William of Mowton Marshall

• General Notes
  • Will'm Marshall, gentleman, of Mowton,7 of hole mynd, etc. Dated 9 August,
    1542. To my mother ¿4 out of lands in Thriske. To my wife 5 marks in the
    ycre. Daughters Anne and Margaret which I had by my first wife, 20 marks
    each. To my sou (ules after the death of [my] uncle John Marshall 30s. by
    the year for life. To my son John my best gown. To my sister Elionor a cow.
    To Thomas M' . . . . my brother one graie stagge of three years old. To John
    Jakes my brother-in-law one fillie of three years old. To Sire John Mowre
    a colte foile of a mar. . The residue of my goods unbequeathed I give to
    Elizabeth my wife and my children of us two begotten whom I make .... [
    executors.] Witnesses, John Tristram, Rowland Smithsone, George . . . ." 8
    There is no date of probate preserved, but the following Inq. p. m. supplies the
    date of the death of this testator.
    Court of ll'urr/i, Vol. 1. p. 20. Inquisition taken at Thryske 29 October,
    35 Henry VIII. [1543] on death of William Marshall. The jurors say that he
    was seized in fee of one messuage, six cottages, and forty-eight acres of land and
    meadow in Thriske, and three messuages, eight cottages, fourteen bovates and
    a half of land i-tc., in Morton on Swaill, and two messuages, etc., in Norton in le
    Clay, b'aid William Marshall died 5 November, 34 Henry VIII. [1512], and Jobu
    Marshall is his s< n and heir, and is aged nineteen and upwards.
    This John Marshall married Margaret' daughter of .... Fox of ClyfTe, со. York.
    His /HI/, p. m. [15 Elizabeth No. 17] was taken at York Castle 20 October, 15 Elizabeth [
    1573]. He is described as Gent. The Jurors say he was seized of lands in
    Morton on Swale, Norton in the Clay, and Thirsk, and that he died 5 April last
    past, and that John Marshall is his son and heir, and was three years and two
    months at his father's death. >
    le succeeded his father, and married Catherine (? Barbara), daughter of Manna-
    duke Wilson of Taufield, со. York. In her marriage settlement she is called
    Hurlara, but, in the Inq. p. m. of her husband, Catherine. I am inclined to think
    that Barbara is right, and that she is identical witli Barbara Marshall of the parish .
    of Ainderby Steeple, widow, who had licence in 1G06 to marry William Rymcr of
    7 Mowton is, I believe, one form of his surname was Rcotte. Among the
    spelling Morton, meaning Morton -on- debts owed by testator, at end of inven-
    Swale. Morton-on-Swale is in the parish tory, is (is. 8of Ainderby-Steeple. 9 She re-married Anthony Johnson.
    
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