Events
Date of Birth: unknown.
Place of Birth: unknown.
Date of Death: 1541.
Place of Death: unknown (probably Brokeland, Kent)
William made his will 17 February 1540/1 and it was proved 6 April 1541.
Relationships
Father: unknown.
Mother: unknown.
Spouse: Alice.
Alice is named in William’s will.
Children:
(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project.)
Joan Plummer married William Pyx 7 May 1548 in Lydd, Kent.
John Plummer
Thomas Plummer married Alice Godfrey 2 October 1559 in Lydd, Kent.
William Plummer
Evidence
William’s will:
In the name of god amen the xvijth day of February in the yere of oure lorde god m v C xl I Wyllyam Plum[m]ere of the p[ar]ysshe of brokelande make my testament and last wyll in this man[er] and forme folowyng Fyrst I gyve and bequeth my soule to almyghtie god; and to all the holy companye of hevyn and my bodye to be buryed in the churche yarde of brokelande aforesaide Item I wyll unto the hygh aulter there for my tythes forgotten one ewe to be delyu[er]yd im[m]ediatly Item I wyll unto Thomas Adams one haffer and unto Edmunde Griffey[?] one haffer and to be dylyu[er]yd unto theyme im[m]edyatly / Item I wyll unto Johane my daughter vj li xiij s iiij d of good money to be payed and delyu[er]yd unto her maryage/ and yf she fortune to dye before she be maryed Then I wyll the saide money shall remayne unto her mother or to her assignes foreu[er] Item I wyll unto Margarett Catleyne xxxiij s iiij d of good money to be payed and delyu[er]yd unto her at the day of her maryage/ yf she fortune to dye before she be maryed I wyll the saide money remayne to her mother or to her assigneis for eu[er] Item I wyll unto wyllyam plum[m]er my sonne one blacke yearle cowe all the Resydue of all my moueable goods and cattalls unbequeth ou[er] my detts and bequethes payed I wyll it unto alyes my wyff whom I ordeyne to be myn excutrixee of this my testament and last wyll and Symon Dod to be myn ou[er]seer to see this my testament and last wyll to be trewlye fulfylled and don And I wyll unto hym for eu[er]y day he lettyth there abon[...]st vj d and meate and drynke necessary for hys owne body:
This is the last will of me the saide Wyllyam Plom[m]e made and declared uppon my Feoffement unto John Unett and Rycharde Gybbes John Padyam and John Abourne[?] wyth other the day and yere aforeaide Fyrst I wyll that my said Feoffeis shall suffe alice my wyff to take and Receyve the p[ro]feyts of all my lands and ten’ts the which I haue wythin the countie of Kent & els where untyll my sonne John comyth to thage of xxiiij yers in case she lyve so long and to kepe and repayre the saide howses and dyscharge the lords Rente and Sestts of the said lands Item I wyll that she shall pay and delyu[er] unto Margart Catlyn xxxiij s iiij d of good money out of the p[ro]feyts of my lands wythin xiij monthes after the day of her maryage and yf she dye before the saide xij monthes day Then I wyll the saide xxxiijs iiijd Remayne to my sonnes then lyvyng to be equally devyded betwene theyme Item I wyll that she shall paye also and delyu[er] unto Johane my daughter w[tih]in xij monthis day after her maryage vj li xiij s iiij d out of the p[ro]feyts of my saide ten’ts and lands and yf she dye before the saide xij monthys day Then I wyll the saide money remayne unto Alice my wyff for eu[er] Item yf it fortune my wyff to dye before my sonne John comyth to thage of xxiiij yers and before the day of payment of any of the saide money unto Margarete Cateleyne and Johane my daughter Them I wyll my saide Feoffeis shall suffer John my sonne to take and receyve the p[ro]feyts of all my foresaide ten’ts and lands untyll any of hys saide bretherne comyth to thage of xxj yers But that I wyll also that the saide John my sonne shall dyscharge and paye out of the p[ro]feyts of my saide lands all those payment as is before namyd to be payed unto Margarete Catleyne and Johane my daughter Item I wyll that he shall paye yerely unto eu[er]y of hys said brethern xxs of good money tyll it happen any of theym to comyth to thage of xxj yers Item yf it fortune my wyff do lyve after that my sonne John comyth to thage of xxiiij yers Than I wyll that the said John my sonne shall have hys parte of all my saide lands and tenements equally devyded unto hym by the dyscretyon of iij or iiij honeste men of the p[ar]ysshe of brokelande But that I wyll that he and hys brothers shall suffer the saide Alice my wyffe to haue her free dwellyng in any of my said ten’ts duryng the terme of her lyff without any lett or interupcion Item when it happenyth any of my other son[n]es Thomas and Wyllyam to come to thage of xxj yers Then I wyll he or they shall haue hys or theyre parte to be equally devyded betwene theme by iij or iiij honeste men as is aforesaide But that I wyll also that they shalbe lykewyse charged with the suffraunce or theire mothers free dwellyng as is aforesaide Item after the decease of my said wyll [sic] wyll that my said Feoffeis shall delyu[er] unto eu[er]y of my said son[n]es when they come to thage of xxj yers excepte before excepted a full and a lawfull estate of hys or theire parte fore eu[er] Item yf it fortune all my sonnes to dye before they come to thage of xxj yeres wythout heyers of theire bodyes laufully begotten Then I wyll all my saide lands and ten’ts Remayne unto Johane my daughter and to theyres of her body laufully begotten for eu[er] / And yf they fortune to dye all without heyers of theire bodyes laufully begotten Then I wyll that my Feoffeis shall sell all my saide lands and ten’ts to the best pryce they can/ And the money therof I wyll they shall delyu[er] it unto Symon Dod or hys assignes And I wyll that he or they shall distrybute it in suche p[ar]cells as hereafter folowyth/ Fyrst I wyllunto eu[er]y of my saide Feoffeis iijs iiijd Item I wyll unto Symon Dod or hys assignes xs Item I wyll unto Margarett Adams xls Item I wyll unto eu[er]y of hys other chyldren xls Item I wyll unto Henry Plom[m]er and hys heyres xli Item I wyll the churche of Brokelande a vestement piec liij x iiij d// Item I wyll unto the Reparacons of fowle wayes in Brokelande xxs Item I wyll unto viij poore marryags in Brokelande to eu[er]y of theyme vj s viij d Item I wyll unto Johane and Margarett Julyane John and Elizabeth Borne the chyldren of John Borne off brokelande to eu[er]y of theyme xls Item I wyll unto John the sonne of Thomas Plom[er] xli And all the Resydue of the money beyng spare over theese my fore saide bequethes I wyll it unto Margaret Catley and to her heyrs for eu[er]. In wytnesse hereof Wyllyam Tokey William Tompson Rycharde Essex and Rycharde Gybbes: Smyth Hugh Thorphe
[Proved 6 April 1541, William Tolkey, Richard Gybbes, and Hugh Thorpe swearing.]
The will of William’s son John:
In dei noie Amen the laste day of June if the yeare of our lorde god m vC xlvij th I John Plom[m]er of the paryshe of Brokeland in the countie of Kente being sicke in body and of p[er]fecte remembraunce, do make my testamente and laste will in man[er] and forme foloweng, First I bequethe my soule into thandes of the blessed Chryste, my body to be buryed in the churcheyard of brokeland forsayd/ Item I bequethe unto Johane plomer my suster all suche my money bothe golde and sylver as remaynethe nowe in thandes of William Tokey wiche I delyuered him to kepe, Item I will to the same Johane iiij li xiiij d wiche Edwarde Hony oweth me/ Item I will to the forsayd Johane all my hempe on the grownde, Item I bequeathe to Thomas plomer and willm plomer my brothern iij li xv s vj d wiche Thomas Knell owethe me/ Item I will to the sayd Thomas and Willm xxs wiche remayneth in thandes of Willm Knachebull, Item I will unto my brother Thomas all my wheate on the grounde and my olde hempe/ Item my will and mynde is that all suche leases and bargaynes concernyng my Lands and Ten’tes shall stand in full strength & effecte All the residue of my goods not bequethed I will them unto Thomas Plom[m]er and Willm Plom[m]er my brotherne whome I ordeyne and make by thies p[rese]ntes executors of this my laste will, And peter godfrey of Lyd in the Countie of Kente myne overseer, Wytness of this my laste will and testamente Thomas Dane clerke, Willm Warcope Richard Essex and Richard berwicke with other/
[Proved 16 January 1547/8 by Peter Godfrey and William Warcop]
References
Will of John Plommer of Brokeland, Kent. Proved 1547 in the Archdeaconry Court of Canterbury.
Will of William Plommer of Brokeland, Kent. Proved 1541 in the Archdeaconry Court of Canterbury.