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Saint Mary Woolnoth

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Abraham Browne

"6 Dec. 1667. Justice Twisden(s), Justice Tyrill(s), Justice Browne.
John Smart, citozen and merchant taylor, and Joseph Smart his son v. Abraham Browne, citizen and vintner..."^[1]

"G.B.-1082; B.M. 5070-27
7 Mar. 1667/8. Justice Browne, Justice Wyndham, Baron Raynsford(s).
Abraham Browne, citizen and vintner v. Sir Thomas Bowes kt., Thomas Bowes esq. and Harlackenden Bowes, gent., an infant."^[2]

Alexander Pollington

Alexander Pollington 7 hearths^[3]

'Pedigree of Pollington,' in Vere Langford Oliver, The history of the island of Antigua, one of the Leeward Caribbees in the West Indies, from the first settlement in 1635 to the present time, vol. 3 (London, 1894), p. 30^[4]
- This pedigree identifies "Alexander Pollington of the 'Three Bells' in Lombard Street, Citizen and haberdasher; owned 'Nowells' in Nuthurst, co. Surrey, and 'Fig Tree,' the'Body,' and 'Pollingtons' in Antigua. Will dated 4 Jan. 1669; proved 25 Nov. 1672. (Eure.). The pedigree identifies his wife as Dorothy (alias Dorothie), living in 1669, and eight children, several of them who were born in St Mary Woolnoth and were buried in Antigua
- Will records "a part of a plantation bought of Marke Mortemer in Monsurrat, & 2 others in Antigua called Figgtree and the Body," which were to be sold and "the proceeds laid out in negros for my other plantation in the Leeward Division of Antigua, now or late in the possession of Master John Frye my overseer"

Hearths: St Mary Woolnoth (1666)

Bearebinder Lane Anchor Yard^[5]

William Stringer 2 hearths^[6]

Greate Lumbard streete North syde^[7]

Sr Robert Vyner 11 hearths

John Colville 9 hearths^[8]
Alexander Holt Esqr 6 hearths^[9]

Litle Lumbard streete ye North syde^[10]

William Rawson 3 hearths^[11]
Godfrey Beck 3 hearths^[12]

Litle Lumbard streete ye Southsyde^[13]

Thomas Weld 11 hearths^[14]

Richard Turgis 8 hearths^[15]
Abraham Johnson 7 hearths^[16]
Thomas Mottershed 8 hearths^[17]

Lumbard streete ye South syde^[18]

William White 5 hearths^[19]

Samuell Payne 5 hearths^[20]

Alexander Pollington 7 hearths^[21]

Abrah Browne 18 hearths^[22]

Sherborne lane ye East syde^[23]

Crisp 8 hearths^[24]

Tho Collyer 3 hearths^[25]

Widd Fletcher 7 hearths^[26]

Sherborne lane ye west syde^[27]

Thomas Seymor 6 hearths^[28]

Widd Boyce 7 hearths^[29]

Streete syde^[30]

Edward Backwell Esqr 13 hearths^[31]

Henry Ballowe 4 hearths^[32]

Anthony Manwayring 3 hearths^[33]
John Portman 8 hearths^[34]
Charles Everard 9 hearths^[35]
Nathaniell Cock 6 hearths^[36]
Isaack Menell Esqr 7 hearths^[37]

Inventories for known hearths (1666): St Mary Woolnoth

Five inventories with known hearth numbers, ranging from four to eight hearths

8 hearths

PROB 4/10596 Inventory of Richard Turges (alt. Turgis), 1668 (scroll) (8 hearths, Richard Turgis, grocer, 'Litle Lumbard streete ye Southsyde', St Mary Woolnoth (1666)

7 hearths

PROB 4/9901 Pollington, Alexander, of St. Mary Woolnoth, London ob. at Hornsey, Middx. 1673 [?] Oct. (1672) (7 hearths, Alexander Pollington, haberdasher, St Mary Woolnoth (1666))

6 hearths

PROB 4/429 Cock, Nathaniel, [of St Mary Woolnoth, London, merchant] 1673 26 July; PROB 5/2300 COOKE, Nathaniel, of [St Mary Woolnoth], London, merchant (includes account) [Administration with will annexed d b n Apr 1686] (6 hearths, Nathaniell Cock, merchant, St Mary Woolnoth (1666))

5 hearths

PROB 5/5526 Everard, Charles, esq, of St Mary Woolnoth, London (account only) 1670) (5 hearths, Charles Everard, goldsmith, St Mary Woolnoth (1666))

4 hearths

PROB 4/1204 Ballone, [Ballowe], Henry, of St Mary Woolnoth, London, merchant 1667 24 May) (4 hearths, Henry Ballowe, merchant, St Mary Woolnoth (1666))

Possible primary sources

London Metropolitan Archives

GB 0074 P69/MRY15: St. Mary Woolnoth parish: collection description
- Parish united with St Mary Woolnoth Haw post 1666 fire
- Parish registers (baptisms, marriages, burials, banns) from 1538
- Vestry minutes from 1677
- Poor rate, church rate and tithe rate assessments from 1672
- Churchwardens' acounts, vouchers and papers
- Overseers' books of receipts and payments and other papers relating to poor relief.

Possible secondary sources

1. ↑ Philip E. Jones, The Fire Court: calendar to the judgments and decrees of the Court of judicature appointed to determine differences between landlords and tenants as to rebuilding after the Great Fire,, vol. 1 (XXXX, 1966), p. 168)
2. ↑ Philip E. Jones, The Fire Court: calendar to the judgments and decrees of the Court of judicature appointed to determine differences between landlords and tenants as to rebuilding after the Great Fire,, vol. 1 (XXXX, 1966), p. 270)
3. ↑ Alexander Pollington. Probably Alexander Pollington, haberdasher, who died at Hornsey, Middlesex (PROB 4/9901 Pollington, Alexander, of St. Mary Woolnoth, London ob. at Hornsey, Middx. 1673 [?] Oct. (1672); PROB 11/340 Eure 108-157 Will of Alexander Pollington, Haberdasher of London 25 November 1672)
4. ↑ Vere Langford Oliver, The history of the island of Antigua, one of the Leeward Caribbees in the West Indies, from the first settlement in 1635 to the present time, vol. 3 (London, 1894), p. 30
5. ↑ 'Bearebinder Lane Anchor Yard' in 'Hearth Tax: City of London 1666: St Mary Woolnoth ', London Hearth Tax: City of London and Middlesex, 1666 (2011), viewed 20/02/12
6. ↑ William Stringer. Probably William Stringer (b. ?, d. ca. ?), "hottpresser"; marr. to Susan; son, Daniell, bap. July 1 1655 (James Mark Saurin Brooke, Arthur Washington Hallen, The transcript of the registers of the united parishes of S. Mary Woolnoth and S. Mary Woolchurch Haw: in the city of London, from their commencement 1538 to 1760 (London, 1886), p. 53)
7. ↑ 'Greate Lumbard streete North syde' in 'Hearth Tax: City of London 1666: St Mary Woolnoth', London Hearth Tax: City of London and Middlesex, 1666 (2011), viewed 16/02/12
8. ↑ John Colville. John Colville, goldsmith; marr. to Dorothy; son, Josias, bap. Feb. 23 1655/56; John Colville dead by Aug. 27 1671, when "Mrs Dorothoe Colvill" was described as "Widdow" (PR, p. 237) (XXXX)
9. ↑ Alexander Holt Esqr. Alexander Holt (b. ?, d. ?), goldsmith; ??born Standish, County of Lancaster; married to Mary; son, Alexander, bap. Jan. 23, 1654 (Victoria history of the county of Lancaster, vol. 4 (XXXX, XXXX), p. ?; James Mark Saurin Brooke, Arthur Washington Hallen, The transcript of the registers of the united parishes of S. Mary Woolnoth and S. Mary Woolchurch Haw: in the city of London, from their commencement 1538 to 1760 (London, 1886), p. 52; see also PROB 11/263 Ruthen 104-155 Will of Alexander Holt, Goldsmith of London 23 May 1657)
10. ↑ 'Litle Lumbard streete ye North syde' in 'Hearth Tax: City of London 1666: St Mary Woolnoth ', London Hearth Tax: City of London and Middlesex, 1666 (2011), viewed 20/02/12
11. ↑ William Rawson. William Rawson, goldsmith; mar. to Elizabeth; dau., Elizabeth, bap. Jun. 13 1656 (James Mark Saurin Brooke, Arthur Washington Hallen, The transcript of the registers of the united parishes of S. Mary Woolnoth and S. Mary Woolchurch Haw: in the city of London, from their commencement 1538 to 1760 (London, 1886), p. 53)
12. ↑ Godfrey Beck. Godfrey Beck, goldsmith; wife, Elizabeth, bur. Aug. 16 1677 (PR-burials, p. 243)
13. ↑ 'Litle Lumbard streete ye Southsyde' in 'Hearth Tax: City of London 1666: St Mary Woolnoth', London Hearth Tax: City of London and Middlesex, 1666 (2011), viewed 16/02/12
14. ↑ Thomas Weld. Possibly Thomas Weld (b. ?, d. ca. ?1678), "drugster"; mar. to Joyce; son, Thomas, bap. Oct. 30 1643; just possibly described in 1678 as "grocer of Richmond"; a Lawrence Weld, "Druggest," in St. Mary Woolnoth in Jan 1673 (PR-burials, p. 238)(James Mark Saurin Brooke, Arthur Washington Hallen, The transcript of the registers of the united parishes of S. Mary Woolnoth and S. Mary Woolchurch Haw: in the city of London, from their commencement 1538 to 1760 (London, 1886), p. 46; PROB 11/357 Reeve 56-105 Will of Thomas Weld, Grocer of Richmond, Surrey 12 August 1678)
15. ↑ Richard Turgis. Richard Turgis (b. ?, d. 1668 (?or 1669) was a London merchant and grocer; described in his burial entry as "Richard Tirges, Druggest"; marr. to Anne; daughter, Anne, bap. Mar. 22, 1654/55; Richard Turgis bur. Mar. 27 1668 (PR, 236) ( PROB 11/326 Hone 1-57 Will of Richard Turgis, Grocer of London 03 April 1668; PROB 4/10596 Inventory of Richard Turges (alt. Turgis), 1668 (scroll); James Mark Saurin Brooke, Arthur Washington Hallen, The transcript of the registers of the united parishes of S. Mary Woolnoth and S. Mary Woolchurch Haw: in the city of London, from their commencement 1538 to 1760 (London, 1886), p. 52)
16. ↑ Abraham Johnson. Probably Abraham Johnson, Esq.; d. "att his mansion att Hackney," Jun. 23 1676, bur. Jul. 3 1676 (PR-burials, p. 242)
17. ↑ Thomas Mottershed. Thomas Mottershed (b. ?, d. ca. 1686), grocer, who was possibly related to Elizabeth Mottershed, widow of Clapham (PROB 11/385 Lloyd 136-181 Will of Thomas Mottershed, Grocer of Little Lombard Street, City of London 04 November 1686; PROB 11/417 Coker 175-222 Will of Elizabeth Mottershed, Widow of Clapham, Surrey 24 November 1693; PROB 4/17466 Mottershed, Elizabeth, of Clapham, Surrey 1693 1 Dec.
18. ↑ 'Lumbard streete ye South syde' in 'Hearth Tax: City of London 1666: St Mary Woolnoth', London Hearth Tax: City of London and Middlesex, 1666 (2011), viewed 20/02/12
19. ↑ William White. Possibly William White (b. ?, d. ca. 1675), haberdasher (PROB 11/348 Dycer 52-105 Will of William White, Haberdasher of Saint Mary Woolnoth, City of London 04 September 1675)
20. ↑ Samuell Payne. Samuell Payne (b. ?, d. ?), merchant taylor, married to Mary; a son, Samuell, bap. Nov. 13, 1654, St. Mary Woolnoth (James Mark Saurin Brooke, Arthur Washington Hallen, The transcript of the registers of the united parishes of S. Mary Woolnoth and S. Mary Woolchurch Haw: in the city of London, from their commencement 1538 to 1760 (London, 1886), p. 52)
21. ↑ Alexander Pollington. Probably Alexander Pollington, haberdasher, who died at Hornsey, Middlesex (PROB 4/9901 Pollington, Alexander, of St. Mary Woolnoth, London ob. at Hornsey, Middx. 1673 [?] Oct. (1672); PROB 11/340 Eure 108-157 Will of Alexander Pollington, Haberdasher of London 25 November 1672)
22. ↑ Abrah Browne. Possibly Abraham Browne, vintner; mar. to Penelope; son, William, bap. Jul. 11 1644; Abraham Browne d. Jul. 9 1672, at Charlton, Kent, bur. Jul. 10 1672 ((James Mark Saurin Brooke, Arthur Washington Hallen, The transcript of the registers of the united parishes of S. Mary Woolnoth and S. Mary Woolchurch Haw: in the city of London, from their commencement 1538 to 1760 (London, 1886), p. 46; PR-Burials, p. 238))
23. ↑ 'Sherborne lane ye East syde' in 'Hearth Tax: City of London 1666: St Mary Woolnoth', London Hearth Tax: City of London and Middlesex, 1666 (2011), viewed 20/02/12
24. ↑ Crisp. Possibly Andrew Crisp, Rector of St. Mary Woolnoth; son, Robert, bur. Sep. 4 1672, St. Mary Wool. (PR-burials, p. 238
25. ↑ Tho Collyer. Possibly Thomas Collyer, goldsmith; mar. to Ellyn; son, William, bap. Feb. 13 1643/44 (James Mark Saurin Brooke, Arthur Washington Hallen, The transcript of the registers of the united parishes of S. Mary Woolnoth and S. Mary Woolchurch Haw: in the city of London, from their commencement 1538 to 1760 (London, 1886), p. 46)
26. ↑ Just possibly Mary Fletcher, widow of James Fletcher, who d. ca. 1654; James Fletcher described in St. Mary Woolnoth PR as "brownbaker" and in will as "baker;" son, Samuell, bap. Feb. 14 1643/44 (James Mark Saurin Brooke, Arthur Washington Hallen, The transcript of the registers of the united parishes of S. Mary Woolnoth and S. Mary Woolchurch Haw: in the city of London, from their commencement 1538 to 1760 (London, 1886), p. 46)
27. ↑ 'Sherborne lane ye west syde' in 'Hearth Tax: City of London 1666: St Mary Woolnoth', London Hearth Tax: City of London and Middlesex, 1666 (2011), viewed 20/02/12
28. ↑ Thomas Seymor. Possibly Thomas Seymor (alias Seymour), goldsmith. A son, Benjamin, of "Thomas Seymour, goldsmith" bur. Nov. 2 1672, St. mary Woolnoth (PR-burials, p. 238)
29. ↑ Widd Boyce. Possibly Ellen Boyes, widow; her deceased husband may have been Ralph Boyes, haberdasher of Saint Mary, Woolnoth. But a Raph Boyce, "hottpresser" had a dau., Abigail, by Ann Boyce, bap. June 21 1643 (PROB 11/349 Dycer 106-147 Will of Ellen Boyes, Widow of Saint Mary Woolnoth, City of London 19 November 1675; PROB 11/296 Pell 511-558 Will of Ralph Boyes, Haberdasher of Saint Mary Woolnoth, City of London 06 December 1659; James Mark Saurin Brooke, Arthur Washington Hallen, The transcript of the registers of the united parishes of S. Mary Woolnoth and S. Mary Woolchurch Haw: in the city of London, from their commencement 1538 to 1760 (London, 1886), p. 46)
30. ↑ 'Streete syde' in 'Hearth Tax: City of London 1666: St Mary Woolnoth', London Hearth Tax: City of London and Middlesex, 1666 (2011), viewed 16/02/12
31. ↑ Edward Backwell. Edward Backwell, goldsmith. He had a further fourteen hearth house in Fulham, between the fifteen hearth home of Sir John Claten and the thirty hearth home of Lord Mordent (Possibly PROB 11/448 Lort 224-268 Will of Edward Backwell of City of London 13 December 1698)
32. ↑ Henry Ballowe. Henry Ballowe (alias Ballone), merchant, 'Street syde,' St. Mary, Woolnoth, London (PROB 4/1204 Ballone, [Ballowe], Henry, of St Mary Woolnoth, London, merchant 1667 24 May)
33. ↑ Anthony Manwayring. No trace of Anthony Manwayring, but Elizabeth Manwayring (alias Maynwaring, Manwaring), widow, bur. Apr. 13 1666 may have been related (See PROB 11/321 Mico 92-138 Will of Elizabeth Manwayring or Maynwaring, Widow of London 20 June 1666; PROB 5/1629 MAINWAYRINGE, Elizabeth, of St Mary Woolnoth, London [Registered will: PROB 11/321] [Sentence: PROB 11/322] 1666) James Mark Saurin Brooke, Arthur Washington Hallen, The transcript of the registers of the united parishes of S. Mary Woolnoth and S. Mary Woolchurch Haw: in the city of London, from their commencement 1538 to 1760 (London, 1886), p. 235
34. ↑ John Portman. John Portman (b. ?, d. 1683), London goldsmith and correspondent of Sir George Oxenden. Son of Christopher Portman, of Tunstall, Kent, twenty miles from Oxenden's birthplace. His son, John Portman, was in the East Indies with Oxenden. Documents survive from a probate dispute, which followed the death of John Portman junior. He died in the Fleet prison in 1683 (2nd October 1667, Letter from John Portman to Sir GO, London; 25th March 1666/67, Letter from John Portman to Sir GO, London; 'Portman, John' in J.R. Woodhead (ed.), 'Pack - Pyers', The Rulers of London 1660-1689: A biographical record of the Aldermen and Common Councilment of the City of London (1966), pp. 124-134, viewed 14/02/12; PROB 11/349 Dycer 106-147 Will of John Portman of Quedah, India 20 December 1675; PROB 18/4/105 Probate lawsuit Portman v Portman, concerning the deceased John Portman, bachelor of Quedah [Quetta ?], East Indies. Allegation 1672; ROB 18/5/91 Probate lawsuit Portman v Portman, concerning the deceased John Portman, bachelor of Quedah [Quetta ?], East Indies. Interrogatory 1673)
35. ↑ Charles Everard, London goldsmith; mar. to Mary; son, Charles, bap. July 12. 1658; Charles Everard, goldsmith, bur. Oct. 28 1665 in one of the heaviest months for deaths in St. Mary Woolnoth in the plague year of 1665 (PR, p. 235) (PROB 11/319 Mico 1-46 Will of Charles Everard of Saint Mary Woolnoth, City of London 08 March 1666; PROB 5/5526 Everard, Charles, esq, of St Mary Woolnoth, London (account only) 1670); James Mark Saurin Brooke, Arthur Washington Hallen, The transcript of the registers of the united parishes of S. Mary Woolnoth and S. Mary Woolchurch Haw: in the city of London, from their commencement 1538 to 1760 (London, 1886), p. 55; see also PROB 4/22393 Everard, Mary, of St. Mary Woolnoth, London 1702 [illeg]
36. ↑ Nathaniell Cock. Nathaniell Cock, London merchant, located adjacent to the goldsmith Isaac Meynell (PROB 11/342 Pye 53-118 Will of Nathaniel Cock, Merchant of Saint Mary Woolnoth, City of London 20 June 1673; PROB 4/429 Cock, Nathaniel, [of St Mary Woolnoth, London, merchant] 1673 26 July; PROB 5/2300 COOKE, Nathaniel, of [St Mary Woolnoth], London, merchant (includes account) [Administration with will annexed d b n Apr 1686] 1673)
37. ↑ Isaack Menell (alias Isaac Meynell), London goldsmith (PROB 11/352 Bence 109-158 Will of Isaac Meynell, Goldsmith of Saint Mary Woolnoth, City of London 01 July 1676)