Nicholas Wilder wrote his will March 31, 1542 in Sulham, Oxfordshire, England.(5) He made bequests to John his elder son, John his younger son, and to his other sons Richard, Nycholas, and Wyllyam. To each of them he left money, twenty sheep, and a cow. To Wyllyam and Nycholas he left the lease of his farm at Chynham to have and occupy in partnership.
He referred throughout his will to his wife, Isabell, whom he named his executrix. In this era, the names Isabell and Elizabeth were used interchangeably.152


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Nicholas “of Bohemia”118

German mercenary who fought for the Lancastrian Earl of Richmond against Richard III. The Earl’s forces won, and he became Henry VII, the first Tudor king of England. As payback, Henry awarded Nicholas the landed estate of Nunhide (Nunehyde) and a Grant of Arms. The estate probably had belonged to a supporter of Richard III (a York).118

Died aft 1497118

She named her son John, the elder, to be supervisor of her will. It was he who had responsibility that masses should be said for the health of her soul.152