King’s Lynn Town Waits’ Names 1362 – 1746
(1527 – 1746 supplied by Peter Sykes)
| Surname | Forename | First mentioned | Last mentioned | ||
| month | year | month | year | ||
| DE BOYES | Johannem | 1362/1363 | 1366/1367 | ||
| LE WAYTE | Willelmo | 1364/1365 | ???? | ||
| WAYTE | Petro | 1370/1371 | 1414/1415 | ||
| WILDE | Willelmo | 1394/1395 | 1414/1415 | ||
| Unnamed Waits mentioned | 1431/1432 | 1433 | |||
| AUDELE | Johannes | Oct | 1436 | ???? | |
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PORTOUR |
Thomas |
Oct |
1436 |
???? |
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Unnamed Waits mentioned |
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1437/1438 |
1438/1439 |
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| 2 Waits’ chains passed from Mayor to Mayor | Dec | 1512 | 1513 | ||
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3 Waits’ chains passed from Mayor to Mayor |
Sept | 1514 |
1520 |
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Alternative names or spellings |
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| Johannem de Boyes | Johanni Wayte, Johanni de Doys, Johannem Wayte, Johannem le Wayte | ||||
| Willelmo le Wayte | Willelmo Wayte, (this is probably William Wilde) | ||||
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Petro Wayte |
Petro Whaite, Petro Whaytte |
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Willelmo Wilde |
Willelmo Wylde, Willelmi Wylde, Willielmo Wylde |
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(William Wilde is frequently mentioned in association with his servants, sons, or apprentices – thus:& sociis suis, & seruentibus suis, & Servientis suis, & pueris suis, & puersis suis) |
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SHELLER |
John |
Sept |
1527 |
1529/1534 |
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NORMAN |
James |
Sept |
1527 |
May |
1528 |
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NORMAN |
Thomas |
Sept |
1527 |
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1529/1534 |
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CONYNGESBY |
Thomas |
May |
1528 |
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1528 |
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NEWMAN |
Thomas |
Aug |
1528 |
still Head Wait Aug 1541 |
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SHELL(E) |
John |
Aug |
1534 |
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1535 |
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ESSEX |
Richard |
Aug |
1534 |
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1536/37 |
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BRIGGS |
William |
Aug |
1534 |
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1536/37 |
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HOWTON |
Nicholas |
Aug |
1535 |
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1537+ |
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GALE |
Thomas & Co |
Oct |
1580 |
Mar |
1583 |
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ALLYN |
John & 4 more |
Oct |
1583 |
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???? |
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WHITEHEAD |
John |
Oct |
1593 |
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???? |
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SENELIE |
Matthew |
Oct |
1593 |
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???? |
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EXCELBIE |
Denis |
Oct |
1593 |
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???? |
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HAWKYN |
John |
Oct |
1593 |
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???? |
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HARGRAVE |
William |
Oct |
1593 |
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???? |
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KYDD |
Robert |
Sept |
1634 |
Nov |
1635 |
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TAYLOR |
Edmund |
Sept |
1634 |
Nov |
1635 |
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BARETT |
John |
Nov |
1635 |
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???? |
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HILL |
William |
Nov |
1635 |
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???? |
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BRADLY |
John |
??? |
1646/7 |
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???? |
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Waits were paid but not named over the next few years |
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LOE |
Richard |
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1659 |
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1663 |
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EBESON |
Francis |
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1659 |
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1663 |
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STONE |
James |
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1659 |
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1663 |
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GOLDBERY |
Robert |
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1659 |
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1663 |
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PAGETT |
William |
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1664 |
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1668 |
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SUTTON |
John |
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1664 |
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1668 |
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GREENE |
John |
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1664 |
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1668 |
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TROTTER |
Walter |
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1664 |
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1667 |
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EDWARDS |
John |
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1667 |
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1668 |
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No Waits from 1668 to 1674 |
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ROE |
Charles & 3 others |
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1674 |
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1706 |
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There are no extant Chamberlains records between 1707 & 1715/16. From then to 1724 they were paid a total of �25 a year [presumably five at �5 each], but no names are given. Hall Book 13 Mar 1726/27 records the discharge of the waits: |
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ROWE |
John |
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???? |
Mar |
1727 |
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BURTON |
Robert |
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???? |
Mar |
1727 |
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LOW/LOE |
Charles |
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???? |
Mar |
1727 |
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BEVIL |
Richard |
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???? |
Mar |
1727 |
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The lists reappear in Chamberlain accounts 1729-30: |
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LEMON |
A. G. |
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1729 |
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1746 |
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BURTON |
Robert |
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1729 |
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1733 |
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ROW |
John* |
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1729 |
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1734/35 |
| BROWN | Charles | 1729 | 1729 | ||
| LOW | Charles | 1729 | 1729 | ||
| NORRIS | John | 1731 | 1746 | ||
| LOW | Nathaniel* | 1732 | 1732 | ||
| LOW | Charles* | 1730 | 1734 | ||
| CALDECOT | John | 1735 | 1743/44 | ||
| JENKINSON | John | 1735 | 1737 | ||
| HINTON | William | 1737 | 1746 | ||
| DRAPER | Joseph | 1738 | 1742/43 | ||
| SPATBOROUGH | John | 1744 | 1746 | ||
| CANHAM | Benjamin | 1744 | 1746 | ||
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On 21 July 1746 the Hall Book recorded that the Waits were to be discharged from Michaelmas, and their wages paid with an extra 50 shillings each when they handed in their badges and chains. *In 1734-35 reduced payments were made to representatives of John Row & Charles Low |
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