Show i x x I i GENEALOGY BATTLE Jj jQ I J Cc T N this search for English surname ber be- be I r vr I ginnings we are led by various clews dews and through dim dint labyrinths I But no matter what the tho clew de denor nor how ague tho the path we come conic always ah bite bitet bacK bacKi t tto i to William tIle the Conqueror and find him Ito to he be the tho goal oal of or nil all our search It IsI Is Isas 01 I as as If It we were tracing a river through Its ills runny many sources only to find that I each tributary hea heads s in the same mountain moun moun- j lain tain reservoir which supplies s the thc main Ii stream i Beside tho the wonderful Bo Book k c there thero are arc some Game supplementary records of of or tho those e early times which give added i light while confirming tho the splendid testimony of or Vo Ye had occasion to o examine such a af ar I r f record In our last few few- lessons known as I tho the Vitae or Book of Life filled billed with Scandinavian name nama b beginnings begin begin- gln- gln j. j F stings left In England through the de descendants do- do 1 I of or the earlier Danish conJ conid conf con- con id J f J q This week cek I want to tell you ou ouI I another famous old record and I I then add a 1 list of ot names taken from that record none nono of which are Scandinavian r r. nolan nevian or evon even Anglo For the they I IRro I. I are arc names of ot Williams William's own on soldiers ra rand and nd tollo followers rs Normans In name and I I In In Battle Dattle Followers Follower It happened that the morning after aeter the battlo battle of Hastings which hastings which epoch- epoch I j t 4 making making- battlo battle was fought an aA you youa OU OUI I. I I 4 know In 1066 1066 that that the tho Iron Duke Dult or a It 1 il William of or Normandy afterwards to toj j be known as the Conqueror called all his his s surviving surviving- friends about him hint as asI I r I they In lay encamped on that gory field I t I He Xe ord ordered red his clerks to bring fort forward for for- I t ward the list of ot all those who had ac accompanied acu nc- nc I tl u companied him from rein dl distant Normand Normandy 5 This list was read with ith solemn pomp The names of ot tho the missing warriors F V were ere not anI only saluted with the death roll of or honor but were ero ordered by the cJ c. c ll d duke o to be copied Into a fresh roll for fora rora a certain religious purpose Here said the Conqueror we will erect a great reat abbe abbey on the very spot Slot consecrated with the blood of ot m my fallen heroes and wo shall call this abbey Bishop QUo Olio bishop of or was as then commanded to sing mass for the souls of or the tho dead and William retired to his tent to enjoy his grief and his triumph In iii the lonely isolation which marked his character lioN lbs Abbey bb Err Err-ct Erected d. d True Trite to his noble noble- Impulse and to his love 10 for vainglory William Villiam had lint the tho great abbey erected over this spot The abbey served Its Us dual purpose purpose purpose-as as a memorial Demo rIal of or the supreme eme victory at s and as a suitable spot on which to offer up for or succeeding generations gen gen- orations the long prayers for the de dead d soldiers who tell felt In that battle Tho The prayers might or might not have availed much but certain It was that thata a a. superstitious vengeance fell tell upon those who later hater desecrated tho the spot Now ow the tho list of fallen heroes was prepared and laid upon the altar of or Battle abbey and several times a year car this was read aloud In the church no- no ably on ott the tho ho day dav which commemorated the time battle itself Itself the Feast of ot St St. Us The Tho names were written upon parchment and the roll roil boro bore a Latin Inscription of ot which the following Is a translation This place Is named Battle on he- he count of or a battle battlo fought here In which the English were defeated and left dead unon UDon the field Thc They fell teU on the festival of Christs Christ's martyr In the year car 1066 the English fell tell when hen hena I a comet appeared I IFor For nearly nearh roo years cars tho the abbe abbey continued con con- Its Ih mission and Its comfortable I placid existence as a n relic hall and cx c cx mortuary chapel of ot dead Norman heroes he- he roes rocs But hut when bluff blurt King ICing Hal Hol looked abroad abroad on his kingdom in 1538 de do- to elU out all remaining because because he couldn't get his di divorces di- di and dispensations for tor wile Vile murder enough he enough he Just dissolved dis dis- solved the abbe abbey scattered th the monks 5 and pulled Dulled down tho the sanctuary In addition to this lordly lord affront to the Roman Koman church King HelU Henry the Eighth ples the whole place lands farms and arid olds to his favorite fD master of or horse Sir Anthony Anthon Browne inc Sir Ir Anthony Anthon Browne had no more respect for tor popes and monks than did his royal roal master So what does he lie do but set to work to build a manor house out of the stones of ot th the abbey This castle or manor manol house was finished Sir Anthony s son Viscount Montague b bi by but was seldom or ever inhabited fol foi some sonic reason leaon unc unexplained in history The family preferred their residence at Cowdray In n the same sarno cou count a ty Now mark the monks monks' stor story that fol- fol los los' for tor it Is attested by all local historIans his iris and gives a callous American nice 11 little a thrill up UI and down the spinal column attributable to his constant constant con con- stant search for tor thrills and qua quality ty of ot superstitious not to an any possible to the stor story Here follows vengeance ho tho Story ston Vengeance rug Called Down When Sir Anthon Anthony Dro Browno Brono ne was pullIng pullIng pull pull- Ing lug down the abbey walls to get stone for his hits own dwelling place there ap appeared ap- ap upon tho and without an any Belasco Delasco accessories the lie dispossessed monS monks monk one either Jn ot of house of ot Browne and l upon n th the and all their i- i ants tho the solemn curS of descendants descend descend- Rome nome was curSe or the tho church church of or pronounced YoU OU dont don't hay have to be an orthodox orthodox ortho- ortho dox believer er In au any lon reliS-lon sting of that spiritual lash to feel fecI the ho centurIes rue fhe folks eVen down gods galls usually usual f face ce tl the lie who ho defy the Is la done clone And Anil too man pit before o m life mix UD ul eras crass Missourians Mis- Mis Us- Us liberty and HIM lIcen license 11 e courage and bravado In their at lite scheme of It seems to mo that I would built a nice respectable have just or public library on tint that schoolhouse spot anI trusted consecrated childhood to to the tho Innocent innocent In- In However the tho exorcise ot of that spell built that w wand wa way So o While the tho old were not pronouncing the monk was curse curso that tile the Browno family shoUld lion ion b by fire firo and water tho end In uc doughty dought old baron buron watt was doing n II lug Ing front Hem Henry th the Eighths Eighth's private cursIng curs curs- church code and ne new aWa away went the and down came camo the monk abbe abbey It Is walls valIs Now presumed that of the seven generations gen gen- Broc Drownes nes oo beha so remained It that the spoil spell up In hades And It noted in relating th the might i also be tale talc that ot of th this s oer o'er true truo not only the Brownes but practically every or of the lie noble son or of r England n land came over o with 1 illian Who have ha died out families rhe Phe old ra oUt Not ot all or of them In lie tho manner ot of which I am to relate tho to right out tho they thoy have The but You i died present In- In of th British n oel e dont don't belong aS neal alas aln W ho B a ho at t ot of I the all I accidental 01 are all So 0 the on only tl tiling 1 ng peculiar Interlopers Scene or the about the tho Browne tamu tam tam- amil am- am u n il ot of c fame Is the method J f 1 of ot their winding winding- up All flood and lathe Last of ot Line Drowned The eighth descendant and only son of the house of ot Viscount Montague 1 was drowned In the Rhine In September Septem Septem- ber bor ber 1793 He was alS lra traveling v lIng a n Se Sedley ley Burdett and tho the two tried to shoot the rapids at nt Laufen- Laufen burg Lord Montague's valet remembered the ancient curse of ot the Browne Brone family and trl tried d to dissuade his hits master from entering the boat But young Browno Browne tossed his hb valets valet's hand from his shoulder and went right In the boat The boat capsized and b both bath th men were drowned Now ow mark the monk stor story For that u Vini- Vini o 01 l 1 Q in t i h I t 4 oJ Alf n AIlt n L manor manor house o over eJ the Battle abbey site was burn burned down Everything w went nt up in smoke magnificent collection tf tion n of paintings tapestry carvings and ond furniture all gone Rone Can you ou Q er- er i- i plain that 7 Thus perished the last male of ot Sir Anthony Anthon s line by water wate and the tIre mallor manor mailer house went down by fire There Thero was wa's was more mora of or It For or tier thero was a n. sis sh sister sis sis- ter of ot young oung Browne who married a Stephen Stephon Poyntz of geham hap In B Berkshire Berk rk- rk shire and by him she had three l lovely vely daughters and two sons After fter all these ha had grown gron up rp In Iii July Juh 1815 th there rA was a family party part at nt on on the tho seacoast And AndIs nd visiting vis Is is- is Ring with the Browne Brown family were Parry A ride two Misses on the tho sea soa nearby nearh was proposed Accordingly Mr Ir Poyntz took his nis two eons sonA anu tho two tto Misses Parry Parr and the they rowed Vowed out Mrs Poyntz who ho was a Browne Browno and th therefore under the lie fire tire and water ator spell refused to go RO out And ag again ln it It nil all happen happened d. d Also Met iet A squall camo up p boat capsized and the thit he mother molher Jaw I ncr her cr two tons drowned d ed before her eyes CS a as she s 's sat gat watching tr hll the window windo The ine two Pairy girIs al nib jo wont down but Mr Poyntz mana manI man- man a agud ad to e. aJl allye What has be beco become be be- co come e of or o girls the historian falls fails to state Such was was the the end pd of or th- th the tho Browne Browno family of ot I. I le or OZ t course our I I principal Interest lies in the Battle Abbe Abbey roll and Us its contribution to surname surname surname sur sur- name history But It is diverting dl a aleast at least to pause b by tho the way occasionally In this serious search fo for tor solemn facts and gambol with the tho guesswork of the past and the ghost ghost- work worl of the future Nobody knows what became of ot the roll of ot Battle abbey burned or torn up contemptuously perhaps b by that tha hard-fisted hard old Norman Browne Drowne of or BattIe Battie Battle Bat Bat- tie tle Abbey Abbe directly after otter his bout with will the monk Certain It Is that nobody pretends to tell 1 It disappeared to But we have ha copies Alas the tha copies are the tire subject of ot fierce disputes among the antiquarians antiquarians antiqua antiqua- rians of the tire present day dar oven even while the ancient scholars and copyists also called each other disagreeable names because o of ot differences of ot opinions opinions- Several Se books have appeared in re rec recent re- re c cent nt years on this Interesting topic not the least of ot which was written by bythe bythe bythe the Duchess of Cleveland Cle in 1889 and published In three volumes We Wo will take up a more detailed Inquiry of ot these authorities and their opinions next time But ono one thing has rather surprised me each writer spends his critical anal analysis on the supporting theory concerning tho the original list and the tho dates of ot Interpolations while none non of ot them comment on the undoubted ancient character of ot them all for tor tho thu thu whole thing was done between 1066 1538 which is hi old enough for tor all our present genealogical g Inquiries I |