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Sir John WILLOUGHBY |
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I15172 |
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28 Dec 2019 |
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Anne CHEYNE |
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| | 1. Robert WILLOUGHBY, 1st Baron Willoughby de Broke, b. 1452, Brook Manor, Westbury, Wiltshire, England  , d. 23 Aug 1502, Broke, Heywood near Westbury, Wiltshire, England (Age 50 years) |
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- of the family of the Barons Willoughby of Eresby, seated at Eresby Manor near Spilsby, Lincolnshire.
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Will of Robert lord Willoughby as to his manors, lands, tenements, rents, services and advowsons in the hands of his feoffees to uses.
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Title: Will of Robert lord Willoughby as to his manors, lands, tenements, rents, services and advowsons in the hands of his feoffees to uses.
Description:
1. Elizabeth his wife to have her dower of all manors, but in such a way as not to impede his will.
2. Manors of Willoughby, Orby, Toft with Willoughby House, Hiptoft Hall, Scrayng, Fulstow, Arsik, Fodryngey and Thorp fees in Partney with Halton mill, Gt. Steeping and Somercotes with the warren to remain in the feoffees' hand for six years after his death.
The feoffees, from the profits of these manors are to cause an arch to be made in his chantry at Metyngham co. Suffolk and below it a monument for himself and his wife, the whole to cost 200 marks. The remainder of the profits to go to the executors, for the payment of legacies.
3. The manors of Wispington, Fulletby, Raithby W. Keal, Langton cum Whitehall, Cockerington, Carlton, Sibsey, Stickford, Hundleby, Toynton, Friskney, Skirbeck, Screvylby, Skidbrook, Saltfleethaven a rent charge of £20.13.4 payable by Ralph lord Cromwell out of the manors of Tattershall, Thorpe and Kirkbyon Bain, the manors of Burgh Malbertoft and the house in London called Bascurt are to remain with the feoffees till all the testators' debts are paid.
4. All annuities which he has granted or will grant are to be maintained.
5. The feoffees are to pay to two or three men nominated by his sister Alice de Wilughby, nun of Carrow, a pension of 40 shillings per annum, for Alice's life.
6. The feoffees are to appropriate the church of Halton (Holgate) with the profits of the manors of Toynton and Skidbrooke, to the chantry of Holy Trinity Spilsby as the will of Robert's father, William lord Willoughby, ordained.
If this cannot be done the feoffees are to pay £40 per year to the chantry.
7. Before the feoffees deliver seizin to the heir or heirs of the manors in Norfolk and Suffolk, they are to exact from them bonds not to upset the testator's will.
8. Elizabeth his wife is to have for life the manors of Eresby and Spilsby and a third of the manors of Skidbrook, Toynton, Spycerland and of Bascourt house.
9. The reversions of the manors of Fulstow, Theddlethorp, Hamby, Fenton, Eresby and Spilsby and of the thirds of Skidbrooke, Toynton, Spycerland and Bascourt to return to Robert's heir or heirs.
10. Reversions of Edgefield, Ellinghams and Walcott Easthall in co. Norfolk, held for life by the testator's brother Thomas, are to return to Robert after the death of Thomas.
11. Reversion of Walcott Westhall, held for life by Thomas son of sir Thomas Willoughby, is to return to Robert.
12. An assurance is to be made to Richard Yenburgh of Yarborough and John Preston of South Reston to save them harmless in a bond of £400 in which they are bound to sir John Salbayn.
13. A similar assurance is to be made to sir William Tyrwhitt, Richard Yerburgh and John Wyles of Northolme for a bond of £120.13.4 to the earl of Suffolk.
14. A similar assurance is to be made to Richard Yerburgh and John Wyles in a bond of £200 for Robert to William Walton citizen of London.
15. A similar assurance to the same for all bonds in which they are held.
16. John Ashe is to have a pension of 26.8d. for life, out the manor of Spilsby and after the death of John Chaumberlayn who now has it.
17. The feoffees are to make to Edward Caden a sufficient estate of an annuity of 40 shillings from the manor of Gt. Steeping.
18. A similar estate to Mr. Geoffrey Rydell of 20 marks from Orby.
Seal tag Endorsed 5 Voluntas Roberti domini de Wylughby militis.
Date: Sandwich, 25 July, 1435
Related material:
An abstract of a will dated at Eresby 9 Jan. 1449 is printed by A. Gibbons, Early Lincoln Wills (1888) p. 173 from Ep. Reg. XVIII, f.2. No probate is attached but it was presumably the will proved; it names the feoffees and is much simpler in its provisions than the earlier document.
Held by: Lincolnshire Archives, not available at The National Archives
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