Thrale history
Robert THRALE, the elder

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Name Robert THRALE Suffix the elder Property 1493 Thrales End, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, England [1]
He was probably the same Robert Thrale who held Tuffnalls at Thrales End in 1493. Birth Bef 1509 [2] Gender Male Occupation 1522 St Albans Cathedral, St Albans, Hertfordshire, England [3]
Victualler to St Albans Abbey. He was owed £7-13-4 during the time of the last abbot and John Killingsworth, administrator for the Lord Cardinal. He is mentioned with about one hundred other people. Note 1526 St Albans, Hertfordshire, England [4]
He was paid 12 pence to take minutes, according to the records of Star Chamber Proceedings. At this time, only around one in ten could write. Will 25 Feb 1527 Sandridgebury, Sandridge, Hertfordshire, England [5, 6]
He left the right to occupy half his Sandridgebury Farm to his wife Alice, and the other half to his son Robert. He desired to be buried in 'the middle aley' of Sandridge Church, following Catholic custom he wished a priest to say Masses for his soul for three-quarters of a year. His will mentions his grandchildren and servant Alice Hall. Reverend Henry Kyrke was the will's executor. ABSTRACT OF THE WILL OF ROBERT THRALE THE ELDER OF THE PARISH OF SANDRYGE CO. HERTFORD. yeoman.
DATED. 25 February 1527. - PROVED. 23 January 1538. Archd. St. Albans. Reg. Kyngysbury. fo.18.
… my body to be buryed in the p[ar]ish churche of Sandryge in the medle Aley of the same churche,
Item to Seynt Albons shryne xijd. Item to the hyghe aulter of Sandrigge for tythes forgoton in dyschargying of my conscyens xijd. Item to An onest Pryst to synge for my soule in the seyd churche of Sandrige by the space of ilj quarters of a yere. I bequeth to vij of my son[n]es Robert thralles chylders ev[er]ly of them xis. to be delyvered to them when they shall come to the age of xx yeris. And yff hytt happen any of the seyd chylders to dye [or] they co[me] to the age a_bove namyd thatt then the money to hyme or them be fore so bequethya shalbe equallye devydyd amonge them then beynge Alyve and ev[er]ly of them to be others eyre. Also I Wyll that Alis my Wyffe have and occupye the on half of my ferme that I dew[e]ll in durynge her lyff and Robert my son[n]e the other half of the same farme Prevydyd alwey that yff the seyd Robert my sonne happen to dye before his mother she thene beynge Alyve Then I wyll that the seyd Alys my Wyff shall mynystre and occupye the holl farme durynge her hyff and after her decesse to Remayne to ij of the sonnes of the seyd Robert my sonne Whyche shalbe thought most apptt [?] to occupye or excerysse the same farme by the dyscrecyon of my seyd Wyff to marye att her plesure then I wyll the hole farme shall remayne to the seyd Robert my sonne. Also I wyll the syd Alis my Wyff have my gret chamber within the seyd farm w[i]th the movables beynge wli]th in the same Chamber. Item I bequeth to ev[er]ly on of my sone Robertes chylders on shepe and a lambe. Item to Wyllyl[am] Hewett on bullock p[ri]ce vjs and viijd or ells vj s and viij d. att the tyme of her maryage. Also I wyll that the Resydew of all my movables Implementes corne and Catall that I have w[i]th in the seyd farme except the chamber above bequethyd shalbe equally devydyd betwene the syd Alis my wyffe and Robert my sonne The whyche Alys and Robert my sonne I do make and ordeyne myne executors.
[* omitted in 11 Aley.]
Wyttness James Ashford John Cowley Wyllam Addames Thomas Stantan [?] w[i]th other.
Proved 23 January 1538 by executors.
Archd. St. Albans Reg. Kyngysbury. fo.18.Death 1538 [3] Person ID I343 UK Thrale family Last Modified 4 Jul 2025
Family Alice d. Aft 1544 Notes - Alice Thrale did remarry, as she is named in her son's will as Alice 'Vyyzth.' [7]
Children + 1. Robert THRALE, the younger, b. Bef 1509 d. Abt 1541 (Age 32 years) m. JaneFamily ID F169 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 4 Jul 2025
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Documents Enthralling tales of Thrale family's colourful past
Tribute to Richard W Thrale in local paper after his death
Histories The Hertfordshire Descent of Henry Thrale
Major J.H. Busby, M.B.E. Notes and Queries, p.495-498. 13 November 1948.Historic Sandridge. The story of a Hertfordshire parish (1952).
The first substantial chronicle of Thrale history, written by Richard Thrale (1931-2007) & E. Giles. Reproduced in full with consent of the author.
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Sources - [S2] Richard William Thrale, A New Thraliana, (Falconer Press, St Albans.), 9.
- [S22] Web, http://www.catalogue.nationalarchives.gov.uk/displaycataloguedetails.asp?CATID=-1775350&CATLN=7&Highlight=%2CTHRALE%2CTHRALE&accessmethod=0.
- [S2] Richard William Thrale, A New Thraliana, (Falconer Press, St Albans.), 15.
- [S2] Richard William Thrale, A New Thraliana, (Falconer Press, St Albans.), 18.
"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."
So as this text relates to events in 1542 and Robert the younger died in 1538, we can be sure that Jane died between these two dates. - [S2] Richard William Thrale, A New Thraliana, (Falconer Press, St Albans.), 15.
Chancery Proceedings C.I. 1154 & C.I. 1055 - [S120] Abstracts and photocopies of wills: Thrale.
- [S2] Richard William Thrale, A New Thraliana, (Falconer Press, St Albans.), 16.
- [S2] Richard William Thrale, A New Thraliana, (Falconer Press, St Albans.), 9.