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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REQUESTS RELATING TO ESSEX.
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1342. Monday next after the
Feast of S. Luke, Evangelist (18 Oct.).
MATILDA, relict of Amiel le
CHAUNDELER. — To Johanna, Christina, and Margaret, her daughters respectively,
divers specific chattels, and all her tenements and rents in the parishes of S.
Botolph without Alegate and Stratford-atte-Bowe, the same to remain in the
hands of Alexander le Mareschal until the said daughters come of age. Dated
Monday next after the Feast of Epiphany (6 Jan.), A.D. 1341-2.
1345. Monday next after the
Feast of Translation of S. Edward (13 Oct.)
OLIVE MYNGY (de Northone
Maundevile {Norton Mandeville}). — Her tenements in Holebourne, in the suburb
of London, to be sold to pay the aforesaid (sic) legacies, the residue being
devoted to the maintenance of chantries at the discretion of John de Refham,
fisherman, and Friar Thomas de Heyroun of the Order of Friars Minors. Dated, 27
August, A D. 1345.
1348. JOHN DE CLAVERING, canon
of the church of S. Martin le Grand. — To be buried before the altar of S.
Stephen in the said church. Bequests of an annual rent in the parish of S.
Michael le Quern, to the vicars, ministers, etc., of the said church of S. Martin
A brewery and shops, in the lane and parish of S. Swithin, to be sold for the
maintenance of a chantry in the said church of S. Martin, for the souls of
Roger de Depham, and Margaret, wife of the same, the soul of the testator, and
others. To Sir Edmund de Wymondham, Vicar of High Estre ('Alta Estre') {High
Easter}, and John Baude de Derteford, his executor, he leaves certain tenements
and rents in the parish of S. Alphege, in Martelane, and in the aforesaid lane
and parish of S. Swithin, so that they keep all covenants entered into
respecting them. Dated London, Sunday next after the Feast of Translation of S.
Martin (4 July), A.D. 1348.
1349. ROGER VYNE, mercer. — To
John and Johanna, his children, the reversion of a moiety of a shop in
Soperelane, parish of S. Pancras, after the decease of Agnes, his wife. To his
said wife, all his rents and tenements in the hamlet of Manytree (Manningtree),
for life; remainder to his right heirs. Dated London, Monday after the Feast of
S Valentine (14 Feb.), A D. 1348.
1348-9. JOHN HAMOND, pepperer.
— To be buried in the church of S. Mary de Bothawe .... Provision made for
chantries for the souls of Adam de Salesburi, late pepperer; Hamo and
Christina, the father and mother of the testator; Agnes, his wife; and others ;
in the churches of S. Mary aforesaid and S. Margaret 'zynge' in co. Essex ...
John 'zynge' the testator's kinsman .... To his niece, the daughter of Thomas
Hamond (kinsman), residing with the nuns of Stratford, he leaves a sum of money
for her maintenance … and twenty shillings to be distributed among the poor parishioners
of S. Margaret 'zyng' in co. Essex; thirty shillings for the purchase of a
portifory (an office book containing the offices for the canonical hours) for
the use of the said church of S. Margaret; and one mark to the rector of the
church of Chelmersford {Chelmsford}. Dated London, Monday next after the Feast
of S. Michael (29 Sep.), 1346.
1349. JOHN SONDAY, de Hatfield
Regis (Hatfield Broad Oak), rector of the church of S. Mary de Wolcherchehawe. —
To be buried in the chancel of his church or where God shall dispose. To Sir
Richard Vincent, rector of the church of S. Benedict, Shorhogge, and Sir John
David de Hertford, chaplain, all his books, robes, beds, vessels of brass and
wood, and utensils, etc. To the Abbot and Convent of Waltham Holy Cross, all
his tenements in the town of Waltham, for pious uses, and all his houses in
Soperlane, in the ward of {…}
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ESSEX.
{…} Cordewanerstrete, acquired
from the executors of Johanna de Maundeville, to provide chantries therewith
for the souls of the said Johanna; Robert Priour, her father; and Emma, her
mother; and others; at the altar of S. Thomas the Martyr, in the church of the
monastery. Dated London, 6 March, A.D. 1348.
1349. THOMAS DE MARYNS,
apothecary. To Dyonisia, his wife, all his tenements in the City of London and
suburbs, and reversion of tenements in the parish of All Hallows de Honylane,
for life, charged with an annuity of twenty-six shillings and eightpence to
Katherine, his daughter, a nun of Berkyngge {Barking} Dated London, Wednesday next before the Feast
of S. Mark, Evangelist (25 April), A.D. 1349.
1349. JOHANNA YOUN, late wife
of John. — To the canons and convent of the church of H. Trinity, London, for
providing medicines, she leaves her tenement in Rethereslane, in the parish of
S. Botolph, charged with maintaining one canon or secular priest, to celebrate
in their own church, for the space of two years, for the souls of Robert and
John Youn, John, her son, and Margery, her daughter. Richard, the husband of
the said Margery, and others. To the Abbot and Convent of Waltham, tenements in
the parish of S. Andrew, on similar conditions. The residue of her tenements to
be sold according to the terms of the testament of her late husband. Dated
London, Monday next after the Feast of S. John ante portam Latinam (6 May),
A.D. 1349.
1349. JOHN MAKENHEVED,
goldsmith. — To be buried in the church of S. Peter de Wodestret .... To Elena,
his daughter, a nun at Stratford, one mark, annual rent of his shop situate
opposite the stone cross in Westchepe, in the parish of S. Peter aforesaid ....
Dated London, VII. Ides of April (7 April), A.D. 1349.
1349. LAURENCE DE BRAGHYNGG. —
To Elena, his wife, all his tenements, shops, wharves, cte., in the parish of
S. Dunstan, for life. To Laurence, his son, the reversion of certain of the
above, situate in Thamisestrete, in tail, charged with the payment to the nuns
of Berkyngg {Barking}, as chief ladies ('capitalibus dominabus') of the fee, of
ten shillings sterling for all services, etc., remainder to John, his son, in
tail Dated London, Tuesday next after
the Feast of S. Ambrose (4 April), A.D. 1349.
1350-1. WILLIAM DE THORNEYE,
pepperer. — To be buried in the church of the house of S. Elena, London, near
the tomb of Johanna, his late wife, if he should happen to die in London;
should he die elsewhere he is to be buried where God shall ordain ....
Provision made for a chantry in the chapel of S. John the Baptist, in the
street called 'Brodedrone' in Whappelode, in Holland (Lincoln) where the
testator was born, for the service of which he leaves the portifory which he
bought of Sir John, the Vicar of Claveryng {Clavering}. Dated London, 20 June,
A.D. 1349.
1351-2. Monday next after the
Feast of Purification of V. Mary (2 Feb.)
JOHN DE HOLEGH, hosier. — To
be buried in the chancel of S. Nicholas the Bishop, in the church of S. Mary le
Bow, in the tomb of Alice, his late wife, over which tomb he wishes a marble
stone to be placed with the two images of latten (a hard yellow, mixed metal
closely resembling brass), having letters written around asking for prayers for
the benefit of their souls. A tenement in the parish of S. Pancras to be
devoted to the maintenance of chantries in the {…}
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{…} same church, for the good
of his soul, and the souls of Alice, his late wife, John de Holegh, Gilbert,
father of the said John, John de Godeston, and others; (Stow mentions the
Hawlay Chantry in Bow Church) for the service of which he leaves money for the
purchase of a missal, a silver cup weighing forty shillings to be fashioned
into a chalice, and divers sums of money for the purchase of vestments, towels,
and other ornaments. Provision made for other chantries in the said church, and
also in the church of S. Matthew de Fridaystrete {Friday Street}, the churches
of South Wokyngdon (Ockendon) and Kyngeston-on-Thames, for the souls of Henry,
his father, Isabella, his mother, John de Holegh, his uncle, and others .... To
Thomas de Burton, mercer, he leaves twelve dishes, and twelve saltseras
(salt-cellars) weighing seventeen pounds, and a 'faldyng album' Of the residue
of his vessels of silver, he wills that three chalices be made and gilded, each
weighing thirty shillings, one of which he leaves to S. Mary-le-bow, another to
the church of S. Mary Magdalen de Milkstrete, and the third to the church of
South Wokyngdon {South Ockendon}. Pecuniary legacies to Nicholas de Molland de
Wokyngdon ('Molands' is an old farmhouse in South Ockendon), and John and
Nicholas, sons of the same, on condition that they endeavour to recover the
manor of Holegh. Dated London, 12 March,
A.D. 1348.
1352. Monday next after the
Feast of S. James, Apostle (25 July.)
BARTHOLOMEW DENMARS or
DAUMARS, corder. — To be buried in the chancel of the church of S. Lawrence,
opposite the tomb of Beatrix, his late wife. Pecuniary bequests to the said
church .... To the work of the church of South Beamflet (Benfleet) where the
testator was baptised .... Lawrence, his son, .... Cecilia, his wife, … first
wife Beatrix .... Dated London, Monday next after the Feast of Ascension (24
May), A.D. 1352.
1352. Monday next after the
Feast of S. Luke, Evangelist (18 Oct.)
THOMAS DE WARE, fishmonger. — To
be buried in the chapel of S. Margaret de Briggestrete, to the fabric and
ministers whereof he bequeaths certain sums of money. To Edmund, his son, a
shop in Breggestrete. To John atte Nassh de Grenewych a moiety of a ship called
'la Christmasse,' as well as of her outfit and apparel, in payment of all debt
due to him from the testator, and similarly to William Mannyng he leaves a batel
(boat) with outfit and apparel. To Margery, daughter of William Malmayn de
Berkyng (`Malmayns,' a farm belonging to Barking Manor, formerly near 'Eastbury')
one hundred shillings of merchandise on board the aforesaid ship, when she
shall have arrived at a port safely …. Brother Henry .... Margery, his late
wife .... Dated London, Tuesday next after the Feast of S. Bartholomew, Apostle
(24 Aug.), 26 Edward III., A.D. 1352.
1353. WALTER NEEL, blader. — Provision
made for chantries in the church of S. James de Garlechuth for the good of his soul
and the souls of Katherine, his former wife; Alice, his wife; his father and
mother; John de Oxenford; and others; charged on his tenements in the parish of
Castle Baynard, S. Mary de Aldermarichirche, H. Trinity the Less, and elsewhere
… Further bequests .... for the repair of the roads between Algate and
Chelmsford, etc. … Dated London, Friday the morrow of Nativity of V. Mary (8
Sep.), A.D. 1351.
1353. JOHN DE BESEV1LE,
tailor. — To be buried in the church of S. Thomas de Acon, near the conduit … Bequests
to … the Abbot and Convent of Waltham Holy Cross; … Dated London, 14 March,
A.D. 1352.
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