Alice, wife of William Steere
Events
Date of Birth: unknown.
Place of Birth: unknown.
Date of Death: by 27 March 1534.
Place of Death: probably Ockley, Surrey.
Alice’s will was proved on this date.
Relationships
Father: unknown.
Mother: unknown.
The 1532 will of John Palmer mentions his wife Joan and his daughter Alice Stere. John had land in Capel and his son lived there, but John does not give a residence for his daughter, making the identification uncertain as there were other Alice Steres in the area in the time period.
Spouse: William Steere of Ockley, Surrey.
William mentions his wife Alice in his will, along with [some] of their children.
Children:
(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project.)
William Steere.
John Steere.
Isabel Steere.
Elizabeth Steere.
Alice Steere.
Evidence
Information from Alice’s will (Abstracted by Cliff Webb. The testatrix’s name is missing from the Findmypast transcription, but it seems fairly clear from the will that the testatrix must be the widow of William Steere.):
Husband William [Stere].
She mentions her sons William Stere, Edmund Stere, and John Stere, and her daughters Elizabeth Stere and Alice. She also mentions her three sons and her three eldest daughters, implying she has some daughters who are unnamed in the will. The relationship of these people to the testatrix is unspecified:
John Hether’s two children (given a three-year-old heifer);
John Batchelor (given two two-year-old bullocks) and his wife (given clothing);
Thomas Stere of Capel (given cloth and wheat and malt);
Robert Astone’s wife (given clothing)
Old mother Nytingale (given clothing)
Witnesses: John Shoo and John Batchelor
Proved 27 March 1534.
References
Will of [Alice?] Stere [of Ockley?], proved 27 March 1534, Surrey Archdeaconry Court, volume 4 register ‘Heats’ 1532-38. Abstracted by Cliff Webb in Surrey & South London Will Abstracts, 1470-1856. Available for a fee on Findmypast.co.uk.
Will of William Stere of Ockley, senior, proved 8 February 1532/3, Surrey Archdeaconry Court, volume 4 register ‘Heats’ 1532-38. Abstracted by Cliff Webb in Surrey & South London Will Abstracts, 1470-1856. Available for a fee on Findmypast.co.uk.