FIFTEENTH GENERATION
The Will of Roger Fitch ""In the name of god Amen the viith daye of Januarye in the yeare of our Lord god 1558 I (20112) Roger Fyche of Panfeilde in the countie of Essex, yeoman beinge of good and perfect Remembrance god bee thanked doe ordeine and make this to bee my last will and Testament in manner and forme followinge First I bequeathe my soule to allmightie god and my bodie to bee buried wthin the churche yarde of Panfeilde aforesaid
"Item I bequeathe to (20113) Margery my wiffe my house and my free lande wthin the parishe of Bockinge in the countie aforesaid some tyme called Sainte marie chauntrie duringe her natural lyfe and after her decease to (20113i) John Fiche my sonne and to the heirs of his bodie lawfully begotten and yf he fortune to dye wth out heirs of his bodie lawfullybegotten then I will that (20113ii) Richard my sonne shall have itt to him and to the heirs of his bodie lawfully begotten and soe for lack of issue to goe from one sonne to another duringe my vij sonnes
"Item I give my howse in bredferde streete wch I bought of William Dobsonne to Margerie my wife duringe her life and after her decease to Richarde my sonne payinge unto (20113iii) Robert his brother xv(pounds) and allso to (20113iv) Barthollomew his brother xv(pounds) to be paid to either of them att the age of xxi tie yeares
"Item I give to John Fiche my sonne xx(pounds) wch att this daye doethe remaine in his masters handes
"Item I give to (20113v) Thomas, (20113vi) William and (20113viii) George my sonnes to eache of them xx tie markes and to bee paide to each of them att the age of xxi tie yeares provided that yf any of six sonnes die before the receipte of his or their porcions that then his or there parte soe deceased to bee equallie divided betwene the rest of my sonnes then beinge a live John excepted
"Item I give and bequeathe to my fower daughters that is to saye (20113xi) Jone, (20113vii) Margett, (20113x) Clement & (20113ix) Mary to either of them xx tie markes to be paide att the daye of their marriage yf they marrye before xxi tie yearse of age or att the age of xxi tie yearse for ot be paide yf they marrie nott before
"Item I give to everie poore house holde in Panfield xii d
"Item I give to the mendinge of the high waye leadinge from Panfild greene to John Harwardes xx tie shillinges
"Item I give to the mendinge of the high waye leadinge from a Tenement called Vowches to a gate called shernehall gate x (shillings)
"Item I discharge John Goodaye of Braintree free of the obligation the wch he and I do stand bownde in for John Fyche to his master
"Item I give to Richarde Whylyie th'elder halfe a seame gray wheate and halfe a seame of malte to be paid wthin one yeare after my decease
"Item I give to Marget Osborne my servante a seame of barlye to be paid to her att her marriage
"Item I give to Agnes Stronge my servante halfe a seame of barlye to be paide her att her marriage
"Item I give and bequeathe to Roger Goodaye my godsonne iii angells of golde to be paide unto him att the daye of his marriage
"Item I give to all the rest of my godchildren iiii d a peece so that they come and demande itt
"I will that Roger Wrighte of Debden or his heires shall have all the evidences scrypes or scroles that I have of his so that hee dothe agree or paye the charges of the sute of the fine whch Thomas Husell of Lynsell was att for the suringe owte of the same
"Item all the rest of my goodes nott bequeathed I unto margerye my wife durunge her lives tyme and after her decease for to be payed and soulde and to be equallie amonge all my sonnes & daughters then beinge a live (my lease of my farme onely excepted) wch I will shallbe divided betweene my vij sonnes and yf any of them be willinge to buy itt I will that he shall have the preferment thereof and to have the preferment of itt under the price that any other man sholde have itt
"Item I doe ordeine and make my wife my sole executrix to pay my debttes and fulfill my will in payinge my legacies
"Item I will that John Goodaye of Braintree my Land lorde be my supervisor of this my last will and Testament and he to have for his paines takinge ii seame gray wheate and two seames of maulte
"This beinge witnessed John Goodaye of Braintree and Harrie Browne of Bockinge wth other
"Item I owe unto the parishe churche of Lynsell xxiiii(shillings) to be paide att all tymes when itt shalbe lawfullie required of the church wardens of the same parishe
"22 February in persona Johannes Fyche
"Probatum fuit Testamentum coram Magistro Thoma Darbyshire vicario generali xxii February 1558 Johannes Fiche (?) procuratori margerie Fyche Relicte et executrices
"Will of Roger Fitch late of Panfyld, Essex, Decd. was proved February 22nd 1558, by the oaths of children Robert, Maryanne and John"
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-- Quoted from A Fitch Family History by John T. Fitch copyright 1990, 1994. Found on Page 143-14 c/o Donna Beeler djb700@att.net http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=donnabeeler&id=I0014
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"The earliest person with the Fitch surname dates from 1240, and the earliest Fitch from whom we in America can claim descendancy dates from about 1400. There is no Fitch castle. There are no nobles or titles in our line."
-- http://www.fitchfamily.com/CaveatEmptor.html
20114. Nicolas Thurgood
REF: http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=sarrge&id=I03809
20116. Johannes Reve
REF: http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=horrocks&id=I17628
1 REF: http://stanleyhistory.net/descnarratives/brockwilliam6646.shtml
20118. William Brock Sr.
20119. Margery Bedell
REF: http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=horrocks&id=I17640
"(40224) Thomas Fitch was born about 1465. He died on 21 Apr 1514 and is buried in the parish church in Lindsell. [1] He married (40225) Agnes Alger. [2] He was of Brasonhead. [3]. He was found to be the heir of his father by Inquisition on 9 Apr 1468 at age three. [2] His estate received his mother's lands at Widdington on 9 Nov 1514. His death was reported at the Court of the Manor of Widdington on 23 Dec 1514. [2]. In the church of Lindsell are effigies of a man and woman; six boys and five girls. Below is an inscription: 'Here lies the bodies of Thomas Fitch and his widow Agnes, which Thomas died April 21st, 1514. May God be merciful to their soles.' [1]"
-- http://treetreetree.org.uk/Fitch.htm
"Richard Fitch, the eldest son, inherited his father's lands in Widdington on 9 Nov 1514."[2]
"Thomas Fitch was admitted tenant of the lands in the Manor of Widdington on 3 May 1527."[2]
"(40225) Agnes Algore was the only child and heir of (80450) Robert Algore. [2] She died before 25 Sep 1533. [2] She is buried in the parish church in Lindsell. [1] She married (40224) Thomas Fitch. [2] Agnes was admitted tenant of her father's lands on 21 Dec 1493. [2]"
...(children also described)...
-- http://treetreetree.org.uk/Fitch.htm
40224. Thomas Fitch
[1] Fitch, Roscoe Conkling, History of the Fitch family A.D. 1400-1930: A record of the Fitches in England and America, including "pedigree of Fitch" certified by the College of Arms, London, Englan,. Haverhill, MA, Record Pub. Co., 1930. p. 22
[2] op. cit. p. 11
[3] op. cit. p.7
40225. Agnes Alger
m(2): Joanne Ashe
[1] Fitch, Roscoe Conkling, History of the Fitch family A.D. 1400-1930: A record of the Fitches in England and America, including "pedigree of Fitch" certified by the College of Arms, London, Englan,. Haverhill, MA, Record Pub. Co., 1930. p. 22
[2] op. cit. p. 11
[4] op. cit. p. 21
40236. John Brock Sr.
REF: http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:641559&id=I29793811
This family is posted all over the Internet, with the names and dates approximately as shown; but I have seen no primary sources cited.
> "As Chaplain of the King [(40238] Thomas met with Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop elect of Canterbury at St. Stephen's"
-- http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/4454692/person/-1354604419
40239. unknown (F)
There is a great deal of confusion about this family. (20119) Margery Bedell is usually shown to be the daughter of a John B. (1511-various) of Notley, Essex. I have found no substantiation for this claim. Another source (see below) has (40238) Thomas as the father, and the (40238[2]) Johanne of Thomas's will as the mother. Since (20119) Margery is shown as b. 1529 (??) and Johanne & Thomas b. 1526 and m. 1538 at Age 12, this is unlikely. The children listed are from the will, to whom I have arbitrarily assigned birthdates and mothers.
"Re: Wills of Thomas and Joan Bedell of Black Notley, Es***
"Thomas Bedyll of Black Notley in the County of Es***, Yoman, in his will, dated September 16, 1550 (and proved in the Commissary Court of the Bishop of London for parts of Es***), directs his body to be buried in Black Notley church, and mentions his wife Johan, his daughters Alice, Custans, Johan, and Margery, and his sons John the elder, Thomas, James, and John the younger.
"The will of a Johanne Bedell of Hatfield Peverell, co. Es***, widow, was proved in the Commissary Court of the Bishop of London for parts of Es*** in 1576. ... She mentions the children of three daughters, Brokes, Wyseman, and Rix or Cricks. This testatrix was probably Johan, the widow of Thomas Bedyll of Black Notley."
-- "A true relation of the life and death of the Right Reverend father in God ..." By William Bedell, Thomas Wharton Jones
[1] Essex Visitations, 1634 c/o http://newsgroups.derkeiler.com/Archive/Soc/soc.genealogy.medieval/2006-08/msg01143.html
40238. Thomas Bedyll, [Yeoman], King's Chaplain
http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/16097673/person/341647973
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