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Dedication to Mr. J. CLallenor Smith ... ... ... yiii
FoBEWOBDS ... ... •.• •.• •.• ••• xi
Robert CoRN, Gitizen of London ..• ... ••• 1
John Ptnchbon, Citizen and Jeweller of London ... 3
Lady Alice West, of Hinton Marcel, Hampcihire {Codi-
dly p. 9) ... «.. ... ... ... 4
John GiRDELEB of Harefield, near Uzbridge, Middlesex 10
Richard Roos of London, ? once of Beverley, Yorkshire 12
John Plot {oUob Rouwenhole or Rouwenhale), Citizen
and Maltman of London ... ... ... 14
Robert Averay of the Cordwainers' Company, London 16
Sir William Lanqeford^ Knight, of Bradfield, near
Reading, Berks ... ... ... ... 18
Richard YoNOB of London, Brewer ••• ... 21
Thomas Walwayn, Esq., of Much Marcle, Herefordshire 22
Thomas Broke, Landowner, of Holditch, Thoraecombe,
Devonshire ... ... ... ... ... 26
John Solas, of South wark, Surrey ... ... ... 28
John Chelmyswye, of Shropshire ... ... ... 30
Thomas TvoKY, Esquire ... .., ... ... 36
1417-18. Stephen Thomas, o'f Lee, Essex (CodicU made ut
\8ott«n, p. 40) ... ... ... ... 37
i6. 1419-20. John RoQERYSSON, of London ... ... ... 41
NO.
A.D.
I.
1387.
2.
1392.
3.
1395.
4.
1402.
5.
1406.
6.
14Q8.
7.
1410.
8.
1411.
9-
1413.
la
1416.
II.
1417.
12.
1418.
13.
1418.
14.
1418.
15.
1417-:
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NO. A.D. »AOi
17. 1418, 1420. John Brodne, of Henry V.'s Chamber, and of
Fulham, Middlesex. (WiU in the 3rd Penan: <*he
will," Ac.) 43
18. 1420. Thomas Bathe, of Bristol ... ... ... 46
19. 1420. John Olnbt, of Weston, Buckinghamshire ... ... 47
20. 1422. Lady Peryne Clanbowe, of Yasor, Herefordshire ... 49
21. 1420. Sir Roger Salwayn, Knight, of York ... ... 62
22. 1424-6. Roger Flore, Landowner, of Okeham, Rutlandshire ... 66
23. 1426. William Newland of London (and Normandy), going
on a Journey ... ... ... ... 65
24. 1426. William Davt, Citizen and Fishmonger of London ... 67
25. 1426. William Han YNOFELD, of Bikinacre, Essex ... ... 68
26. 1426. John Credy, Esq., of London (and Devonshire, &c.) ... 73
27. 1428. John Toker, Citizen and Vintner of London, owner of
" The Mermaid" in Bread St., Cheapside ... 77
28. 1428. Robert ScHAPMAN, of Haringay, Homsey, Middlesex ... 80
29. 1428. Richard Whyteman, Citizen and Waxchandler of London 81
30. 1428. Walter Newent, ? of St. Pancras, London ... ... 83
3 1 . 1430. Hary van Sandwyk, of St. Clements, East Cheap, London 84
32. 1430. Alys Chirche, Widow, of St. Mary Hill, London ... 86
33. 1430. Richard Graveley, of London, Grocer ... ... 86
34. 1431. William Fitz-Harry, of Cosin Lane, London ... 87
35. 1431. Richard Tyrell, ? of Stoke-Dabemon, Surrey ... 89
36. 1431-2. Isabel Gregory, of Hackney, Middlesex ... ... 91
37. 1432-3. Richard Gray, of St. Bartholomews, London ... 92
38. 1433. John Barnet, Citizen and Draper of London ... 93
39. 1433. Walter Manoeard, Citizen and Cook of London, and
Hurstpierpoint, Sussex ... ... ... 94
40. 1434. Margarete Asshcombb (once Bloncit), Widow, of
London ... ... ... ... ... 96
Roger B0RT6N, of Hackney, Middlesex ... ... 98
Rauf Heth, of Hackney, Middlesex ... ... 99
Roger Elmeslby, of London, once a Waxchandler's
Servant ... ... ... ... ... 100
1434-5. Isabelle Dove, wife of Thomas Dove, Citizen of London,
then beyond the Sea ... ... ... ... 103
41.
1434.
42.
1434.
43.
1434.
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45. 1436. Richard Bokeland, Esq., of All Hallows the Greater,
Thames St, London ... ... ... ... 104
46. 1438. Richard Dixton, Esq., of Siscetre (Cirencester), Qloster-
shire ... ... •.• ... ... 108
47. 1439. Nicholas Charleton, Citizen and Skinner of London 112
48. 1439. Isabel, Countess of Wakwiok, Mother-in-law of the
'King-Maker' ... ... ... •.. 116
49. 1439. Sir Ralph Rochefort, of Lincolnshire. {English WillSf
p. 121, Ac, in the SrdPeraon, "he will," &c.) .., 120
50. 1438-9. Sir Thomas Brook, Knight, of Cobham Hall, Kent ... 129
(List of other English Wills in Register Luffenam, p. 130)
51. 1454. Nicholas Stubgeon, Priest ... ... ... 131
(Note of other English Wills in Register BouSy p. 134)
Notes (The first known Bequest, a.d. 1420, of Chaucer's
Canterbury Tales, p. ISe) ... 135
List op Proper Names and Places ... ... 145
List op Words and Subjects ... ... ... 170
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TO
J. CHALLENOR SMITH, ESQ.,
SUPEBINTBNDENT OF THE DEPARTMENT FOR LITERARY ENQUIRY, IN THE
BEOISTRT OF THE COURT OF PROBATE, SOMERSET HOUSE, LONDON.
My dear Sir,
You will remember how the Wills in this little
volume came to be copied.
You had, and have, in the Probate Court those twenty-eight
Boxes of Inventories of Testators' goods which the Executors
and Administrators of our Forefathers were bound to exhibit
to the former Officers of the Archbp. of Canterbury. Among
these Inventories we Shakspereans always hoped to find those
of Shaespere and his fellovrs, and all other Worthies of the
great Eliza's reign. And since I first saw the Boxes and their
contents at Doctors' Commons some dozen years ago, I always
meant to have a turn at them. Opportunity at length being
favourable, I got leave in the spring of 1881, from the kind and
enlightend Judge and Chief of your Court, Sir James Hannen,
to test these Inventories, and see whether Shakspere's was
likely to be among them. If it was, I intended to get money
from the Treasury or by subscription, for making and printing
a Calendar of these documents.
The Inventories could of course only be handled by an
Officer of the Probate Court ; and on you was put the dusty,
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dirty, and tiresome job of diving into, and picking out from, all
parts of the twenty-eight Boxes, samples of the little and big
rolld-up Inventories that each contained ; then unrolling them,
and showing them to me. The work lasted for four months.
The kindness and patience that you exhibited in this
wearisome and annoying task, — which yielded such a poor
result,^ — and the knowledge of men, of places, and things
which you displayd, won my warm admiration and gratitude.
You laid me under further obligation by telling me all the
earliest English Wills in the Registry, of which you had long
before made a list, in the faith that I, or some grubber of like
kind, would turn up and ask where he should go to work.
Whenever, then, you were prevented, by other official calls
and attending to other searchers, from unrolling dirty little
bundles of Inventories for me, I — with your help in difficult
bits — copied the Wills you told me of; and here they are in
print, dedicated, by Sir James Hannen's leave,^ to you, an
OflBcer of whom he and his whole Court may well be proud.
I but speak the opinion of the late Colonel Chester — ^the best
authority in the world — as well as of every other frequenter of
your Boom, when I say that you are an admirable Head of
your Department, courteous, helpful, learned, and efficient.
Would that I could say that Department was in a state
worthy of you, your Chief, Sir James, and the Royal Court of
Probate of England.
You have in that Court, Wills needful for the family and
* About 3 per cent, of the Inventories were of the 15th and 16th cen-
turies ; the rest were all after 1660. Not one of Shakspere^s time tumd
up) tho' that of his granddaughter's surviving husband, Sir John Barnard,
was found. I've printed it for the New Shakspere Society.
* He will not of course see this Dedication till a copy of this little
volume is sent him.
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DEDICATION.
social history of England. There are many men and women
wishing to work at them. What does the Treasury give you
for the purpose ? One underground and badly-lighted room
in which only 6 folk can work at once. The consequence is,
that, with your many applicants, you can often give a worker
only 3 or 2 days a week for his work, and he cannot go
regularly in for it.
The Manuscript room at the British Museum is bad
enough; but your Enquiry room is far worse. If only Sir
James had the old power of torture, and could apply thumb-
screws or racks to all the Lords of the Treasury — I'd let the
First Lord oflf, tho — he would soon set matters to rights, and
give you a room worthy of your Department and his Court.
But the Museum is now building a proper MS. room. And so
I trust the Treasury will speedily follow suit at Somerset
House; put you up a handsome Library for your workers,
make you a Keeper, with the Museum-Keepers' salary, and then
let you compile and print a Catalog of the Inventories.^
Again thanking you heartily for your help and kindness,
and wishing you happiness and health,
I am, Very truly yours,
F. J. FURNIVALL.
Sf St. George's Square^ Primrose Hill, N. W.
December 4^ 1882,
1 There are of course no end of other Wills and Documents in the
Registry that need calendaring or cataloging. The Treasury is in no way
alive to the urgent wants of this Office or the Record Office.
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Both for the Life and Language of our old-time folk, their Wills
hay always been acknowledgd as most worthful. They let you
into the state of every home. They uze words not found in books.
Since oxa Society first started, I always hoped that some one would
copy and edit us a volume of Wills ; but as no one offerd, and as I
got a chance of transcribing one in the spring of 1881, — under the
circumstances stated in the Dedication abuv, — I took it, in order to
hav a volume wherewith a gap in the Society's issues could be fild
np when need should be. The need came this autumn, and here the
little Text is.
It will probably disappoint the reader, who looks, as I did, for
Inventories as parts of Wills, and for long lists of traders' goods,
students' MSS, and the like. I can't claim that in this regard my
short volume is up to any of the Surtees or the Camden Bury ones,
or possibly Mr. H. W. King's series of Essex Wills and Inventories
of Church goods, in his county Archaeological Society's Transactions,
of which my kind helper, Mr. J. H. Hound, tells me. But at any
rate, for us Londoners ther ar details of much worth; ther ia
Shakspere's Mermaid tavern (p. 78, 1. 19) and (in a note of a Latin
will given me by Mr. Challenor Smith, p. 136) ther ia the first
known bequest (a.d. 1420) of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales.^ These
make up for a good many plows, plums, ribbons and tapes. The
volume also contains the first known notice of wher the Chapel of
our Lady and St. Nicholas was situate in old St Paul's (p. 132), and
has of course many items as to old London churches, streets, signs
and men, which will interest the City topografers.
In Peraons, it ranges from the Countess of Warwick, the King-
maker's mother-in-law, to a Wax-chandler's servant and many a
1 Perhaps of his Boece too. His 77ie Pore Caitiff, a Wycliffite book, is
bequeathd on p. 60, 1. 18 ; * Jankyn Clerk ' is at 39/6 ; his * Eoke of London *
at 94/11.
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poorer man. In Property, it stretches from the entail of large
landed estates on sons, to a portion of one bollock for a daughter
(98/ii, 12), or to the gift of one sheet, or a towel-roller, an egg-
gridiron or an old brass pot (IO2/5, 6), to a legatee.
Of two things, more appears in the Wills than I had expected,
namely, silver plate,^ and furd gowns; for the latter, polecats,
martins, genets, wild cats, beaver, otter, and lamb, were prest into
the service. Of Armour there is less than Fd lookt for.
But the most surprizing and regrettable thing in these WiUs is
the amount of money shown to hav been wasted in vain prayers, or
orders for them. Fancy one man ordering a Million Masses to bo
said for his soul ; another 10,000 ; another 4,400 ; another sending
Pilgrims to SpMn, Rome, Jerusalem, &c. for the good of his soul !
I only hope some sensible Executors handed over the money to the
Testators* wives and children, or the poor.
When just thru the proofs of this volume, it so happend that the
Master and Fellows of Emmanuel lent me their unique copy of
Phillip Stubbes's Motive to Good Workes^^ 1593 ; (Fd reprinted in
September his Display of Corruptions^ 1683 ^ ;) and on opening it,
came a passage which well showd the change of opinion on this Mass
and Dead-prayers business in his day : —
(p. 120) " The Papists also holde it to be a work of vnspeakable merit,
for a man or woman, eyther before they dye, or else at their death, to
giue the greatest {p, 121) part of their goods & la^s(the more, the more
merite) to popish priestes, (though in the meane time, theyr wife,
children, and whole f amilyes goe a begging all theyr lyf e long,) to Monkes,
and Fryers, with the rest of that filthie generation, to the ende they may
pray for them when they are dead, to saie masses, trentalls, diriges, de
profv/ndUf Ladies psalters, and I can not tell what riffe raffe else for
1 See the references in the List of Words; and the Acorn spoons, instead
of Apostle ones.
2 A / Motive To / Good Workes. / Or rather, / To true Christianitie in-
deede. / Wherein By The / waie is diewed, how farre wee are behinde, / not
onely our fore-fathers in good workes, / but also many other creatures in the
endes of / our creation : with the difference betwixt / the pretenced good
workes of the Antichri- / stian Papist, and the good workes / of the Christian
Pro- / testant / By Phillip Stnbbes, Gentleman / Mathew .5. verse 16. / Let
your light so shine before men, that they / may see your workes, and glorifie
your fa- / ther which is in heauen. / London, / Printed for Tfiomas Man^ dwell-
ing in / Pater Noster rowe, at the signe / of the Talbot 1593./ A — O in 8s.
3 For the New Shakspere Society, to follow Part I of Stubbes's Anatomie
if AhuseSf of which it is Part II.
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them : bearing them in hand, that their souls & the.soules of a1 their
friends, parents, kindred, and aliance, shall not onely bee releeued, but
also cleerely delyuered thereby out of the pains of purgatorie, which other-
wise shoulde lye there broiling in firie flames seauen yeeres for euerie
sinne that euer they committed in this life, either in thoght, word, or
deed. Which if it were true, (as it is most false and blasphemous) I
could not blame men, though they gaue all they had, and more too, to
(jf, 122) the Priests. But alasse, who seeth not the vanitie of this fonde
opinion of Purgatorie? If Masses, Diriges, trentals, de profnndU^
Ladies psalters, and such pelting trash, could redeeme vs from paine and
punishment after this life, and place our soules in ioye and blisse, I praie
you then what is left to the bloud of Christ to doo for'vs ? iust nothing
at all. And why died Christ, if we might haue bene redeemed by cor-
ruptible money, lands, or posessions, as the Apostles, Saint Paule and
Saint Peter doe reason 7 What can be more derogatorie to the death of
Christ, and the efficacie of his bloud, than this 7 Tou were not redeemed,
(sayth Paul) from your sinnes, neither by golde nor siluer, but by the
precious bloud of that immaculate lambe lesus Christ. And doeth not the
apostle lohn thunder out rnto us, *The bloude of lesus Christ doeth
cleanse vs from all sinne. And as for {p, 123) the ridiculous opinion of
purgatory, it is so foolish a thing, that I am ashamed to bestow anie
labour in confuting of it, as hauing indeede neyther ground out of the
word of God (no, nor so much as one sillable sounding that waie) nor
anie approued or autentike writer, excepte out of such apocryphas, as
Ouidf Virgilf and other heathen Poets. And yet for all that, the Papists
haue gayned as mvch, (I suppose) by the broching of this frai-bugge, or
scar-crow Purgatorie, since it was first hatched, as all ohristendome is
worth besides.*' (See also the next 2 or 3 pages.)
"NoWf a good many of us think of some of Stubbes's doctrines
about -what he did of the Papists'. And so the world wags.
Well : the gifts to mend bad roads and bridges, to help poor
girls to marriage, and to feed and clothe the poor,^ no one will
quarrel with.
The Land-wills ar interesting ; as showing how all the land of
the kingdom was in the hands of Trustees, feoffees, to whom every
buyer had his land conveyd — either solely, or jointly with himself, —
to evade the rights of forfeiture, wardship, &c. of feudal lords.
These feoffees (see List of Words) ar constantly prayd to do their
duty to the Testator, and carry out his Will, either by entailing
his land on his sons, or conveying it to such folk as his Executors
sell it to.^ Executors ar likewise entreated to be faithful, as if
^ See the words Bake, Blind, Bread, Brew, Clothes^ Poor, &;c.^ in the List
below.
^ It was perhaps from this connection with land, that a Seal was set to all
important Wills as if they were Deeds. Also, that one Will is cald an
• Bndenture* (45/$), another a *bok' (24/io) and so on.
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they'd answer for their acts on the Day of DoonL And that this
injunction was often needed in early days, may he gatherd from the
old saying, "Three Executors make three Thieves." Cheery old
Rohert of Brunne— enlarging his original, William of Waddington —
denounces them soundly in some 300 lines in his Handlyng Synne : ^
see my edition, p. 195 — 199.
It's plezant to see Testators anxious to make amends for all
possible wrongdoing, and to watch the owners of horses bequeathing
em by name : * grey Butler, grey Manley ' (53/9) show that a man
cared for his four-footed friends. But no dog is namd in any Will.
Servants often are, both men and women ; and in one case a Nun is
left money for looking after a testator in his sickness (54/2). One
Wife is cald her husband's most trusty friend (48/2 1) ; another has
all his property left to her (Walter Newent's, p. 83) ; but in other
cases, testators don't seem quite comfortable about their widows'
future (p. 122, p. 33-4, 40). The solemn Vow of Chastity which
Widows sometimes took in presence of the Bishop and Congregation,
being endued with Ring and Mantle (60/8, 25 ; p. 135), was new
to me. Several Testators had the good sense to order plain funerals,
and to recognize that Pomp was a vanity that didn't help their souls
(23/22; 49/11; 8/12; 131/2).
As to all the other subjects of bequest, are they not enterd in the
List of Words and Subjects which follows that of Proper Names and
Places 2 1 Let the curious reader look them up. (Among names he'll
find a real * John of Nokys,' III/19.)
1 Ryche men gadere ryche tre- * ♦ ♦ •
Bours 6236 Of alle fals \>9,i beryn name 6259
To make witA ryche executours. Fals executours are most to blame.
]>e whyles |>e executours sekke, \jglogt \>q Pope of |>e courte of Home,
fyl ]>Q bag] Ayens hem 3yf|> he harde dome,
Of the soule Jjey ne rekke Aud cursel? hem yn cherchya here,
The body, whyl hyt on here lys, Foure tymes yn |>e 3ere. 6264
A day or two ys holde yn prys ; 6240 • • ♦ ♦
But when hyt ys yn erjje broght, Executur J^at wyl nat do 6367
Body ne soule gete ryH noght : As J»e dede ordeyned to,
Be he broght nobly to hys pyt, he shal haue euyl endyng
Dette and soule >ey f^ynke all l^at so wyl^halt >e dedes >yng 6370
quyt. 6244
2 I can't guarantee in these, that u and w,/ and «, have not been sometimes
printed for one another. They are often difficult to distinguish. Expansions
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In the way of Language, there is this drawback to the prezent
volume. As all the old Anglo-Saxon Charters were copied in
the King's writing-den, and thus their dialect got alterd, so these
Wills must have all been copied in London, and their dialect
more or less spoilt. Still, some do keep strong dialectal marks.
De, dey ' for * the, they,' hurt be, tho to, ayder either, til to, quan
when, qioiche which, fw es these are, os as, ^eifi given, voile (Devon),
full, ddiuery deliver, hcnught owd, schal shall, cJiete sheet, chippe
ship, aholde sold (22/31), he7'e year, yerth earth, ^hdy yearly, &c. &c.,
will be useful to Morris, Skeat, Sweet, and other dialect-workers.
The 'ryte heires ' of I8/7 goes, with other like words elsewhere, to
show that the guttural gh was not sounded as the fonetists would
hav us believ. One of the oddest spellings I've noted, ia gogeinent
for 'judgment.* For the Cockney ^ ham am,' 'heldest eldest,' see
H in List of Words ; also W, for tc insted of v.
The Notes, foot and end, are not so full as I could have wisht ;
but I had no time to fish for more. One of the blessings of being a
Director is, that when you want specially to work at a favourite
subject — my Old-Spelling Shakspere it was this time — you have to
put it aside, and take up an altogether different one that you 're out
of tune for, because your Society must have a Text out by Christmas
to fill up its year's issue. Hence the present volume has been done
against time, and hasn't the notes from Tanner's Notitia Monastica,
and all the County Histories, that it ought to hav. But I've done
the work as well as I could in the time allowd ; and Mr. J. Horace
Round and Mr. J. Challenor Smith for people and places, Miss
My. Lambert for Romanist, services, Mr. W. G. Stone for Jonetis =
genets, and some places in Lewis, Mr. E. Peacock for some Lincoln-
shire names. Prof. Skeat and other friends, hav to some extent
supplied my shortcomings, and eamd my hearty thanks. To my
of Latin contractions hav now and then gone astray — see Notes, p, 135, 137.
The reader will charitably remember the old adage, * Qitod adest honi ctmsvle.
You must not looke a giuew horse in the mouth.' 1616. Withal's Diet, by
B. R. p. 578. For Dress, see * Gowns, Blue, Green, Russet, Scarlet, Sangwyn,'
Ac. For Ornaments, see * Maple, Sink-foil, Baleys, Oyche, Ruby, Silver,* &o.
For the Statue of Lady Warwick naked, see her WilL 116/q. For a Brass
of Wife and 7 Children, 8I/9.
1 See the List of Words.
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FOREWORDS.
friend Miss Teena KochforlrSmith, I am also indebted for the
List of Words and Places in the first 8 pages of the book, and for
soothing my soul when, on certain evenings, I was grinding at the
rest of that wearing work*, by singing me all my old favourite
mezzo-soprano songs, 'Che faro', 'Lascia ch'io pianga', 'Cangio
d'Aspetto ', ' Adelaide ', * Voi che sapete ', * Du bist die Ruh \ ' Ave
Maria', ' Non e ver', *Ruth', * Oh rest in the Lord', ' Oh for the
wings of a dove,' &c. &c. May all opprest Indexers hay the like
sweet consolement !
British Museum (6 p. m. , under the EUcttnc light),
Dec. 5, 188^.
1 The Lists don't profoBS to be exhaustive, tho they took a long time.
Bequests of Souls are not index t, as they 're in nearly every Will. Of other
frequent bequests, only a few samples are given.
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Original Series, No. 78. 1882.
THE FIFTY EAELIEST ENGLISH WILLS.
ADDITIONS AND COREECTIONS.
Mr. Koand and Mr. Challenor Smith now find, alas ! that a few
Wills near to 1400 a.d. (including at least two printed by Dugdale)
escaped Mr. S.'s note-book. So* we must have another volume
some day. Miss Marx will start at copying the fresh Wills, as
soon as Huon and The Four Sons of Aymon are clear for our Extra
Series.
p. Y, 1. 5 ; p. 4, 1. 1 ; p. 155, col. 2, 1. 10 ; for Hampshirey read Dorsetshire
•p. vi, 1. 1, after "Browne", insert "(oZuwatte Grove)."
L 4 ; p. 45, 46 ; for Thomas (Bathe), read John,
1. 5 ; p. 47, 1. 8 ; for Weston, read Weston Underwood.
1. 12, for Bikinacre, read Hanningfield.
L 16, for ffomsey, read {Hbmsey)
p. vii, 1. 8, for English Wills, read English Will
p. zi, note. Read " Perhaps of his Boeee too. His name ' Jankyn Clerk '
is at 39/6 ; and his * Koke of London ' at 94/i i. T?ie Pore Caitiff, a Wychffite
book, is beqaeathd on p. 50, 1. 18."
p. XV, L 8, for schal, read schel.
p. 5, 1. 5. Johane my dougJUer, my sons is wyf. She was daughter of Roger,
Lord De La Warr, the hero of Cr^cy and Poictiers (by his 2nd wife Alianore,
dau. of John, Lord Mowbray), and heiress in ber issue (by the half-blood) to her
two brothers, successive lords. It was through her that the Barony of De
La "Warr came into the "West family. — J. H. R.
p. 5, 1. 5. paled black and white. That is, striped vertically. It would be
blazoned in Heraldry — **paly sable and argent." Joan, Lady Abergavenny,
in her will (1434) bequeaths a similar *' Bed of Velvet, white and black paled,
with Quyshions, Tapettes, and formers that long to the same bed." — J. H. R.
p. 5, L 28. Sir Nichol Cliston knyght. Sir Nicholas de Clifton, of Clifton
(then Cliston), near Preston, Lancashire. He was in the French wars with his
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father-in-law, Sir Thomas West, and was made Governor of Ham in Picardy,
1383.-^. H. R.
p. 6, L 29. Thomas Cliston here aone. He accompanied Henry V. into
France, 1415, and fonght at Agincourt with his brothers. — J. H. R.
p. 5 ; p. 60 ;'p.n36. Bequests of Eiiglish Books. Mr. Challenor Smith has
lately noted gifts, in 1433, ©f the Story of Joseph, St. Patrick's Purgatory,
Alquin's Sermon, and Piers Plowman. In .the Will of Eleanor Purdeley, widow,
of London, Commissary Court, 1433 : "libros Anglicantw, videlicet the Storie of
Josep, Patrikek purgatore, and y^ sermon of altquyne." Bequest of "libram
vocatum piers plowman." — Will of Thos. Roos, Commissary Court, 1433. Mr.
Round notes a bequest of ** my Book of Tribulacion " by Sir Lewis Clifferd (the
Lollard) in 1404.
p. 6, L 6. a seoehon of my lordes armes and of myn /parted. Their two
coats were impaled, a practice which had then recently replaced ** dimidiation "
(cf. p. 117, 1. 5).-J. H. R
p. 6, 1. 25. my lord Sir Thomas West. Son of Sir Thomas, 1st Lord West,
but was not himself summoned. Fought at Crecy, 1346 ; d. 3 Sept. 1386. —
J. H. R.
p. 6, 1. 29. a vestvmerU to the cops. Some light may, perhaps, be
thrown on this by a passage in the will of Joane, Lady Abergavenny (1434) —
'* I wool that the foreseyd Freers have a hool sute of black, that ys to sey, a
Chetepyl, two Tunicles, three Coops, with my best pair of Candlestecks of
silver wrethen, and my best sute of Vestments of Cloath of Gold, with
Peacocks, with auter clothes, and aubes, and alle that longeth thereto, for a
memorial perpetuelie to use hem every yere at the Anniversary of my Lord my
Husband and of me." I think that *'the cops of the hows" must mean the
community. — J. H. R.
p. 9, 1. 2 ; p. 149, col. 2, L 14 ; p. 185, col. 1, L 10. the lordes In of
Cherlton. This is "the Inn (town-house) of the Lord Cherlton." John of
Cherlton was summoned to Parliament as '* Johanni de Cherlton de Powys " (he
was lord of Powysland) from 1382 to 1400. And this will is dated 1395. —
J. H. R.
p. 12, 1. 17. seynt mary Kirk of Beverley. This noble church had been
originally a chapel of ease, but was endowed out of the prebend of St. Martin,
1325, as a Parish Church, on condition that its vicar provided two chaplains, to
celebrate service daily at the altars of St. Mary and St. Martin, and that he
should be present with his priests, in a regular habit, all processions of the pre-
bendal church of Beverley {Originalia, 3 Edw. III.). — J. H. R.
p. 12, L 18. th>e vekery of the same Kyrke. John de Brydlington had been
appointed vicar in 1403 (Lansd. MSS. 896, viii. fo. 189).— J. H. R.
p. 12, 1. 22. seynt gylys spetyll. Said to have been founded by "Wulf "
before the Conquest. Belonged to the Archbishops of York till Walter Giffard,
in 1277, exchanged it with the Priory of Wartre for a wood. It consisted of a
Master and brethren, and, at the Dissolution, contained five poor men. — J. H. R.
p. 16, 1. 8. JRowenhale: possibly so called as being a native of Rowenhall,
Staffordshire.
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p. 37. Rychard Haddoke, o/tTie Lee, Essex. Mr. H. W. King, of Leigh Hill,
Leigh, Essex, the well-known Essex antiquary (p. xi, abuv), had Stephen Thomas's
Will prepared for printing before I issued it. He writes to Mr. Challenor Smith :
" Richard Haddoke is one of the ancestors (whether lineal or not,) of the great
Admiral Sir Richard Haddock of this place [temp. Charles II and James II],
and his scarcely less distinguished son, Admiral Nicholas Haddock, and some
6 or more Naval Captains of that remarkable family. There are brasses of their
Ancestors in this Church, and of, possibly, that identical Richard named in the
will [1419], as he died 1453."
p. 46, 46. For TTioTnas Bathe read John Bathe.
p. 70, 1. 23. breed and ?ierynge. A century later (1528) Thomas Mathew of
Colchester, on being tried for heresy, abjured, and was ordered, as part of his
penance, to spend is. Sd. a week, during Lent, in buying bread and herrings
for the poor of the town. — J. H. R.
p. 70, 1. 25. Laffarebrugge. Langford bridge on the Blackwater, between
Witham and Maldon.— J. H. R.
p. 109, 1. 10. t?ie frere prechours of Oloucestre, See an excellent account of
this Dominican House (founded circ. 1239) by the Rev. C. F. R. Palmer (Arch.
Joum. xxxix. 296).— J. H. R.
p. 135. Sir Thomas West, knight. Died 17 April, 1405, and was buried at
Christchurch with his ancestors, having bequeathed £100 to its canons that
they might keep annually the *' year's minde" for himself, his father, mother,
and wife.— J. H. R.
p. 135. Of the Benedietio Vidua here described, there is a famous instance
in English history. Eleanor, sister of Henry III. and widow of William Earl of
Pembroke (who d. 15 April, 1231), had taken this vow, but subsequently (7
Jan. 1238) married Simon de Montfort. The vow had been taken before
Edmund, Archbishop of Canterbury, and Richard, Bishop of Chichester. The
former protested against her second marriage, and the Baronage, then jealous of
Simon, raised such an outcry that he had to go to Rome and pay heavily for a
dispensation. It is clear, I- think, that the historians who treat of this mar-
riage (Blaauw, Pauli, Prothero, Shirley, &c.) must have been ignorant of the
technical character of Eleanor's vow, which they seem to confuse with taking
the veil. But the chroniclers' words distinctly refer to the Benedietio vidtuie :
— ''in prsesenti^ sancti Edmundi Cantuarensis archiepiscopi et sancti Ricardi
Cicestrensis episcopi solemne votum castitatis emisit." — T. Wykes ;
"in cujus prsesentia dicitur ipsa Alienora votum fecisse continentiae vidualis,
vestibus utens tinctura carentibus." — Matth. Paris.
Philippa, widow of Guy (d. 28 April, 1351), eldest son of Thomas Earl of
Warwick, took this vow 11 Aug. 1360. The Memorandum of it is preserved,
and is a good illustration of the service.
** 11 die mensis Augusti, An. Dom. 1360, apud Warwick, dictus Venerabilis
Pater, 1 altam Missam in Pontificalibus, in Ecclesicl Collegiate beatse Marias
Warwici antedict^ celebrans, votum castitatis Philippae nuper uxoris Domiui
^ Reginald (Bryan) Bishop of Worcester.
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Ooidonis de Warwic* admisit et acceptavit ; et dicta Philippa votum castitatis
emisit, sub hiis Verbis :
'* En le nom de le Seint Trinitie, Piere, Fil, & Seint Esprit, jeo Philippe
que fu la feme Sire Guy de Warv^st face purement & des queor & yoluntee
entieren^ent, avow a Dieu & seiut Eglise, & a la benure Virgin Marie, & a
tout le bel compaigne celestine, & a vous reverent Piere en Dieu, Sir Reynaud
per le Grace de Dieu Evesque de Wircestre, que jeo ameneray ma vie en
ohastitee defore en avant, & chaste ferra de mon coi^s a tout temps de
ma vie." »— J. Horace Round.
p* 130, L 23. Edioard my sone. A staunch Yorkist. ,FoughtatSt. Alban's,
1466.— J. H. R
p. 146, coL 2, 1. 24, for Bather Thomas read Bathe , John.
p. 184, col. 1, 1. 6, for " 70/22 " read " 70/23 "
p. 185, col. 1, L 2, for " II7/12 " read " II7/14 "
(Mr. Horace Round is, I find, the only grandson of Horace Smith of the
Rejected Addresses. )
» Bryan, Vol. I. f. 30 b.
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€utlmt €nglts^ Mills,
1387. ROBERT CORN.
[Citizen of London : gives half his property to himself, to be spent in
Masses and Alms ; the other half to his son Watk3m and his daughter
Katherine; and 40«. to his daughter Genet. Leaves bequests to St.
Mary Abchurch,i St. Paul's poor folk, Bartholomew New, one of his
Executors, &c.]
I. Commiasaiy Court of London, Courtney (a.d. 1374-1400), leaf 198, back.
IN the name of god. Amen, the thorsday Befor the feste of seint
laurence, the ^er of the incarnacion of our lord, MiUesimo
QQQmo ixxxvij, the reyne of the kynge Kichard the Secun(J after
the conquest the x., I, Robert Com, Ceteseyn of london), be-quethe 4
my sowle to god, to lygge in the chircR of our lady of abbechircL
Also y he-quethe my goodes in twey partyes, that ys for [to] seie,
half to me, and the tother haluyndel to Watkyn my sone and to
Kateryne my Dowter, and also, or my godes be to-partyd, y will 8
that my dettes be payd in alle places that rythful yg. Also y
be-quethe genet my dowter xl. s. Also to the wevkea of our lady of
AbbechircR xx. s. Also to the Brethered of our lady of AbbechircR
XX. s. Also to eueri prest that ys of this chirch, ij. s. Also to the 12
twey clerkes that bene in the chirch. euerich of hem, ij. s. Also y
be-quethe x. s. to the most nedful men & women J?at ben in
the parche of our lady of abbechirch. Also y be-quethe iij. ti to
^ St. Mary Abchurch is in Abchurch Lane in the Ward of Candlewick St. :
*the word Abchurch, or Upchurch, was added to distinguish this from other
Churches of St. Mary, it standing on an Eminence, compared with Houses near
it in Thames sir, Ac* It was burnt in the Great Fire of 1666, and rebuilt in
1686. Hatton's New View of London (1708), ii. 359.
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bringe me on erthe. Also j be-quethe Bartilmewe neue the bed of
tree, with the cheste atte the foot, weche they haue of myn, & the
lauo?*r of peut«r vfiih the basyn of led. Also y wille and ordene
4 }}at alle the godes weche y haue be-quethe' Katerine, pat it be
in kepynge of my too executours, here for to take as sche had ned.
Also y be-quethe to the wetkea of poulys vj s. viij (). And also w&t
godes \)at leuet to-ward me, y wiH fat it be do of massys and
8 of almes dedys fere most nedful ys. And here-to I ordeine Watkyn
my sone, secutot^r, & Bartilmewe newe ]?at oper; & vp-on this y
wiH pat Bartilmewe neue haue for hys traueal, aft^ pat he seruit.
Also y wili pat Idhn EdmuncI [haue] al p* led pat light in p* stuys,
12 & ))• sesteme pat longej) to the stuys, and p* hordes & f* gaudroun in
))• kechyn pat stont in fomeys, he to paie per-for as it ys worthy,
for-be ony otherman.
(xxij. 129. 199) Frobatum fuitpresens testamentum coram nohis,
16 Presidente Consistorij londonw, vna cum codicillo eid^^m annexo,
ij* Idus Marcij, Anno domim MiUeinmo CCC"* Ixxxix"*. Et commissa
est administrac/o ommum bonon/m, dictum defunctum & ipaius
testamentum concernencium, Waltero Com, executori in dicto testa-
20 mento nominato, in forma iuris, & per eundem admissa^ BsLrthoIomeo
l^eue, coexecutore interius in eodem testamento nominato, onus
adminiatracionis hmusmodi coram nobw expresse admittere recu-
sante. In cuius rei testimonium, sigillum officialitatt^ london^'e,
24 pre^entibtts duiimus apponendum. Datum Londonte, Die & anno
T>omini supradictw.
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JN. PYNCHEON, 1392.
Will <rf Jn. Pyncheon, Citizen and jeweller of London, dated, Vigil of
St. Matthew [Sept. 20], 1392.
[John Pyncheon's will is in French, with an English insertion, perhaps
in order that his charitable gifts might thus be more plain. He gives
money to the Poor, according to their condition ; clothes to the Lame and
Blind ; a weekly allowance to the Prisoners in Newgate, and the Lepers,
for 1 year ; and a small sum to poor men of Religion.]
1 Commissary Court off London, Courtney.
(xiij. 264. 194 If. 1. 19) Gives his lands in the county of Essex to
be sold, and the money dispozed of as follows : " leo voile que la
moneye soit despendu, cestassauoir, to J)® pore Men fat ban ben Men
be-fore of god conue?'sacion, som man .xx.s, ant som ij Marc<, and 4
som xl. s., aftyr fat here s]tat hat ben be-fore, and fat fey be of f®
same Parche, and Of Petris and Cristoforys, or of of ere next f er by ;
& where me may wetyii eny powre lame, ore powre Blynde, in Ani
plache in f ® Towne, fat fey lian Clof ys to hele hem fro colde, & 8
Schetys to f am fat han nede. And to f • presonis of newgate, a
serteyn by fe weke duryug on 3ere; & to f® Powre Mesellw a
certeyn A weke duryng on 3ere ; & fat f * hows be ysolcl^, and f**
Almes yi-do in) f® worst jere. And where men may a-spye eny 12
powre man of religion, Monke, Chanon, or Frere, fat fay han of my
god f ® gode^, AncJ ben powre, eche Man .yj. s. viij. (J. fat ben Prestys."
(Proved, with Codicil annext, Oct. 9, 1392.)
» so in MS.
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EARLIEST BNOUSH WILU9. 1395, LADT ALICE WEST.
LADY ALICE WEST, of Hampshire, 1395.
[Of Hinton Marcel, Hampshire. Gives her son Thomas, her best Bed
and Seat, his father's ring, &c. Her daughter-in-law Joan, her second
best Bed, a silver Basin and Chafer, her Books, Chapel Vestments and
silver fittings, with a Chair and Chariot. Her daughter. Lady Alianore
Clifton, a Bed, silver Baain, <kc. Her sister. Lady Lucy Fitzherbert,
Prioress of Shaftesbury, £40. Bequests to her servants and poor tenants.
Many gifts to Nuns, and Friars, and Recluses, for Masses and Prayers.
Burial to be at the Priory of Christ-Church, Hampshire.]
[Latin prologue as to the proof of the Will on Sept. 1, 1395, by Sir
Thomas West and John Thurston, two of the Executors named in it.]
(Rous. (Prerogative Court) sheet 4, leaf 29 back. )
Testamentum Domine Alicie West (in margin)
Tenor vero dicti testamenti aeqmtur in hec verba :
In dei nomine. Amen. On thursday, that is to sey, the xv day
of the monetfi of July, In the yer of the incarnaciown of our^ lord
4 ihe^u crist, a thousand and thre hundred and foure score and fiftene,.
.1. Alice West, lady of Hynton Marcel, in hool estat of my body, and
in good mynde beynge, make my testament in the manei* as hit
folwetfi here after. In the begynnyng*, I bequethe my soule to god
8 almygMy and to his moder seynt Marie, and to al the seyntis of
heuene, and my body to be beryed in Criscfiercfi in the Priorie of the
Chanones in Hamptschire, by the J^ewe forest, where-as myne
Auncestres liggetfi. Also I deuyse to Thomas my sone, a bed of
12 tapicers werk, witfi alle the tapites of sute, red of colour, ypouthered
with chapes and scochons, in the corners, of myn Auncestres armes.
witfi that .1. bequethe to the same Thomas, the stoffe longyng*
therto, that is to seye, my beste fetherbed, and a blu caneuas, and a
16 materas, and twey blankettys, and a peyre schetes of Reynes, witfi the
heued shete of the same, and sex of my best pilwes, wicfi that lie wol
chese, and a bleu couertowr of menyuer, and a keuerlet of red sendel
ypouthered witfi Cheuerons . . Also .1. bequethe to the same Thomas
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my sone, an Halle, with docere, costers and bankers, of sute of that
forseyde bed. Also y bequethe to the same ^ Thomas my sone, a
peyre Matyns hookis, and a peire bedes, and a rynge with which y
was yspoused to god,* which were my lordes his faderes. Also .1. ^
deuyse to lohane my doughter, my sone-is wyf, a bed paled blak* and
whit, with the tapites of sute, and the stoffe of the bed, that is
to seye, my secunde best fetherbed, with caneuas materas, twey
blanketes, a peyre shetis of Reynes, with the heiied shete of the same, 8
and a blu couertour of grys, and .iij. the beste pilwes after choys of
the forseyde Thomas my sone. Also .1. bequethe to the same
lohane a basyn of siluei* with hoses apon the brerdes, and a chaufowr
of siluer longyng* ther-to. Also .1. bequethe to the same lohane, a 12
masse book, and alle the bokes that .1. haue of latyn, englisch, and
frensch, out-tak the forsayd matyns bookw that is bequethe to
Thomas my sone / Also I bequethe to the same lohane alle my
vestymentz of my chapeH, with the towailes longynge to the autei*, 16
and my tapites whit and rede paled, and blu and red paled, with alle
my grene tapites that longeth to my chapeH forsayd, and with the
frontels of the forsayd autei*, and with alle the rydelles and trussynge
cofres, and aUe other apparaile that longeth to my chapelle forsayd. 20
AJso to the same lohane my doughter .1. bequethe a chales and
a paxbredl, and an haliwater pot, with the sprengls, twey cruetis,
twey chaundelers, twey siluer^ basyns for the auter, with scochons of
myne auncestres armes, and a sacrynge belle, and alle of seluer. Also a 24
tablet depeynt of tre. Also .1. bequethe to the same lohane, my
chare, and that I haue longyng therto ; Also a chariot with twey
standardes heled with lether, which that serueth for myn barneys.
Also .1. bequethe to Sir Nichot ^ Cliston knyght, and to Alianore his 28
wif, my doughter*, and to Thomas ^CHston here sone, Cxx li,
euenliche to be departed betwix ham thre. And if Thomas here
sone forsayd dyeth or he haue age of discreciot^n, to ordeyne of his
part of that money e, I. wol that it tome to profet of his fader and 32
his moder*. Also .1. deuyse to the same Alianore my doughter, a
tawne bed of silk*, with hool celure and four curtyns of sute, and a
* leaf 30. ' ? vow taken after she became a widow.
3 8 for/; CUfton.
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keucrlit of selk* ypoynet in that on side tawne, and in that other
side blu ; and the stofife of the bed ther-wyth. that is to se^e, my
. thridde beste fetherbed, with caneaas materas, twey blankettes, a
4 payre shites of reynes, with an beuedshite of sute, and iij pilwes.
Also I deuyse to the same Alienore, a round bassin of siluei*, which
hath a scochon of my lordes armys and of myn Iparted. Also I
deuyse to my sustei* dame luce fitz-Herberd, Priorisse of Shaftebury,
8 .xt li. Also .1. bequethe to my sustei* Thomase Blount, Menchon ^
of Romeseye, xl Marc*. Also I deuyse to Margerie Salfor^ xx.
tl Also I bequethe to Beatrice Wareyn) xl Marc, and a bed
couenable for a gentel womman. Also I bequethe to Alison Hyntofl
12 X ti, and a bed couenable for hei* estat. Also .1. bequethe to litel
Perrot .x. Marc«, and a bed couenable to the same perrot. Also L
bequethe to Idkyne my chambrei*, xx. tL and a bed couenable for hei*
estat. Also I bequethe to Thomme of the warderobe .C. s*. Also I
16 bequethe to litel Eeignold xl. s. and a bed couenable for his estat
Also .1. bequethe xL tl to be departed among* alle my seruantz, men
and wommen of myn houshold, as to thilke that ben entendant for
Thomas my sone, as for me, and as wel to hem that I haue eny
20 thyng* bequethe to in this testament, as to hem that I haue nothyng*
bequethe to : and I wole that it be departed trewely to euery man and
woTTimail, after his degre. Also .1. bequethe xl. ti. to be departed
among* my pouere tenauntes ouersl where I haue lordschipe, that is
24 to seye, to hem that haue most nede. Also I bequethe xviij tL and
till
.X. s for to synge and seye MMMM and CCCC Masses ^ for my lord
sii^ Thomas "West-is soule, and for myn, and for alle cristene soules, in
the most hast that it may be do, withynne xiiij nyght next after my
28 deces. Also .1. bequethe xl. ti to do make a vestiment, after deuys of
my fbrsayd sone, to the cops ^ of the hows of Crischerche wher^ my
body schal ligge, to bidde, and to rede and synge for my lordes soule
forsayd, and myn, and for alle cristene soules while the world? schal
32 laste. and .1. wol that the same vestiment be mad and deliuered to
the same hows of Crischerche withynne twelf moneth next after my
1 Monk-en (cp. vix-en), monkess, nun. * 4400 Masses.
» ? meaning : Copes (as Mr. W. G. Stone suggests), or Brethren, Monks, or
the like.
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EARLIEST ENGLISH WILLS. 1396, LADY ALICE WEST. 7
deces. Also .1. bequethe to the Eeligiouse wo7Minen, the !N"oTines of
the hows of seynt Eleynes of londoii, and to the prestes that longeth
to the same Hows, C. s*. to be departid among* hem by euene porcion,
for to synge and rede diuine seruice, and to praye for my lordes 4
soule, Sii* Thomas West, and for myn, and for alle cristene soules,
and for the estat of Thomas my sone, and lohane his wif*, and for
her' childem. Also I. bequethe to the Eeligiouse Wommen the
Menowresses dwellyngge withoute algate of londoii, C. s. to be 8
departed amonge [hem] by euene porcion, for to synge and rede and
to praye diuine seruice for my lordes ^ soule Sir Thomas West, and
myn, and for alle cristene soules, and for the estatf^ of Thomas my
sone, and lohane his wyf,and for her children. Also .1. bequethe to 12
the Eeligiouse Wommen, Menchowns of the Hows of Shaftebury,
and to the prestes longynge to the same Hows, C. s. to be departed
amonge hem by euene porcion, for to synge and rede diuine seruice,
and to preye for my lordes soule Sir Thomas West, and for myn, and 16
for alle cristene soules, and for the estatz of Thomas my sone &
lohane his wif, and her children. Also .1. bequethe to the Eeligiouse
wommen, the Menchowns of the Hows of Eomeseye, and to the
prestes longynge to the same Hows .C. s. . . . [Here follow like 20
bequests of 100 8, each to " the Eeligiouse wommen, Menchofls of the
Hows of Wilton " and its priests ; " to the Freres Menours within
Newegate of london " ; " to the freres prechours withynne ludgate of
london"; **to the freres carmes in Fletstret of london"; *^to the 24
freres Augusteyns withynne Bisshopesgate of londoii"; "to the
freres prechours of Wynchestre " ; " to the freres Menowrs of
Wynchestre " ; " the freres Menowrs of Southampton " ; " the freres
prechours of Salesbury " ; " the freres Menowrs of Salesbury " ; " the 28
freres Menowrs of Bristowe " ; " the freres prechours of Bristowe,"
all to pray for the Souls of Sir T. West, the testatrix, all Christians,
and her Son and his family.] Also I. bequethe to the Eeclus frere
Thomas, atte seynt lames in the Holte .xl. s. for to preye for 32
my lordes soule forsaycJ, and myn, and for alle cristine soules,
and for ^thestaf of my sone forsayd, and lohane his wif*, and
hei* childrefl. Also .1. bequeth to the Hospitat of seynt Marie
1 leaf 30 back. « leaf 31.
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8 EARLIEST ENGU8H WILLS. 1395, LADY ALICE WEST
Maudeleyne aboue Wynchestre xL s. to preye for my lordes
soule forseyd, and myn, and for alle cristene soules, and for the
stat of my sone forseid, and lohane his wif, and hei* childem.
4 Also .1. bequethe xl. ti to do make ther-with my forseyd lordes
tombe, Sir Thomas West, and myn also. Also I bequethe to
Elizabeth Rogers wif ITewe, which that was my seruawnt somtyme
.C. s\ Also I bequethe to luliane Amy, and to lohn Amy her
8 hosebonde, of dudlyntoil .C. s. Also .1. bequethe to Richarcl Forstrer,
which is a blynd man dwellynge in Hanefeldl, that was somtyme
scruay^nt with my forsed lor(J Sir Thomas "West, xx Marc. Also I
bequethe to Roger, my parkere, of Ewhurst .C. s. Also I bequethe to
12 lohfl Smart that was somtyme my forseyd lordes baillif, Sii^ Thomas
West, atte Hempston .C. s. Also .1. bequethe to lohn Smyth, my
Reue of Trestwode .C. s. Also I. bequethe to the vicai* of the
Cherch of Newenton Yalance that now is .xl. s. to preye for my
16 lordes soule Sii^ Thomas West, and myn, and for alle cristene soules,
and for thestatz of Thomas my sone and lohane his wif, and her
childrefl. An al the residue of my godes, after the dettys that I owe,
ben quyt, and after my testament is parfoume(J .1. bequethe to the
20 forsayd Thomas my sone. Also I wol and deuyse that, ware that
euer I deye, my body be caried to the forsaycJ Priorie of Crischerch,
pryuelich and with right litel cost, and ther-to beried att the ferst
masse, with a taper of v pound of wax stondyng and brennyng* att
24 my heued, and another taper* of .v. pound brennyng* atte my fet,
with-out any other cost or solempnite ydo afterwar(J. This is myn
hool wil, that this be parfournecJ as hit is writen her-before. An
ther-to .1. make my chef executor, Thomas my sone forsay(J, and
28 executrice lohane his wif. Mo executoris to hem I make Sir lohn
Colman, prest, Thomas Remys, steward? to the lady BemoncJ, and
lohn Thurstoii. Also .1. wol and ordeyne that myn executoM7's be
rewarded a.fter the helpe that they doth of this which that is my
32 testament, and after the goode discrecion of the forsayd Thomas my
sone, and after that they travaille diligently with her^ gode wiUe, to
helpe fulfelle thes present testament ; and therto .1. charge my sone
Thomas forsaid vpon my blessyng* to parfourne holelich and trewlich
36 this present testament which that is my laste wiL In witnesse of
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BARLIBST ENGLISH WILLS. 1305, LADY ALICE WEPT. 9
whicfe thyng*, to this testament ich haue set my sel. This was yeve
and writen in the lordes In of Cherlton withoute Newgate, in the
parosch of soynt sepulcre in the suburbe of londofl, in the day and
the yer before ysayc). More forthere, in the same day and in the yei* 4
of the Incamaciown of oui* lord ihfisn crist bifore sayd.
[Codicil. Revofees her gifts of goods to her Son and Daughter-in-law
if they won't act as Executors ^ ; and gives money to the other Executors
who do act.]
.1. Alice West, lady of Hyntoil Marcel befomemed, hool of my
body and in good mynde, beynge mor folly avised to dispose of this
testament and my laste wil, .1. wol that, if it so be that Thomas my 8
sone forseyd, and lohane his wif, wolle noght take the charge to be
myne executors, and to parfowme the administracion of this testa-
ment, which is [my] laste wil, as it is wrete her'-before, thanne .1. wole
that alle the godis which that .1. haue deuysed to the forseyd Thomas 12
my sone and lohane his wif in this testament, be soldo by myn
executot^rs which wol take the charge herof, and trewely ydo to
charitable werkes for my lordes soule, Six' Thomas West, and for
myn, and for al cristene soules. Also my wil is, that if eny of myne 16
othei^ executours forsaid, that is to saye, sir lohn Cobnafi, Thomas
Eemys, and lohn Thurstofi, wol take the charge, and be myn
executowr by hem self, to parfowrne this testament, if so be that non
of myne other* executours wol take the charge with hem, thanne .L 20
wole, that after Thomas my sone forseyd, and lohane his wif haue
forsake to be myn executours, that he that taketh the charge to be
myn executowr, haue .xx.ti for his orwene^ trauayle ; and if tweye of
hem that ben myne executours forseyd wol take the charge to-gederes 24
of executours to parforn trewely this testament, thanne .1. wol that
after Thomas my sone and lohane his wif haue forsake to be myne
executours, that they tweye that taketh the charge to be myne trewe
executours, have xx Marc for her* trauaylle, that is [to] seye, eyther 28
of hem X Marc*. And if so be that sir* lohn Colman, Thomas Eemys
1 As Sir Thos. West proved the WUl (with Jn. Thurston), he and his Wife
would keep their beds, books, &c.
* for owene.
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10 KAIiLIBST ENGUSH WILLS. 1395, LADY A. WB8T. 1402, J. GIRDKLER.
and John Thurstofi, myae executours forseyd, wolle take charge
togederes to administre and to parf ourne trewly this testament as hit
is writen here hefore / thanne .1. wole that after Thomas my sone
^ forsayd and ^lohane his wif haue forsake to be myne executours, that
the forseycJ Sir John Colmafi, Thomas Remys, and lohn Thurstofi,
haue .XX. ti for her* trauaille, that is to seye, euerjch. of hem x Marc*.
Also, for hit was for-yete byf ore in this testament, .L bequethe to the
8 Keclus of Shirbourn, whos Surname is Arthour, xL s. for to do and
to preye as othere Reclus forseyd? ShuUeth don and preye. Accepta
sunt hec, coram dicto 'Renerendiasimo ipvesidente & domino Archiepts-
copo, & "per eum prout suprascribuntwr & recitantt^r. Anno, In-
12 dictione, pontificatu, Mense, die & loco, predictis. Presentibt«tf
venerabilibw & discretis viris, Magw^ris Adam de Mottrun, Archidia-
cono Cantuaren^i in decretis, & Waltero Gybbes in legibus licenciatis,
testibus ad premissa vocatis specialiter & rogatis.^
JOHN GIRDELER, 1402.
[Of Harefield (near Uxbridge, Middx.) : to be buried at Westminster
Abbey. Bequests to St. Paul's, Westminster Abbey, the parish churches
of Harefield (and its poor, priest, and clerk), Ikenham, Huislip, and
Helmdon,' and to 120 poor bedrid folk of Westminster ; and £2 to mend
the road between Hillingdon and Acton.]
(Brown 1400-1418. 2 Commissary Court of London, leaf 21 back.)
16 In the name of god, Amen, y xxv day of luyll in) y reigne of
Kyng Henry, iij jer .1. lohn Girdeler of HarfelcJ, in god mynde
and saf memorye, make my testement. Ferst my soule to Ahnyghty
1 leaf 31 back.
* See an Abstract of this Will in Nicolas's Testamenta Fettista, 1826, i. 137 ;
CoUins's Peerage, v. 378 ; and an extract in Dugdale's Baronage, ii. 139. It
was printed in the Illustrated London News of (?).
' These places are in the hundred of Elthome, Middx., and near Uxbridge,
from which town, Harefield (Virgin Mary) is 4i miles N., Ickenham (St. Giles)
is 2} miles N.E., and Ruislip (St. Martin) is 3i miles N.E.— Lewis, Topogr,
Diet,, 1833. Helmdon, Middx., is not in Lewis, but must be near the others.
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EARLIEST EN0U8H WILLS. 1402, JOHN OIRDELEB. 11
gO(J, my body for to rest in the Chircbe of 9jat pietres at West-
me/wtre, "where as ))• Abbot wol asyne. And y bequethe to y werk
of Synt powles of london) vj s. viy d. Also y bequethe to pe Coaent
of Westmenstre x mark*. Also y bequethe for vj torchis of wax for 4
to seme atte awter of Synt pieter in y worschipe of god xl .s. Also
y bequethe to f • parich chirche of Ha^'feld? xx .8. Also y bequethe
to J)e heye awtcr of )>• forseyd? chirch, ij torchis of wax. for to serue in
the worschip of god? xiij s iiij d. Also y bequethe atte day of my 8
terment in Harfeld, to an .0. pouere men and wommen, for y loue
of god?, euerych Ld. Also y jeue to y parich prest of Harfeld x .8.
Also y jene to y clerk* of y chirch of Harfeld xij d, And to y
sexsteyn xij d. Also y bequethe to y parich chirch of Ikenham 12
xiij 8. iiij d. Also ij. torchis of wax for to seme in y forseyd chirche
in the worschip of god xiij s. iiij d. Also y bequeth to y paricll
chircfi of Kyslepe in most worchip of god vj s. viij d Also to y
forseyd chirche y jeue for to seme atte heye awter and in othir 16
places of y chirche in) y most worschip of god ij torchis of wax, pris
xiij 8. iiij d &c«. Also y bequethe to y parish chirche of Helmdon) in
most worschip of god, vj s. viij d. Also to y forseyd Chirch y jeue
for to seme atte y heye Awter and in othir place of the chirche in 20
the most worschipe of god ij torchis of wax, pris xiij s. iiij d. Also
y bequeth to y Mendyng of y heye way be-twen Hillindoi]) and
Akton), xl .s. Also y bequethe to vj".^ pouere Bedrede men &
womTTien where as fey may be founde y day of my terment atte 24
"Westme^wtre, or Hastelich after, euerych man and womman, for y
loue of god, iiij d. My seketowrs, Wilham Kyllet of Essex, John)
Mendam of London), Thomas Tornowi of Ikenham ; John) Cosyn of
London), ouerseer, pat my wylle be fulfylyd in y worschip of god. 28
Trohsitum est hoc tesiamentum coram nobw, presiden^e Couaistorii
Londome, vj*** Idus Augusti, A* domini Milleaimo CCCC™® secundo
&c. Et commissa est administracio bonorum Executoribt^ in dic^o
testaiTten^o nominate.
^ six score 120.
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EARUB8T ENGLISH WILLS. 1406, RICHARD ROOS.
RICHARD ROOS, 1406.
[Of London ; ? originally of Beverley, Yorkshire. Gifts to the poor,
and to the parson (rector), priests, and clerks of his parish church (? where).
£6 to his master, for neglect while he was apprentist. Gifts to the clergy
and poor of St. Mary's, Beverley, and of rings <kc. to friends. £50 each
to Wife and son Thomas ; a pipe of wine to Jn. White jun. and his wife.
Residue in thirds : 1. to Testator's soul (for Masses.. <kc.), 1. to his wife,
1. to his son, with gifts over, if his son dies.]
(Brown (a.d. 1400-1418). 2 Commissary Court of London, leaf 75 back.)
In Dei nomine, Amen. I Richarcl Rocs, in gode hele &
mynde, Blessed be god / The Ferst day of June the [vij] yere of
Kyngye Harry the fourth, y wyt my body to be berycJ whare that
4 god wyH of his Grace dyspose hyt / And at the day of my beryng*, y
wyH haue sayde for my sowle xiij Messez ; & ther for y wyt Euery
prest iiij A Summa .iiij s, iiij (J / & also y wyt to xxvj. pouere men
^ wymmen, euoy of hem ij <J, 8um7na iiij s. iiij (J / & Also y wyt to
8 the person) of my paryssh vj s. viij <J / Also y wyt Euery prest of the
same Kyrk* xij d / Also y wyt to the clerkys of the same Kyrk* ij s.
Also y wyt to lohn Wodcok* my mayster, for neclygent seruyse that
y dyd to hym in the tyme of my prentyshode, jyf he wyl take hyt,
12 V li & 3yf he wyl nougth take hyt, y wyt hyt to my sone Thomas.
Also y wyt to lohan Dyrwyn) a rynge of xx a. Also y wyt to
Richarcl Medrose a rynge of vj s. viij dl. Also y wyt to lohan
Talbot a Cuppe, pryse of xxvj s. viij (J / Also y wyt Thomas Roos
16 my brothyi*, my Habyryon), & my schort swer(J, & my best
baselar(J. Also y wyt to euery prest of seynt mary Kyrk* of
Beuerley, for to pray for me, iiij (J / Also y wyt to the vekery of the
same Kyrke xij (J. Also y wyt to the same Kyrke work* xl. d? / Also
20 y wyt to foure clerkys of the same Kyrke xvj d. Also y wyt to xxiiij
pouer men & wymmen of the same paryssh in Beufrley, iiij s. Also
y wyt euery prest & Frere in Beuerley, ij (J. Also y wyt to seynt
gylys spetyft in Beuerley, to the pouer folk* ij a\ Also y wyt to the
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BARLIBST ENGLISH WILLS. 1406, RIOHABD ROOS. 13
spetyH of Richanl of Beuerley, xij d. Also y wyt to the seruauntys
of lohan Wodcok* in hys hous xx s*. at the wyti of myne Executowris.
Also y wyt to lohan Watl*3y, Ricliard Gy, Martyn) Killum, Nicholas
Walsyngham, lohan Bele, Thomas Halle, lohan Greiie, Thomas 4
Scheddysfoix), lohan Wellys, Robard Kemp, Mari^eri WaUynghara,
Agnes Bele, lonet Denerston), Mawde Denton), Margarete Strauston),
Alson) talbot, Laurans Hampton) & eius vxori, Richard Eucrard &
eins vxori, Thomas Waddoii), lohan Typpop, Robard Myddylton), ylk* 8
man & woman of hem in sute a rynge of xl d. Also y wyt to Mawde
my wyfe .L. tL Also y wyt to Thomas my son) .1. ti. ; & jyf my son)
dye, than y wyH that my wyfe haue xx li : & the xx Mark* over*, y
wyll that hyt be dysposyd at the wyH of Thomas Roos to owre 12
Snsterys Chyldryii). Ako y wyt syr perys Geneyn) a cuppe of xx s'.,
or XX s*. [leaf 76, iij f.] Also y wyt to lohan \Vhyte the yonggei*, &
to hys wyfe, a pipe of wyne, prys of xl s'. Also y wyt to the
seruauntys in the hous of lohan Whyte, that ys for to say, prentyse 16
Lowys & othyr seruauntys, at the Dysposyng* of Thomas Roos, xx s'.
Also y wyt to Robard Rechemond my Cosyn, xl s. worth of hameys,
or xl s. And aH the remenauutys of my godys, y wytt they be
preysyd & parttyd in thre : on part for to be doii) for my soule, & 20
that other part to my wyfe / & the threde to my son or to my
children; & 3yf my son) die, than y wyH that hys part of the
xemenauntys be partyd in thre, on part for hys soule, & on part to
his modyr, & the thyrde part to my kyn that pouer men wymmen 24
or chyldryn) ben / at the dysposicion) of myn) Exeeutowrs. Wretyn)
at London) the 3ere & the Day for-sayde ; Thomas Roos, Maude Roos
my wyfe, & lohan Talbot, myne Executorys / In gode tyme also y
wyH that my son) be at gouemaunce, wytfi that Gode that he has, at 28
the wyH of Thomas Roos be-fore AH othyr men or wymmen that
leuyn), & yef* outgh come to Thomas Roos, than y pray lohan
Wodcok to se to my son), that he be nat lost. Also y wyt to Thomas
Steuenes, A baselard, or x s\ Also y wyt to Elyse Dauy v. H / Also 32
y wyt to Robard Torre, xl s'. Also y wyt to the maryage of Avys
Garton, x Mark*. Item othyr seruauntys [in] my hous xiij s. iiij d /
prohaXnm fuit hoc testamentum coram nobis, presidente Consutorii
londoni^, sede vacante, iiy idus Junij, Anno dommi Milleirimo 0000"°® 36
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14 SARUB8T BN0LI8H WILLS. 1400, RICHARD ROOS. 1408, JOHN PLOT.
sexto. £t coroissa est admintBtracio && Matildi, Relicte &
Executrici, in dicto ieBUmento superius nominata, et admissa per
eandem in forma iuiis prestito, primittx^ &c. Facultate coiTimittenda
4 consimilem administractonem bonorum hmw Thome Koos et lohanni
Talbot / coexecutoribzi^ eciam in dic^o testBunenento no^mnatt^, cnm
earn venenrnt admissuns^ nobis specialiter re^ruata /
[later] Adueniente vero iiij*** kaleudarfim Augusti, Anno domtni
B yLVledmo CCCC"*** nono, Commissa fuit Admintstracto &c« Thome
Eoos, Execiiton supra nominato, per M.agistrum Jacobum Gale, Com-
missan'i^m londonte. £t per eundem admissa in forma iori^ &c,
presentibu^ Maigre^a Eoberto Eseba«^, & laurencio Hampton), &
12 AHja
JOHN PLOT {or rouwenhole, or rouwenhale), 1408.
[Citizen and Maltman of London, widower and childless (?). All estate
to services and the poor, with a few legacies to friends. Executor to pay
a Priest for 3 years £20, and to keep the Testatoi^s * year's mind* —
Anniversary Solemn Service — for 20 years after his death, and give 40d.
to the poor, and 40d, for bread and ale at his Dirige* 10 marks for
Maidens on their Marriage ; £3 for meat and drink for Neighbours ;
£5 to mend bad roads between London and Ware.]
(Brown (a.d. 1400-1418). 2 Commissary Court of London, xxxiij, f., If. 138.)
In the name of tjod, Amen. And Also y, lohn) plot, Citaysyn
and Maltman of london), beynge In gode Mende, In the day
of translacton of scynt Martyn) Byshoppe, the jere of Owre lord god
16 M** CCCC* & viij / And4he jere of the Reygne of Kyng henre the
iiij* aftir the conquest ix®. My wyti ys thys, that Eobert pygeoii),
Citaysyn) & draper of londoii), Somtyme Cosyii) to Alys my wyue, —
that god haue Mercy on hei* sowle & on all Cristyn) sowlys, — that he
20 take ful Charge & ful mi/izstraczon of al my godys, In whos handys
& kepyng' where they been / And Also the same Eobe?-t fulfelle alle
my wylle a-fore the date of thys / And Also my wyH ys thys. that he
1 MS. admissur*.
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SARUEST ENaLISH WILLS. 1408, JOHN PLOT. 15
& his Executottfs, othei^ hys assyngnes, baue gouernance of my prest /
& for to paye to the same prest for the terms of thre ^ere After my
deses, ^yf he he of good conuersacion, & Cunne devyne seruyse, xx.
ti. And 3yf hit so be the con/rarie, y wil that he be put owte of hya 4
seruice, & take yn A betyr be the Same Kobert Pygeon), & be his
Executowrs, othir be hys assyngnys / And thys ys my wyS. And
Also my wytt ys, that the Same Robert pygeon), hys Executours &
his assygnys haue gouemans & rewlyng* of my obytt«, that ys for to 8
sayii), my jerys mynde, xx wynter Af[t]er my deses / And my Tryl ys,
for to be do for my sowle, & for the Sowle of Alys my wyue, &
for all Cristyn) sowlys, with solempne seruise, that ys for to sayn),
wyth Belle Eyngyng*, deryge be note, & Masse of requiem be note. 12
& y wytt that the persoii) of the same Churche as for that tyme, haue
iiij (J, & euery prest and clerkys haue ij d. & Also my wyl ys that
there be delyd that Same Daye to the pouer peple xl dl, And Also
payde for brede & Ale to Spende atte my dyryge, xl. d. And Also 16
T^7 wyl ys thys, that lohii) "White, Alys Kamerwefl / Mavde White,
Margarete Herelowe, \leaf 138, hack"] Wedue, have A-jens the day of
my terment, gownes of russet, with hodys of the same clothe. And
also my wyll ys thys, that Alys, the seruaunt of Mawde White, haue 20
a bras pot for her^ gode seruices / Also my wyl ys, that Mawde
White be rewardyd for Here gode kepyng*, & for the gode loue that
Sche hath Schewyd to me, be the discrescion) of Robert pygeon), myii)
Executowr & ouerseer of my testament & of my last wytt / Also my 24
wyH ys, that John) Walgraue, seruawnt of Wyllyam fondowr, haue of
my gode iij s'. iiij d / Also my wyti ys, that Maydenys of gode name
& of gode fame haue x Marc of my gode to here Mariage, atte the
dysposicton) of Robert pygeon) / Also my wyl ys, that thyr be 28
Spendyth among^ my Nyebowus in Mete & in drynke A-bowte the
riche, & on the pouere of my[w]de, iij". And Also hit ys my wyl
that hit be, be the wyti & be the devyce of Robert pygeoii) ; & that y
wyl that he haue for hys labour more than he ys nemnyd a-fore the 32
date of thys, xx s\ And that he do be me, as he wolde y dede by
hym. As he wyl Answere atte day of dome. And thys ys my last
wyl, y-wrete In the day & jere A-bovyn) y-sayde. Also my wyl ys thys,
that [ther] be yspendyth betweue London) and ware, of fowle weys, of 36
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IG EARLIEST ENQLISH WILLS. 1408, JOHN PLOT. 1410, ROBERT AUERAY.
mj goody theitf most nede ys, C s'. : & thys ys my wytt Becordf on
Mawd White And Margarete Herlowe, wedewe. Pivbatus f uit iste
codicillus coram nobis, Jacobo Gale, ckrico HQnerendo in cJiriito patris
4 Ss domtni Ams, Gommissario generali, per Matildem White & Mar-
garetam Herlowe, MuUeres testes in hac parte productos, & in
forma inris iurata« & diligenter examinata« in presenda lohannia
Gonyesbuigti, vmus Execatorum testamanti, sine vlttmis [so] volun-
8 tatt# domfTti (lobn Rouwetihole alias) lohannia Rouwenhale slias died
plot, maltman, dicentis se, nicbil dice^Ue contra dic^m codicillum nee
hmu$modt testes, & reputant?/r ip«os fore veros, xiij kalendarum
lanuarii, Anno domtni M^ GCCC°^° Octauo. Et commissa est Admin-
12 istracto omnium bonoru^n, dictum defu[n]ctum & ipsius presentis
codicillum ooncernencium, Roberto pygeon), Executori in dtc^o
codicillo interios nominato, & Admissa per eundem in forma ions. ,
ROBERT AUERAY, 1410.
[Of the Cordwainer's Company, London. To be buried at St. Clement's,
Strand. Gifts of 2 gowns and hoods of the Cordwainer's livery. Money to
the 4 Orders of Friars to say 4 Diriges at St. Clement's and St. Dunstan*s,
bread and ale being given away at them. Residue to Wife.]
(Brown (a.d. 1400-1418). 2 Commissary Court of London, f>. xxxvj*®.
If. 199, back.)
In dei nomine, Amen. I, Roberd? Aueray : Ferst y be-quef e my
16 soule to god and to our lady, and to AH the companye of heuen), and
my body to befl y-beryed in the Chercfe of seynt Clementw wytfiowtyn
Templebarr at London). Also y be-quef e to the werk* of tbe same
Churcfi xy. (J. Also y be-quefe to WilU'am Begelon) a grene Gowne
20 and a boyd percyd? wytfi Ray, of the Cordywynerys leueray / y be-
quefe to Freres Cannes* off London) .ij.s.vj.(J, And fat they sey a
* To the Carmelite or White Friars — ^the Friars of Our Lady on Mount
Carmel, founded 1160 A.D., and cald ' Maries men/ — £dw. L gave ground in Fleet
Street to build their Houses on in 1241.
The Friars-Pi-eachers, Jacohins, or Dominicans— founded by St. Dominic,
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EARLIEST ENGLISH WILLS. 1410, ROBERT AUBRAY. 17
diryge for my soule in the Churcfi of Seynt Clement i*, and syngg^
for me also / y be-quepe to the freres prechoures with-jn ludgate /
ij s'. yj (J in pe same manure for to seyn a deryge in seynt Clementw
Chercfi / Al-so y' be-qnej>e to the frere menowres ij. s*. vij. <) for 4
to seyn a deryge for me in seynt Dunstanes Churcfi in fe West, and
to syngge for me al-so / y be-quej)e the Frere Austynes ij s' vj <J for
to seyn for me a dirige in seynt Dunstones Churcfi in the west, and
for to 8y7ig for me / Also y be-quefe to Johon "Wyot a gowne and a 8
hoyd of ))• Cordewancres leueray of .ij. Coloures, and also a postuet
pat y lent hym / Also y be-quefe to herry Cole, a blewe gownne and
peyr' of Rede hosyn / Also y be-quejje al fe Resydue of my godys to
lone my wyff*, for to beyn myn) Executorice Cheff, and lohn Robert 12
of london) / for to ben Executowr wyth hei* / & y be-quefe to the
same lohn Robert / iij. s. iiij d? for hys trauayl, doyng for me as he
wyti ansuere by-fore god / Also y be-quef e xl. penyworth bred, & I
kylderkyn of ale, to be spended At my dirige in sent clement churcfi, 16
& xl. (J wortfi bred & a kylderkyn of ale, to seint Dunstones in ))•
same maner, I-wreten at london) ])• ferst day of may in )>• ^er
of oure kyng, xij. In wytnesse of fis dede, I. haue set ferto me sel.
Also I wele Jat Herry cole, taylowr, duellyng wyt-outen temple barre, 20
be on of myne executowrs, & I be-quef e to hym, f e same herry cole,
for hys trauayle .iij. s. iiij d. Probatuni. — ^iij Klii) Junij, Anno
dowiini W CCCC** x j . . . Executoribus . . . Et ij* Idus lulij
. . . lohawne Execw^nee ... 24
a Spaniard, in 1206 — ^were cald Black Friars from their dress. They came
to England in 1221, had their first House in Holbom., — afterwards tumd
into Lincoln's Inn, — and the site of their second House near Baynard's Castle
(part of the present Blackfriars) was given them in 1276 by the Mayor and
Barons of London.
The Austin Friars' Church was founded in Broad Street "Ward (near the
present N. London Railway Station) in 1263. The Order dates from a.d. 1150.
The Friar Minors, Franciscans, or Grey Friars — founded by St. Francis of Assisi
in 1209— first establisht Houses in England in 1224. Their chief House was
afterwards tumd into Christ's Hospital, the Blue-coat School m I^ewgate St.
E. E. WILLS.
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18 BARLIXST EXOLISH WIUA 1411, SIR VM. LAKaBA>BD.
SIR WM. LANGEFORD. KNIGHT, 1411.
[Gives household stores, chattels, and growing crops, to his Wife, with
a coffer. To his son Robert, a bed, and armour. To sons William and
Henry, armour, &c. £100, and the money from land sold, as a marriage
portion (in Executors* hands), to his daughter Isabel. Small sums to the
Poor, to mending of Ways, and to Servants. A manor and advowson to
son William. Another advowson, and a rent-charge, to son Henry. No
benefit to any devisee disputing the will. Wife to manage sons' estates till
sons are 18 years old. Residue to Wife. Feoffees (Trustees) of land to
carry out the Will.]
Book March, leaf 187 (in quire 24). Prerogative Court.
^In dei nomine Amen, vicesimo quarto die Mensi9 Angusti,
Anno domini M**. CCCC"^. xj™". Anno regni Regw Henr/ci quarti post
conquestum, duodecimo. Ego, WiileZwew Langeford, Miles, compos
4 mentis qt^amuis egrotus coTpo7*e, condo testame/itum meum in hum:
modum. In pnmis lego a7ii7iiam meam dec, corpus c]ue meum ad
sepeliendttwi in ecc7e^a de BradfeliJ, videlicet in Capella sawed
Andrea. Item lego fabrice eccZ^«ie Cathedrals Sarum .vj. s. viij d.
8 Item lego ad reparacw)«em Capelle pred/c/e quadraginta solidqs. AJso
y be-qweythe to lucye my wyfe, alle my store and cataH quykk* and
decJ in Bradfeld?*^ and Compton^ \ri\h alle ))• vtensyt of myfi hows, fat
ys to say, in halle, in Chambre, in Pantrie and Botrie, in larder and
12 Kechyn, waU alle hire apparure, fat ys to say, in closing*, rynges, and
alle o\er ornamented, what so fey be, with alle f* hay and com) of
\i8 3here growing*, res^ruynge f* hold greynys to myh) executours to
performe my wylle. Also y be-queythe a cofere wM fe godes fer-in
16 in warde of laurens dru in Southcote*, to J>e forseyd lucie my wyfe,
* * Sturgeon' * is in the margin.
* Bradfield (St. Andrew), a parish in the hundred of Theale, co. Berks,
8 miles W. of Reading. Rectory in archdeaconry of Berks, and diocese of
Salisbury.— Lewis.
' ? Compton-Beauchamp, in the hundred of Shrivenham, co. Berks, 6J miles
S. by W. from Great Farringlon. Rectory in the archdeaconry of Berks, and
diocese of Salisbury. — Lewis.
* Southcot, a ty thing in the hundred of Reading, Berks, \\ miles W.S.W. of
Reading. — Lewis.
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EARLIEST ENOUSH WILLS. 1411, 81R WM. LANOBFORD. 19
vn-to hire propre vse. Also y be-qneythe to Robert, myW boldest
sofi, a reec) bedde of worsteyd, with costers ^at langytb ^^re-to,
enbrawde vriih wbyte fete, with a canvase, a niateras, a pare of
Blankette9 .ij. pare of scbetys ; Also a basynet with a yentaile,a pare i
of yambrace and rerebrace, a pare of legge hemeys, an holle brest-
plate, a paunce of stele, a pare glovis of plate white. Also to
Myzabetfi, wyfe of )>e forseyd Robert, a boorde clofe with .y.
towelle* of deuaunt of oo sute. Also y benjueyth to William 8
my sofi, an aburioufi of stele witJi a pallett« conerte with reede
velwette, a pare of glovys of plate blacks. Also to Henr^ my son), an
aburioufi, a ketil Hatte. Also y be-qneyth to ysabett my dovrtcr, an
.C. pounds to hir mariage, of whiche sowime ys owynge to me, to be 12
payd, an .C. Mark* by ))• handes of my lady loueH, and by the handes
of "William Tanner of Ersgarstofl .xxvj. Mark*, vj .s'. viij <t, and f*
remnaund to be payid of my godes f/^it leuyth. Also y wylle fat be
gevofl to pore men, in almes, to pray for me, .iiij. Mark*, and in 16
emendynge of weys lyand a-bowt pe manare of Bradfeld, .ij. Marc*.
Also y be-queyth to Thomas Eyre my seruaunde .vj. s'. viij. cl.
Henre .Soofi .xl. [<J]. William Herewar^ .ij. s*. lohn Oxerd .xl. d.
Peris Smyth ))e yongar, .xl. d. I(»hn Scep^ .v. s*. lohn of fe 20
Kechyn .xl. <). Robert Cokenett .ij. s'. lohn Goky .xx. d. William
Chesc .ij. s*. Robert of fe Stabul .xx. d. Huge Parmay .xl. &, lohn
Turnour, Carter .v. s'. lohn hayward .yj. s'. viij. d. William Burgeys
and ys wyfe .xl. s*. Thomas Boteler .vj. s*. viij. d. Wylliam of Chestir- 24
shire .v. s'. Thomas Capenter .xl. d. Mawde my seruaunt, to hire
mariage .xx. s'. lohon. Oxerd. xl. d. Beatrice my seTniaunde .vj. s. viij. d.
Also y wills fat alle f* londes and tenementes in Schyfifeld, Burfeld,
Sulhamstade Abbis, wit^ fe raede clepyd Tybbeney in Ostofi, of my 28
purchas, stondynge in feffies handes, be sold, and f* Siluer fej-e-of
spendyd to fe avauncement of lucie, my dowter, and yf she be
conably a-vaunsyd with les somme, y wille fat f* surplus be dofi for
my soule. Also y wille fat f* forseyd sale of my londes and 32
tenemewte* in Schefifeld. Burfeld. and Sulhamstade Abbis, be made
principaly to my wyfe and myne heiris, geuynge fer-fore os an ofcr
man wille. Also y wille fat William myn son) haue f e maner of
Chale, with alle fe purtenaunce boyi ge in fefyes handes, wtJi 33
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20 BARUB8T XNOUSH WILLS. 1411, SIR Wlf. LANOEFORD.
a-vow80li of ^ Chyrvhe in )>e lie of Wygtit, to him & to hys heirs
of ys body lawfully be-gotofi ; and yf he deie wytli-owte heire
lawfully of ys body begeton, Jeanne wille y fe forseyd maner yniih
^ appurtenaunce, remayne to Henre ys bro^, and to ]>e heirs of ys
body lawfully goton ; an<l yf ))e forseyd Heme deie wtt^wt issue
leful of ys body gotoii, thaiine wille y ^ai ]>e forseyd maner wttA
appurtenauns, remayne to me and myne heirs. Also y wille )»at
B Henre my sone have .x. Marc/« worth londe jhely ^ to hym and to ys
heirs leful of ys body, of ^e londes and ^ rentes in ]>e Counte of
deuon)-schire, beynge in fefees handes, with a-vowsoune of Y chirche
of Mounkcocamtoik ; and for defawt of issue comynge of y forseyd
12 henre, y wille ]>at yt remayne to william ys bro^^r, and to ys heirs of
ys body. And for defawte of issue of ))e forseyd William, y wille
yai ^ remaynder' be to my ryte heirs. I pray yow also fat ben my
Feffees, ]>at 3e make estate vn-to my forseyd chyldre, lucie, henre, and
16 William, lyke as my wylle ys be-fore conteynyd. Also y wille fat
Thomas Bawfe, my s^ruaund, haue .ij. Marc^-J9 3hely^ durynge
ys lyfe, takynge yt of fe londes and rentes in deuen)-schyre beyngd in
fefees handes, takynge a distresse in defawte of payment. Also my
20 wille ys, fat yf my wyfe or my chyldre askufl here resnable part of
my godes af tur cours of la we, fan wille y fat fey be excludyd of alle
f e avauntage of f e ordinauns of my wylle above y-seyd. Also my
wille ys, fat fe siluer fat schal be reseyvyd for fe londes &
24 tenementes fat y haue be-fore asyngnyd for f e avaunscement of lucie
my dowter, fat hyt a-byde in fe handes of myii) executours to fulfyl
my wille. Also y wille, tochaunde fe londes fe weche y haue
asynyd to william my sone, fat lucie my wyf have gou^nauns f cr-of ,
28 and f e profete, vn-to fe forse^'d william be of age .xviij. jhere. And
also of fe londes fat ben assyngnyd to henre, fat my wyfe have f •
governauns and fe profyte of, vn-to f e forseyd henr^ be of age .xviy.
jhera. Also y wylle fat fe .C. ti. wyche y have assyngnyd for
32 ysabett my dowter, to hire a-vaunsement, and it falle fat sche deie
or scheo be a-vauncyd, fan wille y fat fe forseyd .C. tt. be don for
my sowle. f • residue of alle my godes, my dette* furst payd, and my
wille holly f ulfyllid as ys by-fore wreton), y wylle fat yt remayne to fe
* yearly. * yearly.
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BABLIEST ENGLISH WILLS. 1413, BIOHABD TONGB. 21
f orseyd lucie my wyfe. and y pray alle jow fat bene enf effeedl in my
londes f orseyd by me, fat je fulfylle my forseyd wylle os 30 wylle
answere a-fore god. Ad execnciofiem vero buius testament! mei
faciendam, ordino et constituo executores meos, lanrencium dm, 4
wiUelmum Stookes, Kobertum Gierke, 'Rectorem eccZe«ie de Bradfeldl,
et lobannem lacob. Datt^m die et Anno supradicti^.
probatuw fuit boo precedens iestamenfum coram Mskgistro
lobanne percbe, Commissarzo &c prinio die M.eusis Octobris, Anno 8
domini M** CCC. xj. et quibuscunqwe, -prohsLCione &c, per dominum
Robertuni Sarwrn Epwcqpwm cassata &c, et cowmissa est adminzstracio
omniuTn bonontm dicti defuncti, quibusdam Koberto Clerk, Kec^ori
eccleaie parrocbi'ane de Bradfeld, Sart^m diocese, & lobanni lacob, 12
Execu^or?'6tw &c. laurencio dru, Executor! ecia»i in ip«o testamenfo
nomiwato, coran* dtc^o Cowmissano ^ersondliter comparenti, onus
adminzstraczouis &c expresse recusavit &c Eeseruata potestate cuidam
'willeZmo Stokes &c Et subsequenter, viz. x die Menst's decembris A^ 16
dommi predicto, prefatus Commissarius acquietavit prefato^ Eobertum
Clerk & lobannem lacob, &c
RICHAED TONGi?, Brewer, OF LONDON, 1413.
[To be buried at St Dunstan's in the West Gifts to that Cliurch, and
its Priests. 20«. to Mother. Apprentice to be let off 2 years of his term,
and have a grain vessel (?), &c. Son William to have pots, a pan, and
a bed. Residue to Wife and Son.]
(Brown 1400-1418. 2 Commissary Court of London, leaf 263.)
In the name of god, Amen. Millew'mo CCCC xiij, I, Richardf
Jonge, Brewer of London), be-set my testament in thys maner : fyrst, 20
I be-qnethe my Soule to God al-myjty, an tho^ our lady seynt Mary,
an to al the fayr company of heuene ; an my body tho be byret in
the chirche jerdf of Seynt Donstones in the West, al-so y be-quethe
to the bye Auter of the same churche, for oblactons for-etyn^, xij d?. 24
alnso y be-quethe to the sayd churche warki^, vj s. viij (J. al-so y
1 tho is to \ on is omd, » for-etyn is forgotten.
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22 KABLIE8T BNOLISH WILLS. 1415| THOS. WALWATN.
be-quethe to the prestes an the Clerkys that mynjstre in the for-sajd
chorche, by euen poicyon) a-mong hem, i^ s. iuj d. al-so, yf ther may
be spared so moche of my gode after my dedtis an lement of my
4 testament be fulfyllyt, y wyl that my moder haue xx*. Al-so [y] wyl
that Ion), my prentys, haue a leles of to jer of hys hoi termys, of thys
condicyon), that he be gode an tiewe to my wyf . al-so y be-quethe to
the for-sede Ion), I graneis, an a flot, an a planer, al-so y be-quethe
8 tho Willzam my sone, a new bras pot, an a panne, an a bedde, an
a potel pot of peuwter. the residue of my god^, y be-quethe tho Amys
^J ^^9 ^^ niy son), to kepe hem boj wyt al-so y make [If. 263 hackl
Kichard Eoos, Glouer, & Jofl man), Corwaner, myn executou[r]s ;
12 & ayder of hem to haue for ther trayuayli, a gode bow.
Probatum est hoc testamen/um coram nobis, Testm) &c ij* kin)
Octobru, Anno supra dtc^o. Et commissa est admin»tracio omnium
bonorum &c Ezecutoribua supra dictis.
THOS. WALWAYN, ESQ., OF MUCH MARCLE,
HEREFORDSHIRE, 1415.
[TestamerU of the Personalty. 1
[One-third of sale-money of some land, to make the steeple of Marcle
Church, one-third to poor Prisoners (debtors), ^th to neighbouring Poor,
^th for the Marriage of young Women. 1000 Masses to be said. Resti-
tution to be made for wrong-doing. Wife to have household goods,
cloven-footed beasts, and com. Burial to be without useless pomp.
Legacies to Children, &c. Both Testament and Will have been printed
in some book on the Walwayn family, Appx. p. 63-4.]
Book ' March ' (Prerog. Court), leaf 253.
16 TN dei nomine Amen, &c' Ego, Thomae Walwayn, condo testa-
menttim in hunc modum : In p/imis, lego animam meam deo omni-
potenti, corpuB-q?^ meum ad sepeliendum in ecclem de Michel
Marcle,^ retro pa^rem & matrem meos. Item lego eccle^ie Cathec^raZ^'
1 Much March (St. Bartholomew), a parish in the hundred of Greytree, co.
Hereford, 6 miles S.W. by W. from Ledbury, in the archdeaconry and diocese of
Hereford. — Lewis.
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EABLIBST ENGLISH WILLS. 1415, THOS. WALWAYN. 23
HerefordeiiM* .C. s*. Item volo qwod Capellanus Cantme, per feoffat6»«
nieos fundate, statim celebret cotidie in eccle^ia p7*edic^a pro anima
mea & animabt^ patris [&] mat^is meorMW, <fe animabw* Antecessorww
meorww. Item volo quod tercia pars monete ^that may be hade of 4
Dene and Cbalford?^ be sette by myn executowrs vppon tbe makyng
of tbe stepeti of the chirche of Marcle ; the second parte of the same
goud, I woUe that hit helpe nede men oute of pryson, by the
dysposicion of myn Execntottrs, f er most nede is ; y remenant y 8
wolle hit be parted on" tweyne : halfe to the pores nedy folk that
bun yn Marcle paryssh, Kempeley, Dymmok, Ledbury, Aylton),
Preston), Putley, Wolfhope, Solershope, and Howecapeli^ ; And fat
other half be jeifi to the maryage of yonge pore wommew *yn the 12
same parysshes by the disposicion of myn executowrs / and I wolle
that ther be .x. M^ masses Isayde for me of gode prestes with aR
hast, and my dette payed, and restitucton made ther eny wronge may
be Ifounde be donn, (as I trust to god but lituti,) by myn executowrs. 16
And I woH that Isabett: my wyfe haue aB. the necessaries, clothes,
braas, and other instrumented of ati myn houshold. And aH cloue-fote
bestes that I haue. And ati my come growyng and yn hemes atte
Mercle and atte Massyngton), oute take xl. quarters of wete reserued 20
to fullfeti with my wille. And an .C. mark of money. And I woH
that* my enterement be holde with oute pompe, whyche may not
p'of yt myn soule. And I woli that "Bichard my son) haue tweyne
my best hors, And .xl, pounde. Also I. wolle that Cristian my 24
doughter haue to here mariage an .C. ii of the profited of longeforcl ;
Maclun and William, euerychon of hem .xx mark. Item lego priori
Magne Malueme .xL \L Item lego WilleZmo Walwayn, fratri meo
^ The English part of the Latin Testament begins,
* These lands are directed by the Testator's English JFill, to be sold by his
Executors, to fulfil his Testament : see p. 25, at foot.
* In Glo'stershire are, Kempley, 5 J m. N. W. by N. from Newent ; Dymacky Sf
m. N.N.W. from Newent ; Ledbury ; and Aylton, 4 J m. "W. fromNewent ; and
one Putley, W. of Aylton, and 5f m. W. from Ledbury. Another Putley is a
township in the parish of WoolJiope, co. Hereford, which is probably "Wolfhope
of our text, 7} m. W. by S. from Ledbury. How-Caple is in Herefordshire, 6 m.
N.N.E. from Ross. Boilers Hope is west of Much Marcle, 1\ m. N. by E. from
Ross, and a little farther S. W, of Ledbury.
« leaf 263, back, » MS. that that.
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24 EARLIEST ENGLISH WILLS. 1415, THOS. WALWATN.
.XX ti [Here follow other bequests, thp. appointment of executors — his
-wife Isabella (chief), John Wahvayn of Stoke, testator's nephew
Thomas, son of his said brother William Walwayn, John Prat,
4 chaplain, Eichard Pecok, chaplain, & John BuUok — ^c. all in Latin J\
T)2Xum die martis in iesto sancti Gregorii pape, Anno diomiid
Mill^tfimo Quadringentesimo* qnartodecimo.
\Will of the Realty in Feoffees^ hands,"]
[Wife to have for life, lands in Marcle, Ledbqry and Eastnor. On her
death, Marcle lands to son Richard in tail, with remainder to nephew
Thomas, and then nephew William, both in tail Ledbury and Eastnor lands
to son Maclun in tail, with remainder to son William in tail, remainder to
testator in taiL Son Richard and his wife Clemence, to have other lands,
in tail, with remainder to nephew Thomas in tail, &c. Other land, to
found a perpetual chantry. Thatley and Farley, to son Maclun in tail,
with remainder to son William in tail, &c. Butterley and the Fen to son
William in tail, with remainder to son Maclun in tail, <kc. Longford to be
held for 20 years by the Feoffees, and its profits (with sale-monies of Dean
and Chalford) paid to testator's Executors to fulfil his Testament with.
After the 20 years, LoDgford to go to Wife for life, with remainder to son
William in tail, then to son Maclun in tail. Aylton to son Richard.]
The Wille of Thomas Walwayn to his feoffes of his londes yn
8 enen place jn Engelondl, qwyche the forsaide Thomas requyretfi his
feoffes that they p^rfome as they wolle ansswere a-fore god atte the
day of dome. And for aH the trust that he hatfi yn hem, fforst I.
wolle that 90 make Isabelle, my weyf, goud estat of the londes renter
12 that 30 bun feoffed Li, yn Marcle paryssh, Ledebury paryssh, and
Estnore^, to holde hit to terme of here lyue; the remayndre, after her '
deces, of the londes in Marcle and Marcle paryssh, to Richard my
son), and to hers of his body frelych be-gotun for encrmore ; powr
16 defant of issu, to the hers of the body of the forsaide Thomas
Walwayn be-getun ; And for de-f ant of issu of Thomas, to William
Walwayn), brother of the forsayd Thomas Walwayn, and to hers of
his body frelych be-getun for euermore. the remayndre of the londes
20 yn ledebury and ledbury paryssh, and Estnore, to Maclun my sone,
and the hers of his body frelych be-gete; for defaut of issu of
Maclun, to William my sone, and to the hers of his body frelych
^ Eastiuyr, a parish in the hundred of Radlow, co. Hereford, 2^ m. S.E. by E.
from Ledbury, Herefordshire. — ^Lewis.
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EASUBST BNQLISH WILLS. 1415) THOS. WALWATK. 25
be-gete for euej'more ; and for defaut of issu of the forsaid W.
my sone, remayndre to tlie hers of my body frelycfe be-gete &c« vt
supra. Also I woUe that his feoffes enfeofe Hichard his sone, and
Clemens his wyfe, yn Kynegespeawyn, hyde, Byllyngeslond yn 4
Rwareh), the rent that he boght atte Horde, to haue to hem, and to
the hers bytwex hem tweyn f relych be-gete, for euermore ; for defaut
of issu by-twex hem be-gete, the remayndre to the hera of Thomas
"Walwai/nes body be-gete, &&, vt supra. Also I wolle that my feoffes, 8
3e geuyn Braynesplace and Coycellesplace Bevlmulle (1) \ the lond atte
DymmokeschasteH,^ yn-to a chaunterie yn mardechyrch, by the
dysposicion of my executoMrs, for a prest to seynge ther perpetually.
Also I. wolle that my feoffes mak estat to Madun my sone, of 12
Thatteley and Farley,' to hym and to the hera of his body; for defaut
of the forsaide Madun, to William my sone, and to the hers of
his body frely(A be-gete j for de-faut of issu, &&, vt supra. Also I
wolle that my forsaid feoffes make estat of Butterley and of the fenne, 16
to ^William my sone, and to the hers of his body frelych be-gete ;
for defaut of issu of William^ to Madun and to the hers, &c*, vt
supra, Remanere. Also I. wolle that my feoffes kepun Longeford yn
here honde thys .xx. 3eres, delyueryng the profited thtr-of to my 20
executoz^rs to fulfiUe-wytti my testament. And after the .xx. jeres
termined, I. wolle that Isabelle my weyf [haue] it to terme of her lyue
wyifi-oute empeschement of wast; the remayndre, after deces of
here, to Wylliam my sone, and to hers of his body frelycfe be-getun ; 24
for defaut of William my sone, to madun and to the hers of his body
frelych be-getun : for defaut of issu of madun, &c«, vt supra. Also
I wolle that of my londe of Dene and Chalford,^ I wolle hit be
^ read ' Ceyoells place, Beblemulle ' in a fonner print.
' ? in Dymock (St. Mary), a parish in the hundred of Botloe, co. Glo'ster, 8J
m. N.N.W. from Newent. — Lewis.
* Farley may be Farlow, in the parish of Stottesden, 6 J m. N.W. by N. from
deobury Mortimer, in Herefordshire. — Lewis. * leaf 264.
' Dene may be Mitchell (A Sax. mycelf great) Dearbj the chief town of the
Forest of Dean, a market- town and parish in Glostershire, 11 m. W. of Glo'ster,
or Little Dean, on the verge of the forest, 1 j m. N.W. by N. from Newnham,
Glostershire. — Lewis,
Chalford may be Chalford in the parish of Bisley, Glostershire, 4 m. S.£. by
E. from Stioud. — ^Lewis.
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26 SARLIB8T ENGLISH WILLS. 1417, THOMAS BBOKE.
sbolde by myn executoM/*8 to fullefille wyttL my testament. Also
AyltoD) remaynetb to Hichard my son^.
[Codicil, in ZjatinSl
Memorandum, quod Thomas Walwayn). Anniger, de Comitatu
4 Hereford, compos mentw, decimo nono die mensis maij, Anno
doniini Mille^imo .CCCC. quintodecimo, recitans se nup^ fecisse et
condidisae suum testamentuTTi super disposict one bonorum snoTum, ad
idem testamentum, per viawi Codicilli, supcraddebat & voluit quod
8 [&c. appoints his son Hichard one of his executors, &c.].
(Testament, Will <fe Codicil, proved by Isabella the widow, &
Richard the son, on May 20, 1416; "and afterwards on 21 May a
Commission was directed to the Prior of Great Malvern to make a
12 Grant to the other Executors. — {Folio 32 Marche, C. P. C.)."
THOMAS BROKE, Landowner, op Holditch,
Thorncombe, Devonshire, 1417.
[To be honed in Thorncombe Church, under a plain flat stone ; not in
a cofiBn, but only a cloth ; and no feast to he held. But 300 Poor to be fed,
and have 3d each, and 300 Children Id Poor tenants to have £20 among
em ; the poorest tenant £100 ; and £10 and more to go as restitution for
wrong-doing. £100 to poor Blind and Lame. Residue to Wife.]
(March, leaf 816, back, Prerog. Court.)
In the name of the Lorde of att Lordes, the aHmy^ty ymmortal
Trinite, I, wrichyd Synner*, Thomcw Broke, in gode Mynde, and out
of Sekenesse, make my testament*, Jyf it be the will of god, in this
16 manei', prayng him, of his bye yndelesse mercy, fouchesafe to receyue
my wreched vnclene soule in-to his mercy, and kepe hyt fram
dampnacion, for the meke passyoz^n and deth that his debonure
Sonne, oure lord Ihe^ Crist*, SoffrecJ on) the Crosse for Cherite & pety
20 of mankyndf. And my wyH is, that my body be Beryed in the
Chirchfiey of the ParyshcRurch of Thomecombe^, as men gotfi ouer*
^ Thorncombe (St. Mary), a parish (formerly a market-town) forming a
detacht portion of the hundred of Azminster, co. Devon, 6} m. S.W. by W. from
Axminster. The owner of the old Cistercian Abbey at Ford in this parish, ' holds
a court at Holditch' (see page 27). — Lewis.
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BABLIE8T BNOUSH WILLS. 1417, THOMAS BBOKB. 27
in-to ^fe churcfi at fe Souttl Syde, ry^te as they mowe stappe on
me / and a flat* playne stone, saue my name ygraued ^ai'-In, that
men mowe the rathet^ haue mynde on me, and pray for me. And
netbei^ wheche*, ne leede, to be leyde in / bote a grete Clothe to hely 4
my fonle Caryin ; and of Torches, bote .iij., and .iij. taprys ; Ande
no fest* nofer termenf yhold, bot .iy., Masses atte my buryyng*,
saue CCC poure men schullen haue mete & drynke ynowe, and
euery man and woman of ham .iij. <J, & euery chylJ of .CCC. 8
Childerne .1. [d], yf f er be so many Childeme / and .xiij. poure men
clotliedf in Eussett ylyne($ witt white, and euery of ham to haue
.viij d I and I bequethe to my poure tenauntes of Holdych, Hotham,
Chord', Cotteleygh^ <fe Wycrofte*, that hauetli yjeue to me Capowns & 12
bederpes® and Plouwys, 30U3e^ fey be nou3te my tenauntes, I wiH fat
myn executours do hei^ gre by god discrecK>n atte fe value of xx 11
amonge hame / and if any ofer man or woman be, that Cane Pleyna
bym fat ic& haue opprassecl hym), or do wrange to him, ofer yete 16
vriih my bestys his Come ofer his grase, and nou^te amendit® hit to
hym) ; to amende such trespasses, I bequethe x. H. : and I bequethe to
aH my pourest tenauntes, where fat fey be, excepte ham fat I haue
ynenme<J in f is bok to-for, C. ti in mony / and I bequethe to Poure 20
men blynd and lame .C. ti, and to sum trew maw, by good discrecyon)
to do party* the mony for8ey<) / and namelych iff ych haue do wronge
to eny of my tenauntes ^®or mys tak hir good, I wiH fat it be restored
to ham, whethei' it be Man or woman, be avysemenf of myn) 24
Executours, as fey wiH aunswere to-for god at fe dome / and fe
lesyduwe of aH my goodys and Catdl, in this my testament* noujte
^ J> is printed for y. ' ? hutch, chest, coflin.
> There is a Chard in Somerset, 18 m. S.E. by S. from Taunton, and 12 £.
firom Honiton in Devon. — Lewis.
* Cotleighf a parish in the hundred of Colyton, co. Devon, 3 m. KN.E.
from Honiton. — Lewis.
» Cp. Henry de Wicroft.— Prince's Worthies of Devon, 1810, p. 495.
• Bedrepes, Days of work performed in harvest time by the customary
tenants, at the bidding of their lords. See CuUum's Hawsted, 1784, p. 189.
HalL*s Gloss. The word is in Thorpe's AncierU Laws, i. 436, 1. 4, and the new
Bosworth's A. -Sax. Diet. Prof. Skeat says it **is from A. Sax. hedd-an, to bid,
summon, and A.S. rip, later M.E. rip, a reaping (Stratmann gives rip), Cf. bid'
die. The sense is * reaping done by summoned men.' "
» though. • t MS. amende. » cause to be parted, divided, *® leaf 317.
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2Q BABLIB8T BKOUSH WILL8. 1418, JOHN BOLAa
beqnethede, yclX 3eue Holelycli, and bequethe, to lohane my wyfe,
reserayngd alweys to me voile power* to chaunge fis testament, oJ>er
to mak hit more, oper to amenusy hit, oJ?«r to vndo hit att, as ofte as
^ me Lusteth, or whanne fat me lyket!i, duryng my Lyfe. and to do
good and trewe execuc/on of fis my testament, ycfe ordeyne and mak*
mjne Executours, lohane my wyfe, Willwzm Brerdoii), sir lohn) Dey,
parsone of Bageworthe^, Baufe Perceuale, sir Edward Osbottme, vicary
3 of Thomecombe. This testament is my voile & hole wille )>e day
of pQ date of pia my testament, the dat^ in my Manoui* of Holdech, on
Setrysday in J?e vygyle of Je Holy Trynyte, the jer« of grace & of pe
incamacyoun of oure Lorde Ihe^u Criste, M\ CCCC."* xv*. Thya
12 twey Lynis I wrete almeste with myn) owne Hondf.
TrohsLtum fuit hoc testar/ien^m coram Magi^^ro lohann^ Estcomt
&c. V*. die Februarij, anno dommi Millesimo CCCC .xvij" &c«, &
commissa adminwtrac/o bonorum domino Edward Osboume, vicar/o
16 ecc/e^e parochmne de Thomecombe &&. Besaruata potestate &c. &
haheni diem ad exhibendum Inuentanum primo die iuridico 'past
Banctum Pasche proximum in futuro &c<, & subseqnenter acqfiieta»ur/a
f u»t dicto executori &&.
JOHN SOLAS, OF SOUTHWABK, SURREY, 1418.
[To be buried in St George's, Southwark. Gifts to that Church, its
Priests and Clerk. Gifts of gowns and money to Servants and others, and
of half a year's rent to B. VeeL Residue to Wife.]
(March, quire 42, If. 837.)
20 In the name of* the fader and the sone and the holy-gost, atte hye
lenerensof ome lord Ihe^ Criste, andf of ys blessed moder seynte
Marie, and of seynt lohan the Ewangelisf and al other holy seyntes
of henene, I, Ion Solas of Southwerk*, in good mynde and good
24 deliberacioD), my testament I make yn thys forme : atte begynnyng*
I be-quethe my soule to our lord Ihe«u Crist and to our« lady seynte
1 There's a Badgworth in Somerset, 2 J m. S.W. by W. from Axbridge.
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BARLIEST ENGLISH WILLS. 1418, JOHN SOLAS. 29
Marie, and to alle aleves^ of heuene / And my body to be beret in the
northpart of* the Churche of seynt Grorge of Soutwerkc / Also I
be-quethe to that same Ch'archewerk< C s'. Al-so I be-quethe to the
hye auter I Marc / Also I be-quethe to euery preste that ther 4
syngylfi the day of my berynge / iiij dl / Also I be-quethe the Clerk*
of* the same Churche xL &. Al-so I be-quethe to Ion Euenwode iiij
nobis, and a goune newe of blak». al-so I be-quethe to Thomas Elyot
XX s' [&] a goune of* blak. Al-so L be-quethe to Ion Costert my 8
seruaunt, x s' and a goune . . Also I be-quethe to Eicharc) my seruaunt
I. noble, and a goune and a doblet. Al-so y be-quethe to lone^
Batesey, xl dl and a goune / Al-so y wole that my wyfe and al my
chyldreii) be atte my berynge, yn case they leue. Also I for-^eue 12
Edeyn Veel / V Marc* / of here rente for an alfyere, yn case I deye.
Al-so I be-quethe to Ion BryxhyS a goune. al-so I be-quethe to
Thomas Wade a goune. Al-so I be-quethe to "William Mymmes a
goune, and to Anneys ys wyfe a goune. Also *I be-quethe to Ion 16
Archer a goune. Also I be-quethe to Adam Eigge . a goune / The
remenaunt of* my godys that be not be-quethe ne jeuen, I be-quethe
to lone my wyfe, for to do and ordeyne as sche thyngyth best, and as
sche wole answere atte hey day of lugement / To thys testament to 20
ordeyne and parforme, I make myn executours, my wyfe a-boue
seyd, Robert Bromesbury and William Horton). In the wytnesse of
the wyche thynge, I haue set to my sele. I-jeuefi atte South-werk*
in the parsche of seynt Gorges, the xij day of luly, the ^ere of our* 24
lordl Ihe^ Crist M* CCCC xviij. Probatum fuit teatameiitum coram
Magistio lohannQ Estcourt, Comissario &&, vicesimo secundo die
Mensis lulij, anno domini M** CCCC"** xviij °*°, Et comissa fuit
administracio lohawwe, Vxori & Executrici dicti defuncti, &c«. 28
Keseruata potestate &ci.
1 hallows, saints. ' ? MS. loem.
» leaf 337, back. * Also * is repeated in the MS.
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30 KARLDEST ENGLISH WILI& 1€1S, JOHN CHSLMTSWTK.
JOHN CHELMTSWTK, ESQ., SHROPSHIRE, 1418.
[Gives £5 to Quatf ord church for his soul's sake. 4Qs. each to the
Friars of Bridgnorth, Woodhoose, Shrewsbury, Ludlow, London ; and to
the Prisoners in Ludgate, Newgate, and the Marshalsea ; and 20s, each to
the 6 London Hospitals ; to sing 30 Masses, and pray for his soul, his late
wife's, his grandmother's, &c, £70 for 2 priests to sing 7 years for his
soul, at Bridgnorth, and £2 for their vestments, and £7 to keep his Year's
Mind there for 7 years; and at each Mind 20s. to be given to the
Bridgnorth poor. Jonet, his 2nd wife, to have (for her dowry, &c.) £40
and his household goods, save gold and silver, &c. 6 silver sawcers to be
made into 2 Chalices for the 7-year priests. Wife to have his Manor of
Staverton for life (with remainder to his heirs in tail), and let Emot Roe,
her mother, have Aspley, for which he's given his Bond for £400 to John
Roe. If testator dies childless, Staverton to be sold, and the produce go
in Charity and Masses. If his wife Jonet turns her mother out of Aspley,
she's to be turnd out of Staverton, which is to go to his heirs in tail, or
be sold as aforesaid. Manors of Hay and Tasley to be sold and applied
to Charity and Masses. If wife Jonet keeps sole for a year, her state's to
be kept up free. Gold chain, <kc. to Wife. Silver dishes, money, furrd
gowns, &c, to Executors. Residue to be applied in Charity and Masses
£5 to Tasley Church ; and bedding, hangings, &c. to the Parson of Tasley
and R. Crowder.]
(March, If. 335 bk., P. C.)
^In the name of God, Amen, the iiij* day of the monthe of ApriH,
The 3618 of god a M' CCCC xviij*, and the 3ere of* the regne of kyng*
Henry the V* after the conquest, yj". L lohn) CJhelmyswyk*, squier
4 of Shropshire, hole of mynde & in my gode memorie beyng*,
ordeyne & make my present testament of my last wille in this
manere / flSrst I recommende my saule to almyghty god, to oure lady
seint marie virgine hys moder, & to alle the Seintes in heuene, and
8 my body for to be beryed where god of his mercy for me woUe
dispose. Also I bequethe to the werkw of the body of the
Parysshchirche of Seint Marie Magdaleyn) of Quatford* in Shropeshire,
^ * Testamentum Johannis Chelmiswyk ' in margin.
* Quat/ord (St. Mary Magdalene), a parish partly in the bpro* of firidgenorth,
but chiefly in the hundred of Stottesden, Shropshire, 2 m. S.£. from Bridge-
north.— Lewis.
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EARLIBST ENGLISH WILLS. 1418, JOHN OHELMTSWTK. 31
& to ordeyne vestmenl^ Ss ornamentts in the same Chirche nedefoH,
after the discreciown of my Execatot^rs, so that my soule be
recommended in Goddys sendee there, C s'. Item I be-quethe to the
freres Menot^rs of Bryggenorth, to do singe for my soule, and for the 4
soules of my fader Ss moder, Thomas my sone, Elyanore late my
wyf, lonet Chelmeswyk* my Granndame, and alle my god fryndys
soules, & for alle cristene soules, the hole Seint Gregories TrentaH^, &
to praye deuotely for my soule Ss the soules aforsayde, xl s*. Item I 8
bequethe in the same manere and condiciown to the ffreres of
"Wodehouse xl s*. Item I be-quethe in the same manere and con-
dicioMn to eueryche *of the thre Ordres of freres in Shrovesbury xl s'.
Item I be-quethe in the same manere and condicioMn to eueryche of 12
the twey Ordres of ffreres in ludlowe xl s'. Item I be-quethe, to
fynde Twey honestes prestos to singe goddys seruice for my soule, &
for the soules aforsaid, in the Chaunte/ie of the Chirche of Seint
Leonardo in Biigge-north be vij 3ere next folwyng* after my desese, 16
Ixx ti of sterlinges, that ys to wete, euery preste takyng* for hys
salarie be ^ere, C s*. Item I be-quethe to the mendyng* of the feble*
& foule weye beside Portmannes Crosse fast by Briggenorth, xl s'.
Item I be-quethe to eueryche of the iiij Ordres of ffreres in y Citee of 20
LondoD), that ys to wethe, Prechotirs, Menowrs, Austyns, & Cannes,*
xl .s'., so that eueryche of* f* forsaide iiij Ordres do singe for my
soule, and for the soules a- forsaide, the hole seint Gregories TrentaH,
and pray for my soule and for the soules a-forsaide. Item 1 24
be-quethe viij s' iiij <) to do singe for me Soule, & for de Soules
aforsaide, C masses in oo day. Item I be-quethe to the prisoners of
Ludgate in Londou), to pray for my soule & for de soules a-forsaide,
XX s*. Item I be-quethe, vp f • same condiciown, to f* prisoners of 28
Kewgate in London), xL s*. Item I bequethe, vp f • same condiciown,
to the prisoners of the Marschalsie, xx s*. Item I bequethe to f*
pore hospitales, that is to say, Seint Marie spiteH wzt^-oute Bis-
^ This Trental (triginta-lis) was 30 Masses, 3 on each of the 10 chief Festivals
of the year : Christmas, the Circnmcision, Mary's Purification, the Annuncia-
tion, Resurrection, Ascension, Pentecost, Trinity Sunday, Mary's Assumption,
and her Nativity (Sept. 8). See the poem TrerUalle Sancti Chegorii, in my
Jteligums, PolUical, and Love Poems, £. E. T. Soc. 1866, p. 87.
* leaf 336. » ? MS. fevle. * For these Orders of Friars, see p. 16, 17 n.
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32 BARUBST ENGLISH WlUa. 1418»*JOHN OHELHTSWTK.
shoppesgate^, Bedlem, Seint Thomas in Sonthwerk*, Seint Antonies
Elsyng* spiteH*, Seint Bartil-mewes in Smythfeld in London), Seint
Gyles beside Holbowme, that is to wete, to eueryche hospitafi,
4 to parte a-monge pore folk" there, xx s*. to pray for my soule & de
soules aforsaide. Item I bequethe to do ordeyne & bye ij yestment2>
to serue to the forsaide ij Prestes that shull singe for me in the
forsaide Chaunterie in the Chirche of seint Leonarde in Briggenort^
8 xL s'. Also I wille that after the forsayde \j Prestes haue fulfilled
here yij jere sendee aforsaide, that than) the forsaide ij. vestmentes
shuH remayne & duelle stifl alwey in the forsaide Chaunterie to serue
the prestes of* the same Chaunterie, to the worshipe of* God, as so
12 longe as th[e]y may endure. Al-so y bequethe to do make & holde
my Mynde euery jere duryng* vij jere next folwyng* after my desese,
in the forsaide Chirche of Seint Leonarde honestliche, & to do
recommende my soule & ]>* soules aforsaide in y same mynde, vij H,
16 that is to wete, to spende atte euery mynde, xx s*. Item I bequethe
other vij 11 to jeve to poremen in the same yij jere, that is to sey,
atte euery mynde xx s', for to be delet in Briggenorth after the
discreciown of myne Executowrs, for to pray for my soule ^ & for the
20 soules aforsaide / Item I bequethe to lonet my wyfe, in the name of
here Dowerye & of* here parte belonging to here of al my godes
moblea, xL ti of sterlinges, and aH my beddynge & naperie, and alle
myne arraye Ss necessaries in my chambre, and alle othere meuable
24 Godes ther-in beyng*, and alle manere apparaillement & necessaries
longynge to the body of the same lonet, Outake Golde & syluer, &
myne owne werynge clothes, ij peire of my best shetes, & vj disshes
& vj Sawcers of seluer. The wyche shetes .1. bequeth, that is to
}8 say, a peire to Sire William Lochard, And the tother peire to
Maister Ion Marchati, Dene of Briggenortfi. Item I bequethe the
1 St. Mary Spittle, in Shoreditch, founded by Walter Bnine, Mercer of
London, and Rosia his wife, A.D. 1197. See Stow*s Survey, 1720, vol i., Bk II.
p. 97, with the account of Q. Elizabeth's grand procession from the Spittle in
April 1559, with 1000 armd men, cannons, drums, flutes, trumpets, morice-
dancings, and 2 White Bears in a cart
» ? St. Anthony's Hospital in the parish of St. Benet Fink, Broad St Ward,
London. This was the * Anthonie' or *Tanthony Pig,' place.— Stow's Swrveyy
vol. i., Bk II. p. 120, ed, 1720.
» MS. maybe 'saule.'
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BARUBST ENGLISH WILLS. 1418, JOHN CHELMYSWYK. 33
forsaide vj sawcers, to do make there-of Twey Chalices to serue the
forsaide Twey prestes in y forsaide Chauntme daryng* the forsaide
vij jere. And After the vij jere be fulfellet, I woUe that the same
Twey Chalices shuH Abyde in the same Chauntme to the worships 4
of god for enere more. Item I bequethe to the same lonet my wyf
my Maner of Staverton)^ with the appwrtenaunces, in the shire
of Gloucestre, to haue & to holde, terme of here lyfe, doynge to the
Chief lordes of fat fee the Sendee ther-of due, & of rygh[t] Cos- 8
tume / Yp condiciot^n that the same lonet suffre Emot, here moder,
to reioise peisibly, & to haue & to holde, terme of the lyf* of the same
Emot, the Maner of Aspleye^ mih the appwrtenaunces ; And al-so vp
condicioz/n that y ^me lonet saue and kepe harmeles myh) heirs & 12
executot^rs a-jens lohu) Boe that hath wedded the forsaide Emot, of
a Obligaciown^ of CCCC ti that I. am bounde to hym, vp condiciown
that the same Emot shal holde & occupie peisible, terme of her* lyfe,
the forsaide maner wtt/t ^the appwrtenaMnces, wM-oute distourbaunce 16
of me or of lonet my wyf, oure heires or assynes. And I wille that
after the decese of lonet my wyf, the forsaide manere of Staverton)
with the appwrtenawnces, duelle & remayne to the heires of my body
lawfully be-gete, & to here heires & assignes for euere more, doyng* to 20
)>• chieff lordes of ])• fee, ))• seruice there-of* due & of" right custume.
And ^if" I dye w?*tA-oute heires of toy body lawfully begete, than I
wolle that, after the decese of the same lonet my wif", the forsaide
Manere of* Staverton) vriih the appMrtenawnces be solde be my fiTeffes 24
& my Executowrs in the best manere that they may, and that the
money that cometh there-of be disposet in werkes of charite, &
in masses to be songe for my saule & for the soules aforsaide, after
the discrecioMu of" the forsaide sillers. And ^if" so be that [the] 28
forsaide Jonet my wyf" put oute the forsaide Emet here modir,
in here lyf* of" the forsait Manere of Aspleye w/tA the appMrtenawnces,
& J)at may be recorded be Trewe men, than) y wille that the same
lonet be vtterliche excluded & voyded fro the forsaide Manere 32
of Staverton) vriih the appe^rtenaunces, & pat she haue no profet
1 Staverton in the hundred of Deerhurst, 4} m. "W. by N. from Cheltenham.
» There's an Aspley in Warwickshire, 4 or 6 m. N.W. of Henley in Arden.
» MS. Olligaciottn. * leaf 336, back.
E. S. WILLS. D
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34 EARLIEST ENGLISH WILLS. 1418, JOHN GHBLMYSWYK.
per-of*, ierme of* here lyf*. But than) that y same Manere of
Stauertoii), whyt appurtenaMnces, remayne to myn heirs of my body
frely begete & lawfully, ant to here heirs & assignes for euere more ;
4 and ^if pat I dey wtt/t-oute heire of my body lawfully be-gete, than)
I wolle )>at )>• same manere with )>• appwrtenawnces be solde, and the
mony there-of comynge, to be disposed in werkes of cherite, &
in masses to be songe for my soule & ]>* soules aforsaid. Item
8 I bequethe to sille after my decese be myne ExecutoMrs, 3if I dey
whyt-oute heire of my body lawfully begete, my Maners of the
Haye & Tasseleye^ with here appwrtonawnces, & mj partie of the
place of Lynches, & my tenement with p^ appz^/'tenaz^nces in Halgot
12 in Shropeshire, & alle my other londes and t&n^ementes with here
appt^rtena^^nces in the same shire; and that the mony ther-of
comyng*, be disposed in) workes of cherite & in masses to be songe ^
be ordinaunces of myne Executowrs for my soule and for J)® soules
16 aforsaid. Item I wille that 3 if lonet my wif" kepe here soole, wit^-
oute husbonde, Twelf-monthe after my decese, than) she flfounde be
of my goddes durynge pat ^evQ in alle here costes, after ]>* same
honeste and degre as she is founde ])• day of makynge of this testa-
20 ment. Item I bequethe to the same lonet, my ffurre of Calabre, my
best Cheyne of Gold, a doseyn spones of" siluer, and a pece of siluer.
Item I bequethe to lohn) Yate, myn vncle, vp condiciot^n that he be
one of myn) Executowrs, & take ministraciown of thys testament, yj
24 dysshes of siluer, & my best GirdiH of siluer. Item I bequethe, vp
the same condicion, to lohn) Page of Oxenbolde, x ti of sterlinges.
Item I bequethe, vp the same condiciown, to lohn) Lemman), Citezein
& Skynner of London), x ti of" sterlinges, & my worstede Goune with •
28 J>® ffurre, & my Baselard harneysed with siluer. Item I be-quethe, vp
the same condiciot^n, to lohn) Baldok*, Citezein <fe Waxchaundeler* of
London), x marc, & my furre of Fycheux*. Item I be-quethe to the
* Tasley, a parish in the hundred of Stottesden, Shropshire, 1| m. N.W. by
"W. from Bridgenorth. There's a Hey in the parish of Ashton-under-Lyne,
hundred of Salford, Lancashire, 2 m. £. from Oldham.
> MS. sonde.
' The Foumart or foul Mart(em), — Mustela Putorius^ Lin. — *is likewise .
called the Polecat, or FUchet ... its ears are short, broad, and tipt with white on
their edges ; it is white about the mouth ; the rest of the body is for the most
part of a deep-chocolate colour : the sides are covered with hairs of two colours.
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EARLIEST ENGLISH WILLS. 1418, JOHN CHBLMTSWTK. 35
wyf« of y forsaide lohn) Lemman, my lititt Cheyue of Gold that
seruetk for mjne arms. Item I bequethe to Symond Wrencliin,
Skynn^, my Bastard Swerd^. The Residue of alle my Godes & my
Catallys mebles, where euere that they be, after my dettw payde and 4
my que«tes fulfilled, & my sepulcure made, I bequethe to myn)
Executoi^rs, to dispose hit for my soule & for the soules aforsaid, in
werkes of Charite, and in masses to be songe, as they se most
plesaunce to god, & hele to my soule & to the soules aforsaide. Of* 8
this testament I make & ordeyne myri) Executowrs, that is to sey, the
forsaide lohn) Yate, lohn) Page, lohii) Lemman, & lohn) Baldok*, that
they trewly flfulfiUe my last wills as I trust in hem. In wetenesse of
wheche thing*, to thys Testament I haue put my sele : the date is 12
the day & the ^ere aforsaide. Item I bequethe to the vreikts of the
body of the Parisshe Chirche of Tasseley in Shropeshire, & to ordeyne
yestmentes & omamentes in the same Chirche nedeful, after the
discrecion of* myne^ Executowrs, so that my soule be recommendid 16
There in goddys seruice, C s. Item I wolle that sire lohri)
Hogenes, person) of Tasseley, & Richard Crowder, haue and reioise
alle the hustilmentw' of" Beddyng*, hallyng*^, pottys & pannes, &
peauter vesseH pat I left in kepjmg* atte hay & Briggenorth, To haue 20
& holde for here Rewarde that I am holde to hem. Probatu7?i fuit
hoc * coram M&gistio lohawwe Estcourt, Comissano, xiij"® die Mensis
Nouembris anno domini W CCCC"*** xviij®, et commissa est adminis-
tracio 'ExeGutoribus in eodem teatamento nominatis, & ha^nt diem ad 24
exhibendum Imxentorium & ci et sextodecimo die died Menszs
Nouembrw, acquietati sunt Executores per fiwewi .xx. a,/
the ends being dark like the rest of the body, and the middle of a Ml tawny
colour.' Its tail is 6 in. long, and its body about 17. Bewick, Ifist of Quad"
rupeds, 1800, p. 252.
^ * The forme ... of this He [England] is three cornered . . like vnto a
triangle, bastard sujord, wedge, or partesant, being broadest in the south part,
and gathering still narrower and narrower, till it come to the farthest point of
Cathnesse northward, where it is narrowest of all.' — Harrison's Description of
Britaine, in Holinshed's Chronicle, 1587, L 2, at foot.
* The MS. repeats * Item I bequethe to the werkis of the body of the Parisshe
chirche of Tasseley.*
* Sbstilement, hostillememz : Meubles, utensiles, instrumens de labourage . . .
hostUler, gamir, munlr. — Roquefort.
* Hallyng, hangings for a halL • leaf 337, Quire 43.
D 2
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36 SARUSST BN0U8H WILLS. 1418» THOKAS TYOKT.
THOMAS TVOKY, ESQUIRE, 1418.
[Will incomplete. Gives beds, and 3 green-silk nets for curtains, down
pillpws, gowns f urrd with Martins, Gknets, wild Cats, black Lamb, Beaver
and Otter ; doublets of defence coverd with leather ; cloaks, a tablecloth, <!^c.]
(March, 346, back.)
iTn the name of '])e fader .and pe sone and ^e holy goost, almygtity
•*- god. I. Thomas T voky, f ore w godis grace esquier, make my testa-
ment in fis wyse. first I. be-quej)e my sowle to almygfity godi, and to
4 his moder & mayden Marie, and to aE ]>q Seyntes of Heuen / also
my body to Holy erthe, wher that godys wil is, to be buried ; also al
myn Hameys, pat is to say, a bed of Lyn wit a hool silour'^ and
Cou«rlet of pe same wrogfit wit mapil leues and fret of .iij. foitt, & iij.
8 nettes of Silk* grene for quirtayns for the same bed / also a bed of
red and grene *dimi Selowr' wit .iij. quirtayns of worsted; also pat
on in warde of Anneys Elyngton), and a paire of schetes, .ij. paire of
Blancketes, .ij. paire of schetes, .j. pylow of Doun, lengh of a yerd, .ij.
12 Pylows of doun, lengfi euerycfi of half a ^erd ; also .vj. reof quisshens
of worsted, .iiij. in ward of pe same Anneys ; also a Mat^ras for
a bed ; also a gowne of Sch[a]rlet wit brod sleues furred with gray ;
also a gowne of blew worsted furred wit frotes* and poUes of
16 Martrons^; Also a gowne of gray russet furred wit lonetis^ and
* ' Testamentum Thome Tovky * in margin.
' ^ is printed for initial and central y,
* Canopy of a bed. Fr. del, L. eoUumf heaven.
* f MS. duni. » MS. protes.
< The Martin * is the most beautiful of all the Weasel kind,' about 18 in.
long ; body-fur, dark brown, on the belly paler ; head brown, mixt with red ;
throat and breast white. — Bewick, Hist of Quadrupeds, 1800, p. 265-7.
' The Genet, Viverra Genetta, Lin., is found in Turkey, Syria, and Spain.
Its colours are beautifully variegated, and its fur valuable. Its body ' is longer
than that of the Martin . . its hair soft, smooth, and shining ; of a tawny red
colour, spotted with black : along the ridge of the back there is a kind of mane
of long hair, which forms a black Ime from head to tail ; the spots on the sides
are round and distinct ; those on the back almost close : its tail is long, and
marked with seven or eight rings of black. From an orifice beneath its tail, it
yields a kind of perfume, which smells faintly of musk.' — Bewick, SiH. of
Quadrupeds, 4th ed., 1800, p. 288-9.
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EARUEST ENGLISH WILLS. 1417-18, STEPHEN THOMAS. 37
^ wylde C&tia ; also a gowne of grene fwse, in ward, & c^, furryd with
blak Lambe ; also in ward &&, a furre of beuer and oter medledf ; also
a Hewk"* of grene and other melly parted ; also a Doubeledf of defence
coueredl wi\h red Le]>er ; also ij. remenaimtz of the Lynne bed ; [aljso 4
xij. quysshons; also a Cloke of Blake russet; Also a Dobelet
couered with Blak gote Le]>ei^ ; also a borddoHl the Lenghe of
.Y. ^erdes of werk*; also a towayl of werk*, Lenghe .zj. ^erdes*
STEPHEN THOMAS, OF LEE, ESSEX, 1417-18.
ILattn Testament. Chaplain to do Masses for a year for Testator's
Soul, &c. Poor of Lee to have 12d. each. Besidae to Execators, to lay
out for Testator's soul.
English Will* Executors appointed, and given 20«. each. Certain
folk to have the Ist Option of buying goods : produce to go to the aisle
of Lee Church. Wife to have her dwelling-place for her life. Debts
swom-to, to be paid. Lee poor to have 12d each ; * Jankyn clerk' 12c?.
[Cp. Chaucer's Wife of Bath's Preamble, I. 695, 628], others 6rf. ; Hadley
poor 4ef. each. Gifts to Belatives. Debts owing by and to Testator, named.]
(March (P. P. C), If. 358.
[margin.] Toatamentum Stepha?it Thomas, de la lye in Gomitatu
Essexw. [The Codicil made at Rouen, p. 40.]
Fdei nomine Amen. Mensis Maij, die octauo, anno domini 8
Mille«imo CCCC™* xvij™**, Ego Step^anus Thomas, de la Lye in
Gomitatu Essexze, meum condo UiBiam^ntum in hone modum. In
pn'mw, lego awimam meaw owwipotenti deo, & beate Marie Virgini, ac
ommbu^ sanc^; corpus (\ue meum ad sepeliendum in noua Ela 12
coram summo altar[i] eccZe^e dic^e ville. Item lego summo altari
eiusdem eccZa^ie^ xx s'. Item lego ad habendum Ynum CapeZZanum
ydoneum diuina^ in dic^a eccZe^ia per ynum annum integrum
celebratura pro dmimA mea, & dm.ms}yu8 omnium benefactorum 16
meorwOT, & omniwm fideliuw defunctorMW. Item lego cuih'5et
1 leaf 347. MS. repeats ' aTid.'
' ? < in ward of Armey s Elyngton^,' like the bed and cushions above.
3 HeuqvLe : Esp^ce de robe k I'usage des deux sexes. — ^Rochefort.
* divine services.
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38 BARLIBST KNQLISH WILLS. 1417-18, STEPHEN THOMAS.
paupm, tarn homini quam mulieri, in pred/c/a villa moranti, xij J,
It6in lego caili&et cape//ano ad exequias, A ad missaiii altam venienti,
xg d. Item lego cl/trioo parochui/i eccl6«ie predic^e, xij df. Item
4 lego cailibet derico ad dtc^as exequias & missam venien^em, yj d«
Kesidaam vero omatum bonoru?n & catallorum meorum, do & lego
Matilde, yxori meo, lacobo Triche & lohanni Camp. Ipsos-qua
Matildam, lacobom & lohannem, facio execuforee meos, dtc^a bona &
8 catalla ad disponendu m prout anime mee salubrios sciuennt expedire.
Item lego vtrique [f MS. j execu^orum meorum preiltc^orum, xx s'. In
cuitie rei testimonium, presenti5u« ^ sigillum meam apposoi. datum
die, loco & anno prescripts.
12 Knowe all^ men,^at .L Stepbyn) Thomas of* y Lee*, make J>us
my testament and my laste wyU : ferste, I. be-quethe my saule to gode
and to oui' lady seynt mary, and to alt ))• Company of* Heuene, and
my body to be bered were pat god wyH. fordermore syn), ^es men) of»
IQy Lee .1. make my seketowrs, ferst, lacobbe Trycbe, Ion) Campe^
and my wyff [&] Thomas Aluowe ; and y pray hem J)at fey be well
wyllet and f orderyng* to here ; and al-so I charge hem aH: J>at J>ey do
for me as J>ey wolde pat I dede for hem, and as Jjey woUe answere
20 to-for god ; and fer-to yt ys my wylle pat euer-echeon) of* hem Scheie
haue XX s' for her labor & for her besynesse ; and eny goude pat
Scheie be solde, yt ys my wyH pat Wyllyam Aluowe haue it,
passynge eny ofer man, and Thomas hys broder, and ^yfe fer-for
24 lyke as a nopcr man wyll ; and next hem, ])at Pole may be a beyer,
sane EUys pat y witi pat lacobbe Treche haue be-for aH oper men), so
Jat he wyH ^eve as a noder man) wyH ; and it is my wyH pat aH J)*
goud pat is Eeysed, or Ellis, pat it go to )>• Lee Cherche, to ]>• Eyle,
28 and to^ aH oper nessessarie thynge ; and also it is my wyH pat my
wyff" Scheie haue p* place pat sche dwelythe in, terme of* her lyff",
and aH sayrys^ and aH pat euer longethe pat to, durynge her lyf"
tyme. and ^yf* pat 1 passe Rather fan sche, it ys my [wyH] pat aH
' 32 spengold & ffysscherys & bowdens be sold a-non forthe-wttA ; and
1 ' To these presents,' as to a Deed.
* Lee (St. Clement), a parish and sea-port in the hundred of Rochford, co.
Essex, 17i m. S.E, by S. from Chelmsford.
' MS. to to. ^ MS. repeats 'and all sayrys.'
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EARLIEST ENGLISH WILLS. 1417-18, STEPHEN THOMAS. 39
lilso it ys my wyH pat y plaso J>at scbe dwelythe in, and aH sayres,
ant aE fat euer longeth J)er-to, and aS pat sche schele haue, after )>•
sesse of* hei*, pat it be sold andf do for ^ owre sawles and for aH owra
ffrende. and ^yf pat y passe rather fan scho, fat it is my wyH fat I 4
haue a prest syngynge a-non after f • terme of iij jere & more, ^yf" je
may, in f • Cherche of f • Lee, and ^yf f cr be eny man or woman
fat wil say fat I howght hem eny gou<J, and swere vppon) a boke by
record of goud men, y wyl fat dey be payd. and also it is my wyH 8
pai euere pore man of f * Lee, & woman, schal haue xij d ; and al-so
3yf' fat y haue eny goude mysty^ det, it ys my wytt fat heye auter
haue XX s*, and euere preste fat syngethe fat day for me, 'I* wyl fat
euery man of" hem haue xij d. and I- wyl fat lanky n) clerk" haue 12
xij d, and euere clerk* fat syngethe fat day for me In f • cherche
vj d. and also it is my wilt fat Hadley * chirche haue xl s', and
euere pore m«ui of* f • toune iiij d, and fat f * chirche of Estwode •
schel haue xiij s' iiij d. and also it ys my wiH fat Larance my 16
neese, & Annote her suster, haue xl s*. and al-so it is my wyt fat
lone my Broder schel haue x. marker, and it is my witt fat lorge
my Cosyii) schel haue of er x* marked ; and euere god-chyld fat y
haue in the Lee schele haue xij d. and also it is my wytt fat Thomas 20
Alvowe haue .v. marce^, and William Alvowe ofer .v. marce*. and
also I wUi fat Annote Hadley fat es wit/i me, haue .xt s'. ; and aH
the Ostelmented schele be sold, and fat aH fat goud and aH ofer fat
schulde beleue in ^our Haunde, fat it be do so os may be moste mede 24
for her* saules // Also f es beth f e dette^ fat I howe. xv. li to Eyon),
to be paid at Esteren next co/nmyng*, for I Howe Him at aH hot
.XXV. ti, and fer-of he schele Haue, as I sayde fer-a-fore .xv. ti
at Esteren next<, and .x. ti. at Esteren come twelmonthe, and fan es 28
^e aH paid. And also I Howe to lamys Skynnei^ of Bemflef,
at Mychaylemesse, for Colys doun — vj. marce«, and fan) es he
aH payd. and I Howe to Hopkyn) Crestyndom at London) for
"Richard Eow — vij s'. vj d ; and also I Howe lohn Campe of the Lee 32
.xt. s'; and also I Howe to a man of Burdeux xtvj. s*. viij d,
His name is Peter de Lobered. and also fis es the dettia pat
1 leaf 458, back. « mighty, big. f MS. may he iuysty.
' Hadley and Eastwood are both in the hundred of Rochford, Essex.
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40 BARLIGST BNQLISn WILLS. 1417-19, STEPHEN THOMA&
es Howynge to me : Ryclianl Haddoke of the Lee .vij. ti to be Paid
at Esteren, and also Water Buraam an .C. s'. that schuld Haue be
Paid at Esteren ; and Willmm HylbyH .xx. s'. and Her-to I setf my
4 Sele, wytnessynge, Stephen) Ellys, Thomas Chesse, William Ellyot*,
LyteH lohn) Spotett, BicJiard Smythyot, and ofer gode men I-now./
I-wret at Sandwyche, the .vij. day of may, J>e Eeynge of Kynge
Harry ]>e .y. ye anno quinto. [1417 a.d.]
[Codicil, made at Rouen,]
[A Trental of Masses to be said for his Soul. Beer to be brewd, and
Loaves bak% for the Poor. Gifts to T. Chesse, if Testator dies in his boat ;
and to a Cousin, of goods in a ship at Southampton.]
8 IT And also I wiH )>at my wyH be f ulfillyd lyk als I ordeynd when)
I went< from) home, and aH )>at es contend in this Codicifi / that es
to say, my will es, to haue a Trentale of masses ^ef* that I dyd er
fane I come home / and also I pray 30U )>at je wald Brewe .x.
12 buschellys of malt* forto jef* pore men of my paryche ; and also that
)e wald bake .yj. buschellys of whete of smale Halpeney Loves, and
^eie enere maii) and woman) a Love ' and a galon) of ale, als fer als it
wiH go. and also I pray 30U and charge 30U in goddes name that 30
16 gar send a man to the Holy priowr of Brydlyngton) to offer for me,
and for any thing*, that this way to Bridlington), and the Trentale, be
do 2 both be-foi* Estren), ^yf y dye ore y come home, and also y do
30W to wyt fat yt is my wiH fat Thomas Chesse schel haue me ^yf"
20 fat y dey in hys bote wi\Ji hym) ; and also fat he schel haue my best
goweii) of f • kyngetf liuere fat is at home at my hous, and my golde
rynge and my whysteH. and also I do 30W to wyt fat yt is my wiH
fat Thomas Albwe schel haue f e best gowen) next fat is at home after
24 fat, and a houd. and also y do 30W wyt fat it is my wifi fat George
Thomas my Cousyn) schel haue aH f e gude and f • harnesse fat
y haue att Hampton) in f • chippe, and be-syde ; and f is fat is of" fe
see wM me att* Eoon)* he schel haue, aH to-gedyi*, saue fat Ey chard
28 Smytheot schel haue my Russet gowen) fat y wered, and my blac
houd, and a nold bassenet. More wryt y nogh[t] vnto yow, bot f e
holy tnnite kepe 30W now, dere and trusty wyf". here I make an)
» Love = loaf. « MS. to. « MS. rubd.
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SABLIS8T EN0U8H WILLS. 1419 20, JOHN B0GEBT8S0N. 41
hende. wer-for I pray jow, as my trast es^ hely in 90W, ouer all^ of ew
creature, pat this last wiH be fulfyllet, and alt oden that I oideyuJ
atte ^homoy for att pe loue pat euer was be-tweh) man) and woman),
y-wrete atte Roon) f e Sonday next to-fore y fest of* purificadonn of* 4
ouxe laydy. [February 2, 1 1418-19.]
Probata f uerunt suprodictttm testamen/tim & Codicillum coram
Magi^^ro loIiaTiTt^ Estconrt xx"*^ die Mensis lulg, anno domtni M*
CCCC™^ xix^. £t comissa est administracio omntum bonorum &c 8
dictuixi testa^nentum & codicillum concemencium, Matilde relicte &
Executrici' diet/ defoncti / lacobo Triche & lohanne Campe, execu-
torihu8 in dtc^o testaTTi^n/o noTTiinati^, administraetonem snpradic/am
coram dic/o domtno Comissano expresse recusantibMe, ac xxvj^ die 12
eiusdem Menst9 acqnieta fuit, et c*.
JOHN EOGERTSSON, OF LONDON, 1419-20.
[Bequests of Bed-clothes, Table-cloths, Gowns, Hoods, Towe!8,
Daggers, Bows, Hose, Purses, a Cope, and small Debts.]
(More, 3 Com. Court of London, If. 50 bk.)
B. Fynk. T. lohonnw Rogeryssofl. non haJent Skcquietanciam,
In margin.]
THes hettL the godes that y, lohu) Bogerysson), leve in a chyste in
the hous of Robert Leget dwellyng in the parysh of seynt Benet
Fynk // And pia ys my wylle yf fat y dye, that Anneys Tnkkys- 16
"worthe have y beste bedbere, and Richard Gery f' nyxte, and
Robercl Legat ij payre of schetw, and to f • same Roberd my Blewe
gowne and my fiode of Rede and Blak ; And to Thomas Pykot my
whit Ray gowne, and my rede Hode ; and to Anneys Tukkysworth 20
my best bordclothe, and the Towayle ; and Rychard Gery the nexte
bordclothe And Towayle ; and Robard Legat uj quarters of white,
and IsabeH hys wyf a bordcloth and a towayle ; and to Wyllyam
Pertnale, A payre schetw and a red doblet, and a keverlet of Blewe ; 24
IMS. as. Meaf359.
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42 EARUB8T KNOL»H WILLS. 141»-80, JOBS R00SRTS80N.
And to Anneys Tukkjswortli iiy noblis and the foiseyd Cheste;
And to Thomas Ftfrtensdi a peyra of slietif, and a daggei*, and a Bowa
wyth-owte pecif, and a payre hosen) of grene ; and to Anneys Tokkys-
4 worth the beste piuse, and Thomas Fertnale the nyzte, and Isabett
Leget the Thridde, and Alsoh) Okendeh) l^e four))*. And alle-so y
bequethe to p* Church of seynt Benet a cope. And alle-so Wyllyam
Bote and lohn Skelton) owen) to me xiiij s'. the whiche Symmykyn)
8 Eyre shiJi reseyye of them at Esteme nyxte comynge ; and y witt
pat BychanI Gery reseyve hit of the forseyd Symkyn); and Yj s
yiij & of pat mony .1. bequethe to p* Churche Clerk' of Seynt Benet;
& yj s' viij df to lohn) Cley, and viij & for my sowle. and alleso
12 Bobml Leget owyth to me xv s', and alle thyng a-countedf by-twene
vs, of the whiche y forgyf hym yj s' viij <J; and p* remenaunt
of pat Mony, Y witi hyt be do for my sowle. And alle-so
Bychard Gery oweth me viij s', and alle thyng a-counted by-twene
16 vs bothe; of the whiche viij s' y be-qweth iiij s' to Thomas
Pertnale, And iiij s' to Wyllyam Fertnale. And y beqwethe to
Bychard Gery vj s' viij d, to be payd of that he fyndeth in the
forseyd Cheste ; And to Anneys Tukkysworth A Sylure Spon) ; and
20 my Sylvr3rn) GyrdyH to Thomas Pertnale ; and to BobanJ Leget my
pesid? Bowa, And the overe-plus of alle thys, y wUl hit be dysposecl
for my sowle. And, blessyd be god, y owe no thyng. And y
Ordeyne p* forseyd Bychard Gery & Bobard Leget myne executors
24 to fuH-fill alle thyngys a-bove wretyn). As they wille [answere] a-fore
godf at ))• Dome. And to Thomas Fertnale my dagger* / And allenso
y wille that yf Anneys of the Countowr cleyme of me or of my
executoMrs a pursse and xx s'. or eny maner good ellys, pat thenne
28 p* godes in the bille be rekeuered of her* ; And yf sche make
no cleyme, Stonde hit for no dette, but on for a-nother*. Frobatum
est hoc testamentuw coram nobtf lohanne Bodeman clerico, Beuer-
endo &c* Commissario general!. Frimo die Mensis Febn^m, Anno
32 dommi Mille«mo CCCC"*** xix"**. Et comissa est adminwtracto
omnium bonorum & & ExecutoribtM in dicto testamento interius
nominaits & c**
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&ARLIEST ENGLISH WILLS. 1418, 1420, JOHN BBOUNB. 43
JOHN BROUNE, OF HEN. V/S CHAMBER, AND OP
PULHAM, MIDDX., 1418. (Pboovd, 1420.)
[Wife to be in care of her Father and Mother. They to live in
his place at Hardington, Somerset, or out of its rents. Sister to be
provided for. Debts and Bonds to be lookt to.]
[Will made at Rouen. The earliest in the Zrd Person!]
A Latin will of Jn. Bfoune, made 4 May, 1417, and a ' Codicillus ' or
' vltima voluntas * of the same date, are on leaf 73, before the English will.]
(More, 8 Com. Court of London, If. 73 bk.)
This ys the appoyntement of the wil and gouemauns of lo&i
Broune, of y cbambre of cure lordl the kyng*, made the ix day of
October, the vj yere of his regne. [a.d. 1418 ]
In the feiste, he wille that his wif be in the gouemauns of here 4
fadir and here moder, vnto the tyme of his commyng horn in to
Englondl.
Also be wiil: that she haue the money fat is reised in Lyncolne
Shire be his patent, to fynde hir witfi. 8
Also he wiH that Richard his brother haue his place at
Herdyngton)^ yn gouemauns, and fynde his fadir, and his modir,
and his sister, witfi the profit3 of the place, as ferre as they wille
strecche, vnto the tyme of the commyng* of the forsaid lohn) Broun. 12
And that lohn) Bron<J see the reckenyng* atte yere Inde.
Also be wiH that, 3if it like tp his fadir and to his moder, to be
atte Hardyngton, and see the husbandery, and occupie hym f er as
long* as them lest for ])ere owne Ese and disport. 16
Also he wiH, ]7at ^if it like not his fadir forto be ])ere, or ellys
whan qt^n hem lest to remeve ])ens. That thanne ])ei be in sum place
nerhande holichyrche, J)* whiche is an honest place to serue god yfi,
and there forto abide, and be gouemecJ & foundyn) witfi the proffittes 20
of his place, as is before seid.
' Sdrdington, Somersetshire, 3 miles from Yeovil, ffardingtorif Somers
N.W. of Frome Selwood.— Walker's Oazeteer, 1801. But the quan, qtoiche, of
the Will are Midland.
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44 KARUXST SNOUSH WILLS. 1418, 1480, JOHN BROUNB.
Alao he wiH that Elene his Soster be put in sum honest place,
and also be fonnde of the place be-fore seidf, vnto the tyme of
coflnmynge of the forseid lohn), or eHea [MS. eU] pat she be maried.
4 Also hewiH that Io!in)Fraybe payd.xy ti of pe money ^* qweche
Oliaer hatli in Ids hand, be ]>e handys of lohn) Brond.
Also he wiH that the money pe qwiche is resseyued of his patent
in OzenfonI Shiie be kepid to-gider.
8 Also he wiH phi the xL ii )mt Margrete Stranstona haA, pai it be
kepid to-gider be p^ sight of the forsaid lohn) Brondf, and J>at he haae
oo^rsi^te of aH manere thynge^
Also he wiH ^t the g [= 80] mark* p* whiche is in Thomas
12 Harwodes hand, be paid vnto pe forseidf lohn) Brondf, and also that it
be put in a bagge, & asselid, and safly kepid.
Also he wiH that lohn) Spyke be agreed with resonabli for his
labour and travaille.
16 Also he wiH )mt the obligacions the whiche ]>at his wife hath in
kepyng*, that they be leised be pe avise of his counseiH, with aH pe
lemenaunt of his dette^, in aH the haste they may be.
Also he wiH that William TropneH, & lohn) Brond, & Eichaid his
20 brother, be the ou^rsighte of William Oliuer, ben his executotons to
dispose and ordeyne for his soule In manei^ and forme as is com-
prehendyd In his laste wiL Into witnesse of the which, the foiseid
lohn) Broune hath pat his seal Wrote atte Bone pe jere & pe day
24 before seid.
Memorandum quod Probatum fait testamentam lohannis atte
Grove de Fulhom, coram nobis &c c Commissanb generali. Quarto,
Non) Marcij, Anno domim M* CCCC"" XX"" Et cowmissa est
28 admint^tracto &g c Cristine, Eelicte died defuncti, et Thome Atte ;
Grove, Executon6t£« &c c. •
[In margin ;] Fulham. T lohannis at Grove. ha5ent sucguietan-
ciam.
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SARLUB8T XNGLJ8H WILLS. 14I0» THOMAS BATHK. 45
THOMAS BATHE, OP BRISTOL, 1420.
[Gifts of Plate, &c : a silver Beaker with a knob enameld blae ; a
nlver-studded Girdle ; silver Spoons with Acorn tops ; silver Spice-dish ;
wooden Mazer with a silver band, a Print in the middle, and a Griffin in
it Also, brass Pots and Pans, gold Raigs, Andirons, pewter vessels;
Cashions and Han^ngs ; a Chalice ; Curtains ; Shearings and Wool. A
Mazer bound with silver gilt, and a print of Jesus in the middle.]
(March, U, 408.)
Teatajnenfum lohannis Bathe. [In margin.]
Tn dei nomine Amen, die Sabati in festo sancti Albani Hartirt^,
•*• [June 22] Anno dom/ni Mill««imo CCCC^ xx"", Ego, lohanwes
Bathe, h\irgen«i» ville Bristolhe, compos mentis, condo testamen^e/m
meum in hunc modum. [A page of bequests^ ^c. in Latin foUow8, 4
with the appointment of John Bourghutt and John Anstyh) of Bristol
as executors : then, on leaf 428, back, the English Will :]
Thys endentt^re makyth mencton of ^)>* goodes fat I, John Bathe
of Bristow, 3yve to sertayn personis : fryst, I jewe to lofin Forster my
godsonne a becur^ of seluer y-keuerydf, fat weyyth xxv ounsus
I quarter, & ]>• cnap of f • coucrcle ys an-amylyd wit^ blewe. Also I 8
^eue to y forsayd John Forster a gurdill of blake sylke y-linyde witA
i^e lether, witfi a gode bokyll & a pendaunt, & in f* same pendaunt
an ymage of seynt Christofre : in f • gurdill bey xlvj stodys of seluer.
"^^ I 3eve to y same lohn Forster halfe a dosyfl off siluer sponys 12
^ith achamu^^ ouerguld, fat weyytfi .v. ounsus I qi^art^r and halfe.
•^^ I ^eve to f* forsayd lohn Forster a peyr of auuTidyn^', f® bes
fat I haue // Also I ^eve to Kateryne Lewys my seruaunt .x tL
Bterhngitg, and a boUe cuppe I-keueryd of syluer fat weyyth xvj. 16
ownsus iij quarter. Also I jeve to f* same Katerine a becure of
Beluer I-keue^yd, and a branche of f* couercle y-broke away,
^l>i8for'y.'
^ acorns on the tops, instead of apostles. The MS. is not quite clear, but the
Word * achamiM * cums again lower down, 1. 6, next page here,
' andirons.
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46 EABLIB8T ENGLISH WILLS. 1420, THOMAS BATHE.
fai weyyth xvj ounsus. Also a spyce disshe of seluer, & ou^rguld,
pat weyy tli zj oimsii« & .1. quarter ; Also halfe a dosen sponys of
seluer pat weyyl^ vj ounaus I quarter & halfe ; Also a boUe pece \tat
4 weyytli vij ouunsu« & halfe, and halfe a quarter ; Also a nother bolle
pcce pat weyyth vj ounsus & halfe a qtiarter ; Also .1. bord mausure
w»t^ a bond! of seluer, & ouergulct, wytfi a prent in f* myddylle, and a
grypp^ amyde, and a narow plat be )>• syddys, with iij. lyonis of
8 syluer, and oue^pild. Also a gurdyll of J>® old werke of seluer,
& ouerguld, wit^ abocull and a pendaunt and xxxiij'stodys of syluer
and ouerguld. Also I jeve to y same Kateryne aneyuer^ gurdil of
selke, of blake and grene and rede, with a bocull and a pendaunt, &
12 a cheyne in y pendant, with a cnapp; & in J>® gurdiU bey xxiij
stodys, & all of seluer. Also I ^eve to f* same Kateryne 'iij* gode
brasyri) pottes. Also iiij* gode pannis. Also iij* basc[i]n2^^, f* best fat
I haue, witA iy lauen^. Also 'iiij* gode golde rynges. Also ij
16 pankyns & a posnet of a poteH, also a posnet of a potett, and a posnet
of a quarte. Also a peyr of Aundyn^, & ij* J)* best of yren) broches,
& a cbafur. Also a doseh) of peutre vessett performyd^. Also iiij*
candelstykkys of laton) of y best. Also I ^eve to the forsad
20 Kateryne al my banken^^ & my quyssonw^, and a dosur of tamsery
werke wtt^ and hert in y myddylL Also I jeve to William Eodeley
a stondyng cuppe of seluer y-clepyd a chales cuppe, with y couercle
& my merke y-made in y cnappe, \>at weyyth xvij ounsus & halfe
24 qtwirter. Also to y sam William, a tasto?er of seluer with myn owne
merke ymade in y bottom ; Also halfe a dosen sponys of seluer with
achamt^ ouerguld, pat weyyth v. ounsus I qt^rter & halfe. Also I
jeve to ))• sam William a heme pat y weye per-with, and ij leuys, also
28 iij.° of ledyn) wj^tls. Also I ^eue to Kateryne Lewys my seruaunt
iij. Curteynis of blew, f* best pat I haue to hang a-bout a bede ; Item
I petit brass morter, I pesteH de ferro. Item dimidtum J)® zieren* and
wolle that is in this house )>• day of hts* dying, and all ])• cloth.
^ vulture or griflBn.
' Is this for * ano|?er,* * a newer,' or what ? The MS. is clear, tho * n ' may be
* a \ and ' u«r ' may be * ne.'
8 f all told, properly reckond. * ? shearings.
s t Manuscript. 1 suppoze the Testator must have been a dothmakcr of the
West, like Chaucer's Wife of Bath.
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EARLIEST ENGLISH WILLS. 1420, JOHN OLNET. 47
whyte &c fat is redy wtt^in f • hous att tyme of f • makyng of thys.
It^m I maserum ligatt^TTi cum argento & deaaratum, & I pr/nte^ de
Ihesvi in medio ; lohanni Croucfi, I ciphf/m argentt precu* x a, &
dimidium doaine cochliant^m argenti da medio specie. Item I i
Cistam, ex deliberacione dtc^e Katcrine .xxix"" die Mensw Octobris,
anno domtrd M^ CCCC"*" xvj"**, Acquietati fucrunt executore*
infrascriptt. [the end.]
JOHN OLNEY, OF WESTON, 1420. (Proovd, 1422.)
[Best Beast given as an offering to Weston Church. £3 each to the
4 Orders of Friars in Northampton and Bedford, to say 30 Trentals of
Masses. Bedding, &o, to 5 poor men. Gifts to Friars, Priests, and a
Northampton Anchoress, to pray for Testator, Residue to Wife, for
Testator's children and hers.]
(March, leaf 433, quire 55.)
Testamentuw lohannis Olney. [In margin.] '
Tn the name off gode yn ^^ jer off oure lord 'a M* CCCC. & xx* 8
•*" the xj* day of May, I, lohannea Olney of Weston), sone and heire
to lohn Olney of Weston) Ynderwode, make my testament in this
wysse : Atte ]>• begynnynge I bequeth my soule into the mercy off .
mythfull JhesMy prahyng*^ hym, for his precious passioun, that he 12
resseyne me yn-to J>* brode bosum off his mercy; prahyng forther-
more to his moder, hour lady Seynt Mary, moder off mercy, to seynt
lohn Euae^ngelist, seynt lohn Baptist, and to haH seyntes off heuene,
])at they be menej for me, and helpers to me att my most nede. 16
And I bequeth my body to be beryed yn the chapele off owr lady
pi the chyrcfi off seynt Nicholas off Weston), and my beste best in
the name off p?*iwcipale*; and y bequetfi to the diij. orderj off rrer3*
off N'orthawmpton), and to y irere^ off Bedefford, to hech off fes 20
houses iij* ti* so fat y wardeyn and p^ Couente, or the pWoure and )>•
1 f MS. prince. « > is for * y ' all thro.
• A is also put before owr, all, ech, &c. * offering, payment.
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48 EABUiCST SNOLISH WILLS. 1420, JOHN OLN£T.
coueut off evierj off this houses graunieyii) for to seyn xx treutale3* off
messe}* for my soule, for my faders soole, my moders soule, lehanne^
soule, and for aH ]»* saules that myfi entent ys to pray for, and for aH
4 cristien^ sanies. And y pray myn executours )>at they, or on off hem,
Be fat they take this charge on hem& and I bequeth to y poure men
)>at neden Beddyng* in the countrey nexst aboute, to euery off heme
.1 couerlete* I wytele, & I chete* & xij' <}• off siluer, preyng for my
8 soole, and for y soule) be-forsaide. And I' bequeth to lohan
MarchaH, Richar Grenfeld, Thomas Richemond, & to Rob^ Burton,
firere)' to ech off hem xx. solidt, Prehyng hem, as my trist ys in
heme, of her continuele preyour for my soule, & for the soules fat
12 myn entente ys that they pray fore. & I bequeth^ to lohan Bataile
prest, to lohan Brasiere prest, to the ankerisse off ^N'orthaumpton), to
echa of heme, vj s* viij d. & I bequeth to euery prest wtt/i-yn iij
myle, nout auansynd, "xij' d* My executours to performe J>is my
16 testament, I ordeyne Mariorie my wyfe, )>* persofi off Broughtofi &
lohan Hukyns. the remenant off aH my goddes nout^ bequeth,^ I
jeue & bequeth to Mariorie my wyfe, scbe to dispose for her children
& for myne as sche thynkyth best * ffullych dischargynge here what so
20 euere sche do wyht any good that myn ys • orwis prahyng here, off
hei* ffre will to me-warde as for my most tristy frende.
Frobatum fuit preMns testa^n^n^m coram nobis, loharane
Estcourt, commissano &&, 8ecundo die Mensiff Decembri^, Anno
2i domini Millen'mo CCCC™® xxij**^; et commissa fuit admin^stracto
omnium bonorum lohanni Hukyns, executori in dicto testamen^o
nominate &0, prestito ^rimitus &&, de-inde sexto die einadem menaia
Anno domim vt supra, acquietate^ fuit dic^us executor, & soluit pro
28 probactone Ss finCi xt BoUdos.
^ MS. repeats 'and I bequeth.'
[ Weston Underwood is 2 miles W. of Olney, in Newport Hundred, co.
Bucks.
John Olney the father bought lands in Weston, an, 4 Rich. 11, and
died 21 March, 1395. There is a brass to him in Weston Church.
Broughton (1. 16, above) is in Newport Hundred, Bucka— J. H. R.]
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EARLIEST ENGLISH WILLS. 1422, LADY PERYNB CLANBOWB. 49
LADY PERYNE CLANBOWE, 1422.
[Burial to be simple. Debts to be paid. 200 poor men to be clad.
£10 for mending Bridges and bad Roads. Gifts of slate Basin and Ewer,
silver Chargers, &c. ; Mass-Book, Vestment, and Chalices ; a Girdle of Pearls,
money, f urrd Gown, coral Beads ; " a booke of Englyssh, cleped * Pore
Caytife * ; " Gowns, and Silver-gilt cups ; silver Cup with the scripture of
St. John. Gifts to Yasor Church ; and to Testatrix's Priest, 4 quires of
Doctors on St. Matthew. Residue : half to poor Tenants ; half to good
needy men.]
(March, 11 429 back.)
Teatamentum Domine Peryne Clanbowe. [In margin,]
TN the name of ^p* fader* and of the son And of J>* Holygost,
■*- Amen. The thridde day of ApriH In ))• jer oflf our lorcJ M* CCCC
xxij -I- Peryne Clanbowe, beyng in good memory, thenkyng on my
laste ends, hauyng gode in forsyght, I haue maad and ordened this my 4
present testament and my last wytie in ))• forme pat foloweth. First
I beqneth and commend my saule to gode my makei^ and my
sanyonr, and to hya blyssyd moder* gloriouse Vjrrgyn), And to aH
saintes, and my body to be beryed at Jasore,* be my lord my 8
housbond, If I* dye in Hertfordshire,^ and ellis where pat gode hath
ordeined for me. And as son as yt may be don godly after fat I hame
dede, porelych to be beryed, wit^-oute gret cost doon thervppofi.
Also I will And ordeine pat ati my dettes pat mowe be prowede be 12
good conscience due, pat they be principaly payde in aH f* hast pat
it may be.* Also^I bequeth, to cloth wyth ij*^- poormen, xx* tl Also
I bequeth to amende brygges and foule wayes x' tL Also I bequeth
to sir Robert of Whitney, my brother, a flate basyn and an ewer, and 16
vj disshes, vj saucers, and ij chargours of seluer. Also I bequeth to
J>* same Robert a westment of rede cloth of gold with my massbooke
and Chalys : The wych vesseH, vestement, massbooke, and chalys
aforseyd, to f* f orsaide Roberd bequethen, I wole pat [he] haue hem 20
^ f is for *y.' * Yasor is in Herefordshire, 5 miles S. of Weobly.
8 That is, Herefordshire. * ? MS. mayle.
B. B. WILLS. B
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60 BARUBST KNGLI8H WILLS. 1422, LADT PBBTNE CLANBOWE.
vpofi this condicton, pat he be good frendf to my executours, and pat
he lete hem note off ministracton oif myn other goode on the Maner^
of Pychardisokett ne elles where. Also I bequetK to myn Aunte,
4 pnoresse of Lynebroke, xl s*. Also I bequeth to myn Awnte Corbet,
xl 8*. Also I bequeth to sir Ion Skydmore,^ my newewe, a girdeti of
peerles. Also I bequeth to lane myn nece, to her manage, or when
sche is of age, xx li. Also I bequeth to Peryne her suster, my god
8 doutghter in p* same forme, x ti ; and if it so be pat p* forsaid lane
and Peryne dye be-f or pat thay come to age, or ellys marie<J, then I
witi pat p* mony of either of hem so deede, turn to ))• vse of her
BUsters ouerlyuyng in )>• same fourme. and if aH f susters dye ar they
12 come to age or be maryed, fat then p* mony tourn to )>• vse of her
bretheren ouerlyuyng. And if aH )>• bretheryn die with-la age of
xvj- 3eere, then )>• mony be disposed in Almasdeddes be my
executottrs. Also I be-queeth to lanky n Myles my seruaunt, xxti*/,
16 and myn eche daies gowae of marterouni Also I* bequeth to sir
lohan Coyle, I pare bedes of corati. Also I bequeth to Elizabeth
loye 'x* ti* and a booke of Englyssh, cleped "pore caytife," and
I gown furred wzt^ gret menyvere. Also I bequeth to lonet
20 Okbo^^m 'x marc< and my sauter' helid with blake, and a gown
furred w*t^ Cristy gray. Also I bequeth to lohn Huchecoke, v
marc. Also I bequeth to lanky fi Tailowr, v marc ^Aho I bequeth
to Dauid Morys, xl s*. Also I bequeth to lohn Hergest, xl s*. Also
24 I bequeth to Luysote xl s'. Also I bequeth to the wyffe of lankyn)
Miles a gown furred with Besshe. Also I bequeth to Dauid Cradoke
xiij s' iiij d. Also I bequeth to lames and to his wyfe x s'. Also I
bequeth to f • chirch of Jasore, fore my lord and his auncetres, to
28 serue in f® chirch, a peire vestimentw of blake, wherof f® same Chirch
hath J)® cope. Also I bequeth to what thenge pat is most necessary
in ))• same Chirch, v. marc*. Also I bequeth to lonet Knolles a
stondyng cuppe of siluer gilte coue?*ed. Also I bequeth to Thomas
32 Knolles J)® 3ongger* a cuppe of siluer gilt couered. Also I bequeth to
lohn Thomas a cuppe of siluer playn. wM p^ scripture of seynt Ion.
1 Either Sir John Scudamore of Kentchurch, Herefordshire (who married tlie
daughter of Owen Glendowr), living temp. H. IV., or his son and namesake,—
H. Round. * leaf 430.
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EARLIEST ENGLISH WILLS. 1422, LADY PERYNB OLANBOWB. 61
Also I bequetfi to two prestes, honest men and good? Hues, and ellys
not, to do diuine seruise for my lord? and me* for on ^er anoon After
my decees, resonable lyuelode after f® discreciown of myn executonrs.
Also I beqneth to sir Eeynoldl, my prest, iiij* quayres of Doctowrs on 4
Mathewe. The Residue for soth of aH my goodes in this my
testament not bequethen, I jeue and bequethe to myn executot^rs, be
her discrecion to be disposyde, that oon halfe to my pore tenawntz,
and pat other halfe to god men faifchfuH and nedy pat ben in disese. 8
And to J)® execucion of this my testament and my last wiH to
be fulfilled, I ordeyn my trusty frendes, Tankyn) Miles, Thomas
Knolles aforsaidf, Elizabeth loy, lonet Okborne, and lohn Tailowr,
myne executot^rs be thees p?'esentes, that they wiH do her besynesse 12
to fulfyH goddes wiB and myne, as they woH aunsuer afor gode.
also I bequeth to ich of myn) executowrs takyng charge of ministraczon
of this my testament, v. marc*, and reward for her costages whan they
labowr specially for my mate7's. Into wyt*nessyng of which thyng, to 16
this my present testament I haue put to my seeti : 3euen at London),
day, moneth, and ^er, aforsaycJ.
Probatum fuit p?'esens testamew^m coram 'M.agistro lohawne
Estcourt & c», xviij** die Mensw Nouembrw, Anno Domini Milleaimo 20
xxij^** &C, et commissa fuit admi?jistrac«o lokanni Miles, Elizabethe
loy, lohawne Okbowme et lohawne Tailowr, Qxecutoribus &&
Rese?aiata pofe«tate & c*, et hafeent ad exJiibendttm Inuentarmw : ac
secMwdo die Mensw Decembris Anno domini supradic^o, acquietat* 24
fuerunt executore^ supradicti, & soluerunt pro fine iiij"' nohHia.
The pore Gaytife (p. 50, 1. 18) is a collection of religious tracts against abuses
in the Romish Church, known by this common title, and formerly attributed to
WycliflFe, tho wrongly, by Bp. Bale and others. On the authorship of it, see
Shirley's Introduction to Fasciculi Zizaniorum^ p. xiii, note 3. MSS. of it are
Harleian 2335, -6, -9, &c., &c. ; and part of it is in Douce 322, leaf 100.
K 2
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52 KABLISST EKGU8H WILLS. 1420, SIB ROGER SALWAYN.
Sm ROGER SALWAYN, KNIGHT, OF YORK, 1420.
[To be buried in the Grey Friars at York, with a flat marble stone
over him. Gifts to the 4 Orders of Friars in York. All houshold goods
and £600 to Wife. £400 for land for Son. Marriage portions for
Daughters. Debts to be paid out of rents. Poor Tenants to be let off. A
pilgrim to be sent to Jerusalem, at not more than £100. Gifts of Money
and Horses to Relativs and Friends. Old Servants to be rewarded. Gifts
of Armour. Money to Nun who nursd Testator in sickness. 40s.
Annuity to a man. Furd garments to be sold for Testator^s soul.]
(March, P. P. C, If. 487 back.)
Testamentum Rogeri Saluayn, militia. [In marginJ\
In tbe name off gode, T, stV Roger Salwayn, Knygtfi, ^J)® xxvj* day
off OctobOT in the yer off our lore? M* CCCG xx* makys my
testament in this maner *ffirst, I wyte my soule to gode almythty, to
4 our lady seynt Mary, and to aH )>• seinttes of hewifi, and my bones
to ben beriede in y grey frerres atte Jorke. Also I* wiH* that ther
where my bones shaH be beryde, be a flate ston off marbiH, ewynwitA
the grouwie. Also I wiH ))at y forsaid freres haue jdi my gownes off
8 clotfi off gold? and off sylke, wit^-outyn y ffurres. Also I wiH Jjat y
same frers haue xl* ti* for to synge and pray for me. Also I wiH fat
ilkon off y other thre ordirs in Jorke haue x marc. Also I will fat
my wyffe haue aH my housholde holy, yrixh y^\ ti that is in hir
12 handes. Also I wiH fat ther be ordeine for byynge off londe for
lohn Salwayfi my son, CCCG ti ; Also for y manage off Alison my
doughtir, CCCG marc; Also for y manage off IsabeH my donghtir,
COG marc. Also I wiH fat my fader dettis, and my moders, be paide
16 off my goodej that is in the Goillors^ or in f* fermors handes off my
rent; and if any tenawnt be so pouer that he may nought, for
pouertee, pay his ferme that is owing, I wiH fat ther be nouglit
reseyued off hym, but fat he may resonably pay, and fab f*
» f is for * y ' all thru. ^ Collectors. Fr. cueUUr, to cull, collect.
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EARLIEST ENGLISH WILLS. 1420, SIR ROGER SALWATN. 53
remenaMnt be for-jefifyn. Also I wiH fat som goode man be
ordeine to goo for me to Iherusalem in pilgremage, and as far as is
cost is lese than C ti in commyng and goyng, pat hit be jewyn) for
my soule to poure men wher most^ allmose is. Also I wifl pat 4
Richard Chace haue v marc< off monee, and a bay hors pat was
Gerard my son ; William Lister xxti. Thomas Fairchild xl marc,
Acria Mersk 'xx* H ; litiH Petir, liard ^ Manley and x* marc<, and fat
Acris Mersk haue f* grey geldyng; Gerard and lohn my brethir, 8
Hard 2 botiUer, and a sorede ^ horse fat was bought off Henuden, and
fat Edward my brethir chese. Also I wuH fat Gerard my brodir
haue xl- H, and Thomas my brothir a place in Duffelde,* termyn off
his Hue, fat I purchesede off lohn Fulthorpe ; and after the desese 12
off hym, to turn agayn to f • reght haiers off me. Also I wiH fat sir
Robert Shottesbroke,^ knynght, haue f • sorde hors ; and litiH Hans
f* hoby,« and xl -s'' aboven his hir. Also I witt that Frost Mores
and lititt Robyn, ilkofi off them, haue xl s\ Also I wiH fat 16
Pomfretth,^ skynner, of Jorke, be paied of v. or vj* ti, whedir fat hit
be, for furres fat my lady my moder knowes off. Also I wiH fat
"William TropmeH, taillowr, of London), and Hunt, brouderere, be
paied of their billes for makyng off a liuerey of myn. Also I wiH fat 20
Henry Lound haue a blake goun furred v* funes,.® and a habirgown
of Mylen, opyn be-for, fat Richard SteH haues in hys kepyng. Also
I- witt fat 3iff any seruawnt of myn haue labord for me in my
countree sen my fader died, fat they be resonably re\<rardid aftir the 24
seruice fat they haue dofi. Also ^if any man can aske any dete off
me, other be euidence, or fat they be credibitt persones, I witt fat
they be paied. Also I witt that Elyn Saluayn, my brothir Gerard
doughtir, haue xL marc<' for hir mariage. Also I witt fat Gerard my 28
brothir haue a newe fure of martirs,* and I* habirgown^*^ of millon).
1 ? most nede of. * grey. ' sorrel, red roan ?
* ? Duffield on the Derwent, N. of Derby.— Walker's Gaeefeer, 1801.
* ? MS. Shoccesbroke.
* a small horse : ' the hobble of Ireland ' is among Harrison'^ ' outlandish
horses.' Part II, p. 5 of my edn. New Shakspere Soc.
"^ ? MS. PomsTecch.
^ ? with fanes, trimd with ' foynes,' or martili skins. See Fouinrhe in
Cotgrave. • See p. 36, above.
^ ' The Habergeon was a smaller and lighter coat of mail or plate than the
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54 BAKLIE8T ENGLISH WILLS. 1420, SIR ROGBR 8ALWATN.
Also I wiH pat lofian my brothir haue I habirgotm of Gresserafi.^
Also I wiH fat )>• Xonne fat kepid me in my seknes haue ij noble*,
and Jat ther be ^if in-to the hous fat she wonnes in, "xx* s*' for to
4 syng and pray for me. Also I wili fat Thomas Faarchildf haue as
mych monee as he may purches hym -xl s\ be 301. Also T wili fat
ati f • ffumirs fat I haue, be sould and doon for my saule. Also I
wiH fat Chace haue a habiriofL of myne. executors of* my testament, I
8 win and ordeine Piers de la Hay, Gerard Saluayn), Robert Rodestoh),
8ir Nichol Dixson, Clerk, Robert Cawode, Robert Day, Richard
Chace, and Thomas Fairchild, to whom I 3iff and wit f* residue of
ati f ® good and cateti fat I haue, fat they ordeine and dispose hit in
12 sich wys as may be most meritory for my soule, as they witi aunswere
be-for gode on dredfull day of doom. ^And the surveiors of my
testament, I witi and ordeine William Kylwolmerssh, Gierke, and my
wyfe; wyttnessyng William Philipe Ghiualer, Richard Wodevitt,
16 William Lister, and other. Also I witi fat William Lister haue as
mych of monee as the sorde hors is worth, fat Shottesbroke haues.
Probatum fuit presens testamen^wm coram Magistro lohawne
Estcourt, commissarto &c% septimo die mensw Marcij, Anno domtm
20 MiMesimo GGGG"** xxij**" &c*; & Gommissa fuit admimstracto omnixim
bonorwm dicti defuncti, Hicardo Chace & Thome Faarchyld, execi*-
torihua in dido testa/Tieyito nomi7?atis; et haftent ad exhe&endz^m
Inuentartwm citra festum pentecostt ^ro:dmum iam f uturwrn.
Hauberk, and was sometimes worn under that : see Chaucer's Sir Thopas. It
had sleeves in Wace's time, as he tells us that Bp. Odo*s haubergeon at the Battle
of Hastings was loose in the body, and tight in the sleeves. 1876. Pla .ch^,
Cycl. of Costume, i. 236.
* A light flexible piece of armour * composed of small overlapping pieces of
steel, fastened by one edge upon canvas, which was covered with cloth, silk, or
velvet, the gilt heads of the rivets that secured the plates forming an ornament
on the outside. It was used for cuisses, brassarts, and other portions of har-
ness ; but very generally in the 14th and 15th centuries [and no doubt in the
Will abuv] for jackets.* 1876. Planch^, Cyd, of Costume^ i 818. (See the
woodcuts of two Jazerant Jackets on p. 314.)
» leaf 438.^
[This ends the English Wills in Register * March.*]
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EARLIEST ENOUSH WILLS. 1424, ROGER FLORE, OR FLOWER. 55
EOGER FLORE (OR FLOWER), ESQ., OF LONDON,
AND OAKHAM, RUTLANDSHIRE, 1424-5.
[Son Thomas to have all silver plate and household goods in Testator*8
Inn at London, and some at Oakham, with Towels, Cup, Pots, <fec. ; also
Carts, Ploughs, Horses k Gear. A large Maser to be an heirloom. Other
plate, &c. to heir and sons Robert, Roger, and John, and daughters Anneys
and Joan. Wife Cecile to have the rest of silver plate and some other goods ;
residue to heir. Corn, malt, and live stock to go to purposes of the will.
Milch Cows, half to Wife, ha. to heir. Best ambling Horse to Wife;
next to son-in-law Sir H. Plesyngton ; next to son Thomas : other ridiog
horses to Wife and son Thomas. Furrd gowns among Children ; other
clothes among Servants. Armour to sons Robert and Thomas. Executors
to keep children's money. Gold Rings, <fec. to women relativs. Beads,
&c. to the Master of Manton. Money to old Servants. Ascht roof of
Oakham steeple to be built. Portas, or portable Breviary, to son Thomas.
For WUl of Realty see p. 69.]
(Luffenam, leaf 69.)
Te&iamentum Rogeri Flore. [In margin.']
Tn dei nomine Amen. Ego, Rogerus Flore, miser et indignus, de
**- Okeham, compos mentis, laudetur altissimus, xv* die Aprilis,
Anno domini MiUmmo cccc"* xxiiij*®, condo testamentum meum in
hunc mod am. [A leaf and 3 quarters of Latin testament follows, with 4
appointment of Executors^ on leaf ^^ hack, a^ follows: — ]
" Et ad istam execuceonem bene et fideliter faciendam, ordino et
constituo lohawnem Clerk de Wyssenden, l^iaAulphum Humberstone
de leices^Wa, ^ioardum Hawey, Magi^^rwrn cantarie de Mantoft, & 8
WilleZmi^m Baxtir, custodem Hospitalitatis de Okeham, Executores
ineos, ad disponendi^7n & exequend^^m testamentmn meum &
voluntatem meam predictor, cum superuisione Henrici Plesyntofl
miHtis, prout velint coram summo ludice respondere" * 12
Codicillus eiusdem Rogeri [In margin.']
[I. Testament of the Personalty.]
TN )>e name of almyghty god, fader and soft and holy gost. Amen.
**- I, Roger Flore of Okeham i, declare my last wiH in ^\a bille, als
* Oakham^ a parish and market-town, in the soke of Oakham, county of
Rutland, of which it is the chief town, 95 miles N.N. W. from London.— Xems.
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66 BABLIB8T ENGLISH WILLS. 1^ BOOER FLOBE^ OR FLOWER.
weH of my testament as of my lancF ))at standej in feffe^^ handes.
First I wille fat my testament be, witfe the grace of god, f ulfillecJ ;
and as touching my housholde, my wille is, )>at Thomas my sone haue
4 ali my seluere vesseti ]>at I haue atte London, )>at is to sey, a basyn
and an Ewei* of syluere, too gilt peces flat couered, too peces of
siluere whit* lowe feet, pQ oone coueredl with gilt brerdes, and fre
goblettes of sylu^re, oone couered, and a poteli pot of syluere, and a
8 syluere salei', and a doseyn spones of too suites, and foui^ chargeoiirs,
six disches, and six saucers of siluere merkid with a sink foil vnder
J>e brerdej. Also I wul he haue al myn other houshoold fat I haue
atte Londefi, except my bed of Tapistree, fe which I wuH my
12 welbeloved wife Cecile haue; pe which housholdf is in myn In, in
keping of my semaunt Rolleston by bille endented, of which fe oone
bille is in my trussing 'cofer*. I wol also my sayd sone Thomas haue
my paled bed of wursted, white and rede, with fe costers fe whicfi
16 semen for my chambre I lye Inne atte Okeham, and a rede bed of
wursted with fe costers the which hengen in fe newe chamber' next
my chambei* ; and I wuH he haue to pe oone bed a peyre fustyans,
and to pQ ofer a peyre blankettti?, and to ilk of pe too beddis too peyre
20 schetys goode, and a matras and a canvas ; and I wuti he haue oon
fetherbed ; and I wuH he haue too seruawntes beddys for pe too said
chambers. I wuH also he haue too fyne bordeclothes, pe one of
werk, pe oper playn, with goode sanapes* and wasshyngtowels, boJ>e
24 for befor* mete and after*. Also I wuti he haue my maser* of a vine
rote^ the which was my faders, and pe peces of syluere made in pe
bof um like perles, and too pottw of bras, and too pannes, and too
spytes, and a peyre rakkes of yryne, and to brandemes, and to doseyn
28 of pewter vesseti, and too cors bordclojjes, and too peire cors sanapes,
and J?re candelstykes of laton. Also I wuti he haue my cartes and
my plowes, and ati my hors fat longen to hem, whith ati her* gere.
also I wuti he haue my grete maser^ fe which I calle 3ele^, for fe
32 terme of his life, and so from heir* to heyr^ lome : and no man mcrueil
1 The final ' 3 * ia generally a contraction for es, so that * feffej ' may be
* feffee5 ' ; but as both * brerdes ' and * brerdej * are uzed for the same thing
below, * } * had better be read * z ' here. * feflfes ' is on p. 60, as well as * feffe3.'
» with. 3 leaf 70. * hand-napkins. » ? MS. jole.
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BARLIBST ENGUSH WILLS. 1424, ROGER FLORB, OR FLOWBR. 57
fogfe I do weH to him, for when almyghty god list to take me oute of
f is wreched world to his mercy, fan shaH he be left faderles and
moderles, grauntfaderles and grauntmoderles. And yf hit so befeH
J>at he died, leuyng* me, fan wuH I fat myn eldest sone fat ouere- 4
leueth me hane hit^ I haue be-qweythen my sayd sonc Thomas.
More ouere I wuH fat Robert my soft haue my flat cou^red pece
whitti a sqware pomeli, and an of er flat pece of f e suit fat were my
faders, (of whos soule god haue mercye,) and six spones of syluere ; 8
and lames my soiL fe keuered pece f e which f e persofi of Bereughby
gaf me, and six spones of sylu^re ; and Roger my soft f e keu^red
pece of syluer fe which was mayster Robertti^ Stoneham, and is
pounces whith a crane, and six seluere spones ouer fe other keuered 12
pece, pe which my lord Le Ware gaf him whan he was cristnedf;
and lohn) my soft a keu^red pece and six spones of siluei' ; and I wul
fat my saicJ soft Robert haue my best gilt pece keuered, and Roger
my saidTsona my gilt keuered goblet fat was Camews. Also I wuH 16
fat Anneys my doughter haue f e standing pece fat was my faders,
keuered, and my gilt pece fat Steneby gaf me, and a quart pot of
siluei^, and six spones of siluei^, and a basyn and an Ewei^ of siluei' ;
and my doughter^ lohn) a keuered pece of sQuei*, f e which f e provest 20
of Coderstoke gaf me, and six silucr spones ; and I wul fat ilk of my
said childre haue a bed, fat is to say, couerlide, tapite, blanketti*,
too peyre schetes, matras, and canvas. And fan wul I fat my
welbeloued wyfe Cecile haue alle fe remenaunt of my syluere vessel}, 24
pottes, peces, and spones^ basyn and Ewer^ of siluere, powderbox and
salers of siluere, beddyng*, napery and pewter vessell, brasse spytes,
rakkes and brandernes of erne ; and ati myn other howshold, saf suche
as longeth to f e gamerye, I wul abyde to myn heyr*. And I wul fat 28
non of my corn, nor malt, ne quyk catel, be takew for houshold, but I
wul it helpe to fulfulle my testament, saf fat I wul fat my wyf haf
of my com and malt als myche as hire nedeth, til newe come, by
delyueraunce of myn Executours, if she wul holde houshold. And I 32
wul my wyf haf half my mylche kye, and myn heyi' f e othei' half.
And after my principal is taken, I wul my wyf haf my best ambeler*,
and my sone, sir Herre Plesyngton, wylk him likef best, after* preying
* hit =s hit fat, what, the property which.
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58 BARLI1E8T SN0L18H WILLS. 1424, ROGER FLORB, OR FLOWER.
hym to be gode maystre to my children ; and ^en wul I ])at my soil
Thomas haf pe best next ; and pe remenaient of my rode horses I wul
be departyd betwene my wyfe and my soft Thomas ; but I wul my
4 wyf chese first. Also I wul )>at my gownes for my body, fe whidi
ben ffurred whith pelure, be dalt amongt8 my childre, to ilke after
here degre and age, so ])at Thomas and Anneys haue four* ^of pe best
And I wul Jat pe remenaunt of my cloJ>es for my body be dalt
8 amoDges my s^ruauntes, — of pe which I wul that Thomas CampiofL
be ]»ought on — to ilke after pejr degrees. And -I- wul fat Eobe7*t
my son haue oon of my swerdes, and one of my basilardes hameysed
with silutfre, and one of my siluere girdeles. And I wul fat Thomas
12 my sone haue myn ofer siluere girdeH, and myn oper wepen and
arm/?rur*. Also 'I* wul fat Thomas my sone haue my termes fat I haf
of Westmin*fer in fe personage of Okeham. Also I witt fat fe
money fe which I haue be-qwefen to my childre to^ putte in sure
16 keping be myn Executours, so fat fey mowe haue fat is be-qwefen
hem when fei come to ^eres of discrecion, if fey lif so longe ; and elle
fat it mowe be disposyd by myn Executours as I haue ordeyned by
my testament, requirynge my seiJ Executours, as fey wul onswere to
20 god, fat fey (for no fauour) put hit but as fey suppose and truste be
her* consciens it shal be sure. And I wul fat Anneys Samon, my
wyfes moder, Margeret Spriggy, and Alys Eowele and lonet Hum-
berstone, Beatiice Swetenham, myn aunte, and my cosin Sithyng6,
24 half ilk of hem a gode goldring^, or a broche of gold, or a good peyi*
of bedys, for a remembraunce of me. And I wil fe Maister* of
Manton haf my pair' of bedys fat I vse my self, with f e x aues of
siluare, and a pater noster ouer-gilt, preying him to haue mynde of
28 me sumtime whan he seith oure lady sawter on hem. Also I wil fat
lohfl Brigg and Willia77i Lewes haf, ilke of hem, xl. s*. for here oold
se7'uice; and Robert Martfeld? 'xiij* s', iiij d ; and koc kook' a noble,
and Toume [so] Campion a noble, and if f e voute* of Okeham stepiJ
32 be not made in my lif, f e which I haf made couenawnt of with
Thomas Nuntoii, Mason, to gif him .v. mark for f e werkmansshipe,
> leaf 70 back. « ? read * be.' 3 Cock, the cook (?).
* Voulte : f. a vault or arch ; also, a vaulted or embowed roofe. 1611.—
Cotgrave.
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EABLIEST ENGLISH WILLS. 1424, ROGER FLORE, OB FLOWER. 59
(of fe whicfe I haue paied him a noble on ernest,) I wol pe same
couenaMnt be fulfillid? of my good after my decease as sone as myn
necbonrs wul ordeyn for fe stuffe )?at sbaH go fer-to, of f e whicfe
stuffe Richard Oxenden hai)? paie<J to Fairchilcl, qwarriowr, xiij s* and 4
iiij <J for freestone. More-ouer I wuH fat Thomas my soil haue my
portoos, charging him, on my blessing, that he kepe hit, terme of his
lif, so that god wuH her-after* sende him deuocion to sey his scruice
fer-ov), as I haiie done, ))at ))enne he may haue such a good honest 8
boke of his owne ; and if god ewre ^ him to dye or m«, I wul Jeanne
my eldest soil haue it to ]>e same entent. And I pray to pe blessed
TWnite that of his endles mercye and goodnesse he sende my children
grace to be gode men and wommen, and to ^elde him gode soules, 12
))oroug!i ])e helpe and praier of oure lady seint Marye, and of a,¥t ]>e
seyntes of heune. Amen.
[11. Wm of the Realty.]
[2 Lincolnshire Manors to Wife for life, while sole; then 1 to son
Thomas, and 1 to son James, in tail. If Wife marries, her estate to go to
sons Robert and Thomas. If not, Robert to have Oakham and Masthorpe
lands for his mother's life, with remainder to son Thomas in tail. Bran-
toft land to son Roger in tail. Halton lands to son John in tail. Other
Rutland and Leicestershire lands to son Thomas in tail. Dwelling-place
to Wife for a year ; then to son Thomas. Feoffees to make these Settle-
ments by Indentures. Heirs' deeds to be kept in a coffer in Oakham
Almshouse, and given to each when he's of age. Other children's deeds
to be copied for the eldest son. Each child under age to have his rents
for maintenance. Testator's Ward, T. Dale, either to marry Testator's
daughter Anneys — in which case her portion is to be reduced — or the
right of his marriage to be sold.
Codicil. Oct. 1425, p. 63. Son James to hav an Annuity of £5 out
of Leicestershire land while his mother stays sole ; also part of his brother
Robert's land, if Robert turns priest ; in which case his brother William is
to have the estates given to Robert for his mother's life. The whole
Will and Codicil written by Testator.]
And moreouer, for als mykyl as at diuerce feffementes fat I haue
mad to diuerce men of ce?*teyn part of my loncJ, to fe entent fat fey 16
shulde do my wylle lyke as in sum wrytynges and condicions vpon
fe same feffementes it is more pleynly conteyned?. And also for als
1 'i ure, destine. Fr. Tieur: m. Hap, lucke, fortune, chaunce. — Cotgrave.
MS. maybe *cwre.*
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60 EARLIB8T BXGUSH WILLS. 1424, ROGBR FLORB, OR FLOWER.
mykel as diuers men haf ioint astate whit me in din^rce of my
purchace be wey of truste for to fulfylle my wille whan I required
hem, or declared it to hem, Nowe I declare here my laste wille, als
4 wel to my saide feffej as to my ioint f effes : First I wul and ordeyne
that my ioint feflfe^ of my maners of Stenby ^ and Braceby,^ with here
appurtenaunces, in Lin[c]olne-shir©, suflfre my wyfe Cecile haue J>e
prcTfite^ of J>eim aH Je while she lyve)) sool withoute husbond. And
8 if she take J>e mantel and )>e rynge, and avowe chastite, than wnl I
J>at fortfe-whitli my said ioint feffes make her astate, for terme of
hii* lif, of Je same too lordshipes, vp condicion ))at she lyve sool,
withoute husbond ; the remaindre of Je maner of Steneby, with fe
12 appwrtenaunces, to Thomas my soft and heii', and to }>e heires of his
body comynge ; and for defaute of heires of his body comynge, to fe
heires of my body comynge ; and for defaut of issu of my body
comynge, to my right heires. And Je remaindre of pe said maner of
16 Braceby, wif Je appwrtenawnces, to lames my soft, and to fe heires
of his body comynge ; and for defaute of heires of his body comynge,
to fe heires of my body begetyn ; And for defaute of issu of my body
begetyn, pe remaindre to my right heires. And if my said wif take
20 hii' an husbond, fanne wul I pat my said ioint feffe^ make astate to
Robert, my soft, of my said maner of Steneby with Je appwrtenaunce3
for terme of his moder lyf Cecile / the remaindre of fe said manere
whith fe appwrtenawncej to my son Thomas, and to the heires of his
24 body comynge, and so forth, as hit is declared a-fore. And if hit so
be pat my said wif take pe mantell and pe rynge, avowe chastite as
hit is said ^before, and pcr-vpon haue astate of my said too maners
for terme of hir* lif, pe remaindre forth as hit is before declared, pan
28 wul I pat my ioint feffe3 of my landes and tenementes pat I bonght
of Richard Oxenden in Okeham, and also pat my ioint feflfe3 of my
land and tenemewte^ in Mastorpe, And also my ioint feffe^ of the
burgate in pe newgate of Okeham, pe which I bought of Richard
32 Milner*, make astate of peim to Roberd my son a-f ore-said for terme
of the lyf of his moder' Cecile; pe remaindre of peim to my soft
1 Steriby is Stainby, near the Leicestershire border ; 9 miles South of
Grantham. — E. Peacock.
* Braceby f a village 7 miles East of Grantham. — E. P. * leaf 71,
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EARLIEST ENGLISH WILLS. 1424, ROGBB FLORE, OR FLOWER. 61
Thomas and to J)e heires of his body; and for defaute of issu of his
body, fanne to Jje heires of my body ; and for defaute of issu of my
body, Jje remaindre to my right heires, so J>at my ful wiH is, Jat if my
said soft Eobert haf not Steneby, fat fanne he haf peae other finges 4
as hit is a-fore declared. More-ouere my witt is, fat my ioint feffe3
of my landes and tenementea in Branntoft * in Lyndeseye make astate
of feim to Roger my soil, and to fe heires of his body comynge; and
for defaute of [issu of] his body comyngc, fe remaindre to my son 8
Thomas and to f e heires of his body comynge ; and for defaute of
issu of his body comynge, to f e heires of my body comynge ; and for
defaute of issu of my body, fanne to my right heires. Also I wul fat
my ioint fefife3 of my landes and tenementes, whith her* appwr- 12
tenawnces, in Halton in Lyndesey,^ make astate of f eim to lohfi my
son, and to f e heires of his body comynge ; and for defaute of issu of
his body, f e remaindre to f e heires of my body ; and for defaut of
issu of my body, forf to my right heires ; so fat my wyti is, fat f e 16
remaindre of att my landes and tencme/^tes fat I ordeyn to myn other
children fro myn heii*, abide, for defaute of issu of f eim, to myn eldest
son and heir fat ouer lyueth hem, and f anne forth as hit is a-fore
declared. More-ouer my wyti is fat oB, myn enfefiEe3 of ofer diuerce 20
of my landes and tenementes in Eoteland and Leycestre-shire, als wel
f o fat stande enfeffed by me, as f o fat ben ioint feflfed with me, make
astate of j^eim to my said son Thomas and to f e heires of his body
comynge ; And for defaute of issu of his body comynge, f e remaindre 24
to fe heires of my body; and for defaut of issu of my body, fe
remaindre to my right heires, saf fat I wul fat myn enfeflTej of my
place fat I wone Inne, suifre my wyf wone f er-Inne a jere after my
decesse, if she wille, so fat she take no husbond in f e mene tyme ; 28
And after fat, I wul fat my said eiifeffe3 make astate f e^-of to my
said son Thomas, as of f e remenawnt it is arfore declared. And if hit
so befelle fat my said sofi Thomas died to-fore f ise astates afore-said
^ Branntoft. 1 think this is Bratoft, 5 miles East of Spilsby. — E. Peacock.
* ffalton, East, in the East Division of the Wapentake of Yarborough, Parts
of Lindsey, co. of Lincoln . . 11 m. N.W. from Great Grimsby. HalUm Holgate
in the East Division of the Soke of Bolingbroke, Parts of Lindsey, co. of
Lincoln . . 1} m. E.S.E. from Spilsby. Halton West in the N. Division of the
Wapentake of Morley, Parts of Lindsey . . 7 m. S. by E. from Settle. — Carlisle,
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62 BA.RLIBST SN0LI8H WILLS. 1484, ROOBR FLORE, OR FLOWER.
made, J^enne wille I ]yat like astate be made to myn eldest sofi p&t
)>anne ouer-lyaet& him ; and my wille is, pat alle pe astates before-
said be made by dede endente<l, to pat enteiit |)at one of pe dedys
4 mow be deliu^red to him )>at pe gyf t shal be made to, and pe oper to
myn heii', because of pe romaindre. And I wul })at myn heires
dedys be kept whij) pe reraenattnt of my dedys in pe same cofei* )>at
my dedys be]) kept in no we, and so delyu^red him to his vse ; And I
8 wul pat pe oper parties of pe dedys endentyd, with pe remenat^nt of
pe dedys pat longen to myn oper childre, be put in pe cofre )>at
Thomas Audeby gaf me, in pe which my selu^r vesseH is now kept,
til ilk childe come of age to receyve |)at longes to him ; And ]}at^ last
12 shal receyue his dedes, I wil ))at he haf pe cofr^ whit-all ; so ])at I wil
fat pej haue no lyuere of peb^ dedys til J>ey come til jeres of age and
discrecton to resceyue hem. And if pey died or )>ei came to such age,
]»anne his dedes ))at so died wer^ deliuareci to myn heii^. And I
16 wolde )>at pe substanciatt^ dedes of myn oper childre were copied, and
pe copies put amonge myn heirs dedes for a remembraunce. and if
it myght godely, I wolde alle pe giftes aforesaid were done by fyn,^
for more suerte, on my cost. And my wil is, ]7at piae astates be made
20 al so sone as ))ei mowe godely after my decesse, and ])at my said
children haue ilk of hem pe profit of ]>aire lande pat I ordeyn hem,
fort^whith anone after my dirige. Aud I wul fat pe said cofre that
myn other children dedes shul be kept in, be kept in pe Almeshouse
24 of Okeham, vndre pie keyes, too vnder keping of myn Executours,
and pe fridde vnder pe keping of an oueraeer of my testamewt,^ so
fat fei mow make deliueraunce to my childre of her' dedes, as hit is
seid before. I write nomore atte fis time, but fat I prey to almyghty
28 god als entierly as any synful man may ^prey, fat of his endeles
mercy and grace, f orough f e preier* of oure lady seint Marye and alle
f e seintes of heuen, he haf mercy of my synful soule, and bring hit
to his blis, and gyf myn Executours grace to make good ende of my
32 testament and wille, and my feflfej also of my fefifementes, Amen.
1 l^at s who that, he who. ' original.
' That Fines were to be levied by the * Enfeffe) ' in favour of the several
Devisees.
* Sir Harry Plesyngton is named as Overseer, in the Latin Testament : see
p. 55. * leaf 71 back.
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EARLIEST ENGLISH WILLS. 1426, ROGER FLORE, OR FLOWER. 63
writen witfi myn owne han^ fe xviij. day Apriti, fe jere specefied in
my said? testament. And as touching fe warde and mariage of
Thomas Dale, my witt is, but if he and my doughtei* Anneys mowe
acorde hy pe asseynt of hire moder Ceeile, elles I wul ))at pe warde 4
and mariage of him be solcJ to my profit fei* hit may be to his
worships. And I wul fat fe profit, ))at comef ))er-of, helpe to
fulfylle my testament and wille, if hit nede be, and elles be done for
my soule by myn Executours. And if my said doughter Anneys and 8
he acorde of mariage, fan wul I gyf hire fe mariage, abatyng for hii*
C ti that I haf beqwefen hire be my testament, Ix. li^, fe whicfi I wil,
helpe to fulfilling of my testament and wil, if it nede, and elles be
done by myn Executours for my soule and for alle cristen soules. 12
And also I wil fat lolin Ondeley haf a coueryd pece of silue?*, price
of xl' s*, or elles xl .s' to bie one whith, of my cost, for a remem-
braunce of me. my wille is also fat my newe vestment fat I made^
last, be deliuered to myn Autei' in fe kyrke, fer to serue and abide 16
in remembraunce of me while it wul endure, to f e wurshipe of god ;
and Ific [Jes-us] mak gode ende.
[III. CodicU, Oct. 1425. Abstract on p. 59.]
And for asmoche as .1. Roger Flore, ouerseying my testament and
wille, haue conceyued? fat I haue not ordeyned what lames my soft 20
shulde haue during his moder lyf, soole, whithouten husbonde, f er-
fore my wille is, fat my ioint feffe^ of my purchace of Leesthorpe ' in
Leicestreshire, graunte by her* dede, to lames my said sone, an annuite
of .0 s' of my said purchas of Leesthorpe, to haue hit for terme of his 24
moder lif Ceeile, if she lyue sool, so fat, after hei* decesse, or if she
take hii* an husbond, he mowe haue fe remaindre of Braceby, like as
I haue ordeined for him in my witi, so fat whanne f e remaindre
fallef to him, fat f anne f e saide annuite of an C s' sese. And I wul 28
fat f e said graunte of f e said annuite be graunted with clause of
destresse paieable atte too termes, fat is to say, at Esteme and
1 ? does this mean that her Portion is to drop to £40 or to £60 ?
' ? = cauzd to be made.
' Leesthorpe, in the hand, of Gartree, though locally situate in the hund. of
Guthlaxton, Co, of Leicester ; in the Parish of Pickwell ... It is 4 m. S.E. by
S. from Melton Mowbray. — Carlisle.
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64 BARUBST BNGUSH WILLS. 1426, ROGER FLORE, OR FLOWER.
Micheliuesse. Furthermore my wiH is, pat if Robert my son be a
prest in time to come, seyng ))at panne my lande pat is tayled to him
in Leicestre, Whyteweti^ and Litel Hamildofl^ shulde desceude to pe
4 said lames, pat panne pe remaindr^ of Braceby a-fore said be tU
William my son6 after pe decesse of his modei* Cecile ; or if she take
hire an husbond, as hit is rehersyd a-fore. More-ouer' my wiH is, pat
if my said soft Robert be here-aftir^ prest, as hit is said before, panne
8 wul I, if he haf any benefice of holychirche or prcbende, pat panne
pe astate pat I ordeigned pat ioint feffe^ of my londes and iQneinenies
pat 1 bought of Richard Oxendeii of Okeham, and also of my burgage
pe whicfi I bought of 'Richard Mylnere in pe Newgate of Okeham,
12 and my ioint feffe^ of my landes and tenementes in Masthorpe,
shulde haf made to Robert my sone for pe terme of his moder lif in
such manere and forme as hit is declared in my former^ wiH, pat
panne pay shall make astate of pe said londes and tenenientos to my
16 said sone William in such manere and fowrme as pei shulle haue
made to my said sone Robert, wip pe remaindre as hit is in my
former wille declared. In witnes of which pis my writyng* of myn
own bond, I haue annexed pis. my wille with my testament and
20 former wille, vnder my seal of myn armes, affermyng* my said
testament and former wille except pat ^ is chaunged in pis my last
wille. writen at Okeham pe Fryday a-fore pe fest of pe aposteles,
Seint Simon and lude,* pe jere of oure lord a pousand foure hundred
24 and xxv. and pe jere of pe reigne of ^King Herry pe sext after
pe conquest, pe fourte. And I prey my feffe^ pat alle pese astatys, by
pe avys of a wel lerned man of pe lawe, of my cost, to be paled
by myn Executours. Almyghty god make good ende ! Amen.
28 Probata fuerunt pre^ens testamentum & codicillwm coram MeLgistro
lohawne Lyndefeld, Commissa^^o &c, xx die meneis lunij, Anno
dommi Mille^mo cccc"" vicesimo octauo, & co^nmissa est adminis-
tracio ommxim bonorwm dicti defuwcti dicto Ricar^^o Hiwey, &
32 domino WilleZmo Baxter, ^xecutoribus in eodem testamento nomi-
nate, Reseruata potestate, &c*.
^ Whitwell in the Hundred of Alstoe. The Flores held an estate there under
the Prior of St. John of Jerusalem. — J. H. R. ^ what, that which.
* Little Hambledon, in the Hundred of Martinsly. The Flores held the
Manor under the Ferrers family.-^. H. R. * Oct 28. * leaf 72.
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EARLIBST ENGLISH WILLS. 1425, WILUAH NBWLAND. 65
WILLIAM NBWLAND, OF LONDON AND
NORMANDY, 1425.
[Going on a Journey. Pilgrims to be sent to Rome, Jerusalem,
Canterbury, St Michael's Mount, and St James's of Compostella, for
Testator's soul, and Priests to sing for it Gifts of gilt and silver Cups
and Goblets, Bed, and Money. Gifts to Parson and Clerk of St. Thomas's,
London, and Prisoners and Poor. Goods for Testator's soul.]
(More, 8 Commissary Court of London, If. 170 bk.)
Brigide.^ T. WilleZmi Newland. Ha5ent acquietaneiam. [Li margin,]
I, William NewlancJ, wol pat al men know pat J>is bere-vnder
writen ys my last wiH, what fat ener god ordene for me in my
lomeye. First, for to dispose my goodis : J>e goodw that be in
a pairc of trussing cofres in the kepyng of Thomas Broun), y wol pat 4
a man be founden ])6rwith to go to Eome and to len^^alem, and to
bane per-of for his coates and laboter 1 inarc«'; s^noper for to go fro the
SwercJ in Fletstrete vn-to Caunterbnry, barefot, x s' ; and a-nofer for
to ride or go vn-to seynt Micheti mount* xx s' ; and A-noper to seynt 8
lames in Galis* C s' ; and for v prestw for to synge at chircfi of seint
Thomas of Postlis*^ a hool yera, 1 marc<2. ^^^ fQj Qj,gy y j^eatta the
next yere suyng in f* same place, 1 marc 2. And y wiH J>at sir
Thomas Fawkys haue two gilt cuppis cou^red, and ij pecis of silu^. 12
and also it is my will fat Elianor of Coton)* haue C marc to her
manage, and a browded bed wip p* costures perto, and a cup of
Silu^ and ij gobelettt^. also y wol pat Thomas Pounce haue
X marc, also y wol pat Thomas Broun) and his wyff haue viij 16
* St. Bridget's, or St. Bride's, Fleet St., in Faringdon Ward Without
> Fifty marks, £32 149. id. : over £300 in present money.
' That in Cornwall, not that in Britany, as only 20s. is allowd.
* St. James's of Compostella, in Galicia, Spain.
* The Church of St. Thomas the Apostle was in 'Knight riders street . . by
Wrvng-wren lane, a proper Church,, and in the yeere 1629. well repaired and
finely garnished.' — S tow's Survey of London, ed. 1688, p. 268, col. 2. It was
burnt in the Great Fire of 1666, and not rebuilt The parish was joind to St
Mary Aldermary, Bow Lane, Watling St.
* There's a Coton 2 miles N. of Cambridge, and another near Bugby, in-
Warwickshire.
E. E. WILLS. F
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66 EARLIEST BNOLISH WILLS. 1425, WILLIAH NEWLAND.
inarc«. Also y wol pat lohD) of Merbury^ haue x marc, also y wol
pat pe persons of seynt Thomas apostolis haue xiij s' iiij (), and p^
clerk yj s' viij (>. also y wol pat xl marc* be delid to prisoners and
4 to pore folkys. also y remenant of my barneys and ofer goodis,
y wiH pat it be disposed for my sowle, and for ati p* saules per euer y
had ony good of: and pis y yeue in charge, wip witte and good
mende, to myn executours, as pey wol answere a-for god, to be treuly
8 disposed as it ys a-boue writen. and herevpon) y make myn
Executottrs, . Thomas Fawke* a-fore writen, and Elianor of Coton),
Thomas Pounce & Thomas Broun). Writen pe xx day of Decembre
in London) be me William Newland. And y wol pat al my rentis
12 and goodw in N'ormandie be disposed be William Faukeswell and be
Pers Gely, pe half for to be don for my sowle, and pe oper half
y jeue hem frely for to do trewly for me. and her-to y set p* seale of
my Armes to witnesse.
16 Probatum fuit hoc testamentum coram nobis Dauid Price, vicario
Reuerendi in christo pahis & domini WilleZwi, dei gratia Londome
'Episcopi^ in spm^ualib«w generali, xv kalendarum Augusti, anno
domini miilesimo cccc"" xxvj***, Et per nos legitime pronwnciatum pro
20 eodeuL Et commissa est admiwistraczo omnium bonorwm presens
testamen^t^m concemencmm, infra iurisdicctonem Londome existen-
cium, Elianore of^ Coton), Thome Pounce & Thome Broun) execu-
torial^ superius nominati^, iuratis primitus in forma iurt^, & Admisaia
24 per eosdem, facultate committenda admimstractonem humsmodi
Thome Faukys, executori superius nomi/iato, cu7?i venerit, & eandem
subire voluent, nobis specialiter reseruata. In cuius rei testimonium,
sigillum quo in hmusmodi officio vicariati«5 vtimwr, presentibus
28 apposuimi^. Datwm Londonic, die & anno domini supradictw.
1 Merbury is not in Walker's Gazetteer. * so.
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BARUEST BNQLISH WILLS. 14aB, WILLIAM DAVY. 67
WILLIAM DAVY, FISHMONGER, LONDON, 1426.
[To be buried in St. Clement's, East-Cheep. Gifts to the Works,
Parson and Clerk of the Church, and other Priests. Small bequests to
Brother, Sister, and friends. Residue for Testator's Soul.]
(More, 8 Commissaiy Court of London, If. 228.)
C[lement] Est[chepe]. Testamentum WilleZmi Davy. B.affent
SLcquietaTiciam} [In marffin,]
In y name of god, amen. In the xxvij day of nouember, The
jere of our* lord M. CCCC"*** xxvj, L Wilham Dauy, Fyscfemongere
and Citezyn of London, In hool mynde, make and ordeyne my
Testament in this maner : Ferst I be-quethe my sowle to al-myghty 4
god and to al f ® seyntis, my body to be beryed in f* Cherche-^erd of
seynt Clementw be syde Est chepe^. Al-so I be-quethe to the werkes
of ^^6 forseyd cherche, xl a*. Al-so I be-quethe to t?ie persone of the
sayde cherche, xiij s' iiij <}. Also I be-quethe to the m&j&ter clerke 8
iij 8* iiij A Also I be-quethe sere Wilham Podoii), iij s'. iiij (J. Also
I be-quethe sere lohn Buk, iij s' iiij (J. Also I wele that euery prest
that is at my dyrige and at messe, haue vj <J. Also I be-quethe
Margrete Schiplake, xl s*. Al-so I be-queth Waket, prentys vrith 12
Schiplake, yj s' viij A Also I be-quethe lohfl Davy my brotfier
xl. s*. Also I be-quethe Margery my sistei*, xx s'. And p* residue
of al my godys after my testament is f ulfyllyd and my dettys payd,
thej be disposyd for my soule after the disposicion of my executour. 16
and to th'ia 1 make and ordeyne William Schiplake, Barbour, myn
executour ; and I be-quetne the same Wilham xl s* ; Al-so ^eue hym
wit^-owte that, for hese laboure, vj s* viij d?. Item I be-quethe lohfl
Lowesley vj s' viij d. Wittenessis, sere Andrewe Norwiche, persone,^ 20
and Thomas Eokewode, clerk.
^ The Executors have paid their dues to the Court.
* This is a small Church, void of Monuments, other than of Francia Bamam,
Alderman, who deceased 1575, and of Benedict Bamam his sonne, Alderman
also 1598. — Stow's Survey, 1633, p. 235, col. 1. This Church was repaired and
beautified at the cost and charge of the Parishioners, in the yeere of our Lord
God, 1632.— i6. p. 882, col. 1. Burnt in the Great Fire, 1666 ; rebuilt by Wren.
' Probably the Parson drew up the Will. See the Common Form for Wills
F 2
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68 EARLIEST ENGLISH WILLS. 1426, WK. HANTNGPELD.
Probatum est & c. ij* nonarum Decembris, anno domini supro-
dicto, coram Roberto DerffelcJ &c c». Et commiaaa est &c« WilkZino
Schiplake, executor! suprodicto. £t admissum p^ eundem, iurato
4 pnmitus in forma iuiis.
WM. HANYNGFELD, ESQ.,i OP ESSEX AND
SUFFOLK, 1426.
[To be buried at Bikinacre, Essex. Small sums of money to its
priests, and poor, and Church ; to his Suffolk tenants, and the Church
of Lawshall. Much of his land to be sold ; and out of its price, 2 Priests
to be got to sing for 40 years for Testator's and others' souls ; alms to be
given ; 4 lepers to have 4 marks yearly for 10 years ; Obit to be kept
yearly in 3 churches ; poor of 3 Essex hundreds to have 20 marks a year
for 10 years ; 6 marks (£4) to be spent on Laffar bridge, and 600 marks
on Eastford bridge. Household goods to go to children. Testator
to have a tomb like Sir Thomas More's *, with a broad stone and 4 pillars ;
and on the stone, a Brass of his wife and 7 children, &g. Bequests to priests,
clerks, poor, and poor tenants. Legacies to Executors, &c. Servants to
be rewarded. P. Dene to have an annuity out of land. Feffees (trustees)
to convey land as Executors direct Children to have £100 each, and be
govemd by Executors.]
(Luffenam, P. P. C, leaf 45.)
Teaiamenium WilleZmi Hanyngfelct. [In margin.']
Tn nomine Bancte & indiuidue Trinitatis, pa^ris et filij et spiritxis
■*- sawc^ Amen. In festo aancti Egidij Abbatis, Anno dommi
Mille^i'mo CCCC"" xxyj**, Anno regni Regis Henrici sexti post con-
8 questuw Anglie quinto. Ego, WilleZmus Hanyngfeldf, Armiger, in
mea libera et spontanea voluntate, ac in bona et sana memoria mea
existens, videns Ss precogitans in mortis p^rict^le^m, Ideo hoc presens
drawn by Parsons when applied to, in Bp. Lacy's Liber PorUifi^xiliSf cited in the
Notes, on a Widow's Vow of Chastity. This Form included gifts to the Church,
Parson, Clerk, &c.
1 "William Hanyngfield of Claydon's in East Hanningfield, Chelmsford
Hundred. — InquisUiones post mortem, 6 Hen. VI. — H. R.
* This was Thos. More (or Moor), Dean of St. Paul's, who rebuilt the
Chapel in Pardon Cloister, and was buried there in 14 . . See p. 104, note 1. —
J. H. R.
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EARLIEST ENGLISH WILLS. 1426, WM. HANYNGFBLD. 69
testamentu?n meum, voluiitate?/^ meaw in se continens, condo, facio,
& ordino in hunc modum. In primis lego et commendo animam
meani deo omwipotenti, creatori meo, ^heatiasimeque & gloriosissime
dei genitrici, virgini Marie, matrls sue, & omnibus sanctw^; corpusqt^^ i
meuw ad sepeliendi^wi in eccle«ia Bancti lohannis Bap^t^te de
Bykenare,2 in Capella sancti l^icholai. Item lego cuiliftet sacerdoti
ad exequias meas existent/, vj (t. Item lego cuiliftet clerico interes-
senti ihidejiLf iiij ^. Item lego cuiliftet pauperi ij 3, et si necesse^ 8
fnerit causa paupe?*tatw, iiij A Item lego paupmbus meis tenentibiza
ihidem per viam, xx s'. Item lego tenentibiw meis in Comitatu
SnSolkiey xL s*. Item lego fabrice ibidem, pro fac/ura ecclesie, si non
deueniat ad manus priom, sed per visum lohannis Borbam, C. marca^, 12
videlicet pro reparacione capelle ihidem vbi corpus meum sepultu??*
fnerit. Item lego p?*(? fac^ura eccle^ie de Lawsett* in Comitatu
SuffoZAji'e, ad orandwm pro antecessoribw* meis, xl* li. Eesiduuw vero
ommmn bonorwm meoruwi non legatorwm, do et lego Roberto de Teye,^ 16
Armigero, in Comitatu Essexie, Iolia«ni Basset • de CbishuH, lobanni
Whetley, ciui ciuitatw London/e, et Philippo Dene. Huius autem
testament! mei, Robertum de Teye, Armigerum, lohannem Basset
prsdictwm, lohawnem Whetley, ciuem ciuitatis London/e, & Philippum 20
Dene, ordino, facio et constituo Executores meos. In cuius rei
testimonium, sigillum meum presentibtw apposui. Datum Londonie,
die Ss Anno supradictia.
T
Codicillus eiusdem WilleZwi. [In margin.']
[Will of his Real Estate.]
His is the last witi of me William HanyngfeU Esquiei*, of ati my 24
londes and rentes witfiynne ''Jje shire of Esex' and SviSolk, I-made pe
iiij. day of Septembre, the jere of oure lord M* CCCC xxvj. First,
I woti fat J>e Maner of Chardacre and Valans yn the shire of Suffolk
^ — ^ interlined by another hand.
' Bicknacre Priory, adjoining East Hanningfield. — J. H. R. BikiTUuyre or
Bitacre in the hand, of Chelmesford, co. of Essex. — Carlisle. • MS. ncco.
^ Lawshally in the hand, of Baberg, co. of Suffolk ... 7 miles S. by E. of
St. Edmund's Bury. — Carlisle, ' the J> is that of the MS. all thru.
* Robert de Tey of Mark's Tey in the Lexden Hundred, Essex : d. 1426-7.
< John Basset of Basset's Hall, in Great Chishall, Essex.— J. H. R.
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70 EARLIEST ENGLISH WILLS. 1426, WM. HANYNGPBLD.
fat fay be soltl by myn Executours to as hie prys as hit may, withoute
f i-aude or male engyne, and fe money therof resceyuedf, be dispended
for my soule, after fe discreciozin of myn Executours. More-oucr I
4 woli fat f e maner icalled Bonylys maner, Frankelensmonday loncl
and Smythislond, be sold by fe same Executoz^rs, and wit& f e money
fer-of resceuyed, and more, ^ef nede be, be founde ij. prestes.
singyng* continuellicfi during* f e terme of 'xl* winter in f e Priory of
8 Bykenacre, in f e Chapeti of seint Nicholace, for fe soules of me, fe
forsaid William, Agnes, lohan, Cisily myn wyfes, Willta;?*, Nicholas,
Martyn, Alienore, Elisabeth, Roger and Margery, and for aH f e soules
fat I am bounde to do for^, after f e discreciown of myn Executours.
12 Also I woti fat f e maner icalled Piriesmaner ^ be sold as hastly as liit
may, and fe money therof resceyued, be dispended in dedes of almes
by f e discrecion of myn Executours. And as touching fe maner and
lond I-called Aiotte«, Bartlottei?, Pathislond, Gardyns, and Estlond,*
16 in Bradwett*, I wott fat fay be sold by my Executours; and wit& fe
money ther-of resceyued, that ther be I-founde iiij. pore men lepres,
during* fe terme of x ^ere, and fat euery of ham haue jerly
iiij marc during* fe same terme. Also I w(^ fat myn obite be
20 kept Jerly atte Bikenacre, Bradweti, and Canwedon,* and fat fay
haue to fe werkes of Canwedon chircfi, x marker. Also I woH
fat among* f e powremen of Richefordhundred,^ Dunchehundred,® and
Chelmysford hundred, be deled by myn Executours breed and
24 herynge to f e valu of xx marces during* fe terme of x 3ere. Also I
wott fat on Laffarebrugge'' be spendid, to make hit aH of stone, vj°
marker, in esement of f e comyns, if hit so be fat no man be bounde
by his lond to make hit. Also I woti fat my reuercion of Tootham^
28 I-called Skotte« and Westnewlond, and f e rente of Alflednasse be
sold by myn Executours, and f e money be dispendid to parfourme
my witi. And also I woti fat ati mauer howshold be kept, and let
fe childreii haue hit, or fe prys. And fat f e forset* that Thomas
^ Perie in Tillinghain, which he held of the Dean and Chapter of St. Paul's.
' ? East Hall Manor. * Canewdon near Rochford. — J. H. Round.
' Bradwell juxta inare, on the Blackwater, and in Dengey Hundred.
* Rochford Hundred. • Dengey Hundred. — J. H. Round.
' A bridge of one of the three Lavers in Essex, between Harlow and Ongar.
8 Totham, adjoining Langford ; or, possibly, Scottya in Canewdon, which he
held of John Tyrell, Esq.— J. H. Round. • A casket, little chest or ooffer.
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EARLIEST ENGLISH WILLS. 1426, WM. HANYNGPELD. 71
Essexi6^ wot where is, be delyuered to myn Executoura forto dispende
pe govides ]}at is thei-yn, for my soule, and pat pe same Thomas
Essexie ^ haue v marcf^ in honde, and also xx s' • terme of his ly f . And
jjat myn Executours pay for pe costes of his qwytaunce of his 4
enditement. And also I woti pat on pe briggc betwixt Estefor^^ 8^^^^
Chelmysford, Jef nede be, be spendect V° marcel, if hit so bo pat no
man be bounde by his londe to make hit. Also I woU pat I haue a
tumbe like sire Thomas More, and ther-vpon, a brode ston with iiij 8
pilers, and pe brode stone grauyn with Laton, of Cisifly* and vij
children, pat is to sey, a son and vj doughtren, lohan and iij children,
Agnes and ij children, pris of .L. marce*. Also I woti pat euery
preest being* atte my dirige, haue vj (J, and euery Clerk iiij (J, and 12
pat euery pore man haue ij (>, and if gret nede be, iiij A And also
I woti pat ther be delyuerecJ ther^ to pe pore peple of my ienaunttes
XX s*. Also I woti pat John Borham ouerse these ij preestes and pe
pore men, and haue for his labour' xl* s*. Also I woti pat Eolf 16
Baynarct and Darsy, if pay be witholde truly with jow, pat eucry
haue xl' s\ Also I woti pat Eoberd? of Teye, myn Executour, haue
for his labour, xxx li; John) Basset of Chishuti; xx ti; lohfl
Whetley, xx ti ; Phelippe Dene, for he is pore, xx ti ; And also to 20
William Babyngtofl, forto be good helper* and counceilloui^ to myn
Executours in ati matiers of lawe touching* hem and pe execucion of
my testame7it and last witi, xx marce*. Also I woti pat sire lofin, my
preest, haue xx s', and a gown e of my weryng*. Also I woti pat Witi 24
my man haue xx s*. And I woti and pray jow pat Phelippe be kept
on seniice stille, and haue as goud wages as he hadde of me be-forna
during* pe terme of ij. ^eve. Also I woti pat my aeniaunttes be
rewardecJ after 30ure discreciown. Also I praye my feffours pat pay 28
wolde enfefFe Philippe Dene on 'vj* marce* of rente during* pe terme
of his lif*, where pat he woti chese of ati my londe« best reysi(J. And
also I praye, and in goddisbyhalf require, pat alle pe feffes pat ben
enfeffyd in my londes, pat in what tyme pat pay ben duly required! 32
by myn Executours to make a-state to any person, pat pay perfourme
' A line of conti-action is over the * x ', whether to mark a Latin genitive
or not (Thomas of Essex), I can't say.
« ? Easterford (now Kelvedon).^!. H. R. » leaf 145 back.
* Cicely his wife : see abuv, p. 70, 1. 7.
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72 BARLDBST ENQLISH WILLS. 1426, WM. HANYNGFELD.
hit in discharge of mj soole, as ^ey woti onswer^ a-fore god. Also I
pray my feffours fat Jay wold suffer myn Executours to selle
Stanlehalle, and to enfeffe what man ]7at ener myn Executours
4 require hem to. Also •!• wott J)at my Maners of Welsham and
Brethenham^ he sold hy myn Executours, and ]>e money feroi
he disposed hy myn Executours. Also I woH ))at my Children haue
C ti, and fat fey, and f er goudes fat longeth to ham, he gouamed atte
8 aH tymes hy fe discrecion of myn Executours. And fat ati f e
reuenuys and profitys comyng* of my londes fat hen not assigned hy
my last wiH and testament for to he sold oner f e sustenaunce of f e
seid childrun, he disposid and dispendid for my soule hy f e discrecion
12 of myn Executours*
Prohatum fuit preens testame^^um, cum codicillo, coram Mag^^^o
lohanne L3mdefeld, Commissarto &c«, xxij die mensis Septemhr/^.
Anno domim suprodicto ; et C077imi3sa est administracio honon^m &&
16 Philippo Dene, Executori &ci, Eeseruata potestate &&, Et postea
exhihito Inventario honon^m &c*, dtc^us executor acquietatus est. ac
die martiB, yidelieat xiig^ die mens^ Maij, Anno domtni M^cccc xxx
Y^*** lohannes Basset, executor &c«, coram M&gistio lohanne Lyndefeld
20 Commissano &c* personaliter comparens, & iuratt^^ ad sancta dei
euat^ngfilia, administractonem honon^m died defuncti, recepitin forma
iuris &&,
1 Brettenham, Suffolk, N.W. of Bilston.
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KARLIBST BNGLISH WILM. 142C, JOHN CREDT. 73
JOHN CREDY, ESQ., OF LONDON, DEVON-
SHIRE, KTC, 1426.
[To be buried in London. Bakehouse in Wood St. , and land in Surrey,
to Wife for life ; Half the Cock and Garland in Coleman St to brother
Richard for life ; remainders to R. Burdon. A Middlesex house to keep a
priest at Weston to pray for Testator, &c. A Devonshire place, at Lee,
to brother John for life, then to nephew William, &c. Spensers place,
Devonsliire, to nephew Thomas for life, and then to nephew William.
Other Devonshire and Somerset property to R. Burdon and wife for their
lives, and their son John in tail male. Surrey land to nephew William for
life, and then to be sold for Testator's soul. Everchurctf land, in Somerset,
to nephew John for life, and then for Testator's soul. To Alison Burdon
40 marks as a portion. Priest to pray in Newton for 10 years. A per-
petual Chantry in St. Alphage, to be founded out of the Cook in Grub St.
Priest of the Chamell to have 2 marks out of the Cow-Head in Chepe.
The City Chamberlain and Town-Clerk (Jn. Carpenter) to see to this.
Gifts of Mass-Book, Chalice, Cruets, Money, Armour, Beds, Sheets, Pots,
Pans, Basins, Cups, a Gold Chain, &g. Wife to have half household
goods. Residue of personalty to Brothers, Sisters, and next of kin.]
(Luffenam, If. 46 back.)
Testamentum lohawnis Credy. [In margin^]
In the^ name of god, so be hit, the iiij day of luyfl, the ^ere of cure
lord M^cccc* xxvj, I* lofin Credy, squyer, being in my good
mynde, make my testament in the maner suyng. ffirst I bequethe
my soule to god almyghty, my maker, to fe blisful Mary, moder of 4
Shem^ and to alle fe company of heuen ; my body to be beried in pe
chircfi of se3mt lofin Jacarie^, where my children be beriedl. Also I
bequet& my wyfe my londes and tenement^ the whicb I bane
in Eldmede in ))e shire of Surre, and my bachous in Wodestrete in 8
Londen, the terme of bei' life ; And after ))e decease of hire, )»at hit
* Ever Chv/rcky or Evercuih, Somerset, W. of Bruton.— Walker. ' ? MS. ther
' Aldersgate Ward. ' Then is Engaine LaTie, or Maiden lane, and at the
North-west comer thereof, the Parish Church of Saint John ZachaHe, a faire
Church * . . . — Stow's Sv/rvey, 1638, p. 821, col. 2. This Church was burnt in
the Great Fire of 1666, and not rebuilt.
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74 BARUBST BN0LI8H WILLS. 1426, JOHN CRBDT.
tume to Kichard Burdofi, skynner, of London. Also I wiH J>at
'Richard, my brother, haue half fe Cok and J>e garlondl in Colman-
strete, fe terme of hifl life, and J>e Reuersion to Eicharcl Burdon,
4 skynn^, the terme of his life ; and after pat, be sold and do for my
soule. Also .L wiUe pat my wife haue my place called Childerhous
in Middelsex' fe terme of here life, to susteyne a preest in the
Chapett of Westoil; And after ))e decesse of here, to Eichard
8 Quatr^mayns, and to his heires and assignes, in pe same kynde that
sheo hath hit. And 3ef ^e preest be not susteyned to pray for me,
niy wyfe, and alle my f reendes, fat hit be sold and do for alle onie
Boules. Also I witi p&t lohn) my brother haae my place atte Lee in
12 Deuenshire ^ ])e terme of his life ; and after pe decesse of him, ]>at lohh)
my godsofi, his sone, haue pe same place pe terme of his life ; and
after pe decesse of him, )>at Wilham, Adam, my brother sone, haue l^e
same lond, to him and to his heires males of his body laufully
16 begetofi for* eucrmore. And 3ef the same William dye withoute
issue male of his body laufully begotofl, J)at hit be sold and disposed
for my soule and att christian soules. Also Spensers place atte
New toft in Deuenshire, I wili J)at Thomas, Adam Credy son, pat
20 dwelleth with me, haue hit pe terme of his life ; And after the
decesse of him, fat William his brother haue hit for euer. Also I
will fat Richard Burdon and Denys his wife haue my part of fe
Maner Enwarle in Deuen^ with fe voursone of fe chirche. And also
24 my part of f e maner of ThoriScoffyn in Somerset, with fe vourson of
f e church. And also my part of fe maner of Morstofi in Deuenshire,
the terme of both here lifes ; And after the decesse of hem, fat hit
tume to lohfl here sone, and to his heires males. And if it so bee
28 fat he die withoute issue male, I will fat Richard his brother haue
hit in fee euer more. Also I witi fat William my neuew, William
my brother sofi, haue ati f e lond which fat Westofi, Draper, and I
purchased in Frankyngham and other places in Surre, terme of his
32 life ; and after his decesse, fat hit be soldo and disposed for my soule
and alle cristen soules. And also I wiH fat Ic^hn my neuew, lohfl
1 There are i Leighs, — East, West, North, South, — ^near Colyton in Devon-
shire,
* ': MS. far. ' *'sliire' follows, imderdotted for omission.
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EARLIEST ENGLISH WILLS. 1426, JOHN CREDT. 75
my brother soft, hane, whenne it falletfi, my parte of place in
Euerchurcli in Somerset, to him and to his heires for euermore. Also
I wiH p&t my part of ])e maner of Staunton in Someraet, and also alld
my londes and ^ tenement^ which I haue in £xettur in Deaenshire, 4
]}at \>ej been solde by myn Executours. And also I* ytoH |)at AlisofL
Burdon hane xl* marc to hei' mariage. Also I wiH ))at a preest be
founde in Newton, x jere, to pray for my fader and my moder, me, my
wyfe, Richanl Forster, att my kyn & att my gode freendis whicfe I 8
am boande to, and for bR chj-istieU soules. And fer I woli pat per
be sette C* marc< to pay his wagis. And also .1. woH )»at pere be
founde a p^rpetueH chauntane of pe tenement cleped fe Cok in
Grabstrete, witH cotages annexid ))erto, and o]?ir his appurtinaunce, 12
to finde a perpetuel preest to singe for my soule, my fader soule, my
moder soule, and for all c^m^iefi soules, in pe chirch of seint
Alpheies^, atte Aut^ of oui^ lady seint Marie. Also I woH pat str
lohn, preest of pe chameli, haue ij marc out of my part of pe rente 16
called pe cowe heed in Chepe ^ 3erly; & alle his successours, prastes of
pe same charneli, pat come aftir him, to pray foi me lohn) Credy, my
wife, my fader, my moder, RicAarc? Forster, and for alle c^rw^ien
soules. Also I w(^ pat lohn Biderenden, pe Chambarleyn pat now 20
is, and lohn) Carpynter, comofl clerk*,* and her either successours,
haue 3erly comyng oute of pe same rente, eche of hem, vj. s'. viij (J,
^ leaf 47. ^ • ? A shop with the sign of a Cow's Head.
* St. Alphage Church is situate at the N. W. angle of Aldermaubury, one door
opening to Loudon Wall . . and the S. door opens into the garden of Sum
College . . The Church upon its 1st building was dedicated to St. Alphage^ who
was Archbishop of Canterbury . . was stoned to death by the Danes at Greenwich
in the year 1012 . . He is in old Authors called Alfege and Alphy. — Hatton,
New View of London^ 1708, i. 113, 114. The Chamel is St. Al.'s dead-house.
* This was the famous John Carpenter, the learned town-clerk of the City of
London (elected April 20, 1417), the compiler of the Liber Albus, kc. On
a bequest of his, the City of London school was afterwards founded. See Thos.
Brewer's Life and Times of Carpenter, 1856. — T. Cooper, Biogr. Did. "It
may interest your readers to know that the new City schools [on the Thames
Embankment] have not been built through the liberality of the Corporation, but
out of part of the John Carpenter Estates Trust money. The income arises from
119 houses — ^five in the city, and the rest in the Tottenham-court-road, the
average rental of which cannot be less than £100 per annum each— say £11,000
a year — so that the Corporation for hundreds of years have been receiving a
great deal more than they have spent in educating the sons of poor freemen. " —
1882, Daily News, Oct. 19, p. 2, coL 7.
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76 BARUB8T ENGLISH WILU9. 1426, JOHN CREDT.
to 86 psi ]>ia prest, and his successours of ]}e same cham^ do
diligently hei' deuer, as hem owet£ to do. Also I woH ^ai ])e chircb
of Newtofl haue my masseboke, my portus,^ my chaleys, my
4 yestmentj, and my cruettu,^ pat I haue her-Inne. Also I woU ]>at
Alisoa my doghter, of HalyweH'^, [haae] x. marc* and ]>e hous,
p^rpetuelly to prey for me, [&] my gret bolle of seiner. Also I
beqneth to ]7e stepnl werk of seint Alpheies by Crepulgate, x mark ;
8 to )»e persons, xx s' ; to ech of ])e prestes, xl. d ; to ^e clerk, xl d<, to
pray for me / Of ali my meuable godes which I hane, except my
closing & hameys, I wol )>at my wife hane half". Also -I* woll Jjat
William my Neuew hane x marc», and Aueys my nece, othir x marc*
12 to hei^ manage. Also I woH ^at lonet my Cosin hane xl s'. Also
fat 'Richard Burdofl, Skynner, haue x mark*, a habergeon, a swerdi
harneseJ, a wodeknyf * hamesed, and a Dagger. Also I woH J)at
Alisoil Burdoii his sister, haue a blewe bedde of Tapecery, a pair*
16 blankettt9, ij peir' shetys, & a selour^ with curteyns of carde. Also I
woH ))at 'RicTiai'd Burdofi, skynner, hane a white bedde with roses, I
peii' of shetis'/ Also pat eche of hem hane a pot and a panne, a basin
and^ an ewei', and ech of hem half a dosen of peutre vesseH, and
20 either of hem a coupe coue>*ed with seluer. Also I woti pat 'RicJiard
Quatremains hane my cheyne of gold, Ss my lesse swerd harneised.
And pe Residue of all: my other godtff and cateli, after my dettes paid,
I wol pat it be disposid be my executours a-boute my brethren and
24 my sustrefi and next of my kyn. And I make myn executours,
William Frye of Deuenshire, my wife, lohn) Carpinter, comown
clerk*, & lohfl Spore, ferroure ; And I woH pat ech of hem haue C s'.
for her tranaili In witnes of which ping, to pis my present
28 testament I haue sette my seeL Yeuen atte Londen pe day and pe
jere a-boue seid.//
Probatww fuit presens tostamentum coram "MLagistro I. Lyndefeld,
* A portable Breviary.
> Jngs or vessels to hold the wine and the water separately before they were
consecrated. The Chalice held them when mizt for consecration, and consecrated.
' The priory of St. John the Baptist, in Bishopsgate, outside the City walls,
surrenderd to Henry VIII in 1639. See Stow's Survey, 1638, p. 470, coL 1.
In or near the grounds of this, Jas. Burbage's Thecttre stood, where Shakspere
probably first acted and wrote.
^ ) MS. wadeknyf. ^ canopy : see p. 36, note 3. < MS. and &.
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EARLIEST ENGLISH WILLS. 1428, JOHN TOKER. 77
Co^nmissano &c*, viij die mensis lunij, Anno domini supradicto ; et
commissa est admira/stracto bonon^m && lohanne, Eelicte dicU'
defunctt, & loba^mi Spore, executon&i/^ & c*, Eeseruata potestate
&& : & xxiiij*** mensis lulij, acquieta^i fueruyjt executores &c c. 4
JOHN TOKER, OF LONDON, VINTNER, 1428.
[To be buried in St. Mildred's, Bread St. Gifts to that Church, its
Priest, Clerk, &c. ; to Poor, to Prisoners in London and Westminster, to
the Poor in Spitals, and the 4 Orders of Friars. To Apprentice H.
Thomason, money, the rest of his apprenticeship, term in The Mermaid,
Bread St. [after, Shakspebe's Tavern], Wine, Silver Cups, Pewter Pots,
Napery, and kitchen utensils, and the service of his fellow-apprentice,
who is given 40«. Clothing to be sold, and money divided among bedrid
folk, &c. Gifts for poor Maiden's Marriages, for Executors, for a Priest
to sing 3 years for Testator's soul ; to which his Residue is bequeathd.]
(More, 3 Commissary Court of London, leaf 202 bk.)
[In TnarginJ] M. Bred. [St. Mildred's, Bread Street.] Testamentum
lohawwis Tokei*. Ciuis & Yinetam Londonte.
In the name of god, Amen. I, lofin Toker, Citezein and
Vineter of London, hool of mynde and of body, And in my good
memorie being, the sixte day of the moneth of August, the jere
of oure lord god A M^ CCCC And xxviij. And the jere of the regne of 8
Kyng Henri the Sixthe, aftur the conquest the sixte, I make and
ordeigne my present testament in this maner and fourme. First
I be-quethe my soule to almygfeti god my creatour and maker, And
to his blessed modur oure lady saynte Marie, and to aH the holy 12
companye of heuene, and my body to be buried in the chircbe
of Seynt Mildredis, in Brede Stret in London. Also I be-quethe to
the hygfi auter of the same Chircfie for my tjthes and oflFrynges
forg3eten and withdrauieu, xl s\ Also I be-quethe to eu«*y prest of 16
the forseid ChircS, forto praie for my sowle, vj s' viij d. Also
I be-quethe to the Clerk of the same Chircbe, iij s' iiij (J. Also
I be-quetbe to the werkis and profitis of the seied chircbe, xiij s*
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78 EARUEST ENOUSH WILLS. 1488, JOHN TOKBR.
iiij (). Also I be-queihe to be distribued among poure folk duellyng
in the forseid parisch of Seynt MUdred, forto pray for my sowle, xl s'.
Also I be-quethe to be distribued a-mong prisoners in the prisons of
4 Ludgate, Marchalsie, Kyngesbenche, And the Co un tours in London,
that is to seie, in euery of the seid prison [s], the prisoners to praie
for my soule, xx. s' ; And armoug tho prisoners in the Flete, and the
Clerkes conuict at WeatmingteTf that is to seie, in euery of tho two
8 prisons, to pray for my soule, x s'^ Also I be-quethe to be distribued
a-mong pore folk lying sike in the SpiteH of oure lady^ with-oute
Bisshopes-gate, Cure lady of Bedlem, Cure lady of Elsingspitel,® of
seynt Bathilmewys in Smythfeelcf, And seint ThoTnas in Sowthwerk,
12 in euery spitel to pray for my sowle, vj s* viij <J. Also I be-quethe
to the fowre ordres of the freres in Londofi, that is to seie, to eucry
hous of the seide ordurs of freres forto pray for my soule, xx. s'./
Also I be-quethe Tho Henry Thommissone, myn apprentice, vj ii, xiij
IG s', iiij <), And also I forg^efif and relece to the seid Henry alle his
termes to me comyng of his apprentisehod. Also I wiH that the
same Henry haue alle the t^rmes and possession that is comyng to
me of my mancion that is cleped the Mermaid in Bredstreet, beryng
20 the charges and the rente* ther-of duryng the seide termys. Also I
wil that the same Henry haue in possession to his profite and
easment duryng an huol 3ere next afbur myn obit day, Alle the
encrece that is comyng of my wyne arboue the stok, And more ouer
24 1^ my peces and kuppes of siluer, peuder potter, Naapri, and ali the
vtensilmentetf longyng to my kechyn, as for that forsaid ^er enduryng.
Also I wil that this rewardf be truly doo& and treuly f ulfeld to the
same Henry vpon this, that he goueme hym goodly and onestly as
28 he oweth forto do, aftur the rewle and discrecioiin of myne executours.
Also I wil that the same Henri haue ati the termes comyng to me of
^ In margin is ' habent Acquietanoiamf* that is, the Executors hay paid the
Court dues on the Will.
» 'Saint Marie Spittle': Stew's Survey, 1638, p. 175-6. It had 'at the
surrender thereof [to Henry YIII] ninescore beds, well furnished for receipt of
poore people.' — ^p. 86 b. Stow notes 'the Chamell and Chappell of Saint
Edmond the Bishop, and Mary Ma^dcUeny p. 176, col. 1. Gp. ' Chamel ' abuY,
p. 76, 1. 16.
» In Cripplegate : see Stow's Svruey, 1633, p. 86 b, 304 a.
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EARLIEST ENGLISH WILLS. 1428, JOHN TOKEB. 79
Henry Clopton, myn other apprentice. And also I be-qnethe to that
same Henry Clopton -xl s'. Also I wil that myn aray and clothyng
to my body longyng, arnon) aftwr my deces be sold, And the monei
ther-of comyng & taken, I wil that hit be deuided and parted among 4
pouere folk lieng bedred, and in other werkes of charite most
plesyng to god and to the helthe of my soule. Also I ^iue and
bequethe to the mariage of onest and poure maidens, to be distribned
a-mong hem aftiir the wil and discrecion of myn executours, xiij ti -vj 8
s*. viij (J. Also I bequethe to euerich. of myn executours takyng
charge to compleet and to do execucion of this my present testament,
•V. ti Also I wil that a discreet and an abul prcest be choson &fiur
the good discrecion of myne execucutours [so] to syng and rede for 12
"-^my sowle and aH criston soules in the forseid chircfi of seynt
Mildredis duryng the termys of thre 3er next suwyng aftwr my deces.
And I be-quethe to the sustentacion of that seide preest for the
forseid terme of thre ^er, xx. ti. The residue of aH my godes and 16
cataDes and dettours, what so-euer they be aftwr my dettes paide and
my present testament fulfillid, I be-quethe to be distribued and
departed for my sowle, and for the soules of aH tho that I am boonJ
to praye for. And for the soules of aH trewe criston pepul, like as 20
myn executours seme best, to plese god, and profit to the helthe of
my soule. And of this my present testament, I make and ordeigne
myn executours, that is to seie, Eichard Banaster And EdmonJ
Scheffildf, Citezins and vineters of the forsaid cite, aH and euericfe 24
aboue expressid, iustly to complete, and treuly to spede. In witnesse
of the whiche thyng, on this my present testament I haue put my
seal. Date at London the day and the yer aforesaid.
Probatum fuit hoc pre^ens testamen^Mm coram nobis WilleZmo 28
Stonham & c*, Commissarw "Reiierendi in cJiristo pafris & domini
domlm WilleZmi, dei gra^a Londome Epwcopi & c, general!, iij"
nonarum Septembrw Anno domini W cccc** xxviij**. ApprobatM/n,
insinuatum, ac pro eodem per nos hgiUme pronuwciatttm ; & Comissa 32
eat Administracu) omninm bonorwm dictum [so] defuncti & c* ExecM-
toribus interius nominate, et Admissa per &c c*.
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80 EARUBST ENGLISH WILU9. 1428, ROBERT SCHAFMAN.
ROBERT SCHAPMAN, OF HARINGAT,
MIDDLESEX, 1428.
[Moveables to Wife. Gifts to Haringay Church, and Trinity Chapel
there; to God-children, High-ways, Daughter, and Priest to sing for
Testator*8 soul.]
(More, 8 Gommissary Court of London, If. 203 B.)
[HJaringey.* Teitamenium Roberti Schapman. [In margin.]
In dei nomine Amen). I Robert Schapman, in Rithe mynde, make
my testement in this forme. I be-quethe my sowle to god, to yowre
[so] lady Lady, and to A He pe holy compani of heuen ; my bodi to be
4 berijt in the chirchau^ of houre La[dy] of Harryngey. Also I be-
quethe to my wyfe alle y good is ^at be meuablis, and sche to be my
prinsepall seccutur, -with Gefori London and Thomas Howe, pey to
dispose Jje goodis for me like as my [for * they *] wole anscwere to-f ore
8 gode atte y day of gogement^ : furst to pe hihe anter, xij <J; to pe
secutours of Robert Childe, v s' ; to heuery of my gode childrin
'xij d^; and to a prest for to singe for me and aH cristin soulis,
competent saleri for an hole here [= yere]*; to heu[er]i of my
12 secutoris, v s'. ; to hie weyis, vj s* viij d ; to the kenering* of the
tnnite schapell of Haringey, vj s' viij df ; to my dowt<?r, xl. s*. In
cuius rei testimontMm, sigilluw apposuL Datttwi in Haringey, Anno
domini Mille^'mo quadringentesimo octauo, primo die mensi^ Nouem-
16 bris. vj*** Iduum. Nouembrw p7*obatwm iutt; & com[mts8a] Execw-
toribus Anno dotntni M* cccc° xxviij.
1 Homsey, Middlesex, N. of London. There's a Haringay Park there now.
(The leaf is not numberd in due order in the MS.)
* Churchyard. • Judgment.
* In margin (as to the Executors), 'ha5ent Acquietaneiam,*
* Cp. youre/or houre, our (Lady) above.
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EARLIEST ENaUSH WILLS. 1428, BIOHARD WHTTBMAN. 81
RICHARD WHYTEMAN, OP LONDON,
WAXOHANDLBR, 1428.
[Gifts to his Parish Church, and for the doing of his Devotions there
(burning Tapers). Two pairs of Candlesticks, the right to buy the best
gilt Candlestick, and the Moulds and Trade tools, given to S. Whitehed.
Bequests to Cousin, and Katherine Whyteman, 6 Torches to be burnt on
Testator's Death-day, or Mind-day. A yearly Mind-day to be held for 7
years after his death. Residue to his Wife.]
(More, 3 Commissary Court of London, leaf 209.)
M. Bipam.^ TegtamerUum Bicardi Whitemafi. [In margin,]
In y* name of good' Amen, the xxy day of January, In the
yere of our^ lorcJ Anno domim M* CCCC"" xxviij"**, I Richard
Whytemaw, Citezein and wexchaundelei' of Londofi, In my good
mynde beyng*, y make my testament in this wyse : First y be-quethe 4
my scule to atimyhty god my creatour, GUI' Blessid virgine Marie,
and to alle the Seintes, and my Body to be beried wher^ god woti yn
my parisshe chirche. Also y be-quethe to pe hye Auter for my
Offryng*, yef eny be for-yeten, vj s' viij d. Also y be-quethe to the 8
wherk of the Itt of the toon) side of the Cloistere in the Chirchehawe
whan J)e parisshens be-gynnen to Edifie hit, vj a* viij d. Also y wott:
that myne Executowrs hold & parfowrme fortR my deuouaciowns
fortfi as I was wonte, that ys to seyn, on mydsomer eve to-fore seint 12
I(^n Bap^i^te in my parisshe chirche, ordeyne a tapre of half A
pound, & pat it brenne as longe as hit woff [for woH] dure, and pus
euery yer aftir my decesse ; Also to-fore seint John Ewangelist in the
seyd chirche, thei ordeyne euery yere iij tapr^s of a pound, to brenne 16
frome ye Even foi-tR as longe as they wott dure, and thus euery yei'
after my decesse ; Also to-fore oure ladi in Senct Marie ChapeH in
the seid chirche, pei ordeyne I Tapre of a pounde, to brenne euery
even of oure lady, and p* day as atte salae, & euery principatt day, 20
as longe As hit woH dure ; and pus for to be dofi from yere to yere.
^ St. Michael, in the ward of Queenhithe. Church In Thames St.
B. B. WILLS. O
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82 lARLIBST KNOLISH WILLS. 1428, RICHARD WHYTEMAN.
Also y bequethe and yeve to Symkjn Whitehed, my Russet
Candelstykes, and I pair« Candelstekes secondaries next J)oo. Also y
be-qaethe to lofen Hewet, loynour, my cosyn, so |)at he take J>e
4 Chai^ of this testameitt, yj s*. viij (J. Also y Bequethe to Kate/ine
Whyteman, to hei* manage, x marc*, the whiche Katerme, whitfi the
mony, be in the kepynge and Gronemance of myne ExecutoMrs alter
whriten, to tyme sche come to fill age, And y-mariec). And yif sclie
8 dye with-Inne age, y woS pat y .x. marc* be put to a prest to synge
in y seid Chirche by a yere for me & Ati Cristew soulis. Also After
my decesse I woS pat my best candelsteke y-gylt wiifi pe cros, be soM
yn |>e best manere pat my executotirs konne or may, saf y woti that
1 2 Syniken a-forsei<l, And he wott, haile hem A-fore eny othir man, lie
\}/or be] .xl a\ bett^ chepe panne eny other man woH yeve pere-fore,
be [for he] to have ther-of rcsonable dales of paieme^it ; and with the
whiche mony I woH pat myne ExecntoMrs parfoMrme this my testa-
16 ment. Also y woH that myn Executotirs ordeyne, the day of my
dyyng* or of ray mynde, vj torches brenyng* ; & after att the service
ys done, 1 woH be-quethe I torche eccle^e me[e] parochialt ; I, eccle^ie
de Wondes worth ; ^ .1. to seint mildrecl chirche ; ^ l^ to seint Nicholas
20 01off;3 i^ to Garlekhithe Chirche;* I, to Trtnite chirche.^ Also .y.
bequethe to Simkin aforseicJ all my mooldes & instrument's to my
craft longyng*, after my decesse andf my wiues. Also y woUe pat
myne executowrs, vij yere after my decesse, holdyn twelf monthes
24 mynde. the residue of aH my goodes movable, (after pat my witi, my
be-questes of <7as testemeiit be parfowrmecJ, and my dettes principal!
de [/or be] paid,) y. yeve & be-quethe to Alice Whitman my wif ,
where-so-euer pat pei ben. to pis my testament y make myne
28 ExecutoMrs, p* seid Alice principale, lohn Hewet, and Symken
1 Wandsworth, Surrey, near London.
» Bread Street, in the city : see John Toker's Will, 1428, p. 77 abuv.
' St. Nicholas Olave, on the West side of the street cald Bread St. Hill,
runing down to the Thames, where our worthy friends and printers, Clay and
Taylor, hav their London hous of business. See Stow's Survey , 1633, p. 399 a,
* In the Vintry Ward : "the Parish Clmrch of Saint lames^ called at Gkbrlicke
HUh^ or Garlicke hive^ for that (of old time) on the River of Thames, neero to
this Church, Garlicke was usually sold." — Stow's Survey, 1633, p. 262 6.
* In Knight-Riders Street, Queen-Hithe Ward, near Thames St. — Stow
(1633), p. 297.
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BARLIB8T ENGLISH WILLS. 1428, WALTER NEWBNT. 83
aforseid, executowrs with hei* ; and sii* William Wright iperoaone of
my parische chirche, oiwrseer of fis my te«tament ; to j)e wheche sit*
William, J yeve for his travaiH, to do j)** travaOe, xl d. In witnesse
of whiche thyng*, to this present I haue put to my seatt in fe day and 4
yer aforseid.
Probatum fuit hoc presens testamen^m coram nobis Wille/mo
Stonbam & &, x® kalendanim Marcij, Anno domini suprodtc^o & c*.
Commissa que est admintstractb &c c« EiLecutaribus & &. ^
WALTER NEWENT, ? op St. Pancras,
LONDON, 1428.
[To be buried where he dies. All goods to go to his Wife.]
(Loffenam, If. 78 bk.)
Testamentum Walter! Newent. [In margin.]
Tn dei nomine amen. This J)e testament of Water Newent, y-writen
■^ in londen fe xxviij day of June J)e ^ere of our« lord ATcccc
xxviij. First, I beqwethe my soule to almyghty god, and to oure lady,
and to aH J>e holy company of heuefl, and my body to be beryed 12
in wbat churchward ther as I dye in pe parissfi. Item I beqwethe aH
maner of godis to my wyf Alsofi Newent, and she forto do me like as
she wolde I dede for hei' in pe same caa. witnes of pis simple
testament, lonet Arguston, 'Master Eic^ard Granger parsofi of seiot 16
Pancras, WilU'am Botelei', W. Croddisfi, Porter, and Alsofl Walsyng-
ham; ^and perto I point my signet and my syne manueH / Pro-
batum fuit presens testamen^Mm coram Magistro lohanne Lyndefeld,
Commissar/o &c*, xyj die menszs Decembrw, Anno domini supradicfo, 20
et commissa est administracio bonort^m &c* Allege, Eelicte diet/
def uncti, & Executnci &&, Eeseruata potestate &c«.
leaf 79.
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84 IBARUBST XN0LI8H WILM. 1430, HART VAN 8ANDWTK.
HARY VAN SANDWYK, op St. Clements,
LONDON, 1430.
[Gifts to St Clement's Church. Goods, <fec. to Jn. Roode, and Troyde
his wife.]
(More, 8 Corny. Crt of London, If. 258, bk.)
Clementw.* Testamentum Henna Van Sandwyk.
In J)e name of god, Amen. The xxij day of Nouember, pe ^er of
oure lorde M CCCC and xxx, I Hary Vafi Sandwyk, make and
ordeyne my testament in J^ys maner, beynge in fol discrecion And
4 hool mynde : Ferst .1. be-qaepe my soule to Almyghti god, fe
blessyd virgine Marie, And to alle the Seintis, My body to [be]
beried in ]>e chirche ^erd of Sent dementis. Also I be-que)}e to
beigfe Auter of pe seid cherche, for tipingys and offeringes for3ete,
8 XX (J. Also y be-quej)e to pe body of pe same cherche iij s' iiij (J.
Also .1. be-quepe lohn Roode and Troyde hys wyf, Alle myne
honshol(J, and in mony vj s. viij (J. And to pys testament I make
And ordeyne myne executour, pe for-seid lofin Roode.
12 Frobatum fait pre^ens teatamentum. Coram nohts, Stephano
Germen, Commissary general*, & c, iij luahudarum Decembrts, Anno
Domini supradicto. Cowmissa executor* in dicto nowiwato & c —
comparuit
' St. Clements, ''East Cheap, Clemen t's-lane, Lombard-street. A church in
Candlewick-ward, destroyed in the great fire, and rebuilt by Sir Christopher
"Wren as we now see it. Bishop Pearson (d. 1686) was rector, and in the old
church (described by Stow as 'small' and 'yoid of monuments') preached
those sermons upon the Creed which led to his well-known Exposition — a
standard book in English divinity, dedicated by its author ' to the right wor-
shipful and well-beloved, the parishioners of St. Clement's, Eastcheap.' " — 1850.
Cunningham's Hamd-hook of London.
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EARLIEST ENGLISH WILLS. 1430, ALTS OHIBOHB. 85
ALTS CHIROHE, WIDOW, op St. Mart Hill,
LONDON, 1430.
[To be buried at Twickenbam. Gifts to lights in Twickenham Church,
to Twick, and Kingston Bridges, Wyke Causeway, and Harlington Church.
Bd, each to two Folk. Household necessaries to R. Soler. Residue for
Husband's soul, and Testatrix's.]
(More, 3 Commissary Court of London, leaf 262.)
Testamentum Alicie Chircfi, de parochia beats Marie Atte Hilled
[between Billingsgate & East Cheap, London.]
In the name of oure lord god. Amen. I, Alys Chirche, beyng
in fuH mende, be-queth my sowle to Almyg&ty god, to oure lady
seint Marie, and to aH the Blyssid company of* hevyn). And my body
to be byried in the Chirch yercJ of* Twykenham.^ Al-so y be-queth 4
to the hie Autowr, xij <J ; Al-so to oui* lady lygfit, vj (J ; Item to the
rede 8 lyg^t, vj <J ; Item to seint Mergret lyght, iiij (J; liem to seiut
Colas lygfit, iiij cJ; Item to Twykenham brygge* iiij <>; Item to
Kyngston) brigge^ vj d ; Item to the causy atte Wyke,® iiij (J; Item 8
to the Chirche of* Herdyngtori),^ ij BuscheH barly ; Item to Water
ilykard I b^ [= bushell] Barly ; Item to lonet Carter, vj d ; Item to
Thomas, Myne seruant, vj d ; Item to Kichard Soler* alle necessarijs
longynge to housold of* dede store, sane a grete brasse potte. And 12
^ In this St Mary Hill Lane ('commonly called Bood lane') is the faire
Parish Church of S. Mary, called on the Hill, because of the ascent from
Belinsgate. — Stow's Survey, 1633, p. 227 a.
' In Middlesex, 10 miles from London, on the S. Western Rail, and the bank
of the Thames. The earlier spellings of the name are Ttaittenham (791, 948
A.D.) and Twitham (840). — Thome, Environs of London.
' I Rode, Cross.
^ Probably the bridge oyer the Colne, near the present railway station.
» Over the Thames, at Kingston, Surrey.
• An outlying part of Twickenham (?). Most country villages have their
* wick.' We had one at my native Egham.
' Harlington, Middlesex, now a quiet rural viUage at the N.W, end of
Hounslow Heath. In Domesday Book it was * fferdintone,* and was cald
Hardington till near the end of the 16th century. — Thome, Emjir(m» ^London,
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86 EABLIBST ENGLISH WILU3. 1430, BIOHARD GRAVELET.
Alle the Residue of my godys nou3t byqwothin, I yeue and ordeigne
to Richard Solei* and Roger Yelot, myne executowrs, that they
dispose it for my hosbondys so vie and myn), and alle Cristen,
^ as them best seme to doon). Wryten) at Twykenham, the seconde day
of* ApriH, the yere off oui* lord M' iiij^ & xxx.
Probatum fiiit ^preaena teaiamentum coram nobis, Stephono
Germen, Reuerendi in Christo patris et domini, domini WilleZmi, dei
^ gra^ta Londonie Epwcopi, in Ciui^ate Londonie ac decanatw MiddZe-
sexte & Berking, & c, Commissarw? generali, xiiij kalendarum Marcij,
Anno domini supy-ad/c^o. Commissa-qt^ fait Adminestracio dictt
defunctt & c* 'Executnribus in eodem teatdijnento nomi?iatw, Ac per eos
12 Admissa.
RICHARD GRAVELEY, OF LONDON, GROCER, 1430.
[To be buried in the Porch of All-Hallows, Barking. A Horse, 2 gold
Nobles, and 6 silver Spoons, to W. Graveley. £2 to wife's Servant. £20
for Daughter's marriage. Residue to Wife.]
(More, 3 Commissary Court of London, If. 265, back.)
Omnium Sanctorum, Berkyng.^ Testamentum Ricar^i Graveley.
In the name of* god, Amen. I Richard Graweley^ of* London),
Grocei*, ordeyu) And graunte my testament in this mancr : Ferst y
bequeth my sowle to oui^ lord god Almyghty, maker of" hewne and of*
16 yerth, praeyng* and besekyng* oui^ laly seynt Mary, the modyr of*
our^ lord Ihesu, & all the company of hevne to pray for me to oui*
lord Ihe^u oui* savyowr, tha[t] y may haue mercy and foryevenyssc of*
synne. Al-so y bequeth my body to be byriyd in y porche of the
20 Churche of at Halewyn), Berkyng*, by syde the towre of London), on
* This church was one of the few London ones not burnt in the Great Fire.
It was too far to the East. The Monument (1546 a.d.) of Wm. Thynne, the first
Editor of Chaucer (1532, 1542), is still in the Church. — Stow's Survey , 1633, p.
130-1. Bp. Fisher and Archbp. Laud were buried here. The whole building
had a narrow escape at the Great Fire, for, as Pepys records, the dial and porch
were burnt, and the fire there quenched. The church is at the East end of
Tower-street. — Cunningham.
* The w in the name is the same as v : cp. 'hewne' (— 'hevne,' line 17,
heaven), 2 lines below.
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EARLIEST ENGLISH WILLS. 1431, WILUAM FITZ-HARRT. 87
the sowtfi syde of the chirch. Al-so y he-quethe to my hrotber
William Graueley of London) an hors, ])• which yg in hys own)
kepyng*, & ij nobles of" golde the which he owid me, and vj gylver
spones, and an olde syloui' for a bedde. Al-so I bequeth to Margaret-^ 4
Xnoston), my wyves seruawnt, xl s'. Al-so y bequeth to my
doughtowr Kateryri) xx ti to hir maryage yf she leve so longe, & yf*
she passe to god or she [be] maryed, y woH that my wyf haue that
money. And yf« my wyf* and my dowghtoi^ deye or [leaf 266] they ^ 8
be marled, I will pat J)at money be yefen) in Almys for my sowle, &
for here sowle. and AH the Eemenent of" my gode & CateH, y
bequeth to my wif*. And vpon) this testament y make And ordeyne
my wyf* and lohn) Abbey to be myn) Executowris, to dispose my 12
gode, and to performe my wille, As they wille Answere a-for god.
Probatwm fuit presena testamentum coram nobw, Stephano
Germen), Corwmissano & c, viij kalendarum Februam, Anno domini
Mille^^'mo CCCC™° xxx. Commissa-qt*6 admiwistracio lohanni Abbey, 16
Reseruata 'potesta.te committendi Admin/strac/o/»6m Executrici cum
aduenerit, & c
WILLIAM FITZ-HARRY, of Cosin Lane,
LONDON, 1431.
[£50 for a Priest to sing 5 years for Testator's soul ; and £10 for
another to say 30 Masses and St. Gregory's Trental for a year. £10
for a Tomb. Stone to be carvd with crest, and *Word' (or Motto)
" Mercy and Joy.'' £10 to Poor. Money-gifts to Executors, <fec. Wife
to have House in Cosin Lane, and 3 fourths of all goods ; Brother, the
other fourth.]
(More, 3 Commissary Court of London, If. 285, bk.)
Testamentum. Wille?mi Fitz Harry. [In margin.]
In the name of* the holy hlissed Trinite, oure souerayn lady
seynt Marie, and aH holy Seyntes, Amen. I, William Fitz-Harry, 20
beyng yn goode heale and yn my fuH wittes, make my testament yn
this manere : First y hequethe my soule to god, my verry lorcJ and
f Wife die before daughter, and daughter before she's marrid.
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88 EARLIEST ENGUSH WILLS. 1431, WILLIAM FITZ-HARRT.
sauyoure, for to abyde his gracious ordenaunce and mercy, and my
body to be buryed there as he hath of his grace ordeynedf ; and to
that place y yeue x K of gol(J. And y wifi, ther synge v. yere for me
i and for tho that y am most bounde to pray fore, a trewe prest^ and
that y witt: it be Ei-ere William, if* it be so that he haiie sikerly leve
of his Provyncyatt and of" his house ; and elles, y will haue the best
lyver that may be y-geten : and y wille this prest haue ech yere x K,
8 that is to say, in v. yere, 1 -ti ; and y will haue done for me the first
day after that my soule ys passed, xxx^ messes yn the wyae of a
trentatt of seynt Gregorie; and when this is done, y will the host
prest that may be f ounde, sey for me the saide trentaH, with the hole
12 diriges, and aH the seruice thurgh-out the yere, and the prest to haue
X li. And y witi, that on my body be laide a faire stone of Marble
with my creste, myn armes, my vanturs, in blewe, reede, and white,
and my worJ ** mercy and ioie ", to whicfi word I take me fully for
16 euermore. the price of* the stone schalle be x ti ; and y wiH that my
parissb chirches haue ali here duetees. And y wiH there be delt for
me yn hast to poure folke, x H. And y make, myne executot^rs, my
wyf*, my brother sir lohn) Fitz-Harry, Maister Thomas Morstede,
20 Frere William Croland, Benet Maliot, and Eobert Home. And y
yeue to Maister Thomas, x mark* ; and to Frere William, for he ys
poure, X mark* and his pece ; And to Benet, for his pouert and long*
trewe sendee, xx li ; and to Kobert Home xx mark*, and to Thomelyu
24 X mark*. And y yeue Robert Pokyng*, x mark* ; And y yeue to
Robert Fulman, x mark* ; to lohn Hale, v. mark* ; to Bussh, xx s' ; to
Phelippe, xx s'; to lonet Wyntryngham, 'xx mark*; to Anneys
Mytton atte lyon>, x ti ; to Maude Wilbe, xx ti, so am y swome ; to
28 lenet Rye, x mark*; to lenet of Rone, v. mark*, and when aH this is
paied and done, and my wille folBlled, I will [leaf 286] my wyf*
haue myn) hous in London), with aH the rentes that y haue in
Cosynlane.^ Than wiH I that all manere of* goodes that y haue, or be
32 owyng to me in ony wyse, it ys my wille that my wyf* [haue] alwey
1 * East from this DovmgcUe, is Cosin lane, named of one William Cosin,
that dwelled there in the fourth of Richard the second, as divers his predecessors.
Fathers, Grandfathers, &c. had done before him.* — Stow*s Sv/rvey, 1633, p.
249 b. * DoumegcUe, on the Thames, and is so called, of that downe-goiug or
descending thereunto.' — ib. p. 248 a. Dowgate and Walbrook are in it.
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EARLIEST ENGLISH WILLS. 1431, RICHARD TTRELL. 89
thre parties, and my brother sir lofin the forth part, that is, pleinly
to sey, of* ecfi iiij.° mark', my wyf* haue to haue iij°. mark*, and my
brother C mark*, and of alle myn executowrs that y haue rehersed
afore, whiche y haue chosyn, for trewe perfit loue I require hem and 4
charge hem, as they wol answere afore oure lord on the hie day of
lugement, that they trewly and fully fulfiUe all my wiUe and myn
entent abouewriten : and this y aske of thaym, that they do this
trewly and kyndely, for the loue and at the reuerence of* aH-myghty 8
iheau, yn whos mercy and grace I putte me holy, both body and
soule, for euermore, Amen. That this ys fully my last wiH, I sette
ther-to my sygne manuelt.
Probatum fuit presens testamentum coram nobis, lohanne DrueH, 12
Commissario &c«, vj" Idiis Septembrw, Anno domtni Mill^dmo
CCCC"® xxxj** ; Comunas&que fuit admimstracio Elizabeths, relicte
diet* defunct*, lohawwi Fitz-Harry, Magistro Thome Morstede^ [&
Eoberto Home interlined]^ executon^z^^ in) dicto testawewto nominatts 16
& c«, Keseruata potestate nobi^ cornmittendi onus administracionis
bonorwm huitusmodi Alijs coexecutm&M« inte»ius nowinatw cum
venerint & c». com^aruit coram nobw xviij** die Nouembrw, Anno
supradicto, 'Benediciua Maleot, & onus administraooww commissr^m 20
fuit sibL
RICHARD TYRELL, ? OP STOKB-DABBRNON,
SURREY, 1431.
[To be buried at Sopwell, Herts. Gifts to Sopwell Church and its
Nuns ; to the Friars of Guildford, and Roodloft of Stoke. Residue to
Executors and Wife, for Testator's Soul. He writes his Will]
(Register Luffenam, If. 106 bk.)
Testamew^wm Ricarc?i Tyreti, Armigeri. [In margin.']
In dei nomiwe amen. I Richard Tyreti, being in helth and good
mynde, ordeyne and make my testament in this wise : First I
1 Morsted was a Doctor, says Mr. Chalenor Smith.
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00 EARUBST ENGLISH WILLS. 1431, EICHARD TTBELL.
bequethe my sinf att Boule to god almyghty, to his moder blessed
Marye, aud to sA the holy seintes in heuen, and my body to
be buried in the chirche of Soppew^* Also I bequethe for
4 reparacion of the sayd chirch and place, where most node is, x
marc( ; Also to the Notifies of the said chirc^, egally to be departed
among hem, to pray for my soule, x marc; Also to the Freres
of Gilford,* Ixvj s', viij d; Also for reparacion of the chircfi,
8 and specially pe rodelof te of Stoke,* C s*. The remenawnt of my good
1 giflfe and bequethe to William Estfeld, Mercer and Alderman
of Londefl, Dame Alionore HuH, Roger Husewyflfe, prest, and
to Amy my wyfe, whom I make Executours of my testament and my
12 last witt, to do and dispose for profite and wel of my soule aftir ther
discreciottn. And also I w6& that str MchoH Dixon, Clerk, have the
suruewe * of my said Executours. In wittenes of the which thing I
haue putte ther-to my seeH. Writen atte StokDabcmoun ^ the xxvj
16 day of Maij, the regne of kyng Harry the yj aftir conquest, the
ix jere, and of oure lord of Heuen a M^ cccc & xxxj. writen with myn
owen hond / Probatuw fait presens teatamentum coram Magisfro
lohawne Lyndefeld, Corwmissarto &c, die menst!^ lulij, Anno doDiini
20 supradicto ; et commissa est admiTzistracto honorum && 'EKecutoribus
in eodem nomiwati^ ; ac xxiij die mensw Septembrw acquieta^t f iierunt
'Executores &c.
1 In Hertfordshire, near St. Albans. * In Surrey.
' Probably the Stoke near Guildford. * Overseeing, oversight.
* Stoke-Dabemon (Dalberon, or Dabom), Surrey, between Cobham and
Fetcham, near the river Mole. — Walker's Oazetteer,
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EARLIEST ENGLISH WILLS. 1431-2, ISABEL GBBGOBT. 91
ISABEL GBEGORY, OF HACKNEY, 1431-2.
[Gifts of a Table-cloth to the high altar of Hackney Church ; of a Bed,
Mattrass, Sheets, Pot, Pan, Buffet, 2 Cushions, Gowns plain and furd,
Kirtle, Wood, Coal, Chest, Barrel, Fire-pan, Fonn, File, Chest, and
6 Hens.]
(More, 3 Commissary Court of London, leaf 296 bk.)
Testamentum Isabel Gregory de Hakeney.^ [In margin,]
I, Isabel Gregory, I be-quetbe my soule to god Almygthy, and to
owre lady sent Mary, and all the company of heuen, & my body to
be beryit in sent Austynyschercfihawe of Hakeney. I be-qnethe the
hey aut^ a bord-clotfi is iij ^erdys of lenthe or mor, (the to^^^ is xj 4
^erdys of lenthe). aL?o I be-quethe the bed that I lyin in, to Aneys
Kew-kole, saf the materas : that schaH Idany Hale haue. I
be-quethe to lofin of the spetiH, a schete, and a bras pot of a galon,
and an old panne, al-so I be-quethe the [same] Idany a bofet ;^ and to 8
the same Idony, ij cosyonys. also I be-quethe to lone my dowtcr, a
blew goune and a grene kyrtyH, and a schete. al-so I be-quethe to
I [so] Idany of the spetiH, my wode and my Cole, also, I make and
ordeyne that Witt Seluester haue the gouemawnce. of aH other godys 12
that I have be-syde, I make a fre ^efte to Wifl Selueste?' to seDe, and
to ^eve for my soule and aH Crystyne soulys, in the best maner that
may ben) ordeynyt. al-so I be-quethe to lonet Seluester a blake cole,
furryd. aHso I be-quethe to Thomas Formawnw wyf a russet gounne 16
lynyt with whythe blanket, also to Idany Hale a cloke and a gounne
of russet, furrit ; also in esement of Idany and of John of the spetyH,
for Ahnys I lent hem, a chest, and a vergyoMS barcfl, and a fyerpanne,
and a forme, and a pot of bras, with a vyle, and a f orser ^ with loke 20
and kye, and vj hennys.
Probatm/i fuit presens testamentum coram nobis, lohanne DrueH.
1 Then a village N. of London ; now part of it.
' Fr. 'buffet: m. A court-cupboord, or high-standing cupboord.' — 1611.
Cotgrave.
* Ital. '/orzieref a chest, a forcet, a coffin, a casket, a cabinet.' — Florio. 1598.
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92 KABLIB8T BNOUSH WILLS. 1432^ RICHARD GRAY.
Commissano &&, z* die lannam, anno domtni M^ CCCC^ xxxj. £t
commissa fiiit Admbiisttacio VHUelmo Seluester, executori intarios
nombiato.
RICHARD GRAY, OF ST. BARTHOLOMEWS,
LONDON, 1432-3.
[To be buried in 8t Bartholomew's Charch, with 4 Tapers and
4 Torches. All Goods to Executors, for Testator^s Soul. (Nothing
to Wife and 2 Sons.)]
(More, 3 ComJ. Coort of London, If. 340 bk.)
Bartho^omd. Testamentum Eicardi Gray. [In margin.]
4 In the name of god, Amen. I, RycbaixJ Gray, not hole of body
bnt hole in mynci, mak my testamoTzt coTicemyng my last wyH in ^^is
wyse : I be-quetH & gene my sowle in-to the hondys of oure lor<J
Ihe^u crisf, & to onrc lady seynt Mary, and to Pet^ & Powle & seynt
5 Bertylmew, & to &1A. the Apostolle^, eoTifessors virgyn) & Marters, and
to aH the company of heneri), and my body to be betyed a-for the
trinite autre in chirche of seynt Bertylmew.* And y wyH, as
towchyng* my bryngyng on) ertfi, to be takyn) of th>e hole goodes that
12 is my owne, & that ther be a-bowt my body iiij tapers & iiij torches,
& that titer be geuen) vn)-to /Ae conuent vj s. viij (J for to pray for me
to oui* lord Ihc«u crysf. And as towchyng to aH my goode*
mevealble [so] & vnmevable, to dispose ham), I mak & ordeyne 'vn-to
16 my executer, my wyiff* Anneys, & my lord sir* William Couentre,
pnoi* of seynt Bertylmew ^ in Westsmytlifeldf in London), for to
1 In Smithfield, viot in Broad st Ward. ' Next is the Parish Church of Saint
Bartholomew^ at the end of Bartholomew Lane.' — Stow's Survey, 1633, p. 191 a.
' The * Priory of St. BartholomeWy founded also by Rahere, a pleasant witted
Gentleman ; and therefore in his time called the King's Minstrell, about the
yeere of Christ, 1102. . . To this Priory, King Henry the second granted the
priviledge of a Faire to bee kept yeerly at Bartholoniewtide^ for three daies . . ,
to the which the Clothiers and Drapers of London repaired, and had their
Boothes and standings within the Church-yard of this Priory.' — S tow's Survey,
1633, p. 418 a, 419 a.
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EARLIB8T BNOLISH WILLS. 1433, JOHN BABNBT. 93
dyspose the same goodes to heltt and saluacion) of my sowle, as tham
semyth best to be don), wyttenessyng* Maister lohri) Wylbuiy,
dwellyng in Ive Lane^ besyde seynt Powles, & Syr Ion) Venys,
chanon) of Seynt Bartilmew, & my y sonnys Bichard & lohn) : 4
wrytfcyn tJie vij day of MarcH, the ^ere of oui* lorJ a thowsand ii^'^
xxxij^.
Probatwrn fuit presena testaman^um coram nobw, I d ; vlti7?»o die
Marcij, Anno domim Mcccc xxxiy*, commisso-qwe fuit administrocio 8
Agneti, relicts eiusde^w, reseruata pote^te committend-de domiJio
Wille/mo Cbuentre cuw» venent.
JOHN BARNET, OP LONDON, DRAPER, 1433.
[Gifts of Ss. 4(i. each to 3 Churches, and of Gowns to poor Tenants.
Blood-red gown to be sold for Testator's soul.]
(More, 8 Corny. Court of Londou, If. COC liij«.)J
TestamerUum lohannia Barnet. [In margin.]
In the name of god, Amen. The xvj day of the monyth of April,
the yew of ouwr lord Ihe*u Crist MHiesimo cccc xxxiij, I lohn 12
Barnet, Citezin and drapei' of London), beyng in good mynde and in
hool resoun), make my testament in forma sewyng* : ffyist I beqwethe
my soyle to god Almyghty, and to hys moder the gloriot/^ virgyn omut
lady seynt Marye, and aH the holy seynt68 of hevene. And my body 16
to be beryed where the Aviso is of myn executowrs. And I make
myn executoMrs, Marie my wyif, and my sone Richard, Marie to be
evermore myn executrice principati,^ And no thyng* to be dymened
a^ens here wille. And I be-qwethe to the chirche of seynt Petris, iij s 20
iiij d ; and to Barnet chirche,* iij s' iiij d; And to Monkey chirch,* iij s*
1 Ivy Lane, near Paternoster Row : ' Next is Ivie L<me, so called of Ivie
growing on the walls of the Prebends houses.* — Stow, p. 388 a.
2 In margin, as to Executors, ' htibent Acquietandam.*
s Barnet, in Middlesex, and Hertfordshire, 11 miles N. by W. of London.
* Monkenchurch or Monken (Monks') Hadley, now Hadley, adjoins Barnet,
Middlesex, on the N. — Thome's Environs of London^ i. 266. See Notes, below.
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94 EARLIEST ENOUSH WILLS. 1433, WALTER MANGEARD.
iiij (). Also I beqwethe to my poorc tenaunW, my govnys [to] be
partyd aft^r the devys of myn executours aboveseyd, evened of bem a
govne. Also I wiH that my sangvyn govne be sold, & do for my sovle.
4 In wytnesse of tbe wbich, I have put to this present testament my
seal : wytnesse of this testament, sire Eichard Seynoiir, Simond Cake,
B,ichard Derby, clerk, DateJ, jerc & day aboveseyd. Probatttm &c«
coram I d. zxij^ die Aprils, Anno supradicto, & commissa Admints-
B iracio exectUortbus & &,
WALTER MANGEARD, COOK, OF LONDON,
AND SUSSEX, 1433.
[To be buried in St Bride's, Fleet St. Gifts to the High Altar and
Works of St Bride's ; to little Watkin, testator's Godson and Servant ; to
a Brewer, a debt ; and to his son, a gown ; to the Fraternity of Cooks,
13«. 4d. Beasts in Sussex to be sold for Hurstpierpoint Church. Residue
to Wife.]
(More, 8 Com'. Court of London, If. 880.)
Testamentum Walteri : Mangeard. [Lower down, in margin.]
In the name of god, so mot hit bee : the xiiij day of the Monethe
of Marche, the yere of oure lord god M^ CCCC xxxiij*, I,
Walter Mangeardl, Citesen and koke of London, make &
12 ordeyne my present testament of my last wyfl in this maner : fyrst I
beqvethe & recomende my soule to almyghtti god, & to oure ladi seynt
Mary, & to alle the seynte^ in heuene. And my body to be beried in
the chirche yerde of seynt Bride in Fletestrete.^ Item y bequethe to
16 the hie auter of the same chirche for my oSeryngus & my dutys
leuyng ^ bihynde vnpaye<J, xij d. Item y bequethe & 3eue alle the
dettes thet John Hille, Armorer, owyth me, to the chirche werkes of
seynt Brides Afore-seyde, and thet the seyd? dettes be contented &
20 payed to the seydl chirche werkes be the seyd lohn, and thet anone
^ Near Bride Lane, and the old Bride-well, dedicated to St. Bridget or St.
Bride. See Stow's Survey, p. 437 a, and Hughson's Walks thro* London, 1817,
i. 159. Church burnt in the Great Fire, 1666, and rebuilt by Sir C. Wren.
' remaining.
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EARLIEST ENOLISH WILLS. 1433, WALTER MANGBARD. 95
af tur my desese. Item I bequethe & ^eue aH the dette thet Wilh'am
Lacy, Tayler, oweht me, to the seyde chircbewerkc*, for to be con-
tented? & payed to the seyd werke« in the forme foreseyd. Item y
bequethe to litili Watkyn), my Godsone <fc my s^ruant, x marker 4
sterlynges.^ Item y foryeve & relese Walter Floode, Brewer, aH the
dette thet he owe^t me. Item y bequethe to lofin Floode his sone,
oon) of my govnes longyng to my body, suche as myn) executowrs
wyH deliuere. Item y be-quethe to the fratemyte of my crafte of 8
cokes, xiij s'. iiij (). Item y bequetbe & yeue alle the meuable
Cateli of bestaH thet y haue in Sussex* in the parehce of Perpoynt- .
hurst,2 to the cfiirche werk^s ther, <fe thet they haue my soide
in mynde, & thet the^ seyd Be^tali be polde be the vice* of the 12
paresshens ther, as for the most avice ^ of the seyd chirche werkes.
The residue of alle my goodes & catelles, bothe quike & dede,
mevable & vn-mevable, aftwr my bequestes fulfilled, <fe my dettis
peyed, I yeue hem hoUi vnto Maude my wyf, scho for to doo with 16
hem hir^ ovne fre wylle, with-owten lettyng or disturbance of eny
persone. To this present testment y make & ordeyne my trewe
executowrs, thet is to wete, the foreseyde Maude my wyff*, princip^
executrice, Thomas Hameys & Robert Andrewe coexecutowrs, & I 20
bequethe the seyd Thomas <fe Robert, yche of hem for here laboMr
X s*. In wytnes where-of, to this present testament y haue put to my
sele. wreton) at Londofi the dai & the yere afore seyde.
ProbatMw fuit &c coram I. D. xij die Maij, & Anno suprodictc^, 24
& commissa administracto executoribz^ supradictw & c«.
1 In margin, as to Executors, * htibent acquietanciam,*
' Hurstpierpoint, N.W. of Lewes, near Twineham. ' MS. the the.
* voice. « opinion, judgment, benefit.
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96 BARLUBST ENGLISH WILLS. 1434, MABOARBTB ASSHCOMBE.
MARGARETB ASSHCOMBE, (ONCE BLONOIT)
WIDOW, OP LONDON, 1434.
[To be buried near the Dead-hoase of St Paurs: 4 Priests and
4 Torches at the Burial. Gifts to Parson and Church of St. Mary
Stayning. Gifts of a gold Ring with a * Reason * or Motto, and another
with a Crucifix ; of a Gown and kirtle of Musterdevylers (grey woollen),
&o. Residue for Testatrix's soul.]
(More, S Commissary Court of London, leaf 410 back.)
Testamentum : Margarete : Aswhecombe : [/j«
margin^ lower down7\
Tn the name of god. Amen : I. Margarete Asshcombe, in good
mynde, and hole of speche beyng*, make my testamente in this
forme suyng* : fyrste y comande my soule to god almyghty, and my
4 body to be berye<J anenest the chameH ^ of Poules, in Pouleschirche-
yerd, be-twyn toe trees nere by the berieti of my husbonde, sumtyme
called lohn Bloncit Also y bequethe to the Person of the churche
of seynt Marie Stanyng* * in London, iij s' iiij tl. Also y bequethe to
® the makyngi or amendyng* of the seyde churche, iij s' iiij (J. Also y
bequethe a shete to the seyde Chirche, to be peynted at the persons
coste aforeseyde, forto hange to-fore ij auterea in the seyde Churche.
Also y wyll haue iiij prestes to brynge me to my grave, takyng yche
12 of hem iiij d for there laboi^r. Also y wyH haue iiij torches brennyng,
to brynge me to my gwive, and ij tapres to stande at my bed while
my body resteth in my hous of dwellyng* or in eny Churche. Also y
bequethe to the wyf of William Oweyn) a ryng of golde wttA a ston,
1^ & a resofl* ' sans departir.' Also y bequethe to the wyf of William
* Fr. ' Chamier : m. A Churchyard, or cha[r]nell house ; a place wherein
dead bodies are layd, or their bones kept.' — 1611. Cotgrave.
* ' In Staining laTie, of old time so called, as may bee supposed, of Painter-
stainers dwelling there.' . . . ' There is the small Parish Church of Saint Mary,
called Staining, because it standeth at the North end of Staining lane, in
Aldersgate Ward.*— Stow, Suruey, 1633, p. 321. It was destroyd in the Great
Fire of 1666, and not rebuilt.
* reson = motto.
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EARLIEST ENGLISH WILLS. 1434, MARGARETS ASSHCOMBB. 97
Hoton iny cosyii), a ryng of golde with a crucifix abovne. also
y be-quethe to Clemens, tbe womaw that kepes^ me, a gowne of
Musterdevylers,^ & a kyrteli of musterdevylers with grene sleues, &
an bode of blak of lore,* & an a * bod of blewe. AH tbe remenanf of 4
my goodes, y wyH tbat they be solde, & truli don for my sowle, & tbe
seyde husbonde, and aH my fryndes, as myne execntoures wyl
answere at tbe laste rekeny?ig. and fortbermore to folfuUe this my
testamente and wyfl, I ordeyne the sayde William Owen, & my 8
Cosyn) William Hotofi, myne execntowres. wreton tbe ij day of
I^ovembre tb[e] yere of Kyng Harri tbe ."vj** aftur tbe conqueste
xiij*". to tbe whecbe executoires, y bequetbe eytber, x s* for bei*
labom*. alsoo y beqn[e]tbe to Aneys Copursmytfi a combe of yverie, 12
& to Aneys bii* maydefl, a russet kyrteH furred with lambe.
Probatum fuit presens testamentum coram nobis lobanne Cbicbele,
in Decretis & c*, xxiij^ die Mensis Nouembri^, Anno domim Millesimo
CCCC"® tricesimo quarto &c; commissa fuit admi[ni]8tracio execu- 16
tanhus inte?ius nominatiV.
* looks after, sees to, serves.
» The name is from Mustarde Vylers, Montiviliers in Normandy, where the
stuff was made. (* In the mene whyle was the [city] of Roon, Mustarde Vylers^
and Herflete, i-loste byfore Crystysmasse.'— Hen. VI. A« xxviij. 1449-1450.) It
was *a kind of mixed grey wooUen cloth, which continued in use up to
Elizabeth's reign.* — Hall.'s Olosa, (? authority.)
> ? Not Fr. lueuTy *brightnesse, luster.* Stratmann cites lure (from T.
Wright's Specimens of Lyric Poetry , temp. Edw. II, p. 62) as a variant of hleor,
leer, gerui, fades. But we want another meaning. Compare 'grene alyre,* p.
117, 1. 14 ; and * togam viridis coloris anglice grene lyre medley.' — Will of O.
Warner, 1490 ; *Blac of lyre.'— Will of J. Urban, 1421 (Register *Marche') ;
*togam de Blakalyr* meileley.*— Will of J. Peese, 1487 (Register *Milles').
* so in MS.
E. E. WILLS.
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EARUEST ENGLISH WILL& 1434, BOOSR BORTON.
ROGER BORTON, OP HACKNEY, MIDDLESEX, 1434.
[To be buried in St Austin's, Hackney. Gifts to the Church Altar and
Bells, and to mend the Parish Highway. A Bullock and a brass Pot to
each of his 2 Daughters. Residue to Wife.]
(More, 3 CumT. Court of London, If. 412.)
Testamefitum : Rogeri : Borton : [In margin, lower.']
Tn the name of god, Amen : THb xxv day of NovembOT,
the yere of oui* lorde Millewmo CCCC™* xxxiiij, I, Roger
Bortofl of Hakeney,^ beyng* in good mynde, ordeyne & make my
4 testamente in this maner : fyrst y betake my sowie to ome lord
Ihe«a crisf , & to his moder seynt Mari, & my body to be beriecJ in
the Chircheyerde of the parectL chirche of seynt Austyri) of Hakeney
aboue seyde. Item y bequethe to the hye Auter of the same Churche
5 XX (J. Item y bequethe to the reparacion of the Belles of the same
Churche, xx <J. Item y bequethe to the Amendynge of the hye wey
in the same paresshe, xx <J. Item y bequethe Agnes my dowghtwr,
my Don Bullok*, & I pot of bras of a galofi. Item y bequethe Cristian
12 my dowghtwr, my red BuUok*, & a pot of bras of I galofl. And the
Residue of my goodes & catelles, whatsoeuer they be, aft?/r my dettw*
ben payed, & this testamente fulfuUed, I yeve & bequethe to Alysofl
my wyf; whiche Alisofl, of this testament* y make my chef"
16 executrice, & Thomas Goody ng* of Hakeney hii* coexecutwr. These
byn wytnesse : Thomas Goodyng*, Hichard Chapman, Adam Stam-
l>rygge, lohn Burton, And other mo. wreton the day and the yere
above seyde
20 Probatuw fuit presens testamentu?w coram nobis lohanne Chichele,
in Decreti^ Bacallaiiieo ReuercwcZo &c c, vij die Mensis Decembm,
Anno d<?mmi supradicto &c c*. commissa-qt^e fuit Admi^iistracio
omnium bonorMw &c* execntoTibus interius nowiwatis.
» Now part of London, on the North-east, abuv Bethnal Green. In 1817,
says David Hughson, ** Rackney is a large village, two miles from London, and
has several hamlets, as Upper and Lower Clapton, Daleston [Dalston], Shacklewell,
and Homerton."— ^aM» thrimgh LoncUm, iL 376.
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EARUEST ENGLISH WILLS. 1434, R.\UF HETH. 99
RAUF HETH, OF HACKNEY, MIDDLESEX, 1434.
[To be buried in St Austin's, Hackney. Gifts to that Church, its
Parish-Clerk, and Poor, and Highways. Wife to have House at
Hackney for life, and then it is to goto Testator's two Daughters. If
they die under age. House to be sold, and Money to go for Testator's
Soul. Residue to Wife.]
(More, 8 Corny. Court of London, If. 414.)
Testamentum \ Radulphi j Heth ;• [In margin^ lower down.]
Tn the name of god, Amen : The tj day of Dc^rember in
the yere of oure Lorde Ihe«u crist M* CCCC xxxiiij**, And in the
xiij" yere of the regne of Kyng« Henry the sexte, I Eauf" Heth of the
paressh of Hakeney in the Counts of Middlesex, beyng* of good 4
mynde, ordeyne & make my testament conteynyng* my laste wyti, in
this wyse : Fyrsf , y bequethe and recommende my sowle vnto
almyghty god my maker and savyowr, and to his blissed modei* oure
lady seint Marie, and to aH his seyntus, And my body forto be 8
beryed in the chircheyerd of the paressh chirche of sey[nt] Austyn)
of Hakeney aboveseyd. Item y be-quethe the hygh Auter of the
same churche, xx d ; Item to the werk* of the seyd churche, xx d ; Ss
to the paressh Clerk* of the same churche, xij d. Item y bequethe to 12
be distribute among* poref oik* of the same paressh, for my sowle, xx d.
Item I be^'t^ethe to the amendyng* of hyhe wayes in the same paressh,
iij s' iiij d. Item y wiH that, aftur my decese, Anys my wyf haue &
reioyse duryng* her* lyf all my mesuage, with the curtylage and aH the 1 6
appt^rtenance, set & lyeng* in the paressh of Hakeney aboue seyde.
And aftwr the deces of the same Aneys my wyf, I wiH that the
foreseyd messuage, wiih the curtylage, and aH the appwrtenawncej,
remayne to Katerine & lohane my doughetei^i, to haue and to holde 20
to hem & to here heyres & assignee for euermore ; fforseen) alwey,
that yf" the seyde Kateryne & lohane my doughtres dye wit/anne
laweful age, than) y woH that the seyd mesuage, yrith the curtylage
and all the appurtenauntj, be solde by myne executoi^rs. And the 24
H 2
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100 EABLIBST BNQLISH WILLS. 1434, ROGER ELMESLET.
money therof comyng* be desposed and distribute for my soule in
werkes of almes, aftur the good discrecyon of myn) executowrs. And
the resydewe of aH my goodes & catalles, what-soeuer they bee, a,ftur
4 my dettw* byn) fuH payed, and this testamente ftdfylled, y yeue &
bequethe to the foreseycl Anys my wyf* ; wheche Aneys, of this
testamente y make my chif* executrice, and lohn Borage hir^
coexecutowr ; and y bequethe to the same lohn Borage for his labour
8 ij s*. In wytnesse of whiche thyng*, to this my testamente y haue
set my seeti. these been witnesses : Thomas Kuddok*, Eichard
Austyn), lolin Batte, & other*, wrytoii & yoven) atte Hakeney the
day & yere aboueseyd.
12 Probatum fuit testamentum supradictum coram nobis, lohanne
Chichele, in Decrett^ Bacallarto & c, xxj"* die Mensis Decembrw, anno
domtni M® CCCC xxxiiij* & c. commissa fuit administracio execu-
toribus interius nominaiis.
ROGER ELMESLEY, A WAXCHANDLER'S
SERVANT, LONDON, 1434.
[To be buried outside the Porch-Door of St Margaret Pattens, L. Tower
8t., with his name on his Tomb-stone. Gifts of money and a Torch to the
Church. Gifts of Coals, Gown, Hood. To a Godchild, a Feather-bed,
Blankets, Sheets, Pillows, Coverlets, Table-cloths, Towels, Napkins,
Pewter Dishes and Sawcers, Cups, Silver Spoons, Basins, Candlesticks,
eard Brass Pan, Banker, Cushions, Salt-cellar, Beads, Gilt Silver Crucifix,
Ring with graspt Hands, Rack for roasting Eggs, Covercles, Table, Joint-
stools, a Primer to serve God with, and a Coffer. To others, Peacock
Flivers (? feathers), Chests, Staff, Towel-roller, Chair, and Sconces,
Symkyn Brownyng to look after the Godchild.]
(More, 8 Corny. Court of London, If. 481 bk.)
Testamentum : Roger! : Elmesley : [In margin^ lower downJ]
16 TN the name of the Fadei' and the sone & the Holi goost, Amen 1
-*• At the fest of seynt Nicolas & the translacioii of seynt Andrewe,
of bothe translaciofl, that is to sei, the ix dai of Maij, the yere of owre
lord a thousand iiij hundred & xxxiiij / And the reyn) of oui' lege
20 lord the kyng* Harre the sexte of his conquest, the 3g yer, I, Roger
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EARLIEST ENGLISH WILLS. 1434, ROGER ELMESLET. 101
Elmesley, saruant suwtyme wOh lohn Bokelei', wexchaundelei* of
London, I the foreseyd Roger*, in good hele of bodi & soule, & in good
mynde, as y wiH answers a-fore god, make my testament in this
wise / first y bequethe my soule to god almygti of heuene, & to his 4
blessed moder seynt Mari, & to seynt Kat^rine, & to seynt Margrete,
and to an the holi compani of heuene, and my body to be beried
vnder the ston with-onte the Dore of the porche,^ & my name wretofl
ther-on when y am ded. Also y bequethe to the werkes of the same 8
churche of seynt Marget Patyns, iij s' iiij d, to haue my beryyng* ther,
& the ston fre / Also i bequethe to the hi aut«r, of offerynges
foryeten, xx & ; Also to the klerk* of the forseyd churche, xij d //
AJsoo the foreseyd churche, a torch of my terment, for to brenne euery 12
Sondai at the leuacion at the hie masse // Also I bequethe to lohn
Wodrof & Alison his wyf*, v quartzes of coles ; & to lohn Woderof
my beste goune & my beste hod, & the forre in the same goune, if so
be that he leue that time ; & elles, sell hit, & do hit for the loue of 16
god, & yeue to pore housholders in r^oles. More-oue?' y bequethe to
Robert Sharp goddis-child, a liteH fetherbed & ij peire smale shetes,
& a peyre of large shetes goode, & a peire^ of blankettes, & ij goode
pelewes, on large, & another lasse and feire ybored, & a whit couerlit 20
& a red cou<?rlit, & a good bordcloth with crosse werk, & another
bordcloth wit^ mylyngis ^ at the ton ende, in lenkethe ij jerdes ; & on
halfe large, & I toweH of parys werk*, viij yerdes of lenkethe ; also too
the beste sanapes,^ also a plate of peautre & ij disshes of peautre, & ij 21
sauseres of peautre & ymarked w»t^ .R. and .S. ; moreouer a litil
masei* coppe, & I white coppe, & a spone of siluer* wit^-out mark*, &
a liteH baayn knopped, & iij candelstike* of latyn), & a litifl panne
of brasse y-ered,^ and a chaufwr of bras, & a lytil posnef of bras, & a 28
* Of St, Margaret Pattens^ in Little Tower Street (p. 137), in Billingsgate
"Ward. (p. 228) one other Lane, called iS'. Margaret Pattens, because of old time
Pattens were usnally made and sold : but of later time this is called Itoode lane,
of a Rood there placed, in the Churchyard of S, Margaret, whilest the old
Church was taken downe, and againe new builded ; during which time, the
oblations made to this Rood, were imployed towards building of the Church. —
Stow's Su/rvey, ed. 1633 A.D.
* MS. a peire a peir«. ' ? millings, like those on the edge of a coin.
* Sanape, tnanutergivm, hand-napkin. Nominale, in Hall's Oloss,
' With ears or handles.
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102 BARUEST ENGLISH WILLS. 1434, ROGER ELME3LET.
bankar of blewe Ss blak*, & iij quisshonte^ of the same colour
yii-8toppe<) ; also a feii^ salt saler of peautre with a fey re knoppe ; also
a peyie of* bedea of silaer wM a crucifix of sillier and y-gilt ;
4 ako a payre bedes of blak* gaiidys of sillier & gilt, & a ryng« ther-on
with dippyng* of ij handes, siluir & gilt ; also a rake of yren forto rost
on his eyren, also a litiH couerkeH ^ for his coppe ygilt* ; also a whit
couerkeH with roses & flourdeluces / also a litil tabel peyntecJ
8 trestelwise ; also a litil loyned stott for a child, Ss a nother loyned
stoH, large for to sitte on, whanne he cometh to mannes state ; also a
prymmei* for to serve god wit/t ; aHso a litel cofwr to putte in his
smale thynges. Also i bequethe the same Robarcf, to Symkyng*
12 Brownyng*, Klerk*, to goddis woshup & soule hele / And also if the
foreseyd EobarJ die wit/i-ynne age, that the foreseydf [If, 432] goodes
thet he shulde haue, [ben] I-sold & I-yeuen to pore pepeti in coles, as
secoutors wil answere afore god // Moreou^r y bequethe William
16 Osbeme the fliueres of pecok* // more-ouere y bequethe Maut
Cokkeman my wyves forcet, & a staf* with an handett // More-ouer y
bequethe my roller for a toweH to Margery Bokolei* ; Also to Alioon
Oxyn) my chayre, and to Robard Sharpe my peynted chest / Moreouer,
20 sir lohn Russhebrok* a skonce^ / an other* skonce to SymoncJ
Brownyng*. Here-oppon y make my seketowres, sir lohn Russhe-
brok*, chauntre prist of seynt Marget Patens, and Symond Brounyng*,
Clerk* of the same churche / I bequethe Iche of hem, for here
24 trauayle, x s'. To this wittenesae thet this testament ys my ful wilt,
Iwreten the dai a-fore seyd that these neybowres wil here witnesse
theropon, thet is to sey / lohn Hardynge, Grocer ; WilUam Ferrowre,
Brewer, and Thomas Colman, Talvchaundelei* ; Thomas Oxyn),
28 hosier // And y pray yowe loki thys marks and thys SeeH, acorde as
y Roger wyl answers afore god?
Probatum fuit testamentum supradictum coram Nobis, lohanne
Chichele, in Decretw Bacallario &c, xviij die Mensis Maij, Anno
^ Fr. 'Couverele: m. A Couer, or LicL* — Cotgrave. A.D. 1611.
2 A light to Lang against the wall.
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BARUEST ENGLISH WILLS. 1434^, ISABELUS DOVE. 103
domim Mifimmo CCCG tricesimo quinto & / commissa-qtte
fait admiTiistracio omnimn bonon^m & [&\ executoribt^ superius
uominat^ff & c<.
ISABELLA? DOYE, 1434-5.
[Goods to bury her, and pay her debts and bequests. Residue to be
kept till her husband comes home from beyond the sea.]
(More, 3 CbixJ. Court of London, If. 379 bk.)
IsabeH Dove. [In margin,']
Thys is the will Isabel! Dove, lat the wyf of Thomas Dove, 4
Citezein of London), made the xiij day of Marche, the yere of oure
lorde M? CCCC"^ [xjxxiiij, that Geretrude de Lunhx, the wyf of
William de Lunhx, Citezein & vinter of London), schuld hane the
godes of the seyde IsabeH In kepyng, for to brynge hei* on erthe, to 8
pay hei* dettis, hei* bequestw ; and the remenant for to kepe to the
vse of the husbondes^ of the seyde Isabel!, vn-to his comyng* home
fro beyonde the See, the seyd godes in the Inuentare here remaynyng.
Probatwm fuit hec voluntas coram I d., iiij® die Maij, Anno 12
dommi Mille^imo eccc™ xxxiiij® & &; & cowmissa Admiwwtrocw?
Geretrude de Lunhx Becundum tenorem eiusdem.
[In margin is] hahet B,cquietanciam.
* a genitive?
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104 BABUB8T BNOUSH WILLS. 1430, RICHARD BOKELAND.
EICHAED BOKELAND, ESQ., OP ALL-HALLOWS
THE GREATER, THAMES ST., LONDON, 1436.
[To bo buried in Pardon Churchyard, St Paurs. Two Oxford or
Cambridge Priests to be paid to pray for Testator's Soul for 20 years.
St Gregory's Trental to be sung. Marble Tombstone to have Crest on,
with 'Mercy and Grace.* Year's Mind to be kept for 20 years at St
Mary Ottery, Devonshire ; and for 6 years by the 4 Orders of Friars
in London. Gifts to Poor, and to All-hallows and St Nicholas Cold-
Abbey churches. A million Masses to be said for Testator's Soul. Gifts
to London and Westminster Prisoners, to the Spital sick folk, and
the Lazar-houses. Gifts to the Prioress of Cheshunt and the Canons of
Waltham Abbey. £100 to Daughter, and £20 to each of her children.
Legacies to Brother and other folk. Cheshunt Convent to have back its
pledges free. Residue to Executors, two of whom get furd Gowns.]
(Luffenam, If. 162.)
Te8ia7nentum Hicardi Bokeland. [In margin,]
Tn the Name of god'. Amen. The .v. day of August yn the
yere of yowre Lord M* eccc xxxvj, And the xiiij yere of the
Reigne of kyng* Henry sixt, I, Richard Bokeland, Squyer, beyng* yn
4 Resonable helt& of body, & hoole of mynde, make my testament iu
manere as foloweth. Eurst I betake my sonle vnto god, my yerray
lorcf & Saveottr, & to his blessid moder^ oure lady Saint Mary, and
to aH his sainted of hevefi ; And my wrecchid body to be beryed at
8 Pardon chirche-yerdf at saint Poules * yn London). AH so y gif vnto
^ Pardon Cfhurchyard was on the N. side of St Paul's. Paul's Cross was
in it. Stow says of St. Paul's {Survey, 1633, p. 354) :
'Great Cloystry 'There was also one great Cloyster, on the North side of this
of Fault Church, invironing a plot of ground, of old time called Pardon
Chv/rch-yard ; whereof Tfwmas More, Deane of Pauls, was eyther the first
Builder, or a most especiall Benefactor, and was buried there.
'About this Cloyster, was artificially and richly painted the Dance of
'Dance of Maehabre, or Dance of Death, commonly called the Dance of
Fault Paula, , . In this Cloyster were buried many Persons, some of
Worship, and others of Honour: The Monuments of whom, in number and
workmanship, passed all other that were in that Church. ....
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EARLIEST ENGLISH WILLS. 1436, RICHARD BOKELAND. 105
}q warkes of Ponies x K. AH-so y wuH that thei* be founden at fe
vniuersitees of Oxonford? or Cambrigge, after fe discrecion of my wyf
& executoMis, two gode honnest and vertuous preestes of coiuier-
saciottn, the terme of xx yere, prayenge for the soules of me, my fadyr, 4
moder, broder, and for afl thoo that I am bounden) to pray for, eche
of the saide preestes takynge yerly C s*., hauynge in Charge to seye
euery friday a messe of j^e trentatt, with Placebo and dirige, & the ix
lessons. Item I bequethe xx marce* vnto diners preestes for to singe 8
masses of the grete Gregorie ti*entale.^ Att-so I woH fat there
be leyde vpon my body a stone of Marble, with the crest of my
Armes ferupon), and aH-so with thise wordes, 'Mercy and grace.'
AHhso y gif vnto the collage of saint Mary Ottroye^ in Devenshire, xx 12
h, to be demened, xx s' Jerof yerely in this wise : that euery yere
durynge the terme of xx yere, my mynd, with Placebo & Dirige &
masse of Requiem to be doon oones, yevynge to euery chanon) beinge
ther*-at present viij *, to euery preest vj *, to euery secundary 16
& clerc of the chirch iiij *, and to euery quarester ij d ; And yf f ei*
leve any fynge of the saicJ xx s*, to be delt to euery pouere man of
that panssh ij % and aB. thoo pouere men to be at the Dirige
& messe. Item y gif vnto the chirche of Alhalowen) the more ^ 20
I chappen in * ^^ *^® midst of this Pardon Church-yard, was also a faire
Pardon Chappell, first founded by Gilbert Becket, Portgrave, and principall
Chureh-yard Magistrate of this City, in the reigne of King Stephen, who was
there buried. Thomas More [? he whose Tomb is named abuv, p. 71, 1. 7],
Deane of Pauls, before named, re-edified or new builded this Chappell, and
founded three Chaplaines there, in the reigne olHemry the fifth.'
This Pardon Church-yard of St. PauVs must not be confounded with that at
the Charter-House, of which Stow says :
* This house [the Cha/rter-housel he [Sir Walter Marmy] founded upon this
occasion : A great Pestilence [the Black Death] entring this Hand, began first in
Dorsetshire, then proceeded into Devonshire, Somersetshire, Glocestershire, and
Oxfordshire, and at length came to London, and overspread all England, so
wasting the people, that scarce the tenth person of all sorts was left alive, and
Churchyards were not sufficient to receive the dead, but men were forced
to chuse out certeine fields for burials : whereupon Ralph StraJtford, Bishop of
LondoTi, in the year 1348, bought a piece of ground, called No mans land,
which he inclosed with a wall of Bricke, and dedicated for buriall of the dead,
builded thereupon a proper Chapell, which is now enlarged, and made a
dwelling-house : and this burying plot is become a faire Garden, retaining the
old name of Pardon Church-yard,' — Stow's Survey, 1633, p. 477 b.
^ See p. 31 abuv, note 1, » St. Maiy Ottery, « In Upper Thames St.
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106 EARLIEST ENGLISH WILLS. 14S6, RICHARD BOKELAND.
yn London), whore y am parisshen), x ti ; And to the Personne of the
same chirch, for myn oblac/ons forgetefi, x tL Item I gif vnto the
warkea of saint Nicholas Coldabbey in London),^ x marc*. Item
4 I beqwetli moneye fur WW masses' to be saide after my decesse, fat
is to sey, to euery preest saynge for me fe dirige & a messe of
Eequiem, iiij \ Item I wol that the house of Freres prechoors
in London) haue euery yere durynge the terme of .v yere, xx s' to sey
8 be note the diiige & messe of Eequiem and ^ my mynd day. And ya
the same wise the saide som yerly vnto the white Freres, greye freres,
& Austins,^ performynge the Dirige & messe a-foresaid. Item I gif to
euery Prisoner beynge in Ludegate & Newegate iiij ^ ; Item to the
12 Abbotteff prison) of Westmynstre xx s' ; Item to the Prisoners of the
Flete, XX s' ; Item to the Prisoners of the M archaise, xx s'. ; Item to
the Prisoners of the Kynggis bench xx s' ; Item to the seke peple
beynge yn the spit^ houses of saint Thomas, saint Mary, &
16 saint Bartilmenx of London), iij ti. Item to the bowses of la3are
next aboute ^Londofi, iij ti. Item I woti fat Dame Cicile Gifford,
Prioresse of Chesthunt,® haue xl s* ; and that euery nonne of the
same house haue yj s' viij \ sayenge for me a dirige and a messe of
20 Requyem by note. Item I woti fat sir lohn Gifford, Chanon) of J)e
Abbey of Waltham,^ haue xl s', & that euery Chanon) of the same
house haue xx d, sayenge for me a dirige and a messe of Eequiem by
note. Item I woti fat my doughter Anneys Whityngham haue C ti
24 and a stondynge cuppe gilt, shapp of a columbyn.7 And also
^ ' Sitaate on the S. side of Old fiah str, in the Ward of Qmemhiihi^ within
the Walls of iKmdom,, . . . Mr. SUajo says the word CoUdthey (which was added
to distinguish this from other Churches of St. Nicholas) is corruptly so called,
being more properly Cold bay (as a place exposed to the Weather), as Cold
-BTarftowr,' &c.— 1708. E. Hatton, New View of London, ii. 440. *It hath been
called of many Colden Abbey, of some Cold Abbey, or Cold Bey, and so have the
most ancient writings, as standing in a cold place, as Cold Harbor, and such like.*
—Stow, p. 398.
* Can this mean 2000, and not 1,000,000 ? * ? 'and ' for ' on
* See note 1, p. 16 abuv. ^ ]eaf 162 back.
* Cheshunt ' occupies the S.£. angle of Herts,' and is IS miles N. of London.
Good fishing in the Reservoir there, says my boy.
7 In Essex, 12 miles N. by E. of London. The 2nd Abbey was founded
by Harold before 1060.
^ The beautiful bell-like flower of Aquilegia vulgaris, Lin.
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EARUEST ENGLISH WILLS. 1436, RICHARD BOKBLAND. 107
fat euery child of hires lyyynge at the day of my decease, haue xx H
to there manage. Item I wol Jat my brother Cristofre Bokelondf
haue XX ti, And his sone Thomas x ti. And to his other sone & a
doughter, yf they lyve, eche of hem .v marce*. Item that lohn 4
Yngram haue x marce« ; Item to William Cicil x marce^ ; Item to
lofin Wanton x marc* ; Item to lohn Coggeshale x ti. Item I gif to
maister Thomas AsshweH xx s*. Item to Frere Wynchelsee xx s',
Item to Frere EusseH of the Atistins, xx s\ Item I wol to euery 8
couple of man & wyf dwellyng at Ochecote, haue ij s', and to euery
single mail) & child withyn the same parissh of Ochecote xij \ And
to the Personne of the same pa>ish holdynge myn obbite durynge iij
yere, Euery yere vj s*, viij *. Ite?» I gif to Thomas Yonge x ti, 12
Item to Richard ClareH x ti, Item to lohn Forest x marce*, Item to
lacobo my seruawnt x marce«, lieni to Thomas Crouche v ti, Item to
lohn Cooke v marce«, Item to William Pascafl xx s'. Item to lohn of
the Stable xiij s, iiy *, Item to William of the Kechyn vj s', viy *, 16
Item to Margaret of Ware xl s'. Item to sir Robert Carlton v marcejr,
Item to Master lohn) Trotter v marces, Item to sir Richard my preest
Y marce^. Item I woUe that the prioresse & the house of Chesthunt
haue freely theire Weddys ayen withouten any mony payenge. And 20
to the performynge of this my last wiH and entent, I make myne
executoMrs,^ lohan my wyf, sir lofin TireH knyght, Maister Richard
Cawdray, clerc, Richard Quatermains, lohn Melbot^me, Thomas
Rothewett, lohn Kempley, Thomas Pounde & lohn Coggeshale. And 24
I woti: that eche of my said £xecutoz/rs haue x ti, so that they be
helpynge & assistynge vn-to my wyff for the execucion of this my last
wille / And the Remenat^nt of aH: my godis, meuable and vnmeuable,
I gif to the said sir lohn TireH, maister Richard Caudray, Richard 28
Quatermains, lohn) Melbot^me, Thomas RotheweH, Thomas Pound &
lohn Coggeshale. And y pray & Require all you myn executours
aforsaid, which I haue chosen, for true and parfayte Love, that
ye fulfill aH my wiH & entent aboue writen, truly & kyndely, for the 32
loue of god, and as my trust is yn yow / -AH-so y wol that Thomas
RotheweH haue myn Prymour & myn purple goune furred with
martrons.^ AH-so I wol that lohn Melbourne haue my scarlet goune
^ * Nomi/ia executorwm * in margin. ' See p. 86 abuv, note 6,
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108 KARUEST KNOLISn WILLS. 1438, RICHARD DIXTON.
f iirred with martroMns. AH-so j wol that my lowi Cromwett haue a
pcre of boteH of silue^r & gilt / In witness^ of aH wich fingw, I haue
put herto my seal the day and yere aforesaid, beynge present in
4 f erther wittenes, maiste?' william Lychf eld, p«rsone of Alhalowen the
more, sir lohn) loye, preest of the same chirch, lohn Yngram,
Thomas Tong^, and other.
(jj) Probatum fuit suprascriptum testa??ientu7» coram Magis/ro
8 lohanne Ljrndefelcl, Commissario &c«, xv** die mensw Octohna, Anno
domini Millcrimo cccc™* xxxvj*®, Et commissa fuit admiwistracio
lohanne, relicte dictt defuncti, & discretw virw Thome EotheweH,
Thome Pound, & lohanwi Coggeshale, execxitonbus &c, Reseruata
12 po^e^te &c<. acquietatt sunt
EIOHARD DIXTON, ESQ., OF SISCETRE,i
GLOSTBRSHIRB, 1438.
[To be buried at Cirencester. Bequests of Vestments to Trinity
Chapel there, and its Priests ; also to the Convent at Usk, the Friars of
Gloster and Hereford, the Abbots of Tewkesbury, Evesham, Malmesbury,
&c. Gifts of best Horse, Armour, coverd silver Cups, Gold Chain and
Bracelet, Money, blue Cloth, furd Gowns, silver Arse-girdle, household
8tulE, Horses, Clothing and Bedding, i&c.]
(Luffenam, If. 191 back.)
Dyxton. [In margin,]
1 n the name of oure Lord Ihesu, Amen) ! The Viij day of August,
the yere of the regno of oui* soueraigne lord kyng* Harry the sixte
after the conquest, the xvj*. [1438.] I Richard Dixton), squyer,
16 hauyng* gode and resonable "witte & discrecion, make, ordeyne, and
dispose my last testament in this manei* : Furst, I bequeth my sowle
vnto god almyjghty, vnto the Blessyd Virgine his moder sainte Marie,
^ Cirencester : it used always to be pronounst * Oiseter ' till the name was
printed in Railway Time-tables, and the Ry. Porters had to speak the name as
it was spelt, to enable strangers to identify the place. It's 88 miles W. by N.
from London.
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EARLIEST ENGLISH WILLS. 1438, RICHARD DIXTON. 109
& to aH the compaigne of heuene, & my body to be buryed witfiyn
the new ChapeH of the Trinite at Siscetre. Item I bequeth to the
saide chapeH of Siscetre a cloth of Siluer, and a blak cloth of Damask
^ sengiH, & a gowne of Goldsmythes werk*, for to make vestimentes & i
a C gertiers. Item I bequeth vnto iij prestes for to synge and pray
for me duryng* the space of a yere yn the saide chirch of Siscetre, xx
ii Item I be-quethe vnto the Prioresse & Couent of the House of
Vsk,2 for to pray for me, x marker. Item I be-queth vn'to prestes and 8
clerkes for to doo my seruice & exquies, & for abnes for poure men),
XX tL Item I bequeth vnto the frere prechours of Gloucestre, for to
fynde iij preste« of the same house duryng* a yere for to synge for my
moder & for me, xx tl Item I bequeth to the Grey Freres of 12
Hereford! for to doo semblably for my moder and for me, xx ti. Item
I bequeth vnto Maistre Thomas Radnore, x marker. Item I bequeth
to the Abbot of Teukysbury ^ an couuered cuppe gilt Item to the
Priour and Couent of the same house, xx tL Item to the Abbot of 16
Siscetre a couered cuppe of siluer gilt. Item to the Priour and
Conuent of the same hous, xx U. Item to the Abbot of Euesham ^
a couuered cuppe of siluer gilt. Item to the Couent of the same
hous, XX H Item to the Priour of Brade-stoke ^ a couuered cuppe of 20
siluer gilt. Item to the Conuent of the same hous, xx tL Item to
the Abbot of Malmesbury* a couered cuppe of siluer gilt. Item to the
Couent of the same hous, xx !L Item I bequeth for my mynde day,
XX ti. Item I bequeth to my Lord of York* iij of my best hors, to 24
be chosen) either at Vsk" or at Wotton),^ & aH my armeure. Item I
1 leaf 192.
2 Usk, in the co. of Monmouth, 18 miles S.W. from Monmouth, and 144
fW. by N.) from London. — Lewis.
* Tewkesbury, in Glo'stershire, 10 miles N.N.E. from Gloster, and 103
W.N.W. from London.
* Evesham, in "Worcestershire, 13 miles N.E. from Tewkesbury, and 96 N. W*
by N. from London. Ewes, a swineherd in the service of Egwin, third bishop
of Huicca, is said to have seen the Virgin Mary on the spot where the Abbey
was built 702 — ^709. — Lewis.
* This priory stood in the Deanery of Malmesbury, co. Wilts. See Bacon's
Liber. Begia,
* Malmesbury, in Wiltshire, 42 miles IJ. from Salisbury, and 94 W. from London.
^ Wotton under Edge (or under Bidge : is situated beneath a range of well-
wooded hiUs) is in Glostershire, 19 miles S.S.W. from Gloster, and 108 W. by
N. from London. — Lewis.
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110 EARLIBST ENOUSH WILLS. 1438, RICHARD DIXTON.
bequetti to lane Bane a cappe of siluer couuered. It^m to Elizabeth
Mortymei* a cuppe of siluer couuered. Item to dame Anneys LeucH
a cuppe of silu^ couuered. Item to Elizabel^ Bowers a cupp^
4 of siluer couuered. Item to Agas Fl^ge a cuppe of siluer couuerecl.
Item to Eobert Greyndoor, squyer, my Serpe ^ of siluer and my cheyne
of goold. Item to lane Greyndoor^ his wyf, a couered cuppe of
siluer, the wich I was wont to drynk of, and a Bracelet of Grold.
8 Item to the new chapeH at Siscetre xx ti. Item I bequeth vnto the
Abbot of Lantemam & his monkes, x marker. Item to the Friour of
Golcleve ^ & his monkes, xx marker. Item to euerych of my lordes
iij chapeleyns xx s*. Item to sir lohn) TrebeH my confessour,
12 XX marker, to synge for me ij yere in an honest place, where so
euer he wooH, and iiij yerdes of blew cloth. Item to the yomen) of
my lordys chambre, xx ti. Item to the officers of my said lord hatt,
pantrie, Seler, Boterie & Kechyn), xx tl Item to maistre Robert
16 Beaumont a cuppe couuered, chased with Rosys, beynge at the
Fasteme.^ Item to my saide lonJ se^niante^ of his stable, x mark*.
Item to A lentiH woman) called lonet Hawys, xx ti. Item to
William ReueH a gowne of Blake, furred with ficheux* beyng* at the
20 Fasteme, & xl s'. Item to lohn) Mody a gowne of grene Damaske
lyned, & a nother gowne of Russet furred with blak, & xl s*. Item
to ij prestes for to synge & pray for me yn the chirch of Wotton)
durynge a yere, xx marker. Item to the werk of the saide chirch of
24 Wotton), X mark". Item to the chirch of Lydyerd ^ x mark*. Item to
Edmond of Comewayle an eragerdyH* of siluer. Item to lohn
Russett, squyer, a gowne of Rede Damaske furred witfi martrens, &
* ? Fr. * Serpe, Serpentine, Serpent, couleuvre ; d'oii serpentelle petit
serpent.' — Roquefort Hippeau also eives * Serpe, serpent.'
' ? Goldcliff, a parish in Monmouthshire, 4 J miles S.E. from Newport A
prior and 12 black monks were placed here from the abbey of Bee in Normandy,
to which the Church was given, at Henry I's desire, by Robert de Chandos, who
founded and endowd it in 1113. * In 1442, after the suppression of Alien
priories, it was made a cell to the abbey of Tewkesbury, and at the Dissolution
possessed a revenue of £144 Ss. Id,* — Lewis. Lantemam, co. Monmouth.
' ? One of Testator's houses, or my Lord of York's.
^ See p. 84 abuv, note 3.
• TLidiard Millicent, or Lidiard Tregose, near Swindon, "Wilts.
^ Compare Fr. * Ceincture d crouppUre, A belt, arming girdle, or sword
girdle of the old fashion.' — 1611. Cotgrave.
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EARLIEST ENGLISH WILLS. 1438, RICHARD DIXTON. Ill
a cuppe of eHhier couuered. It^m to Thomas Bamaby a cuppe of
silucr couuered. Item to my seruant lohn) Buelt, "vj marke*, &
I gowne of Eusset medley furred witfi blak. Item to my wyf , ati
my stuff* beyng' at the Fasteme, except a sangwen) gowne furred with 4
martres, and the thyngys aboven) rehereecl. Item my fuH wytt
& entent is, that the saide lohn) Russeli haue & reioyce^ for
euer more aH the lyuelode that meueth of his moder after hei* deces.
Item aH myn) owne lyuelode to remeyne to my next heires. Item I 8
vr6& that Edward BlundeH, squyer, of Worcestreshire, haue .L. mark,
& vj cuppes of syluer, euery cuppe weynge a mark <fe a half of Troye,
for to dispose the same gode for his sone Eichard BlundeH, of whos
sowle god haue mercy. Item to Thomas Cleuche^ xl s*. Item 12
to Richard of the Warderobe, xl s'. Item to lohn) of Pantrye
Y] mark". Item to William WasteH xl. s'. Item to William
Estynton) vj mark". Item to Watkyn Hardyng* vj mark. Item
to He we Dawesy "vj mark*. Item to Harry Meyre vj mark". Item 16
to Ibex, C s'. Item to lohn) Hewys xl s'. Item to lohn) DanyeH
xl s'. & a litiH bay hors. Item to Edward xl s*. Item to lohn) of
Nokys xl s*. Item to Water Parker* xl s. Item to LiteH Pers xl s*.
Item to Elizabeth Belliers a scarlet gowne furred with foynes.^ Item 20
to Richard of the warderobe, the fourthe best hors that I have. Item
to the saide Watkyn) Hardyng* a gowne of scarlet witfi slyt slyues
y-furred, and my cuttyd * hors. Item to the saide William Estyntofi
a scarlet gowne & a hors. Item, aH my clothynge & werynge 24
hameys and beddynge at Vsk, I woH that the saide Watkyn)
and William departe by-twene hem & here felawes, as they seme that
goode ys, & that they delyuery to Hew Dausey an hoby & a gowne of
grene damaske, and to euery of myn other men) an hors, whiles ther 28
ben eny. Item y woH that myhowke*^ of siluer ^be sold, and do for
my sowle. Item to lohn) Clerk, & lohn) Cook, seruent to the
saide Robert Greyndooi^, xiij s' iiij *. And that this my last wyH &
testament be fullfilled & acomplesshid of aH my goodys & catelles 32
1 enjoy. ' ? Clenclie.
' 'Fauinne: f. The Foyne, wood- Martin, or Beech-Martin.'— Cotgrave.
'Marie: f. The beast called a Martin. Maries sahelUnes . . . Sables. '^4&.
See p. 86 abnv, note 6.
* gelded. • ? hooke, huke, harnAAS. Pr. and Cath. • leaf 192, back.
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112 BABLIBST ENGLISH WILLS. 1439, NICHOLAS GHABLBTON.
not bequethyn ne specefied, I make & ordeyne Gyles of Bragge,i
squyer, sir Wat^ Bagge, person) of Brynkewortfi,^ Richard Wamef ord
and William Prelett of Siscetre, my trew and lawfuH executoi^rs ; and
4 to eucry of liem for hei* labour x mark', to ordeyne and dispose for my
sowle jn the best wyse that hem semetil to be dooii) / as they woii
answers be-fore god. In witnesse of wich thyng*, to this my present
testament I hane put to me seale.
B Probatam fuit istud testa;7ie7t^m coram MsLgistro lohanne
Lyndefelcl, zxj^ die menst^ Octobris, Anno do?ntni Mille^mo cccc™® .
xxxviij^ £t commissa fuit administracu) WilleZmo Prelet, executori,
. &&; Eeseruata &&; ac vicesimo I^ouembn.? tunc j^oximo sequen/»
12 acquieto^ [fuit].
NICHOLAS CHARLETON, OF LONDON,
SKINNER, 1439.
[To be buried before St PauVs Cross. Gifts to St Paul's and St
Augustine's churches, and to 3 Orders of Friars, for 3 Trentals of Masses.
1000 hapeny Loaves for poor men. Money to Brotherhoods of Corpus
Christi and Mary in the Skinners' craft Wax for lights in St Austin's
Lady-chapel. 20«. each to Apprentices and Servant. Gowns of Skinners'
craft to fiiends. 3«. Ad. each to Brotherhoods of St Nicholas of Parish-
clerks, and St John of the Tailors. Besidue : two-thirds to Wife ; one-
third for Testator's Soul]
(Luffenam, If. 202 back.)
Carletofi.
Tn the name of god, Amen ! the xviij day of the monthe of
May, In the yere of oure lord Ihes^i a M? cccc xxxix, and yn the
xvij yere of the Kegne of kyng* Henre the sext, I, Nicholas
16 Charleton), Citezein & Sk^^nner of London), yn hole & good mynde
beyng*, thonked be ati myghty god, ordeyne And make my testament
1 Giles Brugge, alias Brages (i. c, Brydges), of Coberley, now Cubberley,
Gloucestershire, 4 miles from Cheltenham, afterwards knighted. — ^H. Round.
' Brinkworth, a parish in the hundred of Malmesbury, county of Wilts, 4J
miles (W.N.W.) from Wootton-Basset— Lewis.
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EARLIEST ENGLISH WILLS. 1439, NICHOLAS CHABLETON. 113
of iny last wyH ia this forme that folowetfi. First I be-quetR my
soule to afl-myghtty god, my maker, oui' lady seynt Mary, and to aii
seinte^ of heven), and my body to be barye(J in Powles grete
chirchehawe of london) be-fore the crosse.^ And I beqaet& to the new ^
werk of the same chirch, xx *./ And to the higfi auter of seynt
Austyns chirch^ ther* y am paresshen, for my tithes and offryng*
necligently for-yeteii), vj s' viij *. And I wiH and ordeny, that yn all
hast possible after my decesse, that I haue iij Trentales of masses 8
songen)^ for my sowle in thre bowses of Freres of London), that is to
sey, the prechours,. white fEreres, and grey ffreres* / and I be-queth
Jjerfore to eche hous of thre, xl d. And I be-queth a M* of halpeny
loyys to be yove to pore men be my executot^rs withynne xij monthe 12
after my decesse, pat is to sey, to euery pore man that cometh,
a loof / Afl-so I be-queth to the brederhede of my craft of Corpus
Christiy to the comune Box fer-of, vj s, viij *, And to J>e Comune
box of the brederhede of oure lady yn my crafte, vj s*. viy d. All-so 1 1^
be-qaeth to euery prisoner yn the prison) of Ludgate, And ech of the
ij Countowrs of London),^ a loof of a pownde,^ to be delyd when com
is of resonable price witAyn a yere after my decesse. Ati-so I devyse
1 It stood on the North side.
* On the N. side of Watlin str., and the E. side of Old Chtmge, in the Ward
of Farrendon within, t. e. within the "Walls of L(mdon, near St. PauPs
Cathedral II. The Denomination was given to this Church, in Memory of St.
Austin (not the Father who was Bishop of Hippo in Africa^ but as is most
probable) the Jfonfc, who was called by some the Ervglinh Apostle; being by
Oregory, Bishop of Mame, about the year 596, sent with MUdus and 40 more to
England to convert the Pagan Saxons to Christianity. — 1708. Hatton, New
View of Lond(Mi, L 136, a. Church burnt in the Great Fire, 1666, rebuilt by
Wren. ' ? MS. singen. * See abuv, p. 16, note 1.
^ OotitUers, are 2 Prisons for the use of the City, viz. the Mayor and Sheriffs
Courts [namely, 1.] Poultry Counter, A Prison situate in the Poultry, London,
where not only Debtors upon Actions in the Lord Mayor and Sheriffs Courts, but
such as disturb the Peace of the City in the Night, are committed. It hath been
a Prison for some hundreds of Years past, and might possibly be called Coujiier,
because those there detained were obliged to account for the Cause of their Com-
mitment before they were set at liberty. [2. Bread St., later] Wood-street
Oounter. A Prison ... for Debtors and Night-ramblers that disturb the
Peace. This Prison was in Bread-str, till removed hither in the Year 1556, by
virtue of an Act of Common-Council held the 19th of Septevnter, 8 and 4 of PhU»
and ifary.— Hatton (a.d. 1708), New Viewo/L&ndm, it 744, 769, 788.
• MS. *bb ' with a line thru, like ft
E. B. WILLS, I
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114 EARLIEST ENOUSH WILLS. 1439, NICHOLAS OHABLETON.
& ordejrne a C tb wex to mynystew and to serue to the vse of
the Salue ^ of ouie lady chapeH yn the said chirc& of seynt Austyns,
that is to sey, ij Tapers to stonde on the Auter of oui* lady, eche
■A of the y taperys of a pownde weyght / per to be lights and brenne at
Salue 1 tyme as longe as the saide C tb weight of wex wiH dure / And
I wyH that Thomas Gloucestra my brother, that is myn executour,
and the wardeyns of Seynt Austyns chirch a-fore-saide sussessiffly
8 beyng*, haue the gouernance of the saide wex and light in manei^
a-boue writen) / AHwso I be-queth to eche of myn apprentice dwellyng*
& stondyng* with me yn m&uer of a-prentys at tyme of my diyng*
XX 8*. Aii-so I be-queth to Thomas Bayle, my s^ruant xx s* / AH-so
12 I be-quei£ to Thomas Dymmok*, Skynner, of Glowcestre, my best
gowne of the lynere of Skynners craft, both furre and cloth, yif he be
aly ve ; And to Watkyn) AsshweH my secunde best furre and gowne /
AH-so I wyH that Nicholas Wylde be holperi) and rely ved of my gode,
16 after the avyse of Thomas Glowcestre my brother / And yf hit so be
that eny ^of the saide personys that I haue made be-quest to, dye
a-fora my decesse / than I wiH that the same goodys of hym or
theym) that so deyth, be distribuydl in to iij partyes by myn
20 executo?^rs, that is to sey, oo pa^-te to the almesse of the bretherhedes
of Corpus Christi, and oure Lady, of my craft ; the secunde part to
the Wardeyns of Seynt Austyns chirch, to the vse of the same chirch /
And the thirde parte to be demenycl and yoveu) by Thomas
24 Gloucestre, my brother and my Executowr, to pore peple of the
paressh of Seynt Austyns a-boueseidi, and ofer paresshe, there as
nede is / AH-so I be-queth to the brederhede of seynt Nicholas
founded by paressh clerkes in London), iij s' iiij * / AH-so to the
28 bretherhede of seynt John) of the Craft of TailloMr[s] of London), iij s
1 Salve Maria. For a history and examples of this devotion, see 'Our
Lady's Dowry/ by Rev. T. E. Bridgett, pp. 168—170, 178, 174 (1st edit. 1875).
(There is an interesting example of a promise of choir boys singing the Salve in
Lonth's * Life of "William of Wickham,' Appendix, xvi.) See also, for further
information about the devotion, in * Pietas Mariana Britannica,' by Edmund
Waterton, F.S.A. 1879. Part I. pp. 139—141 ; Part II. pp. 76, 87, 88. Dr.
Bock, in his * Church of our Fathers,' also speaks of this devotion ; see Vol. II.
pp. 442, 443 ; Vol. III. pp. 276—279. The example given on pp. 442, 443,
Vol. II., is also quoted in ' Our Lady's Dowry.*— M. L. See Notes below.
2 leaf 203.
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EARLIEST ENGLISH WILLS. 1439, NICHOLAS CHABLETON. 115
iiij * // And the residue of aH my other goodes, catalles and dett^^,
that be not be-qwethen) above / after pat my deties be paide,
my byryng* aH-so, & expenses funeralx done, and this testament
fulfilled / I be-quetfe and will fat hit be devyded be myn executowrs 4
yn-to iij parties, wherof ij parties I be-quetfi to lohan) my wyff,
to haue and to hold to hei^ for euermore, in the name of her part and
dowyer of my godes to her yn eny wyse be-langgyng* / And the
third party of the same residue, I bequeth to myn executowrs, 8
be theym to be disposyd in masses, almes, and werkys of charite for
my sowle and aH tru cristyn sowlys, as they hope best pleyse god
with. And of fis testament I make mjm executowrs, fat is to sey,
Tliomas Gloucestre, Clerk, my brother, William AllardI and Thomas 12
Aston), Citezeins and Skynners of London / And y be-queth to eche
of my seide executowrs for his labor* in this party to be ha<J, C s*.
In-to the witnessyng* of wiche thyng*, to this testament I haue set my
sele. Writen) at London) the day and ^ere a-boueseyde / AH-so, ouer 16
the premisses, I, the saide Nicholas Charleton), ordeyne, assigne, and
be-quetil be this testament, to f e saide lohn) my wyf , the te/mys and
state comyng* of & in aH the tenement with thappwrten[au]nt3 that I
dwefl ynne in Watlyngstrete yn the saide paressh of seint Austyn), 20
the wich I hold! to ferme^ of the mayster and couent of seynt
Bartholomews spiteH be-side West Smythfeld of London), to haue and
to hold to f e saide lohn) the seide termes, state, and tenement with
thappwrtenawnt^, duryng* her lyf, oonly yf the termes f er-of last so 24
longe. She beryng*, yeldyng*, payng* and supportyng* perof f e ferme
yerely, and oper charges duryng* her* lyf, as I am bound to do
be wrytyng* to f • said maister and Covent/.
Probatum fuit istud testameutum coram Magistro lohanne 28
Lyndefeld / Commissarao &C, tercio die menais lulij. Anno domini
Millesimo cccc"** tricesimonono. Et commissa fuit admiwzstrac/o
honoTum hmusmodi &c & executoribus in eodem testamento nominati^,
et haftent [&c]. 32
^ On lease.
I 2
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116 EARLIEST SNQUSH WILU3. 1439, COUNTESS OF WABWICE.
COUNTESS OP WARWICK, U39}
[To be boned in Tewkesbuiy Abbey, to which, Testatrix gives her
head-jewels. Her Statue to be made naked, with Mary Magdalen, St.
John, and St Anthony near, and poor Men and Women about her Tomb.
Gifts to the shrines of Tewkesbury, Cavershara, Walsingham, Wo'ster, <fec.
Other Jewels to be sold for the purposes of the Will. Gifts of Brooches
and Money to legatees. Tewkesbury to be endowd with 100 marks.
Reparation to be made for Testatrix's wrong-doing, if any.]
(Luffenam, If. 212, back.)
^Comitissa Warr.* Non acquiet[ati].
Tn dei Nomine, Amen. This is the testament and last wyH of
Dame Isab^, Countesse of Warrewyk*,* made at London) the f urst
day Decemb', the jere of oure IokJ W CCCC xxxix. Furst I bequet^
4 my sowle to ati-myghty god, and my body to be beryed In the
Abbey of Tewkesbery, yn such place as I haue assyngned.^ And that
my grete templys* with the Baleys* be sold to the vtmest pryse, and
delyueryd to the sayde Abbat and the howse of Tewkesbery, so they
8 groche no^t vrith my lyenge, and with suche thyng* as y woH haue
done a-bowt my body. And my Image to be made aH naked, and no
thyngi on my hede bnt myn) here cast bakwardys, and of the gretnes
1 This will is abstracted in Testamenta Vetusta, 1826, L 239.
'— ' In a later hand.
' Isabel, daughter of Thomas Despencer, 2nd Baron Despencer (Earl of
Gloucester, 1897, beheaded at Bristol by the rabble, 1400), by a grand-daughter of
Edward III. Heiress to her brother Richard 1414. Married (1) Richard de
Beauchamp, Lord Abergavenny (Earl of Worcester, 1420), and (2) his cousin
Richard de Beauchamp, 5th Earl of Warwick (Earl of Albemarle, 1417), Lt.-
Genl. of France and Normandy 1 435 (d. 30 Ap. 1439. See, for a note of his will,
p. 134). She was mother of Henry, Duke of Warwick (1444) and King of the Isle
of Wight, and mother-in-law of Warwick the King-maker.— J. H. Round.
^ Her husband was buried in St. Mary's, Warwick, where his magnificent
monument is still to be seen. — J. H. Round.
* Fr. TempUUes : f. Fillets, or head-bands for women ; also, Jewells hanging
vpon their forheads by bodkins thrust into their haire. — 1611 . Cotgrave.
* Pale or peach colourd rubies. — Dugdale. A Balass Ruby is a term derived
from the French " un rubia balais" L e. cmileur de vinpaiUet (light red wine).
Balais is now used as an adjective, but was, in the 15th century, a substantive.
See P. de Commines' account of the rout of Morat (1476) : " lis gagn^rent troia
haXaU pareils, appel^ les trois fir^res ; un autre grand hcUai appele la hotte ; un
autre, appel6 la balle de Flandres," &c, &c— J. H. Round.
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EARLIEST ENGLISH WILLS. 1439, COUNTESS OF WARWICK. 117
and of the fascyon) lyke the mesure tliat Thomas Porchalyii) hath yn
a lyst, and at my hede Mary Mawdeleii) leyng< my handes a-crosse,
And seynt lohn) the Evangelyst on the ryght syde of my hede ; and
on the left syde, Seynt Anton), and at my fete a Skochen) of myn 4
Annes departyd ^ with my lordys, and ij GreflFons to here hit vppe ; *
And aii a-bowt my tumbe, to be made pore men) a[n]d wemen) In
theire pore Array, with their* bedys In theire handes. AH so I woH
thei* be made of my grete sharpe,^ A Chaleys, and oflryd to oui* Lady 8
In oui^ lady ChapeH of the Howse of Tewkesbery. Att-so I woH cure
lady of Cauersham * haue a crowne of gold I-made of my cheyne that
weyth XXV ti, with-yn my panyei', and with other broken) gold that is
ther In, and ij tabelettca, the tone of seynte Katryne, And the tother 12
of seynt George ; And the stonys that bene In hem, to be sett yn the
saide Crowna. AH so I woH the tabelet with the Image of ouxe lady
with a glasse to-fore hit, be offred to oui* lady of Walsyngham,^ and
* impaled. — J. H. Round.
' Supporters were then coming into fashion, hut were not yet strictly heredi-
tary, being often, as in this case, selected by individuals. The Griffin was a
monster in much favour. Simon Segar says of it, ** This beast, havinge attayned
unto his full strength & growth, somuch disdaineth vassalrey and subjection. That
hee will never be surprised alive. Thereby lively sheweinge forth his magnanimous
twofold kingely spirit, as well of y* Lion as of y* Eagle."— J. H. Round.
' Sharpe. Halliwell — Glossary : Sharp (5) — guesses it as * a sword ' ! A nice
article for Lady "Warwick to wear, and order to be tumd into a Chalice ! It must
be a gold or silver baldrick, girdle, or coUar. Fr. ' JEscharpe : f. A Scarfe ; a
Baudricke. ' — Cotgrave.
* Caversham (pronounst Cawahaw) in the co. of Oxford, 7J m. S.W. by S.
from Henley upon Thames, and 1 J m. N. from Reading, in the County of Berks.
* The Church here was Part of the first Endowment of the abbey of Notteley in
Buckinghamshire, A.D. 1162, and afterward the Manor and a good Estate coming
to them, here seems to have been a Cell to that Monastery, which was enriched
by the Offerings made in the Chapel of Our Lady here, wherein (saith Dr.
London, one of the Visitors, temp. Hen. VIII) was a famous Relic shown by one
of the Canons, viz. the Angel with one "Wing, which brought to Caversham the
Spear Head that pierced Our Saviour on the Cross.* — Tanners Not, Mon. in
Carlisle's Topogr. Diet That *one Wing* is hardly beaten by any modern
advertisement. It would be workt from side to side like a scull in the stem of
a skiff, I suppoze.
» Little or New Walsingham, in Norfolk 'The famous Chapel here,
dedicated to the Annunciation of our Lady, was built a.d. 1061, by the Widow of
Richoldis de Favarches, in Imitation of that at Nazareth, and therein was placed
a Prior and Convent of Black Canons by her son Geffrey, temp. Will. Cmq. . . .
Robert Pigot of Little Walsingham, by his Will dated a.d. 1492, gave an House
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118 EARUBST ENGLISH WILU3. 1439, COUNTESS OF WARWICK.
my gowne of grene Alyi^i cloth of gold with wyde sieves, And
a tabernacle aH-so of syluer, lyke as the tymbur is In maner oucr oure
lady of Cau^rsham / AH-so I woH the grete Image of wex that is at
4 London) be offred to oui* lady of Wopcestrfl. and my weddynggown
And aH my clothis of gold, and clothis of silke, wtt^-oute ffuirerewr,
eoisrychon, I woU the howse of Tewkesbery haue hem, saue my
Eusset vellewet, I wott Seynt Wynfryde haue. Ati-so I woll that att
8 my stonys and p^les be sold to parf onne my wyH, And afl myn) other
syluer vesseH and godys, saue ^that is profitable for pore folkes.
AH-so I woH that exxerj man) and person) that hath estate In eny land
by wey of graont or feeffement to myn) vse, or In my name, make an
12 estate 'of aH hit, or Belese aH hit, to suche personys that I woH and
ordeynd to haue the ezecucion), & ben the executours, of this my last
wiH and testemenf / AH-eo I woH that lane Newmarch haue CC mark*
in gold. And I to bera aH Costes as for hei' bryngynge yn-to seynt
16 Katrens, or wher6-euer she woH be elles. And aH-so I woH my sone
Harry haue myn oyche* with my grete diamond, and my Koych* witfi
my Baleys. Item I woH Elysabeth Keston) haue g [= 80] marke
paid to Norman Waschebowme for hei* mariage. And yef he gruche
20 therwith, the mat«r so to ^be laboryd / and sewyd / that he be
constrayned ther to do hit / AH-so I wott the saide Elizabeth haue,
for the labour sche hath had a-bowot me yn my Sekenysse, xx marker.
AH-so I woH Margaret Morgan) haue C marker. AH-so I woH that
24 the maister of devenyte haue xx ti for hym self*, & to dispose whei'
hym lyst. AH-so I woH Colyer haue C tL Item 1 woH Halfhide
haue C tl AH-so I wott Basset haue C mark". AH-so I woH Wilt-
shire haue C mark". AH-so I woH Colyn) of my Chambre haue xx ti.
in or near this Town, for the Use of two leprous Persons of good Families. And
from that Time the Hospital or Lazar House of Walsingham is often mentioned
in the old Will Books. — Here was an House of Franciscan or Grey Friars,
founded about the year 1346, by Elizabeth de Burgo, Countess of Clare, the
Foundress of Clare Hall, Cambridge.' — ^Tanner's Not. Mon. in Carlisle's Top. Diet,
1 f Alyr«. « ? MS. what. » leaf 218.
^ * an Ovche ; limula, limule, monile,* — Catholicon. See Mr. Herrtage's
note, p. 262-3: 'a carcanet, or otich to hang about a gentlewoman's neck,
segmentum.* — Baret. Fr. ouche, * o::he, coche, entaille ; odieTy cocher, faire des
entailles.'— Hippeau. * Oche: f. A nicke, nocke, or notch.*— Cotgrave.
' See Way's long note on 'Nowche, Monile/ in the Fromptorvum, p. 859:
'Nouche, orbroche, afficquet* — Palsgrave.
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EARLIEST ENGLISH WILI^. 1439, OOUNTESS OF WARWICK. 119
Atl-so I woH ther be fownde a prest syngyng* for me vij jere at Mary
Maudelene of tlie holt. -Aii-so I woH ther be delyueryd to the
Bishope of HerfoixJ C marker, & more and hit nede be, to parforme
suche thynges as I haue prayed hyni) to do for me. AH-so I wott 4
that myn) executoMrs enmortese^ vnto the howse of Tewkesbery
C mark", or xl ii of gode lyvelode, to fynde ce^'tayne preste« sertayne
almes and sMayne observaunce that I woH haue done for me In the
saide howse / AH-so I woti that they that haue, or schutt haue, estate 8
in my land! to the execuczon of this my last will, Eestore and make
dew assithe 2 for all maner lancJ that is holden) by me or yn my name
wrongfully, yef eny be, (whech god for-bede and def ende ;) And aft-so
that the[y] repare aB maner extorcion) by me doon), yef eny be / And 12
all-so that my dette* be furst paide of eny thyng*, and that my
Bem&Dtes that haue no fee of me, terme of lyf, be rewarded? after the
discrecioD) of the executoMrs of this my last wili. And att the gode
and money that is dewe to me at this tyme, I woH be delyuerydl to 16
myne executowrs to parforme my will. AU-so I woH, ordeyne,
assigne and name, to parforme and fully che to execute and to done
this my present wiH:, and aH that is conteyned ther-yn, str William
Mountfort, lohn) Nansan), lohn Norreys, and William Menston) ; 20
And I require hem aH, and eueryche of hem, that they do trwly and
feithfully theyre part and dever p MS.] to execute and parforme this
my last will, as they afl and euerych of hem woH Answere a-fore god
at the day of dome. In witnessyng* and verrey a-pref ^ wherof, 24
my last will by me examynecf and closicJ at London) the furst day
of Decembre, the xviij yere Eengnyng* of oui^ souereyn) lord! Kyng*
Harry the vj*^, I haue put the seaH: of my Armes.
Probatum fuit istud testamentum coram magt^^o loharme Lynde- 28
feldl, Commissano &c, quarto die mensw Februarij, Anno domini
Millesimo CCCC xxxix**, Et commissa fuit admiwistrac/o &C domino
WilleZmo Mountfort militi, & WilleZmo Menston) &C, Eeseruata
pos^e^tate && ; & ha&ent xiij™ diem mensi* Maij -proximum fntuuim, 32
Inuentan'ww exhibitui* coram 'Reuerendissimo in christo 'piedicto, &c.
* Fr. amortir . . to graunt, alien or passe away, in Mortmaine. — 1611.
Gotgrave. Lat. * AdmortiaatiOj Prsediortim translatio in manum mortuam, sea
prsediorum acquisitio facta a monasteriis et collegiis religiosis, vel etiam laicis.'—
D'Amis. 2 Satisfaction, reparation. ' Aprooval, confinnation.
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120 BABLIBST SNGUSH WILLS. 1430, BIB RALPH BOCfHEFOBT.
SIR RALPH ROCHEPORT, 1439.
[PenonaUy. Best Hone as a Burial-fee. 20l9. each to Lincoln
Cathedral, and St Giles's, Cripplegate. Gold sapphire Ring to the Bishop
of Lincoln. Vultare Vegg cup to Lord Cromwell. Money to a Convent
and 2 Churches. Residue to Executors, for Testator's Soul (WiU of
BedUy, p. 121.)]
(Luffenam, If. 216, bk.)
[Latin Testameni of some Peraoncdty.]
Tn del Nomine Amen. Yicesimo sexto die mensM Marcij,
Anno domini Mill«rimo CCCC™* tricesimonono, Et Anno regni
Begw Henrici sezti post conquegtum Anglie decimo septimo, Ego,
4 Badulphus Bochefort, Miles, in bona et sana memoria existens,
condo, facio, ordino & constituo pr^sens teatamentum meum in hunc
modam : In primis lego & recomendo animam meam deo omnipotenti,
creatori et saluatori meo, heateque Marie Yirgini matri eius, &
8 omnibus sanctitf, corpusqt^^ meum ad sepeliendt^m vbicnnqu^ dens,
ex sua groda sp^dali, pro me disponere volaerit. Item lego nomine
mortuary mei, meum optimum equum. Item lego matrici eccle«ie
Lincolntd, xx s'. Et lego fabrice ecd^^e sancd Egidij extra
12 Crepulgate,^ xx a' argenti. Item lego Reuerendo patri ac domtno meo,
domino Wille/mo, dei gratia, Lincolnie e^piscqpo^ vnum anulum auri
cum uno magno saphiro. Item lego domino Badulpho Cromweit,^
dommo de Tateshale, Thesaurarto Anglie, meum ciphum vocatum
16 * grypys ey.* • Item lego sororibus et pauperibus Bancte Katerine, extra
barras lincoluM, xiij s' ii\j \ Item lego fabrice eccleaie de Stoke,^ x H
Item lego reparacioni capelle sancti MichoeZis in le Fenne prope
» 'Now without the Posteme of CrepUgcUe [London], first is the Parish
Church of Saint Qiles, a very faire and large Church, lately repaired, after that
the same was burned, in the yeere 1545.* — S tow's Survey, 1633, p. 312 h. Here
was Oliver CromweU marrid (Aug. 20, 1620), and these folk burid: Milton
(1674), his father (1646), Sir Mariin Frobisher (1594-5), Fox the Martyrologist
(1587), and J. Speed the Topographer (1588). — Cunningham.
' Sir Ralph de Cromwell, Ent., of Tatteshall, co. Line, 4th Lord Chromwell,
and Treasurer of the King's Exchequer : died >i7t« ^o2d, 1455. — J. H. R.
' A Gripe's or Vulture's egg. See two like bequests by the priest John Stur-
geon, to his nster and cousin, in the last Will, below, a.d. 1454, p. 133, 1. 4, 5.
« f South Stoke or Stoke Rochford, in the Soke of Grantham, Parts of
Eestevdu, Co. of Lincoln . . . CJhurch ded. to St. Andrew and St Mary . • .
It is 2 m. N.W. by N. from Colsterworth.— Carlisle,
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BARLIBST KNOUSH WILLS. 1^ SIB RALPH BOOHBFOBT. 121
Bostofi, X tL Residuum v«rO omnium bonorum meorum non
legaioTum, do Ss lego executoribus meis, quos facio, ordino, et
constituo, lohannem Tamwortb, lohannem Langhobne, "Bicardum
Leek, Wiilelmum Massyngliam, lohaunem Bayncok cldricum, 4
Bobertum Caileflete Ss Wiile^mam Stanlow. Supemisores vero buius
iestamenti & mee vltime volontat/^, prefatis executoribt^^ p^ me
recitatM & declarati^, ordino, constitao, rogo & speenalit^ lequiio,
pr^ic^ton yen^rabilem patrem meum, Wilk/mum, Lincobii^ £pi9- 8
copum, & Radulpbi^m dominum de CromweH & de Tatesbale,
Theaaurarium Anglie, vt ipa ordinent & disponent pro aniTna mea,
prout melius yiderint deo placere, & Becundum exigenciam &
declaiacton^m voluntatiff mei [so] p7*edicte. In cuius lei testi- 12
moniumy buic pre^enti testamento meo sigillum meum apposui.
Datttm apud Manerium meum de Fenne, die & Anno supradictiV.
[English Will of the Real Estate and Residue of Personalty!]
[Wife to bave her Dower in his inherited Lands and a Rent-Charge of
£20 a-year, if she behaves properly or marries well. If she claims Dower
out of purchast Lands, her Rent-Charge to cease. Surplus Rents of 2
Lincolnshire Manors to go to Executors for 7 years. Sons to be traind
at School, and then at Court^ Entail of 3 different Estates on Sons Ralph,
John, and Henry, with cross remainders between them ; and if they die,
their Mother living, remainder to her, with ultimate remainder to Tes-
tator's right heirs, or to be sold for the benefit of his Soul. Son Ralph
to have 4 Lincolnshire Manors (p. 123) ; John^ the lands bought of Sir
Wm. Malery (p. 123) ; Henry y the lands bought of Sir Jn. Biron and
others (p. 124), — ^but not till 8 years after Testator's death, — and also the
lands in Southend, Boston (p. 125). Rent-charges given or confirmd to
certain Servants and other folk. Profits of 2 Manors, and Personalty, to
be uzed for Burial, Payment of Debts, Priests and Poor to sing and pray,
keep Obit, give Wife 200 marks, and one-third his Plate and Moveables ;
son Ralph 500 marks to get a Wife, and John and Henry 300 marks each.
Another third of Plate and Moveables, for the benefit of Sons ; the last
third for the purposes of the Will, and Testator's Soul. Executors to
have £100 between em (p. 128). Sons interfering with the Will, to lose
benefits under it. Old Will of 1436 to be referd to.]
T
His is the last will of Eauf Rochefort, Knygtt. ^First, the saide
* This was the altemativ to the University, and generally chosen in prefer-
ence to it, for Gentlemen's sons.
s This is the second will in the 8rd person. See the first at p. 43.
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122 SARLIS8T ENGLISH WILU3. 1430, BIB RALPH ROCHEFORT.
Bauf wili and oideynetti and prayetb att his ffeffees of aii his manors,
londes and tenementes, rentes and sendees, with^ aH theirs appurten-
aunces, in the Countes of Lincoln) and Wanrewyke and elles wher^, to
4 performe and fuliille his wili yn) the forme ensuyng*. First, he witt
that Margarete his wyf haue hii^ laufuH dower' of aH his maners
londes and tenementes, rentes and sendees^ of his enheritaunce in the
Countes for-saide, for terme of hir lif. AH-so he will that the saide
8 Margarete haue xx marker of laufuH money yerly out of the maners
of Fenne and Skreynge, with their appurtenaz^nces, yn the Counte of
Lincoln), oner hir* dower forsaid, for terme of hii* lyf. Vnder this
condicton, that she kepe hii^ in honeste and worshupfuH gouemaunce,
12 or elles that she be mariecl to hic^ worships and to hii^ estate, by
assent and CounsaiH of idl or of the most partye of his executours
and Surveyours of his testament. And aH-so that she clayme no
dower nor loyntfeflFement, nor no thyng* do, ne wirke (that might
16 greue his heires or his executours) In no manar degree contrarie Ids
wiH, nor that she claime no lointestate in none other of his londes ne
rente3 of his purchace, nor in no londes ne ienemente^ of his purchace,
nor in no londes, tenementea nor annuities wich he hath grauntedf to
20 eny of his seruattnte^ for terme of lyf or otbir wyse. And if she doo
the contrarie to eny thyng^ of this his last wiH, or make eny clayme
yn the contrarie ther-of. Than that she haue oonly but hir dowere of
aH his mane7*s landes and tenemeniQa of his enheritaunce forsaU.
24 And aH-so he wiH ^that all profytes and issues of the maners
of Fenne, Skreyng*, Stoke, and Arleye, with aH theire appurtena?mcea,
that leveth^ clerely ouer the dowei* and the xx marc* forsaid by his
graunte to the saide Margarete yn the forme forsaide, and ouer
28 annuites wiche he hath grauntecJ to eny of his seruauntes for terme of
theire lyves, or other wyse, yn the saide maners, — wiche he wiH that
thei stande yn their strenketh, after the forme of his graunte made by
his le^^s and his seal, — that the same profites and issue^ be kept and
32 delyueryd to the Executours handes for the terme of vij yere after his
decesse. Item he wiH that his sonnes be susteynecJ and kepte to
scoles, and aftir to courte, by ouersight and gouemaunce of his
executours tiH they come to fidl age. And aH-so if the saide
1 MS. wUl. * leaf 216, ' remain.
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EABLIBST ENGLISH WILLS. 1439, SIB RALPH ROOHBFORT. 123
Margarete his wyff decease or tyme Rauf liis son) com/ne at full age,
thanne ali hei* dower^, and the xx mare» yerely forsaid, to be kept to
the sustenawnce of aS his Children) yn the ma,ner and fourme
f orsaide. And when Rauf his sone cometh to his fuH age, than he 4
wifl that he haue aS the saide maners of Fenne, Skreynge, Stoke,
and Arleye, in the fourme forsaid, with all theire appurtenawncej,
with all other reuersions, what so euer they bee, wanne they falle to
hym, and to the heres of his body lauf ully be-goten). And if he 8
discesse without heires of his body laufully begoten), Thanne all the
saide maners, with all the saide Reuersions, with their appurten-
auuGB^, in the fourme forsaid, remayne to lohn) his son), and to the
heires of his body laufully comyng*. And yf the saide lohn) decesse 12
withoute heires of his body comyng«. Than) he wiH that all the
manors forsaide, yn the saide fourme for-saide, remayne to Henry his
sone, and to the heires of his body comyng*. And if the saide Henry
discesse withoute heires of his body comyng^, Thanne he will that aH 16
the manors for-«aide, with aH their' appurtenaz^ncej in the fourme
afor^saide, remayne to the saide Margarete his wif , if she lif ; she to
haue all the saide manors, londes and iQnemenioQ, with all their
appi^rtenawnce^, for terme of hir lif / so that she kepe hir in honest 20
and wor^hupfuH goudrnaunce, and in suche man^r and condicton as
is before written). And aftir hir discesse, aH the saide maners,
londes and tenementea, rentes and reuersions, to remayne to his next
heire. AH-so he will that aH the maners, londes and tenementea, 24
rentes & seruices wich he bought of Sir William Malery, knygh[t],
liyng* in Northstoke,^ with all thoii^ appurtenauncej, be keppit in his
feffees and executours handes, Ynto tyme lohn his sone comme to
fuH age ; And the profitj ther-of comyng< in the mean tyme, ouer 28
reparacions & expenses, to be keppid to his profite, and to be
delyneryd vnto him whan he cometh at fuH age / with all the saide
manere, londes, tQuementea, rentes and seruices, with all the
appurtenawnce^, to haue to hym and to the heires of his body 32
comyng*. And if [John] discesse withoute heire of his body comyng*/
* Stoke, North, in the Wapentake of Winnibriggs and Threo, Parts of
Kesteven, Co. of Lincoln ; in the Parish of Stoke . . . It is 21 m. N. W. by
N. from Colsterworth. — Carlisle.
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than he wiH that ali the same maners, londes, tenementes, rentes &
seroiceSy with the apptirtenaunces, lemajne to Henry his sone in the
fourme be-fore saide. And if he die withoute heires of his body
4 comyng*, or tyme he come to f uti: age or aftirward, Thanne the saide
manors, londes^ tenem^ttes, rentes & sluices, with the appnrten-
aunces, to remayne to Margarete his wyf for terme of hir lif ; And
aftir hir discesse, to be sold by the ezecutours. And aH the money that
8 may be resceyued therof , that hit bo done for his soule, by adnys of
the execntoors, as they wiH answers be-fore god, to prestes and pore
men), in ahnes dede, and other wise as hem thenk that best is for hele
of his soule. And ali-so that aH those maners, londes, teneTTientes,
12 wich he hath purchased of Sir lohn) Biron) in Stoke ^ and Obthorpe'
& Thurleby * & Dembleby * in Kesteuen) / and of other diners men
in Arleye, Fenne, and Skreynge, aftir suche annuytes boren) out
of hem seuerally like as he hath graonted to diners men), that thos
16 same maners, londes & teuementea, viij yere aftir his decesse, rem.tyne
and abyde in the feefes handes. And the rentes and profite^ ther-of
to bo receyuyd by the executours, and expendid in the fulfillyng* of
his wUA; And aftir the saide viij yere to be / to the vse of the saide
20 Eauf his son), and to the heires of his body comyng*. And if he die
withoute heires of his body comyng*, than the same maners, londes
and tenementes f orto remayne to lohn) and Henry, his brother,^ aither
^ aftir othir in the taile, in the forme aforsaide. And if eA thre
24 sonnes die withoute heires of theii' bodies, theire moder than lyuyng*,
then she for to haue aH: the same maners, londes and teneTTientes
duryng'hei? Uf ; And after hii* decesse, to be sold by the Executours,
^ S(mth Stoke, or Stoke Rochford is 6 miles from Grantham, in Grantham
Soke, Lincolnshire.
' Obthorpe and Nbrthorpe are 2 hamlets in the Parish of Thnrlby, 6 miles K.
from Market Deeping. — Moule, Engl, CounMes Delineated, ii. 201 a,
• There are 2 Thurlbys in Kesteven : 1. Thtbrlbyy in the Lower Division of
the Wapentake of Boothby Graffo, Parts of Kesteven, Co. of Lincoln . . . 10 m.
S. W. from Lincoln. 2. Thurlhy^ in the Wapentake of Ness, Parts of Kesteven,
Co. of Lincoln . . . 6J m. N.N.W. from Market Deeping. (A third Thnrlby is
in the Wold Division of the hand, of Calceworth, Parts of Lindsey, Co. of
Lincoln . . . 2i m. E. from Alford.) — Carlisle.
* Denibleby, in the Wapentake of Aveland, Parts of Kesteven, Co. of Lincoln
. . . 6 m. N.W. by W. from Folkingham.— Carlisle.
» Brothers. • leaf 216, back.
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and disposi(} for hia sowle, like as hem shall seme that best is, and
most meritoire ^ & behouef iiH in that party e. And as touchyng* ail the
londeSy tenemeiites and rentes in Soatfiende in Boston),^ beyng* in his
feffees handes, he will that his ezecutours shaB. haae the issues and 4
profitej ynto the tyme that Henry his sone comme to fuH age, to the
vse of the same Henry, And than for to delyu^y the same londes,
ten^TTidntes and rentes ynto the same Henry, to haue to hym and the
heires of his body comyng*. And if he die withouten) heir^ of his S
body, than to Eauf his brother, and his issue ; And aftir him and his
issue, to lohii) his brother, and his issue in the taila And for defaute
of issue of hem all thre, then the same londes, tenem^ntes and rentes
for to remaynd to theii' moder, if she than liff ; And elles to remayn^ 12
to the next heires of the saide Eauf, yn way of enheritaunce. AH-so
as touchyng* the manors of Stoureprewe and Newtoi])-Longyile,^ wherin
he hath certayn termes to endure, as hit apperitiL seuerally by the
kyngges le^^res patentes, he wiU that of the issues, profit^ and 16
renenues of thos two maners with, the appurtenaunce^, that cartayne
annuities borne onte of hem, wich are ezpresse(} here-aftir in tMs wiH
to diners of his seruantys, that is to say, to Margery Loughton) yerely
out of Stoureprews duryng* the termes therof, xxvj s* viij *; -And 20
oute of Newton) Longvile, to Eobert Caileflete duryng* the termes
therof, 1 * s' ; to lohn) Newbery, xxvj s* viij * ; lohn) CornwaiH, xxvj s'
viij * ; lohn) More, xxvj s' viij * ; William Basse, xxvj s' viij * ;
Niched Penbroke, xxvj s' viij * ; lohn) Iohn)son), xx s' ; lenyn 24
Bavengei?, xiij s' iiij * ; lohn Pallyng*, xiij s' iiij * ; Eichard Skott, yj s'
viij *, yerely, duryng* the saide termes of Newton^-Longvyle. AH-so
that Eichard Leke haue stiH his annuite yn Arley for terme of his lif,
* Fr. 'MerUoire: com. Meritorious, well deseruing, worthie of reward.* —
1611. Cotgrave.
> Boston, a large, well-bailt town, of Lincolnshire, seated on both sides of the
river Witham, by means of which, much assisted by navigable canals, it carries
on a considerable trade to London, and some to the Baltic, &c. The church
spire is very lofty, and a noted sea-mark . . . Boston is 37 miles S.E of
Lincoln, and 115 K of London.— Walker's Gazettes, 1801.
* ? The Newtxm 4 miles N. W. from Folkingham, or that between Gedney-Fen
and Cambridgeshire (Walker), or that by Toft, 4 J miles from Market-Rasen
(Moule). The only NevoUm Longville in Moule, l 16£ a, is also cald * Newington/
and is in Bucks, Zi miles S. W. from Fenny Stratford.
* fifty shillings.
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126 BARLIBST BNQUSH WILLS. 1439, SIB RALPH BOOHEFOBT.
accordyng* to his dede of annuite that he hath ther-vpon). Also he
wlH that Bohert Cailflet and lohane his wyf haae and leiojs^ for
terms of their lyres, and of eyther of them lengest lyvyng^, the place
4 in Eston) ' sumtyme cally(} Botiller Place, in such manere and fourme
as the dede of grawnt of the saide Bohert and lohane makitfi
mencioD) in that partie. AH-so that William Stanlow reioys peisihely
and haae confermyd ynto hym hy the f e£fees of the saide Eauf , a mese
8 of londes & tenementes in Demhlehy & Waterwilugfihy,' to haue to
the same William Stanlowe and his assignes for terme of xx yere.
AU-so that Jenyn) Berangei', his seruant, haue for terme of his life a
place in Fenne Amutyme (1), called Burton) Place, hy way of rewards
12 for his long* sendee, ouer the xiij s' iiij of Annuite. AH-so that
lohu) Coke, his seruaunt, haue in Stoke a place called Prestplace, for
terme of his lif, the wych is yerely of rent x s*, in reward for his long*
seraice. And all-so he wiH that the saide Bohert Caileflete haue
16 Obthoipe and Thurleby in Kesteuen), that was purchase(} of bit lohn)
Birou), in the name of annuite of .1. s' for tcrme of lif of the saide
Bohert. And aH-so he will that, of the issues and profite^ of the
saide Maaere of Stoureprewe and Newton) Longevile with the
20 appttrtenaunces, the saide annuites horn) and deduit oute of hem, that
the executours haue and receyue all the same issues and profit3
duryng* the saide terme, that they may therwith, and wtt^ all the
othir reuenues and profites of aH: the Maners, londes and tene?7tentes
24 that they shall haue and receyue hy this wiH aftir his decesse, And
with aH othir dettes beyng* due to hym at the day of his deth, and
all his other godes and stuffed ^ meveahle that he leveth vnto hem as to
his executours, First brynge hym to the Erthe honestly, as his Estate
28 asketh ; And than next for to ordeyne and paye ail his dettes ; And
also to here Charges of such prestes and poor men) as ensuyth : That
is to say, at Stoke, a prest and iij bedmen) / a prest at JSTewton
Longvile, and a prest at Fenne, for to synge and pray for his sowle
32 dailly. And yf Fryre Barton) * will a-bide stiH and synge att the
Fenne, than he will that the same Barton), for such tyme as he will
^ rejoice, enjoy.
s Easton, Lincolnshire, between Stamford and Grantham. — Walker.
• WiUoughbyj Scots, or Water, Lincolnshire, N. of Folkingham. — ^Walk^.
* or *8tuff«.' • ? MS. Bacton*.
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EABUBST ENGLISH WILLS. 1439, SIB RALPH BOGUBFORT. 127
Bjnge there, haue yerely .Y. nobles for his salarie for that diuine
sendee. Also he wiH that his obyte be kept yerely foi* enermoTe yn
the parissfi Ghirch of Stoke ; and for sustenaunce therof , he will that
his execatours ordeyne yerely xx s' to be receyaed of a place that he 4
purchase<$ of the execatours of lohn) Symon(}, samtyme called
Eleward Place in Fenne, and to be expended to j>e ^vse of the saide
obyte for euarmore. And. than of the residue that so shall remayne
of the saide issues and profite) of the maners, and of other godes witli 8
the executours, oner sB the saide charges resonably to be consideryd /
and to be born) as is afore, and shaH be here-afbyr in this will
rehersed, that Dame Margarete his wyf, if she goueme hir worship-
fully, like as is aboue rehersed, haue CO mark of money, or elles x ti 12
yerely of the issues and profit^ of the saide manors of Stoureprewes
and Newtor)-Longvile dur3rng* the termes ther-of. And oner that, she
to haue oon) party of aH his plate and other godes moevable, yf she
be gouemyd worshipfully accordyng* to his wiH in the fourme a-fora- 16
saide. And that Eauf, his sone, haue ordeyned for to by him a
manage . V.^ marc ; And either of his two brethern) lohu) and Henry
COG marc*, if hit wiH suffice ther-to, and so ierre strech ouer aR othir
charges forsaide to be borne / and thes sommes for to be reysed of the 20
saide deites, and of the saide issues and profit) of the saide manors of
Stoureprewes & Newton-Longvile / Also as touchyng* a-nothir parte
of his saide plate and othir stuff of godes moevable, that his execu-
totirs, by aduys of the Surveyours, demene, goueme & distribute of 24
that parte to ychone of his saide sonnes in releyung* and pref erryng*
of hem, like as [by] theii' discrecions it shall seme hem nedefuH and
resonable / hauyng^ consideracion to aH othir charges that most «lgates
be bom) yn paymentys of his saide dette^ / and other wyse to the ease 28
of his sowle. And as touchyng* the parte of afi the saide plate, and
of his othii' stuffe of godes mevable so then remaynyng*, he wiH that
his saide executours goueme and dispose that third parte in suctL
maner and fourme / as in diuine seruices, almes dedes, and othir 32
werkes of charite, payment of his dette«, and aH othir dueez and
gouemances for the performyng* of his wyH / like as by theire
discrecions, by the aduys of the saide Survyours, it sh^ seme most
> leaf 217.
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128 BARLIXST ENQLISa WILLS. 1439, SIB RALPH BOCHEFOBT.
necessarie and spedef oH to the hele of his sowle. Also he wiH that
his executours haue of the saide godes, fur theii' reward &nd labour,
•G. tl to be distribute and dt^pa/lid amonges hem, to ychon) of hem
4 afdr his charge and labour. And )»at wic& of hem that no charge of
mynistraczon of his testament in ezecucion of his will takith ne
workith, shall no reward haue of the saide .0. IL And aH-so wicfi of
hem as laboureth for the execucion) of his.wiH, and taketh ypon him
8 mynystracion), shall haue for his resonable costes that he de1£ yn that
partie at all tymes. Also he wiB that if his wyf or eny of his saide
sonnes worke the contrarye of this his present wille, in lettyng<
or distourbyng* the saide executours of f ulfillyng* ther-of, that than
12 pej shall lose aduantage and benefite of this his present wiH. AH-so
if ther be eny clause or matier in his olde will made the xiiij yere of
the kyng* that now is, to the wich it shaH seme to the saide
executours, by aduye of the Surveyours, for to be necessary to resorte,
16 and to take remembraunce of, for the more playne execucton of this
his present wiH / that in such case the saide executours haue fuH
power, by the aduys of the said Surveyours therof, to put in execucton,
in rewardys of seruauntes, and othir wyse yn aH manei' poyntes, like
20 as in that partye after theiH conscience and good discrecions it shall
seme hem necessarie for to be done and executed for the most ease of
his entent. And yn witnesse of this his present last wiH, the
forsaide Rauf here-to hath sette his scale the xij*** day of Man^ In
24 the yere of oure lord god M* CCCC xxxix*" And in the xviij ^ yere of
the reigne of Kyng* Henry the sext.
Probata fuerunt dic^a tQi^tamerdum & vltima voluntas coram
MeLgistro lohanne Lyndefeld, xix die mensi^ Maij, anno domini
28 Mille«imo CCCC quadragesimo, et commissa fuit administracio Ss&
discrettg viris Wille^mo Massyngham & Eoberto Caileflete execu-
torihtu & CI, Beseruata potestate & &,& ha&ent citra f estum Michoelis
ex futuro ad exbibendz^m Inuentanum & c.
1 ' dedmo aeptimo,* the Latin Testament says rightly, and March 26 for the
day. The 17th of Henry YI. was from 1 Sept. 1438, to 81 Aug. 1439.
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EARLIEST ENQUSH WILLS. 1438-9, SIR THOS. BROOK. 129
SIR THOS. BROOK,^ KNIGHT, OF COBHAM, 1438-9.
[To be buried in Thomcomb Church ; 13 poor men to hold a torch
each at the Obit ; all poor blind or lame folk there to have 4d, each, and
other needy ones 1<L Wife to defend Testator's Servants from prosecu- .
tion by his Children and others. Residae to Wife, for herself and the true
Servants, and to marry Testator's unmarrid Children with.]
(Luffenam, If. 217, bk.)
Testamen^t^m Thome Brook*, militM.
In the name of the Eadyr & of the sonne & of the holy goost, so be
hit now & evyr! the xij day of Februare, the ^ere fro the
Incamacion of oui* lortJ ihe«u cryst M° cccc"® xxxviij". I. Thomas
Brook*, knyjte & lord of Cobham,^ beyng* yn hole mynde & goode 4
witte, make my testament in this wyse. Fyrste I by-seche the most
blessid Trinyte to haue mercy on me, And that thorow the prayer of
the blessid Virgyne Marye, the moder of oure lor(J ihesu cryst, & of
aH the sayntys that ben in hevyn), that I, wrechid synner, my^t the 8
rather to haue grace worthily to be-wayle my synnys or that my sowle
departe owte of this worl(}, so that hit may be fownde clone &
worthy, thorow trwe repentaunce & contynuaH for-thenkyng«, to be
resseuyd in to the blysse that euyr shaft last. More-ouer hit is my 12
witt that my body be buryd yn the nortfi yle of the chircli of
Thornecoumbe.* And that at the day of my buryng* ther be saide iij
masses, And aH-so that fer be xiij pore men) dothid in white,
> Son of Sir Thomas Brook, Ent. (see p. 26). Married Joan Braybroke, great*
granddaughter and heiress of John of Cobham, 2nd Lord Cobham.— J. H.
Round.
> Cobham Hall, Kent, 3 miles W. of Rochester, now the seat of the Earls of
Damley. — J. H. Round. (At Cobham in Surrey, on the river Mole, 19 miles S.
by W. of London, I once saw a friend pull out a 41b. perch.)
• Thomcombe, Devonshire, N.E. of Axminster. — Walker. It is locally
situated in Dorsetshire, in an insulated part of Devonshire, and is 8 miles W.
from Beaminster. (See also p. 26.)
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. STURGEON, PRIEST, 1454.
. Lady-Chapel at the N. door of St. Paurs. Goods
. or's Soul ; but bequests given, of Money, a Chalice,
green silk, gilt Piece jeweld, silver Pots, 2 Vulture's-
worsted Bed, Costers, Hall-hangings, Silver Cups, 6«. a
s Schooling, a blue Bed with Sheets, &c., Gowns, &c. A
lor 7 years for Testator.]
Rous (Prerog. Court), If. 76, back.
Sturgeon). [In margin,]
' bleasyd name of the holy trinite, the Fader, the sone, the holy
/ost, three persons in oon substaunce, the last day of the Moneth
May, In the yere of Incamacionn of our lorde Ihera Crist a M* 24
CO liiij, And in the yere of the Eeigne of Kyng Harry the vj after
I lie conquest xxxij, I, Nicholas Sturgeon, preest, most vn worthy to
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130 BABUIST BNaUSa WILLS. 1438-9, SIR THOS. BROOK.
holdyng* echo of hem a torghe brennyng* at the dirige & at the masse
yn the day of my obyte. And afterward the torgis to be dalt .iij. of
hem to the Chirch of Thomecombe, & the remaynande of the torgis
4 to X of the nedyest paryschirches yn the Cuntre by sidys. AH-so it
is my wiH that euery pore blynde, or lame mail) or woman) that
cnmmytli to myne obite, haue iiij *. AH:-so it is my will fat euery
pore nedy man), woman or child that cammyth to my obyte haue
8 .1.^ AU-80 it is my wiH that euery man) or woman) that commyth
home to Holdyche ^ yn the day of my obyte af tar the masse is do at
Thomecumbe^ that thay haue sufficiante mete & drynke. AH-so hit
is my wyH, that if J)cr be eny of myne owne childryn), or eny other
12 man), that wiH trouble, disese, or pursew of my trew seruandys, & yn
speciaH, lohn) Battiscoumbe, Will Tavern) or lohn) Corbrigge, that my
wyflF, with alle the lordeshipe and frendshipc that she may gete,
socour hem, helpe hem, & defende hem, from the malice of myne
16 owne children) & of aH oper, whiles she hath eny gode wherwith to
withstands her * Ivyti wyH. AH-so hit is my wiH that Clowys haue
.V. mart. And the residue of aH my godys that be not be-qwedyt
yn this my testament, I ^eue and by-qweth to my wyf, to helpe hir
20 witfi, & my trwe seruandys a-foresaide, And aH-so to helpe for to
mary my children) that ben nojt maryd. And that this my testament
may truly be executyd, I make and ordeyne my wyfe myn executrice /
and yf she wiH, Edward my sone,^ str lankyn Byschope with hir /
24 Probatum fuit. [In margin] acquietati sunt vere.
fChe other English wills in " Luifenam " are those of
homas Bubtok of " Lughtburght,'' 27 March U47, (mixt
English and Latin, and imperfect,) leaf 222, back.
28 Kobert Saykyn, draper, of Loudon, 20 Sept*. 1444, leaf 230,
back.
Sir Wauter Lucy, knight, 18 July, 1444, If. 231, back (2 pages
long).
32 William Whabplod of Chalfhunt Seynt Gyle (t Berkshire or
Bucks), proved 27 November, 1447.
John Thbookmartbn (of Fladbury in Worcestershire 1), 12 April,
1445. leaf 248.
1 See p. 27. ' her = their.
. * Sammoned to Parliament as ** Edwardo Brooke de Cobham, Chiv," 13 Jan.
1446.— H. Round.
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EARLIEST ENGLISH WILLS. 1464, NICHOLAS STUBGfiON. 131
Bichard Shiplbt, 26 Jan^ 1444 (** Also y wille and charge that
mjn exequies be not outragelj done in expenses of vanites of
Candilstikkes, torches, and suche other, but deuoutely, And the coste
that shal be doo thanne, be yeue to pouere mefi, and that [so] that 4
haue nede "), leaf 250, back
Johfl TVyntbb, Squyer, of the shire of Sotheray, 20 May, 1445 :
leaf 252, back. (" Also to Herry Perreur a new gowne of Russet
furred with blak lambe, that y had new at Crystenmesse, and also my 8
wode knyf, and a lyned gowne of russet of my maistre Fastolf
nuerey,"'lf. 253.)
William Babthobp, Baron of the King's Exchequer, 26 Oct
1442. leaf 258 (bk : "Also I wille that the kirkerevys of the 12
parish chirch of ClerkenweH haue xiij s' iiij d for to spend on the
onoumient:^ of the same kirke ").
John Malton, gentleman. 6 Aug. 1447, If. 274.
Richard Kbtrtoh, Grocer, of London. 4 Oct. 1447 (26 Hen. VI). 16
Richard Alred, Squire, of Boreham, Essex, 8 May, 1446, leaf
275, back.
Roger LovBDBN of Bristol, Merchant, 18 July, 1447, leaf 279
(back : " Also I bequethe to my wyfe all my store of howsold 20
of beddyng, helyng Costwrs of hallys and chambrys and kechyn,").]
NKIEOLAS STURGEON, PRIEST, 1454.
[To be buried in the Lady-Chapel at the N. door of St. Paul's. Goods
to be uzed for Testator's Soul ; but bequests given, of Money, a Chalice,
Vestments, Bed of green silk, gilt Piece jeweld, silver Pots, 2 Vulture's-
^gg Cups, green worsted Bed, Costers, Hall-hangings, Silver Cups, 6«. a
year for a Boy's SchooliDg, a blue Bed with Sheets, &c., Gowns, Ac. A
Priest to sing for 7 years for Testator.]
Rona (Prerog. Court), If. 76, back.
Sturgeon). [In margin.^
In the bleasyd name of the holy trinite, the Fader, the sone, the holy
gost, three persons in oon substaunce, the last day of the Moneth
of May, In the yere of Incamacioun of our lord* Ihera Crist a M* 24
cccc liiij, And in the yere of the Keigne of Kyng Harry the vj after
the conquest xxxij, I, Nicholas Sturgeon, preest, most vnworthy to
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132 BARLIBBT ENQUSH WILLS. 1454, KICHOLAS STURGEON.
haae that wuishipful name & office, beyng in good bodelj helthy
with hole & stedfast mynde ordeyne & make my testament in
this wise. In the first, y hequeth my sowle to the grete mercy of al
4 myghty god, my wrecchid body to the erthe sanctified and halowed,
to be buryed in the Chapett of our blessyd lady & seynt Nicholas
now of new edefied atte Northdore of the Cathedral cherche of seynt
pawle of london) ; ^ And aH my wordly goodes to be demened for the
8 merites of my sowle withoutefl eny vayn) glorie, by the wise aviso of
myn) Ezecutouris, my dettes and duetes to be payed next after the
costes don) in myne entierement ; Beparacions and impleme77ti9 dwe
to the seyde Cathedral Chirche of seynt powle, truly to be content
12 after the manor and forme as y receyved hem. Item, y bequeth to
the makyng of the Steple of the paryssh cherche of seynt Awstyns in
londoD), nezte powles chircheyerd,' xl s'. Item y bequeth to the
parisdl cherch of Henstrygge,' a chalyce of the price of Ixvj s' viij d.
16 Item y bequeth to the parissh cherche of seynt Andrewe in
Aysperton),^ a yestement of blak< for prest, deacon), and subdeacou), of
the prys of x. li, or within ; myne exequyes and obite day to be kept
solempny ther duryng the terme of vij yere ; for the expenses of the
20 which y bequethe xlvj s', viij d, that ys to sey, for euery yere vj s'
iiij d. Item y bequethe to the wursshipful Monasteryes of Crist-
chir(^ of Caunterbury, of seynt Awstyn in the same towne, and of
seynt Albanes,* xx" myle from london), Ix s', by evyn porcyons, to
24 euery hows xx s'. in remembraunce of my Fratemite, the more
specially they to pray for me. Furthermore, y bequethe to my cosyn
> The prezent architect of St Paul's, Mr. F. C. Penrose, says this is the first
authority he has seen for the situation of the Chapel of St. Nicholas in old St.
Paul's.
s The Parish Church of St. Attgustine, and one house next adjoyning,
in Wathelifig atreete, is of this Ward called FaringoUm. This is a faire Church,
and lately well repaired.— Stow's Survey, 1633, p. 351 a. Burnt in the Great
Fire of 1666, and rebuilt by Wren. See p. 113 abuv, note 2.
» Henstridge, Somersetshire, E. of Milbom Port. — Walker. On the borders
of Dorsetshire, 9 miles S.W. from Shaftesbury, and 6 miles N.E. from
Sherboum. Church dedicated to St NichoUts. — Moule. (Eastward from
Eelston or Eelweston (on the borders of Glo'stershire, 4 miles N.W. from Bath)
is Henstridge or Eelston Bound Hill, which commands an extensive prospect.
— Moule, i. 416 a.) • In Hertfordshire.
* Asperton, Herefordshire, near Stow-Chapel and Stretton. — ^Walker.
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BABUUST BNGLISH WILLS. 1454, NICHOLAS STURaSON. 133
lohan Frowyk, my bed of grene sylke, wif the testowr & Canape
ther-to, palid tartyn) ^ white and rede, And the gilde pece wif smale
stones sett ther-on. It«ni y bequethe to my suster Bartrice my
syluer pottes, And the beter cuppe of the grypes eye.* Item y 4
bequethe to my cosyn Margrete Shipton) that other gripes eye, and
bed of grene wurstede, with the costers longyng ther-to. Also
y bequeth to my brother lohri) Sturgeon) the hallyng with the
ix wurthy,^ And 'vj cuppes of Sylver stondyng on low fete, with ^
the coueryug therto. And as tochyng my brother Richard, y
can) not assigne no thyng of my good recompensible to his good
brotherhede, wherfor notwithstondyng this, my will thus disposid :
If ther be eny thyng that he wold desire ther-of to his vse, terme of 12
his lyff, y wuH that he haue it. Item y bequeth to my cosyn
Thomas Eyke, a stondyng cuppe gilde, wiih chased werk. Item y
bequethe to myn cosyn Kichard Ryke, a cuppe of syluer couered ;
And for to fynde to gramer scole my cosyn), his sone William, xx 16
iiij s for the tyme of iiij. yere. Item y bequethe to my cosyn
Margrete Dowrigge a stondyng pece of syluer couered. Item y
bequethe to lohfl * Anglesey my seruawnt x ti. And a blew bed
with the lyoun Curteynes, Couerled, blankettt^, a peyre of sh&tis and 20
a gowne. Item y bequeth to Bartlet my se/oiaunt, xx s' and a gowne.
Item I bequethe to Thomas Bisshoptre, xl s'. Item y bequethe to
Thomas Gylbert, xl s'. Item I bequethe to lohn) Gardyner, xxvj s',
viij d, and a Riding gowne with the hode. Item y bequethe to sir 24
"William lulyan), xij mark* for to syng for me with a special Colett.
Item y bequethe to lohn) of the kechyn, vj s' viij d, And to be new
arayd. Item y bequethe to lohn) Wylkynsone of the kechyn, vj s'
viij d, and his wages beyng be-hynde. Item y bequeth to Richard 28
Bamvile, xiij s'. viij d. Item to lohn) Wichard, vj s' viij d. Item to
lohn) Wemme, xiij s*. iiij d. Item to Thomas, Thomas my Cooke,
' ? for * tarteryn, tartaryn/ a kind of silk.
' See Sir Ralph Rocliefort's Latin Testament abuv, p. 120.
• Compare in Shakspere's Love*8 Labour's Lost, V. i. 124-5, " Sir, you shall
present before her the Nine Worthies." And Doll's opinion of Falstaffe : " thou
art as valorous as Hector of Troy, woorth fine of Agamemnon, and ten times
better than the nine Worthies." — 2 Ifen, IV, II. iv. 236-9. Quarto 1,
* leaf 79.
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134 SARUBST ENGLISH WILLS. 1454, NIOHOLAS STURGEON.
oweth me xx s', the whiche y pardon) and foryeve hym. Item
J bequethe xl s* euenlj to be departed bjtwene lohii) SaymoMr, to
lohn) Meryco, and Willuim Clere. And all mjne other goodes what-
4 80-eudr they fortune to be, in valour, dett^, and aH after my detta
weH and truly payed, myn) expenses and costes funeraH done, and all
my bequestes comprysed in this my testament fafiUed & performed,
And yf they may suffice ther-to, for to fynde a preest able and
8 honest of conuersacyon, and of good rule, to syng for me in
the forseide chapel of new edefied, atte awter ther, be vij yere. And
ellys yf my seide goodes, Kesidues, and detiis may not suffice ther-to,
than y wul that myil Executours, be ther good discrecons, modere
1 2 and modefye suche thynggiV as ys set and lymet afore, For it is not
myne entent to charche hem eny ferther than my goodes ml strecche
to and suffice. The whiche myn) Executours y ordeyne and name,
Eichard Sfcurgeoii), lohn Sturgeon) thelder, Thomas Frowyk*, son) of
16 harry Frowyk*, and Thomas Kyke. And to euerych of hem y
bequethe C s'. Into the witnessyng of whiche thyng, to this present
iny testament y haue set my scale : y-youen) at london the day and
yere aboueseide. / Probatuw* fuit dictum testamen^wm coram Commis-
20 sario predtcto, octauo die Mensi^ lunii. Anno Domini predic^o. Et
commissa est admbi/strac^ omnium bonorum &c lohan/u Sturgeofi,
Thome Frowyk, & Thome Eyke, exeoutoribus in dicto testa7?ie/t<o
nominattff &c. Eeseruata potestas Blcardo Sturgeon) &c Et dimissi
24 sunt, &0,
[Other English wills in Rous.
A.D.
If. 78, Wylliam Cressenevy 1454.
„ 89 bk., Thomas Morstede (long), 1450.
„ 108, John Knight, 1442.
„ 118 bk., John Hotoft, 1 443.
„ 146, Rich*. Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick, 1437, proVd 1439.]
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NOTES TO pp. 3—^ WIDDOW'S WBDDINQ TO GOD. 135
NOTES.
p. 3, 1. 10. a $erteyn (weekly allowaooe). This expression oooure in 3
later wills in the Probate Begistry, from Worsted, Norfolk, as meaning, in one
case a sum of money ; in two others, a religious senrioe : —
John Glavbtn (Worsted, Norfolk), in his Will, A.D. 1505 (42 Holgrave),
refers to a '* perpetual serieyn ** which was assigned by the Will of one Thos.
Glaveyn, ** that is to say, iiy* iiy^ to be distribute to zij powre persons on seynt
Brices day."
John BUBGH (Worsted, Norfolk), in his Will, A.D. 1496 (81 Vox), says : " I
bequeith xxx* iiij^ for to have a oerteyn rehersed in the church ... by the
prest or Curate . . . fore my soule and my frondes soules during the terme of
Tij yeres."
John Bolt, by his Will, a.d. 1499 (39 Home), bequeaths money << pro
tmo le certeyne celebrand^ " in the church of Worsted (Norfolk).
p. 4. Lady Alice Wett: she was the daughter of Reginald Fitz-Piers,
and Widow of Sir Thomas West, knight, who died 3 Sept. 1386.— J. H.
Bound.
p. 4, 1. 5. Eynton Marcel : Hinton Martel, Badbury Hundred, Dorset. —
J. H. R.
p. 4, 1. 11. Thomas, my tone : Sir Thomas West, knight, summoned to
Parliament, 21 June, 1402.— J. H. B.
p. 6, 1. 1. Costers, These were also used in Churches : '* Costers. A
name given to hangings for the sides of an altar or choir.'' — Pugin.
p. B, 1. 8. A Widow's Wedding to Qod. p. 60, 1. 24 ; p. 61, 1. 6 : And if she
take \>e mantel and \>e rynge, and auome ehastite. — The form of the Ceremony
— Benedictio Vldue — is given in the Liher Pontificalis of Edmund Lacy, Bp. of
Exeter (appointed A.D. 1420^), ed. R. Barnes, 1847, p. 122-6. Between the Epistle
and Gospel, the Widow kneeling during Service, before the Bishop (who sits on a
faldstool), is askt whether she wishes to be the spouse of Christ, and give up the
lusts of the flesh. She then puts in the Bp.'s hands the following Profession :
1 He was with Hen. V. at Agincourt in 1415, as Dean of the Chapel Royal.
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136 NOTES TO pp. 6 — 11. Chaucer's Canterbury tales.
*l. N., Wedow, avoue to God perpetuell chastite of my body from henceforward,
and in the presence of the honorable fad}T in Gk>d, my Lord N., by the grace
of God, Bishop of N., I promytt stabilly to leve in the Church, Wedow. And
this to do, of myne own hand, I subscribe this wrytyng. (And after, let her
make the sign of the Cross.) "
The Bishop then prays, and blesses the Mantle and puts it on the Widow.
Then he blesses the Ring, sprinkles it with holy water, and puts it» as the sign
of her marriage to Christ, on the Widow's finger, saying :
** Accipe, famula Christi, anulum, fidei signum, connubii indicium, quern
devota deferas, casta custodias, quoad amplexus divini sponsi coronanda
pervenias. Per Christum Dominum nostrum. Oremus.*'
He says 3 Prayers accordingly, and the matter is ended. Miss Mary
Lambert kindly referd me to this Pontifical,
p. 5, 1. 13. boket of latyUy englUch, andfremch. Compare the earliest
bequests of Chaucer's Canterbury Talei and Boece known to Mr. Challenor
Smith in John Brinchele's Will, 1420 (Commissary Court of London, More,
If. Ixiiijo, back) : —
July 4, 1420. '* Ego, Johannes Brynchele, Ciuis & Cissor Londoni^ .....
Item relaxo et condono Johanni Broun^ totum illud debitum in quo michl
tenetttr de meis bonis pr^^prijs. £t volo qft^d ha^eat ilium librum vocatum
Boecius de Consolatione Pbi^^^^^ie in latinis, quem hai^ui pro vadio Alterius
libri Aiig\\i%m} vocati Boecius de Consolacione VXdlosopMe, Item lego David
Fyvyan, Rectori eccZme sancti Benedicti Fynk« supradicti vt ^it sup^ruisor
p7*tfsenti« testamenti mei, vj s* viij d, et vnum librum in Anglicis voasiium
Boecius de Consolacione Fhilosifphie. Item lego WilldZmo Holgrave, vt sit
ynus ezecutor»7/t meorum, vj s' viij d, et optimum Arcum meum, et librum
meum voa&tum Talys of Cauut^7'bury "
Will proovd, "xiij kalendarum Septembri*, Anno domini M" CCCC"*xx"*."
p. 6, 1. 21. C/iales. <' Chalice. The vessel in which the sacred Blood of
our liOrd is consecrated." — Pugin.
p. 5, 1. 22 ; 76/4. ** Crewetts, small vessels of glass or metal, to .contain
the wine and water intended for consecration at the Altar. . . . The body of
the crewetts should be made of crystal, glass, or some transparent substance
to enable the celebrant to distinguish readily between the wine and water , .
although ... in the old English inventories they [the crewetts] are generally
described as of silver, whole or parcel gilt."— Pugin, Gloss, of Eocl. Ornament.
The difference was no doubt markt by the differing shapes of the 2 crewetts.
Even the two crystal ones engraved in Pugin are of different size and shape.
p. 10, 4th line of heading, for Helmdon read Hillingdon.
p. 10, last line of footnote, read ** Hillingdon is 14 m. W. of Hyde Park
Comer, 1 J m. S.E. of Uxbridge Station."
p. 10, note 2. Illugtrated London New$ : of Dec. 27, 1873.
p. 11, 1. 18. for Helmdon read Helindon.
* I Anglici.
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p. 14, 1. 4,/<?r huins read hxxmsmodi ; 1. %for venerunt read venerint,
p. 15, 1. 12 ; 17/3, ^^' ^^nf9^ *^ **<'*^' (^Placebo,) Vespers for the dead
were " known by the term ' Placebo,' because such is the first word of that
service, the anthem before the first psalm being ^ Placebo Domino in regione
Tivorum.' ^ Mortuary solemnities always began with even-song in the after-
noon ; on the early morrow^ matins and lauds were chanted, after which Mass
was sung/' . .
*' As the first anthem at matins commenced with < Dirige ' . . . the whole
of the morning's service, including the Mass, came to be designated a ' Dirige '
or ' Dirge/ "—Eock, Church of our Fathert, II., 503.— M. L,
p. 15,1. 12. Ma$$e of Requiem. In the Rom.-Cath. Office and Mauetfvr
the Dead^ 1853, the ^ Requiem ' (Requiem 8Btemam dona eis, Domine, et lux
perpetua luceat eis *) occurs thrice in ^ The Mass for all the Faithful departed/
p. 65—71.
p. 16, 1. 20 fpereyd, — The copy of this Will of Robert Averay in Brown
(C. C. London), leaf 200 back, reads ' partyd.'
p. 17, 1. 24. — The copy in Brown, If. 200 bk, has the record of Proof
more fully thus :
Trobsitvim est hoc testamentum eorekm nobis lacobo Cole cl^ioo, Commis-
sario &c. iij. kalendarnm lunij, Anno domiu'i M} CCCC^ zj. Et Ca/nmissa est
administracio omniam bonori^m Executoribt^ in dicto testamento nominator,
& admissa per eosd^m in forma iuri«. Et ij* Id us lulij. Anno supradicto,
commissa fuit administracto omnium bonon/m dic^e lohanne 'Executrici
nnper ab intestato decedenti, Execf^^ori suprodicto.
p. 18. T^^lUam Langeford, Knt, Knight of the Shire for Berks, 17
R. II. and 5 H. IV., and Sheriff of Berks and Oxford, 6 H. IV., died 13 H. IV.
(Sept. 1411-12 : Each. 13 H. IV. n. 32). He hell one-third of the Manor
of Mendysdene (now Minsden) in Hitchin, co. Herts, in oapitCf in right of
his wife Anne, daughter and coheiress of John de Beverlee of Hitchin (Esch.
4 Rich. II. n. 11). As his widow's name was Lucy, she would seem to have
been his second wife, and probably the mother of the younger sons mentioned
in the will.
p. 19, 1. 1. Robert myn heldegt son, Robert Langeford, Ent., son and
heir (Glaus, 10 H. VL m. 6), aged 22 in 13 H. IV. (Sept. 1411-12 : Esch. 13 H.
IV. n. 32), died 7 H. V.^March, 1419-20: Esch. 7 H. V.).
p. 19, 1. 13. my lady lavell. Alianore, daughter of William Lord
Zouche of Haryngworth, and wife of Sir John Lovell, Baron Lovell and Holand.
p. 19, 1. 27. Schyffeld, Burfeld, aiid Svlhamstade Abbis. Shivefield,
1 See * The Office and the Masses for the Dead, with the Order of Burial :
from the Roman Breviary, Missal, and Ritual. In Latin and English . .
London : T. Jones, 63, Paternoster Row, Catholic Publisher, 1853.* p. 1.
* Eternal rest give to them, Lord, and let perpetual light sliiue on them.
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133 NOTES TO pp. 23—47.
Barfield, and Sulhamstead Abbots, are three parishes lying together in a line
■oath of Reading.
p. 23, 1. 1. Cantme should be Cantarie.
p. 23, 1. 11. There^s a Preston north of Hereford, but this Preston adjoins
Little Marcle, as also do Putley and Ledbury. Woolhope, Sollers Hope, and
Howcaple are west of Marcle ; Aylton Chapel acyoins Putley ; and Kempley
and Dimook are in Glo*ttersMref south of Marcle. — J. Horace Bound.
p. 26. Sir Thomat Broke : knight, of Thomecombe, oo. Devon, son and
heir of Sir Thomas Broke, knt., of Ivelchester, oo. Somerset, and father of Sir
Thomas Broke of Cobham, whose will, 1438-9, is on pages 129-130 below. —
J. H. R.
p. 27, 1. 11. Holdjfoh: Holditoh Manor in Thomeoombe, Deyon. —
J. H. R
p. 27, 1. 12. CotUleygh : Cottleigh near Thorneoombe. — J. H. R.
p. 28, 1. 1. lohane my wyfe : Joan, 2nd daughter and coheiress of Simon
Hanape of Co. Gloucester, and widow of Robert Chedder of the City of
Bristol.— J. H. R.
p. 28, heading before 1. 20. for leaf 337 read leaf 329.
p. 31, L 10. Wodehouse, Woodhouse, Shropshire, E. of Oswestry. —
Walker.
p. 83, 1. 1, 4. Chaliees. The a looks much like i in the MS. ; but Mr.
Cballenor Smith reads it a«
p. 38, 1. 32. Bowdem, Sayret, Spenyoldt, ko, — ' I am quite sure that Mr.
Round's answer to your query in Note$ and Queries (Oct. 1882) about these
names, is the correct one. The names are those of tenants of certain farms.
A curious coincidence is to be found in the municipal business of Derby, just
over. The two successful candidates for Babington ward were Boden and
Sayer I '—Alfred Wallis, Friars Gate, Derby.
* I have found a singular confirmation of my view of Bowdens^ which I told
you I believed to be the corruption of an owner* s name. The Irish named
their townships as we do our farms, after the owners, adding '' ton ^ after the
name. I found a ^ Bowdemtoii^ in hunting through some Irish Chancery
Records at the Record Office. Sayer was a well-known Essex name.* — J. H.
Round.
p. 39, note 3. Hadley and Eagtwood adjoin Lee. — J. H. R.
p. 46, 1. 20. tamsery : probably tamisery, a made-up word from E.
tammy =: F. ettamine (in Cotgrare), called famine and tammy in English.
Apparently confused with F. tamis^ a sieve. Scheler, in treating of F. tamis,
notices the Eng. tammy ^ but rightly remarks ^that tammy and F. tamis
are^ totally unconnected. Probably from Lat. stamen: see tammy in my
Dictionary. But this is all guesswork. — W. W. Skeat.
p. 47, 1. 10. Weston Underwood, 2 miles w. of Olney, in Newport Hundred,
CO. Bucks. — J. H. R.
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NOTES TO pp. 47 — 68. THE PRINCIPAL, BEST HORSE OR BEAST. 139
p. 47, 1. 10. John Olney purchased lands in Weston, 4 Rich. II. ; died
21 March, 1395. There is a brass to him in Weston Church. — J. H. R.
p. 49, 1. 16, aflat batyn ; p. 66, I. B^Jlat giU pecet, "A Wine-celler, with
his Vessels and instruments ... A flat peece, Patera^ rm, A standing cup.
Crater ris, erara \1 oratera"] ra^calix,** 1608, Withals' Dict^ by W. Clerk, p.
179-180.
p. 60, 1. 18. The Pore Caitiff, This is described in Lewis's I^fe of
WlcUf, pp. 202-204. It is in 21 divisions. He gives the incipU of each.
The tracts which make up the collection are often found separately.
p. 50, 1. 21. Critty gray, (I read it * Crisly ' first.) This ' Cristy grey ' fur
is often mentiond : see Hall.'s GI099, I suppose it was some tufted, crest-like
or plume-like fur. Fr. * Creste : f. A crest, cop, combe ; also, a tuft, or little
plume standing on the top of. CretU . . . Crested, copped, adorned with
a combe.' — Cotgrave,
p. 61,1. 4. qitayret: sermons (or comments). * Fyrst I shall beseche
you not to misconstrue myn entont, in puttyng forthe this qtieare to be
printed, but that ye take it to the best' 1532 (?). Bp. Fisher, Sermon or
'EpiHoU: Works, E. B. T. Soc., part II, (1883 P) p. 429.
p. 64, 1. 14. William KylwoVmertthy Clerke, He was Treasurer of Eng-
land, and Prebendary of St. Paul's. His Will, A.D. 1422, is at Lambeth.
p. 65. Roger Flore: Son of William Flower, aluu Flore, Sheriff of
Rutland 6 Ric. IL Was Knight of the Shire 20 Ric. II ; 1, 4, 6 Hen. lY ;
2 Hen. V ; and 1 Hen. YI ; and Speaker of the House of Commons. He was
patron of the old Hospital of St. John and St. Anne in Oakham (called ' )>e
Almeshouse of Okeham,' p. 62, 1. 23-4), in right of his wife Catherine,
daughter and heiress of William Dalby of Exton, its founder. — J. H. R.
p. 66, 1. 3. Thom^is my tone: Thomas Flore of Oakham, Esq., mar. .
Agnes, daughter and heiress of Peter Saltby of co. Line. He was Sheriff of Rut-
land 9, 20, 29, 85 Hen. YI. and 6, 10 Ed. lY ; buried at Oakham 1483. This
must have been a subsequent wife, not mentioned in the Flore pedigree.
— H.R.
p. 67, 1. 34 ; p. 120, 1. 10. my principal. The Principal (sometimes
calld Mortuary, Corse-present, or Foredrove) was the deceast person's best
horse, which followd the corpse at the funeral, and became the property of the
priest. A survival of the custom may be seen at State funerals.
p. 67, 1. 35. Sir Herre Pletyngton: Sir Henry Plessington, Ent, of
Burley, co. Rutland (1 m. N.E. of Oakham), Knight of the Shire for Rutland
1 and 3 Hen. YI, and Sheriff 6 Hen. YL He married a daughter of testator.
—J. H. R.
p. 68, 1. 14. Wettminster : The Abbot of Westminster was Patron of
Oakham.— J. H. R.
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HO NOTES TO pp. 58 — ^78. SIR THOKAS MORE'b TOMB.
p. 68, 1. 30. koo hook. Perhaps Ck>kok : there are three or four, early
wills of men of that name.
p. 60, 1. 30. Mastorpe, There's a Martinsthorpe in Rutlandshire. — H. R.
p. 62, I. 23. pe Almeshouse of Okeham : This is the Hospital named in
the note on p. 55, Roger Flore, p. 139, above. — J. H. R.
p. 65, 1. 12. Thomat FawJcyi, He was Rector of St. Bride^s, Fleet St.
See Newcourt's Bepertorium, ii. 316.
p. 70, 1. 25. Laffarebrugge. ** Laver, the name of 3 contiguous parishes
in Essex, lying between Harlow and Ongar, and distinguished by the appella-
tions of Highj Magdalen, and Little, They are about 21 miles N. by W. of
London."— Walker's Gazetteer, 1801.
p. 71, 1. 7. A tumbe like tire Thomat More: Dean of St. Paul's, p. 71;
p. 104, note 1 ; p. 105, note.
Thomut Moor, fellow of Pembroke Hall, Cambr. Treasurer to Anne, queen
of Richard II, Preb. of Shipton in Salisbury Cathedral, 9 Nor. 1389 ; Preb.
of Newington in St. Paul's, 6 June, 1391 ; Archdeacon of Colchester, 3 Nov.
1398. Dean of St. PanVs, Jan. 1406 ; d. 1421. Buried in a cloister on North
side of St. Paul's, called Pardon Churchyard, where formerly stood a chapel
said to have been founded by Gilbert Becket, who was buried there. (See p.
105, note, above.) It was rebuilt by this Thomas Moor, who obtained a License
from Henry V to found a Chantry of Three Priests, but died before it could
be accomplished. His executors, however, carried out the foundation, and his
Obit was regularly kept on 23 December. — J. Horace Round.
p. 74, 1. 2, 3. pe Cok and \>e Oarlond in Colman-strete. — No sign of this
name occurs in Larwood and Hotten*s ffist. of Signhoardt, There, the fellows of
the Cock, are the Anchor 212, Bear 212, Bell 211, Blackbird 202, Bottle 207,
211, Breeches 212, Bull 212, Crown 212, Dolphin 212, House 212, Key 471,
Lion 151, Magpie 382, Pie 382, Pynot 383, Trumpet 211, and Swan 212.
p. 75, 1. 17. pe cowe heed in Chepe, — Probably the sign of some gold-
smith's or other shop. The BulUhed is mentiond by Hy. Machyn in 1560, as
Larwood and Hotten note, Hiist. of Signboards, p. 186 :
*' The xij day of June dyd ryde in a care a-bowtt London y men and iij
women; one man, for he was the bowd [bawd], and to brynge women unto
strangers ; and on woman was the wyff of the Bell in Gracyous-strett, and
anodur the wyff of the BulUhed be-syd London stone, and boyth wher bawdes
and hores ; and the thodur man and the woman wher brodur and syster, and
wher taken nakyd." — Diary, p. 238. (Camden Soc. 1848.)
The Cow has these signs in the same Signboard book : Cow and Calf,
177 ; Cow and Hare, 449 ; Cow and Snuffers, 444 ; Cow and Two Calves, 177;
Cow in Boots, 442 ; Cow Roast, 378 ; Cow's Face, 186.
p. 78, 1. 19. The Mermuid, — " As early as the fifteenth century, it was one
of the haunts of the pleasure-seeking Sir John Howard, whose trusty steward
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records, anno 1464 : — ' Paid for wyn at the Mermayd in Bred Stret, for my
mastyr and Syr Nicholas Latimer, x d. ob.' [? Howard Household Books,
Roxb. Club]. In 1603, Sir Walter Raleigh established a literary club in this
house, doubtless the first in England. Among its members were Shakespeare
Ben Jonson, Beaumont and Fletcher, Selden, Carew, Martin, Donne, Cotton,
&c. . . . There was another Mermaid in Cheapside, frequented by Jasper
Mayne, and in the next reign by poet laureate, John Dryden. Mayne mentions
it in * The City Match * (1638) :— -
' I had made an ordinary.
Perchance at the Mermaid. '
** The sign was also used by printers. John Rastall, for instance, brother-
in-law of Sir Thomas More, * emprynted in the Cheapesyde at the sygne of the
Meremayde, next to Poulysgate, in 1527 ;* and in 1576 a translation of the
History of Lazarillo de Tormes, dedicated to Sir Thomas Gresham, was printed
by Henry Binnemann, the queen's printer, in Enightrider Street, at the sign
of the Mermaid." — Larwood and Hotten, Hist, of Signboards,
p. 80, L 15. qiiadringentesimo octauo. Between these two words,
vicesinio must have been left out by the copier. The Will is dated 1428, and
was undoubtedly made in the year of the testator's death.
p. 82, 1. 17. Mynde, MonWs Mind. In the Rom.-Cath. Office and Masses
for the Bead, 1853, there is a form of Mass * for the third, seventh, or thirtieth
day after the Decease/ p. 99-100, and another, on p. 100-102, for " the Anni-
versary of the Dead," the Year's Mind. The late guess that a * Month's mind '
meant a Memorial Service every day for a month, is mere nonsense, originating
seemingly with Polidore Virgil and some Dictionary-makers. See my letter
in Notes and Qu cries j about October, 1882.
p. 83, 1. 1. sir William Wright, rector. See his Will in the Commissary
Court of London, 1430-1.
p. 92, 1. 17, WeMtsmythfeld. Smythfeld = Smeth (smooth) field. In the
Will of J. Lughtburgh, Commissary Court, 1429, it is " in piano CainpoP
p. 93, 1. 21. Monhes ohiroh, Monken Hadley, now Hadley. " The manor
belonged to the Mandevilles till the middle of the 12th cent., when it was
alienated by Geoffrey de Mandeville to the Abbey of Walden — whence the
designation Motiken (or Monks') Hadley." — Thorne, Environs of London^ i
266.
p. 114, 1. 2. Salve of our Lady. — Antiphons, "Another favourite de-
votion of our forefathers was the singing of antiphons in honour of our Lady.
** An antiphon or anthem derives its name from the custom of singing in
alternate choirs ; but the name is also given to certain short hymns^ metrical
or not, even when sung by one choir only. In the present Roman Breviary are
four antiphons in honour of the Blessed Virgin, to be said at the different
seasons of the year, at the conclusion of certain parts of the office. They
begin respectively with the words, * Alma Redemptoris Mater,' * Ave Regiiia
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NOTE TO p. 114. THE SALVE OF OUB LADT.
ooBlonim/ ' Begina oceli ]«tare»* and * Salve Begina,^^ They were first intro*
duoed into the Roman Breviary in 1520, but were naed by the Franoisoana
from the year 1249. {Merati in Ghivantum, torn, ill p. 216.) Antiphons in
honour of the Blessed Virgin were ordered to be sung at the end of Complin
by a general chapter of the Benedictines held at Northampton in 1444, ' in
order before sleep to implore her help by whom the serpent's head . was
crushed.' This was only a renewal of a more ancient decree.
*^ The singing of antiphons soon became a f ayourite devotion with priests
and people, even apart from the office, and foundations were made, and even
confraternities instituted, for this purpose. The music seems to have been
sometimes very elaborate, since we find such notices as the following. * At the
abbey of Evesham, chaplains are to be assigned to our Lady's altar, skilled in
her antiphons.'"'— p. 168.
* From First Vespers of Trinity Sunday to Advent.
Salve, Begins, mater misericordise ;
Vita, dulcedo, et spes nostra, salve.
Ad te clamamus, exules filii Heve ;
Ad te suspiramus, gementes et flentes
in hac lacrymarum valle.
Eia ergo, Advocata nostra,
I lies tuos misericordes oculos ad nos
converte ;
Et Jesum, benedictum fructum ven-
tris tui,
Nobis post hoc exilium ostende,
O Clemens, O pia, O dulcis Virgo
Maria.
V. Ora pro nobis, sancta Del Geni-
trix.
R. Ut digni efficiamur promissionibus
Christi.
Oremus.
Omnipotens, sempiteme Deus, qui
gloriosse Virginia Matris Maripe corpus
et animam, nt dignum Fllii tui habita-
culum effici mereretur, Spiritu Sancto
co-operante, pneparastl ; da ut cujus
commemoratione ketamur, ejus pia in-
tercessione ab instantibus mails et a
morte perpetua liberemur. Per eumdem
Chiistum, &c.
R. Amen.
V. Divinum auxilium maneat semper
Qobiscum.
K Amen.
Hall, holy Queen, Mother of mercy ;
Our life, our sweetness, and our
hope, all hail.
To thee we cry, poor banished sons of
Eve;
To thee we sigh, weeping and mourn-
ing in this vale of tears.
•Therefore, our Advocate,
Turn thou on us those merciful eyes
of thine ;
And after this our exile, shew us
Jesus, the blessed fruit of thy womb,
O merciful, O kind, O sweet Virgin
Mary.
V. Pray for us, holy Mother of
God.
B. That we may l>e made worthy of
the promises of Christ.
Let us pray.
Almighty, everlasting God, who, by
the co-operation of the Holy Ghost,
didst prepare the body and soul oiF
Mary, glorious Virgin and Mother, to
become the worthy habitation of thy
Son ; grant that we may be delivered
from instant evils and from everlasting
death by her gracious intercession, in
whose commemoration we rejoice.
Through the same Christ, &c.
R. Amen.
V. Ma^ the divine assistance remain
always with us.
R. Amen.
« Tindall's Evesham, p. 112.
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NOTE TO p. 114. THX SALVS OF OUR LADT. 143
'* Henry VL, the founder of King^s College, Cambridge, and of Eton, pre.
soribee in the statutes, * That every day of the year, at a JUting k9ur of the
evening, all the choristers of oar royal college, together with the master in
chant, shall enter the church at the sound of a bell, which shall be always rung
except on Holy Thursday or Qood Friday ; and these wearing surplices and
ranged around a statue of the Blessed Virgin, with the catidles lightedy^ $hall
sing tolemniy and to the very host of their thill an antiphon of the Bleeted
Virgin with the verse " Ave Maria," Sso., and the prayer ** Mentis et precibus/* *
&c."
** The evening antiphon seems to have occupied with our Catholic
forefathers almost the same place that is now filled by the evening Benedictioa
of the Blessed Sacrament — a form of devotion not then established.''
<' By the statutes for the collegiate church of Whittington College, London,
it is ordained that even on ferial days, throughout the year, about or after
sunset, when the poor labourers and those who live near the church are giving
up worh and business^ when there is no reasonable hindrance^ the chaplains,
clerhs, and choristers of the college who are at home, after the ringing of a
small bell set apart for that office, shall meet in the chapel of St. Mary in the
said church, and there sing to the honour of our Saviour and His Mother an
antiphon with versicles and prayer.^ To keep up this custom many guilds
were established. Stow^ tells us of one such called the < Salve^^ in St. Magnus*
Church, near London Bridge, which was flourishing in A.D. 134.3. Certain
citizens, 'of their great devotion to the honour of God and His glorious
Mother, our Lady Mary the Virgin, began and caused to be made a chauntry to
sing an anthem to our Lady called '* Salce Regina'^ every evening; and thereon
ordained Jice burning wax lights at the time of the said anthem, in honour of
the five principal joys of our Lady aforjesaid .... and thereupon many other
good people of the parish . . . proffered to be aiders to support the said
lights, and the said anthem to be continually sung, paying every person every
week a halfpenny.* " "To many of my readers will have already
occurred the memory of Chaucer's beautiful picture of the village school and
of the boys learning to sing our Lady's antiphon but before giving it,
I will translate from the works of St Peter Celestine the original tale which
Chaucer has developed.** — pp. 169, 170.
[Here follows St. Peter Celestine's Tale, which Father Bridgett says is at
least a century older than that of Chaucer.]
" One more illustration of the popular use of antiphons I may mention ; for
though insignificant in itself, it is associated with an honoured name. It seems
that the street-singers appealed to Christian piety and charity by these popular
hymns. In allusion to this custom. Sir Thomas More, after resigning the
chancellorship, called together his family, and telling them that they would
^ ** Many bequests occur of candles to be lighted during the salve."— Pietas
Mariana Britannica. By Edmund Waterton, F.S.A. London : 1879. p. 139.
* Quoted by Dr. Rock, vol. iii. p. 278. ' Survey of London, vol. i. p. 495.
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NOTES TO pp. 114, 120.
still live togetheFf though they would have to reduce their expenditure, added
merrily, that if it came to the worst, * may we yet with bags and wallets go
a-begging together, and hoping that for pity some good folks will give us their
charity, at every man^s door to sing Salve Regina, and so still keep company
and be merry together.'" i— (Twr Lady'$ Dowry, By Rev. T. E. Bridgets
(London : 1876.) p. 173.
[Fr. Bridgett gives an old English yenion of the Salve Begina about 1400.]
— M. L.
p. 120, 1. 11, 13. LineoltM» may be ' Lincolni^jin.'
^ Roper's Life of More,
Any Corrections or Additions for the Lists and the volume generally mil be
thankfully received.— F, J. F., 3, St, George's Sq., N, W,
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LIST OF NAMES AND PLACES.
Abbat and tbe howse of Tewkes-
bery, II6/7
Abbey of Tewkesbury, 116/s
Abbot of Lauternam, IIO/9
Abbot of Westminster's Prison,
106/12
Abcburcb, St. Mary, London, 1/s
Acris Mersk, 53/;, 8
Acton, Middlesex, 5 m. west of
London, II/23
Agas riegge, IIO/4
Aiottes, in Bradwell, Essex, 7O/13
Alb we, Thomas, 40/2 3
Alflednasse, in Essex 1, 7O/26
Algat^, London, Menouresses of ;
bequest to, 7/8
Alison, 101/14
al Halewyn,Berkyng, the Churche
of, 86/20
All Hallows the More, London,
105/20; 108 /4
Allard, William, Citezein and
Skynner of London, 115/ 12
Almeshouse or Hospital of Oke-
ham, 62/23, p. 140
Alpheies, St., gift to its steeple-
work, 76/7
Aired, Richard, Squire, of Bore-
ham, Essex, 131/17
Alson, 33/17 (Lat Alicia, 83/2 1)
E. B. WILLS.
Alvowe, Thomas, 88/17, 23;
39/20
, William, 38/22 ; 39/20
Alys, the seruant of Mawde
White, 15/20
Amutyme Fenne, Lincolnshire,
126/11
Andrewe, Robert, 95/20
Aneys her mayden, 97/i2
Aneys Copursmyth, 97/i2
Aneys (or 1 Aueys, Avice) New-
kole, 91/5
Anglesey, lohn, my seruaunt,
133/19
Anneys Gray, 92/i6
Anneys Leuch, IIO/2
Anneys of the Countour, I9/26
Anneys Whityngham, IO6/23
Annote Hadley, 39/22
Annote, Stephen Thomas's niece,
39/17
Anys, or Aneys, my wyf, 99/is,
18 ; 100/5
Archer, Ion, 29/i6
Arguston, lonet, 83/i6
Arleye manor in Lincolnshire,
122/25; 123/6; 124/14; 125/27
Amy, luliane, & John her hose-
bonde, 8/8
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146
LIST OF NAMES AND PLACES.
ArthouT, a Keduse of Sherboom,
10/8
Aspley (in Warwickshire 1), 33/i i ,
30
AssHOOMBE, Margarete, widow, of
London; her Will, p. 96-7
Asshwell, maistei Thomas, 107/7
Asshwell, Watkyn, 114/i4 *
Aston, Thomas, Citezein and
Skjnner of London, 115/ 13
Audeby, Thomas, 62/io
Austin, £p., p. 113, note 2
Austins, 106/io,the Austin Friars
Austyn, Eichard, of Hackney,
100/9
Austyns, Freres, of London, 3I/21
Averay, Joan, Bobeit A.'6 wife,
17/12
AvERAT, Eobert, Cordwainer, of
London; his Will, p. 16-17; p. 137
Aueys my nece (Jn. Cred/s),
76/II. AviceP See Anejs.
Avys Garton, I3/33
Aylton, 23/10; 26/2
Babthorp, Wm., Baron of the
King's Exchequer, 131/ 11
Babyngton, William, 7I/20
Bageworthe (Somerset 1), 28/7
Bagge, sir Water, person of
Brynkcworth (Wilts), II2/2
Baldok, lohn, Citezein & Wax-
chaondeler of London, 34/29
Bamvile, Eichard, 1 33/29
Banaster, Eichard, Citizen &
Vintner of London, 79/23
Barking, Middx, church of All
Hallows at, 86/20. See Deanery.
Bamaby, Thomas, lll/i
Bamain, Francis and Benedict, 67,
note 2
Bamet Church, Middlesex, 93/21
Barnet, John, of London, Draper,
his Will, p. 93-4
Barnet, Mary, wife of John B.,
93/18
, Eichard, son of John B.,
93/18
Barre, Jane, llO/i
Bartholomew Fair, p. 92, note 2
Bartilmeux, saint, the spitell of,
106/ 16. See BeHjlmew and Ssint
Bartlottes, in Bradwell, Essex,
70/13
Bartlet my seruaunt, 133/21
Barton, Friar, 1 26/32, 33
Bartrice, my suster, 133/3
Basse, William, I25/23
Basset, John, of Chishull (Chis-
well, Essex), 69/i7, 19; 71/i8;
72/16
Basset, one of Lady Warwick's
legatees, II8/24
Bataile, lohan, prest, 48/i2
Batesey, lone, 29/ 11
Bathe, Thomas, of Bristol, his
* endenture * or Will, p. 45-7
Battiscoumbe, lohn, 130/ 13
Bavenger, Jenyn, 1 25/24-5
Baxtir, William, guardian of the
Hospital of Okeham, Rutlandshire,
55/9
Baxter, William, 64/32
Bayle, Thomas, my seruant^
114/11
Baynard, Eolf, 71/iS
Beatrice my seruaunde, I9/26
Beauchamp, Eichard de, 5th Earl
of Warwick, p. 116, note 3
Beaumont, Eobert, IIO/16
Begelon, William, I6/19
Becket, Gilbert, Portgrave of
London, p. 105, note : p. 140
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147
Bedlem Hospital, bequest to poor
of, 32/1
Bedlem Spital, 78/io
Bele, Agnes, 13/6
Bele, lohn, 13/4
BelHers, Elizabeth, III/20
Beranger, Jenyn, his seruant,
126/IO
Bereughby, ))e persone (or rector)
of, 57/9
Bertylmew,St., 92/8; his Church,
92/10
Beverley, Yorkshire, St. Mary's
church of, I2/17 ; its Vicar, 12/i8 ;
its poor, priests, friars, St. Giles's
Spital, 12/21-4
Biderenden, John, the Chamber-
lain of the City of London, 75/20
Bikenacre, Essex, 70/i8. 8ee
Bykenacre.
Biron, Sir John, I24/13
Bishoptre, Thomas, 133/22
Bloncit, John, 96/6
Blount, Thomase, Menchon (nun)
of Romeseye (Hants), 6/8
Blundell, Edward, squyer of
Worcestreshire, III/9; his son
Bichard, lll/i i
Bodeman, John, clerk, 42/30
Bokeland, Johan, wife of Eichard
B., 107/22
BoEELAND, Eichard, Esq., of All-
Hallows the Greater, Thames St.,
London : his Will, p. 104-108
Bokeler, lohn, wexchaundeler of
London, 101/ 1
Bokeler, Margery, 102/i8
Bokelond, Cristofre, and his sone
Thomas, 107/2 13
Bonylys maner, 1 in Essex, 70/2
Borage, John, of Hackney, IOO/7
Borham, John, 69/ii ; 7I/14 '
BoRTOK, Eoger, of Hackney,
Middlesex, his Will, p. 98. Alison,
his wife, 98/14
, Agnes and Cristian, Soger's
daughters, 98/ 10, 12
Boteler, Thomas, I9/24
Boteler, William, 83/17
Botiller, liard, 68/9 : a grey horse
Botiller Place in Eston (Lincoln-
shire), 126/4
Bowdens, 88/32 : a farm or place
in Essex P
Bowers, Elizabeth,. IIO/3
Braceby, Lincolnshire, 6O/5, 16 ;
63/26 ; 64/4
Brade-Stoke,thePriourof, IO9/20.
Bradstoke Priory was in the Deanery
of Malmesbury, Wiltshire.
Bradfeld, Sarum diocese, 21/i3
Bradfeld, ])e manere of, I9/17
Bradfield, Berkshire, 18/6, 10
Bradwell, Essex, 7O/14, 18
Brasiere, lohan, prest, 48/13
Brauntoft in Lyndeseye, 61/6 :
P Bratoft, Lincolnshire
Bray broke, Joan, p. 129, note 1
Braynesplace (1 in Herefordshire),
25/9
Bread-St Counter, a London
prison, p. 113, note 5
Brerdon, William, 28/6
Brethenham manor, Suffolk, 72/2
Bride's, or Bridget's Church,
Fleet St, p. 65. See St. Bride's.
Bridgnorth, 32/7, 18, 29; 35/2o
Bridlington: pilgrimage to the
Priory of, for Testator's soul, 4O/16-
17
Brigg, lohn, 58/29
Bristow, 45/6 : Bristol
Bristowe, bequest to freres pre-
chours and Mcnours of, 7/29
L 2
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148
UBT OF NAMES AND PLAGES.
Broke, Thomas, of Holditch,
Thornecombe, BeTon ; his Will, p.
26-28
, lobane his wyfe, 28/i, 5
Bromesbury, Robert, 29/22
Brond, lohn, 43/i3 ; 44/9, '2, 19
Brook, Edward, Sir Thos. B/s
son, 130/24
Brook, Sir Thomas, of Cobham,
Kent ; his Will, p. 129-130, p. 138
Broughton, Bucks, 48/i6
Broun, Thomas, 66/4 ; 66/10, 22 ;
and his Wife, 65/i6
Broune, Cristina, widow of Jn.
Broune, or John Atte Grove of
Fulham, 44/28, 25
Broune, Elene, John B.'8 Sister,
44/1
Broune, Jn., of Henry V.'s Chnm-
ber, and of Fulham, Middx: his
WiU, p. 43-4
, alias Johannes atte Grove
de Fulham, 44/25
Broune, Richard, brother of Jn.
B.,43/9; 44/19
Brownyng, Symkyng, Klerk,
102/12
- Brownyng, Symond, clerk of St.
Margaret Pattens, London, IO2/20,
22
Brugge, Gyles of, 112/i ; Giles
Bridges
Brune, Walter, founder of St.
Mary's Hospital, Bishopsgate, p.
32, note 1
Bryggenorth, 3I/4, 16, 19 : Bridg-
north, Shropshire
Brynkeworth, Wilts, 11 2/2
Bryxhyll, Ion, 29/i4
Buelt, lohn, seruant, III/2
Buk, Sir John (a priest 1), 67/io
Bullok, John, 24/4
Burdeux, Peter de Lobered of,
39/33
Burdon, Alison, 40 marks for her
marriage, 75/5 ; 76/15
Burdon, Richard, skynner, of
Londen, 74/i, 3; 76/13, 17; he
and Denys his wife, 74/22 ; John
their son, 74/27 ; and Richard his
brother, 74/28
Burfeld, 19/27, 33
Burgate in J)e newgate of Okeham,
6O/31 ; 64/11
Burgeys, William, and ys wyfe,
19/23
Burgo, Elizabeth de, p. 1 17, note 3
Bumam, Water (Walter), 40/2
Burton, John, 98/i8
Burton Place, in Fenne Amutyme,
Lincolnshire, 126/ii
Burton, Robert, frere, 48/io
Burton, Thos., of Loughborough,
p. 130
Butterley and the fenne, 26/i6
Bykenacro Priory, Essex, 70/s
Bykenare, 69/5; 70/i8, Bikinacre,
Essex
Byllyngeslond in Rwaren (1 Here-
fordshire), 25/4
Byschop, Sir Jankyn, I3O/24
Caileflete, Robert, 121/s; I25/21;
126/1$, 18 ; 128/29; and lohane
his wyf, 126/2, 5
Cake, Simond, 94/s
Calabre, my Furre of, 34/2o
Cambrigge, vniuersitee oi^ 105/2
Camew's (a man), 57/i6
Camp, John, 38/6, 7, 16 ; 39/32
Campe, John, 41/io
Campion, Thomas, 58/8
Campion, Toume, 58/31
Canterbury (Shrine of Thomas a
Becket), Pilgrim to eo there bare-
foot from Fleet St., for the good of
Wm. Newland's soul, 65/7
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U9
Canterbury, St. Austin's and
Christchurch in, 132/21-2
Canterbury Tales, l)equest of, a.d.
Itt20, p. 136
Canwedon, 70/i8 : Canewdon,
near Rochford, £ssex
Capenter, Thomas, 19/2$
Carlton, sir Eobert, IO7/17
Carmes (Carmelite), Freres, of
London, 31/21. See Friars.
Carpinter (Carpynter), John,
comown dark, 75/21 ; 76/25
Carter, lonet, 85/io
Cathedral cherche of seynt Pawle
of London, 132/6. See St. PauPs.
Cawdray, maister Eichard, clerc,
107/23, 28
Cawode, Eobert, 54/9
CayUfe, the Pore, 50/i8 ; p. 61,
note ; p. 139
Chace, Eichard, 63/s ; 54/7, 10,
21
Chale, ))e manor of, I9/36
Chalford (] Glostershire), 23/s ;
25/27
Chandos, Eobert de, p. 110, note 2
Chapman, Eichard, 98/i7
Chardacre and Valans, the Manor
of, in Suffolk, 69/26
Charleton, lohan, wife of Nicholas
C, 115/5
Charleton, Nicholas, Citezein and
Skynner of London: his Will,
112/16
Chamell,of St. Alphage, Alder-
manbury ; priest of the, 75/i6
, of St. Edmond, p. 78,
note 2
, of St. Paul's, 96/4
Chaucer : bequest of his Canterbury
Tales, A.D. 1420, p. 136
Chaunterie of the Chirche of Seint
Leonardo in Briggenorth, 31/i5;
32/7 ; 33/2, 4
Chelmsford Hundred, 70/2 1
Chblmtswtk, lohn, squier of
Shropshire : his Will, p. 30-35
Chelmyswyk, Thomas, dead son
of John C, 31/5
, Elyanore, dead wife of
John C, 31/5
, lonet, dead Grandame of
John C, 31/6
Chelmyswyk, Jonet, wife of Jn.
C, 32/20, 25; 33/5,12,17,18,23,
29, 32 ; 34/16, 20
Cherd, Somerset, 27/i2
Cherlton withoute Newgate^
London, 9/2
Chesc, William, 19/22
Chesse, Thomas, 4O/4, 19
Chesthunt (Herts), the Prioresse
of, IO6/18
, Prioresse and house of, to
have their Pledges back free,
107/19, 20
Chestirshire, Wylliam of, I9/24
Chichele, John, 97/i4 ; 98/20 ;
102/30
Childe, Eobert, 8O/9
ChDderhous in Middelsex, the
place of John Credy in 1426, 74/5
Chibchb, Alys, widow ; her Will,
p. 85
Chishull, 69/i6 : Great or Little
Chishall, in the hundred of Uttles-
ford, CO. of Essex, near Saffron
Walden
Christ Chui'ch Priory, Hampshire,
by the New Porest, 4/9; 6/30;
8/21
CicU, William, 107/s
Cirencester. See Siscetre.
City of London School, p. 75,
note*2
Clanbowb, Lady Peryne, of Here-
fordshire, her Will, p. 49-51 ; sister
of Sir Robert of Whitney, 49/i6
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LIST OF NAlfB8 AND PLAGES.
Claiell, Richard, IO7/13
Clemens, the woman that kepes
me, 97/2
Cleie, William, 134/3
Clerk, lohn, III/30
Cleik, John, of Wyssenden, 55/7
Clerk, Eohert, Rector of Bradfield
parish Church, dioc. of Sarom,
§1/6, II
Cleuche (or Clenche), Thomas,
111/12
Cley, lohn, 42/ii
Cliston (or Clifton), Sir Nichol,
5/28
, Alianore, his wife, daughter
of Lady Alice West, 5/28
, Thomas, his son, 5/29
Cloister, great North, of St Paul's,
p. 104^, note
Clopton, Henry, apprentice to
Jn. Toker, vintner, 79/i, 2
Clowys, a legatee of Sir T. Brook's,
130/17
Cohham Hall, Kent, 129/4
Cohham, John of, 2nd Lord C,
p. 129, note 1
Coderstoke, fe provest of, 67/20
Coggeshalcy lohn, 107/6, 24, 30;
lOS/ii
Cok and Garlond in Colmanstrete,
a shop or inn, 74/2, p. 140
Cok, )>e; a tenement in Grub-
strete (Cripplegate), 75/ii
Coke, lohn, Wm. Stanlow's ser-
vant, 126/13
Cokenell, Robert, 19/2 1
Cokkeman, Maut (Maud), IO2/15,
16
Cold Harbor, p. 106, note 1
Cole, Herry, taylour, duellyng
wyt-outen Temple Barre, 17/ 10,
20, 21
Colman, Sir lohn, prest, 8/29;
9/17, 29 ; 10/5
Colman, Thomas, tallowchandler,
102/27
Colyer, a legatee of Lady War-
wick's, II8/23
Colyn of my Chambre, II8/2S
Compton, Berkshire, 18/ 10
Cook, lohn, seruent to Robert
Greyndoor, III/30
Cooke, lohn, 107/is
Copursmyth, Aneys, 9 7/12
Corbet, Aunt of Lady P. Clan-
bowe, 50/4. See Notes.
Corbrigge, lohn, 130/ 13
Corn, Robert, Citizen of London ;
his Will, 1387, p. 1, 2
, Genet, his daughter, l/io
, Katherine, his daughter,
1/8
, Watkyn, his son, I/7
Comewayle, Edmond of, IIO/25
Comwaill, lohn, 125/22
Corpus Christi, Brotherhood of,
in the Skinners' craft, London,
113/14,15; 114/21
Cosin Lane, London, 88/31
Cosin, Wm., of Cosin Lane,
London, p. 88, note 1
Costert, Ion, my seruaunt, 29/8
Cosyn, lohn, of London, II/27
Coton, Elianor of^ 65/13 ; 66/9,
22
Cotteleygh, Devon, 27/^2, p. 138
Counters, two prisons in London
City, 78/4 ; 113/i8
Countour, Anneys of the, 42/26
Coventre, Sir Wm., Prior of St.
Bartholomew's, West Smithfield,
London, 92/i6 ; 93/io
Cowe heed in Chepe, 75/i7; p.
140 : a bouse in C heapside, London
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151
Coycellesplace Bevlmulle, 25/9
Coyle, sir lohan, 50/i7
Cradoke, Dauid, 50/2 5
Credy, Adam, and his son William,
74/14 ; his son Thomas, 74/i9
Credy, Alyson, of Halywell
Priory, Bishopsgate, 76/5
(1), Aueys, the testator
John Credy's niece, 76/ 11
Credy, Joan, the testator John's
Wife, 76/25 ; 77/2
Credy, John, squyer, of London
and Devonshire : his Will, p. 73-7
Credy, John, hrother of John
Credy the Testator, 74/ii
Credy, John, son of John Credy,
hrother of the testator John Credy,
74/33; 75/18
Credy, Kichard, 74/2
Credy, William, John C.*s nephew,
74/29 ; 76/1 1 ; his father, 74/29
Cressener, Wylliam, p. 134
Crestyndom, Hopkyn, 39/31 : at
London
Cripplegate, London, St. Alphage
Church in, 75/i5 ; 76/7
Crischerche, hows or Priory of,
Hampshire, 6/30
Cristian Borton of Hackney,
Middx., 98/11
Cristina Broune, or atte Grove de
Polham, 44/28
Cloddish, W., porter, 83/i7
Croland, Frere William, poor,
88/20, 21
Cromwell, Lord, IO8/1
Cromwell, Lord Ralph, of Tates-
hale, Treasurer of England, I2O/14-
16; 121/9
Cromwell, Oliver, p. 120, note 1
Crouche, Thomas, IO7/14
Crowder, Richard, 35/i8
Dale, Thomas, the Ward of Roger
Elore ; the right to get him married
(and take his fee), 63/3
Danydi, lohn, III/17
Darsy (a man), 71/i6
Dausey, Hew, III/16, 27
Dauy, Elyse, I3/32
Davy, John, 67/i3
, Margery, 67/i4
Davy, Whl, Fishmonger of
London, his Will, p. 67
Dawesy, Dausey, Hewe, III/16
Day, Robert, 54/9
Deanery of Middlesex and Bark-
ing, 86/8
Dembleby, Lincolnshire, 1 24/13;
126/8
Dene and Chalf ord, 23/s; 25/27
(? in Glostershire)
Dene, Philip, 69/17, 20; 7I/19,
28; 72/13
Denerston, lonet, 13/6
Denton, Mawde, 13/6
Derby, Richard, clerk, 94/6
Derffeld, Robert, 68/4
Despencer, Baron Thomas, p. 116,
note 3
Deuenschyre, londes and rentes
in, 20/10, 17
Devonshire, devise of manors in,
74/11, 18,23,25
Dey, sir lohn, parsone of Bage-
worthe (Somerset?), 28/6
Dixon, Sir NichoH, Clerk, 90/13
Dixson, sir Nichol, clerk, 54/9
DixTON, Richard, Esq., of Siscetre,
Glostershire; his Will, p. 108-112.
DovB, Isabett, wyf of Thomas
Dove, Citezein of London; her
WiU, p. 103
Downgate, Dowgate, London, p.
88, note 1
Dowrigge, Margrete, 133/ 18
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152
U8T OF NAMES AND PLACES.
DrUy LamenSy in Southcote, I8/16
Dru, Lawrence, 2I/4, 13
Druell, John, Bp. of London's
GomnuMary, 89/12; 91/22
Dudlynton, Juliane and John
Amy of, 8/8
Duffelde, 53/ii
Dunche Hundred, 7O/20: Dengey
Hundred, Essex
Dymmok, Thomas, Skynner, of
Glowoestre, 114/12
Dymmok, Olosteishire, 23/io
Dymmokeschastell (1 in Gloster-
shire), 26/io
Edeyn Veel (a woman), 29/13
Edmond of Comewayle, IIO/24
Edmund, John, 2/i i
Edward, 408. given to, III/18
Egham, Surrey, my native, p. 85,
note 6
Eldmede in be shire of Surre,
73/8
Eleward Place, in Eenne, Lincoln-
shire, 127/6
Ellyot, William, 4O/4
Ellys, Stephen, 4O/4
Elmeslet, Eoger, of London, once
a Waxchandler's Servant ; his Will,
p. 100
Elsingspitel, in Gripplegate, Lon-
don, 78/ 10
Elyngton, Anneys, 36/io, 13
Elyot, Thomas, 29/;
Elyse Dauy, I3/32
Emot, or Emet, Eoe, mother of
lonet Ghelmyswyk, 33/9, 1I9 29
Enwarle Maner, in Deuen, 74/23
Esebach, Robert, 14/ii
Essex, Thomas of, 7O/30 ; 71/2
Estcourt, Jn. (Commissioner of
Wills). 28/13; 35/22; 48/23;
6I/20
Estfeld, William, Mercer and Al-
derman of London, 9O/9
Estlond, in Bradwell, Essex, 70/
13
Estnore, Herefordshire, 24/13, 20
Estwode, ^e chirche of (in Essex),
39/15
Estynton, William, 111/iS, 23
Euenwode, Ion, 29/6
Euerard, Eichard, I3/7
Euerchurch in Somerset, 76/2
Evesham, the Abbot of, 109/i8;
the Convent of, 109/ 19
Ewhurst, Eoger, parkere of, 8/1 1.
£wh. is in Sussex, near Borwash
Exettur in Deuenshire, 75/4
Eypn, a creditor of Stephen
Thomas, 39/2$
Eyre, Symmykyn, 42/8, 9
Eyre, Thomas, my seruaunde, 19/
18
Fairchild, quarriour, 59/4
Fairchild (or Faarchild, 54/4, 21),
Thomas, 63/6; 64/ 10
Farley, in Herefordshire 1, 25/13
Fasteme, IIO/17, 20 ; III/4 : 1 a
house of my Lord of York
Fastolf, maister, his liuerey, I3I/9
Faukeswell, Wm., 66/12
Favarches, Eicholdis de, p. 117,
note 3
Fawkes, Thos., 66/9, 25
Fawkys, Sir Thomas, 65/i2
Fenne, Sir R Rochefort's manor
or dwelling-place, 121/ 14; 122/9,
25; 123/5; 124/14; 126/31 J
127/6
Ferroure, William, brewer, IO2/26
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UST OF NAMES AND PLACIS.
153
Fitz-Harry, Elizabeth, widow of
Wm. F., 89/2, 14; 88/29, 32
Fitz-Harry, William, of Cosin
Lane, London ; his Will, p. 87-9
Fitz-Harry, Sir John, 88/19 ; 89/
I, 15
Fitz-Herberd, dame luce, Priorisse
of Shaftebury, 6/7
Flegge, Agas, IIO/4
Flete, the prisoners of the, 78/6 ;
106/12. See ' Prisons ' in List of
Words.
Floode, Walter, Brewer, 95/s
, John, his son, 95/6
Flore, Anneys, Roger F.'s daugh-
ter, 67/17 ; 68/6 ; 63/3, 8
Flore, Cecile, my welbeloued wife,
66/12; 57/24; 68/3,4; 60/6, 22,
33; 62/25
Flore, James, Eoger F/s son,
57/9; 60/ 16; 63/20,22
Flore, Joan, Roger F.'s daughter,
57/20
Flore, John, son of Roger F., 61/
13
Flore, Robert, Roger F.'s son,
57/6, 15 ; 58/9 ; 6O/21, 32 ; 64/
13, 17
Flore, Roger, Esq., of London and
Oakham ; his will, p. 55-64 ; p. 139
Flore, Roger, son of Roger F., 57/
10, 15 ; 61/7
Flore, Thomas, Roger F.*s son,
66/3; 67/5; 68/1, 2, 5, 12, 13;
6O/12, 23 ; 6I/1, 9, 23, 30; p. 139
Flore, William, Roger F.'s son,
64/i6
Fondour, Wyllyam, 15/25
Forest, lohn, IO7/13
Forman, Thomas, his wife, 91/i6
Forster, lohn, my godsonne, 45/
6, 9, 12, 14
Forster, Richard, 75/8
Forstrer, Richard, blind man, 8/8
Franciscans: 9ee 'Friars' in
Word-List.
Frankelensmonday lond, 1 in Es-
sex, 70/2
Frankyngham in Surrey, 74/31
Fray, lohn, 44/4
Frost Mores, 53/is
Frowyk, lohan, 133/i
Frowyk, Thomas, son of Harry
Frowyk, 134/ 15, 22
Frye, William, of Deuenshire,
76/25
Fulham (MiddxV Johannes atta
Grove de, or John Broune, 44/25
, Thomas atte Grove de,
44/28. &»* Broune.'
Fulman, Robert, 88/25
Fulthorpe, lohn, 53/i2
Fysscherys, 38/32: Fisher's, a
farm or place in Essex P
Gale, James, Commissary of
London, I4/9
Gardyner, John, 1 33/23
Gardyns, in BradweU, Essex, 70/
13
Garlickhithe Church, London, 82/
20
Garton, Avys, I3/33
Gefori, 80/6: Geoflfrey
Gely, Pers, 66/13
Geneyn, syr Perys, I3/13
Genfeld, Richar, 48/9
Germen, Stephen, Commissary*
General for Wills, 84/13 ; 87/i3
Gery, Richard, 4I/17, 21; 42/9,
15, 18, 23
Gifford, Dame Cicile, IO6/17:
Frioresse of Chesthunt
Gifford, Sir John, Chanon of the
Abbey of Waltham, IO6/20
Gilford, Surrey, the Friars of,
90/7
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154
LIST OF NAMES AND PLAGES.
GiRDELBR, John, of Harefield,
near Uxbridge. Middx; his Will,
p. 10-11
Glostersbire and Herefordshire
places, 23/10, II
Gloucester, f rere precbours of, 1 09/
10
Gloucestre, Thomas, clerk, 114/
6, 16; 115/12
Goky, lohn, I9/21
Golcleve (Goldcliff, Monmouth-
shire), the Prior of, and his monkes,
110/10
Goodyng, Thomas, of Hackney,
Middlesex, 98/i6, 17
Granger, Richard, parson of seint
Pancras, 83/i6
Graveley, Kateryn, Eichard Gr.*s
daughter, 87/4
Graveley, Eichard, of London,
grocer; his Will, p. 86-7
Graveley, Wm., of London, 87/i
Gray, Anneys, wife of Richard G.,
92/16
Gray, John and Richard, sons of
Richard G., 93/4
Gray, Richard, of St. Bartholo-
mew's, London ; his Will, p. 92-3
Great Malvern, £40 to the Prior
of, 23/27
Gregory, Isabel, of Hackney;
her WiU, p. 91-2
Gregory, lone, daughter of Isabel
G., 91/9
Grene, lohn, I3/4
Grey Friars. /S!ee ' Friars ' in Word
List.
Greyndoor, Robert, and Jane his
wife, 110/5, 6
Greyndoor, Robert, III/31
Grubstrete, London, 75/ 1 2. * Grub
Street, Cripplegate. Now called
Milton-street, from the nearness of
its locality to the Bunhill residence
of our great epic poet — ^an extra-
ordinary change torn all that is
low and grovelling in literature (in
Johnson's time) to all that is epic
and exdted.' — Cunningham, 1850.
Gy, Richard, I3/3
Gybbes, Walter, Licentiate in Law,
10/14
Gylbert, Thomas, 133/23
Gyles of Brugge, 112/i : Giles
Brydges
Haddoke, Rychard, of the Lee,
Essex, 40/1
Hadley, Annote, bat es with me,
39/22
Hadley chirche, Essex, 39/i4
Hadley, Monken, or Monkes
chirch, near Bamet, Middx, 93/21
Hale, Idany (of the Spital, 91/
II), 91/6,8,9,17,18
Hale, lohn, 88/25
Halfhide, one of Lady Warwick's
legatees, 11 8/23
Halgot in Shropshire, 34/i i
Halle, Thomas, I3/4
Halton in Lyndesey , Lincolnshire,
6I/13
Haly well, 76/5 : the Priory of St.
John the Baptist at Holy Well,
fibhopsgate, London
Hampton, 40/2 6 : Southampton,
Hampshire
Hampton, Laurans, 13/6 ; 14/ii
Hanefeld, Richard Forstrerof, 8/9
Hanyngfeld, Agnes, lohan, Cisily,
Wm., Nicholas, Martin, Alienore,
Elisabeth, Roger and Margery,
70/7, 8 ; Cisily, Johan and Agnes,
71/8,9
Hanyngfeld, Wm., Esq., of Bik-
inacre, Essex, and of Suffolk ; his
Latin Testament of his Personalty,
p. 68-9 ; and English Will of his
Realty, p. 69-72
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LIST OF NAMBS AND PLAGBS.
155
Hardyng, Watkyn, III/15
Hardynge, lofin, grocer, IO2/26
Harefield, nr. Uxbridge, Middx,
10/18; its parish church, 11/6;
high altar, II/7 ; and clerk, ll/ii
Haringey, Harryngey, at Homsey,
Middlesex, 8O/4
Hameys, Thomas, 96/20
Harwode, Thomas, 44/i2
Hawey, Eicbard, master of the
Chauntry — LatiHy * cantaria ' — of
Mantou, 55/8. See 58/26
Hawys, lonet, IIO/18
Hay, Piers de la, 54/8
Hay, Shropshire 1, 35/20
Haye and Tasseleye, my Manors of
the (in Shropshire), 34/ 10
Hay ward, lohn, 19/ 2 3
Helindon, Hillingdon, Middx,
11/18. /&* 11/22
Hempston, John Smart, bailiff of
Sir Thomas West at, 8/13
Henry V.'s Chamber, John
Broone of, 43/2
Henstrygge, 1 32/15: Henstridge,
Somerset
Henuden (a man), 53/9
Herdyngton, Harlington, Middx,
85/9
Herdyngton, Somersetshire, 43/
10, 15
Hereford Cathedral, gift of 100*.
to, 22/19
Hereford, Grey Freres of, 109/ 12
Hereford, tbeBp. of, II8/28
Herelowe (15/i8), or Herlowe,
Margarete, wedewe, I6/2, 16
Hereward, William, 19/i9
Herflete, p. 97, note 2
Hergest, lohn, 50/2 3
Hertfordshire, 49/9 : Hereford-
shire
Hetb, Katerine and lohan, my
doughters, 99/20^ 22
Hbth, Rauf, of Hackney, Middle-
sex; his Will, p. 99-100; Anejs
his wife, 99/15, 18; IOO/5
He wet, lo&n, loynour, 82/3, 28
Hewys, lohn, 111/ 17
Hill, John, Armourer, 94/i8
Hillindon, Middlesex, II/22
Hinton Marcel, Hampshire, 4/5 ;
p. 135
Hiwey, Richard, 64/31
Ho^enes, sire John, person (rector)
of Tasseley (Shropshire), 35/ 18
Holdich, Devon, my Manour of,
27/11; 28/9; p. 138
Holdyche,130/9 : Holditch,Devon-
shire
Horple (1 in Herefordshire), 25/5
Home, Robert, 88/20, 23 ; 89/i6
Horton, William, 29/22
Hospital of St. Marie Maude-
leyne, ahoue Wynchestre, 7/35
Hotham (1 in Devon), 27/ii
Hotoft, John, p. 134
Hoton, William, 97/i, 9
Howe, Thomas, 80/6
Howecapell, Herefordshire, 23/ii
Huchecoke, lohn, 50/21
Hukyns lohan, 48/i6, 25
Hall, Dame Alionore, 90/ 10
Humberstone, lonet, 58/23
Humberstone, Ralph, of Leicester,
55/7
Hunt, brouderere, 53/i9
Husewyffe, Roger, priest, 90/ 10
Hyde {] in Herefordshire), 25/4
Hylbyll, William, 4O/3
Hynton, Alison, 6/1 1
Ibex, a person, 1 1 1 /i 7
Idany Hale, 91/6, 8, 9, 17, 18
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156
LIST OF NAMES AND PLACES.
Idkyne my chambrer (chamber-
maid), 6/14
He of Wygbt, 20/i
Ikenbam, ]» panstL chircb of, 11/
12
Ivy Lane, near St Paul's and
Paternoster Row, London, 93/3
Jacob, John, 21/6, la
lacobo my seraaunt, IO7/14
lames and his wyf, 50/2 6
lane, myn nece, 50/6, 8
lankyn clerk, 39/i2. See Chau-
cer^s Wife of Bat A' t Preamble, lines
595, 628.
Jankyn or John Miles, 5O/15 ;
6I/21
lankyn Tailour, 50/2 2
lehannez, 48/2 : John's 1
Jerusalem, pilgrim to be sent to,
for good of Testator's soul, 53/2 ;
65/5
Joan, daughter-in-law to Lady
Alice West, 5/5
lohn, my [John Credy's] godson,
74/12
lohn. Sire, my preest, 71/aa
lohn) my wyf, 115/i8, 23 : Joan
lohn of Nokys, 111/ 19
lohn of the kechyn, 19/2 1 ; 133/
26
lohn of Pantrye, III/13
John of the SpetlB, 91/7, ^^
John of the Stable, 107/is
Johnson, John, 1 25/24
Ion my prentys, bequests to, 22/
5,7
lonet Hawys, IIO/18 : Jeanette
lonet my Cosin (Jn. Cred/s), 76/
12
lorge my Cosyn, 39/i8
loyo; Elizabeth; 50/18; 51/ii,2i
loye, sir lohn, preest of the chircL
of Alhalowen the more, London.
108/5
lulyan, sir William, 133/a5
Kamerwell, Alys, I5/17
Kechyn, lohn of be, I9/21 :
133/26
J lohn Wylkynsone of
the, 133/27
, William of the, 107/i6
Kemp, Eobard, 13/s
Kempeley, Glo'stershire, 23/io
Kempley, John, IO7/24
Kesteuen, Lincolnshire, 1 24/13
Keston, Elysabeth, to have 80
marks for her marriage, 11 8/ 16, 19
Ketrych, Bichard, Grocer, of Lon-
don, 131/16
Keys, three, to a Chest of Deeds,
62/24
Killum, Martyn, I3/3
King's Bench, Prisoners of the,
78/4; 106/ 14
Kingston Bridge over the Thames,
85/8
Knight, John, p. 134
Knight riders street, London, p.
65, note 5
KnoUes, lonet, 5O/30
Knolles, Thomas, pe jongger, 50/
32
Knolles, Thos., 51/n
Knoston, Margarete, a servant,
87/3
Koc kook, 58/30 : Cock, the
cook ? or Kokok
Kyllet, Wm., of Essex, II/26
Kylwolmerssh, William, clerk,
54/14
Kynegespeaw yn Hyde (1 Here-
fordshire), 25/4
Kyngesbenche, prison of, 78/4
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.LIST OF NAMES AND PLAGES.
157
Lacy, Edmund, Bp. of Exeter,
hw Pontifical y p. ]35
Lacy, William, tayler, 96/2
Lady-Chapell of the Howse of
Tewkesbery, 117/7
Laffarebrugge, 70/2 3 : % Langford
brid^ on the Biackwater, near
Maiden, Essex
Langeford, Henre, Sir Wm. L's
son, 19/10; 20/4, 5» ", 15, 29, 30
Langeford, Lncie, daughter of Sir
Wm. L., 19/30; 20/15, 24, 29, 30
Langeford, Lady Lucy, Sir Wm.
L.'8 wife, 18/9, 16; 2O/27, 29;
21/1
Langeford, Sir William, knight ;
his Will, p. 18-21
Langeford, Robert, his eldest son,
19/1 ; and wife Elyzabeth, 19/7
Langeford, Wm., Sir Wm. L's
son, 19/8, 35 ; 20/12, 13, 16, 27
Langeford, Ysabell, Sir Wm. L.'s
daughter, 19/i i ; 2O/32
Langholme, John, I2I/3
Lantemam, Abbot of, IIO/9. The
Abbey was in Monmouth.
Larance my neese, 39/i6
Lawsell, Lawshall, Suffolk, be-
quest for building its church, 69/13
Lazar House of Walsingham, p.
117, note 3
Lazare, bowses of, next aboute
London, 106/ 16 : leper hospitals
Ledbury, Glostershire, 23/io ;
24/12, 20
Lee, Essex, parish-church of, 37/
13; 38/3,27; 39/6
Lee, poor of, 39/9
Lee in Deuenshire, John Credy's
place at, 74/1 1
Leek, Richard, I2I/4
Leesthorpe in Leicestreshire, 63/
22
Leget, Isabell, 42/s
Leget, Eoberd, 4I/14, 18] 42/
12, 20, 23
Leke, Richard, 125/2 7
Lemman, lohn, Citezein and
Skynner of London, 34/26; 35/
10 ; his Wife, 35/i
Leuch, Anneys, IIO/2
Le Ware, Lord, 5 7/13
Lewes, William, 58/29
Lewys, Kateryne, my seruant, 45/
15,17; 46/IO, 13,20,28; 47/5
Leycestreshire, 6I/21
Lincoln, Cathedral of, 20«. to,
120/10
Lincoln, Wm., Bp. of; a gold
sapphire ring to, I2O/13, 14 ; 121/
8
Lobered, Peter de, of Burdeux,
39/34
Lochard, Sire William, 32/28
London, Gefori, 80/6
London, Bp. William, of, 66/17
London, Lazare bowses next
aboute, IO6/16
London, the 6 'pore hospitales'
near : St. Mary's, Bedlam, St.
Thomas's, St. Anthon;y's, St. Bar-
tholomew's, and St. Giles's, 31/31 ;
32/1-3. See Friars, Ludgate, New-
gate, Prisons, St., Towre, &c.
Longeford (1 in Herefordshire),
23/25 ; 25/19
Lound, Henry, 53/2 1
Loveden, Roger, of Bristol, mer-
chant, 131/19
Louell, Lady, I9/13
Lowesley, John, 68/1
Lowys & othyr seruauntys, I3/17
Lister, William, 53/6 ; 64/i6
Ludgate in London, the prisoners
of, gift to, to pray for a Testator,
31/27; 106/11
Ludgate, prison of, 78/4 ; 11 3/17
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158
LIST OF NAMES AND PLAGES.
Ladlow, Shiopsbiie, the twey
Ordrea of Frcres in, 31/ 12
Lunhx, G«retrude de, the wyf
of William de Lanhx, Gitezein and
▼inter of London, 103/6, 14
Luysote (a woman ?), 5O/24
Lychfeld, maister william, persone
of Alhalowen the more, IO8/4
Lydyerd, IIO/24 : 1 Lidiard Mil-
licent, Wilts.
Lynches, the place of (1 in Shrop-
shire), 34/1 1
Lyndefeld, J., a Commissary of
the 6p. of London, 72/ 11, 16;
83/19; 90/19; 108/8; II9/23
Lynebroke, the Prioress of, Aunt
of Lady Peryne Clanbowe, 50/4
Lytell John Spotell, 40/s
Machabre, Dance of, p. 104,
note
Maleiy, Sir William, 123/2 5
Maliot, Benet, 88/20, 22 ; 89/2o
Malmesbuiy, the Abbot of, 109/22
Malton, Jn., 131/is
Man, John, cordwainer, 22/i i
Mangeard, Maudes ; wife of Walter
Mm 95/16, 19
MANasARD, Walter, of London,
cook; his Will, p. 94-5
Manley, Hard, 53/7, * S^^J horse
Manny, Sir Walter, p. 105, note
Manton,J>eMai8terof,55/8; 68/26
Marchall, lohan, a f rere, 48/9
Marchall, Maister Ion, Dene of
firiggenorth (Shropshire), 32/29
Marcle, Herefordshire, 22/19;
24/12, 14
Marcle Church (Herefordshire),
Chantry to be founded in, 25/ 10
Margaret of Ware, IO7/17
Mariorie [Olney] my wyfe, 48/ 16,
18
Maishalsea, prisoners of the,
31/30; 78/4; IO6/13
Martfeld, Kobert, 68/30
Mary Maudelene of the holt,
II8/26-7, a chapeL See St. Mary.
Massyngham, Wm., I2I/4; 128/
29
Massyngton (Herefordshire ?), 23/
20
Mastorpe, Lincolnshire), 6O/30;
64/12; p. 140
Maut, Maud, 102/i6
Mawde, my seruaunt, (bequest) to
hire manage, 19/2 5
Medrose, Eichard, I2/14
Melbourne, John, 107/2 3, 29, 35
Mendam, John, of London, II/27
Menston, William, II9/15, 26
Merbury, John of, 66/1. (There
is no such place in Carlisle's book,
or Moule's.)
Mermaid Tavern in Bread St.,
Cheapside, bequest of its lease,
78/19; p. 141
Mersk, Acris, 53/7, ^
Meryco, John, 134/3
Meyre, Harry, III/16
Michel Marcle, 22/19: Much
Marcle, Herefordshire. iS'^ Marcle.
Miles, Jankyu; the servant and
trusty friend of Lady P. Clanbowe,
6O/15 ; 51/10, 21
Miles, Jankyn, hia wife, 60/25
Milner, Eichard, 6O/32
Mody, lohn, IIO/20
Monkes Chirch, 93/21 ; p. 141 :
Monken Hadley, or Hadley, next
Bamet, Middlesex
More, lohn, 126/2 3
More, Sir Thomas, 71/7 : the
Dead Dean of St. Paul's, p. 73
note, p. 104 note, 105 note, 140
Mores, Frost, 53/is
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LIST OF NAMBS AND PLAGES.
159
Morgan, Margaret, 11 8/21
Morstede, Maister Thomas, 88/19,
21 ; 89/15
Morstede, Thomas, p. 134
Morston, Devon, 74/25: Mort-
ston, near Mortbay, W. of Ufra-
combe
Mortymer, Elizabeth, IIQ/2
Morys, Dauid, 50/2 3
Mottrun, Master Adam de. Arch-
deacon of Canterbury, 10/ 13
Mounkcocamton, avowsone of fe
chirche of, 20/ 11
Mountfort, sir Wm., 119/iS, 26
Myddylton, Eobard, 13/8
Mylnere, Eichard, 64/ n
Mymmes, WilliMn, and Anneys
ys wyfe, 29/i5, 16
Mytton, Anneys, atte lyon, 88/
26-7
Nansan, John, 11 9/ 15 (1 Nan-
fan, a well-known family name in
Cornwall)
Neue, Bartholomew, 2/i, 9, 10, 21
New Forest, Hampshire, Priory of
the Canons of, 4/9, 10
Newbery, lohn, 125/22
Newe, husband of Elizabeth
Rogers, 8/6
Nbwbnt, Walter; his Will, p.
83
, Alsofl (L. Alicia), his wife,
83/14, i7i 21
Newenton Valance, Church of,
8/15
Newgate in London, the prisoners
of, 31/29; 106/11
Newgate of Okeham, 64/i i
New-kole, Aneys, 9I/5
Nbwland, Wm., of London and
Normandy ; his Will, p. 65-6
Newmarch, Jane, 11 8/ 12
Newton, Devonshire, 74/i9; 75/
7 : East of Bideford
Newton, Devon, bequest to the
Church of, 76/3
Newton-Longvile, the manor of,
125/14, 21, 26 J 126/19, 31 ; 127/I4,
22
No mans land, p. 105, note
Nokys, lohn of, III/18, 19
Normandy, bequests of goods in,
66/12
Norreys, John, 119/is
Northampton, the ankensse of,
48/13
Northstoke, Lincolnshire, 123/26
Norwiche, Andrewe, parson, 68/1
Nunton, Thomas, mason, 58/33
Obthorpe in Kesteuen, Lincoln-
shire, 124/12 ; 126/16
Ochecote, 107/io
Okboum, lonet, 5O/20 ; 51/ii,
22
Okeham, Eutlandshire, 55/2, 9,
14; 56/i6; 6O/29, 31; 64/1 1
, Almshouse or Hospital of,
62/23; p. 140
, parsonage of, 58/14
Okenden, Alson, 42/5
Oliuer, William, 44/5, ^^
Olnbt, Jn., of Weston, Bucks,
his wm, p. 47-8
, of Weston Underwood,
his father, 47/iO) p. 48, note
Olney, Mariorie, Jn. O.'s wife,
48/i6
Ondeley, lohn, 63/13
Osbeme, WiUiam, 102/i6
Osboume, sir Edward, vicary of
Thomecombe (Devon), 28/7, I5
Our Lady of Caimrsham, Oxford-
shire, 117/8
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LIST OF &'AHES AND PLACES.
Our Lady of Tewkesbury, II7/7
Walsynghftra, HT/ij
Wopcestre, 118/a
Our Lady's 8pitals in London,
78/9, 10
Ozenden, Richard, 59/4 > 6O/29
Oxeid, lo&on, I9/19, 26
Ozonford, vniueisitee of, 105/2
Ozyn, Alyson, IO2/18-19
Oxyn, Thomas, hosier, IO2/27
Owen or Owyn, William, 97/8
Oweyn, William, 96/15
Page, lohn, of Oxenbolde, 54/25 ;
35/10
Palbyng, John, 125/a5
Pancras, St., the parson of, 83/i6,
1 7. See Caiininghain's * Handbook
of London,' with its quotations
from Nash, 1589 — ^as many alhailes
to thy person as there be haicocks
in Inly at Paneredge/ — ^and Norden,
1593, * it ifl visy ted and nsuailCy)
haantedof roagea, ragaboades, bar-
lettes, and theeves, who assemble
not ther to pray, but to wayte for
praye.' The Church is N. of the
Great Northern and Midland Rail-
way Stations at King's Cross, and
the old Churchyard was some years
ago laid out as a carden, which is
much frequented by the poor, the
inmates of the model lodging-
houses, &c., near.
Pantiye, John of, 111/ 13
Pardon Churchyard, St. Paul's,
London, 10^/8 ; p. 140
J Charter-House, p. 105,
note
Parker, Wa[l]ter, III/19
Parmay, Hugh, 19/2 2
PascaU, WilUam, 107/is
Pathislond, in Bradwell, Essex,
70/13
Paul's Cross, 11 8/4. See Powles
and St. Paul's.
Paul's, Dance of, p. 104, not© '
Pecok, Richard, chaplain, 24/4
Penbroke, NichoH, I25/24
Perceuale, Raufe, 28/7
Perche, Master John, Commis-
sary of Wills, &c., 21/2
Perpoynthurst, Sussex, 95/io :
Hurstpierpoint
Perrot, little, 6/13
Pers, LiteH, lll/i9
PertenaH, Pertnale, Thomas, 42/2,
16
Pei-tnale, William, 42/i7, 25
Peryne, niece of Lady P. Clan-
bowe, 50/7, 9
Peter & Powle&seynt Bertylmew
bequest of soul to, 92/7, 8
Petir, litill, 53/7
Phelippe, a man servant, 71/2 4
Phelippe, 88/26
Philipe, William, chiualer, 54/i5
Piers de la Hay, 54/8
Piriesmaner (1 in Essex), 70/io
Plesynton, Sir Hy., 65/i i ; 57/35 ;
p. 139 ; Roger Flore's son-in-law
Plot, Alys, John P.'s wife, 15/io
Plot (or Rouwenhole), John, Citi-
zen and Maltman of London; his
Will, p. 14-16; Alys his wyue,
14/18
Podon, Sir Wm. (a priest 1), 67/9
Pokyng, Robert, 88/24
Pole (a man), 88/24
Pomfretth, skynner of Yorke,
35/17
Porchalyn, Thomas, II6/11
Portgriave of London, p. 105, note
Portmannes Crosse fast by Brigge-
north, 31/19
Poultry Counter, a prison in.
London, p. 113, note 5
Pounce, Thos.^ 65/15 ; 66/10, 22
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161
Pounde, Thomas, IO7/24, 29;
108/11
(St.) Powles grete cbirchehawe of
London before the Crosse, 113/4
Prat, John, chaplain, 24/3
Prelett, William, of Siscetre,
112/3, 10
Preston, 1 Glostershire, 23/i i
Prestplace, Stoke, Lincolnshire,
126/13
Price, David, 66/16
Prioresse of Chesthunt, IO6/18
Piiorisse of Shaftebury, 6/7
Putley, Glostersh. or Herefordsh.,
23/11
Pychardisokell Manor, 1 Hereford-
shire, 50/3
Pygeon, Robert, Citaysyn and
Draper of London, 14/ 18, 21 ;
15/5,7,23,28,31; I6/13
Pynchbon, John, Citizen and
jeweller of London ; his Will, 1392,
p. 3
Quatermains (Quatremains), Rich-
ard, 74/8; 76/19,20; 107/23, 29
Quatford in Shropeshire, 30/ 10
Radnore, Maister Thomas, IO9/14
Rahere, founder of St. Bartholo
mew's, p. 92, note 2
Rawfe, Thomas, my seruaund,
20/17
Rayncok, John, cleric, I2I/4
Recbemond, Robard, my Cosyn,
13/18
Reignold, little, 6/i6
Remys, Thomas, steward to the
lady Bemond, 8/29; 9/i8, 29;
10/5
Reuett, WilKam, IIO/19
(Sir) Reynold, my prest, 5I/4
Richard of Beverley, the Spital of,
13/1
E. E. WILLS.
Richard of the Warderobe, 1 1 l/i 3,
21
Richard, sir, my preest, 107/i8
Richeford Hundred, Essex, 7O/20
Richemond, Thomas, a frere,
48/9
Rigge, Adam, 29/17
Robert, a god -child, 102/ii, 13
Robert, John, of London, 17/
12
Robyn, litill, 53/i6
Rochefort, Henry, Sir Ralph R.'s
3rd son, 123/ 14, 15; 124/2, 22;
125/5,6,7; 127/i8
Rochefort, John, Sir Ralph R*s
2nd son, 123/ii, 27, 33 ; 124/22 ;
125/10; 127/18
Rochefort, Lady Margaret, Sir
Ralph R's wife, I22/5, 8, 27;
123/1, 17; 124/6; 127/ii
Rochefort, Rauf, Sir Ralph R.'s
eldest son, 123/i, 4; 124/20:
125/9,13; 127/17
Rochefort, Sir Ralph, Will of,
p. 120-128
Rodeley, William, 46/2 1, 27
Rodeston, Robert, 54/8
Roe, John, that hath wedded the
forsaide Emot, 33/i3
Roger, parkere of Ewhurst, 8/1 1
Rogers, Elizabeth, wif Newe, 8/6
Roger Y88ON, John, of London:
his Will, p. 41-42
Rokewode, Thomas, Clerk, 68/2
RoUeston, Roger Flore's servant,
56/13
Rome, pilgrim to be sent to, for
the good of Testator's soul, 65/5
Romeseye (Hants), menchouns
and prestes of, bequest to, 7/19 »
Rone, 44/23 : Rouen. See Roon.
Rone (] Rouen), Jenet of, 88/28
'^Rood Lane, London, p. 101, note 1
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162
LIST OF NAMES AND PLACES.
Eoode, John, and Troyde hys
wyf, 84/9, II
Roon, 40/27 ; p. 97, note 2 :
Roaen, in Normandy. See Rone.
Koos, Mawde, Richajrd R.'s wife,
13/9,21,26; 14/1
Rocs, Richard, of London; his
WiU, p. 12-14
Roos, Richard, glover, 22/i i
Roos, Thomas, Richard R's son,
12/12; 13/IO
Roos, Thomas, Richard R/s
brother, I2/15 ; 13/ 12, 17, 26, 29;
14/4, 8
Rote, Wyllyam, 42/7
Roteland, 6I/21 : Rutlandshire
Rothewell, Thomas, IO7/24, 29,
33; IO8/10
RouwENHOLB, OT Rouwenhale,
alias Plot, John, maltman of London,
16/8 ; his Will, p. 14rl6
Rowele, Alys, 68/22
Ruddok, Thomas, of Hackney,
100/9
Russell, Frere, of the Austins,
107/8
Russell, lohn, squyer, IIO/26:
111/6
Russhebrok, Sir lolln, chauntre
prist of seynt Marget Patens (Lon-
don), 102/20, 21
Rwaren (1 in Herefordshire), 25/4
Rye, Jenet, 88/28
Rykard, Wa(l)ter, 85/io
Ryke, Richard, 133/iS; his son
William, 133/i6
Ryke, Thomas, 133/io; 134/i6,
22
Ryslepe, 11/iS : Ruislip
Saint Alban's Cathedral, 1 32/23
Saint Alpheies, or St. Alphage,
Church, in Aldennanbury, London,
75/15
Saint Andrew, the Translation of.
May 9, 100/ 17
St. Andrew's Chapel, Bradfield,
Berks, 18/6, 8
St Andrew's Church, Asperton,
Herefordshire, 132/i6
St Anton to be sculpturd at the
left of Lady Warwick's head, 117/2
St. Antonies Elsyng spitell, Lon-
don, 32/1, 2
St Austin's, Canterbury, 132/22
St Austyn's Church, Watling St.,
London, 113/6 ; 114/2
St. Austyn's in London, nexte
Powles chircheyerd (in Watling
St.), 132/13
St Austyn's Church, Hackney,
Middx, 98/6 ; its churchyard, 99/9
St Austynyscherchhawe (Austin's
church-yard) of Hakeney (Middx),
91/3
St. Bartholomew's, the Priory 0^
in West Smithfieid, London, 92/
16; 93/4; Church of, 92/10
St Bartholomews spiteH beside
West Smythfeld of London, 115/
22
St Bartilmewes in Smythfeld in
London, 32/2; 78/ 11
St Benet Fvnk Church, London,
42/6
St Benet Fynk, London, the
parysh of, 41/ 15
St. Bride's, or Bridget's, Parish,
p 65, note 1 ; church, 94/15
St Christofre, an ymage of, 45/
II
St Clement's Church, East Chepe,
84/6; its churchyard, 67/5; Re-
quest to its Parson and Master-
clerk, 67/5-8
St Cleineut's Church, Strand,
6/17; 17/1,3,16
St Colas lyght, at Twickenham,
85i4
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163
Saint Dimstones Church in the
West (Fleet St., London), 17/5,
17 ; 21/23
St. Eleynes, London, nonnes and
prestes of, bequest to, 7/i, 2
St. George, jeweld tablet of,
117/11
St. George's, Southwark, Surrey,
29/2, 23-4
St. Giles (Egidius), Feast of,
68/8
St. Giles's without Cripplegate,
120/ri
St. Giles's Spital in Beverley,
Yorkshire, I2/24
St. Gyles beside Holboume, Lon-
don, gift to the poor of, 32/3
St. Gregories Trentall, 3I/7, 23 ;
88/9, 10 ; 105/9
St. James of Compostella in
Galicia, Spain : pilgrim to go to the
shrine of, for a testator, 65/8, 9
St. James, in the Holte (Hamp-
shire), 7/32
St. lolin Baptist, 47/iS
St. John Baptist: taper to be
burnt before, 81/ 13
St. John the Baptist's Church at
Bikinacre, Essex, 69/4
St. lohn Euaungelist, 47/i5
St. John the Evangelist to be
sculptured on the right of Lady
Warwick's he^d, 117/1
St. John Ewangelist : 3 tapers to
be burnt before, 81 /i 5
St. lohn of the Craft of Taill •urfsl
of London, brotherhood of, II4/28
St. John, scripture of, on a silver
cup, 50/33
St. John Zacarie church, in the
City of London, 73/6
St. Katerine, soul given to, IOI/5
St Katherine's, outside the Bars
of Lincoln, 120/i6
Saint Katryne, jeweld tablet of,
117/10
St. Katrens (Convent), 11 8/1 4
St. Leonard's, Bridgenorth, Shrop-
shire, 31/16; 32/7, 14
St. Marget Patyns, IOI/9 : St.
Margaret Pattens, Little Tower St.,
London. See St. Mergret.
St. Margrete, soul given to, IOI/5
St. Mary, mother of Almighty
God, 4/8 ; and often
St. Marie ChapeU, 8I/18
St. Mary kirk of Beverley (York-
shire), 12/16, 17
St. Mary Spital, Bedlam, London,
78/IO
St. Marie spitell with-oute Bish-
oppesgate, London, 3I/31 ; 78/9
St. Mary (Elsinge) Spital, 106/r5
St. Marie Maudeleyne, Hospital
aboue Wynchestre, 7/35 ; 8/1
St. Marie Magdaleyn of Quatford
in Shropeshire, 30/io. See Mary.
St. Mary Ottery, Devon, College
of, 105/12
St. Mary Staining, London, 96/7
St. Martin, the feast of the Trans-
lation of, 14/15
St. Matthew, 4 quayres of Doc-
tours on, 51/4; p. 139
St. Mergret lyght, at Twickenham,
85/6
St. Michael's in the Fen, near
Boston, Lincolnshire, 120/ 18
St. Michael's Mount, Cornwall ;
pilgrim to go to, for good of Testa-
tors soul, 65/8
St. Mildred's Church, Bread St.,
London, 77/i3 ; 79/i3 ; 82/19;
Parish, 78/2
St. Nicholas, brederhede of,
founded by paressh clerkes in Lon-
don, 114/26
St. Nicholas Chapel, in St. Paul's,
Loudon, 132/5
11 2
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LIST OF NAMES AND PLACES.
St Nicholas Chapel in Bikinacre
Priory, Essex, 70/6
St. Nicholas's Chapel, in St.
John's Church, Bikinacre, Essex,
69/5, lo
St. Nicholas Coldahbey, Old Fish
St., London, IO6/3
St. Nicholas, the Feast of the
Translation of. May 9, 100/ 17
St. Nicholas Oloff [Clave] Church,
London, 82/ 19
St. Nicholas of Weston, Bucks,
47/18
St. Paul's Cathedral, London;
bequest to works of, 2/6 ; II/3 ;
93/3 ; 132/6
St. Paul's, London : the Chapell
of our blessyd Lady & seynt
^'icholas, atte Northdore of the
Cathedral cherche of, 132/5-7
St. Paul's, its Chamell or Dead-
house, 96/4: London
St. Paul's, Pardon-Churchy ar(J at,
104/8 ; works of, 105/i : London
St. Peter's Church, 93/20 : 1 St.
Peter's at the Cross in Cheap, or
St. P.'s in Cornhill, or St. P. le
Poor, Old Broad St., or St. P.'s at
Paul's Wharf.
St. Peter and St. Christopher, in
London, Church of, 3/6
St Peter's, Westminster (the
Abbey), ll/i
St. Sepulcre parosch, in the suh-
urbe of London, 9/3
Saints Simon and Jude, feast of,
Oct. 28, 64/23
St. Thomas the Apostle, church
of, in Knightrider St, London,. 65/
10 ; gift to the parson of, 66/2
St Thomas Spital in Southwerk,
gift to the poor of, 32/ 1 ; 78/ii;
106/1 5 .
St Wynfryde (some shrine ot;,
il8/5
Salesbury, bequest to freres, men-
ours, and prechours of, 7/28
Salford, Margerie, 6/9
Salisbury, Cathedral, gift to, I8/7
Salwayn, Alison and Isabell, Sir
Roger's daughters, 52/i3, 14
Salwayn, Edwayd, Sir R's brother,
63/10
Salwayn, Elyn, Gerard S.'s daugh-
ter, 53/27
Salwayn, Gerard, son of Sir Roger,
53/6,27,28; 54/8
Salwayn, lohan. Sir Roger's
brother, 54/ 1
Salwayn, John, son of Sir Roger
s., 52/13
Salwayn, Sir Roger, of York, his
Will, p. 52-54 ; his wife, 54/i5
Salwayn, Thomas, Sir Roger's
brother, 53/ii
Samon, Ajineys, 68/21
Sandwyche, will writ at, 40/;
Sandwyk, Hary van, of St. Cle-
ment's, East Chepe, London; his
Will, p. 84
Saykyn, Robert, draper, of Lon-
don, p. 130
Saymour, lohn, 134/2
Sayrys, 88/30; Sayres, 39/i : a
farm or place in Essex r p. 138
Sceperd, lohn, 19/2o
ScHAPMAN, Robert, of Haringay,
Middx ; his Will, p. 80
Scheddysford, Thomas, 13/5
Scheffeld, 19/33: 1 Sheffield
Scheffild, Edmond, citizen and
vintner of London, 79/24
Schiplake, Margrete, 67/i2
Schiplake, Wm., barber, 67/i7,
18 ; 68/4, 5
Schyffeld, 19/2 7
Scudamore, Sir John, 50/5
Seluester, WiH, 91/i3 ; 92/2
Seluester, Jonet, Will S.'s wife,
' 91/15
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LIST OF KA.MBS AXD PLACES.
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Seluester, Wm., 92/2
Seynour, sir Richard, 9 4/ 5
Shaftebury, Menchouns of the
Hows of, 7/13
Shaftebury, prestes of, bequest to,
7/14
Shaftebury, Priorisse of, 6/7
Sharp, Eobert, goddis-chUd,
101/18
Sharpe, Robard, IO2/19
Shipley, Richard, 131/i
Shottesbroke, a man, 64/ 18
Shottesbrooke, Sir Robert, 5 3/14
Shrovesbury, 31/i i : Shrewsbury
(the 3 Orders of Friars in)
Siscetre (Cirencester, Gloster-
shire), ]09/2, 3; 110/8; II2/3
, the Abbot of, 109/i6
, the new chapeH: at, 110/8
Sithinge, my cosin, 68/23
Skelton, lohn, 42/;
Skott, Richard, 126/25
Skotte3,at Totham,near Langford,
Essex, 70/26
Skreynge, the manor of, Lincoln-
shire, 122/8, 25 ; 123/5 ; I24/14
Skydmore (Scudamore), Sir Jn.,
50/5
Skynner, James, of Bemflet,
39/29
Smart, John, bailiflf of Sir Thos.
West, 8/12
Smyth, lohn. Sir T. West's Reue
ofTrestwode, 8/13
Smyth, Peris, J>e yongar, I9/20
Smythislond (1 in Essex), 7O/3
Smythyot, Richard, 6O/5, 28
Solas, John, of Southwark,
Surrey; his Will, p. 28, 29
f lone his wife, 29/19, 21,
28
Soler, Richard, 85/n ; 86/2
Solershope, Herefordshire, 23/ir
Soon, Henre, 19/ 19
Soppewell, in Hertfordshire, noir
St. Albans, 90/3
Church, Nuns of, 90/s
Southampton, bequest to freres
menours of, 7/27 ; 4O/26
Southcote, Berkshire, I8/16
Southende in Boston, Lincoln-
shire, 125/3
Spengold, 38/32 : a farm or place
in Essex P
Spensers place atte Kewton in
Deuenshire, 74/ 18
Spitals of St. Thomas, St. Mary
(Elsinge), and St. Bartholomew,
106/ 1 5, 16
Spore, lohfi, ferroure (ironman,
? farrier), 7G/26 ; 77/3
Spotell, LytyU lohn, 40/s
Spriggy, Margaret, 68/22
Sp^'ke, John, 44/14
Stable, lohn of the, 107/is
Stabul, Robert of Jje, I9/22
Stambrygge, Adam, 98/17
Stanlehalle, 7I/35 : an estate
Stanlow, William, 121/s; 126/
6,9
Staunton in Somerset, 75/3
Staverton, the Manor of, in Glos-
tershire, 33/6, 18, 24 ; 34/2
Stell, Richard, 03/22
Stenby, the Manor of, 6O/5, n,
21 : Stainby, Lincolnshire
Steneby, a man, 57/i8
Steuenes, Thomas, I3/32
Stok Dabemoun, Surrey, 90/8, 15
Stoke Church, Lincolnshire, 120/
17; 127/2
, Manor, Line, 123/5
y Lincolnshire, 124/i2 ;
126/13, 30
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LIST OF NAMES AND PLACES.
Stoke (1 near Guildford, Surrey),
90/8. iS^Stok
Stokes (Stookes), Wm., 21/s, i6
Stone bridge at Langford (?),
Essex, bequest for, 7O/23
Stoneham, majster Eobert, 57/ii
Stonbam, Wm., Commissary of
the Bp. of London, 73/29 ; 83/;
Stoureprewe, or Stoureprews, the
manor of, 125/i4, 20; I26/19 ;
127/13, 22
Stranstone, Margrete, 44/8
Stratford, Ealpb, Bp. of London,
1348, p. 105, note
Strauston, Margarete, 13/6
Sturgeon, John, the elder, 134/i5,
21
Sturgeon, lobn, Nicholas S.'s
brother, 133/;
Sturgeon, Nicholas, priest; bis
Will, p. 131-134
Sturgeon, Richard, brother of
Nicholas S., 133/9; 134/15, 23
Sulhamstede Abbis, I9/28, 33
Sussex, 95/10
Swetenham, Beatrice, myn aunte,
58/23
Symond, John, 127/s
Tailour, lankyn, 50/22
Tailour, John, 51/ii, 22
Talbot, Alson, 13/;
Talbot, lohan, 12/is; 13/2 7;
14/5
Tamworth, John, I2I/3
Tanner, William, of Ersgarston,
19/14
Tasseley in Shropeshire, the
Parisshe Chirche of, 86/14
Tavern, Will, 130/i3
Temple-Bar, without, London,
17/20
Teukysbury, the Abbot of, 109/i 5 ;
the Prior and Convent of, 109/i6
Tewkesbery, the Howse of, II8/4,
30
Tey, Eobert de, Esq., Essex, 69/i 6,
18; 71/17
Thatteley (? in Herefordshire),
25/13
Thomas, George, cousin of Stephen
T., 40/25
Thomas, Jon, Stephen T.'s
brother, 39/ 18
Thomas, Maister, 88/21
Thomas, Matilda, or Maude, wife
of Stephen T., 38/6, 7, 17, 29,
31; 39/1-4; 40/30; 41/9 (Lat.
Matilda)
Thomas, Stephen, of Lee, Essex ;
his Will, p. 37-40 ; Codicil made
at Rouen, p. 40-1
Thomas, Myne seruant, 85/i i
Thomas, Thomas my Cooke,
133/30
Thomase Blount, Menchon (nun),
of Romeseye (Hants), 6/8
Thomelyn, 88/23
Thomme of the warderobe, 6/15
Thommissone, Henry, apprentice
to Jn. Toker, vintner, 78/15, 29
Thomcoffyn manor in Someraet,
74/24
Thomecombe, Devonshire, 26/21
, sir Edward Osboume,
vicary of, 28/8
Thomecombe church, Devonshire,
129/14; 130/3, 10
Throckmarten, Jn., of Fladbury,
p. 130
Thurleby in Kesteuen, Lincoln-
shire, 124/13 ; 126/16
Thurston, John, 8/30; 9/i8; 10/s
Tirell, sir John, knyght, 107/22,
28
ToKBB, John, of London, Vintner;
his Will, p. 77-9
Tootham, 70/25 ; Totham, near
Longford, £ssex
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167
Tornom, Thomas, of Ikenham,
11/27
Torre, Eobard, I3/33
Towre of London, 86/20
Trebell, sir lohn, my confessour,
110/11
Trestwode, John Smyth, Sir T.
West's Reve of, 8/14
Tiiche, Jacob, 38/6, 7, 16, 25;
4.1/10
Trinity Altar in St. Bartholomew's
Church, London, 92/io
Trinity Chapel at Cirencester,
109/2
Trinity Chapel, Haringay, Hom-
sey, Middx, 80/ 13
Trinity Church, Knight Biders
St., London, 82/20
Tropmell, William, taillour, of
London, 53/19
TropneU, WOliam, 44/19
Trotter, Master lohn, 107/i8
Troyde Roode, John R's wife,
84/9, II
Tukkysworthe, Anneys, 41/i6 ;
42/i, 19
Tumour, lohn, carter, 19/2 3
TvoKY, Thomas, Esq. ; his Will,
p. 36, 37
Twickenham, Middlesex, 85/4 ;
86/4 ; its Bridge (over the Colne P),
85/7
Tybbeney in Ostofi, J>e mede
clepyd, 19/28
Typpop, lohn, 13/8
Tyrell, Amy, wife of Richard T.,
90/11
Tyrbll, Richard, Esq. (? of Stoke-
Dabemon, Surrey) : his Will, p.
89-90
Upchurch, St. Mary, London,
1/17
Vsk, Monmouthshire, 109/25
XJsk, the Prioress and Convent of
the House of, 109/7
Yalans in Suffolk, 69/26
Van Sandwyk, Hary, of St. Cle-
ment's, East Chepe, London; his
Will, p. 84
Veel, Edeyn (a woman), 29/13
Venys, Syr lotn, 93/3
Virgin Mary, bequest of Testator's
Soul to, 120/7 (^cl in nearly every
other Will)
Waddon, Thomas, 13/8
Wade, Thomas, 29/15
Waket, apprentice of Wm. Schip-
lake, barber, of London, 67/ 12
Walgraue, lohn, seruaunt of
Wyllyam fondour, 15/2 5
Walsyngham, Alson, 83/17
Walsyngham, Nicholas, I3/4
Waltham Abbey, sir John Gifford,
Canon of, IO6/20
Walwayn, Cristian, Thos. W.'s
daughter, 23/24
Walwayn, Isabell, Thos, W.'s
wife, 23/17 ; 24/2, 1 1 ; 25/22 ; 26/9
Walwayn, John, of Stoke, Thos.
W.'s nephew, 24/2
Walwayn, Maclun, Thos. W.'s
son, 23/26; 24/20, 22; 25/12
(lands entaild ou him), 14, 18, 25,
26
Walwayn, Richard, Thos. W.'s
son, 24/14 ; P 25/3 (or is this fellow,
whose wife is Clemence, a nephew P);
26/2, 9
Walwayn, Thomas, Esq., of
Much Marcle, Herefordshire; his
Will, p. 22-26
Walwayn, Thomas, son of Wm.,
and nevew of Thos. W., 24/3, 16,
17,18; 25/7
Walwayn, William, Thos. W.'s
son, 23/26 ; 24/22 ; 25/i4, 17, 18,
24,25
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LIST OP NAMES AND PLACES.
Walwayn, William, Thos. W/s
brother, 23/27
Walwayn, William, son of William
W., and nevew of Thomas W. the
testator, 24/i6, i^; 25/i
Wandsworth Church, Surrey, 82/
Wanton, lohn, 107/6 (Imay be
' Wauton/ a well-known Essex
name)
Warderobe, Eichard of the, 111/
13,21
Ware, Margaret of, lOT/iy
Wareyn, Beatrice, 6/10
Wameford, Richard, 112/2
Warwick, Countess of; her Will,
p. 116-119
Warwick, Richard Beauchamp,
Earl of, p. 134
Wascheboume, Norman, 11 8/ 17
Wastell, WilHam, III/14
Waterwilughby, Lincolnshire,
126/8
Watkyn, lititt, my Godsone &
my seruant^ 95/4
Watley, lohan, I3/3
Watlyngstrete, London, N". Charle-
ton's leasehold house in, 115/ 19
Wauton. See Wanton.
Wellys, lohn, 13/s
Welsham, manor of (1 in Suffolk),
72/1
Wemme, lohn, 1 83/30
West, Lady Alice, her Will, p.
4-10; p. 135
West, Sir Thomas^ masses for his
soul, 6/26
West, Sir T., and Lady A., be-
quest for .tomb of, 8/5
West, Thomas, 4/ii; 8/20, 27,
32 ; and lohane his wife, 8/17, 28 ;
9/8, 12,26; 10/4; p. 135
Westminster, Abbot of; his prison,
106/12
Westminstre, the Convent of,
11/4
Westminster, lease under the
Abbey of, 68/14
Westminster prison for *Clerkes
conuict,' 78/7
Westnewlond, at Totham, Essex,
70/26
Weston, Draper, and I, 74/30
Weston, the Chapel of, 74/7
Wharplod, Wm., of Chalfont St.
Giles, p. 130
Whetley, John, Citizen of London,
69/17,19; 71/19
White, lohne (Joan), I5/17
White, Maude, I6/17, 20, 2t >
16/2, 4
Whitehed, Symkyn, 82/i, 12, 20,
28. See Whyteman.
Whitman, Alice, wife of Richard
Whyteman, waxchandler, 82/26,
28
Whitney, Sir Robert of, 49/ 16, 20
Whityngham, Anneys, IO6/23
Whyte, lohan, his seruauntys,
13/16
Whyte, lohan, the yongger, I3/14.
Whyteman, Katerine, 82/5
Whyteman, Richard, Citizen and
Waxchandler of London; his Will,
p. 81-3. See Whitman.
Wichard, lohn, 1 33/29
Wilbe, Maude, 88/27
Will my man, 7I/23
William, Frere, 88/5: Friar
WilUam
William of fe kechyn, 107/i6
Wilton, Menchons and priests of,
7/22
Wiltshire, a legatee of Lady
Warwick's, II8/24
Wodcok, lohn, my mayster, 12/
10; 13/31 J his servants, 13/2
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169
Wodehoiise (ia Shropshire, E. of
Oswestry), the Friars of, 31/io
"Wodeville, Eichard, 54/iS
Wodrof, lohn, and Alison his
wyf, 101/13, 14
Wolfhope, 23/11 : ] Woolhope, co.
Hereford
"Wood St., London, bakehouse in,
73/8
Worcestre, onr Lady of, 11 8/2
Wotton chirch, IIO/22, 24
Wotton (-under-Edge, Gloster-
shire), 109,25
Wrenchyn, Symond, 36/2
Wright, sir William, perosone of
my parische chirche, 83/i, 3
Wring-wren lane, London, p. 65,
note 3
Wycrof te, Devon (W. G. Stone),
27/12
Wyght, a Chyrche in le He of,
20/1
Wyke, causy atte, 86/8
Wylbury, Maister John, 93/2
Wylde, Nicholas, 11 4/15
Wylkynsone, John, of the Kechyn,
107/16
Wynchelsee, Frere, 107/;
Wynchestre, bequest to freres
prechours and Menours of, 7/26, 27
Wyntryngham, Jonet, 88/26
Wyot, Johon, 17/8
Yasore, Herefordshire, 49/8
Yasore Church, bequest to, 6O/27
Yate, John, uncle of Jn. Chelmys-
wyk, 34/22 ; 35/10
Yelot, Roger, 86/2
Yngram, John, IO7/4 ; 108/s
Yonge, Amy 8, Eichd. Y.'s wife,
22/9
YoNOE, Eichard, of London,
Brewer; his Will, p. 21-2
Yonge, Thomas, 107/i2 ; 108/6
Yonge, William, Eichd. Y.'s son,
22/8
York, my lord of, IO9/24
York, the Grey Friars Church at,
62/5
, the other 3 Orders of
Friars at, 52/8
Manton, 58/26 ; ffatoey, R., 55/8. ' Manton, a parish in the hundred of
Martinsley, co. Rutland, 3^ miles S.£. of Oakham, its post town, and 8 N.E.
of Uppingham. It is a station on the Syston and Peterborough branch of the
Midland railway. The parish, which is of ancient date, is situated between the
rivers Gwash and Chater, and formerly belonged to Clugny Abbey. It had a
chantry, founded by William Wade in Edward Ill's time, the revenue of which,
at the Dissolution, was valued at £22 I85. 6<2.' — Nicholson's National OazeUeer*
Bradgaie or BroadgcUe Park, an extra-parochial district in the western
division of the hundred of Goscote, in the co. of Leicester, 5 m. to the N. W. of
Leicester. It is on the border of Chamwood Forest . . . (and was) the birthplace
of Lady Jane Grey, in 1537. (Hamilton's National Gazetteer, Virtue and Co.
1878.) The Earl of Stamford and Warrington is now lying ill there. Fishers
Ch-een, Essex, is about 2 miles N. of Waltham Abbey and 1 m. E. of Cheshunt.
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UST OF WORDS AND SUBJECTS.
abotme, 97/i : above
aboute, prep, 76/23 : among
abowot, 11 8/20: about
aburioun of stele, I9/9, 11 : ha-
bergeon
abyde, 88/1 : wait for
acomplesshid of, III/32 : carried
out with
acomd silver spoons, six, 45/i2 ;
46/2S-6
adjective plural after pi. noun,
82/2, &c.
adjective plural before pi. noun :
* Twey honestes prestcs,' 3I/14
affermjng, 64/2 o : confirming
afore, 6 1 / 1 3 : before
after, 2/io : according to, how
age, withynne, IO2/13 : under
age, under 21
j^ens the day, I6/18 : for, at
aither, jTTon. 124/22 : each
Ale, a galon of, and a id. loaf for
every poor man and woman, 40/ 14
ale, a kildkerin of, 17/i6, 17
aleves, 29/i : hallows, saints
alfyere, an, 29/13 : half a year
algates, 127/2? : nevertheless,
anyhow
almasdeddes^ 5O/14 : almsdeeds
almes-dedys, bequest for, 2/8, &c,
almes for poure men, IO9/9, &c
almesse, 11 4/20: alms
altar, painted sheet to hang before,
96/9-IO
Altar, high, gift to, for oblations,
&c. forgotten, 2I/24 ; 80/8 ; 8I/7 ;
84/7 ; 85/5 ; 94/16 ; 98/7 ; 101/
10; 113/5
-AJyr*, grene, II7/14 : 1 some stuff
for a gown. See p. 97, note
ambeler (ambling nag), the best,
to a wife, 67/34
amende, v. f . 49/ 1 5 : repair (bridges,
&c.)
amendit, p^h 27/17 : made amends
for, paid for
amendynge, sb, 96/8 ; 98/9 :
repair
amenusy, inf, 28/3 : diminish
an, 21/21, 22 ; 22/3, 6, 8, 10 : and
anamylyd, pp. 46/8 : enameld
and, 20/32 : if
and, 46/21 : an, a
aneyuer gurdil, 46/io : (?) ifs of
silk, black, green, and red
Angel with one wing, p. 117,
note 2
Ankerisseoff Northampton, 48/i 3 :
anchoress, female recluse
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171
annexed J^is . . with my testament,
64/19: tied it on to
annuities, 125/18 ; 126/i2
anoon, 51/2 : immediately
anscwere, vh. 8O/7 : answer
answere before god, as Executors
will, 112/6. See Executors,
ant, 39/2 : and
apparaillement, 32/24 : dress and
ornaments, paraphernalia
apparure, I8/12 : dress, rings and
ornaments, paraphernalia
appoyntement, 43/i : declaration
apprentice releasd 2 years of his
term, 22/s
apprentices, bequest to, 11 4/9
apprenticeship term, bequest of
an, 78/29
apprentisehod, eh, apprenticeship,
78/17
apref, II9/19 : aprooval, confirm-
ation
ar, 50/ii, before
aray, sh, 79/2 : dress
arayd, to be new, 133/26 : to have
a new suit of clothes
armorer, 94/i8 : armourer (Jn.
HiU)
armerure, 58/i3 : collection, lot,
of armour
armes, my seal of myn, 64/2o
armeure, 109/25 : armour
Armiger, 68/10 : esquire
arming girdle, p. 110, note 6
armour, bequest of^ I9/4-11
armour, a knight's, gift of, 19/
4-10
arms on a tomb, 88/14
arms, crest (or ? coat) of, to be
put on a tomb, 105/i i
Arsegirdle of silver, IIO/25 : ? a
girdle passing at the top of the
right thigh and drooping over the
left rump
asselid, pp. 44/13 • ^^^^ ^P
assigned, pp, 72/6 : set apart,
orderd, directed
assigns : to here heyres & as-
signez, 99/21
assithe, 119/5 : satisfaction, a-
mends
assyngned, pp. II6/5 : pointed
out, fixt on
assyngnes, Bb,pl. 15/i : assigns
astate, 6O/9, estate ; 7I/32 : es-
tate, grant, conveyance
astate, ioint, 6O/1 : joint estate
asyne, II/2 : direct, fix
at : ' cometh at,' 1 23/30, comes to
auncetres, 50/2 7 : ancestors
auundyrus, 45/i4; 46/i6; and-
irons
avaunsyd, pp, I9/31 : advanced,
got forward in the world, educated
and marrid
aues of siluere, ten, 58/26 : beads
to say the Aves on
avice, 95/i3 : benefit
avise, sb. 93/i 7 : opinion, decision
Bjd&typron, 22/12, either
bachous [bakehouse] in Wode-
strete in Londen, 73/8
bake .vj. buschellys of whete of
smale Halpeney Loves (for poor
folk), 40/13, 14
baleys, 116/6: rubies; II8/16,
ruby
bankar of blewe & blak, 102/i :
cover of a bench, falling down over
its sides
bankers, 5/i ; bankerus, 46/2 o
barell, vequice, gift of, 9I/19
Barley, gift of bushels of, to Har-
lington Church, and W. Rykard,
85/10
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LIST OP WORDS AND SUBJECTS.
baselard, I2/17 : a long dagger
baselard hameysed with siluer,
34/28
basilardes harneysed with siluere,
68/10
bassenety 4O/39 : a light kind of
helmet
Bastard Swerd, 35/3 ' ^ triangular
squat sword
basyn of led, 2/3 ; basyn of siluer,
6/1 1
basyn and ewer, 76/19 ; of silver,
56/4; 57/19
basyn knopped, IOI/27
basynet with a yentaile, 19/4 :
small helmet with movable part
near the mouth to let the breth
thru
bay hors, a litill, III/18
bay hors, gift of, 53/5
beads, a pair of, 58/24
beast, testator's best, as a Prin-
cipal or offering : horse to follow
his corpse, and then be given to
the Priest, 47/i8.
becure of seluer, 45/7, ^ 7 * silver
beaker or jug
bed, ])at is to say, couerHde, tapite,
blankettis, too peyre schetes,
matras and canvas, 57/22
bed and its belongings, 19/2 ;
91/5
bed of tree, 2/i : wooden bed
bed, paled [striped] blak & whit,
5/5
bedbere, 4I/17 : bed?, not only
bed-case or covering
bedde, a white, with roses, 76/17
beddyng, 48/6 : gift of, to 5 poor
men, 35/19
bederpes, 27/13 • reapings done
by poor tenants for their Lore
bedes of coraH, 5O/17
bedes of silver, with a crucifix.
102/3 ; of blak gaudy s of siluer
& gilt, 102/4
bedmen, 1 26/30 : men to pray
bedrid folk, gift to, II/23 ; 79/5
behouefull, 125/2 : helpful
beleue, 39/24 : remain
beUs of St Austin's, Hackney,
gift for the repair of, 98/8
heme |>at y weye fer-with, 46/27 :
balance
bequest, I have made, to, 11 4/17
bequestis, eh, pi, IO3/9
bequeth,/)p. 48/17 > bequethe,|?p-
2/4 ; 29/18 : bequeathd
beqwedyt, 130/i8 : bequeathd
-here ; bed-bere (cp. pilwebere),
41/17 : a case?
beret, 26/i : buried
berieH, 96/5 : grave, tomb
hemes, sh, pi. 23/19 : l^inis
berynge, 29/5, ^2 : buiial, funeral
beset my testament, 2I/20 : make
it
Besshe (a gown furred with), 50/
25 : P can't be * Btcke : f. A Hind ;
the female of a Stag.' — Cotgrave,
See Bussht?, 88/25
BestaH, 95/io, 12 : beasts, cattle
besynesse, do her, 51/i2 : strive,
endeavour
betake, 98/4 • commit, bequeath
beth, 39/25 : are
beuer and oter medled, 37/2 :
beaver and otter skins mixt
bey, vh, pi, 45/ 1 1 : be, are
beyer, sh, 38/24 : buyer
bidde, 6/30 : to pray
bille, 55/14 ' document, testament
bille endented, 56/13 ^ ^t of
household goods
Black Death, the, p. 105, note
black gowns, gift of, 29/7, ^
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173
VaTc, furred with, 11 1/3 : 1 bat-
skins
blake, a. 37/s : dark-tinted
blake, a gowne of, 110/ 19
blanket, white, lining a russet
gown, 91/17
blankets, gift of, 76/i6; IOI/19;
133/20, &c.
blankets and sheets, 36/ii
l)lew cloth, iiij yerdes of, given
to a priest, 110/ 13
Blind and Lame, bequest to the
poor, 3/7 ; 130/5. &c. See Poor.
blue enameld knob, 45/8
bocuU, 46/7 • ^ buckle. See
Bokyll.
body of a Church, gift to, 84/8
bofet, 91/8 : a buflfet, high cup-
board
bok, eh. 27/20 : will
bokes, latyn, englisch, & frensch,
5/13
bokyll, 45/10 : a buckle
boUe cuppe I-keueryd, 45/i6: a
bowl with a lid
boUe, pece, 46/3, 4 : a silver bowl
bolle of seluer, 76/6 : silver bowl
book, a good honeste : a Portoos
or portable Breviary, 59/6
boond,j?/?. 79/19
bordcloth, 19/7; 101/21, 22:
table-cloth ornamented
bordeclothes, 56/22 : table-cloths
^ord mausure with a bond of
seluer, 46/5 : a wooden mazer
bound with silver (gilt and orna-
mented)
hoses apon the brerdes, 5/ii :
bosses on the rims
hotelier of siluer & gilt, a pere,
108/2
Boterie, ofl&cers of, 110/is
bo})uni, 56/26 : bottom
bow, a good, bequest of, 22/ 12
bowe, pesid, 42/21 : bow made
up of several long pieces of wood,
to stiffen it and make it shoot
farther
bowe wythowte pecis, 42/3
Box, common, of a religious
Brotherhood, 113/ 15, 16
brass and other instrumentes of
all mjn houshold, 23/i8
bracelet of gold, IIO/7
branche of fe couercle, 45/i8:
part of a jug-lid
brandemes, 56/27 ; of erne (iron),
57/27 • iron supports on the hearth
to rest logs on
bras pot, gift of a, I5/21 ; 9I/20
bras pot of a galon, 91/7
brassarts, p. 54, note 1 : arm-plates
brasse spytes, 57/26 : brass spits
brasyn) pottes . . . pannis . . .
bascinus, 46/14
bread & ale at my Dirige, 15/i6 ;
17/15-17
bread and herrings for some Essex
poor, for 10 years, 7O/21
brederhede of my craft (Skinners)
of Corpus Christi, 113/ 14 ; of our
Lady, 113/i6
brerdes, gilt, 56/6, 10 : gilt rims,
edges (?) ; bosses upon them, 5/ 11
brestplate, 19/s
brother, 124/22 : brothers
Brethered, l/ii : brotherhood,
fraternity
brethir, 52/io : brother
Brewe .x. buschellys of malt f orto
3ef poor men, 40/ 11
bridges and foul ways, gift to
amend, 49/i5, &c.
Bridges, bequests to (for repairs^
70/23; 71/4; 85/7, 8, &c
bringe me on erthe, 2/i : bury me
broches, yren, 46/17 : spit]
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LIST OF WORDS AND SUBJECTS.
brode bosom off his [Jesus's]
mercy, 47/i3
broken gold, 117/9 : pieces of gold
oniaments, &c.
brotherhede, 133/ii : brotherly
kindness
browded, 65/14 * embroiderd
brynge on erthe, 103/8 : bury
bryngjmg on erth, 92/ 11 : burial
bullock, bequest of a dun, and a
redone, 98/xi, 12
bun, 23/10 ; 24/12 : are
burial : wife and children to be at
a testator's, 29/i i
Bussh, 88/25. ^^ Besshe.
by sidys, I3O/4 : near, adjoining
byqwothin, 86/1 : bequeaihd
by ret, 2I/22 : buried
Calabre, my Furre of, 34/2 o
canape to a bed, 133/i
candelstykkvs of laton, 46/19.
See Chaundelers.
candle-moulds and toois, 82/21
candlesticks, gifts of, 82/2, 10
Canons of Waltham Abbey, be-
quest to, IO6/21
canvas, blue, over bed, 4/15
canvas for a bed, 56/20
capons given by poor Tenants to
their Lords, 27/ 12
carde, curteyns of, 7 6/16 : 1 carded
flax or wool
(iarmelite Friars of. London, 31/
21. See Friars.
Carmes, Freres, of Lmdon, 16/
20 : Carmelite Friars
carts, gift of, 56/29
caryin, my foule, 27/5 • carrion,
corpse
catall quykk, I8/9 : live stock
catalles, 79/i7 : chattels
Catallys piebles, 36/4 • moveable
chattels
cats, wild ; skins of, to fur a
gown, 37/1
causy atte Wyke, 85/8 : raizd
way
chafur, 46/i8 : wanning dish,
saucepan. See Chaufur.
chair, bequest of, IO2/19
cbales, 5/21; chaleys, 33/i, 4;
76/3: chalice, the cup that held
the wine and water for and after
Consecration for the Eucharist
chales cuppe, with f e' couercle, &
my merke y-made in )>e cnappe, 46/
22
chalice, gift of, 46/19 ; 132/i5
Chantry priest, IO2/22
Chantry to be founded in Marcle
Church, Herefordshire, 25/io
chambre, 18/ 11 : room in a house
chambrer, 6/14 : chamberwoman
chapeleyns, bequest to, 110/ 11
chapell vestymentz, bequests of,
5/16
chapes, 4/13 : Fr. chape, cliappe,
'locket of a dagger, or scabberd,
the top, or crown on the top, of a
bill' — Cotgrave*
Chaplain of the Chantry founded
by T. Walwayn, 23/i
charche, v. t. 1 34/13 • charge,
burden
chare, 5/26 : a carriage %
chargeours, 56/8 : chargers, trays
chargours of seluer, two, 49/ 17
chariot, 5/26 : a carriage for
armour
Chamell (Dead-house) of St. Al-
phage, 75/16, 18; 76/1. See St.
PauTs.
chased work (on a cup), 133/i4
chased with Eosys, IIO/16: en-
graved, ornamented
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Chastity, a Widow's Vow of,
with Mantle and Ring, 60/8, 25 ;
Notes, p. 135
chaufouT, of siluer, 5/ii, 12 : heat-
ing dish or pan, saucepan
chaufur of bras, IOI/28 : heating
dish, saacepan
chaundelers, 5/23 : candlesticks
Chaunterie of St. Leonard's,
Bridgnorth, 32/7 ; 33/2, 4. See
* Saint ' in Name-List.
chest, gift of a, 2/2 ; 9I/19
chest, my peynted, IO2/19
chete, 48/7 • sheet
cheuerons, 4/19 : heraldic omar
ments (two bars, set at an obtuse
angle)
Children to be govemd by Exe-
cutors, 72/3
chippe, ah. 4O/26 : ship
chirchau, 8O/4 : churchyard
chirchehawe, 8 1/9 ; 1 1 8/4 : church-
yard
chirche werkes of St. Brides, 94/
18. (Many others occur.)
chirchhey, 26/21 : churchyard
Churche Clerk of Seynt Benet
Fynk, London, 42/io
cinquefoil markt on silver saucers,
66/8
clerely, 122/2 6 : (remain) clear
Clerkes conuict, prison for, at
Westminster, 78/7
Clerk of a Church, gift to, 76/8 -,
77/18; and often
clerks of Abchurch, bequest to,
1/13
dippyng (clasping) of ij handes
(on a ryng), IO2/4
Cloister of a Church, 8I/9
cloke, gift of, 91/17
cloke of Blake russet, 37/5
closid (last will examyned and),
119/20 : completed
cloth : corpse to be wrapt in, and
have no coffin or lead, 27/4
cloth of gold, 117/14. See Clotbis.
cloth whyte, 46/31 : undyed
cloth
clothes for poor men, 49/i4
clothes to be sold, and proceeds
given in charity, 79/2-6
clothis of gold, and clotbis of
silke, II8/3. See Cloth.
clothynge & werynge barneys
and beddynge, III/24
cloue-fote bestes, 23/i8 : cloven-
footed : oxen, cows, pigs, Sec
cnap, sb. 45/8: knob, top of a
jug-cover
coal and wood, bequest of, 91/ii
coals — charcoal ^bequest of, 101/
14, 17 ; 102/14
Codicil to a will, p. 63, &c.
Codicil cald 'my last wille,' 64/
21-2
CodiciH, in this, 4O/9
coexecutour, IOO/7 ; coexecutours,
95/20 ; coexecutur, 98/ 16
cofur, 102/10 : coffer, chest
coillors, 52/16 : collector. Fr.
^Cueilleur^ m. A gatherer.*— Ci?/-
grave,
colett, sh. 133/25 : a collect
columbyn, IO6/24: a flower, a
cup of its shape
Colys doun, 39/30 : down of 1
combe of yverie, 97/i2
Company of Heuene, 88/14:
saints, &c.
comyng, 125/8 : issuing, begotten
conably, I9/31 : suitably, fitly
condicions vpon feffementes, 59/
17
consideracion, 127/2 7 : regard
content, 132/ii : returnd, re-
store!, satisfied
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176
LIST OF WORDS AND SUBJECTS.
contented, debts to be, 94/19;
95/2 : satisfied, paid
contrarie his will, 122/i6: con-
trary to it; *c. to,' 122/21
Convent, Couent, 109/i8, 19, 21,
23: all the folk of a Religious
House except its head
connersacioun, IO5/3 : life, be-
haviour
Cooks, the Craft ot 95/8
cope, a gift of, 42/6 ; 50/2 9
cops, 6/29 : 1 Copes, or Brethren,
Monks P
corall beads (for prayers), 50/ 17
Cordwainers' Company; the livery
of, I6/20
Cordwainers' livery, a gown and
hood of, 17/8, 9
com of resonable price, 11 3/ 19
com to be sold for purposes of a
Will. 57/29
come growyng and yn hemes, 23/
cors bordclo])es and sanapes, 56/
28
Corwaner, 22/ii : cordwainer
costages, 5I/15 : costs, expenses
Costers, 5/i ; 19/2 ; 66/15 ; 133/
6 ; Costurs, 131/21 ; Costures, 65/
14 : side-haugiugs
costs of putting a girl in a Con-
vent, II8/13
cosyonys, 9I/9 : cushions, 8ee
Quisshens.
cote (a woman's), blake, furryd,
91/9 ^ .
Counseller and helper to Execu-
tors, 71/20
Counters, 2 Prisons in London,
78/4
rountes, I22/3, 7 : counties
Courts the King's : boys to be
sent to, after leaving School, 122/
33
Covent, 47/21 ; 48/i : the bo<ly
of Friars in a Priory, less the
Warden or Prior, their Head
couerde, 45/8 : lid, top of a jug
coverd cup of silver, llO/i, 2, 3,
4.6
coverd cup of silver gilt, IO9/17,
22
coverkell, 102/6, 7 : little cover
or lid. See Couerde.
couerled, 133/20 : coverlet of a
bed
coverlets, white and red, 101/
20-1
couertour, 4/i8 : covering
Craft of Skinners, brotherhood of,
113/14, 16
crane, on a piece of plate, 57/i2
credibill, adj, 53/26
crest on a tomb, 88/13
crest of my armes, IO5/9 : % crest
only, or coat, shield. ' Creste : L
A crest, cop, combe ; also, a tuft,
or little plume standing on the top
of.' — Coigrave,
cristned ; 6 silver spoons given to
a boy when, 57/i3
cristy gray, 50/2 1 : a tufted grey
fur. See Creste^ 7 lines ahuv,
cross on a gilt candlestick, 82/io
cross work on a table-cloth, 101/
21
Crown of gold for Our Lady of
Caversham, 117/8
cmcifix of siluer, and ygilt, 10 2/3
cmettis, 5/22 ; 76/4 : small jugs
or vessels that held the wine and
the water before they were conse
crated for the Eucharist. See p. 135.
cuisses, p. 54, note 1 : thigh-
pieces of armour
cunne, I5/3 : know, can perform
(divine service)
cup coverd with silver, 7 6/20
cups, gift of, 101/26
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177
Curteynia of blew (for) a bede,
46/29
curtylage, 99/i6, 19, 23 : a court,
yard, or paadock
curtyns of sute, 5/34 : en suite
cushions, quissbonus, 102/i. See
qiiysson, cosyonys.
cutty d (gelded) hors, III/23
dagger, bequest of a, 42/25; 76/i4
damask, a gowne of grene, 1 1 1/27
damask, red, a furd gown of,
110/26
damask sengitt, a blak clotfi of,
109/3
damaske, grene, a gowne, lyned,
110/20
Dance of Death, p. 104, note
daughters' portion to remain in
Executor's hands, 2O/2S
ie soules, 81/25 : ^^'^ souls. Cp.
flfey, they,
deacon, 1 32/17
Deanery (of Middlesex and Bark-
ing), 86/8
debts owd, 42/6-18 : * and, blessyd
be God, y owe no thyng,* 2O/22
debts proovd by oath, 39/;
debts to be paid, I/9 (and verv
often)
deces, III/7, death
dede endented, 62/8 : duplicate
deed cut in two, with a jagd edge
dede of grawnt, I26/7 : convey-
ance
dede store, 85/i2 : dead store,
household goods
dedtis, 22/3 : debts
deduit,jo??. 126/20 : deducted
deliberacion, 28/24
delinerance, 62/26 : delivery,
handing over
delyd, ^;?. 113/i8 : distributed,
given away
E. E. WILLS.
delyueraunce, 57/32 : handiug-
over, delivery
delyuery, ir.f. 125/6: (to) de-
liver
delyuery, they, III/27, deUver
demened, IO5/13 ; laid out, ex-
pended
demenyd, 11 4/23 ; distributed
departed, pp, 5/30 ; 6/17 ; 9O/5 :
divided
departyd, 1 1 7/i 3 : (arms) im-
depeynt, 6/25 : painted
desposed, pp, lOO/i : disposed,
applied
destresse, clause of (enabling him
to distrain for arrears of Annuity),
63/30. See Distresse.
deuaunt, towelles of, 19/8 :? those
laid on the tablecloth, and under
dishes
devenyte, the Maister of, 11 8/2 2
dever, II9/17 : duty
deuouacions, 81 /ii : devotions,
burning tapers, &c.
deuys; devys, 6/28 ; 94/2 : dis-
cretion, judgment
deuyse, 4/ii : bequeath
dey, 39/8 : they. Cp. de, the.
dimi-Selour, 36/9 : half-canopy of
a bed
Dirige by note, I5/12
Dirige and M;ass,bequest to Priests
present at, 67/ii; &c., &c.
Dirige, gifts to priests, clerks, and
poor, present at, 71/ii, 12 ; &c. .
discesse, sh, 123/22 : death : vh.
123/33: die
disese, vh, 130/i2 : molest, dis-
quiet
dishes, 49/17
dispendid, pp, 72/8 : expended,
laid out
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178
LIST OP WORDS AND SUBJECTS.
Disshes & Sawcers of Sfluer,
32/26-7
distresse, right of (or 1 a thing
distnund), 20/19. SeeDesirease,
distribued, 78/3, 8; 79/;, 18:
distributed
distribute, inf. 1 27/24
distribute, pp. lOO/i ; I28/3 :
distributed
diuine seruices, 1 27/31
diuine seruise, 51/2
diyng, sb. 114/io : dying, death
do, pp. 6/27 : done
do, 101/16 : apply, dispose of
do excuciofi of this my present
testament, 79/ 10
do make, 6/28 : cauze to be made
do of massys, 2/7 : put to, or
spent in, Masses
do ordeyne and bye, 32/5 • cauze
to be got and bought. Do make,
32/12 ; do recommende, 32/14
do singe, 3I/4 : cauze Masses, &c.,
to be sung
Dobelet couered with Blak gote
Le)?cr, 37/5, 6. See Doubeled.
doblet, 29/10 : doublet
docere, 5/i : hanging for the back
of a chair
Doctours on Mathewe, 4 quayres
of, 51/4
Dome, 42/25 : Judgment-Day
Dome, the Day of, 11 9/19
don, pp, 19/31 : applied, spent^
disposed of
dosnr, 46/2o : dorser, cloth over
the back of a chair ; a kind of anti-
macassar for ornament
doth of, pL 8/31 : do to or in
Doubeled (Doublet) of defence
couered with red Lejjer, 37/3, 4
double negativ, 133/io; &c.
dougbter, my sone-is wyf, 5/5, 8 :
daughter-in-l|iw
dower, wife to hare, 122/5
dowerye, 32/2 1 : dower
down pillows, 36/ii, 12
dredfull day of doom, 54/13
dueez, 127/3 3 • ^^^
duetees, 88/17: dues
dutys, 94/16 : dues
dyd, 40/10 : died
dying, 46/31 : dying, death
dymened, pp. 93/19 : done, ar-
ranged
dysposyng, sb. I3/17 : distributing
card pan of brass, IOI/28
easment, 78/22: advantage, bene-
fit
eche daies gowne, 50/i6 : every-
day gown
edefied,^/?. 134/9 • ^^*
edifie, 8I/10 : build
egally, 9O/5 : equally
egg-rack of iron, IO2/5, 6
either, a. 75/2 1 : respective ; * her
either/ of each of them
Ma, 37/1 2 : ile (aisle) of a Church.
See Eyle, and lUe.
elle, 58/17 : else
ellis, 38/27 : otherwise (got)
emend ynge of weys, 19/i7 : mend-
ing of roads. See Highway.
empeschement of waste, 25/23 •
liability for damage done to an
estate
enbrawde (embroiderd) with whyte
fete, 19/3
endenture, 45/5 : "Will
enditement, 7I/4
enduryng, 78/25 : long, lasting
enfeffe P. D. on .vj. marces of
rente, 71 /28 (icUA, we should say)
enfeffez, 6I/20 : folk enfeft with
land
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179
enmortese, 11 8/30 : convey in
mortmain
entendant, 6/18: attending on
entereroent, 23/22 : burial
entierement, 132/io : interment,
banal
er )>ane I, 40/1 o, 1 1 : before that I
erne, 67/27 : iron
emest, a noble poied on, 59/i : as
earnest of a bargain
es, 39/22, 28, 30; 40/9, 10: is;
39/34; 40/1 : are
esement, 7O/24 : easement, relief
estat, 7/6 : condition
Esteren, 39/26, 28; 40/2, 3;
63/30: Easter
Estren), 40/i8 : Easter
ewre, 59/9 • destine 1 : 'if god
ewre him to dye or me '
excludyd,jp/7. 2O/21 ; 33/32
executer, 92/i6 : executoires,
97/11
Executor sworn on the Holy
Gospels, 72/17
Executoriee, 17/i2
Executors : charge to thera to deal
truly, 66/6; 89/3-10; IO7/30-3;
and often. See * Forewords,' p. xiv.
execu trice, 8/28
executrice, chef, 98/is, 16 ; 100/6
executrice principall, ^^li^\ 95/
19,20
exequies, 131/2 ; exequyes, 132/
18 : funeral rites
expenses and costes funeraH, 134/5
exquies, IO9/9 : funeral rites
extortion to be compensated,
119/7
Even of our Lady, 8I/20
euene, 7/3 : equal
euenliche, 5/30 : equally
evenly, 134/2 : equally
ewer, 49/i6; 76/19: water-jug.
See fiasjn.
ewyn (even) with the grounde,
52/6
eyle, 38/27 : il^, aisle of a church.
See 111, 81/9
eyren, 102/6 : eggs
eyther, 9 7/ 11 : each, every one
fader dettis, 52/is : father's debts
faderles and moderles, 57/2, 3
fascyon, II6/11 : make, style
featherbed, 56/2 1 ; a little one
for a child, IOI/18
feble & foide weye, 31/i8, 19
feffee-trustees to convey land to
Executors, 118/8- 12
feffees prayd to carry out Test-
ator's Wiil, 20/15 ; 71/29 ; 122/1-
4 ; and often
feffementes, 59/i5
fefFours, 71/2 7, 34: devisees of
real estate who've been enfeoft by
the Testator's feffees, in accordance
with his Will
fefyes, 19/3 6: feoffees
ferme, eh, 52/i8; II5/25 : rent
ferme, hold to, 115/21 : hold on
lease, on rent
fermor, 52/ 16: lessee. Fr. ' Fer-
mier : m. A Farmer ; a Jjessee ;
also, a chiefe Hind, or Husband-
man; a Baylife, or Oucrseer of
another mans Husbaadrie.* — Coi^
grave, 1611.
ferroure, 76/26 : ironman, farrier 1
fetherbed, 56/21 ; IOI/18
ficheux (furred with), IIO/19 :
polecats' skins
firepan, gift of, 9I/19
flat basin, 49/i6, p. 139; peces,56/5
flat playne stone, (&) my name
ygraued t>ar-in; over T. Broke's
tomb, 27/2, 3
N 2
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LIST OF WORDS AND SUBJECTS.
fliueres of pecok, 102/i6 : pea-
cock feathers P
flot, sb, 22/7 : a brewer's float
flourdeluces, 102/7
Join, .iij., 36/7 : trefoil (a fret of,
workt on a Coyerlet)
for als mykyl, 59/is, ^^'' ^"O™*"
much
for before-mete, and after, 56/24
for to, 1/6 : prep. ' to '
forcet,70/29; IO2/17 : chest, coffer
fordermore syn, 38/iS : further-
more
forderyng, adj. 38/i8: furthering,
helpful
foretyn, 2I/24 : forgotten
form, gift of a, 9l/2o
forre, «6. 101/1$: fur
forsait, 33/30 : aforesaid
forseen, 99/21 : provided
forser ^with loke and kye), 91/
20 : CO est, casket
forset, 8h. 7O/29 : casket
forsyght, havyng Gode in, 49/4
forth, adv. 6I/19
forthenkyng, I29/11 : repentance
fortune, v6. 134/4: happen
foul ways between London and
Ware ; gift to mend, I5/36 ; else-
where, 31/18
Foumart, Polecat, or Fitchet, p.
84, note
founde, be, 34/i7, 19: be pro-
vided for, have ner house kept up
foynes, beech-martins; a gown
furd with their skins, III/20
Fraternite, my, 1 32/24
freestone, 59/5
French, Will partly in, p. 3
frendshipe, I3O/14: help from
friends
Frere, Reclus, Thomas, 7/31
Freres, p. 1 6, note. See also Friars.
Freres off Bedefford, 47/20
-, the iiij orderz off North-
aumpton, 47/i9
Freres of London, thre bowses of,
113/9 ; in Shrewsbury, 31/i x ; four
Orders of, 3I/20
, the twey Ordres of Freres
in Ludlowc, 3I/13
Freres of Wodehouse in Shrop-
shire, 31/10
Freres Augustyns withynne Bis-
shopesgate of london, 7/25 ; IO6/9
Freres Cannes in Fletstret of
london, 7/24; I6/21 ; White Friars,
IO6/9. See Cannes.
Frere Menoures, I7/4; IO6/9 :
Friar Minors, Franciscans, or Grey
Friars. See Grey Friars.
Freres Menours of Bristowe, 7/29
Freres Menours of Bryggenorth
(Shropshire), 31/4
Freres, Menours within Newegate
of London, 7/22-3
Freres Menours of Salesbury,
7/28
Freres Menours of Southampton,
7/27
Freres Menours of Wynchestre,
7/26-7 ; of York, 52/s, 10
Freres prechours of Bristowe, 7/29
frere prechours of Gloucestre,
109/IO
Freres prechours in London, 106/6
, White (Carmelites), Grey
(Franciscans), and Austins, IO6/9
Freres prechours withynne Lud-
gate of london, 7/23 ; 17/2
Freres prechours of Salesbury,
7/28 : Jacobins or Dominicans
Freres prechours of Wynchestre,
7/26 ; Black Friars
Friars, the Four Orders in Lon-
don, 3I/20-1; 78/13. &» Freres,
and p. 16, note.
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181
Friars of Beverley, Yorkshire,
12/22
Friars, three Orders of, in Shrews-
bury, 31/11
Friars, Grey, and the other 3
Orders, at York, 52/5, ^o* SeeGrej,
frese, 37/i : frieze (green)
frontel (of altar), 5/19 : drapery
covering the front of an altar, on
which a monogram or ornament is
generally workt
funeral to be inexpensiv, 49/ 1 1
funeral to be without pomp, 23/
22
funeral, Lady A. West's, to be
' with right litel cost,* 8/22
funeral X, adj. pi,, expenses funer-
alx, 115/3
furd gowns, bequest of, 68/4
fure, 53/29 : fur
furre, sb, 11 4/14: fur
furre of Fycheux, 34/30
furre and cloth gownes, 11 4/ 12
furred with blak, a gowne, 110/
21
furrereur, 11 8/3 : fur garments,
lining and trimming
furrurs, 54/6 : sets of furs
fustyans, a peyre for a bed, 66/18
fycheux, furre of, 84/30 : pole-
cats, iitchets
fyn, 62/18 : a 'fine' at law, pro-
ceeding for vesting an estate finally
in a buyer, &c.
fynde, 43/io : provide for, main-
tain
fynde hir, 43/8 : provide for her-
self
fynde to gramer scole, 133/i6:
provide for (a boy) at a Grammar
School
g for k : thyngyth, 29/19 • t^iiiik-
eth
gallon brass pot, 98/ii, 12
gamerye, 57/28 : game-house or
-yard(?)
gar sonde, 40/i6: cauze to be
sent
geldyng, fe grey 53/8
genet, the, p. 36, note 7
gertiers, a C, 109/s : 100 garters
gesseran, a habirgoun of, 54/i
glide pece with smale stones sett
ther-on, 133/2
gilt cups, coverd, 65/i2
gilt keuered goblet, 57/i6
girdle, silvern, 42/2o ; of black
silk, 45/9
glass before a tablet or picture,
117/13
gloves of white, and of black,
mail, 19/6, 10
goat leather, black, a Doublet
coverd with, 37/6
goblets, bequest of two, 65/15
God Almighty and his mother,
4/8
godchildren, gifts to, 39/19
god-doutghter, 50/8
goddes, 34/18 : goods, property
goddis-child, IOI/18 : godchild
Goddys seruice, 3I/3 : service in
tonour of God
gode, 3/14 : goods
gode childrin, 8O/9 : godchildren
godely, if it myght, 62/i8 ; if it
can reasonably be done. Godely,
62/20 : reasonably, conveniently
gode men and wommen : prayer
for children to be, 59/i2
godly, adv, 49/io : in due man-
ner, decently
godson and servant, 95/4
gogement, 80/8 : Judgment (the
Day of)
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183
LIST OF WORDS AND SUBJECTS.
gold chain, 76/21
gold chain of 25 lbs, 117/8
gold chain given to Mrs. Jn. Lem-
man, 35/i
gold ring with a Crucifix above,
97/1
gold ring with a stone, 96/i5
golde lynge, 40/2O
goldringe, a gode, 58/24
Goldsmythes werk, a gowne of,
109/4
goud, sh. 38/27 : money
gouemance, 122/ii : behavionr,
rule of life
gouernance, at^ 13/2 8 : under
control, rule
gouemances, 1 27/34: appliances
gouernauns, 43/io : management,
control
gouernauns, 43/i : ordinance,
testament
goueme, 78/27 : conduct
goueme, 1 27/31 : apply, use
gouemyd worshipfully, 127/i6 :
behave properly
gown and hood, 101/iS
goun, blake, furred with funes
(martin skins), 53/21. See Martin.
gown, a blue, and a pair of i»d
hose, 17/10
gowns off cloth off gold and off
sylke, 52/7
gown furred with Besshe, 50/25
gown furred with Cristy gray,
50/20 J p. 138, some tufted grey fur
gown, a green, of the Cordwainers*
livery, I6/20
gown, gray russet, furred wit
lonetis and wylde Catis, 36/i6
of grene frese, 37/i
gown furred with gret menyvere,
50/19
goune, ru«set, lynyt with whyte
blanket, 91/i6, 17
gown, a sanguine (blood-red), furd
with martins' skins), III/4; a
purple, 107/34
gown, scarlet, furd with foynes,
beech-martins* skins, 108/ 1 ; III/20
gowne of Scharlet wit brod sleues
furred witfi gray, 36/14
, blew worsted, furred with
I'rotes and poUes of Martrons
(martins), 36/15
gown, scarlet, with slit sleeyes
furd, 111/22; plain, 111/24
goune, worstede, with J)e furre,
34/27
gowns, gift of, 29/15-17
gowns given to poor Tenants, 94/i
gramer scole, 133/i6
graners, 22/7 • grain-vessel 1
grase, 27/i7 : grass
graunte, 86/14: mako
graunteyn, 48/ 1 : agree, under-
take
grauntfaderiesandgrauntmoderles,
57/3
gre, 27/14 : pleasure, will
green gown, I6/20 ; green frieze
gown, 37/1 ; green hose, 42/3 *» ff-
kirtle, 91/ 10; g. silk net curtains,
Greffons, II7/3 : griffins (sculp-
turd)
grene sylke bed, 133/i
Grey Friars, IO6/9 : Friar Minora
or Franciscans
Grey Freres of Hereford, 109/i2
Grey Friars at York, 52/5. See
Freres Menours, and Friars.
groche no3t with, 116/8: do not
object to
growyng, I8/14 : growth, crop
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UST OF WORDS AND SUBJECTS.
183
gniche therwith, II8/17, i^ • ^®
discontented with it
grypp, 46/7 • * griffin or vulture
(on a silver band)
grjpys ey, 120/i6; 133/4,5: a
gripe's or Yultnre's egg (as a cup),
gripe, ypt4 snypt a griffin. • A
gryphe hyghte Gripkes, and is ac
counted amonge volatiles, Deuter-
onomi, xiiii. And th^Te the Giose
say the, -tliat the grype is foure
fotedde, and lyke to the egle in heed
and in wynges. And is lyke to the
lyon in the other part of the body,
and dwelleth in those hylles Uiat ben
called Hyperborei, an(} ben mooste
enemyes to horses and men, &
greueth them moste, and layetli in
his neste a stone that hyght Sinar-
agdus agaynste venemous beastes
of the mountayne.' — Trevisa's Bar-
thQlcemouSy bk. xii, ch. xix, leaf
171, col. 2, ed. 1535 (in Pe^cy Fol.
Ballads, iii. 555). 1 suppoze the
egg was really an ostrich's.
grys, 5/9 : grey fur
gude, 12/25: goods, personal
property
gurdillof blake sylke y-linyde with
rede lether, 45/9,* 10, ^^ Girdle,
Pearles, Pendaunt.
h after w: wherk (work), 8I/9;
whriten (written), 82/7 ; whith
(with), 82/5
habergeon, bequest of a, 76/13
Habyryon, 12/i6 : habergeon, a
coat of leather or mail
haf, 58/26 : have
haiers, 53/i3 : heirs
hair cast backwards. Lady War-
wick's, in her Statue, 116/ 10
halfe large, IOI/3 : half the large
size
haliwater pot, 6/22
hall, 47/15 : all
Hall, officers of my said lord('s),
110/13
Halle, bequest of a, 5/i : 1 the
fittings of one
hallyng, 35/19 • liangings, &c.
for the hall of a house
Hallyng or Tapestry embroiderd
with the Nine Worthies, 133/7
Halpeney Loves for the Poor,
40/13. See Hapeny.
haluyndel, I/7 : half
ham, 5/30 j 92/15: them. See
Hym.
hame, 49/io : am
hame, 27/i5 : them. /See heme,
han, 3/3 : haue
hapeny loaves, 1000 given to poor
men, llS/ii. /Sstf Halpeney.
barneys, 76/io : armour
barneys, 36/5 • l^eds, coverlets,
cushions, furd gowns, &c., &c.
hamesed, 76/14: with sheath,
belt, and suspenders
hastly, adv. 70/io : hastily,,
quickly
have, 12332: possess
(to) haue and to holde, 99/20
haue age of discrecioun, 5/31 :
come to years of discretion
hay and com of fis ^here growyng,
I8/11 : this year's crop
l^ale, sh. 87/20 : health
hech, 47/20 : each
heires of their bodies, 12 4/2 4
boldest (son), 19/i : eldest
hele, 101/2 : health, condition
hole, vh, 3/8 ; 5/27 : to cover,
protect
helper, sb, 47/i6
helth and saluacion of my sowle,
93/1
hely, vh, 27/4 ' cover
helyng, 131/2 1 : covering
heme, 48/5, 6> ^^t ^3 ' thena
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UST OP WORDS AND SUBJBCTa
hende, sb, 4l/i : end
hens, bequest of six, 91/21
her, 76/21 ; ISO/iy: their
here, sh. 80/i i : year
herringd and bread for Essex poor,
70/22
hers, 24/iS, i6, i8, 21, &c. :
heirs
hert in fe myddyll of a dorsur,
46/21 : a hart, stag ?
heued (sheet, colord), 4/17
heueiy, 8O/9, 1 1 : every
hewk, 37/3 : a robe
hewne, 86/15 : heaven
hey day of lugement, 29/2 o :
high day
heyi' lome, 66/32 : heirloom
high way, gift for repair of, 1 1/22 ;
49/15; 80/12 ; 98/9; 99/14. ^See
Feble.
hir, 53/15 : hire
his, 75/12 : its
hit, 57/s : hit that, the property
which
hoby, 53/15; 111/27: hobby,
small Irish horse
hold greynys, I8/14 : old com, of
the last and former years
hoLle houshold, 57/32 : keep up
a bouse
hole, 92/1 1 : whole
holelych, 28/i : wholly
hoUe, 19/s : whole
holli, 95/16 : wholly
holograph Will, written thru-out
by the Testator, 63/ 1
honest . place, IIO/12 : decent,
proper place
honestly, 126/2 7 : honourably,
decently
hoods, gifts of, 97/4. See houd,
hoyd.
hool celure, 6/34: a whole canopy
hool estat of ray body, 4/5 : in
sound condition
hoTSfpl. 109/24 : horses (A.S. hros
was neuter, and its pL didn't
change)
horse, best, as a burial fee, mortuar-
ium, 120/10. See Principal, p. 139.
horse, bequ«t of, 87/i ; III/18,
21, 23, 24, 27, 28
horses, gift of, 23/24 ; 53/s, 8, 9
hosen of grene, 42/3
hospitales, fe pore, nere London,
31/31; 32/1-3
hosyn, rede, 17/u
houd, my blac, 40/2 9 : hood
hour, 47/14 : our
hous, 6/29 ; 54/3 : convent
hous of dwellyng, 96/14 : dwell-
ing-house
householders, poor, bequest of
coles (charcoal) to, 101/ 16
houshold, 52/11; 84/io : house-
hold goods. See howshold.
howe, 39/26, 29^ 3i> 32, 33 • owe
howght him eny goud, 39/7 • owd
em any money
howke of siluer, III/29 ; hook 1
hows, 6/29 J 54/3 : house, monas-
tery, nunnery
howshold, 70/28 ; howsold, 131/
20: household goods and chattels
howynge, 40/i : owing
hoyd (hood) percyd with Eay,
I6/20. See hood, houd.
husbandery, 43/iS : farming,
management of a country place
hustilmentis, 35/i9 : chattels,
household goods. See Ostelmentes,
39/23
hym, 43/15 : them
icLe, 102/23 : each
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iH, sb. 81/9 : aisle. See Eyle.
Image, II6/9 ; II7/12 : statue
Image of wex, the grete, 118/i
implementis, 132/10 : tools 1
in : yn the contrarie, 122/22 : to
the contrary
in forma sewyng, 93/14 • ^ *^®
form, words, following
In, 9/2 ; 66/12 : dwelling-house
In, the lordes, of Cherlton with-
oute, Newgate, London, 9/2
Incamacion of Cryst, 129/3
inde, eh. 43/i3 : end
infinitive * to ' left out : * as they
hope best pleyse god with/ 115/io
instrumentis, 82/21 : trade-tools
into, prep. 51/ 16: in
into, 115/15, in, for
into, 54/3 : unto
Inuentare, 103/ii: inventory
Inventory of Testator's goods
exhibited, 72/14; II9/28
investment of money, 58/2o-i
iparted, 6/6 : impaled
isold & iyeuen, 102/ 14 : sold and
given
issue in the taile, 125/io : chil-
dren in tail
ivory comb, gift of, 9 7/ 12
ivyll wyll, I3O/17 - iU-will
ientiH woman), a, IIO/18
joiner, a, John Hewet, 82/3
joint estate, 6O/1 ; j. feflfees, 6O/9
ioint feffed, 6I/22 : jointly feflft
joint fefferaent, 122/ 15 ; j. estate,
122/17
lonetis, 36/i6 : Genets' skins. —
W. G. Stone.
journey, Will made before going
on, 65/3
ioyned stoH (1 for a child, 1 for
a man), 102/8, 9
Kechyn, officers of the, 110/ 15
kepid, 54/2 : lookt after, attended
to
kepes, 97/2 : looks after, sees to
keppit, pp. 123/26; keppid, 123/
28 : kept, retaind
kepyng, I5/21 : attention to,
looking after, a man
ketil Hatte, a, 19/ii : a kind of
hehnet ?
keuering, 80/ 12 : covering, roofing
keuerlet, coverlet, 4/ 18
kirkerevys, 131/ 12 : church reves
klerk of the churche, lOl/ii
knoppe, 102/2 : knob, top, handle
knopped basyn, IOI/27
koke of London, 94/ii (cp.
Chaucer)
kylderkyn of ale, 17/i6, 17
kyn, next of my, 76/24
kynges liiiere, 40/2 1
kyrk, 12/8, 9 : church
kyrke, 68/15 ' church
kyrke work, I2/19 : works of a
Church
kyrteH, 97/13: akirtle
kyrtyll, a grene, 91/io
laboryd, II8/18 : workt, managed
Lady Chapel of Tewkesbury
Priory, 117/7
lamb('s wool), black, as a fur,
131/8
lambe, furred with, 97/i3
Lambe, furryd with blak, 37/2
land to be bought, bequest for,
52/12
lands : profits of, to go to Exe-
cutors for 7 years, 122/3 1
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U8T OP WORDS AKD 8UBJBCTS.
LiDgyth, 19/2 : belongs
laton, ab. 71/8 : a mixt metal like
brass, Qzea for brasses in eh arches
laton, candelstykkys of, 46/19
laton, fve candelstykes of, 56/29
latyn, iij candelstikes of, IOI/27
layers, 46/15 : wash-hand basins
lauour of peuter, 2/3 : pewter
washing-basin
Law, children going to, lose their
benefit under a Will, 2O/20-2
lawe, a wel lemed man of ]?e,
64/26
Lazare, bowses of, 106/ 16, p. 117,
note 3 : leper hospitals. See lepers,
led basyn, 2/3 : lead basin
ledyn wyjtis, 46/28 : leaden
weights
leede, 27/4 '• ^^^ coffin or wrap
for a corpse
leful : issue leful, heirs leful, 20/
6, 9 : lawful, legitimate
legge hemeys, a pare of, 19/5 :
armour for the legs
lengh, 36/II, 12; lenghe, 37/5,
6 : the length of
lenkethe, IOI/22, 23 : length
lepers, 4 poor ones to be kept for
10 years, 7O/15. See Lazare.
lessons, the ix, IO5/7
lete off, 50/2 : excuse, allow to
neglect
lettyng, 95/i7 : hindrance
lettyng, 128/io : hindering
leuacion at the hie masse, IOI/13 :
lif ting-up of the elements
leue, vb, IOI/16 : live
leve, 105/18 : remain
leuet, 2/7 : remain
levetb, 122/26: remain
leuyng, 94/i7 : remaining
leuys, 4G/27 : scales of a balance
leuyth, 19/15 : remain undis-
pozed of
liard botiller, 53/9 : a grey horse
liard Manley, 53/; : a grey horse
lif, vb, pi, 58/17 : live
liggeth, 4/1 1 : lyeth
like, 43/14, 17 '• please
loaves, pound, given to Prisoners,
113/18. See Hapeny, and Love*
loki, vb. inf, IO2/28 : look at^
observe
longes, 62/11 : belongs
longyng therto, 4/14 : belonging
to
longynge, 85/i2 : belonging
lord, gen, IIO/17 : lord's
lordeshipe, I3O/14: power, influ-
ence
lordschipe, 6/23 : the position of
lord or landlord
love, 40/14 • loaf
low feet to pieces of silver, 56/6
lure, 97/4 : 1 hue or a stuff
lyand, I9/17 : lying, situate
lyenge, 116/8: lying, being buried
in their Aobey
lyke as, canj, 88/24
lymet, ^^. 134/i2 ; limited
Lyn, 36/6 : linen
(a) lyned gowne, 131/9
Lynne bed, 37/4 • l^^^en bed
Lyonis of syluer, iij on a narow
plat, 46/7
lyoun Curteynes, 133/20 : 1 cur-
tains with Uons on, or made at
Lyons
lyst, 11 6/1 2: a specification of
the details of Lady Warwick's
statue
lyvelode, 119/i : estate, rentall
lyuelode, III/7, 8 : property
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lynelode, resonable, 6I/3 : reason-
able pay
lyuere of dedys, 62/13 • handing-
over of deeds
made, 68/15 : cauzd to be made
male, 92/15 : give, bequeath
malt, 57/29
Malt to brew Ale for the Poor,
40/12
Maltman and Citaysyn of London,
14/14
mannes state, IO2/9 : a man of
age
Mantle and Ring taken by a
Widow at her Vow of Chastity, 60/
8, 25 ; Nohs, p. 135
maple leaves and a fret of Trefoils
workt on a coverlet, 36/7
marble, stone of, for a tomb, 105/
10
marble tomb, 88/13
maried to hir worshipe and to hir
estate, 122/i2 : suitably to her
position
mark and seal a testator's, Eoger
Elmesley's, IO2/29
mark of B & S on pewter vessels,
101/25
marriage bequest for, 130/21
marriage of girls, gift for, I3/33 ;
19/12; 50/6; 76/11, 12
marriage, gift of 100 marks for,
65/13
marriage of honest and poor
maidens, 15/26; 23/i2; 79/7
marriage of sons, bequests for,
127/17-19
marterount, 50/i6 : martins' fur
Martin, or Martem, p. 36, note 6
martirs (martins), a newe fure of,
53/29
martres, III/5 : martins* skins
martrons, purple goune furred
with, 107/34; scarlet ditto, IO8/1 ;
blew worsted, 36/15 ; blake, 53/21
Mary Mawdelen to be sculpturd,
laying Lady Warwick's liands
across, II6/12
maser of a vine rote, with peces
of syluert made in )^e bo)>um like
perles, 56/24-26
maser coppe, IOI/26 : mazer cup,
a large wooden cup
mason, a, 58/33
Mass-book, bequest of, 6/13 ; 76/3
Massebooke and Chalys, 49/19
masses, bequest for, 2/7 ; and
often
masses for all cristene soules, 6/
26 ; and often
Masses, 4,400 to be said, 6/25 ;
10,000 to be said, 23/i4
Masses, a thousand thousand
(1,000,000) to be said for a Test-
ator, IO6/4
mattrass, gift of, 91/6
Matyns bookis, peyre, 5/3
Maydenys of gode name and of
gode fame ; ten marks for Marriage,
15/26 J 79/7. See Marriage
Mayster and Couent of sent Bar-
tholomew's spitell, 115/21
me, 40/19 : my dead body
me Soule, 31/2 5 : my soul
Meat & Drink for Neighbours,
15/29
mede, 39/24 : benefit, well-doing
medled, pp, Zlji : mixt
melley parted, 37/3 • ^^^ patch-
work?
Menchon, 6/8 : raonken, monkess,
nun, of Romeseye, Hants
Menchows and prestes of the hows
of Wilton, 7/21-2
Menchouns and prestes of the
hows of Romeseye, 7/19
Menchouns of the Hows of
Shaftebury, 7/13
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LIST OF WORDS AND SUBJECTS.
^ holding gropertr
mende, «&. lijiA* mind
mendyng, »h, 31/i8
Menouresses, dwelling without
Algate of London, bequest to, 7/8
Menours, Freres, of London, 31/
21 : Franciscans or Grey Friars.
See Freres.
nienyuer, 4/i8 : minever (fur of
the ermine, mixt with that of the
small weasel)
menyvere, gret, 5O/19
* Mercy and Grace ' to be cut on
R. Bokeland*s Tomb, 105/ii
Mercy and loie,' W. Fitz-Hany's
* word * or motto on his tomb, 88/15
meritoire, 125/2 : adviseable
meritory, 54/i2 : helpful, gainful
merke, my, 46/23, 25 : my mark,
badge?
mese of londes, a, 126/8
Mesellis, 3/io : Lepers
Messez, I2/5 : masses
meuable Cateli of bestali, 95/9, 10
meuable godes, 76/9 : moveables
meuablis, adj. pi, 80/s : moveable
meueth of, III/7 : comes from
Millon (Milan work), one habir-
goun of, 53/29
Midsummer Eve, devotions on,
31/12
ministracion, 6I/14 : administra-
tion
mobles, godes, 32/22 ; moveable
goods or chattels
modefye, v. t 134/i2 : modify
modere, v, t. 134/ii : moderate,
adapt, alter
Monasteryes of Cristchirch, of
Caunterbury, and of seynt Awstyn,
132/21
Month's mind. 8ee Mynde day.
mooldes, 82/21 ; moulds for
candles
morter and pestle, 46/30
mortuarium, 120/ 10 : burial-due
or fee. See Principal, and p. 139
most, 127/27 : must
Mother, gift of 20«. to, 22/4
moveable and unmoveable goods,
92/15 ; 95/15
Musterdevylers cloth, 97/3 • gray
cloth made at Montiviliers in
Normandy
mylche kye, 57/33 • inilch cows
Mylen, a habirgoun of, 53/22 : of
Milan work
mylyngis, IOI/22 : millings, jagd
edges like those on some coins
myn nece, 50/6
mynd, to be kept yearly for 20
years, IO5/14
mynde, good, IOI/2, 3, sane, sound
mind
mynde day, 106/8; IO9/23; p. 141
mynde, day of, 82/i6 : memorial
service, a month or year after test-
ator's death. See Obit.
mynde, twelf monthes, 82/23-4
mynde, year's, 82/13, ^S* ^^
mynistracion, I28/5, 8: adminis-
tration, carrying out
my sty det, 39/io: mighty, big,
debt
mythfull, 47/12 : full of might
naapri, 78/24 : linen
naked statue of Lady Warwick,
116/9
namelych, 27/22 : especially
naperie, 32/22
necbours, 59/3 : neighbours
necessaries ... of all myn houshold,
23/16
nede men, 23/7 : needy men ;
nedy folk, 23/9
nedful, 1/14 • needy, poor
nedful, 2/8 : necessary
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nedyest, adj, 130/4
needy folk at an Obit, to have Id,
each, 130/7
needy men, good and faithful,
gift to, 51/8
negative, doable, 122/j5, i6
negligent service to a Master;
bequest as compensation for, by an
old apprentice, 12/io, ii
nerhande holicbyrcbe, 43/i9 :
near a church
nessessarie thynge, 38/28 : thing
that needs doing, wants repair
Net curtains, green silk, 36/8
next heires, 111/8
Nine Worthies, a 'hallyng' or
tapestry of the, 133/7, 8
noblis, iiij, 42/i
nobles of gold, 87/2
nold, 40/29 : old
Konne, who lookt after Sir E.
Saiwayn when sick, 54/2
note, adv, 50/2 : not
nou3t, 86/1 : not
noych«, 11 8/1 5 : brooch
Nuns of Cheshunt, gifts to, 106/
18
nyght, xiiij, 6/27 : fortnight
obit day, 78/22. See Mynde day.
obit for 3 years, 107/ii
obit day to be kept for 7 years,
132/18
Obitys, that ys for to sayne, my
^erys mynde, 16/^ 9. See Mynde.
oblations forgotten, 2I/24. See
Offerings.
Obligacioun, 33/i4 : Bond to se-
cure money
obligacions, 44/i6: bonds for
money
of (on) thys condicyon, 22/6
of : fulfillid of, 59/2 : out of, at
the cost of
offerings (and tithes) forgotten,
bequests for, 77/i4 ; 81/8 ; 84/7 ;
101/10; 113/6; and often
on (side, other side), 6/1 : one
oonly but, 122/22 : only, nothing
but
or, 1/8; 5/31; 59/9; 87/6, 7:
before
ore, 40/18: before
ordeine, 2/8 : appoint
ordeny, I, 113/7
ordeyn fro myn heir, 6I/15 :
give away from my heir
ordeynd, 41/2 : made, wrote (a
Will)
ordeyne, 5/31 : dispose of
ordeyne, 31/i : provide, give,
buy
ordeyne, 92/is : appoint, give
ordinauns, 2O/23 : disposition,
gifts, devises and bequests
orwis, 48/20 : otherwise
OS, conj, 39/24 : as
OS, 19/34 : as, as much money as
Ostelmentes, 39/23 : goods and
chattels. See Hustilmentis, 35/19
oter, 37/2 : otter skins
ounsus, 46/7, '3 • ounces
Our Lady, Brotherhood of, in tha
Craft of Skinners, 113/ 16 ; 114/2 1
Our Lady, Feast of Purification
of, Feb. 2, 41/4
Our Lady lyght, at Twickenham,
85/5
Oure Lady sawter (Psalter), said
on beads, 58/28
outake, 82/25 : except
oute take, 23/20 : except
out-tak, 5/14 : except
outragely, adv, 131/2
1 oueral, 6/23 : specially
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LIST OF WORDS AND SUBJECTS.
ouerguld, 45/13: gilt (spoons),
58/27 (paternoster) ; ftc.
oaereleaethy 57/4 • survives
ouerlyuyng, 5O/11, 13: surviving
overplus, 42/21
ouerse, 71/i4 : supervise, look to
overseer of a testament, 88/2, &c.
ouerseying, 68/19: on looking
thru, or over
oweht, 96/2, 6 : owes
oyche, noyche, 118/is : drop,
ornament
painted sheet to hang before 2
Altars, 96/9
paled, 6/s : striped, cunamented
paled bed of wursted, white and
rede, 66/15
palid, 133/2 : strii>etl
pallette (scull-helm«t) couerte
with reede velwette, ] 9/9
pan, old, gift of an, 91/8
pankyns, 46/i6 : small pans
Pantrie and Botrie, Larder and
Kechjn. I8/11
Pantrie, officers of the, 110/ 15
panyer, II7/9 : basket or casket 1
parche, I/15 ; 3/6 : pariah
parehce, ab, 95/ 10 : parish
paresshen, 113/6: parishioner
parish clerk, gift to, 99/ 12
Parish-Clerks, Brotherhood of St.
Nicliolas founded in London by,
114/26
yarisshen, IO6/1 : parishioner
parkere, 8/1 1 : park-keeper
Parson of a Church, gift to, 76/8 ;
and often
Parsons drawing up Wills, p. 68,
note 1
party, do, 27/2 2 : cauze to be
parted, divided
party, in this, 11 5/14: matter,
business
imrtye, in that, 125/2 : to that
end
Parys werk, 1 towell of, IOI/23
passe rather, 38/31; 39/4: die
sooner
passe to God, 87/6 : die
patent to raize money in Lincoln-
shire, 43/8 ; in Oxfordshire, 44/6, 7
pater^noster over-gilt, 58/27
pattens made and sold in S. Mar-
garet Pattens Lane, p. 101, notel
paunce of stele, 19/6 : armour for
the paunch
paxbred, 5/22: *A small tablet
with a representation of the cruci-
fixion upon it, presented in the
Ceremony of the Mass to be kissed
by the faithful/— Hall's Gloss,
pearles, a girdeU of, 50/ 5
peautre, plate & ij disshes, & y
sauseres of, IOI/24
peces and kuppes of siluer, 78/24
pecis of siluer, 65/i2 : pieces of
silver plate
peisible, 33/i5 : peaceably
pendaunt, 46/9
, & a cheyne in, with a
cnapp, 46/12
pendaunt from a Girdle, with a
St. Christopher in it, 45/io, 11
pepett, pore; coles (charcoal)
given to, IO2/14
performyd, 46/i8 : *a dosen of
peutrevessell performyd :* wrought,
ornamented, oi all told ?
perf ormynge, «6. 107/2 1
perles, peces of syluerelike, 56/2$
perosone, 83/ 1 : parson, rector
pesid Bowe, 42/2 1 : a pieced bow
Pestilence, great, p. 105, note
pestle aiid morter, 46/30
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petit brase morter, 46/30
peuder pottes, 78/24 : pewtor
pots
peuter lauour, 2O/3
peutre vesseH, half a dosen of,
76/19
Pilgrim to be sent to Home and
Jerusalem, for the good of Test-
ator's soul, 65/5
pillows, 2 ; one * feire ybored/
101/20
pilwes, 4/17 : pillows
pipe of wyne, gift of, 13/1$
plache, 3/8 : place, spot
planer, 22/7 : a brewer's vati
plat, 46/7 : flat bit of silver, with
3 Lions on it
plate, silver, 127/2 3, 29
plate blacke, a pare of glovys of,
19/10
plate white, a pare glovis of, 19/
6: armourd
plesaunce, 35/8 : pleasure
Plouwys, 27/13 • ^ys ^^ plough-
ing done by Tenants for their
Lord
plowes. And all my hors f at'longen
to hem, 56/30
point, vb, set, put
polles, 36/15 : skins of the heads
(of Martins)
pomell, a sqware ; a flat coverd
pece of plate with, 57/6
pompe, whyche may not profyt
myn soule, 23/22
poor blind and lame, gift to, 27/
21. See Blind,
poor fed and clad at a funeral, 27/
7; &c.
poor folk, gift to, II/9; I5/15;
19/16; 32/17; 69/7 ; 99/13 } 105/
18; 113/n; 124/9; &c.,&c.
poor folk, 1000 hapeny loaves for,
113/11. /SMfMalt Brew.
poor kinsfolk, I3/24
poor men and women to be carvd
on Lady Warwick's Tomb, II7/4
poor of Essex, bread and herrings
for, 70/20
poor to have the money foold
away on vanities of Torches and at
a burial, I3I/2-5
Poor Tenants, bequest to, 5I/7 ;
69/S ; gift of gowns to, 94/2
, bequest to, for their Ser-
vices, 27/1 1
, let off their rent, 52/i8
poor young women, gift for mar-
riage of, 23/12. See Marriage.
Porch-door, to be buried outside
of the, 101/7
Pare Gaytife, a booke of Englyssh,
50/18 ; p. 51, note
porelych, adv, 49/ii : inexpen-
sivly
porter, a, 83/17
portoos, 59/6 : portable breviary
Portus, 76/3, a portable breviary,
from 0. Fr. porte-hon, Lat. porti-
forium^ that which is carrid out
of doors; *a ^oriwiA, portiferium .*'
Catholicon. See Mr. Uerrtage's
long and interesting note, p. 287,
and Canon Simmon's Lay Fol&*s
Mats-Book, p. 364, there referd
to.
posnet of bras, IOI/28: a small
pot
posnet of a poteH, 46/ 16 : a small
pottle pot
of a quarte, 46/17
postnet, 17/9 : small pot
pot and a panne, 7 6/ 18
potel pot of peuwter, 22/9
potell pot of sy lucre, 56/7
pottys & pannes & peauter vessell,
35/19
pounces, 67/i2 : 1 claws or feet to
a piece of plate
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LIST OP WORDS AND SUBJECTS.
powderbox and salers of siluere,
57/25
prahyng, 47/12: praying
prehyng, 48/io : praying
Prechours, Freres, of London, p.
17, note; 31/21 : Jacobins or
Dominicans. See Freres.
Prechours, white Freres, and grey
Freres, 113/io
prefenyng, 127/2 5 : advancing,
pushing forward in life
prent in y myddylle of a bowl of
seluer, 46/6
prentys, Ion, my, 22/5
prentyshode, 12/ 11 : apprentice-
ship
prest, 1/12 : priest
prestes of the Hows of Shafte-
bury, bequest to, 7/14
preysyd, jqp. I3/20: vahied
priest, a son becoming, 64/i-i8
priests and Clerks, gift to, 22/i
Priests of a Church, gift to, 76/8 ;
77/16; and often
principal, 57/34 : best horse that
follows a man's corpse at his funeral,
and then belongs to the priest.
Best beast (the Testator having no
horse) in the name of ' principale,*
47/19. See p. 139.
principaly, 49/13 • i^ *^® ^^st
. place, before anything else
Prioure and f e Couent of Freres,
47/21
prison, heipe nede men oute of,
23/7
prisoners and poor folk, gift to, 66/
3,4
prisoners in London, gifts to, to
pray for Testator's soul, 78/3, 6, 7
in Ludegate & Newegate,
IO6/11; &c.
prisoners of Newgate, bequest to,
3/9
prisoners, to pray for souls, 3I/28-
30
profits of a Church, gift to, 77/i9
Provyncyaft (of Friars), 88/6:
* provincisB prsefectus apud religio-
sos.' — D'Arnit,
prowede, pp, 49/i2 : proved
Prymour, gift of a, IO7/34 : first
book of Religion
Psalter coverd with black, 50/2 o
purchace, 6O/2 : purchases ot
land
purchas, ah* 68/24: purchase,
buying
purse, a, and 20*., 42/27
purses, gifts of, 42/4, 5
pursew, 130/12 : prosecute
purtenaunce, I9/36 : appurten-
quan, 43/i8 : when
quare«ter, IO6/17 : chorister
quarriour, 69/4 : a quarrier
quart pot of silver, 67/i8
(vV quar teres of coles, IOI/14:
r quarter sacks of charcoal
quarters of wete, 2 8/20
quay res (quires, treatises) of Doc-
tours on Mathewe, 51/4; P« 189
questes, sh. pi. 85/5 • bequests,
gifts by will
quike & dede goodes & catelles,
95/14: live and dead chattels
quiitayns, 86/8, 9; curtains for
abed
quisshens, 86/12 ; quisshonus,
102/1 ; quyssonus, 46/20 : cushions
quyk catel, 57/29: live stcck
quyt,2?p. 8/19: paid
qweche, 44/4 ; qwiche, 44/6 ;
quyche, 24/3 : which
qwytaunce, sh, 71/3 : getlii g
free from, discharge
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193
rack of iron to roast eggs on, 102/
5.6
rakkes of yryne, 6G/27
rakkes and brandemes of erne
(iron\ 57/27
my, I6/20 : striped cloth
Keclus, Frere, Tliomas, 7/31 : a
recluse
Keclus of Shirboum, whos Sur-
name is Arthour, 10/8, 9
recommended: soule to be, in
Goddys seruice, 3I/3
recompensible, 133/io : answer-
able, as a recompense for
record, j>p. I6/1 : recorded, set
dowa
red cloth of gold, 49/i8. See
Rede.
rede, 6/30 : read prayers
rede (1 Rode, cross) lyglit, at
Twickenham, 85/6
Red-leather Doublet of defence,
37/3. See Gown,
rede bed of wursted, 66/16 ; reed
bedde of worsteyd, 19/2
rede Damaske furred with mar-
trens, a gowne of, IIO/26
reioyce, 111/6; reioys, 128/2 ;
reioyse, 99/i6 : enjoy
rekenyng, the laste, 97/7 • ^^
Day of Judgment
lekeuered of, 42/28 : recoverd
from
releuyng, 127/2 5 : providing for
Religion, poor men of, bequest to,
3/13
Religiouse wommen, bequests to,
p. 7
relyved of, IH/is : relievd with
remaindre, 61 /2 4, 26 : devolve-
nient of land
reniaynande, 130/3 • remainder
remayne, v. t 124/6 ; revert, go,
devolve
E. £. WILIJS.
remembraunce of me, 63/14 : a
token of remembrance
remenauntys, I3/19, 23 : residue
remenent, 87/9 : remainder, resi-
due
rement, 22/3 : remainder of the
bequests
remnaiind, 19/is : remainder of
the £100
rengnyng, 11 9/21 : reigning
reof, 36/i 2 : rough
reparacion, 90/4, 7 » repairing
Requiem, Masse of, 15/i2 ; 105/
15; 106/8,20, 22
rerebrace, 19/5 : armour for the
back of the arm
reserued, pp, 23/2o : excepted,
kept back out of a bequest
residue, bequest of, IOO/3; and
ofteu
residues, 134/io
reson, 96/i6 : a motto
resonable helth of body, IO4/4
resorte, inf. 1 28/15
restitution to be made for any
wrong done, 23/15 ; ^c.
rewlyng, sh. 15/8 : management
reyn, IOO/19 : reign
Reynes, peyre schetes of, 4/i6 : a
couple of sheets made in Rennes,
France
reysid, pp, 7I/29 : to be raizd
out of
Rodelofte (of Stoke), 90/8 : the
Cross and part abuv the Altar of a
church
rode horses, 58/2 : riding horses ;
cp. roadsters
roller for a to well, 102/i8
roses and flourdeluces on a cup-
cover, 102/7
ruby brooch, 118/15,16. v. Baleys
russet Candelstykes, 82/ 1
o
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UST OF WORDS AND SUBJECTS.
russet, a Cloke of blake, 37/s
russet gown furrd, 131 /;
russet gowns, gifts of, 91/i6, i8 ;
110/21
russet gowns at a burial, I5/19
rupset kyrtell furred with lambe,
97/13
russet medley furred with blak,
a gowne of, III/3
russet vellewet, 11 8/5
russett ylyned with white ; poor
folk's gowns at a Barial, 27/ 10
Eiding gowne wilh the hode, 133/
24
right heires, 60/15. See ryte.
ring, gifts of, 12/i2, 13 ; &c.
Eing put on by a Wi«low wh**n
she takes a Vow of Chastity, 60/
8, 25 ; Noie8, p. 136
rydelles, 6/19: Fr. ** rideatiy a
curtaine, or cloth-skreeue." — Coi-
grave»
** rynge with which y was ys-
poused to god," 6/4. See p. 135.
ryte heirs, 20/is
sacrynge bell, 5/24: bell rung
before the Consecration of the
Host, and at other times during
Mass
salarie be jere, 31/i8
salarie, 5 nobles for his, 127/i
sale, ab. I9/32
saleri, 8O/1 1 : salary
salt saler of peautre, IO2/2 : salt-
cellar
Salve, a service of our Lady, 1 1 4/2
Salve (Maria) ; the service, 8I/20.
See Notes, p. 141.
sam, 46/27 : same
sanapes, 56/23 ; IOI/24 : hand-
napkins
sanguyn gowne to be sold, and
do for mv boule, 94/3
sangwen) gowne furred with mar-
tres, 111/4
' eans departir ', a motto on a ring,
96/i6
saule, soule, 33/27 ; 49/i6 : soul
sauseres of peautre, IOI/25 : pewter
sawcers
Sauter (Psalter) helid with blake,
6O/20
sawcers, 49/17. See Silver,
say : that is to seye, 4/i 5 : namely
scarlet gowne furred with foynes,
111/20. See Gown.
with slyt slyues, 1 1 1/2 2
scarlet goune furred with mar-
trouns, 107/35
schapell, 80/ 13 : chapel
schel, 40/19, 20, &c : shall
Scheie, 38/20, 22 : shall
schetys, 3/9 : sheets. See Sheets,
scho, 95/16 : she
scochons, 4/13 : scutcheons
scoles, sonnes [to] be susteyned
and kepte to, 1 22/33
seal to Will, 35/i2 ; 66/15 ; 79/
27 ; 95/22 ; 108/3 ; 115/i6 ; &c.
seal of Arms to Will, 11 9/2 2
secoutors, IO2/15 ; seccutur, 80/6 j
« secutour, 2/9 : executor
secundaries, adj, pi, 82/2 : second-
rate
secundary of the chircfi, 105/i6
secunde best furre and gowne,
114/14
sekenysse, 11 8/20: sickness, ill-
ness
seketoures, IO2/21 ; ^eketowrs,
38/i6 : executors. See p. xiv,
note 1.
Seler (Cellar), officers of, IIO/15
selour, 76/i6 : canopy
seluer, oldf*werKe of 46/8
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seluere vesseH, 56/4 • silver plate
seme, 79/21 : think, judge
seme, they, III/26: they judge,
think
seme hem, 128/21 : appear to
them
sen, 53/24 : since
s«idel,' 4/18 : (cendal) a species
of rich thiD silken stuff
sepulcure, 35/5 • ^^i^®^ ^^^ tomb
serpe, 110/6 : serpent?
serteyn, a, 3/io : a certain sum, an
allowance. See p. 135.
servants' beds, two, 56/21
servants to be rewarded, 53/23
servants, gift to, I3/34
servants to be rewarded by Exe-
cutors, 71/26 ; 119/10
servants to have their Master's
body-clothes, 68/7, 8
sesse, 39/3 : decease, death
Setrysday, 28/io : Saturday
seuerally, 124/is : respectively
sex, 4/17 : six
sharpe, 117/6: a baldrick or
girdle ? •
sheo, 74/9 : she
sheet, a^ gift of, 91/7, 10
sheets, gift of, 3/9 ; 32/27 5 76/
16 J 101/19; &c., &c.*
sheets, 2 pair to a bed, 56/19
shulleth, pi, 10/9 : shall
sich, 54/12 : such
sickness, attendant during, re-
warded, 11 8/20
signet, 83/i 8: seal. Yt. * Signet:
m. a signet, seale, stampe, marke.'
— Cotgrave^ 1611.
Signs of Shops or Inns :
Cock in Grub-street, Cripplegate,
75/11
Cock and Garland in Colman strete,
74/2 ; p. 140
Cow-head in Chepe, 75/i7 ; p. 140
Mermaid in Bread St., Cheapside,
78/19; p. 141
the Sword in Fleet St., 65/7
silk, green, net bed-curtains, 36/8
silk, black, green and red, a Girdle
of, 46/ 1 1
sillers, 33/28 : sellers (of land)
silour, 36/6 : canopy of a bed
Siluer hereof, I9/29 : sale-money
of it (land)
siluer, 2O/23 : money for land
sold *
silver, a cloth of, IO9/3
silver, twelve pence of, 48/7
silver cups, bequest of, 5O/31, 32 ;
65/14; 111/10
cup coverd, with a cover,
lll/i, 2
cup plain, with fe scripture
of sejnt Ion, 5O/33
silver cups ' stondyng on low fete,'
133/8
silver dishes, 34/24 > *^^ sawcers,
32/27
Girdle, 34/24; 43/2o; 58/
11,12 »
silver gilt spice dish, 4 6/1
saler, 56/8 : big salt-cellar '
silver goblets, 56/7
old work of, 46/8
silver Pots, 133/4
silver spoons, 42/19; 56/8; 57/
8, 10, 12, 14; &c.
silver spoons, a dozen of, 34/2 1 ;
"'*'"; six of, 87/2
silver tester, 46/24 •' ^or assaying
food
vessell, f 6/4 : plate
singing for souls, 88/3 ; &c.
sink foil merkid on saucers of
siluere, 56/9
2
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LIST OF WORDS AND SUBJECTS.
Skiimers' Craft, gown of the
Liverj of, II4/13
skonce, IO2/20 : a framed light
to hnng against a wall. * A sconse.
Lucernula,* 1608. Clerk's WiikaW
Dictionarie, p. 182, coL 1.
elit sleeves, scarlet gown with,
ford, 111/22
Smaragdus, a stone laid by the
Gripe, p. 183, 'Grypysey'.
sold to, 69/27 : sold at (a high
price)
Solaiipne Seruise, — Belle Ryng-
yngtf, Deryge be^ote, and Idasse of
Kequiem be note, 15/ 12
solempny, adv, 1 82/19
sool, 6O/10 : single, unmarrid
sordehors, 53/14; 54/17: Isorrel-
coloord
sorede horse, a, 53/9 : a sorrel
horse?
Soul, gifts for Testator's, 42/ii,
21 ; 66/4 ; 67/14-16 ; 7O/30 ; 87/8 ;
90/12; 91/14; 97/5; lOO/i; and
in nearly *very Will
soul : money from land' sold, to
go to, 33/26 ; 34/6
soul to be prayd-for for 20 years,
. 105/4
soule hele, IO2/12 : health, salva-
tion, of soul
souls to be sung for, 79/i3 ; &c.
specefied, 112/i
spedefull, 128/i : helpful
spendyth, yspendyth, j>i?. 15/2 9,
36 : spent, laid out
spon, a Sylure, 42/19: a silver
spoon. See Silver,
spones, a doseyn (silver), 56/8
sprengls,5/22 : sprinklers, brushes
for sprinkling holy water
spytes, 56/27 : spits
square pomell (in a piece of plate),
57/6
stable, seruantes of, 110/ 17
staf with an handeH, 102/ 17
standing piece of plate, 5 7/ 17
stappe, vh, 21 ji : step, tread
state, 115/19, 23, estate, op
interest
Statue, naked ; the Countess of
Warwick's directions for her, II6/9
Steeple of Marcle Church; He«*
fordshire, to be made, 23/6
Steeple, gift for making a, 1 32/13
stepil of Okeham church, 58/31
sterlinges, 34/2$, 27 ; xL li o^
32/22; 70£ of, 31/17
sterlinges, markes, 95/5
stodys, 46/9 : studs (of silver gilt)
stodys, 46/13 • studs
stondyng cuppe gilde, 1 33/14;
139/11
pece of syluer couered, 133/
18
stondyng with me yn maner of
aprentys, 114/ 10
stondynge cuppe gilt, shapp of a
colunibyn, IO6/24
stone of Marble, for a Tomb, 105/
10
stohys, precious, 11 7/ 11
stonys (precious) and perles, 118/6
store and catell quykk and ded,
• 18/9 •
strecche, 1 34/13 • ©xtend
strenketh, 12 2/30: strength
stuff, 111/4: household goods,
clothing, &c.
stufifes mevable, 1 26/26
stuys, 2/1 1, 12: tanks to hold
water
subdeacon, 132/i7
substanciall dedes, 62/i6 : ori-
ginal deeds, conveyances of land
suffre my wyf wone })er-inne,
6I/27
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suites, 56/8 : patterns, sets
supportyng, 115/25 : bearing, pay-
ing (the rent and charges of a
leasehold)
surveiors of my testament, 64/13
suruewe, 9O/14 : (survey) over-
looking, oontrol
Surveyors of a will, 1 27/24, 35
Surveyours of his testament,
122/14; &o.
sussessiffly, ado, 114/;: succes-
sively
sustentacion, 79/i5
sute, in, I3/9 : in succession
suyng, a. 65/ 1 1 : following
swerd? hameseiJ, bequest of a,
76/14, 21
swerd, my schort, 12/ 16
Sword, the : sign of an Inn (1)
in Fleet St., 65/;
sworn to leave X 20 to a girl,
88/27
sygne manuall, 89 /ii ; syne
manaell, 8S/18: sign manual, sig-
nature
sy lucre saler, 56/8
sylver spones, vj, 87/2
sylvym) Gyrdyll, 42/2
tabel, a litil, peynted trestelwise,
102/7, 8
tabelet, 117/i2 : paiuting#
tabernacle of syluer, 11 7/ 15
tablets, jeweld, of St. Katherine
and St. George, 117/io
taile, 124/23 : entail
Tailors, Craft of ; the Brotherhood
of St. John of the, 114/28 •
Talvchaundeler, IO2/27 : tallow-
chandler
tamsery(l) werke, 46/20; p. 138
tapecery, a blewe bedde of, 7 6/ 15
tapers and torches burning at a
funeral, 92/i2
tapers at head and foot of corpse
at burial, 8/23-4
tapers to be burnt in Chapels, 81/
12-21
tapers, two, on the Altar of our
Lady, II4/3, 4
tapicers werk (bed of), 4/i2 :
tapestry
tapistree, bed of, 56/ii
tapites, 4/12: tapestry, hanging
cloths or carpets
tartyn, 133/2 : ? tarteryn, a kind
of silk
tastour of seluer, 46/24 : a silver
tester. Fr. 'Taster, To tast; or
take an essay of.' — Cotgrave,
tawne, 5/34 : tawny
te, 87/3 • ^
templys, 116/6: jewels hanging
from women's foreheads
tenants in SuSblk, bequest to, 69/9
tenants, poor, gift to, 7I/13. 9ce
Poor Tenants,
terment, II/9; IOI/12 : inter-
nftnt, burial
terment, 27/6 : ceremony, fuss, at
a burial
termined, pp, 25/22 : ended
termyn, 53/i i : for the term
testament concemyng my last
wyll, 92/5
testament conteynyng my laste
wjU, 99/5
testament of my last wyll, 94/ 12
testour of a bed, 133/i
fat, 64/21; that, 118/7 : that
which, what
thewhiche, 82/14, 13 : whicl
feim, 6O/32 : them,
fer, conj, 23/8 : where
fere, 2/8 : where, in cases where
Jjerto, 38/20 : also, moreover
ther-wyth, 6/2
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LIST OP WORDS AXD SUBJECTS.
tbet, rel. proti. 102/ 14 : that,
which
thet, con;. 94/19 : IO2/24: that
thet, 94/20 : that (= that the
debts be paid)
theym, 11 4/19: them
thilke, 6/18 : those
])is es, 39/34 : these are
the, 21/21, 22 ; 22/8, 9 ; 78/iS :
to
thridde, 6/3 : third
til. 6«/i3 : to
tithes forgotten, gift for, 77/is;
I 84/7. See Offermgs.
to, 56/27: two
to tyme, 82/7 : till
toe, 96/s : two
tofor, 38/20 : before
tomb : bequest for tomb of Sir T.
and Lady Alice West, 8/4, 5
Tomb, directions for making one
(in 1426) like Sir Thos. Mora's, the
Dean of St. Paul's, 71/6-IO
Tomb, Lady Warwick's, 11 7/4
tomb, plain, directions for, 27/2
tombstone, marble, for Sir Roger
Salwayn, 52/6
ton, 101/22 : one
tone . . and . . tother, 117/io : one
, ' and other
too, 2/6; 66/21, 22 : two
to-partyd, 1/8 : divided
torch at the levacion at the hie
masse, 10] /i 2, 13
torches and tapers burning at a
funeral, 96/i2
Tofches and Tapers, only 3 each,"
at a Burial, 27/S
Torches at a funeral, 130/i
torches of wax for the Altar of
Westminster Abbey, 11 /4
torches to be burnt at funeral
service, 82/17
torge, torghe, 130/i, 2, 3 : torch
towailes longynge to the auter
5/16 : altar cloths
towayl of werk, 37/7 • embroiderd
towel
towel-roller, 102/i8
towdtt of Parys werk, IOI/23
towels, washing, for before meab
and after, 56/23
tre (tablet of), 6/25 : wood
Trefoil, fret of, workt on a Cover-
let, 36/7
Trentale of Masses, 40/io ; 88/
10, 115 113/8
Trentalez off messez, 20 to be
said, 48/1
trentaH, a messe of J^e, 105//
trestelwise, a lytil tabel, peynted,
102/7, 8
Trinite . . his endles mercye . •
he sende, 59/i i
trist, tristy, 48/io, 21 ; trust,
trusty
Troy weight, lll/io
trussing cofer, 6/19 ; 66/14 5 ^V
4 : packing chest
twey, 31/13, 14 • ^"^^
tweyne my best hors, 28/23 : my
two best horses
tymbur, II7/13 : wood-carving 1
•
unbenefist priests, gift to, 48/14
unstopped cushions (or colour]),
102/2 : P unstuft
unto tyme, 123/2 7 : until
vp, 33/ii, 14 ; 6O/10 : on, upon
vpon, of : executouris vpori) this
« testament, 87/io, 1 1
ure, destine (1), p. 59, note 1
vtensyl, I8/10 : household uten-
sils
vtensilmentes, 78/25 : (kitchen)
utensils
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199
valour, sh. 134/4 : value
Tambrace and rerebrace, I9/4 :
armour-plates for tlie front and
back of the arm
Tanites of Candilstikkes, torches,
and suche other (at a burial), 131/
2,3
vanturs, 88/14: pieces of front
armour ?
Tekery, 12/i8 : vicar
Telle wet, 11 8/5 : velvet (russet)
ventaile, I9/4 : projection over a
slit in a helmet to let out air
vergyous, 9I/19 : verjuice
vesseH, II8/7 : plate
vessell, seluer, 62/io : silver plate
vestement of blak for prest, &c.,
132/17
Vestments, Chapel, cloth to make,
109/4
vestments, gift of, to a Church,
6/28 ; 76/4. See Westment.
vestment to Auter in be kyrke,
63/15
vestments, a pair of black, 5O/28
Vestments for Priests to sing for
Testator's soul, 32/5, 9
vestymentz of my chapell, 5/ 16
Vicar of church of Newenton
Valance, 8/14
vicary, 28/7 : vicar
vice, 95/12 : voice
Vigil of St. Matthew (Sept 20),
p. 3
voile, adj. 28/2 : full
voursone, 74/23, 24; advowson
voute of Okeham stepil, 68/31
Vow of Chastity, a Widow's, with
Mantle and Ring, p. 135
voyded, pp. 33/32 : turnd out
vyle, 91/20 : file (gift of one)
tt;fur V, 86/13, 15
ward, the right of marrying one,
63/5-12
Wardeyn and J>o Couente of
Freres, 47/21
Wardeyns, 114/7, 22: wardens
(of Sejnt Austyns chirch)
ware, 8/20 : where
warkis, sb. pi. 2I/25 : works,
building
wasshyngtowels for before mete
and after, 66/23
waxchaundeler of London, 34/
29 ; lOl/i
wax torches, gift of, to churches,*
&c., 11/4, 7, 13, 17
way, 40/17 • journeying, pilgrim-
age
ways bad, gift to mend, 31/i8. See
Highway
weche, 2/2 : which
weddynggown, II8/2
weddys, IO7/20 : pledges
wepen, 58/ 12 : weapons
werk, of, 66/23 : workt, orna-
mented
werk of cherch, gift to, IIO/23 ;
and often
werkmansshipe, 68/33 • doing cer-
tain work
weryng, sh. 7I/23 : wearing,
having on one's back * ,
westment of rede cloth of crold.
46/18
wete, 23/20 : wheat
wetyn, 3/7 : know
wex, a C lb, 114/i ; 100 lbs. of
wax «
weyth, 117/9: weighs
what thenge, 6O/29 : whatever
thing
wheche, 27/4: ? hutch, chest,
coffin.— W. G. Stone.
where-as, 4/io : where
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UST OF WORDS AND SUBJECTS.
wherk, $h, 81/9 • ^o^k, building
whit, 66/6; 60/ n : with
whiUll, 62/12: withal
white, 13 poor men to be clothed
in, and hold a torch, at a barial,
129/15
whith, 56/30 : with
whysteH, sb. 40/2 2 : whistle
whyt, 34/2 : with
whyte doth, 47/i : undyed cloth
Widow : ceremony at her Vow of
Chastity, p. 135
•wife, app^ to, to see Will duly
carried out, 41/ 1-3
wife, gift of all goods to, 83/13-15
wife, * my most tristy frendo,' 48/
21
Will, an old, to be referd to, to
help the meaning of a new one,
128/13
Wills in the 3rd Person: 'he
wille,' &c., p. 43, p. 121
wit, 12/6, 7, 9> &c.; 54/io: will,
hequeath
• witholde, Pi). 71/i6: rataind
wittes, sb. pi. 87/20 : wits, senses
wiues, 82/22 : wife's
wodeknyf hamesed, bequest of a,
76/14
• wood and coal, bequest of, 91/ii
word, 88/15 ; motto, * mercy and
ioie*
Works of a Church, gift to, 77/
19; 99/11 ; and often
works of St. Paul's, London, be-
quest to, 2/6
wor*ip and honour differenst,
p. 104, note
worsted, a red bed of, 19/2
worsted Curtains to a bed, 36/9
woshup, 102/12 : worship
wurstede, bed of grene, 133/6
wyjtis, «6. pL 46/28: weights
(leaden) for scales
wylk, 57/35 "• ^bich
wyt, 22/10 : with
wyt, 12/6, 7, 9, &C. ; 54/io : give,
bequeath
wy tele, 48/7: blanket
^ for J) : 30U3e, 27/13 : though
Year's Mind or Obit, I5/9. See
Mynde, and Obit, and p. 141.
ybored, IOI/20: ? coveid with
pierst lace-hke work
yefeh, 87/8 : given
3eifi, 23/12 : given
Jele, my grete maser, 56/31
3eres of discrecion, 68/17
yerth, 86/16 : earth
yete, 27/i6 : eaten 1
3hely, 20/8, 17 : yearly
3here, 2O/28, 31 : years
yi-do, 3/12 : done, (alms) given
away
ydypp. MJs: given
ykeueryd, 45/7 • ^*'^ * ^^^ *^ ^^
ynemned, pp. 27/20 : named,
specified
yomen of my lordys chambre,
110/14
30U3e, 27/13 • though
yove,i?p. 113/12: given
yowre, 8O/2 : our
ypoutbered, 4/i2 : powderd,
sprinkled, ornamented
ypoynet, 6/1 : pierst, open-work
yspendyth, pp. I5/36 : spent, laid
out
zieren (and wolle), 46/30 : shear-
ing?
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