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PREFACE. The following contents are transcriptions of the works and notes made by JAMES ARTHUR MINGAY (1855 - 1917) on the "History & Origins of the family name MINGAY". The original work is handwritten and was deposited in 1915 at the NORFOLK RECORD OFFICE under the reference number MS 4410 57X5. In transcribing this work every endeavour has been made to avoid errors but due to human frailty some may have created, if any have occurred, all due apologies are offered in advance. Also the transciber has made every effort to keep to the actual words & phrasing used by the Author, any doubt being indicated by the usual query mark. Some of the compilation is itself a transcription by persons usually honoured in the Preface of the main body of the work. The Original was generally written on one face of double Foolscap, hence whilst the originals' page numbering has been maintained only those pages on which notes were made have been recorded but not necessarily on on single pages due to the difference between the spacing of 'handwritten' and 'typewritten' letters/words. Within the original are many beautifully drawn (some in colour) Heraldary devices, which the transcriber has not be able to recreate in the same fashion. In order to broaden the interest, two more indexes have been added, viz:- Index of Beneficiaries & Witnesses and Index of Locations mentioned in the Wills of Section 3. A short biography of the Author of the original manuscript is as follows:- 'JAMES ARTHUR MINGAY was the sixth son of GEORGE WILLIAM MINGAY and his first wife CELIA neé ROPE being born on the 10th December 1855 at Valley Farm House, Middleton, Norfolk and baptised in North Runcton Church. His profession was that of Architect and resided in various places but mainly at 3 Glenmore Road, Hampstead & Cheyne Walk, Chelsea both in London, it is said that he had a home in Kings Lynn as well. His researches, which he called his hobby, spanned some 45 years and through these became well known as a family historian, constantly consulted by his contemporaries in the same field including W.RYE (editor/author of 'Norfolk Families', among many others). In the same year that he deposited his manuscripts, he emigrated to South Africa (May 1915) to further his career. He died, unmarried, in October 1917 and is buried in Donnybrook Cemetry, Inglebrook, Natal, South Africa'. Signed:- ANTHONY JOHN MINGAY. Dated:- LIST of MINGAY WILLS & ADMINISTRATIONS. Noted in the Calendars of the NORFOLK COURTS from their commencement to 1806. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Index No Date WILLS to Page ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1 1 1442 MYNGGE WILLIAM "quondam fil:Will MYNNGE bone memoriae" 1 2 1442 MENGE WILLIAM Shotysham 3 3 1445 MYNGY ROBERT Shelton, clerk. 5 4 1460/1 MENGGY MATILDA Shottisham, widow 5 5 1505 MYNGEY RICHARD,senr. Pulham St.Marie. 7 6 1515 " NICHOLAS Pulham St.Marie. 9 7 1518 MENGY JOHAN Ashwellthorpe, widow. 9 8 1520 MYNGEY ROBERT Shottesham All Staints. 11 9 1534 MYNGAYE RICHARD Pulham. 13 10 1545/6 MYNGAYE ROBERT,senr. Norwich, citizen. 15 11 1564 MYNGAYE WILLIAM Norwich, alderman. 21 12 1569 MINGAYE WILLIAM,senr. Hempinall, husbandman. 23 13 1570/1 MINGAYE NICHOLAS Beddingham, (noncupative). 25 14 1573/4 MINGAYE ROBERT Shottisham All Saints. 27 15 1593/4 MINGAY GEORGE Norwich, gent. 29 16 1607 MINGAIE WILLIAM Arminghall, lately of GraysInn 35 17 1616 MINGAYE MARGARET Bungay, widow. 37 18 1622 MINGAY JOHN Arminghall, esquire. 39 19 1624/5 MYNGAYE ELIZABETH Burlingham, singlewoman. 41 20 1625 MINGAY JOHN Norwich, alderman. 45 21 1625 MINGEY JOHN Long Stratton, husbandman. 45 22 1629 MINGAY ROBERT Trowse, yeoman. 47 23 1631/2 MINGAYE RICHARD Ditchingham, yeoman. 47 24 1631/2 MINGAY HENRY Arminghall, esquire. 53 25 1636 MINGAY ELIZABETH Shottesham, singlewoman. 55 26 1642 MINGAY SUSAN Norwich, widow. 63 26 1642 MINGAY WILLIAM Stratton St.Mary, weaver. 65 28 1649 MINGAY MARY Norwich, widow 69 29 1650 " WILLIAM Strattom St.Marie, noncupative. 71 30 1660/1 " ROGER Norwich, esquire 77 31 1667 " ROBERT Norwich, singleman. 79 32 1668 " ROBERT Chedgrave, yeoman. 79 33 1669 " WILLIAM Norton subcourse, yeoman. 81 34 1669 " RICHARD Ditchingham, taylor. 81 35 1671/2 " JANE Norwich, widow. 83 36 1674 " RICHARD Hockham. 83 37 1680/1 " EDWARD Bergh Apton, yeoman. 83 38 1689/90 " PHINEAS Halesworth,Suffolk, (No registered copy). 85 39 1692/3 " ELIZABETH Heckingham. 85 40 1695/6 " HENRY Reddenhall, clerk. 87 41 1696 " WILLIAM Seething, yeoman. Index No Date WILLS (continued). to Page ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 89 42 1697 " RICHARD Ditchingham, linenweaver. 89 43 1704 " JOHN Norwich, esquire. 95 44 1705 " WILLIAM Stoakby, gent. 95 45 1708 " JOHN Norwich, gent. 97 46 1713 " WILLIAM Heckingham, gent. 97 47 1715 " JOHN Surlingham, gent. 99 48 1715/16 " ANN Ditchingham, widow. 101 49 1717 " MARY Norwich, widow. 103 50 1722 " EDWARD,senr Ditchingham, linenweaver. 103 51 1724/6 " RICHARD Beddingham, yeoman. 105 52 1725 " EDWARD Ditchingham, linenweaver. 107 53 1748 " HENRY Wootton, surgeon. 109 54 1750 " ANN Norwich, widow. 109 55 1760 " JOHN Broome, clerk. 111 56 1762 " WILLIAM Shottisham, gent. 115 57 1773 " JOHN Ditchingham, linenweaver. 117 58 1774 " JAMES Stratford St.Andrews,Sfk. 119 59 1779 " ROBERT Shottesham, gent. 121 60 1779 " MARY Norwich, widow. 123 61 1782 " GEORGE Orford, gent. 123 62 1791 " MARY Lingwood, widow. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ ADMONS. 127 63 1670 MINGAY MARY Bedingham, widow. (to daughter MARGARET COPPING). 127 64 1684 " JOHN Tasburgh, (to widow ELIZABETH). 127 65 1693/5 " HENRY Heckingham, (to son HENRY). 127 66 1696/9 " HENRY Heckingham, (to widow MARY in Mickleburgh) 127 67 1696/9 " HENRY Heckingham, (to dau.ELIZABETH). 127 68 1700/2 " ROBERT Alpington. 127 69 1724 " EDWARD, jnr. Ditchingham. 127 70 1730 " ROBERT Haddiscoe. 127 71 1739 " WILLIAM Surlingham. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ LIST of MINGAY WILLS & AMINISTRATIONS at IPSWICH & BURY St.EDMUNDS. ----------------- Index No Date WILLS. to Page ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ 129 1 1670 MINGAY WILLIAM Cratfield, taylor. 129 2 1677 " JOHN Laxfield, linenweaver. 131 3 1688 " ROBERT Brandston, yeoman. 133 4 1691 " JOHN Herringfleet, yeoman. 133 5 1694 MINGIE JOHN Frossington, yeoman. 135 6 1694/5 MINGAY MATTHEW Chediston, taylor. 137 7 1715 " JAMES Woodbridge, gent. 139 8 1718 " WINETHRED South Elmham, widow. 143 9 1724 " MARY Beccles, widow. 143 10 1801 " ROBERT Brandon. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ Index No Date ADMONS. to Page ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ 145 11 1666 MINGIE JOHN Palgrave. 145 12 1683 MINGAY CHARLES South Elmham or Norwich. 145 13 1700 " MATTHEW Chediston. 147 14 1714 " THOMAS Halesworth. 147 15 1715 " WILLIAM South Elmham. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ LIST of MINGAY WILLS at YORK. Index No Date WILLS (continued). to Page ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ 149 1 1770 MINGAY JOHN Kingston-on-Hull, collector of excise. 149 2 1788 " JOHN FOWLE Kingston-on-Hull. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ WILL at NORTHAMPTON REGISTRY. Index No Date WILLS. to Page ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ 151 1790 MINGAY WILLIAM Bedford. LIST of MINGAY WILLS & ADMINISTRATIONS. noted in the calenders of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury at Somerset House from their commencement to the end of 1838. Index No Date WILLS. to Page ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ 29 1 1613 MINGAY WILLIAM Armingate, lately of Grays Inn. 155 2 1632 MINGAYE FRANCIS Bridgehouse,Southwark, esquire. 157 3 1633 MINGEY FRANCIS Beane Lane(?),Essex, gent. 157 4 1646 MINGAY MARTHA Heydon, Norfolk, singlewoman. 159 5 1649 " ANTHONY Norwich, Norfolk, gent. 163 6 1655 MYNGIE WILLIAM Whinbergh,Norfolk, yeoman. 165 7 1660 MINGAY JOHN Bungay,Suffolk, linenweaver. 165 8 1676 " JOHN Ely,Cambs. (Treasurer of Bedford Levels). 167 9 1689 " ROBERT Ely, Cambridgeshire, esquire. 179 10 1731 " JOHN junr. Plough Court, Fetler Lane. 181 11 1741 MINGIE ROBERT H.M.S.Hampton Court, mariner. 181 12 1746 MINGAY WILLIAM City of London, woolen-draper. 183 13 1747 " HESTER Chiswick, widow of last. 185 14 1761 " WILLIAM Norwich, Norfk.,attorney-@-law. 191 15 1803 " THOMAS Hornsey & Smithfield. 193 16 1806 " ROBERT,M.D. Thetford, Norfolk. 195 17 1812 " JAMES, K.C. Thetford, Norfolk. 207 18 1813 " JAMES New Windsor, doctor. 207 19 1816 " JOHN Maldon, Essex. 151 20 1817 " JOHN Bedford. 213 21 1820 " DOROTHY Thetford, Norfolk, spinster. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ ADMINISTRATIONS. Index No Date to Page ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 215 1 1677 " WILLIAM Bury St,Edmunds, granted to JOHN MINGAY "consobrino and prox consang" 215 2 1689 " ROGER St.Clements, Eastcheap (to relict MARIA) 215 3 1692 " JOHN St.Mary, Whitechapel & Royal Navy (to prinicipal Creditor relict Barabra renouncing0. 215 4 1716 " ELIZABETH Norfolk, (widow of JOHN MINGAY