Humphrey Maunsell (1642 - 1678)

Born 31 Jan 1642 in Northamptonshire, England

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Died 1678 at about age 35 in Montpellier, France

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Biography

Humphrey was born in 1642 and christened the same year at All Saints, Thorpe Malsor, Northamptonshire^[1]. He was the son of John Maunsell and Susanna Phipps.

In 1661, Humphrey was admitted to King's college, Cambridge University and matriculated at Easter in 1663. He received a BA in 1666/7 and an MA in 1670. He was made a Fellow of the college in 1665[?]. On 24 September 1671, he was ordained a deacon by Bishop Benjamin Laney at Ely, Cambridge and became chaplain to Viscount Conway^[2][3].

He passed away in early 1677/78 in France. His will dated 6 January 1677/78, was probated in London on 14 April 1678 by his father John Maunsell, as principal legatee. The will appears to have been a letter written at Montpellier, France, to his father, where he mentions having a consumptive cough and wants to make his wishes known to his family. In the letter he mentions his brothers Henry, Blundell, Robert (and his wife), Thomas and Henry; and his sisters Wheelowes, Courtman, Hill and Blundell and their husbands^[4][5].

Sources

1. ↑ Northamptonshire Record Office; Northampton, England; Register Type: Thorpe Malsor Parish Registers; Reference Numbers: 322p/1
2. ↑ Clergy of the Church of England Database [website] entry: Maunsell, Humphrey (1642-1678), ID: 17711
3. ↑ Venn, J. A., comp. Alumni Cantabrigienses. London, England: Cambridge University Press, 1922-1954
4. ↑ The National Archives; Kew, England; Prerogative Court of Canterbury and Related Probate Jurisdictions: Will Registers; Class: PROB 11; Piece: 353
5. ↑ Robert George Maunsell, The History of Maunsell or Mansel and other Families, Guy and Company Ltd (Cork, 1903)