Alice^[1]

- Aft 1544

• Name	Alice
  Gender	Female
  Residence	Aft 1538	Hundreds of Flitt, Bedfordshire, England
  	Alice, widow of Robert Thrale the elder, had upon his death gone to live in the Hundred of Flitt as mentioned in her son's will, this area very likely being her home originally.
  Residence	Aft 1538	Bedfordshire, England   [2]
  	Hundreds of Flitt
  Property	1542	Sandridgebury, Sandridge, Hertfordshire, England   [1]
  	The Rowlatts, Ralph and his son, Sir Ralph, in their conflict with the Thrales, made the case, in Chancery that before the Dissolution of the Monastery of St. Albans the abbot had granted a forty year lease of Sandridgebury, and of Napsbury to Robert Thrale the younger. When Sir Ralph Rowlatt inherited the properties in 1542, he was not able to find the abbot's part of the lease and therefore did not know what covenants Robert Thrale the younger had entered into regarding the farm, nor for certain the length of the lease. Sir Ralph asked the executor of Robert Thrale's will, the Reverend Henry Kyrke, to produce therefore their part of the lease. Then in a further action Sir Ralph claimed that the Reverend Kyrke as executor, and trustee of Sandridgebury Farm until Robert's sons Thomas and Alban had reached the age of 21, had granted all his interests in the property to him. But Alice Fitz, the widow of Robert Thrale the elder, had entered Sandridgebury without any right and would not give it up. Alice in her turn replied that Robert Thrale the younger's widow Jane had died shortly after him, and that the Reverend Kyrke assigned the property to her, Alice, in trust for her grand-children. How the matter turned out is not really known, but the Thrales continued to live at Sandridgebury for a further four generations.
  		A New Thraliana (1973) A chronicle of the Thrale family of Hertfordshire by Richard William Thrale (1931-2007), building on the Thrale chapter from the 1952 book Historic Sandridge. Reproduced in full with consent of the author.
  Death	Aft 1544
  Person ID	I344	UK Thrale family
  Last Modified	25 Aug 2024

  
  

  Family 1	Robert THRALE, the elder,   b. Bef 1509   d. 1538 (Age 29 years)
  Children	+ 1. Robert THRALE, the younger,   b. Bef 1509   d. Abt 1541 (Age 32 years) m. Jane
  Family ID	F169	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	14 Nov 2004

  
  

  Family 2	Simon FITZ/VYZTH, the elder   d. Aft 1544
  Marriage	Y  [2]
  Notes	Alice was Simon's second wife.
  Family ID	F514	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	25 Aug 2024

  
  

• Event Map		Residence - Hundreds of Flitt - Aft 1538 - Bedfordshire, England Property - The Rowlatts, Ralph and his son, Sir Ralph, in their conflict with the Thrales, made the case, in Chancery that before the Dissolution of the Monastery of St. Albans the abbot had granted a forty year lease of Sandridgebury, and of Napsbury to Robert Thrale the younger. When Sir Ralph Rowlatt inherited the properties in 1542, he was not able to find the abbot's part of the lease and therefore did not know what covenants Robert Thrale the younger had entered into regarding the farm, nor for certain the length of the lease. Sir Ralph asked the executor of Robert Thrale's will, the Reverend Henry Kyrke, to produce therefore their part of the lease. Then in a further action Sir Ralph claimed that the Reverend Kyrke as executor, and trustee of Sandridgebury Farm until Robert's sons Thomas and Alban had reached the age of 21, had granted all his interests in the property to him. But Alice Fitz, the widow of Robert Thrale the elder, had entered Sandridgebury without any right and would not give it up. Alice in her turn replied that Robert Thrale the younger's widow Jane had died shortly after him, and that the Reverend Kyrke assigned the property to her, Alice, in trust for her grand-children. How the matter turned out is not really known, but the Thrales continued to live at Sandridgebury for a further four generations. - 1542 - Sandridgebury, Sandridge, Hertfordshire, England  = Link to Google Earth
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• Histories

  The Hertfordshire Descent of Henry Thrale J.H. Busby.Notes and Queries, p.495-498. 13 November 1948.

  
  

• Sources

  [S2] Richard William Thrale, A New Thraliana, (Falconer Press, St Albans.), 16. [S2] Richard William Thrale, A New Thraliana, (Falconer Press, St Albans.), 19.