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    Vilett, Nicholas

    Male 1568 - 1640  (~ 71 years)


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    • Name Vilett, Nicholas 
      Christened 12 Dec 1568  Mitcham, Surrey, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
      Gender Male 
      Buried 19 Jul 1640  Swindon, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
      Person ID I10573  My Genealogy
      Last Modified 2 Nov 2017 

      Father Vilett, Richard,   b. Abt. 1528, Of Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1578, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 50 years) 
      Mother Rutland, Dorothy,   b. Abt. 1535, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft. 1596, Of Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 62 years) 
      Married 1558  England Find all individuals with events at this location 
      Notes 
      • Will of Richard Vyolett Fishmonger London Date range:30 September 1578 - 30 September 1578 PROB 11/60/464:
        Written 1571 Wants to be buried St Boltophs, London.
        ..I Richard Vyolett ffishmonger and citizen of London, being of hole minde and of good and perfect remembraimce, Laud and praise be unto god therfore," made his will loth December, 1571, which, however, was not proved till the last day of September, 1578. In it he mentions his wife, Dorothy, and his sons and daughters respectively in order of seniority, viz., Henry, Nicholas, Robert, and Richard, and Mary, Dorothy, Jone, and Bridget. Brother John Vyolett, To them he gives his estate, including land at Bromley, with remainder to his cousin, Mr. Nicholas Rutland, and to his cousins Mary and Jone Rutland, Nicholas' daughters. He mentions also Frauncis and William, sons of Mr. Nicholas Rutland; his cousins, John and William Hedworthe, his cousins, William and John Stokes, and his wife; and others (C.P.C., " Langley," fo. 35). A John Hedworth, fellow of the Middle Temple is a witness to the will.
      Family ID F03396  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

      Family Stephens, Elizabeth,   b. Abt. 1575, Of Chiseldon, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1647, Swindon, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 72 years) 
      Married Abt. 1595  Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
      Notes 
      • Mincham, Surrey Registers:
        Nicholas son of Richard Violet bur. July 14, being a grocer and Cytisen of London. 1564.
        Nycholas son of Richard Violet Cityzen and grocer of London bapt. Dec 12. 1568


        On 20th November, 1581, "Nicholas Yiolett, of London, gcnerosii filius," matriculated at St. John's College, Oxford, aged 15.

        Nicholas grew up, settled in Wiltshire, is described in his step-father's will (p. 136) as "of Overtowne, gent.," in 1608 and 1611 {Wilts Arch. Mag., ii., p. 187, and xix., p. 261) as " of Swindon, gentleman," and heads the pedigree of " Vilett of Swindon," printed in Burke's " Landed Gentry " (ed. 1846). According to this pedigree, he had issue by " Elizabeth Stephens," his wife : - 1. Thomas, his heir. 2. Richard, who married and had issue three sons, Richard, Nicholas, and Edmund. 3. Nicholas. 4. Arthur,
      Children 
       1. Vilett, Richard,   b. Abt. 1595, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1661, Wroughton, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 66 years)
      +2. Vilett, Thomas,   b. Abt 1598, Of Swindon, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Nov 1667, Swindon, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 69 years)  [Birth]
       3. Vilett, Nicholas,   b. Abt. 1599, Of Swindon, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1646, Oxfordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 47 years)
       4. Vilett, Arthur,   b. Abt. 1606, Of Swindon, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 28 Mar 1687, Holy Rood, Swindon, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 81 years)
      Last Modified 7 Jan 2015 
      Family ID F03395  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart