birth date and birth place based on son nycolas birth in 1562 in st. andrew, london. estimated george as 30 in 1582 and wife 20.

London Subsidy Roll 384
PRO E179/146/384 cf 380, 398

2nd Subsidy granted 1597 assessment date 1 October 1599

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Lymestrete warde

This Indenture ...

< Ly>mestrete

St Andrewes & St Peters p{ar}ishes

< Robert> < Lee> Ald{e}r{m}an assessoR 80
< Gregorye> Younge in landes 20
< S{i}r Robert> < W>rothe knighte in landes 40
< Iohane> < Phillipp>es wydowe in landes 10
Iohn < More> Alderman assessoR 80
Math< ew> < D>olman 50 Colman???
Ed< ward> < R>iche in landes 20
H< enry> < Cle>therowe 100
I< ohn> < Ray>mond in landes < ...>
Ed< mond> Bressey 20
Iohn Barfoote in landes 10
Mres Dorothye Offeley widow in landes 20
George Speringe < ...>
Will{ia}m Chambers < ...>
Hughe B< ullocke> < ...>
Xpofer Thatcher in landes 10
Iohn Canute 20
Thomas Cockayne 10
Thomas fferrys 10
Roberte Cooley 5
Henrye Heywood 3
Abraham Cartwrig< ht> all here damaged
Iohn < S>tewarde
< Iohn> < Broug>hton
I< ...> < ...>
S
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Iohn < Prywell>
Dauid Pow< ell>
Will{ia}m
< ...>< ...>
< ...>< ...>
< ...>< ...>
Iohn Me< rryke> 5 [< 13s 4d]
Iohn Penn< ingeton> __ [< 21s 4d]
Nicholas < Speringe> 10 [< 26s 8d]
Roberte < Cooper> 3 [< 8s]
Liv< ia> Whit< e> 6 [< 16s]
Peter < Towers> 6 [< 16s]
Henry How< ...> 3 [< 8s]
Roberte Hill 6 [< 16s]
Thomas ffitche 6 [=16s]
Allen Woodman 3 [=8s] < means inferred

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Will{ia}m Robynson
Walter Vnett
Iohn Morgan
Guye Godolphyn
Thomas Gellybrand
Lancellott Thompson
Thomas Honyman
Roger Cockyn
Michael Palmer

Strangers

names 2

Straungers p{er} poll

Oxford Place

names

St Marye Axe

names

Lymestreete

names

SumMa totalis

All wch sayde .,..

Companyes

The Stationers in landes 5

All whiche saide ...

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St Andrew Undershaft
Leadenhall Street Monument to John Stow <monumentjohnstow.htm>

Earliest mention was during the 12th century when it was referred to as St Andrew ad Sanctum Trinitatem. In 1268 it was St Andrew juxta Alegate and in 1482 St Andrew atte Shafte upon Cornhull. Stow, who attended the church and was buried there, write At the north-west corner of this ward [Aldgate], in the said high street, standeth the fair and beautiful parish church of St Andrew the Apostle; with an addition, to be know from other churches of that name, of the knape or undershaft; and so called St Andrew Undershaft.
Geoffrey Chaucer, who was appointed Controller of the Customs in 1374 and was granted a lease on a dwelling over Aldgate, also wrote of the church.
Right well aloft, and high ye beare your heade,
The weather cocke, with flying, as ye would kill,
When ye be stuffed, bet of wine then brede,
Then looke ye, whan your wombe doth fill,
As ye would beare the great shaft of Cornehill,
Lord, so merrily crowdeth then your croke,
That all the streets may heare your body cloke."
The church gained its name from the Maypole, or shaft, that was erected each May Day. The shaft, taller than the steeple, was erected in the middle of Leadenhall Street before the south door of the church. In 1517 the London apprentices rioted and the pole was left in its storage place, under the eaves of thatched cottages in Shaft Alley. This day became to be known as Evil May Day and from that day the shaft was never used. The church fell into disrepair and in 1520 Sir Stephen Jennings, Lord Mayor in 1508, paid for the rebuilding. When he died in 1523 the work was continued by William Fitzwilliams. In 1549 Sir Stephen, the curate of of St Katherine Cree, denounced the maypole as a heathen idol. The crowd removed the shaft from its storage place, cut it into pieces and burnt it. A while later a Popish riot occurred in Essex and the bailiff of Romford was hung, close to the well in Aldgate, in site of John Stow's house. While on the ladder he expressed that he knew not why he was being executed, "unless it was because he had told Sir Stephen that there was heavy news in the country and many men were up in Essex." Sir Stephen sneaked out of London soon after never to be heard of again.
Stow died and was buried in the church in 1605. He wife erected a marble monument to him. The current font was made by Nicholas Stone and installed in the church in 1631. The church was only one of four in the City to escape the Great Fire. In 1669 the steeple was in poor repair and according to parish records they were about repairing it. Work on the steeple was undertaken in 1704. The organ, by Renatus Harris, was installed in 1696. In 1830 the building was repaired. The tower was given pinnacles and an octagonal lantern. The mullions on the chelesetory windows were restored. The church was repaired again between 1875-6 by A W Blomfield and Ewan Christian. In 883 the upper part of the tower was reconstructed by T Chatfield Clarke. The pinnacles were replaced and a turret was added at the north-west.
In 1905 the Merchant Taylor Company replaced the marble monument with one of terra-cotta. It shows John Stow dressed in the robes of a liveryman of the Merchant Taylors. Each year close to the anniversary of his death a memorial services is held, attended by the Lord mayor and Sheriffs. After the service a new quill pen is placed in the hand of Stow's effigy by the Lord Mayor. According to Maitland the body of Stow was removed in 1732 to make place for another.
In more recent times the church has been damaged twice. The first in 1992 when a bomb exploded outside the Baltic Exchange and again in 1993 when a bomb exploded in Bishopsgate. Since then the church has been fully restored. All that is left of the church and burial yard is a small garden on the north side of the church which can be entered from St Mary Axe. A few gravestones remain.
Artisans
1704: Edward Strong Junior - mason; Richard Jennings - carpenter; John Smallwell - joiner.

FACT FILE
Church Name Earliest Latest Destroyed Architect Status
St Andrew Undershaft (St Andrew the Apostle) 12th century In use
Location Parish records located Baptism Marriage Burial
Corner of St Mary Axe and Leadenhall Street Guildhall Library 1558 to 1901 1558 to 1837 1558 to 1849
Ward Parish joined with Notes
Aldgate St Mary Axe in 1560 St Katherine Cree [1954]

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1582 London Subsidy Roll Lime Street Ward
Location: City of London <place.asp?placeid=6>
Sponsor: London Record Society
Publication: Two Tudor subsidy rolls for the city of London <source.asp?pubid=160>
Year published: 1993
Description:
Supporting documents: Abbreviations <report.asp?compid=36092>
Pages: 269-271
Add this text to your bookshelf <register.asp>

Contents References to speringe, Speringe
LYME STREETE WARDE Table (row 28), Table (row 65),

LYME STREETE WARDE

362. [r.43] LYME STREETE WARDE
[Petty collectors: Mathewe Dolman, haberdasher, and Gregory Yonge, grocer.]
ST PETERS AND ST ANDREWES PAROCHES
[English]
£ s. d
Sir Nicholas Woodroff knight, Commyssioner (£270) [x - Mddx. £5] 13 10
Gregory Yonge (£50) 50
Lawrence Gough (£50) 50
Wylliam Phillipps in landes and fees (£20) [ass. 20s. in Mddx.] 26 8
Doctor Penny in fees (£10) 13 4
Wylliam Wrothe (£80) [x - Herts. 17s. 4d.] 4
Wylliam Mylward (£50) 50
Hughe Offeley (£120) 6
Edmond Bressy (£60) 3
Thomas Starkye, Alderman (£220) 11
Mathewe Dolman (£50) 50
Henry Gylmyn in fees (£20) 26 8
Peter Haughton (£50) 50
Henry Bradbridge in landes (£20) [x - Sussex 13s. 4d.] 26 8
Raphe Sares (£3) 3
David Powell (£3) 3
Wylliam Tyboll (£5) 5
Richard Lockson (£5) 5
Robert Mascall (£5) [ass. 5s. in Cripplegate ward] 5
Wylliam Hartridge (£5) 5
Wylliam Fowler (£6) 6
George Speringe (£3) 3
[Blank] Richardes (£3) 3
Wydowe Perpoynte (£3) 3
Wylliam Phillipps, taylor (£3) 3
John Copland (£3) 3
Richard Hadlowe (£3) 3
George Dove (£4) 4
[r.44]
John Whyte (£6) 6
John Stowe (£3) 3
Peter Towers (£3) 3
Thomas Fytche (£3) 3
John Weste (£3) 3
Thomas Danyell (£3) 3
Wylliam Pearch (£10) 10
Wylliam Handbury (£15) 15
Edward Cox (£5) 5
Mathewe Fleer (£10) 10
Rowland Richardson (£3) 3
Robert Wright (£3) 3
Lawrence Otwell (£20) 20
363. John Wielde (£5) 5
John Rooper (£3) 3
Thomas Warbee (£3) 3
Robert Cox (£3) 3
John Reymond (£5) [x - Q 6s. 8d.] 5
Robert Donkerley (£3) 3
Richard Baynes (£5) 5
Richard Bonde (£3) 3
Thomas Playne (£3) 3
Robert Kyngslonde (£5) 5
Christofer Thatcher (£10) 10
Jane Dutton (£10) [x - Essex 5s.] 10
John Stanfeild (£5) 5
Lancellott Ottorborne (£3) 3
John Carowe (£5) 5
Edmond Rowley (£5) 5
Nicholas Speringe (£10) 10
Straungers
Peter Buskell (£100) [b - Antwerp mer.] 10
Adrian de Porter (£60) [b - Antwerp mer.] 6
John Pedericons and Katheryn his wyfe per poll 8
Cornelius Johnson & Henry Johnson his man per poll 8
Troiolus de Crete and Sara his wyfe, Magdalen his daughter, Katheryn Falkener a servante per poll 16
In Peter de Bosquells howse, Jane his wyfe, Tanekyn Mason, Mary Ballenger, Lambert Joye, Nicholas Hobloyn per poll 20
In Adryan de Porters howse, Francys his wyfe, Haunce van Seelde, Cely Lapson per poll 12
In Robert Kingslons howse, James Fox per poll 4
In John Langleys howse, Helyn Cornelis per poll 4
[Endorsed] Summa 82 6 4

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The Visitation of London in 1633 has the Coat of Arms and outlines the family tree of George Speringe, goldsmith (referred to as George I for simplicity). It is Rebecca Carter, the wife of his son, George II, that links this family with Ireland - her will was proved in 1680 in the Prerogative Court in Dublin. Further information about the family tree may be available from the Chief Herald, particularly from earlier and later Visitations and I am in the process of getting this.

We also know from various wills that George I had several other children, and a brother Nicholas. These wills are useful in identifying the people in the tree and provide crude dates for births, marriages, etc. This information was then supplemented with more specific data from various other sources to flesh out the tree. These included the International Genealogical Index (IGI) via the LDS familysearch website, Boyd's Marriage Index and Index of Inhabitants of London (via originsnetwork.com), and scanned versions of the original parish registers (from ancestry.com).

George married Elizabeth Hanbury (Handberry) and they had 13 children, 3 of whom died in childhood. Both George senior and his brother Nicholas were goldsmiths. George worked closely with John Stowe, the most famous chronicler of London prior to the fire of 1666. Nicholas died in 1608, George in 1611, and Elizabeth in 1644. All are buried in St Andrew Undershaft.

• Married: 25 JUL 1580 in St Andrew Undershaft, London ^{7 8}

1. Nycolas Sperynge b: 19 MAR 1583 in St Andrew Undershaft, London
2. Helin Sperynge b: 31 JUL 1589 in St Andrew Undershaft, London
3. George Spering b: 07 JUL 1594 in St Andrew Undershaft, London
4. George Spering b: 15 NOV 1601 in St Andrew Undershaft, London
5. Elizabeth Spering b: 18 APR 1587 in St Andrew Undershaft, London
6. Anne Spering b: 31 MAY 1585 in St Andrew Undershaft, London
7. Henry Spering b: 16 NOV 1595 in St Andrew Undershaft, London
8. Hanbery Spering b: 13 JUN 1588 in St Andrew Undershaft, London
9. Marie (Mary) Sperynge b: 07 NOV 1591 in St Andrew Undershaft, London
10. William Spering b: 27 MAR 1597 in St Andrew Undershaft, London
11. Suzan Spering b: 28 JAN 1593 in St Andrew Undershaft, London
12. Sara Spering b: 30 AUG 1590 in St Andrew Undershaft, London
13. Alys Spering b: 21 JUN 1581 in St Andrew Undershaft, London

1. Title: Visitation of London 1633
   Text: George Spering of London, gent, married Elizabeth daughter of William Hanbury of London
   children Nicholas, George (m Rebecca Carter), William, Sarah (m Robert Ventriss), Alice (m John Pennington), Mary (m John Inkepen), & Susan (m John Sherman)
   (see attached jpeg file)
   also at http://www.archive.org/stream/visitationlondo02britgoog#page/n269/mode/1up/search/spering
   Elizabeth daughter of William Hanbury of London (see attached jeg file) also at
2. Title: Will
   Text: Alice Hanberie or Hanburie, Widow of Saint Andrews Undershaft, City of London, 22 March 1596 (transcript in Notes)
   at http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/details-result.asp?queryType=1&resultcount=1&Edoc_Id=1017190
   
   The will also mentions other possible relatives of Alice Hanbury, namely Henry Granngesdon, John Granngesdon, James Lawrence and Henry Lane, and her "cousins" John Skynner of Sudbury in the county of Suffolk, gent, and Thomas Cook, citizen and haberdasher of London.City of London, 22 March 1596 at http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/details-result.asp?queryType=1&resultcount=1&Edoc_Id=1017190. (see pdf attached)
   Note: From http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/details-result.asp?queryType=1&resultcount=1&Edoc_Id=1017190
   
   Description Will of Alice Hanberie or Hanburie, Widow of Saint Andrews Undershaft, City of London
   Date 22 March 1596
   Catalogue reference PROB 11/87
   Dept Records of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury
   Series Prerogative Court of Canterbury and related Probate Jurisdictions: Will Registers
   Piece Name of Register: Drake Quire Numbers: 1 - 52
   Image contains 1 will of many for the catalogue reference
   
   Transcript
   
   Will of Alice Hanbury
   
   In the name of God, Amen. The third day of December Anno Domini,
   one thousand five hundred ninety five and in the thirtyeighth
   year of the reign of our sovereign lady, Elizabeth, by the
   grace of God, Queen of England, France and Ireland, defender of
   the fai th, etc. I, Al ice Hanburie, of the Parish of Saint Andrews
   Undershaft in the City of London, widow, being sick in body
   but of perfect mind and remembrance, thanks be unto God, therefore
   do make and ordain my testament and last will in manner and
   form following. That is to say: Fi rst, I bequeath my soul unto
   Almighty God, hoping most assuredl y to be saved and to inherit
   life everlasting in the day of the general resurrection and
   judgment by the only merit and passion of our Lord and Saviour,
   Jesus Christ. And my body, I will to be buried within the Church
   of Saint Andrews Undershaft, aforesaid, by the good discretion of
   my Executor. Item:- I give and bequeath unto Elizabeth Speering,
   my daughter, the wife of George Speering of London, goldsmith,
   all that part and all those chambers and rooms of my capital
   messuage or mansion house wherein I do now dwell and which now
   being in my own occupation and been situate and lying in the
   said Parish of Saint Andrews Undershaft in the said city. To
   have and to hold the same unto her, the said Elizabeth, my
   daughter, and her assigns for and during the natural life of
   her, the same Elizabeth. And immediately from and after her
   decease to remain, go and be unto Anne Speeringe and Elizabeth
   Speeringe two of the daughters of the said Elizaberh, my daugrter,
   and to their heirs and assigns forever to be equally parted
   between them. Item, I give and bequeath unto the said Elizabeth
   Speering, my daughter and her assigns all that part and all those
   chambers, backhouse and r00ms of my said capital messuage where
   now been or 1 d Le weI e in lhe tenure, f arm or occupa tj on of
   (blank) Fanpe? or his assigns as they been now severed and divided
   and been situate and lying in the city and parish aforesaid.
   To have and to hold the same unto her, the said Elizabeth, my
   daughter, and her assigns for and during her natural life and
   after her decease to remain,go and be unto Henry Speering the
   youngest son of the same Elizabeth and to the heirs and assigns
   of the same Henry Speringe forever. Item, I give and bequeath
   unto Alice Speringe one other of the daughters of the said
   Elizabeth, my daughter, and to the heirs and assigns of the same
   Alice foreve. all that my tenement and mansion house wherein one
   Master (blank) Robinson now dwelleth, situate and being in the
   City and parish aforesaid with all the chambers and rooms tbereunto,
   appertaining and belonging as they beE-TI now severed and
   di·,ided and been in the te'1ure or occupation of the same (blank)
   o inson and h's assigns. Item, I give and bequeath unto the
   s< -i Elizabeth Speril'~e, my daughter all that my tenement.
   "hambers a'1d '-oome; with th",ir appurten8nces s'tuate and being iT).
   thE" Se. ic' ""o.ri.s"l of st. A lcr loiS Tj-1U'-~ }l_aft l,'J1,i-:;} pow he 0-- or 1 ... tp.
   weT'€, l.~( seve""c teP'l rpc. n OCrUpq+": r,n of 'Ri("~ar(~ Cr_al11hE"rl]
   carperter, ~~d Ag~eR V~nf~rr widow, or of ~ither 0f t~~D ~o 11~~e
   and to ho!~ tllP rame unto her the said Elizabeth and ter as~igns
   fo,.- and dl'ring her natural life. The remainder thereof ::'mmediately
   from and after her decease unto Susan Speering, one ot~er
   of th" da'ighters of the said Elizabeth my daugl,+pr and to the
   heirs and assigns of the same Susan forever. Item:- r give and
   bequeat '''lto t1,E' said El iz<. bE'th my daug'" e1'" all thosE' my two
   tenements. chambprs and rooms wi<-h tl1.eir appurtenances situate
   and being 'n tbr said parish whicb now been or late WE're jn the
   several tenures and or occupations of John Printall, freen a10n
   j'1""1c1 lawyer Jiumfyey Sawyer and oT either of thpm 'TIo l)avf?o and to
   hold the same unto her the said Elizabeth my daughter and her
   ~~jg~~ --f4">o1"- ~n·1 !l-n-.i----r'g thF- n?-t:.,~ ~ -ql 1 ifp..- r:f +!'-_C' ~~~~ ~l'!zabcth.
   The remainder the <,of i'ltil\ediat( ~y rrom and after her de"easp unte
   Mary S1' 'eringe onn other of t.l e daughtf)rs of t.~)e ';aio;) Elizabeth
   and to the heirs and assigns of t.he same Mary forever. rte~:- I
   give and bequeoth unto the said Elizabeth Speeringe my daughter
   a'l that my tenement, chambers and rooms with the appurtenunces
   situat~ and lying in the said Par:sh of Saint Andrews which now
   are or late were, in the tenure ~. o~c~pation of George Browne.
   bricklayer, n:ld his assigns. To havf' and to hold the same unto
   her the sam .. Elizabeth for and d'iring l1er natur:31 life 'I'pe
   remainder t'>ereof immedjately frrll' .:md afLer her decease unto
   Sara Speringe one other of the daughters of the said Flizabeth
   my davgr,· er and to the nei rs and assign,; of the same Sara forever,
   provided always and my mind, will and true intent is that if
   any of tIe aforenamed children of the aforesaid Elizabeth my
   daughter to whom any legacy, gift or devise is given, devi[cd or
   beql,eathed by this my will and testament shall happen to die
   unmarried before his or her age of twenty and one year'; that
   t'>en imllledic·tely from and after his or h~r dpcease who shall so
   happen to die all and singu1~r those houses, tenements, cbamb~rs,
   rooms, gifts, legacies, devises and bequeaths which been by this
   my will given, devised or bequeathed to such child or children
   so dying Hn(ler the sai d agE' of one and twenty years unmarried
   S'lo) 1. then.and.-f..r:.o!ILLhen.c.eforth .a.lL.whoU y LeIIlain . go and be unto
   a"1d (lmongs J ':l11 c l:h ,. th£' (1 ilr1rpD G'hov(> narnpc1 of my sa~_d d,-" 19nter
   who shall survivE apc' b", "ler dyinc, and to the IHir'" an"
   ~ssigns of the "'a'lle "Lrvivira cl'.ildren and child for ever part
   cm.d part alike. Item:- I give, forgive and bequeath unto all and
   every these persons and person whosoever which being of my
   kindred blood or affinity eit~e. by birth, marriage or otherwise
   all and singular, those goods, money, debts and other t.h;~gs
   whatsoever which I already have or at anytime or time" dur~ng my
   natural life I shall give or deliver or that I have or srall
   cause or assent to be taken or de i vered by 0)"" to any of them,
   .... 0 or for thpir own use or uses, or to or for the use or uses of
   any other person or persons except all and singular thos~ d~ht.s
   ,.nel Sl l' or mon~y only which being or shall be owing or due urt.o
   'lie. by or fOrom, any of them by their or any of the; r bond" or
   ~ ' lls obl~gatorr sea~ed w'th their s~als. And I will api my +"ue
   ~ntcrt aoc' mind is that they or any of them Rhal l not by any
   W.:l:" ( T!)~lt' bE' 8,1e' ;mplntE'c' mollified or trouble" by ."y
   executor of tbis my last will nor ~y a~y oth-r perso~ or perS,)~:;
   for o~ by reason of ary a: th~ saC1e goods, money, debts or
   other things by them or any of them so had or taken by my delivery,
   consent or assent as is aforesaid, nor for or by reason of
   any part or parcpl of the same. Item:- I give and bequeath unto
   Joan Granngesdon, widow, the late wife of G n e~do my
   brother and to her assigns for and during the natural life of thp
   same Joan, one annuity or yearly rent or sum of twenty shillings
   of lawful English. money by the year, and unto Grann sdon
   the daughter of my brother JoHn Grannge~doD I do likewise
   give and bequeath one other annuity o~ yearly relt or sum of
   twenty shill ' ~gs by the year of the like lawful money which said
   annuitips, rents and sums my 'uind and will is that they 'ihall be
   yearly pai~ unto the said JOHn and Godleigh sevprally a~d to
   their assigns during e i the~ of tl1eir lives at the Feast of the
   Ann1lnciation of our Lady the Virgin and Saint Michael the Archangel
   by even portions. And I do also give and bequeath unto the
   poor, impotent, lame and aged people of the Parish of stansted
   near unto Kin£,<;down in the Co'mty of Kent to be yearl y paid unto
   ""e "hurchwarde"c; of the same p,rish and their surcessors and
   assigns to th? 'lse of the same pOOT people from and aft"r the
   decease of the said Joan Granngesdon and Godleigh Granngesdon at
   the I ike Feast of the Annunciatiol. of our Lady, the V· rg ' n, and
   saint Michael, tbe Archangel, yearly by even portions forever.
   One other annuity or yearly rent or yearly sum of forty .>}-illings
   of lawful English money to continue forever. And to the end and
   i nt<:'nt that tl~ .. said several annuities, rents and yearly SUMS
   May l;iF the better assured to be pa.id unto the said Joan, Godleigh
   ~nd churchwardens their successors and assigns to the ~ses
   aforesaid according to my mind and true intent herein de~lared.
   I do tp""efore give and beq'e'lth unto the aforesaid
   Speeringe my so~-in-law and for h's heirs forever a" those my
   e _. . . , chambers, and rooms wi th the appurtenances si tua te
   and lying in the said Pari sb of st. Andrews Undershaft which now
   been Qr late were in the tenure or occupation of John nalton,
   upor and under condition that h~ the sa~e George Sp~~ringe, his
   heir~ an~ ass~g~s 51a11 w-ll an~ tr~~y ~~y 0r C,~Dr La ~e pai~
   'he said annuit~esT rents, at y~arl! surr~ Jnto Lhe said Jo~n and
   Godleigh and their assigns during their and either of their lives
   and to the said churchwardens, their successors and assigns from
   and after the decease of the said Joan and Codleigh according
   cnto my will, mind and true intent herein above declared or shall
   otherwise 'awfully and suf~iciently convey and a~s~re [orne other
   tEf'ell'enr or lands for the tru cO"l.ti'1.ua ' payment the!"eof according~
   y and i r hp the same Geo-gc Speer5Dge, his heirs ~ld a~~igns
   or eI, y or thce
   , shall refuse or mab, defaul t to pay the said rents
   o· money or Iny part thereof and do not lawfully and sufficiently
   ~sq&rD som. other tenement or 'anda of as good va'ue for the
   true payment therPQf accorJing to th's my will being reasonRbly
   required +0 payor perform the same. Then ~ will and my mind is
   yet th"'" sa'll€' ~·eDernE"rt, chambers and YOOm.~ wif-v t"rt~ir i1'1' lrte,
   aDces now or late, in the tenur" cr occupation of the said John
   alton shall tbc'1 ?.ll wholly go, bE, and r ... mai.'1 'lIto Henry
   gesdo ann Gran gesdor , James Law enoe ancl Henr}' Lane
   l-eoirs aY"J assigTts forever "lpon trvC}t- <P1C confidence- aDd teo Lre
   "'1
   O\~-. .l e"."d pl"pO:;e :'lY(' ·"n-+·e'lt !-errLf'.QFY" specif;"",:d 'T"Hl~ i r tn
   say, t ha t U ei r hei rs and assigns sha 1 1 rece1 ve 'If d take yea r J y
   ~11 the rents arc..1 ~ro['t of ~he same .... enpmpnt, hOll. es i='nd room,
   &nd the repara~ions thereof being of and with the uame [~nt~ and
   profit from ~ime to Li.me fi'-st borne and discharged_ Tha+ then
   Lhey and every of them shall yearly employ and bestow all tIl"
   [Psidue of the same rents and profits then left and remaining to
   the uses of thp said Joan and Godleigh during their 'iVP1 and th~
   life o~ the InngPT liver of t~em. And after tlle!r de~-Jse to thp
   'lse aD~ benef; t .,-!= tr:.e s3.id poor an.-1 :impotpnt- peop" ~ of stal1~te'~
   ili:oresc'd i t;"le 1';j.;:('1 manner and form as the s:3.'TIe is herein
   ,bovn Jimited to be paid due and performed by tbe a~oro~aid
   Ceorge Speering and his heirs according to my in· nt and mind
   here ir bef ore expressed _ And to the inten + th" t the rE'rt s,
   i.S5U@S ~~l~ ~t~r!t 01 t~p said last rpf)t~~ t ~~'m0nt r~~mhpr~ al-\~
   1 Dons may f C!ll he-r ceforth foy ever continu~ ~'1d l- _ 1 oyp{l to
   ~he uses aforesiil and not to any oth~r use or USPS, ~y mj, ld and
   will is tvat ;.' Up same shall coin or be in or t) the- handE,
   !,ossf'ssion c>t ,-' sin of the said Henry Grannge;-;don, Jol n Grann
   gesdon, ~ames Lawrence and Henry Lane or any of them or t~eir
   heirs by forcE' of this my will_ ~hat then they, their ~pirs and
   assigns or the survivor or survivors of them after t~E' naid
   ~ <':lem, It nnd rooms s~all so come unt.o any of thei r hands, seis' '1
   or posses,,>ion sha l' from t' me to time by deec1 <'n'-] deods of
   [~o~fment or other lawful and sufficient continuances and Bssure~~
   es in thE' 'aw convey and assure the said tenement anJ rooms
   w'th the - r appu·tenances to such other pE'tsons anI fpo~~E'rs BJ
   &~a" be dwelling in stansted aforesaid or near thereabouts ~nd
   lo th?ir 'leiI.:: to the uses thereof l-erein above limiteod n(',~ordi HJ
   t.,., my will and true int",nt herein above declared_ Itpn·: T
   sriv , will end bequeath to the poor and impot .. nt r-.'ple or tIl£'
   -l'~rpsaid Parish of st_ Andrews Undershaft in London onE' a~nu''.
   y, 1',n11al rent or yearly sum of thirteen shillings fou~ ~,'n("e
   ~c lawful money o~ England to be yearly paid unto the chlr('hwar"
   ens of t.he same parish, thei· su('cessors and assigns to and for
   the use and relief of the same poor people at the Feast 0' th~
   Annl:nciation of our Lady the Virgin and Saint Michael the Arcbange'
   by even portions yparl~ for~ver- And to the end nnd int~nt
   1hat +he S"l'"l"\C" c:'"\n:ity ... Y"'1f- 1rd "!Y'~T '3tIT' M?.~'t t1- l-, J' ~
   assur~d to bf paicl to ~~·l ~or ~~p LS~ ard relief of the namE
   I)ooY people forever accord-=T)g t'"'l this my wi 11 I do, tlq;"re-forp,
   Clive and bec_,l .. ath unto the aforesaid George Speringe, my son-inlaw,
   and his heirs, my tenemE'nt and rooms wit!! the i'lppnr'~nance-;
   ~it~ate and lying ir the said Parish of Saint Andrews Undershaf+
   which now been or late were in the tenure or oc('upation of ODe,
   Wi'liam Bridges, a tailor or butcher upon and under condition
   that he the same George, his heirfi and as<'3ns shall WEI' and
   tr'lly consE'nt 2nd payor ('ause to bn consented and paid to the
   f'aid chHrchwi\rden~, ! heir succc>ssors and a~:;~-:~' g to t-l~e IISP; 2..nd
   [O~ lt~ rElief of the said p0cr people in form af resaid yearly
   forp.ver th~ said anrHlity, rf"lt cr yearly Sl.J.!· of f-l)irtE"E"n 1)'-'"
   , -~gs fOJ- pE'nce at the fea~~ aforesaid or within fourteen
   dayr; '1ext )f:te!" ("'very of the sameo fe~sts a",..orJing to thi'" n-y
   w-"1.1 ap(' Tn!" trUE" l.rtent hereip eXpren'1lC" Or shall otherwise
   l"'lwfl'lly "'l "J ~, ffici ently convey -,n.l c > n. 'OTT'''' ot1'e t, ement
   5
   or land of ~J. g~)~yl va" -:le~or the f-YLe and surF- payment thr.reo[
   i. cccrding 1 ~ Ant" r tr f' sam? Geo'-~;e Spper" Tlge, his hei rs and
   ass1gns or any of them sha 11 refuse 0- m'lk", def?ul t t a pay the
   sa'd an'l'L.i >y, rent or yea r 1 y sum of money and do not 1 awful I y
   and suffi cient I y assure and convey somt" otl',er tenement or land
   of as good value for the true and sure yayment of the same
   according to this my wi'l heing 1?wfully and reasonably required
   to pay and perrorll' the same Then I will and my 'Uind is that
   the same teneme lt and rooms wi t'cl t':l .. appurtenancE's ",-ow or late
   , the tenure or occupation of th~ said W~lliam Bridges shall
   upon all who~ly go, be anp rema;n unto John Johnson, clerk, Mr
   (blank) Robinson, Thomas Johnson and (blank) Tarbuck, their heirs
   and assigns ror -'ver npon t-r"uilt and cOllfide1J.ce and to the on1 y
   (Ild uSP, PUrIOf! aT (1 : ltpnt .f..le-l. theYr tl'eir nei-; 3.1d assigns
   sha: 1 receive and Lake yearl y all the rents and profi t of ~ he
   same tenement and rooms with the appurtenances and the reparations
   +hereof being with the same rents and profit from time> to
   tim( f erst bar'll? "md discharged. That then they an1 every of
   them sh .. ll ye .. rly employ and hestow al' the residue of the ;ame
   rents and prof'it then left and remaining to the use a'ld ~or the
   reI; ef of the sa'; d poor and impotent peopl e of the Par~ sb of st.
   Andrews aforesaid in the likenesses and form as tho same is
   herein above l ' mited to be paid by the aforesa'd George> Gpeeringe
   and his heir" according to my mind and intent hereir before
   expressed. Aru to the end and intent t'1.at th·' said rents,
   issue~, and profit of the sai last recited tenement with the
   aODurte"1ance:; may f"'om hencetort,) for ever I~ontlrn:'e and be emp
   ' oye to the uses aforesaid my wind and will is that if the
   same shall come or be in or to the lands, seisin, or possession
   of the said ~oh" Jotnsor, (bl ank, Ro')inson, Thomas Johnson and
   (blank) Tcrbur'" their heirs or assigns or any of tr,em by force
   of this my will. That then they, their hoirs and assigns 01 the
   survivor or survivors of them after the same tenement and rooms
   shall so come unto any o~ t~eir hands, seisin, or p03session
   shall from time to time b· ~ee(1s or ff>offmf>nt or other lawful
   conveya!lC ~. t. T)c1 aSSl..'y;t; ees 0t f-ric-i ent in thp Ie w convey and
   13- lr(' t~'ll= 5.;:.;. l- ern~r1· :1Tln OTT";:: ""0 ~ 1"h ot-hi"' IE:" :;ons and
   feoffer~, as ha~ ~ bE p;:)1:ishlOners [.If tl.le ~'~aid r,,"rii~h of St.a
   Andrews Undershaft and their heirs to the uses thereof herein
   above limited and declared according to my wil , mind, and true
   i3tent herein specified. Item:- I give and bequeath unto the
   aforesaid Elizabeth Speeringe, my daughter and her heirs for ever
   1)] those my tenements, chambers and rooms with their and every
   of their appurtenances situa~<: and lyi'lg i, the sa ' d Parish of
   st, Andrew ~ndershaf't which pow been or la+e were, iv +he ~everal
   tenures or occupations of Edward Baylie, QakeYt Thomas r.ymnfreYt
   (,,'"'(+lW0 r k:::r., alld Henry W,....ig .. 'tt b v icklayer, or ]Tl "-t- tE'n1.1re or
   occupati on o[ a.ny 07= th!?:'fT!. A'Jr1 a 11 +he ec;.i.c~l1p o-f my lands,
   tenemelts, goods, }·attel" ?late, 1,ousehold st'~ff, W':lney and
   debts oth, than such of thep as I have or at any time or times
   d'lr ' ng my natnTa' liFe I ehall give aWe-Y, sell, Umit, disposE'
   or deliver or cause to be delivered to a~y at er persor or personq
   to O~ [or apy other ~se, int~p+, rr pL ?ose I will and ~y
   mind and true intent iR that all my dEbts w~i-l' T do owe Er~ my
   ontaiT ~l~ or ~peciI
   (0
   .L.~ PC' (,"l,nd I- iE (}. Y JP of ... f. r (' (.' (. n("' ,.. 0' 'l()o l'" lPCl"' •. a y 1 1 J
   touching and corC'E ping '-I e + rt e perro ~T)ar C€' or t~l~~. my 'laid wi l'"
   being tbence ~~rst borDP anJ d:scharg~~ t~~~ t~F ~c~~ ~;i~l
   thereof then laC'," (.,nd remainiDg shall go, remajn, ;:-,d lc unto and
   amongst ''1 .. a Forenam .. 1 Henry Spe~'Ying, A'ice Speerir'g(, A~,le
   Speering .. , El i zabeth Spearinge, Mary Speed nge, Sara Speer inge
   and Sus a 1 SpE'eringe, the -hildren of thF' aforesaid EI' zab .. t 11, my
   daughter, anI ~o their hEirs executors and assigns, to their and
   every of their own use an 1 llf·es to hp eql1ally part~d a~d 'ivi.ded
   amongst them by the good (l~Bcretion of my executor, his ~xer~tors
   or as<;igns, viry unto everyone of them part and pa~t alikE' And
   if any of the hame c1.ildren sha" hoppen to die unmarriec! beforE'
   '1i i or h~Y age or twenty and onp years, that b'<; or Jer part
   thereof so dying to be equally parted and divided and delivere~
   into dnd dnC'jl.,;( r_ '11 -t-" ~ 't" >:'dt:f" , f l;lP g,-'''' " t ' "'I" t~ f~ en '::l~r·-
   viving and o\'-(rl'::vl.Tlg. Ard IT"o:rf"Qvcr or. tl-ds '11V w' l " T do makE"
   ':~d of'ia"n the c rorenampd G~orge Sppr~i~ge my ~rn in-law, my
   full and sale executor requiY'rg and desiring him well and tyvly
   :.0 fulfil <)pcl perform and fu"y to accompli<h the same my will
   and all other my wishes, grants and intents by me in my 'ife
   time, gr'1rte(l, made or intended i~ every point and respect
   according to my mind and tru~ in'enl herein specified and d .. -
   ~'ared Bnd according to my <;1'eeial tru~t and confiderc .. in hiw in
   that behalf reposed. And I 00 als) make and ordain my cousinE,
   and trllsted friend, John Skynner of SuCibury in the county of
   S'lffolk, gent, and Thomas rn.~, ci~i Zf''l and haberda<;her of '.on~
   on, to be the supervisors nd ave seers of my said will desiring
   t~em to be assisting and mindirg unto my said Execltor 'n tte
   trte perfor~vnce of +'1e sa~e, according to my true ;ntent and
   m'~ n':"g herein above declared. An.l [or their pains to 'Cle tC''<eI'
   in tbat behalf, I do g've UI'to either of them forty shiJ' ipg.
   "-1". ~<' to be paid unto ej ther 0 ~ them by my said Execute ~ w' :'1-til
   onE"' mon"'-r- next after my aeC'eaJP. Ard:~ witness that Lhi~ ;.s my
   + ··UP. 1 n.r.:;t wi 11 and testament r have hereu'! 0 pu+ my $ea 1 I tl--e c1c.y
   and year f'y,t above wr'·'e". The mark of Alice Hanbury.
   Sealel, published and delivered ir the presence of the witneSSE'f
   ~n~eun~er ,,,,med, by me John Skynner, by me Richard Skynner, by me
   Thnl""~c:. C'"I()k. Thp mark nf Jnhn N'pwington~ Item: I give ~.nn
   be(.1H_~ath 'l!O - r'H\ ~:'W.!'l9t('lP', rr-" sell Newington S ynnEr (ld
   Martha Dorman my kinfolk~ and qprvc~+s to every of them four
   pounds ,ripeP. And urto ,Jean n .. wington, my kinswoman, sC'rva,'lt
   wit! Christopher Payne of London, baker, I do likewise gjve other
   lot'" pounds which said sevc-ral sums my will and mind i~ t1 E' Si-un-'
   slall be paid unto every of them or heir, assigns by my I'X'"'ltor
   above ru~ed with'n one year next after my decease.
   The words or the Prob?te ere <n Latin.
   11 codicil
   Item: I givE to my son-in-law, Nichola~ Sper'nge, goldsmith,
   m~ t~ree French gi't bowls engraven in the bottom with the picture
   of a bear. Item: I give to my son-in-law, George Speringe,
   lwo great gill goblets with the cover, the third '~hereof I have
   given to his daughter, Ann Speringe.
   p C.C.
   Ncte:- It is difficult to determine so~e of the words because of
   the ~a~dwri ting of the 16th cent'lr~ Other words are no longer
   -'1 use. 'I was confusing to seF> .. cattl .... show up immediately
   bf>fore thf> WOU1 "chatte! Is". "owp.ver, a dictionary expla':'ning
   ',ery old terms indicates that the word "cattle" was used to mear
   moveable objects. The same dictionary indicates that the word
   "chattels" is an out-growth of cattle, meaning moveable. Having
   rEen an old map of London it does become believable that a person
   living in this great modern city during the 16tr century was
   reve~ ve~y far feom· open space, where ;ndeed he may have had a
   few head of cattle. The farm fields were ver~ near to the City
   and wer .. probably the prlmary ~ource of food for the inhabita~ts
   of the metropolis.
3. Title: Will
   Text: George Speringe, Goldsmith of London, 20 July 1611 (transcript in Notes)
   at http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/details-result.asp?queryType=1&resultcount=1&Edoc_Id=983519
   (see media attached)
   
   George also refers to "my cosin ELIZABETH BLUETT the wife of ROBERT BLUETT of London, Fishmonger" and "my cosin Jane ?Luras, widdowe"
   
   Land & Properties bequeathed by George are located as follows:
   
   to Nicholas
   - STANSTED ASHE, KENT
   - SPALDING, LINCOLNSHIRE
   - STEPNEY
   - ?ST ABENHOATEY alias STEPNEY
   
   to WILLlAM SPERINGE
   - ST ANDREW UNDERSHAFT, LONDON
   
   - to GEORGE SPERINGE
   SHAFTE ALLEY in LONDON whiche I holde by the Lease of the WARDENS and COMMYNALTIE of ROCHESTER BRIDGE in KENT
   Note: from http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/details-result.asp?queryType=1&resultcount=1&Edoc_Id=983519
   
   Description Will of George Speringe, Goldsmith of London
   Date 20 July 1611
   Catalogue reference PROB 11/118
   Dept Records of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury
   Series Prerogative Court of Canterbury and related Probate Jurisdictions: Will Registers
   Piece Name of Register: Wood Quire Numbers: 59 - 108
   Image contains 1 will of many for the catalogue reference
   
   Transcript
   
   GEORGE SPERINGE In the name of God amen. The fourteenth Daie of Februarie One
   thousand Sixe Hundred and Tenne and in the eighth yeare of our Sovereigne Lord James
   by the grace of god Kinge of Great Brittayne France and Ireland and Defender of the faith
   &c I GEORGE SPERfNGE of London Gouldsmithe beinge in good and perfect memorie
   (thankes be unto Almightye god) therefore and callinge to minde that all men are mOliall
   and that no man knoweth the time of his visitation And also that I tinde by experience
   That for want of settinge of things in good order much variance and strife hath growne
   thereby The which to prevent and to the intent [ may the better provide for my wife and
   children Doe make and declare this my present Testament conteyninge herein my last
   will in and forme following ffirst and principallie I commende my Soule to
   All11ightie god my Creator and maker and to his sonne Jesus Christ my onlie Redeemere
   and Saviour by whose precious deathe and glorious resurrection I faithfullie believe and
   trust to be saved and have everlastinge life in his glorious kingdome And my bodie I
   desire maybe buried in the parishe churche of Andrew Undersllafte in London soe nye the
   bodie of my late lovinge brother NICHOLAS SPERINGE of London gOlildsmithe as
   concerneth may be and of all and singular my goodes and cllattles plate householde stuffe
   and all other things whatsoeverwhich I am nowe possessed I give the same (my debtes
   beinge first paid and my Funerall discharged in manner and form following First I to my
   lovinge wife ELIZABETH SPERINGE according to the laudable custom of the Cittie of
   London One thirde parte of my goo des Anothere third parte of my goodes I give to and
   amonge my tlu·ee SOWles NICHOLAS SPERINGE WILLIAM SPERINGE and
   GEORGE SPERfNGE and to my twoe daughters MARY SPERINGEi and SUSAN
   SPERINGE so as my two saide daughters MARY and SUSAN be LUunarried and not
   advanced by me before my deathe The other third parte my legacies being performed I do
   give the same in manner following two third parts thereof to be eqllallie devided amonge
   my lovinge wife ELIZABETH SPERfNGE and my three sonnes NICHOLAS
   SPERINGE WILLIAM SPERfNGE and GEORGE SPERINGE The other third parte of
   this last thirde parte belonging unto me I give the same unto MAR YE SPERlNGE and
   SUSAN SPERlNGE my two daLlghters in full satisfaction of all such giftes and legacies
   as were given them by the last wi ll and testament of their grandmother ALICE
   HANBURIE of London widowe deceased soe as my twoe saide daughters MARIE and
   SUSAN be unsatisfied by me for the said legacies given them by their grandmother
   before my deathe
   ITEM I give and bequeathe unto my aaughter ALICE PENNINGTON the wife of JOHN
   PENNINGTON of London mercer in full satisfaction of all her childe portion having
   been advanced by me one li verie pot! si lver and guilt wayinge thirtie and sixe ounces
   ITEM I give and bequeathe unto my daughter ANNE KINGE the wife of JOHN KINGE
   of London mercer in full satisfaction of all her childe portion havinge beene likewise
   advanced by me in marriage one silver salt with a cover parcell gui lte wayinge thirtie and
   Slxe ounces
   ITEM I give and bequeath to ELIZABETH l-IA YWARD the wife of ROBERT
   HA YW ARDI of London gou ldesmithe in full satisfaction of all her chi Ide portion havinge
   likewise been advanced by me in marriage tlu·ee frenche bowles with a cover being silver
   and guilte with a ?Boare ...... in the bottom of everie one of them wayinge fortie sixe
   ounces
   ITEM I give and bequeath unto SARA VENTRIS my daughter the wife or ROBERT
   VENTRIS of London haberedasherin full satisfaction of all her childe portion havinge
   likewise been advanced by me in marriage three bowles of si lver and parcell guilte
   wayinge fourtie and sixe ounces
   [TEM I give and bequeathe to JOHN PENNINGTON junior GEORGE PENNINGTON
   MARY PENNINGTON ELIZABETH PENNINGTON and REBECCA PENNINGTON
   the children of my daughter ALICE PENNINGTON five pounds to either of them
   ITEM I give unto OUI-IN KINGE THOMAS KINGE and ELIZABETH KINGE the
   children of my daughter ANNE KINGE fi ve poundes either of them
   ITEM I give and bequeathe to n,y cosin ELIZABETH BLUETT the wife of ROBERT
   BLUETT of London Fishmonger five pOLLI1des
   ITEM [ give unto Cosin .lane ? .......... widdowe five poundes
   ITEM I give unto the POORE orthe parishe of ST. ANDREW UNDERSHAFT in
   London forti e shillinges to be bestowed amongst them uppon the day of my buriall
   ITEM I give unto the CHURCHWARDENS and PARSON of the said parishe of
   ST.ANDREW UNDERSHAFTE five ponndes to remmaine as a Stocke for ever to the
   use of the POORE or else to be bestowed on buyinge somethingefor their yearlie reliefe
   by the good discretion of the PARSON and CI-IURCHW ARDENS for the time beinge
   ITEM I give and bequeathe unto the COMPANlE OF GOULDSMITHES in London
   Tenn Poundes to be bestowed uppon a dinner for them uppon the daie of my Burial
   ITEM I give to and amonge tbe POORE AGED PEOPLE as well men as women oftbe
   COMPANYE OF GOULDESMITHS in London fortye shillings to be bestowed upon
   tbem them upon the day of my buriall or at anie tyme after by the good discretion of the
   WARDENS for the tyme being.
   ITEM I give and bequeathe unto the TREASORER and GOVERNORS of the
   r-rOSPIT AL OF BRYDWELL five markes to be bestowed uppon a repaste for them
   uppon the day of my burial!.
   ITEM I give more unto the TREASORER and GOVERNORS of the saide HOSPITAL
   OF BRYDEWELL fortie shillinges to be bestowed uppon the POORE CHILDREN and
   other POORE PEOPLE harbored there in warme meate uppon the day of my buriall
   ITEM I give unto the POORE and FIRERS [sic] and MATRON of the saide HOSPITAL
   Twentie shillings to be bestowed amongst them by the good distretion of the
   TREASORER for the time beinge.
   ITEM I give and bequeathe unto JOI-IN BARFOOTE of London mercer one ringe of
   goulde of the value of F011ie shill inges
   ITEM I give unto MR JOHN DlXE doctor of divinities one ringe of goulde of the value
   offourtie shillings
   ITEM I give unto THOMAS FITCH of London Scrivenor one ringe of goulde of the
   value of Fortie shi llings
   ITEM 1 give unto JOHN PENNINGTON of London mercer my sonne in lawe one ringe
   of goulde of the value five marks
   [TEM I give until John KINGE of Londoll mercer one ringe of goulde of the value of
   Five marks
   [TEM [ give unto ROBERT I-IA YW ARD lny sonne in lawe one ringe of goulde of the
   value of give markes
   0.
   ITEM I give unto the Treasorer of Christs Hospital in London for the rel eife of the poore
   chi ldren there Fortie shillinges soe as they do accompanie my bodie unto the churche
   ITEM I give unto my late servant ROBERT ?MARREn-O of London gouldsmithe
   fortie shillinges
   ITEM I give unto my nowe maidservaant AMY PARR Forti e shillinges soe as she bee
   dwell inge with me at the time of my deathe in regard of her paines she is to take nothinge
   and of her attendance uppon me in tyme of my sickness which it shall please Almightie
   god to visitte me ?nothall
   And as touchinge the disposinge of all and singular my land s and as well as freeholde and
   copieholde landes messuages and tenements whereof I al11 possessed I give and
   bequeathe them in manner following First I give and bequeathe unto CHOLAS
   SPERINGE my sonne AND HIS HElRES FOREVER All those now tenements and
   landes with their appurtenances lIying in the parishes of STANSTEED ASHE in the
   Countie of KENT which I purchased of JOHN YOUNGER [sic] WOODS THE
   YOUNGER and JOHN KNOWE and are now in the occupation of the forenamed JOHN
   KNOWE and ROBERT CROMER
   ITEM J give and bequeathe the [sic] unto my saide sonne NICHOLAS SPERINGE and
   HIS HEIRS FOREVER All my landes Iyinge in the parish of SPALDfNG in
   LINCOLNSHIRE
   ITEM I give and bequeathe unto my sa ide sonne NICHOLAS SPERINGE and HIS
   HEIRS FOREVER (after the death of ELIZABETH my nowe wife All those three
   parcells offreeholde landes Iyinge in the parish of STEPNEY which I purchased of
   THOMAS ?GEORGE and WILLIAM ?GEORGE his SOllie
   ITEM I give and bequeathe unto my saide son NICHOLAS SPERINGE and HIS HEIRS
   FOREVER all those Tenemcntcs and Cottages and landes whatsoever being coppieholde
   and Customarie landes Iyinge in the mannor of ?ST ABENHOATEY alias STEPNEY
   wh ich I purchased and had of the surrender of DAVID WOODDROFFE Esquire and of
   WILLIAM ?GEORGE gentleman
   ITEM J give and bequeathe unto WfLLlAM SPERINGE my son and HIS HEIRS
   FOREVER all that messauge or Tenement with all the appurtenances thereunto
   belonginge being in the pari sh ofST ANDREW UNDERSHAFT in LONDON wherein
   DOMINICKE ?BOWERS marchant stranger now dwellethe in as ample manner as I
   purchased the same of JOHN ?PERCHE late of LONDON mercer and then Inhabitant in
   the towne of SHREWSBURY jn the countie ofSALOPPE and RICHARD FOXE citizen
   and clothworker of LONDON And whereas by one deede bearinge date the fifteenth
   March J 608 uppon good consideration me thereunto ?movinge I have passed over unto
   GEORGE SPERINGE my sonne all ?unid ..... .. of ?Iate Tearne of yea res to come of my
   dwellinge house and foure small tenements or cottages i ~SHAFTE ALLEY in
   l.-ONDON whiche I holde by theLease of the WARDENS and COMMYNALTIE of
   ROCHESTER BRIDGE in KENT I doe hereby ratifie my saide deede unto my above
   named sonne and alsoe give unto him all the painted Clothes that be nowe hanginge
   about my dwellinge howse
   ITEM my minpe is That my Executors hereafter named shall not bestowe about one
   11lmdreth poundes (yf convenientlie they may) uppon my Buriall, besides that money I
   have gi ven awaie before mentioned. And do make and ordaine of this my last will and
   Testament my lovinge wife ELIZABETH SPERINGE and NICHOLAS SPERINGE my
   -
   sonne myne Executors desiringe them to see my two sonnes WILLIAM and GEORGE to
   be brought up in the feare of the Lord And for Overseers I doe nominate and devise
   JOl-IN PENNINGTON and JOl-IN KINGE of LONDON mercers An witness that this is
   my last willi have written it with my owne hand and sette my name and sealle the daie
   and yeare first above written per me GEORGE SPERlNGE
   ITEM I give and bequeathe unto ELIZABETH HA YW ARD daughter of ROBERT
   HA YW ARD of LONDON Cloth smithe Five poundes
   ITEM unto VENTRIS of ROBERT VEHTRlS [sic] of LONDON
   haberdasher the like summe of five poundes per me GEORGE SPERINGE Seaaled and
   delivered in presence of us JOHN DIXE JOHN BARFOOTE THO FITCHE signat
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4. Title: Burial Record
   Text: George Spering, 15 Jul 1611, "late Aldeman's Deputie", St Andrew Undershaft, London
   from original parish register at http://search.ancestry.com/Browse/view.aspx?dbid=1624&path=City+of+London.St+Andrew+Undershaft.1558-1634.152
5. Title: www
   Page: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=60006
6. Title: Will
   Page: William Hanbury, 11 Aug 1595
   Text: Mr. William Hanbury, Citizen and White-Baker of London, by a Surrender bearing Date Aug. 11. 1595. did give unto his Daughter, Mrs. Elizabeth Spearing, Wife of Mr. George Spearing Merchant, certain Copyhold Land, lying and being in Stebunheath and Radcliffe, in the County of Middelsex; upon Condition that she, her Heirs or Assigns, shall pay to the Parson and Churchwardens of the said Parish, for the use of the poor People there, 52s. yearly for ever, at the Birth of our Lord God and the Purification of our Lady the Virgin; which (by consent of the Parish) is bestowed among the Poor abroad, on Wednesday Weekly 12d.
   
   From John Strype's Survey of London Online at http://www.hrionline.ac.uk/strype/TransformServlet?page=book2_071
7. Title: Boyd's Marriage Index 1538-1840
   Text: 1580 SPERING GEO HANBURY ELZ ST ANDREW UNDERSHAFT LONDON
   from www.originsnetwork.com
8. Title: Marriage Record
   Text: George Spering & Eliabeth Hanberry, 25 Jul 1580, St Andrew Undershaft, London
   from original parish register at http://search.ancestry.com/Browse/view.aspx?dbid=1624&path=City+of+London.St+Andrew+Undershaft.1558-1634.85