Person:Richard Remington (4)

The English background of the Remington family and the biography of Richard Remington was obtained from the Internet web site http://www.uftree.com/UFT/WebPages/Paul-Remington/REMFAM/d0/i0000164.htm. Additional information was obtained from the book "Ancestral Lines, Third Edition" by Carl boyer 3rd, published by the author in Santa Clarita, California in 1998. Boyer provides data gathered from Ann Remington Long of England and Gordon Remington of Salt Lake City.

The body of Richard Remington was interred November 11, 1615 in Lockington. Lockington is in the East Riding of Yorkshire, but just north of Lincolnshire.

He married Elizabeth Hutton in Lockington, England, the daughter of Matthew Hutton. Elizabeth became the mother of Robert Remington in Lockington, England. Richard and Elizabeth Remington christened some of thier children at Lockington.

Richard Remington was Archbishop of Cleveland and the East Riding of Yorkshire.

Richard Remington wrote his will in 1613, and it included:

"Item I will that my books shall be equallie devided between Henry R. Robt. R. and John R. my sonnes if they all prove to be schollers and follow their studies at the Universitye. If any of them fayle in that he shall loose his portion of bookes.

"Item I give to John R. my youngest sonne the summe of three hundred pounds to be paid him when he shall come to the age of thirtie yeares, provided alway that if he or any other of my children to whome I have given and bequeathed legacies do not hould themselves contented with the same legacies alreadie given, but shall require a Childe portion out of my goodes over and besides their legacies, my will is that in so doing they shall lose all and every parte and parcell of their formerly bequeathed legacies.

"Item I givew the tuition of my sonn John R. to Mr. Claphamson praising him that he will see him brought up in learninge." Furthermore, son John was to have become heir to his father's lands if the elder sons defaulted.