Watering Cattle by Thomas Gainsborough
I have long thought the will of Daniel Collins of London indicated a total of six children for his brother Samuel because of the way it is worded. Continue reading
In the name of God Amen. The 4th day of Januarye in Anno Domini 1561; witnesseth I Clemente Clarke of Bocking in the countie of Essex, being of whole mynde and parfecte memory, thanks be given to god, doe ordaine and make this my laste will and testamente. Continue reading
In the name of god amen; The last daye of Auguste in the yeare of our lord god a thousand fyve hundredth fiftie and foure, and in the first and second yeares of our most soveraigne lorde and ladye Phyllipp and Marye, Continue reading
Though the early parish registers don’t exist, we have a few clues that help us piece together a brief outline of the Lagden family through the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Continue reading
Thatched Cottage, Church End, Shalford, Essex
In the name of God amen. The 18th day of the month of January the year of our Lord God 1566, and in the 9th year of the reign of our Sovereign Lady Elizabeth by the grace of God, queen of England, France and Ireland, defender of the faith; I Robert Lagden of the town and parish of Shalford and in the county of Essex, husbandman, Continue reading
St. Andrew, Hempstead, Essex
In the name of God Amen; the 26th day of October in the year of our Lord 1497, I John Barker of Hempstead in the County of Essex and in the diocese of London, being in good mind, thanks be to God, make my testament in this wise; first I bequeath my soul to Almighty God and to our Lady Saint Mary of Heaven, and my body to be buried in the church yard of Saint Andrew in Hempstead aforesaid. Continue reading