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A New Thraliana (1973)

Thrales End had died in 1573 leaving three sons, Richard, Thomas and John, and six daughters²⁷ Richard, the younger, inherited the house and lands at New Mill End when of age and the other two certain property. Robert Daldorne, already mentioned, was to have the best sheep he could choose from Richard's flock and sons of the daughters were to receive 'an old angel'. Brother Thomas was to have 5 bushels of the best wheat. Richard Thrale, the son and inheritor of New Mills End, died a decade or so later in 1588 leaving like his father a young family under age, John being the eldest son. Among certain legacies were pewter platters and flaxen sheets²⁸ Richard's brother John Thrale had ventured his fortune in London and had established himself at the time of his death in 1589 at the 'Bores Head in Olde Fishstreete' and wished to be buried in the Church of Marie Magdalens of the same street.²⁹ The Boars Head was to be passed from father to son for a considerable time. John left the property to his son John but he mentioned in his will all his Thrales End kin, one of the youngsters acting as his servant. His legacies included 'one hundred owncers in plate' to his son, and a standing bedstead and feather bed with coverlet to his daughter Margaret. It is worthy of note that the Church of St. Mary Mounthaw was situated in Old Fish Street Hill, Thames Street, near to the Queen Hithe. The Church was newly built and enlarged in 1609 and Thomas Thrale, rector in 1630, was sequestered. In 1666 it was destroyed by the Great Fire and not rebuilt and the parish was annexed to St. Mary Somerset.³⁰

John Thrale's successor to ownership of the 'Bore's Head tavern in Old Fish Street' was his eldest son John upon his death in 1616.³¹ He left a large family and is described as a yeoman of Hoggesdon, Middlesex. Even by 1672 The Old Boars Head was in the Thrale family holding, but alas, the original building had been burned down in the Great Fire. Richard Thrale at this time had a great deal of trouble as disclosed in the Read v. Dixon deposition, and he was probably the last member of the family connected with the Boar's Head Tavern. The deposition discloses:³² 'Dispute about the ownership of two houses in Old Fish Street, London. Richard Thrale of St. Botolph's Aldgate, citizen and grocer of London, aged 37 and upwards, sworn 5 July 1672, said that he had known the parties for 14 or 15 years and that he very well knew the late Richard Thrale of Mile End, parish of Stepney, since he was this deponent's father. Deponent was entitled, after the death of his father, to two houses in Old Fish Street, London, formerly one

Footnotes

27. P.C.C. 13 Peter.↩︎
28. Ibid..↩︎
29. P.C.C. 75. Leicester.↩︎
30. Notes & Queries 11. 6. 49.↩︎
31. P.C.C. Oxford Wills (originals). Principal Probate Reg. London.↩︎
32. Cha. Deps. 30 (C2 - 4/975).↩︎