Johnson / Bryans Families

Tracing the ancestry of Pamela Murdoch Bryans and Maurice Alan Johnson

Richard Selwyn, of Stanley St. Leonards[1]

Male Abt 1500 - 1579  (~ 79 years)

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  • Name Richard Selwyn 
    Relationshipwith Marion Murdoch Johnson
    Gender Male 
    Birth Abt 1500 
    Death 1579  [2
    Burial 1579  Leonard Stanley, Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Last Modified 3 Jun 2022 

    Father William Selwyn, of Leonard Stanley
              b. Abt 1470 
    Mother Elizabeth Twysell
              b. Abt 1475 

    Wife Elizabeth Harmer
              b. Abt 1505  
              d. 1580 (Age ~ 75 years) 
    Children 
     1. William Selwyn, of King's Stanley
              b. Abt 1530  
              d. 1586 (Age ~ 56 years)
    Last Modified 15 Jun 2020 

  • Notes 
    • Early Life
      Richard Selwyn was born c. 1500 (based on extrapolation from descendents), the son of William Selwyn of Leonard Stanley, near Stonehouse in Gloucestershire, and Elizabeth Twysell.

      Family Life
      Richard married Elizabeth Harmer, daughter of William Harmer. They had:
      1. William, b. c. 1530, who married Catherine Clutterbuck
      2. Walter, Thomas, Isabella, Anne, Alice and Joanna



  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBurial - 1579 - Leonard Stanley, Gloucestershire, England Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S0543] Ed. T Fitz-Roy Fenwick and Walter C. Metcalfe, Visitation of the County of Gloucester, 1682-1683, (Exeter, 1884), Selwyn of Horsemarley, Rodborough and Frampton; pages 160-165.

    2. [S0413] Transactions of the Bristol & Gloucestershire Archaelogical Society, (Bristol), 1877-8, Volume 2; Pages 241-284.