Budworth family

The Budworth family is descended from Odard de Dutton, 1st Lord of Dutton, who came over at the The Norman conquest of England in 1066 and assumed the name of Dutton, and whose descendants took that of Budworth on receiving a grant of the Manor of Budworth, In Cheshire from Henry III. Branching from Cheshire The Budworth became a prominent land owning family in Essex. Richard Budworth was the first of the family in any way connected with Essex, His Father and Grandfather, heads of the Cheshire family of considerable antiquity. The Essex property was brought into the family by the marriage of Reverend Richard Budworth (1755-1805), the son of fore-mentioned Richard Budworth, Rector of High Laver, with Mary, granddaughter and co-heiress of Alexander Cleeve of London, merchant.
Memorial of the parishes of Greensted-Budworth
Memorial of the parishes of Greensted-Budworth, Chipping Ongar and High Laver, with an account of the families of Cleeve and Budworth; is a book by Philip John Budworth detailing the history of the Budworth family and their estates in Essex, dating back to his ancestors, the Bourchier Family, who were a noble family and wealthy landowners, originally from Bouchier in Normandy, and arrived in England with Duke William in 1066. John de Bourchier (d.circa 1330) was an English Judge of the Common Pleas and the earliest ancestor of the family. The book also details the history of ownership of Greensted Hall and Estate, from the time of William the Conqueror.
Greensted Hall
Greensted Hall was first brought into to Budworth family line by Alexander Cleeve, a prosperous merchant and pewterer, from London in 1695, settling at Greensted Hall with his wife Ann Bourchier, daughter and heiress of John Bourchier and descendant of Henry Bourchier, 1st Earl of Essex and William Bourchier, 1st Count of Eu of the Bourchier Family.
In 1837 the manor was in the possession of the Reverend Philip Budworth (father of Captiain Philip Budworth), who was a grandson of Jane, daughter of Alexander Cleeve and wife of the Reverend Thomas Velley. Budworth also bought New House Farm, which had been sold in 1778 by the executors of John Cleeve and had become the property of Sympson Jessopp. Captain Philip J. Budworth was the only surviving son and heir of the Reverend Philip Budworth. He settled at Greensted Hall after the death of his father. In 1867 he bought Lodge Farm and thus became owner of all but a small part of the land in the parish. He continued to live at Greenstead Hall until his death in 1885 and took an active part in local affairs. He is commemorated by the Budworth Hall in Chipping Ongar. His sons, or their representatives, were the main land-owners in Greensted in 1926.
Budworth Hall
The Budworth Hall was built in 1886 as a memorial to the late Captain Philip John Budworth (1818 - 1885), today, the hall is the home of the Ongar and District Community Association.

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