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

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

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64 The English Ancestry of makyng of thys my presente testamente & last wyll as here after folowythe Item fyrst tomas Coper of ypswych berebruer . Item nycolas panton stayner dwellyng in ypswych Item Henry Rownketyll of ypswych maryner . Item frauncys broke of thys towne of Harwych Item Rychard Daye butcher Item Peter Leger meser Item John Seman Itm Willm Roger Itm John Hews wyffe of thorpe Roger Haukyn frauncys broke & tomas grene can wytnes y e dett Item a man dwellyng in my sune Caustons farme whome my sune doth knowe Item my Dowghter causton x\s. xxs. xvis. xb/s. . XXXVJJ'. xlvji. viijrf. xxs. xxvjs. viijt/. xb. xx-?. iijfi. Itm tomas bendyche sumetyme dwellyng in Hadle .... xli. Item Panton my tenante doth how unto me xxvijj. where I have a gaige the wyche ys fyfe shettes iij pewter platters ij pewter dychys and a pewter dyche w f corners fyfe sawssers a pewter bason & a latton Chaffer all whiche stuffe ys natt worthe my mony where fore and yf he do bryng unto myne executors xxs. then I do for geve hym the Reste And then he to have hys pleg a gene . . xx.r. Item the wedow blowe of Colnes sumtyme ye wyffe of Jheffery tayler Item Kyng the bocher of shortle Item tomas Rycheman of Ramse *»• xvs. xlvjs. viijrf. Item Roger Haukyn my sune in lawe x\)li. The total amount of the above debts is £$0 12s. Thomas Paynter witnessed Anne's Will and that of her husband. William, who was the " wryghter " of Anne's, may have been attached to the Church at Harwich or Dover- court, but I do not find his name in Newcourt's Repertorium. In most cases at that period Wills were written by clerics, and there being no standard of orthography, the spelling is often grotesque ; but we have carefully followed it in all

Rcinold and Matthew Marvin 65 cases. Among the debtors, Peter Leger is called " meser," ? messor, a provincial word for a "lord's bailiff." Thomas Cooper, the "berebruerof ypswych," is very likely the one of that name mentioned above.* The " Town Marche " was, I presume, the esplanade on the southern border, long a favorite promenade. The " selond beme " (? scale and beam) and "wayghts" in the "shope," given to her son, show that he probably succeeded to his father's business. 11 Robert 3 {John 2 Robert 1 ), was born in 1489 or earlier, probably at Great Belstead, another name for Washbrook according to a local history, or a part of that Parish, f fourteenth century Washbrook had two Churches ; In the one was in a hamlet called Felchurch, which with Hamer Hall in that vicinity, belonged to the Dartford Priory, and was near Sproughton ; as Robert's father was a tenant by copy-hold of the Prioress (see his Will, p. 36 supra), his land must have been in that hamlet. Some ruins of the old Church re- mained in the middle of the last century, but when it fell is not known, and its name and that of the locality seem to have been forgotten. This neighborhood, however, is thought to be that once called Great Belstead ; the date of its ab- sorption I have been unable to find. The other Church, as previously stated, is dedicated to St. Mary ; the living, united * See No. 20, pp. 40, 41. The Rev. C. H. Evelyn White, in his "Old Inns and Taverns in Ipswich," has much curious information on the peculiar customs of the brewers there, and the local laws regulating the business in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. Bylston (p. 56) where Anne's daughter Barker lived, is now called Bildcs- ton; it is eleven miles north-west of Ipswich. t Kirby, " Suffolk Traveller," p. 69, edition of 1764.

64 <strong>The</strong> <strong>English</strong> Ancestry <strong>of</strong><br />

makyng <strong>of</strong> thys my presente testamente & last wyll as here after<br />

folowythe<br />

Item fyrst tomas Coper <strong>of</strong> ypswych berebruer .<br />

Item nycolas panton stayner dwellyng in ypswych<br />

Item Henry Rownketyll <strong>of</strong> ypswych maryner .<br />

Item frauncys broke <strong>of</strong> thys towne <strong>of</strong> Harwych<br />

Item Rychard Daye butcher<br />

Item Peter Leger meser<br />

Item John Seman<br />

Itm Willm Roger<br />

Itm John Hews wyffe <strong>of</strong> thorpe<br />

Roger Haukyn frauncys broke & tomas grene can wytnes y e dett<br />

Item a man dwellyng in my sune Caustons farme whome my sune<br />

doth knowe<br />

Item my Dowghter causton<br />

x\s.<br />

xxs.<br />

xvis.<br />

xb/s.<br />

. XXXVJJ'.<br />

xlvji. viijrf.<br />

xxs.<br />

xxvjs. viijt/.<br />

xb.<br />

xx-?.<br />

iijfi.<br />

Itm tomas bendyche sumetyme dwellyng in Hadle .... xli.<br />

Item Panton my tenante doth how unto me xxvijj. where I have a<br />

gaige the wyche ys fyfe shettes iij pewter platters ij pewter dychys<br />

<strong>and</strong> a pewter dyche w f corners fyfe sawssers a pewter bason & a<br />

latton Chaffer all whiche stuffe ys natt worthe my mony where<br />

fore <strong>and</strong> yf he do bryng unto myne executors xxs. then I do for<br />

geve hym the Reste And then he to have hys pleg a gene . . xx.r.<br />

Item the wedow blowe <strong>of</strong> Colnes sumtyme ye wyffe <strong>of</strong> Jheffery<br />

tayler<br />

Item Kyng the bocher <strong>of</strong> shortle<br />

Item tomas Rycheman <strong>of</strong> Ramse<br />

*»•<br />

xvs.<br />

xlvjs. viijrf.<br />

Item Roger Haukyn my sune in lawe x\)li.<br />

<strong>The</strong> total amount <strong>of</strong> the above debts is £$0 12s.<br />

Thomas Paynter witnessed Anne's Will <strong>and</strong> that <strong>of</strong> her<br />

husb<strong>and</strong>. William, who was the " wryghter " <strong>of</strong> Anne's,<br />

may have been attached to the Church at Harwich or Dover-<br />

court, but I do not find his name in Newcourt's Repertorium.<br />

In most cases at that period Wills were written by clerics,<br />

<strong>and</strong> there being no st<strong>and</strong>ard <strong>of</strong> orthography, the spelling is<br />

<strong>of</strong>ten grotesque ; but we have carefully followed it in all

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