The Lackham (Baynard) Aisle – Family Lines
The Lackham Aisle, also known as the Baynard Aisle is in the South Transept of the Church. Its been changed a number of times of the years including raising of the roof and installation of pews. The families connected with this Aisle are those who have lived or are linked to Lackham House (Now Lackham College of Agriculture) It is believed a number of them were buried in a vault beneath the chapel. The family names you will find here are mainly Baynard and Montague. We have created a family tree below. Not all of them are buried at Lacock but a number were. It shows the family line from Ralph Bluet I who is believed to have been given the land following the down fall of William II of Eu down to the last person of the family remembered in this area.
In the tree we have highlighted name with links to other pages on the website where you can discover more of their story or a mention of them in another’s biography.
We are gradually building up this area of the website as we discover more so this is a work in progress.
(Please note: Some dates are approximate and the spellings of names can also vary)
Ralph Bluet 1 b. 1050
Ralph Bluet II d. before 1157 = ? Ala Fitzherbert (Son of Ralph it was this Bluet who with the Earl of Shewsbury agreed to share the right to appoint the priests of St Cyriac’s)
Ralph Bluet III d.1199 (Son of Ralph Bluet II)
Ralph Bluet IV b.1179 d.1252 (Son of Ralph Bluet III)
William Bluet d.1300 (Son of Ralph Bluet IV)
Sir John Bluet b.1285, d 1317 = Eleanore de Brianzom d.1348 (Son of William Bluet it was this Bluet who agreed to handover the right solely to Ella Countess of Salisbury in enabling that right to come under Lacock Abbey.)
Elinor Bluet b.1300 = Edward Baynard d. c1410 (Daughter of John and Eleanore here Lackham transferred to the Baynard family)
Robert Baynard d. 1437 = Jocosa Brown (Son of Elinor and Edward and thought to have been commemorated in a missing tudor tomb which was located at the end of the Aisle against where the window is now. It was still there during the time of Charles II and then sometime after disappeared possibly during the reconstruction in 1861)
The lost Tudor tomb may have looked a bit like this based on a sketch and description which was made during the reigh of Charles II
Philip Baynard II (Son of Robert and Jocosa) = ? Abarow (Sheriff of Wiltshire in 1449)
Robert Baynard b. c1430, d.1501 and Elizabeth Ludlow – (Sone of Philip Baynard II is thought to be the person who gave the church the The Lacock Cup. Its his family who are remembered in the Brass Rubbing on the floor of the aisle.)
Philip Baynard III d. 1522 = Jane Stewkeley (Son of Robert and Elizabeth)
Robert Baynard d. 1536 = Ann Blake (Son of Philip and Jane, Robert was Sheriff of Wiltshire in 1534)
Edward Baynard b. 1512, d. 1575 = Elizabeth Warneford (Son of Robert and Ann, Edward took over from William Sharrington as Sheriff of Wiltshire in 1553.)
Robert Baynard b. 1563, d. 1636 = Lady Ursula Stapleton b. 1587, d. 1623 (Memorial) (Son of Edward and Elizabeth also Ursula’s Mother maiden name was Olive Sharrington previously married to John Talbot)
Mary Baynard b. 1620, d. 1685 = James Montague b. 1608, d. 1685 (Daughter of Robert and Ursula here Lackham transferred to the Montague family)
James Montague b. 1639, d. 1675 = Diana Hungerford b. 1650 (Son of Mary and James)
James Montague b. 1673, d. 1747 = Elizabeth Eyles (Son of James and Diana)
Admiral Sir John Montague b. 1719, d. 1795 = Sophie Wroughton (Memorial in the Aisle) (Son of James and Elizabeth)
Admiral Sir George Montague b. 1750, d. 1829, James Montague b. 1752, d 1794, Leuitenent-Cornel Edward Montague b. 1755, d.1799 (All sons of John and Sophie all have with memorials in the Aisle)