Mayor of Chichester, Sussex
NOTE Testator of 1599/1600. Buried in the Cathedral at Chichester on February 5
1599/1600; Married Agnes ? MARCH, widow. On November 8 1565 he leased a
farm called Bolneys in South Mundham in Pagham, abt. four miles south of
Chichester, where he settled and resided several years. In 1572 he was
taxed there in a subsidy, and in 1576 he is mentioned in Pagham as farmer
of the rectory. He also had lands in Oving, and later removed into
Chichester, where he acquired several pieces of property, was assessed in
subsidies in 1596,1597, and 1599, and in 1586 and 1599 was mayor of that
city, dying in office in the last-mentioned year. The embossed silver and
gilt bowl which he bequeathed to the corporation of Chichester has
disappeared from the collection of municipal plate there. He left his
property among the children of his eldest brother, Francis CHATFIELD, the
latter's second and third sons, Francis and George, receiving all the real
estate; and, except for small bequests to his two sisters, his other
relatives were ignored.
COURT: The Will of George Chatfelde of the City of Chichester, Sussex Co.,
gent., 1 February 1599 [1599/1600]. To be buried in the Cathedral Church
of Chichester near my father. To the fabrie of the said Cathedral Church
12d. I will that there shall be distributed among the poor inhabitants,
men and women, on St. George's day 20s. Twenty bushels of wheat to be
baked into bread and distributed among the poor of Chichester, and the
same among the poor of Ovinge. To the Corporation of the Mayor and the
Citizens of the City of Chichester one bowl with a cover, both being
silver and gilt wholly over and wrought with Imagerye embossed, which I
will shall remain forever in the possession of the Mayor for the time
being. My wife Agnes to have during her life the use and occupation of,
and [the right of] dwelling freely in, the house wherein I now dwell; also
half of all my household goods and plate [except the aforementioned bowl
or cup], my bay colt and, in lieu of her dower right in my lands, an
annuity of 30 pounds out of them. If she claim her dower right, all my
legacies to her to be void. To my nephews Francis Chatfelde and George
Chatfelde the reversion of my house where I now dwell, with appurtenances,
after the death of my said wife, and the ___ simple of all my messuage and
garden with appurtenances in North Street in the City of Chichester, now
in the tenure of ____ Riggs, and all other my lands, tenements, barns,
stables, gardens, and buildings whatsover in East Lane and in the Crane
Lane in Chichester, to my said nephews and their heirs forever. All my
estate, term of year, and interest in the Leaser held of William Rumbridge
and John Lane in Chichester, and in my leases of certain lands without the
North Gate of the City of Chichester, my lease of a parcel of land called
Ipthorne in the south suburbs of Chichester near to Stockbridge, held of
the prebendary of the Prebend of Ipthorne in the Cathedral Church of
Chichester, the lease of the rectory and parsonage of South Mundham, and
the lease of the farm of Groves in the parish of Ovinge, held by demise
and grant of Richard Chatfelde, gent., my late father, my lease of a
messuage with a barn, and lands in Ovinge called Petitshokle and in the
farm and rectory of parsonage of Ovinge, with all orchards, gardens,
barns, stables, stalls, and other edifets held by demise of George
Holmoden, gentlemen, deceased, and all my goods, chattles, cattle, corn,
and moveables remaining on said farms and lands except as before
bequeathed to my wife, I give to my nephews Francis Chatfelde and George
Chatfelde, on condition that they pay the said annuity of 30 pounds to my
wife Agnes and all other legacies in this my will, to Johan Chatfelde,
sister of said Francis and George, 50 pounds each within five years after
my decease. To James Chatfelde and Drewe Chatfelde, brothers of the said
Francis and George, 50 pounds within six years after my decease.
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To my godson, Richard Chatfeilde, eldest son of Richard Chatfeilde eldest brother of the said Francis and George, 10 pounds at the age of twenty-one years. To George Waite, son of Nicholas Wayte, 10 pounds, at the age of twenty-one years. To each of my sisters, Joane Este and Elizabeth Ancill, 10 pounds within one year after my decease. To my servant Thomas Grigge 10 pounds within four years after my decease. To my servant Jane Legge 5 pounds toward the finding of her into some copyhold. To John Tufte, Henry Browne, and Thomas Pryce, my servants, half a quarter of barley apiece, and to all the rest of my servants a quarter of barley. I make my nephews Francis Chatfeilde and George Chatfeilde my executors, and before proving my will they shall enter into a bone of 800 pounds to my overseers. I make Mr. William Holland and Mr. John Cawley, Aldermen of the City of Chichester, my overseers, and give to them 40s. apiece.
[signed] George Chatfeld.
Witnesses: Augustine Hitchcock, Thomas Hills, Richard Chatfeilde, and William Watts.
PROVED: Feb 9, 1599/1600, by Francis Chatfeilde and George Chatfeilde, executors named in the Will.
P. C. C., Wallopp, 11.
Lay Subsidies for co. Sussex: Preserved in Public Record Office, London, England.
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