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
_Thomas Dauys_, of St. Edwardstowe, Worcester diocese, in 1511 gave in his
will
‘to the iiij orders of freeres for iiij trentalles to be said in
Oxford xl_s._[713]’
_William Perot_, of Lambourne, Salisbury diocese, in 1511 left to the
‘Grey freres of Oxon xx_d._[714]’
_Richard Harecourt_, Esquire, of Abingdon, left 26_s._ 8_d._ to the four
Orders in Oxford in 1512[715].
_William Besylis_, Esquire, in 1515 bequeathed ‘to the grey ffryers in
Oxenfford vj_s._ viij_d._’[716]
_Robert Throkmorton_, Knight, willed in 1518[717], that
‘ther be said for my soule in as shorte a space as it may be doon
after my deceas twoo trentalles in the Graye ffrieris of Worceter, ij
Trentalles in the grey ffreris of Oxford, ij trentalles in the grey
ffreris of Cambrygge, ij trentalles in the blake ffreris of Oxford
(and same of Cambridge), and for euery of thes trentalles I will there
be gyven x_s._ apece.’
_Sir Richard Elyot_, ‘Knyght, one of the Kinges Justices of his commen
benche,’ willed in 1520, that the four Orders at Oxford and elsewhere,
‘haue at my burying or moneth mynde to kepe dirige and masse for me
iij_s._ iiij_d._’[718]
_John Tynmouth_, Franciscan friar, Bishop of Argos, Suffragan of Sarum,
and parson of Boston, left to the Grey Friars of Oxford £5: the will was
made in 1523, and proved in 1524[719].
In 1526 _Richard Leke_ or _Leek_[720], ‘late bruer of Oxford,’ bequeathed
4_d._ to each Grey friar of Oxford being a priest, and 2_d._ to each
‘being noo prest;’ 6_s._ 8_d._ to the friars ‘to make a dyner in their
owne place;’ 6_s._ 8_d._ to the Warden ‘to prouide for the premisses;’
20_s._ for altars; and an additional 10_s._ to be paid in three
instalments, namely, ‘at my burying,’ ‘at my monethes mynde,’ and ‘at my
yeres mynde.’
_Walter Curson_, of Waterperry[721], ‘gentilman,’ bequeathed a legacy in
these terms:
‘Also I woll and gyue to the iiij orders of ffreers in Oxforde for
iiij Trentalles to be doēn and had for my soule and my ffrendes soules
xl_s._ eqally to be dewyded that is to wit to euery one of them x_s._’
(executed 24 Nov. 1526, proved 2 May, 1527).
_John Rogers_ (Exeter College) in 1527 also bequeathed each Order
10_s._[722]
_John Coles_ (1529), left the four Orders 13_s._ 4_d._ (his executors were
M.A.’s)[723].
_John Seman_, of Oxford, by will dated 1529, gave
‘vnto euery one of the iiij orders of ffryours in Oxford, so that they
be at my buryall and monethes mynde, x_s._[724]’
_Anthony Hall_, of Swerford, a considerable landowner, desired in his will
dated 1529 and proved 1530, to
‘haue a trentall of masses to be said for me, the one half at our lady
ffryers (i.e. Carmelites), and the other half at the gray
ffryers[725].’
_John Byrton_, of ‘Abburbury,’ also a farmer or landowner, left in 1530 to
the four Orders at Oxford 4_s._[726]
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