Wyles Duddington Lineage - At A Glance (2019)
Many Wyles people from Duddington (either actually or historically), will share the bulk of this Wyles Family Tree, with differences occurring over the last 100 or 200 years, as we arrive in the common era. Of course, the extent to which a genealogical past is shared will vary depending upon exact Wyles lineage. Many Wyles people from Kings Cliffe (situated 6.4 miles south of Duddington), for instance, divert away from the Duddington lineage in the mid to late 1700s, starting their own distinct branch (although Parish Records state that a ‘Thomas Wiles’ already lived in Kings Cliffe in 1655 – a fact which could suggest another Wyles-Wiles lineage existing in the area). Dowsby is another area that contains Wyles people, situated 24.5 miles northeast of Duddington, but our research in this area is in its infancy. Closer to home we have ‘Oundle’ (12.6 miles southeast of Duddington), which had one ‘Roger Wyles’ living there in 1301. We will study Oundle in due course, but are gathering data at the moment. Although this is a speculation, it could be that the Wyles people migrated from Oundle (1301) to Kings Cliffe (1655) and into Duddington – although the earliest Wyles people in Duddington we can find date to 1523. Around 1760, William Wyles (1737-1799) of Duddington and Catherine Wyles (1738-1796) started their family in Kings Cliffe with no knowledge that Wyles people used to live there. What follows is a quick guide to our Wyles lineage of Duddington:
Section 1: General Association Around Duddington - Proving a Long-Term Wyles Presence in the Area
Roger Wyles (1301) Paid Tax – Oundle (12.6 miles southeast of Duddington),
Richard Wyles (1327) Court Pardon – Marnham (50.9 miles north of Duddington)
Robert Wyles (1334) Paid Tax – Little Hale (40 miles northeast of Duddington)
Henry Wyles (1344) Legal Document - Grantham (20 miles north of Duddington)
John Wyles (1369) Legal Document – Lincolnshire (41 miles northeast of Duddington)
John Wyles (1429) Legal Document – Lincolnshire (41 miles northeast of Duddington)
John Wyles (1438) Legal Document – Lincolnshire (41 miles northeast of Duddington)
Note: In medieval times Duddington was the Diocese of ‘Lincoln’ up until 1539. After 1539, the Diocese was changed to ‘Peterborough’. Although I have included the mileage to ‘Lincolnshre’ as defined today, I suspect that this designation may well have referred to ‘Duddington’ and its surrounding areas prior to 1539 (during Hanry VIII’s ‘Dissolving of the Monasteries’ and his ‘Reformation’). It could be that all three ‘John Wyles’ people could actually have lived in ‘Duddington’, but we cannot be sure. Duddington – due to boundary changes and administrative requirements – has been in Rutland, Lincolnshire, Huntingdonshire (I.e. ‘Cambridge’) from 1965-1974, as well as Northamptonshire (prior to 1965 and after 1974, etc.). Today, Duddington resides in Northamptonshire, which is the East Midlands area of the UK.
Section 2: Direct (Verified) Wyles Relatives in Duddington
Robert Wyles (1530) Legal Documents – brother of John Wyles (1523) and William Wyles (1523) - we believe these dates denote the arrival of these three brothers in Duddington. X16 great grandfather.
Robert Wyles (1540) Legal Document – son of ‘Robert Wyles (1530)’ above and father of ‘Robert Wyles (1598)’ below. X15 great grandfather.
Robert Wyles (1598) Paid Tax & Legal Document - son of ‘Robert Wyles (1540)’ above & husband of ‘Agnus Wyles (d. 1646)’ below. X14 great grandfather.
Robert Wyles (d. 1619) husband of Agnus Wyles (d. 1646) - St Mary’s Church (Duddington) - Gravestones. X13 great grandfather.
Robert Wyles (d. 1623) Married to Elizabeth Wyles (legal document) - possibly the brother of ‘Robert Wyles (1619)’ husband of Agnus above. X12 great grandfather.
Robert Wyles baptized ‘3.11.1605’ (Parish Records) - son of ‘Robert Wyles (d. 1623) & Elizabeth Wyles’ above. X11 great grandfather.
Robert Wyles (d. 1682) married to Daringold Wyles (nee ‘Crowe’) [d. 1668} grandson of ‘Robert Wyles’ (baptized 3.11.1605) - St Mary’s Church - Vestry Wall. X10 great grandfather.
James Wyles married to Joanne Wyles (nee ‘Jackson’) - Legal Document (1668) – son of Robert Wyles (d. 1682) & Daringold Wyles (d. 1668). X9 great grandfather.
John the Elder (d. 1731/32) married to Sarah Wyles – Legal Document (Will) – son of James Wyles & Joanne Wyles above. X8 great grandfather.
The Kings Cliffe branch of the Wyles family developed through William Wyles (1737-1799) married to Catherine Wyles (1738-1796). William Wyles was the son of John the Younger (d, 1770), who was the son of John the Elder (d. 1931/32) of Duddington. William Wyles left Duddington and relocated to Kings Cliffe around 1760.
James Wyles (1701-1785) married to Catherine Wyles (1703-1785) - St Mary’s Church Wyles Crypt – son of John the Elder (d. 1731/32) above. X7 great grandfather.
George Wyles (1749-buried 8.6.1828) married to Mary Wyles - St Mary’s Church (Duddington) - Gravestones - son of James Wyles (1701-1785) married to Catherine Wyles (1703-1785) above. X6 great grandfather.
Parish Records state that George and Mary lost two children in quick succession in 1780. Frances Wyles (buried 9.8.1780) and George Wyles (buried 28.9.1780).
Thomas Wyles (1787-buried 3.12.1853) married (28.12.1822) to Elizabeth Wyles [nee ‘Alderman’] (1804-buried 9.11.1863) - Blacksmiths - St Mary’s Church (Duddington) - Gravestones - son of George Wyles (1749-1828) married to Mary Wyles. X5 great grandfather.
Parish Records record a number of children both ‘baptized’ and subsequently ‘deceased’ for most couples in Duddington, but ‘Chappel Wyles’ (buried 15.2.1899 in Duddington) lived into his 56 year and was ‘baptized’ on the 4.9.1842.
Thomas Wyles Jnr (1824-27.12.1887) married to Mary Ann Wyles (nee ‘Sweeby’) [1839-1917) - St Mary’s Church (Duddington) - Gravestones - son of Thomas Wyles (1787-1853) married to Elizabeth Wyles (1804-buried 9.11.1863). X4 great grandfather.
John Thomas Wyles (1860-23.11.1917) married Eleanor Wyles (nee Britton) {b. 1861] - Legal Documents (possibly buried in Uppingham) – son of Thomas Wyles Jnr (1824-27.12.1887) married to Mary Ann Wyles (nee ‘Sweeby’) [1839-1917). My great, great, great grandfather.
Archibald Britton Wyles (18.2.1887-1941) married (1.10.1910) to Helen Wyles (nee ‘Edward’) [1887-30.1.1918 – Legal Documents – son of John Thomas Wyles (1860-1917) married Eleanor Wyles (nee Britton) {b. 1861]. My great, great grandfather.
According to the Duddington Census of 1891, John Thomas, his wife Eleanor, and their children – Ethel aged 5, Archibald aged 4, and Hilda aged 2 – all lived at the ‘Crown Inn’ in Duddington, but by the time of the 1901 Census, this family (apparently minus Ethel but with the addition of Cyril aged 8, Hugh aged 4 and Sara aged 3), are now recorded as living at ‘144 North Street’ in Uppingham. Uppingham (in Oakham) is situated 8.6 miles to the west of Duddington. This means this family (and my last direct Wyles relative to have been born in Duddington – Archibald – my great grandfather) left Duddington at some point between 1891 – 1901. We believe Archibald left for Birmingham (from Uppingham) around 1905 when he was 18 years old. However, his grandmother – Mary Ann Wyles (1839-1917), the wife of Thomas Wyles Jnr (1824-1887) - continued to live in Duddington until her passing in 1917 (where she was buried in the grounds of St Mary’s Church).
Alfred Gregory Wyles (5.8.1916-5.3.1976) born in Smethwick (Birmingham) married to Gladys Emily Kilmurray (29.11.1919-8.12.1992) of (Ballynacargy Co. Westmeath) Eire – Legal Documents – son of Archibald Britton Wyles (18.2.1887-1941) married (1.10.1910) to Helen Wyles (nee ‘Edward’) [1887-1918]. My great
grandfather.
Peter Desmond Wyles (b. 1943) born in Louth (Lincolshire) - military housing during WWII - married to Diane Wyles (nee ‘Gibson’) [b.1948] born in Oxford - Legal Documents – son of Alfred Gregory Wyles (1916-1976) married to Gladys Emily Kilmurray (29.11.1919-8.12.1992) of Eire. My Father
Adrian Peter Wyles (aka ‘Adrian Chan-Wyles' 陳) [b. 1967 Oxford] - author of this text - married to Gee Wyles (nee ‘Yau’ 邱) [b. 1985 Sutton, UK - Parents from British Hong Kong) - Legal Documents – son of Peter Desmond Wyles (b. 1943) married to Diane Wyles (nee ‘Gibson’) [b.1948].