Whiston Families
Stringer Pedigree
Thomas Stringer of Whiston was in 1584 one of the 6th Earl of Shrewsbury's servants. The archives hold letters which Stringer sent to the Earl including:
Thomas Stryngar (Stringer) to the Earl of Shrewsbury, Earl Marshal, at Chelsea, from Wingfield, 15 November 1584.
He warns the Earl that Wingfield is short of provisions and complains that 'this house is a house of great waste divers
ways, and especially of lights'. Mr. Secretary, Sir Francis Walsingham wrote to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir Walter
Mildmay, a temporary custodian of Mary, Queen of Scots while the Earl was at Court, to know how many attendants the Queen
of Scots had and details of her diet. He has replied that the Queen of Scots has 16 dishes at the first and second courses;
the Master of the Household, her chief officers and their servants, 10; her gentlewomen. 8; the rest of the women, 5. There
are not under 100 gentlemen, yeomen and officers to guard her, besides 50 soldiers. She has no furniture of household. He
understands that the courtiers are weary of the business already and advises Shrewsbury to insist on being delivered from
his burden; only thus will he be free from those who spread lies about him. He has written to various officers of the Earl
to prevent the election of Sir Charles Cavendish as a knight of the shire.
The Family deeds of Rogers of Netherthorpe Hall contain details of settlement of the estate on the marriage of Francis Rogers and Elizabeth, daughter of Mary Stringer of Whiston, 1667; deed securing £15 p.a. to Elizabeth out of Netherthorpe Hall, 1702; deeds conveying or mortgaging some of the property, including Smithies Farm, to Thomas Hewett, 1700-08.
Agreement.with the marriage settlement, by which Francis Stringer agrees to convey Newhall Grange to Thomas Stringer as security for a debt of £1500, by reason of 'these lait tymes' '. 31st March, 1650.
Deeds relating to Stringers Farm in Whiston, and fields belonging thereto:
Held by Cuthbert Browne, clerk, of Stanton, Norfolk, and afterwards of Handsworth, Yorks., and others, in trust for sale, for the Duke of Norfolk. Sold to Richard Sterne for £4,600. 1678-89
Source:Arundel Manuscripts Reference: ACM/WD/780, 781, 784, 785, 788; 804-806, 812, 815, 827, 830, 834, 913, 934-936, 946
