By Amherst D. Tijssen, D.G.L., M.A. 357 



be buried in the Church of St. Edmund in front of his seat shows 

 that seats in Church were appropriated in the early days in which 

 he lived. 



5 A baslard was a weapon resembling a dagger. 



A perusal of the will of John Barbor certainly leaves an im- 

 pression on the'TreSSer that he had no children, since none are 

 mentioned ; and we cannot imagine that a man of his religious 

 feeling, so thoughtful for his wife, sister, god-children, dependants, 

 and acquaintances, and so charitable to spiritual persons and the 

 poor, would have ignored his children, if he had any. Strange to 

 say this impression would be erroneous. We learn from the will 

 of his wife that he had two sons, named Peter and John, both of 

 whom stood well in her affections ; and it occurs to us that the 

 Peter Brasier mentioned in John Barbor's will, the legatee of his 

 trade utensils and best coat, and one of his executors, was probably 

 his own son Peter. It is impossible, however, to identify his son John 

 with any of the legatees mentioned in his will ; and the omission 

 of this son's name from his will must remain a mystery. 



The will of Alice Barbor is preserved at Somerset House, being 

 dated the 5th of January, 1407 {i.e. 1408 new style), and proved 

 on the 22nd of September, 1408. 



There is yet one other document preserved which throws a little 

 light on John Barbor's affairs. We find at Somerset House a short 

 will of Eichard Braszoter, of Shaston, i.e., Shaftesbury, in Latin, 

 dated the 14th of March, 1449, i.e., 1450 new style, and proved on 

 the 30th of March in the same year. He gives to the Cathedral 

 Church of Sarum xxd., to the Church of St. Peter, Shaftesbury, iis., 

 to Alice, his daughter, xxs., to Joan, his daughter, xxs., to John 

 Barbor, of Shaftesbury, xs., the rest of his goods to Alice, his wife, 

 and John Barbor of Shaftesbury, to dispose for the good of his 

 soul, and appoints them to be his executors ; and John Barbor 

 proved the will. 



It is a plausible conjecture that John Barbor, who was thus 

 connected with a brasier at Shaftesbury in 1450, was John, the son 

 of John Barbor, the brasier of Salisbury, who died in 1404. 



