Bartholomew Manning of Northampton

[ElizabethHerts]

This man died in Northampton in 1685 and was buried at All Saints church on 6th December.

In 1680 he was mayor of Northampton.

He married Katherine Williams in 1659. I am hoping she is the daughter of Roger Williams. There is a baptism on 7th September 1633 at All Saints, Northampton to Roger and Martha Williams.

I am hoping also that Katherine was the sister of the Reverend John Williams, later Bishop of Chichester.

I have looked for a will for Bartholomew Manning, but to no avail. If anyone finds a will or any more about him please let me know. I so much want to claim Roger and Martha Williams as John Williams's parents. He was reputedly born c. 1636 in Northamptonshire. His last child was a Roger.

[ElizabethHerts]

I should add that Roger and Martha Williams had a son John baptised on 20th August 1637 at All Saints, Northampton.

I haven't been able to find a will for Roger Williams. He was a pinmaker.

[Sue from Southend]

There seems to be a Chancery case on TNA mentioning Bartholomew and his widow, Katherine but I don't pretend to understand Chancery Courts at all so not sure if it helps!

[ElizabethHerts]

Thanks, Sue. I wonder what relation the Hunts were to the Mannings?

[ElizabethHerts]

Odd, I have found his will on Ancestry but when I first searched it didn't give any results!
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/interactive/5111/40611_310590-00381?pid=964188&backurl=https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?_phsrc%3Dgmj4037%26_phstart%3DsuccessSourc e%26usePUBJs%3Dtrue%26indiv%3D1%26db%3DCanturburyP rerogativeCourt%26gss%3Dangs-d%26new%3D1%26rank%3D1%26gsfn%3DBartholomew%26gsfn _x%3D0%26gskw%3DNorthampton%26MSAV%3D1%26uidh%3D9p 3%26pcat%3D36%26fh%3D445%26h%3D964188%26recoff%3D7 %252019%26fsk%3D%26bsk%3DBEHFl5wIgAAT9wAJD2E-61-%26pgoff%3D%26ml_rpos%3D446&treeid=&personid=&hintid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=gmj4037&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true

[kiterunner]

Probably because ancestry isn't working properly at the moment. But anyway, if I'm looking for a PCC will I usually search TNA's catalogue first so I know what I should find on ancestry as the TNA indexing is more accurate.