John Alphew or Alphegh

John Alphew or Alfeigh or Alphey owned considerable property in the County of Kent [as can be seen from his 1488 will], including his main residence the Manor of Bore Place at Chiddingstone, Kent [inherited by his daughter Margarete and her husband Robert Rede]. He is often said to have been a High Sheriff of Kent but his name does not appear in the official list. A Biography of his son-in-law Robert Rede suggests that John Alphew/Alfeigh was also a Lawyer of London but no evidence of that has yet been found.

John, according to his IPM died on the 4th Feb 1589.

His first wife Isabell Pettit predeceased him [she died 23 September 1479] and was buried at St Mary Chiddingstone & John asks in his will to be buried beside her. With her he had at least 3 daughters

• Margarete who married Robert Rede.
• Johan who was called Ekynton and Ekyngton in his 1488 will. Her husband is presumably the John Ekynton also in the will.
• Agnes who married William Bond by 1493, but had been promised to her step-brother Edmund Martyn..

By his second wife Elisabeth Frowick [who died in 1502] he had two more daughters [both underage in 1488, Elisabeth is very clearly named their mother in the 1488 will]:[Elizabeth Frowick previously married to John Martyn & Roger Appulton]

• Thomasyn
• Elisabeth
• Dorothy [ named in some pedigrees but as yet no source for her. She is not in any wills ].

The earliest reference found for John Alphew is in a quit claim at Chiddigstone, Kent on the 14th August 1457.

Alphew Arms: Argent, a fess between three boars heads couped, sable

https://www.british-history.ac.uk/inquis-post-mortem/series2-vol1/p...
JOHN ALFEGH.
Writ 7 Feb., 4 Hen. VII; inq. 27 Oct., 5 Hen. VII.
He died 4 Feb. last. Joan, aged 32 and more, Margaret aged 31 and more, Thomasine aged 12 and more, and Elizabeth aged 8 and more, are his daughters and heirs.[Agnes his daughter is also an heir]
KENT. He enfeoffed Henry Ferrys, knt., Robert Rede, serjeant-at-law, Edmund Martyn, John Erkynbolde, and Richard Wybarne, who survive, of the under-mentioned messuage and land:—
A messuage, 40a. land, and 2 1/2a. meadow, called ‘Chested,’ in the parish of Pensherst, worth 30s., held of John, Archbishop of Canterbury, as of the manor of Otforde, service unknown.
He was seised, jointly with Henry Hexstall, William Wodegate, and John Ware, who survive, of the under-mentioned messuages and land:—
Three messuages, 4 gardens, 100a. land, 26a. meadow, 250a. pasture, and 30a. wood in Chedyngstone, Sondrissh, Pensherst, and Chevenyng, held, the 26a. pasture, worth 22s., of the said Archbishop, as of the manor of Otforde, service unknown, and the residue, worth 4l. 6s. 8d., of John Islee, esq;, as of the manor of Sondrissh, service unknown.
He was seised jointly with Henry Hexstall, and William Pette, who survive, of the under-mentioned manor:—
Manor of Chydyngstone Burgherssh, with its appurtenances in Chydyngstone, Pensherst, Cowden, and Hever, worth .. l. 6s. 8d., held of the said John Islee, as of the said manor of Sondrissh, co. Kent, service unknown.
He was seised, jointly with John Audley, knt., Lord Audeley, and Henry Hexstall, who survive, of the under-mentioned manor:—
Manor of Ryndeslegh, with its appurtenances in Chedyngstone, Pensherst, and Cowden, worth 26s. 8d., held of Walter Durkynhole, and John Broker, as of the manor of Smyth ……, co. Kent, service unknown.
He was seised jointly with William Wodegate, and John Ware, who survive, of the under-mentioned messuages and land:—
Two messuages and 150a. land in Cowden, worth 26s. 8d., held of the said Archbishop, as of the manor of Otforde, service unknown.
Two messuages, 100a. land, 40a. pasture, and 20a. wood in Westerham, worth 23s. 4d., held of the Abbot of St. Peter’s, Westminster, as of the manor of Westerham, service unknown.
By letters patent, dated 5 March, in the first year of his reign, the King that now is granted him the custody of Humphrey, son and heir of John Sandeford, a natural ideot, and the custody of the under-mentioned manors belonging to the said Humphrey, to hold for the term of the life of the said Humphrey, without payment or account in respect of the issues and profits thereof. By a certain writing, reciting the said letters patent, the said John Alfegh gave the said custody and manors to the said Robert Rede and John Erkynbold, to hold for the life of the said Humphrey, viz. the
Manor of Well.
Manor of Lokyndale.
Manor of Garyngton.
C. Series II. Vol. 5. (70.)

From Wikitree
1406 William Alfey, witness to grant of land in Sundridge and Chiddingtone[5]
1415 John Alfey, of Sundryssh, chapman (Common Pleas)[6]
1421 Roger Alfegh, of Chidyngston, husbandman (Common Pleas)[7]
1421 John Alfey, of Sunderherssh, Kent, smith (Common Pleas)[8]
1423 Thomas Alfey, witness to grant of land in Sundridge[9]
1427 John Alphey, of Sunderessh, ironmonger (Common Pleas)[10]
1446 Thomas Alfegh bought land in Sundridge (final concord)[11]
These are probably four individuals: William, John, Roger, and Thomas. Thomas is probably the uncle of John of this profile. In the Will of John Alphew or Alpheigh (PCC 1489), he made a bequest for prayers for "Thomas Alfeigh myn uncle".

John ALFIGH/ALPHEW/ALPHEIGH 1488 Chiddingstone, Kent
In dei nomie Amen John Alfeigh being in hole and perfite mynde thankyd be to allmighty
god my maker the seconde day of January the yere of our lord god 1488 and the
IIIth [3rd] yere of the Reign of King Henry the VIIth make this my present testament and Last wyll
in form folowing fyrst I bequeth my soule to allmighty god my maker and to his moste
infenite mercy and to his blessed moder seint Mary and to all the company of heven my
body to be buryed in the parish church of Chedingstone afore the aulter ther of Seynt
Katerynne by Isabell late my wyfe. Item I bequeth to the high aultar ther xx s to
the intent that the parish of the same church shall the more especially pray for my sowle Item
I bequeth to the high aultar of Penshurst vi s viii d. Item I bequeth to the high aulter
of Sonduch vi s vii d Item I bequeth to the high aulter of Chevenyng vi s viii d Item I will
have song for my sowle Immediately after my decease in trentalls of seint Gregory of my
well disposed prieste and frires yeving to enery of them x s for ther labour Item I will have a
goode priest founde to sing for my soule and the soules of my fader mader Isabell my wyfe Thomas Alfeigh myn uncle and for all Cristen soules by the space of vi yeris next after my
decease ysing unto the same priestes for his salary yerely x marcs Item I bequeth for me?ssavys
nedefull reparacons in the parish of Chedingstone x marcs by the discroon of myn executours
Item I bequeth to every of my god children xii d to pray for my soule Item I bequeth to the
priour and convent of the white friers of Ayleford xxs for the which I will they sing a

solemme dirge and masse of requiom for my soule and recomende the same to all ther suffragis
and prayers Item I bequeth to the poour of Tunbrigge vis viii d And to every chanon there iii s
iii d for the which I will they sing a solomene dirge and masse of requiem for my soule and
recommend the same specially to all ther suffragis and prayers Item I bequeth to the parish church
of Chedingston vi torchis to be surround aboute my herse the day of my buriall and at my
monethus mynd. Item I bequeth to the fre chapell of Penshurst of a mass booke and in the
sebillys whereof the oone is of cloth of Bawdkyn and the other of white sarsenett to theintent
that the priest ther and his succesoure shall pray moore specially for my soule Item I bequeth
to the parish church of Chedingstone a sewte of vestemente of whyte Damask Item I
bequeth to the parish church of Penshurst a chesebill of whyte Damaske Item I will it be done
wel and honestly the daye of my buryall for my soule according to my degre and haw? that
god hath callyd me unto and that there be delt for my soule to poor people in almes xl s
on and above commement rewards to prestes and clerke singing dirge and masse for my
soule Also I will it be done for my soule at my monethis mynd in like and sembable
wyse in all thingis as is before rehersed tobe don the day of my buryall with vi blak
gownes to be gevyn to upon men that shall hold vi torches aboute my herse and
that only of the same poor? men have iiid to pray for my soule Item I will have my
yeris mynd kept by yer next after my decease deling at every of the seid myndys
to pore people in almes vi s viii d on and above conmement rewardys to prests and clerke
being at the same mynds Item I bequeth and will that Elisabeth my wyfe have all
such stuff of household as she brought with hyr to me and was hers before she was maryed
to me Item I bequeth to the same Elisabeth in salts of sylver and chasyd and poell gylt
with a cover to the same with the in? part of my sensse of household at the bore except
the hangys of my hawle plow? chapell and new chambyre as long as they wyll
endur Item I bequeth to my seid wife best standing cupp of silver and gylt to
occupy during hyr lyfe and after hyr decease I will the Edmund Martyn hyr
sonne have the same cupp Item I bequeth to Margarete Rede my doughter my
yinwe? saltis of silver and one gylt with a kover to the same of sylver and one of gylt and
a pece kovered of silver and poell gilt I bequeth to Johann Ekynton my doughter
xx l in money for the which I will she discharge Wyllyam Wodegate and John
a Ware of an obligation of xl against my sonne in lawe Robard Rede sergeant to
the lawe Item I bequeth to the same Johan a flate pece of sylver Item I bequeth
to Agnes my doughter my bason and ewer silver poell gilt and an obligacion
of cxx l werin the seid Edmond Martyn Late my ward is bounde unto me
for the recompense and satisfaction of the value of his mariage Item I bequeth to Thomasyn
and Elisabeth my doughters a small saltes of silver with one kovering to the same. Item I
bequeth to the seid Edmund Martyn all such bedding as I have at Rutstede my russett
furryd gowne with nartrons and my tawney doblett of damaske Item I bequeth to
Elizabeth Martyn a flatt pece of sylver and c s in money to her marriage Item I
bequeth to Johan and Alice my sisters x marcs in money evenly bytwene them
tobe deptyd. Item I bequeth to Agnes and Margarete doughters of Thomas Everest
eny of them xl s to ther mariages Item I bequeth to the vicar of Westerhyn xxs to pray
for my soule Item I bequeth to my clerk Richard Wybaon xl s in money and a some
horse sadell and Brydill with a ray gowne Item I bequeth to every of my servant men
and women on and above ther wages vi s vii d Item I bequeth to the parish clerke
of Chedingstone iii s iii d and to the sexton xx d Item I bequeth to Willyam Wodegate
John Eademond and Willyam Potkyn to either of them xxs Item I bequeth to
William Ehapp Late my servant xxs or else a horse and a colt to that value Item
I bequeth to John A Ware thelder of Chedingstone in Oxon? in Kene in servys of the
ige of ii yers and the avantage and iii twolmenomethelingis? Item I bequeth
to the seid Robard Reede my chales of sylver and on gilt with the patent to the same
of silver aqnd gilt and a pax brode of silver and on gilt of the some syde The residew
of all my goodes and catalls not assigned nor bequethed after my detts paid and
my bequests timely performed in dede I geve and bequeth to myn executors to dispose
for my soule by ther disernon as they will answer before god and as they wold
I should doo for them in lyke case and of this my present testament and will I make
and ordeigne myn executours the seid Robard Rede sergeant to the lawe John

Akenbold and the said John A Ware to execute and fulfyll this my present testament acording to
the care effate intent and meaning of the same and I will that the same Robard have x marcs
in money for his labour and the seid John Arkenbold v marcs and the said John A Ware xl s
for ther labour on and above ther necessary and connement expenses and charges to and for
the execution of this my present testament. Item I bequeth to Robard Tottysherst my godsomme
ii Oxon or else the value of them by the discreoon of my seid executors writyn the seyd
second day of January And the yer of our Lord abovesaid
This is the Last will of me the seid John Alphey made the seyd seconde day of January
the seid yer of our lord god of 1488 and the seid 3rd yer of the reigne of King Henry
the viith As to the disposioon of all my maners Landys and tenements Rents and fines
Wardes Lets and pastures with ther appurtenances in the parishes and townes of Chedingston
Penshurst Cowden Hever Westerham Sundrych Chevening Seale Kensing Sevenoak
Tunbrigge Ligh and Brenchly in the counte of Kent First I will and regard
all my fersers? of an in the Maners of Chedingstone Burgherst and Smythserde
with ther appurtenances lying in the parishes of Chedingstone Penshurst Cowden and Hever
aforseid some after my decease make afcate? of the seid Maners with ther appurtenances to Robard Rede
sergeant to the lawe and to Margarete his wife my doughter to have to them and to ther
heyres of the body of the same Margarete Lawfully begoten. In full recompense of all lands
and tenements that the seid Robard and Margarete shuld have of me by reason of a
covenent made by indenture be twene me and the seid Robard for the mariage betwene
hym and my seid doughter his wife and for lack of such issue of the same Margarete
the Remaynder therof to the right heyres of me the seid John Allfeigh And fyrthemor
I will that the same Robard and Margarete his wyfe have in fee simple after my decease
all my rent and fines at Wykehurst and all my lande and tenements under spensed?
that is ?fottosey my chase and capitall tenement and messuage wherin I dwell callid
the Bore with thappurtenances a cotage and landes callid Berkfold lands callid Beche lande
Mylland paynslands creseld forlese the lands late purchased of Sir James Crowner
Knight and all the lands enclosed with pale callyd the parke and a tenement and
lands called Bayles with all the appurtenances with all other my lands in myn owne
occupacion and all my medowe in Westchestede mede except in acres and a which belongith
to my tenement of Chesede in the parish if Penshurst to have to the seid Robard and
Margarete to ther heyres forevermore in fee simple upon condition that the same
Robard and Margarete ther heyres and assignes shall content and pay to Elisabeth
my wyfe during her lyfe x marcs of lawfull money of England yerely at ii
termes of the yere every porcone so that my seide wyfe after my decese kepe hyr
sole duryng her lyfe without takyng of eny man to husbond and allso upon this cond-
oon that my seid wyfe after my decese shall not ask upon nor troubill the same Robert
and Margaret or eny other person or for eny dower or tythe or interest of and in eny
of all my seid lands and tenements or eny poell? of them but onely for the same
x marcs tobe hadd in forme aforesaid to the same Elisabeth yerely. Item I will that
my feoffees make afeate to Johann Ekyngton my daughter after my decese of
all such lands and tenements as John Hayward hath hadd late to forme of myne
lying as Chesede in the parish of Penshurst and of a tenement callyd Deys late
John Deys and of all my lande callid Morecokks lying in the parish of Chedingston
and of a tenement called Boghfollys lying in the parish of Chevening with all the appurtenances
to have to hyr and to the heyres of hyr body lawfully begotten living and for deswate? of such issue
the remaynder thereof to the right heyres of me the seid John Alfeigh Item I will that
my feffer of and in the manor of Rendeshegh land and rent callid Alkyngden with theappurtenance
make thereof Asente to Agnes my daughter when she cometh to the age of xxi yer dis-
lyngd of all manor Awoagis? of Rente to have to hyr and to hyr heyres of hyr body
Lawfully begoten and for desawte? of such issue the remaynder thereof to the forseid
Margarete Rede my doughter and to the heyres of hyr body lawfully begoton and for
desawte? of such issue the same Manor lands and rent to be sold by mym executors

and 20 marcs thereof comyng to goo to the expansion of the church Chedyngston and other 20 marcs
for an honest preste to sing in the same church by the space of ii yere for my sowle the sowlis of my
fadyr and moder and for the sowles of all tho that I have takyng eny fee reward or henefyte?
of unrecompensed or defend and the resdew of the money comyng of the sale to goo to anydeus
Mariage of my kynne and mending of sowle weys almes to poor people in the parish of
Chedingstoon by the discretion of my executors and marson? I wyll that Robert Rede and
Margarete his wyfe take have and poeyve? the revennes issues and profites of the same manor
land and rent unto the tyme the same Agnes come to theage of 21 yers and unto the tyme
she be maried to hyr use and for her fynding and moreover I will that the same Agnes shall
have after my decease a tenement and rent in Penshurst callid Sonte with the appurtenances
and my myll at Chedingstone callid Cranforde Myll with the appurtenances in fee simple and
if she Dye as she come to the age of 21 yer then I will that the same tenement and rent
called Sonte and allso the seid myll be sold by myn executors and the money therof
comying goo to the spending of prests to pray for my soule and all the sowles a fore named
and onthat I will that the seid Agnes be ruled and go miyd in hyr mariage and otherwise
by the only advise and counsell of the seid Robard Reed and Margarete hys wife and els
thys my wyll of all the p’nsses to the same Agnes assigned be voyd. Item I will that
Thomysynne and Elisabeth my doughters shalhave all my lands and tenements with their
appurtenances in the parishis of Westerham and Cowden to have to them and to their heyres of
their bodyes lawfully begotten and if eny of thm dye without issue of hyr body lawfully
comyng then hyr part of all the same Lands and tenements so devising remayning to
theother so onerlenyng and to the heyres of hyr body lawfully begoten. And if both the
same Thomesyne and Elisabeth dye without issue of either of ther bodyes lawfully comming
then all the same Lands and tenements to remayne to the right heyres of me the seyd
John Alfeigh forever and more on I will that Elisabeth my wyfe have take and Paeyve?
theissues and profites of all the same lands and tenements to the use of the same Thomasyn
and Elisabeth till they come of lawfull age or else happ tobe maried to and for the
exhibicion and funding of the same Thomasyne and Elisabeth and on that I will that
the same Thomasyne and Elisabeth be holy rulyed and guidyd in their mariage or to be nunney
of religion or otherwyse by thadvyse of my seid wyfe ther moder in all things or else this my
wyll of all p’nnsse to the same Thomesynne and Elisabeth be voyde Item I will that the
halfe Manor of the hall in the parish of Sele be sold by myn executors and the money thereof
comyng to goo to the execinaon and performyng of my testament and moroon? I will that my
tenement callyd Salmons be sold by myn executours after my decese and of the money
therof comyng I will that Johann Petyte late my servant and myne alye have therof x marcs
in money to hyr marriage and the residew of the money comying of the same sale to goo to
thexeaon? and pformyng of my seid testament Item I will that Richard Wybary my clerk
have after my decese all my pact and mc’ese of and in all that tenement and land that
I late purchased at Boghseede which summe tyme was Robert Alfeigh to have to hym and
to his heyres for and for the which to thenteat? that the same Richard Wybary at all tymes
shall have and doo his time due and diligeuce to myn executors in his time help counsell
and labour to and for thexecution and fulfilling of my seid testament when he shall
thereto resonably be required by myn executors Item I will that John Alkenbold one of
myn executors have after my decease my litell close of land in Brynchelsey which
Richard Day ther hath and oernpieth? of my leese to have to hym and to his heyres
for evermore In Witteness of all which p’nnsses I seid John Alpheigh have puto
my seall to this present testament and last will and allso have subscribed with myn
owne hand aswele my forseid last testament as this my last will of all my lands
and tenements the seid second day of January and yer above seid.

List of early Chancery cases from List of Early Chancery Cases Preserved in the Public Record Office Vol III
1963

Bundle 102
1486 to 1493
63
Edmund, son & heir of John Martyn.
Robert Rede and others, executors of John Alfeigh
Bond given by the complainant to marry Agnes, daughter of the said John Alfeigh who has since married another person. Annexed is an interpleader by the said Agnes and William Bond her husband.
Kent

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The MANOR OF CHIDINSTONE BURGHERSH, or Burgherst, called formerly Burwash-court, was part of the possessions of the eminent family of Burghersh, vulgarly called Burwash.

In the 16th year of king Edward I. Robert de Burghersh was made constable of Dover-castle, and constituted warden of the cinque ports. In the 32d year of Edward I. he was summoned to parliament among the barons of this realm, and died two years afterwards, being then possessed of this manor, and leaving Stephen his son and heir, who in the 1st year of Edward II. obtained a charter of free warren for all his demesne lands within this manor.

...About the 43d year of king Edward III. [a descendant, Bartholomew] conveyed this manor, with much other land in this county and in Warwickshire, to Sir Walter de Paveley, knight of the Garter, in whose family it remained until the latter end of the reign of king Richard II. when it was conveyed to Vaux, of the county of Northampton, in which name it staid till the reign of king Henry VI. when it was alienated to John Alphegh, or Alphew, of Bore-place, in this parish, who bore for his arms, Argent, a fess between three boars heads couped, sable. He died in 1489, and lies buried in this church, leaving by Isabel, his wife, daughter of Richard Petit, esq. two daughters and coheirs; Elizabeth, who was twice married, first to George Gainsford, esq. a younger son of Sir John Gainsford, of Crowhurst, in Surry; (fn. 8) and secondly to William Brograve, esq. of Beckenham; and Margaret, who married Sir Robert Read, who had this manor allotted to him on the division of their inheritance. He was descended from an ancient family in the county of Northumberland, and being bred to the law, was, in 1507, made chief justice of the common-pleas, (fn. 9) and was so highly esteemed by king Henry VII. that he had made him one of his executors. Sir Robert Read bore for his arms, Gules, on a fess wavy, three pheasant cocks sable; which coat, impaling Alphew, is still remaining in a window, in Sergeant's-inn.

By Margaret, his wife, Sir Robert had one son, Edmund, who was one of the justices of the King's bench, and dying before him, without issue, in 1501, lies buried in this church, and four daughters; Bridget, wife of Sir Thomas Willoughby; Jane, of John Caryll, esq. sergeant at law; Mary, of Sir William Barringtyne; and Dorothy, of Sir Edward Wotton. He died about the 10th year of the reign of Henry VIII. without issue male; so that his four daughters became his coheirs, and on the partition of their inheritance, this manor, with other estates in this parish, was allotted to the share of Sir Thomas Willoughby and Bridget his wife.

Sir Thomas Willoughby was the fifth and youngest son of Sir Christopher Willoughby, and younger brother of William lord Willougby, ancestor of the present baroness Willoughby of Eresby, and of Christopher, ancestor of the lords Willoughby of Parham, now extinct; the origin of the family in this kingdom being Sir John de Willoughby, a Norman knight, who had the lordship of Willoughby, in Lincolnshire, by the gift of the Conqueror.

Sir Thomas Willoughby being bred to the law, was knighted in the 29th year of king Henry VIII. was made a chief justice of the common pleas, (fn. 10) and by his wife Bridget, as above mentioned, became entitled to this manor of Chidingstone Burghersh, with his seat called Bore-place, and other estates in this parish. (fn. 11) In the 31st year of that reign he, among others, by an act then passed, procured his lands to be disgavelled.

He died in the 37th year of king Henry VIII. and lies buried with Bridget, his wife, in this church. His arms, being Gules, on a bend wavy argent, three birds sable, impaling argent, a fess between three boars heads couped sable, are still remaining in one of the windows of Sergeant's inn, in Fleet-street.

His grandson, Sir Thomas Willoughby, was sheriff of this county in the 15th and 32d years of queen Elizabeth, and bore for his arms, Or, fretty azure. He married Catharine, daughter of Sir Percival Hart, of Lullingstone, by whom he left several sons and daughters; of whom Percival, the eldest, succeeded to these estates, and was, on the accession of king James I. knighted by that prince. He married Bridget, eldest daughter and coheir of Sir Francis Willoughby of Wollaton-hall, in Nottinghamshire, by which means he not only possessed that mansion, but a large estate in that county, for which he was elected to serve in the first parliament of king James, and was ancestor of the present Henry Willoughby lord Middleton. Being desirous of increasing his interest in Nottinghamshire, he alienated the manor of Chidingstone Burghersh to Mr. John and Robert Seyliard, of Delaware, from whom it descended to John Seyliard, esq. of Delaware, who was created a baronet in 1661, and from him to Sir Thomas Seyliard, bart. who, about the year 1700, conveyed it, with Delaware, above mentioned, to Henry Streatfeild, esq. and he, at his death, bequeathed it to his youngest son, Thomas Streatfeild, esq. of Sevenoke, who devised it to his nephew, Henry Streatfeild, esq. of High-street house, in this parish; since whose death, in 1762, the inheritance of it is become vested in his eldest son, Henry Streatfeild, esq. of High-street house.

BORE-PLACE is a seat here, which, with the MANOR OF MILBROKE, was antiently, as high as the reign of king Henry III. the estate of a family, which assumed its surname from hence, and was called Bore, and assumed a boar for its arms. In the name of Bore this seat and manor continued till John Bore; in the reign of king Henry VI. conveyed them by sale to John Alphew, who rebuilt Bore-place, and died possessed of them both in 1489, leaving two daughters and coheirs; one of whom, Margaret, became the wife of Sir Robert Read, lord chief justice of the common pleas, of whom a full account has already been given; and on a division of their inheritance entitled him to this seat and manor, as well as the rest of her father's estate in this parish. He resided at Bore-place, which he much enlarged, and dying without male issue surviving, his four daughters became his coheirs; of whom Bridget, the eldest, was married to Sir Thomas Willoughby, chief justice of the common pleas, and on the partition of his estates, had this seat, Milbroke, and his other possessions in this parish, allotted for her share.

Sir Thomas Willoughby likewise resided at Boreplace, and added much to the buildings of it. His grandson, Sir Percival Willoughby, in the beginning of the reign of king James I. alienated Bore-place and Milbroke, to Mr. Bernard Hyde, of London, after wards one of the commissioners of the customs to king Charles I. who was a charitable benefactor, by his will, to several parishes in London, as well as others, in trust to the Skinners company. (fn. 12) His descendant, Bernard Hyde, esq. alienated them about fifty years ago to Henry Streatfeild, esq. of Highstreet house, in this parish; since whose death, in 1762, the inheritance of both Bore-place and Milbroke are become vested in his eldest son, Henry Streatfeild, of High-street house, esq.