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John ROWNING

Male Abt 1528 - Bef 1600  (~ 72 years)


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  • Name John ROWNING 
    Birth Abt 1528  Hundon, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Occupation Wheelwright, Yeoman 
    Will 12 May 1600  Hundon, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Death Bef 23 May 1600  Hundon, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial 23 May 1600  Hundon, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Probate 1 Aug 1600  Prerogative Court of Canterbury, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • (1) Source: French, Elizabeth, "Genealogical Research in England," New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. 69 (January 1915), p. 26.

      JOHN ROWNING . . . , of Hundon, wheelwright, the testator of 1600, born probably about 1528, was buried at Hundon 23 May 1800. The name of his wife has not been learned. He appears in the subsidies, court rolls, and registers of Hundon from 1567 to 1600.

      Children:

      i. JOHN, of Hundon, the testator of 1609, b. abt. 1555; d. between 7 Oct. and 5 Dec. 1600; m. (1) abt. 1673 PHILIPPA TAYLOR, daughter of Richard; m. (2) BARBARA _____. He appears on the court roll of 20 Jan. 1574/5. Children by first wife: 1. John, whose son John was bapt. 7 Feb. 1601/2. 2. William. 3. Thomas. Children by second wife: 4. Barbara. 5. Prudence.

      ii. ALICE, m. by licence of 25 June 1588 JOHN COSEN of Toppesfield, co. Essex. Children: 1. Prudence. 2. Anne. 3. John.

      (2) http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk:

      Description: Will of John Rowninge, Yeoman of Hundon, Suffolk
      Date [proved]: 01 August 1600
      Catalogue reference: PROB 11/95
      Dept: Records of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury
      Series: Prerogative Court of Canterbury and related Probate Jurisdictions: Will Registers
      Piece: Name of Register: Wallop Quire Numbers: 1 - 38
      Image contains 1 will of many for the catalogue reference
      (1) French, Elizabeth, "Genealogical Research in England," New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. 69 (January 1915), p. 26:

      JOHN ROWNING (John, William, John), of Hundon, wheelwright, the testator of 1600, born probably about 1528, was buried at Hundon 23 May 1600. The name of his wife has not been learned. He appears in the subsidies, court rolls, and registers of Hundon from 1567 to 1600.

      Children:

      i. JOHN, of Hundon, the testator of 1609, b. abt. 1555; d. between 7 Oct. and 5 Dec. 1609; m. (1) abt. 1573 PHILIPPA TAYLOR, daughter of Richard; m. (2) BARBARA _____. He appears on the court roll of 20 Jan. 1574/5. . . .

      ii. ALICE, m. by licence of 25 June 1588 JOHN COSEN of Toppesfidd, co. Essex. . . .

      (1) French, Elizabeth, "Genealogical Research in England," New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. 68 (October 1914), pp.323-324:

      The Will of JOHN ROWNINGE the elder of Hunden, co. Suffolk, yeoman,
      12 May, 42 Elizabeth [1600]. To be buried in the churchyard of Hunden. To the poor of Hunden 40s. To Agnes Lankester my sister 20s. My tenement in Hunden called Dormans, with two crofts of land thereto belonging, both free and copy, in St. Marys street or Disse Street, now in the tenure of John Webbe the elder, to Jone Hunt, my true and trusty servant, until Prudence Cosen and Ann Cosen, daughters of John Cosen late of Toppesfield, co. Essex, deceased, and of Alice his wife, be sixteen years of age, the said Jone to bring up, feed, clothe, and educate them until such time out of the said rents and profits; and if they live to the age of eighteen years, then my son John Rowning shall pay to each of them £40; and if
      they die before said age, £20 to be paid to their brother John Cosen at twenty-one years of age. My son John to pay out of the lands called Cutlars £4 a year to Jone Hunt until the said Prudence and Anne be eighteen years of age, for their use. To Jone Hunt £10. To all my godchildren under twelve years of age 12d. apiece. To Nicholas my man and Thomas
      Webbe 3s. 4d. apiece. To John Topliphe 2s. To my maid Ann Linge 12d. To John Cosen, Prudence Cosen, and Ann Cosen all the profits of the land at Toppesfield in my hands, to be delivered to Jone Hunt and by her equally divided between them. To Prudence Cosen a bed furnished, a cow, a bullock, and three sheep. Jone Hunt to be "gardner" in my place to John Cosen, my daughter's son, and to receive all rents and profits due me for his use. All residue of movable goods to son John, sole executor; and if he do not prove my will within three months, then Thomas Rowning, son of my brother Thomas, to be my executor and residuary legatee; and then I give him for his pains 6s. 8d. Witnesses: John Cogishall his mark, Edward Bolton his mark, and Robert Webbe his mark. Proved 1 August 1600 by Richard Stubbes, notary public, agent of John Rowning Junior, son and executor. (P.C.C., Wallop, 38.)
    Person ID I21808  Frost, Gilchrist and Related Families
    Last Modified 17 Apr 2024 

    Father John ROWNING,   b. Abt 1480, Hundon, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 3 Dec 1549, Hundon, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 69 years) 
    Mother Joane (ROWNING)   d. Aft 3 Dec 1549 
    Family ID F9640  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Children 
     1. John ROWNING,   b. Abt 1555   d. Between 7 Oct 1609 and 5 Dec 1609 (Age ~ 54 years)
     2. Alice ROWNING
    Family ID F333  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 17 Apr 2024 

    Family 2 --- (ROWNING) 
    Children 
     1. John ROWNING,   b. Abt 1555   d. Between 7 Oct 1609 and 5 Dec 1609 (Age ~ 54 years)
     2. Alice ROWNING
    Family ID F20124  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 17 Apr 2024