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Sir John BOYS
- 1612
Has 6 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.
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Name John BOYS Prefix Sir Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Gender Male Honours Knighted Office From 1592 to 1612 Canterbury, Kent, England 
Recorder - Shown as becoming recorder in 1592, there is not another name in the list until 1612, the year of Sir John's death, so presumably he remained recorder for 20 years.
(from Hasted, vol. 12, p.611)
Miscellaneous 1595 Jesus Hospital, Northgate, Canterbury, Kent, England Founder - Otherwise known as Boys Hospital.
The Boys family are very much on the edge of my tree, and I have only added Sir John to it at all due to his founding of the hospital. Hence, I have not and have no plans to do thorough research about this.
There is plenty of information in old books (on Google), but unfortunately they don't quite agree.
A hospital at this time was somewhere the elderly or disabled could live, rather like sheltered accomodation or almshouses. The men were known as 'brothers' and the women as 'sisters'. The number that Jesus Hospital was for is particularly inconsistent in references, but seems to have been about a dozen, 8 men and 4 women, with a separate house for the warden.
There was some precedance for relations of Sir John - either one place for a sister and one for a brother were for his kin, or his kin had preferential treatment, depending on source. Either way, it was for the over 55 year olds. It also seems his family were responsible for appointing the warden; in 1633 when his nephew Edward OWER wrote his will he was the warden.
There was also a school attached to the hospital, with the warden responsible for teaching the children. known as 'out-brothers', 6 of whom were to be apprenticed each year.
Entry on the Historic Canterbury website
The Law Sergeant at Law Residence St. Gregory's Priory, Northgate, Canterbury, Kent, England - From Hasted (read online)
Information about the priory building can be found on the Historic Canterbury website
Died 1612 Buried Christ Church Cathedral, Canterbury, Kent, England Siblings1 brother and 1 sister Patriarch & Matriarch 
William BOYS, d. 31 Jul 1507 (Great Grandfather)
Mary RINGLEY, bur. 13 Feb 1571, St. Andrew’s Church, Tilmanstone, Kent, England (Mother) Person ID I22114 All Last Modified 7 Aug 2016
Father William BOYS, d. Yes, date unknown Mother Mary RINGLEY, bur. 13 Feb 1571, St. Andrew’s Church, Tilmanstone, Kent, England Married - The Boys family of Kent is well studied and on the edge of my tree.
I am only including enough to show how the different Kent 'Boys' on my tree were linked, and in particular the children of Thomas and Christian Searles, the only ones who are actually blood relations (so far as I know), Christian being a second cousin to my line.
A useful PDF with a wide coverage of can be found here.
Family ID F8726 Family Group Page | Family Chart
- Shown as becoming recorder in 1592, there is not another name in the list until 1612, the year of Sir John's death, so presumably he remained recorder for 20 years.
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Office - Recorder - From 1592 to 1612 - Canterbury, Kent, England 
Buried - - Christ Church Cathedral, Canterbury, Kent, England = Link to Google Earth (if installed; see link below to install) Pin Legend 
