Nicholas VINCENT

Other Events and Attributes:

• Will: 13 Nov 1553, Bildeston, Suffolk, England
• Probate: 12 Mar 1554

Notes:

(1) Threlfall, John Brooks, Fifty Great Migration Colonists to New England and Their Origins, Westminster, MD: Heritage Books, Inc., 2008, pp. 97-98:

NICHOLAS VINCENT (Andrew) of Bildeston, Suffolk, England was probably born about 1494-7 in or near Bildeston, where he apparently spent his life and where he owned considerable property, being a substantial yeoman farmer of his day. In the 1524 Subsidy return, he was listed at Bildeston for a tax of 9 shillings on £6 worth of goods.

On 13 November 1553, he made his will. Altho he did not state in the preamble of the will that he was sick, he probably was and anticipated death. He died shortly thereafter and the will was proved 12 March following. He is undoubtedly buried in the churchyard at Bildeston, as he requested in his will.

He married Agnes, who survived him. His home was on Newbery Street in Bildeston.

12 November 1553 - The will of NICHOLAS VYNCENT the elder of Byldstonne, Suffolk, yeoman, being in whole mind and good & perfect remembrance . . . my body to be buried in the churchyard of Byldston . . . to the relief of the poor people of Bildestonne 20s. . . . to Agnes my wife 20 marks and my tenement which Thomas Lawrence now dwelleth in in Byldstonne with the close and pasture thereto adjoining & called the Brooke for term of her life, then to Nicholas my son and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, and for want of such male heirs to remain to the heirs of Agnes my daughter forever and for default of issue of Agnes lawfully begotten, to remain to Elizabeth my daughter and her heirs lawfully begotten and for default of issue of her body lawfully begotten to remain to Alice my daughter. . . Agnes my wife to have the house that I now dwell in in Newbery street with their appurtenances as long as she is widow and if she marie and take a husband during the term of Thomas Lawrence years having no habitation or dwelling, then Nicholas my son find her a competent habitation and dwelling in Byldstonne during the term of the said Thomas Lawrence without any rent payment . . . and after the marriage of the said Agnes the said house I now dwell in in Newbery street with all land, meadows, feedings & pastures with their appurtenances which were sometimes Willm Cooks and other land called Melfield with the meadow belonging, to Nicholas my son . . . to Nicholas all my lands, pastures and meadows in Chellesworth free, and lands and all my tenements lying in Muncks Ellie, to Nicholas a piece of land called Brymlye field, to Nicholas my tenement in Newbery street in Bildeston late John Harries and one acre of meadow in Bradmeadow which I had late of the lords grant . . . Andrew my son shall have my tenement that he dwelleth in late John Merchants with a garden & an acre of meadow thereto belonging and the said acre in Bradmeadow for 20 years next after my decease, paying yearly to Nicholas his brother 22s 6d, and for the said acre in Bradmeadow 7s 6d. And after the said 20years expired to Andrew Vincent my godson, son of the said Andrew my son. To Nicholas all my other lands, tenements and meadows in Bildeston not before bequeathed. To Andrew my son in money £10 and my two tenements lying in Nawton. To Nicholas my son 7 horses, 6 milche neate and bullocks and parte of swine and pullerie, a shodde carte, a plough with all things belonging, the half of all manner of grain and twenty sheep. . . . To Agnes my daughter in money 20 marks and to Alice my daughter 20 marks, all which legacies to my daughters to be paid them at age 21. If any be deceased, that part to be divided among the surviving ones. If Nicholas die, then the tenement in Bildeston late John Smiths to go to daughter Agnes and daughter Elizabeth to have another tenement in Bildeston which Robert Jervys now dwelleth in and Alice my daughter to have my tenement in Bildeston called the Dale house hold as it doth appear in the Lords court. . . . If Nicholas my son die without issue, then my tenement which I now dwelleth in in Newbery street, with all lands, meadows, feedings and pastures to the same belonging . . . which were sometime Willrn Cooks and other lands called Melfield to be sold for one hundred marks 6s 8d to be paid in 7 years the performance of the sale whereof I will Andrew my son have before any other for the said price if he will and be able to purchase the same and if the said Andrew willnot or be not able to purchase the same, then the husband of Agnes to have like p'ferment before a stranger and £22.6s.8d of the sale of the said tenement . . . the first payment of the first year I will shall be equally divided amongst my said 3 daughters Agnes, Elizabeth and Alice and likewise £22 6 s 8d the second year and £22 6s 8d the third year resydewe of the said 100 marks 6s 8d. . . . The remainder of my movable goods before not bequeathed to be appraised by 4 indifferent honest men in 3 parts whereof Agnes my wife shall have one part, the second part to be equally divided amongst my daughters then living and the other 2 parts to Nicholas my son, provided that if Nicholas any time alienate, sell or by any defraud or craft defeat or dispose his heir or heirs of any of the said lands and tenements in Bildeston aforesaid by me to him before bequeathed, then Andrew my son enter into the said lands to hold and enjoy to him and to his heirs for ever. Nicholas my son and Willrn Blomefylde of Appall Stomham to be executors and Henry Osmonde of Bildeston to be supervisor. To the latter two 6s 8d each for their pains and labor. Witnessed by Steven Chapley and John Gage. Proved 12 March 1553/4. (Wood 169)

Children, probably all born at Bildeston:

[i] ANDREW, prob. b 1520-30; m Alice _____ & had a ch. Andrew jr., by 1553, then 5 other known ch.; buried 5 Dec. 1581; res. Bildeston.

[ii] NICHOLAS, prob. b 1520-30; alive in 1553.

[iii] AGNES, b after 1532 (under 21 in 1553).

[iv] ELIZABETH, b after 1532.

[v] ALICE, b after 1532.

Nicholas + Agnes (VINCENT). Agnes died after 13 Nov 1553. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Will: 21 Feb 1522, Bildeston, Suffolk, England
• Probate: 16 May 1522

Notes:

(1) Threlfall, John Brooks, Fifty Great Migration Colonists to New England and Their Origins, Westminster, MD: Heritage Books, Inc., 2008, pp. 106-107:

ANDREW VINCENT lived in Bildeston, Suffolk. All that is known of him comes from his will, an abstract of which is given below. His bequests to the churches of Whatfield and Nettlestead suggest that perhaps one of these was the parish of his origins, perhaps the other that of his wife. She survived him. Altho his will names only one son and a son-in-law specifically, the other bequests suggest grandchildren by other daughters.

21 February 1521/2 - the will of Andrewe Wensent of Bylston, diocese of Norwich . . . to be buried in the church yard of Bildeston . . . to the church of Bildeston for the painting of the roll 13s.4d. . . .William Byrche my son in law to have my house and land in Whatfield which was William Goodwynnes and he to fynde in the church of Whatfield a lamp burning and every year to bestow for dirge and mass 8d. and this to be done by them that shallhave the occupation of the said house and land called Goodwynnes. . . . Thomas Chapleyne of Monks Eleigh to have a certain land called Bentesse and to bestow for dirge and mass every year 12d. and after his death to the son of the said Thomas who was begotten of his first wife, and if the son die, then to remain to the 2 daughters his sisters . . . to Nettlestead church 6s. 8d. . . . My wife to have the house and land in Naughton for life, then to Nicholas my son and to his heirs. Nicholas to have all my houses and lands in Bildeston except l will my wife his mother have her dwelling house for life if she keep her widow, also the movables, and if it be that she cannot be with Nicholas and his wife, then she to take her movables and her chamber or dwelling where it pleases her . . . Nicholas my son to have the tenement at Monks Eleigh called Shoppis, and my ground lying in Chellesworth . . . to Edy Broke 3s.4d., Andrew Broke 6s.8d, William Broke 20d., and Alice his sister 20d., Andrew Hommys 12d., Andrew Bonde 12d., William Byrche the younger 12d., Andrew Vynsent the younger to have 6s. 8d. to pray for me. Executors to be Nicholas Vynsent of Biideston and William Byrche of Chellesworth, and Thomas Chappelen of Monks Eleigh to be supervisor. Witnesses: Nicholas Brownsmyth, John Taillor, Richard Wryth, Edmund Raycroft, et alia. Also, 26s.8d. for my burial, at my 7th day 10s., at my month day 20s., every year an obit for thirty years for which 6s.8d. Proved 16 May 1522. (Ref.: P.C.C. 3 Ayloffe)

Children, probably born in Bildeston:

[i] DAUGHTER, prob. b 1490-95; m Thomas Chaplin; d before 1.521/2; had 1 son, 2 daus.; res. Monks Eleigh, Suffolk, which is 2 miles SW of Bildeston.

[ii] DAUGHTER, perhaps, who m _____ Brooke; had 4 ch. by 1521/2, all named in Andrew's will.

[iii] NICHOLAS, b prob. 1494-7; m Agnes _____; 5 ch. of which Andrew was b before 1521/2; his will of 12 Nov. 1553, proved 12 March 1553/4.

[iv] DAUGHTER, m William Byrche; res. Chellesworth, Suffolk, which is 1 mile SE of Bideston; had a son William jr. by 1521/2.

Andrew + --- (VINCENT). --- died after 21 Feb 1522. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]