Descendants of John Randoll, 1470

19. William Randolph [16047] was born on 7 Nov 1577 in Little Houghton, Northhamptonshire, Canterbury, England and died about 1657 about age 80.

24 M i. Thomas Randolph [16057] was born on 15 Jun 1605 in Newnham, England, died in Mar 1635 in England at age 29, and was buried in Blatherwick, Northamptonshire, England.

General Notes: Poet.

born June 15, 1605, Newnham-cum-Badby, Northamptonshire, Eng.
died March 1635, Blatherwycke, Northamptonshire

English poet and dramatist who used his knowledge of Aristotelian logic to create a unique kind of comedy.

Educated at Westminster School and at the University of Cambridge, Randolph earned at both schools a reputation for English and Latin verse, and Ben Jonson adopted him as one of his “sons.”

Randolph's university plays, both comedies, Aristippus, or The Joviall Philosopher and The Conceited Pedler, were performed at Cambridge and were published in 1630. Aristippus was a debate about the relative virtues of ale and sack (sherry), full of the terms of Aristotelian logic and innumerable puns drawn from Randolph's classical learning. The Jealous Lovers (1634), performed at Cambridge for King Charles I, was well received. The Muse's Looking-Glass, performed about 1630, opens and closes with a masque and consists of 15 scenes presented before a comic puritan couple, with each scene devoted to an Aristotelian vice. Hey for Honesty, a comedy adapted from The Plutus of Aristophanes, was published in 1651. Randolph's untimely death at age 29 cut short a promising literary career.

Some of Randolph's poetry appeared in collections during his lifetime, notably three poems addressed to Jonson. A posthumous collection (1638) contained The Muse's Looking-Glass and Amyntas.

25 M ii. William Randolph [16058] was born in Oct 1607 in Houghton Parva, Northamptonshire, England and died about Nov 1689 about age 82.

William next married Margaret Burket [16321] [MRIN: 5418] in Jun 1632 in Pattishall, England.

26 M iii. Robert Randolph [16059] was born in May 1611 in Houghton Parva, Northamptonshire, England.

27 F iv. Elizabeth Randolph [16060] was born in Apr 1613 in Houghton Parva, Northamptonshire, England.

Elizabeth married George Burket [16320] [MRIN: 5417] on 21 Jun 1632 in Pattishall, England.

William next married Dorothy Lane [16048] [MRIN: 5326], daughter of Richard Lane [18496] and Elizabeth Vincent [18497], on 30 Mar 1619. Dorothy was born in Sep 1589 in Courteenhall, Bicester, Oxfordshire, England.

28 M i. John Randolph [16049] was born in Feb 1620 in Little Houghton, Northhamptonshire, Canterbury, England.

John married Dorothy Atterbury [16326] [MRIN: 5423], daughter of Lewis Atterbury [16327] and Unknown, in Oct 1642 in Milton Malson, England. Dorothy was born about 1622 and died in Apr 1680 about age 58.

+ 29 M ii. Sir Richard Randolph [15914] was born on 22 Feb 1621 in Morton Hall, Morrell Parish, Warwickshire, England and died in May 1678 in Dublin, Ireland at age 57.

+ 30 M iii. Henry Randolph [16050] was born in Nov 1623 in Little Houghton, Northhamptonshire, Canterbury, England and died about 1673 in Henrico County, Virginia about age 50.

31 F iv. Anne Randolph [16051] was born in Feb 1626 in Houghton Parva, Northamptonshire, England.

32 M v. George Randolph [16052] was born in Jul 1627 in Houghton Parva, Northamptonshire, England and died in Jun 1645 in Harrington, Northamptonshire, England at age 17.

33 F vi. Margaret Randolph [16053] was born in Jul 1627 in Houghton Parva, Northamptonshire, England.

34 F vii. Judith Randolph [16054] was born in Aug 1630 in Houghton Parva, Northamptonshire, England.

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