Difference between revisions of "MRP: Dame Grace Ford"
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==Abstract & context== | ==Abstract & context== | ||
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| + | Dame Grace Ford made her will on XXXX. She described herself as "of Rowhampton, Surrey." | ||
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| + | She was the widow of Sir Richard Ford, who appears to have died intestate. | ||
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==To do== | ==To do== | ||
| + | (1) Check the transcription | ||
| + | (2) Look at the ODNB profile of Sir Richard Ford | ||
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| + | (3) Which historians have recently written about Ford, other than Steven Pincus? | ||
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| + | (4) What genealogical work has been done on Ford's family, and various Ford families in Devon, especially Exeter? | ||
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| + | (5) Do Ford families appear in visitations of Devon, Dorset etc.? | ||
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| + | (6) If Sir Richard Ford was from Exeter, was he closely linked to Sir James Modyford, and other Modyfords, who were born in Exeter, and whose father was a former mayor of Exeter? | ||
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==Transcription== | ==Transcription== | ||
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| + | ===Sir Richard Ford, Woodhead (1666)=== | ||
| + | "FORD, Richard | ||
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| + | Co Co Tower, 1660 (1) Ald Farringdon Within, 14 Feb 1660/1-27 Feb 1667/8 removed to Bread Street-29 Aug 1671, removed to Lime Street-31 Aug 1678 (d) (2) Tower Hill, 1677, Bexley, Kent (3) MER, fr, 1654, by R (£50), M, 1661, 1674 (4) b 1613, d 31 Aug 1678, bur Bexley, Kent (5) f ? Thomas Ford of Exeter, Devon (6), mar Grace (7) Merchant, in partnership with s-in-law Peter Proby, and Sir William Ryder Supplier of hemp to Navy Comm EIC, 1658-63, 1664-5 Assis RAC, 1672 (8) EIC stock, RAC stock £500 of original stock, 1671 (9) Kt, 26 May 1660 Sheriff, 1663, LM, 1670 (10) MP Exeter, 1660 (did not sit), Southampton, 1661-78 (10) FRS, 1673 Admitted Grays Inn, 1669/70 (11) Educ Exeter College, Oxon, matric, 1631, MA (12) Sometime Col Auxiliary Regt, Commsr for Lieut, 1660 1677 | ||
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| + | (1) CRO list gives no ward Tower from position in list in Journ 41, f 235 (2) Beaven, I, pp 149, 153, 176 (3) Directory, 1677, Boyd 15732 (4) Beaven, II, p 92, MER, Fr List, p 182 (5) Boyd 15732 (6) Boyd 15732, Strype, IV, p 148 "of the West Country" Boyd 15732 also suggests f may have been of Hadleigh, Suff (7) Her will PCC 117 Cottle, 1682 (8) Directory, 1677, Cal Min EIC, 1664-7, passim, will of Dame Grace Ford, Cal S P Dom, 1661-2, p 429, Pepys, Diary, passim, Beaven, II, p 92, K G Davies, Index (9) Cal Min EIC, 1660-3, 1664-7, 1668-70, PRO, T 70/100 (10) Beaven, II, p 92 (11) Beaven, II, p 92, Boyd 15732 (12) J Foster, Alumni Oxomensis, 1500-1714, p 515"<ref>'Ford, Richard,' in [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=31882#s38 J.R. Woodhead, 'Fabian - Fyge', The Rulers of London 1660-1689: A biographical record of the Aldermen and Common Councilment of the City of London (1966), pp. 67-74], viewed 21/02/12</ref> | ||
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| + | - It is unclear from PRO wills online which of the many Ford wills from Devon, 1610-1651, might be related to Sir Richard Ford, whose father, J.R. Woodhead suggests, may have been Thomas Ford of Exeter, Devon | ||
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==Suggested primary sources== | ==Suggested primary sources== | ||
| + | ===TNA=== | ||
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| + | PROB 11/371 Cottle 111-163 Will of Dame Grace Ford, Widow of London 24 October 1682 | ||
| + | PROB 11/371 Cottle 111-163 Sentence of Grace Ford, Widow of Rowhampton London 16 February 1682 | ||
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| + | PROB 18/13/52 Probate lawsuit Ford and Oveatt v Proby otherwise Ford and others, concerning the deceased Dame Grace Ford, widow of Roehampton, Surrey, relict of Sir Richard Ford kt. Allegation and interrogatory 1681 | ||
Revision as of 14:53, February 21, 2012
Dame Grace Ford
Editorial history
21/02/12, CSG: Created page
Contents
Abstract & context
Dame Grace Ford made her will on XXXX. She described herself as "of Rowhampton, Surrey."
She was the widow of Sir Richard Ford, who appears to have died intestate.
Suggested links
To do
(1) Check the transcription
(2) Look at the ODNB profile of Sir Richard Ford
(3) Which historians have recently written about Ford, other than Steven Pincus?
(4) What genealogical work has been done on Ford's family, and various Ford families in Devon, especially Exeter?
(5) Do Ford families appear in visitations of Devon, Dorset etc.?
(6) If Sir Richard Ford was from Exeter, was he closely linked to Sir James Modyford, and other Modyfords, who were born in Exeter, and whose father was a former mayor of Exeter?
Transcription
Notes
Sir Richard Ford, Woodhead (1666)
"FORD, Richard
Co Co Tower, 1660 (1) Ald Farringdon Within, 14 Feb 1660/1-27 Feb 1667/8 removed to Bread Street-29 Aug 1671, removed to Lime Street-31 Aug 1678 (d) (2) Tower Hill, 1677, Bexley, Kent (3) MER, fr, 1654, by R (£50), M, 1661, 1674 (4) b 1613, d 31 Aug 1678, bur Bexley, Kent (5) f ? Thomas Ford of Exeter, Devon (6), mar Grace (7) Merchant, in partnership with s-in-law Peter Proby, and Sir William Ryder Supplier of hemp to Navy Comm EIC, 1658-63, 1664-5 Assis RAC, 1672 (8) EIC stock, RAC stock £500 of original stock, 1671 (9) Kt, 26 May 1660 Sheriff, 1663, LM, 1670 (10) MP Exeter, 1660 (did not sit), Southampton, 1661-78 (10) FRS, 1673 Admitted Grays Inn, 1669/70 (11) Educ Exeter College, Oxon, matric, 1631, MA (12) Sometime Col Auxiliary Regt, Commsr for Lieut, 1660 1677
(1) CRO list gives no ward Tower from position in list in Journ 41, f 235 (2) Beaven, I, pp 149, 153, 176 (3) Directory, 1677, Boyd 15732 (4) Beaven, II, p 92, MER, Fr List, p 182 (5) Boyd 15732 (6) Boyd 15732, Strype, IV, p 148 "of the West Country" Boyd 15732 also suggests f may have been of Hadleigh, Suff (7) Her will PCC 117 Cottle, 1682 (8) Directory, 1677, Cal Min EIC, 1664-7, passim, will of Dame Grace Ford, Cal S P Dom, 1661-2, p 429, Pepys, Diary, passim, Beaven, II, p 92, K G Davies, Index (9) Cal Min EIC, 1660-3, 1664-7, 1668-70, PRO, T 70/100 (10) Beaven, II, p 92 (11) Beaven, II, p 92, Boyd 15732 (12) J Foster, Alumni Oxomensis, 1500-1714, p 515"[1]
- It is unclear from PRO wills online which of the many Ford wills from Devon, 1610-1651, might be related to Sir Richard Ford, whose father, J.R. Woodhead suggests, may have been Thomas Ford of Exeter, Devon
Suggested primary sources
TNA
PROB 11/371 Cottle 111-163 Will of Dame Grace Ford, Widow of London 24 October 1682
PROB 11/371 Cottle 111-163 Sentence of Grace Ford, Widow of Rowhampton London 16 February 1682
