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Walter EASTERLING
Walter EASTERLING:
Born ABT 1570
Buried Sunday 18 October 1620, St. Olave, Hart Street, London{1}
Occupation: Embroiderer - also Servant to Sir Thomas [Glover, a Knight]
Residence: Tenter Street (1600) - Artillery Lane, Mile End, Stepney 16??)
Walter EASTERLING = ????
Married ABT 1596
Henry EASTERLING
Henry EASTERLING:
Born ABT 1598
Buried Monday 13 October 1625, St. Olave, Hart Street, London{2}
Occupation: Embroiderer
Henry EASTERLING = Jone ????
Married ABT 1622
Jone :
Born ABT 1598
Elizabeth EASTERLING
Elizabeth EASTERLING
Born 1600, Tenter Street, Stepney
Christened Thursday 3 August 1600, St. Dunstan, Stepney{3}
Alice EASTERLING
Alice EASTERLING
Born 1604, Tenter Street, Stepney
Christened Wednesday 20 October 1604, St. Dunstan, Stepney{4}
Alyce Easterlinge christened 23 Sept 1604 St Botolph Without Aldgate, London
(see IGI)
Additional Details
Stepney.
The Domesday Book of 1086 portrays Stepney as a mostly arable area with some
mills, good meadows, rich pastures and woodlands and a peasant population
of 900.
The first period of rapid growth began at the end of the 16th century with the
development of the riverside and the eastern suburbs of the City.
There was once a tenter ground where tenters, or wooden frames, were used to
stretch woven cloth so that it dried evenly.
23 September, 9 James I
Recognizances, taken before Nichilas Bestney Esq J.P.,
of Walter Easterlinge of Stepney Co Middlesex, Imbroderer,
Rice Powell of St Buttolph's-without-Bushopesgate London, yeoman and
Agnes Tedder of Stepney Co Middlesex, widdow
in the sum of £20 each;
For the said Agnes Tedder's appearance at the next session of the Peace for Co
Middlsex, to answer "for keepinge of Play art peigonholles on the Saboth day
and in devine service."
G.S.P.R., Michaelmas, 9 James I
N.S. 2:77
13 November, 11 James I [A.D. 1613].
Godfrey Burton of Whitechapel, tailor, and
Thomas Sandford of the same, silkweaver
for Thomas Reynolds of Petticoat Lane, victualler, for his misdemeanours;
and of Oliver Wynder and Richard Downes, headborough,
Walter Easterling and Arthur Swan, yeomen, all of Mile End
to give evidence against the said Thomas Reynolds
Sess. Roll 526/118, 120
Sess. Reg. 2/11, 23
N.S. 1:275
19 October, 11 James I [A.D. 1613]
Walter Easterling of Stepney, Embroiderer, and
John Holland of the same, silkweaver,
for Edward Booth and Humphrey Evans of London, yeoman
to answer James Belshire of Stepney, chandler, for felony;
and of the said James to give evidence against the said Edward and Humphrey.
N.S. 1:279
10 October, 11 James I[A.D. 1613]
Christopher Pickford of Artillery Lane, Stepney, tailor, and Alice his wife,
Dorothy Lewes of the same, spinster, servant to the said Christopher Pickford
Christopher Lluellyn [Llewellyn] of the same, tailor,
Thomas Vinard [Vynarde] of the same [St Martins-in-the-fields], upholsterer, and Mary his wife,
all for an unlawful and riotous assembly at Petticoat Lane in Stepney aforsaid, and for an assult and battery on Oliver Winder and Richard Downes, being headboroughs of Artillery Lane in the hamlet of Mile End, in the execution
of their office in serving a warrent.
All put themselves on the mercy of the King and are fined 12d each.
(Note:- Headborough is a petty constable)
Prosecuters:-
Walter Easterling [Esterling] of Mile End, embroiderer, and Thomas Hamonde.
Surities:-
For the said Christopher and Alice Pickford anbd Dorothy Lewes :-
Reginald Vaughan of St Botolph's-without-Bishopgate, merchant tailor and Mark Kelley of the same, blacksmith.
For the said Christopher Llewellyn:- Francis Tampond of Mile End, armourer
For the said Thomas and Mary Vinyard :-John Bunnell of St Andrew's-by-the-Wardrobe, haberdasher and
Arthur Pinwell of Allhallows-the-Great, barber and surgeon.
The said Oliver Winder of Petticoat Lane, silk weaver, brought a writ of 'supersedeas' out of King's Bench, for good behaviour, being accused of many foul outrages committed against his wife, proved by the oath of divers
persons.
The said Richard Downes of the same, silk weaver, bound over for good behaviour, being accused by the said Dorothy Lewes that he did offer to ravish her, she being alone in her mistresses house.
The said Oliver handed over in bail to Michael Gusbye of Stepney goldsmith, and
Ellis Elliott of the same, bricklayer, for being drunk and misbehaving himself,
to pay 5s. to the poor of the said parish and to be discharged of his office;
and all the difference between all.....
N.S. 1:287
17 January, James I [A.D. 1613-14]
Oliver Windor [Winder] of Artillery Lane, silkweaver,
George Nunn of Mile End, innholder, and
Walter Esterling [Easterlyn] of Artillery Lane, embroiderer
for thesaid Oliver to appear.
Handed over further in bail to John Hall of Shoreditch, yeoman, for abusing and beating his wife.
Sess Roll 528/88
Sess Reg 2/43, 46.
N.S. 1:347
Mile End was mostly common land in the middle ages, a favourite place of recreation for Londoners and a convenient place close to the city for people to gather. During the peasants revolt in 1381 the men of Essex met Richard
II here and made their famous demand that no man should be a serf. However, by the end of the 16th century Stow was complaining that "this common field, being sometimes the beauty of this city on that part is so encroached upon
by building of filthy cottages, and with other purpressors, inclosures and lay stalls, that in some places [Mile End Road] scarce remaineth a sufficient highway for the meeting of carriages and droves of cattle". It was claimed in
1690 that the population was mainly composed of 'handicraft tradesmen, Labourers and artificers', many of whom were presumably weavers.
(The London Encyclopaedia).
Sources
Middlesex County Records (Old Series) Vol II 1603-1625; Page N.S; Secondary evidence
23 September, 9 James I
Recognizances
Calendar to the Sessions Records (New Series Vol 1 1612-1614; Secondary evidence
13 November, 11 James I (1613)<
1:
St Olave,
Hart Street, London 1563-1700; Page 35; Secondary evidence
St Olave, Hart Street, London
Burials
18 Oct 1620
Walter Easterling, servant to Sir Tho (sic)
1a:
St Olave,
Hart Street, London 1563-1700; Secondary evidence
St Olave, Hart Street, London 1563-1700
Burials
13 Apr 1625
Sir Thomas Glover, a Knight, buried in Church
2:
St Olave,
Hart Street, London 1563-1700; Page 159; Secondary evidence
St Olave, Hart Street, London
Burials 1563-1700
13 Oct 1625
Henrie Esterling, an housholder
3:
Parish register of St Dunstan, Stepney; Primary evidence
St Dunstan, Stepney
3 Aug 1600
Elizabeth dau of Walter Easterling of Tenter Street, Ymbrodier
4:
Parish register of St Dunstan, Stepney; Primary evidence
St. Dunstan, Stepney
20 Oct 1604
Alice Easterlinge dau of Walter Easterlinge of Tenter Street, Ymbroidier
4a:
Secondary evidence
St Botolph-without-Aldgate, London
23 September 1604
Alyce dau of Walter Easterling baptised
Notes
Sir Thomas Glover buried 13th April, 1625, in the church, St. Olave, Hart Street, London.
Sir Thomas Glover Knt. sonn of Sir William Glover Knt. & Alderman of
London, married Jane daughter of Frances Roberts of Wilsden and Mary
daughter & coheir of John Barnes of Wilsden, second son of Sir
George Barnes Knt. Lord Mayor of London.
The trade of embroiderer was one of the trades favoured by Flemish and
Dutch residents in England. Therefore a foriegn origin for Walter
cannot be ruled out.
The rapid growth of the district appears from the parish registers of
Stepney and its daughter parishes: according to these (which tended
to underrate the growth of population) the population of the area covered
by the original parish trebled between 1590 and 1630 and multiplied thirteen
times in the two hundred years before 1795
[Lysons, Environs of London, iii, p.455.]
The parish registers were especially defective as a test of the growth of
population in this district, where Jews and dissenters were numerous.
In Farringdon Ward, Then is Gutheron's Lane, so called of Gutheron, sometimes owner therof.
The inhabitants of this lane of old time were goldbeaters, as doth appear
by records in the exchequer; for easterling money was appointed to be
made of fine silver, such as men made into foil, and was commonly called silver
of Gutheron's Lane, etc. The embroiders' Hall is in this lane.
A Survey of London, written in the year 1598 by John Stow
First published 1598
Reprinted 1997, 1999
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