Butley Genealogical Records
Butley Birth & Baptism Records
An index to births registered throughout England & Wales. Provides a reference to order copies of birth certificates from the national registrar of births, marriages and deaths – the General Register Office.
A collection of indexes and transcripts of birth and baptism records that cover over 250 million people. Includes digital images of many records.
An index to births registered at the central authority for England & Wales. The index provides the area where the birth was registered, mother's maiden name from September 1911 and a reference to order a birth certificate.
An index to births registered to British Army personal at home and abroad.
An index to over 100,000 birth and christening notices from The London Times.
Butley Marriage & Divorce Records
An index to marriages registered throughout England & Wales. This is the only national marriage index that allows you to search by both spouse's names. Provides a reference to order copies of marriage certificates from the national registrar of births, marriages and deaths – the General Register Office.
Brief notes on marriages occurring in Butley from 1813 to 1836.
Abstracts of marriage licences from the Sudbury Archdeaconry. These records may contain more details than marriage registers, including occupations, ages and parents' names.
Abstracts of marriage licences from the Sudbury Archdeaconry. These records may contain more details than marriage registers, including occupations, ages and parents' names.
Abstracts of marriage licences from the Sudbury Archdeaconry. These records may contain more details than marriage registers, including occupations, ages and parents' names.
Butley Death & Burial Records
An index to deaths registered throughout England & Wales. Provides a reference to order copies of death certificates from the national registrar of births, marriages and deaths – the General Register Office.
Burial records covering those buried at St John the Baptist, Butley_. This resource is an index and may not include all the details that were recorded in the burial registers from which they were extracted.
An index to burials recorded at Quaker meetings. The records contain the name of the deceased, the date they were buried and their age.
Images of millions of pages from cemetery and crematoria registers, photographs of memorials, cemetery plans and more. Records can be search by a name index.
A collection of indexes and transcripts of death and burial records that cover over 140 million people. Includes digital images of many records.
Butley Census & Population Lists
An index to and digital images of records that detail 40 million civilians in England and Wales. Records list name, date of birth, address, marital status, occupation and details of trade or profession.
The 1911 census provides details on an individual's age, residence, place of birth, relations and occupation. FindMyPast's index allows searches on for multiple metrics including occupation and residence.
A transcription of records naming those who had taxes levied against them for the privilege of owning a hearth.
A list of Suffolk householders and the number of hearths they possessed.
A list of taxes paid by heads of households.
Newspapers Covering Butley
A record of births, marriages, deaths, legal, political, organisation and other news from the Ipswich area. Original pages of the newspaper can be viewed and located by a full text search.
A local paper including news from the Ipswich area, legal & governmental proceedings, family announcements, business notices, advertisements and more.
A regional newspaper covering news and events in Norfolk and Suffolk. The newspaper contains numerous notices and articles useful to family historians, such as notices of birth, marriage and death.
A newspaper covering Essex, Suffolk, Norfolk, Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire. Around 50% of issues from 1814-1817. Original images, searchable by an OCR index.
A London newspaper that later became The Sun.
Butley Wills & Probate Records
Searchable index and original images of over 12.5 million probates and administrations granted by civil registries. Entries usually include the testator's name, date of death, date of probate and registry. Names of relations may be given.
A searchable index to early wills proved in the Court of the Bishop of Norwich. Contains the name of the testator, year of probate, residence and occupation.
A searchable index to early wills proved in the Court of the Bishop of Norwich. Contains the name of the testator, year of probate, residence and occupation.
Full transcriptions of around 1,400 17th century wills from the Archdeaconry of Sudbury in Suffolk. Contains an index of all the people and places mentioned in the wills.
Full transcriptions of several hundred early wills from the Archdeaconry of Sudbury in Suffolk.
Butley Immigration & Travel Records
A name index connected to original images of passenger lists recording people travelling from Britain to destinations outside Europe. Records may detail a passenger's age or date of birth, residence, occupation, destination and more.
A full index of passenger lists for vessels arriving in the UK linked to original images. Does not include lists from vessels sailing from European ports. Early entries can be brief, but later entries may include dates of births, occupations, home addresses and more. Useful for documenting immigration.
An index to and images of documents recording over 1.65 million passengers who arrived in Victoria, Australia, including passengers whose voyage was paid for by others.
Details on over 600,000 non-British citizens arriving in England. Often includes age and professions. Useful for discerning the origin of immigrants.
Details on thousands of 17th century British immigrants to the U.S., detailing their origins and nature of their immigration.
Butley Military Records
An introductory history to an infantry regiment of the line in the British Army.
A calendar that lists most of the important dates in the history of the Regiment.
A list of names found on World War One monuments in Suffolk, with some service details.
A list of names found on World War Two monuments in Suffolk, with some service details.
A searchable list of over 100,000 British Army POWs. Records contains details on the captured, their military career and where they were held prisoner.
Butley Court & Legal Records
A book recording people who voted, who they voted for and where the voter lived.
Transcriptions and translations of pleas brought before a court. They largely concern land disputes. A number of cases relate to Suffolk.
An index to names and places mentioned in act books of the Province of Canterbury. It records various licences and conferments, such as marriage and physician licences.
Records of over 300,000 prisoners held by quarter sessions in England & Wales. Records may contain age, occupation, criminal history, offence and trial proceedings.
Over 175,000 records detailing prisoner's alleged offences and the outcome of their trial. Contains genealogical information.
Butley Taxation Records
A list of those who voted in the election, stating their residence and for who they voted.
A list of those who voted in the election, stating their residence and for who they voted.
A list of those who voted in the election, stating their residence and for who they voted.
A transcription of records naming those who had taxes levied against them for the privilege of owning a hearth.
A list of Suffolk householders and the number of hearths they possessed.
Butley Land & Property Records
A book recording people who voted, who they voted for and where the voter lived.
A list of those who voted in the election, stating their residence and for who they voted.
A list of those who voted in the election, stating their residence and for who they voted.
A list of those who voted in the election, stating their residence and for who they voted.
An index to 11,000,000 parcels of land and property, connected to digital images of registers that record their owner, occupier, description, agricultural use, size and rateable value.
Butley Directories & Gazetteers
A directory of settlements in Suffolk detailing their history, agriculture, topography, economy and leading commercial, professional and private residents.
Descriptions of physical and geological landmarks, a listing of government offices and descriptions of the villages & parishes, including a list of the private Descriptions of physical and geological landmarks, a listing of government offices and descriptions of the villages & parishes, including a list of the private residents..
A comprehensive place-by-place gazetteer, listing key contemporary and historical facts. Each place has a list of residents and businesses. Contains details on local schools, churches, government and other institutions.
A comprehensive place-by-place gazetteer, listing key contemporary and historical facts. Each place has a list of residents and businesses. Contains details on local schools, churches, government and other institutions.
A comprehensive place-by-place gazetteer, listing key historical and contemporary facts. Contains details on local schools, churches, government and other institutions. Also contains a list of residents and businesses for each place.
Butley Cemeteries
Photographs and descriptions of Suffolk's most illustrious church monuments, often featuring effigies, medieval inscriptions and heraldic devices.
Images of millions of pages from cemetery and crematoria registers, photographs of memorials, cemetery plans and more. Records can be search by a name index.
Photographs and transcriptions of millions of gravestones from cemeteries around the world.
Profiles of several hundred mausolea found in the British Isles.
Several thousand transcribed memorials remembering those connected with the nautical occupations.
Butley Obituaries
The UKs largest repository of obituaries, containing millions of searchable notices.
A growing collection currently containing over 425,000 abstracts of obituaries with reference to the location of the full obituary.
A collection of 364 obituaries of Quakers from the British Isles. The volume was published in 1849 and includes obituaries of those who died in late 1847 through 1848.
This transcribed and searchable work by Sir William Musgrave contains 10,000s of brief obituaries. The work is a reference point for other works containing information on an individual.
A text index and digital images of all editions of a journal containing medical articles and obituaries of medical practitioners.
Butley Histories & Books
A detailed history of the county's hundreds, parishes and religious houses.
Describes the parishes in the three hundreds of Wangford, Mutford and Lothingland, in the north-east of the county.
Histories of Suffolk's parish churches, illustrated with a plethora of photographs.
Histories of Norfolk's parish churches, illustrated with a plethora of photographs.
A traveller's guide to four Southern counties.
Butley School & Education Records
A name index connected to digital images of registers recording millions of children educated in schools operated by the National Society for Promoting Religious Education. Records contain a variety of information including genealogical details, education history, illnesses, exam result, fathers occupation and more.
A name index linked to original images of registers recording the education and careers of teachers in England & Wales.
A name index linked to original images of short biographies for over 120,000 Oxford University students. This is a particularly useful source for tracing the ancestry of the landed gentry.
A transcript of a vast scholarly work briefly chronicling the heritage, education and careers of over 150,000 Cambridge University students. This is a particularly useful source for tracing the ancestry of the landed gentry.
A searchable database containing over 90,000 note-form biographies for students of Cambridge University.
Butley Occupation & Business Records
An introduction to smuggling on the east coast of England, with details of the act in various regions.
Profiles of coal and metal mines in the south of England.
Short histories of former public houses, with photographs and lists of owners or operators.
An index to and images of registers recording over 3.7 million trade union members.
Books listing doctors who were licensed to operate in Britain and abroad. Contains doctor's residencies, qualification and date of registration.
Pedigrees & Family Trees Covering Butley
A detailed history of the county's hundreds, parishes and religious houses.
Extensive and impeccably sourced genealogies for British, Irish & Manx royalty and nobility. Scroll down to 'British Isles' for relevant sections.
A searchable database of linked genealogies compiled from thousands of reputable and not-so-reputable sources. Contains many details on European gentry & nobility, but covers many countries outside Europe and people from all walks of life.
A searchable book, listing pedigrees of titled families and biographies of their members.
A book containing genealogies and biographies of Britain's titled families.
Butley Royalty, Nobility & Heraldry Records
A detailed history of the county's hundreds, parishes and religious houses.
Photographs and descriptions of Suffolk's most illustrious church monuments, often featuring effigies, medieval inscriptions and heraldic devices.
Extensive and impeccably sourced genealogies for British, Irish & Manx royalty and nobility. Scroll down to 'British Isles' for relevant sections.
A searchable database of linked genealogies compiled from thousands of reputable and not-so-reputable sources. Contains many details on European gentry & nobility, but covers many countries outside Europe and people from all walks of life.
Over 600 pedigrees for English and Welsh families who had a right to bear a coat of arms.
Butley Church Records
Histories of Suffolk's parish churches, illustrated with a plethora of photographs.
Histories of Norfolk's parish churches, illustrated with a plethora of photographs.
An index to names and places mentioned in act books of the Province of Canterbury. It records various licences and conferments, such as marriage and physician licences.
Photographs of churches of all denominations throughout England and part of Wales.
Documentation for those baptised, married and buried at England. Parish registers can assist tracing a family back numerous generations.
Biographical Directories Covering Butley
A searchable book, listing pedigrees of titled families and biographies of their members.
A book containing genealogies and biographies of Britain's titled families.
A book containing genealogies and biographies of Britain's titled families.
Brief biographies of Anglican clergy in the UK.
A directory containing lengthy biographies of noted British figures. The work took over two decades to compile. Biographies can be searched by name and are linked to images of the original publication.
Butley Maps
A collection of maps plotting the counties of Essex and Suffolk, and some of their settlements.
Digital images of maps covering the county.
Detailed maps covering much of the UK. They depict forests, mountains, larger farms, roads, railroads, towns, and more.
Maps showing settlements, features and some buildings in mainland Britain.
An index to 11,000,000 parcels of land and property, connected to digital images of registers that record their owner, occupier, description, agricultural use, size and rateable value.
Butley Reference Works
A beginner’s guide to researching ancestry in England.
Compiled in 1831, this book details the coverage and condition of parish registers in England & Wales.
A comprehensive guide to researching the history of buildings in the British Isles.
A service that provides advanced and custom surname maps for the British Isles and the US.
A dictionary of around 9,000 mottoes for British families who had right to bear arms.
Historical Description
Butley, a village, which had a small priory of Black Canons of the order of St. Augustine, founded by Ranulph de Glanvile, chief justice of England about the year 1171. It was dedicated to the Virgin Mary, and was given by Pope Clement to Cardinal Wolsey, towards building his colleges at Oxford and Ipswich.
At the time of its dissolution, its annual revenue was found to be of the value of 318l. 17s. 2d. This priory was soon after given to William Forthe, in whose family it continued for a long time.
Butley-abbey was two miles west of the sea. The ruins of the abbey, still to be seen, prove it to have been very spacious. The founder being removed from his office, took the cross, from feelings of chagrin and disappointment, and resolved on a journey to the Holy Land. Accordingly he went there, in company with King Richard I., and was present at the siege of Acre. Previous to his departure he gave to Maud, his eldest daughter, the entire manor of Benhall, and the patronage of the monastery of Butley. The remainder of his estates he divided between his other two daughters.
The priory and convent of Butley had the priory of the Virgin Mary, at Snape, about five miles to the north of Butley, granted to it by Henry VII. in the 24th of his reign, with all the lands and tenements belonging to it, or which Thomas Neyland, the late prior of Snape, enjoyed in right of the same; to hold in perpetual alms, and without account of any rents, and to be annexed to the said priory of Butley. The priory of Snape was originally a cell to the abbey of St. John, at Colchester, by the appointment of William Martel, the founder; but a bull of Pope Boniface IX. deprived that house of this appendant, under pretence that it did not maintain there a sufficient number of religious, according to the will of the founder. Snape priory was therefore made conventual, and absolved from its subjection to Colchester. But it appears from the register of the bishopric of Norwich that this bull had little effect, as the abbot and convent of Colchester presented the priors down to 1491; and, probably, the canons of Butley found this cell more trouble than profit, as in 1509 they resigned all claim and title to it.
This priory, however, enjoyed a very ample endowment. At the dissolution, the annual income was estimated at 318l. 17s. 2d. Henry VIII. granted the site of Butley priory to Thomas Duke of Norfolk. George Wright, esq., whose property it was in 1737, then fitted up the gate-house, and converted it into a handsome dwelling, which has since been inhabited as a shooting seat by various persons of distinction. From Mr. Wright it descended, after the death of his widow, to John Clyatt, a watchman in London, as heir at law, by whom it was sold to Mr. Strahan, printer to his Majesty: it was afterwards the property of Lord Archibald Hamilton, by whom it was sold to the father of the present noble possessor, Lord Rendlesham.
The walls and ruins of this large and magnificent edifice occupy nearly twelve acres of ground. The gate-house was an elegant structure. Its whole front was embellished with coats of arms, finely cut in stone; and between the interstices of the freestone were placed square black flints, which, by the contrast of their colour, gave it a beautiful and rich appearance. South of the gate-house are the remains of several buildings, particularly an old chapel, in a wall in which, as Grose was informed, a chest of money was found, arched into the wall; and this was visible at the time the view given by him was taken.
Surveying these venerable ruins, a variety of sensations strike involuntarily upon the heart; and there are few who have visited them, but have mentally addressed them in language similar to the poet, who exclaimed,
How many hearts have here grown cold,
That sleep these mould’ring stones among!
How many beads have here been told!
How many matins here been sung!
On this rude stone, by time long broke,
I think I see some pilgrim kneel;
I think I see the censer smoke,
I think I hear the solemn peal.
But here no more soft music floats,
No holy anthem’s chanted now;
All hush’d, except the ring-dove’s notes,
Low murm’ring from yon beechen bough.
The porch of Butley-church is highly worthy of notice. The outer entrance is a beautiful pointed arch, leading to a fine circular door-way, forming the south entrance. The body of the church is extremely neat in its appearance. Two stone coffins are preserved at the abbey: one was discovered very recently, containing a perfect skeleton.
In the church of this priory was deposited the body of Michael de la Pole, the third Earl of Suffolk, who was slain at the battle of Agincourt. The remains of this edifice shew that it was a very large structure; and the gate-house, which is still entire, and its front embellished with many coats of arms, handsomely cut in stone, shews it to have been a very magnificent building. It was repaired and beautified in an elegant manner by the late George Wright, esq. and is now become a very handsome seat.
BUTLEY is a parish and village near the head of a wide creek of the Alde, 3 miles west from Orford, 6 east from Melton station on the Ipswich and Lowestoft section of the Great Eastern railway, and 7 east from Woodbridge, in the South Eastern division of the county, Loes hundred, Plomesgate union, Woodbridge petty sessional division and county court district, rural deanery of Wilford, archdeaconry of Suffolk and diocese of Norwich. The church of St. John the Baptist is a building of stone in the Early English style, consisting of chancel, nave, south porch and an embattled western tower of flint containing one bell: there are three stained windows to the Crisp family, who formerly resided at the abbey: a fine oak screen separates the chancel from the nave, the roof of which is thatched: there is a Norman doorway in good preservation: the church was restored in 1868, and affords 200 sittings. The register dates from the year 1785. The living is a vicarage, with the chapelry of Capel St. Andrew annexed, joint net yearly value, £135, including 17 ½ acres of glebe, in the gift of Lord Rendlesham, and held since 1899 by the Rev. Charles Luther Wanstall, of Queen’s College, Birmingham. There is a Wesleyan chapel here. The priory of St. Mary was founded in 1171 by Ranulph de Glanville, for canons of the Augustinian order, and formerly occupied 20 acres of walled ground: the remains of the buildings are now incorporated with farm buildings, and include a fine window in very good preservation; near this lies a stone coffin dug up on the spot about 1790: the Decorated gatehouse, adorned with shields of arms, is a lofty and massive structure of flint work, equal in finish and appearance to the best examples in this country; the lower rooms have groined ceilings, and in one small room, to the right of the gateway, is a mantelpiece formed by the insertion in the wall of a large and finely carved piscina removed from the abbey church: the gatehouse has been restored, and is now the residence of the vicar: at the surrender of the priory there were 8 canons, and revenues estimated at £318. Here are several crag pits. Lord Rendlesham, who is lord of the manor, and Arthur Herbert Edward Wood esq. of Sudbourne Hall, are the principal landowners. The soil is sandy; subsoil, sand. The chief crops are wheat, barley and turnips. The area is 1,973 acres of land, 5 of water, 21 of tidal water and 40 of foreshore; rateable value, £1,336; the population in 1891 was 337.
National School (mixed), for the children of this parish & those of Capel St. Andrew, erected in 1842 & enlarged in 1886, for 135 children; average attendance, 90.
Most Common Surnames in Butley
| Rank | Surname | Incidence | Frequency | Percent of Parent | Rank in Loes Hundred |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Collins | 26 | 1:15 | 4.33% | 76 |
| 2 | Pettit | 20 | 1:19 | 4.94% | 148 |
| 3 | Crosby | 19 | 1:20 | 18.45% | 731 |
| 4 | Last | 15 | 1:26 | 1.22% | 16 |
| 4 | Caley | 15 | 1:26 | 13.39% | 668 |
| 6 | Wright | 14 | 1:27 | 0.64% | 4 |
| 7 | Burch | 12 | 1:32 | 3.30% | 176 |
| 8 | Smith | 9 | 1:43 | 0.12% | 1 |
| 8 | Whitmore | 9 | 1:43 | 8.74% | 731 |
| 10 | Walton | 8 | 1:48 | 9.41% | 861 |
| 11 | Fisher | 7 | 1:55 | 1.05% | 69 |
| 11 | Ford | 7 | 1:55 | 1.45% | 113 |
| 11 | Barber | 7 | 1:55 | 0.74% | 28 |
| 11 | Branch | 7 | 1:55 | 5.07% | 539 |
| 11 | Hostler | 7 | 1:55 | 35.00% | 2,347 |
| 11 | Runacres | 7 | 1:55 | 14.89% | 1,336 |
| 17 | Clark | 6 | 1:64 | 0.64% | 29 |
| 17 | Ward | 6 | 1:64 | 0.49% | 14 |
| 17 | Richards | 6 | 1:64 | 7.14% | 870 |
| 17 | Page | 6 | 1:64 | 0.60% | 25 |
| 17 | Read | 6 | 1:64 | 0.58% | 24 |
| 17 | Gilbert | 6 | 1:64 | 2.17% | 251 |
| 17 | Plant | 6 | 1:64 | 2.91% | 357 |
| 17 | Large | 6 | 1:64 | 7.69% | 935 |
| 17 | Gooding | 6 | 1:64 | 1.42% | 130 |
| 17 | Mayhew | 6 | 1:64 | 0.82% | 58 |
| 17 | Peart | 6 | 1:64 | 40.00% | 2,754 |
| 17 | Hazelwood | 6 | 1:64 | 8.22% | 980 |
| 17 | Cullingford | 6 | 1:64 | 6.06% | 759 |
| 17 | Sillett | 6 | 1:64 | 3.97% | 494 |
| 31 | Gibbs | 5 | 1:77 | 2.01% | 291 |
| 31 | Lyons | 5 | 1:77 | 12.50% | 1,498 |
| 31 | Jeffries | 5 | 1:77 | 4.55% | 682 |
| 31 | Newson | 5 | 1:77 | 0.73% | 65 |
| 35 | Edwards | 4 | 1:96 | 0.52% | 50 |
| 35 | Richardson | 4 | 1:96 | 0.97% | 144 |
| 35 | Bennett | 4 | 1:96 | 0.77% | 99 |
| 35 | Pratt | 4 | 1:96 | 1.21% | 203 |
| 35 | Good | 4 | 1:96 | 2.80% | 528 |
| 35 | Ling | 4 | 1:96 | 0.49% | 42 |
| 35 | Foulcher | 4 | 1:96 | 40.00% | 3,464 |
| 42 | Lewis | 3 | 1:128 | 0.71% | 132 |
| 42 | Clarke | 3 | 1:128 | 0.12% | 3 |
| 42 | Sewell | 3 | 1:128 | 1.57% | 393 |
| 42 | Riches | 3 | 1:128 | 0.71% | 130 |
| 46 | Gray | 2 | 1:192 | 0.46% | 128 |
| 46 | Markham | 2 | 1:192 | 0.80% | 291 |
| 46 | Mallett | 2 | 1:192 | 0.84% | 313 |
| 46 | Kettle | 2 | 1:192 | 1.46% | 545 |
| 46 | Durham | 2 | 1:192 | 5.88% | 1,694 |
| 46 | Garnham | 2 | 1:192 | 0.30% | 66 |
| 46 | Clouting | 2 | 1:192 | 3.45% | 1,167 |
| 53 | Baker | 1 | 1:383 | 0.06% | 9 |
| 53 | King | 1 | 1:383 | 0.05% | 6 |
| 53 | Miller | 1 | 1:383 | 0.18% | 84 |
| 53 | Woods | 1 | 1:383 | 0.08% | 15 |
| 53 | Chambers | 1 | 1:383 | 0.26% | 155 |
| 53 | Kemp | 1 | 1:383 | 0.12% | 36 |
| 53 | Alexander | 1 | 1:383 | 0.32% | 226 |
| 53 | Jordan | 1 | 1:383 | 0.52% | 387 |
| 53 | Bullock | 1 | 1:383 | 0.40% | 284 |
| 53 | Langley | 1 | 1:383 | 1.03% | 771 |
| 53 | Snell | 1 | 1:383 | 0.28% | 179 |
| 53 | Sawyer | 1 | 1:383 | 0.25% | 153 |
| 53 | Crisp | 1 | 1:383 | 0.23% | 129 |
| 53 | Friend | 1 | 1:383 | 0.48% | 355 |
| 53 | Eley | 1 | 1:383 | 0.88% | 654 |
| 53 | Cable | 1 | 1:383 | 0.63% | 471 |
| 53 | Fairhead | 1 | 1:383 | 1.43% | 1,019 |
| 53 | Gowen | 1 | 1:383 | 4.17% | 2,116 |
| 53 | Dearing | 1 | 1:383 | 6.67% | 2,754 |
| 53 | Aldrich | 1 | 1:383 | 0.79% | 590 |
| 53 | Jorden | 1 | 1:383 | 5.26% | 2,429 |
| 53 | Charity | 1 | 1:383 | 7.69% | 2,968 |
| 53 | Clowe | 1 | 1:383 | 3.33% | 1,861 |
| 53 | Hembling | 1 | 1:383 | 5.26% | 2,429 |
| 53 | Reave | 1 | 1:383 | 20.00% | 5,441 |
| 53 | Brows | 1 | 1:383 | 50.00% | 7,894 |