Wills: 37 Henry VI (1458-9)

Calendar of Wills Proved and Enrolled in the Court of Husting, London: Part 2, 1358-1688. Originally published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1890.

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'Wills: 37 Henry VI (1458-9)', in Calendar of Wills Proved and Enrolled in the Court of Husting, London: Part 2, 1358-1688, (London, 1890) pp. 538-539. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/court-husting-wills/vol2/pp538-539 [accessed 26 March 2024]

ANNO 37 HENRY VI.

Monday next after the Feast of S. Faith, Virgin [6 Oct.].

Drayton (John), goldsmith. (fn. 1) —Dated 27 December, 35 Henry VI. [A.D. 1456].
Roll 187 (1*).

Monday next after the Feast of S. Botolph, Abbot [17 June].

Weston (Thomas), fishmonger.—To be buried in the churchyard of the church of S. Nicholas Coldabbey in the Old Fish Market, and a marble monument to be over his tomb with effigies of himself, of Cibil (sic) his wife, and their seventeen children. Bequests to the said church and chaplains thereof; also for chantries, observance of his month's mind, &c. To Cibil his wife, by way of her share of his goods, he leaves two hundred marks and all the utensils, hustilments, &c., appertaining to his house, with the exception of two cups, one of silver and the other of mazer, which he leaves to John Stopyngdon. Bequests of sums of money to Reginald and John his sons, Margaret, Johanna, Alice, and Amy his daughters, and to his child en ventre sa mère. His executors appointed guardians of his children and of their portions, they giving security for the same according to the custom in the Chamber of the Gruildhall. Also to his aforesaid wife he leaves, by way of dower of his lands and tenements within the City, a moiety of his moiety of the wharf called "le Saltwharf" in the parish of S. Michael at Queenhithe and of all buildings thereupon for life; remainder to the Wardens of the Art of Fishmongery (artis piscarie) of the City of London and their successors, together with the rest of his estate in the said wharf, &c., to the use of the said art within the Old Fish Market, charged with the payment of thirteen shillings and fourpence towards an obit within the church of S. Nicholas Coldabbey in honour of divers persons mentioned, and with charitable gifts, &c., as directed. (fn. 2) In default the property to go over to the rector and churchwardens of the church of S. Nicholas aforesaid for like purposes. Dated London, 15 December, A.D. 1435.
Roll 187 (43).

Footnotes

  • 1. 1 Nothing more than the record of probate appears in the Roll.
  • 2. 2 The Company, in their return to the Livery Companies Commission of 1880, say that the sum of 6s. 8d. has been paid for many years to the churchwardens of the parish of S. Nicholas Coleabbey in respect of this benefaction. How the sum of 6s. 8d. came to take the place of the original sum of 13s. 4d. mentioned in the will is not quite clear, but it probably represents the residue of the sum of 13s. 4d. after disbursements for superstitious uses.