Person:John Hammond (9)

John Hamonde, the clothier, of Lavenham, County of Suffolk, England, was born about 1500, son of John Hamonde, of Melford. He appears to have been the first of the name to live in Lavenham. He undoubtedly settled there in connection with the cloth industry, of which Lavenham was at that time the center. John Hammond must have been still a young man at the time of his death, as his children appear to have been quite young and his widow survived him 26 years, but the exact period of his birth cannot be learned.

The following abstract of John's will as found in "The Hammond Families," was furnished by Major Henry C. Maiden, a brother-in-law of Rev. Canon Thomas Scott, Rector of Lavenham, in 1897, and is dated Dec. 22, 1550: " I John Hamond, of Lavenham, Clothier, &c." Item, I give and bequeathe to Agnes my weif £30. Item, I give and bequeathe to Wilm Hamond my sonne £5, to be paide hym at the age of 21 yeres. Item, I give and bequeathe to Elizabeth, Margaret and Johane, my daughters, to every one of them £6. 8s 4d, to be paide them at the age of 21 yeres. Item, I give and bequeathe to Thomas Hamond, my sonne my house in Melford, late John Hamonde my ffathers, holdyn by coype of Courte Rolle now of my Lady Mary's grace, to enter at the age of 21 yeres. Item, I give and bequeathe to my said sonne Thomas £4. I appoint my wyfe Agnes and my sonne Willm executors of this my last Will. Proved at Lambeth, June 5, 1551.

The following is a copy of the deed of trust mentioned above, dated July 25, 1548, in which one William Page of Brandeston, near Lavenham, conveys a copse and meadow to twenty-five trustees for the good of the poor of Lavenham forever. INDENTURE AT LAVENHAM RECTOR. Omnibus XtJ fidelibus ad quos hoc presens carta Indentata perve'int Will0 Page de Lavenham. Salutem in Dno sempiternam. Sciatis me prefatum Wm Page dimisisse, tradidisse, feofasse et hac presenti carta mea indentata confirmasse Will0 Rysbie, Generoso Roberto Risbie, Thome Risbie et Georgio Risbie filiis dicti Willi Rysbie, Marteno Sudeley Generoso et Marteno Alio suo, Willo Grome et Willo filio suo, Rogero Grome et Thome filio suo, Thome Sexteyn, Georgio Pye et Georgio filio suo. Roberto Critost. Johni Whattoke, clothmaker, et Johni filio suo Willo Cawston, Alano Sexteyn, Johni Warde, Roberto Brinwyn, Johni Hamonde et Willo Hamonde filio suo, Roberto Lynche, Hugoni Southill, Edwo Prykke et Willo Rockeley unam peciam prati vocatam Brandeston medowe, et unam peciam bosci vocm Brandeston Grove cum suis pertinentibus in villa de Lavenham predicta. Quae quidam pecio prati et bosci erunt ad pauperes sustentandos infra vilia de Lavm predict in perpetuum. In omnis rei testimonium huic presenti carte indentate sigillum meum opposui. Datum vicesimo quinto die July Anno regis Edwardi Sexti dei Gra Anglie ffrancie et Hiberne Regis fidei Defensoris et in terra Anglicane et Hiberne Ecclesie Capitis secundo. (Signed) per me Willm Page. (Endorsed) Possessio et status data est in prgesens Johnni Waren Nicholas Waren Thome—(illegible) Johni Vale cum multis aliis. 2 Edw 6 1548.

1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 Hammond, Frederick Stam. History and Genealogies of the Hammond Families in America: With an Account of the Early History of the Family in Normandy and Great Britian. (Oneida, New York: Ryan & Burkhart, Printers, 1902-1904)
   pp.47-50.