Sutton Will 1526

Will of Margery Sutton

of Ewell, Kent

Source: Archdeaconry Court of Canterbury PRC/17/17/138b
Submitted by Celia Cotton and Roger Sutton

In dei no[min]e amen the xxviij day of Marche In the yere of our Lord god Ml ccccc xxvjth
I Margerye Sutton of the p[ar]ishe of Ewell Wedowe beyng In hole & of good Reme[m]brance make my testam[en]t & Last Will yn this man[ner] (and?) forme /
First I bequeith my soule to almyghty god and to his blessed modre And to all the glorius & holy company of hevyn /
And my body to be buried yn the Churche yard of Ewell Aforesaid

Also I bequeith to the high Aulter yn the same churche for my tithes and obl[ig]atyons for gotyn iiijd /
Also I Will that therbe song and said yn the said churche for the helthe of my soule and all [Christ]ien soules at my forthefare v masses with placebo & dirige At my monthes mynd And at my xij monthesmynd eche of (t)hey[m] as mayney with placebo and dirige /

Also I bequeith to Alice my daughter my best gowne
The Residue of all my godd[es] aft[er] my dett[es] and bequeithes content and payed I give & bequeith to Thomas Fawkenar, for to bestowe it for the helthe of my soule And all [Christ]ien soules as he shall thynk best /

Of the whiche said Testam[en]t and Last Will I ordayne and make the said Thomas Fawkenar myn[e] Executo[r] He to fulfill this my last testam[en]t and Will with effecte & spede Thes[e] Witnessith
Sir Raff Blymston Vicar of the said p[ar]ishe Aves Salmon & other

Concordat c[um] originali

Probatu[m] fuit suprascript[um] testame[n]t[um] xiij die mens[is] Junii Anno dom[ino] Mill[es]imo quingen[tes]imo xxsexto [13 Jun 1526]
Jurato ... Radulph... Blymston vicar et Will[ia]m Clarke test[amentu]m Ac App[ro]bat et ... ... Comiss... est Executori supra (nomin)ato prim[i]t[us] in forma Juris Jurato etc

Notes
Margery was of Ewell and requested she be buried in the churchyard. She died between March 28th and June 13th 1526.
Her will provides few familial details: Margery was a widow and mentions her daughter Alice, who was bequeathed Margery�s best gown; there is no indication as to whether Alice was single and this is rather too early to hope to locate her marriage. A search for the death of an Alice SUTTON in Kent was unsuccessful in the period to 1565.
An Alis SUTTON of Canterbury left a will in 1556. Robert SUTTON of Hawkinge, son of Giles SUTTON, baptised a daughter Alice in 1561 and she was buried in 1563, both at Hawkinge.

The will of Roger SUTTON of Hawkinge, proved 1529, was written in 1518 and refers to his wife Margery and two children born after 1500. Ewell - also known as Temple Ewell - is 3 miles west of Dover (Hasted) and around 5 miles from Hawkinge. Ewell Minnis is under 4 miles from Hawkinge. No other SUTTON wills are recorded at Ewell in the period 1400-1700 so it would seem likely that Margery (1526) was not part of another SUTTON family based there. However the details from the will of Margery above offer no evidence to suggest that she was the widow of Roger SUTTON.

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