Longley John b. d. 08 AUG 1638

- 1638

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Died 08 Aug 1638 [1]

Person ID I1721 Alan Donald Vibber

Last Modified 08 Dec 2009

Children

	1. Longley William, b. 1614, Frisbie, Lincoln county, England, U.K. , d. 29 Nov 1680, Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
	2. Longley Charles I.

Family ID F780 Group Sheet

Notes	LONGLEY FAMILY. John Longley (I), father of the immigrant ancestor of the Longley family of Shirley, Massachusetts, and of Charles I. Longley, of Boylston, was a resident of Frisby, Lincoln county, England. He was aclerk. Shortly after his son and heir William went to America, John Longley died, and August 8, 1638, William, his son, made a letter of attorney (power of attorney) to Thomas Meeke, of Wynflete, St.Mary, Lincoln county, to sell and rent lands, goods and legacies descended to him from his father. Owing to an error in the records at Lynn in the name of William when his land was granted to him, Savage and others were led to believe that Richard Longley was the father of William. It is doubtful if any Richard Longley ever lived in Lynn in the early days. If so, William knew him not. William seems to be the only son who emigrated to America. The name of Longley or Langley is a distinguished one, both by pedigree and by talents. The visit of the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York to Canada, in 1901, recalled the interesting fact that the first Duke of York was a Langley—Edmund de Langley, 5th son of Edward III. and great grandfather of Edward IV., was created Duke of York in 1385. Between the houses of York and Lancaster were fought the long wars of the roses—the great "genealogical" wars. Early Langleys were of the manors of Penulbury and Agecroft in Lancashire, the former acquired by marriage with the Prestwich family. Three William Langleys were rectors of the church at Prestwich.* William Langley, who married Lucy At Lese, and his descendants, were of the manor of Well Court, Kent, in the 15th century. To one branch of this family belonged Thomas Langley (1370—1437), who was Bishop of Durham, Cardinal and Lord Chancellor of England. William Longley or Langley wrote the famous " Piers Ploughman's Visions," two hundred years before Shakespeare, inaugurating the first great epoch in English literature. He held orders in the church and was an ardent reformer.

Sources
[S59] Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of, Ellery Bicknell Crane, (Name: 1907;), 536 (Reliability: 3).