Hi Christine! from Wiktionary - suant >From Middle English with the meaning "following" < Anglo-Norman suant < Old French suiant, sivant, present participle of sivre (“to follow”) < Latin *sequere < sequor. As an adjective, dialectal, rare) Smooth, or proceeding smoothly. So it may be that the good reverend wanted no objections raised.. Cheers Geoff Roberson Cairns Australia ----- Original Message ----- From: "Christine Read" <readchr13_99@yahoo.com> To: <oxfordshire@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2011 1:22 AM Subject: [OXF] Hopefully of interest - Many Names! > Hallo everyone, > I am hoping this will be of interest/helpful to some of you to maybe take > your research back a little further! > > I have a book published in 1883 by Rev. Charles Kerry which is about the > St. Lawrence Church, Reading and includes its history and many names and > details from its records since the 1400s. > > One section has some early Wills transcribed and one in particular that I > saw today and dated 1493 has so many names as well as relatives of the > Testator it strikes me as being a treasure for someone!! > > As the names here are from the 1400s they will probably not show in any > parish registers however early they go back, but some of you might just be > able to link these together with other Wills, to your own ancestors so I > am adding them here in the hope it will help. (For me sadly, none of these > names are connected to my own ancestors, but I found it interesting all > the same). This is just an abstract of the names - please contact me off > list if these could be connected to your research so that I can let you > know the bequests and/or details of the book if it is possible to still > get it. > > The Will of Henry KELSALL, of Redyng, clothyer 1493 > > “ … hole and sounde the mynde, not being syke the body, and in my last > days not knowing seke …” > > He mentions and bequeaths to various churches “ Saint Lawrence”, “Sainte > Marys” and “Saynt Gylys chirch” in Reading. Also bequeaths to the church > at Knottesford, Cheshire > He has property in Reading, Southampton and the “Ile of Wyght”. > > Thomas KELSALL my brother > Roger KELSALL my brother (possibly dead before 1493) > Charlys KELSALL son of my brother Roger KELSALL > Elizabeth KELSALL daughter of my brother Roger KELSALL > Thomas KELSALL son of my brother Roger KELSALL (These three children are > probably not of age - 21 or 25 as at 1493 “age xxiiij” ) > Agnes my wife > Margarett BOSDEN my sister > Mawde BOSDEN her daughter > Margarett BOSDEN sister of the saide Mawde > Jonett SWYNTON my sister > Roger SWYNTON her son > Any son and any daughter of my brother Thomas KELSALL > … to every of my Cosynnes, sonnys and doughters lawfully bigotten, between > Thomas MADOK of Knottesford (Cheshire) and Elizabeth my sister nowe being > alive … > Henry WOODHATCH my godson > John SAUNDER my servant > Johne BROKE my servant > Bequeaths to the marriage of Elizabeth CRANTMORE > Bequeaths to the daughter of William SWYNTON > Bequeaths to Margery PASTLEWE > Bequeaths to Joan ASSHENDON > Bequeaths to Henry SADELER > Bequeaths to the wife of John LECKE, hatmaker > The following ten names are “maynteners and susteyners of thaier devocion > of the Masse of Ihu …” > Richard CLECHE, draper > John BAXTSTER, tanner > John LANGHAM, iremonger > Stephen DUNSTER, draper > Rauff MYLLINGTON, clothyer > William TRU, yoman > John WYLCOKKS, chaundler and ffisshemonger > William SCOCHON, draper > Richard SMYTH, gent > John TWYTT > He mentions also Thomas GRENEWEY my suant (I wonder if this is servant)? > He makes Rauff WHYTE of Wokynham joint executor with his brother Thomas > KELSALL > Witnesses: Rauff HETHCOTE; Richard CLECHE; Rauff MYLLINGTON; William TRUE. > > He bequeaths to the “making of the Gyldhall in Reding when the said hall > shall be new bilded” > He makes bequests to many churches in Berkshire and Oxfordshire > He makes several bequests to the “mending of the way between Reding and > Pangborne …” (and many other mending of the ways between …) > He leaves bequests for a set number of “maydens” and a set number of “pore > men”. > > The Will was Proved at Lambeth sometime between January and February > 1493-4. > 　 > Well, I really hope there are some gems there for some of you and I would > love to hear from anyone that this has hopefully helped. I think Henry > KELSALL was a generous man and obviously made a lot of money in his time. > I love it that various roads leading from Reading to other places that my > ancestors would have travelled over were partly made because of his > bequests and I love it that he contributed to the Guildhall at Reading, > (is it still there?) and must have known it was going to be built as he > provided for it before it was “new bilded”. > > I’m happy to pass on more details from this Will to anyone so interested > in it. > > Kind regards, > > Christine Read > Cornwall, UK > So That’s Where I Get It From > www.rootsresearcher.wordpress.com > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > OFHS Open Day - 1 October in Woodstock > www.ofhs.org.uk > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > OXFORDSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter. 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Hi, just to let you know, there is a Book of Norman names written in 1898, sorry, can't remember the author's name it was sometime ago that I read it. Got it at the library here. I found BRUDENALL, the origin of BRITNELL. An interesting read. Mary Anne BRITNELL Calgary Alberta