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| Keywords: people According to the Woodforde family site (www.woodforde.co.uk): Samuel Woodforde was the eldest son of Robert and Hannah Woodforde of Northampton. He was born in London on 15 April 1636 in the parish of All Hallows in the Wall, London. He was educated at St Paul’s School and matriculated as a commoner at Wadham College, Oxford on 21 July 1654 where he graduated as a B.A. on 6 February 1657. In 1659 he became a student at the Inner Temple where his chamber-fellow was the poet Thomas Flatman. In 1661 Samuel inherited the manor of Westcotte near Binstead in Hampshire from his great-uncle Edmund Heighes. Samuel’s mother, Hannah was the daughter of Robert Haunch of London, by Hannah his wife, daughter of Edward Heighes and niece of Sir Nicholas Heighes of Heighes House, Binstead, Hants. A condition of the inheritance was that he should be obedient to his grandmother and aunt, especially in the choice of a wife, or he might be disinherited. For many years he was much troubled by lawsuits brought against him by the Heighes family. The Westcotte property finally passed to Samuel’s grandson, Samuel. He was forced to mortgage it and by 1725 it had passed out of the family into the possession of the chief mortgagee, Thomas Ridge of Portsmouth. He married Alicia, the youngest daughter of Theodore Beale of Bucks and by her had one son, Heighes, and a daughter, Alicia. Alicia (Samuel’s wife) died 14 January 1664 at the birth their daughter. He married secondly, on 5 February 1666, Mary Norton, the daughter of John Norton of Benstead, by whom he had four more sons, namely Samuel, John, Robert and William. In November 1664 Samuel was elected to the Royal Society, which had received its royal charter only three years previously. In January 1669 he took holy orders and in 1673 was presented by Sir Nicholas Stuart to the benefice of Hartley-Maudit in Hampshire. His career within the church continued with his appointment as a canon at Winchester on 27 May 1676 and of Winchester on 8 November 1680. He received the degree of Doctor of Divinity by diploma from Archbishop Sancroft in 1677. Samuel was a prolific poet and writer. His chief works were `The Paraphrase upon the Psalms’ and `The Paraphrase upon the Canticles’. Copies of several of his works are lodged in the Bodleian Library as follows: A Paraphrase on Psalms of David (Ps CXlX Pt12 lacking), which has a couplet from his brother Robert. 588pp. Precem Privatarum Horarium – Breviary adapted for Anglican use by Samuel. 280pp. Diary (17 October 1663 to 5 February 1604 (purchased by the library in 1963. 239pp. This diary covers the death of his first wife and records the depression, loneliness and despair that Samuel suffered following her death. It is inscribed `Liber Dolorosus’ The Woodforde papers at New College Oxford include a copy of "A Paraphrase upon the Psalms of David" by Samuel Woodforde, he eldest son of Robert Woodforde. This document is said to contain 28 pages of autobiographical information which may relate in part to his childhood in Northamptonshire. Samuel Woodforde died at Winchester on 11 January 1700. Samuel’s eldest son Heighes Woodforde (1664-1724) also became an ordained minister. He served as vicar of Epsom and as a canon at Chichester. It was Heighes’ eldest son, the Revd Samuel Woodforde (1695-1771) who married Jane Collins and established the family in Ansford, Somerset. Their second son, was the well-known diarist, the Revd James Woodforde. According to the Woodforde family site (www.woodforde.co.uk): Samuel Woodforde was the eldest son of Robert and Hannah Woodforde of Northampton. He was born in London on 15 April 1636 in the parish of All Hallows in the Wall, London. He was educated at St Paul’s School and matriculated as a commoner at Wadham College, Oxford on 21 July 1654 where he graduated as a B.A. on 6 February 1657. In 1659 he became a student at the Inner Temple where his chamber-fellow was the poet Thomas Flatman. In 1661 Samuel inherited the manor of Westcotte near Binstead in Hampshire from his great-uncle Edmund Heighes. Samuel’s mother, Hannah was the daughter of Robert Haunch of London, by Hannah his wife, daughter of Edward Heighes and niece of Sir Nicholas Heighes of Heighes House, Binstead, Hants. A condition of the inheritance was that he should be obedient to his grandmother and aunt, especially in the choice of a wife, or he might be disinherited. For many years he was much troubled by lawsuits brought against him by the Heighes family. The Westcotte property finally passed to Samuel’s grandson, Samuel. He was forced to mortgage it and by 1725 it had passed out of the family into the possession of the chief mortgagee, Thomas Ridge of Portsmouth. He married Alicia, the youngest daughter of Theodore Beale of Bucks and by her had one son, Heighes, and a daughter, Alicia. Alicia (Samuel’s wife) died 14 January 1664 at the birth their daughter. He married secondly, on 5 February 1666, Mary Norton, the daughter of John Norton of Benstead, by whom he had four more sons, namely Samuel, John, Robert and William. In November 1664 Samuel was elected to the Royal Society, which had received its royal charter only three years previously. In January 1669 he took holy orders and in 1673 was presented by Sir Nicholas Stuart to the benefice of Hartley-Maudit in Hampshire. His career within the church continued with his appointment as a canon at Winchester on 27 May 1676 and of Winchester on 8 November 1680. He received the degree of Doctor of Divinity by diploma from Archbishop Sancroft in 1677. Samuel was a prolific poet and writer. His chief works were `The Paraphrase upon the Psalms’ and `The Paraphrase upon the Canticles’. Copies of several of his works are lodged in the Bodleian Library as follows: A Paraphrase on Psalms of David (Ps CXlX Pt12 lacking), which has a couplet from his brother Robert. 588pp. Precem Privatarum Horarium – Breviary adapted for Anglican use by Samuel. 280pp. Diary (17 October 1663 to 5 February 1604 (purchased by the library in 1963. 239pp. This diary covers the death of his first wife and records the depression, loneliness and despair that Samuel suffered following her death. It is inscribed `Liber Dolorosus’ The Woodforde papers at New College Oxford include a copy of "A Paraphrase upon the Psalms of David" by Samuel Woodforde, he eldest son of Robert Woodforde. This document is said to contain 28 pages of autobiographical information which may relate in part to his childhood in Northamptonshire. Samuel Woodforde died at Winchester on 11 January 1700. Samuel’s eldest son Heighes Woodforde (1664-1724) also became an ordained minister. He served as vicar of Epsom and as a canon at Chichester. It was Heighes’ eldest son, the Revd Samuel Woodforde (1695-1771) who married Jane Collins and established the family in Ansford, Somerset. Their second son, was the well-known diarist, the Revd James Woodforde. | ||||
