A Collection of All the Wills, Now Known to Be Extant, of the Kings and Queens of England; From William the Conqueror to Henry VII Exil (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1780 Excerpt: ...quo habeo vel habere potero do & lego pure, spontanee, executor' meor' subscript' utipsi habeant & disponant prout eis viderint melius expedire. Hujus autem testamenti mei ordino, facio, & constituo executores meos h Alice, daughter of "Richard Fitz Alan earl of Arundcl, aunt to the earl of Arundel, whose will is given p. 120. wife of Thomas Holland half brother to K. II. who succeeded his father as earl of Kent, 1360. Vincent on Brooke, p. 283. ' Joan, widow of the Black Prince, and mother of Richard II. was first married to Thomas Holland earl of Kent, who died 1360. Vincent on Brooke, p. 282. k 1 in Hants, of which she had an assignment in dower, 37 E. III. Claus. 379-3-m-5-& '4- " q. marltimam; sufferers by the breaking-in of the sea, of husbandry. Henricura Henricum Beche, Johannem Mersedon capellanum, Gilbcrtum Bammebury, & Johannem Gyles. In cujus rei testimonium presentibus sigillum meum in manibus meis presentibus apposui. Hiis presentibus, priore de Southwyke, Johanne Uvedale, Bernardo Lucas, Thoma Coke restore ecclesie de Bedhampton, Thoma Pulter restore eccl' de Wykeham, ac multis aliis. Dat' apud Bedhampton die Lun' xxm' die mensis Aprilis, Anno Domini mill'mo ccccmo undecimo, et anno regni regis Henrici quarti post conquestum duodecimo. Probatio dicH testamenti penultimo die mensis Junii, . A. D. 1411. in eccl' Lincoln' coram domino Cant, archiep'o. Reg. Arundel pars 2. sol. 154. b. 155.3. In the archiepiscopal registry at Lambeth Elizabeth daughter of the Marquis of Juliers was married to John earl of Kent, second son of Edmund of Woodstock earl of Kent, and son of King Edward I. Her husband dying 26 E. III. she was solemnly veiled a nun at Waverley abbey by William Edendon bishop of Winchester; but afterward...