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Calendar of wills proved and enrolled in the Court of Husting, London
… in the church of Heylesdon 1 near the tomb of his father and mother. Bequests to the said church of vestments and ornaments, the parishioners being bound to give security … of the same; also to the poor of the vill of Heylesdon and other vills adjoining, to every mendicant friar in the …
Calendar of wills proved and enrolled in the Court of Husting, London
… in the parish of S. Sepulchre in the suburb, and in the parish of S. Bartholomew the Less 1 in the Ward of … for life; remainder in trust for sale for pious and charitable uses. Dated 1 July, A.D. 1407. Roll 135 (2). … of Richard, late chandler).To Nicholas Loseye, cordwainer, and Nicholas Kyngeston, scrivener, her estate in a tenement …
Calendar of wills proved and enrolled in the Court of Husting, London
… as surviving executor of Sir James Lancaster, Knt., and by direction of the will of the said James, dated 18 April, 1618, he leaves to the Masters, Wardens, and Commonalty of the Mistery of the Skynners of London and their successors, to the intent and purpose that they …
Cardiff Records
… Wills Introduction Chapter V. Wills. SOLEMN and religious was the act of making a testamentary disposition in ancient times. "First and principally," began the Testator, "I recommend my soul into the hands of Almighty God, my Creator and Preserver, and my body to the dust from whence it came." …
Calendar of wills proved and enrolled in the Court of Husting, London
… Evangelist [18 Oct.]. Newman (John), grocer.To the Mayor and Commonalty and citizens of London and their successors a parcel of ground and buildings …
Calendar of wills proved and enrolled in the Court of Husting, London
… Thomasyne his wife. To Walter his brother forty shillings and all his raiment. To his "vyse" 2 Jane Artur a certain sum … The residue of his goods, together with his lands and tenements, he leaves to his wedded wife Thomasyne. Dated … Wylkyns (Robert), the elder, turner.Bequests of money and goods to his cousin Johanne Myddleton, Johan Peck his …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… a discharged vicarage, united to the rectory of Hockwold, and valued in the king's books at 6. 7. 6. The church is in the decorated and later styles, and consists of a nave and chancel, separated by a handsome …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… where, it has been said, the royal archives were kept and from whence royal charters were issued. Thus the concordat of 838 between the King of Wessex and the Archbishop of Canterbury made at Kingston on Thames was confirmed at Wilton, and while the great council of 854, at which King Ethelwulf …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… which formerly had been built on a multiplicity of crafts and trading activities, gradually came to depend upon the … all probability much greater than it had been in the past, and the affairs of the town were henceforth largely dominated … II; in the 16th century this mill with the rack meadow and tenters was farmed by local clothiers 1 and to it the …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Wilton Medieval trade and industry MEDIEVAL TRADE AND INDUSTRY The economic importance of Wilton in the … 12th century. 1 In 1256 William Isembard, Mayor of Wilton, and Abraham Russell, one of the leading Jews of the Wilton …