BEQUESTS RELATING TO ESSEX
EXTRACTED FROM Calendar of
Wills proved and enrolled in the Court of Husting, London.
WITH ADDITIONAL NOTES BY A.
BENNETT BAMFORD, V.D.
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258 BEQUESTS RELATING TO
ESSEX.
1307. Monday next after the
Feast of All Saints (1 Nov.)
SIMON DE ABENACH, de
Havering.—To John and Nicholas, his sons, certain of his houses and shops in
the parish of S. Edelburga. Other houses and shops in the same parish to be
devoted to the maintenance of two chaplains, one to celebrate at the altar of
S. Peter in Hornchurch (Ecclesia Cornuta), and the other to celebrate where his
executors shall choose. (No date.)
1311. JOHN DE BRYNKELE,
blader, i.e. corn merchant. — To Isabella, his wife, his tenement in the parish
of S. Michael, Queenhithe, for life; remainder to Stephen, his son. Sons:
William, John, Henry .... To Dame Johanna de Brynkele, his daughter, a nun of
Berkynge {Barking}, a house upon la Roumlonde, in the said parish of S.
Michael, for life. Daughters: Idonea, Margaret, Margery, and Beatrice. (No
date.)
1316. THOMAS DE BOLONIA or
BOLOIGNE. — His messuage called 'Cokedon halle,' in the parish of S. Dunstan
towards the Tower, to be sold, and chantries to be provided out of the proceeds
in the said parish church, as well as at Briche (Birch), and Stistede {Stisted}.
Bequests of five marks out of the same to the Prior of Berdene {Berden} for
pious uses for the souls of the testator, Mary, his late wife, Ralph, the
moneyer of Chileham, and others To Thomas, his son, a moiety of his ship,
called 'La Margerie,' and ten pounds of silver; and to Johanna, his daughter,
his leasehold interest in a tenement at Billingg(esgate), together with a
leaden cistern and utensils therein. (No date,)
(The manor of Birch was holden
of the Honour of Boulogne).
1323. Monday next before the
feast of S. Barnabas (11 June.)
RICHARD DE GLOUCESTER. — To
Johanna, his daughter, a nun of Berkyngge {Barking}, and to Idonea, his
daughter, a nun of S. Elena, certain rents of a tenement in the parishes of S.
Mary de Colcherch and S. Pancras, between a lane called ‘Bordhawe' and a lane
called 'Gropecuntelane' .... (No date.)
1323. Monday next before the
Feast of S. Margaret, Virgin (20 July.)
WILLIAM DE TILLEBIRI, Rector
of the church of Heitfeld (Hatfield) —To Ralph de Thedmersh, rents in the
parish of S. Edmund, King and Martyr, in Lumbardestrete and elsewhere. (No
date)
1328. Monday next before the
Feast of S. Luke, Evangelist (18 Oct.)
WALTER DE HERLAWE. — To Agnes,
his daughter, divers specific chattels and the whole of his stock in the parish
of Eppinge {Epping} in co. Essex. To Johanna, his wife, his tenement in the
parish of All Hallows, by London Wall, for life; remainder to the said Agnes.
Dated London, Monday next after Feast of S. Luke, Evangelist (18 Oct.), 1327.
1328-9. Monday next after the
Feast of S. Hilary (13 Jan.)
MASTER RICHARD DE GLOUCESTRE. —
To his kinsman, John de Gloucestre, a certain tenement. To Katherine, daughter
of Geoffrey de St. Alban, his house in Fridaistrete {Friday Street}, near the
church of S. Margaret, for life ; and to John, his son, a certain hall erected
on a stage over the street, together with a shop .... The reversion of a
tenement in Fridaistrete to be devoted to the maintenance of London Bridge,
saving an annual rent of ten shillings left to the lord of the manor of 'Southalle
Marreis' (manor of South Hall in East Tilbury), for the repair and preservation
of the walls of the Thames within the said manor, with power to distrain for
the same .... Dated London, VIII. Kal. December (24 Nov.), A.D. 1328.
BEQUESTS RELATING TO ESSEX. 259
1329-30. NICHOLAS DE PERUNDENE
Or PERUNDON {Parndon}. — His shop in the parish of S. Nicholas de Colemanstrete
(sic), and also a certain brewhouse, to be sold for pious uses. The same to be
done with ten acres of land in the vill of Perundon (Parndon), and two shops in
the vill of S. Alban, in the stret called 'Spitelstrate,' in the parish of S.
Stephen. Dated London, Wednesday next before the Feast of S. Katherine, Virgin
(25 Nov.), 1329.
1331. Monday, the Feast of S.
Mary Magdalen (22 July.)
HUMFREY DE WALDENE, knt. — To
Humfrey, Adam, and Alexander, his sons. a messuage and rents in the parish of
S. Peter the Less, in successive tail. To John, his son, 'de Laufare,' ten
pounds. To Joanna wife of William Sturmyn, his messuage in the vill of S.
Edmund, in fee. Dated 'Riclinge,' April, 5 Edward III., A.D 1331.
1332. MATILDA DE CAUNTEBREGGE.
— To Thomas atte Pyrie, son of Stephen de Cauntebregge, her rents in the parish
of S. Mary de Stanynglane, until Stephen, her son, shall pay to the said Thomas
twenty marks of silver; remainder to her said son. Also to the same Thomas, in
tail, the tenement in Fletestrete, he paying to Alice, her daughter, an annuity
of twenty-four shillings ; remainder to Stephen, her son, in tail ; remainder
to Katherine, daughter of Anketin Gesors. Dated at Donmawe (Dunmow), Wednesday
next before the Feast of S. Alphege, Archbishop (19 April), A.D. 1332.
1333. Monday next before the
Feast of S. Martin (11 Nov.)
Sir JOHN DE ST. PHILBERT, knt.
To Hugh, his son, all his houses in the City of London, and in the vill. of S.
Edmund, in tail ; remainder to the testators heirs, in tail male. Dated
Canefeld {Canfield}, in the diocese of London, Thursday, the Vigil of S. Luke,
Evangelist (18 Oct.), A.D. 1331.
1335. HENRY DE BYDYK. — To
William de Ilford and Sir Thomas de Karlel, rector of the church of
Bassyngeshawe, sixty-five marks annual quitrent, charged on all his rents in
London and the suburbs, for providing seven chantries for one year after his
decease, to wit, two in the church of Aldermannebury, two in the church of
Bassyngeshawe, two in the church of Fynchesle, and one in the church of
Welcomstowe (Walthamstow) … To the aforesaid William de Ilford, rents in the
parish of S. Margaret de Lothebury, for life, and also annually one robe or
twenty shillings, to be given to him on the Feast of the Nativity of our Lord …
Dated at his manor of Fynchesleye, Sunday, the Octave of Easter (16 April),
A.D. 1335.
1338. Monday next after the
Feast of S. Martin (11 Nov.).
THOMAS HARDEL. — To William,
his son, four shops in the parish of S. Mary de Fencherehe. William de Eppyng
{Epping}, tapicer, appointed guardian to the said son. To John, his son, a
garden in the above parish near the garden of the Priory and Convent of Ware.
Dated Leyton, Sunday the Feast of H. Trinity (15 June), A.D. 1337.
1338. Monday the Feast of S.
Clement, Pope (23 Nov.)
WILLIAM DE PARYS, de
Northwelde {North Weald}, co. Essex. — To Roger de Waltham, corder, a chamber
built aloft in and beyond the lane called 'Cosineslane,' in the parish of All
Hallows at the Hay. To Sir Ralph de Spigurnel, knt., and Alice his sister, wife
of the testator, two tenements and certain rents in the same lane and parish. A
parcel of land in the parish of S. Mary Magdalen, at the Old Fish Market, to be
sold for the good of his soul. Dated London, Monday the Feast of S. Clement,
Pope (23 Nov ), A.D. 1338.
260 BEQUESTS RELATING TO
ESSEX.
1338-9. Monday next after the
Feast of S. Hilary (13 Jan.)
ROBERT DE MUNDENE, rector of
Stifford, in the diocese of London. - A certain tenement in the parish of S.
Mary Magdalen, near the old Fish Market, to be devoted to the augmentation of a
chantry in the church of S. Paul, for the soul of John de Mundene, formerly
canon of the same church. The residue, however, etc. (sic). Dated London,
Thursday next after the Feast of Conception of V. Mary (8 Dec.), 1338.
1341.—J0HN DE OXON, Rector of
the church of S. Peter upon Cornhill. — To Robert de Clare, chaundeler, a
tenement in the said parish of S. Peter. To the Prioresses and nuns of
Cheshunte, Clerkenwell, and Stratford-atte-Bowe, divers tenements and rents in
the parishes of S. Stephen, Colmanstrete, and S. Martin de Oteswyche, for
keeping in mind his name and the name of Juliana (his wife?). Dated London,
Friday next after the Feast of S. Mark, Evangelist (25 April), A.D. 1341.
1340. —RICHARD MARTYN (de
Westbiry), called 'de Burgstede,' rector of the church of Chelmersford
{Chelmsford}. — Three tenements (situate in Bradestrete, parish of S. Benedict
Fynk; in Shitebournelane, parish of S. Mary, Wolnoth; and in the parish of S.
John Zakary, respectively) to be sold by his executors to fulfil his testament
if his other goods do not suffice. Dated London, the Feast of S. James, Apostle
(25 July), A.D. 1338.
1341. Monday next after the
Feast of All Saints (1 Nov.).
ROGER DE PARYS, goldsmith. — To
Leticia, his wife, a brewery in the parish of S. Alban de Wodestrete, and a
tenement in Goldynglane, parish of S. Giles without Cripelgate, for life, so
long as she remain chaste and unmarried; remainder to Katherine and John, his
children, in tail. To Margaret, his daughter, a tenement in the parish of S.
Olave the King, in Silverstrete. Also to his said wife a tenement in
Redecrouchestrete, in the aforesaid parish of S. Giles, for life; remainder to
the Prior and Convent of Latton, near Waltham Holy Cross, in co. Essex, for
pious uses. Another tenement in the same street and parish to be sold for pious
uses. Dated Thursday, the morrow of S. Ambrose, Bishop (4 April), A.D. 1341.
1342. JOHN DE OXENFORD,
vintner. — His body to be buried in the church of S. James de Garlekhuth, or
elsewhere, according to the direction of his executors; one hundred pounds, and
more, if necessary, to be expended on his funeral ; one hundred pounds to be
given to the poor of London on the day of his funeral … Bequests of measures of
red, wine and money to the various orders of friars in London; the convents of
S. Mary de Suthewerk, S. Bartholomew de Smethefeld, Faveresham, S. Alban,
Waldene {Walden}, Waverle, Hurlee, Lesnes, Bermondeseye, Tiltey {Tilty}, and
Stratford; the nuns of Halywell, Clerkenwell, Kelebourne, Chesthonte, and
Bromhale, and the Minoress Sisters without Alegate, in return for their prayers
… Dated 1 May, A.D. 1340. (Lord Mayor, died in office)
1342. GEOFFREY ALEYN,
fishmonger. — To be buried in the church of S. Dionisius, before the rood
there, to wit, between the two doors of the said church. To Matilda, his wife,
all his tenements and rents in the City of London, for life. To Alan, his son,
the reversion of a tenement in Grascherche Street, in tail, charged with an
annuity to Isabella, sister of the said Alan, a nun of Stratford … Sons: Robert
and William; daughters: Margery, Leticia, and Agnes .... Dated London, in the
said parish of S. Dionisius, Monday, the Feast of Nativity of S. John Baptist
(24 June), A.D. 1342.
