Even in the 19th century, tiny Grainsby village, located seven miles south of Grimsby, only had some 15 houses and 114 inhabitants.[3] In his Lincolnshire (Penguin Books, 1964) Nikolaus Pevsner noted that St Nicholas's Church had a tall Norman doorway and an order of shafts with scallop capitals. He described the hamlet as "attractive" with a "poplar-lined lane." [4] The tiny village seems an obscure outpost for a Puritan rector--but perhaps that was just the point.
Even in the 19th century, tiny Grainsby village, located seven miles south of Grimsby, only had some 15 houses and 114 inhabitants.[3] In his Lincolnshire (Penguin Books, 1964) Nikolaus Pevsner noted that St Nicholas's Church had a tall Norman doorway and an order of shafts with scallop capitals. He described the hamlet as "attractive" with a "poplar-lined lane." [4] The tiny village seems an obscure outpost for a Puritan rector--but perhaps that was just the point.
A 'Radulphus filius Thomae Levett Jr.," i.e. Ralph Levett son of Thomas Levett Jr., was baptised at St Andrew's Church, Kirk Ella, East Riding, Yorkshire, in 1638. It is possible that Rev. Ralph Levett's brother Thomas named a son after him. [5]
The Levett family of High Melton and the Wrays of Yorkshire had common dealings for centuries, and Ralph Levett would have been known to the Wrays, even though Sir Christopher Wray had relocated to Lincolnshire in the sixteenth century. The Levetts were related to many Yorkshire families familiar to the Wrays, such as the Wests of Firbeck Hall[1], the Wentworths, the Mirfields (Mirfins), Gargraves, Bosviles, Westbys, the Lindleys, Copleys, Hansons and other gentry families.
