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Testamenta Vetusta Volume 1; Being Illustrations from Wills, of Manners,
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Testamenta Vetusta Volume 1; Being Illustrations from Wills, of Manners, Customs, &C. as Well as of the Descents and Possessions of Many Distinguished Paperback - 2012

by Nicholas Harris Nicolas


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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1826 Excerpt: ...abstract in Dugdale's Baronage, vol. ii. p. 140. 3 Query, grandson or nephew? X It is doubtful whether the probate is not dated in 1403 instead of 1405, as the last figure in the MS. from which this will is taken is illegible. SIR STEPHEN SCROPE, KNT. Sir Stephen Scrope, Knight', January 6, 1405. My body to be buried in the Abbey of' St. Agatha, near Richmond, by the tomb of my father. To JVlilisent," my wife, two basons and ewers of silver; to Stephen, my son and heir, two basins and.ewers of silver, and a long sword which was King Edward's, and given by him to my father. To Elizabeth, my daughter, for her marriage, ccc marks. SIR ROGER BEAUCHAMP, KNT. Roger Beauchamp, Knight3, at New Sarum, 24th April, 1406. My body to be buried in the Church of the Friers Preachers of Fisherton, near Sarum. To the building of the Church of Bletsbo, ms. wd. Proved 30th June, 1406. THOMAS LORD FURNIVAL. Thomas Lord Furnival4, March 12, 1406. My body to be buried in the Church of the Priory of Wirksop, and 1 Of Bentley, co. York, a younger son of Richard Lord Scrope of Bolton, and ancestor of the Scropes of Castlecomb, co. Wilts. Blore's History of Rutland. Daughter and coheir of Robert Lord Tiptoft. Dugdale's Abstract, vol. i. p. 655. 3 Apparently the son of Roger Lord Beauchamp, of Bletsho, mentioned by Dugdale, vol. i. p. 251, as doing his homage 7 Richard II. and attending the King into Ireland IS Richard II. whose son and heir John did homage for his lands 8 Henry IV. 4 Thomas Nevill, brother of Ralph first Earl of Westmoreland, K. G. who having married Joane, the daughter and heir of Lord Furnival, was summoned to Parliament as Lord Furnival; he died 8 Henry IV. Dugdale, vol. i. p. 301. without any great pomp. To the King, my best cup of gold with a cover; to the...

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  • Title Testamenta Vetusta Volume 1; Being Illustrations from Wills, of Manners, Customs, &C. as Well as of the Descents and Possessions of Many Distinguished
  • Author Nicholas Harris Nicolas
  • Binding Paperback
  • Pages 136
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Rarebooksclub.com
  • Date 2012-03
  • ISBN 9781130690033 / 1130690032
  • Weight 0.56 lbs (0.25 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.69 x 7.44 x 0.29 in (24.61 x 18.90 x 0.74 cm)