The Grey Friars in OxfordLittle, A. G. (Andrew George)
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The Grey Friars in Oxford
Little, A. G. (Andrew George)
Franciscans -- Great Britain
_John son of Walter Wrenche_, of Milton, spicer, by a will dated May 4th,
and proved on May 5th, 1349, gave to the Friars Preachers and Friars
Minors of Oxford each ten quarters of corn[670].
_Edmund Bereford_[671], lord of several manors near Oxford, in his will
dated Jan. 8th, 1350/1 and proved in 1354, gave, among many other pious
bequests, 20_s._ at his death and 10_s._ on his anniversary to the
Minorites.
‘Item volo quod xij trisennalia celebrentur pro anima mea, videlicet
... in quolibet ordine fratrum j trisennale.’
_Henry Malmesbury_, citizen of Oxford, left them 20_s._ in 1361[672].
_John de Bereford_[673], citizen and sometime Mayor of Oxford, bequeathed
13_s._ 4_d._ to each of the Orders in 1361,
‘ut habeant animam meam inter eorum missas recommendatam.... Item,
cuilibet ordini fratrum predicatorum Minorum Carmelitarum et
Augustinensium Oxon’, die sepulture mee 2_s._ 6_d._, et in die
commemorationis anime mee in mensem 2_s._ 6_d._, et die anniversarii
mei 2_s._ 6_d._’
_Humphrey de Bohun_, Earl of Hereford and Essex (who died 1361), devised
‘to the students of each house of the four orders of Mendicants in
Oxford and Cambridge £10 to pray for us[674].’
_Richard Bramptone_, butcher of Oxford, in 1362, left 10_s._ to be divided
equally among the four Orders of friars[675].
_Walter de Berney_[676], a wealthy citizen of London, with apparently no
near relations, was a benefactor: his will, made in 1377, contains, among
many similar bequests, the following:
‘Item fratribus minoribus Oxon’ et Cantebrig’ equaliter x li.’
_Richard Carsewell_, butcher of Oxford, in 1389 left the house in which he
lived, ‘without the South Gate of Oxford toward Grantpounde,’ to his
executors, with instructions to sell it
‘and to distribute to the poor friars minors of the money received for
the said tenement, ten marks[677].’
_John Ocle_ or _Okele_, of Oxford, ‘skinner,’ left in 1390, 20_s._ a year
for three years to Friar John Schankton, of the Order of Minors, to
celebrate masses for the soul of the testator and his friends, in the
Franciscan church at Oxford. To the convent of Friars Minors he bequeathed
5_s._, to celebrate divine service for him on the day or the morrow of his
death[678].
_Sir John Golafre_, of Langley and Fyfield, knight, by will dated Jan.
19th, 1393/4, left the Minorites £10, if he were buried in their church:
‘et si ita contingat quod corpus meum sepultum fuerit alibi, tunc volo
quod predicti fratres minores non habeant nisi tantum x li[679].’
_Richard de Garaford_, of Oxford, who was buried in the Dominican
cemetery, left the Friars Minors 6_s._ 8_d._ in 1395[680].
_John de Waltham_, Bishop of Salisbury, left them 6_s._ 8_d._ in the same
year ‘to pray specially for his soul[681].’
_John Maldon_, Provost of Oriel, left 3_s._ 4_d._ to each of the Mendicant
Orders at Oxford in 1401[682].
_John Bannebury_, of Oxford, left 40_d._ to the Grey Friars in 1401[683].
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