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Patience BAYLES

Female 1761 - 1847  (86 years)
Person ID: I980   |  Last Modified: 6 Sep 2023


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  • Name Patience BAYLES  [1] 
    Relationshipwith Léonce Reginald “Tupsy” MOTYER
    Gender Female 
    Birth 1761  Swyre, Dorsetshire County (now Dorset County), England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Died Nov 1847  Swyre, Dorsetshire County (now Dorset County), England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Buried 25 Nov 1847  Swyre, Dorsetshire County (now Dorset County), England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • (Research):Nether Cerne, Nr Dorchester, 28 August 1846
      .... Mrs Motyer is increasing in mischievousness as the years increase. Bryant reports that although she has the Duke's allowance of 2s a week of pay beside she is pulling down the thatch and boards of the house in which he has her domiciled and burning them and he fears she will some day set him on fire as her cottage adjoins.
      She has another freak at times when Bryant is away; she hires a cart and puts her bed and moveables into it and goes up to Swyre and attempts to take forcible possession of the as yet unfinished cottages, from which position a constable is always necessary to dislodge her. I have advised Bryant to take the necessary legal steps to remover her to the Union. The son is at present on some distant expedition but he occasionally appears for a day or two, commonly intoxicated; he beats his poor wife and then sets out again. I suppose he will not escape the law eventually though his cunning may save him for a time ..
      (from J.B. Knight)


      Bridport, 24th September 1846
      Sir,At the request of Mr John Bryant of Barwick and at the suggestion of Mr J.B. Knight I am to write to you respecting a female called Patience Motyer. It appears that she has been some time residing in a cottage within the farmyard in the occupation of Mr John Bryant;- that notwithstanding repeated remonstrances, she will bring her bed down stairs and place it near to the fire place and endangering her own life and the whole farm buildings;- that her own clothes have caught fire several times in the last few weeks;- that Mr Bryant ordered his dairyman to bring two carts of coals for her use;- that she refused to receive the coals;- that Mr Bryant has supplied her with faggots & gorse to the full extent of her wants, but that she has pulled down all the thatch and timber even to the wall plate of two fuel houses near her cottage;- that under my advice Mr Bryant withheld her weekly pay in order to induce her to quit without further trouble, promising it to her on compliance; that Mr Bryant offered to pay 3/- a week to the woman's daughter Ann Coombs to receiver her into her cottage and take care of her. The daughter is willing to do this and treat her mother with affection but the mother refuses to live with her daughter. The woman applied for relief to the office of the Union and received an order to be admitted to the union workhouse but now refuses to go there. Considering it quite essential for the safety of Mr Bryant's family & the farm buildings occupied by him I advised him to proceed to obtain possession of the cottage under the Small Tenants Act & I find that he has obtained an order which will enable him with the assistance of a constable to remove the woman from the premises on the 6th of the coming month. Mr Bryant is a kind-hearted man & will I am satisfied do everything that humanity requires but it is essential to get rid of this troublesome old woman whose conduct keeps Mrs Bryant in a state of nervous excitement and compels her to sit up for hours at night watching the light in the cottage from a window in the Farm House.

      I am sir,
      Your obedient servant,
      E Nichollets(Mr Bryant's solicitor)
      (to Christopher Hardy esq.)



      Bedford Office, Bloomsbury, August 7th 1849
      Dear Sir,The Duke approves of Mr Barnes's estimate of £728 for the Six Cottages at Swyre as stated in Mr Barnes's letter of 2nd instant to you.
      I am Sir,
      Yours truly,
      Christopher Hardy
      (to J.B. Knight)

      Dorchester, August 2nd 1849
      Dear Sir,I find (on receiving Gale's list of prices*) that the cost of erecting the Six Cottages with porches, Back Buildings, Bakehouse with oven and table, including clothes posts, railing, carriage and all extras will be £728 at which some I will undertake to complete the work in a substantial and satisfactory manner.
      The back foundations will require to be 4 foot deep.
      I am sir,
      Your obedient servant,
      John Barnes
      (to J.B. Knight)
      *Gale was the mason at Swyre

      This row of cottages is what is now 16-21 Swyre. The design was based on a design of the Duke's for some cottages on his estates in Bedfordshire. The design was changed, particularly at the instance of John Baverstock Knight, the Duke's under-steward in Dorset. The changes include replacing gable ends with a hipped roof offering more protection against the weather, and having each cottage with a separate entrance rather than one serving a pair of cottages.

  • Family

    Family ID: F234 Group Sheet  |  Family Chart  |  Last Modified: 6 Sep 2023  
    Husband Joseph MOTYER, Jr. (ID:I433)
              b. Abt 1765, Swyre, Dorsetshire County (now Dorset County), England Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. Oct 1806, Swyre, Dorsetshire County (now Dorset County), England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 41 years) 
    Marriage 26 May 1788  Swyre, Dorsetshire County (now Dorset County), England Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5] 
    Age at Marriage Patience was ~ 27 years and 5 months old - Joseph was ~ 23 years and 5 months old. (≠ 4 years - Were Married 18 years and 5 months). 
    Alt. Marriage Alt. Marriage FHL #1239249 & FHL # 481078 
    Marriage Record 26 May 1788  Swyre, Dorsetshire County (now Dorset County), England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Dorset, England: Parish and Probate Records 
    • Dorset: - Parish Registers
      Burialls
        Marriages at Swyre, 1588 to 1837.
         Volume 3.
      County: Dorset
      Country: England
      Joseph Motyer & Patience Bayles 26 May 1788
    Children 
      1. FemaleRhoda MOTYER (ID:I736)
              b. Abt 1789, Swyre, Dorsetshire County (now Dorset County), England Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. Yes, date unknown
    ▻ Robert CARLEY  m. 20 Jun 1813
      2. FemaleMary MOTYER (ID:I735)
              b. Abt 1791, Swyre, Dorsetshire County (now Dorset County), England Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. Yes, date unknown
      3. MaleJoseph MOTYER, III (ID:I998)
              b. 5 Feb 1793, Swyre, Dorsetshire County (now Dorset County), England Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 4 Feb 1831, Portland (Isle of Portland), Dorsetshire County (now Dorset County), England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 37 years)
    ▻ Jane ANGEL  (Age 27 years)  m. 3 Apr 1815;   
    ▻ Mary HUNT  (Age 90 years)  m. 5 Mar 1825
      4. MaleThomas Francis MOTYER (ID:I979)
              b. 20 Mar 1796, Swyre, Dorsetshire County (now Dorset County), England Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. Yes, date unknown
      5. MaleMethusalem MOTYER (ID:I978)
              b. 18 Apr 1797, Swyre, Dorsetshire County (now Dorset County), England Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. Yes, date unknown
    ▻ Sarah
      6. FemaleAnn MOTYER (ID:I977)
              b. 25 Dec 1798, Swyre, Dorsetshire County (now Dorset County), England Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. Yes, date unknown
    ▻ William COOMBS  m. 8 Sep 1832
      7. MaleGeorge MOTYER (ID:I976)
              b. 24 Mar 1801, Swyre, Dorsetshire County (now Dorset County), England Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. Yes, date unknown
    ▻ Sarah THORNE  m. 29 Apr 1828
      8. MaleRichard MOTYER (ID:I975)
              b. 13 Feb 1804, Swyre, Dorsetshire County (now Dorset County), England Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 20 Dec 1887, Union Workhouse, Fordington, Dorchester, Dorsetshire County (now Dorset County), England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years)
    ▻ Ann NORTHOVER  (Age 42 years)  m. 8 Aug 1833

  • Other Personal Events

    Unique Identifier A3B0490FB65349768F6C5070FE35DF3B7B66 
    Census 1841  [2] 
    • Name: Patience Motyer
      Event: Census
      Event Date: 1841
      Gender: Female
      Age: 80
      Birthplace: Dorset
      Record Type: Household
      Registration District: Bridport
      Sub-district: Burton Bradstock
      Civil Parish: Swyre
      County: Dorsetshire
    Alt. Birth 1765  [3] 
    Occupation Homemaker 

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  • Source Citations

    1. [S83] Internet: Website: Ancestry.com, (http://www.Ancestry.com), accessed 6 Sep 2023), Clarke Family Tree (Reliability: 3).
      https://www.ancestry.ca/family-tree/person/tree/35425820/person/29109932303/story

    2. [S39] Internet: Website: Genealogy: FamilySearch.org, ([Date]), accessed 21 Jul 2011) (Reliability: 3).
      England and Wales Census, 1841 for Patience Motyer

    3. [S83] Internet: Website: Ancestry.com, (http://www.Ancestry.com), accessed 1 Mar 2015) (Reliability: 3).
      http://records.ancestry.com/patience_bayles_records.ashx?pid=29063320

    4. [S136] Internet: Website: FamilySearch, accessed 21 Jun 2014), Joseph MOTYER (England Marriages, 1538–1973) (Reliability: 3).
      "England Marriages, 1538– 1973 ," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/N6R9-XMB : accessed 21 Jun 2014), Joseph Motyer and Patience Bayles, 1788; citing Swyre, Dorset, England, reference 2:1RJBXZG; FHL microfilm 1239249.

    5. [S83] Internet: Website: Ancestry.com, (http://www.Ancestry.com), accessed 6 Sep 2023), Clarke Family Tree (Reliability: 3).
      https://www.ancestry.ca/family-tree/person/tree/35425820/person/29109621156/story







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