The Flower family are thought to have held land in Chitterne from the 16th to the 18th century. John is the family name.
In 1588 John Flower contributed £25 to the fund for the defence of the country against the Spanish Armada.
John Flower, gentleman, died in 1614 holding land and buildings in Chitterne St Mary of Henry, Lord Pawlett, the lord of the Manor. He held Piper's and one virgate of land, which he let to John Attwood's family. Also Morgan's Hold which was rented by William Tyneburie, and Rowleaze, with half a virgate of land, rented by John Hayter.
John Flower, his son, died in 1624. His son, also called John Flower was 2 years, 11 months and 2 days old at his father's death.
Yet another descendant called John Flower we find was one of the appointees of churchwardens in 1750. Maybe this was the gentleman who married Margaret Peirce of Boyton in 1744, according to the records of Bishop's Marriage Bonds. He was a husbandman aged 38 and she a spinster aged 40.
The name Flower pops up in various records concerning Chitterne, but we know little more about the family or where they lived, except for one clue that needs researching: a barn at Chitterne Ansty, 2 miles outside Chitterne, known as Flower's Field Barn and marked as such on the Ordnance Survey map; it was converted for residential use in 2004.