1127  DROPE Thomas  b.1550         - d. 1633 Aynho,Oxon

               m. ................

               Vicar of Cumnor from 1612. Rector of Aynho where he died.

               Fellow of Magdalen but 'neglected duties there'. Reputation for

               complaining.  1619: tri3ed unsuccessfully to get Appleton rectory?

               Son: Thomas.

               Epitaph:

                 O happy thou in thy extreme complaints

                  For thou art now a citizen with saints,

                 For weeping here, in Heaven thou dost sing

                  For Rector here, in Heaven thou art a King.'

1128  DROPE Thomas  b.1585  .... - d.1644 Cum

               m. Ann PEACOCK  bc.1610 Chawley - d.1682 Cum

               m. at North Hinksey 1622.

               Succeeded father as Vicar.    1634 terrier.

               Chaplain of Magdalen Coll. 1617-1630.    LSub 1643.  Will.

               Chn: Thomas 11.5.1623; John 20.10.1625; Francis 27.7.1628;

               William 28.1.1631; Edward 14.3.1633; Mary 1636-2.11.1636.

               Mary 1637.

1129  DROPE William  b.1603 Aynho  -d.1680 Cum

               m. Elizabeth .........  b.1620-  d.1697 Cum

               Chn: Elizabeth 28.9.1634;

               Chorister at Magdalen Coll.  1635: Cutts End farm lease.

1130  DROPE Mary  b.1637 Cum -

               m. Robert WOOD of Oxford at N.Hinksey 29.9.1659.

               He was a merchant, brother of Anthony Wood the diarist. Robert

               spent some time in France.

               1660: baptism of Mary sponsored by gt-grandmother Mary PEACOCK.

               1664: son Thomas's sponsored by Edward DROPE & grandmother

               Ann DROPE.

               Mary acquired a Hillend lease in 1680s as an investment.

               NB. Christopher, son of Robert's brother Christopher WOOD,

               b.15.12.1666, 'died at nurse at Cumnore 4.8.1667.'

1131  DROPE Edward    b.14.3.1633Cum   -

               1648: expelled from studies at Magdalen by Commission during Civil

               War; later became a Feollow. Stood for President without success. 

               1661: entered Church, taking a Hampshire parish.

1132  DROPE William  b.28.1.1630 Cum-

               m. Katherine ......

               1669: in London

1133  DROPE Francis  b.27.7.1628 Cum - d.1671 Oxford

               Fellow of Magdalen Coll.' later Vice-President. Author of book on

               fruit trees. Died at house of Robert Wood but buried Cum.

1134  DROPE John  b.20.10.1625 Cum - d.1671 Lincs

               1648: ejected from Magdalen Coll. by Commission. Restored as

               Fellow 1660.   1665: bursar but resigned 1668.  Master of Free

               School at Dorchester -on- Thames.  Poet and physician.

1135  DROPE Thomas  b.11.5.1623 Cum - d.1682 ...

               m. ...........  in 1666

               Rector of Ardley,Oxon. Chn: 2 died in infancy.  Chaplain of

               Magdalen Coll.