Robert Aldous
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: Abt 1479 - Fressingfield, Suffolk, England
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Death: 1560 - Fressingfield, Suffolk, England
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Parents
Father: William Aldous (Abt 1450-1531)
Mother: Johan Warner (Abt 1456- )
Spouses and Children
1. *Elizabeth ( - 11 Feb 1575-11 Feb 1576)
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Children:
1. Thomas Aldous (Abt 1528-1601)
2. Joane Aldous (1520-1597)
3. Agnes Aldous (1522-1558)
4. William Aldous (1525-1583)
5. Alice Aldous (1530-1561)
6. John Aldous (1533-1596)
7. Robert Aldous (1535-1625)
Notes
General:
Robert was mentioned for the first time in the will of his grandfather, Thoams Warner. Another gift deed includes Robert's mother Johan. A 1518 deed shows Robert adn paretns deeding property to Robert's brotehr Thomas. Robert, father, and brothers Thomas and Richard were included in the tax subsidy listof 1524. In 1528 Robert and daugther Johan were named in Robert's father's will.
In Robert's will, dated 4 Apr 1558, he called himseld Robert Aldous the elder of Fresingfelde. He had extensive land holdings and lived comfortably.
He gave careful instructions for his wife Elizabeth:
I will and geve to Elisabethe my wiffe all my lands and Tenements bothe Free and bonde/ Except only my Tenement w the lands belnoginge thereunto called Gorh'ms together w all my milche keene horses mares geldyngs & Colts w all my howsholde stuffe Corne (wheat) & other movables... (for) teh terme of thre yeres (on condition) that my sayd wiffe do not Labour traveyle orgo or ryde out of the sayd towne of Fresingfelde... and after the sayd terme of thre yeres expired then I will that my sayd wiffe shall have the parlor and the chamber over the parlour in the sayd howse for terme of her naturall liffe ... and the Browerne (brewhouse) w the soller over the same/ And to have the easment of the chymney in the olde hall and the easment of the Oven in the backhowse when and as ofte as she will during her liffe/ And also I will that Elisabethe my wiffe shall have halfe the Frute growynge of and upon the Tenement and lands the whiche I have geven unto my sonne Will'm together w the goynge or pasture and sufficient wynter meate for foure myche keenein the lands whiche I shall geve hereafter heryn to my sonne Will'm with my sayd howse/ (Additionally, Robert requested that Elizabeth, because she would have the family home, accept the responsibility of keping therwithe hospitalitye and sufferinge my sonnes suche as be singlemen to have the hospitalitye and sufferinge my sonnes suche as be singlemen to have the newe chamber in the howse wherin I nowe dwell duringe the tyme that they be single and unmaryed. *Robert mentioned that sons William, John, and Robert were the unmarried ones and added that tehy should have their chamber) so longe as they or anye of them shalbe unmarryed. (Elizabeth was to ahve) all her Apparrell ornaments and jowells.
Robert stipulated that after the said term of three years his son William was to receive for his own "my Tenement wherin I nowe dwell called Bouryns w all such lands as eb nexte adioyninge adn belongynge... And also my horse mylle w the stones and other Apprenences thereunto belonginge Except the sayd aprlor and Chamber for terme of my wyves liffe/ And after the decease will the same parlour and Chamber shall remayne to my sayd sonne Will'm." In addition to Bournys William was, after the three years, to receive "my Close called Bardenes in Fresingfeld aforesayd and all that my Tenement somytyme buylded called Cotwyns w all the lands therunto belonginge... Except twoo pecs ... hereafter ... geven... to my other sonnes."
For the prviilege of inheriting the specified lands, Robert requested certain obligations of William, after he gained possession. The first oblgiation was that he pay his mother an "Annuytie or yerlye Rente" of thirty-three shillings three pence. The second was that he should, "during the naturall liffe of my sayd wiffe delyver or cause to be delyvered... foure Combes of good sheate adn fyve combes of good malte readye grounde in good pure meale to bake and brewe/ The sayd meale to be delivered evrye weeke A quantytyte thereof as my sayd wiffe shall have nede." Also altering the house, William shoudl "w'in thre monethes next after the sayd terme of thre yeres expyred... make or cause to be made in the tresens betwene the hall and the parlor in the howse wherin I nowe dwell, for A quyetnes betwene my sayd wiffe adn my sayd sonne (and) A payre of Steyres w a dore goynge out of the sayd hall up into the Chamber over the sayd hall/
Son Thomas was already married, adn to him his father gave "Imedyatle after my decease, my Tenement called Gorh'ms w all the lands belonynge therunto, in wetingh m (hamlet in Fressingfield)/ ... Also... at thend of the terme of the sayd thre yeres the greater parte or pcell of my Closse called Bellysuale Closse as it ys devyded adn severed w an hedge lyeinge nxt unto Gochis Closse Fyndinge halfe the deade Fence devydinge the same Close/
To sone John, Robert bequeathed
... at the end of the sayd thre yeres all that my medowe called Chpenhale grene medowe, conteynynge by estymacon two Acres/ And the two gardyn plotts next adjoyninge to the sayd medowe, sayd medowe (being) pcell of the sayd tenement Cotwyns befoer excepted. And my medowe conteynynge by estymacón halfe an Acre, as yt lyethe next the medowe of my brother Thomas Aldous the elder called the Brydge medowe. And also all that my Close lyenge nexte the olde parke conteynynge by estymacón fyve Acres/ ... all my parte of the woode called Bellisuale woode conteynynge xx Acers together w the sponge lyenge up to Bellisuale Closse lyenge next unto the pightells of John Owles Fyndynge teother halfe of deade Fence devydinge this his parte from the foresayd parte befoer geven to my sayd sonne Thomas/
... to son Robert at thende of the sayd terme of thre yeres all my Closse called Carlowe, and all my Closse called Androcks fylde with A little medowe thereunto adioynynge called grenes medowe contynynge by estymacyon one Acre whiche sayd medowe ys thother parte or pece belongynge to the Tenement Cotwyns befoer excepted and halfe an Acre of land called Wallys slade and also one Acre of land lyenge in the aprke Closse in Fresingylde.
There were three daughters in the family. Two of them became brides befroe Robert made his will; they , AGnes Barbor and Johan Foxe, were bequeathed four marks each. The unmarried daughter, Alice, was to erceive twenty marks at marriage or at age thirty, whichever "shall happen soneste". Trhee years following her father's decease, Alice was to receive "foure mylche kenne".
After the same three years John and Robert were required to pay annuities to their mother Elizabeth. John's amount was twenty shillings, and Robert's thirteen shillings four pence.
If the sons failed to filfill the requirements their father made of them their mother could "entre into all my lands and tenements... and there. leade, dryve carye awaye with her or her assigneis to deteyne and kepe untill... the sayd Any\uyties... and the sayd wheat and malte... shalbe fullye... payd.
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At the end of the three years, when Elizageth was to give up the property, Robert provided that she should have "my graye mare and foure of the beste of my keene to be then atken at her choyse." At the same time daughter Alice and sons William. Thomas, John and Robert were to each receive "foure mylche keene". Additionally, William was to have a "graye mare," John a "balcke Colte"and Robert a "graye balde Colte". Then, too, half of the "houshold stuffe" that Elizabeth ahd been using was "to be taken and aprted indifferentlie". The "other halfe of my howshodle stuffe" was to be "parted and devyded evenlye amongste" sons William, John and Robert, adn "doughter" Alice.
Robert concluded: "The resydue of all my goods Cattells moneye plate corne and moables not afore geven & bequethed I putt them to the dispsycon of my Executors whom I ordeyene & appoynte my wiffe Will'm and John my sonnes they to paye my debts and performe therewit this my laste will and Testament and honestlye to burye me/
After Robert's will was written, his and Elizabeth's daughter Agnes, in 1558 the widow of Robert Barbor, prepared her will in which she named her brothers Thomas and John, as well as her children.
Author then speculates on everyone following these instructions.