History of Berkyn Manor (Milton)

	John Milton

• 1458 John Berkyn died
• 1560 Nov 24th Will of Thomas Bulstrode left a (Berkyn) Manor to 2nd son Thomas
• 1588 Rayners had bought Colnbrook Farm during the reign of Elizabeth I and that they had previously owned a farm down the lane.
• 1626 34 people die of plague in Horton
• 1632-1638 John Milton lived with his father John & brother Christopher in Horton (future Berkyn Manor) house rented from Earl of BridgeWater , Sir John Egerton
• 1637 Apr 03 Milton's Mother Sara wife of John is buried in St Michaels
• 1640? Milton family home broken up after his 2 year trip to Continent, but Milton returned to Horton several times after trip (where he met Gallileo)
• 1647 John Milton's father dies
• 1659 William Rayner born (First Certain Ancestor)
• 1665 John Milton moves to Chalfont St Giles
• 1840 Mr. Thomas Woodward Resident of Berkyn Manor before the Cooke Family dies in his 90's
• 1848 Edward Tyrrell buys Berkyn Manor from the trustees of Mr. John Cooke
• 1848 Edward (Remembrancer of the City of London) & Frances Tyrrell move to Berkyn Manor from Tunbridge Wells
• 1848 Edward Tyrrell born 1791/2 from 1851 Census (age 59 in census), Esq., rebuilds Berkyn Manor , Frances (nee Lingham) Tyrrell age 49 in 1851 census (12 servants) Avery is 7 in 1848
• 1870 Captain Avery Tyrrell (Master of the Worshipful Company of Upholders)
• 1872 Nov 21 Avery Tyrrell married Annetta Chartry de la Fosse Toker
• 1879 Jan 17 Annetta Chatry de la Fosse, first wife of Avery Tyrrell dies age 38 (cross in St Michaels)
• 1880 St Michaels church organ of 1880 cost £305. The pointed tops to the pipes and the stencilled decoration are unusual; they were made at the insistance of Avery Tyrrel of Berkyn Manor who defrayed the cost
• 1881 05 Jun Edward Tyrrell dies his son Avery (Widower) inherits
• 1881 Date on rear of Berkyn Manor
• 1884 Dairy at Berkyn Manor built marked in bricks AV1884 Avery Tyrrell
• 1885 Jul 14 Avery Tyrrell marries Sarah Edith Davids at Paddington
• 1886 Stables at Berkyn Manor built Avery Tyrrell (boar's head with peacock feathers coat of arms)
• 1909 Apr 28 Last Tyrrell Dies (Avery Tyrrell) in Berkyn Manor Left £73,331.3s.2d
• 1944 Sarah Edith Tyrrell widow of Avery Tyrrell dies Virginia Waters
• 1945 Apr -- Rayners buy Berkyn Manor from Shore family
• 1945 Ernest Rayner moves into Berkyn Manor as farmer
• 1987 Nov 11 Ernest Rayner (former County Councillor) last resident of Berkyn Manor Died age 96

	Edward Tyrrell

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St Michaels Horton

Windows on southside (St Michaels Horton) dedicated by Avery Tyrrell to parents Edward & Frances & first wife

Chancel floor slab to Milton's mother Sara East window dedicated to Milton, writing paradise lost

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HISTORY OF THE PARISH OF WRAYSBURY, ANKERWYCKE PRIORY, MAGNA CHARTA ISLAND; HISTORY OF HORTON,AND THE TOWN OF COLNBROOK, BUCKS.

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I find mention made of one John Berkyn, who deceased 36 Hen. VI. 1458, in a deed in which the Rev. Dr. William Westbury, Provost of Eton College, who died 1477, is cited 10th April, 37 Henry VI. He was the fourth Provost of Eton College, which was dedicated "to the blessed Marie of Etone beside Wyndesore." This Provost was of celebrity in his day, and his merit was strenuously and successfully to oppose the union of Eton College with Windsor College, proposed by King Edward IV. Harl. MS. 5564. John Berkyn held and had the fishery in the Thames with a Weir, called Horne de Were in Edeston, being the house, lands and fishery belonging to the Provost of Eton. The deed is in the public Record Depository, and the reference is to be found in Martin's Index to deeds of grant. In another grant of 1494, this same weir and fishery was granted to Eton a deed 1 Henry VII. (which the Bailiffs of Cookham and Bray, previously granted to Charles Rippon), is cited. It may not be remote from verisimilitude, for we have no express testimony, that this manor was either so called from John Berkyn himself, or that he was of Horton, and took for patronymic the place of his nativity, suffice to add, that this is indubitably the site of a manor, and it was given by the will of Thomas Bulstrode, proved 24th November, 1560, to his second son, Thomas, from whom it came to his elder brother, Edward, as appears in its proper place see Pedigree of Bulstrode, p. 217. The name has been revived by the present owner of a handsome edifice, built on the identical area where our great epic Poet lived and sung. [PRESUMABLY = MILTON]

Traditions exist, which are referred to our own times, although curiosity has not been until lately so ardent about the spot, and point to the ground where Berkyn House now stands as the veritable endroit, where until recently flourished an apple tree, and where yet exists in all its solidity of architecture a red-bricked pigeon house, recognised and respected as the identical one extant in the Bard's time, a Columbarium adequate for the family, and such as were appendant to country residences. The modern residence, approached from the road through very handsome iron gates, to which a lodge is attached of a corresponding character, is of deep red brick, Elizabethan style, with stone inser- tions, comprising all the indispensables of modern comfort, and constructed with a becoming and judicious taste by Edward Tyrrell, Esq. the City Remembrancer, an office of trust and honour, also held by his late father, Timothy Tyrrell, Esq. This ground, and the house then upon it, were acquired from the trustees of Mr. John Cooke in 1848, and the improvements effected since the purchase justifies the village in its praise on account of the exchange. The park, though small, is reduced to order; the streams humectate without o'er flowing the land, and the picturesque stamp of the spot enlivens the spirit and charms the eye. The gardens have produced all requisites in a very brief space, like the fabulous ones of old, c: which one day bloomed and fruitful were the next." This Locale is then traditionally the hallowed spot, and the old house now demolished is adjudged to have been the same which the Poet's father rented of the Earl of Bridgewater, Sir John Egerton

	Avery Tyrrell

	Berkyn Manor

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