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Rye Inhabitants of 1660 (J - Z)
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Rye Inhabitants of 27th September 1660
Part 2: J to Z
The following is a record of persons aged 16 or over living in Rye on the 27th September 1660 (In fact it is virtually a census) for the purpose of assessing them for a "demobilisation tax" for paying off the Parliamentary forces.
This tax was exacted from 672 persons aged 16 or over comprising of 327 males and 345 females who were taxed at the following rates:-
Married men and their wives - 6d each
Servants, widows, widowers and the unmarried 1/-d
Additionally, real and personal estates were also assessed and taxed.
Source:- East Sussex Record Office - (ESRO Rye Ms82/82)
Some of their occupations may not be familiar to you, so here is list of the more uncommon ones:-
| Occupation |
Description |
| Chandler |
candle seller, grocer, provisioner, usually associated with provisioning ships |
| Chapman |
dealer or peddler of goods usually itinerant going from village to village |
| Clerk |
clergyman or cleric |
| Cooper |
maker of barrels |
| Cordwainer |
one who worked with Cordovan (a special leather from Spain) but later term used for Shoemaker |
| Currier |
cures or tans hides |
| Factor |
an agent employed by merchants to transact business of buying and selling |
| Feeter |
Unknown ? |
| Fellmonger |
remover of hair or wool from hides in leather making |
| Glasier |
glass cutter or window classman |
| Glover |
one that makes or sells gloves |
| Jurat |
sworn holders of certain offices |
| Lighterman |
worker on a flat-bottomed boat |
| Miller |
corn miller, cloth miller, saw miller |
| Musitianer |
Musician ? |
| Pewterer |
made pewter utensils (using any of various alloys having tin as chief component especially a dull alloy with lead) |
| Poulterer |
seller of poultry |
| Sadler |
one who made saddles, harnesses, horse collars, bridles |
| Salter |
one who made or dealt in salt |
| Tanner |
leather maker |
| Tinker |
traveling repairman |
| Turner |
gymnast, or a lathe worker |
| Victualler |
seller of food/drink |
| Yeoman |
farmer who owns his own land |
| Ward |
Surname |
Forename |
Information |
Occupation |
| Landgate |
Jacob |
Anne |
servant to Nicolas Shinner |
Servant |
| Baddings |
Jacob |
Anne |
wife of Isaac |
~ |
| Middlestreet |
Jacob |
Elizab |
wife of Henry |
~ |
| Baddings |
Jacob |
Ellen |
wife of John |
~ |
| Middlestreet |
Jacob |
George |
~ |
Mariner |
| Middlestreet |
Jacob |
Henry |
~ |
Fisherman |
| Baddings |
Jacob |
Isaac |
~ |
Seaman |
| Strandgate |
Jacob |
John |
son of Michael |
~ |
| Baddings |
Jacob |
John |
~ |
Seaman |
| Strandgate |
Jacob |
Marjery |
wife of Michael |
~ |
| Middlestreet |
Jacob |
Marke |
son of Henry |
~ |
| Strandgate |
Jacob |
Michael |
~ |
Fisherman |
| Middlestreet |
Jeake |
Samuel |
~ |
Gent |
| Baddings |
Jones |
Anne |
daughter of John |
~ |
| Baddings |
Jones |
John |
~ |
Carpenter |
| Baddings |
Jones |
Jone |
wife of John |
~ |
| Landgate |
Kadugin |
Thomas |
~ |
Schoolmaster |
| Watchbell & Wish |
Kaswell |
John |
~ |
Seaman |
| Landgate |
Kennard |
John |
servant to Mark Thomas, Mayor |
Servant |
| Landgate |
Kennard |
Judith |
wife of Nicolas |
~ |
| Landgate |
Kennard |
Nicolas |
~ |
Labourer |
| Middlestreet |
Kennet |
Abraham |
~ |
Butcher |
| Middlestreet |
Kennet |
Anne |
wife of Abraham |
~ |
| Landgate |
Kennet |
Mildred |
widow of Thomas |
Cloth worker |
| Market |
Kettell |
Gideon |
~ |
Yeoman |
| Baddings |
Kevell |
Priscilla |
widow of John Kevell |
Jurat |
| Middlestreet |
Key |
Anne |
wife of William |
~ |
| Middlestreet |
Key |
Isabell |
daughter of William |
~ |
| Middlestreet |
Key |
Maudline |
daughter of William |
~ |
| Middlestreet |
Key |
William |
~ |
Mariner |
| Strandgate |
King |
Edward |
~ |
Seaman |
| Market |
King |
Elizabeth |
widow of ohn King |
Tailor |
| Strandgate |
King |
John |
son of Edward |
~ |
| Strandgate |
King |
Margaret |
wife of Edward |
~ |
| Landgate |
Knight |
Anthony |
~ |
Cooper |
| Landgate |
Knight |
Eliza |
wife of Anthony |
~ |
| Landgate |
Knight |
Thomas |
son of Anthony |
~ |
| Market |
Kyte |
Alice |
wife of Tomas |
~ |
| Market |
Kyte |
Thomas |
~ |
Barber |
| Landgate |
Ladds |
Richard |
servant of Thomas Chandler |
Servant |
| Landgate |
Lane |
Edward |
~ |
Yeoman |
| Landgate |
Lane |
Katherine |
wife of Edward |
~ |
| Market |
Laurence |
Marjery |
wife of Richard Laurence |
Yeoman |
| Landgate |
Lewis |
Eliz |
wife of Isacke |
~ |
| Landgate |
Lewis |
Isacke |
~ |
Maltman |
| Watchbell & Wish |
Lilburne |
Beale |
wife of Phillip |
~ |
| Watchbell & Wish |
Lilburne |
John |
son of Phillip |
~ |
| Watchbell & Wish |
Lilburne |
Phillip |
~ |
Seaman |
| Watchbell & Wish |
Lilburne |
Richard |
son of Phillip |
~ |
| Strandgate |
Malpas |
Anne |
widow of Will Malpas |
Tailor |
| Baddings |
Man |
Henry |
~ |
Mariner |
| Baddings |
Man |
Jane |
wife of Henry |
~ |
| Strandgate |
Man |
Marjery |
dau of Philip Frith |
~ |
| Middlestreet |
Markwicke |
Richard |
servant of Abraham Whitwood |
Servant |
| Middlestreet |
Markwicke |
Thomas |
servant to Thomas Miller |
Servant |
| Landgate |
Marshall |
Anne |
wife of Thomas |
~ |
| Watchbell & Wish |
Marshall |
Mary |
wife of William |
~ |
| Watchbell & Wish |
Marshall |
Priscilla |
wife of Richard |
~ |
| Watchbell & Wish |
Marshall |
Richard |
~ |
Gardener |
| Landgate |
Marshall |
Thomas |
~ |
Gent |
| Watchbell & Wish |
Marshall |
Thomas |
~ |
Ships Carpenter |
| Strandgate |
Martin |
Alice |
wife of Henry sen. |
~ |
| Landgate |
Martin |
Benjamin |
~ |
Fellmonger |
| Watchbell & Wish |
Martin |
Edward |
~ |
Miller |
| Landgate |
Martin |
Henry jun |
~ |
Fellmonger |
| Strandgate |
Martin |
Henry sen. |
~ |
Poulterer |
| Landgate |
Martin |
Margery |
wife of Benjamin |
~ |
| Landgate |
Martin |
Marke |
~ |
Fellmonger |
| Landgate |
Martin |
Martha |
widow of John |
Glover |
| Landgate |
Martin |
Mary |
wife of Henry |
~ |
| Landgate |
Martin |
Robert |
servant to Daniel Packer |
Servant |
| Landgate |
Mathews |
Mary |
wife of Thomas |
~ |
| Landgate |
Mathews |
Thomas sen |
~ |
Victualler |
| Middlestreet |
May |
Edward |
~ |
Labourer |
| Middlestreet |
May |
Jone |
wife of Edward |
~ |
| Middlestreet |
Mercer |
Katherne |
widow of Richard Mercer |
Mercer, Fellmonger |
| Middlestreet |
Milburne |
Anne |
servant of Michael Cadman |
Servant |
| Middlestreet |
Milburne |
Eliz |
servant of JohnBreaden |
Servant |
| Middlestreet |
Miller |
Dorothy |
wife of Thomas |
Gent |
| Middlestreet |
Miller |
Eliz |
wife of James |
~ |
| Middlestreet |
Miller |
James |
~ |
Labourer |
| Middlestreet |
Miller |
Lydia |
mother of Thomas |
Gent |
| Watchbell & Wish |
Miller |
Mary |
widow of Jos Miller |
Seaman |
| Middlestreet |
Miller |
Thomas |
~ |
Gent |
| Middlestreet |
Miller |
Thomas |
son of Thomas |
~ |
| Watchbell & Wish |
Mills |
Alexander |
~ |
Seaman |
| Watchbell & Wish |
Mills |
Anne |
wife of Alexander |
~ |
| Market |
Mobb |
Jone |
servant to Thomas Boys |
Servant |
| Middlestreet |
Morris |
John |
servant to William Key |
Servant |
| Watchbell & Wish |
Neale |
Christopher |
servant to John Harris |
Servant |
| Middlestreet |
Newman |
Anne |
wife of John |
~ |
| Middlestreet |
Newman |
John |
~ |
Cordwainer |
| Middlestreet |
Newton |
Anne |
wife of Edward |
~ |
| Middlestreet |
Newton |
Edward |
~ |
Tailor |
| Baddings |
Newton |
Grace |
widow of James Newton |
Tailor |
| Strandgate |
Noakes |
Eliz |
wife of Richard |
~ |
| Strandgate |
Noakes |
Richard |
~ |
Labourer |
| Landgate |
Nordiver |
John |
~ |
Lighterman |
| Landgate |
Nordiver |
Martha |
wife of John |
~ |
| Landgate |
Norton |
Richard |
~ |
Gent |
| Watchbell & Wish |
Oake |
Anne |
wife of Thomas |
~ |
| Baddings |
Oake |
Eliz |
wife of William |
~ |
| Baddings |
Oake |
Elizabeth |
wife of Richard |
~ |
| Baddings |
Oake |
Isabell |
wife of Thomas |
~ |
| Baddings |
Oake |
Richard |
~ |
Mariner |
| Watchbell & Wish |
Oake |
Thomas jun. |
~ |
Mariner |
| Baddings |
Oake |
Thomas sen. |
~ |
Mariner |
| Baddings |
Oake |
William |
~ |
Fisherman |
| Landgate |
Osmanton |
John |
son of Thomas |
~ |
| Landgate |
Osmanton |
Mary |
wife of Thomas |
~ |
| Landgate |
Osmanton |
Thomas |
~ |
Draper |
| Landgate |
Packer |
Anne |
wife of Daniel |
~ |
| Landgate |
Packer |
Daniel |
~ |
Blacksmith |
| Middlestreet |
Padgham |
Abraham |
~ |
Labourer |
| Middlestreet |
Padgham |
Alice |
wife of Abraham |
~ |
| Middlestreet |
Palmer |
Anne |
daughter of Thomas |
~ |
| Middlestreet |
Palmer |
Jone |
wife of Thomas |
~ |
| Middlestreet |
Palmer |
Mary |
daughter of Thomas |
~ |
| Middlestreet |
Palmer |
Thomas |
~ |
Jurat |
| Strandgate |
Parker |
Alice |
wife of Riuchard |
~ |
| Middlestreet |
Parker |
Alice |
servant to William Key |
Servant |
| Baddings |
Parker |
Eliz |
daughter of John |
~ |
| Baddings |
Parker |
John |
~ |
Fisherman |
| Baddings |
Parker |
John |
son of John |
~ |
| Market |
Parker |
Jone |
servant of William Wotton |
Servant |
| Strandgate |
Parker |
Marjery |
daughter of Riuchard |
~ |
| Baddings |
Parker |
Mary |
wife of John |
~ |
| Market |
Parker |
Maudline |
servant of John Allin |
Servant |
| Strandgate |
Parker |
Richard |
son of Riuchard |
~ |
| Strandgate |
Parker |
Riuchard |
~ |
Seaman |
| Middlestreet |
Pascall |
Lewis |
Alien |
Innholder |
| Middlestreet |
Pascall |
Mary |
wife of Lewis Pascall (Alien) |
~ |
| Market |
Peadle |
Aaron |
~ |
Cordwainer |
| Middlestreet |
Peadle |
Aaron jun |
~ |
J-man Tailor |
| Market |
Peadle |
Constance |
wife of Aaron |
~ |
| Market |
Peadle |
Dorothy |
wife of John |
~ |
| Market |
Peadle |
John |
~ |
Tailor |
| Market |
Peadle |
John jun. |
~ |
Glasier |
| Middlestreet |
Peadle |
Margaret |
wife of Mose |
~ |
| Middlestreet |
Peadle |
Moses |
~ |
Glasier |
| Market |
Peadle |
Sarah |
wife of John Jun. |
~ |
| Landgate |
Penyfold |
Sarah |
Widow of John |
Miller |
| Middlestreet |
Perry |
Jone |
wife of Martin |
~ |
| Middlestreet |
Perry |
Martin |
~ |
Cordwainer |
| Market |
Pett |
Rebeckah |
wife of Robert |
~ |
| Market |
Pett |
Robert |
~ |
Innholder |
| Strandgate |
Piggons |
Anne |
wife of John |
~ |
| Strandgate |
Piggons |
Eliz |
servant of Philip Frith |
Servant |
| Strandgate |
Piggons |
Jane |
wife of Thomas |
~ |
| Strandgate |
Piggons |
John |
~ |
Seaman |
| Strandgate |
Piggons |
Thomas |
~ |
Seaman |
| Middlestreet |
Porter |
Alice |
wife of John |
~ |
| Middlestreet |
Porter |
John |
~ |
Labourer |
| Landgate |
Potten |
John |
servant of Thomas Welsh |
~ |
| Landgate |
Pranke |
Abigail |
servant to Thomas Crouch |
Swrvant |
| Landgate |
Radford |
Frances |
wife of Richard |
~ |
| Landgate |
Radford |
Joseph |
~ |
Sadler |
| Market |
Rason |
Mercy |
widow of John Rason |
Bricklayer |
| Watchbell & Wish |
Reynold |
Isaac |
son of Bridget Holt |
~ |
| Middlestreet |
Rogers |
Thomas |
servant to Thomas Carew |
Servant |
| Landgate |
Rose |
Anne |
widow of Henry Rose |
Mariner |
| Middlestreet |
Ryall |
Frances |
~ |
Spinster |
| Watchbell & Wish |
Salmon |
Leonard |
~ |
Seaman |
| Landgate |
Salmon |
Margaret |
widow of Thomas Salmon |
Mariner |
| Market |
Sampson |
Alexander |
servant to Alexander Bennet |
Servant |
| Landgate |
Sanders |
Anne |
servant of Thomas Sharpe |
Servant |
| Market |
Scarborough |
Eliz |
wife of John |
~ |
| Market |
Scarborough |
John |
~ |
Labourer |
| Watchbell & Wish |
Seale |
Mary |
wife of Thomas |
~ |
| Watchbell & Wish |
Seale |
Thomas |
~ |
Seaman |
| Landgate |
Seeley |
Hannah |
servant to Alice Burwash |
Servant |
| Market |
Seere |
Avis |
wife of Thomas |
~ |
| Market |
Seere |
Thomas |
~ |
Victualler |
| Market |
Seere |
William |
son of Thomas Seere |
~ |
| Landgate |
Sharpe |
Sarah |
wife of Thomas |
~ |
| Landgate |
Sharpe |
Thomas |
~ |
Cordwainer |
| Market |
Shinner |
Christopher |
~ |
Mariner |
| Market |
Shinner |
Elizabeth |
wife of Christopher |
~ |
| Landgate |
Shinner |
Lydia |
wife of Hicolas |
~ |
| Landgate |
Shinner |
Nicolas |
~ |
Merchant |
| Watchbell & Wish |
Shoosmith |
Joane |
widow of a Labourer |
Labourer |
| Middlestreet |
Shoosmith |
Mary |
widow of Nic Shoosmith |
Tailor |
| Middlestreet |
Shoosmith |
Thomas |
~ |
Labourer |
| Middlestreet |
Skinner |
Anne |
widow of William Skinner |
Tailor |
| Baddings |
Slaytom |
Bridgett |
wife of William |
~ |
| Baddings |
Slaytun |
William sen. |
~ |
Seaman |
| Baddings |
Slytom |
William jun. |
~ |
Seaman |
| Landgate |
Smith |
Anne |
servant of Thomas Mathews |
Servant |
| Landgate |
Smith |
Isabell |
wife of Peter |
~ |
| Landgate |
Smith |
John |
~ |
Innholder |
| Landgate |
Smith |
Peter |
~ |
Chapman |
| Landgate |
Smith |
Mary |
wife of John |
~ |
| Market |
Soule |
Allen |
~ |
Yeoman |
| Strandgate |
Spilstead |
Anne |
wife of Richard |
~ |
| Strandgate |
Spilstead |
Richard |
~ |
Fisherman |
| Landgate |
Spye |
Jacob |
~ |
Chandler |
| Landgate |
Spye |
Mary |
widow of John Spye |
Jurat |
| Watchbell & Wish |
Stace |
Isacke jun |
~ |
Seaman |
| Watchbell & Wish |
Stace |
Marjery |
wife of Isacke |
~ |
| Baddings |
Starkey |
Jane |
wife of Joseph |
~ |
| Baddings |
Starkey |
Joseph |
~ |
Seaman |
| Middlestreet |
Starkey |
William |
servant to Allen Eedes |
Servant |
| Baddings |
Stonestreet |
Ellen |
wife of Thomas |
~ |
| Baddings |
Stoonestreet |
Thomas |
~ |
Victualler |
| Landgate |
Swaine |
Mary |
daughter of Mary Smith |
~ |
| Baddings |
Swaine |
Mary |
daughter of Phillip |
~ |
| Watchbell & Wish |
Swaine |
Mary |
wife of William |
~ |
| Baddings |
Swaine |
Phillip |
~ |
Mariner |
| Watchbell & Wish |
Swaine |
William |
~ |
Victualler |
| Strandgate |
Swayne |
Elias |
son of John |
~ |
| Strandgate |
Swayne |
John |
~ |
Mariner |
| Baddings |
Swayne |
Mercy |
wife of Robert |
~ |
| Baddings |
Swayne |
Robert |
~ |
Mariner |
| Strandgate |
Swayne |
Sarah |
wife of John |
~ |
| Strandgate |
Swayne |
Sarah |
daughter of John |
~ |
| Market |
Tew |
Alice |
wife of Alice |
~ |
| Market |
Tew |
Richard |
~ |
Victualler |
| Landgate |
Thomas |
Marke |
Mayor |
~ |
| Landgate |
Thomas |
Mary |
wife of Thomas |
~ |
| Baddings |
Tippe |
Judith |
wife of Richard |
~ |
| Baddings |
Tippe |
Richard |
~ |
Seaman |
| Strandgate |
Todde |
Anne |
wife of William |
~ |
| Strandgate |
Todde |
William |
~ |
Cordwainer |
| Middlestreet |
Tolhurst |
Jane |
wife of William |
~ |
| Middlestreet |
Tolhurst |
William |
~ |
Labourer |
| Landgate |
Tutty |
Eliz |
wife of Thomas |
~ |
| Landgate |
Tutty |
Thomas |
~ |
Brewer |
| Baddings |
Vicars |
Change |
wife of Thomas |
~ |
| Baddings |
Vicars |
Thomas |
~ |
Seaman |
| Market |
Wade |
Mercy |
wife of George |
~ |
| Market |
Wade |
Thomas |
~ |
Tinker |
| Baddings |
Wakely |
Jane |
wife of Robert |
~ |
| Baddings |
Wakely |
Jone |
wife of William |
~ |
| Baddings |
Wakely |
Robert |
~ |
Seaman |
| Baddings |
Wakely |
William |
~ |
Seaman |
| Baddings |
Walker |
Beale |
wife of Peter |
~ |
| Baddings |
Walker |
Peter |
~ |
Seaman |
| Landgate |
Wares |
Robert |
servant of Richard Norton |
servant |
| Middlestreet |
Waters |
Edward |
~ |
Joiner |
| Landgate |
Waters |
Ellen |
wife of Thomas |
~ |
| Middlestreet |
Waters |
Martha |
wife of Edward |
~ |
| Middlestreet |
Waters |
Mary |
widow of Edmund Waters |
Joiner |
| Landgate |
Waters |
Thomas |
~ |
Seaman |
| Middlestreet |
Wattell |
George |
~ |
Haberdasher |
| Middlestreet |
Wattell |
Sarah |
wife of George |
~ |
| Middlestreet |
Waylett |
Elizab |
wife of John |
~ |
| Middlestreet |
Waylett |
John |
~ |
Apothecary |
| Middlestreet |
Waylett |
William |
son of John |
~ |
| Landgate |
Weeden |
George |
~ |
Carpenter |
| Landgate |
Weeden |
Mary |
wife of George |
~ |
| Landgate |
Weeden |
Mary |
servant to Daniel Packer |
Servant |
| Watchbell & Wish |
Weight |
Henry |
~ |
Seaman |
| Baddings |
Weight |
John |
~ |
Seaman |
| Baddings |
Weight |
Jone |
Spinster |
~ |
| Watchbell & Wish |
Weight |
Martha |
wife of Henry |
~ |
| Landgate |
Welsh |
James |
~ |
Jurat |
| Watchbell & Wish |
Welsh |
Jane |
daughter of Mary Harris |
~ |
| Landgate |
Welsh |
Katherine |
wife of Thomas |
~ |
| Landgate |
Welsh |
Patience |
wife of James |
~ |
| Landgate |
Welsh |
Thomas |
~ |
Innholder |
| Middlestreet |
Whale |
Eliz |
servant to Allen Grebell |
Servant |
| Landgate |
White |
John |
~ |
Mariner |
| Strandgate |
White |
Margaret |
widow of John White |
Basketmaker |
| Landgate |
White |
Mary |
wife of John |
~ |
| Strandgate |
Whitewood |
Ellen |
wife of Walter |
~ |
| Strandgate |
Whitewood |
Walter |
~ |
Bricklayer |
| Baddings |
Whiting |
Christian |
wife of Edward |
Carpenter |
| Baddings |
Whiting |
Edward |
~ |
Carpenter |
| Middlestreet |
Whitwood |
Henry |
~ |
Cordwainer |
| Middlestreet |
Whitwood |
Marjery |
wife of Henry |
~ |
| Baddings |
Wildish |
Mary |
wife of William |
~ |
| Baddings |
Wildish |
William |
~ |
Seaman |
| Middlestreet |
Wilford |
Richard |
son of Susannah |
~ |
| Middlestreet |
Wilford |
Susannah |
widow of Rich Wilford |
Cordwainer |
| Middlestreet |
Wilford |
Susannah |
daughter of Susannah |
~ |
| Middlestreet |
Wilford |
Thomas |
son of Susannah |
~ |
| Landgate |
Willard |
Frances |
wife of Thomas |
~ |
| Landgate |
Willard |
Thomas |
~ |
Cordwainer |
| Baddings |
Williams |
Anne |
wife of Thomas |
~ |
| Baddings |
Williams |
Thomas |
~ |
Seaman |
| Market |
Willison |
Marjery |
servant toThomas Crouch sen. |
Servant |
| Landgate |
Wilson |
Alice |
wife of Richard |
~ |
| Landgate |
Wilson |
Richard |
~ |
Grocer |
| Middlestreet |
Winter |
Francis |
~ |
Seaman |
| Middlestreet |
Winter |
Joane |
wife of Francis |
~ |
| Market |
Winterburne |
Ann |
wife of Robert |
~ |
| Market |
Winterburne |
Robert |
~ |
Labourer |
| Landgate |
Wissenden |
John |
~ |
Blacksmith |
| Market |
Woddall |
Mary |
servant to Ursula Harrison |
Servant |
| Landgate |
Woode |
Mildred |
widow of Renewed Woode |
Yeoman |
| Market |
Woodford |
Abraham |
~ |
J-man Tailor |
| Market |
Woodford |
Eliz |
wife of Marke sen. |
~ |
| Market |
Woodford |
Margaret |
dau of Marke Woodford sen. |
~ |
| Market |
Woodford |
Marke jun. |
~ |
Tailor |
| Market |
Woodford |
Marke sen. |
~ |
Tailor |
| Market |
Woodford |
Mary |
wife of Marke jun. |
~ |
| Market |
Wootton |
Anne |
wife of William |
~ |
| Market |
Wootton |
William |
~ |
Butcher |
| Landgate |
Wrenn |
Mary |
servant to James Welsh |
Servant |
| Watchbell & Wish |
Young |
Richard |
~ |
Mariner |
| Landgate |
Younge |
Francis |
~ |
Mariner |
| Landgate |
Younge |
Mary |
wife of Francis |
~ | |
