John Ffyske1,2
M, b. after 1440, d. before 5 February 1512
| Father | Symond Ffyske b. c 1397, d. b 26 Feb 1464 |
| Mother | Katherine (?) |
John was born after 1440 in Laxfield, County Suffolk, England, at the Manor of Stradbaugh. The name of his wife is not known. John & his wife had children: Sir John, Sir Robert [Canon of Lieston Abbey], & Nicholas. John made his will on 18 January 1512.
John Fiske of Laxfeld, being in good mind, dated 18 January 1512 [ 1512/13]. My soul to God and my body to be buried in the churchyard there [i.e. at Laxfield]. To the high alter there for tithes forgotten, 6s 8d. To the “pathing of Mowbillston in sd. Church 20 marks.” To Jone Fiske, daughter of Robert Fiske, 6s. 8d. To each of the four orders of friars “Gadryng in the town of Lawfield [sic, Laxfield] 10s. To the repair of Brusierd [Bruisyard] Abbey 6s. 8d. To three friars in the same place 12d. To each of the nuns of Brusierd Abbey 4d. to the Abbot there 12d. John Fiske, chaplain, my son, is to sing for my soul for two years and is to have 20 marks, and to the said Sir John 10 marks. To Sir Robert, my son, 10 marks a year. To the canons in Leyston [Leiston] Abbey 6s. 8d. To the repair of the same place 6s. 8d. To Nicolas, my son, ?4, and all the debts besides such as he oweth me. To the Gild of our Lady 6s. 8d. To the making of the gild house 10s. To the Church of St. Peter of Thorp [Thorpe, co. Norfolk] 3s. 4d. To Jone Downe 6s.8d. To each godchild 4d. To Rose Payn 12d. To repairs of Laxfield church and the chapel to each 5 marks, “to be paid as yt may growe of the sale of Falys house according gto such surrender & gift as I have made heretofore by my lyff.” The residue of my goods are to be at the disposition of Sir John Fiske, priest, my son, Robt. Rowse of Laxfield, and Sir Robert Fiske, canon of Lieston, whom I make my executors, for the benefit of my soul, “as yt may be payablill & grow of the sale of my place which I have sold to Robert, my son, of Suthwold [Southwold, co. Suffolk] for the sum of £110, to be paid £10 at Easter 1514 & so by £10 each Easter til paid.3
John departed this life in Laxfield. He was buried there in All Saints Churchyard. His will was probated on 5 February 1512 at Norwich, County Norfolk, England, by his son, John.
John Fiske of Laxfeld, being in good mind, dated 18 January 1512 [ 1512/13]. My soul to God and my body to be buried in the churchyard there [i.e. at Laxfield]. To the high alter there for tithes forgotten, 6s 8d. To the “pathing of Mowbillston in sd. Church 20 marks.” To Jone Fiske, daughter of Robert Fiske, 6s. 8d. To each of the four orders of friars “Gadryng in the town of Lawfield [sic, Laxfield] 10s. To the repair of Brusierd [Bruisyard] Abbey 6s. 8d. To three friars in the same place 12d. To each of the nuns of Brusierd Abbey 4d. to the Abbot there 12d. John Fiske, chaplain, my son, is to sing for my soul for two years and is to have 20 marks, and to the said Sir John 10 marks. To Sir Robert, my son, 10 marks a year. To the canons in Leyston [Leiston] Abbey 6s. 8d. To the repair of the same place 6s. 8d. To Nicolas, my son, ?4, and all the debts besides such as he oweth me. To the Gild of our Lady 6s. 8d. To the making of the gild house 10s. To the Church of St. Peter of Thorp [Thorpe, co. Norfolk] 3s. 4d. To Jone Downe 6s.8d. To each godchild 4d. To Rose Payn 12d. To repairs of Laxfield church and the chapel to each 5 marks, “to be paid as yt may growe of the sale of Falys house according gto such surrender & gift as I have made heretofore by my lyff.” The residue of my goods are to be at the disposition of Sir John Fiske, priest, my son, Robt. Rowse of Laxfield, and Sir Robert Fiske, canon of Lieston, whom I make my executors, for the benefit of my soul, “as yt may be payablill & grow of the sale of my place which I have sold to Robert, my son, of Suthwold [Southwold, co. Suffolk] for the sum of £110, to be paid £10 at Easter 1514 & so by £10 each Easter til paid.3
John departed this life in Laxfield. He was buried there in All Saints Churchyard. His will was probated on 5 February 1512 at Norwich, County Norfolk, England, by his son, John.
Citations
- [S1153] G. Andrews Moriarty, The Fiske Family, page 369 - Geoffrey, probably of Shalbrook [?] , 149_ , of Laxfield, 1524, 1535, named as a legatee (6s. 8d. and a brass pan) in his mother's will and mentioned in his father's will, b. about 1474; living in 1536, when he and his son John Fiske, as residuary legatees and executors of the will of Sir John Fiske of Laxfield [priest], dated 2 Oct. 1535 (Will No. 18), proved that will; m. _____________.
- [S1156] G. Andrews Moriarty, The Fiske Family, page 178 - 8 Sept. 16 Henry VII [1500]. At Laxfield.
William Noyse of Laxfield grants to John Fiske, son of Simon Fiske, Nicholas Smyth, Thomas Fyske and William Blynde, all of Laxfield, a messuage called Hurleychys in Laxfield together with two adjacent closes and a piece of land belonging theretro lying in the close late of Robert Cone, seven acres more or less bounded …which premises I had with William Barwere, and Thomas Smyth of Laxfield, deceased, by feoffment of John Noloth, William Balston, Nicholas Noloth of Laxfield, John Fiske of Eye, the elder, and John Fiske aforesaid of Laxfield, the younger, as by a charter at Laxfield dated 16 June 15 Edward IV [1475]. - [S1150] G. Andrews Moriarty, The Fiske Family, page 411 - Will of John Ffyske dated: 18 January 1512 & probated: 05 February 1512 Proved 5 February 1512 [1512/13] . (Consistory Court of Norwich [Norwich, co. Norfolk], Register Coppinger, folio 72.).