Hard-coded id of currently selected item: . JSON version of its record is available from Blacklight on e.g. ??
Metadata associated with selected item should appear here...
Add Roll 17253
- Record Id:
- 040-002141980
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002141942
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000250.0x00006c
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100176154923.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add Roll 17253
- Title:
- Will of Margaret Paston
- Scope & Content:
-
Will of Margaret Paston (1422-84), widow, wife of John Paston senior and daughter and heir of John Mautby. She leaves her body to be buried in the aisle of Mautby Church, Norfolk, before the image of the Virgin Mary and beside the bodies of her ancestors, and gives 20s to the church.
She makes a bequest to Mautby Church to improve its floor and walls, leaves instructions for her marble tombstone, her funeral procession, and masses to be celebrated for her soul.
She also makes bequests to hospitals in Mautby, the churches and people of Freton, Basingham, Matcask, Gresham, the poor of Sparham, Redham Church, religious houses and hospitals in Norwich and Yarmouth, the chapel of Ffeld, Norwich Cathedral, lepers in Norwich and Yarmouth, households in St Peter Mancroft parish in Norwich, St Michael’s Coslany, Norwich.
She makes bequests to her son Edmund Paston, his wife Katherine, their son Robert, her daughter Anne, her husband William Yelverton, her sons William and John Paston, John’s wife Margery, John’s children William and Elizabeth, Christine daughter of John Paston the knight, John Palle son of Margaret’s daughter Margery, her goddaughters, her servant Agnes Swan, Simon Gerard, John Heythe, and her household.
She appoints her son John Paston, squire, Thomas Drentall, clerk, Simon Gerard, and Walter Limington her executors.
Dated 4 February 1481 [1482].
Endorsed (in a 18th century hand): '4 Feb. 1481 21 E4 / A curious will of / Margaret widow of / John Paston esq[uire] / d[aughter]r and heiress of Johyn / Mautby esq[uire] son of / S[i]r Rob[er]t Mautby in / relation to / Mautby. / Sparham. /Gresham, / Matcask / Redeham, / Norwich. / Yarmouth, / Basingham / in Norf[olk] / & / Freton / in / Suff[olk]. / Entered / all / proper.’
(in a different 18th century hand): ‘Extat hoc test[amentum] / in Regist[rum] Cafton / f. 224. v. / Prob[atum] fuit 18 Dec[embris] a[nno] 1484’.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Charters and Rolls
Medieval and Renaissance Women - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002141942
040-002141980 - Is part of:
- Add Ch 17217-17262 : relating to the family of Paston of Paston, co. Norf., and to Sir John Fastolf, their relative
Add Roll 17253 : Will of Margaret Paston - Hierarchy:
- 032-002141942[0035]/040-002141980
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add Ch 17217-17262
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 roll
- Digitised Content:
- https://iiif.bl.uk/uv/#?manifest=https://bl.digirati.io/iiif/ark:/81055/vdc_100176154923.0x000001
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English, Middle
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1482
- End Date:
- 1482
- Date Range:
- 1482
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
Please request the physical items you need using the online collection item request form.
Digitised items can be viewed online by clicking the thumbnail image or digitised content link.
Readers who have registered or renewed their pass since 21 March 2024 can request physical items prior to visiting the Library by completing
this request form.
Please enter the Reference (shelfmark) above on the request form.If your Reader Pass was issued before this date, you will need to visit the Library in London or Yorkshire to renew it before you can request items online. All manuscripts and archives must be consulted at the Library in London.
This catalogue record may describe a collection of items which cannot all be requested together. Please use the hierarchy viewer to navigate to individual items. Some items may be in use or restricted for other reasons. If you would like to check the availability, contact our Reference Services team, quoting the Reference (shelfmark) above.
- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
-
Material: Parchment.
Arrangement: 2 membranes.
Dimensions: 300 x 1830 mm (membrane 1: 300 x 800 mm; membrane 2: 300 x 800 mm; wrapper: 300 x 230 mm).
Script: Gothic cursive.
- Custodial History:
-
Origin:
England.
Provenance:
Purchased by the British Museum from B. Frere, Esq., 13 October 1867, along with Add Chs 17217-17262, as part of a collection of manuscripts relating to the Paston family.
- Publications:
- James Gairdner (ed.), The Paston Letters A.D. 1422-1509, 6 vols (London, 1904), vi, no. 978.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)