1464 Nicholas Underdowne particapated in the purchase of land in St. John in Thanet by Richard Norwode from John and Joan Saket on October 20. [1] [2]
CP 25/1/116/331, number 33.
County: Kent.
Place: Westminster.
Date: Three weeks from St Michael, 4 Edward IV [20 October 1464].
Parties: Richard Norwode and Nicholas Underdowne, querents, and John Saket and Joan, his wife, deforciants.
Property: 1 messuage and 30 acres of land in the parish of St John in the Isle of Thaneto.
Action: Plea of covenant.
Agreement: John and Joan have acknowledged the tenements to be the right of Richard, as those which Richard and Nicholas have of their gift, and have remised and quitclaimed them from themselves and the heirs of Joan to Richard and Nicholas and the heirs of Richard for ever.
Warranty: Warranty.
For this: Richard and Nicholas have given them 20 pounds sterling.
Standardised forms of names. (These are tentative suggestions, intended only as a finding aid.)
Persons: Richard Norwood, Nicholas Underdown, John Sackett, Joan Sackett
Places: St John the Baptist, Margate, Thanet
1481 Nicholas Underdowne Senior of the parish of St. Peter in the Isle of Thanet wrote his will on April 23, 1481.
"In dei no'ie Amen xxiijo die mensis Ap'l Anno D'ni mcccclxxxprimo Ego Nich'us Underdowne Sen' de Paroch' S'ti Pet' in Insula de Thaneto compos mentis & sane memor' condo test'm meu' in hunc mod' In primus do & lego an'am deo omnipotento & b'te M'e mat' sue ac omnb' S'tis ___ Corpusque meum Sepeliend' in cancello coram ymagine s'ti Nichi' in ece'lia predicti Item lego … "
Nicholas bequeaths his soul to almighty god and blessed mother Mary and asks to be buried in the chancel his parish church before the image of St. Nicholas. He makes seven bequests to local churches and monasteries and bequeaths ten marks for a chaplain at St. Peters to pray for his soul for a year after his death. He bequeaths to his son John one featherbed and to his son Nicholas all the other furniture pertaining to his manor of le Dane. He bequeaths the rest of his goods not bequathed after his debts and legacies are performed to his sons Nicholas and John to dispose for the safety of his soul as it seems to them the better to please God. He names his sons Nicholas and John as his executors and requests Richard Norwode to be the supervisor.
In the second part of his will, he names the feoffees of his lands, Richard Norwode, Richard Culmer Senior, Richard Gotysle(?) and Simon Calna__, and states immediately after his death he wants them to enfeoof his son Nicholas Underdowne in his manor called le Dane with all its appurtanences and one windmill. He bequeaths to his son John one tenement in the city of Canterbury in the parish of St. Mary of Bredin called le Horne and a tenement with all its appurtenances situated in the pariah of Shuldon next to Dele (Deal). He bequeaths to his son Nicholas for the repair of the aforesaid manor five marks Sterling.
1481/82 The will of Nicholas Underwoode Senior was proved in the Archdeaconry Court of Canterbury on February 17.
[1] Feet of Fines, Online Abstracts, [Medieval_Genealogy].
[2] Image of CP 25/1/116/331, number 33, on AALT, [URL].