PART EIGHTEEN

The Main Suffolk Line - 1360 to 1775

This is the first of three sections of the eighteenth part of the Collett family

Updated November 2009

The relationship of the opening generation is not proved

This is the family line of Michael John Collett (Ref. 18R56) of France

which is depicted by the names in uppercase type and

Liz Whittaker (Ref. 18R13) whose family line is

depicted by the underlined names

It is also the line of Avryll Sixtus (see Ref. 18Q11) of New Zealand,

Rachael Ann Collett (Ref. 18S24) of New Zealand (depicted in italic script),

Candace Austin nee Collett (Ref. 18Q16) of Southwold in Suffolk,

Mary-Ann Dunn nee Collett (Ref. 18S18) of Felsted in Essex,

Jane Clements (see Ref. 18Q83), and Gordon Alan Collett (Ref. 18S26)

who kindly provided some family details for the November 09 update

My thanks go to the aforementioned Michael Collett for providing copies of the Wills of the

brothers John Colet (Ref. 18C1) and Sir Henry Colet (Ref. 18C5) and the latter’s wife

Dame Christian Collett, plus that of Joan Collett the widow of Thomas Collett (Ref. 18F2),

all of which are reproduced on the website in Legal Documents

There is an anomaly with a couple of the early generations in this line for which an explanation may be useful. If Robert Colet (Ref. 18B1) was born in 1427 as detailed in a Collett genealogy at the British Library in London, his fourth son Henry Colet could not have been born around 1435. It is therefore possible that Robert, who is positively confirmed as the father of Sir Henry Colet (Ref. 18C5), was actually the R Colet (Ref. 18A1) who was born around 1385. This would also align more sensibly with Robert’s eldest son John Colet (Ref. 18C1) who is known to have served an apprenticeship in 1435 and 1436, placing his date of birth around 1415-18. However, in the absence of any confirmed details the original details have been retained but require further research to produce a more accurate account.

18Y1	Unknown Colet parents
	18Z1		HENRY COLET			Born circa 1360
	18Z2		Thomas Colet			Date of birth unknown
18Z1	HENRY COLET was born around 1360.
	18A1		RICHARD COLET			Born circa 1385
	18A2		Matthew Colet			Date of birth unknown
18Z2	Thomas Colet was Rector of Kimble in Buckinghamshire in 1408 and he may have exchanged this for Barnsley in Gloucestershire. If so, he may well be the grandfather or great-grandfather of Thomas Collett of Upper Slaughter - see Part One – The Main Line starting with Ref. 1D1.
18A1	RICHARD COLET was born around 1385 and was referred to Richard of The Hale at Wendover in Buckinghamshire. He was a tenant sheep farmer and died in 1461 leaving an only son.
	18B1		ROBERT COLET	Born circa 1427 (this cannot be correct)
18A2	Matthew Colet, whose date of birth is not known, married Margaret of Kimble and he died before 1451.
	18B2		John Colet			Date of birth unknown
	18B3		William Colet			Date of birth unknown
18B1	ROBERT COLET of Wendover in Buckinghamshire was originally thought to have been born around 1427 according to the British Library. However, it is more likely that it was around thirty years prior to this based on the fact his eldest son John Colet served an apprenticeship in 1435/36.
	He was essentially a Londoner and a freeholder and a yeoman who had trading links with other members of the Colet, Coly and Collett family. It is known that he had cousins in Gloucestershire, Somerset, Oxfordshire and Berkshire. There was also a further Collett family in Kent that claimed to have links with Robert of Wendover.
	With the dissolution of the monasteries several members of the Colet family purchased abbey land for raising sheep to supply the wool markets.
	Robert Colet married Margaret in the reign of King Edward IV and he died at Wendover in 1470. Margaret’s date of birth, like that of her husband, was given as 1427 but again this must be an error
	18C1		John Colet			Date of birth unknown (possibly 1415)
	18C2		James Colet			Date of birth unknown (possibly 1420)
	18C3		William Colet			Date of birth unknown (possibly 1425)
	18C4		THOMAS COLET			Date of birth unknown (possibly 1430)
	18C5		Henry Colet			Born circa 1435
18B2	John Colet, whose date of birth is not known, is known to have had a son named Thomas Colet.
	18C6		Thomas Colet			Date of birth unknown
18B3	William Colet was the Rector of St Hampden in Buckinghamshire in 1486.
18C1	John Colet was a citizen and merchant of London and mercer/dealer in fabrics and fine cloth. In 1435 and 1436 he was apprenticed to William Kirton which may place his date of birth around 1415. He was later admitted into the Freedom of the Mercers’ Company of London in 1442 and was re-admitted again in 1450. He was married to Alice.
	He died in 1461 and was buried at St Alban’s Church in Wood Street, London. His Will made on 05.05.1461 was proved on 27.10.1461. (see Will in Legal Documents)
	In the Will, John bequeathed £100 to each of his children with the total amount of £600 being placed in the care of the Chapel of the Guildhall until such time as it was needed to be used by them. The Will also confirmed that all of John’s land at Southwark was to pass to his eldest son Robert but in default to each of his other children in order of their age.
	To his wife Alice, he bequeathed she receive a dower (dowry) of £200 and good comprising all wearing clothes, rings, etc. The total sum paid out under the Will amounted to £1,032 13s 4p.
	18D1		Robert Colet		Date of birth unknown (possibly 1440)
	18D2		John Colet		Date of birth unknown (possibly 1445)
	18D3		Jeffrey Colet		Born circa 1455
	18D4		Alice Colet		Born before 1461
	18D5		Agnes Colet		Born before 1461
	18D6		Johanna Colet		Born before 1461
18C4	THOMAS COLET of The Hale in Wendover was possibly born around 1430. He was a sheep farmer who married Joan and who died in 1492.
	18D7		John Colet			Died young
	18D8		John Colet			Date of birth unknown (possibly 1465)
	18D9		WILLIAM COLET			Born circa 1470
	18D10		Alice Colet			Baptised in 1470
	18D11		Margaret Colet			Date of birth unknown
18C5	Henry Colet was born around 1435 at Wendover. In 1457 he was admitted into the Freedom of the Mercers’ Company of London following an apprenticeship with his older brother John Colet above.
	He was knighted by King Henry the Seventh in 1485 following his involvement in the Battle of Bosworth Field and became Sir Henry Colet Lord Mayor of London on two occasions, the first time in 1486 and then again in 1495.
	He was also the Merchant of the Staple of Calais and of Westminster. Around 1466 he married Christian Knyvet the daughter of Sir John Knyvet and Alice Lynne of Ashwellthorpe south of Norwich.
	Henry purchased The Hale in Wendover from Sir John Whittington in 1488 and gave the property to the children of Thomas Colet his late brother.
	He also built and lived in a house known as The Great Place, the grounds of which adjoined the churchyard in what is known as today as Spring Garden Place the actual site now being occupied by The Green Dragon Inn.
	Henry acquired an extensive estate in Stepney and this was passed to his eldest son John Colet on his death and was bequeathed by him in trust to the Mercers’ Company of London for the foundation of St Paul’s School. The school has now been rebuilt and is in Hammersmith.
	Henry’s wife Christian died in 1523 while Henry died in 1505 and both were buried at St Dunstan’s Church in Stepney. Today, on the north side of the chancel is a large canopied tomb with the inscription “Here lyeth Sir Henry Colet Knight twice Mayor of London who died in the year of our Redemption 1505”. Henry’s Will was dated 27.09.1505 and proved on 20.10.1505 indicating the he died sometime between these two dates. (see Will in Legal Documents)
	What is of particular interest is the Will of Dame Christian Colet made in 1522 and proved in 1523. In this document her surname is written with the ‘modern’ spelling using double ll and double tt as are references to her husband and his kinsman John Colet. (see Will in Legal Documents)
	Henry and Christian had twenty-two children but only the three listed below survived for any length of time.
	18D12		John Colet			Born in 1467
	18D13		Thomas Colet			Born circa 1470
	18D14		Richard Colet			Born in 1479
18C6	Thomas Colet, whose date of birth is not known, married Joan of Great Kimble in Buckinghamshire. It looks very much as though Joan may have suffered with the same ailment or illness that, in 1520, also took the lives of her son William and her daughter Agnes.
	18D15		Thomas Colet				Date of birth unknown
	18D16		William Colet				Died in 1520
	18D17		Agnes Colet				Died in 1520
	18D18		Elizabeth Colet				Died in 1525
18D1	Robert Colet, whose date of birth is not known (but who was possibly born around 1440), was a citizen and mercer of London and inherited property in Southwark from his father in 1461 and died prior to 1505.
18D2	John Colet, whose date of birth is not known (but who was possibly born around 1445), was apprenticed to William Scowre in 1462 and 1463 and was admitted into the Freedom of the Mercers’ Company of London in 1473.
18D3	Jeffrey Colet was born in London around 1455 and was admitted into the Freedom of the Mercers’ Company of London in 1491.
18D4	Alice Colet was born in London and before the death of her father in whose Will dated 1461 she is named. She married William White.
18D5	Agnes Colet was born in London and before the death of her father in whose Will dated 1461 she is named. She married Richard Bissett.
18D8	John Colet, whose date of birth is not known (but who was possibly born in 1465), married Katherine and died in 1492. He was known as a citizen and mercer of Wendover and was buried at St Lawrence Church.
	18E1		Robert Collett		Date of birth unknown (possibly 1490)
18D9	WILLIAM COLLETT was born around 1470 and he married Katherine who died around 1543 and was buried at Wendover. William also died that same year and was buried with Katherine at Wendover.
	William was the only relative of his uncle Sir Henry Collett (Ref. 18C5) to be mentioned specifically in his Will of 1505. In this William, and ‘other of my kin numbering ten’, were bequeathed £100 each to be paid at four pence per week.
	William, his wife Katherine, together with sons John and William (below), and all of John’s children, were listed in the Visitation of Suffolk in 1561. The first part relating to William Collett the elder read as follows:
	Collett of Grundisburgh
	[One shield] [Tricked] Sable on a chevron between three hinds statant Argent three annulets Sable in chief a crescent Or William Collett of Wendover in the County of Buckinghamshire married Katherine daughter of and by her had issue John Collett son and heir, and William Collett second son
	18E2		JOHN COLLETT			Born circa 1500
	18E3		William Collett			Born circa 1500
	18E4		Alice Collett			Date of birth unknown
	18E5		Nicholas Collett			Date of birth unknown
18D12	John Colet was born in London in 1467 and was one of only two children of Sir Henry Collett and Lady Christian Collett out of a total of 22 that survived beyond childhood. Having completed his early education in London, possibly at St Anthony’s, he graduated with an MA from Magdalen College in Oxford.
	He was appointed Dean Rector of Dennington in 1485 and travelled to Italy returning in 1489 to be ordained as a priest and to become the first Greek teacher at Cambridge in 1490. For the next ten years or so he travelled extensively in Europe, always returning to teach at Cambridge.
	While in Italy he became acquainted with the Dominican priest and leader of Florence, Girolamo Savonarola who was known for his book burning the destruction of what he considered immoral art. For his views, Savonarola was executed in 1498, two years after John Colet had returned to England.
	Following his return he was ordained a priest and became a lecturer at Oxford on the Epistle of St Paul in which he opposed the interpretations of the scholastic theologians. While at Oxford he was a colleague of both Sir Thomas More and Erasmus.
	In 1505 he was made Dean of St Paul’s Cathedral and continued to deliver controversial lectures on the interpretations of scriptures, and to preach against ecclesiastical abuses. Charges of heresy were brought against John Colet, but Archbishop William Warham refused to support them, and as a result he survived the accusation. This drawing of John Collett Dean of St Pauls by the artist Hans Holbein is believed to have been commissioned by Sir Thomas More in 1532. Today the drawing is part of the Royal Collection at Windsor.
	John inherited his father’s wealth in 1508 following Sir Henry Colet’s death in 1505. In his father’s Will, John was referred to as ‘Mr John Colet Doctor of Holy Divinity’. He was also the executor for the Will.
	Inheriting his father’s estate coincided with John being admitted into the Freedom of the Mercers’ Company of London in 1508 where his father’s money was placed in trust. From 1509 to 1512, using the fortune he had inherited from his father, he established the St Paul’s School for Boys at the cathedral which still exists today.
	In 1514 he made the pilgrimage to Canterbury and in 1515 he preached at the installation of Cardinal Wolsey. Together with Desederius Erasmus and Sir Thomas Moore, Dean John Colet was instrumental in bring about The Reformation in England during the reign of King Henry VIII.
	He owned property in Buckinghamshire, Northamptonshire, Norfolk and Huntingdon and died on 16.09.1519 at Richmond, formerly Sheen in Surrey. He was buried on the south side of St Paul’s Cathedral where a stone still bears his name.
	Today in the church at Dennington in Suffolk John’s name is included in a list of past clergymen from 1324 to 1966. His entry reads – 1485 John Collett D.D. (Dean of St Paul’s Cathedral: Founder of St Paul’s School)
18D13	Thomas Colet was born around 1470 and died in 1479. He was buried at New Buckenham Church near Attleborough in Norfolk.
18D14	Richard Colet was born in 1479 and, with his brother Dean John Colet above, was one of only two children of William and Christian to survive beyond childhood from a total family of 22 children. In 1493 he was an administrator at Lincoln’s Inn in London and died ten years later in 1503 aged 24.
18E1	Robert Collett of The Hale in Wendover was possibly born in 1490. He died in 1541 and is known to have married and had a son John Collett. He was known as a citizen and mercer of Wendover.
	18F1	John Collett					Possibly born circa 1515
18E2	JOHN COLLETT was born around 1500 at Wendover. He married Katherine Wall the daughter of Sir Thomas Wall and Alice Langston. Sir Thomas Wall (Whall) was Salter of St Botolph’s in Bishopsgate and he left a house called Bastes at Grundisburgh to Katherine his eldest daughter. Through her marriage to John Collett the house later passed to their eldest son Thomas Collett. This picture of the 16^th Century property was taken around the turn of the 21^st Century.
	John Collett, who died before 1555, was posthumously Granted Arms in 1561 – see below. Following his death Katherine married a Mr Moore, a relative of Thomas Moore, and moved to live in Hampshire where she died after 1558.
	The second part of the Visitation of Suffolk in 1561 relating to John Collett is of great significance as it confirmed the names of John’s children and the married names of his daughters. It read as follows:
	Collett of Grundisburgh
	[One shield] [Tricked] Sable on a chevron between three hinds statant Argent three annulets Sable in chief a crescent Or John Collett of London Mercer son and heir to William Collett married Katherine daughter and heir to Thomas Wall of London Salter and by her had issue Thomas Collett son and heir, William Collett second son, Michael Collett third son, Alice married to Thomas Johnson of London, Katherine married to John Gambull, Elizabeth married to Hugh Throgmerton of Warwickshire
	18F2	THOMAS COLLETT					Born circa 1523
	18F3	William Collett					Born circa 1525
	18F4	Arthur Collett					Born circa 1526; died in 1553
	18F5	Michael Collett					Born circa 1527
	18F6	Alice Collett					Born circa 1529
	18F7	Katherine Collett					Born circa 1531
	18F8	Elizabeth Collett					Born circa 1533
18E3	William Collett was born at Wendover around 1500 and he married Joan Beere the daughter of William Beere and Elizabeth Felton. William was alive in 1543 as he was named as the sole executor in his mother’s Will. He may also have been alive in 1561 as he was listed in the Visitation of Suffolk that year as the second son of William Collett of Wendover.
	Other connections with the Felton family can be found at Reference 18F3 and 18G5.
18F1	John Collett, who was possibly born around 1515, is known to have married Joan. The couple took over residency of The Hale in Wendover following the death of John’s father in 1541.
	18G1	Henry Collett					Possibly born around 1540
	18G2	William Collett					Date of birth unknown
	18G3	Elizabeth Collett					Date of birth unknown
	18G4	Nicholas Collett					Date of birth unknown
18F2	THOMAS COLLETT was born around 1523 and is understood to have married Joan sometime between 1550 and 1555 although it may be the later date. He was referred to as Thomas of Grundisburgh so it seems very likely that all of his children were born there, although the first son listed below may have been base born. The short marriage produced three children for the couple before Thomas died in 1558 and his Will was proved on 31.10.1558.
	Within a year of the death of her husband Joan also died, this happening during the first week of June 1559. Her Will made on 31^st May that year was proved on 12^th June shortly after her death. The Will referred to son William and daughters Katherine and Thomasin who were named among the beneficiaries.
	Curiously there was no reference to her husband’s eldest son John in Joan’s Will who, with the uncertainty about the date of their marriage, may have been base born as mentioned above. What is known is that son John was a beneficiary under the terms of his father’s Will in the previous year.
	Due to the early deaths of both parents which happened while the children were still infants, Joan’s Will stipulated that her brother-in-law William Collett (below) would be responsible for looking after her children. The Will also referred to the two daughters of the said William who, it was stated, would inherit the items bequeathed to Joan’s own two daughters in the event of their death prior to reaching the age of maturity- see Will in Legal Documents.
	It was originally believed that Thomas (of Grundisburgh) received a Grant of Arms prior to his death but this has not been verified and may be incorrect since his brother William was granted arms in 1561. It therefore seems highly unlikely that the Heralds would have made two visits to Grundisburgh in such a short space of time.
	18G5		JOHN COLLETT			Born circa 1554
	18G6		William Collett			Born circa 1555
	18G7		Katherine Collett			Born circa 1556
	18G8		Thomasin Collett			Born circa 1557
18F3	William Collett was born around 1525. He married Anne Symple on 04.10.1550 at Grundisburgh in Suffolk, which is just north of Ipswich and west of Woodbridge. Ann was born at Hackney around 1530. As William of Grundisburgh he received a Grant of Arms in 1561 – see below.
	The third part of the Visitation of Suffolk in 1561 related to William Collett and read as follows:
	Collett of Grundisburgh
	[One shield] [Tricked] Sable on a chevron between three hinds statant Argent three annulets Sable in chief a crescent Or William Collett of Gromesborough in the County of Suffolk gentleman married Anne Symple daughter to Symple of Hackney and by her hath issue William son and heir, and William second son, Dorothy, and Alice.
	What is of interest here is that the later Grant of Arms to Anthony Collett (Ref. 18H8) and Samuel Collett (Ref. 18I9) in 1664 were almost identical to that of William. Therefore there is an assumption that John Collett (Ref. 18G5) could have been the base born son of William rather than of Thomas (above) but so far there is no evidence to support this theory.
	In an earlier version of this family line there was also an assumption that the first born son of William and Anne Symple must have died as an infant in order for the second born son to be given the same name. The Visitation of Suffolk in 1561 (above) clearly proved this not to be the case, as evidenced that William and Anne gave the name William to their first two sons and both of them survived beyond their childhood.
	William was a linen draper and gentleman of Grundisburgh, where he died in 1569. Ten years prior to his death he was charged with bringing up his brother’s children under the terms of the Will of his sister-in-law Joan Collett (above) for which he received all the profits, commodities and revenues of her estate at Burgh and Hasketon – see Will in Legal Documents. Hasketon and Burgh (referred to as Burgh Cronisburgh) lie close to Grundisburgh.
	This presumably meant that William’s wife Anne was left with the responsible for the children until they reached the age of maturity. It is interesting to note that the age of the orphaned children of Thomas and Joan Collett was virtually the same as the age of her own children in each case.
	However, it is known that widow Anne was eventually married for a second time, to Mr R Felton. He was very likely a relation of Elizabeth Felton whose daughter Joan Beere married William Collett the brother of her father-in-law. Other connections with the Felton family can be found at references 18E3 and 18G5.
	William was referred to as “friend William Collett of Wetheringsett” in the Will of John Dameron the father-in-law of William’s nephew John Collett (Ref. 18G5) who married John Dameron’s daughter Joan.
	It is also believed that William, on taking over the care of the four orphaned children of Thomas Collett (above) his brother, in the latter part of 1559 may have appropriated eldest son John’s inheritance. This may be borne out by the fact that John Collett was penniless when he married Joan Dameron.
	18G9		William Collett			Born circa 1552
	18G10		William Collett			Born circa 1553
	18G11		Dorothy Collett			Born circa 1555
	18G12		Alice Collett			Born on 17.11.1556
18F5	Michael Collett was born around 1527 and died after the Visitation of Suffolk in 1561 in which he was listed.
18F6	Alice Collett was born around 1529 and she married Thomas Johnson of London. Alice died sometime after 1561.
18F7	Katherine Collett was born around 1531 and she married John Gambull. Katherine died sometime after 1561.
18F8	Elizabeth Collett was born around 1533 and she married Hugh Throgmerton of Warwickshire.
18G1	Henry Collett, who was possibly born around 1540, married Agnes of Welford in Northamptonshire. He was a Yeoman of The Hale in Wendover which, as the eldest son, he took over from his father upon his death and where he lived until he died in 1589. His Will was proved on 09.06.1589.
	It is understood that The Hale was handed down through further generations of the Collett family until 1784 when the house was burned down. As a result, the property was subsequently given to Robert Stretfold by his cousin Robert Collett.
	Robert Stretfold died in 1823 leaving no Will, after which the property was taken over by the Rothschild family of bankers.
	It has since been determined that the aforementioned ‘cousin Robert Collett’ was born in 1726 and was the son of William Collett. Robert was educated at Trinity College in Oxford where he matriculated on 3^rd November 1743 at the age of 17. Within the university records there is a reference to Robert Collett the son of William Collett of The Hale in Wendover.
	It therefore seems very likely that Henry Collett (Ref. 18G1) handed The Hale onto his eldest son Henry (below) and that the property was then passed through the next five generations to arrive with William Collett born circa 1700 who was the father of Robert who attended Trinity College.
	Robert Collett would have been aged 58 at the time of the fire that destroyed the house, shortly after which he presented the land to his cousin Robert Stretfold.
	18H1		Henry Collett			Date of birth unknown
	18H2		John Collett			Date of birth unknown
	18H3		Michael Collett			Date of birth unknown
	18H4		Isobel Collett			Date of birth unknown
	18H5		Mary Collett			Date of birth unknown
	18H6		a daughter Collett			Date of birth unknown
	18H7		a daughter Collett			Date of birth unknown
18G3	Elizabeth Collett, whose date of birth is not known, married Mr Playter.
18G5	JOHN COLLETT was born at Grundisburgh around 1554 and may have been base born. Upon the death of his father in 1558 John received an inheritance through the Will. However, it is believed that when, upon the death of his mother in 1559, John was taken into the family of his uncle William Collett (Ref. 18F3) that the young John had his inheritance taken from him by his ‘wicked uncle’.
	As a result John Collett was penniless when he married Joan Dameron in November 1577 at Westerfield near Ipswich. It is a known fact that Joan did marry a John Collett, but it has yet to be proved that the John in question was this particular one. The Will of John Dameron (see below) is perhaps an indication that it could be.
	Joan was the daughter of Lord of the Manor of Westerfield John Dameron and Margaret Felton who was baptised at Westerfield on 25.04.1557. John Dameron died on 01.03.1597 and his sole heir was his daughter Joan, referred to as Johanna.
	However, through her father’s Will, Joan’s mother Margaret inherited the Manor House at Westerfield which had previously been bequeathed to her husband John by his father William Dameron, who had purchased it in 1552.
	John Dameron’s Will also made his wife Margaret responsible for bringing up the children of his daughter Joan and her husband John Collett. Their children named in the Will were Anthony, John, Dameron, Martha, Abigail, Philologus and Edith. Margaret was charged with ensuring that they had sufficient meat, drink, clothes and lodgings.
	Sadly Joan Dameron was mentally defective from birth and her father, having no sons of his own, wanted her to be married so that her children could inherit the Dameron estate. In his Will, John Dameron made reference to his friend William Collett of Wetheringsett, the foster-father of his future son-in-law John Collett.
	John Dameron’s Will also made allowance that, upon the death of his wife, the Manor House of Westerfield should pass to his daughter’s eldest son Anthony Collett upon reaching the age of twenty-one.
	The mental state of Joan and her competency to manage her father’s estate was raised by Chancery in court on 5^th March 1601 in the reign of Queen Elizabeth. A brief summary of the court proceedings, together with the Return of the Inquest at Ipswich on 10^th June that year, can be found under ‘1601 Chancery File for Joan Dameron’ in Legal Documents.
	What was interesting in this document was the reference to the cottage and lands at Westerfield called Keelings. In later generations of this family Keeling was used as a Christian name on two occasions.
	An earlier version of this family line gave the name of John Dameron’s wife as Margaret Phesse. However, it now seems very likely that his wife was in fact Margaret Felton as indicated by the Feltham family history records in which all of the children of John and Margaret are listed.
	There is also the possibility that John first married Margaret Phesse who died shortly after, allowing John to then marry Margaret Felton. Other connections with the Felton family can be found at references 18E3 and 18F3.
	John Collett died on 24.03.1600 and was buried that same day. His Will made on 04.03.1599 was proved on 05.06.1600. Joan died in 1612 and was buried on 18.02.1612. Both were buried at Westerfield where all of their children were born and baptised.
	18H8		Anthony Collett			Born in 1578
	18H9		John Dameron Collett			Born on 22.10.1579
	18H10		Dameron Collett			Born circa 1581
	18H11		Martha Collett			Born and baptised on 10.11.1582
	18H12		Abigail Collett			Born and baptised on 01.12.1584
	18H13		PHILOLOGUS COLLETT			Born and baptised on 30.10.1586
	18H14		John Collett			Born and baptised on 23.04.1588
	18H15		Edith Collett			Born and baptised on 02.03.1589
18G6	William Collett was born at Grundisburgh around 1555. By the middle of 1559 he was an orphan and the 1559 Will of his mother Joan Collett stated that he and his two named sisters (below) should be brought up by their uncle William Collett (Ref. 18F3).
	The Will also made provision for him to inherit four houses on reaching the age of twenty-one, together with two bedsteads and two great chests from the chapel chamber.
18G7	Katherine Collett was born at Grundisburgh around 1556. As with her brother William (above) and sister Thomasin (below), Katherine was made an orphan in June 1559 and placed in the care of her uncle William Collett. Under the terms of the Will of her mother Katherine inherited one cow, a set of three plates, dishes, cups, saucers and a charger, the best bed and covers, the greatest chest, and some jewellery - see Will in Legal Documents.
18G8	Thomasin Collett was born at Grundisburgh around 1557. As with her brother William and her sister Katherine (above), Thomasin was also made an orphan in June 1559 and placed in the care of her uncle William Collett. Under the terms of the Will of her mother Thomasin inherited one cow, a set of three plates, dishes, cups, saucers and a charger, the next best bed and covers, and a gold and ruby ring - see Will in Legal Documents.
18G9	William Collett, who may have been Matthew William Collett, was born around 1552. He married and was known to have had four daughters and a son, all born at Grundisburgh.
	It seems rather strange that, while his two sisters were beneficiaries in the Will of his aunt Joan Collett (Ref. 18F2), William was not. His exclusion from the Will as the eldest son may be for the same reason that her own first born son was excluded from her Will.
	18H16		John Collett			Born circa 1573
	18H17		Alice Collett			Born circa 1574
	18H18		Marie Collett			Baptised on 16.02.1576
	18H19		Cecily Collett			Baptised on 28.08.1579
	18H20		Elizabeth Collett			Baptised on 07.09.1583
18G10	William Collett was born around 1553 and it known to have married, the marriage producing issue.
	18H21		William Collett			Date of birth unknown; infant death
	18H22		William Collett			Date of birth unknown; infant death
	18H23		William Collett			Date of birth unknown; infant death
	18H24		Nathaniel Collett			Date of birth unknown
	18H25		John Collett			Date of birth unknown
	18H26		Henry Collett			Date of birth unknown
	18H27		Joan Collett			Date of birth unknown
18G11	Dorothy Collett was born at Grundisburgh around 1555 and was mentioned in the Will of her aunt Joan Collett (Ref. 18F2) who died in June 1559. Just as it did for her younger sister Alice (below), the Will made provision for Dorothy to inherit the items originally left to Joan’s youngest daughter in the event of her not surviving beyond childhood.
	In addition to this, Dorothy was bequeathed one weaning calf (see Will in Legal Documents). It is believed that Dorothy was married in 1575.
18G12	Alice Collett was born at Grundisburgh on 17.11.1556 where she was baptised on 30.11.1556. Alice and her older sister Dorothy (above) were named in the Will of their aunt Joan Collett (Ref. 18F2). The Will made provision for Alice to inherit the items originally left to Joan’s oldest daughter in the event of her not surviving beyond childhood.
	In addition to this, Alice was bequeathed one weaning calf (see Will in Legal Documents). Sometime after 1576 Alice married George Payne of Rushmere St Andrew near Ipswich.
	Shortly after they were married Alice gave birth to a son Nicholas Payne who later married Cecily Collett (Ref. 18H19) the daughter of Alice’s brother William (above).
18H4	Isobel Collett, whose date of birth is not known, married Mr Randall.
18H5	Mary Collett, whose date of birth is not known, married William Arnott.
18H6	A Collett daughter, whose date of birth is not known, married Mr Duncome.
18H7	Another Collett daughter, whose date of birth is not known, married Richard White.
18H8	Anthony Collett was born in 1578 at Westerfield. Shortly after reaching his twenty-first birthday, and probably following the death of his father in 1600, Anthony inherited the Manor House at Westerfield from his grandfather John Dameron which had been left in trust with his grandmother.
	He married Elizabeth Jesmond on 10.11.1601 at St Peter Mancroft in Norwich where the couple’s first two sons were baptised. Elizabeth was born around 1570 and was the daughter of John Jesmond of Norwich.
	Anthony died on 14.08.1644 and was buried at Westerfield, at which time the Manor House passed to his only surviving son Anthony (below). Anthony was the first Collett to become Lord of the Manor at Westerfield by virtue of inheriting the Manor House, pictured here in more recent times. As Anthony Collett of Westerfield he was given Grant of Arms by the College of Arms in London which was also given in 1664 to Anthony’s surviving son and his nephew Samuel Collett (Ref. 18I9) the son of his brother Philologus Collett.
	The Harleian Society’s published details of the Arms read as follows: “COLLETT, Anthony, of Westerfield, Suffolk, and to Samuel son of Philologus, second brother of Anthony and deceased 14 Aug 1644. Harl. MS. 1105, fo.38 and 39b; Crispe’s Frag. Gen., i., 57; Bysshe’s Grants, 32, by Bysshe, clar. (as Collett).”
	The Arms was also documented within Burke’s General Armoury as follows:
	“Collett (Westerfield, county of Suffolk, granted). Sable on a chevron engrailed between three hinds trippant Argent as many annulets of the first. Crest; A hind’s head couped Argent gorged with a collar engrailed Sable (another) a hind statant Argent”
	18I1		John Collett			Baptised on 26.04.1603
	18I2		Peter Collett			Baptised on 06.01.1604
	18I3		Anthony Collett			Baptised on 04.12.1614
18H9	John Dameron Collett was born and baptised on 22.10.1579 at Westerfield. He died at Ipswich on 27.10.1582 and was buried the same day at Westerfield.
18H10	Dameron Collett was born circa 1581 at Westerfield where she married Edward Mann on 25.04.1600. Edward was the son of Robert and Mary Mann and was baptised on 15.06.1572 at Westerfield. Dameron died in 1627 and was buried on 15.06.1627 while Edward died in 1635 and was buried on 27.03.1635. Both were buried at Westerfield where all of their nine children were born and baptised.
18H11	Martha Collett was born in 1582 and baptised on 10.11.1582. She married Samuel Jellow of Bury.
18H13	PHILOLOGUS COLLETT was baptised on 30.10.1586 at Westerfield. The name Philologus means ‘lover of words’.
	He married Dorcas Edgar on 06.08.1617 at Dennington near Framlingham in Suffolk. Dorcas was the daughter of Henry Edgar and Bridget Docker and sister to Miles Edgar of Eye. All of their children were born and baptised at Westerfield.
	Philologus Collett was named in the Chancery court proceedings of 10^th June 1601 relating to the mental state of his mother Joan Collett nee Dameron and her competency to manage the estate inherited from her father. (see Legal Documents)
	Dorcas Collett died in 1641 and was buried on 25.09.1641 at Westerfield where Philologus was buried five and a half years later on 07.03.1647.
	18I4		Bridget Collett	Born in 1618
	18I5		Dorcas Collett	Baptised on 05.11.1622
	18I6		Philologus Collett	Born on 02.03.1625
	18I7		John Collett	Baptised on 10.12.1627
	18I8		Benjamin Collett	Born in 1629 and died after 1646
	18I9		Samuel Collett	Baptised on 12.04.1631
	18I10		John Collett	Baptised on 25.03.1634; died after 1662
	18I11		Mary Collett	Born circa 1634; died before 1646
	18I12		HENRY COLLETT	Born on 17.04.1635
	18I13		Philologus Collett	Baptised on 19.05.1636
	18I14		Martha Collett	Born in 1641 and baptised in 1644
18H14	John Collett was born and baptised on 23.04.1588.
	For the continuation of this family line see Part 19 – The Oxfordshire International Line.
18H16	John Collett was born at Grundisburgh around 1573 and married Joan at nearby Westerfield.
18H18	Marie Collett was baptised on 16.02.1576 at Grundisburgh and she married George Gurney on 15.01.1601 at Wetheringsett near Mendlesham.
18H19	Cecily Collett was baptised at Grundisburgh on 28.08.1579 and she married her cousin Nicholas Payne of Rushmere St Andrew. Nicholas was the son of George Payne and Alice Collett (Ref. 18G12).
18I3	Anthony Collett was baptised on 04.12.1614 at Westerfield. Following the death of his father Anthony Collett on 14^th August 1644 Anthony inherited Westerfield Manor. This would have been about five years after he married Elizabeth Manning, the daughter of William Manning of Knodishall.
	There was apparently a dispute concerning the estate left by Anthony’s father. Amongst the Exchequer Depositions of 1641 there are particulars of “an action taken by Lionel Cooke against the bailiffs of Ipswich as to whether the capital messuage in Westerfield, lately belonging to Anthony Collett deceased, was within the liberty of Ipswich or not”.
	Twenty-four years after his father’s death Anthony received a Grant of Arms during the Suffolk Visitation of 1664. Anthony died in 1677 and was buried at Westerfield on 14.02.1677. His Will of 11.02.1677 was proved on 07.05.1678 and Westerfield Manor was then passed onto his only son Cornelius (below).
	Anthony’s widow Elizabeth later married Bence Dowsing following the death of her husband, but this marriage only lasted for a short while before her own death in 1681. In July of the previous year Elizabeth’s son Cornelius married Elizabeth Dowsing the daughter of Bence Dowsing.
	18J1		Elizabeth Collett					Date of birth unknown
	18J2		Cornelius Collett					Born circa 1640
	18J3		Anne Collett					Date of birth unknown
	18J4		Mary Collett					Date of birth unknown
	18J5		Rebecca Collett					Date of birth unknown
	18J6		Candice Collett					Date of birth unknown
18I1	John Collett was baptised on 26.04.1603 and is known to have died in Ireland.
18I4	Bridget Collett was born at Westerfield in 1618. She never married and was buried at St Saviour’s Church in Southwark in London following her death in 1662. She was credited with establishing a school at Westerfield.
	Although her Will of 1662 is available, it is very difficult to read. However, the main issue in her Will was that the bulk of her estate, including the rents from various cottages in Suffolk, be used to establish the first school at Westerfield for the poor children of the village.
	Bridget’s estate must have been considerable, and wisely invested over three centuries, since it was still benefiting the local community in Westerfield towards the end of the twentieth century. The son of the vicar received £300 from the fund towards the cost of the books for his course of studies.
18I5	Dorcas Collett was baptised at Westerfield on 05.11.1622. She married Henry Spenny and died sometime after 1662.
18I6	Philologus Collett was born at Westerfield on 02.03.1625 where he was baptised on 02.11.1625 and where on 18.08.1634 he was buried aged 11.
18I7	John Collett was baptised at Westerfield on 10.12.1627 where he died two years later and was buried on 18.12.1629.
18I9	Samuel Collett was baptised at Westerfield on 12.04.1631. He married Elizabeth Fox on 03.06.1669 at Dallinghoo just north of Woodbridge in Suffolk. Elizabeth was born at Dallinghoo around 1647 the daughter of William and Catherine Fox of Hollesley and sister of Martha Fox who married Cornelius Collett (Ref. 18J2). All of their children listed below were born at Westerfield.
	At some time during his life, Samuel was responsible for the building of Westerfield Hall, pictured here. He received a Grant of Arms during the Suffolk Visitation in 1664, all as described under his uncle’s name Anthony Collett (Ref. 18H8). Samuel Collett died on 24.04.1681 and was buried at Westerfield on 08.05.1681.
	His Will of 21.04.1681 was proved on 21.11.1681 in which there was a reference to ‘the eldest son of brother Henry Collett’ – this being John Collett (Ref. 18J11).
	18J7		Samuel Collett			Born in 1671
	18J8		Elizabeth Collett			Born circa 1675
	18J9		Mary Collett			Baptised on 10.04.1681
18I10	John Collett was baptised on 25.03.1634 and died after 1662.
18I12	HENRY COLLETT was born at Westerfield on 17.04.1635 where he was baptised three years later on 22.04.1638. He married Ann Bishop on 24.10.1667 at Rishangles south of Eye in Suffolk. Ann was baptised on 29.07.1628 at Thorndon the next village to Rishangles and was the daughter of John and Anna Bishop (Byshope).
	Although not yet identified, Henry and Ann had a further son or sons after their first born son John, as the Will of Henry’s brother Samuel Collett (Ref. 18I9) makes reference to the eldest son of Henry.
	Henry died around 1679 at Eye near Diss in Norfolk.
	18J10		Katherine Collett			Baptised on 25.08.1668
	18J11		JOHN COLLETT			Baptised on 20.09.1670
	18J12		at least one more son			Born after 1671
18J1	Elizabeth Collett, whose date of birth is not known, married Mr Everitt.
18J2	Cornelius Collett was born around 1640. He married (1) Martha Fox on 22.06.1675 at Westerfield. Martha was born around 1652 and was the sister of Elizabeth Fox who married Samuel Collett (Ref. 18I9) and the daughter of William and Catherine Fox of Hollesley. Martha died in 1678 and was buried at Hollesley east of Ipswich and north of Felixstowe on 05.12.1678.
	Cornelius then married (2) Elizabeth Dowsing on 28.07.1680 at Grundisburgh. She was the daughter of Bence Dowsing and Elizabeth Trusson of Alderton. This marriage took place within a year or so of Cornelius’ mother Elizabeth Collett marrying Elizabeth’s father Bence Dowsing.
	Cornelius died sometime after the birth of the couple’s last child in 1686 but prior to 23.06.1688 when his Will was proved. The administration of his estate was granted to his widow Elizabeth through which process Westerfield Manor was passed onto his eldest Cornelius (below).
	Six years after Elizabeth had married Cornelius her grandfather Thomas Trusson died and his Will of 1686 listed ‘Elizabeth the wife of Cornelius Collett’ as one of the beneficiaries. It is also interesting that the couple’s youngest son Anthony (below) produced a grandson who went on to marry a Catherine Trusson.
	18K1	Deborah Collett				Baptised on 01.08.1676
	18K2	Elizabeth Collett				Baptised on 24.06.1681
	18K3	Mary Collett				Baptised on 24.06.1683
	18K4	Cornelius Collett				Baptised on 12.05.1685
	18K5	Anthony Collett				Baptised on 25.04.1686
18J3	Anne Collett, whose date of birth is not known, married John Langley.
18J4	Mary Collett, whose date of birth is not known, married Thomas Browning
18J5	Rebecca Collett, whose date of birth is not known, married John Revett.
18J6	Candice Collett, whose date of birth is not known, married John Hasell.
18J7	Samuel Collett was born in 1671 and was the only surviving son of Samuel Collett and Elizabeth Fox. When still only in his late teenage years, and being the only surviving male adult member of the Collett family at that time, Westerfield Manor was conveyed to him as part of the settlement of the estate of his cousin Cornelius Collett (above) in 1688.
	Under the terms of the 1688 Will, the manor house was to be inherited by Cornelius’ eldest son who, at the time of his death, was only three years old so the property was conveyed to Samuel as a trustee.
	He married Hannah Hammond the daughter of William Hammond of Ufford. Samuel’s Will was proved on 05.07.1715.
	As the eldest son of Samuel Collett and Elizabeth Fox, Samuel inherited Westerfield Hall which he later sold to farmer Edward Edwards and his wife Barbara.
	18K6		Samuel Collett	Born in 1693
	18K7		William Collett	Born in 1695
	18K8		Hannah Collett	Born in 1697
	18K9		Ketturah Collett	Born in 1700
	18K10		Henry Collett	Born in 1706
	18K11		Hannah Collett	Born in 1707
	18K12		Elizabeth Collett	Born in 1708
	18K13		Cornelius Collett	Born in 1710
18J8	Elizabeth Collett was born at Westerfield around 1675 and died at Tattingstone south of Ipswich around 1741 but was buried at Westerfield.
18J10	Katherine Collett was baptised at Eye in Suffolk on 25.08.1668.
18J11	JOHN COLLETT was baptised at Eye on 20.09.1670 where he married Anne around 1693. Anne was born around 1675 and was buried at Eye on 13.01.1740. John was buried there on 18.07.1721. All of there children were born/baptised at Eye.
	18K14		Henry Collett	Baptised on 23.08.1694
	18K15		John Collett	Baptised on 15.10.1696
	18K16		Ann Collett	Baptised 07.03.1697
	18K17		Samuel Collett	Born on 06.12.1700
	18K18		Rebecca Collett	Baptised on 30.04.1702
	18K19		Cornelius Collett	Baptised on 01.01.1703
	18K20		Robert Collett	Baptised 22.02.1705
	18K21		PHILOLOGUS COLLETT	Baptised on 01.03.1707
	18K22		William Collett	Baptised 14.10.1710
	18K23		Charles Collett	Baptised on 22.03.1712
	18K24		Francis Collett	Baptised 01.04.1715
	18K25		Elizabeth Collett	Baptised on 19.08.1717
18K1	Deborah Collett was baptised at Hollesley near Ipswich on 01.08.1676.
18K2	Elizabeth Collett was baptised at Westerfield on 24.06.1681.
18K3	Mary Collett was baptised on 24.06.1683 at Westerfield and she married Richard Woodthorpe. Later generations of the Collett family used Woodthorpe as a Christian name.
18K4	Cornelius Collett was baptised on 12.05.1685 at Westerfield. Upon the death of his father Cornelius in 1688 Westerfield Manor passed from father to his three years old son. However, because of his age, the manor house was conveyed in trust to Samuel Collett, the son of Samuel Collett and Elizabeth Fox.
	Cornelius married Margaret Crisp on 16.10.1718 at Melton near Woodbridge in Suffolk. Margaret died less than eighteen months after their wedding day and twelve days after the birth of the couple’s second son. She was buried at Westerfield on 22.02.1720.
	Cornelius died at Melton but was buried at Westerfield on 30.04.1742. His Will of 23.07.1741 was proved on 30.05.1742. In his Will the manor house at Westerfield was referred to as being inherited by his eldest son Cornelius (below).
	It is very likely that their first two sons were born at Melton where they are known to have been baptised, in addition to which their father was referred to as Cornelius Collett of Melton. However, a few years later the family was once again living in Westerfield, and it was there that their son Henry was born.
	18L1		Cornelius Collett			Baptised on 27.08.1719
	18L2		Anthony Collett			Baptised on 10.02.1720
	18L3		Henry Collett			Born 1725
18K5	Anthony Collett was baptised at Westerfield on 25.04.1686.
18K7	William Collett was born at Westerfield in 1695 and it was there that he was baptised on 13.02.1695, the son of Samuel Collett and Hannah Hammond. Very little else is known about William except that in 1738 it would appear that he was the Clerk of the Peace at the Open Sessions in Ipswich.
	A licence for religious worship at the Quay Meeting House in Woodbridge granted to Daniel Ralph and dated 15^th April 1738 was printed in a local newspaper. This read as follows with the original spelling:
	‘These are to certifye whom it may concern that the dwellyng house of Daniel Ralph, in Woodbridge, in the County of Suffolk, is designed to be used as a place of religious worship for His Majesty's Protestant Subjects dissenting from the Church of England as witness my hand this Fifteenth day of April, in the Eleventh Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Second, by the Grace of God of Great Brittain, France and Ireland King, Defender of the Faith and so forth in the year of our Lord 1738
	On the reverse of the original certificate was the statement “This is a true Copy of the Originale delivered to Mr. Wm Collett, Clerk of ye Peace, in ye Open Sessions at Ipswich, the day and year within mentioned by me. Stephen Abbote, of Woodbridge”
	It is interesting to note that a relative of William Collett also held the post of Clerk of the Peace from around 1750 to 1802 when he died. This was Henry Collett (Ref. 18L3).
18K8	Hannah Collett was born at Westerfield in 1697 where she was baptised on 28.06.1697, the daughter of Samuel Collett and Hannah Hammond. Tragically she only survived for just over two years when Hannah died on 16.09.1699.
18K15	John Collett was baptised at Eye on 15.10.1696 where he married (1) Mary who died in 1731 at Eye. The couple’s first child was born at Rishangles and the second died at Eye. Following the death of his first wife John then married (2) Elizabeth who was buried on 13.01.1740.
	18L4		John Collett			Baptised on 08.02.1718
	18L5		Mary Collett			Baptised 27.02.1722
	18L6		Katherine Collett			Baptised on 11.11.1724
	18L7		Elizabeth Collett			Baptised on 10.03.1726
	18L8		Mary Collett			Baptised on 25.10.1734
	18L9		Joseph Collett			Baptised on 11.11.1734
	18L10		Ketturah Collett			Baptised on 20.04.1737
	18L11		Rebecca Collett			Baptised on 20.04.1737
	18L12		Mary Collett			Baptised on 20.04.1737
18K16	Ann Collett was baptised at Eye on 07.03.1697 but died before her fourteenth birthday and was buried on 17.01.1711.
18K17	Samuel Collett was born at Eye on 06.12.1700 where he married Susan Martha Nicholls on 06.10.1724. Susan was born in 1699 and died in 1782 at Stradbroke east of Diss while Samuel died at Wilby near Stradbroke in 1772. All of their children were born at Wilby.
	18L13		Martha Collett	Baptised on 10.04.1726
	18L14		Ann Collett	Baptised on 29.08.1727
	18L15		Samuel Collett	Baptised 10.11.1730; buried 17.09.1734
	18L16		Elizabeth Collett	Baptised on 05.09.1733
	18L17		Samuel Collett	Baptised on 30.12.1734
	18L18		Susan Collett	Baptised on 16.06.1736
	18L19		John Collett	Baptised on 11.01.1739
18K20	Robert Collett was baptised at Eye on 22.02.1705 and died aged 28 and was buried on 02.02.1733.
18K21	PHILOLOGUS COLLETT was baptised at Eye on 01.03.1707. He married Ann Feaveryear on 06.10.1730 at Wilby. Ann was baptised on 10.04.1710 at Wilby and was the daughter of James Feaveryear and Ann Gilbert. She was buried at Wilby on 10.08.1789 and it was at Wilby that their three sons were born.
	In 1768 Philologus Collett of Wilby was required to pay £50 to the churchwardens of the parish on behalf of his son William as a condition of the bastardy bond for the unborn child of Sarah Dale. The document is also interesting for the way in which Philologus wrote his name simply as Phill Collett.
	18L20		Samuel Collett	Baptised 29.07.1731; buried 17.09.1735
	18L21		Philologus Collett	Baptised on 15.08.1738
	18L22		WILLIAM COLLETT	Baptised on 29.06.1749
18K22	William Collett was baptised at Eye on 14.10.1710 and died aged 29 and was buried on 16.12.1739.
18K24	Francis Collett was baptised at Eye on 01.04.1715 but survived for just over one year and was buried on 07.06.1716.
18L1	Cornelius Collett was baptised at Melton on 27.08.1719. Upon the death of his father in 1842 Cornelius inherited Westerfield Manor and the following year he was married.
	He married (1) Jane Wade on 02.03.1743 at Rendlesham next to Eyke just east of Woodbridge. Jane died after only nine years of marriage but not before presenting Cornelius with a daughter and three sons, although one son died a month after he was born. Jane was buried on 20.01.1752.
	Many years later, and three years after the death of his only surviving son, Cornelius married (2) the much younger Margaret Driver on 19.09.1769 at Westerfield. She was born around 1743 presented Cornelius with a daughter during the following year. Fifty years after they were married Margaret died and was buried at Westerfield on 10.09.1819. Cornelius had died earlier on 10.02.1790 and was buried at Westerfield on 13.02.1790.
	His Will of 27.03.1789, to which there was a codicil dated 07.09.1789, was proved on 18.02.1790. The Will of Margaret Collett ‘widow of Westerfield’ was proved on 03.11.1819. All three of Cornelius’ children were born at Westerfield.
	Under the term of the Will of Cornelius his daughter Margaret, and the heirs of her body, were to receive all his real and personal estate. In the event she did not survive or had issue the estate would pass in default jointly to his nephew Cornelius Collett a merchant of Woodbridge and William Goodwin of Earl Soham in trust for sale and the proceeds to be divided amongst the children of his late brother Anthony.
	18M1		Cornelius Collett	Born in 1744
	18M2		John Blomfield Collett	Baptised 09.03.1745; buried 21.11.1766
	18M3		Milleson Collett	Baptised 11.09.1747; buried 16.10.1747
	18M4		Margaret Collett	Baptised 19.10.1770
18L2	Anthony Collett was baptised at Melton on 10.02.1720. He later became Lord of the Manor of Eyke. On 19.02.1743 he married Mary May the daughter of Robert May of Westwood Lodge, Sutton and of Eyke, the High Sheriff of Suffolk in 1758. Anthony died on 27.02.1785 aged 64 and his Will of 14.06.1783 was proved on 28.04.1785.
	The only children named in Anthony’s Will, with his wife Mary, were sons Anthony, William, Nathaniel, Woodthorpe and Samuel, and daughter Elizabeth. (see Will in Legal Documents)
	The Will indicates that Anthony was the owner of extensive lands and property within the County of Suffolk, including Walton, Trimley Saint Martin and Trimley Saint Mary, all near Felixstowe, Eyke, Melton and Bromeswell near Woodbridge, Capel Saint Andrews and Shottisham, and Knodishall and Gromford near Aldeburgh.
	Mary died fourteen years after her husband, on 25.11.1799 aged 77.
	The name of Anthony’s and Mary’s son Woodthorpe Collett (below) and later generations of his family derived from the earlier link between the Collett and Woodthorpe families, when Anthony’s aunt Mary Collett (Ref. 18K3) married Richard Woodthorpe.
	18M5		Anthony Collett			Born in 1744
	18M6		Mary Collett			Born in 1746
	18M7		Cornelius Collett			Born in 1748
	18M8		Robert Collett			Baptised on 16.09.1749
	18M9		John Collett			Born in 1750; infant death
	18M10		Margaret Collett			Born in 1752
	18M11		Samuel Collett			Born in 1753; infant death
	18M12		Elizabeth Collett			Born in 1754
	18M13		William Collett			Born in 1756
	18M14		Nathaniel Collett			Born in 1757
	18M15		Anne Collett			Born in 1759
	18M16		Woodthorpe Collett			Born in 1761
	18M17		Samuel Collett			Born in 1764
18L3	Henry Collett was born at Westerfield in 1725. He became Clerk of the Peace for the County of Suffolk, a position that he held for over fifty years. Henry died on 16.07.1802 at the age of 78 and the records show that he died at Westerfield although he never held the manor which had been inherited by his older brother Cornelius.
18L5	Mary Collett was the daughter of John Collett and his first wife Mary and was baptised at Rishangles on 27.02.1722. Tragically she died two years later in 1724.
18L8	Mary Collett was the daughter of John Collett and his second wife Elizabeth. She was baptised at Eye on 25.10.1734 and died less than two years later in 1736.
18L17	Samuel Collett was baptised at Wilby on 30.12.1734. He married Lucy Cowper on 09.10.1753 at Dennington. Lucy was baptised on 02.04.1731 at Bredfield just north of Woodbridge. Samuel died at Stradbroke in 1783. Apart from their first child who was born at Bredfield, all of the remainder were born at Stradbroke.
	18M18		Samuel Collett	Baptised on 26.11.1753
	18M19		Anne Collett	Baptised on 20.05.1755
	18M20		Catherine Collett	Baptised on 05.01.1757
	18M21		William Collett	Baptised on 05.02.1759
	18M22		Charles Collett	Baptised on 28.11.1760
	18M23		John Collett	Baptised 20.01.1762; buried 17.04.1762
	18M24		Richard Collett	Baptised on 16.02.1763
	18M25		John Collett	Baptised on 16.03.1765
	18M26		Lucy Collett	Baptised 02.05.1766; buried 16.12.1781
	18M27		Elizabeth Collett	Baptised 13.08.1767; buried 25.11.1767
	18M28		Martha Collett	Baptised 13.08.1769; buried 01.07.1770
	18M29		Philologus Collett	Baptised 23.10.1770; buried 16.11.1780
	18M30		Anthony Collett	Baptised 28.10.1771; buried 21.02.1775
18L18	Susan Collett was born at Wilby and was baptised there on 16.06.1736 and on 23.08.1763 she married William Chenery at St Mary’s Church in Wilby.
18L21	Philologus Collett was baptised at Wilby on 15.08.1738 and he married Rebecca around 1759.
	18M31		Anne Collett			Baptised on 04.05.1760
	18M32		Philologus Collett			Baptised on 04.05.1761
	18M33		Rebecca Collett			Baptised on 22.02.1764
18L22	WILLIAM COLLETT was baptised at Wilby on 29.06.1749. During his early life William worked as a labourer for his father Philologus Collett (Ref. 18K21) and a few years before he was first married he had a base born child.