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Stowe MS 780

Record Id:

040-001953619

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-001952775

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100000000534.0x00013c

LARK:

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

Stowe MS 780

Title:

Scope & Content:

Vol. I. (ff. 179). 1002-1698. The first article is a translation of the will of Wulfric, the founder of Burton Abbey (cf. Thorpe, Diplom. Sax., 1865, p. 543). Among others are copies of the wills of:-(a) Lionel, Duke of Clarence (ob. 1368). f. 3;-(b) Cardinal Pole (ob. 1558). f. 23;-(c) Sir Henry Wotton, Provost of Eton (ob. 1639), with an account of the Wotton family. f. 66;-

(d) Sir Leoline Jenkins (ob. 1685), with an indenture between his executors and the Principal, etc., of Jesus College, Oxford (11 Mar. 168⁵/₆ and the Master in Chancery's report (7 July, 1687). f. 128.

Wills: Collection of English wills: 1002-1768.: Orig. and Copies.

Thomas Astle, ob. 1803: Wills collected by: 18th cent.

includes:

f. 1 Burton-on-Trent Abbey; Staffordshire: Will of the Founder: 1022.: Transl.
f. 1 Wulfric [Spott], Founder of Burton Abbey: Will: 1002.: Transl.
f. 3 Lionel, Duke of Clarence; son of Edw. III: Will: 1368.: Lat.: Copy.
f. 5 Ralph Chiche, of Middleton, county Kent: Will: 1500.: Copy.
f. 7 Edmund Trowman, of Colchester: Will: 1558.: Copy.
f. 23 Reginald Pole, Cardinal; Archbishop of Canterbury 1555: Will: 1558.: Lat.: Copy.
f. 27 John Harbottle, of Bradfield, county Essex: Will: 1575.: Copy.
f. 31 William Agarde, of Dunstall, county Staffordshire: Will: 1585.: Copy.
f. 32 William Wallis, of Stisted, county Essex: Will: 1612.: Copy.
f. 33 John Potter, of Wakes Colne, county Essex: Will: 1631.
f. 34 Ralph Freman, Alderman of London: Will: 1633.: Copy.
f. 64 George Arundell, of Lanhern: Will: 1636.: Copy.
f. 66 Sir Henry Wotton, Ambassador to Venice, and (1623) Provost of Eton: Will: 1637.: Copy.
f. 68 Wotton family: Account of: 18th cent.
f. 78 Theodore Cock, merchant, of London: Will: 1662.: Copy.
f. 80 Sir John Pakington: Precedents, in a suit between him and J. Wych: circ. 1700.
f. 80 Law OF ENGLAND: Precedents: of wills: circ. 1700.
f. 84 Samuel Creffeild, of Melford, county Suffolk: Will: 1674.: Copy.
f. 86 Thomas Shawe, of Hillsdale, in Grindon, county Staffordshire: Will: 1676.
f. 87 Robert Fowle, of Salehurst, county Sussex: Will: 1677.: Copy.
f. 90 Joseph Beaumont, of Hadleigh, county Suffolk: Will: 1681.: Copy.
f. 93 Ralph Josselin, Clerk, of Earl's Colne, county Essex: Will: 1683.: Copy.
f. 104 Samuel Newton, of Barbados: Will: 1684.: Copy.
f. 110 Henry Franckling, of Much Tey, county Essex: Will: 1684.: Copy.
f. 118 Christina Cock, of Camberwell, county Surrey: Will: 1685.: Copy.
f. 128 Sir Leoline Jenkins, Secretary of State: Will: 1685.: Copy.
f. 138 Oxford; University of. Jesus College: Indenture with Sir L. Jenkin's executors: 1686.: Copy.
f. 138 Sir Leoline Jenkins, Secretary of State: Indenture between his executors and the Principal, etc., of Jesus College, Oxford: 1686.: Copy.
f. 142 John Edisbury, DCL, Master in Chancery: Report on a suit arising from Sir L. Jenkins's will: 1687.: Copy.
f. 145 b Henry Maynard: Will: 1686.: Extr.
f. 149 Thomas Parker, father of Lord Chancellor Macclesfield: Will: 1689.
f. 153 Dorothy Creffeild: Will: 1691.: Extr.
f. 155 Mary Parker, widow, of Caverswall, county Staffordshire: Will: 1692.: Copy.
f. 157 William Potter, of Wakes Colne, county Essex: Will: 1692.
f. 160 Henry Morley, of Earl's Colne, county Essex: Will: 1693.
f. 162 Thomas Falconer, of Chapel, county Essex: Will: 1693.
f. 163 William Thomson, serjeant-at-law: Will: 1694.: Copy.
f. 166 Anne Leving, widow, of Parwich, county Derbyshire: Will: 1694.: Copy, with probate.
f. 169 Peter Wing, of Wallingford: Will: 1695.: Copy.
f. 175 William Potter, of Wakes Colne, county Essex: Will: 1697.: Copy.
f. 177 Dorothy Hatch, widow, of Earl's Colne, county Essex: Will: 1698.: Copy.
f. 179 Lettice Pratt, widow, of Uttoxeter: Will: 1698.

Collection Area:

Western Manuscripts

Project / Collection:

Stowe Collection

Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-001952775
036-001953596
037-001953618
040-001953619

Is part of:

Stowe Ms 1-1085 : Stowe Manuscripts
Stowe MS 761-786 : CLASS XVIII.BIOGRAPHY, AND PERSONAL.
Stowe MS 780-781 : A COLLECTION of English Wills, chiefly copies, with a few originals; 1002-1768. In two volumes, arranged in chronological order.…

Stowe MS 780 : Vol. I. (ff. 179). 1002-1698. The first article is a translation of the will of Wulfric, the founder of Burton Abbey (cf.…

Hierarchy:

032-001952775[0018]/036-001953596[0020]/037-001953618[0001]/040-001953619

Container:

View / search within Archive / Collection: Stowe Ms 1-1085

Record Type (Level):

File

Extent:

1 item

Digitised Content:

Languages:

English
Latin

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1500

End Date:

1699

Date Range:

16th century-17th century

Era:

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Names:

Agarde, William, of Dunstall, county Staffordshire
Arundell, George, of Lanhern
Astle, Thomas, archivist and collector of books and manuscripts, 1735-1803
Beaumont, Joseph, of Hadleigh, county Suffolk
Burton-on-Trent Abbey, Staffordshire
Chiche, Ralph, of Middleton, county Kent
Cock, Christina, of Camberwell, county Surrey
Cock, Theodore, merchant, of London
Creffeild, Dorothy
Creffeild, Samuel, of Melford, county Suffolk
Edisbury, John, DCL, Master in Chancery
Falconer, Thomas, of Chapel, county Essex, fl 1693
Fowle, Robert, of Salehurst, county Sussex
Franckling, Henry, of Much Tey, county Essex
Freman, Ralph, Alderman of London
Harbottle, John, of Bradfield, county Essex
Hatch, Dorothy, widow, of Earl's Colne, county Essex
Jenkins, Leoline, Sec of State, 1625-1685
Jesus College, University of Oxford
Josselin, Ralph, Clerk, of Earl's Colne, county Essex
Leving, Anne, widow, of Parwich, county Derbyshire
Lionel, Duke of Clarence, son of Edw. III
Maynard, Henry, of Stowe MS 780
Morley, Henry, of Earl's Colne, county Essex
Newton, Samuel, of Barbados
Pakington, John, of Stowe MS 780
Parker, Mary, widow, of Caverswall, county Staffordshire
Parker, Thomas, father of Lord Chancellor Macclesfield
Pole, Reginald, Cardinal and Archbishop of Canterbury, 1500-1558,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000122783884
Potter, John, of Wakes Colne, county Essex
Potter, William, of Wakes Colne, county Essex
Pratt, Lettice, widow, of Uttoxeter
Shawe, Thomas, of Hillsdale, in Grindon, county Staffordshire
Thomson, William, serjeant-at-law
Trowman, Edmund, of Colchester
Wallis, William, of Stisted, county Essex
Wing, Peter, of Wallingford
Wotton, Family
Wotton, Henry, diplomat and writer, 1568-1639
Wulfric Spott, Founder of Burton Abbey