Bysouth ~ Extra List
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    BAPTISMS  
    Baptism of Thomas BESOWTHE 6 Apr 1558 at Reed, Hertfordshire, son of Thomas Besowthe (ref fmp)
 
    Baptism of Johanes BESOUTH, 29 Dec 1686 at Kings Langley, Hertfordshire, son of Johannis Besouth.
(ref Ancestry, England & Wales Christening Records 1530-1906)
 
    Baptism of William BYSOUTH 2 Sep 1760 at Reed, Hertfordshire, son of John Bysouth & Sarah
(ref familysearch record)
 
    Birth registration of Maria BYSOUTH Dec qtr 1843 at Royston dist, Hertfordshire, no mother given.
Her death registration in the same quarter age 0. Many possibilities at that place and time. No baptism or burial found.
 
    UNIVERSITY  
    BESOUTH, John, s. Christopher, of Cornerhall, Herts, pleb. TRINITY COLL., matric. 20 May, 1636, aged 16.
 
    MARRIAGES  
    Marriage of John BESOWTH to Cecyle JONES
15 Jan 1555/56, parish of All Saints, Kingston Upon Thames
(ref Ancestry Surrey England Baps Marr & Burials 1538-1812)

    Marriage of Gyles BYSOUTH to Katherin BARRET
62 Feb 1605/06 at St Martin, West Drayton, Hillingdon Borough, Middlesex
(ref Ancestry)


    Marriage of John BYSOUTH to Elizabeth BORRISON
6 Mar 1718/19, John Bysouth of Reed in Hertfordshire to Elizabeth Borrison of Enfield.
Marriage place: London, England.
(ref Ancestry, Clandestine Marriage & Baptism Register )


    Marriage of Mary BESOUTH to William YELDALL
24 Nov 1728, Mary Besouth of St Clements Dean to William Yeldall of St Clements Dean.
Marriage place: London, England.
(ref Ancestry, Clandestine Marriage & Baptism Register)
 
    Marriage of Joseph BESOUTH to Mary WYATT
2 Feb 1729/30, Joseph Besouth of St Gyles Cripplegate to Mary Wyatt of St Gyles Cripplegate.
Marriage place: London, England.
(ref Ancestry, Clandestine Marriage & Baptism Register)
 
    Marriage of Lydia BESOUTH to James BULLING
6 Jan 1736/37. Lydia Besouth of Cripplegate to James Bulling of Cripplegate.
Marriage place: London, England.
(ref Ancestry, Clandestine Marriage & Baptism Register)
 
    Marriage of Mary BESOUTH to Robert WILLIS
16 Apr 1749, Mary Besouth of St James's Westminster to Robert Willis of St Lukes Chelsea.
Marriage place: London, England.
(ref Ancestry, Clandestine Marriage & Baptism Register)
 
    BURIALS  
    Burial of Alice BYSOUTH on 6 Jun 1600 at parish of St Laurence, Cowley, Middlesex, spouse Walter Bysouth
(ref Ancestry London England Baps Marr & Burs 1538-1812).

    Burial of Andrew BESOUTH on 1 May 1645 at parish of Barkway, Hertfordshire (ref fmp).
    Burial of Rebecca BYSOUTH on 27 Sep 1717 at parish of St Margaret, Uxbridge, Borough of Hillingdon, Middlesex, daughter of Abraham Bysouth
(ref Ancestry).

    Burial of Mary BYSOUTH on 1 Oct 1717 at parish of St Margaret, Uxbridge, Borough of Hillingdon, Middlesex, spouse of Abraham Bysouth
(ref Ancestry).


    UNIDENTIFIED  
    William BYSOUTH
Born approximately 1878 (ref 1901 census and newspaper records).
Born approximately 1882 (for the death record).
No match found for this range of dates.

Ref 1901 census (31 Mar 1901). Yorkshire (East riding), England. Civil Parish of Sculcoates. Registration dist of Sculcoates. Address: His Majesty's Prison, Hedon Road Hull.
William Bysouth. Prisoner. Single. Age 23. General Labr. Born Stratford, Warwickshire.
"THE ONLY CASE. William Bysouth (23), labourer, was indicted charged with breaking and entering a bakehouse at Burstwick with intent to commit a felony. Mr H. S. Cautley, M.P., who prosecuted, said the prosecutor (William Ness) while in bed heard the barking of dogs and the voices of two men. He went downstairs and noticed that the outside doors were open, but did not see any men in the yard. His wife, however, from the bedroom window, saw prisoner leave the bakehouse and go behind a haystack, where he (prisoner) was afterwards found covered with hay. - Prisoner pleaded guilty, and admitted having been previously convicted for felony. - He was found guilty and sentenced to three months' imprisonment." (Hull Daily Mail, Tuesday 9 April 1901)

"EASTRIDING POLICE MATTERS. ... A tramp, William Bysouth, was summoned for being found on enclosed premises at Anlaby, on the 21st October. - Defendant was committed to gaol for three months." (ref Hull Daily Mail, Wednesday 23 October 1901)

"HEDON PETTY SESSIONS. ... A noted character, Wm. Bysouth, was charged under the Vagrancy Act with loitering at Hedon on the 29th ult., and committed for three months' hard labour." (ref Hull Daily Mail, Thursday 10 July 1902)

"A RECORD LAZY MAN. - William Bysouth, who has the reputation of being the laziest man that has ever been in Hedon-road Gaol, was sent to prison for two months for begging. Prisoner had been convicted fourteen times before. The Court Missionary (Mr Melton) described him as a man too lazy to do anything. One occasion he was offered six shillingsworth of food, but prisoner said that he was tired, and it was too far to walk from the gaol to the Police-station to get it." (ref Hull daily Mail, Friday 19 Dec 1902)

It is believed by me that the following record is for his death.
Death reg of William Bysouth Jun qtr 1939 at Watford dist, Hertfordshire age 57 (ref FreeBMD).
Died 13 Apr 1939 at Leavesden Hospital, Watford Rural, Watford R.D. William Bysouth aged 57 years [he would have been 66]. Of Hampstead Workhouse. Labourer. Informant: E.C.Dax, Superintendent, Leavesden Hospital, Watford. (ref Death Cert). Co-incidentally, the informant, Dr Eric Cunningham Dax, was a world-class Psychiatrist who migrated to Australia to hold leading roles in Victorian and Tasmanian mental health.

Information about Leavesden Hospital is available on the internet. Among its other duties, the newly formed Metropolitan Asylums Board (MAB) was charged with providing healthcare for 'insane paupers' living in workhouses but unlikely to be harmful or dangerous. Violent patients were sent to the county lunatic asylums. The medical character of patients was that they had a mental handicap.
 
    WILLS AND PROBATE  
    Ancestry, UK Extracted Probate Records:
Name: Besouth, Besowthe, George
Dates: 1542
Place: Barkway, Herts., Hertfordshire, England
Book: Marriages at Curry Rivel, 1642 to 1812. (Marriage)
Collection: Essex, Hertfordshire: Chelmsford - Wills, 1400-1619
Volume: Index to Wills Now Preserved in the Essex Record Office Chelmsford 1400 - 1619
Chapter: fo. 53
Text: * 1542 Besouth, Besowthe, George, late of Barkway, Herts. 79 BW 3
 
    Ancestry, UK Extracted Probate Records:
Name: Besowth, Christopher
Dates: 1575
Place: General, England
Book: 1558 to 1583.
Collection: England: Canterbury - Wills proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, 1558-1583 (A-Z)
Text: 1575 Besowth, Christopher, Corner Hall, par. Hempsted, Herts. 53 Pyckering
 
    Ancestry, UK Extracted Probate Records: This Will is available online.
Name: Besowth, Richard
Dates: 1575
Place: General, England
Book: 1558 to 1583.
Collection: England: Canterbury - Wills proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, 1558-1583 (A-Z)
Text: 1575 Besowth, Richard, Hemelhampsted, Herts. 26 Pyckering
 
    Ancestry, UK Extracted Probate Records:
Name: Besouth , Besowth , Ronyon
Dates: 1576
Place: Reed, Herts., Essex, England
Book: Marriages at Curry Rivel, 1642 to 1812. (Marriage)
Collection: Essex, Hertfordshire: Chelmsford - Wills, 1400-1619
Volume: Index to Wills Now Preserved in the Essex Record Office Chelmsford 1400 - 1619
Chapter: Volume 4.
Text: 1576 Besouth, Besowth, Ronyon, (Reed, Herts.) 242 MR 3
 
    Ancestry, UK Extracted Probate Records:
Name: Besouth , Besouthe , Joan
Dates: 1578
Place: Fordham, Essex, England
Book: Marriages at Curry Rivel, 1642 to 1812. (Marriage)
Collection: Essex, Hertfordshire: Chelmsford - Wills, 1400-1619
Volume: Index to Wills Now Preserved in the Essex Record Office Chelmsford 1400 - 1619
Chapter: Volume 4.
Text: 1578 Besouth, Besouthe, Joan, wid., Fordham 84 CR 7
 
    Ancestry, UK Extracted Probate Records:
Name: Besowthe , John
Dates: 1586
Place: General, England
Book: 1584 to 1604.
Collection: England: Canterbury - Wills Proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury 1584-1604
Text: 1586 Besowthe, John, the heath, par. Hempsteed, Herts. 54 Windsor
 
    Ancestry, UK Extracted Probate Records:
Name: Besouth , Besowthe , William
Dates: 1597
Place: East Reed, Herts., Essex, England
Book: Marriages at Curry Rivel, 1642 to 1812. (Marriage)
Collection: Essex, Hertfordshire: Chelmsford - Wills, 1400-1619
Volume: Index to Wills Now Preserved in the Essex Record Office Chelmsford 1400 - 1619
Chapter: Volume 4.
Text: 1597 Besouth, Besowthe, William, labourer, East Reed, Herts. 367 BW 5
 
    Ancestry, UK Extracted Probate Records:
Name: Bysowth , Thomas
Place: Longborough, Gloucestershire, England
Book: Burialls 1604. (Burial)
Collection: Gloucestershire: - Calendar of Wills, Court of Bishop of Gloucester, 1541-1650
Volume: Calendar of Gloucestershire Wills.
Chapter: 1593.
Text: Bysowth, Thomas, Longborough
 
    Ancestry, UK Extracted Probate Records:
Name: Besouth , Besowth , Edward
Dates: 1614
Place: East Reed, Herts., Hertfordshire, England
Book: Marriages at Curry Rivel, 1642 to 1812. (Marriage)
Collection: Essex, Hertfordshire: Chelmsford - Wills, 1400-1619
Volume: Index to Wills Now Preserved in the Essex Record Office Chelmsford 1400 - 1619
Chapter: fo. 53
Text: 1614 Besouth, Besowth, Edward, labourer, East Reed, Herts. 117 BW 7
 
    Ancestry, UK Extracted Probate Records:
Name: Bysouth , William
Dates: 1615
Place: Huntingdon, Lincolnshire, England
Book: Calendar of Wills Proved and of Administrations Granted in the Commissary Court of the Peculiar and Exempt Jurisdiction of Groby, 1580-1800. (Will)
Collection: Lincolnshire and Huntingdonshire: - Calendar of Lincolnshire Wills, 1601-1652, Calendars of Huntingdonshire Wills, 1479-1652
Volume: Calendar of Wills and Administrations in the Archdeaconry of Huntingdon Now Preserved in the Probate Registry of Peterborough.
Chapter: Original Wills in Bundles. 1615-1652.
Text: 1615 Bysouth, William, Huntingdon (nuncupative) 5 20 59
 
    Ancestry, UK Extracted Probate Records:
Name: Besouth , Dorothy
Dates: 1617
Place: General, England
Book: Wills Proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, and now Preserved in the Principal Probate Registry. 1605 to 1619. (Will)
Collection: England: Canterbury - Wills Proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, 1605-1619
Text: 1617 Besouth, Dorothy, widow, Hemel Hemsted, Herts. 108 Weldon
 
    Ancestry, UK Extracted Probate Records:
Name: Besouth, Giles
Dates: 1623
Place: General, England
Book: 1620 to 1629.
Collection: England: Canterbury - Wills Proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, 1620-1629
Text: 1623 Besouth, Giles, yeoman, Harlington, co. Middlesex 24 Swann
 
    Ancestry, UK Extracted Probate Records:
Name: Bysouth , John
Dates: 1630
Place: Gt. Tey, Essex, England
Book: Marriages at Curry Rivel, 1642 to 1812. (Marriage)
Collection: Essex, Hertfordshire: Chelmsford - Wills, 1620-1720
Volume: Index To Wills Now Preserved In The Essex Record Office Chelmsford
Chapter: 1620-1720
Text: 1630 Bysouth, John, yeo., Gt. Tey 184 BW 50
 
    Ancestry, UK Extracted Probate Records:
Name: Bysouth , John
Dates: 1638
Place: Gt. Tey, Essex, England
Book: Marriages at Curry Rivel, 1642 to 1812. (Marriage)
Collection: Essex, Hertfordshire: Chelmsford - Wills, 1620-1720
Volume: Index To Wills Now Preserved In The Essex Record Office Chelmsford
Chapter: 1620-1720
Text: 1638 Bysouth, John, yeo., Gt. Tey 242 CW 12
 
    Ancestry, UK Extracted Probate Records:
Name: Bysouth , Besouth , John
Dates: 1639
Place: Fordham, Essex, England
Book: Marriages at Curry Rivel, 1642 to 1812. (Marriage)
Collection: Essex, Hertfordshire: Chelmsford - Wills, 1620-1720
Volume: Index To Wills Now Preserved In The Essex Record Office Chelmsford
Chapter: 1620-1720
Text: 1639 Bysouth, Besouth, John, Fordham 185 BW 55
 
    Ancestry, UK Extracted Probate Records:
Name: Bysouth , John
Dates: 1686
Place: East Reed, Herts., Hertfordshire, England
Book: Marriages at Curry Rivel, 1642 to 1812. (Marriage)
Collection: Essex, Hertfordshire: Chelmsford - Wills, 1620-1720
Volume: Index To Wills Now Preserved In The Essex Record Office Chelmsford
Chapter: 1620-1720
Text: 1686 Bysouth, John, yeo., East Reed, Herts. 59 BR 12
 
    A document regarding one William Bysowthe or Bysoth of Stedham in Hertfordshire (presumably present-day Studham) has been provided with translation by David Bethell (2015) dated Hilary 1558 reads as follows. Studham and Flamstead, Hertfordshire are approximately 6 miles apart, and are about 40 miles from Royston. At present nothing else is known of this William Bysowthe.

Source: Public Record Office: CP 40/1177
Title: Common Pleas Hilary 1 Elizabeth
Hilary 1559
Westminster

Pl’ita apud Westmr coram Anthonio Broune et Socijs suis Justic’ d’ne Regine D Banco D Termino s’ci Hillarij Anno regni d’ne Elizabeth dei gr’a Anglie Francie & Hib’nie Regine fidei defensoris &c’ Primo


Pleas at Westminster before Anthony Broune and his fellows, justices of the lady queen de Banco, for Hilary term in the 1st year of the reign of lady Elizabeth by the grace of God queen of England, France and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, &c.

Hertf’
Rob’tus Aprece genrosus filius & heres apparens Will’mi Aprece alias d’cus Rob’tus Aprece genrosus p attorn’ suu’ op’ se quarto Die vrsus Thomam Payne nup de Flamsted in Com’ prd’co Husbondman’ alias d’cm Thomam Payne de Flamsted in Com’ Hertf’ Husbondman’ & vrsus Joh’em Resen’ nup de Flamsted in Com’ prd’co Husbondman’ alias d’cm Joh’em Recen’ de eadem’ villa & Com’ Husbondman’ & vrsus Joh’em Payce nup de Flamsted in Com’ prd’co Husbondman’ alias d’cm Joh’em Payce de Flamsted in Com’ Hertf’ Husbondman’ & vrsus Will’m Bysowth’e nup de Stedham’ in Com’ prd’co Husbondman’ alias dictu’ Will’m Bysoth de Stedham’ in Com’ prd’co Husbondman’ De pl’ito q’d prd’cus Thomas Payne reddat ei quadraginta libr’ & q’d prd’cus Joh’es Resen’ redd’ ei quadraginta libr’  Et q’d prd’cus Joh’es Payse redd’ ei triginta libr’ & q’d prd’cus Will’ms Bysowth’ redd’ ei trigint’ libr’ quas ei debent & iniuste detine’t &c’  Et ip’i non ven’  Et prec’ fuit vic’ q’d Sum’ eos  Et vic’ modo Mand’ q’d nichil h’ent  I’o capiantr q’d sint hic a Die Pasch’ in xv Dies [9 April 1559] &c’


Hertfordshire
Robert Aprece gentleman, son and heir apparent of William Aprece, otherwise called Robert Aprece gentleman, appeared by his attorney for a fourth day against Thomas Payne late of Flamsted in the county aforesaid
husbondman otherwise called Thomas Payne of Flamsted in county Hertford husbondman, and against John Resen late of Flamsted in the county aforesaid husbondman otherwise called John Recen of the same vill and county husbondman, and against John Payce late of Flamsted in the county aforesaid husbondman otherwise called John Payce of Flamsted in county Hertford husbondman and against William Bysowthe late of Stedham in the county aforesaid husbondman otherwise called William Bysoth of Stedham in the county aforesaid husbondman, in a plea that the aforesaid Thomas Payne render him £40, and that the aforesaid John Resen render him £40, and that the aforesaid John Payse render him £30, and that the aforesaid William Bysowth render him £30; which they owe him and unjustly withhold &c. And (the defendants) have not come; and it had been ordered the sheriff to summon them; and the sheriff now reports that they have nothing (in his bailiwick in lands or chattels whereby they might be attached) &c. Therefore let them be taken, to be here on the quindene of Easter &c.

Bysowthe late of Stedham in the county aforesaid
husbondman otherwise called William Bysoth of Stedham
 


Updated 11 Aug 2021