Tylar's & Tyler's of Stratford-upon-Avon, Co Warwickshire, England
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Stratford-upon-Avon was home to numerous Taylor families as well as a Tylar family. Whilst a occasional Tylar was recorded as Taylar & vice versa, the borough & church records do clearly distinguish between the two names. With the exception of a few 'Tylars' who were clearly Taylors, all Tylars in the borough belonged to just one family. Whilst appearing to be quite similar names, viz their spelling, the two surnames are distinct and have different origins - the surname Taylor being derived from the clothing trade whilst Tyler is derived from the building trade (viz tilers, indeed Tiler is a not uncommon variant appearing Stratford between 1500-1700}. The earliest confirmed member of this family was William, who's date of birth comes from a reference to being "about 60" in 1585. The earliest record of William being in Stratford was in 1557 when he was appointed ale taster for the borough. He was solid middle class, a grocer & butcher, although a descendant of his, the last male Tyler in the borough, claimed the title of Esquire & also a coat of arms, although I doubt neither were recognised by the College of Arms! Stratford parish registers date back to 1558, so there is no record of his marriage nor the birth of his eldest surviving child. There are no obvious deaths of possible parents (after 1558), nor any siblings, suggesting that William was not a native of the borough.


1. William Tylar,[95,234] born c.1525 (in 1585 it was noted "The new Bailiff, a butcher in Sheep Street, aged 'threescore or thereabouts' on 8 October this year).[244] Died 1588/1589 & buried 14/3/1588-1589, Holy Trinity, Stratford-upon-Avon, Co Warwickshire, England (Mr William Tylar).[46] William's earliest known 'signature' is from 6/10/1559 & is a mark, namely "two concentric circles quartered by a cross and may signify the Trinity."[246] On 6/10/1559 & 20/10/1564 William again signed with his mark.[246] {It is doubtful this indicates he was illiterate since John Shakespeare also signed with a 'mark' and he was known to have been literate} Grocer, 1564.[242] Butcher, 1585.[244] Tithingman, Stratford-on-Avon Borough, 1552 (in that year he presented three tipplers, who were fined 1d each).[246] Ale taster, Stratford-on-Avon Borough, 1557 (appointed 1/10/1557).[242,246] {This was a position on the Stratford-on-Avon Corporation Board & not a description of his occupation or preferred past-time. Presumably he was responsible for certifying the quality of licensed ales} Constable, Stratford-on-Avon, 1559,1660.[242,246] Bailiff, Stratford-on-Avon, 1563, 1567, 1578, 1586.[184,240,242,243,244,245] Alderman ('Chamberlain'), borough of Stratford-upon-Avon, 1564-1589.[234,235,243,244,245,246] Was first appointed chamberlain (ie alderman), 6/10/1563, for the following year.[246] Last recorded attendance as an alderman was 2/11/1586, however he remained an alderman until 29/1/1588-1589.[245] Chief alderman, 1570, 1581.[243]
  In 1557 was fined for non-attendance.[242] {Attendance at what is not specified - Borough meetings or church presumably}  

On 30/9/1558 was one of the signatories of "Visus franci plegii Cum Curia et Sessione pacis tentus ibidem xxx die Septembris Annis Regnorum Philippi et Marie Regis et Regine Anglie hispaniarum francie vtriusque Cicilie Jerusalem' et Hiberniefidei defensorum Archiducum Austrie ducum Burgundie Mediolani et Brabancie Comitum Haspurge fflandrie et Tirolis quinto et sexto. Essonie xij Jurat pro domino Rege et domina Regina .. Willms Tyler." (When the Court of Session and pledges of peace was seen by the French in the same place he was seized thirty years of the Reigns of Philip and Mary 30th day of September the King, and Queen of England, France, Spain, both of Jerusalem Cicilie 'the dukes of Burgundy and Austria Archiducum Hiberniefidei of defenders at Milan, and the Earles of Brabancie Haspurge fflandrie Tirolis and the fifth and sixth. Right to bargain 12 swear for the king and queen [including William Tyler] - Google Translate).[246]

On 6/10/1559 was fined ('amerced') 12d for selling tainted meat, "for beynge Commen bochares & kyllynge & Syllynge fleshe vn wholsum they stand amerced."[246]


Recorded in the Rent Roll, 10/1/1560-1561, "Shypstret & bancroft syed (Sheep Street and Bankcroft side) William Smythe mercer for a Annuall rent goyng out of a tenement in the tenure of William tylar .. 6d."[246]

Dated 10/1/1563-1564, "Sic Remaynythe 5s 9d whuche ys delyuered into the handes of William Tylar & William Smythe newe chamburlens So yt they befor namyd John tayler & John Shakspeyr have made atrw & alawfull accompt for ther tyme beyng Chamburlens."[246]

On 30/8/1564 contributed 22d towards the relief of the poor.[242,246]

Dated 21/3/1564-5, The Account of William Tyler and William Smith, made by John Shakespeare: "Thaccompt of William tyler (A grocer in Sheep Street. He was the nominal acting Chamberlain) & William smythe chamburlens made by John Shakspeyr & John tayler 21st day of marche Anno regine 7mo for one Wholl yere endynge at the feest of Sent mychell tharchaungell now last past. [following in the original is a detailed listing of the accounts for the previous year]."[246]

Dated 15/2/1565-6, "Account of William Tyler and William Smith [chamberlains], made by John Shakespeare: Thaccompt of Willm tylor & Willm Smythe Chamburlens made by John Shakspeyr ye 15th day of february in ye eight yere of ye reigne of our Souereigne lady elyzabeth by ye grace of god of englond fraunce and Irelond quene defendor of the feithe &c. for one yere endyng at the feest of sent mychell tharchaungell now last past vt sequitur [following in the original is a detailed listing of the accounts for the previous year]."[246]

On 27/7/1566 was appointed supervisor of the will of John Jeffreys, alderman.[243]

Dated 4/9/1567, "[Lease] Betwene Willyam Tyler Hy3gh Balif of the Burrowe of Stretford vppon Avon ... and the Burgenses of the same vppon the one parte And Richard Hyll of the sayd Burrow Wollen Draper vpon the othir partie ... The sayd Balyf [&c] graunt, set and to ferme let ... all that theire tenement ... in the Southe parte or syd of the Wood Strete [On the site of the present 6 Wood Street. It was burned in the fire of 1594 or 1595 and rebuilt by Richard Hill's son-in-law, Abraham Sturley] in Stretford ... nowe in the occupacion of the sayd Richard Hyll, togethir with one close Lyeing within the sayd Burrowe at or in a place there callyd Wyndsore some tyme parcell of the Dysolvyd Gylde of Stretford foresayd, to have and to holde ... from the Day of the Date hereof vnto the ende and terme of fyftye yeres ... paying yerely ... the some of thyrtye too shillinges viijd of good and Lawfull englyshe money ,.. And that hit shalbe Lawfull for the sayd Richard Hyll his executors [&c] to haue and take in & vppon the sayd close all & all manner of Loppe and Shred vppon the trees there nowe growyng or heare after to Spryng or growe in & vppon the same duryng the sayd terme makyng noe wylfull wast, And the sayd Richard Hyll ... shall discharge yerely the chef rentes due & goyng out of the sayd tenement & close ... and doe Sute to the Courte of the sayd Balyf when ... Lawfully Summonyd or warnyd. [signed] by me Rychard Hyll. Endorsed, Sealyd & delyuered in the presens of Mr George Whately Mr William Smythe thelder Mr Raffe Cawdre Mr Lewes ap William Mr Sadler Mr Plymley and Dyuers other of the Bretherne and aldermen, Henri Hygfer Steward."[243]

On 10/1/1567-1568, "payd to Mr Tyler towardes the reparacion of ye pyllorye, 18s 6d (On open ground at the corner of Sheep Street and Chapel Street - a costly item)."[242,243]

On 26/1/1568-1569, paid "to Tylers for their worke ... 20s."[243]

In the 10/3/1573-1574 Annual Rent Roll, "Shipstrete Ward & bancroft syde: William Tyler ffor an annuall rent dew out of a tenemente late in the tenure of William waynewryght yerely .. 6d." Also "William Smythe for an anuall rent yerely dew out of a tenemente in the tenure of william tyler .. 6d."[243]

Dated 14/3/1574-1575, "Bargain and sale, with counterpart, from Thomas Brogden of Stratford-upon-Avon, draper, to Robert Bradshaw and George Gecocke of Hampton Lucy, husbandmen, of his reversion of 2 messuages and lands in Hampton Lucy and Hatton, i.e. 12 selions in Hampton Lucy in Rynehill furlong, 6 selions in Crabtree furlong, 6 selions in Shypyardes, 1 acre in Crossefurlong, 4 selions in the same furlong, 9 selions in Hackesmeare, 1 acre in the same, 3 selions in a pasture between the land of John Gardener on the S. and William Tyler on the N., 1 acre in the Courte pece, two butts of land in the same between the two highways, 1 acre at Lytle Ryschebeddes, 7 selions in the Hole, 1 selion in Kynstoun, 1 acre in the Synglefurlong, 1 acre in the Bushes, 8 selions lying on the E. side of the Reddeway, 5 selions lying between the two highways between the land of Thomas Clarke on the W. and one odd land of the said Thomas Brogden on the E., 1 acre lying in Oke furlong, 1 acre in Henbane, 1 acre on the further side of Slogden, 1 acre of meadow lying under Alveston, 1 acre of meadow in the same, 1 piece of meadow in Rownam (all described in detail). To hold to the said Robert and George forever, the same to be equally divided between them. Consideration: £74."[105]

On 26/1/1578-1579 was a witness to a deed of sale by Richard Blackford to Thomas Blackford.[184]

On 5-6/11/1582, in a Survey of the [Stratford] Corporation Property, was noted on Dead Lane {now Chapel Lane}, "Item a barne w'h a backsyde tenure of wylliam tyler sufficientlye repayred— groweinge thereon 11 elmes & 1 ashe."[244]

On 1/1/1585, "At this hall mr will'm Tyler ys sworne to execute the office of baylyfshippe w'in this borrowe for the yere nowe next ensuinge by the Consent of the Ryght honorable the earle of warwicke."[244]
  "The Oath of the Bailiff & Principal Alderman {for Stratford-upon-Avon, 1568}: Yow shalle swere that as a Justice of the peace & baylyffe of thys borowghe of St[ratford] & liberties therof for thys yere to Come, ye shalle to the vttermost of your Cuninge wytt & power may[n]tene & defende the liberties of the same borowghe, and shalle do egall [equal] right aswell to the pore as to the riche after your knowledge wytt & power & after the lawes & Customes of this Realme & statutes therof made, And yow shalle not be of Counsell withe any person in any quarrell or sute that shalle Come before yow, nor shall lett for any gyfte or other Cause but well & truly shall do your office in that behaffe, And yow shall not directe or cause to be directed any warrant by yow to be made to the parties to the accon [action], but ye shalle directe them to the officers & ministers of the seyd borowghe or to some other indifferent person or persons to do execution therof so helpe yow god, &c."[243]  


Dated 1/10/1585, "At this hall mr Thomas Dixson alias waterman did paye to mr will'm Tyler £5 in part of payment of ten poundes, wch was forfeyted by the same Thomas, by force of an order made by the Consent of the baylyf and burgeses of the borrowe longe since, ageinst suche as refuse to take the Chardge of the baylyshippe of the borrowe. And the other £5 the seid Thomas Dyxson doth promyse to pay to the seid will'm Tyler in the feast of seint John baptist next ensuinge the date hereof."[244] {At the same meeting William was elected bailiff for the following year.[244]}

On 1/1585-1586 it was recorded, "payd vnto mr tyler baylyve 6th of november 1585 in monneye for the clarke of the markett .. 10s."[244]

In 1586, "Thomas Cartwright preached in the Gild Chapel at Stratford in 1586, on the invitation of the Corporation. He was accompanied by Job Throgmorton. After the sermon the two friends were regaled by the Bailiff (William Tyler, father of Shakespeare's friend, Richard Tyler), on behalf of the Council (whereof Adrian Quyney was Head Alderman), with wine and sugar at the Swan."[245]

Recorded 13/1/1586-1587, "for an Annuall Rent owt of a Tenemente in the tenure of willi smithe for william Tyler, 6d."[245]
Married Frances.[46] {Presumably before 1558 when the Stratford parish records began} Frances died 1578/1579 & buried 7/3/1578-1579, Holy Trinity, Stratford-upon-Avon, Co Warwickshire, England (w/o Mr William Tylar).[46] Resided 1560,1585, Sheep Street, Stratford-upon-Avon, Co Warwickshire, England.[244,246]

Children of William Tylar & Frances:
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i.
 
Margery Tylar, born late 1550s (presumed child. This was the only Tylar family in the area at the time. Note that Stratford baptisms only date from 1558, so Margery was presumably born shortly before} Married William Fakener, 3/2/1579, Holy Trinity, Stratford On Avon, Co Warwickshire, England.[4,45] Refer to Fakener chart for additional details & generations.

ii.

Adrian Tiler, baptised 14/2/1563, Holy Trinity, Stratford-upon-Avon, Co Warwickshire, England.[38,44]
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iii.

Richard Tyler, baptised 28/9/1566, Holy Trinity, Stratford-upon-Avon, Co Warwickshire, England.[44]

iv.

Margareta Tyler, baptised 2/10/1569, Holy Trinity, Stratford-upon-Avon, Co Warwickshire, England.[38,44]

 
Holy Trinity, Stratford-upon-Avon, 1868
Holy Trinity, Stratford-upon-Avon, 1868
Lithograph from painting by Sidney Corner
Sheep Street, Stratford-Upon-Avon
Sheep Street, Stratford-Upon-Avon
Image © Philip Halling [Geograph]
Sheep Street, Stratford-Upon-Avon
Sheep Street, Stratford-Upon-Avon
Image © Kenneth Allen [Geograph]
 Stratford-upon-Avon is a market town and civil parish in south Warwickshire, England. It lies on the River Avon, 35km south east of Birmingham. The town is near the south-west border of the county of Warwick, on a gentle ascent from the banks of the river Avon, which approaches Stratford in a broad and stream. The town is a popular tourist destination owing to its status as birthplace of the playwright and poet William Shakespeare. The Royal Shakespeare Company resides in Stratford's Royal Shakespeare Theatre, one of Britain's most important cultural venues. The name of Stratford is derived from its situation on the great north road, leading from London to Worcester, being a fusion of the Old English stręt, meaning "street", and ford, meaning that a Roman road forded the River Avon at the site of the town. The name of the river on which it stands, Avon, is Celtic, and in Welsh, spelt Afon, still denotes river. By the late 7th century a monastry was located on the site that would later become Stratford, possibly on the site of the present day church. In 815 the monastry was granted to Heabert, bishop of Worcester. By 872 the monastry had been abandoned, probably due to oppression from non-Christian authorities. A settlement, which had sprung up around the monastery, remained in the possession of the bishops of Worcester throughout the Saxon era. The Doomsday-book rated Stratford at 'fourteen hides and a half' (about 1500 acres) and was possessed by the bishop of Worcester There was a church, a mill yielding ten shillings per annum, and a thousand eels, but the value of the whole manor was calculated to amount to £25, a not inconsiderable sum. On 25/1/1197 King Richard the First granted a charter for a weekly market to be held in Stratford, from which point Stratford grew as a market town. By 1291 the parish had 140 acres of arable land and many trades were represented, including weavers, tanners, tailors, carpenters, dyers, white-smiths, blacksmiths, wheelwrights, flesh mongers, shoemakers and coopers. The town was formerly under the jurisdiction of a Bailiff, fourteen Aldermen, and fourteen Burgesses, and incorporated in 1553: at which time the ancient Guild of the Holy Cross was dissolved, its possessions, then valued at £46 3s 2.5d per annum, together with tithes of £34, which was used to maintain a vicar, curate and xchool-master, to pay the alms-people their weekly stipend, and repair the Chapel, Bridge, and other public structures. In 1664 the charter was reaffirmed and governance vested in the Corporation, consisting of a Mayor, 12 Aldermen and 12 burgesses, chosen from the principal inhabitants of the borough. The town of Stratford probably grew around the monastery of St. Egwin, on the river bank, and the houses immediately about the church are still known as Old Town. About 1540 John Leland described the town, "the Towne of Stratford standeth upon a plaine Ground on the right Hand or Ripe of the Avon as the Water descendeth. The Bishop of Worcester is Lord of Stratford. It hath 2 or 3 very large Streetes, besides backe lanes. One of the principall Streets leadeth from East to West, another from South to North. There is once a yeare a great Fayre on Holy Rood Daye, 14 of Sept. The Towne is reasonably well builded of Tymbre. The Paroch church is a fayre large Peice of Worke, and standeth at the South Ende of the Towne." During the reign of Elizabeth I, Stratford suffered severely from two destructive fires ; one of which occurred in 1593, and the other in the year following. Destruction was extensive since buildings in the town were chiefly composed of wood, and in many instances roofed with straw or rushes, as many as 200 dwellings were consumed the fires, and losses totalled £20,000, "and so reduced the inhabitants, that the Corporation petitioned Elizabeth, not only for a remission of certain subsidies and taxes granted in her last Parliament, but also to partake of the benefit arising from £30,000 which had been granted by parliament for the relief of decayed cities and towns ... the Queen remitted their subsidies, and granted briefs, impowering them to collect contributions from many of the counties and cities in this kingdom." In 1614 another fire threatened the town, "within the space of less than two hours consumed & burnt fifty & four dwelling houses, many of them being very fine houses, besides barnes, stables & other houses of office, together with great store of corn, hay, straw, wood & timber therein, amounting to the value of eight thousand pounds & upwards: the force of which fire was so great (the wind sitting ful upon the towwne) that is dispersed into so many places thereof, whereby the whole towne was in very great danger to have been utterly consumed." By 1765 the town still only had a population of 2287, rising to 6022 by 1841. The Town Hall, as distinct from the gild-hall, which stands at some distance, was originally erected in 1633, standing on stone pillars with the lower portion occupied as a market, having a gaol at one end, and a pillory at the other. In 1767 it was replaced by the present day building or stone. The present Market-House stands near the site of the old Market Cross. A market House seems to have been first established during the reign of Elizabeth I. The present structure was erected in 1820. The market-place of Stratford still retains its old Saxon name of Rother, or cattle market. The parish of Old Stratford is about fifteen miles in circumfercnce, and includes the villages and hamlets of Welcombe, Clopton, Ingon, Bishopton, Drayton, Dodwell, Shottery, Luddington, Rhyne-Clifford, Little Wilmcote and Bridgetown.
Sheep Street runs from Ely Street eastwards to the Waterside. It was a residential quarter in the 16th century, some of the buildings were rebuilt following the fire of 1595, although many, such as Number 40, date from 1480. Formerly a two storey building that was extended in the early twentieth century has a lower story of substantial close-set studding: the upper is of more widely spaced thin vertical timbers. As the name suggests Sheep Street, which leads down from the Town Hall to Waterside, was from early times and until the late 19th century, the area where sheep, brought from the neighbouring Cotswold Hills, were slaughtered and butchered. Today it is the restaurant centre of the town. Sheep Street also has some long established ladies 'gown' shops. Stratford is close to the Cotswolds and as a major sheep-producing area, the Cotswolds, up until the latter part of the 19th century, regarded Stratford as one of its main centres for the slaughter, marketing, and distribution of sheep and wool. As a consequence Stratford also became a centre for tanning during the 15th–17th centuries. Both the river and the Roman road served as trade routes for the town.[Wikipedia, History and antiquities of Stratford-upon-Avon (Wheler, 1806), Illustrated Guide to Stratford-on-Avon (May, 1847), The Collegiate Church of Stratford-on-Avon (Baker, 1902)]

The Collegiate Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity, Stratford-upon-Avon is the parish church for Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England. It is often known simply as Shakespeare's Church, due to its fame as the place of baptism and burial of William Shakespeare. The present building dates from 1210 and is built on the site of a Saxon monastery. It is Stratford's oldest building, in a striking position on the banks of the River Avon, and has long been England's most visited parish church. A Church on the banks of the Avon in Stratford is first mentioned in the charter of 845, signed by Beorhtwulf, King of Mercia. This would have been a wooden construction. It is very likely that the Normans replaced this with a stone building in the 11th century but no trace of either remains. The present limestone building was begun in 1210 and was built in the shape of a cross. The Church is approached along an avenue of lime trees, said to represent the twelve tribes of Israel and the twelve Apostles. The porch is one of the more recent additions to the building (c.1500) and has a room above it reached by narrow spiral stone staircase. There is a small door let into the massive 15th century doors, just big enough to let one person through at a time. On this is a sanctuary knocker. Fugitives from justice (or lynch-mobs) could grab the ring and claim 37 days safety before facing trial. The Crossing is the oldest surviving part of the building. The massive pillars which cut the church in four support the tower. The south transept is the Saint Peter Chapel. In 1331 John, Bishop of Winchester, founded a chantry for five priests in the Thomas Becket Chapel in the south aisle. A 'good stone house' was built close by the Church to accommodate this College of Priests. In 1451 Henry V confirmed the privileges of the College and the Church became styled Collegiate. The Guild of the Holy Cross, a mediaeval trade guild with religious and charitable aims, was formed in 1269 and between 1280 and 1330 provided funds to build the tower and clerestory, and to rebuild the nave with side-aisles. The roof was raised and the clerestory added by the College (see chancel). The Guild was dissolved by Henry VIII, with responsibility for the upkeep of the church falling on the townsfolk. On the closure of the College & Guild by Henry VIII, the church tithes were sold off, which included the responsibility of employing a Priest and looking after the Chancel. In 1605 a share in tithes was purchased by William Shakespeare, which gave him the right of burial in the sanctuary. From the outside, the Church building has changed little from Shakespeare's time: a wooden spire was added in 1675, which was replaced with the present stone one in 1763. Until last century there stood a charnel house to the south of the chancel, where the bones of those exhumed to make room for new graves were laid to rest. The charnel-house, like the College building, has since been demolished.[Wikipedia, Holy Trinity]
 

Guild Chapel, Stratford-Upon-Avon
Guild Chapel, Stratford-Upon-Avon
Image - Google StreetView
Grammar School & Guild Chapel, Stratford
Grammar School & Guild Chapel, Stratford
Image - James Leon Williams
Stratford-Upon-Avon, about 1800
Stratford-Upon-Avon, about 1800
History & antiquities of Stratford-upon-Avon, Wheeler
 The Guild Chapel is situated on the corner of Chapel Lane and Church Street. It was largely built in the fifteenth century, as the chapel for the Guild of the Holy Cross, which was suppressed by Henry VIII. The date of the foundation of the Guild is not known, but in 1269 one of Stratford’s religious guilds, the Guild of the Holy Cross, obtained permission to build a chapel and hospital in the town for poor priests of the diocese. The chancel of the Guild Chapel incorporates portions of the original building which, within a few years was taken over by the Guild for it’s own use, both for meetings of members, and a place where priests could say prayers for the safety of members’ souls when they died. The Guild prospered during the fifteenth century, building a new guild hall, a school and almshouses for the aged and infirm members. In the 1490’s, Hugh Clopton, a native of the town who had made his fortune as a mercer in London, left money in his will for major rebuilding work on the chapel, represented today by the nave, tower and porch. At the same time the interior was lavishly decorated with wall-paintings, substantial traces of which remain, notably the Doom over the chancel arch. The Guild was suppressed at the reformation and its extensive property, including the chapel, confiscated by the Crown until granted, in 1553 to the newly chartered Corporation of Stratford-upon-Avon. From this date the chapel has been in lay ownership, either the Borough Council or, since 2001, Stratford Town Trust. The ancient Guildhall adjoins the chapel. It is a long narrow room of timber and plaster, on the ground floor. It is believed to have been originally built in 1296 by Robert de Stratford, but the present room appears to have been rebuilt in the fourteenth or fifteenth century.[The Collegiate Church of Stratford-on-Avon (Baker, 1902), Guild Chapel] 



1.1. Richard Tyler (s/o William), baptised 28/9/1566, Holy Trinity, Stratford-upon-Avon, Co Warwickshire, England.[44] Died 1636 & buried 13/12/1636, Holy Trinity, Stratford-upon-Avon, Co Warwickshire, England.[46] Richard was one of the boyhood friends of William Shakespeare & remained close to Shakespeare's family after the bard's death.[248] Shakespeare left Richard a sum of money for a memorial ring in his will, however in a subsequent draft, Richard's name was replaced by another of Shakespeare's childhood friends, Hamnet Sadler.[248] Around the time Shakespeare wrote his will, Richard was accused of embezzling money he had collected to help rebuild Stratford after a fire (he was lated exonerated) and it is possible this led Shakespeare to remove him from his will.[248] Yeoman, 1605,1607.[44] Gentleman, 1607, 1608, 1610, 1625, 1630, 1635, 1636.[46,181,187,192,194,195,232,233] Elected Burgess, borough of Stratford-upon-Avon, 3/9/1589.[245] Elected [ale] taster, borough of Stratford-upon-Avon, 3/9/1589.[245] Burgess, borough of Stratford-upon-Avon, 1589-1592.[245] Alderman, borough of Stratford-upon-Avon, 1592-1636.[235] {Unlike his father who who attended Borough meetings conscientiously until ill health kept him away, Richard missed more nmeetings than he managed to attend.[245]} Churchwarden, Holy Trinity, Stratford-upon-Avon, 1621, 1623-1626.[44,45,46,196,247] Sidesman, Holy Trinity, Stratford-upon-Avon, Co Warwickshire, England, 1621-1636.[247]
  In 1588 Richard enlisted in a muster raised to fight against the Spanish Armada,[248] "a muster was raised in expectation of the arrival of a Spanish invasion fleet - a hundred horsemen were furnished by the gentlemen of the shire. Sir Thomas Lucy rode over from Charlecote to inspect footmen raised in Stratford. Two of these were Richard Quyney's step-brother, William Baynton, and [William] Shakespeare's friend, Richard Tyler, who wore their swords and daggers ... Sir Fulke Greville (father of Sidney's friend) attended and spent the night at Master Richard Woodward's, Shottery Manor farm, where a young lady, the eldest daughter of the house, had difficulty, we may believe, in concealing (if she succeeded) her affection and anxiety for one of the enlisted warriors (Mistress Susanna Woodward, who was [later] disinherited by her grandfather Perrott for her marriage with Richard Tyler)."[245]  

Recorded in Summer, 1588, "paid Wyllm Baynton & Rycd Tyler for ther swordes & daggers 15s 6d."[245]

In 1589 Richard signed the following item passed by the Burough Corporation, "At thys halle yt ys agreed that yt at any tyme hereafter there shalbe any sute comenced or sued by the baylyffe & burgesses of this borowghe for the tyme beinge, or in there names agenst any person or persons whatsoeuer, for any matter or Cause that shall or may concerne the benefitte & proffett of thys borowghe or the liberties therof, Then yf any of the Aldermen or Burgesses of thys borowghe do gyve any release discharge or acquittaunce to any person or persons that so shalbe sued, or shall do any acte or actes that shall or may be to the hynderance or discharginge of any such sute, w'hout the consent of the bayliffe & Burgesses for the tyme beinge or the more parte of them, That then euerye suche person or persons so offendinge shall forfett to the Baylyffe & Burgesses to the vse of thys Borowghe the somme of twentie poundes of lawfull money of englande & to be disfranchised for euer after to vse or take any benefitte by hys trade withyn the sayd Borowghe. (Richard was not at the meeting and added his signature later, subsequently to his election as Burgesses)"[245]

Recorded 4/6/1591, "At this Halle yt ys agreed that a lease shalbe made vnto Richard Tyler of a barne w'he the backsyde thervnto adioyninge lienge in the Chapell lane & nowe in the tenure of the seyd Richard for the terme of xxjth yeres to begyn at mydsomer next for the fine of foure poundes & the old Rente, & the Cheffe rent to be discharged, & the Reparacons to be kept." And also "fakener.htmlItem. Rec. by hym of Rychard Tyler for parte of his fine three poundes."[245]

On 24/6/1591 was leasing a property on Chapel Lane, Stratford-upon-Avon, Co Warwickshire, England.[188]

Recorded 3/9/1591, "md that Ric. Tyler & Robte Gybbes had theire leases sealed at thys Halle, & xxs ys behynde of Ric. Tyler his ffyne. and at thys Halle John locke paid xxs the rest of his ffyne to mr Parsons."[245]

Recorded 29/10/1591, "It. more payd by mr Richard Tyler 20s for the rest of his fyne for hys barne."[245]

Recorded 14/1/1591-1592, "Receved for the Rentes due to the Chamber, Aswell of the Tenementes, as of the tythes for one whole yere of Richard Tyler the 29th October, 20s."[245]

Recorded 14/1/1591-1592, "The noate of suche as gave thornes and other hyer to the Repaier of the Banckecrofte, Ric. Tyler, 12d."[245]

In 1592, "Richard Tyler vs. John Shakspeare {father of William Shakespeare} upon a writing of obligation, 34 Eliz."[182]

On 15/1/1607, Richard was accused of 'making affray' with Thomas Lucas, a belligerent and contentious Stratford lawyer,[248] "Recognizance of Thomas Lucas of Stratford, gent., to keep the peace towards Richard Tyler, gent. Sureties Richard Burman, yeoman, and John Smyth."[192]

On 15/1/1607, Richard also appeared in court, "Recognizance of Richard Tyler to appear to answer a charge of breaking the assize of ale. Sureties John Brown, gent., and Ralph Smith, haberdasher."[193]

In 1608 was issued with a summons ('venire facias') to appear before a general sessions of the peace, along with "Robert Nicholls, laborer, Thomas Gyles, butcher, Lewis Gilbert, butcher, Griffin Haddock, loader, Thomas Dyer, dyer, Nicholas Lane, gentleman, Richard Tyler, gentleman, Thomas Lucas, gentleman, Thomas Nicholls, cordyner, all of Stratford, with others, 6 Jac. I."[194]

In 1608 (6th James I) was, among others, issued with a writ to answer at a general session of the peace.[187]

In 1610 was in a court case against Robert Clarke alias Lawrence (8 James I).[195]

On 5/10/1610 was leasing a property on Chapel Lane, Stratford-upon-Avon, Co Warwickshire, England.[186]

In 1612 Richard was arrested for breaking the peace, but the town council petitioned for his release, claiming that his accuser was unreliable.[248]

In 1614 Richard & others was granted a patent by King James I to collect a tax to rebuild Stratford-on-Avon after a fire: "Letters patent of James I, granting to William Wyat, Richard Tyler, Isaack Hitchcocke, Richard Mountford and William Harding licence to collect alms in the counties of Warwick, Leicester, Northampton, Worcester, Gloucester, Oxford, Buckingham and Berkshire for the relief of their town of Stratford upon Avon, which had suffered loss to the value of upwards of £8000 by 'a suddaine and terrible fire' on 19 July last 'which within the space of lesse then two houres consumed and burnt fifty and fower dwelling howses, many of them beinge very faire houses... the force of which fire was so great (the wind sitting full uppon the towne) that it dispersed into so many places thereof, whereby the whole Towne was in very great daunger to have been utterly consumed and burnt'. Dated at Westminster 5 December [...] ao 12 [1614]."[189]

In 1614 Richard was sent to collect fire relief money for Stratford in Kent (the town had suffered its third devestating fire in 10 years: 50 houses were lost as well as a number of barns storing hay, malt, grain, and timber. The damage was enormous - over 8,000 pounds).[248] In 2/1616 Richard was accused of embezzling some of the money he had collected in Kent.[248]

In 1616 Richard Tyler the Elder was bequeathed 26s 8d in the will of William Shakespeare (the playwright) in order to buy a ring, however this was crossed out before the will was probated, ""Item I gyve and bequeath to mr Richard (struck through) Hamlett Sadler Tyler thelder (struck through) XXVIs VIIId to buy him A Ringe."[190]


In 1618 Richard signed the deed that transferred the ownership of the Blackfriars Gatehouse, William's Shakespeare's only London property, from its trustess to his sister, Susanna Hall.[248]

On 23/3/1620-1621 was a churchwarden at Holy Trinity, "A written acknowledgment and confession of offences made by Eleanor Fletcher before William Courte and Richard Tyler, churchwardens, and George Quyney, minister of the parish church of Stratford."[196]

Dated 23/4/1622, "The Accounte of Richard Castell, Richard Tyler, Wm. Courte, jun. & Stephen Burman, churchwardens for the Borowe & parishe of Stratford uppon Avon."[247]

Dated 3/6/1623, was a signatory to the levying of a special tax to repair the church, "Yt is thes daie and yeare abovewritten by us whose names are subscribed, agreed on, That theere shalbe a Leavye and Taxacion made within the Towne and parishe for the repaire of the churche and paiments of debts due to the oulde churche wards viz. : a taxacion within the Boroughe of Tenne pounds, without the Boroughe in the parishe Tenne pounds more, in the whole £20."[247]

Dated 1625, "A lease by the Bailiff, &c., to Richard Tyler, gentleman, of the tithes of Stratford and Welcombe, etc., 11 Charles I."[232]

On 20/12/1625, along with John Wolmer & Richard Hathewaye, was one of the appraisers for the estate of the late John Gibbes of Stratford-upon-Avon, gentleman.[181]

Recorded 11/4/1626, "The accompt of William Smith, Richard Tyler, John Rogers churchwardens for the yeire past made the second day of May 1626 unto Mr Thomas Greene, William Shaw, Richard Edwards and Thomas Watson now Churchwardens."[247]

On 18/5/1627, aproval was granted to the levying of a tax, for which "Mr. Tyler 1 yrs Land in Shottery, 2s 6d."[247]

On 6/12/1630 Richard (or his son, Richard Jr), had an expired lease on a property on Wood Street, Stratford-on-Avon.[230]

In 1630/1631, "Notice by Michael Olney of his having assigned all his interest in the tenement wherein he resides to Richard Tyler, and requesting the Bailiff and Burgesses to accept him as a tenant."[231]

Dated 10/1/1635-1636, "Indenture between the Bailiff and burgesses of Stratford-on-Avon and Richard Tyler, gentleman, counterpart of the grant of an annuity of twenty pounds charged on "the Gild Land late belonging to the Gild of Stratford aforesaid dissolved," 10 January, 11 Charles I."[233]
Married Susanna Woodward,[46,245] c.1589 (was unmarried 1588 & had first issue mid 1590).
  "At the age of 22 Richard, the son of a butcher, fell in love with Susanna Woodward, the eldest daughter of Richard Woodward of Shottery Manor. Susanna was only 16 and their elopement so angered her grandfather, Robert Perrott, the wealthy owner of The King's House tavern in Stratford, that he disinherited her."[245,248]  
Susanna died 1611 & buried 11/5/1611, Holy Trinity, Stratford-upon-Avon, Co Warwickshire, England (w/o Richard Tyler).[46] Resided 1591, 1610, Chapel Lane, Stratford-upon-Avon, Co Warwickshire, England.[186,245] Resided 1608, Stratford-upon-Avon, Co Warwickshire, England.[194]

Children of Richard Tyler & Susanna Woodward:

i.
 
infant Tylars. Died 1590 & buried 29/8/1590, Holy Trinity, Stratford-upon-Avon, Co Warwickshire, England.[46]
*
ii.

Richard Tylar, baptised 11/5/1592, Holy Trinity, Stratford-upon-Avon, Co Warwickshire, England.[44]

iii.

Judith Tylar, baptised 17/11/1593, Holy Trinity, Stratford-upon-Avon, Co Warwickshire, England.[44] Died 1596/1597 & buried 20/3/1596-1597, Holy Trinity, Stratford-upon-Avon, Co Warwickshire, England.[46]

iv.

infant Tylars. Died 1595 & buried 29/3/1595, Holy Trinity, Stratford-upon-Avon, Co Warwickshire, England.[46]

v.

Susanna Tyler, baptised 27/3/1597, Holy Trinity, Stratford-upon-Avon, Co Warwickshire, England.[44] Married William Childlow, 29/6/1620, Holy Trinity, Stratford-upon-Avon, Co Warwickshire, England.[45]

vi.
William Tylar, baptised 9/7/1598, Holy Trinity, Stratford-upon-Avon, Co Warwickshire, England.[44] Died infancy.

vii.
Frances Tylar, baptised 29/8/1599, Holy Trinity, Stratford-upon-Avon, Co Warwickshire, England.[44] Married Richard Mumford, 27/11/1620, Holy Trinity, Stratford-upon-Avon, Co Warwickshire, England.[45]
Children: (a)
 
Richard Mumford, baptised 3/3/1622, Holy Trinity, Stratford-upon-Avon, Co Warwickshire, England.[4]
(b)
Frances Mumford, baptised 13/3/1625, Holy Trinity, Stratford-upon-Avon, Co Warwickshire, England.[4]
(c)
William Mumford, baptised 29/4/1627, Holy Trinity, Stratford-upon-Avon, Co Warwickshire, England.[4]
(d)
Susanna Mumford, baptised 25/1/1632, Holy Trinity, Stratford-upon-Avon, Co Warwickshire, England.[4]
(e)
Elizabeth Mumford, baptised 13/11/1636, Holy Trinity, Stratford-upon-Avon, Co Warwickshire, England.[4]
(f)
Anna Mumford, baptised 31/3/1639, Holy Trinity, Stratford-upon-Avon, Co Warwickshire, England.[4]

viii.
Elizabeth Tyler, baptised 21/2/1601-1602, Holy Trinity, Stratford-upon-Avon, Co Warwickshire, England.[44]

ix.
Helena Tyler, baptised 24/5/1603, Holy Trinity, Stratford-upon-Avon, Co Warwickshire, England.[44] Died 1605 & buried 27/4/1605, Holy Trinity, Stratford-upon-Avon, Co Warwickshire, England.[46]

x.
Hester Tiler, baptised 28/4/1605, Holy Trinity, Stratford-upon-Avon, Co Warwickshire, England.[44]

xi.
William Tyler, baptised 14/10/1607, Holy Trinity, Stratford-upon-Avon, Co Warwickshire, England.[44] Died 1665/1666, City of London, England.[237] {William's will indicates he was the 'cousin' of Samuel, 1.1.1.1, however this term appears to have been used rather loosely. Samuel had only one uncle, William, who neither married nor had any children born/baptised in Stratford. According to his will,[239] William was born in Stratford and the only possible baptism listed in Stratford is for William, s/o Richard, baptised 1607. This William would have likely been too young to have had a son old enough to have had a successfull business & be a citizen of London by 1665. Hence, despite the 'cousin' in the will, the will is almost certainly that of William, s/o Richard (1.1)} Will dated 6/7/1665 & proved 9/1/1665-6.[237] Baker.[237] Citizen of London (ie: a Freeman).[237]
  "Will of William Tyler, citizen and baker of London, proved 9 January 1665/6, bequeathing to the mayor and chief aldermen of Stratford-upon-Avon the sum of £200 on condition that they purchase land to the value of £12 per annum to be distributed to twelve poor persons of the borough (excluding almspeople); also £50 to the same to purchase land worth £3 per annum, 15 shillings to be paid 'to such minister of the same towne as shall preach a sermon yearly... in commemoration of me,' 2s 6d apiece to the clerk and sexton, and 40 shillings for 'a collation or dinner... in every year' for the mayor and chief aldermen; also £50 to the same to put out at interest and the proceeds thereof to be lent to such poor persons of the borough as the mayor and aldermen shall think fit. Pecuniary bequests follow to his cousin [sic], Samuel Tyler of Stratford-upon-Avon, gent., his kinswoman, Susan Moore, widow of Richard Moone late of Bristol, bookseller; Elizabeth Mumford daughter of Frances Mumford of Stratford-upon-Avon, widow; Richard Mumford of [Stratford-upon-Avon], bookbinder; William Mumford, son of the said Frances; his sister-in-law Mary Lewyn of Ipswich, co. Suffolk, widow; Alice Lewyn, daughter of the said Mary Lewyn; William Swinnerton, Hannah Swinnerton, Anne Swinnerton and Jane Swinnerton, son and daughters of Edward Swinnerton, citizen and dyer of London; his brother-in-law Charles Wallis of St. Paul's Churchyard, London, capmaker, and others."[237,241]  

"William Tyler, by his will, dated 6th July 1665, gave to the mayor and chief alderman of the town of Stratford-upon-Avon, where he was born, the sum of £200, to be paid to them by his executors within 12 months next after his decease, upon condition that they entered into a bond with £400 penalty to his executors, to be conditioned that they or one of them should, within 12 months next after the receipt of the same, purchase good freehold land of inheritance of the clear yearly value of £12 per annum, which said £12 per annum he willed should be given and disposed unto and amongst 12 such poor persons inhabiting within the said town, as neither were nor should be inhabiting in the almshouses there, viz. to each of the 12 persons 20s a-piece; that is to say, 10s thereof on the feast-day of St. John the Baptist, and the other 10s on the feast-day of St. Thomas the Apostle, in each and every year successively for ever; but in case they or one of them should happen not to purchase land of the said clear value within the time above limited, then his express mind was thereby declared to be, that they should be liable to the payment of the said £200 by virtue of the said bond, and should pay the same to his executors, to the end that they should do and perform as they the said mayor and chief alderman were or ought to have done and performed.
He also gave to the said mayor and chief alderman the sum of £50 more, upon condition that they should lay out the same in the purchasing of good freehold land of inheritance of the clear yearly value of £3 per annum, and that they should give bond for the same in manner before mentioned with respect to the £200, upon trust and to the intent that 15s yearly for ever should be given and paid to such minister of the same town as should preach a sermon yearly on the feast-day of St. Thomas the Apostle, in commemoration of him the testator, and to the clerk and sexton succesllvely of the same place, the further sum of 2s 6d a-piece on the same feast-day; and to the further intent that the said mayor and chief alderman, and their successors, yearly for ever should have and receive the other 40s, residue of the said £3, to be expended in a collation or dinner on the said feast-day yearly for ever, for their pains in the performmg of the said several trusts, and as a remembrance of his love unto them.
By indenture, dated 11th October 1669, between Edward Attwood, John Attwood his son and heir-apparent, and Martha his wife, one of the daughters and co-heirs of William Venner, deceased, and Thomas Attwood, brother of the said Edward Attwood, of the first part, William Lindon, the then mayor of the said borough of Stratford-upon-Avon, and Thomas Taylor, the then chief alderman of the said borough, of the second part, John Walroer, Francis Oldfield, Simon Gale, Thomas Hill, Benjamin Foans, Thomas Home and Francis Haddock, of the third part; after reciting the said will, so far as regarded the before-mentioned bequest of £200, and also that the testator died net long after making the same, and that after his death Stephen Burman, one of the executors, paid the said sum of £200 to the said Thomas Hill, then mayor, and Francis Oldfield, then chief alderman, parties to that indenture ; and further reciting certain articles of agreement, made 3rd September 1668, between the said Edward Attwood and John Attwood, and Martha his wife, of the one part, and the said Thomas Taylor, then mayor of the said borough, and the said Thomas Hill, then chief alderman of the said borough, whereby the said Edward Attwood, John Attwood, and Martha his wife, for the consideration of £237 10s, agreed to settle and assure to the said Thomas Taylor and Thomas Hill, or to such as they should appoint, the lands and hereditaments thereinafter mentioned, and the said Thomas Taylor and Thomas Hill, in pursuance of the trust reposed in them by the said William Tyler, agreed to purchase the said lands and hereditaments with the said £200 so bequeathed by the said William Tyler aforesaid, and with other £37 10s; it is witnessed, that the parties of the first part, in consideration of the sum of £237 10s to them paid by the said parties of the second and third parts, or by some of them, the said parties of the first part did thereby grant and enfeoff to the said parties of the third part, all that their one yard land, or third part, in three parts to be divided, of three yard lands of arable land, meadow and pasture, more particularly in a schedule thereto annexed mentioned, and consisting of threescore and two lands, sellions or ridges of arable land, one fisher and two leys in the Homme or Hamme every year, one yard and a quarter every other year in the said Homme, otherwise Hamme, two poles and a quarter in Welcombe Meadow, and six poles and a half one year, and six poles and a quarter each other year, in Broad Meadow, of meadow ground, and common of pasture for two horses, six Rother beasts and 50 sheep, all of which said yard, land and premises were situate and being, and to be had, taken and enjoyed in the fields, hamlets, precincts and parishes of Old Stratford, Welcombe and Bishopton, or in some or one of them, in the county of Warwick, to hold to the grantees, their heirs and assigns, to their only use for ever, upon trust nevertheless that they, their heirs and assigns, should give and dispose so much of the yearly rents, issues and profits of the said yard land and premises as should amount to the clear yearly value of £12, to and amongst 12 such poor persons, inhabiting within the said town of Stratford-upon.-Avon, as neither were nor should be mhabiting in the almshouse there; viz. to each of the said 12 persons 20s a year; 10s on the feast of St. John the Baptist, and 10s on the feast of St. Thomas the Apostle, according to the will of the said William Tyler.
Then follows an agreement between the parties, that when four of the said trustees or their successors, to be after named, should die or depart from the said borough, it should be lawful for the mayor and chief alderman of the said borough, together with the residue of the trustees then living, to choose seven other persons to be feoffees, and that after such election, such of the feoffees as should be then living, should, at the request and charges of the mayor and chief alderman of the said borough, convey the said premises to the said seven persons so newly chosen.
And further, a proviso that the two chamberlains of the said borough should be proctors and collectors of the rents and profits of the said premises, and should distribute and pay them in manner before mentioned, and should, on Friday next after the feast of the Epiphany, yield a true account of their receipts and disbursements to the said mayor and chief alderman for the time being, and deliver the overplus money to the two-new chamberlains.
There is no subsequent deed relating to this charity to be found, and at the time of the inclosure of the open and common fields of Stratford, Welcombe and Bishopton, in the year 1774, no trustees of the charity being then living, the allotments made in respect of the charity lands (all of which lay in the open fields) were awarded to the mayor, aldermen and burgesses of the borough of Stratfordupon-Avon. The mayor and the two senior aldermen had for a considerable time prior to that award, and have ever since had the general management of the charity, but the assent of the corporation, testified by their common seal, is always obtained on granting leases, &c. as a confirmation of the acts of the trustees.
It is supposed that the £37 10 which made up the purchase-money beyond the £200, was part of the additional £50 given by Tyler for the purchase of land, but that fact cannot now be ascertained.
The land set out and awarded to the corporation for this charity consisted of two allotments, the first allotment containing 9A. 3R. 20p., and the second allotment, 2A. 8R., making together 10A. 1R. 28p., which land is now let out in the following parcels:
  A close of land, containing 2A. 2R. 14p., let to Isaac Gardner, as yearly tenant, at the annual rent of ... £15  

A small garden, containing 1R. 39p., and buildings, which the tenant has erected at his own expense, on lease to the said Isaac Gardner, from Michaelmas 1831, for 42 years, at the yearly rent of ... £5 5s

A garden, containing 2A. 1R. 4P., let to Joseph Smith, as yearly tenant, at the annual rent of ... £24

A garden, containing one acre, let to William Butcher, upon which the tenant has, pursuant to agreement, at his own expense, built a house and out-offices, at a cost of £400, on lease, from Michaelmas 1831, for 99 years, at the annual rent of ... £12

A garden, containing about 1R. 36p., let to Henry Hyde, as yearly tenant, at ... £5

A piece of garden ground, let to John Tasker, as yearly tenant, at ... £3

Two - - ditto - - let to John Hitchman - ditto, at ... £6

One - - ditto - - let to William Harrison - ditto, at ... £4

       These three last pieces contain together about 1A. 1R. 32p.


A piece of garden ground, containing about 1R. 23p., let to William Izod, as yearly tenant, at ... £6 7s

Land taken by the Stratford Canal Company, for the purposes of the navigation, about one acre ... £12

Total: £92 12s

Distributed and applied as follows :


To 12 poor inhabitants of the town (not inhabiting the almshouses), selected by the magistrates for the year, £4 12s each annually, by two equal payments, on the feasts of St. John the Baptist and St. Thomas the Apostle ... £55 4s

To the vicar, for a sermon on St. Thomas's-day ... £4 6s 3d

To the clerk ... 15s

To the sexton ... 15s

To the mayor, &c., for a dinner on that day ... £11 11s

To one year's interest of £20, the purchase-money of some timber cut down on Lord's Charity, before mentioned ... £1

To land-tax ... £1 2s 5d

Lost to the charity in one year, by the failure of two tenants, viz. Joseph Smith, £24, and Henry Hyde, £5 ... £29

Total: £103 13s 8d
In consequence of several losses sustained by this charity from tenants who occupied the garden ground failing, and leaving nothing on the premises whereon to levy a distress, the trustees have determined to let out the land upon building leases, and have already leased a portion of it, and agreed to let other parts thereof, all of them for increased rents, and upon terms which the trustees consider most advantageous to the charity."[239] Tyler's charity was established by the will of William Tyler, 6/7/1665, to provide money for twelve poor persons of the borough, an annual sermon, and an annual dinner for the mayor and chief aldermen.[236] Tyler's Charity was still in existence as late as 1820.[238]



William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare
Portrait by unknown artist
Shottery Manor, Stratford-on-Avon
Shottery Manor, Stratford-on-Avon
Artist/Photographer unknown
Kings House Tavern (now the White Swan)
Kings House Tavern (now the White Swan)
Image © Duncan Lilly [Geograph]
 Shottery Manor. The oldest part of Shottery Manor is a rectangular building of stone about 25 yards by 8 yards, and facing west. The lower part of it is of sandstone and has a chambered plinth which possibly dates from the fourteenth Century when the Manor was held by Evesham Abbey, but there are no windows or doorways of this period. There are (or were) ground and first floor windows of not earlier than 1660. Some have been blocked, others in the south half have been replaced by two bay windows. The south end was remodelled in the eighteenth century. The northern two-thirds of the building has a fine hammer beam roof of four 12-feet bays open to the upper story, probably of the fifteenth century. This room was for many years used as a chapel. The building was clearly residential in the sixteenth century, when the central chimney stack was built and the upper floor inserted. The dining room has chamfered beams and is lined with panelling of c.1640.[Shottery the Mother of Stratford by J. Belton] 

Sheep Street, Stratford, 1920s
Sheep Street, Stratford, 1920s
Artist/Photographer unknown
Cnr Chapel Street & Chapel Lane, 1806
Cnr Chapel Street & Chapel Lane, 1806
History & antiquities of Stratford, Wheeler
Wood Street, Stratford-Upon-Avon
Wood Street, Stratford-Upon-Avon
Artist/Photographer unknown
   
   

1.1.1. Richard Tylar (s/o Richard, s/o William), baptised 11/5/1592, Holy Trinity, Stratford-upon-Avon, Co Warwickshire, England.[44] Died 1648 & buried 19/10/1648, Holy Trinity, Stratford-upon-Avon, Co Warwickshire, England.[46] Gentleman, 1644, 1648.[46,183] Alderman, Stratford-upon-Avon, 1623-1649.[235] Mayor (bailiff), Stratford-on-Avon, 1636-1637.[240,247] Chief alderman, Stratford-on-Avon, 1639/1640.[247] Churchwarden, Holy Trinity, Stratford-upon-Avon, 1641-1644.[44,45,46,247] Sidesman, Holy Trinity, Stratford-upon-Avon, Co Warwickshire, England, 1641-1646.[247] Deputy town clerk, borough of Stratford-upon-Avon.[235]
  On 2/9/1620 aquired the lease on a property in Rother Street, Stratford from Frances Woodward & on 29/9/1641 Richard transferred the lease to John Cotterell, "Assignment of lease from Dorothy Cotterell of Shottery in the parish of Old Stratford, widow, of John Cotterell, the younger, of Shottery, yeoman, deceased, and John Cotterell, son and heir of the said John and Dorothy Cotterell, to Edward Cotterell of Shottery, yeoman, another son of the said John and Dorothy, 4/10/1695, of a messuage in Rother Markett alias Rother Street [Rother Street] in Stratford, in the occupation of Joan Jackson, widow and Hugh Tibbitts, which was formerly leased by Frances Woodward of Stratford-on-Avon, widow, to Richard Tyler on 2 September [1620] and assigned by the said Richard to John Cotterell, the elder and Mary, his wife on 29 September [1641] which John and Mary Cotterell assigned it to the said John Cotterell, the younger, their son, on his marriage to the said Dorothy Cotterell, daughter of William Hawkes of Sherborne [Sherbourne] on 7 February, [1660/1], to the use of the said John and Dorothy and their heirs for the remainder of the term of 1,000 years."[197]  

On 17/11/1626 was leasing the abovementioned property on Rother Street, Stratford-upon-Avon, Co Warwickshire, England.[196]

In 1/1640, "Richard Tyler and William Greene, aldermen, were sent to London [in order] to seek a further renewal of the [town's] charter, 'if yt may be to buye the Inheritance of the p'sentacon of the Vicar and Scholemr or the p'sent p'sentacon of bothe or eyther.'[235]

On 30/4/1642 was a party to the marriage settlement between Henry Cotterell and his wife, Elizabeth.[199]

Dated 27/12/1644 leased a property in Church Street, Stratford on Avon, to John Mulliner: "Lease by Richard Tyler, Stratford-upon-Avon, gent. to John Mulliner, Stratford-upon-Avon, weaver for 51 years at £3 p.a. in consideration of surrender of previous lease and repairs already done by Mulliner of messuage in Church Street, formerly divided into two, in occupation John Mulliner and lying between two other messuages of Richard Tyler."[183]
Married Ann Miles, 10/1/1618-1619, Holy Trinity, Stratford-upon-Avon, Co Warwickshire, England.[45] Resided 1644, Stratford-upon-Avon, Co Warwickshire, England.[183] Resided 1640s (?), Shottery, Stratford-upon-Avon, Co Warwickshire, England.[209]

Children of Richard Tylar & Ann Miles:

i.
 
Hezekiah Tiler, baptised 31/3/1621-1622, Holy Trinity, Stratford-upon-Avon, Co Warwickshire, England.[44] Died 1630 & buried 25/9/1630, Holy Trinity, Stratford-upon-Avon, Co Warwickshire, England.[46]
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ii.

Samuel Tiler, baptised 15/8/1624, Holy Trinity, Stratford-upon-Avon, Co Warwickshire, England.[44]

 
Rother Street, Stratford-Upon-Avon, 1902
Rother Street, Stratford-Upon-Avon, 1902
Photograph - Harold Baker
Mason's Court, Rother Street, Stratford-Upon-Avon
Mason's Court, Rother Street
Image © David Stowell [Geograph]
Church Street, Stratford-Upon-Avon, 1878
Church Street, Stratford-Upon-Avon, 1878
Photograph - Henry W. Taunt
 
 

1.1.1.1. Samuel Tiler (s/o Richard, s/o Richard, s/o William), baptised 15/8/1624, Holy Trinity, Stratford-upon-Avon, Co Warwickshire, England.[44] Died 14/5/1693, Shottery, Stratford-upon-Avon, Co Warwickshire, England (69yo).[191,241] Buried Holy Trinity, Stratford-upon-Avon, Co Warwickshire, England.[191,241]
  "Here lyeth the Body of Samuell Tyler of Shottery in the Parish of Old Stratford, gentleman, who departed this Life the Fowerteenth day of May Anno Domini 1693 aged 69 years. Also here lieth the Body of Ann the wife of Samuell Tyler gentleman, who departed this Life the 13th day of March 1694. Terra credidit quod non Cernitur Caelo cernit quod non creditur.Blest Sole farewell from Sorrowes nowe Repreive, And crowned by him in whom thou hast Believe, Deare dust . . . while doe what may, With joy meet att Resurreccon day. Operanti, Grandini, mediocria, sunt ingrata. Also at their feet lyeth the Body of Samuell Tyler their youngest son who departed this Life May the 28 1668, Peritis aut Citius debemus morti nos Nostraque. Death oft doth cut ye thread that is New Spun, As Wei as that which waring hath undon. Looke but in lime pits and you Find therein, As oft the young Calves as the oxes skin. Oh ! world of woe what thing canst thou call thine, Ore Man, but Death can quickly say its mine."[191]  
Gentleman, 1650, 1656, 1667, 1674, 1676, 1681, 1683, 1685, 1686, 1689, 1692, 1693.[185,191,201,204,206,208,209,212,214,217,218,221,222,223,241] Churchwarden, Holy Trinity, Stratford-upon-Avon, Co Warwickshire, England, 1655.[247] Sidesman, Holy Trinity, Stratford-upon-Avon, Co Warwickshire, England, 1658-1689.[247] Overseer for the poor, Holy Trinity, Stratford-upon-Avon, Co Warwickshire, England, 1669.[247]
  On 1/10/1650 was leasing property at Stratford, Old Stratford, Welcombe & Bushwood.[200]  

Dated 1/5/1655 assigned the lease on a property in Shottery to John Cotterill: "Assignment by Samuel Tyler of Shottery, gent., to John Cotterill of Shottery, yeoman, of a lease for 1000 years from Lionel [Cranfield] Earl of Middlesex, James [Hay], Earl of Carlisle, and others, dated 14 October 1654, of a messuage with land in 'Goxe Leazes' etc. in Shottery for £49 in hand and a yearly rent of 4 shillings. Witnesses: Francis Barnard, etc."[201]

On 26/1/1656 aquired the lease of Lingene Farm, Mickleton: "Assignment from Sir Harvey Baggott of Blithfield (Stafffordshire) and Philip Draycott of Paynstye (Stafffordshire) to Samuel Tyler of Shottery of a lease of Lingene Farm, Mickleton."[202]

On 13/12/1656 Samuel, among others, contributed towards the purchase of property & buildings to establish a 'free school', "Conveyance by Samuell Tyler, Shottery, gent., Anne his wife, Thomas Daungefeild of Wick, Pershoe, Worcs., gent., Elizabeth his wife, Richard Mountfort, Stratford-upon-Avon, gent. and Fraunces his wife with William Perkins, London, merchant taylor who has agreed with them for the purchase of the premises for £222 to establish a free school, to Edmund Rawlins, Donington, Warks., gent., John Brownell, Coventry, gent., Thomas Meades and Robert Taunton, both of Warwick, gents., William Rawlins, Donington, gent., George Brittaine, Donington, yeoman, John Huband, Cock Bevington, yeoman, Thomas Marshall, Abbots Salford, yeoman, John Heyward, Abbots Salford, yeoman, Richard Grymett, Priors Salford, yeoman and Henry Harris, Priors Salford, yeoman As trustees of free school and to maintain a school and schoolmaster in Salford, of two capital tenements and two other tenements formerly three in Church Street, Stratford-upon-Avon, in occupations Nicholas Dawson, yeoman, John Mollineux, weaver, Henry Bridges, husbandman, and John Broome, gunsmith, and two messuages in Sheep Street Stratford-upon-Avon, in the occupation of Francis Mollineux, weaver, Anne Perry, widow and Edward Baker, shoemaker."[185]

Dated 4/2/1659 had expired leases on property in Stratford, Old Stratford, Welcombe & Bushwood.[203]

On 19/7/1667 aquired the lease on a property in Stratford: "Lease from Henry Dighton of Clifford Chambers, co. Glouc., esq., to Samuel Tyler of Stratford upon Avon, gent., of a messuage etc. in Stratford, late in the tenure of Francis Smith, gent., for two years, at a rent of £6 for the first year and £10 for the second year. Signed, with seal. Witnesses: R. Molineux, Anna Molineux."[204]

On 21/9/1667 was a co-signatory of a covenant not to plough a section of 'common land': "Covenant by owners and occupiers of land within the common fields of Shottery, co. Warw., not to plough, ear, till or dig the field there called 'the Sandfeild' for four years, under a penalty to Samuel Tyler and Richard Quyney of £1 for each land so treated. Dated 21 September 1667. Signed by Samuel Tyler, Richard Quyney, John Woolmer, Richard and Edmund Hathaway, Thomas Rawlins, Thomas Greene, etc."[205]

Dated 30/10/1674, a Bond of Indemnity, binding Samuel Tyler, Shottery, gentleman, and Ann Miles, widow, in respect of Alice Parre, Widow, of Exhall parish, for the amount of £40.[206]

Dated 5/1/1674-1675, "Acquittance from John Perkins to William Hickcox, Chamberlain, for 20 shillings for Mr. Tylers and Mrs. Lloyds sermons."[207]

Dated Michaelmas Term, 1676, "Indentures of fine levied in the Court at Westminster before Francis North, John Archer, Hugh Wyndham, Robert Atkyns and William Scrogge, H.M. Justices, between Samuel Tyler, gent., and Thomas Townsend, gent., plaintiffs, and Richard Bartlett and Anne his wife, defendants, of three messuages, three cottages, two barns, two stables and three gardens with appurtenances in Old Stratford."[208]

On 19/1/1681-1681 sold the lease on a property in Shottery which he had aquired 14/10/1654: "Assignment by Samuel Tyler of Shottery, gent., to William Wrighte of Stratford-upon-Avon, maltster, for £315 of a lease for 1000 years of a yard of land in Shottery granted by Lionel [Cranfield], Earl of Middlesex, 15/5/1653, to James [Hay] Earl of Carlisle and others and by them assigned 14/10/1654 to the above Samuel Tyler, the premises having some time been in the tenure of Richard Tyler, his father. Witnesses: Thomas Rawlins, Samuel Rawlins, etc."[209]

Dated 17/3/1681 had an expired lease of property in Shottery (sub-lease by Reginald Forster).[211]

In 1682, Samuel Tyler's bond for performance of covenants about the plot of ground in Chapell Lane.[210]

On 30/4/1683 bought property in Shottery from John Richardson, formerly of Shottery: "Covenant by John Richardson late of Shottery and now of Bishopton yeoman, to convey to Samuel Tyler of Shottery, gent., a messuage, 1½ yards of land and all other his lands, etc. in Shottery in consideration of £525 and a further sum of £25 to be paid six months after such assurance."[212]

Dated 28-29/5/1683, "Lease for a year and release from John Richardson to Samuel Tyler of the messuage, lands, etc. in Shottery, as above."[213]

Dated 16/8/1683, "Assignment from Francis Halford of Alcester, gentleman, with the consent of Joseph Hunt of Stratford-upon-Avon, gentleman, and John Richardson of Bishopton, yeoman, and at the request of Samuel Tyler of Shottery, gentleman, to Edward Harrison and Henry Smith of Old Stratford, gentlemen (reciting indentures of 15/5/1676 and 31/1/1677-8, whereby John Richardson leased to Josiah Simcox of Stratford-upon-Avon, clerk, for the respective terms of 20 and 1000 years) for £522.10s.0d paid by the said Samuel Tyler to the said Joseph Hunt and John Richardson, of terms created by the recited indentures; to hold in trust for Samuel Tyler to attend the freehold which is shortly to be conveyed to him. (no.680a)."[214]

Dated 18/8/1683, "Feoffment from Joseph Hunt of Stratford-upon-Avon, gentleman, and John Richardson of Bishopton, yeoman, to Samuel Tyler of Shottery, gentleman, for £522.15s.0d paid by the said Samuel Tyler to Joseph Hunt (being the debt of John Richardson)."[215]

On 17/5/1684 Samuel & his son, Richard, were witnesses to a deed of sale, "Deed of sale by Leonard Court of Shottery, blacksmith, to George Hands of Stratford-upon-Avon, maltster, for £260 of a messuage and land in Shottery in the tenures of Edward Welles, William Burman and Samuel Turbitt and late belonging to Thomas Urle al. Earle."[216]

Dated 4/3/1684-1685, "Lease for a year and release by Edward Elderton of Stratford-upon-Avon, innholder, in consideration of a marriage lately had between him and Susanna his wife to Samuel Tyler of Shottery, gent., and Thomas Horne of Stratford, gent., of the messuage, etc. in Stratford called the 'White Lyon'.[217]

On 10/3/1685-1686 leased a property in Shottery to Richard Gibbs, "Lease from Samuel Tyler of Shottery, gent., to Richard Gibbs of Shottery, yeoman, of 1½ yards of land in Shottery lately purchased of John Richardson for 8 years at a yearly rent of £24."[218]

On 8/2/1686-1687 was a witness, along with Susan Tyler, to the will of Eleanor Burman of Shottery, widow.[219]

Dated 7/6/1689, "Covenants by Samuel Tyler, of Shottery, gent., to assure to John Barber of Shottery, yeoman, one half-yardland in Shottery for £260."[221]

On 30/9/1689 sold property in Shottery to John Barber, "Bargain and sale by Samuel Tyler of Shottery, gent., to John Barber of Shottery, yeoman for £180 of half a yard in Shottery, lately purchased by the vendor from John Freeman of Stratford, joiner, being heretofore the inheritance of John Richardson and by him conveyed to Mary, widow of Henry Freeman and mother of the said John Freeman."[222]

Dated 9/4/1692, "Lease from Francklyn Miller of Old Stratford, esq., to Samuel Tyler, late of Shottery, gent., of his tithes of corn and hay in Shottery, together with a plot of meadow called 'Wardene peece' for two years, at a yearly rent of £95."[223]
Married Anne.[185] Anne died 13/3/1694, Shottery, Stratford-upon-Avon, Co Warwickshire, England, & buried with her husband, Holy Trinity, Stratford-upon-Avon, Co Warwickshire, England.[191,241] Resided 1650, 1656, 1674, 1681, 1683, 1685, 1686, 1689, 1693, Shottery, Stratford-upon-Avon, Co Warwickshire, England.[185,191,201,202,206,209,212,214,217,218,221,222,241]

Children of Samuel Tiler & Anne:

i.
 
Ann Tyler.[45] Married Richard Polis, 4/12/1672, Holy Trinity, Stratford-upon-Avon, Co Warwickshire, England.[45]

ii.

Richard Tyler, born 1661, Stratford-upon-Avon, Co Warwickshire, England.[191] Died 20/10/1719, Stratford-upon-Avon, Co Warwickshire, England (58yo).[191,241] Buried Holy Trinity, Stratford-upon-Avon, Co Warwickshire, England.[191,241]
  "Here Lieth ye Body of Richard Tyler, gent, who departed this Life the 20th of October 1719 aged 58. On the North side of this stone and under the gravestone of Mr. Samuel Tyler, lies interred the Body of Mrs. Ursula Tyler, widdow and Relict of Richard Tyler of Stratford-upon-Avon gent, deceased who departed this Life March the 24th one thousand seven hundred and Forty-three, aged seventy-five And under this stone hes interred the Body of Mrs. Anne Tyler daughter of Mr. Richard Tyler and Ursula his wife of Stratford-upon-Avon deceased who departed this Life, February the 22d, one thousand seven hundred and forty-nine aged sixty one. The stone has the Arms of Tyler, Arms, On a fesse, between two lions passant gardant, three crescents. Crest, A dewy lion, holding in his right paw a crescent."[191,241]  
Sidesman, Holy Trinity, Stratford-upon-Avon, Co Warwickshire, England, 1695-1699.[247] Gentleman, 1689, 1700, 1716, 1719.[191,220,224] Acquired a coat of arms.[235]
  On 17/5/1684 Richard & his father, Samuel, were witnesses to a deed of sale, "Deed of sale by Leonard Court of Shottery, blacksmith, to George Hands of Stratford-upon-Avon, maltster, for £260 of a messuage and land in Shottery in the tenures of Edward Welles, William Burman and Samuel Turbitt and late belonging to Thomas Urle al. Earle."[216]  

Dated 28/1/1688-1689, "a covenant by John Freeman, of Stratford upon Avon, joiner, to assure to Richard Tyler, of Stratford, gent., one half yardland, etc., in the common-fields of Shottery, for £244.6s.0d, and one load of hay."[220]

On 12/8/1700 was one of the trustees of the inhabitants of Old Stratford, "Copy feoffment from the Mayor, Aldermen and burgesses of the borough of Stratford-upon-Avon to Sir John Clopton, Knight, John Combe esq. and Richard Tyler, gent., trustees of the inhabitants of Old Stratford, and Edward Clopton, esq., Hugh Clopton, esq., and John Wheeler, gent., trustees for the borough aforesaid, of the Churchyard of Stratford-upon-Avon upon certain trusts therein mentioned."[224]

And also on 12/8/1700, "Conveyance by the Mayor and Corporation of Stratford upon Avon (in obedience to a rule of the Court of Common Pleas in a cause between Richard Watton and others, plaintiffs and Francis Barnett and others, defandants) to Sir John Clopton, Knt., John Combe, esq., and Richard Tyler, gent., as trustees for the inhabitants of the parish of Old Stratford, and Edward Clopton, esq., Hugh Clopton, esq., and John Wheeler, gent., as trustees for the said corporation, of the church-yard of the said parish of Stratford, the intent being for the inhabitants 'to have liberty of sepulture in the said churchyard and the trees growing in the said churchyard to be alwayes used for the repaires of the said church chancel, and vicarage house, and the herbage and grasse from tyme to tyme growing to bee alwayes enioyed by the vicar'. Counterpart, signed by Sir John Clopton, and John Wheeler."[225]
Married Ursula.[191,241] Ursula born c.1668, died 24/3/1743, Stratford-upon-Avon, Co Warwickshire, England (75yo), & buried with her husband.[191,241] Resided 1689, 1716, 1743, Stratford-upon-Avon, Co Warwickshire, England.[191,220]
Children: (a)
 
Anne Tyler, born 1688,[191,241] Shottery, Stratford-upon-Avon, Co Warwickshire, England.[220] Died 22/2/1749, Stratford-upon-Avon, Co Warwickshire, England (61yo).[191,241] Buried with her parents, Holy Trinity, Stratford-upon-Avon, Co Warwickshire, England.[191] Did not marry.[191]
(b)
Mary Tyler, born 1691,[191,241] Shottery, Stratford-upon-Avon, Co Warwickshire, England.[220] Died 12/9/1716, Shottery, Stratford-upon-Avon, Co Warwickshire, England (25yo).[191] Buried Holy Trinity, Stratford-upon-Avon, Co Warwickshire, England.[191]
  "On a stone tablet, East wall, cherubs: Near to this Place Lieth The Body of Mary ye daughter of Richard Tyler, Gent, and Ursula his wife, who departed this Life September ye 12th Anno Dom. 1716, AEtat Suae 25. Also near this Place lyeth the Body of Frances ye daughter of Richard Tyler gent, and Ursula his wife, who departed this Life July the 6th Anno Dom. 1717. AEtat Suae 25."[191,241]  
(c)
Frances Tyler, born 1692,[191,241] Shottery, Stratford-upon-Avon, Co Warwickshire, England.[220] Died 6/7/1717, Shottery, Stratford-upon-Avon, Co Warwickshire, England (25yo).[191] Buried Holy Trinity, Stratford-upon-Avon, Co Warwickshire, England.[191]
  "On a stone tablet, East wall, cherubs: Near to this Place Lieth The Body of Mary ye daughter of Richard Tyler, Gent, and Ursula his wife, who departed this Life September ye 12th Anno Dom. 1716, AEtat Suae 25. Also near this Place lyeth the Body of Frances ye daughter of Richard Tyler gent, and Ursula his wife, who departed this Life July the 6th Anno Dom. 1717. AEtat Suae 25."[191,241]  
(d)
Samuel Tyler, born 1693,[191] Shottery, Stratford-upon-Avon, Co Warwickshire, England.[220] Died 6/6/1763, Shottery, Stratford-upon-Avon, Co Warwickshire, England (70yo).[191,227,241,242]
  "On the 6th inst., at his seat at Shottery, near Stratford upon Avon, in the county of Warwick, Samuel Tylor, Esq. Having no issue, he has left the bulk of his estate both real & personal, to his two surviving sisters, and a first cousin of his late wife.(London Chronicle)"[227]
 
Buried Holy Trinity, Stratford-upon-Avon, Co Warwickshire, England.[191]
  "Arms: Three crescents in fess between two cats passant guardant. Crest : A demi cat rampant. Under this stone lies the Body of Samuel Tyler late of Shottery in this Parish Esq. who departed this Life the 6th of June 1763 aged 70. Also here lies the Body of Katherine Tyler, his sister, who departed this Life the 17th of March 1762, aged 66, and the body of Dorothy, sister of Samuel Tyler Esq, died 8th August, 1778. Mrs. Decima Nason, another sister died 4th Oct., 1781. The font is placed over the middle of this stone."[191,229]  
Will dated 5/6/1763.[226] Esquire, 1763.[191,227]
  Dated 16/6/1763, "To be LETT, and Entered upon Immediately, Or at LADY DAY next, A Large and commodious DWELLING HOUSE, situate and being at Shottery, In the County of Warwick, late in the Possession of Mr. Samuel Tyler, deceased, with two large Gardens, and a good Orchard, a Barn, Stable, Coach-House, and other Out Offices thereto belonging, with a Parcel of Arable, Meadow, and Pasture Land, being in Shottery Field, of the yearly Value of £42. For further Particulars enquire of Mrs. Dorothy Tyler and Mrs. Nason; both of Stratford. N.B. The Crop on the Land will be sold to a Tennant that takes the Premisses, if desired."[228]  
Married Sarah, c.1717.[191] Sarah born 1689, died 14/5/1756, Shottery, Stratford-upon-Avon, Co Warwickshire, England (67yo) & buried Holy Trinity, Stratford-upon-Avon, Co Warwickshire, England.[191,251]
  "Sacred to the memory of Sarah the wife of Samuel Tyler Esq. of this Parish who during a happy union of 39 years tenderly loved her person and admired her virtues By whome he was equally beloved, Her loss is sincerely felt and greatly lamented and her memory will always be dearly preserved to which this stone is consecrated by her said disconsolate Husband. She died the 14th day of May 1756, aged 67 years. Reader Behold this silent Grave doth her embrace a Virtuous Wife, with Rachael's comely face, Sarah's obedience, Lydias' open Heart, Martha's care and Mary's better part."[191]  
Resided 1756, 1763, Shottery, Stratford-upon-Avon, Co Warwickshire, England.[191]
(e)
Richard Tyler, baptised 1/2/1697, Holy Trinity, Stratford-upon-Avon, Co Warwickshire, England.[4]
(f)
Decima Tyler,[191,241] baptised 6/4/1703, Holy Trinity, Stratford-upon-Avon, Co Warwickshire, England.[4] Died 4/10/1778.[191,229] Buried Holy Trinity, Stratford-upon-Avon, Co Warwickshire, England.[191,229,241]
  "Also here lies the Body of Mrs Decima Nason Sister to the above Samuel Tyler Esqr. who departed this Life October 4 1781."[191]  
Married Mr Nason.[191,241]
(g)
Dorothy Tyler,[191,241] Shottery, Stratford-upon-Avon, Co Warwickshire, England.[220] Died 8/8/1778,[191,241,242] Shottery, Stratford-upon-Avon, Co Warwickshire, England, & buried with her brother, Holy Trinity, Stratford-upon-Avon, Co Warwickshire, England.[191,241,242]
(h)
Katherine Tyler, born 1696,[229,241] Shottery, Stratford-upon-Avon, Co Warwickshire, England.[220] Died 17/3/1762 & buried with her brother, Holy Trinity, Stratford-upon-Avon, Co Warwickshire, England (66yo).[229,241]

iii.

Susan Tyler. {Presumed daughter} On 8/2/1686-1687 was a witness, along with Samuel Tyler, to the will of Eleanor Burman of Shottery, widow.[219]

iv.

Henry Tyler. {Possible son} Married Elizabeth Halle, 13/11/1687, Holy Trinity, Stratford-upon-Avon, Co Warwickshire, England.[45]
Children: (a)
 
Mary Tyler, baptised 16/1/1701, Holy Trinity, Stratford-upon-Avon, Co Warwickshire, England.[4]

v.

Samuel Tyler.[191] Died 28/5/1668, Shottery, Stratford-upon-Avon, Co Warwickshire, England.[191,241] Buried with his parents, Holy Trinity, Stratford-upon-Avon, Co Warwickshire, England.[191,241]

   
Anne Hathaway's Cottage, Shottery
Anne Hathaway's Cottage, Shottery
Image © Bjenks [Wikipedia]
Shottery, early 1900s
Shottery, early 1900s
Artist/Photographer unknown
Shottery, late 1800s
Shottery, late 1800s
Painting - 'Jotter'
 Shottery is a small village a mile west of Stratford-Upon-Avon. The village has a village hall, one pub, a secondary school, Shottery Girls Grammar, and a primary school, Shottery St Andrew's, that has been open since the mid-19th century. Shottery was the childhood home of Anne Hathaway, William Shakespeare's wife, and is the location of the building known as Anne Hathaway's Cottage. The earliest known form of spelling was 'Scotta rith' (794). 'Shoterey' first occurs in 1272 and 'Shottery' in 1501. In the mid 1500s plague claimed most of the population of Shottery, buried in a mass grave in a field called “The Close”. Despite a curse by a local lady, the field was turned into a property development in the 1960s. At one time there was a row of weaver’s cottages in the village, since demolished. Where Shottery Road crosses a stream is reputed to be a Saxon burial ground. The whole of Shottery Road was once known as Berrin’ Row because it was where the poor were buried. The Cottages in Church Lane were built in 1770.[Wikipedia, Shottery the Mother of Stratford (Belton)]
Shottery .. the hamlet is within the parish of Stratford and is readily arrived at by a walk that branches off near the church turn. On reaching the place, we find the dwellings numerous, and most of them conveniently detached by intervening garden-ground; so that the hamlet stretches over a considerable space. In most instances, too, little has been done to impair the character of the tenements ; which are still chiefly timber-framed, as in the poet's day. The memory of this, its most important, visitor, seems to be yet cherished by the inmates ; judging, among other circumstances, from that sign - "The Shakespeare Tavern" - which, from yon rustic alehouse, invites the straggler to its cool stoned-kitchen, its little boarded " parlour," or adjoining rural skittle-ground, fringed with Ophelian pansies and columbines and herb-grass .. [Hathaway's cottage] its aspect is that of a roomy old farm-house, divested of its former home-stead. It stands upon a hank, and has in front a rudely-paved terrace, to which we ascend by steps. The walls are roughly framed with timber, the intervals in which are mostly filled with wattling and rude plaister and the high-pitched roof is snugly covered in with moss-grown thatch. The orchards, which till recently adjoined the house, are now severed from the premises; and the old garden between them is rooted up. Within the dwelling, we find the kitchen as of old, then the chief living-room retaining still its ample hearth and roomy chimney-corners, where in winter-time the coziest seats were reserved for the heads of the household and an occasional guest ... The walls exhibit portions of the black oaken waicacoat, with which the rough plaistering was formerly concealed ; while the rude stone-floor, the low ceiling with its heavy beams, the unpainted doors and wooden latch, are alike primitive and in character. In a room above, remains an old oak-carved bedstead of the Tudor or Stuart times ; and in an adjoining chest is preserved a nearly contemporary sample of heavy homespun bed-linen.[Illustrated Guide to Stratford-on-Avon (May, 1847)]
 

Cottage, Old Town, Stratford
Cottage, Old Town, Stratford
Image © Andy Kerridge [Geograph]
Old Town, Stratford-Upon-Avon, 1904
Old Town, Stratford-Upon-Avon, 1904
Artist/Photographer unknown
Halls Croft, Old Town, Stratford
Halls Croft, Old Town, Stratford
Image © 'kev747' [Wikipedia]
   

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