344.Rev. Edmund Grindal Archbishop of Canterbury. Born in 1519 in St. Bees, Cumberland. Edmund died in Croydon, England on 6 Jul 1583. Buried in Chancel of Croydon Church.
In 1575 Edmund Grindall succeeded Matthew Parker as Elizabeth’s second Archbishop of Canterbury.
WILL OF EDMUND GRINDALL
Abstract of the last Will and Testament of the most Reverend Father in
God Edmund Grindall, Archbishop of Canterbury, made May 8, 1583, and
proved July 15, 1583. All other wills revoked (except one bearing date
Apr. 12, 1583.) My body to be buried in the choir of the parish church of
Croydon, without any solemn hearse or funeral pomp. To her Majesty the
Queen the New Testament in Greek of Stephanas his impression. To my next
successor the pictures of Archbishop Warham and of Erasmus and all such
instruments of music and other implements as were bequeathed and left
unto me by my predecessor that last was. To Lord Burghley the Lord High
Treasurer of England that my standing cup which her Majesty gave unto me
at New Years Tide last before the date hereof. And I make him supervisor,
etc. (Gifts to sundry other legatees) To my faithful friend Mr Nowell,
Dean of Paul's, my ambling gelding called Gray Oliphant. To the poor of
the town and the lower part of the parish of St Beghes; to the use of the
parish church of St Beghes. To Mr Doctor Gybson. To William Woodhall, my
nephew (inter alia), "my blacke straye nagg called Nixe." To Mr. Wilson,
my chaplain (certain books) and the advowson of the parsonage of Wonston
in the diocese of Winchester if it shall fall void in his life time; if
not, then to Mr Robinson, now provost of Queen's College, Oxford. To my
nieces Mabell, Anne, Barbara and Frances, the daughters of Robert
Grindall, my brother. To my nieces Dorothy, Katherine, Elizabeth and
Isabell, the daughters of Elizabeth Woodhall, my sister, late deceased
(fifty pounds to each). To the children of Mabel, daughter of my sister,
fifty pounds, to be divided amongst them at the discretion of William
Woodhall, their uncle. To my niece Woodhall a bowl. To my niece Isabell
Wilson, one other bowl, double gilt, without a cover. To Edmond Woodhall,
my godson. To my niece Frances Younge, widow. To John Scott, Esq.,
steward of my household. To my servant William Grindall, my servant
William Hales (and other servants named). To John Sharpe. To my loving
friend master Thomas Eaton and his wife. To Mr William Strycland, Mr
Atherton, John Browne, fellow of Pembroke College, Cambridge, Mr Redman,
Archdeacon of Canterbury.
I ordain & constitute William Redman, Archdeacon of Canterbury, John
Scott, Esq., Steward of my Household, and William Woodhall, my nephew,
executors.
Clause, referring to a Free Grammar School, to be founded in St. Beghes
in the county of Cumberland, blotted, and "stroken" out July 3, 1583,
about 11 A. M.
A codicil bequeathing to Mr Redman, Archdeacon, &c., all his antique
coins of the Roman Emperors. To Mr Wilson, his chaplain, his watch. He
did forgive his niece Ann Dacres, widow, &c. &c.
(This celebrated puritan Archbishop, the son of William Grindall, was
born at St. Bees, in the County of Cumberland, in 1519. He was fellow,
president and master of Pembroke Hall, Cambridge, and filled successively
the Sees of London, York and Canterbury. He died July 6, 1583, and was
buried in the chancel of Croydon church, where are his monument and
epitaph. The free school of St. Bees was incorporated by Queen Elizabeth
in the name of Edmund Grindall, Archbishop of Canterbury, and the school
and master's house were built by his executors. The founder's donation
was fifty pounds a year, twenty pounds whereof he appointed to be paid to
the master of Pembroke Hall, Cambridge. By the foundation the master of
the school is to be a native of Cumberland, Westmoreland, Yorkshire, or
Lancashire, and is to be nominated by the Provost of Queen's College,
Oxford. King James I. augmented this foundation. Lord Bacon says he was
the gravest and greatest prelate of the land.)
References: New England Historical & Genealogical Register, Vol. XXXVIII;
Id., Vol. LXI (Ancestry and Descendants of Rev. John Wilson of Boston,
Mass., by Bartlett); Burke's General Armory; Massachusetts Colonial
Records, Vol. I; Massachusetts Historical Society Collections, Vol. VIII.
345.Elizabeth Grindal. Born ca 1520. Elizabeth died bef Apr 1583.7
On 20 Oct 1542 Elizabeth married John Woodhall Esq, son of John Woodhall (ca 1483-) & Jennett Crakeplace (ca 1490/1500-), in St Bees, Cumberland.7 Born ca 1519 in Walden, Essex.
Rachel married John Hooker, son of Robert Hooker (ca 1505-9 Aug 1538) & Agnes Doble. Born ca 1511/1524. John died in Exeter, Devon on 8 Nov 1601. Buried in Exeter Cathedral.
John Vowell Hooker. He was Chamberlain of Exeter in 1555. In 1568 he was appointed to the Irish parliament. He was a member of the English parliament in 1571.