John, my son and heir, and his heirs male; failing such, to Thomas, my son, and his heirs male, with remainder to my right heirs. Also, I will that after the death of Joan, my wife, my said feoffees enfeoff John, my son and heir, in my manor of Laughton and hundred of Shiplake, with remainder, in default of issue, to William and Thomas, my sons

WILLIAM LORD ST. AMAND.

William Beauchamp, Lord St. Amand', March 18, 1457. My body to be buried in the Chapel of the Chantry at Stepul Levynton, in the county of Wilts. To the Shrine at St. Osmund at Salisbury x marks t

ANN DUTCHESS OF EXETER.

Ann Holland, Dutchess of Exeter', April 20, 1457. My body to be buried in the Chapel of the Chancel of the Church of St. Katherine beside the Tower of London, where the corpse of my Lord and husband is buried; and I forbid my executors to make any great feast, or to have a solemn hearse, or any costly lights, or largess of liveries, according to the glory or vain pomp of the world, at my funeral, but only to the worship of God, after the discretion of Mr. John Pynchebeke, Doctor in Divinity, one of

* From the abstract in Collins' Peerage, vol. viii. P. 113.

'Son of Walter Beauchamp, younger son of John Lord Beauchamp of Powyck; having married Elizabeth, daughter and coheir of Gerard Braybroke, son of Sir Gerard Braybroke, by Alianore, daughter, and eventually sole heir of Almaric Lord St. Amand, he was summoned to Parliament as Lord St. Amand 27 Henry VI.; and shortly afterwards, being Server to the King, was appointed Chamberlain of North Wales; he died March 19th, 1457-8.

2

Query, 1457-8? + From Dugdale's Abstract, vol. i. p. 252. 3 The widow and second wife of John Holland, K. G Duke of Exeter (vide his will, p. 255), and daughter of John Montague, Earl of Salisbury.

my executors. To the Master of St. Katherine's, if he be present at the dirige and mass on my burial day VIS. VIIId.; to every brother of that College being then present IIIS. Iv d.; to every Priest of the same College then present xxd.; to every Clerk then present xiid.; to every Choirester vid.; to every Sister then present xxd.; to every Bede-man of the said place vind. I will that my executors find an honest priest to say mass and pray for my soul, my Lord's soul, and all Christian souls, in the Chapel where my body be buried, for the space of seven years next after my decease; and that for so doing he receive every year XII marks, and daily to say placebo, dirige, and mass, when so disposed. Proved May 15, 1458*.

EDMUND BRUDENELL, ESQ.

Edmund Brudenell, of Agmondesham, senior, Esquire', October 7, 1457, 36th Henry VI. My body to be buried in the Church of Agmondesham, near to Philippa my wife. To the Church of Lincoln, for tithes forgotten, if any be forgotten, vis. vid.; to the making of a new bell in Agmondesham Church, besides LXVIS. VIIId. given by Agnes Bonvalet, vil. XIIIS. IV d.; to the Provosts of the Church, for the maintenance of the great light before the cross, xx s.; to the maintenance of the light before St. Katherine's cross IIIS. Ivd.; to be distributed among the poor of Agmondesham Ivl.; to the reparation of the high way to Aylesbury and Wendover XLl. towards which I will that my gold cup, two silver basons, and my great piece of gilt plate with the cover, and three silver candlesticks, be sent to the Tower of London, to be melted down; to Joan, my daughter, towards her marriage, to be paid her at the age of fifteen years, cc marks; but, if she die before that age, I will that the said sum be given towards the

* From Dugdale's Abstract, vol. ii. pp. 81, 82.

Ancestor of the Right Honourable the Earl of Cardigan.

repairs of the King's high way; to my daughter Alice, my piece of silver plate with the cover chased with gold; also, to my said daughter, wife of Richard Waller, junior, Esq. of Kent, and to the heirs of their bodies, my manor of Woodmandelse, to be settled on him and her, when Richard Waller the elder settles on the said Richard Waller the younger, and the heirs of their bodies, lands of the yearly value of XL 7. with remainder, if the said Alice die without issue, of the manor of Woodmandelse to Henry Brudenell, my uncle, remainder to Peter Brudenell, of Aynho, remainder to my right heirs for ever; to John, my son, my lands in Chalfhunt St. Peter's, Eure, Denham, and Fulmere, when twenty years of age, in tail, remainder to Henry Brudenell, my uncle, in tail, remainder to my own right heirs for ever. To Edmund, my son, when twenty years of age, my manors of Radno and Stoke, with remainder to Henry Brudenell, my uncle, in tail, remainder to Peter Brudenell, of Aynho, remainder to William Bulstrode, my brother', remainder to my right heirs; to Drue Brudenell', my son, when twenty years of age, the manor of Hugeley, with the advowson, and all my lands in Burnham, Dorney, Farnham, Taplow, Heckman, Agmondesham, Stoke-Mandevile, Stoke-Halling, Kimbell and Edelfburgh, and the manor and rent of vii marks out of the manor of Dodershall, with all my lands in Tring and Chesham, in the counties of Hertford and Berks, in tail, remainder as in the lands given to Edmund, my son; to Sir Robert Brudenell, my son, all my lands in Horton and Stanwell, in tail general, as in the lands bequeathed to Drue, my son; to Oxford, all my Bibles; and I will that my other books be divided among my four sons as my executors shall think fit; to the poor at my burial XLs. and at my month's end iv l.; to Philippa, my wife, my manor of Hugeley, and all my

' William Brudenell, father of the testator, married Agnes, daughter and heir of Robert Bulstrode, Esq.

? Drue Brudenell, the son and heir of the testator, took out letters of administration to his will August 1st, 1469. Vide the will of the said Drue Brudenell in a subsequent page.

lands in Burnham, Ashburnham, Dorney, Taplow, Heskham, and Farnham, for term of her life. And I appoint the said Philippa, my wife, John Cheney, Richard Bulstrode, and Robert Parsons, my executors *.

JOAN LADY CLINTON.

This is the will of me, Johane Clinton', widow, who was the widow of Thomas Clinton, Knight, made 12th January 14572, 36 Henry VI. I will that my body be buried in my new Church of the Hospital of West Smithfield, London. I will that my feoffees which now be, and hereafter shall be, of and in all manors, lands, &c. which late I had in the Counties of Leicester, Warwick, and Derby, hold and possess the said manors, &c. by three whole years next after my decease, and that the issues and profits thereof be received by my executors and not by my feoffees; they for to content and pay all my debts. I will that my executors find continually, for the space of three years, one honest priest to sing divine service for my soul and for the souls of the aforesaid Thomas, late my husband, and of John Staunton, sometymes husband, and of Ralph Mignell, Knight, and Johan his wife, my father and mother; to the Abbess and Convent of the House of Nuns, beside the Tower of London, XLV l. upon this condition, that they and their successors for ever recommend my soul in their devout prayers, and also that they hold my anniversary solemnly with placebo and dirige, with a mass of requiem by note yearly, by the space of ten years next after my decease; to the house of Calke, in Derbyshire XL S.; to the house of Herteshorne a cheseble, price xxvi s. viiid.; also I will that Isabel Fraunceys, my daughter's daughter, have XL marks to her marriage; to Margaret, sister of the

* From the abstract in Collins' Peerage, vol. ii. pp. 494, 495. The testatrix so fully describes herself in her will that an account of her is unnecessary. 2 1457-8.

said Isabel cc marks, upon this condition, that she be married to Robert Wele, the son of John Wele, Gentleman, of Gloucestershire, and if she be married to any other man, then I will that the said Margaret have but one hundred marks and no more, and if either the said Isabel or Margaret do die before they be married, then I will that Cecily, sister of the said Isabel and Margaret, have xxl. of the said cc marks if she live to be married; the residue of the said c marks I will shall be disposed in works of piety, after the discretion of mine executors, by the oversight of the right worshipful Lady my lady Dame Margaret Countess of Shrewsbury'; also I will that Joan Mignell, my goddaughter and servant, have toward her finding xx s. during the nonage of Thomas Francyes'; also I will that John Shirley, son of Margaret Shirley, my daughter, immediately after my decease, enter into all the manors, lands, &c. in the county of Nottingham, which I hold in dower after the death of John Staunton, sometime my husband; and I will that my said feoffees, after the said three years next after my decease, inake estate of the moiety of the said manors, &c. in the counties of Warwick, Nottingham, and Derby, to the said John Shirley and the heirs of his body lawfully begotten, with remainder to the right heirs of me Dame Johan Clinton; and the other moiety of the said manors I will be disposed of in charitable deeds and works of mercy, for the soul of me, till Thomas Franceyes, son of Adam Franceyes, come to the age of twenty-one years, and then that my feoffees make an estate of the said moiety to the said Thomas Franceyes and to the heirs of his body lawfully begotten, with remainder to the right heirs of me

1

Apparently Margaret widow of John Talbot, first Earl of Shrewsbury.

From whom the present Sir Francis Burdett, Baronet, is descended.

3 Of Staunton Harold, co. Leicester, son and heir of Ralph Shirley, by Margaret, daughter and coheir of John Staunton, of that place, and it appears by this will that the testatrix was her mother.