Fifty earliest English wills in the Court of Probate, London : A. D. 1387-1439 : with a priest's of 1454 / copied and edited from the original registers in Somerset House by Frederick J. Furnivall

CONTENTS.

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• DEDICATION to Mr. J. Challenor Smith viii
• FOREWORDS xi
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  WILLS.

  NO.	A.D.
  1.	1387.	Robert CORN, Citizen of London	1
  2.	1392.	John PYNCHEON, Citizen and Jeweller of London	3
  3.	1395.	Lady Alice WEST, of Hinton Marcel, Hampshire (Codicil, p. 9)	4
  4.	1402.	John GIRDELER og Harefield, near Uxbrdidge, Middlesex	10
  5.	1406.	Richard ROOS of London, ? once of Beverly, Yorkshire	12
  6.	1408.	John PLOT (alias Rouwenhale), Citizen and Maltman of London	14
  7.	1410.	Robert AVERAY of the Cordwainers' Company, London	16
  8.	1411.	Sir William LANGEFORD, Knight, of Bradfield, near Reading, Berks	18
  9.	1413.	Richard YONGE of London, Brewer	21
  10.	1415.	Thomas WALWAYNE, Esqu., of Much Marcle, Herefordshire	22
  11.	1417.	Richard BROKE, Landowner, of Holditch, Thornecombe, Devonshire	26
  12.	1418.	John SOLAS, of Southwark, Surrey	28
  13.	1418.	John CHELMYSWYK, of Shropshire	30
  14.	1418.	Thomas TVOKY, Esquire	36
  15.	1417-18.	Stephen THOMAS, of Lee, Essex (Codicil made at Rouen, p.40)	37
  16.	1419-20.	John ROGERYSSON, of London	41

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  17.	1418, 1420.	John BROUNE, of Henry V.'s Chamber, and of Fulham, Middlesex. (Will in the 3rd Person: "he will,"&c.	43
  18.	1420.	Thomas BATHE, of Bristol	45
  19.	1420.	John OLNEY, of Weston, Buckinghamshire	47
  20.	1422.	Lady Peryne CLANBOWE, of Yasor, Herefordshire	49
  21.	1420.	Sir Roger SALWAYN, Knight, of York	52
  22.	1424-5.	Roger FLORE, Landowner, of Okeham, Rutlandshire	55
  23.	1425.	William NEWLAND of London (and Normandy), going on a Journey	65
  24.	1426.	William DAVY,Citizen and Fishmonger of London	67
  25.	1426.	William HANYNGFELD, of Bikinacre, Essex	68
  26.	1426.	John CREDY, Esq., of London (Devonshire, &c.)	73
  27.	1428.	John TOKER, Citizen and Vintner of London, owner of "The Mermaid" in Bread St., Cheapside	77
  28.	1428.	Robert SCHAPMAN, of Haringay, Hornsey, Middlesex	80
  29.	1428.	Richard WHYTEMAN, Citizen and Waxchandler of London	81
  30.	1428.	Walter NEWENT, ?of St.Pancras, London	83
  31.	1430.	Hary van SANDWYK, of St. Clements, East Cheap, London	84
  32.	1430.	Alys CHIRCHE. Widow, of St. Mary Hill, London	85
  33.	1430.	Richard GRAVELEY, of London, Grocer	86
  34.	1431.	William FITZ-HARRY, of Cosin Lane, London	87
  35.	1431.	Richard TYRELL, ? of Stoke-Dabernon, Surrey	89
  36.	1431-2	Isabel GREGORY, of Hackney, Middlesex	91
  37.	1432-3.	Richard GREY, of St. Bartholomews, London	92
  38.	1433.	John BARNET, Citizen and Draper of London	93
  39.	1433.	Walter, MANGEARD, Citizen and Cook of London, and Hurstpierpoint, Sussex	94
  40.	1434.	Margarete ASSHCOMBE (once BLONCIT), Widow, of London	96
  41.	1434.	Roger BORTON, of Hackney, Middleses	98
  42.	1434.	Rauf HETH, of Hackney, Middlesex	99
  43.	1434.	Roger ELMESLEY, of London, once a Waxchandler's Servant	100
  44.	1434-5.	Isabelle DOVE, wife of Thomas DOVE, Citizen of Londond, then beyond the Sea	103

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  45.	1436.	Richard bOKELAND, Esq., of All Hallows the Greater, Thames St., London	104
  46.	1438.	Richard DIXON, Wsq., os Siscetre (Cirencester), Glostershire	108
  47.	1439.	Nicholas CHARLETON, Citizen and Skinner of London	112
  48.	1439.	Isabel, Countess of WARWICK, Mother-in-law of the 'King-Maker'	116
  49.	1439.	Sir Ralph ROCHEFORT, of Lincolnshire. (English Wills, p.121,&c., in the 3rd Person, "he will," &c.)	120
  50.	1438-39.	Sir Thomas BROOK, Knight, of Cobham Hall, Kent	129
  		(List of other English Wills in Register Luffenam, p.134)
  51.	1454.	Nicholas STURGEON.Priest	131
  		(Note of other English Wills in Register Rous, p.134)

• NOTES (The first known Bequest, A.D. 1420, of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, p. 136 135
• LIST OF PROPER NAMES AND PLACES 145
• LIST OF WORDS AND SUBJECTS 170