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Rev. ROBERT BRASWELL TIMELINE #2

Notes on the Ancestry of the Rev. Robert Braswell of Isle of Wight County, Virginia

By Mrs. Eunice H. Young,  Sandy, Utah

Time Line & Comparative Chart Of Events In The Lives Of His Ancestors In England

 

YEAR EVENT PLACE
1484 John BRANCEWELL , Gent. Close Rolls Grantham, Lincoln
1485 End of Mediaeval Period - beginning of Modern Age.  
c 1510 Edmund BRACEWELL  born  
1535 Henry VIII appointed himself supreme head of the Church of England Non‑conformity began  
1536 Henry VIII began a system of registration  
1538 Henry VIII ordered parish record keeping  
  An English Bible was printed & distributed  
1560 Edmund BRACEWELL died Grantham, Lincoln
1571 Robert BRACEWELL on Manorial Rolls Grantham, Lincoln
1574 All villeins were made free  
1576 Robert BRACEWELL sold land, Grantham, Lincoln
1577 William Harriosn  split the people of England into four classes: Gentlemen, Citizens  or Burgesses, Farmers & Yeomen, Laborers.  
1578  Robert BRACEWELL & Joan bought land Grantham, Lincoln
1580 Nathaniel BRACEWELL  burie

Grantham, Lincoln

1582 Anne, dau. of Robert, chr. Grantham, Lincol
1583 - 1 P. M. of Edmund BRACEWELL  (Sadler ) Eldest son, Robert, Heir Grantham, Lincoln
1584 Robert BRACEWELL, son of Robert, chr Grantham, Lincoln
1584 First colony estab. in No. America ‑ called Virginia  
1584 Richard BRACEWELL son of Robert, chr Kirton‑in‑Lindsey, Lincoln
1589  Edmund, son of Robert, chr. Grantham, Lincoln
1590 Joan BRACEWELL, wife of Robert, bur. Grantham, Lincoln
1596‑7‑8 Robert BRACEWELL , Churchwarden Grantham, Lincoln
1597 "Poor Law" was passed:  Churchwardens had the task of looking after the church fabric,   assisting the overseers of the poor, and keeping a record of  church income & expenditures  
1603 Robert BRACEWELL sold land Grantham, Lincoln
1603  Queen Elizabeth died. Her successor was James I, who felt that he ruled by divine  right, but House of Commons didn't agree.  
1605  Jone BRACEWELL , sis. of Rev. Robert chr.  St. Bride, Fleet St.,London
1607  Jamestown, Virginia, settled by London Merchants  
1610 Thomas BRACEWELL , bro. of Rev. Robert chr St. Andrew Holborn,  Londo
1611 King James version of Bible printed & distr.  
1611 (Rev.) Robert BRACEWELL born & chr Field Lane, St. Andrew  Holborn, London
1613 Robert BRACEWELL Co‑Burgess Grantham, Lincoln
1613 Robert BRACEWELL buried Grantham, Lincoln
1625 King Charles I succeeded to the throne  
1628 (Rev.) Robert BRACEWELL  entered university,  Oxford, Oxon  
1629 King Charles I dissolved Parliament  
1631 (Rev.) Robert BRACEWELL, B.A., graduated,  Oxford, Oxon  
1640 Travel in Eng. became easier. Stages began making regular runs  
1641 Richard BRACEWELL, Gent., died, Robert, son and heir, absent. Brother,    Robert, admin. his estate.  St. Bartholomew the  Great, London
1642 Civil War in Englan  
1649 King Charles I killed.  
1649‑60 England ruled by Oliver and then Richard Cromwell . No King. Called, "The  Commonwealth".  
1651  (Rev.) Robert in America, Isle of Wight, Virginia  
1658 Richard Cromwell  ruled  
1660 Richard Cromwell  deposed. Charles II  brought from the continent & proclaimed   king. He revived laws forbidding anyone  to preach unless he was ordained by the  Church of England  
1665 Great Plague, London  
1666 Great Fire, London  
1668 (Rev.) Robert BRASWELL, will probated Isle of Wight, Virginia

 

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