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Name SAMME, Thomas Gender Male Death Sep 1547 Stratford Bow, Middlesex, England 
Person ID I1380 Edgoose Last Modified 1 Feb 2026
Family 1 ETGOOS, Christian, b. Bef 1503, Limehouse, Greater London, England d. Yes, date unknown Family ID F166 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
Family 2 Family ID F3031 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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THOMAS SAMME ????-1547
An Index to the Will of Alice ETGOOS (14??-1504) widow, of Limehouse, Middlesex, made on 29 March 1504. Probate was granted on 17 April 1504.
Alice ETGOOS, the Testator
Beneficiaries: Unnamed, but decribed as her late husband's children and hers as listed in Richard Etgoos's will.
Others:
Richard ETGOOS, her "last husband".
John ETGOOSE [sic], her eldest son.
*Thomas SAM', her son-in-law.
Robert MULSEY, her kinsman.
Witnesses:
Sir Thomas TAYLLOR, preest
John FEN, gentleman
William LARNESBY of London, iremonger.
(Preogative Court of Canterbury Will PROB 11/14/32)
In her will made on 29 March 1504 Alice ETGOOS of Limehouse refers to her late husband Richard ETGOOS; to her eldest son John ETGOOS; to her son-in-law Thomas SAMME, a baker; and to her kinsman Robert MULSEY.
Will of Alice EDGOOSE (abbreviations expanded)
"IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN I ALICE ETGOOS of Lymehoost in the Parisshe of Stebenhith in the countie of Middlesex widowe in my goode and hole mynde beyng lawde and praysing be unto almighty god the xxixth day of Marche / the yere of our lord god 15 1504 and the xixth. yeare of the Regne of Kyng Henry the vijth. make & ordeyne this my present last will / as wele to the disposicion of all my Right titill and interest of all and everych suche lands tenements and other premisses sett lying and b beying at lymehoost aforesaid the marshe and in the parisshe of Stebenhith orells where within the Counties of Middlesex and Kent that my last husband Richard ETGOOS lyman by his testament and last will to me bequethed and graunted more at llarge in his said last will shewyng / As to the dispocion of all and everych my goods jewells catalls and detts moevable where somever they may be founde / ffirst I bequeth my soule to almighty god my maker & Redemer to the moost glorious virgyirgyn his moder our lady saynt Mary & to all the seynts of heven. And my body to be buried within the parisshe of Stebenhith aforsaid as nyghe to the buriall place ther the body of my said late husband restith buried as it may be provided forore & doon. Also I bequeth to the high awter of the same church of Stebenhith for myn offeryng forgoten or withholden in discharge of my soule and to intent that the vicary ther shall pray for my soule. vi d Morover I the said Alice by this my present writting will that all the Right title and Interesst of and in all and every suche londs tenements and other premisses afore specified by my said late husband to me bequethed shall remayne to all his children and myn after my decesse accordinrding to his last will / The Residue of all and everych my goods jewells catalls and detts wher somever they may be founde after the detts which of Right I owe paid my buryall and funerall expence doon and my said late husband last will performed I will and charge myn executors undernamed as my truste is to them to dispose and distribute the same Residue amongs my said late husbands children and myn to everych of theym a reasonable porcon as the names of them and everych of tthem ben declared in the said last will off Richard ETGOOS And to dispose of them for my late husband soule and myn in charitable deeds as they shall thinke beste to please almighty god and for the well of our soules / And of this my present lasst will I name make and ordeyne myn executors John ETGOOSE myn eldist sonne Thomas SAM' my sonne in law baker and Robert MULSEY my kynsman / to all and everych as it is afore named to be doon & executed. In witnesse wherof to this my present last will I have sett my seale / Yonen the day of and yere afore specified. These beying witnesse Sir Thomas TAYLLOR preest John FFEN gentilman William LARMSBY of london Iremonger and other /."
(PROB 11/14/32)
Thomas SAME was a baker of Stratford Le Bow)
(Chancery decree rolls, Elizabeth 1 [C78/15-45])
The Will of Thomas SAMME (surnames capitalised, abreviations expanded):
"In the name of God amen the first day of may in the yere of o[ur] lord god one thousand fyve hundreth xlv and in the xxxvij yere of the reign of o[ur] sov[er]eign lord king king [sic] henry theight I Thomas SAMME of the parysse of Stratford bowe in the countie of mydd[lesex] hole of mynde and in p[er]f[ec]te remebrannce [sic] being thanks to god make and ordeyn this my last will and testament in maner and feme folowing;
First I bequeth my Soule to almightie god to his blessed lady saint mary his mother and to all the saynts in heaven and my body to be buried in the churche of Stratford bowe aforesaid;
Item I bequeth to the high aulter of the S..dch..ch [illegible] for tithes forgotten in discharge of my Soule vjs viijd
Item I bequeth to the churche wardens then being after my deceas xls sterling to be distributed in making of highwayes as the church wardens and the paryssh shall thinke best
Item I bequeth to ev[er]y godchild that shalbe lyving after my deceasse xijd a pece and the said money to be payd at my monethes day.
Item I bequeth to Thomas SAMME my cosen dwelling in Hertfordshire my secunde gowne
Item I bequeth to the use of this p[ar]yssh and of the parrysshe of Bromeley for the space of xx yeres then folowing to be complete at ij tymes of the yere that is to say at the feast of the nativitie of our] lord xs and at the feast of Eastor other xs to be distributed emonge the poor people if [sic] the saied two p[ar]ysshes
Ite[m] I will that Agnes my wif shall have and enioye all the lands tenements leases copyhold situate or being in mydd[lesex] or ells where to her her heyres for ever uppon condicon that the said Agnes my wif and her heyres do p[er]forme and fulfill this my last will and testament or elss the next of my bloode shall have enioye all the forsaied lands leaces and tenemetes [sic] always excepted the ij houses ioyning next unto the backesyde whiche somtyme was Thomas SEXTEN's house the whiiche two house I will that Johan[e] GEORGE the wif of Richard GEORG and her heyres laufully of her body begotten sall have and enioye forev[er]: yf the saied Jone dye w[ith] out yssue than I will that Richard GOWGE her husband enioye the same ij houses aforesaied for terme of lyf and so after the deceasse of the saied Richard and his heyres of Johan his wif of her body laufully begotten Then I will that xiijs iiijd parcell of the profettes going out of the saied two houses shalbe distributed by myn heyres w[i]t[hi]n the p[ar]ishe
of Stratfied bowe to poore people and dirige and masse for my Soule and all xpen' (?) soules for the space of one hole yere ev[er] more
Item I bequeth to a prest to sing for my soule and all xpen' (?) soules for the space of one hole yere xjli
Item I bequeth to Sir Edmond PRESTMAN my curate iijs iiijd
The Residue of all my goodes not bequethed my debtes paied my legacies fulfilled I give and bequeth holy to Agnes my wif whom I make constitute and ordeyn my sole executrix of this my last will and also I make and ordeyn
willm GOWGE and Thom[a]s COWBE supervysours of this my last will and to have for the[i]r Labo[ur] xs a pece
In wytnes herof John THREDER and John BREGYS w[i]t[h] other moo and they to have iijs a pece
In wytnes herof to this my last will I have sett my seall and made my signe in the p[rese]nce of those p[er]sonnes whose names do here ensue, John TAWE, Willm GOWGE, Thomas WHITE, willm MASON, John BRIGES, John ATKYNSON
(PROB 11/33/ 23 September 1547)
"Lands granted to Tho. SAM'E & Jno. ELGOSE by Ind[entu]re w[he]reof Eliz. DRIVER Wido[w] & Agnes SAM'E w[id]o[w] are now Farmers.
A certain Parcel of Marsh lying & being in the Parish of Stebunhuthe abutting on the North part of the Marsh of the Lord of this Manor called Stebunhuthe Marsh & on the South part on the Soil & Land of our Ld. the King in Right of the late Monastry of Tower Hill near London & on the East part of the Marsh called the Wste(?) Marsh towd. the Great Breche & on the west part abutts upon the River Thames For which the sd. Farmers confess they ought to pay 50s. after the Rate of 8d. for everery Acre accordg to a Covt. of the Ind[entu]re granted to them for the Term of 34 years to come wch. accordg. to the Rate of the y[ear]ly Value afd. amounts to 75 acres but each acre thereof is worth to be lett if the Term of the sd. Ind[entu]re was expired besides all Charges of Repairs 8d. which amounts in the whole p Ann[um] to 30-0-0 Increase th.. £27.10s. The Fine for a new Grant is worth 150£."
(LMA M79/LH/128/1/1 folio 12)
Abbreviations expanded and surnames capitalised:
"To the Quenes moste excellent ma[jes]tie
Shewen unto your highnes you maiesties moste humble and obedient Subiects William WOODE Elizabethe his wife Joane GOWGE widowe Thomas KINGE and Agnes his wife John ATKINSON (ALLYNSON?) Mary ATKYNSON and William ATKYNSON whiche Elizabeth Joane Agnes John Marye and William ATKYNSON are the naturall children of Joane ATKYNSON deceased daughter of Agnes SAM[ME] late wife of Thomas SAM[ME] late of Stratford at Bowe in th Countie of Midd[lesex] Baker deceased. That where the Reverende father in God Will[ia]m late Busshoppe
of London was laufully seyzed in his demeasne as of fee of and in a parcell of marshe grounde lyenge and beinge in the parrishe of Stebenheth in the Countie aforsaid conteyning by estymacon three score & fiftene Acres [= 75 acres] and an half And he so beinge thereof seazed about the moneth of Marche in the Twentyth yeare of the raigne of the late Kinge of woorthie memorye kinge Henry the Seaventhe by Indenture bearinge date the vijth daye of Marche in the saide yeare & Sealled with the Seale of the said Bysshoppe & confyrmed by the then dean and Chapter of the Cathedrall churche of St Paule of london did demyse & to serme (?) lett to the said Thomas SAM[ME] deceased and to one John EDGOSE of the saide parrishe of Stebenhethe in the Countie of Midd[lesex] aforsayd Lymebrenner the saide parcell of marshe grounde To have occupie and enioye the said parcell of m(ar)she grounde to the said Thomas SAM[ME] and John EDGOSE and theire executors from the feaste of theanncyacon of our Ladie St Marye the vyrgyne next com[m]inge after the date of the saide Indenture thende & terme of fowere score yeares then next & ymedyatelye ensewinge As by the same Indenture more pleynlye yt doeth and maye at lardge appearare And shortely afterwards the said Thomas SAM[ME] and John EDGOSE devyded the forsayde parcell of m[ar]she grounde by hedges and dyches into two equall partes and allotted the one parte thereof to the saide Thomas SAM[ME] duringe all the saide terme for his whole parte of the premisses and the other parte there of lykewise to the said John EDGOSE to holde in Severallye & then & there allso agreed that the saide Thomas SAM[ME] should from thencefourthe duringe all the said terme bearbeare or paye the moytye of the yearly rent resarved upon the saide demise & paye & beare the charges of the wall apperteyninge to his parte and that the saide John EDGOSE should paye and beare the residue And after this for further suertye made a pleyne and full partycon accordinge to the purporte aforsaid by wryting Suffycient in lawe betwene theym of the said m[ar]she grounde By force where of the saide Thomas SAM[ME] was laufullye possessed in severallye of the one parte of the said marshe grounde to him allotted (being about one half of the saide marshe grounde and the said John EDGOSE lykewise possessed of the resydue & the said Thomas SAM(ME) so possessed by his last will and Testament gave bequeathed his whole Interest of and in the saide parcell Marshe grounde so to him allotted, to the said Agnes SAM[ME] his wife whom he made & constytuted soule executryce of his said last wyll and testament. To have & to holde the same to the saide Agnes SAM[ME] and heher assignes for ever By force whereof the saide Agnes SAM[ME] after the deathe of the saide Thomas SAM[ME] her husband entred into the premisses so allotted to the saide Thomas SAM[ME] And was thereof laufully possessed and so possessed by her last wyll and testament in writinge bearinge date the xviijth daye of October in the yeare of our lorde god one thousand fyve hundreth fifty and seaven and in the fowerth and fyveth yeares of the raigne of kinge Phillippe and Quene Marye did wyll and bequethe the said parte & her estate therem to the saide Elizabeth Joane Agnes John Mary and William your ma(ies)ties saide Subiects equallye to be apportyoned & devided amonge theym by evyn porcons & after died. After whose decease your said Subiects entred into the said parte & were thereof laufullye possessed accordinglye & so possessed did demise & lett certayne parcells of theire foresaid Marshe grounde for the yearely rent of fyve & twentye P[ounds] to one John MARARCHE of Lymehouse in the Countie Midd[lesex] gent. To have and to holde the same to the said John MARCHE his executors & assignes at the Wyll and Pleasure of your Sayd Subiects So yt ys if yt may please your highnes that the saide John MARCHE havinge by casuall meanes gotten into his hands custodye & possessyon as well the pryncypull lease aforesaid as allso the writinges concerninge the saide partycion by collour thereof hath not only refused to to [sic] your saide Subiects the arrerage of the saide yearely rent of xxv li £ for the forsaid p(ar)cells of marshe grounde to him demised as aforsaid beinge vj li [£] v s [shillings] due at the feaste of the natyvytye of our lord god last past besides Certayne other arrerage before that tyme due But allso doth disturbe your saide Subiects of the possession of the saide marshe grounde and hath attempted w(i)th force to expell your saide Subiects from the same. And allthoughe your saide Subiects have at dyvers & sondrye tymes gently desired & required of the saide John MARCHE the delyveryeof the saide writings & allso the payment of the saide arrerage of the saide yearely rent of xxv li [£] & to lett your subiects quyetlye to have & enioye the saide premissees accordinge to theire most iuste & laufull tytle & interest thereunto in maner & furme aforsayd yet that to doe he hath at all tymes hetherto moste wyllfully refused & yet doth refuse and wrongfullye deteyneth the possession of the premisses so to him devised contrary to all right equity & good concyence In Consideracon whereof & for that your saide Subiects knowe not the certayne dates & contents of the said writinges nor wherein they are conteyned & therefore & for other lyke resespecte be w[i]thout all remedy for the recoverye thereof by the due order & course of the comen lawes of this Realme & so lykewise remedyles for recoverye of the saide arrerage & the quiet possession of the premisses yt may therefore please your moste excellent highnes the p[re]misses consydered to graunt your m[aies]ties l[**]res of pryvey Seale to the said John MARCHE to be directed commandinge & enioyninge him thereby at a certayne daye to be & appeare before your maiesties comisay in your ma[ies]ties court of requests then & there to make annsweare to the p[re]misses & further to stand to & abide suche order dyrection therein as to your ma[ies]ties said counsaylle of your saide courte of requests upon the full & ripe [?] hearinge [illegble] & all the saide matter shalbe thought mete to stand w[i]th equytye & good conscyence And your said [Subiects ?] shall accordinge to theire moste bounded dutye praye to god for the prestevacon of your highnes [illegible] in health [illegible] [illegible] of [illegible] long to continue.
Ultimo die January [?] R[eig]ne Elizabeth the 1
Thanswer of John MARCHE [several faded words illegible] of Will[ia]m WOODE & Elizabeth his wife [several faded words illegible]
The said deffend[?u]nte sayeth that the same byll of compl[aint] is Unc[er]teyn untrue and insufficient in the Lawe to be answeryd until such matters in the same conteyned, And the same framed devysed [end of line 1] Imagened & set forthe by the said comp[lainan]te only for vexacon and to put [illegible] this diff[en]d[ant], to charge expense and coste of [illegible] in lawe rather then for any iuste cause or grounde so for to do Nevertheless yf this [end of line 2] Deffe[ndan]t shhalbe constroeyned by thorder of this courte to make any further answere to the same Insufficient Byll of comp[lain]t Then for Answere & declaracon of the truthe towchinge this matter, wherup(illegible) [end of line 3] this sute by the Sinister p[er]suasion of others cometh to be framed and devysed , This Deffe[ndan]t sayeth that well & true yt is That the Reverend Father in god will[ia]m Byshoppe of London , was lawfully seised [end of line 4] in his demesne as of fee and in one p[ar]cell of marshe grounde by lyinge & beinge in the p[ar]ishe of Stebenheathe in the Countie of Midd[lesex] conteyninge by estimacon lxxv acres & a halfe or thereaboughts as [end of line 5] this Deff[endan]t supposeth. And he beinge therof so seised by his Indenture beringe date the seventh day of Marche in the xxth yere of the reigne of the late kynge Henrye the seventhe, Sealed w(it)h the [end of line 6] Seale of the seid Bysshoppe & confirmed by the then Deane and chapyter of St Pawle of London, dyd demyse and to [illegible] lette unto the said Thomas SAM deceassed & to one John EDGOSE of the [end of page 7] seid p[ar]ishe of
Stebenhethe Lymebrenn[er] the seid p[ar]cell of marshe grounde To ave and to holde the same to the seid Thomas SAM and John EDGOSE & theire exec(utors) from the feast of thannunciacon to [end of line 8] Ladie St Marye the Virgin next comynge a after the date of the same Indenture unto thende & terme of fourscore yeres then next & Imediatelye ensewinge. And by reason the[r]of the same Thom[a]s SAME & John EDGOSE were [end of line 9] lawfully possessed of the seid p[ar]cell ofr marshe grounde, Joyntlye for the terme of yeres, and the p[ro]ffytts thereof did so
p[ar]ceyte and tak Untyll suche tyme as the seid Thomas SAM died, By and after whose death, the [end of line 10] whole interest of the said [sic] terme, of and in the said p[ar]cell of marshe grounde did accrue growe and came by S[ur]vivorsf right yt ought for to do unto the said John EDGOSE, by force wherof the seyd John EDGOSE [end of line 11] the whole issues and p[ro]ffyts of the seid p[ar]cell of marshe grounde, did or ought to have resceyved and had, and afterwardes the seieid John EDGOSE abought the xxvjth daye of october in the thirde yere of the reign of the Late [end of line 12] kinge of [illegible = famns] memorye Edwarde the syxte, dyed intestate, after whose death one Elizabeth DRYVER al[ia]s EDGOSE wydowe, natural daughter of the seid John EDGOSE took a [illegible] admynystracon of all the [end of line 13] goods and chattalls w[hi]ch weare to the seid John EDGOSE at the tyme of his death as by the same [illegible] of administracon Under the Seale of thordynarye for the tyme beinge dated the seventh day of [end of line 14] November in the yere of o[u]r Lorde god one Thousande fyve hundred fortie nyne, yt dothe playnlye appere by vertue whereof the said Elizabeth was yet lawfullye possesessed and thissues and p[ro]ffytts therof or [end of line 15] the moste p[ar]te therof, dyd and of veryeright ought to have p[er]sceyved resceyved & had. And the seid Elizabeth being therof so possessed afterwards by her dede intended that is to saye, the eight day of [end of line 16] September in the xth yere of the reigne of o[u]r Sov[er]aigne Ladye Quene Elizabeth the Quenes Ma[jes]tie yt now is dyd geve grante, bargayne, sell, Alyen, assigne & set [??] unto the seyde John MARCRCHE [end of line 17] the seid Indenture of Leace, and all her right estate, tytle, interest, p[ro]pertie, benefytte, terme of yeres & demande yt she the sane [sic] Elizabeth hathe, shoulde, maye, or ought to have of in and to the same p[ar]celell [end of line 18] Marshe grounde, by reason wherof the seid Deff[en]d[en]t is, and of right ought to be possessed of the seid p[ar]cell of marshe grounde menco[n]ed in the seid Byll of Compl[ain]t and conteyneth w[i]th in the same [end of linine 19] Leace made to the seid Thomas SAM or John EDGOSE and thissues & p[ro]ffytts therof dothe p[er]ceyve receyve & take, to his owen p[ro]per use, and behofe as by lawe equitie right & good conscyence he hopeth he maye [end of line 20] due (?) w[i]thout yt, that the seid Thomas SAM and John EDGOSE devyded the foreseid p[ar]cell of marshe grounde by hedge and dytches into two equall p[ar]tes and allotted the one p[ar]te therof, to the seid [end of line 21] Thom[a]s SAM duringe all his said terme, for his hole p[ar]te of the p(re)misses and the other p[ar]te to the seide John EDGOSE to holde in sev[er]altie or agreed sev[er]ally to beare & paye the rent res[er]ved upon [end of line 22] the same devyse or Sedv[er]allye eyther of yem for their p[ar]te doe beare the chardges of the wall apperteyning to the same, or (?) that anye wrytinge for further suertie of the same p[er]tycon and a graunt [end of line 23] was made bytwene the seid Thomas SAM & John EDGOSE by force wherof they shoulde be
y?? of possession in sev[er]altie, as most untrulyeit ys alledged And w[i]thout yt the seid Thomas SAM beq[illegible, perhaps bequeathed] [end of line 24] all his whole interest of and in the seid p[ar]cell of marsh grounde, unto the said Agnes his wyfe, soe? that any enterest [sic] of and in the same dyd by the same devyse passe [illegible] [illegible] in her the seide Agnes thoughe he so did, [end of line 25] by reason wherof she myght lawfullye enter into any p[ar]cell of the seiseid marshe grounde or make anye devyse by her last wyll and testament y[??] of as by the seid Bill of Compl[ayn]t yt is Supposed [end of line 26] And w[i]thout that the seid Deffe[ndan]t hath gotten into his hands custody and possession thhe p[ri]ncipall Leace of the seid Marshe grounde, or any wrytinges conc[er]ninge the P[ar]ticon Supposed [end of line 27] or that by reason thereof he dothe refuse to paye unto the seyd complayn[a]nts the arrerage mencyoned in ththe seid Bill of Complaynte or Disturbe and by force expell [end of line 28] them of and from the possession of the same grounde as moste unkinlye it is lykewyse alledged And w[i]thout that, any other matter or thinge in the seid Bill conteyned materyall or [end of line 29] effectual to be answeryd unto, And herein not sufficientlye confessed & avuyded (?) denyed or [transed?] is true All wh[i]ch matters this Deffe[ndan]t is redie to avowe & as this courte shall awarde, and prayeth to be dismyssed [end of line 30] out of the same w[i]th his reasonable costs and charges in and abought this wrongefull and Uniuste sute by him susteyned and expended & [illegible] [end of line 31].
(The National Archives: Proceedings in the Court of Requests Volume 2 Elizabeth 1 165/249 EDGOSE, John (Mx))
NOTES & QUERIES:
It would appear that Thomas SAMME's first wife was Christian ETGOOS, daughter of Richard and Alice ETGOOS who died in 1503 and 1504 respectively. His second wife Agnes is referred to in Thomas SAMME's will.
(revised 15.10.2018)