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5. Bartlett Family
History
It has been said that if you can trace
your lineage back to the houses of Europe you have traced it
back to Adam & Eve.. For what it is worth, it has been
established, however weakly documented, that a line that uses
the Bible will reach back to Adam.
The Bartlett family owes it's beginning to King Pepin
and Queen Bertha of France. The parents of King Charles I (aka
Charlemagne) and his sister Bertha. Now Bertha married Milo,
Duke of Aigiant and they are the parents of the Bartlett line.
Their son, christened by the name of Berthaelot, a diminutive of
Bertha became the favorite of his uncle (Charlemagne) who
watched over him.
On one occasion, during the Festivale of Pentecost, at
the Great Court and Tournament, an important event relating to
the Bartlett Coat-of-Arms occured.
It seems that a son of the Duke of Aymon, named Raynard,
ventured into the chambers of the King demanding a payment in
gold for the death of his uncle Bevis. Charlemagne, enraged by
the insolence, removed the glove from his left hand and threw it
into Raynards face, thus creating a challenge to which Raynard
chose to withdraw. Berthelot retrieved the glove from the floor
returning it to Charlemagne. Among other things, Berthelot was
a master of chess. History says that, Sir Gordon, known as the
mischief-maker, coursed Barthelot to challenge Raynard in a
game of chess. After playing six games, tempers rose and the
meet erupted with words and blows upon which Raynard picked up
the heavy gold chess board and brought it down on the head of
Berthelot sending him to the floor. Where upon Raynard drew his
sword and brought it down splitting Berthelot's head leaving him
dead on the ground. Charlemagne hearing of the death of his
nephew decreed that the Berthelot family would be recognized by
three left-handed gloves with gold tassels to be emblazoned upon
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Our story
continues many years later in the country around Liseux along
the River Tougues in Normany. It is the year 1066 and we find
one Adam de Berthelot living there as a minor nobleman. He is
the personal esquire of Guido de Brionne, a Norman Knight.
Guillaume, Duke of Normany, has decided to carry out
an invasion of England. All those owing him their allegiance and
others wishing to attend were called to serve. Guido de Brionne
was one commanded to assemble with his men and materials. This
included Adam de Berthelot. When the Normans landed on the
beaches of Pevensey near Hastings in Sussex on September 19,
1066 Adam de Berthelot and Guido de Brionne were among them.
About this time we find that Guillaume is changed to
William and Guido de Brionne has become de Bryan or Brian. The
name Berthelot is being spelled variously as Barttlelot,
Bartelot, Barthelot and Bartlett. Thus we now have a brief
account of the family prior to arriving in England and how they
got there.
In Stopham, Sussex, resided an ancient Saxon family by
the name of Ford, existing long before the Conquest. As the
principle of "To the victors go the spoils," land wrested from
Anglo-Saxon owners was granted to officers of the conqueror.
Thus a part of the Ford estate was given to Brian, who became Brian de
Stopham, and a part to Adam Berthelot. By the four- teenth
century the Stopham family was reduced to a daughter who married
John Bartlott who then became owner of the whole of the Ford
estate.
The Bartlett line went from Adam de Berthelot who was
buried in Stopham Church to his sam William then to William's
son John Esq., to John's son Richard and to Richard's son
Thomas. All of whom are buried in Stopham Church. Thomas Esq.
married Assoline de Stopham, the daughter of John de Stopham and
their son John, married Joan de Stopham, heir and daughter of
John de Stopham. Their son John who died in 1453, married Joan
de Lewknor, daughter of John de Lewknor. It was their son,
Richard, who died in 1482, married to Petronilla~ heir general
to Walton. From there we come to their son, John~ who died in
1493, married to Olive Arthur, daughter of John Arthur of London
and heiress of Syheston. Their sons: Richard of Stopham died at
Tourney, France in 1514, married to Elizabeth Gates, the
daughter of John Gates. And , William, born ca. 1469 and died in
1530.
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