BLO(O)MFIELDs - Stoneham

[Lady Grace]

YI Win have you heard of this branch of Blomvyle/Blomvile? where do they fit in I wonder?

'According to records kept at Notre-Dame de Dives, in Dives sur Mer, Normandy, the de Blonville family was numbered among Duke William's 345 Companions in Arms who sailed in 1066 for the Battle of Hastings. Later, in 1068, Charles de Blonville followed the post-conquest resettlement opportunities (free land and manors) and took up substantial landholdings (until the late 20th century it was called Clockhouse Farm) near Saxmundham in Suffolk, East Anglia, where they remained until the mid 1800's. Selling the landholdings, they moved into the brewing industry first in Manchester and later in Australia. The family is well represented in the Church of St John in Saxmundham and on monuments in the attached graveyard.

It was recently claimed by Peter Blomfield, family genealogist and businessman based in Sydney, that evidence has been discovered suggesting that Duke William of Normandy, the illegitimate heir to the Normandy title, was - through his mother, Herleve de Falaise, the daughter of a wealthy Breton tanner - actually a member of the de Blonville family. Earl holds the title of Viscount de Blonville of Saxmundham.
 
   
 

http://www.earldeblonville.com/biography.html

[Lady Grace]

I am also trying to find out where/if  this Blomvyle Hall fits into the Family, its is an estate with several cottages and a farm I think, it must have belonged to a BLOMVYLE FAMILY  sometime in the past re the name..... if anyone has any info re garding it, I am sure we would all be interested, I can't find anything on-line re  previous owners-
 for sale 3 Blomvyle Hall Cottages, Easton Lane
 Blomvyle Hall  Easton Road,Hacheston, Woodbridge, Suffolk

[Greensleeves]

I think I know the family who owned it in the 1960s/70s, but they were not Blomfields I am afraid.  Presumably they bought it on the open market and had nothing to do with its history.

[Suffolk Mawther]

Have I given you the details for the Local History Recorder in Hacheston in the past?

Remember visiting Dives-sur-mer en vacances many years ago,  We chose to have a visit there because of links to 1066 and all that!

Pat ...

[Suffolk Mawther]

From White's 1844

'Bloomville Hall is a neat white-brick mansion belonging to the Duke of Hamilton but occupied by T Hanbury Esq.'

Duke of Hamilton's estate was at nearby Easton.

Now to find my 'Suffolk Houses' book 

Pat ...

PS - Well, when I went to find the book, husband asked what I was looking for and mentioned that he knew the people that lived at Bloomville Hall when he was young (and living in Framlingham), and in the book are several references to Blomvyle,s, the Hall, and the Clock House (which I had remembered seeing previously).  This will take a while to read it all and see if it is of any help to you.

Mmmmmm!  Greensleeves knew the folk at the Hall back then too 

[Lady Grace]

Thank you very much, I had a good look online and couldn't find a single thing, so thanks very much....:>)

[Lady Grace]

Also like Yi Win  we are looking for any data on  one William English c 1425, as his daughter Elizabeth,  wife of  Gilbert Blomvyle, is down as  heiress, so one would  imagine he had some sort of standing/property,  in the parish he lived in....all I have is Suffolk?

A link for anyone who wishes to read up on Manor Houses of Suffolk by
Walter Arthur Copinger
http://openlibrary.org/books/OL7045584M/The_Manors_of_Suffolk

[Lady Grace]

I have put a webpage up on two of our  Elizabethan ancestors, =WILLIAM BLOMEFIELD and MYLES BLOMEFYLDE....I was quite excited to find these two adventuresome Tudor gents were in our Blomfield Family tree, what a couple of amazing guys!  If anyone has any more info re these two I would be extremely grateful......I think their Blomfield tenacity has come through to the present generation!
 Still putting links up...

http://historyandmystery.homestead.com/MylesBlomefylde.html

[Lady Grace]

For anyone who is following this particular Blomfield Family Tree, I have found a marriage on Latter Day Saints genealogy site for a Myles Blomfield:
Mrs Myles Blomfield 1527 Bury St Edmunds
married a Myles Blomfield  in 1550 Bury St Edmunds..
I don't know how correct this is or how to check it but would say the odds are in favour its our Myles Blomfield born 1525, Bury St Edmunds,Suffolk
Now the task ahead is to find the link between MylesBlomfield/Blomefylde  and his kinsman?  William Blomfield born Bury St Edmunds, was a monk at the rich Bury Abbey until he was charged with heresy, both these fellows had a love of Alchemy and books..and were quite robust characters! both must have come from well heeled families...see webpage...William I would presume to  have come from a religious Catholic family to end up in the richest Abbey in England of that time..