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North Country Wills =co iLT) loo 10O THE PUBLICATIONS OF THK SURTEES SOCIETY, VOL. CXVI. C THE PUBLICATIONS OF TI1K \\\ ESTABLISHED IN THE YEAE M.DCCC.XXXIV. VOL. CXVI. FOR THE YEAR M.CM.Vni PRINTED BY J. WHITKHEAD AND SON, ALFRED STREET, BOAR LANE. LEKDS. ? LIBRARY 7412S2 UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO NORTH COUNTRY WILLS BEING ABSTRACTS OF WILLS RELATING TO THE COUNTIES OF YORK, NOTTINGHAM, NORTHUMBERLAND, CUMBERLAND, AND WESTMORLAND AT SOMERSET HOUSE AND LAMBETH PALACE 1383 TO 1558. fc for tlx ^ottdjj bg ANDREWS & CO., SADLER STREET, DURHAM; BERNARD QUARITCH, 15, PICCADILLY, LONDON; AND A. ASHER & CO., IJNTER DEN LINDEN, BERLIN. 11)08. At a Meeting of the SURTBBS SOCIETY, held in Durham Castle on Tuesday, December 3rd, 1901, the DEAN OP DURHAM in the chair, It was resolved, That a volume of North Country Wills from the Registers at Somerset House be edited for the Society by Mr. J. W. CLAY, F.S.A. WILLIAM BKOWN, Secretary. PKEFACE. THE SUETEES SOCIETY has printed a good many volumes of abstracts of Wills, more or less full, from the registries at York, Durham, and Richmond, which its members seem to have appreciated. There are, however, many wills of Northern persons proved in the Prerogative Court of Canter- bury, which are now at Somerset House, and a few in the Library at Lambeth Palace. These till lately have not been thoroughly examined, probably on account of the great labour in looking through so many manuscript calendars. " Some few were printed by Canon Raine in Testa- menta Eboracensia,"* and some short abstracts are " in .Nicolas' Testamenta Vetusta," a book which came out as long since as 1826, but which is now scarce. Fortunately, about fifteen years ago the British Record Society undertook the task of bringing out a regular index to the Somerset House Wills. *Brakkynbui-y, Elizabeth, 21 Holgrave, Teat. Ebor., iv. 233 Brakynburgh, Richard, 31 Home, iv. 233 Cresacre, Ambrose, 28 Godyn, iv. 227 Dyneley, Thomas, 9 Blamyr, iv. 247 Graystocke, Dame Elizabeth, 16 Bennett, v. 3 Palmes, Guy, 25 Holder, v. 80 Bauson, Charles, 13 Ayloffe, iv. 131 . Isabel, 10 Home, iv. 130 Scrope, Lady Margaret, 13 Luffenam, iv. 4 ,, Sir Bich., 49 Marche, iv. 1 ,, John, Lord, 26 Home, iv. 94 Lady Anne, 26 Home, iv. 149 10 ,, LadyEliz., Manwaring, v. 50 Yong, John/ 17 Holder, v. 72 Vlii PREFACE. Mr. J. Challenor Smith, F.S.A., the then Superin- tendent of the Literary Department, edited the first volume, from 1383 to 1558. Two more have since been issued, continuing the work to 1604. Since then it has got on very slowly, but is still progressing. This volume contains full abstracts of nearly all the wills of persons living in the counties of York, Nottingham, Durham, Northumberland, Cumberland, and Westmorland, comprised in the first volume of the index, viz. to 1558. There are at Somerset House many wills of persons living in London and the South, who had some connection with the North. These were often clerics who had changed their livings, and younger sons who had left their paternal homes, probably to try and make their fortunes in London. They often mentioned the places where they were born, the churches where their relatives were buried, the friends they left behind, and their properties in the North. As it has been impossible to print these in full, brief abstracts have been inserted in an Appendix, containing the references to the Northern Counties, which no doubt will be of interest to the topographer and genealogist. It only remains to say that the early Latin wills Miss for the rest the were copied by Stokes ; Editor is responsible. The underground literary room at Somerset House is not an ideal place for copying closely-written MSS., particularly in the winter months, when the electric light is much used, so an occasional in slip a proper name may perhaps be excused. JOHN WM. CLAY. NORTH COUNTRY WILLS. I. THE WILL OP ROBERT DE FARYNQTON, CANON OP YORK. [Marche, 9.] Ego, Robertus de Faryngton, presbiter indignus Lich- feldensis diocesis, canonicus ecclesie Beati Petri Eboracensis, et rector, licet indignus, ecclesie parochialis de Crofton, ejus- dem Lichfeldensis diocesis, expectans omni tempore secundum voluntatem Creatoris diem in quo veniet raunicio mea, sanns mente, die Sabati, in crastino Annunciacionis Beate Marie virginis (March 26), A.D. 1401, condo testamentum meum. Lego corpus meum sepeliendutn ubi videbitur melius executoribus meis, et ubi melior memoria de me poterit haberi. Volo quod debita mea creditoribus meis singulis quibus teneor persolvantur, et residuum omnium bonorum meorum, expendendum secundum intencionem meam quam declare eis vive vocis oraculo, lego ordinacioni executorum meorum secundum voluntatem meam antedictam, et omnia bona que remanent ultra expendantur fideliter in operibus caritatis pro anima rnea.* Ad istud autem testamentum meum fideliter exequendum meos facio executores, videlicet, magistrum Willelmum de Faryngton, fratrem meum carissi- mum, et magistrum Robertum de Hodirsale, doctores theologie, dominum Henricum Malepas, canonicum Lichfeldensem, con- junctim et divisim, orans eos pro Deo ut faciant fideliter cum expedicione pro anima mea. Datum in hospicio meo in parochia Sancti Dunstani West, London., die et anno supradictis. Consequenter A.D. 1404-5, mensis Februarii die decimo, in quadam camera infra rectoriam de Crofton, dominus Robertus de Faryngton, licet eger, sanus tamen mente, magistro Willelmo de Faryngton, fratri suo uterino, dedit disposi- cionem omnium bonorum suorum ad faciendum sicut pre- dictus magister Willelmus noverit ejua voluntatem, sic asserens, Frater, tu novisti voluntatem meam et scripturam meam scriptam manu mea propria, do tibi disposicionem omnium bonorum meorum, ut ammodo ordines de illis prout * Here a clause is omitted to the effect they are to dispose as they would answer before God, etc. 2 NORTH COUNTRY WILLS. melius nosti voluntatem meam, quia nunc relinquo munduxn, et nunquam intermittam me cum temporalibus. Scribi feci aliqua in absencia tua que volo quod respicias, que volueris addere addas, et que volueris subtrahere subtrahas, in nomine Dei, etc. [Proved 23 March, 1404-5, by the executors named, together with the codicil.] II. THE WILL OP WILLIAM, SON OP JOHN DE ESCRYK, OP SELBY. [Marche, 16.] 19 Jan., 1407-8. Willelmus filius Johannis de Escryk de Selby, in gradu sacerdotali constitutus. Lego corpus meum ecclesiastice sepulture de Selby juxta sepulcrum parentum tneorum. Lego pro mortuario meo prout moris est. Lego ad quindecim libras cere emendas pro quinque cereis inde faciendis et circa corpus meum comburendis, prout moris est circa corpora defunctorum, summam pecunie competentem. Lego ad distribuendum pauperibus ville de Selby magis indigentibus secundum discrecionem executorum testamenti mei c s. Lego capellano parochiali de Selby xx d.; domino Johanni de Shirburn, capellano, vj s. viij d.; cuilibet capellano alteri venienti ad exequias meas et oranti pro d. de s. et anima mea, xvj Davido, abbati Selby, xiij iiij d., domino priori ejusdem, vj s. viij d. Dompno de Cresseby, monacho, Ivj s. viij d.; cuilibet alteri monacho monasterii de s. d. abbati et Selby, iij iiij Item predicto domino conventui de Selby unam cupam cum cooperculo deauratam ponderatam cum foliis vinearum. Monasterio de Selby unam cappam de panno aureo de Lukes. Clerico parochiali de Selby, vij d. ecclesie s. Clerico majoris de Selby, ij Magistro Willelmo d. de s. d. Cay, xvj Ad pitanciam canonicorum Drax, xiij iiij Ad pitanciam monialium de Apleton, xiij s. viij d. Magistro Ade s. de Ordine Fratrum Carmelensium Bbor., xiij iiij d. Fratri Ricardo, consocio, vj s. viij d. Fratribus de Ordine predicto in Ebor. xxs., et Fratribus de Ordine Predicatorum ibidem, xxs., et Fratribus de Ordine Minorum ibidem xx s., et Fratribus de Ordine Sancti Augustini ibidem, xxs. Lego ad fabricam cathe- dralis ecclesie Ebor., xx s. Item, pauperibus hospitalis Sancti s. Leonard! Ebor., xiij iiij d.; ad fabricam ecclesie minoris de Selby, xxvj s. viij d.; ad reparacionem viarum in Selby, xiij s. d. sorori s. ulnas iiij Beatrici, mee, Ivj viij d., duodecim panni linei novi, et unam togam de skarleto, furratam cum bys. Agneti, que fuit uxor patris mei, xls. et unam togam de Mustrevilers, furratam cam bys. Johanne, ancille mee, xv s. et unam togam simplicem. Ricardo, servienti meo, Ivj s. viij d. et unum equum gray cum cella et freno. Thome Bryan illas NORTH COUNTRY WILLS. 8 quatuor marcas quas Alicia, mater sua, michi debet. Willehno, filio fratris mei, decem libras bone monete, ut sint in custodia domini Johannis de Burgoyn, capellani, ad ministrandum eidem Willelmo prout opus fuerit eidem. Johanni de Brun, vj s. viij d. Ecclesie mee Sancte Felicitatis unum vestimentum integrum cum pertinenciis suis de panno aureo contexto cum cervis et leporariis, et unam cappam de bloido satin, contestam (sic) cum literis X., et duo gradalia. Ad distribuendum pauperibus parochianis meis ibidem centum solidos. Dimitto priori Sancti Nicholai in Bxonia totum debitum in quo michi tenetur, et lego eidem priori, vj s. viij d. Cuilibet monacho loci s. d. executores liberari faciant predicti, iij iiij Volo quod mei eidem priori omues calices suos que (sic) habeo in custodia mea. Domino Roberto Peyntor, capellano, xl s., et unum ciphum argenteum cum cooperculo, precii xx s. Domino Johanni de Burgoyn, capellano, c s., et unum ciphum argenteum cum cooperculo, precii quatuor marcarum. Johanne de Bikbury c s. et unum ciphum argenteum cum cooperculo, existentem apud London. Johanni Taverner, avunculo meo juniori, c s. s. d. Johanni Taverner, avunculo meo seniori, xiij iiij Uxori sue unam togam de skarleto, duplicatam cum carde. Isabelle Scut, s. et iij iiij d., unam togam duplicem. Domino Reginaldo, avunculo meo, xx s. et unam togam de worsted. Dimitto eidem domino Reginaldo et Beatrici, sorori mee, totum debitum in tenentur. s. d. filio quo michi Emme Botiller, iij iiij Reginaldo s. sint in Johannis de Whytmore, Ivj viij d., ita quod custodia domini Johannis de Burgoyn, ad ministrandum eidem Reginaldo.
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