Edward Collins, his sons and grandsons
Despite the good representation of Collins families who have had their y-DNA testing done, I don’t see any that are descended from Edward Collins or his brother John. Continue reading
Weaver, Nurnberg, c. 1425
Richard Collins was the brother of John Collins (1) of Bramford. They were partners in the manufacture and sale of poldavis and medrinack sail cloth fabric and given the license to exclusive manufacture for 21 years by Queen Elizabeth in 1574.
License for John and Richard Collins
We are fortunate to have the will of Richard Collins which tells us something about his family. We also have the will of his son, John. John died before his father, but these two wills need to be looked at together to better understand them. I am posting the full transcription of these wills, rather than an Continue reading
In the Name of God, Amen the eighth day of April one thousand six hundred six and in the fourth year of the Reigne of our sovereign Lord James by the grace of God of England France and Ireland kinge defender of the faith &c and of Scotland the nyne and thirtieth. Continue reading
IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN: I John Collins of Whitnesham in the countie of Suff[olk] Gentleman expectinge the promised life desire to be dissolved from this present and to be with Jesus Christe my saviour by whose passion and resurrection I doe assure my self to receive an immortall inheritance reserved for me in the heavens: Continue reading
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
"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