Person:Thomas Mervyn (3)

Origins

TAG: 18:4:

... may by a bare possibility have been the son of Robert Mervyn of Ipswich, co. Suffolk (No. 3 in English Ancestry, pp 25-30). It will be noticed that the testator of 1503 named a son Robert. This suggestion is, however, of an extremely tentative variety, for there is no proof at all of this identification.

Biography

(TAG 18:4)

Thomas Mervyn was obviously a man of considerable substance. He bequeathed property at Ramsey, at Harwich, and elsewhere in the neighborhood. He may have married more than once, and it is not possible to judge from the terms of his will whether his wife Christian ______ was the mother of his children, or not. She survived him, and was co-executrix of his will. Thomas Merbyn probably died soon after 23 Aug. 1503, the date of his will, and certainly before 11 April 1504, the date of probate. He was buried in the Church of St. Michael the Archangel at Ramsey.

Nuncupative Will

(TAG 18:3)

The Nuncupative Will of Thomas Merveyn of Ramsey, co. Essex, dated 23 August 1503. He bequeathed to his wife one hal f of his household stuff and all the stuff she brought with her on their marriage; also his lands at the Churchgate of Ramsey, to her and her heirs forever. To his son Thomas, his houses in Herwych [Harwich, co. Essex], to him and his heirs forever. To his son Robert, a trunk. To his four daughters, L10. To John Flecher, his part of the quay in Herwych, he paying the testator’s executors 40s. Executors: His wife Christian Merveyn, his son John Merveyn, and Thomas Gray. To his son John, his house at Bridge with all the lands thereunto belonging and [lands at] Kent in the Soken, to him and his heirs forever. Witnesses to this nuncupative Will: John Cuko; John Rande; Water Hunter; Reynold Edgard, bailly of Herwych; George Hasketh; Thomas Doye; Lawrence Yong; William Pyerce; Emme White; John Perdryche. Proved, 11 Apr 1504, by John Wro, proctor to the executors (PCC, 5 Holgrave).

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} The American Genealogist (TAG). (Donald Lines Jacobus, et.al.)
   18:3-5, 1842.