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Notices of the Ministers of the Church of Waltham Holy Cross
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 12 February 2009
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Robert Fuller, the last of the abbots-regular of Waltham was ousted in 1540, with the entire body of his canons, receiving a yearly pension of. £200. In fond remembrance of the place where he had so long ruled, he gave back £10 of that sum to the abbey, and afterwards presented a chalice of silver, which was sold for £7. In his will he bequeathed certain sums of money to Waltham Abbey, as also to St. Bartholomew's and St Sepulchre's in London, for alterations and other purposes, and for the maintenance of religious services for his soul. The will contains the following interesting clause:—“To my most dere and dred Soveraigne lorde Kinge Henry viij. xl.£ beseeching hym to be good and gracious to myn executors in the execution of this my last will and testament.” This abbot made an attempt, which was unsuccessful, to preserve his position in the abbey by presenting Henry VIII. with the princely estate of Copt Hall.
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page 356 note * Certificates of Colleges and Chantries, temp. Edward VI.
page 356 note † In dates the modern style is adopted throughout the paper.
page 357 note * Athenæ Cantab., vol. ii., p. 96.
page 358 note * Fuller's “Infant's Advocate.” See also my Biographical Notes on John Foxe, 1876.
page 358 note † Churchwardens' accounts; see Fuller, p. 269.
page 359 note * Newcourt's Rep., vol. ii., 630.
page 359 note † Maitland's Hist, of London, p. 797.
page 361 note * Richard Neal, M.A., was then vicar of Cheshunt.
page 362 note * This ancient park is in the parish of Waltham, and adjoins the parish of Nazing. Sir Francis Swift, a later member of the family, and a resident at Harold's Park, was a stanch royalist, his lands in this parish being sequestered in 1643 (Add. MSS., 5505).
page 364 note * In Add. MSS. 5505 there is an account of certain lands sequestered in Waltham, in which Marmaduke Howe, “a delinquent,” holds lands under the Bishop of Norwich. Henry Jepson, John Greene, John Bridges and John Smith also held lands under the bishop.
page 365 note * In 1878.
page 365 note † In the Waltham Parish Register, September, 1613, occurs the following memorandum:—“Memorandum that Thomas Tawney [of Upshire], dwelling within Copt Hall Park, was buried at Epping, Sept. 2° without licence. For satisfaction wherof the churchwardens of Epping, acknowledging the wrong were contented to raze their church book, and to register him as a parishioner of Waltham Holy Crosse, utterly disclaiming him for theirs, and all the fees have bene payd over again to the church of Waltham. Witness—Jos. Hall, Robt. Greenough, Willm. Bellamy, parish clerk.”
page 366 note * Neal's Hist. Puritans, vol. ii., p. 445.
page 366 note † Francis Hill, son of Mr. Percival Hill, rector of St. Katherine Coleman's, London, was buried at Waltham, 30th May, 1629 (Par. Reg.) Of the Basano family, Mr. Jeremino Basano, gentleman, of Waltham, was buried there in August, 1635, his wife, whose Christian name is not given, having previously been buried there in June, 1631. The family was noted for its musical ability, and members of it acted as musicians to Henry VIII., Elizabeth, James I., Charles I., and Charles II. They held large estates in Waltham, The writer possesses several autographs of early members of the family.
page 367 note * Coll. Pamph., E., 127, B.M.
page 367 note † Calamy erroneously states that he was a member of the Westminster Assembly, evidently confounding him with his father of the same name. Calamy further states that he was ejected from St. Anne's near Aldersgate, and soon after died of consumption. Two sermons by the Rev. John Gibbon, B.D., preached at St. Giles', Cripplegate, were published (1659 and 1677).
page 368 note * This noble benefactor of Waltham, created Baron of Waltham by James I. and Earl of Norwich by Charles I., died on Oct. 24, 1637, and was buried on Saturday, Oct. 28, at the east end of the Church of Waltham, in a burying-place shortly before erected by himself.
page 368 note † This estate is situated near Copt Hall. The Hall family held this estate for some years. Robert Hall, the friend of Dr. Fox, was justice of the peace in Waltham temp. Elizabeth, and was buried 8th September 1615. (See my Biog. Notes on Foxe Family, 1876.)
page 370 note * Hugh, son of John Price, “chirgergeon of St. Pulchres, London,” is recorded as being buried 31st May, 1655. Margaret Price, probably a daughter of Mr. Wm. Price, appears as contributing is. in the catalogue of bachelors and maids who made donations for the first of the six bells of Waltham Holy Cross in 1656.
page 371 note * Letters of Bailie (ed. by Laing, David), vol. ii., 110Google Scholar.
page 371 note † Watt (Bibl. Brit.) mentions four published works of Price: (1) A Treatise of the Fear of God. 1638. (2) Man's Delinquencie. 1642. (3) A Sermon. 1646. (4) A Sermon. 1660.
page 373 note * Notes regarding some funeral sermons delivered by Fuller on members of the Etheridge family, who were buried at Waltham Holy Cross, will be found in “Miscellanea Genealogica et Heraldica.”
page 374 note * In Nazing parish register we find recorded the baptism of Thomas Fuller, son of Henry Fuller and Anne his wife, December, 1682. Mr. David Leech or Leigh, vicar of Nazing from 1648, was buried at Waltham, 29th August, 1658; his wife predeceased him by a few months, and was also buried at Waltham.
page 376 note * M.A. of Emmanuel College, Cambridge, 1663.
page 376 note † In the dedication he states that Cranmer composed his work on Henry VIII.'s marriage with Queen Katherine, and that Foxe, the martyrologist, and Bishop Hall also penned their works at Waltham.
page 376 note ‡ Harleiah MS., 6065, states that he was “of Hoddesdon, co. Herts,” which lies about five or six miles from Waltham Abbey.
page 377 note * For pedigree of the family of Trott, see Harl. MSS., 1551, fol. 54 b. This family was connected by marriage with Sir W. Clesher, Mayor of London, and Bishop Cotton, of Exeter.
page 378 note * For an account of the services of Francis and Sir Matthew Boynton in behalf of the Parliament, see Lloyd's “Memoirs,” p. 705, and Add. MSS., 5, 497, fol. 100.
page 380 note * See Neal's “Hist. Purit.”; Crosby's “Hist. Bapt.,” vol. ii., 30; State Papers, temp. Charles II.; Bess's “Sufferings of.the Quakers,” vol. i., p. 203. The Quakers had a meeting-house in Waltham, which was pulled down about the year 1848. It stood on the left-hand side of the lane called “Quaker Lane,” and was for some years used as the “British school.” There was also a burial-ground attached to this house, and many of the bones of departed “Friends” were unearthed in preparing the foundations of the new (British) schoolroom, since enlarged by the School Board, under whose direction it has lately passed.
page 380 note † In the Nazing Register, for 1671–2, we find the baptism on 17th January, of Anne, daughter of Thomas Reeve and Joan his wife.
page 380 note ‡ For an account of these see Watt's “Bibl. Brit.”; , Beloe's “Anecdotes,” vol. iii., p. 81Google Scholar; Retrospective Review, vol. iii., p. 247.
page 381 note * For pedigree of Pordage family, see Harl. MS. 1530, fol. 2; Add. MSS. 24, 491, fol. 446.
page 381 note † For an account of Harrington, see Wood's “Ath. Oxon.” His will is dated November 16th, 1688, and was administered to Ann Harrington, his relict, on February 1st, 1693–4, Frances Farer, alias Harrington (his sister), and George Smallridge, of Christ Church, Oxford, the executors appointed in the will, having meanwhile died.
page 382 note * In December of that year the Rev. Mr. Benjamin Darby, son of Joseph Darby, attests the accuracy of the register from 1713 to 1715.
page 383 note * Possibly Anthony Lapthorne, of Pembroke College, Oxon, B.A. 1699, M.A. 1703. During his curacy were buried Rev. Ferdinand Naptin (1717); Joan, daughter of Rev. Mr. Bess, of London (28th March), (719–20). Bess's wife, Joanna, was buried at Waltham, 6th October, 1729.
page 384 note * During this period the register contains some genealogical and other information on the family of Floyer, one of whose members was Sir Peter Floyer, Alderman of London. Colonel Peter Floyer, his son, died 17th January, 1724; and Captain Charles Floyer, another son, died 23rd March, 1732.
page 384 note † Since the death of Mr. Colnett, the following ministers have officiated in the Abbey Church. John Mullins, M.A., 1801–1806; Thomas Pick-thall, 1806–1824; W. S. Austin, 1826; John Lewis Capper, M.A., 1827–1846; Rev. James Francis, M.A. succeeded Capper, and is the present Vicar (1880).