Part 1: Bede Roll, nos 380-411

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Part 1: Bede Roll, nos 380-411

[1500] [28 May 1500–19 May 1501]

380. [f. 42r, col.1] Nomina fratrum et sororum de nove (fn. 1) intrancium tempore Willelmi Pery clerici Omnium Sanctorum Maiorum in Temmys Strete et Lewes (fn. 2) Petywade clerici Sancti Martini le Orga[r]us magistrorum fraternitatis sive guylde Sancti Nicholai episcopi et confessoris anno domini Millesimo quingentesimo.

  • Nomina sacerdotum
  • Dominus Nicholaus Chapeleyn
  • Dominus Johannes Jonys
  • Dominus Johannes Pontysbery

    381. Nomina clericorum

  • Iohannes Barker (fn. 3)
  • Edmundus Makelyn
  • Willelmus Sainton
  • Iohannes Sayer
  • Iohannes Byrcheley
  • Symond Genen
  • Hugo Ball
  • Ricardus Payne
  • Adam Brumley
  • Iohannes Gyllow (fn. 4)
  • Thomas Penketh
  • Willelmus Fox
  • George Fylberde
  • Lenard Redknap

    382. Nomina laycorum

  • Iohannes Hawkyns
  • Owen Bromflet (fn. 5)
  • Willelmus Shayll
  • Iohannes Thornton
  • Robertus Goo[d]wyn
  • Roger Symson
  • [f. 42r, col.2] Willelmus Kolte
  • Iohannes Walter
  • Robertus Burnam
  • Iohannes Barkelet
  • Iohannes Johnson
  • Iohannes Dawyrs

    383. Nomina uxorum clericorum

  • Anna Tenell
  • Sibilla Perry

    384. Nomina uxorum laicorum

  • Elisabeth Shayll
  • Sabyn Goodwyn
  • Agnes Symson
  • Iakamyn Kolte
  • Elisabeth Edmunds
  • Iohanna Dobeney

    385. Nomina sacerdotum mortuorum

  • Magister Willelmus Worsley
  • Magister Willelmus Lychefelde (fn. 6)
  • Magister Johannes Hardyng

    386. Nomina laicorum mortuorum

  • Iohannes Deveraris (fn. 7)
  • Willelmus Brasbryge
  • Thomas Dyrram
  • Stevyn Inggram
  • Iohannes Crabbe
  • Iohannes Fynkell
  • Ricardus Barnam
  • Iohannes Pryour
  • Thomas Pynde
  • George Longvyle (fn. 8)
  • Thomas Dageles
  • Willelmus Arnolde
  • Symondus Mayo
  • Micaell Malard
  • Thomas Lee
  • Richardus Barbour
  • Willelmus Redy
  • [f. 42r, col.3] Willelmus Lacy
  • Thomas Porter
  • Thomas Wylkyngs
  • Iohannes Bloboll
  • Ricardus Hayward
  • Iohannes Wheler
  • Iohannes Segrave

    387. Nomina uxorum mortuorum

  • Domina Elisabeth Burgayny (fn. 9)
  • Domina Johanna Frowyke
  • Agnes Burgyn
  • Gylmyn Pochyssyn
  • Annabyll Page
  • Parnell Rowell
  • Iohanna Faunte
  • Agnes Marynar (fn. 10)
  • Agnes Best
  • Alicia Hyll

  • [f. 42v has been left blank]

[1501] [20 May 1501–4 May 1502]

388. [f. 43r, col.1] Nomina fratrum et sororum de nove intrancium tempore Willelmi Colson clerici Sancti Michaelis in Woodstrete et Johannes (fn. 11) Coke clerici Sancti Olavi in Silverstrete magistrorum fraternitatis sive gylde Sancti Nicholai episcopi et confessoris anno domini Millesimo quingentesimo primo.

  • Nomina sacerdotum
  • Magister Willelmus Deye
  • Dominus Robertus Symond
  • Dominus Thomas Karver
  • Dominus Galfridus Pepyr (fn. 12)
  • Dominus Willelmus Reed

    389. Nomina laicorum

  • Magister Thomas Frowyke (fn. 13)
  • Magister Johannes Penchebek
  • Magister Wyllelmus <Banaster?> (fn. 14)
  • Willelmus Dyne
  • Iohannes Thurstone
  • Davy Morgan
  • Willelmus Patenson
  • Walterus Gardener (fn. 15)
  • Robertus Klerke
  • Michaele Moren
  • Willelmus Katerow
  • Willelmus Lambard (fn. 16)
  • Willelmus Banknot

    390. Nomina clericorum

  • Ricardus Kirkeby
  • Clement Wymer
  • Symond Skydmore
  • Willelmus Kyder
  • Willelmus Sleforth
  • Robertus Maler
  • Robertus Robynson

    391. Nomina uxorum clericorum

  • Agnes Dowsyng
  • Elisabeth Smyth

    392. Nomina uxorum laicorum

  • Iohane Bronner
  • Elisabeth Frowyk (fn. 17)
  • Margareta Gardener (fn. 18)
  • Elisabeth Klerke
  • Anna Banknot
  • Margarete Lambart (fn. 19)

    393. [f. 43r, col.2] Nomina sacerdotum mortuorum

  • Dominus Johannes Alkok episcopus eliensis
  • Dominus Georgius Fasset abbas westmonasteriensis
  • Dominus Johannes Drope adjutor (fn. 20)
  • Dominus Willelmus Belaw
  • Dominus Johannes Fysche
  • Dominus Johannes Fynche canonicus (fn. 21)
  • Dominus Georgeus Boyes canonicus
  • Dominus Johannes Pete
  • Dominus Johannes Jonys
  • Dominus Willelmus Grenelaw
  • Dominus Willelmus Whetley
  • Dominus Robertus Salewes

    394. Nomina clericorum mortuorum

  • Thomas Horwood
  • Iohannes Rowlond
  • Robertus Debnam
  • Iohannes Foster
  • Iohannes Poule
  • Thomas Fy[tz]ion
  • Iohannes Tebawd
  • Iohannes Seu [or Sen]
  • Thomas Blontte
  • Stephanus Ponde
  • Willelmus Knytecote
  • Ricardus Prodfote
  • Iohannes Pollard
  • Iohannes Martyn (fn. 22)

    395. Nomina uxorum clericorum mortuorum

  • Iohanna Bowsyn
  • Elena Smythe

    396. Nomina laicorum mortuorum

  • Magister Richardus Hyham
  • Magister Hugo Pembirton
  • Robertus Chambyrleyn
  • Willelmus Horne
  • Thomas Gonne
  • Iohannes Qwynson
  • Iohannes Crowcher
  • Nicholaus Vycary
  • Dionisius Beton
  • Iohannes Rowlond (fn. 23)
  • Iohannes Rawyn
  • Adriana [sic] Wodeware
  • Thomas Garnet
  • Willelmus Browne
  • Willelmus Bryan
  • Hugo Browne
  • Thomas Fryday
  • Thomas Baly
  • Thomas Randis
  • Thomas Grawntte
  • Robertus Rychardson
  • Iohannes Watson
  • Willelmus Bukke
  • Willelmus Haryett (fn. 24)
  • Iohannes Sawage

    397. [f. 43r, col.3] Nomina uxorum laicorum (fn. 25)

  • Domina Elisabeth Lyle
  • Domina Elisabeth Prod priorissa
  • Agnes Milborn
  • Agnes Peke
  • Agnes Fenkell
  • Alicia Glasynbery
  • Agnes Asheton
  • Agnes Bartelot
  • Isabella Berall
  • Agnes Deverasse
  • Helionora Thomas
  • Agnes Halle
  • Isabella Pratt
  • Agnes Barbour
  • Alicia Davy
  • Iohanna Grey
  • Alicia Yngram
  • Iohanna Stowell (fn. 26)
  • Elisabeth Ryse
  • Elisabeth Parsyvalle

  • [f.43v has been left blank]

[1502] [5 May 1502–24 May 1503]

398. [f. 44r, col.l] Nomina fratrum et sororum de nove intrancium tempore Willelmi Wollaston clerici Sancti Thome Apostoli in Rioale et Hugo (fn. 27) Myton clerici Sancti Michaelis in Cornnell magistrorum fraternitatis sive gylde Sancti Nicholai episcopi et confessoris anno domini Millesimo quingentesimo secundo.

  • Nomina monachorum
  • Magister Robertus Davers (fn. 28)

    399. Nomina canonicorum

  • Dominus Ricardus Grey (fn. 29)

    400. Nomina fratrum

  • Augustiniorum (fn. 30)
  • Dominus S[e]wardus Mathew (fn. 31)
  • Dominus Hugo Bokley

    401. Nomina sacerdotum

  • Magister Johannes Belynger
  • Magister Thomas Warthhell
  • Magister Willelmus Dey
  • Magister Thomas Medfelde
  • Dominus Thomas Peryn
  • Dominus Johannes Goldryng
  • Dominus Robertus Knyght
  • Dominus Patricius Hall
  • Dominus Robertus Thomeson
  • Dominus Willelmus Wyldman
  • Dominus Ricardus Hykton
  • Dominus Johannes Peryn
  • Dominus Robertus Ryder
  • Dominus Robertus Tenett (fn. 32)
  • Dominus Johannes Butler

    402. Nomina clericorum

  • Magister Robertus Feyrfox (fn. 33)
  • Henricus Feyrfox
  • Robertus Ray
  • Iohannes Papeworth (fn. 34)
  • Thomas Richardson (fn. 35)
  • Georgius Gysbrow
  • Ricardus Kynge
  • Iacobus Mowlton
  • Willelmus Vere (fn. 36)
  • Henricus Prentys (fn. 37)
  • Tybota Blewet
  • Robertus Mathew (fn. 38)
  • Willelmus Bryght
  • Alexander Joys
  • Willelmus Clerke (fn. 39)
  • Thomas Hyndy
  • Willelmus Corbronde (fn. 40)
  • Iohannes Kynge

    403. [f. 44r, col.2] Nomina clericorum

  • Thomas Barret
  • Ricardus Kyrkby
  • Robertus Rose
  • Thomas Snappe (fn. 41)
  • Ricardus Walker
  • Ricardus Gray
  • Leonardus Retknappe
  • Iohannes Prior
  • Thomas Enderby

    404. Nomina uxorum clericorum

  • Edytha Myton
  • Iohanna Bartlett
  • Alicia Genyn
  • Iohanna Blewet
  • Alicia Foster

    405. Nomina laicorum

  • Magister Edmundus Flowr (fn. 42)
  • Henricus Clerke
  • Ricardus Morton
  • Robertus Makrell
  • Willelmus Lamberde (fn. 43)
  • Iohannes Medylton (fn. 44)
  • Robertus Staper (fn. 45)
  • Willelmus Edwarde
  • Willelmus Heysaude
  • Hugo Fylkoke (fn. 46)
  • Ricardus Neele
  • Ricardus Foster
  • Alexander Wels
  • Thomas Carter
  • Iohannes Gyles
  • Iohannes Sampey
  • Thomas Stowe (fn. 47)
  • Walterus Apryce
  • Robertus Assare
  • Iohannes Byrde
  • Thomas Gybson
  • Iohannes Cawston
  • Willelmus Gyles
  • Thomas Maschall
  • Willelmus Lamberde iunior
  • Robertus Mayn
  • Richardus Charls (fn. 48)
  • Johannes Foster
  • Ricardus Nores
  • Robertus Scrase

    406. [f. 44r, col.3] Nomina uxorum laicorum

  • Agneta Clerke
  • Margareta Staper (fn. 49)
  • Iohanna Silverstreete
  • Katerina Edwarde
  • Matilda Wylde
  • Katerina Moreyn
  • Iohanna Nele
  • Elizabeth Mayn
  • Maria Foster
  • Elianora Carter
  • Agneta Growe
  • Maria Sampey
  • Anna Dennam
  • Iohanna Bonde
  • Iohanna Assar
  • Iohanna Byrde
  • Elizabeth Sybson
  • Iohanna Proctar
  • Agneta Cawston
  • Iohanna Wylkokys
  • Alicia Gyles
  • Anna Maschall
  • Helena Salforde
  • Iohanna Gryfyn
  • Margareta Lamberde (fn. 50)
  • Magistra Threston
  • Anna Norres (fn. 51) Agneta Gyles virgo
  • Agneta Scrase Agneta Williams
  • Juliana Charls (fn. 52)

    407. Nomina sacerdotum mortuorum

  • Magister Johannes Netylton
  • Dominus Johannes Ruttar
  • Dominus Rogerus Broke

    408. Nomina clericorum mortuorum

  • Willelmus Colson
  • Willelmus Edmundys
  • Willelmus Cornyche
  • Iohannes Aldyrson
  • Willelmus Furnew
  • Thomas Rychardys

    409. Nomina uxorum clericorum mortuorum

  • Iohanna Bowgyn
  • Iohanna Pecoke
  • Emmota Hewstar

    410. [f. 44v] Nomina laicorum mortuorum

  • Magister Nicholaus Lathell (fn. 53)
  • Nicholaus Wylde
  • Willelmus Cartar
  • Iohannes Cawston
  • Iohannes Tempylman
  • Thomas Hull
  • Thomas Checham
  • Alexander Wels
  • Iohannes Owen
  • Iohannes Squyer
  • Willelmus Harsfelde
  • Petrus Auctor
  • Iohannes Frende
  • Iohannes Borowe
  • Iohannes Gryfyth
  • Iohannes Hesylhede
  • Thomas Bromfelde
  • Iohannes Hebson
  • Iohannes Curlews

    411. Nomina uxorum laicorum mortuorum

  • Iuliana Fitzwyllyam
  • Alicia Flowre
  • Helena Grene
  • Alicia Haryngdon
  • Iohanna Proctur
  • Agneta Turnar
  • Iohanna Wylkokys
  • Helena Salforde
  • Iohanna Colson
  • Iohanna Gryfyth
  • Helena Howtyng
  • Iohanna Symson
  • Margeria Maycott

Footnotes

  • 1. 'De nove' is used instead of 'de novo' in each incipit from 1500 to 1504 inclusive.
  • 2. The scribe has lapsed into using the English form here rather than the Latin 'Ludo- vici' which would match 'Willelmi' earlier.
  • 3. Probably the John Barker who was senior master in 1520 and parish clerk of St Nicholas Acon (602). Baillie, Biographical Notes, confuses him with the John Barker who was parish clerk of St Mary Woolnoth and master in 1480 and 1505. The clerk admitted in 1500 is unlikely to have been master in 1505 since seven years was the minimum period from admission before a member of the fraternity could serve as master according to the ordinances of 1529.
  • 4. John Gillow was parish clerk of St Margaret Southwark and junior master in 1513 (530). He is among deaths for 1514 (547).
  • 5. Baillie, Biographical Notes, identifies him (sub Bromsden) as parish clerk of St Dunstan in the West from 1516–7 to 1535–6 when he apparently died as the churchwardens' accounts record a payment of 20s 'to Bromfettes wyfe for her husbondes buriall'. This is unlikely, however, unless the Owen Bromfleet among the laity on BR became a parish clerk after 1500.
  • 6. William Lichfield BDecret., rector of St Martin Orgar, who died in 1499 (Hennessy, p 130). By his will of 7 November, proved 23 November, 1499, he requested burial by his seat there and left 3s 4d to the Pappey fraternity (Guildhall MS 9171/8, f. 182v).
  • 7. John Devereux (Devoroux), citizen and plumber, who requested burial in the church of St James Garlickhithe by his will of 27 April, proved 27 May, 1499 (PROB 11/11, f. 262v). He bequeathed 20s to the parish clerks' fraternity.
  • 8. Probably the George Longville (Longevile) esquire, parishioner of St Leonard Shoreditch, who requested burial in the church of the Austin Friars, London, by his will of 26 July, proved 3 August, 1499 (PROB 11/11, f. 295r).
  • 9. Elizabeth, 2nd wife of George Nevill, 4th Lord Bergavenny (or Abergavenny) who died in 1492 (GEC Complete Peerage). She was previously married to (1) Richard Naylor, alderman (2) Robert Bassett, Kt, alderman and (3) John Stokker, alderman. By her will of 14 April, proved 19 June, 1500, she requested burial in the Lady chapel of St Martin Outwich where her first husband was interred (PROB 11/12, f. 58r).
  • 10. Probably the wife of William Mariner (Maryner), citizen and salter, who appears among deaths for 1512 (528). He left various bequests to the parish clerks' frater- nity and his late wife Agnes is mentioned as being buried in the church of the Greyfriars, Newgate, by his will of 31 March, proved 27 April, 1512 (PROB 11/17, f. 56r).
  • 11. An error for 'Johannis' although the scribe seems to regard the two forms as inter- changeable. Compare the incipit for 1499 (370).
  • 12. Probably the Geoffrey Pepper noted as rector of St Gregory by St Paul's in 1518–9 (Hennessy, p 321) as the name is uncommon.
  • 13. Among deaths for 1507 as Thomas Frowyk, Kt (467). He was knighted at Christmas 1502 (Shaw, Knights of England, II, 33) and was Chief Justice of the Common Pleas (Thrupp, p 343). By his will of 13 August 1505 (codicil 6 October 1506, proved 1506), he requested burial in the church of the Blackfriars, London, if he died within ten miles of the city (PROB 11/15, f. 116v). His (second) wife Eliz- abeth is mentioned there and an Elizabeth Frowyk was admitted with Thomas below (392). His first wife Joan is noted earlier (353, 387). See FC Cass, South Mimms (1877), pp 60–100 for the family.
  • 14. The letters 'Ban' appear at the beginning of the surname but the remaining letters are unclear and the reading conjectural.
  • 15. Probably the Walter Gardener of Westminster who requested burial in St Margaret's church there by his will of 23 December 1522, proved 5 May 1523 (PROB 11/21, f. 49r). His wife Margaret, mentioned in the will, survived him and a Margaret Gardener was admitted with Walter below (392).
  • 16. Among deaths (as Master William) for 1515 (559). William Lambard (Lamberd/Lamberde), mercer, and apparently a parishioner of St Lawrence Jewry, requested burial in the church of St Thomas of Acon by his will of 26 March, proved 15 May, 1515 (PROB 11/18, f. 81r). Lambard was briefly an alderman in 1510 (Beaven, II, 22). His wife Margaret is mentioned in his will and is apparently the Margaret Lambard admitted with him below (392).
  • 17. Among deaths for 1516 (569). See Thomas Frowyk above (390).
  • 18. See Walter Gardener above (389).
  • 19. See William Lambard above (389).
  • 20. It is not clear what office, if any, 'adjutor' signifies. Drope was never prior of West- minster Abbey.
  • 21. Perhaps the John Finch, canon of St Bartholomew's Priory, Smithfield, who was ordained deacon on 18 December 1490 and priest on 22 September 1492 (Davis, 10753).
  • 22. Perhaps the John Martin (Marten) who was a member of the Chapel Royal under Richard III but dead by 6 October 1500 (Biographical Dictionary of English Court Musicians). By his will of 19 September 1500, proved 7 February 1501, he left bequests to St Peter Cheap, of which he was a parishioner, and to St Margaret's Westminster (PROB 11/25, f. 68v). The Biographical Dictionary identifies him with the clerk of this name admitted in 1487 (278), but he might just be the other clerk named John Martin (Martyn) admitted in 1471 (132).
  • 23. John Rowland, stationer, who requested burial in the church or churchyard of St Nicholas Shambles by his will (no probate) of 22 June 1500 (Guildhall MS 9171/8, f. 207r). His wife Elinor was instructed to call for six torches and four tapers from the parish clerks' fraternity for his funeral, to pay 6s 8d for these and to give them a towel or table cloth to pray for his soul.
  • 24. William Heryot (Haryot) the Elder, citizen and draper, son of Sir William Heryot, alderman and draper, who appears among admissions and deaths for 1485 (262, 264). By his will of 1 April, proved 28 June, 1501, he requested burial in the chapel on the north side of St Dunstan in the East which his father had built (PROB 11/12, f. 84r). He left 10s to the parish clerks' and the Pappey fraternities respectively to come to his burial and to pray for his soul.
  • 25. Deceased wives of laymen are intended here.
  • 26. Probably identifiable with the Joan who was second wife of Robert Stowell, mason of Westminster Abbey and King's master mason. He is among admissions for 1492 (320) and deaths for 1506 (454). In 1490, Robert paid Id for her pew in St Margaret's Westminster. See John Harvey, English Medieval Architects (1987) sub Stowell.
  • 27. The scribe should have rendered the name as 'Hugonis'.
  • 28. Probably the Robert Davers who was a monk of Westminster Abbey (first mass 1491, succentor 1500, died in the year Michaelmas 1532–3). See Pearce, p 173.
  • 29. Richard Grey, canon of St Bartholomew's Priory, Smithfield, proceeded through the clerical grades between ordination as acolyte on 23 December 1497 and his elevation to the priesthood on 17 December 1502 (Davis, 10848). After eight years' study in logic, philosophy and theology he was admitted BTh in 1511 (Emden, BRUO 1501–40).
  • 30. Austin friars.
  • 31. A Seward Matthew is named as a lector of honour in 1496 among the registers of the Priors General of the Augustinian Order, St Monica's, Rome (Dd 8, f. 33v).
  • 32. Robert Tenett was a priest of the Skinners' Corpus Christi fraternity, to which he was admitted in 1502 (Guildhall MS 31693, f. 19r). He was also a priest of Guild- hall Chapel who left a will (no probate) of 4 December 1526 (Darlington, London Consistory Court Wills, 98).
  • 33. Robert Fairfax the composer who was active in London and at St Albans Abbey in this period. The title 'magister' presumably relates to his degree: he graduated B Mus in 1501 and D Mus in 1504 from Cambridge. He is recorded as a gentleman of the Chapel Royal 1497–1521 and died on 23 October in the latter year, being buried in the presbytery of St Albans Abbey where a memorial brass was erected to him (New Grove Dictionary; Biographical Dictionary of English Court Musicians). Fairfax was admitted as a member of the Holy Trinity guild at Luton in 1516 along with his wife Agnes (Luton Museum: Luton guild book f. 50v). For his connection with the Jesus guild at St Paul's, see D Mateer and E New, 'In nomine Jesu: Robert Fayrfax and the Guild of the Holy Name in St Paul's Cathedral,' Music and Letters, 81, (2000), 507–19.
  • 34. Junior master in 1512 (520), when he died at the end of the first quarter of his term of office, and parish clerk of St Michael Queenhithe. Baillie, Biographical Notes, identifies him with the conduct of St Dunstan in the East of this name mentioned in the churchwardens' accounts there from 1503–5, but this is highly speculative.
  • 35. Baillie, Biographical Notes, identifies him with the parish clerk who was sued by a tailor seeking redress for wrongful imprisonment for theft between 1504 and 1515. However, two other parish clerks named Thomas Richardson were admitted in 1477 and 1490 respectively.
  • 36. William Vere, junior master in 1511 (509) and again for part of 1512 (520), was parish clerk of St Martin Pomeroy.
  • 37. Among deaths for 1514 (547). Identified as the composer and gentleman of the Chapel Royal active there from June 1509 and a visiting singer at St Mary at Hill with other Chapel members in 1510–1. Prentice was dead by 22 October 1513 and was buried at St Margaret Westminster. See Biographical Dictionary of English Court Musicians. He was possibly the singer of this name at St Dunstan in the East recorded in 1504 (Baillie, Biographical Notes).
  • 38. A Robert Matthew was parish clerk of St Antholin and junior master in 1508 (469). But any identification with the clerk admitted here is problematic, as he would not quite have served the normal seven years as a member of the fraternity before becoming master.
  • 39. Among deaths for 1506 (453). A William Clerk is noted as parish clerk of St Botoph Aldersgate in 1504 (Mc Murray, Index).
  • 40. Served the chapel of St Thomas on London Bridge in 1507–8. He was also a singer at All Hallows London Wall during Easter 1510 and is perhaps the 'oone Corbronde a syngyng man' who was paid £3 6s 8d by the hand of William Cornish in 1513. Corbrand was a tenant of the Carpenters' Company between 1503 and 1513 in a tenement which apparently formed part of their hall. See Baillie, Biographical Notes. Baillie confuses him however with the William Corbrand who was chaplain of Bokingfold, Kent between 1481 and 1493, whereas Corbrand the London singer was not ordained. The latter may have had Kentish origins neverthe- less, as the name is linked to that county. Another William Corbrand was active as a composer in the 1460s and appears as master of the Lady chapel choir at Canter- bury Cathedral 1471–5 (New Grove Dictionary).
  • 41. Probably the Thomas Snape who was parish clerk of St Nicholas Shambles in 1503 (Mc Murray, Index).
  • 42. Perhaps the Edmund Flower, citizen and merchant tailor, of St Martin Outwich, whose will of 11 July, was proved 13 August, 1521 (PROB 11/20, f. 56v).
  • 43. Apparently a duplicate entry: William and Margaret Lambard are entered under admissions for both 1501 and 1502.
  • 44. Among deaths for 1510 (507) where he is described as master. Perhaps the John Middleton (Middelton), citizen, mercer, and merchant of the Staple of Calais, who requested burial before the image of St Katherine standing in the upper choir of St Katherine Coleman Street by his will of 4 October, proved 13 November, 1509 (PROB 11/16, f. 169v). The latter was the son of John Middleton, alderman, who died in 1477 (Beaven, II, 10; Thrupp, p 356).
  • 45. Probably the Robert Staper, of New Windsor, Berks, where he wished to be buried, and haberdasher of London, who left a will of 13 January, proved 23 February, 1510 (PROB 11/16, f. 202r). His wife Margaret is mentioned there and a Margaret Staper is also among admissions below (406).
  • 46. Among deaths for 1507 (467). Hugh Philcock (Fylkok), parishioner of St Stephen Coleman Street, who requested burial in Guildhall Chapel by his will of 3 October, proved 11 November, 1506 (PROB 11/15, f. 125r). He left 20s to the priests and clerk present at his burial, 13s 4d to the priests and clerks of Guildhall Chapel and £5 to the fabric of that institution. His wife Agnes (Annes), mentioned there, may be the Agnes Philcock (Fylkoc) among deaths for 1520 (611).
  • 47. This must be the Thomas Stow, citizen and tallowchandler, who requested burial in the churchyard of St Michael Cornhill by his will of 31 December 1526, proved 4 April 1527 (Guildhall MSS 9171/10, f. 89v; 9168/7, ff. 196v, 199r). He left 20d to the parish clerks' fraternity for drink and 4d to those who bore him to church before his burial. He was the grandfather of John Stow (1525–1605) author of the Survey of London and his presence here perhaps helps to explain why there is a good deal about the parish clerks in Stow's work although other City companies are hardly mentioned.
  • 48. This and the remaining entries for laymen in the same column have been added in a different hand. Probably the Richard Charles (Charlys), citizen and draper, who requested burial in his parish church of St Edmund the King in his will of 22 September, proved 8 October, 1511 (PROB 11/17, f. 21v). His wife Julian is mentioned there and a Julian Charles is also among admissions below (406).
  • 49. See Robert Staper above (405).
  • 50. Apparently a duplicate entry: see William Lambard above (405).
  • 51. This and the following entries for laywomen are added in a different hand.
  • 52. See Richard Charles (Charlys) above (405).
  • 53. Baron of the Exchequer and a prominent parishioner of St Botolph Aldersgate. See B Kumin, The Shaping of a Community: the Rise and Reformation of the English parish c1400–1560 (1996), p 231, n 142 and pp 235–6 passim. He was also master of the Trinity guild at St Botolph Aldersgate in 1458–9 and later Clerk of the Pipe (Basing, Parish Fraternity Register, 143). Lathell left 10s to both the parish clerks' and Pappey fraternities and requested burial within his parish church by his will of 11 August 1500, proved 5 November 1502 (PROB 11/13, f. 112v).
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