Individual Details
ROBERT Ginn
(1503 - Sep 1587)
Robert Ginn was the eldest surviving son of his father and the heir to "Passmers". Robert married a woman whose name we only know as 'Agnes'.
Robert was a prosperous Yeoman farmer, the gold and silver items mentioned in his will marking him out among the branches of the Ginn family.
Robert Ginn (b 1503, d 1587) leaving a will ( Essex Record Office with his original signature above), the year before the abortive attack of the Spanish Armada - he must have been well into his 80s. Agnes lived on, helping to equip the local militia at the time of the Spanish Armada with the very halberd that Henry Ginn had supplied in 1539, such family weapons often being treasured among yeomen.
Agnes died in 1589, aged nearly 90 on my calculation. She has my undying gratitude as the provider of a huge amount of information on the Ginn family. Her will (Essex Record Office) suggests that she was a formidable woman!
Robert and Agnes had a huge family of which:
Henry - was the heir and will be dealt with in a later post.
"Robert Ginn, b. 1503, Anstey, Herts, d. SEP 1587 Anstey, Herts. Yeoman
He was a very prosperous yeoman. He married in abt 1525-28. He inherited considerable land from his father but then set abt aquiring more. In 1544 he bought freehold property from John Moss and his wife in Clavering, Essex. This property was in Anstey, Barkway and Nuthampstead. In 1562 he was referred to as one of the two 'principal freeholders in Anstey. He and his wife had a maid and two other servants (maybe farm workers). He was frequently chosen to sit on juries at the Quarter sessions and often on the grand jury at the Assizes. Robert and Agnes lived in 'Passmers' in Anstey. This was a large, two storried and multi-roomed farmhouse with many outhouses." (Collins)
"Agnes (d. MAY 1589), Anstey, Herts, burial, 13 MAY 1589, Anstey, Herts.
1 NOTE In her will she left (amongst other things) 12d for the church of 'Anstie' 6s 8d for the poor, 5s 4d each to her servants; Henry Hemings, John Bawcock & Agnes Cook, 6s 8d to Robert King son of James King, £5 to be divided between the 6 children of daughter Katherine Gynne on their wedding days, 12d to her god-children, son Robert bedstead,grene coverlet with byrds ,fetherbed ,mattresseblanket, fflaxen sheets,1 bolster,pillow, £6 13s 4d 10 quarters of barley. Son Henry household stuff inc. a coverlet bought off a women in Barkway and £6 13s 4d. Son Arthur 'a grate cawldron bought off John Galden and my biggest yeldinge fatt' and £6 13s 4d. To all 3 sons all'my rakes,forks and iron stuff.. in anye of my yardes'. to Sarah Collin daughter of my daughter Sarah Collin the beste brasse kettell, one table clothe bought off Ballingers wife and my white bullocke. To Alice King one of my grate kettels bought off Mistress Taylor. to my 4 daughters Dorothy Lyndsell,Elizabeth Cannon,Frances Fordham,widow & Sarah Collin all my household stuff and rings except ready money and gold. Witnesses William Barlee,Thomas Barlee and Henry Gynne." (Collins) Queen Elizabeth I reigned during this time and in 1558 England lost its last French possession at Calais.
Robert was a prosperous Yeoman farmer, the gold and silver items mentioned in his will marking him out among the branches of the Ginn family.
Robert Ginn (b 1503, d 1587) leaving a will ( Essex Record Office with his original signature above), the year before the abortive attack of the Spanish Armada - he must have been well into his 80s. Agnes lived on, helping to equip the local militia at the time of the Spanish Armada with the very halberd that Henry Ginn had supplied in 1539, such family weapons often being treasured among yeomen.
Agnes died in 1589, aged nearly 90 on my calculation. She has my undying gratitude as the provider of a huge amount of information on the Ginn family. Her will (Essex Record Office) suggests that she was a formidable woman!
Robert and Agnes had a huge family of which:
Henry - was the heir and will be dealt with in a later post.
"Robert Ginn, b. 1503, Anstey, Herts, d. SEP 1587 Anstey, Herts. Yeoman
He was a very prosperous yeoman. He married in abt 1525-28. He inherited considerable land from his father but then set abt aquiring more. In 1544 he bought freehold property from John Moss and his wife in Clavering, Essex. This property was in Anstey, Barkway and Nuthampstead. In 1562 he was referred to as one of the two 'principal freeholders in Anstey. He and his wife had a maid and two other servants (maybe farm workers). He was frequently chosen to sit on juries at the Quarter sessions and often on the grand jury at the Assizes. Robert and Agnes lived in 'Passmers' in Anstey. This was a large, two storried and multi-roomed farmhouse with many outhouses." (Collins)
"Agnes (d. MAY 1589), Anstey, Herts, burial, 13 MAY 1589, Anstey, Herts.
1 NOTE In her will she left (amongst other things) 12d for the church of 'Anstie' 6s 8d for the poor, 5s 4d each to her servants; Henry Hemings, John Bawcock & Agnes Cook, 6s 8d to Robert King son of James King, £5 to be divided between the 6 children of daughter Katherine Gynne on their wedding days, 12d to her god-children, son Robert bedstead,grene coverlet with byrds ,fetherbed ,mattresseblanket, fflaxen sheets,1 bolster,pillow, £6 13s 4d 10 quarters of barley. Son Henry household stuff inc. a coverlet bought off a women in Barkway and £6 13s 4d. Son Arthur 'a grate cawldron bought off John Galden and my biggest yeldinge fatt' and £6 13s 4d. To all 3 sons all'my rakes,forks and iron stuff.. in anye of my yardes'. to Sarah Collin daughter of my daughter Sarah Collin the beste brasse kettell, one table clothe bought off Ballingers wife and my white bullocke. To Alice King one of my grate kettels bought off Mistress Taylor. to my 4 daughters Dorothy Lyndsell,Elizabeth Cannon,Frances Fordham,widow & Sarah Collin all my household stuff and rings except ready money and gold. Witnesses William Barlee,Thomas Barlee and Henry Gynne." (Collins) Queen Elizabeth I reigned during this time and in 1558 England lost its last French possession at Calais.
Events
| Birth | 1503 | Anstey, Hertfordshire | |||
| Marriage | 1528 | Agnes | |||
| Death | Sep 1587 | Anstey, Hertfordshire |
Families
| Spouse | Agnes ( - ) |
| Child | Robert Ginn (1529 - 1596) |
| Child | Katherine Ginn (1531 - 1585) |
| Child | Ellen Ginn (1534 - 1577) |
| Child | Dorothy Ginn (1537 - ) |
| Child | Margaret Ginn (1541 - 1580) |
| Child | Elizabeth Ginn (1545 - ) |
| Child | Frances Ginn (1548 - ) |
| Child | Arthur Ginn (1549 - 1569) |
| Child | Arthur Ginn (1553 - 1630) |
| Child | Sarah Ginn (1561 - ) |
| Spouse | Agnes ( - ) |
| Child | HENRY Ginn (1527 - 1615) |
| Father | HENRY Ginn (1476 - 1539) |
| Mother | Katherine ( - ) |
| Sibling | Richard Ginn (1505 - ) |
| Sibling | Thomas Ginn (1508 - 1545) |
| Sibling | Margery Ginn (1510 - ) |
| Sibling | William Ginn (1512 - 1568) |