Aylmer, Thomas 1500 of Norwich, Norfolk, grocer
Son of Robert above and Elizabeth Thursby
Cuffe, William 1500, of Salisbury, clothier
Charity, the church and prayers for the soul.
Crowe, Thomas 1501 of Wendling, Norfolk
Religious observance of the day
Long, Robert 1501 of Steeple Ashton, Wiltshire.
Leaves money for completion of the north aisle of Steeple Ashton church and a Mass book printed on paper.
Robsart, Terry 1501 of Norwich, Norfolk
Religious observance and his wife executrix.
Crowe, Richard 1502 of Longham, Norfolk
Two sons in the priesthood and a Mass Book for the church
Deke, John 1503 of Stoke by Clare, Suffolk
The church, charity and singing for souls.
Attmere, John 1504 of Norwich, Norfolk, writer
Executor of John Narborgh
Lamberd, William 1504 of Salisbury
A simple will remembering his brothers and sisters and leaving everything to his wife.
Shuldham, Elizabeth 1504 of Marham, Norfolk, widow
A printed Mass Book for the church, bequests to religious houses, and a green coverlet with blue Catherine Wheels.
Swetman, William the elder 1504 of Norwich, parson
Mentions many people and institutions and hopes for St Katherines to be merged with All Saints.
Deke, Thomas 1507 of Foxearth, Essex, husbandman
Allows his wife to keep the house if she remarries and her husband has no house of his own.
Hampton, Johane 1508, of Salisbury, widow
Widow of John Hampton. Details of her clothes and valuables, and concern with prayers for the soul and charity.
Horton, William 1508,of Lullington, Somerset
Wife’s inheritance left partly at discretion of overseers, and no great religious observance.
Morgan, William 1508 of Steeple Ashtom, Wiltshire
Repairs to Steeple Ashton Church linked to Robert Long.
Elwyn, Robert 1509 of Rising, Norfolk
Wax for church lights
Coke, William 1510 of Salisbury, merchant
Dies before his father and makes charitable bequests
Spilman, Marion 1510 of Norwich, Norfolk, widow
Brief and simple, with mention of church of St Audrey
Swetman, William the younger 1510 of Norwich, parson
Continues the hope that the nuns of Carrow will permit merger of St Katherines and All Saints
Cuff, Margaret 1513, of Salisbury, widow
Widow of William Cuff. Some fine clothes, a few valuables and spiritual concerns
Walpole,Thomas 1513 of Lynn Bishop, Norfolk, esquire
Property at Haughton and Walpole. Wife Joan the daughter of William Cobb of Sandringham.
Shuldham, Thomas 1514 of Marham, Norfolk
Lands and responsibility for children left to his step-brother John Spelman
Breton, Agnes 1516 of London, widow
Widow of Thomas Breton (Will 1485) and manager of his business affairs
Elwyn, William 1518 of Wiggenhall, Norfolk
Bequests to churches, hermits and Crabhouse Abbey
Thursby, Elizabeth 1518 of Norwich, widow
Three husbands, elaborate religious observance and cleaning of the streets of Norwich
Gresham, Agnes 1520 of Little Walsingham, Norfolk, widow
Daughter of Geoffrey Porter and widow of William Gresham of Little Walsingham
Rolf, John 1520 of Ickburgh, Norfolk
Very few possessions.
Barrow, Maurice 1521 of St Ives, Dorset, knight
Family connections to public figures
Pauncefoot, Henry 1522, of Fulleston St Peter, Wiltshire.
Spiritual concerns and completion of Sir Walter Pauncefoot’s Chantry.
Rolf, Amy 1522 of Langford, Norfolk
Leaves bees to the church and her son
Kervile, Thomas the younger 1522 of Watlington, Norfolk
Dies young leaving a wife and young son.
Webbe, William 1523 of Salisbury, Mercer.
Prayers and masses for his soul and transfer of his business to his son or daughter.
Button, John 1524 of Alton, Wiltshire, gentleman
Written in London where he expects to die. Singing and charity for his soul and income
Cobb, William 1524 of Houghton, Norfolk, husbandman
Very few possessions ans probate ‘in forma pauperis’
Twynyho, George Esquire 1525.
Bequests to the nuns of Shaftesbury Abbey and for a priest to sing daily for his soul for 21 years.
Gresham, James 1526 of Little Walsingham, Norfolk
Son of William and Agnes. Married with young children
Acton, Henry 1530, of Salisbury, mercer
Fine clothes, antiphonies and singing for souls
Horton, Thomas the elder 1530, of Iford, Wiltshire, merchant
Support for his nephew studying Law and vestments for the church
Barrow, Dorothy 1531 of North Charford, Hampshire, widow
Bequeaths her swans to her son.
Guybon, Thomas 1531 of West Lynn, Norfolk
Religious bequests and his wife executrix.
Stone, John 1535 of Salisbury, Mercer.
Prayers for his soul and comfortably off, but his son must wait until the age of 30 for his inheritance.
Flowerdew, William 1536 of Wymondham, Norfolk
Money to every household in town and to the Abbey, which his son would later demolish.
Robsert, Elizabeth 1536, of Syderstone, Norfolk, widow
Widow of Sir Terry Robsart and John Eston, grandmother of Amy Robsart wife of Robert Dudley.
Stone, Anne 1536, of Salisbury, widow
Nee Anne Payne, widow of John Stone. Fine clothes and sister a nun in Shaftesbury Abbey.
aDeane, Edward 1537, of Salisbury
Dies young, leaving all to his wife Joane Turney.
Martyn, William 1537 of St Bartholomew, West Smithfield, London, gentleman
Books, education and religious practice, and wife to inherit ‘as if a stranger’.
Cobb, Jeffrey 1538, of Sandringham, Norfolk
Wife to run the household and the farm.
Turney, George 1538 of Salisbury, Mercer.
A prosperous merchant, with two young daughters and a pregnant wife.
Eyre, Robert 1539, of Stockton, Wiltshire.
Beneficiaries are his family and the church.
Lany, Richard 1539 of London, scrivener
Religious observance, orphaned children and family links to Norfolk.
Deke / Dicke, Thomas 1540 of Cavendish, Suffolk, clothier
Looms to his sons and connections with London
Dyke, John the elder 1540 of Long Melford, Suffolk, clothmaker
Children to sing at his dirige and option of yarn and cloth for his wife
Mesurer, William 1541 of Poole
Spiritual concerns and provision for his family.
Crowe, Robert 1542 of Wendling, Norfolk
Possibly son of Thomas Crowe 1501 and appoints Nicholas Crowe 1556 as executor.
Cobb, Jeffrey 1544 of Gayton, Norfolk
Under age children and wife to manage affairs
Horton, Mary 1544 of Westwood, Wiltshire, widow
Mentions many relatives and memorial to her and her husband in Bradford on Avon church
Crowe, Margaret 1545 of Wendling, Norfolk, widow
Widow of Robert Crowe 1542, but no relatives mentioned.
Button, William 1547 of Alton Priors, Wiltshire
A brief Will leaving his estate to his son.
Cobb, William 1547 of Sandringham, Norfolk
Son of William Cobb Will 1493. Every confidence in his wife Dorothy Spelman.
Horton, Thomas 1549, of Iford, Wiltshire, clothier
Confidence in wife who inherits property, has custody of under-age children and is appointed executrix.
Martyn, Dorothy 1549 of Stepney, Middlesex, widow
Provision for her daughter evicted from Winchester nunnery by the dissolution.
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