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Biographical synthesis

James Jauncy (alt. Jancy; Jauncey; Jauncye) (b. ca. 1634; d. ca. 1675). Grocer. Citizen of London.

Born in parsh of Stretton Grandison in the county of Herefordshire, to which parish he made a bequest in his will.^[1]

Brother of John Jauncy (b. ?; d. ca. 1666), gentleman, of Whittwicke in the parish of Stretton Grandison in Herefordshire, who predeceased James Jauncy.

Resident in parish of Saint Lawrence Jewry in 1658 and when he wrote his will on March 28th 1675, proved on April 17th 1675.^[2]

Listed in 1666 London Hearth Tax "In Cateaten Stret: James Joncey" with eleven hearths.

Describes himself in his will, proved in 1675, as "James Jancy of Cateaton street in the Parish of Saint Laurence in the old Jewry Citizen and Grocer of London".^[3]

The Grocers' hall was located in the Old Jewry. The presence of the Grocers' Hall attracted a number of members of the Grocers' company to reside in the parish of Saint lawrence Jewry.

James Jauncy was related to Thomas Jauncy (alt. Jauncey) (b. ca. 1619; d. bef. 1656), who was also a grocer. It is unclear what the relationship was, but was close enough for James Jauncey to have been the attorney of Mr. Thomas Marsh, the administrator of Mr. Thomas Jauncey, deceased.^[4]

Thomas Jauncey gave personal answers in the High Court of Admiralty on May 1st 1651 in a case concerning the voyage of the Jonathan and Abigall to Barbados and Virginia.^[5]

Thomas Jauncy deposed in a criminal case in the High Court of Admiralty, describing himself as a merchant, resident in the parish of Saint Lawrence Jewry. There is also a record of a case in the Court of Chancery dated 1649 in which a thirty year old Thomas Jauncy "citizen and grocer of London" was deposed. In his Chancery deposition Thomas Jauncy states that he had been servant and apprentice to Michael Charlton of London, grocer. The case concerned the shipment of goods to Virginia.^[6]

High Court of Admiralty evidence

James Jauncy, grocer and citizen of London, deposed in the High Court of Admiralty on Nov 8th 1658. He was responding to an allegation made on behalf of Watson and How in the case of "Warren against Watson and How." There had been two prior deponents on the same day in the same case - Simon Messinger, a forty year old cooper of Shadwell in Middlesex and John Goodman a thirty-four year old cooper of Saint Catherin Colman.^[7]

Jauncy's testimony concerned the tonnage of Virginia hogsheads of tobacco and the relative space taken up by hogsheads of Virginia tobacco versus hogsheads of wine.

Jauncy attested to his own expertise, saying that he had used the trade of Virginia and other tobaccoes as a freeman and apprentice for "theise seaventeene yeares last".

He signed himself James Jauncÿe, with an "e" after the "ÿ", in contrast with the spelling of his name by the notary public in the High Court of Admiralty, who rendered his surname without a final "e".

Comments on sources

PROB 11/68/535 Will of John Jauncey, Gentleman of Stretton, Herefordshire

PROB 11/321/489 Will of John Jauncy, Gentleman of Stretton Grandison, Herefordshire 01 September 1666

Birmingham: Archives, Heritage and Photography Service MS 3197/ACC 1919-025/280907 Articles of agreement between John Beauchampe of Newland, co. Worc., and John Jauncey, of Stratton Grandson, co. Hereford, gent., respecting a marriage portion of Mary, daughter of the latter. 15 January 8 Charles 11632 9 (i.e. 1632/33)

PROB 4/11914 Jauncey, James, citizen and grocer of London 1675 31 May 04 October 1585

PROB 11/347/420 Will of James Jancy, Grocer of Saint Lawrence Jewry, City of London 17 April 1675

- Describes himself as "James Jancy of Cateaton street in the Parish of Saint Laurence in the old Jewry Citizen and Grocer of London".
- Bequest to the poor of the parish of Stretton Grandison in the county of Hereford where he was born
- Various bequests to kinsmen and women and to nephews
- Mentions nephew Thomas Jancy
- Mentions late dear brother John Jancy and Anne his wife, deceased
- Mentions his "share of Land in the Bermoodas", which he purchased from John Cuff
- Mentions farm and lands in the parish of Whitney in the county of Herefordshire
- Residual estate to nephews Richard Beauchampe and Thomas Jancy, who were both appointed executors of the will
-- Richard Beauchampe was possibly the son of John Beauchampe of Newland and Mary Jauncy, daughter of John Jauncy of Stratton Gandson, Herfordshire^[8]
- Brother-in-law Edward Chamberlen and nephew William Beauchampe appoimted as advisors to executors

The deceased brother John Jauncy is John Jauncy of Whitwicke, Stretton Grandison, gentleman, who made his will on August 1644, proved 1666. The will mentions dau Anne JAUNCEY - 300£, son John JANCEY, daur Elizabeth, sons Francis, James and Edward, brother James JAUNCEY; sisters Alice and Ellinor, son Thomas.^[9] The four sons mentioned by John Jauncy in his 1644 will are also mentioned by James Jauncy in his 1675 will ("John, Francis, James and Edward JANCY: sons of my late dear brother John JANCY and Anne his wife deceased".

Herefordshire Archive Service AP 39/456/2 Various deeds of Jauncey, James, citizen and grocer of London 7 March. 1675

PROB 11/296/314 Will of Richard Jauncy, Vintner of Drury Lane, Middlesex 08 December 1659

"JAUNCYE, James

Co Co Cheap, 1671 Cateaton Street, 1669, 1675, St Lawrence Jewry, 1663 (1) GR (2) b Stretton Grandison, Herts (2) Will PCC 36 Dycer pr, 17 Apr and 17 May 1675 f ? John Jauncye of Whitwicke, psh Stretton, Herts, gent (3) Plantation in Bermuda (2)

1. ↑ PROB 11/347/420 Will of James Jancy, Grocer of Saint Lawrence Jewry, City of London 17 April 1675; Herefordshire Archive Service AP 39/456/2 Various deeds of Jauncey, James, citizen and grocer of London 7 March. 1675
2. ↑ PROB 11/347/420 Will of James Jancy, Grocer of Saint Lawrence Jewry, City of London 17 April 1675
3. ↑ PROB 11/347/420 Will of James Jancy, Grocer of Saint Lawrence Jewry, City of London 17 April 1675
4. ↑ ET Davis, Surrey County Records, Virginia, 1652-1684 (Baltimore, 1980
5. ↑ HCA 13/124 f.81r
6. ↑ Aspinall Notarial Records (Boston, 1903), pp.238-239
7. ↑ HCA 13/72 f.463r; HCA 13/72 f.463v
8. ↑ Birmingham: Archives, Heritage and Photography Service MS 3197/ACC 1919-025/280907 Articles of agreement between John Beauchampe of Newland, co. Worc., and John Jauncey, of Stratton Grandson, co. Hereford, gent., respecting a marriage portion of Mary, daughter of the latter. 15 January 8 Charles 11632
9. ↑ http://willsdb.gukutils.org.uk/HEF/WillsJ.html Abstracts of Herefordshire Probate Records, TNA Ref: PROB 11/321 f135;
10. ↑ 'Jauncye, James' in J R Woodhead, 'Jackson - Justice', in The Rulers of London 1660-1689 A Biographical Record of the Aldermen and Common Councilment of the City of London (London, 1966), pp. 96-101, viewed 03/09/2016