BorBE2/83

Will of Simon Culleber of Bedford. His soul to God and to Blessed Mary and All Saints, and his body to be buried in the church of St Peter de Merton, before the altar of the Blessed Mary, next to John Culleber, his father. Probate granted by Roger de Middelton, rector of St Peter Dunstable, Bedford, subsequestrator of John de Belvere, sequestrator of the Bishop of Lincoln in the archdn. of Bedford, Buckinghamshire and Oxford, in the church of St Peter Dunstable.

22 April 1348 and 4 June 1349

From: 1348 To: 1349

To the high altar, half a mark. To Ralph (?Servienn) chaplain, 2 shillings. To John Clerk, 6d. To John (? ease - faded), 6d. To clerk Ad? (very faded). For the work of the church, hod. For wax (to be burned) round his body, 5 shillings. For bread to be distributed to the poor on the day of his funeral, 40 shillings. For funeral expenses, 40 shillings. For psalters, 12d. To the friars minor of Bedford, half a mark. To the Hospital of St John, 2 shillings. To the hospital of St Leonard, two shillings. To the lady Emma (?) his sister, half a mark. To his brother William Culleber, one mark. To his brother Maurice (Moric), his better robe. Half a quarter of maslin. To Robert Henwyk, 6d. To Maurice his brother, ten acres of land in the fields of Bedford, in the field called Wolstondoun, next to the land of the said Simon, and the land of John Mareshal, abutting upon le (faded), and at the other end upon le hut. Also to the said Maurice a messuage called Pagesbery, with yard adjacent. To Christiana his wife, his principal tenement, with his other tenements, lands, rents etc in Bedford. To the parson of the Church of St Peter de Merton, two messuages in Bedford, between those of the Abbot of Wardon and the prior of Newnham, to celebrate one mass each Saturday in the year for the souls of Simon, his wife and their ancestors. Residue of his goods to his wife, for distribution as she shall see best. Executors: Christiane his wife, John Longe, and the parson of the church of St Peter de Merton There is a very faded endorsement of which only a few words are legible, apparently to the effect that John de Aspel, the bailiff of the town appeared in full court, and that proclamation was made that the will had been made legally and in good faith, according to the custom of the borough, and that the liberties of the bailliwick had been observed. Mayoralty seal attached

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Culleber, Simon,
Culleber, John,
Servienn, Ralph,
Clerk, John,
Culleber, Emma,
Culleber, William,
Culleber, Maurice,
Culleber, Moric,
Henwyk, Robert,
Mareshal, John,
Culleber, Christiana,
Culleber, Christiane,
Longe, John,
de Middelton, Roger,
de Belvere, John,
de Aspel, John

St. Peter de Merton Bedford, chaplains, Simon will: Culleber, Bedford St John's Hospital, Bedford St.Leonard's Hospital, Bedford fields, St. Peter de Merton Bedford, Warden Abbey, Newnham Priory, PROBATE, St.Peter Dunstable Bedford, sequestration, Bailiff of Bedford