Category Archives: Out and about

It seemed unlikely that the web would provide much information about a Sixteenth Century Rector of High Ham. To find him mentioned in a 2010 PhD thesis was a real surprise. Katie M. Nelson’s doctoral thesis Thomas Whythorne and Tudor … Continue reading →

The paternal grandfather of my ninth great grand uncle. It’s hardly a direct family connection, its interest lay in location rather than heredity. Johannes Pople, was born in 1545. His wife Catherine Taylor was born ten years later. They were … Continue reading →

Reading of John Dyer, the rector of High Ham from 1459-1499 who was married with two sons and whose works were cited in support of Henry VIII’s break from Rome recalled that the area had been known for ‘Lollardy’ for … Continue reading →

Reading the details of the life and the will of John Dyer, who was Rector of High Ham at the end of the Fifteenth Century, there seemed nothing remarkable in the details. Dyer graduated from Oxford University with a Bachelor … Continue reading →

Adrian Schaell’s 1598 account of High Ham parish includes his consideration of a disagreement with certain people in Low Ham and his account of the end of the Midsummer celebrations at Bere. Now remaineth for mee to speake somewhat of … Continue reading →