data: WM. H. Allen & Co. The East India Register & Directory 1844. East India Company, 1844.


      Buried in the Church of Holy Trinity, Guildford where there is a tablet to his memory.



      Google Books:
      http://books.google.com/books?id=AhEoAAAAYAAJ&q=Martyr#v=snippet&q=Martyr&f=false
      The Asiatic Journal and Monthly Register of British and Foreign, India, China, and Australia
      Volume 2, Third Series, Nov – April 1843/44
      Chronicle
      Page 108
      Oct 14.At the Rectory, East Clandon, John Martyr, Esq., of Guildford [Surrey], senior bencher of the Hon. Society of the Middle Temple.



      Google Books:
      http://books.google.com.au/books?id=husyAAAAIAAJ&q=Martyr

      The Middle Temple Bench Book:
      Being a Register of Benchers of the Middle Temple from the Earliest Records to the Present Time, with Historical Introduction:

      Printed at the Chiswick Press and Published by Order of the Masters of the Bench, 1912.

      "Arms: Sa., an eagle displayed or (Panel)
      1807. JOHN MARTYR, son of John Martyr of Guildford, Surrey
      B. 1750; Adm. 12 March 1768; Call 13 May 1774; Bencher 8 May
      1807; Reader Lent 1811; Treasurer 1820; d. 15 Oct 1843, aged ..."