PEDIGREE OF THE FAMILY OF, PIDCOCK.
Elizabeth, the fifth child of Thomas and Frances Henzey, who, was married, at Oldswinford, on the 14th of September, 1698, to William Pidcock, of Ashborne, co. Derby (Vide ante, p. 43) was neither an heiress nor a co-heiress. Consequently her descendants are not entitled to quarter the Henzey arms; nor can they be strictly said to represent any branch of the Henzey family. But in as much as Joshua Henzey, of Amblecotc, constituted John Pidcock, the younger child of his sister Elizabeth, his testamentary heir, it is requisite that the Pidcock pedigree should have a place in these " collections."
The following account of the family is taken alnost exclusively from the pedigree recorded by the late Henry Pidcock, Esq., in the College of Arms. The few additions I have made are derived from Mr. Pidcock's papers, from information supplied_ by the family, and from personal knowleclge.
William Pidcock, of Ashborne, died before Feb. 7, 1725, having had, by the said Elizabeth, his ,wife, the following issue:-
1. Frances Pidcock, mentioned in the will of her uncle Joshua Henzey, 1737, and then unm.
2. Thomas Pidcock, married and had issue five sons and two daughters, viz., Thomas, John, Robert, Benjamin, James, Elizabeth, and Dorothy.
Anne Williams, 1767, leaves £300, to "the children of my nephew, Thomas Pidcock, son of my sister Pidcock, to be divided equally among them."
* The pedigree registered in the College of Arms names but one son and four daughters of William and Elizabeth Pidcock, viz., John, (who m. Mary Honeyborne), Mary, Elizabeth, Dorothy, and Anne. The other children are added from Mr Pidcock' s papers.
3. Mary Pidcock, m. (after 1737) to James Penson, by whom she had a son, James Penson, of Trentham, and a dau. m. to W. Ogle. Ms. Williams, 1767, leaves £50, to "my niece Penson's son."
4. William Pidcock, mentioned in the will of his uncle Joshua Henzey, 1737, and (with his two sons)" in that of Anne Willia1ns, 1767. He had issue William, Nathaniel, and John.
5. Elizabeth Pidcock, mentioned in the wills of Joshua Henzey and Anne Williams, and then unm.
6. Anne Pidcock, mentioned in the will of her uncle Joshua Henzey, and then unm.
7. Dorothy Pidcock, living unm. in 1737 and 1767.
8. Sarah Pidcock.
9. John Pidcock, born Jan. 29, 1717.
JOHN PIDCOCK, the youngest son, was sole executor and residuary legatee of his uncle Joshua Henzey, and resided at " The Platts," in that part of the parish of Oldswinford which lies in the county of Stafford. He m. (settlement dated July 20, 1745,) Mary, daughter of Robert Honeyborne, of Brettell, glassmaker, and only child and heir-at-law of her mother Anne, the first wife of the said Robert Honeyborne ; which said Anne was the only child and heir-at-law of 'Thomas Hamond, of the parish of Kingswinford, white-glass-maker, by Mary, his wife. Mrs. Anne Honeyborne was buried at Kingswinford July 27, 1727, and Mary, her daughter, was bapt. there Jan. 7, 1724-5. This family of Hamond was formerly of Hamond, in the parish of Kinlet, Salop, and bore for arms: Argent, on a chevron engrailed between three cinquefoils sable, as many martlets or. Crest : A griffin segreant sable
* Papworth ( 0rdinary, p. 515) gives the arms of "Hamound, Salop," as Argent, on a chevron engrailed gules, between three cinquefoils azure, as many martlets or; but the coat, with the field argent and the charges sable, impaling Gough, and with the griffin crest, is upon an old escutcheon in the possession. of Mr. Charles Pidcock. It appears from the pedigree of Gough in Burke's Comnoners that a certain John Hamond, gent., married Isabel, dau. of Henry Gough, of Oldfallings, by his first wife, Elizabeth, who died in 1625.
Mr. John Pidcock was buried at Brierley Hill, Nov. 8, 1791, aged 74, and Mary, his widow, on Sept. 28, 1807, aged 82. They had the following issue:-
1. Elizabeth Pidcock, born March 18, and bapt. at Kingswinford March 20, 1745-6. Died unm. April 25, 1835, aged 89, and was buried at Wordsley.
2. Ann Pidcock, born Aug. 19, 1747, and bapt. at Kingswinford Sept. 9, following. She died unm. and was buried at "Wordsley, Feb. 1, 1840, aged 92.
3. Thomas Pidcock, of Stourbridge, born May 11, and bapt. June 3, 17 49, at Kingswinford; a major in the 17th regiment of Dragoons. He died unm., and was buried at Brierley Hill Oct. 21, 1813, aged 63.
4. Robert Pidcock, born March 4, and bapt. at Kingswinford March 28, 1751. Died young.
5. Mary Pidcock, born Feb. 3, and bapt. at Kingswinford Feb. 17, 1752; m. to Francis Homfray, of The Hyde, Kinver, co. Stafford, brother of Sir Jeremiah Homfray, Knt., and son of Francis Homfray, by his second wife, Catherine, dau. and co-heiress of Jeremiah Caswell, of The Hyde ; which last-named Francis was the second son of Francis Homfray and Mary née Jeston.
(Vide ante pp. 52 and 56.)
6. Sarah Pidcock, born May 3, and bapt. at Kingswinford May 20, 1754; m. to Jeston Hormfray, of Broadwaters House, near Kidderminster, half-brother of the aforesaid Francis) and died at Monmouth June 6, 1841, having had (with other issue) David Homfray, who m. Elizabeth Brettell (vide ante, p. 73) and Henry, of Broad waters.
7. John Pidcock, of The Platts, born March 1, 1756, and bapt. at Kingswinford Ap. 2, following. Of whom presently.
8. Jane Pidcock, born March 13, and bapt. at Kingswinford, Ap. 11, 1758; rn. the Rev. W. Jones, curate of Lydney, co. Gloucester.
9. William Pidcock, born Ap. 27, and bapt. May 26, 1760; buried at Kingswinford, Feb. 21, 1761.
10. Robert Pidcock, of Lydney, co. Gloucester, a captain in the Army, born March 9, 1762, and bapt. at Kingswinford Sept. 5, following. He died unm., and was buried at Brierley Hill Dec. 21, 1799, aged 38.
11. Dorothy Pidcock, born July 1, and bapt. July 25, 1765 ; buried, Nov. 2, 1766, at Kingswinford. 12. Henzey Pidcock, born
Oct. 2, 17.68, and bapt. at Brierley Hill, March 22, 1769; m. June 17, 1793, to Henry Roberts, of Drybridge, co. Monmouth, and of Stourbridge, attorney-at-law. She died at Monmouth, Feb. 8, 1840, aged 71, and was buried there.
JOHN PIDCOCK, of The Platts, the eldest surviving son, was in the commission of the peace for the counties of Worcester and Stafford. He m. at St. Philip's church, Birmingham, on Nov. 27, 1786, Elizabeth, dau. of George Hollington Barker, of that town. She was buried at Wordsley, Feb. 1834, and he at the same place Aug. 9, same year. They had issue fifteen children as follows :-
1. John-Henzey Pidcock, of Devonport Street, London, born Sep. 30, and bapt. at Oldswinford Oct. 14, 1787. He m. at Trinity church, St. Marylebone, Aug. 8, 1829, Jemjma, dau. of Thomas Oliver, of London, but died s. p. Feb. 7, 1861.
2. George Pidcock, born Nov. 9, and bapt. at Oldswinford Dec. 2, 1788; of the Island of Guernsey. He m. at the British Embassy, Paris, May 3, 1832, Giacomina Giosephina Manerin, but had no issue.
3. Anna-Maria Pidcock, born Oct. 8, and bapt. at Oldford Nov. 1, 1790 ; m., at Oldswinford, Oct. 1, 1810, to James Mason, of Malvern, and of London, merchant. She died Sep. 1, 1875, in her 85th year.
4. Elizabeth Pidcock, bapt. at Oldswinford Aug. 9, 1792; m. there Sept. 24, 1833, to Thomas Battersbee, captain R.E.
5. Emma Pidcock, bapt. at Oldswinford Feb. 26, 1794 ; m. there Jan. 25, 1815, to Edward Addenbrooke-Addenbrooke, of Kingswinford House, eldest son of John Addenbrooke-Addenbrooke, Esq., (formerly Homfray) of Wollaston Hall, by Elizabeth, nee Grazebrook, his wife (vide ante p. 53) and had (with other issue) an eldest son, the Rev. Edward Addenbrooke, vicar of Smethwick, co. Stafford. Mr. E. A. Addenbrooke died May 16, 1855, aged 73, and Emma, his relict, Feb. 2, 1875.
6. Thomas Pidcock, born Feb. 5, and bapt. at Oldswinford Feb. 26, 1795. Buried at Brierley Hill Feb. 13, 1812, aged 17.
7. Mary-Anne Pidcock, born Sept. 26, and bapt. at Oldswinford Oct. 25, 1796; m. at Cheltenham Nov. 23, 1841, to the Rev. David Wheeler.
8. Mary-Louisa Pidcock, bapt. at" Oldswinford May 1, 1798; m. there, Jan. 22, 1828, to Henry Addenbrooke, of Cheltenham, brother of E. A. Addenbrooke, aforesaid.
9. Caroline Pidcock, bapt. at Oldswinford Ap. 9, 1800; m. there Feb. 19, 1835, to John Unett, of Harborne, co. Stafford, eldest son of John Wilkes Unett, of the same place, and grandson of the Rev. Thomas Unett by Frances nee Godwin. (Vide ante p. 42.) Mrs. Unett died, leaving issue, _Sep. 4, 1847, aged 47, and was buried at Wordsley on Sept. 11.
10. Henrietta Pidcock, hapt at Oldswinford June 14, 1801; m. there Oct. 14, 1829, to Thomas Smith, of Alcester, co. Warwick. She died s. p. June 20, 1840, aged 39, and was buried at Wordsley on the 27th of the same month.
11. Robert Pidcock, bapt. at Oldswinford June 21, 1802, and buried at Brierley-Hill Jan. 16, 1812.
12. Jane Pidcock, born Aug. 27, and bapt. at O1dswinford Sep. 13, 1803; m., at Cheltenham, Dec. 2, 1840, to the Rev. John Fawcett Beddy, of Monmouth.
13. Henry Pidcock, born Sep. 24, and bapt. at Oldswinford Oct. 8, 1804. He was in the civil service of the East India Conpany, on the Bengal establishment, and sometime commissioner of Revenue and Police ; afterwards of Oakfield, co. Worcester, where he died May 26, 1862. He m. 1st., at Bareilly, in the Presidency of Agra, Jan. 7, 1841, Mary-Anne, dau. of Joshua Bacon, gent., and by her, ( who died at Bareilly, aforesaid, Dec. 4, 1845) had two daughters, Mary- Elizabeth, born Dec. 1841, died at Bareilly July 30, 1843 ; and Bessy who was born at Allahabad Oct. 25, 1845, and died soon after birth. Mr. Henry Pidcock m. 2ndly, at Bareilly, June 10, 1846, Augusta Bramley, dau. of Charles Fraser, colonel in the Bengal Cavalry, and by her left issue:-
I. Henry-Henzey-Fraser Pidcock; born at Bareilly, Feb. 1, 1847, Lieut. 103rd B.F.
II Charles-Alexander Pidcock, born at Bareilly Aug. 27, 1850; of Trinity Coll. Camb. and the Middle Temple. III. Arthur-de-Hennezes Pidcock, born Nov. 12, 1853.
IV. Evelina-Isabella Pidcock, born March 12, 1857.
14. Frances Pidcock, bapt. at Oldswinford Feb. 26, 1808; died unm. March 7, 1832, and was buried at
Wordsley on the 15th of the same month, aged 24.
15. Charles Pidcock, of Broadwas Court, co. Worcester, and of the city of Worcester, solicitor, bapt. at Oldswinford Sep. 16, 1809; m. Aug. 18, 1835, at Huntley, co. Gloucester, Susannah, dau. of the Rev. Richard Foley, rector of that place, and has the following issue, all bapt. at St. Martin's Worcester :-
I. Charles Foley Pidcock, of Worcester, solicitor, born Nov. 26, 1837.
II. Henrietta-Susanna Pidcock, born June 18, 1840; m. Jan. 22, 1863, to· William Rose Holden, of Lincoln's Inn, Barrister-at-law
III. Mary-Elizabeth Pidcock, born Dec. 21, 1841; m. to George Giffard Dineley, B.A., of Trinity Coll. Cambridge, and of Lincoln's Inn, Barrister-at-law.
IV. John-Henzell Pidcock, born Dec. 22, 1843, of Clare Hall, Cambridge, B.A., ob. s. p. July 19, 1870.
V. Frances-Ann Pidcock, born Feb. 16, 1846.
VI. Georgina-Maria-Ridout Pidcock, born Feb. 3, 1848.
VII. Henry-Walwyn Pidcock, born March 11, 1850.
The Armorial Bearings of the Pidcock family, granted by patent dated Sep. 10, 1852, are: Per pale sable and gules, a cock per fesse or and argent, between three acorns, two and one, slipped gold. Crest: A bar-shot proper (i.e. sable), thereon a griffin segreant sable, holding within its claws a grenade fired also proper. Motto: " Seigneur, je te prie garde ma vie." The acorns, the bar-shot, and the motto are derived from the Henzey bearings ; the cock is allusive to the name ; and the griffin segreant is the crest of Hamond. |
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