Stamages of Essex, 1500-1650

Date: [unknown] [unknown]
Location: Essex, England
Surname/tag: Stamage

Set forth below are all the Essex County records from 1500-1650 that have been found that relate to persons with the surname Stamage, Stamadge, Stammage, Stammyge, Stamache (or variants thereof). The name seems exclusive to the Boxted/Dedham/Ardleigh region of Essex north of Colchester. It may be related to Standyshe, Standiche, Standishe and Standish, which were found around Chelmsford, Essex.

• 1534. List of inhabitants of Colchester who took the oath of fealty in 1534 included Johes. Stamage^[1]
• 1560. Frauncis Stamadge and Anna married in Ardleigh on February 12, 1559/60^[2]
• 1578. Alce Watsonne and William Staneage married in Dedham on June 29, 1578^[3]
• 1579. Alce Stamage, daughter of Wylliam and Alce Stamage, baptized in Dedham on August 25, 1579^[4]
• 1579. Alce Stamage, daughter of William Stamage, buried in Dedham on October 26, 1579^[5]
• 1581. John Baker and Margreat Stammage married in Ardleigh on June 25, 1581^[6]
• 1581. Frauncis Stammage and Annis Bolton married in Ardleigh on November 27, 1581^[2]
• 1593. Will of William Stamage of Langham, clothier, dated December 17, 1593. Mentions wife Alice, children William, Abraham, Alice and Susan (some or all minors), and brother[-in-law] John Baker^[7]
• 1609. Robert Baker and Suzan Stammyge married in Boxted on October 9, 1609.^[8]
• 1641. Mary Smith and William Stamache married in Ardleigh on February 18, 1640/1^[9]

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Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Benham, W. Gurney (trans.) The Red Paper Book of Colchester. 1902. p. 88. Link to page at archive.org.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3} Frauncis Stamadge, Essex, Ardleigh, St Mary the Virgin, Parish Register, File Line Number 30 freereg.org.uk
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} William Staneage, Essex, Dedham, St Mary the Virgin, Parish Register, File Line Number 223. freereg.org.uk
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Alce Stamage, Essex, Dedham, St Mary the Virgin, Parish Register, File Line Number 938. freereg.org.uk
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} Alce Stamage, Essex, Dedham, St Mary the Virgin, Parish Register, File Line Number 116. freereg.org.uk
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} Margreat Stammage, Essex, Ardleigh, St Mary the Virgin, Parish Register, File Line Number 604. freereg.org.uk
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1} Will of William Stamage of Langham, clothier, 17 Dec 1593, Archdeaconry records, Commissary of Bishop of London. Essex Record Office. Ref: D/ABW 35/156. Link to record at essexarchivesonline.co.uk.
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1} Suzan Stamage, Essex, Boxted, St Peter, Parish Register, File Line Number 200. freereg.org.uk
9. ↑ ^{9.0 9.1} Willm Stamache, Essex, Ardleigh, St Mary the Virgin, Parish Register, File Line Number 422. freereg.org.uk