General Notes

John Wing, son of Matthew and Mare Wing, was Christened 12thJan.1584.[CI:2813:?4:CI]
The year following the excitement attending the Armada, John Wing entered Oxford University.  The school was only twenty-three miles from his home. The matriculation entry is as follows: "John Wynge of Oxon, pleb, St. Alban's Hall, 15 October 1599, aged 14."  And on 12 February 1603, Queen's College invested him with the degree of Bachelor of Arts.[CI:186:?4:CI] The Rev. John Wing and Deborah, his wife, were at one time in Yarmouth, for their son John appears by the records to have been born
there.[CI:187:?4:CI] [For] a time he was the minister of the wealthy society of Englishmen known as the "Merchants' Adventurers" at Hamburg, in Germany."[CI:190:?4:CI] His sermon, "Jacob's Staffe" was preached in November, 1617, as his farewell "to the famous fellowship of Merchants Adventurers of
England, resident in Hamburg."[CI:191:?4:CI] "..and it is known definitely that he was in charge of a congregation at the old Roman cinque port of Sandwich in Kent at some period prior to 1620.  The proof of this is contained in the dedication of his first book, "The Crown Conjugall," printed in November, 1620.  He inscribes it "To the Right Worshipfull Master Matthew Peke Esquire, Mayor of the Towne and Port of Sandwich, and to the Worshipfull, the Jurates hes brethren, the Common Counsell and whole Corporation of the same John Wing, doth with Grace and Peace and all good from the living God through the love of our Lord Jesus Christ, by the work of the Holy Spirit. "Your former favours, and the abundant fruits of your love Right Worshipfull and wlbeloved in the Lord) which I have from time to time experienced, ever since it pleased the Lord to cast affliction upon mine external state, doe daily provoke and deeply challenge from me, the manifestation of a thankfull hart unto you all, to whose kindnes I stand a Debtor much engaged to this day."[CI:192:?4:CI] On 19 June, 1620, he was ordained "under the direction of Mr. John Paget, of Amsterdam, assisted by two Dutch clergymen, and in the presence of the burgomaster and other magistrates," paster of the English churches of Flushing and Middleburg, which were sufficiently near together to be served by one chaplain."[CI:193:?4:CI] The following communication, written June 6, 1895, by Mr. Frater to Mr. J. I. Helsdon Rix, from Middleburg, will be read with interest by
all students of the life history of the Rev. John Wing:...  In the records of the English Church at Flushing I have found the following which I think may be of some interest and value in the case:
"1620 The 19th of June it pleased the magistrate of this town of flissing to appoint the Burgomaster John De Moor and Cornelis Levnsoon Zeilmaken to be present in the English Church at the election and
ordination of the church officers in whose sight and presence there, there was chosen and ordained as the first officers of the renewed English Church, Mr. John Wing pastor" x x x x
"1627 This year Mr. John Wing our pastor left us and went to The Hague where he was taken on for their pastor, he departed from us in March about the tenth, stylo novo"[CI:3885:?4:CI] He was the first settled English pastor at the Hague, being admitted 11 May 1627.  The States of Holland allowed him a subsidy of Ð300 yearly, which by a decree of 17 August 1628, was augmented to Ð500.  A subscription of Ð100 was raised by the English, and expended in repairing and beautifying the chapel.  This church, or chapel, was much frequented by the royal family, and, especially by Elizabeth, daughter of King James, wife of the exiled King of Bohemia.  It was here that Mr. Wing preached 18 May 1624, his sermon, "The Saint's Advantage, or the Wellfare of the Faithfull in the Worst Times," before Queen Elizabeth.  This sermon was given at the Hague while Mr. Wing was still in the pastorate at Middleburg.  It was printed in
London in 1624," by John Dawson for John Bellamie, and was sold at his shop at the Three Golden Lions, near the Royal Exchange."[CI:194:?4:CI] The English records contain this synopsis of his will: "John Winge, late of the Hague in Holland, clerk, now living in St. Mary Aldermary, London, 2 November, 1629, proved Aug. 4, 1630.  Certain lands (freehold) in Crickston and Stroud, Kent, shall be sold as soon as conveniently may be and the money thereof arising shall be with all other goods, etc., divided into equal parts, the one to be had, received and enjoyed unto my loving wife, Debora, and the other part
or moiety to be equally and indifferently had, parted, divided and enjoyed unto and amongst all my children, share and share alike, except unto and by my daughter Debora whom I have already advanced in marriage. Wife Debora to be executrix and Edward Foord of London, merchant, and Andrew Blake of Stroud, in Kent, yeoman, overseer."[CI:195:?4:CI]