{"id":2352,"date":"2015-12-18T13:52:36","date_gmt":"2015-12-18T13:52:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/teresa-goatham.me.uk\/genealogy\/?page_id=2352"},"modified":"2015-12-18T13:57:05","modified_gmt":"2015-12-18T13:57:05","slug":"thomas-rose-d-1527","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/teresa-goatham.me.uk\/genealogy\/wills-about\/kent\/rose\/thomas-rose-d-1527\/","title":{"rendered":"The will of Thomas Rose (d. 1527)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Thomas Rose<\/a> is probably my 12 x great grandfather, possibly the father of a wife of my 11 x great grandfather William Halke<\/a> before William married my 11 x great grandmother. And possibly it wasn’t my ancestor William Halke who married Agnes Rose<\/a>, but a different William, though this is looking increasingly unlikely.<\/p>\n

This was the first pre-reformation will I looked at closely and I find of interest for the bequests of money for masses, candles etc.<\/p>\n

Having looked at several more since the details given and requests for diriges etc. as well as masses is unusual, at least amognst my ancestors and their close relations.<\/p>\n

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\nIn the name of god amen<\/b> The xiiiith<\/sup> Day of February In the yere \/\/
\nof our Lord god a thousande fyve hundred twenty and six And the xviii yere of the Reigne of \/\/
\nking Hnery the eight I Thomas Rose of Wye in the Countie of Kent yoman being hole of mynde \/\/
\nand in good memory make and ordeyn this my present testament and last will in maner \/\/
\nand fourme folowing First I bequeth my soule to almighty god our blissed Lady saint mary and \/\/
\nto all the holy company of hevyn my body to be buried in the Church of Wye aforsaid bitwene \/\/
\nthe sepulture of my father and my late wife Also I bequeth to the high awter of the said Church \/\/
\nfor my tithes and offerings nechgently forgotten or witholden iii s iiiid Item I bequeth to the \/\/
\nRode light there xiid And to ev[er]y other light wt<\/sup>in the said Church iiiid Item I bequeth to the rep[er]acons \/\/
\nof the Church of Wye fourty poundes of laufull money of England the said rep[er]acons to be begom \/\/
\nat the stone wallys of the South Ile of the said Church and so forth as nede requirith of the \/\/
\nwhich xlli six poundes restith in the handes of my sister Alice Serlylls for that entent only \/\/
\nItem I will that myn executiours geve and deliverat my burying to the marster of the College \/\/
\nof Wye and to every prest of the said College to fett me from my house to the Church and so \/\/
\nsinge Dirige and masse by noote for my soule and all xpen<\/span> [1 – Christian] [[ xp symbol ]] soules viiid And to every Clerk of \/\/
\nthe said College iiiid Item I will that myn executours bestowe for me at that tyme to ev[er]y may \/\/
\nand woman taking dool id and to ev[er]y Childe oon loof of bred Item I will that there be beftowed \/\/
\nat my moneth Day to every prest there singing or saying dirige and masse dirige and masse iiiid \/\/
\nAnd to ev[er]y man and woman at that tyme taking dool id and oon loof of bred And to ev[er]y Childe \/\/
\noon lofe of bred Item I will that there be by myn executours and overseers a honest prest p[re]pared \/\/
\nand ordeyned Immediatly after my decesse to singe masse at all tymes that he is dispoased by \/\/
\nthe space of an hole yere next after my deceas wt<\/sup>in the parishe Churche of Wye at the awlter \/\/
\nof saint John Baptist for the soule of me my father mother my Wife and all xpen<\/span> soules \/\/
\nAnd as often as the said prest or Chapleyn wt<\/sup>in the said yere singith masse at any other – \/\/
\nplace out of the said Church than I will that by the oversight and labour of my said executor<\/sup>s \/\/
\nand overseers the said Chaplayn after the ^ {yer} ended at the said awter shall accomplisshe and \/\/
\nfulfill the Daies that lack of the said yere Ordynary and reasonable eexebses except And I Will \/\/
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\nfurther that my said Chapleyn soe appoynted and assigned shall say every Twesday and Thursday wt<\/sup>in \/\/
\nthe yere at after nowe durige with x lessons Lawdes and comendacions and I will in that Daies folowing \/\/
\nthat is to say every weke wt<\/sup>in the yere Wensday and fryday to say masse of Requiem And I will further \/\/
\nthat the said Chapleyn every day that he so saithe masse as on Wensday and fryday as is a forsaid \/\/
\nduring the said terme he Immediatly after his masse celebrated and saide shall in his albe say at the \/\/
\nSepulcure or grave of me the said Thomas De profundis wt<\/sup> the Colect absolve quaesumus et fidelium \/\/
\nfor the soules abovesaid, and then he to spryng holy water there for the which salary and other \/\/
\nthings the premisses well and truely of his parte to be observed executed and fulfilled, I will \/\/
\nand geve to the said Chapleyn vii li. vi s. viii d. Item I will that there bye an yerely obite kept in the \/\/
\nsaid Church of Wye for my soule and other my frends soules abovewritten by the space of twelve \/\/
\nyeres next and immediatly after my decesse wherunto I will geve yerely xs to be bestowed yerely \/\/
\nto prests and Clerks to pour people of the said p[ar]ishe by the discrecion of myn executor<\/sup>s Overseers \/\/
\ntheir deputies or assignes Item I bequeth to every house of Freres of Canterbury saying dirige \/\/
\nw[i]t<\/sup>[h] ix lessons and masses for my soule and my frendes soules avore specified vis viiid Item I geve \/\/
\nto the brethern and sisters of Harbaldown and saint Johns house of Canterbury to pray for every \/\/
\nsoule and all xpen<\/span> soules vi s viiid that is to say to every house iiis iiiid egally to be devided amongst \/\/
\nthem Item I will to Avisse Jancoke my svun<\/span>t at the tyme of her mariage iii li vi s viii d And to \/\/
\nElizabeth my serun<\/span>t at the tyme of her mariage xx s And to Thomasyn Jancoke at the tyme of \/\/
\nher mariage vi s viii d And if it fortune the said Avys Elizabeth or Thomasyn all or any of them \/\/
\nto dye before their mariage Then I will that that parte or parts so to theyin or either of them \/\/
\nbequeathed to be voide Item I will to the Childe of Thomas Payne and of Joane my daughter \/\/
\nat the tyme of hir mariage xxs upon condicion that the said Thomas his executors nr assignes \/\/
\nnor no other in his nr in their names troble vex or sue my said executours nor their assignes \/\/
\nyf he or they do the contrary or if the said Child dye before hir mariage then I will that the \/\/
\nsaid xxs to her assigned remayne in the handes of myn executorrs to be bestowed in fowle wayes \/\/
\nor otherwise after them diserecion Item I geve and bequethe to the two daughters of Robert Tildey \/\/
\nand Alice my daughter vi li xiii s iiii d of laufull money of England that is to say to either of them \/\/
\nat the tyme of therr mariage iii li. vi s. viii d. to be paid to theym of and wt<\/sup> the money that the \/\/
\nsaid Robert Tyldey and his brother owe unto me the said Thomas as by their obligacions more \/\/
\nplaynly apperith the residue of that dett in the said obligacion to be due I geve unto the said \/\/
\nRobert And if any of the said two daughters decesse before their mariage Then I will that parte \/\/
\nto her assigned so departed or decessed Remayn to her sister then lyving And I will further that \/\/
\nif both decesse before their mariage Then I will all the said debts of the hole obligacion Remayn \/\/
\nunto the said Robert Tylden Item I will to John Tylden my servn<\/span>t when he comyth to the age of \/\/
\nxxii yeres xls And if he dye before that age then that said money to be bestowed and disposed \/\/
\nby my said executors and overseers in the fowle wayes bitwene my house and Dampsoestone(?) Item \/\/
\nI will to Giles Jancoke my svunt at the age of xxii yeres xs And if he dye before that age then \/\/
\nI will the said xs be bestowed by myn executorrs and overseers in the said place of Dampsiestone(?) \/\/
\nItem I geve to that said fowle wayes there xls Item I geve to the amending of high wayes at \/\/<\/span>
\nHarfelds Crosse xs which said ls I have delivered in the handes of old Thomas Serlys for that \/\/
\nentent oonly Item I will there be bestowed upon the Cawsey bitwene my house and may he west \/\/
\ncrosse xxs by the oversight of my said executioncs and Overseers And yf that wilnat suffice then \/\/
\nI will my executor<\/sup>s bestowe more upon the same for the fynysshing of the same at their discrecon \/\/
\nItem I will to Thomas Awsten Chanon of Combewell xxd Item I will to every of godchildern \/\/
\nthat will come and aske it of myn executorrs iiiid The Residue of all my goodes nat willed bequeathed \/\/
\nme assigned my debts bequeths and Legacies doon fulfilled content and paid I geve and bequeth unto \/\/
\nJohn Rose my sonne the whiche John and James Edynden I make and ordeyn to be myn executorrs \/\/
\nof this my present testament and last will And I ordeyn and make Richard Walker master of the \/\/
\nCollege of Wye and Willm<\/span> Seryles of London<\/span> mercer my overseers of the same .f.<\/p>\n

This is<\/b> the last Wille of me the forsaid Thomas Roose made the Day and yere above \/\/
\nsaid of and upon a feoffament by me made of all my Landes tenements and services with \/\/
\nthappurtenncs which I have in the parishe of Wye or elleswhere wt<\/sup>in the Countie of kent \/\/
\nwherein William Halke Thomas Serylls sonne of Thomas Allard be enfeoffed First I will that \/\/
\nJohn Roose my sonne shalhave all my Landes and Tenements Rents and services wt<\/sup> thappr<\/sup>tenn<\/span>cs \/\/
\nwithin the said Countie to him and his heires forevermore except oon tenement and a gardyn \/\/
\nwhich late was Robert Jekyns glover wherin Richard Colphin nowe dwellith which tenement and \/\/
\ngardyn I will to Symond Goldfynch and his heires forever under condicion that he paye to Willm<\/span> \/\/
\nGoldfynche his brother iii li vi s viii d And that the said Richard Colphin be not put from the same \/\/
\nduring his terme of vii yeres which he holdeth of me by covennt made bitwen him and me And if it \/\/
\nfortune the said John Roose my sonne to dye sodenly wt<\/sup>out making of any Wille or wt<\/sup>out Issue as god forbid \/\/
\nThen I will that my house which I dwell in wt<\/sup> all the landes therto belonging to Richard Haulke my \/\/
\ndaughters Childe nowe lyving and to Thomas Haulke his brother all my landes and Tenements at Beampford \/\/
\nand at Bylting And to John Tylden my daughters sonne my tenement at Frogbroke wt<\/sup> all my landes therto \/\/
\n[p.3]
\nbelonging In witnesse of this my present testament and last wille being present at that tyme the said master \/\/
\nof the College of Wye sir Thomas Deykyn p[ar]ishe prest of Wye aforsaid Walter Essex Richard Colphin Sampson Fowle with diverse other
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Probatum<\/b> … tercio die mensis Aprilis Anno Dni Milli? quingett? xxvii … [3 April 1527]<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The will was proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury<\/a> and is held at TNA<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This is a transcript of the register copy, TNA<\/a> ref:<\/strong>  – PROB 11\/22\/303 (more details about source to be added to Thomas’s page)<\/p>\n

(viewable online for a small charge from Discovery<\/a>, or through a subscription to Ancestry or TheGenealogist).<\/p>\n

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This will led to several disputes that were taken to the Court of Chancery in the period 1538-44.
\nI have seen and photographed all the documents to be found through online indexes (as at 2015), but have not yet had time to transcribe them, and I have not yet searched for any decrees and orders resulting, etc. which are only in paper or parchment indexes at TNA<\/a>.<\/p>\n