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Will & Inventory of William BIGNELL Sr of Hempton (Deddington) Will 15 Nov 1669   Probate 20 Sep 1670
Source: OHC no. W.I. 6/4/10 Contributed by: James Baker Go to Translation Go to Transcript
Summary.
... I William Bignell Sen. of Hempton ... Dadington ... yeoman ... weak in body ... Name Relationship [Comments] or Major Bequests William BIGNELL Sr   Hempton (Deddington) Mary BIGNELL Wife (Exec) Joane HOARE Eldest Daughter John HOARE Son-in-law Elinor BIGNELL Daughter [no surname given] Mary BIGNELL Daughter [no surname given] Rebeckah BIGNELL Daughter [under 21] Tymothy BIGNELL Son [under 21] William BIGNELL Son Henry BIGNELL Son John BIGNELL Son Tymothy BIGNELL Brother Overseer Appraiser John BIGNELL Brother Overseer Appraiser Witness Richard COLES Appraiser William HOLLIER Appraiser Abraham LONDON Appraiser Edward LEWES Witness Inventory taken 12 Sep 1670, value: £391 6s 8d Exhibited: 20 Sep 1670 Chipping Norton by Mary Bignell, relict and sole Executrix Probate: 20 Sep 1670 Chipping Norton (visitation) ... Mary Bignell relict and sole Executrix ...
Transcriber's and Editor's Notes
Buried 22 Aug 1670 Deddington. A full Inventory is included. The following details are believed to be true but should not be totally relied upon: Testator: Brother of John (1675 qv) and (probably) Timothy (1701 qv).
Translated and paragraphed. with some of the standard preamble and "legalese" removed. Go to Glossary
... I William Bignell Sen. of Hempton ... Dadington ... yeoman ... weak in body ... Revoking all former wills ... I give the following money legacies, to be paid within six months after my decease: £20 to my eldest daughter Joane Hoare, wife of John Hoare. £80 to my daughter Elinor. £50 to my daughter Mary. £50 to my daughter Rebeckah (to be paid at age 21). £100 to my son Tymothy (to be paid at age 21). The interest is to be paid to him yearly, beginning within six months after my decease, until that time. I give twenty of my best sheep to my son William Bignell. I give to my son Henry all the goods that belong to me in or about his house at Deddington. I give the following, to be delivered soon after my wife's death: To my son John a cupboard that stands in the Hall, a furnace in the kitchen, the joined bedstead and the best chest in the new chamber. To my daughter Elinor a joined bedstead with its furniture. To my daughter Mary a silver bowl. To my daughter Rebeckah my biggest kettle, the biggest ewer and basin and the biggest flagon. If any of my children die before inheriting, their portions go equally between the survivors. I give all the rest of my goods, cattle and chattels to my loving wife Mary Bignell whom I make sole Executrix, she paying my debts, legacies and funeral expenses. I appoint my brothers Tymothy and John Bignell as overseers, to whom I give 5s each to buy gloves. Witnesses John Bignell; Edward Lewes An Inventory ... of the goods of William Bignell of Hemptin in the parish of Daddington ... Inventory taken 12 Sep 1670 by Richard Coles; William Hollier; Timothy Biggnell; John Bignell; Abraham London Inventory value: £391 6s 8d Exhibited: 20 Sep 1670 Chipping Norton by Mary Bignell, relict and sole Executrix Probate: 20 Sep 1670 Chipping Norton (visitation) ... Mary Bignell relict and sole Executrix ...
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In the name of God Amen This ffifteenth day of November, In the One & twentieth yeare of his Ma'ties reigne Annoq' D'ni: 1669. I William Bignell Sen. of Hempton in ye p'ish of Dadington In the County of Oxon yeoman being weake in body but of good & p'fect memory, blessed be Almighty God for it, And calling to minde the uncertaine estate of this transitory life & that all flesh must yield unto death when it shall please God to call, doe make, constitute, ordaine & declare this my last Will & Testam't in manner & forme following, revoking & annulling by these p'sents, all & every Testam't & Testam'ts Will & Wills heretofore by me made & declared either by word or by writing, & this is to be taken only for my last Will & Testam't & none other, And first being penitent & sorry from the bottome of my heart for all my sins past, most humbly desiring forgiveness for the same I give & committ my Soul unto Almighty God, my Saviour & Redeemer, in whom & by the meritts of Jesus Christ I trust & believe assuredly to be saved & to have full remission & forgivness of all my sins, & that my Soul with my body at the generall day of resurrection shall arise againe with ioy, & through the meritts of Christs death & passion, possess & inheritt the kingdome of heaven, prepared for his elect & chosen, And my body to be buryed at the discreasion of my Executrix hereafter mentioned, & for that worldly estate which it hath pleased God to lend me I give & dispose the same in manner following Inpr'is I give & bequeath unto my eldest daughter Joane Hoare, the wife of John Hoare, Twenty pounds of good & lawfull English money for her to receive within six moneths next after my decease. Item I give & bequeath unto my daughter Elinor ffoure score pounds of like lawfull English money for her to receive within six moneths next after my decease. Item I give & bequeath unto my daughter Mary ffifty pounds of Like lawfull English money for her likwise to receive w'thin six moneths next after my decease. Item I give & bequeath unto my daughter Rebeckah ffifty pounds of like lawfull English money for her to receive when shee shall come to the age of One & twenty yeares. Item I give & bequeath unto my son John one Cubbord y't stands in ye Hall, one ffurnace in ye kitchen, & one joyn bedsted standing in ye new Chamber & ye best Chest in ye same Chamber for him to receive p'sently after the decease of my now Wife. Item I give & bequeath unto my Son William Bignell Twenty of my best Sheep Item I give & bequeath unto my Son Henry all them goods that is mine standing & being in or a= -bout his house at Dadington. Item I give & bequeath unto my Son Tymothy One hundred pounds of lawfull English money to be paid unto him when he shall come to ye age of One & twenty yeares, my Will & desire is that he shall begin to receive ye full interest for it within half a yeare next after my decease, to be paid him duely every yeare by my said wife untill he shall come to ye said age of One & twenty yeares. Item I give & bequeath more to my daughter Elinor One joyn bedsted w'th the furniture thereunto belonging. Item I give & bequeath more unto my daughter Mary one silver Bole. Item I give & bequeath more to my daughter Rebeckah my biggest Kettle, & ye biggest Bason, & Ure, & biggest fflagon, for them to receive p'sently after my Wives decease, And further my Will & desire is that if any of my said Children shall depart this life before they shall come to receive their said portions, that then their said portion or portions to remaine wholly to ye longest livers of them, equally to be divided amongst them. All the rest of my goods, Cattle & Chattels, not formerly disposed of, I give & bequeath unto my loving Wife Mary Bignell whom I make sole Executrix of this my last Will shee paying my debts & Legacies & discharging my funerall expences, I appoint my two brothers Tymothy Bignell & John Bignell Overseers of this my last Will, to whom I give five shillings apiece to buy them some gloves, In Wittness wherof I ye said William Bignell have hereunto sett my hand & seale the day & yeare first above written Sealed, read, & subscribed                   William Bignell in the p'sence of                                       his X marke John Bignell Edward Lewes Probat' erat hoc Testamentu' apud Chipping Norton in visitac'one Ep'ali __ xxx Vicesimo die Mensis Septembris An'o D'ni Mill'imo sexcen'mo septuag'mo coram ...... [.................................................................................] ........................................................ Mariae Bignell R'lic'ae et Ex'trici unicae ..................................... ................ A true & perfect Inventory of the goodes & chattells of William Bignell late of Hemptin in ye p'ish of Daddington deceased Oxon Comitat'      li    s   d Imprimis his weareing cloathes & money in    Purse 030 00 00 Item the Bed & bedsted in the Parlor    with ffurniture beelongeinge unto it 008 00 00 Item in ye same Roome, a table a court    Cupboard sixe ioyned stooles & Lumbar 002 00 00 Item in the chamber over ye Buttery a bed    & beding 004 00 00 Item in the same Roome two Coverlids    and two paire of Blankets 004 00 00 Item in the same Roome a Presse a Chest    a Coffer a Deske & 4 little Pillowes 001 10 00 Item in the chamber over ye Parlor    two Beds bedsteades & Bedinge a    Coffer some Wooll & other Lumbar 004 00 00 Item in the chamber over the Hall two    Beds & bedinge with other Lumbar 003 00 00 Item in ye little roome over the Entry a    Bed & some small Lumbar 001 00 00 Item Linen & Pewter belonginge to    ye house with a silver Bowle 011 00 00 Item a ffurnace 2 ketles 3 brasse Pottes    a Still 2 Warmeinge pans & some    other small vessells of brasse 006 00 00 Item in the Hall a table a cupboard 3    Chaires a Jacke 3 Spittes a paire    of Andirons with some other Lumbar 002 10 00 Item in ye Kitchen, the two little Butte    ries & ye Day house, the Barrels    Cowles & other brewing vesselles    a Malt mill a ffanne & some    other odde Lumbar 004 10 00 Item a cheese Presse a Racke & a ioyned    Bed at Daddington 001 10 00 Item some linen Yarne 001 10 00 Item Wood upon the greene Hovelling    in the yard & other wood for fuell: three    Pumps & shiprackes 006 00 00   090 10 00 Taken & Appraysed the 12th day of September 1670 by us Richard Coles       } William Hollier      } Timothy Biggnell   }   Appraysers John Bignell          } Abra: London      } Item three Horses with Harnesse    Ploughes & Harrowes & other    Implements for Husbandry 015 00 00 Item a Waggon & Cartes 020 00 00 Item seaven Cowes, two Bulles    and nine Breeders 027 00 00 Item a croppe of corne & Hay in    the Barnes upon ye Hovells    and in the Rickyardes 180 00 00 Item the benefit of ye deads yeare 020 00 00 Item a Sow & pigs one Hogge    And foure store pigs 005 00 00 Item some Cheeses in ye house    Bees in the garden & Poulty    in ye Yard 003 16 08 Item 154 sheepe & Lambs with    two ffoldes 030 00 00 the sume on this side is 300 16 08 on ye other side is 090 10 00 The sume totall is 391 06 08 September the 12th 1670 Appraysed by us Richard Coles William Hollier John Bignell Abra: London Exhibit' erat hoc Inven' ap'd Chippingnorton in __ Ep'ali Visit'one ................................... Vic'imo die Sept'br' 1670 p[er] Mariam Bignell vid' R'l'c'am et Ex'tricem unicam &c pro vero .................................................. ........................................................