Has anyone come across this name?

[Findem]

Wiboronga, a female first name.

Wiboronga daughter of Robert Wayward baptised 3 Mar 1566 at Great Dunmow, Essex C of E.

I have seen her baptism entry and it is definitely Wiboronga, the writing is very stylish and readable, she is not, I think, an ancestor sibling, I do by the way have the parents marriage which was at Gt Dunmow in 1559.

The name has defeated Google and there is nothing like it in my Latin booklet.

With a name like that I would have loved to add her to my lot.

Jfyi, there were four Robert Hayward marriages in Essex 1559 to 1573, three were in parishes fairly close to each other but the 1573 marriage was in Wix, quite a way from the others.

Just realised I haven't tried to find a marriage for her, which, out of curiosity I will do after lunch.

 

[Findem]

Wayward should be Hayward of course.

 

[Sis]

I know it's not your ancestor but I couldn't resist. All I could find and on Ancestry was these other two. Wibouronge Coppin who was baptised in 1562 at Felsted Holy Cross, Essex. Also Wiboronghe Fohn, female was baptised in 1587 in Essex, no specific place in Essex given. Both are transcriptions only. Isn't it weird that google brings up nothing on these two spellings either? There's a couple of similar spellings in Norfolk late 1500's to early 1600's.

 

[Findem]

I found the Wiboronghe Fohn buried 15 Jan 1587 at Great Dunmow, her father Edward.

I also found Wyberone Fynege baptised 9 Feb 1617 at Epping, spouse Anndrewe.

The Coppin one didn't come up on Ancestry's EPRI.

Spellings as on Ancestry's EPRI.

I cant find any marriages though, other than hers to Robert Hayward.

 

[Archie's Mum]

Another is Wiborowe. Quite a assortment of them in Rutland.
Wiboronga sounds very Australian original possessors but no one knew we existed back then.

 

[Archie's Mum]

I wonder if it started out as Wyborough but lost its way over the years. The u mistaken for an n. And a bit added at the end.
The closest I can get is Wyborough, a medieval Saxon feminine name.

 

[Steve Bumstead]

It does have the feel of a mangled Anglo-Saxon name. I wonder if there was a local dedication - a church, chapel or religious house, given the early date, that preserved it in the area. Oxfordshire has a good number of Frideswiths (various spellings!) up to the 18th century from such a local association.

 

[Schnurrbart]

A long shot, but St Osyth's mother was Wilburga ( Wilbora), daughter of King Penda of Mercia and married to Frithwald. There was a Lady Wilburga Catesby alive at the time of your baptism (died around1589).
Just 'cos the writing's neat, it's not a reflection on the spelling and how for is Dunmow from Ongar? We have a St Congar near us, remembered in Congresbury and some 10 miles away at Badgworth he has a church named after him.

 

[mugwortismy cat]

Was going to suggest Wilburga, which I think I have come across in Norfolk, or was that Withburga?

 

[Findem]

I know it's not your ancestor but I couldn't resist.

Yes I understand, I should be doing research on Ancestors and their siblings never mind non ancestral people, although I wouldn't be surprised if they link up somewhere, sometime, Robert does seem to be a popular name in the Hayward/Heywards.

 

[Findem]

a medieval Saxon feminine name.

It struck me a having an Anglo Saxon ring to it.

 

[Findem]

Oxfordshire has a good number of Frideswiths

Not 100% sure but whilst researching Hayward and associated families I believe I saw a Frideswith or two, or something very similar.

 

[Findem]

how for is Dunmow from Ongar?

Chipping Ongar is 14.3 miles from Great Dunmow, High Ongar is 15 Miles.

 

[Findem]

Had a quick look for siblings of Wiboronga Hayward, I'm assuming her father Robert is the Robert Hayward who married Margaret Wante 26 May 1559 at Great Dunmow, the following children were all baptised in Gt Dunmow. I didn't look at children baptised in other parishes, too many, 720 odd baptisms.
Judith 19 Dec 1563.
Wiboronga 3 Mar 1566.
Johannes 1 Aug 1568.
Johannes 18 Jan 1574-1576, as stated in Ancestry's EPRI.
Leonardus 2 Apr 1574.
Agnes 8 Mar 1578.
Anna 22 Mar 1578.
Robertus 12 Jun 1580.
Theodorus 11 Apr 1581-1587, ditto.
Alicia 1 May 1586.
Iohannes 4 Apr 1587
The first three children were of Robert but without a mother's name.
The rest had no mother or father's name.
Some lazy so and so in Gt Dunmow needed whipping.
I searched 1559 to 1599.

As this family (or these families) are not ancestors or siblings I don't intend to pursue them further but it has been interesting.

 

[Schnurrbart]

Is this irony "Just 'cos the writing's neat, it's not a reflection on the spelling and how for is Dunmow from Ongar? "?
Anyway , Lady Wilburga Catesby married Richard Weston at Skeets, Essex in 1549.

 

[Findem]

Is this irony "Just 'cos the writing's neat, it's not a reflection on the spelling and how for is Dunmow from Ongar? "?
Anyway , Lady Wilburga Catesby married Richard Weston at Skeets, Essex in 1549.

For a start I don't pick anyone up for spelling mistakes, at any time that I type married I'm more than likely to spell it marriaed, why I stick that a in after the i I just can't fathom, time and time again I do it, I suppose at least I'm being consistent.

Out of curiosity I'll check what parish the 1549 marriage is in, Skeets is no doubt a property name, some of my Searles were know by property names, eg William Serle of Park Gate and another William Searle of Shreeves.

 

[Findem]

Not to be found on Ancestry, FreeReg and Family Search.

 

[Archie's Mum]

Lady Wilburga Catesby

AKA...Wyborow Wiburga, hence Wyborough. I still think its where Wiboronga may have originated.

 

[Schnurrbart]

Ooops! For Skeets read Skreens, Roxwell. Skreens Manor was bought by Richard Weston in 1554.

 

[Findem]

Ooops! For Skeets read Skreens, Roxwell. Skreens Manor was bought by Richard Weston in 1554.

Thanks for that, what source did you get that info from?

I just couldn't find it no matter what I tried, including searches on just surnames, wild cards etc.