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A DUNWICH DATABASE

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The following is an alphabetic list of those people mentioned in Gardner's book on Dunwich, Blithborough and Southwold published in 1754

Name	Date	Notes
ALEXANDER, Baty	1558	buried in porch, St Peter's Church
ALEYN, Rob	1596	Schoolmaster paid 20s per annum to teach the poor of the hospital of Maison Dieu Church
ALYN, J	1453	buried in cemetery of St James' Hospital
BARFOTE, Thomas	1531	gave 20s for building the new north aisle at All Saints' Church
BARNARD, Marjorie	1537	buried in St Nicholas Chapel, St Peter's Church
BARNETT, Johannis	1556	left his house after his wife's death to the town, revenue to go to the poor.
de BECCLES, Alexander	1301	Acolite at St Nicholas Church
BOCKENHAM, Nicholas	1482	was guardian at Greyfriars Friary
BOYS, Will	1535	buried in St Peter's Church
BOURNE, John	1536	buried in Churchyard of St James Hospital
BROOKE, Margerie	1535	buried in All Saints Church - she left 53s 4d for a window in north aisle, All Saints' Church
BULL, John	1326	A messuage referred to following his death
BUTTELER, Robert	1558	buried in All Saints' Church
CASSON, Nicholas	1510	buried in north aisle of St Peter's Church
CHAPMAN, Marget (sic)	1526	Buried in churchyard by south door of All Saints' Church
COOPER, Thomas	1576	MI reads: Here Thomas Cooper cutym Bayley of this town Inclosed is in clay which is the resting place of fleash until the latter day Dl one son and daughters six the Lord him parent made ere cruel Death did work his spight or fickle life did fade who deceased the XVII of Maye in the Yere of our Lord 1576
COPPING, Marg	1574	buried at St Peter's Church
CRYSTAPEN, Roger	1270	Devised his house in St Leonard's Parish
CUDDEN, Nic	1521	left land to Grey Friars' Friary
de DEREBY, John	1308	made a subdeacon of St Martin's Church
FRANCIS, Sibille	1455	left money to Maison-Dieu Church
GIRDLER, Margaret	1598	buried in St Peters Church
GOLDMAN, Rich	1510	Buried in St katherine's Chapel
GOSMERE, Batil	1510	Left 40 shillings
HALIDAY, John	1510	buried in St Katherine's Chapel
HALIDAY, Marg.	1538	buried in south aisle of St John's Church
JAMIS, William	1536	buried in All Saints' Church gave 40s towards leading the north aisle All Saints' Church
JENEW, William	1524	buried in St Peter's Church
JENTYLMAN, Robert	1525	Buried in Grey Friars Friary
KING, Robert	1521	buried in north aisle St Peter's Church - left 20s to All Saints' Church
LACY, Cicilly	1472	buried in Grey Friars Friary
de LANGTON, John	1340	Sub-deacon of St John's Church
LEVOTT, R	1462	buried in church of St James' Hospital
LIMBOLD, Marg	1519	buried in aisle of St Nicholas
LOCKHOD, Robert	1527	gave 4 marks for the building of the north aisle All Saints' Church
MELTON, John	1481	bur according to will proved 21 Feb 1481
MELTON, Petri	1515	left money to build 4 almshouses
METHWOLD, Johannes	1334	Chaplain of St Nicholas Church
MOREFF, John	<1472/TD>	buried at Grey Friars Friary
MOREFF, Dame Matilda	1479	buried at Grey Friars Friary
MUSE, George	1505	Warden of Grey Friars' Friary
NYCOLSON, John	1535	buried in All Saints' Church - he left £10 for the roof and 5 Marks for floor tiles for the north aisle of All Saints' Church
RABETT, Willielmus	1540	buried in All Saints' Church by his wife Margerie - he had another wife Isabel.
READ, Katherine	1516	left 3s 4d for repairs to Grey Friars' Friary
RICHARDSON, A	1518	buried before the altar of the Trinity, St Peter's Church
ROWLANDE, William	1527	gave £10 for building a north aisle at All Saints' Church
RUSSELL, Thomae	1494	left land to All Saints' Church. His father was Richard RUSSELL and he had a sister Eleyn, deceased by 1494
SHARPAREW, Robert	1512	left 6s 8d for building chancel of St Peter's Church
SHELLEY, Peter	1537	buried in St Peter's Church - left the east end of his house to provide alms houses
SHIPMAN, John	1725	churchwarden All Saints Church
SPATCHETT, Robert	1624	Buried in All Saints' Church. Robert was a Bailiff of Dunwich
STONE, John	1523	left 20s for "a Peyr of Organs" at St Katherine's Chapel
SWATMAN, Frances	1725	Churchwarden of All Saints' Church
WALLER, geo	1595	leased a house and meadow at 20s per annum
WEYBREAD, John	1499	left 10 marks in his will proved 1501

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