William 'Eternity' Tipping

William Tipping (1599–1649) was an early 17th-century English religious writer. ^[1]

Life

William Tipping was the second son of Sir George Tipping (1560–1627) of Wheatfield, Oxfordshire by his wife, Dorothy (1564–1637), daughter of Sir John Borlase of Little Marlowand his wife Anne Lytton daughter of Thomas Lytton, Buckinghamshire.

__________ In the name of God Amen, I Sir George Tipping of Whitfield in the Countie of Oxon Knight being both of good ability outwardly in body and of good memory and understanding for wch I praise God my maker and preserver, Doe make this my last Will and Testament Jupris I bequeath my soule to all mightie God my Creator and to His Sonne and my Savior Jesus Christ by whose only merritt death and Suffering apprehended by faith wrought in my hart by the Holy Spirit I trust to bee saved and delivered from my sinnes and the punishment due to me for the same and to be received into glory and whereas I have long since settled upon John Tipping my late oldest sonne deceased and the heires male of his body begotten divers manors and lands, Tenements and heriditaments in remainder yetly after my decease and yetly after the decease of my loving wife wch or the remainder thereof bee or is descended to Thomas Tipping his son and heire and my grandson and heire apparent being but about the age of ten yeares by virtue whereof his matie is after my decease to have the wardship of more than a third pte of my whole possessions. And whereas by the gratious desposition of our late Souvreign Lord King James the Mother or nearest friend of the Ward or such other to whom he awarded hath or did bequeath design or recommend the same have been preferred to compound wch the Wd and other officers of the Court of Wards for the wardship of such wards bodies and lands, I not knowing whether it maie please God to continue mye life unto the full age of my said heire apparent or not but hoping that in case it happened that I die before his full age that then he and I in him shall state the like favor in and under the happy and gracicous Reign of Sovreign Lord the King matie that now is as in his royal fathers tyme others did doe therefore humbly intreat that the wardship of the body of mine heire maie be committed to his most kind and care full Grandmother my very loving wife and to her brother William Borlas the older knight and to my brother Bartholomew Tipping Esqr and to my son in law John Fielder Gen and my very assured friend Thomas Wentworth of Lincoln’s Inne the older Esqr yet for as I with my said wife maie during her life have the custody and education of him And touching the wardships of the land of my said heire my humble desire is that the same maie bee leased to my sonnes William Tipping and Samuell Tipping whom I contribute and make Executors of this my will And whereas I have by one Indenture dated the first day of October in the sixteenth year of the Reign of our late Sovreign Lord King James settled upon my said sonne Samuell and the heires male of his body with remainder to the said William like manner all that the Rectory and psong (short for parsonage) impropriate of Wormhall als (alias) Wormenhall in the Countie of Burks and all estate, closes, pastures, lands, tenements and heriditaments lying in Grendon als Grendon Underwood in the said Countie of Burks wch I had purchased of and from Anne Pigott Daughter of Christopher Pigott knight deceased In case of the Indenture there is a Promise or Clause Honercon power thereof to mee referred I doe therefore hereby publish Page 2 profess and declare that I have not made any renocacon of the said Indenture nor of anything therein conteyned nor doe intend so to doe for anything I yet knowe. But my will minde intent and resolution yet is that the said Indenture and all and every clause and thing therein conteyned shall stand firme good and unrevoked forever Al allsoe is my minde and intent yet touching one other Indenture bearing date the said before the date of this my will whereby I have settled upon my sonne William Tipping and the heires male of his body wth remainder to the said Samuell in the manner All that my Manor of Draycott als Dracott and all my lands in Draycott, and all the lands called Attington als Aattington Balston lands in the County of Oxon And whereas I have happily heretofore made other deeds assurances or conveyances to or to the use or behoofe of my said sonnes with like power of Renocacon all wch I have as I conceant and remember heretofore legally and affectnallie revoked How yet for more securitie on that behalf I do hereby declare my will minde and intent to be that the same and every such former assurance to them or either of them or for their or either of their maintenance or support made shall stand and bee revoked void and of none effect Item I give and bequeath to my very loving wife Dame Dorothy Tipping all my plate icwells (?) household stuffe utinsels, and implements of household at, in, or about my Mansion or manor house of Whitfield in the said countie of Oxon and all my milch bns (barns) in or about the grounds or pastures of Whitfield aforesaid and my coach and coach houses And whereas there is paiable to mee mine Executers and Administrations or assigns as assignee of Anne one of the Daughters and coheirs of Christopher Pigott knight deceased the somme of twelve hundred pounds within or at the end of one year next after the decease of Dame Dorothy Pigott sometyme wife of the said Sir Christopher I doe assign and appoint my sonne William Tipping to bee my assignee of the said same and doe give and bequeath the same to him his Executors and assignees, Item I give and bequeath to my loving Daughter Mary Tipping the some of two thousand pounds of good and lawful money of England as her marriage dower to be to her paid within six months next after my decease provided allwait and the said Mary shall not marry without the assent of her mother and of her uncle Sir William Borlase knight and Bartholomew Tipping Esquire or of the service or services of them or if she doe that then my will is that shee have but one halfe of the said bequest. (of note, beginning with the above words “Item I give to my loving daughter” and all the way through to the word “bequest”, this area is marked through with a line as if it was later omitted from the will.) And whereas I have by one deed dated the tenth of October in the fifth year of the Reign of our gracious Lord King Charles granted one settled certaine annuities or rent charg upon my grandchild George Tipping younger son of my oldest son John Tipping deceased for tearmes of his natural life to be issuing and payable out of my manor or Lordship of Draycott before written with power reserved and reversion I doe hereby publish and declare that I have not revoked the same deed but that my minde and intent is (as yet) that the same and every clause or thing therein conteyned shall stand firme and unrevoked forever. And furthermore whereas I have lately given direction unto Mr Thomas Wentworth aforewritten to make some writings of an estate in trust unto William Tipping my sonne of a Tenement in Wormall in the Countie of Burks with one yard land and a close and all appurtenents thereunto belonging now in the occupacon of one Ralfe Hewitt or Howard for the tearme of about fiftie years of certaine lines therein nominated shall soe long lent referring the old rent thereof with purpose to bestowe the same upon my two ancient servants Morgan Adren and Ffrancis Torner I doe hereby publish and declare my will and intent is to bestowe the same upon them and the longest liver of them to hold jointly together for their better maintenance and doe soe bequeath the same accordingly. Item I give unto William Ffylder my sonne in law one hundred pounds to be paid unto him within six months after my decease upon confidence that he will be aiding and assisting unto mine Executors with his best labour and advice in execution of this my last will. Item I give unto Anne Ffylder my grandchild one hundred pounds to bee paid at her age of 20tie years or at her daie of marriage wch of them shall first happen. Item I give unto Dorothy Ffylder Elizabeth Ffylder my grandchildren alsoe one hundred pounds between them to bee paid them at their general age of 20tie years or at their general daies of marriage (Viz the appear) wch shall first happen Item I give unto Tobias Parrot that waiteth in my Chamber by the ? to bee paid within sixe months after my decease who alsoe I commend unto my Executors to have further care of Item I give unto Anne Devon an ancient servant wch to be paid her within sixe months of my decease alsoe Item I also give unto the poore of the Towne of Wathington 20 wch unto the poore of Thame 20 wch unto the poore of Whitfield and unto the poore of Wern 20. Item unto the poore of Lewcknor 20 and unto the poore of Dunstane Warrren 20. Item I give unto everyone of my household servants men and women Page 3 men and women over and above their ordinary wages at the next annual half year ^ days of payment wch shall happen after my decease therein before not remembered for much money as theire wages doth generally amount unto for one quarter of a yeare and doe further praie mine Executors to be carefull at none of them bee to suddenly put of the reproved of other services Item I doe constitute and ordaine for mine Executors unto this my last will and Testament my two sonnes aforementioned William and Samuell Tipping to execute the same joynther together unto whom I give in like manner all other my goods remaining unbequeathable and my debts and funeral discharged, praying them and charging them of my blessing and as my trust is in them to see this my will performed plainly and truly according unto my true meaning and the tenor hereof And thys resolving all other former wills I ordaine and declare this peti (petition) to bee my true and last will and Testament and Sealed and syned and delivered this sixteenth of October in the yeare of our Lord God one thousand sixe hundred twenty five. Geo Tipping Sealed and Delivered by the within named Sir George Tipping in the presence of John Ellis Minister Humphrey Atherton. Probate (I did not transcribe the paragraph of probate as it is written in Latin but the gist of the paragraph states that William and Samuel Tipping were the executors and that is was probated in May 1627.) _____________

 The above will is listed at length in order to prove that William Tipping who married Ursula Brett was the son of the above George Tipping and that William did have a son William Tipping and also a daughter Dorothy Tipping who married John Hooper and these two children of William and Ursula did immigrate to Maryland, United States in the year 1664. 

     William  was the uncle of Sir Thomas Tipping the Elder. Tipping attended Queen's College, Oxford and entered Lincoln's Inn but did not become a lawyer. William returned to the Manor of Draycot, Oxfordshire to pursue a scholarly life. He married, about 1627, to Ursula, daughter of Sir John Brett of Edmonton, Middlesexand his wife Margaret Robinson, daughter of Henry Robinson, brewer and his wife Alice Wilkes, daughter of Thomas Wilkes. William Tipping and his wife Ursula had had two sons and two daughters.    Alice Wilkes  [2]  is noted for her founding of a school and her many philanthropic works. She was the daughter of Thomas Wilkes and first married on August 29, 1570 (parish register St. Dunston in the West, City of London, London, England) to Henry Robinson and they had several children, among them Margaret Robinson.  See  After the death of Henry, Alice then married on May 9, 1586 (see parish register at St Mary, Islington, Islington, Middlesex, England) to William Elkyn. William Elkyn and Alice had one child, a daughter Ursula who married Roger Owen, son of Thomas Owen. After the death of William Elkyn, Alice then married for the third and final time to Thomas Owen a Judge and the father of Roger Owen. They were married on March 3, 1594. Thomas Owen is listed in the parish register of St Michael's Bassishaw in Middlesex, City of London, as being buried on December 20, 1598. Alice Owen died 26 October 1613, and was buried in the parish church of St Mary's Church, Islington, where a monument preserved her effigy and those of her children till 1751, when, on the pulling down of the old fabric, part of the monument was removed to the school, and a fresh one erected to her memory in the new church.       Will of Alice Owen: (this is not the whole will but excerpts)

Book 103 1st series 66:

 Alice Owen, late wife of Thomas Owen, late Justice of the Common Pleas, & before that wife of William Elkin, late of London, Alderman, dec'd and before that wife of Henry Robinson brewer late of London, dec'd.  . Will dated June 10, 1613, proved October 27, 1613, by Sir John Brett & Robert Rich.  To be buried at Islington, County, Middlesex. Funeral to be solemnized in the parish of Bassishaw, London. Bequeaths to daughter Brett, daughter Owen, and daughter Washbourne, 1,000 lbs each. Daughter Riche, receives 500 lbs. To Alice Brett, Alice Riche, Mary Washbourne, to receive chests of linen with their names on them. Alice Owen, daughter of Sir Roger Owen, another chest. Goddaughter Brett received 50 lbs. Godson William Washbourne received 50 lbs. Goddaughter Alice Riche received 800 lbs. Goddaughter Lettice Riche received 50 lbs. Sister in law Judith Wilkes and her children Thomas, Joan, and Alice Parnell, cousins Henry Draper & Jasper Draper, D'r Brett, 5 lbs. Son Henry Robinson and his wife, the sister of Sir Thomas Glover, 2,000 lbs to him. Sons in law Sir John Brett & Robert Riche to be Executors.

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 Will of Margaret Robinson Brett: 

^[3] Located in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, London, England: page 352, 353, 354.

 Margaret's will was written on January 17, 1644 and probated on March 8, 1650/51 in New Windsor, Berkshire, England. Her will mentions several persons: son Owen Brett Esq. daughter Alice Erscott granddaughter Margaret Erscott

friend Charles Erscott daughter Anne Norton granddaughter Margaret Norton grandson Brett Norton

daughter Ursula Tipping

grandson George Tipping son in law William Tipping daughter Mary Wiseman son in law Robert Wiseman daughter Elizabeth Dallendar granddaughter Margaret Dallendar son in law Ralph Dallendar gr? Robert Fishe (I do not know what the gr represents) sister ?Houritt? (unable to transcribe sister's name and it did not give a last name, may be Harriett??) George Baynard of Basington, county Southampton his daughter Thamar Baynard servant Mary Leigh servant Margaret Morris servant George White other servants not named

  Will was written in the presence of Richard Alocte, Elizabeth Dalby and George White. Daughters Alice Erscott and Ursula Tipping were named as the administrators of the will. Probate records later show that they declined and the administrator became their brother Owen Brett.   Margaret bequeathed to her daughter Mary Wiseman some jewelry, a worked ruby and a small jewel with diamonds and some linens. To daughters Alice, Ann and Ursula she bequeathed her great chain of pearls to be divided into three equal parts which would consist of seven hundred twenty pearls each and she also gave them other things like linens. To her son Owen Brett she bequeathed money and also a pistol and scabbard and arrows? or crest?  that had belonged to her husband, Owen's father  John Brett which had his name on it. Most likely this was a crest because husband John Brett had been a knight during the reign of Queen Elizabeth and King James I. But one will have to look at the will and transcribe to their own satisfaction. It is difficult to read the old time English handwriting and interpret it. To her daughter Elizabeth, Margaret gave several items of clothing and linens, etc. Margaret named Gumalid? Clayton and friend Charles Erscott as overseers of her will.

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 [4]  British History Online: Attington Manor:   In 1591 John Dormer sold Attington Manor together with some pasture land which had been leased to John Petty (d 1578) of Tetsworth for L1,150 to George Tipping (later Sir George ) of Wheatfield, the eldest son of Thomas Tipping and the grandson of William Tipping of Merton. On Tipping's death in 1627 Draycott and Attington were inherited by his second son William, a theological writer of some repute, who lived at Draycott. In 1639 Tipping sold part of the manor for L301 to Richard Cornish, an Adwell yeoman, but left the rest of his estate to his son George, also of Draycott. The last known record of the connection of the Tippings with Attington was in 1727, when Bartholomew Tipping of Draycott was a party to a fine levied on Attington. The Attington manor is mentioned in the will of William Tipping in 1648.  Nor further reference to the manor has been found.

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William Tipping died in Waterstock, Oxfordshire on 2 February 1648/49 and is buried in the church there.

 The will of William Tipping proves beyond a doubt that William did marry and have children, at least two proven sons named George and a son William, daughter Dorothy and daughter Margaret, all whom were proven in his will. His wife Ursula was also mentioned by name in his will.  See information below. Also listed in William's will is his brother Samuel Tipping and his sister a Lady Berkley, who was Mary Tipping who married Maurice Berkley.  William, Samuel and Mary are all mentioned in the will of their father George Tipping. Proof that William was son of George Tipping is also found in these marriage arrangements for William's sister Mary and the fact that Mary is mentioned as Lady Berkly in William's will in 1648.

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 [5]  Centre For Buckinghamshire Studies:  ref. D-X340/20  Catalog Ref. D-X 301-400  File   date 1648  Probate of will of William Tipping of Draycourt, Oxon, Esq.   refers to property in Thame and Tetsworth and Draycott.    The will of William Tipping: 

Will of William Tipping page 35 (page 1)

   In the name of God Amen I William

Tipping of Draycourt in the County of Oxon Esquire being of good and perfect memory I praise Almighty God & yet not knowing the number of my days and how short my tyme may bee before I shalbee called so my last Accompt which wee ought everyday to expect ( And I beseech my gracious God still to preserve this necessary consideration in my hart ) doe make and constitute this my last will and Testament as ffolloweth ffirst I humbly commend my soule unto the hande of my merciful God ( of Whose exceeding goodness and gracious providence over mee and myne I have had much experience ) most humbly beseeching his Heavenly Maister out of the multitude of his tender mercyes and for the onely merritts of my Saviour Jesus Christ to pardon all my sinnes and to wash them away with his blood, and in considerence of thi blessed and undeserved pardon, my soule doth quieter rest itt self, hoping for and empartinge a blessed resurrection my body I commend to the earth desiring my Execu-trix to see the same buried in A decent manner but without Superfluous Soloumnity and vanity expressed, And for the settleing disposeing and distribution of such estate in lande and goods whereof I am seized estated and possessed to the pleasure of Almighty God I ordayne constitute and I make this my last will and Testament hereby renouncing and declaring all former Wills by mee made to bee voide and of noe force, I imprimis I give and bequeath all my lande tenements and hereditaments in Attington within the severall precincts of Thame and Tetsworth in the County of Oxon, And all my land tenements and habitations in Draycott within the said County of Oxon unto my sonne George Tippinge and to the heires male of his body lawfully begotten and to bee begotton, And for default of such issue then to my sonne William Tippinge and to the heirse male of his body lawfully begotten or to bee begotton. And for default of such issue then to my two daughters Dorothy and Margarett equally betwixt them, and to the heires male of theire respective bodyes begotton or to bee begotton equally betwixt them, and for default of such issue male, of their or either of their bodye begotton or to bee begotton as aforesaid, Then I bequeath the same to my dearely beloved wife for and during the tearme of her life, and after her decease and for want of such issue male as aforesaid Then I give and bequeath all the said lands tenements and habitations to my loving brother Samuell Tippinge, and to the heires male of his body lawfully begotten or to bee begotton. And for want of such issue then to my owne right heires forever, Provided allways that the said George Tippinge my sonne or such other person or persons as shall ^ Hereafter fortune to inherit my Said lands tenements or habitations By virtue of this my last will and Testament shall pay or cause to bee Paid to my sonne William Tippinge the #Some of Three hundred pounds Of lawfull money of England att his age of one and Twenty yeares If hee shalbee then living, And for as much as my sonne William is now Departed from his maister to whome hee was bound ^ ^ ^ my will and desire is that my loving wife take care for his dyett and other necessaryes until hee bee bound an Apprenticed again or ^ otherwise disposed of. And if my wife shall think fitt to lay out any money for his advancement and settling in any callings or honest course of life Then my will is that for much money as shalbee disbursed shalbee defalcated and deducted out of the Three hundred pounds aforesaid. And thereby ) (page 2) charge my sonne William that as hee expects Gods blessings uppon himselfe ^ that hee bee dutifull and obedient to his mother and ruled by her. And further that the said George Tippinge my sonne or such other person or persons as shall hereafter fortune to inherit my said lands tenements or hereditaments by vertue of this my last will and Testament shall likewise pay or cause to bee paid unto my Daughter Margaret Tippinge on or upon the Feast Day of Saint Michael the Archangell which shalbee in the yeare of our Lord God one thousand Six hundred ffivety two. The #sume of Seven hundred pounds of like lawfull money of England, if shee the said Margarett shalbee then live-inge, for non payment of which said severall #pounds legacyee of Three hundred pounds and Seven hundred pounds respectively at the day of and tymes when the same shalbee due and payable as aforesaid itt shall and may bee lawfull to and for the said William and Margaret, respectively into all my said lands tentaments and hereditaments to enter and distrayne, and the distresse And distresses there found to take lead drive impound detayne and keepe until the said several and respective legacy of three hundred pounds and Seven hundred pounds shalbee fully satisfied and paid unto them the said William and Margaret, according to the true intent and meaning of this my last will and Testament as aforesaid. And whereas my sonnes George and William, and my Daughter Margaret are yet in their a minority and need the helpe assistance and instruction of some discreete And godly guardian, I doe therefore hereby recommend them for theire better education and advice to my deare and loving wife ( but for my Daughter Margaret I desire my deare wife to give her maynttuance until her portion bee due ) most earnestly intreating her ( as I know her owne a assertion doth of itt selfe incline her thereunto ) to call upon them often to wayte upon God in his ordinance ( and in heareing sermons and other Divine exercises, it is my hearty desire my Sonne George bee A devine if God bee pleased to give him an inclination thereunto, and my Sonne William of some honest callings both of them of sound profession for an idle life is hatefull to God, umproffitable to man, burthensome to itt selfe, And as to the further disposition of my estate. I give to my Dear and loving wife ( upon whose tender care and intire affection towards her and my children, I doe with much confidence and cheerfulness depend) All and singular my plate household stuffe, all my brasse and pewter and valuables of all sorte whatsoever and all her wearing apparel, and my fine milch beasts and hogge, my cart horse and harnesses and carte, and my Corne that shalbee in my barnes or else where standing about the mannor of Draycott, and coach and harness. Item I give and bequeath as a charitable use the summe of ffourty shillings per Annum for ever, to bee levied by way Of dispress? out of my close or pasture ground called Balsome close ^^situated in the parishs of Thame and Tetsworth Countae Oxon, And the same somme of fourty shillings by my heires and Assignes that shall have the said close to bee yearly paid unto the church wardens hande in the parishe of Allhallowes in the Citty of Oxon, or into the hands of One of them, to bee by them delivered and paid unto the ^ minister that shall preach a sermon on every good Ffryday, in the after-noon in the church of the said Alhallowes for ever, the same ffourty shilling yearely to bee paid upon the Munday in Easter weeke or within Tenn dayes then next following, (which somme is given and my desire is that the Minister that shall preach shall declare to bee given A ^ thankful remembrance of Gods mercy in recovering mee unexpectedly out (page 3) unexpectedly out of dangerous sicknesse. And in default of such payment, it shall and may be lawfull to and for the churchwardens and their Successore for ever to distrayne? for the said somme of ffourty shillings and every part thereof And the same disburse? to keepe and deteyne? until the said rent and arreargee be fully satisfied and paid. And I doe further will that the preacher that day and tyme may bee the Minister of that pise? church such as hee shall appoynte or approve of without any nominacon? Of the churchwardens, or any other __ __ __ (these 3 lines were blank) person or persons whatsoever. And that the said somme of fforty shillings bee allways ^ paid to the said church wardens in the Citty of Oxon so that they bee not unnccessarily compelled to demand the same upon the lande. And whereas I have heretofore settled the somme of two hundred pounds and delivered the same into the hands of the Maier of the Citty of Oxford the imployment and use where of is declared and mentioned in certayne Articles of agreement. My further will and pleasure is that in case there shalbee any misemployment of the said last mentioned charity I haveing, by the true intent upon the first settlement thereof ) power to alter the said guifte from the said Citty to any other persons or place I doe hereby declare that in case the said Two hundred pounds by the space of two years at any tyme bee not ymployed to the use where unto I did give itt through their willful neglect or default. That then the Deane of Christchurch in Oxford and the Vise Chancellor of the University of Oxford And the warden of All Soules Colledge in Oxford, and the Rector of Lincolne Colledge in Oxon or the most part of them for the time being and theire successors shall have the disposing and placing of the said two hundred pounds for the benefit of poore people, and the byndinge forth poore children Apprentises and the like within the said Citty of Oxon. And I doe earnestly intreate the said Deane Vice Chancellor ^_ Warden and Rector, that they wilbee pleased to see the said two hundred pounds settled to the uses aforesaid in case that I shalbee neglected by the Maior and Citty of Oxford. And I give to my loving brother Samuell Tippinge and to my loving sister the Lady Berkly and to my sonne And daughter Tocke to each of them the #sume of Twenty shilling to Buy them Rings, Item I give to the poore of Ickford Comitat Bucks The sume of ffive pounds. The said ffive pounds to bee paid within ^Twenty dayse after my decease. Item I will and devise to the widdow ^ Perry the house with the appurtenants wherein she now dwelleth in Draycourt to holde during her life without paying any rent therefore Item I make and ordayne Execurtrix of this my last will and Testament My deare and loving wife Ursula Tippinge whome I earnestly desire To bee carefull to see this my last will in all poynts performed. And I Constitute my loving friend Thomas Phillipps of Ickford in the ^ County of Bucks your Overseer hereof intreating him to bee aydeinge And assisting to my wife and children upon all unergent occasions. And in token of my love I give him Ten pounds. Item I give to ^every one of my servants that shall dwell with me at the time of ^ my decease a quartere wages over and besides the wages that shalbee then due to them. Item I give and bequeath to bee disposed of as my Executrix shall thinke fit to maimed soldiers three pounds ^ Whereas I am engaged to the payment of certaine money upon the Marriage of my Daughter, and am otherwise alsoe indebted. I doe there-fore constitute and appoint with the consent of my loving wife already (page 4) already had and obteyned that in case my goods or shattles undisposed of will not discharge all my debts and legacyes. That then Twenty pounds per Annum bee sold out of Draycott by my couson Thomas Phillipps and the money made thereof delivered to my deare and loving wife for the fuller discharge of all my debts and legacyes. Always provided and it is my will and desire ^ that my wife shalbee accountable for the remainder of the said money to ^ my sonne George Tippinge, if any bee after my debts and legacyes are paid. And whereas Draycott is now my wifes ioynture and my wife hath relinquished Twenty pounds per Annum to mee out of her said ioynture I doe therefore here by Assigne her in consideration whereof Twenty pounds per Annum during ^ her life out of my lands at Attington. And further whereas my wife hath assigned her for her joynture onely, one hundred and ffivety pounds per ^ Annum I doe will and desire and doe hereby appoynte that my loving wife shall have the whole benefitt of Draycourt lands for her joynture and house keeping during the tyme of ffower yeares after my decease. And after the expiration of the said tearme, my will and desire is that my sonne George Tippinge or whoever shalbee my heire shalle have all the ^ proffitte that shall arise out of Draycourt lands, allways profided that my wife have her one hundred and ffivety pounds per Annum truly paid, Together with the house and Orchards and gardens ffor as ^ much as my brother Samuell Tippinge hath ingaged himselfe to mee that hee will not cut off without my consent the intayle of Keightell in the County of Bucks, but that hee will suffer itt to descend accordinge to the deed which my ffather made to him conveying the land. My will and desire therefore is that my ffathers deed and conveyance conveninge the said land may stand in force, and that the lands descend ( as itt ^ought ) to my sonne George Tippinge after the decease of my brother Samuell Tippinge. In witnesses whereof I have sett to my hande ^ And seale this second day of October in this ffower and twentyeth yeare Of the raigne of our Soveraigne Lorde Charles by the grace of God King of England, Scottland, Ffrance, and Ireland Defender of the Ffaith AD William Tippinge, ^ published and declared to bee my last will and Testament of the said William Tippinge this second day of October One thousand Six hundred fforty Eight. In the presence of Jon Tooke & Tobias Box. /

 Probatum Suit  23rd March 1648  (This probatum part is written in Latin and took place actually five months after October 2, 1648 when the will was first written, because at that day and time period, the New Year began on March 25th. The only thing I can make out are the few words like London, Ursula Tippinge relict and Executrixe, Oxford)

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Family: The children of William Tipping and Ursula Brett: 1. Dorothy Tipping baptized October 5, 1628. She married John Hooper and immigrated to Talbot and Queens County, Maryland, United States in 1664

  Will of John Hooper: Written on December 20, 1668 and proven in court on January 28, 1668/69. Vol 54  1669  Anthony Mayle  jury foreman  and      administrator over John Hooper's estate. His name in his will was spelled Hopper.  Will for John Hooper,   [6]  Queen Anne's County, Book 1, page 329 and 330.  Written on December 20, 1668  Proven on January 28, 1668/69      John Hopper:        Page 329:   "In the Namer of God Amen. the twentieth day of Decmber in the Seaven and thritheth year of the Dominion of Cecilhus & Absolute Lord and Proprietary of the Province of Maryland anno Domini one thousand six hundred sixty eight. I John Hopper of the said Province of Maryland Planter Being sick in body but of good and perfect memory thankd be to God wherefore Do make and ordain this my last Will and Testament in Manner and forme following. Imprimis I do give and bequeath my Soul into the hands of Almighty God my Creator Jesus Christ my Redeamer in whose alone merritts. I hope for salvation and my body to the Earth to be buried at the descretion of mine Executrix and soe that part and porcon of worthy goods whereof it hath pleased God my Creather of his Infinite Goodness in this world to make me stewart. I do give and bequeth in manner and forme following Item     Page 330:

Item I give and bequeath al my lands goods and chattells and servants whatsoever to my loving wife Dorothy and to her heirs forever whom I make sole Executrix I do give and bequeath unto Nathaniel Sudifatt in Case he stayes with my wife Dorothy during his life his close dyett washing and lodging out of the said Estate.

 Also. I give and bequeath unto Elizabeth Tipping the younger one cow calfe to be paid the next spring and to John Hilton one cow calfe to be paid the next spring following the date hereof and I do hereby desire Patrick Forrest and John Macky to be overseers of this my last Will and Testament. Witness my hand and seale the day and year above. The marke Jon (I H) Hopper (seal)     Written sealed and delivered as the last will and testament of the said John Hopper

Curtis Fletche the marke Sam D Dickinson of the marke William (X) Howell of

       The within written will of John Hopper was by Samuel Dickinson and William Howell witnesses to the said will proved before me this Eight and twentieth Day of January one thousand six hundred and sixty eight   Charles Calvert

2. George Tipping baptized October 7, 1629, married Dorothy Mather on Sept 20, 1657 and married secondly to Grace unknown.

3. William Tipping baptized March 8, 1630 married Elizabeth unknown and immigrated to Queens County, Maryland, United States in 1664.

  Found in Maryland Archives online, Maryland State Archives:

Gust Skordas, Index of Early Settlers of Maryland lists William Tipping - page 465

 [7] Maryland State Archives: Liber  17  folio  58. William Tipping immigrated in 1664 with his wife Elizabeth. For land records Queen Anne's County for William Tipping, page 58 and for his wife Elizabeth page 355.  For probate information see  [8]  Maryland Calendar of Wills  Volume 4.    Note: Tippin, William, planter, Queen Anne's, 24th April, 1714,  29th Oct. 1714  To sons in law Wm Austin and James Williams, grandchild William Austin and dau Mary Tippin, personality. Wife Ann and afsd legatees, excepting grandchild, to be joint exs. Residue of estate to be divided among same and rest of child. (underdesignated)  Test. Thos. Hynson, Wright, Mich'll Hussey, John Alley   14.11 (liber 14, folio 11)   William was married 3 times. First to Elizabeth unknown,in England prior to 1664. By Oct 29m 1703, he was married to 2nd wife Sarah Hall.   By April  24th, 1714,  William was married to 3rd wife Anne Livesay.

4. Margaret Tipping married unknown Pount. Margaret is named in the will of her father William. Obituary: Margaret Pount, of So. Morton, Berks. Daughter of William Tipping of Draycott, Oxfordshire, May 10, 1656

   (found in Sir William Musgrave's book titled "A General Nomenclator and Obituary" Volume 48 page 70)   found in obituaries prior to 1800.

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==Works==

In 1633 Tipping published A Discourse of Eternitie which earned him the nickname of Eternity Tipping. He subsequently appeared before the court of high commission several times on charges of puritan practice. A Return of Thankfulness (1640) and the Calvinist Father's Counsell (1643) followed. Then The Preachers Plea (1646) and The Remarkable Life and Death of the Lady Apollina Hall (1647).

US descendants?

It is often erroneously stated that two of Tipping's children, William and Dorothy, emigrated to Talbot County, Maryland in 1664. However, William Tipping Junior lived all his life in London. He married and had a family of six children in Westminster, including Rev Dr Ichabod Tipping, the Vicar of Camberwell. He died in Smithfield in February 1709. +++++++++++++

  The above paragraph is not true. William Tipping, son of William Tipping and Ursula Brett did immigrate to Queens County, Maryland in 1664 along with his wife Elizabeth and also with William's sister Dorothy Hooper. Also there is an error in the Dictionary of National Biography for William Tipping in the article written by Charlotte Fell Smith who mistakenly stated that William Tipping never married. She failed to see the will of both William Tipping and also that of his father George Tipping which plainly shows that William Tipping did marry to Ursula Brett. 

References

1. Dictionary of National Biography Volume 14.

2. Prerogative Court of Canterbury, London, England.

3. Centre For Buckinghamshire Studies: ref. D-X340/2 Catalog Ref. D-X 301-400.

4. British History Online: Attington Manor.

5. Queen Anne's County, Maryland, USA Book 1, page 329 and 330.

6. Maryland State Archives: Liber 17 folio 58.

7. Maryland Calendar of Wills Volume 4.

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