Ship-Money Returns from Blything Hundred, Suffolk, 1640
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Ship-money returns from Blything Hundred, Suffolk, 1640 Introduction ........................................................................................................................................ 1 Aldringham cum Thorpe (VBR page 74, folio 3) ................................................................................ 2 Blyford or Blythford (VBR pages 85 & 86, folio 25: Blithford) ............................................................ 2 Blythburgh + Bulcamp (VBR pages 75 & 76, folio 6: Blithburgh)....................................................... 2 Bramfield (VBR pages 78 & 79, folio 11: Bramfielde) ........................................................................ 2 Bulcamp (VBR page 76, folio 6): see Blythburgh .............................................................................. 2 Chediston (VBR page 76, folio 7: Chedeston)................................................................................... 3 Cratfield (VBR page 79, folios 12 & 13: Cratfeild) ............................................................................. 3 Darsham (VBR page 83, folio 20)...................................................................................................... 3 Halesworth (VBR pages 81 & 82, folios 17 & 18: Halisworth) ........................................................... 4 Henham [a hamlet in the parish of Wangford] (VBR page 75, folio 5: Henha~) ................................ 5 Heveningham (VBR page 85, folio 24: Heaueingham)...................................................................... 5 Huntingfield (VBR page 78, folio 10: Huntingfeild) ............................................................................ 5 Knodishall and Buxlow (VBR pages 73 & 74, folio 2: Knodishall and Buxlowe)................................ 5 Linstead Magna (VBR pages 79 & 80, folio 14: Lynsted magna) ...................................................... 5 Linstead Parva (VBR page 77, folio 9: Lenstead pva)....................................................................... 5 Mells Hamlet (VBR pages 74 & 75, folio 4: Meles Hamblet a member of Wenhaston) ..................... 6 Middleton cum Fordley (VBR pages 80 & 81, folios 16 & 16 verso: Middleton cu~ Fordleye) .......... 6 Peasenhall (VBR pages 86 & 87, folio 27) ........................................................................................ 6 Sibton (VBR page 86, folio 26: Sipton) .............................................................................................. 7 Thorington (VBR page 80, folio 15) ................................................................................................... 7 Ubbeston (VBR pages 82 & 83, folio 19: Vbbeston).......................................................................... 7 Walpole (VBR page 73, folio 1).......................................................................................................... 7 Wenhaston (VBR pages 76 & 77, folio 8) .......................................................................................... 8 Westleton (VBR pages 84 & 85, folios 22 verso & 23, which are joined together) ............................ 8 Yoxford (VBR pages 83 & 84, folios 21 & 21 verso) .......................................................................... 9 Index of selected surnames (excluding minor variants)..................................................................... 9 Introduction This document compares the British Library's images of the original returns from Blything Hundred (Harley manuscript 7541 folios 1 to 27) with transcripts made by Vincent Burrough Redstone (VBR) printed in The Ship-Money Returns for the County of Suffolk, 1639-40 (Harl. MSS. 7,540—7,542). VBR claims in his preface (page xvi) that "no alteration has been made in the spelling of the names as recorded by illiterate scribes" apart from some grouping of surnames in the index. Nevertheless, there are many variations and a few omissions, perhaps owing not only to the haste of his work but also to the relatively limited facilities available to the Edwardian transcriber. Modern advantages include high-resolution images and the technology to enlarge these and study them at home, free from the pressure of time that must have weighed very heavily on an assistant master at Woodbridge Grammar School who produced a phenomenal quantity of transcripts, notably Blything Hundred's unpublished 1642 military grant assessments (now at the Suffolk Record Office). Forenames are almost always abbreviated or standardized by VBR, e.g.: Gabriel for Gaberell; Jas. for Jeames; Jeremy for Jeremi; Nich. for Nycholas; and Simon for Simond (but Simond for Simont CUBIT at Wenhaston). He equates u with v and frequently misses or invents an e or a doubled consonant. E(c)clesiastical(l) and temporal(l) living(e)s of members of the clergy are routinely rendered as eccles. estate and temporal estate. Conventional spellings are also used for terms like clerk (instead of clarke or Clc~) and tailor (for taylor). Unless compounded with more significant differences, such small points are mostly disregarded in the following notes, except for surnames, which are capitalized (with expansions in parentheses) but otherwise spelled as originally written, in so far as I can judge. The amounts due from each parish (stated in the returns' preambles) and from individual taxpayers have been examined and often found to be incorrect in VBR's book, especially at Linstead Parva and Wenhaston, where several consecutive amounts are displaced by one line. These errors are all noted below but only a few parishes' sum totals have been checked for any surplus or shortage. David Gobbitt February 2019 Page 1 (of 9) Ship-money returns from Blything Hundred, Suffolk, 1640 Aldringham cum Thorpe (VBR page 74, folio 3) March 1640 [the day is not specified] William MILLS [not Milles] Thomas SMITH and [blank] WINTER for the Walkes [see footnote1] William BLOMEFEILD [not Blomefield] Blyford or Blythford (VBR pages 85 & 86, folio 25: Blithford) Thomas GREENE [not Green] William BARKER 7 3 [not 7 0] Humphry [not Humphrey] BOHUN gen~ 1 3 [not 1 0] Will(ia)m BURWARD 1 1 [not 1 0] Will(ia)m RICHARDSONNE [not Richardson] [Signed] Tho. GREENE [presumably the parish constable] Blythburgh + Bulcamp (VBR pages 75 & 76, folio 6: Blithburgh) [The hamlet of Bulcamp (page 76) is not on folio 16 (which is from Middleton cum Fordley) but is named in the margin of this return from Blythburgh (folio 6), next to Sir John ROWSE.] S(i)r Rob(er)t BROOK knight more for Northfilds [not Northfields; see also Thorington for Northfeild] Richard & Will(ia)m WINCKVPS (not Winckups) Mr Daniell DEAUES [not Deave] for the Crowne marsh [not for Crowne marshe] Mathew BRIDGES [VBR omits the word for from the next line] more for p(ar)t of Swanes Anthony [not Antony] COOKE Rob(er)t STYLES more for Earnes & penny peytle & the hart fenn [not ..., and penny pightle and the Hart Fen] Ed(¯)e BELLEMAN [not Bellman, Ede] Mr EDWARDS [not Edwardes] for p(ar)t of Soackens [not Sockens] Rob(er)t LUDBROOKE [not Ludbroke] Will(ia)m BALDINGE for Bunnels A~by yards} [bracketed and rated together with the next line] Apletons & Bottries grounds} 11 6 [0 xj vj (not repeated) covers both this and the preceding line] more for the white harte middo [not meadow] Tho: CIRSP [not Crisp] Bulcamp (VBR page 76) S(i)r John ROWSE kt~ [not Rous, Sir John, Knt.] Ed(¯)e HARGRAUE [not Hargrave, Ede] Rob(er)t HARGRAUE [not Hargrave] Tho: FARECHILD [not Fayrchild] Jo: CUTTINGE [not Cutting, Jn.] for Earnes Bramfield (VBR pages 78 & 79, folio 11: Bramfielde) Edmund RABBITT [not Rabbett] Cleri: Radulph RABBITT [not Rabbett] gent~ Will: BROWNE [not Brown] Heney [sic] MYELLS [not Miles] John FELLA iu: [ju(nior); not min.] Chrystopher GIMINGHAM [not Ginningham, Christopher] Hamond [not Hamons] DOUGHTY2 1 Although the surname looks more like WIMTER, it probably belongs to Richard WINTER or WYNTER, who was assessed together with Thomas SMYTH at Leiston for the military grant in 1642. 2 DOUGHTY's forename looks like Hamonis but is evidently meant to be Hamond, the d being the same as those in the names of Japhery LORD, Edmund VEISY and Richard BERRY in this return. See also Hamond DOUGHTY of Thorington in 1642 (Ship-Money preface, page xiii). Page 2 (of 9) Ship-money returns from Blything Hundred, Suffolk, 1640 Japhery LORD [not Lowis] 10 4 [not 10 0]3 Will(iam): FELLA iu: [ju(nior); not mi.] Suzan MOUSEIR vid. [not Mousier, Susan, wid.] CRISPE [not Cryspe] & KYBURNE [Blank] FELLTHAM vid: [not Felsham, [ ], wid.] John BROWNE [not Brown] gent~ Hustings WILLKERSON [not Wilkerson, Hastings; see also Walpole for Husting(e)s WILKINSON] [Deleted:] Robert POOLEY [omitted by VBR (between Hustings WILLKERSON and Henery GOODINGE); no tax recorded] [Blank] HARTE [not Haste] gent Nicholas BENEFEILD [not Benefield] Bulcamp (VBR page 76, folio 6): see Blythburgh Chediston (VBR page 76, folio 7: Chedeston) [The amount due is £23 11s 3d (not £3 11s. 3d.) but the sum total appears to be £23 9s 3d.] John PETTUS Esq~ 1 0 3½ [j 0 iij ob (obolus = halfpenny); not 1 3 0] Beniamin [not Benjamin] BULLER 13 9½ [not 13 9] Will(ia)m COLMAN 14 1½ [not 13 1½] Will(ia)m KNIGHT(E?)S [not Knights?] John SMYTH [not Smith] gen~ Henrie FYSKE [not Fiske] John FULLER 9 1½ [not 9 1] John FULLER for Mr SMYTH [not Smyths] Cratfield (VBR page 79, folios 12 & 13: Cratfeild) Sir Thurstone SMYTH knight [not Smith, Sir Thurston, Knt.] Edmund BROADEBANCKE [not Broadbancke, Edw.] Robert KEEBELL [not Keeble] Jeremy COOKE [not Coke] John MYELS