Wills: 15 Edward II (1321-2)

Calendar of Wills Proved and Enrolled in the Court of Husting, London: Part 1, 1258-1358. Originally published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1889.

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'Wills: 15 Edward II (1321-2)', in Calendar of Wills Proved and Enrolled in the Court of Husting, London: Part 1, 1258-1358, (London, 1889) pp. 289-295. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/court-husting-wills/vol1/pp289-295 [accessed 17 March 2024]

ANNO 15 EDWAKD II.

Monday the Feast of S. Margaret, Virgin [20 July].

Lespicer (William), called "Carpenter."—His tenement in the parish of S. Swithun in Candelwikstrate to be sold, and Robert de Lamburne, buriller, to be preferred as purchaser. No date.
Roll 50 (1).

Parys (John de).—To John his son in tail a tenement in the parish of S. Martin at the corner of the street called "le Bayli" without Ludgate; remainders to Roger and Stephen his sons in successive tail. Also to his said sons, and to Matilda, Dyonisia, and Agnes his daughters, tenements, &c., in the said parish, and in the parishes of S. Sepulchre without Neugate in "le Bayli," and S. Brigid the Virgin, as well this side of Flete Bridge as beyond. To Edith his wife he leaves certain tenements so long as she remain unmarried. A chantry to be maintained in the said church of S. Martin for the souls of Michael his father, Alice his mother, and others. No date.


Note.—This testament was accepted for probate saving the right of the Commonalty.

Roll 50 (4).

Jordan (Richard), "paternostrer." (fn. 1) —Certain rents in the parish of S. Michael atte Corne to be sold to pay his debts, and the residue of the proceeds to be devoted to chantries in the church of S. Michael Queenhithe. To John his son one moiety of his tenement in the said parish of S. Michael atte Corne; remainder in default of heirs to Lucy his daughter. Also to the said Lucy the other moiety of the same. In default of heirs of the said John and Lucy the entire tenements to remain to the next heir of Beatrix his late wife. No date.
Roll 50 (20).

Fyncham (Margery, late wife of John de, goldsmith).—Her tenement in Goderonelane to be sold, and the proceeds to be devoted to a chantry in the church of S. Wereburga de Fridaystrate for the good of the souls of John de Fyncham, her late husband, and others, and to charitable purposes. No date.
Roll 50 (21).

Oserd (Richard), fishmonger.—To Johanna his wife a shop in the parish of S. Magnus the Martyr in Bridge Street for life; remainder to Richard Swote, fishmonger. No date.
Roll 50 (22).

Enefeld (Sir Bartholomew de), Knt.—To Elena his wife all his houses in the parish of S. Mary de Stanylane for life; remainder to Bartholomew de Honylane in tail. No date.
Roll 50 (24).

Wokyndon (Nicholas de).—A bequest to the new work of "Seint Pool" of one hundred shillings, so that he may he buried, with permission of the Chapter, in a place selected by himself and Johanna his wife; and a devise to the same Chapter of certain tenements in the parish of "Seint Olof" for the maintenance of a perpetual chantry at the altar of S. Thomas in the new building of the said church, the right of presentation to the same to be in him and Johanna his wife for their lives, and after their decease to his heirs. (fn. 2) No date.
Roll 50 (27).

Monday after the Feast of S. James, Apostle [25 July].

Petri (Elyas).—To John his son his leasehold interest in certain tenements in the parish of S. Martin Vintry, charged with an annuity of sixty shillings to Bartholomew his son. To Johanna his wife for life a tenement in the said parish of S. Martin; remainder to Johanna his daughter, and in default of heirs to his aforesaid son John. No date.
Roll 50 (38).

Parys (Roger de), mercer.—To Margaret his wife his capital tenement in the parish of S. Pancras for life; after her decease the same to "be sold, and one moiety of the proceeds to be devoted to pious uses, and the other to be distributed among his children. His corner shop in the above parish to be sold to pay his debts, and ten pounds of the proceeds to go to Roysia his daughter, and the residue to be distributed among Simon and John his sons, Matilda and Johanna his daughters, and Alice, the daughter of the said Margaret his wife. No date.
Roll 50 (39).

Monday next before the Feast of SS. Simon and Jude [28 Oct.].

Yon or Youn (Robekt), fishmonger.—To Thomas his son a house in the parish of S. Botolph in "Brandreeslane," and tenements in the parish of S. Andrew Hubert. No date.
Roll 50 (53).

Watford (John de), clerk.—His houses in the parish of S. Sepulchre on this side of Holeburne Bridge to be sold to pay his debts. No date.
Roll 50 (54).

Vivian (John).—Two marks annual rent in Colemanstrete to be sold for the maintenance of two priests to celebrate in the aforesaid (sic) church of All Hallows for the souls of William de Rokesle, Sarah de Rokesle, and others; and sixteen marks for the maintenance of three chaplains in the same church. His son Henry to have the reversion of a shop in the said parish of All Hallows after the decease of Margaret his wife. No date.
Roll 50 (55).

Monday next before the Feast of S. Martin [11 Nov.].

Cordwaner (Godewin le).—To Cecilia his wife all his tenements and rents in the City of London for life; remainder to his next heirs. To Mabel his daughter fifteen pence annual rent of a tenement in the parish of S. Sepulchre without Neugate. No date.
Roll 50 (57).

Ufford (Philip de).—To Sir John de Oxon and Sir Robert de la Hide, chaplains, his executors, his tenement in the parish of S. Peter upon Cornhull, so that they provide a chantry in the said parish church at the altar of S. Katherine for the good of his soul and the soul of his wife Juliana. No date.
Roll 50 (58).

Monday next after the Feast of S. Martin [11 Nov.].

Forsham (Adam de).—To Margery his wife, her heirs and assigns, his dwelling-house in the parish of S. Laurence Jewry and rents in the parish of S. Mary de Colcherch. To John Marchaunt and Leticia, wife of the same, his daughter, a house at the corner of S. Laurence in the Jewry, opposite to the Guildhall; and to Johanna, Avyce, and Johanna junior, his other daughters, tenements and rents upon Lothebury, and in the parish of S. Martin within Ludgate. No date.


Whereupon came the said Margery and renounced the legacy of her aforesaid husband as to the house left to her in fee, and asked that she might hold it for the term of her life, according to the law and custom of the City, which was granted.

Roll 50 (60).

Derby (Robert de).—To Johanna his wife for life shops in Mengonelane (fn. 3) in the parish of S. Dunstan towards the Tower; remainder to Isolda de Alwaston of Derbi, his sister, charged with the maintenance of a chantry for two years in the church of S. Werburga at Derbi. To Matilda de Burgham, his servant, a shop in the above parish. No date.
Roll 50 (61).

Monday the Feast of S. Clement, Pope [23 Nov.].

Ayssheburne (Hugh de).—His tenement in the parish of S. Matthew in Fridaystrete to be sold, and one third of the proceeds to go to Alice de Canterbury, and the residue to be devoted to pious and charitable uses. Also to the said Alice his term in a tenement in the parish of S. Botolph without Bisshopesgate, held by demise of the Master and Brethren of the Hospital of S. Bartholomew in Smethefeld. No date.
Roll 50 (63).

Waldegrave (Walter de).—His tenement in the parish of S. Margaret in Frydeystret over against Distavelane to be sold by his executors. No date.
Roll 50 (67).

Monday next after the Feast of Purification of V. Mary [2 Feb.].

Nywman or Neuman (John).—To Cristiana his wife his tenement in the parish of S. Griles without Crepelgate for life; remainders over to Thomas his son, and Johanna, Cristiana, and Alice his daughters, in successive tail. No date.
Roll 50 (82).

Stanes (William de).—To Johanna his wife for life shops and rents in Westchepe in the parish of S. Peter de Wodestrat; remainder to Cecilia his daughter and Johanna, daughter of the same. Also to his said wife for life a shop in Cordewanerstret in the parish of S. Mary le Bow, and rents of a house called "le Stonhous" without Bisshoppesgate. No date.
Roll 50 (87).

Monday next after the Feast of S. Valentine [14. Feb.].

Purde (William), called "Ate Ramme."—To Cristiana his daughter in tail his tenement in the parish of S. Bartholomew the Less. No date.
Roll 50 (100).

Codington (John de).—To Cristina his wife his capital tenement in the parish of All Hallows, Berkinggecherch, for life; remainder to Laurence and Simon his sons, and if they should die within tender age to Roger, William, and John his sons; remainder to charitable uses. To the said Laurence a brewhouse and rents in the said parish in tail; remainder to his other sons, charged with the maintenance of a chantry for the good of his soul and the soul of Thomas Gerveys in the said parish church for the space of ten years. To the said Simon, Roger, and William his sons various tenements in Martelane and elsewhere in the same parish; and to the said John his son a tenement in the parish of S. Dunstan near the Tower. No date.


Whereupon came the said Cristina and claimed the tenement in the said parish of S. Dunstan so left to the said John, the son of the testator, inasmuch as she was jointly seised with her husband of the same to their heirs and assigns; and also she claimed the tenement in Martelane in like manner, in proof of which she produced certain deeds. And the co-executors of the said Cristina being present in court, did not deny that the said two messuages were so acquired, and were willing that execution should not be done on the said two tenements, but that execution should be done on the residue of the testament.

Roll 50 (102).

Monday next after the Feast of S. Mathias, Apostle [24 Feb.].

Brauncestre (Ymania de).—To Alan his son and Margaret his daughter shops in Chepe, parish of S. Peter. No date.
Roll 50 (104).

Chambre (Henry de la), called "le Barbier"—His tenements in the parish of S. Sepulchre to be sold to pay his debts, if his other goods do not suffice; otherwise the same to go to Agnes his wife for life; remainder to William his son. No date.
Roll 50 (106).

Monday next after the Feast of S. Gregory, Pope [12 March].

Poterel (Richard), senior.—To John his son tenements, &c., in the parishes of S. Mary Magdalen in the Old Fish Market and S. Benedict at Wodewarf. A chantry to be maintained in the said parish church of S. Mary Magdalen. No date.
Roll 50 (118).

Dorkingge (Richard de).—To Matilda his wife tenements in the parish of S. Margaret de Fridaistrate and a brewhouse in the parish of S. Botolph at Billinggesgate for life; remainders to Geoffrey Beauflour and Johanna, wife of the same, his daughter, and also to Robert his son, charged with the maintenance of a chantry in the said parish church of S. Margaret. To Roisia his daughter a bakehouse, &c., in the said parish of S. Botolph. To Johanna his niece rents in Briggestrate. Also to his said wife his term in lands and tenements in the parishes of S. James de Garlekhuth and S. Martin in the Vintry, charged with the maintenance of a chantry in the said church of S. Martin for the first five years after his decease. No date.
Roll 50 (121).

Monday the Morrow of the Feast of H. Trinity [6 June].

William Surrigicus. (fn. 4) —His houses and rents in the parish of S. Mary de Aldermariecherch to be sold, and one moiety of the proceeds to go to Margery his wife, and the other for payment of his debts. No date.
Roll 50 (130).

Rokeslee (Nicholas de).—A shop in the parish of All Hallows at the Hay, together with a tenement and rents in Tamysestrete and elsewhere in the parish of All Hallows upon the Cellar, to be sold to pay his legacies and debts. No date.
Roll 50 (131).

Wykham (Thomas de).—To Emma his wife his tenement in the parish of S. Stephen in Colemanstrate for life; remainder to pious and charitable uses. No date.
Roll 50 (136).

Footnotes

  • 1. A maker of paternosters or prayerbeads.
  • 2. From this it would appear that the chantry was to be established before the death of the testator—in other words, the testament was to take effect from the time of its execution. But from the archives of S. Paul's Cathedral we learn that the chantry was founded by Joan, reliotof Sir Nicholas de Wokyndon, Knt., on Sunday after the Feast of the Epiphany, 14 Edward II., and that after her death the right of presentation passed to Nicolas de Halughton, "cousin" and heir of the testator, being the son of his daughter Joan (Hist. MSS. Commission, Ninth Report, p. 54 a).
  • 3. Mincing Lane.
  • 4. Or the Surgeon.