Oliver and Frances' first born
The family tree for the Raymond family, as per Alan Freer and others, appears to have a major inconsistancy with respect to St. Clare. The disinheritance due to the marriage to Anne Warkham is repeated on the trees that I can find but are not supported by other research.
The younger brothers and sisters of St. Clare, the 21 children of Oliver and Frances, have very little known about them. Anne Raymond, who married John Lawrence and then John Eden does have a memorial in the church of St. Mary's Belchamp Walter (in the aisle of the Nave, between the Organ and the pulpit). This Anne does not seem to appear on the family memorial.
March 2026 - interesting that when I was updating my other pages on the Raymond/Harris families there was a visit to this page.
It is not clear by looking at the family tree and the memorial in the church what the order of succession was. John III died young with no hier and the situation with his grand father is not known
21 May 2026 - Looking at the Freer tree St. Clere was Frances and Oliver's only son. The inheritance was passed over to John III, St. Clere's grandson.
The question remains, "who was Lawrence Warkman" and "why did the marriage of his daughter to a Raymond cause a disinheritance?".
The 21 children of Oliver Raymond and Frances Harris is also a mystery.
7 August 2026 - Need to unpick the Charles Dister story and the apprenticeship with St. Clere
St. Clere Raymond
St. Clere Raymond presents a bit of a mystery in the history of Belchamp Walter, Belchamp Hall and the Raymond Family.
The Freer family tree section that the Raymond name was found shows that St. Clere Raymond was disinherited
due to a marriage.
William Raymond succeeded John Raymond III in 1720.
John Raymond II was the first son of St. Clere and the natural heir to the estate and he died in 1690. John II was "lord of the manor" from 1679 until 1690
As St.Clere had been disinherited, John Raymond II's son John Raymond III succeeded. However, John III died when he was only 31 so the estate reverted to St. Clere's 2nd son William.
When John III died in 1720 William Raymond, St. Clare's second son was the "holder" the estate. William was John III's uncle but John III has no issue.
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When I asked the present owner of Belchamp Hall what St. Clere did to be disinherited he didn't seem to know.
There are no portraits of St. Clere in the drawing room of the hall where most of the family are hung. I am not sure if I asked about St. Clere when I was shown the other portraits.
The result of much searching turned up some information from rootsnet.com and familypedia, both sites are of dubious credibily.
The mention of Charles Dister had not come up in any of the previous searches.
The Rev. Samuel Raymond succeeded in 1732 on the death of William.
