General Notes

Note:
From Charles L. Bland, "Among Cousins - The Bland Family Newsletter," vol. 8, no. 2 (July-September 1990), pp. 7-8:

"Upon his death, Adam's post as Skinner to the Queen passed to his eldest son, Peter Bland (C1557-1627). Peter entered the Skinner's Guild by patrimony [meaning that papa used his influence to get the young man in, probably when Peter was 21]. He attained the pinnacle of success in the Company, Master Skinner, in 1618, but in 1611, he relinquished the title of Skinner to the Crown to a son-in-law. When he made out his will in 1615, Peter's annual earnings had a rateable value of 240 pounds sterling and he possessed a 'grate personall estate worth 10,000 pounds.'"


From Charles L. Bland, "A Vision of Unity," p. 23;


"Like his father, Peter became a Skinner, and his rise through the company's ranks is fairly well documented. He was sworn to the freedom by patrimony on December 1, 1578, meaning he did not serve an apprenticeship, but simply bought into the company through a fee paid by his father or himself. His age may be estimated by the fact that he would have had to be twenty-one in order to practice a craft in London; thus, he could have been born no later than 1557. . . . "

From S.H. Washington Lee, "The Virginia Washingtons and the Manor of Newton Bromswold," William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine, Genealogies of Virginia Families, Vol. V, p. 446, FTM Virginia Genealogies #2:
"4. Thomas, Serjeant-Skinner to King Charles I, married 1618 Joan, eldest daughter and co-heiress of Peter Bland, Serjeant-Skinner to King James I, and had . . ."