The Disturbances of 1715 and Catholic Recusants, by J.G. O’Leary

Source: The Essex Recusant, Vol. 12 (1970), p. 71. For full article, pp. 68–76.

William Petre, of Belhouse, desires to be buried “in a plain and handsome coffin, in Stanford Rivers church, among his ancestors”, and names his brother Francis, and his son William (the eldest), Edward (executor), and Robert, and adds: “My youngest son Thomas, now at school, is to have the interest of £300 only for life if he enter the priesthood”. (19th April 1728 – 13th June 1733.)²⁰⁸

Footnote

²⁰⁸ For more regarding Bellhouse and the Petre family, see Journal No. 9: A Symbolic Alliance Between Local Recusants? – High Country History Group.