Papers of the Winthrop Family, Volume 1

Folio 74

Winthrop, Adam (1548-1623)

1620

1623

This indenture 1 made etc. Betweene Thomas Arkesden2 sonne and heir of blank Arkesden late of blank and (blank) his wife and since 1 deceased of the one parte and Henry Sandis of Groton in the said County Clerk father in lawe of the said Thomas of the other parte wittnesseth that whereas the said Henry Sandis at the speciall instance and request of the said Thomas and the most of his neerest friends was intrusted with the Authoritie and gardianshipp of the said Thomas and Francis his sister and of suche landes and goodes 1 as fell to them or either of them from their said father and mother which Charge the said Henry having taken vpon him and faithfully performed, and thereof yeilded vp a true and perfecte Accompte vnto the said Thomas having now attained his full age of xiiij yeares, which accompt was examined and allowed by the privitye and consent of blank Plombe and blank his wife the grandfather and grandmother of the said Thomas and of blank the vncles of the said Thomas as by the note thereof vnder the handes of all the said partyes bearing the date 142of these presentes dothe more fully appeare. Now the said Thomas vpon confidence of the great Love and tender care which the said Henry Sandis hathe allwayes borne towardes him, and by the consent and allowance of all his freindes aforesaid hathe and dothe by these presentes constitute chose and appointe him the said Henry Sandis his Gardian Tutor and baylyfe authorising him by vertue hereof to receive all his rents, to provide his necessaryes and to order his education as to him the said Henry shall seeme best and most behovefull for the good of him the said Thomas who dothe willingly submitt himselfe to his Authoritie and government as in former tymes. And the said Thomas by the Consent of his said friendes dothe promise and agree to and with the said Henry Sandis that forsomuch as the said Frauncis his sister is yet very yonge, and vnprovided of any meanes of maintenance, it shalbe lawfull for the said Henry to receive and kepe out of the overplus of the revenues of the said Thomas so muche as may well be spared from his maintenance, and the reparations of his houses etc. and the same to imploye towardes the education of his said sister and the providing some portion for hir promising hereby to allowe the same vnto the said Henry Sandis vpon his Accompt whensoeuer the same shalbe made. In wittnesse whereof etc.

Memorandum I made this writing poll and not indented.

Memorandum that the blank daye of Ap. 1623 Hen: Sandis of Groton in the County of Suffolk gardian to Thomas Arkesden sone and heire of A. late of blank did make and yeild vp to the said Thomas an Accompt of his gardianshipp and of all Receiptes and expences during the same as followethe.

Memorandum that the blank daye of Ap. 1623 Hen: Sandis of Groton in the County of Suffolk gardian to Thomas Arkesden sone and heire of A. late of blank did make and yeild vp to the said Thomas an Accompt of his gardianshipp and of all Receiptes and expences during the same as followethe.
His rents for 5 yeares and a halfe were deducting	264 li.
For his and his sisters keeping 110 li.
For his grandmother Plombs annuity	66 li.
For his fathers and mothers debtes the taking vp his londe Cleering his wardship and Reparations of houses	88 li. 13 s.

This Accompt was allowed by the said Thomas A: and by blank Plombe and blank his wife the grandfather and grandmother of the said Thomas and of blank the vncles and neerest freindes of the said Thomas and in wittnesse thereof they all subsined their handes

I made these writings dated Aprill 23. 1623 at the request of Mr. Sandis and of the said Thomas who came to me diverse tymes for them.

Nouerint vniuersis per presentes nos Johannem Sugg de Groton in Comitatu Suffolcie Butcher et Richardum Sugg de Cersye in eodem Comitatu husbandman teneri et firmiter obligari Josepho Cole Philipo Gostlin et Johanni Rawlin Overseers of the poore of the said parishe of Groton in viginti libris legalis monete Anglie solvendis eisdem Josepho Philipo et Johanni aut eorum aliquo Vel successoribus suis in the said office of Overseers of the poore of the said parishe of Groton Ad quam quidem solutionem bene et fideliter faciendam Obligamus nos et vtrumque nostrorum per se pro toto et in solido heredes Executores et administratores nostros firmiter per presentes. Sigillis nostris sigillatas. Datas decimo septimo die Januarii Anno Regni Regis domini nostri Jacobi Anglie etc. decimo septimo et Scotie 53—1619–20.

The Condicion of this Obligacion is such that, whereas the above bounden John Sugg was found and adiudged to be the reputed father of one John a Bastard Child borne of the bodye of Marye Colman of the said parishe of Groton Widow which base Childe is likely to be Chargeable to the said parishe and therevpon was ordered to paye three shillings fouer pence monthly towardes the keepinge of the said base Childe as by an Order vnder the handes and seales of John Gurdon and John Winthrop Esquires Justices of peace and dated at Assington in the said County the xiiijth daye of Januarye 143in the yeare aforesaid doth more fully appeere: If therefore the said John Sugg and Richard Sugge or either of them theire heires Executors and Administrators or any of them shall well and truely paye vnto the Overseers of the poore of Groton aforesaid for the tyme beinge or to any of them the said summe of three shillings fowerpence etc. 75

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Thomas Arkisden was educated at Cambridge, 1626–33, invented a short-hand alphabet (M. H. S., 4 Collections , VI. 481), and is mentioned infra, pp. 346, 349, 402. He married in 1636. Venn, A. C. , 1. 39, gives Arkasden or Archensdon. A Thomas Arkisden married Francis Durrant at Brettenham, February 10, 1606–07.

Folio 75

Winthrop, Adam (1548-1623)

1629-04

Debtes Owinge to the Testator Thomas Fones at the tyme of his Deathe 1629.1
	li.
Nou: 25. next. Due from Sir Hen: Mildmay knight by bonde	108.	0.	0.
Lady day last. from Tho: Gostlin by Bill	10.	0.	0.
present. from Sir Hen: Moodye2 knight and baronet by Bill	73.	0.	0.
paid since from Tho: Haxall for rent due at Lady last	15.	0.	0.
paid since from Mr. Doctor Burgesse3 due at Lady last	5.	0.	0.
paid since from Tho: Cooke for rent due at Ladye last	8.	0.	0.
Doubtfull from the Earle of Ormonde4 by Bill	15.	0.	0.
Doubtfull from Tho: Smithe clerke by bonde	2.	0.	0.

Debtes due by the Shopbooke
From	Sir Hen: Moodye knight and baronet	45.	12.	3.
Desperate from the Contesse of Carlile5	10.	0.	0.
desperate from Sir J: Brookes knight	3.	12.	11.
desperate from Mr. Springe quere	7.	12.	4.
desperate Mr. Payne	0.	2.	10.
desperate Mr. Scriven	1.	5.	0.
	Mr. Downinge	3.	9.	11.
desperate	the Lady Veere6	5.	1.	5.
desperate	Mr. Winne	0.	6.	4.
	Mr. Tolly	0.	12.	6.
	Mr. Elwick	4.	15.	6.
	Mr. Cleoph: Smithe	0.	15.	6.
	The Ladye Stroude	2.	2.	1.
paid since	Mr. Tho: Benet	1.	6.	0.
desperate	Mr. Willis	0.	7.	6.
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	Mr. Fitche	0.	2.	10.
	Mr. Wilkinson	0.	10.	0.
	Mrs. Barfoote	0.	10.	4.
	Sir Christofer Darcye knt.	0.	11.	0.
These are all Received since his deathe.	Mr. Harris	2.	3.	0.
	Mrs. Anne Wyan	0.	3.	2.
	Mrs. Arnold	0.	3.	0.
	Mr. Raymonde	0.	16.	8.
	Mr. Hawkins	1.	7.	6.
	Lady Linze	0.	10.	0.
	Mrs. Potter	1.	7.	0.
	Mr. Larkin	0.	10.	6.
	Mrs. Benham	0.	9.	2.
paid	Mr. Cotton	0.	7.	0.
	Sir Hen: Moodye	3.	17.	6.
more for things sould in the shoppe before the apprysal		3.	5.	0.

The Funerall Charges
	li.
For Church Dutyes and officers Fees and the Sermon at the buriall and the twoe men which holpe and the Coffin	5.	11.
4.
For mourninge apparrell	39.	10.	9.
For Comfetts wine and Sugar at the funerall	20.	17.	1.
Spent in housekeeping for the monthe after his deathe	15.	13.	9.
To be allowed to the widow for her Chamber		blank
For provinge the will in the prerogative Court	0.	18.	10.
For making the Inventorye and Charges at the Court		blank

Debtes owing by the Testator
To the Bruer	3.	16.	0.
To Mr. Boxe a druggist	9.	14.	8.
For Billet and Cole	1.	9.	0.
To Mr. John White for making his will and other writinges	2.	0.	0.
To Mr. Fitche for writing and Engrossing them	1.	9.	0.
To Mr. Waterhouse a linen draper	0.	14.	0.
To Mr. Goldsmithe a taylor	1.	18.	0.
To Mr. Meridethe7 a bookeseler	0.	3.	6.
To Two maid servantes for wages due		blank
To John Sherman and Vrsula Sherman	50.	0.	0.
To John Sherman the sonne of Edmund Sherman	20.	0.	0.
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This paper occupies fo. 75; fo. 76 is blank, except for the endorsement, “Brother Fones debts,” on fo. 76 verso. See the remarks upon the document by Robert C. Winthrop, Jr., M. H. S., Proc. , XXXII. 147–148.

Of Garesdon, co. Wilts., son of Richard Moody and Christiana, daughter of John Barwick. He was born about 1582, was knighted at Whitehall, March 18, 1605–06, was made a baronet, March 11, 1621–22, and was a member of Parliament. He married, January 20, 1605–06, Deborah, daughter of Walter Dunch, by Deborah, daughter of James Pilkington, bishop of Durham, and died April 23, 1629. After his death Lady Deborah Moody in 1636 migrated to Massachusetts Bay, but in 1643 removed to Long Island, where she died in 1658 or 1659. G. E. Cokayne, Complete Baronetage, 1. 191; New England Historical and Genealogical Register, LV. 377–378.

John Burgess, rector of Sutton Coldfield and father-in-law to Thomas Fones, being the father of Fones’s second wife, Priscilla (Sherman) Fones. D. N. B. , VII. 310–312.

Walter Butler (1569–1633), eleventh Earl of Ormonde. D. N. B. , VIII. 86.

Lucy Hay (1599–1660). Ibid., xxv. 272–274. She was wife of James Hay, first Earl of Carlisle (d. 1636).

Probably Mary, wife of Sir Horace Vere, Baron Vere of Tilbury. D. N. B. , LVIII. 238.

Christopher Meredith, who took up his freedom in 1624 and died May 19, 1653. He dealt almost wholly in theological writings. H. R. Plomer, Dictionary of Booksellers and Printers, 1641 to 1667 (London, 1907), xiii, 127; Registers of the Company of Stationers, ed. Arber, III. 686; IV (see index); v, pp. xlvi, c.