General Notes

Note: He owned a small manor house along with some land in the town. Robe
rt was the father of Robert Foote of Shalford, and the Grand Father of Nat
haniel Foote the Settler. He had at least four sons. John Foote died befo
re 18 Jul 1558 when the undated will of John Foote of Royston, Cambridgesh
ire, England, tallow chandler was probated (PCC 34 noodles; George McCrack
en, "Nathaniel Foote's English Relatives" in The American Genealogist 19
77 53: 193, hereafter McCracken; Janice Greene Valore, "More on Nathani
el Foote's Ancestors" in The American Genealogist (April 1978, 99, hereaft
er Valore) His will revealed that he had a wife named Helen, sons Robert a
nd John, and daughters Aves or Avis (Alice) and Elizabeth. The will also a
lluded to the testator's brother Foote, first name not stated and his t
wo older children. He left to the church of Royston, 20s; to wife Helen, a
ll lands and tenements in Royston for life; and L80 to be divided among a
ll the children; to servant Maud Smythe L6/13/4 to her marriage; L3 th
at my brother Foot oweth to his two eldest children; to wife's brother Ric
hard Warren the younger and to her uncle John Jenawaye of Stoone, 40s eac
h; to wife the rest; to son Robert a goblet, feather bed and bedding; to s
on John Foot a silver salt, feather bed and bedding; to Aves Foote and Eli
zabeth Foote, daughters, each three of the best spoons, bed and bedding; a
ll the remainder to wife named executrix; witness William Meede, citizen a
nd grocer of London; John Jenaway, Nicholas Warreyn of Bassingbourn and Ri
chard Warreyn of Bassingbourn.
A tallow chandler, his Will was probated July 18, 1558. Those receiving be
quests included: the church at Royston, wife Helen, servant Maud Smyth
e, an unnamed brother, wife's brother Richard Warren the younger, wife's u
ncle John Jenawaye, sons John and Robert, and daugthers Aves<Alice> and El
izabeth. Witnesses included John Jenawaye, and Nicholas and Richard Warre
yn of Bassingbourn, Cambridgeshire, which is about three miles from Roysto
n.