========================================================================== English names from the 17th century This file of names is collected from "Vexed and Troubled Englishmen" by Carl Bridenbaugh, 1968. The book deals with the period 1590-1642, the period that gave rise to the beginnings of English settlement in North America. The names were culled in turn by Carl Bridenbaugh from English records, court and manorial records and the like. Where possible the references are dated. I have abbreviated as much as possible to squeeze in the maximum information. Mike Foster, Wellington, NZ June 1995 ========================================================================== Abbott Edward Engaged to Eliz Morcome, captured at sea 236 Allen George Chigwell Ess, 19 sheep stolen 1597 by Moore 379 Allingham Nutfield cptr, oldish?, brawl in church 1612 255 Ansty John Horley Sry, apptd to keep order in church 284 Anthony Thomas Agent for Irish emigration to Virginia 1636 418 Armitage Mr Wool draper Cannon St, shipped svts 1636 10 Asplin William Gt Bradfield Ess sch/mstr, fortune telling 322 Assheton Nicholas Downham Lancs, sportsman/diarist 1618/19 112 Audley Margaret Mrs Left œ700 in 1616 for school in Hackney 328 Awdy Bartholomew S Elmham Nfk vicar, unlearned & useless 288 Aylesbury Edmund Ballsall Warks, converted barn into house 73 Ayres John Ldn, "poor man", called Hanna Mobbs a whore 190 Badd Emmanuel I of Wight, married 5x, became rich 30 Baker Elizabeth w of Jn Baker, 31 in 1637, to NE w 3chn 463 Baker John Nfk grocer 39, emigrated fm Ymth 1637 463 Banister John Maidstone, card cheating 1611 362 Banks William Wetherby Yks, begat bastard 1614, whipped 370 Barker John Ldn haberdasher, br-i-law of Tim Snape 3 Barrett Bridget Lewes Ct, stuck pins in Mrs Dumbrell in chch 261 Baston Widow Kept public house in S'hampton 359 Batchford John Bow, involved in Burch/Boxe case 1616 172 Bayle John Exeter, recd book in will of Jn Mortimer 142 Bayly Ralph Mchester, swore NE migrants wererebels 1630 453 Beale James Westminster, accused of EMI with Sarah Wood 261 Beale Margaret Westminster, accused hsbd of EMI 1633 261 Beale Sarah Braintree, lewd living > House of Correction 51 Becker mother Mayfield Ssx, fuel supplied to her 1625/26 384 Beden William Aveley Ess constable 1639 358 Beikson George Upminster, nightwalker/woodstealer 1631 100 Belchard Thomas Bandon, helped with Irish emigration c1636 418 Beldam John Sussex, abused parents & vexed neighbrs 1614 37 Bellamy John London, published the Humble Request 1630 444 Benbury Christopher S'hampton brewer 359 Benbury Christopher S'hampton brewer, bad beer 1630 233 Bent Agnes w of Jn, emigrated 1638 463 Bent John Weyhill Hants, emigrated 1638 463 Bide Thomas Cawley Ssx rector, no sermons given in 1626 288 Bigg Smallhop Cranbrook Kent clothier, will 1638 464 Bird Andrew Reading, master of Free Sch 1630 329 Bird Thomas W/chapel labourer, illegal craft work 1613 169 Blagrove John Wrote navigational book 1609 232 Blenerhasset Thomas Horsford Nfk gmn, irreverent in ch 1596/97 285 Blighton Rose Coggeshall baker, was a widow in 1626 147 Blundell Peter Tiverton mcht, founded school 1604 327 Bodle John Hailsham Ssx bricklayer, recd œ10 1639 24 Bodley Lawrence Exeter canon, will 1615 endowed lecture 295 Bond Isabel Widow, St Giles, was assaulted 1615? 190 Boone Daniell Dartmouth watchman, slept @ post 1624 154 Bosely John Oxford musician, opened dancing school there 155 Bourne Nehemiah Wapping, became N England shipbuilder 232 Bourne Nicholas London stationer, printed w/o licence 1631 344 Bourne Nicholas London stationer, charge 1630 re pamphlets 224 Bourne William Gravesend innholder/portreeve, will mentioned 325 Bowcher Henry Oxford 1604, pub penance for PMI (v Worley) 371 Bowell Thomas Ldn weaver, wife/child/appr beaten by mchts 191 Bowle James London stationer, charge 1630 re pamphlets 224 Bowler James London bookseller early 1600s 344 Bowyer Clare Her seaman hsbd a Moorish prisoner, >1635 235 Boxe Henry Bow, grocer, embezzled by his appr 1616 172 Bracebridge Henry Southampton wool draper, 1620 220 Bradgate Martin A lesser London merchant 1620s 230 Bradley William Chelmsford Ess, cooper 337 Bradshaw Rev Crudwell Wilts vicar 360 Bradwell Stephen Ldn, wrote book on sickness 1636 186 Bright Timothy Invented short-hand system 1558 326 Brinsley John Famous sch/mstr at Ashby de la Zouch 331 Bromley Richard St Clem/Dane labourer, illegal craft wk 1613 169 Bromley Thomas St Giles, nearly 100 in 1614 26 Brooke Ralph Arlington Ssx, wore horns in ch/yd at wedding 368 Browne Ann London ? Cheated by Eliz Browne 1616 362 Browne Edmund Emigrant per Thomas & Frances, 1639 7 Browne Edward Earles Colne Exx, dish-turner 1620s 213 Browne Elizabeth Fortune teller 1616, cheated Mary Browne 22s. 362 Browne John Coddenham Sfk, lived with wife in chch porch 376 Browne Robert Som, employed Jn Mowdie, didn't pay him 210 Bruen John Cheshire, Bruen Stapleford, generous man 58 Bubb John Strand, scandalous rhymes against David Dunne 190 Buckingham Thomas Chapman, accompanied by paramour 223 Bull Henry All Hallows carter, ran down Thos Haggett 190 Bunny Edward Wrote about poor preachers, 1571 289 Burch William Bow, appr to Hy Boxe, embezzling charge 1616 172 Cade Henry Devon shipwright, emigrated > Boston 232 Carpenter J Ex E India Co, wrote Accounting Book 1632 230 Carpenter Nathaniel Oxford, wrote Geography book 1635 (revd 1635) 231 Carpenter William Kept Mdx tobacco/bawdy house, expelled 1617 196 Carter John Coryton Ess hsbdmn, d1612, left 80/- 52 Carter John Denham Bkm, from hsbdmn > œ821 (farm+lands) 55 Castell William Courtenhall Hants rector 1630s 454 Cauker Katherine Somerset, had bastard child, whipped 1617 368 Chaderton Lawrence Lecturer at Emmanuel, Cambridge 296 Chapell Bartholomew Plymouth medic, sued Lidsan for fees 1603 152 Chapman Elizabeth Stratford Sfk, appr to Robt Ose, ill-treated 91 Chappington S Moulton Dev, organbldrs for Devon/Wilts 213 Chauncy Charles Ex-Trinity, opposed litany etc 1630s >Harvard 454 Cheek Robert Master @ Dorchester Free School from 1623 321 Chinnery Robert E Dereham Nfk, harboured undesirables, c1597 367 Chiswicke Henry Clerkenwell vintner, short measure coal 1614 361 Clap Roger Devon, b1609, wrote autobiography, pub 1731 460 Clarke Nathaniel Wakes Colne Ess, dish-turner 1620s 213 Clarke Peter Lt Bromley Ess, eye-gouge fight 1618 388 Clarke Thomas Oxford, worked with Jn Boseley (dancing sch) 155 Claydon Margaret Witham Ess, svt of Rev Francis Wright 1635 287 Clayton Richard Shawell Leics, puritan vicar 1634 456 Clifford James High Laver Ess, gentleman and vagabond 378 Climsell Richard London, wrote pamphlet against loose living 374 Cockrell Christopher Ranged S England as a flax dresser 211 Coke John Dorchester, 1631 protest about Free School 321 Cole Edmund s of Jn Cole, emigrated later 459 Cole John London, to Ipswich NE c1633 459 Colleton Alice Birch Magna Ess, accused Rchd Nooth 1591 90 Collins Marie Axmouth landowner & ch/warden 248 Comyn John Newnton Wilts, chyd brawl 1641 116 Comyn John Crudwell Wilts, libelled by Fortune Crewe 360 Constable Susan Aveley Ess, common quarreller 1639 358 Coote Edward Sch/mstr Bury St Eds 1596, wrote on teaching 317 Cope Richmond Taunton clothmaker/dealer 1620 220 Cope Thomas Cheapside 1630, sold fine cloths 223 Corbyn Henry Dorchester baker, freeman 1621 216 Coreate Robert Gmn, Charterho La Ldn, illegal bowling alley 180 Cornwall Mary Aveley, w of yeoman, threat > Susan Constable 358 Cottrell Elizabeth Ex Marshalsea prison > Virginia 1638 420 Coxery Edward Dover, became skilled sailor & captain 237 Cradock Matthew Southampton merchant 1620s 230 Cradock Matthew London mcht, Puritan, gvr of Mass Bay Co 418 Crafte Libeus Smithfield tape-weaver 1613 23 Crathorne Alice w of Thos, swearer/brawler/drunkard 1616 357 Crathorne Thomas Seasalter Kent, victualler 1616 357 Crewe Fortune Crudwell Wilts, libelled Jn Comyn 360 Crumwell Phillip Emigrated c1635 without wife/family 464 Culverwell Anthony Victim of highway robbery 1616 389 Culverwell Ezekiel Puritan vicar of Felsted, expelled 86 Dade Henry Ipswich commissary 1634 450 Dane John Bps Stortford tailor, migrated 1636 461 Davies John Longbottom Som, deserted press 1627 267 Davies Petronella St Giles Ldn, catholic and sch/tchr 339 Davy Robert Crediton, plans with Jn White of dorchester 228 Dawson Anne Widow of Rbt, originally fm Stambourne 22 Dawson Robert Gt Bradley Ess, d ca 1639 22 Day Nicholas Hook Hants rector 1626, chaged w sedition 272 Deighton John Glos, inherited medical books/tools 1639 153 Delbridge Merchant family of Barnstaple 230 Dell Ann w of Sditch butcher, unlicensed surgery 1615 187 Devereux John Woodfrd Grn Ess constable, assaulted 1624 249 Dewell Edward Died Virginia 1636, formerly Reading Berks 421 Dickson Richard London, fined œ1 for 20 oaths 1633/34 361 Dike Bridget S Creake, Nfk, an unlicensed bone-setter 1597 108 Ditson Oliver Dumbleton Glos rector, left œ334 in will 286 Dobson Thorpe, Nfk, a bailiff 1640 255 Doddington Elizabeth Hilbishops Som, hawked butter/cheese 1630 222 Douce Elizabeth Gt Hadham svt, child by Elias Marmsell 90 Douch Osmyn Partner in N England fishery 1639 471 Downing Emmanuel Lived in Fleet Street. Cousin of Jn Winthrop. 166 Downname Mistress Plymouth mayoress 1603, former maidsvt 292 Dowse Thomas Endowed sch @ Broughton Hants 1601 318 Drawater John Cowcross Mdx, probably petty chapman 342 Drone Thomas Chmsfrd Ess, appr 1620 to Wm Bradley 337 Drury William Worked as mole-catcher in Middlesex 211 Dudley Henry Embroiderer, taught @ Downham Lancs 1618 335 Dumbrell John Lewes, his wife attacked by Bridget Barrett 261 Dunne David Ldn, Drury La cook, victim of Longe/Bubb 190 Eburne Richard Urged emigration, 1624 396 Eire Anthony Ess, hired by Hy Lea for ploughing 211 Elfryth Daniel Sea captain Caribbean 1607/31 233 Elliott Benjamin Nazeing Ess ymn, d1622, also Herts land 54 Ellman Edward Exeter, migrant to Guiana, died 1630 429 Ensam Elizabeth Her seaman hsbd a Moorish prisoner, >1635 235 Evans John Robbed by Cecily Mann 1613 380 Evans Owen Privy Council msgr, sought emigrant girls 419 Farmer Katharine Cmptn Bassett WLS, libelled Rchd Miller 1620 359 Feild Thomas Theydon Mt Ess, replaced contable Mott 1612 249 Felton John Yarmouth mcht, bequest 1601 to chapel 295 Finche Robert Ess, hired by Hy Lea for ploughing 211 Fineham William Gt Bradley cook, 1639 22 Fishpole Robert Colchester 1606, drunk & incapable 364 Fiston William Translated book on manners from French 1609 192 Fitch Gray Bocking, landless hsbdmn & rogue 1611 50 Fitch John Scrooby Notts, fined 1622, had no winter fuel 99 Forrest William Hatch B'champ Som, shoemkr, left press 1627 267 Foster Matthew Carpenter, drunken barratry in 1615 190 Foster Thomas Chislet Kent, wife taught chn w/o licence 323 Freind James Debenham Sfk, constable vice T Linge 1640 250 Frethorne Richard London, sent to US as svt ca 1622 11 Frith Mary St Paul's, Ldn, a "notorious baggage" 372 Froward Mr Dorchester sch usher, also librarian 347 Frynder Rev Barnstaple vicar 1600, a tippler 292 Fuller Robert Gmn, Strand, cheated appr at dice 1613 180 Fuller Thomas Upminster, whipped 1637, stole wheat sheaves 50 Fuller Thomas A popular Norfolk fiddler 111 Furse Richard Devon ymn, willed his children to study 325 Furse Robert Moreshead, Devon, wrote about marriage 36 Fynche Erasmus Mdx, crossbow-maker 1616 168 Gage Grace Lambourne Ess, worked in harvest 1608 w sis 51 Gager William Lt Waldenfield Sfk, surgeon, emigrant ? 451 Game Samuel Earles Colne Ess hsbdmn, milked others' cows 379 Gandy Henry Exeter, small brewer, d1603, extensive will 137 Gardiner John Ringmer Ssx, charged with dislike of church 260 Garrett Wangford Nfk, tanner, emigrated 1637 459 Gentleman Tobias Complained of Dutch fishing dominance 1620s 226 George John Essex yeoman, left bible in will 279 George Raymond Ipswich grocer, will c1617, books for city 347 Goodale John Lt Bromley Ess, eye-gouge fight 1618 388 Goodman Godfrey Staplefd Abbots vicar 1606/20 242 Goodwin Mary Bocking spinster, vagrant c1614 386 Goodwyn Marcellus Coggeshall surgeon, duck-shooting charge 379 Goodyear Stephen London merchant c1630 471 Gookin Daniel Co Cork, to Virginia 1622 with 40 Irish 417 Gouge William Blackfriars Ldn vicar, famous preacher, c1608 297 Goulding Henry Lincs vagrant, stole hens in Walthamstow 380 Greene Charles London bookseller and printer 345 Greene John esq Bois Hall, Navestock, h/hold of 17 people 94 Greene Richard Appr of Rchd Riall 1631 > new master 415 Greene Thomas Weeley Ess farmer, charged high rents 1631 73 Greenham Richard Cow Cross rioter, damaged a dwelling 190 Greenham Richard A good preacher 293 Greenhill Licensed to teach by Bp of Sarum 1630 329 Greenleafe Robert Fingringhoe Ess alehouse keeper 363 Gregory Thomas Taunton merchant 1620s 230 Griffin Thomas Calne Wilts shoemaker, w + 4 poor chn 74 Grove Richard Emigrant 1634 ? 415 Grover Jason Ipswich/Ymth carrier, carried mails 1630s 225 Hackett William Involved with trading licences Som/Wilts 1619 224 Haddocke Helen Svt to Lady Tresham, sacked/reinstated 1630 181 Haggett Thomas Ldn, killed when run down by cart (Hy Bull) 190 Hall Henry Arlington Ssx, married 368 Hall Margaret Her seaman hsbd a Moorish prisoner, >1635 235 Hammond William Lieut, wrote about West Country 1635 (+p130) 123 Hanaden Thomas S Malling Kent 1620, a tenant farmer 281 Harding Jacques Ex Britanny, to Virginia as svt 1634 415 Harmar Samuel Glos, wrote to parlt re public education 1642 318 Harris Nicholas Totnes postie for 40 yrs, alleged leper 1626 150 Harrison Thorpe, Nfk, a bailiff 1640 255 Hart Anne Kent, charged 1639 for swearing/obscenities 360 Hart Michael Exeter bookseller c 1593/1615, then eld son 342 Hartt James Salford Lancs, consistent brawler 1610/25 387 Harvey Gabriel Saffron Walden ropemaker 136 Harvey William Wivenhoe, kept an alehouse 1620s 39 Harvie Mrs Sweflinge Nfk, lvg apart from hsbd 1597 40 Hasseler Thomas St Sedwell's Devon ch/warden 1629 452 Hawkins Isaac Gmn, hanged for highway robbery 1616 389 Hawkins Richards Willed books to Stogumber Ch, Somerset 280 Hayman Robert Exeter, migrant to Guiana, died 1630 429 Haynes Richard Much Haddam, kept lodgings for vagrants c1641 387 Haynes Susan Much Haddam, kept lodgings for vagrants c1641 387 Herbert George Bemerton Wilts, vicar, wrote re ch behaviour 284 Herriott James Esq 1 of 40 chn of Scots father, m Eliz Josey 37 Heylyn Rowland Shrewsbury ironmgr, endowed lecture 295 Hill Thomas Somerby Leics ch/wdn, often slept in ch, 1634 261 Hobson William Scrooby Notts, hedge-breaking charge 1627 70 Hodges Richard Sch/master, wrote Enchiridion Arithmeticon 230 Hodshon Mr Yorks stationer (in Onsgate) c1633 453 Hogg Miles Yorkshire, 3 bastard chn to 1620 (see Walker) 370 Holland Joan Gt Amwell, Herts, benefactress of local poor 378 Holt Mr Stepney headborough 189 Holwill Jone Axmouth landowner & ch/warden 248 Homer Henry Emigrated c1634 416 Hooker John Devon yeoman 1599, trader 56 Hoole Charles Wrote about schooling 318 Hopkins Bartholomew Ratcliffe Stepney, gamester/fraudster 362 Hoskyns George Ex Dorset > Stoke Abbot > Axmouth 55 Howell James St Osyth Ess, letter to London 1622 192 Howell William Ssx, charged for selling home > excommunicant 260 Hulme James Mchester chapman, bought Milgate propty 1618 223 Hurd Edward Ldn ironmgr, sent apprs to Virginia 1628 421 Hutchinson Thomas Grays Inn, fought Sir German Poole 1613 191 Iffe Henry Brandeston, Sfk, poor man with a family 376 Jacie Henry Yorks vicar removed for nonconformity c1630 453 James Mr Aldermanbury apothecary, health tract 1625 186 James Thomas Burton Latimer, labourer/rogue 1630 210 Jarvis Thomas Lyme Regis, Dor, alleged migrants rebels 1630 453 Jeffes Ester Bucks, had a son in law Jarvis 260 Jenkins Benjamin Forced into army 1627, made his will 267 Jenner Henry Lindfield, sang irreverently in ch, > stocks 261 Job George Frontfield Ssx, hsbdry appr to Thos Page 210 Johnson Edward Emigrant 1630 per Arbella 5 Johnson John Wivenhoe, cptr, deserted family 1622/27 39 Johnson Otilwell Mchester, lacked chimney for hovel fire 144 Jones John Travelling performer 1620s 157 Josey Elizabeth Bermondsey gentlewmn, m Jas Herriott 1625 37 Keayne Robert Embroiderer & employer, to N England c1630 216 Kelley Henry Mchester, neighbour of Otilwell Johnson 144 Kenton Thomas Hadley Mdx, cruel to svt Sibbell Clarke 91 Kettel Mr Ramsey Ess sch/mstr, lvg apart from wife 1604 39 Key Catherine Charged with living apart from husband 39 Kiffin William Ldn, b1617, apprenticed 1629, devout 299 Killingbeck Johnny Sussex barn has this name written (+1610) 81 Kinge George Woodham Mortimer, d1625. Survey tools. 54 Kitchen Thomas Gt Haddam, Essex. Of some substance. 90 Lambarde William Advocate 159 Laney Julius Branded as dangerous beggar, aged 7yrs 388 Laren Martin Wimeswould Leics constable 1639, illiterate 251 Larradd John Carter, assaulted widow Bon in St Giles 190 Latham Nicholas Vicar, estd 3 schools in Nhants 1619 334 Lay John s of E Budleigh miller, appr to Jn Trecky 23 Lea Henry Hallinbury Morley Ess, hsbdmn 211 Leach Dorothy Middx svt, œ10 in will 1637 to teach apprs 337 Leach John Crediton, became rector of Arlington N Devon 52 Leach Symon Crediton b/smith, bro of John 52 Leake John Wetherby Yks, begat bastard 1614, whipped 370 Leverett Thomas Boston Lincs, refused to pay Ship Money 459 Levett Christopher HM Woodward of Somerset, > Maine N England 51 Levett John Stambourne Ess tailor, bro of Anne Dawson 22 Levistown Thomas Strand tailor c1634 449 Lidford Mathew Mkt Harborough, disturbance in chch 261 Lidsan Thomas Plymouth, refused medical bill 1603 152 Lightfoot Richard High Holborn gmn, enticed apprs>emigrate 1616 412 Ligon Richard Barbados planter, well established 1647 221 Lilburne John b1614, friend of Wm Kiffin 300 Lilly William Astrologer 300 Lincolne Marie Swanton Morley Nfk, jilted 1597 34 Linge T Debenham Sfk, constable, discharged 1640 250 Loder Robert Berks, his house reconstructed 1618 75 Logward John Bling, Sry, appr, to Virginia 1628 for Hurd 421 Longe Richard Strand, scandalous rhymes against David Dunne 190 Lorryman George Ratcliffe (Stpny) flogged appr Woodfall 1605 172 Lucas Vincent Salop, appr cook Ldn, Moorish captive 1636 236 Lunt Benjamin Manuden tailor 1641 (see Rchd Sweeting) 23 Lytchefelde George Clerkwll chandler, subdivided building 1612 183 Mabb Edward Petitioned King for fire service in Ldn 1638 185 Mann Cecily Ingatestone, assault/theft, hanged 1613 380 Mann Richard Stepney labourer, illegal craft work 1613 169 Marks Ann Wife, Ess, whipped in Godstone, then > Ess 51 Marmsell Elias Gt Hadham, svt to Thos Kitchen 90 Martin Geoffrey Stanway Ess, converted barn to house 73 Martindale Adam s of Lancashire yeomanry family 110 Martindale Adam Lancs, b1623, s of yeoman 313 Martindale Jane Lancashire > Ldn, marr, d1632 sm/pox 162 Mason John Fisherman, working far as N'foundland 1620 227 Massie William Springfield Ess gmn, abused rector 288 Mathews Walter Plymouth, built conduit 1604 @ own cost 146 Maundrell Robert Cmptn Bassett WLS, libelled Rchd Miller 1620 359 Maverick John Minister, Beaworthy Devon c1630, puritan 461 Mayerne Theodore Kt, physician to King James 193 Maynard John Wartling SSx, enclosed part of ch/yd 1615 283 Mead John Great Tey, labourer/rogue 1637 210 Menefie George Landagent 1639, involved in emigration 425 Merrett Thomas Somerton Som, bawdy thievish alehouse 1627 367 Meshman James Canterbury carrier, 1639 220 Mesie Robert Duns Tew, Oxon, ch/warden c1583 289 Michell Giles S Creake, Nfk, an unlicensed bone-setter 1597 108 Milbourne Robert Terling Ess, played tabor/pipe in taverns 111 Miller Richard Compton Bassett hsbdmn, was libelled 1620 359 Milward Thomas Partner in N England fishery 1639 471 Mitchell Richard Witney (Oxon) weaver 23 Mitchell Richard jnr s of Rchd M of Witney, appr in London 1613 23 Mobbs Hanna Ldn, sued John A