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Wolley Ch i.81
- Record Id:
- 040-001617780
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001617696
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000109.0x0003b3
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Wolley Ch i.81
- Title:
- Will (Probate copy)
- Scope & Content:
-
I, William Rosell of Draycott make my testament - I leave my soul to Almighty God, St Mary the virgin and all the saints and my body to be buried in the church of Kirk Wilne - I bequeath my best animal by way of mortuary, and 2 lbs. of wax to burn at my burial services, and one quarter of malt to the use of the church of Kirk Wilne - I will that Isabel my wife have my house in Draycott with all its profits and that house that is in Lytyll Eton, house land and meadow with all belonging to it - to the chapel of St James of Draycott one measure of malt- the rest of all my goods with legacies and debts paid I leave to Isabel my wife and my children - I appoint as my executors Isabel my wife and William my son to dispose for the health of my soul, and as my supervisors John Rosell and Simon Treys.
Dated as: St Dunstan, 1502
Endorsements: Probate of the will granted in the church of the prebendary of Dallow before the treasurer of Lichfield, in witness whereof the seal of the same was affixed.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Charters and Rolls
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001617696
040-001617780 - Is part of:
- Wolley Charters : Charters collected by Adam Wolley
Wolley Ch i.81 : Will (Probate copy) - Hierarchy:
- 032-001617696[0084]/040-001617780
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Wolley Charters
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 deed
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Latin
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1502
- End Date:
- 1502
- Date Range:
- [19 May 1502]
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Vellum
Dimensions: 169 x 221 mm
Seals:
- Pendent, Red wax, round; in a pointed oval the Treasurer (of Derby, Charles Boothe), full-length in his robes, and in the base, a shield of arms, probably for Boothe; .... [THES]ARUA[II] .....; damaged, fragment of lower part; indistinct.
- Publications:
- I. H. Jeayes, Derbyshire Charters, no. 1030; Birch, Catalogue of Seals in the Department of Manuscripts in the British Museum, vol. i, p.253.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Notes:
- The treasurer in 1502 was Charles Boothe, afterwards Bishop of Hereford.
- Names:
- Barme, John, witness to will of William Rosell of Draycott, fl 1502
Bromson, William
Edbald, John, chaplain, Dominus
Jamys, Robert
Rosell, William, of Draycott - Places:
- Dracot, Derbyshire
Kyrk Willne, Derbyshire