1512 On May 4, Thomas Polsted, John Lane, and John Croster, executors of Robert Beckingham, executed a deed endowing a free grammer school in Guildford, Surrey. [1]
1528/9 Thomas Polsted of Stoke next Guildford, Surrey, wrote his will on March 12, naming his sons Thomas and Henry, his daughter Margaret (unmarried), his wife Agnes, and his brothers Henry and John. The will was proved on 20 April 1528/9. [2] Guildford in Olden Time includes an abstract of the Will of Thomas Polsted [3]
[1] George Charles Williamson, Guildford in the Olden Time (London: George Bell & Sons, 1904), 252-256, [GoogleBooks].
[2] Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 1384-1858, PROB 11, Piece 23: Jankyn (1529-1530), [AncestryImage].
[3] George Charles Williamson, Guildford in the Olden Time (London: George Bell & Sons, 1904), 251, [GoogleBooks].