By 1560 he had moved to Little Walsingham, and he was in the service of the Duke of Norfolk by 1558, when he was in Rome to negotiate for the dispensation regarding Norfolk's second marriage.[1]
According to History of Parliament and the Visitations of Rutland, Nicholas Mynn was the son of John Mynn of Woodcote, Surrey.[1][3] Other sources say he was the son of Robert Wynne and a daughter of Lord Rich.[4] But almost certainly he was the son of Nicholas Mynne (d.1528[5]), his youngest child, born about 1525–28.[6][7] The son of John Mynne of Woodcote called Nicholas of Horton was a young man in the 1590s, and his parents could not have married before 1557, when his mother was an unmarried waiting gentlewoman in the household of Anne of Cleves.[8] Nicholas Mynne of Horton, Surrey, gentleman was 12 when he matriculated at Oxford in 1575, so he would have been born in or around 1563.[9]
The earliest one knows for certain of this gentleman is that his career started in 1558.
The Mynne family tree has been described as a "tangled skein".[10][7] Some branches can be defined:
The Mynnes of Fransham Parva
In Norfolk, there were three brothers, Nicholas Mynne of Fransham Parva, Norfolk (d.1530), John Mynne of Fransham Little (d.1541/2) and Robert Mynne of East Lexham.[11][12]
Nicholas Mynne of Fransham Parva
Nicholas Mynne of Fransham Parva in Norfolk (d.1530) had the children:[13]
Nicholas Mynne of St. Bartholomew's Close, London and Epsom, Fransham Magna (d.1528) married Joan Merston (d. 31 October 1540), with whom he had five children. After Nicholas Mynne's death in 1528 his widow Joan remarried to become the first wife of William Saunders.[13][1][14]
John Mynne of Woodcote (c.1520[13]–1595[15]), eldest son,[13][16] who married Dorothy Curzon of Croxall in Derby, the half-sister of Joyce Curzon,[17][8][18] Dorothy Curzon was born to Thomas Curzon of Croxall Hall, Staffordshire (formerly Derbyshire) and his second wife Elizabeth Lygon. In 1557 she was serving in Anne of Cleves' household as a waiting gentlewoman, together with her married sister Maud (also known as Magdalen) Tatton. John Mynne of Woodcote (c.1520[13]–1595[15]) and Dorothy Curzon had at least three children:
Sir William Mynne of Woodcote and of Horton (1561[19]–1618[20]), gentleman, matriculated at New Inn Hall at Oxford in 1575 aged 14, student of Inner Temple 1585.[19][21] Knighted in the Royal Garden at Whitehall, on 23 July 1603. He married by indenture of 24 October 1594 Margaret, the daughter of Francis Jermy of Brightwell and Elizabeth, daughter and co-heiress of Sir William FitzWilliam in Ireland,[22][23] and had:
John Mynne, who married Alice, daughter of William Hale. John Mynne sold Woodcote and the manor-house of Horton to his second cousin once removed George Mynne of Lincoln's Inn in London in 1626[15][13]
Frances Mynne, married Henry Mytton or Mitton of Westminster and Melton Mowbray in Leicestershire, Member of Parliament[24]
Jane Mynne (b.1612[25]), married at the age of 19, by license dated 28 July 1631, Thomas Hanson of St. Peter, Cornhill, Citizen and Grocer, Bachelor, 27 of age, at St. Peter the Poore[25]
Nicholas Mynne of Horton in Surrey (b. 1563[9]), gentleman, matriculated at New Inn Hall at Oxford in 1575 aged 12, student of Inner Temple 1585[9][21]
John Mynne of Woodcoate and of Horton the younger (b.1565[26]), gentleman, matriculated at New Inn Hall at Oxford in 1575 aged 10, student of Inner Temple 1589[26][27]
William Mynne of Wendling and of London, second son,[11][28][29] married Agatha (bur. at Saint Martin in the Fields on 26 November 1595[30]) the daughter of Hugh Malet of Enmore and the widow of John Payne.[31] From her first marriage Agatha had the children Christopher Payne, Nicholas Payne (b.1560[32]) and Mary Payne[33][32][34][35]
Francis Mynne of London (d.1592/3[29]), 'merchaunt adventurer'[36]
Elizabeth who married Bartholmew Fromonds of Cheam in Surrey, and had issue, among them Jane Dee[37][38][6]
Nicholas Mynne of Walsingham, Norfolk, married firstly Katherine Knyvett (d.b.1564 and 1568[39]), the daughter of Sir Thomas Knyvett[40] of Buckenham, Norfolk, by his wife Muriel Howard (d.1512), the daughter of Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk,[41] and Elizabeth Tilney,[42] and the widow of Sir William Fermor (d.1558), Sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk in 1540,[43] whom she had married by an indenture of 20 November 1526.[40] Nicholas Mynne of Little Walsingham married secondly on 28 March 1567 Elizabeth (b. 8 February 1547[4]), the daughter Sir Robert Drury by his wife Audrey Rich, the daughter of Richard Rich, 1st Baron Rich, Lord Chancellor of England, and sister of Sir William Drury, and widow of Thomas de Grey of Merton in Norfolk, whom she had married when he was eleven. Nicholas Mynne and Elizabeth Drury had three sons and three daughters:[1][13][4]
Thomas Mynne of London, who married Anne Lovell of Lincolnshire, and had:[3]
Ann, the wife of Peter Barker of Walsingham in Norfolk[3]
Frances, the wife of Thomas Hughes of Gray's Inn in London[3]
Sir Henry Mynne of Whitsundyne in Rutland, Knight, second son, who married Mary, daughter of John Coote of Lopham in Norfolk, and widow of John Barkley of Whitsundyne, and had:[3]
Christopher Mynne of London, third son, who married the daughter of Wright of London[3]
Jane, the wife of Thomas Southworth of Gray's Inn[3]
John Mynne[11] of Hertingfordbury,[44] Auditor of the Exchequer, Clerk to the Surveyor General and Master of the Woods to Henry VIII (d. 14 December 1542[45]), who married Alice[11] Standish, who after his death remarried to Francis Southwell. They had three sons and several daughters. Children of John Mynne and Alice Standish:
Edward Mynne, eldest son and heir (22 June 1534[46] – 14 July 1551[47])
George Mynne (14 February 1535/6[48] – 20 May 1581[49]) of Hertingfordbury, Hertfordshire,[50] married by indenture of 24 April 1574[51] on 25 May 1574 at Hertingfordbury in Hertfordshire, Elizabeth Wroth (d.1613), the daughter of Sir Thomas Wroth, and had three sons and three daughters. Elizabeth married secondly Nicholas Boteler of Netherhill, Essex, Esquire. Nicholas Boteler was the brother of the Richard Boteler who married Anne Mynne. Children of George Mynne and Elizabeth Wroth:[52][53][13][54][55]
Robert Mynne (b. 6 April 1578[56]), eldest son and heir
John Mynne, to whom was willed Gaulden, Somersetshire[57]
George Mynne of Lincoln's Inn in London and later of Woodcote in Epsom in Surrey (1581–c.1648), posthumous son, Member of Parliament,[58] who helped his brother Robert out financially and later bought Woodcote.[13] George Mynne married Ann, daughter of Sir Robert Parkhurst of Pirford, and left two daughters and co-heiresses:
Elizabeth (d.1692), who married in 1648 Richard Evelyn[15] (d.1670), the brother of the diarist, John Evelyn
Anne Mynne (20 November 1579 – 8 August 1622) buried in St. Mary's church, Hertingfordbury, Hertfordshire, who married on 22 November 1604, George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore[57]
Andrew Mynne
Susan, who married John Darnall and died soon, leaving a son:[53]
Henry Darnall of Bird's Place, Essenden, Hertfordshire[53]
Elizabeth who married Roger Lawrence and had four daughters, one of whom:[53]
Susan, who became the second wife of John Darnall[53]
Anna, who married Richard Boteler, and perhaps others.[53] Richard Boteler was the son of Sir John Boteler of Woodhall, Hertfordshire, and Grizel Koche of Wixley, Yorkshire. The Monumental Inscription of the Botelers in the Watton-at-Stone Parish Church, Herts, is in Latin and, translated, reads; "Here lies the bodies of Richard Boteler of Stapleford in the County of Hertfordshire, Esq., who died 5 May 1614; and Anna his wife one of the daughters of John Mynn of Hertingfordbury, Esq., who died 12 Oct., A. D. 1619; and Elizabeth, only daughter of the same Richard and Anna, wife of Rowland Graveley of Graveley, Esq., who died before the parents,? Feb. 1600, without issue." Richard Boteler was the brother of Elizabeth Wroth Mynne's second husband, Nicholas Boteler of Netherhill, Essex.[44]
Edward Mynne of Little Fransham in Norfolk (bur. 22 September 1543[61]), who married Maude and had at least four sons and three daughters:[62][11][63]
Nicholas Mynne[62] (d.1546[64]),[65][11] Auditor of the Exchange of the coinage and mint of gold and silver, coin and bullion,[66] who was the first husband of Katherine Hyde, second wife to Sir Nicholas Le Strange.[67]
Henry Mynne of Fransham[62] (d. 25 January 1565/6[68]), second son and Member of Parliament.[69] His brother's heir.[70] According to History of Parliament, he was born before 1513, and studied at Grays Inn, having been admitted there in 1527.[69] This was probably his uncle. According to his brother's inquisition he was 24 in 1548.[70] He later had a legal practice in Norwich, where he was made Clerk of the City in 1553. He married Christiana, daughter of William Bishop of Great Yarmouth.[69][71] Christiana married secondly Andrew Clarke.[28] Children of Henry Mynne and Christian Bishop:
Nicholas Mynne[71] of Great Fransham[72][73][74] (September 1561[75][note 1] – 1627+[76]), baptised 29 September[77] 1561 at Great Fransham,[78] whose wardship and marriage was granted to Ralph Ellys.[68] Nicholas Mynne of Fransham, gentleman, married Margaret Buxton on 29 January 1582 at Tibenham in Norfolk. Margaret was the daughter of Robert Buxton[79] (c. 1533 – 15 Nov 1607), Member of Parliament,[80] solicitor and surveyor in the service of Thomas, Duke of Norfolk, and Philip, Earl of Arundel; by his wife Joan (bur. 6 June 1594), daughter of Robert Herne of Tibenham[81]
Edward Mynne (bap. 28 October[82] 1562 at Great Fransham[78] – 27 July 1626[76]), draper[76]
Mary Mynne, baptised 1565 at Great Fransham, Norfolk,[83] married Rust, and had Robert, Edward, John, Edmund, Dorothie, Sarah and Hester Rust
William Mynne, baptised 16 June 1566 at Great Fransham[84]
Edward Mynne of Little Fransham[62] (d.1572[85]), probably the Edward Mynne who on 24 May 1569[86] married his second cousin Alice Mynne (b. 1549[87]), the daughter of Henry Mynne of Swaffham (d. 1588/9[88]). Edward Mynne was buried at Fransham Parva on 8 April 1572, described then as gentleman.[85] His widow Alice remarried to Richard Beckham, gentleman, on 26 May 1575.[89][90][91][72][73][74] Children of Edward and Alice Mynne:
Anne Mynne,[94] probably the Anne Mynne who married Edmond Bacon on 26 September 1589 at Wickmere[10]
Dennis Mynne, a daughter,[94] probably the same name as her sister Dionisia and named for her. And the Dionis Mynn baptised on 8 January 1566 at Wickmere. She was then the first daughter born to Robert and Anne after Dionisia's death. Dionis Mynn married John Larwood 30 May 1590 at Wickmere[10]
Henry Mynne (d. 13 October 1540[100]), parson of Balsham, Cambridgeshire,[101][102][103] youngest son.[11] An alumnus of Eton, went away A.M. from the College, became steward to Nicholas West, Bishop of Ely, and Rector of Balsham, in Cambridgeshire. He was one of the Executors of that Bishop, by which office he grew in a short time very rich. He gave over all pastoral charge, and lived as a Lawyer at Norwich; yet while he resided there, he supported many poor Scholars at Eton at his own expense.[104] Fellow of Eton College in 1508.[105] Had his M.A. from Oxford. Perhaps rector of Hadstock, Essex, 1515–9.[106]Provost of Oriel College, Oxford, from when he was elected on 6 December 1538 to his death on 13 October 1540.[100][107] Buried in St. Mary's Church.[108]
Alice Mynne, who married Alexander Chapman of Rainthorpe Hall in Norfolk[45][109][110]
Agnes who married James Gresham (d.1526), the son of William Gresham and Agnes his wife, the daughter and heiress of Geoffrey Porter (d.1485) and his wife Beatrice. James Gresham (d.1526) was the first cousin to Sir John Gresham, who founded Gresham's School, and Sir Richard Gresham.[111][112][113][114][115] Probably remarried to either Salmon or Sparrowe, and one of the two Agneses below, mentioned in the will of Nicholas Mynne of Fransham Parva in 1530[110][11]
Agnes Salmon (d.1566[116]), mentioned in his will[110][11]
John Mynne of Fransham Little (bur. 8 March 1541/2[117]) married Alis (bur. 25 September 1558[118]) and had:[119]
William Mynne[119] the elder of Little Fransham (bur. 13 June 1591[120]), who married on 8 November 1555[121] Joan (bur. 16 October 1571[122]) and had:[123]
Jargius Mynne (bur. 6 December 1558 at Fransham Parva[124])
John Mynne of Little Fransham[134] and Swaffham,[119] probably dead 1550[134]
Nicholas Mynne[119] of Little Fransham (bur. 14 July 1581 at Fransham Parva[135]) who on 25 January 1544[136] married Rose (bur. 1 January 1584/5 at Fransham Parva[137]) and had:[138][128]
Edward Mynne (bap. 10 March 1545/6[139] – bur. 27 April 1601 at Fransham Parva[140]) who married on 18 July 1574[141] Johane (bur. 5 June 1610 at Fransham Parva[142]), the widow of Robert Brett. By her first marriage Joane had the daughters Margaret Brett and Joane, the wife of John Sooden of Beeston next Mileham[138][128][143]
John Mynne (bap. 28 December 1547[139] – bur. 9 November 1555[139] at Fransham Parva)
Ursula Mynne (bap. 19 January 1549/50[139]) who married Robert Roberds on 17 July 1575[144][138][128][143]
Mauld Mynne (bap. 15 July 1551[139]) who married Pawle Turner on 19 July 1579[145][138][128]
Margaret Mynne[138][128] (bapt. 29 December 1554[139]) who married James Burnham[143]
Agnes[138][128] who married Edmund Holland of Wendling,[143] and had:
Maria Holland, the goddaughter of her grandmother Rose[128]
Henry Mynne[119] of Swaffham (bur. 10 March 1588/9[88]), who married on 30 April 1548[146] Johan (bur. 4 January 1588/9[147])[91]
Alice Mynne (bap. 2 September 1549[87]), who married firstly on 24 May 1569[86] Edward Mynne (bur. 8 April 1572, described then as gentleman[85]), this was probably her second cousin, Edward Mynne of Little Fransham, and secondly Richard Beckham (d. 17 April 1612[148]), gentleman, on 26 May 1575.[89][90][91][72][73][74][149]
John Mynne of Fransham Little (d.1541/2) appointed Edward Mynne overseer of his will. In a codicil to his will his nephew Edward Mynne (d.1543) gave Henry Mynne, the son of John Mynne of Fraunsham Lyttle, a legacy.[151][152][62]
Robert Mynne of East Lexham
Robert Mynne of Est Lexham (d.1519[153]) married Alice and had the children:[153]
Nicholas Mynne of Little Walsingham was the youngest of the five children of Nicholas Mynne of St. Bartholomew's Close, London and Epsom, Fransham Magna (d.1528) and his wife Joan Marston.[13][1]
His father, Nicholas Mynne (d.1528), came to the Manor of Horton on his marriage (about 1519) to Joan Merston (d. 31 October 1540), daughter and co-heiress of William Marston of Horton in Surrey. After his death in 1528, the widowed Joan remarried to become the first wife of William Saunders.[13][1][14]
Nicholas Mynne had four older siblings of the full blood.
During the minority of his eldest brother John Mynne of Woodcote, their step-father William Sander was granted an annuity of £4 issuing from the manor of Horton, with wardship and marriage of the said John.[15]
Ralph Sanders in Generations: A Thousand-Year Family History, writes that:[162]
Exactly how John's siblings, William, Nicholas, Francis, and Elizabeth Mynne, were cared for in subsequent years is unclear. The tight relationship between the Saunders and Mynnes extended to the Saunders of Aston and even to a later generation.
And indeed there is much to suggest that they enjoyed an upbringing together under the roof of their step-father. All five children, John Mynne of Woodcote, eldest son; William Mynne of Wendling,[28] second son; Francis Mynne of London (d.1592/3[29]); Elizabeth who married Bartholmew Fromonds of Cheam in Surrey and had Jane Dee; and Nicholas Mynne of Walsingham, Norfolk, would later display strong ties to London.[37][38][6]
John Mynne of Woodcote
John Mynne of Woodcote (c.1520[13]–1595[15]), who held the manor in 1564,[15] married Dorothy Curzon of Croxall in Derby, the half-sister of Joyce Curzon who was burned at the stake for her religious convictions in 1557.[17][8][18] Dorothy Curzon was born to Thomas Curzon of Croxall Hall, Staffordshire (formerly Derbyshire) and his second wife Elizabeth Lygon. In 1557 she was serving in Anne of Cleves' household as a waiting gentlewoman, together with her married sister Maud (also known as Magdalen) Tatton. Dorothy was a favourite of her mistress, which led to Anne leaving her £100 for marriage in her will and asking her step-daughter the Princess Elizabeth Tudor to take in her "poor maid", but there is no evidence that this happened.[8] According to one source, John and Dorothy died on the same day, at Southwark, on 16 April 1595.[161]
John Mynne of Woodcote (c.1520[13]–1595[15]) and Dorothy Curzon had at least three children, Sir William Mynne of Horton (1561[19]–1618[20]), Nicholas Mynne of Horton (b. 1563[9]), John Mynne of Woodcoate and of Horton the younger (b.1565[26]).[13][3][29][163][164][165] All three were students at the Inner Temple. William and Nicholas entered together, in November 1584, while John entered in November 1588, together with Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex.[21][27]
Portrait of Elizabeth, daughter of Mr. George Mynne and wife of Mr. Richard Evelyn, by Sir Peter Lely
Nicholas Mynne's eldest brother John Mynne of Woodcote died in 1595, leaving a son and heir William.[15] An indenture was made on 24 October 1594 between Francis Jermy and Thomas Jermy, Esqs., and John Mynne, Esq., and Dorothy his wife, previous to marriage between William Mynne, son of said John, and Margaret Jermy, daughter of Francis.[22] Margaret was the daughter of Francis Jermy of Brightwell and Elizabeth, daughter and co-heiress of Sir William FitzWilliam in Ireland.[23] William Mynne of Horton was knighted in the Royal Garden at Whitehall, on 23 July 1603. Sir William's son John succeeded his father in 1618. John married Alice daughter of William Hale and settled various lands and tenements on her, among them the manor-house of Horton; but in order to pay his debts he with the consent of William Hale sold these estates to George Mynne of Lincoln's Inn in London in 1626. George Mynne left two daughters and co-heiresses, Elizabeth and Anne. Elizabeth (d.1692) married in 1648 Richard Evelyn[15] (d.1670), the brother of the diarist, John Evelyn. On the division of the estate the manor of Horton fell to the share of Elizabeth.[15][13]
Samuel Pepys writes on Sunday 14 July 1667 of how he went by coach[166]
through Mr. Minnes's wood, and looked upon Mr. Evelyn's house
According to Harold Coward in The Story of Hutton, the later Sir William Mynne, of Horton and Crixton, married Agatha, the daughter of Hugh Malet of Enmore and the widow of John Payne by 16 May 1590[31] and was married to her to at least to 1592. Agatha had been a widow since at least 1580. Agatha was the mother of the Nicholas Payne (b.1560[32]) who received a ring with a death's head and of the Mary Payne who received £5 in the will of Francis Mynne (d.1592/3).[33][29][168][169][32][34][35] This William Mynne may also, as seems more likely, have been Sir William's uncle, and Francis's brother, William Mynne of Wendlyng and of London,[170][171] especially if she was the Agatha Mynne buried at Saint Martin in the Fields on 26 November 1595, a year after William of Horton's parents had started marriage negotiations between him and someone else.[30]
Francis Mynne of London, 'Merchant Adventurer'
The Mynne-Payne connection must have gone a long way back, for in the pardon roll of 1559 of Elizabeth I, Francis Mynne, who describes himself as, "Francis Mynne, citizen and mercer of London, alias of London, 'merchaunt adventurer'," is directly above that of "John Payne late of Criston, co. Somerset, alias late of Hutton, Co. Somerset, alias late of Stronde Inne in the parish of St. Clement Danes without the bars of the New Temple, London."[36]
Katherine Knyvett had married firstly and was the widow of Sir William Fermor (d.1558), Sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk in 1540[43] and son of Sir Henry Fermor of East Barsham Manor in Norfolk and Margaret, through whom he was the half-brother of Elizabeth Wood, Lady Boleyn and uncle of John Astley.[183][184][40][41]
Mary Fromonds, the daughter of Bartelmew Fromonds and Elizabeth Mynne, married Thomas Fermor, the nephew and heir of Sir William Fermor.[38]
Henry Spelman (d.1581), the widower of Anne Knyvett, Katherine Knyvett's sister, married secondly Frances, daughter of William Saunders, Nicholas Mynne's step-father. Her sister Katherine Saunders married Henry's nephew John Spelman of Narborow. Henry's brother, Erasmus Spelman, married Ursula Bainton, the widow of Anne Knyvett's son, Edmund Thursby.[185][186]
The will of Katherine Knyvett alias Fermor alias Mynne was dated 29 July 1564 and proven on 9 September 1568.[187][39]
Nicholas Mynne, Esq. and Katherine his wife, granted it by fine, in the 4th of Elizabeth, to William Mynne, Gent. quit of the heirs of Katherine; and on May 26th, in the 13th of Elizabeth, Nicholas Mynne of Walsingham Parva released it to Thomas Fermor, Esq. of East-Barsham; so it was joined to Wolterton's manor.[188]
Second marriage
Nicholas Mynn of Little Walsingham married on 28 March 1567 Elizabeth (b. 8 February 1547[4]), the daughter Sir Robert Drury by his wife Audrey Rich, the daughter of Richard Rich, 1st Baron Rich, Lord Chancellor of England, and sister of Sir William Drury, and widow of Thomas de Grey of Merton in Norfolk, whom she had married when he was eleven. Nicholas Mynne and Elizabeth Drury had three sons and three daughters.[1][13][4]
Elizabeth's paternal grandparents were William Drury (d.1558) and Elizabeth (d. 19 May 1575), daughter and co-heiress of Henry Sothel, Esquire, Attorney General to Henry VII[189] of Stoke Faston, Leicestershire, and Joan Empson, daughter of Sir Richard Empson.[190][191] She was the first cousin once removed of Sir Thomas Lucy, whose paternal grandparents were Sir Thomas Lucy (d.1525) and Elizabeth Empson, also the daughter of Sir Richard Empson.
Dr. Jessop described the two marriages of Elizabeth Drury:[192]
"Among the Parkhurst correspondence at Cambridge, Ee. II. 34, there are a great many letters in a cause which came before his Lordship as Bishop of Norwich, and which he appears to me to have done his best to adjudicate upon unfairly. Thomas de Grey, a boy of seven at his father's death, son of Thomas de Grey of Merton, by Anne, dau. of Henry Everard of Linstead, co. Suffolk, was heir to the Merton estate, by the death of his father in 1562. The lad became the ward of his father's second wife Temperance, dau. of Sir Wymonde Carew of Anthony, co. Cornwall, who married seondly Sir Christopher Heydon of Baconsthorpe. He was very delicate, and fearing he might slip through their hands, the Heydons married him when he was ten years old or thereabouts to Elizabeth Heydon, who, I presume, vas a daughter of Sir Christopher by a former marriage. The lady was, I think, sixteen. The child died at Baconsthorpe (where he was married) in 1566, and the young widow was subsequently married to Nicholas Mynne, "Esqr.," evidently a great favourite of the Bishop's, who thereupon sued for the widow's dower. Robert de Grey resisted the demand, pleading the nullity of the marriage. The bishop Wrote discreditable letters to his chancellor and others on the subject, they for the most part giving it as their opinion that the marriage was null and that Mynne had not a leg to stand on. Nicholas Mynne, Esq., was of Little Walsingham, who belonged to a malignant family who christened their sons Nicholas again and again with no other object than to puzzle genealogists. He was quite a young man in 1571, and was mixing with the first people in the county at that time."—A. J.[193]
Thomas de Grey was married, not to Elizabeth Heydon, but to Elizabeth, daughter of Robert Drury and his wife Audrey, and niece of Anne Drury, the first wife of Sir Christopher Heydon of Baconsthorpe.[192][194]
Nicholas Mynn of Little Walsingham and Elizabeth were definitely still alive in 1582 when he was involved in a transaction with Elizabeth's old in-laws, the de Greys of Merton.[195]
Through his first wife Katherine Knyvett, Nicholas Mynne was a kinsman of his master, Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk.
Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk fell from power and was executed in 1572.
Ursula Marston Golding in 1563. The aunt of Nicholas Mynne of Little Walsingham
The Nicholas Mynne (living 1590) who was the servant of Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford was described as "a near kinsman of Henry Golding",[196][197] who was the Earl's uncle.[198] Henry Golding's mother was Ursula Marston (died c.1564), daughter and coheiress of William Marston of Horton, Surrey, and his wife, Beatrix Barlee. Henry Golding (d.1576), was steward of the household to John de Vere, 16th Earl of Oxford, and the half-brother of his second (by some counting third) wife, Margery Golding, the 17th Earl's mother, and the full-brother of Arthur Golding. Ursula Marston was the sister of Joan Marston or Merston, Nicholas Mynne's mother. They were both daughters and co-heiresses of William Marston of Horton, Surrey.[14][199][200]
However, while the Nicholas Mynne who had lent £400 from Mary Waldegrave, Henry Golding's step-daughter, in 1567,[197] was almost certainly this Nicholas Mynne, Nicholas Mynne of Little Walsingham:
Afterward, she went on to say, her mother married Henry Golding, who in right of his wife became seized of some of the said property and, while she was under age, Henry Golding "ded use diverse wayes and meanes to gett and obteyne of the sayd Mary the moiety of the property as well as the reversion of the remainder residue and she was brought to be contented to bargayne and sell her half and her portion of the reversion for far less value than they were worth." She also asserted that her portion was worth £700 of which about twelve years before she lent £400 to Nicholas Mynne, Esq., a near kinsman of Henry Golding, and he and his brothers John and William Mynne had bound themselves to William Ayloffe, Esq., her uncle and to Henry Golding (because she was then under age) to repay the money, which should have been done eight years before. For this, Mynne had charged the Manor of Kettleston in Suffolk (of the yearly value of £40) for one thousand years, with a yearly rent of £12 as interest and as security for the payment of the £400. Because about two and a half years before, Henry Golding had died and Arthur had succeeded him, the interest which Henry had bought from her became his. She complained that Nicholas Mynne for three years had not paid the yearly £12 promised nor repaid the £400, and that Arthur Golding would not help her as he favored his kinsman Nicholas Mynne and his brothers. Mary seems to have had some grounds for discontent but it is hardly clear why she should sue Golding except upon the theory that as the ultimate beneficiary of Henry's will he was responsible for having its provisions carried out notwithstanding the fact that George Golding had been appointed executor and was then living.[197]
The Nicholas Mynne who was the servant of Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, may also have been this Nicholas Mynne's first cousin once removed, Nicholas Mynne of Great Fransham (September 1561[75] – 1627+[76]).
On 10 November 1590 a Chancery petition was filed by Christopher Marshall, executor of William Marshall, against Thomas Skinner and Oxford's servant, Nicholas Mynne, regarding the Queen's extents against the manor of Castle Camps.[201]
On 21 February 1590/1 Burghley wrote to Fanshawe to release Nicholas Mynne, imprisoned for debt, on condition that Buxton pays £75 and that the bonds of Nathaniel Bishopp, merchant of London, are assigned to the Queen; Westminster.[202][203][204][72]
Nicholas Mynne of Fransham, gentleman, had married Margaret Buxton on 29 January 1582 at Tibenham in Norfolk. Margaret Buxton was the daughter of Robert Buxton,[79] Member of Parliament,[80] solicitor and surveyor in the service of Thomas, 4th Duke of Norfolk, and Philip, Earl of Arundel.[81] Nathaniel Bishopp, merchant of London, was Nicholas Mynne of Great Fransham's maternal uncle.[71][note 3]
In 1560 Nicholas Mynne was granted the wardship and marriage of Richard Burton, son of Nicholas Burton (d. 9. January 1559/60).[205] Richard Burton later married Anne Hampton, the sole daughter and heir of Barnard Hampton (d.1572), Clerk of the Council. Richard Burton was the brother of Mabel Burton, Viscountess Bindon, and the uncle of Frances Howard, Duchess of Lennox and Richmond.[206][207]
The brothers Nicholas and William Mynne are mentioned in the will of John Blennerhasset dated 29 June 1573:[208]
Nicholas Mynne and William Mynne doe owe me likewise twoe hundreth marks
Nicholas Mynne of Little Walsingham was dead by 1596.[209]
According to his father's Inquistion Post Mortem, he was aged six years and one week at the caption of inquisition. His father's inquisition was taken on 7 October 9 Elizabeth [1567], so he should have been born on 30 September 1561. However, he was baptised on 29 September 1561. He may have been born and baptised on the same day, and the inquisition only counted "full" days like they sometimes did in years in those days. Six years and one week, and he was on his eight day.
A History of the County of Surrey: Volume 3 states that: "On the division of the estate the manor of Horton fell to the share of Elizabeth, who, having survived her husband and children, left the manor to Charles Calvert, fourth Lord Baltimore, a great-grandson of Anne, daughter of George Mynne of Hertingfordbury, a connexion of her family." There was no such person as Charles Calvert, fourth Lord Baltimore. They appear to have meant Charles Calvert, third Lord Baltimore, who was Anne's grandson. The fourth Lord Baltimore and Anne's great-grandson was called Benedict Calvert, and he inherited Woodcote from his father, two months prior to his own death.
It's almost so clear as to be clear-cut, however, some possibility does exist that these two gentlemen might have willing to bail out Nicholas Mynne of Little Walsingham also. He and Robert Buxton (presuming this is the "Buxton" meant) had both been servants of the 4th Duke of Norfolk, and Nicholas Mynne of Little Walsingham knew his cousin Henry's widow Christian Bishop well enough to do transactions with her and her new husband.
"Mordaunt-Mytton | British History Online". www.british-history.ac.uk. Retrieved 10 November 2023. Mynne, Nicholas (Minne) of Surrey, gent. New Inn Hall, matric. entry under date 1575, aged 12; "scholaris Mri. Case," student of Inner Temple 1585, as of Horton, Surrey, gent. See Foster's Inns of Court Reg.
Carthew, George Alfred (2 December 1877). The hundred of Launditch and Deanery of Brisley, in the County of Norfolk. Evidences and topographical notes ... p.484. The will of Nicholas Myn, of littyll Fraunsham, was dated the last day of March, 1530, and he thereby gave legacies (amongst others) to the reparation of the church there;—to the guyldes of our Lady and St. Peter, and that of St. Kateryn of Mykyll Fraunsham, or else to the reparation of the chapel of Saynte Kateryn. He names John Myn his son, and Alice his wife, and their daughter, Henry Myn his youngest son, daughters Agnes Salmon, Alice Chapman and Agnes Sparrowe; Mawde Myn wife of Edward; each child of Edward Myn (none named); Nicholas Myn son of Edward Myn; William Myn son of Nicholas, testator's late son; John Myn, testator's brother; "Mayster Henry Myn my son." He gave to the chapel of St. Kateryn his chalice that he bought of Mayster Crudde; disposed of lands in Little Fransham, Great Fransham, West Bradenham, and Skerning.—Proved 5th October, 1530, Cur. Episc. Norw., Reg. Alpe, 3.
"Mordaunt-Mytton | British History Online". www.british-history.ac.uk. Retrieved 10 November 2023. Mynne, William (Minne) of Surrey, gent. New Inn Hall, matric. entry under date 1575, aged 14; "Scholaris Mri. Case," student of Inner Temple 1585, as of Hawton, Surrey, gen. See Foster's Inns of Court Reg.
"Mordaunt-Mytton | British History Online". www.british-history.ac.uk. Retrieved 10 November 2023. Mynne, John (Minne) of Surrey, gent. New Inn Hall, matric. entry under date 1575, aged 10; "scholaris Mri. Case," student of Inner Temple 1589, as of Horton, Surrey, gent. See Foster's Inns of Court Reg.
Carthew, George Alfred (2 December 1877). The hundred of Launditch and Deanery of Brisley, in the County of Norfolk. Evidences and topographical notes ... p.755. Fine levied Trin. term, 6 Eliz., between Nichs. Mynne and Wills. Mynne, Clk., querents, and sd Sir Thos. Goldinge, Kt., and Henry Goldinge, Esq., deforcts, by virtue whf. sd Nichs. and William were seized, &c. and afterwsds sd William by name of William Mynne of Wendlinge, Esq., by writing dated 9 March, 7 Eliz., released to sd Nichs. by name of Nichs. Mynne his brother, then of Dunham Magna, Esq., all his right, &c. Hab. to sd Nicholas in fee. And sd Nichs. so seized, &c. by his deed 2 Feb. 11 Eliz., by name of Nichs. Mynne of "Walsingham Nova," Esq., granted to sd Christiana now wife of sd Andrew Clarke, by name of Christian Mynne, widow, late wife of Henry Mynne, Esq., deced. in fee (inter alia) sd advowson, &c. And sd Christian Mynne being so seized, &c., 12 Aug. 12 Eliz., married to Andrew Clarke, Gt. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
"Catalogue description: Will of Frauncis Mynne, Gentleman of London. Reference: PROB 11/81/220. Description: Will of Frauncis Mynne, Gentleman of London. Date: 13 March 1593. Held by: The National Archives, Kew". Published by Ancestry here. 13 March 1593. Item I give and bequeathe unto my Sister & Brothers daughters forti poundes in full discharge of certeyne money which they clayme at & my handes. Item I give unto my cosin Richard Benson twentie markes. [...] Item I give unto my brother William Mynne twentie markes by the yere to be paied out of my goodes. [...] Item I will that my Brother William shall have his lodginge in my house in Aldersgate Streete during the tyme he will lye there hymselfe. Item I will unto ffoxes twoe daughters by Panle[?] Ereshams sister twentie nobles a peece. Item I give unto my Cosin Bronleys daughters fortie shillinges a peece. Item I give unto Nicholas Payne a ringe with a deathes head and unto Mary Payne ffyve pounds Item I give unto my nephue William Mynne of Horton in Surrey all my Landes and Tenements in the west Countrey in Criston in the countie of Somersett. Item I will that Mr Dorrington shall have his bargayne betwixt hym and me agreed on yf he performe yt in tyme. Item I & give unto my nephue Nicholas Mynne of Horton one peece of Land lyng in the Countie of Somersett conteyninge three skore acres in or by Brentmershe. Item I give unto my nephue John Mynne of Horton all my Landes in Stobardolfe. Item I will that the residue of my & goodes to my nephue William Mynne and John Mynne of Horton whome I make myne Exec of this my last will and testament. By me ffranncys Mynne
"Accounts: December 1593 - December 1595 | British History Online". www.british-history.ac.uk. Retrieved 23 November 2023. The accompte of Henry Johnson and Robert Occlesonne Churchwarde's of the p'ishe of Sainct Martine in the feildes in the Countie of Midd' [...] The seconde yeares Receiptes Burialls in Mighelmas quarter. 1595. [...] November [...] It'm the xxvjth was buried mrs Agatha Mynne for ye ground in the Churche Cloth knell And peales ixs vjd
"C78 1590 - Waalt". waalt.uh.edu. Retrieved 12 November 2023. 1590 16 May. 32. William Hurdacre, Thomas Hurdacre and Samuel Hurdacre, sons of John Hurdacre and Edith his wife, late of Loxton, Som., decd v (i) Christopher Kenne esq., John Frye esq., Henry Dodington of Christon, Som., esq., Christopher Payne, William Mynne, Agatha his wife, John Gorges, and (ii) Henry Dodington and John Gorges. Leases of tenements in psh Loxton, three-quarters of which held of the demise of John Payne and the other quarter of the demise of Thomas Payne, the reversion of which is in the hands of Henry Dodington. C78/96, no. 14
Coward, Harold. "The Story of Hutton | PDF | Roman Britain | Anglo Saxons". Scribd. p.130. Retrieved 12 November 2023. John Payne, who also received yet another pardon in 1559, is described as "late of Criston . . . alias late of Hutton . . . alias late of Stroude Inn in the parish of St Clement Dane's without the bars of the New Temple, London". Despite these removals and his previously mentioned involvement in litigation, he must have been married by then, probably as Collinson asserted in his History of Somersetshire, to Agatha, a daughter of Hugh Malet of Enmore. Certainly deeds of 1580 and 1592 reveal that her name was Agatha, and since John Payne was one of the trustees named in will of Richard Malet in 1557, he must have had a close connection with that family at that time, perhaps even by marriage. His first son, Christopher, must have been born before the middle of 1559, for on April 6th 1560 the name of his second son, Nicholas, was entered in the Baptism register of Christon Church, although the actual christening ceremony was performed at Banwell.
Coward, Harold. "The Story of Hutton | PDF | Roman Britain | Anglo Saxons". Scribd. p.136. Retrieved 12 November 2023. It is evident that this next younger brother, John, had died some time before the end of August 1580, for a mortgage deed of that date, executed by "Christofer Paine, gent of Christon", describes him as "son and heir to John Payne, deceased, and Agatha, his wife". Two more of their children also outlived their father, namely Nicholas, christened in 1560, and Mary, who was apparently unmarried as late as 1592.
Great Britain. Public Record Office (1939). Calendar of the patent rolls preserved in the Public Record Office: Elizabeth [I]. George A. Smathers Libraries University of Florida. London, H.M. Stationery Off. p.200. Francis Mynne, citizen and mercer of London, alias of London, 'merchaunt adventurer.' [m. 6.] John Payne late of Criston, co. Somerset, alias late of Hutton, Co. Somerset, alias late of Stronde Inne in the parish of St. Clement Danes without the bars of the New Temple, London.
"Minns (Myn), alias Fermor, Katharine, wife of Nicholas Myn, of East Barsham, Fakenham etc. - Norfolk Record Office Online Catalogue". Published by FamilySearch here. In the name of god amen, I dame Katherine ffermor, late wiffe and executrix of Sir William ffermor knight deceased and nowe wiffe of Nicholas Mynn beinge of perfeght mynde and remembrance thanked be almighti god make this my last will and testament in maner and forme followinge ffirst I bequeathe my soule to the mercy of Jesus Chryst my saviour and redeemer and my bode to be buried where of shall please god to call me at the discretion of my executor [...] I give of the late goods of the seid Sir William ffermor fyve merks towarde the reperation of the churche of Est Barsh[a]m It[e]m I give of the ould value of the same goods I to oulde Bryssin Cook John Barker John Yorke John Welbe Robert Blynkehsopp [have found this last name elsewhere as Blinkesopp] Nicholas Wylson and Thomas Dalymonde my oulde servants to eche of them forty shillings It[e]m I give of the value of the same goods to the pore people of the parrishes, of Est Barsh[a]m ffakenh[a]m Skulthorpe Kettleston Taterford [...] Hempton and [...] discretion of my executor [...] of my goods cattells [...] and all other demands [...] that I have or might have as executrix to the seide Sir William ffermor or otherwyse [...] or by [...] I give and bequeathe to my seide husband Nicholas Mynn whome I ordeyne and make my whole executor, and thus I [...] in as perfeght remembrance as I began the nyne and twenty of Julye a thousand fyve hundrethe threskore and fower by me Robert ffermor, [...] beinge wytness Rychard [...] by me John Hall William Bromefelde Henry Yelverton Drury and Robart Norton [...] "Probatum fuit" hui[usm]od[i] testamentum apud Norwicum coram Mro [...] legum doctore [...] nono die mens[i]s septembris anno d[omi]n[i] millesimo Quingentesimo Sexagesimo Octavo
"Gallow and Brothercross Hundreds: East-Barsham | British History Online". www.british-history.ac.uk. Retrieved 28 October 2023. By an indenture dated November 20, in the 18th of Henry VIII. between Thomas Duke of Norfolk, treasurer, of the one part, and Henry Fermor, of East Barsham, Esq. of the other part, it was agreed that William Fermor, son and heir apparent of Henry, shall, before the feast of All Saints following, marry Katherine Knevet, one of the daughters of Sir Thomas Knevet, deceased; her portion of 200l. to be paid to Henry Fermour, on a settlement made by him. This William was high sheriff in the 32d of Henry VIII. and a knight; by his will dated August 4th, 1557, and proved January 12, 1558, he gives his body to be buried where it shall please God to call him; to the repair of East Barsham church 10l. to that of Pudding Norton 20s. to every house of East Barsham, and Pudding Nroton 11d. to the pore men's boxe, of every town, where I have a flock of shepe going, 10s. Sir William dying without issue, Thomas, his nephew, was found to be his heir, son of Thomas Fermor, Esq. his brother, and Ann his wife, daughter of Christopher Coote of Blownorton. Katherine, relict of Sir William, was remarried to Nicholas Mynne of East Barsham, Esq.
"Inquisitions: 1582 | British History Online". www.british-history.ac.uk. Retrieved 26 November 2023. Chan. Inq. p. m., 24 Eliz., part 1, No. 1. === George Mynne, Esquire. === Inquisition taken at the Guildhall, 8 December, 24 Eliz. [1581], before James Harvey, Mayor and escheator, after the death of George Mynne, esq., by the oath of John Harryson, William Povie, Thomas Russell, John Irelonde, John Jackson, William Styche, John Keblewhite, Arthur Rainescrofte, George Gynne, John Ricardes, Edmund Owen, Griffin Jones, Henry Webbe, George Robartes, John Oldam, Roger Hole, John Stoddard, William Feeke and Christopher Whichcot of the City of London, who say that George Mynne was seised in his demesne as of fee of a capital messuage or mansion house called Gervis, situate in Hertingefordburie in co. Hertford, and certain meadows, lands, pasture, woods and hereditaments there to the said messuage belonging; the manor of Gawlden in Gawlden in co. Somerset; 1 mill in Gawlden; 1 wood called Gawlden Woode in the parish of Tollande in the said county; and divers other lands and hereditaments in Toland and Lydyard St. Lawrence in the said county. So seised, the said George by indenture dated 24 April, 16 Eliz. [1574], made between himself of the one part and Peter Osbourne, Robert Wrothe, esq., William Wrothe and Thomas Wrothe, gentlemen, of the other part, agreed inter alia, for himself and his heirs with the said Peter, Robert, William and Thomas, that in consideration of a marriage then to be made between him the said George of the one part and Elizabeth Wrothe one of the daughters of Thomas Wrothe, Knight, deceased, of the other part, at his own proper costs before the feast of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist next following, by fine, to convey to the said Peter, Robert, William and Thomas and their heirs, the said manor of Gawlden and the said capital messuage and all other his hereditaments whatsoever in Hertingefordbury (a tenement called Nycolls and a farm called Fitz Johns and all lands, &c., to the same belonging alone excepted) to the use of the said George Mynne and his heirs until the said marriage, and afterwards to the use of the said George for life; after his decease, to the use of the said Elizabeth for life; and after the decease of both of them, then to the use of the said George and his heirs for ever. As to the said manor of Gawlden and other the premises in Gaulden and Lydyard in co. Somerset, to the use of the said George and his heirs until the said marriage, and afterwards to the use of the said George and Elizabeth and the heirs male of their bodies; and for default, to the use of the right heirs of the said George for ever. The said fine was levied in Trinity term, 16 Eliz. [1574], to the said Peter, Robert, William and Thomas, according to the intent of the said indenture, and afterwards the said George Mynne married the said Elizabeth at Hertingefordbury; by virtue whereof and by force of the said indenture and fine and of the Statute of Uses the said George was seised of the said premises in Hertingfordbury, except as before excepted, for life, with remainder thereof to the said Elizabeth for life; and after their deaths to the said George and his heirs for ever. Of the manor of Gawlden and other the premises in Gawlden and Lydyard St. Lawrence the said George and Elizabeth were seised in their demesne as of fee tail, to them and the heirs male of their bodies; and for default, to the right heirs of the said George for ever. The said George was also seised of 4 messuages in the parish of St. Buttolph in Aldersgate streate without the said City, and of a farm in Hertingfordbury called Fitz Johns and a tenement there called Nycolls. So seised, the said George Mynne made his will on the 9th day of May, 1581, as follows [here given in English]:— I give to John Mynne my second son an annuity of £10, issuing out of all other my lands in Hertingfordbury, during the life of Elizabeth my wife. I give to the said Elizabeth my manor of Gawlden in co. Somerset for life, and I will that after her decease my said son John shall have for life the farm of Gawlden aforesaid now in the possession of Robert Selocke. I also give to the said Elizabeth all other my lands, tenements and hereditaments in Hertingfordbury or elsewhere in cos. Hertford and Somerset for life; also to her and her heirs for ever all my houses in the parish of St. Buttophes without Aldersgate in the City of London, or elsewhere within the said City or the suburbs thereof towards the performance of this my will. I give to Robert Mynne my eldest son my farm called Fitzjohns in Hertingfordbury for his minatenance and for the Queen's full third part if any of my lands should be held of the Queen in chief or by knight's service. If the said Robert when he comes of age shall refuse to assure to my said son John the said farm in Gaulden, now in the possession of the said Robert Sellocke, for life, then the said John shall have to him and his heirs for ever the said farm called Fitzjohns. The messuages in the parish of St. Buttolph without Aldersgate are held of the Queen in chief by the service of the 20th part of a knight's fee, and are worth per ann., 40s. The manor of Gawlden and other the premises in Gawlden and Lydyard St. Lawrence are held of the Queen but by what service the jurors do not know, and are worth per ann., clear, £8. The farm in Hertingfordbury called Nycolls and all other the premises there except the farm called Fitz Johns are held of the Queen as of her manor of Hertingfordbury, but by what service is not known, and are worth per ann., £4. The farm called Fitz Johns is held of the Queen as of her said manor, but by what service is not known, and is worth per ann., clear, £14. George Mynne died at Hertingfordbury 20 May last past; the said Robert Mynne is his son and next heir, and was aged 3 years on the 6th day of April last past. The said Elizabeth late the wife of the said George still survives. 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Carthew, George Alfred (3 December 1877). The hundred of Launditch and Deanery of Brisley, in the County of Norfolk. Evidences and topographical notes ... p.483. The testament of Edwarde Mynne of Little Fraunsham was dated 31st March, 1542. He mentions his late father, Nicholas Mynne. Gives legacies to reparation of Little Fraunsham church, also that of Moch Fraunsham and other churches. Refers to his lease held of Syr Gyles Capell, Knt., and his lease of the college of Eton; his sons Edward and Robert; daughters Mawde, Thomasine, and Katerine, a legacy to Syr Thomas Candler, priest, if he should be in testator's service at the time of his death. His executors were Mawde his wife, Nicholas his son, and Robert Rust of Necton. Will, of the same date, as to his manors, lands, and real estate; Mawde his wife to have all for her life, and then Henry his son to have tenement called Spirlings, with lands, &c., belonging, sometime Harlewin's, Large's, and Brond's, in Moch Fraunsham, as expressed in deed made unto Syr Thomas Candler, priest, dated 28th March, 33 Henry VIII. Son Edward to have the reversion of the Mease wherein testator then dwelt, in Little Fransham, and lands belonging, with remainder, in case of his death under twenty-one, to son Nicholas; and if he were dead, then in succession to sons Henry and Robert; remainders to daughters Mawde, Thomzin, and Katerin. Son Nicholas to have part of the manor of Great Fransham some time John Crudde's, son of Nicholas Crudde, which he purchased of the executors of Nicholas Mynne his father; and also his part of said manor which he lately purchased of Syr Gyles Capell, Knt., which is called Mawde of Beston part; also the reversion of all his part of the said manor of Great Fransham, and land, &c., which he had lately purchased of Robert Hogan, Gent., and which afore that time were Thoms. Sharrington. Esq.'s, and afterwards William Sherrington, Esq., son and heir of said Thomas; whereof Mawde his (testator's) wife was jointly seized with him for her life. Testator directed his mease, lands, &c., sometime of John Nycolles the elder, in Little Fraunsham and West Bradenham, which he bought of Robert Hogan, Gent.; also lands and tenements which he lately bought of John Wyskarde the elder, son of John Wyskarde; and other lands, which he purchased of Nicholas Mynn his father; and his lease of meadows, &c., in West Bradenham, held of Syr Edmund Knyvet, Knt.; to be sold by his executors, Mawde his wife and Robert Rust. In a codicil he gave a legacy to Henry Mynne, the son of John Mynne of Fraunshan Lyttle.—Reg. Cooke, Cur. Epis. Norw. 188, no date of probate. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
"Launditch Hundred: Fransham Magna | British History Online". www.british-history.ac.uk. Retrieved 20 November 2023. This Thomas Sharington, Esq. of Cranworth, settled it on Sir Robert Lovell, Sir John Audley, Sir John Timperley, Sir William Pyrton, Knights, &c. trustees, by his will, dated October 15, 1519, till his debts, &c. were paid, then to came to his son William and his heirs; but the said William and Ursula his wife, conveyed it with their right in the advowson, to Robert Hogan, Esq. in the 23d of Henry VIII. by fine; but it appears that Edward Mynne of Fransham Parva, (fn. 5) gave, by his will, dated March 21, 1542, to Nicholas his son, his part of the manor of Fransham Magna, which he bought of Thomas Sharington and his son, William Sharington, Esq. and Henry Mynne was found to die seized of this manor and advowson, January 25, 1565, and Nicholas was his son and heir, by Christiana his wife, daughter of —Mahew.
Carthew, George Alfred (2 December 1877). The hundred of Launditch and Deanery of Brisley, in the County of Norfolk. Evidences and topographical notes ... p.481. 1547 [...] 5th October that year an inquisition was held, after the death of Nicholas Mynne, Esq., when it was found that Edward Mynne of Fraunsham Parva, father of said Nicholas [...] And further that said Edward Mynne and Matilda his wife, mother of said Nicholas This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
"Henry VIII: April 1545, 26-30 | British History Online". www.british-history.ac.uk. Retrieved 3 November 2023. 26. Nicholas Mynne. To be auditor of the exchange of the coinage and mint of gold and silver, coin and bullion, within the Tower of London and the cities of York and Canterbury; with 50l. a year for himself and 10l. for a clerk from Lady Day last, payable quarterly. On surrender of pat 23 May 36 Hen. VIII. of the said auditorship within the Tower of London; with 40 mks. a year for himself and 10 mks. for a clerk, payable half-yearly. Westm., 7 April 36 Hen. VIII. Del. Westm., 13 April.—P S. Pat. p. 11 m. 18.
Carthew, George Alfred (2 December 1877). The hundred of Launditch and Deanery of Brisley, in the County of Norfolk. Evidences and topographical notes ... p.481. In 1547 lands in Great Fransham and Little Fransham were held of Henry Mynne, as of the manor of Fraunsham Magna. On the 5th October in that year an inquisition was held, after the death of Nicholas Mynne, Esq., when it was found that Edward Mynne of Fraunsham Parva, father of said Nicholas, being seized of one-third part of the manor of Great Fransham lately called Vergeons, with the lands belonging in Great Fransham, Little Fransham, Sporle, Magna Dunham, Parva Dunham, Beston, Kempston, Dudlyngton, and Skernyng, in contemplation of marriage between said Nicholas, his son and heir, with Katherine Hyde, one of the daughters of John Hyde of London, Gent.,3 settled same by deed dated March 31st, anno 31 Henry VIII. Also that said Edward Mynne, being also seized of the third part of the same manor, commonly called Mawde a Bestone, with the lands, &c., thereto belonging, by letters patent of the same date, granted to said Nicholas and Katherine an annuity, to be issuing out of the same third part late of Matilda Beston and called Mawde a Bestons. And further that said Edward Mynne and Matilda his wife, mother of said Nicholas, were seized of certain messuages and lands in Parva Fraunsham, for their lives. 3 This Katherine survived him and afterwards became the second wife of Sir Nicholas Lestrange of Hunstanton. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
Great Britain. Public Record Office (1939). Calendar of the patent rolls preserved in the Public Record Office: Elizabeth [I]. George A. Smathers Libraries University of Florida. London, H.M. Stationery Off. p.329. 2431. ) 19 May 1572. Grant to Ralph Ellys of the wardship and marriage of Nicholas Mynne, son and heir of Henry Mynne; with an annuity of £5 from 25 Jan., 8 Eliz., when Henry died. Yearly value of the inheritance £15. [m. 7] By P.S.
"C78 1608 - Waalt". waalt.uh.edu. Retrieved 16 November 2023. 1608. 9 May. 6. Nicholas Mynne of Greate Fransham, Norfolk v Richard Beckham, Anthony Cockett and William Raynoldes. Cancellation of bonds and receipt of rent and profits from mortgaged premises in Greate Fransham, Norfolk. C78/158, no. 3 [36]
"C78 1608 - Waalt". waalt.uh.edu. Retrieved 16 November 2023. 1608. 30 Oct. 6. Nicholas Mynne of Great Fransham, Norfolk v Richard Beckham the elder & Richard Beckham the younger. Estate of Edward Mynne, grandfather of the complainant. Manor of Fransham, alias Cannons, Little Fransham, Norfolk. C78/165, no. 6 [67]
Carthew, George Alfred (2 December 1877). The hundred of Launditch and Deanery of Brisley, in the County of Norfolk. Evidences and topographical notes ... p.754. Inquisition taken 7 Oct. Ao. 9 Eliz., post mort. Henry Mynne, Arm. It was found that he was seized of manor, lands, &c., in Great Fransham, Little Fransham, Great and Little Dunham; that he married Christina Mahew, and died at Great Fransham 25 Jan., 1565, Christiana surviving.4 Nicholas Mynne, Gent., son and heir of said Henry, was at the caption of inquisition aged six years and one week. 4 She afterwards married Andrew Clarke.
Carthew, George Alfred (2 December 1877). The hundred of Launditch and Deanery of Brisley, in the County of Norfolk. Evidences and topographical notes ... pp.755–756. Inquis. capt. 19 Sept., Ao. 10 Car. coram Joh. Knapp, gen. escaetor, &c., post mort. Edwardi Myn, nuꝑ de London, draper, def. It was found that said Edward was seized of the manor of Cannons and of the manor of Sparhams, and, being indebted to many persons, by indenture dated 21 July, Ao. 2 Car., demised same manors to Edward Rust and William Rust, gen., for twenty-one years, at a nominal rent of 20s., in trust for payment of his debts, and subject thereto upon the trusts of the will of him said Edward Myn. His will was of the same date, giving legacies amounting to £66. His death occurred on 27 July same year, when the reversion descended to Nicholas Myn, Gent., as brother and next heir, who was then forty years old and more. This Nicholas on 16 June, Ao. 3 Car., conveyed same reversion to Edward Myn his son in fee, and said Edward the son, 15 Aug., Ao. 5 Car., conveyed it to Robert Rose, Gen., in fee, which Robert Rose was at the time of the inquisition so seized. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
1561 [...] Nicholas Mynne ye sonne of Henrye Mynne gent. was baptised xxixth Septebr. Norfolk Record Office; Norwich, Norfolk, England; Norfolk Church of England Registers; Reference: PD 683/1
1562 [...] Edwarde Mynne ye sonn of Henrye Mynne gent. was baptised xxviijth Octobr. Norfolk Record Office; Norwich, Norfolk, England; Norfolk Church of England Registers; Reference: PD 683/1
1565 MarieMynne ye daughter of Henrie Minne gent. was baptised. Norfolk Record Office; Norwich, Norfolk, England; Norfolk Church of England Registers; Reference: PD 683/1
1566 [...] Willm the sonne of Henrye Minne gent. was baptised xvj Junij. Norfolk Record Office; Norwich, Norfolk, England; Norfolk Church of England Registers; Reference: PD 683/1
Carthew, George Alfred (3 December 1877). The hundred of Launditch and Deanery of Brisley, in the County of Norfolk. Evidences and topographical notes ... pp.482–483. In the 7th year of Edward VI., 1553, Nicholas Mynne held copyhold of the manor of Swaffham; in which manor the death of Henry Mynne, as a copyhold tenant, was presented at a court in 31 Elizabeth, 1588 or 1589, having previously surrendered a stall, which he took from Henry Mynne, Gent., in 3 Edward VI., and another, which he with Joane his wife took on surrender of Henry, to the use of Richard Beckham, Gent., according to the will of Henry Mynne, dated 16th February, 31 Elizabeth. He also surrendered a stall which he took on surrender of Matilda Mynne, widow, anno 4 and 5 Philip and Mary, 1557 or 1558, to the use of Thomas Mynne and his heirs, who was admitted. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
Carthew, George Alfred (2 December 1877). The hundred of Launditch and Deanery of Brisley, in the County of Norfolk. Evidences and topographical notes ... p.482. An indenture dated 13th March, 29 Henry VIII., 1538, between Henry Mynne of Balsham, co. Cambridge, Clk., and John Mynne, one of the king's auditors, executors of the will of Nicholas Mynne, late of London, deceased, of the one part, and Edward Mynne of Lytyll Fraunsham, yoman, of the part, to lead the uses of a fine to be levied of Kynelshaugh Wood, and lands in Fransham, late in occupation of William Stode, Gent., and others, was enrolled in the Common Pleas on 23rd March; and in the following Michaelmas term another deed, between John Mynne and Edward Mynne, relating to the manor of Great Fransham. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
"Henry VIII: September 1534, 26-30 | British History Online". www.british-history.ac.uk. Retrieved 20 November 2023. 6. Robt. Clyff or Cliff, LL.D., rector of Cotenham, Camb., and Hen. Mynne, rector of Balsham. Camb. Licence for two years, to be the King's chaplains, and to be absent from their rectories or other benefices, notwithstanding the statute 21 Hen. VIII. [c. 13.]; their duties as executers of Nicholas late bp. of Ely preventing them from keeping residence. Westm., 16 Feb. 25 Hen. VIII. Del. Westm., 15 Sept. 26 Hen.VIII.—Pat p. 2, m. 26.
Office, Great Britain Public Record (1963). Lists and Indexes. Kraus Reprint Corps. p.168. John, Edward, and Nicholas MYNNE, administrators of the goods of Henry Mynne, clerk, v. Richard NELE alias Baker. Detention of deeds relating to pasture and marsh held of the bishop of Ely's manor of Terrington. NORFOLK.
"Mordaunt-Mytton | British History Online". www.british-history.ac.uk. Retrieved 10 November 2023. Mynne, Henry M.A.; provost of Oriel Coll. 1538, until his death 1540; perhaps rector of Hadstock, Essex, 1515-19. See Newcourt's Repertorium. 30
Dashwood, G.H. (ed.). The Visitation of Norfolk in the year 1563, taken by William Harvey, Clarenceux King of Arms: Volume 1(PDF). Norwich. pp.356 & 361. 1523, 6 Nov. James Gresham, of Little Walsingham, appoints his wife Agnes, executrix, leaves his sisters Margery and Susan, 20s. each. His son and heir, Paul;——to Giles his second son, 20 marks if he became a priest, £20 if he continues a layman; mentions another son and two daughters. The elder, Anne, was to receive £20 on marriage. He makes and ordeynes the seyd Annes his wiff, his brother Nicholas Mynne, his executors, and his cosyng, master Thomas Gresham, supervisor.—Proved 30 Oct., 1526.
Carthew, George Alfred (3 December 1877). The hundred of Launditch and Deanery of Brisley, in the County of Norfolk. Evidences and topographical notes ... p.484. The will of John Myne of Fraunsham litell was dated 24th Feb., 1541, Ao. 33 Henry VIII. "Alis Myne my wief shall have Mawnds caprede wyth all the grownd that longe to it" for life, remainder to son William, he paying to Isabell his (testator's) daughter four pounds. Names sons John and Nicholas. John to have testator's stalle in Swaffham. Names daughter Margaret Myne and son Henry Myne. Executors, wife Alis and son Nicholas. Edward Myne, overseer. Witnesses, Sir Raff Orwell, "my goslifather", Sr Thomas Sadler, John Wiskert the younger, &c.—Proved 19th April, 1542, Cur. Archd. Norw., Reg. Athowe, 269. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
Carthew, George Alfred (3 December 1877). The hundred of Launditch and Deanery of Brisley, in the County of Norfolk. Evidences and topographical notes ... p.484. Will of William Myn the elder of little Fraunsham, yeoman, dated 18th May, 1591. Names sons Thomas, John, and William; to son John his working tools. No real estate mentioned. Witnesses, Mr. Richard Beckham, Gent., Edwd Myn, and Nicholas Whiskarde.—Proved 9th July, 1591, Cur. Archd. Norw., p. 442. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
Carthew, George Alfred (2 December 1877). The hundred of Launditch and Deanery of Brisley, in the County of Norfolk. Evidences and topographical notes ... p.484. Will of Roose Mynne, of Little Fransham, wydowe, dated 13th June Ao. 24 Eliz. Names son Edward, daughters Agnes and Margaret; godchildren, Maria Vincent, Maria Holland, and Rose Mynne. Executors, Paule Turner and Robert Roberds her sons-in-law. Witnesses, Richard Beckham, Henrye Mynne, &c.—Proved 9th Jan., 1584, Cur. Ep., Reg. Bale, 390. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
Carthew, George Alfred (2 December 1877). The hundred of Launditch and Deanery of Brisley, in the County of Norfolk. Evidences and topographical notes ... p.484. Will, dated 21 of May, 1581, of Nicholas Mynne, of Little Fransham, yeoman. Rose, his wife, to have all his real estate in Little Fransham for life, and after to Edward his son in fee. Charges in favour of his daughters Ursula Roberds, Mauld Turner, Margaret Mynne, and Agnes Mynne. Mentions also Johane Mynne, wife of son Edward, Robert Roberds, and Pawle Turner.—Proved 3rd July, 1585, Cur. Ep., Reg. Moyse, p. 266. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
Carthew, George Alfred (3 December 1877). The hundred of Launditch and Deanery of Brisley, in the County of Norfolk. Evidences and topographical notes ... pp.484–485. Will of Edward Myne of little Fransham, yeoman, dated 7th April, 1601. To Ursula wife of Robert Robbards, Margaret wife of James Burnham, Agnes wife of Edmund Holland, testator's sisters; Nicholas Turner of said town; Margaret Brett the daughter of Robert Brett, deceased, and of Joane, testator's wife; Joane wife of John Sooden of Beeston next Mileham, sister of said Margaret; to children of said Robert Robberds and Ursula, and of said James Burnham; Edmund Holland of Wendling, William Costen of little Fransham, Thomas Myne of Tilney and his children, William Myne of Sedgeford, and Henry and Edward Myne his children, Elizabeth Wentlond and her children, John Myne of little Cressingham and his children; John Myne of little Fransham; to whom testator had passed a surrender of copyhold of the manor of Cannons upon certain conditions.—Proved 29th April, 1601, Cur. Archd. Norw. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
Dashwood, G.H. (ed.). The Visitation of Norfolk in the year 1563, taken by William Harvey, Clarenceux King of Arms: Volume 1(PDF). Norwich. p.8. 6 Richard Beckham, then of Fransham Parva, gent., died 17th of April, 10 Jac. l, leaving Alice his widow, and Richard his son and heir, then aged 36 years. Minn Beckham therefore must have died an infant. He had three other sons, Walter, Henry, and George. He was seized of the Manors of Narfords late Cockets, and Narford alias Sawtree, late of Walter Beckham his father; also of the Manor of Canons in Fransham Parva.——Esch. 22 Jac.—G. A. C.
"Launditch Hundred: Fransham Parva | British History Online". www.british-history.ac.uk. Retrieved 17 November 2023. From the family of the Beauchamps, who were the capital lords, it came by marriage to Richard Nevill Earl of Warwick, and on his attainder, to the Crown; and was granted by King Henry VIII. to Sir Thomas Bullen, who presented to the church in 1521, and again in 1535, being then Earl of Wiltshire, and father to Anna Bullen the Queen; but after the death of this Earl, it was possessed by Francis Southwell. Henry Mynne, his assignee, presented in 1552, and in 1559, George Mynne, Gent. presented in his own right. In 1592, Richard Beckham was lord and presented, and in 1610.
Carthew, George Alfred (3 December 1877). The hundred of Launditch and Deanery of Brisley, in the County of Norfolk. Evidences and topographical notes ... p.485. Will of Robert Mynne of Est lexham, dated 6th April, Ao. 10 Hen. VIII. (1519). To be buried in churchyard there. Wife Alice to have the tenement called Coppelhall, with the garden and lands belonging. Names daughters Margaret and Crystyan, sons John, James, William and Henry. Names Robert Mynne, and appoints his (testator's) brother, Nicholas Mynne of litell Fraunsham, supervisor.—Proved 23rd May, 1519, Cur. Epi., Reg. Gloys, 300. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
Dashwood, G.H. (ed.). The Visitation of Norfolk in the year 1563, taken by William Harvey, Clarenceux King of Arms: Volume 2(PDF). Norwich. p.219. 1559, 1 Aug. William Mynns purchased a messuage and croft called Bovells in Rougham, and appears to have had a son Robert and a grandson Robert; the latter added to the property by the purchase of another acre of Henry Yelverton, 2 Dec, 1594, which was confirmed to him 9 April 1603, by William Yelverton, son of Henry, apparently on the death of Robert's father—A.J.
Carthew, George Alfred (2 December 1877). The hundred of Launditch and Deanery of Brisley, in the County of Norfolk. Evidences and topographical notes ... p.486. Will of William Mynne of Rougham, Sheppard, dated 8th Dec., 1566. Real estate at Rougham and Snettisham. Sons William and Robert, daughter Anne; to Edward Yelverton and Charles Yelverton, each five ewe shepe; brothers John and Robert Mynne, sister Agnes Moore, sister Margaret Skyrrie, Thomas Mynne, wife Alys. Robert the elder a witness.—Proved 24th Jan., 1566, Cur. Archd. Norw., Lib. XIV., p.137.
Coward, Harold. "The Story of Hutton | PDF | Roman Britain | Anglo Saxons". Scribd. pp.138–139. Retrieved 12 November 2023. Christopher Payne, however, evidently found his annual income totally inadequate for he converted into cash much of his double inheritance. As early as August 1580, when he must have been in his early twenties and had probably only recently inherited from his father the manor of Christon, he mortgaged it, together with its manor-house and the advowson of its church, for £1000 – a considerable sum in those days – to Francis Mynne, a London gentleman who was subsequently described, in a deed of 1581, as the 'tenant' there.
Coward, Harold. "The Story of Hutton | PDF | Roman Britain | Anglo Saxons". Scribd. pp.138–139. Retrieved 12 November 2023. More puzzling than Nicholas's motives are the means by which he was able to make such a financial outlay, for very little is known of him before his negotiations with Christopher. Born in 1560, he must have been still a minor when his brother inherited John Payne's Christon estate and then mortgaged it to Francis Mynne. By 1592 their mother had married William Mynne, the nephew and heir of Francis, and they were living in Christon with her daughter, Mary Payne, but Nicholas, apparently, lived elsewhere. In the deed of June 1594 he is merely described as "gentleman of Wadley in the county of Berkshire". This would seem to imply that he had a residence and probably an estate of some size in Wadley, a hamlet within the parish of Faringdon. One cannot help wondering if he had acquired such a property, and at least some of the money he paid to Christopher, by marriage with an heiress whose name is unknown and who presumably died before 1594.
"C78/123"(PDF). 17 June 33 Eliz. [1591] William Nicholls gent. v. William Beacher and William Mynne, both of London. Action on a bond of £500 made between the plaintiff and others and Beacher for the payment to the dfts of £250 on the delivery of 80 'papers of Firrett silke'.
"Hundred of Diss: Brisingham | British History Online". www.british-history.ac.uk. Retrieved 12 November 2023. 1557, when Phillip and Mary, by their letters patent, granted it to Thomas Guybon of Lynn Regis, Esq. and William Mynne of London, Gent. to be held by fealty only in free soccage, as of the manor of East Greenwich in Kent. In a few years time they sold it to Robert and Francis Buxton of Tybbenham, in Norfolk
Bannerman, W. Bruce (William Bruce) (1906). Miscellanea genealogica et heraldica. Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center. London, England: Mitchell, Hughes & Clarke. p.139.
"K". A Who's Who of Tudor Women. 17 November 2017. Retrieved 28 September 2020. In the covenant for a marriage settlement dated May 31, 1527, Anne was described as "one of the queen's gentlewomen and one of the daughters of Sir Thomas Knyvett deceased." She was to marry Thomas Thuresby or Thoresby of Asshewykyne.
"Norfolk Record Office - NROCAT: on-line catalogue". nrocat.norfolk.gov.uk. Retrieved 5 October 2020. CatalogueRef: BL/O/X/12. Title: Copy of covenant for a marriage settlement on Ann Knyvett, one of the Queen's gentlewomen and one of the daughters of Sir Thomas Knyvett deceased, and Thomas Thuresby [Thoresby] of Asshewykyne, esq., for conveyance by said Thomas Thuresby to Sir Robert Dymook [the King's champion], chancellor to Queen Katherine, Sir Philip Tylney, Gryffyth Richards, Christopher Jenny, John Scott, Charles Bulkley, Sir John Cressener, William Conningesby, Thomas Guybon senior, Francis Mounfforde, John Fyncham of Fyncham, esq., and Thomas Guybon, son and heir of above Thomas, of manors of Rustons and Redehall, moiety of manor of Bawdsey and all possessions in Gayton, Gaytonthorpe, Congham, Rydon, Bawsey, Walton and Rysing. Date: 31 May 1527. Level: Piece. Repository: Norfolk Record Office. Extent: 1 roll
Thoresby, Ralph (1715). Ducatus Leodiensis, Or, The Topography of the Ancient and Populous Town and Parish of Leedes, and Parts Adjacent in the West-Riding of the County of York: With the Pedigrees of Many of the Nobility and Gentry, and Other Matters Relating to Those Parts. Maurice Atkins, and sold. Wocken in Norfolk, p. 575. is more truely written Ash-Wicken-Thoresby, by that learned Antiquary Sir Henry Spelman (in his Icenia, p. 144.) whose Father married Anne the Widow of Thomas Thoresby of Ash-Wicken Thoresby Esq; she was descended from the first Thomas Duke of Norfolk who by his former Wife Elizabeth Daughter and Heir of Sir Frederick Tylney, and Relict of Humfrey Bourchier Lord Berners, had Issue Thomas Duke of Norfolk, Elizabeth (who married Thomas Bullen Viscount Rochford, by whom she had Issue Queen Anne Bullen the Mother of Queen Elizabeth) and Muriel, who married first John Grey Viscount Lisle, and 2dly, Sir Thomas Knevet, by whom she had Issue the said Anne, the Wife of Thomas Thoresby, and Henry Spelman Esquires, as my kind Friend John Hare Esq; Richmond Herald, shewed me in some valuable Manuscripts in the College of Arms, London.
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"Gallow and Brothercross Hundreds: East-Barsham | British History Online". www.british-history.ac.uk. 1807. Retrieved 2 November 2023. John Wode farmed the hundred of Gallow and Brotherton, of Elizabeth, Queen Consort of King Edward IV. in the 7th of that King; he died in 1470, and was buried in East-Barsham church, according to his will, dated November 12, and proved December 10, following, leaving Margery his widow. In the 17th of the said King, Robert Wode, brother and heir of John, confirmed to Sir Hugh Hastings, and William Stather, clerk, the manors of Wolterton and Waldgraves in this town, by deed dated August 1; and they by deed dated November 4, in the following year, confirmed them to John Wode, son of Robert and Margaret his wife; and Margery Wode, by her deed dated November 6, in the 19th of Edward IV. grants to John Wode, her son, (by Robert) of Colton, all her goods, moveable and immoveable; this John seems to have died in the 11th of Henry VII. for in his 14th year William Gurney, junior, and Thomas Sefoule, Esq. had a grant of the custody of the manors of Roger his son, then a minor, and the custody of his person, in the 11th of that King. Roger Wode, Esq. was son and heir of John Wode, and Margaret, his wife, who being remarried to Henry Fermor, Esq. (afterwards a knight) the said Henry holding by courtesey of England, the manors of Wolterton and Waldgraves, and minding the advancement of the said Roger, confirmed to him November 6, in the 5th of Henry VIII. all the said manors, lands, &c. excepting to him the said Henry, the site of the manor called Wolterton's, wherein he dwelt, with the orchard, barns, yards Berningham's close, a garden ground, liberty of foldage, common for sheep, &c. Roger Wode, Esq. by his last will dated April 2, 1518, bequeaths the manors of Wolterton, Berningham, East-hall, and Child's, to William Fermor, his brother-in-law, son of Henry, but to remain in the hands of his executors; at this time he went a pilgrimage to Jerusalem, and died therein, (as I conceive,) and bequeaths his body to some holy place, either on this side the sea, or beyond, where-ever he should happen to die; to the high altar of East Barsham, 12d. to the reparation of the church 20s. a cowcher to be bought by his executors of the price of 8l. in discharging of John Wode, my uncle's, Margery Wode's, and my father's soul; to every one of his sisters 40s. his executors to keep his obit, as soon as they had notice of his death in England, or beyond sea; and to give then 5 marks, to priests, to sing, &c. and so to keep it for 5 years after, giving 13s. 4d. per annum to priests, &c.; to Henry Farmer and John Fendham, priest, his executors, each 20s. and it was proved at Walsingham Parva, June 15, 1520, before John Bishop — Coludiensi Episc. Thomas Earl of Surrey, and Thomas Lovell, treasurer of the household to the King, on September 14, in the 11th of Henry VIII. made an award between Sir James Boleyn, Knt. and Elizabeth his wife, one of the sisters and heirs of the aforesaid Roger, and Michael Makerel, of London, broderer, and Alice his wife, another of the sisters and heirs, and Henry Fermor, Gent. concerning the title of the aforesaid manors, and all other the lands, &c. late John or Roger Wode's; whereby Henry was to have all his lands in Norfolk, for ever, with all evidences; they to release to him and his heirs; Henry to pay to Sir James and his wife 35l. and the same sum to Michael and his wife. And in the following year, on August 12, William Whayte, of Titleshale, Gent. and Dorothy his wife, another sister and coheir, for 35l. consideration, released all their right to Henry. In the 24th of the said King, he was high sheriff of Norfolk, and a knight, and on April 8, in the said year, made his will; bequeathing his body to be buried in the church of All-Saints, of East Barsham, or elsewhere, as his executors shall think fit, to the high altar 13s. 4d. for tithes forgot, 20l. to the reparation of it, to the mother church of Norwich 6s. 8d. to every order of friars in Norwich, Walsingham, Lynn, Blakeney, and Burnham 6s. 8d.; Cokesford and Hempton abbies, each 20s. and to every chanon there 12d.; gives all his manors, lands, &c. in Norforlk, to William his son, and his heirs, remainder to Thomas his son; Dame Winefred his wife, to have an annuity of 40 marks, out of his manors, and her lodging in the east end of the house, during her widowhood, with 20l. towards hanging the same, and trimming the chamber; a bason and ewer of silver, a nest of gilt goblets; a dozen of silver spoons, two goblets, two salts, and a pleane pece for her life, with meat and drink for her self, 2 maids and a man, at the charges of his son William, during her widowhood, and apparel, implements, and stuff of her body, except a chain which his daughter Katherine was to have, the residue of all her cheyns and jewels, after her decease, to Thomas his son; also 4 beds, with all the apparel thereto belonging, a garnish of pewter pots, and pans, candlesticks, &c. convenient for her chamber, or else 20l. sterling, all after to remain to Thomas; to Amy his daughter 400 marks, &c. The said Sir Henry died (as I take it) in the following year; it appears that he had two wives, Margaret, relict of John Wode, Esq. by whom he had William, his son and heir, and Thomas, also Amy, who married William Yelverton Esq. of Rougham, and Susan, who married — Berney, Esq. of Gunton. He was a person of great worth and dignity, and in the 19th of Henry VII. Feb. 14th, Thomas Earl of Arundel constituted him his feodary in the county of Norfolk; his second wife, Winefride, was relict of Henry Dynne, of Heydon, and daughter of Thomas Cause, alderman of Norwich. The first mention of the name of Fermor or Frayermore, is in the 18th of Richard II. when William Fermor, vicar of West Barsham, purchased lands in Sculthorp, of John Boys, vicar of Feversham, in Kent, late parson of Sculthorp. Thomas Farmor was witness to a deed of lands in Taterset in the 7th of Henry IV. Henry Fermor of Taterset was living in the 6th of Henry V. and 5th of Henry VI. and Thomas Farmor, of the said town, was living in the reign of Henry VI. and Edward IV. and probably father of Sir Henry abovementioned, to whom John, prior of the house of the blessed Mary, and the convent of Hempton, for the good and wholesome advice given to them, by him, granted by other letters patents, dated in their chapter-house, October 12, Ao. 17th of Henry VII. an annuity of 20s. sterling, issuing out of their manor of Tofts, for his life. The Lady Winefrede, relict of Sir Henry, in the 26th of Henry VIII. remarried Sir John Tendal of Hockwold in Norfolk. By an indenture dated November 20, in the 18th of Henry VIII. between Thomas Duke of Norfolk, treasurer, of the one part, and Henry Fermor, of East Barsham, Esq. of the other part, it was agreed that William Fermor, son and heir apparent of Henry, shall, before the feast of All Saints following, marry Katherine Knevet, one of the daughters of Sir Thomas Knevet, deceased; her portion of 200l. to be paid to Henry Fermour, on a settlement made by him. This William was high sheriff in the 32d of Henry VIII. and a knight; by his will dated August 4th, 1557, and proved January 12, 1558, he gives his body to be buried where it shall please God to call him; to the repair of East Barsham church 10l. to that of Pudding Norton 20s. to every house of East Barsham, and Pudding Norton 11d. to the pore men's boxe, of every town, where I have a flock of shepe going, 10s. Sir William dying without issue, Thomas, his nephew, was found to be his heir, son of Thomas Fermor, Esq. his brother, and Ann his wife, daughter of Christopher Coote of Blownorton. Katherine, relict of Sir William, was remarried to Nicholas Mynne of East Barsham, Esq. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
"Gallow and Brothercross Hundreds: East-Barsham | British History Online". www.british-history.ac.uk. Retrieved 2 November 2023. Nicholas Mynne, Esq. and Katherine his wife, granted it by fine, in the 4th of Elizabeth, to William Mynne, Gent. quit of the heirs of Katherine; and on May 26th, in the 13th of Elizabeth, Nicholas Mynne of Walsingham Parva released it to Thomas Fermor, Esq. of East-Barsham; so it was joined to Wolterton's manor.
Great Britain. Public Record Office (1939). Calendar of the patent rolls preserved in the Public Record Office: Elizabeth [I]. George A. Smathers Libraries University of Florida. London, H.M. Stationery Off. p.354. 1560 [...] 31 July. Grant to Nicholas Myne of the wardship and marriage of Richard Burton, son and heir of Nicholas; with an annuity of 10l. from 9 Jan., 2 Eliz., when Nicholas Burton died.
