Samuel was baptised on 13 August 1673 in Lavenham, Suffolk, the son of the Reverend Samuel Beachcroft and his wife Susanna. His father was the Rector of Semer and Great Cornard in Suffolk and his mother was the daughter of well-known Puritan Minister William Gurnall of Lavenham. William Gurnall was the author of a popular… Continue reading Samuel Beachcroft, Clothworker (1673 – 1733)
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Sir Robert Beachcroft (1650 – 1721)
Robert Beachcroft was baptised at All Saints Church, Derby on 28th April 1650 the second son and fourth child of Daniel Beachcroft, maltster and farmer, and Mary Fox or Skelton. His father Daniel was wealthy enough to support many children and to apprentice three of his sons to London merchants and send the eldest to… Continue reading Sir Robert Beachcroft (1650 – 1721)