Per Ray
Alley, an Alley descendant from Northwood, Middlesex, England below is
an English translation (original written in Old English) for John Alley,
Mayor of Chepyng:
In the name of God Amen the 11th day of
August 1506, John Aley of Cheping Wicombe in the county of Bucks whole
of mind make this my last will and testament.
He asks that his
body shall be buried in the Chapel of our Blessed Lady Wicombe. He
leaves money to the church, and to the Vicar Sir Thomas Burley for the
offerings he says he forgot to pay in his lifetime. He leaves money to
the Chaplain Sir Thomas Mole, and to the repair of the church and to
provide light in the church. He then makes bequests to the repair of
crosses on the highways about Wicombe. He then leaves 8 marks to an
honest person to sing mass in the church for two years for his soul and
all Christian souls. He then leaves tenements (houses) to his wife
Agnes and after her death to his son Robert. But if his son Robert does
not have children then these tenements to pass to the town on Robert's
death. He then leaves a bequest to William his brother. He makes Robert
Ashcroft (Mayor of Wicombe) and others to oversee his will.
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About JOHN ALLEY:
1475 arrived in England from France
occupation: mayor of Chipping Wycombe, 1501
Occupation: 1501, Mayor
of Cheping (Later Wycombe)
John married Agnes in 1485 in Chipping
(now High) Wycombe, Buckingham, England.
Agnes was born in 1463 in
Frampton, England.
Burial: 1506, Chapel of Our Blessed Lady
Wicombe, Wycombe, England
Information on Alley family from
Randall Alley, RootsWeb's World Connect Project;
from Terry Haas at
Ancestry World Tree Project, ancestry.com; [email protected].
from Alley descendant Ray Alley, Northwood, Middlesex, England