Matthew Wing
M, #14089
| Father* | Rev Godfriedus Wing (not proved) |
| Mother* | Levina Grant (not proved) |
| Charts | Pedigree - father Charles Harold Bassett |
| Reference | 11G Grf, B9872 |
| Source* | Source(s): http://www.uftree.com/UFT/WebPages/RaymondWing/WINGDESC/d0/i2002900.htm#i2002900 Second Generation 3. Matthew2 Wing(e) [Wynge] ([poss.] Rev. Godfr(i)edus1 Wynge) was born about 1548-50.(6989) The first known mention we have of Matthew Wing is contained in the records of St. Mary's Church at Banbury, under date of 21 April 1576, when his second son, Thomas, was "christened." There is no record of his marriage or of the birth of his oldest son Fulk. From this, we infer that Matthew was born in the days of the boy king, Edward VI, about the year 1548-50. The records of St. Mary's go back to 1558, the year of Queen Elizabeth's ascension to the throne. Prior to that, during the days of Queen Mary, 1553-1558, St. Mary's was a Roman Catholic holding.(6990) He was buried 19 OCT 1614 at St. Mary's Parish Churchyard in Banbury, Oxfordshire, England. Mathew Wing made the request in his will that his body should be buried in St. Mary's churchyard. Somewhere in this ancient burial grounds lie the bodies of Matthew and Mary. There are no memorial stones in the burial ground. In his history of the "Former Parish Church of Banbury," Mr. William Potts thus refers to the absence of ancient gravestones in the burial grounds, "The Former Church contained the monuments of preceding generations, none of which, it is to be regretted, were preserved and replaced in the new Church. The Church Building Act of 1790, under which the destruction of the old Church, was allowed, enacted "That in taking down the said old Church Chancel and Tower, as little damage shall be done to the Graves, Grave Stones, Monuments, and Monumental Inscriptions, as shall be necessarily removed. Inscriptions in and about the same as reasonably may be, and that such Grave Stones, on account thereof, shall be at the Charge and Expense of the Person or Persons interested therein, and requesting the same be fixd on such part or parts of the Site of the said old Church or Chancel, for answering as far as may be the Purposes for which they were originally laid or put up, as the Trustees shall think fit." "In spite of this the monuments seem to have been totally destroyed. Apparently no persons were sufficiently interested in the memorials of old families to come forward and take advantage of the clause in the Act which enabled them to be preserved. It seems strange that those of such families as the Copes of Hanwell, the Chamberlains of Wykham, the Danvers of Culworth and Calthrop who certainly had representatives, if not lineal descendants, living at the time should have been allowed to perish. The old families of the town, such as the Knights and Whateleys, had apparently died out, and had no one to save their monuments from demolition. The absence of any persons legally entitled to demand the preservation of the monuments cannot, however, exempt the Trustees under the act from blame which must ever attach to them for the sacrilegious breaking up of tombs, which was the worst features of an altogether regrettable undertaking. A relic of a monument only appears to have been used for a memorial purpose and that is the mediaeval effigy of an ecclesiastic, which lies in the churchyard on the tomb of a parish clerk of the last century. Some of the tombstones were used to pace the floor of the new Chancel in its original condition. Fortunately we have a list of some of the monuments as they existed in the Church early in the eighteenth century in the collection of Dr. Rawlinson, which, on his death in 1755, were bequeathed by him to the Bodleian Library." According to Potts, "A considerable amount of damage to the ornamental parts of the interior of the Church seems to have been done by the Puritans during the reigns of Elizabeth and James I, and afterwards the Church suffered greatly during the Civil War, when it was in the hands of the Parliamentarian soldiers and was used by them as a vantage point from which to fire on the castle, the fire from which it received in return." Oxford, twenty three miles distant, was the seat of the government of Charles I, during his war with parliament, and Banbury was the scene of many stirring conflicts. The great battle of Edge Hill was fought seven miles northwest of the town. Thirty years after the burial of Matthew Wing, the bullets of Roundheads and Cavaliers were literally hurtling over his grave, and the ground covering him, trampled upon by contending armies locked in the arms of a deadly Civil War.(6991) He married Mary (Unknown) about 1573.(6992) (Additional notes for Mary (Unknown)(6993)) She was buried 24 JUL 1613 at St. Mary's Parish Churchyard in Banbury, Oxfordshire, England.(6994) The vital records of St. Mary's church at Banbury had been kept for eighteen years before the name Wing appeared upon the church books, in April, 1576, when the baptism of Matthew's second son, Thomas, was recorded. The fact that from this time on for a period of more than one hundred years the name of the family appears with regularity and frequency, it may be surmised that Matthew and his wife Mary married elsewhere, and that their first son, Fulk, was not a native of Banbury.(6995) The will of Matthew Wing is dated August 9, 1614 and it was proved in Court November 15, 1614. He named his sons Fulk and Thomas as his executors, and the document designated himself as a tailor. He records his wish that he be buried in the churchyard of St. Mary's and makes bequests as follows: "To the poor of Banbury, 10s; to his eldest son Fulk, lease of house in which testator dwells and £20; to second son Thomas 40s; to son-in-law Robert Chamberlain £10; to daughter Joana, 20s; bequests were left to the children of Fulk, viz: Anna, Dorcas, Mary and Matthew; to John, son of Thomas; to Deborah and John, children of son John; to John Nichols, son of son-in-law John Nichols; to William, son of fourth son James; to Thomas, son of son-in-law Robert Chamberlain; to the children of Richard Gillivar, viz: John, Thomas and Phebe. It will be noted that Matthew makes no mention of his son Matthew in his will. We are unable to account for the bequests to the children of Richard Gulliver, who were undoubtedly in some way closely connected with the family.(6996) Unconfirmed evidence states that Matthew died in Banbury, Oxfordshire, England, 16 OCT 1614.(6997) Matthew Wing(e) [Wynge] and Mary (Unknown) had the following children: + 4 i. [poss.] (Unknown)3 Wing(e) was born about 1572. + 5 ii. Fulk(e) Wing(e) was born about 1574. + 6 iii. Thomas Wing(e) [Wynge] was born christened 21 APR 1576. 7 iv. Sibill Wing(e) was born in Banbury, Oxfordshire, England christened 26 JAN 157[7/]8.(6998) She was buried 22 FEB 157[7/]8 at St. Mary's Parish Churchyard in Banbury, Oxfordshire, England. 8 v. Elizabeth Wing(e) was born in Banbury, Oxfordshire, England christened 20 MAR 157[8/]9.(6999) She was buried 31 MAR 1579 at St. Mary's Parish Churchyard in Banbury, Oxfordshire, England. + 9 vi. Elizabeth Wing(e) was born christened 8 OCT 1581. + 10 vii. Rev. John Wing(e) [Wynge] was born christened 12 January 1584. 11 viii. Matthew [Matthias] Wing(e)(7000) was born in Banbury, Oxfordshire, England christened 27 FEB 158[?5/]6.(7001) He married An(n) Ashwood in Banbury, Oxfordshire, England, 25 OCT 1613.(7002) + 12 ix. James Wing(e) was born christened 1 FEB 1587[/8?]. 13 x. Sara[h] Wing(e) [Whynge] was born in Banbury, Oxfordshire, England christened 12 JAN 1589[/90?].(7004) She was buried 8 SEP 1604 at St. Mary's Parish Churchyard in Banbury, Oxfordshire, England. + 14 xi. Joane [Joana] Wing(e) was born christened 25 DEC 1592. Send email to preparer: raymond.wing@snet.net Return to Table of Contents or Index Go to Next Page Go to Previous Page. | |
| Marriage* | Matthew Wing married Mary (__________). |
| Relationships | 11th great-grandfather of David Lee Bassett 9th great-grandfather of Charles Henry "Charlie" Bassett |
Family | Mary (__________) | |
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| Last Edited | 26 Feb 2003 |