The Strife of the Roses and Days of the Tudors in the WestRogers, W. H. Hamilton (William Henry Hamilton)
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The Strife of the Roses and Days of the Tudors in the West
Rogers, W. H. Hamilton (William Henry Hamilton)
Great Britain -- History -- Tudors, 1485-1603; Great Britain -- History -- Wars of the Roses, 1455-1485
"on the Saturday next before the feast of the Assumption of our
Lady, 1404, my body to be buried before the High Cross of the
church of Newenham; to Alice my consort my mansion at Exeter for
her life, all my books, vestments with other apparel belonging to
my chapel, all kinds of necessaries belonging to my hall,
chambers, pantry, buttery, kitchen and fish-pond, within my manor
of Shute, and all other chattels on my manors of Wescombe, &c.,
&c., elsewhere, 100 marks in money, and the half of my silver
vessels, &c.; 100 marks, to assist in making and repairing the
bridges and roads that are weak and fallen within my lordships of
Devon and Somerset; to alienate by mortmain 50 marks of land and
of rent per year for a _Maison Dieu_ in Combestreet at Exeter,
for 12 poor men and women to be lodged there always, also 300
marks to the said Maison Dieu in honour of God, and to sustain
the said house, and the aforesaid poor men and women, all my
rents in Exeter, except my mansion;--to Dame Anne Bonville, nun
of Wherwell, 10 marks, a _hanapp_ (drinking cup) with silver
cover, and my best _hoppelond_ (great coat) with the fur. To
William my son 200 marks to assist him in getting married; to
Thomas son of John Bonville £20 in money; to John son of Thomas
Bonville to assist him in getting married 100 marks. To my
daughter Dame Katharine Cobham £20; to my daughter Dame Elizabeth
Carew, £20. I devise that all my debts be duly and fully paid,
and if any offences or extortions by me have been committed
against any persons I will that they be restored to them,
according to the greatness of the offence; 24 torches of wax, and
24 poor men be clothed the day of the interment of my body, and
to other poor people coming on the day of my burial £10, that
each who comes may have one penny; and that my mansion and my
retinue be kept just as it is for one quarter of a year after my
death. Appoints Alice my consort, and six clerks executors;
Monsieur Thomas Brooke and John Strecch, surveyors; nothing to be
done without the counsel and assent of the said surveyors."
There is also included a very large number of religious bequests to
pray for the good estate of his soul, at various places, and legacies
in money and kind, to the poor on his extensive estates.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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