Events
Date of Birth: unknown.
Place of Birth: unknown.
Date of Death: 1544.
Place of Death: probably Shipley, Sussex.
John made his will 13 April 1544 and it was proved 29 June 1544.
Relationships
Father: Thomas Weller.
Mother: unknown.
John is named in Thomas’s will, and in a 1530 conveyance given on Thomas’s page. The property “Hunger Hill” passed from Thomas through his son John to John’s sons, and eventually William’s son Richard.
Spouse: Joan.
John names his wife in his will.
Children:
(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project.)
Thomas Weller (died 1581) married Joan.
William Weller (died 1565) married Elinor.
Richard Weller (living 1581).
Agnes Weller.
Beatrice Weller.
A daughter (possibly one of the above) married Edward Lee.
A daughter (possibly one of the above) married someone surnamed Wood.
Evidence
John’s will:
In the name of god amen the xiij day of Aprill in the yere of our lord god a m v c xliiij & the xxxv yer of the reayn of our soveryn lord Kyng Henry the viijth I John Weller of the parish of Shepley parfyt of my mynd do order & mak this my testament as folwoith first I bequeth my soule to almyghty god Item I bequeth to the hy altar of Shepley xij d to the mother church of chichester iiij d Item I bequeith to Thomas & Willm my sons iiij marks a pees to Ric my sone v marks Item to agnes my doughter xxvj s viij d to betteres my daughter v mark Item to Edward Lye my sone in lawe a ij yers hekfer I will the porcions a forsayd be delyueryd to my chelderen when they be maryid or mariable yf any of them dissese or they be marriyd or mariable that part or parts be delyueryd amongst the rest of my chelderen afor sayd the reste of my goods I gyve to Johan my wife and she to be executur & Ric Holland & Edward Le ouerseers Ric Holland to haue iij s iiij d for his payns & Edward le to haue a yerying helfer as is afor sayd thes beryng witnesse Rc Holand clark Ric Hunt Nicholas Hyrst with other
[Proved 29 June 1544]
References
Will of John Weller of Shipley, Sussex. Proved 1544 in the Consistory Court of Chichester.
Will of Thomas Weller of Shipley, Sussex. Proved 1531 in the Consistory Court of Chichester.