Richard PUTNAM

                   SOURCES:
    Eben Putnam, "A History of the Putnam Family in England and  America," Salem, Mass., Salem Press Publishing & Printing Co., 1891.  Pg.  xli

    RICHARD PUTNAM of Eddlesborough and Woughton is mentioned in the Lay  Subsidy
    of 16th Henry VIII. (1524), as of "Edlesbury," while in those of  the 14th and
    15th Henry VIII he is styled RYCHARD PUTTYNHN.

    Eddlesborough is nearly surrounded by the county of Hertford.  It was a  town
    of considerable importance as early as 1332.  Slapton joins on the  west, and
    Woughton, whither Richard removed, perhaps on the death of his  father, who
    may have been living there, is but a dozen miles to the north  of
    Eddlesborough. Wingrave is about the same distance from Woughton.

    ***

SOURCES:
    Lois Akin Lowry, "The Andrew Putnam Family," Santa Ana,  California, 1959-1961.  Pg. 3.

    "Wicked SIR RICHARD of Eddlesborough" (1523).  Lived in Woughton, 1556. He 
    died there.  Owned land in Slapton.  His will proved 26 Feb. 1556.  His 
    widow, JOAN. His sons HARRY and JOHN were still living.  Our line of  Putnam
    is descended from "Wicked Sir Richard."

    "Wicked Sir Richard" is the prize Putnam example of the prodigal son. A 
    gambler - he had mortgaged the inherited estates - he left his wife and 
    children in the care of brother Henry and went off to the Courts of  London.
    Found in the Queen's bedroom, Sir Richard was sent home...  in  great disgrace.
    To his credit, however, after years in which his creditors  kept suing him,
    Sir Richard began to repay his bills.  He bought back his  mortgaged estates,
    and long before he died was once more held in high  esteem.

SOURCES:
    Eben Putnam, "A History of the Putnam Family in England and  America," Salem, Mass., Salem Press Publishing & Printing Co., 1891.  Pg.  xli

    RICHARD PUTNAM

    RICHARD PUTNAM of Eddlesborough and Woughton is mentioned in the Lay  Subsidy
    of 16th Henry VIII. (1524), as of "Edlesbury," while in those of  the 14th and
    15th Henry VIII he is styled RYCHARD PUTTYNHN.

    Eddlesborough is nearly surrounded by the county of Hertford.  It was a  town
    of considerable importance as early as 1332.  Slapton joins on the  west, and
    Woughton, whither Richard removed, perhaps on the death of his  father, who
    may have been living there, is but a dozen miles to the north  of
    Eddlesborough. Wingrave is about the same distance from Woughton.

    ***

SOURCES:
    Lois Akin Lowry, "The Andrew Putnam Family," Santa Ana,  California, 1959-1961.  Pg. 3.

    "Wicked SIR RICHARD of Eddlesborough" (1523).  Lived in Woughton, 1556. He 
    died there.  Owned land in Slapton.  His will proved 26 Feb. 1556.  His 
    widow, JOAN. His sons HARRY and JOHN were still living.  Our line of  Putnam
    is descended from "Wicked Sir Richard."

    "Wicked Sir Richard" is the prize Putnam example of the prodigal son. A 
    gambler - he had mortgaged the inherited estates - he left his wife and 
    children in the care of brother Henry and went off to the Courts of  London.
    Found in the Queen's bedroom, Sir Richard was sent home...  in  great disgrace.
    To his credit, however, after years in which his creditors  kept suing him,
    Sir Richard began to repay his bills.  He bought back his  mortgaged estates,
    and long before he died was once more held in high  esteem.