The Baynard family - Lackham Countryside Centre

The Baynards of Lackham
so, the Lord of the Manor settles a large annuity on the illegitimate
daughter of a parish spinster a year to the day of the daughter’s
birth. It might be that Joan was the housekeeper, but then Robert
would probably have settled the annuity on her not her daughter.
The only other fact known about her is that Joan married one
Bartholomewe Breedin on 18 Sep 1636.
However, in Kite’s manuscript Pedigrees of Wiltshire 324 there is a
reference to an entry in the Salisbury marriage Licences 325 , which
reads
Baynard James of Lacock, gent 20 and Joane Fisher of
the same abt26 326 . B[o]nd[s]man John Fisher,
husb[an]dman, father 10 Aug 1631
Who was this James Baynard, who was born in 1611? There is no
record in the parish registers of a James Baynard born in that year,
no record of an illegitimate James who might fit the bill. There is
no record of James Baynard actually marrying Joan Fisher in the
Lacock registers at any time. This licence would not have been
obtained lightly - Joan’s father John Fisher 327 was a husbandman, a
yeoman farmer. Less than three weeks after this licence was issued
Joan Fisher had another illegitimate child, Charles 328 . This means
that, if a marriage took place at all, it happened before the end of
August 1631, else Charles would not be recorded as illegitimate.
Charles survived until January 1633 before being buried in Lacock,
and the fact that he is recorded purely as “son Joan Fisher”
324 Kite, E (undated) Wiltshire Pedigrees vol 2
325 Kite, E (undated B) Salisbury Marriage Licences 1645 - 1681, a mss book
mainly by Kite but with the first few pages in another hand. The relevant
record is in Kite’s handwriting.
326 She was 2 months short of her 27 th birthday (born 12 th October 1604, LPR)
327 LPR married Margaret Carter May 11 1576
328 LPR baptised 30 th August 1631, buried 15 January 1633
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