BEING ILLUSTRATIONS FROM WILLS, OF MANNERS, CUSTOMS, &c. AS WELL AS OF THE DESCENTS AND POSSESSIONS OF FROM THE REIGN OF Henry the Second to the Accession of Queen Elizabeth ; BY NICHOLAS HARRIS NICOLAS, Esq. WILLIAM NORREYS. William Norreys, of Asshe, Gentleman, 10th September 1486. My body to be buried in the Chancel of our Lady in the parish of Asshe, at the South end of the altar there. I will that my red cloth of Bandkyn be laid upon my body in the said Church of Asshe, and so there to remain for a perpetual remembrance; and especially to be provided for therewith an hearse and a black cloth, with two tapers thereupon set, to be light and burning in the time of saying divine service there, to be had and ordained over my tomb for a special remembrance of prayer; I will that a convenient stone be set in the wall afore my said tomb, under the image of Mary Magdalen there, with an image of the Trinity, graven in brass, and a picture of my body and arms therein, set in like frame, for a special remembrance of prayer. And I constitute Anne, my wife; William Norreys, Knight; and Philip Fitzhewes, Esquire, my executors; Joane my mother; John Norreys, my younger brother. Proved before the Prior and Chapter 20th November 1486, at Canterbury. JOHN ROPER, ESQ. John Roper, Esquire', of St. Dunstan's Canterbury, 5th April 1487. To Thomas Roper, my son, all my manors of Breule, Botelar, Tarncourt, and Apperwall, with their rights, me ubers, and appurtenances, in the parishes of Bocton subtus le Blene, Selling, Harnehill, and Feversham, according to a certain deed made by me to the said Thomas, in full satisfaction of his share of my lands, of the Apparently John Roper, who was one of the Surveyors of the Cinque Ports, and who married Margery, daughter and coheir of John Tattersall, and was ancestor of the Right Hon. Lord Teynham. 2 Query. C C |