Reference
TW165
Title
Testament of Alan Kirketon of Bydenhamfforde, made 16 November 1399.
Date free text
25 March 1400
Production date
From: 1399 To: 1400
Scope and Content
Soul to St.Mary and All Saints;
Body to be buried in the parish church of Bydenham before the rood, if the parishioners do not object;
To high altar 40d;
To fabric 40d;
To light of Fraternity of St.Mary ½ mark;
To each chaplain celebrating in the same church 12d;
To John Malcote clerk of the same church 6d;
Residue to wife Margery and William Bollenhurst clerk to support testator’s male children.
Executors: wife Margery and William Bollenhurst clerk
Witnesses: Walter Scotlond, John Davy, John Salman, Richard Lord, William Chapman
Made at Bydenham
Proved by John Kyngton, Commissary of Henry Bishop of Lincoln at Newenham 25 March 1400
Seal: “dicti reverendi patris ad visitand’” [phrase in the endorsement]
2 seals, one ecclesiastical
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