Snippets 33 & 34
Bedworthe and Packynton and the rents issues and proffitts of the same, And all Landas
and tents which were lately in the occupacion of my lorde lyle reputed and takyn as p(ar)cell
of the same lordeshippes shalbe to the use and intente that myn executours shall take the
proffitts of the same to the use and intente that they shall pay every mounthe to every of
the said pore men their wagis and stipend as is abovesaide and their lynary yerely
Also I will that every of the said pore men continually shalbe namyde and appointed
by my lady my wife duringe hur lyfe, And after hur decease by myne heires And I will
that after the death of my said executours that myn heires shall receyve the issues rents
and proffitts of the said ij manno(ur)s landis and tentis in Bedworthe and Packington, And all
other the premyss that werr lately receverid by aform(entioned) title against the said lorde lysley to
I think 'lynary' would possibly be their 'linen' - ie, new underclothes!
Goodness! He was detail-oriented, wasn't he! Lololol
my lorde lyle or
lysley - Probably this chap:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Plantagenet,_1st_Viscount_LisleHe was Elizabeth of York's half-brother, the illegitimate son of her father Edward IV. And for many years a favoured courtier of Henry VIII
The Anne Basset I mentioned earlier was actually his step-daughter!
He is the only fit for the title in 1530. Earlier it would have belonged to Charles Brandon, later to Ambrose Dudley
Thank you so much, goldie, this is wonderful!
He is fairly entertaining, our Marquis, isn't he? I am beginning to understand why Henry VIII kept him around *g*