Facts and Events
Mention in Wills
His father's will[1]:
- Item: To Joan Frysor one acre of rye, I give to Maude the base daughter of my sonn Thomas, one acre of rye and one of oats.
- Item: I give to Maude the base daughter of Thomas my sonne, one cauldron, one canvas and one pair of sheets.
- I give to the repairing of the Church of Kinnersley 12d, all the rest of my goods, the charges of my funerales the ordinary charges of the executors of my will being paid, my will is that they be equally divided between my children and the base daughter of Thomas my son,
The 1558 will of Vicar John Carpenter includes[1]:
- "I bequeath to Thomas Carpenter, a hiefer yearling, I bequeath to Margerie Carpenter a yearling hiefer."
The relationship of these 2 beneficiaries to Vicar John Carpenter is not identified. Thomas might or might not be this Thomas. Margerie might be another child of John the Younger who died before her father, or might be a misidentification of Maude.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Harry Rogers (a Carpenter researcher).
- Birth year estimated based on the fact that he had a daughter by 1587, and on the possibility that he was the Thomas Carpenter mentioned in the 1558 of his father's uncle, John Carpenter the Vicar, where the relationship of Thomas Carpenter to the testator is not identified.
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