Long Job Title huh?
I am researching sir William Coffyn for purposes related to my personal family tree. I have confirmed his presence, interaction, relationship and doings and such via the http://www.british-history.ac.uk website, which has a transcribed database of much of the journaled communications from Henry VIII's court.
while it is great and quite exciting to uncover references to my ancestor, the continuity is rather vague. i am hoping to perhaps find more information, maybe some details about everyday interaction, or any sort of life-related tidbits i can find.
I do know he was appointed Master of the Horse and attended Ann Boleyn at The Field of the Golden Cloth, as well as her coronation. And subsequently served Jane Seymour similarly. How he managed to keep his head intact is beyond me.
Sir William also had an older half-brother, Sir Richard, who i've not been able to find much about. An odd thing, as the Coffyn family almost always had a knightly presence in the king's court uninterrupted for almost 2-3 centuries, most of the time, the dude's name was always Sir Richard Coffyn.
lazy, lazy lazy.
anyone point me in a good direction so i can get further lost, or maybe even find myself?
thanks,
tristram coffin
9th generation great grandson of Tristram Coffyn of Nantucket, 1642
