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Will of Katherine AWDELET of BRK Abingdon Will 27 Nov 1539   Probate 14 Jan 1539/40
Source: TNA no. PROB11/28/6 Contributed by: Barbara Cox Go to Translation Go to Transcript
Summary.
Katherine Awdelet of BRK Abingdon, widow ... Name Relationship [Comments] or Major Bequests Katherine AWDELET   BRK Abingdon Jone HOWE Cousin Margaret HOW Cousin Alice REDE Legatee Mary REDE Legatee Katheryn REDE Legatee Elizabeth REDE Legatee Amy MAYOTT Legatee Elinor WROUGHTON Legatee William BOLLER Legatee Edward HYNDERLING Legatee Jone WEIX Legatee [with unnamed ch legatees] William CARTER Legatee Thomas REDE Cousin (Exec) John LOLLARD Legatee WIL Highworth [or BOLLARD] John BOLLARD Legatee WIL Highworth [or LOLLARD] George OWEN Legatee (Exec) Thomas OGLE Legatee (Exec) Dr LYNDESEY Overseer Thomas HOW Overseer Thomas RAYNOLL Witness [clerk] Richard WELFORD Witness Gilbert FREMAN Witness Probate 14 Jan 1539/40 by George Owen, Thomas Rede and Thomas Ogle ...
Transcriber's and Editor's Notes
A number of sums of money appear to have been mis-transcribed at some point. The editor has attempted to correct them in terms of the currency of the time (a mark was 13s 4d, ⅔ of a pound) Sugworth Farm still exists, roughly half-way between Abingdon and Oxford, and the present Bagley House and Bagley Wood are very close to it. It appears that she was paying for repairs to the whole road from Abingdon to Oxford. The following details are believed to be true but should not be totally relied upon: Testatrix: Wife of John (1538 qv)
Translated and paragraphed. with some of the standard preamble and "legalese" removed. Go to Glossary
Katherine Awdelet of BRK Abingdon, widow ... My body is to be buried in St Helens church To the poor of Abingdon 3s 4d a week for ten years 6/8/4 [£6 13s 4d, 10 marks] to the repair of the highway between Abingdon and Sugworth. £50 to the repair of the highway between Oxford and Bagley. £20 each to cousins Jone Howe and Margaret How £20 each to Alice Rede and Mary Rede 66/12/4 [£66 13s 4d, 100 marks] each to Katheryn Rede and Elizabeth Rede 6/12/4 [£6 13s 4d, 10 marks] to Amy Mayott 6/12/4 [£6 13s 4d, 10 marks] to Elinor Wroughton at her marriage 13/6/8 [£13 6s 8d, 20 marks] to William Boller To Edward Hynderling 100 sheep, the best from my farm at Uffington To Jone Weix 100 sheep, and 20 sheep each to her children To William Carter 12 kine and a bull To my cousin Thomas Rede, my farms at Barton, Sugworth, Sunningwell and Uffington To my Scholars at Oxford 20s each for 10 years 6/12/4 [£6 13s 4d, 10 marks] to John Lollard [or Bollard] of WIL Highworth Residue to Executors George Owen ,Thomas Rede and Thomas Ogle, gents Overseers Dr. Lyndesey and Thomas How Witnesses Thomas Raynoll, clerk; Richard Welford; Gilbert Freman Probate 14 Jan 1539/40 by George Owen, Thomas Rede and Thomas Ogle ...
As transcribed from a copy of the original document. Original line- and page-breaks are preserved as far as possible.
No Transcript is available: the above was abstracted from a copy of the PCC document. It is believed that no names have been omitted.