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Membrane 19. Francis Hill is admitted as executor
of the will of Thos. Hill of Windsore, in par. of Knaresburgh.
July 2, xlij Elizabeth [the 42nd year of
the reign of Elizabeth 1st i.e. 1600; AJ]. I, Thomas Hill of Windsore, &c.,
to be buryed in Knaresburghe Churche yard, nere to the place
where mye ancestores hathe bene buryed heretofore. Whereas
I have surrendered one waist with two cottages thereupon builded,
nere to one Chappell, called the Ladye Quarrye, Note within
the parishe of Knaresburghe, to the use of Fras. Hill, mye
sonne, and his heires &c., in consideracon of which he
standethe bounde unto me for payment of six poundes xiij s.
iiij d., at two severall dayes which is paste thre yeares since,
before the dayte hereof, and no payment mayd thereof, therefore
for defalte of payment of the sayd some, I give the aforesayd
waist and two cottages to mye sayd sonne Fras. and to Alice
Wakefeld, wiefe of John Wakefeld, mye daughter, and to her
heires forever, equallye to be devided betwixt them, or els
that mye said sonne Fras. shall content and paye to my said
daughter Alice, to the use. of her children, the some of vj
li. xiij s. iiij d., within six dayes after mye deathe. Mye
will is that one spangled cowe with a broken horne, which was
sold for xl s. bye the said testator, mye executors shall within
six dayes after mye decease, paye the moneye presentlie into
the handes of Will. Bullocke and Rob. Redeshawe, to be distributed
bye them to the most poore and nedye personnes in the parishe
of Knaresburghe. I geve to my sayd sonne one garded cowe; to
Alice Wakefeld, mye daughter, and to her children one browne
cowe ; to John Wakefeld, mye sonne in lawe, the croppe of one
acre of barleye growinge in the Abbeye field, and to paye twentye
forte (sic) of the sayd croppe within six dayes after
mye decease into the handes of Will. Bullocke and Rob. Readeshawe
aforesayd, to be distributed to the poore, nedye and aged personnes
within the sayd towne of Knaresburghe. I geve to Anne, wiefe
of Will. Bullocke, one old winter stocke of bees; ,to Anne
Readeshawe, mye servaunt, one browne whye stirke which Will.
Pott dothe kepe, one beld yewe and her lambe, and one gimmer
which was of the sayd yewe, one swarme of bees, one bed of
clothes whereon my sayd servaunt dothe lye one, that is to
saye, one mattres, one payre of samron shetes, two coverlets,
foure codes of lyndseye wolseye, stopped with fetheres, one
buffit stole with a dornicke quishinge, the longer of the two
litle tables, the lawer lattin candlesticke, one skele of iiij
pottelles, two milke bowelles, thre pewther doblers marked,
iij litle pewther sawceres marked, one litle ketle which is
bound with iron, which will hould to the quantitye of two gallonnes,
and one laver pann. Mye mynd is that mye bringinge forthe shall
be payd forthe of xx s. which mye sonne Fras. dothe owe me,
whereof Mr. Fras. Trapes dothe owe of that some vj s. And if
mye sayd sonne cannot get that vj s. in dewe time to paye for
mye bringinge forthe, then mye mynd is that he shall have so
manye beannes and coles to paye the same withall, which is
within mye house. The reste of mye goodes &c. to be devided
into thre partes, that is to saye, mye sonne Francis to have
one, my daughter Alice Wakefeld an other, and the dead to have
the third, my funerall expenses and legacies &c. payde
or the same. I make my sonne Francis and my sonne in lawe John
Wakefeld my executors &c. Witnesses, Will. Bullocke, Rob.
Readeshawe.
Note This
chapel is situated near the Low Bridge in Knaresbro', formerly
known as Stainebrigg or Marsh Bridge; it is described in all
the guidebooks as St. Robert's Chapel, but how and when it obtained
this name it is impossible now to say. In the Court Rolls it
is always described as the "Chapel of Our Ladie of the Cragge," or "Quarrell
Chapel," and sometimes the "Chapel of Our Ladie of
the Quarrell" or "Quarry," but is never therein
alluded to as the Chapel of St. Robert. The earliest notice of
it occurs in a book of "Wastes," in possession of the
Deputy Steward of the Honour and Manor of Knaresbro', where in
the 9th Henry IV it is stated that "Johannes Maisone, cepit
de domino unum vastum subtus quarreram cum licencia minandi infra
quarreram ibidem pro quadam capella facienda et habenda ; Habendum
et Tenendum sibi et assignatis suis pro termino vitae suae per
redditum per annum," etc.-the rent is not stated. Architecturally
the chapel as it now exists is said to be of about this date.
[see also History: St Robert's
Cave and Friary ]
From "Wills and Administrations from
the Knaresborough Court Rolls Vol I"
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