The Will of Sir Thomas Uvedale 1367

Date: [unknown] [unknown]
Location: Titsey, Surrey, England
Surname/tag: Udevale

Thomas de Uvedale’s will states as follows:

In the name of God, Amen. I, Thomas de Uvedale, knight, on the Sunday, on the Feast of Saint Leonard, 1 A.D. 1367, being of a sound mind, make my will after this manner; First I bequest my soul to God and the blessed Mary, and all the saints of God, and my body to be buried in the parish church of Tycheseye, in the middle of the chapel of St James. I will first and foremost, that my debts should be paid. And I will that satisfaction be made for any extortion or injury that may have been dome by me, in whatever manner they can be provided, according to the discretion of Benedicta, my wife, and my other Executors.

And I will and appoint that all my servants who have served with me be rewarded, each according to his station, as is more fully contained in a certain schedule hereinafter made, according to the discretion, &c.

And I will that all my other servants should be rewarded according to the discretion, &c.

And I will that the parish church of Tycheseye should be completed according to the discretion, &c.

And I will that my aforesaid wife and my said Executors shall distribute of my goods, to those places in which the bodies of my father, my mother, and my wives Mary, Isabel, and Margaret rest, according to the discretion &c.

And I bequeath to different Friars and religious persons, who are contained in a certain schedule hereinafter made, according to the discretion, &c. And I bequeath to Brother Richard Twitham, according to the discretion, &c. And I will that the day of my burial, my month’s day, and my year’s day be observed to God’s honour and the good of my soul, and not for worldly pomp, according to the discretion, &c.

And I will that my wife and mine Executors do appoint and ordain a service in the church of Tycheseye for the soul of John de Pole, for the souls of all others from whom I have received any good, either in their life or after their death, and for the souls of all the faithful, as I am bound, and according to the discretion.

And I will that armour for one man of the best kind, and the two best horses, next after my charger Dextrarius, be given to my son John, according to the discretion, &c.

Given at Southwerk the day and year aforesaid.

And I bequeath to the chapel of the Blessed Mary of Walsingham a silver and gilt tablet of the Salutation of the Blessed Mary, with one painted image.

And I bequeath ten marcs to the fabric of the choir of the church of Walsingham, and the rest of my goods I bequeath to Benedicta, according to their labour, and according to the discretion, &c.

And I will that the charger before mentioned be sold by mine Executors, for the payment of my debts.

Also I bequeath to each of the four orders of Friars or Nuns aforesaid, Carmelite or Augustinian, 3 to each of them 40 shillings, to pray for my soul within the city of London.

Memorandum – The said Executors made a composition with Master Walter de Waketon, the chancellor, for the seal of the deceased Lord, which pertained to the Chancellor by way of the fee of his office, asserting that the said seal should remain to the use of the aforesaid heir without fraud; and by way of composition they paid 6s. 8d. to the Chancellor aforesaid.

Probate was required for his will in France, as well as England.

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