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−	'''Christopher Boone ~~will~~'''	+	'''PROB 11/389/1 Will of Christopher Boone, Merchant of London 29 July 1686'''

	PROB 11/385 Lloyd 136-181 Will of Christopher Boone, Merchant of London of All Saints Lee, Kent 29 July 1686 + PROB 11/389 Foot 133-172 Will of Christopher Boone, Merchant of London 29 July 1686		PROB 11/385 Lloyd 136-181 Will of Christopher Boone, Merchant of London of All Saints Lee, Kent 29 July 1686 + PROB 11/389 Foot 133-172 Will of Christopher Boone, Merchant of London 29 July 1686

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 ''The order you gave Mr Christopher Boone of Seville to send us some efecxts from thence or to lett us drawe itt on him that soe wee maie from hence remitt itt for your acco'o to Levorne because here are more occasions often for levorne than for St. Lucar or Cadiz itt is soe butt wee have verrye selldome occation to drawe itt from Seville bey exa there fore wee will write him to remitt it & for Vallentia if possible exsepte you will that hee remitt itt per some good English shippe that maie offer from thence hether which is selldome''<ref>[17] London.  Thomas Boone (Alicante, 2-6-1648),' in José Ignacio Martínez Ruiz, Perry Gauci, Mercaderes ingleses en Alicante en el siglo XVII: estudio y edición de la correspondencia comercial de Richard Houncell & Co (Alicante, 2008), p. 130</ref>
-Christopher Boone maintained his commercial interest in Spain after his return to London, and employed Anthony Upton as his Seville factor in the 1660s.<ref>Anthony Upton mentioned Christopher Boone in his will, which he wrote in Seville in 1669 ([[MRP: Anthony Upton will| PROB 11/332 Penn 1-66 Will of Anthony Upton of Seville 25 January 1670]]</ref>  Anthony Upton, like Christopher Boone, came from the south-west England, Upton from near Dartmouth, Devon, and Boone from Taunton, Somerset.
+Christopher Boone maintained his commercial interest in Spain after his return to London, and employed Anthony Upton as his Seville factor in the 1660s.<ref>Anthony Upton mentioned Christopher Boone in his will, which he wrote in Seville in 1669 ([[MRP: Anthony Upton will| PROB 11/332 Penn 1-66 Will of Anthony Upton of Seville 25 January 1670]]</ref>  Anthony Upton, like Christopher Boone, came from the south-west England, Upton from near Dartmouth, Devon, and Boone from Taunton, Somerset.  Speculatively, Christopher Boone's strong and continued connection to the Spanish trade may explain his mention in his will, written in 16?8?X, of a cousin, John Boone "now at fflorida", which was Spanish controlled.
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 Originally from Taunton, Somerset, he expanded his commercial reach into the East India trade. He appears in a venture associated with the Guinea trade in the company both of Elizabeth Dalyson’s close advisor, the merchant Thomas Papillon, and with the merchant Thomas Tyte, one of Elizabeth Dalyson’s two nominated referees required by the Court of Chancery.
-Brother or cousin of Thomas Boone, merchant, they were both involved in the Spanish trade, and appear frequently in the correspondence of the Spanish merchant, John Paige. Speculatively, Christopher Boone's trong connection to the Spanish trade may explain his mention in his will of a cousin, John Boone "now at fflorida", which was Spanish controlled.  Thomas Boone was involved with Maurice Thompson in the late 1640s in advancing the Asssada plantation off Madagascar. Christopher Boone was elected a committee of the New England Company of 1649 in September 1677
+Brother or cousin of Thomas Boone, merchant, they were both involved in the Spanish trade, and appear frequently in the correspondence of the Spanish merchant, John Paige. Thomas Boone was involved with Maurice Thompson in the late 1640s in advancing the Asssada plantation off Madagascar. Christopher Boone was elected a committee of the New England Company of 1649 in September 1677
 In the late 1640s, Christopher Boone appears to have been resident in Seville, Spain, working as a factor for Thomas Boone in London, who was possibly his cousin.  A letter from Thomas Boone to ?Richard ?Houncell in Alicante, Spain, dated June 3rd, 1648, made reference to:

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 Originally from Taunton, Somerset, he expanded his commercial reach into the East India trade. He appears in a venture associated with the Guinea trade in the company both of Elizabeth Dalyson’s close advisor, the merchant Thomas Papillon, and with the merchant Thomas Tyte, one of Elizabeth Dalyson’s two nominated referees required by the Court of Chancery.
-Brother or cousin of Thomas Boone, merchant, they were both involved in the Spanish trade, and appear frequently in the correspondence of the Spanish merchant, John Paige. Thomas Boone was involved with Maurice Thompson in the late 1640s in advancing the Asssada plantation off Madagascar. Christopher Boone was elected a committee of the New England Company of 1649 in September 1677
+Brother or cousin of Thomas Boone, merchant, they were both involved in the Spanish trade, and appear frequently in the correspondence of the Spanish merchant, John Paige. Speculatively, Christopher Boone's trong connection to the Spanish trade may explain his mention in his will of a cousin, John Boone "now at fflorida", which was Spanish controlled.  Thomas Boone was involved with Maurice Thompson in the late 1640s in advancing the Asssada plantation off Madagascar. Christopher Boone was elected a committee of the New England Company of 1649 in September 1677
 In the late 1640s, Christopher Boone appears to have been resident in Seville, Spain, working as a factor for Thomas Boone in London, who was possibly his cousin.  A letter from Thomas Boone to ?Richard ?Houncell in Alicante, Spain, dated June 3rd, 1648, made reference to:

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 Christopher Boone (b. c.1615, d. 1686). Merchant. Member of the Merchant Taylor livery company. Cousin to George Oxenden and Elizabeth Dalyson, and five years older than Oxenden. Business location in London, with a residence in the parish of All Saints, Lee, West Kent, where he was buried on July 22nd, 1686.<ref>[http://archive.org/stream/registerofallmar00chur#page/46/mode/2up Leland Lewis Duncan and Arthur Oswald Barron, The register of all the marriages, christenings and burials in the church of S. Margaret, Lee, in the county of Kent from 1579-1754 (Lee, 1888), p. 75]</ref>
 Christopher Boone was born, as he recorded in his will, in the parish of "S:t Mary Magdalen in the Towne of Taunton in the County of Somersett."  He was associated with the London parish of S:t Stephen Coleman Street London, but gave as his residence in his will "All Saints in the Towne of Lee in the County of Kent where I now live."
-A Boone family genealogical website identifes an illustration of the front and rear view of a three storey house named Lee Place in Hasted's History of Kent as Christopher Boone's mansion house, and reproduces the illustration, together with an illustration of Christopher Boone's chapel and almshouse.
+Hasted described the parish of Lee as "''but small, it lies low and flat, excepting towards the north, where the hill rises towards Blackheath; the lane, called Burnt-ash-lane, bounds it westward, and separates the two manors of Lee and Eltham. The village stands nearly in the middle of it, on the high road towards Eltham, and thence to Maidstone. It is very healthy and pleasant, and is well-built, the houses being all inhabited by genteel families of fortune. On the north side is the antient seat of Lee-place; at the west end a house, which has been many years the residence of the family of Papillon, opposite to which are the alms houses, built by the Boone family.''"<ref>[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=53785 Edward Hasted, 'Parishes: Lee', The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent: Volume 1 (1797), pp. 492-502], viewed 29/01713</ref>
 He married Mary Brewer (b. ?, d. in or after 1707, just possibly bur. Mar. 5 1721/22), who survived him.<ref>PROB 11/584/7. Will of Mary Boone, Widow of Lee, Kent.  02 March 1722 (sic). A summary is available in Leland Lewis Duncan and Arthur Oswald Barron, The register of all the marriages, christenings and burials in the church of S. Margaret, Lee, in the county of Kent from 1579-1754 (Lee, 1888), p. 74); record of burial of 'Madam Mary Boon' who was buried 'at her chapel at Lee' on Mar. 5 1721/72 - [http://archive.org/stream/registerofallmar00chur#page/52/mode/2up Leland Lewis Duncan and Arthur Oswald Barron, The register of all the marriages, christenings and burials in the church of S. Margaret, Lee, in the county of Kent from 1579-1754 (Lee, 1888), p. 52]</ref>

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	Christopher Boone was born, as he recorded in his will, in the parish of "S:t Mary Magdalen in the Towne of Taunton in the County of Somersett." He was associated with the London parish of S:t Stephen Coleman Street London, but gave as his residence in his will "All Saints in the Towne of Lee in the County of Kent where I now live."		Christopher Boone was born, as he recorded in his will, in the parish of "S:t Mary Magdalen in the Towne of Taunton in the County of Somersett." He was associated with the London parish of S:t Stephen Coleman Street London, but gave as his residence in his will "All Saints in the Towne of Lee in the County of Kent where I now live."
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		+	A Boone family genealogical website identifes an illustration of the front and rear view of a three storey house named Lee Place in Hasted's History of Kent as Christopher Boone's mansion house, and reproduces the illustration, together with an illustration of Christopher Boone's chapel and almshouse.

	He married Mary Brewer (b. ?, d. in or after 1707, just possibly bur. Mar. 5 1721/22), who survived him.<ref>PROB 11/584/7. Will of Mary Boone, Widow of Lee, Kent. 02 March 1722 (sic). A summary is available in Leland Lewis Duncan and Arthur Oswald Barron, The register of all the marriages, christenings and burials in the church of S. Margaret, Lee, in the county of Kent from 1579-1754 (Lee, 1888), p. 74); record of burial of 'Madam Mary Boon' who was buried 'at her chapel at Lee' on Mar. 5 1721/72 - [http://archive.org/stream/registerofallmar00chur#page/52/mode/2up Leland Lewis Duncan and Arthur Oswald Barron, The register of all the marriages, christenings and burials in the church of S. Margaret, Lee, in the county of Kent from 1579-1754 (Lee, 1888), p. 52]</ref>		He married Mary Brewer (b. ?, d. in or after 1707, just possibly bur. Mar. 5 1721/22), who survived him.<ref>PROB 11/584/7. Will of Mary Boone, Widow of Lee, Kent. 02 March 1722 (sic). A summary is available in Leland Lewis Duncan and Arthur Oswald Barron, The register of all the marriages, christenings and burials in the church of S. Margaret, Lee, in the county of Kent from 1579-1754 (Lee, 1888), p. 74); record of burial of 'Madam Mary Boon' who was buried 'at her chapel at Lee' on Mar. 5 1721/72 - [http://archive.org/stream/registerofallmar00chur#page/52/mode/2up Leland Lewis Duncan and Arthur Oswald Barron, The register of all the marriages, christenings and burials in the church of S. Margaret, Lee, in the county of Kent from 1579-1754 (Lee, 1888), p. 52]</ref>

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 ==Abstract & context==
-Christopher Boone (b. c.1615, d. c.1686). Merchant. Member of the Merchant Taylor livery company. Cousin to George Oxenden and Elizabeth Dalyson, and five years older than Oxenden. Business location in London, with a residence in the parish of All Saints, Lee, West Kent.
+Christopher Boone (b. c.1615, d. 1686). Merchant. Member of the Merchant Taylor livery company. Cousin to George Oxenden and Elizabeth Dalyson, and five years older than Oxenden. Business location in London, with a residence in the parish of All Saints, Lee, West Kent, where he was buried on July 22nd, 1686.<ref>[http://archive.org/stream/registerofallmar00chur#page/46/mode/2up Leland Lewis Duncan and Arthur Oswald Barron, The register of all the marriages, christenings and burials in the church of S. Margaret, Lee, in the county of Kent from 1579-1754 (Lee, 1888), p. 75]</ref>
 Christopher Boone was born, as he recorded in his will, in the parish of "S:t Mary Magdalen in the Towne of Taunton in the County of Somersett."  He was associated with the London parish of S:t Stephen Coleman Street London, but gave as his residence in his will "All Saints in the Towne of Lee in the County of Kent where I now live."
-He married Mary Brewer (b. ?, d. ca.1707), who survived him.<ref>[PROB 11/584/7. Will of Mary Boone, Widow of Lee, Kent.  02 March 1722 (sic). A summary is available in Leland Lewis Duncan and Arthur Oswald Barron, The register of all the marriages, christenings and burials in the church of S. Margaret, Lee, in the county of Kent from 1579-1754 (Lee, 1888), p. 74]</ref>
+He married Mary Brewer (b. ?, d. in or after 1707, just possibly bur. Mar. 5 1721/22), who survived him.<ref>PROB 11/584/7. Will of Mary Boone, Widow of Lee, Kent.  02 March 1722 (sic). A summary is available in Leland Lewis Duncan and Arthur Oswald Barron, The register of all the marriages, christenings and burials in the church of S. Margaret, Lee, in the county of Kent from 1579-1754 (Lee, 1888), p. 74); record of burial of 'Madam Mary Boon' who was buried 'at her chapel at Lee' on Mar. 5 1721/72 - [http://archive.org/stream/registerofallmar00chur#page/52/mode/2up Leland Lewis Duncan and Arthur Oswald Barron, The register of all the marriages, christenings and burials in the church of S. Margaret, Lee, in the county of Kent from 1579-1754 (Lee, 1888), p. 52]</ref>
 Originally from Taunton, Somerset, he expanded his commercial reach into the East India trade. He appears in a venture associated with the Guinea trade in the company both of Elizabeth Dalyson’s close advisor, the merchant Thomas Papillon, and with the merchant Thomas Tyte, one of Elizabeth Dalyson’s two nominated referees required by the Court of Chancery.
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 Greenwich, and on 7 March 1750, Charles Cornforth of Lee, in the matter
 of the Will, which was interlined and obliterated. — Proved 21 March 1750."<ref>[http://archive.org/stream/registerofallmar00chur#page/74/mode/2up Leland Lewis Duncan and Arthur Oswald Barron, The register of all the marriages, christenings and burials in the church of S. Margaret, Lee, in the county of Kent from 1579-1754 (Lee, 1888), p. 75]</ref>
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 PROB 11/322 Mico 139-184 Will of Henry Boone, Barber, Chirurgeon of London 10 November 1666
 PROB 11/363 XXXX Will of Thomas Boone of Townstall, Devon 25 May 1680 Bath 60 - 123, pp. 6
 PROB 11/364 Bath 124-18 Sentence of Thomas Boone of Mount Boone, Devon 22 May 1680
 PROB 11/384 Lloyd 91 -135 Will of Henry Boone, Chirurgeon of London 12 October 1686

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 Uncle: John Whatlock
 Cousins (female): Anne Whatlock (daughter of John Whatlock) and "my Cozen Mary Whatlock his wife deceased"; Elizabeth Henslow (spinster);
-Cousins (male): Thomas Boone (London Merchant); John Boone (now at ?fflorida); John Oldberry; Henry Wagstaffe; Samuel Hardcastle
+Cousins (male): Thomas Boone (London Merchant); John Boone (now at fflorida); John Oldberry; Henry Wagstaffe; Samuel Hardcastle
 Great niece: Sarah Crocker
 Loving friends: M:r Gilbert Upton (London merchant); Edward Watts (London merchant);  S:r Benjamin Bathurst (London knight); M:r Benjamin Rookby  (London merchant); M:r Robert Hubbard (London merchant); S:r John Mathews (London knight); M:r John Paige; M:r Joseph Sibley sen:r (London Tallow Chandler); M:r William Canstin (Lee, Kent, gent.); James Bowen (marriner); Edward Chapman (marriner); Richard Watts (in "Indyes")
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 WITNESSE my hand and seale the Three and Twentyeth day of March in the yeare of our Lord One Thousand Six Hundred Eighty and ffive
-CHRIS BOOME
+CHRIS BOONE
 Witnesse Will: Moses Tho: Gery John Baber
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 ==Notes==
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 Christopher Boone was born, as he recorded in his will, in the parish of "S:t Mary Magdalen in the Towne of Taunton in the County of Somersett."  He was associated with the London parish of S:t Stephen Coleman Street London, but gave as his residence in his will "All Saints in the Towne of Lee in the County of Kent where I now live."
-He married Mary Brewer, who survived him.
+He married Mary Brewer (b. ?, d. ca.1707), who survived him.<ref>[XXXX. See also C 6/309/27 Short title: Boone v Hurt. Plaintiffs: Mary Boone widow. Defendants: William Hurt, Richard Goodall, Humphrey Spurway, George Woodford, Anne Woodford his wife and governor etc of Shadwell Waterworks. ubject: lease of waterworks and lands in St Paul Shadwell, Middlesex. Document type: two bills, two answers.  Date: 1696; C 6/382/53 Short title: Boone v Sewell. Plaintiffs: Mary Boone widow. Defendants: Jane Sewell (alias Jane Alston) widow and Richard Goodall. Subject: Mortgage on a lease of a manor in the possession of the Dean and Chapter of St Pauls Cathedral, London: property in Brasenose College, Oxford, Oxfordshire. Document type: answer only. Date: 1695]</ref>
 Originally from Taunton, Somerset, he expanded his commercial reach into the East India trade. He appears in a venture associated with the Guinea trade in the company both of Elizabeth Dalyson’s close advisor, the merchant Thomas Papillon, and with the merchant Thomas Tyte, one of Elizabeth Dalyson’s two nominated referees required by the Court of Chancery.