MRP: Deptford
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John Strype: Deptford
"Here at Deptford were 250 Acres of Meadow Ground, lying next unto the River of Thames by the Dock and Yard: Which were, about the Year 1655 or 1656, purchased by Robert Stanton, Samuel Moyer, Charles Harris, and others, for making Harbours and Molds for the Riding of 300 Sail of Ships, without the Use of Anchor or Cable: And where many Conveniencies were to be made for building, careening, and repairing Ships. Towards which much had then been expended in digging one of the Molds, and Cuts towards the other; and Contracts made for Provisions and Workmanship to a great Value. This was confirmed in an Act of Parliament Anno 1656."[1]
Kent Hearth tax, Lady day 1664: Deptford
The Upper part of Deptford, in the hundred of Blackheath in the lath of Sutton at Hone
John Bradshaw 4 hearths[2]
Capt[ain] Brookes 7 hearths
Capt[ain] Ruth 5 hearths
Mr Willi[am] Hoskins 6 hearths[3]
Capt[ain] Tobias Sackler 4 hearths
S[i]r John Cutler 8 hearths[4]
Mr Willi[am] Collett 11 hearths[5]
S[i]r Nicholas Crispe 3 hearths (empty house, chargeable)
Cap[tain] Russell 4 hearths (empty house, chargeable)
The lower part of Deptford
John Burton 2 hearths[6]
Ben[jamin] Boate 6 hearths[7]
Will[iam] Meacham 2 hearths[8]
Capt[ain] W[illia]m Boddilow
S[i]r George Cartwright 26 hearths
In the Masthouse 2 hearths (empty house; ?chargeable)
Mr Henry Hughes 32 hearths (empty house; ?chargeable)
S[i]r Nicholas Crispe 6 hearths (empty house; ?chargeable)
The Kings Payhouse 2 hearths (empty house; ?chargeable)
Mentions in Sir George Oxenden's correspondence
Suggested image sources
"View of Greenwich ..." and "View of Deptford, in Kent", in Walpoole's New and Complete British Traveller (London, ca. 1784)[9]
- Anonymous engraver; pair of copper engraved prints on one page, close trimmed decorative margins with some loss. Size 22 x 33 cms including title, plus margins. Ref G6892
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Cambridgeshire County Record Office, Huntingdon
Cambridgeshire County Record Office, Huntingdon: Thornhill collection: DEEDS 148/2 (n.d.): London. [no ref. or date]:
- Assignment of a judgment. 148/2/774 15 May 1686
- Contents:
2 James II
1. Rebecca Yardley, widow of Christopher Yardley of Greenwich, Kent, merchant.
2. Henry Jackson of Greenwich, Kent.
To discharge of debt of £500, 1. owes 2; pays him. Judgment for £100 against 1. which her husband had.
- Mortgage by assignment of 61 yr. lease. 148/2/776 18 Oct. 1686
- Contents:
1. Henry Jackson of East Greenwich, Kent. gent.
2. John Hall of Deptford also West Greenwich, Kent, potter.[CSG: This John Hall may appear in the Kent Hearth tax, lady Day, 1664: "Upper part of Deptford" as Mr John Hall, 3 hearths (chargeable) and a further 6 hearths (empty howse) (chargeable), also in Upper Deptford]; see PROB 11/405 Vere 93-139 Will of John Hall, Potter of Deptford, Kent 11 July 1691, pp. 4]
£70 + Rent of £6.
Close called Barnefield of 6a. Provided £20.6.0 bond on £6 rent not paid; if it was 1. gets the lease back
Suggested secondary sources
- ↑ 'Deptford,' in John Strype, A survey of the cities of London and Westminster (London, XXXX), Ch. 12, App. 1, p. 89, viewed 07/03/12
- ↑ John Bradshaw. Just possibly John Bradshaw, shipwright, of Deptford, Kent (PROB 4/10029 Bradshaw, John, of ?Deptford, Kent shipwright 1682 13 Jan.)
- ↑ Mr Willi[am] Hoskins. Possibly William Hoskins (b. ?, d. ca. 1666), of Deptford, Kent (PROB 4/4539 Hoskins, William, of Deptford, Kent 1666 26 Feb.; no identifiable PRC will)
- ↑ S[i]r John Cutler. Sir John Cutler (b. 1607, d. 1693), bart. Son of Thomas Cutler, grocer, of London. John Cutler "of Deptford' was created baronet in 1660. Grocer; master of the Grocers four times; high sheriff of Kent, 1676; MP for Taunton, 1679-80, & Bodmin, 1689-93. Purchased Wimpole estate, Cambridgeshire, XXXX (PROB 11/413 Coker 1-46 Will of Sir John Cutler of Saint Margaret Westminster, Middlesex 29 April 1693; PROB 18/22/92 Probate lawsuit Boulter v Radnor, concerning the deceased Sir John Cutler. Allegation 1693; 'Cutler, John,' in J.R. Woodhead, 'Cade - Cutler', The Rulers of London 1660-1689: A biographical record of the Aldermen and Common Councilment of the City of London (1966), pp. 42-56, viewed 24/02/12; see Pepys Diary)
- ↑ Mr Willi[am] Collett. William Collett (b. ?, d. ca. 1670 or 1671), brewer, of Deptford alias West Greenwich (PROB 4/19179 Collett, William, of Deptford, Kent, brewer 1671 1 Feb.; PROB 11/333 Penn 67-128 Will of William Collett, Brewer of Deptford alias West Greenwich, Kent 13 September 1670)
- ↑ John Burton. Just possibly John Burton (b. ?, d. ca. 1672), of Deptford, Kent (PROB 4/20299 PROB Burton, John, of Deptford, Kent 1672 6 Apr. Undated; no identifiable will
- ↑ Ben[jamin] Boate. Benjamin Boate (b. ca. 1610, d. ca. 1672 or 1673), caulker, of Deptford, Kent. In 1661, at the age of abt. 50, a widower, Benjamin Boate mar. Rebecca Haines, of St. Michael Queenhithe (Kent Hearth tax return, 1664, fol. 2v; PROB 4/22075 Boate, Benjamin, of Deptford, Kent Boate, Benjamin, of Deptford, Kent; PROB 5/1103 Boate, Benjamin, of Deptford, Kent, [caulker] [Registered will: PROB 11/338] 1673; PROB 11/338 Eure 1-54 Will of Benjamin Boate of Deptford, Kent 12 April 1672; 'Apr. 1, 1661', in J. L. Chester, Allegations for marriage licences issued by the dean and chapter of Westminster, 1558-1699 (London, 1886), p. 57)
- ↑ Will[iam] Meacham. Probably William Meacham (alias Machin), shipwright, of Deptford, Kent (Kent Hearth tax return, 1664, fol. 2v; PROB 4/8873 Meachin [Machin], William, of Deptford, Kent 1671 27 Nov. (1670); PROB 11/332 Penn 1-66 Will of William Machin, Shipwright of Deptford, Kent 30 April 1670
- ↑ www.antiqueprints.com/images/ag6/g6892.jpg, viewed 31/07/11
