God 1605 in manner and forme as followethe. First I doe bequeathe my soule to God my Saviour and Redeemer and my bodye to be buryed in ye churchyarde of St. Georges in Canterburye neare whereas my husbande John Marlowe was buryed. I do bequeathe unto my daughter Margaret Jurden the greatest gold ringe. I do bequeathe unto my daughter An Crauforde a golde ringe wch my daughter Cradwell hathe wch I would have her to surrender up unto her sister An and an other silver ringe. I do bequeathe unto my daughter Doritye Cradwell ye ringe wth ye double posye. I doe bequeathe unto my daughter Jurden my stufe gowne and my kirtle. I doe bequeathe unto my daughter Crauforde my best cloathe gowne and the cloathe that is lefte of ye same. I do bequeathe unto my daughter Cradwell my cloathe gowne wch I did weare everye daye. I doe bequeathe unto my daughter Jurden one silver spoone and unto her eldest sonne John Jurden one greate silver spoone and unto her sonne William one of ye greatest silver spoones of the sixe and to Elizabethe Jurden one spoone. I doe bequeathe unto my daughter An Crauforde one silver spoone and to her sonne Anthonye one of ye greatest spoones and to John another of ye greatest silver spoones and unto Elizabeth Crawforde one spoone. I do bequeathe unto my daughter Dorytye Cradwell one silver spoone and to her sonne John Cradwell one of the greatest silver spoones. I doe bequeathe unto my daughter Jurden two cushions and unto my daughter Crauford two cushions of Taffate and to my daughter Cradwell two cushions. I doe bequeathe I doe bequeathe my christeninge linnen as the kearcher the dammaske napkin a face cloathe and a bearinge blanket to bee used equallye betweene them and to serve to everye (one) of theire needs but if my daughter Jurden doe goe out of the towne my daughter An Crauforde to have the keepinge of the same christeninge linnen. I do beequeathe to everye one of them one tablecloathe and the fourthe to goe for an odde sheete that he wch hath the odde sheete may have ye table cloathe. I doe bequeathe unto everye one of my daughters sixe paire

of sheetes to bee divided equallye, and in steade of the sheete wch is taken awaye there is one tablecloathe added. I doe bequeathe to everye one of my daughters a dosen of napkins to be divided equallye, beecause some are better then other I doe beequeathe unto my daughter Jurden three payre of pillowecoates and to my daughter Crauforde three payre of pillowecoates unto my daughter Cradwell three payre of pillowecoates one payre of pillowecoates I do bequeathe unto Katherine Reve and unto goodwife Morrice one pillowecoate I doe bequeathe unto John Moore fortye shillinges and the joyne presse that standeth in the greate chamber where I lye. I beequeathe unto Mary Maye my mayde my red pettiecoate and a smocke. I beequeathe unto goodwife Morrice my petticoate that I doe weare daylye and a smocke and a wastcoate. I doe beequeathe unto goodwife Jurden fortye shillinges. I doe beequeathe unto my daughter Cradwell twentye shillinges. I would have all these portions to bee paied wthin one yeare after my deceasse. I doe bequeathe unto my sonne Crauforde all the rest of my goodes payinge my debts and legacyes and excharginge my funeralls whome I doe make my whole Executor of this my laste Will and testamente. In witnesse whereof I have heereunto set my hande and seale. Wittnesses those names yt are heereunder written and I Thomas Hudson ye writer heereof. The marke of Katherine Marlowe. The marke of Sarai Morrice. The marke of Mary May.

'A 54, 267

'Proved in the Archdeacons Court of Canterbury 22nd July 1605.'170

Several descendants of Catherine Marlowe's three daughters can be traced in the Canterbury records, but these entries are scarcely likely to interest the public. It may be mentioned, however, that Anthony Marlowe of Deptford, who had also property in the city of London, and to whom some references have already been made, is found

early in 1600 to be interested in the new 'Fortune' theatre. In conjunction with other inhabitants of the Liberty of Finsbury he signed a memorial to the Lords of the Privy Council in favour of the said theatre being proceeded with and tolerated.171

NOTES

1. Antiquities of Canterbury. W. Somner. 1703.

2. Ibid.

3. Ninth Report of the Royal Commission on Historical MSS. 4. Canterbury in the Olden Time. J. Brent. 1860. p. II.

5. Perambulations of Kent. W. Lambarde. 1590. This work contains a copy of the Custumal. Brent (p. 13) says it has been legally proved that 'Kentish men had a well-founded claim of exemption from villenage,' and cites a curious case, 30 Edward I., in confirmation.

6. Canterbury in the Olden Time, pp. 14, 15.

7. Ninth Report of the Royal Commission on Historical MSS.

8. Ancient Funerall Monuments. Weever. 1631.

9. Calendar of State Papers, December 22, 1593, pp. 396, 397.

10. Athena Oxonienses. Anthony à Wood. p. 216.

II. Anthony Marlowe is frequently mentioned in the Acts of the Privy Council, the Cottonian MSS., and various official records of the Elizabethan period.

12. Chorus Vatum MSS. by Hunter, article 'Marlowe.'

13. Ninth Report of the Royal Commission on Historical MSS.; the City Chamberlain's MS. Records, Canterbury, and W. Somner's Antiquities.

14. Antiquities of Canterbury. W. Somner.

15. Will Department, Archdeacon's Court, Canterbury.

16. Visitations of the Archdeacon, Canterbury, etc. MS. particulars furnished by Mr. A. Hussey.

17. Church Registers of Canterbury. Edited by Mr. J. M. Cowper. 18. Church Registers and Marriage Licenses of Canterbury. Edited by Mr. J. M. Cowper. Hasted's History of Kent, vol. iii. p. 156, and other Kentish Chronicles, refer to Robert Arthur, Rector of Chartham, doubtless a member of the family. He died March 28, 1454, in the Infirmary of the Cathedral, Canterbury, and was buried in the chancel. 'His effigies and inscriptions are gone; but there remain four shields of arms in brass, one at each corner of the stone: the first and fourth, three bars humette; second and third, a fess between three oak leaves erect.'

19. A Decree of the Burghmote in 1518. See also, Canterbury in the Olden Time, pp. 43, 44.

20. Memorials of the King's School, Canterbury. Rev. J. S. Sidebotham. 1865. Students had to furnish proof of age before admission on the foundation.

21. Church Register of St. George the Martyr, Canterbury.

22. MS. in Cathedral Library, Canterbury.

23. Canterbury in the Olden Time.

The Miracle Play in England.

24. Canterbury in the Olden Time, p. 40.

25. Ibid. p. 36.

26. Lives of the Deans of Canterbury. Mr. J. M. Cowper. p. 46. 27. Canterbury in the Olden Time, p. 36. Handbook for Canterbury. 'Felix Summerly' (Sir Henry Cole). 1860.

28. Kentish Gazette, Canterbury, March 18, 1899. 'Lecture' by Mr. Stanley Cooper, F.R.S.L.

29. Bunce MSS., vol. i. p. 171. In Royal Museum and Public Library, Canterbury.

30 and 31. Accounts of the King's School, 1579-80. MSS. in Cathedral Library, Canterbury. These Accounts refer chiefly to the amounts paid to the foundation scholars: Stipend. sive Sala. La puerorum studen. grammatic,' for the years ending at the feast of St. Michael. They state that 'Idem denar. per dictum Thesaur. de exit officii sui hoc anno solut. quinquaginta pueris studen. grammatic pro salariis suis ad s. iiij ie pro quolibet eorum per annum.' 32. Antiquities of Canterbury. List of Mayors.'

W. Somner.

33. The School-Room Windows, King's School, Canterbury. A. J. G(alpin). Pamphlet reprint from The Cantuarian of November 1898 and of May 1899.

34. Life of R. Boyle, Earl of Cork. A. B. Grosart. p. 197.

35. Dictionary of National Biography, article 'John Coldwell, Bishop of Salisbury.'

36. History of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. T. Masters. 1831. Memorials of the King's School. J. S. Sidebotham.

37. England as seen by Foreigners. W. B. Rye. 1865. p. 36. 38. Pictorial History of England. 1839. Vol. xi. p. 820.

39. History of Corpus Christi College. T. Masters. 1831. pp. 91, 92. Somner's Antiquities. 1703.

40 and 41. History of Corpus Christi College. T. Masters. 1831. 42. Lives of the Deans of Canterbury. J. M. Cowper.

43 and 44. Itinerary by Fynes Morysons. 1617. Part 3, p. 151 and p. 19.

45. England as seen by Foreigners. Note 7, at p. 183, states, 'In May 1592 the Gravesend tilt-boat, having forty passengers on board, was unfortunately run down by "an hoy" off Greenwich, the Court being there at the time. Most of the passengers were drowned, "at sight whereof (says Stowe) the Queene was much frighted.""