Person:Edward Scras (2)

Edward Scrace of Blatchington

notes that the 1579 burial is an error

A transcription:

In the name of god amen the xxvith daye of aprill in the yeare of our Lorde god a thousand fyve hundred seaventie five and in the Eighteneth yeare of the raigne of our Soveraigne Ladye Elizabeth by the grace of god Quene of England France and Ireland Defender of the faythe &c, I Edward Scrace of Bletchington Weyfeild in the Countie of Sussex gent beinge sicke in bodye and p[er]fect in remembrannse thanks be gyven unto god do make ordayne and dispose of this my laste will and testamente revokinge all other before this tyme, made in manner and forme followinge, First I bequeathe my Sowle unto almightie god my maker and redeamer my bodye to be buried in the p[ar]ishe churche of Preston and in consideration thereof I do gyve to the p[ar]ishe of Preston xiiis iiid, Item I gyve to the p[ar]ishe of Hove xs, Item I gyve [sic], Item I gyve to John my younger Sonne Twentye Poundes a yeare to be payed unto him out of my farme of Bleatchington so longe tyme as I have intereste in the farme, Item I gyve unto Agnes my wife vjli xiiis iiijd a yeare so longe tyme as I have interest in the farme yf she do not enioye all my coppye holdes or anye of them, And yf she enioye anye of my coppyeholdes then the vjli xiiis iiijd a yeare before gyven to sease and be voyde, Item I gyve unto Jone Denham my daughter twentie poundes, The residue of my goodes my debts beinge payed and legacies p[er]formed, I do gyve unto Richard my eldeste sonne whome I make my whole executor of this my laste will and tesaments, Item my will and meaninge is that Edwarde Covert of the Ynner Temple in London gent shall have the bringinge up of my sonne Richarde untill he cometh to the age of twentie one yeares, and furder my will and meaninge is that the saide Edward Covert shall have the whole doinge and executinge of this my will to the use of my sonne Richard, and shall do all things that dothe p[er]teyne to this my will in my sonne Richards name untill he cometh to the Age of one and Twentye yeares yf it maye be by lawe and the saide Edward Covert shall allowe hym selfe for all his paynes charge and expense oute of my goodes when my sonne Richarde cometh to the aige of one and Twentye years makinge an Accompte unto my sonne Richarde. Item my will and meaninge is that yf the said Edwarde Coverte in whome I put my whole truste do get mennes illwill in executinge of this my will And that my will be anye greate hinderance tothe saide Edwarde Coverte in executinge of it, That then my will is that the saide Edwarde Coverte shall take for his paynes deserved in this my will so muche as he shall thinke meete in his owne conscience for my meaninge is not that the saide Edwarde shall in anye wise be hindred by this my will, In witness hereof I have setto my hande and seale, By me Edward Scrase sealed and signed in the presence of Thomas Bearde Richard Tester Henrye Averye and Rauffe Beche

[proved 15 May 1576]

[Original not checked]

Edward Coverte of Twineham, Sussex, gentleman v Richard Scrace, gentleman. Common law suit against plaintiff for faulty execution of will of father of defendant. Bill, demurrer, answer, replication, rejoinder.
Short title: Covert v Scrace

Sir Richard Nevill, lord of Abergavenny v Richard Shelley and Edward Covert. Injunction to stay proceedings. Manor of Bletchington, Sussex, of which George, late Lord Abergavenny, complainant's father, was seised, who demised to one Richard Scrace for 57 years; afterwards, 27 Henry VIII, Lord George died seised etc.. Richard Shelley dying, his interest descended to his son Richard Shelley, who conveyed the same to complainant, and he afterwards reconveyed the term to Richard Shelley and Edward Scrace etc. Short title: Aburgavenye v Shelley

"His son Edward also had a lease of the manor from Lord Bergavenny, but when he died in 1576, his son Richard being a minor, Edward Covert, the overseer of his will, by misrepresentations obtained in 1583 a new lease for three lives."

"On the east wall of the south aisle is a brass plate commemorating Richard Scrase of Hangleton, another Richard Scrase of Blatchington, and Edward Scrase of Blatchington, who died in 1499, 1519, and 1579 respectively. This plate was found in the ruins of West Blatchington Church."