John Wase

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: London, England
• Occupation: Merchant

John married Unknown UNKNOWN in UNKNOWN. Unknown was born about 1450. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: Leicester, Leicestershire, England
• Occupation: Merchant of the Staple

Notes:

MERCHANTS of the STAPLE

The trade and industry of north western Europe in the Middle Ages was based on wool. The best wool was produced in the Cistercian abbeys of Yorkshire and in the Cotswolds, in western England. By the 12th century, raw English and Welsh wool was being widely exported, mostly to Flanders. Flanders seems to have been a cloth making area since Roman times. In Bruges (the name means " landing place " ), Ghent, and Leper, the wool was turned into high-quality cloth. It was then resold in the markets of Europe and the Mediterranean. By the I5th century, Bruges was part of the Duchy of Burgundy. Its cloth trade was on the decline.

Once the English kings realised the high value of wool, they decided to make certain towns official centres for the sale of wool and other staple goods, such as hides, lead, and tin. The tax on goods like these became a major source of income. When overseas sales were concentrated in one town, the king could easily organise and collect the tax. In the 14th century, the MERCHANTS OF THE STAPLE " became an official company. Usually, only members of this company could legally sell wool to foreigners. The Staple was variously fixed at several towns: St. Omer, Antwerp, and from 1340 to 1353, Bruges. Political trouble in Flanders, plus the conquest of Calais in 1347, led to the main wool Staple being fixed in CALAIS from 1363 lost Calais in 1558. The Scottish Staple remained in Bruges from1359 to 1498.By taxing wool at its point of export, clamping down on the import of cloth, and taxing its export lightly, the Crown encouraged the growth of the native cloth industry. Rural labour was cheaper and less likely to be organised in guilds, so cloth making moved from the towns into the country areas. Eventually there were at least 14 Staple Towns in England most in East Anglia.

Fine : Oct Trinity Henry VIII 1533

Between John Porte and Elizabeth his wife plaintiffs and John Ware and Alice his wife deforciants of 3 Messuages 3 gardens 70 Acres of land 10 of meadow and 4 of pasture in Rotherby. Grant to Elisabeth for her life and after her death the property will wholly revert to the heirs of the body of Richard the son of John Ware and Alice for ever in default to the said Alice and her rightful heirs. Consideration 80 silver marks.

John married Alice Bailey about 1495. Alice (daughter of John Bailey) was born about 1475 in Rotherby, Leicestershire, England; died after 1533. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: Leicester, Leicestershire, England

Richard married Elizabeth Meverall about 1530. Elizabeth (daughter of George Meverall) was born about 1500 in Throwley Hall, Ilam, Staffordshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: Rotherby, Leicestershire, England

Notes:

Rotherby: in 1830 - 900 acres 143 inhabitants Samuel Seaman Esquire living at Rotherby Hall
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Will
1611 Folio 63 Leicester :Thomas Waze of Rotherby Gent.
Abstract :-
Testator : Thomas Waze of Rotherby Gent
Burial instructions:- in the Churchyard at Rotherby
Note:-This will is an original with a probate note added to the bottom, not a probate copy. It appears to be written by Thomas Waze himself possibly on his death bed. It is very difficult to read and the writing gets very scrawly at the end. The format is not what one would expect from an attorney. At this point it is not possible to make a detailed abstract the major points are listed below.
To the poor of Rotherby 5s
Small bequests to the following :-
Son Richard Waze ?,
Thomas of Hickling ?,
Sampson Wase 6s 8d,
Henry Fox my Son - in-Law 1 Mark? , his wife Margaret 3s 4d , and their children 12d,
George Allen and Ann his Wife 20s and every one of their Children 12d
Thomas Olive my Grandchild 6s 8d.
Katherine Waze my Grandchild 12d
Helen Spencer widow of ?????????
William Nythell my God Child 2s
My son Thomas ?20
Elizabeth Olive 12s
House in Leicester, Shyrehall Close and Garden ???? adjoining my wife Ann
My son Sampson his Children 12d each

Executors Thomas Wase my son and Ann Wase my Wife
The will is undated as far as I can make out, this was probably done on the reverse and has faded.
Witnesses :-Richard Smythe Clerk, and John Musson

Probate Granted at Leicester on 17 Oct 1611 to Thomas Wase reserved to Ann

Thomas married Ann Colclough about 1553. Ann (daughter of Thomas Colclough) was born about 1535 in Staffordshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ann married William Widder about 1565. William was born about 1540 in Ellastone, Staffordshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]