Mark MOTT

                   RESEARCH NOTES:
    Will extract included in notes.  Was the heir of his father Thomas who owned Sherne Hall, Lexenden Hundreds, and other real estate in 1599.


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Father   **Thomas Mott d. circa 1599 
Mother   **Alice Mead  

Birth 1549 Mark was born in 25 April 1549 at Braintree, Essex, England.1, 2 

Marriage  Mark Mott married **Frances Gutter. 

Questions 1599

   Mark Mott was the ultimate heir of his father Thomas, who was the owner of Sheme Hall, Lexenden Hundreds, and other real estate in 1599. (SVT p25).(Do not know what SVT is an abbreviation for)

History and Topography of the County of Essex, Thomas Wright, Published by George Virtue, 26 Ivy Lane, Paternoster Row, London, 1836. p.680 SHERNE Hall is said to have been conveyed to Mark Mott in 1599. This is in the Hundred of Hinckford.1 

Mark and Frances MAY also have had a son Mark who was  a Rector of Tayne before 1630.  Had large estates in Essex and left by will that left   "Great Birch", Lexden Hundreds a very valuable & large property to daughters Dorothy, Ann & Mary who were possessed of it in 1635.
   
Will 1 March 1635/36 Mark Mott left a will dated 1 March 1635/36 The will of Mark Mott of Braintree, gent., made when he was very old, was dated 1 Mar 1636, and proved 7 May 1638, and does not name all his children..1 

He is called "gentleman" in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury (PCC). This was the Archbishop's court, for people who had property in more than one diocese. They tended to be wealthy, though they might not be if they lived on the border of two dioceses. This might have been the case in Saffron Walden, since Cambridgeshire (Diocese of Ely) was just a few miles away.

The will states:
To the poor of Braintree £5. 
To the poor of Booking 20/-. 
To my son John £100. (this is our followed line)
The Manor of Shimpling Hall county Norfolk belonging to Alice wife of the said John Mott.
My daughter Sara Woolrich. To my cousin Collyns' minister of Braintree 
To each of my children 20/- to buy a ring. 
To Mark son of Alice Draper my grandchild £5. 
My son Adrian Mott to have residue of goods & to be executor. Wit: Thomas Jekyll, Richard Cuting, Nicholas Jekyll. Proved at London, 7 May, 1638, by Ex. named. (P.C.C. Lee, 60.)
     
Death circa 1638 Mark died circa 1638 at Braintree, Essex, England.1 
   
WillProved 7 May 1638 His will was proved at Braintree, Essex, England, on 7 May 1638.1   

Family  **Frances Gutter 
   
Child  1. **John Mott+ b. c 1570, d. Jul 1656 

Citations 
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