Robert
Thorne the elder's Will, proved 6 July 1519
Source: Transcribed by Charles Draper (2007, updated and corrected
2015)
Manuscript: TNA PROB 11/19 fos. 146-7
fo. 146r.
Be it knowne
to all cristen people that I Robert Thorne of bristowe
marchaunt wryte this with
my hand my will and my testament In the yere of our
lord mdxvii the xx day of Januar (i.e. 20th
Jan 1517) in good mydne and in goode
helthe of body ~
thanked be god Amen / In the name of god of our blessed Lady and all the holy
~
company of heavyn to pray for me that I may so doo at this tyme for to come to
fo. 147v.
the blessed company of heavyn / And that I bequeth my soule to allmyghty god and to oure
blessed Lady and my body to the holy Church grave in the Crowde
of Saint Nicholas ~
Churche And also I bequeathe
to the moder Church of Worsestur vs. And I bequeath to the
Church of Saint Nicholas as for reparacions xxvis
viiid. And I bequeathe to
the vycar of Sent
Nicholas Church
for forgoten tythyngs xxs / Also I will have a goode prest to praye for
my soule in Saint Nicholas Churche
vi yeres and he to have vi� every yere Also I will have ~
viii poore men that shall bere
viii torches and they shall have every
man agowne and for
beryng of the torches viiid
a man And also I will have at my burying to be gyven
to ~
poore men and wymen iiii� in bred and every
man and woman id in money And at my
monethis mynde also moche And at my xii monethis mynde as moche as is before wryten Also
that I bequethe to the foure
Ordres of ffrers to every place xxs
to pray for my soule Also I
bequeath to the iiii Almes
houses to every place iiiis and to newgate to the prisoners iiiis
Also I bequethe to Dame Elyn
Thorn my Doughter vi� xiiis
iiiid in redy money And A
~
standyng cuppe with
a cover weying xx ounces A salte with a cover that weyeth xx ounces
to pray for my soule Also I bequeathe
to every Nonne in the place to pray for my soule xiid
Also I bequeathe to Margery my Sister of Saint Albones vi� xiiis iiiid and afursed Convent in ~
grayne Also I bequeth to her husband A ministur a velvet gowne furre with
fox Also I bequeth
to my brother Will Thornis ii doughters
that be ffaderles that oon
is called phelipp and the other
Rose iii� to every of them And that
my Syster margery to have
the Divydyng of the money tyll
they be Abill to be married / Then I bequethe to William
Wossley my best Starlett gowne and
my Starlett cloke and to
his wif my cremesyn gowne and vi� xiiis iiiid in redy money to
pray for my soule Also I bequeth
to William Wossleys
vii children lxx ounces of plate
and xiiii�
in redy money And Rose his daughter xxx ounces plate and xv� in redy money / And to be ~
delyvered to all them whom they to
able to be maried And also and any of thise doo ~
departe to god then I will that this good be
departed from oon to an other
that longer ~
lyveth / Also I bequeth
to Robert Thorne my sonne lx� in redy money and lx ounces
in ~
plate Also I bequeth to Nicholas Thorn my sonne lx� in redy money and lx ounces
of plate
Also I bequeethe to Alice Thorn my Doughter
lx� in redy money and lx ounces of plate and the
thryd parte of all my houshold
and she be able to be maried by the wise of her
friends and of
myn Executors
Also if there be any of thise iii persones departe to god that then they that lyveth
longer that it goo from oon to an
other And so be that / that they departe to
god all as god
forbede that then I wold the oon
half go to the Charterhousse of Wytham
and the other
half to the hyewayes aboute
bristowe Also I bequeath to Johan Thorne my wif iiC� in ~
redy money and iiC ounces of plate and xxC
weight of vithell and ii parts of all my houshold
stuff and no more And also I bequethe to Saint Augustines Churche to the buyldying of
the new Church A pype
of Iron and xls in redy
money to praye for my soule
And I beqeath
to oure Lady chapell upon
the bryge of bristowe xxvis viiid Also I bequethe to the
hyeways aboute bristowe x� where there
is most nede Also I bequethe
to Saint
Nicholas crowde
where my body shal be buried a housse
that I bought late of ~
John Colasse that lyethe
in Saint Nicholas Strete and I wold that the proctures
of the
crowde shall fynde for my
soule a terment every yere to
the value of vs by yere and to
be prayed fore in the pulpytt every Sunday Also I have A seller full
of salte wherein is
lxxxxiiii tonne of salt and this I gyve to the almes housse of the iii kynges of Colen every
yere viiiis to pay
quarterly iis And to the Almes
housse at the graye ffreurs viiis paid
every yere
quarterly iis and to the almes
housse in the Long rowe
every yere
viiis to be paid
quarterly iis And newgate
viiis yearely to be paid
quarterly iis as long as money of this
salte will last to pray for my soule
Also I gyve to the Almes housse where there be at
Laffords gate to the reparacion of the bedds where the poore men lye in xxvis viiid Also I
bequeathe and gyve to the
tremte of Lafford
gate to the reparacion of the land liiis iiiid
Also I make myne Executors Srz John Goodryge
parson of Christchurch and William
Wossley
and John Wyat myne executors and to ev[er]y of them I gyve x� in redt money and
every of them a blacke
gowne And to se my will
and my debte paid and my will
fulfilled and the rest of all my goodes to be sold
and doon for my soule where
that ye fynde most need ~ I require as ye will annswer to for god that this be doo as ~
god knowith my mynde ~ I
put my full trust in you for ~ god send me spare ~ grace I wold
doo it my self.
Probate granted: 16 July 1519
|
