Brokets of London 17th C - The Broket Archive

London Brokets 17th C

During the 17th C London grew at a phenomenal rate, and with a population of over half a million it was Europe’s largest and most cosmopolitan city. “5% of England’s population lived there in 1600 and over 10% in 1700… survivors of about 1 in 8 English births became Londoners at some stage of their lives between 1580 and 1650, of 1 in 6 between 1650 and 1750… From 1575-1700 the majority of London marriage partners were immigrants.”1 It was also the century of the Great Fire of London—1666—preceded by a visitation of the Plague in 1665 in which thousands died. Not long before that many had lost their lives in the Civil War 1642-6 and then in the following Commonwealth 1649-60 many records were lost or not kept.

Not surprisingly therefore the origins of several 17th C London Brokets haven’t yet been traced, but of those that have many came from the by-then indigenous Southwark clan, or immigrated from Hertfordshire branches. Some younger sons inevitably became poorer.

Contents of this Page:

  1. Alexander of Antwerp 1643
  2. Bannister 1652
  3. Bernard of Faringdon Without 1633
  4. Charles, Gentleman of Westminster 1618-1663
  5. Charles, Fishmonger b c 1619 d by 1660
  6. Edmond, Merchant Taylor & Citizen of St Gregory 1625-65
  7. John, Fishmonger of Southwark 1598-1626
  8. John, Fishmonger & Citizen b c 1602
  9. John and Mary of St Nicholas Cole Abbey 1659-62
  10. John, Mariner of Stepney 1660-1701 and Anne
  11. Joseph, Cheesemonger of Southwark 1600-81 and Mary
  12. Joseph, Cheesemonger of Southwark 1629-96 and Mary
  13. Judith, Widow of Westminster d 1688
  14. Nicholas and Ann of Stepney 1620s to 40s
  15. Ralph and Alice of Clerkenwell 1678-87
  16. Samuel, Haberdasher/Grocer of London 1609-74 and Anna
  17. Thomas, Esq of London 1659
  18. Thomas, Clothworker & Citizen 1628-71, and? Ellen/Ellinor
  19. Thomas, Cook, and Mary of St Giles, Middx 1676
  20. William of St Mary in Alderman Bury 1605, b c 1568
  21. William, imprisoned 1628, and? Mary of St Mary Whitechapel, Stepney
  22. William of Lincoln’s Inn Fields 1685 and 97
  23. Singletons not elsewhere on this page

Alexander of Antwerp 1643

Alexander Brocket Merchant of Antwerp, Flanders, was freed from Southwark jail in London 3 Oct 1643 on condition “forthwith to depart this kingdom and … not to return without license of the Governor of Dover Castle.” Further details here.

Bannister 1632-1652

Son of John of Wheathampstead Esq and Mary Bannister. Will proved 20 Jul 1652, sole executor brother Thomas.2

Bernard of Faringdon Without 1633

Born 1595-1600, 3rd son of Rev Edmund Brocket of Luton and Graveley c 1565-1652/3. Recorded in a 1633-4 Visitation of London in a pedigree as “of Faringdon Without.3 In the 1636 administration of his estate given to wife Cecily he was referred to as “Barnard BROCKETT of St Bri[des?], London”. Further details here.

Charles of Westminster Gent 1618-1663

Son of John of Wheathampstead Esq and Mary Garroway. Married Anne BRISTOW. Will proved PCC 11 Feb 1662/3, executors brother Thomas and kinsman Edmond Brockett and Mr William Rolfe.4 Inventory of the goods and chattells of Charles Gent of Westminster 1663.5 He had a contemporary namesake kinsman in London: Charles, a Fishmonger, see next.

Charles Fishmonger b c 1619 d before 1660

No Will has been found for Charles, neither baptism, marriage nor burial record. However, he must have been the Charles left a bequest, as a son, in the Will of John Brokkett of Codicote Herts Gent, written 9 Feb 1648/9, see the separate page. Charles was apprenticed to his older brother John, Fishmonger and Citizen of London 1630-38,6 see below. Charles married Joane and 5 children are recorded, the 3rd of whom was the progenitor of the 2nd Willingale clan in Essex, see the separate page. Charles died before 1660, the year his widow Joane apprenticed their son Charles to herself.7 “Jone Brocket widow” who was buried 12 Jun 1687 in St Sepulchre, Holborn, City of London—the parish of many of her children—was most probably Charles’ widow.8 Charles had a contemporary namesake kinsman in London: Charles, Gent, see above.

Edmond Merchant Taylor & Citizen 1625-65

Son of John of Caswell Esq. Merchant Taylor. The Merchant Taylors’ Company recorded Edmond being presented 4 Apr 1646 and freed 4 May 1653, by master Thomas Pendleton,9 aged 28. The only other known contemporary Edmund was the son of Edmund, Vicar of Luton, bap 1605—too early to have been an apprentice 1646-53.

Edmond died of the plague in 1665 in London in difficult financial circumstances and a dispute arose over the execution of his Will10 between his widow Judith (d 1688) and the executor, kinsman Thomas Brockett in 1665.11 John and Richard Hare were among the defendants. A Richard Hare snr witnesssed the writing of Thomas’ Will in 1664.

John Fishmonger bap 1598 d 1626-28

Son of Thomas and Anne of Southwark. Admitted by patrimony to the freedom of the Fishmongers‘ Livery Company 16 Oct 1620, the year his father died.12 Paid quarterly Company membership fees of 12d for 1622-4 and 16d for 1624-6,13 but was registered dead for 1626-28.14

John Fishmonger & Citizen b c 1602 d bef 1683

John, 2nd son of John Brockett Gent of Codicote, became an apprentice Fishmonger to Thomas Johnson in 1615.15 Two sons and a grandson of his became apprentice Fishmongers after him, and he apprenticed his brother Charles too, see above. Married Mary MATTHEWS. Gained his freedom 1622.16

John and Mary of St Nicholas Cole Abbey 1659-62

The following children of John Brocket, Fishmonger, and wife Mary were recorded in the Registers of St Nicholas Cole Abbey, Old Fish St:17

  1. Mary Brockett the daughter of John Brocket fishmonger was borne the xxth of September & bapt. the second of october” 1659. “Mary Brockett the daughter of John Brocket Fishmonger was buried in the in east cloyster the xxijth of May” 1664.
  2. John Brockett the sonne of John Brockett Fishmonger and of Mary his wife was baptized the xiijth day of January” 1660. With little doubt he became a Mariner, see below.
  3. Anne Brocket the daughter of John Brocket fishmonger and of Mary his wife was baptized the third of May” 1662.
  4. Richard Brocket the sonn of John Brocket Fishmonger and of Mary his wife was buried in the churchyard Febru’y the xxijth” 1663/4.
  5. Samuel b c 1670, according to Fishmonger records, apprentice 1683-91, otherwise apparently unrecorded.

John would have been son of John and Mary MATTHEWS above. No marriage for him and Mary was found in the Registers of St Nicholas Cole 1650-63. Burials were searched in the Registers from 1660 through 25 Apr 1695—the end of book—but the only similar one found was for a John Brocha in 1684. St Nicholas Cole Abbey was destroyed in the Great Fire 1666.

John Brocket of Stepney Mariner 1660-1701

John Brocket of Stepney Middlesex Mariner had invested in a ship bound for the West Indies searching for wrecks.18 It arrived Jamaica Aug 1688 where the Captain took 54 men on board when only 22 were the complement and set up as a Privateer. Not to be confused with John Brockett of Stepney, Mariner, who wrote his Will 28 Jan 1708, proved 27 Mar 1723/4 by John Brocket of the Middle Temple Esq, presumably a cousin, see the separate page.

Three contemporary John Brokets were:

  • Only son of Edward of Wheathampstead Gent, bap 1660
  • Second son of Charles of Westminster Gent, b aft 1654
  • Elder son of Robert of Millow, Bedfordshire b 1656/7.

Annis’ connection with Shingey in Cambridgeshire, see below, might suggest the last, but her property and London residence would suggest one of the others. In fact, the following evidence leaves little doubt that John was the son of John and Mary of St Nicholas Cole Abbey above, baptised 1660, see above.

Here is an extract from the Will of Annis Brockett, Widow of St Paul Shadwell, written 17 June 1701, proved 4 Sep 1702 by Abell Clinton:19

5. … I Annis Brockett
6. of the Parish of St. Paul Shadwell in the County of Middlesex Widow Read more

Her children were still minors,20 therefore the eldest was born after 17 June 1680 and Annis probably married John after 1680. It’s clear that she and John married in St Paul Shadwell, Tower Hamlets, 28 Feb 1686/7: “John Brockett of this parish singleman and Annis Osland of the same Singlewoman by License”.21 A record of this 26 Feb 1686/7 marriage by licence in Canterbury Kent gave Annis’ father as John Osland.22 It also gave John’s age as 26, i.e. b c 1660/1. Soon after ?? marrying John made his Will, as he was also about to depart on a dangerous journey: Since Annis was pregnant with Mary in mid June 1701 and gave birth to her on 28 July, John would presumably have still been alive in January or February at the latest. His Will was proved 15 Apr 1701, but a burial record hasn’t so far been found. It wasn’t recorded in the St Paul Shadwell register. Similarly, Annis was alive for Mary’s birth on 28 July 1701 and her Will was proved 15 Apr 1701, but a burial record hasn’t been found in the St Paul Shadwell register. “Anne the wife of John Brocket [who] was buried the 4th [May] 1700” in St James Clerkenwell was clearly a different Anne,23 but it shows that John and Annis of Shadwell weren’t the only John and Ann London Broket couple at that time. John and Annis’ children:

  1. John Sonn of John Brockett of vppershadwell Mariner And of Ann his wife borne the same day” baptized 10 Jun 1690.24 An indenture dated 29 Sep 1705 bound “John Brokett Sonn of John Brokett late of the Parish of St Paul Shadwell in the County of Midds’ Mariner deceased” for 7 years’ apprenticeship to William Arther—or Archer—Glass Seller and Grinder of London.25 It was signed by Edward Greene Es.—possibly his step grandfather—and John. IMAGE John agreed not to marry during his apprenticeship, so the earliest marriage date for him would have been after he gained his freedom om 28 Sep 1712, when he was aged 22.
  2. Edward sonn of John & Annis Brockitt marr[iner]” baptized 7 Aug 1692.26 Although his mother Annis didn’t mention him in her Will, no burial record has been found for Edward in Shadwell. So, it’s possible that he was the Edward who married in St Paul Shadwell: “Edward Brocket of the Parish of Shadwell, and Alice Allen of the Parish of Stepny” 30 Dec 1714.27
  3. Annis daugh’ of John & Annis Brockett marr[iner] one day old” baptized 29 Jun 1693.28
  4. James the Sonn of John Brockett & Annes his Wife [?one] Day Ould A Mariner against the Church at …” baptized 7 Nov 1695.29 A second entry named where they lived—possibly at Annis’ father’s house—“James the Sonn of John Brocket Mariner at Mr Oslins against the Chirch a Joyner and Annes his Wife born & Baptized Noumb’ the 7″.30
  5. Abell the Son of John Brocket mariner & Annes his wife born and bap’ the Same Day. Mariner against the Church in Vpershadwell” 19 Feb 1696/7.31 A second entry named where they lived: “Abell the Son of John Brocket mariner at the Joyners against the Church in Vpershadwell born & baptized Ditto the 19″ Feb 1696/7.32 “Abell the Son of John Brockett mariner against the Church in Vpper Shadwell by Coroners warant” buried 15 Jul 1701,33 11 days after his sister Hannah, and a month after his mother wrote her Will.
  6. Luceer the Son of Capt John Brocket & Annas his wife born and baptized the Same day, Mariner against the Church in Vper Shad[well]” 12 Jul 1698.34 “Luceer the Son of John Broket mariner against the Church in the highway” buried 10 Sep 1698.35
  7. HannahHanna the Daughter of John Brockett mariner & Lodger at Mr Oslands against the Church in Vper Shad & Annis his wife born June the 3 baptized Ditto the 9 [June 1700]”.36 “Hannah the Daughter of John Brockett mariner against the Church in Vpper Shadwell” buried 4 Jul 1701.37 Hannah died 2 weeks after Anne wrote her Will.
  8. Mary the Daughter of John Brocket mariner against the Church & Anne his wife born and baptized July the 28″ 1701.38 Mary will have been the child Anne was pregnant with when she wrote her Will 17 Jun 1701.

Joseph of Southwark Cheesemonger 1600-81 and Mary

“Josephe S of Tho Brockel Chaundler” christened 19 Oct 1600 St Olave, Bermondsey, Southwark, Surrey.39 For parents Thomas and Anne of Southwark, see the separate page. Apprenticed 1619 to John Crowder of Southwark. Admitted to the freedom of the Merchant Taylors’ Company 1628.40 Mentioned in brother Thomas’ Will 1652/3;41 and in the Will of Thomas Harvard, Clothworker of Saint Olave Southwark’s 1636;42 executor of Wills of sons John 1669 and Francis 1680.

“Joseph Brockett & Mary SMITH per lic'” married 11 Nov 1628 St Saviour, Southwark, Surrey,43 daughter of William SMITH, Mercer of Stratford-upon-Avon; bequeathed 20s for a ring in the Will of [aunt] Rose Raysings, Widow of St Bride, City of London;44 and mentioned in the Will of [aunt] Katherine Yarwood, Widow of Saint Saviour Southwark, Surrey,45 mother of John Harvard (1607-38), founder of the College with his name in Cambridge, Mass, USA. Their children:

  1. Joseph, bap 17 Sep 1629 St Saviour’s, Southwark.
  2. Thomas, bap 3 Jan 1632/3 St Saviour’s, bur there 2 Feb 1633/4.
  3. Mary, bap 21 Dec 1634 St Saviour’s, bur there 18 May 1635.
  4. John of Southwark, Cheesemonger, bap St Saviour’s 22 Nov 1635. Bequeathed £5 in the Will of Thomas Harvard, Clothworker of Saint Olave Southwark 1636;46 Will written 28 Oct 1665, proved 17 Sep 1669 Archd. Surrey.47
  5. Thomas, bap 2 Feb 1637/8 St Saviour’s. Died young?
  6. Francis, Rev, bap 29 Sep 1639 St Saviour’s. Pupil at St Olave’s Grammar School, Orpington, Kent. Student at Queen’s College Cambridge 1658-65. Master of Dulwich College Surrey 1664-80. Bur 18 Sep 1680 St Saviour’s. Will written 12 Dec 1678, proved 28 Sep 1680 Archd Surrey.
  7. William, bap 27 Aug 1640 St Saviour’s. He was probably the Mr William Brocket working across the river at Lincoln’s Inn Fields 1685 and the William Brockett Gent of St Margaret’s Westminster who married Mrs Sarah CARRELL of Chatteris, Cambridgeshire, 2 Sep 1708 in Ely Cathedral, and died 1719. No known issue.
  8. Abigall, bap 10 Jul 1642 St Saviour’s. Married Peter DOBBS of Bermondsey Surrey, Tanner.48
  9. Benjamin, bap 12 Oct 1643 St Saviour’s. Died young?
  10. Job, Rev., bap St Saviour’s. Student at Queen’s College Cambridge 1662-70. Master of Dulwich College Surrey 1701-5. Died 2 Jan 1705/6, bur Dulwich College Chapel. Will written 11 May 1704, proved 9 Jan 1704/5.49
  11. Sarah, bap 27 Dec 1647 St Saviour’s. Died young?
  12. Susanna, bap 25 Feb 1651/2 St Saviour’s. Married 1st William GARDYNER,50 2nd Thomas WOOD of Croydon.51

Joseph married 2nd52 Jane WRIGHT or RIGHT.53 Mentioned in Will of stepson John Brockett of Southwark 1665.54 No children. Joseph was buried 19 Jul 1681 St Saviour’s, Southwark. Will written 11 Jul 1681, proved 23 Jul 1681 Commissary of Surrey.55

Joseph of Croydon Cheesemonger 1629-96 and Mary

Son of Joseph of Southwark Cheesemonger. “Joseph s of Joseph Brockett a Cheesemonger” christened 17 Sep 1629 St Saviour, Southwark, Surrey.56 Admitted to the freedom of Merchant Taylors’ Company by patrimony 1652.57 Bequeathed £5 in the Will of Rose Raysing of St Bride’s London.58 Married 1st Mary … (bur Croydon). Children:

  1. Henry. Mentioned in Will of uncle John 1665. Apprenticed to a Barber 1676/7. Died before his father?
  2. Joseph. Mentioned in Wills of uncle John 1665 and father 1696 (at which time he was overseas).
  3. Job. Mentioned in Wills of uncle John 1665, father 1696, uncle Job 1704 and brother Jesse 1727. Married … and had 2 daughters Martha and Mary, both under 21 when mentioned in Will of uncle Job 1704.
  4. Jeremia, bap St Olave’s, Southwark, bur 7 May 1665 St Olave’s, Southwark.
  5. Thomas. Apprenticed to a Draper 1690. Mentioned in Wills of father 1696, uncle Job 1704 and brother Jesse 1727.

Joseph married 2nd Grace TANE Newington St Mary 6 Sep 1688.59 Her Will dated 28 Sep 1706, signed, proved 3 and 9 Oct 1706.60 Child:

  1. Jesse of Southwark. Married Phoebe TOWLE 1723 St Mary Whitechapel Middx. Jesse’s Will was written 1727, proved 1731. No issue?

Joseph’s Will was written 4 Jul 1696, proved Nov 1696.61

Judith Widow d 1688

Widow of Edmond. Will written 9 Jan 1687/8, proved 20 Jan 1687/8, executrix Judith Roberts.62 A very large parchment of several pages records a dispute over the execution of Edmond’s Will between Judith and the executor, kinsman Thomas Brockett.63

Nicholas and Anne/Agnes of St Dunstan Stepney 1620s to 40s

St Dunstan and All Saints Stepney is a Thames riverside parish with the church located in Stepney High Street in London’s East End. It is to be distinguished from St Dunstan in the East, which is not far, near Shadwell, and from from St Dunstan in the West, which is in Fleet Street in the City of London. Barely a mile from the Thames, St Dunstan Stepney church has a long link with the sea and many sailors were buried here. Nicholas was a Ropemaker and  Mariner and the couple lived in Shadwell and lower Shadwell, and their children were recorded in the parish registers of St Dunstan and All Saints Stepney, below.

Two documents in the UK National Archives without doubt concern the Nicholas of Stepney:

1. 1635: Nicholas Brockett was named in a claim “For wages due on the Increase, Richard Ell, Master, on her late voyage from Virginia”.64 The entry reads:

Jeremie Margerone, 20 August 1635
To Nicholas Brockett. Margerone is about to leave on the Increase for a voyage to Malaga [Spain]

2. 1648: A Complaint brought by Nicholas Brockett against John Dawson and Bridget Fulies, widow, regarding property in Boston, Lincolnshire.65 The document comprises a bill and two answers, on 3 A2-sized parchment sheets. I saw it in Aug 2000 and made the following notes: Nicholas Brockett of Shadwell, Stepney Heath, Middx., Ropemaker (eldest son of John of Boston, Brewer, d 1630 and Ellinore), currently away in Bermoudas, was making a claim re property in White Horse Lane, Boston. John Dawson of Boston, Tanner, formerly of Ratcliff [no more than half a mile from Shadwell] answered that Nicholas (aka John Brockett Labourer) had taken too long to complain. Bridget Fullies, widow, made the other answer denying Nicholas’ claims. Two subsequent hearings were recorded 1648-9 in Chancery Decrees and Orders:

1. Michaelmas 1648.66 Nicholas’ affidavit of poverty was accepted.
2. Michaelmas 1649.67 Nicholas was ordered to pay the defendants 46s costs for want of a Replication and his bill was dismissed.

Comment: The claim to property in Boston and the note that he was the eldest son of John of Boston, Brewer, and Ellinore, ties in with the Lincolnshire records at the separate TBA page pointing to his birth b c 1593. His occupation ‘Ropemaker’ and absence in Bermoudas tie in with the Stepney records below which also recorded him as a Mariner. The hearings show he was in poverty in 1648 but still alive 1649.

A search for records of all Brokets and variants in Stepney was made in FamilySearch’s online England, Middlesex Parish Registers 1539-1988 database on 21 Aug 2022, and the following images were found of this family in the parish registers of St Dunstan and All Saints.68 Although old, these registers are copies of originals and sometimes the surname was misspelt Bracket/t:

1620 17 Apr: “Nicholas Brackett [sic] of Shadwell ropemaker and Agnes Wytton of the same mayde maryed”.69

1620 12 Jul: “Bridgett daughter of Nicholas Brockett of Shadwell ropemaker and Anne his wife the same day at eight days” [old was baptised],70 i.e. she was born 4 Jul 1620. She died of the plague aged about 5: “Bridgit daughter of Nicholas Brockit of Shadwell the same day [the ixth day] July 1625” was buried.71 Shockingly large numbers of burials of victims of the plague [spelt plauge] were recorded in the parish each day of each month around this time.

1626 22 Oct: “Ellen daughter of Nicholas Bracket [sic] of Shadwell ropemaker & Anne ux’ xxij at 7 da[ys old]”,72 i.e. she was born 15 Oct 1626. “Ellen daughter of Nicholas Brocket of Shadwell ropemaker & Agnes ux'” was buried 27 Feb 1631/2 Stepney, Middlesex, aged 5½.73

1631 3 Jul: “Alice daughter of Nicholas Brocket of Shadwell mariner & Anne ux” was baptised.74 8 days later on 11 Jul “Alice daughter of Nicholas Brocket of Shadwell mariner & Anne ux” was buried.75

1632 3 Jul: “Christnings 1632 July 3 William sonne of Nicholas Brocket of Shadwell ropemaker & Agnes ux 5 dayes old”,76 i.e. he was born 29 Jun 1632. He died of the plague aged 4¾ in Mar 1636/7: “Plague 24 Wm. sonne of Nicholas Brocket of Shadwell mariner & Anne ux” was buried.77

1635 18 Nov: “Edward sonne of Nicholas Brocket of Shadwell ropemaker & Agnes ux 10 dayes old” was baptised,78 i.e. he was born 8 Nov 1635. He was buried 25 Apr 1637, aged about 18 months, and one month after brother William: “Edward sonne of Nicholas Brocket of Shadwell mariner & Anne ux”.79

1638/9: “Christnings 1638 March 17 Elizabeth daughter of Nicholas Brocket of Shadwell Ropemaker & Anne uxor’ 8 Days olde”,80 i.e. she was born 11 Mar 1638/9.

1639: Aug “24 Agnes daughter of Nicholas Brockett of Shadwell Maryn’ & Agnes ux” was buried.81 No baptism record found.

1641: “Christning 1641 June 16 Anne daughter of Nicholas Brockett of lower Shadwell Maryner and Anne ux”.82

It isn’t known if any of their children survived infancy, the only two not found recorded buried were Elizabeth bap 1639 and Anne bap 1641. Burial records of Nicholas and Anne have also not been found, but Nicholas, at least, was still alive 1649. Nicholas is listed on the separate TBA page re Virginia.

Ralph and Alice of St James Clerkenwell 1678-87

Ralph and Alice had children baptised St James Clerkenwell:83

  1. John 3 Feb 1678
  2. Catharin 30 Dec 1679
  3. Ralph 24 Apr 1685
  4. Sarah 2 Jan 1687. Probably married 7 May 1724 Matthias BICKLEY St James Clerkenwell.

In 1693-4 Ralph was assessed for tax in St John St, St James Clerkenwell at £3 on property valued £15 and £1 4s on stock valued £100.84 It’s possible, but unlikely that Ralph first married 1641 in Streatley, Bedfordshire.

QMB listed burials in Clerkenwell:

  1. George 1676
  2. John 1681
  3. William 1687
  4. Thomas 1691
  5. Ralf 1693.

Samuel Haberdasher/Grocer of London 1609-74 and Anna

Samuel was the 10th child of Rev Edmond Broket of Luton and Graveley, see the separate page. He married Anna WESTLEY in 1641, and they had a daughter Hannah, bap 1644 in London, and a son Samuel who gained freedom of the Merchant Taylors’ Company in 1668 and of the City of London in 1669. No more is known of either.

Thomas Esq 1659

Thomas Brockett of London Esq featured in 2 Chancery documents from 1659:

  1. Complaint by Thomas against Nicholas Courtney and John Rolles Esq regarding a Messuage in the Parish of Morenistowe / Moorenemstowe, Cornwall, on which he had a lease connected to Grace Cole, deceased.85
  2. Demurrer of John Roll Esq to Thomas’ Bill of Complaint regarding Grace Cole’s tenement on which he had a lease through being Samuel Cowley’s Administrator.86

The connection with Samuel Cowley shows that he was Thomas of Chiddingstone, the eldest son of the eldest son of William of Esyndon Esq.

Thomas, Clothworker & Citizen 1628-71

Baptised and buried in Wheathampstead, son of John of Wheathampstead Esq b c 1571 d 1649, but was a Clothworker and Citizen of London, see the separate page. Will of Thomas Brokett, Citizen and Clothworker of London, proved 1671, Executor “my loveing brother William Brokett of London Gentleman”.87 Likely husband of Ellen/Ellinor, residents of St Dunstan in the East, London.

Thomas, Cook, and Mary, of St Giles in the Fields 1676

Thomas Brockett, Cook of St Giles in the Fields Middlesex, nuncupative Will 24 Nov 1676, proved 4 Dec 1676.88 Bequests to brother William—“my best Sute Cloake and Coate with the Siluer Buckles and Buttons to my shooes and breeches”—and daughter Mary—£50; residue to wife Mary, sole executrix. The IGI recorded the baptism of Mary d/o Thomas and Mary Brocket 27 Sep 1668 St Martin in the Fields Westminster.

William of St Mary in Alderman Bury 1605, b c 1568

The parish of St Mary in Alderman Bury was in the City of London, but a deposition of 1605 suggests that William had connections with Hertfordshire:89 This was William’s ‘per me’ (‘by me’) signature to his deposition:90

William Brockett Gent signature 1605

The deposition throws a spotlight on William’s work and its reported speech brings him back to life. The court asked William and 4 other deponents 11 questions—“Interrogatories to be minestred on the parte and behalf of Christopher Smythe gent sonne of Nicholas Smythe gent deceased by Katheryne Smythe wyddowe his mother and Garden [guardian] Complainants against George Rotheram sonne of Nicholas Rotherham gent deceased Thomas Atwood Agnes Rotheram his guardian, and Danyell Cotton Defendants” concerning a messuage and 50 acres of land held of the manor of Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire.91

The following points arise from William Brokett’s deposition:

1. William was a Gentleman, aged about 37 in 1605, i.e. b c 1568.
2. Nicholas Smithe, gent of Westminster, and Nicholas Rotheram were both deceased—probably recently—and William had known them both 8 or 9 years before they died. Metcalfe’s 1886 pedigree of Smyth of Annables shows the 2nd son of Christopher Smyth of Annables, co Hertf., Clerk of the Pipe, as Nicholas Smyth of the City of Westminster, husband of Catherin GARDNER, their 1st son Christopher.92 It also shows Nicholas’ sister Jane as wife of Geo. Rorherham of Somerdis, co. Bedf. A 1595 Copy of a recognizance is recorded between John Luke of Annables, gentleman, and George Rotherham of Someries, Bedford, in connection with the payment due by John Luke for the debts of Christopher Smyth, late Clerk of the Pipe.93 Harvey, Cooke and Owen’s 1884 pedigrees of Rotherham of Someries in Luton shows the 3rd son of George Rotheram of Someries [who] died 1599 and his 2nd wife Jane da. to Christopher Smith, Clerk of the pipe, of Annables in com. Hertfford, as Nicholas Rotheram of London, who married Agnes da. of Thomas ATWOOD, and their 1st son was George Rotherham.94
3. William’s involvement in the case shows that he was trained in the law.
4. His signature shows that he wasn’t the William Brokett b c 1561, see the separate page. He must therefore have been the William who gained admission to Gray’s Inn on 2 Feb 1611/12 as “son and heir of John Brockett of Kimpton, Herts, Gent”.95 John was the youngest son of Edward Brokett of Letchworth Esq, and also called ‘of Stow Longa’, see the separate page. This William was therefore a younger 1st cousin of William Brokett b c 1531.
5. William was a servant of Nicholas Smithe, and at the time of the sale in 1601 of the property referred to in the case was in attendance in his house in Westminster. Servant in this context could be translated as ‘steward’ or ‘bailiff’. William was called to Nicholas on his death bed to set down his debts and what his estate was. William therefore had had training in the law.
6. The property was held by copyhold of the manor of Hemel Hamstead, of which Nicholas Smithe was under steward at the time. Although Nicholas Smithe paid the surrender was made to Nicholas Rotheram. Nicholas Smithe often used the name of Nicholas Rotheram in his dealings, upon special trust and confidence. In this case since Smithe was steward of the manor the surrender would not have been good unless it were taken in another man’s name.
7. William’s evidence was supported by the deposition of Francis Combes gent of Hemel Hamstead, aged about 60, xxx. He and his father had received the rent for the property for 40 or 50 years, probably as officers of the manor court.

We quote William’s deposition in full, as follows. To reproduce the impact of the spoken character of the deposition, the syntax has been maintained but to facilitate reading, archaic spellings have been modernised, e.g. knows for knoweth, consideration for considerac’on, years for yeares:+Read more


William Brocket Gent who deposed in the 1583 case of Snagge v Walford,97 may well have been William of Limpsfield, or perhaps William of Essendon, b c 1531, his father. The signature should confirm.

William, imprisoned 1628 and? Mary of St Mary Whitechapel, Stepney

William was a servant of Robert Radcliffe, 5th Earl of Sussex, was arrested in London for a small debt and imprisoned in 1628. He was a son of William, deceased eldest son of William of Esyndon. Was he the husband of Mary and they the parents of Elizabeth bap 1629, Grace 1630, Ellinor 1636, and Sarah 1637 below? For further details about the imprisonment see here.

William of Lincoln’s Inn Fields 1685 and 97

Mr William Brocket at Lincoln’s Inn Fields received two letters in May 1685 from his Lord in Amsterdam regarding troop movements and other matters.98 William sent a short letter on 8 Feb 1696/7 to J Ellis.99 William is not recorded as a student at an Inn of Court and was not part of the contemporary Willingale/Inns of Court Brocket clan. He was probably the son of Joseph and Mary of Southwark, bap 1640 and may have been the William Brockett Gent/Esq of St Margaret’s Westminster who is recorded paying taxes in 1688 and marrying Mrs Sarah CARRELL of Chatteris, Cambridgeshire, 2 Sep 1708 in Ely Cathedral. He died 1719.

Singletons not elsewhere on this page

1. In date order

1600 13 Dec: John BROCKETT married Marie GERYWAIE in St Mary Abchurch, London, see the separate page.

1602 13 Jun: Elsabeth BROCKETT married Robert WIGGE in St Bartholomew the Less, London.

1603 15 Feb: Elsabethe d/o Rowland and … BROCKETT was baptised in St Andrew, Holborn.

1606 29 Apr: Hester d/o Robert and … BROCKITT was baptised in St Dunstan, Stepney.

1610 23 Oct: Margaret BROCKETT married John MICANE in St Gregory by St Paul, London.100

1616/7 12 Jan: John BROCKETT married Margerye POWELL in St Bride Fleet St, London. Probably an immigrant, John would have been born by 1595.

1617 4 May: Isabel BROCKET married Robert COULSON in St Nicholas, Deptford.

1619 29 Nov: Anna BROCKETT married Griffin BIGGS in St Martin in the Fields, Westminster.

1620 4 Dec: Margerie BROCKET married Millecent MIATS in St Gregory by St Paul, London.101

1623 23 Jun: Elizabeth BROCKET married William MOULTON in St Peter Cornhill, London.102

1624 8 May: Margarett BROCKETT married Richard PERKINS in St Mary Mounthaw, London.103

1628: Loucose BROCKET married William GOODFARAH in All Hallows, Bread St.104

1628 26 Jul: Benjamin son of Benjamin and … BROCKETT was baptised in St Margaret, Westminster.

1629: Walter BROCKETT married Elizabeth THURLOW in St Mary, Strand, Westminster.105 Walter was probably b c 1605, see the separate page and 1650 below. She was apparently Elizabeth THOROLD, see 1630 below.

1629 29 Nov: Elizabeth d/o William and Mary BROCKET was baptised in St Mary Whitechapel, Stepney. Was this the William, imprisoned 1628? See above?

1630 11 Feb: Elizabeth BROCKETT Administration of the estate of Elizabeth THOROLD, alias BROCKETT, of St Mary Colechurch, was given to brother Nathaniel Thorold.106 She was Elizabeth THURLOW, see 1629 above.

1630 3 Oct: Grace d/o William and Mary BROCKET was baptised in St Mary Whitechapel, Stepney. See above?

1634: Frances BROCKET married Ravis BENSON in St Giles in the Fields.107

1634 16 Feb: Judeth BROCKETT married Robert CLARKE in St Nicholas Acons, London.108

1635 26 Apr: Edward BROCKETT married Margaret CANDIDGE in St Nicholas Cole Abbey, London.109

1635 14 Dec: Annis BROCKET married Robert WILLIAM in St Giles Cripplegate, London.

1636 20 Apr: Ellinor d/o William and Mary BROCKET was baptised in St Mary Whitechapel, Stepney. See above?

1637: John Brockett of Newhaven and Wallingford b 1609-18 d 1690 is said to have been a member of Rev John Davenport’s Puritan congregation of St Stephen’s Coleman St before sailing with a number of them on the Hector, arriving Boston 26 June 1637, but no evidence for this has been found. A careful search through the contemporary Parish Registers of St Stephen’s Coleman St yielded no Broket entries. See further details on the separate page.

1637 15 Nov: Sarah d/o William and Mary BROCKET was baptised in St Mary Whitechapel, Stepney. See above?

1637 25 Sep: Mary BROCKKET married John MARTIN in St Gregory by St Paul, London.

1639 14 Dec: Dority BROCKET married Abraham VANDEN in St Martin Vintry, London.

1641 21 Nov: Edmond son of Jefford and Elizabeth BROCKET was baptised in St Mary Whitechapel, Stepney.

1644 12 Feb: Hannah d/o Samuell and … BROCKET was baptised in St Giles Cripplegate, London.

1647 12 Nov: Mary BROCKETT married Richard MICHELL in St Bride Fleet St., London, see the separate page.

1649 3 Jun: John BROCKET married Elinor WOLFE in St Antholin Budge Row, London.110

1650 8 Jun: Roger son of William and Joane BROKETT was baptised in St Dunstan, Stepney.

1650 6 Nov: Walter BROCKAT married Elizabeth ALEXANDER in Southwark St George the Martyr, Surrey.111 Was Walter b c 1605? See the separate page. Was Elizabeth the Mrs Brockett, buried 1661, see below?

1651 6 Jan: Ann d/o Thomas and Ellin BROCKET was baptised in St Dunstan in the East, London, see above.

1651 27 Jan: John son of John and … BROCKETT was baptised in St Lawrence Jewry and St Mary Magdalene Milk Street.

1652 30 Jan: A daughter of Thomas and Ellyn BROCKET was baptised in St Dunstan in the East, London, see above.

1655: Henry BROCKET married Susan WALLROND in St Paul, Covent Garden—banns.112

1655 1 May: Sarah d/o Richard and Mary BROCKITT was baptised in St Mary Abbots, Kensington.

1655 20 May: Martha d/o Thomas and Ellin BROCKETT was baptised in St Dunstan in the East, London, see above.

1657 16 Aug: Joan d/o Thomas and Ellinor BROCKETT was baptised in St Dunstan in the East, London, see above.

1657 16 Sep: Mary d/o Joseph and Mary BROCKETT was baptised in St Botolph Without Aldgate, London.

1661 27 Apr: Mrs Elizabeth BROCKETT was buried in Westminster.113 There were several burials each day of every month in this parish. Being a ‘Mrs’ didn’t necessarily mean she was married. If she was, she would have been married to a Gentleman or Esquire, but as yet he has not been identified. It was not Charles of Westminster, Gent. Was she Elizabeth ALEXANDER, married to Walter Brockat, see 1650 above? If she was a Spinster she would have been the daughter of a Gentleman or Esquire, and similarly as yet he has not been identified.

1665 10 Apr: Jeremia son of Joseph and Mary BROCKETT was baptised in St Olave, Southwark.

1667 7 Dec: Joseph son of John and Hanna BRUCKETT or BRUNCKETT was baptised in St Botolph Without Aldgate, London.

1668 27 Sep: Maria d/o Thomae and Mariae BROCKET was baptised in St Martin in the Fields, Westminster.

1669: Judith BROCKET married Edward ORAM in St Spulchre.114

1669 24 Jun: Frances BROCKET married John PEACOCK in St Andrew, Enfield.115

1670 25 Aug: Nicholla BROQUETT married Dennis POSSETT in St Mary, St Marylebone.

1672: Mary BROCKET married John BAKER in Knightsbridge .116

1672 4 Apr: John BROCKETT married Sarah HERNE in Temple Church Of England, London.

1672 23 Mar: John son of Samuel and Prudence BROCKETT was baptised in St Sepulchre, London.

1673 17 Jun: Sarah d/o John and Sarah BROCKETT was baptised in Clement Danes, Westminster, London.117 Did she marry in Sheering 1711, see the separate page?

1676: Geo BROCKET buried St James Clerkenwell, Middlesex,118 see the separate page.

1677 10 Feb: Mary BROCKETT married Henry MITCHELL in St Giles Cripplegate, London.

1677 28 Jun: John son of John and Kather BROCKETT was baptised in St Giles Cripplegate, London.

1677 14 Nov: John BROCKETT married Sarah MARKESS in Allhallows London.Wall, London.

1678 11 Feb: Thomas BROCKETT married Mary ARCHER in St Lawrence Jewry And St Mary Magdalene Milk Street.119

1679 13 May: Mary BROCKETT married John CHILLMAN in St Andrew, Enfield.120

1680 1 Aug: William BROCKET married Sarah MILLER in St Katherine by The Tower, London.

1680 6 Jul: John BROCKETT married Frances SCIENCE in St Dunstan, Stepney.121

1681 1 Apr: Georg son of John and Kath BROCKETT was baptised in St Giles Cripplegate, London.

1681 14 Jul: Richard BROCKETT buried in St Clement Danes Westminster.122 Not apparently related to the Shear Lane family, see the separate page.

1682 11 Feb: Margarett d/o John and Margtt BROCKETT was baptised in St Margaret, Westminster.

1682 1 Nov: Anne BROCKETT married Stewart SPICER in …, see the separate page.

1684 3 Sep: Edmund BROCKETT married Frances BLAKE in St Marylebone.

1687 6 Apr: Mary BROOKET married John MITCHELL in St Bride Fleet St, London.

1688 11 Feb: Elizabeth BROCKETT married Francis PARHAN in St Marylebone.123

1697 11 Jun: John son of Edward and Hanna BROCKETT was baptised in St Olave, Southwark.

1697 3 Mar: Jane BROCKET married Charles LLOYD in St Mary Abchurch, London.124

1698: Mary BROCKET married Robert ALDERLY in in St Gregory by St Paul, London.125

1699 7 Jan: William BROCKETT married Frances ROGERS in St Mary Magdalene Old Fish Street, London.

In first name order

Ann daughter of Thomas and Ellin BROCKET was baptised in St Dunstan in the East, London 6 Jan 1651, see above.
Anna BROCKETT married Griffin BIGGS in St Martin in the Fields, Westminster 29 Nov 1619
Anne BROCKETT married Stewart SPICER in … 1 Nov 1682
Annis BROCKET married Robert WILLIAM in St Giles Cripplegate, London 14 Dec 1635
Benjamin son of Benjamin and … BROCKETT was baptised in St Margaret, Westminster 26 Jul 1628
daughter of Thomas and Ellyn BROCKET was baptised in St Dunstan in the East, London 30 Jan 1652, see above.
Dority BROCKET married Abraham VANDEN in St Martin Vintry, London 14 Dec 1639
Edmond son of Jefford and Elizabeth BROCKET was baptised in St Mary Whitechapel, Stepney 21 Nov 1641
Edmund BROCKETT married Frances BLAKE in St Marylebone 3 Sep 1684
Edward BROCKETT married Margaret CANDIDGE in St Nicholas Cole Abbey, London (BMI) 26 Apr 1635
Elizabeth daughter of William and Mary BROCKET was baptised in St Mary Whitechapel, Stepney 29 Nov 1629. Was she a daughter of William, imprisoned 1628, see above?
Elizabeth BROCKET married William MOULTON in St Peter Cornhill, London (BMI) 23 Jun 1623
Elizabeth BROCKETT married Francis PARHAN in St Marylebone (BMI) 11 Feb 1688
Ellinor daughter of William and Mary BROCKET was baptised in St Mary Whitechapel, Stepney 20 Apr 1636. See above?
Elsabeth BROCKETT married Robert WIGGE in St Bartholomew the Less, London 13 Jun 162
Elsabethe daughter of Rowland and … BROCKETT was baptised in St Andrew, Holborn 15 Feb 163
Frances BROCKET married Ravis BENSON in St Giles in the Fields (BMI) 1634
Frances BROCKET married John PEACOCK in St Andrew, Enfield (BMI) 24 Jun 1669
Georg son of John and Kath BROCKETT was baptised in St Giles Cripplegate, London 1 Apr 1681
Grace daughter of William and Mary BROCKET was baptised in St Mary Whitechapel, Stepney 3 Oct 1630. See above?
Hannah daughter of Samuell and … BROCKET was baptised in St Giles Cripplegate, London 12 Feb 1644
Henry BROCKET married Susan WALLROND in St Paul, Covent Garden—banns (BMI) 1655
Hester daughter of Robert and … BROCKITT was baptised in St Dunstan, Stepney 29 Apr 166
Isabel BROCKET married Robert COULSON in St Nicholas, Deptford 4 May 1617
Jane BROCKET married Charles LLOYD in St Mary Abchurch, London (BMI) 3 Mar 1697
Jeremia son of Joseph and Mary BROCKETT was baptised in St Olave, Southwark 10 Apr 1665
Joan daughter of Thomas and Ellinor BROCKETT was baptised in St Dunstan in the East, London 16 Aug 1657, see above.
John son of John and … BROCKETT was baptised in St Lawrence Jewry and St Mary Magdalene Milk Street 27 Jan 1651
John son of Samuel and Prudence BROCKETT was baptised in St Sepulchre, London 23 Mar 1672
John son of John and Kather BROCKETT was baptised in St Giles Cripplegate, London 28 Jun 1677
John son of Edward and Hanna BROCKETT was baptised in St Olave, Southwark 11 Jun 1697
John BROCKET married Elinor WOLFE in St Antholin Budge Row, London (BMI) 3 Jun 1649
John BROCKETT married Marie GERYWAIE in St Mary Abchurch, London 13 Dec 1600
John BROCKETT married Margerye POWELL in St Bride Fleet St, London 12 Jan 1616/7
John BROCKETT married Sarah HERNE in Temple Church Of England, London 4 Apr 1672
John BROCKETT married Sarah MARKESS in Allhallows London Wall, London 14 Nov 1677
John BROCKETT married Frances SCIENCE in St Dunstan, Stepney (BMI) 6 Jul 1680
Joseph son of John and Hanna BRUCKETT or BRUNCKETT was baptised in St Botolph Without Aldgate, London 7 Dec 1667
Judeth BROCKETT married Robert CLARKE in St Nicholas Acons, London (BMI) 16 Feb 1634
Judith BROCKET married Edward ORAM in St Spulchre (BMI) 1669
Loucose BROCKET married William GOODFARAH in All Hallows, Bread St (BMI; IGI patron has Loucrose and William GOODFELLOW 6 Jan 1628, St Aslanes) 1628
Margaret BROCKETT married John MICANE in St Gregory by St Paul, London (BMI) 23 Oct 1610
Margarett daughter of John and Margtt BROCKETT was baptised in St Margaret, Westminster 11 Feb 1682
Margarett BROCKETT married Richard PERKINS in St Mary Mounthaw, London (BMI) 8 May 1624, see the separate page.
Margerie BROCKET married Millecent MIATS in St Gregory by St Paul, London (BMI) 4 Dec 1620
Maria daughter of Thomae and Mariae BROCKET was baptised in St Martin in the Fields, Westminster 27 Sep 1668
Martha daughter of Thomas and Ellin BROCKETT was baptised in St Dunstan in the East, London 20 May 1655, see above.
Mary daughter of Joseph and Mary BROCKETT was baptised in St Botolph Without Aldgate, London 16 Sep 1657
Mary BROCKET married John BAKER in Knightsbridge (BMI) 1672
Mary BROCKET married Robert ALDERLY in in St Gregory by St Paul, London (BMI) 1698
Mary BROCKETT married Richard MICHELL in St Bride Fleet St., London 12 Nov 1647
Mary BROCKETT married Henry MITCHELL in St Giles Cripplegate, London 10 Feb 1677
Mary BROCKETT married John CHILLMAN in St Andrew, Enfield (BMI) 13 May 1679
Mary BROCKKET married John MARTIN in St Gregory by St Paul, London 25 Sep 1637, see the separate page.
Mary BROOKET married John MITCHELL in St Bride Fleet St, London 6 Apr 1687
Nicholla BROQUETT married Dennis POSSETT in St Mary, St Marylebone 25 Aug 1670
Roger son of William and Joane BROKETT was baptised in St Dunstan, Stepney 8 Jun 1650
Sarah daughter of William and Mary BROCKET was baptised in St Mary Whitechapel, Stepney 15 Nov 1637. See above?
Sarah daughter of Richard and Mary BROCKITT was baptised in St Mary Abbots, Kensington 1 May 1655
Thomas, son of Thomas and Ellen Brockett was baptised in Westminster, 19 Jan 1645.126
Thomas BROCKETT married Mary ARCHER in St Lawrence Jewry And St Mary Magdalene Milk Street (BMI) 11 Feb 1678, see above.
Walter BROCKETT married Elizabeth THURLOW in St Mary, Strand (BMI) 1629. Walter was probably b c 1605, see the separate page and 1650 next. She was apparently Elizabeth THOROLD, see 1630 below.
Walter BROCKAT married Elizabeth ALEXANDER in Southwark St George the Martyr, Surrey (FMP) 1650
William BROCKET married Sarah MILLER in St Katherine by The Tower, London 1 Aug 1680
William BROCKETT married Frances ROGERS in St Mary Magdalene Old Fish Street, London 7 Jan 1699

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Footnotes

For full bibliographical details please see the sections Publications or Glossary.

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[1] Houlbrooke 1984 pp 28-9.

[2] PCC.

[3] Howard and Chester 1880 p 105, corresponding with the College of Arms ms C24/420v.

[4] PROB 11/310/215.

[5] PROB 4/13862.

[6] Guildhall Library ms 5576/1 ff 86v, 165r.

[7] Guildhall Library ms 5576/2 p 119.

[8] Parish Register (London Metropolitan Archives P69/SEP/A/001/MS07219/002, image accessed on Ancestry.com 29 Dec 2020, her name transcribed as Jane).

[9] City of London Guildhall Library’s index of the Merchant Taylors’ Company freemen 1530-1928; Presentment Books and Index to Freeman, Guildhall Library microfilms 352:57 and 324, consulted 2001.

[10] PROB 11/318 proved 27 Oct 1665.

[11] TNA C10/107/25 Brockitt v Brochitt, Hare, Banton.

[12] Guildhall Library ms 5587/1 penultimate page; ms 5576/1 f 44v.

[13] Guildhall Library ms 5578A/1 f 19.

[14] Guildhall Library ms 5578A/1 f 16.

[15] Guildhall Library ms 5576/1 p 8.

[16] Guildhall Library ms 5576/1 f 55v

[17] Images accessed from Ancestry.com 26 Jan 2020.

[18] TNA C9/116/9 25 Jan 1689/90.

[19] TNA PROB 11/466.

[20] Lines 35-39 and 50-51.

[21] Parish Register p 162 (London Metropolitan Archives P93/PAU3/001, image accessed on Ancestry.com 31 Dec 2020).

[22] G Armytage (1890) HS, Marriage Licences issued by the Archbishop of Canterbury 1679-1694, vol 30 & 31, Canterbury, transcription accessed on Ancestry.com 31 Dec 2020 from IGI.

[23] Parish Register (London Metropolitan Archives P76/JS1/006, image accessed on Ancestry.com 2 Jan 2021).

[24] Parish Register p 271v (London Metropolitan Archives P93/PAU3/001, image accessed on Ancestry.com 31 Dec 2020).

[25] London Metropolitan Archives Freedom admissions papers, 1681 – 1930 # COL/CHD/FR/02/0301-0306, image accessed on Ancestry.com 31 Dec 2020).

[26] Parish Register p 165v (London Metropolitan Archives P93/PAU3/001, image accessed on Ancestry.com 31 Dec 2020).

[27] Parish Register p 73 (London Metropolitan Archives P93/PAU3/016, image accessed on Ancestry.com 31 Dec 2020).

[28] Parish Register p 286 (London Metropolitan Archives P93/PAU3/001, image accessed on Ancestry.com 31 Dec 2020).

[29] Parish Register p 271v (London Metropolitan Archives P93/PAU3/001, image accessed on Ancestry.com 31 Dec 2020).

[30] Parish Register (London Metropolitan Archives P93/PAU3/114, image accessed on Ancestry.com 31 Dec 2020).

[31] Parish Register p 286 (London Metropolitan Archives P93/PAU3/001, image accessed on Ancestry.com 31 Dec 2020).

[32] Parish Register (London Metropolitan Archives P93/PAU3/114, image accessed on Ancestry.com 31 Dec 2020).

[33] Parish Register (London Metropolitan Archives P93/PAU3/114, image accessed on Ancestry.com 31 Dec 2020).

[34] Parish Register p 297r (London Metropolitan Archives P93/PAU3/001, image accessed on Ancestry.com 31 Dec 2020).

[35] Parish Register (London Metropolitan Archives P93/PAU3/114, image accessed on Ancestry.com 31 Dec 2020).

[36] Parish Register (London Metropolitan Archives P93/PAU3/114, image accessed on Ancestry.com 31 Dec 2020).

[37] Parish Register (London Metropolitan Archives P93/PAU3/114, image accessed on Ancestry.com 31 Dec 2020).

[38] Parish Register (London Metropolitan Archives P93/PAU3/114, image accessed on Ancestry.com 2 Jan 2021).

[39] Parish Register (London Metropolitan Archives P71/OLA/009, image accessed on Ancestry.com 16 Apr 2021). The entry is a little smudged and the t uncrossed.

[40] City of London Guildhall Library’s index of the Merchant Taylors’ Company freemen 1530-1928; Presentment Books and Index to Freeman, Guildhall Library microfilms 352:57 and 324, consulted 2001; Gray's Pedigree 1998.

[41] Gray's Pedigree 1998.

[42] TNA PROB 11/174/40, proved 5 May 1637; Waters 1901 p 128.

[43] Parish Register (London Metropolitan Archives P92/SAV/3002, image accessed on Ancestry.com 16 Apr 2021).

[44] TNA PROB 11/248/209, proved 20 Jun 1655; Waters 1901 p 183.

[45] TNA PROB 11/168/470, proved 27 July 1635.

[46] TNA PROB 11/174/40, proved 5 May 1637; Waters 1901 p 128.

[47] Gray's Pedigree 1998.

[48] Mentioned in Will of brother-in-law Francis 1678; executor of father-in-law Joseph's Will 1681.

[49] PCC.

[50] Mentioned in Will of brother-in-law Francis 1678.

[51] Mentioned in Will of brother-in-law Job 1704.

[52] Licence dated 2 Jul 1664 London (Gray's Pedigree 1998).

[53] Boyd's 1st miscellaneous marriage index, 1415-1808, transcription © Society of Genealogists, accessed on FMP 16 Apr 2021.

[54] Gray's Pedigree 1998.

[55] Gray's Pedigree 1998.

[56] Parish Register (London Metropolitan Archives P92/SAV/3002, image accessed on Ancestry.com 16 Apr 2021). The entry is a little smudged and the t uncrossed.

[57] City of London Guildhall Library’s index of the Merchant Taylors’ Company freemen 1530-1928; Presentment Books and Index to Freeman, Guildhall Library microfilms 352:57 and 324, consulted 2001; Gray's Pedigree 1998.

[58] Proved PCC 1655 (Gray's Pedigree 1998); Waters 1901 p 183.

[59] Peculiar Deanery of Croydon, original at Lambeth Palace Library VH96/353; Gray's Pedigree 1998.

[60] Peculiar Deanery of Croydon, original at Lambeth Palace Library VH96/353; Gray's Pedigree 1998.

[61] PCC.

[62] TNA PROB 11/390.

[63] TNA C10/107/25 Brockitt v Brochitt, Hare, Banton.

[64] TNA HCA 30/851, a High Court of Admiralty record photographed by the Virginia Colonial Records Project (lva-virginia.libguides.com/vcrp) and is in their Survey Report SR 14606.

[65] TNA C/10/38/12.

[66] TNA C 33/191 p 39, image accessed on aalt.law.uh.edu C33no191 image 0042a, 28 Aug 2022.

[67] TNA C 33/193 p 221 image accessed on aalt.law.uh.edu C33no193 image 2037, 28 Aug 2022.

[68] Courtesy of London Metropolitan Archives, England, P93/DUN/.

[69] Image 124/435.

[70] Image 235/717.

[71] Image 43/706.

[72] Image 315/717.

[73] Image 136/706.

[74] Image 359/717.

[75] Image 130/706.

[76] Image 369/717.

[77] Image 202/706.

[78] Image 413/717.

[79] Image 204/706.

[80] Image 462/717.

[81] Image 237/706.

[82] Image 490/717.

[83] IGI.

[84] 'Four Shillings In The Pound Aid 1693-1694' (British History online accessed 2006).

[85] TNA C10/464/7.

[86] TNA C10/52/25.

[87] TNA PROB 11/336/472.

[88] TNA PROB 11/325/440.

[89] TNA C24/312, Smithe v Rotheram: Town Depositions Nov 1604 and 22 Jan 1604/5.

[90] Reproduced by kind permission of the National Archives licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

[91] TNA C2/JasI/S12/2 appears to be the associated pleadings.

[92] 1886 p 164.

[93] HALS DE/Si/41656.

[94] 1884 pp 50-1 and 193.

[95] Register of Admissions to Gray's Inn 1521-1889 (J Foster, London 1889) p 139.

[96] With thanks to David Bethell for this elucidation and decipherment of an interpolation, Oct 2020.

[97] TNA C24/167.

[98] BL Add 41803 f 264 and Add 41817 ff 20, 26.

[99] BL Add 28881 f 105.

[100] BMI.

[101] BMI.

[102] BMI.

[103] BMI.

[104] BMI; IGI patron has Loucrose and William GOODFELLOW 6 Jan 1628, St Aslanes.

[105] Westminster.Archives from FMP 1 Oct 2020, no image provided; Boyd's marriage index, 1538-1850 (Society of Genealogists' Transcription).

[106] Morrison 1935, p 106, referring to f147 of the microfilm of PROB 6/13).

[107] BMI.

[108] BMI.

[109] BMI.

[110] BMI.

[111] West Surrey Family History Society from FMP 1 Oct 2020, no image provided.

[112] BMI.

[113] Parish Register. Image retrieved from FindMyPast 1 Dec 2017, reproduced by courtesy of The Lord Mayor and Citizens of the City of Westminster, London

[114] BMI.

[115] BMI.

[116] BMI.

[117] Image of the St Clement Danes Parish Register accessed from FMP Aug 2019.

[118] Boyd's London.Burials, transcription by the Society of Genealogists, accessed from FMP 15 Feb 2020.

[119] BMI.

[120] BMI.

[121] BMI.

[122] City of Westminster.Archives Centre, Parish Register reference GC/PR/1/2, p 54, image accessed from Ancestry.com 28 Dec 2020.

[123] BMI.

[124] BMI.

[125] BMI.

[126] IGI (FamilySearch) accessed 15 Feb 2020.