John Brettells
of Bedford Row and Muswell Hill
The Universal Magazine - 1751:
October 21:
This day … Old Bailey … Samuel Bacon for robbing Mr Brettell of a gold watch and two shillings
near his own house at Muswell Hill.
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The Universal Magazine of Knowledge and Pleasure
For January 1758 Vol XXII (p 108)
John Brettell Esq to be secretary to the stamp duties.
The National Archives Reference: T 1/387/14
Description: Commissioners of Stamp Duty that John Brettell should succeed Wyndham as
Secretary.
Date:1758 Jan.3
John Brettell of Bedford Row? John Brettell of Bedford Row was married to Ann and died in
1804 (intestate).
Death: Brettell, - (Miss), Bedford Row. 04 Feb 1784. – this was Lucy Brettell, spinster
daughter of Janns Brettell & Sukey Mary nee PADMORE).
A List of the Governors and Guardians, of the Hospital for the Maintenance and
Education of Exposed and Deserted Young Children.
Printed in the year M. DCC. LXVIII (1768).
*John Brettell Esq James Street Bedford Row
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Notes on Will of Janns BRETTELL (1682-1770) of Burway Shropshire (made 1755 &
proved 1770):
Daughter Mary BRETTELL – one shilling and no more as she has behaved undutiful towards me
Dear daughter Lucy BRETTELL got the entire estate and was Executrix (spinster when the will was
proved). She died 1784. LUCY LIVED AT BEDFORD ROW when she died
Brother John BRETTELL(1691 -???) - is he John of Bedford Row or John of Muswell Hill?
Witnesses Thomas BRETTELL (1689–1766), Jane GILSON (1696-????), Jo BROOME
Proved 4th February 1770
56 John Allen , from New-prison , committed by J. Brettell, Esq; on oath of
Martin Hawkins , with being a party concerned in privately stealing in
his dwelling house on Muswell Hill 22 guineas. Dated Sept. 30, 1777.
http://www.londonlives.org/browse.jsp?div=LMSLPS15088PS150880144
1785:
Administrative/Biographical history:
A militia force was raised from the civilian population of a county, in order to supplement the
regular army in cases of emergency. In Middlesex they were called out at times of unrest. There
were around 300 militiamen in Middlesex in 1802. During the Napoleonic Wars this number rose to
over 2000 by 1808 and 12,000 by 1812. In 1881 the Army was organised into territorial regiments
formed of regular, militia and volunteer battalions. Middlesex militia battalions came under the
Middlesex Regiment (Duke of Cambridge's Own).
Appointment of John Manley, gent, as Clerk of the Western Regiment of the Middlesex Militia, by
Lieut. Col. John Brettell, Commanding Officer. ACC/0647 26 May 1785
These documents are held at London Metropolitan Archives
Contents:
Note: Lieut. Col. John Brettell was John Brettell, junior, Secretary of the Stamp Office.
Lived on Muswell Hill at the Hall, on site of Tudor Telephone Exchange. Muswell Hill,
formerly Muswell Rise, was at one time known as Brettells' Hill. John Brettell junior was
a Middlesex J.P. and friend of Sir John Hawkins. (Information supplied by Dr. Draper
1/11/57).
In 1804 Joh COLE was a Muswell Hill. He was the brother of Lucy Cole who married
John Brettell of the Stamp Office.
According to this
http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=65026
John Brettell who died 1801 was also Colonel John Brettell. (but not Lieut Col?)
1795:
Will of Thomas Brettell, Captain of the Ship Canton in the Service of the Honorable East India
Company.
Brother Janns Brettell
Neices Maria Vaughan & Elizabeth Taylor
Brother in law John Brettell the younger
Executor was John Brettell of Muswell Hill… two separate Johns Brettells?
England, Scotland, Ireland: Musgrave's Obituaries Prior to 1800, parts 1 & 2
Obituary Prior to 1800 (as far as Relates to England, Scotland, and Ireland), Compiled by Sir
William Musgrave, 6th Bart., of Hayton Castle, Co. Cumberland, and Entitled by him "A General
Nomenclator and Obituary, with Referrence to the Books Where the Persons are Mentioned, and
Where some Account of their Character is to be Found."
County: General
Country: England
Brettell, - (Miss), Bedford Row. 04 Feb 1784. (G.M. 152.) – this was Lucy Brettell, spinster
daur of Janns Brettell & Sukey Mary (nee PADMORE) and granddaughter of Mary JANNS
Name:
Title:
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Source Info:
John Brettell
Esq.
Bedford Row Holborn, London
1774
Subscribed to The Expeditious Accountant: or, cyphering rendered so short that
half the trouble ... is saved in most occurrences (Vol. 2), 1774, SALOMON,
Nicholas. London; Subject: commerce
Treasury: Treasury Board Papers and In-Letters. Records within the reference range T 1/548-555.
ENGLAND AND WALES: Miscellaneous: John Brettell, Stamp Office: sends list of stamp distributors.
wanting.
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Collection: Records created or inherited by HM Treasury
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Date range: 27 May 1779 - 27 May 1779
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John Brettell
1776-1800
London
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Source Date:
Esq., Secretary for stamp duties
Male
Stamp office, Somerset place, London
Other Office(s): Secretary for stamp duties
1790
Listed in Bailey's London Directory; or, Merchants' & Traders' Useful Companion,
Source Info:
for the year 1790 ... 5th Edition, 1790, BAILEY. London
1787 -1789 Lownde’s London Directory
Brettell, John, Esq., Secretary of His Majesty's Public Office of Revenue, Stamp Office, Lincoln's
Inn, London, Other Office(s): Secretary of His Majesty's Public Office of Revenue
1790 Bailey’s London Directory
John Brettell, Esq., Secretary for stamp duties, Address(Es): Stamp Office, Somerset
Place, London Other Office(s): Secretary for stamp duties
Notes on the will of Will of Janns BRETTELL of Ludlow, Shropshire and of Burway in the
parish of Bromfiled, Shropshire
proved 19th May 1804.
The late John BRETTELL of Bedford Row. (husband of Ann.)
Brother in Law John BRETTELL of London (of the Stamp Office).
1801:
John Brettell died intestate and admin was granted to his widow, Anne.
Notes on John Brettell (husband of Anne)
Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Chancery
BRETTELL EX PARTE: (pages 577 and 578)
Under a general residuary disposition by will to a natural son, his heirs, executors, administrators,
and assigns, for ever, to and for his and their own proper use and behoof, a trust estate did not
pass (a).
By an order dated November 18th 1801, the master was directed to inquire, how certain real
estates were vested in George Brettell, an infant; and whether he was an infant trustee or
mortgagee within the statute (2).
* the master’s Report stated a mortgage in fee in (*577) 1775 of gravel-kind lands in Kent to
Thomas Brettell, as trustee for John Brettell. Thomas Brettell died in 1795; having by
his will dated the 15th January 1791, duly executed according to the Statute of Frauds
(3) made the following residuary disposition:
“All the rest, residue, and remainder of my estate and effects whatsoever and
wheresoever and of what nature or kind soever, I giver and bequeath the same unto my
natural son George Hall, now a midshipman belonging to my ship the Canton, his heirs,
executors, administrators, and assigns, for ever, and for his and their own proper use and behoof.”
The Testator appointed William Lushington and the said John Brettell his executors.
George Hall afterwards assumed the name of Brettell; and in 1800 died, a widower and
intestate, leaving a daughter, named Ann, and a son, named George, his only children,
both now infants under the age of four years; and administration was granted to John
Brettell and James Farrer, the guardians of the infants, until one of them should attain
the age of twenty-one. John Brettell died on the 21st May, 1801, intestate; and
administration of his personal estate was granted to his widow, Ann Brettell; who was
entitled to the equity of redemption previously to her marriage.
The master stated that he was of opinion, that the said real estates passed by the said
devise in the will of Thomas Brettell; and were then vested in George Brettell; the infant,
as the [*578] only *son and heir of George Hall, otherwise Brettell; and that the said
George Brettell was an infant mortgagee within the Satute.
The petition was presented by Ann Brettell; praying; that the report may be confirmed;
and that the infant may be directed to convey.
(1) Ante Ex parte Bennett, Ex parte Dolman, See the note vol. 1.512
(a) Notwithstanding this case, it seems to be received that lands held by a testator, as
mortagee or trustee, will pass by the general words in a will, unless it can be collected
from the language of the will, or the puprposes and objects of the testator, that the
intention was otherwise. See ante note (a), Leeds v Munday, 3 v.348.
(2) 7 Anne c. 19.
(3) 29 Char. II. C. 3.
Mr Romilly, in support of the petition ….
….
Declare, the infant is not a trustee within the Statute; and therefore dismiss the petition.
Notes on the will of Ann Brettell Proved 1803.
(widow of John Brettell)
The two children of George Brettell deceased who was the son of Captain Thomas Brettell
deceased and which said George Brettell married the daughter of Mr. Taylor
George BRETTELL married Ann Taylor Finsbury St Luke 10/8/1796. Was alive in
1795.His father was Captain Thomas Brettell. Captain Thomas Brettell died abt 1795.
George was a Midshipman on the same ship as his father, according to the will of Capt Thomas
BRETTELL (1795)
Will written Jan 1791 & changed April 1795.
Proved 8 September 1795 by William Lushington and John BRETTELL.
Mr. John Brettell nephew of my late husband and belonging to the Stamp Office
Notes on the will of Will of Janns BRETTELL of Ludlow, Shropshire and of Burway in the
parish of Bromfiled, Shropshire
proved 19th May 1804.
The late John BRETTELL of Bedford Row. (husband of Ann.)
Brother in Law John BRETTELL of London (of the Stamp Office & of Muswell Hill).
John COLE at Muswell Hill and Highgate. … (son of Herbert Cole & Mary (nee BRETTELL) chr
Ludlow 1763)
My late UNCLE(?) John Brettell
Late Aunt Mary Price
Nephew Janns Brettell Vaughan who now lives with me (and was expected to out-live John
BRETTELL of the Stamp Office). Remained childless. He died in or before 1850.
1834:
Administration (Prob 6). Wife Lucy. Fol 166-246 on Prob 6/210 (187). £200 –
On the twentyfirst day admon of the goods chattels and bredits(?) of John Brettel Late of Camden
Terrace Kentish Town in the county of Middlesex and of the Secretary’s Office, Stamp Office,
Somerset House deceased was granted to Lucy Brettell widow rhe Relict of the said deceased
having been first sworn duly to administer.
1835:
Obituary – At Kentish Town, aged 69, Lucy the widow of John Brettell, esq.
This indicates a birth of abt 1766.
The records of the honorable society of Lincoln's Inn. The Black books
p. 182. Council held on January 23rd, 35 George III, 1795.
Five Benchers present.
Call to the Bench :
John Brettell, Esq., and John Gaily Knight, t Esq. John Floyer, Nicholas Martyn, Francis Filmer, and
John Lewis, Esquires, were also invited to the Bench, but declined to accept the invitation.
Council held on April ist, 1795. /. 205.
Six Benchers present.
" Ordered that it be recommended to John Brettell, Esq., to procure two proper men (to be
approved of by the regulating Captain), being the quota or proportion fixed at the General
Sessions for the County of Middlesex for the whole Society of Lincoln's Inn, to be raised for
manning the navy, in pursuance of two several Acts of Parliament passed in the 35th year of his
present Majesty, chapters the 5th and igth. And when the said two men shall be provided and
approved of, that ^36 be paid to the said John Brettell."
Council held on April 22nd, 1795. p. 206.
Five Benchers present. /. 208. "The Treasurer reports that John Brettell, Esq., one of the
Masters of the Bench, having found it impossible to procure two men for the navy at the sum of,
36 ....
p. 209. " Ordered that the consideration of the Treat of Thomas Plumer, Esq., John Anstruther,
Esq., William Garrow, Esq., John Brettell, Esq., John Gaily Knight, Esq., and William Main waring,
Esq., on Call to the Bench of this Society, be adjourned."
p. 256. Council held on January 23rd, 36 George III, 1796.
Six Benchers present.
William Courtenay, Esq., is appointed to make the Tancred Oration.
" Ordered that application be made to Thomas Plumer, Esq., John Anstruther, Esq., William
Garrow, Esq., and John Brettell, Esq., relative to the Treat to be given by them to the Benchers of
this Society."
Officers for 1800 : 1800.
Treasurer: Thomas Plumer, Esq., K.C.
Master of the Library : Right Hon. Sylvester Douglas, K.C.
Dean of the Chapel : John Soley, Esq.
Keeper of the Black Book : William Garrow, Esq.
Master of the Walks : John Brettell, Esq.
Officers for 1801 : 1801.
Treasurer : William Garrow, Esq., K.C.
Master of the Library: Thomas Plumer, Esq., K.C.
Dean of the Chapel : The Right Hon. Lord Glenbervie.^
Keeper of the Black Book : John Brettell, Esq.
Master of the Walks : John Gaily Knight, Esq.
Janns Brettell of Burway in the parish of Bromfield county of Salop, Gentleman.
Our fourth share of certain copyhold premises in the Manors of Hornsey and Highgate in the
County of Middlesex
Heirs of the late John BRETTELL of Bedford Row London (Bedford Row John) and
my Brother in law John BRETTELL of London (of the Stamp Office)