Rev John Maplett notes from Geni
John Maplett, Rev (MAYPLETT)
Place of Burial: Chancel of Northal, Middlesex, England
Birth: ca. 1541 Northall, Middlesex, England
Death: 7 Sep 1592 (51)
Northall (now Northolt), Middlesex, England
Immediate Family:
Husband of Ellen Leaper
Father of Thomas Maplett, Mary Maplett, John Maplett, Jr., Margaret Maplett andEllen Maplett
He was the Rector of Great Leighs, County Essex, and Vicar of Northolt, County Middlesex, England. Also, a writer upon natural history and astrology.
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Rev. John Maplett was a distinguished clergyman who had his education at Queen's College, Cambridge. He held posts as vicar of several important churches.
John Maplet, clerk, the testator of 1592 was matriculated as a sizar of Queen's College, Cambridge, in Dec 1560, was admitted to the degree of bachelor of Arts in 1563/4, was a fellow of Catherine Hall in Aug 1564, received the degree of master of Arts in 1567, and was instituted to the rectory of Great Leighs, co. Essex, 26 Nov 1568. This benefice he exchanged for the vicarage of Northall (now Northolt), co. Middlesex, on 30 Apr 1576, and he was buried in the chancel of Northall church on 7 Sep 1592. He was the author of treatises on natural history and astrology.
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Added by: James Place, Jr. on 8 Dec 2007
Managed by: Thomas Crandell and 11 others
"Maplet, John (d. 1592), writer on natural philosophy, matriculated as a sizar from Queens' College, Cambridge, in December 1560 and graduated BA in 1564. He was a fellow of St Catharine's College in August 1564, and was ordained deacon at Ely on 5 November of that year. He was a fellow of Gonville and Caius College in 1566/7 and proceeded MA in 1567. On 26 November 1568 he was instituted, on the presentation of Sir Thomas Mildmay, to the rectory of Great Leighs, Essex, which he exchanged for the vicarage of Northolt, Middlesex, on 30 April 1576. His marriage to a widow named Ellen Leap (d. 1595) brought five children: Margaret, Ellen, John, Thomas, and Mary, born between 1577 and 1581.
When Maplet was in Cambridge he wrote the first of the two works for which he is known, A Greene Forest, or, A Naturall Historie. This was printed in London in 1567 and dedicated to Thomas, earl of Sussex. It is divided into sections on minerals, plants, and animals, each of which consists of alphabetically organized descriptions drawn from classical, Islamic, and humanist sources. A decade and a half later, when installed as vicar in Northolt, Maplet wrote another small book, The Diall of Destiny. He finished writing this in December 1581, and it was printed in London, with a dedication to Sir Christopher Hatton, the following year. In this treatise Maplet, again drawing on scholarly sources, argues that the heavens influence earthly events. He discusses the properties, effects, and qualities of each of the known planets in turn (the moon, Mercury, Venus, the sun, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn), and touches on a range of subjects from elephants to earthquakes. A third work by Maplet, 'Argemonie, or, The prynciple vertues of stone' is reputed to have been printed in London in 1566; although this might have been the first part of A Greene Forest, issued separately, no copy of it seems to have survived (C. H. Cooper, 2.135–6). Maplet was buried in the chancel of Northolt church on 7 September 1592. A few weeks later his widow married Matthew Randall, a servant of her husband's glebe; she died at Ealing in 1595.
While Maplet's books number among the few dozen vernacular treatises on natural philosophy printed in sixteenth-century England, they have not figured in histories of these subjects. During Maplet's lifetime John Bossewell included his name alongside Geoffrey Chaucer, Sir Thomas Eliot, and others as sources for information relevant to heraldry, probably referring to A Greene Forest. Maplet's works continued to be read after his death. For instance, about the turn of the century Simon Forman the astrologer physician cited A Greene Forest for information about metals and The Diall of Destiny on comets; in 1675 William Cooper included A Greene Forest in a catalogue of English alchemical books.
The Will of John Maplet, Clerke, Vicar of the parish church of Northall, in the county of Middlesex, 30 August 1592. To be buried in the chancel of the parish church of Northall. to John Maplett my son L50, when he shall attain the age of 21 years. To Margaret Mayplett my daughter 40 marks at the age of twenty years or on her day of marriage. To Ellenn Maplett my daughter, to Mary Maplett my daughter, and to Thomas Maplett my son, to each 40 marks to be paid likewise. If any die, such portion to be divided equally among the survivors. To John Maplett my son one feather bed, two down pillows, my silver pott, and one silver spoon. To Milchizedek Leaper my wife's son L10, to be paid at once. To Margaret Powell my maid 20s. To Elizabeth Meridon my maid 6s. 8d. To Matthew Randall my man 13s. 4d. To the parish church in Northall "my Bible of the greatest Vollome." To the poor in Northall 20s. To repairing the Queen's Highway in Northall 20s. Residuary legatee and executrix: Ellen Maplett my wife. Supervisors: George King and Henry Wheeler of Northall. Witnesses: George King, Henry Wheler, Nabuchodinizer Knightes, and Margaret Wheeler. (PCC., Scott, 70.) Proved in the Consistory Court of London 11 September 1592, by William Mannsfielde, notary public, proctor for Ellen, relict and executrix of the said John Maplett, deceased, to whom administration on the goods of the said deceased was granted. (Consistory Court of London, Vicar-General's Books, 1592.)
Administration on the goods of said deceased, according to the aforesaid will, was granted in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, 7 November 1595, to Matthew Randall, dwelling in the County of Middlesex, yeoman, because the said Ellen had died before all the goods had been administered by her. (PCC., Scott, 70.)
In the Consistory Court of London, 11 November 1595, commission was granted to Matthew Randall, late husband of Ellen Randall, alias Maplett, deceased, formerly relict and execcutrix of John Maplett, Clerk, late Vicar of Northall in the County of Middlesex, deceased, to administer the goods of the said John Maplett not administered by the said Ellen his executrix. (Consistory Court of London, Vicar-General's Books, 1592-1597, fo. 32b.)
MAPLETT: ADDITIONS, ----
"Since the publication of the article entitled "The Ancestry of Mary Maplett, Wife of Samuel Gorton of New England", in the present volume of the REGISTER, pp. 115-118 (April, 1916), an examination of the parish registers of Northolt (formerly Northall), c. Middlesex, England, for the years 1560 - 1605, has brought to light the following Mayplett entries, in addition to the marriage record of Matthew Randall and Ellen Maplett already printed:
Christenings
1575 Ellen Maplett dawghter of John Maplett 2 February [1575/6[
1577 Thomas Maplett son of John Maplett 25 June
1581 Mary Maplett dawter of John Maplett 28 November
Burial
1592 John Maplett p'son of Northall 7 September
Children of John Maplett and Ellen Leap are:
+John Maplett
, b. November 28, 1581, Great Leighs, Essex, England, d. Bef. January 18, 1629/30, Parish of St. Lawrence Jewry, London, England.
Er ist verheiratet mit Ellen Leaper.
Sie haben geheiratet rund 1570.
Sie haben geheiratet vor 1572 in Northall Parish, Middlesex County, ENGLAND.Rev. John Maplett was also known as John Mayplet. Rev. John Maplett was born circa 1540 at Northall now N. Middlesex, England. He married Mrs. Ellen Leap before 1572 at Of, Northall, Middlesex, England. Rev. John Maplett was buried on 7 September 1592 at Northolt Church, Northall, Middlesex, England.
Children of Rev. John Maplett and Mrs. Ellen Leap
Margaret Maplet b. c 1574, d. 18 Apr 1589
Ellen Maplet b. bt 1575 - 1576
Thomas Maplet b. 1577
John Maplett b. 28 Nov 1581, d. b 17 Jan 1629/30
Mary Maplett b. c 1589
Kind(er):
John MAPLETT (MAPLET) was born abt. 1541 in Northall, Middlesex, England. He died on 7 Sep 1592 in Northall (now Northolt), Middlesex, England. He was bur. on 7 Sep 1592 in Northolt Church, Middlesex Co., England. He md. Ellen LEAPER bef. 1572 in Of Northall, Middlesex, England.
Ellen LEAPER was born abt. 1545 in Northall, Middlesex, England. She died in Nov 1595 in London, England.
Source: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~capehart/Walker/pafg13.htm 6 May 2003
"Dr. Mayplet and Mary Gorton were the grand-children of the Rev. John Mayplet, who was educated at Queen's of Catherine' Hall, Cambridge, 1564, and was inducted into the rectory of Great Leigh, co. Essex, 26 Nov 1568, which he exchanged for the vicarage of Northall (now Northold), co. Middlesex, and was bur. in the chancel of the church there on 7 Sep 1592. The Rev. John Mayplet was the author of several treatises on natural history and astrology (Dict. Nat. Biog.; The Register, vol. 70, pp. 115-118, 282; vol. 82, pp. 185-193, 333-342; Gorton Genealogy)."
Source: The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 1951, vol. 105.
Accessed: 5 Oct 2003, David Lee Powell.
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