Will of Thomas Aylmer 1500

[Bookbox]

So sorry, HD, I overlooked the space before [?].

The mystery word looks like ob. I wonder if the sense is ... up to the su(m)me of v.li (= an expenditure ceiling of 5 pounds?). Just a guess.

[horselydown86]

Thanks - I also read it as a ceiling of 5 pounds.

[WillowG]

Snippet #8 (#7 repeats #6)

You are of course entirely correct. How curious! So dreadfully sorry. I have now amended my post.

Thank you so much, HD and Bookbox!

Your back-and-forth was very fascinating!

deryge [?]

From Dirige – first word of the Office of the Dead (Dirige, Domine, Deus meus ... viam meam – Direct my path ... O Lord my God). Hence the English ‘dirge’.

I do so love these pre-reformatory wills. With their dirges and requiems Sometimes I think a little something was lost ...

* Barfoot - easy for him to say.

 

Alright, I might have had to opt out of the barefoot pre-reformatory pilgrimages. *coughs* *g*

[horselydown86]

Snippet #8:

...for to have for his Labo(ur) iijs iiijd Item I will have a

man to go on pilgrymage for me to seint Antony of

Caumbirston in Suxsex and I will that he hath ev(er)y

day for his Labo(ur) and his costes xijd It(e)m I bequeth to

Thom(a)s Sewall drap(er) vjs viijd It(e)m I will have an

other Trentall to be sunge for me and my ffrendes upon

a day in the Blake ffreres of norwich and they to have

x s It(e)m to Iche s(er)v(a)nt and Childe in my Brotheres house

xld It(e)m to Kat(er)ine Collys s(er)vant w(i)^t(h) mastre Osbern

vjs viijd It(e)m to Joone [Bro(w)nn?] in the same place xld...


The place associated with seint Antony has 5 minims in the middle.  I'm not sure how to interpret them.

[Bookbox]

The place associated with seint Antony has 5 minims in the middle.  I'm not sure how to interpret them.

Me neither, but I found somewhere an online reference to the shrine of St Anthony of Cambirston, which is said to be Camber in Sussex, but now can't find it again.

[horselydown86]

Me neither, but I found somewhere an online reference to the shrine of St Anthony of Cambirston, which is said to be Camber in Sussex, but now can't find it again.

Thanks - that would give us Caumbirston, which is quite acceptable.

Is that related to Crawley, which was the only shrine to St Anthony in Sussex which I could find?

ADDED:

Sorry, dumb question - miles away.

[Bookbox]

Me neither, but I found somewhere an online reference to the shrine of St Anthony of Cambirston, which is said to be Camber in Sussex, but now can't find it again.

Thanks - that would give us Caumbirston, which is quite acceptable.

A reference here to Cambirston/Camber in 1490 ...
https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=zeKoCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA49&lpg=PA49&dq=cambirston+camber&source=bl&ots=Su4a0xCWB5&sig=8X2cPnI74Viuyp1Z_-VSVq1ka2k&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjoxc2U0dHdAhWLC8AKHQixDuUQ6AEwAHoECAAQAQ#v=onepage&q=cambirston%20camber&f=false

Also, in Norman P. Tanner, The Church in Late Medieval Norwich, 1370-1532 (1984), referring to numerous small shrines popular with Norwich testators, including ‘St Anthony of Camber in Sussex’ (p. 86).

[horselydown86]

Excellent, thank you.  I shall update my text with Caumbirston.

ADDED:

Willow, I have also changed the label on the first Snippet #8 to Snippet #7 and added the [ob?].

[WillowG]

Thank you so much HD and and Bookbox!!! This was wonderful!

So fascinating about St. Anthony of Caumbirston!

And all those pilgrimages! How many sins had this guy committed? *g*

Of course, we are all sinners 😇 😇 *coughs*

Snippet #8:

It(e)m to Iche s(er)v(a)nt and Childe in my Brotheres house xld

... This is the first mentions of this brother, right? *sigh* These people ...  Honestly.

The place associated with seint Antony has 5 minims in the middle.  I'm not sure how to interpret them.

Excellent, thank you.  I shall update my text with Caumbirston.

ADDED:

Willow, I have also changed the label on the first Snippet #8 to Snippet #7 and added the [ob?].

Excellent, HD! I still have no idea how I managed that ...