Category Archives: John Collins

John Collins (1) of Bramford

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English ships and the Spanish Armada, August 1588

This is the John Collins about whom there has been so much confusion among previous researchers. I will present the evidence and give my reasons but it gets rather involved so I ask my readers to bear with me. In my article John Collins; One, Two or Three? I explain my conclusions about John and his three marriages and mention the land record as final evidence. (I will have more about the land records in another article.) From that point I will now review what I have found about his life. Continue reading →

License for John and Richard Collins

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"Darnley Portrait" of Elizabeth I of England; 1575

Calendar of Patent Rolls; 16 Elizabeth I: Part XIV

3 April 1574. Gorhambury.

Licence for 21 years to John Collins of Ipeswiche, co. Suffolk, Richard his brother and such as have been their apprentices to make medrinacks, poldavies and other sail-cloth. None other to intermeddle on pain of imprisonment without bail or mainprise until he shall have entered into bond before the next justice of the peace to the place of his imprisonment that he will not act contrary to the tenor hereof. Since, as the Crown is informed, the towns of Ippeswiche and Woodbridge, co. Suffolk, are the fittest places for making of Continue reading →

John Collins as Salter

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In the book Visitation of London John Collins is recorded as “John Collins of London Salter”, the information being given by his son, Daniel Collins. Since we have no indication that John ever lived in London, but rather spent his life in the Ipswich area, this brings up questions. Did he actually LIVE in London, and if so, when? Continue reading →

John Collins; One, Two or Three?

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OK. Let’s admit it; there were, and are, thousands of men named John Collins. The name of Collins is very common in England and the name John is, by far, the most common first name of all. I’ve found the name ‘John Collins’ in just about every town and village, and considering the name is carried from generation to generation, it can become very confusing to figure out just which one is which. I want to focus here on the three possible marriages of John Collins in Bramford, Suffolk. Continue reading →