Biography
Johane was the Daughter of William Serlys and Joanne of Wye.
Johane was a beneficiary in the nuncupative will of her father William Serles, the will proved 08 May 1477. [1]
She was born approximately in 1455. Her age is not given in her father's will but it is stated that her brothers John and Thomas were under 17 years old. She is possibly married when her father wrote his will as his will states:
Also he Will that his execut. delyvr to Jone his doughtr wt ine [within] v yeris [5 years] next aftr his dett [death], xli [£10] yf she than leve and yf she dye wtine the seid v year then her childrn have it when any of them is xviij [18] yers old evynly deptid [divided]
Johane married William Payne [2].
She died after 1509, see will of son Nicholas.[3]
Family wills
Will: beneficiary in husband's will William Payne of Wye written 6 Oct 1498. [4]
Will: beneficiary in the will of her mother Johane Fowle widow of Wye written 1st April 1500. Described as Johane Payne.[2]
Will: beneficiary in the will of her son Nicholas Payne of Wye written 23 Jan 1509.[3]
Sources
- ↑ Will of William Serles of Wye, Kent. 08 May 1477. Archdeaconry Court of Canterbury, Canterbury Cathedral Archives. PRC 17/3/86. Transcribed by Mrs. Shelagh A. Mason, 2nd October 2023 Link.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Canterbury Probate Records, Reference: PRC/32/5/78 Description: Will of Johane Foule widow of Wye, Kent Date: 2 May 1500. "IHGS; The Tyler Collection; Notebook: Fowle; Notebook Number: 436" [database on-line]. Ancestry.com. Entry for Johane Foule, probate, 2 Mar 1500 (accessed [15 Oct 2023]); citing Frank Watt Tyler. The Tyler Collection. Canterbury, Kent, England: The Institute of Heraldic and Genealogical Studies. 71 volumes Ancestry Record 1900 #37660 Ancestry Sharing Link.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Canterbury Probate Records, Reference: PRC/17/11/268a Description: Will of Nicholas Payne of Wye, Kent Date: 23 Jan 1509. "IHGS; The Tyler Collection; Notebook: Fowle; Notebook Number: 510" [database on-line]. Ancestry.com. Entry for Nicholas Payne, probate, 23 Jan 1509 (accessed [15 Oct 2023]); citing Frank Watt Tyler. The Tyler Collection. Canterbury, Kent, England: The Institute of Heraldic and Genealogical Studies. 71 volumes Ancestry Record 1900 #31104 Ancestry Sharing Link.
- ↑ Canterbury Probate Records, Reference: PRC/17/7/73 Description: Will of William Payne of Wye, Kent Date: 6 Oct 1498. . "IHGS; The Tyler Collection; Notebook: Fowle; Notebook Number: 510" [database on-line]. Ancestry.com. Entry for William Payne, probate, 1498 (accessed [16 Oct 2023]); citing Frank Watt Tyler. The Tyler Collection. Canterbury, Kent, England: The Institute of Heraldic and Genealogical Studies. 71 volumes Ancestry Record 1900 #31077 Ancestry Sharing Link