Papers of the Winthrop Family, Volume 1
1620
Amen.
Finis
Eldest son of Sir Henry Mildmay and Amy (Gurdon) Mildmay, born December 25, 1619 (infra, p. 243), and married Mary Mildmay, a great-granddaughter of Sir Thomas Mildmay of Moulsham, co. Essex, and Lady Frances Radcliffe, daughter of Henry Radcliffe, second Earl of Sussex. Muskett, 47;
D. N. B.
, XLVII. 136; Visitations of Essex, I. 453. The lines are preserved, written in Adam Winthrop’s own hand in a miscellany of poetry of the time, now in the British Museum, MS. Harleian 1598, fos. II b–13, and were first printed in 3
Collections
, x. 152–154. They appear also in
L. and L.
, I. 29–30, with the note: “An original draught has enabled us to make some corrections in these verses, which are written by their author in long lines, as here printed.” This original draft cannot now be found. We have therefore reprinted the text given in the
L. and L.
, noting the important variations in the Harleian copy, of which we have a photograph. The Harleian copy is written in short lines, arranged in four-line stanzas.
MS. Harleian ‘mourne.’
MS. Harleian ‘many happie.’
MS. Harleian ‘his.’
MS. Harleian ‘He unto you doe giue.’
Heading supplied from MS. Harleian.
MS. Harleian ‘More meete it were for me to rest And silent still to stande.’
MS. Harleian ‘In any worldlie thinge.’
MS. Harleian ‘But euermore methinks I heare My fatall bell to ringe.’
MS. Harleian ‘That god had giuen to hir a sonne Who is my nephew deere.’
MS. Harleian ‘then.’
MS. Harleian ‘loveing.’
MS. Harleian ‘alsoe.’
1620
John Winthrop junior, est huius libri possessor.
January 6. my cosin Henry Mildmay was baptised being 12 daies olde. The same day Mr. Chaplin3 preached at Boxforde.
13.4 Mr. Sherman preached at Boxforde.
19. Elias Prigs wife died in childbed.
20. Mr. Quarles5 preched at Boxforde.
22. Thomas Alston of giddy hall6 died.
23. Sir John Crooke7 died.
24. Mr. Tindal and his wife came to Groton.
27. Mr. Butler preached at B
February 2. Jo
3. Mr. Nicolson8 preached at Boxforde.
6. Mr. Birdes son9 preached at B
10. Mr. Hankin preached at B
16. The pump in the wel was taken vp.
17. Mr. Gartwright preched at B
21. The bullock calued.10
24. Mr. Bromel preached at B
27. The communion at Groton.
March 1. Ashwedensday, the first day of lent.
2. Mr. Layfield11 preached at Boxforde.
8. The assises at Bury. Mr. Munninge preached before the Judges.
9. Mr. Vertue12 praeched at Boxforde.
15. Sir Jo
16. Mr. Pilgrime14 preched at B
21. my cosin Munning was at Groton.
23. Mr. Webster preched at B
24. Dr. Tuke15 was here.
25. The yeare 1620. beginneth.
29. Mr. Wilmot was here.
30. Mr. Harrison16 preched at B
April 6. Mr. Carter17 preched at Boxforde.
7. Adam Winthrop18 was borne.
9. This day he was baptised and his brother Steuen weaned.
13. Mr. Webster preached at B
15. This day my vncle Tho
17. Mr. Rogers of Dedham20 preached at Carsey.
18. The La
20. Mr. Watts preached at B
23. Jer
25. W. culp:22 stabd W. Kirby in the arme.
27. Mr. Sherman preached at B
28. my aunt Luce came to G
May 4. Mr. Hawes preached at Boxforde.
7. It rayned a shower.
9. Robert was hurte.
11. Mr. Birde preached at B
13. James Brondes wife died.
14. W. Sweetman23 of Linsey died.
18. Mr. Webster preached at B
21. Mr. Doue24 preached at Groton.
25. Mr. Gartwright
June 1. Mr. Parson25 preached at Boxforde. I
3. Sir Henry Mildmay and his Lady came to G
7. Mr. Birde preached.
8. Mr. Sands and his wife rode to London.
11. my father and mother did ryde to maplested.
15. Mr. Tayler26 preached at Boxforde. (1.)
18. Mr. Smyth of the K
19. The quarter sessions at Bury.
22. Mr. Webster p
28. Mr. Salter of Munckesely27 p
My cosen Jeremy Rauen preached at Boxforde on Sunday in the afternoone. 18 Junij 1620. Psal: 136. v. 15.
July 6. Mr. Webster at Boxforde. (5.)
13. Mr. Parson at Boxforde. (2.)
20. Mr. Harryson preached at Boxforde.
23. A swarme of bees lighted in our grounde.
25. my cosin Rauens daughter was married.
26. The assises holden at Bury.
27. Mr. Gartwright p
August 2. Mr. Parson preached at Boxforde. (3.)
10. Mr. Birde preached at Boxforde. This day A
17. Mr. Webster preached, and Tho
20. Mr. Daniel Rogers28 preached at Groton. and my cosen Jer
24. Mr. Webster preached at Boxforde. (7.)
25. mother Pike died in Groton.
26. Sir Th: Sauage29 sent halfe a bucke.
31. Mr. Butler preached at Boxforde. (2)
September 1. I dined at Castlins hal.30
3. Mr. Sands preached againe in Groton.
7. Mr. Tayler p
10. Goodman Bemont31 died.
12. Mr. Chamber32 preached at his burial.
14. Mr. Gatwright p
16. My cosen Tho: Alibaster died in Assington.
21. Mr. Harrison p
28. Mr. Webster p
29. Mr. Sands preach
October 5. Mr. Sterne33 preached at Boxforde. 1.
8. A comunion at Groton.
9. The quarter sessions at Bury.
12. Mr. Webster preached at Boxforde. (9.
13. my daughter Lucie came to Groton.
18. Mr. Stansby preached at Groton.
19. Mr. Harrison prech
25. The horsemil was finished.
26. Mr. Parson preached at Boxforde. 4
28. Mr. Sands began to pr
29. Mr. Paine34 preched in Groton churche.
The 18 day Judith Ponde35 died.
November 1. John Bul was maried to Sus: Calye and Tho: Kedbies wife36 died.
3. Mr. Gatwright preached in Boxforde.
5. Mr. Dan: Rogers pr
7. Rob: Goldston maried Marg: Canon.
2479. Mr. Webster p
10. Smith sent a hare, and Hare brought fowre pikerels.
16. Mr. Sterne p
17. A great snowe, and a harde frost.
23. Mr. Birde sen: p
December 1. Mr. Jer
5. Mr. Tindal came to Groton.
7. Mr. Grice37 preched at Boxforde. ex improviso.
11. Sir Rob: Crane38 and Mr. Clenche39 were chosen Knights for the shire.
14. Mr. Wythriel parson of Newton
18. Mris. Tindale was deliuered of a daugh
21. Mr. Gatwright p
24. Mr. W
28. Mr. Tayler of Wenham p
Richard Allestree. Nothing is known of him or his family, save that he came from Derby, was a kinsman of Reverend Richard Allestree, and published several Almanacs, 1620–43.
D. N. B.
, I. 325. On the title he describes himself as “Practitioner in SideraΦιλαλήθης
.”
This almanac, like Frend’s for 1599 and Bretnor’s for 1617, was given to the Massachusetts Historical Society in 1826 by the heirs of William Winthrop of Cambridge (1753–1825), a descendant in the fifth generation of the Adam Winthrop whose birth it records under the date of April 7. The entries are in the hand of Adam Winthrop; most, if not all, of them are made in the name of Adam’s grandson, John Winthrop the younger, then about fourteen years of age. Extracts have been printed in
L. and L.
, I. 40, 41, 437.
John Chaplin, vicar of Capel St. Mary, co. Suffolk, 1598–1623. Venn, A. C.
, I. 321.
At Boxford there was usually a religious service on Thursday of each week. The custom was abandoned in January, 1620–21. Infra, p. 257.
Francis Quarles (d. 1658), vicar of Reydon, co. Suffolk, 1618–26. Venn, A. C.
, III. 411.
Gedding Hall, Polstead, a parish in the hundred of Babergh, co. Suffolk.
Sir John Croke (1553–1620), judge and recorder of London.
D. N. B.
, XIII. 118–119.
Thomas Nicholson, rector of Groton.
Joseph, son of Joseph Bird, rector of Boxford. The younger Bird matriculated at Cambridge, sizar from Pembroke, Easter, 1618, and proceeded B.A., 1621–22, and M.A. 1625. Venn, A. C.
, I. 156.
In the sixteenth century, and in East of England dialects much later, the word bullock was applied loosely to a bovine beast of either sex.
N. E. D.
Possibly Edmund Layfield. John Peile, Biographical Register of Christ’s College, I. 282.
Henry Vertue. Ibid., 271.
Sir John Deane, of Maplestead, co. Essex, son of William and Anne (Egerton) Deane. He married Anne, daughter of Sir Drew Drury of Riddlesworth, co. Norfolk, knight. Muskett, 154.
Thomas Pilgrim, vicar of Wormingford, co. Essex, 1608–46. Venn, A. C.
, III. 364.
Thomas Tuke (d. 1657), the royalist divine?
D. N. B.
, LVII. 302–303.
Francis Harrison, rector of Aldham, co. Suffolk, 1602–32. Venn, A. C.
, II. 314.
Thomas Carter, rector of Shotley, co. Suffolk, 1616–24. Ibid., I. 301.
Fifth son of John Winthrop. Supra, p. 237.
Uncle by marriage of John Winthrop the younger.
John Rogers, son of John Rogers, shoemaker, of Moulsham, co. Norfolk, vicar of Dedham, co. Essex, 1605–36. He died October 18, 1636. His son, Nathaniel, came to New England in 1636.
D. N. B.
, XLIX. 129–130, 135;Venn, A. C.
, III. 479.
Son or grandson of John Raven and Elizabeth (Browne) Raven, a sister of Adam Winthrop’s father-in-law. Muskett, 82; supra, pp. 38, 119.
Probably Culpacke. There was a George Culpacke who had by his second wife, Bridget Bartonne, a son, William, born 1595 and died 1622. Groton Register.
William Sweetman of Lindsey, yeoman, married Eve Cooke, widow, June 17, 1608. Supra, pp. 98, 100; will, Sudbury Archdeaconry, bk. 48, fo. 62.
Thomas Dove, son of Thomas Dove, bishop of Peterborough. He was at this time rector of Castor, co. Northants. Venn, A. C.
, II. 59.
William Parson or Parsons, vicar of Bentley, co. Suffolk, 1603–20. He died in 1625. Venn, A. C.
, III. 314.
Probably John Taylor. Venn, A. C.
, IV. 205.
Monks-Eleigh, a parish in the hundred of Babergh, co. Suffolk.
Daniel Rogers (1573–1652), son of Richard Rogers (1550?–1618), of Wethersfield, co. Essex. A brother, Ezekiel (1584?-1661), came to New England in 1638 and with others settled Rowley.
D. N. B.
, XLIX. 117–119.
Possibly Sir Thomas Savage, baronet, of Rock Savage, co. Chester. His paternal grand-mother was of Suffolk. Cokayne, Complete Baronetage, I. 27.
The seat of William Clopton.
Thomas Beamont of Groton, butcher.
Thomas Chambers, vicar of Assington, co. Suffolk, 1598–1630. Venn, A. C.
, I. 319.
Nathaniel Sterne, vicar of Bramford, co. Suffolk, 1616–23. Venn, A. C.
, IV. 160.
Perhaps Edmund Payne, rector of East Dereham, co. Norfolk, 1598–1642. Venn, A. C.
, III. 322.
Judith (Baker) Ponde, wife of William Ponde. Supra, p. 53.
Bridget (Gostlin) Kedby, who married Thomas Kedby May 23, 1592. Groton Register.
John Grice, curate of Alphamstone, co. Essex. Venn, A. C.
, II. 265.
Of Chilton, co. Suffolk. Supra, p. 99.
Thomas Clenche. Parliamentary Papers, 1878, LXII, pt. 1, 453.
Probably Anne, daughter of Deane and Amy (Weston) Tyndal. Muskett, 153.
Son of Brampton Gurdon, admitted at Emmanuel, April 16, 1619, and buried at Great St. Andrew’s, Cambridge, December 25, 1620. Venn, A. C.
, II. 275. B. M., MS. Harleian 1598, contains (fos. 1–2) “A Briefe Narration of the Manner of the Death of that most hopefull Young Gentleman Mr. William Gurdon; who departed this Life the 24th of December 1620”; and (fos. 3–9 r) “Elegies made upon the Decease of this Protestant Gentleman; by other young Gentlemen his Fellow-Collegiates, as it seemeth.” We have photographs of these interesting manuscripts.