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- Transcription of Giles Whiting's will probated 1627 made by Whiting Global in 2013
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. He was awarded his B.A. in 1631
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A 17th Century Northamptonshire Poet Parson
The Revd. Nathaniel Whiting, M.A. (1612-1682) was one of a number of my ancestors who, as ordained clergymen, found they could not accept the teachings of the Church of England and turned to nonconformity. Nathaniel's grandfather was the Rev. Giles Whiting, Rector of Pansfield in Essex who favored the Scottish-Presbyterian form of puritanism in the late 16th and early 17th century. Nathaniel uncles included the Rev. Dr. John Whiting, Rector of St. Martin le Vintry, 1611-24 and 18th Canon of St. Paul's Cathedral. He made his name by extracting confessions from those on trial for the murderof Sir Thomas Overbury in the Tower of London. Although he served the establishment for most of his life, he was suspended for a while in 1623 after preaching a sermon in Hampton Court on "the idol of the mass" at a time when Prince Charles' Spanish marriage negotiations had just broken down. Another of Nathaniel's uncles, Rev. Timothy Whiting, held a number of livings in Northamptonshire and Leicestershsire, carrying out his duties without hindra'nce. His son, Rev. John Whiting, Rector of Lexden, who was Nathaniel's cousin, is remembered solely by the form of his death, of which R. Josselin wrote in his diary, "Hear of Mr. Whiting's death...by putting his finger into a man's mouth, whose throat was ill with 'squinsey' and non compos mentis,he bit it vehemently, on which it gangrened and killed him about eight days after". A more distant relative of Nathaniel's, was the Rev. Samuel Whiting who abandoned his living in Lincolnshire to go to Massachusetts in order to pursue his Puritan ways. (1) Although the Whiting family tree is not complete the coat of arms (Gyronny of four azure and ermine overall a leopard's face and in chief 3 bezants)has enabled me to link up the various sections to some extent. In this way I have traced Nathaniel's family back to Thomas Whiting, Chester Harold of the late 15th century.
Nathaniel went up to Queen's College, Cambridge, as a pensioner at Easter, 1629. He was awarded his B.A. in 1631 and his M.A. in 1635. His tutor was Stubbins. Although he was entered as a pensioner, the college accounts for 1630-3 list him as a scholar, receiving the respective annual payments of 12 s. 6d., 16s. 3d., 19s. 7d., and 15s. 10d. The full income of a scholar was about L12. It was probably about this time that he secured the friendship of Sir William Fleetwood of Aldwincle Manor, as a later letter to Sir William shows: "I am not ashamed (Right Worshipfull) to tell the world how ancient and how affectionate a Maecenas you have been to me; that I received many encouragements from you when I was a student in the universitie; how ready I have alwayes found you to lay forth your power and interest in me...and how much I found the favor of a Patron, and the affection of a friend (I might go higher) for the space of many yeares". (2) Nathaniel's first opportunity.... see Gordon Whiting File
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Whiting, Nathaniel (1611/1612-1682), satirist and nonconformist minister
A. J. Sambrook
in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
Published in print September 2004 | ISBN: 9780198614111
Published online September 2004 | e-ISBN: 9780198614128 | DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/70940
Whiting, Nathaniel (1611/1612-1682), satirist and nonconformist minister
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Whiting, Nathaniel (1611/1612-1682), satirist and nonconformist minister, was the son of Nathaniel Whiting, of Horspool Grange, near Desford, Leicestershire, gentleman, and his first wife, Elizabeth, née Heath. He was born in Etton rectory, Northamptonshire, the home of his grandfather Giles Whiting (1550-1627), a puritan minister, and was baptized there on ...
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Abt 1607 - 1682 (~ 75 years)