Tyberton was also sometimes spelled Tiberton in the early years
Tyberton Court was built in 1729 for William Brydges and it stayed in the family until the early 19th century when due to the lack of male heirs the property passed to a daughter, Anne Brydges, who married the Rev. Henry Lee Warner. For some years this couple were not in residence, and in 1805, Tiberton Court was advertised fully furnished for let. The term was for three years, and the advertisement stressed that whoever applied must be aware of their responsibilities in keeping the place in good order – no mean feat when there was not only the mansion house to look after, but also the gardens; hot house; fruit house and greenhouse!
*In 1809 the house was once again up for rent for a further term of three years, and given that I have found reports of the birth of a son at Tiberton Court in 1812 to the Lady of the Rev. Reginald Wynniatt, then possibly this family was the next tenant.
Reginald Wyanniatt and Catherine Brydges, information from Cheryl McManus
*I have been contacted by a very helpful lady, Cheryl McManus, whose ancestors are deeply embedded in Tyberton Court history; the following is what she has kindly provided and agreed to have published on the site:
Reginald Wyanniatt married his cousin, Catherine Brydges whose parents were Frances William Thomas Bridges and Ann Phillipps.
It appears that Catherine Brydges Wyanniatt inherited Tiberton Court jointly with her eldest sister Ann (who married Daniel Henry Lee-Warner, and went on to have a whopping 10 children).
On of these children was Robert Henry Lee-Warner who eventually inherited Tiberton Court, and who married Isabella Margaret Gordon, daughter of Charles David Gord of Abergeldie Castle.
The Rev. Daniel Henry Lee Warner and Tyberton Court
Henry was born in 1775, and his family history was described thus in the “Commoners of England”:
“Thomas Lee Esq. descended from the very ancient family of Lee of Cotton, Shropshire, married Anne, sister of the celebrated John Warner, Bishop of Rochester, and was father of the Venerable Archdeacon Lee, whose son Col. Henry Lee of Donjon, Canterbury, married Dorothy, daughter of Sir George Grabham Howe, bart., of Berwick St. Leonards, Wilts, of Knoll Park, Somersetshire, by Elizabeth his wife, daughter of Sir Harbottle Grimston, bart., of Bradfield Hall, Essex, the celebrated Speaker of the House of Commons which restored Charles II, and had a son and successor – Henry Lee Warner, Esq. of Walsingham Abbey, Norfolk, who upon the demise of his maternal uncle, Sir James Howe, bart., inherited Knoll Park and other estates. He married Miss Miles of Elmham in Norfolk, and was succeeded by his son – Henry Lee Warner Esq. of Walsingham Abbey who died leaving his estates to his cousin, Henry Woodward Esq. who was the son of Daniel Woodward, by Mary his wife, daughter of the Rev. Richard Huntley of Boxwell in Gloucestershire, by Ann, his wife, daughter of Co. Henry Lee of Donjon. Mr. Woodward assumed on inheriting, the surnames and arms of Lee Warner – he married Miss Howarth of Lancashire, and dying in 1835 was succeeded by his son, the late Rev. Henry Lee Warner”
All that is somewhat difficult to unravel unless you concentrate very hard(!), but it does show the pedigree of our Henry Lee Warner.
A Wedding at Tyberton Court
Henry didn’t stint in his generosity, and in 1844 a glorious description of the wedding at Tiberton of his eldest daughter, Margaret Anna Maria, brings to life what must have been a very lavish occasion:
The Morning of the Wedding
“At an early hour the lawn in front of the house was overspread with crowds of people; every inhabitant of the parish, with numerous respectable tradesmen from Hereford, and other well wishers to the family from far and near, having assembled to celebrate the happy day. The fair bride, habited in a beautiful white lace dress, led the way to the church, leaning on the arm of herfather and attended by the Lord Bishop of the diocese; next followed ten lovely bridesmaids, elegantly attired in dresses of pale blue; and after these came the remainder of the company, about forty in number, consisting of the principle relatives of both familes.
A carpet was extended from the house to the church, over which the procession passed, the crowd standing on either side, whilst the school children strewed the path before the feet of the bride with roses and other flowers. On reaching the church, his lordship led the way to the chancel, the floor of which was covered with crimson carpeting, and the rails of the altar being ornamented with flowers and evergreens. The ceremony was performed by his lordship in a manner highly calculated to impress the youthful couple with a sense of the weighty responsibilities to the state of life into which they were about to enter.”
After the Wedding
On returning to Tiberton House, the party sat down to sumptuous food, and Margaret’s father, Henry Lee Warner, proposed a warm and loving toast. Eventually the bride was led by her father to an open carriage which was drawn by four grey horses, who gave her a final loving kiss before the groom jumped up beside her and they were driven rapidly off amid much waving of handkerchiefs and ringing of bells, and the loud and continued cheering of all those present.
On their arrival at Madley, where the road had been decorated with arches of evergreens and flowers, and from the tower of whose church streamed flags and banners, they were warmly greeted by the assembled multitude.
A vast banquet of good old English cheer was provided for all the parishioners of Tiberton, and many more besides, after which “they tripped it lightly over the verdant meadow to the merry notes of harp and violin, til the dusk of evening warned them to quit the festive scene.”
More than forty people sat down to dinner at Tiberton Court, who then danced through the night until dawn. Meanwhile, several hogsheads of cider were given to the villagers of Peterchurch, Blakemere and Madley and all in all everyone had a jolly good time.
The newlyweds then spent a few weeks at Rendcomb, before departing for the Continent.
Henry was greatly liked and respected, and divided his time between his two seats – South Walsingham Abbey in Norfolk and Tiberton Court in Herefordshire. He managed to maintain an active entertainment programme in both places as well as being a firm Conservative, and right up until his death at the age of 82 he was described as being unusually active in both mind and body.
Shortly before his death, he summoned his large family (including eleven children) and friends to celebrate his fiftieth wedding anniversary, and was in good spirits, although he did stress that he was ready to resign himself to the Divine will. In his own gentle way, he prepared his family for his coming death.
The funeral of Rev.Henry Lee Warner – 1858
This funeral procession was described as being unlike anything see outside of London, and was a mark of how highly respected this mad was. The week commenced in Hereford with the tolling of bells and the closing of many shops, as Henry was conveyed through the city to Barrs Court Station on its way to Walsingham Abbey in Norfolk where he was to be interred. “He was universally respected both in Norfolk and in this county (Herefordshire). To the claims of his large property Mr. Lee Warner added the finer qualities of the Christian gentleman and of the benevolent neighbour; a living specimen of the honour that becomes the citizen, and as sagacious protector of the poor, amongst whom his loss will be severely felt in all the districts where he had property. The deceased gentleman was a liberal and intelligent Conservative, who was doubtless aware of the great modifications that are now requisite in that character, to keep it in unison with the progress of the public mind.”
“As the funeral procession moved from the door at Tiberton at half past 7 o’clock, where we observed the customery mutes, we were touched to see a body of about 24 cottagers from the estate, who we understood, had asked permission from the family to follow their beloved master, which they did, walking on each side of the hearse until it had passed through Madley, when the rustic mourners withdrew and left the solemn cortege to proceed on its way to Hereford. The funeral train was led by 23 of the principal tenantry on horseback, wearing black scarves, hatbands and gloves. ……..These were followed by the first mourning coach, drawn by four black horses with the usual decorations of velvet trappings and plumes……After this carriage walked to mutes in mourning cloaks, hatbands and gloves, carrying draped wands.”
The hearse was also drawn by eight black horses from the establishment of Messrs. W. and J. Bosley – the coffin was made of oak, with a lead lining and the plate was engraved “The Rev. Daniel Henry Lee Warner, born August 4th 1775. Died May 2nd 1858 in the 83rd year of his age”
The second coach contained members of the family, and the third bore his two sons, William Lee Warner and Thomas Lee Warner.
Several more coaches followed.
The funeral train arrived at Gloucester Station at half past ten, and the hearse was put on the train to Paddington, where it remained until the following morning before journeying on to Walsingham.
The end of Tyberton Court
Apart from a period in the early part of the 20th century, the Lee Warner family held Tyberton Court throughout the years, and it is rather sad that such a clearly loved family home should end up being demolished in 1952 to make way for modern buildings.
Many of the following records show the alternative spelling for Tyberton
Tyberton Court Household and servants – 1851
| Daniel Henry Lee Warner | 75 | Proprietor of Houses and Lands b. Gloucestershire |
| Anne Lee Warner | 63 | Wife b. Tiberton Court, Herefordshire |
| Septimus Henry Lee Warner | 31 | Son, Curate of Tiberton, b. Gloucestershire |
| Robert Henry Lee Warner | 27 | Son b. Gloucestershire |
| William Henry Lee Warner | 25 | Son b. Tiberton Court, Herefordshire |
| Thomas Henry Lee Warner | 24 | Son b. Tiberton Court, Herefordshire |
| Ann Harriett Lee Warner | 21 | Daughter b. Tiberton Court, Herefordshire |
| Mary Isabell Lee Warner | 20 | Daughter b. Tiberton Court, Herefordshire |
| Maria Stogden | 37 | Housekeeper b. London |
| Mary Woodcock | 24 | Lady’s Maid b. Norfolk |
| Mary Ann Leal | 22 | Cook |
| Mary Cross | 21 | Head Housemaid b. Eaton Bishop, Herefordshire |
| Mary Hodges | 31 | Dairy Maid b. Herefordshire |
| Sarah Smith | 20 | Scullery Maid b. Tiberton, Herefordshire |
| Ann Phillips | 40 | Laundress b. All Saints, Herefordshire |
| Emma Dellahay | 20 | Under Housemaid, b. Herefordshire |
| John Davies | 40 | Butler b. Eaton Bishop, Herefordshire |
| James Preece | 60 | Gardener |
| John Terris | 35 | Head Footman b. Sussex |
| John Bone | 47 | Coachman b. Norfolk |
| John Caroes | 32 | Under Footman b. Bullingham, Herefordshire |
| Thomas Price | 21 | Head Groom b. Norfolk |
| Richard Longden | 25 | Under Groom b. Hereford |
| Henry Phillips | 13 | Page b. Herefordshire |
Tyberton Court Household and servants – 1861
| Robert Henry Lee Warner | 37 | Landed Proprietor b. Tiberton, Herefordshire |
| Ann Lee Warner | 73 | Mother, Landed Proprietress b. Tiberton, Herefordshire |
| William Henry Lee Eugenie Warner | 35 | Brother, Landed Proprietor b. Tiberton, Herefordshire |
| Susan Partridge | 66 | Visitor, Gentlewoman b. London |
| Thomas Abercrombie | 31 | Gardener b. Shifnal, Shropshire |
| Richard Hill | 51 | Butler b. St. Peters, Hereford |
| Jane Lloyd | 41 | Housekeeper b. Brockworth, Gloucestershire |
| Mary Grant | 43 | Lady’s Maid b. Bath |
| Mary Ann Cross | 40 | Housemaid b. Clehonger, Herefordshire |
| Sarah Davies | 25 | Housemaid b. Clehonger, Herefordshire |
| Jane Phillips | 23 | Kitchen Maid b. Madley, Herefordshire |
| Elizabeth Crump | 16 | Scullery Maid b. Madley, Herefordshire |
| Ann Phillips | 50 | Laundress b. St. Peters, Hereford |
| Ann Phillips | 19 | Laundress b. Madley, Herefordshire |
| Thomas Bond | 25 | Gamekeeper b. Walsingham, Norfolk |
| Silas Evans | 30 | Footman b. Tarrington,Herefordshire |
| William Preece | 20 | Groom b. St. Peters, Hereford |
| Joseph Stephens | 30 | Groom b. Berkshire |
| Arthur Skearme | 18 | Footman b. Moccas, Herefordshire |
| Thomas Powell | 30 | Coachman b. Stoke Prior, Herefordshire |
Tyberton Court Household and Servants – 1871
| Lee Warner | 45 | Brother to the Occupier b. Tiberton Court, Herefordshire |
| William Chisnell | 34 | Butler b. Suffolk |
| William Allexander | 44 | Coachman b. Oxon |
| Mary Allexander | 43 | Housekeeper b. St. Luke, Hereford |
| Hannah Burkes | 24 | Housemaid b. Herefordshire |
| Ann Preece | 20 | Kitchenmaid b. Herefordshire |
| James Clark | 21 | Footman b. Walthamstow |
| Thomas Kitchen | 31 | Groom b. Bishops Frome, Herefordshire |
| John David | 28 | Groom b. Salop |
Tyberton Court Household and Servants 1881 – census
| Robert Henry Lee Warner | 57 | Landowner and Magistrate b. Boxwell, Gloucestershire |
| Isabella M. Lee Warner | 57 | Wife b. Dulwich Hill |
| Jane M. Wynn | 37 | Cook/Housekeeper b. Devon |
| Elizabeth Smith | 32 | Lady’s Maid |
| Matilda Mountjoy | 31 | Upper Housemaid b. Cinderford, Gloucestershire |
| Ellen Lunbinas | 14 | Under Housemaid b. Aylton, Herefordshire |
| Elizabeth Bishop | 14 | Kitchenmaid b. Tiberton, Herefordshire |
| William Wynn | 33 | Coachman b. Devon |
| Alfred Moore | 22 | Footman b. Herefordshire |
| Leonard Godsall | 16 | Page b. Letton, Herefordshire |
| Henry Martin | 17 | Groom |
Tyberton Court Household and Servants – 1891
| Robert H. Lee Warner | 67 | Living on own means, b. Boxwell Gloucestershire |
| Isabella M. Lee Warner | 67 | Wife b. Dulwich, London |
| William Wynn | 42 | Gamekeeper b. Devon |
| Jane M. Wynn | 46 | Housekeeper b. Devon |
| Mary A. Burden | 34 | Lady’s Maid b. Winterbourne |
| Martha Pugh | 21 | Second Maid b. Wales |
| Hannah M. Brookes | 22 | Waitress b. Much Cowarne, Herefordshire |
| Sarah A. Berkeley | 17 | Housemaid b. Pipe cum Lyde, Herefordshire |
| Alvina I. Jones | 12 | Kitchenmaid b. Monmouth |
Tyberton Court Household and Servants – 1901
| Henry Stanton | 49 | Living on own Means b. Thelwall, Cheshire |
| Gary Henry Stanton | 8 | Son b. South Kensington, London |
| Vera Margaret Stanton | 5 | Daughter b. Tyberton, Herefordshire |
| John Percy Stanton | 1 | Son b. Tyberton, Herefordshire |
| Mabel Montagnon | 26 | Governess b. Cheltenham, Gloucestershire |
| Edith Wordley | 53 | Housekeeper b. Swansea, Wales |
| Selina Ralphs | 26 | Housemaid b. Woodcot, Salop |
| Clara Williams | 22 | Housemaid b. Staunton on Wye, Herefordshire |
| Florence Green | 18 | Housemaid b. Omberley, Worcestershire |
| Emily O’Connell | 22 | Cook b. Ireland |
| Elizabeth Johnson | 22 | Kitchenmaid b. Blakeney Hill, Gloucestershire |
| Bessie Burgess | 20 | Kitchenmaid b. Cheshire |
| Florence Hudson | 28 | Laundry Maid b. Sissinghurst, Kent |
| Ethel Staite | 18 | Laundry Maid b. Hereford |
| Emily Howard Marsh | 30 | Nurse b. Alderton, Suffolk |
| Charles Primmer | 19 | Footman b. Poole, Dorset |
| John Billingham | 18 | Groom b. Warwickshire |
| Thomas Meadows | 18 | Coachman b. Playden, Sussex |
Tyberton Court Household and Servants – 1911
| Chandos Brydges Lee Warner | 47 | Private Means, b. Walsingham, Norfolk |
| Dorothea Augusta Lee Warner | 33 | Wife b. Brighton, Sussex |
| Dorothy Jean Mary Enex Lee Warner | 13 | Student b. Brighton, Sussex |
| Olive Irene Welhelenina Lee Warner | 10 | b. Brighton, Sussex |
| Ellen Thirtle | 48 | Nurse b. Aylsham, Norfolk |
| Wilhelmina Lloyd | 48 | Parlour Maid b. Stourport |
| Edith Emma Harden | 33 | Housemaid b. Norwich |
| Ethel May Powell | 25 | Nursery Maid b. Hereford |
| Ada Emmeline Hynsley | 15 | Kitchenmaid b. Wormbridge, Herefordshire |
| Eleanor Morris | 14 | Lady’s Maid b. Hereford |
| Martha Lewis | 26 | Cook b. Montgomeryshire |
| Dorothy Maud Thomas | 31 | Laundry Maid b. Hereford |
| Walter Robert Western | 22 | Chauffeur b. Norfolk |
| Ernest Richard Sydney Harden | 24 | Under Gardener b. Norwich |
Tyberton Court Household – 1921
| Chandos B. Lee-Warner | b. Norfolk 1863 | J.P. Major Gloucester Reg. retired |
| Dorothea Lee-Warner | b. Brighton, Sussex 1876 | Wife |
| Jean Lee-Warner | b. Brighton, Sussex 1900 | Daughter |
| Irene Lee-Warner | b. Brighton, Sussex 1902 | Daughter |
| Ellen Smith | b. Norfolk 1863 | Servant |
| Ethel Gaskell | b. Broughton, Lancashire 1895 | Servant |
| Olive Gaskell | b. Broughton, Lancashire 1896 | Servant |
| Elizabeth Rowland | b. Hereford 1904 | Servant |