Willliam Say (aft. 1635)

Born after 1635 in Bletchingdon, Oxfordshire, England

Ancestors

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Biography

William Say was the son of Edward Say Esq of Bletchingdon and Woodstock, Oxfordshire, and his wife Elizabeth, daughter of Jerome Keyt. He was baptised on 21 October 1639. ^[1] He matriculated at Oriel College Oxford in 1655 ^[2] and his admission on 10 November in the same year to the Middle Temple. ^[3] (There is no record of his being called to the bar.)

His mother died in 1639, probably from the complications of his birth, ^[4] and his father on 8 January 1646/7, according to the inscription on his memorial at St Mary's Chapel, Woodstock. ^[5]

He was named in the 1648 Will of her grandmother, Elizabeth Keyt. ^[6] His uncle Robert Say, later Provost of Oriel College, was granted the administration of his father's estate and the guardianship of the children until the elder, Anne Say, achieved her majority. ^[7]

William later acquired title to the properties from his father's estate ^{[8] [9]} and sold several of them by 1673.

He may have died before 1692, when he was not named in the Will of his uncle Robert Say, who had been his guardian. ^[10]

Sources

1. ↑ Parish Register Bletchingdon Ancetsry UK
2. ↑ "Sabery-Saywell." Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714. Ed. Joseph Foster. Oxford: University of Oxford, 1891. 1297-1322. British History Online. Web. 28 August 2023. Say, William
3. ↑ Register of Admissions to the Middle Temple 1651-1750, p. 156. p. 156 (4/97)
4. ↑ Parish Register Bletchingdon 1559-1646 Ancestry UK
5. ↑ Marshall, Edward. The Early History of Woodstock Manor and its Environs. pp. 343-346. J Parker & Co. 1873. Woodstock
6. ↑ Oxfordshire Will Transcripts. Oxon
7. ↑ Vol IV. Probate acts in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, anno 1648. Admon of Keyte, Elizabeth (mother-in-law) Keyte
8. ↑ Baggs, A P, W J Blair, Eleanor Chance, Christina Colvin, Janet Cooper, C J Day, Nesta Selwyn, and S C Townley. "Woodstock: Buildings." A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 12, Wootton Hundred (South) Including Woodstock. Eds. Alan Crossley, and C R Elrington. London: Victoria County History, 1990. 342-360. British History Online. Web. 28 August 2023. 32. Chaucer's House
9. ↑ Baggs, A P, W J Blair, Eleanor Chance, Christina Colvin, Janet Cooper, C J Day, Nesta Selwyn, and S C Townley. "Bladon: Economic history." A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 12, Wootton Hundred (South) Including Woodstock. Eds. Alan Crossley, and C R Elrington. London: Victoria County History, 1990. 22-30. British History Online. Web. 28 August 2023. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/oxon/vol12/pp22-30 Mills]
10. ↑ PROB 11/410/275 Proved 25 June 1692