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Notes from http://www.triode.net.au/~dragon/ft/t-brent.txt BRENT Family Tree ----------------- A genealogy of the BRENT family of County Somerset and County Kent, England, from c.1220 to c.1660. ... Robert de Brent, born c.1220, was the first to use the name. There are conflicting claims for his parentage..... The earliest records of the Brent family in Kent place them at Charing, about three miles to the north-west of Ashford. The family continiously lived at Charing (or Charinge as originally spelt) up until at least the end of the 15th century. A single record exists in the IGI for Charing in the late 16th century. This discontinuity probably reflects less the waning viability of the family than the incomplete coverage of the IGI, especially in the 16th century and earlier. During the 16th century the family was also found in Beneden, on the south-west border of Kent (with Sussex), near the town of Tenterden. From the 17th century on there are a scant 20 births recorded in the IGI with concentrations at Minster-on-Thanet in the far north-east (early 17th century), Dartford, now part of Greater London (late 18th century), Woolwich and Trottiscliffe, near Dartford (19th century). Whether this spread represents a mobile family, poor IGI coverage or both is unknown. In the 1440's Robert Brent, of Charing, moved south to Willesborough, about 2 miles south-east of Ashford. The IGI traces his descendants to the mid 16th century. Notes from http://www.triode.net.au/~dragon/ft/brent-o.html The first conclusive reference to these de Brent's was the granting of Cossington Manor to Robert in 1254. Prior to taking up the manor Robert has been variously described as being from Cossington and also from South Brent, both in northern Somerset. One of the more frequently cited lineages for Robert de Brent claims that Robert was the son of Robert Fitzsauvin, who was in turn the son of Sauvinus de Turre. A second that Robert was the descendant of Odo, half brother of William the Conqueror. The villages of East & South Brent, Brent Knoll & Glastonbury Abbey Before examining the possible origins of the de Brent family in detail, a digression to look at what's known of Glastonbury Abbey and the villages surrounding Brent Knoll should prove helpful. According to legend, the Glastonbury abbey church was first built in 166AD by missionaries from Rome at the behest of King Lucius, one of the earliest Christian British kings. Built of timber and wattle, the church lasted until about 1184 when it was destroyed by a fire. It is claimed to have been the final burial place of both St Patrick and King Arthur and his wife, Guinevere. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle states that Ine, King of Wessex, founded the abbey, but it has been established that a Celtic monastery existed there prior to the Saxon conquest. By the 10th century the abbey was the burial site of three kings and of considerable importance and wealth. The Domesday Book records lands in five counties. After the 1184 fire the abbey was rebuilt, along with the construction of St Mary's Chapel, finally completed in the 14th century. After the dissolution of the monasteries in the 1530's the abbey was abandoned and eventually quarried for building and roadstone. Little remains today apart from the ruins of the St Mary Chapel. In 1191, during reconstruction of the abbey, it was claimed that the bones of King Arthur were found and then reinterred at the abbey. Other legends claim that Joseph of Arimathea settled in the area, bringing with him the chalice from the last supper (and consequently the origin of Holy Grail legends) and also a thornwood staff, from which sprang the Glastonbury Thorn. Glastonbury (the t is silent) was originally known as Ynnis-witryn (literally glassy or crystal isle), from which Glastonbury (or Glassenbury) is a Saxon corruption.[16] The church itself is thought to have been the first Christian church in the British Isles.[16] The Venerable Bede, writing c.1740, refers to the birth of the Christian church in Britain, at Glastonbury, in the reign of King Lucius.[16] Lucius is a latinisation of Lleufer Mawr.[16] Some legends hold that the church was founded as early as 37AD.[16] Somerset possessions of the Abbey recorded in the Domesday book include: Alhampton, Andersey, Batcombe, Blackford, Brent, Butleigh, Camerton, Catcott, Chilton Polden, Cossington, Croscombe, Dinnington, Ditcheat, Downhead, Durborough, East Cranmore, Edington, Edingworth, Glastonbury, Greinton, Ham, Hornblotton, Kenton, Lamyatt, Marksbury, Meare, Mells, Middlezoy, North Wootton, Overleigh, Panborough, Pedwell, Pennard, Pilton, Podimore, Pylle, Shapwick, Shepton Mallet, Stawell, Walton (Glastonbury), Westcombe, West Cranmore, West Monkton, Winscombe, Woolavington and Wrington.[21] The earliest mention of Brent is in a 693AD charter under which King Ine of the West Saxons gave 'Brentmarse' to the Abbot of Glastonbury, which it held until the abbey was dissolved in 1539.[12] Sometime in the late 600's the Archbishop of Canterbury asked Forthere, bishop of Sherborne, to intercede with a Beorhtwald, abbot of Glastonbury, on behalf of a captive Kentish girl. The abbot also held held lands at Wedmore and Clewer, which he had received from Bishop Haeddi. Beorhtwald was able to restore lost land at Brent by his association with King Ine.[13] Adam of Sodbury, abbot of the abbey from 1323 to 1334, was an architect and built a sea wall near Brent.[13] At some time prior to this the abbey had appropiated a church in East Brent.[13] Abbot John Selwood (1456-1493) built a manor house in East Brent; the manor is still standing and is in Norwood Park, 1 mile east of Glastonbury.[13] Brent also appears in the Arthurian stories: Yder, son of Nudd, is wounded by a man by the name of Kay. Once healed he rescues Queen Guenevere from a bear. She tells him that she would have preferred him to Arthur as a lover. Arthur attempts to kill Yder in a jealous rage. Arthur decorates Yder and sends him to fight giants on the Mount of Frogs (Brent Knoll). Yder conquers the giants but, alas, is killed in the effort. Arthur feels responsible and grants rich territory to the monks of Glastonbury and establishes 24 monks at Glastonbury as penance and in Yder's memory.[14,15] Brent Knoll, like it's neighbour, Glastonbury Tor, has a long history of habitation. It was the site of a pre-Roman hillfort.[15,22] Geographically, Brent Knoll lies north-west of Glastonbury, three miles inland from the Bristol Channel. The hill, at 137 metres above sea level, is one of only two hills that protude above the dead flat Somerset Plains. Immediately to the east of the hill is the M5. On the northern foot of the hill, at the intersection of the A370 and A38 roads, is the village of East Brent. Heading west from the intersection and looping around the western side of the hill, before connecting back up with the roughly north-south A38 is a ring road. Along this ring road and at the western foot of Brent Knoll is the village of Brent Knoll, containing the parish church of South Brent. The hamlet of White Cross is sited at the southern intersection of this ring road and the A38.[17-19,22] Both South Brent (Brent Knoll) and East Brent were part of the "Brent Marsh" granted to the Abbey by Ine and held by the abbey until dissolution in 1539.[20] Both villages had a manor, with that of East Brent still occupied. ........ Conclusions The possibilities for the origins of the family name are thus: 1. Robert was not born a Brent but came from South (etc) Brent, family name unknown. He came to work at Glastonbury and in time was granted lands of his own. Probably of Norman ancestry. Arriving at Glastonbury he was known as "Robert of Brent" (or "Robert of South Brent" which was too much a mouthful and the South got quickly dropped), as was the practice at the time. In Norman parlance, "Robert de Brent". Robert may have been a younger son of the then tenant of South (etc) Brent (not the elder son who would have inherited). Robert was described as the "first de Brent", which supports this theory. Alternatively, Robert may have been a foster son, squire or the like living with the tenant 'lord'. 2. Robert was born a de Brent. The connection with South Brent (or any of the other Brent locations) is a coincidence and the claim that he came from South Brent was a false assumption on the part of researchers. Just who this might have been is unknown. 3. Robert was the grandson of Sauvinus de Turre. Whilst some of the details with this lineage are questionable or even disproven (such as Sauvinus' connection with Henry du Blois), the possibility of the relationship itself remains. The key to this is whether Sauvinus (and his son, in turn) indeed held the same position as Robert de Brent held at Glastonbury and whether lands (but their title) went with the position. Further, were Sauvinus' lands at Cossington or were they perhaps at Brent, which would explain Robert's adoption of the name. Finally, even if Robert was the successor to Sauvinus (and his son) in both lands and position, this does not prove that Robert was his grandson, merely that he was their successor - unless a blood relationship is specified.1985749. [4] International Genealogical Index, LDS; 1994 edition, 1997 addendum (v.4.0); F#: 184302, P#: 481, O#: 11010. [5] International Genealogical Index, LDS; 1994 edition, 1997 addendum (v.4.0); F#: 183552, P#: 526, O#: 18354. [6] "The Brentional Genealogical Index, LDS; 1994 edition, 1997 addendum (v.4.0); 1. F#: 1985308; 2. F#: 1985511; 3. F#: 1985523. [10] International Genealogical Index, LDS; 1994 edition, 1997 addendum (v.4.0); 1. F#: 1985393; 2. F#: 1985396. [11] Encyclopaediry and the Origins of the National Church", . [17] Brent Knoll: http://www.streetmap.co.uk. [18] National Gazetteer (1868): East Brent, . [19] National Gazetteer (1868): South Brent, . [20] "East Brent Parish", John Rigarlsford, . [21] "Winscombe: a Study of a Somerset Parish", Moyra Jones. . [22] "Brent Knoll", . [23] "Sheriffs of Buckinghamshire: 1139 to 1306", . [24] "Imperial Gazatteer of England and Wales, 1866-9: Bedford, Bedfordshire", . [25] "A Topographical Dictionary of England
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