Chelsea, in the Olden & Present TimesBryan, George
History
Chelsea, in the Olden & Present Times
Bryan, George
Chelsea (London, England) -- History
No entry of marriages from 1648 to 1652, when there were
three.
1675. W. Cheyne, Esq., only son of Charles Cheyne, Lord of this
Manor, and Mrs. Elizabeth Thomas, both of this parish, Dec.
16.
1703. Lord Windsor and Lady Dowager Jeffreys, relict of Judge
Jeffreys.
1711. The Hon. Algernon Grevile and the Hon. Mary Somerset,
grand-daughter to the Duchess Dowager of Beaufort, Dec. 24.
1713. The Duke of Grafton and Lady Somerset, April 10.
BURIALS.
1565. None were buried—not a single person died in the parish,
during this year.
1593. Thomas Larrance de civitate, London, goldsmith.—John
Edwards and Thomas Evans, servants, buried both together,
died of the plague. Three more died of the plague about
the same time.
1594. Alice Griffin, a poore washwoman, buried 2nd Feb.—Ann, a
poore woman, buried from a stable.
1594. Gregorie Fynes, Lord Dacre of the South, 25th Sept., whose
funeralls and burial were kepte the 5th Novemb. at
Chelsey.—The Lady Anne, wife of Lord Dacre, was buried 15th
of May, whose funeralls were solemnized at Chelsey, the
19th June, 1595.
1603. Catharyne, the Countess of Nottingham, was buried at
Chelsey the 28th of Feb., and her funeralls were honourably
kepte at Chelsey, the 28th March.—George, a poore boye, was
buried 2nd March; he died in the Lordship’s Yarde.
1604. Thomas Younge, a Yeoman of the Guards, Sept. 29, who hath
given to the parishes of Chelsey, Willsden, and Kensington,
xx_s._ apiece yearly for ever to the use of the poore
there.
1605. Catherine, wife of Richard Warde, Parson of Chelsey.
1606. Richard Munden, the Clerk, buried of the plague; also his
son, Thomas, of the plague. {147}
1608. Thomas Forrest, a godly preacher, Feb. 7.—Richard Eryth,
our poore Schoolmaster, March 26.
1609. William Gulley was buried out of the Erle of Lincolne’s
stable, 14 Augusti—One William Morgan, a poore man died in
a straw house, and buried Oct. 1.
1610. There were six buried of the plague this year.
1613. Jana, a poore woman, out of the barn, Dec. 25.—A poore
woman found dead at the Earl of Lincoln’s, and another in
the Lordship’s barn, buried the same day.
1615. The Lord of Effingham buried.—Richard Ward, Parson, Sept.
2.
1620. Katharin, Countesse of Huntingdon, Aug. 14. She was
daughter of John, Duke of Northumberland.
1625. Sir Arthur Gorges, Oct. 10.—Twenty-two persons died of the
plague.
1627. Magdalen Danvers, wife of Sir John Danvers, June 8.
1632. Sir Robert Stanley, buried Jan. 23.
1636. Eight died of the plague this year.
1638. Sir John Lawrence, Knt., Nov. 14.
1643.
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