John Comberbach^[1]

Est 1753 - 1828  (~ 75 years)

• Name	John Comberbach  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Born	Est Jan 1753	Haughton, Bunbury, Cheshire, England   [1, 2, 5]
  Gender	Male
  Baptism	20 Feb 1753	St Boniface Church, Bunbury, Cheshire, England   [2]
  Occupation	Solicitor and skillful conveyancer  [7]
  Occupation	10 Apr 1796  [3]
  	Gentleman to be Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery.
  Residence	10 Apr 1796	Eccleshall, Staffordshire, England   [1, 3]
  Will	9 Sep 1828	Langley Hall, Acton Burnell, Shropshire, England   [6]
  Died	18 Sep 1828	Langley Hall, Acton Burnell, Shropshire, England   [1, 5, 6, 8, 9]
  	Age: 75y
  Buried	23 Sep 1828	St Mary's Church, Acton Burnell, Shropshire, England   [1, 5, 9]
  	MONUMENTAL INSCRIPTIONS In the South Transcept, on the floor, at Acton Burnall, co. Salop:- Sacred to the memory of John Comberbach of Langley, 3rd son of the late John Comberbach, Esquire, and Mary his wife, of Haughton Hall, in the county of Chester. Who died September 18th, 1828. Aged 75. [This is now covered by flooring after refurbishment of the church in 1960]
  Probate	9 Sep 1829	Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England   [6, 10]
  Reference Number	0000156
  Residence	Market Drayton, Shropshire, England   [1]
  Residence	Wilcot, Great Ness, Shropshire, England   [1]
  Residence	Langley Hall, Acton Burnell, Shropshire, England   [1]
  Person ID	I156	Cumberbatch
  Last Modified	21 Sep 2018

  
  

  Father	Mr John Comberbach,   b. Est Sep 1725, Cuddington, Cheshire, England ,   d. Between 23 Jul 1779 and 27 Jul 1779, Haughton, Bunbury, Cheshire, England  (Age ~ 53 years)
  Mother	Mary Shuker,   d. 10 Mar 1760
  Married	11 Feb 1745/46	Prees, Shropshire, England   [11]
  Family ID	F56	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sarah Henshaw,   b. Cal 1769, Eccleshall, Staffordshire, England ,   d. 20 Feb 1857, Tillington, Stafford, Staffordshire, England  (Age ~ 88 years)  [1, 12, 13, 14]
  Married	1785	Eccleshall, Staffordshire, England   [9]
  Children	1. John Henshaw Comberbach,   b. Est Feb 1786, Market Drayton, Shropshire, England ,   d. 24 Jan 1836, Chester, Cheshire, England  (Age ~ 49 years)   2. Penelope Ann Henshaw Comberbach,   b. Est Dec 1788, Chebsey, Staffordshire, England ,   d. 7 Apr 1878, Tillington, Stafford, Staffordshire, England  (Age ~ 89 years)   3. Mary Henshaw COMBERBACH,   b. Between 1789 and 1791, Market Drayton, Shropshire, England ,   d. 4 Nov 1879, Tillington, Stafford, Staffordshire, England  (Age ~ 90 years)   4. Joseph Henshaw Comberbach,   b. Est Mar 1792, Eccleshall, Staffordshire, England ,   d. 1817, Barking Lodge, Jamaica  (Age ~ 24 years)   5. Sarah Henshaw COMBERBACH,   b. Between 1794 and 1795, Eccleshall, Staffordshire, England ,   d. 18 Apr 1852, Stafford Registration District, Staffordshire, England  (Age ~ 58 years)   6. Charles Henshaw COMBERBACH,   b. 1 Jan 1799, Eccleshall, Staffordshire, England ,   d. Est 1824, Lost at sea  (Age 24 years)   7. Eliza Henshaw Comberbach,   b. Est Dec 1799, Eccleshall, Staffordshire, England ,   d. 20 Jul 1883, Ward End House, Aston juxta Birmingham, Warwickshire, England  (Age ~ 83 years)   8. Thomas Henshaw COMBERBACH,   b. Between 1800 and Jul 1801, Eccleshall, Staffordshire, England ,   d. 4 Aug 1871, Eccleshall, Staffordshire, England  (Age ~ 71 years)
  Last Modified	26 Mar 2013
  Family ID	F63	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - Est Jan 1753 - Haughton, Bunbury, Cheshire, England Baptism - 20 Feb 1753 - St Boniface Church, Bunbury, Cheshire, England Married - 1785 - Eccleshall, Staffordshire, England Residence - 10 Apr 1796 - Eccleshall, Staffordshire, England Will - 9 Sep 1828 - Langley Hall, Acton Burnell, Shropshire, England Died - Age: 75y - 18 Sep 1828 - Langley Hall, Acton Burnell, Shropshire, England Buried - 23 Sep 1828 - St Mary's Church, Acton Burnell, Shropshire, England Probate - 9 Sep 1829 - Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England Residence - - Market Drayton, Shropshire, England Residence - - Wilcot, Great Ness, Shropshire, England Residence - - Langley Hall, Acton Burnell, Shropshire, England  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos		Langley Hall Gate House once the home of John Comberbach Keywords: Picture
  		Langley Hall Gate House once the home of John Comberbach Keywords: Picture

  
  

• Notes

  Westminster, April 10, 1796. The Lord Chancellor has also appointed John Comberbach, of Eccles Hall in the County of Stafford, Gent, to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/13888/page/402 A Master of the Court of Chancery was an official who determined procedural issues, which are often very significant in determining how a case progresses. John Comberbach was described as a skillful conveyancer. ECCLESHALL. To be sold by auction, by Henshaw and Smith, at the Royal Oak, Eccleshall, in the County of Stafford, on Wednesday the 13th day of August 1817, at Five o'clock in afternoon by order of the Assignee of the estate of Mr. John Comberbach. A desirable residence in the Town of Eccleshall, two neat and convenient houses adjoining, two fields of land in Eccleshall — a pew in the Church, and reversionary interest in the Royal Oak Inn, and other premises in Eccleshall, in the following lots; Lot 1 A large and convenient house, nearly new, in the town of Eccleshall, lately occupied by Mr. John Comberbach, containing an entrance hall and two large parlours in front, all vaulted under— a kitchen, four chambers, four atticks [sic], with a brew-house and chamber over— stable for three horses, an inclosed yard, and large garden nearly half an acre, with a capital fruit, wall, nearly one hundred yards in length, commanding different aspects, and planted with the choicest fruit trees. Lot 2. Two good brick and tiled dwelling houses, in Stafford Street, Eccleshall, with very large gardens behind, in the holding of Messrs. Dearne and Blakeman. These two houses will be sold together or separate, to suit the convenience of purchasers. Lot 3. A piece of rich turf land, in Chebsey-Lane, Eccleshall, called the Burgage, lately occupied by Mr. John Comberbach, containing 1A. 3R. 20P. or thereabouts. Lot 4. A piece of meadow land, called Shutborough Meadow, in Chebsey-Lane, lately occupied by, Mr. John Comberbach, for the residue of a term of 99 years, if Mr. John Jenkins, now in his 45th year, so long lives. Lot 5. A seat, No. 1, in the gallery, in Eccleshall Church. Lot 6. The reversionary interest of the said John Comberbach, expectant upon the death of, and in the event of his surviving his mother, Sarah Comberbach, aged 48, as one of her eight children, in one-eighth of one-third, and also in one-eighth of another third, upon the death and failure of issue, and in the event of, the said John Comberbach surviving Mr. Joseph Henshaw, aged 53; and also in one-eighth of the remaining one-third, upon the death and failure of issue, and in the event of the said John Comberbach surviving Mrs. Penelope Vaughan, aged 46, (but subject to the contingency of the said Joseph Henshaw, and Penelope Vaughan, both dying without children, as they will be entitled with the children of the said Sarah Comberbach, in case they, survive her) in the Royal Oak Inn and several pieces of land, in Eccleshall, in the occupation of Mr. James Bradshaw, and in a messuage and malt-house, in Eccleshall in the occupation of Mr. Sam. Cartwright. This property is now let at £150 per annum. Mr. James, of Eccleshall, will appoint a person to shew lots 1 and 2 and any information as to these lots, may be had from Mr. Stanley, Solicitor, Newport; Mr. James Bradshaw, will shew the other lots; and any further information may be had from the Auctioneers, or Messrs, Collins and Keens, Stafford. The London Gazette Publication date:16 July 1817 Issue:17269 Page:1603-1604 https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/17269/page/1604 [Did he sell everything to help his son John Henshaw Comberbach with his bankruptcy?] [4] MONUMENTAL INSCRIPTIONS In the South Transcept, on the floor, at Acton Burnall, co. Salop:- Sacred to the memory of John Comberbach of Langley, 3rd son of the late John Comberbach, Esquire, and Mary his wife, of Haughton Hall, in the county of Chester. Who died September 18th, 1828. Aged 75. [This is now covered by flooring after refurbishment of the church in 1960] [7] Salop 9 Aprilis 1829 T[estator] Johis Comberbach P’oe Acton Burnell 1 Ex R C Inf: £800 In the name of God Amen, I John Comberbach of Langley in the parish of Acton Burnall in the County of Salop being at this time of sound mind and memory do hereby make my last will and Testament revoking all others, as follows, first I will that all my just Debts and Funeral Expences shall be paid out of my Personal Estate, I then give and bequeath to my dear Wife Sarah Comberbach all my personal Estate, book debts, Live and dead farming stock, Household Furniture, plate, Linen, China, Brewing and Dairy utensils and all other matters & things that may belong to one at the time of my decease wheresoever the same may be, for her sole use and benefit and at her free will and disposal of the same and I do hereby nominate and appoint the said Sarah Comberbach Executrix and my brother in law Joseph Henshaw of Tillington near Stafford in the said County, Executor to this my last will and Testament bearing date the ninth day of September one thousand Eight Hundred and Twenty Eight in witness whereof I have set my hand and seal to this my last will and Testament in the presence of proper Witnesses- Jno Comberbach Signd, seald and publish by declared ^by^ the within Testator in the presence of Thomas Henshaw Comberbach Martha Meredith At Shrewsbury 9th April 1829 Let a Probat of this will be granted to Sarah Comberbach the Executrix ^reserving^ a power for Joseph Henshaw the Executor to prove in like manner. She being duly sworn and also that the Personal Estate of the deceased would not amount in value to the sum of £800 Testator died 18th Sep 1828 Before me, Wm Gorsuch Rowland Surrogate [6]

  
  

• Sources

  [S1] Collections for a Genealogical Account of the Family of COMBERBACH, George William MARSHALL LL.B., (Privately published in London 1866) (Reliability: 2). [S5788] Baptism Bunbury, Cheshire, England 20 Feb 1753 John COMBERBACH. [S8188] London Gazette 20 April 1796 Issue: 13888 Page 402 John Comberbach appointed Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. [S8191] London Gazette 16 July 1817 Issue: 17269 Page 1603-1604 John Comberbach Property in Ecceshall For Sale. [S5454] Burial St Mary, Acton Burnell, Shropshire, England 23 Sep 1828 John Comberbach, (NBI ver 3). [S5787] Will of John Comberbach of Langley, Acton Burnell, Shropshire dated 9 Sep 1828 proved 9 Apr 1829. [S1] Collections for a Genealogical Account of the Family of COMBERBACH, George William MARSHALL LL.B., (Privately published in London 1866). [S10618] Grave of Sarah Comberbach nee Henshaw and daughters Penelope Ann Henshaw Comberbach, Mary Henshaw Comberbach and Sarah Henshaw Comberbach. [S22] Family History Database by Paul Leyland, Paul Leyland, (Received by email.). [S13175] Index to Death Duty Registers 1829 John Comberbach. [S5490] Marriage Prees, Shropshire, England 11 Feb 1745/46 John COMBERBACH & Mary Shuker. [S2995] File (merged): C:\Users\Bob\Documents\Family Historian Projects\Census 1861 England & Wales\Census 1861 England & Wales.fh_data\Census 1861 England & Wales.ged. Record originated in... [S2647] File (merged): C:\Users\Bob\Documents\Family Historian Projects\Census 1871 England & Wales\Census 1871 England & Wales.fh_data\Census 1871 England & Wales.ged. Record originated in... [S3260] File (merged): C:\Users\Bob\Documents\Family Historian Projects\Census 1851 England & Wales\Census 1851 England & Wales.fh_data\Census 1851 England & Wales.ged. Record originated in...