KINGS BROMLEY HISTORIANS ARCHIVE
REF No. D/A/05/27.
A transcript of the will of Roger Praers, dated 30 September 1506, together with a copy of an Inquisition Post Mortem
dated Monday after 1st May 1507 and a copy of the will.
The Will of Roger Praers, probate granted July 1508.
In the name of God Amen I Roger praers of Kyngesbromley of hole mynde neverthelesse seeke and diseased in Body The
last day of September The yere of our Lord god 1506 And the yere of the Reigne of Kynge Henry the vijth the 22nd make my
last Will and testament in form ensuyng First I bequeath my soule to Jhesus criste and to his moder seynt Mary and to all the
holy company of heven And my body to be buried in the Channcell of Kyngesbromley aforesaid by my fader and my moder
whose soules Jhesus pardon Item I dispose and ordeyn the manor of Kynges Bromley with thappertances wherof I with others be
Joyntly feofed to myn use to be had and ordeyned according to my Will and writting Indented tripartited therof made and
declared Item I will all my lands and tenements in the Nampwiche within the Comitie of Chestur in like forme and man(ner) be
orderd had and disposed by my feoffes therof according to my Will Indented tripartited therof late tyme made and declared
except my mess[uage] place with thappertances called the hall place in the said towne of the Nampwiche which Mess[uage] place
only that Thomas parterych my cousyn have it to hym and to heires for ever Item I will and ordeyn that my feoffes of my landes
and tenements in Lychfeld Curboro and Elmehurste in the Comitie of Stafford and in Tyknall within the Comitie of Derbe be and
contynue feoffes of and in the same to th’use of me and margery my Wife for time of our lyffe and the long lyver of us And after
oure decesses I will that my said feoffes make an estate of all my said lands and tenements in Lichfeld Curboroue and Elmehurst
unto Thomas partrich my nere Kynnesman to have to him and to his heires of lyke estate as he shall have of and in the manor of
Kyngesbromley by my said Will Indented tripartited of the said manor made upon like condicions and like intent as in the same
Will Indented tripartited more pleynly doth appere toward the supportacion and mayntenance of a nereby preest doyng divine
service in the church of Kyngesbromley aforesaid according unto my Will and ordeynance Indented as is aforesaid therof made
And also of my said lands and tenements in Tyknall with thappertenances I will that my said feoffes therof after the decesse of
me and my said Wife make astate in fee to John Blount of Burton upon trent and to Thomas his son upon condicion that they and
their heires for ever shall yerely distribute to the Abbot and Covent of Crokesden in the Comitie of Stafford the day of my
decesse for oon iount [one joint] obbit the obbite yerely to be said after the comen use and order of the same place for the soules
of me and my saide Wife in the said Abbey of Crokesden yeerly for ever solempne to be done viijs of lawfull Englisch money
And iff the said John or Thomas at any tyme hereafter faylle in the distribution of the said viijs yerely in manner & forme
abovesaid to be distributed then I will my said feoffes and the heires of theym to reenter into the said lands and tenements in
Tyknall and attend and selle the same lands and tenements to some other persone or persones for ever And all the money therof
comyng by reason of the saide sale and sales they to distribute for the soules of me and my Wife a good part therof to the foresaid
Abbot and Covent for the tyme beyng and part therof to the churche werke of Tyknall and to other deeds of charitie as by the
same feoffes and their heires shalbe advised and thought reasonable And if the said John and thomas his son and their heires
cause the said obite to be kept in manner and forme aforesaid then they to have and perceyve all the residue of the issues and
profitts of the saide lands and tenements in Tyknall aforesaid over and beside the said viijs to theym and to their heyres toward
the edifying and sustentacion of a house of Almesmen by the said John or Thomas or their heires in Burton aforesaide to be
ordeyned and founded The said Almesmen amongst other benefactours to prey for the soules of me & my Wife for ever Item I
will and bequeth to be dole for my soule the day of my decesse and within a month next & Immediatly after the same in
Kyngesbromley aforesaid to poore folks there xs And in the Nampwiche xs Item I Bequeath to the poore of Lychfeld to doo a
trentall for me and to pray for my soule xiijs iiijd Item I bequeath to other of the poore house of Stafford vjs viijd Item I will that
Sir henry hey Chapleyn have x[ten] marks of lawfull englissh money to sey for my soule after my decesse Immediatly saynt
Gregorie trentall in order within the octaves of every fest and all services and observances therto belongyng Item I will a prest
syng for my soule according to my Will abovesaid in the churche off Kyngesbromley duryng the tyme that the said trentall is
doyng And then hit soo doon [it so done] I will the said Sir henry to enter into the saide prests Rume and syng in the said church
of Kyngesbromley duryng his life if it pleasith him soo to doo in manner and forme as apperith more pleynly in a peyce of
Indenture tripartited theryn my Will declared Item I will that the foresaid Thomas parterich and his suerties Be quyte and thereby
discharged as agenst myn executors of and agenst an obligacion of statute stapuls or any other bounde wherin he with his saide
suerties were bounden to me for myn office in the comen place at London Item I will that the said Thomas parterich have my
booke of entries of pleaz with all other my books containyng the comen laws Immediatly after my decesse Item I bequeth to the
church of Kyngesbromley toward a bell xij li Item I will that all my servants have their hole yere wages Item I will John Joyner
have xls Item I will William Wade have xls Item I will marye Bee have ijl ijd Item I will that Thomas parteriche have xx [twenty]
marks Item I will marye Alblaster daughter unto Richard Alblaster have xx[twenty] marks Item I will and ordeyne to be myn
executors of this my last will and testament my said Wife pryncipally John Abbot of the monastery of Crokesden aforesaid the
foresaid Thomas parterich John Blount of Burton and Sir henry hey Chapleyn to be executorse with my Wife of this my said
testament And the Residue of my goods and catalle not bequeathed to my said Wife to distribute and dispose theym for the helth
of my soule and hirs as to hir it shall come best by the thadvise of the said Abbot which Abbot furthermore I ordeyn to be
oversear and director of this my last Will Whome I bequeath for his good oversight xxs Thees beyng wittnes that this is my last
Will and their names subscribed with their own hands John Woolley preest Sir henry hey preest William Aston.
Probate
Was granted on 19th day July Anno Dom 1508.
Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem, Henry VII, Vol. 3, page 278.
HNSO 1955.
460. Roger Praers. esquire.
Writ, wanting; inquisition Monday after SS. Philip and James, 22 Henry VII. [Monday after 1st May 1507]
In Easter term. 1 Henry VII [1486]. the said Roger and John Brown, Richard Lyttelton, William Wylkes. John Blount and
Richard Brooke recovered the under-mentioned manor of Kyngesbromley against Humphrey Starky, knight, the then tenant, to
the use of the said Roger and his heirs, and for the performance of his last will. John Brown died, and the surviving
recoverors were seised of the manor in fee to the use aforesaid. By an indented tripartite charter dated 17 January, I8
Henry VII [1503], the said Roger made his last will, and thereby directed that the surviving recoverors should stand
seised of the said manor to the use of himself and Margery, his wife, and the heirs of his body, and that, if he and the
said Margery should die without heir of his body, then the recoverors should make an estate of the manor to Thomas
Parterych, his kinsman, and the heirs of the body of the said Thomas, with remainder to John Aston, knight, his heirs and
assigns. William Wylkes afterwards died. The said Margery predeceased her husband, who died without heir of his body. The
remaining recoverors are still seised of the manor in fee to the use of the said Thomas Parterych and the heirs of his
body, and in default of such issue to the use of the said John Aston and his heirs.
Also the said Roger was seised in fee of the under-mentioned messuages &c. in Lychefeld, Curburgh and Elmehurste, and by
his charter dated 1 May, 14 Henry VII [1499], enfeoffed thereof John Aston, esquire, John Salter, Richard Brooke, John
Blount of Burton, Thomas Stockeley and John Brooke, chaplain, to hold to them, their heirs and assigns, to the use of
himself and his heirs and assigns, and for the performance of his last will. By his last will he declared that the said
feoffees should stand seised of the premises to the use of himself and Margery, his wife, for life in survivorship, and
that after their death they should make an estate thereof to Thomas Parterych above-named and the heirs of his body, with
remainder to John Aston, knight, his heirs and assigns.
The said Roger died 7 March, 23 Henry VII [1508]. Thomas Praers, aged 40 years and more, is his kinsman and heir.
Stafford.
Manor of Kyngesbromley, worth 20 marks, held of the king in chief by fealty and a rent of 4/-.
3 messuages, 24a land, 8a meadow, 28a pasture and 10a wood in Lychefeld, Curburgh and Elmehurste, worth 4 marks, held of
Geoffrey, Bishop of Coventry and Lychefeld, by a rent of 5s and suit of court to the bishop’s manor of Lychefeld.
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