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[478] From Early Settlers of Watertown, Mass. By Henry Bond. Pp.96-97.
[479] THOMAS BRIGHT
[480]
The name BRIGHT is of Anglo-Saxon origin. In the Saxon is was spelled Beorht. It is the simple word bright; but was used then with more extensive meaning, as signifying distinguished, excellent, surpassing in courage or anything else - a "shining
fellow". Beorht is a common name among the Anglo-Saxons and is often found in the records.
[481]
THOMAS BRIGHT, Sen. was an Alderman, and a liberal benefactor of Bury St. Edmund's. In the Guild Hall is an original portrait of him, which was procured by the Corporation, and from which the annexed engraving was taken. Beneath the picture, on the
same panel, is the following inscription:
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"Thomas Bright, sometyme draper* of this Town, a worthy benefactor, who gave for the benefit of the towns the Inheritance of a portion of Thythes worth x lbs. per annum, and an equal part of his goods, as much as he gave any of his children,
which amounted to ccc lb. 1587."
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Abstract of his Will, proved 1587. Wife MARGARET to have the manor of Bottere, in Tomson, Co. Norfolk, with the tenement called Brightmeares, and others; also, the manor of Brookhall, in Foxearth, Co. Essex. After her death, son Thomas to have the
Norfolk estate, and his son Walter to succeed. To his son Robert his property in Great Barton, called Barton Place. To son Henry, his lands in Barton. and in other towns and parishes, which he purchased of Sir Robert Jermyn, Knight, and George Cocks.
To said Henry, his home where he now dwells, and the house where Thomas dwells, and the tavern and other buildings in Skinner's Row and Smith's Row. To son Jasper his tenement, etc. in Newton. To son Thomas his close, etc., in Westgate Street, which
his father, Walter, gave him by his will. To daughter Margaret, wife of Mr. Roodes; To daughter Anne, wife of Thomas Reade; daughters Katherine and Susan; brother Edmund
and his son Thomas; brother John; father-in-law, Mr. Jervis, of Whepstead. Sons Thomas and Robert executors.
[484] He belonged to the Parish of St. James, and his children were baptized in that church,(see drawing of St. James). In the same church the children and grandchildren of Jonas and Rose Bond were baptized.
[485]
The Guide to the Town, Abbey, and Antiquities of Bury St.Edmund's says, "St. James Church, constructed of freestone, is a fine Gothic building, the west end of which is remarkably handsome. The first church here was erected about the year 1200." The
present structure, though far advanced in the year 1500, was not finished till the Reformation, when Edward VI gave 200 pounds towards its completion. Its length is 137 ft., and its breadth 89 ft. The chancel is 58 by 28 ft.
[486] * A draper in those days, was a man of superior station in society, and generally very wealthy.
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[536] She was the first English child born in Newbury. Died in her 80th year.
_Robert HARRINGTON _+
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Anna Bullard was his second wife.
He was a Corporal in Capt. John Cutting's Troop of the Horse, 1748,
and a Captain in the Expedition against Crown Point.
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