"Richard15 Flegg, Sen.," was buried in Shipdham, 22 May 1590. He was probably about sixty-five years old at the time of his decease. He married about 1550, MARGARET HUMBLE, daughter of Charles and Alice Humble of Westfield; her mother later married John Cowlyn and died about 1555 (See ante, court rolls of Manor of Shipdham for 21 Aug. 1556.) Margaret Flegg [wife of Richard15 Flegg] was buried in Shipdham, 12 Mar. 1588/9. She is mentioned in her husband's will, but predeceased him about ten months. Children born in Shipdham:
23. i. JOHN16, b. about 1551.
ii. RICHARD, b. about 1553; succeeded to the homestead in Shipdham of his father, of whose will of 1587 he was residuary legatee and executor. In the subsidy of 35 Elizabeth (1593), Richard Flegge was taxed 4s. on lands in Shipdham rated at 30s., and in the subsidy of 8 James I [1610], he paid 6s. on lands there rated at 30s. (Lay Subsidies, Norfolk, 152-477 and 153-596.) The will of Richard Flegg of Shipdham, yeoman, dated 26 May 1614. To my wife Anne, £20. To said wife Anne, during her widowhood, the use of certain rooms and a garden, part of t h e barn, and sundry household goods, etc. All houses and lands in Shipdham (except as above bequeathed to wife) I devise to [nephew] Bartholomew17 Flegg, son of John16 Flegg, he also to deliver to her certain malt and mixtlyn and to p a y my legacies. To Richard15 Flegg and Elizabeth18 Flegg, children of [nephew] Allen" Flegg, 40s. each when twenty-one. To my brother Allen16 Flegg, 20s. To [cousin] Michael18 Flegg, son of John Flegg, 20s. To Alice Rawlings, wife of Walter Rawlings, Jun., £4. To Allen17 Flegg, son of my brother John16 Flegg, 20s., and to Rebecca Flegg, daughter of said John Flegg, 40s. To George Robinson, son of Leonard Robinson, 20s. at twenty-one. If Bartholomew Flegg refuse to pay debts and legacies as provided, then estate to go to his brother Allen Flegg on the same terms. Said Bartholomew Flegg to be executor. Witnesses, Walter Kirby, clerk, Cleare Leverington, W'illiam19 Flegg and Francis Hamond. There are notes of surrenders of copyholders in Shipdham Manor, in presence of William19 Flegg the elder and Thomas Moore. Proved 22 Mar. 1618/19, by Bartholomew Flegg, executor. (Consistory of Norwich, vol. for 1619, fol. 17.) "Richard Flegg, aged and blind", was buried at Shipdham, 26 Feb. 1618/19, leaving no issue. His nephew and chief heir, Bartholomew17 Flegg, at once moved in 1619 from Whinbergh (where he had lived since his birth about 1580) into Shipdham to settle upon the homestead left to him by his uncle Richard10 Flegg. Richard16 Flegg m. ANNE ; she probably m. (2), in Shipdham, 14 Oct. 1619, WALTER SALTER.
iii. RALPH, b. about 1555; is termed "junior" to distinguish him from his uncle Ralph16 Flegg (b. about 1540). He resided in Shipdham where he d. before his father, at the early age of about thirty years, in 1586. He m. about 1578. JOANE. Children born in Shipdham: 1. ALICE", bapt. 13 May 1579; was given a legacy of 6s. 8d. in the will in 1587 of her grandfather Richard16 Flegg; m. in Shipdham, 6 July 1602, EDMUND MOORE. 2. MARY, bapt. and bur. 25 July 1585.
iv. ALICE16, b. about 1557; living unmarried in 1587.
v. WALTER, b. in 1558/9; bur. 14 Jan. 1558/9.
vi. ALLEN, b. about 1561; is mentioned in the wills of his father Richard16 Flegg in 1587 and of his brother Richard16 Flegg in 1614. "Alan Flegg old and blind", was bur. at Shipdham, 2 July 1636. It is probable that he m. MARGARET, who as "Margaret Flegg, widow, aged," was bur. in Shipdham, 18 July 1639. No records have been found of any children, and probably he had none.
