According to Threlfall’s GMC50399, Nicholas Vincent “of Bildeston, Suffolk, England was probably born about 1495-7 in or near Bildeston, where he apparently spent his life and where he owned considerable property, being a substantial yeoman farmer of his day. In the 1524 Subsidy return, he was listed at Bildeston for a tax of 9 shillings on £6 worth of goods.

“On 13 November 1553, he made his will. Altho [sic] he did not state in the preamble of the will that he was sick, he probably was and anticipated death. He died shortly thereafter and the will was proved 12 March following. He is undoubtedly buried in the churchyard at Bildeston, as he requested in his will.

“He married Agnes, who survived him. His home was on Newberry Street in Bildeston.” An abstract of his will follows.