Ralph Thrale

Other Events and Attributes:

• Property: Sandridge, Hertfordshire, England; Nomansland
• Will: 1 Jun 1705; His son William received High Croft in St. Michaels, Wall Close in St. Peters, and £500. His daughter Abigail Prentice is also mentioned, and also his brother Thomas Thrale who was made executor and who was to hold Crouch Farm and found the family providing the South African emigrants. Abigail received a third of the household goods. His son Ralph was to receive the remainder of the estate.
  
  An inventory was taken of his estate in 1705, thus:
  
  'An Inventory taken the 1st day of June in the yeare of our Lord God 1705 of the goods and Chattells of Ralph Thrale late of the parish of Saundridge deceased valued and apraised by us whose names are under written as followeth:

  	£	s	d
  Wheat unthreshed 60 loads	51	0	0
  Barley unthreshed 65 qtrs.	35	15	0
  Pease unthreshed 50 loads	22	10	0
  Oats unthreshed 16 qtrs	8	6	0
  2 Cocks of Hay 8 loads	10	0	0
  84 fat sheep	84	0	0
  134 store sheep	73	14	0
  7 hoggs	11	0	0
  4 cows	14	0	0
  1 wagon, 2 carts and other materials	20	0	0
  for plowing and harrowing 34 ac. of Tilth Wheat	38	18	0
  for plowing of Breach Wheat 12 acres	4	10	0
  for 23 loads of seed wheat	18	8	0
  for 14 days dung carting and spreading	7	10	0
  for plowing and harrowing 17 ac. of turnip land	20	0	0
  for plowing and harrowing 19 acres of pease	7	2	6
  for 11 loads of seed pease	4	19	0
  for plowing and harrowing 20 acres of oats	7	0	0
  for 5 qtrs. seed oats	2	15	0
  for plowing 27 acres of winter fallow	6	15	0
  for 4 dozen hurdles	1	12	0
  for 3 horses	25	0	0
  for pease hooks, forks and shovels	11	0	0
  for harness for 5 horses	7	10	0
  for sacks and bean materials	2	10	0
  for 3 plows and 2 pair of gears.	5	10	0
  for 7 harrows	2	1	0
  for long grass seed	2	0	0
  for ready money and wearing apparel	50	0	0
  The Inventory & Appraisement of the Household Stuff, Linen & Plate
  In the Great Parlour and Study	3	10	0
  In the Little Parlour.	1	18	0
  In the Hall	7	11	0
  In the Kitchen	4	11	0
  In the Milk House	2	0	0
  In the Brewhouse	15	10	0
  In the Chamber over the Brewhouse	7	0	0
  In the Chamber over the Kitchen.	8	0	0
  In the Chamber over the Hall	5	5	0
  In the Chamber over the Parlour	18	0	0
  For Silver Plate in the House	10	0	0
  For Linen in the House	16	0	0

Notes:

Died:
He died in 1705 and the inventory to his will dated 1 June referred to him as being "late of Sandridge", i.e. already dead.

Ralph married Abigail Andrews on 29 Sep 1684 in Saint Michaels, St Albans, Hertfordshire, England. Abigail (daughter of male Andrews) was born in 1661 in Aldenham, Hertfordshire, England; died in 1728 in Saint Pauls, Walden, Hertfordshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1728, Saint Pauls, Walden, Hertfordshire, England; She lived here with her mother at the time of her mothers death

Notes:

Died:
Ralph Thrale is recorded as being at Hammonds with his wife Abigail and four children in 1700.

Family/Spouse: Thomas Prentice. Thomas was born in Kimpton, Hertfordshire, England; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Property: 1694, Abbots Langley, Hertfordshire, England; Ralph Ewer of St. James, Clerkenwell, left messuages in Abbots Langley and £100 to his cousin Ralph, and also a small legacy to Ralph's father Ralph. Leavesden Farm. Providing income of around £22 per year.
• Will: 1705; The Inventory of the personal estate of his estate, as appraised by Thomas Wells and Philip Smith.

  	£	s	d
  Wheat unthreshed 60 loads	51	0	0
  Barley unthreshed 65 qtrs.	35	15	0
  Pease unthreshed 50 loads	22	10	0
  Oats unthreshed 16 qtrs	8	6	0
  2 Cocks of Hay 8 loads	10	0	0
  84 fat sheep	84	0	0
  134 store sheep	73	14	0
  7 hoggs	11	0	0
  4 cows	14	0	0
  1 wagon, 2 carts and other materials	20	0	0
  for plowing and harrowing 34 ac. of Tilth Wheat	38	18	0
  for plowing of Breach Wheat 12 acres	4	10	0
  for 23 loads of seed wheat	18	8	0
  for 14 days dung carting and spreading	7	10	0
  for plowing and harrowing 17 ac. of turnip land	20	0	0
  for plowing and harrowing 19 acres of pease	7	2	6
  for 11 loads of seed pease	4	19	0
  for plowing and harrowing 20 acres of oats	7	0	0
  for 5 qtrs. seed oats	2	15	0
  for plowing 27 acres of winter fallow	6	15	0
  for 4 dozen hurdles	1	12	0
  for 3 horses	25	0	0
  for pease hooks, forks and shovels	11	0	0
  for harness for 5 horses	7	10	0
  for sacks and bean materials	2	10	0
  for 3 plows and 2 pair of gears.	5	10	0
  for 7 harrows	2	1	0
  for long grass seed	2	0	0
  for ready money and wearing apparel	50	0	0
  The Inventory & Appraisement of the Household Stuff, Linen & Plate
  In the Great Parlour and Study	3	10	0
  In the Little Parlour.	1	18	0
  In the Hall	7	11	0
  In the Kitchen	4	11	0
  In the Milk House	2	0	0
  In the Brewhouse	15	10	0
  In the Chamber over the Brewhouse	7	0	0
  In the Chamber over the Kitchen.	8	0	0
  In the Chamber over the Hall	5	5	0
  In the Chamber over the Parlour	18	0	0
  For Silver Plate in the House	10	0	0
  For Linen in the House	16	0	0

  
  The whole estate was valued at £500-£600, although John Thrale considered that wood cut from one acre should be included, and also three horses and two cows had been omitted since they had been taken as a heriot (a sort of death duty payable to the Lord of the Manor) for No Mans Land and Leavesden. John also knew that Ralph Thrale had been indebted to Mrs. Ann Thrale by bond for £100, and to Mrs. Knowlton for £50.
• Occupation: 1710; Described as a 'gentleman'.
• Note: 1717; In 1717 John Smith of Abbots Langley complained that he had leased a house to Ralph Ewer in 1696. He had paid Ewer £10 and a bond for a further £10 to obtain permission from the Lord of the Manor to make the transfer, but the lease had not been conveyed and a few months later Ralph Ewer 'made away with himself'. Ewer left his property to Ralph Thrale, infant son of Ralph Thrale of Sandridge, who had since died. In 1710 Smith desired to discharge the bond and asked Ralph to produce it. Ralph said he had mislaid it, but promised to find it and on this promise Smith paid Ralph Thrale £10. Two years later Thrale, then of age, suggested to Smith that the latter should pay £27 a year for the premises and tithes, and he himself would do all necessary repairs, give a new 21 year lease, cancelling the old lease, and all differences would be settled. Smith employed a carpenter to do £9 worth of work, but Thrale repudiated the agreement saying that it had not been put into writing, and that he would not accept the £9 being deducted from the £27 rent.^{Chancery Proceedings C11/1796/1} The argument went on to one point where Smith was arrested and the case was tried at Hertford Assizes, but was discharged because Thrale could not produce a Promissory Note. How the wrangle settled itself is not known, but Smith was in fact imprisoned for eight months.^{Chancery Proceedings C11/1181/37}
• Property: Bef 1722, Saint Michaels, St Albans, Hertfordshire, England; Combined the meadows at St Michaels and St Peters, in St Albans provided a joint income of £22 per year.
• Property: Bef 1722, Saint Peters, St Albans, Hertfordshire, England; Combined the meadows at St Michaels and St Peters, in St Albans provided a joint income of £22 per year.
• Property: Bef 1722, Nomansland, Sandridge, Hertfordshire, England; Providing income of around £80 per year.
• Alt. Death: 1722
• Note: 1722; After his death, Abigail Thrale, the elder widow, Mary Thrale the younger widow, and Thomas Thrale were trying to insinuate that Ralph had not made a will in 1705. Thomas Thrale (executor to Ralph Thrale the senior) made a statement at the Mansion House ('domum mancionalem') of John Thrale at Hammonds, no doubt his son.^{Chancery Proceedings C11/60/3.} Whilst the conflict continued, many depositions were taken in 1725: John Andrews of Kings Langley, gentleman, brother to the Andrew sisters, also Askew, Wells, Smith, Epgrave, Sheppard, Pedder, Dollinge, Meadows, Sibley, Cox, George and Richard Crouch (Ralph Thrale had married Mary Crouch in 1709 at St. Benets Paul Wharf, London and Richard Crouch was her father), Sheppard. Other deponents were Thomas Thrale who at that time was at Cell Barnes in St. Peters, a yeoman, and Thomas Thrale at Marshals Wick, a gentleman, both members of the Marshalswick branch.
• Alt. Death: 1723

Ralph married Mary Crouch on 21 Jul 1709 in Saint Benet Pauls Wharf, Middlesex, England. Mary (daughter of Richard Crouch) died in 1743 in Sandridge, Hertfordshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Mr. ? Freeman. ? and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Property: Sandridge, Hertfordshire, England; Nomansland
• Land: 1705, Saint Michaels, St Albans, Hertfordshire, England; Bequeathed from his father High Croft in St. Michaels.
• Land: 1705, Saint Peters, St Albans, Hertfordshire, England; Bequeathed from his father Wall Close in St. Peters.
• Note: 1705; Bequeathed £500 from his father.

Notes:

Died:
His sister Abigail Prentice reported that he had inherited £500 but had died in 1707 and she complained that his estate was not being shared out in the proper way.

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• Property: Sandridge, Hertfordshire, England; Nomansland
• Election: 1754; Ralph is recorded as voting for Edward Gardener in the parliamentary election. Voting rights came with being a "40-shilling Freeholder" i.e. he owned freehold property worth at least 40 shillings a year in rent or income.

Ralph married Sarah Halsey on 23 Sep 1732 in Ayot Saint Peter, Hertfordshire, England. Sarah was born in Kimpton, Hertfordshire, England; died in 1798-1799. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Property: 1720, Abbots Langley, Hertfordshire, England; Inherited from his father; : Leavesden Farm

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• Residence: Croydon, Surrey, England

Notes:

The will of Thomas Thrale's brother - George died 1811 - shows that Thomas had three children.

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Property: Nomansland, Sandridge, Hertfordshire, England

Ralph married Ann Parsons on 14 Mar 1775 in Sandridge, Hertfordshire, England. Ann (daughter of Jonathan Parsons and Mary) was born about 1735 in Sandridge, Hertfordshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Property: Chiswick, Middlesex, England
• Property: Beech Hide, Sandridge, Hertfordshire, England
• Occupation: Brewer

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• Residence: 1808, Wheathampstead, Hertfordshire, England; Towhorn

Family/Spouse: Anne. and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Sarah married John Floyd on 26 May 1768 in Sandridge, Hertfordshire, England. John and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]