William Bond (1567 - abt. 1617)

Born 29 Jun 1567 in St. Stephen, Walbrook, London, Middlesex, England

Ancestors

Husband of Katherine (Povey) Bond — married 29 Jan 1594 in St. Olave, Old Jewry, London, Middlesex, England

Descendants

Died about 1617 at about age 49 in Conquett, in Brittany

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Biography

William, son of George, was baptised at St Stephen Walbrook, London on 29 Jun 1567. ^[1] In 1592 he was named in the will of his father George Bond. ^[2]

 ::The earliest occupier of "Lauderdale House," or rather the site on which it stands, so far identified in the court rolls, was Richard Martin, citizen and goldsmith of London, son of Sir Richard Martin (Lord Mayor, 1589 and 1594). He married as his second wife Anne, sister of Sir William Bond.^[3]

c. 1589–99.

John Povey of Barnards Inn, whose wife was Anne, daughter of John Trott of Colney Hatch, draper. He probably lived here before 1599, since on 27th December, 1589, he had been elected a Governor of the Grammar School in place of Owen Lloyd, one of the foundation governors, who had died in France. His father, John Povey, citizen and embroiderer of London, had six daughters by his first wife, Alice (who died 17th October, 1553), and 14 sons and four daughters by his second wife, Elizabeth (who died 20th June, 1594). John Povey (the son) died in June, 1599, leaving the estate to his only child, Katherine, the wife of William Bond. To the Grammar School he bequeathed 20 nobles towards furnishing a library.

1599

William Bond, who held in right of his wife, Katherine, was knighted on 23rd July, 1603, and nominated Alderman of Farringdon Ward on 22nd August, 1605. Refusing at first to serve, he was committed to Newgate "til he conform himself." In 1611 he added 10 acres of pasture to the gardens of Lauderdale House, which he bought from the sons of Frances Southcote, widow of Robert Southcote. He was the son of Sir George Bond (Lord Mayor, 1587) and brother of Richard Martin's wife, Anne. The genealogical table (p. 145) shows these family relationships.

On 22nd June, 1610, Lady Arabella Stuart, cousin of King James I (and, failing heirs of James, the next in succession to the throne), married Sir William Seymour, grandson of the Earl of Hertford.

The king had forbidden this alliance, which might have produced claimants to the throne, on grounds of royal descent, and, when he heard of it, instantly committed her to the custody of the Bishop of Durham, and sent Seymour to the Tower.

In March, 1611, her journey with the Bishop to Durham had to commence. On the 14th of that month she wrote to the Privy Council, protesting that she was so weak that even a journey to a place agreeable to her would be the cause of her death, and asking for time to recover her strength. Her request was not granted, and the Lords of the Council sent a letter addressed to Sir William Bond at Highgate, asking him to lend a couple of rooms for her in his house for a night, since she would not be able to reach Barnet, where she was to stay. She arrived at Sir William Bond's house on the 15th, and the Bishop reported to the Council that when taken out of her litter between ten and eleven o'clock, she was very faint and "as wet as if she had been taken out of the Thames.

" On the advice of the doctor she remained in bed the next day. The Bishop said that he himself was somewhat distempered, but he understood that Sir William Bond "had a very especial care both of her and of such as were about her.

"No doubt the lady was ill, but she evidently gave the worthy bishop a great amount of trouble, and when the Council sent Sir James Croft to help him, he wrote: "I humbly thank God, his Majesty and your Lordships for sending my ancient Oxford acquaintance Sir Croft to free me and my men."

Lady Arabella remained at Highgate for six nights, removing to an inn at Barnet on 21st March, and arriving there between four and five o'clock. In reporting their arrival the Bishop added a postscript to his letter as follows: "May it please your Lordships to take notice (as in my former I made bold to acquaint your Lordships) of the kind usage which Sir William Bond and his lady gave to the honorable Lady and her followers, even to the last hour of their departure.

"Lady Arabella at this time was 35 years of age, but her husband was only 22; he died, as Duke of Somerset, in 1660. The fate of his wife was less happy. After staying at an inn at Barnet for 11 days she was moved to the house of Thomas Conyers, esquire, at East Barnet, on 1st April, when the Bishop went north to Durham. On 3rd June she escaped from East Barnet and got on board ship, but was captured, and died in the Tower on 25th September, 1615, having lost her reason.

The following record of expenses incurred by the government during her stay at Highgate is interesting:

"For diet at Highgate for 6 days from 15th to 21st March, 1611, £18 5s.3d. For the stable at Highgate for 6 days £9 17s. 10d. For lodging some of the retinue of Lady Arabella and the Bishop at Highgate 20s. For divers persons who took pains at Highgate £7 12s. 6d."

Dr. Thomas Moundford, the physician, received 30s. a day, and there were also, of course, riding and posting charges and the servants' wages.

Sir William Bond died at Conquett, in Brittany, in 1617, and his widow, Dame Catherine Bond, held the property. At the time of her death the eldest son, John Bond, was of age, but his brothers, Thomas and Richard, were under age. In accordance with the custom of the Manor of Cantlowes, which, like that of the adjoining Manor of Hornsey, was gavelkind, the three sons were admitted as tenants in common, and John Bond immediately sold his third share to Sir Henry Hobart (who died in 1625), but his brothers retained their shares until 1632.

Sources

1. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JM2K-YLZ: 18 September 2020), William Bonde, 1567.
2. ↑ Ancestry.com. England & Wales, Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 1384-1858 . Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013.The National Archives; Kew, England; Prerogative Court of Canterbury and Related Probate Jurisdictions: Will Registers;PROB 1179Ancestry Record 5111 #901575
3. ↑ "Lauderdale House and Waterlow Park," in Survey of London

• "Lauderdale House and Waterlow Park," in Survey of London: Volume 17, the Parish of St Pancras Part 1: the Village of Highgate, ed. Percy Lovell and William McB. Marcham (London: London County Council, 1936), 7-18. Historical Notes.
• British History Online, http://www.british-history.ac.uk/survey-london/vol17/pt1/pp7-18.

• [S84] Pedigrees with Index of London Citizens, abt. 1600-1800 (filmed 1954), Boyd, Percival, compiler, (Microfilm copy of manuscripts at Somerset House, London. Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1954), FHL microfilms 94,515-94,593., vol. 31 no. 3107, FHL microfilm 94537.

• The registers of St. Stephen's, Walbrook, and of St. Benet Sherehog, London by St. Stephen's, Walbrook, with St. Benet Sherehog (Parish : London); Bannerman, W. Bruce (William Bruce), 1862-1933; Bannerman, William Bruce, Jr

• "England Marriages, 1538–1973 ", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NV1V-CMQ : 13 March 2020), Wyllyam Bond, 1594.