| Name |
Ralph THRALE |
| Birth |
9 Sep 1689 |
Sandridge, Hertfordshire, England  [1] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Property |
1694 |
Leavesden Farm, Abbots Langley, Hertfordshire, England [2] |
| Ralph Ewer of St. James, Clerkenwell, left messuages in Abbots Langley and £100 to his cousin Ralph, and also a small legacy to his father, also called Ralph. Leavesden Farm provided income of around £22 per year. |
| Property |
1705 |
Nomansland, Sandridge, Hertfordshire, England [3] |
| Inherited the eight-acre farm after the death of his father, providing an income of around £80 per year. |
| Property |
1705 [4] |
Inventory of his estate, as appraised by Thomas Wells and Philip Smith.
| £ | s | d |
|---|
| Wheat unthreshed 60 loads | 51 | 0 | 0 | | Barley unthreshed 65 qtrs. | 35 | 15 | 0 | | Pease unthreshed 50 loads | 22 | 10 | 0 | | Oats unthreshed 16 qtrs | 8 | 6 | 0 | | 2 Cocks of Hay 8 loads | 10 | 0 | 0 | | 84 fat sheep | 84 | 0 | 0 | | 134 store sheep | 73 | 14 | 0 | | 7 hoggs | 11 | 0 | 0 | | 4 cows | 14 | 0 | 0 | | 1 wagon, 2 carts and other materials | 20 | 0 | 0 | | for plowing and harrowing 34 ac. of Tilth Wheat | 38 | 18 | 0 | | for plowing of Breach Wheat 12 acres | 4 | 10 | 0 | | for 23 loads of seed wheat | 18 | 8 | 0 | | for 14 days dung carting and spreading | 7 | 10 | 0 | | for plowing and harrowing 17 ac. of turnip land | 20 | 0 | 0 | | for plowing and harrowing 19 acres of pease | 7 | 2 | 6 | | for 11 loads of seed pease | 4 | 19 | 0 | | for plowing and harrowing 20 acres of oats | 7 | 0 | 0 | | for 5 qtrs. seed oats | 2 | 15 | 0 | | for plowing 27 acres of winter fallow | 6 | 15 | 0 | | for 4 dozen hurdles | 1 | 12 | 0 | | for 3 horses | 25 | 0 | 0 | | for pease hooks, forks and shovels | 11 | 0 | 0 | | for harness for 5 horses | 7 | 10 | 0 | | for sacks and bean materials | 2 | 10 | 0 | | for 3 plows and 2 pair of gears. | 5 | 10 | 0 | | for 7 harrows | 2 | 1 | 0 | | for long grass seed | 2 | 0 | 0 | | for ready money and wearing apparel | 50 | 0 | 0 | | The Inventory & Appraisement of the Household Stuff, Linen & Plate | | | | | In the Great Parlour and Study | 3 | 10 | 0 | | In the Little Parlour. | 1 | 18 | 0 | | In the Hall | 7 | 11 | 0 | | In the Kitchen | 4 | 11 | 0 | | In the Milk House | 2 | 0 | 0 | | In the Brewhouse | 15 | 10 | 0 | | In the Chamber over the Brewhouse | 7 | 0 | 0 | | In the Chamber over the Kitchen. | 8 | 0 | 0 | | In the Chamber over the Hall | 5 | 5 | 0 | | In the Chamber over the Parlour | 18 | 0 | 0 | | For Silver Plate in the House | 10 | 0 | 0 | | For Linen in the House | 16 | 0 | 0 |
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- The whole estate was valued at £500-£600, although John Thrale considered that wood cut from one acre should be included, and also three horses and two cows had been omitted since they had been taken as a heriot (a sort of death duty payable to the Lord of the Manor) for No Mans Land and Leavesden. John also knew that Ralph Thrale had been indebted to Mrs. Ann Thrale by bond for £100, and to Mrs. Knowlton for £50.
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| Occupation |
1710 [5] |
| Described as a 'gentleman'. |
| Note |
1717 [6] |
| In 1717 John Smith of Abbots Langley complained that he had leased a house to Ralph Ewer in 1696. He had paid Ewer £10 and a bond for a further £10 to obtain permission from the Lord of the Manor to make the transfer, but the lease had not been conveyed and a few months later Ralph Ewer 'made away with himself'. Ewer left his property to Ralph Thrale, infant son of Ralph Thrale of Sandridge, who had since died. In 1710 Smith desired to discharge the bond and asked Ralph to produce it. Ralph said he had mislaid it, but promised to find it and on this promise Smith paid Ralph Thrale £10. Two years later Thrale, then of age, suggested to Smith that the latter should pay £27 a year for the premises and tithes, and he himself would do all necessary repairs, give a new 21 year lease, cancelling the old lease, and all differences would be settled. Smith employed a carpenter to do £9 worth of work, but Thrale repudiated the agreement saying that it had not been put into writing, and that he would not accept the £9 being deducted from the £27 rent.Chancery Proceedings C11/1796/1 The argument went on to one point where Smith was arrested and the case was tried at Hertford Assizes, but was discharged because Thrale could not produce a Promissory Note. How the wrangle settled itself is not known, but Smith was in fact imprisoned for eight months.Chancery Proceedings C11/1181/37 |
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| Property |
Bef 1722 |
Saint Peters, St Albans, Hertfordshire, England [3] |
| Combined the meadows at St Michaels and St Peters, in St Albans provided a joint income of £22 per year. |
| Property |
Bef 1722 |
Leavesden Farm, Abbots Langley, Hertfordshire, England [3] |
| Worth £22 |
Address:
Leavesden Farm |
| Will |
29 Jan 1722 |
Nomansland, Sandridge, Hertfordshire, England [7] |
ABSTRACT OF THE WILL OF RALPH THRALE OF NOE MANS LAND IN THE PARISH OF SAUNDRIDGE AND COUNTY OF HERTFORD, gent.
DATED 29th January 1722. - PROVED 7th May 1723. (P.C.C. 110 Richmond.)
To Mary my loving wife all her wearing apparrell and all herrings and other things she usually wears all my household stuff and plate (except money).
To my son Thomas Thrale his heirs and assigns for ever all that my messuage or tenement at Leavesden in the parish of Abbots Langley, Co. Hertford, now in the tenure of Bennett Edmonds and all my closes and parcels of land etc to the same messuage appertaining in the parish of Abbotts Langley aforesaid and in the parish of Watford in the said county also all my Tythes and Tenths arising from such part of the said premises as are situate in the parish of Abbotts Langley. That my said wife shall hold the same messuage, lands etc given to my said son and receive the rents until my said son shall attain his age of 21 on trust that my wife shall out of the rents maintain and educate my said son until age of 21. I give the guardianship of my son to my said wife in case my said wife shall so long live and remain a widow. I appoint (after the death or marriage of my wife) my cousin John Thrale (son of my uncle Thomas Thrale) and Mr. Thomas Thrale of Marshalls Wick in the said parish of Saundridge and the survivor of them and the Executor or administrator of such survivor to be guardians of my said son Thomas until age of 21 and shall from the death or marriage of my said wife enjoy all the aforesaid messuage lands ete and take the rents until my son reach the age of 21 in trust that my said Trustees maintain and educate my said son.
If there be any surplus the same shall be put out at interest for the benefit of my said son.
To my said son £300 at age of 21 if he shall so long live to be paid by my eldest son Ralph Thrale out of my personal estate. To my eldest son Ralph Thrale all the rest of my goods, chattels and personal estate and I give the Tuition and Custody of my said eldest son until age of 21 unto my said wife so long as she live and continue a widow. After death or marrage of said wife my said cozen John Thrale and Thomas Thrale of MarshallsWick aforesaid to be guardians of my said eldest son and my wife and Trustees receive the rents and profits of such messages etc as shall descend to him at my decease until my said eldest son attain the age of 21 on trust to maintain and educate my said eldest son.
To my said Trustees John Thrale and Thomas Thrale £5 a piece in case they undertake the said guardianship. My wife sole executrix.
Witnesses. Elizabeth Gregory, Thomas Thrale, Rob. Jenkyns.
Proved 7th May 1723, by Mary Thrale relict and executrix. |
| Death |
From 29 Jan 1722 to 7 May 1723 [8] |
| Note |
Aft 1722 [5] |
| After his death, Abigail Thrale, the elder widow, Mary Thrale the younger widow, and Thomas Thrale were trying to insinuate that Ralph had not made a will in 1705. Thomas Thrale (executor to Ralph Thrale the senior) made a statement at the Mansion House ('domum mancionalem') of John Thrale at Hammonds, no doubt his son.Chancery Proceedings C11/60/3. Whilst the conflict continued, many depositions were taken in 1725: John Andrews of Kings Langley, gentleman, brother to the Andrew sisters, also Askew, Wells, Smith, Epgrave, Sheppard, Pedder, Dollinge, Meadows, Sibley, Cox, George and Richard Crouch (Ralph Thrale had married Mary Crouch in 1709 at St. Benets Paul Wharf, London and Richard Crouch was her father), Sheppard. Other deponents were Thomas Thrale who at that time was at Cell Barnes in St. Peters, a yeoman, and Thomas Thrale at Marshals Wick, a gentleman, both members of the Marshalswick branch. |
| Person ID |
I179 |
UK Thrale family | Nomansland, Sandridge branch |
| Last Modified |
14 Jul 2025 |
| Father |
Ralph THRALE d. Between 1 Jan 1705 and 30 Apr 1705, Nomansland, Sandridge, Hertfordshire, England |
| Mother |
Abigail ANDREWS, b. 1661, Aldenham, Hertfordshire, England d. 1728, Saint Pauls, Walden, Hertfordshire, England (Age 67 years) |
| Marriage |
29 Sep 1684 |
Saint Michaels, St Albans, Hertfordshire, England [9] |
| Residence |
1700 |
Hammonds, Sandridge, Hertfordshire, England [10] |
| Ralph Thrale at Hammonds with his wife Abigail and four children. |
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Historic Sandridge. The story of a Hertfordshire parish (1952).
The first substantial chronicle of Thrale history, written by Richard Thrale (1931-2007) & E. Giles. Reproduced in full with consent of the author. |
| Family ID |
F114 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Thrale history
1689 - 1723 (32 years)
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