Knaresborough Wills

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 ]