St. Mary, Woodbridge, Suffolk
We seldom find very much to tell us about the daily lives of ancestors who lived so long ago. We count ourselves fortunate if we find their baptismal record, marriage record, maybe the baptisms of their children and a burial record. Then we have a basic outline of who, what, when, where, etc. Continue reading
There is much of interest and not a little of human nature in these letters to a herald from old world gentlemen, anxious for the recognition of their pedigrees and arms. Similar missives, one fancies, are received by Clarencieux and Garter now-a-days, but they do not fall into the hands of the public. Those which we are printing are taken from a Manuscript in the British Museum, Continue reading
This thirtieth day of September in the year of our Lord God one thousand six hundred sixty and three; I Matthias Gillet otherwise called Matthias Candler of Coddenham in the County of Suffolk, clerke, do make and ordaine this my last will and testament for the disposal of my worldly goods as followeth. Continue reading
The south entrance to Framlingham Castle by Henry Davy, 1827
About all we know of John Golty is gleaned from his will. John was baptized at Framlingham on December 11, 1634 and made his will on October 25, 1669, so he was not yet 35 years old. The will was proved on October 20, 1671, only two years later, when he was 36 years old. This indicates the possibility of poor health or some chronic condition to impress upon him the need to get his affairs in order. Continue reading
St. Michael's, Framlingham, Suffolk
In the name of God Amen. This five and twentieth day of October in the one and twentieth yeare of the Raigne of our Soveraigne Lord Charles the Second by the yeare of God King of England etc. And in the yeare of our Lord one thousand six hundred sixty and nyne. I John Golty of Framlingham, in the County of Suffolk, gent., Continue reading
Richard Golty signature
There is no record of Richard’s baptism at St. Michael’s, Framlingham, however, since he entered Cambridge in 1646 and his older brother, Samuel, entered in 1641 at the age of 14, Richard was probably born about 1628-30, and as might be expected, there is a gap in the family baptismal records during those years. Continue reading