The English ancestry of Reinold and Matthew Marvin of Hartford, Ct ...

Reinold and Matthew Marvin \2J
To my son Christopher, my tenement wherein I now dwell, in
the Parish of St. Nicholas, Ipswich, near to the place sometime
the Lord Curson's : to him and his heirs for ever ; also the reversion
of the tenement in Erwarton, late my uncle's [not named] after the
decease of my aunt [not named].
I give to John, my son, "my messuage" in the said town and
Parish near the "fryers bridge," to him and his heirs for ever.
To Marian, my daughter, my tenement wherein George Balles,
smith, now dwells, with the tenement adjoining on the south side
wherein Belman, shoemaker, lately dwelt ; also the three
"Tenauntries in the back lane" by the Widow Osborne's, from her
age of twenty-one :
to her and her heirs for ever.
To Agnes, my daughter, nine of my best " fine clothes culloure
Azers " [i. e. blue], as they come from the "melle."
If the said Agnes die, I will that of the stock given to her, ^5
go to my sister's children [not named], ,£5 to my brother's children
[not named], and ^"io to the hospital ; and the rest to my other
children.
My sons Christopher and John to be executors, and my brother
John to be supervisor.
Witnesses :
John Alderman.
Henry
Hannam, Steven Grenewiche, W Randby and
Proved 3 November, 1563.
" Lord Curson's House" was a fine mansion in St. Peter's
Parish, which was probably built as the residence of Thomas
Manning, consecrated in 1525 by Cranmer as the first and
last Suffragan Bishop of Ipswich. It was granted in the
reign of Edward VI to the Bishop of Norwich. Later it
was called the King's Hospital, and used for that purpose
during the Dutch wars. The stately brick porch of this
edifice was demolished in 1760, when the house became an