Alice (Leycester) Charnocke (abt. 1531 - 1572)

Biography

Alice Leycester died in 1572.

On 12 April, 1567, Alys Brereton of Tatton, and Lady Dame Jane Brereton, widows, gave Letters of Attorney to William Massye of Denfield, gent, which appointed William to act for them in the Court of Chancery in a suit between John Hudson of London, grocer, plaintiff, and Lady Jane, defendant, concerning the manor of Tatton; Lady Jane signed her name, and Alys initialled the letter.^[1] Lady Dame Jane Brereton was Alice's mother-in-law.

On 10 December, 1567, Alice Brereton of Worsley, widow of Geoffrey Brereton esq entered into a bond obliging her to fulfill covenents contained in an indenture of the same date between Alice and William, the witness to the bond was Leonard Gandye.^[2]

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1. ↑ The National Archives Website: Discovery: MS399, BEAMONT MSS, DEEDS, http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/rd/fe3926f4-04ca-450e-8c83-1df347983a0e, 24 November 2014.
2. ↑ The National Archives Website: Discovery: MS400, BEAMONT MSS, DEEDS, http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/rd/9d404bc5-4647-4b12-89c8-9d92ba5afb26, 24 November 2014.

• Harleian Society. The Visitation of Cheshire in the Year 1580, The Publicatons of The Harleian Society (London: The Society, 1882) Vol. 18, Page 138