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  • Story: Last Will & Testament Of Agnes Danvers Fray

    <p>from &quot;Corporation of London Records Office, Plea and Memoranda Roll A99, m.3&quot; and Philip Jones, ed. <em>Calendar of Plea and Memoranda Rolls of the City of London, A.D. 1458-1482</em>, Cambridge: University Press, 1961, 136-139.</p><p>*** </p><p>In the name of God, Amen. On 11 June 1478, in the 18th year of the reign of King Edward IV, I Lady Agnes Say, widow, being of sound mind, make and set out this my testament in the following manner. That is to say, first I bequeath and commend my soul to almighty God, my creator and maker, and to his blessed mother Mary the Virgin, and to all the saints, and my body to be buried within the parish church of St. Bartholomew the Less of London, near the tomb where my late husband, Sir John Fray, is now buried. I bequeath 6s.8d to the high altar of that church. I bequeath 40s. towards the church-works of that church. I bequeath 6s.8d to the high altar of the church of St. Benet Fink, London. I bequeath 20s. towards the church-works of that church of St. Benet. I bequeath 6s.8d to the high altar of the church of St. Christopher near the London stocks. I bequeath 20s. towards the church-works of that church of St. Christopher. </p><p>I bequeath &pound;10 to a respectable priest to sing and recite for my soul, the souls of my husbands Lord Wenlock, Sir John Fray, and Sir John Say, the Gregorian trental in such a place as designated by my daughter Lady Margaret Leynham, the wife of Sir John Leynham. </p><p>I pardon and forgive my brothers, Thomas Danvers and William Danvers, of all sums of money in which they are indebted to me. On condition they discharge me and my executors of all sums of money in which I was bound, on their behalf, to anyone. I pardon and forgive Agnes Hill, Katherine Humfrey, John Childe, Thomas Wrongey, Agnes Holgill, and Margery Banastre of all sums of money in which they are indebted to me or owe me. I pardon and forgive John Dryland, my former servant, of all sums of money in which he is indebted to me. I pardon and forgive all persons who are indebted to me, if they do not have the means to pay such sums of money as they owe me, at the determination of my executors. </p><p>I bequeath to Henry Parson, to pray for my soul, a bed; that is, a mattress, 2 blankets, a coverlet, and two pairs of sheets. I bequeath and wish that John Dye have every year for as long as he lives 20s., to say special prayers for my soul. I bequeath 20s. to Robert Abell to pray for my soul. I bequeath to William Walgrave my best bed; that is, a feather bed, a bolster, a piece of fustian, 2 pairs of sheets, a coverlet, the celour and tester, and 3 curtains. </p><p>I bequeath 13s.4d to the 4 orders of friars at Cambridge, to pray for my soul; that is, 3s.4d to each order. It is my wish that, whereas I have advised Master Thomas Asheby and my daughter Lady Margaret Leynham of a matter concerning the sum of &pound;10, if in their opinion it represents a burden on my conscience then it should be given to the church of Syon, or wherever it is best disposed out of conscience, as they think best. I bequeath a gown to each of the wife of John Priour sherman and his daughter Agnes. I bequeath to Emlyn Wellys a gown. </p><p>I instruct and require all my feofees who are enfeoffed to my use in all the lands that were Brodgore&#39;s in Wenden, in the county of Essex, that immediately following my death they transfer ownership of the same to Lady Elizabeth Walgrave, she and her direct legimate heirs to have and to hold in perpetuity. In default of such heirs, the remainder to go to the heirs of myself, Lady Agnes Say, in perpetuity. </p><p>I give and bequeath, by this my present testament, to Constance Browne, spinster, all my lands and tenements with their appurtenances located in the alleyway called the George Alley in Secol Lane, in the parish of St. Sepulchre outside Newgate, in the suburbs of London in the ward of Faringdon Without; which I recently purchased from Henry Ive. Constance to have and to hold for her lifetime. After her death I wish those lands and tenements to remain to Lady Agnes Gate, widow. Lady Agnes to have and to hold for her lifetime, on condition that Lady Agnes pays and satisfies Constance for &pound;100 within 2 years following my death. After the death of Lady Agnes, or if the &pound;100 is not paid, I wish the lands and tenements to remain to Robert Browne gentleman of Oxfordshire. Robert and his direct legitimate heirs to have and hold in perpetuity. In default of such heirs, the remainder goes to the proper heirs of Lady Agnes Gate in perpetuity. </p><p>I give and bequeath to Lady Elizabeth Walgrave and Lady Margaret Leynham all my rights and the remaining term of my lease in the house in which I live at present. It is my wish that all my share in stocked goods worth &pound;400, for which my servant Robert Galyon can account, be evenly divided into 6 parts. Of which I give and bequeath 5 parts of the same to Agnes, Katherine, and Margaret my daughters, to Richard my brother, and to the aforementioned Constance; each of them to have an equal share of the 5 parts. I wish and specify that if Constance dies while her mother, my daughter, is yet alive her mother is to have her share, on condition that Lady Agnes Gate pays and satisfied Constance the &pound;100 already mentioned within 2 years following my death. Similar, if my daughter, the mother of Constance, dies while Constance is yet alive, then I wish Constance to have her mother&#39;s share. </p><p>I bequeath to Lady Elizabeth Walgrave a standing cup of gilded silver with a cover and a silver basin and ewer, whichever she chooses from among mine. I bequeath to Lady Margaret Leynham another standing cup of gilded silver with a cover and a silver basin and ewer, chosen from mine after Lady Elizabeth has made her choice. In addition, I wish Lady Margaret to have another cup, which was given her by her father, my late husband Sir John Fray. I bequeath to my daughter Katherine Stafford another standing cup of gilded silver with a cover and a silver basin and ewer, chosen from mine after Lady Margaret Leynham has made her choice. I bequeath to my daughter Lady Agnes Gate a standing cup of gilded silver with a cover and a silver basin and ewer, chosen from mine after Katherine Stafford has made her choice. I bequeath to Alice Tracy another of my standing cups of gilded silver with a cover, chosen from mine after Lady Agnes Gate has made her choice. </p><p>I wish that the costs and fees related to my burial and month&#39;s mind be paid honestly by my executors, without any pomp or display, or putting on any feasts or dinners, but giving food and drink and other charitable hand-outs to poor people, to pray for my soul. </p><p>The residue of all my goods, chattels, and debts [due me], whatsoever they be, after my debts are paid and the costs and fees of my burial and month&#39;s mind are expended, and my present testament is in all regards fulfilled, I give and bequeath to my executors named below. With the intent that they, using wise judgement, use the same to provide and arrange for the foundation of a perpetual chantry, with a priest singing and praying in the parish church of St. Bartholomew for my soul and for the souls of my late husbands, Lord Wenlock, Sir John Fray, and Sir John Say, for our friends and benefactors, for those for whom I am specially bound to pray, and for all Christian souls. Once that perpetual chantry has been arranged, established, and securely founded, I wish that Lady Elizabeth Walgrave and Lady Margaret Leynham dispose of all remaining unexpended goods and debts for my soul and the other souls mentioned, by distributing them in charitable works, acts of mercy, and other good deeds, as according to their best judgement they consider best pleasing to God and most profitable for my soul and the other souls mentioned. I wish my daughters to have preference, before any others, when it comes to buying any of my possessions, paying for them whatever they have been appraised at. </p><p>Of this my present testament I make and appoint as my executors my daughter Lady Elizabeth Walgrave, Henry Danvers, and John Clopton esquire. As their supervisor I make and appoint my especial good lord, William Lord Hastings, the king&#39;s chamberlain; and I bequeath to the Lord Chamberlain for his labour &pound;20 and a pyx of gold. I bequeath &pound;20 to each of the Lady Elizabeth and Henry Danvers for their labour, and I bequeath &pound;6.13.4d to John Clopton for his labour. In witness to this my present testament, I have set my seal; drawn up on the date above. </p>

 
 
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