Robert Nottingham (1543 - 1616)

Born 1543 in England

Descendants

Died 1616 at about age 73 in England

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Biography

Robert Nottingham (1543-1616),the father of Richard b.1587, had four brothers and two sisters all born in Ipswich, Suffolk. Taking these baptisms in order they were Henry b.1539, Timothy b.1540, William b.1540, Anne b.1541, Richard b.1546, and Thomasin b.1549. If it was this Robert Nottingham who was granted a Wine Licence in 1610 in Ipswich, then he would have been aged 67yrs. old, so it seems more likely that it was his son Robert as listed previously. On more certain ground he was probably the Robert in the Ipswich Account books making his payment as 'Nottingham's paine (i.e.payment) for not pathing' in 1602 at the calculated age of 59 yrs. and also the Robert who was an 'attorney'along with some other men in a Civic inquiry of some sort in Ipswich in 1586. As stated previously, his married daughter Mary Tame was the named Administrator in 1616. We are left to wonder why, because at least three of his sons were apparently alive in 1616. It would seem that he had not written a Will even though he was aged 73 yrs. old when he died. Perhaps he had already disposed of his main assets to his sons, setting up Thomas at Aldeburgh and Richard at Stepney as Merchants, for example. Richard was clearly the part owner of the ship 'Elzabeth' of London and by my calculations only 22 yrs. old in 1609. He would hardly have had time to earn enough to co-own a ship. Perhaps each son had been set up in business at the age of 21yrs. by their father. ^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ Nottingham, Cedric. The Virginian Connection: A Narrative Genealogical Account of the Paternal Ancestors of a Family of Nottinghams in England that Traces the Family Line Back from the Present Time to the Nottingham Family who Settled Near Eastville, in Northampton Co. Virginia in the Early 1640s, and which Then Traces the Family Line Back in England to Around the Year 1400 \i0 (N.p.: C.T. Nottingham, 2002).