Shoreham Deanery Medieval & Tudor Wills

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Shoreham Deanery Medieval Wills - Book 1
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A list of wills in Mr Leland L. Duncan's manuscript Notebook K.A.S. library mark 1 which he called Kent Wills at Shoreham Deanery. All these wills were written in Latin unless otherwise stated. Where the individual page numbers are in blue and underlined, this indicates that the transcription has been added, and by 'clicking' on the 'link' the transcription can be viewed.
Examined and noted by Zena Bamping, 9 August 2001

Register	Testator	Date of Will	Date of Probate	Lands in Kent or connection with Kent	Page No.
3 Rous	William LYE	1391 Jan 9	[no probate]	bur. Northfleet church	01
3 Rous	Nicholas STONE Rector of Northfleet	1393 Sep 24	1393 28 Oct	Northfleet church	03
17 Rous	Richard BAMME of Gillingham Esquire	13 H 6 May 17 [1452]	[no probate given]	Bredhurst, Crayford, Darenth, Dartford, Farningham, Horton Kirby, Stone, Sutton at Hone, Wilmington	05
1 Marche	John SYBILLE citizen of London	1401 Aug 19	1401 Sep 12	Bromley church, Priory of Hegham next Rochester	08
12 Marche	William BRAMPTON citizen & Stokfysshmonger of London	1406 Nov 6	1406 Nov 13	lands in Kent Knockholt church	10
14 Marche	John HARDY	1407 Sep	1407 Oct 9	buried Penshurst church	12
14 Marche	John LUFFWYK, Esquire	1406 Dec 9	1407 Jul 12	Crayford	13
18 Marche	John MULLYNG citizen & Brasyer of London	1408 Jan 4	1408 Jan 15	Eynesford, Lullingstone, Lullingstane	15
19 Marche	John COLMAN Esquire, citizen of London	1409 Oct 24	1409 Nov 9	Northfleet	18
19 Marche	John PERCHE clerk [he was the official of the Court]	1409 Nov 22	--	Crayford church	20
24 Marche	Richard PULL citizen & Calcellar of London	1411 Oct 14	1411 Nov 5	Rochester Wrotham church	21
33 Marche	John PROPHETE citizen & pistenerarius of London	1415 Jan 3	1415 Mar 10	Hever Ifield/Shinglewell church Northfleet church	23
40 Marche	John WRETILL citizen & Scissor of London	1417 Jan 4	1417 Jan 23	Pekham [but no county stated]	26
41 Marche	Walter ASSHLEY of Eynesford	1418 Apr 19	[no probate]	churches of Eynsford, Farnborough	27
50 Marche	John WESTON citizen & Cissor of London	1420 Oct 28	1420 Nov 4	Ightham, Wrotham	28
54 Marche	Thomas COULE de Hobery in Com Kanc	1420 Aug 15	1420 Oct 7	Crayford, Mottingham	30
26 Marche	Nich. de RYSSHETON Rector of Cliffe	---	1413 Jun 15	Cliffe church; Nuns of Hegham; church of Cobham College	32
16 Stokton	William WANGEFORD of Northfleet	1458 Jan 20	1459 Apr 30	Gravesend Northfleet church	39
21 Stokton	John MILLE gentleman	1459 Mar 13	1460 May 7	Sevenoaks	40
23 Stokton	Hugh CHIDDINSTONE of Meopham	1460 Jun 9	1460 Feb 20	Meopham, Sundridge	42
5 Luffenham	Nicholas BARON clerk, son of Wm BARON dyer	1424 Jul 26	1425 Jun 1	buried Northfleet church	45
5 Luffenham	John SUNDRESSCH Rector of Wrotham	1425 Feb 21	1426 Jun 29	Wrotham; chapel of Stansted; churches of Sundridge, Sevenoaks	46
6 Luffenham	Richard ECCLESLEY Rector of East Peckham	1426 May 19	1426 Jul 4	East Peckham church; Friars of Ayelsford; Boxley Abbey & Conv.	49
16 Luffenham	William SEVENOK citizen & Grocer of London	1432 Jul 4	1432 Jul 10	Sevenoaks	50
17 Luffenham	Thomas TUNBRYGG esquire	1433 Jan 14	1433 Feb 23	Eynsford & Tonbridge churches Priories Tonbridge & Rochester	53
32 Luffenham	John PRENTYS dean of the Royal Free Chapel of St Stephen in Palace of Westminster	1445 May 28	1445 Jun 28	Cliffe	54
25 Luffenham	Agnes wife of Roger APPELTON of Howbury	1437 May 1	1439 May 4	Chislehurst, Crayford, Mottingham	56
5 Godyn	John ROULAND of Brasted tanner	1464 Aug 5	1464 Aug	buried Brasted church	60
7 Godyn	William FLOYER	1464 Jan 28	1464 Feb 15	This is Devonshire - LLD	61
7 Godyn	Thomas COOKE of Otford	---	1464 Feb 8	Eynsford, Otford, Shoreham	61
9 Godyn	Nicholas SIBILE	1464 Mar 9	1465 Sep 9	---	65a
9 Godyn	John DONETT of Eynsford	1465 Mar 27	1465 Jul 26	churches of Ash, Eynsford, Farningham, Fawkham, Hartley, Horton, Kingsdown, Shoreham, Sutton; Friars at Aylesford, Canterbury; Monasteries of Faversham, Horton near Hythe, and Lesnes	65b
10 Godyn	Robert CAWODE of London	1464 Mar 21	1465 Aug 8	Bexley, East Wickham, Welling	70
11 Godyn	Henry BURTON clerk	1464 May 8	1464	churches of Lyminge, Orpington	75
26 Godyn	John THREPLAND citizen of London	1468 Nov 23	1468 Dec 19	Bexley, East Greenwich Friars of Aylesford	77
27 Godyn	Richard ELYS of Cliffe	1468	1469 Apr 19	Cliffe	81
24 Godyn	Richard FRECOK citizen & fletcher of London	1468 Sep 14	1468 Oct 12	Penshurst church wherin I was cristened	83
31 Godyn	Thomas GAUGE clerk	1470 Oct 22	1470 Oct 30	Wrotham	85
5 Wattys	Thomas WODEMAN of Southwark brewer	1472 Apr 14	1472 May 2	Northfleet	86
8 Wattys	John BEELE of Sevenoaks	1471 Dec 4	1473 Apr 29	Ash, Fawkham, Hartley, Kemsing, Otford, Seal church, Sevenoaks, Shoreham	87
11 Wattys	Thomas STRAWTON citizen & Fruter of London & Southwark	1473 Sep 11	1473 Nov 12	Eston, Greenhithe, Meopham, church of Swanscombe	92
15 Wattys	Daniel (?David) VAPHOPKYN	1473 Jan 14	1474 May 22	bequest to vicar of Sevenoaks	95
23 Wattys	William ROGER of Otford	1475 Aug 6	1476 Apr 22	Brasted, Darnitt, Kemsing, Northfleet, Otford, St Margaret Hilles, Stone	97
21 Wattys	John GURNEY of Northfleet	1475 Jan 8	1475 Jan 19	Northfleet, Sandwich, church of Wyndesborowe	102
18 Wattys	Joan LAUGTON widow of London silkwoman	1474 Feb 1	1474 Feb 13	Bixle otherwise called Bexle or Bexhill, East Wickham, Welling; gift to church of Boxle	104
2 Logge	John CLERKE senior of St Clements Dacorum gentleman	1480 Mar 21	1480 Mar 10 [sic]	Addington, Cliffe, Iwade, Milton, Ryarsh, Stansted, Trottiscliffe, Wrotham, Yalding	110

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