WRATHALLS OF NORFOLK

In Sept. 2003, Denis Poole of Switzerland, who can be reached at denis(at)poole(dot)ch , contributed data on some of his ancestors, including Guybon Wrathall and the Walker family, who lived in Norfolk in centuries past.
I came across your site by accident while searching for a Thomas family, and was immediately interested as my G-G-G-G-G-grandfather was Guybon Wrathall, born about 1644, but where I don't know. I knew the Wrathalls were a Yorkshire family but found no trace of him there.

The connection: Guybon's daughter Margaret married William Walker in Stow Bardolph, Norfolk 08.10.1692. The Walker family lived in Norfolk (Stow, Terrington and the Walpoles) until the family died out there about 1880. Henry Walker, my G-grandfather, arrived in Tasmania in 1826 with his cousin Luke. I have the marriage record of Margaret and William and a copy of Guybon's will (died 1711).

The Walker family seem to appear suddenly in Norfolk about 1680 at about the same time as they vanished from the Walker family records in Kirklington Yorks. [We've found] nothing of the two families in the IGI, but I have copies of the original records for all generations down to today. Guybon owned considerable land in the NW corner of Norfolk, but the only male child (Guybon jr.) died in infancy, so the name died out with him. Guybon's property was divided amongst his 5 daughters. Many of the records are in the Wisbech Museum, and others are in Norwich. Guybon was a French (Normandy) surname, but not so uncommon as a christian name, particularly in East Anglia where it occurs as both; I feel it may have been his mother's or grandmother's surname.
In Dec. 2003, Denis provided additional info regarding the Wrathalls of Norfolk:
I have just found a little more info on this family. Guybon was the son of a Francis Wrathall of Stow Bardolph; date of birth guessed at abt. 1614. Reference Hare Papers. These same papers refer also to a Marmaduke Wrathall in 1630/40 married and living in Fyncham (Norfolk), and in 1645 in Wicken (Cambridgeshire). They also indicate that Francis was a son of Marmaduke.

The open question is perhaps: is this Marmaduke the same person as the Marmaduke son of Robert Wrathall who was c.19.05.1590 in Linton, Yorkshire. The dates would fit.
In Mar. 2004, Denis Poole shared some new data on Marmaduke and Guybon Wrathall of Norfolk and Cambridgeshire:
.... I have found a few more details of the Wrathalls of Norfolk - this mostly concerning their marriages. One connection of perhaps more general interest is that Marmaduke Wrathall married Alice Barrow, a daughter of Isaac Barrow of Wicken, Cams. Isaac's brother Thomas was tailor to Charles I, and Thomas' son, also Isaac (1630-1677), was a famous theologian and mathematician who held the chair of mathematics at Cambridge University and taught Isaac Newton. Francis Wrathall married Alice Guybon, and I think, but have no proof, that Guybon himself married Alice Hare, a daughter of Sir John Hare of Stow Hall, Stow Bardolph. It seems that Marmaduke moved from Fyncham, Nfk. to Wicken on Isaac Barrow's death, while Francis stayed on in Stow.
In Jan. 2007, the IGI (International Genealogical Index) had the following records for Cambridgeshire and Norfolk: Referring to the Linton parish records volume 1, there are several records for a later Marmaduke (son of Richard), who appears to have remained in Linton until his death. There is also a record for Francis born 1609/10, but this is probably a son of Francis. Referring to Myra Simmonds' chart Descendants of Robert Wrathall , one can see that Marmaduke's older brothers Francis and Richard adhered to the standard naming conventions, meaning a later son was named after his uncle, who was probably the one available for the christening ceremony. Perhaps Marmaduke returned the favor after moving to Norfolk, thus naming his first son Robert and his second son Francis, even if Francis couldn't make it to Norfolk for the ceremony.

In June 2004, Denis Poole provided some new data on two daughters of Marmaduke Wrathall of Norfolk (see the list above), and mentioned the following regarding Ann (1619) and Margaret (1623):
Sall is a small village 20 km NW of Norwich. One of the documents I have found referred to Margaret as Marmaduke's second daughter.
In May 2005, Denis Poole mentioned the following:
... the other day [I] went looking for extensions of my knowledge of my Walker family of Norfolk beyond the 1692 marriage of William to Margaret Wrathall.... In the process I found a quite intriguing reference to another Wrathall.... This new reference is separate but as I see it combined with the other family a very worthy research project for anybody interested. The "new" Wrathall graduated from Cambridge [University] with a MA [in 1579].
Also in May 2005, the website Présentation du dictionnaire des auteurs anglais had in its list of authors the following entry:
WRATHALL, Richard - Recteur de Sall (1547-1621?)
The same website had a citation of this author and his publication , which includes some biographical data. A translated version is as follows:
WRATHALL Richard
Birth and death: 1547-1621?
Period of activity: 1572-1621 (1596 )
University [matriculation]: Cambridge (St-John's College) 1571.
Degrees obtained: B.A. (C) 1576 ; M.A. (C) 1579.
Status: Rector of Sall (Norfolk).
Textual Production: Work written in English :
A looking-glasse for papists : to see theire owne deformities.
With a brief history of the popes lives Ed. (N. NEWBERY) 1621 : STC 24912 ;
Ed. (T. SNODHAM) 1624 : STC 24912.5.

An ambiguous note [written by] the printer seems to connect this work, only signed "R.W. a poore minister in Norffolke", with The popes deadly wound : tending to resolve the points now in controversie betweene the papists and us by Thomas CLARKE, of Sutton-Coldfield, published the same year; the contents of the book are as follows:

1- : That Peter had no supremacy over the Apostles, 1 ;
2- : That Peter never sate Bishop of Rome, 7 ;
3- : An examination how the Popes succeede Peter, 10 ;
4- : The Time when the Pope beganne : with the Historie of their lives, in briefe, from the first three hundred yeeres after Christ, until Pope Paul the fift etc ..., 11 ;
5- : A brief recapitulation of their lives, the better to find out the Histories : Covetous : Proude : Ambitious : Blasphemers : Heretikes : Schismatikes : Coniurers : In league with the Divell : Incestuous : Sodomies : Whoremongers etc ... Conclusion : The Pope therefore in life, being thus contrary unto Peter, is the successour of Antechrist, not of Peter.
6- : Now come wee to examine the Doctrines : and first to justification, 79 ;
7- : Arguments to prove the Pope anti-Chrsit[sic], 101.
Bibliography
VENN IV 469
In May 2005, the website with the heading Notes on the sources consulted in the compilation of Alumni Cantabrigienses had descriptions of various references concerning the University of Cambridge and its colleges. Some of these are the University Records, including The Matriculation Register, Degree Lists, The Ordo Senioritatis and The Supplicats, none of which apparently contain much biographical information. In regard to the College records, this quotation comes from the site:
It is from the College Admission Registers, exclusively, that we can obtain such facts as parentage, birth-place, age, school, and so forth.
Unfortunately, Richard may have attended Cambridge too early to have any personal data recorded there:
(12) St John's. Commences 1630. Gives full information as to the students. The publication of this register, with biographical details, was commenced by Professor J. E. B. Mayor, and continued by Mr R. F. Scott, the present master.
Also in May 2005, the Cambridge University Press catalogue had the following information:
Religion and the Early Modern State (page may load very slowly)
Edited by James D. Tracy
University of Minnesota

Marguerite Ragnow
University of Minnesota

Index:

Salle, Norfolk, 325, 326, 331-2, 337-8, 342, 343-5

Thomas Aldred, 346; John Crane, 345-6; John Howley, 329; John Nekton, 332-3; John Thurston, 346-7; Richard Wrathall, 343-4, 345; William Worrison, 343-5; see also proper names
In Nov. 2005, the National Archives website (Access to Archives) had several Wrathall records available via its search function, which list Marmaduke Wrathall, Guybon Wrathall et al. in regard to the Hare papers (see Denis Poole's information above). As mentioned by Lucy Wright, Archivist for the Norfolk Record Office, these records are entries from the catalogue of files held by the Norfolk office, which includes considerable information that will be of valuable assistance to researchers. The Wrathall catalogue entries (Crown copyright protected material) are as follows (edited in Jun. 2008):

HARE FAMILY, BARONETS, OF STOW BARDOLPH
Catalogue Ref. Hare
Creator(s): Hare family of Stow Bardolph, Norfolk
Also in Nov. 2005, the A2A site (Access to Archives) had several Wrathall records from the Cambridgeshire County Record Office (with thanks to Sue Neville, Senior Archivist), which make reference to Francis and Guibon (Guybon) Wrathall. These records are catalogue entries for the Bedford Level Corporation. The entries are as follows:

Cambridgeshire County Record Office, Cambridge: Memorials and petitions presented to the Bedford Level Corporation
Catalogue Ref. S/B/SP
Creator(s): Bedford Level Corporation
In May 2006, the International Genealogical Index had the following IGI Individual Record :

GUYBON WROTHWELL
Spouse: ELIZABETH HOR
Marriage: 09 DEC 1707 - Wingfield, Suffolk, England
In Jan. 2007, Trevor Bramley (TLBram(at)xtra(dot)co(dot)nz) found the following entries in Phillimore's Marriages CD for Norfolk (Vol. 9): "Gibbon" may be a transcription of "Guybon". Wimbotsham is a village west of Stow Bardolph, and Gaywood is farther north, east of King's Lynn. "Williamite" appears to be a rare surname that arose during the reign of William III of England. Both Phillimore's Norfolk Marriages CD and the IGI have records for the Williamite family, in or near Gaywood.
In Jul. 2007, the Clergy of the Church of England Database (CCEd) contained the following information on Richard Wrathall of London and Norfolk:
In Apr. 2009, FreeREG had the following search record details for Wrathall and Soundex equivalents:
In Nov. 2009, the Norfolk Record Office online catalogue had a record for White of Salle: Jodrell Family Estates Title deeds (excerpt below):
Catalogue Ref: WHT 1/254/1-2
Title: Two bundles of deeds and leases marked 'useless'
Date: 1548 - 1676
Description (Second bundle): lease from John Payne to John Hobeart and Richard Wrathall, Cawston, 1611