Memorandum that John Raven1 the same day that he fell sicke went into his yarde and sawe a wrenne strike down a Robin redbrest starke dedde which he tooke vp and shewed his wife thereof presently. . . .2

Thaccount of mony and other thinges paid and delivered to my Sister Speede.3

Imprimis paid for the proving of the Will	ix s. x d.
Item delivered vnto her halfe a way of cheese	xx s.
Item sent her xiiij bls. of Barley	xxj s.
Item sent her xviij bls. more	xxvj s.

Memorandum that my daughter Jane4 came home from my Sister Westons on Munday at night the 26 of Marche beinge xl weekes and v daies olde Anno 1593 and I payde her iij li. j s. vj d. for the nursinge of her.

Thomas Appleton departed the viijth of July and he was with me xxxij weekes.

Delivered to the plummer vj score xj libras of leade.

Numerus eorum qui obierunt in Groton a festo Sancti Michaelis Archiangeli anno 1592 vsque ad idem festum anno 1593.

Arthur Nues a married man	Alice Vintener a wife5
William Kinge a married man	Mary Goshlinge a mayde
William Cappe a man	Elizabeth Smythe a mayde
John Clarke a man6	Bridgit Baker a mayde
Willysonne a married man	Susan Pierce a wife
Hellond a married man	Agnes Gale a wife7
Kedby a Childe	Anne Colefild a wyfe
Surrey a Childe	Bragge a mayde
Doggett a Childe	Rose Warde a wyf of 80 yeres.

Agnes Baker being of the age of xC 90 yeres died the vth of february 1595.8

John Coker and Anne Mannynge9 my maide were maried in Groton Churche by Mr. Thomas Nicholson on Tuesday the xijth of June 1593. Johannes Chaplyn10 predicavit super 2 Can: I. 23.

My father Browne came hether 11 Junii and departed 13 Junii 1593.

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Judith Baker departed out of my service on St. Bartholmewe day on 24 Aug: 1593, and came agayn to me the 28 of August 1594.

Mary Andrewe11 alias Pierce came to dwell with me on Saturday the xxvth of August 1593 and Covenanted to haue xxiiij s. per Annum.

Anne Page12 came to dwell with me on Thursday the vth of July 1594 and Covenanted for xxx s. per Annum.

paid her by my Wife xij d.

paid Anne Page the xxvth of July 1595 for her whole yeres wages last past at xxx s. per Annum—xxx s.

paid vnto her at Judithes marriage ij s.

Charles Bechinge came to dwell with me on Munday in Whitson weeke beinge the xvjth of Maye 1597.

Elizabeth Bonde13 came to dwell with me on Wedensday beinge St. Simon and Judes day Anno 1601 28 Octobris. 4

1.

John Raven, a tenant of Winthrop, died September 15, 1607. Infra, p. 96. One of the name married Elizabeth Browne, a sister of Adam Winthrop’s wife. Muskett, 82.

2.

Verses from Scripture omitted.

3.

Margerie Browne, sister of Mrs. Adam Winthrop, married (1) —— Speede, by whom she had John, Benjamin, and Anne; (2) Roger Weston (d. December 2, 1608). Muskett, 82. She is the “Sister Weston” of the following entry.

4.

Jane Winthrop, born June 14, 1592, married in 1612–13 Thomas Gostlin of Groton, clothier. Supra, p. 5.

5.

Alice, wife of Henry Vintener, buried April 15, 1593.

6.

John Clarke, buried March 16, 1592–93.

7.

Wife of William Gale, and daughter of Edmund Merchant, ropemaker.

8.

Cf. p. 66, infra. She was wife of Thomas Baker.

9.

See p. 136, infra.

10.

John Chaplin, Christ’s College, Cambridge, B.A., 1584–85; M.A., 1588; priest (Norwich) October, 1592; vicar of Capel St. Mary, co. Suffolk, 1598–1623. Venn, A. C. , I. 321.

11.

Daughter of Francis Andrew alias Pierce of Boxford, baptized June 28, 1578.

12.

Daughter of Edward and Margaret (Marchant) Page.

13.

Elizabeth, daughter of Robert and Elizabeth Bond, of Boxford, baptized December 26, 1581.