John Megre

• Preferred Name: John Megre^{[1] [2]}
  
• Gender: M
  
• Court of Common Pleas: 1402 with note: Description: John Megre v. John Cheynduyt of Bodannan & his wife Joan From: 'CP40/567: Michaelmas term 1402', Court of common pleas: The National Archives, CP40: 1399-1500 (2010). URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=118043&strquery=megre Date accessed: 17 February 2013.
  
• Will proved - PCC: 7 JUL 1420 with note: Description: John Megre, citizen and pewterer, London PROB 11/2B/279
  
• Fined for illegally shipping tin to Flanders: 9 MAY 1393 with note: Cal Patent Rolls p263
  
• John Megre & Emma his wife: 29 JAN 1397 with note: Description: Purchased property in Lombard Street, St Mary Woolnoth, London http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1386-1421/member/megre-john-1419
  
• Birth: ABT 1350 in Cornwall, England at LATI: N0.2512 LONG: E5.0668
  
• Death: 1419 in London, England
  
• Burial: 1419 in Saint Mary Woolnoth, London, at LATI: N1.5124 LONG: E0.0871
  
• Elected MP for Truro: 1417 with note: http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1386-1421/member/megre-john-1419
  
• Elected MP for Truro: JAN 1397 with note: http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1386-1421/member/megre-john-1419
  
• FSID: LR8G-7LR
  
• Notes:

  MEGRE, John (d.1419), of Truro, Cornw. and London.
  Published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1386-1421, ed. J.S. Roskell, L. Clark, C. Rawcliffe., 1993

1. Margaret Megre, b. ABT 1380 in Cornwall, England    

1. Title: Transcript of will of John Megre, written 26 Aug 1419
   Author: Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills PROB 11/2B/279
   Note: John Megre, citizen and pewterer, London Dated 26 August 1419 To be buried in the church or churchyard of St Mary Woolnoth in Lombard street; To the Church of St Mary Woolnoth, 26s 8d for tithes forgotten and £11 for its fabric; To wife Emma, all his lands and tenements in the parishes of St Mary Woolnoth and St Mary Woolchurch Haw for life, subject to charges for chantries in the church of St Mary Woolnoth; and by way of dower, all ustilments, utensils, and other necessaries appertaining to his dwellinghouse; Remainder to daughters Margaret and Lucy and the heirs of their respective bodies, with cross remainders; Further remainder to servant, John Nicholl junior, in tail, to Sir William Grodeswayn, rector, and churchwardens and parishioners of the church of St Mary Woolnoth, for maintenance of chantries for the good of his soul, observance of his obit, relief of the poor, etc., as directed; in default the property to go over to the Mayor and Commonalty of the City of London for like purposes; To Johanna and Beatrix, daughters of Margaret, and to Matilda and Isabella, daughters of Lucy, to each 100 marks for her marrage; To John the son of Lucy, 20 marks; To William the son of Lucy, 20L; To wife Emma, one half of the residue of his goods and chattels after discharge of liabilities; the other half to be devoted to the celebration of masses, relief of the poor, the repair of highways, and other works of charity including: 20 marks per annum in perpetuity for the support of two chaplains at St Mary Woolnoth, and support for a chaplain at St Mary Truro, Cornwall, for seven years, to say masses for the souls of John Megre, his wife Emma and their children; In Cornwall, bequests to the church of Kenwyn, Dominican friary at Truro, Franciscan friary at Bodmin, chapels of St Germoe and St Michael’s Mount, paupers of the parishes of Kenwyn, Truro and St Kea, and six leper houses; In London, bequests to the mendicant friars, lepers, paupers, the sick, and prisoners in the gaols of London and Westminster. Executors: James Nanfan, of Cornwall; John Archdeacon of Cornwall; Thomas Knolles, citizen and grocer of London Supervisor: Soloman Oxney, citizen and goldsmith, of London Proved Monday next after the Feast of Translation of St Thomas [7 July 1420]
   
2. Title: Biography of John Megre in History of Parliament
   Author: MEGRE, John (d.1419), of Truro, Cornw. and London. Published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1386-1421, ed. J.S. Roskell, L. Clark, C. Rawcliffe., 1993
   Publication: Name: https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1386-1421/member/megre-john-1419;