John Draper

According to the 1614 Visitation of Nottinghamshire (p. 136), John Draper is recorded as being a resident of Flintham, Nottinghamshire, in 9 H. 5 (1420/1).

Events

Date of Birth: unknown.

Place of Birth: unknown.

Date of Death: unknown.

Place of Death: unknown.

Relationships

Father: John Draper.

Mother: Sibbell.

The 1614 Visitation of Nottinghamshire (p. 136) gives these parents, noting that John Draper was of Flintham, Nottinghamshire. Given that the Visitation is here giving information on a period two centuries earlier, it is not clear how much confidence can be placed in its reliability, in the absence of corroborating evidence.

Spouse: Elizabeth Wymondham.

The 1614 Visitation of Nottinghamshire (p. 136) describes Elizabeth as being the daughter of Wymondham of Claxton in Com. Nottingham, noting that Harl. 1400 gives the county as Leicestershire.

Children:

Thomas Draper married a daughter of Henry Auger.

Evidence

The National Archives catalogue records several early Drapers as witnesses to grants made at Flintham:

1337: William Draper

1348: Peter Draper of Screveton

1373: John Draper, Robert Draper

1391: Thomas Draper, John Draper

1465: Thomas Draper of Fenny Drayton

References

Camden, William, and John (ed.) Fetherston. The visitation of the county of Leicester in the year 1619, taken by William Camden. (London: Taylor and Co., 1870).

London, Hugh Stanford, and Sophia W Rawlins. Visitation of London, 1568: with additional pedigrees, 1569-90, the arms of the city companies and a London subsidy roll, 1589. (London: John Whitehead, 1963).

Marshall, George W. (George William). The visitations of the county of Nottingham in the years 1569 and 1614: with many other descents of the same county. (London: Harleian Society, 1871).