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.

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Mary Forth the wife of John Winthrop was borne on Wedensday the first day of January Anno 1583

Memorandum I paide my brother William Hilles1 by thappointment of my Father forty poundes viz. 28 November 1592.		xl li.
Item I lent John Bonde the Tailor x li. to be paid the first of December 1593.	}	xx li.
Item lent to Beriffe2 v li. to be paide the tenth of December next 1592.
Item lent to Thomas Kedby3 v li. to be paid the xth of January next 1592.
Lent my brother xx s. at his going to Springfilde.4		Received x s.
Lent John Laughling v li. the iiijth of January.
Lent to my cosen Edmund Raven		xl s.
lent to Simon Facon		x s.
lent to John Laughlyn		iij li. xv s.
lent to him more the 2 of Feb: 1592		viij li.
lent to him more the 16 of Feb: 1592		iiij li.
Lent to Mr. Aliston the 26 of Marche		xx s.
1593 paid to my Father Henry Browne 13 Junii		v li.
lent to the goodwife Aliston		xx s.
lent to Father Weston		v s.
lent to J. Laughlinge vpon a Reconing		xxj s. iiij d.
lent to J. Baker		iij s.
Lent to John Laughlin the 28 of January		xl li.
lent to William Person5		x s.
lent to Anna Coker		v s.
lent to Mr. Hanam6		viij li. ij s.
lent to Eustace Whale7		x s.

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Dettes which I owe the first of July 15938
Imprimis to my father Henry Browne	cc li.	viij li. vj s. v d.
more to him for Rent		xx li.
Item to my brother Thomas Mildmay9		v li.
Item to Mr. Hanham		vj li. xiiij s. iiij d.
Item to Simon Facon		xxx li.
Item to my brother John		xxij li. xvj s. viij d.
Item to St. Johns College		xiiij li.
Item to Richarde Edwardes10		xxx s.
Item to Thomas Aulston for tithe		xlv s.
Item to John Caunt		xiij li. vj s. viij d.

Dettes which are owinge to me 10 Aug. 1594.
Imprimis William Nutton11		ccxx li.
Item John Laughlinge		cxx li.
Item John Bonde		xj li.
Item John Beriffe		v li.
Item Philip Gosslinge12		xlv li.
Item Humphrey Munnynge		xl s.
Item Mr. Aliston		xxxiij s. iiij d.
Item Thomas Laister 13		xxx li.

Mony lent since Micheltyde 1595
Lent to my brother William Hilles		v li.
lent to William Gosnold		xx s.
lent to Judithe Baker		x s.
lent to Father Weston		iij s. ij d.
lent to John Bragge14		v li.
lent to Robert Cleydon		xiiij li. viij s.
lent to Richard Wattes		xl s.
lent to my cosen Edmund Raven		xx s.
lent to my cosen Barnes		xl s.
lent to my brother John Winthrop		xx s. 5

1.

William Hilles of Holton Hall, son of Peter and Parnell Hilles of Assington, co. Suffolk. He married Joane Browne, a sister of Mrs. Adam Winthrop, and his daughter Joane married Adam Winthrop, son of William Winthrop, half brother of the diarist. Muskett, 25, 102.

2.

John Beriffe of Groton, buried July 5, 1602.

3.

One of the name married Bridget Gosling of Groton, May 23, 1592. She died in 1620.

4.

Springfield, a parish in the hundred of Chelmsford, co. Essex.

5.

Of Boxford. The name is also spelled Parson and Pearson.

6.

Probably John Hanham or Hanam, who died in 1599. Infra, pp. 145, 154.

7.

Of Edwardstone, married September 21, 1581, Rose Gage.

8.

All entries from this point to 5are cancelled.

9.

Husband of Alice Winthrop, eldest sister of Adam the diarist. His father, William Mildmay, of Barnes, in Springfield, co. Essex, had married Agnes (Sharpe) Winthrop, mother of the diarist. Muskett, 25, 41, 47; supra, pp. 4, 6.

10.

Manservant, died November 9, 1596. Infra, p. 69.

11.

A tenant of the diarist. Infra, p. 117.

12.

Of Groton, clothier, married (1) Alice _____ and (2) Jane Kedbie, widow. He died May, 1626. Muskett, 95.

13.

Thomas Laster [or Laister] alias Hussinge, of St. Lawrence parish, Ipswich, scrivener. He was indicted at the Sessions, September 19, 1592, for not attending divine service. Ipswich Corporation Records. The diarist also terms him “cosen Layster.”

14.

John Bragge and wife Agnes, of Groton.