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Calendar of wills proved and enrolled in the Court of Husting
… a term of five years after his decease; remainder to pious and charitable uses. Dated London, Thursday next after the … son of Stephen de Berkyng, certain rents in Fletestrete and elsewhere in tail; remainder to Johanna, daughter of the … No date. Whereupon came Gilbert de Kelseye, "ymaiour," 1 and Agnes his wife, and put their claim, &c. And similarly …
Calendar of wills proved and enrolled in the Court of Husting, London
… of John Whitwell, for life; remainder in trust for sale, and the proceeds to be devoted to pious and charitable uses for the good of his soul, the souls of his father, mother, children, and others. Also to his said wife he leaves one half of the …
Calendar of wills proved and enrolled in the Court of Husting
… in the parish of S. Dunstan towards the Tower for life, and at her decease the same to be sold and the proceeds devoted to pious uses, as well as another … de), a novice and not a professed brother of the Order of Preaching Friars, brought into court on the above day his own …
Calendar of wills proved and enrolled in the Court of Husting, London
… S. Christopher de Bradestret. Bequests to the said church and its ministers. His tenements in the parish of S. Andrew upon Cornhull, and his leaseholds in the parish of S. Botolph without Algate … wife. Bequests to the said church, to the Order of Friars Preachers for chanting a trental of masses called "S. …
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 … yearly, to wit five pounds apiece, to two unbeneficed preachers until they shall be better provided for four pounds … it appears that the various bequests to poor widows, poor preachers, the poor of the parishes of S. Sepulchre and S. …
Calendar of wills proved and enrolled in the Court of Husting, London
… ANNO 5 EDWARD VI. Monday next before F. of SS. Tiburcius and Valerian [14 April]. Hill 1 (Sir Rowlande), Knt., … Directions for the establishment of a school in his town and manor of Drayton in Hales, co. Salop, 2 in a hall of a … to himself for payment of debts, legacies, &c. Thirteen sermons to be preached on as many Sundays next after his …
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 … of the parish of S. Alban in Wood Streete, and for two sermons. Also to his aforesaid mother he leaves a messuage … in the parish church of Lambeth every Sabbath day, to preachers at Paul's Cross, to hospitals, &c. The surplus of …
Calendar of wills proved and enrolled in the Court of Husting, London
… S. Mary Aldermary. Numerous bequests of money to relatives and friends, and also for purchase of rings and mourning. To Bridewell Hospital, of which he had been a …
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 … tapers, who shall cause a mass daily to be said, and four sermons yearly to be made within the said monastery, for the …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… ancient parish extended some 2 miles from east to west, and 1 miles from north to south. Its area in 1878 was 1,637 a. and that of the civil parish in 1951 was 2,294 a. 2 The population in 1801 was 99, and it rose slowly to 205 in 1951. There was a corresponding …