1486 Robert Sare, tailor, was admitted to Freedom of the City of Canterbury by redemption. [1]
1516 Robert Sare, tailor of Canterbury, wrote his will on March 26. [2]
In dei nomine Amen The xxvjti daue of Marche yn the yere of our lord god MlvCxvj I Robart Sare of the parishe of Saynt Andrewe of the Cite of Canturbury beyng hole of mynde and yn good memorye thankked be god ordeyne and make this my present testament and last wyll yn forme foloyng First I bequeath my soule to allmyghti god and blessed ladye and to all his saynts my bodye to be buryed in the Cimytery f Seynt Augusteyne of Canterbury Item I bequesth to the hygh aulter of the churche of Saynt Andrewe aforesaid for my tythes or oblatons forgoten xxd Item I bequeith to my sonne Dane Nicholas of Custers Churche a pece of sylver to be deliuered vnto him after the decesse of my wiff his mother Item I bequeith to Edward my sonne a lytle masour to be deliuered vnto hym after the decesse of his mother Item I bequeith to Elizabeth my daughter vj dishes vi plattes iiij sawcers of peutre iij cansykes and ij brasse potts Item I bequeith to Dorathe my daughter vj plattes vj dysshes iiij saucers of pewtre and ij brashe potts Item I bequeith to eyther of my sayd daughters a cuppborde to be delyuered vnto theym after my wiffes decesse Item I bequeith to Stephen my sone my best Federbed wt all thapparell of the chambre where hit now lyethe to be delyuered vnto hym after my wifs decesse Item I bequeith toward the byldyng of custchurche gate now yn makyng xxs The resydew of all my goods moueables what soeuer they be ouer and aboue my bequests performed and my detts payd I holey gyve and bequeith to Alicie mywife she to dispose therof for the helthe of my soule after her discretion most expedient to the pleyt of god The wyiche Alicie my wiffe I ordeyne make and consentute my sole executte of this my present testament and last will This witnesse Edward Bolney Gentilman Jamys Vydeane John Tosts and other
This is the last will of me the said Robert Sare made the daye and yere aboue writen And yn the viijth yere of the Reyng of Kyng Henry the viijth as touchinge the disposition of all my lands and theneents withyn the lyberty of the said City and yn the Shere of Kent First I will that after my decease my tent' whiche Jamys Vydean dwellyth yn shalbe solde by myne executrix and of the money commyng of the sale therof I will that Elizabeth my daughter shalhave x mark and Dorathe my daughter other x marke And the resydew of money therof commyng I will my wiffe shalhave it Item I will that the said Alis my wiffe shalhaue my tenement with appurtenances that I now dwellyn duryng all the terme of her lyffe kepyng all the reparations therof and payying the quyte rent therof duryng the sayde term And after the decease of the sayd Alis my Wife I will that my said tenement withe appurtenances shall remayne to Stephen my sonne and to his heyres for euer And if it happe the said Stephen my sonne to dye wythout issew of his bodye lawfully begoten Then I will the sayde tenement wyth appurtenances shale after my wiffes decease remayne to Elizabethe and Dorathe my doughters and to theyr heyrs for euer Also I will that my wiffe after my decease shall sell a peece of land called Matterne lyeng yn the parishe of Hernehyll conteynyng vij acres of land and the moey commyng of the sale of the said land I will my said wiffe shalhave it to paye my detts and my bequests and the resydew to her owne use Also I will that the saide Alicie my wiffe shalhave my Garden wythout Saynt Georgs Gate to her & her heyres yn feesymple for euer
1529 The will of Robert Sare was proved in April in the Archdeaconry Court of Canterbury with administration granted to Alice relict and executrix named. [3]
[1] Joseph Meadows Cowper, ed., The Roll of the Freemen of the City of Canterbury from A.D. 1392 to 1800 (Canterbury, Cross and Jackman, 1903), 299, [GoogleBooks].
[2] Archdeaconry Court of Canterbury, Regd. Copy Wills, v. 17-18, 1525-1530, FHL film 188928, DGS 8228274, [FamilySearchImage], [FamilySearchCatalog].
[3] Archdeaconry Court of Canterbury, Regd. Copy Wills, v. 17-18, 1525-1530, FHL film 188928, DGS 8228274, [FamilySearchImage], [FamilySearchCatalog].