Alban THRALE

Bef 1541 - 1591  (> 50 years)

• Name	Alban THRALE
  Birth	Bef 18 Mar 1541
  	Alive when his father made his will.
  Gender	Male
  Property	1542	Sandridgebury, Sandridge, Hertfordshire, England   [1]
  	Alban shared Sandridgebury with his brother William Thrale, after inheriting from brother Thomas Thrale. 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 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.
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  Will	19 Dec 1591  [2]
  	ABSTRACT OF THE WILL OF ALBANE THRALE THE ELDER OF SANDRIDGEBURY IN THE PARISHE OF SANDRIDGE IN THE COUNTY OF HERTFORD. yeoman. DATED. 19 December 1591. PROVED. 29 January 1591. Archd. St. Albans. Reg. Clapton: fo. 147. I geve and bequeathe to every of my godchildren beinge not of my kynrede ijs. a pece I do geve to every of my godchildren beinge of my kynrede one Ewe sheepe I do geve unto Elizabeth Thrale daughter of John Thrale of fayerfowles x li. I do geve unto every other of the Children of ths same John beinge six in nu[m]ber besides the sayd Elizabeth to every of them vj li. xiijs: iii jd. a pece.I do geve unto the fower Children of my Cosen John Thrale'of Harminges to every of them vi li a pece to be payed unto them at the daye of their marriage or [at] age of xviij years w[hi]ch first shall happen. And if any of the sayd fower Children do dye before the daye of their marriage or before full age of xviij I will the p[ar]te of hyme or her so deceased shall remayne to the rest that shall survive equally amongest them. I do geve unto Albane Robertes, Thomas Robertes William Robertes sonnes of William Robertes to every of them vIi. I do geve to every other Childe of the sayd William Robertes the father beinge vj in number to every of them vli at the daye of marriage or age of xviij yeares w[hi]ch first shall happen. And if it shall happen any of the sayd vj children of the sayd William Robertes do dye before their marriage or age of xviij yeares Then the p[ar]te of him or her so deceased shall remayne to the Rest of the sayd vj suviving equally. I do geve unto my godsonne Albane Thrale sonne of William Thrale vj li, at thage of xx yeares. I do geve unto my godsonne Alban Thrale my Brothers sonne vi li. I do geve unto the sayd Albane Thrale vj Ewe sheepe requestinge my brother Thomas to geve him other vj sheepe to make up a Dosen towardes the stoaringe of his grounde. I do geve unto Alyce Smyth my goddaughter daughter of William Smyth of Three houses xi s. I do geve unto the poore people of the p[ar]ishe of Saunderidge xx s. I do geve unto John Catlyn ij busshell of wheat. I geve to Elizabeth Grunwyn xxs. I geve to Elizabeth Preston vs. The Rest of my goodes and Chattelles I geve unto Thomas Thrale thelder my Brother whom I make Executor. I do appoynte William Smyth of Three Houses and William Gru[n]wyn Overseers. Witnesses: the II Overseerers, Willm. Witherd,William Robertes, John Thrale of fayerfowles and of me Andrewe Coltman and divers others. Proved 29 January 1591 by Thomas Thrale brother and executor. Archa. St. Albans. Reg. Clapton fo. 147.
  Death	From 19 Dec 1591 to 29 January 1591
  Burial	Died unmarried
  Association	Alban THRALE (Relationship: Godfather & Godson)
  Person ID	I345	UK Thrale family
  Last Modified	14 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	Robert THRALE, the younger,   b. Bef 1509   d. From 18 Mar 1541 to 21 May 1541 (Age 32 years)
  Mother	Jane   d. Between 1538 and 1542
  Family ID	F63	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Property - Alban shared Sandridgebury with his brother William Thrale, after inheriting from brother Thomas Thrale. 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 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 Major J.H. Busby, M.B.E. Notes and Queries, p.495-498. 13 November 1948.

  
  

• Sources

  [S2] Richard William Thrale, A New Thraliana, (Falconer Press, St Albans.), 16 & 23. [S120] Abstracts and photocopies of wills: Thrale.