Rowland Hayward (abt. 1520 - 1593)

Born about 1520 in Bridgnorth, Shropshire, England [uncertain]

Husband of Joan (Tillesworth) Hayward — married 12 Jul 1546 in London, England [uncertain]

Husband of Katherine (Smythe) Scott — married about 1578 in London, England [uncertain]

Descendants

Died 5 Dec 1593 at about age 73 in St Alphage Cripplegate, City of London, England [uncertain]

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Biography

Sir Rowland Haywarde, Knight, Alderman of London, and Lord Mayor of London

Rowland Hayward was born circa 1520 the first son of George Hayward of Bridgnorth, Shropshire, and his wife Margaret, a daughter of John Whitbrooke.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

He was educated at Bridgnorth free school.^[1]

Marriages

He married first Joan Tyllesworth, daughter of William Tyllesworth, Esq., Goldsmith of London). Issue: at least 8 (3 sons, 5 daughters).^[1][2] The marriage appears to have taken place on 12 Jul 1546 at St Peter Westcheap, City of London. The Register is damaged but the date can be made out and the names "Roland Hayward and Jone".^[7][8]

He married second Katherine Smythe, daughter of Thomas (Customer) Smythe). Issue: 2 sons, 4 daughters.^[1][9] She was said to have been a 'grave matron of 16 years' when she married Sir Rowland Hayward.^[5] Hence, the marriage may have taken place about 1578.

Sir Rowland Hayward was a co-Executor of the will of his father in law Thomas (Customer) Smythe, the will made in 1591^[10] and an Overseer to the will of his mother in law Alice Smythe, the will made in 1592.^[11] The latter will included bequests to his wife Katherine and their sons George and John, and daughters Alice, Katherine, Mary and Anne. The children of Rowland and Katherine were recorded in the Stemmata Chicheleana, a pedigree of the Chicheley family, the connection derived from Katherine's great great grandmother Phillipa Chicheley.^[12]

Children

Children of Rowland Hayward and Joan Tillesworth:

• Elizabeth Hayward (married Richard Warren Esq then Thomas Knevet Esq)^[2][13][14]
• Susanna Hayward (married Henry Townsend Esq.)^[15]
• Joan Hayward (married John Thynne Esq.)^[16][17]
• five other children died in infancy^[5]

Children of Rowland Hayward and Katherine Smythe:

• an eldest son, name unknown (presumably died as a child, buried at St Alphage London Wall)^[18]
• a second son, name unknown (presumably died as a child, buried at St Alphage London Wall)^[18]
• [Sir] George Hayward (born c 1587)^[5][12]
• [Sir] John Hayward^[19]
• Alice Hayward (married Sir Richard Buller)^[20][21][22]
• Katherine Hayward (married Richard Scott then Richard Sondes of Throwley, Kent)^[23][24]
• Mary Hayward (married Warham St Leger)^[25]
• Anne Hayward (married Edward Crayford)^[26]

His second wife survived him, married Sir John Scott, and died in 1617.^[18]

Career

He was a Merchant Adventurer importing cloths such as fustian, camlets, buckram, silk as well as exporting cloth.

• 1556 – 1558 Auditor^[1]
• 1559 – 1560 Master of the Clothworkers’ Company^[1]
• 1560 Money lender: £1,000 loan to city forwheat ... Queen borrowed £30,000 at 10% then 12% interest from 1560-61 ... she also took out personal loans for £7,000 between 1569 -71
• 1560 – 1593 an Alderman of London^[1]
• 1561 President of Bridewell
• 1563 – 1564 Sheriff
• 1566 Commissioner of Sewers and Auditor General of hospitals
• 1567 Promoted John Hawkins’ third slaving voyage; and Fenton’s voyage to the Far East in 1581 that ended in disaster
• Muscovy Co. 1567 – 1569, 1577, 1580, 1584 and 1587
• 1570-1571 and 1591 Lord Mayor of London^[1]
• 1572: senior MP for London; served on committees for London trade and industry
• 1572 – d. President of St. Bartholomew’s Hospital and as late as 1593 assisted in choosing the site for a new plague hospital
• c 1573 - 1583 Justice of the Peace for Mont., Salop, and Middlesex from circa 1583
• 1574 Chairman of Commission to reform Newgate
• 1577-78 Role in the extending trade with Russia and Persia during attempt to discover North-East passage
• 1580 Surveyor General of hospitals
• 1581 Comptroller General
• 1586 Father of the City

Death and Monument

His place of death is unknown, it may have been at his house at Elsing Spital, St Alphage, in the City of London, or perhaps at his property in Hackney, Middlesex.

There was a Monument to Sir Rowland Hayward at St Alphage, City of London.^[27][28]

"A very goodly monument in the wall of the Quire on the South side

Here lieth the Body of Sir Rowland Hayward, Knight, twice Lord Maior of this City of London, and living an Alderman the space of 30 yeeres; and (at his death) the ancientest Alderman in the said City. He lived beloved of all good Men, and died (in great Credit and Reputation) the fifth day of December, Ann. Dom. 1593. And the 36 yeere of the Reigne of our Soveraigne Lady Queene Elizabeth. He had two vertuous Wives, and by them many happy Children.

Joane, Daughter of William Tillesworth, Esq; was the first Wife to Sir Rowland Hayward, by whom he had issue, 3 Sons and 5 Daughters. Which 3 Sons, and 2 of the Daughters, died in their Infancy. The eldest of the surviving Daughters, named Elizabeth, was first married to Richard Waren, Esquire; and (after his decease) to Thomas Knevet, Esquire, one of her Majesties privie Chamber. Susanna the second Daughter, was married to Henry Townsend, Esquire. Joane the third Daughter, was married to John Thinne, Esquire.

Katharine, the second Wife of Sir Rowland Hayward, was Daughter to Thomas Smith, Esquire. By whom he had likewise three Sons and five Daughters; whereof one Sonne and one Daughter died Infants. The two Sons and four Daughters yet living, are George, John, Alice, Katharine, Mary, and Anne; all young and unmarried at their Fathers death.

Decus vitæ, est honorata mors.

This Tombe was erected by the appointment of Edward Pilsworth, and William Cotton, Citizens of London, and Executors of the said Sir Rowland."

At his death he owned 13 manors in Shropshire, 2 in Wiltshire, 1 bordering Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire, and one in Montgomeryshire. He also owned much land in London including Garland Alley in St. Botolph, Bishopsgate, and houses, orchards and gardens in Wood Street, Bunting Alley and Milk Street. He lived at Elsinge Spital from 1563 and 20 years later purchased a manor in Hackney as a country residence from Sir Henry Carey, 1st Baron Hunston.^[1]

Will of Sir Rowland Heyward 1594

The will of "Sir Rowland Heyward, knight and alderman of London" was dated 17 Nov 1592 and proved on 04 Mar 1594.^[29]

In accordance with custom of the City of London he divided his goods etc into three parts; one third part to his wife Dame Katherine, one third part to his sons and daughters not yet advanced, and one third part was reserved for his other legacies.

He referred to his sons George and John, and his daughters Thynne, Warren and Townshend (deceased).

His Executors were his son in law Richard Warren, and his friends Edward Pilsworth, Clothworker, and William Cotton, Draper. The Overseers were Mr Alderman Ratcliffe; his cousin Nicholas Mosley, Alderman; his cousin John Lacy, Clothworker; Mr Thomas Owen, sergeant; William Sebright, Town Clerk of London; his cousin King, Auditor; and his brother in law Robert Davye.

Full transcript.^[30]

Inquisition Post Mortem 1594

Inquisition taken at the Guildhall, 21 February, 36 Eliz. [1594], before Cuthbert Buckle, Mayor and escheator, after the death of Rowland Hayward, late citizen and Alderman of London.^[31][32] Sir Rowland Hayward died 5 December last past; George Hayward is his son and next heir and is now aged 7 years except 17 days.

Rowland Hayward, knight, was seised in his demesne as of fee of the manor, mansion house and capital messuage called Kynges place lying in Hackney in co. Midd.

Hayward was seised in his demesne as of fee of all that manor or lordship of Conde or Cownde in co. Salop, and the manor or lordship of Cardington, and of all those messuages, lands, tenements and hereditaments in Cardington in co. Salop, lately purchased by the said Rowland Hayward, knight, of the free and customary tenants of the said manor of Cardington; and of the farm or manor of Hudwicke in the said county of Salop; and all that farm and all the lands, tenements and hereditaments called Brierly adjoining Walcam Woode in or near the parish of Stotesdon alias Stoterton in the said county; and all the lands, tenements and hereditaments in the manor or lordship of Stretton in the said county; also the manor or lordship of Teremeneth alias Stretmarcell in co. Montgomery; and divers lands, &c., in the parish of le Poole, Buttington and Gilfeilde in the said county of Montgomery; also of that large messuage wherein the said Sir Rowland lately dwelt in the parish of St. Alphage or St. Mary Aldermanburie, formerly called Elsinge or Isinge spittell; and all the messuages, houses, gardens, orchards, &c., to the said messuage adjoining and belonging; and divers messuages, houses, lands, &c., in Phillipp Lane in the said City of London, late parcel of Elsinge Spittell, now or late in the tenure of Dame Katharine Hayward... Lord Norrys of Ricot, Richard Ley, Hugh Whitebrooke and Richard Langley; divers messuages, lands, tenements and hereditaments called Garlande Alley, lying without Bishopsgate in the parish of St. Botolph without Bishopsgate, now or late in the tenures of Henry Jackson, John Gares, John Rayner, Joyce Sheres, Edmund Hunt, John Newton, John Hampson, Henry Stacie, Brock (Broci) Whitney, William Carter, Anne Ackerlande, Thomas Thorneton and Daniel Bewporte; divers messuages, lands and tenements lying in or near Milkestrete in the parish of St. Mary Magdalene, London, now or late in the several tenures of John Lacye, Richard Boothe, Thomas Hide and Robert Herne; all that meadow or pasture lying near Temple Mille in Stratford Langthorne in co. Essex; and divers lands and tenements in the vills, hamlets and parishes of Conde, Cardington, Hudwicke, Burley, Stretton, Teremeneth alias Stretmercell, Poole, Gilfeilde, Phillip Lane, St. Botolph, St. Marie Magdalen and Stratford Langthorne......... etc

Research Notes

Spelling of surname: Various spellings of his surname can be found in different documents. Perhaps the most interesting evidence is a letter to Cecil in 1568 in which he appears to have signed his name as Haywarde.^[5] [see p 524]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8} Hayward, Sir Rowland (c.1520-93), of Elsinge Spital, London, King's Place, Hackney, Mdx. and Cound, Salop. Published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1558-1603, ed. P.W. Hasler, 1981 HOP.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Visitation of London, 1568: With Additional Pedigrees, 1569-90, the Arms of the City Companies, and a London Subsidy Roll, 1589. Publications of the Harleian Society. Vols 109-110. London H S and Rawlins S W. 1963. Hayward pp 104-105.
3. ↑ Visitation of the City and Suburbs of London, 1568. By Robert Cooke, Clarenceux King of Arms. Queens College MS 72. University of Oxford, Image 268 Internet Archive.
4. ↑ Visitation of Shropshire Taken in the Year 1623. Edited by Grazebrook G and Rylands JP. 1889. Part I. Publications of the Harleian Society, Vol. 28, p 235 Heyward of Bridgnorth Internet Archive.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4} Jay, W. Sir Rowland Hayward. Transactions of the London and Middlesex Archaeological Society. New Series Vol VI, 1929, pp 509-527.
6. ↑ The Will of Sir Rowland Heyward, Kt. Edited by the Rev. R C Purton. Transactions of the Salop Archaeological Society. Vol. LI, Part 2, 1943, pp 127-138 pdf.
7. ↑ St Peter Westcheap, City of London. Register. Image of Register accessed via Ancestry.
8. ↑ "England Marriages, 1538–1973", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NKG5-5T5 : 12 March 2020), Roland Hayword, 1546.
9. ↑ The Visitation of Kent. Taken in the Years 1619-1621. The Publications of the Harleian Society. Vol XLII. Edited by Robert Hovenden, 1898, p 114 Smith Pedigree Internet Archive.
10. ↑ Will of Thomas Smythe of London. 29 Oct 1591. PROB 11/78/226. The National Archives, Kew.
11. ↑ Will of Alice Smythe, Widow of London. 11 May 1598. PROB 11/91/377. The National Archives, Kew.
12. ↑ ^{12.0 12.1} Buckler, Benjamin. Stemmata Chicheleana. Oxford Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1765, No. 4 Internet Archive.
13. ↑ Visitation of Wiltshire 1565. Edited by Metcalfe W.C. Published by William Pollard & Co. 1897, pp 62-63 Knevett Pedigree Internet Archive.
14. ↑ Knyvet, Thomas I (c.1545-1622), of Westminster, Mdx. and Escrick, Yorks. Published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1558-1603, ed. P.W. Hasler, 1981 HOP.
15. ↑ Townshend, Sir Henry (c.1537-1621), of Cound and Ludlow Castle, Salop and Lincoln's Inn, London. Published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1604-1629, ed. Andrew Thrush and John P. Ferris, 2010 HOP.
16. ↑ Thynne, John (?1550-1604), of Longleat, Wilts. Published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1558-1603, ed. P.W. Hasler, 1981 HOP.
17. ↑ Visitation of Wiltshire 1623. Edited by George W Marshall, 1882. p 59 Internet Archive.
18. ↑ ^{18.0 18.1 18.2} Will of Katherine Scott, late Wife of Nettlestead, Kent. 12 March 1617. PROB 11/129/289. The National Archives, Kew.
19. ↑ Hayward, Sir John (c.1591-1636), of Acton Burnell, Salop; later of Hollingbourne and Rochester, Kent. Published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1604-1629, ed. Andrew Thrush and John P. Ferris, 2010 HOP.
20. ↑ Visitation of Cornwall 1620. Vivian J L and Drake H H (Eds). Publications of the Harleian Society, Vol IX, 1874, pp 24-25 Buller Pedigree Internet Archive.
21. ↑ Buller, Sir Richard (c.1578-1642), of Shillingham, Cornw. Published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1604-1629, ed. Andrew Thrush and John P. Ferris, 2010 HOP.
22. ↑ Richardson D. Plantagenet Ancestry, 2nd edn. (2011), Volume 1, p 589 Google Books.
23. ↑ Familiae Minorum Gentium. Vol IV. J W Clay (Ed.). Publications of the Harleian Society. Vol. XL, 1896. Scott Pedigree pp 1301-1303 Internet Archive.
24. ↑ Sondes, Richard (1571-1632), of Throwley, Lees Court and Sheldwich, Kent. Published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1558-1603, ed. P.W. Hasler, 1981 HOP.
25. ↑ Richardson D. Plantagenet Ancestry, 2nd edn. (2011), Vol. III, p 128 Google Books.
26. ↑ The Visitation of Kent. Taken in the Years 1619-1621. The Publications of the Harleian Society. Vol XLII. Edited by Robert Hovenden, 1898, p 34 Craford Pedigree Internet Archive.
27. ↑ The Survey of London: Contayning The Originall, Increase, Moderne Estate, and Government of that City, Methodically Set Down. By John Stow. 1633, p 305 Google Books.
28. ↑ Seymour, R. The History and Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster, Borough of Southwark, and parts adjacent. Vol. I, 1733, p 581 HathiTrust.
29. ↑ Will of Sir Rowland Heyward, Alderman of London. 04 Mar 1594. PROB 11/83/228. The National Archives, Kew.
30. ↑ Will of Sir Rowland Hayward 1594. PROB 11/83/228. Transcript by Nina Green, 2014 pdf.
31. ↑ 'Inquisitions: 1593-4', in Abstracts of Inquisitiones Post Mortem For the City of London: Part 3, ed. E A Fry (London, 1908), pp 171-219 BHO.
32. ↑ Index to Wills Proved and Administrations Granted in the Commissary Court of the manor of Evington, 1581-1800; Collection: London: - Inquisitiones Post Mortem, City of London, 1577-1603.

See also:

• Hayward [Heyward], Sir Rowland. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography ODNB.
• Two Elizabethan Women: Correspondence of Joan and Maria Thynne 1575-1611. Alison D Wall (Ed.). Wiltshire Record Society. Vol. XXXVIII, 1983 pdf.
• Botfield, B. Stemmata Botevilliana: memorials of the families of De Boteville, Thynne and Botfield, in the counties of Salop and Wilts. 1858, p 35 Internet Archive.
• The Genesis of the United States. By Alexander Brown. 1897, Vol. II, pp 918-919 Internet Archive.
• Browning, C. H. (1911) Americans of Royal Descent: Collection of Genealogies Showing the Lineal Descent from Kings of Some American Families], Genealogical Publishing Co. Google Books.
• Sir Rowland Hayward Wikipedia.
• http://www.thepeerage.com/p11792.htm#i117917
• Stowe’s Annals, i. p. 585.; p 35.
• “Stemmata de Leodegaria “, - Pedigree of the St. Leger family compiled by Rev. Edward St. Leger, of Kirton-in-Lindsay, 1867 which is held at the British Library, London Ref: 14000 r 23 16 8674728.