​Their child:		Individuals in this page:		Their parents:
		Richard Gaymer, Sr.	{	No parents conclusively identified
Richard Gaymer, Jr.	{	&
		Alice Dobbes	{	No parents conclusively identified

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Richard Gaymer, Sr. married Alice Dobbes on February 8, 1561/2, as recorded in the Parish Register for St. Peter ad Vincula in Coggeshall, Essex, England ^GR3. He was a fuller ^WI22, which meant that he worked at a water mill, where he labored to remove impurities, oil, and dirt from cloth, particularly woolen cloth, and to increase its loft. For wool fabrics, fullers were sometimes responsible for the entirety of the finishing process of cloth-making, but usually they participated in the final stage of this process ^OL2. The fuller would ensure that the cloth was free of imperfections, meaning they removed burls and broken threads ^OL2. Fullers and dyers tended to be much wealthier than others in the cloth-making industry ^OL2. Coggeshall was perfectly positioned for the cloth trade, as it was built alongside the River Blackwater, and while Essex became renowned for its serge, fullers at Coggeshall, in particular, so perfected a technique to whiten cloth, that it acquired an appellation: “Coggeshall Whites” ^DA2. The will of Richard Gaymer, created on April 3, 1571 ^WI22, which was the day before his burial in Coggeshall ^GR3, was witnessed by William Finche, George Browning, James Catterall, Sr. ^WI22. I first transcribed this in 2013 and have re-transcribed it in 2024 because my transcription skills have improved; corrections to the original transcription appear below ^WI22:

 

In the name of god, Amen. the 3 day of Apriell in the yeare of our lord god 1571 & in the 13 yeare of our soveraign^e Lady Quene Elizabethe &c. I Rychard Gaymer of Coggeshall in y^e County of Essex Fuller being of whole mynde and in good & perfecet remembrannce laude and prayse be unto Almighty god make and ordayne this my present testament contayning heare in my last will in maner & forme folowing. y^t [that] is to say First I com[m]end my soule unto almighty god my maker and redemer & my body to be buried in the parishe Churche ^yearde of Coggeshall. Inp[ri]s [Imprimis] I geve and bequethe unto my sonne Rychard Gaymer my sonne xvj^l vj^s viij^d [sixteen pounds, six shillings, and eight pence] of good and lawfull mony of England to be payed unto y^e sayd Richard at his age of xx yeares of the w^ch som[m]e of mony aforsayd ther is in the handes of one John Lyly of Terling in the County of Essex y^t to be paid at the feast of saynte Mychaell y^e Archeangell in y^e yeare of our Lorde 1572. It[em] I give unto Rychard my sonne a flocke bedd a covering a paier of blancketes ij pillowes w^th the beares [pillow biers, or pillowcases] ij paier of canvis shetes [canvas sheets] & ij paier of hollen. [probably Holland cloth] It[em] I bequethe unto y^e sayd Rychard my sonne ij of the best huches ij flanders brasse pottes & the gretest Kettell It[em] I give to y^e sayd Rychard a malt querne [a type of a hand mill] wth y^e bere & all thinges therto belonging, & ij pewter platters & ij pewter dishes. It[em] I give unto Rychard my sonne a Cubborde & a tabell w^th the benshe borde [bench board]. And if the said Rycherd my sonne shall depart before his age of xx yeares I will that all w^ch I have geven him to Remayne to Ales my wiffe. It[em] I give unto the sayd Alse my wiffe as muche yearne as will make a remnannte and a bed w^th a covering a paier of blancketes & ij paire of shetes. All y^e resdewe [residue] of my goodes not bequethed I geve to Ales my wiffe whom I make my sole executrix to pay all suche dettes as I ow of right & to receive all suche dettes as are dew unto me & to se this my will well & truly performed. It[em] I ordayne & apoynt overseer to the same Willia[m] Fuller

These being witnises

Willia[m] Finche

George Browning

James Catterall Sr

 

Alice Dobbes was the mother of Richard Gaymer, Jr. ^WI22. After the death of her husband, Alice relocated approximately twelve miles southwest of Coggeshall to Terling, Essex, where she remarried to a miller named John Thorison/Thoryson on June 25, 1571, but she died less than one year later, on May 20, 1572 ^ES13. The parish register for All Saints Church in Terling stated “The xx^th day of May was buryed Alice Thorison the wyfe of John Thorison” ^ES13. Her son, who would have been ten years old or younger, was made an orphan, but because Richard also became a miller, there is a possibility that he was raised by John Thoryson and his new wife whom he married on April 6, 1573, Ursula Paperell ^ES13.