Additional MS 6174

Date: [unknown] [unknown]
Location: Surrey, England
Surname/tag: Stoughton

Contents 1 General Information about "Additional MS 6174" 2 Anthony Stoughton 3 Elizabeth Agmundisham 4 Robert Purse 5 Agnes Pierce/Purse 6 Lawrence Stoughton 7 Lawrence Stoughton (1554-1615) 8 Sources

General Information about "Additional MS 6174"

In brief, Additional MS 6174 is a 902 page manuscript document collection written and compiled by Sir Nicholas Stoughton, Bnt. (1634-1686), "from ancient deeds and evidences in his possession (1670-1676)." By the time Nicholas came into possession of the family records, all of his family were long since deceased.

The manuscript came into the possession of William Bray and was the basis for much of what appears in the History of Surrey, 1:169-172.^[1] Bray donated it to the British Museum in 1820, and it is now in the British Library.^[2] Although considered reliable sources, Both Richardson^[3] and The History of Parliament,^[4] cite several pages from both "Additional MS 6174" (which may or may not be considered reliable)^[5] and The History of Surrey (by Manning and Bray),^[1] . What is important to realize is that the source for much of the family information (including the long pedigree chart (with notes) found in The History of Surrey comes from Add MS 6174, much of which was compiled long after the fact from papers and records Laurence’s grandson had in hand. Presumably, authors of the The History of Parliament biography did review the manuscript for their material.

Which statement in the biography came from which page of the manuscript is not known, but several statements cannot be found in other published or available on-line sources, including The History of Surrey. And, the, cited by both Richardson and the History of Parliament, came from this manuscript before it became Add MS 6174 when William Bray himself donated it to the British Museum in 1820. By paragraph of the sketch, the cited pages and statements are:

The following are selected transcripts of portions of Additional MS 6174, a Within the MS, there is a section entitled "Stoughton Family History," Selected portions of this record been quoted in various published articles and books and lend credence that most of this is an accurate transcription. These snippets have been moved from their original person profiles and replaced with summaries with this page as their source.

Marie Braun made the transcription, and per her posting, 21 Jan 2015 (viewable at the bottom of her list of badges) noted this about it, "… I transcribed the British Library's ADD MS 6174." "It took 4 years from an archival microfilm. Written by Rose's brother, Sir Nicholas Stoughton, BT (825 pages), it contradicts many internet suppositions about this family. I have been leery about sharing this too widely though I've given it freely to History Centre in Surrey, England and Guildford Museum. I am just now trying to write from Rose's point of view." Marie does not identify where this archival microfilm is located, though probably in Canada.

It is important to note that Marie did not give clear identification of any deviations she made from the original, some of which are apparent in the section for Anthony Stoughton. Some of the postings included page numbers, but it's unclear if those are page numbers of the transcript or the actual document.

Dan Côté, in a G2G note regarding Who are Jean Baptiste OTIS' parents?, stated "In the meantime, I also wish to complete the digitisation of the microfilm of Sir Nicholas Stoughton's manuscript known as British Library (BL) MS 6174. It is over 800 pages and the transcription (not by me) is about 2/3 complete. The history of Rose Stoughton and her family is amazing and it will take a much longer time to write."

Anthony Stoughton

Anthony Stoughton, the eleventh son of the sayde Laurence & Rose Stoughton the 20th Progenitor in the Pedegree mentioned was borne att Stoughton on Tuesday July the fourth about twelve of the clocke at/ noone & baptized the sixeteenth day of the same July att Stoake 40 Eliz. & A.D. 1598; His father bound him apprentice at Michaelmass A.D. 1615 to one Mr Stubbs an Ham=/borowe merchant & his father dyed the 13th of December followeing when he was an/ little above seaventeene years old; but when he was an apprentice he was drawne /aside by ill company & run out about 110£ 7s &4d, but afterwards became a true peni=/ tent convert & lived a very godly & strict life ever after; as appeares by his letters to Sir Geo. St boxe 48; but he left his master be=/fore his apprenticeship was out & soe he never sett up his trade but came & lived wth his /mother & his brother NStoughton where he lived in A.D. 1625 & 1626, but how/ long before I cannot certainely tell; about Oct 11th 1625 A.D. he had the plague att /Stoughton & a sore broke in the side of his backe, as his mother writt in a letter to her /son Nicholas Stoughton then; He was desired /to goe from Stoughton by his brother NStoughton where he lived & soe did goe awaye on Ladye daye A.D. 1627, but where he lived till he marryed I cannot finde, I have heard alsoe by others that he was apt to /be angry or passionate; About Lady /Daye 1627, when he left Stoughton he tooke up a purpose to goe & live with one /Mr Thomas, a good minister in Somersetshire as being desirous to live under a godly /soule searching ministry; Att Ockham in Surrey where his sister Weston lived, he was married /on Febr. 10th A.D. 1628 [1629] to Agnes, a younger daughter of Robert /Purse of Perry Hill in Worplesdon, Surrey, she being a daughter of his second wife & a tender /weakely woman & well beloved of her father & mother, & both a good natured & a /good Religious woman, by whom he had issue They had 2 sons (Lawrence; and Sir Nicholas BT) and 3 daughters (Rose, wife of Richard Otis; Ann, wife of Richard Glydd; and Margaret). After his wife died he was in penury and sent his children out to relatives. He sent his daughter Rose to New England in 1643. He was ensign to the Surrey Parliamentary Force under his brother Nicholas and Sir Richard Onslow. He contracted a chill which became pneumonia and died on 14 Jan 1644, in Wapping. My father was a tall proper man wth a red /bearde as I remember, somewhat hasty of disposition / as the Stoughtons usually have bin & are still, but one that truely feared God & set his face heaven wards, minde=/ing the best things, though was drawne aside when he was Apprentice, yet by /his letters as appeare in boxe 48, he had truly repented & become as strict a liver /as any, liveing an holy & godly life endeavouring his children might doe the like by his /heavenly instructions of them; & the Lord graunt that all of his that are alive & /come from his loynes may followe his holye example that with him when this life /is ended maye enjoye the beatificall vision & life for evermore; And though it pleased /the Almighty to exercise him with many inward troubles of conscience & outward /worldly troubles & crosses by reason of his greate charge of children & smallnesse /of his estate & unkindness of his brother & undeserved malice of his sister in Lawe /Stoughton, ...

Elizabeth Agmundisham

Page 470. Rose. ... daughter of Richard Ive Gent. & citizen of /London, & Eliz. his wife, sister to John Agmundisham Esq. related/ to those Agmundishams that Mr Muschamp of Rowebarnes in Surry/ married the heire of ym; After she had buryed her husband Richard Ive/ aforesayde she married one Mr Hammond of Guildford.

Robert Purse

Page 510-511 I went awaye from him {Schoolmaster) of my owne accord about/ October 1651 to my mothers brother, Mr Robert Purse, a very religious /godly man that lived att Worplesdon, who indeed gave mee much good/ counsell & would have p[er]suaded mee returned/ backe agayne to my Master, but I would not & durst not for feare of more/ severity yn before, but p[er]suaded my Unkle Purse to write a letter to brother Glyd & sende over a messenger purposely to him to come to mee,

Agnes Pierce/Purse

she was buried at Worpleston where she was borne, in the churchyarde thereby her father and mother and other relations and without any stone over her

Lawrence Stoughton

Laurence the eldest son of Laurence & Rose Stoughton was borne Febr/ 4th. 1577 & 20. Eliz. betweene the houres of nine & ten in the morning; He/ dyed att Cheswicke Aug. 22. 1597 att neere 20 yeare old; (& as I have heard)/by drinkeing of milk when he was very hot whereby he surfeited & dyed. S. P.

Lawrence Stoughton (1554-1615)

The History of Parliament cites several pages from "Additional MS 6174" in it's biography of Lawrence Stoughton.^[4] Which fact came from which page is not given, but several statements cannot be found in other published or available sources. The pages they cite are (by paragraph): Family & Education: ff. 129-30 Offices Held: f. 132; Biography:

• para 1: ff. 4-5, 7, 16, 60-1, 129-32
• para 2: none
• para 3: ff. 18, 132, 133

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Owen Manning & William Bray, The History and Antiquities of The County of Surrey, 3 vols. (J. Nichols, London, 1804-1814), 1:169-172, FamilySearch (image page 322).
2. ↑ British Library Catalog,British Library.
3. ↑
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} History of Parliament Online, entry for History of Parliament.
5. ↑ For more on this manuscript, please see this Free Space Page.