Burial details

[Lady Di]

Just been looking through some burial records and the detail is interesting and amazing.

1. Thomas Collop and Mary his wife dwellinge in a howse at Ware End caled the Peacock, havinge lived together allmost forty yeares and gathered by great industry and frugality a great estate, both sickened together within feawe dayes and so dyed leavinge no children behind them. Hee was buryed the eleventh daye of October 1626 and shee the twelvth of the same, lyinge both together, according to there desyre, in the church yard of Amwell under the sowthe walle neere to the porche.

2. Margaret the wife of William Downes a stranger buried from Ware End September xxijth 1624. It is sayd shee was the wife of one Oliver Gayner through shee lived not now with him.

3. Robert Moulte, an antiant laboring man, having binne at harvest worke about Tottnam neere London, there fell sick and was brought home on a horse to his howse at Ware End the xviiijth of August 1625 where hee died the same night and was by Sam Deards and his owne wife brought on a slyde to the grave and buried the same day, August xixth 1625.

4. Philippe Winchly of Ware, an owld notorius bedlam roge, died suddanly in the feilds within our parish as hee travelled alonge, and was buried with us the xijth of October 1615.

Aren't they wonderful. I could be here all day - I wish I could find one of my family with this amount of detail 

(All from Parish Register and tithing book of Thomas Hassall)

[Bee]

So much interesting detail, thanks for sharing.

If only I can get my lot back to the 1600's.

[confusion]

Here's two I gleaned several years ago whilst searching in Ware.
from the Rev Thomas Hassall parish register.


1634
John Allen, one of the antient inhabitants of Amwell, aged above
foure score yeares, a labouringe man and of good and honest reputation,
a pentioner to the Newe River to clense and keepe the head, an old
servant to the church to guarde the chappell doore, to controle unrulye
boyes and correct intrudinge doggs, livinge allways poorelye but never
miserably, died and was buried from Hodsdon December jo.

1635
Edward Shadbolt of Amwell, a laboringe man of above threescore
and ten yeares of age, allwayes a good laborer, no spender,
without children, selldome eate good meate or dranke good drinke
or wore good cloathes, yet lived and dyed very poore and miserable,
buried Maye the xxiijth.


What a description....
"to guarde the chappell doore, to controle unrulye boyes and correct intrudinge doggs,"
and
"selldome eate good meate or dranke good drinke"

Made me chuckle
 

[Lady Di]

I like the extra 2 

Interesting that these have been recorded but the PR's available don't have early burials included