The East Anglian. APRIL, 1867. NOTES. PETITION OF HENRY HONYNG TO KING CHARLES I. Can any of your correspondents tell me anything about Henry Honyng* (the name savours of East Anglia), by whom the following petition was made to King Charles the First.t-EXTRANEUS. To the Most Religious, Vertuous, & Exceding Gracious The Humble peticion of Henrie Honyng, in all Most gracius Soueraigne, my Brother Will'm was in the office of the Revells in Queen Elizabethes Raigne, in yo' Maties ffather's Raigne a Officer, in wch times there was due to him £126 138. 4d., wch money was given to me by him, who is dead. And I gave it in Mariadge wth my daughter to Thomas Daye, my sonne, whome I intreated to deliuer this peticion to your Matie, because I shall be 82 the 12 of ffebruarie next & am not able to trauell. In tender consideracon whereof, in all humblenes of hart and dutie of minde, on bended knees to yo' Matie to the Relefe of me, my Sonne and daughter, to direct it may be paid by yo' appointment to him, for wch * Henry Honyng was the 3rd son of Wm. Honyngs, Esq., of Carlton, near Saxmundham, Clerk of the Conncil to Henry VIII, and M.P. for Orford in 1553, by Frances, daughter of Nicholas Cutler, Esq., of Eye. He was born 11th February, 1553, married Francis, daughter of Sir Richard Dyer, and was buried at Eye, 22nd January, 1635-6. His brother William was the 2nd son; and James, who was Surveyor of Woods in Suffolk and Norfolk, the 8th son. See a pedigree of the family; and an interesting account of an old family picture, representing the Clerk of the Council and his numerous family of 11 sons and 2 daughters, in the Collectanea Topographica et Genealogica, vol. vii, p. 394-400-EDIT. E. A. It is transcribed from a very neatly written contemporary copy in my possession, occupying less space in MS. than it does in type. Some few words, the purport of which may be seen at a glance, appear to be omitted here. yo' great bountie we shalbe allewaies bounde to praie for yo' Matie, yo* grasius Quene, and all yo' Royall issue, that god maye p'tect you and all yours in health and hapines and bring you and yours to eternall joye, as we are daie bounde to Dooe and will doe duringe Life. I was principall Meanes to p'cure 40 knightes and gentellmen of good worthe to take kinge James, yo' Maties father's Escheated Landes in Vlster, in the kingdome of Ireland, at his Maties first cominge into this kindome, who have all p'formed the artikles of plantac'on, the most have built and setled twise as many Englishe tenaunts as they were tied to, wch caused mee in gettinge them and my trauell into England to be sure of them with my often trauell into Ireland, as was well knowne to S Robte Cissell, then Lord Treasurer, to whome I was much bounde for his Honorable fauor theren, wch cost me 230li., beside my losse of practices in Ireland, mostlie euer since 88: beinge A Counceller att lawe, My longe Continuance in Ireland, knowing the contrie well, hauinge maney goode friendes in England & Ireland made mee vndertake it. I mis of my p'porcon, beinge the first vndertaker that setled tenaunts aboue 200 akers, because the Rebbels where in those p'tes, that the Surueior was inforced to take what the Irishe did giue and yet haue doble the tenaunts I was tied to, wch is my great Losse. Your Matie dothe nowe finde the benefit that cometh to you by the Vndertakers: the yearly rent they paie, the keepinge the Irishe in quiet, wch hath bin done by there charge in buildinge and other charge to them: And nowe in this parliament, the great somes of money given by the Contrie by their plantacion wch was to Quene Elizabeth's yearly charge aboue There is in my Toune that comes to that Church wch some Irishe Com'unicants Receiuers. The Earle of Southampton in the Iland voyadge tooke in A Shippe one Camella de Felice, wch he gaue to James Honyng his seruant, my brother, goinge with him, wch should be a good Ransome to my brother, he desired me to keepe him, he bewraied to me that Don John de Aquila should be sent by the kinge of Spaine into Ireland to conquer it. I was inforced for the saftie of my life, and the dutie I owed to the Queene & my Contrie, to carie him vp to the Quene and councell, then before whome he was Examined and found it was true, they tooke him & sent him ouer, by wch meanes it was after true that Don John de Aquila cam into Ireland. It was God's greate mercie that Ireland was not overcome, this knowledge before was that goode p'vision was made for the saftie of it, My brother James lost the Ransome of his prisoner, And I lost aboue 30li, in my charges Ridinge to London wth him, & my longe staying there attendinge the Councell. For these good seruices to my kinge & Contrie, I humblie craue yo' gratious Matie will com'iserate the disstressd estate of yo' Maties peticioner as shall seeme best to yo' worthie disposision for wch yo' peticioner will attend yo' good pleasure, And so we all, as dutie bindeth vs, will daylie praie, &c. NOTES AND QUERIES UPON THE COLT PEDIGREE. In Morant's History of Essex, vol. i, p. 454, is an account of a family of Colt, commencing with Robert Colt, Clerk, Rector of Semer, in Suffolk, about 1700, who is stated to have been descended from the family of Colts Hall, in Cavendish. Is his place in the family pedigree ascertained? In p. 32 of the Visitation of Suffolk, John Colt, Esq., who died in 1521, is styled of Newhall, Essex. Should not this be Netherhall, in Roydon, which appears to have been then the residence of the family? See his will, p. 39, and Morant's History of Essex, vol. ii, p. 492. The same mistake (if mistake it be) occurs in the pedigree of Kempe, p. 4 of the Visitation, where the same John Colt is mentioned. P. 34. The manor held by the Colts in Barking, was Clay Hall. Is not Clare Hall, twice in p. 34, a misprint? P. 32. At the end of the account of Sir George Colt, Henry VI should, perhaps, be Edward VI. The principal manor or residence of the family in Cavendish, is called in p. 31, Greys; in p. 32, Colts Hall; in p. 34, Greys; and in p. 35, Colt Hall. Are these the same, or different places? Lawford Hall, March 4th, 1867. FRANCIS M. NICHOLS. BRETON, OF LAYER BRETON, ESSEX. In the pedigree of Colt, Visitation of Suffolk, p. 33, Ann Colt, daughter of Sir George Colt, is stated to have been married to Henry Britton, of Layer Britton, Essex. According to a pedigree in a Wiltshire Visitation (Harl, MS. 1565, fo. 47), Henry Breton, of Monkton Farley, co. Wilts., living in 1565, son and heir of William Breton, of Layer, co. Essex, and grandson of William Breton of the same place, married Ann, daughter of George Cowlte, of Candish, co. Suffolk, and by her had issue George, son and heir; William; Margarett, married to Hamond, of Nayland, co. Suffolk, gent.; and Elizabeth, unmarried. The last authentic notice that I can find of the family of Breton in connection with Layer is, that Richard de Bretton held half a knight's fee in Leyr Breton, and was taxed 108. for his aid upon the marriage of Blanch, eldest daughter of King Henry IV, in 1402. Morant (Hist. Essex, vol. i, p. 410), after citing this record, adds, "We hear no more of this family here, .... they seem to have had no concern here after 1420." And the documents to which he then refers appear to show that the manor of Layer Breton passed out of the family of Breton in the beginning of the 15th century. I should be glad of any further information respecting this family, which was also possessed in the 13th and 14th centuries of the manor of Harkstead, in Suffolk. In the Wiltshire pedigree, the following arms are attributed to Henry Breton of Monston Farley, Quarterly, Or and Gules, a bordure Sable; while other authorities represent the Bretons of Layer as bearing Azure, two chevrons Or. (Harl. MS. 154, i, f. b; compare ib. f. 12, and the ordinary, printed in Edmonson's Heraldry.) I observe, that in the Suffolk Visitation of 1561, the husband of Anne Colt is described as 66 Henry Britton, of Essex." What is the authority for locating him at Layer? Lawford Hall, March 4th, 1867. FRANCIS M. NICHOLS. A BRIEF PEDIGREE OF GREENE, OF NAVESTOCK, CO. ESSEX. I have, hitherto, been unable to find a complete pedigree of this family and shall be therefore obliged to any of your correspondents who may be able to make additions to this.* Morant says, that they descended from the ancient family of the Greenes, of Greens Norton, in Northamptonshire. (History of Essex, vol. i, p. 183.) In their pedigree, in Clutterbuck's Herts., vol. iii, p. 80, no clue is afforded to the connection with the Greens of Navestock, so that I am unable to commence the descent earlier than with John Greene, of Navestock Hall, and of Shelley Hall, who died 18th November, 1595, aged 89. He married Catherin, daughter of John Wright, of Brookestreet, co. Essex, called "Joane, daughter of - Wright, of Wrightsbridge, and of Kelvedon, in com. Essex," Harl. MS., 1476. (See as to Wright family, Morant, i, 121, 185.) They had thirteen children, and lived to see their descendants increased to an hundred and eleven, There is a tradition that seven of the thirteen were sons, to every one of whom their father gave a manor. Catherin Greene died 1st January, 1595-6. Of their issue I can only give six sons and two daughters :— John Greene. Richard Greene, of Epping. (Harl. MS. 1432.) Thomas Greene, of whom presently. Reginald Greene, of London. Robert Greene, of whom hereafter. William Greene, married and had issue a son, John. (Harl. MS. 1541.) Parnell, married Bartholemew Partridge, of Navestock. (Harl. MS. 1542, p. 169.) Joanne, wife of Meade, of Essex. (Harl. MS. 1541.) Richard Greene, of Epping, married and had a son Thomas, of London, citizen and Cloth worker, who married Alice Spencer, by whom he had John, of Witham, in Essex, who, by Mary his wife, daughter to Thomas Rampsall, of Much Braxted, in Essex, had issue John, and two daughters, Mary and Anne. Thomas Greene, the next brother, called eldest son by Morant, was a haberdasher on London Bridge, but Burke, in his Landed Gentry, terms him a Lawyer. Which of these descriptions is correct I am unable to state. He married Margaret, daughter of Lawrence Greene, of London, and had issue : John Greene. Robert Greene, mentioned by Morant. William Greene of London, Merchant. Bennet, married Thomas Hall, of London, Merchant. (Harl. MS. 1476, fo. 174. Burke's Landed Gentry, 4th edition, p. 1152.) *The authorities whence this pedigree is chiefly derived, are the Visitations of Essex and London, 1634, vide Harl. MSS., 1542, fo. 82; 1476, fo. 212. Morant's Essex, vol. i, pp. 147, 183. Notes and Queries, 2 S. iv, pp. 287, 421; x, pp. 234, 292, 333, 394. Harl. MSS., 1432, fo. 118; 1541, fo. 207. John Greene, the eldest son, was for thirty-seven years one of the Judges of the Sheriffs' Court in London. Created Sergeant at Law 19th May, 1640. Died 17th May, 1653, aged 74. Married Anne, daughter of James Blanchard, of London. She died 21st July, 1641. They had issue : John Greene, of St. John's College, Cambridge, &c. James Greene. Anne, married John Penrice, of Crowle, near Worcester. John Greene, of St. John's College, Cambridge, and of Lincoln's Inn, was chosen Recorder of London, 1658-9. Died 1st November, 1659. Married Mary, daughter of Philip Jermin, one of the Justices of the King's Bench. She died in childbed 29th November, 1659. They left issue: 1. John Greene, born 6th March, 1643. Created Sergeant at Law 1st October, 1700. Died 12th December, 1725. He had a son John, of whom Morant says, "John Greene, Esquire, his son and heir, was educated at St. John's College, in Cambridge, as his great-great-grandfather, and the rest of his ancestors, had been; and was also of Lincoln's Inn. He died 14th of January, 1752; leaving his estate to his kinsman, Maurice Greene, Doctor of Musick." It is stated in Notes and Queries, that this John was the illegitimate son of the above named John Greene. (See 2 Ser., x, p. 394.) 2. Thomas Greene, D.D., Vicar of St. Olave's Old Jewry, married Mary, daughter of Maurice Shelton (Blomefield's Norfolk, v, 269), and had with two other sons: Maurice Greene, Mus. D. who married - Dillingham, and left a daughter, married to the Rev. Michael Festing, Rector of Wyke Regis. I now return to Robert, son of John Greene, of Navestock Hall, called sixth son by Morant. He married Frideswold, daughter of * Wright, of Debden, in Essex, in 1575; and died 19th August, 1624. They had a very numerous family, † viz :— John Greene, died s.p. John Greene, of Shelley Hall, living 1634, of whom presently. Robert Greene, married Jane, daughter of William Steynes, of Stanmore Rivers, co. Essex. Reginald Greene, died young. John Greene, of London Bridge, haberdasher, married Margaret, daughter of Jeremy Smyth, of London, haberdasher. Richard Greene. * 1575. "Nupti. Robartus Greene et ffredisweda Wright, 6 Junij," Debden Parish Register. The name of Wright is of very frequent occurrence in the Debden Registers, and persons of this name are now living in the parish. + Mary, daughter of Robert Greene, of Navestock, married Robert Wright. Morant, i, 122. |