1640 John Becroft I baptised at St Saviour, father Robert
1659-1661 Robert Becroft pays poor rate in St George Tombland
1662 Robert Becroft dies, inscription in St George Tombland church – “carrier”
1662-1679 John Becroft I is a poor rate payer in St George Tombland, with widow/Jane Becroft
1663 Robert Beecroft will of March 1662 proved. Robert Beecroft; of Norwich, carrier. To John, son, my horses, waggons, and harness now made use of on the London road; to Robert, son; to Thomas Bull of Bury St. Edmund’s carrier; to Abraham Masculine of Norwich, my brother-in-law; to Jane, wife; to Ann Abraham, Elizabeth, and Alexander Beecroft;, children; to Thomas, son; to Mr. Seaman, minister of this parish, 40s. to preach at his funeral; to poor of St. Clement, house and grounds called Wrenne Park
1664 Robert Beecroft II marries Mary Keene St Michael at Plea
1664 Thomas Beecroft, son of John and Ann Beecroft baptised,
1665 Robert Beecroft II dies. St Martin in Coslany. Wife is Maria ie Mary Keene. Likely his brother John took over the carrier business.
1666 Jane Becroft, widow of Robert Becroft I dies
1673 John Becroft I and Joel Sargesson are occupiers of Princes Inn
1680 John Becroft I one of the petitioners to remove the gallery in St George Tombland which was placed over the communion table by the non-conformists
1686-9 John Becroft I poor rate payer in St George Tombland
1697 Mary Beecroft, widow of Robert Beecroft II dies
1705 John Beecroft I of Norwich dies, aged 65, buried in St George Tombland. “Carrier” – all to his son Thomas, and to Thomas’s son John on his decease. Property without Magdalen Gates and in Catton. Wife Anne to have annual income. London stagecoach business to Thomas.
1710 Thomas Beecroft, carrier, dies, aged 46. All messuages to son John Beecroft II – in the city of Norwich and Hellesdon. His wife Ann and John are executors.
1714 John Beecroft II St George Tombland voter, freeholder in St Clements
1715 John Beecroft III, son of John and Elizabeth baptised at St George Tombland
1722 Probate of will of John Beecroft II. All to Elizabeth his wife.
1723 inventory of John Becroft II, coachman of St George Tombland. House includes a kitchen (with a fire range), a pantry (with kettle and cookware), a parlour (with stove, 2 tables, 12 chairs), a closet (with plates and glasses), a kitchen chamber (with stove, bed, chest of drawers, 6 chairs), best chamber (with a bed, chest of drawers, table, 12 chairs), a garret (old bed, 2 old chairs, a table). Coach, 10 old horses, 3 carts, 2 plows, 2 harrows, 2 coaches, 6 horses, 4, horses, oats, hay, seed etc.
1731 Elizabeth Beecroft wife of John Beecroft II dies, will leaving money to other women. No mention of sons or daughters.
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