venturing to ride upon an unbroken young horse, was throwne down and slaine - but good came from sorrow - Stanstead Abbots Hertfordshire
Near the communion rails on the chancel floor is a brass figure wearing civilian dress under a coat of arms - "Here lyeth buried ye bodie of William Saxaye, late of Grays Inn, gentleman, Sonne of Henrie Saxaye, citizen and merchant venturer of London, and Joyce his wyfe, daughter of Robarte Trappes of ye same cittie, goldsmythe, whiche said William died the 25 daye of August in the yeare of our Lord God 1581 beinge of the age of 23 yeares"
William was the only son of Henry Saxaye /Saxye 1560. clothworker & merchant adventurer by Joyce / Jocasta 1537 - 1581 daughter of Robert Trappes 1576, a rich goldsmith of London & Joan Cryspe
He had finished at Cambridge and recently begun legal studies at Grays Inn.
His mother m2 Feb 1565-6 William Frankland 1576-7 citizen and Clothworker of London, who acquired Rye House nearby from George Ogar of Ormesby in 1559 together with several adjacent manors He was granted arms in 1569, and purchased the manor of Great Thirkleby from Ambrose, earl of Warwick in 1576 A settlement had been made on William's eldest son William +++ , whom he described as a tippler & wastrel, for life with reversion to Hugh Frankland his nephew, for life, and then to the issue male of William. In 1606 Hugh Frankland conveyed his interest in the manor to William Frankland 1640 his nephew, William Frankland the elder +++ having died without issue. In 1619 nephew William Frankland and Lucy his wife sold it to Sir Edward Baesh, www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/55n7qE together with the capital messuage where William Frankland lived, the farm close by, and fields called the Pond, Sayres Mead, Nunneholm, the Little or Hither Park and the Further Park
Each marriage increased Joyce's wealth. She now owned several properties including a jointure of the manor at Thele and rights to Rye House.
In memory of her only child she founded scholarships at Caius College, Cambridge, including a lectureship in Hebrew in 1585 and by her Will left over £2000 for the founding of a chaplaincy
She donated funds property and plate to Emmanuel College Cambridge & Brasenose College Oxford to increase the emoluments of the principal and fellows and for the foundation of a fellowship. . She founded 4 scholarships at Lincolns College Oxford. She also founded, in her son's memory ,the free school at Newport Pond, Essex (now known as Joyce Frankland Academy), Mrs Frankland's scholars were "open without restriction to profession or place of birth". In total she gave nearly £5000 to various educational institutes .
The circumstances in which her thoughts were first directed to these gifts are given by Dr. Nowell, Dean of St, Paul's, her executor, in a letter to Archbishop Whitgift he says:
" One, Mrs. Frankland, late of Herts, widowe, having one
only sonne, who youthfully venturing to ride upon an unbroken young horse, was throwne down and slaine. Whereuppon the mother fell into sorrowes uncomfortable ; whereof I, being of her acquaintance, having intelligence, did with all speede ride unto her house near to Hodgeden (Hoddesdon) to comfort her the best I could. And I found her cryenge, or rather howlinge continually, ' Oh my sonne, my sonne.' And when I could by no comfortable words stay her from that cry and tearinge of her hair, God, I think, put me in mind at the last to say : ' Comfort yourself, good Mrs. Frankland, and I will tell you how you shall have 20 good Bonnes to comfort you in these your sorrowes which you take for this one sonne.' To the which words only she gave eare, and lookinge up asked, 'How can that be? And I sayd unto her: for You are a widdowe, rich and now childlesse, and there be in both Universities so many pore youthes that lack exhibition, for whom if you would founde certain fellowships and schollerships, to be bestowed uppon studious younge men, who should be called Mrs. Frankland's Schollers, they would be in love towards you as deare children, and will most hartely pray to God for you duringe your life; and they and their successors after them, being still Mrs. Frankland's schollers, will honour your memory for ever and ever. This being sayd, 'I will,' quoth she, 'thinke thereuppon earnestly.' And though she lived a long time after, yet she gave in her Testament to the College of Brasen Nose (Brasenose) in Oxford a very great summe, and to Gonville and Caius College she gave £1540 in money, and in annual rents besides for ever £33 6s. 8d
(There are portraits of Mrs. Frankland in the hall of Brasenose College, and another in the master's galley in the Combination Room of Caius College www.findagrave.com/memorial/196317288/jocosa-frankland ).
Her name was included in the grace after meat in the college hall, and the principal and fellows of Brasenose erected a monument to her memory in the church of St. Leonard's, Foster Lane, where she was buried, though sadly the church was largely destroyed in the Great Fire of 1666 and has now disappeared under new builds
Record of her father Robert Trappes tomb inscription has survived:
"When the bells me merely [merrily] rung
And the Masse devoutly sung
And the meate merely [merrily] eaten,
Then shall Robert Trappis, his wyffe, and his children be forgotten".
Perhaps not !
- Church of St James, Stanstead Abbots Hertfordshire
www.findagrave.com/memorial/196317288/jocosa-frankland
www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1604-1629/member...
www.bnc.ox.ac.uk/downloads/archives/Vol._34-35_General_Co... archive.org/stream/abstractsofinqui2627grea/abstractsofin...
venturing to ride upon an unbroken young horse, was throwne down and slaine - but good came from sorrow - Stanstead Abbots Hertfordshire
Near the communion rails on the chancel floor is a brass figure wearing civilian dress under a coat of arms - "Here lyeth buried ye bodie of William Saxaye, late of Grays Inn, gentleman, Sonne of Henrie Saxaye, citizen and merchant venturer of London, and Joyce his wyfe, daughter of Robarte Trappes of ye same cittie, goldsmythe, whiche said William died the 25 daye of August in the yeare of our Lord God 1581 beinge of the age of 23 yeares"
William was the only son of Henry Saxaye /Saxye 1560. clothworker & merchant adventurer by Joyce / Jocasta 1537 - 1581 daughter of Robert Trappes 1576, a rich goldsmith of London & Joan Cryspe
He had finished at Cambridge and recently begun legal studies at Grays Inn.
His mother m2 Feb 1565-6 William Frankland 1576-7 citizen and Clothworker of London, who acquired Rye House nearby from George Ogar of Ormesby in 1559 together with several adjacent manors He was granted arms in 1569, and purchased the manor of Great Thirkleby from Ambrose, earl of Warwick in 1576 A settlement had been made on William's eldest son William +++ , whom he described as a tippler & wastrel, for life with reversion to Hugh Frankland his nephew, for life, and then to the issue male of William. In 1606 Hugh Frankland conveyed his interest in the manor to William Frankland 1640 his nephew, William Frankland the elder +++ having died without issue. In 1619 nephew William Frankland and Lucy his wife sold it to Sir Edward Baesh, www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/55n7qE together with the capital messuage where William Frankland lived, the farm close by, and fields called the Pond, Sayres Mead, Nunneholm, the Little or Hither Park and the Further Park
Each marriage increased Joyce's wealth. She now owned several properties including a jointure of the manor at Thele and rights to Rye House.
In memory of her only child she founded scholarships at Caius College, Cambridge, including a lectureship in Hebrew in 1585 and by her Will left over £2000 for the founding of a chaplaincy
She donated funds property and plate to Emmanuel College Cambridge & Brasenose College Oxford to increase the emoluments of the principal and fellows and for the foundation of a fellowship. . She founded 4 scholarships at Lincolns College Oxford. She also founded, in her son's memory ,the free school at Newport Pond, Essex (now known as Joyce Frankland Academy), Mrs Frankland's scholars were "open without restriction to profession or place of birth". In total she gave nearly £5000 to various educational institutes .
The circumstances in which her thoughts were first directed to these gifts are given by Dr. Nowell, Dean of St, Paul's, her executor, in a letter to Archbishop Whitgift he says:
" One, Mrs. Frankland, late of Herts, widowe, having one
only sonne, who youthfully venturing to ride upon an unbroken young horse, was throwne down and slaine. Whereuppon the mother fell into sorrowes uncomfortable ; whereof I, being of her acquaintance, having intelligence, did with all speede ride unto her house near to Hodgeden (Hoddesdon) to comfort her the best I could. And I found her cryenge, or rather howlinge continually, ' Oh my sonne, my sonne.' And when I could by no comfortable words stay her from that cry and tearinge of her hair, God, I think, put me in mind at the last to say : ' Comfort yourself, good Mrs. Frankland, and I will tell you how you shall have 20 good Bonnes to comfort you in these your sorrowes which you take for this one sonne.' To the which words only she gave eare, and lookinge up asked, 'How can that be? And I sayd unto her: for You are a widdowe, rich and now childlesse, and there be in both Universities so many pore youthes that lack exhibition, for whom if you would founde certain fellowships and schollerships, to be bestowed uppon studious younge men, who should be called Mrs. Frankland's Schollers, they would be in love towards you as deare children, and will most hartely pray to God for you duringe your life; and they and their successors after them, being still Mrs. Frankland's schollers, will honour your memory for ever and ever. This being sayd, 'I will,' quoth she, 'thinke thereuppon earnestly.' And though she lived a long time after, yet she gave in her Testament to the College of Brasen Nose (Brasenose) in Oxford a very great summe, and to Gonville and Caius College she gave £1540 in money, and in annual rents besides for ever £33 6s. 8d
(There are portraits of Mrs. Frankland in the hall of Brasenose College, and another in the master's galley in the Combination Room of Caius College www.findagrave.com/memorial/196317288/jocosa-frankland ).
Her name was included in the grace after meat in the college hall, and the principal and fellows of Brasenose erected a monument to her memory in the church of St. Leonard's, Foster Lane, where she was buried, though sadly the church was largely destroyed in the Great Fire of 1666 and has now disappeared under new builds
Record of her father Robert Trappes tomb inscription has survived:
"When the bells me merely [merrily] rung
And the Masse devoutly sung
And the meate merely [merrily] eaten,
Then shall Robert Trappis, his wyffe, and his children be forgotten".
Perhaps not !
- Church of St James, Stanstead Abbots Hertfordshire
www.findagrave.com/memorial/196317288/jocosa-frankland
www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1604-1629/member...
www.bnc.ox.ac.uk/downloads/archives/Vol._34-35_General_Co... archive.org/stream/abstractsofinqui2627grea/abstractsofin...