Events
Date of Birth: unknown.
Place of Birth: unknown.
Date of Death: unknown.
Place of Death: unknown.
Relationships
Father: John Michell.
In his will, John Michell named his youngest son, Henry Michell, to whom he left Bolters, where Henry lived.
Mother: Margaret.
Margaret is named by Comber (1:231). She appears in a fine of 21 Edward IV (Salzmann, no. 3235).
Spouse: Elizabeth (died 1540).
This relationship is given by Comber (1:231). Elizabeth is named in Henry's will.
Children:
(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project.)
Elizabeth Michell (buried 14 January 1573/4 in Horsham, Sussex, England) married (1) John Hall; married (2) Thomas Atwood; married (3) Thomas Harrison alias Hall 19 July 1552 in Horsham.
Henry Michell (buried 4 April 1553 in Horsham) married Alice.
Thomas Michell.
George Michell.
John Michell (buried 28 April 1555 in Horsham) married Jane.
Edward Michell (born 1516).
Jone Michell married John Grover 12 June 1542 in Horsham.
Evidence
In the 1524 Lay Subsidy Roll for Horsham, Henry Mychell is listed as living on "the Southstrete" and has goods assessed at 20 pounds.
from the West Sussex Record Office catalogue:
Bargain and Sale
8 May 1526
By John Gratewyke of Wartlyng, co. Sussex, yeoman, to Thomas Grenefeld, son of Walter Grenefeld, of all that his lands and medoe called Mallame Mede, with a croft thereto adjoining containing about 5 ac. in Byllynggyshurst, which the said Thomas late had to ferme of the said John for a term of years
Covenant by the said John to make a good estate of the premises to the said Thos. Grenefeld, Thos. Nye, Rychard Hunte, and Thomas Strudwyke to the use of the said Thos. Grenefeld, and usual covenants for quiet enjoyment &c
The said Thos. Grenefeld to pay for the said purchase £10
Witnesses:- Rychard Mychell, of Watlyng, Henry Michell, Henry Foys, Thomas Mychell, Jamys Fuller, Walter Grenefeld, son of Thomas
Conveyance (Grant). 30 Sept., 21 Henry VIII [1529]
1529
Richard Lyntott, John Atwood of Nuthurst, William Danyell, John Hurst, John Barker and Richard Pacchyng, to Henry Michell of Stamerham, Richard Michell of Watlyng, John Michell junior, and Richard Michell of Collestaple
Lands called Whetlands; a parcel of [arable] land called Crokhurst late of Thomas Maunsell; 2 gardens called Thoms Crofts; and a croft of [arable] land called Horsham Hyll
Property in Horsham: no topographical details
from CCR (p. 567):
William Tredcroft of Byllynggshurst, yeoman, grants sells to Albert Alvered Barwyke, esq., Henry Hussee, esq., Henry Roberts, gent., Henry Michell, John West, and Henry Foys, lands, rents, &c. In the parish of Slinfold called le Combe land
Dated 12 August, 20 Hen. VIII. Ch. 250. [1528]
Henry Hussee, esq., Albert Alvered Berewyk, esq., Henry Robertys, esq., Henry Michell, John West, and Henry Voyce demise and confirm to Thomas Shurley, esq., Thomas Saunders, gent., John Staple, gent., John Robertys, gent., and John Halle, jun., a messuage and lands in Slynfold to the use of the sd. Henry Hussee and his heirs; which they had by fine of Will. Tredecroft…
Dated 10 May, 22 Hen. VIII. Ch. 247. [1530]
Henry Husee, esq., Albertvered Berewyk, esq., Robert Richardson, and Richard Mourneshale ocnfirm to Thomas Shurley, esq., Thomas Saunders, gent., John Staple, gent., John Robertys gent. Henry Michell, and John Hall, jun., one messuage and lands in Slyndefold, which they recovered from John Confer and Thomas Mylys.
Dated 10 May, 22 Hen. VIII. Ch. 249 [1530]
A transcription of Henry Michell’s will
Thys ys the last wyll of me Henry Mychell as to the dysposicion of my lands & ten[ements] Fyrst I wyll that Henry Mychall my sone shalhave to hym or to hys heyers male of hys body leyfully begotten all my lands & ten[ements] with all & syngler ther ap[pur]tynas callyd Naynyngs(?) & a fyld callyd Fygg Fyld Immedyatly after my decese And yf yt fortune the seyd Henry my sone to dy without ysu male of his body lawfully begotten then I wyll that all the seyd lands callyd Naynyngs & Figfyld herby(?) shall remayne to Thomas Mychell my sone one of the brothers of the seyd Henry And to the heyers of the seyd Thomas for ever The resydew of all my lands & ten[ements] withyn the countey of Sussex not before wyllyd I wyll yt shall remayne to Elizabeth my wyfe duryng her lyfe and after her decese I wyll that Jhon my sone shallhave to hym and to hys heyers for ever my house that I now dwell yn callyd Kostens(?) with halfe the barne in the bakside & the gate house in the wey thertobelonging Also I wyll that George my sone shall have after hys mothers decese my house & [b…] yn the market place of Horsham callyd Cokmannys wyche boltyng? the [...] now [...] to hym & to hys heyers for ever And yf yt fortune the seyd George to dy before hys mother then I wyll that the seyd house & [b…] before wylled to the seyd George shall holy remayn & come to Elizabeth herself mother of the seyd George & to her heyers for ever
Xvi die me[nsis] Nov[em]bris ano dñi m quingen xxiiij I Henry Mychell of the borow of Horsham [...] in the yle before my fathers chapell dors to the [...] church xiijd to the hy auter of my parysh church xijd [...] to Henrie Bucllye(?) my god sone vjs viijd to every other of my god chyldern iiijd I wyll every Fryday after my decese by the space of one monytht yn halfepens to pay pepyll xvd Item to Elyzabeth Mychell my dowther to her mariag viijli of good money to be payd by my executor I wyll that Elizabeth Mychall my dowther & I wyll that she have xls that her granutfather(?) gave her. I wyll that Jone my dowther have to her maryag vili xiijs iiijd to be payd by my executors & her mother to fynd her tyll she be mayryd And yf yt fortune any of my dowthers to dy before they be mayryd that then my wyfe shalhave the sum of money before to them bequeytht to her owne use. And I will that my wyfe pay to my sone Henry xls that I ow to hym for ij [...] by the gyfte of his grandfather Item I wyll that Jhon my sone be put to such(?) craft that hys mynd lyyke moste & he ymedyatly after my decese to have iijli vis viijd wych I wyll shalbe put to engage for hys most [...] that canbe after the dyscrytion of my executors for my sonys behowfe. And I wyll that my wyfe do synd my sone Thomas to scole & yf he [...] fynd yn hys hert to be a preyst then he to have no money. And yf he be not myndyd to go to scole then let hym be sett to wrytyng & redyng & after to be put to be put to cuch(?) crafte that hys mynd lyyke to & then beyng so bound to have iijli xvs xviijd wych [s…] I wyll to be put for hys one use for hys best avantage after the dyscretion of my executors It[em] to the mendyng of [...] land yf yt be mendyd with byndes xls or else nothyng And thys xls to be delyvered to the hands of that chaloner(?) when he [...] a [...] yt Also I ordeyne Elyzabeth my wyfe & Jhon Mychell my brother my executors & the Jhon to have for hys labur ij of my best drawth oxen All my other goods & my ketle &c to Elyzabeth my wyfe to se thys my last wyll yn all thynges performyd And I wyll Edwarde Barys to be my overseer & to have for hys dyligens my best grey geldyng or else xls to be at hys choyse And I wyll that ther be in [...] done withyn the churche of Horsham after my decese for my soull & all crystyan soulls when she shall thyngke yt most best wytnes Edwarde Davys Jhon Mychell of Hylle(?) Jhon Kedell(?) Henry Foys with others
from the Rental Roll of Rusper Priory (1532):
De vidua Henrici Michelle, pro terris vocatis Bolters ...viij.d.
De Ricardo Michelle, Drapere, pro altera dimid' de Langrigges Barne (modo vidua H. Michelle, interlined) ... vij.d.
References
Calendar of Charters and Rolls Preserved in the Bodleian Library, edited by William H. Turner (Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 1878).
Cornwall, Julian. The Lay Subsidy Rolls for the County of Sussex 1524-1525. (Sussex Record Society, 1956).
Great Britain. Court of Common Pleas, and Louis Francis Salzman. An abstract of feet of fines relating to the county of Sussex. (Lewes, England: Sussex Record Society, 1903, 1908, 1916).
Henry Michell in England. Sussex. Genealogies of Families Living in Sussex. A database extraction of John Comber’s Sussex Genealogies (Cambridge: W. Heffer and Sons, 1931 -).
Henry Michell will, Church of England. Bishop of Chichester. Consistory Court (Archdeaconry of Chichester) Volume 3 page 45. FHL 194560. Family History Library, Salt Lake City.
The Lay Subsidy Rolls for the County of Sussex 1524-25. Transcribed and edited by Julian Cornwall (Sussex Record Society, 1956).
Rice, R. Garraway (transcriber and editor). The Parish Register of Horsham in the County of Sussex, 1541 - 1635. Sussex Record Society Volume XXI, (London: Mitchell Hughes and Clarke, 1915).
Way, Albert. "Notices of the Benedictine Priory of St. Mary Magdalen, at Rusper" in Sussex Archaeological Collections (volume 5, 1852) pp. 244-261.