James Jauncy
| Person | James Jauncy |
|---|---|
| Title | |
| First name | James |
| Last name | Jauncy |
| Suffix | |
| Occupation | Grocer |
| Training | |
| Citizen | Citizen |
| Literacy | Signature |
| Birth year | 1634 |
| Birth place | Unknown |
| Res street | |
| Res parish | Saint Lawrence Jewry |
| Res town | London |
| Res county | |
| Res country | |
| Deposition start page(s) | HCA 13/72 f.463v Annotate |
Biographical synthesis
James Jauncy (alt. Jancy; Jauncey; Jauncye) (b. ca. 1634; d. ca. 1675). Grocer. Citizen of London.
Born in parsh of Stretton Grandison in the county of Herefordshire, to which parish he made a bequest in his will.[1]
Resident in parish of Saint Lawrence Jewry in 1658 and when he wrote his will, proved on April 17th 1675.[2]
Listed in 1666 London Hearth Tax " "In Cateaten Stret: James Joncey" with eleven hearths.
James Jauncy was related to Thomas Jauncy (alt. Jauncey) (b. ca. 1619; d. bef. 1656), who was also a grocer. It is unclear what the relationship was, but was close enough for James Jauncey to have been the attorney of Mr. Thomas Marsh, the administrator of Mr. Thomas Juancey, deceased.[3]
Earlier, Thomas Jauncy deposed in a criminal case in the High Court of Admiralty, describing himself as a merchant, resident in the parish of Saint Lawrence Jewry. There is also a record of a case in the Court of Chancery dated 1649 in which a thirty year old Thomas Jauncy "citizen and grocer of London" was deposed. In his Chancery deposition Thomas Jauncy states that he had been servant and apprentice to Michael Charlton of London, grocer. The case concerned the shipment of goods to Virginia.[4]
High Court of Admiralty evidence
James Jauncy, grocer and citizen of London, deposed in the High Court of Admiralty on Nov 8th 1658. He was responding to an allegation made on behalf of Watson and How in the case of "Warren against Watson and How." There had been two prior deponents on the same day in the same case - Simon Messinger, a forty year old cooper of Shadwell in Middlesex and John Goodman a thirty-four year old cooper of Saint Catherin Colman.[5]
Jauncy's testimony concerned the tonnage of Virginia hogsheads of tobacco and the relative space taken up by hogsheads of Virginia tobacco versus hogsheads of wine.
Jauncy attested to his own expertise, saying that he had used the trade of Virginia and other tobaccoes as a freeman and apprentice for "theise seaventeene yeares last".
He signed himself James Jauncÿe, with an "e" after the "ÿ", in contrast with the spelling of his name by the notary public in the High Court of Admiralty, who rendered his surname without a final "e".
Comments on sources
PROB 4/11914 Jauncey, James, citizen and grocer of London 1675 31 May
PROB 11/347/420 Will of James Jancy, Grocer of Saint Lawrence Jewry, City of London 17 April 1675
- Describes himself as "James Jancy of Cateaton street in the Parish of Saint Laurence in the old Jewry Citizen and Grocer of London".
- Bequest to the poor of the parish of Stretton Grandison in the county of Hereford where he was born
- Various bequests to kinsmen and women and to nephews
- Mentions nephew Thomas Jancy
- Mentions late dear brother John Jancy and Anne his wife, deceased
- Mentions his "share of Land in the Bermoodas", which he purchased from John Cuff
- Mentions farm and lands in the parish of Whitney in the county of Herefordshire
- Residual estate to nephews Richard Beauchampe and Thomas Jancy, who were both appointed executors of the will
- Brother-in-law Edward Chamberlen and nephew William Beauchampe appoimted as advisors to executors
Herefordshire Archive Service AP 39/456/2 Various deeds of Jauncey, James, citizen and grocer of London 7 March. 1675
PROB 11/296/314 Will of Richard Jauncy, Vintner of Drury Lane, Middlesex 08 December 1659
""JAUNCYE, James
Co Co Cheap, 1671 Cateaton Street, 1669, 1675, St Lawrence Jewry, 1663 (1) GR (2) b Stretton Grandison, Herts (2) Will PCC 36 Dycer pr, 17 Apr and 17 May 1675 f ? John Jauncye of Whitwicke, psh Stretton, Herts, gent (3) Plantation in Bermuda (2)
(1) VBk, St I awrence Jewry, will, will of Thomas BARNES (2) Will (3) GR, Appr Reg, 1629-66, f 13d f of Thomas Jauncye, GR, appr, 1630"[6]- ↑ PROB 11/347/420 Will of James Jancy, Grocer of Saint Lawrence Jewry, City of London 17 April 1675; Herefordshire Archive Service AP 39/456/2 Various deeds of Jauncey, James, citizen and grocer of London 7 March. 1675
- ↑ PROB 11/347/420 Will of James Jancy, Grocer of Saint Lawrence Jewry, City of London 17 April 1675
- ↑ ET Davis, Surrey County Records, Virginia, 1652-1684 (Baltimore, 1980
- ↑ Aspinall Notarial Records (Boston, 1903), pp.238-239
- ↑ HCA 13/72 f.463r; HCA 13/72 f.463v
- ↑ 'Jauncye, James' in J R Woodhead, 'Jackson - Justice', in The Rulers of London 1660-1689 A Biographical Record of the Aldermen and Common Councilment of the City of London (London, 1966), pp. 96-101, viewed 03/09/2016
