John Kinge (1551 - 1603)

Born Nov 1551 in London, England

Husband of Susan Woodward — married 15 May 1586 in St Olave, Hart St, London

Descendants

Died 5 Sep 1603 at age 51 in Bromley, Kent, England

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Biography

John was born in 1551. He was the son of Henry Kinge ^[1] and Alice Roger.

John was raised in the City of London parish of St Clements, Eastcheap. He was baptised at St Andrew Hubbard Church, London on 13 November 1551. ^[2]

Marriage

He was a draper and free of the companye of Cloth Workers, and married Susan Woodward, daughter of Christopher Woodward and Elizabeth Oldbury on 15 May 1586 in Kent, England ^{[3] [4][5]} in St. Olave’s, Southwark about 1586; ^[6] they had children:

Children

1. Susan Kinge 1589 -1603;
2. John Kinge 1590-1597;
3. Elizabeth Kinge 1596 -1666 .^[7][8]
4. Henry King (1597-1661) 1597-1661 christened in 1597 in St Clements, Eastcheap, London ^{[9] [10]} ;
5. James Kinge 1600-1620 ;^[11]
6. a second John Kinge 1602-1631 christened 29 Aug 1602 in Bromley, Kent: ^[12] mentioned in the willl of Samuel Walton, of St Mary's Cray, in Kent, gentleman, dated on the 2nd of April 1631; his half brother.

Life Story

John was a citizen of London and a clothworker in the worshipful company of clothworkers. Recorded in his will (see below).

At some point the King family moved to Bromley in Kent although they may have retained business premises and a residence in London. We learn that an area north of Bromley town known as Plaistow had land and a house in Milk Street that passed in to the posession of the King family by 1589. On John's death it passed to his widow who remarried and the house then stayed in the Walton family for several generations, until 1754. A relative, an Arnold King of Foxgrove Manor, Beckenham owned land in the nearby Springhill district of Bromley and the land on which Plaistow Hall was erected. ^[13]

Death

John died on 5 September 1603 and is buried in St Peter and St Paul Church, Bromley. ^[14][15] His wife, Susan went on to marry Henry Walton of London in 1604, ^[16] producing from this second marriage a son, Samuel Walton and a daughter, Elizabeth, who married Robert Long.

Susan died before 1620 as she is described as deceased in Elizabeth Oldbury (abt.1555-1620)’s will of 1620 (her mother-in-law) .^[17]

In the knave of the Parish Church of Bromley, Kent is the tomb of John Kinge. ^[18]The brass is in the pavement of the center isles and still in a good condition; it reads:

Here underlyeth buried the body of John Kinge of London, Draper and Free of the Companye of Cloth Workers' who departed this worlde the fifte of September, Dom. 1603 Aetatis. He had to wife Susan Woodward by whom he left issue then living Henry, James, John and Elizabeth.^{[19] [20]}

John left a will leaving his estate to his wife with various bequests. ^[21]

Research Notes

Sources

1. ↑ accessed 4 March 2021 [1]
2. ↑ Parish records of St Andrew Hubbard, accessed on Ancestry.co.uk
3. ↑ PPRS, Kent Parish Registers, Marriages, part 1, 1538-1837. Vol 110; Author: W Phillimore & R Fynmore; Publication Date: 1910; Author Ancestry.com
4. ↑ Debrett, John. Debrett's Baronetage of England, page 968
5. ↑ Collins, Arthur. The Baronetage of England pg 435. [2]
6. ↑ Kent, England, Extracted Parish Records, 1539-1876. Kent Marriage Records. Viewed on Ancestry.co.uk
7. ↑ Brass Memorial in the Parish Church, Bromley, Kent
8. ↑ Parish record of St Olave, Southwark
9. ↑ Brass Memorial in the Parish Church, Bromley, Kent
10. ↑ London, England, Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812. Parish Baptism Register, St Clements, Eastcheap, London. Henry Kinge son of John Kinge, draper, March 1597. viewed on Ancestry.co.uk
11. ↑ Brass Memorial in the Parish Church, Bromley, Kent
12. ↑ England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975. database, FamilySearch : 19 March 2020 John Kinge in entry for John Kinge, 1602.
13. ↑ The Surroundings of Bromley Town, Chapter X pg 181 Multiscreensite.com [3]
14. ↑ UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current St Peter and St Paul Churchyard, Bromley. viewed on Ancestry.co.uk
15. ↑ Brass Memorial in the Parish Church, Bromley, Kent
16. ↑ London, England, Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812 St Luke Chelsea Marriage Records, viewed on Ancestry.co.uk
17. ↑ Abstracts of Wills in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury at Somerset House. page 418
18. ↑ British History Online. Bromley The Environs of London: Volume 4, Counties of Herts, Essex and Kent. Originally published by T Cadell and W Davies, London, 1796. pg 307-343 [4]
19. ↑ Brass Memorial in the Parish Church, Bromley, Kent
20. ↑ Victoria and Albert Museum, London (the V&A) John King of London, draper,1603. Brass rubbing [5]
21. ↑ England & Wales, Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 1384-1858. Johis Kinge, Residence London, Probate Date 13 Sep 1603. Death Year Abt 1603. In UK National Archives PROB 11/102/175

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