Nat Gould

William Grindon died 1659

William Grindon who died in 1659 married Elizabeth (maiden surname unknown). They lived at Ashholme in Warslow in the parish of Alstonefield, Staffordshire.

They had the following children:

William Grindon. He married Ann Gould on 31 August 1662 at Alstonefield, and they had two sons William Grindon and John Grindon.

Thomas Grindon. His dates are unknown, but he is mentioned in the Will of his brother William Grindon died 1710. He is probably the Thomas Grindon who died in 1692 and was buried on 25 May in that year at Alstonefield.

John Grindon. He is mentioned in his father's Will as being the brother of William Grindon. He is there said to be one of four children younger than William Grindon who was the eldest son. Presumably Thomas Grindon was another of the four younger children.

Their father William Grindon died in 1659. He had made his Will on 2 May 1659, and an Inventory of his goods and chattels was taken on 10 August 1659. His Will was proved on 21 September 1660 at Caverswall in Staffordshire.

His wife Elizabeth Grindon died in 1681.

The precise date in 1659 when William Grindon died is unknown, but fell within a particularly turbulent period in England. It occurred during the last days of the short reign of Richard Cromwell as Lord Protector, a title inherited from his father Oliver Cromwell. The country was in the hands of the army. Richard Cromwell was removed from office by a military faction on 6 May 1659 and he formally resigned on 25 May in that year. For a time it looked as though civil war was going to break out yet again, but on 23 May 1660 a military coup brought Charles II to London and the monarchy was restored. North Staffordshire, and neighbouring Derbyshire, had suffered greatly during the recent civil wars which had lasted (with only two short breaks) from 1642 to 1651, conflicts that had caused very many casualties and divided brother from brother and father from son.