Complied December 28, 2025 - Person Sheet
Complied December 28, 2025 - Person Sheet
Residence1515, London, Middlesex, England1588 Age: 16
MemoServed 10 year apprenticeship in clothwork with powerful family
Residence1544, Groton, Suffolk, England1588 Age: 45
MemoReceived grant of Groton Manor by Henry 8th, see notes
Honors1551, Master Of The Company Of Cloth Workers1588 Age: 52
OccupationClothier; Granted Groton Estate by Henry VIII
FatherAdam Wyntrope (1466-)
MotherJane Burton? (1470-)
Spouses
Birth1516, Islington, Middlesex, England1588
Death13 May 15651588 Age: 49
FatherRobert Sharpe gent. (1489-)
Marriage20 Jul 1534, London, Middlesex, England1588
Marriage16 Nov 1527
ChildrenWIlliam
Notes for Adam Winthorpe
The Manor had been purchased by Adam Winthrop in 1544 from the Crown, following the dissolution of the Abbey of St Edmund by Henry VIII, who had been the owners since the 1160's. For the sum of £408/18/3 ( £408.92) Adam acquired the lands of the Abbey in Groton - extending to about 250 acres,along with the rights to collect wood, to fish & to operate a mill, went obligations to the Crown - to provide arms and armour & soldiers in the event of war. By the middle of the 16th Century, these obligations had been commuted for cash payments to the Crown. Records of the Manor of Groton survive from the early 16th to the 20th centuries.
above is from the website: thecroftgroton.co.uk/history
above is from the website: thecroftgroton.co.uk/history