Compiled May 5, 2026 - Person Sheet
Birth9 Oct 1498, Lavenham, Suffolk, England2041,2050
Residence1515, London, Middlesex, England1614 Age: 16
MemoServed 10 year apprenticeship in clothwork with powerful family
Residence1544, Groton, Suffolk, England1614 Age: 45
MemoReceived grant of Groton Manor by Henry 8th, see notes
Honors1551, Master Of The Company Of Cloth Workers1614 Age: 52
Death9 Nov 1562, Groton Manor, Suffolk, England2041,2050 Age: 64
OccupationClothier; Granted Groton Estate by Henry VIII
Spouses
Birth1516, Islington, Middlesex, England1614
Death13 May 15651614 Age: 49
Marriage20 Jul 1534, London, Middlesex, England1614
ChildrenAlice (1539-1607)
Notes for Adam Winthorpe
The Manor had been purchased by Adam Winthrop in 1544 from the Crown, following the dissolution of the Abbey of St Edmund by Henry VIII, who had been the owners since the 1160's. For the sum of £408/18/3 ( £408.92) Adam acquired the lands of the Abbey in Groton - extending to about 250 acres,along with the rights to collect wood, to fish & to operate a mill, went obligations to the Crown - to provide arms and armour & soldiers in the event of war. By the middle of the 16th Century, these obligations had been commuted for cash payments to the Crown. Records of the Manor of Groton survive from the early 16th to the 20th centuries.
above is from the website:
thecroftgroton.co.uk/history