Transactions of the Essex
Archaeological Society, ‘New Series’, Volume 23 Part 1 (1942)
Archaeological
Notes
Great Bromley
Wills.- All the early wills relating to Great Bromley that could be traced
at Somerset House have been searched, chiefly for bequests to the
parish church. The results proved somewhat
disappointing. However, documents of this nature always possess
a value to the local historian, and for that reason it seems worth while printing a complete list. With
the exception of three original wills in the Commissary Court of London (Essex and Herts), and a single will in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, of which full abstracts are given,
extracts are confined to items of particular interest; the references
are to Registers in the Archdeaconry Court of Colchester.
JOHN NEWMAN. - 23 February, 1514[-5]. Of Moche Bromlegh. To be buried in
the church, by the sepulture
of my father and friends.
To the 'fabricacion' of
Bromlegh church, 40s. during the next two years. (Frmzcys 52.)
ROBERT BAYNYNGE. - 22 September, 1523. Of Moche Bromley. To the church, 15s. to buy a good cow, to be
'letten' yearly to an honest poor·man of the parish, paying yearly to the church 'reves'
for the time
to keep an obit perpetually, of which 2d. to be paid for the bell-ringing, 2d. for settin g up
of the hearse, and 2d. for
drink for the ringers. Mending of a slough called Philipps
slough, and another in the same l ane. (Francys 1 54 .}
WILLIAM
FARYWAY – 8 July 1524.[1] Parson of Moc h e Bromley.
To be buried in Moche Bromley churchyard (? 'chauncell'; see Trans. E.A.S. , vol. vi, p. 113). 5 masses to be sung in the c hurch fo r me.
My executo
rs to have 100 masses
sung for me at Scala celi in the Crosse Freres in Colchester.[2] To Bromley church, 40s. to buy towels and altar-cloths, and a cow, to find a light before St. Christopher's image. To the making and painting of the 'candelbeme' in the church,
£6. To the churchwardens, a milch
kine, from the letting
of whic h my ob t i s to be kept for ever.
To
each of my godchildren, 12d. To Master George Gilford, esq., my largest bed, and other pieces of fumiture
(described); remainder to my goddaughter,
Mistress Mary Gilford. To 20 maidens next to be married in Bromley, each a ewe. To John Munt, the tailor, 20s. My tenement called Clements and my land called 'hacche lande' to
be sol d by my executors.
To John Pegott, ½ acre wheat and
½ acre oats. To Robert Lyne, 1 acre wheat and 1 acre
oats. To Agnes Wells, widow, 20s. To William Pegott, 6s. 8d. To Henry Stertowte, 20
seams of barley at 20. All my household
stuff at Munkeshilley (Monks Eleigh, Suffolk), except a Rock bed, to be brought home to Bromley; all the rest of my goods
there to be disposed of by Edmond Gosnolde of Bylston
(Bildeston, Suffolk), and William
Stertowte of Munkishilley, to each of whom 20s. for his pains.
A priest
to sing for me
for a year in Bromley church for £6
13s. 4d.. To the Grey Friars of Colchester, 20s. to sing
two trentals for me. To Friar
Skotye, 10s., to Friar Johnson , 6s. 8d.,
to pray for me.
To Agnes
Wrangham, 6s. 8d. To Sir Matthew Saunders, parson
of
Lelford (Lawford),
40s. owed him.[3] To
the Croutched
Friars of Colchester, 33s. 4d. for
their church. To John Parsowne of Bromley, 5 seams of rye.
To John Newman
of the same, 20 ewes;
remainder to his child, my goddaughter, at 18.
To Jone Lynd, a black
bullock.
Residue to executors: Edmond
Gosnold; William Stertowte; John Towke, of moch Humley (?); Sir William Watkynson, sometime parish priest[4] of Langham.
Witnesses: John Massy, clerk; Thomas Johnson,
grey friar; John Newman, and others.
Proved 11 October, 1521, by Richard Felde, proxy of
executors. (P.C.C., Bodfelde 27.)
WILLIAM STONE. – 9 December,
1533. Of Moche Bromlegh, ‘husbondman.’ Tenements called Masons in Ardlegh; Martyns
and Mablottes in Moche Bromlegh. (Francys 268b.)
JOHN STON – 28 April
1534. {Will now at Essex Record Office,
and can be viewed on Essex Ancestors: ERO D/ABW 33/37}
JOHN HUBBARD – 5 February
1536[-7]. For abstract of this will, see
Trans. E.A.S., vol xxi, p.334.
JONE MUNTE. – 25 April 1538.
Of Much Bromly, widow.
Proved 20 September 1538. (Sargant 8b.)
RICHARD WRANTHAM – 2 August, 1539. {Will now at Essex Record Office, and can
be viewed on Essex Ancestors: ERO D/ABW 39/39}
JONE STONE – 28 November, 1540. Of Myche Bromley. To be buried in the churchyard of St George
in Myche Bromley. (Sargant 106).
KATHERINE STONE. 10 January, 1540[-1].
Of Bromley Magna. Administration only.
(Sargant 115b and 143b.)
JOHN RANDE. -19 November, 1541.
Of
Muche Bromley. To
be buried in the churchyar·d
of Bromley before the new cross. Tenement
called Gumboldes, and la nd called Hoys and Rydens; land called Wylmottes.
Proved 18 January, 1541[-2]. (Sargant 181b.)
JOHN CHURCHE. – 3 April, 1543. Of Muche Brunlaie. Witnesses include William Cowper, ‘aremet’
(hermit) of Dedham.
Proved 23 May, 1543. (Sergant 233b.}
JOHN WYRE. -22 July, 1543. Of Muche Bromley.
To b e buried in the churchyard of St. G eorge in Muche Bromley.
Proved 1 October, 1543.
(Sargant 243b .)
THOMAS AMBROSE. - 24 July, 1543. Of B romley
Magna. Administration only.
(Sargant 243.)
JOHN
DERYFFALL. – 4 December, 1544. Of Muche Bromley. If all my children depart this world
before the decease of
my wife, after her death my house and land sha ll be sold for ‘In (?) The Fullyng the vij woorkes
of Mercye.'
Proved 21 January, 1544[-5]. (Roberts 60b.)
SYMOND
LYTELBURY. – 5 May, 1546. Of Muche Bromley, husbandman.
(Roberts
113b.)
WILLIAM
HARDEN. – 20 June, 1550. {Will now at
Essex Record Office, and can be viewed on Essex Ancestors: ERO D/ABW 18/98}
G MONTAGU BENTON
[1] Newcourt does not give the date of
Fayrway’s institution. There may be a gap between him and John Ruttur, who was instituted
in 1498, as Newcourt omits
the date of the resignation or death of the latter.
[2] John Tey. by will dated 1534 (P.C.C .. Hogen 17), left 10 marks to the Prior of the
CrossFriars in Colchester to sing daily for his soul for a year at an
altar of Scala coeli in the Priory there.
A gnes Bounde, of Colchester, in
1508 (P.C.C. Bennett 8), left directions for
a priest at Westminster to sing for her and her husband' s souls ‘in the chapel
that hathe such pardon and indulgence as is named at Scala. Celi.’ John Godfrey,
beer-brewer, of Colchester,
in 1510 (P.C .C., Bennett
27) . also left 15s. for a priest to sing a trental at Scala celi at Westminster. Scala Caeli is the name of a church
in the abbey of Tre Fontane, outside
Rome, in which St. Bernard is related to have had a vision of souls for whom he was saying mass,
ascending by a ladder
into heaven, and to
it an indulgence was attached:
hence the name was applied
to chapels and altars in England,
and
to the masses said there, to which the same indulgence was attached (see O.E.D.).
[3] Matthew Saunders was
rector of Lawford from 1506 until his resignation in 1526.
[4] i.e. curate: the term
was rarely, if ever, used for an incumbent.
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