Hugh Emerson



Marriages/Partnerships

m. 18/12/1596
Etheldred Howsdon Great Chesterford, Essex

Children

Etheldred Emmerson
bap. 14/10/1599 Marye Emersonn
bap. 12/04/1601 Susann Emersonn
bap. 23/01/1603 Etheldred Emberson
bap. 18/08/1611 Christopher Emerson
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Occupations

1611 Grocer
1628 Mcatoris
1633 merchant

Apprenticeships

29/04/1628 Apprenticeship of Christopherus Emerson son of Hugonis Emerson to Rico Foxe, Company of Clothworkers

Also known as

Hewe Emberson, Hugonis Emerson, Mr Emmerson, Mr H?ughe Emersonn, Mr Hugh Emberson

Did You Know?

  • In the record of his marriage Hugh Emerson's surname was first written as 'Emerson' then a 'b' was inserted above the line.
  • In 1628 Richard Foxe took on the son of Hugh Emerson as an apprentice. In the record Richard's occupation is given as 'mcatori traducent per mare levaticum' (which is rendered in English in another record as 'Merchant tradinge by the Levant Sea'). A Hugh Emerson appears in a list of 'names of the Levant Company' in June 1600 in the Cecil Papers.

Documentary Sources

July 2 . 1633 . which day appeared personally Nicholas Allen of Staple Inne in the County of Midd gent' and alleadgeth that William Wyse of the parrish of St Dunstone in the West Esq': and a batchelor aged 28 [looks like it was originally written as 24 then was corrected] . yeeres or thereaboute intendeth to marry with Etheldred Em[m]erson of the parrish of St Clements danes mayden aged 24 . yeeres or thereabout daughter of Mr Em[m]erson late of the Citty of London merchant deceased : and ?ee ??? her owne ???ent; [two words inserted between lines that I can't make out] and that there is noe lawfull lett or impediment by reason of any precontract consanguinity affinity or the like to hinder this intended marriage and of the truth of the premisses he made Fayte and desired ???nse for the to be marryed in the p[ar]ish Church of St Clem' danes afforesayd or St Pancrase a?? Kentish Town in the County of Midd Nichol: Alen

Source: Marriage Bonds and Allegations 1633, p. 32
London Metropolitan Archive

In all humilitye Complayninge informeth your excellent Ma[jes]tie your most loyall and faithfull subiect Hugh Emerson of the p[ar]ishe of St Stephens in Colemanstreete in the Cittie of London grocer ... That Edmund Purton and Edward Osborne gent not hauinge the feare of god before their eyes neyther regardinge the straightnes and daunger of yo[ur] Ma[jes]ties said Lawes, did vpon the two and Twentith [sic] day of September being in the seaventh yeare of yo[ur] Ma[jes]ties happy reinge [sic] ... did outragiously riottouslye and vnlawfully enter in to the h??se of yo[ur] subiect scituate in Colemanstreet in London aforesaid att w[hi]ch tyme Etheldred the wyfe of yo[ur] subiect togeather w[i]th Christian Bedingfeild her Sister, was then in the said howse ... And in the end it soe happened that one Richard weston vnkle to yo[ur] subiects wyfe, then Com[m]inge into yo[ur] subiects howse and hearinge the said outrage and noyce aboue in the said howse, ranne vpp the said stayres and looking into the said roome he p[er]ceyved his said neeces to be most vndulye & shamfullye wronged by them the said Edmond & Edward ...

Source: STAC 8/132/3
National Archive

sup[er] libello ex p[ar]te Baynes dat ext 3o Novembris 1619 ... Etheldreda Emerson vxor Hugonis Emerson p[ar]oe sancti Boti extra Aldersgate Lond (?) grocer Cuius vxor stetit p[er] xixv (?) annos vet sed mora fecit in ead p[ar]oa p[er] vnu[m] quartor?[m] ann? vet aut eo Cirter aut ea infra p[ar]oa[m] sancti Andr? in holborne London p[er] quatuor annos vet nata apud Chesterford magna in Com Essex annoru[m] etat xxxj aut eo C?rter libere et (?) dicit (?) q?? p[ar]ta[m] (?) p[er] durenta[m] p[er] ??? annos vel ??? dicis

Source: Depositions Book Apr. 1619 -June 1620, London Metropolitan Archives, City of London, from the Diocese of London collection, DL/C/0226 (folio 17v)
London Metropolitan Archive

hec est finalis Concordia f[a]cta in Cur' Regine apud Westm' a die Paschem ?iiid oo // mensem aiiiis regnor[um] Elizabeth dei gra' Angl' Franc' & hib[er]nie Regine fide defens[or] &c A Conqu' quadragesimo coram Edmundo Anderson Thoma Walmysley & Thoma oo Cwen Justic' & alijs dne Regine fidelib[us] tunc ibi p[re]sentib[us] Int[er] Hugonem Emerson & Etheldredam vxem eius quer' et Ioh[ann]em Howsden & Dorotheam vxem eius deforc' de duo mesuagis vno pomario & decem & octo acris t're cum p[er]tin' in Chesterford magna vnde Pl'itm Conuencois sum' fuit int[er] eos in eadem Cur' Vult qd p[re]dti Joh[ann]es & Dorothea recogn' p[re]d[ic]ta ten' cum p[er]tin esse ius ipiiis Hugone vt illi que ijdem oo hugo & Etheldreda hens de dono p[re]dcor[um] Joh'is & Dorothee Eo illi remiser' & oo//oo quietclam' de ipid Joh'e & Dorothea & hered suis p[re]dcis Hugom & Etheldrede & hered ipiiid Hugonis Inp[er]pm Et p[re]t[er]ea ijdem Joh'es & Dorothea Concesser' p[ro] se & hered ipiiid Joh'is qd ipi warant p[re]dtis Hugoni & Etheldrede & hered ipiiis hugonis p[re]dca ten' cum p[er]tin cont' oiiied heres Inp[er]pm Et pr[ro] hac recogn' oo//oo remissione quietclam' warant' fine & Concordia ijdem Hugo & Etheldreda oo // deder' p[re]dcis Joh'i & Dorothee C???gnita libras ster liiigor[um] // Essex [on back?] Scdm formam statuti Prima p[ro]clam' fca fuit vicesimo nouo die maij t[er]mo Pasche Anno quadragesimo Regine infrascr' Scda p[ro]clam fca fuit vicesimo octavo die Junij t[er]mio sce Trinitatis Anno quadragesimo Regno infrasc T[er]cia p[ro]clam fca fuit vicesimo die octobr' t[er]mio sci Michis Anno || quadragesimo Regine infrasc' Quarta p[ro]clam fca fuit vicesimo sep[ro]to die Januarij t[er]mio sci Hillary Anno quadragesimo primo Regno infrascr'

Source: CP 25/2/138/1748/40ELIZIEASTER
National Archive

Locations

18/12/1596 Church, Great Chesterford, Essex
23/01/1603 Church, Great Chesterford, Essex
18/08/1611 Church, St Giles Cripplegate, City of London
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