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Reverend William Shipman

Male 1583 - 1653  (64 years)


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  • Name William Shipman 
    Prefix Reverend 
    Birth 1583  Bristol, Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Christening 10 Jul 1583  St Nicholas' Church, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Occupation 22 Jun 1613 
    Rector of Whaddon, Wiltshire, England 
    • He was rector of Whaddon until at least 1637 as he signed the Bishops Transcripts
    Property 1647  Hilmarton, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • National Archives reference C 10/39/200
      Shipman v Shipman
      Plaintiffs: Roger Shipman, clerk
      Defendants: William Shipman, clerk and Martha Shipman
      Subject: property in Hilmarton, Wiltshire
      Document type: answer only
      Date:      1647
    Death Between 1647 and 1653 
    Notes 
    • FOSTER: of Bristol, pleb. ST JOHN'S COLL. matric. 14 May 1602, aged 16; B.A. 3 July 1605, M.A. from BROADGATES HALL 17 May 1609; rector of Whaddon, Wilts. 1613. See Foster's Ind. Eccles.

      Hants Archives
      Alt Ref No      44M69/L28/28
      Title      Correspondence concerning appointment of rector of Winchfield (?Wingfield alias Winfield or Winkfield), Wiltshire after the death of Mr Cummin or Comyn
      Date      1620
      Description      Comprises letters to Henry and/or Rebecca Sherfield and Henry Long, and some copy replies. Correspondents include John Bayly of Winkfield (recommending William Shipman); Olive, Lady Stapleton of Lacock; William Shipman of Whaddon (including one letter requesting a lectureship at St Edmund's, Salisbury); E Vaughan of Jesus College, Oxford (recommending his clerk Thomas Harris); Sir John Dauntesey of Lavington, Wiltshire (recommending Mr Badcock, schoolmaster of Lavington); Thomas Harris of Kilmington. Also includes notes of sermon (on 1 John 5 v.3) sent by the man Henry Sherfield later presented to the living.
      Extent      18 items

      Alt Ref No      44M69/L30/42
      Title      Letter from William Shipman to Henry Sherfield concerning land at Whaddon. Whaddon
      Date      Apr 1617

      Alt Ref No      44M69/L30/53
      Title      Letter from William Shipman to Henry Sherfield concerning tithes of Whaddon case. Whaddon
      Date      25 Apr 1619
    Person ID I3427  FamilyTree1
    Last Modified 6 Sep 2019 

    Father Roger Shipman,   b. Abt 1555   d. 1586 (Age 31 years) 
    Mother Bridgett,   b. Abt 1556   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Family ID F1240  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Judith,   b. Abt 1600   d. Between 1637 and 1647 (Age 37 years) 
    Children 
     1. Martha Shipman,   b. Abt 1621   d. Aft 1647 (Age 27 years)
    +2. Reverend Roger Shipman,   b. Abt 1621   d. 1664, Chiseldon, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 43 years)
    Family ID F1068  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 15 Jun 2018