Abstracts from the Wills of English printers and stationers : from 1492 to 1630 / by Henry R. Plomer.

  • Plomer, Henry R. (Henry Robert), 1856-1928.
Date:
1903
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Credit: Abstracts from the Wills of English printers and stationers : from 1492 to 1630 / by Henry R. Plomer. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    EDWARD YLLE.1 Dated 25th March, 1545. Proved 20th April, 1545. Testator to be buried “ in paulischurcheyarde righte before the crosse.” Bequests : “ I will that Maister Thomas Bartelett, to be my full executor, and I will that he shall receave suche debtes as be owing to me and also he to pay the debtes likewise that I doo owe untill the time that a certayne bargaynne be full ended and payed as ys comprehendyd in a payre of indentures. And that fynysshed and doon ... he shall have for his paynes taking iii11 vis. viiid.” “unto my brother John my bestgowne.” [unto] “my brother Thomas my secunde gowne.” “unto my mystres Raynes viij.r.” “Robert Holder2 vjx. viijd.” “Edward Sutton3 vs” “Company of Stationers towards their charge xxj.” “Gyles Lauret bynder iijj-. iiijd.” “Nowell bynder4 iijj-. iiij^.” “John Lewes and his wyf xiijj-. iiij^.” “Sir Thomas Ebbe, curate of sainte ffaithes iijj-. iiij^.” “Richard Richardson vjs. vii)d.” “John Cawood5 my black jacket.” “John Cawood’s wyf, two sawcers, a dysshe, a litle potte of pewtree [pewter].” “John Nowseley dwelling in Lumberte streate, my hole harnyse.” Overseers: William Bonham (q.v.) and Henry Tabe (q.v.) “and for theyre paynes taking in yt, vj*. vii]d. a peece.” Witnesses : Syr Thomas Ebbe curate, and John Cawoode. [ Commissary of London, Story 147.] (1) . No stationer of this name appears to be known. From the bequests left to certain bookbinders, he was perhaps a bookbinder in the employ of Lucy Reynes. (2) and (3). See the wills of John and Lucy Reynes in this series. (4) . Lived in Shoe Lane : See the will of W. de Worde in this series. (5) . Formerly apprenticed to John Reynes. Warden of the Company of Stationers 1554 and 1555-7* Died April 1st, 1572. LUCY RAYNES, or REYNES, Widow (1544-1548). George, St. Paul’s Churchyard. Dated 28th April, 1548. Proved 25th October, 1549. Testator to be buried “ in the litle churchyarde nighe pawles in London nigh unto the Chapell dore.”