Isham of PytchleyA documentary genealogy

Generation XII

John Isham

1604–?

Life

John Isham, son of Gregory of Barby, christened Barby 23 July 1604.1 Dead by 1673 when Arthur was Gregory's only surviving son.? 1635: "Johannes Isham de Whittington Row, London, Mercator" in E 159/475.1,2 Same year Privy Council (PC 2/45, 9 Oct 1635) licensed "Henry Isham and John Isham, merchants" to export unsellable foreign corn from London — possible joint ID with brother Capt. Henry.3 No wife, child, burial, or PCC probate yet found.?

  1. E 159/475: John Isham of Whittington Row, London, mercator (1635)
  2. E 159/475: John Isham of Whittington Row, London, mercator (1635) — adjacent membrane
  3. PC 2/45: Henry Isham and John Isham, merchants, export licence (9 Oct 1635)

? marks 2 statements for which no attached source was found.

Life sketch as written on the FamilySearch Family Tree. Footnotes link each statement to the attached source that supports it; they were matched by machine against the source summaries and should be read as a guide, not a verification.

Records

  1. 1630
    Secondary

    Event

  2. 1635
    RecordE 159/475

    Exchequer memoranda roll. On 17 November 11 Charles I (1635), Tobias Trebes of the parish of St James, Clerkenwell, and John Isham of Whittington Row, London, merchant (mercator), came in person before the Barons of the Exchequer and jointly and severally acknowledged themselves bound to the king in £32, as sureties in…

  3. 1635
    RecordE 159/475

    Same Exchequer recognizance as E 159/475 image 0080: Tobias Trebes of St James, Clerkenwell, and John Isham of Whittington Row, London, merchant, 17 November 1635. This membrane has a fuller OCR of the surrounding entries and of the Isham recognizance opener.

  4. 1635
    Secondary