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- [[Category:St Bartholomew the Less, City of London]]
[[Category:Merchant Taylors' Company, City of London]]
== Biography ==James was a member of the Company of Merchant Taylors. He was second Warden of the Company in 1488, <ref>Clode, Charles Mathew, 1818-1893'' The early history of the Guild of Merchant Taylors of the fraternity of St. John the Baptist, London, with notices of the lives of some of its eminent members.'' London : Harrison 1888 pg 40 [https://archive.org/details/earlyhistoryofgu02clod/page/40 Archive.org]</ref> then Master of the Company in 1494. In 1499 he was Sheriff of the Merchant Taylors. <ref>Clode, Charles Mathew, 1818-1893'' The early history of the Guild of Merchant Taylors of the fraternity of St. John the Baptist, London, with notices of the lives of some of its eminent members.'' London : Harrison 1888 pg 338 [https://archive.org/details/earlyhistoryofgu02clod/page/338 Archive.org]</ref>
He served as an Alderman of the City of London between 1500 and 1511. <ref>Hickman, David J. ''THE RELIGIOUS ALLEGIANCE OF LONDON'S RULING ELITE 1520 - 1603'' Thesis submitted for PhD. 1995 University College, London pg 71. [http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/1317968/1/309512.pdf PDF]'</ref>
According to his will, James married three times; his wives being Elizabeth, Joanna and Margaret. <ref>Griffin, Ralph ''A Brass at Nonington, Kent'' Archaeologia Cantiana Vol 48 1936 [https://www.kentarchaeology.org.uk/Research/Pub/ArchCant/Vol.048%20-%201936/048-03.pdf PDF]</ref> The Visitation of Kent in 1619 gives one of his wives' names as Elizabeth Betenham of Pluckley. <ref>Camden, William, 1551-1623; Philipot, John, 1589-1645; Hovenden, Robert, 1830-1908; Harleian Society ''The visitation of Kent : taken in the years 1619-1621 by John Philipot, Rouge Dragon, Marshal and Deputy to William Camden, Clarenceux'' London : [Harleian Society] pg 53[https://archive.org/details/visitationofkent00camd/page/52 Archive.org]</ref>
James had his will drawn up on 27 April 1526. He described himself as James Wylford, Citizen and Merchant Taylor of London, and late alderman of the same. He requested burial within his parish church of St Bartholomew the Less in the chapel of St Nicholas and St Katherine. <ref>Griffin, Ralph ''A Brass at Nonington, Kent'' Archaeologia Cantiana Vol 48 1936 [https://www.kentarchaeology.org.uk/Research/Pub/ArchCant/Vol.048%20-%201936/048-03.pdf PDF]</ref>
He made bequests to:
* eldest son Thomas (the manor of Hartridge and Hockridge in Kent)* son in law Michael English, mercer and alderman of London on his marriage with daughter Anne
* son John
* son William
* son Robert
* son Nicholas
* son Edmund
* brother William Wylford
* daughter KatherineJames also left money for masses and prayers for himself and the souls of his three wives; Elizabeth, Joanna and Margaret. Probate was granted on 12 January 1526/27. <ref>Griffin, Ralph ''A Brass at Nonington, Kent'' Archaeologia Cantiana Vol 48 1936 [https://www.kentarchaeology.org.uk/Research/Pub/ArchCant/Vol.048%20-%201936/048-03.pdf PDF]</ref> He also left money to be distributed via the Company of Merchant Taylors which continued to endow the poor of the parish of St Bartholomew the Less for at least 100 years after his death. <ref>Commissioners for inquiry into charities ''The endowed charities of London; represented from seventeen reports of the commissioners'' 1829 pg 317 [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=Y-IHAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA317&lpg=PA317&dq=james+wilford+merchant+taylor&source=bl&ots=WdNB4lzWI4&sig=ACfU3U2ayvdopZx5CJOleGPtBuy7ufow1g&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi_jpLd8dPjAhXJXSsKHbKsBNYQ6AEwDXoECAkQAQ#v=onepage&q=james%20wilford%20merchant%20taylor&f=false Google Books]</ref>
== Research Notes ==Some sources give James Wilford's will a date of 1515 but having looked at an image of the original document I can confirm that it is indeed 1526. <ref>Ancestry.com. England & Wales, Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 1384-1858 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013. The National Archives; Kew, England; Prerogative Court of Canterbury and Related Probate Jurisdictions: Will Registers; Class: PROB 11; Piece: 22 {{Ancestry Record|5111|872773}}</ref> [[Greet-49|Elizabeth Viney]]
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My Family History
Abt 1470 - 1526 (56 years)