Family History, Dackombe Chart 1700 Thomas Dackombe and Anne (Joanne) Moore

Father - Henry Moore of Withford, Hampshire1 6th July 1562 John Daccombe ref:PCC Chayre 6 abstracted by Fry, testator John Daccombe of Styplulton DOR esquire to be buried in parish church of Stepulton in father's tomb, eldest son/exec John Daccombe: residue, granddaughters Margaret, Sibell, Ann Daccombe daughters of my son John at age 20, grandsons William Daccombe, Robert Daccombe sons of my son John Daccombe, grandson James Daccombe s/o John Daccombe, son William Daccombe sheep, land in Fontmell, son James Daccombe: £10 from land at Fontmell, daughter Elizabeth Morris: land in Hanford, daughter Lady Audley, other Robert Cawle taylor of Blandford and Ann his wife, others Crytyan and Joan Fysher; my servant John Seborave, overseers Thomas Daccombe parson of Gunnefielde, my son William Daccombe, William Hannam gent, witnesses Thomas Dackham parson of Gounefield, William Hannam gent, Wylthell Cawle, Walter Rensall, John Walleys s 6July1562 p 1 Feb1562/3 at London by son John Daccombe Thomas held the priesthood of St. Peter (St Mary, Colebrook) in the City of Winchester from 1519 and in 1531 is recorded as Vicar of Nutley, also in diocese of Winchester. By 1542 he was one of the newly appointed petty canons of Winchester Cathedral at a salary of 50 shillings a quarter. He was later re-appointed to his old living of St Peter where he officiated for the rest of his life. In 1549 he was presented to the living of Tarrant Gunville and presumerably held both offices in dispensation. A memorial inscription on a stone in the outer wall of Tarrant Gunville church shows: “here liethe Sir Thomas Dackomb, Parson. All fowre be but one EARTHE FLESCH WORME AND BONE MCCCCCLXVII”. Thomas was best known not as a priest but as a collector of books It was recently established that some 23 works had been discovered as having been in his collection between 1540 and 1572. A book still held at the Guildhall Library, London bears the inscription in Thomas’s hand ‘liber dompni Thome Dacomb’ 1514 Thomas Dackham ref:PCC PROB11/17 31 Fetiplace photocopy. Testator Thomas Dackham of Stepleton esquire wife Joan, son & heir John Dackham: manor of Chilworth, daughter Isabell unmarried: 40 marks, daughter Agnes unmarried 20 marks, son Thomas: manor of Fountmel; land in Okeford and in M?anston, brother John Dackham: 20 sheep, brother Thomas Dackham: clothing, father unnamed but living, other Henry Dackham: Master Coker; William H?yn?de & Joan his wife, overseers Sir? Robert Harris of Chancer?; Master Coker. s 120c1513 p 21Oct1514 The following is an Article about Thomas by Doreen Williams written in 1992, it cover some of the information in note 2. A SIXTEENTH CENTURY COLLECTOR - THOMAS DACKOMBE 1496 -c1572 Thomas Dackombe, second son of Thomas of Stepleton, was a priest - the Rector of Tarrant Gunville, Dorset. He was born on 17 January, 1496. Only the bare outlines of his career as a priest can be established and very little about him as a person. He held the priesthood of St. Peter (st. Mary, Colebrook) in the City of Winchester from 1519 and in 1519 and in 1531 is recorded as vicar of Nutley, also in the diocese of Winchester. By 1542 he was one of the newly appointed petty canons of Winchester Cathedral at a salary of 50 shillings a quarter. Twelve petty canons were appointed to the new foundation to make provision for the serving of the many Chantries in the Cathedral; not being a graduate he was barred from high office in the church and presumably called from Nutley to this post because of his musical abilities. He was re-appointed to his old living of St. Peter, Colebrook shortly after this and held this office for the rest of his life. In 1549 he was presented to the living of Tarrant Gunville and, presumably, held both offices by dispensation;several inscriptions in books and manuscriptes suggest that this was his permanent residence. The village and church of Tarrant Gunville lie just across from Stepleton - his birthplace. A memorial inscription on a stone in the outer wall of Tarrant Gunville church shows: The Stepleton Heraldic insignia (separate stone) "hereliethe S(ir) T(homas) D(ackomb) Parson All fowre be but one EARTHE FLESCH WORME AND BONE X MCCCCCLXVII2"(LXXII?) It is not, however, as a humble priest that Thomas is to be remembered but as a collector of books and manuscripts. It was recently established that some 23 works had been discovered as having been in his collection between 1540 and 1572. Most of these volumes arte ancient illuminated manuscripts of theology, primers and cartularies. It is probable that, as a minor canon of Winchester Cathedral, he had access to these volumes which, by their very nature, were endangered by the Dissolution. He was sympathetic to the old order, and perhaps his motives were not entirely altruism. Whatever his reasoun, these works have survived and are now in the great libraries; most are in the British Museum, some in the Bodleian; one each in the Guildhall Library, Lambeth Palace, Glasgow, University College Oxford, with one in Philadelphia, USA; the latter was used as a family Bible and carries inscriptions of later members of the Stepleton Dackombe. How it was acquired by Philadelphia has not been established. The printed books are with Westminster Abbey, Bristol, Christchurch and New Colleges, Oxford. Some time ago the Guildhall Library allowed me to see and examine their manuscript - a 14th century missal which is believed to have belonged to St. Botolph with Aldgate, London. It was very exiting to see in Thomas's hand 'liber dompni Thome Dakcomb'. The price paid by him for this beautifully illuminated volume was 2/6d (22 1/2p); today, in the unlikely event that such a treasure would come on the market, the price would be closer to a million pounds

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