Thomas Yonge I (1507 - 1580)

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His sister Margaret passed away in 1560, leaving a will as of Margareta Collyne, widow of Chawreye, Essex. she was the second wife of Nicholas Collin of Beauchamp Roding, Essex. The will makes it clear that her maiden name was Yonge and that she was the sister of Thomas Yonge of Roxwell, Essex, whom she names in the will, leaving bequests to each of his children. ^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ Will: "England & Wales, Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 1384-1858"
   The National Archives; Kew, Surrey, England; Records of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Series PROB 11; Class: PROB 11; Piece: 44
   Ancestry uk Record 5111 #877762 (accessed 17 September 2023)
   Will of Margareta Collynne, granted probate on 27 Jan 1560. Died about 1560 in Chawreye, Essex, England.
   • Will of Margareta Collyn, widow of Chawreye, Essex
   • Written 21 Dec 1558
   • To be buried in the chapel next the corpse of my late husband Nicholas.
   • To the poor pf Henham 6s 8d
   • To the poor of Much Easton 6s 8d
   • To the poor of Little Easton 6s
   • To the poor of High Easter 10s
   • To my daughter Johan Collyn, now the wife of Edmund West Esq all my lands and tenements as well as my crop of wheat
   • If Johan be deceased then same to Thomas Yonge, Robert Yonge, William Yonge, Richard Yonge, Edmund Yonge, and Nicholas Yonge my brothers children. And they to pay to their sisters Jane and Denys £40
   • My tenement in High Easter called Hills to the Richard Barnard and his son Richard Barnard, William Sowell and Henry Cavell if they gave to the almshouses in High Easter from the yearly profits thereof. And if they do not revion to my son in law Edmund West.
   • To each of the children of my brother Thomas Yonge, late of Roxwell, Essex at age 21 years.
   • To her servant John Overall , 40s
   • a quarter of barley each to godson John Stephan , to Johan Clerke , Margaret Steven , and Cicle John at their marriages
   • To the children of Richard Barnard , the children of William Collyn and of Henry Collyn , the children of John Speller and the children of John Meade of Amberden Hall 20s.
   • 4d each to her married godchildren were given 4d, and those who were unmarried were given 12d.
   • To Leonard Norrys a quarter of barley.
   • The residue of her goods to daughter Johan, who was executrix, with Edmund West and Robert Hurst, , Edmund being given 40s.
   • Richard Barnard , gent was overseer
   • James Lam, priest , Robert Morley , and John Downar were witnesses. "

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