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Bagley family

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janreb

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I am looking for any descendants of Elizabeth Mary Bagley (nee Bates) and William Bagley. Elizabeth ran a coffee shop at 164 Lichfield Road, Aston before WW2 and her son had a tobacconists next door.
Am also interested in the brass industry as the Bagleys were brassfounders, and the story is they are connected to the Bagleys of Chacombe, who were bell founders.
 
It is definitely Bagley - the Bagley family go back to the Bagley bellfounders in the 1600s who came from Northhampton.
 
Billy Bagley was a friend of my father's in the early thirties but he was a coalman and I never met him. It may help with your search if you checked the coalman thread. Regards, David..
 
Hi
I am also looking for the Bagley Family. My Grandfather, Arthur was doing some research years ago and also found the Bell Makers and was even present at the Church in Chacombe village, where Henry and Matthew had their foundry in 1600's, when they brought the Bagley bells down for cleaning.
I have come across a photo of an Arthur Bagley with his wife and son, also named Arthur. It says they were from Aston and had a drapers shop but I cannot find anything else about them.
 
“Henry Bagley died in 1684 and buried in Chacombe. The foundry stood, we are told in what afterwards became the garden of the malthouse. Also informed that last member of the firm left Chacombe owing to the bursting of his mound and went to Woolwich, where he lost his life while proving a piece of ordinance.”
(Bambury Guardian, Aug 1904)

(Another source says he died while casting a cannon)
 
Love the inscriptions that they placed on the bells…

"Be it known to all that do see mee
That Wm. Bagley of Chacombe made mee 1702"
 
We have a Matthew Bagley of Evesham born 1653, son of John (mentioned in your article). He had a son also called Matthew which might just about make your timeline, but I don't have any dates or locations to confirm this.
 
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