Ancestors and Descendants of Adams and Mann and Others

  The family MEWSE © Richard Green 2001 There have been Mewses in Lowestoft from the 16th Century to today, and apart from a couple of short periods they remained in Lowestoft until the ease of 20th century transport enabled a spread world - wide. I have been helped in this research by Russell Mewse and Lisa Eade, to whom, along with several others, go my thanks. 200 years of butchers The earliest record of the Mewses is of one “John MUSE of Lowstoff”, who in 1508 was an apprentice with the Worshipful Company of Butchers in the City Of London. He was trading as a butcher in St Johns Street, London when he was accused in 1518 that he “daily useth to blowe the kydneyes” to make them swell and “seem much greater than they would be”. He was bound over with two sureties, Edward LANGHORN and Robert DUNNE, two other butchers of St Johns Street, to appear and answer before the Mayor and Aldermen, but the result of the action is not known. Each member of the Company, a trades guild, had to ...

  I have only recently become intrigued by the fisherman from a time long ago, who made their entire livelihood from the herring fishing industry.   This fascination, no doubt, began as I learned more and more about our family history and those who sacrificed their lives trying to make a living while also feeding a nation through two world wars.   I recently purchased a book written by David Butcher which was titled, “Living From The Sea”.   In one particular chapter, Horace Thrower describes his life growing up in the early part of the 20th century and his encounter with another family fisherman, George “Puddy” Solomon.   Both men, are connected through a common ancestor—Thomas Forster (1837-1888).   You may recall that Thomas Forster was also a fisherman and served as an Able-Bodied Seaman on board the drifter “White Rose” when it sank in a storm in 1888.   All hands were lost. Horace James Thrower (1904-1990) was born in Beccles, Suffolk, England i...

  Thomas Crisp From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Thomas Crisp   VC ,  DSC ,  RNR  (28 April 1876 – 15 August 1917) was an English sailor and posthumous recipient of the  Victoria Cross . Crisp, in civilian life a commercial fisherman operating from  Lowestoft  in  Suffolk , earned his award after being killed during the defence of his vessel, the armed naval  smack   Nelson , in the  North Sea  against an attack from a German  submarine  in 1917. Crisp's self-sacrifice in the face of this "unequal struggle" was used by the government to bolster morale during some of the toughest days of the  First World War  for Britain, in late 1917, during which Britain was suffering heavy losses at the  Battle of Passchendaele . His exploit was read aloud by  David Lloyd George  in the  Houses of Parliament  and made headline news for nearly a week. Early life Thomas Cr...