2.Richard2Carpenter (John1) was born 1335. He married Christina.
Notes for Richard Carpenter:
Both Richard and Christina were buried in the Church of St. Martin Outwitch, Bishopsgate Street, and so also were other members of the family. There seems reason to believe that Richard was a citizen of London, engaged like most citizens of his time, in some trade. The rolls Parliament of the 5th Richard II, 1381, contain a pardon in which several persons of the name of Carpenter are mentioned as being excepted from its benefits, and among them one who is described as Richard Carpenter of Billiter Lane, London. The city records also contain an entry of a recognizance entered into in 1410, before the Mayor and Aldermen by two citizens respecting the guardianship of an orphan, one of the parties to which is John Norman, goldsmith and the other, Richard Carpenter, "Chaundeler". Richard inherited at least, his portion of his father's estate. He was a chaundeler and probably a goldsmith, both trades indicating wealth. He was, as appears in history, a prominent man in social as well as business matters. That he was wealthy appears from the fact that his sons received a liberal education, provision being made by the government for education only in the common branches.
