Hello to all you Newburgh/Newberry/Morris folks. I will be sending out a newsletter in the next couple of days to report on several new findings. 

Things are coming together so that we can make a reasonable connection between the Newburghs of Lulworth and the people who moved into the triangle area of Stockland, Membury, and Dalwood. Many people believe this group are not related to the armigerous Lulworth family. Soon, I think you will agree that indeed, there was a connection after the younger sons of the Lord of East Lulworth were struggling to remain relevant.

If you remember from old news back around 2010, we came to the conclusion that our New England relatives (Thomas and Richard Newbery) were cousins. There was what appeared to be a feud going on in the mid-16th century between their fathers and grandfathers. 

Some older information garnered from medieval Stockland is suddenly beginning to make sense. 

The newsletter for April 2025 will be the last for awhile. I am putting all the information together that I have gathered over the past twenty years and will be publishing it in a cogent manner in 2026, under the possible title: The Quintessential Medieval History of the Newburgh Family of SW Dorset. 

I am debating using the word Quintessential or Existential in the title. What do you think? Which ever works best will be used in the end. 

This book, through original documentation, is going to tell a history that has never been published. Hutchins' work "The History of Dorset" was first published in 1774. Most of his facts came via word of mouth, from people who either knew or were related to the family. Consequently, a lot of facts were left out. That is where I come in to the picture.

Let me explain. Back in 2005, I sat down and began reading Joseph Gardner Bartlett's genealogy of the Newburgh family. I was bothered by what appeared to be missing links. Bartlett unfortunately did little original work when putting together his Newberry genealogy compendium. Essentially, his work was copied from a framework provided by Hutchins. Bartlett was commissioned by John S. Newberry to write this history. 

In the 1920's the College of Arms began writing to Bartlett pointing out numerous errors. There was a postal exchange up until around 1929 where the pursuivant argued Bartlett's mistakes and Bartlett argued back that he was spot on. Consequently, Bartlett never corrected his mistakes. 

The problem with Hutchins and Bartlett is that they left out a whole society of people descended from John Newburgh Esq. Lord of E. Lulworth, born 7 July 1402, d. 27 March 1483/4. 

The Esquire had two sons born about the same time. *JOHN JR. was born to his wife Edith Attemore. *WILLIAM was born to the Esquire's mistress Alice Carent. Alice became his second wife when Edith died c. 1448. Both these sons were born in the 1430's. Exact dates are unknown. 

With his first wife Edith, The Esquire went on to have a son named Robert, and his youngest was Thomas. The Esquire was married to Edith for twenty-six years. By the time Edith died, Alice was entering middle-age. She had only one more child with the Esquire, their daughter Isabel. The schism in this story is - Hutchins and Bartlett claimed all of the Esquire's children were produced by his second wife Alice who died in 1482.

I knew there was something wrong and finally went to the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, where I looked at the microfilm of the Feet of Fines, Vol. 10, pages 370-371. These two pages blew Hutchins and Bartlett's histories right out of the water. In the quiet of the library I whopped with joy. Fifteen years later, I am finally and getting to the facts together.

John Jr. has been inadequately researched, probably due to unfortunate events involving his half brother William. 

Consequently, John Jr.'s sons and grandson are barely recognized, especially in Hutchins' work. William on the other hand, was celebrated. At the time of his death at Tewkesbury, William had four sons who were widely acclaimed and became heirs to their grandfather the Esquire.

So my new book is delving into the real history behind John Jr. and his family who were descended from the Attemore family. These people are essential to the telling of the truth. 

Milton Abbey is key to solving John Jr.'s descendants and their movement to Stockland. 

I also will be adding new information about some of the history of their descendants who immigrated to New England in the mid-17th century. 

If anything really astounding crops up in the future, I will post a short squib here and on the BLOG on the deNovoBurgoChronicles.com web site.

So I hope all of you will join me in supporting the new history of the Newburghs. All my work is verifiable through original documents obtained from various archives in the UK. Please share this widely with your family members who value authentic genealogy. I will send out a notice of pre-launch so folks can sign up for a copy. Please encourage your families to signup for my mailing list. To do that, just go to the contact page on the deNovoBurgoChronicles.com web site.

​Many thanks!

Working on the Newbery people of Stockland a new document has come to light showing that William Newbery went to court to maintain possession of the vicarage in Stockland. (William Newbery v. Pery C 1/1254/23-26)   It appears that he was backed up by the Fry family in his quest.  However, the document is still in process as the final conclusion of the document is badly damaged.

Stockland Newbery's according to Bartelot DHC/D/RGBLL277


William Newbery of Stockland b. c. 1520 wife unknown
     1. Robert Newbery of Stockland + ______
             i. Joane Newbery  living in 1605 m. William Frye of Yarty
            ii. Robert Newbery of Stockland b. c. 1591 in Yarcom,  m. Ann ___
                    a. unknown child
     2. Agnes Newbery of Stockland + Wm. Mallock of Axmouth
              i. William Mallock of Axminster will 1571
     3. Thomas Newbery of Stockland b. c. 1575 d. 1654 + Abigail Warre or Warry b. c. 1580
         m. 1600 in Dalwood
              i. Richard Newberie b. Dalwood 1608  m. Mary Legge 1634 in Dalwood
                      a.  Richard Newbery b. 1634 Dalwood m. Joan Wyot of Chardstock 1661 Membury
                                i. William b. 1662 m. Mary Frye 
                      b. John Newberry of Osmore/Membury bap. 1635 Dalwood
                          + Mary Underwood m. Mmbury 1670
                      c. William Newberry bap. 1642
                      d. Joan bap. 1630
     4.  Richard Newbery + Joane Baker of Stockland m. 1599 in Dalwood
     5.  John Newbery + Joan Gillett m. 1594 in Dalwood
                 1.  John Newbery of Membury +Mary____
                        a. Agnes Newberry bap. 1654 Membury

ALTERNATE PEDIGREE FOR THOMAS AND ABIGAIL from original docs 

Thomas b. c. 1575 m. Abigail Warr b. c. 1580 m. 1600
     1.  William
     2.  ___dau. m. John Rugg, and they produced a child John
     3.  Elizabeth m. William Hanne (Hayne?) children: William and Elizabeth Hanne
     4.  Thomas m. Jane Bomdyll (Bonville?)  son: John
     5.  Joan bap. 1604 m. John Dommet son: Bernard
     6.  Richard bap. 1608 m. Mary Lugg children: Richard and Raw____

I seem to be hot on the trail of the Newburgh/Newbery family who populated Stockland.  In the 1497 lists of the people who were involved in the Perkin Warbeck saga, there was a John and William Newbery who were involved in protecting Perkin as Yorkists.  So we have a peg in the map now showing they were there. 
 
Now a document from the British Archives has been uncovered showing a William Newbery who was trying to retrieve rights to the parsonage held by his ancestors, William and Adam Attemore who were brothers.  These two brothers held land all over Dorset.  This string of people is beginning to run in an unbroken line that previous historians have flung to the wind letting the pieces fall where they may.

History writes in 25 Edward III 1351
“Richard Maury, abbot of Milton, and his convent to grant the manors of Stockland [now in Devon] except the advowson of the vicarage, with the hamlets of Up-Sydling, Ellstone, and Loscombe [in Sydling] and Lye [in Stockland] and the guesthouse of the abbey with its curtilage to Thomas Cary, William Atte Moore, and Adam Attemoore for the life of the said Richard.”

Additionally I discovered that the manor of Wootton Glanville was at one time held by Milton Abbey, which is another important part of the Newburgh family legacy.  It was originally held by Adam Attemore’s son Robert and was  handed down to his daughter Edith Attemore who took it to her marriage with John Newburgh Esquire!
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The pieces are falling into place fast!  I will be reporting on this when the translation comes back for this document.  Pery vs. Newbery  C 1/1254/23-26

The news today is . . . we have made significant progress in identifying more of Sir Roger's family. My colleague Chris Phillips has been instrumental in translating a very difficult parchment showing all the names associated in previous documents relating to Sir Roger. I am working on a lengthy article that will finally put to bed a lot of the errors made by historians John Hutchins and Joseph Gardner Bartlett in the genealogies of the Newburghs and Newbery families. They are numerous and disturbing. I think it may be because of this line's Yorkist history, much of which was erased through Henry VII's reign. Happily some of it remains, though we still don't have death documents for Roger, only what remains in other family chronicles.

It appears that Sir Roger must have died shortly after his own brother Walter who died in 1517. Roger's daughter Anastasia married James Frampton. He died between 1521 and 1523. Anastasia seems to have been deceased as well. Short life times for these folks. There are several questions about Frampton's death date that we are still working on. In his IPM we believe he was pointing out that Sir Roger's manor at Upwey was still in his descendant's possession. Still working on this and another document.

This will be the beginning of the end of my research into this family. At the end I plan on another book that will turn the genealogy of the Newburghs around sending it in the right direction instead of into unsurmountable oblivion like previous histories have done. This will probably help those of you who are invested in DNA projects to get the right slant on your pedigrees and especially important to genealogists who are stumped about their lines. This has been a 20 year endeavor and will probably be my final work on this subject. I would like to get back to writing novels and children's books, though I do love this medieval history.
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This AI representation is of Lulworth Castle at East Lulworth, Dorset.

Yikes! I am on a roll today. This is another of those, "Why didn't I see this before?" moments. As you all know, I have been trying to separate all the Roger Newburghs who were living in the mid 15th century at Lulworth. There were three.

But did you know there were also two known Anastasia Newburghs who lived in the same time period? Well, today I finally figured out that both Anastasia's were married into the Frampton family. (separated by two generations) This had me flummoxed for a very long time partly because the three Roger's were all considered knights and technically lived at Lulworth. (The classes of knights are the problem when distinguishing between them.) * See below

THREE ROGERS:

1. Roger (I) HEIR and grandson to John Newburgh Esq. (d. 1483).
    His father was William, bastard son of the Esquire. His mother was Alice Carent  
    the Esquire's second wife whom he m.  circa 1448. (Feet of Fines Vol. XX, 370-71)

2. Roger (II) was son of the Esquire's eldest son John Jr. (Yorkist) John Jr.'s bros. were Robert &
    Thomas. Roger's father John Jr. who lost his primogeniture when he supported the Yorkist cause.
​    **see more explanation below.  Anastasia #2 below was the daughter of this Roger.
    
3. Roger (III) son of of Roger #2 above (probably a Yorkist)
    (Knight of the Bath 1494 and steward to Milton Abbey 1511)

WOMEN NAMED ANASTASIA:

1. Anastasia (I) - the Esquire had a daughter named Anastasia who married into the Frampton family probably in the 1450's.  Her mother was Edith Attemore. Edith's grandmother was Anastasia.

2. Anastasia (II) was the daughter of Roger #2 above and she married Sir James Frampton (KB) who rode with Roger #3 above serving the King. 

ANCESTRAL ANASTASIA

The original Anastasia was the 1st wife of Adam Attemore (d. 1384), who was grandfather to Edith Attemore who was the first wife (m. 1422) of John Newburgh Esq. of Lulworth (d. 1483)

It also appears (IN THE PEDIGREE BELOW) the family's affiliation with Symondsbury was evident as early as the 1470s.

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*  With several classes of knights it becomes extremely difficult to distinguish who was who - based
    on their knighthood.  Roger #1 was probably a KNIGHT OF THE SHIRE, which was an elected
    position by the gentry of each county. Being a KNIGHT OF THE BATH (KB) was a different kind
    of knighthood when young men were inducted by the King himself after proper ceremony. 
    (see newsletters for more.)

    **John Jr.'s half brother William (father of Roger # 1 above) died on the Tewkesbury Battlefield in
       1471. Four months later their father John Newburgh Esq. transferred  his legacy via charters               (Lulworth, Winfrith et al.) to his grandsons John senior & Roger. 
       John sen. died of the sweating sickness in 1485. His heir was his brother Roger #1 above.

I am enthused! My colleague in England (Chris Phillips) has been able to see the Roy Rolls and things are beginning to look promising for unraveling the mystery of the areas around Bridport and Whitchurch Canonicorum.  These areas are listed in the Roy Rolls as having been involved in the Perkin Warbeck debacle in 1497.  There are supposedly over 340 people from that area who were attainted or executed.  Is it any wonder that the Newburgh name permutation was changed before 1500? 

Those areas are known to have been held by the Newburghs. Sir Roger Newburgh knight (steward of Milton Abbey) held Bridport for a time. He was belted in 1494. His grandfather was a Yorkist and huge supporter of Edward IV. Whitchurch Canonicorum was the area that immigrants to the New World (New England 1634) called home.  Read here more information about the Yorkists and their continued struggle for power. https://www.britannica.com/biography/Henry-VII-king-of-England.

Later . . . Sir Roger Newburgh's brother or a son (Walter) had children who seemed to go to WC after holding land in Netherbury.

In the 17th century his descendant, another Walter Newburgh, was a rector in Symondsbury and supported the immigrants who went to New England in 1634.

It is astonishing that historians have completely scrambled the third arm of this family, which as you know were seated in Tonerspuddle and were Yorkists. The Lulworth family were traditionally Lancastrians, and were the only people historians focused on, leaving the truth of our Newburgh line in the dustbin. It feels like we might be getting a little closer to the truth.

Now comes the hard work of translating what we have found. Stay tuned.

​In studying the Wars of the Roses, I have come to realize that some of the Newburghs may have left Dorset by the time Henry VII took the throne.  There is a fantastic video that discusses research about the Princes in the Tower by Phillipa Langley.  She originally discovered Richard III was buried under a modern car park, that had been the cemetery of a convent when he died.  Phillipa has researched European archives seeking clues to the possibility that the Princes actually survived and were secreted away for the Tower of London and continued to live - as opposed to what current British history claims - that Richard III had his nephews killed. 

When Henry VII took the throne he took pains to have a lot of documents destroyed. As the old saying goes, the victors write the history but he couldn’t touch those written in outside of England and filed in various archives across Europe.  Phillipa has done her due diligence and proven they continued to live, and that Richard (son of Edward IV) was actually the man Henry VII called Perkin Warbeck.

 So much political strife occurred between 1485 and 1495, much of which was unrecorded in England to protect the Tudors.  One fact that I was reminded of was that many Yorkists fled to Ireland where they were welcomed and supported.  Many of the 15th century Newburghs died between 1485 and 1495.  John Jr.’s sons died 1485 and 1491, but there are no death documents for them.  Was it because of their Yorkist sympathies?  Many Yorkists fled to Ireland and were on hand when Richard aka Perkin Warbeck began his quest to win back the throne of England.  His aunt Margaret of Burgundy and the Holy Roman Emperor, Maximillian, were amassing armies and a navy to help him. 

One other thought, is this why in Devon, the name of the Newburgh family seems to have morphed becoming Newbery and why they are so hard to track? I still need to get a copy of the Roy Rolls, which I believe will help to tell the truth.  Original records are always preferable to those published in history books.

​Lately, I have been reading an interesting book by Ian Mortimer, "Time Traveler's Guide to Medieval England." For those of us hooked on medieval history it is a delight! He walks through various aspects of medieval life, anything from food, travel, customs, and more. Reading through this, you will find a whole new glossary of words that you have never heard. For instance, do you know what a gongfermor's job was? It is actually detailed on google. Have a look. I might post more interesting medieval words here in the future.