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1486/7 Laurence Omer wrote his will on 24 January. "Laurence Omer. 24 January 1486-7. Buried in the church yard. A priest sing in the church for my soul, parents, etc. for half a year and have £3 6s 8d. To foul ways 20s. Residue after paying debts, etc., to my sons William and Thomas, my ex'ors, with Sir John Saunders overseer. [No probate date.] (W., fol. 86.)." [1]

1489 In Hilary term in the court of Common Pleas, John Frode, executor of the testament of Robert Tropham, recently the executor of the testament of Richard Colyn recently of Wyngham, sued Thomas Omer of the parish of Asshe, husbandman, and William Omer of the parish of Asshe, husbandman, executors of the testament of Laurence Omer recently of the parish of Ash-next-Sandwich, Kent, concerning a debt of 100 solidos. [2]

Research Notes:

An Adam Omer who would have been about the right age to have been the father or brother of Laurence served in five battles in France: the Siege of Tancarville, 1437-10-14 & 25; Argentan, 1437-11-07 & 12-27; and Montargis, 1438-01-15. Adam's captain was Sir Richard Harrington who served under John Lord Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury. In the first battle Adam was an archer, in the next three engagements he was a mounted archer, and in the fifth engagement he was a man-at-arms. A John Omer[?] served as an archer under John Lord Talbot at Creil in 1439-08-25. [3]


Footnotes:

[1] Arthur Hussey, "Ash Wills Part 3," Archaeologia Cantiana 36 (1923), 49-64, at 60, [KentArchaeologicalSociety].

[2] Court of Common Pleas, CP40, The National Archives, UK, Anglo-American Legal Tradition, University of Houston, CP40/907: Hilary Term 1489, fronts, image 725, [AALTImage].

[3] Adrian R. Bell, Anne Curry, Andy King, David Simpkin, and Adam Chapman, The Soldier in Later Medieval England (Arts and Humanities Research Council, October 2006-September 2009), Search for surname Omer in "Normandy garrison database", [UK_Medieval_Soldier].