Ralph Thrale, M.P.: Thrale & Thrall family history

thrale & thrall family history

1698 - 1758 (60 years)

Generation: 1

Ralph Thrale, M.P. was born in 1698 in Offley, Hertfordshire, England (son of Ralph Thrale and Anne Halsey); died on 9 Apr 1758; was buried in Saint Leonards Church, Streatham, Surrey, England.

Other Events and Attributes:

Obituary: Upon his death a popular London Magazine of the time described Ralph as "the greatest brewer in England". Grand Magazine I, 203.
Occupation: Anchor Brewery, Southwark, Surrey, England; Brewer
Occupation: Surrey, England; High Sheriff
Occupation: Anchor Brewery, Southwark, Surrey, England; Master of The Brewers Company
Residence: Brighton, Sussex, England; Address:
64 West Street
http://www.thrale.com/brighton
Occupation: 1741-1747, Southwark, Surrey, England; Member of Parliament
Property: 25 Feb 1747, Old Bailey, Middlesex, England

Notes:

See also: http://www.thrale.com/ralph_thrale_mp_owner_1729_1758

Family/Spouse: Mary Dabbins. Mary died about 1760. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

Henry Thrale, M.P. was born between 1724 and 1730 in Harrow Corner, Southwark, Surrey, England; died on 4 Apr 1781 in Grosvenor Square, Middlesex, England; was buried on 11 Apr 1781 in Saint Leonards Church, Streatham, Surrey, England.
Frances Thrale was born in 1726 in Lower Tooting, Surrey, England; died in 1811.
Lady Mary Thrale was born in 1733 in St Albans, Hertfordshire, England; died in 1802 in Saint Michaels, St Albans, Hertfordshire, England; was buried on 31 Mar 1802 in Warbleton, Sussex, England.
Susannah Thrale was born after 1733; died in 1789.

Generation: 2

Ralph Thrale was christened on 4 Sep 1665 in Saint Leonards Church, Sandridge, Hertfordshire, England (son of Richard Thrale and Susan Thrale); died in 1711.

Other Events and Attributes:

Occupation: Cottager
Residence: Offley, Hertfordshire, England; Offley
Note: 1697, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England
Religion: 1702; Sacrament certificate signed by Ralph Thrale

Notes:

Residence:
Moved to Offley from Sandridge

Note:
Elizabeth Zarvite, wife of Francis Zarvite, was attacked by other women for breaking marriage vows by consorting with Ralph Thrale

Ralph married Anne Halsey on 7 Sep 1693 in St James Garlickhythe, Middlesex, England. Anne (daughter of ? Halsey) died in 1704. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Anne Halsey (daughter of ? Halsey); died in 1704.

Children:

Anna Thrale died in 1770.
Susan Thrale died in 1711.
1. Ralph Thrale, M.P. was born in 1698 in Offley, Hertfordshire, England; died on 9 Apr 1758; was buried in Saint Leonards Church, Streatham, Surrey, England.

Generation: 3

Richard Thrale was christened in 1617 (son of Richard Thrale and Helen); died in 1690.

Other Events and Attributes:

Property: Sandridgebury, Sandridge, Hertfordshire, England
Will: He was described in his will as Richard Thrale the elder of Marshalswick, Sandridge. He left a large family and a substantial estate and left a substantial legacy to the poor of the parish, like his father before him. In his will he left ... * a legacy to the poor of the parish; * his son William £400 and the bedstead in the chamber called the Maids Chamber, two feather beds, two feather boulsters, one cover lid, two blankets, one flock bed, six pairs of sheets, his mother's coffer, the long table and from the kitchen, the form, four joint stools, and other items; * his son John similar articles which were at the house of another son Ralph; and * the remainder of the estate to the eldest son Richard.
Property: 1630, Marshalswick, Sandridge, Hertfordshire, England
Residence: Abt 1687, Sandridge, Hertfordshire, England; Farm Berristead
Property: 1688, Cell Barnes, Sandridge, Hertfordshire, England; Took a lease of Cell Barns Farm, St. Peters, St. Albans, part of the Gorhambury Estate, at a yearly rental of £-60, and the original lease is preserved in the County Muniment Room at Hertford (Hert. Muniment Room, Gorhambury Document Vo. 4, No. C 61A).

Richard married Susan Thrale on 30 Apr 1650 in Saint Mary's, Watford, Hertfordshire, England. Susan died in 1675. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Susan Thrale died in 1675.

Notes:

Name:
She was born a Thrale although it is not known from which branch of the family that she came.

Children:

Richard Thrale died in 1711.
William Thrale died before 1732.
John Thrale died in 1736.
2. Ralph Thrale was christened on 4 Sep 1665 in Saint Leonards Church, Sandridge, Hertfordshire, England; died in 1711.
Thomas Thrale died about 1736.
Susan Thrale died in 1675.

6.
? Halsey and died.
Children:

3. Anne Halsey died in 1704.

Edmund Halsey, MP died in Aug 1729.

Generation: 4

Richard Thrale (son of John Thrale and Agnes Smith); died in 1659.

Other Events and Attributes:

Property: Sandridgebury, Sandridge, Hertfordshire, England
Occupation: Nomansland, Sandridge, Hertfordshire, England
Will: in which he left …
- the poor of the parish 20 shillings
- his wife Helen "a standing bedstead with the furniture therto belonging in the little chamber and the one joined chest in the dame and one other chest in the middle chamber above the stairs and two chairs, two cushions, one great brass kettle, and a third part of all the pewter and all the sheets except ten pairs".
- his son Richard Thrale was to receive all that piece of land lying in the parish of St Michaels, on condition that his son should pay his mother £8 a year for the remainder of her life.
Property: 1636, St Albans, Hertfordshire, England; Bought the £12 part of the tithe called the Sheaf and tithe on hay on Twenty Acre Field, Ten Acre Field, Stable Close, Stable Croft and Nicholas Close all in St Albans and as occupied by himself

Notes:

Richard Thrale had a servant called Richard Bains who died at Sandridgebury in 1624.

Richard married Helen. Helen and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Helen and died.

Other Events and Attributes:

Name: Elen Unknown

Children:

Rose Thrale died in 1653 in Saint Leonards Church, Sandridge, Hertfordshire, England; was buried in 1653 in Saint Leonards Church, Sandridge, Hertfordshire, England.
4. Richard Thrale was christened in 1617; died in 1690.