Born : 1762 Ely , Cambridge
Died : 26th July 1828, Ely , Cambridge
Father : Robert Muriel (1735-1810)
Mother : Anne Batrick
Married : 1. Sarah Martin (d 1802 in childbirth, giving birth to twins) married on 15th October 1787 in Ely, Cambridge
2. Mary Branwhite [1] (d 08/10/1808)
3. Elizabeth Sole Humphreys b (1774) d (1869) married 1814
Children :
Mary Muriel b (1790) Ely d (26/08/1875) Ely lived at Market Place, Ely
George William Muriel b (8th March 1791) Ely, d (10/04/1836) Goomsur, India occ : Lieutenant-Colonel 8th BNI
Anne Muriel b (1791) married Charles Bidwell (1786-1829) in 1813 ; her son Charles Muriel- Bidwell founded Bidwells
Robert Muriel b (1792) d (25/12/1816) Surgeon , see monument in Ely Cathedral
William Muriel b (1794) d (1876) RN Commander & Captain, MRCS Surgeon
Sarah Muriel b (1795) d (24/05/1871) Ely married Robert Martin of Southery, Norfolk on 19/03/1828
Elizabeth Muriel b (1796) Ely, d (24/05/1880 ) Bourton on the Water ; married Samuel Beddome in 1818
Susan Muriel b (1798) d (06/041841) ; married Robert Bradfield Sanders b (1798) on 30th December 1823
John Muriel b (1799) d (1884); occ FRCS Surgeon
Charles Brooke Muriel b (1800) Ely d (1845) occ Surgeon St Saviour ; married Mary Vipan in 1831
Henry Brooke Muriel b (1801) Ely d (1874) Brighton. occ Surgeon, Robert funded Henry to set up a Chemist & Druggist at 22 King St, Covent Garden
Frances Muriel b (1802) , d (1819) at school in Hastings, plaque in church
Edward Muriel b (1802) d (probably in 1802)
Catherine Muriel b (1806) Ely, d (20/02/1892) Lavenham, Suffolk
Brooke Muriel b (1808) Ely d (1882) Lewisham, at the time of Robert’s will Brooke was Robert’s apprentice and being trained as Surgeon and Apothecary.
Edward Morley Muriel b(1819) Ely d 1895 West Ashford, Kent. Reverend of Ruckinge he married Anne Elizabeth Ingle in 1849
History
Occupation : MRCS Surgeon
Robert Muriel was a Surgeon (MRCS) living in Ely, Cambridge. He owned properties in Market Place, Ely and lived in High St, Ely.Robert’s will was proved in 1828 he left sizeable sums to each of his children, his wife, brother John and his son in law Charles Bidwell. The premises at Market Place was left to his eldest daughter Mary Muriel, other properties including the premises/practice in High street were left to his son John Muriel. Land in Ely in the tenure of Hugh Robert Evans, Solicitor was to be retained in the tenure of Evans but subject to a substantial payment to Robert’s daughter Mary. Robert left his medical stock as follows : -
“unto my Sons John Muriel Charles Muriel and Brooke Muriel all my medical Books and Surgical Instruments and prints relating to the profession of a Surgeon equally divided between them,unto my
son John Muriel all my Stock of Drugs Phials fixtures & utensils in my Shop and Surgery”
Witnesses to the will were : 1st Codicil Elizth Evans of Ely Cambridgeshire. Thomas Robert Robson. Newmarket Gent. John Harding. Linen Draper Leamington. 2nd Codicil Dorothy Spooner Spr. Ely. Mary Hull Taylor. Willm. Mackworth Davies Apprentice to Mr Muriel Ely.
Notes
[1] Will of Mary Muriel dated 1805 proved 1809