Testamenta cantiana : a series of extracts from fifteenth and sixteenth century wills relating to church building and topography.
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- 1906-1907
Licence: In copyright
Credit: Testamenta cantiana : a series of extracts from fifteenth and sixteenth century wills relating to church building and topography. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![wliicli John at Eede now dwelleth, the residue after reparacons of the reuenez, etc., of the saide tenement lends, etc., I wyl that all goo to the sustentacon and fynding of Eichard Eordge, now keper of an howse ther callyd the churchehowse, which church howse is foundyd and made for the kepyng and sane garde of the parish church gods of Higham aforesayde. Also I wyl that the sayde E® Forge haue the seyde revenez and profetts towarde his sustentacon aod leuyng duryng the tyme y^ he is wardeyn and keper of the sayde churchhowse, and after that the sayde E® Forge is dischargd of the kepyng of the sayde churchhowse and a noder man electyd and chosyn there to be warden by the paristhons of the sayde parish of Higham, then I wyl that the seyde man so electyd & chosyn haue the forsayde reuenez and profetts toward his sustentacon and leuyng of the foresayde tenement lands & mersh. William EolfP, 1485. (V., 68.) To the rode lofte so they make itt nu. John Watts, 1496. (V., 275.) I will that the masteres of the worke of the Eodelofte haue xx6*. towarde the edifeyng of the same. To the iiij susters of the Abbey of Higham. Thomas Coorteman, 1500. (V., 364.) To be buried in the church afore the Eode and for my leyestow ther vjs. viijf?. Harry Peryott, 1502. (VI., 50.) Ad theosonoforum [?] in eadem ecclesia xij. Helias Borther. 1508. (VI, 217.) Sir Eanff Worsley my curate, ouerseer, & he to haue viij^?. & for writing this will ij^^. (List of debts. In primis to William Wod for here xxijs. ixd. It. a kow to o^’ lady light w^ the farm at Michel- mas. It. to the vicar for tithe iiij®'\ etc.) Thomas Pole or Poole, 1527. (VIII., 106.) ST. MARGARET HILLES. (Now in ruins.) To y® church warkys of saynt Marie [?] Hyllys xx6\ John Bokelond of Stone, 1473. (IV., 233.) Ad reparacionem ecclesie parochialis S^® Margarate de Hilles vjs. viij^/. Eobert Yfelde of Sowthflete, 1484. (V., 40.) To reparacion of Saynt Margarets church x\d. Eobert Maunsell of Horton, 1533. Proved 1537. (IX., 233.) HOG, ALLHALLOWS. To be buried in the parish chirch. To the werkes of the body ot* the same chirch xls. Thomas Pyinpe thelder, squyer, 1473. [Mentions his daughter Margaret the prioress of Mailing and his daughter Alice, nun of the same.] (P.C.C., 10, Wattys.) Lego edificacioni prefate ecclesie Omnium Sanctorum xh/. Sir James Barne, vicar, 1512. (VI., 323.)](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b2898738x_0065.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
