Jeffery Ward (bef. 1600 - 1666)

Born before 24 Aug 1600 in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England

Ancestors

Husband of Margaret (Tiches) Ward — married 13 Jul 1628 in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England

Descendants

Died 24 Jan 1666 after age 65 in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England

Biography

Jeffery was baptised 24 Aug 1600, the son of George and Dyones Ward .^[1]

Marriage of Jeffrey Warde to Margaret Tiches 13 Jul 1628 ^[2]

On the breaking out of the civil war (1642), Jeffery Ward, Joseph Ward, Richard Ward, and Dionis Ward brought in money and plate for the use of the Parliament. ^[3]

In 1648 Jeffery Ward signed the Solemn League and Covenant. ^[3]

1650 Great Yarmouth, bailiff. ^[3][4]

He was re-elected in 1661 ; but an Act of Parliament having then been passed "for the better guiding and regulating of corporations,” prescribing certain oaths which Ward refused to take, he was dismissed by the commissioners appointed by the crown to enforce compliance. ^[3]

1640 He operated as a brewer and a maltster in Church Plain, Great Yarmouth, on a site which was to become The Falcon Brewery. ^[5]

He died in 1664 (1665/6 according to the parish record), having by his will bequeathed £100 to the Children's hospital. ^[3]

Burial of Jeffrey Ward 24 Jan 1665/66.^[6]

In 1665 Margaret Ward released her right in some of this property, which was then in the occupation of Richard Nightingale. There had been a brewery in this locality from a very early' period. In the 17th century John Victor had a brewhouse on the east side of Middlegate street, which passed from his son to John Woodroffe, whose only daughter and heir, Elizabeth, married William Salter of Norwich. This brewery was absorbed by that of the Wards, which continued gradually to increase until in the present century, it has become one of the largest out of London. (Written in 1872) ^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ Great Yarmouth : St Nicholas : Register of unspecified type : "Parish Register" database, FreeREG (https://www.freereg.org.uk/search_records/5818f635e93790ec8b80c89d : viewed 4 Feb 2021) baptism Jefferye Warde 24 Aug 1600
2. ↑ Great Yarmouth : St Nicholas : : "Parish Register" database, FreeREG (https://www.freereg.org.uk/search_records/58183373e93790eb7f5b0d36 : viewed 4 Feb 2021) marriage Jeffrey Warde to Margaret Tiches 13 Jul 1628
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5} The perlustration of Great Yarmouth, with Gorleston and Southtown by Charles John Palmer HathiTrust Digital Library Page 190
4. ↑ Francis Blomefield, 'East Flegg Hundred: Great Yarmouth, bailiffs and mayors', in An Essay Towards A Topographical History of the County of Norfolk: Volume 11 (London, 1810), pp. 322-345. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/topographical-hist-norfolk/vol11/pp322-345 [accessed 4 February 2021].
5. ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Lacons Brewery," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lacons_Brewery&oldid=963638838 (accessed February 5, 2021).
6. ↑ Great Yarmouth : St Nicholas : Register of unspecified type : "Parish Register" database, FreeREG (https://www.freereg.org.uk/search_records/58188b3ee93790ec754ce18a : viewed 4 Feb 2021) burial Jeffrey Ward 24 Jan 1665/66