1597 "Thomas the sonne of Thomas Hunte" was baptized on September 28 at St. Nicholas, Leicester, Leicestershire. [1]
1598-1599 Thomas Hunte, the younger, baker, 2nd son and apprentice of Thomas Hunte, the elder, baker, was admitted as a freeman of Leicester. [2]
1599 "Anne the daughter of Thomas Hunte" was baptized on April 8 at St. Nicholas, Leicester, Leicestershire. [3]
1601 "William ye Sonne of Thomas Hunt" was baptized on March 25 at St. Nicholas, Leicester, Leicestershire. [4] [5]
1601 "Thomas the son of Thos. Hunt" was buried on November 29 at St. Nicholas, Leicester, Leicestershire. [6]
1603 "Catheren the Daughter of Thos. Hunt" was baptized on August 28 at St. Nicholas, Leicester, Leicestershire. [7] [8]
1604 "Thomas the Sonne of Thomas Hunt" was baptized the "xiiij Daye of October" at St. Nicholas, Leicester, Leicestershire. [9] [10] [11]
1606 "Marie the Daughter of Thomas Hunt" was baptized on September 14 at St. Nicholas, Leicester, Leicestershire. [12]
1607/08 On January 20, Willelmus Hunt and Thomas Hunt were members of the company of forty eight councilors of the borough of Leicester and voted no in a decision concerning an assessment. [13]
1609 "Elizabeth the Daughter of Thomas Hunt" was baptized "the second Daye of aprill" at St. Nicholas, Leicester, Leicestershire. [14]
1609 "Elizabeth daughter of Thomas Hunt" was buried on October 11 at St. Nicholas, Leicester, Leicestershire. [15]
1610 On August 31, Thomas Hunt was granted a yearly salary as under usher (teacher) of the free school in Leicester. [16]
Itt is allso further agreed that the Chamberlins of Leicester for the tyme beinge shall from hencefourth [grant] yearelie unto Mr Thomas Hunt under Usher of the ffree Schoole in Leicester xxs to bee paide yeerelie duringe the pleasure of the [two] Companies of the xxiiijti and xlviijti or the greater part of them.
1610 "Elizabeth ye Daughter of Thomas Hunt" was baptized the October 21 at St. Nicholas, Leicester, Leicestershire. [17] [18]
1611 Francis Churchman, for the Community, and Thomas Hunt, for the Mayor, were elected Chamerlains of Leicester for the year 1611-1612. [19]
1611-1612 Thomas Hunt was one of the two chamberlains of the borough of Leicester. [20]
1612-1613 Henry Crowe, apprentice of Thomas Hunt, baker, was admitted as a freeman of Leicester. [21]
1613 "Henry the sone of Thomas Hunt" was baptized on May 11 at St. Nicholas, Leicester, Leicestershire. [22] [23]
1614 The town sought justice after John Blount and Thomas Hunt were stopped in Gainsborough and required to pay a toll. [24]
Papers relating to claim of toll at Gainsborough
Hall Papers, unbound, A No. 20. [July 16, 1614.] [Much damaged copy] Right worshipful. Whereas our lovinge neighbours John Blount and [Thomas Hunt] have of late made there repaire to the towne of Hull and there bought certen Corn and other commodities, and in there waie homewarde att your towne of Gaynesborowe have beene staid for paiement of toll and forced to leave there Corne in lue of toll and there monye for passage and other Custome which you challenge Theise are therefore to signifie unto you that his Maiesties Borough of Leicester (is one of the most auncient Corporacions within his highnes domynions scituate in the verie midle and harte of his Maiesties Realme of Englande And hath tyme out of mynde been free from paiement of all manner of toll stallage and other like custome throughe out the wholl Realme of England Aswell by Sea as by lande) As by the grannts and Charters of his highnes most noble progenitors made and grannted to the Maior and Burgesses and all other free in habitants within the saide Borough of Leicester to passe and goe toll free with there things and Marchanndizes more att large [it may] Appeyre yett notwithstandinge the Shewinge of A coppie of our said Charters [illegible] have by your officers not onlie taken from the said John Blount and [Thomas Hunt] certen quantities of Corne in lue of toll but allsoe monye for and [illegible] or other Custome which you suppose to bee due by them the takinge [illegible] and monye we doe assure ourselves you have no could or grannt [illegible] same of right from them. And therefore wee intreate you as [illegible] you woulde be pleased to cause your officers to redelyver to the said John [Blount] and Thomas Hunt or there Servants all the said Corne and monye allreadie [illegible] and to permitt and suffer them and all other thinhabitants of Leicester to freelie [pass] by you with these merchandizies shewinge these Charters otherwise you will give us and our wholl Corporacion just cause to comence suite in lawe against the takers of the saide toll come to maineteyne the Anncient priviledge and freedomes of our Borough * * * And in soe doinge shall find us readie to requite you in what wee maie And allwaies rest.
Leicester this xvjth of Julie 1614.
To the Right Worshipful Sir Wm Hickman att Gaynesborowe Bee theise.
1614 On St. Matthew's Day (September 21) Willhelmus Huntt and Thomas Huntt, members of the company of forty eight councilors, were each assessed xs. in an assessment in the borough of Leicester. [25]
1617 In his will, dated 26 March 1617, Robert Heyrick, alderman of Leicester, established several payments to be made in perpetuity from his property including "forth of the Grey Friars yearly to be paid to the schoolmaster that should teach the petties (or under usher of the free school of Leicester), or in the place wherein Mr. 'Thomas Hunt now teacheth.' the sum of 13s, 4d. to be paid yearly by whomsoever should have the ground, at the feast of St. Michael the Archangel." [26]
1618 The Chamberlains' accounts for 1617-1618 included a payment to another man for the time when Mr. Hunt was gone from the school. [27]
Item given to Mr Parker for teachinge the schoolors when Mr Hunt was gone from the schoole whoe took with him Mr Clarks Guift of xs. due att Michaellmas 1618 in respecte of his poore estate xs.
1620 Thomas Hunt was buried on March 30 at St. Nicholas, Leicester, Leicestershire. [28]
1627-1628 William Hunt, vintner, 1st son of Thomas Hunt, baker, decd., was admitted as a freeman of Leicester. [29]
1627-1628 Thomas Hunt, baker, 2nd son of Thomas Hunt, baker, decd., was admitted as a freeman of Leicester. [30]
[1] T. W. Owen, "The Parish Registers of S. Nicholas Leicester," Transactions of the Leicestershire Architectural and Archaeological Society Vol. 6 (Leicester: Clarke and Hodgson, 1888), 344-352 at 351, "Anno RRne Nos Eliz: 39 Item the xxviiith day of September Thomas the sonne of Thomas Hunte was Baptized" in the transcription, [HathiTrust].
[2] Henry Hartopp, ed., Register of the Freemen of Leicester 1196-1770 (Leicester, Corporation of the City of Leicester, 1927), 96, [World_Cat].
[3] T. W. Owen, "The Parish Registers of S. Nicholas Leicester," Transactions of the Leicestershire Architectural and Archaeological Society Vol. 6 (Leicester: Clarke and Hodgson, 1888), 344-352 at 351, "Anno RRne Nos Eliz: 41 Item the viiith day of Aprill Anne the daughter of Thomas Hunte was baptized" in the transcription, [HathiTrust].
[4] T. W. Owen, "The Parish Registers of S. Nicholas Leicester (continued)," Transactions of the Leicestershire Architectural and Archaeological Society Vol. 7 (Leicester: Clarke and Hodgson, 1893), 31-38, 195-200, 227-232, 298-304 at 33, "the xxvth of March" in the transcription, [GoogleBooks].
[5] Family Search record citing FHL film 585275, Parish Register Transcription, St. Nicholas, Leicester, Baptisms and Marriages, 1559-1837, Burials, 1567-1875, [FamilySearchRecord], [FHLCatalog].
[6] T. W. Owen, "The Parish Registers of S. Nicholas Leicester (continued)," Transactions of the Leicestershire Architectural and Archaeological Society Vol. 7 (Leicester: Clarke and Hodgson, 1893), 31-38, 195-200, 227-232, 298-304 at 37, [GoogleBooks].
[7] T. W. Owen, "The Parish Registers of S. Nicholas Leicester (continued)," Transactions of the Leicestershire Architectural and Archaeological Society Vol. 7 (Leicester: Clarke and Hodgson, 1893), 31-38, 195-200, 227-232, 298-304 at 33, "the xxviii of August" in the transcription, [GoogleBooks].
[8] Family Search record citing FHL film 585275, Parish Register Transcription, St. Nicholas, Leicester, Baptisms and Marriages, 1559-1837, Burials, 1567-1875, [FamilySearchRecord], [FHLCatalog].
[9] Record Office for Leicestershire, Leicester & Rutland, 11D62/1, St. Nicholas, Leicester, Parish Register, [FindMyPastImage], [FindMyPastRecord].
[10] T. W. Owen, "The Parish Registers of S. Nicholas Leicester (continued)," Transactions of the Leicestershire Architectural and Archaeological Society Vol. 7 (Leicester: Clarke and Hodgson, 1893), 31-38, 195-200, 227-232, 298-304 at 33, "the xviii Daye of October" in the transcription, [GoogleBooks].
[11] Family Search record citing FHL film 585275, Parish Register Transcription, St. Nicholas, Leicester, Baptisms and Marriages, 1559-1837, Burials, 1567-1875, Family Search record states date as October 14, [FamilySearchRecord], [FHLCatalog].
[12] T. W. Owen, "The Parish Registers of S. Nicholas Leicester (continued)," Transactions of the Leicestershire Architectural and Archaeological Society Vol. 7 (Leicester: Clarke and Hodgson, 1893), 31-38, 195-200, 227-232, 298-304 at 34, "the xiiiith day of September" in the transcription, [GoogleBooks].
[13] Helen Stocks and W. H. Stevenson, ed., Records of the Borough of Leicester, Being a series of Extracts from the Archives of the Corportaion of Leicester, 1603-1688, Vol. 4 (Cambridge: University Press, 1923), 66, [HathiTrust].
[14] T. W. Owen, "The Parish Registers of S. Nicholas Leicester (continued)," Transactions of the Leicestershire Architectural and Archaeological Society Vol. 7 (Leicester: Clarke and Hodgson, 1893), 31-38, 195-200, 227-232, 298-304 at 35, [GoogleBooks].
[15] T. W. Owen, "The Parish Registers of S. Nicholas Leicester (continued)," Transactions of the Leicestershire Architectural and Archaeological Society Vol. 7 (Leicester: Clarke and Hodgson, 1893), 31-38, 195-200, 227-232, 298-304 at 199, [GoogleBooks].
[16] Helen Stocks and W. H. Stevenson, ed., Records of the Borough of Leicester, Being a series of Extracts from the Archives of the Corportaion of Leicester, 1603-1688, Vol. 4 (Cambridge: University Press, 1923), 101, [HathiTrust].
[17] T. W. Owen, "The Parish Registers of S. Nicholas Leicester (continued)," Transactions of the Leicestershire Architectural and Archaeological Society Vol. 7 (Leicester: Clarke and Hodgson, 1893), 31-38, 195-200, 227-232, 298-304 at 36, "xxist of October" in the transcription, [GoogleBooks].
[18] Family Search record citing FHL film 585275, Parish Register Transcription, St. Nicholas, Leicester, Baptisms and Marriages, 1559-1837, Burials, 1567-1875, [FamilySearchRecord], [FHLCatalog].
[19] Helen Stocks and W. H. Stevenson, ed., Records of the Borough of Leicester, Being a series of Extracts from the Archives of the Corportaion of Leicester, 1603-1688, Vol. 4 (Cambridge: University Press, 1923), 600, [HathiTrust].
[20] Helen Stocks and W. H. Stevenson, ed., Records of the Borough of Leicester, Being a series of Extracts from the Archives of the Corportaion of Leicester, 1603-1688, Vol. 4 (Cambridge: University Press, 1923), 600, [HathiTrust].
[21] Henry Hartopp, ed., Register of the Freemen of Leicester 1196-1770 (Leicester, Corporation of the City of Leicester, 1927), 107, [World_Cat].
[22] T. W. Owen, "The Parish Registers of S. Nicholas Leicester (continued)," Transactions of the Leicestershire Architectural and Archaeological Society Vol. 7 (Leicester: Clarke and Hodgson, 1893), 31-38, 195-200, 227-232, 298-304 at 196, "ye 11 Maye" in the transcription, [GoogleBooks].
[23] Family Search record citing FHL film 585275, Parish Register Transcription, St. Nicholas, Leicester, Baptisms and Marriages, 1559-1837, Burials, 1567-1875, Family Search record states the date as 2 May, [FamilySearchRecord], [FHLCatalog].
[24] Helen Stocks and W. H. Stevenson, ed., Records of the Borough of Leicester, Being a series of Extracts from the Archives of the Corportaion of Leicester, 1603-1688, Vol. 4 (Cambridge: University Press, 1923), 142-144, [HathiTrust].
[25] Helen Stocks and W. H. Stevenson, ed., Records of the Borough of Leicester, Being a series of Extracts from the Archives of the Corportaion of Leicester, 1603-1688, Vol. 4 (Cambridge: University Press, 1923), 145, [HathiTrust].
[26] Commissioners for inquiring concerning Charities, House of Commons Papers, Vol. 15, Leicester (London: H.M.S.O., 1889), 21, [GoogleBooks].
[27] Helen Stocks and W. H. Stevenson, ed., Records of the Borough of Leicester, Being a series of Extracts from the Archives of the Corportaion of Leicester, 1603-1688, Vol. 4 (Cambridge: University Press, 1923), 183, [HathiTrust].
[28] T. W. Owen, "The Parish Registers of S. Nicholas Leicester (continued)," Transactions of the Leicestershire Architectural and Archaeological Society Vol. 7 (Leicester: Clarke and Hodgson, 1893), 31-38, 195-200, 227-232, 298-304 at 231, [GoogleBooks].
[29] Henry Hartopp, ed., Register of the Freemen of Leicester 1196-1770 (Leicester, Corporation of the City of Leicester, 1927), 117, [World_Cat].
[30] Henry Hartopp, ed., Register of the Freemen of Leicester 1196-1770 (Leicester, Corporation of the City of Leicester, 1927), 117, [World_Cat].