LOBB OF WARLEGGAN
Robert
Lobb was probably a close relative of George Lobb of Warleggan who, together
with Martha Harris and Mary Harris, was a party in an indenture of 1593
relating to property at Trevorder Parks.[1] George
Lobb married Martha Harris later the same year and Robert Lobb married Mary
Harris in 1596.
The
will of George Lobb of Bodmin, written in 1602, mentions the poor of Warleggan
and his “cosen George Lobbe of Treverder” as well as the testator’s brother
Richard Lobb, brother William Lobb, sister Martha Lobb and sister Mary Bligh,
among others.[2]
A
connection between Robert Lobb and Dorothy Lobb who married
John Libby at Warleggan in 1594/95 is suggested by the fact that Robert Lobb
and John Libby were both overseers of
the will of John Philp of Warleggan in 1612. Dorothy, daughter of Richard Lobb,
was baptised
at Warleggan in 1562.
The
parentage of Honor Arthur, wife of Silas Lobb, is unclear but she probably had
a link to the Arthurs of St Ervan. The will of
John Arthur who married Silas Lobb’s sister leaves a legacy to the poor of St
Ervan. A possible baptism for Honor was at Padstow on 30 July 1604, as a
daughter of James Arthur.[3]
The will of a James Arthur of St Merryn was proved
in 1621 but no copy appears to exist. Another possibility is that Honor
(Arthur) Lobb was the daughter Honor named in the will of a
widow, Honor Arthur, late of St Ervan, who died at Padstow on 24 December 1643.
However, the will also names an Honor Tom who is not explicitly identified but
who might be the same person as the testator’s daughter Honor. The lack of
parish registers for St Ervan for the period along with the loss of some
relevant wills makes it difficult to trace the family. A plausible husband for
the testator Honor Arthur is William Arthur who was buried
at St Ervan on 14 May 1627.
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LOBB
1 ROBERT LOBB of Warleggan, Cornwall,
yeoman, married on 5 July 1596 at Warleggan, MARY HARRIS,[4]
daughter of Thomas Harris (see here). Mary was
baptised on 23 January 1575/76 at Warleggan and buried on 9 March 1650/51 at
Warleggan.
Children of Robert and Mary (Harris) Lobb:
i SARAH LOBB, bap 16 May 1597,
Warleggan;[5] m
18 Jul 1625, Warleggan, JOHN STURTRIDGE.[6]
2 ii SILAS LOBB (1601-1683/84); m HONOR
ARTHUR.
iii LEAH LOBB, bap 10 Oct 1603,
Warleggan,[7]
bur 11 Oct 1681, St Columb Major;[8] m
10 Jan 1627/28, Warleggan, JOHN ARTHUR.[9]
iv JUDITH LOBB, bap 5 Jan 1605/06,
Warleggan.[10]
v CATHERINE LOBB, bap 19 Feb
1608/09, Warleggan;[11] m
12 Oct 1639, Warleggan, THOMAS SELLAR.[12]
vi GEORGE LOBB, bap 10 Nov 1611,
Warleggan,[13]
bur 27 Apr 1613, Warleggan.[14]
vii GRACE LOBB, bap 20 Mar 1613/14,
Warleggan.[15]
viii ROBERT LOBB, bap 14 Feb 1616/17,
Warleggan.[16]
ix MARY LOBB, bap 10 Oct 1619,
Warleggan.[17]
2 SILAS LOBB of Warleggan was baptised
in April 1601 at Warleggan[18]
and buried on 20 March 1683/84 at Warleggan.[19]
He married on 25 November 1627 at Warleggan, HONOR ARTHUR.[20]
She was buried on 7 February 1675/76 at Warleggan.[21]
Children of Silas and Honor (Arthur) Lobb:
i LOBB, bap Sep 1628, Warleggan.[22]
ii HONOR LOBB, bap 31 May 1631,
Warleggan,[23]
bur 2 Dec 1631, Warleggan.[24]
iii ROBERT LOBB, bap 21 Oct 1632,
Warleggan,[25]
bur 27 Jun 1645, Warleggan.[26]
iv THOMASINE LOBB, bap 18 Feb 1634/35,
Warleggan,[27]
bur 18 Oct 1715, St Neot;[28] m
JOHN HARRIS[29]
(see here).
v WILLIAM LOBB, bap 20 May 1638,
Warleggan.[30]
vi SILAS LOBB, bap 23 May 1643,
Warleggan,[31]
bur 18 Mar 1719/20, Lanteglos by Fowey;[32] m
ANN.[33]
[1] Kresen Kernow, G/803.
[2] National Archives, PROB 11/101/148.
[3] Padstow parish registers. The surname is partly obscured in the image but comparison with the word Arthur which appears as a forename further down the page suggests Arthur as a plausible reading and this agrees with a transcription by Reginald M. Glencross.
[4] Warleggan parish registers.
[5] Warleggan parish registers.
[6] Warleggan parish registers.
[7] Warleggan parish registers.
[8] St Columb Major parish registers.
[9] Warleggan parish registers.
[10] Warleggan parish registers.
[11] Warleggan parish registers.
[12] Warleggan parish registers.
[13] Warleggan parish registers.
[14] Warleggan parish registers.
[15] Warleggan parish registers. Grace is mentioned in an indenture of 1628 as a daughter of Robert Lobb of Warleggan, yeoman, along with Robert’s son Silas Lobb and the latter’s wife Honor (Kresen Kernow, G/697).
[16] Warleggan parish registers; Norman J.G. Pounds, ed., The Parliamentary Survey of the Duchy of Cornwall, 2 vols (Torquay, 1982-84), 1:34.
[17] Warleggan parish registers; Norman J.G. Pounds, ed., The Parliamentary Survey of the Duchy of Cornwall, 2 vols (Torquay, 1982-84), 1:34.
[18] Warleggan parish registers.
[19] Warleggan parish registers.
[20] Warleggan parish registers.
[21] Warleggan parish registers. The entry is slightly out of order but seems more likely to be 1675/76 than 1676/77.
[22] Warleggan parish registers. The name of the child is unclear due to damage to the register.
[23] Warleggan parish registers.
[24] Warleggan parish registers.
[25] Warleggan parish registers.
[26] Warleggan parish registers.
[27] Warleggan parish registers.
[28] St Neot parish registers; Kresen Kernow, AP/H/4091.
[29] See the discussion in the Harris account. The will of Thomasine (Lobb) Harris mentions her brother Silas Lobb.
[30] Warleggan parish registers.
[31] Warleggan parish registers.
[32] Lanteglos by Fowey parish registers.
[33] Warleggan parish registers.