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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264. BEQUESTS RELATING TO
ESSEX.
1353-4. Monday next after the
Feast of Conversion of S. Paul (25 Jan.)
JOHN CIIARTENEV. — To be
buried before the altar of S. Mary in the church of S. Clement, near
Candelwykstrete. To Margaret, his wife, for life, tenements and rents in the
parishes of S. Clement aforesaid and S. Edmund the King, in Lombardestrete;
remainder to the maintenance of a chaplain to serve at the altar aforesaid, who
is to be appointed by the Abbot and Convent of S. Mary de Stratford of the
Cistercian Order .... Dated London, next after the Feast of S. Laurence (10
Aug.), A.D. 1332.
1354. Monday next after Feast
of S. Luke (18 Oct.)
JOHN DE SHIRBOURNE, clerk. — To
be buried in the church of S. Mary, Aldermannebury, near the altar of S. Peter.
Bequests of money and tapers to the said church. To Margery, his wife, he
leaves all his goods in the City of London, with the exception of an entire new
robe of red cloth of the livery of the Mayor, which he leaves to his clerk. To
Richard, his son, who is on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land, he leaves his
dwelling house, if not otherwise disposed of by his said wife, and if his son
die abroad, the same to go to Andrew, his son. Also to his aforesaid wife, his
goods at Little Hallyngbury {Hallingbury}, in co. Essex. Dated London, Thursday
next after the Feast of Exaltation of H. Cross (14 Sept ), 28 Edward III., A.D.
1354.
1354-5. Monday next after the
Feast of S. Hilary (13 Jan.)
WILLIAM DE BERKYNGGE,
fishmonger. — To be buried in S. Paul's churchyard, near the tomb of Lucy, his
wife. Bequests to ministers of the churches of S. Nicholas, Coldabbeye, and S.
Thomas de Acon, the Canons of Lesnes, the Abbess and Convent of Berkyngge
{Barking}, the work of London Bridge, etc. To the shrine of S. Ethelburga de
Berkyngge he leaves a gold ring and forty pence. A certain silver cup and a sum
of money, then in the hands of Agnes Genee, to be enjoyed by her for life, but
after her death to be devoted to charity for the good of his soul. To John
Seman, his apprentice, he leaves forty shillings and his best robe; to William
de Kendall, saddler, his tenement in the parish of S. Nicholas, Coldabbeye, in
the Old Fish Market; and the residue of his goods to pious uses. Dated London,
Tuesday next after the Feast of S. Luke (18 Oct.), A.D. 1345.
1355. Monday the morrow of the
Feast of H. Trinity (31 May.)
GILBERT DE STEYNDROP,
goldsmith. — To be buried in the church of S. Mary de Stanynglane, near the
body of Leticia, his late wife .... To the nuns of the vill of Stratford he
leaves certain rents in Holbourne. Dated London, 24 January, 28 Edward III.,
A.D. 1354-5.
1355-6. Monday, the Feast of
Conversion of S. Paul (25 Jan.)
ISABELLA CORP, relict of
Thomas Corp, late pepperer. — To be buried in the new churchyard of S. Mary
without Aldrichesgate .... To Margaret, his sister, a nun at Berkyngge
{Barking}, a silver plated cup with covercle, twelve silver spoons, two cups of
mazer, and a silver enamelled pix, together with three gold rings, one having a
sapphire, another an emerald, and the third a diamond, and divers household
goods. Also to the said Margaret, Katherine de Sutton, and Dame Johanna de
Homilane, a piece of blanket, to be divided equally among them .... Dated
London, Monday next after the Feast of S. Bartholomew (24th Aug,), 1354,
1357. HENRY ATTE WODE, de
Hatfield Regis {Hatfield Broad Oak}. - To be buried in Hatfield churchyard. To
Elizabeth, Alice, and Katherine, his daughters, his messuage in Milkstrat in
successive tail, remainder to William, his (son?). Dated Friday next after the
Feast of S. John ante portam Latinam (6th May), A.D. 1349.
BEQUESTS RELATING TO ESSEX.
265
1359. THOMAS DE ALGATE, Rector
of the Church of Scherryngge (Sheering) in the diocese of London. — To be
buried in the Churchyard of H. Trinity, within Algate, near his father and
mother. To his brother, Sir Nicholas, the Prior of H. Trinity aforesaid, and
convent of the same, and his successors, he leaves tenements and rents in the
parishes of S. Katherine within Algate, S. Andrew upon Cornhull, and S. Botolph
without Algate. To Hugh, son of John le Skynnere, ten pounds sterling. The
residue of his goods, movable and immovable, he leaves to the aforesaid Prior
for pious uses. Dated London Saturday the Feast of Purification of V. Mary (2nd
Feb.), A.D. 1358.
1361. IDONIA CAUNTEBRIGGE,
daughter of Stephen de Cauntebrigge. — To be buried in the Churchyard of
Donemowe {Dunmow} near her father. Bequests for covering the said church and to
the minister thereof. To Avice, her mother, she leaves certain rents in the parishes
of All Hallows de Bredstret and S. Faster (Vedast or Vaster) for life;
remainder to Thomas her brother. Dated London, 12th September, A.D. 1359.
1361. RICHARD ATTE MOURE,
draper. — To be buried in the church of S. Michael upon Cornhull, to which church
and ministers thereof he leaves sums of money; as well as to the old work of S.
Paul's; the fabric of the chapel of Neucherchehaw, in West Smythfeld ; the
fabric of the chapel of H. Trinity de la Newchirchehawe, near the Tower ; the
Sisters of S. Katherine, near the Tower; the poor in the hospitals; lepers,
etc. To Richard, his son, he leaves twenty pounds sterling and divers household
chattels, including a Nhutte with silver stand and covercle (a cocoanut {coconut}
mounted on silver), and half the proceeds of the sale of a certain tenement,
the other half being devoted to pious uses. Symon atte Moure, his brother,
appointed guardian to his said son. Further bequests to his said brother;
Walter, his brother; Agatha and Alice, his sisters; Richard, son of Walter atte
Moure; John atte Moure, John Daundelion, and others. Provision made for a
chantry in the church of Wyvelesfeld {Wethersfield}, co. Essex, for the good of
his soul; the souls of Isabella, his wife; John his father; and Agnes, his
mother. Also to the said church he leaves a scoppe (a scoop for holding holy
water,’benitier') of latten of the value of four shillings, and a cope. To the
Fraternity of S. Christopher, six shillings and eightpence. Dated London,
Monday next before the Feast of SS. Philip and James (1 May), A.D. 1361.
1361. RICHARD DE ESSEX,
draper. — To be buried in the church of S. Mary, Bothawe. Bequests to the said
church and ministers thereof; to the Preaching Friars for celebrating two
hundred masses for the good of his soul within a year alter his decease; to the
Friars of the H. Cross for one hundred masses; also for the maintenance of a
chantry in the church of 'Heclyngham Sibille' (Sible Hedingham), etc. … To
Matilda, his wife, one hundred marks by way of dower, and her entire chamber
(that portion of her husband's tenement or dwelling house which they had
jointly occupied, viz., the hall, principal chamber, the cellar; and the use of
the oven, the stable, privy and yard, as long as she remain unmarried),
reserving to each of her children one entire bed. Bequests also to John, his
son; Isabella, his daughter; and Thomas, his son; to which last he also leaves
a seld in Westchepe. Guardians appointed for his said children. Dated London,
Thursday next after Feasts of Apostles Peter and Paul (29 June, A.D. 1361.
266 BEQUESTS RELATING TO
ESSEX.
1361. RICHARD DE KISLINGEURY,
draper. — To be buried in the church of S. Mary-le-Bow, near the tomb of
Matilda his wife. Bequests to the said church, etc. .... He wills also that the
whole of the wool he bought at Berkyng {Barking}, viz., nineteen sarpeler (a
sarplar or pocket of wool = half a sack or forty tods) be distributed among the
poor, viz., to each person one fleece, To Alice, his wife, a moiety of all his
movable goods by way of dower, and the residue of the term of service of his
apprentices. Provision made for chantries in the churches of S. Thomas and S.
Mary aforesaid out of the rents of tenements in the parishes of S Mary, Holy
Trinity-the-Less and S. Botolph without Algate. Also to Alice, his wife, his
leasehold interest in the manors of Berwyck and Cardenz, co. Essex, for life
remainder over. (The manor of Berwick, in Rainham parish; ‘Cardenz' may be
Cardons in Chishall or Gardens in Hornchurch). Dated London, Tuesday next before
the Feast of S. Margaret, Virgin (20th July), A.D. 1361.
1361. RICHARD DE PLESSVS,
clerk. — For the maintenance of four chantry priests to celebrate for the good
of his soul, the souls of William, his father, Mariota, his mother. Master
Richard de Clare, Dame Elizabeth de Burgo. Sir Simon de Islip, Archbishop of
Canterbury, and others he devises certain tenements in the parishes of S.
Benedict Fink and S. Margaret de Sothebury, and the socage of divers tenements
in Bradestret and elsen here, saving a certain socage due from the Archdeacon
of Colchester, which he remits. Two chantry priests to serve in the parish
church of Staundon in the diocese of London, and one in the churches of S
Bartholomew-the-Less in London and S. Mary-le-Bow respectively. Dated London, 17th
April, A.D. 1359.
A codicil annexed to the above
testament to the effect that certain tenements should be assigned to the above
chantry priests for pious uses. Dated at Staundon 26th July, AD, 1361.
1361. MICHAEL, unworthy
minister of the church in London. — (Michael de Northburgh, Bishop of London, 1354).
To be buried at the entrance of S. Paul's' church .... Bequests to religious
houses at Lesnes, Chesthunte, Wykes, Stratford, Berdene {Berden}, and Thele. To
the chamber of London, ten pounds, and a similar sum for the repair of roads in
Essex .... and to his successor, his best mitre and pontifical ring. Dated X.
Kal. June (23 May) A.D. 1361.
1361. HUGH DE BLOUNT, knt., To
John, his son, his tenement in Conynghop lane, parish of S. Mildred in the
Poultry, in tail; remainder over. To Thomas, his son, tenements within the gate
of the scolding-hous, and tenements lately recovered from Johanna, wife of John
Auncel, in the parish of S. James de Garlikhuth, by writ of Gravelet, together
with other tenements, rents, etc., in the parishes of S. Mildred, S. Vedast, S.
Mary de Wolcherchehawe, and elsewhere, to hold, in tail; remainder to the
testator's right heirs. Further bequests to Andrew Grauntcourt, goldsmith, and
John Lucas, clerk. Dated at 'Gengetoriberd laundry' (Butsbury) {Buttsbury},
Saturday next after the Feast of Exaltation of Holy Cross (4 Sept.), A.D. 1361.
1361-2. Monday next before the
Feast of Conversion of S. Paul (25 Jan.)
RICHARD ATTE WOOD, de Herlawe
(Harlow). — To be buried in the parish church of Herlawe. To Sir John Clobbe,
chaplain ; William Aylmer; Walter, son of John Campioun; and John Page, he
leaves a tenement called 'Redebachous,' in S. Clement's Lane Dated III. Nones
October (13 Oct.), 1361
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