BOTELER,
JOHN – 4 January 1499.
Of Brounfelde,
in the co. of Essex, gentleman. To be buried
in the parish church of our
lady of Brounfelde, in the
chapel of St. Leonard. To the high
altar of the same, for
tithes and oblations forgotten or negligently withholden, 3s. 4d. To the reparation of the mother church of saint Poul e in
London, 3s. 4d. To an honest priest
to sing and pray for my soul, for my wife, for our fathers’ and mothers’
souls, and for our friend’s souls, in the church of Bromfeld
the term of 2 years (no sum given).
To the three daughters of my son, George
Boteler - Margaret, Isbell and Felis, to each
of them, 40s. on
their marriage. To Margaret, daughter of Robert Rolff and of Mary, my daughter, 40s. on
her marriage. To the
2 daughters of John Rolff and Anne his wife, to Mary and to Agnes, to each of them, 40s. to be paid on the day of their marriage.
To the said church of Bromfeld, to be prayed for, “a blewe vestment
wt all belonging
therto.” To the same church,
"a pece of grene felowet to doo make a coope to serve and
to be occupyed in the honour of God
in the said church.”
To each of my godsons, 1 silver spoon. To my son, George Boteler,
"my best masour, ij
flate peces of si ver, xij
spones of silver wt gilte knoppys, a salt of silver wt the coveryng, and my bed in
the parlor."
To my daughter, Anne, wife of John Rolff, "xij silver·sponys wtoute ends, and a pece[1] of silver that is occupied daily, a salt of silver wtout a coueryng, and my masour next the best.”··And the said Anne and
John Rolff
to have my bed in the great chamber. To William Brownyng,
of Chelmesford, my goblet of silver which that ( sic) I daily occupy and my spoon of silver. To the church
of the Fryrs prechours in Mulsham, to pray
for my soul, a vestment.
All
my tenements,
lands, etc., including lands called
Sotels, to
be held in trust for John Boteler, the son of my son, George, who was born in the 14th year of the reign of King Henry VII, "to fynde him to schole;" and when
he is of the age of 21 years, the said
John shall have the said
la nds, with remainder to my son, George,
for life; and then the
lands shall be sold and
the money coming disposed "in weyes and werks
of Charitie." Also my will is that "the money coming of the annuyte which l
should have of Maister Dalamer, which draweth
above the sum
of xlli, when it is recovered, the said George to have of that
money so received, xxli; and the residue l bequeth to the beying of a
newe belle to be in
the said church
and town of Bromfelde."
"Furthermore, my laste
wyll
ys,
not wtstanding
the devyse before made and rehersed of my landis and tenements, that if
my said executors or eny of theym
in tyme comyng after my decease be vexed,
served in the lawe, or in eny wyse trubled by the said George Boteler, my sone,
or by his st'oring and mocyon of
hym, so that
this my laste wille may not wt my moveable goodys be
performed and fulfilled shortly," then my
executor s to sell all my lands, etc., and with
the money perform the will, and do deeds of charity according to their discretion, and neither the sai d George, or any
of his children, to have any part or parcel.
Residue to be at the disposal
of my executors, for the health of my soul. Executors:
John Rolff; William Brownyng; William
Pawley, the elder, of Bromfeld. Supervisor: Mr John Emson, to whom
for his labour, 40s., and to the executors, 20s. a piece. Witnesses: Sir William Hoode, "vicary and curet" of Bromfeld;[2] Thomas Bigton;
Robert Gynes; James Lamborne.
No
probate act. (F. 38b; also P.C.C. , Moone 13.)
{Taken from ‘Essex Wills at Canterbury’, by
Revd. G M Benton, Transactions of the Essex Archaeological Society, Volume 21,
Part 2.}
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