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A Morffew Family Tree

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About the Family tree

The spelling of names
There were various discrepancies in the spelling of the family name. These names showed up in various early
parish registers and were spelt as Morfee, Morphe, Marphe, Mafee, Morfey, Morphewe and Morfeive. These names
have been written as given in the parish records.

A consistency in the spelling occurs around mid 17
th
century where it becomes a standard Morphew. This name is
written in the parish records in Kent, Sussex and Surrey, Suffolk and Essex. At the turn of the 18
th
century in
Kingston On Thames there is a change in the spelling of the name Morphew changing to Morffew.

There is no obvious reason for the change in the spelling of these names. It could have been due to the local
accent being misunderstood by the local registrar or spelt as the registrar thought it should be spelt because the
individual was unable to spell their name. The spelling shows a variation between the Parishes even though they
are relatively close to each other such as Merstham, Gatton, Blechingley and Godstone.

The earliest spelling of Morfeive could be how it has been perceived today when taken form the Old English style
of writing where the U is written as a V and F appears to be an elongated S.















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John Marphe (Morfeive) = Annye (Amy)Kelycke
b1540 Blechingley? b1540? Blechingley
M 1564 Blechingley


Thomas Morfey John Morfeive=Margaret Richard Morfieve Nicholas Morfeive
10 May 1581 (Morfee)1575 Pitter 21 May 1578 1571-1612
Blechingley Blechingley Blechingley Blechingley


7
th
June 1607
J. (John) Morphe Thomas = Joane Ann Mafee ( Morfee) Nicholas Morphey = Marie Persivall
Morfee Gatton d 1667 d 19
th
April 1624
Merstham b 12 Sept 1600
Weaver D Oct 1600

Merstham Ann Morphew b1621 Richard Morphey Joane
Thomas = Elizabeth Elizabeth Morphew m James Moody b April 1620 Morphew
1620 Morphee 1633 Inherited Property d 15
th
April 1620 b3 Nov 1616
at Godstone in 1667 Merstham Merstham

Margaret Morphew
Merstham Merstham Merstham 24 Oct 1614
Jane Morphew Richard Morphew 1655 Johannes Morphee Merstham
= John Coxe Feb 1674 d June 27 1723 28 May 1645


John Morphew 1688 Ann Morphew 1686 Elizabeth Morphew 1695 Richard Morphew 1686 = Anne
28
th
July Merstham
Merstham
James Morphew = Priscilla
1728-1801 Doily John Richard=Margaret Jane = Richard Anne Elizabeth
Bastardised 1735-1822 Morphew Morphew Morphew Roffey Morphew Morphew
m Merstham 1756 Aug 13 1721 Dec 21 1718 1716 m June 1 July 1 July 1 1711
Merstham Merstham 1733 1714 Merstham
Gatton

John Anne Richard Sarah Mary Anne
Morphew Morphew Morphew Morphew Morphew Morphew
Jan 11 1767 Jan 2 1763 July 13 1761 Jan 25 1755 b 1752
d 1804 Pauper
Benjamin Mersey Robert Merstham William John Richard Priscilla Martha James John
Morphew Morphew Morphew Thomas Morphew Morphew Morphew Morphew Morphew Morphew Morphew
1774 1771 1769 Morphew 1766 1766 1761 May 14 1764 1760 1759-1762 1757-1759
to page 9 1762 to page 3
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Thomas Hannah
MORFFEW = PERCEY
1762 23rd May | 1765 1826 Thomas Morffew to page 7
Burial 24
th
June 1846 (m.1788 Woking) Mary MORFFEW b.1801
+---------------------+------------+-------------+---------------------------+-----------Sarah MORFFEW b.1804
| | | | Robert Wale MORFFEW b.1797-1798
| | Kingston On Thames |
Richard Harriet William Henry = Sarah Hannah MORFFEW=John Duffell b1795
MORFFEW = BOWBRICK James = Elizabeth MORFFEW | PARROTT b.1799 28
th
Jan
b.1790 | MORFFEW | b.1795 | Kingston On Thames
| b.1791 | Shoemaker |
John MORFFEW | (m.1817)
b.27
th
June 1818 | | Jane Duffell 1819
Kingston On Thames +---------------+ (Kingston)
| | Henry George MORFFEW b.1818-1819 Kingston On Thames
| (Kingston) Henry MORFFEW 3
rd
April 1820-74:go page5
| George MORFFEW b.1822 Mary Ann MORFFEW b.1822
| (London) Elizabeth MORFFEW b. 25
th
Oct 1824 Kingston on Thames
| Hannah MORFFEW b.1828 Harriet MORFEW b.1827 Jan 7 Kingston On Thames
================= | James MORFFEW b.1828 Charlotte MORFEW b.1829 F 1 Kingston on Thames
It is known that | Robert MORFFEW b.1834 bap 9
th
Feb
William John's | m. Mary ( Hayter )@ Kingston On Thames
| |
father was called | James Robert Walter MORFFEW=Jane Sarah Peacock
William - it is | HORWOOD = Elizabeth b1855 b10th Dec 1854
only a guess to | French Polisher | b.1800 Ham Surrey
identify him as | b.1791 | North Molton, DEV
William James | Buckland, DEV |
as above. | |
================= | +--------------+--------------+
William | | |
John = Mary Ann William Elizabeth William Walter Frederick George=Elizabeth
MORFFEW | HORWOOD HORWOOD HORWOOD Morffew Morffew Ball
Lastmaker | b.1821 b.1827 b.1831 b 27
th
Match 2
nd
June
b.1819 | Bristol Spitalfields Spitalfields 1896 1878
London Ham Surrey Ham Surrey
(m.4/9/1848 St George in the East, London) d 18
th
Oct 1917,
| Western Front
|
|
| Frederick Robert James
Continues at top of page 5 Morffew b 1905
Petersham Surrey
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+------------+-------+-----------+-------------------+------------+---------+--------+
| | | | | | |
Elizabeth Henry George Emma Arthur | Fanny
Jane William Emma Walter Emma Alice John | Eliza
MORFFEW MORFFEW = CRAWFORD MORFFEW = ADAMS MORFFEW MORFFEW | MORFFEW
b.1850 b.1854 | b.1856 | b.1858 b.1860 | b.1865
London London | London | London Reading | Reading
| | |
(m.1877, Woolwich) (m.1883, Alton) |
Emma Lizzie MORFFEW Kathleen |
b.1878 Louisa Louisa
Maud Eliza MORFFEW MORFFEW Arthur = Mary
b.1879 b.1886 ANDREWS MORFFEW
Reading Reading b.7/1/1862 Reading

Morffew of Chelsea by John Marffew
Henry Ann
From page 4 MORFFEW = GRIFFITHS
Kingston On Thames 1820-74 |
Butcher |
& Bricklayer |
|
(m.1847, Lambeth)
+---------------------+----------------+
| |
Henry Annie |
MORFFEW = WHITE Anne Maria MORFFEW b.1849
b.1846 | Robert MORFFEW 1852-4 22 Feb St. Lukes Chelsea
Carman | Alice MORFFEW b. June 1854 Chelsea
| Mary Ann MORFFEW b.1856 Chelsea
Mary Ann MORFFEW b&d.1874 Emily MORFFEW b.1859
Lydia Louisa MORFFEW b.1875-6 Sarah MORFFEW b.186
Henry James MORFFEW 1876 1918 Harriett MORFFEW 1864-5
Go to page 6 Eliza MORFFEW b.1867
Arthur John MORFFEW 1895-1967 Lilley Ann MORFFEW b.1871
Robert MORFFEW b&d.1879
Alfred MORFFEW b.1880
Thomas MORFFEW b&d.1881
Emily Elizabeth MORFFEW 1882-3
Emma Mary MORFFEW b.1884
George MORFFEW b.1886
Edward MORFFEW 1892
Eliza Rose MORFFEW b.1890

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From page 5
Henry James Morffew = Emma Edith Jeffreys
1876- 1918


Constance V. 1917-1993 George William Morffew= Florence Charles Robert Morffew Lily F. b1914 Arthur Robert Aunty Emmie
Married Thomas Clarke 1938 1905 1980 Arnold 1912- 1977 1904 -1905
Chelsea 1905-2000 Go to page 6




Chelsea Chelsea Dulwich London Dulwich London
Margaret Morffew b1930 George William Morffew b 1932 Beryl A. Morffew b1947 Doreen R. Morffew b1945
Married Phillip Wilson Married 1955 Ivy Hole 1937-1990 Married Robert Insley Married Nic

Denial Insley=Mirja

Heather Wilson Zoe
Harvey Heukels-Morffew
Amsterdam Holland

Camberwell Camberwell
Alan Leslie. b1959 Peter George. 1956 Carol Ann. b1960 Michael J. b1964
Married Claire Married Wendy Ray 1966 m John Hamilton m Jacqueline
m 1993 Akaroa New Zealand Northampton Isle of Wight

Gareth b 1988
Isle of Wight


Catherine b 1990 Hayley E b1993 Dean b1987 Ryan b1994 Barry b1988
Swansea Swansea Northampton Northampton Northampton

Rhiannon b1997 Briony b2000
Harlow Harlow



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Thomas Morffew = Sarah Collins Married St. Martins in the Fields Dec 26
th
1814
1794 Kingston = Elizabeth Lee 1798 Married Soho West London July 8
th
1821
From page 2


b1822 1822-1862
d1908 = Sarah Ann Mary Ann Rosina Elizabeth Maria
Thomas Aitkenhead Morffew Morffew Morffew Morffew = John Pattie
Morffew 1823 1826-1846 b1828 b1836
St. Anne Soho St. Mary, Newington St. James St. James London
Surrey Westminster Westminster

b1847 St. Anne Soho
St Martins in the Fields William Collingwood, Victoria Sarah Ann Annie Maria Thomas Morffew = Margaret
Thomas Morffew Morffew Henry = Annie Morffew Morffew Peel
June 25
th
1845 June 1845 Fillgate Way 1855 1856 Dental Doctor in Melbourne
St. Martins in Morffew Chillwell Ballarat Moved to San Francisco USA
The Fields 1854-1912
Calton Nth
Alice


Melbourne Nth Hotham Hotham Carlton Carlton
Henry Arthur Florence Alfred Ernest Maria Alice William Annie Edith Albert Leslie Elvie
Thomas James Emily George Fillgate Annie Victoria Frederick Elizabeth Morffew Victor William = Victoria
Morffew Morffew Morffew Morffew Morffew Morffew Morffew Morffew Morffew 1890-1890 Morffew Morffew Oakley
1874 1875 1876 1879-1879 1879-1879 1880-1880 1883-1883 1887 1890-1892 1896-1972 1898-1967


Charles Elizabeth
Morffew Morffew Beryl P. Annie S. Mary L.
Morffew Morffew Morffew
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Charles Robert Morffew
1912- 1977
From page 6


Charles Robert Morffew =
1922 - 1977





Margaret Eleanor John Hollick Charles Robert Ivy Cicely
Morffew = Morffew = Chandl er
1943
Married 1939


Dawn Hellen Hollick Patricia Hollick















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From page 3
Robert Morphew 1769
Merstham



Sarah Robert Jane James


James Sarah















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Demographics and migration

Early records show John Morphewe renting rooms in Winchester, Hampshire between 1486 and 1507.
Another early record show a Thomas Morphew being pensioned off at Wenlock Abbey in Gloucstershire in 1535. The time of Henry the VIII
reformation.

A later record in 1537 shows a John Morphew from Halstead, Essex marrying into a wealthy family in Dedham, (Constable Country).

From 1571 there are records of Morphews living in the villages of Blechingley, Merstham, Godstone and Gatton all within a few miles of each
in the Redhill/Reigate area.

In the 17
th
century Morphews are shown on records in the area of Mayfield and Rotherfield in Southern Sussex. These records indicate small
clusters in the Weald of Sussex and Kent.
Morphews show up at later dates in Hastings, Dover and East Grinstead, all within or on the edge of the Weald.
In the same century Morfews appear in the Kingston On Thames parish records.
At this time Morphews moved to Australia and then Thomas Morphew moved to America, California

In the 18
th
century Morphews also appear in the Kingston On Thames parish records as well as Essex and Suffolk.
It is at Kingston on Thames that the name Morffew appears in records around 1800. From this small cluster Morffews moved to Chelsea,
London.

During the War Morphews and Morffews were evacuated from London to various parts of the country. After the war many moved back to
London. Post war records show Morffews, Morphews and Morfews spread across Britain, America and Australia.






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History of Villages and Towns associated with Morphews and Morffews

Blechingley
The village lay within the Anglo-Saxon administrative division of Tandridge hundred.
The settlement appears in the Domesday Book as Blachingelei. It was held by Richard de Tonebrige. Its Domesday Assets were: 3 hides; 14
ploughs, 17 acres (69,000 m
2
) of meadow, woodland worth 58 hogs. Also 7 houses in London and Southwark. It rendered (in total): 15 13s 4d.
In 1225 there is mention of Bletchingley as a borough. In the Middle Ages a borough was created either by the King or one of the Lords as a
potentially profitable element in the development of their estates.
It appears that after the 14th century Bletchingley began to lose its importance as a borough, perhaps losing out to the market town of Reigate.
The village retained its status as a parliamentary borough and elected two members to the unreformed House of Commons by the time the
Industrial revolution developed in the UK, it gained the status of a rotten borough. Parliamentary elections were held from 1733 in what is now
the White Hart, a book in 1844 noting this and that 8 to 10 people voted, as well as a sale of the manor for a very disproportionate sum of 60,000
pounds in 1816.
A number of public footpaths and bridleways can be found both to the north and south of the village which not only allow access to the
countryside but also provide the opportunity to stumble across some other interesting buildings.
The house at Place Farm formed the gatehouse of Blechingley Place: a great Tudor house, which Anne of Cleves occupied after her marriage to
Henry VIII was annulled. Anne of Cleves originated from a small town called Kleve, in what is now Germany.
This long history means that it is still possible to see several buildings that date back to around 1500 in the High Street area. Also to the north
can be found Brewer Street Farm (15th century) and the Old Rectory (1786).



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Merstham
The village lay within the Reigate hundred, an Anglo-Saxon administrative division. Its name was recorded in 947 as Mearstham, which seems
to be Anglo-Saxon Mear-st-hm = "Homestead near a trap set for martens or weasels".
Merstham appears in Domesday Book of 1086 as Merstan. It was held by Archbishop Lanfranc of Canterbury. Its domesday assets were: 5
hides; 1 church, 1 mill worth 2s 6d, 10 ploughs, 8 acres (32,000 m
2
) of meadow, woodland and herbage worth 41 hogs. It rendered 12.
The area has long been known for its quarries, and it was to serve these that the village became the terminus of the Croydon, Merstham and
Godstone Railway, an extension of the horse-drawn Surrey Iron Railway of 1803, the world's first public railway , albeit only for goods. A small
section of the railway is on display near Quality Street.
The first mines at Merstham are recorded almost 1000 years ago in the Domesday Book and 'Reigate stone' quarried there was used to build
parts of Westminster Abbey, Windsor Castle and Henry VIII's doomed palace of Nonsuch in Surrey.
The original parish church, St. Katharine's, dates from around 1220; it replaced an earlier church built c. 1100, although it is believed there has
been a church of some form on the site since c. 675 AD.
Merstham's conservation area is centred around its High Street which winds in the village centre to the northwest, forms part of the A23 road and
includes many listed buildings; the street with the greatest number, Quality Street, arcs off at a tangent from this curve of the High Street. This
was named after J.M. Barrie's play of the same name, in honour of two of the actors in the play, Ellaline Terris and Seymour Hicks, who for a
time lived in the 'Old Forge' at the end of the street. 1 High Street partly dates to the 17th century.

Gatton
Gatton appears in Domesday Book of 1086 as Gatone. It was held by Herfrid from the Bishop of Bayeux. Its domesday assets were: 2 hides; 1
church, 6 acres (24,000 m
2
) of meadow, woodland and herbage worth 7 hogs. It rendered 6.
Gatton was a borough constituency electing two members to the Unreformed House of Commons. By 1831 it had only seven voters, the most
rotten borough in the country. It was abolished by the Reform Act 1832.
A folly on Gatton Park estate, in the form of a small colonnade, is known as Gatton Town Hall and was where the elections were held.



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The Weald
The villages of Gatton, Blechingly, Merstham, Buxted, Rothefield, Mayfield either border or are with in the Weald of Kent and Sussex. The
Weald was a large forested area stretching some 200 miles east to west and 30 miles deep. It is bordered by the North and South Downs, a series
of hills stretching from Dover round just south of London to Woking in Surrey and down towards the coast at Bognor Regis.
The Weald as it is referred to has played an important part in English history. The ancient Cinque ports of Hastings, Winchelsea, Sandwich,
Dover and Deal are here. The Weald was an important centre for Iron works from the iron age up to the start of the 19
t h
century. On the North
Downs Stone has been queried for the building of Windsor Castle and for later work at the Tower of London. As well as sand for the glass
industry and Fullers Earth for the treatment of wool.
Iron works have been found dating back to the iron age. The Iron is found in the soil ten to thirty feet below the top soil. Large holes were dug to
the hard iron ore. Early work was done by placing the iron in a bloomer, a primitive furnace which would break up the stone and melt down the
iron. This was then used for small work in the Middle Ages such as arrow heads, horse shoes, etc.
By the 15
t h
century foundries were being established with Flemish and German workers knowledge. These foundries made small cannons and
cannon balls for the Elizabethan navy. This work carried on into the late 18
t h
century but gradually died off as coal foundries were established in
the north of England. The last foundry in the Weald closed in 1803.
The North Downs is rich in Fullers Earth which is used in treating wool to wash out the oils. Fullers Earth from around Redhill, Gatton and
Blechingley has been used for centuries. This was transported to Winchester which was a centre of the wool trade. The wool was taken to
Southampton where it was sold to Italian Florentine and Ventetian )and Spanish merchants. The Florentine and Venetian fleets left Southampton
partly due to the Italian wars and trade being centred in London.
Stone was quarried in Merstham and used on several major works such as further work on the Tower of London when the outer walls were built
and at Windsor Castle, an important castle under the Anglo Saxons and when rebuilt in stone since William I. The stone was also used in
Westminster Abbey and at Canterbury Cathedral.
The Cinque Ports were important ancient ports that had special concessions and exemptions form tax and import duty. The Cinque Port lords
where allowed to hold the canopy of the monarch when visiting. The five main Cinque Ports were later affiliated with other ports around the
southern coast known as limbs. One was at Manningtree near Colchester and a annual fish market was held at Yarmouth specifically for boats
from the Cinque Ports.


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Kingston On Thames
Kingston was called Cyninges tun in 838, Chingestune in 1086, Kingeston in 1164, Kyngeston super Tamisiam in 1321 and Kingestowne upon
Thames in 1589. The name means 'the king's manor or estate' from the Old English words cyning and tun. It belonged to the king in Saxon times
and was the earliest royal borough.

It was first mentioned in 838 as the site of a meeting between King Egbert of Wessex and Ceolnoth,
Archbishop of Canterbury. Kingston lay on the boundary between the ancient kingdoms of Wessex and Mercia, and in the early tenth century
Wessex absorbed Mercia into the kingdom of England. Probably because of the town's symbolic location, several tenth century kings were
crowned in Kingston, thelstan in 925, Eadred in 946 and thelred in 979. Other kings who may have been crowned there are Edward the
Elder in 902, Edmund in 939, Eadwig in 956, Edgar in about 960 and Edward the Martyr in 975. It was later thought that the coronations took
place in the chapel of St Mary, which collapsed in 1730, and a large stone recovered from the ruins has been regarded since the eighteenth
century as the Coronation Stone. It was initially used as a mounting block, but in 1850 it was moved to a more dignified place in the market
before finally being moved to its current location in the grounds of the guildhall.
Kingston upon Thames formed an ancient parish in the Kingston hundred of Surrey. The parish of Kingston upon Thames covered a large area
including Hook, Kew, New Malden, Petersham, Richmond and Surbiton.
The town of Kingston was granted a charter by King John in 1200, but the oldest one to survive is from 1208 and this document is housed in the
town's archives. Other charters were issued by later kings, including Edward IV's charter that gave the town the status of a borough in 1481. The
borough covered a much smaller area than the ancient parish, although as new parishes were split off the borough and parish eventually became
identical in 1894. The borough was reformed by the Municipal Corporations Act 1835, becoming the Municipal Borough of Kingston-upon-
Thames (then spelt with hyphens). It had been known as a Royal borough through custom and the right to the title was confirmed by George V
in 1927. Kingston upon Thames has been the location of Surrey County Council since it moved from Newington in 1893.
In 1965 the local government of Greater London was reorganised and the municipal borough was abolished. Its former area was merged with
that of the Municipal Borough of Surbiton and the Municipal Borough of Malden and Coombe, to form the London Borough of Kingston upon
Thames. At the request of Kingston upon Thames London Borough Council another Royal Charter was granted by Queen Elizabeth II entitling it
to continue using the title "Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames" for the new borough.




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Chelsea
The word Chelsea originates from the Old English term for "landing place [on the river] for chalk or limestone" (Cealc-hy: chalk-wharf, in
Anglo-Saxon). The first record of the Manor of Chelsea precedes the Domesday Book and records the fact that Thurstan, governor of the King's
Palace during the reign of Edward the Confessor, gave the land to the Abbot and Convent of Westminster. Abbot Gervace subsequently assigned
the manor to his mother, and it passed into private ownership. Modern-day Chelsea was the site of the Synod of Chelsea in 787 AD. In the
ancient records, it is written as Chelchith, which Norden, a writer of considerable note, derives from the Saxon words ceale or cele, meaning
"coldness", and hyd, meaning "hythe", (landing-place, port or haven).
King Henry VIII acquired the manor of Chelsea from Lord Sandys in 1536; Chelsea Manor Street is still extant. Two of his wives, Catherine
Parr and Anne of Cleves, lived in the Manor House; Princess Elizabeth the future Queen Elizabeth I was a resident; and Thomas More lived
more or less next door at Beaufort House. James I established a theological college on the site of Chelsea Royal Hospital, which was later
founded by Charles II.
By 1694, Chelsea always a popular location for the wealthy, and once described as "a village of palaces" had a population of 3,000. Even so,
Chelsea remained rural and served London to the east as a market garden, a trade that continued until the 19th-century development boom which
caused the district finally to be absorbed into the metropolis. The street crossing that was known as "Little Chelsea", Park Walk, linked Fulham
Road to King's Road and continued to the Thames and local ferry down Lover's Lane, renamed "Milmans Street" in the 18th century.
King's Road was named for Charles II, recalling the King's private road from St James's Palace to Fulham, which was maintained until the reign
of George IV. One of the more important buildings in King's Road is the former Chelsea Town Hall, a fine neo-classical building containing
important frescos. Part of the building contains the Chelsea Public Library. Almost opposite is the former Odeon Cinema, now Habitat, with its
iconic faade which carries high upon it a large sculptured medallion of the now almost-forgotten William Friese-Greene, who claimed to have
invented celluloid film and cameras before any subsequent patents.
According to Encyclopdia Britannica, "the better residential portion of Chelsea is the eastern, near Sloane Street and along the river; the
western, extending north to Fulham Road, is mainly a poor quarter". This is no longer the case, although Housing trusts and Council property do
remain. The areas to the west also attract very high prices.
The memorials in the churchyard of Chelsea Old Church (All Saints), near the river, illustrate much of the history of Chelsea. These include
Lord and Lady Dacre (15941595); Sir John Lawrence (1638); Lady Jane Cheyne (1698); Francis Thomas, "director of the china porcelain
manufactory"; Sir Hans Sloane (1753); Thomas Shadwell, Poet Laureate (1692). Sir Thomas More's tomb can also be found there.


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Chelsea was once famous for the manufacture of Chelsea buns (made from a long strip of sweet dough tightly coiled, with currants trapped
between the layers, and topped with sugar). The area is still famous for its "Chelsea China" ware, though the works, the Chelsea porcelain
factory thought to be the first workshop to make porcelain in England were sold in 1769, and moved to Derby. Examples of the original
Chelsea ware fetch high values.
The best-known building is Chelsea Royal Hospital for old soldiers, set up by Charles II (supposedly on the suggestion of Nell Gwynne), and
opened in 1694. The beautifully proportioned building by Christopher Wren stands in extensive grounds, where the Chelsea Flower show is held
annually. The former Duke of York's Barracks (built 1801-3) off King's Road is now part of Duke of York Square, a redevelopment including
shops and cafes and the site of a weekly "farmers' market". The Saatchi Gallery opened in the main building in 2008. Chelsea Barracks, at the
end of Lower Sloane Street, was also in use until recently, primarily by ceremonial troops of the Household Division. Situated on the
Westminster side of Chelsea Bridge Road, it was bought for re-development by a property group from Dubai.













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Personalities
THOMAS MORFFEW, D.D.S.
Thomas Morffew, D.D.S., whose office is at No. 8 Montgomery street, San Francisco, has been a resident of California since 1872, and has been
engaged in dental practice since 1865. He was born in London, England, in 1847, and received his education in the national model schools of
Australia, where his parents removed in his early childhood. At the age of seventeen he entered the dental profession, in a dental laboratory in
Melbourne, where he remained until 1872, when he came to California. Here he continued in his profession, in both its mechani cal and
operating branches. In 1874 he entered the medical department of the University of California, where he remained during the years 1874-5, at
the same time keeping up his connection in the dental profession. In 1882 he entered the dental department of the same university, and
graduated at that institution in the same year, receiving his Doctor of Dental Surgery. He has continued in the active practice of his profession
since that time.
Dr. Morffew was the first president of the Alumni of the dental department of the University of California, and also vice-president of the
California State Odontological Society. He was twice appointed by the Governor of California as a member of the California Board of Dental
Examiners; was elected by the members of that board as its president; was for six years secretary of the San Francisco Dental Association; was
elected by the members of that association as its president; is a member of the California State Dental Association, is one of its trustees, and
president of the association.

Matthew Morphew Esq
Matthew Morphew was made a Knight of the Royal Oak in 1660. Charles II awarded those who gave service whilst he was in exile. Charles II
was advised not to create the new Order incase it caused animosity with Parliament. Charles II instead gave those selected, ( one person from
each parish ) a sum that reflected the value of their property, Matthew Morphew was awarded 1000.
Matthew Morphew at the time was living in Worcestershire.


Thomas Morffew
Living in Kingston On Thames in the late 18
th
Century Thomas was a member of the Ancient Society of College Youths, a belling ringing society
in London and has had many eminent members such as Lord Mayors. Thomas is named in churches in Kingston On Thames.




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Sources and References

Merstham Parish Records
Keith Edkins Family History
Ancestry.com
UK Census Records
Surrey History, Exploring Surreys Past Archive
The Poll for the Knights of the Shire for the County of Surrey 1710
Free Family History and Genealogy Records
National Archives
John Morffew Family Tree