Nathaniel Arnold (died 1729)
Events
Date of Birth: unknown.
Place of Birth: unknown.
Date of Burial: 29 October 1729.
Place of Burial: Stratford upon Avon, Warwickshire.
The burial is recorded in the parish registers.
Relationships
Father: Nathaniel Arnold.
Mother: Elizabeth Waring.
The will of John Arnold the elder of Southam, farrier, made in 1760, mentions among his nephews and nieces some of the children of Nathaniel and Anne, and also a child and grandchildren of John Cook and Elizabeth Arnold of Long Itchington. John Cook and Elizabeth, and John Arnold of Southam, farrier, are mentioned in the 1737 will of Nathaniel Arnold. The 1714 will of Thomas Waring of Shipston mentions his granddaughter Elizabeth Arnold, who was Nathaniel's younger sister, baptized in 1702. This would seem to mean that the 1684 burial in Southam of Elizabeth, wife of Nathaniel Arnold, could not have been hers, and that Elizabeth Waring was Nathaniel's mother.
Spouse: Anne Claridge. Married 20 July 1711 in Warwick St Mary’s.
The marriage is given in the parish register. Both the bride and groom are described as being “of this parish”. Ann was probably buried 23 February 1761 at Stratford upon Avon.
Children:
(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project.)
Nathaniel Arnold (baptized 27 May 1712 in Southam, Warwickshire) married Catherine Winston 11 May 1734 in Stratford upon Avon.
Samuel Arnold (baptized 9 October 1713 in Stratford upon Avon, Warwickshire) married Mary Stanley 29 May 1739 in Stratford upon Avon.
Elizabeth Arnold (baptized 23 January 1714/5 in Stratford upon Avon).
John Arnold (baptized 13 May 1716 in Stratford upon Avon - died 25 November 1786) married Elizabeth Key 1 January 1744/5 in Napton-on-the-Hill, Warwickshire.
Mary Arnold (baptized 9 February 1717/8 in Stratford upon Avon) married Abraham Hoskins 3 October 1738 in Stratford upon Avon.
Richard Arnold (baptized 25 October 1719 in Stratford upon Avon).
William Arnold (baptized 21 October 1722 in Stratford upon Avon).
Thomas Arnold (baptized 9 May 1725 in Stratford upon Avon - buried 16 May 1725 in Stratford upon Avon).
Evidence
Marriage (Warwick, St Mary, parish register):
July
20th Nathaniel Arnold & Anne Claridge both of this parish by Licence
[image at FamilySearch]
The baptism of his son Nathaniel (Southam parish register):
Baptized Nathaniel the son of Nathaniel Arnold and Ann his wife upon the 27th day of May. 1712.
From the Stratford upon Avon parish register:
[1713 Oct.] 9. Samuel the Sonne of Nathaniel Arnold Black Smith [baptized]
[1714/5 Jan.] 23. Elizabeth the Daughter of Nathaniel Arnoll [baptized]
[1716 May] 13. John the sonne of Nathanal Arnoll [baptized]
[1717/8 Feb.] 9. Mary daughter of Nathaniel Arnold [baptized]
[1719 Oct.] 25. Richard son of Nathaniel Arnold [baptized]
[1722 Oct.] 21. William son of Nathaniel Arnold [baptized]
[1725 May] 9. Thomas son of Nathaneal Arnoll [baptized]
[1725 May] 16. Thomas son of Nathaniel Arnold [buried]
[1726 May] 22. The widow Arnold [buried]
[1728 March] 28. Elizabeth Arnold [buried]
[1729 Oct.] 29. Nathaniel Arnold [buried]
[1761 Feb] 23. Ann Arnold [buried]
The catalogue for the Stratford Shakespeare Trust (ER2/139) lists this bond, dated 11 October 1716:
Bond from John Freeman, of the parish of St. Swithin, Worcester, glover, to Nathaniel Arnold, of Stratford upon Avon, blacksmith, in £260, to perform covenants in indentures of feoffment of the same date. Signed, with seals. Witnesses: Thomas Woolmer, J. Woolmer, William Hiccox.
and (ER3/401) this lease and release, dated 1-2 September 1729:
Lease for a year and Release by Edward Clopton of Clopton, esq., to John Middleton of Montham, co. Sussex, esq., and Nathaniel Mason of Stratford-upon-Avon, gent., of messuages and lands in Clopton in the tenures of Simon Ball (rent £37) Richard Salmon (rent £80) and Nathaniel Arnold (rent £46), a messuage called the Shoulder of Mutton and land called Harrington's Leys in Bridgetown in the tenure of George Hyron (rent £30) and two small inclosed grounds in Bridgetown in the tenure of Thomas Woolmer (rent £8) in trust for a jointure to Martha Clopton [daughter. of Thomas Middleton], his wife, with remainder to his right heirs. Witnesses: Thomas Mason and Richard Thomas.
The catalogue for the Stratford Shakespeare Trust (ER 3/89) gives this abstract of Nathaniel’s will:
Probate copy of will of Nathaniel Earnall [Arnold] of Stratford-upon-Avon, blacksmith and farrier, dated 26 May 1729, bequeathing to his sons Nathaniel and Thomas £6 each and to his children John, Mary, Richard, Elizabeth and William £5 each, and the residue of his estate, goods, etc. to Samuel his son, the house which he bought of Francis Collins to be enjoyed by Anne his wife for her life.
Witnesses: Amos Green, Francis Banbury, Valentine Osborne.
Proved by Anne Arnold, at Stratford.
Date: 28 December 1729
References
The Registers of Stratford-on-Avon in the County of Warwick. Marriages, 1558-1812. (Richard Savage, trans.) (London, 1898).
Stratford upon Avon parish registers, FHL film 1067507, Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah.
Southam, Warwickshire parish registers; digital image Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 23 March 2014) citing Warwickshire County Record Office; Warwick, England; Warwickshire Anglican Registers; Roll: Engl/2/1018; Document Reference: DRO 50.
Will of John Arnold the elder of Southam, farrier, 1761, Lichfield Consistory Court, FHL Film 96142, Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah. (I give a transcription on Nathaniel’s father’s page.)