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October the 2 day I kept a Court for Mr.
The iiijth day Henry Vintener sealed an Indenture vnto me of thassignement of his lease in Sweetsurs.
The same day
The viijth my Cosen
The same day the great pump began to be bored.
The xiiijth Mr. Dr. Goade2 preched at Boxford.
The xvj day the pumpe was putt into the Welle.
The xxth I sent a lettre to my brother
The xxjth I kept a Court and leete at Shimplinge.
The xxiiijth the Bell went at Groton for father Cooke and at Boxford for Zachary Bonde.
The same day I received a lettre from my Lady Mildmay and writt her an answere presently.
7
The xxvth day John Cooke4 of thage of C yeres died.
The 28 the millers wife of Rochefourd departed from G
The 30 my soonne
November. The seconde ther fell muche Snowe and Rayne.
The vjth Zachary Bond died.
94The ixth Jane Kedby was maryed to Thomas Driffild a citizin and Grocer of London.
The xiiijth Mris. Goodday and Mris. Pointell were with me.
The second of December W
The xvijth of December Stephen Plombe5 was maried att London. the
The first of Jan: Mr. Armiger and his wyfe and her sister Alston dyned at my howse with diu
The v of Jan: I was at Holton and spake with Johane my Cosen A
The same day I received Commendacions from my brother
The viijth of Jan: father Smyth of Toppesfild came to me and brought me a fatt Capon and James Bett
The xth of Jan: Anne Cokye8 came to dwell with me.
The xj of Jan: Simon Blumfild sent me ij Capons.
The xiijth my Cosen Adam
The xvth I satt vppon a Commission9 with Mr.
The xxth of Jan. was very tempestuous and wyndye which did muche harme to howses and trees.
The 21 of Jan: I and my soonne
The 22 I was at Mr.
The 26 I went to London and the ixth of Feb. I retourned home.
The 16.
The same daye Mr. Nicholas Hubbarde died.
The 21th of Feb. I dyned at Mr. s. for Hen: Hadlocke.
The xxijth Mr. Armiger with his wyfe and family departed from Groton to dwell at Bury.
The 3 of Marche my browne cowe calued.
The vij of Marche I bought ij Cowes of Mr. Harman.
The xviijth I did keepe a Court at Toppesfild.
The xxth the Assises were holden at Bury.
The 26. John Wynthrop was weaned the same day I went to Brettenham and brought my cosens wyfe
The first of Aprill John Bogas thelder died.
The vjth my Cosens wife li. and Anne Speede nupta fuit.
The vijth I was at Hadleigh at the mariage of Sir W
The viijth of Aprill Thomas Polley was maryed to Anne speede to whom I paid xxv li.
The xiijth of Aprill my cosen Nath: Still came to my howse and brought me a lettre from his father.
The xiiijth day I was at Hadley to Survey Robert Veysyes10 howse and lande for my L
The xxjth of Aprill my sonne li. to John Plumbe to be paid the 23 of octobre followinge.
The 25 daye Mr.
The 26 of Aprill Rich. Cooke sen. died and was buryed.
The 29 day I dli.
The vth of May I did ryde to London.
The same day Ambrose paid me ix li. for my soone.
The xviijth of May I retourned and the xxijth my brother
The
A parish in the hundred of Hinckford, co. Essex.
Roger Goad (1538–1610).
D. N. B.
, XXII. 19–20.
A marriage license was issued October 6, 1578, to Richard Spenser of Groton and Elizabeth Coe of Boxford. Sudbury Archdeaconry, Acta Book, fo. 10. He died September, 1609.
Of Groton, weaver. He married, February 10, 1588–89, Eva Motte, who survived him and married William Sweetman, June 17, 1608. Infra, p. 98.
December 17, 1606. “Stephen Plumm of Groughton in the countie of Suff., clothier, and Mary Strachy, spinster, servaunt to Sr. John Spencer, knight; by lycence.” Registers of St. Helen’s, Bishopsgate (H. S., Reg.
, XXXI), 121.
Eldest son of George Fitch of Edwardstone? P. C. C., 49 Hayes.
Needham, a parish in the hundred of Earsham, co. Norfolk.
Probably daughter of Richard and Agnes (Hervey) Cokey of Groton. Cf. infra, p. 124.
“The Commission was probably held in connection with the dispute between Paul D’Ewes, lord of the manor, and the inhabitants as to custom of the town, which dispute was settled in Chancery by an agreement, 1610.” Note supplied by Mr. Redstone.
Son of William and Mary (Bedingfield) Vesey of Bedingham, co. Norfolk. He married Anne, daughter of Philip Forthe of Hadleigh. Muskett, 64.
1607. The 3 of July Justine Nicholson the wife of Jo
The same day Jo. Nutton did give my soonne a fawne.
The ixth of July I sealed an obligacion of 80 li. to Willli. the xth of July Anno 1608.
The ixth day my brother
The xjth my soonne
The xviijth of July Eliz
The 22 of July I was sworne one of the grande Jury at thassises then holden at Bury before my L
The 23 Miles the Informer stoode on the pillory and the next daye Bowman a promoter.2
Also Wyles a merchant of Ipswich was arrayned and condemned for poysonynge one Aldriche his wives first husband who denied the fact at the time of his deathe 27 Julii 1607.
The 27 of July Mr. Tho
The third of Aug. Anne Gosling and Fra
The 14 of Aug. the bridge in Howfild was made.
96The 10th of Aug. my sister
The xiiijth of Sept. my soonne
The xvth of Sept. my ten
The xvjth Mr. Tho
The 22th of september I paid Mr. li. in full satisfaction of all matters in question and he sealed me a generall releas Dated the same daye and I sealed to him a Releas of all actions personaly dated the twentythe of september in the presence of Mr.
The 23 I did ride to Stambridge and the 25 of september I did ride to Mepham4 in Kent and the 26 and 27 I did ly at Mr. Rogers in Stanford and the 30 I and my brother Forth J
M
The vjth of October I kept a leete and Court Baron for Mr. Edward Newport5 at Bromley Hall in Essex.
The xth my soonne
The xijth I went to London to see him.
The 19 of October I did ryde with the Goodwyfe Kedby6 to hir brothers at Wicham skeith and the next day to Ipswich.
The 26 of octobre John Spenser the soone and heire of Richard Spenser of Groton wounded John Penny of Hadley in his hed with his dagger wherof he died the 30th.
The 28 being Weddensday Elizabeth the wife of Thomas Walton esq. died at Hadley.
On fryday the 30th of octobre my sister
The 2 of November I did ryde to Springfild and retourned the 7th and the II I did ryde thither againe to hir Buriall the which was on the xvth of November.
On St. Stevens8 day the first sonne of Mr.
The last of December Mr. William Amyes9 preached at Boxford vppon the 80 psalme and first verse pie et docte.
97On fryday the 8 of January Mr. W
The xiijth of Jan. I did ryde to Stambrige and retorned the xixth.
The xxth of Jan. my soonnes
The 26 of Jan. my Cosen Thomas Laister did come to my house and also John Grymwade came at night and demanded xx li. etc.
The first of Feb. I was at Brettenham.
The 2 Mr. Tho
The viijth of Feb. beinge Shrovetuesday the L
The xvijth of Feb: Jane Dryfild and hir childe departed from hir mothers
The xviijth of February Amy Veysye13 was maried.
A marriage license was issued, June 29, 1607, to William Alston, widower, of Newton, and Anne Malyn, widow, of Gaysley. Sudbury Archdeaconry, Acta Book, 1605–19. Sayham, Siam, or Saxham Hall Manor, Newton, came to the Alston family soon after 1550. Barker, West Suffolk, 280; Visitation of Suffolk, 1664–1668 (H. S., Pub.
, LXI), 103.
A promoter was “one whose business was to prosecute or denounce offenders against the law; originally an officer appointed by the crown; later, one who prosecuted in his own name and that of the sovereign, and received a part of the fines as his fee; a professional accuser, an informer.”
N. E. D.
Anne Gostlin married Nathaniel Warner and died April 4, 1608. Infra, p. 97. Frances Kedby married Thomas Upshere.
Meopham, a parish in the hundred of Toltingtrough, co. Kent.
On Edward Newport (d. 1624) and his family, see Morant, Essex, II. 597. On his brief coproprietorship (June 5, 1607–November 4, 1618) of the manor of Great Bromley in the parish of the same name, hundred of Tendring, co. Essex, see Morant, I. 442.
Jane, widow of Lewis Kedby. Peter Frere was the brother’s name. Supra, p. 87.
Wife of Sir Thomas Mildmay of Barnes. Supra, p. 6.
December 26.
William Ames (1576–1633), the Puritan divine and casuist. At this time he was fellow of Christ’s College, Cambridge, where he had received his M.A. in 1601.
D. N. B.
, I. 355–356; Venn, A. C.
, I. 27. Cf. G. L. Kittredge, “A Note on Dr. William Ames,” in Colonial Society of Massachusetts, Publications, XIII. 60–69 (1910).
(1584–1648), son of William and Margery (Waldegrave) Clopton. He married in 1615 Alice Doylye, sister of Sir Henry Doylye of Shottesham, co. Norfolk. Muskett, 144.
Sir Edward Coke, chief justice of the Common Pleas, later of the King’s Bench.
D. N. B.
, XI. 229–244.
Arthur Coke married Elizabeth, daughter of Sir George and Mary (Moore) Waldegrave of Hitcham, co. Suffolk. The Hitcham Register gives February 9 as the date of the marriage.
Amy, daughter of Abraham and Mary (Winthrop) Vesey. Muskett, 63.