Editing John Speed (section)

==Family==
The pedigree for "Speed of Southampton", as prepared by the antiquary Benjamin Wyatt Greenfield in 1896, has the marriage of John Speed and Susanna daughter of Thomas Draper, Esq., of London, at its head, and shows the descendants of their son John. Although stating that Speed was born in 1542, and giving other dates which conflict with variant sources, it presents the names of six children. They are shown as:<ref name=pedigree />

* John Speed (1595-1640), M.D. (1628), studied at Merchant Taylor's School (1603-04), and was Scholar (1612), B.A. (1616), M.A. (1620) and Fellow of [[St John's College, Oxford]]. He married Margaret, daughter of Bartholomew Warner, M.D., of St John's College (Professor of Physic). John died testate in 1640<ref>Will of Doctor John Speede, Doctor of Physic, Doctor in Medicine of University of Oxford (PCC 1640, Coventry quire).</ref> and is buried in the chapel of St John's College.<ref name=Fost>"Speede, John", in J. Foster (ed.), ''Alumni Oxonienses 1500–1714'' (Oxford, 1891),  [https://www.british-history.ac.uk/alumni-oxon/1500-1714/pp1394-1422 pp. 1394–1422] (British History Online).</ref><ref name=Clodeb /> Their sons:
** John Speed was a student of St John's College, Oxford in 1652, and was Mayor of Southampton in 1681 and 1694.<ref name=Clodeb /><ref name=Fost />
** Samuel Speed, D.D. of [[Christ Church, Oxford]], died in 1674.<ref name=Fost /> 
* Samuel Speed, Merchant Taylor of London,<ref name=Clodeb /> who married Joan, daughter of Richard Joyner, alias Lloyd, of Abingdon, and had a son Samuel who died in 1633
* Nathan Speed
* Joan Speed, who married John Hayley, Esq., of London
* Sarah Speed, who married Edward Blackmore, Esq., of London
* Anne Speed, who married Benjamin Wesley, citizen and Merchant Taylor of London

His arms, granted by [[William Camden]], are: "Gules, on a chief or, two swifts volant proper". Crest: "On a wreath or and gules a swift volant proper."<ref name=pedigree /> His monument, in the escutcheon within the broken pediment above the niche, shows these arms impaling "Azure a chevron Ermine between three estoiles Or."

From their funeral monument, it appears that John and Susanna Speed had 12 sons and 6 daughters in all.