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
‘Also I give and bequeath to the iiij ordyrs off ffrerys w{t} in þe
Vniuersite, of Oxford iiij nowbles to haue myne obyte holden ther and
to pray for my sowle and the sowlys of sir Robert Russell, Knyght’
(and other members of the family).
_William Dagvyle_, gentleman, left 30_s._ to the five Orders of friars at
Oxford in 1474[698].
_William Chestur_, ‘marchaunte of the staple of Caleys and Citezein and
Skynnere of London,’ bequeathed in 1476[699],
‘to euery of þe iiij ordres of ffreres in Oxenforde xxxiij_s._
iiij_d._’
_Robert Abdy_, Master of Balliol College, left £4 to the four Orders of
friars at Oxford in 1483[700].
_Alice Dobbis_, ‘wif of John Dobbis of y{e} town of Oxenford Alderman,’
gave and bequeathed 6_s._ 8_d._ to the ‘ffreris Minours’ in 1488[701].
_James Blacwode_, of Oxford, in 1490 left to the Minorites there ‘V{s} et
unum Gublet de Argento pouncede[702].’
_Master John Martoke_, elected Fellow of Merton College in 1458, left each
Order of friars at Oxford 6_s._ 8_d._ (will executed 1500, proved
1503)[703].
_Margaret Goldsmith_ in 1503 left 13_s._ 4_d._ to be divided among the
four Orders[704].
_Thomas Banke_, Rector of Lincoln College, willed in 1503
‘that the friars of each of the Religions in the town of Oxford should
celebrate exequies for him, and that each house should receive of his
goods 6_s._ 8_d._[705]’
_John Pereson_ (buried at St. Mary Magdalen), left the four Orders 13_s._
4_d._ in 1507[706].
In the same year, Thomas Clarke, the executor of the will of _John
Falley_, promised to pay Dr. Kynton, Minorite, 26_s._ 8_d._ in four
instalments[707].
_Edmund Crofton_, M.A., who made bequests to Brasenose College and the
convents of St. Frideswide, Osney, and Rewley, left 26_s._ 8_d._ to the
four Orders (1508)[708].
_William Hasard_, of Magdalen College, Proctor of the University in 1495,
by a will dated 19th Aug. 1509 and proved 31st Aug. of the same year,
bequeathed 10_s._ to each house of friars,
‘praying each Order to celebrate one trental for his soul with the
exequies of the dead and a mass on the day of his death[709].’
‘_Richard ffetiplace_, of Estshifford[710] (Berks) Squyer,’ made a will in
1510 containing the entry:
‘Item I bequeth to the iiij orders of freers in Oxford xxvj_s._
viij_d._, and eueryche of theym to kepe a solempne dirige and masse
praying for my soule.’
‘Dame _Elizabeth Elmys_ of Henley upon Thamys’ in 1510 left to each of the
four Orders in Oxford, if she died in that neighbourhood, 10_s._ for a
trental, &c.
‘And I will that thos said places of freeres to whom my legacies shall
come, Immediatly aftir shall syng in their places oon masse of Requiem
w{t} placebo, dirige, laudes, and commendacion[711].’
‘_Sebyll Danvers_,’ widow, of Waterstoke, in the diocese of Lincoln and
county of Oxford, in 1511 left the four Orders 13_s._ 4_d._ to be divided
equally among them[712].
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